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MACAON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15,1&5.-TAYELVE PAGES.
THE INSIDE OF ATLANTA
DODD AND JONES.
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Thcy are Mound Over 111 the Sum
00(1 lied) to Koep tlie Pcatc.
Atlanta, December 8.—Paul Jones and
Green Dodd were both put under bond ot
$10,000 each this nfternoon to keep the
pence. William Heath, of the firm of Tan
ner, Currier & lleatb, isbondmnu for Jones,
and E. P. Chamberlain for Dodd.
About half-past two this nfternoon Jones,
according to his own statement, passing
Dodd’s store, was snapped at by a very-
vicious mulo of tho latter. Jones had n
penknife in his baud trimming bis finger
nails at the time. The smallest blade was
open. He stepped in tho door of Dodd’s
store and told turn that he must take that
mule off tho street. Dodd at once drew n
pistol and threatened to shoot Jones, who,
throwing back his coat, said :
“Dodd, you have not the courage to
Blioot, if you lmvo shoot right here,” point
ing to his breast. Jones, after waiting a
few minutes walked away, and got n douhlc-
iiurrel shot-gun which he took to his own
store, and there awaited further develop
ments. When Capt. Crirn arrested him, he
found him sitting quietly in his store
with tlie gun beside him.
bad the gun to go hunting up the country
with.
Sir. Dodd’s statement is that whon he
got back t o the store after dinner, his clerk
told him that Paul Jones had been in thero
hunting him, and quarreling about
the mule. One of *his clerks
handed him a five-barrel revolver
which ho put in his pocket as a precaution
ary self-protection. Presently Jones came
IS his trout door with a knifo ont, and
starting in, said: 'I’ll cut your heart out if
that mulo is not taken off the street.'
Knowing that ho was after mo and not tho
mule, I drew tlie pistol and pointed it at
him, and told him not to conic a foot fur
ther or I would put five bullets in him. I
told him I did not want to kill him, but
thut I could, and tlie law would not do a
thing with me. I have nothing against
Jones in tin- world. I fought whisky be
cause it rained lav boys and many of onr
young men, bat 1 have no ill-will to Jones.
1 left my house after dinner from my knees,
ns I always leave it, in humble prayer.”
Whon the trial came oil beforo Justice
Tanner, l'hil Dodd was present with his
hand in his coat pocket, os if he had a
weapon there. Jones told the justice that
lie would like to have Mr. Dodd searched,
for if ho ha i any- weapon he wanted it
shown up. Mr. Dodd pulled his hands
from his pocket. He had no pistol.
The affair is the talk of the town. Many
predict that blood will yet flow.
walk and injured her spino so seriously that
slie had been forced to go on crutches ever
since. Mr. Hoke Smith, in the name of
justice and the lady, asks for the sum of
$10,000.
Col. Dowell's Condition.
Atlanta, December 11.—CcL Albert
Howell is slowly gaining strength. A pe
culiarity of his case is intense pain in his
left foot, which is much swollen.
Argument on the Prohibit Ion Injunction.
Atlanta, December 12.—Hearing in the
prohibition injunction case was begun this
morning at 10 o'clock, before United States
Judge McCay, and occupied the court up to
when adjournment was had till Monday
morning, when the hearing will be resumed.
The court-room was crowded with promi
nent citizens and lawyers. There was a full
array of counsel on either side. For the
complainants were \V. A. Hawkins, Julius
L. Browne, II. \V. Tompkins, Albert Cox,
John T. Glenn and Alexander C. King.
The prol'bitionists were represented by
Messrs. 1 -yor, Mynatt, John I. Hall, T. P.
Westmoreland, II. It. Hammond and John
Milledge. United States District Attorney
Ben Hill also sat with the attorneys for the
prohibitionists.
Judge McCay -aid he would give foue
Jones said he j hours to each sido to argue the cose. There
Tlio Mncon and Covington.
Atlas-rl, December 9.—I met to-day Mr.
E. Q. Machin, who represents tho capital
ists that si'-' going to bail I tin- Mm-nn an 1
Covington railroad. Ho is now hero in-
tending to leave for Macon to-morrow after
noon, when work on tlie entire line will be
commenced and pushed rapidly. Tbo com
pany have purchased six largo first-class
Baldwin engines, have contracted for ele
gant coachi - to bo of the same standard as
used by tin- Pennsylvania railroad, and will
be tho’finest ever brought South. Steel
rails of tin- last quality have been pur
chased, and the gauge of the road will be
Mandat'd n .» in \. gi-.i- by -.11 th- 1 bn
lines in the country. Mncon will be the
headquarters—all tbo offices and shops will
bo thero and will givo employment to at
), a.st .".nil hands. The Hat cars a ill nil bo built
at Mncon, as well as many
nf tho freight cars, and will
put at work a largo nnuibcr of hands
ill a short time. Mr. Machin will mako
Macon his home and push the great woik he
has in hand. All the details arc complete
even to the preparation of putting men to
work.
Treasurer Hardeman limy.
Atlanta, December K From now until
Mnv next, Tree-nrer llob Hardeman has
a tfiSbonds to sign, including the sixty cou
pons III . .. n. 1 III. liail.. . Dint si mi hi-
name m that lime gin,755 linn s. ! nr ll.i
it will require one quart of ink and two
dozen and nine pens.
Statue i»f Senator Hill,
Atlanta, December 10.- Tho committee
on stin ts and the artesian well met this af
ternoon in the mayor's ntHco to consider
the petition of the Ben Hillmontnuenleom
mittec, presented to council at the last
meeting, for a spot of ground sixteen feet
square on tho site of the artesian well upon
which to place the monument. After much
discussion tho committee concluded to
reslie an mlv i rso report to council, on tho
ground that all the spoce in that quarter of
tho city i- imperatively needed for
pumping nun iiiin-ry. 1 i.* seiiiinunt oi
the committee favored granting the space
asked for, bnt they seemed to think that
the necessity of the ease demanded adverse
etion.
was an amendment filed to the original bill
for the injunction, tlie main point of which
is, that tho oath for registration for this
election was that the applicant had to swear
that he was twenty-one at the time of regis
tration, whereas the constitntion re
quires that tho oath shall be, that
the applicant for registration will bo
twenty-one ot the time of the election. The
registration was closed ten days before the
election, and all who may have come of age
during those ten days before tho election,
were deprived of tho right of suffrage.
Mr. Brown read the bill, which occupied
him just fifty minutes. Mr. King read the
amendment. Then the affidavits of both
sides were read. The Judge did not seem
desirous of hearing tho affidavits of the de
fendants, and exhibited impatience in the
matter, telling the attorneys just to give
him briefly the contents of the papers, and
not to consume time by reading them at
length. Bnt he listened pntiontly for nearly
an hour to the reading of the counter affi
davits.
Captain John Millcdge offered a paper as
a demurrer, which he started to read, but
Judge McCoy stopped him short, and told
him to give, in a tow words, tho gist of the
paper. The demurrer is os follows:
LSMunnxB.
1. That the court has no jurisdiction of
tho parties, because citizens of Indiana ore
joined with citizens of Georgia os corn
ploinants in the bill.
2. That the court has no jurisdiction of
the subject matter; first, because the elec
tion Jin question in said bill was author
ized by tho Legislature of the State
of Georgia, and the duties of the defendant
prescribed by that Legislature; second, be
cause tho courts of the United States are
prohibited by act of Congress from enjoin
mg any court of the Stato in tho discharge
of its duties, it being tho duty of the de
fendant, umlor the act of the Legislature.in
question to consolidate the returns of said
election, and determine all questions and
contests therein; third, because this court
has no juriadiction to enjoin or in any way
adjudge the political issues mado by the
Legislature of M fStOtifW'Ueorgia, or to in
any way determine or restrain the policy of
the State of Georgia.
3. Because the complainants have fuli,
complete and perfect remedy at law, pro
vided by the statute of the State of Georgia,
which is attacked by the bill, for determin
ing the validity of the election in question.
4. That the chartered rights of the brew
ers, incorporated by tho laws of the State of
Georgia, ore subject to the police regula
tions of tho State jnst os are the rights and
privileges of all tho citizens of this State.
5. That the complainants have alleged no
legal or constitntional right os to person or
property that may not be fully asserted and
maintained after the duties of this defend
ant as on officer of the State have been done
und accomplished, provided their said rights
shall appear to have been infringed by the
result of the election in question.
Mr. Albert Cox opened the case, and
spoke until after 2 o'clock, when Judge Mc
Cay adjourned the conrt until 10 o'clock
Monday morning.
un. cox's srr.Ecti. •
There are three objections to tho election:
it is contrary to the United States constitu
tion, it is contrary to the State constitntion,
and the proceedings nnder the statute us
passed by the Legislature providing for the
election, have not been in accordance with
the provisions thereof. The discrimina
tion in favor ot domestic wine raised in
Georgia, is clearly against the Federal con
stitntion, which alone can regulate inter
state commerce. Now, what is domestic
wine? Oar Legislature lias expressed its
meaning as to wliut are domestic wines; in
uu act where it exempts domestic wines
from taxation, which domestic wine it de
fines it to be wine made from grapes grown
in the State of Georgia. Now the i>olico reg
ulation doctrine cannot apply here, where
.... it allows heavy Georgia wines to be sold
as struck on tlie anil lighter wines from other Ntates are pro-
Bolh tallies of I hibited, for it is bnt purely a commercial
f his head were airangeuent, a local Htate protection on its
State. This law cannot do that, for there
are counties that are dry and which this
act will not permit to have an election on
prohibition. Tho law says only those
should vote who live "in tho places to be
affected thereby," and that the ordinary
shall “designate the places.” Now, is nam
ing tho wliolo county designating places?
Are the people at West End in a “place to
be effected" by tho election,
As to three ballot-boxes at a precinct,
when that was found desirable in Sav an-
nali, a special act was passed authorizing
the several boxes at the one precinct. Bnt
in towns where there was no special act it
surely is illegal.
Judge McCay—It is very queer that
with all these years of voting in Fulton
county it was not found out before tlmt
there were not enough voting places in
Atlanta.
Mr. Cox concluding said, as the interests
involved boro upon interStato commerce,
it is clear that Judge McCav lias jurisdic
tion, for it is contrary to the Federal con
stitution.
Atlanta, December 14.—Tho prohibition
election injunction hearing was resumed
before United States Judge McCay this
morning. Quite ns large a crowd was pres
ent as there was on Saturday, and interest
in tho proceedings seemed unabated.
Mr. Albert Cox resumed argument for tho
jli.intiffs. He said in his speech Saturday
io had inadvertently made ono or two mas-
statements. Ho had said it was the duty of
the ordinary to establish tho precincts,
whereas it was the doty of tho county com
missioners, and they had not established
them, ns found at this election, three boxes
or precincts in one precinct. Ho bad aUo
said that there might be os many
clerks ns desired nt a precinct.
The fact is that the law only allows three
clerks nt n precinct. There were threo
clerks at each of the three ballot* boxes at
both tho precincts of this city. There
were either too many clerks or too many
precincts; and either is illegal.
The defendants in this case nay that we
ask for a restraining of an act that there is
rfo evidence was abont to be done. It is in
afllilnvit here that the ordinary declared
that it was his intention to consolidate the
vote and count the same; namely, that ho
would connt the votes of those districts
which we contend should not be counted,
because they were already dry, and conld
not be affected by the election, and the
law says that there shall bo no election ex
cept in those places to he “affected
thereby."
It is also contended that this conrt has no
A YanlmaMer Killed.
Atlanta, December 10.—To-day at 11
o'clock Mr O. F. Knox, ynnl-conductor of
the East Tennessee rood, while sitting on
tlie top of a freight car passing under Un
Meliani. I street bridge. ■
head and instantly kill- 1
the skull on the lift side ■ ■
crushed in upon tin-bruin. Mr. Knox whs commerce. In the case where a Western
seated on the end of a furniture car which Btelfe prohibited driving Texas cattle
was two fc t toller than ordinary freight through it to the North, from March to
l ira and only two f.. i ten inch’. low. r: .‘September, on the grounds that the cattle
,1 ,,, ti, il, ,.lr nt tin- I were infected and would spread disease at
'rhe verdict of the ci.rimor’a jury eras that season among the cattle of tho State
that l,c i .un.- to his death from riding uu- 1 through which they passed, anil that the
,1. r the bri'l e on an nnu tally high car. police power gave authority for the prohi-
Ho wa-a bachelor of twenty-four years. ■ nition, the Supreme Court held that tho
and hi"! he. n in Uu-employment of the I ! l»w was not violated. If this protective
about four month-,. ’ ; tariff feature, amounting to discnminaUng
prohibition, is not constitntional, the whole
limiting for a >in" » >• » act should be declared null und void, be-
Atlanta Dec mb. r to. -Mr. Bob And. r- the protective tariff feature is a part
son, brother ot the recorder, eras arrested , ,f „„ entire intention. There are casea
nt the court •house about noon to-day. 1 i ■ when one part of a law may be enforcible
shot vrhile another fail; but that is only in
ith
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In 1883
parts ore entirely separate and distinct.
.... bill in question was imperilled bnt for
li, sp. -dalbail- t b,, amendment put on in the Senate as to
las brother-in- domestic wire s, which formed a necessary
part of the entirely ot intention of the bilL
1 he whole bill must fall because it was
voted on by the people sa an entirety, anil
only its ultimate adoption as an entirety by
then will make it legal according to the au
thority of the Legislature.
AS TO TUX BRKW'ERY.
In regard to the brewery.the constitution
of 17 saiu its charter should not be revoked
so as to do injury to the body corporate.
It may he claimed that tlmt charter may be
revoked for police regulation. We answer
that, “yea, bat by and under limitation of
ilia ».,vi .. It» ni i.m ** M It a sal s am a rtuViaawl f SM
reel nest
, stumbled over a an
gnarled roots which a.1
lias mil..rtiiL.it.
ig her way
■ the medical col-
tall archipelago of
ms the east aide-
Tht ant is a general tra,
the constitution.'
..nd herein it is uncnnsiitntional, because » j Tne law allowing only th.
general law by the constitntion must be I may he a hardship, but it
equal in its operations in eTery part of the I him.
^^^^^^HnmisDtcnoir;
because the Federal conrt cannot enjoin a
State conrt. That would hold did, we seek
to enjoin a court; but we do not ask tore-
strain any judicial proceedings in the Court
of Ordinary. Wo ask that the ordinary be
restrained from a ministerial act which
might have been delegated to any other
person; that lm be restrained from count
ing. We ask that he be enjoined from con
eofidaMng the votes; that is no JiIUh
act. We ask that tlmt publication of the
result be prohibited; is that judicial? It
makes no difference ns to tho character of
the ministerial agent; a Supremo judge
may be that agent; and any ministerial
act done as such agent, cannot bo regarded
ns a judicial act. It is trne thnt the ordi
nary has the power to hear contests, and is
in thut cose a judge; bnt we do not ask
tint ' Oourtuf Ordinary io enjoined, or
the ordinary he restrained from any judicial
act Now is the ordinary, as counter of
the votes and declarer of tho result of an
election, n judge? If he were, his “con
duct” could not be inquired into, and yet
tho law allows the ordinary's conduct in
counting and declaring on nn election,
to lie examined into by the Snperior
Court. One court cannot investigate
tho judicial “conduct" of another
conrt. Thero is no appeal from tho ordi
nary, but a petition is made direct to tho
Superior Conrt by ono of the voters, declar
ing fraud, irregularity, or complaining of
the conduct of the ordinary in counting the
vote or declaring the result of the election.
Were tho ordinary in tho functions referred
to here in this bill, s conrt, an appeal conld
betaken; and as there is no appeal, it is
clear that we nre not seeking to restrain any
State court; and, therefore, your honor has
muplo jurisdiction in this case.
Judge McCay asked Mr. Cox several ques
tions on this point, calling attention to the
Federal statute which prohibited United
States courts from enjoining State conrts.
The drift of the judge's queries implied that
ho was not disposed to interfere without
clear evidence or proof of his right to do so.
Air. Cox very clearly defined the difference
between a judicial and a ministerial act.
KX-JUDOE JOHN 1. HALL
followed Mr. Cox, on behalf of the respon
dents. lie sold that in answer to his
brother Cox, who had said the law provid.
ing for this election is unconstitutional,
because, being a general law, it did not havo
uniform action, was not general in its ope
rations, be would show thnt his Honor,
Judge McCav, when on the State Supreme
bench, had decided the question opposite to
the position token by Air. Cox. Whi n the
Georgia Legislature paased a general law
establishing county conrts, forty-five conn-
ties were exempted; and yet when HU
Honor was on the bench ot the State
he himself bail rendered the decision, de
claring the law constitntional, notwith
standing the exemptions of certain counties.
Now, what does Cooley say is s general law?
One that deals alike with all persons whom
it affects. This law deals alike with all
co on ties whom it affects. The stock tow U
a general law; and yet its operation U not
f ’eneml, for there are many counties where
t docs not apply; and where it does apply
it is voted on just as is prohibition.
As to the point mode in the bill before
tho conrts that the law does not specifically
repeal the other sectiona of the code in con
flict with ito provisions, that is not neces
sary except in sets repealing or amending
thoee sections os such. The Legist ture
can make a new. law, and the law stand and
the code fall. The Legislature conld make
the State iiqnor license 1100 instead of $25,
without any reference in the act to the sec
tion making the license $25.
It is alleged in the bill praying for this
injunction that the registration for the elec
tion was illegal because it added
new qualifications to voters, in But
they bail to be twenty-one years
old at time of registering instead of at time
of voting The constitution gives the right
to the Legislature to regulate and provide
for regutration; and in the wisdom of the
Legislature it him placed the restriction that
one hail to be 21 st the time of registering.
Itegistration U a port of tho
xiatmiNaav or an elkcttun,
which the LrgUlatnre not only can bnt
ought to regnl a -, so a, to prevent fraud
Now, it is charged that two of the regis
trars were not freeholders, as required by
tho law.
Judgo AlcCay.- - “Don't roiml about argu
ing tlmt; tlmt ih a question well settled."
Judge Hall proceeding said tlmt it was
objected that there were threo ballot boxes
at each precinct In the city of Atlinto
Judge AlcCay —“Judge Hall be very
clear on that point, for it 1ms impressed
itself strongly on my mind."
Judge Hall. The law is silent on tho
subject of tho number of ballot boxes to bo
,1 at a priciiet. Il says
only thnt there shall lie one precinct in
each militia district. For all tho law says,
thero might bo a dozen boxes at each pre
cinct. Now in this enso although tlioro
three boxes nt each precinct, all tho
ballots of each box were coanted in the
o of all three managers. Besides,
there was nu agreement between tlio execu
tive committees of tho two political par
ties, the prohibitionists anil the anti-prohi
bitionists to havo three boxes at each
precinct, that all might have a chance
to vote, anil that estops these gentlemen
from complaint. Thero was no fraudulent
ini. nt in u-ii tin • box- s. Was any in
spired by them? If not right, not lawful,
merely an irregularity, and does notaf-
fcct the election. Did the threo boxes af
fect the result? If they did tho bill does
not show it, and the burden of proving
that the election was so affected rests with
the complainants.
As to 11. dice powers of a Stato, Congress
cannot limit them, although it does control
inter-state commerce.
The liquors of a foreign port may bo
brought here by Messrs. Cox, Hill and
Thompson, bnt when tho packages are once
broken or tlio goods sold, immediately those
goods nre subject to tho
POLICE BEOCLATIONS OP THE STATE.
There is a discrimination in tho bill, as
claimed by tho other Bide, against wines
from sister States. AVo nor no ono else
holds that that part of the l'.>v can
be operative. But, [nevertheless, under
every rule and custom of interpreting a law,
it is held that no law is vitiated entirely
and rendered dull nnd void because ono
part of it is inoperative. They wonld seek
to have the wholo law declared nugatory
because a portion of it is; but tho general
rule is too clear against such procedure to
need further elaboration.
At this point Judge Hall started to toko
np the point as to whether tho ordinary
conld be enjoined at all or not. He told
the conrt that he felt so badly he wonld ask
adjournment till to-morrow, when he conlil
conclude in forty minutes. As it was hut a
short time before tho regular honr for ad.
joumment, the conrt acceded to the re-
quest.
Judge McCay then announced that be
would only give to-morrow to tho case. By
agreement the tiuio was divided as follows:
Judgo Hall, forty minutes; John T. Glenn,
for the plaintiffs, ono hour; Messrs. West-
morel,uni forty minutes, and Alynatt one
hour for respondents. For plaintiffs. Air.
Hawkins will close in an bonr speech.
be a postal stamp, and hi- trunk check a
register,' 1 package receipt. But even be
fore that, his telegraph will benr s federal
stomp and the boy who brought
it bo “nn offensive, partisan. ”
TUK SOUTH LEA VINO ITS MOOIUXOS.
Wo are now seeking tho interference of n
Federal Conrt in a little local election, nnd
that, too, before a judge whoso mentality is
questionable, anil yet w hose tenure of office
is only limited by merciful but procrasti
nating death. The Southern press is clam
oring for national nid to the public schools,
which, of course, means national control;
and which to no vivid imagination means
compulsory education, governed from
Washington City. Under compulsory na
tional education absence must be byauthor-
ity which may take tho shape of a passport,
anil any boy or young lady
who is not too old for school mi.y be snb-
ject to being stopped on thu street at any
time nnd havo demanded of them a pass
port Should a Georgia parent want to
send a child to Now England to school, a
government permit will be required.
O, yes, wo nre tending very strongly to
centralization. The national iletoctii e , a-
pionage system is not by any means un im
possibility'. Should it come in a few years
Inspector O’Byrne, of New York, is booked
for the chief of tho department.
NO. 1.
A Modern Wanted.
Atlanta, December 12.—Tbo Governor
to-day issued an order for n reward of $150
for the arrest of Sumter Nichols, who is
ehargod with having murdered W. T. Jordan
on Ocl. b* r t». Is !, in Haker county. Tho
or<i* • t t the r< ward allegui thnt NichoV
i. la* gui justice.
A National Detective 11 arena*
Atlanta, December 13.—To-day, my
dear Teleubapii readers, has been the dull
est I ever saw in‘Atlanta. At midnight it
began to rain, and it pound bard all night
until 8 o’clock this morning, und drizzled
all day. The ehnrches were sparsely at
tended. Alost of the congregations were so
small that they looked like congregations
ono sees at' poor folks’ funerals. The
streets were deserted. There was no
travel on the railroads, and
the union depot was doll
and quiet. Tho street cars even found no
travel, nnd the hackmen despairing left
their stands early in tho evonipg. The ho
tel lobbies showed a little more life; but
tho gatherings there were of the boarders,
who were seeking each other for mutual
consolation. Tho scarce policeman hud
dled in the doorway. The lonely stray dog
hied himself to some unwelcome kitchen.
The wind blew, the clouds lowered, the
rain dropped und pattered by fits and
starts, snathe newrgathcrer moved on his
rounds in silent, sorrowful gloom.
There wss no “live news.”
In lien of startling local intelligence,! let
you into the secret of a bill about to be in
troduced into Congress. The other day,
talking to n umn well up in public affairs,
he told me ot it. This dreary day I fed
like taking yon into my confidence, giving
yon all arm choirs shout my glowing grate,
and while the smoke of gocsl cigars wreaths
fancy pictures in’ito clouds, tell you the
not very great secret, and yet really live
piece of national news.
AN IMPOBTANT DILL
will be introduced into Congress this ses
sion (hat, from its novelty to onr govern,
ment, will be very interessing. The scheme
originates in New York city. It is to place
all officers of the federal government, no
matter of what department, whoso duties
partake of tho police or detective character,
under one head; in other words, to form
a national detective bureau or system after
the French style.
Those who favor the idea, say that it
wonld cost thifgoverament very much lesa
and render very much better service. At
least this branch of tho service wonld be
free from politics, for the chief would be
held responsible for the entire system, end
not held so in a perfunctory way, and he
conld not, therefore, afford to rids any bnt
experienced men. By haring the entire
system nnder one head, the different de
partments wonld not require separate forces,
as are now maintained at enormous expense.
DXimxo TO CEETXILIZATIOX.
These and many other reaooca are given
by frieuda of the plan as entitling it to
adoption by Congress. Of course to me the
very idea u repugnant st first blush. It
would give great secret power to any admin
istration. It suggests national espionage
which is abhorrent. However, the unde
niable and inevitable tendeuey of the
people of this country to towards central
ization. No power is denied the general
government, and State goreranniito really
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
A Mnn Kobbetl of Fourteen Hundred Dol
lars In a Dark Place.
Atlanta, December 13.—P. W. Hovle, of
27 Exist Mill Ktreet, was “stood up’’ and
robbed nt 10 o'clock to-night on Elliott
street, near tbo old gas factory, of $1,400.
Two men stopped him in n dark spot, and,
pointing two revolvers nt him, told him to
hold np his hands. Being unarmed, he
held up his arms while one of tho men went
through him nnd took $1,100 from his hip
pocket. With tho pistol at his bead, he was
ordered to movo on, which he did.
Hoyle was in the hone and cattle business
with bis brother near Athens, Tenn.
He wun on Ids way to the East
Tennessee road depot when ho was
robbed. This afternoon ho sent his son to
send a telegram to his brother at Athens,
saving he would be there in the morning
with money. The boy rewrote the tele
gram and throw the original message on
tho lloor. It is thonght that tho highway
men found the message on the telegraph
office lloor and so got on Hoyle’s track*
Up to this hour no arrests have been made.
Two Penitentiary Cason.
Atlanta, Dccembei 13.—Well, Eugene C.
Beck, who shot his wife and her sister, and
who was convicted up in Rabun county two
months ago and sentenced to tho penitenti
ary for life, has been refused a new trial.
The case was argued before^Judge J. B.
Estes yesterday. Able counsel presented
every phase of tho cose possible that at all
favored Beck, bnt Judge Estes stood by the
law. An appeal to tho Supremo Court
is threatened, but it is doubtful if
ono bo taken. Beck's cose recalls
that of Smith, who was sentenced to live
years in the penitentiary yesterday by Jadge
Clark. Tho case at be«?t was not very pleas
ant reading, and most of tlie real facts were
suppressed. But I have conversed with six
or seven who attended the trial, nnd every
ono of them pronounced the verdict an out
rage. That is a noteworthy fact. Men
have no mercy for their fellows who assault
ympothy i- dw
for the gentler sex. Yet six or
seven men who heard tho
testimony in tho cose denounce the verdict
as being unjust and unwarranted by tbo ev<
idence. Can it be that oar sentiment in
such matters led the jury into on error?
Prejudice is an enormous power. Has it
sent an innocent man to the penitentiary?
Many think so.
Suicide of un
E. Shumate, It. M. W. Glen, t«»r plain till in
error; H. 1\ Lumpkin, F. W. Copeland,
contra.
No. 7, continued.
No. 8, Davis vs. tie State. Ar umI.
Dabney A Foucke, J. M. Billah, for plain
tiff in error; C. T. Clements, solicitor- du
ral, contra.
No. 9, Tanner vs. Chapman. Argued. W.
T. Cheney for plaintiff in error; It. D. Har
vey & Son contra.
The court adjourned till 0:30 a. >a. to
morrow.
Atlanta, December 10.—Xo. 10, Homo
circuit. Curran vs. Flooring et at Argued.
Henry Walker, J. W. H. Underwood for
plaintiff in error; W. D. Elam, by brief,
for defendant in error.
No. 11, Borne circuit. Cox & Boggs Vs-
Coleman. Withdrawn.
No. 12, Borne circuit. Glanton Admin
istrator, vs. Whitaker. Argued. Dean A
Ewing, Alexander A Wright, for plaintiff in
i i"i; <\Y I ', iih- i -t mntra.
No. 13, Rome circuit. Bailey & Co. ve,
Ogden et ah Argued. J. H. Hntdcinson,
Alexander & Wright, for plaintiffs in error;
C. A. Thornwell, contra.
No. 14, Rome circuit Madden et al. vs.
Jones et al. Argued. Dean A Ewing for
plaintiff in error; Reece A Denny, contra,
rending opening argument in case loot
stated court adjourned till 9:30 a. m. to
morrow.
Air. Max Meyerheidt, of Rome, is at the
Markham.
Mr. H. D. Cothran, of Rome, is in the
city.
Dr. W. E. Baker, Mr. R. Baker, Miss* e
Eva and Fannie Baker, of Roswell, are in
tho city.
Atlanta, December 11.—No. 14, Rome
circuit. Madden et xri. vs. Jones et. al. Ar
gument concluded.
No. 15, Rome circuit. Shannon A Co*,
vs. Feicheimer, Goodkind A Co. Argued.
Daniel S. Printup for plaintiffs in error;
Dean A Ewing, Underwood A Rowell,
Eve** A Denny, contra.
No. 1C, Romo circuit Cothran vs. Brower
ot al. Argued. Underwood, Rowell A
Cheney for plaintiff in error; Wright, Mey-
erharot A Wright, contra.
No. 18, Romo circuit. Sproull, adminis-
*i‘;.t'>r. \s S.Miv Lxi'li ill.:' -1 for No. 17.
Argued. Dabney A Foncho for plaintiff in
error; Wright, Meverhardt k Wright,
contra.
No. 17, Romo circuit. Allrcad vs. Harris.
Argued. Daniel S. Printup, R. D. Harvey
A Son, for plaintiff in error; C. N. Fcathe*-
stone, J. A Blance, contra.
No. 19, Rome circuit Camp ve! Mont-
Bonding oj.. ning aiguim-nt <f
this case tho court adjourned.
Atlanta, December 12.—No. 19, Rome
circuit. Argument concluded.
No. 21, Rome circuit. Brower vs. Coth
ran. Argued. C. N. Feathers ton, Alexan
der A Wright, W. W. Brooks, for plaintiff;
J. W. II. Underwood, Daniel S. Printup,
contra.
No. 25, Rome circuit. Brower vs. Coth
ran ct nl. Argued with No. 21. Same coun
sel .
Court then adjourned to 9 a. m. Tues
day next.
ITEMS FROM COLUMBUS.
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Columbus, Ga
Ex-IJnltc<l State* Mnr-lial.
Dallas, Tex., December 13.—Major Jos.
A. McKee, former United States marshal of
the Northern district of Texas, committed
suicide yesterday by cutting his throat. lie
hod recently been sick with denguo fever,
but wss convalescing. Yesterday morning
he was found in his room breathing his lost
from a wound in his throat indicted with a
pocketknjfe.
Tho 1 to venue Haiti.
Atlanta, December 14.—Special Revenue
Agent Colquitt and Deputy Collector Chis
olm went into Jasper connty Saturday, and
near Bear creek, just over tho Newton county
line, they ran upon a new blockade still,
running in full blast. Tho officers entered
the house and arrested a man natm-d Bur-
tow Ivy, and captured a new 100-gallon
•UP, between 300 and 400 gallons of beer,
25 gallons of low vines and some raw mate
rial. They destroyed the beer and low
wines, and brought tho man and still to At
lanta.
That Hovei>xt« J£*j>cilith>i>.
Atlanta, December IL—Csptoin J. \V.
Nelms, the United States mandial, and bis
posse of fonr men. Deputies Hanes, Mur
phy, Garrison ninl Grant, returned this
morning from their trip up into the moun
tains of North Georgia, in search of the as
sassins of Depnty Marshal \V. S. Kellett.
Captain Nelms anil hia men are oil much
fatigued from the effects of tho trip, which
was a very hard one. Daring their absence
they arrested fire men, including Calvin
Young, who was with Kellett, nnder arrest,
when shot Tho marshal is verjr reticent
as to tho results of his trip, bnt it is under
stood that in the five men-arrested ho be
lieves he has a part of tbo conspirators
against Kellett if not tho ssesssids. The
(sets seem to indicate that the Y'onng fami
ly were at least implicated in the murder.
Farther developments are awaited with in
terest
Supreme Court of (ieorcto.
Atlanta, December 8.—No. 3, Rome.
Argument concluded.
No. 4, Rome. Wallin vs. Shofonl With
drawn.
No. 1. Rome. Walker vs. Logan, (passed
yesterday, because of sickness of counsel).
Argued. W. E. .Spinks, ivy F. Thompson
for plaintiff in error; J. Monroe Spinks con
tra.
No. 5, Rome. Rntledge ve. McFarland
Argued. W. H. Payne, J. E. Shumate for
plaintiff in error, F. W. Copeland, Harrison
A Peeples, contra.
Jiid.i Steivait, of the Flint circuit delir- .
ered an opinion in No. 17, Macon drenit! foetures.'
Brou n etol. vs. Gunn, affirming jtnl
caber 11. li. B.
M"--. i' In* in ' id' nt.illv lei ill I liim-i if .0 1.
home in Harris county last week, hail been
carrying nn accident policy ot $10,000 on
his life, which had expired only uhout a
week before his anfortnnate death.
Mr, W, C. Gorman died at bis home near
Seale, yesterday, aged 35 years.
E. J. Itonkin, Charles ll Davis anil Col
onel Halbert, who have been canvassing for
the Georgia Midland, returned to tins city
city to-day. They report thnt including
Griffin’s subscription of $96,000, $61,000
have bsen subscribed from that city to th*
Flint river. Woodbury, this side of tin
river, subscribed $5,000. The canvassers
will begin work at this end of the line in n-
few days.
ilr. Forbes Liddell, of Montgomery, and
MU Myra ltovcnseroft, of Troy, were mar
ried at 7 o'clock tbU morning, and pasted
through this city to-day on a bridal tnor.
Ih 11. Williams, of this city, died to-day.
i il'. i'iii'.h. il no to-niglit and tin- newly
elected nhlermcu took the oath of offil e.
Tho following officers were elected by tbo
board: City treasurer, J. N, Barnett; city
|ili>-n mu. i. W. Culm ron; city attorney, S
li. Hatcher; clerk of the market and maga
zine, I I (l. Innigl.i--; il,i-(dtaL hi . per, Mr-.
C. Anderson, first lieutenant of po
lice. .1 A. Rnl,i id-: -• em.il
lieutenant, Zeno Pickett; city asse—oni,
li. II i raw ford, l i. K. i iagi r and .1 M
Smith; port wardens, Thos. Chatlin ,R. A.
Carson, G. J. Burnis, J. A. Kirn n and I .
L. Wells; mayor pro hm., W. IL Brannon.
The salaries were fixed at the same as laat
year.
Ella A Stone's Specialty Company dis
banded hero to-day, and some of the mem
bers haven't money enough to pay their
way ont of town.
£n Muscogee Snperior Court to-day D.
Wiggins and Wm. Carter were given six
months each on the chain-gang for oimply
larceny.
A wliito woman and a negro woman,
escaped from jail at Caaaeto on Friday
night and are still at large.
Cans of Tri. ldno.l.,
Toot, N. Y., December 14. This morn
ing E. B. Jones, residing on Ellsworth ave
nue, Mechanicsville, was discovered in her
yard, tearing a fence to pieces and wildly
gesticulating. His wife came running from
tho house, acting in tho same manner. Th"
neighbors quick i v collected, and endeavor,. I
to quiet them. It appears they bad i.m u
eating largely of fresh p,.rk and xau-aio
and a doctor who was called preno
a case of trichinosis. The family
ing of Mr. Jones, his wife auil t w o
are all sick.
:il it-
ehtldrei
At Montpelier, France, the imn.it. - of the
homo militury pri-"" ar • r--;.' iyedin Work
ing up the Material in oil boots . nd shu. .
which nre not only coll .till from ,11
France, but even imported from abroad.
Every particle boa its u-e. The nails nre
drawn oat nu 1 piled up. the iron mi - 1 ing
si paroled from the brass by magmT i.
lentil, i is worked into u van. n of m . .
•asm to be intrenching upon indiridnol I of the court below. " e rasamptian i and.
righto at every turn. At ona time the idea Messrs. John H. Reece, W. T. Cheney, hit pu Xe huu- a.T ,i, r 'i'.'J [•' •’ ,‘t
ot prohibition was regarded a- an jnst, R..bt. Harvey ami Will E. Spinks were ad- ry tbs formula of a maple v.,.ui; r . u...
abhorrent to free govt rr.ment and l’urium rallied to the bar, speedy sod pemisni at cure ot i uniun i u. a. i..-. a
coL It was held to be mnaptn«y, and be-1 PMdtag ABoMjiMit,
ljourned ull 9:30 u. m., to- debility ami sll nm.m* ..ft. r
rar Las
vond the power of tbi
broken down the**- harriers. State's rights,
with fell it* pn<{> of iiH . ^try, has littlt ii j ••
of portnity; II It tmj antb iOtUai
bl«*od ionbr< ken-tluwu ?q>ort. ('■ ntrali/..-
ti'-n it ti . : r> Mt_Lt t!.- rult-
of th.- majority it rijit. It i.i not .1 oi.
tutT off wLil...l i ndlrtad ti-'kH will
laded.
No. C
ra, December 9. —The
w&s transacted in tho
Ar.'un
t«-*t* d it*
.Siq.,
Simmons. Argued. I. 1 bw