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Newspaper Page TextTHE waieo''m*'i. * •»* 1854, 1 Consolidated with ih«* Ch O’ tel<N t'n" 1877 I htns o armor, Hat 1832 ifsiPiiii; The Prosecuting Attorney Gives a Bit of a Story. TEE LEXOW COMMITTEE WORK N*w York Wi An. JS. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24. 1894- GULLED THE BRITONS. ■peculations mt m Slurp CnplUhuaa In 8*oth Dakota Forgod rap>r, Yankton, Nov. 23.—The English cap italist* who have been dealing in Sonth Dakota paper daring the pact few yean have been investigating the validity of their holdings, and find in nearly every , I instance that they have been swindled Hi.tier a. Worse Itelffn of ( tlir< u 8 h J - T - M - Pi,;r « e . an English- iVm, Ever st rater,burg. 1 who has been living during the • past three years in London, Fresh evidence is daily accumulating, butenong’i has been gathered to indi cate that Fierce has realized fully $1,- 000,000 in five years through fraudulent and forged papers, school bonds, tax deeds, certificates, mythical township 1 Kinds, etc. The firm of Pieroe, Wright & Co. has offices in Yankton, in London, in Holy oke,Col., and in Spokane, Wash. Pierce gave tho impression that tho New York correRixindonts of the firm wereGilman, Son «fc Co. Tho firm’s Loudon hank era, lie said, wore Barolny, Bevau &-Co. It has Iwii known for three or four years that forged school district bonds to the amount of about 1300,000 had lieou floated, some of them having been sold in New York. One bond for $10,- 000 was discovered by tho purchaser to be worthless, and was returned to the seller, who took It up. Interest, coupons on the alleged fraud ulent outstanding bonds have been re ceived here regularly through the banks and have lawn promptly paid b** Pierce, Wright & Co., but the JMtHpons" which have jnsf arrived wjjjrTiofbO paid because Pierce, .whirjlasTieen managing thoJLioadeTi office, has fled, it is sup- BE MAY BE REMOVED. Marshal Me Allister, of Indian Territory, Be ng Criticised. THE DAWES COMMISSION REPORT. PASSES SURRENDERED. A l*ol**« Kwtimatst of tho Police of Go- Ilium—All CIkmpi I'alti Tribute to Black. niMilt-r* of tho Force. Washington, Nov. 23. — John W. Goff, the proseenting attorney for the Doxow investigating committee, who is stopping in Washington for a few days, has given an interesting interview of nearly three columns on tho work of the committee: “It was, as yon may imagine,” he said, "a tremendous task that confront ed us when we started the investiga tion. We knew positively that tho po lice department of New York, a most magnificent organization as regards its own strength, was systematically black mailing all classes of citizens. That tremendous power hail seized upon tho community until it lia 1 ol.tained com plete possession. There were two dis tinct elements that prevented, at the be ginning, a fair start, and had escaped ns in our efforts to get reliable testi mony. These were, first, the fears, and second, the apathy of the citizens. speak within the bounds of my kiln that—Xhp’V.'WiPr "posed to Mexico, with perhaps about not a business man in New York city *500,000. Who had not felt the ]>ownr ef police blackmail. There wore, perhaps, a Very few instances where honorable men Ii:m1 refused to give their tithes of illegal tax to the police, but almost without exception theso men wore forced out of business. “One peculiar feature of tho black mail was that it spared no one class, however obscure its calling I have particularly in mind the sailmakers, who are among the most upright and sturdily honest people in New York. They are mostly retired sea captains, commanders of the old clippor ships, who have been forced out of the busi ness by the introduction of steam, or their sons. Not one of these honest men dared to opou his month and com plain. “So the quostiou was, what classes should wo apply to and appeal to in our crusade? Wo were urged at times, aud most importnncly, to ‘go higher’ and nail the source of responsibility to the source of authority. On this question wo held most earnest consultations, and filially decided that it would not be wise or efficacious to do so. Our duty was to arou;o the conscience of the peo ple of New York, which had long been smothered, almost killed. The common people, the voters, the people who most felt tlic oppression of tho police, would need to bo aroused by different methods. They were to have the ill effects of po lice corruption brought to their hearts. The speetuel ■ of a little boy sitting all night on a doorstep crying bitterly for his lather, who had boon unjustly ar rested and brutally beaten by the police meant more to those people than the demonstration that tho captain had paid large money for his promotion, or that the commissioner, perhaps, had been bribed “The common follows would not no tice such matters, hut they would notice the tyranny of tiie police over tho apple woman, tho peanut roaster, bootblack, newsboy, keeper of a small soda water stand, the owners of little restaurants —a great class of honest citizens striv ing and struggling for a living. The men at the clubs, the more idle classos of the population, drinking over the fancy bars of the np-town hotels and restaurants, dining at the cafes, might possibly Is' interested in tho exposure of the high officials, but it would not shock thorn, it would not arouse in them such a fooling of personal resentment ns would lead them to go to the polls and by their votes aid in crushing the power which those thing signified. “You may lie surprised when I say that Now York, under tho rule of the police department., as it was controlled by Tammany Hall, was far worse as re gards tho individual comforts of citizens than St. Petersburg, under its most vio lent police regime. This was accident- oily illustrated by a witness who took tho stand one day. He was a Pole,who hud been seut to Siberia as a result of tho Polish insurrection. He had escaped and reached this country, and about a year after his arrival he was unjustly arrested and cruelly beaten. His story was told with an irresistable quaintness and pathos. I can not reproduce it to you, as I have not the power to imitate his peculiar dialect and his earnest man ner, that convinced everybody. But when he was askod how the police of Now York compared with those of St. Petersburg, he answered that the Rus sian poliee are gentle and humane com pared with those of our city.” A Judg* Who Will, lf«reaft»r, Pay HU It .ill road Fnri». Topeka, Nov. 23.—Associate Justice W. A. Johnson, of the supremo court, re-eieotod Nor. 0 for a term of six years, has announced that he has returned his passes, and will receive no more from railroad corporations. He says: "Heretofore when a pass has been given me. in pursuance of the general custom, I have used it without any hes itation and without any fear of loss of my integrity, or of respect and confi dence of others. “I do not now use passes, and have not since I heard during last summer i he first serious suggestion from a liti gant in this court that the acceptance of these oourtesies might prejudioo his interest here." “I think there is no inherent wrong in tho nse of passes as they have been given in this state, and that no honest jndgo is influenced by such favors, I shall oertalnlv decline the use of thorn liecauso of recently expressed objections to their use by the judiciary, that course seeming to be the one that will most surely guard against any loss of perfoot -onfldencu in our courts. HIGH CARNIVAL. Th* Ch«unci*y Men Go Free, Eastman, Ga., Nov. 23.—Tho com mitment trial of H Forrest, Scunnard •\V. Wilcox, H. Thompson and Jndge McCormick, charged with the safe rob bery at Channcey, on the night of Oct. 81, was held here. The principal wit- ness for the state was William Thomas, who, on cross examination, became so confused that he contradicted many of his statements. After all the evidence was in Judge Smith turned all the de fondants loose,and the robbery at Cliaun- cey is still a mystery. Coat of the Nary Maintenance. Washington, Nov. 23.—Paymaster llcneral Stewart reports that the total amount spent on the navy during the last fiscal year was $31,370,144.91, of which $8,251,072 was for payments on new ships. The cost of maintaining tho Chicago (second rate) in commission during the year was $810,613.00; of maintaining tho Yorktown (third rate), $160,907.58, and of maintaining tho Pe trel (fourth rate), $103,502.78. The cost of maintaining the New York navy yard was $607,586.52. FlB.ro'* New Editor. London, Nov. 23.—A Paris dispatch to The Times says that F. de Bodays, one of the directors of Le Figaro, has been appointed editor of that ne' Gumblcrn end TI»I**vm In ClnTcr When the Indian* Get Their Pay. Guthrie, O. T., Nov. 23.—News has lioon reoeived here that a band of gam blers and oonfldenco men from the east have been holding high carnival in tho Hno and Fox country. Last week the Sac and Fox Indians wore paid their usual annuity of $40,000. As is customary on these occasions, the agency is crowded with thieves aud hnngors on. Tho number is larger and they are ladder this time than ever be fore, and it is said by paymasters that tlio Indians were literally robbed of more than $20,000. Benco. one of tlic principal chiefs of the Sac and Fox tribe, who held in trust several thousand dollars for his com rades, was inveigled into n card game by five sharpers. He was fleeced of ov- ry dollar he had of his own and of all that he held for others. Benco then started a free-for-all fight, in which one of the gamblers was badly woundod. Several like instances of robbery are reported. * AUTHORITIES CLASH. Fall Bloo It tn Lea* Competent to Gov ern Tlinu .elves Thao They Were Twen ty Veer* Ago—The Real Iftdiftni ere Rubbed by Leader*—Picture of Wrongs tn I Lawie**ne*t Done. Washington, Nov. 28.—Secretaries Laraont and Smith and Attorney Gen eral Olney, instead of submitting the question of sending troops into Indian Territory, as it was reported they would do, held another consultation, and, it is understood, returned to their first opin ion that there is no warrant for the use of troops in suppressing lawlessness in the territory. Marshal McALlistister of Indian Ter ritory has been criticised severely for inuction and it is possible that Mr. Ol ney may direct the marshal ox Arkansas to summon a posse to capture the In dian Territory bandits. It is also possi ble that McAllister may be removed and a non-resident of tb" territory ap pointed to gpeSoSu' him. The matter jjas bwn discussed and men now in Washington have been mentioned as capable of taking the place and restor ing order. The Dawes commission, in its report to the secretary of the interior, recom mends the revocation by the govern ment of tho right of self government granted to the civilized Indians in In dian Territory. The civilized tribes, it says, refused to entertain the commission’s proposi tions to divide tribal lands, selling town sites, coal aud mineral lands and then dividing the proceeds; to allotting home steads made inalienable for a term of years, and to organize a territorial form of government. Complications in the title of coal lands will canse endless trouble, it says. Full bloods are less fit for citizenship than they were 20 years ago. Two hundred and fifty thousand white have been induced to settle in the territory by the Iudians, and cannot be expelled as intruders. Large tracts of laud are held by a few leaders, aud the real Indian is powerless to secure any part of the common property. The United States, the report says, guaranteed the equal division of the lands and is in honor bound to restore them to their rightful owners. This can be done honorably and treaty stip ulations maintained only by giving in dividual titles to the lands. A picture of the lawlessness and the wrongs done in the territory is drawn Many persons entitled to the payments made by the government get nothing, while agents grow rich. The tribal governments have perverted their high Trust, the tribes have demonstrated their incapacity to govern, and it is the plain duty of the government, the com mission holds, to abolish the tribal gov ernments and recover for its original uses the domains and all the gains de rived from the perversion of the trust. GEORGIA'S ELECTION LAW «r Iht Flaw gray** t* tke hr th« Committee. Atlanta, Nov. 23.—The joint com mittee of the senate and house appoint ed to prepare a registration law which would fill the long felt want in this re spect, has oampleted_its duty, and the bill has been submitted to the house. Naturally, it is a lengthy measure, covering as it does a subject of vital im portance, aud furnishing the details for a registry system which will be general throughout the state, meeting, as it does, the objections and special condi tions of gpeoiai localities. The bill first provides that no person shall be allowed to vote In any election in state or oounty affairs who is not a legally registered voter. The tax collector of each oonnty is made ex-officio registrar and is required to open, on January 1, 1895, and on the first day of each succeeding year, a book, or books, properly prepared, head ed on the first page with the form of oath pre cribed, and to keep said book open all the year during bis office hoars of each day. The tax oollootor. clerks of the court and ordinary of eaon coun ty are made a board of revision for the purpose Of preparing, each year, a list of non registered voters; this list to be presented, with the registry list, to a county board of election registrars who arc to be appointed by the grand jury, aud composed of three good citizens. This board is to prepare a third list, by comparing the two furnished by the tfix collector, which will comprise those entitled to vote but not on the registry list although entitled to a place thereon. This list, prepared by the board of registrars, will be the official voting list and ivill be in the hands of each elec tion manager, together with similarly prepared lists of non-registered voters who will be denied th< right to vote un less they submit to the following oath: I do -tvear (or affirm) that 1 am 21 yean of age, liave resided in this state one year and in this county six months, next pre ceding this election. I have paid all taxes which since the adoption of the present coustitulion of this state have been re quited of me previous to this year, and which I have had opportunity to pay, and I have not voted at this election. Upon taking said oath the managers of the election shall receive his ballot and mark on the ballot and opposite his name on the voting list the word ’sworn. ’ In its lengthy details, the bill is thor ough and complete in every arrange ment for the proper, legal exercise of the ballot by citizens of Georgia; at the same time Throwing such safeguards around the elections as will effectually prevent the corrupt practices sometimes committed. B¥ A BAIR’S BREADTH. Narrow Escape of a City From Utter Destruction. SULBIYILLE, IHDIAKA, IX PERIL High reamer* of Natural Ga* Malta Hu. dred* of Mott* ud Haatara—Twaatj Minute* Mora Tima Would Hava Dana Faurful Work— Many Horsoa Creautad *■ Allegheny's Street Cur Burns. Shelbyville, IncL, Nov. 23.—Bymia- tak natural gas was given high pressure in the low pressure main* and it mid night U was discovered that over 600 stoves and heaters in all parte of the city were melting under the intense heat, and many buildings were ig niting. Bells rang, whistles sounded and the citiaens were aroused to discover them selves in the midst of a general fire. The flow of gas was arrested, and only three houses were burned. If the alarm had been 20 minutes later uo power could have saved the city from total annihilation. Orlando** City Ordinance* Encroaching on Stute Ground. Orlando, Fia., Nov. 28.—Quito a controversy has arisen between the oity of Orlando and tho officers of tho coun ty criminal court, as to jurisdiction in certain cases. At the last term Judge Butt stated that there was no legal an thority for an ordinanoe against carry ing concealed weapons, but on teing shown some law on the subject by the city solicitor, he changed his opinion, and admitted the city’s jurisdiction. But this episode called attention to an ordinance recently passed against larceny, and the officers of the court at tacked’ it on the grounds that it was un- constitutionaL On this there seoms to be little difference of opinion, and the city will probably not attempt to on force it, tlionght that is not yet defi nitely settled. No Friday Cabinet Mooting. ' Washington, Nov. 23.—The usnal Friday cabinet meeting did not take place, having been postponed because the president was not quite so well, wet weather aggravating the gout and the sprain of his foot, which has kept him indoors at Woodley for several days. Jap* Sand Out More Men. London, Nov. 23.—The Globe pub- lishes a dispatch from Tokio saying that the third Japanese corps has sailed from Ujima. Its destination is not known, but it is believed that the objeotive point of the corps is the Yang-See-Ki- ang river. An Eminent Doctor Dead. Memphis, Nov. 23. —Dr. F. L. Sim, one of the most eminent physicians in the country, has just died at his home in this city, aged 60 years. i The Lust Day Hut One. Washington, Nov. 23.—Up to noon, the only gold withdrawal from the New York subtreasury was $200,000 by the Southern National bank. I Tile Marr Story Repeated. Fort Smith, Ark, Nov. 23.—The story of the capture of Henry Starr i- being repeated in the history of his suc- es. or in brigandage. Bill Cook, leader of tie- aotor.ou.s Cook band of train and bank robbers. The pursuit by the dep uty marshals became too close and he sought safety by leaving his accustomed haunts. Postal Inspector Houk and Deputy George Lawson oame in from the neighborhood of the camp of the Cook gang bringing information that throws considerable light upon the arrests made near Wichita Falls, Tex., by the Texas rangers, and leads to the belief that possibly Bill Cook himself may be in custody. Among the persons under arrest is a young man giving his name as Farris, who fills the description of the “King of the Terri tory.” Bill Cook, in every particular of height, complexion, weight and color of hair and eyes. Cherokee Bill is known to have been badly wounded in his fight with officers last Friday. ROCKEFELLER INDICTED. THAT SILVER COMBINE. A Movement on Foot to Control tha Mar ket from London. New York, Nov. 23.—The announce ment that a number of silver smelters and refiners are to combine and trans fer the control of the silver market from London to New York has created little surprise here. Tho representatives of a London silver shipping house ridi culed the idea, and said that London would continue to be the recognized market for gold and silver. The silver smelters and refiners in this city seem unwilling to discuss the project They one and all admit that a project is on foot to control the market from London, but decline to enter into any explanation. Daniel Guggenheim, who is the lead ing spirit in the matter, said that noth ing new would develop nntil the cen tral committee meets in this oity about a fortnight hence. Cleveland Invited to Vialt Oregon. Washington, Nov. 23.—Governor- elect Lord, of Oregon, with Senator Mitchell, called on the president and invited him, in the name of the Oregon people, to visit Oregon. Senator Mitchell told the president that if he would come at any time after Jan. 1, next, he Would guarantee that the governor of Oregon would meet him at the state line, referring to Governor Pennoyer’s refusal to meet President Harrison. Th« WLuU Gang of Standard Oil Mon Are Wanted la Waco. Waco, Tex., Nov. 28.—The grand jury of Mcljennan county has returned an indictment against all the officers of the Standard Oil company, from Presi dent Rockefeller down. The indictment charges them with violating the trust law of Texas by making a conspiracy to control prioea. Application will be made to Governor Hogg for a requisition on the governor of New York and other states for extra- dition of the Indicted parties. Some weeks ago charges were made in circulars issued by the Populist prop aganda of McLennan county that the Waters-Pierce Oil company conducted business in violation of the Texas trust law and was in a coal oil trust organ ized to drive ont competitors and con trol the price of that staple. The charge was also made that Gov ernor Hogg and Charles Cnlberson, at torney general of Texas, were cogni zant of the illegal methods of the cor poration named and refused to institute an investigation, notwithstanding that proofs had been submitted. The grand jury summoned the par ties making thoSe charges, and protract ed investigation followed. Witnesses were brought from Mariet ta,' O., who testified that they manufac tured coal oil, bnt were driven ont of the market by the Standard Oil trust, of which the Waters-Pierce company was a member. Forty pages of legal cap are used in describing the methods by which the coal oil trust drove ont competitors b; selling oil below cost of production am raising the price when the competitor had been dislodged and driven off- The men charged with feloniously violating the trnst law by conspiring to control the price of oil are John A. Rockefeller, H. M. Flagler, Benjamin Brewster, Henry H. Rogers, William Rockefeller, Jon D. Archibald, Web ster H. Tilford, Henry Clay Pierce, Ar thur M. Finley, C. Wells, William Grice, C. M. Adams, J. P. Gruet, E. T. Hathaway, J. A. Austin and the Texas agents of the Waters-Pieroe Oil com pany. Governor Hogg, who is now in Wa co, has consented to issue his requisi tion for the indioted parties outside of Texas. The Texas law forbidding trusts provides a term in the penitentiary fat its violation and a heavy fine also. The American Cornea Clear. London, Nov. 23.—Samuel Eccles, an American, second officer of the British bark Maruascliffe, was acquitted at Winchester of the charge of killing a negro man named Thompson while on a voyage from New York to Bahai, in Brazil. The Canard Company May Chance. London, Nov. 28.—It Is said that the Cnnard Steamship company seriously Miss Stevenson Must Die. Asheville, N. C., Nov. 28.—There is no change in the condition of MissMary considers changing its home post from North Carolina’s Fnalen Majority. Raleigh, Nov. 23.—The official re turns from 72 counties show that Tate, Democratic nominee far state treasurer, reoeived 103,635 votes, and Worth, the fusion nominee, 115,611. Twenty-four counties remain unofficially reported. If these preserve the same ratio, the Democratic vote will be 189,000 and the fusion vote 154,000. This will make the fusion majority only 15,000. Whltaeappara Convicted. Atlanta, Nov. 28.—The six White- cappers placed on trial before Judge Newman in the federal court, last Mon day, charged with whipping old man Thurman, his wife and two daughters, in Gilmer county, last February, were convicted. The convicted Whitecap- pers are: Alex MoKinnish, John Brad ley, Lee Grice, Neel Gentry, Bill Gen try and Jim Grice. Another PngllDt Killed. Perhaps. Anniston, Ala., Nov. 23.—A tele gram received from New Orleans states that Dee Fullwer, a well known young pugilist of Anniston, was badly braised up ih s prise fight in that cif Forty-Nine Horae* Burned. Pittsburg, Nov. 23. — Daring the morning fire broke ont in the Allegheny Traction, company’s barns on Spring Garden avenue, and before the engines arrived the entire roof was one mass of flames. The flames spread to other and burned 150 feet on Spring len avenue and 200 feet back. There were 60 horses in the barns, 42 of whioh were burned. Seven old horse cars and seven new electric motors were also burned. In the rear of the barn, on Emmanuel street, four single aud two double frame houses were destroyed. The loss of the street car company is estimated at $75,000; insurance is not known. AGAINST BOND ISSUE. Kansas' Lieutenant Governor Call* Upon tho Paoplo to Protest. Topeka, Nay. 23.—Lieutenant Gov ernor Percy Daniels issued a circular recently which he sent broadcast over the state, calling upon the oitizens of every school distriot to hold meetings Nov. 24 to protest against the proposed issue of government bonds by the secre tary of the treasury. The resolution protests against the issue of any bonds far any purpose, and calls upon the Kansas members of oon- gross to make an effort to pass an aot providing that the principal and inter est of all bonds Issued after Jan. 1, 1895, shall be paid from the proceeds of a tax levied upon the property and estatea of millionaires. JAPAN'S OBJECT. • Vital Wav A gala* Chiu* far. Cara* Was Tmm BUI. New York. Nov. 23.—The Recorder prints an interview with Minister Shi- nlchjro Kureno, of, Japan, which waa reoently obtained by Miss Jessie M. Wood, the well known newspaper re porter at the Japanese legation in Washington. In answer to a request to tell the real object of the Japanese war the minist >r said that the only object is the perma nent peace of the east. Corea, he added, is in a state of corruption which ho can not describe, and Japan wishes to get her promise for certain reforms. He denied that Japan is desirous of occu pying the Island of Formosa, and de clared that Japan has not a wish for territorial aggrandisement. Continuing, the minister said that if the proposed negotiations for peace fail ed and the Japanese should push on to Pekin only to find that the Chinese had raced into the interior with the inten tion of oanying on the war to the bitter end, Japan would surely follow. He believes, however, that the war would be all over in the spring. Regarding tha possible Interference of a European power, Great Britain, for instance, the Japanese minister questioned very much whether Great Britain would attack Ja pan. He admitted that England is most anxious that the war should terminate. At the conclusion of the interview, Miss Wood called on the Chinese minis ter. She was reoeived courteously and was granted an Interview on various subjeots, bnt the interpreter deollned to question the minister regarding the war. Fort Arthur still Stand*. Hiroshima, Nov. 23. — A steamer which has just arrived here from Moji reports that no assault had been made npon Port Arthur up to Nov. 19. Two interpreters and one war correspondent, following the second Japanese army, have been captured and killed by the Chinese. A BILL IH BEHALF OF THE WOKEN Treaty With Japan Signed* Washington, Nov. 23.—The proposed new treaty between Japan and the United States has been signed by Sec retary Gresham and Minister Kurino and will be sent to the United States senate for ratification on its reassemb ling Deo. 1. HAS NO RIGHT, The Mlvav League Conference. St. Louis, Nov. 23.—Secretary Follet, of the silver league, has completed ar rangements for the entertainment of the silver advocates who will attend a con ference here Nov. 27. The date is the same as that of the meeting of the Trans-Mississippi congress. Secretary Follett calls this merely coincidence, bnt it is thought the congress will be used as one of the levers to set np a na tional free silver party. Many visitors will bear credentials to both bodies, and will, it is said, endeavor to make silver the leading issue. Prle*I«** Rclle* Stolea. Ocala, Fla., Nov. 23.—The Marat oup and sauoer, the property of General and Mrs. J. J. Dickison, were stolen from, their home dnring the late tourna ment, while the inmates of the house were absent. The oup and saucer are of poroelain, exquisitely hand painted, the coloring as nch as an oil painting. The cup belonged to Madame Mnrat, wife of Prince Mnrat, a son of the king of Naples and Caroline Bonaparte, who was a sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. It is part of a set made for the royal fam ily in 1818. A Coast Dsfense Board. Washington, Nov. 23.—A board con sisting of Lieutenants H. L. Harris, W. C. Rafferty and L N. Lewis, of the ar tillery, has been formed to devise a sys tem of utilizing seacoost range finders and directing the fire of fortifications against fleets. The board Is to meet at New York npon call of its senior mem ber. General Miles has been instructed to place the appliances of the forts in New York harbor and offloers and men at the board’s disposal. Th* President’* Sprain. Washington, Nov. 29.—Mr. Cleve land is nursing his sprained ankle and working on his currency reform mes sage at Woodley. He Is trying to for get his leg in his labors, bnt the acoi dent has brought on an attack of rheu matic goat, and this complication gives him considerable pain. Cabinet officers who have seen him report that his in jury is not serious. Riordan Was Accidentally Killed. Syracuse, Nov. 23.—The verdict of the coroner's jury in the Fitzsimmons- Riordan tragedy is that Riordan came to his death on the evening of Friday, Nov. 16, from an aooIdental blow deliv ered by Robert Fitzsimmons while en gaged in a sparring exhibition. Spain Considering Reciprocity. Madrid, Nov. 23.—The minister of flnanoe has submitted to the chamber a bill to revise the tariff so as to benefit countries willing to grant reciprocity. Only Portugal and the Spanish-Ameri can republic* would profit under the re vision now. Ransom Not Seriously Hurt. Washington, Nov. 28.—A telegram just reoeived from Postmaster J. T. Evans, at Weldon, N. C., stasee that in juries to Senator Ransom by his acci dent Thursday were painful, but not serious. Lord Randolph Churchill Falling. London, Nov. 28.—Lord Randolph Churchill’s condition is factory, a private dispatch from India announces. Tha Body of an Execute:: Criminal Must Not Be Experimented Upon. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 23.—In reply to a communication from the governor in regard to Dr. Gibbons’ attempt at re suscitation upon the body of an electro cuted convict, the attorney general says: 'In my judgment, neither the gov ernor nor the prison superintendent has authority to grant such an experiment. It becomes the duty of the authorities in charge to bury it, and not to deliver the same to any individual for the par- pose of experiment.” A few days ago Attorney General Hancock said as an individual and not as an official that he did not see why the experiment of resuscitation could not be made if the relatives of the exe cuted man consented. If the post mor tem would be a mere superficial view ing, and if the relatives would consent, the body could be in the hands of Dr. Gibbons in a very short time after the application of the current. Wbftl Might B* Dost, Albany, Nov. 23.—It has been sug gested about capitol departments that there is nothing in the electrical electro cution law whioh would prevent Ward en Stout of Auburn prison from ap pointing Dr. Gibbons, of Syracuse, one of the witnesses to the Wilson execu tion. If Dr. Wilson was a witness, he could be designated as one of the phyai clans to make a post mortem examina tion, and there is nothing in the law which would prohibit his ascertaining, before the autopsy, by using his appa ratns, whether or not Wilson was dead. Of course, if it was found that Wilson was not dead, he would have to be placed in the chair again and the cur rent shot through him nntil life became extinct Shot tho Walter. Gadsden, Ala., Nov. 23.—Walter White, son of M. P. White, of Attalla, walked into the restaurant of A. Loo A Co., of Attalla, and ordered oysters. He was refused credit by Joe, the Ital ian waiter. A difficulty ensued, in which White shot Joe with a pistol. The ball entered Joe’s groin, producing a dangerous wound. White escaped. Bnraod Rer«*ll to Death. Petaluma, Cal., Nov.. 23.—Mrs. W, P. Evans, a dairyman’s wife, saturated her olothing with coal oil,, set her a ments afire and burned to death. She had been previously insane, but was re leased from the asylum. DAILY MARKET REPORTS i and Provisions. h quotations were follows: Mere pork. $1* lg4®l* 37. Lard. -hort ribs, loose. 8.1*14®6.8714 Dry salt shoulders, boxed. 5.KJKOJ.JS. Short clear sides, boxed, S.8TK®* so. Cincinnati. Nor. *3.—Pork, mere, * 12.3V laurd, steam leal, 137H: kettle dried, 7.30. Bacon, shoulders, 3.00; short rib sides, 7.00: short clear, 7.3714. Naval Star Savannah. Not. 23.—plrits of turpentine, at 25 bid for regulars: closed with sales of SA8 casks at 2514; receipts, 1.(67 casks. Rosin iraiet bnt firm: sales. l,«on barrels; A. B and C. 61 .(Si; D. 61.05; E. 61 15: F. '61.61; G. *1.33- H®1«; H. *1.55; I. *1.9:1; K 62.15; M. 63 40; N. 66.65: wlndowglasa, $2.85: waterwhite, 63.00. _ Wilmington, Not. a.—Rosin Is firm: strained, 9714: good strained. *1.0211; tur pentine. steady at 25; tar. steady at *1.10: erode turpentine, steady; hard, fl.iu; soft, *1.5u; virguir *1.70. Chicago Grain and Produce Futures. Chic too. Nov. 23. Wheat---December. 53*#* Corn—November. 485' Pork—January $11.‘j?! i ard—January * 6.92! Rib*—January * 5C New York Cotton Future*. Nxw York, Not. 23. Cotton futures opened Arm. December A53 January 5.62 February 5 66 ih.. n..i.,|n,,q.......• ■■••••« ••.••5.73 A7T .5.84 IE WAS SIT HE. Populist Unseated by the House of Representatives. The General Assembly Invited to Attend The Fool Rail Game and Wear University Colors—A Perfect Deluge of New Rills Iutrodneed— The General Assembly Get ting Down to Hard Work. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 23.—[Special.]— (’here it one more Democrat in the boute of representative* am! one leu Populist. Ron. William Spier, of Effingham. *rho holds to Populistic theories, goee heck home and Hon. O. E. Bird a sterling young Democrat tekee hie plaoe. • This waa decided by the committee on apeeial privilege# and eicetiona and ratified by the house. Spier waa eleoted by fifteen majority >n the faoo of the returns, bnt when the illegal votes were all thrown out, Bird a ad thirty-two majority and was de clared the lawfully eleoted repreeen- .stive from Effingham oounty. to make females rligidlk. Senator Roberta, of Baldwin oonnty, ntroduced a bill, whioh if passed will five women the right to hold offl .-e in he state of Georgia. The bill Is as fol- Ijws: ‘‘Section i. That from and after the passage of this aot females shall be eligible to all civil offices and oivil fnne- i in n he appointing power of the ta’e, ss may be tilled capably and ac- ptably by a female, in the Judgment •f laid appointing powers.” 1 VITnil TO SEE THE GAME, Mr. F a k E. Callaway, secretary of he (X-oudve department, tent an invi- etion to the house, urging the members o attend the football game between the Auburn and Athens teams tomor row afternoon, and requesting all who jo to wear the University colors of srimson and black. A BATCH OF NEW BILLS. Mr. Wren, of Jefferson, cue of the mpulist members,wants to be econom- o*l with tbe state’s money. He intro- luced a resolution that, in view of the {rest financial depression, the legislt- nre should make no appropriations vhatever exoept tor current expenses except as already provided for by law. Tis idea It not to increase the appre- riati ns for any institu ion. By Sell of Jackson—To prescribe the ■ethfdof a leering jury commissioners. By Wrenn of Jefferson—To amend he code so as to lengthen the time for ustioe of contested election cases to be tiled. By M» 11 of Clarke—To relieve I. H'd- lock and R. A. Lavender on the enmi • aal bond of C. VV. Lavender. By Moore of Clayton—'To amend the ict authorizing Confederate soldiers iver 50 years old to peddle without lu cense by making the limit 40 yean. By By moods of Glynn—To provide for better organising the volunteer forces of the state. «By Hurst of Walton—A joint resolu tion that it ia the sense of this general eaaembly that there shall be no union of chnrch and state. By Langley of Whitfield—To make reoeivera of railroads companies liable for damages to employees. Mr. Fogarty of Riehmond introdnoed t bill this morning creating a commis sioner of immigration. A resolution making James A. Green igent of the state to collect some claims Ine to the state from the general gov ernment, arising ont of the war of 1812, ind the Indian war. Mr. Green is to piy all his expenses and to receive as compensation fifty per cent, of what he recovers. BMVATH X. TB*. On motion of Senator Morton, the rivil* gee of |the senate were tendered to Hi n. H. H. Carlton, f Athens. A bill was passed today abolishing the connty court of Elbert oounty end rdering tbe records, etc., tamed over ’o the city oonrt of Elberton. Representative Moore officiated as chaplain of the senate this morning. Re prayed especially for the .spiritual welfare of the preeidert of the senate, Senator Venable. Senator Brand—A bill to consolidate he office<pf treasury and ordinary of Gwinnett oounty Senator Boyd—A bill to allow Jurors in civil and oriminal caaee to inspect the property in despite or the piece where a crime was committed it tbe ciart thinks it necessary. ATHENS tOTTON MARKET. (Corrected by Fblnlay ft Griffith.] Tone-Barely Steady. tlGood Middling B 11-16 strict Middling. B 9-is Middling 5 7-16 strict LOW Middling E 5-18 L?W Middling 5 8.16. An Answer to a Ques’lon. Hove the scene of that fragrant smoke. Very gladly would I spread the tame Of a oigar so fine, if I knew the name. The smoker smiled and then be spoke. O’FarreU't Cigars are the ones I tmoke.

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Athens daily banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1889-1902, November 24, 1894, Image 1