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P ' , .M, . THE MAC TELEGRAPH. MACON. GA., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. I mm 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