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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: FEBRUARY 14, 1895.
I BE I
reapondence to the committee at the
whoihe on toe state of the Union, but
the tmraker heM that a motion to tnait
effect would not he In order.
Tlio President Indicates the Amount
of the Issue in a Special
Message.
the grounds op trb loan.
Mr. Cleveland States Coeelaely Why the
Loan le Blade In Spite of the L'aitsd
States Cobgrase—Things Will
Vet Come Oat IMghl,
Sicced appro-pr!
Inst $10,000 for the ro'jtef of the poor of
the District of Columbia; also fourteen
private pension bills. The usual Friday
night's session for the consideration of
pension bits was omitted by unano-
mo us consent.
TRAINS I SNOW-BOUND.
TVadblucton. •Feb, 8.—'The houno io*
Bay entered ujion the oous'-deratlon of
Um cxocutiva, liulslutlvo nnd judicial
appropriation for die yeur ending June
30, 1808, but made little progress. Au
amemlmMM to the paragraph provid
ing for payment of dork* of members
iwas offered by 'Mr. B.inJet t (Detnoeral)
of New York and to mike them annual
Instead of session employes, led to on
animated d Jxtte tipon tint economy and
wisdom of giving members the ass!tr
ance of otcr.ks. 'Much intercut was
displayed n,nd various propositions were
made to umtaid or to substitute Mr.
Bartlollt's motion. These overe all re
jected, .but upon tlio udopllon of Mr.
Bartlett's propor tion a quorum did not
Vote. All oflV.s to secure a quorum
(proved futile and Anally they were
ob unioned and 'the further considera
tion of the bill -postponed.
The tueteuges from the president an
nouncing tho wile of bonds and tlie pro
test of thfs government aguinst the ex
CCUtlOH O? •til? J’o'uinf-m.irfini s'-ntiWi’P
upon citizens of the Doited States who
engaged in the recent revadt in Hawaii,
were received n nd referred, the former
to the camini-titco on ways und means,
the litter to the committee on foreign
affairs.
The message iwiaa os follows!
THE MESSAGE SUBMITTED.
"To the Congress of the United
States: S.nco my recent communica
tion to the congress catling attention
to our financial condition and suggest
ing legislation -which I deemed essen
tial to our na-tilanul wtdluro and credit,
the anxiety and upprebension -then ex
isting in business circles have con
tinued.
“As a precaution, therefore, against
the fa.luro of 'timely tcgaflatlvc aid,
through congressional iiotiou, cautious
preparations turn -bean pending to em
ploy to the toest. possi'bto advantage, in
default of bag or -moans, such executive
authority as may, without add.tlonal
legislation be exercised for the purpose
of ro.nforo.ng and maintaining In our
treasury an -adequate and safe gold re
serve. In -tlbe Juakgtucnt of those eepc-
daily charged with this responsibility.
<ho bus!net*, sltualtlon is so critical
and tho logUdative situation is so mi-
prom sing, wlth tho omsston thus far
on the pant of the congress to benefi
cially entungo -the powers at the secrc
tary of tho armoury In tbe premises,
as to etxjoio lmm-aHuo executive ac
tion with rho facll.-iles now at hand.
"Therefore, !n pursuance of section
0700 of tho rovlsed stafut.w, tbe details
of an arrangement boro this day been
concluded wl-nh panties abundantly able
to fulfill ttoe.r undertaking, whereby
bonds of -the United .States authorized
under -thu adt of J-uty 14. 1878. payable
in coin, -thirty yean* after their date
with lolterertt at the ruts of 4 per cent,
per annum to the -amount of little less
than alxky-dwo m lions and four hun
dred thousand dolnrs. are So be Issued
for tho purchase of gokl coin amounting
to a sum MlghUy in excess of sixty-five
millions of dollars, to be delivered to
tho treasury of the United St t ten.
which sum, added to the *<xd now heht
In reserve, will so reatorn to such re
serve aa to make It amount to some
thing more than one hundred muttons
of daikon. Such premium Is ho be al
lowed to tho government upon the
*>otvls aa to fix ithc rate of interest upon
the amount of Cadi reitz-il *.t tho rate
of 8 3-4 per cent, per annum.
“A-t lens* one-iwlf of tho gold to be
obtained la to he supplied from abroad,
which is a very Important and favors-
ulo feature of the transaction. The
privilege la eepooally rretnvnl to tho
govern in eua to stgastr.ttato of par within
ten days from trials date, to lieu of th*
4 per cent, bonds, other bonds in terms
payable In gold and bearing ooty 3 per
cent, of interest If the same should; In
the meantime, be authorised by' tbe
congrats.
, arrangement thus completed
which after careful Inquiry appear! In
5"**“ sdroumatsnoea and considering
Hi the oblcets desired, to be the best
attainable, develops such a difference
In the estimation of investors between
bonds made nnd payable In s</Id In
favor of the latter at Is represented by
three-fourths of a cent In annual In
terest.
"In the agreement just concluded the
annual saving In tnrerest to the gov
ernment of 3 per cent, gold bonds
should bo substituted for 4 per cent
coin bonds under the privilege re
servnd. would be flve hundred sod
thirty-nine thousand, on* hundred and
fifty-nine dallsn, amounting in thirty
years, or at the msnturity of the coin
bonds, to sixteen milton. one hundred
nnd seventy-four thousand, seven hun
dred and seventy dollars.
"Of course, there never should be s
doubt (n any nuanter .is to redemption
in gold ,tf tbe bonds of the government
which are mode payable In coin. There
fore ton discrimination In the judgment
of Inventors between our bund obliga
tions payable In coin and thoae spe
cifically made psyoMe In gold is very
Stgnincauit. ii is hardly necessary to
puxgeet that whatever may be our
Views on the subject, the sentiments
or preferences of those with whom we
must negotiate In disposing of our
bonds for gold are not subject to our
dictation.
“I have only to sod, that In my opin
ion. tbe tranmetton herein detailed for
the Information of congress promises
Cibttrr results than the efforts previous
ly made in the direction of effectively
ad-ling to our gold reserve through the
■ale of -bonds, nnd I believe K srttt tend
as far as such action can In present
circumstances, to meet tbe determina
tion expressed in tbe taw repealing sil
ver purchasing clause of the act of
July 14. ISM. and that in the language
of such repealing set the arrangement
made will aid our efforts to secure a
maintenance of the parity in value of
the coins of the two metals and the
equal T*«wer of every dofhar at oil
time! In the markets and In the pay
ment of debts. Orover Cleveland.
"Executive Mansion. Teh. 8, ISM."
Mr. Boutelle of Maine endeavored to
secure a reference of tbe Hawaiian cor-
8ENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Two very important vxwnmunclatlons
from the Drestden-t of the United States
were presented In the senate today and
were referred to their appropriate com
mittees.
Without any comment, but with fn
apparent sense of the Importance of
the president's representations the
message was referreu to the committee
on finance.
The other message of the -president
attracted equal attention and gave rise
to considerable discussion, after which
it war referred to the committee on
foreign relations. U sad reference to
the deetlh sentence upon the persons
convicted of emerging In a revolution
ary movement In Hawaii. The general
tone of the debate Indlcaited the depth
of feeling Which exists against suoh a
sanguinary measure—the only expres
sion to the contrary conning from Mr.
Morgan of Alabama, who said that he
had no advice to give to the Hawaiian
governbut tfn»at 4f it yleldieil to
the remonstrances of any other govern
ment In such a matter it -might as well
turn over Its power to Queen LIHuoka-
* a The dlpKimiltlc appropriation' bill,
with the amendment as to teCegraph
cable to Hawaii, went over without
action and Is -to be voted on at Ip, m.
tomorrow. At 5:25 the senate ad
journed.
COUNTY TAX SHORT.
Startling Revelation by Fulton County
Commissioners.
Atlanta. Feb. 8.—(Special.)—Futton
county's financial management was the
subject of a sensatlonil meeting of the
board of county commissioners toil-ay.
Three of the five members of the ovoid
are new men. who recently went Into
rfnee. When they took hotd of tits
reins they decided to Investigate a lit
tle. As a result same rather startling
discoveries were matte, and it was toe
disclosure of these discoveries today
that caused the liveliness of the occa-
(1
The Pennsylvania System Finds It Al
most Impossible to Keep Up
Traffic.
SNOW IS AS DEEP AS CARS.
Mauy Places Report Iho Mercury ar
■telaw Zero or Hovering Around
Tliet Doubtful Point—It ts
Cold ETrrjnhirr.
I-t -was found that the odd board had
bought a tract of land for $60 per acre
while property adjoining it saOd for $10
an acre.-dPhe county put up $18,000 on
the deal without submitting the pur
chase to tho people as required by law.
To make the situation more emlbamiss-
lng it has been reported tha-t a mem
ber of the board was Interested in the
land sold to tihe county at this fancy-
price. Today, op the advice of the
county attorney this deal wan declared
Illegal and the deal will be rescinded.
Another alJco.-erv was that Venable %
Bros., stone con-tractors, had been al
lowed to overdraw same $12,000, while
the county treasury ta In, such a de
pleted condition that its debt* oanndt
be pard at •maturity, hut hank notes
were renewed and regular loans made
at the rate of 7 per cent.
The "now broom” also discovered
that the only record of the county’s
affairs is the minute boo-k of the clerk
of the board, who gets $3,000 per year
for bis duties. There are no books, und
In general things were in a chaotic
enndtHop. The country lack about
$100,000 of having sufficient tnnris to
meet the ourrent expenses of the year
nnd a snug xum will have to be made.
There were some smart spots be
tween the commissioners “ u rj*y*
meeting, tout the new eom-mleetmiers
stood firm In their demand for reform
and announced that they voii d con
tinue to shake things up until they
get It.
'PMadelpUir, Feto. 8.-fTUe entire
Pennsylvania railroad system from
Now York to Washington In the east
and as fir west as Pittsburg is serious
ly crippled toy snow drifts. In some
places, particularly at Jl.fflln, forty-
nine miles west of Harrisburg, the
snow has drifted as high as -ute car
tops. A few trains on the various di
visions departed from Philadelphia this
morning, tout the drifts interrupted
their progress at Intervals on every few
miles. Thus far no accidents have been
reported.
The avcjltern, southwestern and Pa
cific express trains which left here last
night at 830, 10:23 nnd 1120 o'clock re
spectively, iwero snow bound all night
in the neighborhood of Downlngton.
This morning workmen succeded In
clearing the tracks and the trains were
released, arriving at Harrisburg shortly
before noon. It Is not believed that
they can get farther went than Mifflin,
ns several trains have been snow bound
thorn since last night. The snow has
drifted badly on the famous "horseshoe
curve," which is in the Allegheny
mountains, five miles west of Alloetvi,
and a fre ght train was stalled through
out tbe night at that place. As a lib
eral supply of coal was ptft on all trains
before their departure lnet night, there
was no suffering among the belated pas
sengers or train craws.
On the -New York divisions and on
tho 'Maryland d.vision tho situation Is
praotlcaby the same as on the main
Hue as regards irregular train service,
although the drifts are not so bad.
Tbe h.gh winds -blow the snow Into
heaps ou -the tracks almost as fast as
workmen deur it -away and the «cJd I'
growing more Intense hourly.
Luckily th<> telegraph wires over
Pennsylvania road are in fairly f
sha-pe, thus making at -possible to d
the movements of trains from cei
pomes ami lessening the posslbllit
accidents.
Tho read ng road Is also in bad shfpe,
particularly a-t Reading and in the ooal
regions.
An east bound -passenger train'on. the
East Pennsylvania railroad ts snow
bound near Lyons station and Is Mints-:
compltCcly h dden from view. There
are only a few persons on thqAralh'be
aides the crew.
The trains on the main lino bottv
Pol'.HVlCle awl Philadelphia are
nioro or dees delayed. Th '
due .n Philadelphia at naaifjfc'-
misses of drifting Ice, and the utmost
care bad to toe exercised to taking the
boats across.
Jjoto in the afternoon the Hamilton,
Snnifv Wall streeS ami Thtrty-ulnth
street ferr.es Stopped running on ac
count of the ice. The only serious oti-
oldont T<fi>orted, and -which was at
tended with probable loss of life, oc
curred late last night in the lower bay,
where a -fishing schooner, tbe Emma,
was in distress. Four of her crew took
to a boat and ntitompted to reach shore
but have not rtnee been heard from.
Three others remained In -the rigging
four or five hours and then reached
rfiore nearly frozen to a small boat.
AU of the railroads entering tbe city
were praat ailly tied up. A few trains
got through but they were merely tonal.
The through train service on -the New
York Central was resumed with the
departure of the North Shore limited
a/t 4:30 this afternoon and every effort
will be mode to get tlbs trains through
to Chloago without delay. Loco,; trains
on the Hudson river division are run
ning regularly and it la expected that
tomorrow all through trains on this
line will -be running os usual.
All the mails due here today were
delayed. The muh a from the New Eng
land states due at 6:31 tots morning
are reported stalled In Connecticut.
The extern malts from Washington and
Maryland are also behind time. The
trans-contlnen-tnfl mall due here at 1:50
from San Framelacw Is reposted eight
hours late. The malls from the North
and Canada are two hours late.
The storm on Long Inland was un
usually severe. Travel is blocked
nearly everywhere. Much suffering 4s
reported. Reports from Rocks,way
Beach. Coney Island, Fire Island. Sag
Harbor. East Hampton, Qreenport.
Norttpor. Freeport and many other
points say the storm is the worst
kn-wn tn many years. Fire Island re
ports two sdh-oonera a Shore. The crew
of one of -the sdhooners ashore were
landed, but the other schooner's crew
arc not : >t tended.
Far Rockamay reporta that a Steamer
Is said to toe ashore at Long Beach,
but cannot oorvflcm the sta-tement. Far
R-ock-anray also reports a serious rall-
—**» accident near that place. An en
gine on the Long Iatend railroad was
derailed, and overturned. The fire-man
was killed outright nud the engineer
wa* cauont under Hie wreck and badly
soajded and held fast until he died.
The temperature at the spot wag 8 de
grees heCow zero.
NO NEWS YET RECEIVED.
New York. Fob. 8. 2 a. m.—'No news
as yet from the Gascoigne nor the Teu-
tiinlc. Tho latter Is now three and a
half days overdue.
AT WASHINGTON.
Washington. Feb. 8.—A ^ay of In
tense cold and -dlscomfoTthelghtened
by a driving gale
by -a night quite os frigid and windy.
Tbe Potomac from -the Maryland to the
Virginia shores is for a considerable
| no* down tfie river n strong and
BUSINESS HUNG UP.
Charlotte. N. C., Feb 8.—Business
here has been -hung up since yesterday
afternoon, when the ground was cov
ered with snow and tea. The mercury
this -morning was one above aero. At
midnight tt Is » above, 4 higher then
at tbe same time last r.lght.
IN FLORIDA.
Jacksonville. Feb. 8.—The bUrsard
haa wrought havoc In Florida. Thou
sands of acres of young vegetables are
killed. Orange trees are worse hurt
than In the freeze of Decumber on uc-
oount of toeing filled wltn spring sap.
Many were Just huddling. Even straw
berries ore killed. Tile mercury touched
14 this morning at Jacksanvll!*, or the
same as recorded In the freeze of De
cember 29. At other points In‘the state
K'traa relatively ns cojd. At Jupiter,
100 miles south of Jacksonville, the
mercury was 21; Tltuavtlle, 100 miles
south. 1$. and Tampa, 225 miles south,
22. At Tampa. Clear.vuter and vicinity
tt are.owed from 6 a. m. to noon nnd the
In ha Wants marvel'. >1 at the unprece
dented freak of King Winter.
BELOW AT MEMPHIS.
Memohpls, Tenn., Feb. 9.—The ther
mometer this morning reached 2 1-2
degrees below zero. The river Is full of
emu m
heavy Ice and navlgutign la stopped.
Af.l trains are on time.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
Beaver Fails. Pa., Feb. 8.—Christian
Straub, for -tnraity years an employe
of Hall. Soao-r & Co., plow manufac
turers. was found dead on the floor of
his room this morning. He had evi
dently fallen out of oc-1 during tho
night and,was frozen to death. He was
in well-to-do circumstances.
AT CHARLE3T>N.
Charleston. 8. C.. Fob. S.—The ther
mometer here reached 13 degrees this
morning, the lowest on record f-r Feb
ruary. Everything ta the way of vege
tables Is destroyed.
SOME CROPS KILLED.
Savannah. Ga.. Fob. 7.—FUrmers re
port tba-t the English pea crop wag
the only large crop planted here and
It was kilted by the co'd. Some pr»ts-
The clever housewife finds tiiat noth
ing helre to Improve ■her'taMe'beUer
than Dr. Price's Baking Powder.
AT ATHENS.
A Record of Three Below at the Classic
City.
Athens, Feb. A-<8peclal.)—Few peo
ple In Athens ever experienced so se
vere a cold suj-p 'as -we aro now hiving.
Viator-lay .tie 'tbecmoraotcr began Us
downward tumble and with s stiff
w.nd Mowing, It was -almost Impossible
to keop from freezing. Last night the
thermometer .went throe degrees below
zero; at l> this morning It wss at zero.
and at noon twelve above. A good stiff
wind ts still boonvlnc. and -Mr. tertney
Reaves, who bis given tnueto study to
such martem, saja that tho backbone
of the snip has not yet been broken.
Of courso the poor and unemployed
of Attorns are suffering to some ex
tent. hut Dr. J. C. Orr, whose duty it is
to look Into the oondit.on of the poor,
ts covering his duty fully and reports
that all la well with them.
-Many chickens and other fowls froze
last night and scnreful calves also went
the name way.
Exercises st the university are prac
tically suspmded, as It was found Im
possible to beat some of the class
room*. Tho public schools also sus
pended.
Title Ii fast In a big drift
burg.
Th" Wilmington and Northern trains
ara all snow bound nnd -traflic has been
brought to a standstill.
The Schyulklll -anil Lcto'gh branch Is
snowed up oomptotely and no attempt
wits made to start trains. •
The Reading and Columbia branch Is
also know bound and traflic la at a
standstill.
There Is apparently no let-np In th*
storm and the sir la flllerl with flying
snow. The railroad men say the condi
tions are equally as bad at ths blizzard
of March. 1888.
NOTICE.
and won
i tbe Opism sod WhlliJ
Main WatM
habits to bate one ct hit boott on Ihete -lie
run. Addren It. M. Woolley, AUenu. Us
Box SR, and one will be tent you tree.
THE HAYWARD TRIAL.
Nothing of Orest Interest In the Testi
mony Brought Out.
Minneapolis. Minn., Feb. I.—There
was little excitement at ths Hayward
trial this morning. B.lxt was not pres
ent -and Attorney Erwin's ohslr was
empty. Neither did Adry Haywsrti
appear to go on the stand tn ths fore
noon. and tbe wtmeases who were
called were the small fry of the state
and did not hold the attention of the
crowd. Charles Anderson, the brother-
in-law of Jits. Hist, who was called
to the a Und last night, was again
placed on the stand this morning. The
story of ths witness was largely cor-
niDorstiv* of the former cratimeny
given toy Bltxt, his wife and Barlow
Frank Tucker, elevator boy at the
Ozark Ihnta. was the nest witness. He
saw Hayward In the basement on tho
evening of ths murder, talking tn Must
He toad instructions from Hayward not
t>- run to the basement, but to stay on
the first floor. He saw BUxit go out ou
the evening in question.
Frank McCormick, a bartender, tes
tified to toavfng sold Hayward a bottle
of whisky on the morning of the
murder.
DON'T TOBACCO SPIT OR SMOKE
YOUR LIFE AWAY.
Is ths truthful, startling title of s book
about No-To-Bac, ths harmless, guar
anteed tobacco habit cure that braces
up nlooUnited ntrvcs, eliminates the
nicotine poison, makes weak men gain
strength, vigor and manhood. You run
no physical or financial risk. S3 3!c Tc-
Bac is sold by Lamar. Cheatham A Co.
under a guarantee to curt or money re
funded. Book free. Address Sterling
Remedy Ok New York or Chicago.
-• w ii’
re Jv '
A
met iteld oi ice. Trains fru-n
-ttone still fall to arrive on soaedule
and to* u. consequence At mats aro
•ed. Ths street rattways are mak-
helr renter trips, but the con-
Its and drivers have. notwUhfrtond-
tn gu generous bundling toodpaddtogof
garment*, suffered as
cftjpets have been
tmose who arevtbrolutvly forced
toCtoT/ooen.
a: temperature that -
A TERROR IN NEW YORK.
Billiard Equal to ths One of March,
Looney. Cason and Wright Shot? That
Tney Have Executed Their
Full Duty.
ALL TUE EVIDENCE CONCLUDED
And Speeches Made on Uo(h Sldii of
Question—The Coinmlnlon 11 $•■ \ ot
Yet Decided, but (he Brldence
Seems to Hmy “Not Cinitty.”
New York, Ffb. 8.—Tho gresit snow
storm that raged to this vicinity indr.y
was worse than that meanora-ble hl z-
z.ml of -March 12-15. 1888, in three ways
—In wind, tionperature snd urea af
fected. Only (a snowfall was tiie storm
of 1888 greater than today's. Tho wind
today averaged no miles -an hour,
against 30 in the bkxzird of ’8£; the
temperature today homing alwnt zero,
while in '88 it was 3 above; fir* and n
half Inches snow fell today, against two
feet then.
In the area of the storm, however. Is
the grrotest difference noted. The bliz
zard today swept almost the entire
country, Inston/l of the mere radius of
400 miles around New York.
The storen swept down on ;be city
earty last night and by this morning
was tn full possession. It did not set-
tie down softly end quietly In nice, big
flakes. On the contrary, It wis driven
along -with bi nding force by a furious
northwest gale of bitter coldness in
minute particles tint seemed to be cov
ered with sharp points, like the «nd of
n needle, and stung-the faces ct belated
pedestrians as they tolled along through
the drifts. It was so dry and light that
It was piled up In groat heaps and ridges
In every sbeltured point, for -wherever
tbe gate had fun play it sw-opt tbe
streets snd sidewalks dean. Under
these conditions, It was no wonder that
this city was st sixes and sevens to
day. Snow was drifted high in tbe
streets, traffic on surface and elevated
lines -was Impelled, tanks oul pipes
were frozen, persons were overcomo by
tbe cold, and frost(b.tn noses, ears and
bands were plentiful.
In Brooklyn bat few street ctrs were
running, and tbe devoted roads could
not work as well as usual Outlying
wards snd neighboring Long Island
towns were completely cut off in many
Instances from oominuniosUon with tbe
outer world. There were large fields
of ce in tbs bay, and several ships
were caught In them. Other vessels
were frozen fast st eaetr docks.
Tho nanrows were gorged with Ice.
and It was Impossible for any craft.
Mg or kttle, -to aar.gtio there w.tbout
Traffic on the differ**w ferried was
seriously Impeded. Both the North and
East rivers were filled with huge
a'temperature vnai "V" driv-
nihin in vet town al»t&nt. a ariv
anhnii *. to it! ChlfiV
ir-OVAltt^f tu»
3mtry day in WosMbXton.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
tHSJs&r* °th“ ns
*°Vnlon ‘toe•SSrfeSTtta UkllSE
which la kept per-fcctly wat n^ durin*
arrps
them to regtiter a degree or twottorae
what was correct. He ii under too lm-
prcadlon tout tbla la as qo-d »» *» ha *
,v«r been known here.
BAY FROZEN OVER-
Galveston. Tex., Feb. 8-—-For the sec
ond time In the •‘istiiry of GaWesti.n.
the bay froze over. Tae first time was
January, lima, and since then toetosr-
m-jmeter never fell eo Iow a* ‘‘ jJJ 1 *j!
day, when it woo la. wnich was one
point lower than yeiteruay. «»»»"•
of fi»h were frozen, and toe J* 1 *'*'’..®'']
ree (a along toe water’s edge are lined
with them. Tnousanda of tne nsh were
gathered up by te p<n\ Tbe hto did
not freeze tut completely tea In 1S86.
BUSINESS 8Ua«*KNDhD.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 8 —The thei-
mometerreached g degroea atwve aero
hero at 6 o'clock this morning. This id
the Soweet since January. IMA when
the mercury recorded "• degrees above.
Today bae been sunn/, but the cold
ha.s continued, and the thermometer
now registers 20 degrees. No report of
Injury to human lire or elock .u tf»ii
eection. Btwinesa has been practically
suspended^
Knoxville. Tenn.. Feb. It—The mer
cury registered eeven degrees below
■ero this morning, the lowest on rec
ord, with one exception, in twenty-five
years. The mean temperature for the
let twenty-tour tours le one d-rreo
above, marking the coldest day since
tbe weather bureau, was established
here In 1871. Several coses of frostbites
are reported. The weather obeerver says
the thermometer nay go to ten below
before morning.
AT BIRMINGHAM.
□Irmingliam, Ala., Feb. 8.—The un
precedented cold spell nos continued al
most unabated luring the paat twenty-
four hours At midnight last night ths
thermometer registered It; at I a. m..
10; at 2 a. «n.. 8; nnd et 3:30 a. m., 51-2
degrees, the lowest recorded. At 1 a
m. today, it stood at S, and continued
to rise until 3 p. m., when It reached
221-4. after which it began falling, and
at 9 p. m., registered 181-2. The sky
is dear, and the wind light. In the
early hount a light snow fell, but the
wind scattered. There ere no reports
of fatalities today, but stock and tbe
poor people have had a bitter expe
rience.
riTTHBl'RO SNOWBOUND.
Pittsburg, Fa., Fab. S The m-renry stS
o'clock this morning recorded uur degrees
below zero In exposed pLres, it wss several
deere** —trcr. Indicitteti! ere fcr ip-wh
colder weather inaids of twenty-four hours.
Trains ou all railroads entering Pittsburg are
drlsysd by snow snd frozen water tanks. Fas
ten trains tbit morning were five hours late,
while those front tbe West were from two to
four hours behind schcdolo tints. Locally,
ths suffering (tom tbs cold Is widespread,
principally on account of unprecedented
shortage of fuel ass. Coal dealers an over
whelmed with rush orders snd are working
night and day to mast ths ever lucres- n; de
mands. The run on all ths charitable iuetitn-
Uonalnthe city cootinn-s Produce dealers
report a scarcity of supply, with no receipts,
and prices advicing. Tin- extensive plant of
tbs weitingh-iuse Electric Company at Brin-
Um is closed down, snd tbs thonasn-'a of em
ployes idle on account of frozen water ami
steam pipes. Trams are creasing the rivers
oaths loe, drawing heavy loaded wagons.
Tbe river men are oonriocsd that rirer prop-
planted deep ti-re no-t damagiti. Cab
bages rend u. snHtll lot of rttlher veeem-
hles -Wh4oh were uo -wore killed out-
rlrht. As the l-ie*e proportion of the
Taring v-vretn-b'e crop hsd not been
planted the lost will not be serious.
. ONE BELOW.
Atlanta. Feb. 8.—The lowest tern-
p -rature this morning was 1 derree he-
Jnw zero. At ml-Muy too thor-noaaet<ar
reglatercd 13. Tonight at 10 o'rtock It
was nt 9. Greet suffering Is reported
from -alll over the state.
AT MOBILE.
Mobile. Ala.. Frt>. 8.—The froet wits
tire severest one on record, save In Jan
uary. 18*8. The mercury -dro-p-ned to
11.8 ti-greer a-t davllc-ht t-hts morning.
The div was cotm end sunshiny and
very oold for this latitude. There was
no chunce for -truck to escape the ef
fects of -he severe freeze and farmers
are much d's-ouraved. Tn verterdnv'a
b owe the steamer Pioneer, In the lower
bay dragged until her cables parted
nnd The lost tiwo anchor*. She went
artinre on the beadh at Fort Morgan,
but she wo a later milled off by toe tug
Nlmnrvl and towel to a safe s-ivabori«e.
tec formed on the Vhore of the bay,
extending out 50 to 100 feet.
Atlanta, Feb. 8.—(Special.)—All tha
evidence In the detective inveailgatlot,
wan concluded this afternoon, and ths
speeches will toe -made Monday. Jiuy„ r
King was called out. of town on hu»|.
ness this afternoon, and the lnveeil^j.
tlon will take a rest tomorrow.
Today Chief Wrignt and Detccttvei
Looney and Cason made tlielr p; aI ...
ments. Chairman Englku of the poll-,
board who la conducting toe Invest!,a.
tlon, was put up aa a witness by t°„.
sent tof the city, fog the Uefeuw,
told some things that -will go fa.- toward
justifying the acts of detectives.
Looney, woo is the man agaliut
whom most of the charges of proteet- •
ing toe gamblers were aimed, was ua
the stand several hours, and subjcuid
to severe croma-questlonlDg. LTie
mony of all the detectives was olm;st
entirely relied upon an to maun,
brought out, and to keep thiny
straignt, both Wright and Coeon li,j
little memorandum books, i u wn , Q
they frequently referred.
It waa declared by hla own statement
that Chairman English had ordered
Chief Wright to keep a wa; h , a
Looney during the pendency of u t
Unit reports of corruotton In the a-
partonent. Wright, however, said a «
nad never found anything crovlri
about Looney, and boueveu r,.
Canon both were honest men and cap*.
Me. i'ne Uolectiveu auld the quarra
with toe oliice ot solicitor mil n u
to the fact tout noon Monegan, y £
Ault's 'bamir, uud-uivulgeu aeuea S'
toe d.'tecuve depui tmenl.
uooncy lold aoout employing menu
get in poker games ana tncn ■ p,„e-
to the detectives. He was, lniwe.w,
excueed fru-ni giving the namea of ,.,*J
decjys, an he said ne waa nonor Iku.,4
to -protect tuem. Chairman Hint,, j
volume,red the statement that
bond had outpayed the expen
ot money i-or too purpose, l.-. ■;
said these decoys were toe on.y i,,a
he hod ever pro.ceted, and wn-.-n iu«*l
about B.ir Hall ot too National ll.ni
saloon, aaid he waa toe »mooi..,- i „... a
he had ever met. He once -ought hi-a
a good citizen, but was badly looleJ.
It la predicted by those wu > can
closely foLowed the Invcwtlgat.o.i t „t
toe detectives will be exonerued i;
the board. Tney have certainly bees
roughly hauled over the Ooals «nj
are aatislled that they have been fulq
•down up.
Tbe effrot of cookhar with Dr. Price's
Bakin* Powder -mrends n mv of «un-
shlne around tbe family circle.
WILL MURRAY HANGED.
Peom'.e trt A-nericns Have No Regrets
for -tor Execution.
Slxty-two mure biscuit can t- -
with a pound can of Dr. Price's liuk.ti
Powder titan with any other -tin I.
ALL ACQUITTED.
Result of toe Trial of the Coneplratoa
from Murray County.
Atlanta, Feb. 8.-CSpeclnl.)—S. G.
Americua. Fab. ..-(SprolaD-Wiff ^Dr. fam Brown Frank kh
Murrey was hanged today for the mL" korc. Syl Kilgore. J. F. GrlJe , Robot
dnr of WEI Stmm'-na," -who vVh(!e
overseelnr road workers win knocked-
In the head by Will Murray, one of
the hands. Today. In the fart* of a.o-
preir-hlnc dc.ato, he was wonderfully
eomnostti After being dressed in‘a new
suit of clothes. Including white gloves,
he showed a rout buoyancy of sntrita.
Starting back to bts o-f-l he salil; "I
have eaten a fine break fist from the
Windsor hotel, with a ‘nlg-ter’ to wait
on me. Now. give me a cigar, and ns
he railk'M down to the gallozrs be tvus
uoinklnr M* clg.tr and chatting pleas
antly w*to the guard. At toe last mo
ment the sheriff. L. B. Forrest, notl-
fled the guard that no nowoo-per man
except Mr. FuKrtw, local reporter of
the Tlmes-Recorder, would bo allowed
to witness the execution. This Older of
local protection was strictly observed.
No newspaper man not convicted with
the local paper wss a-Hawed to witness
the execution, but Will Murray hung
all toe sam*.
After a r-flatous hataovgue of several
minutes the black cap was placed over
Ms -head snd the well arranged trap
sprung. Death wws not lnsbantsnaous.
It was mare then thirty minutes before
the doctors pronounced Will Murray
dead. No one question* the Justice of
tod-iv's execution. Will Murray is dead,
nnd whNe a fnw friends will deplore his
fate the maturity of people beCteve the
execution lust.
Tho representa tives of the local paper
ts able to give a detailed account of
the hanging. It ta not so with the
representatives of ether papers, a.1 or
whom were tov Sheriff Forrest dented
«nr of ths* courtoiles usually aocorded
representatives of the press.
eriy will be in great dangw of deatnactina
when tbs hesar Ice breaks
_ op, Th* Ohio
titsr is closed between PUUborg snd Wheel
ing. The Allegheny and alonongahrla riven
are ice-lorW
SsSwg?i e to!ffiAnra?soy
or toss causes tbo liver ta I
■ their length. There
ths conditions of tbo
river until a rain
rito eorerel feeL
Weaver nnd Allred Whitener, all
Murray county were toJn/ In tlr
United Statue court acquitted ot white-
capping or coiim-lracy.
Tue govornm.-nt Introduced
wlincases to ;*rove that the .r< t.-,
had whipped Robert Hoolcr on t
night ot April 14, 1194, to ret-iliiul
against Hooker for appearing bcloit
United States Co mm Is* I -tier II C.
Hamilton, at Da.ton. on April 1. l*t
and testifying ag.un.st Sylvester K'
gore for violating the Unlt.-d Statu
revenue la we.
The defense moved to exclud? the eri-
dence In regard to tho time Hooker -r
peered before Commissioner Hamlin a
as the record snowe 1 that It waa el
March 29, and not April 1. as -'Islinti
In toe Indlct'r.ent.
Judge Ntwmau decided that th*
dene,* should he excltnlel, nn-l at the
solicitor announced that the goverr.-
ment had closed It* case. Judge Nes-
man charged the jury to sign n
diet of r.ot gul ty.
In discharging tha saven pristneti,
Judge Newman Impreroed on them tlw
fact that too tnuen meanness had ton
going on In Murray eounty, and iM
if they should ever be brought before
him and convicted the penalty weti'2
not be light.
THE POLL TAX.
It Will Not Bo Available for Rcbo«.]«
Just at Pnwent.
Atlanta. Feb. g.-(8pecUI.)^A meet
ing of the state board of edcuatlom
was held today for toe purpose of de
ciding whether the poll tax paid Into
the state treasury since January 1
could be applied to tho school fund for
the present quarter In the counties to
whloh the money le due. The attor
ney-general gave It as his opinion that
the lax could not be paid until the
next quarter, and the board took that
action. Several of ttie counties that held
tMKk the poll tax until after January
1 have been kicking because it was
not returned to them on the first quar
ters apportionment for school touch
ers. All those counties which paid In
Rle poll tax before January 1 got tne.rs,
but tbe law only allowa one apao.'iicn-
mehl by the state postal of education,
and that waa on January 1. No sec
ond warrant could be drawn, so the
teaobens In these counties tardy In re
mitting their poll tax will have t> watt
for the money.
STUDENTS WERE PATRIOTIC.
They Were Releesnl on Telling Their
Feeling*—Congress in Seeetoo.
St. Louts. Feto. 8.—A special to the
CT.-Jbe-Democrat from the City of Mex
ico says chat toy order of toe governor
at toe federal district tbo students ar
rested Mr tbe riot ot Sunday night have
been given their liberty. They were
given e hearing et the municipal palace
before the governor, and having ex
plained that their transgressions were
but ths result of patriotism, and be
ing admonished by the governor to be
more careful to their future demon-
etrattona. were allowed to go.
The Mexican warship Saragossa is
lying In the harbor of Acnpulao, on
the Bactfic ooaet. awaiting orders from
the general government, congress con
vened yesterday In special session.
Sector Jose Gambon -prodding. Nothing
row done but to approve the minutes
of tbe last session of congresa.
AT COLUMBUS.
Ocfurrtbus. On.. Feb. t.—The tfcw-
momi*ter here registered 11 degrts
Above zero -this morning. The wrath*
has moderated considerably since. S*
damage bee been done in tola seettos.
Judge Saunders
Says that For Rheumatism
Hood's Sursaparllla Is tho Best.
Judge T. U. Saunders
Of useeota. Neb., senior viewetn*;.. ,,
snd present commander ot J. F.
Past, No. *, O. A. R., votuntarUy wittw
“I was In tbe anny fouryears, wsa wo®"
ed and contracted sciatica and rhetn»®®
I have suffered ever since. Host the-te*
my left leg snd aids, and have tried slo**
every medicine known, nnd I think I
bad (he best phystdana la the tountri.
tailed to get any relief. Every
was flat on my hack, aad must say that
Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the So**
medicine I hare ever taken It baa**
and knew tbatttwlU do ail that you «**
Hood’sSsCures
- - - ' want to say tool it **
rom the dead; but K
Hood's P.'ls are tbe b«t afier-l^
pUis.assist digest!*, cuio headache.