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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
Xifabllihfd 183ft.
Publish in c Co., Pn b 1 It h or.
MACON. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1895
Graphic and Interesting Account of
the late Conspiracy in the
Island Republic.
THE YOUNGEST OP TRE REPUBLICS
.' Proves Its Ability to Exist—Son of Cions
1 ( Sprecktes Is Involved—Queen Lit.
Abdlcotes-She May Be Tried
for High Treason,
San Franolsoo, Feb. 6.—(Correspond
ence of the United Press, via Steamer
Australia.)—Honolulu, Jan. SO, 1895.—
On taw 15th instant John S. Walker,
MaJ. Saward and C. Galllck -were ar
rested for cotnplIN'ty in the purchase
and landing of arms for rebels. Seward
svaa one of the queen's commissioners
to Washington last summer. Gatlck,
tvho is destpiy implicated, iwno minister
of the Interior with GKbson. These ar
rests were made In consequeoce of dis
closures toy Notwlein, Wilcox and other
prisoners, who 'have been vlelng with
one another In their revelations. On
the morning of the 16th the .cx-quoen
was arrested at her residence by Brown
and Parker and cammed In a fonnex
royal toed room In the palace, where
she now Is. Mrs. Charles, Cl-jj-k con
tinues to attend her. This afternoon
the volunteer troops and sharpshooters
were all called In and dismissed to their
homes. None of them were kilted or
severely wounded. Charles Clark, a
chief attendant of the ex-queen, gave
the damaging Information which led to
the disooverey ait her residence of forty
rifleri eleven pistols, five swords, tthtrty-
eigh'( fuTJl belts and 1,000 cartridges;
also tweflityome ibamlbs of different pat
terns. The last the Bulletin, lately a
1 royalist paper, terms a. “frlghtTuE find."
White and Ritoton wene arrested for
casting a number of the bombs found.
They were employed toy Bertlemamn,
they claim, and they made twenty as
ornaments for fence posts.
The court opened on January 18 for
the trial of prisoners who were charged
with treason and levying war on the
republic. (PlaJul iNleumann appeared as
oounsel for Wilcox, Grey, Weldamann
and • Marsh aid. Antone Rosa was coun
sel for James and William Lome. Now-
lefn and Bertlemann refused counsel.
The taking df evidence was begun In
the afternoon. Wilcox and) Nowleln
pleaded guilty. The testimony devel
oped a large amount off ipreeisa Infor
mation about the actual proceedings
of the rebel* In the fleSd. From other
sources It was ascertained that only
,.9118 rilles were landed alt WnJoHao and
at iho whole number of natives
.tibered was 210. These men were
jtherlng all,Sunday, January. 6. They
■ere employed In cleaning the rifles
' the sand in which they had been
ted ami in getting drunk on glty.
N(owleln was in chief command. Bill
itcox took immediate action on the
re.
dwleln commanded at PtlKV.o, aided
Wc-ldemann, Gray and Maretoall.
, ,/leln had distributed bombs to some
his officers. A few of these thtU.vn
hand had given the idea that the
sCfl were firing shells from a can,
i, which was an error. Wilcox with
i*ty men retreated Into the mountains
\ walked 'across Manor. His force
ised entirely that night in the
tains, himself crossing to Nun-
luii. Nawtoln and his three younger
impanlons got up Palolo rid go and'
fbn after to WottilM. where they lay
. ncealed for a week, fed toy the ntt-
■es. The whole attempt proved an
solute fiasco through the Incapacity
the leaders, a lack of discipline In
e men and a general lack of courage
brVd ipsrelstence.
I > The plan adapted was to ocoupy sta-
tV- ms throughout the heart of the city
ai d capture the poHcestatton.teleipehono
of ice and electric light station/eo as
to prevent tho citizen s guards from
rs Ilyins- Seward purchased and.sniped
« earns from the coast. N<torieln sent
oi t agents to enlist men and organize
th cm in squads, wit hcaptalns
to hlmsdlf. He also arranged about
fcx ndisg eirntBt •Rlokard assists gen-
Cr Gallok was the statesman of the
ai lartette. He drafted a new constltu-
tlun in It proclaiming the restoration
o the monarchy. The queeris private
sc reUry, \V. F. Kose, who engroawa
these tpapew. testified to having re-
•oe ived from Nowlein late In
ci copy of a constitution to engross. It
wimTn Galich's handwriting, atai a
j>r oclamfttlon and a notice of ^atrial
la 1 vs. also commissions for members of
th i cabinet and for other Ofilters. He
went back to Gallok to get the ,orm
cb inged for the commissions.'All these
papers witness copied gave to
thft queen, Who slimed the appolnt
mefnta In his pretence. TOe members of
tile cabinet were: RJffia W , U< 5? C ’TI "
lztir foreign affairs; Samuel Nowleln,
minister of tho Interior; C. TyGaUck.
minister of finance; C. W. Aahfonh at
torney-general; Governors—A. S. Cleg-
horn, Wand of Oahua; Joseph Nawahl,
Island of Hawaii; D. Kawananekoa,
Island of Maul: J. Kalanlanaole. Island
S Marshal W. H. Rickard, As
sociated Justice Antone Rosa and V.
V 'onHho > 2i'8t the military commission
began the trial of the four leading
men charged with procuring the Im
portation of arms and ammunition—
C. F. Gallok, Rickard, T. B. Walker
and Major Seward. Wadcer alone
pleaded’ guilty; Galtck, with em
phasis, pleading not guilty. Neumann
appeared for the defense. Of the four
only Seward and Rickard were Impli
cated by the testimony. Nowlein was
deeply in it. John Cummings was also
Implicated. He was Kalakaua’s last
^"on*the afternoon of the 22nd, a third
trial was commenced of twelve native
and white mteonera, captured from the
field. Amofg them were Hot tone,
Blplkane, ThomaB Pool, who had
boasted of shooting Carter, and Kaa-
uh a. a former student at Hampton,
teaching tailoring at Kamehalneha
school. .This trial continued that even
ing. and the following morning. A
point of Interest developed was the
forsaking by many natives of the gath
ering at Waialae became no white
men had came out to lead them. The
f <ader, Blplkane, or Bull, was not seen
lighting. He was only seen running
away.
• A majority of the witnesses were
prisoners, who had been engaged In
landing the arms. Their stories clear
ly prove that on the night of Decem
ber 29, George Townsend, a three-
fourths white, with natives, who had
been for over a week watching from
the islet near Waimaula, 'at last saw
a blue light from tho schooner H. A.
Albert of San Francisco. They an
swered with a red light, the schooner
rejoining with a> white one. Tho men
then entered a small boat and .pulled
ofT. They exchanged the password,
"missionary” with tho schooner. A let
ter from Howard to tile captain hav
ing been read, he delivered to Town
send. two cases containing eighty re
volvers with ammunition. These wore
landed, placed In sacks and buried In
the sand. A couple of days later they
were unearthed nnd secreted at a house
on ttoe main land. On tho night of
January 2, the pistols were taken to
Honolulu. Townsend had left one man,
Charles Warren, on the schooner,
which stood off to the northeast to
await the steamer Waimanato to take
her cargo of rifles. The Waimanato left
Honolulu December 28. called at Mana-
" a ,Joist, and then stood northeast to
find *- 1( ' schooner. Found her on New
Year’s day and- received from her 288
l\ inchester rifles with a large quanti
ty of ammunition. Again called at Ma-
nana Islet and sent word to Townsend
that the arms were on board. Stood
out. to sea for one day, nnd on the
evening of tho 2nd ran Into Bertel-
A boat came off with Rickard,
who told them tho plan must be
changed about, landing half the arms
at the fish market, as the dredger was
“e way. All must go to Kakaako
j e other side of file harbor. They
stopd again oft shore and spent another
*£L a t ^aP l i' ka ,r d . on hoard. That day
bnrn 1 £ elr coa1 ’ and had to
®“’Ji“«Sk«Seet | n*. Standing In again
S? *!*? 3| J. Robert Wilcox came off from
two wha,e boats,
“i™ .‘bant the police had broken
"*L™'* th ? rin s at Kakaako. Tile rifles
SJEwr■hJ*®? Int0 tUo boats and
1 i ldden .Jn ‘he bushes at some
nlfliS. f J?P i the former place.
TohS a 10 f he first witness was
n?“7S InB ' s -, Kniakna’s 'last
premier. Ho betrayed great agitation
and aippeared to tell all he knew, thor
oughly- conflnmlng tilie testinronry of Ills
men as Ito ttoe chief dSantey. of Sewunl
In landing tho arms. He laid all the.
blame of bis dwn comipCIcIty upon Sew
ard. who lived uipon him and iwus his
evil mentor. When Sewtand returned
from the coast, December 3, he told
Cummings that toe had shipped arms
by a tug, Co too transferred to a
schooner, which toad gone to sea. A
great sensation was caused by Cum
mings stating that upon his Inquiring
where Seward got. ttoe money to pay
for the arms, the latter told »im that
ttoe queen had given tolm a letter to
Rudolph Spreckels, .who would furnlsto
the necessary funds. Cummings re
marked ithat Rudolph had oeen here
and only Just returned home. Seward
replied that a Mr. Foqils did tho busi
ness for Spreckels. When Cummings
complained to Seward that toe was lead
ing him Into deep trouble for himself
and his family, the latter replied that
he himself alone would bear the conse
quences.
Cummings' son-in-law, T. B. Walker,
one of the four men on trial, next tes
tified Ito having gone with Bertlotmann
to get sheds oast toy White and Rltton,
pretending they were fence ornaments.
Nowlein furnished sticks of dynamite
land Walker fitted the shells, adding
bird shot. He toad made bombs In 1893
to protect the queen's restdcuco. He
was assigned by Bowlcln to capture
the station house, and George Mark
ham to help -him. Henry Bertlamani tes
tified to Packman Rodin bringing pack
ages from C. T. Galllck to Rickard at
Bertedman's house. Rlokard wont
aboard the steamer the next might’ and
sent an order to land the amis ut
Wolajae, Radln confirmed tola carrying
letters between Gallok olid Rlokard.
■Samuel Nolwiein's testimony c me
next and made , the greatest sensation
of any before the tribunal, being very
damaging to GaCtok and Seward. Now-
leto, Rlokard, Gallok and Seward had.
been holding meetings at Guilck’s
house since September planning the
rebellion. They ,met several times a
week.
Later, <xn the 28d, the ox-queen, in
her chamber of imprlsonement above
the court rooim, signed the fallowing
document of submission and renuncia
tion: t'
"Sir: "After ai free and full consulta
tion with my personal friends, and
with my legal advisers, both before
and since my detention by military or
der in tho executive building, and act
ing in conformity to Ithelr adlvlce, and
also upon my own free volition and In
pursuance of my unalterable belief and
understanding of my duty to ttoe peo
ple of Hawaii, to their highest and best
Interests, and also for the sake of
ttooso .misguided Hawalians and others
mho have recently engaged in rebellion
against the republic and In an attempt
to restore me to a position of queen,
which I (held prior Ito tho 17'tlh day of
January, 1893, and wlttout any claim
that I shall become entitled toy reason
of anything thlat I may maw say or do
to any other or different treatment, or
consideration at the hands of the gov
ernment than I otherwise could and
might legally receive, I now desire to
express and make known, and do here
by express and make known to your
self as 'the only lawfully and recog
nized head of the government, and to
all the people of tho Hawaiian Islands,
whether or pot they have yet become
citizens of tho republic or are or havo
been adherents to the late monarchy,
and also to ail diplomatic and other
foreign representatives In the Ha
waiian Islands, to all of whom I re-
speotfUlly request you to muse ‘Ms
statement and action of mine to be
made known as soon as may toe, as
follows, viz.:
ONLY LAWFUL GOVERNMENT.
“In order to avoid any possibility of
misunderstanding on the subject, al
though I do not think that any doubt
or misunderstanding is either proper
or possible, I do hereby fully and un
equivocally admit and declare the gov
ernment of tho republic of Hawaii as
the only lawful government of the Ha
waiian Islands, and that the late Ha
waiian monarchy Is finally and forever
ended, and no longer of any legal or
actual validity, force or effect what
soever; and I do hereby forever ab
solve all persona whomsoever, wheth
er In the Hawaiian islands or else
where, from all and every manner of
allegiance or official obligation or duty
to me and my heirs and successors for
ever, and I hereby declare to all such
persons In the Hawaiian Islands that
I consider them as bound In duty and
honor henceforth to support and sus
tain the government of Hawaii.'
"I respectfully ask for such mis
guided Hawalians, and othora as have
been concerned in the late rebellion
against the republic of Hawtll, such
degree of executive clemency as the
government may deem to be consistent
with Its duty to the community, and
ouch as regard for its violated laws
may permit.
‘fit Is my sincere desire henceforth
to live in absolute privacy and retire
ment from all publicity, further than
to express, as I now do, and shall al
ways do, my most sincere hope for the
welfare and prosperity ot Hawaii and
Its people, and my subjection to the
government of the republic of Hawaii.
"I hereby offer and present my duly
certified oxth of allegiance to the re
public of Hawaii.
“I have caused the foregoing state
ment to be prepared and drawn, and
have signed the same without having
received the slightest suggestion from
the president of Hawaii concerning the
same, or any part thereof, or concern
ing any action or course of my own In
the promises.
“Relying upon the republic’s protec
tion. I Have tho honor to be, Mr. Presi
dent. very respectfully, your most obe
dient servant,
(Signed) Lllioukalanl Domlnis."
This Is attested and signed as wit
nesses by W. O. Irwin, H. A. Welde-
mann,-Samuel Parker. J. Kalauaa Ka-
hookano, G. B. Wilson, Paul Neu
man and by W. L. Stanley, as notary
public, and appended to It Is tho oath
of allegiance.
On the following day, by consent or
the advisory council, tho paper was
published and given to the foreign rep
resentatives.
The following letter in reply appeared
In an evening paper:
^Executive building, Honolulu, Jan.
-9, 1896.—Madame: The document ex
ecuted toy you purporting to contain
your abdication and renunciation of all
the sovereign righto heretofore claimed
by you has been delivered in your toe-
lialf to the president. As you were un
der arrest at the time this Instrument
was signed, it Is desired before ac
cepting and placing the same on file
to make clear to you, Mrs. Lllioukalanl
Domlnis, In order that no anlsunder-
Standlng may hereafter arise, tho views
of the government In the matter:
“First.—Tho execution of this document
cannot bo taken to exempt you in the
slightest degree from personal and Indi
vidual liability for such complicity ns a
due investigation and trial may show that
you had In tho late conspiracy against
tho government and tho consequent loss
of lfe; which portion Is recognized by
you in your'letter.
“Second—It cannot bo conceded that
such rights and claims as you voluntarily
relinquish havo had uny legal existence
of life, which portion Is recognized by
since January 24, 1893, when, by ybur an
nouncement that you no longer consid
ered yoursolf bound by tho fumlamone.il
law of the land under which you took
office, and by your acts In atteepttng
by tho mere exercise of your own wilt
to establish a new system of government
contract existing between you and tho
people was dissolved, and all sovereign
rlgths therefore vested In you we^e lost.'
The statement by the members of your
theji cabinet that they could not control
your proposed action, and their appeal to
tho cllzens of Honolulu for assistance
was the next step which led to a re.
sumption by the pooplo of tho right of
government.
“Tnlrd—So far as your communication
may bo taken as a notlco to tho dlsaftect.'
cd that It Is your desire that the republlo
shall bo recognised by them as tho sole
and lawful government of tho country.
It 13 fully appreciated. In this connection
your untclflsh appeal for clemency for
thoso who took part In tho late insur
rection, will recelvo full consideration.
By order of tho executive council.
(Signed) “William I. Smith,
."Attorney-General.”
ODEVEUACCD’S DECISION
As Arbitrator in tho 'BrazlltArgentlae
■Boundary Dispute.
Washington, Eeb. 0.—Bio president
today deckled the boundary dispute
between Brazil and the Argentine Re
public lu favor of Brazil. The decision
•was presenitied to the spieoial envoys of
Brazil, iBanon. Rio Branco and Gen.
.Cerijulena, uml the Argentine minister,
Dr. Selballos, nvhb assembled wHh Iholr
stuffs at uhie ritalq department this af-
tonwon toy Secretary Gresham’s re
quest. -.The voluminous documented In
the corttroveray were delivered ’ to Iho
prmldeat February 0, 1801, and he hud
p ymr for itltolr coneklnraitlon, in which
ho was assisted toy Assistant Soonata-
rlos of State Uhl and 'Rodiill. The de
cree of award, which Is made under
(the arbitration treaty concluded Sep
tember 7, 1880, tootiween the empire
(nouv United St,altos) of Brazil says:
"Now, therefore, toe It known that I,
Grover Otovdland, pros blend of tho
iUtilted 'States of America, upon whom
■tho fundKons of aitoltro t.oir linvn been
conferred In the premises, having duly
examined and considered tho argu
ments. documents and evidence auli-
mlttod by ithe respective parties pursu
ant to 'the nxrofvlsiims of said treaty, do
hereby muko tiro folfowlug decision and
award:
“That tho boundary lino bcithvecu the
Argentine Republic and the United
States of Brazil In that part submittal
to me for arbitration and decision is
constituted and shall too mtatollshed
ami upon the rivers Pcpirl nnd San An
tonio to-wlt: The rlvens which Brazil
has designated In tho . argument and
documents submitted to mo ns consll-
tutiug the boundary, and hereinbefore
denominated tho Westerly system.”
Tho president then proceeded to de
scribe the boundary iwlth sweat precis
ion, in order that it imay too identified
without difficulty^ and closes the docu
ment by affixing the seal of .the United
States. .
It Is understood .that this is oco of a
great number of boundary disputes In
which Brazil has long been involved,
and that a dafitaito dividing lino Is yet
to 'hp fitted befwocn Brazilian territory
oml t.hat of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia
and Venezuela.
DE RALE COUNTY TREASURY.
Its Condition Being Examined by tho
County Commissioners.
'Atlanta, Fdb. 6.—(Special.)—Tho
county commissioners of Do Kiatto coun
ty are investigating ttoe account of ex-
Comity Treasury J. A. Mason, whose
books so far thaw a dkfcrepincy of
219,920,. Mason was deflated Inst fall toy
J: L. Johnson, rumors of a shortage
being current during the campaign.
After tho primary Mason's house was
burned and tho records of his office
badly damaged. When Treasurer
Johnson look charge toe reported a
shortage, *» shawm toy what hooks
were avalbiible, of 918,920 to the county
cantnrisekmere. and an Investigation
was begun. 'Mawri'ts a man of con-
skleralhle pitopaatty and his bondsmen
are besides able to make good tho
shortage. •
DEATH AT ELKO.
Brjan \7. Judge After s Brief nines* Ftsses
Assy.
Elko, G*., Feb. 6.—(SpscUl,)—5Ir. Ervin W.
Judge, * pn m nent r itizen of our county, died
st hi* residence in this piece this morning st
0:27 o’clock) Ill* sudden death is quits s sur
prise to onrpeoi do. lie ws* confined to Ms
bed only a few days, but o nisstion had such
a deep hold that medical skill was powerless,
except to soothe his auflerings. He wts
elected to fill tjio nn-eipired term of Prof. T.
A E. Means ss county commissioner in 1993
which expired last month. Our community
sympathize with Ms relstiTis in then
great Ions. Ho will be buritd tomorrow after
noon st the family burial ground
The senate has confirmed the following
nominations:
Holme* Conrsd of Virginia to be solicitor
general. J. M. Dickinson of Tennessee to bo
assistant attorney general. William Moore
postmaster, Trenton. Tenn.
Claus Biixt Slill on tho £tand—Cross-
Examination Fails to Shako
Dim.
HAYWARD SMILES TAUNTINGLY
Wbleh Enriig«i Ullxt, Who Folnia HU
fthaltiug;iland at Hayward and
Accnies Him of lUIag tho
Author of Iho Crime,
■Minneapolis, Minn., Feto. G.-Claus
Bllxt was again, on fhe stand ithls morn
ing In ithe Hayward trial. Mr. Erwin
said oo the opening of the morning ses
sion:
“You know, do you not, that you
have padded your story throughout to
suit ttoe public. ^Sdllng”
Objection was raised and iiho count
Informed Emvlrj ho was to cast no re-
flections on the character of tlho wit
ness. Mr. Erwin got Bllxt muddled toy
questions as to the pint of whisky.
Bllxt suddenly rallied and mid:
“This Is no latlghlng matter. I can
toll 'the itcuth now, and you aro the team
there” j -rlslng trad pointing his finger
a-t HUnry Hayward.
The oourt stopped him and said: “Am.-
swar Itoe questions as they are acsked,
nnd if you want ito explain any Citing
further itho oourt avlll allow you to do
so.” ’'
Bllxt ‘thqn said: "No moat In tho con
dition I wus in at 'that time could koep
anything straight in his mind. When
I got better my mind Cleared and I
could remember more nnd more.”
"Is tha* Iho only explatm tlou you
have .for chaingea you have made In
your story?”
"That’s uB. I aim felling tho truth us
I remember It."
•Mr. Erwin continued lu his attempts
to mix Bllxt up on 'the TWln'itt of time
mentioned In his statements at tho
West hoM nnd since. Bllxt stuck to
Che last, and what ho calls “tho true
statement," and stive Bnwln no satis
faction.
It 1 means in’(great deal to Hayward
whether 'Bllxt’s first or second confes
sion Is tonic. If ho told the truth In his
first confession, then Hayward win bo
able ito .prove an alibi.
•Mr. Erwin has adopted tho idea that
In his flrat confession Bllxt told nearer
th truth than In his second one. T.Vj
accusation that iHoywurd did the kill
ing wag false-lt wus Bllxt himself, as
ho has sluco confessed, but tho mam
that tttigcd him to the deed wns ’ not
Harry Hhywa.nL
Drwln argued that Bllxt had been
compelled to change ittoo time at Which’
it was aMogert IHaywanl had come to
him with a bottlo of whisky because it
hnd been pointed out to him that Hav-
vuard woatftl dm abCe to prove him a
^ a ,',*J der 1^ he did not change it.
Any im-an In fch« coimlitlon I tvn« dn *»
?S 4 hl? riXl iv ,,w, , 0}uId ,10t to Hkely to know
4,10 Hriyiwujnd (brought tho
wdiisky was 5 o’clock or 7:30.”
.oSt a eSTt!aM Bllxt ^ h «g
taffi’tou Soua " thIsls no tou * hu *
He wan pointing on shaking Hind
Straight (lit Huiyfwijird, and Ms lips trem-
bled as ho ig&spod out:
“‘Yes, you—you are 'ttoe man who done
t all 1 kajow I tell tho truth; you
knew—’’
'Harry Hayward, with chin resting on
h s band, tols white teeth showing ne
his Mpa parted In a broad grin, had en
raged toho' witness Iboyond oontroC.
Bllxt waa calmed and ttoo cn« pro
ceeded with.
Bllxt remained on the stand until
after 3 o’clock, when eh complained
of i» savere hcadactoa and was excused
with the understanding that he,should
bo culled tomorrow. All through the
trying ordeal of hla cross-examination
ho has never hesitated an Instant.
Try us Erin might he iwiaa un'jlhlo to
trap him Into making a single damag
ing admission.
THE POLICE INVESTIGATION.
Chairman English Gays the Board 'Will
Go to the Bone.
Atlanta, Fob. 8.—(Special.)—Chair
man English of the police board today
announced to the pulbClo that the in
vestigation of ithe poUno and detective
departments would go to the tbOne.’Ho
called upon oil who know anything
against tlhe three detectives nonv on
trial, or against any momlbor of the
department, to come forward (during
the investigation and tell what they
kncw ’ .
If there Is a man, woman or child In
Atlanta who has ever bribed a momtoer
at the police depurimen*, os- who knows
anybody else who has bribed or cor
rupted them, or who knows of any
gdllty act whatever committal by any
member of this department, (the board
vsnts thorn ito come up and give cwsr
testimony.
'When told tlzat parties who had In
formation agakiet the police were
afraid to testify .because of alleged
threats of What would 'he done to them
If they did. Chairman English, during
a recess of ttoe Investigation, said he
would personally prortoot, with his
means arid otherwise, anybody who
might need help on amount of bavin*/
testified ugainst the police.
Chairman English's announcement
means thAt the Investigation Is to go
down to tool rock, and If the police
arc corrupt It iw91l ho shown up.by tho
board.
Although there was some apparently
damaging testimony against the detec
tives (today iney eamo out of tho deal
(holding t'helr awn, all things lalriy
comkfered.
O. W. UaH. (proprietor of ttoe Na
tional hotel saloon In Rs (torkest days,
was on the etund for a goto while,
tolling over the same story he told eg
that sink hole Of Iniquity before the
Bell committee, alleging that bo wo*
protected by Detective Looney. Hall,
however, refused to answer wheonsked
questions tending to criminate him
•when the online was wltMn tho ztatute
of limitation
Tam Grant of South Carolina told of
a poker g(m;c in the Kimball which was
raided by the detectives. The players
put up 2200 and sane jewelry, but
were uorek’ prosecuted further than the
justice courts. The defense, however,
proved iCtot the detectives had not been
F.ty of any wrong In this transi
tion, tho prosecution confessing openly
that they had failed.
J. B. MoElveeu, who was fined 2509
last week mar playing In the Aragon
hotel poker game when J. D. Cunning
ham Cost his wad, waaputup and went
over that story again. Ho said ho was
not in the same, and considered 'ids
proeeoutlon iperseoutlon, and that the
detectives did not do wrong th fatting
to proseouto him at the time, because
ho was not In the game and told them
80.
told the ins and outs of
the Athletic club, which was one cf
the last gambling Joints raided by tho
pollco last summer. Ho ,t»td of a ladder
in 'the rear of the pOacc plaoed there for
the eCoommodaMon of a “certain gentle-
8*®*! hut refused'to give his name.
Floyd said It was cdmmonly reported
In ttoe place that the detectives were
being paid 225 a week for protection,
but lie didn’t know anything of hla
awn knowledge. He swore, however,
that Will Forth amt Charlie Chisholm
both told him (they had "glvcm ip"
money to pa.y Deteuttvo Looney.
It wins not .proven, however, that
anybody toad actually paid any money
to tho officers. A gambler :i:rmed Bill
Brawn, it appears, Was the alleged go-
liotween, and 1f any money wan made
up for tho deteottves he kept Instead
of giving It to tham. At any rate,
Looney woe In tho squad that raided
ttoe place. The -grand Jury undertook
to iiirdlot ttoo detectives for bribery on
th ® same state of facts, but failed.
Solicitor Lewis W. Thomas of the
c °u rt wa* t,i, 0 main witness this
liftei nmn. All sorts of charges had
the ,dty
HetcotiviPs in corruption.
however, mvrtro
never paid the detectives a
eo?,l t bringing litigation to tots
2SSS* a 1" ]“ ld on two different oeeu-
nnd * 51(0 ' llho chll> r nf
IHflloo to relmllrurso ttoe city treasury
tor certain expenses Incurred on ac-
c °un df prosecution la 1,1s court.
hollo tor Thomas said ho comdUcred
the detectives honest an deffltetent. He
explained ttoo prosecution of aM gam-
ing cases in this court by saying tho
®“ ur t did not flno thorn enough
r£iWh,iL’’La Usln0S8 ' and because (the
^^cttorHIM qUarrC ' WWh th0 ofDco
On cKHs-exalnattcin GOUciltor Thomas
was subjected »c a imereikss volley of
quetetos (by Attorney Ruoker relating
to ihlH proadoutlon of
women.
•Mr. Thdmas dented (that he toad
made a fortune out of these women,
as alleged, but admitted that ho had
them prosecuted, Rome of them several
times a year In '94, in order to break
up a, certain bad neighborhood.
Attorney Rucker showed that after
Judge Westmoreland had announced
that lie would send these women to Jail
Instead of fining tham, ScOctltor Thotoiua
hald iuji a batch for Several months nnd
tlhen got Judge Van Epps to preside
In 'Westmoreland’s place, 'When the wo
man were (brought up and fined, thus
saving them from Jail and putting
money in itho city court officers'
pockets.
The solicitor said that fills sin was
that too hnd made money out e# his
office land compel led offenders to pay
coals, whereas other solicitors had
been todgBOd cut of ittodlr dues.
George B. Fulber iwus put otp today
und sworo ttoat when toe wus a deputy
clork ho toad paid 825 to Sol t'cl tor
Thomas to too paid ito detectives for
prosecuting cases.
Solicitor Thomas replied to this by
Baying Faber had toeau drinking so
much he did not knolw What toe was
talking about.
Editor -Blackburn of Die Evening
Commercial.was canted to ittoo.stand.
Tiiio Commercial began Otoe War cm the
detectives a yen r ago and Editor Black
burn cited a number of details to shoiw
the Irioompetauey of tho men and why
they ehioiu'Jd too discharged in (d'lagraco.
GOVERNOR ATKINSON’S (WORK.
Ho Will Apolrtt n, Committee to Visit
Northern Manufacturers.
Atlanta, Fdb. 0.—(Special.)—The agi
tation on the subject of the removal
of (the big notion mills of New England!
to the cdtiton fields of ttoo South, anil
tho general tendency of Northern and
Eastern (capital to look toward tho
South for Investment, has led Governor
Atkinson lu undertako <t plan ttoat will
undoubtedly result In great advantage
to Georgia In (the competition of ttoe
Southern states to attract this tldo of
Investment itlhctr way.
Governor Aittolnsoin toas dOtormlneil
to send a strong delegation of aoongla’s
ablest and most Inttuenittal busloess
man up to Now England to present her
claims and inducements to tho people
flhere.
’He 1s wdw negotiating with (ttoo rail
roads to secure their oo-operatlom fn
ttoe •undertaking, and It Is almost as
sured ttoat the governor wild have a
special train or special cars placed at
his nervine tar tho undertaking.
lit Is ttoe governor’s ldrti to send such
a delegation as vrril nwlfo an Impres
sion upon the Now (EngVairtdcrs und
Show them Unit Georgia Is In earnest
in tin iwork Of industrial development.
"What we neod,” said Governor At
kinson today In dtacuaslnr tho mutter,
"Is capital. We atrsady havo on latouu-
danoo of wdflltto ana plertty of labor,
but ttos capital to develop this natural
wealth, to utilize our raw material end
employ our labor is what is (lacking.
I am convinced that there I* no more
pndlHOblo field In’ tho world for tho
employment of calptal, and all ttag Is
nooefwary Is to go to work aitd «ow
tho people iwho havo the capital Itoo
passlbtlttes of this section find of Geor
gia In particular. Ws cannot do this by
slttng at home and (talking about It.
We must go at U to a touslnesa-llke way
and show our Eastern neighbors that
wo mean business."
While ttoe main Urn 1* to present
Georgia’s hid for (tho cotton mills that
am coming this way through tho com
mittee Which the governor will appoint,
still ttoe intention of tho governor Is
to work for otter line* of Investment
as well and fn a general way Show tho
inducements offered by tho state for
oil sorts of Investment enterprises.
The committee <wtll, of oourse, repre
sent itho whole state, arid In too main
will attract attention to Georgia as a
whole, bat toeing made up of men from
■tl sections they win **veopportunay
In SDOdat Instances to ouke special
efforts In behalf of flbotr respective
communitlo*.
Governor Atkinson will probably an
nounce the names of tho men who will
constitute the committee, tMs week,
together with further defails of tho
underaking.
MARRIAGE -AT FLOVIULA.
FlovUla, Feb. 0.—(9pacl«l.)-m»Is af
ternoon at 2’JiO o’clock ’Mr. It. V. Smith
of this pheo was married to Allas Jen
nie Jaclmon at Cabanlss Mr. Smith is
of tho Oran of R. V. Smith & Oo., ono
of our best basln^H men, and a gentle
man of boner and integrity. Miss Jack-
son, the fair bride, is a lively young
kdy, cultivated, refined and attractive.
The happy couple have ttoo very best
wlstun << their boat of friends ns they
laun&i out on too matrimonial sea.
s.
Iho Norfolk and Western Railway
Folliws the Way That Railway
Coporations Travel.
COULD NOT MEET FIXED CHARGE8
Th* Old Stoty of Too Much Road for tho
Builnasa, and Too Much stock
Obligations for Earnings to
Fay Dividends.
Philadelphia, Feb. A bill for the
appointment of receivers for tho Nor
folk and Wostern Railroad Company
was today filed In tho United states
circuit court for the western district
of Virginia, at Richmond. The appli
cation was made ’before Judgo Goff,
and he appointed Frederick J. Kim
ball and Henry Fink as receivers of
tho company. Mr. Kimball is president
of the oompany..
Tho suit was Instituted by the Fidel
ity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit
Company of Philadelphia, Bonn., and
Henry 'Wheelen, Charies Wheelon and
J. Henry Ewing, doing business aa
Townsend, Wheelen & Co., and Henry.
E. Gerhardt for themselves, nnd other
creditors of tho company.
The bill sots forth that tho Phlladol*
pla corporation above named aro trus
tees under tho mortgago deeds of
trusts of tho Norfolk and Western ea
follows: '
Tlfo general mortgage New River di
vision first mortgage, improvement nnd
oxtonslon, mortgage, adjustment mort
gage, nnd Clinch Valley division mort
gage. Under these mortgages, bonds to
the amount ot 218,500.000 havo been Is
sued. Aside front tho value of tho main
line, the railroad ta u large stockholder
In the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany, tho Roanoke Mactoino Works,
tho Columbia) Connection. Company,
tho Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
Company and tho Roanoke anl South
ern Railroad Company.
Tile notion'for receivers Is taken In
view of anticipated default of Interest
on 917.000,000 bonds and tho fact that
current expenses amount to about halt
a mUlon, and thnt there is a floating
dept upon tho road of over a million
dollars. The orators state ttoat they are
Informed anil (believe that the property
of the company Is in a good Btate ot
preservation, and that tho affairs navo
been skillfully managed. They attrlb-
aitp tho present condition of its af
fair* to the depressed stato of busl-
tofBO that a receivership by
which,tho system may bo kept Intact
•woultl bo best for ttoo company, tho
stockholders anil tho public. They lay
stress upon tho advisability of keoping
wo?if« r ?J;5 n ’ 10 ?°aool» . Machine
) V ?i a ., ,lnd Komc other enterprises in
‘he company Is Interested.
■nu n’i /vf"' 1 ' 1 , 1 ?' 8 1? thelr answer nd-
mlt ml tho allegations In tho bill to
h? true, and unlto in asking for tho
receiver oft the ground cited above.
I*,!. " wlnff etalcnient was given
cut at 'the general offices of fhe com
pany Ju this city this nftemoon.'
'This action was taken under tho
advice and at ttoo recommendation of
holders anti representatives of very
largo ammmts of securities of the cam-
ixtny, to whom tho company toad sub
mitted a (full Htatomcnt of its financial
condition and of tho anticipated pay.
menta and receipts (for tho ensuing;
"Tho property of ttoo company is In
nxoeient condition, but owing to iho
greaft ddprcsslon In tho coal and Iron
Industries and tho unprecedentedly tow
rates prevailing, tho not Mimingn of
the company havo for tho past two
years been insufficient to meet Its fixed
Charges, and this teas so seriously af
fected ttoo credit of tho company thiit
It was thought impossible far It to con
tinue Its operations without eomo read
justment of its liabilities. A full incite
ment af rha affnlrs of tho company will
bo Issued In a few days." '
Tho oppolntment of Mr. Kimball was
requested by tho Fidelity Insurance,
Trust (and Safo Deposit Company of
PhDade’ptoln, tho Girard Trust Oom-
pjny, toy representatives nnd holders
ofilargo amount* of securities of ttoo
comp.iuy, and toy tho boon! of dlntotors,
and (Mr. Henry Flak was selected in
viow of tots successful administration
ns receiver of ttoo old Atlantic, Mis
sissippi and Ohio railroad, which was
the predecessor of ttoe Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company. In tho
lmcrvat. Mr. Fink has also acted na
reeetvor of ttoo East Tennessee, Vir
ginia und Georgia. Railroad Company,
and the Memphis and Charleston rail
road, and Is thoroughly familiar will)
tho property and tho Industrial Inter
ests of ttoo section through which tho
Tho nows of tho appointment of a
receiver was received In fimtnclai cir
cles here shortly before 3 o’clock this
afternoon, and while such a denoue
ment of the company's flnandal dtm-
cifllles toad not been irnmcdlately ex
pected It cannot bo said to have cre
ated muoh surprise. ..
p-or many .months It tous been well
known that theampany’s creifltwaa
deteriorating and ttoo "teady deprecu
(ion of 91)0 Junior securities has point
ed unfalteringly to tho one oonctuston—
a N«rfo'lk*«mS'Western shares havein-
cently teen quoted a ‘ 'S^a—'be-
on record, the preferred etock^
low 14. and tho common below 4. ino
Clinch Valley division bond* have also
declined considerably In Price »nl the
Now ntver division first mortgago 8 per
cent* have brought ss low ss 98. Never
theless. it had not been openly reported
that? receivership was Immlnenl. and
in som* quarters It had been hoped that
the difficulties of the company could ba
‘ The Norfolk and West*m railroad gen.
eral officers st Roanoke, Va„ were no
tified this evening of tho nppolnteeat of
receivers at Richmond, end that th*
road hud been turned over to tho re
ceiver*./ They were Instructed to proceed
with the operation as heretofore, and
while It Is not known whxt will b« done,
the opinion prevails among tha officials
at Roanoko that no great changes will
bo made In the operating force.
As Roanoke Is the centre of the sys
tem. and the loeatlon of the general of.
floes and shop* of tht road. It Is largely
dependent upon tho N. and W. railroad,
and there is much Interest msnlfeseed In
the receivership by ' th* people (here.
Th* result ta by no means a surprise,
and there U a general disposition to ac
cept It cheerfully. It Is not bellved thae*
any Roanoko Interest will be seriously
affected, and that the result will ulti
mately he beneficial., ss It was 'well-
known that tha road would havo to so
throwrh tho usual process of reorgaat-
rattao.