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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
MUSIC OF BULLETS AT MACON.
Two Sporting Men Quarrel Over /,
Woman of Ill Repute.


MACON, GA, May Fourth street was
the scene of very sensational shooting
scrape to-day. The parties to the ARRAY
were John Meeks and Laurence Myers,
well-known sporting characters. The for
mer is of Macon and the latter of Augusta.
The exact origin of the difficulty Is not
known, but 1t resulted from a dispute over
a notorious character named Stella Horton
The men met in front Of the Kennesaw res
taurant. Meeks drew his pistol and cursed
Myers and threatened him. Myers did not
resent the insult, but waited until Meeks
walked Off, when he drew his pistol from
his hip pocket and placing It in his
coat pocket, followed Meeks and
returned the epithets the latter had applied
to him. Both drew their pi stols and began
a fusilade, during which seven shots were
exchanged, Meeks firing five and Myers
two. The latter's pistol failed to work
Neither was hit. During the firing several
persons who had accidentally been placed
between the combatants had narrow es-
capes. One of the bullets from Myers pistol
ploughed through the awning in front OF
Dr. ingalls, drug store, whizzed across Pop
lar street, passed through the awning OF
Flanders warehouse, and through win
dow-pane near the head of Charles Conn,
bookkeeper for Bone e. Chappell, and
buried itself in book on the desk. Both
men were arrested.
The Superior and United States Courts,
Judges Gustin and Speer presiding, con-
vened this morning.
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RIVERS AND HARBORS WIN.
The House Passes the Bill and Their
Adiourns.

WASHINGTON, May Tn the House, i'm
mediately after thecall of the States to-day,
Mr.. Blanchard, of Louisiana, was recog-
nized by the Speaker and moved to suspend
the rules and pass the River and Harbor
bill.
Several amendments have been incorpora-
ted In the bill since it YVES last before the
House.
The reading of the measure consumed al.
most an hour and half.
Mr.. Sowden of Pennsylvania demanded
second reading and the motion to suspend
the rules was carried by vote of 153 to IA
majority of the opponents of the
measure refrained from voting.
MIR. Blanchard briefly explained the
changes in the bill, stating that the aggre-
gate appropriation was only S25, 900 greater
than it was when the bill was last consid-
cred in committee of the whole. That $25, 900
was given to Cleveland harbor
The motion to suspend the rules and pass
the bill was agreed to by vote of 161 yeas
to SO nays.
No quorum voting on the next two
motions, the House, without transacting
any other business, at 4:40 o'clock,
adjourned.
HOW 1T SLID THROUGH.
Chairman Mills yielded to Chairman
DleihCndIu uulS HlOrIluB, agreeing 10 let Gne
House say whether the river and harbor
bill should be considered and passed under
suspension of the rules without any ad-
vice from him. Chairman Mills was the
more willing to do this, as it was quite true
that the river and harbor bill had been al
ready pretty well discussed, and the House
was evidently anxious to dispose of it. Ac-
cordingly Chairman Blanchard got the bill
up. 1t was read in full, discussed for half
m hnT,s md Eortxv 1;e d. LA
cans and twenty-one Democrats voted in
the negative.
TRUSTING TO THE SENATE.
In passing the bill in this summary and
unsatisfactory style, the majority trusted
to the Senate to do all that they had hoped
might be done with the bill in the House.
Their idea was to get the bill over to the
Senate as speedily as possible and then let
the Senate take its time with 1t. A large
number of amendments increasing the ap-
preparations will be proposed in the Senate,
and many of them will be added to the bill.
The amendment appropriating $600,000 for
Savannah harbor and recognizing
the $6,000,000 project, which it
is thought by the Georgia Senators
will succeed, is but a sample. Five million
dollars will be added, it is estimated, by
the Senate. If the House permits it to go
to the President with such an increase he
will veto it. The Senate Commerce Com
mittee will begin the consideration of the
bill and the proposed amendments at its
next regular meeting on Thursday.
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TELEPHONE REHEARING.
The Petition Filed with the Clerk of
the Supreme Court.

1A0 G0JlJlOu ll0o WIFI UQ0 SlSTk OF
the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, May THE petition for
a rehearing of the Bell telephone cases was
filed in the clerks office of the Supreme
Court to-day by the counsel for the Peoples
Telephone Company, who claim that Daniel
Drawbaugh is the real inventor of the tele-
phone. Copies of the petition were distrib-
uted among the Justices of the court, and
it is probable that the matter will be con-
sidered by them this week in recess of the
court, and decision thereon announced on
next Monday, when the present
term of the court closes. Only those
justices who sat in consideration of the tel
ephOne case originally will take part in the
application for a rehearing. The applica-
ton can only be granted at the request of
one of the three Justices who concurred in
Chief Justice Waite's opinion upholding the
validity of Prof. Bells claim as the original
inventor of the telephone.
The grounds of the application for rehear-
ing are stated to be first, that the court, in
its opinion, Inadvertently erred In respect
to certain matters of fact and of law ma
terial to and decisive of these cases; and,
second. that in consequence of these errors
the decision of the court was against the
weight of the evidence. The application
for hearing is signed by Lysander Hill,
George F. Edmunds, Don NJ. Dickinson,
Charles F. Crosby and H. G.. Andrews, of
the counsel for the appellants.
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A BIG FIGHT ON FULLER
He IS TOO WELL LIKED FOR IT TO
BE SUCCESSFUL.

Edmunds Even Dreams of Staving Off
Confirmation Until Next Fall so as to
Give the Republicans a Chance for
the Place if They Should Elect Their
Presidential Candidate.
WASHINGTON, May Tin the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary to-day the
nomination of Melville W. Fuller to be
Chief Justice was, at the instance of Mr..
Fdmunds, referred to a subcommittee.
The subcommittee will report favorably,
and SO will the full committee, but the con-
frmation of the nomination will, it is now
stated be deferred until next week. This
postponement, it is stated, will be agreeable
to Judge Fuller, who will be glad of the op-
portunity to close up his law business dur
ing the summer afforded by the adjourn
ment of the Supreme Court on Monday,
which will prevent his taking his seat
before October. One of the other Justices
will take the circuit of the late Chief JUS
tice-Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina-or else litigants
will have to wait a year. The Supreme
Court would, therefore, prefer to have
Judge Fuller confirmed this week, but Mr..
be fastened beyond the ordinary speed, and
Judge Fuller does not wish it.
EDMUNDs TO FIGHT HARD.
WASHINGTON, May Z, II P. M-The sub
committee, to which the Judiciary Commit
tee referred the nomination will not report
until the next regular meeting of the COM
mittee on Monday next, SO that the con-
firmation could be made before the Supreme
Court adjourns for the summer. Mean
while it is stated that Mr.. Edmunds pro-
poses to use the statements made against
Judge Fuller's course during the war in the
effort to delay, if not to defeat, the con-
frmation. There is no doubt that Mr.. Ed
munds, who was greatly disappointed be-
cause the President did not take his
advice and appoint Minister Phelps,
would like to see Judge Fuler's
confirmation defeated, but Judge Fuller
has too many friends on the Republican
side to make this possible. The postpone
ment of the confirmation is not disagreeable
to Judge Fuller. There is some loose talk
among few partisanS like Mr.. Edmunds
about delaying Judge Fuller's confirmation
till Congress adjourns, so that if Repub-
lcan should be elected President in
November the nomination could be rejected
next winter so that the Republican Presi-
dent could appoint new Chief Justice; but
this scheme is impracticable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
WOMEN IN THE CONFERENCES.
The Sitting Body Votes to Exclude
them from this Session.


NEW YORK, May 7.--When the debate on
the eligibility of women as lay dele
gates to the Methodist Episcopal General
Conference closed to-day a vote was taken
on the adoption of Rev. Davis II. Moores
substitute for the report of the committee
1t proposed that women elected as delegates
to the present General Conference be seated,
and the question of their eligibility to
future general conferences be determined
Icy vote of the churches at the annual
conferences. This substitute was lost Then
the vote was taken upon the amendment to
the report offered by Rev. DR.. Keely. of
Philadelphia. This amendment excludes
women from seats in the present conference
and submits the question Of their eligibility
to sit in future general conferences, to the
annual conferences. 1t was adopted by a
vote of 249 ayes to 173 nays.
After the adoption Of DR.. Neeley's amend
ment, the report OF the committee, with the
amendment, was adopted by the following
vote: Ayes: ministerial 1872, lay rs; nays:
ministerial 122, lay rs.
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NEW YORK, May s, 1910 A. M-At mid
night those who have covered tho requisite
BIBLE SOCIETY OFFICERS.
The Southerners Who Are Among the
Vice Presidents

NEW YORK, May AT the fifty-first
annual meeting of the American and For
eign Bible Society to-day officers for the
ensuing year were elected, headed by Rev
DR.. W. II. Parmley, of New Jersey,
as President. Among the Vice
Presidents elected were tho following:
j. b. Hawthorne, d. D.. of Georgia; Rev.
s. IL. Holmes, of Virginia; Rev. Lansing
Burrows, of Kentucky; c. H. Strickland,
d. D., Of Tenn ssee; Rev. g. A. Nunnally,
OF Georgia; w. d. Mayfield, D. D.,
of Arkansas; Rev. I. J. Value,
OF Mississippi; J. A. Hackett, D.
D., of Louisiana; A. G. Caperton, D. ID. ,
of Kentucky; Rev. +. G. Powell, of Flori-
da; Rev. j. C. Smith, Of Missouri; T. S.
Teasedale, D. D., of Tennessee. The Cor
responding Secretary is Rev. William Roll
linson, Of New Jersey; the Treasurer,
Samuel p. Waite, of New York, and the
Recording Secretary, William Hagar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
LEO SOUNDING THE BISHOPS.
Government Denial that it Influenced
the Pope's Action.

bAO OPo . ASNAOhs
ROME, May Tin view of the attitude
of the leaders Of the National League, the
Pope has instructed Cardinal Simeoni to
direct Mgr. Persico TO obtain freAl the Irish
Bishops without delay declaration of their
views upon the rescript. The observations
of the Bishops will be submitted to the con-
gregation of the Propaganda
A GOVERNMENT DENIAL.
LONDON, May Tin the House of Com
mons to-day Sir James Ferguson, Under
Foreign Secretary, stated that no unofficial
communication had passed between the
Government and the Pope with reference
to the latter's rescript condemning boycott
ting and the Plan Of Campaign,
CoNDoN GOES TO JAIL.
DUBLIN, May Thomas Joseph Con
don, member of Parliament, who was
arrested for offenses under the crimes act,
was to-day convicted ON a charge of partici-
pating in an unlawful assembly, and sen-
fenced to two weeks imprisonment without
hard labor The hearing on the other
charges against him was adjourned
Mr.. Dillon, in a speech at Drogheda to-
day, strongly resented the Pope's interfer-
expressions of dissent from his extreme
views from several priests who werepresent
In accordance with the request of the
Catholic members of parliament the Lord
Mayor of Dublin has called a meeting for
May II, to discuss the pope's rescript. The
regulsition had sc signatures.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
AI,YNCHING IN WILKES.

The Victim Negro Who Entered Q
White Woman's Room at Night.
UNION POINT, GA, May IA negro
man named Daniel Hale was lynched
in Wilkes county at 10 o'clock last
night by mob of twenty-five
The negro attempted to rape Miss Sallis
Smith in her room, Saturday night She
woke up and screamed, and the negro got
under the bed Her mother came into the
room with q light They saw the negro al
he ran out and recognized him as one thai
lived on the place. The negro confessed
whom be was arrested. This Is the only
lynching that ever occurred in Wilkes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
oHIo's SUNDAY LAW.
Saloon-keepers Making Every Effort
to Make 1t Ineffective

Saloon-keepers Making Every Effort
to Make 1t Ineffective
CINCINNATI, o., May Judge Caldwell,
Of the Police Court, to-day sustained the
demurrer to the plea in abatement fled by
the counsel for Murzebrock, a saloonkeeper,
who is charged with keeping his saloon open
on Sunday. The plea was based on an
allegation that the law was not properly en-
acted The court found that tue law was
enacted in due form. The defense then de-
manded jury, and the case was set for
o'clock this afternoon.
Warrants we're issued to-day for 147 per-
sons who yesterday violated the Owen law,
and all who were arrested gave bonds
Mayor Smith intimates that no may change
his policy next Sunday by arresting at
once all who open their saloons.
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A BED RED WITH BLOOD.
A Half Witted Boy Kills His Brother
While He Sleeps.

BRUNSWICK, Ga, May IA 6-year-old
son of Col. John r. Williamson, of this
county, was killed yesterday by his elder
brother. The family had just returned
from church, and while awaiting dinner the
little fellow was put to sleep. The report Of
a gun was suddenly heard in the room where
he lay, and as the family rushed in they
met on the threshold a half-witted brother,
about o years of age. Upon the bed lay
the almost headless form of the dead boy,
his head having been literally blown to
pieces. His brains and blood saturated the
bedding. His slayer was closely questioned,
but in his simpleness would only say thai
he shot him, but didn't mean TO.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
vICKsBURG AND MERIDIAN.
The Stockholders Meet and Re-elect
the Old Officers

New YORK, May THE annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Vicksburg
& Meridian Railroad was held to-day at the
Office of Receiver Bond All the old board
Of directors were reelected and they re-
elected President Charles Schiff, and Vice
President g. G.. Harney. A resolution was
passed continuing the power Of the re-organ-
ization committee and then the annual
report was read 1t shows that the gross
earnings for the year ended March 81, 1888,
were $547, ,760; tho operating expenses,
1923, 413; the fixed charges, $3.50, ,647, leaving
a deficit Of 300 against a deficit
in meeting all charges the previous year Of
s114,4s9 The balance sheet shows floating
debt of S67S, ,3l3.
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ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Meesrs Reagan and Coke Attack the
Bill to Form Bureau.

Bill to Form Bureau.
WASHINGTON, May TN the Senate to-
day the bill to establish bureau of animal
Industry was taken up. Mr.. Reagan took
the floor in opposition to it, He regarded
many Of its features as distinctly violative
OF the constitution. IL had too
often happened of late years that laws
mad been passed by Congress on the theory
that the people of the States were not
capable Of seif-goverDment, and must bo
governed by power outside of them, by
Congress and by Federal authority. The
pending bill was one of such measures.
i, Mr.; Coke also made an argument against
the bill, but yielded the floor without con-
Guiding his remarks. Tho Senate then went
INTO executive session, and at $40 o'clock
adjourned.
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Sunday Beer in st. Louis.

ST.. LOUIS, May IA special from
jefferson City, Mo-, says: "The Supreme
Court this morning, in an opinion written
by Judge Sherwood, reverses Judge Moo
mans decision upon tho law of 1857-the
Sunday law 1t is held that the city gov
ernment of st. Louis never had authority
to grant permission for the sale of wine and
beer ON Sunday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
BETTER AT NIGHT.
BOULANGERISMS REIGN.
The Workmen of Tulle spontaneously
Elect Him Counselor.

me WOrkmen OF Iulle spontaneously
Elect Him Counselor.
PARIS, May THE Journal des Debdts,
in an article in reference to the manifesto
issued by the Patriotic League, in which
Gen. Boulanger is styled the leader of the
national party, demands that the league be
suppressed.
Gen. Boulanger has been elected Munich
pal counselor for Tulle by the spontaneous
action of the workmen in the arms factory
there, all of whom voted for the General in
dependent of the electoral committees.
The municipal elections ia France have
resulted mostly in favor of the party of the
Left, and have given hope to the govern
ment. The Boulangerist districts return
mostly Conservatives.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
ANTI-CHINESE RIOTS.

Australia Bound to Keep Out the
Celestial Cheap Labor.
LONDON, May 7-Advices from Brisbane
state that riotous anti-Chinese demonstra-
tions have occurred there. Several shops
belonging TO Chinese were wrecked.
WON'T BE ALLOWED To LAND.
NYDNEY, N. S. W., May THE steam
ers Tsinam and Afghan, with Chinese i'm
migrants, have arrived here. The police
have taken steps to prevent the landing of
the Cinnamon.
The governments Of New Zealand and
Tasmania concur in the opinion that the
influx of Chinese labor must be checked
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
War Declnred Inevitnhla.

PEsTH, May 7.-Deputy Csernatonyi, a
friend of Premier Tsza, signs an article in
the Hungarian scni-ofiicial paper, the
Nemeet, in which he declares that war Is
inevitable. He says that the triple alliance
will demand from Russia an explanation Of
her military preparations, and that her an
swer will amount 10 a cdsus beti.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
Bills from Senate Committees.

WASHINGTON, May I'm the Senate to-
day among the bills reported from COM
mittees and placed on the calendar were
the following: The House bill for public
the limit of the cost of the public building
at Charleston, S. G.
The railroad land forfeiture bill was then
discussed for time and laid over.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
OHIO IS IMPROVING.
Tariff Reformer Cultivate to be Re-
elected to Congress.

elected to Congress.
WASHINGTON, May THE members of
the Ohio State delegation state that Repre-
sentative Cultivate, representing the Col
umbus district, will be renominated to-
morrow for third term and reelected. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Converse, the
Randallite who moved TO strike out the en-
acting clause of the first Morrison bill, used
to represent the Columbus district. Mr.
Outhwaite defeated him in contest for the
nomination to the Forty-ninth Congress on
the tariff issue. Mr. Cultivate is an out
spo.;cl tariff reformer and supporter Of the
Nh bill. His opponents have used that
face constantly against him in their efforts
against him. Nevertheless he was reelected
to the present Congress, and will be elected
again. Another interesting fact in this
connection is that Mr.. Forau, of Cleveland,
the only thick and thin Randallite left in
the Ohio delegation, viii fail to be renomi-
mated to the next Congress, and for the
reason that he is Randailite.
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Arensta,s Market House.

AUGUSTA, GA, May THE community
has long been worked up over the question
Of the removal of the upper market frou
the center of Broad street, and petitions fox
signatures have been circulated The Coun
Gil tonight granted the petition and do
cided to tear down the building during this
month
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To Call On MFR. Davis

JACKSON, Mis-, May z--Jefferson Davis
will be waited upon Wednesday by Chief
Justice Cooper, Judge I. j. Wharton, Col.
W. l.. Nugent. and w. r. Ratliff, a com
mittee appointed 10 invite him TO be present
at the laying of the corner stone of the Con-
federate Monument at jackson ON May %.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
A Strike in Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, May IA disagreement
between miners at the Pratt mines culmi-
mated to-day In the walking out Of about
1000 men. The labor organization has
nothing TO do with the walk-out The
miners are acting for themselves. Most Of
them have families
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
Ratification of the Chinese Treaty

WASHINGTON, May THE Senate rati-
fed the Chinese treaty to-day without
division. Senators Teller and Mitchell
made speeches, in which they set forth the
grounds of their opposition to the treaty,
but did not demand vote.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
No Trace of the Missing $4,000.

WASHINGTON, May There are no new
developments at the Treasury Department
in regard to the missing $41 900 of the
American Exchange National Bank The
responsibility for the loss lies between the
officers of the bank and the officers of the
express company, and detectives are en-
gagged in the interest of each.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-08
GERMANY'S FLOODS.
Empress Victoria Becoming More Pop
ular Through Her Work.

ular Through Her Work.
BERLIN, May THE Empress to-day at
tended a meeting of the Inundation Relief
Committee at tho town hail. She was given
hearty reception. The Empress made a
speech, in which she advocated the adoption
of a system for saving life and property
from destruction by floods, and she recon-
mended that districts liable TO inundation
be provided with life boats. Mayor
Forckenback presented the Empress with
a bouquet Of white roses Whom she left
the town hall the people pressed around her
carriage, cheering enthusiastically, and i'm
peding her progress for some time. Tho
inundation relief fund has reached 1900, 900
marks
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MOROCCO is ARBIrRAT1Na.
The Story That There Has Been Re-
fusal Officially Denied.

WASHINGTON, May THE following
statement, in regard to the Tangier affair,
Is Issued by the Department of State: ut
Is not true that there has been any refusal
oythe Sultan Of Morocco to arbitrate. He
proposed to Consul Lewis, some weeks ago,
10 send special agent to Tangier to discu s
Win with Consul Lewis the matters of
utLuerence, all questions upon which
uney could not agree TO be
referred to some third person. With tho
approval of the State Department, Consul
Lewis agreed to this, and after some discus
slon as to details, complete understanding
was reached. The meetings were to begin
IN IN saturday last. The presence of the
Suinnebaug at Tangier was casual, and had
nTothing TO do with the discussions between
consul Lewis and the authorities. The
Suinnebaug is on her regular cruise.n
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A BOAT CAPTAIN KILLED.
One Man Slashes with a Knife and
Another Shoots Him.

Another Shoots Him.
MEMPHIS, May IA difficulty occurred
last night at o'clock on board the steamer
Benton, running as an excursion boat be-
tween Memphis and jackson Mound Park,
pleasure resort four miles below the city,
which resulted in the killing of Martin
Moore, the boats captain. The
cause of tho trouble was a
disagreement between those who
had chartered the steamer-Eph Reeves
and w. l. McCowan--whoa are charged with
the murder of Capt. Moore 1t is alleged
that Reeves cut him three times in the head
with butcher knife, and MCGOWAN shot
him IN tho abdomen. Barkeeper Sam Til
Icy, was also arrested as accessory TO the
killing. Moore kept a saloon on the corner
of Main and Exchange streets. Reeves and
MCGOWAN are sports.
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Public Building Bills.

WASHINGTON, May THE Senate Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
to-day ordered favorable reports on public
building bills as follows: jackson, Miss.
500, 900; Vicksburg, Miss, 500, 900; Colnm-
bus, Ga, 800, 900: Charleston, S. c., $780,
600; Atlanta, Ga, $120,000