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- Yhe Irwin County News.
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. G, Editor and
THE PYTHIANS
CM PARAOE.
THEY PRESENT A TRULY INNPIII-
I Mi TT.EfrEM'E.
GEORGIA ATTRACTED ATTEN-
THUN \ND WON ATTLYISE.
President Cleveland Reviews the
Line In Front ol NVhlte House.
lya&hin.jtim, L. C-. AUg. 28.—With
‘lust enough cloudiness to lessen the
‘effec&s of ; he sUo’S bright miss, the
Knights of Pythias had an ideal day
for their parade. BroadcWth uniform
coats were a little too thick for com¬
fort, perhaps, buit the Knights did not
appear to mind sin-h a slight in<- nve-
nien-ee, a ml made a magnificent showing
with their waving plumes and gold arid
silver accoutrements.
The pa.ade assembled at Camp Wash-
'ington, on Ihe monument grounds, at
■1 o'clock, and marched up 15th street
to Pennsylvania avenue where the
procession turned eastward-, and the
Knigh s marched in review before
President Cleveland. A small stand,
draped appropriately, had been erected
in froni- ( if (fig White House, and on
lh ; n the President stood du ing the en¬
due time occupied by the pro’eession
in passing. Mr. Cleveland, aeeompa-
ttied by Col. C. A. Kalno, Maj. Gen.
Carnahans, chief of stuff, in full Uni¬
term. and Co’.. John M. Wilson, U. S.'
A,, the Commissioner of Public Build¬
ing* and Grounds, walked through the
White House grounds td the stand
■Wo id SI applause. As he came in view
-of the thousan-ls assembled at this
point a great cheer wenit up. to which
he responded by doffing his hat.
He took a dignified interest in all the
incidents that occurred in h:s presence.
Members Of commission, on horse back,
led Hie-; parade. They were followed
by Hi-‘National Rifles, the Naitiona!
Fein ii-les—the champion prize militia
company of the United States,—Ihe Oor-
i-io-a'i Cadets and other military o'gan-
izatiuns. Then came Maj. Gen. Carna¬
han. commander-in-chief of the uniform
rank, at the head of hk staff, wfrnpos-
cj of brigadier generals and colonels
too nuuo'rous to inert Ion.
Precedence in fine was according to
Ihe seniority of the commanding officers
b igatles. The Indiana brigade occu¬
pied the right. The line was i/ fol¬
lows: Indiana brigade, Gen. James Ii.
Ross. 700 men; First Maryland, Col.
John A: Schwarz, 100 men; Firs Ala¬
bama. Regiment. Co'.. Erwin Schilling-r,
100 men; Kansas brigade, Gen. Joseph
H. Lyon, 250 unn; First Regiment of
the District of Columbia, Col. Harry
Cogg'n-s, -100 men; Oklahoma Comman-
dery. Cap!. H. Russel, 200 men; Massa¬
chusetts brigade, Gen. John H. Abbott,
290 men; Fi st Maine Regiment, C>1.
Horace W. Stewart; First New Hamp¬
shire Regiment, 200 men; Iowa. Col.
Charles H. Clifford, 200 men; Idaho bri¬
gade, Gen. John S. Loper, 200 men;
Illinois brigade, Gen. J, H. Itarkley,
700 men: First Louisiana Regiment, Col.
Henry Street; First Regiment Mari¬
time Provinces, Col. H. B. Cooper;
Toronito Division, Capt. George H.
Mitchell. 200 men; Wisconsin brigade,
-Gen. L. W. Halsey, 165 men; Kentucky
'brigade, Gen. George E. Currie, 260
men: Texas brigade. Gen. K. M. Van
Zanilt, 250 men; Pennsylvania brigade,
Gen. Charles E. Bentley, 1,700 men;
West Virginia hr ga le. Gen. C. Mather,
jOO men; First Virginia Regiment. Col.
D. J. Turner, £00 men; Missouri bri¬
gade. Gen. S. B. Provost, 230 men;
New Jersey brigade, Gen. George H.
Rhodes, 400 men; Wilmington division,
Capt. Thomas Muilin. 50 men; Ohio
brigade, Capt. peter Weidner, 400 men;
Tennessee brigade, Gen. W. Allison, 400
men; First Arkansas Regiment. Col.
John L. Cttok, 100 men: Minnesota bit
gade, Gen. F. S. McDonald, 200 men;
Michigan brigade, Gen. W. C. Gage,
’00 men; New York brigade, Gen.
■ arles A. Sutter, 450 men; Connecti¬
cut b igude. Gen. K O. Shaler, 450
men; First Rhode Island Regiment, Col.
Joseph B. Carpenter, 100 men; Coast
brigade.- consisting of the First Geor¬
gia Reg’ment, First Florida Regiment
ami First Sou’h Carolina Regiment,
Gen. Harmon, 200 men; First Colorad-d
Regiment, Col. W. A. Crafts, First
South Dakota Regiment, Lieut. Col.
S. S. Scraggs, 150 men; division com-
posed of ihe Banner Huzzms of Illi¬
nois, D. D. Lower’s Huzzars of Mis¬
souri, Phil Sheridan division and Jofe
E. Hooker division of New York, Ar¬
lington div’sion of the District Com¬
ma ndery. Maj. Gen. Young.
About 8,000 men were in line and they
made an excellent showing. The line of
March was westward along Pennsylva¬
nia nvetnfe from 17th street, down 15th
street past the Treasury department back
to Pennsylvania avenue, thence east¬
ward to the Peace monument at the foot
of Capitol Hill, around the monument
and countermarched to 15th street and
back to the, camp at the monument
grounds. The eoiumn moved east on the
north side of the avenue and west on
the south side of the avenue, so that a
large part of the route a double proces¬
sion was passing.
SOUTHERNERS PLENTIFUL.
That Southerners are plentiful in Wash¬
ington was plainly shown during the
parade by the band heading the First
Maryland regiment marched past the
President playing “Maryland, My Mary-
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, CiA., AUGUST 31, 1894.
land.’" Meti and women shouted and
waved their handkerchiefs, and the en¬
thusiasm did not cense until the band
had exhausted itself and was forced to
stop. Wfth this air as an initiation, the
thousands of Southern people along the
route let their brethren in the
ranks know that the encouragement of
stentorian shouts of applause plight lie
expected until the march was over,
i Then behind the Marylanders came the
First Alabama regiment, with 100 men
and Col. Edwin Sdheillinger. They
well and were frequently up-
planned. the
The Louisiana regiment-, was in
Illinois brigade. It was commanded by
Col. Henry Street. Following the Louis¬
iana came a Canadian regiment, the
British flag at its head. To many the
proximity of the Louisiana ‘contingent.
In,the unfamiliar foreign flag gave the
idea lhat the flag was no other Aha n-thfe
Confederate stars and liars. This be¬
lief seemed to he spontaneous and a
mighty shout went up, much to the as¬
tonishment of the Canadians. All along
the line the cheering was renewed and
it is safd to say that the Hnion Jack
never received such enthusiastic ap-
planse in these United States as (hat
given it on Pennsylvania avenue today.
Mr. Cleveland, who always salutes the
stars and stripes but no other device,
looked lit the English ensign with some
curiosity but he did not raise. Iris hat to
it
Cr(*n«ral George K. Currie commanded
the 200 knights from Kentucky. It
was not necessary for this command to
carry banners of identification, for the
tune of “My Old Kentucky-Glome lot
the crowd know that the Irdffi the
tuTf^XZ. OlS.' and
under contract to plav nothing mt Ken-
tueky’s favorite air. If applause is the
salt ->f a musician's lif^ as it is of actors,
then the horn Id iwors from Dayton
should be satisfied with the enthusiasm
which marked their progress. With tie
Kentuckians was the Louisville division
drum corps whose youthful members
gained laughter and cheers by a poeuliar
salute which they executed for the bene¬
fit of President Plevciand. Gen. V.
Texas with 250 men under
M. Van Zamdt, made an excellent show¬
ing,- and Wewt Virginia, with 300 men
unifier' Gen. .Tob.n W. Miattlier gained and in
applause what it lacked in numbers
then came the First Virginia Uegii'ment
under Gol. D. .7. Turner wit h 200 jnen^
“Carry Me P»a<*k to Ole Virginia.’’
rang out as the Virginians wheeled into
Pennsylvania aveume a-ml the wcl«oinie
of the crowd was so vociferous that it
almost drowned the sound of the horns
ail'd druiins. 'Thoiisaml's of fieople from
nearby places in the Old Dominion were
along the route and their enthusiasm
knew 110 hounds when they heard the
fia.md hi r old tune.
But it was reserved, for the Tennessee
bniigiade to make the hit >f tho Gay.
As it wheeh'd into the avennie 400 strong
iiu-luding the Fmst Arkansas Uegimeiit.
The (’haittanooga band struck up
“Dixie.” and then the SouGremers in
tlnvt vicinity went wild. Tiiev waved
their luats and handkerchiefs and shout¬
ed .aiiiid ehoerwi and yelled. Frooi that
time on until the air was finished the
Tennesseeans were the most popular
Knights in the line. It was really an
inspiring scene to witness the demon¬
stration .
The First Georgia. Regiment, the First
Florida Regiment awl the First South
Carolina. Regiment composed the ‘'C’oivst
Brigade.” Brigadier (bnoral Harmon
was 1111 command. fiUie Flonidaa regiment
was out in force, amid the Georgia and
South Garolina Knights also made a
good showing. They had many friends
fin the crowd and dkl not la-ek the ap-
plause they deserved foa* their exce-Ueut
marching.
GEORGIA KKIGIITS.
They We re Reviewed li.v Speaker
Crisp.
Washington. D. Aug. 28.-(Special.)
The coast brigade of the Knights of Py¬
thias. including the Knights from Vir¬
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia, were the last iu the line in the
procession today. There were about 2Uf>
Georgians iu line. 'Hie entire coast brigade
was under the command of Col. R. F.
Harman, of Savannah. He rode on a
white stallion at the head of Ids regiment,
surrounded by his staff in full uniform,
ills officers were; C. B. Rossignol, of
Savannah, adjutant; R. W. Hunt, quar¬
termaster, Augusta; W. Hi, Sclmtman,
commissary, Macon; J. P. Smith, An-
gusta, surgeon; A. E. Dreyfus. Savannah,
orderly; -lieutenant major, H. E. Drceson,
-Savannah.
Col. Harmon was the only colonel in line
commanding a brigade. Speaker Crisp
reviewed them from the Metropolitan, and
gracefully acknowledged the salute of the
Georgians by raising a flag as they passed.
CHEAVKD OFF HIS Till MU.
A Mncon Negro Taken Fiendish
Revenge.
Macon, Uu.. Aug. 28.—(Special.) An old
man named MeMullins was assaulted hue
last night by a negro named Preston
Fields, who knocked him down with a
heavy piece of scantling, and then literally
chewed his thumb off. Fields hud been
employed to carry dinner to Mr. Me;,lul¬
ling, but of lute had not been giving sat¬
isfaction. Yesterday lie had let J the din-
nei* get wet iu some mamiec, aiur wiis teprl
manded by Mr. MeMullins. Lflfpft n'lg.ht Uie
negro was very sullen when Mr. McMuI-
tins went homo, and took occasion to strike
a horse belonging to Mr. MeMullins while
;he better was looking at him. Mr. M-Mul-
tins remonstrated with him. and without
saying a word the negro turned on him
and struck lilm over the head, felling h iri
fn th,- ground. Ho tii-i jumped -in Mr.
McMul-Mns. .and literally chewed one of
this thumbs off. tuakin Mr. MeMullins
promise to let him alone -before he would
release him. Mr. MeMul-Ijus Is seriously
and probably fatally liu-t. Fields was
lined $25 by the recorder, and committ"ed
to the Superior Court on the charge of
assault with jr.tent to murder.
A VeW Yorfc ntchmter Tecmiily
^ a h 0 i e through the entire length of a
common pin, from head to point.
“ in C T ii ion, 8>(i'cnj>'(li null * row perl ty Almtiml.”
WITHDRAWN FROM HtlM).
A ft null to Tnke Ail v/mof t|»«*
New TurlfT.
New Vork, Aug. 28. The rush to with
draw goods under bond, under the new
tariff which went into effect (bin morn
iug, began ill the custom house almost as
soon as I be doors were thrown open this
morning. In the third division crowds
were so great that it was next to ini
possible to move about, The pressure
continued unabated until the custom
house closed. .Most of (he goods were
taken out in hulk, 58 , 000 , $ 4,000 and
$5,000 worth at. a time. Cotton, velvets,
gloves and ana-line colors were the chief
items on the list of withdrawal. Mr.
Bostwiek, the cashier, at 2 o'clock csli
piated that, the total of Ihe day’s re-
ceipts would probably be $000,000. The
daily-average is $150,000. There is noth¬
ing wonderful about this record. It has
gone as high as $2,500,000 and has been
$ 1 , 000 , 000 . Deputy Collector Couch said
that Secretary Carlisle’s rulings of yes¬
terday have had much to do with the
ease with which the new law has gone
into effect, enabling custom officials ♦■>
act without doubt. The way was fHi¬
ther smoothed by the announcement yes¬
terday that all withdrawals would he
made on McKinley rates of duty except
where the goods were classified on the
new act, the government returning the
excess of duty charged when liquidation
was finished or collecting more should 1 t
he found that not a sufficient amount
wag charged. This was done to accom-
modate merchants desiring to withdraw
bomlofl importation^ immediately,
Th(i r have to wait some time if
withdrawal could not. be effected before
the liquidating department could deter-
mine tlic exa^t chargee on goods on
w hich the duty haa been charged from
a( j va ] orem ^ specific or vice versa.
THE RUSH IN BOSTON.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 28.—As early as
7 o’clock this morning a line of men was
formed In front of the custom house,
composed of clerkq and brokers of im¬
porters. eager to he (he first one to take
(heir goods out of bond. When the doors
opened at 9 o’clock the warehouse de¬
partment was at once filled, and the
double force of clerks assigned tn dutv
in this office was besieged to make the
proper entries for ihe release of the
goods. Although the hook keepers and
clerks had worked till midnight getting
everything in order for the nntHpated
rush, they approached their task with the
Utmost good nature and dispatched! the
business with surprising alacrity.
The .Applicants had all been so ar¬
ranged that every man was served in
his turn without annoyance, confusion
nr unnecessary delay. As the day ad¬
vanced (he crowd increased, and while
all kept their lemper and were not dis¬
posed to crowd, much patience was
shown to get possession of their goods ao
fast as possible. How long Ihls rush will
continue it is impossible to„say, but prob¬
ably until most of the bonded goods
have lieen taken out.
Tt is also expected that the importa¬
tions will he very heavy for some ‘ime
nr until file stocks of goods which have
been permitted to run low under the
operations of the McKinley bill have
been replenished. Tn anticipation of the
great rush of business today employes
in the custom house who were on (heir
vacations were summoned back and the
vacations of olhcrs have been cancelled
until the department 1s relieved of Ihe
great, strain that has been put upon 1‘
by the changes that have been made in
tariff. As a result of business today an
extraordinary amount of goods were
withdrawn from bond.
AUDI, MEN FIRM.
They fieiiv the Thtil Thi’V
Are Weakening;.
Fall River. Mass.. Aug. 28.—The Fall
River Globe publishes tonight regarding
the situation in this city: Mill men
were up in arms this morning over the
reports which have been circulated to
the effect that there was a break in
their ranks or there was going to be a
break or that they were going to at¬
tempt. to start up the day after Labor
Day. They want it understood that
they were never -so cemented together as
they are at present and that they will
not open the gates until the holp are
ready in go to work, and announoe that
they are ready. They state no paper
has been drawn up for signatures with
a view to enticing -a majority of members
of the association to give up and re¬
store the .old schedule of wages and that
no meeting of the executive committee
has been held. Tn a, word the agents ex-
pnoss themselves as very confident with
the situation and deny that any effort
has been made or will the made to bring
about a change. They signed an agree¬
ment. they say, and they have got to
stick to it.
THE HOLINESS MEETING
Four T1^-MiM»nd People Are In
A Hernia nee.
Macon. Ga., Aug. 28.—(Special.) -The
Georgia Holiness camp meeting opened to¬
night at FlovHla with an attendance of
sevei'al thousand , people , A new tabernacle
» seating capacity of 4,000 has just
been erected between Indian Springs and
Flovilln. On next Sunday 8.000 people are
expected to be in attendance. One of the
features of the meeting will be the read¬
ing of Scripture from Mie original Greek,
by Dr. W. G. GoOd'b.y, of Kentucky. The
meeting will last several weeks, and is
the most largely attended of any ever held
iu the State.
Macon. Ga.. Aug,. 28.—Tax Receiver An¬
derson today completed the compiliatlon of
the tax returns for Bibb county, which
show a decrease in Bibb’s taxable values
of $17,289,658. The number of polls In the
county Is 9,772; white 5,305; colored, 4,467.
MR. PULLMAN
ON THE STAND.
THE CAPITAL OK THE (OIII'ANV
IS )(t.(II,000,000.
CONTRAI T.N RECENTLY' TAKEN
LESS THAN COST.
Tin* Hooks \\ ere Open to tlio
Strikers’ Committe**,
C hie - ;o. Aug Tt JCdw.wd F Bry.tr t,
cashie "7 and in mag‘i’ of 11 j Pulln.&n
Loan and S;r.mg ; Link. was the
wit lies -in h'-'Tv before the National
Labor Comm -,-;i 1 this morning, It
was the business his bank to trnr.<s
act ay ordinary ha iking business as
wll as to collect rums. I Bryant said
the accumulations of three-fourth of
the cmpl' V' s wo -0 dra wn out: during the
strike. On May t. 1893, the bank had
bills to (he a mo'll nt of $3,891 to colled
from omployos. On 3 year later this
a mount reached $23,247, showing forci¬
bly the differen. made 'by the cut in
wages. August 1st this amount reached
$58,773. These bills did not. represent
all owing to the company. Tt repre«ent-
ed only tin placed in the hands: of
'h'’ hank for collection.
(fi-.Yei- M 1 ’tiI]rnni- look the stand
immediialeiy upon the rea-ssomhling of
Ihe commission this afternoon, He
stated the Pullman Palace far Onm-
liiny was oruanized .Tidy 31. 1667, with
a capital of $1,000,000. The town of
Pullman was established in 1860. Coni
mission‘-r Wriirht ---inducted the exatn-
mation rtf Pullman, He asked (be
nresid-.nl of (lie palace car company to
led in his own way the objects of the
company and why the town was built.
The plan was, said Mr. Pullman, read¬
ing from a typewritten manuscript, to
establish a community for workingmen
which would enable them to live in har¬
monious relations wi'h the company. The
relatious of the Pullman Company are,
however, simply those of a landlord iu
regard to its employes which it treats as
tenants. The basis of profit was G per
cent, per annum, which at that time was
ti fair profit on (he investment. The
rr is! of establishing the streets and im¬
provements was of course considerable.
Ttt making this calculation this does
not include the cost of fhe inn-ntifnc-
inring plant. The Pullman Company.
Mr. Pullman stated, did not sell proper¬
ty within the town of Pull-man because
the company did wish objectionabie
chucarters to establish themselves in
the town. There were, in consequence.
no saloons or houses of ill repute in
Pullman as Ihe,re might otherwise have
i>een. Pullman then proceeded to ex¬
plain the Pullman lease.
There is a clause in the lease which
provides that Hie party may terminate
it by giving ten days notice- it was for
the protect ion of the Pullman Company
so that if might exclude -alii objection-
able characters.
“What is the eaipital of the Pullman
Companyask ed Oh-aiwnan Wright.
“$36,000,1000.”
“It has been stated in the public press
(that the Pullman Company has a sur¬
plus of $16,000,000.”
"It. is more than that,” said Mr. Pull-
mam. “This represents individual profits
and is for the most part invested in
assets."
“Are the dividends you pay based on
a capital of $30,000,000?”
“They are. The dividends are 2 per
cent, quarterly. The company h-as paid
dividends since its beginnim-g. For three
years it paid 3 pea- cent- quarterly and
for a while 9 1-2 per cent, annually.
Laterly it has paid 8 per cent, annually.”
“Has it been the practice of the
company to reduce wages from time to
time, and if so, will you tell us of such
reductions?” asked Mr. Wright.
“1 am not familial with the dally
workings of the town of Pullman. 1
will have to refer the commission to the
vice president for those details. 1 will
say, however, that for entire months
we diii ndt have an order for a car.
I realized that unless something was
done there would be suffering at Pull¬
man, and after a consultation with
Vice President Wickes, I Uetermiend to
make bids under the actual cost of
construction. We did this and I re
member the first order was for fifty-
five cars, f pul in a hid for these cars
at from $300 to $400 below the cost df
manufacture ot the cars rather than
.see my men idle on the shed.
“I believed many other car builders
in the country felt the same way. As
evidence of this the next lowest bid to
mine was $24 high-m than mine. On
another occasion I bid for a lot of 250
cats* at a Idas of $15 on each car, pre¬
ferring to do this rather than see the
freight shops closed. I underbid the
next competitor only $1 a car. It cost
us about $50,990 to keep the men in
work as long as I did. I explained all
this to Mr. Heatbeoate, the leader of
the strikers, who said to me, “We
want th(* wages 07 ’93.”
I informel him that it was impossible.
1 told him it would bo a most unfor¬
tunate thing if the wages of ’93 were
restored, that there was only six ot
eight weeks works here as it was and
there was none in sight at the rate on
which the wages of ’93 were based.
Mr. Pullman then said he told Heath-
cote that as long as he remained in the
$1.00 a Year In Advance.
the troubles and that you said you had
nothing to arbitrate.”
"I did not use exactly those words. I
may have told them something of I he
sort."
Judge Worthington then look the wit¬
ness in hand. He asked if the Pullman
Land Association was a separate corpor¬
ation from the Pullman Car Co. Pull¬
man replied that it was entirely separ¬
ate. The latter company owned the 500
acres on which the town -was built and
the Improvements thereon. The stock¬
holders of the two companies were about
the same. There was not, however, anv
connection. The witness said he had
used his influence to keep the land Im¬
being mediately surrounding Pullman from
sold because he was afraid bane¬
ful influences might he established on the
border after being shut out of the town
itself.
employ of the company ho could have
access to the highest officials, and could
even see the books if he pleased.
‘‘Were the books, as a matter of fact,
shown to the committee,” inquired the
chairman.
“They were net, because the men made
no effort to see them.”
“Are you at the town of Pullman
much
“Not a great deal. T don’t have time.”
“What attempts, if any, did yon make
for a satisfactory adjustment of the
troubles at Pullman?”
“An answer to that will come better
from Vice President Wickes.”
“It has been stated publicly very freely
that you were approached Ibj* the
strikers who looked for a settlement of
“The profits fell off nearly 5500,000
In the month of August alone last year
1892. as compared with the same month in
As to the reduction of wages I
shall have to refer you to the people
who had that matter in- charge. I do
not remember of any efforts at a reduc¬
tion made by the Pullman company. I
expressed myself as decidedly opposed
to arbitration.”
“What did you so-* (hat was so ob¬
ject i (friable in submOtihg to a third par-
ty the question whether you should re-
duco (he wages of your employes or
not?”
“I refer you In my wri'lon siafemerit
whirh declare in effect T am able to
manage my own business, T still
think that after twenty-seven years of
experience T am better able to tell the
position iff he Pullman Company than
any third party/*
“Do you not think it would' have been
just to have divided with these em-
rt’-oyes a lift'e white so as to give them
at least a fair livincr wnpre?”
“T do not. XT would have amounted
to a Rift of m oh lev to these men. Ti
was simply a matter of business. Thp
mi pan.v and the men had (o ma.kp
n mutual sacrifice. The men were re¬
quested to work harder white the com¬
pany lost money on contracts. M Pullman
denied any connection with the rail¬
roads vn regard to resisting the
strikers.
A RECORD HREAKRH.
The Special Flew IVearly n Mite 11
Minute.
Washington, D. C-, A tug. 27. The At¬
lantic Coast Line and Plant system
Knights of t’ythiets special train which
left Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday after
noon at 4:20 p. m.. Eastern time, ar¬
rived here (his morning at 8:00. having
made the run in fifteen hours and forty-
nine minutes. This lowers ail previous
records two hours and forty-one min¬
utes. After deduettms: stons. Ihe ro
markable record i-s shown of 781 mile in
880 minutes, am, average speed for the
entire distance of forty-five and one-Mf
miles pen- hour. The best run was made
on the Northeastern rqad from Ashley
markable record is sdvowri of 781 miles in
99 1-2 minutes, including two stops for
water nad drawbridges. speed
Notwithstanding the high rate of
the train and road bed were iu snub ex¬
cellent condition that, fhe passengers on
the train did not realize that they were
making other than average schedule
time.
ASKS HFS DEFEAT.
A Sensational Letter from Rreekln-
rldge’* Sister-in-Ln vr.
Louisville, Aug, 27.—(Miss Mary R -din,
sister of Got. W. C. P. Breckinridge's
second- wife, today Issued a vigorous ap¬
peal urging the defeat of Col. Breckin¬
ridge. The letter caused mu <h excitement
here today. Tt is the talk of the town,
calling to mind, as it does, the memory
of the woman Who founded the Kentucky
Woman’s Veteran AssoePti >.■->. Co.'. Brock.
Im-tdge spoke at Arthur, this county. - to¬
day. Tils address was devoted princi¬
pally to evening up scores with ex-Omp-
troller Milton J. Durham, Judge Jem Mor¬
ton and Judge Kinkhead, w 10 have re¬
cently been mailing sucti hot speechrs
against him. The Colonel [hougtit some¬
thing' was wrong politically nr mentally crowd
with each of his assailants, and the
went wjTB with enthusiasm.
THE "RRITTANTA.
London. Aug. 27.—The Centra! News is
authority for the statement that the
Britannia will hind her guests at Torquoy
md proceed to Cowes, where she will go
out of commission, unless the sailing
board compels her to contest for the Cape
May cup on Sept. 9th.
COAL MINKS SOLD.
St. Txiuis, Mu., Aug 27.—A special to I
The Globe-Democrat says the plant of the
Birmingham Furnace and Manufacturing
Company, consisting of a 100-ton iron fur.
nace, coal mines and extens-ve timber
lands at and around Trnssville, Ala., were
so;d at auction today by order of court
for $359,000. Fuller Hoggptt. nf Ibtlsliurg.
and associates, ten Bondholders, were the
pufShasers. The furnace, which has been
idle for months, will ba pu: Into op¬
eration at once.
“Morello, the master of motion,” has
been dethroned. The Butterflies took
unto herself wings and flew" away with
the money.
VOL. V. NO. 16.
TAXES WILL
BE LOWER.
NOTH JTIISTANDING THE METRE
IATION IN Y \LUES.
l»UT IT IS RECAUSE NO SINKING
/UNO IS AUTHORIZED.
Y Teinnorary Loan or $200,<•<’<> \\ U*.
Ila.ve to He Made. 4
Atlanta, La.. Vug. 27. (Special.)—The
liiitf’ of tax.ai >r fort In* support of ;ii
State this wid be twenty lour ore
htiiid l;h..N »>t a. mill less than last
yviir's ra <: Tn will be a general sur-
p.ise—an agreable one b owever—as it
was experted that in the face of the
twenty-live million depreciation iri re¬
turns th ate woul t at L>a&t b * r.s Ifigh
as hist year lull thev is a story behind
the ltsssened' tax rate that detracts
soniewhat from Ihe good news that the
Suite will nqui"*.' less tax fro'm her
citizens Mils year than she did Jos'
•ess by about five d.d.irs on Ihe
thousand.
Governor NorHum and O Ilcf
General Wright today held a confer¬
ence on ihe situation. The conference
was attendeil with a good deal of in
teres t on account if question-! of tn-
rt-a^int; file rati- owr what Hie Legis
la tm natn^fi o’** that t m-’ot the ile-
tiripncy causa*) by the $25,009,090 slum)/,
anil Qf working a levy for the contin¬
gent fund which had to be settled.
The total maximum for all purposes
fixed Ivy the Legislature for i892 -’94 was
4.61 mills. Las! year fin- maximum wa*
levied in order to meet the falling off
a slid bigger slump. At this rate there
in values, which had then begun, and
which has been fid wed thus year by
was just enough money raised to meet
the State’s -expenses.
This year, however, the Governor was
confronted with a deficiency in income
of about $U0.J0'J o;> account of trie big
decline in values. He was also con¬
fronted with another so;ions question.
By an oversight <Jf the Legislature, no
sinking fund was provided for 1894. this?
year. This fund is $100,000. It appears
that, when the Senate amended the
House bilks for appropriations and
taxes making them cover two years in¬
stead of one. th • sinking fund bill was»
overh'kc 1 and iherefore the levy for
that pu pose could only he made for
1893-one year as tin- bill came from
the House.
The Governor and Comptroller "Wright
after conversing the situation thorough
!y decided (hat all that cou’d be done
was to make a levy o r 2.113 of 1 per cent
for g arid purposes and 1.93 one hun-
of 1 per (-oil. for the school
fund, making a total for all purposes of
four ami thirty-seven one hundredths
of 1 per cent., or against 4.61 one hun¬
dredths of i ]>er cent, for all purposes
Inst year, being twe.ri v-four one hun¬
dredths of 1 per cent, less than last
year.
The Legislature at its next session
wiK have to pass a bill remedying the
negl'genro of Ihe last Legislature.
To 1 meet the deficiency the Governor
is authorized by (lie Constitution to
make a temporary loar: of not more
than $200,090.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE.
A Mr. Sloop AVlll Ran for Governor
of South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C., Aug 24—(Special.)—
A special to The State from Newberry,
S. C.i says that Frank Moon, a stur¬
dy farmer an-d former Tilimanlte de¬
clares himself a candidate for Gover-
nor, and will run in the November
election. Moon says -that hie race Is
a protest against “ringis-m and boss-
ism,” and that he will run if be only
gets otic vote, and states “that he is in
dead earnest." Melon was never heard
of outside of bis county before, but Is
said to he a. college graduate -and a sub¬
stantial citizen-.
THE PRESIDENTS POSITION.
Those who (-mickle over what they term
a defeat for (lie President in the tariff will
find scant npprova' in the minds of intelli¬
gent men. President Cleveland Is defeat¬
ed only in wlint is bad in this measure. He
has been overcome by the trusts in some
portions of -it. and -by individual greed
operating upon men wno have not the re¬
spect of the country in others. The record
is that, he exerted himself to the utmost
to prevent these things. With everything
that, is good in the tariff he is identified,
while for that which is not good the men
who have opposed him In his own party,
aided by" the support of those who have
delayed and sought to prevent any action
are responsible. The country fully appre¬
ciates tta-s condition of affairs, and the
President need fear no misconception at
-Its hands.—Boston Herald.
SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.
Washington Aug. 27.--Secretary
Smith has detailed Prof. J. A. Wickes,
of the geological survey, to represent the
Interior Department as a member of
the board of management of the Govern
^nt exhibit at the Cotton States and
International Exposition to be held in
Atlanta, Oa., next year. Headquarters
f or tpp registration bf ail parties tnter-
ested in the coming Southern convention
Jmve been opened at parlor ten, Wil-
j ar fl» 8 hotel.
CELIA THAXTER DEAD.
Boston. Aug. 27.—A special Celia from the
Isles of Shoals says that Thaxter,
the authoress, died there suddenly last
night and that the funeral services will
be held Tuesday afternoon at the Ap-
pledore house.