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The Irwin County News
Ollinal Organ of Irwin County.
A- G. DeLOACH, Editor and Proprietor.
CONGRESSIONAL.
WHAT THE NATIONS’ LAW-MA¬
KERS ARE DOING.
The Proceedings of Both Houses
Briefly Epitomized.
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Friday, Senator Mor-
gan, in accordance with an order of
the senate, moved an executive session
just before I o’clock for the purpose
of considering the Japanese treaty, would
He announced that the session
, , . ,
The death of Miss Mary Stevenson,
daughter of the vice-president, was of
feelingly referred to in the prayer
the chaplain at the opening of the sen-
ite Saturday. Mr. Manderson, repub-
lican, of Nebraskn, presented the ere-
dentials of John W. Thurston, elected
as a United States senator from No-
braska for the term beginning March
prelude’ 4 next With this brief routine
" Mr. Frye, of the com-
mittee on foreign affairs, gave n
dramatic turn to the proceedings
by offering a resolution expressing tbs
profound indignation with which th«
senate heard of the efforts to restore
the deposed queen to the throne of
Hawaii and expressing it as the sense
of the senate that the United States
government should at once dispatch
warships to the islands. Senators gave
little attention to the reading of the
resolutions and the galleries filled t£e
rapidly as word was passed that
Hawaii question had been taken up.
Mr. Frye asked that the resolution be
given immediate consideration.
Minister Thurston, of Hawaii, oc-
cupied a front seat in tin; diplomatic
gallery of the senate when the session
opened Monday. The galleries were
well filled iu anticipation of a renewal
of the controversy over Hawaii, which
had begun Saturday. Mr. Frye, who
had precipitated the conflict, was early
iu his seat with a bunch of papers be¬
fore him. Senators gathered in groups
during the routine proceedings and
discussed the action of the president
in sending a war ship to, Hawaii and his
published statement. Mr. Lodge speed¬
ily brought forward the Hawaiian ques¬
tion by presenting the following reso¬
lution : “Resolved, That the sen-
ate cordially approves the despatch of
a ship of war to the Sandwich Islands
on Saturday last, and is of the opin-
ion that an American man of war
should be kept at Honolulu. Resolv-
ed, That prompt measures should be
taken to promote the construction of
a submarine cable from San Francisco
to Honolulu and that no part of the
rights and privilges secured to the
United States and the Hawaiian gov-
ernment should be abandoned or waiv-
ed in order to enable any other gov-
ernment to secure a footnold or lease
upon any part of the Hawaiian islands.
Resolved, That in the judgment cf the
senate, immediate steps should bo
taken to secure possession of the Sand-
wich islands by their annexation to the
United States. ” Mr. Lodge asked im-
mediate consideration of the resolu¬
tion. “Let it go over,” interrupted
Mr. Blackburn. The presiding officer
construed this as an objection and un¬
der the rules the resolution went over
until Tuesday.
In the house Tuesday on motion of
Mr. Henderson, February 16 was set
aside for paying proper tribute to the
late Senator Vance of North Carolina.
A bill was passed to amend the articles
of the navy relative to punishment on
conviction by court martial - , also on
motion of Mr. Reed, republican, of
Maine, to grant an American register
to the Barkentine, James H. Hamlin.
THE HOUSE.
At the opening of the session of the
house Thursday, a bill was passed, on
motion of Mr. Henderson, of Illinois,
to grant Mrs. Sarah A. Clapp the pay
and allowances of a surgeon, for serv¬
ices as such in the Seventh Illinois In¬
fantry. The senate amendments to tho
nrgent deficiency bill were disagreed
to, and the bill sent to conference.
Mr. Richardson (democrat,) of Ten¬
nessee, chairman of the committee on
printing, then, as a matter of privilege,
had read a paragraph printed in a local
paper relating to the incorporation m
the printing bill, passed at the last
session, of a clause extending the
franking privilege to members of con¬
gress for correspondence with officials
and private individuals on official or
departmental business. The para¬
graph indicated that the clause had
been incorporated in the bill surrepti¬
tiously. Mr. Richardson read from
the Record showing that the clause
had been debated and adopted by a
vote of 42 to 40. The house then went
into committee of the whole for the
further consideration of the Indian
appropriation bill.
Speaker Crisp, despite his indispo¬
sition, presided over the deliberations
of the house Friday. At the opening
of the session he laid before the bouse
the resignation of Representative Bel-
den, republican, of New York, as a
member of the interstate commerce
committee, and appointed Mr. Sher¬
man, republican, of New York, to fill
the vacancy.
In the house Monday on motion of
Mr. Outhwaite, democrat, of Ohio,
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. 1895.
Mr. J. D. Richardson, of Tennessee,
wns elected speaker pro tern, during
the absence of Speaker Crisp, who is
at Asheville, N, C., for his health. On
motion of Mr. McRea, democrat, of
Arkansas, a resolution was adopted to
direct the secretary of the interior to
furnish an estimate of the coast of
surveying the lauds of the Cher¬
okee, Creek and Seminole Indians in
the Indian Territory. It was ex¬
pected that Mr. Boutelle, re¬
publican, of Maine, would press his
Hawaiian resolution but he was not
present and Mr. Catching., from the
committee on rules presented a special
^dev for the consideration of the hills
lor public buildings m Chicago New-
Ky. Brocton Mass Patterson,
N. J., South Omaha, Fottsville, Pa.,
and Cumberland Md which were fav-
orabiy reported from the committee of
the whole Aiurust last,
The railroad pooling bill was favor¬
ably reported to the senate Tuesday by
Mr. Butler, democrat, of South Caro-
Hna. Mr. Chandler stated that the
report was unanimous, and gave notice
that when the bill was taken up ho
would offer an amendment concerning
the submission of freight and passeu-
Rer rates to the interstate commerce
commission. Mr. Allen, populist,
of Nebraska, presented a large
bunch of petitions from citizens
of Alabama, claiming that they
were deprived of a republican form of
government, and asking the interven¬
tion of congress. Mr. Wolcott sub¬
mitted resolutions from the legislature
of Colorado, reciting the circum¬
stances of default in paying the Pa¬
cific railroad debt, and urging the cre¬
ation of a single government board to
secure the speedy settlement of the
government’s rights.
ALABAMA’S TAX.
Joint Committee Forms a New and
Equitable Assessment.
A Montgomery, Ala., special says:
The joint committee of six, appointed
by the legislature to sit during the last
ten days of the legislature and formu¬
late a new and equitable system of tax
assessment for Alabama, will report,
when the law-making body recon¬
venes, the result of their labors in a
most interesting bill and one almost
totally different from the law now in
effect. The general plan of the bill is
as follows:
“1. The proceeding to collect taxes
is made against the property and not
against the owner ‘in rem’ and not in
p orgon
.12 r p be valuation of property is
taken frt>m the taxpayer and put in
the Jiands of appraisers,
<<g There are in cities of over 1,000
inhabitants two men, appointed by the
c jty council, who, with the assessor,
Khall value all property, and outside
of 8UO h cities the appraisement is made
, the a8se88or aud two citizens of the
beat> one appointed by the assessor
an( j the other by the commissioner’s
court> The city shall pay ita apprais-
erg) co unty its. The assessor shall
roce ive fees only.
« 4 The tax year is changed from
Januarv lst to October 1st. This gives
more t - me in which to a88eB8 an d col-
lect and puts the tax year with the fis¬
cal year.
“5. The assessment must be corn-
pleted by February lst.
“6. The assessment shall be return¬
ed to the county board of equalization,
composed, first, of a man appointed by
the governor and paid by the state ;
second, a man elected by the commis¬
sioner’s court and paid by the county,
and, third, the assessor, who get fees.
“7. A small annual franchise tax is
laid on corporations.
“8. No execution shall issue on a
judgement until all taxes are paid. If
such is brought on a note on which
taxes are unpaid the plaintiff shall re¬
cover no interest nor costs and no in¬
strument evidencing a debt on which
taxes are due can be given in evidence
until all taxes are paid and no power
of sale in a mortgage can be enforced
until the taxes are paid.
“9. There is a small increase in the
whisky and brewery licenses.
“10. A small license tax is laid on
cigarette dealers.
“11. The bill is non-partisan and
provides for representation of different
political parties in its machinery.
“12. A state board of equalization
is provided for.”
The bill is voluminous, comprising
some forty pages of foolscap. It con¬
tains numerous other provisions of in¬
terest. The committee has labored
faithfully upon its preparation for ten
days and it is believed to be almost
perfect as far as the needs of the state
are concerned. A conservative esti¬
mate is that it will increase the state’s
revenue about $200,000 and will fill up
the hole in the treasury in three or four
years.
BIE^ORE A COMMITTEE.
Representatives of Northern Cotton
Mills Present Petitions.
The Massachusetts legislative com¬
mittee on mercantile affairs gave a
hearing Tuesday on the Boot and Mer-
rimae mills, of Lowell, for permission
to manufacture goods outside of the
commwealth, the latter corporation
also asking for authority to increase its
capital stock from $2,500,000 to $3,-
500,000.
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
SUGAR TRUST WINS.
A DECISION ON THE SHERMAN
ANTI-TRUST LAW
By the U. S. Supreme Court in Favor
of Sugar Companies.
The important case of the United
States against E. C. Knight Company
et ah, appealed from the court of ap-
peals for the third circuit, involving
the constitutionality of the “Sherman
anti-trust law” in respect of the viola-
tions of the sugar trust, was decided
in the supreme court of the United
States Monday adversely to the eon-
tentions of the government. The suit
was begun in the circuit court for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania, and
was brought, in brief, to compel
the defenant companies—the Amer-
lean E. C. Sugar Refining .company, the
Knight Company, the Franklin
Sugar Company, the Spreckels Sugar
Refining Company and the Delaware
Sugar House—to cancel the contracts
by which the stocks of the last four
named corporations were sold to the
American company, through John E.
Searles, Jr., in exchange for American
company stock and that their several
stocks be returned to them, on the
ground that the transaction was in
violation of the act of July 2, 1890,
and that it effected a combination in
restraint of interstate commerce.
The oircuit court dismissed the case
and the court of appeals affirmed that
decision. Thereupon the United
States prosecuted its appeal to the su¬
preme court of the United States.
Chief Justice Fuller announced the
opinion and decision of the court.
After discussing the legal meaning and
effect of the term “monopoly,” the
opinion proceeded:
“The fundamental question is
whether, conceding that the existence
of a monopoly in manufacture is es¬
tablished by the evidence, that mo¬
nopoly the can be directly suppressed un¬
der act of congress in the mode
attempted by this bill.”
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
An avalanche broke over part of
Bardonericja, Italy, the southern ter¬
minus of the Mount Gen is railway.
Eighteen Italian soldiers were buried
under it.
Rio Janeiro advices state that there
is considerable excitement there as to
the result of the accusations against
Peixoto, Castilho, Monteiro and oth¬
ers, presented by a congressional com¬
mittee
At Manuel Hilton’s sawmill, near
Alto, Texas, the boiler exploded, kill¬
ing four colored men, Tobe Richards,
Alex Lewis, Will Lewis and Abner
Lee. Alexander Hamilton, Richard
Lofton aud Noah Miller were slightly
injured.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of
new machinery has arrived from Bos¬
ton, for the South Boston iron works
at Middlesboro, Ky. The plant will
soon start up. It is the only gun and
ordinance plant in the south, and em¬
ploys 500 skilled workmen.
Two children playing east of San
Luis, Potosi, Mexico, discovered a
cavern. Several men explored the
cave, revealing an iron chest, filled
with Sprnish gold coin, amounting to
between $250,000 and $350,000. It is
believed that the money was placed in
the cave by Franciscan monks.
G. H. Ramsey & Co., the oldest and
one of the most popular grocery firms
in Jackson, Tenn., have made an as¬
signment for the benefit of the credit-
ors. E. A. Brooks, sheriff of Madison
county, was made assignee. The assets
and liabilities are not known. Slow
collections and the tightness of the
times caused the failure.
Augustus Potter, superintendent of
the Russell mills, Chiltonville, Mass.,
has left town and his accounts are in
bad shape. The company will proba¬
bly lose between $5,000 and $6,000,
and private individuals will lose heav¬
ily. Potter left for Boston, saying he
would return at night. He has had
two fictitious names on the pay roll
for two years, on which he had drawn
$2,500 from the company. He bor¬
rowed money in amounts ranging from
$100 to $700 from private parties.
MANUFACTURERS’ CONVENTION.
National Gathering in Cincinnati With
Many Delegates Present.
The national convention of manu¬
facturers effected a temporary organi¬
zation at Cincinnati Tuesday with
Thomas P. Egan as chairman and E.
P. Wilson as secretary.
Addresses were made by Governor
McKinley and Mayor Caldwell when
the convention proceeded to business.
The forenoon was spent iu discussing
plans for permanent organization and
the appointment of committees.
The attendance is so much larger
than was anticipated that the Odd Eel-
lows auditorium, which has been very
elaborately decorated for the occasion,
was overcrowded. The register of
delegates shows over 1,000 visiting
manufacturers present on the first day.
Rice is said to be the staple food of
nearly one-half of the human race.
GROWS SERIOUS.
The Street Car Strike at Brooklyn,
N. Y., Causing Trouble.
The situation at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
according to latest reports is growing
serious. The troops have beeu tired
upon, attacked with stones, brickbats
aad other missiles under cover of dark¬
ness and fog, yet they have heroically
faced the riotous mobs and the wonder
is that they withheld their fire a dozen
times under serious provocation. They
have discharged volleys over the heads
0 f crowds; they have jabbed the street
gangs with bayonets; they have done
everything but shoot people down,
The - reached
point has now been
when forbearance ceases to be a virtue,
The troops have been ordered to fire
U p on any person seen throwing a mis-
s ii 0 or shooting at them. Sharpshoot-
e rs have been detailed to pick off peo-
pie on house-tops and in windows who
throw or shoot, from their sheltered
locations, at the troops, the police, or
the cars operated by non-union men.
The mobs do not yet appear to realize
these facts. The citizens of Brooklyn
do not heed the proclamation of the
mayor, warning them to avoid crowds,
refrain from assembling iu the streets
and in the vicinity of the oar depot.
A small battle took place Tuesday in
which two men were killed.
WAR-LIKE DEMONSTRATIONS.
Patriotic Mexican Students Ofter Their
Services as Soldiers.
After a very stormy cabinet meeting
at the City of Mexico Monday night,
President Diaz notified Guatamala,
through its minister, that he would not
concede one iota and Guatamala would
have to give in to Mexico’s demand or
suffer the consequences.
Other Central American representa¬
tives present at the meeting made the
statement to President Diaz that they
understood Mexico was trying to grasp
Central American territory.
President Diaz denied the assertion
and stated that Mexico would have her
rights and the boundary lines should
he as Mexico claims and that Mexico
had all the territory that she needed.
It looks as though the other Central
American republics were behind
Gautemala.
All the government students march¬
ed on the streets with banners shout¬
ing “Viva Mexico,” “Viva Diaz” and
“On to Guatemala.” They assembled
is-front of the palace from 11,000 to
15,000 strong, clamoring for w r ar and
pledging their support to President
Diaz. They were mainly composed of
students of the law and mining and
medical schools.
Mexico has been preparing for war
for some time, and has about 12,000
troops on the border. All the officers
that have not been in active duty have
beeu notified to report for marching
orders.
BORDEN LOSES HIS JOB.
Spain Relieves Him of His Commis¬
sion as Vice-Consul.
A cable message from Madrid, Spain,
to the Spanish minister at Washing¬
ton, directed him, by order of the
cortez, to dispatch to Fernandina two
trusted officials in the consular service
to investigate the alleged filibustering
expedition recently uncovered at that
port and especially the connection
with it of N. B. Borden, the Span¬
ish vice consul. Under these instruc¬
tions the Spanish minister appointed
for this mission, Senor Petiento, con¬
sul general of the Spanish government
at Savannah, Ga., and Senor Rosenda
Torras, Spanish vice consul at Bruns¬
wick, Ga. The two officials arrived at
Fernandina Tuesday and their first act
was to relieve Mr. Borden of his com¬
mission as vice consul for Spain and
Fernandina. Bordon submitted grace¬
fully and appeared to be very little
concerned about the matter.
Sending Gold to New York.
It was announced Friday that as a
result of the shrinkage in the supply
of gold at the New York subtreasury
$500,000 has been shipped there from
Philadelphia by order of Secretary
Carlisle. A similar amount has been
transferred from Baltimore to New
York.
Shoe Factories at Work Again.
Winchell & Co., at, Haverhill, Mass.,
have opened their shoe shop as a free
factory. About two hundred old help
are at work and every department is
running. There was no disturbance
of any kind. The factories of W. W.
Spaulding, Chick Bros., Spaulding &
Sweet and 0. A. Ellis are all running
in all departments, but with much less
force than before the strike.
The Greek Ministry Resigns.
According to a cable dispatch from
Athens the entire Greek ministry has
resigned. A panic on the Bourse fol¬
lowed the announcement. It is be¬
lieved that a colorless cabinet will be
formed, and the chamber will be dis¬
solved.
Another Dividend Declared.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared a fourth dividend of 10 per
cent., making in all 65 per cent, in
favor of the creditors of the State
National Bank, of Knoxville, Tenn.
VOL. V. NO. 48
PRESIDENT FAURE,
A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF
FRANCE ELECTED.
The Assembly at Versailles—Faure
Wins on the Second Ballot.
The Frenoh national assembly, com¬
posed of the senate and chamber of
deputies, met at Versailles at 1 o’clock
Thursday afternoon to elect a new
chief magistrate. In anticipation of
the meeting the usually plaoid palace
of Versailles, where the election took
place, was humming like a beehive.
The senate is composed of 300
members and the chamber of 584. A
president is elected for seven years by
a majority of the votes of the national
assembly.
M. Challemel LaCour, president of
the senate, the presiding officer of the
national assembly, called the senators
and deputies together at 1 p. m. The
proceedings were no sooner opened
than M. Henri Michili, revisionist,
asked leave to address the assembly
with the object of recommending the
convocation of a constitutional assem¬
bly. The president refused to hear
him and ordered that the first ballot
be taken. This was proceeded with
amid considerable excitement in the
galleries, and in the great hall which
were crowded to their utmost capacity,
with notables representing every pro¬
fession.
The following are the official figures
for the first ballot for president: M.
Henri Brisson, 344 ; M. Felix Faure,
216; M. Waldeck Rousseau, 195. The
number of scattering votes was not
announced. A majority of the total
number of votes cast is required to
elect. As they differed greatly from
those current in the lobby, many of
the members of the national assembly
demanded an adjournment, but M.
Chalemel-Lacour ordered that a sec¬
ond ballot be taken. Soon after this
it was announced that M. Waldeck-
Rousseau had retired in favor of M.
Faure.
Faure Elected.
The announcement of the second
ballot was made amid a terrible din.
The Brissonites were so busy groan¬
ing, cheering and reproaching their
neighbors that they paid no attention
to Cbftllemel-Lacour when he arose
and read the figures. The president’s
voice was quite inaudible and his hands
trembled violently. The figures gen¬
erally known were then only approxi¬
mate—Faure 430 and Brisson 361—
but they sufficed to show that Felix
Faure was the new president of France.
The scene was absolutely devoid of
solemnity or dignity. The Brissonites,
who had not only ceased howling,were
joined by other malcontents and the
windows were fairly shaken by the in¬
describable tumult, The radicals
mounted chairs and benches,shouting:
“Down with this president, elected by
the right. ”
The socialists ran up and down the
aisles howling “Down with the thieves!”
“Down with the Congo adventurers!”
“Down with the Panama scoundrels!”
Occasionally, when the din subsided
for a moment, the socialists would yell
in an ear-splitting chorus: “Hurrah
for the social republic!” “Hurrah
for the social revolution!”
There have been five presidents of
the third French republic.
M. Thisrs, elected August 31, 1871;
resigned 1877.' Mav 24, 1873; died Septem¬
ber 3, May
Marshal UacMahon, elected 2,
1873 ; resigned January 30, 1879; died
October 17, 1893.
Jules Grevy, elected January 30,
1870; resigned re-elected December 28, 1885;
December 2, 1887; died Sep.
tember 9, 1890.
M. Carnot, elected December 6,1887;
assassinated at Lyons June 24,1894.
M. Casimir-Perier, elected June 27,
1894; resigned January 15, 1895.
FUNERALS AT BUTTE.
Burial of the Bodies of the Unfortun¬
ate Firemen.
The death of M. L. Miles increases
the number of the dead as the result
of last Tuesday’s fire and explosion at
Butte, Mont., to fifty-four. It has
just been reported that an infant,
name not learned, was killed in the
nurse’s arms in South Butte by flying
pieces of iron passing through the wall
of the house. Three children were
driven insane by concussion and six
men cannot recover. The funerals of
the dead firemen took place Friday af¬
ternoon. People attended from nearly
every town in the state and busi¬
ness was entirely suspended. One cof¬
fin filled with shreds of human flesh,
was labelled Marshal Cameron, Assist¬
ant Marshal Sloan, Dave Moses and
N. P. Nerling. Eight unclaimed bod¬
ies were buried by the relief commit-
tee. Tenders of financial assistance
were received from Sau Francisco,
Spokane, St. Paul and many other
cities and thankfully declined, as the
committee can meet all demands from
the home subscriptions.
Cotton Palace Destroyed.
The Texas cotton palace at Waoo
has been destroyed by fire. The loss
is about $60,000; insurance, $20,000.
1.00 A Year.
ATLANTA’S LEXOJV
Exonerates Baker and Recommends
Suspension of Detectives.
The Baker-Wright committee at At¬
lanta, agreed on a report at midnight
Thursday night, Amos Baker was
cleared of the charges against him.
The suspension from the force of Chief
of Detectives Wright and Detectives
Looney and Cason was recommended.
Wholesale'investigation of the entire
police and detective departments by a
special council committee of five was
asked for.
This report of the committee is for
the consideration of the general council
and that body has the right to refuse
to receive or reject any portion of it.
In the meantime the most sensational
feature is that the committee recom¬
mended the suspension of the three
detectives who have figured so promi¬
nently in the investigation of the
charges against Baker.
It was accepted as a fact by all the
members of the board of police com¬
missioners and assumed as a certainty
by Captain J. W. English, chairman
of that board, that the commissioners
would be left to deal with anything
that might have beeu found to be dam¬
aging testimony against the detective
or police department.
Upon this point, however, the com¬
mittee found no difficulty iu arriving
at a decision. They were acting as
trusted representatives of the general
council and it was to this body they
were to look. The members of the
Baker-SVright committee decided that
the council and the mayor .vere the
powers carrying on the investigation
and that it was to these that farther
investigation should he looked for.
A MUNICIPAL MUDDLE.
The Council and Police Board of At¬
lanta at Outs.
The police board of Atlanta, Ga.,
met Friday, suspended detectives
Wright, Looney and Cason and Bpoke
defiance to the council committee.
The board ordered an investigation
ou its own hook. Mayor King was
present and dissented to the action.
He was outvoted, however. This ac¬
tion precipitates a lively contest be¬
tween the council and the police board
in the city. Many claim that polities
is at the bottom of it, but however
that may be, the fight is on and it will
be interesting to see which wins.
That there will be an investigation
of the police and detectives is certain.
That there will be two investigations
seems likely. Before tlio matter is
ended the people of Atlanta will be
treated to a contest between local
giants, and the struggle will be of
great interest. Incidentally the de¬
velopments in the investigation will
no doubt be full of sensations.
THE MILITIA CALLED OUT
To Assist I11 Running Brooklyn’s
Trolly Cars.
About 3,000 millitiamen are under
arms iu Brooklyn, N. Y., prepared to
put down any violence that may be
attempted by the striking street rail¬
way men or their sympathizers.
The first appearance of the soldiery
upon the streets, which was at Twenty-
fifth street and Fifteenth avenue, was
greeted with jeerB aud hissing from the
men and boys who thronged the
thoroughfares, while women at the
windows of the tenement houses shook
their fists and uttered imprecations at
the militiamen. Detachments of troops
have been sent to the stations of all
the trolly lines which the companies
propose to operate.
Reserves are kept at the various ar¬
mories. The police force is also on
duty to a man. The arrangements
are to have the police guard the cars
on their runs, while the militia guards
the power stations and oar houses.
Special efforts will be made to operate
the lines of the Brooklyn Heights and
Atlantic Avenue companies.
TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
The Next Encampment to Be Held In
Houston, Texas, In May.
The following orders issued from
headquarters at New Orleans announce
the next encampment of Confederate
veterans at Houston:
General Order No. 131—The general
commanding announces that the reso¬
lution passed at the late reunion, held
at Birmingham, Ala., leaving the date
of the next annual meeting and re¬
union, which is to be held in the city
of Houston, Tex., to the general com¬
manding and the two department com¬
manders, they have unanimously agreed
upon Wednesday .Thursday and Friday,
May 22, 23 and 24, 1895, which dates
have been submitted to our post at
Houston and acquiesced in. By order
of J. B. Gordon,
General Commanding.
George Moorman, Staff.
Adjutant General and Chief of
Morganfield Extradited at Last.
The circuit court at Cincinnati de¬
cided the appeal of Chas. Morganfield,
the alleged train robber, and affirmed
the decision of Judge Wilson, remand¬
ing him to the Virginia authorities.
He was at once taken on a cot to the
Chesapeake and Ohio depot, and left
for Virginia in charge of the sheriff of
Stafford county.