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VOL. V. NO. 39.
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GREECE HAS CALLED OUT HER
RESERVES FOR ACTION.
CONFLICT NOV SEEMS INEVITABLE
Both Greece and Turkey Are Hurrying
Troops to the Front—Prince Goorge
Has the Sympathy of All.
i Advices
from Athens, Greece, state
that the army reserves of 1893 and 1894
have been called out and ordered to
hold themselves in readiness to join
their colors at forty-eight hours’ notice.
A nnmber of detachments of infantry,
artillery and engineers have embarked
at Praeus for Crete.
Colonel Vasson, chief-aide camp to
King George, commanded the troops,
which numbered 1,500.
As the men marched aboard the ves¬
sel which was to convey them to Crete
large crowds of people, who had gath¬
ered to witness their departure, cheer¬
ed them again and again.
The troops, who are already styled
tho “Corps of Occupation,” reached
Milo Sunday.
, A regiment of artillery has been
ordered to start at once for the Thes
salonian frontier. The regiment will
he accompanied by Prince Nicholas,
King George’s third son.
. It is understood that the orders
given the troops are to protect the
Christian families at Crete and to re¬
store order. This is looked upon as
tantamount to the occupation of the
island.
The London Times publishes a dis¬
patch from Canea saying that George
Berovitch Pasha, the Christian gov
, ernor of Crete, took refuge on the
flagship the of the Russian admiral, and
that entire force of Montenegrin
gendarmie, who have hitherto been
employed in guarding the governor’s
residence, have been transfered to the
Russian warships.
The Jtussian and French admirals^
the dispatch says, have received iden¬
tical instructions, but the nature of
their orders is not known.
The diplomats at Constantinople
have accepted Great Britain’s propo¬
sals for a joint naval occupation of
Cania, Retimo and Heraklion, the re¬
moval from Crete waters of the Greek
fleet and the forbiddance of the dia
patch to Crete of Turkish reinforce¬
ments, and it is thought probable that
the orders of the French and Russian
admirals arc in accord with the pro¬
gramme.
The refugees who sought shelter at
the Greek consulate have been placed
under the protection of the British
consul.
Three British gunboats sailed from
Malta for Crete Sunday.
The London papers concur in the
opinion that a Greeko-Turkish war is
imminent. Tho liberal organs implore
the government not to impede the ac¬
tion of' Greece in any way, while the
more moderate journals urgo the pow¬
ers to occupy Crete and to decide the
ultimate destiny of the island when
matters shall have become more quiet.
The Standard declares that the pow
ers must pacify Crete, since they have
decided to restrain Greece and Turkey.
LUCKEY AND REESE ESCAFE.
Murderers of Williams Bore Their Way
Out, of Yorkville Jail.
Marion R. Reese and Daniel F.
Lnckey, the convicted murderers of
Charles T. Williams, of Tunnel Hill,
Ga., esenped from the Yorkville, S. C.,
jail some time during Saturday night,
and carried with them eleven other
prisoners, four of whom are charged
with murder.
The jail delivery was one of the
shrewdest and most ingenious ever
worked in the state, aud it is self-evi¬
dent that the men wero given help
from the outside.
The York county jail is one of the
strongest, and has all along been con¬
sidered one of the safest in the state.
Outwardly it has the appearance of a
veritable bastilo. The floors, walls an<{
and ceilings are unusually thick,
were constructed with the hope that
tools could not be forced through
them from the outside.
i By some means, through some friend
on the outside, beyond all doubt, a
half-inch auger was conveyed to these
prisoners, and with that single tool
the two men worked at odd times until
they bored their way to freedom.
DEED OF A MADMAN.
Kills HI* Baby Son. Wounds Daughter
and Sister; Then Suicides.
A terrible domestic tragedy occurred
at Lexington, Ky., Saturday morning,
when John Marris, aged 40, a promi¬
nent business man a large owner of
real estate, killed his 4-year-old son,
John, badly wounded his 14-year-old
daughter, Helon, wounded his sister,
■ Miss Ida Marris, a teacher in a public
school, and killed himself.
The hard times have made it diffi¬
cult for Marris to collect rent on his
numerous pieces of real estate, and
this with the building associations
pressing him for money is supposed
to have unsettled his mind.
LOOKS LIKE GARY.
Reliable
A Washington special says: The
Cabinet makers have, to their own sat¬
isfaction, filled the cabinet position to
be accorded the south by making Gary,
of Maryland, the lucky man. It is
not stated that this information comes
from McKinley. of Ten¬
Representative Brownloy, Gary
nessee, makes the assertion that
will be the man.
/ ' TIMES.
BULLOCH
FOUND RELICS OF COLUMBUS.
Party of Hunters In Florida Reported to
Haro Hade An Important Discovery.
W. C. Zimmerman, circuit court
clerk of Citrus county, Fla., and an
archaelogist of note, has just reached
Fort Myers from Carlos Bay islands,
where, with a nnmber of friends, he
has been on a camp hnnt. On one of
the islands Zimmerman and his friends
found the relics of a Spanish expedi¬
tion sent out from Cuba by Christo¬
pher Columbus, when the great dis¬
coverer was governor of that island.
While hunting tho mon passed a low
mound, and at Zimmerman’s request
an investigation was made.
After a little digging, something
hard was struck and when unearthed
it was found to be a complete suit of
armor. Further digging unearthed
three more suits of armor. Zimmer¬
man pried open the helmet of one of
the suits and was shocked to see a
skull. The entire suit was then open¬
ed and found to contain a skeleton.
The other Ruits were opened and also
found to contain skeletons. Four
Bwords made in Toledo were found
near the armored skeletons.
Further digging brought to light an
iron box filled with Spanish doubloons
and easily worth $6,000; a fewblnn-.
derbusses and cutlasseB of antique
pattern, bearing the name Sebastian
Valasqucz and the date 1490. Zim¬
merman continued to dig and was re¬
warded by unearthing another iron
box, which proved to be the most
interesting find of all. In this box
was found a portrait of a beautiful
woman painted on ivory, a medallion
dated 1497, on which was a raised fig¬
ure of Christopher Columbus, and a
roll of parchment covered with writing.
Zimmerman, who is a fine linguist,
soon saw that the parchment was a
letter from Columbus to Sebastian
Velasquez and related to an expedi¬
tion which the latter was to lead from
Cuba to explore the coasts of Florida.
The letter was one of instructions and
was signed by Columbus as governor
of Cuba. Zimmerman thinks Velas¬
quez’s expedition was wrecked near
San Carlos and the members being
afraid to venture inland because of
the aborigines settled on this island,
where they remained until they per¬
ished.
Zimmerman has with him the suits
of armor, the doubloons, parchment
and other relics. The doubloons will
be divided among members of the par¬
ty and the relics disposed of to the gov¬
ernment or one of the great universi¬
ties.
WORKMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Hundreds of Tons of Talc Fall and Kills
Six Miners*
In the Freeman mine at Talcville,
N. Y., Saturday afternoon there were
eight men in the new section of the
mine, 160 feet underground.
In twenty minutes work for the week
would have ceased and the workmen
would have been out of all danger. A
blast had been fired and the men were
engaged in scaling, that is, getting off
the loose pieces. A pillar of talc,
thirty feet square, had been left stand¬
ing for a support to the roof of the
shaft. Six of the men were working
around this.
Without a warning of any kind, the
huge mass, comprising 600 tons of
rock, slipped from its position and
collapsed, burying the workmen. Five
of the men were jammed up against
the wall and terribly crushed. The
siith, William Dawley, was thrown up
in some manner and but three pieces
of the rock lay on him. He lived a
few hours only.
VESUVIUS WENT THROUGH.
She Made Five Unsueeetifnl Effort* to
Repeat the Coup*
Notwithstanding Admiral Bunco’s
carefully arranged plans for tbe effect¬
ual blockade of Charleston harbor, the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius successfully
ran the gauntlet of the North Atlantic
squadron Friday night. is prized
How the blockade was run
as a secret on board the Vesuvius. The
officers are all boasting of tbe feat, and
are as pleased over it as tho blockaders
are chagrined. made
Saturday night the Vesuvius
five unsuccessful attempts to run the
blockade. The conditions were ex¬
actly reversed from Friday night, as
the air was free from fog or mist.
Strikers Reach Agreement.
The Eleanor Iron Company at Holli
daysburg, Pa , and its striking em¬
ployees have agreed to a settlement of
their differences and tho works will re¬
sume operations, after several months’
shut-down.
I^ITZ PUTS UP THE CASH.
Corbett Hears the News With Expressed
Pleasure.
Dan Stuart, who is now at Carson,
has received a dispatch from A1 Smith
informing him that Martin Julian had
deposited the first installment of the
Cornishman’s forfeit and appearance
money, and that the entire stakes were
now in hand.
This means that the pugilists will
contest for a side bet of $5,000 in ad¬
dition to the purse. A telegram from
San Francisco says:
“When Corbett was informed this
evening that the balance of the Fitz¬
simmons side bet and appearance
money had been placed waB delighted.
BOY BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Four Scions of Well Known Families
Behind Prison Bars.
Rome, Ga., developed the sensation
of the year the past week. Four of
the best known young men in the city
are behind the bars of the jail on
charges which heretofore have only
been lodged againt professional bur¬
glars of long standing in the burglar¬
izing business. That the evidence
against them seema to be conclusive is
the most sensational feature.
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STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18,0897.
STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BROKEN
SOUTHERN MUTUAL ARE HOT.
CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST HALE
Consensus of Opinion Among Stockholders
Is That the Business of tho Company
Was Grossly Mismanaged.
Dissatisfaction grows apace among
the stockholders of the Southern Mu¬
tual Building and Loan Association at
Atlanta, Ga., now in the hands of a
temporary receiver.
Anger and discontent over the tnrn
affairs have taken is being freely ex¬
pressed among the thousands of stock¬
holders and an endless chain of rumors
of every kind is going around.
From every side comes the clamor
of dissatisfaction. The determination
to get at the real facts of the situation
is voiced from every state from Mary¬
land to Texas and from Kentucky to’
Florida, which is the territory covered
by the multitude of subscribers to the
ruined and broken building and loan
company.
Tho talk of bad management, the
rumors of gross neglect in affairs have
taken still worse form in the current
talk that is going on. Every one is
clamoring for investigation. Every
one is making or insinuating charges
of a not very satisfactory kind, and it
is intimated by many that the affairs
of the company may yet go to other
than civil tribunals.
It is declared by many that the
management of the building and lean
association was such as to cause many
stockholders to lose confidence in it
months ago. One man declared that
the association had been ruined for
three years. Another declared that
although it is a loan concern, it has
not loaned a cent of money in six
months.
The trouble is all being charged up
at the doors of the officers, and Presi¬
dent Hale is coming in for a share of
roasting upon red-hot coals.
The stockholders are directing their
fire at President Hale, and so dissatis¬
fied are they at the present situation
of affaire that they aTe clamoring for
a full explanation of everything.
They charge that Mr. Hale’s hand
shows strongly in the motion for a re¬
ceiver; that he not only kew, but ad¬
vised the move, and that it was done
under his knowledge and direction.
They charge that Mr. Halo State" also
knew of the receivership of the
Savings; that he signified his desire
that Mr. J. 0. Dayton, the cashier of
the bank, and Mr. Allen Bates be
named as receivers.
• In connection with this a sensational
fact is alleged. It is declared that in
the original bill for receiver the name
of Mr. J. C. Dayton was given to
Judge Candler. Tho judge' is said to
have drawn his pen through Mr. Day¬
ton’s name and substituted that of
Mr. T. J. Iiiplcy.
A further fact that is alleged as be¬
ing significant of Mr. Hale’s entire un¬
derstanding of the move for a receiver
for the building and loan association
is that Judge James A. Anderson, of
Anderson, Felder & Davis, which firm
is Mr. Hale’s legal representative, was
named as receiver.*
Tho drift of all this talk is to prove
that Mr. Hale, as president of the
Southern Mutual, so steered the re¬
ceiverships as to place them in tho
hands of parties entirely friendly to
his interests?
HEARING POSPONED.
Tlio Southern Mutual Building: and Loan
Case Goes Over,
The hearing bn the appointment of
a permanent receiver for the Southern
Mutual Building and Loan Association
of Atlanta, has been postponed until
Saturday, February 27th, and the
court has directed the temporary re¬
ceiver, Judge Anderson, to employ an
expert accountant to go through the
books and securities of the association
and make a complete statement. Tt is
provided that the receiver shall not
employ any one who is or has bgcn
connected with the Southern Mutual
or any allied institution. This cuts
off the salaries of a number of officers
and employes who have been employ¬
ed by Receiver Anderson iu making
up a statement.
The hearing was postponed at the
request of counsel for the association.
WILLIAM ST. JOHN DEAD.
"Well Known Financier and Free Silver
Advocate Passes Away.
William P. St. John, ex-president of
the Mercantile National bank and
treasurer of the Democratic National
committee, died suddenly at his home
in New York City Sunday night.
Mr. St. John was one of the fore¬
most men in the recent presidential
campaign. His work was stupendous
and after the day of election he show¬
ed so much the effects of bis ceaseless
and tireless efforts that a trip south
was taken by him to recuperate. It
was not generally known that his
health was bad and the news of his
death has created surprise.
WANTED TO IIANG PREACHER.
lie Abniiei) Lincoln In a Sermon—Forced
To Leave Hurriedly.
A special from Middlcsborough, Ky.,
says: Rev. John Hntehins stated in a
sermon in Unicoi county, Tenn:
“The Lord directed the bullet
killed Abraham Lincoln.”
The congregation became infuriated
and made a rush to hang him, but he
escaped and fled to the mountains.
The mob then visited his house and
battered it down.
POWERS TO INTERVENE.
An Agreement to Protect tile Sultan of
Turkey.
Advices from Berlin state that the
many rumors concerning what actually
ocenrra Athens as a result of tho
confere of the diplomatic Sunday, repre
seutatives of the powers and
the subsequent representative of the
conclusions arrived at by the confer¬
ence to Premier Delyannis, M. Bource,
the French minister, being the spokes¬
man of the diplomats, have been set
at rest by a semi-official statement
which was given out Monday.
According to this statement, M.
Delyannis, upon being formally noti¬
fied of tho action of the foreign minis¬
ters, which notice was put in the form
of a protest against the action which
Greece has taken in Crete, asked that
time be allowed him in which to con¬
sider and formulate reply. brief
The Greek premier, after a re¬
view of the situation, declares without
qualification, that it is the purpose of
Greece to occupy Crete. In this view
of this defiant attitude of the Hellenic
kingdom, the German government will
consider that it is no longer consonant
with dignity to proceed further
in the paths of diplomacy at Ath¬
ens, and after having communicated
this conclusion to the governments of
the other powers will instruct the
commander of the German warship
Kaiserin Augusta to proceed to Canea
and join the associated fleets off tho
Cretan coast in preventing any hostile
action on the part of Greece and co¬
operate with them in restoring order
in the island. According to tho semi¬
official statement this decision on tlio
part of Germany is final.
FLANAGAN ON TRIAL.
Tlio Issuo of Insanity Kalseil by Ills At¬
torney*.
The trial of Edward Flanagan, mur¬
derer of Mrs. Allen and Miss Stack,
was begun at Decatur, Ga., Monday
morning. A jury was selected but au
issue of insanity was raised before the
murder trial could be entered into.
An examination by medical experts
was held during recess of court when
eight physicians examined the mur
derer’s mental condition.
The examination was conducted be¬
hind closed doors, aud no one was
allowed in the room but the attorneys
for the defense and prosecution. The
examination lasted during the whole
two hours of the recess and nearly
three-quarters of an hour longer.
The most interesting part of the
long examination was FJanagan’s made
statement of his' crim$t He a
spaeeh to the experts nearly an hour
it- ength, in which he told every de¬
tail of his connection with the Allen
family from tho time he first met them
until the night, of the terrible tragedy.
SATISFACTORY. ‘
REFORMS ARE
Spanish Declare That President Cleveland
anil Mr. Olney Are Flensed.
The London Times now publishes a
Madrid dispatch saying the papers of Te
there announce that the Duke
tuan, minister of foreign affairs, has
received from Senor Dupuy De Lome,
the Spanish minister to the United
States, a telegram stating that Presi¬
dent Cleveland, Secretary of State
Olney and all of the other principal
public men of the United States re¬
gard the reforms for Cuba recently
adopted by the Spanish government
as ample. Lome, the dispatch
Minister De
says, added that the Cuban question
may bo considered as dead, so far as
the United States congress and public
opinion are concerned. President-elect
McKinley is also believed to regard the
reforms favorably. Tho Times dis¬
patch adds that the government is re¬
served, but that the foregoing is more
or less correct.
MAJOR M’KINLEY INDISPOSED.
His Physician Advises Him to Refuse all
Callers.
A special from Canton states that
Major McKinley was unable to receive
any of the numerous politicians who
were on hand early Monday morning.
The president-elect is suffering with
an attack of influenza.
His physician furnished the press
with the following: seriously
“Major McKinley is not mild
ill, but is suffering with a attack
of influenza. His pulse and tempera¬
ture are now normal. He must not
receive callers during the present
week, and cannot make the anticipated
trip to Cleveland until Thursday or
Friday. He should be allowed to rest
from now until the time of his depart¬
ure for Washington.”
ARSON AND SUICIDE.
young Married Couple Commit Crime and
Then IMe Together.
A double suicide came- to light in
Hawkins, Tcnn., Monday, by the
finding of the bodies of Muller Ripley,
aged twenty-five, and his young wife.
The couple had been missing since
Saturday night, when, it appears, they
burned "the residence of Henry Suth¬
erland, a brother of Mrs. Ripley.
From her brother’s home they went
to tho Holston river and drowned
themselves. A note found in Ripley’s
coat pocket requested that the bodies
be buried in the same coffin. The re¬
quest will be complied with.
JACKSON AND WALLING TO IIANG.
Kentucky Coart of Appeal* Denies Re¬
hearing for Pearl Bryan’* Murderers.
The Kentucky court of appeals has
denied the application for a rehearing
of the appeals in' the case of Scott
Jackson and Alonzo Walling, the mur¬
derers of Pearl Bryan. far
This disposes of the cases, so as
the court of appeals is concerned, for
in a few days the mandate of the
court will go the governor, who will
in turn set the day for the execution.
NASHVILLE BANKER SERVES ONLY
THREE YEARS OF SENTENCE.
HE WAS SENT UP FOR TEN YEARS.
In Connection With Two Other Men He
Indirectly Caused the Ruin of
Two Hanks and a Firm.
A Washington special says: Presi¬
dent Cleveland Tuesday granted an
unconditional pardon to Frank Porter¬
field, the Nashville hanker who is now
in the Kings county prison at Brook¬
lyn, N. Y. The pardon was recom¬
mended by United States Judge Sage
of the southern district of Ohio, who
presided at the trial; ex-United States
District Attorney John Ruben, United
States District Attorney Tully Brown
and Ed Baxter, special attorney in the
case.
Porterfield was cashier of the Com¬
mercial National bank, which failed
March 20, 1896. There were seveial
indictments against him, but the one
on which he was convicted was over¬
drawing his personal account without
the knowledge of the board of direc¬
tors. The account was overdrawn at
the time of the failure. Porterfield
was convicted December 14, 1893, and
has served a little over three years of
his ten years sentence.
M. A. Spurr, president, was recent¬
ly convicted of falsely certifying
checks and sentenced to five years.
His appeal is pending.
Frank Porterfield is a member of
one of the oldest and best known fam¬
ilies in Tennessee. He fought through¬
out the war in the confederate army
and was cashier of the Commercial
National bank from the time of its or¬
ganization to its failure.
The capital stock of the bank was
$500,000 and it had a large surplus,
but so completely was it wrecked that
the stockholders were assessed the
full amount of their holdings and even
then depositors have received up to
date only 65 per cent in dividends.
The failure of the bank was caused
by speculations. firm
George A. Dazey, of the cotton
of Dobbins and Dazey, was tho prime
mover in the affair, and whilo only
partially responsible for the wrecking
of the Commercial National bank, was
directly responsible for tbe failure of
his own firm, which was worth a half
million dollars.
Porterfield was taken to Nashville
from Brooklyn to testify in the ease
and his relation of the story of his
downfall was one of the most dramatic
stories ever told in court.
He told how he first began to specu
Jate, of his gains and losses, and how
his fortune was swept away and he be¬
gan to use tho bank’s money and vio¬
late the law.
His continued losses crazed him,
and he was swept off his feet in a
whirlpool of mad speculations that
ended in ruin.
While there was bitter feeling
against Porterfield in Nashville this
has been largely mellowed by time, it
is said, and as developments have
shown that efforts were made to shift
the entire responsibility on him sym¬
pathy has been aroused in his behalf.
SEARCHED LAWYER’S HOME.
Sheriff’* Hunt For Escaped Murderer
Keexo Develops h Sensation.
The search for Reese and Luckie,
tho convicted murderers who escaped
from the Yorkville, S. C., jail, devel¬
oped a sensational episode Tuesday.
On the strength of an anonymous searched
communication, Sheriff Logan
the house of Major James F. Hart, of
Reese’s counsel, and one of the most
prominent lawyers in the state. Al¬
though the lawyer waR perfectly wil¬
ling for the search to be made, and on
account of the commnnition and cur¬
rent goBsip the sheriff thought it was
due to all parties concerned. His
action has raised a considerable amount
of feeling that is finding expression in
talk that is hot.
Governor Ellerbe has offered $500
reward for tho capture of Reese and
$300 for the apprehension of Luckie.
Jacksonville Bank Closed.
There was considerable excitement
at Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday, over
the closing of the doors of the Mer¬
chants’ National bank. No statement
is made. J. L. Marvin is president
and H. T. Baya cashier.
DUESTR0W PAYS THE PENALTY.
Wealthy Boctor IIline For Murder of His
Wife and Baby.
Dr. Arthur IJuestrow, the St. Louis
millionaire, who on February 16tli,
1894, shot and killed liis wife and
child in that city, was hanged in
the court yard of the county jail at
Union, Mo., Tuesday. A few hours
before the execution took place Dne
strow threw off the mask of insanity,
sobbed like a woman and admitted
that he killed his wife aud child.
Duestrow was a rich man. Although
a graduate of medicine ho never made
a pretense of practicing, his time be¬
ing spent in riotous living. His home
life would have been happy but for
his dissolute habits.
ANOTHER B. AND L. FAILS.
Only Two Associations Out of Ten Bell in
Knoxville, Term,
W. S. Shields, president of the City
National bank, was appointed Loau receiver
of the Star Savings and associa¬
tion, at Knoxville, Tenn., Tuesday.
sstssss.
GREEKS OCCUPY CRETE.
Tho I'lan of King George Now Float. Over
Fortre.ae.—The Fact Proclaimed.
Advices received Tuesday from
Canea, Crete, are to the effect that
Colonel Vassos, aide de camp of King
George, and commander of the Greek
army corps on the island of Crete, has,
by request of King George, through
the minister of war, issued an order
explaining that the action of Greece is
due to tho fact that she is unable to
tolerate any longer the lamentable sit¬
uation of the Christians' in Crete, “to
whom we are united by the sacred
ties of religion.” The order proceeds:
“Thfe government has decided to
occupy George the island his in tho flag name of the King for¬
and raise over
tresses, of which you will take pos¬
session.
“All your actions shall be accom¬
plished in conformity with tho Greek
laws, in the name of King George,and
on the responsibility of the govern¬
ment.
“You will publish a proclamation tho
announcing the occupation of
island by the Greek done, troops.” Rus¬
This has been and the
sian, French, British, Italian and
Austrian flags are now floating over
Canea, and the fact causes general
satisfaction. The state of uncertainty
which has so long prevailed is now at
an end, and the Christians believe
themselves to be rid, for all time, of
the Mussulman rulo.
Greece will, in all probability, be
allowed to assume tho administration
of Crete, probably under the supervis¬
ion of the powers.
PRACTICE WITH BIG GUNS.
Marlt man ship of Admiral Bunco’s Fleet
Vory Satisfactory.
The feature of the day,Monday, in
the blockading of the port of Charles¬
ton by Admiral Bunco’s fleet consisted
of some heavy gnu practice by tlio o’clock en¬
tire squadron. Shortly after blockading 1
the ships moved into their
positions, and putting out floating tar¬
gets at distances ranging from 4fl0 to
1,000 yards began to got their main
batteries into action.
The targets used were the ordinary
floating triangles of seven feet to the
side. The practice began at 1:15 in
the afternoon and continued without
interruption until 3:30 p.m.
'1 he guns on the individual ships
werc in action one at a time and while
the ships were anchored.
Once the Massachusetts fired her
13-inch guns at intervals of two min¬
utes, and at one time tbe Maine got
under way and fired several shots at
her target.
The gnus were loaded with service
charges and shells wero the, main pro¬
jectiles used. The* booming of the
great guns reverberated for miles along
the coast, and in the city the could concus¬
sion was felt distinctly but not
be heard. The shooting was nearly
all liue firing, and white the range of
the targets was not gotten with accu¬
racy the practice was apparently suc¬
cessful.
Many of the projectiles struck short
of the targets, and plunging into tlio
ocean ricocheted some times for a mile
before making the second plunge.
ALLIANCE OFFICERS MEET.
Tlio Supremo Council Hold a Session lit
Washington,
The annual meeting of the supreme
council of the National Farmers’ Alli
ance opened at Washington Tuesday.
Tho council is the governing body of
the alliance, and representatives from
over a score of states gathered to talk
over the affairs of the greater organi¬
zation and the interests of the agricul¬
tural classes.
The sessions were presided over by
President Maun Page, of Virginia, and
were practically devoted to organiza¬
tion aud presentation of the annual re¬
ports of the officers of tlio council,
President Page, Secretary Treasurer
Bout h worth aud Lecturer Vincent.
DISPENSARY FOR KANSAS.
A Bill Patterned After smith Carolina’s
Law Presented*
A bill was introduced in tlic Kansas
senate Monday to repeal the prohibi¬
tory law aud establish a system of
state dispensaries for the control of
the liquor traffic.
Decision Was Against Dunlap.
The United States supreme court
Monday decided the case of Joseph
Dunlap, of Chicago, charged with
sendiug obscene matter through the
mails. The verdict of the district
court, which was against Dunlap, was
affirmed.
WILL APPEASE THE SCALPERS.
Verbiage of the Railroad Ticket Bill Ma¬
terially Changed.
A Washington special says: The
senate committee on interstate com¬
merce has yielded to the importuni¬
ties of the railroads and have decided
to report the anti-scalpers’ bill to the
senate, but the amendments rob it of
much that terrified the sealpers.
For instance, the phraseology buy¬ was
changed so as to permit persons faith and
ing railroad tickets in good
for their own use to “resell” them.
The friends of the measure fear that
if the bill passes in that shape the
whole purpose and object of the legis¬
lation will fail, as a way will be then
provided for scalpers to evade the law.
Havana Newspaper Eulogizes Long.
The Diario De La Marina, a news¬
paper of Havana, eulogizes ex-Gov.
John D. Long, of Massachusetts, who
has been named as secretary of the
navy in tbe cabinet of president-elect
McKinley, for the stand which he has
EEs? taken in favor of Spain in her war
urge
a by the United
BY DAVID B. TURNER,
THE MEASURE WENT THROUGH
WITHOUT A DIVISION.
ARBITRATION TREATY HANGS FIRE.
tP
Various Mutters of Interest Discussed By
the Holons at the National
Capital—Notes.
In the house Monday a resolution was
adopted providing for evening sessions
for tho consideration of private pen¬
sion hills. Amendments of the senate
to the diplomatic and consular appro¬
priation bills were concurred in. The
bill now goes to the president. One
hour and forty minutes were wasted
at the night session of the house be¬
fore a quorum was secured. Tho net
‘ result of tho session was that ten bills
were laid aside with a favorable recom¬
mendation, and at half-past 11 o’clock
the house adjourned.
In the senate Monday the bill was
passed providing penalties for starting
fives which may be communicated to
inflammable growth on public lands.
Mr. Morgan’s (democrat, Alabama),
resolution for the abrogation of the
precipitated Clayton-B.ulwer heated treaty came parliamentary up and
a
fight. The resolution was final¬
ly displaced by other business.
Mr, Cannon, tho chairman of the ap¬
propriations committee, moved to sus¬
pend the rules and pass the sundry
civil appropriation bill. General de¬
bate on this measure, carrying slightly
in excess of $50,000,000, closed on
Saturday, and to save time and avoid
risk of amendment, this plan of pass
’ ing the bill without debate under the
five-minute rule was adopted. The
sundry civil appropriation was then
passed by the house without a divis¬
ion.
Tho senate went into executive ses¬
sion at 12:30 p. tu. Saturday, on mo¬
tion of Mr. Sherman, for the purpose
of taking up the arbitration treaty.
The senate was immediately informed
that the committee on foreign relations
had agreed upon an amendment which
it was hoped would insure the speedy
acceptance of the treaty by the senate.
This amendment makes the specific
declaration that no question shall be
submitted to arbitration until the act
receives the sanction of the senate.
This meets one point made by
Morgan in his strong speech in
opposition to the treaty ratification
Senator Morgan gave notice that the
treaty as amended would not be rati¬
fied. This announcement was a dis¬
tinct surprise, as the amendment he
was fighting for had been accept3(1 and
the advocates of the treaty believed it
would alter his attitude. toward the
measure to such an extent that his op¬
position would be withdrawn.
The house Saturday at once resumed
consideration of the sundry civil bill.
Mr. Cannon denied that it was intend¬
ed to pass the bill Monday under
suspension of the rules, but called
attention to the fact that March 4 was
drawing near and that the naval and
general deficiency appropriation bills
had not been acted upon yet. He
explained tbe large increase in
the sundry civil appropriations
as due to the necessity to provide for
river and lmrhor and public building
contracts heretofore authorized. Mr.
Sayers (democrat), of Texas, made a
speech arraigning the republicans for
oxtravagance. He asserted that the
total expenditures of this congress
would be $15,000,000 iu excess of a
billion dollars, and declared that the
republicans could not frame a tariff
bill to raise enough money to run the
government unless expenses were re¬
duced.
NOTES.
The house Monday decided the Bo
noit-Boatner contest election case from
fifth Louisiana district in favor of
the sitting member.
Mr. Pettigrew introduced, and the
senate passed a resolution Saturday
calling for the investigation of the
Perrine land grant, in Florida, re¬
cently given by the secretary of in¬
terior.
Representative Lorrimer, of Illinois,
has introduced a bill authorizing the
secretary of the navy to make ^con¬
tracts for armor plate for war vessels
for a period of twenty years at a rate
not exceeding $240 a ton.
Major Black, of Georgia, desires
that the information which has been
hearing ,
sent out that the time of the
of his case before the house was in the
hands of Mr. Watson, be corrected.
The time for the hearing will be set¬
tled by the house. This will be after
the house disposes of the three appro¬
priation bills.
The senate committee on judiciary
Monday agreed to favorably report the
nomination of Charles F Amidon to
be United States district judge of
North Dakota. 'This is the second
time the nomination has been report¬
ed. The judiciary committee' con¬
cluded that the charges wero not of
sufficient importance to defeat con¬
firmation.
Mr. Perkins introduced a joint reso¬
lution in the senate Saturday, which
was read and passed, authorizing the
secretary of the navy to place at the
disposal of the chamber of ooi ■ce
at San Francisco any suitable
States ship or vessel for the ]
of transporting to the famishir
of India contributions of wh<
corn, or to charter a suitable Ai
.steamship with cargo capacity <
1,500 to 3,000 tons and makin|
.