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pXABLISHED 1826.
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Kfffflf BETTERMENTS. I wfcifchwefnowhavef* 0 ' 1 i n, t*ed of forty-four miles
1 • «*?• "“A,* 11 * con ] d « I °8 I « out twenty-three of It,
trit J R i? and * et the "> upon a eld”
track »s it* own and turn over the other thlrtr.
thwSSi85SR5!*^k 1c « &re in belter oondiUon
tuan those It gjt from the State, together with a few
i?o C n ° r 2‘, P °k“ d t ^i 1 ! 08e cond e*ned by the commie-
e«ch tS5 ™“ d be hld f , 0r * Uv ^"U.tred doll»rs
each. The company conid also Bide track an lta
?.T.?* boB>, * T< 9 hundred of Its present cite. and
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1887.-'.TWELVE PAGES.
VOL. LXII.NO 14.
L-aTOR WRITES AN OPEN LET-
rtothe legislature.
I stitc on Notice that Unless an
"’^Vnt , 4 i icaclied the Lessees
ItJl rn> twl1 40 Wreck tho
8 agate Itor.d, Etc.
I i it The attltatlon ol the St ate nll-
KlI u already benluntng to bear acme o(
“vtL .u pot into circulation In the
1 “7;. an open letter from Uon. Joa-ph
JtiMMOOr John B. Oordon In reference
ts fn ahlch tne righta and llabUMs. ol
l»J5... ,,ut.tfon ol betterments are dla-
hatht'ongeipected ton. for %
L?.aJain»torputa the State on notice
■‘Kill to equitable adinetment of tbli
a**' ..n between tbl, and the expire*
Ee proceed to wreck thla valuable
a_ aa-- ae.-.-a a_ -a
’’.onrrxne indicated in the threat to put
l‘k iLlo the condition in which thole*.
■a Iber«i» no intimation or estimate
itt# amount of the claim for betterments
information I have the figure
two and three million dollars. A
l vL b* m ade (or reimbursement bj the
-me*paid by the lessees on that por-
ty lying in Tennessee. The fol*
Kll test of this Important document:
-V. joly 8- His Excellency, John 11.
imraor. Vc.. AtlsnU, G*.-Dear Sir:
itonrmesMgc sent to the General As-
THtrrday. end having read with care
JSttwhlsh relates to the lease of the
rUdAUaotlc railroad, I feel It my duty both
t^renor and to the General Assembly and
icf the state, to submit for jour cousin
* fallowing statement:
\t»aa changes have taken
ont improvements have been made in
•within the seventeen years of the lease
Ign sod Atlantic. Instead of the old
rticlupon a railroad doing a large car-
ins only stood the wear from sis months
years, we now have the Bessemer
tfck on s railroad of like business, will
• It twenty years or more. Instead
iicfliie* or that day. we h*vo the large
of about double the capacity. In*
tri ton rare, which la as much as most
livould permit upon their iron rail
have cars from twenty, m tWMrtjr4tt
Hnch englues end cars placed upon
of the old"D time, would have crashed
,S»rery *h«rt time the ■!•*!
,toecdure the wear cf the engines with
tfUJed cars of Immense weight daily
■Becks*
Met of lease between the Ftato of Geor*
jftitsrn and Atlantic Railroad Compa*
,|a company to pay the Htate monthly,
4 twenty-fly* thousand dollar* rental,
eompsuj has dons every month slooo
», tsd almost invarisbly npon
*•! the month. The contract of lease
ftcltweeeto return the road to the State
coalition at the expiration of the lease
jesivsd, and these ere tho only require-
it contract and of the bond given by
ato-wit: that they pay the rental prompt-
Mtth and return the read In aa good cou-
j&eyrcceited it. ProvRim is made by
log the leite, lor the appointment
i by the Governor to sxsmlne the
iy »nd make out a written Invent-
„. jf tbs condition of the railroad and
*<i sod i s appurtenaoces, which Is to
iBsoKtttlve office and recorded in the
Saute’s office, that the evidence of the
id the road at the time may be perpstn-
^nUtt, and the coamUaloa made its re-
h wu r*corded an i* subsequent Legls*
M that a new commission be appoint-
■14m«ksanew Inveotory of the road
ifitock, which was done, and both are
>4 no great difference exists between
km the condition of the road seven-
i|o when it wae turned over to tbs lee-
■tfcsnpoit of the Corn nates loners shows,
Itm almost all in wretchedly bad order,
vm pa* rally worn out or very badly
m much of it made of soft, inferior qusi-
Ltkg would not stand wear or tear any
m IfDgth of time. Them was not any-
Itaowo of aids track room upon the line
m or its terminal point* The eoglnea
I, »td most of them inferior. The cars
Ikacara and must of them were badly
PJ of them scarcely fit far use.
nuj rscstvsd from the Mata 671 freight
■:-* bas nearly l,r<0. All it received
U fashioned ten ton care.
them very badly worn, and
an unlit for u»e; and all it has made or
|w» number of years past have been
W* can, which are required by -the
F** of railroading and are necessary to
nU| rtquirsd to as to meet the fierce
a »f tbs pretent time. The company re*
“tbs -late forty-f.mr engluta. twelve of
“w4 or almost worthless, the remain-
mssy of them badly worn. The
hseltty-ftve euglnee in good condl
»s Urge proportion of them the large
as.taet wlU carry more twenty-ton
sow than one of the engines re*
■BBs mats would carry of ten-ton cars.
Muy kas taken np all tbo old rails, most
l* - Jaagerous to pass over with a train
PttycauiderabU speed, and has laid
psisBngth of the roa.i with an e^cel-
I* l,M **»*r steeL The company has
■twatr^riu milesuf additional sidetrack,
necessary. Part of this is In At*
|« CUitanooga udjMt el 4MMI
road. The oompauy iia*
jJJJMMgesum of money in thoroughly
4*5fL,V* If improving the condl*
yj- «removed the old waoden
■ ,#ri And replaced them with lion
. -uuuicu ilo ureseui cirs. and
still tum over to tue State the six hundred aud
seventy-one which It received from the State at the
commencement of the lease, in as good condition
condttion than we received them. This
«1 0neb a y lhe com P 4U y iQ strict com-
^iiauce with its ccntract and with the record now
o the Secretary of State's office without any room
ror question as to its right to do so or as to its fair
ana ruil compliance with the terms of lta contract
in doing bo. In other words, if the
company turns back to the State thirty*
two engines fit for use and half of them
good ones, together with a dozen rejected olden*
gines which could be bonght for a few hundred
dollars apiece; if it turns over to the State six bun-
area and sevehty-one ten ton cars, moit of them
DAfliyworn, to say nothing of many other things
which might be taken from the railroad before
turning ii over, it will have complied with the con!
ract by returning the road in aa good, and in fact
i better condition, than it received It at the date of
the lease. lor instance, the company might do all
tota and the htate would then receive the benefit
without compensation, of over one hundred
thoQiand dollars that the company has pat into
bsulsst, and also twenty-one miles of grading for
side-track* put down by the company, and a larg*
number of new and expensive culverts put down
by the company in the track, with the change ot
gauge which was made at heavy expense to fit the
present atandatd gauge, with numerous other
auuilsr things that are permanent, and have been
“*ut in Improved condition by the company. Now,
beg your Excellency to imagine th* rn*A tnrn*d
over to yon with the track In the condition jnat
mentioned, and with the very limited number of
engine * n d car* Ju.t mentioned iu the bad condl-
tlon described, with twenty-cue miles of slde-tracK
taken up and'tho Iron put Into the main track in
place of the new steel rail now upon the line, and
•ay whether tho road will be in the condition that
you would like to have it to offer to the country for
a new lease?
Bear in mind, I beg you, that we can turn It back
to you In the condition last above mention >d, and
still taking it altogether have ,it in much better
o ndltlon than we received it. You and other men
of your age who passed over it at the time remem
ber Its wretched state. T he public record filed by
by authority of the Legislator*,describes it accurate*
The contract and bond by the lessees binds
to return It only in as good o jndltlou as thoy
receive It.
I It seems to me, looking to the public interest,
that the representatives of the people could not
hesitate as between the policy of afrracglng with
.1- , to kMjp ^ xmA ^ Jt(# p Tw . B | jjjgu
»f improvement, paying a reasonable
compensation for betterments, ra’her than have it
put upon the market for leaae in the wretched conf
iditiou of track and equipments above described. 1
tuluk no intelligent business man cau doubt
that the Htate would lose more in the terms offe*ed |
Ifor another taentv yeara lease, by taking tho road
back In the condition the lessees received It than It
would by paying reasonably for betterattots and
Wklng It back in the condition it now Is.
JUnlesa the State agrees to some arrangement I
w ith tne li-Bsees for keeping the road in its present I
excellent conditl au it will be necessary for the les-
|sues to commence in a abort timo to economize and
to prepare for retaraing it In a« good condition j
- Yly as provided by the terms of thslr contract 1
11 beg to call your attention to another fact. There
is a provision ta the lease act that subjects the!
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, among
other things, to tho same public burdens to which
Ithe Central and the Georgia railroad were sub
jected. When the company leased the road from
tne Mate and agreed to pay twenty-flvo thousand
dollars a month rental, it never dreamed that it
was to be taxed on the property, in addition to the
rental. The Legisla nre, however, subsequently
passed an act providing tor taxing It, and the ques-l
Uen was carried to the courts, aud twice decidod
by the Hupreme Court of the dtate. The decislon[
was that the term “public burdens" In tin act urn-1
braced the power of taxation on the part of the
Htate, and iust as the contract w aa that the West
ern aud Atlantic Railroad Company were to be sab-
jected to the same public burdeus-as the Georgia
and the Central, it meant that they were to be sub
jected tot*• s*me tax as was then paid tinder
their chatters by the Oeorsta and
Central, and that tax according to the charters of
the Georgia and Central waa one-half of one per
cunt, npon thelrnet toeome, and thatconsequsntly
the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company was
bound to pay one-half of one per cent, upon lta
net Income, out the Hupreme Court expressly
ruled that this waa all the ux to which tho com-
P Part of the road lies in the State of Tennessee,
and the State ef Tennessee luipo»es a very onerous
tax there, t >*wlf. a Mate tax, county tax, city tax,
and scboolAax. Aa the Htate la tbo lessor aud the
company is the lessee, the general principle of law
that exists between all landlords and tenants or
lessors end lussees, sppllseto the State of Georgia
and it la bound to protect the tills to the property
which It has leased to the company, by the pay-
aent of thrtax annually which doca not fall upon
the lessee unlew it be by contract. Soon after the
Htate of Tennessee commenced the system
taxation. this company called r^M
for rental. For Instance, in addition to all the roads
th*t have been l.iilt, and are being constructed,
suppose the Central should extend Its line from
Oarrolton to Chattanooga by way of Rome. Thts
would make another very formidable competititor
which would destroy a great deal of the value of
the Western and Atlantic.
At present, the Central and the East Tennessee,
irglnla aud Georgia are competitors, and this
makes It the interest of the Central and Western
and Atlantic to act together, but in case
the Central owns its own lines from Carrollton to
Cb&tt&nooga, having an independent route of Its
own, it would bring a large proportion, and proba
bly the largest proportion of its Western bminess
over its own line from Chattanooga, rather than
give it to the Western and Atlantic from Chattanoo
ga to Atlanta.
Or, suppose In this day of consolidation, that the
Central should be united with the Last Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia and the Richmond and Dan
ville, and the whole should be worked as one ays-
tem. The combination would then bo in condition
to practically crush out the Western and Atlantlo
by throwing everything over tho competing lites
around it Bnt the htate would have It in its
■ower, as each of the three companies mentioned
old a charter from the State, by a proper use of
the taxing power, snd by such other legislation as
could be very readily devised, io protect ltaelf and
lta lessees, aud correct the evil by very seriously
crippling the parties attempting to destroy the
We-tern aud Atlantic, which is th.* property of the
State. By a vigorous use of its legislative power,
the State would be able to bring the monopolists
to terms speedily, or to so cripple them that they
would find It to their interest to deal fairly, respect
the righta of the State aud desist from their attempt
to d-htrny its pr >p»*rt;..
In this manner, the State can protect itself and
its own lesrees, and in case of a combination which
should attempt to destroy tho value of the 8tate's
1 r. item it wi ill I he lta duty to uha it* legNUmo
power In such manner as to prevent the s^ecula-
uable property belonging to the State, In which
every citizen la Interested. The Central being a
i icor>i.t i. rp trail-m, h.cat-d hh it h, c-uld all' »rd to
give a fair price for the Western and Atlantic, and
indeed more than a private corporation c aid afford
to give, *and probably no one would deal
more fairly and justly with the State. The Louis
vllleand Nashville, and the Cincinnati Southern
coull either afford to pay a better rental for tbo W.
A A. than any company of private Individuals
could pay. 8tlll, it is rot for me to say who shall
be the lessee. I only suggest for the consideration
of your Excellency and the representatives of tho
»le, that it would not be wise to exclude rail-
corporations as bidders for tho lease, in case a
new lease is to be made. The W. k A. R. It. Com
pany, at the end of the present year, will have
p ild to the Stats aa rental, five million, one hun
dred thousand dollars in cash. I am very respect
fully jour obedient servant,
Josxpn E. Brown.
GORDON HUNG. IN EFFIGY.
INDIGNATION OF THE DISAPPOINT
ED CROWD AT DALTON.
The Action of the Governor In Commuting
the Sentence of tho Murderer Hol
man Loudly Denounced—The
Crowd an Orderly One.
Dalton, July 7 —There is great
indignation hero to at the un
warranted action at this late hour in
the commutation of-Holman’s sentence.
The jndge and juries have for several years
been lax and procrastinating in d.aling
with oriminal oases, and the result was that
the community was humi'iated by a visit
from the kuklux. jSu.c • that visit our juries
have been more determined, and this case
was qnickiy and firmly disposed of, to the
entire satisfaction o' the citizens of the
county. The Judge refused a new hear
ing, the Supreme Court affirmed tho verdict
and refused a new trial, the day net for the
execution found the people demanding
that the law ahonld be vindicated, but the
Governor through his abundant mercy had
rApitod him for thirty days. The people
though disposed to complain at deterred
justice, submitted quietly and com
mended the Governor for his kind heart,
and good loyirg nature. Now the day
set by the Governor himself has arrived,
and the sheriff quietly set about building
the gallows, bnt late this evening the in
formation of the commutation spread like
wild fire, and expressions of disgust and
BROWN* CLAIM FOR BETTERMENTS
MUCH DISCUSSED.
the women a little later went into the en
gine room to warm. While there Matilda
Gndger became involved in a bitter quarrel
with Holman, she demanding that
he marry her. He answered by
striking her several blows with an
iron bar, cansing her death, and
then forced Patton at the point of
a pistol to aid him in sinking the body in a
well near by. After a few days the "body
rose to the surface of tho water, where it
could bo seen by pasaors-by, and it became
necessary to remove it Then Patton was
sent for a buggy, the b -»dy was wrapped in
bagging, oarrled to the creek and thrown in.
A GREAT THEATRE DISASTER AT
HURLEY, WISCONSIN.
Milwaukee, Jnly 10. A Hurley, Wis ,
dispatch 6Rys a , Firo broke out on the stago
of the Alojzir theatre at 8 o’clock last
night, and within an hour the entire basi
nets portion of the town was in flimes,
while eleven persons had perished in the
theatre. The charred remains of nine peo
ple have been taken from the mins. Th
loss is fully half a million dollars. Tho Al-
oazar was a variety theatre, cbiefiy fre-
queuted by miners, and was one of tho re
sorts of unsavory repate associated with the
notorious danco bouses of the min
ing regions. Only a small audi
ence had gathered when tho fire
broke out, and they scrambled oat
in a hurry. Several ot the actors, however,
rushed up stairs to save their wardrobes,
and when thoy sought to escape found that
they wore hemmed in on all aides, tho
fi imes having spread through tho wooden
building with incredible rapidity. How
they straggled to flee will never be known,
as none of them, except Sadie Wills and
Mabel Powers, were ever seen again. The
PASSED ITS THIRD READING
THE LONG STRUGGLE OVER THE
CRIMES RILL ENDED.
The PArne'lltes Leavfl the House an«l the
Government Obtains a Large Major
ity—Prince Ferdinand's Flec
tion—About ltoulauger.
the tUeu Governor oC Geor-
_ l. snd demanded
the tax assessed In Tennessee, m u was necessary
" IlfiMi
Mata wm
hat
■tests rugs that exists ted between
T^lksrn tsetions of the country
■■mus lnconv*nlenc* in transportation.
!?•?.?* fcCQUl m htch was in existence
III?,"*** until one year sgo, was
■»./»,!! V* own u H»s *teodsrd north-
BtM Inch**, as* tfc* MM
i Jr/** ‘W s four feet eight snd a
f*et nine inch Rzage.
*!•** ego when other coux-
tUcBactof their roads, m
■ *4um*« Company, at a very heavy
changed the p*uge of this
h. ti* standard gauge, snd
Em its connecting lines.
ISjTJW between seven and eight
mm fiv 0 . c UBptoM the State's part
wh,ch w “ not
KiUtr* 1 * °* P*op«tj hm Ml
*• n* provi.t >ti _
«tT— tb. company any'
i ,— t, >-
dlc l*“. and It would
r»qul aa. tftat thaeom*
**>».m«oaabl. oompvnaatlon
KM* b*tt*r that there he
watting until too late
HtSeSEfS 11 ^ * 8d *»»** •»>
f‘«aM^,t U “ *»<• luteuda to com-
[ the ao,thing tor th. better-
of tkU * ott - ha.ed
l“»e«lL t *' k V* “rarg-mentcould
•'* It wilt keei
ft ti-s2??‘* Bl *- d ' d condition, am
[ d *uA“V?, lk “ , P'*»dld condition -
P'lttaL Ul * Hu >« "hoqld r-tu
r**»> w or to
*• tu» , * *>• .qntuhta cUlm for
[**wy ntterna le. left
f 8 , 1 ^ l * 1 *h IU eaiendltu'e for
M It. preeent
|*w«»ai.,,, b » r »«ocn down.!-
I K ■IthoJvi.j ** k,w a point aa w.
t 1 ”*?• ,n °thnr worda
mm co-pit
twin ,1 with the
e <, *2* *° the
“were.el.ed Itu
'•«th. it, 1 , 1 ?. 0 *' *od danger
iJ'.’.tlwad fnV,^tn-action of onr hu.!-
“* P"«»t eonditioe and
Ll’^tettSireSJ? ■—entrem yrere
inr! 0 ?.? 11 **' ,unllI, « •»
. 1" °» r contract
a£ l the law to t .he
'JJ^t«t.Sl2J *t ro-J to the
*a* !"»hShhlS.* , "r , » «*U worn.
m« tv . Ina rail on it at
>» t..,nwould hare
'traeh m>m ,f “>• forty
hthei. . tha lta. of th.
15*^ 7iUf*e«‘ , J ro “, ln t U,ln
**> Tare,„_«** *teal that
^* , **w5l?!L?‘* ro * d ,n th. com
— 1 "turn It with twenty
the protection of the title to the property
„ the company by tha HUte, and that the htl
not only llahla for .It on general principle.,
<waa liable under the contract In which It had only
atlpul.trd that the We.Urn and Atlantic .hould
pay one-half of one par cent npon tte net Incomte,
and the Bnpremo Conrt had decided that liat waa
iu liability, and It waa liable for that and no more.
Un er thla .tat > of fact, the Ooeerncr refu.ed to
pay th. tax. and rather than .CO the State's prop
erty .aclldced voder the ihertffe hammer in Ten-
nea.ee. the lee.eoa have from >ear to year paid the
taa In Tennea.eo, wht. h tho State of Ueorgta le
legally bound to,pay. We bare kept an account of
tbt. tax and on final settlement wttb the ctafe. ex
pect the SUte to pay the tax-bleb lahonreUy due
from It upon too property which It leased to
tta. the title to which It wae bound to proUct. and
for which U receAved tho turn of *100.000 a year
rental.
In view of tbeae complications. I. as pre.ldest of
the Wealsrn and Att.ntto Batlroad Company, teellt
my duty to call your Excellencr*. attention to tha
facta above set forth. 1 do not think the peo;le ef
OnontU fu’ly comprehend the .tic.Uon. and 1 think
la tinyO'tant thattooy ahonld ticdereund lb
I wontd therefore respectfully suggest that jocr
Excellency bring tbta queatlon to the attention of
the Oenreal assembly and aak then to appoint n
cotxmla.lon to confer with tho anthorltlra ot the
Western and Atlantic Kallroad Company and au
what fair, honaat and fret settlement ot the whole
nastier can be reached. .......
In making these suggestions. I feel that I am
only discharging a duly tomy co le.aee*. and to the
people oflicmgi*. AUtbeemblConJ have In thu
matter le to be able If I ahou il live that long, to
comply fairly and honestly with the term* of tho
lease ac-1 to return the read In aa good ocedition
.M.»t»rHMlouw.fMcdiL and aa the con-
trect makes it onr dnty to do. To reomee the road
b>ek In tha coodtUon m.cUooed la the contract
wontd certainly be eery Injurious totbelnUraet of
the State. It la better tberefere that .ome reason
able eompromUe tikepUceby whkh theStae will
do Juattce to the leasees and the ■—** — ,1 ’"•*
■ root In lta present eicellerdi
. would here remark thur In the fntnn of the
road I hava only the aims Int-reet that any other
taxpayer has. If I should lies onto tee tndcf the
leaie there la no possible ooettngeney In which It
would consent to he a leasee for ano her teem, and
I think I exp:eM the ..ntlmeiittof aU mycolee
•see Almolt half of our number are d.ad aud tha
remaining leweeeare old men and will «oon past
away, and I do notanppeae any one of us will be In
. interested In the lease If one ahonld be
at the end of the ore now eiljung. LoohUC
tn the tutnreof th# rood I am therefore actuated by
Atlanta, Jnly 10.—Tho weather is too
bot for members of the Legislature to stay
in town over Sunday, aud they bare boon
unable to resist the old temptatba ot free
passes to get away. Very few of them have
been seen about the streets or hobAs to-day.
Most of thtrn were to be found at the vari
ous summer resorts iu easy retch of the
capital. The Senate had its usual Saturday
aud Sunday recess, and the members scat
tered awsv Friday.
Tt is the impression now from the devel
opments of the past week that the State
road and the convict lease will be the lead-
io# questions of public importance during
the preeent eession. Whether any thing
will come out of it or not, Dearly every
member wilt want to be beard on tho con
vict question, aud we may expect to bo
treated to all the different styles of oratory,
Tho aenaitlon of tho hour is Senator
liTown's claim of betterments on behalf of
the State rea t lesae** There is already a
strong opposition, almost cue of indigna
tion at tbo claim, aud of the threat with
which it in accompanied. Some bare inti
mated that it nonld have been better taste
oh the part of the lessees to bavu suggested
or asked an adjustment of tbelr extraordin
ary claim iu the conrta, inatead of threaten'
tug to dismantle the State's property, home
one has resurrected a etattuibut, said to
have been made some year* ago on this
question, that at tbs expiration of-this lease
no claim would be made for beuermente.
Perhaps that boa been overlooked by the
Senattr, or perhaps he never oemmittod
himselt to such a propo*itlon. -It there is
any evidence of the fact it would he of in
teract Sust now.
There are iudicatiena that the claim for
betterments is not made blindly, but, as
usual, Senator lirowu knows what he is
doiog.
The attempt made in the letter to dopro-
ciate the dtate toad is generally considered
as being bh unwarranted aa 'it is de
signing. It ia said to como front a high
official of the road that ita paasenger buai-
neea now la good, and the freight batinoca
heavier than ever befoie in tho history ot
the road.
It ought not to take a great while to find
out where the Legislature stands on this
question of betterments
Ba t “ere te toother rc«soa w hy ' woaM oot * »
leasee another term When the present tessewM
*» ii.» aaed i t s nioni/p 1 ly b( Western buit*
Srit^SIukaVSISTSst stoost everyIhlag
frem iheWe.uAl mcome throoch to get loto
rteorek thoO*reltBaatoil AUhepte. Now it hi.
^^.°r‘^«wp.Utore «. hy^d.
Bti.i (jthera that will prohsbiy soon w vus-
Tho rood io sot therefore worth
““SUS 1 ^Xth.’ttVS'
^„ h sr. w '.“dS. b^* d fif r«r.'
would tot roo.lder » adeqawo tod iu
■onablo cmpeneatl d of rental that my c-mpxoy
mid afford to pay Math* rood- ^ u , t a0
There wo. apreeWtoo loth*^
riL'S?
‘e£?m io
la the present Ulorennd the
taking place and tha corepeo'toa “
Weetera xn*l Atlantic, a 1«W*»
sr'r 1 !l * ,l
M7^^1S 4 ,’S1SS-*‘HM
wild lire, and exprecstons ot disgust anti
disapproval wero heard on every side, and
Bharp but earnest criticisms of tho Gov
ernor were heard Id tha mouths of fully , . .. , - . .
throe-fourths of all the people, and, I former appeared nt a second story window
atrangoly, those who were Governor Gor- aQ a called piteously upon the crowd outsid©
to exclude rail- doi y aldent snpportors were loudest to save her. Ilefore a hand could bo
in his condemnation; and to-night strong 1 rawed theifiamos toaohea her and commu*
men ntand thick on all corners and talk of nicated to her clothing. Sho made r
buroiDg the Governor and onr litprescnta-1 ifsntic effort to jump through tho win
tive, W. C. Glenn, in iffigy. They swear I uow, and then, with a planing shriek,
that Gordon nnd Glonn’a nolitical Asniro- I fdl ln l° tite furuAce below. Mabel
tiona in thia connty and Murray are dead— Powers had reaohed a third story window,
“died of too much commutation/* Had I lumped, and was so bully iejur-d that
Holman remained in jail till the morrow 1>« recovery is doubtful. Among tuoae who
sad would have been hie fate, but tho sher- P«?» h ; d *“ * ho th ? tt!re w ‘ r ,° f rnjk Y °nc R .
iff run him to tho train at 10 o’clock and badie Mo Abie, and JacksoD, colored
took him to Chattanooga, and thus comedians; Ttlito Mooro, song and danoo
ends a disgraoefnt chapter in the county's arttat; Mabel Goodrioh and hatband, Salto
history. The Governor has in his great Wills, Mis iFenton, and two or three others
wisdom taken the matter of dealing with "hose names are not known. The Alcazar
onr criminals into his own hands. Though I woa i Q ' ko vary heart of the city. It was a
tho matter bad been folly investigated and “*«» of io » very short time. The fire
tried here, the honest conviotion is set seemed to leap from bmldirg to building
aside, and we are now left to take the sad ontil several bbeks becamo a roaring oveu.
oonsettnencea as rosnltirg from an outraged Jt was not long before every business
leoplo when another crime of any moment building between Third and Filth avenues
< committed * I waa in fl tmos. Alliffjrts to get the fire
The Governor is brave indeed to take Under contril seemed fntile. The fire de-
this responsibility on his Bhonlders, when P«tmeat, reinforced by scoreB of volon-
he has been advised by men who knew all »«•». sent steady streams against the w.lls
the facts and had only the good of thnpto- of fiamo, bnt ha* to retreat ns the Bro
pie at heart that the execution sbonid not »»*P' resislUs-ily on. It did not stop nn-
be interfered with. We tear that some day til naterlal for it to feed npon waa lacking,
tho good pooplo of onr law-abiding connty I This fito, together with he one of the
will be htmtilialed by another knklnx mob, previous week, •destroyed nesriy all of tho
as they will not await tbo alow and dread-1 burinoftR portion ot tho town, leaving only
tally uuo- rtaitr ooareo of the law aud the ! * !•» » to rca standing. Doth aider ot Bilvar
kiud-hearted, falterinK Governor. and Copper streets wero bnmed for a dis-
J-rTict tanco of three blreks. The lasses
- ... I ore partially covered by insurance
rac oovinsoB ncso ix mnttor. ot al f ont jjo.OOa Tho loss by tbo
Daltcu, July 8—Tho nows of two Area will amount to fully fCOO,000.
tho commutation of Ho>man s sen* I About 300 porsons suffered from the con*
•fence did not roach hero until Qagratinn and many of them have lost
lato yesterday eveuiDg, and the news did n, eir all, being virtually bom- Iobs. A Urge
not spread. Tho town was Toll of people j number are living ill tents. The work of
this morning, bent on scciog tho hfintf*. | rebuilding the burned district was begun
Liberal Succaaace Iu KnglaaC.
London, Jnly IU.—The Fast, in corn-
minting npon the Coventry elections,
Again urges npon tho government tho ne
cessity for stronger measures with regard
to Ireland, and an official coalition between
the Conservatives and Unionists. The
News rays: “Conid Mr. Gladstone have
known the result of the Coventry elections,
hs might have still farther euts:
his remarks to his American
tors yesterday. Everywhere the Lib
erals, whom at Mr. Gladstone's
request wo no longer nickname ‘Gladston-
ians,' are coming back totbeir allegianoe,
snd the question will soon be whether the
Elbe rats or Consrrvati ves will carry home-
rale." The Daily Telegram and Chronicle
both oontim. elaborate arguments with a
view to showing that the rtenit of the Cov
entry elections coaid have been torsecu bnt
that it demoueiratci the uccu ul n uei'—
organization of the Unionist party.
filorth Carolina * Special tax llonde.
New You, Jnly 8.—The arrangement be
tween the United States Trust Company
and Horton, Bliss A Co.,on the North Caro
lina spe cial tax bonds, embodies the follow-
log plana: The bonds to be pooled and trnxt
certificates issned; sit expenses to be ad
vanced by Morton, Bliss A Co.; settlement
with the fcjtate to be obtained on the basis
ot new four per cent bonds In exchange for
the present bonds—the distribution to be
as follows: Forty per cent, of the principal
of the present bonds to go to the first cer
tificate holders, other receipts from the
State to be equally divided between certifi
cate holders snd Morton, Bliss A Co.
A Steamship Ashore*
Boston, July 10.—A Boston Journal spe
cial from Halifax, K. 8., says: The steamer
Merrimack, from Halifax for Boston, is
ashore ou Little Hope Island, some miles
eff Liverpool, N. S. The passeogers, 100
in Dumber, all got sshcre safely, and will
be taken to lbs main land in a soiling eratt.
The nearest telegraph station is twenty
milet from the scene ot tbs wreck. The
vessel will be s total love. The Merrimack
is a new iron iteamer of over 2,000 tone,
Weak tunes. epltUDg of blood, eottanmt tlon, and
kindred affeetlODa, cored wltboat pbjitcun
dree« Cor treaties, with two World'i
peaearrMedtralAaeoclatlOD, Bnfftlo, N. T.
Four thousand were present, and were to-day. The Bonton House had a narrow
mnch disappointed. Many expressed them-1 eacape. It was badly scorched,
selves freely, condemning tho aotion ot tho Cmcaoo, Jnly 10 —A Times special from
Governor in Btrong language. | Ironwood. Mich., acro. H tbo rivor from
tome ono hang front tho gallows erected jinrley, Wis., says: “Seventeen reople
in thoenbnrbs, and also from a signal pole i 08t their liveB in the Alcaztr. Tho follow.
In tho cnain street men of 8tr*w» with I j D g additional names of the dead are given:
placard* pinnod on marked John B. Gor- j. w. Vanqniok, Banmel Haley, Lanrle
don. Thia created but little attention, ex* Brainard. It ia probable that John Jarrott,
cept that tho chief magiatrato ahonld bo g^ge carpenter, wiU die from hia iujuriea.
thus degraded. The crowd waa orderly, I Jennie Beoiden, the aotrefa who leaped from
and went home in better humor than when I the thhd atory, ia al3o aeverely hnrt. Sho
they caxne. Holman went to RUlog Yawn | M hjh aha tried to persuade several othera to
last night nnder a strong gnard. There jump, bnt they delayed and the floor fell in.
was some little excitement at the train taking thorn with it.
when it left.
AN ATTEMPT TO LTMOO HOLMAN.
Atulmta, Jnly 8.—Tho penitentiary of-
FROM WASHINGTON.
flcials, to avoid any danger of mob vio- Th0 Amon »t Bto,l « n 5*"*^ Increase
lence, took Holman out of Dalton last night I “* InT «*^«»tlon Proceed!,
and carried him to tho Hieing Fawn camp. Wauhwowwl Jnly 9 —Tho President to-
Aftor the sheriff of Whitfidd oounty had day appolntnd P. Stephen Unnter to b(
Ilolman on iho train a crowd of men en-1 collector of customs for tho district of Itip
tored the car and one of them went to Hoi- pabannock, Va.
man and clutched him by tho throat. The Three aixtoen-hundred-dollar dorks In
sheriff raised hia platci and told the man if the marine dlviaion of tho Treasury Depart-
ho didn't get ont of the car he would blow I meet were diamiaaed to-day, in oonaeqnence
his brains ont, Tho crowd retired and (hero I tf tho transfer of certain work from tola di*
waa no further effort made at interference. I vision to other divisions of the treaaarv.
history of the aunts. I There were more developments to-dav in
In the annals of crime tew will equal that | Iho CMe of -Osoar J, Harvey, the
of which Holman waa couvicted. The -atory I treasury chief of division now nnder
has been more than once briefly told in the for forgery and other fraud*
Teleobajhc, bnt its outlines may be again ulenfc practices. It aeema that
sketched to explain tlio deep feeling rnani* while be waa acting as chief of tbo horse
fested by the people when he escapes the claims division, be discovered about twen-
extreme penalty of tho law. Governor ty old coses in which all the necessary
Gordon's reasons for commuting the sent-1 papers had never been finally considered,
ence were published yesterday, and wore I because of the prees of other basinets, and
b.used mainly on evidence tending to dis-1 also because no one seemed to be portion-
credit the testimony of tho prosecution’s I Uriy interested in them. Harvey took
most important witness. As developed at charge of them himself, and nnder the as-
the trial the facta of tho c^e were aa fol-1 anmed name of “W. W. Wynn/* attorney,
lows: addressed several letters to Third theAndi
On tb® d ft y of July, 1885, as a gentle- tor, urging their immediate consideration,
an u0 4 srMfiing the bridge over a creefe j Hervey than RMinrMi *b*i? Jliovsnci by
near Dalton, bo°waa toIdXy a boy that I tho acconnting c(fleers by means
someone bad boon drowned, and investiga* l ot the counterfeit stamps • and
tlon showed the body of a woman floating | forged signatures which had been so sue-
jn tho water below the bridge, where her ceariully employed by him in other cases,
clothing bad caught upon a wag. The I These claims amounted to $2,550, and checks
body was taken from the stream and an j for that amount were sent to the mythical
inquest held by the coroner, bat noth- Wynn, and in that way came into the hands
ing was developed by the testimony of Harvey, who had uo difficulty whatever
indicating in the atigbUst way the identity I in securing their payment at the Citizens'
of the murderer. That the woman had j National Rank of Washington. He forged
beet murdered was shown by the condition l the nec< nsary indorsem^ntn t j the checks
of the body. A few days later, however, end then added his own name. This now
the authorities accident-11 j camo in posses* discovery swells the total amount frandu-
sion of the cluo that led to the discovery of | lently secured by Harvey to $11,700.
the criminals. A gentleman from Murr y “
connty had left his baggy for a night at a I ^ Georgia Cotton in Now Y»rk.
livery stable a few days before, and the New Yoke, Jnly 8.—Tte first bale of new
liveryman, mistaking it for one of his cotton frem Georgia is on exhibition to-
own, hired it to a man named day in front of tie cotton exchange.
Patton, employed at a gin in the town. I New You, July 8.—The first bale of
When the owner came for his Georgia new crop cotton, weighing 433
vehicle he noticed that it was stained in pounds, was sold at auction on tho floor of
various places wslh blood, and exiled on the the Cotton Exchange to-day. After spirited
atable proprietor fur an explanation. This he bidding by prominent members of the ex
was unable to give, bnt when the body of change, it waa knocked down at 20 cents
the mardered woman was found the two per pound. The rrade wua considered
events were naturally connected. Patton green, and its market value between 9 and
and Holman, who were also employed at I 10 cents. ______
the gin, were arrested, and their conflicting | -
stories brought to light tho whole mystery. WI1 " ,c c * Consent.
The murdered woman was Matilda I London, July 10.—A uspatch from Vi-
G.1 u«r. She, Li/./i- Holcombe, t, ll* Cnr.Mcl** -*>*: Prince Perdi-
and lhe latter's twelve*year-old sister bad [ D * L d, of Sigo-Cobuig started for Kf. Pe-
spent a night at the gin about a week be- i tersburg 8stnrday to solicit the Cz ir’s cjd-
fore the body was found. At 3 o'clock in Heit to his accepUncc of the Halgarian
the morning the men fired the engine, and ' throne.
London, Jnly 8.—The Marquis of Hsrt-
ington presided to-day over a meeting of
Liberal-Unionists which took place at
Devonshire Honse, his London honno, in
response to his call to adopt meiHures for
concerted aotion on tho Irish land bill. The
meeting decided to support tho second
reading of tho bill and to reserve liberty of
aotion respecting the measure in its com
mittee stage. A committee, which inoludes
Harrington, Ohamberlain and ex-Attoruoy-
General James, was uppoiuted to consider
and report advis&blo amendments to the
bill.
Lord Harrington, in the Honso of Com
mons this afternoon, continuing the debate
on the Irish crimes bill, said ho rcoognizcd
that every portion of the majority support
ing the measure must boar the full onus of
responsibility for what has been done.
The party wbioh he himself was connected
with detnre that there should not be the
slightest doubt of their acceptance of the
government's policy towards I re
land. Mr. GUdstono had said
that tho opinion of tho oivilized
world condemned the action of
England, the exponents of that opinion
being the literature of tho world; but the
same authority had also told thorn that tho
opinion of tho educatod cIahsch on tho
question was only distinguished by self-
sufficiency and shallowness. [Cheers.] Bo
long ns ILiberai-Unioniets wero supported
by tho thinking and cultured olaas ot Eng
land they would continue with confidence
in their course, “for,” addod he, "surely
the ma< sea have no better knowledge than
the (<t1nrated rbuK >« of the relations be
tween Ireland and England."
John Dillon said ho was prepared io
legally acknowledge the duty of Irishmen
to tho Empire, but ho held that their first
duty was to tho welfare and liberty of tho
Irisn people. HIj party roproaentod a vast
aud overwhelming majority of tho people
whose fortunes tho bill uffected, and those
who contended that tho will of tho majority
ought to prevail, ought not to assUt in
passing the measure. Tho head aud
trout of the Irish members' offending
wis that for seven years they had
devoted themselves to tho struggle to
induce their caantrymen to abandon vio
lence and trnst to agitation in Parliament.
Yet they were stigmatized as associates of
avsaseins. The opinion of no civilized conn-
try in the world, he continued, was of more
value to intelligent Eoglishment than that
of America. It was ubsurd to state that
nine*tenths ot the educated pooplo of Amer
ica wero not on tho side of Ireland. Un
questionably the wholo American prens was
on t!.-ir -i b . Hi maintained that O’Brien’s
mission bad been a conspicuous success
both in tbo United States aud In Canada.
Sir William Haroourt criticised the bill at
length. In conclusion ho said that overy
town and village in tho kingdom should be
made to understand that the government
refused to Irish tenants that protection
from an old oppressive law aguiust combi
nations which they grunted to trades
unions. The people could not always be
deceived by tbo bogey of "ParneUinm."
Crime was dying out, the Gladstouiang
woro daily gaining and professed Unionists
losing votes, and the homo rule cause was
certain to win in tho long run.
Mr. Goschen then roue to speak, where
upon the Parnellitos left the House in a
body. Mr. Goschen said he would not stop
to inquire when Parnell coosed to be bogey
to liuicourt. Thegovuruni ut’n contention
was not that the bill Was justified because
others as drastic had been passed, but that
it was necobsary. Tho bill waa only perma
nent in lhe a anso that the government re- •
fuhod to publish the date upon which the
bill should cease to operate, and
tho government did this becauso experience
had shown that half of the inefficiency of
the proceedings of similar measures waa
da.'to the fact that they operated for too
short a period. Referring to Gladstone’s
bi.D, he suid tho Conrervutives had defeat
ed both of them. "Hear! Hear!" shouted
Mr. Gladstone amid the laughter and cheers,
and Mr. G Hcbeu exclaimed: "Oh, spleu-
did admission! Oh, splendid repentance!'*
Continuing, Mr. Goschen domed that the
literature of tho civilized world condemned
the government's policy. The Americans,
in their struggle for tho maintenance of the
anion, woro not inflaencod by the opinion
of English statesmen, and if Americxn
opinion was xgainst the oontinuanca of the
union of England and Ireland, wbioh he did
not believe, the Unionists wonld not be in
fluenced by that opionion in their defenae
of such cause.
Mr. Redmond concluded the debate,
amid signs of impatenco.
The crimen bill passed its third reading
by a vote ot 319 to 2G2. The announce
ment of the vote was receivod with cheers
and counter cheers.
THE INVITATION RENEWED.
PnvIilMt IT-
October. #
St. Louu, July 8.—The mass mooting ot
citizens called yesterday to meet at the
Merchants’ Exchange to-day to take publio
action in ngard to inviting President Cleve
land to visit St. Louie in the antumn aasem-
bled at 1 o'clock and waa called to order by
the president of the exchange. Tho meet
ing w,*« quite large. After three or four
ip (.echos Dj pFomipoQt citizens, the follow
ing wai adopted:
"The p'.oplo of St. Louis, assembled at a
publio meeting called for the purpen , and
held at the Merchants’ Exchange on July 8,
1887, respectfully and earnestly extend to
the President of tho United States and to
Mrs. Cleveland an invitation to vijit the
city and become its guests for the week
commencing October 2, 1887. In doing ho
thev beg le ivo to urge on the President
their deniro to give him a welcome that will
demonstrate the respect and love they have
for him as a public officer and as a man.”
The mayor of St. Louis and a committee
to be selected by him arc* appointed to pro
ceed to WebUngton and deliver this invita
tion to the Pr**irt*nt
Gai s, July 10. I Lh afternoon fire
broke ont in the rear portion cf Stuart’s
dr ig store* at Bryan. Tfce building, to-
g- tber with that occupied by Wm. Hoppe's
dry goods house, waa consumed, and ad
joining property was damaged. Lose.
$ 10,000.