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THE ' * BLACKSHEAR TIMES.
VO I, V II.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE.
Georgia’s law makers and what they
are doing to advance the grand'
old state's interests.
THE HOUSE.
18tu Day .--The farmers and the law
yers hitched in their first battle Tuesday
in the house of representatives. It came
ubvut over the passage of the bill of Mr.
Twitty, of Jackson, abolishing the 10
per less cent attorneys fees ou collections un
fendant a plea and or pleas be filed by the de
are not sustained. A lively
tilt occurred between the farmers and
the lawyers over the bill. Speeches were,
made n’gaiust it by Messrs Fleming, of
Richmond, who introduced an amend
ment (which w as intended to kill the first
section) aud Goodwin, of Fulton.
Messrs. Hill and Humphries spoke in its
favor. The discussion was lively indeed
for an hour and a half. Mr. Fleming’s
amendment xvas lost, but the bill went
through ou a fl \ bilF iug Farmers’Alliance vote.
Mr. Mariin’s appropriating $12,000
for the support of the Technological
school was taken up and the house went
into a committee, of the whole to discuss
it. The house adjourned before argu
ment was -concluded. Mr. Clifton, of
Chatham, withdrew the bid which he
ititr* duced several days ago making every
corporation subject to payment ol dam
ages for personal injuries receivid by
person* xx-bile serving iu their employment,
just as railroad companies are liable.
Among the bills introduced and read
the first time were the following: To
amend the charter of the city of Macon
and so as to ruju re all physicians, aud clergymen
others to make aud keep a register
of births, marriages deaths in that
city. To amend the section of the code
creating the railr ad commission by re
quiring the commissioners to be elected
by ilie people and by cutting down their
salaries from $2,500 to $1,500 a year.
To prohibit the sale* of liquors within
three miles of the Methodist church iu
the town of Howard. To prohibit miles the
-ale of liquors within provide three of
Macedonia church. To for resur
x cyiag of the nineteenth district iu the
fourth section of Dade county. To amend
the charter of the Metropolitan street
railroad of Atlanta. To iucorporate the
Fuel aud Gas Lighting Company of At
lanta. To incor porate the Atlanta Sav
ings bank. To ninciid thatscinioo of the
code refntingpto the the grunting recording of charters peti
by discontinuing of
tions for charters before the charter is
granted. To repeal the act requiring record su
per! r court clerks to keep a book
of charters when they ate applied for.
To ratify and confirm all charters
granted by the Superior courts under the
act of Not ember 13, 1880. To provide
for the cro'tio i of a boirrl of roads and
revenues for Towns county. To incor
porate a new regiment of Georgia in
fantry, to be known as the Ninth Regi
ment of Georgia Volunteers. To make
it unlawful to sell whisky in quantities
of less than a quart. To amend the act
incorporating the Savannah and Isle of
Hope Railway Company. The house
then adjourned.
J 9th Day. —Georgia will sustain the
Technological seh >ol. Tho fact was
clearly set forth Wednesday when the
bill by Mr. Martin, of Fulton, to appro
priate money for the support of the
school came up for passage in the house.
By the arrangement made the preceding
day the consideration of Mr. Martin’s hill
xvas made the special order of the day,
aud just as soon as the journal had been
read the house went into a committee of
tlie whole to consider the merits of the
bill. The bill xvas reported by Mr. Boi
feuillet and passed xvith a vote of 103 to
48. The result brought forth a great
deal of applause. The bill
calls for an appropriation introduced of bill $12,000.
Mr. Boifeuillet a at the
request of the legislative committee of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers of Georgia, to make it unlawful for
any railroad company to employ, in this
state, any telegraph operator to receive
nnd transmit dispatches governing the
niox-ement of trains who is less than
eighteen years of age, and who lias not
bad at least one year's experience as a
telegraph of operator. Judge Smith Resolutions
offered respect and to adopted. was
unanimously
Tlic folioxving new bills were intro
duced: A bill to incorporate the town
of Pendergrass. of Roberta. An act to To incorporate amend the
the town
railroad commission act by allowing the
railroad commissioners to r duec tates
to a companies profit of 10 per all the cent, capital per annum invested for
the on
in the road. A bill to be entitled “An
act to prevent the payment of
eoruise! fees out of a de
ceased intestate to any attor
m y or counselor except such as are em
ployed by the administrator of such
estates.” To repeal an act fixing the
fees for sheriff of Stewart county. A
bit; to prohibit the sale of seed eotton in
Richmond county between the first day
of August and ihe fourth day of Decem
ber of each year To incorporate the
town of Seville, The following bills
were put A* upon their third reading and
passed: bill to prohibit seining for
trout in any Georgia streun. A bill to
establish a system of public schools in
Calhoun. ^.,. uuuu .
20rn Day—T he bo ise =tood adjourned
Thorsda , it lreing Thanksgiving Day. be
21st Dat.— Ihe chani 3 reem to
that the people of G< will have an
other vote on the proposition to enlarge
the number of supreme < iTi A
bill was introduced th house Friday
by Mr. Baxter, of Bibo, which provides
for making the number fivi instead of
three. A resolution providing, with the
BLACK8HEAR GA. THURSDAY, DECEM BER R 181)0.
sernte's concurrence, to hold a joint ses
sion Wednesday Tor the purpose of elect
ing a indue for the Chattahoochee em it t,
to succeed the late Judge James M. Smith,
mid elect a judge and solicitor general
for the new jo iicial circuit to
1 e known offered :is the and Tallapoosa
circuit, was passed,
A ir. mg' the hills in reduced on first
rendiug were: A hill to incorporate the
town of New England City, in Dade
county. To amend the constitution of
the state so as to increase the uuuider ol
supreme c urt judges Georgia from Baviugs three to batik, live.
To incorporate the
of Atlanta. To repeal the prohibition
law of Dike county so far as it relates to
the town of Molina, so as to allow the
mayor and council controlled to prescribe there. how To
whisky shall be
amend the act extending the following corporation bills
line of Savannah. The
were read the third time and passed; To
incorporate the Flovilla Banking North Geor- com
pany. To incorporate the
gia Bail load compauy. The house then
adjourned.
22i> Day.— Saturday xvas a dull day in
the house. Bills on second reading con
sumed most of the session, as it xvas a
difficult matter to get a quorum to vote.
The folioxviDg bills were read the first
lime: An act to incorporate the Bank ot
Helena An act to extend the charter of
the Western and Atlantic H ilroml com
pany for purposes of litigation. An act
to incorporate the city of Helena, Telfair
county. A bill to create a registration
law for Montgomery county. An act to
extend the corporate limits of Americas.
A bill to incorporate the Savannah Sav
ings bank. A toll to ’extend the charter
of the Macon and Atlantic Railroad com
pany. The house adjourned at 11 o'clock.
•rnE SENATE.
IRtii Day. —The house bill to establish
a state negro university was passed Mitchell in the
senate Tuesday. President an
nounced the following committee apportionment: on con
gressional and legislative
Senator Lamb, of the fourth, chairman;
O'Neal of the eighth, McRae of the
fifteenth, Terrell oi the thirty-sixth,
Nunnally of the twenty-second, twenty-seventh, t’ubn
niss of the 11 rian
of the forty-third, Smith of the twenty
eighth, Vincent of the forty first, and
Flynt of the nineteenth. The senate
has refused, so far, to confirm one of
Gov. Northen’s appoinmmts. The ap
pointment xvas made and sent to the sen
ate Monday. It is that of Mr. V*. E.
Thomas to the position of solicitor of the
city court of Valdosta. The other ap
pointments xv ere confirmed. The follow
ing bills were passed : Regulating “the
year’s support, " Incorporating the South
ern Exchange bank. Incorporating Incorporating the
Bank of Talbotton. the
Americus Savings bank. The senate con
curr d in the house amendments to the
bill by Harp, of the twenty-fourth, city cre
ating a i ew charter for tho of Co
lumbus.
19th Day.— The Todd bill was lost.
This is the first prohibition light of the
session; anil the result is vict ry for the
local optionists. The bill came up as the
special order in the Senate reading Wednesday,
immediately after the of the
journal. Several speeches were made
in its favor, but it was finally lost by a
motion to indefinitely postpone it,
w hich prevailed by a vote bill: of 21 to 10.
Follow ing is the text of the Bo it
enacted by the general assembly of Geor
gia, That from and after the passage of
this act. it shall not be lawful for any
State, county or municipal authorities
iu this State to grant licenses
for the sale of intoxicating
liqu jrs in less quantities authorities than shall, a quart, under and
when any of said
the laws now exist ng, grant licenses to
sell intoxicating liquors in quantities
more than a quart, it shall not be lawful
for any parson selling the same drank to allow
said intoxicating liquors to be on
or near the premises where sold.
Section 2. Any p rsou violating any
provision of thi** act punished .-hall be guilty prescribed of a
misdemeanor, and as
in section 4310 of the code 1882.
Section 3. AU laws and parts of
laws in conflict with this act shall be
and the same are Twitty, hereby of repealed.” Jackson,
The bill by Senator
“to declare all obligations to pay attor
ney’s fees, in addition to the interest
specified therein upon any note or other
evidence of indebtedness, x’ord and of no
effect, and to prohibit the collection of
the same, and for other purposes,” having
passed the house on the day before, came
up Wednesday fora first reading in senate.
The appointment of Mr. W. E. I homas as
solicitor of the city court of Valdosta was
confirmed. There xvas nothing done by
either committee of the general assembly
about the betterments question. until The
question wi 1 uot come up after the
legislature returns from Milledgcville.
20th Day—No session of the senate
Thursday.
21st I)at.— During the reading of the
journal Fr.day, Senator Todd,, the author
of the anti-barroom bill, give notice that
he would mox'e to reconsider the action
of Wednesday; reading the and jonrnai immediately he made after that
the of
motion. “I move to table that motion
to reconsider,” said Senator Ellington, a
friend of the measure. This looked line
a mo ion adv> rse to the bill, but the real
tesult was to bring it back to life again,
io say s me of the best motion parliamentarians table
in the legislature. The unanimously, to being
: was adopted almost of^thc
voted for by all the oppon-nts
I bill, and carried. The motion to recon
rider di 1 not prevail, but it was not lost,
and anything put on the table can be
taken up again. After a very short
i n the seuate adjourned until Mo
aay mormng; only r „ one new b.U:hav.ng
* been read. I hat wus bv Senator Joan
: - of the twenty first, glanders to provide and a other fund
1 or the treatment of
ontagious diseases. in
22d Day.—T he senate was not
sion
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES,
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS.
wnn is being done in the various
sections for the advancement of
the great organization.—echoes
prom the reform press.
There are 34,000 Alliance lodges in the
United States.
*** in
There are 2,165 Farmers’ Alliances
North Carolina.
The Farmer's Alliance newspapers are
on a boom iu the way of numbers in Ne
braska.
***
The Farmers’ Alliance State conven
tion met in Des Moines, Iowa, last week.
The body embraced 660 strong, earnest
men.
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The Colored National Farmers' Alli
uuce will meet in conjunction with the
National Farmers’ Alliance, at Ocala,
Fla.. December 1st.
Alliance moving. *** Maine
The is From
to California the people are awaking,
and each succeeding year finds tho ranks
of the labor organi ntions stronger and
stronger. In Tennessee the order is
113,000 strong; in Texas it has 175,000;
Indiana lias 00,000, and ocr own state
can boast of between 80,000 and 100,000,
nnd the number is swell ng larger every
day .—Kentucky Union Onfall.
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The Florida Alliance has shown com
mendable enterprise, which might be
imitated by others to gtuufc advantage,
in establishing a farmers’ store or ex
change ut 335 Broadway, N. Y. 'I he
honest business methods jukI square
dealing of the manager in charge Tins
established quite wide-spread confidence
and xvo learn thnt quite an extensive
trade is carried on for Alliance organiza
tions in nearly every state iu tho Union.
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At the annual session of tin*. Farmers’
Alliance of South Dakota, on Wednes
day, President Locks was re-olccted.
At the close of the session, S. W. Oo/.and
called upon members of the all in-nee to
contribute money to send. Chairman
Goodfellow, of the independent state
committee to Pierre to be present when
the state canvassing board shall do its
xvork. He stated that it was the inten
tion to file a contest against the entire
republic state ticket, alleging thnt the
republicans used $100,001) in their cam
paign, while the independent party used
hut $2,200.
*** (Ashland
, The Farmers' Free Lance III.)
says: “It is the object of the Farmers’
Alliance to unite the framers of Illinois
and of the United Statx-s ou ad matters
pertaining to their interests, and to de
vise ways and means xvliereby they may
more effectively promote their general
welfare; to improve the modes of
agriculture, horticulture and stock
raising; to adopt nnd encourage such n
rotation of crops as will imj wove rather
than impoverish such the soi 1; to c revise and en
courage systems of concentration as
may diminish the-cost of the production,
end to generally educate this farmer, that
lie may be better qualified tc > perforin his
duties in a business manner.'”
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Tm Alliance Advocate <.Indianapolis,
Jnd.jsays: “Now that the smoke of
buttle has partially cleared rush away, how vic
has our cause fared in the for
tory? From reports receive ! from fur
and near it is learned that t he farmers’
candidates have pulled tin ough upon
otherwise defeated tick* ts; xvhielr
plainly shows the handisr* n'K of the
grand farmers’ organization,. And to
“cap the climax" news coma s that the
Slate of Kansas has been, t von by the
Farmers’ Alliance. Who sfti 11 my now
that the “humble farmer” x . to be ig
nored? But let not the fim t success of
the farmer be the last; set to work and
study upon the topics relai .ivc to our
cau*e, and to lie able to give a reason for
every vote cast.”
***
DR. C. W. MACUNE ON THE 8E1 *ATORIAL
ELECTION.
In the Southern AUiarur, Karma * of the
25th of November, Dr. C. W. jVacune,
a prominent Alliance official, in a two
column letter on the rr-ailt of tht Geor
gia senatorial contest, says: “In t onolu
tion. We must accept the result »* the
xvisest and best that coma liava been
done under the circnmst ances. Gov
ernor Gordon is and alway s has been a
friend to the farmers, ur.d although voted a
majority of the farmers oti Georgia
against lam a majority ol the whole peo
ple have xvith elected his him, high ar» and i it is in perfect .attri
accord manly
butes to expect him to represent' the
whole people to the !<e* t of his ability.
The order, Mr. Calhour . and Judge Hiaes
are to be cougrtulated upon the fact that
they have made no war on Governor
Gordon. It is p**s Ibie that this may
prove a blessing rather than an injury to
the Alliance, and it is certain that the
membership can so mi ke it if they exert
themselves.”
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A CONFERENCE, NOT A CAUCUS.
During the session. of the Georgia leg
islature of 1888-89, morn ben* who xvere
Alliancemen met one* a week for social
At thewe meetings, measures
pending in senate am 1 house were dis
cussed for informatia a’s sake, but no
vote was allowed or a; eement. made as to
the course member* s* ould pnrsue. This
deeffie d wise tb« ; it *ns thought » to
, . .... to not.ee . that . ,
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tbwe ** “° ^ lrd h /’ u ^ 1D thi *
le 9!atu th flowing. n .
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b « rs of tbe « eneral >« ** mb! *- who * re
Altinneeuien, held Tuesday night, the
introduced 11th inst,. the the following resolution was
by unanimously lion. M. Y. Calvin of
Richmond, nnd adopted;
“Resolved, That this conference of the
members of the Senate and House ol
Representatives (proposed beheld who each are Tuesday Alliancetnen night
to
during the session of the legislature)
shall be for social purposes. A free in
terchange of views on pending legisla
tion may be indulged in, but, in no case,
on no measure under consideration in the
general assembly, entered shall into. a vote be taken
or agreement
“Resolved, That the secretary bo in
structed to furnish the press with a copy
of this resolution.” .
Henry L. Graves, Secretary.
TUF. ELECTION OF GEN. GORDON NOT A
DEFEAT OF THE ALLIANCE.
demonstration On the night of the made 18th inst. a grand
was iu Atlanta, Gn.,
in honor of the election of Gen. John B.
Gordon to the United States senate.
Thousands ot people gathered around the
artesian well to listen to addresses by
representative gentlemen. State Alliance Among Lecturer those
who spoke were
Beck, Hon. R. B. Mobley, Hon. G. W.
M. Tatum, Rev. J. G. Gibson and lion.
Martin V. Galvin— all leading Alliance
men.
Hon. Martin V. Calvin, of Richmond,
Chairman of the Alliance State Judiciary
Committee and County Lecturer (now in
his fifth consecutive term as a member of
tho House of Representatives) xvas intro
duced by Mr. Hoke Smith as a leading
democrat and prominent Allianceman.
51 r. Calvin said:
“Fe low Citizens, I know that this
great multitude of democrats, standing
out in the night, air, do not expect of me
more than a three minutes’ talk. As a
demon; t and ns an Alliancutnaii, whose
first allegiance is to the democratic party,
1 congratulate you on the result of tills
day’s contest. As nil Alliuncemun, who
loves the noble order next only to tho
wife of his bosom and the church of his
choice, which 1 congratulate you night on the grand
result you are this celebrat
ing. Gordon You arc rejoicing been that General United John
B. ha* elected to the
States Henatv. With all my heart I re
juice with you. The election of General
Gordon is a great victory for the people;
it is an equ iby great victory for the Al
liance, the larger part of the people.
. 1 am sincerely, heartily in love xvith
the grand purposes and principles of the
Alliance; those principles and purposes
have been vindicated by the result of this
day’s election. Again, 1 say I rejoice
with you. Allianccmcti elected General
Gordon, and 1 am confident that he xvil!
faithfully represent and protect their in
terests and the interests of all the ppopla
in the American senate.
This day’s results; this night’s events;
this marvelous outpouring of the people
in honor of General Gordon’s election
should be an inspiration to our young
men. It, were well to serve one’s country
il the service be rendered faithfully and
zealously. Let the grert chieftain xve
are honoring tonight lie your example.
Again, I congratulate you, and I de
clare that I honestly believe that this
day's victory will make the uqd Alliance
stronger than it has ever been will
prove an inspiration to it in the noble
order’s grand work.
MORE MONEY WANTED.
At a Fanners’ Alliance meeting, held
at Richmond, Va., Thursday, addresses
were made by National Lecturer Terrell
and Serirtor John W. Daniel. Senator
Daniel discussed the question of free
coinage of silver, and argued that this
country demanded more currency than
any other country on the globe. Lectu
rer Terrell also discussed the silver ques
tion anil the general question of currency,
and declared that the object of the alli
ance was to watch both parties and dig
the political demands grave of any man who did
not meet the of the people for
relief.
IMUGKTANT RESOLUTIONS.
The I'cnnsylvunia State held Farmers’ Harris- Alli
ance at their convention at
burg, reported resolutions to demand a
revision of the tax laws in the interest of
equality; against, tins free kinds coinage of silver; and rle
; clart: all of trusts com
bines; against the holding of large tract*
of laud by foreign owners; favor a secret
ballot and a constitutional convention to
secure tire same; demand equal anti ex
act justice to all; election of United
States senators try the direct vote of the
people, and favor co-operation needed with in
dustrial cla*-ses to secure ‘reforms.
ANOTHER COMBINE.
t he TUHEsnr.it men to follow the ex
AMPI.B OK T HE HA It VESTFR COMPANY.
A Chicago dispatch of Saturday says:
The threshing machine men of the United
States have caught an infection from
their brothers of binders and are busily
engaged iu forming a gigantic trust,
which, it is thought, will rival in mag
nitude the recently formed Harvester
',’ornpauy. It is known that n tempo
rat v * irj :inizrt ion has been effected anti
hut very oon articles of combine incorporation with
will be tiled covering a :
apital stock o t !<*,rst $20.00t*. 000.
AN APT PtTPfL.
Doctor—The trouble with you is that
you don’t take enough exercise. Take
more.
Blinks—Thanks. How much do I owe
you? dollars. Here is
Doctor—Two joui
change. Much obliged. Hcigho! I
don’t feel very well myself. much exercise,
Blinks—You take too
doctor. Take le*s. Two dollars, please,
-[Good News. _
An Alpena (Mich.) woman whee’ed
her dead baby to a photographer’s, car
ried the body up-stairs and bad its pic
ture taken.
TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BU8Y WORLD.
A SUMMARY of outside affairs con
densed FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES
FROM UNCLE SAM s DOMAIN AND W HAT
THE CABLE BRINGS.
Boll it Eyster, private bankers of Du
luth, Minn., suspended Wednesday. Lia
bilities*, $715,000: assets, $1,800,000.
French 'physicians’ oil the Herman
frontier have refused to admit tho lymph
sent l»y Professor Koch to Dr. Pasteur.
The Northern Pacific hotel and build
ings *)f the Oregon Pottery Company, at
Portland, Ore., were destroyed by fire
Wednesday morning.
A dispatch of Saturday from Ebons*
burg, Pa., says: Johnston, Buck A Co.,
bankers, have closed their doors. Assets
nnd liabilities not yet known.
Easton A Clarke, carriage assigned manufact- Saturday.
urers. of Cincinnati, dollar.
The firm expect to pay dollar for
Assets $100,000; liabilities $75,000.
The formal presentation to the presi
dent of officers of the. Brazilian Saturday. squadron
took place at tho xvhito house
The building had been specially deco
rated for the oecusion.
The steel mill of the Bethlehem, Pit.,
Iron Company shut down Saturday,
throwing 1,000 men out of employment.
Officials say the shut down xvas necessi
tated by a lack of ordoju.
Mrs. J. P. Birehall, wife of the mur
derer of Benwell, and Mrs. West. Jones,
her sister, were passengers Wednesday
morning on t he's'earner Majestic, which
sailed from Now York for Liverpool.
A New 5ork dispatch says: Judge
Brown, in tho United States court on
Saturday, declined to grant a writ of
habeas corpus in behalf of Joseph Wood,
negro murderer, to be electrocuted this
week at Sing Sing Au appeal to I h o
United States supreme court was at once
taken.
A cablegram of Wednesday from Death
.says: An epidemic of influenza prevails thous
at Fuonf kirchen, Hungary. One
and persons in tho place are suffering
from the disease. Many cases of tho dis
ease resemble typhus fever, while others
are attended with n copious hemorrhage
front the intestines.
The treasury department on Saturday,
declined a proposition from Now York to
issue $2,000,000 iu treasury notes of small
denominations in exchange for gold coin
on the ground that these notes can he
legally issued only iu payment for silver
bullion or iu exchange for treasury notes
of larger denominations.
Parnell, the Irish lender, issued u man
ifesto Saturday, addressed to the people
of Ireland, in which he sets forth that he
will not voluntarily resign, mid defies iris
political opponents and asks his created people
to sustain him. The manifesto lias
wide-spread issued counter-manifesto. comment, Gladstone has
a
Il was reported negotiations in New York, Halur be
day, that are in the progress
tween President Ingalls, of (,'hesapea
ke and Ohio railway, mid J. Bruce Isnray,
American agent of the White Star line,
looking to the establishment of a direct
line of steamers from Newport News,
Va., to Liverpool, England.
A pension appropriation agreed bill for Satur the
next fiscal year was upon
day by the subcommittee of appropria
tions. For the appropriated, payment of pensions increase
$133,173,085 is an
of $3(1,000,000 over the current appro;
print ions. For examining surgeons
$1,500,000 is appropriat' d, an increase
of $500,000.
A cablegram of Thursday from Dub
lin, Ireland, says; The river Shannon has
overflowed its hanks at Athlone and the
town, which is situated on Iroth sides of
the river, is submerged, Ilund eds of
acres of farm lands are under water and
crops are destroyed. A large number of
cattle perished. Many families are ren
dered homeless.
A Philadelphia dispatch of Saturday,
says: Attorneys fyr per-ons interested in
the estate of Charles If. Baker explain of
the recent, mysterious disappearance the
John It Baker, Jr., who was one of
executors of that estate, by tho statement
that Baker has misappropriated of that $1,000- and
000 worth of securities estate
that he lias committed forgery in some of
the transfers of those securities
A New York dispatch of Saturday
says; At the annual election of the
Richmond Terminal Company on the
9th of December, the complexion changed,five of the
directory will he corning completely in. The of
new members name*
the new directors arc, Jay Gould, George
Gould, Russell Huge, Abram 8. Hewitt
and It T Wilson, the two last named
gentlemen corning in at Mr. Inman’*
special request.
Wednesday night Robert P. Porter,
sajK-rintendent of the census, presented the in
the statement of the secretary of
terior, giviug the population of the states
and territories of the United States, a*
finally determined. The verified popu
lation of the United States in 1890 is
fixed at 62,652,259. This total contained gives an
increase of 141,710 from that
in the report of the census office under
date of October 28, 1890.
Carthage, Mo., now boasts of the ninth
wonder of the world. The wife of a
miner named Hodge*, living on Tiger
Hill, in that city, on Sunday gave birth
to a diminutive biby daughter. It Ls ap
parently strong and healthy, but measures
mly eight inches, and weigh s as many
lunces. It is well formed, ami the attend
.ng physicians and neighbors’ wives, who
care for the little stranger, believe it will
live.
NO ‘29.
A GREAT MOVE.
SOUTHERN tNTKR-STATE IMMIGRATION
CONVENTION AT ASHEVILLE, N. 0.
The great Southern Inter-State Immigao
tion Convention is to assemble in the city of
Asheville, N. C.. on the 17th of December. It
is no ordinary gathering, but is composed of
commissioned delegates from every State in
the South, chosen as follows: Four from the
State at. large unit two from each State Sena
torial District, by the Governor; two Commis- from
each oouuty, chosen by the County
sioners; one from each corporate city,
chosen by the Mayor; one from Trade, each Cham- chosen
ber of Commerce or Hoard of
by the presiding editorial officers; association, two chosen delegates by
from each
the President, of the association; one dele
gate from each railway or steamboat com
pany, chosen by the General Passenger
Agent; one delegate from each land com
pany, chosen by the Manager or presiding
officer of the company.
The convention in Asheville, N. C., on the
17th of December, is not an experiment. It
is not the staid, and the entire people are in
terested in the great move on the part of
more than ii dozen .States. tVe give a brief
outline of the movement:
The Southern Inter-States the Southern ImmigraUmg InUr*
Bureau was created by
States Immigration Convention, December held in the
city of .Montgomery, Ala., 12th,
1888. This convention was composed of dele
gates, appointed by the Governors, Trade, municipal
authorities. Hoards of and railway of
corporations; the State Commissioners
Immigration were ex-officio delegates.
The movement had the hearty endorse
ment of all the chief executives, Immigration Commis- of
sioners of Agriculture and
the several States interested.
Mr. K. H. Htahhnan, of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, la addressing the conven- the
tion, made u ringing speech endorsing
movement, anil assured the convention that
the railroads would meet the people half-way
in this matter.
Not only were the objects of the conven
tion approved by the lending newspapers
throughout the country in advance, but the
plan and scope of the work were endorsed by
them without propo-ed exception. the
'i'll • plans by committee on
ptrmnncnt organisation, which were unani
mously adopted, were as follows:
‘ Your committee selected for tho purpose
of drafting a ptnn of organisation looking to
the formation of a pernmmmt Southern In
ter-Statn Immigration Hureau for the purs
pose of securing ndded population Territories, and capi
tal for the Southern States and
securing uniform freight nnd immigration
rates, the opening of a other general office office and the
establishment of such and agen
cies. the arranging of fairs and expositions, of
establishing port* of entry and the doing develop
all other tilings necessary for tile
ment of every State and Territory lant embraced submit
In tlm call of tills convention, to
their re|K>rt as follows, and recom
mend that there I mi selected an Exec
utive Committee to consist of a mem
her from each State and Territory;
that, fJcnerfttiWanagcr said Exceptive CmnmlMw said shall select
n and that Executive
Committee and General Inter-Suite Manager shall Immigra- con
stitute the Southern
tion liureau. Your committee furthermore
suggests that all matters pertaining to the
conduct of this Inter-State Hureau shall be
left solely with tho bureau, there being no
question of State Interest, involved since each
State will be represented by one of her most
able and representative men in the forma
tion of the Executive Committee,”
To Hon. F. B. Chilton, of AtiAfcm, Texas,
who was at that time Commissioner of Im
migration forth) Lone Star State, la due the
credit of putting the . thing into working
shape. For it was his work and Ids means
that aroused the people to their duty and
caused them to meet in convention. Since
that time Mr. Chilton has resigned his work
for the State of Texas and given his time to
tho stupendous undertaking of organizing
the workingmen of the Southern States into
one great body for the upbuilding of their
material interests.
A STEAMER ABLAZE.
MVI LIVE.! LOST AND 2,000 DALES OP
COTTON DESTROYED.
The steamboat. T. J*. Leathers, Cap
tain Wallace. Lamb, from Lakcport, Miss.,
for New Orleans, was buffied Thursday
near Fort Adams, Mias. A chambermaid
and four roustabouts, all colored, were
losi. The steamer was valued at $30,
000 and insured for $20,000, Bho had
2,800 bales of cotton and considerable
other 1 fright on hoard.
ANOTHER ELECTROCUTION
TO TARE PLACE IN NEW YORK—A JAPAN
ESE THE VICTIM.
A Washington dispatch says: Htatcson The Mon- su
premo court of the United
day uiflrmcd the judgment of the circuit
court for the southern district of New
York, Judge Lncombo presiding, in the
case of Hhititiyn Jugiro, prison, o, the New Japanese, York
confined in Sing Sing death lectricity.
under sentence of by e
AUGU9T BELMONT DEAD.
THE MILLIONAIRE HANKER AND POLITI
CIAN PIE* IS SEW rojtK.
August Belmont died at New York
Monday morning, His death resulted
from a severe cold lie contracted at the
Like Horse Shoe. If he had lived until
the nth of next mouth, Mr. Belmont
would have l«-en seventy four years old.
An l'nfortunate Catch.
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Surprised Fisherman—“I’ll be kicked
if that ain’t the biggest cel I ever see! - ’
— Judge.
Mount Saint Elias, in North America,
is higher than any mountain peak in
Switzerland or the Tyrol.