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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY. MAY 8.18R8—TWELVE PAGES.
LYNCHED.
Henry Pope Taken From Jail
Bv* Masked Men,
UNO MURDERED BY STRANGULATION.
. ...Maras Himself Innocent nml Plen.le
n * J or Mercy, Uut to No Purpose—Ills-
twry of.it Remarkable Case
and Its Sliding.
Macon TtLxo&irn Bdrkau,
No, t' lin m AI 1 StHKET.
Atlanta, Oa„ May 1, 18*8.
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pita was granted until November 4, 1887.
Pending the last respite, a new trial was
granted, and during the first week in
March, 1888, he was sentenced to be hanged
on May 1st.
Governor Gordon was again petitioned
to respite Pope, and the petition was ac
companied by such strong evidence to
prove an alibi that the respite was granted
lor sixty days, and he was ordered to be
brought to Fulion county jail for sale
keeping.
The testimony upon which the Gover
nor acted was the affidavits of I. P. Ros
ser, Calvin Kite, Robert L. Itedwell,
George F. Morrison and Marion Downey.
Accompanying these affidavits was the
certificate of the clerk of court, chancellor,
county superintendent of education, post-
WASHINGTON.
Senator Ingalls F„eplies to
Senator Voorliees.
Tin
Mara
EXCITING SCENES IN THE SENATE.
Jngullft Assails the Record of Voorliees
anil Is Denounced by the Latter ns
(t Liar, a Dirty Dog and an
Infamous Scoundrel.
Tt.nrv Pope, who is alleged to have n l a * tel ' °f Centre, county treasurer, judge
lienr/ r » of p ro i,ate and four respectable merchants,
I nude .11 Aitempt at rape upon the person to the e fi- ect th t thcy knew t ] lese w R neaae8
Miss Minnie Kendrick, in Chattooga to be men of the
tr oll the 3d of February, 1887, and very best character,
soiled by Governor Gordon upon "who stood high u cltUeh. of worth and
>** respectability, and whoso statements can
i.orn evidence of five resj ectable citizens ke m ,pli c ',tly relied on,” and asked for the
i»t l’ope was not * n Chattooga county pardon of Pope, who was known in Chero-
ilay the -crime wac committed, was wee county, Ala., by the name of Ellis
L,—j last night at 2 o’clock from the , T o j n ,, .
sngeu is i a Robert L. Bedweil swears that on the
anUters of the court house at Hummer- 25th of January, 1887, he hired Henry
Lile l.y a party of fifty masked men. It Pope, and that Pope worked for him con-
known by Governor Gordon that there tinuonuly from" January 26 to February
J ” ... intense feeling against Pope in 1 ^87, Sundaysexcepted, and chopped
as an une , 4 fifty-two chords of wood during that time,
fchattoog* county, I
and nn earnest Calvin Kite swears that on tho 31st of
InJcavor w»s made to keep January he saw Pope at liis home in Cher-
S' announcement of the respite a secret, °k«> county, and also on the 1st of Jan-
""'l the mailer was requested to be with- unry going to and from work and chopping
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(coin tilts press until the principal wood. On the 2d of February saw
is r of the ipenitentiary could proceed night and morning, and on the 3rd, the
Summerville 0 n Monday and bring the day on which.it ib alleged tho rape was
Vi ..iicr away from the conn y. But the committed, Kite testifies that ho was with
knsti,uti"H °f Monday morning pub- l’°P e >® the coaling in the morning and
f. I ,i, e announcement, in the shape of again in the evening, at least an hour each
1 rumor, of the probebi lilies of P. p ’si ll| nc.
I eoiitriry to the wishes of Gov. George F. Morrison swears on the 2d of
onion. This paper reached Rome yes- I February, 1887, tha at about 10 or 11
i.. v Corning and the news was at once 0 clock a. m. lie saw Pope in Bedwell’s
Iralded lo ruinmervillc. The probabili- coaling, one and n half miles northwest of
L are that if this announcement had Cojoma, t herokee county, about fifty-three
Litieeii made Pope would not have been miles from the place it is alleged the rape
a8 he would have been removed j was committed.
„ t l’, e re-pite was known. I. D. Rosser swears that on tho 30th of
“"”^,1 'p owe r8 left Marietta yesterday ] January, 1887, he sold Pope an axe at his
liming ami readied Rome about 12 store, forty miles from the place where it
lluek witli a copy of the Governor’s 1 18 charged that the crime was committed.
Iler. Ail yesterday and last night news I . fifty miles away.
trouble was anticipated at the executive Marion Downey swears that Pope com
Lrtnicnt. About 9 o’clock this morn- menccd chopping wood in the coaling
Oovemor Gordon received the follow- j jbont January 26,1887. He chopped near
dispatch from Col. Towers: . biro in the coaling up to February 12th,
:ome, May 1—John B. (lord n. Gov- 1 and 1m knnwR that Pone was in the coal-
,r: Henry Pope wa- hanged from the { * n K on the 2d and 3d, for he saw him there
Intern of the c mrt bouse in Summer- an< l was with him; that the coaling is fifty
is at 12 o’clock last night. ! miles from the place where the attempted
.1. G. Towkus. ’ rape is alleged to have been committed.
These witnesses say that thirty or fortv
the I.YNCI'imj. others wi 1 swear the same thing,
ram parties win- emir down from In the fiosttrial nine men testsfied lo
this allernoon the toll.iwirg addi- Pope’s alibi, but Miss Kendrick, from the
I (acts wire obtained: ShtriH M Hire moment she saw him in the Summerville
Home Iasi night by private convey- jail, through the examination and cross
i with a copy of the i. tier given him examination of the trial, ceclared positive-
!ul. lower-, ile.nti -ed >•> Summer- ly that Pope was the man who committed
1 about 0 o’clock last nigbt to take the crime.
Irgeol Pope and brint; him j Atlanta These men who went up from Cherokee
afe keeping. Under advice of ill ■ comity, Alabama, to testify in Pope’s be-
ill of Chattooga _ county and . half at the first trial, went at their own
gt John W. Maddox, it was thought j expense and were rather coolly received
lo wait until this morning to take j by the people.
■f of Pope, ou account of thej feeling | They did. not go back to the second trial
certain element which had been to testify, as they were informed that it
wi lo a high iiiteh of excitement over would bo bent for them to attend to their
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respite. Al 2 o’clock this morning
|ut lifiy masked men, backed by fifteen
It guns, entered the jail and demanded
du riff that lie give them tiie key
be i-ell txcntiied by Pope. Tho men
e deierminei and .the sheriff could do
|bitt< but yirld. It was inevitable. On
"f the men took a rope from the
isjl' fur hanging purposes and
tiu'It to eriH I' pi - ».f.-
own affairs.
A HIDEOUS CRIME.
A Father Outrages Ills Olv-> naught
Young tYouinn of Eighteen.
Regnant, Johnson Co., May 1.—[Spe
cial,]—Mrs. Out’.er atisl iiaug'ntcr came t
Wrighthvill# one day last week and bad
warrants Issued for Jordan Outler for out-
,1? - ,0 ° n i" V 1 "" 1 ! 1 .'! ’ llll ' ii ' f U ! I ra 8 In B liis own child, a young lady of
’ t rern ni'n ff. IS fc 1T , T Emm what could be learned
liar S H. u : t ' ! i 1 : l ? d,<1 tllc "lory is a horrible one, and if the cul-
i an i Ih.» uu m ^ KivY l °i r< f ,,rit ** “I’pmbcndid justice will surely be
^ meted out. The fienfl nccomplislied X ,hc
[building: one end of the rope waa tied
bis neck, and the uiljer-t ; *,hc bacisr
* -'lich were some twenty feet from the
. lie was i t down ( quit,; altliough
jiwss not broken, life was anon ex-
'Je sheriff and a niimbyr of «4*
I everything they coulti to prevent
Duelling, but it was impossible to
liny impression on ihq lynchtrs, The
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TH* H'ORY OF THE,CRIME.
Minnie Kendrick, a sixteen year
,*as going through some w sods
her home and the house of a neigh-
Chattnnga count; on Thursday,
7 3d, 1887. In the woods ibe wa*
» negro who attempted to assault
hen she escaped from him she gave
ni and the country was scoured for
‘mt"l. Several i egroes were arrest-
brought to Miss Kendrick, who
"Wared as each one was brought,
*»* nut the man.
I 1’i'pe was arrested in Cherokee
Ala. May 4, 1887, charged with
K.V* rape upon Miss Minnie
, vbruar; 3, 1887, in Chattooga
lu ,»".** ,,r ' "gbt lo Summerville
r'7 ”lh. Popular indignation waa
R Miinst him and tiie excitement
•uithe country so intense that a
»«organized by direction of the
°* the Superior Court
nwmrsncen
A l 1 ',' lh * P»«PI* bv tlii-official
did not sttemi t to take him
.i^ot ‘ h e f»w and Itang
•"tilde,II » special term of the
‘«m for hia trial, and it fmind
•Wild appoint a day for his exe
. ,7 *“ the statute authorixeil.
” tint was held May 30, 1887,
7 lope was convicted and nen
11 ■i' hanged July 1, 1887.
MIRROUKDEI) BY UUABIltf
'2? as in the jail, Pope
7 * tl «ed men to pr.-t.ct liim
it i *^° Wt rc infuriated be-
horrible crime which they
" "Sd |I. riietrated. In the trial
rimmed l.im a counsel, he not
.'oistainone. After the an-
...i .'be verdict, the prisoner’s
, 'R,l not to make a motion
klT' “ a J* any efibrt was made
tl ^ b » mob. Thecoun-
Mlie advice g j rcn him and did
moti""f, ,r ,new trial. In-
7" un f'T respite was filed
, r , u ’f °ffiee, together with
ul i Gi Upon ‘‘e trial, a copy of
" ”f the court, , nd a number
Urorable to the defense which
J ‘be trial.
t wTfc •‘•bout hesitation iden-
,U,!r.r^ ,1 f. n ‘. •hen he was
i. ln Summerville. On
s rpr 1 .' 1 ^ thai b,wM
rel’k*. * Ulne persons, eight
*’?7 0re . *“* 1 Po l ,c
SllhJj'?’ L *■’ *•■
•*» have been made.
T *>E Respite.
rev L w “* ll>e fata at
1 dun- 28. 1887, Muie.1 an
al*J"S un,il September 2,
“« n * 1 ®, 1*«7, another ree-
ruinof daughter liv « good deal of p. r-
nuasiou, and finally by use of superior
foree.
On their way to town the mother and
daughter delayed a few minutes at the
hou-e of a relative, Mr. Jim Outler. Not
knowing that they were followed by the
suspicious brute, they tarried longer than
usual.
In a short time Cutter appeared and de
manded, in a gruff'manner, if his daugh
ter was in the house, ami, receiving an
affirmative answer, went in and led her
out to the road, where he heat her in tiie
face in an outrageous mmner. Tho mother
interfered aud he quit. Nbt being
daunttd by the severe castigation, tiie
daughter faced the wretch, and, with tears
flowing copiously from her bruised coun
tenance, said, “Pa, it iaall your fault,
you overpowered me. and now I am lost
forever to the world.”
The man has gone to parts unknown,
but the sheriff will institute a vigilant
aeareh for him. Tho young iady bears an
unblemished character, so far oa I know,
English Tribute to Chief Justice Waite,
From the London Law Times.
The death of a Chief Justice of the 8u
preme Court of the United States must al
ways be an event de-erring of the Hynm«
thetie notice of the legal profession in tliii
country. In the case of Chief Justice
IVaite the event appeals to us with special
force, for ho took a prominent part in the
flattering hospitality extended to Lord
Colt ridge and the other representatives of
the English judicature who visited Amer
ica two yearn ago, and it is only a few
months since he himself waa present in our
own courta, and making the personal ac
quaintance of many English lawy- ref who
wilt long remember his visit with pleas
ure. The 8upreme Court of the United
States, from the vtry nature of itacon-titu
tional -functions, scarcely affords to English
courts so abuuilsnt a stream of authority
up n the common law of both countries as
many American tribunals of inferior juris
diction. But » henever its decisions have
been iu point they have always been re
ceived in England with the highest .re
spect, to which they have gained a. title
not niily Ly »!••? dignity of toe couii ii
lint by the high individual character ol
the judges who compose it. Tiie Chief
Justices of the United States indeed form
a line of distinguished lawyers who may
well claim n place beside the holders of
any equrlly high judicial post in this
cuuutn, slid the highest praise bestowed
on Chief Jnstico Waite is that by univer
sal consent lie unfailingly maintained the
traditions of h>s office.
A I'RAMT TRUST.
Till'. 1‘OVINGTON AND.MACON.
An Interview With n Humorist.
siocltholders—Tha Election or Puck-
onieers Postponed. I “Ho you want meto tell you linw I hap
kindlier* of the Covington and pern-d to embark on a literary career, and
fead held a most satisfactory give you an idea of my methods?” said a
tie-office of the company yea- '" 'l-known humorist to the reporter.
j “W liy cert! Be stated, and lend
' to expectation, they did not ear -”
with a missionary totie the knot, he waited
for a dark night and slipped qlielly away
from hia ship. Accompanied only by a
fellow-officer, who. after swearing secrecy,
waa induced lo act as best man.
Rowing a-hore with muffled oars, the
thine two repaired to the rejidence of the kride-
expeetnnt, who was noiselersly assisted
cut lie
The directors who were! Tiie scribe sank into a luxuriously up- | roni a "'inbuw.. The little party harried
1 that there should be a lull bolstered, chair aud g.ir.-d wonderingly ly sought the tr in is ter, whe married the
The Senate of the United States never, in
all its history, witnessed a more disgraceful
scene than that to-day during the discussion
between Messrs. Ingalls and Voorhees. For
four hours each assailed the record of tiie
other and ol the leading men in the res
pective party. All the power of rhetoric,
the wrath of mutual scorn and political
rancor were brought into play, and if it
must be said that Ingalls was most self-pos
sessed, it must be added that Voorliees had
greater provocation and spoke without prep
oration.
At 2 o’clock, when the former arose to
make his previously announced speech in
reply to Mr. Voorhees, every seat in the gal
leries was occupied. People were packed
in the galleries and standing fur out in the
corridors, while representatives were rush
ing in from the House and soon took up
every foot of available room in the chamber.
Half of the members of the House heard
the whole and the greater part of the debate.
Senator Ingalls began tamely and except
that he made some general criticism of the
Indiana Senator’s war record, vulnerable
from a Republican point of view, proceeded,
without notable event, through his first
hour. It is true, he tried to prove that Mc
Clellan was disloyal, but his proofs were
miserably short of the mark. As to Han
cock, he seemed, by his' compliments, to
seek to disarm public criticism o( his previ
ous speech and by indirection to show thnt
h® had not slandered the (lend warrior. In’
his last hour, he pitched into the Southern
Confederacy, which, he charged, still exist
ed, although he did aGrait that somehow
slavery and secession had dropped out of
the controversy.
Senator Voorhees’ reply was excellent,
up to a certain point. He spoke for
one hour, and denounced as slanders which
he spat upon, spurned and trampled under
foot the exploded campaign charges which
the people of Indiana ao little regarded that
he had carried the State by thirty thousand
majority. But when, upon Ingalls’ second
speech, the latter revamped the old state
ments connecting Indiana with the Knights
of the Golden Circle and other treasonable
associations, and proceeded, on tho author
ity of Representative Johnston, (whose name
he did not call,) to declare that soldiers had
threatened once to hang Voorhees with
bell-rope, the patience of Senator Voorhees
gave completely out, nnd lie denounced both
Ingalls’ informant and Ingulls himself as
INFAMOUS LIARS AND SCOUNDRELB.
The excitement which had been steadily grow
ing was now intense; Senators arose in all
parts of the chamber, still there was no appeal
to the chair and the incedent passed with a
request for Sonatois to be seated.
Ingalls, in tiie course of Ids remarks,
slashed at almost all the great Democrats of
the present age and spared neither the liv
ing nor the dead. Voorhees ridiculed tho
Kansas Senator’s unsavory record. Ingalls
made his greatest sensation when he read a
list of treasonable papers, said io have been
found in Voorhees’. law office, but which
the latter said were placed there by ids
enemies. Letters dated December ‘ 18G0 and
April 1861, written by Senator Voorliees,
were read for the - purpose of criminating
him with sympathy for the south. It was
asserted by the Kansas Senator and denoun
ced by the Indiana Senator as a falsehood
that the latter had voted against war mess-
surea and pensions to veterans. Ingalls
was challenged to show the truth of ft but he
to recklessly charged. He did not make the
charge good.
Tiie day closed with speeches by Senators
Eustls and Gibson in Vindication of Louisi
ana from Senator Ingalls’ statement affect
ing their State. Mr. Eustis’ speech was very
satisfactory und made an evident impres
•ion by its force and candor.
For all this disturbance of the public
mind and degradation of the dignity of tho
American Senate, Mr. Ingalls is responsible.
His traduction of distinguished Democrats
and Ids shameless violation of all the pro
prieties of debate in hia first speech on the
iependent pension bill were, however, suf-
acicntly rebuked by Mr. Black
burn, And therefore .the eloquent
effort of Mr. Voorhees last
week was misplaced and m necessary. To
day, having to defend himself from terioni
imputations, he did technically violate the
rules of parliamentary bodies. His effort
wan weakened by this intemperate Ian-
Senator Colquitt will start from here Fri
day, expecting to be at the State convention
next week.
The matter of Postmaster nanes, ‘of
Jonesboro, has been settled by hia continu
ance in office.
Mr. J. II. Wallaee, of Conyera, formerly
assistant editor of the Solid South, has been
appointed to a situation in the government
printing office.
More than two third* ui the petitions
in favor of aid to common schools, have been
assorted, bundled and labeled by States for
the use of the committee on education by
Mr. Williams, its clerk. There are seventy
from Georgia, six from South Carolina and
four from Florida. C. W. II.
representation of thestockliohiersall along
the line front Macon to Athens, and de
nied to defer the election of officers until
the road is completed. The present board
of officers will therefore remain over.
There is present in the city now Mr.
Alexander Brown,-of Baltimore; Judge
H. M. Herman, of New York; Mr. J. II.
SweoUer, of New York, anS Col. E. C.
ben, the contiactor of tlie road. These
gentlemen represent a considerable amount
wealth and financial influence.
Ehey are! here on business, and also for
little recreation. They arc delighted
witli Macon, and yesterday their enjoy
ment of tin- climate and the city was evi
dent.
To-morrow they will take a run up to
Madison on the new road andseefor them
selves how the line is progressing. They
will find that Col. Machen is pushing it to
ward Athens at a rapid rate, and by the
way tiie Seaboard and Roanoke system is
pushing nlmn«t as fast to Athens. Mr. J.
M. Robinson, of that system, lias just re
turned front Europe, and reports thnt he
will push hia road with vigor.
As it is known that this will bean im
portant connection of the Covington and
Macon, the reporter asked Col. Machen
yesterday if the C. & M. was not a part of
the system. lie replied, as he had frequent
ly replied before, but with perhaps more
emphasis, that thec. &M. was an absolutely
independent line, seeking kindly the in
terests of everybody and offering equal
facilities in the same humble way to do
business with all on equal terms.
The presence of so many distinguished
capitalists and shareowners in tlio power
ful railroads of the country, suggests if it
does not mean that the Pennsylvania Cen
tral is res. ltiug out its strong arm into
Georgia. There is every probability that
the road frpni Macon to Waycross will be
boil!, and-this, with thu Covington and
Macon to Athens, with its important con
nections, and the Macon and Wavcross
spreading out with outstretched hand into
Florida and the seaboard, and with the
other hand pointing to Birmingham, tiie
railroad situation for Macon grows more
and more interesting, and more and more
important to Macon.
around him. The room was furnished with young offi'- r and his sweetheart. The
more than oriental magnificence. Wrap- bride wa* then returned to her father’s
ped in an almost priceless Turkish mue bouse, us she had been taken away, by tho
stood tiie humorist, an indulgent smile window, and the officer then has-
uj»on hia lips. At his feet crouched a slave f enen altoard Bliip. The bride-
in an attitude of abject submission. A 8room does not appear to have formed any
purfumed fountain tilled the air with v f r 7 definite plans for the disposition of
odors, and a concealed orchestra was dis- hia dusky bride, but from the account
coursing music of unearthly beauty. "'Iticli readies here, lie appears to be
Everything bespoke refinement and dead «ufflcifffitly infatuated with her to bring
loads of cash. I, “' ’" * l:. — .. . -
Dismissing the trembling slave witli a
haughty gesture, and handing the reporter
a seventy-five cent cigur, the proprietor of
nil ti*is luxury threw himself upon a divan.
“To become n succvtosul humorist," he
6aid “one must possess gre at nerve ami . x-
ccp&tnnl endurance. 1 liuve both; I ac-
quild H em five yean ago, while traveling
her to America upon his return to hS
native land.
THE TRIHUNE IMPOSED ON.
How n llrlllinlit I.tar Did Up the Unsophis-
1lcHtt*d Ktlitor.
From tbo Xnthvillc Democrat.
The Democrat published Monday the
Chicago Tribune’s slanderous article on the
A THRILLING OCCURRENCE.
Tho Mlrnculoiifi Kicnpo of LikIIph nail
(Ihrilflren Sfroa* a SSorriblo lionth.
Passengers on the train lrom Columbus
yesterday report the following: On Mon
day evening as train No. 1, which left Ma
con at 10:1(1 a. m., was passing over the
Mobile ami Girard portion of the route to
Troy, on the trestle thnt spans the Hatch-
echubbee creek near Hatchcrhubbce, to
his great surprise Engineer Ledbetter dis
cover! two ladies, Mr*. Turner and Mrs.
Wool folk, with two or three children and
a nurse about midway of the trestle. The
foTmer with two children and the nurse
succeeded after making a desperate
effort iu reach terra firms.
Mrs. Wnolfoik, it tcosicu, became
crazed by fear and catching hold of a
liild threw it oil' the trestle beneath add-
_ lunged healiihg after it. The down
grade tveing so great when the train was
running all the effort! to Mop it proved
less. The engineer'reversed his engine
nd applied k the air brake, but it did no;
Stop me train until it Bad passed tiie
point of the tre* 1 )® where the Indies had
stood
After tiie train had been brought to a
stop, Connector K. T. Davis went bnck
with his crew to where the unfortunate
Iady was lying prostrate and
unconscious. The conductor kindly
:d her op the train
aud took her to llatcUcchubhoe, her
_ >iue. She was badly bruised, but not
seriously hurt, though she had an ugly
ash in the lace, caused by striking some
Timbers beneath the trestle. The child
was not hnrt in the least.
The escape of all the party seemed al
most miraculous, and may lie put down as
one of the most thrilling occurrences that
ever came under the observation of Con
ductor Davis and Engineer Ledbetter.
JILACK TO WHITE.
, Most Excellent.
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writes: "My family and I are beneflrUriee of
jroor most excellent medicine, l>r. King's New
Discovery for Consumption; having found It to
be all that yon claim for It, desire to testify to
Its virtue. My friends to whom > have recom
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Gigantic Combine In the American States
men's Favorite Dainty.
Norfolk, April 30.—A peanut treat has
been f rmcJ iu this city, embracing firms
engaged in the peanut trade in fit. Lanls,
Cincinnati, New York, Norfolk and Smith-
vlllr, Va.; in fact, the entire peanut interest
in ibe country, with the exception of three a u,7tr^'^«;nmrer iha~ SeTTC
aroillcotcrma. A pr^WVct and board of * been a decrewe of $-.000,000 in the public
l direct ora hare been elected. * debt during the ruouth of A|*ril,
! • Yin^aBiSs} 1 f f li J-.’ 4 rl
fti ifiJnlifiM wiiH,
Debt Reduction.
Was-IKOTON. April 3a—It il estimated
A Rcinnrknblo V ice of the Clinnge of
Negro's Complexion.
Tom Lumpkin, who was for a long lime
the porter at the city linil, but who moved
to Milledpcville, w o* in town yesterday,
with hiasix-year-old daughter, who is much
of a coriaaity.' fluagthlng over a year ago,
the child, which w«* of a ginger-cadre
color, began to turn white, the skin whit
ening in spots. It continued in this trans
formation until the entire Itody, face and
limbs was as white ns tiie skin of the aver
age white child, witli the exception of a
band of about tho width of an inch and a
half around the neck, which retained its
original color. A few week* ago the child
went to Florida, and while there, Tom saya
she waa sun burnt, and the original ginger-
cnkincss returned in splotchca
the cheeks. This, he says
will go away in a week
or so, leaving the ebook* white nnd rosy,
This is the second instance of the kind
known in Macon. It will lie remembered
that n negro, now in tho penitentiary, who
made a murderous as«ault upon sir. I’.
O’Hara, was almo-t white, his skin bavin):
changed from a gingercase to a pink am
white.
Tom is very proud of his littledaughter,
and yesterday seemed to take great pride
in exhibiting her on the street to his
friends, filie is remarkably healthy and
has never been sick a day. Her features
are not at ail in keeping with the present
color of her complexion.
A CASK UP II V DKol-HOUIA.
Tom’s Cabin’ mid 'tlaz.-l Kirke.’ As you
may imagine, 1 have in my time played
many parte. It is difficult to produce
‘Hamlet’ with only four people; but il cun
be done, sir. I was stage manager of inv
combination, snd tho tnx upon my
mental resourcer was frequency hi
great that my associates Dared
for my reason. But I came
out of the ordeal'with unimpaired facul
ties nnd $11; and I attribute all n y sub
sequent success to the somewhat trying ex
periences of that season. They developed
in me phenomenal quioknesa of bndr and
mind. You would be surprised we e I to
inform you with wliat rapidity and under
tvliat adverse circumstances I have some
times been obliged to leave a town. Alasl
my associates shared neither my ability
nor my good fortune. My heavy man nnd
my low comedian were slain by nn audi
ence in Montana during n performance i f
‘Hazel Kirke.’ My leadu g Indy was
spared on account of her age—for these
untutored children of the West, iuipul-ivc
ns they are, always re-spect gray hair.
During the disturbance, I took my depart
ure and the receipts with as little ostenta
tion ns possible.
“But 1 fear 1 am becoming prolix. You
wish to know by what mental process I
evolve the jests which have made my
name a household word, and have brought
me wealth.
“My dear boy, any man of ordinary
quickness nnd intelligeneo can become u
humorist. Everything he sees ought to
suggest facetious ideas to him. Let me
illustrate.”
The humorist seized the morning paper
and glanced at tiie editorial column.
“Now here.” he said, “is an nrtiele on a
recent canard. It commences ns follows:
‘A false rumor has lately gained currency. 1
Now, wliat do those few Word* sugge-t to
me? A brand-new, tliree-dollar jist ( sir.”
The humorist produced a pencil and
hastily wrote ti few lines, which lie handed
in tho reporter,‘saying; “Iwnu."
The reporter read:
“‘Would that I were a false rumor,’
wailed a languid two hundred pound
tramp, ‘for they always gain currency ’ ”
“Chaste, is it not?" said the humorist.
“Now do you begin to get onto inv meth
ods? I will give you another Uli>Mr*ti::n.
Here is a paragraph beginning: ‘We re
gret tliat our report of Mr*. 1),- Mag’mnU’t
reception lm* Iteen crowded out by an un
expected pressure of other ma ter.' Witli
ligiitning-likc rapidity I evolve the follow
ing:
“ ’Crowded out by an unexpected pro
sure—thr youth who is suddenly caress d
by tus buol-ioe of hie hast girl’s father.’ *
The reporter murmured his admiration.
“1 will now turn to the advertising col
umns,” went ou the humorist with admiri-
tion. “My eyes rest upon these word*:
'Symphony concert to-night,’ and immedi
ately this sparkling je«t occurs to me:
‘Symphony concert to-night; doe n’t that
seem funny?’ Ses? Bui you are ill?”
“It is nothing,” said tin- reporter, mak
ing an effort tu smite. “Go on, if you
please.”
''Certainly I Here ia a picture,” and tho
humorist exhibited a well known engrav
ing of Niagara Falls, “Suppose I wanted
to print this in a minium s paper, and
wanted some funny dialogue for it. Notice
that group of tourista in tho foreground;
observe that six-year-old boy; be suggests
the idea, and here it is:
“‘Algernon—Papa are you going to be
ourgnide while we are at the Falls?’
.. .i>
there
appeared an interview with one John J.
McDonnell, of this city, in which he stated '
lliBt he had been run out of Humboldt.
Tcnn., and his life threatened by one Albert
Hudson, a bank cashier of tha place, and
oilier Democratic residents, for no other
reason than that lie was a Northern
lb-publican and was in the habit of read
ing the Chicago Tribune and other Repub
lican newspapers. Since that time we
have received lelegramK nnd letters from
Mr. Arthur Jessup, editor of the Hum
boldt Messenger, and from the cashier in
question, ns well as a statement from th#
Humboldt Messenger, all of which were
printed in our i-sue of the 22d instant, es
tablishing the falsity of the McDonnell
story in every particular, and attributing
Id* sudden exit to some mysterious woman
affair.
“It i< needle** to say that tho Tribune
has no knowledge of its own why he left
Humboldt so suddenly, nor any idea why
lie should have sought tu wreak his re
venge upon Mr. A. R. Dodeonornny other
resident of that place. Mr. McDonnell
called at the Tribuno office nnd solicited
the interview in question. He was a man
of good appearance and apparently told
his story in a plausible, consistent and
straightforward manner, nnd tho Tribune
printed it with >ul editor! *1 endorsement
or comment. We are at as much a Iosb to
know ft by ii* should have falsely .maligned
the poop ■ of Humboldt as we are why he
should liuv. |>nIni. d oil a falsehood on the
Tribune, it is uut always po-sihic fora
newspaper lo protect itself against imposi
tion of till. kind. In this instance it
heightened the probability of tho bogus
atory in tlmi there arc places in the South
where a 1!< publican paper Earn 'leal as the
Tribune would not lie tolerated,and where
Republican* them*, lvex are iusuile I, ostra
cised nml menaced with violence if they
express their opinions. While, therefore,
it is not strange that an imposition was
Miceesefuily )>rac iced in this case, the
“ "hunc mme ibe ies* regrets that it was
1 as tiie medium of Injustice to people
of Humboldt, and has already made
mends for it by printing the telegrams
•red t
Papa No, my son. What nindo you
think that?*
“‘Algernon—Because mamma said you
would be guyed wherever we went.’ ”
The humorist would have continued hia
remarks, but it came to pass that the re
porter girded up his loins and fled.
ELOI'ED WITH A DUr>l<Y MAIDEN.
How a Young Am**r1rnn Naval Officer
Weihlml a Honolulu Beauty.
From the New York World.
Washington, Ap'il_25.—An officer
aboard one of the Uni ed States vessel
cruising in the Pacific station writes con-
and letters referred to.”
King Cotton Geltli.K nn Ills Vert.
From the I’hilnd. Iphta Times.
No sttieii has !.. Co raid u'siui the mar
velous growth of the iron industries in the
Soutli tltst public attention has been with
drawn Iron, another industry which is ni
longer standing and of equal if not greater
importance. Formerly the South grew cot
ton to lie manufactured elsewhere, buying
its own manufactured cotton goods in
Northern or Itriii*b m*rkcts. I...*.; ibis
will be necessary much longer is not
likely, judging by the growth of the cotton
manufacturing industry in that section
sinco 1880.
The Manufacturers’ Record, of Balti
more, recently pres, tiled n carefully pro-
pared statement of (lie growth and condi
tion of this industry in tiie fiouth. The
exhibit is remarkable. In 1880 there were
in the thirteen fioutliern States 170 cotton
milla, containing 713,989 spindles and 15,-
222 looms. In 1887 this number hnd
grown to 294 mills, with 1,496,145 spindles
and 34,000 looms. With the additions now.
under construction in a number of the
larger mills, the total of spindles in opera
tion will soon be iucreased to 1,736,000,
with ll'.issi binrii*. Tiie product of the
mills has increased in value from $21,000,-
*00 in 1880 to $13,000,000 in 1087. In
other words, seven years have doubled tha
cotton mill capacity ot this section.
While every Southern State but Florida
lias been affected to some extent by this
boom in cotton manufacturing, Georgia,
Maryland, the Carolina*, Alabama and
Tennessee have benefited most by it.
Progress has been slowest in Texas, Ken
tucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisir
ana.' The manufacturer* express great
confidence that the business has nut yet
approached the line at which it ia in dan
ger of being overdone, but they are wisely
making preparations to vary the lines of
lirnduciion, e-pecially in the direction of a
better class of goods.
It might be expected that this marvelous
A Dog lUtHB Hoy Who lit Turn lllte* An*
other its»».
The news came in yesterday from Mr.
Murray Whittle’s plantation, twelve miles
from Macon, on the Macon and Western
Railroad, of a horrible n.ad dog affair.
It teem* that a few days ago one of the
dogs on the place was found to bemad.
In tho efforts of the bands about the place
fidcntinlly to a friend in this city giving increase of the cotton manufacturing cap*
the details of the unique elopement and city of the South would have damag. d the
marriage of a brother otficer. The names same industry in New England and other
of the into rated parties have been kept Northern Male#. This docs not seem io
secret, but the story itself ha* lesked out. j have been the case, aa a summary of th#
A promising young officer of the Pacifi cotton industry in New England, furnished
will ad re.n while ashore at Ilono ulu re- recently bv Bradstreet’a, shows that the
cently became deeply smitten witli 'he average dividendsof the companies in that
charom of a young native girl, whose dusky section for tiie year just closed were larger
skin did not prevent her from entertaining than for 1886, and a* a rule fairly remnn-
very correct idea, about the atlenrions she eralive. Ac. o ding to the same authority
should allow a foreign officer to show her. the mills are now running to their full
The young woman’s father had observed capaeitv, with goods in many in lances
with a jealous eye the adn iring gLncr* of wild ahead of production. This ia hut
the officer, and had forbidden bu pretty . another way for saying that the increased
daughter to receive the atientiona in any production of the South ia all absorbed by
form, going so far aa to return
L. Jam several nosegays the
American bad sent to his in
amorata. The young lady, however, aj>-
pears to have lost her heart w ry early m
the epiaode. and rebelled violently when
her father informed her that if he ihnuld
intercept another love letter from young
“Bras* Buttons,” a* be contentptumi.ly
styled the offb-er, he would I* obliged to
to dispatch him he bit a nc ro boy who l, * e •y u, ° .“
suddenly had all the aymptoms of hydro-1 >?«* b« «P «"•>' ‘be American squadron
phobia, raving, fawning at the niouih, j R.hoobl ^* Te ^b- port.
snapping and biting „t everything that At a clandestine meeting of the pair this
came within retch. He succeed*d in bit- •>>«»• was commumcaud lo H.e young
ing a younger brother on the leg and neck "b‘> tomjalintehr .«£“«* "P* »
but up to yesterday the little fallow had ^e.p rate resolution. Going to the irate
not shown any sign* of the malady. The ! fa‘h« he made a formalpr.o*»»lof msr.
f i riage, whn-h the old gintlvman indig
nantly declined. The young man pleaded
t,i no'ioiron**. The dusky parent ft*» ob
durate. The young fellow then made up
Id* mind to take the ma ter into his own
handa.
Scoring the consent of the young lady,
which sscem* to have been forthcoming
readily .nough, lie planmdau elopement
in genuine American tasiiion* Ariat.g
fir.t l»>y bitten. *om«what
yesterday, requiring only two men to bold
him. '
immediately alter tl.e dog bad bitten
the boy, whirn waa filer be had bitten sev
eral dogs on the plate, he wa killed and
then the owner oider<"l that .ill the .logs
on the pri'iaiseabe killed which »a*done.
* ‘dog yet
- T rteA
the worst
the inrreasino snd prosperous popuU.'.u.i
of that section.
An old hermit of Mound Valley, Nev.,
lias been adopted by a lot of jack rabbits.
The man lives alone In a ranch, and de
votes himself to stock raising. Aa he
doesn’t try to raise vegetable* the rabbits
could do trim no haem, and as he has
never tried lo drive them away. They
soon became very tame, anil, as tin;
lack rabbit ia rather an alii, .innate
animal anyway, they kcpt_ making Lure
advan.es and' trials of friendship nntil
they snd the old man have become
quite sociable. When he goe# cut after
Ids cows two or three .Io - n rabbits will
come trooping along after him, leaping
around him, running! tween lis itgs and
nibbling hi* Anger*. They oftea bread#
his cabin, icap on hia bod, and H itmieh
around after something to cat. lie h >*
taught some of the more ir.'allig. ..t rab
bits a number of tricks, surl. *- jumping
over a bar or tblD'ich a ring, *..lki:.g on
their hind leg*, and jnmpiug over on* an
other like leap frog. *