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VOL. Mil.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE. I
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ssroa's law Mata imft a
Capitol.
Routine of tlie House ami Senate Brief'
ly Reported.
the house.
Wednesday, Nov. 8.—There was
yer y slim attendance iu the
house Wednesday morning—-in met,
it did not appear that there " as ;
a quorum present all ot the time. e
finance committee reported hack e
liil! 1° reduce the homestead, with a
reco mmendationthat itdo^lotpass al
so » recoiumem
bill, requiring laborers, p es *
checks to goo o IP s, _
to pay the same in cash. 1 ho gover
nor notified he o s •
proved the following bill, lotamend
an act to create a„ sys.em o P
lie schools for i nrie a, o t a
tivx lor that puipos , . t. -
house passed the b 1 to d
the amoun s \ -,-j
state from F ‘ j.
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meat lamls. when o’ ^ > I i ^ -v,
lands when Goldsmith was comirtroltei
general, an c mvt ci it
ousted irom possession, o
make a quit c aim o i
state. Ihe u passei "i i <ui j
dissenting vote. - ir. >
Richmond conn j, in roc ucet a
lution authorizing the oi 1- 1
of agriculture to public i h
of Georgia, setting o tn t -
sources, etc. ihe boot is ° ! f' c
at a price to eov r i • P ' _
mg. liie resolution w l t .
tho committee on ° '
A number ot o lei m
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presented and.reat a» .
on thml icai mg weic .A
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and the iollowing passcu .
making the same oima ■ '
ry to the attestation o a i e<, { j
to the at es -a ion o one s or ,
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bailms in specia , cases, >
hx the tees o le ore mum s o i
nous conn les, m ma ving se uno
with execu ors, e ., was a ci o \.
dilatory i meussKm an on e * t e.
At 12 o e oc', m pursuance o a jo
resolution, i. oggs, c lame o o
the Univeisi y o teorgia, 11 v
an address on i< niversi y, s
. eeils urn s _regress. ‘, e ]
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forty dav^from the time it*convened,
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M XSZSSJ&lSilAZ business, , which adopted.
was
Mr. Ham, of Hall county, introduced
a bill to authorize and direct the gov
ernor to issue bonds to the amount of
8308,000 for the purpose of raising
money with which to pay off that por
tion of the public debt, or so much as
may be necessary, represented by the
interest of the public debt maturing
in the year 1893. Tho finance com
mittee reported favorably to the pas
sage of the bill, but there was a mi
nority report signed by Messrs.
Branch, Wheeler and others. The dis
mission of the bill was participated in
oi by several members, when it was laid
the table temporarily. The bill in
trodneed by Mr. Harrison, of Quit
man, to establish a county court for
Quitman county was passed. Mr.
Martin’s resolution authorizing the
governor to purchase a few hundred
copies of the code was passed. A num
her of new MU# were presented and
read, and the house adjourned.
Fbiday, Nov. 10.—Three new school*
hills were introduced into the house
Friday. The first of these, was a bill
by Mr. Geddens, the populist member
from Whitfield and authorizes the
levyofatax of three-fourths of-a mi-1
for the payment of the salaries of
teaeherr in the public schools. Mr.
Flemming, of Richmond, who cham
pioned the measure of Mr. Ham in the
house Thursday provisions offered a bill with
the same as that of Mr.
Geddeus, but was not offered as a sub¬
stitute, The third bill is one by Mr.
McDonald, of Gwinnett, and pre¬
scribes that the first six months’ rental
of the Western and Atlantic road shall
he applied to the payment of the sala¬
ries of teachers in the public schools.
The bill introduced by Mr. Allen, of
Upson, to grant a pension
to Mr. J. A. Roquemore, who
rsa a citizen of Alabama at
the time of the passage of the pension
but who has since moved into
Georgia, provoked considerable dis¬
cussion. Upon the passage of the bill
the yeas were 77 and the nays 27, so
the bill was lost. A number of new
bills were then read. The bill of Mr.
HH hri J L W * M J L
Our Faith: Pure Jeffersonian Democracy.
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CONYERS, GA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER I;,. 1893.
Walker, for the relief .of A. Il Bait
lev, was passed. The hill to amend
the charter of the city of Macon was
passed. The house thou adjourned
the house did Saturday u.-tl,
morning was
to reconsider its action of Friday in
defeating the bill to pension Mr.
Eoquemore. of Upson county. Mr.
Allen, the introducer of the bill, ex¬
plained that he desired it reconsidered
that it might he tabled until a general
bill prepared including nil veteraus
who are in the same tlx as Eoquemore.
The bill was then .recommitted. The
reso i u yp ou appoint a committee of
two from the senate.and three from the
house to go to the Savannah river
and i n8pec t the obstructions iu the
T j ver in the shapo 0 f a
placeJ thereby the.city of Augusta,
was taken up. , Mr. Hogan of Lincoln
county urged the adoption of the rcso
l u tion, claiming thatthe dam obstruct
ed th e passage of fish. Air. Fleming
recited how the dam entile Jo be built,
and that a good fishway had been
at' Augusta’s expense. He bp
p6ged the appointment of the commit
tee. on the ground of expense to the
gtate if the dam is a nuisance it can
he abated in the court. After some
futher discussion the yeas and nays
were called, and. the resolution wifi
ftdc P ted ’ Tho Bpcnker aniionnced as
tbj committee on pMct 0 f the house,
femith of Gwinnett, -Perking of Haber
sharp, and Cummings,of Richmond. The
re80 i u tj on 0 f Senator Chambers ap
pointing a committe to call on t}ie state
.school commissioner to ascertain what
amount was required to pay off the
school teachers, was adopted. A bill
was .passed providing for a registra
tion - law for'Chattahoochee county.
A bill to provide for the election of a
treasurer for Burke county, giving
him same commissions as other county
treasurers, was passed. The bill to
establish public schools in Jessup, was
passed. The resolution accepting
medical library of Dr. Robert Battey,
of Rome, was adopted. The bill to
authorize judges of superior courts to
appojnt bailiffs in certain eases was
passed _ ^ wag pa8Se d to. -define
tho duties of the board of commission
ure 0 f AIcTntosh county. A bill to
amend the rule of admitting testimony
in eases where one of the parties to a
cause of action was dead or insane was
paBged _ After the introduction of a
number of new bills, the house ad
j onrned ni ,til Monday.
Monday, Nov. 14.—There was a full
attendance at the house Monday morn
fug. A bill was introduced that will
be the object of much discussion if it
ever comes up oil its final passage. It
is a hill to levy a tax on life-insurance
po jj 0 ; eK . The hill provides that the
taxable value of policies is to be based
upon the surrender of value of poli
c ies which have been paid for such a
time as to-make the policy have a fixed
poliev. Many other measures of more
or less importance were also presented
and read qj s t time. .Then came bills
on third reading. The bill by Mr.
Cumming, to more clearly define per-
8()na ] pr opertv for taxation, was pass
e< ^‘ Under this bill shocks in land and
mining eompan es are personalty. An
other-bill by Mr. Camming was pass
go, allowing executors and adminiHrrft
tors to transfer stock and to draw divi
***■ vuh that ,*,*» seeking divorces
ln “f ie «rgia persons sha.l he bona fide
residents for six months m . the
\ n which the suit is brought
aud twelve months iu the state was
P as f ed ‘ lho bll ‘ of Mr ' W «* ot I ft “
c ° ck to increase . the crime of embez
^ment by county treasurcr iroma
misdemeanor to o lelony was passed. ,
A bill by Mr Overstreet to amend the
law of a year s support to widows was
P“f* rbe hM Mr '
Milton, Lave the authorizing Georgia reports the , from governor the Cf> to
to th< : Ei uiclumve re-published was ,
P^ed. The bill introduced by Mr.
. the |
ot Fulton, to amend
manner of drawing grand and
*“««« Ivors' ■ was passed The
biU al ows jury commissioners to put a
suitable man s name in the ,n*r the W
whether his name appears on tax.
digest or not. Mr. Hodges bill to
amend section 4,068 of the co le, re-1
latln 8 to granting writs of certiorari,.
paS8 ® d ' A biH introduced by
Mr. Martin of Fulton, to pay Ueorge
W - Harrison k Company $400 for
prmting'the report ot the state geolo
gist, was passed as was the bill to an
thome the graduates of the Atlanta
law schoo to practice without examin
ation The bill to appropriate $1,500
to4he Georgia School for the Deaf to
pay. certain deficits was passed The
Louse then adjourned until Monday.
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IN THE SE.VITE.
Wednesday, Nov. 8. —The senators
met one hour earlier than usual Wed¬
nesday morning to listen to the ad¬
dress of the Rev. John Jones, the
chaplain of that body. The venerable
preacher, from time immemorial, has
opened the proceedings of the Geor¬
gia upper house. It was a unique
eceaoe for a legislative body. The
aged, silver-haired chaplain, with
square collar and white stock tie,
talked for something over an hour.
He stood near the alert, youthful
president of the senate, who through¬
out his talk regfrded the chaplain
with affection and interest. Mr.
Jones' talk was reminiscent in its
nature. ,He dwelt on the religious \
side of the life of many of Georgia s
departed statesmen. By a rising vole
the senate- thanked Mr. .Tones for his
address. The senate passed the fob
lowing bills; To repeal section 1329,
of the code of Georgia; A,bill giving
the governor authority to designate
certain banks iu certain cities as state.,
depositories ; To amend section S21L
of the code; To regulate costs in dis
Itossessorv warrants; To authorize
the proper athorities of the town
of Washington, Georgia, to issue,
and sell-bonds not exceeding $18,000.
Mr. Chambers, of the twpntv--first
district, introduced a bill to regulate
the rights of widows ! and -.minors to
year’s 11:30 support out of crops of tenants.
At the senate, took a recesS uu
til 11:55, when it met in joint
oellor BoggST :: The" senate passed a
resolution 'thankingThe Hon. J. L. M.
Ctitry,of Virginia,for hisrecent address
.to the house arid senate iu joint sea
sion. ME Wilson, of the 11th seua
torial district, introduced it rcso
lution which was adopted. It
was in regard to the- -repeal of
the 10 per cent fax on state . banks,
The resolution is as follows; Whereas,
We believe that upon matters so vital
ly-affecting the people as the mode and
manner of.issuing currency, local ne
cessities require local government and
.regulations and a recognition of the
priu .ciple and practice vetliat of home. large rule.
And, whereas, we belie a part
of'the financial distress under which
we labor iu due to capacity of central
control and manipulationsbf currency,
flud that the remedy 'for this consists
in decentralizing the currency so far
as possible, and thut this can only be
accomplished by a safe, sound and
we )i regulated currency. And,
whereas, the national democratic
platform declares in favor of the re
peal of the ten per cent taxation on
issues of state banks; therefore, be it
j Resolved, By the senate, the house
concurring, that we request congress—
i soon to assemble—to repeal the ten
per cent tax on stato banks’issue as
soon as the same can be properly done,
Resolved, second, That a copy of these
resolutions, when signed by the gov
ernor; shall be made out and sent to
the speaker of the house of represent
atives, with the request that the same
be laid before congress.
Thtjbsday, Nov. 9—The cold murky
atmosphere Thursday . and the drizzling rain
. morning, while it did not
! prevent house, a quorum in the Georgia up
per soon made the senators
weary in their work and at 11:05'
j o’clock the body adjourned until'Fri
day. There were several important
matters attended to, however, before
adjournment came. Mr. Hackett in
troduced a resolution providing for
the printing of one hundred copies of
tho committee to investigate the con
dition of the treasury. The -'motion
was adopted. Mr. Reese intro
dued a 'very important resolu
tion which was immediately and
unanimously adopted, bearing on the
rights of the state to Atlantic'railroad", the right of way
<if the Western and
Another resolution of importance,
was introduced by Mr. Pinson. It
relates to another branch of Georgia’s
underpaid and overworked judiciary.
it was to raise a committee of seven to
examine into the propriety and prac
work of the judges of the superior
court of this state. The chairmnu an¬
nounced the committee. Mr. Wright
of the first introduced a hill which
Jiassed to increase tlio liquor license of
Effingham county to $5,000. A bill
was passed to repeal an act creating a
Hoard of commissioners of roads and
revenues for the county of Clinch and
to restore thelaw as it existed prior
to lourned. August, 1887. Ihe senate then ad
THE NIGHT SESSION A FABCtS.
The Thursday night session -of the
house proved to be a farce The sum
total of the work done was tfip-reading
of one little local bill for the second
time by title only the hearing dt three 1
reports of. committees, and the read-3
ing.of the roll of members nine times
on a question to adjourn With this
record the members ot the house
showed that a stubborn determjnatum
to enforce a night session can be met
by a stubborn determination to make
it a howling pious fraud
Fbiday, Nov. 10.-In the senate
Friday morning Mr Chambers ihtro
duced a joint resolution to investigate
how much money is due to the teaeh
ers of the public schools. Adopted,
On the joint committee Senators
Chambers, Hatcher and Bobbe were
appointed. Mi■. Hatcner introduced a
resolution which was adopted request
ing the treasurer to inform the senate
" hat amount o{ the common school
fund is paid into the treasury by the
1st of April and July of each year, and
from what sources this ispaid. Mr. Rob
inson introduced a resolution for a joint
committee to investigate and report
on the obstructions in the Savannah
river. Senator Robinson and Ghoi
ston were appointed on the commit¬
tee, A number of new measures were
introduced and read first time. The
following bills were passed : Requir¬
ing the claimants to file abstract of
title with claim : To amend the act
providing the venue of justice courts
in cities of 15,000, so as to make it np- |
ply to cities having a population of of
5,000; Preventing the dismissal cer¬
tain cases, in the supreme court; the
bill incorporating tlio city, of Atlanta,
to extend the corporate limits of At-'
lanta over the territory now inoorpor
ated as the city of West End. The senate
went into the* executive session at 1 1:30
on the confirmation of nominations,
Thefollowingcoufirmationswcromade;
Hcniau H. Perry, judge county court, 1
Burke countyAivnu D. EulKairF. Freeman,
judge city court, Newuan;
Proffitt, judge comity court, Elbert
county; A. G. Riley, judge county,
court, Houston county: Chits. W. Ash
more, judge county court, Liberty
county; J. E. Alexander, jrtdpe conn tv
court,' Thomas county; ,T. S. Williams,
judge county court, Ware' county;
H. T. Peeples, judge county court,
Berrien county; W. 1). Cr,awford r
judge county court, Morion county;
Juliun B. Williamson, judge county
court, Monroo county ; James M. Boi
lah, judge county court; Chattooga
county; John A. -Wilkes, solicitor
county court, Berrien county ; Sea¬
born Jones, solicitor county court,
Burke county; W. H. Quartermaii,
solicitor county court, Cbffee county;
•ft. J. Brewer,solicitor county court,Eg¬
bert county; Frank E. Durden, soli pi
tor county court, Emanuel county; W,
C. Davis, solicitor county Court,Hous¬
ton county; J. D. Kilpatrick, solicitor
county court, Jasper county ; E. O.
Cannon, solicitor county court, Ware
county; J. E. Bheppcrd, solicitor
county court, Marion county;
H. C. Jones, judge county
court, DeKalb county; W.
Wright, solicitor city court, Newnan.
Several new hills were, introduced
after the executive session, House
bill No. 421 by Mr. Martin, of Fulton,
was read the third time aiid passed.
It provides for the establishment of a
new charter of Atlanta. The scutate
.
adjourned at 12:15 until Monday,
morning at 10 o’clock,
Monday, Nov. 13—The following
hills were introduced iu the. senate
Monday morning: Bu'llochville, A bill to incorpor- define
ate the town of tb
the corporation limits thereof and to'
provide a mumciple. government for
S aid town. A bill to provide an
appointment by the governor of
graduates of edcational institutions of
this state in which military instruc
tion is given, as second lieutenants of
infantry of the Georgia volunteer, ns
siguing bills duties thereof. Tho following
were passed: A bill to regulate
the fights of widows and minors ton
year’s support out of the crojis of ton
ants; A bill incorporating the town
of Haney, in Floyd county; A bill to
provide for the reorganization of the
military staff of the governor of
the state, and assigning rank
thereof and prescribing the duties
thereof. A hill to provide for the rjigu- reor
ganization, the discipline and to
late the volunteer forces of the state,
and for other purposes; A bill to
amend section 3740 of the revised Code
of Georgia of 1882; A bill to enable
persons selling personal property and
reserving title of the sanio to en
force the collection of the same iu
summary manner; A bill for the’relief
-of persons holding title torealrestat
as security for debt; A bilUto-incorpo
rate the Commercial travellers’ 'Savings,
Bank by changing its name to “Trust
Company of Georgia A bill to regu
late the elections of county commie
sioners of McIntosh county.
GEORGIA ROAD CONGRESS.
Call Issued for a Meeting In Augusta,
November 281 h.
The Georgia road congress lias been
called to meet in Augusta oil tho 28th
instant, the Augusta Exposition hav¬
ing set apart that day as “Road Con¬
gress Day.”
The vice-presidents of the body are:
Hon. H. B. Smart, of Savannah ; Hon.
O. A. Barry, Coleman; Colonel G. W.
Jordan, Jr., Hawkinsville; Hon. W,.
'J. 'Weeks, Talbotton; Dr. J. W.
Nelms, Atlanta; Hon. W. A. Huff,
Macon-; Col. J. O. Waddell, Atlanta;
Prof. C. M. Btrnhan, Athens'; Hon.
J. W. Robertson, Cornelia; Colonel
O.' IT. Beall, SandersVille; Colonel
A. T.- Putnam, Brunswick.
The time for the meeting is auspi¬
cious, as the unprecented low rates on
the railroads will enable every county
to be represented. Tho basis of rep¬
resentation is doub e the number of
representatives in the lower branch
of the general assembly.
The Georgia state fair adopted the
suggestion of the secretary of the
Georgia road congress and instituted
a department of roads, and now the
management of other fairs are imitat¬
ing them. It will be seen that Geor¬
gia leads the van in favor of a perma¬
nent system of improved roads con¬
structed under the direction of the
most skilled engineers, and by the use
of convict labor and improved road
working machinery. Every county
in Georgia should he represented by
her ablest men in the congress that
meets in Augusta on the 28th.
Uprising in Cuba,
The news brought by the steamer
from Havana Thursday night has cheer¬
ed the hearts of the Cuban revolntion
istss at Key West, Fla,, who -deolare
that their cause lias received a fresh
impetus. The present movement in
Cuba is evidently an outgrowth of the
plans hatched by the leaders at Key
West, who have been, ever since the
last fiasco, endeavoring to incite an¬
other insurrection.
AT THE RATIONAL CAPITAL.
Affairs of Goyerneiit ai Nows of
ti the Dspartments Discussed.
Notes of Interest Concerninsr the Peo¬
ple and Their General Welfare.
President ‘ Cleveland has extended
the lease of hisconntry home at Wood
ley to the spring of 1897.
There was a report in Washington
Monday night that there was a and big that row
•in tbe cabinet on last. Friday,
Hoke Smith and Secretary Morton re¬
signed. Those nearest the administra¬
tion think it is a mistake.
There is much complaint among ex-‘
hibitors over the delay in awarding
the world’s fair medals to the success-"
ful competitors. ’Congressmen have
received numerous letters on the‘sub¬
ject, but inquiry at. the treasury de¬
partment does not reveal any inden¬
tions that the-medals will be ready for
. distr i liuti on- f or. several in onthS:
It can be stated on the highest au¬
thority that tliere is ho foundation
whatever for the published story that
the embussadpl'-ai;.'Washington, English . gey wument, throngh its
has urged
the United States to exert its mediat¬
ing iiilltferice between the conflicting
elements ificBritzil in order to bring to
a speedy .close , tho internal ■ strife
which is now in progress there.
The memory of the. late Justice
Blatohford was honored at the session
of the United States supreme court
Monday., 4 j;et .of resolutions, read
by Attorney General Gluey was of¬
fered by ihe bar of tho court anil
adopted. When the resolutions had
been adopted,. Attorney General-Olney
made an address in which he spoke of
Justice Blncliford's abilities as a man
and a-.judge.
The claim of J. Catlett Gibson, for¬
merly United States attorney for tho
eastern district of Virginia, that lie
was entitled to special compensation
for services rendered or offered to be
rendered, as such district attorney, to
Peters, receiver of the Exchange Na¬
tional bank of Norfolk, was decided
against him by the supreme court of
t he United States Monday, in an opin¬
ion delivered by Justice Harlan.
The opinion is expressed at Wash¬
ington that the cause of the Tine iuail
•ver for the past few days is due in
part to the .belief that the goverment
in Ilussiais contemplating the step of
adopting silver as a part of her mon¬
etary system. It is said that intima¬
tions have boon received hero by tho
government officials that Russia will
replace her uncovered paper money
with silver to-be used for subsidiary
coin. .
Leave was grunted Constable Swan
by Monday the United States supremo court
to tile an application for a
writ of habeas corpus. Ho is the offi¬
cer who was imprisoned for seizing
liquors in tho depot of the South Caro
Jinu railroad nt Charleston. This is
the suit brought to test, one section of
tlio Tillman dispensary act. The court
made tho writ returnable - forthwith
and tho case will come up for argu¬
ment in a short time.
There is a sentiment prevailing in
Washington that when congress reas¬
sembles there will be n demand for
some financial legislation looking to
the reinstatement of silver. Prophe¬
cies ure wholesale that both houses of
congress will pass a silver bill of some
description, the character of which
seems■ to -be not determined iu any
form as yet. Many predict that if it
is .vetoed'by the -president it will be
passed over his veto. Such is tlio talk
which is heard in and about tlio corrid¬
ors the lonely lohhies of the capitol
and in the committee rooms.
Tlio president, Friday,
Clarence H. Harris, formerly
of tho convicted National hank, of Dubuque,
Iowa, of falsely making
ports to the comptroller, who
guilty and sentence bAsed suspended.'
petition was on the alleged
placed bv Harris in tho word of
president of tRiobank. The
takes occasion to say: “If
and district attorneys think
indicted ought Hot to he punished the
indictments had better be
by them, instead of bringing about n
conviction and immediately
it with a request for pardon.”
The low water mark of the
balanoe of tho treasury was reached
Thursday, the total stood at $99,908,-
242, of which $84,656,412 was tho gold
reserve. The large expenditures over
receipts thus far this month are re¬
sponsible for this condition, but no
alarm of uneasiness is felt. The-hope
is expressed that better times .will
soon come and the reserve, as well as
the net currency balance; will again
begin to rise. ' It was stated nt th<
department that no order having in
view the actual coinage of the silver
bullion in the treasury purchased un¬
der the sherraan act, have yet been
issued, but they are expected any
time.
A Cipher .llomnitc from llouiofu.
The state department Monday re¬
ceived a communication from Honolulu
telegraphed from Sau Francisco. It
arrived by steamer China. Itiswrit-
NO. 42,
ten in the navy department cipher.
Experts were set to work upon the dis¬
patch in the afternoon and labored
over it for several hours. After secur¬
ing the substance of this official com
mvmieation, Secretary Gresham took
a copy of it out to Woodley for a con
icreneii over the matter w ith President
Cleveland. Nothing was given out
from the state department during the
afternoon as to the stubstance of the
dispatch.
Hands Oft Hawaii.
There is a great deal of gossip anil
many rumors as to the administration’s
policy witli regard to Hawaii, but
trom the best information obtainable,
Minister Willis, who should have ar¬
rived at Honolulu last Sunday, has in¬
structions to keep hands off, that the
provisional government will not besus
tained by the power of the United
States, nor will the monarchy be re¬
established. The people of Hawaii
will ho afforded a fair opportunity to
‘decide for themselves what sort ot
government they want, while the Uni¬
ted -States holds nloof. This govern
vroent will not permit any other gov¬
ernment. to interfere in any manner
whatever.
ItiiMiniiH Arrrated. •
The Russian minister at Washing
ington has intervened in the matter
of ten escaped Russian convicts, who
were recently picked up in the Pacific
ocean and lauded at San Francisco.
I'lie minister asked that the men be
arrested, presumably for tho purpose
of ascertaining whether they are crim¬
inal offenders escaped from Siberia.
Hie treasury department promptly
noted on the request und ordered the
arrest of the men and it has received
word that this has been accomplished
and that tile men are in jail. The
commissioner of immigration at Sau
Francisoo has been given instructions
to wire the facts in the case, including
the affidavits of the men, to the de¬
portment, pending the receipt of
whit.h further action will be postpone,d.
WORK OF BOMB THROWERS.
Fifteen People Killed and Many In*
jureil by an Explosion.
A special of Wednesday from Bar¬
celona, Spain, says: Tuesday night,
during the performance of “William
Tell,” at the Lyceum opera house, a
place much frequented by tho elite of
Barcelona society, two bombs, pre¬
sumably loaded with dynamite, were
thrown from tho gallery. Olio ex¬
ploded with a terrific report. Almost
every person in tho house sprung to
to his feet in terror and dismay. Wild
shrieks and erics of agony rose from
tho lower jinrt of tho house, and it was
known that many persons had been
injured.
FIFTEEN BODIES IN ONE HEAP.
When tho wreckage wbs in Bomo do
greo cleared away it was found that
fifteen dead bodies, of which six were
tlioso of men and nine the corpses of
women. Tho bodies of the ladies lay
closo together, their bright-colored
evening dresses, laces and jewelry,
gloves, hats and bonnets and other
finery drenched in blood and torn in
tho most fearful manner.
It is reported that soon after the ex¬
amination of tho dead began that a
large proportion of the killed belong¬
ed to one family who had taken a num¬
ber of it is
a theater party in honor of tlio birth¬
day of one of those lying there shat¬
tered to death by tho anarchist bomb.
The only persons who retained their
prosouco of mind were the officials pres¬
ent. They knew that the outrage determin¬ was
tho work of anarchists, and
ed to prevent the escape of the miscre¬
ants. Some ran to tho gallery and
surrounded that part from which the
bomb had boen thrown. Several sus¬
picious-looking persons were placed
under arrest, and when a closo exam¬
ination was made of tho prisoners, it
was found that two were anarchists
well-known to the police.
ANNIE P1XLEY DIES.
The Popular American Actress /’asses
Away in London.
Annie Pixley, tho well known Amer¬
ican actress, died in London Wednes¬
day night at the residence of her
brother-in-law, Edwin Fulford. Her
husband was present nt her death,
which was caused by brain fever.
Annie I’ixlcy was born in New York
city in 1855. When two years of age
she was taken to California and edu¬
cated in a convent. While still a child
she appeared with her parents at sev
oral mining camps and made a hit
with impromptu song and dance. La¬
ter, sbo wont to Australia and married
Robert Fulford, an actor. Fulford
eventually retired from the stage ami
became his wife’s manager. Miss Pix¬
ley made a great hit as “M’Liss” in
Bret Hartc’s “Luck of Roaring Camp. ”
She starred throughout tho country,
and also appeared in several other
plays. ________
N'avajoes on (he Warpath.
Rumors of another Navajoe out¬
break have been received at Durango,
Col. It is reported the settlers west
of the Montezuma valley had a collis¬
ion Thursday night with the Indians,
killing four. A dejiuty sheriff left
Cortez with a posse to force the Xava
joes back to their reservation. It is
said that they had permission from the
agent to go off on u hunt and this has
enraged the whites.