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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1890)
a c* GLORGIA LEGISLATURE. PROCEEDINGS of the AILY HOUSE and senate. makers and WHAT THEY KOKtfW S EAW aU E GRAND aBE TO ADVANCE Oi-D state's interests. ; T H DAT.— InTheXS;, on introduced Wednes of Lincoln, divorced J&libat forbids any man or ^ji:aafadulU!V caused by marry the P- h Time long as their divorced ri i so and they t wife is alive are ^ ba or Pope, of Ogle Tntroduced of it. Mr- for f iKablishmentof t a bill branch providing of tbe btate a Eight tSd for colored students. “S' dollars is to be appropriated college purpose of establishing the f f Pnne of Oglethorpe, also introduced accepting the appropriation from sb ’Lss 0 f 115,000 Agricultural on the old landscript college ot ^ the State the hrst <*2 Among other bills on irate were ^following: Georgia A bill Bank to in- of the Middle Son. Senate bill city No. of Columbus, 3, granting was a «charter for the ,1 qnd referred to the committee on Governing durations. payment A bill amending of insolvent tbe costs act the prohibit the Columbia county. To ipof liquor within a radius of four miles , feline church, in Carroll county. P, incorporate the Maysville bank at tfsrsville, Ga. To amend the charter of L-jJae plains, enlarging its corporate | limits. To regulate the sale of domestic j„ e i n Effingham. Bill to be entitled 14a inspectors act to of change oils and the fertilizers, compensation and for of itber purposes.” diseases Bill providing domestic for ani- the ■treatment, Ijulg of among of Georgia, quarantine, etc. To in f f corporate the Amercus law of Savings Georgia. bank. To in¬ To a!I1 end the fence corporate the Citizens’ bank of Valdosta, f prescribing conditions upon which a cer¬ tain class of firearms may be carried, re¬ stricting the carrying of long-range fire¬ arms. To allow county board of com¬ missioners of education to be paid $2 a dav for each member when in actual rrork for the county schools. 8th Day. —The following bills, among others, were introduced in the house Thursday: A bill to amend the charter of the Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Atlanta. A bill to further suppress the crime of rape in Georgia. the The bill pro¬ of vides for a $500 reward for capture every violator of the law. A bill for the revision of the jury box. A bill to amend the charter of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad. A bill to in corporate the Bank of Oglethorpe, Ogle thorpe, Ga. A bill to prevent any person holding office, federal, State or county, from becoming mayor or councilman in Augusta. A bill to protect wool growers. A bill providing for the appointment of a whipping boss for county and municipal chain gangs. A bill to provide for the prevention of the spread of contagious diseases among live stock, especially for the prevention of glauders. The bill em powers the commissioner of agriculture to have stock thus affected killed, etc. A message from his excellency, Governor Northern submitting a communication from the president of the Ben Hill Monu ment Association, was read during the 9th Day.— In the house, on Friday, | I the the following committee bills on corporations favorably: A reported bill to 1 vest in the mayor of Savannah the veto | I power incorporate bearing the upon Fidelity city ordinances. Life and Acci- To I dent Company. To incorporate the Mu- 1 i'rtl Accident Association of Atlanta, to ; grant it power to transact the accident insurance business upon the co-operative i plan. The committee on temperance re¬ ported favorably the followig: A bill to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in this state, to fix penalties, etc. A great number of new bills were then A_ introduced, bill among them the following: 'VestEnd to and incorporate Wcstview the Atlanta and Street railway; 4 bull to establish a city court in Dupont, Ga.; a bill to create a system of public schools for the city of Marietta; an act to appropriate money for renovating the old portraits of prominent Georgians which formerly hung in the old capitol, and have them placed in the new state house. The following bills having been re¬ ported back to the house favorably by the passed committees, were read the third time and : To invest the mayor of Savan¬ nah with the veto power; to transfer the county Ocmulgee of Laurens from the Oconee to the the Fidelity judicial circuit; to incorporate Life and Accident Insurance railroad Company; to relieve the Rome street from the penalty for not paying tax on the day it was due, a good cause for the failure having been given; to in¬ corporate the bank of Waynesboro; to house incorporate the bank of Albany. The then adjourned until Safur Gay, ______ at 9 o’clock, after granting several leaves of absence to members until Mon¬ day. IOtii Day. —In spite of its being Satur¬ day and many of tbe members being away on leaves of absence, tbe house of representatives went to work with un¬ usual zeal. It was a busy day for the members who remained in their seats, and many bills were dealt with on first, second and third reading. The bill ceding for the certain lands to the United States establishment of a national mili ‘tiry hattanooga park, known as the Chicamauga and ^portant park, was among the most bills passed. An invitation kdgeville unanimously accepted to visit Mil on the 27th. when the corner rtone of the Girls’ Industrial school is to . laid, as that day is a legal holiday, be- 2am. thanksgiving introduced day. Air. Ryals ofChat a resolution instructing our representatives iu congress to nave the 10 per cent, tax on state banks ItichLoud repealed if possible and Mr. Calvin, of introduced a resolution instructing our representatives in congress to have the national bank laws so amended as to per¬ mit them to make real estate as collateral for money loaned. The followin'* bills A were bill piu to °n third re-ding and tossed incorporate the Merchants’ and Aimer,’ bank of Tallapoosa. To amend the charter of the Savannah Dime Sav¬ ings bank, changing the name to the Chatham bank. A bill to incorporate the Merchants' and Planters' bank of Georgia. A bill incorporating the Middle Georgia bank, of Eutonton. The new bills introduced vere: A bill amendin'* the charter of the Neal Loan iukI Hank¬ ing Company. To amend sectim 28 of an act entitled an art to revise the laws governing An qualificaiion of school teachers. under act providing tor the sale of property order of the court, and bv a trustee appointed by the court in rases therein mentioned. JIth Day.—I u the house, on Monday, the following bills were present'd: A bill to prohibit the sale of whiskey with’n three miles of Mount Bethel church. To incorporate the Continental Bank and Trust Company of Aiacon. A bill to ex¬ empt the Indian Springs and Flovilla railroad from taxation and to give it h right to lay its track on the Iudian Springs reserve. A bill to amend section 4502 (c) of the code of 1882, which pro¬ hibits the sale of cotton in the seed be¬ tween sundown and dark, by making it unlawful to sell cotton in the seed be¬ tween September 1st and December 20th, unless by the written consent of the owner of the cotton. A bill to amend the charter of the pity of Albany so as to provide for the creation of a board of police commissioners; also to authorize the establishment of a system of public schools for the city of Albany. To alter and amend the road law's of the state so far as they per¬ tain to the county of Dade. A bill to in¬ corporate the Washington and Aliddleton Railroad Company. A bill to incorporate the Capitol Railroad Company of Atlanta. A bill to incorporate the Atlanta Invest¬ ment and Banking Company. To incor¬ porate the Brunswick and St. Simon’s Railroad Company, A bill to protect the operatives of any cotton or woolen facto¬ ries in this State when the mill is shut down. An act entitled an act to prevent peddling in the State, and prescribe a penalty for violation of the same. An act to incorporate the Bank of Sum¬ ter. A bill to incorporate the Richland. Gulf and Northern railroad company. A bill to give all money received by the state as rental from the Western and At¬ lantic railroad to the common schools of the state. The following bills were passed : A bill to incorporate the Exchange bank of Waynesboro. A bill changing the time of holding court in the Albany cir¬ cuit. A bill incorporating the Bank of Bainbridge. A bill to incorporate the Shellmau bank. Mr. Fleming introduced a resolution to take up the senatorial election at 12 o’clock Tuesday. The res¬ olution was agreed to, and the house ad¬ journed till Tuesday. \v THE SENATE. (hrii Day.— There was a joint session Tuesday for the purpose of completing the elections of superior court judges, and this consumed most of the day’s session. Judge Spencer Atkinson was unanimously elected J udfe of the Brunswick circuit and lion. J. S. Boynton, after a close vote, was given the judgeship of the Flint cir 'cuit. Judgfe Jenkins was elected to the judgeship of the Ocmulgee circuit, and lion. Hamilton McWhorter was elected to fill the miexpired term made vacant by the resignation of Judge Samuel Lump¬ kin in the Northern circuit. After the election of judges was over and the joint session dissolved, that honorable body, the senate, had all its bills ready for sec¬ ond reading, read a second time and refer¬ red to committees. By unanimous con¬ sent the regular order of reading bills the second time was suspended, and a couple of new bills was introduced, one was a bill authorizing the city of Tallapoosa to issue bonds to the amount of $10,000 for the erection of school buildings, and the other to provide fora system of public schools in Marietta, Ga. 7tii Day. — President Mitchell an¬ nounced the standing committees of the senate Wednesday. Witn the new mat¬ ter introduced in "the senate was a resolu¬ tion providing for the appointment of a committee of ten on congressional railroads ap¬ portionment. A bill requiring right to fence both sides of their of way, an d to provide cattle guards at road and farm crossings. A bill regulating the law of the “year’s support.” A bill making the first Friday in December “Arbor Day,” and providing for its ob servance. A bill to amend section 4372 of the code. 8tu Day.— The most important matter in the senate Thursday was a proposed bills constitutional amendment. Two were introduced providing for it by Sen¬ ator R. M. W. Glenn, of the forty t'ou; th. Two bills vyere read the third time and passed in the senate, One was to incorporate the bank of Bainbridge. The other to incorporate the bank of Monticelle. The following new bills were introduced: To amend section 1689 of the code; to incorporate the City Banking and 1 rust Company of Thom ssville; a bill requiring non-resident taxpayers to make returns of their taxa¬ ble property to the tax receivers^ of the various counties; to amend section 391 of the code. 9th Day.— An important bill was passd in the senate Friday to amend sec tion 1455 of the code. Its purpose is to afford immediate relief to the forty or more ___j counties in Georgia affected by the recent decision of the supreme court de¬ daring their stock law, obtained by special acts, illegal. A bill _ 301 was passed to amend section of the cede. The time allowed for certiorari ptoceedings in cri-.i.i a cases. tin- bill provides, shall be extended to thirty days, instead of ten riuxs. as it now is. A Ini! to authorize the city of Talla¬ poosa to issue bonds io the amount <> $10,000 b-r school purposes, was stopped and referred to the general indiciary com¬ mittee for a closer investigation. A bil to incorporate the Rank of Calhoun was introduced; a bill incorporating the Bank of Richland, was read the third time and passed. A number of bills were read a second time—amongst them that of Senator Lane making the first Friday in December Arbor Day; and another by Senator Walker incorporating the town of Richland. 1 1th Day.— Very little new matter was taken up iu the senate Monday. Most of the time was taken up in the second reading of senate bills, and tbe first and second reading of house bills, Au important bill was introduced by Senator F. B. Hodges, of the thirty-first. Its primary object is to make the office of county school commissioner elective by the people. Among other senate bills were the following: To provide for the drawing of juries in the superior courts of the state. To alter ihe oath of wit¬ nesses before the grand jury in certain cases. Amending the act that incorpo¬ rated the “Progress Loan, Improvement and Manufacturing Company,” granting banking privileges to the. same. To amend an act approved November 13, 1890, wills, pro¬ viding for tbe probate of foreign and to declare the effect of such probate iu this state. TIGHT MONEY CAUSES SEVERAL BUSINESS DISATEBS TUES¬ DAY AND WEDNESDAY. A New York dispatch of Wednesday says: William Nelson Cromwell, assignee of Decker, Howell & Co., who went to the wall Tuesday, makes the following statement: “Liabilities ai-e between $10, 000,009 and $15,000,000, most of which is due to banks and bankers on loans. Assets arc largely in excess of the liabili¬ ties, and nearly every loan is well secured by collaterals. The failure was due to the extreme money stringency which pre¬ vented it from completing its daily amount of borrowing. The North River bank, at the corner of Dev and Greenwich streets, closed its doors Wednesday afternoon, the state bank examiner taking charge of its af¬ fairs. The bank is a member of the clearing house. It operates under a state charter granted in 1842. Last week the clearing house circular showed the North River bank as having a capital of $240, 000, surplus of $11.8,500, loans, $2,0(10, 018; deposits, $1,975,000, cash ou hand, aud $270,000. It loaned too much money, according to the statement of the cashier, and the cause of the present difficulties is simply Whitney, tight money. M. Larchav Charles M. Frank and Edwin L. Larchar, three members of tbe brokerage firm of C, M. Whitney & Co., at 90 Broadway, which assigned Tuesday, filed separate assignments Wednesday forenoon to George H. Quintard, who is also an assignee of the firm. ' A Richmond dispatch says: II. II. Meyer, dry goods dealer, assigned Wed¬ nesday. Liabilities, $70,000; assets, un¬ known. Among the preferred creditors is Samuel Sidderieys, of New York, for $4,000. ON THE RAMPAGE. THE NOBLE RED MAN PUTTING ON HIS WAR FAINT. A dispatch from Mandan, North Dako¬ ta, says: Superintendent Green, at Riverside ranche, whose rancho is be¬ tween Mandan and the Sioux reservation, came in Monday and morning, being alarmed at the behavior sullenness of the In¬ dians, who arc coming north well armed aud acting iu an unfriendly manner. During the day a number of Indians, armed with two guns each and plenty of ammunition, passed through this town, presumably en route to stir up the Indians on reservations north. People are coming in from the south and begging the citi¬ zens to stir up the authorities at Wash¬ ington to action. Enough Indians are now traveling about tbe section to ruu off all the cattle and kill half the settlers in the country. A frijndly Sioux Indian brings a warning from the reservation. He says there is the greatest dinger here, and that the Indians propose to attack Fort Abraham Lincoln, knowing that there are but fifty soldiers there. Then they propose to capture Mandan and massacre the citizens and burn the town. The greatest alarm prevails among the people. KOCH’S DISCOVERY CREATING A FUROR OF EXCITEMENT AMONG CONSUMPTIVES. A Vienna dispatch Billroth of Friday says: Doctors Neethnagel, and Kow¬ alski praise Prof. Koch’s remedy and say that it is the greatest discovery since that of Dr. Jenner. There is a regular exodus from the Mediterranean shores of . eou sumptives to Berlin, and the hotels are rapidly filling. notice Many American doctors have given that they are coming to hear Prof. Koch’s lecture of Novem¬ ber 26th. A host of foreign doctors are auiving. The Italian government has sent three physicians. A Sunday dispatch from Berlin says: A large number of foreign doctors went this morning to Dr. Levy’s private labor¬ atory in Bresslauestrasse, where Dr. Levy exhibited a number of patients cured of tuberculosis. The Boer sent Courier states there are 1,500 foreign doctors alreaiy here. lymph The has been supply temporarily of Professor exhausted. Koch’s Professor Koch suggested that the remedy be called “Paratoluid” in prescriptions to be handed to chemists. TELEGRAPH AND CABLE. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BUSY WORLD. A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON¬ DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES from uncle sam’s domain and what THE CABLE BRINGS. D. S. Appleton, of the publishing firm of D. Appleton & Co., died Thursday morning in New York city. The new Spanish minister,Senor presented Miguel his Suarez Guares, formally credentials to the president Thursday. General George C. McKee, United States receiver of public money of the government, died in Washington Mon¬ day. A» Overland Pacific train went through a trestle near aSlem, Ore., Thursday. Three persons were killed and several badly injured. containing A large number of Canadian paper- Lou¬ advertisements of the isiana lottery were detained Thursday by tbe p stmaster at Lowell, Mass. In many of the counties of North Da¬ kota the election of members of the leg¬ islature is so close that an official canvass is necessary to determine who was elected. A license of incorporation was issued Thursday to the Baltimore Tin Plate Company, of Chicago, to manufacture and sell tin pla'e and tinware of a:l kinds. Capital stock, $2,000,1/00. A message from Kansas City, Kas., states that attachments were sued out late Thursday night by Samuel Leonard, of Boston, and levied upon the plant and stock of the Kansas City Packing Com¬ pany for $500,000. Miguel Tbe new Spanish minister, Senor Sumirez Guancs, formally pre¬ sented his credentials to the president There was the usual interchange of cour¬ tesies, in the course of which the new minister referred to the commercial rela¬ tions between the two countries iu glow¬ ing terms. Secretary Tracy has issued an order that hereafter until Ju'v 4, 1891, the union of the national ensign and union jack used in the naval service shall and be composed of live rows of double stars one row of eight stars, to provide for North an addition of the five new states of and South Dakota, Montana, Washing¬ ton and Idaho. Advices of Monday from St. Peters¬ burg, Russia, say that a serious riot oc¬ curred last week fifteen miles distant from Moscow. A body of troops shot and wounded 100 workmen and peasants for refusing to receive the commands of a newly appointed district official. In adddition to refusing to obey their com¬ mands, the rioters bound the officials with cords and sent them to Moscow. A disastrous brick fire building, broke out Friday night the in the large known as Wertheimer building, corner of Sacra¬ mento building and Davis occupied streets, Sun I?. Frqncisco. Dutard, The was by commission teerchn.nt fSeioui & Co., can¬ dy manufacturers, and H. Leives will & Co., be cigar manufacturers. The loss heavy, probably $250,000, there being much expensive machinery and valuable stock in the building. A cablegram of Monday from London says: A plot to steal army educational examination papers before the time set for examinations has been discovered in the camp at Aldershot. Right Hon. Ed¬ ward Stanhope, secretary of state for war, has offered a reward of £100 and a pardon to any one engaged iu the con¬ spiracy who will confess and furnish the authorities with the names of accom¬ plices. A collision occurred on the Pennsyl¬ vania road, near New Florence, Pa., Friday morning between the first and second sections of a western express* killing two passengers aud injuring eleven others. At least four of the injured, it is thought, will die. The horror of the scene was increased by the burning of the Pullman coaches. The accident was caused by a heavy fog, which pre¬ vented the engineer from seeing the first section in time to stop the train. A dispatch of Sunday, says: Albert II. Smith, junior partner in the brokerage firm of Mills, Robeson & Smith, at 90 Broadway', New York, is a prisoner at police headquarters, charged with over seventy forgeries, aggregating $350,000. He has turned over all his property to W. A. Watson, for the benefit of his credi¬ tors. The discovery period ot the forgeries, which cover a of six years, was accidently made, Saturday morning, by a stock clerk in the employ of Mills, Robeson & Smith. In his confession, Smith says he used the money obtained by his forgeries to reimburse customers of the firm who had lost money on his suggestions. WHAT NEXT ? NOW, THE EXPRESS COMPANIES WILL NOT CARRY ORDERS FOP. LOTTERY TICKETS. The board of managers of the Adams Express company held their . first meeting in New York, Wednesday, since the pass¬ age of the United States anti-lottery law. The board was unanimously of the opinion that the provisions of such law were as morally obligatory upon the com¬ pany 83 they were legally binding upon the postal authorities. The attention of the board was colled to the fact that the postoflice department had issued regula¬ tions to all its subordinates as to the man¬ ner in which they should effectuate the ptovisions and intent of tbe act, and the board adopted a resolution making such the regulations applicable to employes such of company in a like manner, as if em¬ ployes had been specially named therein. TRACS 1 REVIEW. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TRADE FOB LAST WEEK. R. G. Dtiu & Co.’s irade review says: Those who have long expected a severe reaction in the stock market have now se> ii the average of prices thrown hack to a lower point than has been touched at any other time for more than four years. The check now sustained may not im¬ probably produce and diminution some shrinkage iu transactions a of profits, but industrial and commercial conditions have been so favorable that speculative disturbances are less likely to affect the general business seriously. Reports from other cities i-how that at most points events in Wall street have had lit¬ tle or no effect as yet. At Philadel ■phia money is tight, and little com¬ mercial paper offered or selling. "Wool manufacturers are buying more liberally, with a slight advance in some guides. Leather is strong and the shoe trade larger than last year, though less bri-k than of late. Building is larger than in any previous year and operators in real estate are sanguine, New Or.cans finds money active, cotton and receipts liberal, be¬ low last year’s, but sugar rice witli a good demand for all. Atlanta reports easy money and a good trade,anil Savannah reports money tight, but trade active. At Jacksonville, earlier northern travel than usual causes activity. encouraging These accounts show r. remarkably condition of business, but a move than usual scarcity of money in spite of good collections. Failures of tbe week number 224, aa compared with 235 for tin corresponding week of last vear- BIRCHALL SWINGS. THE FINALE OF A MURDER CASE THAT AT¬ TRACTED UNIVERSAL ATTENTION, A dispatch frem Woodstock, Ont., says: Reginald Birchall, whose case has attracted almost universal attention, was hanged here Friday morning feitow-English- for the mur¬ der of F. C. Ben well, a men whom lie lured to America from England and killed him iu a lonely swamp not far from Niagara. Birchull met Iris Lite firmly and died without showing any sign of ieJV. He was fearful that a “faked” confes¬ sion might be given out after his death and gave cut this document: Woodstock, Gaol., November 10, 1890.—[All rights reserved.]—If, after my death there shall appear in the press, or any other manner whatsoever, any confession that 1 had any hand in the murder of F. C. Bouwell, 01 any personal knowledge of said murder with the in'cut or malice aforethought, or any personal conneesion with the murder on the 17th of February, or any other day, or any likely knowledge that any such murder was to lie com¬ mitted, or n;.y statement further than I may have made public previous to this date, I hand this statement to the care of Gcofge Perry, of Woodstock, Out., that he may know that any confession,or par¬ tial confession, is entirely fictitious and in no way was ever written by me, ‘.mil neither eruaiitded fy-.-lP me In no way whosoever to any person, and the whole is fictitious and without a word of truth. This likewise applies to my story iu The Mail in which 1 have mud: no such con¬ fession or partial confession. This holds good throughout. Bircoau*. Reginald GREETINGS EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR AND PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. A Denver, Col., dispatch saw: On Wednesday the general in assembly of Knights of Labor was receipt of con¬ gratulations sent in by A. P. Sargent, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, from the State Alliance of Georgia, aud from the headquarters of the National Alliance at Washington. A committee, consisting of W. W. Galvini, of Tacoma, Wash., Joseph S. Keefer, of New Montreal, Can., and-Ralph Baumont, of York, was appointed fend by fraternal the general master workman to eoncratula tions to the Patrons of Husbandry, in national convention at Atlanta, Ga., and reply to the congratulations received. THE BOILER EXPLODED RESULTING JN THE DEATH OF THREE MEN AND THE WOUNDING OF FIVE OTHERS. A terrible accident took place at Mertztown, Pa., Monday morning, re¬ sulting in the death of three men and the serious injuring Edward of five others. Trexler’s While the employes preparing of stove and factory were to go to work the engineer was getting up steam in the boilers, one large boiler exploded, The building was completely wrecked, aud Henry Eplcr, Sassaman Hilbert and Charles Oswald were instantly' killed.. FIVE YEARS. EX-TREASURER [HEMINGWAY MAY GET THAT MANY. A Jackson, Miss., dispatch of Thurs¬ day, says: Argument has been closed in the supreme court in the case of the state again-t ex-Treasurer Hemingway, convicted by jury of failure to account for $315,621, and appealed. is The sen¬ tence of the lower court five years in the penitentiary. The National Farmers’ Alliance opens its annual session at Ocala, Florida, on the first Tuesday of December. The meeting wili also bs marked by an exposition, at which the re¬ sources of Florida ana specimens of ail the natural curiosities of the State will be dis¬ played for tbe instruction of visitors. This exposition will remain open during sixty days.
