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11 FOR THE Sill.
Senator Hill Argued for the Adoption
of Uie Hole Proposed by
Himself.
SENATOR HOA# SUPPORTED HIM
rtrUautnury Reform Now (hi Boat
Kind of Reform for (lie Soaale-
Turpt*’* Speech oa the Canal
Bill Coolftoaed*
MACON. GA., WEDNESDAY MOVING, DECEMBER 19, 1894.
WHOLESALE) CHECK FORGER.
For Days He Rolled High In New Or-
. leans.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The hill np-
propriaiting $100,000 to aopp'.y an urgent
deftcieency for public printing and
binding TO3 received* from the house
a,rad was passed -without reference to
the com-zndltee on apprprlati'ons, Ur.
Cockrell, efoairman of that committee,
stalling itlhaC the bill had been donsld-
ered ttraformally and had been agreed
to, unless it were passed -today the
work at the printing office would th'ave
Ito stop 'this evening.
Mr. Lodge (Republican) of Massachu
setts, offered a resoutton calling on the
president for the record of the extradi
tion proceedings in fthe case of Gen.
Ezetta; and It went over until tomor
row.
■Mr. H-ill called up a resolution ifor the
cloture rule and addressed’ the senate
in advocacy of it. He slid that the
sonltHment of fto* country seemed to de
sire the adoption of some such rule.
The demand tier a ch'-unge was not lim
ited by any party environment. It was
not soughs merely to secure partisan
advantage; but it reflected ‘the deep
conviolOon *thlt Itlme was unnecessarily
wasted, useful legislation was, at times,
unreasonably obstructed; and itha*t the
conclusions of a majority did not And
adequate and prompt Expression. These
views were widespread and could not
longer be ignored. He ussertod th'a't
the privilege of un^mlted debate In
legislative body -was inconsistent with,
and destructive of the right and power
of legislation. It waa a significant
faot WhU/t some method of closing re
bate eshOsted In the principal leglsla*-
tive bodies of every civilized govern
ment In the world except in 'the Eng
lish house of lords and 'the United
States senate. Bug The house of lords
wus surely not a body from which the
United Suites should pattern, especial
ly in view of 3ts loss in public confi
de nee, its dcflaarce of public sentiment
and 'Its well-known general -antipathies
to expressive leglsMon in -the interest
of th-e masses. Its rules were a portion
of its methods for obstructing popular
reform. So -far as the senate was con
cerned, parliamentary reform -was the
need of tJhe hour. The >prc3en)t time
afforded an opportunity for the accom
plishment of 'the proposed innovation.
Tr.ie course was as open now as It
over would be for such a ch'J>nge.
The responsible majority in the senate
»houd not abdicate Its funerttona wit hout
such a. change or rule as woiild be
retained after t’he Democratic control
of -tlhe senute cea'sed. The measure of
their fairness and wisdom now would
•be ‘their surety for just treatment here
after. No silly cry of “gig law,” no
false assertion of "suppressing debase,”
no idle clamor alboult The "tyranny of
th3 'majority”—-which plways Ignored
the ’tyranny of the minority—chould be
permitted to ddter senators from their
plain duy in 'the premises. The contin
uation of "rto cloture” meant compro
mise on every measure. It meurit no
legislation without the consent of. the
•minority. It mearit continued trouble
If *the first necessary step were taiken
now, llhe senate’s pathway would be
clear for aatlon.
HOAR AGREED WITH HIM. X
iMir. Hill occupied about am hour In
the delivery of his speech. He was fol
lowed by Mr. Hoar, who expressed his
full o*greJament with Mr. Hill’s views or
the necessity of a change of the rules
of tire senate. IE 'was one of the gravest
public questions likly to arise and orught
to be dealt with with a care and cir
cumspection equatl to what would * 1 'be be
stowed on an Important amendment to
tfhe constitution of the United States.
He thought that Mr. Hill’s proposed
rule was defective . The best scheme
tviiich occurred 'to him (Mr. Hoar) was
after a •time the senate should be au
thorized -to order tfh*e previous question,
and ’that after that every member of
the body should, have an opportunity to
address thto senate for some fixed time,
perhas, at least, one hiour. That would
bring the debate <to an end in one hun
dred hours if there were one hundred
soiraaltOTB «nd each wished to apeak.
Ajfter further discussion, Mr. Hill’s
resolution went over rautil (tomorrow.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Mr. ^Turpte continued his argument
(begun yesterday) against the Nicara
gua canal bill. He discussed the com
pany, and said that its forfeiture was
possible it the canal were not com
pleted within ton years from 1887. The
provisions regarding these matters were
exoeedingfly strict. The concession glvefi
In 1887 was absolutely forfeited in 1897,
and what title, he asked, would the
eoirapamry have in. die canal route—cer
tainly mot <a fee-simple,, not even ah
easement. The company (had nob ting
to tnOfigage and mo thing to sell. The
concession gave ’’to the company <no title
ami no Hurt of property right*.
Much of Mr. TuupLe’s speech was de
voted 'to ((he engineering difficulties In
<4u3 way of the enterprise, particularly
as to the impracticability of maintain
ing earthen embankments in tropical re
gions and to the unreliability, as he
contended, of the estimates of cost.
W-Whout concluding his speech, Mr. Tur
pi e yielded tt> u motion to proceed to
executive business, and at 4:25 ’thf sen
ate adjourned until 'tomorrow.
SHOT HIS WIFE AND SUICIDED.
Cincinnati, Dec. 18.—Anthony Martin, a
butcher, whose brutal habits compelled
his wife io get a divorce six months ago,
today entered her house and began firing
at the family. Mrs. Martin received three
wounds and Martin then shot himself
dead. Mrs. Martin may recover.
A HASTY MARRIAGE DISSOLVED.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 18.—A divorce has
been granted to Mrs. Gertrude Hutchins
Clark from Clarence W. Clark, the New
York adventurer, now in jail here, to
whom she was married after two days
acquaintance.
A telephone PATENT VOID.
Boston. Dec. 18-—The United States cir
cuit court, in tiie case of the United
States vs. the Bell Telephone Company,
has handed down a decision declaring the
Berllnger telephone patent void.
ALIGNMENT AT BIRMINGHAM.
Birmrfnsham, Ala., Dec. 18.—A. B. Mc
Kinney. retail grocer, made a gen*rai
assignment today. Assets, $12,000; lia
bilities, $10,000.
New Orleans, Dec. 18.—Detectives Lit
tleton and Stubbs of the city police made
an important capture this evening of a
crook who is supposed to be one of the
national celebrities in the forger class,
He is a young man about 27 years of age,
five feet four Inches high, brown hair and
eyes, dark complexion, weighs Iff pounds,
smooth faced, neatly dressed and wore a
derby hat.
For several days past complaints have
been made at the central station of a man
going about town making purchases and
giving forged checks in payment.
•frills evening at 3:30 o’clock the detec
tives spotted a young man at the corner
of Common and Basin streets acting in
a suspicious manner.
He was' closely questioned and his
answers being unsatisfactory he was tak
en to the station, where he gave his name
as George Howard of St. Louis. * It was
found that his description tallied*] with
that of the man who had been manufac
taring checks and was later confronted
by several parties to whom-he had given
the checks and identified.
The charges against him so far are for
drawing a draft on the Bank of ftonald-
sonvllle. Ala., for $2,609, given to Martin
St Thompson, liverymen of this city in
payment for twenty-six head oC mules
and one horse; check by Sheridan Clark,
secretary of the Crescent CUy Jockey
Club for $10, made payable William H.
\Van£ler; check payable to 'Eftrord Bell,
a merchant tailor, for $78, and several
others. The names forged are A. Levy,
D. H. Holmes, W. O. Colmennyer and
Leopold Meyer. It Is expected that other
forgeries will turn up tomorrow'.
He will’be'photographed tomorrow and
his description, with portrait, will be sent
to the various chiefs of police through
out the country..
THE CLUB’S NEGLECT.
Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury in the
Bowen Inquest,
New Orleans, Dee. 18.—Coroner Lnw-
rason’tills afternoon held an InQueet
into the deaith of Andy Bowen, who
■was killed during -hte fight with George
Lavigne last Friday might at *the Audi
torium Club.
Dr. Finney was the first witness
•heard. He witnessed Ithe fight and saw
Bowen wfnnn lue ireceivd. the blow.
Bowen did‘not -fall like a mam who (had
juat received a knock-out blow, acid
Lavigne was not in a position to deliver
such a now. ‘Tm my opinion,’’ he said,
"the death was purely accidental.
Neither of ihe principals made objection
•to tfa»e candl.-iom of tine ring.”
Dr. Lawrason explained, to the jury
ithat the undigsbed food In Bowen’s
stomach had a bad effect on dhe nerves
leadiim? to the heart. The brain and
the veins were also affected.
.Mr. Joseph Spari ’of tlhe Audltorl.im
Club dtated tiha:t he saw Bowen fall but
did not sea the blow struck.
Polios? Servant MoCaibe and Tom An
derson, backer of Bowen, also testified.
Capt. Frank Williams of the Audito
rium Club made the startling announce
ment ithat he was not aware of (the fact
that there was nfo padding on the floor
ot tlhe ring until tho night of the co.n-
ttcit. It had been reported ito him pre
vious to the day of the contest that
the covering -was loose, and he ordered
It fastened, but through tho mistake of
the cArpewecs the -paddimig was re
moved.
The jury returned a verdict that the
deaith of BCjweint was due to ocncussiqn
of the brain, and, further, that the fa
lsi fity was due“o Kfre neglect of the club
in nrat -paddling the floor of -the ring.
COUNOILMEN ON TRML.
New Orleans City Fathers Under
Charge of Bribery.
New Orleans, Dec. 18.— 1 The work of
empaneling the jury in Section A of ithe
criminal district court, to sit in the
•hearing of the case of the state vs. W.
J. Kane and Francis B. Thniffley, the
Indicted councllmen, charged with felo
niously proposing 'to receive a bribe for
■their votes In the council, occupied the
morning session, with Judge Ferguson
on the bench. The defense^ after ex
amining several witnesses and learning
that they had formed an opLntion from
having read of the case in the paper?,
challenged the Juror tor cause. Before
excusing tlhe Juror Judge Freeman
stated -that it appeared to to only neces
sary for a Juror to say that he had
formed a fixed opdnlon. amd he could
thereby evade jury service. He slated
that any man who could not form an
opinion from what he had read in ihe
pipers muat -be «. numbskull and would
be unlit to serve as a Juror in hearing
a case.
The regular panel of fifty tales jurors
waa exhausted -with -but (three tale®m*?n
accepted. Another panel of fifty was
ordered drawn and made returnable to
morrow.
LOOKING FOR A DOLLAR.
A Negro Woman Came Near Burning
« Mississippi Steamer.
•New Orleans.^ Dec. 18.—A negro wo
man named McMillan was arrested
end locked up at the Harbor precinct
station this morning oa the arrival of
thd Steamer Natchez from up the river.
She is charged by Capt. Leathers with
attempting to burn the boat on the
way down. About 2 o’etock in the
morning the night watchman discov
ered smoke and soon found there was
fire in the cotton stored in the deck
room. The pumps were promptly set
to work and the fire was put out after
burning and damaging several bales of
Scrttdn. The woman states she had lost
A half dollar among the cotton bales
ind struck a match to search for it.
whether or not she caused the lire
she does not know.
PERISHED IN THE FLAMES.
A Negro Fired the Calaboose and Was
Roasted Alive.
Denmark. 8. <5., Dec. 18.—John Williams,
colored, who was incarcerated in the sta
tion house last week for lighting and who
was suspected of being an escaped con
vict, set Are to his prison this morning at
4 o’clock and perished in the aflmes. Mr.
I. Rich, alarmed by WllUxinir cries, went
to the scene and used tremendous efforts
to break down the door, but was unsuc.
cessful. The theory.is that Williams’ mo
tive was to escape.
BUN OVER BY A TRAfN.
Montgomery. Ala., Dec. 18.—At El
more stallion thto morning. Mr. WilHim
O. Robertson was killed by a train' of
cam. Mr. -R?>benaon walking on a
ride-track when a freight train backed
in on htm with tho above rreailt. Mr.
Robertson was one of the oldest citi
zens of the county, having been born
In 1812. He waa quite doaf. and for th.it
reason did not hear tho alarm sounded
by the trainmen when they saw his
danger.
A POLICEMAN S DEADLY AIM.
Madison. Ind., Dec. 18.—The "Lion’s Re.
treat." a saloon here, was burned early
this morning. After the fire, trouble arose
between Policeman Whittaker on me one
aide and Ed Collins, an electric light en
gineer. and Jacob Killen on the other
Both Collins and Kilen were shot by the
policeman. Colitaa is fatally wounded.
EH.
Reform Members of the South Carolina
Legislature Make a Show cf
Themselves,
ONLY A SMALL COURTESY.
H*W Oaneas, sf Newberry, Wilt Oe ou
Record as tbs First Man to Offer
Insalt to a President la Ills
Official Capacity*
Columbia, 'S. C. ( Dec. 18.—In too
house of ropresen:ta tiros 'today art 1
o’clock, Mr. iMagill introduced the fol
lowing aonc.urrtau rascdufUon and there
was m exciting odse;
"Whereas, the prosldou'fc of the United
States and party are now vial ting in
our state, and Wlmrais the general as
sembly^ now in session and desire to
extend bo 'the president and the gentCe-
men accompanying bdm ttfaivt courtesy
due his oxalltod diairuoter and official
position, bo \t
“Resolved by (the house, (the sencito
concurring, That an invitation.be and
hereby 4s extended to the president of
the United Sautes and tho gentlemen
comprising his party to visit -the gen
eral assembly now in session and ac
cept ’i^e' privileges of die two houses.”
As soon as die ra»oii*i::ons were read
Dr. Wyclie of Newberry moved to re
ceive it as infoimratloo.
•Mr. Duncan of Newberry, a reformer,
then said:
"I hope tibls'matfer wall not be dis
posed of in this way. I am opposed to
ex tending such courtesy Uo a president
for whom we jusirly erttertain so little
respect. " I ithercTore move to table the
resolution.”
THE SPEAKER HESITATED.
The speaker seemed to herltialre about
putting ttlhe morion. He said as the
presiding officer, ho doubted .the pro
priety o-f such, a mottOn.
Mr. Manning. <a conservative, said
the m-flitlter had cfom-e before the house.
Any euQttion Cooking to roceivolng it as
Information -would have *a ib*ad appear-
ainice. He suggested thti't ithe resolu
tion be withdrawn.
-Mr. Fatiton (Conservative) from Rich
land, solid that 8U1J.1 action would toe
very strange, than 4t would be worse
to ctonsdor Ut and vote it down. They
should rememlber tthoi Mr. Cleveland
was preslldenit, that this was an hbnor
■they should accord any president, no
minuter af what poUJl'ida-l faith, and no
matter bow much opposed aa his poli
cy and politics they wore. They Bhould
do Mr. Cleveland this -honor, not be
cause tt was Mr. Cleveland, but they
should pay -this respect to t'he office.
'Mti Watson (reform”- than
took the floor. He euUd he hoped-'tho
resolution would no<t be withdrawn.
The mu-titer Of withdrawing had gone
too far. WhHie -they -might differ In
poltdcs from the president, Mr. Cleve
land was nevertheless the 'president of
'the United States. “I hope we wont
go -down on record os taking such <ac-
irlon as Phis.”
TRiED TO QUIET THE HOUSE.
Mr Tatum of Orangeburg, another
londlinig reformer, took the floor and
tried to help Mr. Wat«on .control th'3
house. He said they could not afford
to vote thto resolution down. Nobody
waa more opposed to Mr. Cleveland’s
polloy than hlmfirif, but it was rime
tO PlOip.
•Mr. Williamson Ridd thto was a duty
■they owed 'themselves and their eita'te.
The apeaker then took u hand, saying
they w<?re assuming an opposition to
•the resolution which did -not exist. He
said he had noticed no opiposltion. He
suggested that the vote be taken on the
adoption of .the resolution, and quickly
ho put the motion on a viva voce vote.
No nays -were heard, and .he decided It
unanimously adopted. ,
In -the senate Dr. -Byrd and another
senator voted againwt the resolution,
but -there was no discussion nor any
incident.
DUNCAN’S RESOLUTION.
At the night session of tht hous?, Mr.
Duncan brought, the matter up again.
HlQ introduced the following sensation
al resolution, which was signed by
himself and Mr. J. H. BUckw'ell of
Williamsburg. I't wj« sent up to the
speaker, 1 who asked Mr. Duncan what
he proposed to do with the resolution—
have It pasted and recorded in his own
behalf or something else.
Mr. Duncan said he wanted it spread
on the minutes. The resolution read as
follows;
"Reaolved, That with all due respect
for the office of president of the United
States, d-nd deference to the policies and
principles of the parties, we with to
ba recorded as ever ready to honor him
to whom honor is due; but, in our opin
ion, Grdver Cleveland, having prosti
tuted the high office of the United
States, has openly betrayed the Dem
ocratic party and the elementary Dem
ocratic principles: we record ourselves
as opposed to the resolution passed by
this house doing honor to the greatest
party wrecker )n the history of Ameri
can politics.”
■After the matter had been read, Mr.
Pollock and several members Jumped
up and addressed the speaker.
Speaker Jones—The resolution is not de-
bateable.
Mr. Winkler—I move to lay the resolu
tion on the table.
The speaker put the question and it
was laid on the table, 3 "no” votes being
distinguished.
NOT YET KILLED.
The house then got back to lta work,
but Mr. Duncan was not yet done. In
about ten minutes he arose again with
a copy of the state constitution In his
hand. He said he rose t to a question of
personal privilege. He quoted a section
from the constitution giving any mem.
ber the right to object to anything adopt
ed by the Journal and to have his reasons
for his protest recorded in the Journal.
It was a home strike. He said after
reading Che section that he asked ac
cordingly that his resolutlin be recorded.
The speaker Ignored the request and
started to continue the regular work.
Mr. Duncan—Mr, Speaker, I want your
ruling on my point. I want to know if
this house can openly violate the constl>
tution.
The Speaker—I am only the mouthpiece
of this body. This body has spoken.
Mr. Duncan persisted in the matter,
insisting that the constitution gave him
rights In the matter which the body could
no take from him.
The Bpeaker-Thst Is your opinion on
the subject of legislation, and all I can
say Is that the^iouse has listened to you
with pleasure, and that ended the Cleve
land sensation.
WRITING against space.
The SSKHiter Who Rode la a Tug to
; Sec ilr. Olevoiaod.
OhaSeaton, K. C., Ba. 18.—The News
and Courier dlspatocthiod u special re
porter to Georgetown in#»t -night to see
ihe preridemit and received tonight the
account of Hie (presidents first day’s
sport:
Georgetown, S. 0., Dec. 18.—Aa tlhe
reporter for <tilio Nowa and Courier
ahiuned up in his special tug to the
buoy tender Wistaria in Muddy Bay
tihia otorao-on at a quarter to four
o’clock, tte.iwus just in 'time to see Hie
preeltMt returning fitum the day’s hunt
in onef of file Wtataria’a naptha
launches. In 'the launch were Presi
dent Owveifcvnd, Oapt. Enins, United
States s»wy, and Mr. Jefferson. The
pretikiortf dllmbwl #.ie atops unaided and
did not Seem very Xinie, ailttoougsh It Is
learned from members of the crew and
othorn vrtiv> have seen him itfliait his foot
and untile are troubling tom bodily, the
ailment being rlLowmnitdc fpout.
The president was attired in a hunt
ing suit of greyish. (brown ooitluiroy,
w.itti najpt Io mi toll, and high leather
leggings. Alter the president, the
other geAtilemon of ‘the party went up
Uie sidqjsiind then title hands took‘out
tho gun® and 'the result of 'the first
day's isfiftoit—first a ‘largo racooon and
then dVffitu-nJno ducks, riilefly English
and mallards.
As soon as the launch got out of the
way, the News and Courier’s tug went
alongside, and the reporter was cor
dially received by the genial captain
of the Wisteria, who said that although
glad -to see him, ho could not allow
him to come on board, as his orders
were strictly not to allow any one not
comne-fcteq officially with the vessel to
comie oa,board. The reporter then
asked for Commander McKenzie, and,
on being told that he was still in the
marsh hunting, asked the captain of
till? Wisteria if the president would
receive him, as he lvad come for him
with an Invitation to visit the city of
Charlest<®. In a few moments, a strk-
ig gentleman limped to the
vessel and with great oour-
uced himself, proving to be
s fighting Bob Evans, now
•r ot the New York.
‘esident directs me to say,”
said he, k ‘th',U ho Is fatigued by the
day’s huritlng, and Is unable to receive
you, and while appreciating highly tho
courtesy of. the invlta'tlon you bring to
visit Charleston, that ho to here only for
sporting purposes and for rest, and
canno't accept any invitations.
The reporter then produced a letter
from the editor of 'the News and Cou
rier asking the president to grant the
reporter an interview. Capt. Evans
kindly carried the tetter to Mr. Cleve
land, but returned a few moments later
and eald 'tha't the president sent kind
est negar,ds to the editor of tli6 News
and‘Courier, but that he must beg to
be excused from the interview, as he
was very much fatigued.
’ It was ascertained from an officer bn
the boat tha't 'the president's bag toddy,
in spite of the weather boing much loo
warm for ducks, was 29 ducks, nnd ye8-
•terday 6,. To the question, “Who killed
the coon?” thena was no answer except
general smiling;
After this nothing remained except to
leave, especially as Commander Evans,
.although exceedingly courteous, looked
us though ho wished the News and
Courier's "ug in sheen. It pi/shftri oft
as a fit earner launch bringing a delega
tion from the Palmetto Club to fender
'the president a reception arrived and
ca-m? alongside. *
The delegation, which • Was headed by
Hon. Mr. Morgan, mayor of the city,
was received by Capt. Evans ,but not
allowed to board tho vessel. The commit
tee handed over he gunwale a Varge
horseshoe of exquisite white camellas,
wishing the president good luck In his
shooting. Capt. Evans politely declined
for ths president the tonder of & recep
tion, saying that the citizens could see
him at tho depot on Saturday, as he was
about 'to-leave, and the. committee left
with crestfallen faces. In' a few minute*,
however, they were beckoned back to tho
side of the Wistaria and told by Capt.
Evans that tho president had consented
to hold a reception in Georgetown on Sat.
urday at 2 o’clock, Just before leaving for
Washington, but begged that It would be
short, as his lame foot made standing
very painful to him. The reception will
be held in the historic hall of the Wlnyah
Indigo Society,, where Washington held a
reception in 1792, since which time no pres-
ldent has visited Georgetown.
The Wistaria Is lying about ten miles
from Georgetown In Muddy creek. The
marsh land of Gen. • Alexander, whose
guest President Cleveland Is, Is said to
be the best hunting lands in the state,
being vast -marshes with innumerable
creeks, nil Infested with ducks.
A gentleman who carried the president's
letters and telegrams and saw him says
that he expressed himself as delighted
with the trip, saying he was enjoying
himself immensely and felt already much
benefltted by the trip. He has ordered
that only letters and telegrams be sent
to the Wlsaria.
"I don’t want a newspaper while I’m
here,” he said.
The party will remain here until Bat-
urday, when the start will be made for
Washington. Georgetown Is in a state of
excitement over the president's presence
and nothing else Is talked of.
SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT.
Secretary Herbert Will Boon Order One
"ButEt for Our New Navy.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The board Of
naval bureau clrtefs jia* proottoaily
domrpleted the ph'-na for ft mibmnriue
torpedo boat of the Holland type.
The construction toure-au hxr’beon rn-
tfilg&d In gathering data io show wha-t
the thickness of the shell of the cra-ft
should be to resist, tlhe explosive ef
fect of the torpedo iftoeh arged* at ’short
range. In this «>nrtoctlon, rooourw
was had to the old Lay torpedo shell
Whidh wJts used In rhe Now Port ex
periments ahiout a year ago. It was
found that Vhe shell bore the force
of 'the .e^flsV>»ion very woll urttll tho
rajJtge was brought within olgttity feet
from •the torpddo, when It b^gan to
Show signs of dlsnnJttoii, being se
verely »ba.i}ter*41f «A» .this shell Is
scarcely Phdcker than mn ordinary tin
plate, Che eon-ntnidtor’a <*stlmate, 'that
the sheCl of the submarine boat which
mue.t be toVif an indh Mtfdk to with
stand ifhe water 'pressure dc considera
ble d«'plhs, will be ,«mj>\y strong *to re
sist the ejepfosions of a •tm-jpedo at very
short range.
These facts will be laid before Secre
tary Hertjert, who 1* epeoted thereupon
|*wuo the ne^e^sjiry orders for the build
ing ot «Uuf boat.
FAILURE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson. MIm.. Dec. II.—A. Vlrden. the
oldest and largest wholesale and retail
hunt here, has made an aselgni
naming W. R. Harper and A. C. Jon*-*
aa assignees. Assets $60,000, liabilities not
stated, but Hiought to be heavy.
SPOTS INSTEAD OF FUTURES.
-Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 18.—gpx cotton is
being bought very freely Ilf re by in
vestors who prefer th\» actual article to
futures. Several thornsuxl biles ar** al
ready stored fr -re, and the Hock to a.1-
txtos: darty being added t*>.
DEATH SENTENCE PASSED.
Both Meyers and Carr to Be Hanged
on the Eighth Bay of
February.
MEYERS’ STOLID INDIFFERENCE
Bran HU If other's Tears Ballad toAroaa*
Ills Stony Ratara^Carr Is a Com
plete Physical Wreck—Mo
tions ftor Now Trials.
Atton/to, Deo. 18.—(Special.)—Will
Meyers, tho 18-yoarold 'murderer of
Forest Crawley, fluid - Alexander Oirr,
assassin, of Capt H. O. Klug, were both
sentenced itx> bo hanged on February 8
by Judge Rlohja-rd H. CKwrk, presiding
in tlhe superior court today.
Tho court inoom was crowded witJh
the curious, eager to graitify their more
bid appetites. When the doomed meu
were brougWt In *to lftur 'too dctUtlh son-
tcnce parsed the crowd puwhed and
shaved oaetti other to gain a> better view
of (tttietra, making •tihls part of the scene
as reiprehcflisiWo as whoit iflollawed iwas
harrowing and taffcotTug.
Oarr presented a most .pdtMblo spec
tacle. Loat June wlien ho Slew his vic
tim in coW blood, he was b fine speci
men of robust young imnnhood. But
soon nifltor being sent to jail Qio began
to flail plhyisImICy, and, No nil aippnar-
ihbcch, mentally. ( On tho trial a plea
of insanity was enteral. Ho nppeareil
today am utterly broken imcrn, bant un
til hi s head reared oomatJamfcly Oil hi a
cheat and tobtorlng on his feet so 'that
he had to bo asetoled to walk. He ait,
with 'a vacant stare, gazing a«t the floor
wlhlle scultenoo was being passed, appar
ently uaterty uncansolous of ■what was
going on.
Judge Clarke snCd it was painful nnd
emlbarrasis'i'ng »to awes Vho sentence of
doalth upon sueih a mian, nod but for
toe duty imposed upon him by tlho law
he fwtould not h.iw itiho oourago to do it
THE SDXTDXOE OF MEYERS.
Tho scmitenco of young Meyers was
most diramratic.
The young miam sat Ibetiween his fa
ther and iffiotoor. 'He retained) his
aaToless, defiarit deflueanor 'throughout,
though tho heant-hrokon mother’s grief
was unconiirol’iaibfe,' and ithe tears
coursed down tho brawny, broad-shoul
dered flaitfhor’s Chcekrt.
•At tho last iwordH of thto court tthe
boy’s mother threw hornolf upon his
neck and wept by* tor lea fly, put evem
IBtto moroeot, with mcttirrirtoarr
■falling lteavi^Iy upon him scmI clusped in
her onVbmioo, ‘Meywiw* iron nem , e« Hilled
him onlly for an Indtudli. A few spas
modic 'teens spuing up to hds eyes, but
ho quickHy brushed dlham aside and re
turned 'the saimo semtifUl gaze to tho
crowd.
Tn passing semitonce upon young Mey
ers Judge Cfevrko read from maimisdript
whUt ho had to wty In /the hope, be
aid, thnft it might do some good in this
city.
The murder of Forrest Crowley, he
said, deserved 'to be classed amontr 'the
most atrocious murders. Ho thou re
viewed tdhe oase briefly, comparimc
Meyers ito John A. Murrell, Torn Wool-
folk and "Jack the Ripper.”
"In these times,” said the judge, 'Mho
boy begins smoking cigarettes <ftt 7.
years. At 10 foe reads dime novels. At
15 he takes to ipooi and cards, and soon
after to beer and whisky. These give
him a 'taste for mono vicious literature,
and he has then laid *Lhe foundation ot
a life of vice and crime.”
Vicious literature, the judge thought,
had been the <fouradiation of Meyers’
crime, and he ppfrred to the faot that
he had usd rho flotiUous name of C. D.
Mod*ffine, Jr., .and T. C. Cunningham,
whloh John A. Murrell had used In his
career of crime.
In imposing the death penalty, Judge
Clarke said he assumed tho full respon
sibility, treating the case os orm of
purely clrcumttUvratial evUlemce.
Motion for new trials are ponding in
both the Oarr and -Meyero cases. They
will be iieard on January 12. Under
the sentence passed today, the execu
tion* are <to be private.
WANT LOWER RATES.
Wholesale Grocers, Melon Growers and
Fertilizer Men Complaining.
Atlanta, Dec. 18.—(Hpeclal.)—Delegations
of wholesale grocers, fertilizer men and
watermelon growers representing all the
states is the territory of the Southern
Railway and Hteomship Association ap-
peared before the rate committee of that
organization with petitions today. Com
missioner fttahlman presided over the
meeting, which was attended by the traf
fic nrinagers of all th« lines in the as
sociation.^
The wholesale grocers want a reduced
rate on groceries In carload lots. Under
the present schedule the retailer stands
on the same footing as tho wholesaler,
broken slhpin«-ntH being carried at the
same rate as carload lots. After hearing
the grocers their petition* was rofered to
a sub-committee.
The fertilizer men and melon growers
are after concessions looking to next
year's business.
THE REGISTRATION LAW.
Th Moagure filgned by tho Governor
Yesterday.
Mlanrta, Dec. 18.—(Special).—The reg-
Imtratton /bill pa-ssod by tho 'iale general
awem/bly is now dj law. Id was ap
proved by Governor Atkinson*hi* afu»r-
rfjon. The !a/w takes effect in 1H8%. but
does not affect «the January otonttons.
An kmpre*r4!on ha* 4>0{«n crratol In «»>me
quantum IfrJt an amt'ndm»*nt waa put in
•Jho bin by which 1t to not uppPIcable *to
counties wthlch already hav<‘ local reg
istration laws. Tlvto inic>rewskm to en
tirely wrong. The Savann-ih rmMnbers 1n
both house** tried to hav»! su<*h a pro
vision hny>rporat».«l in tine bill, but
Lifted, so that lit applies in alt <v*uu*Uti,
though it wlAi’.d <n<»t Intenf«-rii wth a
municipal regtotratJon act.
MAJ. BACON’H COMMISSION.
Atlanta, Dec. 18.—(Hpeclal.)—Hon. A. O.
Bacon of Macon, United States senator,
elect, was In the city today, lie visited
the executive office and received his com-
sion. .Senator Bacon takes his scat the
4th of March, 1835.
ftlMiPSON-SH&itP.
Galffln and Ona-wtond County United
By Happy Bonds.
Or!(Ha, Deo. 18.—(Speolulj-On Sun-
(toy afternoon tost, in Crawford o>un*
ty, ft happy marriage was soIemni^?d
tihiat united for life one of the proeper-
ous of Griffin’s ywrager merefoams to
one of tfoe bellies of dkit peqtion.
The ceremony wnas quietly performed
at ithe (residence of toe bride’s father,
Mr. Johm Slgirp, wfoo «Is one of the most
prominent 'men of Crawifoni, at 3
o’clock, and Mr. Ghiarien «A. »iiopBoai of
tfols city and Miss ‘Mattie Sharp wora
made one. Amid a uhower of cvmgmt-
utoffions these tiwo young people, who
liad Jong loved each other, received
their friends and &it oaoe Jeflt for Knox-*
vl'lle, iwliem ithqy -were reoelvc*!, and all
mis jollity and happtiincss. Tlvey ar
rived in toe city yesterday imornlug on
toe Georgia 'Midkmcf, and new Mr. nndr
Mra. Si in peon are m-t home ito their,
fri'ends at tho residence of 'Mm. M. XL
Todd, on. Nortlli mil st.reot.
Their friends (lioro are .profuse in their
oongmitxitotioos, flor -M.r. (Simpson is a
yoftiig meivfoant av4m> Is ropidlly coin ling
to tiie front «s a bunl’n-wa amin,,nn(d Ids
popularity Is equal <to bits acquaintance,
for ho -is of whSrUn# di'awiter and in-
domttnble will and cnen^y. His lovely*
bride 1*8 ome of the Itetlwi of Cmwfonl
oounty, where «4ho is adlmilrod, -not coly
for her fpetnsonul (beauty, but her wo
manly iwonfflf.
THE NEWS AT GRIFFIN.
Departure of Mr. Qumintn—Gpeoing of
the New Opera House.
Griffin, Doc. 18.—(Special).—(Miss Ada-
vale KUncald, on eof Griffin's moe:t
Mklhly cultural and acconvphpfoed
young ladies, -who has been visiting her
many friends in Athens mnd Atlanta,
will return homo tonight. Her return
will be welcomed by nil, for she is a
greait fovorlto among th young peoplo
and 9/lao the older ones.
On the early train this morning Rev.
H. M. Qullliani and family left for tlhe-ir
future hom in Granitvinc. Mr. Quilllain
vas the formtr pastor of the First
Methodist churoh of this city, and is
loved and admired by all. There nns
many hearts 4n this city that will bo
saddened over tihelr departure, and that
wish him much success In his new'
work.
The Griffin Amateur Dramatic Club
held their flr«t uxtoearsal last night for
the new opera house opening, whon
they will present ‘‘Out of tho Shadow.”
The new opera house is to bo completed
by January J, when this piny will bo
made public. It is said by those Who
witnessed tho rehearsal that it will bo
veyr fine. •
A very .pleasant party of young peoplo
will leave tonight for Savannah, whoro
they ■will ©pond fsevorai day9 seeing the’
many baautles sind sights of that lovely
ciby. This is a trip tihnt too Griffin peo
ple take wpecial delight 'tor, amd ono thait:
Is always looked forward to with a
grant deal of pa'dlsure at this season, of
the year. . Stockholders’ meeting.
THE HUNTERS’ LUCK.
Looking For Potfatms, Thqy Fluid a
GoiSd W-aHich.
Covington, Dec. 18.—(SpcdaQ.)—About *
six yearn Ago iMr. W, G. Jones waa
Btuoit and killed lint « <p?eco of woods
qcar his hoami in 'Sta iweHV« district,
Newton ooumty. TDe aaaaflNin bus niyvor
been Identilfied, and too oJbJwt of tho
crime is yet a myatony. Mr. Jones pos-
aortsod n very fine goLd watch, wihiWh,
was on his persoin at too ttlmo ho was
killed. Nothing was seen or hcattl of
this wUitxto. until a few Lights ago, wlien
a party of ’possum fouritero, ix.TSft.iiig
near the spot wlhero too body iwas dis-
oovoned six yeans ago, fount it liUlf
burled 1n n fwugoa -rut. Tho hunters.
perHonaOly knew -Mr. Jones and -had so
often so««i .tho vakpiWIo waitxih in his
possession tolffi.t 1t was easily identiiftrtl.
Two small (Blood sbdns wore yet ito bo
icon on the wise.
DEATH AT INDIAN SPRING.
Mr. Bdward Bryan Succwnfbed to Par
alysis of tho Heart.
Flovilla, Dec. 18.—Quiet a sad death oc
curred at Indian Spring this morning at
1:40 o'clock. Mr. Edward F. Bryan of
Savannah, who has been at this popu-*
lar health resort for several days, died
with paralysis of the heart. Mr. Bryan
was a man of prominence and influence
nnd his mnMnn .lnmlsn will be a fearful
blow to his family and friends.
TIlEATRICAIlS AT BATTONTON. >
Btetonbon, Doc. 18.—(.Speninl.)—Tho
society olomcbit was satt in full foroo
last owning to hoc 'htio production of
tho “Il^dy of LynivV’ l»y /rim llarricito
Wfoms oonvpiny. Tlfis company is do-
oM^lly too tb's-t tthttt fo.m orver a pp^*:i red
at Uie opom h))iirt' boro. iMi*s Weesfls
and Mr. Djabloro eooriinfy grmt. They;
play “OtocKlo” tomorrow uiidbt
THE SUN’H COTTON REVIEW.
New York, Dec. 18.—Tho Sun’s cotton
review will say:
Cotton declined l to 2 points, but got
this back and then advanced 1 to 2 points,
closing quiet and steady with sales ot
fti.000 hales. New Orloans advanced 3
points on March, but lost it. Hpot cotton
here was dull and weak at unchanged
prices; no sales. Liverpool today declined
l-32d on the spot, with sales of 8,000
bales, with t,00) added to this from ^es.
tor.lay, making them 10.000. Futures de
clined 1 point and closed quiet And steady..
In Manchester yarns wore In tMiy»-rs* fa
vor and were In moderate demand. Them
Is said to bo a large aho^l. Jntereat In
New York. Now Orleans tomorrow ex
pects 12,000 to 14,000 bales, agalnnt ir«,482
on the same day last week ami 17.807 last
ywsr. The port receipts today were 02,814
bales, against 57,0S0 this day last week and
04.603 last year. Thus far this week, 19d-
7G2 bales, against 160,804 thus far last
oek.
Tho big receipts hod little effect here
In New York. Neither had the decilni
in Liverpool, nor tho weakness of Man
chester and th** .Southern mnrkets. nor
tho fear among some operators that the
auction sale of 27,000 packages of cotton
goods tomorrow may result In lower
prices. The dlspsltlort wns to await the
result of the auction. In the meantime
the price Is low and If the bulls are not
aggressive the bears are no less cautious.
PRBBrDKNT OF THE CHAMBER.
Paris, Deo. 18.—M. Brtsson, who was
prime minister on the fall of M. Jules
Ferris in i»f». was elected president of
the chamber of deputies In succession of
the late M. Burdeau today by a vote of
249 to ii3 for M. Mellne, the French pro
tectionist leader.
LYNCHING IN FLORIDA.
Ocala. Fla., Dec. 18. - William Jones, a
negro boy aged id, was lynched near
here this morning for ravishing Mims
Sanderson, a white girl aged 15. Tha
negro was esJten OUn (ho oflloor« by si
mob and aueperuled from the nearest
«ree» The girl was terribly Injured,
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