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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY* DECEMBER 11. 18P8.—TWKLVfi PAGES.
LOOK OUT, DUDLEY!
Your Chances for the Peni
tentiary Are Good.
BLOCKS OF FIVE WILL 00 IT.
Strongly Believed that the Grand Jarj
Will Indict the Bom Corruptionist—
McDonald Indorses the New
York Interview.
IxuiANATOLIS, Dec. 5.—The.federal grand
} ary convened yesterday. Considerable in
terest it attached to its deliberations from
the fact that it is currently reported that the
United States district attorney, acting under
special instructions of the court, will bring
before the grand jury all the eridence ob
tainable tending to show corrupt practices
at the late election. Particular interest cen-
trts in the result of the investigation into
certain letters alleged to have been written
by a prominent politician which waa wide y
published the last week of the campaign. It
ia known that this alleged letter will be
handed to the grand jury.
Of course it is impossible to ascertain what
are the detail! of their eridence or what is
transpiring in the jury room, as the court
especially enjoined the jury and officials to
absolute siieuce.
All interests centers in the prosecution of
what is known as the “Dudley case.” The
opinion ii openly expressed about the conrt
house that an indictment will certainly be
returned in this case. The positive instruc
tions of the court, District Judge Woods, re
lating to the violation or advice to others to
violate the election laws is what convinces
many that the jury will find a bill against
Col. Dudley.
HOLDING THE WARRANT IN READINESS.
The United States marshal’s warrant for
his arrest was issued two days after the pub*
lication of the “Bloeke of Five” letter, said
to have been written by Dudley. This war
rant is still out, and wul be held ready for
instant service until an indictment is re
turned against him. The letter, of coarse,
will be the basis of the indictment in case
there is any indictment.
The evidence against Dndlev has not yet
been presented to the grand jury, but it is
being collected, and some of the witnesses
are within call.
EX SENATOR M’DONALD INTERVIEWED.
Ex-Senator McDonald returned from New
York today. He indorses the interview in
whioh he is reported as having told Dudley
that be was to be arrested the moment he
set foot ou Hoosier soil.
“1 met Col. Dudley in the corridor of the
Fifth Avenue hotel,” said Mr. McDonald.
*'He came np and shook hands and 1 told
him that they were looking for him out in
Indiana, and that he would be arrested the
'minute he crossed the line. He said that he
waa not afraid, and that he had some dyna
mite in bis pocket to use in case there was
any occasion for if.” 1 told him that I hoped
that he would use it. “Senator, could Dud-
lev be arrested unless he came to Indiana?”
if an indictment were returned.”
, TUK ATIOltNEY-GF.NKUAL’B REPORT.
He Pleads for Improved Methods la the
Department.
Washington, Dec. 5.—Attorney General
Garland has made his annual report to con-
greas of the business of the department of
justice during the last fiscal year, together
with the statistics of crime against the
United States nnd n statement of the husi-
u-re of the supreme court and the conrt of
claims. He advocates the passage of the bill
now pending in congress for the appointment
of a commission to inquire into the ndvisi-
biiitv of bniiding government penitentiaries
and reformatories and says:
It wonld seem that the Untied States
should have model prisons atid reformatories
of its own in which to confine its criminals,
and provisions could be made for the em
ployment of the inmates at some suitable
Industrie* or system of labor which would
not violate the recent act of congress nor be
inconsistent with laws passed by several
states and the prevailing opinion relative to
the subject of contract labor."
-There were 1,875 government prisoners in
' custody daring the year. He urges an up-
’ propriation for the restoration nnd preser
vation of the court records, and in advocat-
' Ing certain changes in the judicial system of
■ the United States says:
It is impossible to overestimate the neces
sity that exista for n change in the judicial
system to meet the demands of the con
stantly increasing business of the conntry,
and I would simply call attention in this
- connection to my suggestion* in my last re-
: port and respectlnlly urge that some change
be made that will remedy the evils com
plained of on ail sides, whether that change
be in accordance with my views or not.
He renews the recommendation made in
former reports that a proper bnilding for
the accommodation of the supreme court
and the other courts and commissions of the
United States as well hs for the increasing
business of the Department of Justice, be
greeted on the public grounds adjoining the
present bniiding.
I u regard to the payment of special deputy
-narshais, the attorney-general says:
“The appropriation for the current fiscal
year for fees and expenses of marshals is
{<775,000, but by a special provision incorpo
rated in the appropriation act ouly $300,000
can be advanced to marshals. Numerous
special deputy marshals were appointed
•under the laws’ providing therefor to serve
at the recent election. To pay these will
require a large sum, and if their pay
be taken from the appropriation
above mentioned, nothing will remain for
the expenses of the service of process, and
the business of the United States courts all
over the conntry will be seriously impeded.
I recommend that a special appropriation be
made to pay these deputies.”
Other specific recommendations are:
That the marshals be allowed increased
expenses in the service of processes arising
out of the enforcement of the interstate
coptm^ree law, aud that the feea ami sal
aries be readjusted in accordance with pre
vious recommendations.
THE GUIs UUtsar.
JACKSONVILLE’S MAYOR.
Why Ho Util Not Return to the Fever.
Stricken City Before This.
Hon. C. B. Smith, a prominent merchant
of Jacksonville, and the mayor of that
stricken city, passed through the city yes
terday en " route to Savannah, where lie
will remain until he can enter Jackson
ville. Mr. Smith, at the outbreak of the
fever, was in the wilds of North Carolina,
seeking rest after an illness of typhoid
fever, and it was nearly a week after its
commencement before he heard of the
dreaded evil.
Hurrying homeward he reached Sayan-
nan, and, staying there ever night, pur
chased tickets to Jacksonville, when he
was cautioned by several Savannah physi
cians not to go home on account of his con
dition at that time. To this was added a
telegram from the board of health at Jack
sonville advising,Mr. Smith to stay away,
for awhile at least, and that the city was
more in need of funds than officers.
This decided the gentleman, and pur
chasing tickets to Cleveland, Ohio, he
made a trip to that citv, his former home,
for the purpose of raisfog funds.
The success that he achieved at this can
easily he seen, when it is renumbered that
from this section, where Mr. Smith so
licited aid, a sum exceeding one hundred
and seventy-five thousand dollars was sent
to the stricken city, and the lund was
swelled by similar contributions even after
the press had cried enough.
Sir. Smith was seen by a Telegraph
man as he was leaving for Savannah yes
terday morning and questioned him at
length concerning Jacksonville and the re
sult from the fever.
“You can put me down as always look
ing on the bright side of things,” said the
gentleman, “and I want to say further
that, it has been my greatest help during
this dreaded pestilence.”
“Well, I think that by the middle of
January Jacksonville will be crowded
with visitors. In Buffalo, Rochester, Al
bany, and in fact everywhere I have been,
there is one constant inquiry as to when
the fever will be stamped oat and visitors
can go through the state with impunity.
This will last until earlv spring, when
there will be a rush for Northern places,
and then is the time when we will suffer.”
“How do you expret to prevent the
fever and its evil results?"
“That is a question which I hope will
be solved at an early day, aud that, I be
lieve, for a good while. I am in favor of
bonding the city for a million dollars, and
so plan the sewage of the city and im
prove the water fronts that we shall for
ever bar out yellow jack. I own probably
as much proparty in the city as any other
citizen, or very nearly so, aud I care not
what the taxes amount to so long as the
work is accomplished. It must be done.
The payment for the improvements can
come in other years.”.
“Then again, the Plant Steamship Line
must not be permitted to bring over pas-
sengi rs an baggage from Havana in the
spring and summer, as they have been
permitted to do in the past.
“A state board of hcaith must aiso come,
and, our new governor dicing a Jackson-
villian, and haring the interests of all
sections at heart, will see to this import
ant matter, so far as it lies in his power,”
“Yes, we will sufler much this winter
from loss of travel; but, then, there will
be large numbers tome down. Next sum
mer will he the bugbear. We must pre
pare for it with strong hearts.”
VAULTED MILLIONS.
Report of the Secretary of
the Treasury-
MR. INMAN ANl> GEORGIA.
Rut Ilesseiuer Cast bteel Cannon Fatted
When Tested.
Annapolis, Md., Dec. 5.—At the second
test of the Bessemer cast steel gun at the
proving grounds at the Naval Academy this
’■afternoon the gnn burst into nnmberlew
■pieces, breaking the heavy-timbered plat,
farm it was on into a thousand fragments.
The first charge was thirty-six pounds, the
aeeond forty-eight, the regulation charge.
The can, made of Bessemer cast steel by
the Pittsburg Bteel Casting company, waa Id
feet 1 iueh in length, and weighed 10,000
pounds. It was charged with forty-eight
pounds of powder, and shot a concave ball
of 100 pounds. The government lost in de
struction of properly about $5,000 by the
J"* eating of the gun. Ensign Robert T.
TJxxfciell, one of the officers who made the
tcet, said the experiment proves that Bease-
user cast atetl will not do for great guns. It
has not elasticity enough. The gnn ex
ploded had a pressure ol fourteen and one-
G-utli tons to the square inch. It was shat
ter.:.! from trunnion to butt into over twenty
piece,. 1 rom the trunnions to lbs muzzle
.1 remained in one piece. The gun showed
sleekness in the breech, where it ought to
iaave strength.
President Alexander Says Ills Remarks
Have Been Distorted*
BaVAFHAH, DtC. 5.—[Special.]— The
December meeting of the Central railroad
directors waa attended by nearly all the
members. A 4 per cent, semi-annual divi
dend waa declared. It will be payable
after December 21. Tho other business
transacted waa routine nnd private. This
in the fourth semi-annual 4 per cent, the
Alexander management has paid and the
tilth consecutive semi-annual 4 per cent,
dividend that the stockholders have re
ceive^
Gen™ Alexander was asked tonight in re
gsrd to the statements of Mr. Inman in
Atlanta. He said that tho statements at
tributed to Mr. Inman were very much
distorted. Mr. Inman, ho said, has no re
vulsive feeling against Georgia or the
South. Ho and the gentlemen who vis
ited Georgia were satisfied and highly
pleased with their reception.
There is nothing new, Gen. Alexander
said, in the revocation of the order to
build the new steamer and the breaking
nil of negotiations with Drexel, Morgan a
Co. to float the $5,000,000 of bouds beyond
what Mr. Inman said last week. The
threatened legislation against the railroad
amalgamations had a tendency to make
those apprehensive who were about to fur
nish the money on the bonds required to
build the Eden extension and the new
steamers and to carry ent such other en
terprines as the company had in view to
increase the facilities for hsndling busi
ness These enterprises will have to wait
until the apprehensions are laid. In
President Alex inder’s opinion, that is
about Mr. Inman’s position.
A Hard Choice.
From the Chicago Herald.
Which ia the worse, a Pharisee or a
Floater—a buyer or a seller, a bribe-giver
or a bribe-taker’
When Fry-Out-the-Fat Foster, at his
“Feast of Victors” in New Yotk on Sat
urday night, introduced old ex-Judge
Noah Davia that worthy exclaimed:
“God rules in politics as well as in war
and in peace. Our victory may be found
in the fact that the Omnipotent was tired
of the administration.”
Sanctimoniousness and sacrilege are as
alike as two black cats.
The Coming Wilt's House Ueanty.
From (he New Orl-»ns Tlrai s-Democrst.
Mrs. Russell Harrison, wife of the only
Bon of the President-elect, will be known
as the beauty of the White House through
out the next presidency. She ia described
as a young and blooming blonde, with
nugnificient hair and brilliant eyes. Her
figure ia superb, and she carries herself
with a vaat amount of grace and dignity.
Miss Faunders waa her maiden name.
Rnsseli Harrison, her husband, is a quiet,
well-dressed man, exceedingly proud of
hia handsome wife.
Hopeful Henry Watterson.
From the Lou belli* Courier-Journal.
When the references to tar ill reform in
the President’s mefsage were read in the
House yesterday, the republicans laughed
derisively. Let these people laugh while
they may. Treachery will not always
prevail, nor boodle be triumphant,In the
election of president* and congresses.
The honest, sovereign people are greater
than all else in the Union, and the day of
their deliverance will not be long delayed.
Beecham’s Pilh set like a magic on a weak
stomach.
HE MENACE OF THE SURPLUS.
It Represents Waste anil Cruel Taxation
and Leads to Corruption nnd Ex.
trnvagnnco —Coinage, Immigra
tion and Other Matters.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The report of
tho Secretary of the Treasury was trans
mitted to congress today.
Touching the surplus Secretary Fair-
ohild says:
In the last annual report it was estima
ted that the revenues for the year to end
June 30, 1888, would exceed the ordinary
expenditures, not including the sinking
fund, by $113,000,000. It will be seen
from the foregoing statement that such
excess was in reality $119,612,110.00, or
$6,C12,11G.0S more than the department
estimate. It was also estimated in the
same report that the like surplus for the
fiscal year to end Jane 30,1SS9, would be
$104,313,305.04. Judging from the actual
expenditures for the first quarter of this
fiscal year, and in the light of receipts and
expenditures to the middle of November,
it is probable that this estimate will prove
to have been fairly accurate, and that tho
surplus will almost exactly equal the pre
dicted sum.
Upon the basis of appropriations recom
mended by the department and upon the
assumption that the revenues of the fiscal
years to end June 30, 1889 and 1890, will
be equal, the surplus revenues for the lat
ter fiscal year will be $101,000,000, which,
with the surplus revenues of this year and
the surplus already accumulated, make a
total of $228,000,000, which might be used
during the next nineteen months in the
purchase of the interest-bearing debt, and
which ought to be used for that purpose,
unless the laws are bo changed as to re
duce the difference between expenditures
and revenue by nearly that sum.
About $188,000,000 of the 41 per cent,
bonds are now outstanding; they are pay
able Sept. 1,1801. The total amount of
interest which will accrue on them from
now until their maturity is in round num
bers $25,000,000; cousequentlv the present
surplus and the surplus which will prob
ably accrue before July 1, 1890, will suf
fice to pay the principal of those bonds
and all the interest which would accrue
upon them should,they be permitted to re
main unpaid until their maturity.
The principal of the 4 per cent, bonds
is now $680,000,000, and the interest which
could accrue upon them until their ma
turity in 1907 is about $500,000,000; a cal
culation will show that the present sur
plus revenues, ii continued, would pav
before 1900 all of these 4 per cent, honifa
and all of this interest.
That it will he necessary to pay nearly
the whole of the interest which will accrue
upon the pablic debt if an attempt is made
to invest the present surplus revenues in
it before its maturity is evident from jhe
fact that even now tne government is pay
ing for the 4} per cent, bonds a price
whicli realizes only about 1} per cent, an
nually, and receives but meager offerings
of them at that price.
To continue taxation with no other use
ior its proceeds iliau such ss investment
is a cruel waste of the people's money.
REDUCTION OF TAXATION.
Under this head the secretary says: I
cannot too strongly repeat my recommen
dation of last year to reduce taxation, and
ns far as possible, witrout too sudih-n dis
turbance of existing interests, to make this
reduction in customs taxation, to the end
that the people may get the greatest possi
ble benefit from the reduction.
■ Beside the vexed economic question as
to whether a country can make itself pros
perous by a tariff; whether it can increase
the relative average comfort of its whole
people by diverting a portion of its labor
and capital from the employment* which
could be most profitably followed under
natural i-iaditi.il!-, then iiy nisi;! - g i ertain
of the necessaries of lifo more costly than
they would he otherwise, there is n higher
moral.queation which may well be asked,
and that is, can a government bo kept
pure and free which, through the agency
of its laws, offers vast pecuniary tempta
tions to some kinds of business?.
There are many indications that this
question must be answered in the nega
tive. There are many proofs that large
classes of our business men have come to
depend for success upon their skill in
manipulatiDggovernmeutal agencies rather
than upon industry, inlclliger.ee, and hon
orable competition.
Is it not possible that eagerness fog the
money which men assume comes to them
only through government, may lead them
to use an ever growing proportion of their
gains to posses* and influence the (opposed
source of their wealth?
_ And will not the endeavor to make men
rich soon become the chiet function of our
government? Is not this already theca-c?
If these dangers exist, if they arc not over
estimated, and they do exist and are not
overestimated, then can it he doubted that
tbe true welfare of our people calls for the
ictcue of the government from them as
speedily as may lie?
This can only he done by severing gov
ernment from private business; steps
should at once be taken in that direction,
always, however, let tne repeat, bearing in
fuiuu interests which have uvctmie estab
lished under present laws; to thcer.d Hat
they may not suffer unduly while benefi
cient reforms are made.
SILVER COINAGE.
Concerning the accumulation of silver
dollars under the compulse ry coinage act,
Mr. Fairchild says: The danger still
exists, and should be guaided against.
This can be done by the adoption of the
recommendation of my last report, viz., by
fixing the maximum of silver which shall
belong to the government, and by provid
ing that when it was exceeded by t o 000,-
000, the purchase of silver bullion should
cease until the amonnt owned bv the gov
ernment should be again reduced to such
a maximum, or by canceling United
States note* to the amount of the excess
over the maximum, provided the govern
ment h>-M the note-; if not, then by
ci-a-ing ih, pun-ha-e of bullion. Such
plan,if adopted, would provide a safety
valve which would he aau-operative, an!
would assure the country against any pos
sible danger from silver; for a* soon ns it
exceeded the amount which could be
ab-urb. ■: in the bii-im-s of the i mi,try, it
would begin to How into the tresurv in
payment of taxes, and would be there
lu-ld until business called for it, and when
the government's ownership fell below the
msxitmim, the purchase of the bullion
would again begin.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The value of our exports of domestic
merchandise during the last fiscal year
were lets than that of 1837 by $19,160,819.
The following aro' the articles of
domestic product or manufacture the ex
ports of which have materially increased
during the last nacai year:
Increased over 1S87.
Animals 2 2»6,72S
Wheat Hour 2,8z7,62S
Copper ore........... 3.3:0,76.1
Colton, unmanufactured 16.7JI.703
liocf products 2 12
ood and manufactures of; 3,<0s,17t
The following are the articles of
domestic product or manufacture the ex
ports of which have decreased during the
last fiscal year:
Decreased since 1887.
Corn ; 8 6.991,411
Wheat .... 34.476,013
C lion, manufactures of 1,916.153
Hog products 2,360.006
Oleomargarine 1,322,222
Rugae, rctlned 9,260,977
Tobacco, unmanufactured 4,012,1,3
The total value of the imports of mer
chandise increased from $092,317,768 in
1887 to $723 957,114 in 1888, being an in-
cress- of $31,637,336, or 4 6 per cent., of
which $9,860,484 represents the increase
in the value of free merchandise, and
$21,786,862 the increase in the value of
dutiable imports.
In the foreign csrrying trade the per
centage carried in American vessels ranges
all the way from 27.5 to 75.2. The total
value of all goods carrietl in American
vessels in 1888 was $1,174,697,321, an in
crease iu value of about nine millions
over the preceding year. The total value
of goods carried in foreign vessels was
$1,419,911,621, an increase of qfiout
$11,000,000. Our foreign commerce, car
ried in vessels of the United States,
measured by its value, has steadily de
clined front 75 per cent, in 1856 to less
than 14 per cent, in 1888. Even of this
small percentage only 53 per cent, was
carrietl in steam vessels bearing our flag.
IMMIGRATION.
The slate commissioners heretofore em
ployed uuder contracts anthorized by the
immigrant act; have continued during the
last fiscal year to conduct the local affairs
of immigration at the following ports:
Biltimore, Boston, Galvcton, Key West,
New Orleans, New York, l’hiladelphia,
Portland, Me., and San Francisco. The
immigration at none of the other ports
was deemed sufficient to justify the em
ployment of a.commissioncr, nnd the busi
ness has been conducted by the respective
collectors of customs at those ports.
The receipts of capitation tax for the
year ending June 30,1888, was $291,189.50.
The expenditures on account of immigra
tion durieg tho year were $159,836.10.
The total number of alien passengers
coming into the United States, by steam
or sail vessel from foreign countries, other
than the Dominion of Cauada and Mex
ico, during tho year ending June 30, 1888,
was 567,510, of which number 20,621 were
tourists or aliens not intending to remain
in the United States.
The number of pauper immigrants re
turned to the conntry whence they came
was 1,118. Included in this number were
convicts, lunatics and idiots.
The secretary repeats his former recom
mendations, viz: That the existing law be
so amended that, in addition to the-pro
vision prohibiting the lauding of aliens
liable to b<c urn- a public charge, Idiot*,
lunatics and convicts, a tine reasonable in
amount should he imposed upon the mas
ter of the vessel for every such person
brought by hint to this country, and that
such tine be made a lien upon lite vessel.
Prevision should •!;« be made ths', where
aliens, after h.viug been landed, are
found, within a time to be fixed, to he of
either of the classes whose landing is pro
hibited, they should be deported by or at
the expense of the master or owner of the
vessel bringing them, and on failure to do
so, such master or owner to be subject to
fine.
Mr. Fairchild renews his recommenda
tion to amalgamate the internal revenue
and customs system*, thereby reducing the
number of officers and tho exjunse of col
lecting the entire revenues.
The total ordinary receipts from all
sources for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1888, aiuouuted to $379,206,074.76. For
the same period the ordinary expenditures
for nil purposes were $259,053,958.07,
leaving a surplus of $119,612,116.09.
As compared with the fiscal year 1887,
the receipts for 1888 have increased
$7,802,797.10.
There wa( a decrease in the ordinary
expenditure of $8,278,221.30.
Actual and estimated revenues for the
present fiscal year are $377,000,000, and
the expenditures $273,000,000, leaving an
estimated surplus of $10-1,000,000.
The estimated revenue* for the fiscal
venr 1890 are $377,000,000, and the ex
penditures $323,507,438 35, leaving
estimated surplus of $63,432,511.66.
A COLORED DAYTON.! EAGERFOB ™*’eAK RU sntP.
Tlie Rcpublh
Moil roe Coun ty Negroes I ook-
ing for a Sharper
There
WHO FAILS 10 KEEP
To Meet Them at Forsyth—Ho Iteprespats
n Loau Association of New York With
Ample Capital to ltuy Up
Lands Ip Georgia.
Itallruud Legislation.
From the Coin mints Eaqulrcr-Hun.
Tlie EtiquUrvr-Sun lias vignroudy de
nounced trusts, monopolies and all com
binations intended to impose upon or de
fraud the people, hut there is one thing
about which the public and the law-maker*
ought to go stow, and that is Im.ty legis
lation in regard to railroad*. kailroads
are the most important fact rs in the de
velopment of the resources of tbe country.
They have done much for Georgia and the
South in the past few years, and Geoigia
and the South expect them to do a great
deal more for them in the future. Uojust
legislation, that works unnecessary hard
ship to railroad companies, should be
avoided, as the result would be a black eye
to railroad bnilding, and, in consequence,
- *j*jjJ* Ja tho Mniil nmorpu anti
development of the South. Wi
do not mean to say that the railroad com
panies should be given the earth and’tbe
fruits thereof, but they ought to be given
a fair showing. All legislation upon the
subject should be characterized by wisdom
and mature deliberation. If it is uec»s-
aary fur the good of the people to enact
laws to restrain railroad companies from
iloiug certain things, or to compel llu-m
to do certain things, then let such laws lie
enacted in all fairness to ihe parties at
interest.
lieu S. Collins, Kmi., In Lack.
Ben 8. Collins. Esq., is a richer man by about
$'.6,u 0 than be waa about two weeks since. He
was about to get aboard his team to start for
home when he waa approached and asked to
buy a ticket In tbe Louisiana State Lottiry for
the drawing to take place ou Octooer9. Ben
whs urRi-.l so hard t, purchase be passed out a
dollnr aud took tbe chance. Ou Thursday
m-.ruing, on looking over a Boston daily giving
tbe result of the drawing. It was seen that
tli b i t No. 46, 66 bad drawn the capita prize of
rvo.ui/i. and as be held one-twentieth of tbe
ticket, he was thu. entitled to Tbe
ti .,.-t wssgiVL-ii to the First Nstluual Bank for
• oil lfr.ColUn* received the draft on a
New York bank by la-t night's express.—skew-
Ii geo tMe.) K -porter. October 25. ace adrer-
t lament for drawing on December ;t, when the
first cnplul prize is (000,000.
A delegation of very indignant negroes,
headed by one Green Howard, came down
from the vicinity of Bolingbrooko in Mon
roe dounty, to Macon yesterday.
They were looking for one Isaac II.
Young, a well dressed light mulatto, who
failed to keep an appointment with them
at Forsyth on Monday.
It appears from what could be gathered
from Howard and others that the man
who gave his name ss Young came to
Macon about teu days ago and stopped at
Bob Hunt's boarding house. Ho sported
a silk hat, wore good clothes, acted the
part of a well-bred colored gentlemen to
perfection, won his way into the confi
dence and hearts of Bob and family, and
carried tlie daughter of the household to
ride. He said he waa representing a loan
association of New York of which there
wi re twelve members, all large capitalists,
his father among the number, anil he was
in Georgia for the purpose of buying up
great tracts of land. He said furthermore
that he was a lawyer and had been ad
mitted to the bar in New York city. He
had money and was regarded as a big dog.
Last Thursday he hired a horse ard
buggy from Scott’s stable at ihe rate of to
a day, and Joe Martin, one of the stable
boys, was sent witli him. Then he went
out and reached the settlement near Bo-
lingbroke. He picked up one of the ne
groes and stated that he was there for the
purpose of making an address to tbe peo
ple. That night some thirty or forty farm
hands gathered at Colanachee church, and
Young made hia speech. He spoke of the
advantages of-the association, nnd said it
was for the purpose of benefiting tho col*
ored man. He was there to buy land for
those who wished it and to give each one
fifteen years in which to pay for the same,
cliargin ( only 6 per cent, per annum as
interest. He’ stated further that if any
one present wanted land in the county thev
could meet him next moimngat thec'bureh
wilb $10 each, which would he his fee for
going over the land and inspecting it, and
alio for making out the deeds, etc.
It happened that Green Howard had for
a long time wished ior a certain piece of
land in the county for which $800 was
asked. He saw that now was his golden
opportunity. Tbe loan association would
buy it for him and give him fifteen years
in which to pay for 1L There were others
who wanted land, aud that night there
wni a scraping together of eaved-up nickels
and dimes in the neighborhood, and on
Friday morning six of the deluded negroes
deposited $10 each into hia hands, and
each was given a receipt reading:
“Received from Green Howard tho sum
of teu dollars for inspecting property. I.
If. Young. Nov.30, 1888.”
Having received $<i0 in this way, Young
said he would meet the parties in Forsyth
on Monday, when ho would examine into
the deeds recorded in the office of the clerk
of the superior court and make the trans
fers.
Oa Monday the negroes who were to
become land owners with fifteen years to
pay for the land were at Forsyth. They
waited and waited, but the inspector * id
not make his appearance. They finally
consulted Denuty Sherifl J. H. King, and
the result of tbe'conference was the dep
uty sent a telegram to Chief Wiley asking
for Young’s arrest. Tbe officers made a
search for Young, hut it developed that he
reached Macon Friday evening aud spent
Saturday and Sunday in Macon, and on
Sunday night left on the 11 o’clock train,
going in the direction of Savannah
Howard uml his parly returned to their
farms yesterday afternoon anxious to get
hold of Young, who, it is mid, py* tne
name of Ward to other parties,and should
lie (ail into their hands they will give him
a pointer or so on inspection.
WHO WAS UEK MURDERER?
No Clow to tlie Slnjer of the Alabama
Otrl.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 5.—The mystery
surrounding the death of the young girl
whose body was found in East Lake yester
day seems no nearer solution than last night.
Tbe autopsy disclosed the faot that that girl
bad been murdered, it la supposed, by
means of chloroform. 8he was not drowned
iRM$ Intimated MM water waa found in
her lungs. Five thousand people viewed
the body today, hut nobody 1ms been able
tp-Mtjr an.i naaltlielj identify it. Tha
officers are working on several clews and
money has been subscribed os a reward for
tbe arreat of the murder.
At the continuation of tbe inquest tonight,
the body was identified a* that of Mamie
House, tbe 12-year old daughter of It. It.
Hcuie, a rsi'road engineer. She was last
seen alive in company with her father about
9 o’clock Monday night by a colored woman
named Fannie Bryant. This woman is now
in jail pending the conclusion of the inquest
tomorrow.
COLLIDED ON A CURVE.
Tfirre Mrn Kt.lr<1 mul the Company Loies
SIOO.OOO.
PirreuuRO, Dec. 5.—A Chronicle-Tele
graph, Youngstown, Ohio, special saya:
A terrible wreck eeett'red fire mile? •vert*’
of here at 7 o'clock this morning on the
Sharon branch of the Lake Shore road. A
mixed passenger train collided with a freight
train on a curre, while both trains were run
ning at forty miles au hour. Conductor
James Kenuedy, of tha passenger train, was
iniiautly killed, nud James McCoy, fireman,
and Patrick Riley, Brakeiuan, fatally injured.
Albert Lindsay, the engineer, was badlv
hurt but will reeaver. Both engine* anil
ten cars were a reeked, involving a lux
of $100,(XX) to the company. The conductor
uud the injured men all reside at Youngs
town; The Eogineer of the freight traio
heard the pa'ienger train, but suppo.ed it
waa on tbe adjoining track ot the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad.
Don't Experiment.
Yon can't afford to waste time in experiment
ing when your lungs are in danger. Consump-
tinn always seems, Brat, only a cold. l>o not
permit a y dealer to Impose upon you with
some cheap imitation of Dr. King's New Discov
ery (or consumption, coughs as ! ro.dz, but L,
sure you get the genuine. Itetause be ran maki
much inure orolli, he msy tell yon tie hat Horn-
thing Just ss good, or just Uicsane. Don't bo
deceived, but insDt Upon gettiDg Dr. King * New
DIkot ry, which lx guaranteed to give relief In
all throat, lung aud cheat eiil.-i tion*. irlsl
bottle* fre,: at lamsr J. .-on , drugstore, l-a:
bottles $1.
Washington, Dec. 5._Tbe four repnbli
can cand,dates for the speakership of thl
next House are taking time by the fc, e 0 k
They seem to be apprehensive lest an
session in tho spring might catch th
ping. Ordinarily they wo,,[d ‘ ’7 r ' 8 '’'
act.ve in their iampaJgS a year before^ 7
regular meeting of the °eiore the
the fear tha President
ttate the election a half t ear before if. r‘ P '
they are all working at h!gh.,„ S s are 'Vif 9
do not content themselves will if®' 11>e T
seeing nil the TeM™ :
present house who have been elect.,i? f
next Honse and with writlnw 10 the
having letters written for him h| other m™
her. to th« new members of the h
Today Heed, Cannon Sad Barrowf"'vi
spent some time in the Senate udnni “
trying to win the especial favir of the’ ° r
pub lean senators. Burrow, |„ t ' h h e e "■
publicans cloak-room and talked whh ev.rV
body who came and went. It* e d andcvT
non took senators aside nnd talked wdh
them on the tofas. McKinlev w, “
them later on. saw some of
.{‘ ” n .°"; < l 0,t * apparent that tha ,
•hip fight is now a tariff fight Ir.i.i j
McKinley and to gome extern ’ Burrows" «
the leaden of the republicans in the attemm
to prevent tariff reduction last arealon .renf!
for the Eastern high tarin idea Cam i
represents tho Western low tariff idea TW
is why Cannon is so confident. It j, „ r ‘
too, why so many republican, w.nt aS
extra session. Their chief purpose is m in
crease their majority as *oonaaMiiiH.&
admitting reru oilcan territor",
Lean contestants. But the Western JL.vT
licans, realizing that there will be no tariff
reduction at this session, arc anxious to e.
cure tarifl reduction as early in the next
•colon ns possible.
The republicans, aa they gee the pro,p« e t
of on extra session grow bigger, nnt
from them nil possible compromises in the
legislation of the session, if they can have
everything they want in the spring they"!
not see why they should c -mpromfie on pnrt
of itio the Winter. Two new name. h»«
been mentioned in connection with the
speaki-rship. One is N. P, Bank* of Massa
chusetts, the otiier Thomas M. Browne of
Iuilianu. Neither would suit the low tarifl
men.
Good UoUectlou Laws'Waattd.
From tno Albany News and Advertiser.
One of the encouraging rigns of the
tim«s m Georgia is the large number of
applications that are being made to the
legislature for charters for banking compa
nies. If we could ever get a legislature
with the backbone and moral courage to
enact a straight out, gilt edge collection
law for the state, then money would seek
inves meat here, and could he had at a
low rate of interest. A good collection law
would be worth more to the money borrow
er* thin all the homestead exemptions and
usury lawFthat are now upou our statmet,
and would soon have the effect of not
only redneing the rate of interest
by bringing in foreign capital
and producing competition in the uieney
market, but a poor man could then borrow
money to the extent of the value of bis
real estate or whatever other security or
approved collateral hs might have to offer.
Alt the legislation affecting the relaticn-
ship of debtor ami creditor that wc hxve
had iu Georgia since tbe war has keen in
favor of the debtor class, and this has nat
urally had the effect of making capital
timid and wary. It isthehaurd to the
lender, under our present lax and insecure
collection laws, that make* the rale ol in
terest to high in Georgia.
A Gtnernl TIe«Up
Of nil tlie means of public conveyance ia a
large city, even ior a fi-w liimr*’, during n
•trike ot lae employes, means a genera! par
alyzing of trade and industry for the time
*nd Is attandad vita aa asofiauai
aggregate )o*s to the community. l!ow
much more serious to the individual i« the
general tie-up of his system, known a> con
stipation, and due to the strike of Ihe cnit
important organs for more prudent treat
ment and better care. If too long neglected,
a torpid or sluggish liver will produce leri-
oua forms of kidney nnd liver diieuei,
malarial trouble and chronic dispeptla. Dr.
Pierce’s Pleasant l’urgntive Pellets ate a
preventive ami cure of these disorders. They
are prompt, sure and effective, pleasant tv
take, and positively harmless.
Tlie Accused Rian In France.
From Parts Cor. New York Eon.
A point which makes French juitice
very terrible ia the fact that an secured
twraon is always supposed to be guilty; the
burden of the proof of his innocence lie*
wilh him. whereas the contrary is the css*
in English courts.
All Depends Upnn Llje.
From tbe New York Evening Graphic.
“If 14,000 office-fookers killed the grand
father in thirty days, how many day* will
it require tor 102,000 office seeker, to kill
tbe grandson ?" inquire* the Grand Kapids
Democrat. It all depends on Private rtf
rctary Halford’s nerve.
Unequal Kordle llnrrels*
From the Louisville Cuurler-Journal.
The probable next republican eenstor
from Michigan ha* only 515,000,000. Tbu
is $5,000,009 lees than Levi Morton's pdf-
We can’t all have bar 1 Is of the (ante “**
mention* even in the Senate.
America's Greatest Comedian.
From the Ibis ou Herald.
Mr. Jetlersrn ia *merica’agreatest com
edian, and he ho d.* that title without »
rival io dispute hia right to it ^ e . C!l ?'
not be seen too ofien by etndents of the
dramatic art, ot by those who delight ■
what ia truest aud best in the art of the
comedian.
m a l-.s.l.i Ol(*A
<*D£>OIUlOij « May
Ih,*
lo»i*than tbe ordinary kiudi, •PAJ'JJjjle'!
3ol4 in competition with the multitnda