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THE ATLAWtJ COMMERCIAL, _ Vol. 2. No. 25y. AKINDREHIFHUROB With tie Cau. e jx Air e lean COI3- nists of 1776 IS CUBA’S STRUGGLE FOR FREED! M Says Congressman-elect Willis of Delaware —He Will Speak in Congress Favor ing the Recognition of Her Belligerent Kights. Wilmington, Del., Oct. 21. —The Rev. Jonathan S. Willis, Congressman-at- Large-Elect of Delaware, has written a letter to a friend here outlining bis views upon the question of the inde pendence of the island of Cuba. 'These views, he declares, he will support upon the floor of the house of representa tives in the new congress. Congressman Willis’ letter is the outcome of an invitation to be present at a mass meeting of Cuban sympathi zers last Saturday night. He says in part: I regard the cause of the Cubans as a kindred life-throb with the cause of the American colonists in 1776; as a renewed pulsation of the same spirit of liberty; a lingering echo of the same voice of truth, and say to them, furthermore, that Delaware has never failed to respond to that spirit and and hearken to that voice. CENTURIES OF OPPRESSION. If the fight of the original thirteen colonies against British injustice was a cause for patriotic enthusiasm, much more is the battle of these neighbors of the “Ever Faithful Isle” against three centuries of oppression which .finds no parallel except in the annals of Spanish domination. “From the days of Liego Velasquez to the days'of Martinez Campos these unfortunate people have writhed under an ever-recurringand continued course of cruelty. No wonder the old native 1 chief, Hatuei, looked up from his tor tures and declared that if there were Spaniards in heaven he preferred to go to hell. And no we n ter that in these days when the outlying provinces of even heathen nations enjoy a measure of toleration, the underto'-n of every section of this island paradise should be a bitter and undying hatred of the Spanish name. NO RELIEF FROM DESPOTISM. “In 1812 a constitution was formed for Spain which was equally to apply to her ultramarine provinces, including Cuba. It was the remnant of chartered liberty, which had never died out from the days of the Aragonian kings, but the ink with which it was written v ’ 1 s' '>-■**-*•■ -*—* ■ bourbon, Ferdinand VIE, recovered’ the family t.irone, threw the constitu tion into the waste-basket and relapsed as far back toward barbarism as was possible in a world that had witnessed the American revolution. That con stitution was partially resuscitated in 1836 and applied to the home govern ment, but by special decree of the courts it was denied to Cuba. There was no relief for her. Her chains were as heavy and her dungeons as cheer less as those which marked the des potism of the Dark Ages. PLAYTHING OF TYRANTS. “She has been restricted in liberty, repressed in education, robbed of her revenues and made the vassal and plaything of the petty tyrants who have ruled her with unrestrained au thority. But she is not subdued nor conquered, from 1868 to 1878 she waged unceasing war against her oppressors, and at last was wheedled into submission by promises that were never kept. She is in arms again, and, I believe, for final success and independence, and presently she will be knocking at the doors of this free and mighty Govern ment for the recognition of her bel ligerent rights; and here is one hand that will go up in her favof. “By the rights denied her since her first settlement, by the sufferings and wrongs she has endured in every gen eration, by every blood-stained page of Spanish history, and by every instinct of liberty that burns and glows in the American heart, she appeals to us for friendship, for justice and for recogni tion. THROUGHOUT THE STATE. One Day’s Happenings In Georgia Briefly Told by Wire. The Christian church will build a house of worship at Hahira. Columbus schools will take holiday this week so that the children may at tend the exposition. The estate of Robert Mclntyre, who died recently at Savannah, has been appraised at $166,130. A fire at Columbus, Sunday, destroy ed several fine res dences and a Metho dist church on Rose Hill. L. D. Shannon, of Twiggs county, has announced that he is a candidate for solicitor general of the Oconee cir cuit. Tomorrow night in the Swift build ing at Athens Rev. J. H. Ellis, of Young Harris institute, starts a religious re vival. Tomorrow morning 150 horses from Macon will arrive in Columbus, to be put in training for the ten day’s races which commence Thursday. By taking a new charter fortheCen-I tral of Georgia Railway the reorgan-1 Iters have lost exemption from state taxes and must pay about $150,000 an- ; Dually into the state's treasury. MADE MOONSHINE WHISKY. j Trial of Illicit Distillers Before Judge Ni iv iuan in the United States Court. This morning in the United States' ; Circuit Court. Judge Newman presid ing, the session was taken up the trial I of moonshiners. Justice was dispensed to the offend : ers against Uncle Sam’s revenue law lin the following order: J. W. Wilson I was given a verdict of Hot guilty. Jerry Benton was set at liberty by a similar verdict. J. 11. Wil-on was convicted of mak- j ing the mountain dew without proper authority and will suffer the penalty. W. W. Robinson received a verdict of not guilty. John B. Nations, Joe Sears, John W. Wamack relieved the government of the expense and trouble of a triaSby entering pleas of guilty. George Hall is on the anxious bench, bis case being on trial at 12 o’clock. At the adjournment of court Judge Newman will pass sentence on those convicted. he colestomorrow President Ciov .‘land Will Leave Washington Tonight. THE CABINET OFFICERS COME TOO. The Party Will Travel in a Magnificent j Special on the Southern—The Troops Will be Reviewed Inside * the Grounds. t Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock President Cleveland, the members of j his cabinet and their wives will arrive in Atlanta. Wednesday the President will make j an address at the auditorium and re view the troops on the plaza, and Wednesday night he will return to Washington. > Vice-President Stevenson will re main over until Wednesday night in order to take part in the <■ >remoniesof the day, and with the governors 0, 1 Virginia and Connecticut and other j distinguished visitors and the hun- I dreds of visiting troops the day will J be a memorable and a brilliant one. START TONIGHT. Tonight President Cleveland and his cabinet will leave Washington in a special train over the Southern, in charge of Second Vice-President Bald win of the Southern and General Pass enger Agent W. A. Turk. The start will be made at 11:30 o’clock and the trip to Atlanta will be a fast one. The special train will be one of the finest ever run through the south and in every way- worthy of the party it bears. MAYOR king’s DINNER. Tuesday night Mayor Porter King will entertain President Cleveland at dinner at. the Aragon. The dinner be attended by a di»tinguisbed party. This dinner will be the beginning of the various entertainments that will culminate in the Capital City Club re ception Wednesday night. When President Cleveland made his last official visit to Atlanta he was given a reception by the Capital City Club that was the most magnificent ever given in the South and the mem bers of the club say that this reception will, if anything, be more brilliant than the last. Immediately after the reception the president will leave for Washington. NOT ON THE STREETS. It has been decided that there will be no street paraib as the president wishes to take things as quietly,as pos sible and the long march to the grounds would unduly fatigue the soldiers. For , that reason the parade will occur in the grounds and the soldiers will go there in special trains over the South ern. On the grounds the troops will form near the Georgia Manufacturing building and from there will march around the plank roadway to the re viewing stand in front of the Govern ment building where the president will review them. TROOPS IN LINE. In line will be the Fifth regiment-, United States troops in command of Col. W. L. Kellogg; the Gate City . Guard commanded by Colonel Albert I Howell; the Fourth regiment Virginia state troops in command of Colonel Nash; the Virginia Military Institute cadets; the Governors Foot Guards of Connecticut; the Asheville Light In fantry of North Carolina; the Tennes see Cadets; Atlanta Artillery; Gov ernors Horse Guards and other compa nies from various portions of the south. The parade will be as plendid one ane will have nearly 2000 men in line. ON TUB STAND. On the reviewing stand will be | President Cleveland, Vice-President j Stevenson, every member of the cabi-1 net. Governor Atkinson, Governor I O’Ferrall, of Virginia; Governor Cof fin, of Connecticut; President Collier, I of the exposition company, and every ■ member of the board of directors, as | well as a number of other distinguished | gentlemen. Fierce Gale on Lak* Ontario. Watertown, N. Y., October 21.—A ; gale is raging on Lake Ontario, and lake craft is in peril. A three-masted ■ schooner has struck on the boulders on the Lime Barre! shoal, about four: miles from Sackett’s harbor. She can not be reached until the gale ceases , and the waves subside sufficiently to allow a boat to live in the heavy seas. The vessel lies in a safe position, so far up on the rocks that she will probably I not slide off into deep water and foun-' der. A boat will try to reach her from ; Sackett’s harbor tomorrow.. Her crew 1 is in no immediate peril. Lobanotf Gets a Pension. St, Petebsbl-ro, Oct. 21. —The czar has granted a pension of 5,000 roubles i annually to Prince Lobanoff-Rostov ! sky, minister of Foreign affairs, for ! I services rendered the state during his i recent visit to France. Flrat Know Falla. Lansing. Mich., Oct. 21.—The fir«t - snow of the season fell yesterday as -1 noon, but melted as it struck the 1 earth. i ATLANTA, GA., MONDAT AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 21,1895. ’ CONNECTICUT DAY. Representatives from the Nutmeg State at the Exposition. MAGNIFICENT MILITARY PARADE. I Governor Coffin and Staff Take Part In iiu> JLx-rc'igea 1 (he Auditorium--Nrgt <i Duildhig Tendered to the This was Connecticut day and the men and women of the “Nutmeg State" made it a great day at the exposition grounds. E rly this morning the Gate City Guards met at their armory and a lit tle later met the battalion of the Gov- I ernnr’s Foot Guards of Connecticut, and the two battalions, with the dis tinguished governors of Georgia and Connecticut in line, marched oct to the grounds, where the exercises o r * lie day were II hl. 1 > ft was 1'0:30 o’clock when the line was formed in fruit of the Kimball where Governor Coffin is stopping. j Before the line had formed Governor 1 Atkin-on, accompanied by his stall aad gone to the Kimi „, , where he bad | met the chief executive o- < bnnecticiit | and the two entered a carriage that was wai -, >g for t hem and accompanied the solCjiks on their march to the grounds. the march. At a quarter to eleven the inspiring ■ notes 01 the band rang out ami the I march began. First came the gallant Gate City Guard, a hundred strong, 1 and then the band of the First conipa ny Governors Foot Guards followed I immediately by that famous command itself. After them came the carriages containing the Governors of the two states and their brilliant staffs and then the band of the second company Governors Foot Guards and then the second company. • IN THE AUDITORIUM. On the arrival at the grounds, the I Jroops marched around the plaza and I lie 1 into tbo auditorial” where the ora I tors of the day hat? seated themselves on the stage There was hot. a vacant seat left ! .n the auditorium when Dr. G B. Strickler of the Central Presbyterian church began bis eloquent prayer. At its conclusion Mayor King wel comed the people of Connecticut in a speech that was applauded to the echo and was responded to by Hon. Frank B. Weeks, president of the Connecticut commission. Governor Atkinson then made an eloquent address and was fol lowed by Governor O. Vincent Coflin of Connecticut. Governor Coffin spoke feelingly of the welcome he had received in Georgia and of the great exposition. At the conclusion of Governor Coffin’s address President Collier spoke for the expo ition and' then the oration of the day was made by President Bradford Paul Raymond, D.’TY L. L. D <-f Wes levan University. Mid'i’'“owr, ' y,- Woman as an inventor was the sub ject under discussion in the woman’s congress today and the showing made for the sex is a creditable one. The program was as follows: Patents and Inventions by Wo men— Mrs. Mary L. Lockwood, of Washington, D. C. Address—Mrs. de B. Rudolph Keim, of Reading, I’n. Address—Mrs. Donald McLean, of Yew FLORAL EMBLEMS. In the afternoon the Floral Emblem society held an interesting meeting with Sirs. W. (’. Lanier, chairman, of W.est Point, Ga., the following being the program : Prayer—RfV. I. S. Hopkins. Address—Mrs. W.C. Lanier. , Address—Mrs. Richardson, of Mas sachusetts. Song— Miss Nellie Knight,of Annis ton, Ala. Address—Mrs. Nora Gridley. Ode—Mrs. Margaret Harvey. Address —Hon. Eb. T. Williams. Song—Miss Knight. THE NEGRO BUILDING. The negro building, beautifully decorated tor the occasion, was form ally turned over to the exposition com pany today by Commissioner Penn, file large building was crowded with i visitors, nearly al! negroes, and the exercises were interesting from be ginning to end. The following was the program : Prayer—Bishop W. J Gaines Music—Selected chorus—Students of the Atlanta university. Ode—Professor 1). Webster Davis, Richmond, Va. Music—Select'd Choruo—Students of Spclrn m seminary. Oration—Rev J. W. E. Bowen, D. D., Atlanta, Ga. M usic—Selected chorus —Students I Morris Brown college. Presentation of the Exhibit—l. Gar- I land Penn. Music—Students Atlanta university. Response—President Hon. C. A. Col lier. Music—Select chorus —Students of ;Spelman seminary. Benediction —Rev. E. R. Carter, D.D. CHICAGO DAY. Arrangements for the entertainment j ! of Chicagoans, on their day at the ex- ; 1 position, are being perfected. Novem- - [ her 12tli is the day and a large portion ' I of Chicagos’ population will be present I Ito make the eventan important one, I I both in the history of the exposition 1 and Atlanta. i Saturday afternoon the committees | lon the enteatainment of the Chicago visitors met in the mayors office, and I considered plans for making an attrac- j l ive program. Besides electing Mayor King chairman of the three commit - i tees, no business of importance was | transacted. The mayor and council will meet the I special trains bringing the visitors, lat Marietta, and after escorting them I tothe city, the program already agreed j upon will be carried out. 'v;:; ixt v t> v. Tomorrow will be Virginia day and 1 the sons and daughters of the “Old Do minion” will make it a memorable one in the annals of the exposition Governor O'Fetrelland stall will be : present and the Fourth Regiment Vi: • 1 ginia state troops as well as the cor s of cadets of the Vitgima Military Institute will arid b illiuncy to the occasion. At the nuditoifnm ton.mrow exercises Will, beheld that will bo participated in by i all the Virginians in the city. Governor O'Forrall will speak, and other diatiu ■ gitislnal A' ir-MT will speak f>r the ■ proud old stat" L Al" ■. : I'ODAY. rliis afterw-’lSp: 4 o’clock ." iveinor O’Ferrall and ™ty will re ch Atlanta m a special tj Vi over tbo Southern. The train left bL uond this morning at 2 o’clock ami lowanville stopped to take aboard the \'L I nit Mi'itaiy Institute The balance of lie run to Atlanta will be made quickly M,l the train will arrive on time. At tpot tl-c governor will be met by a co.stuit'.eo of tweuiy from the Virginias j and will bo escorted to the apartments have been leserv. d Mclne Gate City Guard will also meet ft'- >arty and after saint ing the govern!, t 11 take charge of the milita.y who w o ’ 0 on the train and es cort them to th ■«* hotels and camps. V. M. 1. In the Virgitili Military Institute is tube foumt tin pride of Virginia. It was in this that. Jackson was a ’>rof< - or and i'. v.ns the corps pf boys from the \ . ». / iiat charged and cap tured Von Kieffers battery at New i •Market am! victory to Gem r i a! Brockenriil/,\ It was General Scott ■ Shipp, no— i who led them m> that k I . cyj .vfi..‘ii ■■ iUi p<” 1, boy over . yea".- o.d 111 P ■ ranks they mailed up tin' long hill,’ shoulder to she iidcr,keeping step and dress as though 0:1 parade on their grounds and <!< nste the execution in theia ewn ran the battery and broke t fie :¥' lera'l lines . It was a glorious piece 1 work and Virginia was proud of ll’i. . and is to this day. VIHQMA HERE. V I’sterday af'Trnoon at 4 o’clock the Fourth regime » V:rginiastate troops, in command of L'olouel C. A. Nash, arrived in Allaf.a. They were in# at the depot by the Gate City and the stat! was escorted t > tin '■ l f' imball and the com panies to the I f'.iclitree Inn on Peach tree street. The Fourth m-iment is the pride of Virginia, and 'Sk’le the strength vi tile regiment is nowT' -ixi, there are etiovgh companies to inuker splendid show ing, and when ,;hoy marched up the streets yeaterd preceded by the Nor folk Navy Y u’d tni.id, they elicited favorable e.oinpt its from the large | crowd that witWssed their arrival mid watched them 7 the march. r.ici 1 COM PAN IKS. Companies (JD. E, F, II and I are in Atlant ’, company G being unex pectedly detai. V at the last minute. Colonel C. A. Jwish in command is a veteran of the vvr and a soldier every inch of him. Iblsays that his command will take part i 4 all the parades and incidentally ha T a good time. VIGII.jXTS COMING. The Vigilant fire company number 2, of Columbia, «|i , will arrive this af ternoon at 4 o’Tock and will be met by Chief Joyn 4 and a delegation of paid departine: l j and a number of the old volunteer W'emen who did such good service in “le early days of Al lan..l. 1 | The \’gilan*F is one of the oldest volunteer fire oitipanies in the East and each of tlu'lifty members will be .accompanied 6 I his wife. They will ho in Atlanta..' 1 will 6c mljfclL »,!• ‘ •PbA ‘r—rt<KW» quarters will beatthe Markhem. A GREAT WEEK, This will be the greatest week of al 1 at the exposition. Every day lias been set apart as a special day, am! the crowds that will gather will be such that Atlanta will have all she can do to take cure of them. Tomorrow will be Virginia day, Hie next day President’s day, Thursday Chinese day and Friday will begin Educational week, which will draw all the principal educators of the south to Atlanta. FISH ARRIVE. Yesterday a fresh supply of fish ar rived for the exhibit at the government building. The supply includes a large number of gulf varieties, including red snappers, cow fish, groupers, flounders and all sorts, kinds and conditions of the finny'tribe. This addition tothe fish exhibit, already splendid, will make it decidedly the most complete exhibit, on the grounds. EXPOSITION NO'TKS. A pocket corkscrew in two seconds. Machide automatic. Work continuous. Machinery hall. See it. The old plantation on the Midway is without doubt orfe of the most worthy attractions open to tile public. The cyclorama of the battle of Get tysburg is located just outside anil op posite main entrance to the exposition. Everybody should visit it. The recent tire on the Midway was caused by the crossing of two electric light wires and not by the explosion of a gasoline stove in the Old Plantation is erroneously stated. X, diss* Auxiliaries. Th ladies’ auxiliary of the Young Men’s Christian association will tend' r a reception to tbe young m nos th' association and their friends tonight from I) to 11 o’clock. IN rmitJONAL VEIN. ’ v Miss Ina Shcrard, a beautiful young lady of Jefferson, Ga., w in has b en visiting the family of Mr. W. C. How ard, 67 North Forsyth street, for the ’! past week, returned to her home Sat ! urday afternoon over the Georgia road. I Owing tothe present illness of Franz 1 Wilczek, the great Austrian violinist, with whom Ewin M. Shonert is enga ged to tour the coming season, Mr ' | Shonert will be able to prolong bis 1 j stay in Atlanta for about two weeks. ■ In the mean time he will give occa- ' sional impromptu piano recitals at the J exhibit of the Everett Piano Co.,in the '! manufacturers and liberal arts build ! ing at the exposition, where he will be , glad to welcome his many friends and 1 admirers. AT THE CITY HOTELS. General G. M. Sternbery from Wash ington of Ihe United States army is at the Kimball. M >Jor John L. Thurber of New York is spending several days here taking in the exposition. He is stopping at the Kimball. Mr John W. Wilson anti Mr. Georg : 8. Albright of England have arrived in Atlanta to see the exposition. I They are stopping at the Aragon. Colonel L F Livingston spent yestcr- 1 day in tbo city. J One hundred and thirty-two delegatee from Conneotlcnt, that have come to do honor to ’heir day at the exposition, are guests of the Markham. 1 ' HE DiED UNKNOWN Stranger Found in Death Agony in a Lumber Yard. HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED YET A Yonnt; Man Found !W,vrren Two Piles of Lumber in an Uticonftciouft Condition —No Letters I’ennd Upon ills Person. An unknown white man, .suffering I the agonies of an awful death,j was found early yesterday morning in the I yards of the Southern Lumber com pany Large piles of lumber are stacked throughout the yards and ns the night watchman, Henry Stinson, was going Ibis rounds he heard groans coining from between two large piles. The watchman called but receiving no an swer he squeezed himself between the * !:>•. •" m.,1 ,'ooki‘ij ..Qci.t. ! that .net his eyes m.tdv bin' ■ tart back jin surprise. Lying face downwards; was a well dressed man apparently about twenty-live years old. The man was groaning fearfully and seem 'd to he suffering terrible agony. T'he watchman blew his whistle and R. P. Robins and J. L. Peacock camo running up. They examined the man and his surroundings. , LAUDANUM ANl’ MORPHINE. Looking about they discovered a laudanum bottle aud a morphine box at the man's side. Both were empty. They 11..,0 found an empiy.liott le, which had contained laudanum,the man’s pocket. An ambulance was suintnoned and the man was taken to the Grady hos pital. wiiore he died in a few hours af ter his arrival. CONCEALED ms IDENTITY. The man was searched, but nothing tliat would lead to his identification was discovered. A bag of chocolate candy was found in bis pockets, but the dealer’s name had been torn off. The man was dressed in a neat suit of black < lothlis, his shirt was new and clean, and every thing about, him de noted a man of good taste and appa rently well off. THE INQUEST. The body was taken to lie under taking establishment of VV. IL Patter son, where it now lies awaiting identi fication. Coroner Paden held an inquest this morning and the jury decided that death ensued from laudanum and mor . phine taken by himself. The body will remain at the under taking establishment lor a short while and if not identified, will be buried in .the public burying ground at West view. STRUCK BY AN ENGINE. I A. 11. Choato Meets Sudden Death nt the Mooro St-xvoL ’lailru .'! ■ . . v.".. surance man of this city, was struck and killed by a Southern railway ex- 1 position train shortly after 8 o’clock ) Saturday night. , Mr. Choate was on his way home on 1 Woodward avepue, and was about to / cross the tracks of the Southern at Moore street. He evidently did not see , the approaching train which was run r 1 ning about ten miles an hour. , Mr. Choate was seen by the flagman, I E. R. Sigman, as he approached the , tracks. Sigman thought Mr. Choate saw the train, but as he continued to wards the tracks he ran towards him shouting at the lop of his voice. The flagman was too late, however, ; j and Mr. Choate walked right’ up to the ‘i engine. of the engine had I ' passed but the projecting steps struck ; the unfortunate man on the side and on the head. ' Mr. Choate was thrown about ten 1 feet from the track and was uucon ‘ scions when Sigman reached him. The crew of tlie train which struck Mr. Moore did not know of the accident and the train continued on to the city. J Sigman did all he could for the uti fortunate man until the next incoming ! I exposition train arrived. He flagged 'j this down and put Mr. Moore aboard. He was taken to the Loyd street termi nal and from there was carried to the ■; Grady hospital, where .e died shortly after his arrival. • | The coroner’s inquest was held yes ■ terday and the jury found that death ; I ensued from the blow in the head but • 1 no blame was attached to the railroad. I ' Mr. Choate was a special agent of 1 the Massachusetts Bendit Life Asso ciation and was one of the best insur ance men in this city. DONALD M. BAIN. * | " One of Atlanta'. Moki Prominent Business M*n. This house has firmly established and 1 holds a high reputation all over this ; section of the country for the uniform I superior quality of its goods and its ! liberal business methods. Mr. Bain re ■ <'eiv<'n his liquors dii’rct from the rnan- I ufacturers in all parts of the world anil ifealsextensively in the best brands • ■ of whiskies and brandies as well as the . choicest wines, cordials and clinm ' pagnes. He keeps a very large stock of tfiesc goods constantly on haad at '■ his salesroom No. 6 Marietta street and ’ some of the best ales and porters. He ' offer- the best possible inducements to ; the trade and his extensive operations ' j cover a large territory. Mr. Bain also ■ ! enjoysa wide reputation for the prompt and careful-marner in which heattepd ' to all orders and his customers and ’ patrons can always depend upon get " ting just what they ask for. Through the liberal methods upon which bis business is conducted Mr. Bain has gained the fullest confidence of the j trade at large while as a citizen he is iiig.'ily esteemed and regarded as one of our most enterprising and progress . ive men. t iEMUfIIAL SERVICES. t Confed«rntff do Honor tc Their Deud Comrades. The annual memorial exercises,com , memorating the memory ci the depart , ed confederate veteran., who have died since the last meeting, was held at the First Baptist church last night. The introductory remarks by Pres ident Gen. < A. Evans, t‘-.-re beauti fully arranged and very interesting « As also, were those of Dr. .1. 11. Haw i> thorne, on the true physical ami moral a courage, ami the ( losing remarks by chaplain T. P.Cleveland, D. lit. PRESBYTERIAN UNION. • " ' First Open Meeting; '*V.n bo Held Tonight I at thn CentralChitrcb. i' The organization vyill have its first J I opening meeting on Monday evening,. 'October 21st, at S p. in., in the Central ' Presbyterian cliur * Its membership f is made up from the mule members of I.ill the Presbyterian churches, ami they invite to this meeting,all who are ; r interested in the objects for which it was organized. There will be adGre os by Dr. G. B. Strickler and Judge Howard Van Epps and-it good musical t • ' prratn. A pleas ant ami profitable* 7’.'"ning can be f spent. All Presbyterians, and espe ’ ( tally visitors to the oil y, are cordially 1 > invited. | : MAY EXTEND HOURS. -■ ; rjVory Important. Mooting of Coun ; I cil This Afternoon. L* 1 NEW WATER MAIN MAY BE BUILT *' * ■ Au > ..-l'-. i C’jf'i'. j> s n loon. Un. ft." <l—l'.r.klno Alemorlnl Fotintaln IV 111 be Tendered the Chy. | ' The city council will meet this after ' noon nt 3 o’clock. Mattc/ «r impor -1 lance will be aken up ami passed up on by the body. Various and sundry petitions will be 1 presented and am tl upon, the most 1 important of which will betb" ' t ition for extending the hours for ping s open the saloon’s of the one appropriating an amount to lay Knot li- I er mam from the waterworks to the . city. - MAY EXTEND THE HOUlffT* The petition to extend the hours of the saloons lias been before the coun ? cil several times airend and alter being n turned down at. each presentation, it comes up again nt the meeting this t afternoon. 'l’his time, however, the paper comes in an entirely new form, asking for an hour of closing that will ■ meet the approval of every member of tlie.body and the public. "Th? petition was framed by the Exposition directors und asks for permission for the saloons to keep open till 11 o’clock. This splits the difference between the - present hour for closing, 10 c’oloc.k, - ami the hour asked for in previous pe- - titions. Every member of the council is said to s have signified willingness to vote for t tlie paper when it comes up this after- - noon,and the matter is virtually settled, eleven o’clock being the hour for , 'oe- - ing the saloons hereafter. e Mr. Green T. Dodd signed Ihe pi i- II tion and Mayor King it is said will as- - fix his signature immediately alter the action of tlie council. A NEW WATER MAIN. The action of the water eoinmlspion e ers at. a special session, demandmr n new main, will hs presented i . • ? ai lU^M»*cas*u' ■- '• tionai supply of water to that tviifcti k the city now has, together with the - commissioners, assures tlie passage of k a bill appropriating enough of the city’s money to lay the additional n main. “ ERSKINE MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN. p The council will act upon tho ordl . nance to accept clio fountain which Mrs. Ward donated to the city. Tho fountain I will bo an ornament to tho city and will p no doubt be accepted by the council. e The meeting promises to be an harmo nious one and full of interest to the pub n >lc. r> MARKET REPORTS. e ( j Daily Reports Received From tho Lend ing Markets, (I Cotton. n By Private Wire to J. C. Knox. Manager, ’ 1' .4 at; w u 't months. S I 3 i f . O £ 3 H 5$ October.. ft.GO 8 fio ft 37 H 73 70 * i November > f,<> «.M 8.73-74 II December .... F 52 M.l S.BO-81 I. January H.r> f > H.iiii ft 27 «.;«) .31 R.BB-87 February 8«1 H7 . 8.32 83% ,G ft " March 8.65 ft.7o «3H « 4V-41 HVS 90 0 April 877 «79 8.42 K. 99 *Je y May **B< 8 W “<7 " M « doted irreguinr and Btea4y. Sales ■•*i<),79o. i. ■■■•■ I) IJvirpool Cotton. 5 Liverpool, Oct. 21.—Cotton, apot, J demand modt rate. Middling upland* 4%; «aleft 8,000 bales: American 6,500; speculation and export 500; receipts 8,000; American 3,200. Futures opened weak with demand fair. Open. Close October 4 31-G4 ia October-Jfovember 4 33-64 4 .31 64 Nov*‘ini>er-l>e<einber 4 3.3-64 4 31-64 December-January 4 ::4-«4 4 32 64 January February 434 84 4.3.3*64 u February-March . 4 4 34 G1 « tfarrh-april 4W4 4 n a May-June » 40-»4 4 .38-64 s J ij no-J iiJy 4 42.64 4 39-64 Closed unsettled. The Chicago Marietta. 8 By Private Wire to J. C. Knox. Manager. Open High | Low Clone k s I 11 I Dec Wi. ar,jz e M.y HI i „ I cobn— li-c I nv. May - 2vi!s O ; O.TS t Dec 27% ■ May 211% 11 Pokk d: Ont I ft I'LS . I .Jan 9 37Ta y 4,) 9 940 i. Lard—- 11 : Oct 9 42/, 5 r> 5 47W ft j Jun &75 5 a SIDhM O<t ! 470 4 72’4 4 7ft 4 72? Z ‘‘ Jen I 4 8 p | No receipts reported. Clearing Hon ge statement. (J. Jones, MunMger. ‘ Monday < '33G.2G i T. > Prominent Men invited. Washington, Oct. .21. —Gen. I. W. r Avery, the Foreign Commissioner of tin-Atlanta Exposition, today invited i- . Secretary of State Olney, and Minis ,-iters Romero of Mexico, Andrade of. d i Venezuela, Gana of Chile, Peralta of i- Costa Kiva, and Charge d’Affaires Do minguez of Argentina, tothe cecenio »- ninl of the Exposition Directory re i- 'eeiving officially the Government ex it. hibil. from those coiiHtries. The gen r- i tiemen have all promised to attend il and it will be one of the most impor y | tant <><•< asions of the exposition. The day w ill be announced hereafter. i PRICE 1 WO CENTS. MYERS CHANCES SLIM. His Case Argued in tho Supreme • Court Today," LUMPKIN’S STARTLING STALEST The Associate Justice I*rononnc»R RTyrrtf Deed » Moat Atrco'oufi Murder und Gives the Att«vrney Littlo Hope for Ilia <..11 out* At 10O’clock this morning tho mo tion for a new trial in the M yers case was heard 1 y the sup.-eme court. Meyers’attorney, ffr.Moyers, alleged unfair rulings amt an unfair chargeon the part, of Judge Hart, who presided nt the last trial in the superior coprt. Colonel AV. c. Glenn and Solicitor Hill spoke forcibly and ably for ■ the state, denying all that was alleged. Although the 'occasion was a very wious one much inno< >nt amusement ] was p.ovoked when Colonel Glonn stated : “Why, may yum honor phase, these Brown Allens nro even worse ■ than the Richmonds that were on the field of Bosworth slain. We have killed abnv. nine of them already.” SMALL HOPE FOR MEYERS. There is very little probability of a new trial. Seated upon the bench and addressing himself to Mr. Mov-ra, ■Judge Lumpkin said: “My impression is tliat this was tho most atrocious aiul best proved murder of which I liavo ever heard. Unless you succeed in changing my mind 1 will not favor a new trial.” This remarkable expression of opin ion, coining as it did froirr so conserva tive a man as Judgo Lumpkin, crea ted n<. liftle suppressed excitement in' the court room. A flutter extended all I the way across’ tlie room, from Tax' Commercial reporter on the one sido I te Mr. Moyers on the other. A sudden | change of color was perceptiWe upon ‘ the face of the latter, and he stood for , an instant dumbfounded. Then he.; stated : “1 believe your honor will gi me a fair hearing, and 1 think I oai« convince you that you are wrong.” It was easy to see from tbit and other incidents that tbo burden of proof rested I upon the defendant and It was Mr. Moy er- who had the convflliciug work to do. , REVIEW OF THE CASE. An interesting review of the whole tragedy was tnado and the technical le gal points were discussed at length. Before next Monday tho court’s decis ion will not ‘probably be handed down, but it is likely that it will be Linda known on that day. «- At present it seems that chances are very strongly against. Meyers. It imw seems almost a surety that he will »ay upon tiie gallows fur taa inurde. of Forest Crowley. BEAT HIS WWE. , fc iHo,,! Fe»n Liu.kcA t|i I i I * . I I. Floyd Fenn, n machinist living near the corner of Logan and Martin streets, is confined at the police station on tho charge of drunkenness and wife beating. Fenn is a clever, hard working. man, about 40 years of age, possessed of a loving wife, a mother and three children nil of whom reside with him in a little vine clad cottage in one of Atlanta’s most quiet and country like boods. Being a good workman ho easily obtained employment at tho exposition grounds. Money, with him means tho opportunity to get on a spree, and Satur day night after reaching home tbo desire for drink was very strong upon him. Fenn’s wife refused to give him money and he beat her badly with a wooden slat. He was found by the neighbors kneeling on his wifos chest, his hands wound In her hair. Police wore sent for, and Eenu was locked up. He will be tried this after noon. i MINISTERS MEET. - The lj*eiifon Devoted to a Dincoßnlon of the Epworth Ee»Kue. The Methodist ministers met in their now quarters In tho basement of tbo First Methodist church this morning at the regular hour. There being nothing special before tho meeting for consideration, a motion was made and carried that tbo time be devoted to an informal discussion on the work of tho Epworth League in the city churches. Several responded with short remarks, after which Dr. Candler of Emory col lege, gave a short talk on tlie flourishing condition of his school. The meeting t'ueti adjourned. ONE DAY’S DOINGS. Events of Minor Importance and Interest Briefly Related. Will Allen will be tried nt 4 o’clock this afternoon on tbo charge of assault, and battery. The charge was prefer red by 8. Schaffer, who alleges that Allen assaulted him without provoca tion. Both will tell their side of the story to Judge Landrum this after noon. F. Abrams, n negro, was arrested yesterday by Officers Lanfofd and Seals. Abrams was sent to the chain gang some time ago, but escaped from there and was at liberty until yester day, when he was spotted by the offi cers. WANTED IN MACON. Three Men Arresuxl Here Lost Night For ■lumping Their Board BUI. W. J. Foitls, T. J. Evans and Sidney Garner, three young white men, ware arrested yesterday by Officers Tyson and Wiggins charged with cheating and swindling. The young men came up from Macon in the morning wl.ero they had been at tending-the races, bfit they forgot to pay their board bills before leaving and were followdd by Detective Patterson, who had warrants for their arrest. They were taken back to Macon this morning. CAPTAIN JOYNER BETTER. , Hl» Injuries Mot a» Hcrionn •• at glrMßwso pOR»(l. Captain John C. Joyner,who v. . st rioimly wounded on Friday by f illing* beneath bis horse while chasing thieves, is much improved today and will probably be able to be out tumor row. Captain Joyner wn< token to his home on Jiicbardson street and attend ed hy Dr. Hurt.