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'2 THE MACOH TELEGRAPH: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1894. FELLOWS SHOWED TEMPER. Lawyer Phillips’ Questions Were Too Searching for the District Attorney. WHY CASES WERE DELAYED. 0*1, Frilowl Isld n. Wl.h.4 to Prom That II* Wa* St Mar* n.(llg*at XbtB Othtr District Attorneys —Ills Assistants Talk. New Norte, Dec. 5.—Tha trial of Dio- trict Attorney John H. Felaws. on chtvrgoe at neglect of duty, waa con tinued today. The first witness called rtvun Frederick lloffmsn, a fur dealer of No. 93 Nassau street. He told *ho history of flho tftieft of Us watch lr, February last, and of Ma Inability to get She district attorney’s oflleo to pros- eoute She thief. Henry 3. fldhlooe, Who Carmerty toad n torts clotting Abuse At NO. 653 Broadway, and wtooae firm was ruined through defalcation# end forgeries of ,Tom<i«H K. Lewie, the confidential book keeper of the firm, was the next wlt- nerst. Louis' defataukos amounted to over 3103,000. Mr. Boh loss tea lined llhoit toe And been unable to have Hauls brought to drill, although Uhe dishonest bookkeeper had bee promptly ar rested, and a number of requests toed been made ad ithe district attorney's ofltoe So bring 6dm to trial. Assistant District Attorney Unger. Who 6s the chief clerk In the district attorney's office, wits then called to dho wttneas Stand and was asked Cf be bad ascer- ILtined Uhe number of Indictments re maining unified on December 1, 1694. Mr. linger said! “I have not- had time to prepore such a Bttiitomettt." "DM non <301. Fellows tell you not to prepare audit a nUttomentT" "He did not." "Did be not say In court 'Chat toe would not let you furnish the desired Button ent ?" ••I did not hear Col. Fellows nay anything of the kind." "X have Instructed 'the clerks to pre pare such # statement,” continued Mr. IJi.gnr, “a:k1 they worked on It last Mtfrtl." "Md.vs you tfiound out how many cares have been tried since January x, mtr ••No." Mr, Unger was riven questioned In regtnl to aevenl oases where tndloted person* were dlselwnged wlUhout trial. Attorney l-htiUpa alien went Into tlw homtelde oases. Sir. Unger nmuml him <tont ram© of fltvnn iwore ready Sir tirJod «.n«l would be (Usouaed of soon. Mr. Unger said that several evince had never boon brought to trial for public reaaona. When asked whtd oonadtuted publto reasons, he said: "In certain caaoa the public welfare could only be subserved by failure to try Indictments." "In the general soaWona coart there are lour Judges, but only three paria. iWtoj- So that?" '’The law Ibriilda more than three panto" oxctakmtd Ool. FetlnwA rwjut to tola fee* and Uhoaflnc eonstdi-ratde ex- oltement. fivr hhn. Ool. Follows said: '"Xiao drintot attorney has naked the legAfsitire in atuflMrizeIburparts of tiro gisieiul a-wHlana.” Mr. IMul'itt* turned to him attxl wild: "Cokmel. ilo yon mean lo say tha* you have ever mode Mirth a request?" Ool. FeXirwo nrtniritrd tthat he never toad; bud aiM-thut Mr. Nletdl find. Mr. lleiPiertiev nrud extracts from the records of the dlHtriot attorrey'M office Concerning hall tonmkx Ho mid 'tout air < January 1 nut «i>> cetlt Itsd been leal to Ito .* c*ly bn bad binds. AUVimey Ilultlpu .than cmnoiuncsd Unit toe would rest tola case, with She rig'llt to pul to ducumeninry evtomco whlrit toe expected to receive from itoe clerkii of.the groernl aeiokins oxurtt and fnxn the dlalrtt* attomrar'a offles. .Mr. McCurd then opened Mr the de- feoxe by culling Assistant District At torney Unccr and naked him win* ex perience the district attorney's oflleo Bid hnd with ex-Alderman Juehno iia a bomlarrsin. After detailing it number of peraona for whom J art me h:nl been bondsman, Mr. Unger was naked If the city over lost anylhlng by Jaehne go ing on the hall bund of prlsonere, und he rvplled: "Nut u cent." Mr. Unger was asked about Deter Delaney's romieetloii with the district attorney's office ha bond-nun. Delaney told iiinUffied In 350.000 and the city hnd nover lost a cent by Delaney going on a hall bond. Mr. Merurd then axkcil; "Since Jan uary 1.1394, lutve you ever taken a bill bond without making a ixtruful exami nation of. the surety?" "Never; | have always carefully In vestigated.*' "CM you point out n case," naked Mr. McCurdy, "where there hna been dekiy for any oUver cause than • pub- llc reason?" "None to my knowledge." "How m any ludlotmems wore found against tlcorjv Murray?" "1 don't know; 1 don't remember but one. , , Mr. PhllUpe lhen offered In evidence tovral Indletmenu against Mumty "For what punweer' demanded Col. Fellowe. "To ehow that your office dH not puah to trial tndlctinenta ngalnat Utlef," ivplled Mr. l'MUlpa. -, Am "“(ti,' hp Other rimn eaHed by Mr. Phillip* were Judge Cowing of the court of special sesslona and Judge of the court or general sea ! Judge Cowing did not know how .many cases had been disposed of In ho 'court during the past ten months. He staid thiAl some times he adjourned court as early ns 1 o'clock p. in., usually by 6 p. in. Cot Fellows urosc oud void he had one question to nak ,Judge Cowing, which he put to him as follows: i "Is It not a fact that no easa Is put on trial except where the defendant luus previously catered a idea of Uot guilty." "Rial N trile," repllal Judge Cowing. 1 Judge Flugwntd add that he wae toot nwar** of any fault on the part of ighe Judges In disposing of the esses. In CTOiw-exssnlliatlou by Ool. 1-VUovm 'Judge Fllxgerald wxs xsknl: I "A* It Is niaugs the cane. Judging Croat your experience ae district attor- pey und on the bench, than there are la largo number of casco continually brisliig la the district attorney's of- (Dcef 1 "It Is so* I believe." ! This hue of examination .was abject- hed to, aad'Cal. Fellow*, showing cao- r d.TAh'x* feokng. lumtd to Mr. i*au- IS* anil said "You have charged me Ivrtth wilful neglect, and tsvw x prapoce lo show where the reaponslblllty hea. 2 cant to skew that I am no more hpiUty of neglect than other district at fctortveja." ; Commissioner Mesv mid; "Od. Feb hows, 1 vrfluM not open that feature of the case or you will throw open the •dour for others to say that la your eg. leuae for the alleged neglect." Ool. Feltons then asked Judge Fits- Igerald: "Are you aware that the ihs- Iflrtet attorney has shirked hts duties?" . “I nm not." f At this point the hearing was ad- AounaJ until tomorrow. k HIGHWAYMEN KILLED. They Terrorized a Community In Lowndes County. Valdosta, Dec. 6.—Laat night three ne groes went to the house of hit. C. Wil liamson at Dasher SUnon, five miles be. low here, ond commanded him lo throw up Ills hands. Williamson stood daxed for a moment, but grabhedia revolver which was lying on his mantel and opened Ore on the Intruder*. They In turn began firing back and a lively fusllade lasted for several minutes. Fjnally the negroes left the house and met three other ne groes a mile or two away. They were ordered to throw up their hands, but one of Them drew his pistol and'shot one of the highwaymen down. The wounded ne gro waa 'brought here on the midnight train and Is confined In Jail, where he will die. Another of the gang gave him self up this morning and both confess a concoEted plan of waylaying the railroad workmen and robbing them. The most desperate of the three negroes Is still at large, though he wlB protably be caught. He calls himself by several namtw; "Wild Hill," "Georgia Snake” and other names of Ilka character. It Is said that nearly »I,«W In rewards Is offered for his arrest In'thls State and Florida. Bailiff Malden of Brooks county was shot down at a church In that county on Sunday night by a detoenue negro with out any cause,and It Is likely that Wild Bill" la Implicated In that killing. They toad robbed a dozen negrooa before the shooting sat night. WANT HARRV PARDONED. Petitions Being Circulated Among tile Legislator*. Atlanta, Deo. 6.—(Special.)—Gov ernor Atkinson 1* to be asked to pardon Harry Ilfil, th* cz-soclety man, who Is now making a protract**! call In the Georgia penltouttury fo r fergery- 8ev- oral petitions recommending hi* par don were In olrculallon among the legislators today and It Is understood signed quite numerously. The petitions wrato set afloat by a relative of the fes tive Harry, who ts an influential politi cian. ATLANTA'S ELECTION. Porter King Made Mayor by a Very Light Vote. ■ Atlanta, Dec. 6.—A light voto was polled In the city election here today. There was only ona ticket In-the Held. .Porter King was elected mayor. • ,, JOB DEAN HAS BEEN SEEN. Atlanta; Deo. 0.—Joe Dean, tho negro who killed A, R. Iadgh In Campbell coun. ty Saturday night, called at a negro house near Temple, Oa.. today and asked for food. He skid that he had killed a man and wanted 10 leave by the shortest way to Alabama. He was wet nnd evidently had been hiding out In tho swamp. Pur suing parilos are pushing him hotly. HA'IlllETT CONVICTED. Tho Great Postollleo Swindler On Trial at Columbia. Columbia, S. C., Dec. B.-Charles P. Barrett, tho ostuto »nd cunning Spar tanburg attorney, who was the oenter of wluit lug been known as th* great conspiracy Of postmasters to defraud the United States government aud rob mcrohanls and business house* m nil parts of tlio country, was placed on trlul In tlio United Slates court here today on one of tho many charges against him nnd was promptly convict ed. When convicted of the other charges, as he doubtless w 11 be, he will spend the bnlano* of bis life In tho government prison at Ooluinbus, U Witnesses were on baud from all over the country for the other cases. The plan of tbc postmaster conspiracy con cocted l*y Barrett was for scope, bold ness mid Ingenuity almost vv ihout n parallel. Barrett was Influential In polities nnd at one time big appoint- mrot ns chief clerk hi the attorney- Koneml’s office at Washington was thought, assured. Tin*. gang, through his Influence, got posUmmfeni apponted at places where there were really no poslofliecs. Often tlio name of tbw ixw! master wns given these alleged postoniecs to allow that he ivns very, highly respected In the community/ They BUimUod the government by ilia fraudulent collection nnd sale of stamps, und on fraudulent warrants and used tlio nut lx to sw'ndle nuwlianta lu New York nnd all over tho uouutry. They got pianos, organs, safes, sowing ma chines, carriages, nil kinds of ma chinery, etc. They would oaueel about JS worth of stamps ifnd report to th© government n cancellation of 5100 worth. Inspector Tcer got at the bot tom or the conspiracy nlxtut n year ego. S-wiw of the other eases sga nst Barrett will likely be called tomorrow.' He Is out still on a $10,000 bond. (As ItFompnvibly the best leavening (went mw tn nan Dr. Price's Jtaktng Powder to ns suxSanted all others In pop ular f.i\"r. PERSECUTED BY, THE POLICE. lie Wrote a Hook, and Superintendent Byrnes’ Production Killed the Publication. HE TRIED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT Imprisoned and Knocked Willi Brass Knucklss—First lo -t/ss the Word "Tsuderloin,"—Didn't Writs ■'Ts-rs-is Boom-ds-sy'.** XCOLB MUST KEEP QUIET. A Ian Hissed Yesicrday WltSoh Just 2Tl* Hts CUae. ■Montgomery, Ata., Deo. 5.—IA bill was today passed by flhe lower hnuaa of too stake assembly moldiig U un- awful for /toy man to hike The noth of offleo for *uiy paaktkin for wthleh he 6*sa not been declared elected by rite body lersjly empowered to make the d**'HraUon or to toll upon anybody to assist hkn In sudh a step, or for any pernon to give assistance, or tor any person to itsuo any tuldress assum ing such position. The ponalry provided l< not le»* than 6500 nor more toon 610,000 and Impris onment In rite penitentiary five not tnoro Ihsn «wen*y-flv*» ycu-s. The vote on the bill was 50 to 60. The Populists vrited solidly agwlnst tt. TlMs toll now goes to <he upper Nousa and there Is little doubt of Its prompt passage shore. X* will probably be a Wtw by RatuiMay. This win put a stop to a*T of Kolb's absunl perforances, wbkih have been o«vrmvnte*l nnd mis- undenitodd In sms ivtrts of the coun try. A* a mutter of course, too bill w4U not affect Kolb's «*-tAorm up to eh* time of It* becoming a Caw. but will put a quietus upon bin future hetlon. WOULD HAVE MARRIED TODAY. New York. Dec. 5.—Tho Dexow com mittee continued Its invest gatIon into charge* against the police today. Rebecca Krearo, a missionary worker, told about a saloon corner of Ridge and Stanton streets, two weeks ago, on Sunday, aud Uk'ug an officer into the aaloon. The case came before Police Justice Feitner tho next day and, after much delay, she succeeded in entering a complaint against the saloon.st. She said Justice Feitner abused her aud threw slurs upon her und the court officers hustled her ubou* with force while she was making the complaint. Mary I-ovell corroborated M.«s Fream's story ns to her trfeatment by Police Justice Feitner nnd the bad lan guage by the court attendants :n Es sex market police court. William L. Smyer, nu employe of Paritlmrst’s society, said that be had visited the nineteenth and llftcenth po lice precincts lately and found num bers of houses of 111 fame AVhick were easy of access. Senator Xstxow ’asked Lawyer Moss if lie believed that xmlice officers were yet rccelv'ng blackmail, nnd Mr. Moss replied that he did. Augustus E. Costello, who compiled a book called "Our Pollco Protectors,” said tho book was published under tho auspices of tlio New York police board, tho proceeds of tho silo to go to tha po- I co fund, with tho exception of 20 per cent, for hlinseM. The witness said he was "thrown down.” "When the book was promising to bf a success," said he, "Superintendent Byrnes' book, ‘The Great Criminals of New York,' was In the hands of the publisher. When the commissioners round they had got as much as they could out of the book they throw it on my hands atul disclaimed all further connection with It. Then Superintend ent Byrnes' book came out. Of course, when the cousnlsaiooers v withdre** their support the sale of my book failed." Tbs witness then said he set about wrlttng a history of the'Are depart ment, having received the assent of .Messrs. Crokcr, l’urroy and smith. Ho went on with the compilation of the, work und spout a great deal of money In preparing psSItmtttury copies, with the tetter of trustees attache!. “Then suddenly," raid the witness, ‘ "my ad vertising agents were arrested, for what cause I could not find out.” Thp witness said ho resolved to cut loose from the regular lire department und publish Che book under the auspices of the volunteer lira departmeiut and use •their certificate. V ,, The witness tbei\ raid hU. two of hts men who had been using tho original oertIdeates were arrested by Cupt. Mc Laughlin's men. He went to police headqunrtera to try to get tlio men out nnd walked Into Inspector Williams’ arms. "You presumably bud written up tho Tenderioln district and. gave Williams some notoriety," said Mr. Goff. Yes. sir, nnd It w\ta x who first used the word Tenderloin." raid tho witnoiw. t ..i? 3 ?* 1 ' Willfcums accused him of doing dtrty work" down town. .The dirty of tearing, the ccntltl- of toe book v;Moh tone of Ws agents lhad ©then nrresied. «" I J5? r ? to* ccntlficoito out," aald he, in Ospt. MclAughlin's etailon house. In front of everybody. I wiinted to got It back, us X «Rd not want it to be used any more by the advertising agents." Ho stoted that Oapt. inwaras kept him In hts office until nearly midnight raid (hen told him he wns under arrest. He wus brought to CWpt. McHAughln's Btwtlon house mid, Just as he was en tering tlhe station wlllh 'two detectives, h* wss assaulted by oi ntsn who Jump ed out of tho shadow and knocked him In .tho gutter. "When I got Into the stoittam house, Ctept. McLaughlin hit me with brass knuckles several times. 1 told him nx length If he did not desist he or I would die. He then did not hit me uny more. Then I was thrown Into a cell and left. unconscious. All this time, •shore were two detectives up a>t my 'fto'w buUytog my wife and child and throwing them into nyuteraca. Dr. Jenkins can bratMy to the condition I was tn. lie 'treated me." At this Instant l)r. Jenkins appeared tn th* court room. The case against his msn, the witness said, which was made oa the complaint of Copt. Murray of the Are department, was dismissed Imme diately. «a there was nothing against them. This was in November, 1689. "Did you succeed with your book?" “No. sir; 1 could get no advertising agents and I was ruined." "DM you take legal proceedings against these people?"' asked Senator O’Connor. •Thera wrs no use In going to law with tho devil, with the court In hell." Health Officer Jenkins then took th* •Und. He testlfled that he found Mr. Costello suffering from nervous dcores, slon. His face wss contused. An adjournment waa then token until tomorrow. Strange Suicide of a Well Known Ala bama Man. Montgomery. Dec.. k-Hon. H. Judge, on* of the ledtng rltlxana of Weat Alabama and a pramlnant lawyer, com mitted aulcide at hi* home at Kutaw laat night Hla eerrsnt on going to hU room found him dead, shot through th* tempi* Th* pistol wa* tn hU hand. H* was to buva been marrUd tomorrow. CO-OPERATIVE GLASS WORKS. Pittsburg. Pa.. D«c. A-The striking flint glass worker*, associated with South- aid* business msn. propose to erect or puiubaa* tableware pm plants which will b» operated against th* United State* Glass Company. A capital Mock of from ttoXto) to 6*0,0* u t.-tag sub- Bribed, of which amount 65#.<W> will b* taken from th* treasury of the American VXtnt Glass Worker*' Union. Th* fatto- rt»» wlH be ope rated oa th* cotepsrailv* plan. NegolUIlona are la pragr*** for th* purchase of the McKe* pUnt on tha south eld*, aa well aa several other plants. Bteyri tmht, oceotMing to Mira Francos Wlllanl. 1* marvelotialy hotldh- ful. So 6s Dr. Hriee'* Crrarn Baking Powrlur. IN'fERSTATE OOMlilBUOE REPORT Numerous Changes In the Lnw A’s^ril By tbe Coimn-ssiouera. tt’oelilngton, Dec. 5.—The eighth an nual report of the irterslate commerce commission, which was sent to congress Itoday, ranges through a variety of sub jects. Tbe report si/s It U tbe duty of sli’p- Ipen, railroad man:ig.*ra .-tud eltir-'-us generally to nss'st the government In running down vlolatlonw of the Btatutes desUtned to protect tb'clr Interests. Transportation should not be regavdtrl us u part of the private business of ah'ppers. It should be v owed us an agency provided under tae government f ncuon. It rccoamns'tJ* Hut the car- rj’lng corporations be made Indictable and subject to fines for violatons. of the act Tbe rejwrt presents at length a statement of the work of tho com- mlsslou and discusses die long nnd short h'Ot clause. Due observance of I that clause, it says, will encourage 1*> g t mate and restrain Illegitimate com- petition In the caciring trade. ■Tltc report presems tho facta eonsti- ftuting what is known'as the Southern freight war; that 'Jt, the freght -,var that has been going on in' the territory south of the Potomac river during the past summer, showing the causas of the war, tho groat injury resultng to numerous places and dealers tnero.n, etc., anil rays that the rate adopted In Ithat territory avaa 111 consldjred and a costly effort to punish one or two com peting carriers. It taught no new les sons awl brought about no guaranten lof future observance of the rates by the part'es whom the cut was deslgued to Injure. Among tlhe several racommendatUona of the oonvmteelon are: That power be IconfennaJ upon the cotjunlraion to, pre- scribe njlolmum as well sb maximum ratte. Thatt seet&cm 3 of Uhe statute be amended so as to provide a procedure for the estabUshment of "through routes unit Uh rough ratss: ttiha'l the commission he tfirsoDal 'to tprerimUw a uttltccuri olaailflcattten tor frelghifs,- and flhat car riers be required to oontform to s'toh olasrilflortlons for the purpose of pre venting ovendhartges and undercharges for iru tart .ate train! vsbrlatl on; rile acit be amanUexl bo uo "to conn«dt the omv- trict; at ehfipmen* aril 45s penfonmac.ce by the caj-rlera wIMi their duty to re ceive only Budh ratcri os hove been put In force accoovltrtg to fetiw: tihet corpora tions subject Ito tlhe set be made liable to ImJtdDnvant for offenses against Uhe Idtatmte. airtd that the preeerit pravliions outbjeotl"ng Boutlvldua'ls engaged In rall- ivtiy service to puntehiment by flne or lmiprl»mtuient for prohibited acta be re- kalned. but tbit Shippers, consign cos arid IndWiIdiunna not oonneatxd with rail way employment be refflevrid fnonr. ila- tlUty to fine and inVorisonment under .ectyyn 10. except for such fraudulent acts as false ‘billings; toSse elassiflca lf Hon. false, weighing, false repvesenta- iton of tlhe oeraienlto ef los packages or fttl.te regwrt of weight: Khalt file word “line." When used In the aot, dhall be construal to be a physical line, not a busincH* arrangement Various raabm* inondatlona tor amendments to the net we surgesosd in sccordanco with plans mentioned in tho body of the report, while other paragraphs convey sugges tions regarding legislation authorizing the commission to Investigate tho labor rant ceils on railways, and to* require annual reports flrdm raofjous ccwnpaulee wihoee buslnests Is closefly related to Uiait of itramaportaidon. SHORT STORIES OF THE TOWN Interesting Items of News Gathered Yesterday by the Telegraph' Reporters. Sam* City It*m* Which Arc or Cosald- arable lattr.it (a Many or tha Uaafdseits sf the city and tha Suburbs, POISON IN THE COFFEE. The Entire Family Slade Violently HI Drinking It. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 5.—There was a wholesale poisoning case from drink ing coffee In this city today. Shortly after breakfast this morning the fam ily of Mr. J. F. Keene, consisting of himself, wife, his daughter. Miss Nel lie. and llr, James A. Keene, were taken violently 111 and physicians were summoned, who, after Investigation, of fered the opinion that they had been poisoned by drinking coffee. The coffee ©•ns analyzed and physicians discov ered traces of some foreign substance, believed to be arsenic. Mrs. Keene pre pared the coffee herself, and th© family are 'tunable to account for the presence of the arsenic and considerable mys tery surrounds the case. All tbe'parties suffered greatly during the day, but tonight are pronounced out of danger. MATTHEWS WA8 SHORT. 'took Morphine to Avoid rite Disgrace of ExWwure. Lincoln, Ill.. Dec. 5.—Jero Mh.ti'h'ews, defer'ed candtWtlte for county clerk, was found 6n tin unconscious condition, resulting ttom nvon-phlnt© poisoning, yra- terdav. Phystetams revived him, nnd PreddOK him for an extplanatlon. he re- rvluoumfly told hhem to look Into one of his .pockets, where they would find Ida last official report. The cttpxnt «'*»• ©loixjd. according to hta figures, tha: ho wa* 31.921 shorn. On Che track of the document. In his hanfwrirJrrg, was this o/nfe.mtan: "I 'have taken morphine. I was not bom to be a 'ttoletf. I cannot • biutoI the dl.groce of being a thief. Get a lot In Burton cemetery and bury me there, as I do not wish to disgrace my parents by being bunted beside them." II© relapsed into unconsciousness, wloh ono cf-nnee tn a hundred of recov ering. EVANS IS GOVERNOR. Official Returns of the Tennesiee Elec, tlon Made Public; Chattanooga. Dec. ic-Th* Chattanooga Times tomorrow will publish the official vote of every lounty In the state of Ten nessee certified to by county officers, and tho total show*: • Evans (Republican), for govomor, 1(6,- 167; Turney (Democrat). 1C1.S36: Evan*' plurality, ML Turney was elected In 169f by 36,866 plurality. Tbe delay in asrere mining the result of the election since November 6 was due to state officials withholding the returns until all coun ties bad reported. The gold Gepoelts found at Cripple Creek are ratt richer In value than Dr. Price's Cretan Baking Powder. CONFESSED HIS CRIME. Chattanooga. Dee. S.-“Iiu<My" Wooten, on* of th* negroes Jailed here under sen- tone* to hang tor the murder of a white man named Marlon Rosa has confessed. He believed he was to bang on Monday, and Just prior to Umt hour he sent tor a deputy sheriff and mad* a full state ment regarding the murder. II* tmpll- cat*d Mail", hla companion, who Is to hang with him. and another negro named Dayton. II* later signed a written core fesalon In the preeence of the sheriff, giv ing the details of the horrtbl* crime. The eonfeaston has been lent by the sheriff to Governor Turney, who respited the two convicts to January II for hts consid eration of tha application for commuta tion of their aentenee from death to life Imprisonment. The men have denied their guUt up to this time. NO AMNESTY FOR RIOTERS. Brunets. Dec. 6.—to the rtiamber of input!** today a vote waa taken upon rite skAIUI praprettl that amnesty be gtvsnuxl to all peraona now serving trims of JcnpriaoaaMng fbr Inking pari In th* riots that secured during the urttverail suffrage agituuon. usd the rnrtUon was defrated b£ a vote of 79 to ITALIAN FOUND MURDERED. JacksonvtUe, Fla.. Dec. A—Mike Caboo, an tlallan M years old. was found mur dered near this city this morning. His head had been crushed with an ax which was. lying near besmeared with clotted blood. The murdered man was found ly. ing on an old pine bedstead outside a shanty used' by tenders of a wood rack located there. Throe negroes have been arrested and await the action of the cor oner’s Jury. It Is said that one named Jackson owed Caboo money and that the two men had recently had a dispute over th* matter. THE COIT INQUIRY. Columbus, O.. Dec. 5.-Tbe proceed Inga of tbe Colt court of Inquiry today were uninteresting. Th* witnesses ex amined were ON from Washington C. H.. and there evidence was all of one tenor—that the crowd was not a dis orderly one. while there were a few persons who were trying o» excite a mob spirit; that a much smaller fora* than Cot. Colt hid st hts command could have dispersed the crowd without low of life tt they had been property used, and that the »>VlV’rs and off!- com were drinking In the saloons about the town in tbe afternoon before the shooting, if they were not drunk. JUST TOO SHORT POR HEADS. MADE A MISTRIAL.—The Jury In the case of 31. Newman, the baker, vs. the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia made a mistrial after remain- ing out twenty-four hours. Mr. Newman was suing for 61,100 for a horse and bread wagon demolished by a Central train at BeaseleyTs Crossing about eighteen months Ago. Several minor criminal cases were also disposed of In the city court yesterday. THE GYPSY IS HERE.—The Gypsy ar. rived from Brunswick yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock with a cargo of 300 barrels of sugar consigned to Macon mer chants. The voyage from Brunswick to Macon was not as rapid as wss desired, on account of the unprecedented low water In the river. CapL Miller thinks that hereafter there will be an abundance of water tn the river, so that no futher delays will be caused In running the boat. FAILURE AT COLUMBUS. Dooner & Go. dossd by CrridJitore Unde© A Morngsge. Colmn/bus. Ga.; Deo. 6.—J. R. Boonex & Co., carriage aud harness dealers cd this city, were closed by the Sheriff to day by virtue of a mortgage note for 63.000 In favor of the Fourth National Bank. The firm has In years past done a remarkably good bualnose. and stood iv.il. Slow coUeoUons and small busi ness last year was too much (or tlhesi. SEANdHESTER’S CLOTH MARKET. Manchester, Dec. 3.—The Gurdian ia t'.s commercial article rays: Tho mar ket during tho week has been exceed ingly Hat. with an easier tendency in most important directions, and symp toms unfavorable to the maintenance of the present level of prices. The gen eral decline In the rate of Eastern ex change has far outweighed the slight advance made In cotton at Liverpool, producers especially yielding where their engagements had ended. There were some traasactions at the lowest figures yesterday accepted. Many of fers have been made at figures too low to pay a profit on the running of the machinery. It is rumored that Heavy shipments to India will be made during tlio present month, and. consequently the prospects of an early recovery qf business there are not bright. Cable advices fro China show that the prices realized there have been exceedingly ■low. The. nearer minor markets have tafcn little. Buyers are cautious. Heavy goods have been slow. The Inquiry for printing cloths and finishing goods bos been slow. There has been n elow demand for yarns, with a tendency la favor of buyers. MANY ARE LEAVING.—From the po ke It Is learned that twenty-five unfortu nate women left Macon night before last for parts unknown and that there Is a regular exodus of these women from the city. Juat what has caused the whole sale flight the police are unable to say, but think that In some manner they have conceived the Idea that a great tidal wave of reform Is about to sweep over the city and they want to get out before tt comes. MRS. CHERRY'S FUNERAL.—The fu neral services of Mrs. Dean Cherry were conducted at her late residence on Pine street yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. J. B. Gambrel], president of Mercer University. The services were solemn and Impressive, and the high trib ute Dr. Qambrell paid to the deceased was beautiful and well deserved. The house was Ailed with grief-stricken friends of the deceased, and. many fol lowed the remains to tho grave. The in terment waa in Rose Hill cemetery,where other kindred and loved ones who had preceded her to the grave had been laid to rest. A good woman has gone to her reward. BOUGHT A BUZZARD.—A merchant on Fourth street yesterday was on the lookout for a countryman who had sold hhn a buzzard. The merohant Is from a country where the common every.day turkey buzzard of America Is unknown, and as he has not been In this country long, thought the buzzard was a turkey and paid 70 cents for It. The buzzard was put In a coop in front of the store and St was not long before a crowd col lected. Seeing tho crowd, the merchant thought something was wrong and asked what waa tho matter with the turkey. Then some one asked him If he expected to sell anybody a buzzard. At first the merohant did not understand, but finally he tumbled, and now he wants to find the countryman. SCHA1BFER STILL BEHIND. Chicago. Dec. 5.—Although Schaefer struggled nobly tonight to cut down (.'ho advantages gained by Ives tn the big billiard tournament and one time was alhoad on itihe night's play, the little konder In Ithe end proved too much for Ditat, running out at Uhe.beginning of the twa'.'fitjh inning wifih the phe nomenal number of 231. The perform ance on the part of Che men was uhe best yet seen in Uhls tourney, and tlhe spectators went tatway well pleased. Brilliant shots were the order of tbe evening. At dh© conelustbn of the nglht’s game the scone dtcod: Ives, 1,800; Sehlaefer, 1,042. Scores for the nigbt: Ives' 'total, 600; average, 50; nveruee far flhe iDhree nights, 39 6-4R; highest run. 281. Schaefer's total, 424; average. 38 6-11; average for the flhreo nights, 22 3-46; 'highest run, 147. DYNAMITE FOR AN EDITOR. Perry. Q. T.. Dec. 5.—T. J. In.vln, ed itor of tbe Ponld Creek Leader, nar rowly escaped death laat night by a bomb Itelnig thrown Into his bed room by an unknown person. Several men heard tlhe shell buret, or he would have been burned to death. As it was, Irwin was knocked senseless and flhe room v.as soon enveloped in flames. The ed itor wtt« carried from the room. He has been advocating (he removal of the county seat from Pond Creek to Bel fort], bodji places Dn “L" county, Okla homa. and uas been warned to desist.- H« will recover. Dr. Henry 'A. Mott, U. S. government Chemist; reports iflhae Dr. Price’s Baking PowMer *va» reached "(ho acme of per fection” to whcOxeotmenesB and efflclen- COTTON AT 1 FIVE CENTS. The Farmer Must Loam to Raise It if Ho Expects to Live. Baltimore, Dec. 5.—The Manufac turers’ Record, in order to learn the ex act condition of Southern farm inter ests in view of tho present low price of ootton, recently addressed a letter of inquiry to a largo number of country bankers throughout tho entire South, from Maryland to Texas. Tit© Manufacturers' Record publishes several pages of then© totters la this week's issue. Probolbly tho mo6t) oamprohous'.vo survey of th© entire s’tuai'.on is given, „ by Mr. T>. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C., who for some years has given close study to cotton* raising aud cot ton manufacturing. . Mr. Tompkins cnllms that, tho South muBt loam to raise cotton at 6 cents oi pend, and that (be future prosperity of the cotton Interests is based upon tho Souh’s ability to raise large crops tA low prices. There Is, he says, ft revolution la progress, which IF result ing lu a change from the old planter system to modem farmnlg; that- In places of large'plantations devoted en tirely to cotton there Is coming an era of smaller farms devoted to filveroifled agriculture. Under this change, nnd when It Is more thoroughly completed than at present, cotton even at B cents wt>v. Mr. Tompltlns says, prove the most profitable agricultural product In the'world. While flhe change is going on there must necessarily be some suf fering, as is true In all revolutionary eluanges, and the farmers who have not adapted ithemeelvea to tbe new situa tion will find their business' unprofit able, but those who adopt the new method and who raise their own food stuffs will prosper. In the letter of Mr. Tompkins, ns tn ono or two oth ers. attention Is called to the fact that tho negro ah.ft tenant farmer for rais ing cotton la proving a failure and Is drifting more and ■ more to the - ' cities and to mining and railroad work. LIGHT WEIGHT COIN. Philadelphia. Deo. 5.—Among tho gold deposited with the • assistant United States treasurer In this city by the Philadelphia members of the Stew art syndicate for their share of tho new bond Issue have been discovered sev eral thousand light-woight half eagles. Some of tho coins have ben worn awny by constant use, but others have cono through the sweating process. All of ■the coin has not yet been tested, nnd Assistant Treasurer Ringler gave only conditional' receipts for tho money and the depositors wlH have to make up the deficiency In weight. SCHOONER SUNK. ■Northipont, L. I., Dec. 6.—The sound steamer Dorian ran Into and sunk flhe schbomer Clara Simpson off Eaton's Neck Rfcvsavtng staMon eurty tihls morn ing. Tile catpttaift nn<l two sailors were saved by flhe at earner, but tbe mate, steward und one sailor were drbwned. • WEATHER INDICATIONS. Washington, Dec. 6.—For Georgia: Fair; south winds. AWECSCK of tho physical const!- t tution often oomes from unnatural, per- nicious habits, con tracted through ignorance or from excesses.* Such habits result in loss of manly power, nerv ous exhaust* fon, nervous debility, impaired memory, low spirits, irritable temper, and a thou-, sand and one derangements of mind and body. Epilepsy, paralysis, softening of the brain and oven dread Insanity some* times result from such reckless self-abuse. To reach, reclaim and restore such unfort unates to health and happinees, is the aim of the publishers of a book written in plain but chaste lani — ^ *— plain envelope, on reoeipt of ten cents in stamps to pay postage. Address, world’s Dispensary Medical As sociation, 663 Main fit,, Buffalo, N. Y. LOST.. $10 REWARD... }60l U3AGS Gin 8pUU OjlfiM. 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