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MACON. GA., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1894-TWELVE PAGES.
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The Amount of Talk Was AH Agaiwl
the Xewly Proposed Cur
rency Plan,
BBYAN SPOKE ON THE BILL,
Said It Way Not In Accord Willi
Ionian Ideal—(combi Spoke for
the Umnre-Seaate luaUted
Upon Its Venal Holiday.
TVa9b£ngto>n, 'Bee. 22.—Tile currency
and banking bill now ponding before
tile bouse suffered In the discussion to
day In the raapoct of maniber of Its ad
vocates compared witua those \Yuv> op
posed it. There was but one speiker
in favor of the bib today—Mr. Cboinbs
(Democrat) of Nwv York—und he 'moat
strtinuDusCy advic.i'ftKl postponement
of the cstalfista-cuit of an entire new
system of banking and curronoy in this
country until oondiUons are ehuaig.’d.
There 'were three speutais against die
bill. Mr. Beil (Demooxat) of Tcxtis ex
pressed .Hie opinion that tlhe issue of
greenbacks in place oif national bank
circulation as rapidly us at mis reitired
would afford relief.
Sir. Bowers (Republican) of Califor
nia said itlllat any ptwtty which onaoted
legislation resulting to oho destruction
of too national banking system und. its
circulation w..uld be ground to powder.
The issue of bonds of small denomina
tion 'to retire "Jhe greenbacks and the
establishment of postal savings banks
would, iu his opinion, aid in relieving
these conditions.
■Mr. Bryan (Democrat) of Nebraska
spoke for two limits, mak'-ug a general
attack upon tlhe bill, \vhlcu he de
nounced its a repudiation of the prin
ciples of toe 'Democratic party.
Before the d'.scuss.on utas enitered
upon several private bills were passed
unanimously. Am 5:10 o'clock the
bouse, acting under toe operation or
toe concurrent resolution providing Car
a holiday reccs3, adjourned unitil Tnurs-
diay, Jbnuary 3, 1SD3.
MR. BRYAN’S SPEECH.
Reviewing the c'.rciTtnsta.nees attitvmd-
atit upon .tlte inception and in/tiudttc-
tion of toe bill, JD\ Bryan said Ot was
an unprecedented rapudilafion of toe
principles of D«flo«aittc gavernmenti
No declaration in tow of the ann.Ul-
lution of greenbacks tod bean made by
any parity or president anal yet, imme-
dial ply after tlho flata ulertOjO-ns, too
most reariirkuibte in many iw^poots the
country bas crou sopn, Wd Pj^v ** n
Oblige»f this congress proposed to sur-
renriw, in' toe last hours of their pos
session of power, toe ocmti'Jl of our
banking and cunronoy system to toe
banks by a measure that tnohadcs tine
ptoblbition of grecnlbnckB.
There was absolutely no excuse for
the bili, said Mr. Bryan. Its introduc
tion at this time could not be defended
unless it would afford a remedy tor
I'm evil complained of. The reason
given by its triends and promoters for
bringing it into the house was that
toe eacgeacles of the treasury demand
ed it: the treasury was being drained
of gold by the exchange of greenbacks
therefor. But the bill did not provide
even a"primary remedy. The only rem
edy us far as it related to the green-
backs we* to fund them in bonds.
When that -was done. If It ever wus
done, the trouble would afcU exist, lor
the silver certificates would still' re
main and they must be re&»m«d v m
go-id on demand.
BOND ISSUE A CONSPIRACY.
»Mr. Bryan denounced the bond Issues
as a conspiracy Bgiainet the govern
ment, quoting: The movement of gold
from the" treasury between the days of
advertising for bids o*f the last issue
of bonds and of the delivery of the
last lot of bonds ns proof of his asser
tion. "If we had brave Jackson lev the
White House now he would rise in his
might and say: 'By the eternal, the
righirs of the people are dearer than
those of Wall street/ but what answer
does the present chief executive give?
•Whatsoever they ask of me, even to
the half of my kingdom, shall be given
to them/ "'
Proceeding then to the provisions of
the bill, Mr. Bryan expresses his op-
p w.tion to them In detail. The 11 rat
ground of opposition was that giving
baukers t-he privilege of Issuing paper
unoney ,wub governmeat favoritism of
the wor«t sort.
Mr. Bryan expressed the opinion that
the active dissemination of smallpox
among tfci* people of the nation would
be productive of le«3 harm than the
granting of this privilege to the banks.
The second ground of opposition was
thu-t the granting of such a privilege
makes the receipt of It an enemy to
any law that proposes to build d bridge
over it. Jefferson warned the people
against the establishment of paper
rrcm-ey banks, fit are or national. Cleve
land believed that the ideal form of
government Included the entire di
vorcement of the government from the
Issue of paper mon^y.
•ft la hn«rdly neccvwary for me to
Btite/’ said Mr. Bryan, ‘^toit I stgund
with Jefferson in favor of lakitntg bankn
mu of the government, rather than
With CKJvetomd fin favor of i^kliwr the
governrmetu out of 'the Ismro of money."
He said Jeftonran had expressed!) the
ophiAon thait the existence of ortvatb
banka of issue would bomore darngerouB
to tlhe fjovernmant than Branding ar
mies. in which opinion We fully con-
Curre*d.
"For standing armies/’ he said, "can
not -brung suoh T*>wvr to bear upon leg
islation ha can those banks."
The tUni ground of 'Mr. Bryan’s on no
sftHon was thait the gowamment caranoft
Rifely give to private corpora'tlons tine
power to control the volume of pa/per
money.
In conclusion. Mr. Br>"an called the
attention of irflver men to Wha/t be b*^-
tteved to be the purpose of the bill—41
was simply another stop towards the
universal adoption of gold nv3nome*-hl-
fism.
"You avn be deceived If you like/ he
said, "but It you ame you simply deceive
you twelves."
The only remedy foe* the trouble now
was raid'd in the annate today ngnln^t
tn th»* opinion of Mr. Bryan was Uhe
roatoratio of silver to muml beside gold;
to return to the cons'itiuimal coinage
of both gold and silver.
Mr. Bryan’s speech cloaefl the day’s
diacuarion.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
A very sUetoit and weak obstruction
•ntt Stated very' earn**rtly the ground*
the concurrent resolution for the Christ
mas tieoesa. Mr. George (Democrat) of
>l2a®i»§Spp4 objected >to its corneld*?raikon
and stated very earnestly thrt grounds
of his objections. Tnese rsvere Hh«nt af
ter the receva there would be but two
moniths of nhe Svt-aio-n deft, and that
there were many wry lunpohtanit uvait-
tera wfinioh required aotion to be taken
on ithem, aim! wvlhtch would give rise to a
great deal of diisoussion and coaieume
much time. He sp.oifled tlho Nicara
guan carnal bill, Ithe butokrupioy bill, the
aurren>ay reform bill and aJl the gl^dt
aiipprypr/a-.i’;© bWte. one of tiiilem contain
Irag the proviaicwi iwhidli would 4>e bit
terly opipmd. in view of 'the senate's
ruled, wttv.ch prevent the compelling of
ludtion ‘on any maidter when opposed by
even a snrljll minority, .he thought that
nine kJjaate should not expose i'Uaelf 10 a
failure ■of iihe apprtapitiaUon as /to the
income '.tax.
•The-holiday sentiment proved to be ir
resistible, however, and Mr. George let
down the bars and permitted the resolu
tion to be concured In.
Mr. Morgan Indicated a deslrer to reply
to Mr. Turple’s three days’ speech against
the Nicaragua canal bill, but said that he
would not impose on the good nature of
the senators and would let the matter
stand until after the holidays.
Mr. Lodge (Republican) of Massachu
setts offered a resolution, which wont
over, instructing the secretary of the
ndvy to inform the senate why all United
States ships of war had been withdrawn
from the Hawaiian station and whether,
in view of the Interests of the United
States and of the citizens of the United
States in those islands, a ship of war of
the United States should not have been
stationed and retained at Honolulu.
A brief executive session was held and
then the senate, at 1:45 o'clock, adjourned
until Thursday, January 3, 1896.
DELAYED CONFIRMATIONS.
The senate today confirmed the nomina
tion of Charles H. Mansur of Missouri,
assistant comptroller Of the treasury.
Several Tennesee gentlemen called today
upon Attorney General Olney In regard to
the charges against Judge Clark, recently
nominated and conflmed to be United
States district judge for the eastern and
middle districts of Tennessee, but whose
confirmation had been reconsidered. The
crarges consist of unprofessional conduct
on the part of Judge Clark, who was
counsel in a case before Judge Key, the
present judge of the same districts. Judge
Key has notified Senator Harris that he
(Judge Key) is entirely familiar with the
record of the case and there has been no
unprofessional conduct on tho part of
Judge Clark.
The gentlemen had a hearing before the
judiciary committee, but no quorum was
present and nothing was done. They In
formed, the individual members of the
committee that it would be shown that
the friends of Judge Clark believe thero
is nothing in the charges. They court the
fullest Investigation and have left the
judiciary committee appoint a sub-com
mittee to go to Chattanooga and person
ally examine the records of the court.
The peculiar point of the case fs that
Judge Clark was confirmed by the sen
ate upon Senator Harris' personal assur
ance that thero could be no objection to
the nomination and upon notice from At
torney General Olney of the filing of tho
charges, the notice to thi president of
Clark’s confirmation was recalled, tho
matter thus being left entirely with the
judiciary committee and out of the con
trol of the president. Nothing iwill be
done, however, until the reassembling of
the senate after the holidays.
Secretary Smith has appointed Robert
Jj. Berner pt Forsyth. Ga., an special
commissioner to adjuct Desmolnes river
land grant claims under the faVv of Aug
ust lli 1894.
The McCartbyites Section of the Party
Think Rosebery Has Deserted
Them.
WAKT HOME RULE FIRST.
SliEvrua'i Speech Regarded as an Offi
cial Utterance—Fenlanlim Said to
Have Again Broken Out—
Starvation la Calivay.
GRIEFFN XEJWiS.
Gleta CHifb Enl^>nr.a i am on,t—FI ro De-
E&Atatfeo/t Gifted Our. ■
Griffin, T>ec. 22.—(Special.)—On Fri
day evening the iniusioal •fcitoat of tho
ci'ty, boater lan'owla. as the Glee Club,
was cntop.ViCned by Uwm Margie and
M'ary 'Sla.tDii ac tiii> residc/ueo of Otlrs.
C. W. Slaton, on Taytor street. This
club meots regular once a week at dif
ferent rosid'etfloee of the city, where
they render s/ome exceKiomt music.
At 2 o’clock th'.s aflcemxm the Are
dopanmuinit was called to the residence
of Mr. John. (Dickerson, on South IEU
street, which ms found to be on lire
and rapidly burning. AUter a short
fight by the department it was gotten
under control without a very great loss.
Dt is not known just tu>\v the tiro
started.
LOST THE PICTURE.
Jamestown, _N. Y., Dec. 22.—The ex
periments mahe laot night by B. F.
Brudden and Fred S Mamli, expert
micro-photographers of this city, on the
eyes of Mrs. Shearman, one of the
women, mundered near this city a few
days ago, are sad failures. It was
claimed t'hat a microscopic examina
tion of the dead eyes by five responsi
ble men revealed tho image of the mur
derer photographed on the retina, and
the objects of the experiments, which
were continued all nlgiht, was to repro
duce by t'he mlcro-photograpalc process
the picture. If the photograph was real
ly upon tho retina, It was ioet by the
experts.
THE CASHIER GONE.
Llnoolrvton, Neb., Dec. 22.—Tho fail
ure of Hie State Bank at Crawford and
the flight of Its president, Albert Whip-
pi.\ is made decidedly sensational in
the report of Examiner Brink filed with
'dhe state banking board. Mr. Brink
says he found that other stockholders
were almost equally culpable with
Whipple. C. H. Dietrich and W. E.
Alexander, he says, by threat and a
s‘x shooter, compelled Whipple to can
cel their stock and pay them cash.
Other sensational developments are re
ported. Th-* assets cl the bank are
worthless, and stutte heirs will get little
or nothing. President Whipple has been
us far Ha Cheyenne, Wyo.
MAD DOG IN POSSESSION.
Salem, N. J., Dec. 22.—A mad dog heW
full pouwswfrm of the fltrects of this
town for two bouro today, and during
that t.me succeeded In biting no less
than sixteen persona, seveai horses and
a score of dogs before u was killed
Among those biuen were Professor Kto
ne, principal of the high school: H F.
Stickler, member -of ihe oi/ty council:
Dr. J. C. Robinoow, James Ayres. E. G.
Carter, Jacob Sprier, Charles Bacon,
Mrs. MlUer, Lewis Nell, John Hart a<nd
a-hens. Six bf the victims of the brute
were so badly bitten that they went to
tlh-« Pasteur InatUut* In New York for
treatment at no>n today.
CULLING FOR FOOD.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 22.—The rioting that
was started on Wedneeriky by Caceres
hi order to dispense a crowd of hungry
women and children continued through
out Wednesday night, imm.-nse crowds
rushing through j|he at reels, calling on
the govenomen*. for food. Serious trou
ble Is predl-cited.
THE ARMENIAN INQUIRY.
Vienna, Dec. 22.—It is stated here
that the British. French and Russian
ministers at Constantinople have re
fused ' to change the Instructions
given the delegate* of the powers men
tioned oq th-? committee to investigate
th* Armenian atrocities. As a result
of their action, the Sultan has become
stnioed.
Loniton, Dec. 22.—The leaders of the
MoCarhylte section of the Irish parlia
mentary party, have thrown a bomb
shell into t'he Li-b*ml camp by serving
notice upon, the government through
Mr. John Morley, chief secretary for
Ireland, that no further dependence in
tfi-rfr opinion can be placed upon the
vote of the Irtish party unless the prin
ciple of home rule tor Ireland iu strict
ly reaffirmed in the quetn’s speech on
the occasion of the reassembling of
puirCiament and in other ways officially
announced els 'the first plank in the
platform of tho Liberal party.
These demands, it is explained by tho
Irish JeadiTO, have been necessitated
by the profound sensation which has
been created in the Irish ranks by tho
declaration made by Mr. William Mc-
Ewtwi, Liberal member of the central
division of Edinburgh, hi a recent
speech in the Scotch capital, that the
home rule bill wa? dead, and that
it would be impossible to carry the
country with lhat measure as the first
or even one oif the principles contended
for by the Liberal party. This declara
tion was received with great cheering
by Mr. McEwans’ hearers, indicating
thbt they were oif tho sa»me opinion. The
speaker went on. 'to say that the Irish
ought to be content with a merely
Local government, and not haggle for
an independent parliamentary govern
ment in the face of tho inevitable. The
fact tha'c the country wus once carried
upon the issue of <n ptnrl'lajme&itary
govannraent for Ireland,’ he argued,
was no reason why It should be as
sumed, fin view of the changed condi
tions, that It could be canned again.
A merely local government, he had no
doubt, could be secured by iraiand un
der certain, conditions.
This doc Deration Is urfdenstood to
mean thaJt alte eonsorvativiea for the
sake of finally ddspototUg of the Irish
question and allowing a good pant of
the bieeslon to bo dovo.eri ito other meas
ures, would giiiiiy 'aigreo to support
such a bill. As a matter of fact. CDtsre
is god reaB'on. to beM/evo (hat 'uhe lory
loadros are eager 'to confer wl-h some
ajf tih'n pjjiiLia-inonltaT'.l(inrf uvluh a \vi.v to
reachiiu/g an nmdcr.4:an*clliing, ^ir. R^bict
Wallace M. P. Cor -the cast division of
. Edinburgh, followed Ift’.'the fiimo s’wain.
HOME RULERS INCENSED.
Whether or not Mr. McEwain’s add- 1
1V33 was officially inspired. It cert-ailnly
had t/he effect to /throw th’e ardent
home rule Ubdrafls imto a state of con-
tftcuiriatlltm, to incchBo • toe IMcCur.hy
wing of the Irish parny, and to plunge
the RarneUitod into a »*ea of exquisite
dellgh't. The latter fao.Can of the Iildh
party have all nJanig pneiLutod that uno
nriniirttry iwould broak their pledtf.? to
pursue the home rule policy of M'r.
Gladstone 'to that end, and the declara-
tiJj«ns Og Mr. McEwan one reg’jrded ua
confirming their predictom In the
mJearatlme, com.muni.caiU'onu on the tub-
Jeot are parang between Mr. Morley
and Lori Rossbery wltla a view of
for.mulat.nfl: a plan wihloh hvjilll be cui:dn-
fac^ory to toe McCartoyites and at the
same time wlU not commJt Uhe gxvcrn-
munt to a relnirod/uction of a hocne
rule bill belbre pultiio-ment Ls dtasolved.
Th^s fact furnishes indubitable cvl-
dance 'that tho ministry ds alarmed afc
the torn of ulfairs, an daleo Induces
the belief that /too address of Mc
Ewan was officially inspired. It Is
probable toait the coming congress of
tlhe n/JttaoaA Liberal fedcnation wOM up
hold Uhls view In the passige of o> reso
lution eetting fornti thoit It ia Impossi
ble to restore confidence In rho mnks
of the Irish party, as It Is fell: that Mr.
McEwau gave voice to the opinion of
a large section of toe Liberal party.
Mr. Morley is reported to have asked
the culbinot -to give oflllcal assent, and,
without oiling for the assembling of
parllaimenlt and toe subsequent action
of totot gody, *to uso some decisive
measures to alleviate tho sufferings of
tho'people in certain sections of Irejand
through the ImpendLag famine.
STARVATION IN GALWAY.
In consequence of ‘the totlal loss of
at least one-*haflf of tho potato crop In
Conemana, Galway and <Sfigu toe dia-
tr»\ss aun wig im.* ]»!<!»i.n-s is a; i ly
urgent. The lu-w relief, acoidlng do
the Freeman’:; Journal, is totally inade
quate t<> meet the reijiilr*',n' , u s. Ta.*
people <ure starving und the goveriir
menlt must Intervene by giving them
work or advancing v.iera loans upon
future crops. The newly-born distrust
among the Irish in regard to the min
istry's <h)a.ne ru!b policy, together with
the unexpected check upon the internal
prosperity of Ireland through the fail
ure of crops, hias reawakened the ac
tivity of tlhe Fen Jana.
Tho Liberal press Heck to belittle the
matter, some of the papers totally deny
ing the resurgence of Fenianism and oth
ers asserting that tho new movement irt
confined to a small group of extremists in
Paris and Now York. Tho known fact,
however, proves the contrary-nnd orders
have been Issued from Dublin Castle with
in the last few weeks renewing the old
time precautions against Fenians, invln-
cibles and other physical force Irishmen
and reviving the old system of tho de
tecting of criminals.
The report that it Is the intention of
the Government to release the dynamiter
John Daly, ajid other prisoners at an
early date, ls without foundation. Mr.
Morley has advised and Home Secretary
Asquith has successfully opposed any
movement toward amnesty to these of
fenders, and it Is positively asserted that
none of them wlU be set a tltbcrty.
THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES.
One of tire delcgato* wdio has arrived
trere from Anmenda <t» ki.y foofore the
British ApttKuCtleti and the British pub
lic tlhe arciln»&xcces of tbo out.ru
m Armmia wl l procew! to Ha wnnlon
next week t) snUn't to Mr. GkuMune
full ovideuoe of the atrocir.vw com-
aritfled by the Turkish troop6, tribtw
and nritira la that part of the Hulcan’n
(tomato. The evidence been ob-
tu 1 n-5l by toe Arnreohm mmn»it]tee
wciti a. ridw of toducing Gladwtow to
iemie a n>an(Sfrwto on, the subject. T’he
ooromrttreti cxpcCfifi t!i«n>‘lv<K a* grate
ful for Mr. Gkidrirnne’8 letter, but think
that It does not pi Cir *-nougli. They
now want a nswtHKt aptKuf tjj the
world from the M\q wt»o go suc
cessfully oaV.stwil the sympathy of
ehridhjfflddan in of «he Bulga
rians, and it is probable that tho «•
pretniec will wit’blu a few day* issue
an address deODunclng toe Armenian
horrorB and caHing hpon all Ghrlsdan
nation* flu /hike «oeQi® mot only to sup
press tine outiugts, but make It. impos
sible for such tio ener occur again.
Aoeordtog «to toe Live Stlock Journal,
pleu ro-ipoe4i:iiviu a has been deteatod in
catirie fttptn toe Uaifttiad yitnhe* lauded
in Aniawetp. ? nv!s atatemeot is corrob
orated by roporis fixmi other source*.
Tho final bmik-doutn of I»i\1 Kuu-
dolpii CtwU'oliill, nhe tnvtli K\f which Is
now admitted by everytoofiy, occurred
in Bombay, and tilio sitirteken man will
be accompanied to Mnnselllew, thence
tx> Londijn, by a special physician, who
has been w&h him since he left Born-
lxiy. He is afllioted with soften!not of
tho bntin. li.s .malady likis long been
obvious and lias developed into occa
sional ddn^tiratlo-n. Tho drtsecise ac
count fwr ib’.s receutt conduct on. sev
eral occasions during toe debate in the
house of.commons.<Uirinig the last ses
sion of guKsaneoft. •
THE SPEAKER RESIGNED.
His Oolnvfnittee Did Not Suit the High
{Priced Legirfiaitors.
(Columlbi*, S. C., Dec. 23.—The pro
ceedings rtf the house today were of toe
usual uneventful sort tha ; t marks t'he
close of *a leglsMitilve sessfou, Until fto-
nlgjJvt, When one of the most wmi•na
tional Vncydents of the session oc
curred. *lhe house waiwB a 15 per diem
and the senate 24. and a<t ffive morning
session Epc.rker Joneo uttppdtotC’d a
conference committee, who tonight
rccomm»on>deG an acceptiaaitee of tlhe
Semite flgures. The. 45 men got angry
and' daiinied limit the cdmmltt.ee dM
not reflect too aenti/moniti of the ma
jority of itoe house, bind' 'Mr. Cooper of
Cdiletion moved that tihe /house porceed
under one of the rules <to elect 'a com-
mllttoe. Thl« was dairrHed 'by ai vote of
45 to 44, Whereupon the speaker, oon-
stTulns It to moan a rote of want rtf
confidence, dimimcdiately left the chair
and I'.vmdAred ihils reniarnation. Groat
confusaon followed. Tlhe 'house unianl-
mous:y refused to accept bis resigna
tion, /but he would mot Uit first recon
sider and left toe har.l. Subsequently,
Mr. Cooper withdrew the offensive
resolution, and a series of oopHmenlt-
nry resolutions wore passed a mi sen*t
to Mr. Jones 'tih.rough ta. committee rtf
t/he house rnnd he relturncd to 'tlhe dhadr
nnd hianmony was restored,
flvo-
JURY FAILED TO AGREE.
New Orlctm*, Dec. ‘22.—The case of
the boodle council men, Kane and Thrlf-
floy, was mibrnitted to the Jury without
argument. The jury aro unable to agree
and are reported to staind nine for
conviction ’and tliree for acquittal.
Court adjourned un/tW Monday, but tho
judge wilt rcoelve a verdict at any
time. The Jury have been locked up,
and at 11.30 p. m. are reported tx> have
gone to bed. It is huirdly probable that
n verdict will be reflehen, and ott Mon*
dliy, in all probabiMty, In case of cort*
tfinued disagreement, the Jury will be
discharged.
> ... , B^K'g 8H0JWAOE.
Nassau/N; H., Dec. 22.—Bank Co minis
Bioner Dorr this, afternoon completed his
two weeks' examination of the> financial
condition of the Indian Head Bank and
tho following statement* Is given out by
tho directors: Tho actual ahorlngo of
Cashier McKean as ascertained to date
ls 4C3.775; in addition thero are notes In
cluded in the assets, some of which
of doubtful ownership, nnd the balance
of uncertain value, and all of ^hlch were
taken by the cashier without the knowl
edge of tho dlroctora. If we assume that
all these notes arc worthless, which the
directors now anticipate, tho capital of
the bank will even then bo unimpaired.
ROBBED ALL THE PASSENGERS.
Sioux CSty, In., Dec. 22.—Whcm the
Chicago, (Milwaukee v a.nd St. Haul pan-
son/ger tral'n from Soutih Dakota, cam*
In yesterday mountin'* Jus/, before day
break four men went ln'to on-? c-f <tae
coaches a short dlir-tance from the tkizot.
TCiey used no revolveirB but wore
masked. Two itook onto cwl of the c\r,
which they worked fin less tihao, five
mirvutes. Nearly ovory pmvwnger was
relieved of a wutoh or packetbook. The
job was done so quickly that no one
soiimed to realise what had ocoured itlll
tHi*e men had gone. Not a band was
rid red nga'/rast them, «'ml hardly a word
wad spoken by ithe robberu. Only a few
pa3sen'gcrs stopped to make complatot.
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
A.tld7iM, Dec. 22.—The committee on
grounds and buirdings of the Cotton
States and Inii^rniattobal Exposition
todi'y ondfred spcolflcaiKions and ad
vertisement 'for 'award o-f contract for
tPinaporintiton and' negro buildlngH,
main enitnince wit 'htowors and orna*
©tud statue adopted for Wilson a ve
nue. The oa/nm'.'jtee on electricity con
cludes ‘that 5,000 Ihorso 'power will be
rekquCired to light too grounds and
supply -power for operative exhibits.
One rhouamd arc ’.Isrh't* nnd 10,000 in-
OJbnde&cont llghli3 wlM be r«?quto*ed.
ACCEPTED UND1SR PROTEST.
Massillon, O., Dec. 22.—Henry Mullen,
president of tho miners' district organi
zation. issued a statement thin morning
in which he said the miners accepted the
award of the board of arbitration under
protest, reserving the right to «sk for a
new settlement when opportunity offers.
Several points In controversy will have
to be settled by district convention.
11111 m
When Ha Showed It, Baker and Hall
Wont Out of the Bank
Door.
THEY HAVE HOT YET RETURNED
They Wort After th* Polls* Commli-
loaor for Attaoktai tho Charaotor
of Baker, Who Has BoonClork
of tho Roeordor’s Court*
AN ARMENIAN PLOTTER.
Vicinna, Dec. 22.—A man named Pop-
o-gltn, who was imprisoned a* am am-
archwt rome time aigo, ihua prov'en to l>»t
an Armenian agitaior. He confro.s-ti
yemeiday that he -waa a member of a
wido«j/re«ad c^jmspiracy which waa -fie-
B'igfncd to overthrow Turklah rule to
Anntrit swl make tlhe iprovtocc inde-
pfrnllent. Ul*Hta'temonit< hive Im^licvted
several o'.hor Arma;Bia/mv, who have
bean arrested.
NEW CHARGES AGAINST CRISPI.
London, Dec. 22.—The Time* corre
spondent In Rome say« he has confiden
tial Information that a new s<Tlea of
Hbelouh documents against Premier
Crlepi are pr. pa-ring. They aro ficti
tious, bo says, and partly forgeries. The
remarkable cordiality with wlilch Kki*
Humbert in the Wurt audience showed
vo CrJapl k murli dlsr-uss-’d In Rome,
and gerDi-mi opinion is rha* the pre
mier's position l* atronger than ever.
PERUVIAN REVOLUTION. 4
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 22.—All U19
towm.s in the us>rtJh of Peru, advice* re
ceived here state, are now in open re
volt again*! President Cl^Taa, end
In favor of ex-Presidpnt Pierola. Depu-
tat ions hive been sent from many
towno to Gen. Pierola, asking him to
be friendly to tbm and they will at
tack Lima.
SHIPMENTS OF GOLD.
New York, Dec. 23.—Today’s European
steamers took out 12.1000,000 gold, shipped
as follows: By Ladenburg, Thalman A
Co., iUfiO.dOO; Lazard Freres. 9750,000, and
Hotkier, Wood Sc Co., 1240.00).
Atfflanlta, Dec. 22.—(Special).—'A shlndni*
Smith & Wesson pistol In Uhe hands of
Caipt. James W. English, president of
the American Trust and BhmkHiRg Com
pany, created a sensation in tha:t bank
today.
Besides being one of the most prom
inent financiers In toe city, Capt. En
glish ls an Important factor in local pol
itics. As chairmitin o tho board of po
lice commissioners, 'he has recently been
eiiigugvil In an animated contravomy
•with ClUy Clerk Woodward over the of
fice* of clerk of Oho rooorvkir’o court. This
office has always been filled by appoint
ment made ‘by thta cllty clerk. Chairman
English, however, some time ago
dent 00k to have the a-ppodintlng power
placed with toe board of ipoHce oommls-
slonons, on toe ground ttihsit the Inter
ests' rtf <tlhe department detrtatndiefcl tlhait
tlhe office bo removed from pcOfitfical in
fluence. Harsh thing* were sai<( on
hatUi siJdeo of Uhe oonftiroveroy. The dhar-
ajdtor of Cti'pt. Amor Baker, the (present
clerk of the court waw attacked. Today
he and Bill Hall, a former barkeeper
and partner of Balkier, called ito demand
a copy of a certain, damaging letter
which Capt English had. The letter
charged both Baker and Hall with
laheft. They weno wmthy and the Inter
view iwlth Cape. English 'began in a
stormy way. The captmln thought he
wUs beCnfcr bulldozed and reaching down
In his desk for his pdatol made his vis
itors gett out of the bank in quick time.
They threnfoned to return laiter In toe
the day and square up wfith tho oaptain,
but up to date no blood hhs been
spit led.
NORMAL SCHOOL COMMISSION.
Important (Meetifinig held to Atlanta Yes
terday.
Atlanta. Dec. 22.—(Special).—An Inv
poitf i.nt meeting of the State Normal
School cotinmlasttoln wa» hcW. In. tow of
fice of toss state school cormrvifluloner to-
dtiy. The full board was present, con-
sfifitfimg of Oaip/t. Brad well, Chancellor
Boggj, Professor Lkwito/n B. Evan*. Pro
fw»on* W. B. Baker and Rev. Dr. A. J.
Battle.
ComimdiaBloHVor Brodwell tofUnmM toe
board of uhe 'aporoprlatlon of 410.000
made ter Use Normal 'School by -the leg
islature, after which .a resolution of
thuinfks to I tho commisttfoncrwa* adopt
ed in recognlitlon of his work *to secure
the apiij'opni'dtlon and his help fin plac
ing tWo -school fin a posit ion ito be of ser
vice to -tho teachers of Geomia.
It was decided *to open the school on
the first of April and *to have a ‘term of
six or eight monltUiB. It was also de
cided to NimtnU wjh'a't was wcefsary fin
retiring the building and fitt purchas
ing -the neccetairy school furniture and
fixtures.
The question of a (president and the
salary -that should he paid him was
taken up. It wub diCoidicd /that on ac
count of toe limited n« -«ui« of >the school
It would not be possto’e ito 'pay u salary
fihat would Wo commensurate wkh toe
norvleas performed, but lit wus thought
some man of iRroessiny ability would be
willing 10 take 'tho place a»t a moderate
salary. With (this end In. view, ti salary
of 91,800 a year was agreed upon, and
tho 'board adjourned >to meet on the fitfi
of January, tb eleclt a prtaidenlt. whcrio
dutiVas shall be to superinuxui the oprtV
ing of the sahool, ito look after its cat-
due t and to (travel over the stake In Its
in/terest. Tho balance of tih’o faculty will
be selected later on. •
Horn. A. D. -Bituiwcll, toe present state
school <:omin!s.>i jner. who retlrKM from
office January 1, It la understood will
probably bo oh?5een as the president of
the Normal School. Ho has done hard
work In /tho tovimm o the Normal
Sohool, and .would fill thlo pooJtion ably.
THE MILITARY FUND.
The Appropriation. Not Likely to Be
Used for an Encampment.
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—(Special.)—The
415,000 appropriated to the military by
th*3 legislature will ia all probability
not be'ustd for onaimpmoot purposes.
According to tho agreement of the con
ference aommittce, the us* to which
the money ls put wa* Joft to *tho dlacrc
tfion of tiie governor. Nothing official
has yet been determined upon, but the
appropriation is so a/nall that it wouM
not be nearly as advantageous, it is
thought, to ueo it on an encampment
as to apportion It out among the va
rious commands for armory expense*,
or to use it to supply. Uniforms, over
coats and other necessary equipment*,
fljQd it Is likely that the appropriation
will be used fin that way.
Hui*gooa-GGncral Gewlnner of Macon
has Just issued through th r adjutant-
geneail’s office a handbook of toe regu
lation* for ihe government of the med
icine depurtm«it and ambulance corps
of the state service.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—(Special.)—Con-
grewsman Tom Gibaniss of the Sixth
district passed through AtUinta today
on bis way home from Washington to
spend Christmas. The Carlisle currency
plan, 'Mr. Ch-bainlss says, ls th-s all-in
teresting theme at the national capital.
He endorse* It fully, and hopes to see
the bill passed.
Coagnuwtmen Moses and Lawson also
pa swill through toe city going home for
the holidays.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
Meeting of Southern College Athlete*
hi Atlanta.
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—(Special.)—A meet
ing of representatives of Southern col
leges was held at the KimbaM House
today for the purpose of coming to
some agreement as to the conduct of
Inter-oollegUtc football games la the
future.
The following were present: Charles
H. Herty of the University of Georgia,
It. F. McMillan, J. S. Raine, R. 8.
Rusk of the University of the South,
Howanee; George 8. Gmham of the
University of North Carolina, Ja-rne*
V. Brown of Auburn. John d. Dewber
ry, 'University iofi Aflabii.m, Tusoa-
loosa.
The collegians passed resolutions pro
viding /hat in future the football elev
ens should be chosen from the regular
ma,trioulat«« of the respective oollcgeo.
The matter of schedules was not taken
up.
Another resolution was adopted pro
viding for the exclusion of colleges-
fro/m participating in football gumca
Who should violate the rule.
UNDERWOOD ESCAPED.
Atlanta, Dec. 22.—(Sped'ri.)—Eliaba
A. Underwood, the murderer ot Alex
ander Sayre, who wvis serving a life
term in tho Chattahoochee Brick Com
pany’* cump at Hogan, near Savannah,
escaped lasc night.
Underwood ihud been in the peniten
tiary only about a year. The mau be 1
killed was a, boarder lai his house, both
being engineer*. Ou- hi* first trial ho
was sentenced to hang. The details of
Under wood’© escape have not b^n re
ported at*the department.
GILLETT RETURNED.
Says He I* Guilty of No Connection
with the Steal.
Rome, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Samuel Glllett,
mayor of this city, amid until Monday
teller of the Central National Bank*,
voluntarily returned here la»t evening.
It has been charged 1 'that lie wuus guilty
of embezzling funds, the charge grow
ing out of bhn discovery and admission
by Cashittr Jphn- E. Bielby that tho
latter had appropriated several thou
sand dollars of the bank's funds. Mr, •
Glllett *ays hw is guilty of no wrong,’
and stoutly maintains that he has not
appropriated any money t/ha-t does not
belong to filta. Mr. Bielby h«* sjlcl
thait GlSert had no pant. In h1s pecula
tion*. 'He caueed tho proper officers to-
toe notified tout he was at their service,
sod at 9 o’clock he was 'taken before
United States Commissioner Rowland.
He pleadied uzot guilty to charges of
making false entries on tho bank’s
books, and was admitted to bail In the
sum of 47,000.
IMr. Glllett’* disappearance Is ac
counted for by the -ftict thait when the
peculations of Cashier Bielby wore dis
covered and when lie admitted hi* guilt
the bank examiner immediately went
to Mr. Glllett and accused ihlm of
knowing something about the doing*
of Bielby. saying at tile same time:
"Deal’t you know you are criminally
liable, and this Is ta state’s prison, of
fense ?"
This, it Uf said, frightened Gillctt,
and, without commuting anybody, ho
disappeared. His voluntary return is
said by his friend* no havo been th»
result of reflection and appreciation of'
the folly rtf going away wihen he was
guidty of nothing more possibly than
of having an inkling th-a't all wa« not
• right at tlhe bank.' A special meeting
of too board- of aldermen had been
oailQed for Saturday evening, to ap
point a -mayor pro tern., but (he return
of Mayor Glllett rendered such action
unneces*alryj, Before ho 'wpe pMacckl
undifT arrest ho conferred with mem
bers of the board of aldermeni, a.nd
as the warrant* had not been served
upon him, expressed his wlillngneM. ta.
pre**ide at toe meeting this evening.
A DOUBLE HANGING.
B>»ur Thousand People SUw toe Execu
tion of Oox and Btaatey.
KiYiXVflle, Tenn., Doc. 22.—Four
toons*nd people w/jt«iew»ed too exeen-
tloo of Q{jrdrK#ur>ox and JWhn R. Stan-
ley ^ AteywteraftviUe, Union) oou,nty,
this aflrmjoon. The egooudon was* to
h»Vrt been private, as nequared by Hw,
sild the iflierltr had ererttod a fftockado
for too purpose.
About tihe hrtur for the execution a
crowd ran over toe git/ird of Hfity men
and fore <fow r n toe stnctoide. l^he ex-
eoutton tlhen took pdiee. I>>!lh tllfvl <>r
•tranguSa/tlon in olovwi m(jmi/tes. They
mudo a full comfossion. of their crime,
bihkto was one of the most dastardly
over coramfitited in east Tonoa^w.
On toe m'.fifln of 1/Vhruary 8th, last,
they wont to the rcHIdonco of Isaac
Smtiddcriy, the wcaJdtfi'.eflt nu/ai in Union
counity, and imurderM Bnodderly, aged
1)1 yeniH, an/l h!» wife, aged 7«». Tin?«y
pll-lagod toe Uouso and scoured about
4200. r Jh(\v made good their escuiw
UiDd fled f-o West VlrgluCa. .Juno 3 lihey
we.no surrfrsl'Tod by Qox’h fother for
toe row.i.'txl of $400 and w^ro oonvloUxl
of ntardw in tho llrrtt degree. ✓
SHOT FOUR OHJ1LD01E5N.
Fired a Gun Throualh iho Wln/dciw of a
School house.
■Blrmfiivgjba'm, Ala., Deo. 22.—At Bpr-
brtdg? yfwterday afternoonv Wll/toin
Bowdem, 18 years old, tlrrtl a shot-gun
through a wtoilow in Pea River s*hooi-
h-oiHse. A panic followed, teachers nnd
pupil*, ibleedjintBr and screuimfing, rushed
over each other. Four pupils were fa
tally wound:*!. They aro Mary Bryant,
aged 14, with twenty-eight nhot In the
lung*; Lillian- Br>«i<nlt, aged 10, tfac-t In
the eyes oind V.V'llf Bla-.-k,
10. wotundnd in itllio neck atrul head;
Foreman Bowden, brother of tbit boy
who did tho shooting, wounded In tho
brea-rt. Soveral others received stojht
WOUffdd.
BovVdon rl.ulms that it/ho Rhootlng was
an accident, hut friend* of Mary BryarA
say It was prc-rni-dltatf*], by her fa.h-
ON ACCOUNT OF HIS WIFE.
Schmittoergeir’* Trtsttmony Due tn Her
I’erouasion.
Now York, Doc. 22.—Mrs. fidhmi'I'.brJ*-
ger iwW last night: “I alone sum respon-
*;b> for the ca;Ca'ln’* confession. Ho ta.
-my bu-'b.md, awl the father of our tLil-
drun, and it was a rase of home acil
fom'fiy or allegrti frlttv-te.’’
When «h-3 cap/«!n rearthed hcime after
his sf-naadonal itcatdmo^iy he WUs a
very *kk man. Ill* condition was ©uch
tmut his <wLfo oenit for Police 8urgo;»n
Cook, who iwild that the captain was
suffering from nervous iprostratlon. Ho
proscribed for him, and eaid tbajt ho
wouUl bo on «he Hkrk for Dome days.
HANGED HIMSELF.
Biberton, Dec. 22.—The children of Isaao
D. Brown, who eaw a public execution
recently, were paying at hanging this
afternoon. Tom, the 12-year-old son, tied
one end of a rope round his neck and
the other end around a limb of a tree.
Then ho jumped from the limb, thinking
that bis feet would hit the ground. But
the rope was too short and he died of
strangulation. Ills brothers and sisters
tried to save him, but could not.
COLLIERS STRIKING.
•Hhamokln, Pa., Dec. 22.—A r-triko
against a reduction of wages occurred
Thursday among the 800 employe© of
the Midvalley colliery, amt too oitua-
•tfon ha* taken on an ugly kook. Among
t>h»* striker* are a number of forvfignera
and Thursday night Shcy nrade an at
tack on four men who porsl*tod tn re-
maiuin* ak work arvl beat them horri
bly. Today a nrn** meetAryg of tho
striker* <wtH bo hefd ■a.nd on addrron
will bo made -by John Rlnn. rtre»'.den«t
erf -too A4»ihra^:i,te Dtetrlct No. 1. and
John Faby. of too executive board «f
tihe Uctted Mine Workers, who will
counsel tbe men against vioitoret