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Newspaper Page Texti ' v~ - . THE MACON TELEGRAPH KilnblfthMl 18M. ToUffnpSi PoblUhlns Co^ PwbUcl>*r. MACON. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1895. Mingle Copy,/} Cent* 1I,0. X 8. H i It Is' Going Through to Savannah * In Spile of the Central’s Tricks. mil USE THE S„ D. It W.'S GRADE Judge Speer Has Granted an Order Show Cauie in Savannah on the ’• Fourth of February—Con- denuation Proceed Inge. The Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad people have a charter to run a lino from Macon to Savannah. Their road ia already completed and in profitable operation from Macon to Dublin, but they propose to go on through to Savannah. In 1885, before the Macon and Dublin had'Secured a charter beyond Dnblin toward Savannah, another charter was granted for a line to be run from Savannah via Duolin to Americas, both roads to he owned and controlled by the same peo ple. A certain amount of work had been done under both charters when under a bill in tlio city court of Chatham county the Savan nah, Western and Dublin property was sold at receiver’s sale. B. A. Denmark, of Savannah, bought in the property, ostensibly with no fight except as a lriend acting either for the Central or for tho Savannah and Western peo ple. The Macon and Dublin was in* r.o wise involved in this litigation, and hence pro ceeded to extend their charter from Dublin to Savannah. This portion was graded by the Savannah and Western before that lino was gobbled up. This graded portion, commencing about thirteen miles from Savannah and coming this way about forty-five miles, is in a diroot lino of tho Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad now being operated to Dublin. The Macou, Dnblin and Savannah pooplo want to extend their road throngh to Savan nah. They are determined to do so." Mr. Denmark and the Central railroad receivers will have to shbw cause before Judge Speer at Savannah on tho 4th of Febuary why the Macon, Dublin and Savannah can’t uso theold graded roadbed of theSavannanand Western, running from Savannah to Americas via Dublin. Judge Speer bus already granted the order requiring them to mako such showing. The roadbed is lying idlo in that portion of tho state, with no prospects of over being used, unless it is thus appropriated, Undor the constitution of 1877 no railroad company is permitted to own or control tho property of a competing lino of road, and on this ground the Macon, Dublin and Savannah poople are going to fight. They ask for a valaution to bo placed upon tho property. If tho terms are satisfactory thev will pay tho receivers for the roadbed and then acquire tho right to use it. If tho price is too high tho matter will bo ar bitrated. If the purchasers doom tho arbi trators* price too high it may be anpoaled to the state courts for trial by jury, pending which the plaintiffs may give lond and pro ceed to uso the property. The verdict of ihe 1 jurv will be binding in that event. Another way by which tho defendante in tho present proceedings may be • made to either turn looso tho property or fchow cause why they hold it, is to have some citizen of each county through which the line extends to condemn the property, in which case the matter will be brought boforo the attorney general. But if possession of tho property can't be obtained, or the condemnation price is too high, then the Macon, Dublin and Savannah people will simply uso their privileges granted by the charter for a lino from Dublin to Savannah, and build right aloug by the sido of the roadbed which is being held like tho dog’s fodder. When the Savannah, Dublin and Wostern became involved in the litigation above re ferred to, tho Macon and Dublin people put thomeolvcs on the safe sido by procuring a now charter from Dnblih to Savannah. Judging from all this it is safe to say that the Maoon and Dublin will soon connect Macon with Savannah. Tho parties interested in the enterprise are men who believe in saw ing wood and saying nothing. Their road has done a good part by tbo section through wbioh they run, and have played no small part in the business’ affairs of Macon. Tho present line from Macon to Dublin is encum bered with no important indebtedness, and is earning considerably above expenses. The management of the road is considered moat excellent, and no judgment has ever beenhtd against it in any of the courts, and the roarl has figured in no litigation of any importance. Tho company is encumbered in noway, and Tho Telegraph has good reason to predict that the line will soon be completed to Savan nah. Tho lino runs through ono of the most im portant sections of the state, which ia being rapidly developed with finest orchards of luscious fruits and most fertile fiolds of grain. The road encourages immigration by doing a large amount of hauling for nothing and ex pends no small amount of money in advertis ing its section. The result is that the country through which it runs is known as tho homo of tho Elberta peaches, pears, ebufas, peas, mulberries, watermelons, ground-peas, rye. corn, oats, wheat, hay and all products railed on the modern farms « and orchards. The section is also noted for its stock and cattle forms. Virgin pine timber in dense forests Also affords good business for the road. f Prominent rail! o id men are of tho opinion that the Central railroad could afford to spend p, half million dollars a year to throttle com- " ’ jmitioa tnrough that part of the state, bnt tho owners of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah road don’t proposed to be throttled. Al though they havo made no effort in the put to equip;tho line from Dublin to 8avanuah, they have kept the way clear and intend to do so at tho proper time, which, ia their opinion, is at band. MANY MEN EMPLOYED. Columbus, 0., Jan. 21.—A special to tho Post-Press from Bellaire, O.. eaya: “Tbo River Side Iron Works at BenwooU, W. Va., for the first time in two years was placed ~ operation today in all it# departments, affo: 1 sg 0,000 men employment. BUBGE THE WINNER. London, Jan. 21.-Dick Burge and Tom Williams, of Australia, fought at the National Sporting Club tonight at ten stone for 200 pounds a side. Burge won in the third round. The first and second rounds were stubbornly contested. AN EXHIBIT FROM PARAGUAY. Col. Avery’s Work for the Exhibition at At lanta. Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 21—Another foreign ex hibit and another state oxbibit were added to the list of the Cotton States and Internationa! Exposition today. Col- L W. Avery. Com missioner to South American Republioe, writes fiom Busnoa Ayres that he has arranged with Dr. Hector VeUsquoa, minister of foreign affhira for Paraguay, for an exhibit here. By the .same mail Prestdeunt Collier recoivod from W. G. VincencbelJer, commissioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture for At- kansas, a letter Raying: ‘Arkansas will want considerable space, as we hope to make a full exhibit of products of our etate. Please let ua know how soon you will be ready to allot us space and how much. Wo want good apace and plenty of it.” , Applications tor apace are coming in rapidly from foreign exhibitors. Woolen goods, cot ton, machinery and other manufactured arti cles from England will be represented, and ceramio warn, cutlory and textiles will be hero from Austria. Inquiries from Germany indicate a good display of textiles.from that country* Miss Mercur, architect, has received from H.G. Frick, manager of tho Carnegie works, a contribution ol $G00 worth of structural steel for the woman's building. Application was made today for a conces sion For Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show tn ex hibited in its (ntirety at Chicago. Hagonbeck has already signed. This gives the Atlanta exposition almost overyono of the groat pri vate attractions at the world’s fair. ARMS FOR (HONOLULU. ’8 m SHE Little Hopes of tho Police and Militia Being Ablo'.Jo Control I he Strikers. TWO HUNDRED CARS BEING RUN Which 1. Only Onciev.alh of tho Nu I 1 bar U.K.liy to Op -ration—S.v.r.l AU.rc.tlon. Between Potlcs nnd Form-r Employe*. CHURCHILL DYING. London, Jm. 21 At midnight Lord Ban dolph Churchill hid another attack of heart failure. He ia now —‘ * WEATHER INDICATIONS Washington, dan. 31—For Georgia: Fair; cooler; westerly winds. Foreign Minister Hatch Sets Sale From San Francisco. „ San Francisco, Jan. 31.—The steamer Australia sailed for Hono'iulu tbis morning. Among toe passengers was F. II. match, Hawaiia n an!(Ulster of for- dgil laiTaljy. ‘Mr. Hatch hears -with him private dispatches and lias in his cur- today a Shipment of arms and ammuni tion ifor the govern mem. This shipment conslsta of 2,000 rifleo atnl 100,000 rounds of 'ammunition. The arms and ammu nition arc stored -where they can he pot ait lrrnnedtfoly upon the Austra lia’s arrival, mho Hawaiian govern ment ‘had Infommaltilon of the plans of the royalists over a manitih ago, and Mr. 'Hatch's mission to tihe United States was in connection thereto, al though Of the time of tils arrlvnC tie deemed it wise to keep 'his knowledge a 'profound secret. Mr. Hatch said that ihls government had nothing to fear from the rapaifats, but the Jap anese question was a rather Important one to Hawaii. "It may not bo gemeraEy known,” he nakL-dbut it is a tact that toe Japanese merchants are surely absorbing tile trade of' the islands and acquiring a S slttan of great commercial impor- nee. Already tlhey are driving the Chinese merchants out of business. It is significant to the United States, for Japanese supremacy means i)he cutting off of valuable trade with the Islands and tlhc transfer of the daime to Japan. The commercial future of the islands rests with iUie United States or Eng land ...Wo are only a handful of'people. We com take care of ourselves if let alone, but it Japan makes demands Upon‘us we can do nothing, unless the United States or England gives us support. HAYWARD OH TRIAL. A Sensation Developed at the Begin ning of the Case. Minneapolis, Jan. 21.—.The trial of Hdrry Hayward, charged with causing the death of Catharine Glng, was be gun this morning. The court room was packed with spectators. No iurors were drawn up to a late hour today. A sensation occurred to make the pro ceedings interesting Just before the noon adjournment. The famous crim inal lawyer "BlU” Erwin, who defends Hayward, showed knowledge of the movements of a Jury he as examining, even questioning language that the man and Carlson were (supposed to havo used to the effect that he (Carl son) was a member of the Jury and would "flx them,” meaning the de fendants In the case. Judge Smith cn- grlly broke in wltn: "I v.-ould like to know if all the Jury on this panel have been canvassed and shall make in quiries in regard to it." Senator Smith, who assists Mr. Er win, arose and stated th.at the qualifi cations of each Juror had been, looked up. "Well, if you have advised or have been among these Jurors to canvass their opinions in regard to this case, the court considers it contempt of court,” thundered Judge Smith. . "The court will go into this matter further." he added. The court then adjourned. THE PHIXiA’DEUFHIA. She Is Exacted to Reach 'Honolulu by Saturday Morning. . Washington, Jan.’21.—The FMadel- phla is scheduled to steam initio Hono lulu harbor next Saturday morning. Although she Is rated a* a) twenty knot ship she could make thaft speed only for a few hmira at a time and with such an enormous expenditure of coal that the Ibunkcra would be exhausted In three days. ; , Her most direct course between ithe Gulden Gate and- her destination L* 2 OSD miles, and her most economical .teaming rate for this distance, hav ing her coal capacity in mind. 1s fifteen kncits p-r hour. Ordinarily she would cruise at a ten or twelve knot rate., She will undoubtedly do ihe best slip can for the distance, which will be by maintaining fifteen, knots hour after hour the whole way over. This wrill enable her to make 360 knots a day, and as fair weather may ‘be confidently expected on the Pacific at this season, after passing 100 miles wrest of Sin Framcisoo, there is no doubt that the Ship, barring accidents, will drop her auohflir before noon on Saturday next at Honolulu. ’ DEBS OAN WALK ABOUT. He and His Associates Wilt Be Admit ted (to Call. Washington, Jan. 21.—Eugene V. Debs et. al„ now In JaE urn Woodstock, IUt, under Judgment of the circuit court of the -‘United States for she Northern district of Illinois for con tempt of court, will be admlMed to bail in the sum of 32,000 each, condi tioned on abiding the further order of the supreme oourt. pending the decision of the count upon the application for tlielr release on a writ of habeas cor pus. The order of Uhe oourt wus an nounced by Chief Justice Fuller, who said it bad been approved by the mr> Jority of the court without naming the dissenting Judge. The rule against the circuit court to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus should oat issue will be argued on Monday, March 25. It was stated in court that the trial of Debs and associates on a criminal charge Is fixed for tomorrow In Chi cago. FAT LURE IN CHATTANOOGA. ChaWatxwpi, Jtm. 21.—E. 8. Riggs, a leading dry goods deafer, gave a deed of trust inxlty for she benefit of pre ferred creditors. Liabilities $20,WU; assa’s $33,000. Mill flit Important Decision Rendered by the Supremo Court of tho United States. PENNSYLVANIA IS RESPONSIBLE Th. anger R.fln.rles Are Chartered by Competent Legislative Bodlee and Aro Amenable so Them —llnrlati Dissented. Brooklyn, Jan. 21.—President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights Company, stated late thia afternoon that about 145 earn were running, an lncreaao of thirty-five over yesterday. Ho stated that they were Just starting to run care on tho Oates avenue line and. seemed sanguine of being successful. .When asked as to his satisfaction with’ the protection afforded by the militia nnd police, ho said he was fu'.ly satisfied with the protection given by the form er. When questioned' closer regard ing the protection given by the police he said, after a pause, that he is sat isfied with the protection given by both.. President Lewis later gave a detailed list of cars In operation as follows: Court street, thirty cars; Flatbuoh av enue, forty! Putnam and HulBey, for ty; Felton street, thirty-five: to’tal, 145. The total number of cars usually op erated by President Lewis' system is 1,140. President Norton of the Atlantic av enue system, stated that he had ope rated oars as follows today: Fifth av enue, 28; Seventh avenue, 17; Bergan street, 12; Vanderbilt avenue, 6: total. 63. President Wicker of the Brooklyn. Queens county and Suburban system has eighteen care running on the Sum ner avenuo line and six on tho Broad way line. The latter were all run be tween 4, and 6 p. m. In all about 230 cars were mowed to the city of Brook lyn today. The number in operation before the strife was 1,800. In the 230 cars run are included cars which did not start until after 4 p. m. and which stopped after 6 p. m. At 2:30 ,p. ro. a woman named Mrs. Josephine Selgler was run over by a ear in charge of a grecr, motovman at Broadway and Hayward streets. She was 00 years old. She sustained a contusion of the hip and Internal in juries. She is in a serious addition. The mortorman was arrested and kick ed up. Witnesses say he was totally Incapable of controlling tie car. The Seventh regiment was under fire at a few minutes before 6 o'clock this evening. Shots were fired fro'.n the crowd at the militia and several vol leys were fired by 'the troops aver the heads of the mob. So far as known the only man injured wni Private Ennis of Company H. He was wounded by a shot from the crowd. The trtops engaged were six companies of the Seventh regiment. They were under command of M.ij. Abra'ns and were guarding the streets leading to the Ridgewood depot of the Greene and Gates branch of the Jlrook.vn City L A*car on the Fifth avenue line and Twenty-third street started shortly af ter ,1 o'clock. At about three di ocka from the depot It was surround, d by a mab. A detachment of the r r.ir- teenth regiment, under charged the.mob with fixed bayonets and the crowd scattered. August Brown received a bayonet wound in the iilo. He wan taken to a neighbor ing drug store and was treated there, uftcr which he went home. At G o'clock tonight a feed wire was cut on 'the Bergen stfeet 'aUroad. be- tween Rogers and Noatramd avenues. Patrolman OcOHns, -who was riding« a car. saiw four 'men run. anil have chase He arrested Edward Dugan, who « recognised as a metorman on- the fiackett street railroad. •At 6:15 o'c'oek a mob of Over l.ooo men surrounded a Gate savenue car at Nostrand avenue. Stlcks and sUmes the Ninth precinct elution Wmse hur ried to tihe Beene. Atter some and hard (ItfMloR ,'.n which three pollen were seriously injured, the mob scat tered .Officer LOwlaFhakempn sustained a fnacture of the skull. Officers Dennis Burke and James L. <tao'Jh''n w nro In jured, but less seriously. They were hit ora the head by stones, r.rnrlcery aml other,missies, thrown from housetops. Late tote afternoon Elmer F. Van- dyke. 25 years old, of Non York, a member of the Seventh Regiment, f*L from ‘toe second story of too Forty- seventh Regiment armory, muring " compound fracture Of the skud. Andy Kostfe was under arrest for drunkenness and was 1>i»ood In the temporary guardhouse, Fhere he tried to taupe by lowering himself by moans of a rope made from his under clothes. Tho rope ‘P'ttod and he fell, seriously hurting himself. Notwith standing numerous outbreaks casual ties were fow. The presidents of the our companies Who announced last night that they would operate their line* until mid night tonight began to weaken before 6 o'clock. TROOPS IN BROOKLYN. The First Brigade to New York Has Been Ordered to Brooklyn. New York, Jan. at.—'The first bri gade, under command of Gen. l»uls Fitzgerald, ordered to Brooklyn to suppress bhe riots caused by the troiley oar strike, arrived' In Brooklyn early tola morning. There are over 4.600 men in this brigade. The Ninth regiment of 700 men were toe first troops to cross Hist river to Brooklyn, .leaving this city Shortly afiter 5 o’clock. The Soootvd regiment, 600 Strong, followed shortly after and by 8 o’clock the Whole brigade bad started for Brook lyn. • Before toe Ftmt brigade -was ordered under arms there were about 3,000 troops to tho Second brigade on duty in Brooklyn. These, with 'toe soldiers of Gen. Fitzgerald’s command, cither in arms now oe who win reach toeir regiments during toe day, will', it is estimated, form an army of between 7,#00 and #,000 men to protest the in terests at the trolley railway*. GOLD RESERVE. Watolngtoo, .Tan. 21.—The treasury gold mauve deciin.nl ojstta totety. standing at the close of buslntre at ?i»,ix;j,117. The amount token out at Naw York today wa* fYUOJgrvur which 5000,000 iwu* for export. Washington, Jan. 21.—The important case o£ the United Statea vs. E. C. Knight Goinpany et ».!. appealed from the court of appeals for the third cir cuit, involving the constitutionality and validity of the / "Sherman anti-trust law" in prospect to the operations of toe sugar- trust was decided in the su preme oourt of the United States to day adversely to the contentions of the government. The suit was be gun in the circuit court of the eas tern district of Pennsylvania and was brought^ In brief, to compel the de- fondant# eotnpanles; the American Su gar Iteriulpg Company, the Franklin Sugar tjompnny, the Bpreckles Sugar Refining Company and the Delaware Sugar Houie, to cancel the coniracU by which tile stocks of the last fot r named cobp'iatlons were sold to tho American Company, through John 16. Seariea, Jnv In exchange fbr American Company-stock and that their several stocks bo’ returned to them, oh the ground that the transaction was In violation of the act of July 2, 1688, and that It effected a combination In re straint of inter-state commerce. The otroult court dismissed the bill, and the court of appeals affirmed tnat de clslon. Thereupon the United States prosecuted its appeal to the supreme court of tho United States. Chief Jus tice Fuller announced tho opinion and the decision of the court. After dis cussing the legal moaning and effect of the term "monopoly,” the opinion pro ceeded: * "The fundamental question I* whutn- er, conceding that the existence of a monopoly in manufacture is established by the evidence, that monopoly can bo directly suppressed under the act of congress in the mode attempt by this bill." "The constitution does not provide." the chief justice said, "that Intel-state commerce shall >be free, but by tue grant of this exclusive -power to regu late It, it was left free except as con- gree-s might impose restraints. There fore, it biB" been determined tbit tho failure of congress to cxerolse this ex clusive poiver in any case is an ex pression of its will that the subject shall, be free from restrictions or Im pact Iona upon it by the Several states, and If a-law. passed by a stats tn the exorcise orate acknowledged powers comes Into conflict with that will, the congress’ and the state cannot occupy the -position of equal opposing sover eignties, because the constitution de clares Its supremacy, and that of the laws parsed in pursuance thereof: and that which Is not supreme must yield to that which Is supreme." Continuing the opinion said: "The ar gument Is that the power to control the -manufacture of refined sugar is a monopoly over a necessary of life, to tho enjoyment of which by a large part of the population of the United fitafes, inter-state commerce is lndlspenslblo and that, therefore, the general govern ment In the exercise of Its power to regulate commerce may repress such monopoly directly and det abide the instruments which have cheated it. But this argument cannot be confined to necessaries of life merely, and must Include aul articles of general consump tion. Doubtless the power to Control the manufacture of a given thing in volves, in a certain sense, Us disposi tion, hut this is a secondary and not the primary sense: and although the exercise of that power may result In bringing the operation of commerce Into play, It docs not control lt, and affects it only inoideiHally and direct ly. Commerce succeeds to manufact ure, ta not a part of It. The pow er to regulate commerce Is the power to proscribe the rule 'by which com merce shall be governed, or whenever the transaction Itself is a monopoly of commerce. It te vttli that the Inde pendence of the commercial power and tt.o police power and the dellmlnation between I hem, however, some times perplexing, should always be recogniz ed ami observed, for while the one furn'iih'S the strongest bond of un ion, the other Is essential to the urea- ervatt >n of the autonomy of the Stales as required 'by our dual form of gov ernment; and acknowledged evils, how ever emergent they may appear to he. had belter be borne, than Ihe risk be run, in the effort to suppress them, of more serious conoequenoes by resort lo expedients of even doubtful conslltu- U “It wms In tlie light at well settled principle* (hat when Hie ect at July 1880, was framed con grosz did nott attempt thereby tto assert toe power to diu' with monopoly Aireofjy as such, or to limit and restrict toe rights of coporatlona by ttbo states or tho citizens of toe states In tho acqulttlfion, con trol or disposition of property, or to regulate or, express the price or prices at Which stiah property or toe products thereof should be soldi or 1o make crlm. Inn the not* of -persons In toe acquisi tion, and control of property which the aln.'.es of thetr residence or crotut- ti‘:ii nmMtSonod or permitted. Aside from ihe provisions applicable where oongrees might exercize municipal power, at -whlat toe law #ttruek was combinations, contracts-mid conspira cies to monopotlze trade ana notiwnerco among the several states or with for eign nations; but toe contracts and acts of the defendants rtoatotl exe'Ai- Blve'.y to toe acquisition of -the Pltlit- dolphla refineries and toe business of sugar refining In Pennsylvania and bore .no direct relation to commeroe bc- twci-n ''he states or with foreign na tions. The object was manifestly pri vate giln In the manufacture of the commodity, but not through the control Is time that the bill a'feged that toe of interstate or foreign commerce, it ppriucits of these refineries were sold and distributed among the several states, and Jbnt all toe companies were engaged In trade or commerce with the several etutes and with foreign na tions; 'but this was no more than to say that trade and ooromorcc nerved manufacture to fulfill its function. There was nothing In the proofs to in dicate any Intention lo put a restraint upon trade or commerce, and toe fact as we have seen, that trade or com merce might bo Indirectly affected was not enough to entitle complaints to « decree. The subject miner of the same wn« Share* of manufacturing stock, and the relief sought was the surren dering of property which Had already passed and tbe suppression of tihe al leged monopoly in manufacture by the restoration of the status quo before too transfer, yet 'the ant of congress only authorized the circuit courts to proceed by way of preventing and re- Mtmlnlng violations of too aot la re-. spect of contraots, combinations or conspiracies in restraint of intercalate or international trade or commerce. ‘iTho circuit court declined, upon the pleadings and proofs, to grant tho re lief prayed, and dismissed the 'bill, end we oirfe of opinion that tie circuit court of appcqns did not err In affirming Hint decree. 'Decree affirmed. 'The dissent of Mr. Justice Haitian from toe Judgment of 'too court was a vigorous argument devoted to the support of two propositions: Ftmt. that tho sugar trust was a, combination in restraint of Interstate commerce, and, therefore, unlawful: and. second. Hunt too national government alone was sufficiently powerful to successfully cope with such an organization. BIO LIBEL SUIT. W. O. MaAdoo of New York iwanta Damages From ‘too Cba'ttanoon Time*. Chattanooga. Jan. 21.—Notice of a suit -for $25,000 daimaises a® id ns t the Ghiaittaiiooga Daily Times was filed 'to day in Ihe cirautt court of Hamilton county by .T. H. Barr. The writ Is re turnable to the.May term of the court: meantime, toe declaration reciting tho specific grounlis at complaint will bo filed. W. G. MaAdoo of Ndw York Is the complainant, ithe suit growing out at 'tile Investigation at the dhargeo pre ferred by him before tho senate com mittee against C. D. Clark. Whose con firmation as Judge Key's successor to the federal Judgeship for the middle nnd eastern district at Tenncesee was rcooMsfiderod. His Saw partner. Mr. Barr, was seen and staled t'hml toe Times lmd bitterly, and, iMteAdoo al leged, maliciously maligned'his motives in his couree in the Clark case. The nubilealtlon in toe Times deolurad par ticularly libellous are a special from Washington dated January 8, from which the folowlng Is taken: "He Is reported to be very vindictive and extreme, claiming 'Uhat fills backers will Gpenki $18,000 on ihe ease if neces sary. He characterizes the hairing by Judges Lurton and Key a farce and o crooked decision; that he and ihis peo ple wore not allowed a fair hearing." January 11 the Times said editorially: "Mr. William McAdoo’n latest exploit Indicates ,to us that the young man lias .Vast 'his grip ou Ills mental equip ment. Tho man must either be to fool or crazy Who assorts that a deliberate tleoislon by Judges Lurton and Key is a ‘crooked’ 'thing. He must be one or the ether when he soys his people 'will spend $10,000 fighting the Issue of Judge Clark's commission.’ Docs this poor ifeTJow mean that? Ills people propose lo bribe toe senate Judiciary committee? His language Imports as much.” The ribjeatlouablo Special Was read In court last week, Judge Key op Iho bench, by Birr, who denied its state ments emphatically. 'MaAdoo wired bis partner Can Saturday ito iprcpa re the papers apd to see that they be record ed .' He is quoted hero as saying ta an Interview: reports _'in the OhMttanaoga Tiimce and Nashville American, ettnrg- Ing me 'With saying that tho opinion rendered by Judges Key and Lurton regarding Judge Clark iwas oorrupt and crooked are false and wore - twven'ted to prejudice the seriate committee. Tihe Chattanooga Times' statetneazt rihHt uny 'backers would spend $10,000 to de/eut Judge Clarke to so ridtcutously false 'that It hardly needs a denial. The Times' articles toudhtog this question ■have been a series olf f.iijselpxAls so far as they purport to report my Attitude. BIG FAILURE AT BINGHAMTON. They Were Not Willing to Measn« Swords With the Atlanta Pollco Commission. THE COMMISSION MAY FIRE AWAY IfThey Do, the Connell U Not In Anf Way to Blame, and ihe Fight la Regarded as a Dog-Fall of the Investigating Bodies. A.Kantti, Jan. 21.—(Special.)—The city council' nnd the board of police ootn- mlasloners had a dbg foil ot It Uhls af ternoon in ilhelr fight over Mio Changes sgninit the deteettveg and 'the oonoeut- plated Investigation of too police do puulment. The council eouMUtt'too, it 'win be re membered, tvciun in ended, In its report exonerating Copt. Baker, clerk of too pollco count, that ithe mtijur appoint, another committee ito Inviesitigtiue iho police depunMMeiM. The .police commis sion refused ito acknowledge the right of ''.fop council to conduct an Ibroauga- tlon over lls head, and’ defying tout body, announced that It would take the iavttftlgatlon tot,, Hr own hands. Tho rupture biinwura too oaramlmlon and too council, tidilad. do ithw .other olmnftto of “politics" ,!u toe Ir»v<wl(ra tion, made to® outlook for itoo council mooting this attamnam ratoer squally. Tito council was ubouit equally divided, one sldio suppoiit'.og toe mayor, who is put forward as ithe champion of itlhe in- vosiMgftUon, and too other upholding the police commission. After a tang wranglo Oho rfipont of (toe council com- ml'ttes esouaivvtlng Raker and calling upon toe tiuybr ito appoint another oomrojlltoe, was adopted, but a subse quent reealutton carrying Into effect tho council's action In accepting the re port by ‘authorizing ho anaj'ar to «.p. point nlhe wav oominltitoe and begin tho turning on of lights was 'killed. As too matter mow stands 'the police commission cau go ahead u nri invesn- gait® too duipaflOmcnt on Ha own moon with toe threat of tho oounell banging over tootr tends llhait if njiny dotet d|j it thoroughly 'they'll bo InveStilgaitcil themscCvcn. Ross & Sons File a Deed of 'Assign ment of All Their Fporerty. Binghamton, N. Y„ Jan. 21.—State Bank Examiner Clark, who, for sev eral days past, baa been examining the books of the iMcctianlcri bank of this city, ordered toe doors of that Insti tution closed at noon today. The pics- Ident of the bank Is fivmstua Ross and hte sons. Fred E„ and Clinton, are respectfully cashier and assistant a,sh ier. The excitement occRSloned by toe closing of tlio Merchant's bank was soon augmented by the announcement that tho private hank of Erastua Roe* & Sorts, had temporarily suspended payment, pending an investigation of its affairs. In consideration of the sum, $1, Row & Sons have given a general mortgage on two blocks owned by th'-m for $10,- 000 to tho fMerrtmnts' bank to secure their Indebtedness. At 12:35 P. m. all the membew of the Roes family made a genera', auslfntn.nt to Senator Ed mund O'Connor. It Is believed that toe depositors of tho '.Merchants’ bank will be paid In full. The private bank of Ross A Sons today returned ail deposits made tots morning. It Is claimed that ihe con cern l.i In no way Involved. The Rrm family Is one of the wealth iest and most prominent In toll c:ly and own much valuable property In this etty and vicinity. „ FATALLY injured. A Filling Saaflowing ta Chicago In jures Eight People. Ohleano. Jail. 21.—A targe section of stuffoldlng surrounding too top sto-, rlca of toe Fort Dearborn 'burning, a Iwolvc-story structure ta course of erectlMi at the corner of Clarke and Monroe aireets. was blown arrow the street by a violent gust of wind this morning, stria-rhlng toe plate glass win dows at a number of mores and injur ing eight pedestrians, ono of th«m, If. 11. KrwW. agent for tare Bundy lAulo- rrtatle time recorder, fata.’ly. Mr. Er win's skull was fractitafrt and ho wa* nr.so Iritarnnily Injured. Ho was taken to 'the county hospital. Tho Injuries of tlhc other seven Are not eerklus. NO DECISION RENDERED. Philadelphia, Ta., Jan. 21.—Zack Everhardt, i f Now Orleans, and Owen Zetder. of Phila delphia, met In e four round bout at the Winter Clrcna building tonight, Tho fight wiaooir.piratlTeljT tamo. Boll, mhn aeomeil to have a whnleaomo respect for tho other s punching abilities, and for tbo first three rounds they apent more time In hanging around each other'll neck than fighting, with Krerhardt haring a shads tha beat of it in the last round. Zeigler got la eome a tiff punches, bnt neither man was In any diatresa whoa time waa called. No decision wan rendered. KRIMMETT A PRANK. ' • He Did 'Not Inviado Governor Atkin son'* Offlco Yesterday. Atlanta, Jan. $1.—(Special.)—<Mrt F. Krtmmell. too Now York banker and Immigrant agent, who thinks ills firm has (been il.iimalgral In 'Walt street by too publicity given ito Ills letter to Governor Atkinson, (lid not show up at tihe exdoudlvo departemnt Itodaiy, ns was expected ifrom what iho said on Saturday Inttt when ihe amnounoed too purpose of Ills visit to the city, lit was learned today tHud iMr. Krim« mett was angry with Governor lAltkin- son. The governor threw bis proposi tion to furnish German emigrants to Georgia at $10 per head Into the wnsta biskclt and so notified too writer when be demanded a return of tocfivovcl doc ument. . i IMr. Krlmimett considered that bis house bad been treated wlto contempt by toe (ItaitA of Georgia nnd tont won what rufiled hts feeHngs. ‘ ft In understood from 'MnJ. Charles W. Hubner, (o wbo Mr. Krimmett first wont for Rltlsflaietlon, on Saturday, toat toe governor referred to tbe Now. Yorker's propoeftlon as a "curiosity" in hte letter 4o taem and rjgardcd tt an too emanation, of some crank's brain.. ODHDtCAL 'EXAMINEIIS. FIRE AT FLORENCE. Florence, Ala.. Jan. 21—The American Hotel, a large brick hnlidlng burned at 2 o'clock this morning. A r umber of gneats in the bonso lost their p-rconil effects bnt no lirea were 'o it. Rome o’the gneats had to be dragged from the building. The fire is be- Usreo to hare been of incendary origin. Thia ia the third time in ten yearn disastrous tlio bare occtuwd on the urns premises. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Washington. D. C., Jan. It.—Tb* Senate to day confirmed the nomination of C. D. Clark, lobe Judge of the eastern and middle dia< trict of Tennessee, and withdrawn). (Previously confirmed The Governor Had to Nominate Somd New Examiners. • Atlanta, Jan. 21.—(Special.)—The ntato ‘board of modlcaJi examiners will bold -tlhelr first mealing at the capital tamorrolw ‘morning, ft Is not known wlm are being considered for Mi® presi dency elf too Ollier two boards,'but It Is understood briiit, Dr. F. M. Ridley of La Grange will be made president at Uhe allopathic board. Governor Aliklnson bad! to fill another vacaooy on the bomctapatblo hoanl of mfvllell examiners, caused by the decli nation of toe first olppolnleo. today. This, wliWb is iffie tolrd, wn» Dr. Geiger of Cribb county. He liras nlban- ■toned hemeopatoy, und the govornoe named Dr. Heriman of Atlanta In hi* pence. TRAVELING BODfCITOR. Georg® Kol.y toe Mnn to Got toe Newly fronted Office. .Atlanta. Jan. 21.—(HpeolaI.)^-George IV. Kftly of Louisville, Jefferson coun ty. ono of too “fighting” DomoctaRs of tbe Tentb district, was appointed by Governor Atkinson today lo the posi tion of ITavering solicitor, recently cre ated 'by toe state exhibit commtealon. Mr. Kelly will go Into toe field at onca and begin too collection of lb® mrl'terllli for toe state building at too exposi tion and of toe exhibit Itself. CONVICTS TO WORK. Employment Granted to a Camp ta • Southern Georgia. Atlanta, Jan. It.—(Special.)-Penl- tenttery Camp No. 2awas granted per- mkiton todiy to employ it* convicts ta building toe Htiiwkinsville Southern railroad ta Worth county and a branch' camp authorized on tho fine of the Georgia Southern and Florida do prose cute dWte work. THE iMOLVriC'EljLU LYNCHERS. AitlibH, Jan. Zi.-tHptetal.H't’atnr was the date fixed by Judge Hart for the beginning of the special term et count to toy too Mbntloello lywbers. acting upon toe Tecent totter of Gover nor Atklndm on that subject. NoIMdu wa* heard of Ihe proceeding* at Mon- tinfio bore, hut tt I* understood from those wlzo know Judne Hoot'* imnen- lion* that be will not only hare tfle. lyncher* punished Ux hanging Law rence, the negro rapist, but th ia he also • Intends to hare them prosecuted torn for cotecmpt of court ta tnvadln-t tb* court house and taking b'.u from to® hands of lira otUcers. IS

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, January 22, 1895, Image 1