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CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER DELIVERS
THE OPINION OF THE COURT.
Tho Court Dooldos th ut Taxation on Jn
comoa from st nt? or Mnnlclniil Honda or
from Koul Katuto la Unoonatltutlonnl
How tho Court Stauda,
WASHINGTON, April 10.- Tho an
nouncement of tho decision of tho Su
preme Court of tho United States in
tho incomo tax cases Monday was
m ado in tho presence of a crowded
court'room, the spectators lobby being
thronged to its utmost capacity. Pub
lic interest in tho caso has drawn lin
attenduiiee every decision day since
tho argumont took placo that has tax
ed tho power anet ingonuity of tho
officials to caro for. Among those
within tho rail today were Attorney
. General Olnoy, Assistant Attornoy
Goneral Whitney and Mr. W. U.
Guthrio, of Now York, who took part
in tho argument; Mr. J. M. Wilson,
of Washington, of counsel for J. G.
Mooro, who sought iii an injunction
to restrain Internal Revenue Commis
sioner Millor from proceeding to carry
out the law ; Senator David B. Hill, of
Now York, who so persistently fought
tho insertion of the tax provision in
tho tariff law ; Ex-Sccrotary of tho
Treasury Rout well; R. 13. Bowler,
comptroller of tho treasury; Senators
Mitcholl and Hunton, Ex-Attorney
Gonoral Garland, tho Hon. Geo. C.
Gorman and a great mimbor of attor
neys moro or less interested in tho ac
tion of tho Court.
Tho mombors of tho Court, except
Mr. Associate Justice Jackson, entered
tho chamber promptly at noon. A
fow cases of minor importance were
disposed of, and tho Chief Justice an
nounced that at tho conclusion of tho
sitting on Thursday fhn (7tni?>?? -would
adjourn over Good Friday, and sov\
eral orders of thc Court, aftor which
tho great caso of tho day was read by
him. He said, amidst an almost pain
.. ful stillness: "I am charged with the
duty of announcing tho opinion and
judgment of tho Court in thc cuso of
Charles Pollock vs. tho Farmers' Donn
and Trust Company et al." Tbc con
elusion of the Court wcro slated lo be
os follows :
1. That by I he Constitution Federal
taxation is' divided into two great
classes-direct taxes and duties, im
posts and excise.
2. That thc imposition of direct tax
es is governed by tho rulo of appor
tionment among tho sovoral Slates ac
cording to numbers and tho imposi
tion of dutiesl imposts and excises by
tho rule of uniformity throughout tho
United States.
8. That tho principio that taxation
and representation go together was
intended to be and was prescribed in
tho Constitution by the establishment
of tho rule of tho apportionment
among the several Slates, gb that such
apportionment should bo according to
numbers in each State.
Tbnt the States surrendered their
""power to lovy 'imposts and to regulate
commorco to theGoneral Government
and gave il tho concurrent power to
levy direct laxes in reliance bli the
protection afforded by tho rules pre
scribed, and that the compromises of
tho Constitution caiinbt bo disturbed
by legislativo action.
5. That these conclusions result
from tho text of tho Constitution and
aro supported by tho historical evi
.-dence furnished by the circumstances
surrounding the framing and adoption
of that instrument and the views of
those who framed and adopted it.
(5. That tho understanding and ex
pectation at tho limo of tho adoption
ol tho Constitution was that direct
taxes would not be levied by tho Gen
oral Government except under tho
pressure of extraordinary exigency,
and such has been tho practice down
to August 15, 1891. If the power to do
so is to bo exercised as an ordinary
and usual means of supply that fact
furnishes an additional reason for cir
cumspection in disposing of thc pres
ent cases.
7. That laxes on real estate belong
to tho class of direct taxes, and that
tho taxes on rent or income of real
estate, which is tho incident of its
ownership, belong to the same class.
8. That by no previous decision of
this Court has this question been ad
judicated to tho contrary of tho con
clusions now announced. That so
much of tho Act of August 15, 1894,
as attempts to impose a tax upon tho
rent or income of real estate without
apportionment is invalid.
The Court is further of tho opinion
that tho Act of August 15, 1891, is in
valid, so for as it attempts to levy a
tax upon tho incomo derived from
municipal bonds. As a municipal cor
poration is tho representative of tho
State and ono of tho instrumentalities
of the Stato Government, tho property
and revenue of municipal corporations
are not tho .subjects of Federal taxa
tion, nor is thc incomo derived from
tho Stato, county and municipal secu
rities, since taxation on the interest
therefrom operates on the power to
borrow before it is oxorcised, and has
a sensible inftuenco on tho contract,
and, therefore, such a tax is a tax on
tho power of tho Stales and their in
strumentalities lo borrow money, and
consequently repugnant to tho Con
stitution.
Upon each of tho other questions ar
gued at the Bar, to wit:
1. Whether tho void provisions as
to rents and incomo from real estate
invalidates tho wholo Act?
2. Whether as to tho incomo from
personal property as such the Act is
unconstitutional as laying direct
taxes?
3. Whethor any part of tho tax, if
not considered as a direct tax, is in
validfor want of uniformity on oithor
of tho grounds suggested?
Tho J uticos who hoard tho argument
aro equally divided, and therefore, no
opinion is ox pressed. Tho result is
that tho dooroo of tho Circuit Court is
reversed and tho cause remanded with
dircctioiiff to ontor a decree in favor of
complainant' iii respect only of the
voluntary payment of tho tax on tho
rents and incomo of its real cstato and
that which it holds in trust, and on
tho incomo from tho municipal bonds
owned or so held hy it.
Tho Chief Justice said that tho juris
diction of Courts of equity to prevent
',:? diversion of funds by nroach of trust
or illegal payment of the funds had
been frequently aflirmcd by tho Cor.rt.
Tho question was not raised in tho
Court below, but had been explicitly
waived on tho argument of tho case
arid tho Court felt justified in proceed
ing to a decision of tho caso on its
n orits. Ho said that tho powor to do
cido a law unconstitutional was used
with reluctance, but tho responsibility
could not.bo ovaded when tho nccos-i
" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence."
YOI.. XII.
I1 111 -1
NO.-8.
sity nvoso. Tho contentions respecting
this law wore:
1. That a tax on rents was a lax on
real eslato, and that not hoing laid ac
cording to apportionment, it \yos in
valid.
2. That it was not uniform and a
violation of tho constitutional require
ment that such taxes shall bo luid with
uniformity. Under this head came tho
oxcoplions in favor of thoso porsons
who wero not in possession of an in
como of $4,000; of mutual insuranco
companies, savingo banks, and part
nerships, all organized for and doing
tho same business ns that of corpora
tions authorized by tho States. Thoso
exceptions, it was hold, woro arbitra
ry and capricious, and not based upon
sound publie policy.
fl. That incomes from investmonis
in Slate and municipal bonds could
not bo taxed.
Tho Chiof Justico proceeded to a
consideration of tho constitutional re
quirements with respect of thc imposi
tion of tho two forms of taxation, di
rect and indirect, and said that the
framers of tho Constitution intended
to mako tho consent of thoso who
woro oxpected to pay cssontial to tho
validity of any tax. Thoy had just
como out of a conllict upon tho great
principio of taxation with representa
tion and thoy wero intended to go to
gether-that Congress should so im
poso a tax that it would fall with oven
torco and effect upon all of tho con
stituents of thoso who voted for it.
Tho States represented in tho Con
stitutional Convontion, said tho Chiof
.Justico surrendered their right lo levy
imposts, oxeises and duties to tho
General Government. Thoy looked
forward lo tho timo when groat States
to thc west of thom would bo coming
into the Union, and when they gave
up that right they did so with con 11
deueo 'that tho rulo of uniformity
would bo obsorved in Ibo laying of
taxes by Ibo Congress.
Tl'C hrst question to be considered.,
said Chiof Justice Fuilier, was whether
or not a tax on routs is a direct tax
within tho meaning of tho Constitu
tion, lt had always been hold, ho
said, that a tax on estate, real or per
sonal, was a direct tax,, but it might
bo that tho Constitution had a differ
ent meaning, and that it was to bo ap
plied to this case. In that view it bo
camo necessary to inquire what wero
direct taxes at thc time tho Constitu
tion was adodlcd.
Tho Chief Justico then mndo exten
sivo quotations from the history of the
debates in the Congress on the subject
of taxation. Tho inference from them
ho said, was that tho general distinc
tion between direct and indirect Uixa
tion was well understood by tho mem
bers of tho Convention, and that tho
expectation was that a direct tax would
bo tho last resort of Congress.
Tho celebrated case of Hyton vs the
United Slates, decided March 3, 175)0,
was then referred to at great length,
tho ono id which it was held that a
tax on carriages was not a direct tax.
Tho several opinions tiled by the Jus
tices wero quoted, and Mr. Chief Jus
tice Fuller assorted tha^ i? nono of
thom yfaH there any expression of opin
ion os to whether or noldnythiug ex
cept land and Capitalization taxes was
a direct tax, but they were con tined to
tho case at hand. Tho case, he said,
seemed to turn upon tho declaration
of Hamilton its to what constituted di
rect laxes; if Ibero had beena refer
ence to tho decisions of the country
from which tho Untied Slates derived
its jurisprudence it would liavo been
fatal, for in Great Britain income laxes
had always been treated as direct laxes.
The opinion thou proceeded to re
view tho decisions made by tho Su
premo Court in cases arising under
the law of 1801, which, tho Chief Jus
tice said,counsel had contended declar
ed that an income tax was not a direct
tax tind must bo regarded as controll
ing in tho caso under review. Thc
principle of staro dccisis.ho continued,
applied only to such cases as aro di
rectly in point. No Court had over
held itself bound by any part of a de
cision not necessary to decide the case
uoforo it. Tho duty of any Court
charged with tho construction of con
stitutional provisions was not to ex
tend a decision on a question if an or
ror of principle was likely thereby to
bo perpetuated or committed. In tho
light of these observations the opinion
considered tho decisions down to that
in tho Springer case and concluded
that they woro all 'distinguishable
from tho ono in hand.
Tho Springer case was no exception
to tho rulo, inasmuch as it did not
prosont tho point raised in this caso, is
a tax on rents a tax on roal estate? Tho
Court, tho opinion continued, was un
able to seo t ny distinction between a
tax on real estato and a tax on tho
ronts arising from such real estate.
What is land but tho income thereof ?
was asked. Tho constitutional require
ment was that direct taxes should be
laid only by apportionment
among tho States according to
population, and this tax was
a direct tax. Thoro was no distinc
tion between an annual tax on tho
value of tho land and a lax on tho land
itself. Constitutional provisions, it
was said, could not bo thus ovaded ;
it was tho substance, and not tho form
or shadow, that was to prevail in con
struing thom. Upon this point Ibero
wero many decisions, and some of
them were quoted.
What tho Constitution intended to
prevent, said tho Chief Justico, was
that no tax should bo laid on tho resi
dents of any Slate by tho representa
tives of other Stales. Tho oxorciso of
tho power 1 o lovy direct taxes was to
bo restricted to extraordinary occasions
In conclusion, thoreforo, upon this
point tho Chiof Justico announced
that tho Court woro of tho opinion
that that part of tho law imposing
taxes upon rents obtained from real
estato was invalid.
Next in order tho opinion consider
ed tho third objection to tho law;
That it imposed a tax upon the incomes
derived from investments in Stato and
municipal bonds, and was therefore
invaded.
Chief Justice Fuller reasserted tho
general prnciplo that a tax on Govern
ment bonds was held to bo a tax on
contracts and prejudicial to tho public
interest. It was, thcrcforo, obvious
that such a lax on tho powor of States
Or munfoipnllcs to make contracts was
projucial to public policy and, there
fore, unconstitutional.
On tho other matters involed in the
case of Ilydo vs tho Continental
Trutt Company, of Now
York city, and in tlio cuso of John G.
Mooro vs Josoph S. Millor, commiss
ioner of Internal Itovonuo, for an
injunction to restrain him
from proceeding to carryout tho law,
appealed from tho Courts of tho Dis
trict of Col umbia, Chief Justico Ful lor
stated that tho Court was.equally divid
[OONTJNUBD ON PACIK FOUR.]
TO WIN FREEDOM FOR CUBA.
Th roo ThoHBuml ISntliunlasts Moot tit Tam.
pu, Vii?.
TAMPA, FLA., April 10.-Lycco
Cubano was tho scono of ono of tho
most enthusiastic meetings to-night
ever hold boro. Tho occasion is tho
celebration of tho twenty-six anniver
sary of tho Constitution of
tho Cuban Republic. There
woro threo thousand pooplo presold,
includiug several hundred ladies, who
'oinotl most heartily in tho domonstra
ion. Tho half was packed with ah
cager throng, Tho streets for nearly
a block wore thronged with Cubans
and their frionds, and all round tho
building tho peoplo stood in great
numbers.. Tho hall was gaily deco
rated with bunting and national em
blems. The Cuban and American
Hags wore gracefully wreathed about
tho pictures of Cuban patriots on tho
/vails and on tho Stage.
Among thoso who had a placo on
tho platfom woro Ramon Rivoro, pres
ident of tho society ; Dr. Vahles Do
minguol Fernando Figuorado, lender
pf tho party hero, Enrique Callejo,
Glualerio Garcia and Joso Herrera.
Rivoro, editor of Cuba, was master of
ceromonics. Tho speeches abounded
with Rory patriotism and the reading
of tho proclamation of tho Ropublio in
1809 by Col Figurado was continually
interrupted by applause Ono spenkor
declared "Spain would novor take
her hands olFtho throat of Cuba until
her grasp was sovorcd by tho blood of
Cuban courage"
Another said: "Tho coming of
Campos means the re-establishment
of the tho regime of tho
revolution whoso anniversary
this meeting is called to honor.
Then they garroted and shot tho pat
riots, out raged their wives and
daughters and burned their homes.
Tho samo futo now hangs over tho
heads of our fair native isle- and our
blood kindred there. They will bo
subjected to tho basest enmities over
heads of a liberty-loving pooplo, and
thoy will bo called upon to wade
through seas of blood, but over and
beyond it nil lies thc pearl of great
price; liborly for Cuba. Let thom do
theft worst, wo aro prepared for them.
Wo have mado up our minds fully to
tho great struggle, and wo are deter
mined to win tho freedom of Cuba and
redeem hor from Spanish bondage
tit any and every cost. When garrot-,
iug and shooting and tho outragoing
of our wonion and tho burning of our
homes begins wo shall pay thom in
kind for {heir hellishness. Mark you,
wo shall not begin these blood-curling
outrages ami shall only condescend to
moot thoso dovilish things on anequal
footing when wo aro forced to so by
thoii- own example/'
T1*^ speech was grcolcd with continu
ed applauso. Other speeches were
made oy Solero Alfonso, Nester L.
Carbonoll, Eduordo Reina, Francisco
Dia/., and n Spaniard, Romaclla.
Ono of tho principal features of the
! evening was tho speech of Miss Luisa
Sancho/., a channing and intelligent
blondo. Tho speech was made extern*-.
pore and her every movement was
grace itself, whilo patriotic eloquonee
raised a storm Of enthusiasm in and
around tho hull.
At tho closo of tho meeting tho fol
lowing resolutions woro unanimously
adopted.
Resolved, That tho Cubans assembl
ed in mass meeting endorse tho action
of tho councils in selecting J oso Marti
us delegate and Benjamin I. Guera as
treasurer of tho party and accord a
vote of thanks to tho sccrotary, Gon
zalo de Quesoda, for his work through
Florida in representation of the Cuban
delegation.
Tho resolution was at onco wired to
Quesada in Now York. Benjamin
Guerra, tho treasurer, is in the city,
but was unable- to attend tho meeting
on account of illness.
K LO KI DA SYMPATHIZES WITH OU11A.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, April 10.-In
tho Senate to day a resolution by Son
ator Chipley, extending sympathy
and oncouragoment to tho Cuban re
volutionists, was adopted.
stonily Outlook for Cuba.
JACKSONviLLT, Fla., April 0.-A
special to tho Times-Union from Tam
pa, Fla., says a gontlcman who loft
Havana Saturday says of tho situation
in Cuba:
"Things aro looking rocky ovon in
Havana. Business is dopressed and in
spito of the Government and Ameri
cans who havo largo holdings there,
tho situation is serious and growing
worse every day. Tho insurgents
havo a force of moro than ton thous
and armed and well equipped men in
tho field nnd can place as many moro
in service on short notice. But their
plan is to make a guorilla warfare of
it for tho present. When tho Govern
ment shows its hand fully then they
will act.
"Tho coming of Campos means tho
beginning of a struggle in earnest.
Ho brings authority from Madrid to
garrote and shoot eveiy rebel captured
in tho field and thc atrocities of tho
last rebellion will bc repeated. Dur
ing that Struggle mon were shot,
thrown into prison und tho womon of
rebels were outraged and their homes
burned. But tho rebels aro prepared
t? moot tho enemy at every point;
thoy aro fully organized and equipped
this limo. When tho outraging of
wives anddaughlors of rebels and their
homes aro burned lo tho ground tho
Spaniards will bo repaid in kind. Those
things staring tho island in tho face
aro what makes tho people tremble,
and well they may.
(?OOH Crazy.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April IL-Mrs*.
F. W. Madern, w ifo of tho San Fran
cisco agent of tho Chicago, Burlington
and Quiney Railroad, wont crazy in
the union station today and screamed
that her son, daughtor and pet dog
with her woro being pursued by tho
Spaniards, would murder them all.
She became so violent that tho polico
took ch argo of her. Chief Phillips on -
deavorcd to get her into tho hospital,
but sho was unwilling. She mano tho
chief sit in tho road whilo sho prayed,
and sho anointed him with water from
n c ock near by, and lomon juico, say
ing that thoso wore proof against Ins
enemies Relatives aro on tho way
from Chicago to biko charge of her.
Mrs. Madora formerly lived in Chica
go with her husband, whero ho is woll
known.
Ho Loved rho llorac.
LEXINGTON Ky., April IL-Joe
Donnison, a whilo man, >\2 years old,
who has boen earing for Byron Mc
Clolland's thoroughbed marcs and
colts for several yoars, became insano
today on account of tho accident to
tho Longfellow Sallie McClollund colt
last Monday, whereby it had to bo de
stroyed.
PRICES ltMltMN(iEl),
WHAT THE STATE IS SELLING IN ITS]
LIQUOR SHOPS.
A New Trico Mat rroi>uroU--Somo Fig
ures Showing; tlie l'rollts^Tliut Should!
Aeouro to tho Stute?-Iiito'roM lng
Study.
COLUMBIA, April IL-Tho now Stato
liquor commissioner, Col. Mixson, ha?
rearranged tho prico list of liquors
anti wines furnished by the dispensa-;
rios, and hos just issued a shoot giving
all tho "prices current for tho year
1898. ' Tuero havo beon some notable
reductions in somo instances* Tho
prico sheet gives tho prico by gallon,
quart, pint and half-pint packages to
tao sub-disponsors and' thou tho prices
to consumers. Tho list is printed on
heavy cardboard and is to bo'displayed
in oach dispensary. "Whiskey cock
tails" appear on tho sheet, but tho
prices aro loft blank to bo tilled in.
Commissioner Mixson snys these goods
will arrive today and tho blanks will
bo tilled. Tho fist shows exactly what
tho disponsary carries in stock and
what prices prevail.
Tho whiskies aro priced thus, tho
first figuro given being the gallon
package, the second for tho quarti tho
third for tho pint and tho fourth for
the half pint:
80 per cent. Bye, Corn and Bouybon
-To dispensers $2, 500., 25c, 12 l-2c ;
to consumers $2.25, 150c, OOo., 15.
X Ryo, Bourbon, Corn, Rum and
Gin-To dispensers $2.15, OOo., 30c,
15. ; lo consumers $2.50, 75c, 40., 20c.
XX Bye, Bourbon, Corn, Rum and
Gin-To dispensers $2.55, 70c, 35c,
17 1 2o. ; to consumers $3, 90c, 45c,
25e.
XXX Rye or Old Vol vet-To dispen
sers $3, .'15, 90c, 45c, 22 l-2c;to con
sumers fil, ?1.20, OOo,, 80.
XXXX Ryo and Scotch-To dispen
sers $7.85, $2, $l,50c; to consumers'
?$10, $2.50, 1.25, 05c
Dillinger. Ryo-To dispensers $3,
75c, 40c, 20c. ; lo consumers $4, $1,
50c, 25.,
Thom pson Old Ryo-To dispensers
$5.00, $1,40, 70c, 35c; to consumers
$0.80, $1.70, 85c, 45c.
Mt. Vernon Rye-To dispensers $
$1.25, 70c, 40c. ; to consumers $
?$1.50, 90c, -c.
Old Cabinet Rye-To dispensers $-,
$1.08 1-2, -c., -c. ; to consumors $-,
?$1.25, -o., - c.
Peppor Ryo- To dispensers $-, $1.08
1-3, -c., -c. ; toconsumers $-, $1.25,
-c., -c.
Tho prices of beer aro as follows, be
ing sold only in pint packages:
To dispens?is-l'aient stop beer,
17 1 2c, export beer 10c, ale 22c, por
ter 21c.
To consumors-Patont sslop lOci; ex
port 12 ?-2o. (quarts 20c), alo 25c,
porter 25c.
Tho dispensary carries tw? grad?s of I
Madoira wine, tho first being sold to
dispensers at $1.00 agall?n, 40c, a
quart and 20o, 11 pint, and to consum
ers at $1.80 lt gall?hp45c. "a"quart j?nd
25c a pint. Tho second goes to dis
'< pot's at $1.80 a gallon, 45c a quart and
22 l-2c a pint, whilo tho consumer
gets it at $2 a gallon, 50c a quart and
25 con ts a pint. . Two grades of sherry
aro sold at tho samo pri?es:
The middle grado of port wine is sold
at the same prices as tho first grade
of Madeira. Tho cheapest grado of
port goes to the dispenser at $1.50 a
?gallon and to tho consumer at $1.75.
The best grade costs tho dispenser $2 a
I gallon, 50c. a quart and 25c a pint,
whilo tho consumer pays $2.20 a gal
lon, 55c. a quart and 30c. a pint.
Two grades of Tokay, two of Ange
lica, two of Muscat and two of Cataw
ba go at tho samo prices as the Madei- ]
ra.
Blackberry and scuppernong wino |
go at tho samo prico as tho cheaper
? grade of Madeira.
Grape wino goes at the same prico as
j tho cheapest grade of port.
Claret is sold in only ono grade to |
tho dispenser at $1 a gallon, 25c.
quart and 12 L2c a pint, and to tho
consumer at $1.20 a gallon, 80c. a
quart and 15c. a pint.
Zinfaudel and Hock, ono grado only,
goes to tho dispenser at $1.12 a gallon
and 14c. a pint, and to the consumer j
at $1.44 a gallon and 20c. a pint.
Riesling wino, ono grado only, costs
tho disponscrs a little moro than Zin
fandol, but goes to tho consumors at
tho samo prices.
Alcohol is sold to dispensers at $3 a j
gallon and 80c a quart, and to con
sumers at $3.50 a gallon and 90c.
quart. Druggists wishing fivo gallons |
or moro can procuro it at tho Sta to dis
ponsary at reduced rates.
lu addition to what has been named
tho dispensaries are stocked with two
grades of California brandies at 50c
and 00c a pint respecti vely, ono grade
each of peach at 50c a pint, apple at
80c. a pint and grape at 50c Jamaica
rum and importen XXXX gin go at
50c. a pint, tho profit hoing 10c "Tho
lowest grado of Cognac brandy goes at |
$1 a pint, tho profit hoing 20c ; and
the better at $1.50 a pint, the profit be
ing 25c.
Brandied peaches and chorrics and
Ilostotter's and Baker's bitters com
ploto tho stock.
Tho figures given nbovo will give a
pretty clear idea of tho profits accru
ing to tho State and -county from tho
ollicuil liquor business in its presont
stage of perfection, tho claim being
mado that tho systoin is now in perfect
and successful operation.-State
Mimons Will Not Oromnto,
PHILADELPHIA, April io.- Crema
tion services havo been ollieially do
dared by Masonic authority not lo bo
Christian burial. Tho question that
has brought about this decision aroso
ovor tho making of arranginents for
tho funeral of the late Charles H.
Roisser, tho well-known restaurateur.
It had always been Mr. Roisser's wish
to be cremated, and after his death his
family decided to follow his wishes.
Mr. Roisser was also a Mason and was
a memborof Rising Star Lodgo, Orien
tal Chapter Kauosh Commandory.
Theso organizations were invited to
take part in thc funeral, but boforo
accepting it was learned that it was tho
intention, to havo tho services at the
timo tho body was cremated. Tho
question was at onco raised whether,
uudor Masonic law, this would boa
Christian burial. Tho matter was re
ferred to tho Grand Master of Penn
sylvania, who is Judgo Arnold, and
ho promptly rendered a dcoision that
services at a cremation were not
Christian burial undor Mnsonie law.
Tho family, theroforo, docided to aban
don thoir original intention. Tho
funoral took placo today and tho Ma
sons attended in a body and perform
ed Masonic rites, Tho body was thon
placed in a vault for a limo.
"fJ?LOR LlNE IN THE NORTH.
Minai Su?iwi Jl, Anthony Cite? a Pertinent
I lCxiunnle,
KQwiK?TEit, N. Y., April 10.-Tlioro
wa??ju: oxoiti?g finnlo to tho lecture
of M?)?S Ida B. Wells, last OYoning at
tho First Baptist Church, in whion a
theological, student from Texas and
Miss Susan B. Anthony participated.
MissviyVolls said that negro lynching
had^Utipreased in tho South in a
m." -pdegree; that between 1832 and
1802;}.iOOO colored pooplo were lynched
on slight protoxts, and in many cases
When they woro known, tobo inno-i
cont.Sho gavo a numbor of illustra-1
lions'.boaring upon her conclusion.!
whoii'Uio theological student, who said
ho IVailod from Texas, aroso and said:
"JXfyou assumo that all tho negroes
that have beon lynched in tho South
sinco ilio War haye been innocent?"
"P lic or said that." replied Miss
Wolfy!,'5" ''I simply claim that they
wero\iunoccnt in tho oyo of tho law.
No uiu? is guilty until found so by a
triait .
Mis? Wells thou resumed her lect
ure. Sho said it was considered a
criniOyfor negroes lo intermarry with
Ute whites, that this was manifestly
?njaselo tho colored womon of tho
South,,, She insisted that if it was
i?icgafi! for tho whito mon to marry
colossi wm nen, it should also bo ille
^H,ril' them io form alliances with
them} 1 A white man might live with
a eolbred woman with impunity, but
if ho should marry her it would bo a
orime.
Herb tho Texan, in evident excite
ment/ arose and said :
"Do?tho negroes want to marry
whit?rfolks? It tho negroes aro so
badly treated in tho South, why do j
they.J?i,0t Como North, or go West, or
lo sotno more congenial place?"
"They uro not ablo to omigralo,"
responded Miss Well3, "because thoy
are always in debt io their landlords,
being,! paid in checks for provisions
only /^ood at plantation stores. I
wouldTemain in tho South mysolf had
I not been forbidden to come back on
the penalty of losing my lifo."
Miss Anthony could restrain herself
no longer. She jumped to her feet,
and with Oro in her oyo. ?aid':
'.'.rho colored peoplo receive no bet
tor treatment in tho North than they
do hoi'o. I will relate an incident that
occurred in our city last week. A
dance, was to bo given in No. 3 school
for the benefit of tho children of tlio
seventh grado, and tiekcts were issued
to children for ton conts. Now, it
happched that thero was a colored girl
in thai, grado who wanted to get in os
well aj> the whito childron, and hor
m>lier gavo her money. But when
she wont ' to her 'tcaohcrt Miss Stuart,
sho w|| told, that if sho insisted on at
tending; hone, of tho white children
would go, and that tho affah would be
givonUp; so tlio poor child was turned
away.- I confider- that tho feeling of
that colored ?rill was th? result of tho
sumo spirit that inspiro lynchings in
tho South." " , .
? Miss .Anthony's denunciation of
th?90*?Uinoti07)?*to^
geoplo of tho North as well as the
outh was dramatic, and tho theologi
cal student from Toxas completely
subsided in tho outburst of approval
on tho part of tho audience that fol
lowed.
Wliero They'Ll vo Longent.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-A report
showing tho porcentngo of morality in
200 cities of tho United States for the
year of 1801 has just been published
under the auspices of tho surgeon gen
eral of tho marino, hospital service.
Tho following ilgures shows tho num
ber of deaths in each 1,000 of the esti
mated population in the larger cities
niontioncd :
Augusta, Qa., 18.20; Baltimore,
Md., 10.11; Boston, Mass., 22.08;
Bridgeport, Conn., 16,44; Brooklyn,
N. YT, 20.03; Brownsville, Tex., 41.33;
Cambridge, Moss., 10.28; Charloston,
S. C.,- 27.29; Chattanooga, Tenn.,
11.15; Chicago, 111,, 14.03; Cincinnati,
O., 18.29; Cleveland, O., 17.42; Co
lumbus, O., 13.09; Dedham, Mass.,
17.73; Detriot, Mich., 14.30; Dubuque.
Ia., 10.57; Evansville, 15.45; Grand
Rapids. Mich., 13.00;IIartford, Conn.,
15.95; Jersey City, N. J., 24.10; Knox
ville, Tenn., 10.02; Lowell, Mass.,
19.58; Manchester, N. H., 10.54; Mem
phis, Tenn., 23.00; Milwaukee, Wis.,
15.70; Minneapolis. 0.24; Newark, N.
J., 23.07; Now Orleans, 24.88; Now
York City, 11.38; Philadelphia, 18.28;
Portland, Mo., 20.12; Reading, Pa.,
?-7.95; Richmond, Va. 20.23; Roches
tor, N. Y., 11.61; St. Louis, 10.12;
Salt Lake City, 8.10; San Diogo, Cal.,
12.50; San Francisco, 18.81 ; Scranton,
Pa,, 17.28; Sioux Falls, S. D., 4.40:
Springfield, Mass., 15.73;Syracuse, N.
Y., 10.04; Toledo, 0., 8.05; Washing
ton, 1D.89; Wilmington, Del., 10.58;
Worcester, Mass., 17.20.
In somo of tho Southern cities tho
report shows tho comparativo death
rato between whito porsons and col
ored, as follows:
Augusta, Ga., white, 11.30; colored,
28.11; Charleston, S. C., whito, 10.58;
colored, 35.80; Knoxvillo, Tomi.,
whito, 12.04; colored, 20.03; New Or
leans, whito, 21.91; colored, 32.14.
Hepiihlloiius notting.
MCCORMICK, Aniucvir.T.M COUNTY,
April 0.-W. W. Bussell, tho well
known Republican leader, was in
town yesterday, and in conversation
with tho Nows and Courior corres
pondent gave a bit of political nows
that is interesting. Ho said an oll'ort
would bo mado through tho United
States Courts to provont tho holding
of a Constitutional Convention. Tho
Courts will bo asked to declaro tho
registration law under which tho olco
tk ! i of delegates is tobo had uncoil
ntitutional. Tho paper in tho caso
setting forth tho grounds of action,
Mr. Russoll says, navo already been
prepared and submitted to some of tho
ablest lawyers in tho Slato, who havo
pronounced thom satisfactory, and tho
caso will como up in tho courts at an
oarly day. Russoll is confident of tho
success of tho schomo and intimated
?hat tho Republicans were not tho
only ones at tho bottom of it. Tho
proceedings will bo watched with in
terest all over tho Stato.
Shot nt tho llrltlHhnv.
BOSTON. April 0.-Cant. Hopkins, of
tho British Stcamor Etholrcd, which
arri veil horo today, sayB with regard
to his hoing overhauled by tho Span
ish cruiser that thoro is nothing to add
to tho story cabled at that timo. Tho
Etholrcd was oft1 Capo Maysi, on tho
2d, whon a Spanish war ship hovo in
sight und fired a blank cartridge to
hoavo tho Etholrcd to. Capt. Hopkins
stopped his ongincs whon tho Spaniard
circled around tho Etholrcd onco, and
then stoamod a\Vay. Tho llrst part of
her natno looked hko ''Neuve" Capt.
Hopkins filed his report with tho
British consul nt Jamaica,
PATH AND DISASTER,
TWO BUILDINGS COLLAPSE AND SIX
MEN; K?LLED.
lluddcnsolok llulldlngtt Full tn tho Ground,
Killing mid Injuring Moa mut Destroy*
lng Two Humlrod Thonamid Pol I urn
Worth of Property.
WHKELING, W. Vn., April 9.-A
fow minutes past 8 o'clock this morn
ing an accident occurred which throw
tho city into tho greatest exeitomont.
Tho five-story building, Nos 1,220 and
1,222 Main strcot, occupied by T. T.
Hutchison & Co., wholosalo hardware
andsaddlory doalcrs, and W. H. Chap
man & Sons, wholesale painters and
buildors*' supplies, collapsed with a
deafening roport, burying ton mon be
neath the ruins. To add to tho horror
of tho situation, the debris took firo
from a natural gas leak, and a dense
cloud of smoko arising, tho efforts or
rcsoucrs wore greatly impeded. Tho
greatest damage to life was among the
employees of Hutchison & Co's, all of
whom were at work.
At 9 o'clock to night tho list of dead
and missing was as follows: Father
F. H. Parke, vicar genorol of West
Virginia Dioceso and chaplain of
Mount Dechantol, tho Catholic scmin
cryhore; Benjamin Pritchard, carri
age builder, of Buckhannon, West
Virginia; Robert Wincher, employ co
of Hutchison & Co; Eugene Birch,
omployeo of Hutchison &Co; Michael
Horan, omployeo of Hutchison &Co;
Harry Cowl, Western "Union messen
ger boy. The four injured men will
recover.
Tlio Hutchison buildingslood on thc
corner of Alley 9 and Main street; tho
Chapman building is adjoining. At
thc hour mentioned tho employees in
Hutchison's heard an ominous crack
ing, and without a moment's warning
giving the unfortunate men time to
make on effort to escapo tho alloy wall
foll down with a terrific crash, carry
ing with it theontiro structures of both
build rigs.' Only tho rear Avail re
mained standing. Frank Haller,
Adam Blum and T. T. Hutch ison wero
in tho rear office and woro saved by
tho aid of two mon, who pried off the
bars of a back window and rescued
tho men just boforo a fall of brick
buried tho room.
Tho mon in tho Chapman building
fared somewhat better. Chlifton, one of
tho workmen, noticed tho plastering
and tho wall roparating them, from
Hutchison's crumbling and falling
down. Ho immediately gave an alarm,
and not a minuto f oo soon, for before
tho men had reached tho doors bricks
and mortar woro pelting them in
showers. All got out in time, how
ever.
A general alarm brought tho fire de
partment promptly to tho scene, and
tho work ot rescuing was commenced.
Blinded and suffocated by tho denso
smoko tho firomon worked like Tro
jans, and in about two hours tho first
yiotim was resoue(l_;; jj was M., J. Ford,
^iio?^va? w
whilo ho was lying directly across Ben
jamin Pritchard. Pritchard was cold
n death, and a medical examination
showed that ho had been killed by be
ing crushed about tho chest. No moro
bodies wero found until 6.80 o'clock
this ovoning, when tho body of Father
Parke was taken out of tho debris so
horribly crushed that tho body was
scarcely recognizable.
In tho meantime tho tiro had gained
so that tho firemen had to give their
ontiro attention towards subduing it.
After twolvo hours hard work they
got tho Haines under control, but it
will bo morning boforo tho blaze will
bo completely extinguished. Both
buildings, together with tho stocks,
are a total loss. A moro completo wip
ing out of what were once handsome
structures could not bo imagined.
When tho first wall fell it broke off
clear down to tho foundation, and not
ono stone was left upon another.
Tho Chapman bunding was now and
itt fact not yet finished, so tho loss will
fall on tho contractors. A building
across tho alley, occupied by S. M.
Rico & Co., wholesale millinery deal
ers, was struck by tho falling wall and
a big hole knocked in tho sido. Tho
building next to that was also badly
sprained and fears aro entertained for
its safely. Altogether tho loss will
amount to ovor $200,000. Tho insur
ance cannot yet bo ascertained.
Father Parke, who was tho oldest
Catholic priest in the State, was walk
ing up tho alloy whon tho deplorable
affair occurred. Harry Cowlo, tho
messongcr boy, was also killed in the
alloy while returning from a call.
Exeitomont was at a fovor heat, half
tho police forco hoing required to keep
back tho immense crowd which quick
ly congregated. Street car travol in
Main street, ono of the chief business
thoroughfares, has been blocked thc
ontiro day.
A startling rumor was oxtant this
ovoning that an explosion was immin
ent, for stored iii tho Chapman build
ing is a carload of turpentine and oil.
If tho Hames reach Hus nothing can
prevent a most liorriblo addition to
what is already tho most disastrous
accident that has occurred in this city.
At 7.80 o'clock, however, Obiof Hoaloy
claims to havo tho blazo cut oil' from
the oil.
Tho cause of tho collapso was tho de
fective construction of tho Hutchison
building, which was condomned two
years ago and tho work of romo vin g it
neglected;
A Young Fiend Hanged.
COLUMBUS, O., April il.-Charles
Hart was hanged shortly after mid
night in tho Stato prison for tho mur
der of Elsio and Ashley Goodo, chil
dren sovon and nino years old, respec
tively, in Pauling county, Novombcr
4, 1894. Tho childron were gathering
nuts in tho woods and Hart, who was
only eighteen years old, joined thom.
According to his own confession, ho
killed tho boy and then '.ravished tho
Si ri, afterward killing hor, nnd burned
?oir bodies itt a log heap, having first
dismembered thom to conceal their
identity.
Turn? Up All Hight.
BniDGKi'OHT, Conn.,April ll.-John
M. Brunson, aSwedo, residing in tim
city. who. was reported on tho "Elbe"
while roturuing from a visit homo,
turned up safo and married. Ho
bought a tiok?t for tho "Elbo," but
changed his mind whon ho saw his
way olear to a successful courtship.
Grief for hla'ilrldc.
ATLANTA, Ga., April H. -Noah H
Way, a young farmor living fivo miles
from Stone Mountain, out his throat
today from carato ear. He died in a few
minutes. Way was married a few
months ago and his wife diod s?on af
ter tho wedding?
GIGANTIC FRAUDS.
WlifHkoy Trust Onida!* Havo Stolon ?III
ltoii?-lJXJ??Htn Shocked.
CHICAGO, April 0.-Anothor chapter
of Whiskey Trust sensations was made
public today in tho filing of a bill of
complaint in tito United States District
Court by Itecoiver MoNulta and the
reorganization committee. ( Tho gen?
oral allegation. is inado that up to
April. 1893, tho three exports who
havo been at work on tho books of the
Calilo Feeding and Distilling Com
pany havo found that $3.000,000 can
not bo accounted for on tho records of
tho trust. Tho bill charges Joseph B.
Grconhut and Samuel Woolner, of
Peoria, with tho inisappropiation of
$290,000. Tho other dofondants named
in tho bill aro Potor J. Honnosoy.
Nelson Morris and tho Distilling ana
Cnttlo Feeding Company. This is tho
first limo tho recoivor and tho Now
York reorganization committee have
joined hands in tho logal proceedings.
It is only ono of a series of bills which
will bo hied against tho trust directors
resident in Illinois.
lt is charged that at a directors'
mooting holcT Novembor 4, 1892, it
waif agreed to buy the Nebraska distil
lery at Nebraska City, tho Central
distillery at St. Louis and tho Star
and Crescent distillery at Pekin, Ul.
Samuel Woolnor acted as agent for
thc trust, receiving $25,000 for his ser
vices. The prico contracted for was
$1,(385,000, but tho amount that ap
pears on tho books is $1,901,410. Of
tho latter amount the bill alleges
Gre?nh?t received $225,000 and Wool
ner $(55,000 besides his foo os agent
and that these amounts havo not boon
accounted for in any way.
Tlio first nows of tho foregoing con
dition of affairs was received by Gen.
MoNulta ycstcic\i,v and ho immediate
ly telegraphed tba three exports at
Peoria; to return lo Chicago at. once
and bring documents and books in
support of tho charges. Tho exports
and recoivor met Attorney Levy Mey
er at his oillco and the session lasted,
until ? o'clock this evening. Nathan
Bi j ur, tho Now .York counsel for tho
reorganization committee,and Herrick
Hutton, a director, wore also present.
AU were astounded at tho exposure
of tho gigantic frauds made by tho ex
perts, who presented a rough report of
their examination made up to April
1893. Chief Export O'Brien said ho
had not, in his fifty years of experi
ence, seen anything like such a condi
tion of accounts and lie had handled
the Erie and Lakawanna books. Tho
disclosures were so startling that Mr.
Bijur loft for New York this af ternopn
and Mr. Hutton returned to Cincin
nati. Tho oxports allege that all sorts
of transactions wore covered by fraud-1
ulont entries and a lawyer in tho caso
went so far ns to charge forgery.
Tho.expert's full report up to April
1, 1893, will bo ready by tho last of
tho week/, v As to tho news ', that the
American Distributing Company and
the Whiskey Trust had consolidated,
.IKjno.u pvon)in?)ki,t- m.the^lat^r oYgani
.'.atioh admitted that it wastunong tho
possibilities, but that t\\<&$ was noth
ing definitely done yet.
Two Out o? Twouty-Thrce.
NEW WIIATCOM, Wash., April 9.
Fow details except those received with
j tho first nows of the mino disaster aro
to bo had. Tho formation of tho mine
and tho story of tho two survivors,
shows that tho breast whore tho ox
plosion occurred waa a third of a mile
from tho ciitranco to the mine. Tho
latter is a tunnel of about 800 feet,
driven in from tho hill sido and ter
minating in a main gangway running
at right angles from which latera ls are
ciit in, following tho voin. As soon]
as a safo distanco from tho gangway is
reached, theso laterals broaden in
rooms or chambers in tho process of
mining. According to Kearns, the
only survivor thus far known, who
was working in ono of tho chambers,
tho explosion occurred in a breast or
working about 1,000 foot from where
tho tunnel terminated in tho gangway.
As tho main vertical air shaft pierced
tho gangway close by tho intersection
of thotunnol, il could but poorly carry
off tho poisonous vapor following tho
ignition of tho flro damp. Tho noise
of tho explosion warned tho miners in
tho chambers to flee, but they entered
tho gangway only to be overcome by
tho deadly gas. Tho shock was slight
whore Kearns was working, as ho
claims Iiis lamp was not put out, nor
was ho thrown down by tho concus
sion. It isa mystory, however, that
ho should havo been able to pass
through tho gangway to tho exit pas
sage, in faco of tho poisonous vapor;
and ho tells a weird story of stumbling
over bodies of victims and downfalls
of debris in gotting out. Gollum,' tho
only survivor besides Kearns thus far
known, was working near tho en
trance to tho tunnol. It was about
tho hour for tho now shaft to go on
duty and tho mon woro already on the
way from tho barracks to tho tunnel,
when tho ox plosion was hoard. Hau
they but entered tho gangway tho loss
bf life would havo doubtless boon in
creased. Twenty-thrco men woro in
tho mino and Kearns and Gellum are
tho only ones known to bo alivo.
Unguarded Tvonauro.
ST, Louts, April ll.-A special to
tho Chroniclo from Crtpplo Creole,
Col., says that at 10:30 oelock this
morning, tho overland Wolls-Fargo
treasure wagon from Grassy Station,
tho torminus ol' tho Midland road, was
held up by two masked mon and rob
bed. Tho robbers took all tho valu
ables, together with tho trcasuro box,
bills of Jading and way bills. They
then shot and boat tho guard, Robort
Smith, to tho oxtont that ho ?3 unconsci
ous and will dio. Tho trcasuro box is
said to havo contained $15.000. Tho
robbers made olF on two of tho troasuro
wagon horses. City and county au
thorities, togethor with employees of
tho Woll-Fargo Express Company, aro
scouring tho country. Tho robbers
j will probably bo caught boforo night?
Spliced Tar licola.
ATLANTA. Ga., April H.-A special
from Murphy, N. C., to the Constitu
tion says that in a fight lu tho lower
end of Cherokeo county, two brothers
named Cross, woro klllad and Neal
Newman was dangerously wounded,
A dance was in progress at tho Cross
home. Neal and Mao Nowman wore
among tho guests. Jako Oro??, thc
hoad of the family, ordered tho New
mans out of the house. They wont
out and woro followod by Jim and
Will Cross, brothers. Jake Cross also
went out and attacked Neal Nowman,
who stabbed Jim Cross fatally, Mao
Newman shot and killed Will .Cross*
Neal Nowman was shot in tho baoK,
but was t\bk to escape with his brothor
[across tho Tonnossco lin?.
AT LOW K?TJ?B.'1 ;
ALL KIND? OF' 00? MMNTWCr
DONE PROMPTLY.
BftHSF WORK m M A DK A
f?TSEND IK YOI)H OtlDElU
A KENTUCKY TMO?DY;
0A8HIER SANFORD KILLED BY SEN'.
TORGQEBEL,
-.-1---!
??CJiol?'lrfltllut Probably Not tho JLnat Vjo
' Um of u rollt letti Vourt of Long Standing,
Moth Pn'rUoIpnittfl T.o?<lcv8-A Gretvt
Sonsivtloii.
COVINGTON, Ky., Ajn'RvH^-Stato
Souator W. I\ Goobel shot and lolled
Cashier John Sandfort*of t?i? ?Vu-inex?
and Traders Bank, this afternoon, in
front of tho First National Bank of
this oity. Senator Goobol, accompan
ied by Attorney Genend. ' Hendricks of
Kentucky, and Frank Holm, presi
dent of the First" National Bank, Ava?
en routo to tho bank. When they
reached tho door there stood Sanford.
He shook hands with Hett'drioks, using 1 ;
his loft hand, Then ho asked Qoebel
if he wrote an article attacking him.
Goobel answered, "I did," lmniedi- 'V
atoly Sanford ? red, tho ball passing
through GoobeRs trousers. Quick as a
Hash Goebol leveled his pistol and fired.
To do so, ho had to place the pistol be
neath Helm's chin. Tho ball crash ed
through Sanford's forehead, who foll
in the door of tho bank, blood oozing
from his fatal wound. Holm's chin
was badly powder burned. Great
commotion prevailed instantly, tho
street and bank being well crowded at
the timo. During tho confusion. Son
ator Goobel walked-to tho station JX0U80
dud called up bis brother Justus, who
is a member of tho ?firm of 'towry; <Sc ,
Goebol, of Cincinnati/ asking him to
como to Covington at once, as he was
in/.troublo. Senator Goobel theit
omorgod' fvOm tho telephone box and
addressing the lieutenant in charge
said; 4 lI wish to surrender myself. I
havo shot and killed John : Sanford."
Chief Goodson placed Goobol tinder
arrest, but allowed him . to mt in-hi".,
private office. Senator Gpeboi was
calm at first, but later became visibly' '??
excited. Ai first ho refused to discuss
the affair,'but under tho 'excitement ho
finally gave his version of it.
"Hero is tho reason I killed him,
exclaimed tho Senator', as he showed
where tho ball of Sanford's. pistol had i
passed through his ''trousers, 'tearing
away a portion of'cloth. 1'Ho was: '
lying in waiting; for mo," continued
tho Senator. I saw bini, when I
reached tho gas office, about twenty
foot away from tho stops of the First
National Bank. I was. On my way to
tho Citizens National- Bank with my
friend, Hendricks. . As soon as I saw
him reach for his rovblvor, ? reached
for mino."
President Hehn and Gonoral Hen
dricks givo very similar versions of
the tragedy.
Tho homicide grows out of a business
and political feud bf several years
standing and was not a surprise. Both,
wore among Kentucky's' best men . bc-,
iug leaders in politics, business and t?o- ?
oietyJ . Not since ' tho famous Goodloo
Swopo affair, at 'lexington, lu which
both of those distinguished mon died,
hus feo depl?ramela .tragedy occurred,
Ivhascreated a State son'??tioi) j whilo '
locally, tho greatest exoitemoiVt pre
vails, aa a continuation of tho ill-feel
ing that made tho murder possible is
certain to result in moro bloodshed.
For years, Theodore Hallam and Har
vey Meyers, two of tho brightest law
yers in tho South, havo boon tho Dem
ocratic leaders of this county. Goobel
appeared on tho scene whilo they wore
at the zenith of their career aud under
tho guise of an anti-ringster, fought
for prestige in tho party, Ho was fre
quently rewarded most generously
and became deservedly popular. Per
sonal ill-feeling naturally resulted and
it was not confined to tho leaders.
Partisans sprung from every miartor.
Sanford was ono of these and ho es
poused tho cause of Hallam and Moy
ers. Personal encounters and conven
tion fights wero numerous. ; It is not
an exaggeration to say that a hundred
prominent citizens have constantly
carried pistols for the past three years
oxpeeting an attack at any moment. ,
Besides this bitter feeling, Sanford
and Goebol were l'ivals in business.
Goobel is a director of tho Citizens Na
tional Bank of Covington, and San
ford had for years been a dircotor and
tho cashier of thoFarmors and Traders.
Bank.
Tho mon havo boen onomies since
tho two faotions in politics bogan, and
there have been some bitter attacks
and counter charges made by both
men and their friends through tho
columns of tho various Covington
newspaper's. Last Saturday an arti
cle appeared in a Covington paper
called the Ledger, in which a. bitter at
tack was maao upon Sanford, Tho
headline of tho article reforred to San
ford in the most depraved language.
The publication aroused Sanford and
his monds, who declared that they
would have satisfaction from tko au
thor. It was generally Baid about tho
streets of Covington ' that Senator Goo
bel was at least responsible for tho:
[publication of the article and that
I neither ho nor his friends took tho
[trouble to deny tho allegation. It
was even charged that Senator Goebol
wrote tho article.
Goobel is unmarried and Sanford
; leaves a widow, a sister of tho famous
Tom Marshall, of Kontuoky, and Sov
en children, ono a grown son, from
whom moro trouble Is feared.
Talton In.
ATLANTA Ga., April 10.-A negro,
who said his name was Mitchell, carno
hero six weeks ago soliciting funds
from his race. Ho stated that a caso
against tho "Jim Crow" car law was
ponding in tho United Statos Supremo
Court. Mitchell said that Robert In
gersoll, Ex-Governor Hoadly and
other heavy weight lawyers had been
retained to reprcsont tho colorod race
i in the fight. It would tako $10,000 to
pay tho lawyovs, he said. His pcoplo
m Georgia subscribed liberally. Bis
hop Turner gave $100. A fow days
ago it was learned that Mitcboll was a
fraud. Whoa ho found that his re
j cord was ooing looked up bo skipped,
Ho got $2,500 from tho negroes , of
'Georgia and marriod a sobool teacher,
who finds that Mitcboll lins a wifo in
Minneapolis, Minn.
A Ciolomi Find,
ATHUNU, Ga., April ll.-Henry
Tanner, a citizen, of this county, who
lives at Comor, a few milos from
Athen*, made a rmcor find a few days
ngo. Tannor went out near lils homo
to Cut down an old trco. Tho tree wa?f '
hollow and whon it fell it broke into
pieces. Out tho hollow carno ?in old
sword with leather and brass soabbard,
a Boldior'ri tiokot, an old pookot book
filled with Confederate money and H
fow other war relics. It is bolievtvi ;
that tho articles were placed in tho
tveo during tho war. Tho sword' Sn
rusty in places but had boon well pro"
.nerved,
