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VOL. VI. NO. 3.
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COES ON THE LIST AT TWEXTV
PER CENT AD VALOREM.
SENATOR BflC-ON SCORES VICTORY
Georgian Secure* Amendment to TarlD
•Kill After a Hard and Spirited
Tight in the Senate.
«y the decisive vote of 12 to 19 the
senate Tuesday adopted an amend
ment to the tariff bill placing g raw I cot
ton'then,,! ton, the great product i , of the south, on
je dutiable list at 20 per cent ad va
lorem.
It is the first time in the history of
tariff legislation that a duty on cotton
Las Leon incorporated in a bill.
. The amendment was proposed by
Mr. Bacon, (Ga.),.on his individual re¬
sponsibility and without the approval
of ilie finance committee, which thus
oir requisite to the success ol
every amendment except a minor one
which went through by default.
The amendment led to a spirited de¬
bate, democratic senators disclosing a
wide difference of views and at times
exchanging sharp personal criticisms.
Gn the final vote six democrats—
Bacon, Clay, of Georgia; Ennery,
of Louisiana; MoLaurin and Tin¬
man, of South Carolina, and Raw
bus, of Utah—voted with the repub
Iieans for the Bacon amendment, while
the negative vote was solidly demo¬
cratic with one exception, lvyle, popu¬
The debate on cotton took up the
most of the day and but little progress
was made on the bill. Early in the
Hay the sugar schedule was passed
over and’ tho agricultural schedule
taken up. Less than two pages were
disposed of during the day. The par¬
agraph on cattle went over, but tlio
balance of the agricultural sohedtilo
iqi to and including paragraph 228
was agreed to as reported, all amend¬
ments except that of Mr. Bacon being
rejected.
Senator Bacon, who led the fight,
was ably seconded by. Senators Clay,
democrats, buEfim 'su^eg§^ t ra LS*^
of the amendment came only a nr.-, -----
of the most sensational debates of the
session.
It was a debate in which Senator
Bacon had arrayed against him Jones
and Vest and Gray and Caffery, and
in which thc Georgian more than held
bis own. He not only made an un¬
answerable defense of his position,
but riddled contentions of his
critics^-
i*" FATHER SHOOTS HIS BOY.
its Innocent l’rnttle Disturbed His Drunk
*»fi Slumber.
At Atlanta, Tuesday night, Thomas
J. McClain, a painter, jumped from a
bed on which be was lying in a half
drunken stupor, and, seizing a pistol,
sent a bullet, into the brain of his five
year-old son. little boy
By the side of a table the
was finishing his evening meal. The
father had been on a debauch for some
days and lay upon the bed apparently
asleep. The prattle of the innocent
child disturbed bis drunken slumber.
Without a word of warning lie sprang
from the bed, and, picking up a re¬
volver, leveled it at the child, and
with an oath pulled the trigger. The
man then ran from the room aud es
caped.
STRENGTH OF INSURGENTS.
Fight Thousand Well Armed Men and
Many Otburs Not Armed.
After months passed ill compiling
data, which is confirmed by competent, the
well informed, impartial parties,
correspondent of tlie Associated Press
at Havana is able to announce that in
the country comprised between Cape
Ban Antonio, Dinar del Rio and Jucaro
Moron military line of the province of
Puerto Principe, there are 8,000 insur¬
gents well armed with rifles and sub¬
divided into small bands.
Tho latter live during the best part
of the year in the woods and moun¬
tains. Besides these bands there are
many thousands of Cuban natives in
tlie insurgent "camps who are either
unarmed or only armed with machetes.
FIREWORKS FACTORY BLOWN UP.
Match Dropped 15y Workman Caused Dis¬
aster-Many Persons Injured.
A match carelessly dropped by one
of the workmen in the fireworks facto¬
ry of M. Sliure, at Chicago, caused a
terrific explosion a few minutes after
6 o’clock Tuesday night. and
It was shortly after closing time
many of the workmen had gone home,
otherwise the loss of life would have
been very heavy. employees
As it was a number of
were badly hurt and the flying rockets
and candles struck several people who
were passing on the sidewalks.
Twenty-five persons missiles. were more or
less injured by flying
RIOTERS FOOT THE RILLS.
X cy Pay Kxpenses Attontlant 1 pon Call
int? Out the Military.
The recent riot at Lucknow, S. C.,
to quell which a military compromised. company was
ordered ont, bas been
First, the rioters agree to pay alT ex¬
penses incurred by the state, county
and town in bringing them to terms,
the pay of the militia and their trans¬
portation from Bishopville to Lucknow
and thence to Camden and return;
secondly, they promise to recognize
the existence of the town of Lucknow.
;■!] TIMES.
SILVER REPUBLICANS MEET.
Thirty-Two Stales tteprcscntDd—The Res
hint Ions Adopted.
at Thirty-two states were represented
the first meeting of the provisional
committee of the national silver re¬
publican party, which met in execu
tive session at Chicago Tuesday.
Besides the committeemen of the
various states represented, over a hun¬
dred silver republicans were present
from all parts of the country.
The states represented were: Ala¬
bama, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illi¬
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
1 ? na > Nebraska, New Jersey, New
X° O-egon, rk ’ N °£ Pennsylvania, th Da Y° ta ’. ° hio South - Oklahoma, Dakota,
Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyo
ming and West Virginia,
Promptly at 11 o’clock the meeting
was called to order by ex-Congressman
Charles O. Towne of Minnesota.
Among other things Mr. Towne
said:
“Wo have other plans, or may have, and
wo bellevo in other things also; but tho
restoration of silver as basic or primary
money along with gold is the first and en¬
grossing object of onr activities and shall
remain so until the crescent of promiao
shall have rounded into the full army of
success.”
In conclusion he said the immediate
business in hand was the determina¬
tion of the time and place for holding
a national convention, the membership
of which could make an authoritative
declaration of principles; the discus¬
sion ami adoption of the plan of gen¬
eral organization in the states and
territories would follow.
Committees on order of business and
plan of organization were then named,
of which latter Senator Dubois, of
Idaho, was made chairman.
A resolution was passed admitting
to the meeting the visiting silver re
publicans, who were not members of
the provisional committee, and giving
them all privileges except that of vot
ing.
At the night session resolutions
were adopted outlining the plan of
action to be pursued by the party and
recommending the appointment of a
national executive committee of seven
which is to have personal control of
thc party.
The resolutions were as follows:
“Whereas, It is not the province of this
committee to anticipate tho action of iho
national convention in the formation in <*
rdaitfqgefr ss/Ldoulauilinn,o; li rin<• i 11 les; I'll
for cither misunderstanding or misrepre¬
sentation as to tho object of this organiza¬
tion, it is prudent to make known the
controlling principle of its existence; there¬
fore
“Resolved, That the silver republican
party of the United Mates favors tlio imme¬
diate establishment of bimetallism by the
independent action of tlio United States
through the free coinage of both silver and
gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 and the clothing
of both metals equally with every attribute
of full money, with the right to every debtor
to choose which coin shall be tho basis of
payment- and
“Resolved, That the achievements of this
fjrent object is deemed by us of paramount
political importance and shall form the con¬
trolling motive of our political action until
it is accomplished.
“Your committee on plans and organiza¬
tions for the silver republican party of the
United States beg leave to submit this, our
report: of
“First. We commend the appointment
a national executive committee of seven
members, including tho national chairman
to lie appointed by the chairman of the
national committee.
“Second. That this eommittoo lie empow¬
ered to take such action as maybe necessary
in order to fill any vacancies existing or
which may exist at any time in the national
committee.
“Third. Tho executive committee with tho
advice and consent of the national commit¬
tee is authorized to call a national conven¬
tion of the silver republican party to meet
at siudi time and place as they may designate
and to perfect the necessary details there¬
for.
“Fourth. In those states where organiza¬
tions arc not complete tlie members of the
national committee for sue!' states shall take
such steps under the direction of tlie na¬
tional executive committee us are necessary
to complete such organizations.” Minnesota,
Charles S. Towne, of
was elected permanent chairman of
the national committee.
The larger part of the evening ses¬
sion was, after the adoption of the
resolutions,, given up to informal dis¬
cussions.
WORTH TWENTY MILLIONS,
But Dived Dike a Tramp, and Died In a
House Only Five Feet Wide.
Joseph Richardson, an eccentric
millionaire, died at New York Tues¬
day. He made his fortune in railroad
building and was closely associated
with the Vanderbilts and Goulds.
Richardson’s fortune is estimated at
$20,000,000. He dressed more like a
tramp than a wealthy man and lived
and died in a house which was only
five feet wide. “spite
This place was called the
house.” It was built because the
surrounding property owners refused
to meet Mr. Richardson’s terms for
the narrow lot.
DIVORCES BY WHOLESALE.
A Savannah Jury Release* Seventeen At
One Sitting.
Seventeen divorces were granted in
the superior court at Savannah, Ga.,
Tuesday. In only three of the cases
were the litigants white.
There were no contests in any of the
cases, and the jury granted the entire
seventeen verdicts without once leav¬
ing their seats. Sa¬
This iB a rather small record.
vannah divorce day usual iy brings
from twenty to twenty-five couples.
S’ATESBORO, GA., HURSDAY* JUNE JO, 1897.
a!«ini
MACON, GA., CITIZEN'S re AFTER
THE SOUTHERN RAIrqAD.
CLAIM ILLEGAL CONSOLATION
The Governor I* Ashed to Investlgge the
Matter—May lie Finally Carrhx’to
♦ lie Con its.
A petition has been filed with '.Gov¬
ernor Atkinson, of Georgia, asking
him to direct tlio attorney general of
the state to institute proceedings to
break the relations between the South¬
the ern Railway, the Central of Georgia,
Georgia Southern & Florida and
other lines.
The petition was presented by at¬
torneys on behalf of citizens of Macon.
Tli r names of seven individuals and
firms are signed to the petition.
The petition was filed a few davs
ago and Judge Miller of Macon, had a
conference with the governor, It iB
alleged in the petition that the South¬
ern controls a number of railroads in
Georgia and that the control tends to
defeat competition in violation of the
constitution of tho
The paper is a long one and recites
the history of the Southern,explaining
in detail how it lias grown up by the
acquisition of tlio Fast Tennessee, Vir¬
ginia and Georgia, the Georgia Pacific,
the Central of Georgia, the Georgia
Southern and Florida, the Atlanta and
Florida, the Georgia Midland and
Gulf, the Macon and Birmingham and
other lines. All these roads have been
p onso “dated,tbe petition declares, and
I 1 goes on to say that the city of Macon
, as 1,0 competition and the pe
0 ” ers ask 11,6 s,a te to go to their
,. 1111,1 Lreak the relations existing
, between , the several lines.
The governor lias been carefully ex¬
the paper and has been get¬
information about the relations
panics.
Under the Bacon act of 1893, pro¬
ceedings can be instituted in two ways
to break an illegal consolidation of
railroads. The governor is empowered
a Wj 1 «A ‘ contie for redress,
““Srffff ’Bearing from both sides, the
governor can direct the attorney gen¬
eral to proceed in the name of the state
or lie may decline and leave the parties
who are interested to appeal direct to
the courts themselves. .
FIRED SOCIALIST DEPUTY.
Soldiers Remove Memhorof French Cham¬
ber of Dcputle*.
There was a dramatic incident in the
chamber of deputies at Paris Saturday.
During tho discussion of the labor
troubles at La Grand Combe, in the
department of the Guard, noted for its
coal mining, glass works and zinc
smelting furnaces, M. Gerault Richard,
i socialist deputy, referred to some of
his colleagues as “police spies.” passed
The chamber thereupon a
vote to peremptorily expel him
from the bouse. M. Richard, how
ever, refused to leave aud the pre
sident of the chamber, M. Frisson,
sustained the sitting and sent for the
guard on duty. squad of
A moment or so later a
eight soldiers entered the chamber of
deputies and the colonel in command
placed his hand upon the shoulder of
the socialist deputy, who thereupon
consented to go with the officer, saying
he yielded only to superior force.
WILL RECALL WEYLER.
Queen Urgent of Spain Confirms honor
Canovan, the Premier.
A special of Sunday from Madrid
says: The queen regent lias confirmed
Senor Canovas, the premier, in his
ministerial powers, and the cabinet
will remain in office with personnel
and policy unchanged.
All of the leading members of the
senate'and of the chamber of deputies
who were consulted by her majesty
have advised the recall of Captain
General Weyler from Cuba.
At a cabinet council at his residence
Senor Canovas, the premier, announc¬
ed that the queen regent had renewed
his powers and those of the cabinet in
terms most flatteriug to him and to all
his colleagues.
TO INVESTIGATE WATTS’ CONDUCT
Governor KUerhc, of South Carolina,
Is'ames Members of a Court of Inquiry.
Governor Ellerbe, of South Caro¬
lina, has appointed the court of in¬
quiry to sit in General Watts’ case.
The court will meet at Columbia aud
take the evidence.
The court consists of Brigadier Gen¬
eral Joseph L. Stoppelbein, Summer¬ Colonel
ville, first brigade of cavalry;
J. G. Wardlaw, Gaffney, third regi¬
ment of infantry; Captain Henry T.
Thompson, Darlington; Darlington
Guards.
Senator S. G. Mayfield, of Barnwell,
ns judge advocate general on the gov¬
ernor’s staff, will prosecute the case.
NATAL OFFICER DEAD.
Gallant Kr>nr Admiral Sainnol Phillips
Lw Dies From Paralysis.
Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee,
United States navy, retired, the last
of the commanders of the great squad¬
ron during the civil war, died at his
home at Silver Springs, Md., near
Washington, Saturday afternoon,after
a short illness of a stroke of paralysis.
• He was a Virginian by birth and a
direct descendant of Lighthorse Harry
Lee, of revolutionary fame.
BANK PRIIDEJiT SUICIDES.
McConnell, A ied of Crooked Trausac
ttons, P> kultfttin His Rratn.
At Ocala, McCorJil, ll, Saturday afternoon,
R. B. tie defaulting pres¬
ident of the Ipfunift Merchants’ Na¬
tional bank.Wt a bullet crashing
through his|r*in, dying instantly.
The deed ws committed at the
MTCl‘X. 0, E:l"dbT.' J.'ii
mother were iking dinner.
It seems Bat the receiver of the
Merchants’ Itional bank made aome
new dovelop suts in the bank’s busi¬
ness that owed up very badly
against Met nuell. He at once com¬
municated tl n to United States Com¬
missioner D.. Williams, who at once
issued a wn int for McConnell’s ar¬
rest, This ;s placed in the hands of
a deputy Ui ed States marshal, who
proceeded t McConnell’s residence.
He learned ere that the bank presi¬
dent was at mer at Mr. McDonald’s.
When he mt thither and read the
warrant Me Hindi asked for permis¬
sion to go u stairs and get his coat.
In about tv minutes the household
was startlei :>y the loud report of a
pistol, and fe fall of a heavy body on
the floor the tale. The officer
rushed up stirs only to find McCon¬
nell breath*; his last with a big hole
in the riglifcide of his head over the
ear and a i inking revolver still in his
hand.
TRIED T< KILL WHOLE*FAMILY.
Story of a I ilulght Assault Supposed to
Hj*'i KiHipd In Lynching.
News lnt been received of a, fiend¬
ish crime i|hieh was perpetrated ut
Orangedak Fla., about twenty miles
from St. Aagnstine, in which an en¬
deavor was made to murder a whole
family. The details are meagre. supposed
The story is that a negro
to be Isaac Barrett, entered tho home
of II. ,T. Kewson, a farmer, and mur¬
derously assaulted Mr. Hewson, his
wife and seven-year-old son while they
slept. All were hit on the head with
a piece uf scantling.
The daughter-, Miss Maggie, grap¬
pled with the tiegrd^nd so bravely did
she fight him that *6 lett tho lioftse.
The sou is said to pe dying, but the
parents Later may Barnett possiblyVeeovor. arrested and
on
the report is that llparty of twelve
men took tho priso j»from the officers
and a Ijnc^gtrj •is probably the
»t. Urban
Causing Hpn <
A special Iron Urbana, Ohio, says
that the city ha'? resumed its normal
condition and tl scene has changed
entirely. Immediately (lor the trouble Sher¬
a
iff McLain aud Captain Leonard left
for Springfield. /
It was reporter! later that a mob of
150 was the organising, sheriIfffuul to such go to word Springfield wont to
after
Springfield,/-having the effect, it is
said, of during the sheriff off to Pay*
teB.
Threat* of getting the body of
MitchelHand burning it were freely
made. Before being removed from
the courthouse yard relic hunters had
nearly cut the coat off the dead man.
Every button was gone and oven his
shoes and stockings were taken off
and carried away.
GEORGIA DAY IN SENATE.
Saturday Session the Occasion of Speeches
By Bacon ami Clay.
Saturday was Georgia’s day in tlie
senate. The notable features of the
tariff discussion during the day were
furnished by the Georgia senators.
Senator Clay delivered his maiden
speech as a member of the body, and
Senator Bacon spoke at length upon a
feature or the tariff of special interest
to Georgia. and
This was the lumber schedule,
in favoring the tariff on lumber as
against a motion to put it on the free
list, Senator Bacon took emphatic
grounds against the doctrine of free
raw materials, as did Senator Clay in
the more elaborate speech in which lie
discussed this and other features of
the tariff measure.
ASK BARRETT’S RETENTION.
President McKinley Receives » Telegram
from Bangkok.
A cablegram from Bangkok to the
Associated Press says that the Araeri
cans of Ham have signed a unanimous
petition asking President McKinley
to retain John Barrett as United Slates
minister to Siam, The dispatch is
signed: “Hays, Bennette, committee.”
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Name* Are Sent to the Senate by McKinley
For Confirmation.
The presideat has sent the following
nominations td the senate:
Andrew Ba^ow, of Missouri, to be
consul genera Ito the city of Mexico.
Harold S. Yp Buren, of New Jer¬
sey, to be coninl at Nice, France.
Carl Bailey Hurst, of the District of
Columbia, nor consul at Paraguay, to
be consul general at Vienna, Austria.
Henry V. Morgan, of Louisiana, to
be consul at fiorgen, Switzerland.
William W. Canada, of Indiana, to
be consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Louis A. IVadt, of Wisconsin, to be
assistant attorney general.
FIREM |N UNDER WAL S.
Three llruve 1 .eddies Fose Their I.lve*
At a *i»n Francisco Fire.
A fire in the southeastern part of
San Francis oat noon Saturday cost
three firemeh eitailed their lives by falling
walls and a property loss of
$100,000. Joseph N. Mahoney,
The killediarc:
of cheminal *ngine No. 6; Frank Kel¬
ler, steward of hose cart No. 2; James
Hallin, driver of trncln No. T.
I
LYNCHERS IN OHIO FIRED UPON
BY STATE TROOPS.
TWO MEN WERE KILLED OURiGHT.
Mob, However, Succeed* In {Swinging tip
Negro Convicted of Criminal Assault
Upon a White Woman.
Two men were killed and ten wound-'
ed by a company of the Ohio National
Guard at Urbatia, O., at an early hour
Friday morning.
The soldiers were at temping to save
Charles Mitchell, the colored assailant
of Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, from the hands
of nn infuriated mob, but their efforts
were unavailing. jail
Mitchell was taken from the at
7:30 o’clock a. m., and hanged to a
tree in the courtyard. Bell, Urbana,
The dead are: Harvey
instantly killed; Upton Baker, farmer
north of Urbana.
The fatally wounded are: Wesley
Bowen, Cable; Zacb Wank, Urbana.
Less seriously wounded: Dennis
Grancy, Urba; Dr. Charles Thomson,
North Lewislmry; S. S. Deaton, Ur¬
bana, serious; John McKeever, Urba¬
na, painful; Ray McClure, Urbana,
painful. feared
In addition to this list, it is
that Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, who was as¬
saulted by the negro, will not recover
and several of the injured are in a se¬
rious condition.' There is intense
feeling against some of the officials
and further complications arc appre¬
hended.
One week ago Mrs. Gaumer was
assaulted in daylight at her home in
Urbana. She was prostrated and felt
tko disgrace. She requested her son
to announce that she was assaulted for
robbery. Mitchell at¬
It was given ont that sign check
tempted to force her to a
for $600. But as Mrs. Gaumer’s con¬
dition became more serious, the facts
became known. Mitchell was first
held for robbery, but on last Wednes¬
day be was arraigned for assault. Mrs.
Gaumer was unable to appear in court,
and the hearing was held at. her home.
■ “meurme, nang"nttn. now <nhe
yon face me again, you brute?"
Soon after the identification on Wed¬
nesday, there was talk of lynching. night
Crowds surrounded the jail that
and the sheriff and local militia had
trouble protecting the prisoner. Thurs¬
day a grand jury was empaneled and
it soon returned an indictment for
criminal assault. Mitchell, disguised
in a soldier’s uniform, was carried
from jail into court. He waived
the reading of the indictment, pleaded
guilty and was promptly sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary, trial the
limit for assault. The was over
before 9 o’clock, when au attempt was
made to take Mitchell to Columbus on
the train at. 10 p. m. But the crowds
were about the courthouse and jail
and when the carriage drove up the
crowd made a rush for the jail.
The militia drove the people back,
but the crowd soon increased in Sheriff fury
as well as in numbers, so that
McLean and the troops had all they
could do to hold the jail at that time.
It was 1:35 o’clock Friday morning
when the first attack was made on the
jail. The soldiers opened fire on the
mob and twenty volleys were poured
into the advancing crowd with the re¬
sults as above stated.
The attacking party retired, but the
sight of tho dead and injured infuria¬
ted them and the crowd soon rallied.
The final attack on the jail was made
at 7 o’clock.
The mob which had grown in num¬
bers at the break of day, seeing the
way open, secured a large sledge b am
mer and started for tho jail. The ham¬
mer was not needed, as Sheriff McLean
delivered the keys and the crowd soon
found Mitchell’s cell.
A rope was thrown around the ne¬
gro’s neck and was dragged out into
the yard. The rope was then thrown
over one of the limbs of a tree. Mitch
ell was jerked up until his head struck
the limb. His neck was broken,, and
his body dropped to the ground. The
crowd repeated the jerking several
tiroes until they were sure lie was
dead.
AGAINST NIGHT WORK.
Southern Cotton Spinner* Will Meet To
Curtail Output of Mill*.
The coming meeting of tho Southern
Cotton Spinners’ Association at Char¬
lotte, N C., is of nnusnal importance
to the cotton mills of the south
Some measures arc to be adopted to
cnrtail the production of yarns by re
dneing the hours of labor. I he asso
ciation hopes to stop night work in
yarn mills altogether.
One of the board of governors says
that unless the mills now running a
night agree to discontinue the prac
tice, the other mills will advertise that
they run only in the daytime and make is
a more uniform class of goods than
Dossibie tq produoe at night.
MUCH OIL ON HAND.
Branch of Standard OH Company at
Cleveland Shuts Down.
At noon Monday the entire plant of
the Standard Oil Company in Cleve¬
land, O., closed down for an indefinite
period. Nearly 1,000 thrown out of
men are
employment by the shut down. It is
said that the Standard has an immense
stock on hand in the warehouse at
Kingsberry Run, enough, in fact, to
supply the demand in the district un¬
til January 1st, 1898, or longer.
FAURE IS RESERVED.
French President Withhold* HI* View*
On Monetary Question.
A Paris special says: It is learned
from an authorized source that the let¬
ters of credence presented to Presi¬
dent Faure by Senator Edward O.
Wolcott, of Colorado, and his col¬
leagues of the United States monetary
commission, designate them as minis¬
ters plenipotentiary to France, Great
Britain and Germany, with the mis¬
sion in concert with the United States
ambassadors to those countries to dis¬
cuss monetary questions and come to
some agreement on bimetallism.
President Faure carefully avoided
making a statement to them at the
audience which he accorded to the
commissioners at the Elysee palace
cm Wednesday last, -which might be
interpreted as a promise to take any
steps in the matter. Before the com¬
missioners left the palace he invited
them to share his box at the race for
the grand prix de Paris.
No doubt the government of France
is friendly to the American nation,but
nothing tangible will be done beyond
the expressions of sympathy and the
assurance that the matter will be se¬
riously studied.
IN MEMORY OF AMERICANS.
Cuban Sympathizer* Hold a Rousing
Meeting In Washington.
A large crowd gathered at tho Na¬
tional theater at Washington, D. C.,
Friday night to attend the Cuban
meeting in memory of Americans who
have sacrificed their lives for Cuba.
Speeches were made by representa¬
tives Swanson, of Virginia, and Green,
of and others.
Mr. Green declared that not only
should tho belligerency resolution be
passed by congress, but Spain should
bo given so many days to take her sol¬
diers from the island.
He made light of the probability of
war with Spain, and said that if she
declared war against the United States
3,000,000 swords would spring from
their scabbards ready to fight and the
blue and gray would march together
to the music of “Dixie.”
Resolutions wore adopted calling for
a prompt recognition of Cuban bellig¬
erency and arraigning nil who make
the “honor and glory of the nation
and the demands of the peoplo sub¬
servient to the interests of tho Spanish
bondholders and the sugar trust.”
Ascended Hie Seam.ldmrieTi»l«ntly Hnmk.
Ing a ClgttiDttP.
With a cignrette in' his mouth, Hen¬
ry White, the murderer of Police Offi¬
cer William Jackson, cuoly descended
into tho yard of the Muscogee jail at
Columbus, Ga., Friday to pay the
death penalty for his deed.
The young man was more composed
than any member of the party which
escorted him to the gallows.
Not once did he show the white
feather during the long hours of the
last day of his confinement, and at his
death the culmination of his wonder¬
ful display of nerve was reached. He
made no speech simply bade those
about him “goodby.” 1:32 and
The trap was sprung at at
1:12 White was pronounced dead.
His nock was not broken.
DURRANT HANGING POSTPONED.
,fudge Gives Attorney* I’ermUslon to Ap¬
peal From Hi. Decision.
A San Francisco special says: Theo¬
dore Dnrrant will not be hauged on
next Friday. him
His attorneys have gained for a
new lease of life for four months at
least, and the condemned man made
merry in his cell when he heard the
cheerful news.
He had become resigned to his fate,
when information was received at the
prison that Judge Gilbert, of the
United States circuit court, had grant¬
ed his attorneys permission to appeal
to the United States supreme court
from his order previously made deny¬
ing the application for a writ of habeas
corpus.
UNLOADED TIIE GUN,
Hut In Doing s« » Young Boy Kill* HI.
1 " 0 8, * u ' r *'
At Greene, la., the 15-year-old son
of L. Schwartz, while attempting to
unload a gun discharged the weapon
killing Ins two sisters. I he bullet
passed through the neck of one sister
aud struck the other sister just above
thc Wt ---
A DAY OF SPEECHES.
A ItcHoluflon Paused For the Benefit of
South Carolina.
The senate had a period of speech¬
making Friday aud as a result little
Y^ohition was made on the tariff bill.
aiminR ttt a sedation of
South Carolina dispensary muddle,
which Mr. Tillman bas con
^ f wa8 pagged . It rea ds
fo u owg;
“Resolved, That tlie committee on the jn
dlciary be directed to consider and report,
j or otherwise, what legislation, if any,
i 8 necessary to give full effect to the purpose
of ^ ftCt 1H ,, lroveJ A , lgU9t g, lsuo, entitled
, An ^ to tbo cffect ot t)lH regulations
of commerce between the several states and
with foreign countries in certain case*.’”
OFFICERS WERE GAMBLING.
An Alderman and Two Policemen Were
Caught In the Itaid.
A sensation in tho police department
of Chattanooga has leaked out.
Several days ago a gambling house
on Market street was raided by the
police. The only inmates caught were
Ed Spencer, alderman from the Second
ward, and Officers Robert Baird and
I. c. Morgan, of the police force, in
full uniform, The three, together
with a well known gambler,were play¬
ing poker and drinking.
BY DAVID B. TURKU
-<rv r
WHITE PINE CAUSES POLITICAL
LINES TO BE DRAWN.
FAILED TO GET ON FREE LIST.
paragraph in Tm-itr Bill Relating to i«m.
her W'a* the Most Stubbornly
Contested, *o Far.
The senate Monday disposed of the
lumber paragraph, which has been
more stubbornly contested than any
feature of the bill thus far, by defeat¬
ing the motion of Senator Vest to
place white pine on the free list—yeas
20, nays 38.
The contest was mainly significant
in breaking party lines which have
been maintained with few exceptions
during tho early stages of tho debate.
On the final vote eight democratic
senators voted against Mr. Vest’s prop¬
osition, namely: Georgia;
Messrs. Bacon and Clay, of
McEnery, of Louisiana; MoLaurin and
Tillman, of South Carolina; Martin, of
Virginia; White, of California, and
Rawlins, of Utah. On the other hand,
Mr. Carter, republican, and Messrs.
Cannon and Mantle, silver republicans,
voted for the Vest motion.
Following this a vote to substitute
the Wilson lumber schedule was de¬
feated—21 to 37—and tho schedule
was agreed to as reported.
The debate preceding the vote was
at times very breezy, owing to the
break of political lines.
The consideration of the tariff bill
was resumed soon after the session
opened and the discussion proceeded
on the paragraph laying a duty of $2
per 1,000 feet on lumber.
Mr. Allen, populist, of Nebraska,
moved to substitute the provisions of
the Wilson bill, which placed lumber
on the free list. The senator spoko
in particular against restoring white
pine to the dutiable list, urging that
the rates were designed to he prohibi¬
tory against Canadian pine. There
was nothing, he said, in the “dap-,
trap argument” of American high
wages, as the wages of lumber men in
Canada restoring were the on duty the whole white hj^herjhan- He
on pme.
had been appealed to by thp lumber
interests of his own state to support
the duty, but he could not do it when
it laid such heavy tribute on the agri¬
cultural people of the western states.
Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, who sup¬ Mr.
ported the lumber duty, reminded
Berry that his (Bacon’s) support \i 08
due to the fact that the duty was a
revenue rather than a protective vehe¬ rate.
Mr. Berry responded with a
ment arraignment of the bill, framed,
he said, in the interest, of every trust
and combination in tho country. opposed
Mr. Caffery, of Louisiana,
the duty on white pine and incident¬
ally criticised the position of Mr. Ba¬
con, of Georgia, who, he said, favored
a protective duty. This the senator
from Georgia denied.
Mr. Caffery announced liis opposi¬
tion to ail proteotive duties. He fa¬
vored the imposition of pure revenue
duties.
Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, character¬
ized as absurd the claim that this
country was being “fiooded” by foreign
manufacturers of lumber in the face
of the fact that hut $7,500,000 worth
of lumber was imported last year
against $540,000,000 consumed.
APPROVED BY RUSHNELL.
Ohio Governor Buys the Military Did
Their Duty at Urbana.
Governor Busht ell of Ohio, in a
letter to the press, says:
“The members of the national
guard at Urbana did their duty and
are entitled to the support of the state.
Lamentable as the results are their
efforts were mads to maintain the ma¬
jesty of the law and they should be
upheld by all the people.” Axline
Adjutant General says:
“A careful examination at Urbana
fails to show the national guard’s con¬
duct was anything but that of courage
and obedience as soldiers, and when
the public is in full possession of all
the facts, the unwarranted criticisms
that have gone out to the world will
be speedily corrected.”
RAILROAD TO BE EXTENDED.
Charlotte, Through West Virginia, to the
Ohio River.
The Ohio River aud Charlotte rail¬
road, which now has a line to Marion,
N. C., has just completed a considering new survey
to the Ohio river, and is
the extension of its line through the
West Virginia coal field's to the Ohio
The line now runs to Blackburg and
Camden, S. C. The extension would
give another line from the Carolina*
to the west._ _.
DOCTOR SUSPECTED OF MURDER."
Kilpatrick I* Thought to Have Killed
Joe Bprin* and is Arrested.
A telegram received Monday night
announces the mm arrest of Dr. J. J. "- ll “
one
for Davis & Marks, merchants of Mid
ville, near Savannah, on the night, of
M 7 Kilpatrick, well known phy
Dr a
Bician of Midville, an unmarried man,
aged about 35 years, of fine mtelii
gence and handsome appearance, wa^
suspected of the deed m a day or U
after the murder, and he bas '
shadowed by a well known *
ever since. y /
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