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VOL. 1.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
'A hat is Being Done in Congressional
Hails for the Conntry’sWelfare.
proceedings from day to day briefly
TOLD—BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONST DERATION—OTH ER NOTES.
TIIE HOUSE.
I hursday —The debale in the Rock
well case went on again all day Thurs
day. The first speaker was Mr. DeForest,
of Connecticut, who supported the
claims of the contestant, regretting,
however, that he would be obliged to
cast his vote to -< n at a republican and to
unseat a democrat Mho had earned the
esteem of his colleagues during his ser
vice on the floor. John Allen, of Mis
sissippi, made the speech of the day.
His hearers were, however, somewhat
disappointed because he argued the case
seriously, when they expected a funny
speech. John R. Fellows, of New York,
will close the debate for the Rockwell
side, and Mr. O’Ferrall, of Virginia, for
Noyes. Then the vote will be taken.
Friday . —Mr. Rockwell retains his seat
in the house by a close fight which was
only won after a battle of intense excite
ment. The debate over the case Friday
was exciting and lurid. The galleries
were crowded as they have not been be
fore this session. That fact was due to
the announcement that John R. Fellows,
the great Neiv York orator, was to open
the debate. Mr. Fellows began shortly
after opening, and for an hour and a half
kept the close attention of the house.
He made a magnificent argument and
was repeatedly applauded. When Colo
nel Fellows concluded he yielded fifteen
minutes of his time which remained to
Bourke Cockran. Objection was raised
to this, and Colonel O’Ferrall suggested
that the Rockwell people had already
consumed more time than bad been used
in support of the majority report.
“Fighting” Joe Wheeler quickly pro
duced figures to >ho\v that the difference
was only twenty-five minutes in favor of
■ Rockwell. A lively interruption of
O’Ferrall by Wheeler caused O’Ferrall to
remark that Wheeler was a greater nui
sance than mosquitoes in New Jersey.
After some pleasant sparring the fifteen
minutes were given to Cockran.
Mr. Cockran’s language was scathing; his
oratory impressive. He minced no
words, and his Phillipic, addressed
against the majority report, was very
powerful and was received with great
applause by his colleagues. When Mr.
O’Ferrall arose to close the debate, there
was fire in his eyes. He made a thun
derous speech. He first attacked Mr.
Cockran, and in the course of his remarks,
he referred to the criticism that had been
made on his democracy and to his sup
posed preference to a certain candidate
for the presidency. He did have such
preference, he said, as was his privilege.
He said he hoped that a cairn would suc
ceed the hurricane which had just passed
over the house. The speech of the gen
tleman from New York reminded him of
a little story. A belated traveler was
journeying over a country roal, in the
midst of a storm. His horse he guided
by the tire of the lightning. But al
though the storm was a fierce one, the
flashes were infrequent, while peals of
thunder were incessant. Finally the
wayfarer sent up the invocation, “Oh,
Lord, I would like to have a little more
light and not quite so much noise.”(liOng
continued laughter.) At the conclusion
Mr. O’Ferrall moved the previous ques
tion. It carried and the first vote was
on the resolution declaring Mr. Noyes
was not elected. When the roll call
commenced there was much excitement.
Runners were sent out by both factions
to bring in all absentees and nearly every
member in the city voted. The resolu
tion carried by 140 to 98, disposing of
Mr. Noyes. On this vote forty democrats
and nine third partyites voted with the
solid republican side. The next vote was
on the resolution declaring Mr. Rockwell
elected. On this the vote stood 128 to
106, the house thereby declaring that.
Mr. Rockwell was elected. On this
forty-four democrats and all the third
party men voted against Mr. Rockwell
and with the solid republican side.
The ballot decided, Mr. Bryan moved to
recommit the entire matter to the com
mittee. on elections, with instructions to
examine more closely into the evidence
and report again. This was, however,
defeated a vote of .110 to 125. This
was followed by the adoption of the re
port of the minority of the election com
mittee, declaring Mr. Rockwell entitled
to the seat.. That ended the longest con
tested election case before the house in
many years.
Saturday. —There was a calm in the
house Saturday, succeeding the gale of
Friday. The attendance was small, and
the first half-hour of the session was con
sumed in consideration of a few private
measures.
Monday. —The pending question when
the house met Monday morning was the
motion made by Reed, of Maine, Satur
day last to lay on the table the resolu
tion expunging from the records such
portions of the speech of Walker, of
Massachusetts, and which reflected on
his colleagues, Messrs. Williams and
Hoar. The republicans refrained from
voting, and the result was, yeas 6, nays
138. No quorum voting, a call of the
house was ordered. The call of the
house showed that there were 213 mem
bers present, and Mr. Richardson, of
Tennessee, offered a resolution for the
arrest of absent members by the sergeant
at-arms. Agreed. Mr. Boutelle made
the point of order that it was not in order
for the house to send for absentees when
on a call it was declared that there was
more than a quorum present, After a
brief discussion of the rules the point
was overruled and then further proceed
ings under the call were dispensed w r ith
and the question recurred on the motion
t table the expunging resolution. The
motion was rejected- yeas 5, nays 155.
After considerable fillibustering a call of
the bouse having been ordered and 220
members responding further proceedings
were dispensed with; and the vote re
curred on the motion for a recess. This
was lost, but as no quorum voted, the
adjourned.
Tuesday. —ln the house, Tuesday
morning, after three private bills were
passed, the regular order was demanded,
and he speaKer stated ;he regular order
to h i the passage of the Walker expung
ing resolution. Mr. Blount, of Georgia,
asked uuanin.( us consent that tho house
go into committee of the whole for the
consideration of the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill. There was no
objection, but Mr. Blanchard, of Louisi
ana, gave notice that on Monday he
would call up the river and harbor bill.
The house then went into committee of
the whole (Mr. Oat s, of Alabama, in
the chair) on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill. Mr. Blount explain
ed the provisions of the measure. It ap
propria’ed $1,584,925. being $72,000 less
than the current ffiw, and ssso', 541 less
than the estimates.
TIIE SENATE.
Thursday.— ln the temporary absence
of Vice President Morton, the chair was
occupied by Mr. Manderson, the presi
dent pro tem. of the senate. Mr. Gor
man gave notice that Friday, May (ith,
he would ask the senate to consider a
resolution relative to the death of his late
colleague, Mr. Wilson. Tho senate then
proceeded to the consideration of bills on
the calendar.
Friday.— ln the sena'e the army ap
propriation bill was reported and placed
on the calendar, Mr. Stewart giving no
tice that he would call it up Monday,
provided it did not interfere with the
Chinese bill. The senate bill appropri
ating $64,000 for William and Mary col
lege, of Virginia, for occupation and
damages by the United States troops
during the war was taken from the cal
endar and passed. The urgency defi
ciency bill was then taken up and the
following, ampng other amendments,
agreed to: Appropriating $25,000 for
the expense of representation of the
United States at the Coluuib an historical
exposition at Madrid in 1892 in com
memoration of the four hundredth anni
versary of the discovery of America.
Appropriating SIOO,OOO for continuing
work .of the eleventh census, striking out
the appropriation of $4,036 for printing a
new edition of the postal laws and regu
lations, the bill as ameuded was then
passed. The calendar was then taken up.
, Saturday.— ln the senate Saturday,
after the routine of morning business Mr.
Teller offered a resolution requesting the
president to inform the senate what steps,
if any. have been taken to ward the secur
ing of an international conference to con
sider the question of the free coinage of
silver at the mints of the nations partici
pating in such a conference, or as to the
enlarged use of silver in the currency of
such countries; also, to transmit copies
of all correspondence between the United
States government yid the other govern
ments which are expected to participate
in the proceedings of such an interna
tional conference. The resolution was
modified by adding the words, “if not
incompatible with public interests,” and
agreed to. Mr. (Jail offered a reso
lution (which vvent over without
action) for the appointment of a
committee of nine senators to in
quire into the present value per mile of
all the railways of the United States,
their present capitalization and difference
between such capitalization and actual
cost of construction and equipment; their
gross and net ieceipts; uumber and com
pensation of their employes; their amount
of bonded indebtedness and capital stock;
amount of stock and bonds held by stock
holders and bondholders, distinguishing
between home and foreign holders. The
bill appropriating $50,000 for a public
building at Salem, Ala., was reported
and placed on the calendar.
Monday. —ln the senate, Monday, Mr.
Butler gave notice that on Thursday of
next week he would ask the senate to
taKo up for action the bill to transter
revenue marine from the treasury depart
ment to the navy department. Mr. Alli
son expressed the hope that when ap
propriation bills are ready they would
take precedence of all other matters.
Mr. Coke gave notice that he would ad
dress the senate very briefly Tuesday on
Mr. Morgan’s silver resolution.
The Chinese exclusion bill was then tak
en up and the presiding officer put the
question ou the adoption of the substitute
reported by the committee on foreign
relations. Considerable discussion was
indulged in. The vote was taken on the
substitute reported from the committee
ou foreign relations for the house bill,
and the substitute was agreed to
—yeas, 43, nays, 14. Several
other amendments wore offered
but all failed of adoption. The bill as
amended was then passed without divis
ion, and the title was amended to read:
“To Prohibit the Coming of Chinese Per
sons Into the United States.” A confer
ence with the house was asked, and
Messrs. Dolph, Davis and Butler were
appointed conferees on the part of the
senate. After a brief executive session
the senate adjourned.
Tuesday— After some routine morning
business, Mr. Coke addressed the senate
in favor of the free coinage of silver, bas
ing his remarks on Mr. Morgan’s resolu
tion on that subject. During the first
half hour of his speech, Mr. Coke had
many attentive and apparently interested
listeners tuning the senators. Mr.Daniel
was the next speaker on the same subject
and on the same side of the question.
He began by saying that there were
rocks ahead, that the ship of state was
TRENTON, GA. FRJDAY, APRIL 29,1892.
drifting on them; mat, ere long, it
would strike them, and that no master
of finance appeared to save the ship, crew
or career. Gold was the cry—gold
gold—nothing but gold, although this
was the greatest silver nation of the world
and although—if its financial system were
equal to its opportunities—it might
dominate the financial markets of the
world. Gold was not now in circulation.
He had been drawing money from the
treasury for the last six years and had
never yet been paid a dollar in gold and
did not know whether he could get a
gold dollar if he desired to obtain one.
At the close of Mr. Daniel’s speech the
army appropriation bill was taken up. Af
ter several senate amendments had been
agreed to, Mr. Cockrell cal ed for a sep
arate vote on tike amendment, striking
out of the hill the proviso that no money
shall be paid for the transportation of
troops and army supplies over any of the
non-bonded lines owned, controlled or
operated by the I'nion Pacific Railway
Company, including the lines of the
Oregon Short Line and the Utah North
ern Railway Company, or by the South
ern Pacific company over lines embraced
in its Pacific system. Debate on the
amendment lasted till 5 o’clock when,
without disposing of the amendment,
the senate adjourned.
NOTES.
The judiciary committee have decided
on a substitute for Watson’s Pinkerton
detective resolutions carrying out its es
sential recommendations.
Secretary Blaine estimates that the cost
of the United States carrying out the
Behring sea sealeries arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain will be $150,000.
Tne action of the Indiana democratic
convention Thursday has provoked con
siderable discussion at the capital, and
there is a wide difference of opinion as
to the meaning of the resolutions.
President Harrison left Washington
Tuesday for New York on a special train
over the Pennsylvania railroad, accom
panied by Secretaries Foster and Rusk
and Postmaster Genera! Wanamaker.
The president delivers the principal
speech at the ceremonies incident to lay
ing the corner stone of the Grant monu
ment.
On the final vote in the Noyes-Rock
well contest case in the house, Friday, all
of the Georgia delegation present except
Mr. Lawson, Mr. Winn and Mr. Watson
voted for Rockwell. The democrats who
voted with the republicans and against
their democratic colleague on this vote
were: Andrew, Bryan, Buchanan, Bunt
ing, Cable, Cadmus, Oausey, Chipnianf
Coburn, Cooledge, Crawford, Crosby,
Daniels, DeForrest, Edmunds, Forman,
Greenleaf, Hall, Hamilton, Hoar, John
son of Ohio, Jones, Kilgore, Lawson of
Georgia, Little, Long of Texas, Martin,
McKaig, Miller, Oates, O’Ferrall, Scott,
Seerly, Sperry, Stevens, Stewart of Illi
nois, Stout, Warner of New York,
Wheeler of Michigan, White, Wike, Wil
liams of Massachusetts, Moore and Patti
son of Ohio.
There was a sensational scene in the
committee investigating the pension
office Tuesday. Two able statesmen,
Commissioner Raum and Mr. Enloe, de
nounced each other as liars and gathered
up ink stands to pelt one another when
friends interfered and stopped the war.
The special committee investiga’ing the
conduct of the pension bureau had bejfc
in session but a short time wh?n
Prosecutor Enloe put to Commissioner
Raum au inquiry as to whether or not’
Rautn himself had not furnished Special
Examiner Greenwalt with sls to be used
for the purpose of entrapping an attorney
named Foote, of Kalamazoo, Mich., sus
pected of being engaged in buying for
bidden information with reference to
pension cases. Commissioner Raum de
nied that he had, whereupon Enloe called
him a liar, and grasping a small glass
sponge cup on the table in .front of him,
made a movement to get at the commis
sioner who was sitting in the witness
chair immediately across the table and
and about six feet away. The sudden
ness of the violent turn given affairs took
all hands by surprise. Friends inter
fered and stopped the war.
The Chinese Bill.
The Chinese bill as it passed the sen
ate Monday is as follows:
That all laws now in force prohibiting
and regulating the coming into this coun
try of Chinese persons and persons of
Chinese descent are hereby continued in
force for the period of ten years from the
passage of this act. Sec. 2. That any
Chinese person or person of Chinese de
scent, when convicted and adjudged un
der any of the said laws to be not law
fully entitled to be or remain in the
United States, shall be removed from the
United States to Chinn unless he or they
shall make it appear to the justice, judge
or commissioner, before whom he or they
are tried, that he or they are subjects or
citizens of some other country, in which
case he or they shall be removed from the
United States to such country; provide 1
that in any case where such other coun
try of which such Chinese person shall
claim to be a citizen or subject, shall de
mand any tax as a condition of the re
moval of such person to that country,
he or she shall be removed to China.
Sec. 3. That any Chinese person or per -
sons of Chinese descent arrested under
the provisions of this act, shall be ad
judged to be unlawfnlly within the
United States unless such person shall
establish, by affirmative proof, to the
satisfaction of such justice, judge or
commissioner, his lawful right to remain
in the United States? Sec. 4.
That any such Cninese person or
person of Chinese descent once convicted
and adjudged to be not lawfully entitled
to be or remain in the United States, and
having been once removed from the
United States in pursuance of such con
viction, who shall be subseaucntly con-
I vfeted for a like offense, shall lie impris
j oned at hard labor for a period of not
! exceeding s ; x months, aud 'thereafter
j amoved from the United States as here
inbefore provided
THE SOUTII IN BRIEF
The News of Her Progress Portrayed in
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
, TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS.
A crevasse occurred Monday on Bayou
LaFourch, La.
Bishop Nelson visited all the Savannah
churches Sunday and confirmed seventy
five persons.
: Jh e great bridge across the Mississippi
river at Memphis, Tcnn , is practically
completed. Only roadways and tracks
now have to be laid before it can be open
for traffic.
A telegram of Monday from Birming
btam, Ala., states that Charles T. Stoncy,
commissioner of land, Louisville and
Nashville railroad,is under arrest charged
yith embezzling about SIO,OOO Stouey
is a well known club and society mau.
istoney lost the money iu gambling.
‘ The Birmingham, Ala., national bank,
oy a vote of the stockholders at a meeting
held Monday, decided to go into volun
tary liquidation and to transfer their
business to the Alabama national bank on
May 2d. The bank had a capital stock
of two hundred aud fifty thousand dollars
#nd a surplus of eight thousaud dollars.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispa’ch says:
The hearing of the application for an in
juction and receiver in the cae of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgiu
Railway Company was postponed Friday
by Chancellor Gibson for one week. The
belief is prevalent that the chancellor
M ill make a decree to prohibit the con
solidation of the road with the Terminal
company.
A sensational bill was filed at Nash
ville, Tenn., Monday by the executors of
the will of Charles Nelson, the million
aire distiller, against George S. Ivinuey
and others, seeking to set aside the trans
fer of Kenney’s home to his daughter,
Mrs. < 14. R. Reno. The complainants
claim that the Kinney Distillery Com
pany owes the Nelson estate $67,000 in
fifty notes, and the transfer is attacked
as fraudulent, and th.e court is asked to
declare it void.
A aSpatcn from PaTnesvflle,Texasjsays:
A wave of incendiarism, which seems to
have been sweeping over this state,
reached Henrrietta Saturday morning at
3 o’clock, and now the greater and best
part of buildings in the town As only
a recollection. 2he south Bidg of
square is gone, ditailing a loss m $200,-
000. The south side of the square was
by far the best part town. All
the buildings w4re of rock and brick and
were handsomely constructed.
The report comes from Savannah that
President Comer, of the Central, pro
poses to re-establish that old custom of
giving a free excursion to the stockhold
ers to attend stockholders’ meetings.
That be a popular step for the man
agement to make. There wflWWl kick
ing last December when the announce
ment made that the excursion would
be discontinued. A meeting of the stock
holders of the Central is called for May
16th at Savannah. That is two days be
fore the date set for the election ordered
by Judge Speer.
A desperate riot occurred among the
coal miners in Fairmount, W. Va., Sat
urday night. A number of men had
been drinking and at 6 o’clock a fight
started in the Baltimore and Ohio depot.
Six men took part. William Tracy, a
miner of Dunbar, Pa., was shot and in
stantly killed. Dan Casey, one of his
assailants, was shot through the head and
died in half an hour. Another man,
whose name is not known, was fatally
wounded while two others were seriously
hurt. All the servi/ors are under arrest
but the miners, numbering 200, threaten
to lynch them.
COLORADO FOR SILVER,
And Will Vote With the Party that
Favors Free Coinage.
The state convention of Colorado silver
leagues met at Denver Monday, repre
sentatives to the number of 500 being
present. Delegates were selected to the
national silver convention at Washing
ton, May 26th, and resolutions adopted
that in event of the democratic and re
publican national conventions failing to
nominate for president and vice president
men with pronounced silver views, it will
be the duty of voters to support any par
ty that may promise the speedy rein
statement of silver, and “this silver con
vention, representing, as it does, the
people of Colorado, irrespective of party,
pledges our faithful and unequivocal
support in favor of the political party
that will laithfully carry out the purpose
of the free coinage of silver.” It is also
resolved as the sentiment of the conven
tion that the Colorado state convention
should instruct their delcgMtes to the na
tional conventions to withdraw from the
conventions if they do not succeed in
yettmg free silver planks in their party
platform.
Out ou Bond.
Mayor Lane and other prominent citi
ens of Birmingham attended the prelim
inary examination at Nashville. Tenn.,
Tuesday of Sheriff Joe Smith aud Deputy
J. H. Lockhart, of B rmingham. who are
charged withr grand larceny of two thous
and dollars worth of diamonds. Ihe
accused, by the advice of their attorneys,
waived examination and were held to the
criminal court on two-thousaud-dollar
bonds each. This bond was given.
NEWS IN GENERAL
Happenings of the Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable -
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUR
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Gold coin to the amount of $700,00Q
was ordered for shipment to Europe Mon
day.
Charles H. Reed, of the counsel foi
Giteau, the assassin of President Garfield,
died in Baltimore Sunday.
According to dispatches nineteen inillf
ion spindles are idle in Lancashire. Nu
signs of amicable adjustment.
During the week ended April 23d,
16,240 immigrants were landed at New
York. This is the largest number in anj
one week this year.
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly
review of the British grain trade, says
that English wheat is dull and prices
have dtdined 11 pence during the last
fortnight.
A Philadelphia dispateh of Monday
says: It is rumored that five leading
manulacturers of locomotive tires of this
country have formed a combination and
will soon be merged into a trust con
cern.
The Sligh rolling mill, of Pittsburg,
Pa., closed down Monday and about
three hundred men are idle as a result.
Saturday night the men were notified of
the shut down but the causes and length
of time were not stated.
A Detroit, Mich., dispatch of Friday
says: Friends of Major Singree charge
that Senator McMillin is not a citizen of
the United States, but they refuse to dis
close the evideuce of the truth of the
charge. Mr. McMillin was born at Ham
ilton, Ontario.
The stables and other farm buildings
on the dairy farm of the Cheshire Im
provement Company, at Parkvilie, Long
Island, burned Monday morniDg. Less,
about seventy-five thousand dollars.
Twenty-four valuable cows and thirteen
horses were burned to death.
A Philadelphia dispatch of Friday
says: It is announced by Manager Bell,
of the Spreckles sugar refinery, now
owned by the American Refining Com
pany, that the establishment will renew
operations, just as soon as the recently
burned barrel factory is rebuilt.
Mrs. Mowbrey, the wife of the pub
lisher of Commonweal, the anarchists'
paper which was seized several days ago
by policemen, was buried in London
Saturday. A large crowd attended.
Red flags and banners were paraded at
the funeral, one of which bore the in
scription, “Remember Chicago.”
The British ship Imberhorn, from Rio
Janeiro, is detained at quarantine at New
York, where she arrived Sunday, for dis
infection. She reports that her steward
and one seaman were sent to the hospital
at Rio, with yellow fever, where both
died. Eight men were down with the
disease, after leaving Rio, but all re
covered.
A Berlin cablegram of Friday says:
Herr Fushnagel, of Bochum, has com
menced suit against Prince Bismarck,
asking damages for alleged libel. The
action arises from expressions u-ed by
Bismarck regarding charges Fu-ffinagel
made in 1890 against Baare, director
of the great iron and steel association of
Bochum.
Cablegrams of Friday from Santiago,
deChili, state that during the past week
details have been received of earthquake
shocks at several coast towns. The pre
dictions of the German scientist relative
to these earthquakes are prominently no
ticed in the press. The predictions were
nearly correct. The next shocks pre
dicted to occur are between April 23d
and 26th.
The Olcott Richmond Terminal reor
ganization committee has issued a spec
ial notice to the bondholders of the Rich
mond & Danville and the East Tennes
see, Virginia and Georgia systems again
inviting deposits of securities with the
Central Trust Company. The notice
gives an instance in comparative form of
under the present status
the proposed consolidation.
At Elmira, N. Y., Saturday, Walter
Lloyd Smith, justice of the supreme
court, at the instance and request of the
Clipper Chilled Plow Company, of that
city, grantor an injunction or
der, restraining and preventing the Na
tional Harrow Company from bringing
any action against the customers and
patrons of the Clipper Chilled Plow Com
pany to recover damages which the Na
tional Harrow Company might claim
upon the ground that the harrows of the
Clipper Chilled Plow Company infringe
on the patents of the National company.
WILLIAM ASTOR DEAD.
The Multi-Millionaire Succumbs to a
Sudden Attack of Heart Disease.
A special to The Ne*v York Evening
World from Paris states that William
Astor died Monday night at the Hotel
Liverpool. The cause was heart failure.
Air. Astor was the father of Mrs. J. Cole
man Drayton and was greatly worried
over the Barrowe-Fox-Milbank scandal,
in which she was involved. Next to his
nephew, William Waldorf Astor, and
probably Jay Gould, William Astor, was
the richest citizen of America. His
wealth whs recently estimated at between
fifty and sixty millions. The greater
part is invested in New York real estate.
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WORK OF ANARCHISTS.
A Building Blown up by them In
Paris— A Reign of Terror.
Paris cablegram says: The restaurant
of Very, who on March 30th delivered
Ravachol, the anarchist, into the hands
of the police, was utterly wrecked at
9:40 o’clock Monday night by a bomb
explosion. Since Ravachol’s arrest. Very
has frequently been threatened with such
a disaster. The force of the explosion
was terrific and widely felt, and an enor
mous crowd quickly gathered about the
shattered building. The police on
entering, found Very lying on the floor
of the restaurant, in the midst of heaps
of debris, groaning with fright and pain.
One of his legs had beeu broken and he
was sent to the hospital, where it was
found necessary to amputate his leg.
He died shortly after the operation. A
grand-daughter of Very was also injured,
and two ladies living in rooms located
over the restaurant were badly shaken
and bruised. Very’s wife was not in
jured, but she has lost her senses and is
raving.
It is the general opinion that the ex
plosion was perpetrated mainly to terror
ize the jurymen who will be on duty at
Ravachol’s trial. The police have a the
ory that the bomb was thrown into the
basement of the building through a grat
ing. News of the explosion quickly
spread throughout the city, creating con
sternation, especially on the boulevards,
where exaggerated reports of the affair
were current.
Lota have been drawn by' persons sum
moned to act as jurors the trial of
Ravachol. One of the jurors has written
to the Figaro complaining that the po
litical importance which has been given
to the trial by charging the prisoner with
being guilty of an explosion instead of
murder, has endangered the lives of all
persons concerned in the case. The ex
plosion in Very’s cafe has terrorized the
jury selected to try Ravachol and officials
who are in any way connected with his
trial.
Later dispatches state that the trial of
Ravachol, alias a half dozen other names,
charged, with Achiile Simon, alias “Bis
cuit;” James Bcala, alias James Marius:
Charles Ferdinand Cimimartin and a
girl, Rosalie Souber, began Tuesday at
the Seine assizes court at 11 o’clock. So
many threats have been mude that the
friends of the prisoners would attempt
some desperate act to either free the ac
cused or prevent the trial that admission
to the court room was severely restricted.
Only those personally known to the cou£t
officials, journalists and twenty-two wit
nesses were admitted.
The threats of the friends of the pris
oners have evidently greatly frightened
the jurors and journalists present ex
pressed the opinion that it Would require
very strong evidence to convince the
jurors of the guilt of the accused, or
rather to force them to render a verdict
of guilty in the face of threats of death
that have been made against them if they
decide against the prisoners. The ex
plosion of Monday night no doubt has
much to’do with the very apparent un
willingness of the jurors to serve in the
case, for that is taken to prove that the
police will not be able to protect the
jurors after the trial is finished.
Ravachol aud Simon were found guilty
and were sentenced to penal servitude
for life. The other prisoners were ac
quitted. When the reading of the in
dictment was conculded, Ravachol, in a
nonchalant manner admitted his guilt
and took upon-hinrself the entire respon
sibility for the Boulevard St. German
and Rue Clichy explosions. When ques
tioned as to his motives for causing the
explosions Ravachol replied:
“I felt a feeling of just anger at the
conviction of Levallios and Perret. Ido
not think that Benoit Hnd Bulot should
have demanded the death of fathers of
families. Then again the brutality of
the police when they arrested my com
rades revolted my conscience and I de
termined upon revenge.
UNDER BRICK WALLS.
Three Men Killed and Three Fatally
Injured by Falling Brick.
Jonesboro, TenD., was thrown into a
terrible state of excitement over an awful
catastrophe that took place there Friday
afternoon by which three men were in
stantly killed and three more mortally
wounded.
The officials of Washington county
were having some Dew vaults made to
the court house, ou the east end of the
same. There were seven men at work
on the vaults when the accident happen
ed. Whea the wails gave way all but one
were precipitated a distance of forty feet
from the top of the walls into the bottom
of the lower vault, and covered from
view by brick and mortar. Hands were
at once set to work to remove the debris
from over the men. After a feW minutes
the dead bodies of Brance Kstridge, Jag.
Wilson and Frank May were brought
out. Work was continued and Wade
Snodgrass and Eli Moore were brought
out. The contractor only escaped instant
death by hanging with a pole, aud was
left dangling forty feet in the sir. Two
other workmen were badly hurt.
The cause of the accident is supposed
to be an insufficiency of mortar to hold
the brick together, and failure to tie to
the main building. A great deal of in
dignation was expressed in regard to the
architect and contractor.
Odd Fellows’ Orphans’ Home.
The grand lodge committee decided t
accept Atlanta’s offer and locate the Odd
Fellows’ orphans’ home in Atlanta. Hei
offer was $7,000 more than that of eithei
of the three contesting cities. The
committee chose wisely, and their ac
tion will meet the approval of the ord
throughout Georgia.
NO. 9.