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GEORGIA.
There Is a movement on foot to hold a
county fair at Lawrcnceville this coming
fall.
Judge W. T. Sheffield, Judge of Miller
county court, died in Colquitt Tuesday
evening from a lung trouble.
Albert Craven was indicted by the grand
Jury at Atlanta Friday for forgery and
was removed from police headquarters to
Fulton county Jail.
Application has been made for a charter
for the “Verde Antique Marble C 0.,” to
work the verde antique marble quarries
near Hollysprings in Cherokee county.,
Judge Lumpkin has granted an order
appointing John I’. Chatfteld permanent
receiver for the stock of G. A. Adamson
at Atlanta, in the case of Branan Lrothers
against Adamson.
Harry Hill, on account of his health,
which was not considered good In the
South Georgia camp at Kramer, has been
transferred to the ramp of t 01. James -M
Smith at Smlthsonia, in Oglethorpe
county.
The firm of Edward Logan & Cos., of F.lli
iay has been dissolved. Dr. h. \Y. " at
:lns sold his one-fourth interest in the
business a few days ago to A. L. I^>K a “
and John P. Cobb, Jr., and 1> M H>att
has purchased the one-fourth Interest
owned by L. G. Edward.
Anew postofflce has been established in
Th-omas county, and it is called "Brick."
It is located on the Albany branch of tho
Savannah Florida and Western railway,
between the river and Ochlockonee. \\ in.
R. Pittman is postmaster.
The railroad employes of the Georgia
Pine Railroad Company- are busy arrang
ing some preliminaries preparatory to go
ing regularly to work. Henry Bruten,
business manager of the road, is in Col
quitt looking for a site for the depot.
Friday night while some women were
selling out a few Jugs of blockade whisky
in the eastern suburbs of Dahltmega Har
vey Anderson, colored, and Jack Town
send. white, both drunk, engage.) in a dif
ficulty in which Anderson w-as badly
stabbed In the neck with a knife.
Secretary and Treasurer Clements of the
Eagle and Phoenix mills, at Columbus,
stated Friday that the mills will resume
operation by May 1. Work may be re
sumed in the woolen department In about
ten davs. No idea Is given of the proba
bility of a formal settlement of the strike,
but it is believed that when it is announced
that the mills are ready to resume that
plenty of operatives can be secured.
At Crystal Springs, seven miles from
Rome Friday evening, Robert Farrar’s
w-ife went aw-av from home, leaving the
two children, both quite young, by them
selves It is supposed that fhey were play
ing in the fire and set the building ablaze.
The smoke attracted the attention of the
neighbors, Who rushed to the rescue, but
were too late. The building nd contents
were destroyed with the two children,
whose remains were found in the ruins.
Mrs. F. C. Leach of Atlanta, who was
married to J. B. Leach on Feb. 28, 1858,
has filed a petition asking for a divorce.
She says that they are both on the de
cline and that she would not ask for a
separation were It not for the fact that he
is annoying her from his present residence
since she required him to leave the house
in which she was living. Mrs. al
leges that they have a number of grown
children, but that for the last quarter of
a century she has had to support herself,
the children and her husband.
A romantic marriage occurred at Rock
ville, Oorm., Thursday, the bridegroom be
ing Bud Seymour of Fitzgerald, Ga., and
the bride Mrs. C. C. Maher. They had been
married once before at Granville, Mass.,
in 1865. They moved to Indiana, and in
some way became separated. .M rs. Sey
mour searched In vain for her husband and
never finding him married again about five
years ago. Her second husband, C. C. Ma
her, eloped w-itli a waiter girl and she ob
tained a divorce. Recently she learned that
her husband was a merchant at Fitzger
ald. They corresponded and the second
marriage w-as the result.
A sensation w-as created at Thomson
Thursday on finding a nude infant in the
well used for Pierce Institute. One of tho
school boys was sent to the well for wa
ter and discovered something (looting on
top w-hich aroused his suspicion. Prof.
Gibson was immediately summoned, and
on investigation it was found to be a well
developed child apparently only a few
hours old, with a string around its neck.
The child is a very bright mulatto and is
supposed to have been murdered, possi
bly by strangulation, as the string about
its neck indicated. Two negro boys are
held under suspicion, awaiting further de
velopments. one of them having been seen
coming from the direction of the well
about sunrise on the morning of the dis
covery.
For some weeks back a good deal of ex
citement has been prevalent in mining cir
cles in White county, on account of the
discovery of a small but very rich gold
quartz vein ill the Martin mines, about
half a mile from Nichols bridge, on the
Nacoochee road. This excitement increased
in Intensity when last Saturday, at the
fifty-foot level, the vein was found to wid
en out and increase in richness. Seven
panfuls of the loose bindings from the
side of the vein were panned out by John
Thurmond, the overseer, and the result
■was a pennyweight to the pan. The previ
ous evening Ed Black, Ju charge of the
shaft, panned eighteen "grains from one
panful. A mortar and pestle test proved
the quartz to be even richer. Nothing like
It has ever been found in the county nor
probably in the state and the feeling of
satisfaction among miners generally is
very strong.
The colored people of Milledgeville are
greatly excited over a well developed case
of hydrophobia arising from the bite of a
"blue-gummed” negro woman. A fracas
occurred a week ago between a crowd of
disreputable negro women, in which Lu
cinda YY'iliiams, the “blue-gummed
blonde," as she is known, bit off the finger
of Ella Horne, while the Horne woman
■was being held by two or three others.
The affair quieted down and nothing was
thought of it for two or three days, fur
ther than the victim was suffering in
tensely from the whund, but not enough
to warrant the liar of any serious conse
quences The pain Increased, the arm be
gan to swell, and now the woman is rav
ing. according to the physicians, with an
aggravated case of hydrophobia. She will
a*e. The other negro wowieti are in jail
ttno it is now probuole that the Horne wo
man wiH stand as a murderess.
Jud:e Andy CaMioun, recorder, was
called upon to decide an important case in
police court at Atlanta Friday, when the
firm of YY llcox A Mclntyre, Insurance
,rleJ charge of doing
without a license. The firm .-u-
Vl*' * 1, ; 1: for w-Vi itj fire liumiranee
■ ■
Bwxe attempted to make them pay a aepa-
rate license of sso for each of these com
panies. This they refused to do. offering
to pay a license as brokers. Inspector
Saxe accordingly.made a city case against
them for doing business without a license,
h ten the case was called In police court,
the city w-as represented by Assistant City
A Korney Westmoreland, ’while Glenn A-
Rountrt-e appeared for the defendants.
The ease was a hard fought one and many
nice points of law were brought out on
both sides. Judge Calhoun announced his
decision as against the insurance brokers
and imiiosed a sentence of 8100 fine or
thirty days, on the firm. The case will l>e
appealed, however, and the higher courts,
even to the supreme court, will have to
pass ti|K>n it, as the matter Is one of vital
importance to Insurance brokers and -they
cannot afford to give up 'the fight so long
as there is any chance of winning.
FIX* RIDA.
The new Masonic temple at West Palm
Bfcach will be dedicated early in June.
'Mr. Carr of the Hampton Advocate is
announced as a candidate for county su
perintendent of public instruction.
Strawberry shipments from Starke are
steadily increasing; about 160 bushels were
sent away Thursday. Prices are very
good.
Another excursion of homeseekers from
tho northwest, under the direction of the
Clark syndicate, arrived at Tallahassee
Saturday.
Dr. W. S. Burnham and Mrs. Lucie Van
novar were married at Tampa Thursday
nigbt at the Arno hotel by Rev. W. H.
Osborne.
Tho expense account of Orange county
for tho month of March, Just ended, ac
cording to tho report of the county com
missioners, was $1,670.
Mayor Salomonson of Tampa will not be
a candidate for re-election. Mayor Salo
monson's partner, J. H. Fessenden, presi
dent of the board of trade, is mentioned
for the position.
The friends of Prof. H. N. Felkel, super
intendent of the state institute for the
deaf and blind at St. Augustine are urg
ing him to become a candidate for state
superintendent of public instruction.
Congressman Linton of .Michigan, whom
the A. P. A. is booming for President, is
the father of the town of Linton, five
miles south of Hypoluxo, on the line of
the canal and railroad In Dade county.
Competent Judges) estimate that the
watermelon crop of the approaching sea
son within tw-elve miles of Leesburg wilt
amount to 1,000 car loads. The estimated
returns for this crop are put at SIOO,OOO.
Fourth-class postmasters have been ap
pointed us follows, In Florida; Amanda
Gillis, Knox Hill, Walton county, vice
Nell A. McLeod, resigned; G. A. Mosley
ah net a, Polk county, vice Francis A.
llough, resigned#
G. F. Sickles of Gainesville shipped 4,000
quarts of choice strawberries to New York
Friday. The fruit is now of good quality
but the prices are very unsatisfactory’
HuU In New ?<M. uart be ‘ nK Pald f ° r KOOd
Ella Ross, colored, was murdered at
Orange Lake on Tuesday night, and found
by a small negro on Wednesday morning.
< ircumstances point very strongly to the
guilt of her paramour, a negro living near
town. He has been arrested.
A. M. Holhouser of Orlando has an
nounced his candidacy for the office of
clerk of the criminal court of record sub
ject to the action of the democratic parity
in convention or primary, as the county
executive committee may adopt.
Senator Matt S. Quay, of Pennsylvania,
cut his stay in Florida short this season,
and has gone north in his private car. He
passed through Jacksonville Friday night
and did not stop to see “Boss" Platt
who is stopping at the St. James hotel.
Gainesville is receiving trade 'this year
from points in Marion county, several
miles !>elow Mclntosh. Most of the truck
farmers in that region w-ho lost money
by the bank failure last year are patron
izing the Gainesville banks. The deposits
at the two Institutions in Gainesville are
very heavy.
The growers of faincy and common pine
apples on Lake Worth have all come to
the conclusion that "shedding" pays. It
not only protects the plants from cold
and wind in winter, but the plant and
fruit as well from sun and wind in sum
mer. Nearly all of 'the growers on the
lake are shedding their entire plantation.
The first meeting of the political cam
paign in Duval county was opened at
Broward’s station Friday, and several
hundred people from all parts of the
county were present. It was a basket
picnic, barbecue, oyster roast, dance and
political occasion all rolled into one. Sev
eral speeches were made and the crowd
voted unanimously in favor of having
good roads built In the county.
Joe Shaw, 18 years of age, pleaded guilty
in the county court at Starke Thursday
to forging an order on A. W. Geiger to
T. It. Sweat, a merchant of Starke The
order was for $6, which Mr. Sweat paid
In trade, but when presented to Mr. Gei
ger it was pronounced a forgery. He was
committed to the county jail to await the
action of the grand jury. Bail was fixed
at SSOO, which so far has not been found
H. Bennett swore out a warrant for tho
arrest of the same youth for stealing a
suit of clothes.
The farmers of Alachua county have
finished planting cotton and corn. After
a oareful study. W. G. Robinson, the
c-onton buyer, estimates the increase in
the acreage of cotton in Alachua county
this year at 25 per cent. In Marlon county
about 8.000 acres of cotton has been plant
ed. against 1.000 acres last year. The qual
ity of seed used is far superior to -that
used last year, and with the weather con
ditions favorable an excellent quality of
cotton will be grown. The corn crop will
be much larger this year than last.
An exciting runaway occurred on the
west side of the Square at Gainesville Fri
day. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Alsop were In
their buggy at the corner of Union and
West Main streets, when their horse took
fright and dashed away at a great speed
When opposite Dr. Wallace's drug store
the buggy came in contact with a phaeton
demolishing both of the vehicles ami
throwing Mr. and Mrs. Alsop violently
upon the rock pavement. Mrs. Alsop's
injuries are not serious, but she will be
confined to her room for several weeks
Mr. Alsop was not hurt.
The Ocklawaha river steamer Astatula
left for Silver Springs Friday for the
last regular trip of the season. Just what
arrangements will be made for the sum
mer travel and freight traffic up the river
Is uncertain. With oranges missing, tile
principal Hem of freight is gone, but the
river country yields u considerable quan
tity of naval stores at very low rales of
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, APIRL 12, 189(1.
freight, and more or leas merchandise
goes south to Ocklawaha river pouus.
General .Manager Thompson of Hart s Line
-‘ i-.- , -ordingly, that it may not be
practicable to run a weekly freight trip
during the summer, as in former years.
The tourist travel of the past season
has been comparatively light. but by
the combination full rates have bten
obtained.
John M. Lennon, general manager of the
Florida Long distance telephone system,
of Orlando, has a force of men at work,
this w* < k. extending the line to Winter
Park, where there will be live 'phones to
begm with, and on® toll-station
J. Ladd's store. Mr. Lennon has a right
of-way over every street in Winter Park,
and experts to have connection by Monday
night, and on Monday morning he will
coot In life the extension to Maitland and Al
tamonte Springs, larther north. Mr. Len
non will also endeavor to put in a fire
alarm signal service and striker, if the city
council is willing to assist him.
Rev. W. N. Conoley, formerly pastor of
St. Matthew’s church in La Villa, but now
I>a.stor of the Methodist church at San
ford. is in Jacksonville on business. While
traveling on the train from Sanford Mr.
Conoley had the misfortune to get a cin
der in one eye. He succeeded In removing
a part of the cinder, but was obliged to
.-all upon an occulisl to get the remainder
of (t out. The eye was very much in
flamed. and the occulist gave a prescrip
tion for a wash to be used upon It until
the soreness should have disappeared. The
prescription was tilled, and after using it,
the bottle was placed in a sachel for
further application. During the night Mr.
Conoley found that his eye was paining
him considerably, and he asked the gen
tleman with whom he was staying to get
the bottle from his sachel. Not knowing
that there were two liottles of a similar
size in the* sachel, one of them was hand
ed to Mr. Conoley au l he applied the
liquid to his eye. The liquid proved to lie
r-arbollc acid, and the pain that resulted
was little less than maddening. Now Mr.
Conoley is wearing a green shade over his
eye. and Is congratulating himself that
the mistake turned out to be no worse than
It did.
Fort Ogdon letter in Jacksonville Times-
L'nion: The coming campaign will be a
lively and close one, as the Indications
are that tho people's party and republi
cans will fuse, dividing evenly the nomi
nees. The republicans will have the first
choice of representative. The division of
the county is likely to be made an issue
at large. I’unta Gorda will endeavor to
have a division of the county an issue, as
it would give that place the court house
ot the southern county. Should l’unoa
Gorda build tho court house ami jail thi re
would lit* but little, if any opposition. The
candidates for legislative honors will have
to tlo some close calculating as to which
'to advocate—a division or not. If opposed
to a division, he will not have the sup
|Krt of l’unta Gorda; anti If in favor of
a division, he will not have the support
of Ariadne. Gen. A. W. Gilchrist has not
expressed his preference yet, and Puma
Gorda claims he is on the fence. The
general has represented DeSoto 'twice in
the legislature, and the presumption Is
that he wishes to represent the county
again. The race for representative has
many complications, as the democratic
candidate will have a tight squeeze- to get
elected over the fusion of the populists
and republicans, and if he loses any sup
port from his views on a division of the
county, he is left- The issue with Punta
Gorda is a division, regardless of politics
or anything else, and to get their support
a candidate, has to come off the fence and
openly advocate a division of the county.
There is no doubt but that a majority of
the voters are in favor of a division of
the county. A lively campaign is a cer
tainty for the candidal'* for 'the legisla
ture. The woods are full of aspirants for
all the offices. There are about six can
didates. up to date, for clerk, and more
names are continually coming to the front.
The timber merchants of Pensacola have
published a card explaining their side of
the existing labor trouble. They set forth
that the wages of baymen for loading lum
ber before the recent demand averaged
$2.53 per day. and that they now demand
about $3 per day, an Increase of about 20
per cent.; that the present wages of bay
men for loading sawn timber are from
$4 to $8 per day, averaging about $5 per
day of elgth hours. They state that .the
rules of the labor associations do not give
the contracting stevedore the benefit of
what the men could naturally do without
such rules. They also protest against the
rule which considers a steamship the
same as two ships, and prevent a gang of
men working in one part from working
in another part of the same vessel, which
they assert makes (the cost of stowing a
small quantity of lumber greater than it
Is worth. The custom of stopping all work
in the bay on the occasion of the funeral
of a member of the association is also
protested against. The merchants say
that such custom does not prevail In other
ports. Another protest advanced by the
merchants Is, that under the rules, if at
5 p. m. a steamship lacks only a tew
sticks of lumber to complete loading It
must wait until the following day and a
half gang of men be employed for a whole
day. They ask that the rule be changed
to require the men to work overtime in
such cases at the rate of $1 per hour
Finally they protest against 'the rule of
the association prohibiting the use of
steam in loading cargoes. They argue that
It places Pensacola at a disadvantage
with other comiieting ports, where'the use
of steam is allowed.
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
Candidates In Hie Field and News
paper Talk on Parly Policy.
D. B. Ferguson of Sparta is spoken of as
a candidate for the state Senate.
W. C. Sheffield of Cedar Springs, has
announced that he is a candidate for the
Senate.
J. J. Bowden has announced as a can
didate for representative in Habersham
county.
Homerville announces that Hon. F. G.
dußignon will address the people at that
place on Tuesday, the 14th inst.
H. S. Greaves, who has been promi
nent in Jones county for years, announces
that he will make the race for the legis
lature.
The Americus Herald has kept "hands
off” 'thus far in the Third district cam
paign, hut now comes out in favor of
Judge Fort.
The Abbeville Exponent speaks in the
highest terms of Hon. J. F. DeLacy of
Eastman, who is a candidate for judge of
the Ooonee circuit.
The Carroll county democratic mass
meeting Indorsed Judge W. C. Adamson
for congress and anthorlzed him to se
lect the delegates to the convention.
JaL. Camp formally announces for the
legislature in Gordon county. Mr. Camp is
a county justice, has been prominent in
the politics of his section for a number of
years.
J. N. Hale withdraws from the race for
representative in Rockdale on account of
physical Inability to make the campaign
R. H. Cannon announces that he is a can
didate.
Judge William D. Stone of Forsyth is
being frequently mentioned as a probable
candidate for state senator In the Twen
ty-second senatorial district. Judge Stone
is a strong man.
Hon. T. E. Hightower, Early county's
present representative in the Georgia leg
islature. authorizes the announcement of
his candidacy for re-election, subject to
the action of the democratic party.
The democratic executive committee of
Jones county will meet at Clinton, April
21. to call a mass meeting to choose anew
executive committee. There is a decided
sentiment against any snap judgment on
the senatorial question.
Statesboro Times: The cause of the sin
gle gold standard does not suffer at the
hands of Secretary Smith. He makes the
best possible defense of It that can bo
made, and where he falls it is the weak
ness of his case, and not his argument.
S. B. Reid formally withdraws from the
legislative race in Wilcox county. The
withdrawal Is made for personal reasons.
D. M. Likin formally announces his can-
Charlie Klddly—So you ah not going on the stage to-night at all”
Miss Hiwhklcker-Bet your life, I am. I'm going on in three parts.
Charlie Klddly—Gwaclous!
didacy, and is at present the only avowed
entry. It is possible that Col. R. A. Wil
son will yield to the wishes of his friends.
The election is away off, but the mayor
alty question in Brunswick is already
•the suhjeot of street corner caucuses. Al
derman Mason, Dr. J. M. Madden and
Hon. W. F. Symons are talked about in
the connection, perhaps, more than any
others. Either would make Brunswick a
good executive.
A letter was received at Dalton Friday
from Hon. Hoke Smith stating
that It was impossible for him to speak
there this week as his duties compelled,
him to return to Washington on Wednes
day. Hon. C. F. Crisp and Hon. Fleming
dußignon may speak at Dalton Thursday,
April 16, in Joint debate. ,
The Cobb county campaign is fully un
der way. A tight will be made in the leg
islature 'to abolish tho office of clerk of
court and treasurer, and establish them
as separate offices; the oonvict question
and local option in Marietta will come in
as distinct features. There are now two
avowed candidates for the house. Col. A.
N. Edwards and Hon. John Awtrcy. Mr.
Awtrey represented Cobb in the last legis
lature.
Macon Telegraph: Bibb county has or
dered a senatorial primary for June 6. We
believe that this action was ill-advised
and hastily taken, and in order to set
an example which may lead 'to most im
portant results to the party, we trust
•the county executive committee will see
its way clear to reconsider its action and
not risk losing the active support of many
good democrats whose earnest work is
essential to success.
Augusta Herald: The fact that Hon. F.
G. dußignon has formally announced him
self a candidate for United States sen
ator and In that capacity will, some time
In May, begin a series of debates on the
financial question with his distinguished
opponent, Hon. Charles F. Crisp, accen
tuates anew the gravity of tho mistake
that has been made toy certain free silver
extremists in demanding that the people
express their choice for senator at the
June primary.
Reidsvllle Journal: The Crisp free sil
verites are clamoring for an early expres
sion of the dear people as to their choice
for United States senator. They seem to
think snap Judgment would be In their
favor. Correct they are, for the more
study and time given to the financial
question the farther from the free silver
coinage and the nearer to sound money
are the people.
Quitman Free Press: There are many
honest and honorable 16 to 1 people, but
the underlying principle leads to loose
ness In business matters and favors very
much the ideas put forward by the popu
list. No, let us have and cultivate such
principles as will make us honest, both
directly and indirectly; that will make us
less grumblers, less Inclined to be calamity
howlers and less suspicious of our fellow
man.
A dispatch from Washington, D. C.,
says: "The unusual spectacle of a wo
man appearing in a contested election case
was presented Friday in House elections
commutes No. 1. The committee were
considering the contest of William H.
Felton against John W. Maddox from the
Seventh Georgia district. A dispute arose
as to a statement made by a Justice of
the peace named Gaines, in which it ap
peared that he had agreed to certain
things. The counsel for Maddox pro
duced an affidavit from Gaines denying
that he had made such a statement,
whereupon Mrs. Felton, the wife of the
contestant, arose and briefly addressed
the committee. The controverted state
ment appeared in Mrs. Felton's handwrit
ing, and she asserted that she wrote it
at the request of Gaines, she acting,
for the moment, as his amanuensis. The
circumstance was then developed that
Mrs. Felton, who has a bright, intellec
tual face, and who showed by her man
ner and conversation that she was a
woman of unusual ability, had assisted
her husband in his several campaigns for
congress, and that In the present oontest
she has been retained as one of his coun
sel.”
Live Oak (Fla.) Banner: The debate
now going on in Georgia between Cecre
tary Smith and Congressman Orlsp, two
of the most eminent men of the Empire
state, develops the fact, patent to every
thinking man, that Smith has in every
way the best of the argument. Mr. Smith
shows beyond question that the country
has been on a gold basis for more than
half a century, and that such fact has
simply developed more explicitly since
1893, when the mints were closed to free
silver coinage. He further shows that
the great bulk of silver money we have
has been coined since 1893 and that since
the present administration came into pow
er more silver dollars have been coined
from the foundation of the government
up to 1873. He also shewed that It Is the
policy of the administration and those
who favor the gold standard to coin and
put into circulation all the silver that can
be kept on a parity with gold, and that
silver is as much the money of official re
demption now as gold is. Mr. Smith
shows these facts beyond question, and
having so shown them, they are so con
clusive and exhaustive that further argu
ment is mere verbiage and superfluous.
Macon News: In alluding to the candi
dacy of the Hon. Fleming' dußignon, the
Augusta Chronicle pays him this left
handed compliment: “His years of service
in the genera! assembly and his visits to
different sections of the state as attorney
for the Southern Express Company and
the Western Union Telegraph Company
have given him a wide acquaintance.’' If
the demagogic free silver press intend to
fight Mr. dußignon with this weapon,
they should at least be manly enough to
come out squarely and say so. In the
meantime, it is not out of place to ask
them if they believe Mr. Crisp would have
declined to represent either of the above
corporations had he been offered the posi
tion of general counsel? And if he is de
feated for the Senate, do they think he
would then refuse any reasonable offer
from these or any other corporations that
might seek Ills services? The free stiver
fallacy affords the Chronicle ample op
portunity to display Its demagogy; there
Is no need to work overtime. The Chron
icle knows quite as well as anyone that the
fact that Mr. dußignon Is the general
counsel lu this state lor the Western Un
ion Telegraph Company, the Southern Ex
press Company and the Plant system is
the strongest proof of his ability, and In
no wise reflects on his character as a man
or his fitness for United States senator.
Statesboro Times: Mr. dußignon says
that if the national democratic convention
should declare for the free coinage of
silver at 16 to 1 he win withdraw from
the race for the United States senatorship,
but, if tho national platform shall declare
for souikl money, he will continue in the
light to the end, regardless of what Geor
gia may see proper to say upon the tinan
?.ia*, Question. And Mr. dußignon is en
tirely right. \\ hatever our national plat
form shall be It is the duty of every man
who claims to be a democrat to align him
seir with it. Men cannot change their
opinions at will, and are not expected to
do so. Ones opinion upon a subject un
dergoes an alteration as such subject ap-
P**™ , ln , a different light. A fair-minded
individual may have an opinion so estab
lished that it may appear to himself to
be immovable, and yet, with the presenta
tion of new evidence, he is able to dis
cern former errors and ready to correct
to ,iure™ lt ,>f very . lntelil K pr i man Is able
to discern the need of a more harmonious
line of action among democrats, and everv
democrat ought to be willing to acquiesce
in the actions of his party. While Mr
dußignon will continue to hold his own
P ri ,'.i‘ l p opj'uons upon public matters, ho
realizes that not only the best for his
party, hut the best for the whole country
3 a cessation of strife for a season at
least, n e wonder how manv free silver
E*™}* for a s y P° sl ' ! i° n will exhibit the
if ree a. of , I>a "' lotlsm that Mr- du-
Bignon has displayed?
IPLAXT system exgixeers.
Reporta That $.",.000 in Rein* nia
tribated Among Those Discharged
Thought to Bea Mistake.
Editor Morning News: The statement
has been made in a number of news
papers that the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive is now distributing the sum
of $5,000 among the engineers who were
recently discharged from the service of
the Plant system. The statement is also
made that this money is being divided up
among the engineers discharged without
a cause.
There must be some mistake about this.
The laws of the Brotherhood of Locomte
tive Engineers provide that the engineers
on any system or any road can only quit
work after two-thirds of the engineers
in the employ of such road or system of
roads have voted in favor of a strike, or
as they term it "quitting work." Where
this two-thirds vote has been obtained
and the engineers quit work, the laws
of the brotherhood provide that the strik
ing engineers shall be sustained, and the
brotheparwxl executive committee shall
be empowered to levy an assessment upon
all members of the brotherhood, except
honorary members, for their assistance,
and that the members so out of work
shall receive SSO per month for three
months, if out of work for that length
of time.
Now, there must be some mistake about
the disposition of this money, because two
thirds of the engineers on the Plant sys
tem have never voted to quit work and
this Is the first step to be taken in order
to entitle those out of work to claim
from the brotherhood this SSO per month
It must also be a mistake, because not
a single engineer discharged from the
Plant system has been out of work for
three months. The first engineer dis
charged lost his place Feb, 9, and his
three months would not be out until May 9
There are to-day only thirteen men out
of work, who were discharged from the
service of the Plant system, and *5,000 di
vided among thirteen men ftould be a great
deal more to each, than is allowed under
the laws of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers.
All told, twenty-eight men were sus
pended or discharged from the Plant sys
tem, and, for satisfactory reasons five
of these men have been put back to work
Every man who was discharged lost his
place on his own individual record Every
man discharged had participated to a
greater or less extent in an effort to
organize a strike on the Plant system
without any grievance more serious' than
that they did not have a written con
tract with the company.
Practically no contract had existed from
the early part of the year 1895, and when
this disturbing element in the brother
hood begun to agitate the question of a
contract or a strike, their indivdual rec
ords were thoroughly known to the offi
cials; and those who were conspiring plot
ting and scheming against the orderly
conduct of the business of the comiranv
were dismissed from its service.
An effort has been made to create the
impression that the committees were se
lected to be discharged, whereas the truth
is Mr. Dunham the general superintendent
has had nothing whatever to do with
the committees. He has always insisted
upon his right to deal directly with his
employes, meeting them face to face plac
ing each man upon his own merits and
without the intervention of any commit
tee or any other third party
It has already been shown' that under
the almost autocratic powers of the
brotherhood, the rankest discriminations
existed in its own organization and among
its own members: the favorites taking
for themselves the high priced places
and leaving for the less fortunate brothers
whatever they might chance to pick un
It has also been shown that the earnings
of some engineers on the Plant system
were from $1,500 to more than $2.0¥l i^> r an
num, while the earnings of others were
less than S6OO per annum. All this uniust
and unreasonable discrimination by one
element of the brotherhood against an
other element. Mr. Dunham broke un
He established a more equitable and iust
rule, arranging the runs of the engineers
so as to as nearly as possible place the-n
upon an equal footing.
The brotherhood also undertook to pre
vent the employment of capable engineers
for the simple reason that such were not
members of that order. .Mr. Dunham did
not think this was just, and he would
have none of it. He insisted upon his
right to employ any engineer whom he
pleased, regardless of his connection with
the brotherhood, or any other organiza
tion. What the railway company needed
was efficient, loyal, capable men to man
age Its engines. He denied the right of
any committee to dictate terms to the
railway company in any particular what
ever.
Locomotive engineers are a high class of
skilled labor, and they are the best paid
employes in the railway service.
In the matter of contracts, great greed
has been shown by the brotherhood, as
these contracts have been largely matters
of growth. When a demand to insert a
new clause in their contract was made
It was s!>eedily followed by another de
mand, always with an actual or implied
threat of a strike, unless their demands
were granted. This hail gone on until
in some instances the official before he
employed anew engineer would feel com
pelled to consult the brotherhood before
giving anew man an engine.
One clause in the contract which was
annulled, required that for every three
engineers promoted, the company should
appoint two brotherhood men. The pre
cise language of this article, which is
article 16, is as follows:
'The company hereby agrees to hire two
engineers for every three promoted.”
This clause means that whenever the
company should promote three firemen to
the position of engineers, two engineers
and necessarily brotherhood men, should
be hired. This rule was imperative,
whether the company needed two engi
neers or not, but It was necessary as a
means of maintaining the strength of the
brotherhood on the road.
Another article in this contract was as
follows:
"Engineers shall not be required to do
any work on engines at the shops, terminal
or relay points. All engineers will be re
quired to take reasonable care of their
engines while on the fine of road.”
The following is another article of this
annulled contract, to Which Mr. Dunham
objected:
“Any engineer who drinks intoxicants,
on duty, or allows it to be drank or car
ried on their engines knowingly, or be
ing drunk on or off duty will be dismissed
from the service of the company.
This is article 15, and immediately fol
lowing it comes a construction of the
article, which is as follows:
"The company will accept as good evi
dence of Incompetency the proceedings
before the division of the brotherhood
wherein the engineer has been suspended
or expelled for intoxication.”
It is unneccessary to quote further from
this contract, because ihe public has by
this time become aware of the fart that
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
had just about taken possession of the
road, and that so far as the management
of trains was concerned the officials had
little else to do than to receive orders from
the brotherhood.
To show how imperious and dictatorial
the brotherhood had become, a promi
nent official of the brotherhood in Decem
ber last sent the following telegram to a
prominent official of the Plant system:
"Your telegram received. The engineers
are unwilling to remain at work unless
you will state definitely when you will
meet them and give them an agreement.
YVe are willing to make all reasonable
concessions -to maintain friendly relations
with the company, but must know to-day
when you will grant us the conference."
There was no tone of uncertainty in
this telegram. It came from one who
spoke as if it was his right and privi
lege to command.
There would be no need for a present
ation of these facts, except for the rea
son that labor agitators are continuing
to mislead and deceive the public by con
stant reference to the so-called trouble
between the Plant system and its engi
neers. The Plant system has had no trou
ble with its engineers. It has simply al
lowed a number of disturbers of the peace
to do precisely what they were threaten
ing to do, that is to get down from their
engines.
No business on earth can be conducted
with success where there is constant mu
tiny in the camp and constant conspiracy
and insubordination.. Capacity and loy
alty should be the two aims which should
be most conspicuous in the life of any
employe in any position, and no Just
or reasonable man Is going to back up a
discharged employe, who has no greater
grievance than the simple refusal of his
employer to turn over his business to such
employe.
To show what a small affair this so
called trouble between the Plant system
and Its engineers was, twenty-four engi
neers on the Alabama Midland railway
who were earnest in their hope to obtain
a contract, but who had no thought of
striking, after they did not get a con
tract, early in January, addressed the
following communication to their mem
ber of the general adjustment committee:
"The undersigned engineers on the Ala
bama Midland railway and the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway, west of
Thomasville, hereby instruct you to in
form Mr. P. M. Arthur, grand chief en
gineer, that we are in every way opposed
to a strike on the Plant system, on ac
count of contract. We have no griev
ance, and do not consider the lack of
contract as sufficient grounds for a
strike!”
This communication was signed and sent
just as soon as it developed that some
of the members of the brotherhood were
bent upon having a contract or a strike.
Similar communications were sent from
every division on the Plant system, and
there never was a day or an hour when
it would have been possible to have ob
tained two-thirds or even a majority vote
in favor of striking. In view of the fact
that the laws of the brotherhood only
provide for taking care of its idle mem
bers, if the two-thirds vote has been ob
tained and after the engineers have stop
ped work, it looks a little singular that
the whole brotherhood is now pouring
$5,000 into the hands of a few' idle men,
all of whom have been discharged for
good cause. Possibly these members of
the brotherhood who are furnishing this
money would be a good deal interested
in finding out the causes for the discharge
of these men, the length of time they
have been idle, and the amount of money
paid to each.
No man in the world can make war
upon a brotherhood or any other organi
zation, whose objects are just, humane
beneficent, but reasonable men will refuse
to stand by any organization which is ar
rogant anti unreasonable in its conduct
The public is impatient of that element
of labor which insists that the obligations
which grow out of the relations of the
employer and the employe shall all rest
on the side of the employer. An engi
neer can quit work whenever he pleases
without notice, or without assigning any
cause, but if the employer wishes to dis
continue the services of an engineer a
great hue and cry is raised, and most
furious demands are made for the rea
son.
The true interest of labor lies in co-op
eration with capital, and not in conflict
An intelligent survey of the field will
convince the American laborer that he
s better paid in the United states than
in any other country in the world When
labor organizations realize this important
fact and see the direction in which their
true interests lie, a much better condition
of affairs will exist. There are millions
of capital in\ested in this country, which
gives employment to hundreds and thous
ands of laborers, which brings no profit
to the owners of the capital, but it af
fords a livelihood to labor.
When all j h f foroes - communistic, an
archistic and demagogical, which are ar
rayed against capital work out their er
rands. the final effect must fall upon
American labor. To protect capital against
these destructive forces, is to protect la
bor' Georgia.
SXAKES DANCE TO MUSIC.
Flutelike Xotes by Trainer Stanley
Make the Reptiles XValt*.
From the Boston Post.
Snakes with fangs and snakes without
fangs; snake poisonous and snakes harm
less; snakes long and snakes short-wrig
gling slimy reptiles-numerous and creepy
enough to drive a teetotaler into the “Jim
jams.” are the creatures that abound at
No. 67 Park street, Beverly, the home of
Clark Stanley. When I entered Mr. Stan
ley was the sole visible occupant. Placing
two fingers to his lips, Mr. Stanley ut
tered a peculiar whistle—once, twice three
times. Then to my amazement and horror
a huge copperhead and a full grown moc
CB a n froni underneath iheTied
masH-ris* bidding?* * h
"These are my especial pets " ex
plained ‘the charmer. Reaching the man*s
as he sat upon a low wicker chair
the snakes writhed round about his legs'
his trunk, his arms, until their flat headi
extended above that qf their tru n l
But Clark Stanley was not in the "al;
disconcerted. In fact, he eaimlv ii„i . ,
aßesh cigar, and continued the convew^
"The bite of either of these animals Is
absolutely deadly, and much more
results than that of the7am?"‘J r
i fan * not draTa ?,., '
I shall .'how you.” u 0UI * a$
He caught the copperhead, which „
male, by the neck, and foreed-Sj*** a
mouth. There, sure enough were rh l: *
ly little curved fangTvfhiteas '
sharp as needles, laid back ana's H ar l
rocf of lu mouth! the
"Now, when they strike,” said the ,
PYAn. the y erect those fangs. strikV,. 1 * 9
“’° fle sh, and then draw r
ln f >• poison through them the tv- '
,i. n a.kce-i, continued Mr. Stanley
lieth he . r . an,mal3 ' If you ar " n'ot’afr. i
i lhe > are not afraid of you If , 1
shrink from them, they will strike's, .• 1
and sometimes pursue a man. Uu* if' •
shows himself not afraid, they r * ' ’
tered. and will subject themselves to ”
treatment short of injury. , 1
"Yes I've been bitten hundreds of
Look here!” holding out his hands wh '
were covered as far up as the wrist*. „ 1
little white scars. "Every otw of th , 1
a snake bite, some poisonous some t . *
"There is not the slightest use j, .
trading a snake’s fang*, for no snak 'J'
Lsts which will not grow anew fan#
forty-eight hours. Why, the rattler, f 1
hours" brand new fang ln thirly-a^
Mr. Stanley has among his collection
big rattlers, a mountain and a dan* Z?
that live in a box beside the snake i , -'
eris bedroom. “an-
The lid of the box was opened ana t
gazed, with my hair standing on end • Vk.
quills upon the fretful pocupine ” 9
There lay two snakes, their bodies con
ed around about each other. The lar- 1
was of a yellowish color, with black m-irc.
shaped like the letter V extending thef,7n
length of the back, irregular spots „n
sides, very small neck, large head and an
almost black tall with the rattles j u t n i i
on the end of it. Its companion vv s rtu’i
conspicuous by the three rows of giu'';
gray diamonds running the full lemr'n It
the back. ul
To all appearances they were sleemne
"Listen and watch.” said the nak
charmer, as he produced a curious flute
like instrument used by the native snake
charmers of New Mexico and Arizona
In a few moments the room became
filled with musical notes, weird and
strange—sounds seldom heard in a civil
ized land.
Suddenly a flat, scaly head shot cellin
ward from the box; another followed-
Higher and higher they arose, the two
long bodies beneath pulsating and wav.
lng to and fro with excitement.
Then occurred one of the most remarka
ble things ever beheld by man—an act
ual snake dance, performed by the animals
themselves.
By this time the trainer was almost be
side himself with suppressed emotion. His
eyes were fixed on 'those of the two pets
and the notes from the instrument seemed
to ring out shriller than ever. The snake*
followed every sound, now bending for.
ward, now erect upon their tails, now
performing circles ln the air as though
they were animated batons, keeping time
at the hands of an invisible conductor
concealed within the box.
Then the muslo gradually died away,
and slowly the reptiles sank back to their
bed of straw.
Mr. Stanley has a wife and a 10-year,
old daughter. This little girl handles
snakes as most children do kittens. She
has a strange dress made of scaly snake
skin, which she wears with delight onspe
cial occasions.
ROMEO AXD JULIET INTERRUPTED
An Insane Man Intrudes In the Bai.
cony Scene In Chlcag<o.
From the Chicago Times-HeraM.
Love has turned many a man's head; hut
Romeo and Juliet was never played with
a crazy man in the balcony scene until
last night at the Auditorium. Robert
ftothmann of Chicago introduced discord
Into Gounod’s tuneful interpretation of
Shakespeare, and Jean de Reszke's
thoughts of love were turned to speech
less fear inspired by an anarchist’s bomb,
while an audience of thousands watched
the strange spectacle in the silence of
wonder.
The curtain had gone up on the second
act, showing Juliet’s balcony on the left
of the stage, and Romeo, under cover of
night, was seen approaching the tryst
ing place.
O night, spread they pinions above me,
And hide me now;
sang de Reszke, and the audience saw a
young man climbing over the organ plat
form in the orchestra to the stage. Met
cutio’s voice was heard in the distance
calling:
Romeo! Romeo!
The intruder had reached the footlights,
and de Reszke sang:
’Tis Mercutio that mocking calls. Ever so!
He jesteth at scars that never felt a
wound.
r>e Reszke had advanced to the steps
below Juliet’s window, and Rothmann
was upon the stage, facing him. Mereu
tio and Benvolio and the chorus, out of
sight of the interruption, knowing naught
of de Reszke’s terror, knowing not that
the audience was deaf to them, sang on
in mockery of love. The moment came for
de Reszke to lift his face to the balcony
and beguile the fair Juliet from her se
clusion with the sentimental air begin
ning:
Ah, it is love that has stirred all my being.
But the great tenor sang not. The last
echo of the chorus had fled to the furth
est corner of the hall, and a deep hush fell
upon the audience. Every eye was watch
ing the movements of the insane intruder
on the stage. The silence brought the dho
rus into the flies in alarm. Mme. Melba,
the Juliet, unable to account for her lov
er’s faithlessness, came to her window un
urged.
Rothmann took a few steps hither and
thither with a dazed look. De Reszke's
memory recalled the actions of anarchists
in Europe when throwing bombs in thea
ters, and he felt that one of the assassins
was about to make him a target. He held
his position manfully rather than create
a panic in the audience, but he reached
for the sword at his side, and determined
to run the intruder through if ho made a
move.
Rothmann broke the painful silence by
saying in a loud voice: >
"People think I’m crazy: but I'm not.
William Parry, stage manager for Ab
bey & Grau, stepped forward from the
flies and demanded: "What do you want ■
The demented man responded: “Pon t
touch me, or it will be the worse for you.
Parry retired, and shouted to have tie
drop curtain lowered. Rothmann continued
to talk, saying: "People say I'm crazy, if
I am, let them take me to Jail.”
De Reszke held his position in silence,
hut with muscles drawn for a spring it
the man aproached or showed a bomb.
The intruder turned partly around, ana
once made a motion as though for’ a
weapon concealed in his pocket, but n
hand did not go far enough. It was out
a moment until the curtain dropped be
tween the insane man and the interpreter
of Romeo. Rothmann then turned to tne
audience and said: "Ladies and gentle
men, I’m not crazy. If I am let jn tm
scalp me or kill me or send me to jab.
In another instant Charles Gullckson
and Matthew Vasold, two men under Jonn
Barstow, the stage manager for the house,
had the insane man by the arms, anu
hustled him oft the stage at the side.
Rothmann was taken to the Harrison
street station, where he was seareneo.
He had a penknife, but no other weapon.
He gave his age as 23, his residence ai
174 La Salle avenue, and said he was.'
printer. He talked incoherently at tne
station. .
Rothmann is an unmarried man. and na
been a resident of Chicago for one 1* >'■
He has relatives in Michigan. Seven
months ago he rented a room at la
Salle avenue. Yesterday morning n oot
fidentialiy informed the landlady that o
had a magnet in his head which was ora -
ing the mind of every man on earth, a.
his head would not be equal to the ta--
of becoming the repository for the brain
of mankind. Another hallucination " n
he expressed to a fellow-lodger wa
grand woman’s minstrel show, with A'J'"
lina Patti for interlocutor and Sarah b •
hardt and Susan B. Anthony on the ti.u
chairs.
—The city of Montpelier, in France, i*
said to lie the first to regulate the kir.'
of wrapping paper thnt articles of
shall be delivered in. Colored paper is • ,
iiolutely forbidden. Primed paper anu ■
manuscripts may only be used tor "p_
vegetables. For all other articles of i>
new paper, either while or stm tv-coionu.
must be used.