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THE WEEKLY
VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MOKNTXa, JUNE 20, 1882.
PRICE 5 CENTS
DURING THE WEEK.
"WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
The Army JUU^tmabt BUI—Politic*1 nomination*—
A Heavy Loee at F*to—Pemlo-BtrioXeu Euro*
paann—Marriages and &ee«piIoaa la At*
Janta—Wifo Harder* and Suicides.
the Air-Line road ran over a strange man and
killed him. One negro nearly killed another
by the use of a brickliat. The Fulton pomo-
iogical society had u full meeting. There was
was a large display of fruit. Bishop Beck
with baa gone northwest on a fishing expedi
tion. A policeman shot at a burglar but
missed him. The city court jury gave Dr.
Wilson a verdict of $5,000 against Atlanta.
It is rumored that Colonel Wadiey has re
signed tiie presidency of the Central.
Monday, June 12.—Tho army retirement
bill enforces retirement of officers at the age
of 64. This retires General Sherman in two
years and puts General Sheridan in command
of the army. The memory of Garibaldi was
celebrated in New York, Cincinnati and Rich
mond. The Irish bishops condemn the no-
rent movement. The strikes in Cleveland
and other places are waning. A*new tele
graph company has been organized in Chicago
with $21,000,000 capital.
In the City—The police commission tried
and acquitted Captain Aldridge and Patrol
man Justice. There were 400 arrests during
the month of Muy. The contract for paving
Peachtree street has been let to Mr. Spanks,
of Louisville, and the work has already be
gun. On Sunday night Mr. Frank N. Carter
and Miss Betty Winters were married, Rev.
Virgil Norcross officiating. Miss Sallie Agnes
Holland died at the residence of Mrs. S. A.
Lester, on Sprinr street. J. Branham Dun
lap, of Bullards express, was married
to Miss Emily Homme). A brilliant recep
tion was given at the residence of Colonel
Peters, in honor of Ralph Peters and his
bride, nee Miss Nellie Goodman, of Cincin
nati. An art loan exhibition in the interest
of the Young Men's Christian association is
in progress. Policeman Weaver died on Sun
day of injuries received by a fall from a street
oar. His representatives have sued the city
for $15,000.
Tuesday, June 13.—In the senato Mr.
Brown secured the defeat Of a proposition to
retire naval officers with the pay due their
brevet rank, thereby saving the government a
large sum of money. The senate also passed
the bill to refund to Japan $785,000, which
that government had been previously com
pelled to pay the United States. It has since
been demonstrated that the position of Japan
was correct. Tillman, democrat, of South
Carolina, is to be ousted from his seat, and
•Smalls, negro, to be admitted. Emory Speer
voted with »hc republicans to sustain the
levying of political assessments. Frederick
Ruble is the republican candidate for governor
of Maine: J. R. Beasely has been nominated
by the greenbackers for the governorship of
Tennessee, ami Senator Anthony has been re
elected to the senate from Rhode Island for
the fifth time. A movement is on foot in
France to moke the judges elective. Over
•one hundred persons were killed in the Alex'
amlriu riots. The empress of Russia hasgi ven
birth to a daughter. The failure of the pres
ident to appoint the Utah commission is due
to the fact that there is no money to defray
the expenses of tho members.
In the City—There are only five stations on
the Georgia Pacific so far. They are: Chat
tahoochee, eight miles from Atlanta; Maple-
ton, seven miles from Chattahoochee; Cin-
•cinnati and Georgia junction, three miles
from Maplcton; Salt Springs, three miles
from Cincinnati and Georgia junction; Dou-
g’nsvttlc, six miles from tjittrOptfna; WitinV
station, five miles from Douglasville. There
arc thirty-five employes In tho post-office. A
new street railroad is to be built. William
H. Barnes, an old citizen of Atlanta during
the war, is on a vis ; t to the city. A new
. brass band has been organized, which promt
.sea music on the 4m of July. Tne com
mencement exercises of the Atlanta colored
colleges are in progress.
Wednesday, June 14.— A wrangle took
place in the house of representatives, in
which Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, called
Mr. White, of Kentucky, a liar and a lunatic,
and Mr. White retorted by calling Mr. Kelley
a scoundrel. A Mr. Weed lost $150,000 in
one day at faro in Ncwburg, New York. Crop
prospects in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia are good. The republican liberal
convention of North Carolina indorsed the
nominations of tlie liberal convention. The
strikers throughout the north are generally
going to work. The Europeans in Egypt are
panic-stricken, and are leaving without any
regnrd to property. In the giving way oft
bridge in Indiana 11 persons were drowned.
In the City.—Mr. G. H. Tanner was mar
ried to Miss Annie E. Murpliy, daughter of
Anthony Murphy. Mr. W. II. Barnes wus
banquetted by the Odd Fellows. Over a mil
lion of dollars a year is pent in the barrooms
of Atlanta. For shaving and blacking boots
tlie sum expended is $’.13,000. Many cases of
burglary are reported. Mike Lynch is build
ing a $1200 store on Decatur street. Mr. B.
W. Wrenn is agitating the nbolition of the
baggage system and its transferral to the ex
• press companies.
Thursday, June 15.—Ex-Governor Denni
son, of Ohio, is dead. The Arkansas ' demo
crats have nominated Judge J. H. Berry for
governor. The editor of the Cleveland Lead
er forcibly ejected & priest from his office.
The priest had called for some rejected man
uscript. At Mount Sterling, Kentucky, a
ravislier was lynched. In a feud at Lloa,
Texas, five persons were killed. At Canton,
Ohio, George McMullin murdered his wife.
The Brookfield, Mo., bonk robbers pleaded
guilty and were sentenced to twenty-five
years in the penitentiary. William Johnson,
of Xenia, 111., murdered his wife and com
mitted suicide. In a gas explosion at Wilkes
barre, Fa., five persons were killed. At Win
Chester, Ky., ten negroes and one white man
were drowned.
In the City.—A brilliant reception was
given at the residence of Major Livingstone
Minims to- Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Knowles.
-Smith Clayton, in costume, delivered a lec
ture on Oscar Wilde. A wealthy Atlantian
oilers three cents apiece for rats. B. H. Por
ter and Miss Barbara Kennedy were married.
Real estate speculation is at its height. The
public library is making large additions of
books to its shelves. Captain John Millcdge
is to deliver the prizes at Oxford college.
Friday. June 1<«.—la the. senate Mr. Hoar
introduced a bill n-mlating the succession to
presidential vacain-ns in the members of the
cabinet, according to date of appointment.
The membership of that commission was an
nounced, and it will nt once enter on its
work. $245,000 more are required to complete
the work of the ceusus. An immense labor
demonstration took place in Pittsburg. Forty
* persons were injured in an accident on tlie
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago railroad.
The richstav lias been' proroqued until No
vember 30. The Englisu, French, German,
Austrian, Du*ch, Italian and Spanish fleets
are represeentd off Alexandria, Egypt. Com
plaint is made that the Russian refugees are
arriving in the country too fast for the abil
ity of their Jewish friends to provide for
them.
In the Jf'ity.—A match factory has been es
tablished in Atlanta, and a new broom factory
is proposed. A La Crosse club has been or
ganized. Mr. W. 51. Curry, of Hampton, has
sent Mr. S. M. Inman a bloom from cotton
planted April 17th. A great many peopleare
going to the watering resorts. The small-pox
reports have entirely ceased.
Saturday, June 17.—A destructive tornado
throughout Missouri occasions great damage.
Twenty lives lost. Sixteen business houses
burned in Gadsden, Ala. Two murderers
lynched in Denver. The situation in Egypt
continues threatening, and fears of a renewal
of the riot are entertained. In a West- Vir
ginia railroad accident twelve persons were
seriously injured. A large quantity of Fe-1
nian ammunition discovered in London. I
In the City.—Way freight train 16. on the*
IK-tructlre Forest Kim.
Milwaukee. Wis., June 15.—A special dispatch
received hare-to-night shows that forest fires of a
destructive &V1 most threatening nature 1 are raging
in the interior ol the state. The burned’ and
threatened places are distant from telegraph sta
tions, and it is almost impossible to obtain details.
It is learned, however, that several logging camps,
with all their ent logs -and immense amounts of
standing timber have been destroyed. It is reported
that sevemlJires have been lost, and it is known
that manycnttle have been burned to death. The
lateslYeporvIs that the flames are sweeping into the
town of Hewittsville, and it is feared that the town
with its mills, etc., will be destroyed. People are
out iu oil directions lighting the flames.
Wheat and Prairie Dog*.
Abilene, Texas, June 15.—Advices from Buffalo
gap say the wheat crop iu that part of Taylor coun
ty is yielding an average of forty bushels per acre-
and that the same holds good throughout Brazos
and Colorado river regions. Frost-bitten wheat is
turning out better than was anticipated, yielding
14 to 15 bushels and averaging 15. There is great
anxiety felt throughout this entire new section of
country over the immense number of prairie dogs
that have appeared in the grain field, particularly
oats and com. It is feared great destruction will be
done by them. An intelligent farmer says state aid
to destroy the pests is needed; that they breed
twice a year and scatter over the country; that be
fore emigration poured iu wolves, cayotes. haws
and wildcats kept them thinned out, but these
beasts being driven ouc by tlie settlers there is
nothing to war on the prairie dogs.
- STEPHENS SPEAKS
ON THE PROMINENT ISSUES OF THE
CAMPAIGN.
Ha Never AflUstsd-wlth the Coalitionists nor Cones-
ponded -with Them on Tolltteal Iesaes—He Un
hesitatingly Adheres to the Democracy.
—The Great Commoner's Plain Talk. -
Better shoot all their Horses.
Galena, 111., June 15.—Yesterday in the town of
Linden, Iowa county, Wisconsin, William Butler,
wealthy farmer of the town, was returning home
from a neighboring place with a load of posts,
when his wagon was overturned and he thrown to
the ground and instantly killed. A little earlier hi
the day a brother of the deceased was very serious
ly injured by tho running awsy of his team. In
the afternoon John and Thomas Bader, sons of de
ceased, were run away with by a fractious team,
which wrecked the wagon. Thomas was hurled
under Iho.debrK sustaining injuries of a danger
ous character. The accident occurred while the
ons were going after the remains of ther father.
Nemo Heavy Investments,
New York, June 15.—New York capitalists are
puttidg a good deal of money into real estate and
buildings. Mr. Russell Sage has engaged architects
to make for him plans for a large double house at
Eighth aveuue andrlinetieth street, upon ft plot of
ground 100 feet square. James-R. Keene has be
come the purchaser, of the Wendermerc apartment-
house at Fifty-seventh street and Ninth avenue (or
being his first investment in real estate in
this city. William Ji. Falconer, of Falconer & Son,
recently purchasedJ>G0,lt/O acres of agricultural and
grazing land iu Colorado. The property at No. 928
Broadway, for which William M. Tweed paid Sli'J,-
500 nine years ago, was sold by auction last week
for $00,000, after an ofi’er of iw.000 hHd been retused
for its purcoase at pilvtte Mile. Jose F. Navarro
filed plans with the bin c>m oi buildings to-day for
the construction of eight fire-proof aparlment-
houros in Fifty-eighth and Fiity-uinth streets, near
fceventh avenue, which nre to eost $300,000.
Albany, Jnric"l4.—Successful observations of the
Wells comet were made ut the Dudley, observatory
yesterday and-to-day at tlie meridian transit. The
most interesting fact obtained is that the comet has
a real nucleus. Yesterday tais nucleus was clearly
seen as a bright, perfectly round aud sharply de
fined disk of light. If ustrouomers elsewhere con
firm this discovery, it will settle the mooted ques
tion as to whether a cornet has a real solid
ed qui
body
the center of its mass. Tito npparent diameter of
this nucleus is about three-quarters of a second.'.or,
after allow ing for irradiation, about 2U0 miles. The
observation to-day shows :!iat the.comet is still in
creasing in biightucss, and that the vapors which
surround the nucleus are becoming more dense
aud abundant. The observations have also proved
the Dudley observatory epbemerles to be remarka
bly accurate.
Exports of Domestic breadstuff*.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
Washington, June 14.—A bulletin from thB
bureau of statistics sets forth that the total value of
the exports of domestic breadstuff’s for May, 1882,
was $10,107,415, against $19,804,618 for May, 1881.
The total (or the five months of the present year
was $55,509,611, against $91,375,239 for the first five
months of 1881. The total for eleven mouths of the
current fiscal year was $167,653,532, against $241,955,
413 for the corresponding months oi the last fiscal
year. Tlie article oi rye is the only one In which
there was an increased export last month over May
of last year. •
Newport’s Electric Ug'it War.
Newport, R. I., June 14.—The opposition to the
electric light is daily assuming more formidable
proportions. To-day the men erecting poles were
expected to visit Mr. James R. Keene’s place and
that gentleman was determined that no poles
should be placed in front of uL beautiful villa.
Accordingly he had stationed on his grounds a
force of men with axe4 Who were Instructed to cut
down the poles as fast as they were planted. Mr.
Keene, however, thought bettei oi it when a pole
or two was put up and decided to consult his
lawyer before cutting them down.
The French Emtuu; at the Vatican.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Paris, June 15.—The budget committee of the
chamber of deputies, owing to a remonstrance by
M. De Freyclnet, has rescinded its action rejecting
a grant for the maintenance ef the French embassy
at the Vatican.
The Price oTa Deg.
New York, June 15.—Frederick Yoss, 80 years
old, obtained a verdict of $2,000 against the Third
Avenne company for the loss of a leg. He was run
overby one of the company’s ears.
Deadly “Batter."
Philadelphia, Pa., Juno 13.—Mrs. Margaret She!
len and her two daughters, Margaret and Ambrosea,
aged twenty-three and seventeen, are ■ in a critic*
condition through eating, on Sunday morning,
some butter containing some metolic or mineral
substance. The board of health this morning or
dered an analysis of the butter to he made.
Struck by aa Iceberg.
Qcebec, June 15.—’The steamer Pera ran into an
iceberg off Cape Race on Saturday afternoon, and
at midnight went down. Three boats, iu which
were the crew, separated. Two boats were picked
up by the Lake Msnitoban. The other boat, with
eleven men, is still missing.
A Drawn Prize Fight-
Smith’s Ferry, Va., June 15.—The Weeden-M»
lony prize fight was declared a draw after the 41st
round. IVeeden was overawed by the roughs, and
agreed to have it a draw.
Mrs. games In Keasas City.
Kansas City, June 1-y—Mrs James has returned
home from St. Louis. Her lecture tour has proved
a mournful failure, and she will probably retire
permanently from public life.
Death of Ex-Gereraor Dennis**.
Columbus, 0., June 15.—Ex-Governor William
Dennison, known as the war governor of Ohio,
died, this morning, aged67 years.
Flipper’* Dismissal.
Washington, June 15.—The president has ap
proved the sentence of dismissal in the case of Sec
ond Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, of the Tenth
cavalry. '
Halifax, June 15.—The Allan Une steamer
Canada, from Glasgow, is reported ashore at the
mouth of Halifax harbor.
Death of • Priest.
Milwaukee, June 15.—Rev. Father Peter De-
barge. spiritual head ol Elm Grove convent, aged
52 years, is dead.; ■ ■ ■ t .
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Washington, Jnne 17.—I called uponMr
Stephens this afternoon, and found him very
busily engaged with his two secretaries, in
bringing np his correspondence: After a
general inquiry as to hU’fcealth; andLbeing
assured that it was as gopd as it lias been for
tlie last twelve months, except his sprained
ankle, which was slowly improving, the con
versation turned upon the present outlook
touching the governorship of Georgia. He
said the intelligence received from ^ail
parts of the state, by letters and
newspapers, was very gratifying to him. The
opinion seems to prevail, very generally, said
he, that a large majority of the democratic
state convention in July will be in
favorof my nomination." There is,” how
ever, he added, “in some sections and
by several presses very strong opposition,
which I think arises from erroneous impres
sions that it seems to me could be easily cor
rected. I wish you would write to the edi
tors of The Constitution and tell them to set
these things right”
"Why not” said I, “set them right your
self and let me repeat what you say to The
Constitution for publication.”
Me. Stephens—“I will, if you will report ex
actly what I say aud submit it to mo before
sending, so that there may be no mistake
about Ra In one of your reports which was
not submitted to me a misapprehension on
your part of-the application of my remarks
to one telegram instead of another caused nia
some annoyance, as it, taken in connection
with other statements by me, involved iit-
consistenciesand contradictions. The telegram
which I so unqualifiedly denounced was not
Mr. Speer's which he had told me he in
tended to send, and which he did send, but
it was tlie telegram from Atlanta to tlie
Chicago Tribune of the 15th of May, stating
in substance that I had consented to accept
the nomination of the independents and’
coalitionists.' That was the telegram which I
said I had never given authority to Hr. Speer
or to anybody else to send. On the contrary,'
have uniformly said I would not accept
the nomination of any party except the dent*,
ocratic, with which alone I was par
ticularly associated.”
Upon my assuring Mr. Stephens that all he
might say on Ibis rie'ension should be written-
out and submitted for his approval before be
ing sent'to the press, he then prqceeded to
say: ' i-
1st One of tlie erroneous impressions attempt
ed to be made on the public mind iu sonic, sec
tions, to which I refer, is that there lias been
a correspondence between me and leading
coalitionists and independents (whose object
is ,to destroy the democratic party) and iiiat
-an understanding exists between them find
me as to their plans and purposes and that
I am in sympathy with them. To this
have simply to say most em
phatically that there is not tlie
slightest foundation for this idea, statement
Or insinuation. It is true I am on friendly
relations, personally, and hare been for years
with the leading independents, so styled in
the state, and with many of the leading re
publicans. But no such correspondence ever
took place between me and either or any of
the parties designated. No man’s fidelity to
the great principles of the J democratic
party . was ever maintained with more
steadfastness than mine has been since
first connection with it, upwards
of a quarter of a century ago.
I have, with one exception, voted for the
candidates nominated by that party, and on
all occasions, during all. that long period in
the county, district, state and federal, elec
tions. This exception was my refusal to sup
port the nomination of Mr. Greeley for the
presidency in 1872. The whole of my life has
been devoted to the defense and maintenance
of those principles upon which the party was
organized upwards of eighty years ago. How
is it possible to suppose that. I, at my pres
ent age, could be conspiring" to over
throw and destroy those ; principles to
wbich my whole previous life.has been devo
ted, or to overthrow that' organization in
which alone there is any hopeful prospect of
their preservation and perpetuation. It has
been stated, Willingham, Lawshe. Longstreet
and Felton are parties with whom -this cor
respondence has been held, or by whom it
is claimed that I was made aware of their
plans and purposes, and that I was in full
sympathy with them. I never received
from General Longstreet, whom
esteem personally, a letter on
any political question in my life, and never
wrote him one of that character. I have not
written to nor received from Mr. Lawshe
letter in the last twelve months on any subject
that I can think of. I have been intimate
with Mr. Willingham for many years, but no
correspondence Las taken place between us in-
the last twelve months upon political issues or
questions. I have received but one letter
from Dr. Felton on any subject for nearly, if
not quite, a year. That one was the letter to
which I replied on the 18th of May, and
the reply to which he published in The
Constitution on the 23d of May.
2d. Another error existing in the public mind
is ih relation to my position in 1378, when in
what was called my t’-asey letter, it is said I de
fied the democratic party in my district and
proclaimed thyself an independent candidate
without regard to the convention, called by
the executive committee of the district to
nominate a candidate. Farther, it is said in
this connection that there is a difference in
the principles set forth in the Smith letter
aud the Casey letter on the subject of nomina
tions
A reference to the record will show that both
these are errors. First, in tlie Casey letter I
did not proclaim myself an independent can
didate without regard to the action of the
district convention, and secondly, there is no
variance in principle between the Casey and
Smith letters as to my views or the pro
priety of party nominating convention. The
tacts'and circumstances under which the
Casey letter was written were these: A demo
cratic caucus in the house here had resolved
as ,a democratic measure to press the
celebrated Potter resolutions to a vote under
the previous question, and to pass them as
the oasis of future party policy. I opposed
those resolutions and voted against them be
cause I thought them mischievous in their
tendency and results if carried out. As and
for this disagreement with my party on
that question, 1 wqs severely censured, not
only by certain northern, but, by southern
democratic.;papers, there was au attemptin'
my,distpet.,to rule Die out of the party, tier
cause lT ofi,. niy opposing the dictation
of the T pgrty caucus on this ptib-i
A RIDE TO DEATH.
A HORRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT
AT KINGSTON YESTERDAY.
An Engine Plunges into Som*? Freight Cars, with a
Fatal Result—One Man Killed and ‘Another
Fatally Wounded—How the Accident Oc- J
curred—A Horrible Sight, Eto.,Sto.
lie measure,.- when I was in the discharge
of the higAtrUfl! delegated to me as a repre-:; :
sentative by my ; constituents. Casey wa^ the.-i
chairman of ,the democratic executive .com
mittee in the district. He called a corvep-
tion to meettQ-nominqte a candidate fti tjie
regular way. ! He wrote, to me at tfus'pjace-
inclosing a .'copy, of,'the gall.-1 replied,'g^itg
hinv'a full account of the situation here,, mid
win* it was for; that tlie attempt was being
mailfc to rule me out of the party, but in that
letter I distinctly said: “I do not at all
object to conventions as a proper mode
of selecting, candidates, especially where all
persons participaring in them agree upon
certain principles to be maintained and cer
tain policies to be pursued, and where there
are several or many aspirauts for the position,
and where success can only be reached by
concert and unity of action, nor do I object
to anything done by your committee iu the
matter of calling the Thomson convention, nor
their recommendation touching the two-
thirds rule. That rule I always
regarded as unjust and unfair ’in
its operation and utterly out of
place in any other except federal
nominating conventions. The effect of.’.this
rule in our district, state ani county conven
tions, under the manipulations of ring mus
ters is generally to defeat rather than carry
out the will of the people, and from this evsl'
has sprang very materially throughout the
country a growing disposition to do away
with this mode of electing candidates. An
other point in conclusion I wish to be dis
tinctly understood upon. From the tone of
that class of papers to which I have referred
it would . seem that I am to be considered
hereafter as having abandoned the democratjc
party and placed myself in antagonism to.its
organization by the telegram referred to, etil.
If the question of my political principles or
affiliation therefor is raised in that conven
tion I plead,to its jurisdictions. If 1 am not
a democrat of the siraightest sect .in Georgia,
i hen who is? You, my dear sir; know the
material and, stuff of which my democracy is
made; you know .well who, in one of our
darkest hours in 1870, framed that platform
of principles which maintained the integrity
and equality, of tho several states and rallied 1
the people of Georgia to a rescue of their con
stitution and rights inthe memorable cam
paign and election of that year.
"You know that you were one of them and
I was another. the event, therefore, that
this convention shall repudiate me as an un
lit representative of democratic principles and
shall attempt to rule me,out of the democratic
party because of that telegram, or anything
else connected with my recent public acts,
hen I say to you and to thenvplainjy and
fcyiactly that, I shall regard tlieir
• idiel as but. aj brutum fulmen, issued
*y an irresponsible faction of tricksters, and
whether I or they Are sound in. the faith of
the.fathers, shall be left with the true de
mocracy of the district to settle at the polls
in that contest.” , .
.“I stated on all. proper occasions that
I, woulfl. not oppose the nomination of
any. other by the convention unless my
vofe off, tlie Potter resolution should be
censured and I ruled out of the party be
cause uf it But if they did condemn my
vote referred to and nominate another,
I should appeal from the lower to
the higher tribunal. I canvassed my
district, met the people , in masses,
and defended mv cause on the principles of
of democracy. I maintained trat fidelity to
; »rty organization did not require pliant con-
orniity to party causes or dictatiou upon
questions of legislation. This was the height
my independentism in, that canvass. I had
been put ffown in the house here and de
nied the privilege of addressing tlieni
even .for three minutes. , upon the
passage of v th??, resolution. I yvas
not then warring against tlie. democratic par-
ty but trying to save it withits organization
from Inevitable self-destruction. I told tin s
leading man.of the party, who were pressing
the adoption of the .resolution that if they
succeeded and made them a party issue they
would not, in my opinion, cairy thirteen con
gressional districts, in the next - election
throughout the entire northern states. This
warning, did but bring down,upon pie fiercer
denunciation by certain presses both north
and south. When,however,the true democra
cy of Pennsylvania—the old keystone state,
in convention a few weeks-.afterwards, spoke
in condemnation ,of the policy of the Potter
resolutions, which really involved the peace
of the country, this voice fell upon the ears
of the leaders of .the party in the house as dis
tant thunder, indicating a storm of popular
reprobation which brought them to their
senses. They soon determined to tack ship
and abandoned the further prosecution of
the measure. I have thus sketched the
status of the case when I entered the canvass
of my district in 1878. At that time nearly
every democratic paper in the state was for
ruling me out of the party, but before I got
through with it there was not one so low, as
to do reverence to the Potter resolution. I
discussed the question before the masses as a
democrat, talking to democrats and placing
ray defense before them inside of the party
and appealing to them to send men to the
•onvention who would decide whether I was
a true demodfbt or Hot. The result was a
unanimous vote in that convention, save eae,
indorsing my course and presenting my' name
for nomination. If there was treason to the
party in this, then let those who - wish make
the most of it.
I then said: But how, Mr. Stephens, about
your saying that there was no issue between
yon and Mr. Speer?
Mr. Stephens—3d. Oh, yes, that is an
other one of the matters to which I re
ferred in the beginning and to which I in
tended to allude before closing this conversa
tion. My meaning was clear and explicit'
that there was no issue of fact between myself
and Mr. Speer touching the sending of his
telegram to Dr. Felton on the 14th of May.
Of course I did not mean to
say there was * no political issue
or difference between Mx.Speer and myself, as
has been insidiously atgued by some. There
is a difference, a wide difference. The real dif
ference between us, as I understand it, is that
he is an independent, and acts outside oi the
organization while I am an organized
democrat acting within the organization.
4th. In conclusion, I wish to add that I
have authorized no - person in any
case to say; Jthat I would accept the
nomination of any party or organiza
tion or association of indiviuals except
the nomination of the democratic party, or
that I would vote for any one except the
nominee of the democratic party.”
After the foregoing was read to Mr. Ste
phens, I asked him if : it was correct. He
said: .
“Yes, and that ail persons who may read it
may feel assured that it is correct, I hereto
sign my name. ' .’
“Alexander H. Stephens." ■
With this authentication I send the inter
view for publication, believing that the read
ers of The Constitution will Be interested in
its perusal. *• F. H. IL
J ' : n 1 *• • '3 i
damage was done the track and very little
time was lost in bringing the passengers bn to
Atlanta. An epsine was attached to the
passenger cars and the train came on to .the
city, arriving here at a few minutes before
seven. The coathc-s were scratched somewhat
on the outside, but received . :no very great
hurt. The principal damage was with the
front baggage car, the engine and. the freight
cars that were on the sidetrack. The dam-
... , ■' iaged cars and engineattrated imu-li attention
Saturday morning at a few triffintcs .befclre when they reached the city.
■two o’clock a terrible, rail way accident occur
red at Kingston, on the Western and Atlantic
railroad, wbich resulted in the almost instap'
taneous death of Andrew J. .West,; engineer,
ion the southward bound fast, mail train;And.
IGeorge Boss, his fireman. Tim details bf'tlib
tragedy are thrilling in the 4xtfeiue t 'akd are'
Pepijcd below: ' ‘ :
No. 7 is a through freight train which
passes Kingston at 11:25 p. m. On the fdte-,
ful night it left on the side track at Kingston'
three ’ freight cars. In pulling out from tpe]
little village from some ca,use as yet un'eiv
plained, the switch regained open for the
sideling as ilie freight train resumed its jour
ney northward. 1:41 a. m., about two hours
after the train passed up the.road was the ar
rival time of the southward bound fast mail
which is due in Atlanta about
four o’clock. The train . is one
of the fastest trains in Georgia, frequently
running at a speed of forty miles an hour. It
is said that as it approached Kingston it must'
have been running at a speed of from. 35 to
40 miles an hour. At any rate it does not
stop at Kingston, and it is hardly probable
that the speed wa3 much slackened, as it is
not customary to pay much attention to tiie
small places along the road where stop
pages are not made. The . engineer
was Andrew. J, West, a young
man of-thirty-eight, with a keen bright eye,
a cool demeanor and a resolute face.. His
fireman was George Bass, a young .man
scarcely twenty-one years qjt age. From the
first switch to the cars was about six hundred
feet. From the- second switch the distance
washout half as great. : Both switches were
ppfeff for the sideliugs, and an engine coming
from Chattanooga must inevitably collide
pith the cars unless stopped iu time to pre
vent such au accident. The two men, smoke-
begritnmed, stood upon the engine "General”-
as it thundered along through the njgbt. It-
was away after luianight, and the passen
gers were dozing and. snoring ill
their berths or lay stretched in un
gainly shapes upon the car seats. Thje
first switch threw the engine a little from its
course, but as the track lay directly alongside
of the main line the change could barely be
noticed. A few turns of the ponderous dri
vers and the' engine gave another jerk to one
side and the headlight Hashed upon the cars
standing upon the side-track, alongwhichthe
train was dashing with lightning-like
velocity. The ' brave engineer could take
but a moment to think, a second
almost, and his engine would dash into the
Cars. Reversing li is engine, he applied the air
brake. That was all that lie could do. Step
ping front his perch in his cab, lie started to
jump from, the locomotive. As he stood be-
tween the tender and the engine the crash
caine. Tlie locomotive went through the
first car like it was a bank of fog and shat
tered it into ten thousand pieces. One
of'- the heavy side Sills passed along
the" boiler over 'the tender and struck
into the baggage car. The second car
was driven into the third car two-
thirds of its length. Tho engine came to a
halt witli ,a tremor, and the drivers began to
do the Work laid out for them by brave An
drew West. They revol ved backward, and as
they moved the train awiiy from the wreck
tlie’form,of the engineer dropped from be
tween 1 the engine and tender and fell a limp
mass beside the track. At the same time the
fireman lay almost dead near the track. The
ar brought the passengers to their
jeet in an instant' and began an
investigation. Conductor Horatio Bradley
sprang upon ' the’"engine and caught the
'throttle: {* It was wide open, showing how per
fect liadpe'dh the efforts of the engineer to
reverse and'stop the engine. When West was
takei Up he was insensible. His shoulder was
bruised, and. upon the top and back of bis
head was a terrible blow, evidently inflicted
by a piece of heavy timber. He .was evidently
in a dying condition, and in a few minutes
expired. ... ' J
The fireman, George IJass, was uhconsciousi.
He presented a most sickening spectacle.
There was a long gash over his forehead,
another across his nosC, and through tha;
gash' he was breathing. His face ( neck and
chin was one mass of lacerated
flesh. He was in a critical condition atlas;
accounts and liis death is expected. His
father lives jn Atlanta and went up to King
ston yesterday to be at the bedside of his soul
Tlip statement was made in Atlanta yester;
day that Bass was dead. It was not true,
however, but the news of his death is momen
tarily looked for. The unfortunate engineer
was carried into the depot at Kingston and
a messenger was sent to Cartersville for a
coffin. The remains were placed in a coffin
and at one o’clock yesterday reached the
City. They were met at the train by Mr. O.
H. Swift, the undertaker, and a delegation
from the Knights of Honor, an organization
of which Mr. West is a member, with a large
number of railroad men. The remains were
carried to the late home of the dead man, on
Foundry street. To-day they will be buried.
At three -p’clock il>e remains will be taken
from the residence,to the Third Baptist church
and there thejfuneml sermon will be preached.
After that the remains will be. put
upon a special train provided by' the
Western and Atlantic railroad and
carried to Oakland cemetery, where
they will be interred. The funeral will be
managed by the Knights of Honor, and will
be attended by hundreds of friends of thff
unfortunate man. Mr. West was about
thirty-eight years of age, and leaves two chil
dren, two bright eyed boys. His wife died
some time since.
A semi-ludicrous incident in connection
with the accident was the narrow escape from
death experienced by a tramp who was sleep
ing in one of the freight cars. When found
he was not able to give any account of him
self. He said that be did not know who he
was, where he had come from, when be left,
or anything'about it. He was considerably
bruised. -After considerable questioning it
was discovered that he was a tramp named
John Fitzpatrick, and that he was from Phil
adelphia. He had evidently been sleeping ih
one of the cars, and being awakened by the
sudden shock, was half-stunned and dazed,
and could give no account of himself. His
injuries were attended to.
1 It has not been settled yet exactly where
the blame lies. It is probable that there was
some misunderstanding as to who was to close
the switch to tne side track. The loss by
the accident.’ while considerable in many
ways, will not foot up verw heavily on the
engine. While all the outside light work
and wooden trimmings were broken up tlie
heavy part of the engine is but
slightly damaged, considering the
fearful shock. The engine and one of
the cars came in yesterday afternoon late and
presented a woebegone spectacle.. The engine
was minus its smokestack, cowcatcher, bell,
cab, etc., aud the front end .of the boiler was
smashed in. The railroad men say,} how-
ever,:that the real damage is. out of propor
tion to what would be supposed from the ap
pearance of the engine. Several thousand
dollars will, however, be required to get the
damage repaired, . Strange to say very little
THE NEWBURG POKER PLAYEftS.
iir, tVeeJ Testifies.to Kurtber Losses, of S45q,’p00
While Playing with Scott. ' ■
Npjv York June 1C.—The engineer of the
steamboat M. Martin lying up at Newburg,on
]the Hudson, had hip fires lit early yesterday
morning, for at 7,a. ni. the boat was obliged
fastart Tqr Poughkeepsie with a distinguished
pq^ty on board. In this party were Francis
,]?. Weed, the victim of the $150,000 game of
draw poker, an account of which was pub
lished in The Constitution yesterdav, and
Dr. M. M. Hedges,, who is now’ charged with
having been in collusion with William F.
Scott, the winner of the heavy stakes. Dr.
Hedges was in 'the custody of’Sheriff Odell.
The lawyers retained in the case and a few
witnesses were on board.
The court house at Poughkeepsie was
crowded. Among those ' present was Fred
Bostwick tlie cashier of the Stissing national
bank, Pine, Plains, who took the $100,000 note
of Mr. Weed to collect for 10 per cent of its
face value. Mr. Weed is fifty-five years old,
Small, in stature and unusually active for a
person of his age. Dr. Hedges, the prisoner,
sat beside his attorney ana paid strict at
tention to the evidence, particularly that
given.liy Mr. Weed. He said lie was first
made aware that there’was trouble east, by re
ceiving a telegram on Thursday last at De
troit He came East at once, arrived in New
York Friday night and went to Newburg
Monday night, getting off the train six ipiles
below and proceeding the rest of the way by
wagon, in order to avoid'any unnecessary dis
play of himself.
No hint had. been given until yesterday
morning on the boat that there were other
games which. were played subsequent to the
celebrated poker game, and which involved
the enormous sum of $450,000. When Mr.
Weed testified that such was the fact, the
spectators looked amazed. Mr. Weed testi
fied that within a week from the time he lost
the $150,000 at poker in Juue, 1881, Scfftt
approached him and offered to give him a
chance to get square, and thus induced him
to play a game of faro in Dr. Hedges's labora
tory. Weed said that the betting again ran
very high, and before he concluded the g.ime
Scott had won the enormous sum of $450,000
from him. Before this faro game started
Mr. Weed testified it was understood that if
he won $150,000 by it he was
not' to receive any money, but
that it was to go as an offset to the $150,000 he
lost to Scott in the poker game. The exam-
ination brought out the fact that Weed was
in debt to Scott for $1,200, which Scott had
previously won at still another poker gante.
These three amounts foot up to the vast
sum of $001,200.' The evidence of the cashier
showed that when the first $50,000 note wffs
paid at -ho Stissing bank Dr. Hedges and
Scott had both opened accounts there and
taken books, and that the doctor directed the
cashier to credit him (Hedges) with $23,525,
and give him a draft drawn to Scott’s order
for $22,500, the cashier retaining $5,000 for
himself.
Mr. Weed’s account of the desperate game
as testified to before J.udge Barnard was as
follows:
•'I played » game of cards in Dr. Hedges’s labora
tory with Hedges and Scott in June, 38S1. The
game'was called draw poker, I believe. No one
else was in the room. It was in the evening about
8 or 8:30 o’clock. The game was for money—a so-so
kind of a game. We had been playing about half
an hour before this large sum was wagered.and
lost. During that time the betting was from 50
cents up to $5 or more. I had occasion to go out
and do s'ome' errands that evening. Scott aini
Hedges told me to come back again. After about
fifteen minutes’ absence I returned again and there
found the same two persons and no one else.
Mr! Weed testified that the game was re
sumed. The betting was kept up. Dr. Hedges
withdrew, but Weed and 8cott kept yuttin'g
in their chips. “When the betting stopped I
held my four aces and Scott held a straight
flush pf clubs; Hedges had a king full; Scott
was declared to be the winner; the chips were
counted;they represented the amount in the
jiot; it was annoithced how much'Hedges arid
I had lost, it Was $150,000 each.” . an
Dr. Hedges, the prisoner, was held in $2,bb0
bail to answer the charges made against hirfa.
THE GboSE WHO WAS PLUCKED.!:
Mr. Weed is a son of the late Harvey Weed,
of the old New York dry goods firm of N. &
H. Weed, who died leaving property estimat
ed to he worrh $1,000,000, consisting in great
part of remunerative real estate in New'York,
lie also owned one of the handsomest places
in this city. His heirs were hia son, Francis
I*. Weed, and a -daughter, each of whom, it
is reported, received half a million of dollars.
After, his father’s death Francis P. Weed
bought a beautiful place iu Montgomery
street. He went' into the manufacture of
woolen goods and invested, together with an
other citizen of this city, ini a large farm near
FargO, is Dakotah territory. He has been
foiid of billiards and cards, and played with
J)r. Hedges and Mr. Scott oftener than with
any others. \ l
A DENTAL SPORT.
Dr. Montreville M. Hedges is a dental stir-
geo'n and had until recently rooms at the
corner of Third and Water streets: The dOfe-
tor is a well known sporting man, and He
entered pedestrians in walking matches’at
Madison Square garden and elsewhere arid
is known by nearly all the leading sporting
men of New York. One of his annual expe
ditions has been to visit the trotting meetings
of the Grand and other circuits and at these
meetings, he has had varying experiences.
Last summer he started with the Grand cir
cuit in the west and following the
meetings, returned home at their close some
$12,000 or $15,000 richer, it- is said, than when
he left. ' He soid his dental
apartments and business.- Last sum
mer and fall he showed that he had made
money, and it is reported that he talked at
one time jast summer of purchasing the val
uable business of the Newburg plaster and
cement works. In various ways he displayed
what was supposed to have been the accumu
lation of a fortune made by following the
trotting meetings of 1881, and being in the
“ring.” He was looked Upon here as . a
'shrewd, smart and discreet operator at'the
Various games he entered into, and when his
sudden riches became known it was believed
they were obtained, as he said, by betting;
that he had, in fact, “bucked <the tiger,” and
“struck i-t:to win.”
William M. Scott, the crafty doctor’s al
leged accomplice, who is now dying of con
sumption in California, is a young inaa,of
about thirty years. He is well connected,
having wealthy relations here and iil’Toronto,
Canada, one of whom is or was a member of
.the Canadian parliament His father was
the’Rev. James Scott, at one time the pastor
of the First Baptist church of this city, which
is attended by his family. •‘‘Will,” as lie is
familiarly called, is an expert billiard player,
and'this accomplishment led him to form an
association with Dr. Hedges.
f - The Liverpool CTrsulsr.
Liverpool, June 16.—This week's circular o£ the
Liverpool cotton broker’s association says: Cotton
has been in good demand. Latterly it was quiet
with' a cheaper tendency. For American there was
a tali request, which was freely met. Long stapled
has been very active, with advancing prices, fee*
island has been in t»lr demand, and I* generally }£d
1'u.tuns have been steatfer, but have dtcliue-a
.££i.
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