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TH U -~d> BLACKSHEAR TIMES.
VOLUME XI.
STATE NEWS ITEMS
CULLED FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
The Cuyler and Woodbern railroad,
fourteen miles long, connecting with
Cuyler on the Savannah and Western
railroad and running to Woodbarn, in
Bulloch, has been completed.
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The senate bill amending the last
river and harbor aot so as to widen
and deepen the channel over the outer
bar at Brunswick, Ga., was taken from
the calendar and passed'.before .the
adjournment of congress.
The University of Georgia is minus
its college paper. The editors of The
Red and Black, dissatisfied with the
action of the faculty in compelling two the
of their number to withdraw from
paper, met and decided to resign their
places.
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There will be a Grady day at the
Cotton States and International expo
sition. President Collier will fix the
date, probably in October. Air. Gra
dy was sponsor for the first Piedmont
exposition and devoted his whole time
to it while it was under way.
Tom Wright, the ex-deputy United
States marshal of Murray county, who
is under indictment for tho murder of
Henry Worley, and for the attempt to
hang Worley, has been indicted for the
murder of Hosea Jones, colored, of
Murray county, several years ago.
The blanks which were sent out by
the internal revenue office for the col
lection of the income tax are coming,
into Collector Trammell’s office at At
lanta in large batches. Under the
lawaspassed, Alarch 1st wag thelastday
for making returns. Congress has
extended the time until April 15., -how
ever. Many of the people did not see
in the papers that the time had been
extended and therefore sent in their
retnrns as was first fixed by law. Col
lector Trammell says that he hopes
that the people will not wait until the
last day for making their returns.
A Washington special says that estab- the
war department has deoided to
lish a southern department of the army
at Atlanta very soon. Colonel Liv
ingston, Speaker Crisp and the sena
tors have been urging it for some time.
Secretary Lamont say* that it will be a
wise thing to do, and indicated by his
speech that it had been determined
upon. The formal order for the es
tablishment of this department, with
headquarters at Atlanta, will he issued
very soon, This was talked of several
months ago, and it is believed that the
matter was practically decided last
year, but remained in abeyance.
The American Cotton Growers’ As
sociation of Elbert met at Elberton
and organized as follows: President.
L. H. O. Martin; secretary, Bev. J.
N. Wall ; executive committee, James
L. Heard, John W. AleCalla, Z. A.
Tate, J. Ben Almond, 8. AI. Alewborn,
J. T. Deadeyler and ATartin J. Craw
ford. A strong delegation consisting
of one delegate from each militia dis
trict, was selected to attend the state
convention at Atlanta in the near fu
ture. Elbert’s farmers seem to be very
much interested in reducing the cot
ton crop for this year, and will cer
tainly use much less guano.
A final agreement was reached a few
days ago between the committee of the
bondholders of the Savannah, Ameri
oua and Montgomery railway and the
parties filing the appeal from Judge
Fish’s decree for the sale of the prop
erty, by which the appeal to the su
preme court will be withdrawn and the
road allowed to be sold in May next,
Ever .ince the decree woe granted in
December negotiations have been pend
ing between the opposing parties, rep
reaented by Receivers 8. H. Hawkins
andT. Edward Hambleton, reject
ircly, by which the road might be per
mitted to go to sale and be reorgan
ized without further litigation audit
was only at this recent meeting that
the question was finally settled.
The State Exhibit.
It the spirit evinced by tbe educa
tional committee at its recent meeting
at the state capitol is significant of the
success to which the plans of the ex
position commission will be carried,
the meager appropriation of 817,000
made by the legislature for a state ex
hibitat the Cotton States and Inter
national exposition will not be such a
small affair after all. The resources
of the state, including the depart
ments represented under the great
dome, will be advertised to the full
extent of the appropriation, and the
sum of money appropriated for this
purpose will be divided in such a way
ss to accomplish the greatest amount
of good. A meeting of the commis
sion will be held in a few dayB sgreed and the
manner of division will be np-
TU UKSDAY, MARCH 14, 1895.
ou at that time. The people of Geor
gia Lrt'-'e enough cou tide nee in the
Wisdoi*. end ability of the commission
toJjnjj that the money will be fairly
divided and that after this division is
made the amount that each depart
mant gets will be applied to its legiti
mate use without extravagance.
Aji Important Decision.
The days of looseness in elections in
Georgia ere over. The multitude of
contHkft I? ore thehonseftf.representa
tive« result and of tbvsewliKk hallowed ameers as a
the .-iotb-ad oducty
have open/ ' 'ho eyes of the 'public to
the loose wuat have prevailed,
and have, * nponsequence, resulted in
some judicr J decisions that will be of
value iar’tb's future. One of the most
•interesting,-xud one of the most im
ported '•■ts passed upon has been
us to tbS . Aessity of judges of eleo
tions being sworn. This point, it will
be remembered, was debated at some
length before the house elections com
mittee during its recent sitting at the
capitol., It eiyne up in connection
with the edntest’from Gwinnett county,
but the committee’s decision affected
not only that case, hut others.
After several hours’ deliberation the
committee4ulopted a resolution declar
ing that it was lhat essential to the validity
of an election the managers take
the oath prescribed bv law, and that if
any manager ^ a precinct had not
take the oath that precinct must be
thrown out
Judge Hart >as gone into the mat
ter thoroughly and the position he
takes is an endorsement of the posi
tion of a majority of the committee,
which is, that election managers must
be sworn. Hie decision is the first
rendered ou t point in Georgia,
and will be res t with great interest
throughout tho -late.
Sold to . i.*Southern.
T It . t has just . , . made a known ^ that .
Air John H. ItH<-n has sp£ the Ashe
ville and Spartai%rg ralfr*a aftd the
sfas
and his family k a long . ,me have ,
owned a contro)W< oonBpt interest in laese
rords. The price calls lor
the immediate pn«mt of .itmM
able amount of ca*£dalso $2.000 ,000 ^
in socnrit.es of
Company The Southern took charge
of the roads immediately and will op
erate them in connection with the
main hue of the ruistern system run
mug from Atlanta to Washington.
These roads are well known proper
ties and are considered some of the
mos valuable lines of all the connect
!“ g U ” k f So « thern lu thttt sec '
tion of tho Piedmont region
ihe Asheville and Spartanburg »
the road that leads up from Spartan
burg through the delectable summer
lands of ,the Blue Ridge mountains
and is one of the Southern s chief
lines to the most popular region of
health resorts in the country.
TbeA8bev ‘ l ea " d fP artaabur K f °™ 8
the .. link that leads from the southern
coast cities to tne mountain lands and
gets all the business in the summer
time from Augusta, Savannah,Charles
ton and other points It .8 also the
Southern’s mos direct route from At
lanta to Asheville The road is 108
miles in length, including the line that
runs over to Hot Springs, to which
direct and speedy schedules are made
m summer over the Southern.
SPINNERS AND CARDERS
At Fall River Combine and Will Cre
ate a Striking Fund.
The Alule Spinners’ Association at
Fall River, Alass., has voted to affiliate
with the carders’ union and the new
move opened up a new era in trades
unionism in that city. The spinners’
union has not been gaining in mem
bership for some time through the
supplanting of mules by ring frames
bnt ,tB ^ J aad bas becD rfcSfcr ^ d
and , U 8tdl reta,n8 a dominating . influ
ence i n the matter of wages in the cot
‘ 0D t™* 6 ' Th ° pTe * eDt ^ UUWD
haB been flowing power nl under i con
servat.ve leadership, und it* member-
8b, F has been increasing steadily. Ihe
affiliation of these two bodies strength
eDH the Lauds °[ the operatives by
“mbming u a greater number of skilled
employes. The basis of affiha ion »
the creation of a common fund from
.’"hich members o the union will be
P aid duM “8^ f l " ke or lockout '. 1 he
m emb ' r8b ' p 8 P ln n « 8 nn >on »
a v ^° u * ^ 7 “ Hnd that of , tbe cardere
about , 400 .
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
In Regard to Foreign Patents Taken
Oat in this Country.
Th . .. Bt .
Co., upon which the question of Amer
ican patente expiring when foreign
patent, have been previously issued,
has been decided in the United States
supreme court in an exhaustive opin
ion by is Justice Harlan.
It estimated that not less than
$600,000,000 of capital hangs upon
the decision. It determines the status
of many valuable patents.
The conrt held that on the inven
tion for which Bate received patent,
previously the'United patented in foreign conn
tries, States patent did ex
pire with the foreign patent. The de
cision is against the electric and other
patent* involved in this suit.
THE FINAL SCENES.
:
WHAT CONGRESS DID IN ITS
DYING MOMENTS.
The Usual Scenes of Dissolution Mark
j the Closing Hour.
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_ the eafly 1 hours i of , Monday ... i morn- »
JT*. . \ h ■ senate, *a*aea K uur
mile, that were ukobjocled to.. O' mo
* 1()n Air. Platt; of Connecticut, -uo
house bill was passed amending the
co Py r >ght law by limiting the severity
°I the penalty imposed on newspapers producing
^ or violating the law in
copyrighted photographs, eto. Mr.
Dubois, of Idaho, ^ offered a resolution
“mending the rules to provide for the
distribution of appropriation bills
among several committees of the sen
ate > iostead of confining them as now
to tbe committee on appropriations,
ex cept the river and harbor bill, which
at present goes to the oommeroo com
mittee. He asked its prosent consul
oration, but Air. Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, objected, and Mr. Dubois gave
notice that he would call up the reso
l«tion the first Monday _ of . the .. next
on
^“gress At 4 :05 a m a recess was
taken until 9 o’clock w.th the under
Biding that no business was to be
; transacted until 11 o clock, except in
1 connection with conference reports,
0 n i y
a ud Mitchell, of Wisconsm, were at
thwr de / ks wken ‘ he vice-presuleut
ra PP ed , f ° r ord " at Q ® ° c lock afte / a
r «f e8S °J , \ 088 tban fav ® £onr8 , ’ ,^ n -
“ the / 8hort recess was taken ) to allow
«*“ tarty members to come on deck,
At 9:45 a ’ “ > whe “ the Proceedings
were resumed, tho vico-president an
nounced his signature to the defied
enoy £ bill. Ibis was the last formality
bef rp tftki B the importaat the measure last of
t tLu *rgpriation id ent . This was
^ bills, and thus all
the ?< government r‘ were m ” either % “7;r at the ; ? x
mau81tu or on their Ucluck, there.
LiM , Wtts dono More n
| unaijilaons eons , nl kvlug been given
»o confine the business to conference
, K „ t parting
of Florida, ’ made a effort
j^ nch a 8cnB torlal investigation of
th al] piling ed lott iniqaitie8 in pi or .
jda ^ informed by Mr. Harris
, th a « emfiUt ’ M r. Call wanted to
know w at the ge uat0 8ed to do
at n O>clook „ It wiu do whnt it
^ , „ Baid Mr . Harris, with his
loBivene ss. “On tho con
trary,” / retorted Mr. Call,- “tho senate
nev r does what it pleases, but what a
few ^ loaBe8 ... .. It 8C ldom does what
th<# uator from Florida pleases, but
ft)w / wbat jt pleases,” added Mr.
Har i(J Th{(n the senators lapsed into
inaction waiting for tho concluding
h(mr to arrive
At 10:45 a.m. Voorhees offered a
resolution, which was adopted, for the
appointrnent ™ 0 f a joint committee of
twQ hou(jC two senator8 and two
memb to wftit upon the president
of tho United States and inform him
congro88> f having completed its
bnsine88 wa8 readjr to adjourn. The
vice ^ pre Mdent nnmed Mr. Voorhees
ftnd shermau fl8 the senate mem
berB q{ th<| comn)it tee.
The Behring Boa qaestion mada its
appearance briefly, when Mr. Gray,
(dem. of Delaware), asked unanimous
consent to take up the bill already
passed by the house concerning Beh
ring sea regulations, which he said
were essential to the preservation of
the fur seals. Air. AlorgaD, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations,
objected. This ended the chances of
the bill. Resolutions were adopted
for a recess investigation of senate
chamber ventilation and for continu
ing the committee assignments until
December next.
Mr. Aforrill, of Vermont, presented
a graceful compliment to the vice pres
ident, who had temporarily left the
chair, in the form of resolution
thanking him for the ability, dignity
and impartiality with which be had ad
ministered the duties of presiding offi
cer. There was a unanimous adoption
of the rule.
Mr. Call again endeavored to secure
his Florida lottery appropriation, but
Mr. Gorman cut it off.
Mr. Ran8>m t> vl uf yx\ the new min cr t>
Mexico, presented his resignation from
It winnow 1180 and there was
great w^lh confusion on the wHh'his floor Mr Call
investigation again to the front lottery ve^
resolution declaring
%£> hemently 5SK that Mr. '^ Goman was see^
manded a yea and nay vote. To the
surprise of every one, including Air.
Call, the resolution was taken np, 35
to 18. For a moment it was believed
the resolution was adopted and the
presiding officer so announced. The
final vote was interrupted by other
business. Air. Call did not press the
motion further.
At 11:40, with only twenty minutes
remaining, a joint resolution was
passed for extra compensation of em
' ployes. A messenger rushed away
with it in a race to get to the white
house and secure the president’s sig
nature within twenty minutes.
The thanks of the senate were ex-
pressed in a resolution offered hv Air.
Mauderson for the courtesy and im
partiality w th which Air. Harris had
served as president pro tent of the
senate. Air. Harris then took the
.chair and returned his thanks for the
flattering resolution.
At twelve minutes to 12 the last en
rolled bill was reported to the senate
*s signed by the vice-president, but it
seemed imp. sdl.le I o get the executive
,l ire t's mo,m 11 . r '■ _ 7 *""i , , iees an< .
i *r. Sb- me. , appeared a. the door
%The committee has called on the
j resident,” said Air. Voorhees, “and
has notified him that the work of con
gloss was at an end. The president
Mates that he has no further coninm
n-cation to make and he tenders his
congratulations to congress on the
conclusion of its labors. ”
Tho vice president roso as the clock
panted to two minutes to 12, for a
put ting word to the senate,
ihe last words were uttered by the
V i (;s president, being time to conclude
at 12, ho brought his gavel down
ehr rply and declared the session at an
end There was no demonstration
anu no applause. . Senators began
bidding their adieus.
Ihe appaaranoe of the chamber, the
weary look of worn-out senators, was
evident that the end had come.
INCIDENTS IN THE HOUSE.
A 1 8 o’clock Monday morning when
the house reconvened for its final ses
sion,'after its recess, there woro ex
actly eleven members on the floor.
Tho .peaker was at his post. All per
sons present looked tired nml worn
ont. . In the puhlio gallery opposite
the speaker’s gallery lounged a half
dozed belated visitors, who had re
mained there all night. Air. Dockery
was the watchtower, looking after
UnclLSam’s strong box, but lie allow
ed se-erai bills to go through by
unanimous consent. One by one
memb ra began to arrive and the gal
leries 1 began to till. At 9 o’clock
Chairi|an committee, Sayres, entered of the the appropriation hall from bis
comm f ee room. Although he had
been almost constantly at work for
forty ei; hi hours, ho was buoyant and
Kppse^H light.step, overjoyed that tho last
ition.bill bad pasi-l ^
The senate bill appropriating fiSOrt,
000 tot increasing tho width of tho
channel across the bar of the Savannah
river was passed. Air. Grosvenor
created the first flurry by a brief but
sharp speech, contending that the re
publicans were the true friends of bi
metalism. The repeal of tho Sherman
act two years ago, ho said, had accom
plished more than any other influence
to bring about the hojiefnl condition
for silver wo now observe tho world
over. He predicted great results from
tho proposed monotary conference.
Air. Grosvenor’s speech precipitated
quite a stir among tho silver men.
They all rushed forward aud appealed
for recognition. A few of them suc
ceeded in crowding in a few words be
fore the debate was cut off aud at 10
o’clock, Mr. Dockery moved a recess
until 11 o’clock. The motion pro
vailed. At 11 o’clock, when tho con
fusion had ceased, the usual commit
tee, consisting of Messrs, (latchings,
Alississippi.Onthwait, Ohio, and Rood,
Maine, were appointed to join a simi
lar committee from tho senate and in
form the president that congress was
ready to adjourn. The speaker ap
pointed Messrs. Rusk, Merredith and
Coffee on the committee on accounts
to serve during the recesa.
Under the current resolutions pro
viding for the participation of con
gress in the dedication of the Chicka
mauga Military Park, the speaker ap
pointed as representatives of other
armies than those engaged at the hat
tie of Chickamauga, Messrs. Hatch,
of Missouri, Culberson, of Texas,
Reed, of Alaine, Sayers, of Texas,
Talbot, of Maryland, Sickles, of New
York, Wilson, of West Virginia, Alai
lory, of Florida, Boutelle, of Maine,
Alexander, of North Carolina, Render
son, of Illinois, Hooker, of Alissis
sippi, Tarsney, of Missouri, Hender
son, of Iowa, Bingham, of Pennsyl
vania, Draper of.Massachusetts, Kiefer,
of Minnesota, Harrison, of Alabama,
English, of California, Marshal, of
Virginia, Van Voorhis, of Ohio, and
Lapham, of Rhode Island.
Another recess of fifteen minutes
wa« taken »mons after which Mr at* Hatch
“^XTthe ^“ consent th for the
the wives and
to gain admission to the galleries be
allowed on the floor of the house. No
objection was forthcoming, and the
ladies crowded through the doors and
a^d
informed the speaker that the pres,
dent had no further communication to
*ake congress.
Mr. Canqon, republican, of Illinois,
tLen obtained recognition and in a
graceful speech offered a resolution of
thanks to the speaker. Hneh a reaolu
tion turaally comes from one of the
leaders of the majority. The resolu
bon was as follows :
Resolved, I hat the thanks of the:
bouse be extended to the speaker of
the house for the impartial and digni- |
fled manner in which he has presided
over the deliberations of this house
* 1 ^ performed the arduous duties of
the chair.”
A great burst of npp ause g in!
the presentation of Mr. Caunou’a res
olution.
Kir. Hatch, of Missouri, who whs in
the chair, called for a rising vote on
the question. Every member, save
Mr. Reed, of Maine, and Mr. Dulzeli,
of Pennsylvania, arose to his feet, and
Air. Hatoh declared the resolution
unanimously adopted.
A moment later when Speaker
Crisp ascended the rostrum, the ap
plause and cheering were renewed.
The speaker bowed his acknowledge
ments, and after hearing Mr. Cannon’s
resolution, ho delivered his valedicto
ry, thanking the body for its uniform
kindness and courtesy to him as its
presiding officer. He then announced
the appointment of Messrs. Culber
son, of Texas, Hill, of Illinois, and
himself, under tho resolution adopted
Sunday night, as members of the mon
etary comm i V
Then the end came. The hands of
tho clock pointed to 12.
“I now declare tho third session of
the fifty-third congress,” said the
speaker, “adjourned without a day.”
The silver mace was lifted from its
malachite pedestal, the flag above the
house was lowered and, amid cheers
and oat oalls from the galleries, a rush
was made for the doors. But front
the press gallery canto tho sound of
music. The newspaper correspondents
were singing the doxology: “I’raise
God from whom all blessings How.”
The members paused to listen and ap
plaud, and, as tho chorus ceased, push- hall
ed out, und in a few minutes the
was deserted.
ANNA GOULD WEDS,
Her Marriage With Castellano a Gor
geous Afl'nlr.
Tho marriage of Alisa Anna Gould,
daughter of the late Jay Gould, to
Count Paul Ernest Boniface do Osstel
lane wan solemnized at Now York, Mon
day at noon, Archbishop Corrigan offi
ciating. home
The wedding took place at tho
of George Jay Gould, Fifth avenue
and Sixty-seventh street. The pala
tial dwelling of tho head of the Gould
family, with its spacious rooms fur
nished in oriental splendor, was a fit
ting place for the oeromouy, which
owing to the of iRli
protestaat, tlie canons u
of Rome prescribe baptism in trm
faith before tho solemnization of the
rite of matrimony before tho altar of
the church. and
Miss Gould is a Presbyterian, Catholic
while she consented to the
ritual, declined to join that church.
A special dispensation was therefore,
obtained anil tho nuptial muss WflH
omitted from the ceremony.
Invitations wero accordingly limited
to relatives and about seventy-five in
timate friends, making less than one
hundred in all, us tho house would
not aooommodato more.
The soene within tho dwelling was
gorgeous in the extreme. Tho hall
was hanked with palms, foruH and
potted plants, Tho East India room,
in which the ceremony was performed, and
the music room opening out of it
the library upstairs wero elaborately
decorated, the prevailing tone being
pink and white American beauty and
bridal roses, Japan lilies and lilies of
the valley used by tho thousands.
MRS. VANDKRHILT'S DIVORCE.
8l*a Gets the Kill* and a Hlg Lump of
Gash.
Judge Barrett, of th* New York sn
preme court, has granted a decree of
absolute diverse in favor of Mrs. Alva
E. Vanderbilt from her husband, Will
iam K. Vanderbilt, the well-known
millionaire. As all of the testimony
and the report of the referee have
been sealed, no facts can be ascertain
ed as to the parties who are imjili
eated with Mr. Vanderbilt. Although
a liberal allowance ha* bee»' granted
Mrs. Vanderbilt, there is no reoord of
the sum which her husband has agreed
to give her. The only paper the pub
lie can examine is the decree of
divorce. Mrs. Vsndeetbilt is to have
the csre and custody of her three
children.
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UTAH'S STATEHOOD.
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I ermancnt . Office™.
TLe constitution*! convention in
atHalt ^’’i »»•«*, elected
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Snuth at their hea d , as agreed on by
republican caucus. rhedeMO,~.r»t»
“ ade ao “ominations and the election
of officers was mostly by acclamatl or,,
^tw^ ddega^Lof
^^titutional convention, for and
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United ’’
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GROVER A HUNTING GOKS
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To 81ay the Festive Duck in North
Carolina.
The president, accompanied by Dr.
O'Reilly, his physician, Commander
George F. Wilde, of the Light House
Board, and Commander Lambeson, in
charge of the fifth Light Hop.se dis
trict, left Washington Tuesday morn
ing on the Violet for ten day's shoot
ing on the islsnd waters of North Car
olina.
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„„ Ihe most destructive natural gas
explosion in the history of the Indiana
ga8 belt occurred at Anderson early
Tuesday morning. A 875,000 buai
ness block on the courthouse square
was blown all over the central part of
Ik. ell,. I„ 11,1, ........
b*r of stores and business offices. Fire
followed the explosion, which was like
» B earthquake, and the remains of the
debris began burning fiercely. Attor
Me^U "vtd^n ^hTro'om^
itis feared they have perished. The
f a" n rZ 1* Vi\nl‘T 1 The
i i Z I „ ' th
sjeighborhoo 1 of tli , xpl .. m were
'lomoitsliea, paved s reels ripped oj
an* jeiepnons cables lorn aown.
The Union I'a. Iflc Mctoriou*.
United States District Judge Liner,
at Topeka, Kau., has decided the lg
auit bfought by the govern.i.<.nt ngains
the Luion I’.k i:.'- '"or i< < ouip iny
for $ 400,000 and thirty years interest,
>n behalf of the company. I he suit
was to recover the price of the rtgnt
. Kansas City and Law
of-way between
* renee, Kansas.