BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD.
VOLUME 21:
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1895.
NUMBER. 324
FROM THEJML CITY
Comes Some Very Interesting
Reading.
GEN. R. C. JONES PRESIDENT
The Executive Committee of the State Bar As
sociation So Decide.
THE TAYLOR BROS. CAPTURE THE CITY
Ex-Governor Bob's New I.eeture on “Dixie”
the Most Delightful Piece of Wit and
Oratory Ever Heard in the
Capita^ City.
Montgomery, Oct. 18.—(Special.)—
The executive committee of the State
Bar association, in session here today,
determined affirmatively the question of
whether the vice-president of the asso
ciation, in the event of the president’s
death, succeeded to the presidency. Gen.
U. C. Jones, the president of the State
university being senior vice-president he
was accordingly declared to be the pres
ident of the association by reason of the
demise of the late I). S. Troy.
Ex-Gov. Bob Taylor’s Lecture.
Ex Gov. Bob Taylor’s new lecture on
"Dixie” is the most delightful piece of
wit and oratory that a Montgomery au
dience has ever been treated to. A mag
nificent audience heard the Taylor broth
ers last night. Ex-Congressman Alf was
the first speaker. His lecture on "Yan
kee Doodle” is a masterpiece. His talk
was chaste, eloquent, instructive and
thoroughly Interesting.
When Governor Bob took the stand
and the band struck up "Dixie" the au
dience went wild. Governor Bob has the
most expressive face in the world. The
stirring strain and the cheerful multi
tude made every nerve in him tingle with
pleasure and his face showed how much
he liked it.
An attempt to give a synopsis of his
lecture would destroy its beauty; espe
cially would it weaken his praise and
eulogy of the south.
He thought that when the angel* of the
Lord had laid out the paradise and--fitted
it with every luscious fruit and flower,
that-as they took their flight they must
have called it "Dixie."
They had fastened one end of the rain
bow on "Dixie” and then had flow-n in a
beautiful arch and fastened the other
end on “Yankee Doodle."
The Mason and Dixon line was still
there and could not be obliterated. The’
law cannot abolish it; it’s there as plain
today as it was when “Yankee Doodle"
was put on the pension list and "Dixie”
on crutches. It is now, however, one of
geography. We are one against a for
eign foe, but in customs and prejudices
we are twain. The line is still there as
the great divide between cold bread and
hot biscuits and it will stay there as long
as the northerner says "you hadn’t ought
to do it” and the southerner says "I’ve
done done it."
He then told of a funny story of how
our provincialisms sound to each other
In "Yankee Doodle” and "Dixie.”
Who can prophesy the end of our
wealth and fraternity as long as "Yankee
Doodle” gets the wealth and "Dixie" the
fraternity?
His story of the cow owned by two old(
darkies, one of whom fed his half all the
time and the other milked his half all the
time threw the audience into paroxysms
of laughter.
He whispers in the ear of Yankee Doo
dle that Dixie is smiling on the west and
the west is squeezing the hand of Dixie.
He believed in sectionalism, not of the
bitter or hatred kind, but the kind that
went only so far ns home love went. He
said an old politician was making a
rJJcr*CIl HIIU BflIU llldl lie ivm'H mi iiuiui,
no south, no cast, no west, when a kid
shouted, “By golly, you'd better study
geography.” Diversity is the law of na
ture. The Mississippi river divides the
east from (he west and the Ohio river
the north from the south. They form a
tripple pillar, upon which rests the might
iest nation of earth. •
In his eulogy of the north he said that
its statesmanship and eod Osh command
ed the admiration of the world.. The west
had the largest territory, and after prais
ing its big-hearted people, who thought
it the best country In the world, he said
it was' the home of the gi Izzly bear and
the funnel shaped cloud, and woe unto
him who got in the way of either. Then
when he came to his "own sweet sunny
south,” "the land of grief and broken
columns," his eulogy was sublime. No
artist could paint a richer and more beau
tiful picture, than his carefully chosen
words, strong style and beautiful rheto
ric created in the minds of his hearers.
“I love Dixie best because It is my
home, my native land of beauty, virtue,
valor and truth. I would despise iheyan
kee or the western mHii who did not love
his home best of all spots on earth. I
love the south best because it Is the best.
I would not lie offensively sectional, but
God made-the south the best. The de
scriptions were given .of the beauty,
wealth of fruit, flowers, virtue and chiv
alry of the south beggars the pen unless
the sound of his rich voice and his grace
ful gestures could be reproduced along
with a verbatim ropy of the words he
used.
Columbus would have gone bgok if he
had lauded north and told the queen that
he had discovered the north-pole and
that it wore side-whiakers and spectacles.
"If the boast of the northerner is true
and the aurora borealis is but the reflec
tion of the furnaces of Yankee Doodle
then the stars which shoot across the
southern skies are lint the race horses
of Tennessee and Kentucky and the
milky way but the reflections of the
rice and cotton fields.”
The speaker then claimed the great life
giving currency of the world, the gulf
stream for "Dixie.” anil dwelt on its
blessing and utility to the whole earth.
No wonder they fought hard for "Dixie.”
She is the red and white and some of the
blue. She is the dimple on the cheek of
• the goddess of liberty, and most of the
cheek, as the Jewels are to the crown so
Is "Dixie” to the nation.
He then spoke eloquently of the resur
rection of the old south, but did not like
the idea that it was new. He was not
ashamed of the old south and her heroe-s
any more tbar. the north was of her coun
try and great men.
The governor's description of the old
time mansions and plantations of the
south were most beautiful, and charmed
his hearers. Every day was a link in
the chain of pleasure. His darky sketches
were so true to nature that the audience
had no trouble to see in the serious face
before It Rastus and “all dem niggers
about de cabin.” Ills songs, in which the
I
quartette assisted, were old familiar
melodies and only showed the power of
the lecturer to mimic. His negro dialect
stories are perfect, as are two or three
negro melodles.whlch he sings with great
effect. The dying of his father s old slave
Rufus last year furnishes hint with a
beautiful story and song, "Swing How
Sweet Chariot."
If this nation ever fell it would be from
anarchy and disturbances in the north
and west, and the south will be the An
thony to snatch liberty from the trea
son. The pure Anglo-Saxon blood can
now hardly be found outside “nixie."
Mason and Dixon’s line Is still there,
but It is not a chasm gorged with the
dower of the land, but a red scar of valor.
Let the old veterans and Yantoee-Doodle
have their reunions and kiss the flag,
but do not chide the old wreck in gray
if he sometimes take out that old stars
and bars, unfurls it and thinks of other
days.
The ebony throne of slavery has been
swept away, thank God, and the white
columned mansions which were shat
tered are rising from their own ashes.
Personal.
Mr. Fred E. Meyer left yesterday to
attend the Baltimore Dental college.
Mrs. J. Albert Dillard has returned
from Greenville, Ala., where she has
spent the summer.
Miss Kate Slstrunk has gone to Bir
mingham to visit her friend, Miss Mar
garet Smith.
Mr. Cecil Whitman and his daughter.
Miss Julia Whitman, of Lowndesboro,
are in the city.
Miss Amanda Dennis, after a pleasant
visit to relatives in Louisiana, returned
to her home on Winnie street.
Rev. C. T. O'Callaghan of Mobile
reached the city last night, and was the
guest of Rev. D. Savage. Father O’Cal
laghan has returned from a three months’
visit to his former home in Ireland.
Hon. W. B. Brown, a prominent attor
ney, and Mr. Gordon DuBose, a banker of
Columbia, are in the city to promote the
appointment of Hon. W. R. McMillan as
Judge of probate of Shelby county.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Has Been, for the First Time, Embodied in
Diplomatic Correspondence Between
This Country and England.
London, Oct. 18.—It is ascertained on
high authority that the memorandum in
relation to the Venezuelan affairs pre
sented by Ambassador Bayard to the
British foreign office in August last em
bodies for the first time in diplomatic
correspondence the definition of the so
called Monroe doctrine, and the assertion
that the United States regards acquisi
tion of territory by European powers on
the American continent as a menace to
republican institutions, which would not
be encouraged by the American people.
It Is understood that to this communica
tion no reply beyond formally acknowl
edging It has yet been given, but that a
more detailed reply has been promised at
are early date.
85,000 More Men Summoned.
Madrid, Oct. 18.—Queen Regent Chris
tina presided over the cabinet council
held here yesterday, at which it was de
cided to summon 85,000 active military
men - before the close of the year. Of
this number 23,000 will be assigned to the
colonies. The cabinet also decided to
draft a bill dealing with dynamite out
rages which have been committed by
insurgents in Cuba.
Rioting Has Ceased.
Vienna, Oct. 18.—Rioting at Agram has
entirely ceased, and the town is normally
quiet. All of the students’ clubs have
been dissolved by the authorities, and
th'inty of the leading members of the
clubs have been arrested for their par
ticipation in the recent disturbances.
No Brass Band Present.
Cowes, Oct. IS.—The steam yacht Val
halla, with Lord Dunraven on board, ar
rived here from Newport, R. I., at 9
o’clock this morning.
Gradually Subduing Formosa.
Hong Kong, Oct. 18.—Advices from
Formosa state that the Japanese are
gradually subsiding the tribes which are
opposing Japanese occupation of the isl
and The natives are making a stub
born resistance to the Japanese, but are
steadily being overcome. The Japanese
captured the town of Takoa on the west
coast of Formosa October 16. and had ar
ranged to bombard Tat Wan Fu, the
Chinese capital, today, October 18. Thq
capital is occupied by the black flag, and
it is expected that a sanguinary battle
will be fought. _
A NEGRO’S DEFIANCE
He Refuses to Pay for a Lunch and Shoots at
Officers, Who Airest and Tut Him
- in Jail.
- /
Bessemer, Oct. 18.—(Special.)—A Smith
mines negro was in a restaurant on Car
olina avenue and had a lunch and would
not pay for It. The proprietor called Po
licemen Connor and Darnmon and when
they entered the house the negro pulled
his gun and fired on them until he
emptied it, then he broke to run, the po
licemen after him, firing until they
emptied their guns. They kept afier him
until they captured, him. In the shooting
a mule belonging to Colonel Cere was
killed. After they captured the fugitive
a crowd of negroes surrounded them.
Jack Harrow, in attempting to disperse
them, got in an affray with a negro and
clubbed him severely.
The Bessemer water works has a pro
ject in view of extending two water
mains, one to Glenn's springs and the
other across Valley creek to a laige
spring near the old Spencer place, the ob
ject being to get clean, pure water near
the stand pipe. It will be a great im
provement on the water that Is now used.
A circus is irt town today. It is a tine,
large time for the small boy. and some of
the grown up ones, too. Dr. Pearson was
so much opposed to circus going and
preached, against it so much lie would
be surprised to see so many grown up
people go so soon after he quit preaching.
T. T. Huey has his bond already made,
and as soon as It is approved he will take
charge of the city clerk's office.
Miss Dora Henderson of Brighton en
ters school tomorrow nt the Montezuma
8tademy.____
Pingree Will Win.
Detroit, Oct. 18.—Indications this morn
ing are that Mayor Pingree. as the result
of yesterday’s republican primaries, will
go into the city convention tomorrow
with 100 out of 111 delegates. His major
ity is so overwhelming hat there can be
no opposition to him or his slate. Full
returns have not been received from all
the precincts.
Tobacco Factory Burned.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 18.—The smoking
tobacco factory and stemm»ry of Graf
fith. Mayo & Co. was burned out at an
early hour this morning. The loss is
about $3000; fully Insured.
THE FIRST CABINET MEETING
Since the President Returned
From His Fishing Trip.
ALL THE MEMBERS PRESENT
Antonio Maxima Mora (+as at Last Received
His Money.
MORE GOLD HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
The N icaraug uan ('anal Commissioners W ill
Iteport in Favor of the Project—Bra
sil Has Done Recegnizcd
the Insurgents.
Washington, Get. 18.—The first cabinet
meeting since the president returned was
held today, all the members being pres
ent. The meeting lasted two and a half
hours. The Cuban situation and many
matters of foreign policy, as well as of
domestic adm'nlstratlon, occupied the
attention of the president and his confi
dential advisors. Each cabinet officer
carried over a portfolio tilled with papers
requiring the president's consideration,
and notwithstanding the unusual length
of the session a very large pile of docu
ments remained untouched upon when
the cabinet adjourned. As the president
is going to Atlanta there will be no fur
mer meeting uuui min mo icium.
After more than a score of years’ wait
ing- Antonio Maxima Mora today received
through representatives payment for the
confiscation of his Cuban estate. The
payment was made directly to Dr. Rod
riguez and Crammond Kennedy, attor
neys! for Mr. Mora, in the form of a check
signed by Secretary Olney drawn on the
assistant treasurer of the United States
at New York. Secretary Olney was at
the cabinet meeting when Dr. Rodriguez
and Mr. Kennedy called at the state de
partment and the transfer was made by
Assistant Secretary Uhl in the presence
or Mr. Fred Dyne, the acting solicitor
of the treasury department, the attor
neys giving a receipt. The amount of
the check was $594,809.76, which repre
sents Mr. Mora’s interest in the indem
nity secured from Spain, minus his as
signments of 40 per cent to Dr. Rod
riguez and Mr. Nathaniel rage, his prin
cipal legal representatives, and minor as
signments made to other persons. The
list of assignments made by Mr. Page
and Dh. Rodriguez hits been completed
and the beneficiaries will probably re
ceive their share in a feW days.
It is understood here that the report of
the commission of engineers which vis
ited Nicaragua last summer will favor
the construction of the inter-oceanic ca
nal, but that it will not recommend the
entire route already surveyed and upon
which It is claimed that work costing in
the aggregate several million dollars has
been performed. ' It 13 -also believed that
the commissioners win fix the cost of the
canal at a much greater sum than that
estimated by the Maritime Canal com
pany, whose charter it is proposed the
government shall purchase.
The wRhdrawe) df J400.000 in gold at
New York today for export to llurnos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, reduces the
gold reserve to J92.840.05P. It has been
several weeks since the gold export move
ment ceased and its resumption, while
not unexpected, is unwelcome.
Senor de Lome, Spanish minister, is In
receipt of an official dispatch from
Madrid to the effect that Brazil has de
clared in favor of granting belligerent
rights to, the Cuhan insurgents Is abso
lutely false. On the-contrary, the Brazil
ian government has given in the past
three days all kinds of facilities for the
embarkation of more titan 300 Spaniards,
who have volunteered to go to Cuba to
fight the rebels.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Senator Tillman's Effort to Tax all Doffs $1 fcr
Educatiodal Purposes Failed.
Charleston, S. C.. Oct. .18.—In the con
stitutional convention- today the article
on penal and charitable institutions'
passed its third reading, after the killing
of the section providing for a board of
public charities. The followng section
of the* article on finance and taxation was
adopted after a long discussion and sev
eral amendments had been put in:
The general assembly shall provide by
laws for a uniform and equal rate of as
sessment and taxation and shall prescribe
such regulations as shall secure a just
valuation for taxation of all property,
real, personal and possessary, except
mines and mining claims, the proceeds of
which alone shall be (axed, and also such
property as may be exempted by law for
municipal education. Ifcrary, scientific,
religious or charitable purposes’ provid
ed. however, that the, general assembly
may impose a capital tax on such do
mestic animals as from their nature and
habits are destructive of other property;
and provided further, that the general
assembly may provide fpr a gradualed
tax on income*'and may provide for grad
uated licenses on occupations and busi
ness. An effort by Senator Tillman to
provide for a $T poll IS* On eve^y dog in
the state, the proceeds to be devoted to
the school fund, after a rich debate, was
killed by a vote of 102 to 20. An effort t <
impose a municipal tax on the capital
stock of nil banks in the state failed.
GOWKIIAIH IN HOT WATEH.
The Grand .Tory Have Found Three Bills
Against Him
New Orleans. Oct. 18.—Nearly every
body has heard of L. A. Gourdaln, the
notorious fake olttery dealer of this city,
who only recently was indloted and
found guilty at Topeka. Ks., of violating
the United States postal laws by sending
hts lottery* schemes tbFWBh the mails.
His latest exploit was the procuring of
$4500 from L. O. Dedforges. one of the
convicted boodle city dduhcllmen, on the
promise that by it Gourdain could aid
Deforges in his troubles. He did notli'ng
and refused to return the money. For
this the ^rat^d Jury hafi indicted him on
three *eouhtf7-embd*$lenient, obtaining
money undenlfalse ptVtwrises and grand
larceny. Gourdaln was arrested and
his bond fixed at $5000; which he gave.
Twenty-Five Hourxit® Atlanta.
Chleago, Oct. 18.—Or. Sunday, October
20, the Louisville. New Albany and Chi
cago road, the Monon route, will put on a
new fast train for the Atlanta exposition,
leaving Chicago at 10:13 a. m. by way of
Louisville, Nashville .aryl Chattanooga
Connection Is- maffle wiJL the Louisville
and Nashville1 aflLouItVllle, and the run
is made fo AtlSdta in twenty-five hours.
THE SOUTH JULL RIGHT
But Trade Elsewhere Is Not so
Good.
DUN KEPT BUSY EXPLAINING
Why Certain Industries Arc Compelled to Shut
Up Shop.
HIGHER PRICES FOR COTTON GOODS
Are Due to a Short Crop and a Corner on Cot
ton by New Orleans Houses—New
Orders in the Iron Business
Are Scarce.
New York, Oet. 18.—Dun's review to
morrow will say:
Failures for October thus far cover
liabilities of $3,926,599, of which $1,536,265
were of manufacturing and $2,185,534 of
trading concerns. Failures for the week
have been 263 in the United States,
against 253 last year; and 46 in Canada,
against 43 last year.
The events of the week are promising
in nature. The great advance in cotton
had arrested exports and so deranged
exchange that shipments of gold were for
a, time apprehended, but the break In the
market indicates that the natural move
ment of the product may soon be re
stored. The halting of demand and
moderate yielding of prices in the great
Industrial markets shows that a season
of reasonable attention to natural condi
tions has arrived and gives hope that
the future demand will be more nearly
proportioned to actual consumption. The
week has brought a little further decline
wln iron and steel products, in hides and
leather and a more yielding tone in boots
and shoes.
nnctti utjrze* nwi few v...^ .
attempt to advance prices on Monday
was followed by an Immediate decline.
The Iron Industry Is still fully engaged
on old orders, but new business is so
scanty that many of the new works are
seeking it at some concessions in price,
and the only large contracts have been
at 175 to 180 for bridge plates quoted
at 1.9 to 2.0 cents. Quotations are not
lower, though any good order commands
some discount, Billets sell at $21 and
rods at $28 at Pittsburg, want of business
In wire and wire nails continuing. Mills
have to compete in pig iron and othei
products with speculators, who took large
quantities <tn advancing prices, and act
ual consumption will not be fairly meas
ured until the effects of the speculation
are out of the way. So in boots and
Shoes; dealers throughout the country
Supplied themselves so largely when
prices were advancing that many shops
,<re laying off cutters, and others are
closing for want of orders. Boston
: shipments are 23 per cent smaller than
last year.
Textile maunfaeturers have strong
markets for materials to support them.
But scarcely any advance is seen this
week in cotton goods, though the rise for
t he month has averaged 4.1 per cent. The
price of some worsteds has been ad
vanced because of the advance abroad,
but It is as questionable as ever how far
the market can be held by domestic
makers, und woolen manufacturers have
to face, not only competition, but an es
pecial tendency of popular demand to
ward worsted fabrics. Sales of wool,
21,209 700 pounds at the three chief mar
kets. against 13,702.800 In 1893. greatly ex
ceed actual consumption. Money mar
kets have been easier, with foreign ex
change higher, and the demand for crop
purposes is remarkably small, while com
mercial offerings are Increased by im
porters' settlements In advance on profi
table business. Clearings for the past
week are 23.3 per cent larger than last
year, but 14.7 per cent less than in 1892.
Bradstreet’s Review.
New York, Oet. 18.—Bradstreet’s to
morrow will say :
There Is less push to the general move
ment this week, as indicated by reports
from western Jobbers and others, whose
travelers have returned from trips west
and northwest.
There are. of course, noteworthy ex
ceptions, Baltimore merchants finding
relatively most satisfactory trade. This
Is largely due to the remarkably favora
ble conditions at the south. In general
the volume of business appears slightly
smaller this week, but with a widespread,
although somewhat Irregular, demand.
The total business failures throughout
the United States this week aggregate
22ft as against 274 last week, 253 in the
like week one year ago, 340 and 261 for
the same weeks In 18ft3 and 18ft2. At the
west business failures practically doubled
this week, as compared with last.
Favorable trade reports from the south
continue to specify continued increases
of wholesale and Retail demand, with
cotton moving freely. Collections are
Improving and merchants anllclpatlpg
Indebtedness in some instances. Bank
clearings continue to inorease.
The increasing cotton movement and
speculation Is probably responsible for
the large gain at New Orleans—lifi tier
ct.nt—Baltimore 28 per cent and Savan
nah 13 per cent. Among other large
gains is that of 27 per cent at Philadel
phia.
Among higher prices for staple are
those for cotton and cotton goods, which
reflect immense speculation and a good
actual demand, growing out of belief in
a short crop. Reports that New Orleans
houses have tried to corner October de
livery are said to be confirmed by strong
support from the market.
Wheat closes higher on a better ex
port demand and continued dry weather,
•although spring wheat receipts are very
large. Winter wheat brands of flour are
scarce and higher. Corn is firm on re
stricted receipts and oats, coffee and coal
are also higher, the latter on continued
progress toward paying rates. Low
prices for steel billets reflect the subsid
ence of the late furore In the iron and
steel trade, but Bessemer pig Is un
changed.
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER SUED.
John B. Hussy, Senator Butler's Private Secre
tary, Wants Bip Damages.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 18.—Today, In the
superior court here, John B. Hussey of
Washington. D. C., filed through his at
torney. a complaint in a damage suit
against the News and Observer Publish
ing company of Raleigh. Hussey is pri
vate secretary-to Senator Marlon Butler,
artd during Cleveland s first administra
tion was chief of a division In the treas
ury department His eomplaint sets
forth that the News and Observer pub
lished that while chief of division he
caused clerks to copy lists of pensioners
in order that he might, after his term of
office ended, use them as pension attor
ney, and that but for Senator Ransom's
influence he would have been sent to the
penitentiary. The complaint further al
leges that ttie News and Observer wick
edly and maliciously intending to injure
the said Hussey, in his good name and
credit, and to bring him in public scan
dal. Infamy and disgrace, caused to be
suspected and believed that he was dis
honest and unscrupulous, guilty of crime,
the punishment whereof wfas confinement
in the penitentiary, a thief and a conspir
ator. that by means of said publication
he has been and is greatly injured in his
good name and credit, and brought into
public scandal. Infamy and disgrace, and
to his damage $10,000.
No Bid Will Be Made.
Newr York, Oct. 18.—It is reported that
the Georgia Central reorganization com
mittee has secured control of the bond
holders' pool of the Augusta and Knox
ville railroad, and there will be no bid
ders at the sale of the Port Royal and
Western Carolina, of which system th<
Augusta and Knoxville is a part. Th ^
total Issue of the Augusta and Knoxvi!
bonds Is $6*50,000. and the upset price is
$850,000. The sale is advertised for No
vember 20. The Georgia Central reor
ganization committee claims that the up
Fet price of the Augusta and Knoxville
is out of all proportions, as the road
COUld be built at less than $600,000.
Haven’t Heard Officially.
New York, Oct. 18.—No oflicial notice
has yet been received by the federal au
thorities In this city regarding the re
port of the recapture of the escaped post
office robber. Henry Russell, in Rruges.
Belgium, with two other men, supposed
to be Killoran and Allett.
Elected Commander.
Buffalo. N. Y., Oct. 18.—Col. George C.
James of Cincinnati was this morning
elected national commander of the Union
Veteran legion.
THE LAUNCHING TODAY
Will Be a Pleasant Affair for Everybody Ex
cept Nashville's Mayor and His
Daughter.
Washington, Oct. 18.—Two additions to
the new' navy will be floated from the
ways of the Newport Ship Building com
pany tomorrow morning, oi*e to be chris
tened the Nashville by a young lady yet
to be chosen in place of Miss Guild,
daughter of the mayor of Tennessee’s
capital, whose brother was accidentally
killed today, and the other the Wilming
ton by Miss Gray, daughter of Dele
ware’s senior senator.
Mayor Guild and his party arrived in
Washington this afternoon and on ac
count of the accident to the mayor’s son
he. Miss Guild and the entire Nashville
party started on their return to Nash
ville at 3 o’clock today.
After consultation this afternoon be
tween a representative of Secretary Her
bert and Mayor Guild, the secretary de
cided to ask Miss Emma Thompson to act
as sponsor for the Nashville in place of
Miss Guild. Miss Thompson is with a
party of Tennesseeans now at Old Point
Comfort.
Hon. Joseph Washington, representa
tive in congress from Tennessee, has been
asked by telegraph to represent Mayor
Guild at the launching, and to respond
to the toast of “The Nashville.’’ Mr.
Washington is also at Old Point Com
fort.
A party numbering nearly 100 left
Washington this evening for Newport
News, to witness the launching of the
two new gunboats. Secretary Herbert
and the attorney-general represented the
cabinet. Among the other guests were
Assistant Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo,
Captain and Mrs. Sampson. Paymaster
General Stewart and wife, Engineer-in
Chlef Melville, Chief Naval Constructor
Hickborn and wife, and a party from
Wilmington, Del., headed by Senator
Gray.
Texas Editors Coming.
New* Orleans, Oct. 18.—The Texas Press
excursion, numbering fifty-eight, arrived
here this morning en route to Atlanta.
They wrere entertained with an elegant
brakfast, after which they proceeded on
their journey to the exposition. A large
delegation of Louisiana editors are in the
city. The party will leave for the exposi
tion via the Louisville and Nashville to
morrow at 10:45. They will take in the
sights of the exposition and will then go
to Nashville, Tenn.. where they will be
banquetted by the Tennessee centennials.
There will be about fifty ladies and gen
tlemen in the party.
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The Deputies Sat Down Upon the House of
Bishops Most Effectually— Ex-Gov
ernor Bullock Improving.
Minneapolis, Oct. IK.—The Episcopal
deputies inaugurated the business of the
fifteen days session this morning' with a
report from th? committee on consecra
tion of the bishops approving the nomina
tion uf Rev. Peter Trimble of Sault Ste
Marie, Mleh., as missionary bishop of
Alaska. It was decided to consider the
nomination In executive session this aft
ernoon. A motion for the appointment of
a committee of six, to .confer with the
Washington committee and arrange that
the triennial of 1K‘J8 be held in a place oth
er than a church was laid on the table.
Technical (amendments to the canon
relating to the composition of the mis
sionary council of the church were re
ported by I)r. Davenport of Tennessee
and after being discussed at length were
laid aside for further alteration.
Something of a sensation was created
when Dean Hoffman, from the commit
tee on consecration of bishops, presented
a supplementary report referring back
to the bishops their nomination of.Rev.
J. M. Francis as bishop of the new mis
sionary Journal of Kyola, Japan, on the
ground that the house had not been con
sulted concerning the creation of the
proposed Journal and had no Information
that such Journal had l>een canonically
erected. The deputies were evidently In
clined to be jealous of their vested rights,
for when the question on the adoption of
the report was put not a voice was rai,sed
In the negative, and the message of the
bishops was returned to them instanter.
After this matter' had been disposed of
the house went into executive session.
The condition of Ex-Governor Hullock,
lay deputy from Georgia, who has been
111 with eryslpllas since the assembling
of the convention, was so far improved
today that he was permitted to leave Jiis
room,
Good News if True.
San Francisco, Oct. 18.—Captain Wil
liam L. Merry, consul-general of Nica
raguato the western states and territories
of the Felted States, staff's that he has
Just received intimation that the com
mission appointed by President Cleveland
to examine Into the Nicaragua canal
project Intends to make a favorable re
port to the president on November 1.
The Old Southern Railway and
Steamship Association
NOW A THING OF THE PAST
Haviry curved Its Purpose for Just Seven
teen Years.
^ .W ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN FORMED
o BeKnoT7nasthe Southern States Freight
' Association, With Col. H. S. Haines
aa Coir.iniesioner on a Salary of
$5,000 Per Year.
N>w York, Oct. 18.—After six months*
effort and as muny mortgages thewsouth
Pin lines, which, through their repre
sentatives, have hern In session all the
week at the Waldorf, have at last formed
an association, and there Is some rea
son now to expect that the peace of the
traffic situation in the south is compar
atively secure for another year.
At the meeting this morning the old
Southern itailroad and Steamship asso
ciation formally passed out of existence,
and the new Southern States Freight as
sociation was ushered in. with Col. H.
S. Haines, formerly vice-president of the
Plant system, as commissioner. The ob
stacles that stood In the way of the
signing of the agreement have in a meas
ure been removed, and twenty lines, rep
resenting the roads in the southern ter
ritory, have adopted the agreement for
their guidance for the ensuing year. The
South Carolina and Georgia; Port Hoyal
and Augusta; Pott Hoyal and Western;
Carolina; Florida 'Central and Penin
sula; and the Savannah, Amerieus and
Montgomery lines, however, are not par
ties to tlie agreement, for teasons that
are considered of *no moment as far as
conflicting wi*h the association Is con
cerned. The life of the new association
begins today.
When the representatives met yester
day afternoon it was apparent that un
less something was done organization
would be Impossible. A resolution of
fered by Commissioner Stahlman defer
ring the question of arbitrating differ
ences to a subsequent time relieved the
situation, and the way of forming the
association became clear. After the reso
lution went Into efTect the Georgia road,
through General Manager Scott, admit
ted that his claims of heavy loss of busi
ness under the old agreement were sound.
When an adjournment was taken all that
remained fin- adjustment was the ques
tion of organizing the new association.
At the final meeting this morning J. W.
Thomas, president of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. I,ouis road, was made
president, and Richard G. Erwin, vice
president of the Plant system, vice-pres
ident.
The election of Colonel Haines, at a
salary of $15.000 per year, as the commis
sioner of the new body followed. The
members to compose (he new board of
arbitration were not designated, the se
lection being deferred to u future occa
sion.
At noon the fitst meeting of the new
organization was held and the work of
forming the executive board, late com
mittees and other committees was then
proceeded with.
The new agreement remains virtually
the same in detail as the one in force last
year. There are some important fea
tures which show that the spirt of lib
erality has played a leading part In Its
formation. There Is a decided advant
age, although It may prove dangerous.
The penalty clause is practically abol
ished. and any line can Insist upon a
board of arbitration other than the regu
lar one to settle any grievance it may
hnve.
The old Southern Hallway and Steam
ship association has lived just seventeen
years, having been organized In October,
1878, and although Its usefulness has been
often questioned, it managed through
Maj. E. B. Stahlman to keep the south
ern lines under control.
COTTON STATISTICS.
Port Receipts to Date Are Ahead of Year
Before Bast.
New Orleans, Oct. IS.—New Orleans
cotton exchange statement front Septem
ber 1 to October 18. Inclusive:
Port receipts. 1,058,018 bales, against
1,187,009 bales last year, 1,024.836 bales
year before last and 991,676 bales for the
same time In 1892; overland to mills and
Canada. 81,575 bales, against 126,904 bales
last year, 57,871 bales year before last
and 93,407 bales for the same time In
1893. Interior stocks In excess of Septem
ber 1, 229,209 bales, against 170,127 bales
last year, 147,053 bales year before last
and 136.007 bales ltt 1892; southern mill
takings, 137.577 bales, against 125,376 bales
last year, 109,693 bales year before last'
and 107,504 bales for the same time in
1892; crop brought into sight during
forty-eight days to date, 1,506,469 bales,
against 1,779,416 bales last year, 1,338,866
bales year before last and 1.328,279 bales
in 1892; brought in sight for the week,
395,399 bales, against 476.489 bales for the
seven days ending October 18 last year.
358,298 bales for the same time year be
fore last and 340.171 bales In 1892; crop
brought into sight for the first eighteen
days of October, 971.824 bales, against
1,108,879 bales las! year, 833,607 bales year
before last and 792.001 bales In 1892.
Comparisons In thesp reports are made
up to the corresponding date last year,
year before and In 1892, and not to tho
close of the corresponding week. Com
parisons by weeks would take in forty
nine days of the season last year, fifty
year before last and fifty-one in 1892,
against only forty-eight days of this
year.
V TIIE LAW IS DEFECTIVE.
The Supremo Court Couldn’t Decide Which
Was Right or Wrong.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 18.—The ruling of
Secretary of State Piper that each fac
tion of the democratic party in Nebraska,
the free silver and hard money, had an.
equal right to use the word "democrat”
In designating candidates on the official
ballot was sustained by the supreme
court yesterday. The free silver wing
brought suit to enjoin their rivals from
appearing under that designation, and
the Injunction was denied. The court de
clares that it is neither the province of
the. secretary of state nor the Judiciary
to determine the question of which Is
right or wrong in the case, which is
purely political. Judge Post intimated
that the law is defective.