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RADICAL CHANGES.
MANY jyDIiUTSnS AND BEDVCTIOXS
JXDUTIES BY TUB COMMITTEK.
The Senator .model the Income Tax, Slak
ing it Clearer and Mor# Effective.
Plenty of Revenue Assured,
Washington D. C., March B.—The Wilson
tariff bill, which passed the house of rep
resentatives February Ist, was laid before
the full membership of the senate commit
tee on finance this morning.
The provisions in the house bill in regard
to the tariff on tobacco are left unfinished.
The schedule of the Wilson bill levying a
tax of |1 per thousand on cigarettes
wrapped in paper is stricken out and there
is substituted a tax on cigars of all de
scriptions, including cigarettes weighing
more than three pounds per I.OOU, $5 per
1,000; on cigarettes wrapped in paper, 81 per
1,000, and on cigarettes wrappea in tobacco,
60 cents per l,voo.
Sections 82, 83 and 84 of the house bill re
lating to the whisky tax, are stricken out
altogether and new provisions inserted. Un
til new stamps can be made the present is
sue is authorized to be used.
Distillers who have given bond and sell
only distilled spirits of their own produc
tion in the original packages, with tax-paid
stamps attached, are exempted from the
payment of the special tax of a wholesale
liquor dealer.
The house provision as regards pottery is
unchanged.
Barley and barley malt are each raised
6 per cent, in manufactures of wool valua
tions as given in the Wilson bill are stricken
out and new schedules inserted. The lower
grades of wool. hair, etc., are taxed Iroin
15 to 25 per cent, and woolen yarn 30 per
cent. Blankets and wool hats, women’s
dress goods, ready-made clothing and kin
dred articles are reduct d 5 per cent. Car
pets are unchanged. The reductions in the
duties for manufactures of wool shall take
effect December 2, 1894.
Uncut precious stones are placed on the
free list. The free admission of raw silk
is specifically stated to not apply to doub
led, twisted nor advanced in manufacture
in any way.
In the silk schedule carded silk, thrown
and spun silk and silk laces are reduce". u
per cent.
The Glass Schedule.
There are only four changes in the glass
and glassware schedule. Plain, green an l ’,
colored, molded or pressed, and Hint glass
ware. including bottles, vials, etc., ate
raised from 30 to 40 per cent ad valorem.
All articles of glass, cut, painted,
colored, printed, stained, decorat" i, sdver. d
or gilded.not infiuding plate glass. s:!v<•>'•••.
or .looking glass plates, are raised trout ....
to 40 per cent ad valorem. All g.ass Pot
tles, decanters, when cut. engraved, pa'iite...
colored and otherwise decorated ate raised
from 35 to 40 per cent ad valorem. Ln
polished cyclinder, crown and common win
dow glass not exceeding 1'1x24 inches square
m cents per pound. Above that and not
exceeding 24x30 inches square, l’i cents per
pound; above that and not exceeding Jtx..'.
inches square, from l : ’s to T- cents per
pound; ali above that from ID to 1-> S cents
per pound. Stained or painted window
glass, or stained or painted glass windows
specially imported forth" use of any so
ciety or institution established for religious,
pnilosophical, educational. scientific or
liter.irv purposes and not intended for sale,
are added to the free list. Plows and other
agricultural implements, which the house
bill made free, have a provision that all
the articles mentioned, when imported
from any country which lays an import
duty on like articles coming from the
United States, shall be subject to duties
under existing law.
Iron Schedule*.
In the iron schedules iron pigs Is in
creased from 20 to 22 1 j per cent ad valorem.
Iron in slabs increased from 22'to 25 per
cent. Bar iron is increased from 25 to 28
per cent. Beams increased from 30 to 35
per cent. Boiler plates, iron or steel, in
creased from 25 to 30 per cent. Forgings of
iron increased from 25 io 30 per cent. Hoops
of iron are increased from 2.> to 30 per cent.
Railway bars are increased from 20 to 22’i
;er cent. Cast iron pipe is reduced from
25 to 2'l per cent.
Potatoes are changed from 10 cents per
I i sj tic to 30 per cent ad val »rem.
Apples, bananas, dates, olives and pine
apples are taken from the free list and
taxed 20 per cent ad valorem.
Cucoanuts and Brazil nuts are taken from
the free list and taxed 20 per cent ad va
lorem.
Fresh beef, mutton and pork are taken
from the free l.st and taxed 25 per cent ad
valorem.
Poultry is changed from 2 cents a pound
to 20 per ct nt ad valorem.
Hemp burlaps are increased from 20 to
22',a per cent ad valorem.
The Income Tux Feature.
With the exception of changes in the
text and modi’: '."U of sonic of its pro
visions. the inc'mie tax remains as part of
the biii. Tiic language of the first section
is made ck-.irer and reads .is follows;
"That Hom and after January 1, 1895.
there snail be collected and paid annually
upon the gams, proiits ami incomg received
in me preceding calendar year oy every
citizen ot the United Stales amt e\■
person residing therein, whether said gams,
jirotit or income be derived from any kmu
of property, rent , mtei'St. dividend.'- or
Salaries, or from any profession, trade, em
ployment or vocation carried on in the
t mted States or elsewhere, or from any
other source whatever, a tax of 2 percent
on the amount so derived over amt ; b >ve
$4,000; and a like tax shall be levied, col
lected and paid annually upon the gains,
proiits and incomes of all property owned
and of any bus.. -. trade, <>t profession
carried on m t.'ie Un.ted States, by persons
residing w.. -. . the i tiitcd Slates. ’
In estimating these things, which go to
make up an me. me m addition to me sales
cd' live stock, sugar, wool, etc., the commit
tee adds cotton. l'ro< euiiig along the line
of the house bill cluing; .- are only made to
make the text clear, and where a word is
used capable of being construed to give a
discretionary power, the t use of the verb
is eham;. ii to make it mandatory.
The rcq'iiteim nt that accounting officers
must send in their lists wilhm thirty days
after any div Tends becotm due amt i>a;.a
bli is changed to read "on er bclcra the
10th oi th" month following that in which
■such dividends become due and payable.”
An important clause added provides that
dividends or interest accruing to states,
counties or municipalities, and dividends,
interest or annuities accruing to corpora
tions or essociati ns or:;a n ■<! and con
ducted solely for charitable, religious or ed
ucational purposes or to any trustee or
other jud'-iarv. on stocks, siiares, funds in
securities had solely for charitable pur
poses, or salaries due to state, county '<>’
municipal officers shall not lie subjected to
such tax or deduction.
The house bill made it obligator’' upon all
corporations payin': any implore a salary
of m • ■ tl : ’ S' - pay the tax and
charge if to such employ The senate bill
directs the I'l.Tpi ration to report the salary
paid, but givi tin employe the right to act
as his own financial agent in this transac
tion.
In expunging the tautology found in the
house bill tin senate committee has cut out
a number ci sections, pres' >ing tin essen
tial points by mcorpor. ti. .-. them with sec
tions which they have condensed and re
arranged. , ...
Section 10 of the bill reads as tol.ows:
“That the president of the United States
shall, immediately upon the passage ot this
act. give notice to the government of the
Hawaiian islands that the United States in
tends to terminate th treaty ot .lime
1.875, mad ■ betw* n tile I mt' d States and
his majesty, the king ol th< 1 1 < aiian is
lands, as previled in th" fifth article of
said tr. atv, mid it is hereby further en
acted that aftm the exp.ramm ot twelve
months from th" time of giving such no
tice the said treaty shall be b rminated and
Its provisions cease to be obligatory upon
the contracting parties thereto."
In the administrative feature of the tanli
biil an important change is made in one
particular. If any non-enumerated article
equally resembles two or more enumerated
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articles in which different rates of duty are
chargeable to, the duty to be levied is that
chargable on the article which it resembles
that pays the lowest rate of duty anti not
the highest, as provided in the house bill.
If two or more rates are applicable to any
imported article, it must pay the lowest
duty.
In regulating the invoice of goods im
ported, the senate requires the invoice to
specify in detail all charges thereon, in
stead of the house provision, "that it in
cludes all charges thereon.”
51 iMcellaiieou* Aft iclcw.
Among miscellaneous articles changed by
the biil, unsized printing paper suitable for
looks and newspapers is reduced front
15 to 10 per cent; parchment papers are in
creased from 25 to 30 per cent. The duty
on imported playing cards is reduced from
Id to 2 cents per pack, so as; to correspond
with the internal revenue tax.
Fire crackers are changed from 8 cents
a pound to 50 per cent ad valorem. Gun
powder is taxed 10 cents ad valorem.
Matches are reduced from 20 to 10 per
cent. Furs on the skin but not made up are
taxed 20 per cen: ad valorem
Fur hats and materials are raised from
30 to 35 per cent ad valorem.
Floor and Chinese matting is made taxa
ble at 20 per cent. The bill seems to be
generally satisfactory to the democrats of
the house.
Representative Montgomery, of Kentucky,
another of the democratic members of the
ways and means committee, said:
"Outside of the duty on sugar, coal and
iron ore, I think it is a good bill, although
I have only had time to give it a cursory
examination. However, these items which
I speak of are better than I expected they
would be.”
"What will the house do with the bill?”
"If they pass it through the senate the
conference committee will be able to re
concile whatever differences may arise.
“The restoration in part of the duty on coal
and iron ore does not make so much differ
-1 ence. The sugar duty ought to add $45,000,-
000 a year, counting the $10,000,000 which is
- saved on the bounty."
"What do you think of the bill?"
"Oh. I don’t care, so long as they pass it
quickly. Even if it were worse than it is
and we had speedy action on it, 1 would be
better satisfied with it than a more com
plete bill upon which action was delayed."
He thought that a good many concessions
would have to be made by both sides before
the bill was agreed to, and in the end it
would be generally satisfactory.
RETI I! X OF THE Hl VI’ER.
i
President Cleveland at the White
House Much Improved in HeiiHli.
Washington, March 6.—The president
reached the white house at 1:45 o'clock this
afternoon, after a nine days’ trip through
the North Carolina sounds, looking as well
anil strong as at any time since he first came
to Washington nine years ago. His ruddy
face showed unmistakably the signs of ex
posure to the sun and wind during his trip
for recreation and rest, and his step was
noticeably more elastic, than when he went
away. To some friends who called late
His afternoon, the president said he had
never in his life had a more enjoyable hunt
ing trip Every moment of it had been a de
light to him. and as.for substantial results,
he asked his friends to look at bis bronzed
face and hands and then at the pile of swans,
wild geese and turkeys that he had brought
back with him.
Captain Evans, of the lighthouse board,
who was in charge of the president’s parly,
stated that from a sportsman’s view, the trip
was eminently successful and nearly every
day after reaching the North Carolina
coast the entire party enjoyed excellent
shooting. The trip down the river. Captain
Evans said, was entirely without incident.
A blizzard which had been threatening Sun
day overtook the Violet below’ Fort Wash
ington, and when Quantico was reached it
was deemed prudent to anchor for the night,
as the storm was so thick that the pilot
could not see a ship's length ahead of him.
The second night was spent at Portsmouth.
Va., the third at Long Point, N. the
fourth night at Croatan Sound, North Caro
lina; the fifth and sixtii nights at Hatteras;
the seventh night, the return trip, at
Roanoke marshes: the eighth at Long Point,
and the ninth night-last night—the vessel
ran all night.
While laying nt Hatteras, the president
and party took a steam launch and visited
the neighboring inlets and lighthouses in
that vicinity. He mot a number of people
inhabiting the section and shook hands
with them. Ho was treated with the utmost
resneet and consideration by all.
Mr. Cleveland buckled down to work a
few minutes after he reached the white
house. Tn ten minutes after he sat down at
his desk he and Private Secretary Thurber
has disposed of a pile of routine business.
Soo nafter 3 o’clock, Secretary Carlisle call
ed on the president and the two bad a talk
over treasury matters. By the president's
direction the wagon load of game was dis
tributed nt the houses of al! the cabinet
officers, Private Secretary Thurber and
Captain Evans.
(HE YEAR OF MISTAKES.
Henry Watterson Informed tlie Presi
dent ’Flint It Is Time to Reform.
Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier-
Journal.
No party ever came into power with so
great an opportunity, and no one ever put a
groat opportunity to .such base uses or cut
so poor a figure. All is chaos, and for the
• time being all seems lost. .Mr. Cleveland
could yet 'etueve the fortunes of tlie day
if he could get rid of the terror into which
i,:s me: -age of ISS7 threw him. when lie
le.i'ized its meaning, and would cut aloof
, from th" i ( neyed influences which appear
: t > have gotien as complete posse pion of him
. they had of poor General Giant.
It is not too late for Mr. Cleveland to
recover his lost popularity and to do his
country incalculable service by the enlight-
■ ened display of some of that backbone for
which In has received so much credit. In
stead of frittering his strength away by an
unseemly wrangle with the New York sen
ators over pickle-herring issues of New’ York
origin, revolting to the good sense of the
pt pie at large, he were bitter engaged in
Hie work of uniting the party upon the line
of the national platform. The latter half of
the silver promise yet remains to be ful-
\ filled. The promise as to the repeal of the
tax on state banks still stands where Mr.
; Cleveland’s own friends placed it.
i It is yet possible to cal! a halt upon the
I antics of the protectionist doughfaces who
■ masquerade as democrats in the senate and
' to force them to come back to the party
; or to get out and take the consequences.
REMEMBERS GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Mrs. Goings Saw Him on His Way to
He Insingurated.
Indianapolis, March 4—. Mrs. Elizabeth
' Goings on Sunday next will celebrate her
; 10‘Jth birthday Her form and carriage
du not indicate such extreme age, but it
1 sa-ems to be well authenticated. She is a
I native of Middletown, Pa. Her first hus
' band was Jacob G. Williams. For a time
; they lived at Marietta, O. After his death
I she located at Lewistow’n, 0., where she
; married Elijah Smith. Some years later
h- died and she married Joseph Goings,
I who died shortly after the close of the
. war. Only one of the children is living,
! Mrs. Ada Barrymore, of this city, a daugh
! ter by her first husband. Mrs. Parrymore
[ is sixty-nine years old. Grandma Goings’s
; father I'vcd to be Hl years old. Her mother
l was 106 years old at the time of her death.
: Whiie living in the east she saw George
; Washington and Martha Washington,
I Washington then being on his way to his
first inauguration as president. She has a
personal recollection of Andrew Jackson,
whose acquaintance she made at Phila
delphia, and of William Henry Harrison,
whom she frequently saw in Ohio. Mrs.
Goings’s life has been marked by deep re
ligious convictions ever since she was twelve
years old. During the active part of her
life Lorenzo Dow was prominent in the
religious world, and he is still her idol evan
gelist. XVithin the past few days Grand
ma Goings was disabled by the gr p. and
there is fear that she will not live to see
her next birthday. For twenty-one years,
until the present time, she has never needed
the care of a physician. She is si’ll ac tive
mentally.
MRS. IRELAND’S SL’ICIDE.
A Tragedy That Startled the People
of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, 0., March 4.—The suicide of
Mrs. Percy Ireland, one of the leaders of
society, Friday, is still the sensation. The
deed was committed in her bedchamber at
her splendid home at the corner of Gilbert
and Woodburn avenues, Walnut Hill. The
apparent and usually accepted cause of
the act was fear of exposure for having
forged a note against Her mother, Mrs.
Joseph Sellew.
Mrs. Ireland’s husband had left her only
a moment before, and was at the breakfast
table when he heard a mullled sound like
the report of a revolver. Mr. Ireland sprang
from the table and ran upstairs. He found
his wife covered up in bed, and when he
tore the covering away there was a rush
of smoke.
Mrs. Ireland was in flames and in her
hand she clutched a revolver. Mr. Ireland
extinguished the blaze and then saw his
wife was bleeding from a wound in the
left breast. Two minutes later she was
dead.
Examination showed that she Iliad taken
one of her husband’s revolvers, and placing
the muzzle against her left breast, fired it,
the ball passing entirely through her body
and coming out on the left or her spinal
column. The weapon had been hidden by
Mr. Ireland the night before, but she suc
ceeded in finding it. For some days Mrs.
Ireland had been telling her friends they
would hear from her soon. Thursday sev-
of thorn received letters saying she
would be dead by the time they read the
letters, that she was tired of the cruelty of
her mother. Mrs. Joseph Sellew, and in
tended to take her life. To some of them
she also sent packages of clothing and
presents.
Mrs. Edward W. Denham, who received
one of these missives, hurriedly went to
tne house and found the place tightly lock
ed. She telephoned for her husband and
Mr. Ireland, and when ‘ley cam" the door
was forced. Mrs. Ireland was found lying
on her bed in a semi-conscious condition,
while two gas jots were turned on full
force. On the table was an empty mor
phine bottle. A doctor was called and when
sufficiently restored Mrs. Ireland said she
bad taken four and a half grains of the
drug and then turned on the gas. “You’ve
made a big mistake,” she added. "\Xhv
couldn’t you let me die.” Mrs. Denham
remained with her all that night.
The Last Kiss.
Mr. Troland’s two pistols were hidden
in another room. Friday’ morning when her
husband started down stairs lor breakfast
she called him over and kissed him- She
said: "Now, dear, you go down to the din
ing room and get something to eat and I
will join you in a moment.”
Hardly had Mr. and Mrs. Denham and
Mr. Ireland seated themselves when Air.
Denham rose up with the exclamation: “I
heard a pistol shot from Mrs. Ireland’s
room.” He ran imstairs and made the ter
rible discovery. In Mrs. Ireland’s room was
found a large box of clotting addressed to
Mary Crittenden, of Elizabeth, N. J. A
letter was found in which she stated to
Mrs. Crittenden that ' lie was going to die
on account of the neglect of her mother.
Another letter addressed to Mary S. De
camp. an intimate friend, was found in
which the writer again nitterly complained
of her mother’s alleged mistreatment. A
third letter addressed to Attorney H. T.
Loomis, asking him to sell lo r effects, and
out of the proceeds to pax’ what she owed
her mother, was also discovered in the
room.
Mrs. Ireland was the daughter of Joseph
Sellew, once one of the weal'hiest hardware
merchants in Cincinnati. He died a few
years ago. The daughter married a Mr.
Hervey. He died over a year ago, and
about six weeks ago the widow married
Percy Ireland, bookkeeper for ’he R usell-
XT"rg"’> Printing Comnany. In aJituary.
1892. Mrs. Ireland inherited $22,000 from her
father's estate, sue began to give large
donations to local churches and charities
aid finally ran through the legacy. Her
mother, who is one of the wealthiest wo
men in this county, gave nor $7,000, most of
which went to settling debts.
Forgetl Her Mother's X'mne.
Tn less than two years Mrs. Ireland bnd
spent $30,000. When her wedding was ap
proaching recently Mrs. Ireland found her
self out of funds. She forged her mother’s
name to a SSOO note and'so'il If. When the
note fell due *he other day, Mrs. Sellew
paid it but said nothing to her daughter.
It is supposed that fear of discovery of her
crime preyed on Mrs. Ireland’s mind and
made her insane.
Mr. and Mrs. Ireland seemed happy in
their domestic affairs. Their home at the
corner of Gilbert and Woodburn is magnifi
cently furnished, while both the husband
and wife moved in the most aristocratic
circles in the city. Mrs. Ireland was twen
ty-seven years old, and a most beautiful
woman. Tn all social affairs for some years
past she was a leader. Until her first hus
band died, any affair of the loeal 400 would
have been lacking without nor presence.
When Hervev died she turned to religions
and charitable works and was equally
prominent in thorn. She was <"'io main sup
port of the Baptist church in Norwood.
Mrs. Sellew, the mother, said to the cor
oner that her daughter no doubt killed her
self as the result, of worry over a note of
SSOO she forged on her, the mother, some
time ago. She stated that her daughter
had been a spendthrift and had squander
ed $29,000 that she had got by inheritance
and otherwise since January 1. 1892. She.
herself, had given her some $7,000. Mr.
Hervey, her first husband, died ignorant of
the fact that his wife was living neyond
her means. This extravagance had con
tinued since her second marriage six weeks
ago, and all her money was gone.
A DELIBERAIE SUICIDE.
A Man Undresses and .lumps in the River
Below Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn.. March s.—(Special.)—A
mysterious suicide occurred several miles
down the river yesterday. Three men, ap
parently' tramps, were seen on the river
bank. One of them took off his outer cloth
ing and jumped into the river. The other
two watched him drown.
A farmer who witnessed the suicide went
to the scene, but the men refused to talk
about it. Later, when the farmer returned
with several neighbors, the men had dis
appeared, one of them in the meantime
having exchanged an old and ragged suit
for the good clothes of the suicide, whose
name is unknown.
' n Eight-Year-Old Boy Suicides.
Jackson, Tenn., March 7.—(Special.)—Last
evening an eight-year-old boy, who is re
ported (I?: Eddie Meeker, son of a respecta
ble farmer, wandered from his home near
Henderson, eighteen miles south of Jack
son, and threw himself into the river. The
boy, who was somewhat demented, being
missed by his parents, search was instituted
and he was tracked to the water’s edge.
The river was dragged and about 10 o’clock
last night the body was found.
He had never in his life given any intima
tion of a determination to destroy himself,
though his mental condition often rendered
him melancholy. The young suicide’s des
perate act throw the quiet neighborhood
into great excitement.
She Swallowed Morphine.
Jackson, Tenn., March s.—Miss Emma
Vineyard, a prettv young woman belonging
to a respectable St. Louis family, attempt
ed to commit suicide liy swallowing an
ounce of laudanum at police headquarters
late this afternoon. She had worked at a
cotton mill in Memphis and recently hired
to a prominent planter in this county. Be
coming dissatisfied with country life she
came to Jackson and served as a maid at
a boarding house. Saturday a, young man
persuaded her to leave. They occupied a
room together that night. He left her, and
becoming despondent, and having no money
she attempted to end ht’r life. The timely
application ot an emetic relieved her of a
portion of the poison, and though her life
hangs by a thread, she may recover.
Jackson, Tenn., March 7.—(Special.)—The
young girl, Emma Vinhard, formerly of St.
Louis and Memphis who attempted suicide,
has so far recovered from the effects of
the poison taken Monday night as to be
able to travel. She will leave tomorrow
morning for Nashville where she will secure
employment. The girl declares she will not
again attempt self-destruction.
HOWARD TALKS.
THE COMMANDER OF THE DEPART
MENT OF THE EAST
Favor* Atlanta for the G-A. K.-He Think*
Atlanta the Most Suitable Place to Com
mand the Troops >f the South.
"The next meeting of the Grand Army of
the Republic should be held in Atlanta,"
said Major General O. O. Howard to a Con
stitution representative yesterday. "I au
thorize the use of my name in favor of
that movement, and would regard such an
event as second in importance only to the
grand review of the returning troops in
Washington in 1865.”
General Howard, xvho, as commander of
the department of the east, is on a tour of
inspection of the different posts, sat in an
easy chair in the private car of President
J. W. Thomas. He was surrounded by
Major Charles R. Barnett, of the quarter
master’s department; Dr. Van Valser, of
New York city; Captain Clem, Mr. Darwin
Jones and others. The general conversed
in an easy and pleasant mood. He talks
slowly, but cordially, with a. charming mod
esty which makes the listener forget his
rank exhibiting traits which bind men to
him.
The subject under discussion was the se
lection of Atlanta as the headquarters of a
new military department. It was as a di
version from this that General Howard
spoke about the desire of the Atlanta peo
ple to secure the next meeting of the na
tional encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
"If you people want the boys to conic
down, then, by ail means, they should come.
It would be a glorious thing to see the con
federates entertaining as their guests the
men who marched down this way in ISol.
It would be a picture of reconciliation upon
which the old nations of the world wotiUl
look with wonder. It would be a fraterni
zation which would make the scene epochal.
I have no hesitation in saying that my
name may be used in bringing the mat
ter to the attention of Grand Commander
Adams.
"More than that,” continued General
Howard, “1 am down to deliver the address
at the decoration services in Boston on the
30th of May. Upon that occasion 1 will re
fer to the great good which a meeting of
the Grand Army in Atlanta would accom
plish. Veit have the railroad facilities, the
accommodations and the fraternal spirit
which would make it the most memorable
meeting the Grana Army ever held. It is
the time, the place, and the hearts of the
veterans on both sides would be warmed
up.”
Returning from this subject to the selec
tion of Atlanta, as department headquarters,
General Howard said:
”1 do not see how a separate department
could be made, unless it was preceded by
the restoration of the divisions. Let there
be a ilivDion of the west and a division of
the cast' This would suit the number of
major generals which tne law provides lor.
The division of the east could be divided
into three departments—one of the lakes,
one of the east and one of the south, each
commanded by a brigadier general. Ihe
headquarters of the department of the
south would naturally come to Atlanta, and,
1 might add, Atlanta would be pre-emi
nently the place for headquarters ot the
entire division. New York is to one corner,
the lakes to another, while Atlanta could
be used to reach all equally well. My selec
tion of a headquarters of the division would
be Atlanta, and were it not that 1 retire
from the service, in a few months I would
seek to have it right here. General Scho
field recognizes the location of Atlanta, and
if the senators and citizens of Georgia, who
are interested in military matters would
take the matter actively in hand, there
is no doubt but that they would meet with
easy success.”
Being asked about the progress of the
south, General Howard spoke very freely.
"The temper of the southern people all
the way through,” he said, "has been ex
cellent They have maintained a. dignity
a,.- . docs h n"i’ to American manhood.
Th.’ (commodation of the people to the
nev-<\ -der of things was a difficult task, but
the so tthern people have proven themselves
equal to it.
"In the early years of this accommoda
tion,” said the general, referring to his
part as an advocate of negro education, ‘ 1
had a somewhat prominent part in trying
to make the new wards of the nation sen
sible of the part they had to play. In some
sections schools and churches of colored
people had a hard time of it, but finally the
southern people themselves took up the
task with such earnestness that no i riti
cisrn can be passed upon it. It is a mistake
to suppose that I. ever f.ivored an ignorant
voting contingent, or that the people in
the north did. We all want intelligent
voters, and would make that the test.
Nevertheless the ballot was given to the
colored man and the duty of every patriot
is to lit them to exercise their rights for
the good of the country.
"Let rue tell you something else," said
Genera' Joward, "you must not think that
the con ■) clion that the autonomy of tin
states owuld b*e preserved is conflneil to
th" soul'-. It is as strong among the people
of the >, w England stal as it is among
the J'i'i'l of the southern states. The
speeches of a few political leaders do not
remove lae fact that the people, awaj
down in their hearts, regard the autonomy
of the stales as the corner stone of our
existence and (hat, under no consideration,
would they surrender it. The sun
the union are just as firm as they ever
were, and the time will never come when
the boundaries of a single state can be in
fringed upon."
General Howard reached the city early
yesterday morning and the private ear in
which he came was side-tracked near the
Markham house. Early in the morning he
and his attendants were driven out to Fort
McPherson, weher an inspection of that post
was made. The United States officers were
all on dress parade, and the troops were
ready to receive the commander of the de
partment. The inspection cn the field was
short, and milltary-like, was quickly done.
Then the general and his advisory b'url
went through the quarters. The inspection
satisfied the general that Fort McPherson
was one of the best and most thoroughly
arranged military posts in his department,
with the exception of the hospital.
The hospital, while well kept, is not up
to the standard, and tin.- me.ileal member
of the general’s staff was not at all pleas
ed with it. and when the report of the in
spection goes in it will urge the erection
of better and more suitable buildings.
Outside of that feature. General Howard
was. more than pleased with the military
post and was delighted with the condition in
which he found everything. He speaks in
the highest terms of the troops at the post,
and says the officers have the best regulat
ed post in his department.
Immediately after the inspection, the
general was driven back to his ear, where
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he dined and where he remained until the
afternoon, when he was driven over the city
by Mr. B. W. Wrenn. Before leaving his
car for the drive, however, General How
ard was visited by a great many old friends
and admirers. Among them were some of
the men who fought under General How
ard during the war, and who are still of
the opinion that he was one of the grand
est soldiers the country has ever produced.
It was during and after dinner hour that
he was at home to those who came and to
every one of whom he was most pleasant.
“Yes,” said the general, discussing mat
ters generally, "I was down this way sev
eral years ago and my greeting was much
warmer than it has been at any time since.
I was among the men who fought so hard
at Jonesboro and Ezra church before the
men who were lighting so hard in defense
of their homes. It was some of the warm
est lighting I ever indulged in, and since
that time I have met many of those same
men and they have proven themselves some
of the best and most ardent friends I have
had.”
General Howard is one of the most pleas
ant and most entertaining gentlemen
imaginable, and is a warm and ardent ad
mirer of the south and the wonderful re.
cuperative powers she has shown, as he
puts it. He is a native of Vermont, but
thinks after his own home, there is no coun
try deserving more from the government
than the south. He is an extremely pleas
ant and entertaining talker, and tells of
the war and his experiences in a manner
so modest that none would know that he
had been a figure in the work he was re
counting. A pleasant, easy, happy smile
marks his face all the time, and his voice,
though clear and distinct, is never loud.
His face is one remarkably strong and in
dicates great character. He wears a full
beard, which is nearly gray, but in which
the black which once made him so distin
guished, is still apparent. The empty coat
sleeve is the only thing which would induce
any one to think that he had been in the
war, so pleasant and sociable is he. That
sleeve was emptied at Five Oaks, Va., and
was done by some of Longstreet’s men when
General Howard, under Meade, was facing
that department of Lee’s army, xii speak
ing of General Longstreet, General Howard
says many kind things.
General Howard Is a graduate of Most
Point, and is now next to the commander
of the army, General Schofield. General
Schofield, though, hits not seen ns many
years as General Howard, but will be the
next officer to retire. At present General
Schofield is the commander, with General
Howard second and General .Miles third.
retirement of General Howard will
bring General Miles up to second place and
in a year or t wo, when General Schofield
goes out. General Miles, the Indian fighter,
will be in command. The vacancies then,
as now will be filled by promotion, and the of
ficer who succeeds General Mika after he
is promoted to the position now occupied
by General Howard, will come from the
brigadiers.
General Howard goes from Atlanta to the
Florida posts and is now on his last official
visit south.
WILL PROP. %BLV MEET HERE.
General Boynton 'l'hinks the G. A. R.
Vi HI Come to Atlanta.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 7.—The Times,
of tills city, is in receipt of a letter from
Gereral H. V. Boynton, announcing the
postponement of the dedication of the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National
Military park from September, 1894, to Sep
tember, 1895. The reasons given for the
postponement are that the tariff question
occupying the attention us congress would
prevent final action on the bill, appropriat
ing funds for tii" df'dieation in time lor this
year and that the Grand Army of the Re
public would probably meet in Atlanta. Ga.,
next year and could thus easily participate
in the dedication.
067? (;ri:at exposition.
••Will Be a Great Sneeess.'’
From The Madison, Ga., Madisonian.
The people of Atlanta are working ener
getically and in perfect harmony for the
success of the Cotton States and Interna
tional exposition. The Constitution is their
powerful ally. The exposition will be a
great success.
‘ Rhode Islanders for AtHinta.
Editor ('(institution—Dear Sir: 1 see there
is some talk of holding the Grand Army
national encampment at Atlanta in 1895.
I hope you will use yeur efforts to that
effect, we want to show the people of the
south that there is no hard feeling be
tween the northern and southern soldiers
today, who honestly fought for what they
botli thought was right Yours truly,
CAPTAIN J. H. NORTHUP,
Apponaug, R. I.
i:«nd Hi* Wife’s Letter.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March B.—(Special.)
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known in Chattanooga and will, therefore,
be read witii interest in this city. Several
weeks ago a marriage took place that seem
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