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THE MACON MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9,’ 1894-TWELVE PAGES. . UK ffi Determined on Silling the Retired Revenue Cutter List Bill If He Has the Ability. STRUCK SOME POWERFUL BLOWS The Gentleman From Mltunrl Aikert Hr. Bontollo to Keep Hlt BloutU Shot, ut Stood Up for Alt llto Principle, of Homooracy. of williams vs. Settle, from the Fifth dffitrlot of North Carolina. Under the special order the house took up the bill to so amend the Into state commerce law as to permit rail road companies to pool their eamlugs. At the close of the debate, Mr. Pat terson of Tennessee. In charge of the bill, after vainly endeavoring to ob tain unanimous consent to close the general debate, gave notice that on Tuesday afternoon next at 3 o’clock he would ask the house to second the demand for -’the previous nuestipn upon the passage of the bill. The house at 4.40 adjourned until Monday. LAMAR IS IN TROUBLE. TVUsftlngton, Dec. 8.-<Le®3 ithan one hundred members were to their sea-io when Speaker Crisp called the house to order at noon today. The Ml raported last session by 'Die committee on Interstate and fcoign committee on interstate and foreign tihe (revenue oullltOT service, and thel'dby promote Its efficiency, wus taken up In committee of the whole. Mr. Mallory (Democrat) of Florida advocated the passage of the bill, and floated that Idle officers In tthe cutter service were appointed by the president for life, and When IneU'pacdtated by ago or. Infirmity from dischaging their du ties there was lib. way tmdor the pres ent law of- providing for them B3ive by placing them on Waiting orders alt three- qunrators pay. At present thiiity of the 220 offleetv in flhe servioe were on wait ing orders. Such a course prevented pi’omdito to the ucairo offloers, who were sometimes compiled to perform the duties of odicers of a tilgh rank withoilt receiving commensurate pay therefor. Evany consideration that Impelled the cdtnbltehmertt of a retired MU: foT the army or navy was an argu ment in favor of the passage of toe bill. MR. CLARK'S LONG TALK. The Mil was further edvoealtwl by Messrs. BigllUh (Democrat) of New Jer sey and Covert (Democrat) of New Fonk. and 'Mr. Clark (Democrat) of Mis souri entertained dhe house with one of his characteristic' speeches in opposi tion. Openly avowing hts punpose to talk the Mil ID deal*, M C ®“ M ’ 5S ttdd that the last half of Oho well "Truth crushed to earth will rise aguln: The eternal years of God are nets; But Eilror wounded, writhna fn palin, Arid dies amid her worShtpem. was a lie. and that the history elf the bill dumoostl railed It. „ “I thought twice last stmrmtir con tinued Mr. Clark. 'Hh'.vt 1 had killed It. 3 ro>'0ced to the thOughtt tiKilt I had be~n enabled to kill one steal In my one session In comtsreisfl: and I. did ret .be lieve It would be my la.1l. and to give you a pdtnlter. I do not think It will be my test one. yet” (Laughter and ap- 1> '"i a would like to take the Am&riCan. people irfSo my confidence and to sate to them honnsely, paitridtlcaMy, as a mun, a reiptreuerJ aaityve and a citizen, than a m'ofa dangerous, more venal, a more vivlloue. a more fur-reacihlrag bill of evil was newer anltioduced in thin house tSitvn Uhls. I am a Democrat. (Cries of ’Glad to hear M.' "I am not (the sort of Democrat 03 the man who first uMleered that declar ation. He oughlt to uimend Ms using of It. I am a Democrat now.” . Mr. D.ilwl (Republcan) of Penusyl vamiia—Are you sure? Mr. Clark—The gentleman who rep resents ihe PlttSburg dlltliidt ought to keep pretty tft«n. Democracy does, not mean ttto spoils of office. .aughfor (tom R<P^llear»n,nd colter Hla Record at Lynchburg la Anything but Good. Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 8.—For some weeks the* question of lightin;; this city has been in a great muddle owing to the mysterious manipulations of a man named David Lamar, brought here and mad 1 © general manager of tflie local electric company, i/miar's mahouts having excited suspicion, his record was hunted up and last Tuesday n: rav age assault was made upon him by Councilman. Hammer in the columns of tho News. Extracts were reproduced from the Mobile Register of February. 1S02, exposing Lamar’s career in iha/t city and denouncing ihton as & highway robber and impostor. The culminating sensation was last night, when Lamar was specifically charged In the city council with attempting to bribe an expert electrician to make a false statement, to.the council as to the ccst of producing the light, in order to pre vail upon that body to give his com pany the contract, and not build a city plant. The.’contract had already been awarded to Lamar’s company, but the award was revoked by the council naid the committee ordered to Invite other bid*. Last night officers of the company who are honorable men repudiated La mar’s transactions and professed en tire ignorance of his method®. It is not unlikely that Lamar will be nabbed by the police. SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. cheers from tihe Democratic slide). That sounds -ridiculous to some. i WHJg; . Mr. Cameron (R^ipubltoan) of nVooftj —The gemtktnmn te a humorist no well as a Democrat. , . Mr. Clark—It does ndt soumd humor ous either. It means that (Ihe people of Hhto oounttry are going to rule this country. (Republican mpplaiuse). \co. you clap. I undicn^ta-nkl ejdadtay wnat you ore tiaro for. and you clap for the doclaraltion of tihe diskingalahect orator from New York-4toe ReutoHcano did, not the Democrata-Hwhen ihe whs fight ing for the principles of the corpora tions and monopolies against the prin ciples of the people*. (Appdause on the DemoomlOc side). Deny It? I give you u, fair chance to deny it. When Mr. Bryan dtood up here, tihe most dLoquent tribune Chat the people have hart hi this . ball ClaufsOvter cm tihe Republican side) '■ 'for tile last thirty yearn*-'’ Mr. Boutelle (RepttbHcan) of Maine— The las: of tihe tribunes? ■NOT VERY FIABI/IAMENTAR Y. Mr. Clark—You keep your moush shuit. (LaMjchtvF). When Mr. Bryan, ithe most oloquenlt tribune of Che people that ever eloort in <Ms corn-gross mood up hero ankl laid dow.ni the prtnolplea of Democ racy and tire pHodtHefl of the people as against itlhe rule of the corporations, a railroad ni.ltarney that was (floated to congress. tlhat has not even a seat on bhto floor, except iby courtesy, cut and smirked an grinned, and pulled h!s speolaoles off and put them on, and rubbed his torso, and ifiio corporailon butterfllto of tho corating efimgrtas rat r round him and grlnmed and smirked to hope af far.'are ydt Bo come. It looked pretty hard for Democratic principles. But 1 am hero to osserv. them, and one Is (this: that a main who does not earn his puy has no riahk to U. That to my view, and that la the Donjocratls view. Tile hired Itooln of the corporation* of this house can. ns far as I am con cerned, Whey cam go to the everlasting deuce. (Laughter). Continuing. Mr. Clark said: "There lias been so much Infernal demagog- ery'on this floor on both Bides of the house about soldiers; 'rebels,' 'federals,’ that I have got sick of it. I was just about six months or o year too young to get Into the army. I tried my ever lasting best tojjet Into both of them. All that I warned was a chance to fight Of course, I have got better eonse now. If any man that served In the federal army faithfully and got hurt I would vote to give R to mm, although my heart was with Morgan and that gang of rough riders daugh ter). If one of Morgan's men should rise up out of the ground and ask for a pension l would vote to give'it to him—not b -ynise he deserved It for serving the government, but because of Ills spirit as an American citizen. But when a fellow goes around, sails up and down the coast, eats oysters and canvaeback ducks, drinks wine atid has the entree to Washington go- clety, whatever that may be (laugh ter)"— Here the gavel fell, and the hour having expired, the committee arose. Chairman Dockery declining to enter tain a " request for unanimous contest that Mr. Clark might proceed, mid the bill went over. Mr. Brown, Democrat of Indiana, gave notice that he would on Thursday next ask the house to consider and dlspcce of the contested election case They Propose a State Convention in Alabama If Immediate Action Is Not Taken. KOLB HAKES A CERTIFICATE. At(«K«41h*£lMtlono( Rent m United States Senator, but Wma careful « About a Statement of tho Hour unit the Minute. The Tradesman Reports All the Big In dustries Quiet. Chattanooga, Dec. 8.—Reports to the radesman from all parts of the South for the past week show a quiet condition; generally In Industries. Lumber reports show a steady improvement, the demand for pine and cypress is growing, but ex ports are less than an average. The pro duction of iron In "tho South Is slowly Increasing and sales are larger; stocks are small, but prices are no better. The ardware business is quieter than for sev r eral months. Coal continues in steady demand, with an Increasing output. Near ly all the mines In Tennessee and Ala bama are working full time. New cot ton mills are continuing to spring up in the South. A 20.000-spindle mill was or ganized this week by the Clifton Manu facturing Company at Clifton, S. C. Two largo cotton mills at New Orleans have decided to go Into finer goods. The Min- eola Lumber Company, with $100,000 capi tal, was organized at Mineola, Ga.; the Shreveport Fertilizer Company, with 550,- 000 capital, at Shreveport, La.; the Padu cah Electric Company, .with $40,000 capi tal. at Paducah. Ky„> this week. The Standard- Lumber Company of Gbldffcoro decided this week to put $10,000 Into turnl- ture and veneer factory. to tne Tradesman Indicate quite valuable dis coveries this week of barytes for com mercial use • In Alabama and Georgia. FIGHTING IN NEW ORLEANS. Tlie Olyir&G Glufo’s Case to Bp Brought Up Again. New Orleans, Dec. S.—The case of tiio aititoroey-ffeneiul vs. tthe Olympic Club, which upon appeal too tho su preme count was remanded for a now trial, .will come up ibefore Judge Rlghitor on -the Kith iust. The object of th.s su’.t, !<t will he rcmenVbered, was to pre vent gliove contents aud (to cancel tho dub's charter. Uprm the first ‘trial of the case the dub came out victorious. The uttor- ney-genernl, in behalf of the stuite, then carried the ma titer <to the supreme court, wlu.di remanded ft back for a new trial. Upon the result of this tr’al de pends whether or not thero will be auy more glove contests in this city. STILL A DYNAMITER. No Changes to Be -Made In the Cnulser Vesuvius. 'Washington, Dec. 8.—TWO naval board of confltrucitioii has decided, o'flter sev eral montha’ oanlafderatlon, nott to rec ommend i/he aUterolLlon of the dynlumitoe gunboat Vesuvius into a torpedo cruis er. .but tm dyn'Elnuc the verssdl 1/n. ser vice as she is now. lAn act of itlhe laeit RO?sfan of congress authorized the transom*!.flan, but the board has con duced uhait inoHmuch ms the changes would cost $45,000 and would bo of dfcUtltful expediency, a (further trial of the boait as a dynamite thrower wm? udvlea'Me. The majority of the board ore of the opln/km dhatt the veKsd iu useful only tor destroying derelifcts o nxl far dispatch purposes, Iil-it tthv’a plaUng being vulnenafoflo to raptd-firo guns a/t much greater ivirigo fiham her awm pneu mat 12 guns. MJontgcimery, Ala., Dec. 8.—Tho Pop ulist imembers of .tihe assembly in a very quiet caucus test night passed a resolution to the effect that tohqy would act inside of tihe Jaw until the present session of the assembly ctoses, and if ‘flair election law” and a “fair con test ixw” .were enuclled they would abide the results of Hhe contest. In tihe event of iflailure lb pass such laws or of tihe -passage of “any oppressive laws," then another stuitoe convention of their party is to be oailed "to adopt some line of <atetlon. M ! <Bhero are bills now pending for the almemUmemt of the AunliraKan ballot systbm, which was first tried ladt sum mer, land also for a contcet r JUw. Whether these imeasures will pass or satisfactory to ihe Populists passey, weryone *wa15B to eee. They may aitempti to dntLmldUte the Demo- ciuiOc fmtxjotilty |to lincorporatte -intoo these hills sucih fd-eUs (as the Populists chloosc offer. This, however, is not likely to be done.' The ffropMed threat of the Populists not to aat within the kilw after the adjournment of the as- eeanbly, If 'they Qre noto pleased, on-ly causes imore smiles, like those before Kolb’s ithrei.it to force ihls inuugum j tloU'. KOLB’S FARCIOAL WORK. Kblb today weut through the form of giving n cef Hficuite of eleotton to W. S. Ree.se, Sr., n-3 United Staites senator. Iteeise was Ihe momiln'eo o»f the ca-ucus of Iflhe PcipuWstp in tihe aeeemlbly «md recedv^d 44 votes on. jbtnlt baHlot, This is hoped bytlhe PqpuWats to be touncla- tlou of a contest: betoro Uhe United States wnalte for Sanaltor Mopgan’o aealt. but tlrasmuch ns there has never been 'butt one assefmSbUy, and Ha th^vt contains eishky-ntta.? uni:*oai.t€6»tod Decn- aonaJtlc sealto out of 133, tot is difficult , to see ihmv even the nio<vt blitter partisa-na in Khe ipcoonlmg. Rnpubfiicain. aerate can recogxVlze a efaadow o( ai grourjd tor a coritetit. ‘ Kolb caroCuI today to ghre this certllksalte in the pretsence of witness’s, and to hianre ‘these wJ‘jnosr.e® afterwards mak afflduvilt. as- tbfthe ctxadt roiOnute -he ©nwjoted the . toipee. This was done lo f * avoid •amy ilh0Wl$ty under (the bill pelid- knlir More ihe astienibly to ihake'Cllaigul ifiucfli oonluct as Kolb has reetatily been engaged in. Ithe bill has passed the lower house, nind (was a npeclul or der in the upper house today. Ho was afratfd lit mighlt become a laiw today, and hence hUs care. It was not reached, however, a/nd bo he Is,ton no danger for the act. ALABAMA’S TAX RATE. (Morttgameery, la., Doc. r 8.—-The bill to false tne tax rune io (lye and. u half nrllls today passed the lower house bf the assetmtoly by a solid Democratic vote. A few of tiba PorpuHltito alao voted for it. This measure to tn n-cooul with tlve rccommemdatidons of both the out going and an-octminig govomora, and there is no douhit of its becomftiHg a *uw. CONNORS’ CHALLENGE. Wants to Flgdit at 100 Pounds and Pre fers Barry. Now Orleans, Dec. 8.—-Eddie Myers, manager and Packer of Joinin'.o Con nors of Spr'ngfiald, III., oallcd on 4lio spwt'ng editor of ithe Daily States and m ule a deposit of $250 in oisli to bind a ran'roh ■with any man in the .world at 100 pounds, wngh 'n ntt tho ringside, for $1,000 a side and <tl»e /winner to take purse, stake and ull, the Ibser to reoeivo nothing. Jimmy Barry of Chicago' is preferred in tli-'s challenge and Connors will allow him tiwo pounds In the fight. There Is but one proviso mentioned, and vlr.it is barring Un* Aud'i./Kuni CluU of Now Orieans. Connors Is penfootJy wIU J'.rig to fight in (tho O4ymplo or any other dub. THEY TAKE THE CASH. Congressmen Rapidly Converting Their Stationery Accounts. Washington, Dec. 8.—The twenty-five members of the house who wroto to the sergeant-at-arms at the beginning of the session asking if they could not colle. t their mlleago without coming on lieie are being kept In countenance by n num ber of other rejected members already here, who are crowding over each of ter at the sergeant-at-arms 1 desk In their ef forts to convert their stationery iuto cash. The law allows each ip^mbcr $125 a session for sationery, or he can at will take out its equivalent In cash. ”Oash. please," appears *o be tho re quest of quite a largo number cf tho members. It may bo that they do ret think It will be necessary to use *o much stationery, as the session Is short, or It may b© they deem ungrateful coatltuirts scarcely worth was tin gpostage on. The fact remains, however, that casa has the call on stationery In the sergeant-at-arms' office this cold December. COTTON MILL BURNED. Columbia, 8. C., Deo. Kc«i Rank Cotton Mills In Lexington county, about twenty-five miles from Columbia, one of the oldest cotton factories In the state, was entirely consumed by fire this even* lng. • Most of tho output on hand, cotton gdods and some felting, was saved. Tho fire originated from soot burning In the •moke stack at about 7 p.m. The total loss will be something over $75,000. The amount of Insurance Is unknown. ATTEMPT AT TRAIN WRECKING. ChanfeMtom. S. C. # Dec. 8.—An attempt vraa maHe Chte afternoon to wreck the no£Mj8btftl passenger train at Lenoir 1 . Crewe on the Camden railroad. The engine knocked tihe obstruction off the track and {ml wiihout Injury to Lite trade or xxuseenKere. CHICAGO’S MURDER MYSTERY." Jordan’s Accomplice ToM About the Mysterious Box, Chtioatgo, Deo. 8.—John B. Jersey, who is under arrest on suspicion of being impWcaited in tihe Barnes murder, broke down In Inspector Hunt's office this morning aird made 'the (following statement: Jordan sent for me at 4 o’clock Thursday Mfoernacut and 'told me to go to .uhe HiawatUia. flats iand sec hint 8 o’clock" twac mght. Jordan 1heu told me t.hat he wanted me to help talm to carry a t>ox out <rf the bosememt. I went down to ttielp carry' tihO box out at/ about ti p. m. I asked him w>hLi.t waa m the box. aud in- repllod: "J'here is a. dead man In ifc.> Don’t s^iy any thing about It. I helppd Jordaai carry the ibox out to Che Vernon avenue front of tihe 1mlidifng. After ffiffJ box wfl« oa»rnTed olit, Jordan went away, after instoructkhg one to wniti until! -he re turned. 'WWbe wilting K&? him to re- lifm i fell siisleep on the utops. At 11:30 o’clock I awoke. Tho box was pnill_ Chore. I went away.. It was some trttie 5ufer that tihe box-wfea removed by Jordan and tihe unknown exprosa- man." • ^ » During Ihia story Jersey says furtihar: >: T mot Jtordan-. tihe next mcffnlng (Frudoy) in a saloon. He was buying drinks freely .1 ctsked 'ttilfi :wha.t had become of tihe box. Jordan’s reply was: Tti took ail hour to do tiho JofL.’" Jersey' tihen went on to/euy thiait Jor dan give hfum anotiher sutti of clothes and tiwo shirts. There. was blood on Jerseyii snlrt sleeves .he says from vno oozing out of tihe box. For asaist- lug Jomun to remove uhe box, Jersey says ho wus promised m Job as ns- ststaait ymator. It is now*- supposed emit J oru'ATi vvanrtcd Bairnes' Job, which pCiys $65 & month. . . - The Woman uueory of tihe oaso Is Hat j et expiuiinea, bu t Is being'blade of seooiidiary importumce. in his smte- menii Jersey denied’ absolutely any furtiheir kuowtiedge ot uhe crime, or tihla-t Ihe mis present 'When tne r nunder was committed. The offloers lunen went to Jordan's ceil *aoid Infonmea Man of the oiatement made -by Jersey. The par tial confession of his supposed aocoan- pllco nearly overmihelmeu tine principal suspect in tihe cuse, and lor a fow moments it seemed a^. If be would break down. However, be overcame his impulse to ituflk, and after ft few minutes’ reflection told the officers he nod tuofflhlnff to say, but; titoat If In spector *Hum would call on 'him later In /the dUy bo might/ talk to that officer. During the morning Miss Mahoney, who was only -hold at* la' witness, was released on bond. The Registration and Insurance Bills Up in the Two Houses Yesterday, FLEMING DID SOME HARD TALKING Car, HI. V.r.l.m of tb. Report of. D..I to th. s.n.lor. Th.mi.lv.,—Th. Story W„ D.nl.d 1. Toto by McOnyor and V.nsbl*. MAY JXOIIDASB WAGES. IkjB iM-vcr Rictiorfes’ Ato Mofc’.ng a Fair Profit on Oii'jjrut. . 'FaQl RlYer, Mlisa., Doc.' 8.—In h's call for it gonewl McoUag of the Spinners' AsxooIaKon liexll Wwlumsdlsj’ n'.gUt, Soc.rot.iry Hantird 6:iyn that since tho alUrt/.-nc up of the trihls there has been a oaut niuil compiWn't: mlado fit) tlio qantml'Btee of low wages. It Is con- tended by nvemlwia of tho un’oh from tnapy-iof the n>;lU thwt the Into out down In ivsffni of S per cent, hurt made more thbu 10 per cent, difference In tha'.r .weekly wages. “If Hits :s so,” says tlio seerntbry, "wtoy not mmo to tho meetflns and dis cuss dulse questions juid strike out a lino of adt.on itlmit ntU raise your wases to where they ought) to bo? Trade 's In n fairly tlourlshlns ootid:- tton at present. Stooks aro appreohit- tns in value, (roods aro oowtruotod for wvll ahead at pr'.oos which aro suro to return goad dividends to the stook- lrolders.. I Tho tiDaitrl u bohweca of gilt pounds of oetttont'and forty-live yards of jirlnt eitoths nit present qirellaHons Is about 78 cents. F.frecn pea' cent, higher wages have been paid and godd dlvlde.nds imado on a oous'deralhly less margin of profit than Is brf.ag mlado at the preaentt time.” Tho scorqtury of tho Weavers' Un'.on, In Ills call, motes die flour'idling condi tion of hast news and says with those facts tn Wow, they see no reason .why Olio present reduction In wages Should not bo rostbred. ANOTHER CONSTABLE KILLED. ATTACKED THE MINISTRY. Rome, Dee. 8.—Napoleon CoUjannl, •Socialist deputy for Oastro-OIovannl, questioned tlio government yestorauy in title cbjimher concerning tho disap pearance of Important official does- .meats wthtdh were needed to flx tho blame In the Eanea Romano. Bcandul. Premier Crlspl replied thtnc he had no power to explain the matter. Oammlllo Pnrmpoltno. Socialist for Quastallt, Mien made a violent attack upon tihe ministers, whom Iho de nounced as the proteutortt of criminals. Tho SoclaUsta In the chamber are .more .truculent than ever before, as they are smarting under the severity with wfiiloh their former colleague, Do Felice, iwus treated by itlhe govern ment. On Tuesday the chamber will discuss the enforced dissolution of Socialist and Anarchist societies throughout the kingdom. A stormy session Is ex- peeled. *-. ■ CORRIGAN IS CRAZY. Tampa, Fla., Doe. 8.—Wlltlum If. Cor rigan, brother of An-Wblshop Corrigan of Now York. cVlio has been upending hin tvlrlters here for aovoral years, ar rived alUordt a month ago anil took ®)om« for </he s«i»oci at the A'lmetra hotel. A few ilgj-rt ago he began to act queerty, and Thursday nifternoor his ac tions became so sininge limit he was confined to his room under tftrtct guird, and Ills brother. Dr. Corrigan, who re sides at Bam Antonio, Fla., was sum moned. When Dr. Corrigan arrived ho pronounced Ms bnaljher Insane, and un- lees ho tmorovos he mill be sent to an asylum. The cause of Ihe attack Is 'not known. GIN IIOUSE TURNED. Nowton, Dec. 8—(Special.)—(Sirs. 8al- llo DUdlnv, near Milford, lost her gin bouse and a lole of cotton, forty or fifty Imsholi of into anil a lot of farm irnplerra-utn a fow nfgh'ts ago by fire. It Is supposed to have been of Incendiary ong'n. KILLING IN ALABAMA. Fayette, Ala., Dec. 8,-Jamea william- son shot and fatall ywounded William Cannon hoir here yesterday. The shoot ing was the result of a difficulty ol a personal nature, Williamson surrendered. The Dispensary Law Brings on Moro Trouble. Cttumbla, 6. C., Dec. 8—A special from Spartanburg brings Intelligence of the killing of another of tho state wlitoky constables. The killing occurred shortly after dork this evening at Gaffney City, a smalt town In the Piedmont section. Tho victim Is Con stable Joe Latimer. It seems that Mr. Latimer wan in behind a- negro res taurant on the outskirt of the city. He believed liquor was being void In the place, and he was hiding out watching for a m-gro whom ho had sent hi to purchase a pirit of whisky for him. Just us the negro returned and gave the constable the whisky ho woo tired upon from ambush. Ho was shot through the Stomach and cannot live, The town authorities aro hunting for tho murderer. BLOCKADED with cotton. Fall River Manufacturers Have Bought a Year's Supply. Fall Itlvor, Maas., Dec. 8.—Great quantities of cotton are being received here, and tho New York, New Haven Brad Hartford railroad Is being over whelmed with cotton freights Thero are 185 car loads now In the local freight yards, and 600 car loadn are side-tracked in this vicinity awaltng on opportunity to be unloaded. The boots of tho Fall River line aro bringing In the largest freights ever known here, the steamer City of Taun ton discharging 2,818 bales of cokton alone a few days ago. Manufacturers have purchased a year's supply of tho raw material on account of the low prlco. EDITORS GOING TO CUBA, ’MnBhMfnesy, Ate., Doe. 8.—Secretary Rountree of the Atabama. Press Asso okttSoti aonoinidcs today ttot ho h.13 pcWeritofl ari'angamunta for an excur sion of tttat body to Cuba. The ex cuWon wtU start from here January 11 ami arrive at Tampa tlio next day and at IEavnaa the 14th. Rdturnlng, the psrty will stop at Key West, Thm- pa. W'irtter Park, Sanford, Palatka. 8L Augustine and Jackitsiv'.Uo. It will bo confin-d exclusively to those engaged In the nnwsfkiper business in bUs state. KILLED IHS STEPSON. Kr».tvllh\ Term., Dee. 8.—Near Black- w.i: I Ian <» k bmiw, H-nry Sadtli Shot ami killed Ms.stepson, RUbert Br/dui. Bad feeling Is »all to have ex isted lejtween. them for some time. How ever. Smith claims ab.it he (ltd the kill ing in aeK-defcxice. Brooks Iw.-s wife and Mrcroi children. A-Wanlta, Dec. 8.—(Special.)—Tho sen- samlou of tho session cropped out at a mcotlng of tho senhto judtdary oom mlllteo Ihls morning. Under pressure of tho actum of tho house yesterday afternoon In refusing to ta-ko up tho VanabJo insurance bill until the senate should toko up tho registration bill, tlio judto'nry orw trad u too watt called grtther to consider the BltuUtlon. In aitteropting tn bulldona tho house tho senlilto coniml'tltco rculizotl that it had sliniek n big stung, awl It did not take thorn very long to dooldo that tho befit thing to do was to take the back track. They woro In a bad. hole and tho only thing Hhoy could do to help themselves out wjs to toko up tho reg. Istraiti'an bill, trusting to luck BmioutU iho itroUbled waters. Simaker PlonVng was sent for and invited to address the oomroHItoe. But nfitoad of elledtliig paica tilio olive lira mill turned 'to a oat o' nine tolls to soohrgo the bulldlonlng sonlaitors, AUton subm''ttlug his argument, Speaker Flaming sot In to apply tho lash. •Ho said he Intended 1» talk plainly and, In Jusaico to (lie house, ho wanted to sluite tho reason why the house had dotcumlned to rocallato for tho oom- ml Wee’s notion In tabling the registra tion 'bill. The speaker then declared that tho repoait had been currant In tho house that President Venable of tho senate and Senator McGregor, tho Populist leader, hail entered lnlto an agreement to dofoait tho l-eglstm-tlon bill and tto pass Iho Venublo Insuranco b3U. According to this teport, Mr. Fleming aald. Senator McGregor had agreed to vote the PopullsiB of tfayhionso solidly for Iho Vcuahto bill, thus lasuring Its passage, and thiait in oonstdeiuibton for this President Venable wias to have th* reglstmatton b.tl squelched In tho coin- iutotoe. The report of such a trade, which was given color by tho natiJon of the oommifltco, nuluradlyi luCenKetl tho house and daatsed It to retaliate. Senator Orfborno -wanted tho sixtikor to tdl wh*> laid told him of tho uUo0td trade, but Mr. Fleming refused to state. LIVELY PROCEEDINGS. Tho proceedings tn tihe committee were lively Ill tbs Extreme, and when whut Mad transpired booaimu known- in the two Urouees tnero was great deal Of excitement. After Mr. Fleming left, bho senate committee sent the bill Into the sen- at and Wad it read a second time. When -twin notion -was communicated to Mr. Flaming ho at once took the ficor took filibustering tactics to .prevent 1», umd, after contending with the mem bers who still felt rcBontfifi and under- fireally succeeded in getting tho Voniv bio Mil before -tho house amid read a second time. 'Both Mils aro now In condition to bo pa&sed or kHM flti tiWft ueMlon. The fiV>uao, bowover, 'wifi mrt ta.K« an- other Step tnwuvd passing the Vepible bill until im-o senate acts MH- W rogSd/rutlon hill. It would not be » surprlso It both are tailed os O result of today's dlsctosures *nd *lho Conse- nuent friction between lUho two houses. kjssAfi lng correct tsh« rumor. President ihb repret sfecu" - *-"22 •sa^JSs&s^ffisSs: FleiUIng before 1h® senate committee Uitamorrting. Mr. McGregor 'referred to Mr Fleming as 11 man snoltohed from ibe fciwa of d»v«h to lU-ufidrato tUirielte of Oeorwta. as wpeaker of her house of rfiBrewntaltlves, and yot tojjg* forget the dkgrtfi-y of Ms gxoselflon. «« to Inv.idc a w-rlito comruHtteo room ar ”* r *r peak slvnlclens regatodt would Htkln «UO lll» of a g<mttomten-Ho denlret Ms alleged port fit the deal In Ujy, ‘ WORK OF THE HOUSE. It seems that Iho house docs not ai- lout yaster* Mil making women eligible to ithe office of aa»f* ta rtt staite itb~urt.Tn: the hill of Jones of Dougherty prchlMflng •» "*^th ,ir sdcmocb douce; the Pol'dfi bill prontblt- Ing conporaitoon from refusing to apceyt security for employes When 2t Is in this stake, and the Mil by J£r. Reagan of Henry proWihiting the working of con victs on Sunday. . The penium'tlary committee reipornfl this morrtlreg that Uhe Cltrich county buildings weron ot suffidenUy fiooreil or ceiled «rri that th« convicts were being worked too hard «t the OhUttahooChee brick yarl, and urged upon <he penlten- tiary officiate to see ihait Bhla Is cor The look of winter cAiHtlmlg foe con vlcts at Rising F.Vwn, onl there being too much water in the mines, and the fact that the eonvtats aro worked ht night ami on Sunday, woro comment el have become conudetely paralysed. ‘A* blU that will prove a handicap to * the reorganization' of the Ceiitr.it rail- read. If it becomes a kyw, pa-vsed- the house-today. •It was by Mr. Branch of Columbia, subjecting all railroads to state taxa tion, iincludlng thjse exempted under their chartetw, whenever they Khali rer- organlze under a pew charter. * Tho Central is now exempt. Out .under this blit It wlul have to ante up when It is reorganized. After'a lengthy discussion, the bill to require the labeling of all convict-made goods was tabled until next session’. Mr. Dodson’s Insurance blw requiring all fire Insurance companies to pay the full amount of insurance specified In ■ case of loss Instead ot . the three- fourths of tho specified Insurance, as lias beeu practiced by some companies, • waa. passed today, and Immediately sent to the senate. Another very Important blit passed provides for the election of tho state school commissioner by tho people, tho same ns oliher stale house officers, In stead of being appointed by the gov ernor, j POPULISTS SHOWED FIGHT, The Populists got their first glory in the house this afternoon by forcing the Democrats <0 abandon their plan of preventing the passage of the Popu* . list bills, and compelling them to al low a whole batch of them to go through. The Incident was highly in- . teresting. After a tot ot Democratto bills had been paraed, one of Uic Popu- lists asked to have his taken up, but Immediately yiero were a lot of ob jections,. Several other Populists tried and met the Bame fate. Then they got mad, and would not let the Democrats pass o.uy bills. They gave tit for tat, and 4he Democrats could do nothing but give In or nWmdOn the aeaslon. Time was too valuable to throw away, , and they had to agree to let tho Popu lism bills bo taken up. Tito Populists accepted tlio proposition, and things then went smoothly enough. Mel Branch was even called to the' chair, ' tho first uud only Populist-to oocupy it this session. Tho house passed the Fo garty bill, multlug tho comndllflsloner . of agrlcqlture ex-ofileto eommlsoloucr of Immigration and requiring him to publish and dlmrlliuto a hand book showing 'the resources of thti state. Tho bill removing tlio 550 penally from telegraph companies for delay In de livering messages was also postlcd. This means telegraph facilltler, for small towns. WORK OF THE SENATE. . Tho senate this morning panned tho bill providing for a state board of medical examiners. This bill has al ready panned tho house, und now ouly; awaits -the signature of tho governor to become a law. , The senate passed the Cummings bill enabling -Uhe state bunks ot Georgia, to Issue bank notes In pursuance of the law 'that congress may pass repealing the 10 per cent, tax on tho notes of state banks. The bill allowing tho Bou<hi Carolina ' and Georgia railroad, a. railroad char tered In South Carolina, the right of way Into Georgia, was panned. The bill Introduced by Senator Mon ro to Invest the title of crops Tabled on renfied land In tho landlord 'waa lost. The house Mil amending Uhe law ot (winder wan (ost. , A hous bill W.1H pared to allow judgs Of city court” .to appoint stenographers for their courts. The bill provides no compensation to be paid by the state or bho court. A Mil was passed HraiMferrlng Dooly, county from tho’Oconee to fho SamBh. western Judicial circuit. A bill w«a pa seed to atiBhortzo the comptroller general to appoint one of tihe railroad commissioners to act as arbutrutor In oases wihnre Uhe comp troller and rallroa. deompantes dlea'greq on fox 'assessments. Governor Atkiineon sent the follow ing lappoUntmientB >lo tb» senate todays R. M. iHlgglns, solicitor of the county) court of Oconee; C. R. Wirenen, so- Haltar of the county court of Pulaski; U. M. Ctnrko, solicitor of fho ooiunty, court o tWaiyne; Frank Harwell, so. Ik-1 tor of llhe County court of Troup; B. J. Jiiokson, solicitor of the county, curtjpf Walker: George H. H. Harris, Judge of the city ctxurt of Floyd' foe (Ihe unoxplrod term ,andi Charles J- Bhlpp, solicitor of -Iho courtty oauit of Dooly- In the appointment of Mr. Harris an Judge of Ohio Floyd county court there was much opposition from Roms. There was name opposition to theop- polntment of Mr. iirainwell In iTOup County. Tho appointments were con, firmed by the senate this •afternoon. , ATKINBON IS ANGRY. It la understood that Governor Arttan* son to somcwhult wraithy over the foot that much of tho apposition, to the res olution allowing a woman; to be ap pointed aeaLstiunb dbaito librarian Is auo to rttvttgorilwm to Mm on tiho ground that fie “wvuritrt «ib uso Mw pofrttlon to pay a j*>AltAca/l debt by wpiKttnOnw M>Jki Dortt-h, who helped blim a great deal In Bstowlei eouimty. Those who hxvo been fighklnsr uhe resoluulon on thto grwind arc doing a good deal of en>wing ( even Uw gjv'drtior, btteauso they think they halve got Mm In a hole. on. The present convict I caw? system Is oondamned .and a reformatory for juve nile ortsooei-s 4s recomemsided. The wsnmMteo recommemda the par don of Joseph H. 8. OWborne, sent up from Newton county for murder. His pardon Is recommended for the reason that a piece bf state tail upon him some time a®o, tnHuSost tala ratae to su'd] on tiXtok ■■■ EXTENDING TI1B SERVICE. i The Southern Associated Press Taking New Territory. New York, Dec. 8.—United States Ben. ator Patrick Walsh, general manager of the Southern Associated Press, returned to Washington today. His visit here was for tho purpose of completing arrange ments with the Western Union Telegraph Company for extending the telegraphic news reports of the Southern Associated Press Ihto the state of Kentucky, Arkan sas and Texas, from which many applica tions have been received for service. With these additions the territory of the South ern Associated Press will embrace all the Southern states south of the Ohio river from Virginia to Texas. Regarding thp present newspaper situation, tlie senator said that only one member of the South ern Aseoclated Press had joined the West ern Association and that other now clients claimed by tho Western people consisted chiefly of a few afternoon pa pers which never belonged to the South ern Associated Press. The arrangemenu Just completed will facilitate favorable action on applications for service In the new territory and materially enlarge the ephere of usefulness of the Southern As eoclated Press. .ii ■■■ 1 SUICIDE AT ATHENS. I No Cause Assigned for Mr. Porleri* Bclf-Dcet ruction. Athene, Dec. 8.—(Special.)—E. W. Porter, aged 68 years, shot himself through the head this morning at 9 o'clock, near his home In Bast Athena. Tne ball, which was from a 32-cnltbre pistol, entered near the left ear and plowed lie way through the brain. Ha died at 2 o'clock. No cause except temporary Insanity can be assigned for the rash adt. Mr. Porter was a member of the famous Troup Artillery lu the Confederacy, and was a prominent Ma tson. He leaves a widow and four chll* dren. J ' WBAlPHBIt INDICATIONS. Waffling ion, Dec. 8.—For Georgia: Fair and cooler; south winds, becoming ob rib.