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The i» I rwin County News
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. 6, DeLOACH, Editor and Prop'r.
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LAR ELECTION PLAN.
SPEAKER FLEMING DELIVERS A ;
RINGING ADDRESS i
And the Morion to Disagree to the
Report AVa* Lost.
Atlanta, Ga„ Nov 29.-The House this
turning refused to allow the people to
elect the judges and solicitors, The i
next fight will come up on the bill for
appointment by the Governor, but the
time for considering this bill has not
yet been Axed.
When the bill of Mr. Houston, ot
DeKaib, for the election of judges and
solicitors by the people came up at
a*Mr
McHenry, of Hart, wan the first co
take the floor.
The bill had received an adverse com
nulttee report, and the question was on
agreeing to the. report ot the commit-
tee. Mr. Houston, in order to get the
bill right before the eyes of the mem¬
bers, iiad ■ had it printed at his own ex
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P V <k -J, des ” <sk3 ks '
Mr. McHenry ,, endeavored to throttle
fehe W question by offering a resolution to
off all bills relating to a change in
the method of electing judges and so-
hcltors until next session, as this session
has enough on Its hands. He argued
that the members did not know the
sentiment of their constituents on the
question, and he was in favor of giving
the people what obey wanted, so he
asked that the Legislature postpone Its
t action on so important a m asure.
f iLumpkin, Messrs. Battle and Hunt of Muscogee, of Walton, Price spoke of
%trongly fifcHenry’s against the adoption of Mr.
haslet. resolution, and on a vote 't
\ inuestlon. The House Mr. then Hunter, took up of the DeKalh, main
rijoved to disagree to tho report of the
committee, so as to open the question
for debate.
Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, inunedi-
ately gained the reoegnition of ths
chair, and advanced to the front of tin
Speaker’s stand. Mr. Harrison t
recognized as one of the strongest men
in the House, and when lie raised his
eloquent voice in support of the bill
to give the people the right to elect
their Judiciary, he made a profound im-
pression. His speech was a clear re-
view of the situation, saying that a
cry ha.s been ffoinir S un all over Oeoreifl g
for a change S
Mr ^VL ot Lumpkin j-fuiupiun, aiso also made mane a a
orcible speech in favor of the bill.
{Speaker Pro Tern. Wilson then opened
the fight against eie<;tion ,by the people.
He declared that the demand for a
change had not come from the
of the State, but from the disgruntled
friends of defeated candidates. He also
said the charge that there is a ring is
a direct insult to every member of the
Legislature, and declared that the Pop-
I ullats are loudest In clamnrlmr for the
F change. Sucli a change, he contended,
f would throw the judiciary into a cess
pool of corruption and place the office
! in the hands Of voters who could be
i f Koue-ht t )PSat I0P for a a drtuk T nk of whisk,w Wh ; 3 f y ‘ Th Tho ®
day of euch a change wou.d be a
day for Georgia.
Mr. Wilson declared that the present
system had not given the people 3
single incompetent or dig-honest Judge
or solicitor.
Mr. Hotlgos, of Bibb, called the pre¬
vious question at this stage.
iMr. Hail, of Newman, asked him to
withdraw the call for a few minutes,
but he declined. Mr. Harrison, of Quit-
man, also seconded this request, hut it
had no effect. A division was called,
and the call for the previous question
was lost by a vote of 58 to 76.
Mr. Hall, of Coweta, then proceeded.
He 6 aid it was evident that there is dis-
content with the present system,
and also said there was cause for this
discontentment. He denied that the
discontentment was not confined to the
Populists, hut said it was because the
judieiary is in po.ities. He had no pet
theory, and did not defend the system
m self-defence He review**! the plan
of government, contending or the sep-
amUonof the executive, legislative and
jud cial branches, and referring to the
state of affairs In ’South Carolina,
where every wave of popular sentiment
controlled the executive, legislative and
judicial branches of the government,
he said the only remedy was (o up-
point the Supreme Supreme Court for life and
then let the Court nanre th
judges and solicitors. This, he con-
tended, placed the judiciary 3 ‘ on an in-
dependent basis
Mr. Hail said if his constituents wanted
tba election of tlie judiciary piaeed in the
hands of the people they would have to
semd another representatives to the Leg-
islature to dp it. He proposed to do whait he
believed to be right, whether it was flop-
ular with the people or not. lie said the
venerable Chief. Justice Bleckley never
u-ttered a mbre striking truth than when
he declared that the desire for popularity
was tho greatest enemy to good govern-
meat. The people he said- do not know
who are good judges. He said they
would in a moment of passion en-aet laws
,or elect men who would mot be good for
them. The reason of the people ought
to govern—their passions ought to be
controlled,
Mr. Bailey, of Spalding, said he was
unalterably opposed to th© election of the
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, QA., NOVEMBER 23, 1894.
by the people and for that rea- ;
introduced his bid.
Mr. Hodges renewed his call for the!
rpviou3 question and it was sustained.
Mr. Broyles, of Fulton, was given the!
twenty minutes allowed to the author of
believed the people were capable of man- ;
aging their own affairs. The people, he :
declared, are not controlled by corrupt in- j
fluences. The people are demanding a j
chan ««- He d id «<>t believe that corrupt j
inAuencos prevail in the present judiciary,
but there could bo no harm in leaving the
question of a ohan&e to the people. If
they do not want it they will not rati-
thal tUXoToffid 2eot°j£s or con- :
trol the election was a bugaboo. As a j
Proof of this, but one county was rep re-
ted in the Legislature by a negro.
Mr. Broyles read a long list of judges all j
elected by the people, declaring them
to be capable and incorruptible. The j
greatest States of the Union, he said.
elected their judiciary.
Speaker Fleming took the floor, having
the Legislature would have to
pass upon. He would speak his convic- j
tions. The passage of the bill, he de-
dared, would he a public calamity. He
nr didn't mean to sav that the time would :
never OT come when bhe people could he he
entrusted with the election of the judges,
etc., hut said at present elections in the
State were no place for a tnan wearing
'}* ^del ermine. He said there have
been no lneoonpetemt or corrupt men in
office. Taking up the charge of legisla- !
five and judicial rin-s and slates he said
that if there had ever been a ring he had
-never been honored with an invitation to
TznyZv ioin it. nor had he ever S been the recipient
at tlirir We proposed! have
tried all three of the methods the*
and ^ now we iX must judge SinCeut upon facts
practical heXid, TS 1 by
Governor. stench
that the people rose up and smote the
system. The State had seventy-two.
years of elections hy the Legislature to
thirteen of the other methods. Ail of
the methods are bad. and he thought the
people always say the method in opera-
tion is the worst. He referred to the
late election and asked the members if
they honestly believed a judge should be .
elected by such methods. He asked the
Populists if they would he willing to see
judges elected by such methods as they j
charged in the Tenth district-in every
county in the State in fact. If you put
political judges on tho heT'ch the politi-
cians will do the best practice and not
tfa e able lawyers.
M Fleming cited the Judge AUisofi
oa-‘ in Tennessee as a specimen of th-
«>r. up tion and consequence of election by ,
ft e people. -
The Georgia judges and solicitor, le
said, were as good ns any on earth, who
received the pay they do.
Mr. Fleming declared what Georgia
needs is a purification 1 of the ballot. Then I
h would he wiling to put . . the ,, judi- .
« more
ciar ^ 111 nanas of tlio people. But j
noly ’ w-onld saiy God save the State j
fn>m PaRtihg her judiciary in such a
maelstrom of corruption, j
Mr. Fleming ctosed by a most vigorous
potest against blind pools In the Legis-
mture fer the erection of judges and
caJIed upon the mCTnl>c1 ’ s to pu t down
the dwgraceful - evil.
0,1 cnl1 of the yews aBd Mys the motion
1° tee wa s lost h by a vX'% vote of 85 to 78. The
reporf °J “’T,, “ Was agreod
t0 aiDd , ,■ y 1116 P1 pllt upon . lte P«-ssage
'^ ' *- without .* a call for tihe and
ap os yeas
nays.
thp 11Lij nmww<t QGittt.N » POTmtAmn. ittUtUMAHSM.
London. Nor. 20.—LaBouchare’s Truth
says in a paragraph concerning the
Queen’s health: Her Majesty has aged im
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walk only a few steps, owing to recur-
ing rheumatism in the knees. Truth also
confirms the report of the Duke of Saxe-
Coburg Gothas illness. He is said to be
suffering from neuralgia, eczema and in-
ternal troubles.
EDITOR IMPRISONED.
Berlin, Nov. 29.—Herr Keiser, editor
0 f the West Deitsehe Zeitung, was con-
demined today in Cologne to two months
imprisonment for libelling Freiherr von
Mamcha’.l, Secretary of Foreign Af
fails. The libel was the accusation
that Marsoha.il inspired the Kiadder
Datsch notorious attack upon his offi-
dal colleagues, Holstein and Kiderlen
Waeohter, early in the year. Herr Wes-
ter also was sentenced to two months
imprisonment, and Herr SI merman was
fine,] 150 marks.
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ELECTION CRIMINALS.
v Yt,lk . „ „ 20 District t „
Ne NT " . ’, „ ' - Attor-
ncy Fellows ll today notified Ihe Commit
tee of ® eve ' nty that he wil1 ^ OIn ’ n ask-
tha ‘° haVe ^ Att0rney
General , deputize some one to prosecute
eleul ®°" 1 orirnina.s, and officials who
have committed crimes. The person
designated shall have whatever assist-
ance and a d clls !vl<-t attorney s ot-
flc€ can g , ve
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THM ' TT’RKTBH irASStPine ° V/UU
Loudon, v V /’"A f>1 4 “*®Pateh to the
p ; U hvHam.* t e
remmisskm nnnointed $ P
inquire into the reported massacre
i’asha, Armenians is composed of Abdullah
general of division; TweAk Pasha,
general of brigade, both of whom are
aides to the giiltan; Medga Bey, of-
belonging to Ihe Ministry- the
’.u,™’ bSik Thevvrili 1 "
start ft
‘for Sasskffn, the seene of the out- '
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rages. °--
Bismarck is a retired but sceptred eov-
ereign who still rules his country from
his hermitage.
“In Union, Htrenifih and Prosperity Abound.”
FULL RETURNS.
r "" p > nnd Several Republicans, Will
Content the Election.
Columbia. S. C., Nov. 19.—(Special.!
The State Board of Canvassers ha»
s srs
and Darlington counties. Returns
from these counties are known, so
that the following tables can be con
s j de red as official and Anal;
Por Governor—John Cary Evans. 39.-
586; 4famp*on Pope, 17,967: Constltu-
riona , convention-yeas, 31.484; no, 30.
130 . p or congress—First district, Wll
;. iam El:iot> Dpmocrat 5 , 65 o : G . W.
.
Murray ’ Repub,ican ’ 3 ’ 913 ’ SeC ° nd dlS
trlot—W. J. Talbert, Democrat, 5,942;
scattering, 29. Third district—A. C.
Latimer. Democrat, 5.779; Robert Moor-
man. Republican, 985, H. H Evans
Independent, 342. Fourth district—J.
^tnnvnvnn Z’jrll’t 9 T71 ail TTMfHV, .7 1 a >._• *. rri t
w w Tvs'vU
n R R P epuh.ioan 7^hw7 Air 1,545. 3 ’ S Sixth ri, aistnet -nirric^ J. T
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35 *’ f' ' ’
C ' The C board ughman. whl Independent, hear ah w protests 4. and
p ontests on Wednesday. Dr. Pope and
tha Re P u b.ican congressional candl-
dates from the First, Fourth and Sev
“ districta have signified their In-
tentlon ot P re8ent ^ -
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GOLD withdrawn.
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Th ® S1 " tprt ««i««ceni
»loi.l« 2 ,ooo.
WbsMngtou, Nov. 19,-GoM was with-
drawn at -the New York «ub-treasury to-
day In exchange for currency by the follow-
part!,re in the mi me named: Third Na-
*J C ooo “ W n | 50 National : Emerson eta,nk. & Turn- 5200.-
™n.’ ^k ol P X
he «
co!ve<l at the Treasury Department show
rh at 'the net loss of gold on Friday and
Saturday by «lie Treasury was 3l.485.U5 as
Po,r notea «. 4 « 8 ..
'^; fP a^v!!.nLTod»v^.'sTifiv . iW
J61 “old 83’000 te to goM statememt of
« Uke
millions of gold withdrawn at New York
today and Saturday last wbleb wia! -not be-
81,1 to sh ow in ^oe Treasury books unt-I!
1?™’°'YJ' ar <>T ® r SS(l 0 , l (K ^
TI „®I! otherwise' 1 ,wi 8 jZIX Xh-
enwt tor the «md
drawn to bid tor bonus, the Treasury baa
beeu gaining gold as W did before from
most customs and In the ‘Western sub-
treasuries. °
.XXv a ? fwTja^Z thf U^ tSi
by Stores
November Departim’emt Oth and lm the opinion of other
Stato officials no definite reply
from Japan to expected to -the tomediato
future.
Cta tlhe recorannendatiioii of Postmaster
&en,ersI has extended the
of o*^ .postail tiraD^ew or eub-’Staitioas. About
20 a|>te are affected. They were toad-
r'eptenitr.y leift out of a former classification.
Tho Presdderat signed she order Saturday,
and -It nvlff go into effect -wtohoat delay.
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it ESCAPED.
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a Congregation Asphyxiated
Natural Gas.
,,V, East a Liverpool ® P ’the O cnn»r^»H,.n Nov 18-Tonight
„ of disl Eptotopa! of the
Second Metb. church are
ln a serious rendition, the result of par-
rial asphyxiation from escaping gas lu-
haled during the morning service.
Last week plumbers more at work ln
the church and left a defective fitting In
natural gas pipes. The church was
well filled this monring. Taword the
close of the service several became sick,
and left the church. No one knew the
'’ nns0 ns the eas ls °' ,orl<,K3 - When Rev.
R Sears attempted to step from the
‘,
ters fe-i\ the aisle and were assisted
borne. Several others were prostrated
and fell at the church door, while every
person in the ehtirch was more or less
seriously affected. Rev. Sears, Mrs.
Randall and her daughters are not yet
out of danger.
DRY GOODS.
Ordara Are Restricted to Actual Re-
qulremeuta.
New York Nov. 19 .—Business for
current wants was conducted on a very
narrow line, and purchases of dr,
goods were restricted to positive re-
quirements. The cold in the West
and Northwest caused some orders, bur
they were for moderate qualities ot
special assortments. Four-yard brown
cott ons are'well sold ahead, and en-
gagements f. control the chief produc-
. , ,, Qtnnrinrd
.irfHe* dll B a are '! alike conditional ‘ Manv “1,,,
‘
makes of denims and strip s a
into the next year, and deliveries are
backward. Some makes of medium
fln ° dreS S R °° dS are S °, “T
samples , have been withdrawn. , f h Printed r-l ri
fabrics, ginghams and domets for
spring are being ordered very fre,-.y.
Printing cloths are In good demand at
2 11-16C. bid and declined.
buih wmt wwiftM. m ..:7,„ r| ,
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20 .—The PopuHs*.
state Central Committeemen sprung a
surprise on Iheir Republican brethren
yesterday when they announced tbai
in t,ho event of the Republicans con-
testing the election of Judge Holcomb
as Governor they would retaliate by
contesting the election of every Repub-
Mean candidate. At indepehdent head-
quarters yesterday evening Congress-
m:m Bl ’ yan ani1, ex-Attorney Genera!
Gleason were already preparing papers
with this end in view. The election of
the rest of the Republican Slate ticket.
aside from Majors has not heretofore
been questioned,
ON ONE ISSUE.
I SENATOR PEFFER PREDICTS SOME
POLITICAL CHANGES. ,
POPULISTS WILL NOT YIELD THE
ADVANTAGE GAINED.
Republicans Not to Have Tlielr Sup¬
port—Silver Men AVII1 Combine.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 17.—If all
those members of the Senate who are
professedly Populists get together uni¬
tedly they will have the balance of
j power ln that body on the opening of
the 54th Congress.
| calculations giving to the Reoubli-
CElfl-S tliC , COilltlOl Of tllO 116X1 Semite
“ r - base! upon Messrs. Stewart. Jones,
an3 Probably Pefter voting with the
Re PuWioans on organization.
otherwise the organization of the
Republican party, as those parties are
now, in control.
A great j ea i j n tho future depends
upon h ow Messrs Stewart ' Jcnes and
R p f « e aand , ' , Pubdc , Interest is
* arBely dlrected ioward the question
oC wh at the Populists in the Senate
will do.
A reporter called on s nator Pcffe ■
his committee room the other after-
noon an ,i f h ? ad „ i one . .. ^ , k k on on thp ,he gen „ p ,.
Pral a ‘ ''; 130 le ICd * situ aton ;
„ nhreT’iwTv „ „ ^at^t . „ .
„
fer *aid ' the tad
Dortlmit p nit. T nri any v party r. n rtv ever ever had, and now now
hey are destroyed as a party. Plscon-
1 e - 1 u{ DimocratS, pub.ic distrust, nnd
a general disgust at tho failure to do
1 ™ expccted of th ' m wUen ^iven
1 f th 3 V *** 0 ’ and thls 'T l1e ‘
. judgment, , - lasting.
ln m > is
° n3 or ,he " ther of th « -^ eat P ;lr '
,ics of today had to go. On.y one
,f>u ‘ d r emlIn - The Democratic party
P . " en tb f firSt opportunity f0
f*!*#*™ ro sunivc They ***« fail d *•> utt,i,y, ^ the and one
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no ^’ th(> Repub.leans have been chosen
ami will form one of the two great par-
tics of the country.
“They may regain their power com-
a pi ' l! ^'-' r| :y ment ‘ j< nd of , and parties, then and will a come battle a will re
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fou R» which will decide th ■ future
po>tcy of this country for a generation,
, ' T he Democratic party, as it now
: stands ' wdI not b: ' ln the strugg!c ‘ Tho
^ "’ U ^ J >0tween thp ne,v P arty
i and the Repnbllcan party.
“ Th « new alignment may not come
until after the election of ’96. in which
"' rp nt the Republicans will elect the
President. It may come before that.
“The first thing that will happen, in
my J^gment, will be that the leadere
i’ f £ M the < ? ,, 3sa Usfl « ® d T ^“ocrats tn (and hat .
m nearly , all of them) will hold ?
conference among themselves to de-
cide upon what policy shall be pursued
and what principles agreed upon for
the formation of a new party.
After agreeing among t-hemse.ves
they will confer with the dissatisfied
Republicans, who are the free silver
•' and these two dem nts
wl11 eomo together for an agreement.
“That being accomplished, they will
meet with the Popuusts, and out of
this conference will come a new party,
j which is to do battle with the Republi-
can party, or party of gold monometal-
j ists _
/he Popullste fce.leve in the free
coinage of silver. Speaking for my-
self, and I think for the Populists gen-
eraily, I am perfectly willing to unite
in sllch un organization, and make free
«» oonda-tion. «*»**%*
on 0111(6
“f want declared definitely what Is
logically implied in the fight for free
-silver; I want a declaration involving
th a principle that all public functions
mus t be performed through public
agents.
“With the general broad declaration
(touched in acceptable language and
involving merely a declaration of prin¬
ciples, I am willing to go into the
fight on the single issue of free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver
in the ratio of 16 to 1 .
“I am satisfied that the new party
will be formed in about the manner t
have described to present this issue,
and that all men who believe in the
tree coinage ot silver ’will be in that
party, whether they come from the
Democrats, the Populisms or the Repub¬
licans.
“I believe that th' gold monometa'-
tete of both the Republican and the
Democratic party will fight under the
ltepubli( . an banner . The Democrats
, v ho are ^ gold monometalists diff-r very
iittle the Republicans on any is-
^ (hey n , atura ;; y belor ^ in - the
R , ?IwKllCen rankB ...
s nator Defter when asKed if he did
„, ot bh!nk that this mi g h t be anticipat-
ed somew hat by what would happen
m Congress between now and 1896, said:
..j t wi!] sure ; y pe for shadowed if
not anticipated. I don’t see that there
can be anything more than trimming
,-ind (lodging and movements with the
j motives of temporary expediency dur-
! ing tile closing days of this Congress,
“At the opening of the next Congress
neither party will he In a position to
vetjompHsh legislation, and at that time
will probably begin the movement for
the organization of a new party and
a conference which may culminate in
that may be held before the nationa.
convention of 1896, and so play a part
In the prctridenUal election of that
year.”
“You say that this movement may be
$1.00 a Yea In Advincs
foreshadowed at the opening of the 64th
Congnss. Do you mean that a similar
combination of all the sliver men may
bo made in the Senate?”
“Yes, something of tha sort. 1
should not be surprised if the sliver
Democrats and the silver men among
the Republicans and the Populists
should combine together for the organ¬
ization of the Senate.
“Under ordinary -circumstances, If
th? question of the organization of the
Senate were merely one between the
Democrats and the Republicans as to
which should control, there being no
principle involved, the Populists, who
were formerly Republicans would nat-
urally aid in putting the Republican*
■n power, but I have no idea that un
der existing circumstances any such
thing will occur.
“ Tn ^ Judgment the Populists will
not aid either the Deinocrats or Repub-
Uca party , ™« —t ^
nS “ a l y *
u,Ue , wlth m ?, n of a " parHe6 on
one issue of , shver and so organize , the
f enate ’ or else they whl stand alone
rv.r 55 * •*
pr ,?f n t organization obtaining.
1 ‘ . ° n f bel.eve that cither Mr
Stewart _ °T„ Mr ‘ Jor Y* or any othe '
p °P» Ust wih vote with the , Republmans
in organizing the Senate.”—Boston
Globe
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people „ panic stricken.
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Violent EnrH„,n„ke. Brin* Death
and . Rain . . to itnlr-
Roma ’ Nov - 17.-Reggio and the whole
pror!nr, ‘ of Ca,ab ''''® were shaken violent-
y hy nn part1ln '""’ <p !nst Pvenlng. Much
damage was done and manv persons
were killed although nothing definite is
TPt known as to the amount or number
Troon* have been called out to help the
families driven from thelr homes.
Tn 8fl " P( ' Hph<1 arivflte
burying their ocenpanfs.
Tn Messina, where the shocks were
utmost as violent as across the strait,
ihe convicts In the penitentiary were
panic-stricken. Two hundred mnrim-d
and tried to escape by overpowering the
gnards. hut they were overpowered.
Tn fnlahrin trains have ceased mnning
on account of the land slides
Slight shocks were felt last night in
Rome.
The enrthqneVes were felt In the
Southern part of Ttaly and Sieilv thrnegh-
out last night. The first shock in Me*
«!nn was the most violent Tt lasted 1?
seconds and was accompanied with tond
rumblings. The InhahifSnt* fled
,T, « w ' ith fright from their houses „nd
^e streets with their d-niror. The
hospital although hut slightly damaged
was shaken so violently that many na-
Hents became hysterical and had to he
remot *d.
Th- nnnnV <«om^whqt nhnnt
midnight and s few persona returned to
(Mr homes. Most of «-p inh-Mrents.
nnxrever. de^M^d to the fn
^ Aftpr o
r vnin Rnd former of
nnnic wore re-enneted. Men s"d w-wien
ren stmtesslv 'n nil dtreertons. HTund-
dronned to thetr kcere snd nraved
dU tn^suoTher^lwr^sm^'Todov ms™'
IWw «f
rversuns hsv» taken refuge on shins In
‘he hnrhor. There hav? been six shocks
h» »«
Tn Ree<uo . m.nr houses sre cracked
^ d ? ^Xvep^iphlVlt\" tJ sre" 1 7,m^e
e j,„ UoTB OT . potB q hv . p ;d‘ere Petrel,
AVriWe food and oth Pr necessaries
Tt is known that six persons were kili-
°d and several Ininred In Been a-a hnt
detni’s are wanting, nwtng to the de¬
mnrnttzntion of the raffwnr and tele-
ernnhlc service. SVnor Taeehtni. chief
of the Pome observetorv. believes that
tbo shocks were confined to the TJoari
Llnnds nud the province, of Messln.s
sjxryt’iattsrs-oX; ?/’, Tr" TTi
thinks the d'stTirhRrTre Tirr feflsed
for the present. Premier (Vtoni has sent
fund* to the prefects of the provinces t„.
suinply the most urgent needs of the dis-
tressed inhabitants,
THIEVES FELL OUT
Bait Honest Men Cannot Get Tlielr
Own.
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 20.—The Su¬
preme Count -this morning sentenced Marion
Hedgepafflt to the penitentiary tor 25
years and the Supreme Court marshal wllu
probably bring him to the prison tomorrow.
In toe spring of 1892. he. with several other
parties, robbed a ’Frisco express care to
St. Louis county of nearly $17,000 and
about $3,000 worth of valuables. Only a
small portion of -the plunder has ever been
recovered, although numerous efforts have
been made to effect some sort of a com¬
promise with Hedgepath. Hedgepatb !u
said to have been involved in the life In¬
surance swindles developed at Philadelphia
upon the Fidelity Mutual Life Association
by 'the ulblquiltlous H. H. Holmes. Holmes
to being claimed as a criminal iu nearly
every State to the North and one of the
stories published Is that Holmes’s plan of
purchasing a body and ln.-uirdh palming it off as
the corpse of a well man was ori¬
ginally suggested by. Hedgepath. who was
cheated out of hto of the proceeds.
FOKGER AIT D.
Terre Haute. Ind., Nor. 10.—Dr. W.
R. Cauble was today arrested for for¬
gery. Sheriff Newton arrived in this
city last night from Danville. Ill., with
warrants for his arrtst. It is learned
from Sheriff Newton that four indict¬
ments are pending agalnxt Dr. Canhle
in the courts of Danville for forgery.
Dr. -Cauhle arrived in this city about
four months ago. Since hto residence
here he has been practicing his profes¬
sion and his arrest was a surprise to
community.
The following are the Easter dates to
the end of the century: March 25. 1805;
April 14. 1896: April 5. 1897; April 18.
1898; April 10, 1899: April 15. 1900.
The price of the bonnets will be about
as usual.
VOL V. NO. 28.
THE GREAT
PIANIST DEAO.
ANTON RUBINSTEIN A VICTIM OF
HEART DISEASE.
the END CAME AT PETERHOFF
YESTERDAY MORNING.
A Sketch of the Distinguished Must-
clan’s Lite.
j St. Rubinstein, Petersburg, the Nov. famous 20.—Anton Russian Greg-
or pmn
| ist and composer, d.ed at Peterlioff this
j (Morning of Heart Polish disease. He was born
i the sou of a Jew and a German
l^ U»0V6Ulb6r, ae * s ’ l near 1 ;* a 'f y ilLld m Mo WilS | uavla CTilillGii - 011 - 8tl tf* >
“ U8 ‘° lu Moscow by his mother and a
master.^ Liszt heard him, "an Infant
prodigy p.ay in Paris, in 1841 recognized
his.gemous and eui-ouraged him to go on
iswawrusva teacher of
music. In 1854 beset off op
another musical tour, with the reputation
of being a second Ltotz, and “the coin-
mg composer. On his return to Si.
! Petersburg ne succeeded m getting a mu
sical coruservatorie founded (18021 there.
and became its director. But his concert
tours engrossed a good deal of his time,
and in 1807 he resigned the directorship
of <be“ooruservatorie. In 1872 he went
siustic “ ^ ^niteU reception. States He and wouud had up an his euthu eon
C en tours in 188b, his last having had
for its object a series ot seven pianoforte
b year'to v* He resumt wlf the^Trector induced Tn
cbe ,- 0 .| w: ib.rerL
burg.^ ^ „f RuW^?“nTa. the conservetnrie &t£'^a^^^mposTr at
productions and a player. Amongst his best musicat
are the opera,‘The Ma cai.es
^ Demon.” “Feramow (the U-bertto
asX hoff-^theHwo Tnd thi 1 sncrS' oXi*
and Dramatic-”
"Paradise Lost ” “The Tower of sotX
and "Sulamith.” nis numerous and
pieces of chamber music are highly ' es
teemed and more widely known. His
sty f- wbile of course embracing ftillei
f v ‘ n I . p ,il m . a 0 T^ U pf rt Lf there tif' . lb
rhvtfcmic and formal *ni.nt. me'oilioiiKm-^
dramatic; and exuberant fill’
frequently charming, but sometimes
ing below the mark; an absence of
meretricious -ffects. and a tendency to
P ^ P t ra 5 taJ 1 i ot to say oceafi ' onai
■kin.^to^AfBn , i ."w 'll ,, ns be was
‘ Cl more
tt,!' 3 * a s tr <mR ‘T
announced nmnnmr , f held'hiriicst - . .
Wa gner. Asa pianist he
rank, being usually reckoned the
greatest since Liszt. His mastery ot
technique was supreme: and while opln
“ ay as to his fidelity to a
“ P 3 er , 3 intentions, the depth of feel-
•„ „ , 0 staStorn'ece ^ylnc^^are
evP n the ^ in« rar °
niusica’ «nur»«ntihfiitr sympathetic at * mteniie
widely wulely «•'bathetic.
IS HE COMPETENT?
The AVhole Case Depends on One
Witness.
Memphis, Nov. 29.—The question of
the inability of Butch MoCarver, chief
witness for the prosecution in the
•ynching case, was discussed in the
criminal court today Judge Cooper
held that he had not concluded that
MeCarv.r was incompetent, although he
had declared his unbelief. McCarver
was brought out of jail and re-exam¬
ined, but he persisted in all his state¬
ments of yesterday. Dr. S. L. Wiliford
swore McCarver had told him of his
infidelity several years ago. Sheriff
McCarver was piaeed on the stand, and
an attempt was made by the defence to
make him admit his son’s depravity.
He broke down and wept. He said that
he had tried to raise his boy properly,
hut admitted that it was a failure. If
McCarver is declared-to be incompetent
the case will fail through, as the entire
theory of the prosecution is based on
his confession of the Invitation he had
from Smith and others to join the
party of lynchers. Further arguments
on the admissabi’.ity of the witness’s
testimony were heard this afternoon.
FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, Ills., Nov. 20.—Fire breaking
out iu the factorable Victor Flats at Forty-
Fourth,. .street and Greenwood boulevard
this afternoon comimu-nl-rated to the Knox
& Dupont flat - build jig's and caused an
estimated loss of $100,000. No lives were
lost, but there were many narrow escapes.
The bulidlugs contained 250 people when
the fire brute out aud a dozen ha.I suffocat¬
ed women and children were carried out
by the firemen and police.
A $400,000 FIRE.
New York, Nov. 20.—A big six story
brick store house a-t Season and Leonard
streets, belonging to E. S. Jaffrey & Co.,
the dry goods firm, was burned tonight
and for nearly an hour the main Leonard building
of the firm at Broadway and
streets and several valuable’‘buildings
surrounding it were also in imminent
danger of destruction. Only the strenu¬
ous efforts of the firemen averted a ter¬
rible couiiagmtion. Jaffrey & Co’s, loss
is $400,000, partially insured.
OWEN SUMMERS DEAD.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 20.—Owen J.
Summers, United States District Attor¬
ney for the Southern District of Flori¬
da, was found dead in his bed this
morning at 0 o’clock. His death resulted
from heart failure. Mr. Summers was
also Uulted States attorney for the Unit¬
ed States Court of Aopeais at New Or¬
leans for the prosecution of all United
States cases arising in Florida. He was
past grand chancellor of the K. of P. ot
Florida. The deceased was one of the
most eminent criminal lawyers in the
State and at the time of his death was
only thirty-four years of age.
Von Bnelow nnd now Rnbenstein. The
masters of melody are going.