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WEEKLY
MACON, GA., THURSDAY. FLBIUAUY 21, 1895.
hiiiuI** Copy i Can
rothers, Groceries and Fertilizers*
WHOLESALE antr] RETAIL. CAlSH and ON TIME.
E A RE THE LEADERS in selling G l'oceries to consumers at stn2v - Wholesale Prices, and we lnon; to hold the lead. “Time Prices” we have, also, reduced to a Minimum—to a
T.ive and Let Live Basis, in line with the nriee of cotton nml ovorvthin "We are sole a
tits tor Middle Georgia for the celebrated MASTOLON GUANO and the famous
ion the Highest Grade Fertilizers sold in the State of Georgia, as every Farmer will
Live and Let Live Basis, in line with the price of cotton and everythin w „. „ „ _
BORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS ACID PHOSPHATE,'which ^beyond questi
,tify who has ever used these brands, and the Best arc always the Cheapest. We a* carry a complete line of other High Grade Fertilizers. Samson Guano, Charleston Black
jck Dissolved Bone, Pure German Kainit, Bright Cotton Seed Meal, Etc., all bought at strictly Spot Cash Prices when cotton was at the lowest point that it has touched
a ll i which we are prepared to sell on terms that absolutely dciy competition. We handle only the best of everything in our line and we guarantee everything that we sell.
Do not fail to call on us when in Macon, or write to us for prices, as we can and will save you money. • Remember the name and place.
N APIER BROTHERS, 456 ° M H A E 0 R 0 R N Y S ™ EET -
IB DEFENDS ffi L
e Michigan tenator Made a Lengthy
Argument in Reference to
the Gold bonds.
„f, CREDIT WAS AT STAKE.
I... ftd* * StriiBtflo tor HU Fr«# SI
„r JUa.ure-TUe House lluulcd
liMlf With Appropriation
and Income Tax Mutter*.
■aMDBton. F<*. 19.—Senator Vita,
macro*) of Wisconsin made a long
and eloquent speech in the sen-
, today to defense of the present
the United States and his secretary
Iba treasury In the matter of the
, of $62,000,000 Of 4 per cent. bonds
»old. The speech «u« mude on the
before the senate for the free ootn-
I 0 f alvar. but had IN reference to
at bill «<harterer. Mr. Vilas tliowc-l
it the president bad endeavored to
congress to act upon the flivoic-ti
acuities In which the treasury was
iced by the darlnage of gold, and
as congress had declined to net,
had 'to avail fokmsolf of the power
.Ich the existing taws -gave him and
buy goM by the Issue of bonds. The
e dbmined for the bonds, Mr. Vi-
contended, was the highest that
A be obtained under the olrcucn-
injfs. or. In other words, 3 3-4 per
t. was ithe lowest rate at iuunwSt
■Shiah the bonds would he taken
the great banking houses which
Iweeu SsnSsd ts; Tfcrw and five-
Whs per cent had been offered lp
ttr.it money centres add twkl been
tad. and all bemuse the bonds u<d
Itxovlde soeclllcally for repayment
eold coin.
her Mr. Vilas’ speech Mr. Platt
tnibllcun) of Couneatlout nude a
*ch against the free silver bill lt-
An effort wss made by Mr. Jones
have U time flxed for taking the
■1 vote on the bill, but os its antago-
rts refused to ftx any time the ae-
te went on. add Mr. Ptatt ts at this
vr. ; n. a., engaged In arguing
alnst she bill.
tnobher Dropoaltlon tb have the vote
ken at 4 d. m. tomorrow was made
Mr. Jones and objected to by Mr.
(Inch, who said that when the bill
first introduced by Mr. Jones It
lined nine sections, including one
the Issue of 1100,000,000 In bonds
uue far the retirement of green-
s. and he ooought stmt the senate
. entitled to an explanation as to
y those eight section, had been
tndoned.
s nil attempt* tb have an hour flxed
talcing Uio vote met with objec
ts. Mr. Platt went on speaking, lie
e It os his belief. In whldh lie knew
v of iMa Republican friends would
acree with him, that the vice of
state financial situation in this
retry lay In the paper currency is-
by the government,
we was an unusually large at-
donee of senator, this naming,
iShlv tn view of the expooidd contest
*r the free silver coinage Wll, and
xsllerlee were also filled with spec-
ore. The Toutlne morning business,
sever, consumed the first half boar
fa matters of little public concern,
conference report on the diplomatic
I consular appropriation was pre
nt til and agreed to. All tho diffor-
* between the two houses on that
have been arranged except aa to
appropriation of $600,000 to begin
const motion of the cable to H»-
. on whldh the conference were un
to agree. A further conference
ordered on chat hem.
r. Call presented Uie memorial to
jreas of “the world's arbitration
•cue. signed by BWbop Newman as
vsMent. with the signatures of 100
ambers of the British parliament, and
hel it to be presented in the record,
ordered.
Hr. Bate (Democrat) of Tennessee
Induced a bill to old the Tcmiesne*
wtenntal Exposition at NaahvtUe,
f*n.. in ISM Referred.
The senate passed a bllf to aid In the
laetion of a monument to the Mary-
ad heroes of the revolutionary war.
appropriates $40,000 to be expended
the Maryland Society of the Ameri
ca revolution, to old In erecting In.
Wtlmore a suitable monument to the
■snory eg the patriots who aided In
■tabTiahlng our independence.
The credentials of Mr. Wilson, the
ta senator from the state of Wash-
Won. were presented and he was
•bra In—thus completing the full
’gjbsnftip to $$.
The Hour of meeting tomorrow was
at li a. to.
■r. Jones of Arkansas then moved to
bp the tegular order, his free
Wll. and It was agreed to—M
AK. as follows: 1
Allen. Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Bbtler, Calk Ctark, Dubois,
wilkner, George, Hansbrough, Harris.
FTOton. Joses of Arkansas, Kyle. Mc-
“J“nn. Martin. Mitchell of Oregon,
5* n A I>Mco . PefTer, Perkins. Petti-
Pugh. Roach, Stewart.
*«r. Vest, Voorhees. Walsh, Whit*.
Tgson of Washington and Wolcott—34.
Aldrich, Burrows, Caf-
‘-ainden, Carey, Chandler, Dixon,
Gray, Hale. Hasrky, lllgglna
Hf.ar. Lindsay, Led***, McMUIln.
whereon, Mandcraon. Mitchell of
Wisconsin, Morrill, Palmer, Platt, Proc
tor, Ransom, Vilas and Washburn—17.
Then the tug or war was on. The
bll, was read In full. In the opening
skirmish, Mr. Jones said tho friends
of. his bln were willing to put
matter to a test now, without a word
of debate. |
If the opponents saiw fit to resist and
to discuss It, of course Its friends could
not help It; but they had to make an
earnest effort to get a vote.
Mr. Jones added he did not propose
to jeopardise any apppruprlatlon bill.
Than, w»« nb.ntv of time to doss them
all.
It was apparent, however, that no
vote could be taken at may, nor at
any time that could bp dcfllnltelv
tod; so Mr. Jones said that he had only
to -request thsit the debate would pro
ceed as ropddly as possible, and that
the vote might be had at the earliest
possible hour. He would, therefore,
ask the senate to remain In session
today until a vote was got. If that could
be done.
The general debate wns opened by
Mr. Vilas, the tenor of his remarks be
ing given above. While Mr. Vlusa was
speaking, Mr. Aldrich sought to read a
dispatch Just received, but Mr. Vilas
declined to yield for that purpose. The
dispatch he Intended to read was as
follows:
' London, Fob. 19.—The prospectus
for the new -bonds was Issued at 6 p.
m. here. It is for $62,000,000, one-half
to be placed In America and the other
half In London. The Issue price here
$115.50, or 227 pounds sterling per $1,-
000. Ten por cent, of tho price Is paya
ble upon amplication. Payments are to
be completed In four Installments, end
ing July 23. The list will open Wednes
day and clone Thursday or sooner,
(Signed) ••Dow. Jones & Co.”
Mr. Vilas concluded his argument
with the declaration that "the people
of the United States love their honor,
ns they prise their liberty; and their
sober Judgement hat never tolerated,
and never will tolerate, the national
reproach of the least equivocation tn
dealing with its creditors. That gen-
uaiicri nrvsc rived, however, high-bred,
honorable and chivalrous, whose sense
of honor was keener, higher or more
sensitive than the public opinion of the
mm men af America."
Mr. Vilas spoke for nearly four Hours
and commanded close attention all
through 'hCs speedh. When he took Ms
■aW. Mr. Squires (Ropullhcnn) of
Washington sent to the clerk's desk
and had read the act of June 23, 1878,
expressly declaring that all United
States bonds nay-able in coin should
be nald In go-id or silver coin art tho op
tion of the government. That act. he
said. was a full and complete answer
to the entire argument of -the senator
from Wisconsin.
A conference report on the bill as
to the time when Income tax returns
are to be mode was presented and ex
plained bv Mr. Vest and agreed to.
Mr. Ptalit then toeft the door tn
sneak against the bill and has held It
until this writing, with occasional In
terruptions by members who sought to
terminate the debate cither by coming
to a vote or to adjournment.
Mr. Vest, from the committee on
commerce, reported a bill postponing
the time When "the rules of the sea”
—tt> prevent collisions—agreed to be
tween the maritime nations are to go
Into effeot. the preamble stating that
this Is done at the earnest request of
the government of Greet Britain. Af
ter remarks bv Mr. Fryo and Mr.
White. In condemnation of the action
of 'the British government in wlth-
dmuring from the international agree
ment. the bill was passed.
At $ p. tn. the Republican opposition
ists of tho silver bill began Obstructive
tactics'under the lead of Mr. Aldrich.
He moved -that the senate proceed to
executive business, and all but six Re
publicans withheld their votes. This
necessitated a -call of the roCI, to which
fifty-two senators (seven more' than a
quorum) rosooieled. Again the rote
was -taken. Again no quorum respond
ed and again the roll cull was resort
ed to. Thrli rotation went on until
finallv. at 8:40 o'clock, only twenty-nine
senators answered to the roll call; wtion
the Between*-art-arms received an order
to require the presence of absentees
and was given a list of than. While
the senate wns waiting tor the sb-
eeritees nosrotisirtloos were being car
ried on for a way out of the difficulty,
and the suooees of these negotiations,
of which Mr. Cockrell was the man
ager, was apparent when, at 1 p. m.,
the auorum was completed. The motion
for an executive session wtm withdrawn
by Mr. Aldrich -and the following
resolution was offered by Mr. Wol
cott:
Resolved. Ttuft it la the sense of tho
senate that the welfare and prosperity
of the United States require the enact
ment of n law for the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver at the rottto of
1$ to 1.
"Resolved. That in view of the foot
(fast this congress will expire by law
on the 4th of March, and that there
art Important appropriation Mils to be
passed. It is the sense of the senate
that consideration of such a taw be not
entered upon art this session of con
gress.”
"Let that resolution U> over until
tomorrow and Tie printed,'' sail Mr.
Jones of Arkansas.
The resolution went over and the
ccnate at 9 p. m.. on die motion of
Mr. Jones, adjourned until tomorrow
until 11 o'clock.
HOUBn PROCEEDINGS.
Another day was spent lq. the con
sideration of tile naval a [-propria lion
hill without disposing of It. The pro-
c—vJInes wart marked by several pas
sages between Mr. Sayers .cMumian
of the oomndttee on approriations,
and -n -enters of the commute on ext-
val affairs over awcrilments offered
by the former cjo reduce amounts car
ried in the bill. Only in two of these
v, is the Texas member successful nihl
today by Mr. Baynes against the pro
posed Increase of the forces of enlisted
men In tho luvv, holding that It was In
ordetr. notwithstanding existing sta
tutes limiting the nUmlber to 9,000 men.
From tWs ruling Mr. Sayers appealed,
but tree committee of the whole sus
tained -the chair—143 to 37—and against
this Mr. Sayers uttered his earnest
protest.
In -the course of tho day several
other linpontant mutters were taken
up hy the (house. The Joint resolution
reported yeUtcrtlay -by tito committee
on sivs a nil mean*. “Uroetlng tho sec
retary of -die treasury to suspend the
il.riremcnk In bond through the United
Stntes cf goods destined for the fn e
lone of Mexico, will nosed. Also u bill
authorlxlng the president rto appoint
Gen. Don Carlos Buell a colonel on
the retired list of the army.
A conference was agreed to on tho
agricultural appropriation Ml!.
The report of the conferees upon the
Joint resolution extenctng from March
1 to Anril 16. 1896, hhe time within
whfoh lwocroe tax returns can be made,
wns agreed to. The UJartement of the
conferees was as follows;
"The effect of the action on the first
amendment f the srttarte lx to allow the
owner of mil estate to deduct the
amount necessarily paid far fire In
surance from the income front the ea.no
when making his return. It applies
onlv to real estate. It does not enlarge
In after respects -the amount of deduc
tions -that -may be -made In the income
tax taw. Deductions mtgcu be mode for
necessary repalm, but no* for better
ments. This provision remains and Is
not enlarged by tho amendments
agreed uou.
"The effect of the seem-t amendment
Is to require corporations to return
thq tax list of cop orate property and
relieve (the Individual from the ne
cessity of doing so. It Is agreed to by
the conferees to prevent tho possibility
at douMe Pixatlon. Whilst the law
guarded against this. It was thought
not imoraoer to ndM nny additional
assurance thereof that' was necessary.
The amendment ijm r.y ti-.r conferees
to the second asrendm-rt fre-s i-;n-
nloyers from the necessity of return
ing the nmnsre and salaries --f their
onJ5!syc.e except when mm for by
the collector tb verify the returns of j vldual
the employes. For that purpose the
right will still exist, from the third
amendment, llmltiug Interrogatories {
and tax payers rfbitl be required to
answer those spocfadly i rovhled In tho
net (hhe senate conferees recede). This
was dhouaCW best nc* only (for the gov- j
eminent, but the tax payor."
'liiliulelpliia Kenning Republican by
a Majority of Over Sixty
Thousand.
BIGGEST VICTORY OX RECORD.
Warwick Will He ill. Mayorof the City
Jilg Hr; ((Idle
: Mcjoilllc
Philadelphia. Feb. 19.—Philadelphia
to,l.iv ro.ilntaihed its reputation for
stalwart Reo.r> J Milam and elected
t'he crindklatv cf t ie Reubllcan party
by .(- majorltj. -f fran 43.000 to 65,000.
The eleobon vms f r mayor, recelvor
of taxes. cOuni\lni*m, pcClce fnlgis-
trates and sots --I directors. The -Re
publicans on((’ clean owcep and
elected Ohelr cat -I.-I (.tea for mayor an-d
receiver of taxt-s by a greater roajor-
1-tv was aft? given TA simillar
1 issues. The cundi-
publican party for
cr •>' taxtw were City
J. Warwick and
-. r tvely. Ex-
a ii(. I 041. Sylvester
wer-- tile cTintllil-it- i
dales
Sollolto
upon la
■f the I
J. Rd
e. Jr
lltlcs
A NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE.
8EABOAJID BOYCOTTED.
terests SC certain pBESSSX
of the party. The Ropuhllean pupers
retalltaited in klid end at- ffed at Mr.
Patttam's reform pta^foim and pub
lished columns of -nun'.ter purportlni
to sho wthat during ihls recent term as
governor too used tfhart office to further
The house, at 6:10, udjourneil until j In a most martissa manner the lntor-
nooo t-/m°rrow. rots of -tBie Democratic party. Elections
were held In every city, borough and
town-trio of Pennsylvania today, ami
l returns received t--nlght Indicate that
IKinubllautM -have either heid their
He Will Preside In the Ninth Circuit-
Bids for New Torpedo Boats.
Washington, Fefc. 19.—The president
today nominated Ernklne 51. Ross of
California to be United States circuit
Judge for the ninth Judicial circuit,
provided for by an act, approved Feb
ruary 18. 1895. He is one of tile best
known lawyers and Jurists of Califor
nia, and has served in the district
bench by appointment of Mr. Cleve
land during bli first term. He was
at one Hmo a law partner of Senator
White or uaiuuriiia.
Proposals were offered at the navy
department today for the construction,
evy-liwivn of armament and torpedoes,
of three metallic twin screw sea-going
torpedo boats of about 138 tons dis
placement, with a speed of tiwenty-four
and a half knots maintained for at
least two consecutive hours.
The appropriation of congress alloiwB
$450,000 for the construction cf the
three vessels, which, with alt their ma
terials, must be wholly of domestic
make, proposals of two classes wore
permitted, one being strictly on the
plans and specifications of the navy de
partment, and the other upon the de
signs of the biddiTB fulfilling the con
ditions of rpotd and economy prescrib
ed by the department. The proposal*
will all be referred to a bureau on con
tracts, to report to Secretary Herbert
on the plana and It Is not expected tho
contracts will be awarded for at least
a month. The bidders are: T'.ie Bath
Iron Works of Bath, (Maine; Dialogue
& Hon, Camden, N. J.; Columbian Iron
Works, Baltimore, Md.; Hugh Ramsey,
Perth Amboy, N. J.; Union Iron Works.
San Francisco, Cal.; Iowa Iron Works.
Dubuque. Ia.; Herreshoffs of Bristol, R.
I. Naval officers arc highly gr.i.r.
over the result of the competition,
wblch show that the boats will cost
less than was expeoti"d. The contract
price for the Cushing, 105 Ions, was
$82,750. or $788 per ton; for the Krlcmon,
$120,000; while the Invest bid for the
now vessels of 1SS tons Is 97.500 or $706
per ton. The proposals will be thor
oughly ex-i mined and the modified
plate*. c-uielurtiw before an
-i .v.k I i< r. • '■•i-.m-n 1-1. T !--• 1 -..ft ii-
("' ( I" t IV k-*. .1 II. Dial* g-.ie A
1 '( Fulton nine- W-.rkc .«-*-1
the Iowa Iron Works, It Is thought, nil!
I--- laid aside as too high. The lowest
bidders have already furnished the na
vy with tho cruisers Demit, Montgom
ery and Petrel, ail satisfactory ships.
BROTHERHOODS CALLED ON.
Ns Agreement of the Southern Railway
Employes With the Company.
Washington. Feb. 19.—(The commit
tee of employes of the Southern Rail
way Company, which has been In ses
sion here for a week, has been unable
to come to an agreement with the rep
resentatives of the railroad. The com
pany, through Its third vice-president,
Mr. Baldwin, made a very full and
frank statement of the affairs of the
company and showed why it was not
advisable there should not bo an ln-
creasu in wages. Since receiving fhe
statement the employes' committee has
been tn secret session and has finally
ilwn or increased their majority.
Laker—From the returns received up
to 2 o'clock in! sawmlnsr tho Republi
can maturity in Bhlladolhla Is about
60.000.
THE RESULT IN PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg. Pa.. Feb. IS.—Every -weed
In Pittsburg today gave a respectable
mxtirltv In favor of every proposition
connected with the proposed bonds to
the anreunt f $4,700,000 fr public Im
provements. The total majority tn tho
dtv will run anywhere from 10,000 to
16.000. Of the above total $1,760,000 will
go to (the permanent Improvement of
the several city parks $600,000 will be
used In the construction of a houle-
rroi^bH«?”Sl! ,r .«S j^nne|Mrth. buji n -.^rtM
grand chiefs of the various trainmen's
P
brotherhoods have been summoned to
this city to Bassist, If possible. In arriv
ing at a satisfactory arrangement of
the difficulty. These gentlemen are ex-
C ried here tonight. Those Into whose
mis the matter now passes are P.
M. Arthur of Cleveland, Ohio, grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers; E. K. Chirk at Cedar Rapids,
Ia„ grand chief of the Brotherhood of
Hallway Trainmen, and P. F. Sargent,
grand chief or the Brotherhood of Rail
way Firemen.
It Is not yet known certainly when
the grand chiefs will arrive, but they
are expected tomorrow morning. It
wan learned today that Chief Arthiw
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, Is not In Cleveland at present
and It Is not expeotedtha* he will be
able to attend the conference here.
Chief Sargent of the Firemen, was at
his home In Terre Haute, Ind.. when
the committee notified him to come
and he is probably on his way how'
Chief Olark of the Order of Railway
Conductors, will have to come all the
way from Cedar Rapids la., and will
not arrive untilaome time toJZrSif
Meanwhile, nothing can tie done toward
solving the knotty problem, and the
member 1 of the committee are simply
waiting- It was stated today that Vic**-
President Baldwin had gone South nut
whether on business connected with the
cqooenn > ,n « ”««"•!
TUB PA'RTY WAS LOOT.
Copt. McLean and Two of HLs Crow
Drowned or Frozrii to Death.
Darien, Ga„ Feb. 10.—Capt. Thomas
McLean of the British tnrk Volona.
loading at Sjpelo, left his v. s-.-l in
a small boat for Darien on Thur-diy
afternoon and his not been heard from
since. Ho was accompanied by two
of the crew.
Tug boats are now Marching for th*
bolt. It is thought (hit It nnw Ilivo
elth r K.ip-.z-l <.r hare been driven
up In the nvirsh, -nfitga the oe (ipinu
fro
Tho Charge Is Violation of tho South
ern Traffic Agreement.
Atlanta, F<*. 19.—(Special.)—'The
Southern Railway and Stoainsblp As
soclat.on has declared a boycott on
the Seuhoanl Air Lluc, on account ot
alleged Irregularities anil ^ manipula
tion* In rates hy that line. '
The Seaboard, which embraces mile
age s cond only lo that of tho South
ern, Is lha blg-fatt thing the sssocla-
lloii um yet — dried, and th** outcome
will he watched -with Interest. Tho as
sociation in tho past has declared Hi
boycott on ssresa! comparatively small
lines and In the end things have been
smoothed out all right.
The effect of the -boycott on the Sea
board will be to largely deerbaae th -
earnings of that system on business
which ’.t receives from lines In th >
association,.ns no pro-rating agreement
or conccMdon whatever will he per-
mltted between the os^orlal'.on lines
and the Seaboard. Tho Seaboard has
not been a member of the association
hut heretofore has nhvsytt nhided the
rates and rulings of th" organlziHon,
thereby escaping any conflict with It.
It Is probable that ihe court* will be
applied to by the Seaboard to break
up the nssoolailon's combi nation
against it '.f the Iwycott prove* «.s
dnuiglng to it* traffic a* Is anUc!-
ptted. Railroad men on tho Seaboard
side of the question have but little
doubt that the courts will knock the
boycott sky high If appealed to and.
besides, ihe an- xj’stlon Itself might ba
severely damag-d If It was brought
Into court on such a charge.
In hi* clreular t-> the association
lines annouti ing til" boycott Commis
sioner S- ihhaxan ways:
At the twenty-lifth cession of Ihe ex*
. culUi- hoard, le 1-1 i ii All (Ida ()* t.-1 >• -r
30. IBM, (h<( follow nc w is (flopteal:
the dtv -with the parks and the real
deuce districts In the east end. Two
ml'.llon do)Ians will he used in (be con-
teruction o fa reservoir and general
bethTmerd of the wuter system: $500.-
f»K> will bo Maced art the disposal of
the nubile safety department and used
in the purchase of additional fire ,n-
uaraius and necessary buildings. All
of tho ward offices wlflia very few ex
ceptions were captured by Che Repub
licans. The vote in Aiiegheoy City an
the bond issue to -the amount of 61406.-
000 to (be u*e-l In public bnpiavemems
wns favorefato to Che issue w1di little
opposition.
AT SCRANTON.
fecranton. Pa.. Feb. 19.—The election In
this city today for common councilmen
two select councilmen and alderman was
particularly Import becuues the councils
ere to elect a city eollltor. The returns
Ind late that the Republicans retain a ma
jority of the councils on joint ballot.
ATE DEVILLED CRABS.
Mr. Cbirtes 1’. II mby's Family Had a
Hard T.mo at Columbus.
Columbus, Feb. 10.—Some seosatlon
wua occasioned this evening by the
discovery that the entire family of
Charles ri. Ilacby were prostrated with
severe paltM and phy»Iclin* were sum
moned by U'-lghbvrs. who, after an ex
amination, ann lunced that 4he parties
had been poisoned from eating very
heartily of etnn-**l devilled cribs. They
w*-re In great .i_- -ny f'-r several hours,
hut after bird work -by the doctors
were relieved and late ton'cht were
conslden <1 out of danger. The crabs
had partially decayed.
WILLIE TOOK ARSENIC.
His Guardian Whipped Him and He
CROSIER A SWINDLER.
Ilia Sulcldo Was -Not Due to Tempo
rary Inninlty.
Ralllmore, Fob. lD.-The suicide a
few weeks ago of William A. Crosier,
a prominent buslnora man of this city,
was at the time generally attributed
to temporary Insanity. It developed
today that ho had ix*en guilty of fraud
ulent practices, and It l* believed com
mitted suicide rather than tic* dis
grace. Mr. Crosier was tho only sur
viving member of tho firm of It S.
Lanfalr & Co., and a Urge dealer In
canned goods. Through ihe winter he
was a bull In the market and Just pre
vious to hi* death stored thousand* of
case*, obtain ng warehouse receipts
therefor. The receipts he hypothe
cated and received largo advance* from
hanks. When .50.000 cases of good*, on
storage In Brown's warehouse, were
orerhauled. It was discovered that
orer 5,000 cases supposed to contain
core ojwters were titled with'toma
toes and corn. Tho paoker aorrs ho
was Instructed by ‘Mr. Crosier to sten
cil the oa*p* «a containing oynti-rn. Thfk
(pH* through thin fraud will ho $w.-
000. Meantime the inviwiitiilori !*
coins on. hut the njriiitem of lending
money to fruit and ojmter picket* on
good* In atongi* ban reeelveil a aover?
shook. The bink will not t>e o4de to
recover their lone* from the estate.
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the
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Deci
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Indiana
puarllan of
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nunl»h"'l the
H d deC imTtc
IS. F**b 19. I.ant nltrht tho
4 !. v- Willi- Mill-i. .'..•-I
North .M'rl'llan street,
on a trivial orr-n^'.
iur ho* w.niM kill hlrr.H If,
1 a pack-
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; i N" • -. 11 < I >'*:i •• r it j
-I ine v -ir»t "I
t-rson of the
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M 11! •:
th- pirty"
( ii ( long
b Ing loal
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HOTCHKISS GUl\ BURST.
Sandy Hook, -V. J., Feb. lO.-Fre
mont 1*. Peck, first lieutenant of the
ordnance ooips, was almost Instantly
killed cn the proving grounds here this
afternoon by (he bursting of the breech
of a Hatcbkss gun. The test of a
47-100 Inch Hotchkiss rapld-ffrlng gun
was under way and two rounds, with
flxed ammunition, had been success
fully fled by Lieut. I’cok. When the
third round was fired, the breech' of
tbe gun buret and the fragments from
It struck Lieut. Peck in tho face and
back, causing Injuries which resulted
In fa's death In a few minute*. Sergt.
John Thorp waa slightly Injured In
tbe leg, but the other* present, among
whom were Capt. Frank Ileatb, tho
commanding officer of the proving
grounds, and Maj. Frink II. Phlpn*.
tho president <h tbe ordnance beard,
escaped unhurt. Many bid narrow
escapes from serious injury, however,
as fragments of the lire—li were sent
In an directions and tho breecb block,
after striking severs! obstruction*,
landed about 100 yard* away to the
rear.
eft th
-ral I-rcrie
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A MACON FIRM GOT IT.
Atlanta, Fob. lJ.-(Spr--!aI.>-J. N.
Hszl'-hurst A Oo., a Macon firm of oon-
tractois. alii do the *—.(.(■ r building In
Atlanta the coming year. The contract
was award-d to th--:n by the city coun
cil yeet-rday over all other bidders.
Their fig ires were $550 lower than sny
of the other* The -vain 11. however.
In grant—.c the Ma - n firm the con-
' moat bur
•!«-<* ho.nl alleged Irrcguldrille*, lll.in-
Ipulatlon* and ruw -f tb" eel dsUshnl
rat--* of th • assooltUoa by the JJea-
hoard Air Line; ami
"IVhorc.is. Such practice* nro In
v.nlatlon of th- aasirisUon contract,
and have the "IToci of creating unju-t
discrimination In favor of -ertaln Indi
vidual shipper* and place*; and
"Whereas. It 1* d> slrable thst such
cuts and manipulations of *he estab
lished rate* and unjust d scrlmlnatlon*
should not be continued; therefore lie It
"Resolved, That a committee of threo
he appointed to consult -promptly with
Ihe nffioers of the Seaboard Air Lino
In regard to snch alleged Irregularities,
with a view of semiring their d acon-
tlnumce.
"Resolved, further, Thst In esse the
committee cannot secure «ueh an
agreement from tho Oieaboard Air Lino
as will, In their Judgment, substan
tially accomplish tholr rceult, then the
commissioner be and Is hereby author
ised to apply the renudles mined In
nrtlcle 122, section 2, of the association
contrOct, and that eleven members of
tho association are hereby pledged to
obey the direction* of tho commis
sioner on this subject.”
The committee nnder th<* forogoing
resolution* today unanimously agr d
upon sml Kiibralltcd to tho comml*-
sloner a report lo the effort, notwffh-
ki Hiding repelled efforts, It bad been
unable to reach an agrc<«ucnt with tho
officers of ihe Seaboard Air Line which
could lovure a discontinuance of tho
lrregui.ar.tic*, manipulation* and cute
of tbe o!itablL*ho l rates by said line.
In view of this report ami tho glar
ing Irregularities .and manipulations
brought to light at the reteat setMoti
of tho resolutions unanimously adopt
ed by the executive board of the tfflrly-
UCib session, the commissioner hereby
gives notice and dlrixris that, t iking ef
fect .March 1, 1805, fixed published
rales bo charged by ill association
linen In this territory nml other line*
working In harmony with the as*cla-
tlun, to and from their several Jone-
ti n- wllh ihe Heabnird Air Line (III
eluding tho G irgal rarnllna and
Northern railroad) on all competitive
traffic received from and delivered to
slid S ib-cinl Air Line (Including tli»
Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail
road), whether such trilllc originate*
at or Is do*tlDi*l to local Junction or
terminal point* on (that Una or points
beyond ami reach'd via that line.
PRESIDENT HOFFMAN TALKS.
Baltimore, 19.— R. C. Hoffman,
president of the .-'•■aboard Air Lin-;
railway, said ( might thut he lia.l r...
cetved no official sdvicru tom blng tho
boycott of Ma company by Um oubtu-
ern Railway and Steamship Ano-Utlon.
He stated that mne at th-; charges of
rata cutting sal other irreguInrltliH
frequently made against the S<-siJt>o«uri
Company hsul been aUHtalned; at least
he we* n“t aware of su--h so tion by th-
assns-ffatl n I. tie- iiV- IK-.- of C..OC;
do-mi- Information Mr. Hoffman de
clined to fur;Ii- ■■ di* >s th - - it — t.
tbe
Its
rd get t
old doy
Ir
en Atlanta
by other
ted that
was not;
• ittl Ini '
vent If* final di
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