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8 GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. A Resume of the Work of the Legislature. THE VARIOUS IMPORTANT MEASURES The general assembly has been In session in Adjourned session one hundred and seven days. jthu’Tegular session last winter lasted fifty Says, so that tlic wlioh-s<"si< <n, first and last, <as consumed one hundred and fifty-seven Javs, or five months and seven days, or nearly jpajf of one year. This is perhaps tbe longest session of the Atm ral assembly known in Georgia since the Ennous long parliament during the Bullock regime. Nothing of very vital importance has caused the general assembly to sit so long. Jhe •pumner of local bills bus been unusually large, and in the matter of incorporating rail- Jfoad, express, insurance, banking, telegraph, jnining and manufacturing conn,aim s tin .jpcss’ion has been prolific. It is doubtful if any general assembly ever incorporated so many Organizations, and as far as the existence <»f j£hese companies indicate progress and prosp, r rity the work of the session has been of incal culable benefit and advantage. Several topics of state moment have been Rebated and discussed. Among the first de- Bpatcs of the session was that on the F elton Svino bill, imposing a SIO,OOO tax upon dealers X>f domestic wims in prohibition counties. Erhis hill was watched with great interest in its passage through both houses, and the de ibntes were spicy ami rich. The Brady guano kill excited much discussion ami comment,and Kras debated in various forms in the house, fi dTially passing that body only to bo killed in tho Bonate. V The Glenn bill in regard to the co-education hf the races in state educational institutions jras another house measure, which not only excited state interest but became a national Question. Notwithstanding its almost unani fiio is passage through tho house, like tho Brady bill, it met it tale in tho senate where ill was effectually killed by substitute. Tb< first discussion of the State road question }hr<»se in tho senate over the Dean bill,pro ft'iding for a sale of the road. Tho discussion k>n tliH one bill consumed two weeks in tho •senate, where It was defeated by a close vote, jin the bouse, the state road question has been iprolitic in measures, bill alter bill in regard to nt b« ing introduced, but all the measures re flating thereto met the fate in tho senate that She majority o! house bills of importance re fceived at the li:n»<l- of that body. The bills toassed by the house in regard to tho sale or □ease of the State road provoked exciting do- Ibates that ver» li -tcmul to with the greatest uHtcnti' u. but nog* neral bill relating to the sale far l< a eof the r< -ad ha.-> | i a d both housesof the [assembly, going upon the statute books as a [lav. of the state. The convict lc;w'system has commanded a rfreat deal ol the time ami attention of the Eon . ami a largo number of bills have been Considered thereon in regard to it. Discussion nipon them was long, elaborate ami full, but the house could not satisfactorily agree upon •any single measure that could command the flteqni.- J • majority. 1 u the senate, the convict E'. t< in c- jru.m <i but little time, there being 'but one bill introdm ed in regard to it, and that •con inning but fifth time. The question of •Betterment-, in regard to th< Western and At lantic r.iih'-ad was considered,and the bond of tho Ic.w'i sto the stale for a faithful perform ance of the conditions of the lease was consid ered, ami the B< rner resolution was passed re quiring a new bond. When transmitted to the penate, the resolution received there treatment that characterized usually such measures from ft he house. Th” Olivo bill passed the house •also, but was killed by tho senate. In short, tho history of the session can bo itold in a very few words. Many measures of i]«ubli<- impoilarn e were discussed, and laws re lating thereto were passed by the house of rep r« < nt..ti\es, but almost invariably received their <l* ith blow in the senate. J.oeal bills without number were introduced find pa «‘d, and many companies wore char tered and organized. The work of tho gen oral as cmbly was almost purely local. These local bills wen* necessary ami important, be ing demanded |>\ the growing needs and wants of the people. Tim educational institutions of the state were well taken care of, and those tmppoited in whole or in part were given ap mronriatioiis for the purpose of improving then buildings or adding additional apparatus to thvii equipment. Tho session was prolific of investigation, ? tumorous eommitti'e.s being appointed to look nto and report upon various institutions and •mittei•••. Th(»o investigations, as a rule, tbr >p ,ht tollght no new facts, ami produced no legislation of an important nature. As a v.holo, the session was a very harmonl tens one, but one debate of tho session being Anarked by acrimonious allusions and caustic [statements. Below, in detail, will bo found •tho work of the session, which, though a very iJ< ng one, as shown bv the submitted figures, Washy no means an idle one. These figures • Show the work in each homo, and convey’ a belter nl< a of the mania r in which llio general iftssembly has been employed than any words y.m cons ey . y In tl.< House there were 1,039 bills intro duced and ‘ •“ resolutions, or in all 1,271 meas jprcb. In addition there vis received from tho dHt nate 120 bills and resolutions, or in all 127 pfiUMisuK , which added t<»thel,27l belonging jf.xclu-.ivvl\ to tl < lu'H•< made (lie grand total pf measure a ied upon in the house 1,398. In the senate, there w« re I‘»9 bills and 03 "resolutions introdit'• d, or in all 292 measures tvd upon In additimi to its own bills and resolution , the -dole act' d upon 5»>S house bills and .“•<» hoU ' n .’lotions, oriu illtUM Louse measures, v\h:eh adtlvd to the2o2 of its pwn, makos iht work <d the senat<» numerical ly cxpree.t <1 fMio. The ■ ‘ami total «»f bills and k’e-Mdut .ous in b- th bi.«m h< »is 2.?»•■!, which in- Jdicates a very lar • ;.m uut of matter, and the importance of it i »\i ' imal by the fact that A th< great mass oi n v ’< •.4 legislation. Marietta ami North Kailroad. T) . senate bill amemi.m’ the < barter of the ain't a and Nm * h (. < < ' , » railroad \\ as read the thinl time in th< ho., c yesterday. Mr. kA th i < lien »l an ..t i dim nt providing lli:*l 8t Miould have no authoiity to purchase or r.i »• :he i l.artvr ol \ otbt • r.iilo ad to ex it Mt i .tic oit> i< dmi t.nemhm nl authorizing tl • i ••! •■ ' ii!• an b lim s, \\ hit'h ns Bdvptcd. Ti i lull was fit tby yeas 71. nays 22. S< uate ’ll- i .re v ... < :•. iged y < sterday in dis p •s.ju-o( the h r - I. mtn it. The fiuamo « ••m .tee o port. .■ .* Iv. r to the pa--a.ru of t'- I n- hdl d the n-duimti lor th.' jh’i as:im nt <’f ti < , »hi tw. vn thr state n d i'. . Mm ivtt.i at d X. i• !i G< ■ rg a railroad. ‘ • 1 ' • - \i as 17, li amt th. lull pa » d on to Oto third *l. .dnig 1 i.e nato refused to pass the lulls creating tin i> . u ... |.io. ns and for addi- /lion al 6U per vision of railroads. M o h ttA and North Cvoruia Kallroad Bond-. , ’Hu ; il v 3,, .■I,; I' ii i.’>■ P«-ai tiu .ut nt >r the adjustment of the . •. b.m.. .. an.l ihe Mari- etta and X 'Uh ; i railr. ad. Tito house n;i.nlto tho sul»tuu:v alt. • adop ii>u the iituviidiu. ut piop >vd ly Mr. Arn- ' It. 'ivc l hirth.r I’n t n..ib i,, In tt is irs.diitlon •» .r , v. .at! ■■ > "-n •i. . at’, o \ i u ilvith hit h thev Hie r ' . -N : ' alterm k cticral I'ttd ho h.-• nejuriMHc t. .n ui. ihe ► . pct muter of th;- resolution, the W”VC . - *• i. ' \ ;■ , < i I nml the truiMiw of M -lute Unarm •. dt. h i • wdd e -nu-Me i bends do; . oil. . . uut tlu-UVM uuntula... ! . Tl.. senatv coneurri din this uniendiueut. I Iqunr* fur M. iuliull t'nrp.a.-.. The . h.tv t-.’l anti, n,ing tl o establish- Mn- • I . t ■ i.»r ihu 5.,!0 of li.iu.v.s fo V ,< d , ~l 1 ■ Va. ,A. >. lip. Mr. Schofield inond t.. t .b >1 pu vaih.i, Mr. loh.- .v' r.an.'W, laowdtotuko from , th, tab!.-, which w , ... , by y,.i 17, i.ajsol. K< storliv.j I • st The bill t. pi aide r medy for the Ineon- ; ■bo -v y ' It. H. i 'u <>f Quitman, Senate Kouline. A message ♦♦,- u h .• ho was roeehed, nav- i Ing that it refused t - inoio from its anu ud jm nu on th< bill tc -o !n •.•pt rate the Savan- Hfajhl.Hml Western null "ad, and asked f r a relive louimiiii naming Gordon, THE WEEKLY COKSTITITION, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. 18S1. Felton, of Bibb, and Pittman, a> the Louse committee. The senate ar -eded to the re quest, aml’Messrs. Brantley, I aver and Atwood were appointed on the partof the, senate. The conference committee retired and in a short time submitted a report that the house recede from its position in. regard to the amendments. THF CAMPAIGN OI’BN’ED. Speech of the Rev. Sain P. Jones at the Opera If ou>e. The announcement that the Rev. Sam P. Jom-> would <l. aver the first addn s on prohibition at three o'clock p. in. yesterday, dr-w out un ita lic;. iiidiem <at D Gi\ • h opera house. Tne hohi-c was 1 iied to its utinoss < » p ' i:y, standing room in ciu I‘-d from pit to the galleries. Fully one thousand v, < ; turned oil lor want of room. xerciKs opened v. Ith the singing ofthe Pox o’.:; y th( .ntlre audiem e. foUowed byuuearn c t pray rby the Ke.. A. G. Thoinafl. j i.r jion. <«. »r_'u iiihyer, before introducing the J * . : j I'. Junes, ho id : ‘‘Ncighborsand Friends r ■ ! orl while ago the bairfHUn evitreste 1 Hi e ft mountai . <«n the very losom of our city. You have •lug .!•■.•,fi the mountain ami t -rraccd it off. on its sb ; • -growl? vin»'s, fruit trees and flowers. There er .- men «<• self wille 1, so blinded by their errors nn 1 fitnaticisms tJia l have set on fixd a movement to build up the mountain, cut down * 8 vines and fruit treesand trample under feet its bowers. For my part J shall du none of that work. They will get no i elpfrOm mO Will they from y >u? [Cries o: No! No J After all we have done, st.all we bbiiid Idle and k-se It all. Never. JCrle-s of never, n* ver.j Among thwe u hoivsi.-t'•! in the gn at work, a: d who has trees l/carlng b<autifir liuit, is the nift iwo Lave come to hear UxJay. Mr. Jones car rier a fro i lance. He is the maker of his own >p ar and his own darts. We know not where he may ! strike. I fed n- If I bad n t done as much as I i should bav< done. But J would ask him if he begins , t<» throw his darts around this stage, to follow th? j advice of the Irishman ftboutjthe bulu t-, “ el them c »ini easy.' ] awk your slleuc< and attention that j you may listen to his gold- n word.-, f Ap: lairc. j As Mr. Jones «tepj»e«i forward on the platform, ho ‘ was mrci ted with applause. Mr. Jones commenced ! by re itlng tee fact that about twenty-four months ir. o he made the first speech in the prohibition ram- j paign. But the question now is n>t voting barrooms | out, lut vot.n < barrooms in. Then it was to go to j work and give leg. to every l arrcl and demijohn ; and walk them out. We didn't have to put le-s on ' some of the <L-mi ; ohns. [La ughter.] Il han been I twenty-four months of pre h-.Llti n and satisfaction, of grumbling and truth tolling. It is now pro- jo - I to vote in the trutlic, tl a! it may take the death grin on our sons and husbands and homes. I ama< muddle, but not .0/ any ullice within the gift of H e people. •1 am a camlitlalc for eternal life. No personal motive has brought me here, what 1 do and say, I say as a<■ i s i< n e and a \ o e.-. Mv conscience me to take sides, to rub up my ol«l mu-ket at -i mud in th forefront and say, you shah nev- r march in t xcept over my dead bo<ly’,[! Applause. | If i I liad but otic prayer to make that <>n • would I o that the church would i o infused with the spirit of counißp to make a stand and stand there. “J n < Lot; lam a rowar I. My h< art Is brave but my h -s me cowards. Gcxi said that he takelh no delight in the legs of a man. <>i thing in settled. In thecauscof God or human ity, any tim-*, night or da, , sn-k or well, living or dend, I w ill r-.Mpond to the ( all. (Applause.) home are afraid of L sing money, reputation or votes. I am a < om cnlnitcd, consolidate j» ohibitionist, with my wife, children, money, reputation and all. A man once tdd me that although a member of the chureii, ho had ns»lvc l to devote himself to getting money. “Now,” he said, 'Tveall the money I want, ami It is all 1 base got.” Then, I said, you are the pome i dug in the world. He rcplfe 1: “I would give all my money for the simple faith I had fourteen years ago.” I w < rked in ti c ore bods at seventy cents a da}’, and know the cxp-rlcnce ofthe pour and humble. A man never ran a barroom on the ground * f practising charity. A barroom was never bequeathed i.e a prli-clos legacy. I'he charities of a barroom Ucv< r eovLi cd all its sins. The barroom begins its cxlstcm i 1 as a pauper and is maintained as a pau ptr. 1 Lave no objection to a barkeep t, except, ns io th d (11 Lai o, “its the way they get their living, I : Inu-it r. ] 'I hr ba-isof this trart'c Is K'-llislm ->s; selfish appetites, and selfish gu e I for mom y. Who are- the men ami women who want Huiior L 1 c.ime bn< k? Two years ago there Avero 130 barrooms. The life of a ban •• m coats S3O per lay. That Is 33,900 per day.po-.- bl\ mo:e, certainly n ‘tless. Now, thercaie brought in ion lugs dally iii ; 2 each *2OO in all; 3200 from > I.'.m o per day is h<»w much? [Applause. ] You'll i ot he troubled much longer with the jug tnilr Its mighty near gon* up. [Applause.] The possibility of prohibition in Atlanta is the time will come Win-Ila man won't put n>pLerry syrup In hodnwi.i’T. In t’aitersville we’ve got them so that they will run from a jug. (Applause.J We want Bvim thin 'in addition to a law. SVo want a mayor to enforce it. (Continuous applause.] The antis call on all democrats to come and join them. Does it mean that democracy is anti-prohibi tion is whisky? Is it the democratic party calling the meeting? It lb not a question of democmey or republicanism. g.» off and Nny if Sain Jones hadn't said so unds'*, I would have voted tor it. You lop-eared hound, you lie. 1 <1 • not believe that any man should administers law w bon he is unfriendly to it. We will not have prohii.ifion in Georgia until a majority says so, and vflnr. mu t> i’ll force the law. 1 don’t knew Mayo Cooper. I believe he is a gentleman. Bull la-lit ve the prohibitionists niggled it when they n r< ><l to an anti prohibition mayor. But w«- II wij e the boys up. (Applause.] l .vi t y anti pr ibihltionist nas done all ho could t> d< ■. ■ rate that prohibition didn't pro! tbit. They have talked it, they have lied it. \\ ho violated the law? Have you preachers, you women, you chil dren violated Che law? Who is violating it? IQlout of every i<)o are antis. They have violated the law and mu upon Judge Andeason. [Applause] Tho red .‘ - hji. ofthe lairrooms are more (inngerous than am.ichi,' us and eommuirsts. Yons y prohibition in Atlanta is a failure. God lorbid. | Amun.] Pitch in and 1 will meet you at tlie tank. [Applause;] Oure dore I brethren have been told that tnu prohi bitionis's set <town on them. What has your antl pi.-hibuion m.iyor and eoum il done for them? My colored • >r< thren [lnibrhtor- if it wa> a little darkey I w uld not be mistaken. But. ask tho colored man Wil * ;ives him employment and assistance. The prohibitionists of Atlanta. (Applause.] I often pi' .ivhto the rolore.l people. 1 am agood colored ( reachcr. 1 like them. They are a good disputed nvo.'l The white i-eople ofthe south are their i e-t triends. They got forty acres and a mule. They haw got it Io get. I'cobie who visited your exposition remarked: “I n.'ver saw su«-h luge crowds. 1 aw but<*nc drunken man. It the exposilk n had done cl ,inth ■mi 1-t ot rain and slush, than to demon strate that lutue crowds could assemble without get ting .I unk, it has done a big work. I Applause.] If the barrooms had been in full blast that rainy <1 iy. the devil would have been to pay. People (luoii.iliuut the uiii“ii enquire about Atlanta, and its future u o. e of the grnmlest in prosperity in tho oiuh. Ue managed tlie I liml tigers in Carters ville. Ono was sent up for ten years. I of feud ;.o rewaid for any one getting a di’uk Hint had to pay one ‘ SSO I' l ' - I 'my fellow nud bad 100 <>t fun. If two ity • t you in Atlanta oiler joO each tor for those getting d: nt s • it e 1 11 be rats to your boh s. ; Applause]. lb'W in email will work for Sl.oou' Men to’d m • t '..u mur p dir. men we e drunk at the exposi t> ”, Iyi ; . rascals! Kico beer, what is It? It II '. t 1 i u I of a grain of rice. It is made of ■s," ,- v I l.u.< bci r and mean w hisky, and it’s a fool I.L-• •' Holl up niiuuu hundred majority ti r pro'iil i; ion, and rice beer and other noxious 3-w ill have to co. l-i I von ever see «>n*’ v, *’o drinks rue beer? You c - i’dn t get a more Idj 'ic ; e fr.'m the lunnliejisylmn. [Applause]. I iiu»v d imnable c n oetimis e -Jlcd prohibition ' m ot .o 100. and s- lie ' the drugyist need ' ' • < : i- i 'u i. An o’d bnrkt'ejHT i-, a ■rentle ’• >. .*•> i:i .uni a scholar compu.r. >1 t> . 'Hu.e of i .' u .'ldo-.! Every time 1 say do;, two or t re ■ hu n 4k ! e. [At phui-e. | 1 lik i' :i- wol.iw-mm. It’s letter than bwlv 1 n you. v. -un n. of Ailantrt, to get blue tibia* is, vo ; it vou: iltmi I make your husband wearit until after the elei lion. Girls, when your tweet luaii> • o.a • -,o see y«n on Satunlay nights [laugh- ■ t, put a 1 that ■ -a t it until t’lu lot Vote .S p ik'd, never to call again. [Ai>- .ei rlug to the contest in Koine, he said that the w ‘u. uot Koine, and nut Mini Jones or Sam Small W -r<' 1 t’n I \ win' Lad .all.er be tl.v widwv of a prohibi ts' ■ • u-n Gic w ife of a -ainl. Ask your wile if ! \\ !un the devil get •> in ft w *-uan it is a terrible th n . Kun ttu ilevii out **. l>er into a hog and it w i ’ n ... • tnouht for ihe v.uur. Ii takx- .< t 4*t mou-\ isxint a man’s no>e r.>. spent 310,u00 .nd only got a vale pink. l.trsbax pn-hlbitlon for Vt'.a’.ta. legal Rua«lon for ti liquor ' -h r, moral sit is on fortlie druukaid, an ; r ' •' Miatiou t.*r the law banker. I. < 'v, \i»m lun ’c 'ami !• . ■ •*•' u\ il. k •! •• b.otlK r Haw ibvri.e.! v*: "ion’t havebv.t o .- d i-.: a*nvr. t w.j I*o Sam Jon.* , a Keep ' o ir b- • r b>e!h:cn and 4b> : • • H '- cool heaN and warm i.uartsnuj roll up a m ajoniy that wi i n*to ’.hike uatiw', }b . • * i’y 4>.0 syc u w d.nk • harms tn a Jul . lee I v .aji ini lu Hawtl one t * preach the hl \ ■ ■ ■ y ’ Milter. Get ) -a' . : ty. 1 m.i-.., to u•1»r \* i luv < J., iiuuMo com? 1,.-w undoing t<» them: !•' • r. *r i me Mew th.e giouml w he;v you 4 Ml i . . em’phl. ary Wrftw l a mHtond t r . ;' , 11 \ -n *w on the l otek, and the fruitless Mb-Hot ; u i re.-.*iv io m.'M though b. He then • • > - • rj ft'.od )u i .-* 4|ue.'i'oii M". nll 1 him t i. u'.u vu . O'. A e that all P. 11. Kent, a mechatic. He ••’. ••*••3 f »r nhl.t. n of tn > bm i. e av.dw.iw were not tnv'.ined to huar o Hon tor. up aujthcu iVkv o As-m ph to caller les rose HU nmuhamomd} ar..’ a* .me nmu.sml.l k-t.d vhw.im. a. I gnat entlmslauu. \1 Us - . iuu.i-M'lVr. - Mmu. MeuSPnv Lib u . club would oiguaUe al Hunter street, lYmsdtQ uighu THE KN’IGIITS DIVIDE. A Big Split From the General Assembly. A NEW ORGANIZATION CALLED FOR. Chicago, October 23.—The dissenters from I tins action taken at tlie Minneapolis convention i Lave deelar* <1 open war with the executive ' board of Hie Knights of Labor, and have is , sued their declaration of independence. On J r< turning fiprn the convention, about thirfy- I five delegates, representing fifteen states, j stopped in Chicago, and determined to bring about a reorganization of tho order. They elected a provisional committee of five members, of i which Charles F. Seib was made secretary. A. long communication was drafted at Secretary ’ Scib’s office today, and will be forwarded to | morrow, in circular form, to the Knights of : Labor all ovi r the country. The following is the communication: Ill.AlH/i AF.TE .- 1'1:0VISIONAL COMMITTEE,Chicago, in to: er 2J. — f ircuiar No. 1. To the Rank and File of the Order of the Knig .tsof L-dxir: Indignant at the usurpation of power, the gross viol ition dfjho laws of< ur or hrby i o- ■ high in authority, disgusted I with those whose loyalty to the present I ring has been gained. by tho pick- i ing they receive us a reward for their st rvices, incensed at the fawning sycophants who crawl on their knees in slavish submission to tho mo-t c >rrunt, most hypocritic.il, most autocratic and tyrannv al body that has ever controlled any labor orgunization, we, therefore, attirm the motto of our order that when bad men combine, : good men must associate, else they will fll one ly one. an unjli-i sicrifice m a conti mptible stiu g'. •. We assert the hour has | come w hen. as honest men and women, we declare ours', lyes independent oftlio‘e who have abused the < onfidei c reposed in them by our < r !er. < )ur duty to the working men and women demands that w<- at once reorganize the order of Knigh s of Labor on a basis w hieh will secure the autonomy of the trades and the sovereignty ofthe districts in all pertaining to their trade and Jo al affairs; anti to I r- vt nt it from being used in future as a machine to till ti.e cotleis of tles gnincr and unscrupulous men as it i. by those now Inpow’er. The circular then recites the reasons which have compelled this serious action, and which are that the general offices have organized a conspiracy to enable them to hold on to the salaried offices which they use for selfish pur posis; that they have misappropriated the money of the order to pay favored persons, “general lecturers,” “general organ izers, ” etc., extravagant sums for useless ser vices; that the district or local assemblies known to be hostile to the plans of the conspir ators have been suspended or expelled; that the records of the general office have been fixed or d' ctored to admit or rule out, as the case might be, the general assembly representatives that extravagant hotel bills have been con tracted ; that the funds of the order have been donated and loaned to the officers and their families; that the constitution lias been alter ed in an illegal manner; that it has been tam pered with ; and measures inimical to the in terests of the ordoijat large have been railroad ed into what is called “law” ; that war has been waged by the administration ring against the trades union and trades dis trict, that the motto of the ring lias been: “Down with the trades districts, exterminate the trad's union.” This, in spite of our obli gation to extend a helping hand to all branches of honor.ible toil, and that, finally, as a result of this blundering wishy-washy incompetent and stupidly arbitrary policy, the membership of the order has decreased 217,924 members in one year. The circular then re quests all loca.land district assemblies in accord with the above declaration, or desirous of in formal ion, to address Charles F. Seibe, secre tary of the provisional committee. If you have catarrh, you are in danger, a the disease is liable to become chronic and affect your general health, or develop into consumption. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures ca tarrh by purifying and enriching the blood, and building up the system. Give it a trial. A FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. A Call for a Meeting to Form a State Alliance* Er.LAvn.itß, Ga., October 23.—[Special.]— Tire County alliance of tl.e Fanners’alliance, of Schley county, met on Fliday ns per appointment. Among the most important business was steps taken for the organization of a stale alliance, therefore, all tho county alliances of the state are requested to elect <lelc.mles at on< o to meet in Americus, on Wednesday before the third Sunday in November next, lor the purpose of organizing a Farmers State alliance. FROST ,1N FLORIDA. Which Is Welcomed and Readily Announced in tho Presence of Yellow Fever. Jacksonville, Fla., October 23.—Another light frost fell hero this morning. Cool, clear weather has prevailed throughout the state for several days. No further cases have occurred at Palatka, where a Tampa refugee died of sporadic yellow fever two weeks ago. Those frosts, witlr tho raising of tlie quarantine that have been maintained against Palatka, Ims completely restored confidence, and the busy season is opening with great promise. A strict cordon is still maintained around Hillsborough county, in which Tampa is situated. A special from Tampa to the Times-Union tonight says : Six new cases in 21 hours, all light, no deaths; 15 patients in hospital: five doctors sick. Need experienced physicians and nurses. ill 41 ACKERS TRAGEDY. Tlie Fiend Starts Out on n Deliberate Career of Murder. Des Moines, la., October 23.—The shocking tragedy at, Maxwell, Story county, last night, has plunged that community into the deepest gloom. Il appears that Perry Ackers, who comniilted the cowardly murder, started out la<t ex eningabout so*clock, bent on destroying somebody. He borrowed a revolver from a Imrdw.uo store on tho pretence that he]wanted t, - sho .t a d"g. but be went straight to the, office of Jn.-tico of the Peace Sclunetzer, and asking him if ho wits ready to take his medicine, administered it without any further explanation, shooting him in tlie left lower jaw. tlio ball passing down and out of tiio shoulder blade. He next entered the oflieo of Mayor French, and stealing up behind him, sent a bullet into Ins brain. The mayor never uttered a uord,but died within an hour. Tlie murderer then passed into tlio street, his crime asyot I cing unknown, and meeting severrtl citizens talked in a threatening manner about evening old scores and brandishing his revolver freely. Passing on to tho entrance to tho Odd Fellows hall, he said good bye to the postmaster ou tlio w ay. remaking that he was going to hell, and then shot Inins. .1. dying immediately. Ackers was a shiHless fellow, who had been for some time an object of suspicion, but no one antici pated any such startling tragedy as camo. Tlie Missionary Women. I.tNcoi n. Neb., October 23.—The eighteenth annual meeting of tlio national committee of : the Woman's foreign mission societyot ths Methodist Episcopal church, has boon in ses sion li ic tor lhr< o days. Tl-.cro are twenty - se.en delegates present, representing tho nine ' districts into which the states are divided. Heporisof officers show the society to be in a Nourishing condition. The collection for tho ; past x ear amounted to SIW,OOO, an increase of ' t-2.;.tv | 0 over tho previous year. Tho conven tion n ill remain in session during the whole 1 cf the week. "Be wise today: ‘tis madness to defer.” ■ l*on‘t neglect your cough. If y - at do your fat o niay be that ol tlie countless thousands who have done likewise, and who today till con sumptives' graves. Night-sweats, spitting of bbx' i. weak lungs, and consumption itself if i taken in time can l>e cured bv the use of Dr. i I’ki- '- Gobi,-. Medical Dbeetery.” This w <'>:•'■ :: ' preparation has no equal as a reine c<ly for lung and throat disease. All druggists. Southern CnUtornln. . 1 In ’:V i : nil Is. e.»:ieeru:ng this b.v»tn- i It Sect t ■ .1 Dll n;>| n. Write vour - ■■ a d n.i.lross | la.>,u.t encl. . - fee of i t.e.y < •••-•. ■ > a I'rrrv. ocU-wkj Im Sstu Diego, CaL —— —— \ 4 autloun Anal>Ait>. • 1 h.ut » Bq; v of introduction to Mr. Sim uv’.sl . r . a la tjftnaerm* t mu to a > <r.t .n. ' • in tell iu*‘ if Lc is a ui..n of driuk- t pl edtbec'.tt.’cn.cxvecio’*ating C, - • ivt iI ■ » '>» fur h_'t, wo ial Sfaiu Is n hto--’. d-:nkor. -it 1 nc-» *n if you a«k him to Rn ’ , t iku sutU.u . you uon i Law to build a lire under ! Luu tu b U Luu siar.ed.” JEFF DAVIS WILL COME. Macon, Ga„ October 23.—[Special.]—A few [ hours m. re an 4 the central city will welcome with In her hospitable gaits the best beloved man that lives in the wide, wide world. This morning ti e following telegram was re ceived: "Hi irvom, Mis-..Octol)er22—Hon. W. J. Northern I will leave for Macon to-morrow night. Scali not be able to go to Athens. Medical advisers pro nounce it injudiciously venture orne t • do so. (Signed) n Davis.” Whi ■.■ this indicates that he will not Le able to extend l:is trip, it emphatically confirms his fre q< rent assertions tiiut he will come to Macon, and th- "Hi,,-us of the < lie-slc < 'ity can easily run <1 v n t ,j< I:y old Macon at d Join the grand parade aud be reviewed Ly the honored chief. And tlie grand old man will not b J alone. 'Vi h him come ids faithful wile, who hasshown a he.-, de devotion to her husband, through ail the vic:ssit'..'!es of Ids wonderful career, that i-touchingly U imt3ul. Thon, to complete ti.e trio, the charming daughter, the pure type of southern womanhood, "the child o' the confederacy,” wild be here, the guest of Geor gia’s chivalrous sons. Cannons will boom. Banners will be flung to the breeze. Drums will rattle, and the remnants of Lee's legions will once more send up tire old rebel yell, the echoes of which shall reverberate irom tiie Tennessee mountains to Brunswick s wave-washed ■bore. it w ill be n great week in Macon - At the fair grounds nil is rush, and bustle, and bnsv preparat on. One hundred and fifty-two stalls have been taken fir cattle, more than have ever been taken before. There are several fine herds there now, and were many more on the wav. Big herds of granting swine are being driven through the streets, and fine horses, brood and ra cers are being led, ridden and driven about the grounds. MEETING PROCLAIMED. The Police Make a Desent on the Stand and Disperse tlie Meeting. Dublin, October 23.—Placards were posted in Woodford, county Galway, this morning, summoning an indignation meeting under the auspices of the British home rule union. Sir Wilfred Blunt, tlie well known philan thropist and tlie benefactor of Arabi Pasha, who was formerly a conservative but is now a homo ruler, was announced to preside, sup ported by Mr. Bowland and other English members of parliament. Tlie meeting was proclaimed by tho goverment and reinforcement of police and troops arrived in the morning and pa raded the streets. Thousands of persons flocked into town. A platform was erected in a Held behind tho main street. When tlio speaker mounted the platform, Divisional Magistrate Bymo forbade Blunt to hold tlie meeting. Blunt defied the magistrate, and the police were ordered to clear tho platform. Sev eral policemen seized Blunt, and although lie violently resisted, threw him from the plat form. Blunt returned to the platform and was again thrown off. Then, pale and breathless, he shouted: “Are you such damned cowards that you dare not arrest me?” The district inspector replied: “I arrest you.” Bluunt was then seized and marched off un der escort, his wife following. Tho police charged upon tho crowd that followed, and injured many persons. Mr. Howland asked for three cheers for Blunt, which were given heartily. The crowd was kept back by the Fusilcers. Blunt was brought before a magis trate and on refusing to promise to refrain from participating in other mootings, ho was retained in custody. Blunt and another pris oner were conveyed to Longhrea jail this evening. During tho row Constable Connor refused to obey the order to charge tho crowd, and throw down his baton. He was arrested. Two meetings were afterward held on the outskirts of town, at which tho arrestof Blunt was denounced. This morning, before tlio meeting, Blunt handed! to M agistrate gßiyno a written pro test against the government’s action in pro claiming the mooting. Later Inspector Mur phy visited Blunt and informed him that no meeting would be allowed. Blunt when asked whether ho would give bail, replied that as an Englishman, ho be lieved that tho whole action of the police was illegal, and that he would rather bo impris oned than give a pledge to the representatives of tho tory government. After tho struggle on the platform Lady Blunt fainted and lay on the grass unconscious for some time. Mrs. Rowland and several re porters also suffered in tho scuffle. Bev. Mr. Fagan was arrested, but was afterward re leased. Mr. Roche, a poor law guardian, was arrested for assaulting tho police. Lady Blunt clung to her husband’s arm and refused to leave him. Sir Wilfred Blunt’s [letter to Magistrate Bju-ne, guaranteed moderate languarge on the part of the speakers. He warned the magis trate that lie would hold him responsible if he attacked an unarmed, orderly meeting. Over tliirty persons were more or less seriously in jured at Woodford. The feeling against the police runs very high. It is stated that in many instances they had recourse to unnoces sary brutality. Tho news of tho arrest of Wilfred Blunt caused the greatest excitement in Dublin. A feeling of intense gratification prevails among the nationalists. Mr. Harrington tonight said that ho did not believe Mr. Blunt would be de tained or prosecuted, “but,” he added, “it will do good, and I should not wonder if wo hoar more of it.” Mr. William O’Brien was pay ing a visit to Mr. Dillon when the news of Mr. Blunt’s arrest arrived. Both geniemen expressed great concern for (ho personal inconvenience to which Mr. Blunt would bo subjected, but could not conceal their gratification at the turn events had taken. Interest was intensified when it became known that the telegraph Wires between Portumna and Woodford had been cut, and service suspended for several hours. The greatest activity prevailed at Dub lin castle, communications being constantly sent and received. The attempt to evict tlie Widow Foley at Bally Kerogne, was resumed later on Satur day, when the defenders of tho house wore ar rested by tho police. ♦ -■ ■■ " King of tlio Beggars. From the Youths' Companion. A rare old volume to bo found in a few Eng lish libraries contains tho history of the onco famous Bampfyldo Moore Carew, known in England, during tlio reign of Goorgo 1., as the king of the beggars. Carew belonged to one of the oldest and most honorable families in England. His fa ther was a clergyman and his grandfather was an earl. He passed through Eton with dis tinction, and entered Oxford. In his twentieth year ho left college and joined a gang of gypsies, with whom he re mained until his death, forty years later. The entreaties of his family and tho ridicule of his friends had no effect upon him. At his fa ther's death he inherited a large estate, which lie refused to claim, continuing to live in tents, wandering through Europe, often in dire want and squalor. Carew, it is said, was a man of great ability and of winning manners; hence,when lie came in contact with men of his own class, they ac knowledged him as still their equal. His cousin. Lord Seton, once laid a wager with him that he could not decieve him as a beggar. Carew approached him an hour latter as a de crepit old soldier, and received a pound ; and j ho next day, as a wniow w ith a Labo in her arms, induced him to give him three guineas. I He undertook a voyage to this country “to | see what could be made out of the Quakers,” and made a begging tour among the Puritans ! of New England, the Dutch in Now York, and the Cavaliers in Virginia. TliOß. D. Crump’s View on Fairness. A Journal reporter called on Mr. Thomas D. Crump and said, “I understand that you drew a prize in The Louisiana State Lottery draw ing of the '.'th nit .” “1 did.” “What was j your ticket ?” “2D149." “Did it represent the • whole, or a part of the prize?” “A part—one- I tenth of the second capital.” What amount ?” “S.'.DiX'.” “Did you receive tlie full amount I the ticket represented?” “1 received the full ’ l amount eight days after the ticket had drawn.” j I “How did you c lie t tho nvuicy'.’” “Our i Jonesburg (Mo.) Batik collected it through the I 1.-'cledc Bank of St Louis, and paid it to me.'' “1 consultr that the basin - -so; The L misiaua | State I.vttcry is cent'.ucted faiily. without p.tr j tiality or favor.—Jonesburg (Mo.) Journal, September S. SENTFREE'^.:^S.' 8 ocU‘4—»uu wky ts To bo free from sick heads he, biliousness, ' constipation, orc., use Carter's Little Liver Pills. Strktiy Vegetable. They gently stimu late the liver Ami f.-co tho stomach from bile. A FEARLESS_BANDIT. An Hour With the Notorious Vas guez ON THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS DEATH. Fn m the San Francisco Examiner. I saw Kernahghan’s neck stretched on Fri day .and it recalled another banging of thirteen years back—that of Tibitrcio Vazquez. Sb< riff Adams, afterward murdered in Ari zona by friends of the bandit, so it is supposed, let a party of San Francisco repoeters into the San Jose jail the night before the execution. I The little brigand, who had robbed and slaughtered with his band through Santa Clara, San Benito, Fresno, Tulare, and the whole southern country, until ho had achieved a notoriety as high as that of his great prede cessor, Joaquin Marietta, was sitting absorbed in a newspaper when tho reporters entered. He had been permitted to leave his cell and take the freedom of the asphalt paved corridor. If is chair was fashioned from a dry goods box, and his lamp stood on the equally rough table, where there were also pens and ink. He had been writing his last letters. Vasquez rose and nodded pleasantly to his curious visitors. There were half a dozen of them, and each presented him with a cigar or two, so that he had a handful. ■‘l’m afraid,” he said with a smile, “that I shan’t have time to smoke all these.” He was a very polite bandit, and remained standing until all the strangers were seated. Ho was not only self-possessed but cheerful. It pleased him to see new and not unfriendly faces, for no doubt his solitary thoughts had been anything but agreeably company. As lie stood there, one hand on the arm of his chair, tho newspaper in the other, and showing a courteous interest in the efforts of the bustling deputy to find seats for his guests, he was far from formidable in appearance. However terrible he may have looked when, shotgun in hand, he rode up to the stage coach or the wayside store, the lonely traveler or the isolated ranch-house, with his clattering crimi nal cavalry behind him, as ready to blow out brains and cut throats as to take plunder, he was now but a short, broad-shouldered, dark skinned, pleasant-faced Mexican, with noth ing whatever forbidding about him. Indeed, his manner was engaging. The fellow was a gentleman. He showed it not only in his politeness, but in the cool cour age with which ho faced his dreadful end. “I would rather talk of something else, if it is agreeable to you gentlemen,” he said, when the reporters fell to business, and questioned him about tlie state of his mind. “I am to be hanged tomorrow. Very well. I don’t like it, but I have no choice. See*?” And he shrugged his shoulders and smiled. “Do you feel that you deserve your fate?” solemnly asked the dullest reporter. “Well, that does not much matter,” he an swered, lighting a cigar. “While I never killed anybody myself, I permitted my men to do so, and in the eye of the la w, that is the same thing, so I suppose I deserve what is going to happen. Since I cannot help myself, I am content.” His English was not nearly so good as this, but it was not so bad as an attempt to render his Mexican accent in print would make it. “Do you believe in a hereafter?” asked the solemn reporter. “Um—do you?” he asked in return, his black eye twinkling. Tho solemn reporter grinned, and so did Vasquez. “Tlie priest lie has been here. He says there is another world. He is a good man. He be lieves it. Very well, Ido not know. But,” se riously, “I die a Christian, a Catholic, as I have lived. Will you pardon me, gentlemen, if I ask you to talk about something else than myself. lam glad to see you; I like company. The weather is pleasant, eh ?” He leaned back in his rude chair with an animated countenance, ready to chat, like one who wished to while away dragging hours. He had about fourteen of them left. The man’s face was strong and firm. He was in tho prime of life and in perfect health. His courage had been proved in many a bloody fight, and if by murdering all his visitors it w ould have given him one chance in a thous and of escape that chance would have been taken, and God thanked for it. As it was, he Smiled cordially and accepted tho inevitable with manly composure. His politeness was inexhaustible. Tho tow headea editor of on® of the local papers came in, greeted him with a boisterous hilarity meant at onco to cheer the condemned and display to the metropolitan journalists his su perior intimacy with a celebrated character. The editor actually took a copy of his paper from his pocket and, with the remark, “I sup pose you want to hear what I said about you to night,” sat down and read to Vasquez' three solid columns about his crimes, the prepara tions for the hanging, and a minute description of tho gallows, with mention of the other crim inals who had stepped upon it. This performance appalled the callous re porters, out Vasquez bore it in silence, without a wince or a frown. Sheriff Adams appeared, and tho Mexican retired into the shadow with him. They whis pered together, and the sheriff seemed to be trying to dissuade his charge from some pur pose. But Vasquez was resolute, and the offi cer retired with a deprecatory showing of his palms. Soon there was a tramping of feet without, the key turned,and tho iron doors were throw n open, clanging. Two men bearing a coffin,and followed by a black-coated undertaker w ith a pair of trestles in his hand, camo in. The coffin—a fine one, studded with silver-headed nails—was placed on the trestles, and the brigand, cigar in teeth, stepped up and inspect ed it with lively interest. He half squatted and ran his hand along the side. ‘Tt’s too short,” he said, with surprise, looking at tho awed undertaker, who assured him it was all right—that it should bo measured at the top, not near the bottom. “It’s high,” cried Vasquez, with a wave of his hand, pleased at the quality ol the coffin, Which had been provided by his friends. The undertaker thought ho referred to the lid, which was rounded, and said that it was the fashion to make them that way. “Oh, he doesn’t mean that,” said the local editor, scornfully. “What ho moans is that it's nifty.” "Yes, nifty,” agreed the Mexican, glancing gratefully at the San Jose journalist for sup plying the right word. “Yes, yes, it is nifty.” He pat his hand inside, felt tho padding, pressed tho little pillow, and, with an upward flirt of his cigar, observed: “Well, I shall sleep there very well for ever.” lie turned away toward his chair. “Devil take mo, Vasques, if you haven’t nerve,” exclaimed a reporter, admiringly. “What would be the use of being the other way?” he said, calmly enough, but there was a sharp thrill in his tone that hinted of the agony in the caged man’s heart. Ou tho morrow he walked out into the sunlit jail yard, climbed tho steps of the scaffold, gazed indifferently at tho gaping mob of men below, threw a wistful glance beyond the walls at the blue hills, on which ho had ridden on many a fray with his cutthroats, and then gave all his attention to tho ghastly business of the moment. They sought to unbutton liis coat and collar, He waved them aside politely and did it him self. Ho assisted the hangman in adjusting the straps and rope, glanced down to see that his feet were precisely on the crack, kissed tho crucifix held out to him bv tho priest, and bore himself with patience and dignity while they drew over him a white shroud and placed on j his head and shoulders a great black hood. “I ! am ready,” he said, serenely, closing his eyes. , And that was the last of Vasquez. Catarrh Cured. 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