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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
li H III UK
Strong Report Made by the Grand
Jury. Bow in Session
That City.
LAWS MUST BE ENFORCED.
Jobbery, Perjwrjr, Gambling and Sue
day Liquor Belling Are Among (lie
Things Co Which the ACCentloa
of (be Court Ii Called*
New Orieaais, Dec. 24.—Tthe grand
Jury! which has been in conlnoious ses
sion 'two inontihs, made ttoelr final re
port today. Judge Ferguson thanked
the jurors for their distinguish©! ser
vices and personal sacrifices they (had
made donning -the past two months, and
discharged the jury without date.
The report mentions the alarming ex
tent to wtt$dh -wilful perjury has in
creased; the large sums squandered
in the nc*w court house and- j-ail through
robbery or divided &3 spoils; the utter
want of decency and self-respect nvami-
fested by indicted oouncalmen, strongly
condenfiiinig the mayor for not sus
pending itihelr ’tria'.B; the evidence of
official corruption, and recommending
the closest scrutiny of future ordi
nances granting contracts and fran
chises. The action of the poCflce In the
recent levee troubles SB Btirongfly con
demned. Prize fighting or so-called
glove contests ought to he summarily
suppressed.
In 'reference (toperjury the jury says:
“Willful perjury for tfli unposo of shield
ing criminals is either becoming more
frequent or presenting a more alarm
ing stage, and unless checked by the
sternest measures will soon 'become a
method df hiding crime and defeating
the inflicting of its penalties. Your
jury has been start tiled by thJe dharac-
ter of some of the evidence sworn »fco
b afore, evidence -which wenlt far
enough to satisfy us thalt we were 'hot
on the trail of bribers, toult that was
00 guarded and witnesses “coached”
so as 'to stop just short of revealing
itr.d criminal and fixing on him the
responsibility.*'
POLITICAL JOBBERY. -
In -referance «to municipal jobbery the
. report says: ‘The bold sale of officio!!
votes for privileges which beHong to
the fulture as well as the present; «t!he
sworn evidence of citizens that council-
men in ch'.unrpionmg’ their just uild
proper applications for ordinances
warned them t'-hait (their passage was
Impossible unless paid for; the unblush
ing effrontery with 'which ci'bi'zens were
wayiaild in the city hall oorridors Ito
have dishonest proposals made to
them; 'the mysterious paymenlt for
framchilaes of hundreds of thousands
of dollars which never Toadied the
pubCf-c treasury; the official •favorltls'm
w.ildi secures carotracts to one and
excludes another; the charging of ex
tra fees by dorks in the morljgnge and
conveyance offices and cut the city Will
in -that partt of* the comptroller’s office
known as the tax mortgage office, re
quire bu>t a recital to show the degree
to which oflTciial debauchery has gone,
and we recommend an unrelenting
wir upon all such methods amid tthe
infliction of the severest penalty upon
each exposed offender.”
CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISES.
On the subject of ipubbc contracts and
franchises the report says:
“The evidence of official corruption
arnd Individual cortporalte (greed going
hand in hand—tiro an© used to filch
fnorn the people ehtr pufbllc assets for
the aggradizetment of the other—and
i!h« sworn testimony oif cltlzone that
tlho public treasnary is not the first coca*
Bideraitlon -whom contracts are to be let
or when franchise tne caught, called
for the rtigihteous Indignation of all hon
est <men and 'the cflostist scrutiny of fu
ture contracts and franchisee, is rec
ommended.”
Under the oaiptlon of “Sundaty Law
Violations” the Jury say: ,,
“Your jury ichargets that ih© fleet lie
tfjurce of crime Is tho unclosed saloon,
openly and -parslstenltly violating the
law every Sunday”
RoCerrlng ito gambling, the report
states that the Jruny Is of the opinion
hhn.l “gacrtbllng le carried on in the ctotty
to an alarnmlnig oxten-t, notwithstanding
the stringent laws aigalnst it. We fur
ther believe tiua.t these gamibltng roome
are not unknown to our .police and tfnat
for reasons best known to them the
.places continue 'to operate in open de
fiance of the la*w.”
“Your Jury,” .the retport goes bn .to
say, “notices with great intoretst the
Investigation 'being made by tihe Lexoiw
committee in New York city, and la
confident, should our legislature create
such a committee to operate along the
same lines, it/would result in the great
est good to this city and state.”
NEWSPAPER SUED.
Martin, ©ay* H© WlU Vote to Suspend
Co.pt. Sbbnrifittbeirtgor.
New Yartc, Dec. 24.--The police com
mission did not meet today. J.t was ex
ported rthey would have a special meet
ing to consider itfcte confeuaion made be
fore dhe Lexow committee Oast Friday
by Ca$>t. Schmi'itbergv?r, who charged
In?ipectx>ns ‘Williaum and IMctAvoy with
camuptotan. All nil© members were at
headquajttem during the day, but It
was decided theme would (be no meeting
until Friday. Superintendeot Byrnes
was in ooaxsul.ta:tlon with Commissioner
Murray late 'today, and In3pc»ctor Wi.-l-
iams had a confleronce with OommLs-
b'loner Ahca^han. What was disoviei^l
by Byrnes and Murray could not be
learned,, a-nd Ocmintiw6i/>ner Shedhasni a ml
Inupedtctr WilUaans refusal to say any-
tiulng about their corifertttn'ce. Presi
dent iMarttn, eald It was noth inter new.
So far as could be Jeanmed. the board
wifl'l, ait meeting an Friday next,
take same oic-tlon concerutlng the gen
eral chang(ct3 o»f corruptlbni awl bribery
made by Capt. fcVhunittioeuw^r. Con-
ccrtning •SonlmlWlbMiyper, Coniunissloinor
Sheehan said -fcMs afternoon that if the
ease eff nth© Tanderlpjn dial riot eaune up
before .the board, tie would certainly
vote 'to auap^nd; him from duty.
“I was opposed to put ting Capt. Cree-
don baric on duty,” he EUid ( “and 1
wlW take tihe siim© .position In Schm'.lti-
beitger’a ciuse. (Main .who conlfet’a to hov-
i'rtg •coirumiuted crjini.'s are not, in my
opinion, fit <to act as police officers.”
GENICES NOT ENCOURAGED.
rhe Bank Plunderer Arraigned in
the United States Court
for Sentence.
Policemen Say They Were Not Bribed by
Policy Men.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 24.—Chauncey H.
Oakley, mayor of Fort Wayne, brought
suit today against the Journal Company,
Howell Rockili and A. J. Moneyhan for
libel and 225,000 damages. James N. Lig
gett. superintendent of police, also filed
Hutt for libel and 125,000 damages against
the Journal. Both stilts are based or
loged defamation of character conveyed in
an articles which charges the mayor, su
perintendent of police and twenty-one po
licemen with taking bribs from policy
shopkeepers. The twenty-one policemen
fove given Instructions to bring suit.
READY FOR A NEW YACHT.
New York, D*c. 24.—There was no meet-
ing of the New York Yacht Club commit
tee today, but Messrs. Smith and Can
field met at the office of the former and
bad an informal talk. Within the past
few days the opinion has veered around
to the belief that an International yacht
race next year Is almost a certainty, and
discussion is now* devoted molly to wnat
style of boat shall meet the one from
the other side. It is rumored that
eral enthusiastic yachtsmen are ready to
contract with th© HerreshofTs for a
fender of the cup within a few days artec
Dinraven’s challenge reaches these
shores.
A BROKEN DYKE.
Berlin, Dec. 24.—During the preva-
of tfcto jjale in Germany the dyke
fci. iixrbu: g broke and a large area of
UCKl nvtn submerged. Many wreefls in
Gerf&immd* ’2nd A’.tom- were Inun
dated, and In Hamburg the Hamburger
Hoff on the Al»bei>Bas»in, and the
quays *$urrouiii«ng ^ihat fiheet of wat©
were greatly damaged. The water I:
now bein.^ pifm,>hJ out by fire engines
The damages tx> the dffckn, it is said,
reach ut least 2,000,000 marks.
An Inventive Mooneliiner Placed in the
Jail.
Florence, Ala., Dec. 24.—The United
States revenue officers who (have been
raiding illicit distilleries in. thie secton
for the past itiree weeks, made a re
markable discovery yesterday.
At the home of R, O. Williams, seven
miles east o>f Lexington, in this coun
ty, the officers found a mootishine out
fit which coneisfed of a. one gallon coffee
pot, tmnsformed onto u still capable
ot making half a gallon' of whisky per
day. The stlli was operated easily and
worked perfectly. The unique outfit
■was brought to Florence and placed
on exhibition, hundreds viewing it with
curiosity. Williams, the g?nius. who is
said to have originated the device, waa
arrested and placed in Jail on the charge
of operating ah illicit distillery.
The arresting officers were Deputy
Collector J. D.. Coffee, Deputy Marshals
J. A. O’Rear.. J. W. Barker and Mr.
Ed. Behler. They captured an eighty
gallon still near where they captured
the coffee pot outfit. Within the past
three weeks they have raided fully a
dozen moonshine distilleries In this sec
tion and Limestone county, and havo
made several captures oC notorious
wlld-catters.**
TELEGRAPH SUITS.
Judge Smith Says They Will Abate by
Repeal of the Law.
SO INTERCESSION FOR HIM.
Th« Prlioair K«»djr and Willing to
AatUt the Bank Ofiolali In the
Work of Straightening Out
His Tangled Accounts*
Abbeville, Dec. 24.—The cases of sev
eral petitioners against the Telegraph
Company came up before Judge Smith
for a final hearing last Saturday. Judge
Smith decided that the suits should bate
by reason of the * fact that the bill re-
pealing the penalty law had been passeA,,
by the legislature. The attorneys for tt;5 ’
petitioners, However, will-take the cua „ v . u „ w
tion* 18 8l ^ reme cour * * or ftnal adJndlcg^- {jtiinTmum punishment. He said Seely had
New York, Dec. 24.—Samuel C. See
ley, the defaulting bookkeeper of the
National Shoe and Leather Bank, who
was arrested in Chicago on Deoember
11 and pleaded to guilty to defaulting
the bank by making false entries and
converting the bank’s money into per
sonal cash, was arraigned before Judge
Benedict in the United States circuit
court today for sentence. The specific
sum mentioned in the indictment as
misappropriated by Seeley is only 25.080,
though his peculations from the bank
flor the benefit of Frederick Baker,
which fias been going on for several
years, amounted to 1354,000. Out of this
fabulous sum Baker merely gave Seeley
220,000.
Seeley was brought from Ludlow
street Jail to the federal building at
11 o’clock by Matehal John E. Mc-
Avlney and taken to the office of the
United States marshal.
The directors of the Shoe and Leath
er bank had a long private interview
with Seeley in the marshal’s office this
noon-. Seeley tohl them he would tell
All he knew of the defalcations from
1885 to 189'4,'a.nd aid them us well as
he was able to straighten out the tan
gled accounts for that period, even If
h'e should b? sentenced to ten years.
Lawyer Angel made an earnest ap
peal to the directors to Intercede with
Judge Benedict in Seeley’s behalf, but
thTey positively declined to do so and
simply ' said they would not spxik a
word to the judge one way or ’the other.
President Crane did not see Seeley
this morning. It was 2:23 o’dlock when
Seeley was called to the bar. The
court room was crowded with curious
speeftftore, attracted by the notoriety
which the prisoner’s crime has gained.
•Seeley responded quickly to the call
of his nani? and walked to the bar with
a llrni step, but he looked pale, de
jected and crestfallen, in fact almost
dazed. He wae tin charge of United
States Marshal McCarty and a deputy
marshal. His wife’s uncle, Milford F.
HhlenCack, stood with him in court.
, Lawyer Frank W. Angel lnterteceded for
his client and said that he thought the
ends-*of Justice would bo met by the
Washington, Dec. 24.—The House end ot
the cspitol wore a deserted look today.
At noon scarcely a dozen representatives
had made their appearance on the floor.
Speaker Crisp came up a little befoe that
hour and spent some time in hta com
mittee room reading his mall. The only
representatives in evidence today, except
ing Mr. Russell of Connecticutt, were
from the extreme West end Northwest.
Col. Isaac Hill, the assistant sergeant-at-
arms, said that all the representatives
east of the Mississippi had, with few ex
ceptions, gone home, with the exception
of Mr. Holman of Indiana, who will re
main during the rccese and work On the
Indian appropriation bill. This bill, Mr.
Holman explained, will carry no specific
appropriation for contract Indian schools.
The appropriation for Indian schools this
year Is $L0W,000. p the next year the ap
propriation will be 21,200,000, an Increase
of 2160.000. The secretary of tho Interior
will have the entire control of tho dls.
bnrsement of tho appropriation and the
intention, It is understood, will be in the
future to substitute government schools
for those now contrlled by sectarian in
fluences. Thero will be no change, how
ever, In the appropriation for the schools
at Hampton and Carlisle and the Lincoln
school at 1‘hiladolphla.
The senate end of the c&pitol was abso-
lute .v deserted today, the chamber Itself
beintf locked, while the private corridor
was closed to the few strangers who hap
pened to drift into the building. During
the morning some few senators spent an
hour or so onsworlng their mail, but by
noon not a senator was to be found in
the big building. Those who showed their
presence wero Messrs. Blackburn, Voor-
hees, Pettigrew', Blanchard, Lodge, Dolph,
Teller and Cockrell, The latter put in
some time on the appropriation bills, it
being his intention as soon as the senato
reconvenes to report the urgency defi
ciency bill, whlfch carries the amount nec
essary to enfefreo tho collection of tho
Income tax. The pension and Military
Academy bills have been reported and are
on the calendar. Mr. Cockrell has on his
desk the army and fortifications bill, but
does not expect to get them before the
sub-committee during tho recess.*
ANOTHER INDHCTMENT.
Now Orleans, Dec. 24.—The grand Jury
today presented City Engineer L* W.
Browa with a Christmas present in the
shape of" another indictment for extor
tion In offloe. The presentement was
made together with their report. It is
charged that on the thirteenth day of
September, 1892, City Engineer L. W.
Brown, corruptly and unlawfully, by
color‘of Bis office icxtort, demand and
charge and receve, dd from the (Me-
Ewen & Murray Lumber Company,
limited, 261 more than any lawful com
pensation to which he was entitled for
a switch track, which the above com
pany was authorized to construct by an
5£dl<n<mco presented by the city coun
cil*.
FAILURE AT MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, WIs., Dec. 24.—Receivers
were appointed today for the Hub CloUh-
intg Company, whose stock Is worth 2S0,-
000 and debts aggregate 2120,000 for the
Chapman Carriage and Sleigh Compa
ny, with assets of 228,000 and debts of
240,000, and Charles Voigt, Jeweler, with
assets of over $15,000, made a voluntary
assignment at 12:05 o’clock this morn
ing. Twenty-two minutes later, the
sheriff came around to attach the stock
for a New York creditor, but Voigt’s
attorney stood him off with a revol
ver.
^ WILL PROSECUTE ASHE.
San Francisco, Dec. 24.—Thomas WHIfl*
tamo, Jr„ exipreatdjcr.t of the CaQIPomla
Jockey Club, has accused Porter AiOie,
line well known horseman, of dei'jber-
aluely robbTng Mrs. Sarah Altihe Terror,
tho ola/imaavt in the c©\forated will case,
and who is now in an insane asylum,
while acting as hier guardian. WilMioima
says Ashe squandered 'th© woman's for
tune, orfwl be Intends to crkmi'mully pros
ecute lhhm. Thu allegations Have caused
a great sensation.
TH1E * GARNTOG-IE REDUCTION.
Pittsburg. Dec. 24.—The new wage
scale for th© Cargieigie Steel Works at
Homostead was posted in the several
dqpcrtmenbs of bh«e works todaiy. and
disclosed an av©rage reduction of 35 per
oervt. Beeldes ctois, rthe services of a
number of bighipirt'Ced men are dispens
ed wlttlh. The ren'ts cm company houses
were materially reduced. There was
some d4sKa.tkrf.icflIon, but d££<plte tho
grumbling the scale /will be aocerpted as
presented.
FOSTER CONFESSED.
Pans, Ill., Dec. 24.—Noah Foster, the
murderer of young Arthur Ii. Binnoii,
made a fuU confession of Ills crime
this morning. He said his only motive
In killing the boy was for a box of
clgaas, a pint of whisky and his cloth
ing, of jvhfcih lie robbed him of ter the
murdeb. Foster, who 4s a married man,
in company with 'he boy, was tramp
ing around the country, when in a lone
ly part of th© railroad yards he (Fos
ter) urderod tHe boy.
THE ARCHITECT’S OFFICE.
Washington, Dec. 24.—Secretary Carlisle
today Issued an order reorganizing tho
supervising architect’s office of the tr»an.
ury department, his action is taken to
separate the technical work of the office
from the executive branch as much as
possible, and Is the direct outcome of the
conflict between Secretary arllsle and the
late Supervising Architect O’Rourke.
whlCch led to the reltrment of the latter.
THE TREASURY BALANCE.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The treasury's
stated balance today at the close of busi
ness stood at 2153,756,998, of which $89,041,-
277 is gold. The figures represent all re
ported and known gold withdrawals at
the several sub-treasuriee.
EARTHQUAKE In IDAHO.
Boise City. Dec. 24.—Two distinct
shocks of earthquake .wece Holfced
here this morning, one so severe ns to
knock the petering from th* buildings
aud to rinff bells.
told him openly that he was guilty and
deserved punishment. He said that Seely
had over COO accounts under his care. His
first'mistake was an error. He had not
placed the government to any expense
or the trouble of a trial. A^e also asked
that tho-sentence bo executed in the Kings
county penitentiary.
Judgo Benedict then setenced Seely to
eight years In the Kings county peniten
tiary.
Seely was at once removed from the
court room and taken back to Ludlow
Street 1*111. The maximum penalty for
his crime under the statute is ten years
imprisonment, and tho minimum five
years. With the allowance for good con
duct, the actual time Seely will have to
serve will be about five years and four
months.
In passing sentence the judge said:
"The law must protect tho banks and
is Intended to deter others from commit
ting similar crimes."
Just before Seely was called to the bar,
President Crane of the Shoo and Leather
Bank and Director Beach entered tho
court room and took scats in tho rear of
the gallery.
M. Beach Is the director who had an In
terview with Mr. Seely In the marshal’s
office and refused to Intercede with the
Judgo In his behalf after Seely had told
him all he could abount the bank’s ac
counts and how to trace missing checks.
After Seely was taken from the court
room back Into the marshal’s office to get
the commitment papers, ho said to the
deputy marshal who had him in charge:
”1 am glad it Is over. I would rather
serve twenty years In prison than suffer
as I have done during the past ten years.
The past ten yeurs have been terrible to
me and the anguish indescribable.”
RAN A TRAVELING DISPENSARY*
Ohieraw, S. C., Dec. 24.—Last Friday
nig'ht Collector Stackhouse und Mar-
Gregory and Edgr/worfh capltured
oil Lwndhes river, in Chesterfield coain-
il, D. (H. Tiller, Jim, John and Tom
Blackwell, Ed Jones and Murray Til
ler (far violating -Che revenue laws vmd
brought them to Cheraw, 'Where they
'gave »bond the next day. Thvae men
are arid ito have been carrying on a
lively trade In liquor and yet the dis
pensary oc'nfcrfaJbles have never caught
any of flhem. Only three gallons of
liquor ainx! a (Horse ami wagon were
captured. The re«r of (tho liquor which
these men had w<ia carried.off where
tihe officers could not get it.
THERE ARE TWO RECEIVERS.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24.—The cazo
of the Water Company of this city
came up again in the city court this
morning. Two sots of receivers having
been appointed, one by the state court
and one by the United States court,
the question wne as to who was in. pos-
s»?KSlon. In tho state court nn appeal
was taken to the supreme court and a
supersedeas bond o/f $10,000 given. This
move stays further proceedings in the
matter until th? aupreme court can
pass upnn the receivership of the state
court. In the meantime, the stock
holders will have the mann<g>mer»t and
operation of the water works and the
plant will be continued as usual.
MUST GIVE A VERDICT.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 24 —Hie Kane-
Thrlffil-y jury having arrived at no
verdict, the court at 2:45 o’clock was
adjourned until Wednesday morning at
10:30 o’clock. Unisys tln»v conclude to
bring \n a verd ot In the meantime,
they wilt spend Christmae In the new
court'ffo*jae. Judge Ferguson, upoq no
tification. will receive their verdict at
any time.
THORPE WILL CONTEST.
PeerAburg, Va., Dec. 24.—Mr. R.
G. Tfcortp* of Meckwmburg county, who
aa Republican candidate for congress
from the Fourth district of Virginia at
She «fle© ion ih*ld on the 6th of Novem
ber laat,trMl.iy through attorneys served
mftlce of contest* on Hon. W. R. (Me-
Kenney of his city, the Democratic
ovndV^te and to who certificate of
election wae awarded*
(MRS. GREEN HiAS A WHEEL.
Says Ooneplmtoiu MuKe (Frequent At
tempts On Her Life.
New York, Pec. 24.—One of the mowt
remarkable cases over brought iiyto tho
American counts promises 'to be that
of Mrs. Helijty Groan, one of >bhe richest
women in AjneWca, cigains!t tho execu
tors 'and trustoefi of her ffl'thor’fi estate,
involving millions.
According to the story (told today by
her lawyer, Williaim H. ^bayton, Mrs,
Green is in'fmr of her life. A belief,
firmly fix?d, that a txtnrl of conspira
tors took tthe lifo of her father, Edward
M. Robinson,* awl of her auuit, Sylvia
Ann ‘Howland, of Now Bedford, years
ago, and are dally seeking her life and
tho life oil her ohiUften, contlunlly
haunts her. Glass, she deala res, has
been placed dn 'her food not six months
ago; blocks of wood and stones have
been hurled at her flrom windows as she
was passing oft'the sidoiwalk, und on
numerous occasions her Mfe has been
threatened.
Whether or not 'Mrs. Greco is the f Je
tton of n strange hallucination remains
to (bo seen, but 'that her feaus lmvo In
cited her -to lead a life of a recluse
there ctin be no doubt.
Tbe Race Trouble in Brooks Not so
Serious in Results as
Was Supposed.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Governor Atkinson Determined Thnt
Doke—The White Mob ■HU
Hauling Wnverly Pike*;
WHITBQAiPS AT MARIETTA.
Moor© Taken From His Homo and Bru
tally Beaten.
Atlanta, Dec. 24.—(SipodaJ.)—The
will tec a ps of north Georgia are work
ing down ito ward Atlantia. Saturday
night *Mr. Jacob (Moore, /who clerks in
tho storo of tho Eads, No©l Coonpany,
who resides »wi'tb his family at'Marietta,
twenty miles from lAJUanta, in Cobb
county, tons dragged out of his bad,
carried 'to 'tin? woods and .then subjected
to n onoat brutal beyting. Hl« nose
was broken and such other injuries in-
fl'.olod upon bis body ifoat he is now
candled in bed.
To add «to <th© bnfbality of the out
rage, (Moore’S wlfo was lying danger-
ous’y ill in tdi© house. When 'the masked
men, six jl number, took hint out she
was horrified. She loft her bed end
tried to follow .the mob. .Finally eh©
cam© upon her husband's prostrate and
insensible body 'lying where he had been
loft after the boating.
Tho only cause assigned for the out
rage is thoit ‘Moor© had 'had a difficulty
with another man several months ago,
in which he administered a thrashing
to his advemaiy. •
The people of Marlotlta are deeply in
censed a t Who outrage.
■Moore has an ex<x4'©nt reputation
both in Atlantia, and Marldilta.
CHANGED HI« NAME.
Mr. Turpin That *Was ta Now Mr.
Rcmlck.
Atlaniia, Dec. 24.—<»ponlal.)-<Mr.
Miles Jackin Turpin, who was known
throughout flho eta.to, Tecoived a Ohrlst-
m*as gift from Judge 'Lumpkin of the
Superior court today in (the shape of
an order changicg his name fnorn Tur
pin to Renick. The young man Is 22
years of uge. Ills mother is now the
wife of Mr. E, J. Ken!ok, chief of divis
ion. in tho depatuiiiwnt of tho '.nterior
and also n member of the government
board of exiponition comm»is«!iOne.n». Mr.
Turpin < li »mg»vl hi* na,me it that of liis
step-father, ^ctrfck, so as to inherit his
property.
POLICEMEN RELEASED.
St. Louis, Dec. 24.—Judge Edmundo
today unversed the ruling of Judge Mur
phy of the court of criminal correc
tion in the contempt proceeding*
against policemen and ordered them
released. Th* cnee grew out of tho as
sault 2J*t Thursday upon a negro pris
oner who was discharged by Judge
Murphy nod was attacked and fearfully
beaten by some policemen a* h* was
leaving the court, room. Judge Murphy
issued an order that, no policemen car
rying concealed weapons should be al
lowed In court, anil upon seven police
men violating this order, they were
sentenced to tw 4 -nty-flve days hi jail
for contempt of court.
GLENN ON WILLING TO SQUEAL
New York, Doc. 24.—Ex-Wardmrm
Oleonon, who was mrmenderwi by Wn
bondhnvin on fia'furdav. has failed «s
yet to secure bail and is fbeked up
In <he Tomba. There is a rumor that
Glennon is willing 'to tell what he
knuw# of polle* tiribery, ppwided the
charge* against Mm widl not be
pressed. A number fit wltn«rf*e* nre
bekn*? ''X'Jmlncd ;*n the dUKricft attor
ney’s office as to n>:nor matters con
cerning prospective poUoe indictments.
Quitman, Ga., Dec. 24.-^Ful!©r in
formation concerning tho killing of ne
groes in tills conuity might (beifior© last
by a. ipos8© Cn pursuit of th© murderer
of Jo© Isom shows that tho total num
ber of victims is 'three. These tire Sam
Taylor, Eli 'Frazor and (Harry Shared.
The band of numull men, about 150
strong, nro now at 'Rod 'Bay, a swamp
on the Oooptico Crook, about throe
miles above th© seen© of ithe murdor.
Tho swamp is tmnnoundeid and is being
thoroughly searched by men and dogs.
No itraco of Wavertly (Piike, Isom’s mur
derer, has been found, and the opinion
is tbait ho bus left ibis suction and is
now a good many miles from (till© seen©
of the crime. The body of imen. in pur
suit are kociping up tho search in a des
ultory mannor and havo not much hopo
of finding him.
An inquest was held today over tttic
bodies of 'thoso win© have 'been killed.
Justice Byrd of tho (Moruin district
acted us coroner. The verdict was tha t
Sam Tayior oa:mo to hie doa.th at the
hands of E. W. Tillman and itho others
at till© (bands of unknown parties. Till
man Is a broth'or-dn-ifliw of Isom. Henry
Tillman, anotiion forothar-in-lawt of
Isom, and Isom hiimself took an active
part -in (fallowing up and arresting Jerry
nnd Sherman Jeffero, ah© negroes who
murderod Tip Mauldon about] three
weeks ago, and P«.ke, Lsoui’a murderer,
said at tho (time flhttt Isom and Henry
Tillman avciro -taking 'their lives in their
hands. .
Two ngnae* toy the name of Hulett,
whb iwero* 'p.vSETTTg V'i a vta/gon at the
Omo Bike 'murdered bom, (have been
pult in JoCl. Both say th'ait West Mc-
CoOil ,thc negno wthto was with Pike, at
Cm time, fired rtlhree shot!* cut Tillman.
When MbCa’ll was anresited a pistol
was found on him iirwl tthreo of its
chambers Were empty, pike seams if)
have -boon aiho only ;one who flrod on.
Isom arid he fired tout one Shot. Tat*
two 'Hul'e’tt riegroos are euspected of
tUkJng 'P2ke In ithelr wa^an^fmmodla! e-
ly 'jdtier the at looting lading In hla
escape. ^ • '
Every thing is qule«t Mound Isom’s,
home now. The onosfll *»f men still
searching for Pike haV% quieted dbwn
and are uoit likely to commit <any
furtlher acts of viblenco. *fVi© probaibil-
i'ty is that ahoy will disperse after lo-
filghitwnd rhttt tho worst oif -the trouble
its over.
Later information ways Governor At
kinson has, upon request of Deputy
Afldierson, ordered the Va'ldosfcoi Vi-
drttos 'to report h^ro for duty. Thu
troops -will <probatoly get here on the
St. Louis trtnd Tampa express, d'u© here
at 10:50 o’clock tonight.
Sheriff Thrasher returned from tfhle
Boon'G of th© trouble about i ( wo hour*
O'go, and his oplniion 1« 'tthiat no further
violence will! too attempted.
TELEGRAM TO THF GOVERNOR!
AtilaiVtu, Dec. 24.—(Spocial).—Gov
ernor Atkinson •await*! new« from
Brookso ounty with anxiety 'to
day. Durlrig the morninP ic received a
telcgruan Hli^nied “Th© Coawtd Peorilo of
Brook* counity wfih anxriiy to-
proteoilon, and advice of Ito how to
conduct -ihcmselvea «o a* stay the
vlolenco of the mob.
-About 5 o'clock th'to afteiswon tihe
governor received a dl*paitioh from the
sheriff ot Brooks county, sayUng he
could do noilhlng with the onbl», and
asking for military juwfaitlamice. In re
sponse to this itllie governor Immediately
ordered t/he Valldasta Vide Ito* to the
saene, arnd also ordered the Waycivsis
Rifle* -to iptoceed <rp the »oone ot the
■ftrouibl© on a spocWl train, 1f their as-
atoiamiOQ la refiuirdd.
UoprefaunJtativo Humphrey* of Brook*
county, one of tho -miumberA who fought
tJlw* mllftary appropriation tn the bouse,
toletgms&ed tho governbr to (haivo the
mlliitaiy dallied out.
SHOT THE CONSTABLE.
engine. All were horribly mangled. But
a short time before the accident occurred,
the horse balked on tho West Jesey
tracks. 1,000 yards away, but It was lea
across in safety.
Richland i* thirty-seven miles south of
Camden on the road to Capo May*
YOUNG ENGLISHMAN SHOT,
No One Known Wtiflt Brought About
th© Killing*
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 24.-Archie
W. Line, a young lEngtiabanan, who
worked flor the Little' Brbttoere Phos
phate Company, waa allot and almost
inatanttly killed oft G^25 tills afternoon,
by ©Ithex’ Joo or Robert Hilblxund, in
South Jacksonville. *
Tho only wltne«?<» >to the murder
weir© ‘MiMay Bnawdey, Mlm Ada
Warner a ud Litrikfon lograhe.m, an old
colored man. Non© of these, however,
can 'toil which of th© Hubbard brothers
fired the facial ah cl. •
Tlh© cause of tiie murder is unknown.
Th© 'Wlt uosao*. ovho were About tiwcaty
yard* dlatunt, saw* 'tho three men
clinch, (hoard a pistol nhirit, saw Lino
fall and th© ntvoroe* flee. Lino \ytas
dead auhon tiidy reached him. The ball
wit ©ml his right cheek about an inch
from itho comer of ililw mouth ami
paAsed tlu'oiudi the Jawbone and sev
ered the Jugular vein. It iwias ©vidently
tlrwl from a 32-©aIltoro pistol, held not
uwr© than ti float from bis face.
Offloem are trow in pursulit of ‘the ne
groes.
From Lititfl© Brothers is was learned!
than Line o.vme to thorn on November
20 and said /that ho was tonoko and
wupud work. He was an- tEngUshmaii,
of good appearanee, and evidently oumo
from a good family. He was about 24
years old and well cnlumted.
AN EMPTY PISTOL
Dempera’te Work of a Negro in a Borith
Carolina Town.
Ba/mberg, S. C., Dec. 24,—Two ne
gro men named Grayson ce’-ebrarfed
Ohirlatinvae eve by getting drunk and
disorderly and wore wre-ated and (placed
in jail. U. W. Mboy a»sftl»ted Uhoma/r-
Sbjl In making the arrftflt. They w<ve
released by Ufoo tow-n niltlhoriiles about
8 o’clock, and shortly afterward met
Moody on 'Main atreet ami picked a
quarrel with tolm. MJootfy struck one
awl clinched -him, «>nd -a* he did Both©
ouher, his brother, ran up and shot tolm
in the back, inflicting -bwo extremely
dangerous :nnd probably fOjta.1 wourwis,
one >bUH entering near the *pln-.rtl co-
umn, going dlw/tiy fnward, ond <he
other sb^riily to -tiic side, ranging up
ward. Tho wounded ran Is now under
the care of Drs. Wanna maker, B’-ack
and Ott. The negroes /►souped, btst
constables are in pursuit and will prob
ably capture (them before morning.
'Moody is a w^hit© man o-nd has-proved
an efficient cowr-a/ble for Trial Justice
Bow© for several yoats, *
BALKED ON THK TRACK.
An Unruly Horse Caused tho Death of
Three Persons.
Richland. N. J., Dec. 24.—Three person*
were killed outright and two others tod-
ly Injured by bring struck by a south
bound express train on the rtouth Jersey
railroad here at 9:25 o’clock last night.
They wero in a buggy, and tho horso
balking on the track, the buggy was
run down by the train before tho occu
pants could escape. The victim* were
members of the family of F. Lewis, a
farmer living near here. The dead are:
Anna Lewis, ogc-d 60. the mother.
Mary Lewis, a daughter, aged 18.
William Lewis, a son, aged 1«.
The other occupants of the carriage, two
sons, aged about 12 and 14 years, whose
names have not been learned, were se
riously injured and were taken to. Cam
den for treatment.
Tho horse waa barely across the track
when It bilked and It escaped injury.
The front and rear wheel* of the vehicle
bring on the track, the engine struck tne
carriage and threw it and the occupants
Into the air. The body of Mary, the
daughter, was found on the pilot of the
Makes Sad the Reunion of Three Fami
lies.
Orlando, Fla., Dec. 24.—A tragedy to
day marred the Christmas reunion of the
three Prescott brothers who live near this
place. The children found an old pistol
which wus supposed tp be unloaded and
wore playing with it. One or them point
ed the rovolver at llttlo Alice Prescott,
aged 9 years, and pulled tho trigger.
There was an explosion and little Alien
fell dead* shot through the heart.
KILLED A DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Kmoxvltle, Tenn., Die©. 24.—Deputy
Sheriff Payne of Campbell county had
a terrible experience with n mob of
aiegroes today and was mortally wound
ed. He wan taking two negroes from
JelHco to tiie county Jail at Jacksboro.
At Oswego station, near Jelllco, n largo
number of drunken negroes boarded
the' train, and seeing two friends un
der arrest, commenced an assault on
the officer. He was cut in several
places arid cannot live. The n>groea
all escaped.
ALL ABOUT ONE HOO.
. YorkvlUe, B. C., Dec. 24.—Jake Miller
and Austin Pea. tw-o negroes, had a dif
ficulty near Clay Hill in this county to
day about a hog belonging to Pea which
Miller had fattened for him on shared.
As a, result ot tho quarrel each was shot
several times by the other and .they are
both supposed to be mortally wounded.
Miller, it is said, exhausted his revolver
and then went for his shotgun, but was
prevented from using it.
A BAR KEEPER’S SUICIDE.
Nowttou, Al«., Dec. 24.—J. D. Mans
©I'll, a bar keeper at Pinckard, Ala.,
committed nulcide ycoterday by drown
ing 'himself in a mill pond. Ho ha*
been drinking of late. He left a rooto
saying “I am crazy, financial trouble
and weakness. Dan^t drink. a<vi save
my family find people.”
ALL ABOUT A \VOM\AN.
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 24—Jdm Green
fatally stabbed Ike Atkin* this after
noon They had prevlouoly quarrelled
about a womri'n-. Atkin* was in custody,
of an officer when he was stabbed.
THE ST. JOHNS PANIC.
Financial Affairs Aro More than Even
CarmrilicAted.
St. Jrihnw, N. F., Dec. 24.—Thi© flnan-
clal comiplloAtlon here received a new
develapeivt 'today from a telegram prib-
Ulsheid in a government organ to the it’-
foot tlhat a bill to guarantiee the Union
Bumk’s paper would ibe Introduced in
the legislature either tonight or next
Wednesday. Tho soridme* put forward
for Uhe solving of tiie financlUJ diffi
culty 'multiply daily, the latent of iwhdh
Is for the csta/bHrfli/mcnt of a new ba-nlk,
rhe ppctWot concerns -to go into liquida
tion, 'their paper being trukon care of
by tho new bank at 4t» valuation.
Somo opposition «hn* developed liowatda
Uhe propoaltton for -the Koveiwnont no
extend aid to any banking insttutl/jw,
wheither solvent or not,and »Wluit the*, re
sult of 'th* opposition will be romalrui
to toe detenmlnod In the Tvnr future.
Tho Umioq Sank r/111 *tun<U liilgh in
the general eoUmaUcm of the public,
and Tis note# are being taken in Undo
•veryWhere, but 4110 agitation for Ch©
prosecution ot th© directors and man-
agenr**nlt©f tiue Commercial Sink Wu>ws
oo align© of cessation. It Is imp/*fe4lhb»
•to semi (postoffice money ordiors now to
eliher Europe or America, a* th© postal
an toorltib* have no mean* of lrun:;mlii-
ting money.
BAR All ALTHEA’S FORTUNE.
Porter Ashe Bays tho Old Lady Never
Had Anything.
8t. Louis, Dec. 24.—R. Porter Ashe, jho
I* in the city with his raring »tab If 'to
day read the charges made against iim
by T- >1. Williams concerning Asho s
guardlanriilp of Barah Althea Terry. Ho
emphatically denied tho charges or th?(t
and nilamanagcmrnt, alleging that her
•atate amounted to nothing and that he
was compelled to go into hla own pocket
to support her properly at the Insane asy
lum. According to Mr. Ashe, both Barah
Althea and her husband went bankrupt
lighting Senator Hharon and /Is heirs.
When Judge Terry waa klllefy his estate
was found to b« valueless, «o Mr. A^fte
says, and his wife hud nothing but her
personal effects and a mortgaged house
at Fresno, Oal., when she was placed un
der his care.
“Wllllama Is cither making this a per
sonal fight on me.” said Mr . Antoe, ”or
so mo people In ’Frisco are using him ns
a tool to get poNursHlon of Mrs. Tarry's
private papers. She had some documents
in connection with the Sharon suit mat
have never been made* public, and if they
are made known r.ome people on the ra-
ctfic coast would be badly smirked. \v hen
It comes to an accounting I will snow
what ridiculous fools my enemies havs
made of themselves.”
LETTER CARRIERS* CLAISIB.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The United
States court officials today handed duwn
a decision In favor of forty letter car
riers for over-time duo under the eight-
hour haw. The claimants were ’ocatM in
Baltimore. Bay City, Mich . and
Haute, Huntington and J<*ffer«on, Ind.
The amounts varied from a few dollars
t oflevera! hundred.