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MANY MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES
GO TO NEW YORK.
PRESIDENT LEAVES ON SPECIAL
Houkc ami Senate Hold Brief and Formal
Ke**ion* Monday—Nomination* Kent
In—A Burglariou* Policeman.
Washington was practically deserted
by the politicians Monday. Many
went home, and two special trains
carried a large delegation to New
York. In consequence the senate
chamber had a deserted appearance
when the session opened.
' Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, was at
his desk for the first time in many
weeks, and was congratulated on his
recovery from a serious illness.
In the absence of Vice President
Hobart and President pro tem Frye,
Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, occupied
the chair.
Dr. Milburn’s opening prayer made
eloquent reference to the gathering of
thousands to pay tribute to the great
chieftain, Grant, and invoked that the
glow of patriotism freshly enkindled
may strengthen our nation, our gov¬
ernment. and the union of the states.
When the Indian bill was reported
back from the house an effort was
made to send it to conference, but Mr.
Gorman objected, saying it had been
understood that no business whatever
was to \>c transacted. Thereupon, at
12:05 p. m. on motion of Mr. Morrill,
,tlie senate adjourned to Thursday.
House Holds Formal Session.
The house held a purely formal ses¬
sion, as many of its members had also
gone to New York to attend the Grant
tomb exercises, and under the ar¬
rangements made Friday after the
reading of the journal, an adjourn¬
ment was immediately taken until
Thursday. transmit¬
The president’s message international
ting the report of the
boundary line commission was, how
ever, received before adjournment.
Prosiiti-nt On His Way.
The presidential train pulled*out of
the Sixth street station of the Penn¬
sylvania railroad at 10:30 Monday,
bound for New York, with a distin¬
guished party aboard, all the guests
of the city ot New York, to attend the
ceremonies connected with the dedi¬
cation of the Grant monument.
The train was made up of seven
•coaches, and it was noticeable that the
president solved in advance any ques¬
tion of precedent that might have
arisen by him taking the last coach on
the train.
Presidential Nomination*.
The president Monday sent the fol¬
lowing nominations to the senate for
confirmation:
State—William R. Day, of Ohio, to
be assistant secretary of state.
Bellamy Storer, of Ohio, to be en¬
voy extraordinary and minister plen¬
ipotentiary to Belgium. second
George M. Fisk, of Ohio,
secretary of the embassy of flie United
States at Berlin, Germany.
Huntington Wilson, of Illinois, to
be second secretary of the legation of
the United States at Tokio, Japan.
Justice—Thomas Burnell, district
judge for the eastern district of North
Carolina.
Edward Bradford, district judge for
the district of Delaware.
Interior —Cassius M. Barnes, of
Oklahoma, to be governor of Oklaho¬
ma territory. of laud
Frank I). Dekabagb, register
office at Olympia, Wash. public
To be receivers of moneys—
John O’B. Scobey, at Olympia, Wash.
Porter Warner, at Rapid City, 8. D.
Policeman a* Burglar.
A queer complication in burglarism when
developed at the capitol Monday
Policeman James E. Pierce, of the
Metropolitan force, was arrested for
robbing two houses on his beat.
The families were away at the time
aud Pierce improved the opportunity
to carry away a large amount of glass,
clothing, porcelain aud other portable
valuables. Detectives searched his
house and recovered about $1,500
worth of plunder.
Pierce has beeu on the force four
years. He confessed his guilt, but
refused to say where all liis booty was
secreted.
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY.
Minneapolis Gntnil Jury After Municipal
Officer*.
Results of the new grand jury’s in¬
vestigation of municipal scandals at
Minneapolis were made apparent Fri¬
day when Alderman C. E. Dickinson,
of the Twelfth ward, was arraigned
on an indictment ehargiug him with
agreeing to accept a $500 bribe from
the Penuy Press company in connec¬
tion with the city printing contract.
Hinry F. Brown, a well-known cit¬
izen aud politician, was arrested on an
iilictjfient charging that he illegally
secured $7,'00 belonging to the city
from ex-City Treasurer A. C. Haugan,
who is also under indictment. Hangan
let Brown hare the money.
EXPLOSION' WRECKS TRAIN.
Disaster Caused By a Bomb Flared On
Track—Many Fassensers Wounded.
A tremendous explosion occurred on
the underground railway at London
late Monday evening as a train filled
with men from the city was making
its usual stop at Aldersgate station.
A. glass roof of the station was blown
out. Many of the gas lights in the
waiting rooms and on the platform
were extinguished. A general panic
ensued.
When comparative quiet had been
restored it was found that a first-class
coach had been completely wrecked
and that its occupants were lying
about moaning and bleeding. Ten
persons were found to be in a preca¬
rious condition and were removed to
hospitals. A number of persons who
were standing on the platform were
also hurt. Much of the wreckage w as
hurled across the station.
The cause of the explosion is not
known, but it is believed to have been
the result of an accumulation of gas
which became ignited in some wa)y.
Many persons, however, believe that
the disaster was not due to accident,
but was caused by the explosion of a
bomb which had been placed in the
station with the intention of wrecking
it.
REVOLUTION THREATENED.
Cowardice I* Charged Against Greek
Officer*.
A cable dispatch of Monday from
London says: The most serious feat¬
ure in the Greco-Turkish emergency
is the revolutionary feeling displayed
at Athens. Ex-Minister Kalli, leader
of the principal opposition in the leg¬
islative assembly, threatened that un¬
less the military staff was changed he
would issue a proclamation to the
people.
Crowds assembled in the streets to
discuss them and wanted to march to
the palace to read them to King
George. Fortunately heavy showers
drove the people indoors.
I>. Delyannis, keenly alive to the
necessity of immediate action, had an
audience rvith the king and after the
interview announced that the staff of
the crown prince would be recalled
and that ex-Minister Raili, with three
of his nominees, General Smolentiz,
General Mavronichaelis and Colonel
Dismopoulo, would be appointed to
replace them.
Late Monday night crowds paraded
menacingly in the vicinity of the pal¬
ace. It is reported on good authority
that arrangements are being made to
pursuade the royal family to leave
hastily if necessary.
THEODORE HaVeMEVER DEAD.
A Prominent Figure in the World of Trade
mid Finance.
Theodore Havemeyer, vice presi¬
dent of the American Sugar Reflning
Company, died Monday morning at
his home in New York.
In the death of Tlieodere Havemeyer
one of the most prominent figures in
the world of trade and finance passes
from view. He was the first presi¬
dent of the great trust which controls
the world’s sugar market, though
he was succeeded a few years ago
by a younger brother, Henry O.
Havemeyer, the vice president of the
company. Of the two, Theodore has
been, perhaps, the better known so¬
cially, while the younger brother is a
tower of prominence in business. It
was the latter who looked after the
larger interests of the firm and after¬
wards of the consolidated companies.
It was lie who conceived and brought
about the consolidation, and he has
been the ruling and governing spirit
in th 3 sugar trust.
REDUCES TRII ES OF COAL.
Export Product Can Be Put in Mobile,
Alabama, at Small Cost.
The result of opening up the War¬
rior river, in Alabama, it is said, has
been to reduce the cost of coal deliv¬
ered at Mobile by about $1.60 per ton.
The conditions under which coal is
being mined along the Warrior are
very crude, and when the development
has assumed more extensive propor¬
tions and more perfect and elaborate
methods are employed, export coal
will undoubtedly be mined at very
much less than the present cost.
NO CHANGE IN FLORIDA.
Memorial Day Being Regal Holiday
Brought A Right Vote.
The ballot for United States senator
in the Florida legislature Monday re¬
sulted as follows: Call, 23; Chipley,
15; Ranev, ;* 10; Hocker, 8; Burford, 2;
Wolfe, 1 Mallory, 1; Darby, 1. Total
vote 71.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
To Be Held for Inspector of Fisheries in
Alaska.
The United States civil service com¬
mission will hold an examination com¬
mencing on May 10 at Washington, D.
C., and other points where it has com¬
petent boards of examiners for the pur¬
pose of establishing a register for the
grade of inspector and assistant in¬
spector of the salmon fisheries in
Alaska.
Persons desiring to be examined
should file their complete applications
with the United States civil service
commission, Washington, D. C.,at the
earliest possible date.
A BIG GATHERING OF GOLD MEN
AT WASHINGTON.
EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND SPEAKS
Declare* Free Silver Men Are Demagogue*
and That Republicans are “Protection
Mad”—Well Known Men Present.
The annual dinner of the Reform
Club was given Saturday night in the
new ballroom of the Hotel Waldorf at
New York.
Representative men from all parts
of the United States who played a
prominent part in the recent campaign
of the gold democrats were present.
When the list of invited guests was
made public it was generally under¬
stood that the speeches which would
be delivered would in a large measure
indicate the policy of the wing of the
democratic party in the next presiden¬
tial campaign.
John DeWitt Warner presided. At
his right sat ex-President Cleveland
and on his left was ex-Postmaster
General W. L. Wilson.
The toasts and those who responded
to them were as follows:
“Present Problems”—Grover Cleve¬
land.
“Sound Currency”—John G. Car¬
lisle.
“Tariff Reform”—William L. Wil¬
son.
“Municipal Administration”—Ed¬
ward M. Shepard.
“The New South”—Donelson Caf
fery.
“National Democracy”—William D.
Bynum.
“The Political Outlook”—Henry G.
Turner.
“Andrew Jackson and the Restora¬
tion of the Gold Currency”—Josiah
Patterson.
Five hundred and eight persons sat
down to the feast.
Ex-President Cleveland was cheered
as he arose to speak. In the course of
his speech he said:
“We are gathered here tonight as
patriotic citizens, anxious to do some¬
thing toward reinstating the prosperity
of our fellow countrymen and protect¬
ing the fair fame of our nation against
shame and scandal. On every side we
are confronted with popular depression
and complaint.
“The fundamental truths of our free
institutions, which offer opportunities
to all within their influence for the ad¬
vancement and improvement of their
condition, have been so far denied that
honest accumulation is called a crime,
and the necessity and habit of indi¬
vidual effort and struggle, which are
the mainsprings of sturdy American¬
ism, are described as unjustifiable
burdens, while unwholesome paternal¬
ism, is presented in handsome and in¬
viting garb.
“This power, born of sordid greed
and maintained by selfish interest and
partisan ambition, has at last assumed
command, and has largely recruited its
w-asting forces by inflaming those in¬
clined to be patient with tales of an
ancient crime against their rights to be
avenged; by encouraging the restless
and turbeut with hints of greater li¬
censes; by offering to the poor as a
smooth road to wealth, and to those in
debt as a plan for easy payment, and
to those who from any cause are un¬
fortunate and discouraged as a remedy
for all their ills, the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1
with a depreciated currency, and
cheap money.
“It was a rude awakening for the
negligent and over-confident ,a day of
terror for sober and patriotic men,
when the bold promoters of this reck¬
less creed captured the organization
of a powerful political party aud seized
its banners, shouted defiance to the
astonished conscience and conserva¬
tism of the country. The danger of
the situation arose from the hasty im¬
pulse of those whose misfortunes had
been cruelly played upon and from
the enthusiasm of unquestioning,
thoughtless party fealty.
“The party placed m power as the
result of splendid democratic patriot¬
ism has failed to meet the obligations
of the people’s trust.
“Instead, however, of addressing
themselves to this task (to place our
finances on a strong basis), the mana¬
gers and representatives of this victo¬
rious party, these professed champions
of sound finances, have, before the
eyes of an expectant people, returned
in hot haste to their wallowing in the
mire, of extrrme protection, offending
millions of voters by their unconcealed
determination to repay partisan sup¬
port from the proceeds of increased
burdens of taxation placed upon those
already overladen. the allied
“In the meantime forces
of calamity, encouraged by these
malign conditions, are still active aud
aggressive. They confidently speak of
the encountsr in which they failed of
success as only the first ba tie,’ and
gladly hail every untoward incident and
every added pretext for passion and
; resentment, as new and welcome allies
i for the continuances of their crusade.
Mr. Cleveland then explained at
some length his meaning of the term
“true democracy,” and spoke of the
achievements of the democratic party.
“True democracy,” he said, “enjoins
the utmost personal liberty consistent
■with peace and order. It defends the
humble toiler against oppressive ex¬
actions in his home and invites him to
the utmost enjoyments of the fruits of
industry and thrift and in his interest
and in the interest of all who are
equal.
“Let us devise means to break
through the influence of mischievous
leadership that surrounds them and
without arrogantly assuming that no
rights or hardships afflict them and
that no reform in^heir conditions are
needed; let us meet our countrymen
face to face in argument and counsel.
Let true democrats meet the passion and
bitterness of their former associates who
have assumed the leadership of anti¬
democratic wanderings, with firm ex¬
postulations, remind them that demo¬
cratic conventions and democratic con
science cannot be forced to follow false
lights, however held aloft.
“The people whom true democracy
-would serve are all the people of the
land. Those whom it w r ould restrain
are on the one hand the vicious and
turbulent who defy the laws, and on
the other those who with conscienceless
greed and in abuse of their opportun¬
ity, wrongfully oppress their fellows
and eat out their substance. Above
all things, true democracy insists that
the money of the people should be
sound, stable, neither shriveling in pur¬
chasing power in the hands of the poor
nor by its uncertain value driving
enterprise and productive energy into
hiding.
TAX RATE WAS WRONG.
Sections of North Carolina’s Revenue Aet
Unconstitutional.
The North Carolina supreme court
was filed a very important opinion in
a novel case. The constitution requires
that the poll tax shall be thrice the
property tax, but by carelessness the
late legislature made the rate of poll
tax $2.29 and property tax 46 cents.
The governor sought to compel the
auditor to make the poll tax $1.38,
which was the legislative intent. The
supreme court decides that both, the
poll tax and general tax sections of the
revenue act are unconstitutional and
void, thus leaving in effect the revenue
act of 1895, which makes poll tax $1.29
and general tax 43 cents.
PRESIDENT REACHES NEW YORK.
The Journey From Washington a Quick
anil Uneventful One.
President McKinley, with Mrs.
McKinley and his cabinet, Mrs. U. S.
Grant and her family, a company of
official personages, including the am¬
bassadors, ministers and attaches of
the diplomatic corps and high officers
of the army "from and navy, were safely
transported Washington to New
York Monday in a special train of the
Pennsylvania railroad to participate
in the ceremonies at the tomb of Gen¬
eral Grant. The trip was a rapid one
aud entirely uneventful.
MAHER AGAINST SHARKEY.
Proposition to Fight For *10,000 a Side
Has Been Accepted.
The managers of Peter Maher and
Tom Sharkey met representatives of a
sporting club, as yet unnamed, at New
York Monday and accepted a proposi¬
tion for a fight between the principals
for $10,000 to take place in the vicinity
between May 25th and June 10th next.
The club, the name of which will be
made public within two weeks, has
posted a satisfactory forfeit as an
earnest of their purpose.
BIG TRUST QUITS BUSINESS.
The Sasli, Door and Blind Combine Cease*
Operations.
Twenty-four members of the Na¬
tional Manufacturing company, com¬
monly known as the sash, door and
blind trust.held a meeting in Oshkosh,
Wis., for the purpose of disbanding
and adjourning sine die. The author¬
ities have restricted the operations of
the organization to such an extent
that it was decided to discontinue op¬
erations.
FIFTH BALLOT; NO CHANGE.
Florida Ucgrislature Still Trying to Elect
United States Senator.
The Florida legislature took its fifth
ballot for United States senator Friday
and the following was the vote:
Call, 33; Chipley, 24: Raney, 17;
Hocker, 11; Buford, 5; the rest scat¬
tering. situation,
There is no change in the
and each candidate is going to hold
out until every vestige of hope disap¬
pears.
Russia Will Iutervene.
The Paris Journal’s correspondent
at Odessa telegraphs that all the nec¬
essary measures have been taken at
Sebastopol for the eventual interven¬
tion of Russia in the war between
Turkey and Greece.
Assassin Confesses.
Joseph E. Kelly, the murderer of J.
A. Sticknev, the aged cashier of the
Great Falls National bank, at Somers
worth, N. H., has been captured and
has made a full confession.
THROUGH
Governor Atki Uson ,
ner will visit all 0 f tb,
the next few weeks f or ^
securing all the i n f (r ?
upon the serious question
convicts will and every cai’’ SB
be inspected for this
r
The officers elected at tk
at meeting Macon of the State follows- Medieail!
are as p
J. B.. Morgan, Aagnsta! f
vice-president, L. G. Hwfe,
mqny Grove; second ho e-pr
L. Hiers Savannah; censci>
Hicks,. Dublin. The report
committee appointed to
constitution ,
and by-laws^
The third annual convent^
Georgia Protective division Association of the- AaJ l]
of
in Atlanta, elected its
journed, banqueted and the a
left for their homes Sunday®
state railroad committee and !
of the national railroad commi
elected president. Mr. I). p
nor, of Augusta, holds the fa
office of state secretary and tr
and Augusta captures" the s
quarters. Savannah gets the
nual convention of the state
The Epwortk League coim
journed at Atlanta last Sum]
after a highly successful j.:.
taining meeting. elected for The the follonj
cers were ensui
Pres'dent,- Mr. Leon SmitW
Grange; first vice president, vij Jj
Ghee, of Valdosta; second
dent, Miss Daisy Davis, of
third vice president, Mrs. J.
sev, Cuthbert; secretary, J. J
han, Macon; treasurer, Mrs
Graham, Borne, editor, Mrs. J
Dillon, Augusta. The next
place will be Macon, but tl
date has not yet been fixed.
The great council of Geoij
proved Order of Red Men will
ble in Atlanta The May businessofa 11th and hj
pow-wows.
cil will be rushed and the B
will 11th leave and Atlanta Nashville on the to niglj k!
go to
exposition and to partieipaw
celebration of St. Tan^na’s da
Red Men of Tennessee. Prejj till
are being made by the A
Men to receive and entertain)
gates and visitors to the greal
and the men of the whoop al
will be royally cared for dun
Atlanta war dances.
It is very probable that the]
assembly will be asked to eua]
changing the present system d
court procedure, at, least so fa
applies to Fulton county. 1
at present a strong movement] custoj
in opposition to the old
looks as if a war to the death i
waged on the old system. Itis
that the practices of some of th
in the county are irregular, q
able and at variance with a gc
tern of government. It is clai|
there has grown up a belief
courts are being used for wron
improper purposes and that t
fast becoming sources of evil
of temples of justice.
The Northeastern railroad
be placed upon the market
to the highest bidder. Oora
kinson will be the autioneer
property will be sold under
act of the legislature which’
ed last action fall. in the When matter the Hie Je
took make the
was authorized to time, *
six months from that
expiring on June 24th.
price named in the bill wa ,
which is at the rate of abo
mile, the toad being a h
per forty miles m leu S^.
than Northeastern b ug
sale of the important tbi i
her of very contemplate
have been "hen
awhile. The road, t
probably be bought in for
of extending it and ***
eountrv through which the 1
line lias been surveyed.
Secretary of State, AllenD
has received a letter whiA
light a gigantic ago. land tnere .to. J* (
100 vears
grant of
county ami hen s 0 ^ ^
of this land under
trying to sell »t ^ pod
Davis, lawyer of >
a date
the secretary of
there are trying to
5,000 acres in Lau * to
derived from a “ t
title . - g
grant purport ^ ^ get. >Vc
George >* 7 *^ - enJorseI nen
Georgia, and the p pj
th at fi is recorikd
Secretary Cand ei t
625 and fount*
page bv George
acres Habersham, PJ
James Laa
council, to 1
177b —
not 1795 but
when Georgia ha, Naylor
alleged grant to
palpable forger..
