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THE MACON TELEGRAPH. macon. ga., Thursday morning, December 13,1894. HIbkIb Copy, 5 t«nu SWEPT BY MUD WINDS. Forsyth’s Buildings Scattered by tiic Terrific Cyclone of Tiffsday Night. fBOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE Tb. al.thodllt Chuoh JBalldlng Com- platily Wreck.4 bb4 Oth.n Almoit HbIbmI—Damage at R.ynoldr, Camlllo and SlHWhin- Forsyth", Dec. 12.—(Special.)— A cy clone tlhat -wiao terrific in its fury and dIs»astrous in its results passed over 4JMs •city >flhls imornftig: at 3:30 o’clock. [For more than aa hour every Inhabi tant was -palsied' wltih fright, expect ing each moment <to 'bo dashed into eternitly. Men were weak and ter rorized, women were pnaying and chil dren were screaming, and fllbove the Toanring, furious elements could be (heard -the cries of those in terror an’d <K3trees. The wind clew with fearful velocity, 'the lighting flashed wiR'h aw ful tfury and -the thunder roared like a 'hundred cannon. At 3:30 tlhe storm, coming from the southwest, burst wttl all its force and (fury upon the northeastern part of the city, demolishing everything within Its path. Going in ai northeasterly direc tton houses .trees and fenoes were -laid law, and in several instances It is al most impossible to locate t’he former foundation df dwellings. The northern portion of the business block presents a scene of devastation arid ruin. Roofs are scattered in confusion over the streets and sidewalks, brick walls have fallen in a heap on the walks and the front windows o>f some of the principal business Mouses are Shattered and broken Into a thousand particles. The hiandsooe store ot Messrs. Proo- itor & HuddOeston. one of the largest dry goods houses in the city, was al most completely destroyed. The roof- inf a© carried a ihailf mile away and the windows and doors were complete ly demolMied arid almost their entire ©bock ruined and swept afway. The loss that this firm sustained will reach $5,000 or more. - The Methodist dhurchi ,tihe largest arid handsomest edifice In the oily, was swept from the faioe of the earth. The steeple, •which was more <Uhan 150 feet fn height, was carried for more •than a quarter of a mile. The north wall omd toot of C. <M. G, Btoodiworth & Co.’s store was com pletely torn iilwtty and -their large stock of goods badly damaged. The carrjiaigo factory of W. H. Ash worth was badly damaged, ns was also the warehouse df S. D. Sfmttlh. The storm then struck the large two- story livery stialble of H. J. Oarson and moveU the front portion of it sev eral dndhes off of its foundation. The rear portion of tlhe stable was entirely unroofed. Among those who suffered the great est loss were the -MUtsses Proctor, whose boarding hbuse came near being a to tal wreck. The house was lifted' for an instant from Its foundation and' the roof wu« badly torn. »A nuiber of board ers rushed frantically Into the streets, heedless of the 'Winding in their, mad lpigtit. The bams arid stables of Mr. C. M Hocks of the Hook house were laid in waste. Mr. Hooks lost a fine cow, but was fortunate in having his horse and colt escape urihurt. The kitchen and outhouses of Mr. George B. Th.woa.tt laire a total loos, as Is also the barn of Mrs. Lillie Hill. The k*w offices of Messrs. Bern^f & Bloodworth were bad Li’ damaged portion of the roof being tom away Their ffbrary waw thoroughly drenched and their loss will amount to a large sum.. The entire -loss of property, together with the damage and loss of goods, will aggregate at least $30,000 or $40, 000. Among the heaviest losers are Capt. W. E. Sanders, who owned sev eral of the ruined buildings; Messrs. Proctor & Huddleston,, whose stock of $20,000 was damaged more than 50 per cent., and tlhe Methodist church. This structure alone cost $12,000. The storm was equal in Its severity to the terrible cyclone that passed over tlie suburbs of this city two years ugo. The miraculous feature, however, ol joe, ’b‘A night's storm was that no one was ¥»)p u &y injured, although several nar- rorv Sw escaped with their live©. Never -before was such vivid and fearful UgMang witnessed, and the whole uni verse seemed" a blase with its gorgeous yet frightful* brilliancy. For more than two long hours the storm raged in its terrible Intensity, and it looked as If the whole town -would be swept Into oblivion. The night wia© the most horrible that the people here have ever known, nndi they certainly wore a look of gratitude this morning when they learned the extent of the damage. Today the debris is being cleared away, but it wiH be a long time before this prosperous little alty recovers from her very great loss by the furious storm of this morning. JUST AS SEVERE AT REYNOLDS. and Budd Gray were scattered in every direction, (breaking the log of a negro girl anf-i injuring all of the ohtxea in a sr.Kfct degree. Mr©. Martha Powell lost a gin house and eStohL other farm building©. No ono was fatally injured, although there were quite a number of narrow escapes. Several telegraph pole© were blown down* but fortunately nos on the track. The path of the cyclone could bo eas ily traced, a© large (pine trees were iwhs^ed off and thrown in every direc tion along It© course. P. E. McDaniel. Who lives about a mile from town, lost a number bf buildings, and hi© engine and boL-ler were damaged toy falling tim ber. HI® buggy, which he h-ad left in frortt of Ms gate, was blown nearly half mile and completely ruined. JDvery wheel was smashed to pieces. Such a night ha© never been expe rienced here, and the day was ©pent in repairing the d-aimage as mar as possi ble. IN LOWNDES COUNTY. Cmilla, Dec 12.—(Special).—<A. terxifle rain and wind storm passed over this section trite morning about 4 o'clock, wllth almost conitilniuous flashes of light- ii’iing and very heavy rain and some wind. From negroes who came in this mornifng fct waa learned that a cyclone passed through tfirta county about the same time, doing considerab.e damage to tret©, fencing and farm (buildings. It is reporto dthat all the 'buildings on the farm of Mr. Tom Palmer are either blown down or removed from their foundations, and- much green timber is ©aid 'to be blown down, but no Ipsa of life la (reported. The storm seemed to travel from the southwest to the north east. AT GRIFFIN. Griffin, Dec. 12.—(Speciail).—About 3 o'clock itbls mornfirig ther was a severe wind arid rain storm dn this city, but no very serious damage was done, beyond the lifting of a few roofs. AT BARNBSVf LLE. Barnesvllle, Dec. 12.—(Special).—Con siderable damage to farm fencing was done by the storm whllch ©wdpt over this section this morniniff. Buildings in tne city were not damaged to any great extent. PI. M APPOINTED. Ho Will Be (he School Commissioner of tbo State of Georgia for Two Tears. PROFESSOR POLLOCK’S DECLINATION Tli. Ltll.r of th. Faculty of Mcrcor tottie Prudrnflal Commute,, and tho Committee's Doltor to Clio Profetior Hlm,elf., ADVISED TO BURN PROPERTY. Bold Charges of Ncgrora Against a Prominent Populist. 'MHlan. Ga., Dec. 12.-(Si>ertal.)- Judge Gamble held a special session of couilt at Sylvnnta. today to try seven negroes, -cCiarged with burning gin houses belonging to Messrs Jesse Wade and‘Ed. Hack on Mobley's pond, Screven county, several weeks ago. The grand jury found true bills In both cases. The defendants being arraigned, plead guilty, Btalo'Mg full statements, charging one F. IM. Buford, Populist candidate for Sheriff, with having ad vised them to organize a (band of burn ers and burn out all prominent Demo crats. They bagged for mercy. Judge Gamble, after hearing -their startotnewts, sentenced all of (them for thirty years In .the penitentiary, their statement* Implicating (Buford created a sensation.. FIRE (AT -PINEHURST. Jt Herring and Motrahtounni Warelhbuse Completely Destroyed. •Fliw'bur.'lt, Dec. 12.—CStoeclal).—-The Herring and Marsh-burn 'warehouse waB burned ithts (morning about 3 o’clock. Tho total loss Is more than 35.000. ofbout t!tnree<uuriihs ot -which is covered by In surance. The -warehouse. valued at 31,200. with 3800 Insurance, was a, total -Ices. There were 150 bales ot cotton, fully covered by Insurance, all burned, and goods of FulUngton & Co. and 'W. -L. & M. E. Wtllhinis, valued at 3350. (but no Insur ance. were also destroyed. • The incendiaries are now being pur sued by a party of determined men, and there to hope that the fiends will bo caught before night. The warehouse was opened, and It Ib thought It was fired to cover all tracks ot suspicion. ' BIG FIRE IN ALABAMA. A Path a Hundred Yard* Wide Marked by Destruction. Reynolds, Dec. 12.—(SpecdaT.)—<At 4 o'clock this morning a dense cloud ac companied by vivid flashes ot light ning and heavy peals ot thunder en veloped the northern section of the town. It was followed by a deluge Of rain and ft wmd that swept everything level In ns path. The width of the cy clone was about one hundred yarns. More than twenty-flve bouses were In part or wholly destroyed. The houses on the edge of the cyclone had win dows Blown in and the yards tilled with mile a trees. Those in Its direct path were’ either swept from their foundations or from the level of the floor and scattered in every direction. The three negro churches were blown down. The dwelling of -Mr. N. B. New- some. occupied by his family was to- CaC'.y demolished, and. singular to my. 'wfth the exception of a few bruises. / nbne of tho family were hurt, though the furniture and contents of the smokehouse were almost a total low. At the hour? of Mr. J. A. (Hollis five bukd- Idrb were blown down. An office building occupied by four young men was blown off the pillars and Turned bottom upward. Two tenant houses were conupfately demoWetad and the wind In Its wild course landed sev eral of the Inmates hundred* of yards t rpen their homes. - The building* occupied by-John Cook The -Business Portion of Evergresn Swept by Flames. Evergreen, Ala.. Dec. 12—Fire broke out tonight alt g o’clock fn the Rafckct Store end tea swept almost tho entl: pant of Kite town wrest of the railroad. Fifteen buildings burned at This hour are: The Rucket Store, J. M. Henderson. I: -Long & Son, J. G. Gulce, J. W. Crook, postoffice, Evergreen hotel. C. T. Taliaferro, C. P. Demlng. J. A. McCrea ry, Irwin livery stable. -L. Finch. R. R. Martin, Mrs. B. A. Unde, and tih build ings occupied by IF. L. Hlckox and J, M. Glia* will also go. The 1cm will approximate 3100,000. with possibly about 325.000 Insurance. The street on both sides of the railroad is strewn iwJth goods of every descrip tion, and tho greatest confusion pre vails. At 11 o'olook the flic was checked at tho McCreary building, and all the buildings west of that saved. RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Quick Mob Vengeance on a Negro Boy (Murderer. ■Williamson, S. O., Deo. 12.—An In quest was held today oa the body of a 12-year-old nvhito 6«>y, who was mur dered on Monday night by Ed. Sulli van, a colored boy about 15 years old. The vlotrtm’s head was literally cut to pleoes with an axe. The boy mur derer was arrested and jailed, but aa there were threats of lynching, ho was hurried off to itho county jail at An derson, some fifteen miles away. Tho oBloera got an hour’s snart on the mob of iwould-be lynchers, who are In pur sue on horseback and In buggies, and are armed with rifles. Later—The mob overtook the officers with their prisoner and brought him back to 'WUUajmst/on. At 1130 o'clock, Sullivan was shot to death—It being estimated that 500 shots were fired. HIb body was riddled ivrith bullets. IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. Revenue Officials to Come Under the Classification. Washington, Dec. 12.—The president this afternoon, after dn extended con ference wRh Mr. Carlisle and Internal Revenue Commissioner MIKer, issued an order putting storekeepers, gaugers and clerks In office* of oonectoru of In ternal revenue in the classified elvl; service. This Increases the list of per sons who «re thus protected by the civil service by about 2.500. • COLLIDED WITH A TRAIN. Birmingham, Dec. 12.—An electric car and a switch engine on the Kansas City, Memphis and Blrmlngha mcollied at Ninth avenue and Twenty.fourth -freet tonight. The electric car was demolished and the motorman thrown about twenty feet, receiving several severe bruises. The reverse lever falld to work on the car. Atlanta, Dec. 12.—(Special.)—Profes sor B. 'D. 'Pollock of Mercer Unlvershy called at the executive office today and personally declined to accept the office of state school commissioner to which •he had been appointed by Governor Atkinson. Professor -Pollock presented to the governor resolutions adopted by the faculty of Mercer urging the pruden tial odtarmlttee to Insist upon Professor Pollock's refusal of the office, 'and also the Idttcr of the prudential committee urging him to remain with tho univer sity. The appointment of Professor Pol lock was enado with the understanding that he would accept only with 'the con sent of the faculty of Mercer. That oonsent being withheld he could do nothing (but decline. Ho would have been of Bplen-dld service to the Btn-te, and no one recognizes this more than Governor Atkinson. THE MERCER LETTER. The following -is -tho communication •which was sent to the prudential- com mittee of the university by the fac ulty aften tho amnouiKUmenl of the appointment of Professor Pollock: •To the Prudential Committee of (the Board of Trustees of Mercer Univer sity—Gentlemen: W-hordas, Professor P. D. Pollock of Mercer University has been ap pointed by -his excellency, Governor W. Y. Atkinson, to the office of state commissioner ot education, and, '•Whereas, His acceptance of the same would Involve a serious loss tc our university; therefore be It Resolved. 1. That we deem Professor Pollock eminently qualified for the po sition to -which he has boon appointed, and Hint we appreciate the distin guished honor the governor has be stowed on our colleague In this selec tion: "2d. That In view o'f his special fit ness for the work In which fie Is now engaged, iand the pressing needs of the Institution at this time, belfewlnig, as we do that his sevefaoce from the fae- Klity would result In serious detriment to «hie university we respectfully urge upon the prudential committee that (they use tall legitimate meaUB to re sin him In his present work. "Respectfully submitted by the fac ulty of Mercer University." This is the letter which was sent to Professor PoWoek by the committee and upon which his action in declining the appointment was (taken. ‘ Professor P. ID. "Pollock, Mercer Uni versity—Dear Sir: It .having come lb my knowledge th'hrough the papers thn't you have been appointed by his excel lency, Governor Atkinson, to the honor able -position of state commnlsnloner of education 1 , and' having received the fol lowing communication from the presl- dent and faculty of Mercer University, we. the prudecvtlul committee .represent' lug t'h-s board of trustees of Mercer Uni versity, betr to lay before you our rea sons for urging you -to decline ithe ro- sdltbn offend you. and to remain In your present 'place. -We are not Insensible to tbe high honor conferred on you by Ihe trovenior. nor to the attractiveness of the office, but, -an guardians of the Interest of Mer cer University, we feel constrained to presenelt the facia herein set forth as desrvlng of weight to considering what should bo your future work. 1. Tho present faculty has been but recently organized, u-rki to secure men specially adapted to tho several chairs to the university It was deemed neces sary to select ecnfclemeni who hapoen-rtl to be unknown to each other, educated 1-n various schools, kind trained In meth ods diverse. Wo have learned, with great satisfaction, that the faculty airo In perfeot accord on all linos of work and discipline. This secures that co-op- era: Ion ossoritlal to the high degree of auoccen attained by the present admin- MmQbtb 2. The university has recently been cairiplotely reorganized, tbe standards raised, and tlw wo:k broadened. This has been brought about by tho present faculty with your efficient old. 3. It has come to oun knowledge from many oouraw that your Influence Is strong and helpful with all the stu- dents, arid that 'there is a uni vernal de sire ambng them that you remain one of the -faculty. 4. Trusting to tho unity and efficiency of the faculty, tho board enlarged the work at a heavy cost, and placed an agemf In the field to raise funds for current expenses. We believe ihat i‘t Is of :h" ulni-et importance that plans now matured and In operation shall be carried forward with smothness and vigor to their le gitimate results. And we are not un mindful of the fact that you are well an! favorably known all over Georgia, and that your Influence Is veny needful to ithe success of existing plans. With all theso facts (before us. and feeling that In this Important stage of tho growth of the unlvcndty any change la hurtful, and that a ■mlritake to securing a successor to you would be disastrous: feeling. Indeed, that your withdrawal from the faculty now would be to erfn- ple our efforts, we hope that you will SCO that you ought to remain to the place where your services are so widely appreciated, and are undoubtedly so beneficial to Mercer University, and trough Mercer to higher Christian ed ucation in Georgia. B. L. Willingham. J. D. Stetson. J. W. Gabanlss. C. B. Willingham. PROFESSOR GLENN APPOINTED, After the declination of Professor Pollock bud been received. Governor Addnson appointed Professor' G. R. Glenn of Macon, os Mate school commis sioner. Profeawr Glenn was until re cently -the business manager of rbe Ma con Telegraph. For a number of yearn be was a member of the faculty of Wissleyan Female College. He has for years beenengaged to educational work. RACING AT NEW. ORLBA-N8. Fair tVeathqr Improved the Attendance at the Track. New Orleans. Dee. 12.—Fblr weather Im proved the attendance at the races today and 3,100 pedplo attended. The track was heavy and precluded the'possibility of any record breaking. It Is noticeable that the track dries much quicker after a rainfall this season than at tho meeting last year. Four out Of five of the favorites passed under the wire first and landed tho money safely to their backers who placed their money pretty thickly with tho booklea. Starter Hetttngfil did not experience any difficulty with the boys today, who got off In good style. Dearest jn the llrst race acted very poorly, the distance being too much for her. and she quit like a dog. The. bookies wefo hit hard In thqjee- ond race on Ten Spring, who openeu at to 1 and closed at 1 to 5. The boys pumped their money on this race and Marsh Redon waa hit for over 32.800. The third raw proved a set-up for Young Arion, who has proved a winner in everything she has entered for. 8he opened at even dad closed 3 to b. Renaud -won the fourth race by two lengths and landed a good grub atska for the talent, who played him strongly at 9 to 5. McLendon's slablo entered the gray gelding Galen Brown, with Slaughter up, for the fltli race anil pulled down Arts money from Bob Holman by two lengths. A JIMCRQW CAR. Colvmbla, S. C.. Dec. 12.—The lower house of the legislature,' after an all day light, continuing far fate the night, has passed by a small majority, a reg ulation "Jumcrow" car bill. The color lino waa brought Into the debate, and "Canary" Miller, the colored ex-con g ix-eiman. mudo several redhot speeches^ Tho Appointment of Atlanta's City Court Judge Failed of Confirmation. THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION The Rsglitratlon and Insnranes Bills Finally Passed and tha Appropri ation Hill Arranged to Butt Both Honest, WILL MEET IN ATLANTA. Tho Bankers’ Association to Visit tho Hxpotsltlon, Atlanta, Dec. 1 ' 12.—Capt. Robert J. Lowry, representative from Georgia on the executive Council of tho Bankers’ Association of: America, t-aegrophled that at the meeting of the council to day in Chicago it was unanimously de cided to hold the uext annual conven tion of tlie assjfckuion. to Atlanta, com mencing on in* I6rh of October next and coutinulog three daiys. Tho asso ciation .numbers 1.809 members, com posed ot tM most prominent and rep resentative bindnoss men and bankers In the country, and It Is probable that tlie meeting, which wlM take place dur ing the program of the Cotton. States Exposition, will be tlhe largest attend ed In the history of the organization! Tbe last meeting was held la Balti more In October, a meeting made mem orable by the promulgation of tho Bt'ltlmore plan for the readjustment ot the currency. BARRETT SENTENCED. Gets Six Months in Prison and a Fine Of 33,500. l Columbia, S. C.. Dee. 12.—Barrett, the chief of tho gang of postofftco conspira tors who have been on trial here tho pest week In the United States court,'was to day sentenced In the conspiracy case to olghteen months imprisonment In the government prison In Columbus, O., and to pay a fine of 33,b00. He boa not yet been sentenced In the forgery caso, to which ho wns convicted. Tho maximum setenco for this offense Is fifteen years and a fine of 36,000. Tho other conspira tors convicted along with him have been given similar aentences. Ono of them. J- T- Tillman, who was trlod-along with Barrett and convicted, is a fugitive In Texas. Two other mem bers of the gang are fugitives aUo, but they have not yet been tried. , POSTMASTER IN TROUBLE. Embezzled J3.000 of -tho Funds of Hto Office. Jacksonville, Fla., Deo. 12.—A special from Punu Garda sayn tihat George T. Hubert, too postmaster at .than place, was nirredted today Iby a -deputy United Rates utarnhal for csnbezzllug 33,000 of the pos’-omoe funds and wnpropriaWng tho txume to -tils own ukt\ Tho caso was worked up algatnst horn Iby Inc pooler Tone. Hubert was placed under 31.000 band for appearance 'before tho United Stales court at Tampa, next February. Ho 'hard been drinking conslderalbly of lore, and his «ottleone»a with the do- parKnwnt were not naitloroetory, so too inopeoior was sent down to Investigate. TOOK CARBOLIC ACID. Ho Was a Drug Clerk and Probalbly Made a Mistake. New Orleans, Deo .12.—W. B. Colo, the bookke'per In tho Almorfcnn' drug store at the comar of Canal and Busin streets, (li'-.l I'hlH afternoon shortly lie- fort 1 o'clook In the boarding house at No. 1020 Baron no street, from the effect* of a dose of carbolic ncM. Cota shallowed -toe drug this momlrig to the place where he Is employed. It Is said that ho wt>8 suffering from stomach trouble and swallowed toe carbolic nold In mistake .for on either drug. Ho was taken to the house, where (be died as stated above. Goto .wns 35 years of ago and a widower. TO BE MARRIED IN JAIL. She* Loved the Murderer Who Is to Jiang on Monday. Chattanooga, Temn., Dee. 12.—The Kennedy* “General and John, sen tenced to death at Jasper, Tenn„ for the murder of J. E. Lowery, n tele graph operator, will be hanged there on Monday. A report la current that General Kennedy Is to bo married at the Jail tomorrow to Martha Kyler, n girl who has been devotedly tttlached to him ever atece his conviction of the murder. Atlanta, Deo. 12.-(SpedaJ.)-Tho senate "foil down” on tho appointment of Mr. John D. Berry to bo Judgo of tho city court of AKlaivta today. Gov ernor Atkinson sent tho appointment in mill those of Judgo Lhlry of tho oounty court of Terrell, It. It. Jlartln, solicitor of tho (tune court, and R. H. Sheffield, solicitor of the county court of Early oounty. Theso latter were promply oonllrmod, hut FrceKdemt Von- ahlo look 4ho floor and rnado n vigo rous protest agolndt 'Mr. Berry, on tho ground of lncchntpdton'ay, and that ho was not the dlolce of tho liar. Acting upon this tho seriate rejected Mr. Bor- ry by a vote of S2 to 9. Tho senate’s adWon created a sensa tion. While a .majority of tho bar had endorsed tho other candidate, Mr, Harry Held, a number of prominent lawyers and ibuslqcss men had endorsed Mr. Berry and ocriMlcd to Ids abili ty- A' report drcuiflfed that probably hurt Mr. Berry before tho senate was that Ids appoint,numb was In payment of a -poilttilcnl debt which Governor Atfcinson owed ito bis folhor. JLr. Bar ry’s father is a (wealthy banker nod morcfoarit af Nawnan and was a great friond -to Governor Atkinson. Young Sir. Borry, however, has lived to At lanta far sovcnil yeans, being a mein her of (the firm of B-igliy & Berry. It Was said -by Ms enemies that his father had given a good deal of money to Govornor Aitiklnson’a campaign expen ses and that tho appointment was In acknowledgment of that debt. MR. BERRY’S FRIENDS INDIO KANT. Of courso Mr. Berry's friends were In dignant at tlds, as well ns tho charge of iLConfpetenoy. It toad boon chaf£od that he had rievor had a case In tho superior count, Presiden t Vanalxle speak ing thin on the floor of tho seriate. It 1s understood, and wns not nt ml fit to be Judge of tho city conn. -Goverrior Atkinson was Indignant nt tho turning down qf Mr. Borry and took no pain* *0 flouceull Ids fieollugn. He said It wus brought about by n man (referring (to 'President Vixitihlo) who wanted to humiliate him because he hul trlumphod over him to his being elected governor. ALLOWED TO GO OVER. After tho Bcnate adjourned far din ner, tlhe governor’s friends and the friends of Mr. Bony not to work on tho senators, amd at the afternoon stfl* slon the rejection of Mr. Berry was re- considered and the matter auiowea to go over to tbo next, ftctmlon. Tho senato would ruot confirm It, however. The re consideration wus based on tho ground of hasty action. President Venable die not oppoao the recommeudntlon. He left tbe chamber shortly after the reconsid eration for his home, tho senate being notified by one of the members that be was too 111 the bo present nt tho balance of tho session. Mr. Venable wus very- nnffrv at the afternoon papers for publishing tlio proceeding** of the senate In rejecting Mr. Berry’© nomination, and It Is said lie tbreaiteived to have tho Journal re porter who wrote It up arrested if ho appeared’ In the senate chumber ngaln. Tbe city court Judgeship will not bo vacant until August, 1895. It Is not, likely that Mr. Berry will be appointed until after tho senate meets again und acts on his nomln'a/tlon, but some ono eflse wHl l)C appointed to fill the posi tion from August pntll the terlHln'turo meeds, although- oome of tbe friends of the governor and of Mr. Berry think ho should bo appointed In defiance of tha senate. Governor Atkinson this afternoon said he dtwred the statement made that tho senate’s action in refusing to confirm Mr. Berry 11s Judge of the city court of Atlanta wds not because or, Ills Inoompetency or because of any special opposition to him, but that It tlon of the house, so the bill is now ready for tin* r.ovoinnr's HlKnature, Mr. rtockhilt 0/ Chatham attempted to } pass an 'amendment making the law not applicable to counties already having registration Jaws, it being tne 'same.’ amendment offered by Senator Osborne or Savannah and voted down in tho sen- ate yesterday, and It met a similar fate in the house. The only Important chango In the bill Is that the registrars aro appointed direct by the Judge of the superior court and may bo removed by him a‘ any. time for any reason, and also the board of regis trars must be bl-portlsan. The senate accepted tho house amend- ■ ments to tho appropriation bill, chiefly on account of tho military appropriation and tho $1,900 given to tho Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College at Mil* ledgeville, which amendments the houso would not agree to. Conference committees wero appointed by both houses and tho fight left to them. Among tho Important bills passed was that of Senator Mercer providing for a revision of the geological department. The bill providing for the election of the school commissioner by the people Is also ready to be approved, whllo tho Dod son bill requiring fire Insurance compa nies to pay full face value of polloles In case of loss goes over until next year. The insolvent traders’ act was amend, od so as to require one or more creditors, representing at least one-half of the In debtedness, to put a concern In the hands of a receiver. All of the amendments to tho Macon charter as Introduced by Senator, Harris are passed. TIfB PINAL REPORT. ’ ' Tho conference committees reported at 11:35 o'clock, having agreed to give $15,000 to tho military for 1895*96, this money to bo expended .under direction of the gov ernor. It may go for an encampment and It may not. Tho voto In tho houso on accepting this report was 70 to 69, being accepted by one vote only. It looked very much llko an extra session would havo to be held to end the fight, and there was great ex citement as the result was being calcu lated. It was >ust two mlnutea to ja o'clock when tho voto was announced. Tho senato had already accepted the re. port. Tho conference committee were at work about seven hours when the military itora was put at $15,000. That was the ultimatum of tho senato committee, it reported back to the senato and wns dis charged. Tho houso simply had to accept or In cur An extra session. Tho houso also ac cepted the additional $2.ooo for the Blind Academy, making $20,000 in all, whereas tho houso originally only gave $16,009. Tho sonato receded on tho $2,000 for tho Mil- ledgevillo military school an(t«tliat gets nothing. Messrs. Jenkins and Gilbreath «of tho houso committee disagreed to the mill- tary Itmo. They wanted the $21,000. Mr. Rockwell of Chatham and Spoaker Fleming made speeches urging tho ac ceptance ot tho compromise, whllo Mr. Harrison ot Quitman opposed It. Messrs. Harris ot the Twenty-second, Osborne, Lewis, Boyd and Becks of tho senate and Messrs. Boynton, Boyett, Dempsey, Winn and Gilbreath of the houso composed tho conference commit tee. Both houses adjourned at midnight. KILLED EN A SUDDHN QUARREL Spariariburs. 8. C., Doc. 12.-AA 4 o'clock to;* aCtornoon Jotm Kirby allot and Instantly killed James Uammet In a store in ithls city. Tbo mon had been friendly up to o few minutes before toe shooting. X quarrel sudden ly sprang up, numimat struck Kirby with a buggy whip, when ICirby drew a revolver and shot Hammot through tbo heart. Kirby Is now In J.1I, THE HOWOATE TRIAL. "Washington, Dae. 12.—The oase of Capt. Howgate. the ox-Unlted State* signal officer, ttvas been set for trial December 20. New Indlctlmcnt* ure ex' pec ted to be brought to by the grand jury at any itlmo against Howgate, as aonie ot those now In court are de fective. An effortt to append from Judge McCcrmns' decision on 'the demurrer to the Indictment for embezzlement ng.ilnnt Howgate -will probably be made tomorrow Ito tlhe court of anneals. LEHMAN'S REGISTRATION. Now York, Dec. 12.—It is stored at the office of Lehman Brothera that tho registration of Mr. Meyer Lehman, as dlrcd-ir of the American Cotton Oil Company, was purely for pers/nnl rea sons. There is no truth In tbe report that be is to start an opposition com pany. Hjs relations towards the cap- total and interests of President A. D. Atoms, remain fiientllg suit pleasant. HIGH FIND I'N LOWNDES. Largo Deposita of Umbor ,V0ry floss -Uho Surface. CaimllTi, Dec. 12.—(Special.)—A very lint dlspaslt of raw and burnt umber Mas been discovered 1n and around this place, aomin thirty feet under tho sur face of Che grourid " jaml tbo specimens are said 'by experts Ho bo .the purest* and (best aeon. A strata of rich burnt u'nrbwhtlH Just been Pound thirty feet front’the sunfaee that is some six foot through, tend the quality is raid to bo worth from 3100 to 3200 per toll. Umbor is used extensively In tho nktoufactura of paints, and It emay not bo many months before wo will Ihwvo established hero largo pi lilt works for 1lho manu facture of mlneraO palnto. 'Mr. Wflllonii' .Wllsoo, son of the pro prietor Of the Hotel Gcorgi.1' of this city, avna married ta few duiys ago to Miss Hello Illllllnrd, the daughter of Mr. J. K. 'HIHWrd of MllrttelS county. The young couple of iMltdlioll upon life's Waves under tho propitlouB skies of (many (happy years, nml nil Wish thorn a hnppy voynge. Follllfcs has quletell down since tho recent eeotlons and many of 4hc farm- ori iltove inbuilt concluded *lnca "slldo" Ihttt the prices of farm products are low simply boaiuse they arc low, und that -airier all I ,lhc general government has very 'Jlttle fa do with the market prloe of fa/i1m products, these things bring rognlatod very largely -by tho taw of HUpply nnd dumand. GRAPES AND TOBACCO. I BiwiKU vyjnjBiiiuu iw nut Mint it was the work of a faction that lias never become reconciled over hU elec tion as governor. A* soon an the sonato dlucovored tlio animus of the opposition it almost unanimously reconsidered Its action. Tho governor assumes nil burden of tlio complication, anil wants ibe public lo understand that Mr. Berry’s nomina tion was merely an excuse of tils cne* mien. SENSATION IN THE HOUSE. The house began Its last day's reunion with n eensZXlouftl scene over tlio Pop ulist bill to abolish the county court of Taylor county. The court wan made as Issue In Uio campaign, and the Pop- ulbrt* won. Bo Mr. Mom fort Introduced a (bill to abolish It. The bill won re ported adversely, but Monday night tho Popullsta forced the house to disagreo to the report of the committee by blocking legislation, no that It was un- derstcxvl that tho bill wan to be al lowed to pass. Mr. Montfort presented a petition from 600 taxpayers of (lie county, asking for Us passage. The Democrats brought out the fact that -the county court was tbe only Dem- ooratlo Institution In Taylor county, and they svero against abolishing It. Mr. Howell of Fulton championed the Populist Bids In a warm speech and en deavored to contlnuo his speech after his time had expired, but was howled down. There was a regular uproar. Finally the bill waa killed, also another bill Jo abol ish the county court of Jackson county, which came Into the house under exactly similar circumstances and which fad had the same experience with the committee and the house. The Populists were fighting mad, charg. Ing the Democrats with going back on an agreement. Thera waa no agreement, however, that the Lilies should he passed, although the Populists thought they hkd carried their point when the report of the committee waa agreed to on Mon day night, to aa to prevent blocking ot legislation. The bouse took up the registration bill and agreed to nearly all the aenate amendments,and when the bill went back to tho senate that body accepted the ac- A Dooly Ctounty Fommor Who Has Fonuken Co tlon. Vienna, Deo. 12.—(Bpednl.)—Mr.. M. L. Middleton ,» farmer on Pho su burbs ot Vienna, tired «f tlhe ofl-cotton plan of farming, printed tobacco list yeur nml tbo ytor before land lie Is 'manufacturing it Into tho bent smok ing tobacco over soon III Vienna, its fnigrance Is dullglfttul. Mr. Middle- ton years ago pirn led a large vine yard ortd ho not only noils grapes, but he makes grtupo ctrl’T end -be Hello tho cider III targe quantities. Air. Middle- ton b) progressive, nnd alrvoo cotton bis gone lb nothing ho 1h glad thnt ho oibandonod It aril went Into tobacco culture and groipo growing. Tho Cy- ctonota ihnm recently sold tango quan tities rif tobacco loaf to o. North Caro lina manufacturer. (People aro looking fur win'd to another year and bttir with wcrtderfiri ohoerfulncs* two small re turns train the ertop of 1S9I. “3AM" ROia'dO.RDEIIiBD BOLD. Another Flgtlt . Will Como Up Over the Proceeds of die Rite. Americas, Dec. 12.—(Spnolal.)—Tha Savannah, Amortcu* and Montgomery railroad I* to lio Hold. Such is tlio docW.on of Judge Ml The decree, a very volumnlous doomedt. Is being prepared for trtgi)return. Hie tote of Uio sale will bo fixed not later than next Mhy. It Is generally understood tho mse . will go So file supreme court. Tho court orders the proceed* of the salo to be turned Info court when will 00- our (mother legal ,baitlUo over the (Ufa . trihutlon of the money. , . - DEATH Al’ FOUSYTIT. iFootjith, Doe. 12.—(Special.)—Thla ’ morning at the TrtV.dettco of- Mr. J. J. Carter, -Mr. John Fraitk breathed his li«t. dir. Frank had - only been ■ confined (to hi* Iml two'toys nnd his death was a great 1 surprise to his friends. lie was u. most pleasant, affa ble gentleman, awl. although he lias only resided here for tlie laM year ot more. ho. hail made many friends. Mr. . Frank had Just attained hi* 03d year nnd avail die fill her of Mrs. J. J. Car ter of this’ city,' ami Air. .lames O. - rank of America*. The remains were carried to Jeffer- norn tile, Ga.„ thu morulas (where they, will be Interred, a 1