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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.