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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: .T A YU ARY 7, 1895.
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ter Crisp Thinks Action Will Not
[„ Delayed Beyond Friday
of This Week.
xau democrats stand.
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,U*dlng Ufinbiri From tliu
„ poubtfnl Poo 11 lout—Cock run
\ $a Bomi»»r BpoU^ Upon the
w# ..ur. IntU* Hon—.
Loftno. .lan. o-apaa** Wisp
r hte hour tm» artemoou that
1,1 »,mill be 'token on tho banking
uvV k, amt the expaottulon (■
'* U-IU net he defayad longer titan
m- Friday at the latest, anero
r*..'i-ritilo speeulaiuon renaming
I, 'l of ate nwwtuB. >ir. springer
'a <,,,,1 .Mr. Wnrncir et mew
W h„ are Wo or Ti» <mtuuch Mip-
w :ieve ttwt tt tvtu carry.
Lrgeutieineu, nowovor, insist uwt
ri !l n, bouton. Tlwso who argue
, rt . uitnttttl to title measure, nut
' ,-u-e oven tttieso will vote tor
.unrillv speaking; too tBMMfh
Vl* few exceptions, will
. the MU. at will <i»> me ex-
stiver iifn. the t'opunsts ana
l! .1.111-
11 is beliuvcvl that it The
nut in foreo on tne
*li,. tote H taken the toll! will be
la..
Mr. Sperry of Connecticut is
sitsti.'.i tv; Mi the measure, m-
U <,.< .a-igliul objemtions oave
7 untwined to some extent oy
jhn , n .,tiilnn-ntM nude to the bill
Lsuewsion. lie sranitiy says tn»t
*rfii.>t like it even now and lus
Lasyet raiehed a oont'hision reg-aM-
Id ni.-ntd. The number ot geutle-
i wo are untorta.n us to mar vote
u tie nnusure is very oonsiaor.ib.e.
are. in imny oases, nowever,
a* ...iiii.hu’ r.ita<>n men and ure
tha a in Uk- etui to give the bill tbeir
Mini tiv.in a dislike of imtogouiz-
:t nnusure pmparad by tlbo presr-
s secretary ot the treasury,
s u.yi-vsr,hhI itaut at tbe Demo
te a* ileus on Monday alteruoon
a number of short speectuw Will
link* in ojip >s; lion to tbe bill by
ill'll'.u who have declined to take
jHwitlon regarding It In dio house.
BOl'RKE COCHRAN'S SPEECH,
feature of the debate ui-on the Oar-
tall in the house toilay was the
h ot Mr. Coekran of New York,
occupied the attention of the house
nearly two hours, devoting hltnself
ty to a discussion of the nature of
ry and currency with a view to im-
ilng upon the members the fact that
subject could not be satisfactorily
ajtd as a party question. The dlsposl-
to ao treat the bill, Mr. Coekran said,
likely to lead to the wrecking upon
reeks of party expediency a nutter
ftaat importance to the American peo.
Of all the plans proposed for re-
V lhe present evil condition of af-
r. Coekran considered the Balti-
p!an best, but hs had no hope that
[twll be enactod Into law. The coombs
lit would vots for, balloting It to be
rob the right direction. He nssert-
dui If congress would re-establish the
of the country upon a basis in
with human experience and
this seelon would not he wltb-
proflt. nor the end without honor.
.-. Cockren held the attention ot the
an! naileries throughout his speech
*** greeted with applause at the
nOATNBR AND BLAND.
Kr. iloatner, who opened the debate
"h a speech In flavor of the pending
1 became engaged In an animated col-
V with Mr. Bland over the financial
stcy of t|„. administration, which the
iter described as n "mugwump.”
«r. Iloatner described the bill briefly
s measure Intended to Uke the
kki off the banking Interests of tho
ntry and psrmlt them to perform un-
mmeled the functions for which they
•re organised. He reviewed the history
tbe financial legislation of the past
•nty yearn and asserted that the policy
lb* government of paying Its out-
Jtnv debu In gold had received the
•'Ot, if not the support, of the Demo-
M party. This was shown by its
Hng as a candidate for president a
i who was known to favor that policy,
rp this statement marie at the out-
that turned Mr. BoatneFs speech Into
nlloquy with Messrs. Bland, Springer
d other*.
beeches were also made In support ot
bill by Mr. Catchlngs and In o|>post-
lo 11 by Mr. Lacey.
Hr Coombs presented for Information
i! printing In the Record a proposed
»t*iltute for tho pending bill, which Mr.
wirsn said he would support.
At the conclusion of the debate Speaker
e laid before the house tbe Military
hdsmy appropriation bill with sonata
b-ntments. On motion by Mr. Outh-
•hr. the senate amendments were non.
erred |n and a conference ordered.
>r« Morgan, Outhwalte and Bower*
• bppdnterl manager* on the part of
bouse. •
Tie hmuto then, at 5:IS o'clock, adjourn-
‘ until Monday.
k call for the Democratic caucus to ho
"I Sunday at I p. m. was read after
■bhrnment.
THE OUTLOOK TOR COTTON.
The Sun'* Review arid Rlord&n ft Co.’*
'Daily Letter.
•New Torlt, Jan. 6.—Tho Bun's Cotton
review says: Cotton advanced 6 points,
then reacted and cloned quiet and
steady at a net advance of S to 4
points, with sales rtf 40,000 boles. Port
receipts today 23,071, against 40.512 this
day last iweek, and 22,088 last year.
Naw Orleans' reoetpte on Monrkty ate
estimated at 14,000 to 17.000, against
27,051 ‘last 'Monday and 0,984 last year.
New Orleans advanced 1 point on
March, but lost this and'demined 3
points add then recovered a port of
the decline. Liverpool showed if- hard
ening tendency on the spot, though
prices were unchanged. 'Futures ad-
vanoud 2 points and dosed very steady;
spot sale* 8,000. Here spot cotton was
quiet and unchanged; no sales.
Houston 4s expected to receive 35,000
bales during te coming week, against
50,000 during the past week and 22,000
• for the week ending January 8, 1892. If
I the same movement Is seen hereafter
I us In 1802 the crop, It Is contended, will
i be 9,490,000 hade*. Northern spinners
j takings thus far this season see 1,304,794
against 907,927 for the same time last
year. Quantity In sight, according to
the Chronicle Is 7,003,754, against 5,030,-
718 a year ago. During the past week
wintry miner has prevailed In most
egctlons of the South, and. In fact, the
temperature In some localities has been
unprecedentedly law, so that the move
ment of the crop tins been delayed In
some measure. Southern spot markets
were unchanged.
‘Rlordan & Co. say: As to the Imme
diate future of prices opinions Just now
arc little better than conjectures. Ev
erybody admits that tbe market during
January will he ruled by the receipts,
but while the 'bulls expect that the
comparative movement of the crop
will continue to dwindle, the bears
seem confident that It will be so large
as to force prices to a lower point.
Looking beyond the current month we
are stronfS.y inclined to the opinion
that as spring ci*p»proachea prices must
Impnrve materially. Irrespective of
Whether iweieu shall Indicatea crop
of 9,000,000 or 10.000,000 bates. After the
end of January It will not >be this crop,
but the foreshadowing of the next one
that wiki goven the course of the mar
ket. The bear* here ridicule the Idea
of any oonalderahle reduction, of acre
age for the coming season. We think
that they arc wrong. We offllridt be
lieve that the Southern farmers are
foolish enough lo plant cotton largely
to be so«d at 5 cents or less, nor do
we th'nk Writ the present i|ese.»ii,|
condition oviK afllow them to do so.
Moreover, It is not every year »v nuve
a season so propltuous for planting
nnd picking as tne last. For these
reasons we believe that the world will
soon recognize the probabllty that the
next crop Is likely to be a small one
nnd that much lilgher prices will fol
low."
UFflMDUliU OF ROfcmr.llI.
QECion m iis.
Stripped of All Insignia of Ofiico and
Declared Unfit to Be a
French Officer.
“VIVE LA FRANCE” HIS CRT.
The Degradation Witnessed by Journal-
late* Artlats nn«t AH tbe Soldiers
of the Parle District—Uhouts
From the loldlere*
rr s THE POPE'S SECRET.
•• the Only Person Who Knows
the Content* of His Letter.
l' v «»h'.ngton, Jtm. 6.—Dr. Rooker,
£ :*Lry to Mgr. SatflIH, apostolic del-
■'hen asked tills morning In re-
‘ to the statement atteged to bare
IT!* received from Rome by way of
r.•*; h*". purporting to gWe the gist of
■' t nie-omlng papal encyclical In
'ml lo church affairs In America.
“ ■ the story was simply ti rehash of
“dha.l been printed In American pa-
1 J" long ago aw last August. There
w i punts contained In tbe al-
■ u '• "‘Wegiam which were not print
•months ago. Dr. Rooker further
i that the pope took no one into his
■n., nee, ondno one but Ms holiness
J ! vouch tor the truth of these
f oment The encydlieal eras not yet
iplet..] utsi was likely to be changed
JIf " ta «e of Its progress, lb* doe-
22*' •>» said, would be sent to this
- .7 Unlshed, end the leyn-
■J* Washington W'SJM be advised
P* date upon which It would be
f f ’r 1 ', 7fntll Its actual receipt no
t*iits n Information as to lu con
e's ooul.1 be obtained.
NO MORE WH1TECAPPINO.
In d., Jan. 8—Last night at
* tragedy occurred that will
«■ .J" ff" 1 whltscapptog In that vl-
R'ciry Hussey Is dead of a stab
LkJ ”>v"?, by » fevraev named Wsah-
cf ehusinT V', h,n !"'’ n h * 4 bwn eccussd
Hut kta hl » daughUr and seme boys
10 '**2 a whltecap warning and tried
•kit U by Peftag u- midnight
, ,n * ,on them with a knife
M'Ptino 1 « nd lb> dMth of Hamr “ _
of L ' ( ro,n ‘"Juries received. Another
*‘ t **>*• wa» badly wounded.
Tramps 1n Change ot Itttliway tarda
and Suburban Places.
I Sandusky, u., Jan. ft.—An epM.'imc
of robbery 1* raging In this city. Po
llen promotion is entaroiy i«wtde<iiuite
and the tramps rulo amt db tt* they
please stunt the railroad yard* nnd
suburbs. Au exn Donation of freigw
tir-ln* idrowed .that hfty car* have been
broken open and goods stolen there
from. One tram on the Lake snore
stopped at a small station between
Elyria and tills city and a tting or
thieve* backed u wagon against a car
and loaded It with boxes of merchan
dise. Mtie trainmen saw tho thieve*
driving off -with the wagon loaded w.ta
tho stuff. Ret era I Ihousiml dollars'
worm nos oeom stolen trutn cne rannru
ynrd* In the past few month* and
neither tbe police nor *ne railway men
are onto to check the wltMeaaM rou-
lierle*. Each successive robbery is
e.in*tng Inciwsed alarm among resi
dent* of Hhe elfy. and p*rrlciilany >n
the lomlltles near the railroad tracks.
A petition la being etrculnteil for pre
sentation to Itie ctty "ouncll next Mon
day evening asking for the appoint
ment of additional potlee and dotco-
Hvcs.
MINE ABANDONED.
Pittsburg People Here Sank Lota of
Money In the Ventura.
Plttiburg, Pa.. Jon. 5.— La Norls. the
famous ntlv-r -mine In Mexico, in which
so many Plttaburger* «ink good, hard
cash to the amount of I50O.IVW, has been
abandoned as s bad venture by thfc
stoelchoders. It has been decided to
aeb the entire plant of the La Norls
Mining Company at public sale In
Pittsburg within thirty dav* to the
hlghiwt bidder to nay off the Indebted-
nesa. Any surplus -will he divided
among the stockholder* of record. The
company was established some ten
year* ag and has not received one cent
of nctu.ul returns. It Is probable that
tbcae holding judgments to the amount
of 884,000 will beorme the possessors «f
theproperty.
WHOLESALE ORAVK ROBBERIES.
Agents Are Employed to duard Newly
Made Graves.
Indianapolis, Jan. 5—It has developed
here as a result of the Investlsatlon that
wholesale grave robberies are being In
dulged In by students nf collrcaa In this
city. The recent burning of the Indiana
Medical College, when twenty subject!
were lost, has created excitement, and
agents have been secured In surround
ing towns to keep track of burials. With
in the past week two corpse* here been
recovered by friends in pickling vats ot
tho local eollegeo, and the excitement
Is so Intense that the residents of sub
urban towns are forming vtgjlaace com
mittee* to prevent the diet urban ce ot
their dead.
IN JAIL TOR LIFE.
A Long Sentence Imposed on a Lawyer
for Contempt.
Cincinnati, Dee. 5—W. B. Burnett ex-
ttnlted States district attorney, was to
day sentenced by Judge Sage to Imprison
ment for sixty days. If at tbe expiration
of that time ho doe* not purge himself
of contempt he Is to remain In confine
ment Indefinitely, which Is equivalent to
a Ilf# sentence. Burnett was arrested
some time ago at tha Instance nf Mrs.
Etlxa Bennett, who claimed that he had
disposed of bonds amounting to or rent
thousand dollar* which ho held In trust.
By bis refusal to produce the papers be
was held In contempt by the court.
Pari*, Jon. 5.—'Formal degradation of
Ca.pt. Albert Dreyfus, who wies recently
sentenced m deprivation of ms military
rank and title nnd - confinement in a
fortress for life for having divulged
governmfun secret*, took puoe at u
o'clock this morning on tho paraae
ground of the Ernie iMlllUiTre, In the
pnwcnce of fl.UOU troops and a number
of miwspapiT reporters nnd others.
Some tlmo before daylight a detach
ment from all The rislroouta in the dis
trict of Paris iwere on the rnaren to
the pi radii grounds, 'three det.icn-
munts comprised now recruits, veter
ans nnd men of all grades of service,
*nd as they arrived at the Meole Min-
tatre took the poauiasi amgned to
them. Tho wwi trier was near and
bright but oold. Ait H'-TO s. m. Den.
Darras, commanding the troops, ar
rived. He .was assisted -by Col. ruyeuc
and a major of tho Paris gjmson. The
troops formed a square hieing tae
main entrance to the parade ground,
, Where wua stsuoued u band composed
j of drums nnd bugles. The Ttilrty-
| ninth regiment, having Utpt. urejrtu*
1 In charge, area one of the hrst bodies
to arrive at the groma.
| At U o'clock the prisoner was
| led out from the ktt, wing of the square.
He wus accompanied by a squad ot ar
tillery mbtlnra. He was pule, Dut with
a tlrin step, he nMnhnI wwn his sword
la hlB right, to the centre of tne square,
where he avaa oiWiUted by Gen. Darcua
He bulled before tbe gcnerel uii.7 stood
at "utteuMon."
The adjutant of the rrpuMIcan guard
then pronounced the verdict of the
court nuirtial which had condemned
Oapt. Drej-fua. While tbe verdict was
1 Ivins read Onpt. Dreyfus Hushed
i somewhat, but otherwise showed no
sign of losing his composure. After tne
reading of 'the verdict, Uen. Darns uu-
drwsed the pr.snner, saying:
"Dreyfus, you are unworthy to carry
trms. In the ntme of the people or
France, we degrade you."
The adjutant then wanted up to
uroyrus an1 took from him ms sword
which, with a quick, sharp movement,
he broke across ms knee, canting tne
pieces upon tho ground, lie then
cut the button* and insignia of
1 mnk frem the uniform of the con
demned curtain and rnrew mean oiso
upon tile ground. At this point dipt.
Dreyfus wo* for n moment moved by
a sense of hi* numiuation, hut bo quick
ly suppressed hi* emotion nnd shouted
in «. loud voice: “Vivo it France."
Continuing, he raid:
“Ybu have degraded in Innocent man.
1 swwr that l am innocent,''
Ho seemed thorn to igmak tanner,
bin hi* voice tvs* drowned by the rill
ing of tho drums, which wus not loud
enough, tmwervor, to drown a ring in
the shout from the crowd In the riflr
of the soldiers of “A Mott Le Tr.iltre.''
About 7:4# a. m. t veteran soldier
empkiyud as Janitor In the prison,
threw hack the Iron gates and Capt.
Dreyfus. Hanked by two soldiers carry
ing guns, with fixed bayonets, walked
out and hurriedly mounted the stops
of the van between lines of republican
guard*. The van, which was driven
by a trooper, took Its course across
the Rue Dupuy and down the Rues
de IMbylon and D'Eatree*. crossing
the avenue de Breterll Jo the Ecolo
Mint sire, where It arrived at 7:55.
Dreyfus mounted the van with perfect
unconcern. He stood erect and his
checks were not whitened by the cus
tomary pallor of prisoners. Hi* ap
pearance was more like that of a
<uan going on ponds than of a person
c indomnad to life Imprianment and of.
rial degradation. As ai measure of prep
aration for stripping the prisoner of
Ills Insignia of rank. etc., the prison
tailor yesterday removed all the but
tons mu] stripes from Dreyfus' tunic,
the rad stripe* from hi* trouser* and
the regimental number and bmld from
his collar and cap. These were rc-
S laced with a single stitch, so that
ey could bo tom away readKy. The
condemned man's sword was also Hied
almost In twafti In order that It might
be easily broken. The adjutant’s quick
movement and anparent efforts In
breaking the sword was consequently
mere pretense, as only a. mere touch
•was neoeasary. As the prison van
sped through the streets the people
stood on the sidewalk*, nnd with up
lifted hand* menaced and cursed the
unfortunate officer.
It is stated that when Dreyfus spoke
to the oUlcers of the reserve, protest
ing his Innocence, the latter retorted:
“Down with the Judos. Silence the
traitor." etc.
Dreyfus was stunned for a moment,
but quickly recovering himself, looked
upon them through his eyegfaasea.
which he wore throughout the cere
mony, and, with a smile of contempt,
■aid. In a clear, firm voice: "You are
POLITICS THE CAUSE.
Oliver, Oa., Jan. 5.—Yesterday even
ing a negro named OeongO Bellinger
wus shot and killed by a crowd of
maekod men ten miles tram Oliver. He
was s Democrat and bod taken a prom
inent part in the county election, and
It le believed that politic* caused the
troutd*. ...i
A STRANGE FATALITY. "
Union town. FU.. Jan. l-wmiam Spald
ing. a car dumper at the Oliver miner,
yesterday lost Ms footing and plunged
headlong Into No. 2 shaft, which Is 415
feet deep, lile body was crushed to a
pulp. Spalding was 22 yssra old. It wma
his Hart day'r work os tbs tipple. A
strange fatality has followed the Kr«Ming
family. Within eighteen months nve
Bk:ni>rs have nut riolcul ilcs ra
pnnuuitM UM n MUM
unnnnnn i:nu ri uuuliiil.
Lot the Carlisles and Springers linko
Way for the Gentleman
From Fulton,
AN INTERSTATE CURRENCY PLAN
He Ssnds Copies to Congress In Bill Form
AH Ready for Them lo Fall In With
the Grand Idea and Enact It
, Immediately Into a Latv.
Atlanta, Jan. 5.—(Special.)—Hon. Chas.
I. Brsnan, representative from Fulton
county, who cut a conspicuous figure In
the last house by the novel method of ad
vocating legislation through the medium
of handbills distributed on the desks,
comes to the front again In the states
manship line.
Mr. Rranan has Issued 1,00# copies of a
forty-page pamphlet on the currency
question. He shipped 500 copies ot his
pamphlet to Washington today to be dis
tributed among the congressmen. The dis
tribution, he sal's, will be managed by
Mr. Bennett, private secretary to Secre
tary Smith, who will also do what he can
to have the currency scheme evolved by
Mr. Brsnan adopted by coigress In place
It the Carlisle plan. In specking of his
scheme Mr. Bran an said this iftemoon
that he believed It is far superior to that
of Mr. Carlisle or any of the others 'hat
have been presented.
As Mr. Bransn's plan Is quiet lengthy'
and somewhat ambiguous to the ordinary
reader, no synopsis can do It justice. It
has the value of uniqueness, however, as
the following, taken from the title page
of the pemphlet. will Indicate.
“To the United States congress. Com
pliments of 250,000 commercial men, who
•ra now ready to go forth Into every
hamlet and say: 'And ere declare unto
you glad tidings, how that the promise
which was made unto the people (fathers)
hath been fulHIed,’ but who do not wish
to be compelled to go among their peo
ple and say: 'But tidings out of the
east and out of the north shall trouble
(you) him. Therefore (they) he shall go
forth with a great fury to destroy and
utterly to- make array many.’ “
Mr. Branan calls his scheme an ''Inter
state currency plan.” He has It drawn up
In bill form ready for prompt adoption
by congress.
Like his famous registration bill, when
Mr. Branan offered prises of dry goods,
hosiery, cravats, etc., to any one who
could And a flaw In It, he also calls upon
those who can find any "plausible defects”
In bit currency plan to notify him of the
fact.
Mr. Brsnan closes hla unique psmphlet
by saying that every cltlsen of the Union
who visits the exposition next tall will
"eny to the people of the world who are
present 'we ere the people' If his e-—*n.
cy plan, or one similar to It, Is adoptod
by corgress.
Then there appears on the last page
In graceful script lettering to catch tha
eye of the unwary congressman this:
"The present condition of our country
demands the attention of the leaders In
our government, aa In the days ot Nehe-
mlah. Read Nehemlab, 5th chapter and
connecting ones."
CAPT. BRADWELL ELECTED.
He Will Be Ready tj Open he Normal
Sehool the Firat of April.
Atlanta. Jan. 5.—(Special.)—Tha Httta
Normal School commission held an Im
portant meeting at the cepltol today to
discuss plane for the school to be oper
ated under the appropriation ot 81#,000
mode by tho otate at tho last ciaslon of
tho leglelature.
Professor Lawton B. Evana of Augusta,
president of tbe Normal School alnco Its
oUhllshmsnt, tendered hi* ealgnailonto
the board, and It was accepted. Piofea-
aor Evana resigned on account ot the
additional duties required of tha uresldent.
as the acbool will bo managed hereafter. .
He could not till the office nnd at the
tome time retain hla position as superin
tendent of the Augusta schools, and so
wus forced to resign.
The hoard sleeted Hnn. S. D. Bradwell,
ex-slate school commissioner, president
or tbe Normal School at a salary of 81.100
per annum. Chancellor Boggs of the
University of Oeorgla was mads treasur
er of the board.
Capt. Bradwell will enter upon the per
formance of hie new duties at once. The
Normal Cnllege will not open until April
I. hut there Is a great deal of prelimi
nary work to bo done. President Brad
well will visit all tbe large normal
schools In this country for the purpoto
of securing Information upon which to
establish the plan of work for the Geor
gia school.
Professor a. R. Glenn, the new state
school commissioner, took part In tha
proceedings today. It being hla :>at at
tendance on the board's meetings.
BELLBW APOLOGIZED.
Dreyfus was Arm throughout. Dur
ing the entire ceremony he aonoired
to be less affected than almost any per
son present. Except that he was
stunned for the Instant by the taunts
o» his fellow offletre, he was perfectly
cool.
Oogit. Dreyfus upon rcochlng the
prison depot said 4o Hie prison gov
ernor: "My Innocence wBI he rerog-
nlxed some day. I have confidence that
ITov4dcnce In Its own time win reveal
the real culprit."
After Dreyfus' heaht nnd oflier di
mensions were taken be was Iransfered
to the prison De La Santo, where he
will remain until hs Is deported for
la accont-
FAILED TO GET THE CASH.
Akron. O.. Jan. 5.—A bold attempt
was made at 1 o’clock this morn! ■ *
to blow ifee safe uf Sefber'.lng. inner
it Co., at Doyleatawn. The night
wexchmsn was seised from behind as
he a (tempted to enter the office door
by three men who bound and gagged
him. They drew a ky.; hag over his
held and body and Usd Mm to a chair,
while they began operations. Three
altemps w Tt made to l.i >,
of
The nvn he
Mr. DeGIve Had the Bewitching Mrs.
Potter In Tears.
Atlanta. Jon. 8,—(Special.)—Mr. Kyrle
Rrllew. the romantic actor who supports
Mrs. James Brown Potter, as principal,
and Mrs. Potter herself. Incidentally, flg-
ured In s scrap with Stage Manager De
sire at the Grand Opera House lost
night after Ibe performance nf i'har-
lotte Corday." Early In the evening Mr.
Bellow undertook to raise the wind with
Mr. DeGIve because ho wouldn t turn the
lights up to suit him. DeGIve told the
handsome actor that he was no gentle
man. whereupon the Impersonator of
Marti called him a liar In a large stage
voice. DeGIve didn't want to spoil the
show, but let tho matter go on until af.
ter the curtain fell, when *• relied Del-
lew out and told him ha’d have to apolo
gias or take s Unking before ho could
leave the house. There wax a great
arena, ilia. Potter rushed to »*e reams
of her leading man. and after aaylag seme
tart things, declaring that oho was a
lady and a star at that, broke doom and
deluged tho sure with real tears. Of
course this brought the aprtogv from Mr.
Bellew. and there was a hand-shake ali
around.
anta, Dee. 6.—(Special.)—A tele-
i received by Judge Van Epps to-
brings Intelligence of tbe death
GEORGE DUDLEY THOMAS DEAD.
Ho .Was One of lue Most Widely
Known Georgia Iftwyere.
Ik titan ta, Deo. 6.
gram
day brings
of Mr. Goorre Dudley Thomas of Ath-
erj, Oa., this morning at an early
hour. iHIo depth occurred ot St.
Luke's Home, the sanitarium of Dr.
Hunter MaGuIre, In Rlohmond, Va.
Ho was a son of the late Stevens
Thomas, Esq., secretary of th“ South
ern Mutual Insurance Company. Ha
wus formerly professor of the law
school of the University of Georgia,
which position he resigned on account
of failing health. He was at one time
a law partner of ex-Senator Pope Bar-
row of Savannah, and also of Capt.
Henry Jackson of Atlanta, and was
for many years past assistant division
counsel of the Riobmonfl and Danfflie
mV.road. Mr. Thomas wne well known
throughut the state.
ELHOMON CONTESTS.
Notice of Quite a Number Have Been
Given to the Governor.
Atlanta. Jan. 5.—(Special.)—Govonor
Atkinson today received notice of a
contest over Ui» office of courtly treas
urer of Bibb county. Mirny ocher no
tices of contents In 4h* county Sections
ot last Wednesday have come Into the
exeoutlve office. Up to this afternoon
notice had been given of contests over
the office ot nhelff and treasurer In
Johnson county, clerk In Jefferson
county. Sheriff In Polk, tax collector in
Dodge, sheriff and clerk In Jackson,
treasurer In Morgan, clerk ami treas
urer In Dougherty, county oummhado-
era In Fayette, clerk in Emanuel, sher
iff and tax collector In Laurens, and
the county offleera in Cayton, Washing
ton and Greene.
In some at the contests the Populists
are contestants and In ashen* they are
Demoorata. <
IN BATONTON'S favor.
She Will Get a Passenger Rate of Three
Cents a Mtle
Atlanta Jan. 5.—(8peclal.)—The railroad
mmmiHimi tndav decided the ease
against the Middle Georgia and Atlantic
railroad, brought by the people of Eaton-
ton, by ordering the puaenger rate re
duced fruiu 4 cant, to 2 cents a mile.
The freight rates are Glowed to Hand as
they have been.
TEARINO AWAY THE WALLS.
Aidants, Jaa. 8.—(Special.>—The work
ot lisikii erway Ska condemned walls
of Hie old capltrt building has begun.
Venable Droth«w. the wwn nf the
property, have determined to replace
tbe okl house with a raagntfioem build
ing of granite, at once. The now
butldtar will be designed for a hotel,
but the arranxement wIK be suoh that
If atier the ecpredtlnn Is over It will
Dot oav as a hotel It mar be used os
an office bunding.
WANTS A NHW TRIAL.
Atlanta, Jon 5.—(Special.)—Judge
Richard Ctarketodaqr overruled the mo-
t.'ws a rave trial In tti- case of Add*
j. 1 , is the n"ir-> h. t.'M.'.-l to
Vans on Jsnuenr U. tar ansaulUng
Mrs A. K. Sinner T!
DEATH OF MAJ. ABRAHAM.
KKirango Lows One of Il>r .Most
prominent citizens.
Laiirange, Jen. X—(Special.)—moj. a.
D. Abraham, vlce-pnmaem or tno ■ si
lt range Banking nnd 'trust company,
died yester,Idy morning atuf wus bnriea
today at 111 n. m.
Jlaj. Anna rum was a Virginian
nnd moved to Merlwntner county In
1855 and married MMt Parham. Dur
ing the war be did good service In the
cause ot -the Confederacy and rose to
tut mnk of major. At ate close of hos
tilities be settled In LaUmnge and
went Into, the general merchandise bus-
I nets and was very auoceMtrul.
On thedeaith of Ur. Wlmmsh he wes
elected president of the Ltiurango
Hanking and Trust company, wmen
position be held tor over nrtcon years,
during which time he trend this one of
the stmngeist institution* In the state.
The stock, from tMUkf hetorw par. went
to gl75 before he resigned, piying un
the time an turned dividend of lu per
cent MaJ. Abraham was a model hank
president, oral few men of men ns ever
did more to help deserving young men
to rise In huslnes* train he and at tne
same time tost os little money for the
bank.
He wus tmlversnTy liked, and It wa*
a matter of regret when falling health
compelled him to rertgn the presidency
in 1802.
MaJ. Abraham leave* a wife, one son
and Are Ai light era and a Mat of friend*
to mourn hi* detilh. He wus nil af
fectionate huahind. nn Indulgent fa
ther end s Into friend. HI* funeral
was the hrge*t and most affecting ever
seen In onr lltftle city.
TAYLOR FBET*8 RELIEVED.
TlwinghShe Elected ropullfto. She Will
let come into une.
Reynolds, Xin. 5.—(Special.)—Tho peo-
p'.c are through w.tb election* for the
next ttwo years, and wane mis county
(Taylor) has gone Populist in all of the
state e'.octloas. the Democrats are not
dbooumsed and feel confident, with
the regutrakioD law, that no trotioie
will be experienced lu wheel.ug U in
the Democratic column two years
hence. The Damocnttic party m mis
county feel* truly grateful to Senator
Sinford for Ms great InTerrst m their
load attaint, anti to Hon. u. u. uruy
of Houston county. They owe ■ debt
of gratitude wnicti can ouly t*» repaid
by making him to«<r choice two years
hence for White aroitor. llousto:t will
furnish The next senator, and itbere Is
no one whom the Democrats of tuts
county wou'd delight to honor more
than 4J. U. Gray, «nd will give mm a
solid support If he consent* to mao*
me race.
PROHIBITION OFFICIALS.
Tatbotton, Jaa. 5.-<8peolal.>-In a mu
nicipal primary held today tor mayor
and council a ticket favoring a prohibi
tive liquor tax was nominated. The ques
tion or whisky baa been so settled for
tho list eight renreciitive years. J. M.
Matthews Is nominated for mayor: G. H.
Eetee. E. I- Bardwell. T. H. Persons, J.
H. McCoy. A. J. Perryman, R. Leonard
for aldermen and R. A. Mlxelt for mar-
OOLD BRICK SWINDLERS CAUOHT
Rtobmcmd. Va.. Jan. 5.—'Thomas H.
Parker, ihe man arrested In Petersburg
as one of the men who yesterday swin
dled-Mr A. W. Wishers of Gloucester
county 85.000 bv osOmtor off blnaks
of comer for wold brick*, was bi uugiit
here l nx>n Parker le thought to be tbs
ellered assaver of the Ptill.idelnhti mint
who acted os the confederate ot John
W illimns. When the rr»lr"H» was made
Parker wore a long steel beard, hut
when unrated In Petersburg It had
beea (amoved.
A (etaatofli from Lynahbunr sera
Williams end another man IntereateJ tn
the swindle hxvc been arrest id In that
city.
COLLEGE BURNED.
Onronta, 'Ala., Jar. I.—Blount Col
lege burned this morning. It was a to
tal lose. The county’s loan is ft. 10# on
stock. The company’s lorn Is 829.000.
W. C. Owens, who defeated Breckin
ridge for cengnaa has Bled his answer
to Judge Denny's notice of contest. He
charge* fraud at a number of Voting
place*. Judge Denny says he will take
l« affidavit* on Monday to show that the
charges an not founded on tacts.
Mis FAR 1HF
. s 'e;ilM'ltnl Air-I.ine rei']iiu Aio ji.ikiii-
Strong Efforts to Get tbo Macon
nr.d Northern Road.
WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD MEAN
A Direct lain* to Florida Would Do tho
IlnoU, as tho Oeorgla Southern
Would Furnleh tho Link—A
Saving of Seventy Miles*
Baltimore. Jan. 5.—It to reported
that the Seaboard Air Line to negotia
ting Her the purchase of the Macon
and Northern property. Tbe contracting
Interests tn them roads arc owned by
Baltimoreans. Tbe Macon and North
ern was sold October 15 butt, under a
decree ot the United Slates court at
Mmcen, Ga.. bring bought In by Mr.
Alexander M Brown, rep rewriting tho
bondihoOden. The sale has not been
confirm'd by the court, but (here la
no doubt It wfll 6s.
Mr. Brown, who is chairman of tho
bondholders’ cotremlbtect and Mr. R.
Ourson Hoffman, president of Seaboard
Air Line, have racer*Jy held several
long conferences. Both gentlemen are
absent from the city at present and no
confirmation of tbe reported deal can
be obtained The acquisition of the
Macon amj Northern property by the
BcuUxxird Air Line would be looked up
on as a ten-strike for the Litter road
and If the deal Is Anally nude consid
erable change In the nig road situation
of the South will be the result. Tha
Macon and Northern Is a direct Une
from Macon to AKbens. a distance of
105 miles. Jk has been known for some
time (halt 'the Seaboard desired a Flor
ida ronnecdion and the scheme ot pur
chasing (he Macon and Northern and
making a traffic arrangement with tho
Georgia Southern end Florida, which Is
also largely owned by BalUmoreans, la
llkriy to be decided upon. The Geor
gia Southern and Florida Is onto of die
most dlreat ties to FI .rid i from Mur
con. It nuns to Palatka and connects
with the Plant System for Jackson-
vSle. That a-rramgemant would fhocttm
the Seaboard's Florida route about
oovenrty miles.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS, ritij I
James Cook, a well known politician,
snd Charles Hudnall ot the city engln-
* t's office, shot and killed each other In
New Orleans. The trouble grew out of
Coek'e alleged Intimacy with Hudnall'g
daughter.
Judge stmonton, In Charleston, decided
that the payments on the lease of Ihe
Cheatilr and Lenoir railroad by tha
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta were
not privileged claims against that road.
A. H. . tampton. the negro preacher
wanted In Kentucky, ban been liberated
In Cincinnati on the ground that hie life
would be In d.qiger In Kentucky and that
the papers were Irregular.
The announcement of 8tate Senator
Thomas P. Davies o) West Virginia puts
six candidates In the -ace for the United
States senate.
Nine of the Edgar Trempeon Steel
Works furnaces hare been p ,t In Mast.
Three hundred strlkere have.returned to
work, but 400 are still out. *'
An expires train on the Souther., Ra
cine collided with a work train In r Ra
mon t tunnel, near Livermore, Cal. “he
engineer and It reman were killed.
An exploelon of powder took place a
Union town. Pa., killing John Vlslnekl and
wounding elx other workmen.
Tbe Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard
Air Line have both shipped cars of corn
to the Nebraska sufferers.
Governor Power has appealed to Loul-
•Inna cltlsen* for assistance for Nebraska
farmers.
Mrs. C. Parmvaclnl of Montgomery was
burned to death by having her dress catch
on Are.
Breoklnrldge lectured at Charleston to
an audience of thlrly-flve people, three
of whom were ladlee.
New Orleane merchants have taken
step* to organise a fruit exchange.
Mia* Mary Stevenson le not expected to
•urvlve more than four or live days
A powder mill exploded of Goes Sta
tion, O., killing three men.
The United States cruiser Montgomery
Is at Pensacola.
FASHION IN -FACE HAIR.
There Was a Ttm# When It Took
Courage to Wear Beard or Mou«-
toohe.
The beard and mouSMaho earns Into
fa*£)fnn almoner Rngllslunrei eo recentty
that mliUle-aerod foUte can easily rec
ollect when It reoutred some oouraxe to
lay the naior wide and still more to
face the wrwtid during Ihe tinltM dtvees
of the result, says the London Stan
dard. Towarle the ck«5> of iadt cen
tury tbe second Lord Rokrtiv ertlcav-
cre to restore the (minted beariL which
wed: cut wUh rim Btuarts. But his
countrymen would not beer at aucCv
an OnmivuMon. onl pronged the hero
of the Gordon riots who, when he turn
ed Jew. eltawed his beard to grow af
ter tbt> almost sacred custom of hto
to-ret Wrl onto ts. lent Rotaby. there
fore. endured to no purpose tbe scoffs
of hit oxntemporaries aft what one of
them deacrlbni oa “the moat eonaplcu-
one trait of bis prison." All iBnaland
either Miaved. or comordmtosd by per-
mlDtlng a akanty hint of a whisker to
gpmr. Even "mixton chape," regarded
in America until 4atc4y oh (be secular
mark of »n Engrtshmitn. men not gvti-
etuky edottnl by the ahiider BiIIum.
As for moustaches, onto mtUterv men
wemn shorn, and. Indeed, calvary of
ficers had almost a monopoly ot (too
warlike appendage. The Infantry sel
dom sdocPrd It. and many officers of
high rank. Hke W.tllngton. near wore
It at any period of their career. Even
NtapoS*:*! remained throughout life
nraooth-facetl. and genevally piled the
rawer bhnself. "One l>im to be n
king." Talteyrund esnialned to Boxers,
"has *wne one <o rtiave km. but tbny
who aonulre kingdoms eh*a-e (hem-
aelvee." Naval oflloer*. many of whom
arc. In common irltb ‘mhele men.
bearded Kke the peed—though even
th-y are aubteot to certain rule* in
(Ms respect—sawd to be stDI more
strictly tad town. A moustache, for
lee* s beard. w*a never seen afloat.
Tbe moow.icbis of foreign oaHor*
newer fattod to excite tho amuetment
and contempt nf our blue Jacket*, just
as the bearded lira of a visitor at
ones otamosd him as not of the tolarti
bom—be was probably a "Fttrtwhy.''
a German waiter, a ringer, or a cir
cus rider. Dickens give* exoreaskm <o
this tnpular prejudice In "Marvin chlx-
glesrlt.'’ when he endows Sdontutu
Tlrg with a moustache and the sea*
military frogwG coat then In favor
with riiady sxmUemsn who liked to be
addreawd as “mptaln." ''Hkur
Mack TauJey'a orwxonpuous
torn: "I could see bfcn a lltt
If he'd Shave himself ami get hie tut.-
oul. I a • .1 In't s inri re-.-,
M ! v In my ho -• ■. r. e i< ;
A race week prtcee for It. He’s
(DOUfn to turn Um very iw* ••
Tft Dlckam hlrnr
bis latter year*.