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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1S33.
VOORHEES IS
FOR A VOTE.
The Silver Men Are Fighting Him
but He Shows Them the Open
Way to Their Duty.
WILL ASK LONGER SESSIONS.
'jilverltei Claim They Are Not Fllibiut-
eiinfi-TUo Ilou»e Rules Picked
l’p by Burrows—A Quorum
of Democrats Not There.
Washington, Sept. 19.—After the rou
tine of the morning In the senate. Sen
ator Squire, Republican, Of Washington
gave notice of a substitute which he
intended to offer for the bill to repeal
the purchase sc*, .end ft was read In
fell. It provides that the owner* of
(.llv-cr bullion may deposit it at any
mint to be turned into standard silver
dollars of present weight and fineness
for his benefit. He is to be paid, how
ever, only such a number of standard
,liver dollars as may equal the com
mercial value of the silver bullion. The
difference between the nominal and the
coined silver of the sliver bullion Is to
be retained by the government as seign
orage. The coinage of ailver dollars Is
j(i/ , ;= arMil 4.000.000 a month, and
the total not to exceed $20,000,000. They
are to be full legal tender, and no sil
ver certificates ar* to he used.
A resolution to psy Senator Beck
with $2,000 for his time and expense In
prosecuting his claim for a scat in the
senate under appointment from the gov
ernor of Wyoming was taken from the
calendar and agreed to. Also a like
resolution to pay Mantle, from Mon
tana. and Allen of the atate of Washing
ton, $2,000 eseh. At 12:30 the bill to re
peal the silver purchase act was taken
up, and Senator Voorhees made a state
ment to the senate. Ho said In the dis
charge of the duties entrusted to him
ho had to beg the Indulgence of the sen-
ate while he made a few remark*. He
thought that it would not be misspent
time to Instruct the public minds some
in reference to the organisation of the
senate, the laws which governed it anil
imsslbilltles that surrounded It—what
eoukl and what could not be done. In
tolng so, he addressed himself to the
;reat Nyly of intelligent public opinion
as well as (in certain quarters) to a
* dense and opaque degree of Ignorance,
ianornce In some respect Innocent and
in others malicious.
HISTORY OF SENATE RULES,
on the 4th of March, 1789, the senate
el the untied States had convened, en
deavored to convene rather, for there
were but eight members present. In the
city of New York. There was uo quo
rum until the 16th of April. Shortly
afterwards a system of rule* had been
reported' by a committee and adopted
l.y the senate. Ah a matter of curiosity
ns well as of enlightenment he would
read the eighth rule, adopted on the
16 h of April:
"When a question is before the senate,
no motion shall be received except for
nti amendment, for th« ptvvioua ques
tion, for postponing the main question,
or to jtidjourn.”
He Sail no doubt that the rule would
be a surprise (o men Inside of the cham
ber as well aa to men outside of It. The
ninth rul* was:
"The previous question having been
moved and seconded, the question from
the chair shall be the mam question now
to be put etc.”
Those two provisions hid governed
the senate Mr seventeen years. Bo that
there had be»n a previous question In
th» ornate for wvenbvn years, a* there
it iw was in the house of repe-wmtat
rives. It had'been borrowed from the
old Ergllnh syetem of .dosing debate
it hut been tci-at fullv and entirely; ond
in 1*06, wnlle Thonsa* Jefferean waa
Pn sklent of the United Shato, It had
been deliberately abandoned and never
uie.1 In the senate to ekue debate from
th.it hour to the present. A substitute
for k was adopted for It In 190*—that
wh*n a question la before the senate
no motion atuall be received except for
otncHlmen*., for postponing or for a
motion to adjourn, etc., thereby drop-
plug the previous question and nil tu
relation to it. If there was any motion
by which tJl*» debase could be forced
to a conclusion In the senate it waa not
written down in the la are or rules.
ANSWER TO CRITICISM.
He had been amalgn d by pubttc opi
nion tor not terminating debir.e on th*
repeal bill. Ai will might It* tie ar
raigned for oot terminating the tides
«f the ocean or the blowing of uorth-
WI« wind*. He wished to cmphaslx*
the fact Oast cloture rule once prevaltol
la the aenaae ond had b en deliberately
abandoned and that In abandoning It
rite senate hart placed its goverma n! on
•he sense of propriety. Hi patriotism
■ltd the regard for the public iuroreita
•» eoay aenv.ir and of the senate Itself
with the certainty that no senator
would be found to abuse the patience
of the senate or to outrage the public
btrrlnsia nr the public duty. For th*
period at eighty-seven years that <*mdi-
non of things tad extatld. From ISO*
to die press nt Um« the senate hunt pro
vided under rules, might he my, of
wlf-reepect, of high propriety, not to
speak of senatorial courtesy or senstte
>1*1 dignity, hut of Anawioan manhood,
of a sen*a of fairness to the public, »
►•nse of decency to itself, enjoying all
rite rights guaranteed to it by the <-<*>-
stitutlon—freedom of debate, liberty of
•I’scusshwi. without the abuse of the
freedom of debate or the liberty of Jte-
tn-«lon
"For,” hi, continued, “when a ques
tion tag bent discussed legitimately
*nj fairly, debate after that is not an
JuJoym-m of freedom of discuss! /a, but
“ a resort to obstructive measure*.”
For eighty-seven years, hii repeated,
w senate had been a law nuflkv.ut utt-
draw. That „-a* a mighty credit .to
the body. H bjj n ev r been found
wanting, either in peace, or In war. 8o
*hat in his Judgment, toe anklci-ms of
* certain class tdl. and would fall.
trem the ssnags m they had fallen from
mm. go far as personal criticisms of
himself axel, concerned, he uiigtrt os
wwJ embrace the present opportunity
•*’Jnothw to at uv that -; :Sy were met
With Stern sad absolute defiance.
*HE FORCE B1LI. LEGISLATION
8*nsitor Voorhees rr.-.-n, alluding to
ta:<ut « which Democrat,- •• r.it-
ora. under Use leadership of Swmor
Gorman, bos made to the force bJL
edtei whither it was claimed that tr.”
hill i»ad be- . debated to death U tad
n* ks-.vi. h« ■ I: it .. ul simply { ■>
debMWi (nan the 2d of Dejeniuer. 1»90.
to asc 22d of January. 1*»1, a pytod of
r swfarss 1
evaat. ta asked, btoim* of that
vote Usd Ben tal
by taking up the
and th* toms —
horsed, dsf.-w
toe law
addressed the bouse
governs ait lihorty-
gi«a. l^adnot^eurTtalkld hai1 no 1,10:1 that then
alU&i 1 ^ votti tSm^S obJ,c, ! on 10 dispensing
Sure If for tw ' Pcudiug mea-
wa * ia the present
h? l ^ked dow “ thc re P eal bil1
IlewL? Ptuver be exercised.
iXJK? «nta»ce its fate,
It BulAhe^a«^a b uJ >€ *‘ nd own witih
to a tm appealed to soinaaons to come
SUt oim ' he “id. ha.I to
win n ft C L.?! I S t£>r * mlstot as wen know
S 2* 1 *- He had hoped
side cations from th» other
of anv Ut fna* X? W * 6r * won an absence
flx If a waingiins to
to tnL flct was evidence
toe fl^vfI! 1 J l Ji. tTlat h * couM not anticipate
nae fixing of any time by the opposition.
THE OPPOSITION WARNED.
o D ?„ e k,r™^ t ?*,? pp « it,on 11181 i ,ubiic
oplnlon wouM hold them to an account-
bees °P ln lqn.” Senator V<*w-
knmvn^hen^ti/b.L most Potent factor
tf o wi?h ?l th . the s,ara - In connec-
com. Vi 11 !* that publlc sentiment wo
‘Y’Tt ‘° the . went and powerful press
?L ,h “ “U"try. I speak of that por-
U° n mnvJa ® K Pre ** whlch moves In and
truth lb / he stmosphere where
®? d J u,tlce prevail. I do not
I th ? 1 Pertion of the press
evelStMr “ l n menda elty and poisons
everything ab-jut it. I speak with the
r,fun 31 ^JP.® 01 lor the great organs of
tOT-v C h?,? n 0 ' 1, not ln fear or *“
ifTZ; b “ l ns , a >> agent tn human af-
setStv™ »hi appcal once more to the
4hO U trfr. r a ed o. bi ; tbc PubiiYopinion of
$ V/! ted ^ Statcs and supported by a
body ‘ Ever y latitude
t ^"n KtYen and will bo
™ S2* * t . ent wl,h a fa,r retard tor
Ef e „ pabI| e '"'erea. 1 "- I appeal to them
to know whether there Is ln their minds
» Wben , a ™ te ma y be ohuind.
Vi.,' .?• Ffpea'' has to come. The force
till Itself, which has been so often
spoken of, is an evidence that the vote
must oime. I think I understand tho
.rules as well as anybody, and now I
pause to hear whether there Is any re
sponse to the suggestions which> I have
made as to the agreeing to a time
*• tnv vuLtj on ihi» biii tnay be
taken.”
AN IMMEDIATE REPLY.
Senator Voorhees had not tong to
wait tor re reply to hts challenge. In
stantly Senator Dubois, Republican, of
Idaho, was on his feet. He said the
senator from Indiana had been trying
to tell the people outside of the cham
ber why he had not been attempting to
do something contrary to the dlgnty of
the senate. But he had not told sena
tors anything which they did not at-
reMy know. The senator from Indiana
“•? J r| e <1 to Illustrate by the force
bill the position thst a vote could not
be prevented. The senator rarely did
not mean that seriously. There never
8 vote token on the force
bill. Other business had been pressing
and that bill had been displaced. The
senator spoke of the opposition to tho
repeal bill .being In a minority. How
did he know that?
This was the third time that the
senator from Indiana had asked unani
mous consent to (lx a time for voting
on. the. repeal bill. The reason which
be had given this morning was sub-
stantlatly tame ns he bad given
before/ Speaking for those opposed to
bill Senator Dubois stated
the repeal bill Senator Dubois stated
that many senators had aiteady given
notice, of their Intention to speak, and
that It was well known thst many
others wished to be heard. It was not
usual, Mr. Dubois added, to prevent
senator* from being heard when they
desired to speak, nor were senators
used to be flattered. His own Impres
sion was that th* senator In charge of
the measure would have <o proceed
with It ln an orderly mtnner, and thst
he would reach a result sooner by do
ing si. And It was. unfair and without
precedent to flx a limit for closing de
bate under ouch conditions as now ex
isted. The mnator fro n Indiana, had
certainly some definite object In view
In hts repeated requests. It wss a safe
guess that he Intended to ask for long
er or probnbly continuous sessions. He
(Duboa) would be entirety frank ln
saying that whatever course the sena
tor from Indiana might pursue would
be entirely satisfactory to the senator*
of the opposition. They were ready to
Join Issue, whether It were for long
sessions, continuous sessions or closure.
ASKED FOR LONGER SESSIONS.
Senator Voorhees again took the floor
and gave notice that from and after
tomorrow and beginning with tomorrow
lie should ask that the sessions of th*
senate be extended, he would not say.
permanentty. but that the senate should
sit longer so that all might have a
chance to d*bate the bill, and so that
there might be uo senator*, in opposi
tion to say that they had uo chance to
be heard. He hoped audtrusted that
the friends of rapid action of tho pend
ing measure would support the pro
gramme of which he hail given notice.
Senator Hoar thought that a rut*
could b* drawn that would preserve
the freedom of speech and offering
amendment* and at the same time pre-
servo th* right of the senate to pasi
laws. He said this not with a view of
interfering In the least with the policy
of tho senator from Indians.
Senator Platt, Republican, of Con
uectlcut, as If responding to Senator
Hoar's suggestion, took out of his desk
and amendment which he said he pro
posed to offer to the rules, and be gave
the necessary”notice of it. It was that
when a bill or resolution Is pending
before the senate as unflnlshid bus -
ness, the presiding officer shall, on the
Written request of a majority of sen
ators. flx a day and hour and notify
the senate thereof when general debate
shall cease. The time Is not to be more
than five days after the submission of
the request. A subsequent day Is also
to be fixed by the presiding officer when
the vote shall be taken without further
debate, and that time Is to be no more
than two days after the 4lm* when gen
era! debate Is to cease.
Senator Teller took a hand in the
discussion. He seconded and sustained
Senator Dubois and stated that he knew
of fifteen senators who still desired to
address the senate, and he added that
until alt the senators who desired to
speak had had an opportunity of doing
so no vote could tn or would be taken.
He also notified Senator Voorhees thst
hts programme would not be resisted
but that the friends of the bUl as welt
as it* cnemi** would b* expected to be
prraent.
After a speech by Senator Mills in
favor of th* bill and by Senator Stew
art against, the Mate at 6:16 ad
journed.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Although the Democrats claimed that
a quorum of their number was present
(his morning* it was certainly not mus
tered at noon today, although the at-
the election of president and vice-presi
dent, was early ln the hall, as were also
M*s*rs. Tucker and Burrows.
After tho approval of tb*’ Journal,
Jlr Klvnn, rt'i ibli -in. of Okl-ihc
-^.il . ita.«fu; .
a r» 'Olutiou reciting that some of th'
settlers on tin* Ch«rukt-e atrip had be ‘
...v. u L. 1 t' 1 - * 'l l-'
and requesting tbt secretary of w
to inform the hou*e as to the circa
- * tii • ». and further by v. i. it author i
th-- (loop* wer i ’.ill - He >ai l that t
: . - alid i gal.it.*!
tration relative to th«* ojhu
said that he
would bo any
itb th< • ail of
committees with leave to members hav
ing reports to make them with the clerk,
except such lvports as related to the
Federal ejection lawn.
KEPT U PTIIE ROLL CALL.
As these early words fell from Burrows*
lips, the speaker smilingly shook his bead
and arose end objected. Mr. Burrows In
mock ustonlshment said that he would
be compelled to ask to dispense with the
call and mude a motion to that effect.
As the vote resulted, yeas none, nays.
173, f.ve less than a quorum. Fitch moved
a call of the house. Fitch's motion was
agreed to: Yeas. 170; nays. 0, and the call
was ordered. The call disclosed the pres
ence of a quorum, and Fitch moved to
dispense with, further proceedings there
under. On a division the vote waa de
clared to be. yeas. 120; tiny*. 61. Mr. Bur
rows demanded tellers. The vote by tell
ers. 1S6 yeas, 19 nays, again broke the
quorum, and Burrows demanded the yeas
and nays. The demand was seconded by
a sufficient num'oer. and the clerk began
another call of the roll. The vote was an
nounced yeas. 163; nays. 0.
The speaker protem, Mr. Dockery, an
nounced that the yeas n.id It; that the
motion to dispense with further proceed
ings under the call of the house had been
adopted.
Mr. Burrows, who had voted In the af
firmative, moved a reconsideration of the
vote. This led to another jea and ray
vote. The vote on Mr. Tucker's motion
to lay Mr. Burrows* motion to recon
sider on the table resulted: Yeas. 163;
nays, 0. At this point, rather unexpect
edly, Mr. Fitch moved that the house
adjourn, which was carried without dis
cussion. and at 2:45 o’clock the liouae was
declared adjourned until tomorrow.
CALL FOR A CAUCUS.
Before the members could leave the
hall the clerk read a call for a Demo
cratic caucus to assemble Immediately.
The Republicans greeted the call nlih
laughter and applause os they filed out.
The caucus was called, it Is understood,
at the Instance of Speaker Cilsp, who
was excessively annoyed over the fail
ure to secure the attendance of a quo
rum of Democratic members. Col. Ike
Hill, the Democratic whip, had reported
the presence of 195 Democratic represent
atives in the city, but 173, five less than
a quorum, waa the most that could be
counted in the hall at any one time. The
indignation over the failure to get a quo
rum was not confined to the speaker,
said one of the Democratic members who
slon. 1/4 —- ——
**I think the Republicans are entirely
right In this - matter. If we propose to
enact purely par Bans !» »«•
but right that we chould provide the
votes to carry it through, and I am glad
U»sy making us bring In o *r mem
bers. The members from neighboring
states can easily go home, and the conse
quence Is they are absent half the time,
while we who have to travel twenty-four
here” W mor * to reac ^ home must stay
Another Democratic member said he
supposed that if the fate of our country's
Institutions depended upon a vote ln the
house, there would always be a few mem
bers who could not be brought down on
the floor from the galleries to preserve
them. The call for the caucus waa a
great surprise for most of the Democrat
ic members. Even Tucker said while the
last roll call was ln progress, "We'll
keep this up at least an hour longer.”
L>EMOCRATS MEAN* BUSINESS.
No Delay to Be Had ln Repealing the
Election Laws.
Washington, Sept. 11).—The caucus ol
Democratic members of the house this
afternoon was brief and to the point.
Holman presided and Alderson acted
us secretory. There was a full attend
ance of the Democrats who bad beat
/resent during the proceeding* tn the
house and the action taken. It . was re
ported, had thc hearty and unanimous
concurrence of all who participated.
Speaker Crisp offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That It It the sense of
this caucus that It Is the duly of every
Democratic, member to attend the ses
sion* of the house in order that thc
publlc buslneas may be considered aim
disposed of.”
He supported his motion ln an earn
est speech, pointing out thc necessity
that existed for Democratic represent
atives doing their full duty to their
country and to their party, nml hen
estly endeavoring to redeem the
pledges made to the public who bad
entrusted them with the duty of legis
lating In their behalf.
Enloc of Tennessee moved to amend
by adding "and vote” after the words
’sessions of the bouse,” which was ac
cepted by the speaker. It was moved
to add the following to thc resolution,
and the caucus agreed:
'And that when thc house meets to
morrow it is the sense of this caucus
that it remain In session continuously
until a quorum is obtained, voting In
favor of reporting the bills for the re
peal of the federal election laws”
There was some discussion ns to the
expediency of pressing thc conridera
tion of the repeal bills, and the over
whelming sentiment of the caucus ex-
pr 1 w i - I.iv-.r.iM" hi irl> ac •
Tile following resolution offered by
McMIllln on this point was adopted:!
Resolved. Ttiat it Is the sense of
this caucus that, the house should pro
ceed at. the earliest practicable day
during this session to the considers
tion of the bill or bills repealing ttu
laws authorizing deputy marshal* and
supervisors of elections at the polls.’
After adopting the resolutions as a
whole the caucus adjourned, hiving
been ln session a Utile over an hour.
Subsequently. In pursuance to ihfl
last resolution. Speaker Crisp Itsm-il
_ call for u meeting of the committee
on rules for tomorrow at 11 o’clock «
consider fixing a date for taking u]
the repeal bills and determining the
length of time that shall be allowed
for debate.
Speaking of the probabilities of the
length of the continuous session agrecu
upon. Speaker Crisp said he ikd not
look for anything extraordinary or un
comfortable. “After We get a quorum
and I Imagine that will be on band to
morrow, the Republicans can’t detain
the house any great length of time.
They may keep us until seven or
eight o’clock, but we'll drive the re
port through as soon as a quorum ap
pears.”
MURDERED AND
THEN ROBBED.
Farmer Braswell on His Way Home
From Macon Meets With a
Horrible Death,
FOUR NEGROES WERE ARRESTED
Filled Ills II,ad and Xcck With Uu
■llot and Slug*, and Then
Cut 111. Throat Front
F.a
lo Ear.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward tor any case of Catarrh that can
not be cur l by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
1\ J. CIIENEY .S: CO..
Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney’for the last fifteen year*,
and believe him perfectly honorable
tn all buslneas transactions and tinan-
o.ally able to carry not any obligation
made by their firm.
West ft Truix. Whole-ale Druggists.
Toledo. O. Wald ng, Kiun.m A Mar
vin. Wholesale DlUfgUls. Toledo. O.
Hall’s C-., ir.-h Cure l- takers lnt. r-
n llv, soring directly upon the blood
and ntuc ,u» >urfa.-> of tb.- sjv :/>.
Pr...,., 75 ,.11’- p.-r bottle. Sold by all
Druag.a'-.-. TV-'..m minis free
Murder and robbery were committed
on the Columbus roard late on Monday
night, seven miles from Mscon, at what
Is known as Seven MUe Branch.
The victim was Sir. John J. Braswell,
who was on his way to his homo in
Cold Neck district, eleven —It—■ from
the city, where his wife and children
were peacefully sleeping with no thought
of the horrible fate that had befallen
the huaband and father,
Mr. Braswell came into the city’Mon
day morning and sold two bales of cot
ton st Willingham's warehouse,
which he received a receipt and alto
a check for the amount of bis cotton.
From the warehouse Mr. Braswell
went to thc bank and got the check
cashed and then he went to several
stores and bought about $10 worth of
When he had finished his business ln
tho city Mr. Braswell started home,
aboui dark, with tbs provisions In hi*
wagon. Out on the Columbus roud
abo.-t two and a half miles from thc
city he met several acquaintances and
stopped to talk with them. This made
him unusually late, but as he knew
the road thoroughly and had no fear
of harm he thought nothing of It.
Along thc silent road he drove until
he reached the creek known as Seven
Mile Branch. Immediately on the side
of the road at the branch is a pool from
which It is the custom of the farmers
who pass that way to stop and let their
stock driuk. On either sido of the road
at this point *s a ran fence which would
afford ample screen for uuy one who
might wish to oonccal themselves front
view of people passing in the road, nml
at the same time be In poaltiou to seo
every passer, even on a dark night.
THE MURDER.
When Mr. Braswell arrived at the
branch the supposition is that _ ho
stopped to i>ermlt his mule to drink.
Who-her the murderer or murderer*
were eoncraieu h*fe or whether !h*y
had met him In the road is not known,
but the indications are that while hi-
mule was drinking from the pool some
one at very close rang" behind him
Cred a load of slug* and buckshot from
a musket into the back of hla head,
and bc;ween his ahoulderi.
ThU belief la bared on tho fact that
ie wounds showed for themselves and
scorched gun wadding was found
.- ground near too Minch.
Fifteen or twenty yarn- trom wh«r*
,e , ; un w.ui Iftw w is f-v.ind was a 1 irg«
pool of blood In ihj miJdle of the road
and quarter of a mile furlSnr on and
In front of StoiloCt church th* receipt*
for 1210 cotton Mr. Bronwsll hod sool
wer> found tn the rood, ond at thl*
Point Kudin* off into the wood* the
tracks of three m*n were found. °”"
of them was harefooted.
i nor./ were also evidence* to show that
th provtooRs tad been taken from th*
wagon.
AT THE HOUSE.
It was II JO o’clock on Monday night
when Mr* Braswell beord » wagon roll
too the lot at her house. 8h* tad bean
awaittnc? the return of Mr hiutband
froen town and while ftto wondered
what nude Mm so Ute she felt relj*v*d
when sh / heard <*>• wagon and patient
ly waited for bU faototep* , _ ,
After waiting for atm* time »tal not
hearing «v*n the notse made by taking
tho mule front th* wagon Jin*. Bras
well suspected som-tttln* wrong, and
calling to her oMw son told bun to go
out aud >«* what waa th* matter with
t _ M _
Tho boy went out and seeing hi* fa-
fter s*umg lu tta body oftMwagon
tftcmxtU to® vra« tutULp. H« c«l*a to
him. but a« t»« received no answer ap
proached the wapm and there In the
a urkneM stir hla t eflhec with hla throat
rut from ear to ear and literally covered
tL hoy gave the *l«m»nd»oonthe
entire family waa aroused. 8<wiw hur
ried xo nefebbortaff forme and »P£M
the n*ww until rtruiity th* whole neigh-
tx-rtit/od wo* aroured.
THEY ORGANIZE
As soon a* those who were notified
went to ttu Braswell bom* and learned
of th* foul murder they organla«d for
the puns no of finding th* murd*rer
^Mh l AMBra*W«ll. brother or th» d'ad
SS, mrru
ColumbrM rood, and aft«r notifying him
raturtad horn* to att/.st the aeaxohlng
parry rhat had Men formed• .
it was not long after daylight wMn
Coroner Ho.lii.tt arrived at <h* home
of the d n.l man.
Seated in the body of the re?*' 11 ?JJJ**
Mr. Braswell, cold In e 118 ?*?
.wimmlng Ut hi* own life blood. The
k.i-ii in his throat was wld« enough
to insert a man’a ef™, 1010 Kami was
(raping wide open. The bock of hts
head was filled with buckahot and aluga
•tiitl also ahowed evident of having
tan crush'd in with some heavy in-
“o'nTof the .lug* 'hat entered the
back of the head came out of the lone-
h The wagon body waa be»m«*r*d all
over with blood and preoemwi a alck-
cuiug appearance
CORONER’S VERDICT,
a. soon as * Jury could be obtained
eu n'to“t“ as h W and a verdict of
muni, r nt the bands of some one un-
known to the jury rendered.
.he inaui it was over Coroner
Hodnett aud the po**« which bad ml-
re-toy been scouring the woods tor ‘be
’ -eceived information that
go to a field whri/e tour
were working and place them
GLIMPSES IN A MINT.
Something About the Process of Coin
ing the Precious Metals.
From the Philadelphia Times.
It is rather difficult to attempt a de
scription of how money 1s made. Even
encyclopaedias, which are supposed to
be equal to any aud all emergencies,
object to that. In a measure they are
right. To get the licst. Idea of the mul
tiple and minute processes of minting
one must be an eye witness. It adds
clmrm to thc proceedings ,to stand by
the dusty furnaces, arranged ln sentl-
nel-llke rows, to see them open their
Jaws, and to look right down Into the
Her)’ cavern, where Insatiable tongues
of flame are licking up the molten
masses of silver and gold.
A day or two ago Officer Brown,
stan/ling hc-Me a visitor who had
watched with all thc fascination of a
novice the great Iron mouths opening
an clos.ng. betrayed himself Into a
neat little explantlon of the process of
mtntin money. Officer Brown lias
been man}’ years at -the mint, so the
visitor listened with interest, as to one
who spoke with authority. Here Is
the process of minting in a nutshell:
“Making money." Mid he, with one of
those eloquent waves of ah? hands h*
keeps by him to use on explanatory oc
nutans such as Oh.ee, ”ia Just like mak
ing coke. You mix the dough, w« mix
the metal. You roll out the dough into
shape, we roll out the metal luto bare.
You cut the dough into cakes, we cut
the metal Into coins. Then wo stamp
them. The metal left over is trnlted
up and used again. Just a* the cook
.gsiWiers up th/ left-overs, rolls them
again and cuts more cakes."
In ottwr words, an amount of metal
say (he equivalent of $90,000 in gold,
which chemically Is made up »f 90 per
cent, gold ond 10 per cent, copper. Is put
into a block lead crucfcle about the size
of a pxk measure. U is keot in the
furnace one hour and llfteen minutes.
Th” workman wo/tches his goldens ^s-i-
tho molten Tlquid is brought’to the pro
per conalatency he takes a three cor
nered black lead cup, about the stxa
that would nr u monkey’* ami
dips up $2,000 worth of the metal at a
tiro.’, pouring k out again with that
marvellous dexterity whidh only com«»
from practice, into moulds holding $1,000
each. Nothing con be more beautiful
than Che fiery stream of young and
pure gold as lit glides into Uu locked
arms at the iron mould. When the li
quid solidifies it form- a bar, or, to be
technically correct, an Ingot about
twelve inches long and about half an
Inch thick.
These Ingots ore subjected to a pro
cess of rolling out which lengthens
them without Increasng their width.
The bars are then ready to be cut. One
machine cuts the coin, another stamps
them after th eprocess of milling has
been performed, lulling. In mint par
lance, has somethin g<>r a different sig
nification than ln ordinary vernacular.
It signifies the rolling over of thc edge
of thc coin preparatory to stomping
It with the mnute dentlculatlons, which
nre commonly known as the milling.
The latter Is part of the process of
stamping, and Is done at the time that
the signet Is put on the coin.
Speaking of stamping Introduces the
targe corps or women who form s cun-
slderablo part uf thc working force of
the mint About 100 of them are em
ployed. and they attend entirely to thc
odjustlng and stamping. It may be said
tn explanation of the proceas of the
term "adjusting* that every coin be
fore It la shaped la carefully weighed.
If too hi-nvy the edge Is delicately
filed until the coin Is of the I
Mwor.rcn rtv a gin.
Fearful Accident to Mr. Ben Adams
Near Shady Dale.
Shady Dale, Sept. 1'.).-(Special.bV
tearful accident happened nt Walton’s
Sin house, on Lit do river, yesterday,
Jlr. Ben Adams being the unfortunate.
It seems that he was feeding the gin
and the fan failed to do its work, and
while trying to remove the obstruc
tions his arm was caught by the mivi
and so badly mangled that It bad to
be amputated above the elbow. The
Journal boxes had to be taken out be-
fore his arm could be released. Drs.
George and Arnold performed thc op
eration.
If
You Saw
Your Own Wood
and saw enough of it, your
digestive organs may perhaps be
equal, ostrich like, to any task
you impose—even to the digest
ion oi l.inl conked food
If however, like thousands of
other people, you have learned
that you must “ draw the line at
lard,' ’ this is to remind you that
there is a clean, delicate and
healthful vegetable substitute,
t - ,llcd O At,
AAvr A | CMC
W l^y.kiita
o° %
which if used in place of lard,
permits you to eat pies, pastry,
patties and such “ good things ”
without fear of dyspeptic con
sequences.
There’s aburdant proof, but
none so convinciqg and so pleas
ant as a trial for yourself. We
invite it. For sale everywhere
Modo only by
N. K. FA1RBANK & CO.,
CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS.
eight; If t<» light the piece I* s nt
to be remelted. Thl* process of weigh
Inrand adjusting I* nn employment U
which women, with their delicacy o-
touch, are well suited, hey ore »l-o
ln charge of the stamping. Incidentally
It may be sal t that most presses stamp
from 80 to 110 coin* every minute. I
one short hour $15,000 In $10 gold pier;
can be stamped around the edge and
on both sides.
There is another part of the work
which comes under th* charge of the
women employed at the mint. They do
the sewing. At first thought It seems a
trifle Incongruous to associate sewing
with money minting, but nil the bees
used by the mint are sewed ln the build
ing. The bags nr* made of whit* duck
anti run by machine, being sewed
twice for necurtty- The bag-making Is
no small thing when you come to con
sider the number It lake* to pack up
the newly coined wealth of th* country
each year. The 6 ceut pieces are pack
ed In $50 bogs and the pennies in $10
bags, small silver In $1,000 and the gold
in $5,000 pouehee. Roughly speaking,
last year fully 2,000 bogs were made
up tor gold alone, 1(,000 for silver, 5,000
for half dollars, besides many thou-
nds for the smaller coins.
DEATH OF J. C. M’GAltlTY. *
-CARTER’S
1TTLE
iVER
PILLS.
rh«* and 1*11*™ nlltlw
Hm&tuib*. TVt CAHTm's l.n ru l.nrut Pimji
ar- filially valuable In ('"i. ,-ntlon. curing
and im'rentlnjc thl* annoying com plaint. wh!l«
they alio cfirrrctftll dtr'wiier* of th.* at/nnach,
atimnlate the lirrr nnd rcgulaio iho boacUw
Even IX they only cured
who suffer from thh distm in* com plaint]
♦ it rc.rtiiiint. lv llirilr trt.i«U *”a u<>t **ihj
l.-re, and those who once try them w|ii find
these linle pin* rata
they will not ».«• wil
Uut after i II alck head
nr
ne Leaves Eleven Children nnd One
Hundred Grandchildren.
From the Carroll County Times.
Jlr. John McC.arity, better known na
Uncle John," died at his home In the
eleventh district Monday, the 11th
Inst., at 4 o'clock a. nt.
id he lived until November next,
he would have been St) yean "f age.
He leave* eleven children, all of whom,
except a daughter living In Arkansas,
saw him laid away ln hi* last resting
place on earth by the aide of his mte
In the cemetery at Bathurada church.
He lired to nee all his children mar
ried. and besides the eleven children,
he leaves ICO grandchildren and thirty-
six great grandchildren, lie had been
a resident of till* county near forty
years, and -waa beloved by all who
knew him. He waa the father of lion.
J. C. McGartty, our present represent
ative. Uncle John baa never attached
himself to any church, but was of the
Primitive Ilaptlat persuasion. Elder
C. D. Nixon preached his funeral.
MR. W. 8. Jl’COMB DEAD.
Milled Seville, Sept ».-<SpecUI.'.
Mr. W. 8. McComb of this city, well
known throughout the state, died this
evening. Mr. McComb waa 67 year* of
age and had apparently P***»**d
cellent health until hi* fatal lUneos be-
pin thr<v weeks ago.
EUROPE'S CHOI .ERA RECORD.
Bull Pcsth, Sept. 19.—Six «*»*• of
cboiem end tfcree d acha occurred In
thi* city yoat*nlay.
Vienna. 8«pt- 19.—In the orertnc* c*
GsWU Ss.r? «rt«tyaix caa#» of
etottm and aix d«nh* from the dis*m*
yesterdij.
London. 8»t. It.—Then? uvr* tw«
death* from cholera at Hull yesterday.
while others do oot.
Cai.r r.it I’imh »ip- wtv ffiHtll
and rsry essy w owe. OneortworUI»niaw»i
a dn«a. They are Ntrlrtly imlwilDil «1«»
nosgrfiteor pna bat by t!i#*tr pintle sctUm
all who me them ln rial* nt ittcmt*;
□to for f I s i i irvywhia or mA by mail.
CriSTiz co., t«i.
'•m fciiDPiw.
SURELY CURED.
To the Editoi— n.ww* inform your road.
. « tli.it I Ini\o i i-’-uivo r lnt fly fur the
abore named ci rue. By lu UbmIj ii«*
thousands of hopelsoB cases Iiayo been per.
inanently cured. I shall be glad to ofiid
two bottles of my remedy free to any of your
readers who hare consumption if they will
send me their exprem «nd jv * t office oddr-
T. A. Slocum, M.O., 183 P. irlKL. New York
u 70*. n.eljr for th* ftt • d.rc**i, bf tu
« of MM Ot th« w r*t klsd and of | 0D(
L hWflrirwf. IodaodsnaU-irff i B mr I ith
•k VALU1 OLE TREATISE a
'sT*r who will Mod si" their Ki
i . Nln< . -I. c.. *
PARTNER WANTED
A gooff biKn*" man with practical
knowledge of michiiiery aiul soir.c
money can secure a half interest, or
leas, tn the Perry Variety Works.
Good *lte for manufacturing business.
Call on or address me nt Perry, Ga.
M. J. NELSON.
■ body
GEORGIA. JONES COUNTT.-WIU
sol i before the court boude wr tt t:
county on the first Tuesday :n o« tot
l^;. during the legal ho * ' ***’
public outcry that tract t
containing out feimarsd —
Towles district of said county, known a.
the place where th* raid Henry Lon< r*»
ildod In 1M5. adjoining lands of Johr
Glover. Nat Glover and Tom Long,
wider u mortgage fi fa
th- vjperl' r court of raid «
of John S. Stewart A Bo
etc., vs. Henry Long. I i
* fit, I , __
deputy sheriff.
R. N. ETHERIDGE.
t| »•. th- • •’Hfli
Th -;-ik- r dl--^ t- I the
Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castorla.j