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VOL. VI. NO. 3. ! f 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 / V ;