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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-02-19
The Legislature lil = "a

Tic Legislature dlV good I
work esterday. Both Houses passl
act to repeal the scalp law, an act toir
times for holding the Spring Tern d
Circuit Court IN the Sixth Judicial
cult, and made considerable progrss
the health bills and other matters
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-02-19

Thursday was Jacksonville Day at
the Ocala Exposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31

George Johnson Said to Have Ended His Life
Because He Was Alone in the World.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
JEFFERsoNvILLE, Ind, Jan. 30.-The mys-
terry concerning the identity of George
johnson, who committed suicide near this
citylast Monday afternoon, tits believed, has
been solved. A great many years ago there
lived at Sellersburg, small town eight
miles from this city, a man named john
son who had three sons, George
being the youngest. When john
sons first wife died George, who
was at the time small child, went to live
with an aunt at LavOnia. Washing
ton county. At the age of fifteen he
left his aunt's home, and has
since been a wanderer about
the country, stopping for short periods at
any place where he could find employment.
The father has long since died, and the two
brothers, who. are still living. re-
side at Greenville, fifteen miles from
New Albany. 1t is believed the young
man who committed suicide here Monday
afternoon is the same George johnson who
was born at Sellersburg, and
that upon returning, finding his
father dead, and all other relatives gone
and himself stranger III the place where
he first saw the light, grew despOndent, and
on his way back to the city concluded to
end his earthly career.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31

the railroad influence, they can defeat
divisi on if the question is voted upon sepa-
rately by the north and south halves,
and therefore the Territory as whole viii
come into statehood. There was a strong
sentiment expressed in favor of reporting
the bill back with New Mexico cut out and
the division question left to a vote of the
whole Territory, with the election to be
held IN April, and admission to statehood
to be Immediately thereafter upon procla-
nation of the President, but if the bill
should be thus amended by the Senate it
would not receive final consideration In the
House. The only way TO get final
action is to throw the bin IN
conference. Representative Springer
agreed, this evening. that If the
Senate would ask for a conference which
would guarantee final action in both
houses, as it would make the matter one of
privilege, he would consent to the elimina-
ton of New Mexico and the demands in
favor of Dakota. 1t now looks as though
the omnibus bill would be at last adopted
by this Congress, but it will be with the
Republican revision indicated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
Collapse of the Barbed- Wire Pool.

ST. LOUIS, Jan: 3O.-The Age of Steel will
say, this week, that the proposed national
agreement among barb-wire manufacturers
to maintain prices has fallen through. The
majority of the barb-wire manufacturers of
the United States agreed to it's terms over
their signatures, and others We're willing TO
do so provided certain competitors should
likewise come IN. The hesitation displayed
in this particular. however, coupled with
one or two absolute refusals, decided the
promoters of the project to drop it alto
gether, and notice to that effect has been
issued. The agreement, which was drawn
by st. Louis manufacturers, reads as fol-
lowss
On and after Feb. 1, 1889, we agree not to sell
harbed fence wire for less than the following
prices: Painted, in car lots, $3 in less than car
lots So 10 per cwt galvanized, in car lots So. 60;
in less than car lots, 1870 per cwt o. b. Pitts
burg, New York, Chicago. Joliet, st. Louis Gin
cinnati and Cleveland. That We will not sell de-
hvered, except at the above prices, with the
regular published tariff freight rate added on
quantity shipped. Terms, sixty days. or 2 per
cent. cash ten days from date OF shipment. III
sold on longer time not less than per cent. in
terest per annum will be added after sixty days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes has presented
his vast medical library to the Boston
Medical Library Association.
Capt. John B. Rife, of Middletown, Pa,
brother of Congressman-elect Rife, was
thrown from his carriage, in South Harris
burg, Tuesday evening, and almost instant
ly killed. He was captain in the regular
army. for a number of years. and was q
prominent citizen.
Harry G. McNally, of Harrisburg, Pa,
the fireman of the engine that caused the
death of John c.. Ryan, near Columbia,
was arrested, Tuesday night, charged with
involuntary manslaughter, and gave bail
for hearing. McNally, as well as the en-
gineer, was asleep when the accident oc-
CURED.
Chas: NJ. Balch and his wife, living two
miles. from Walnut Springs, Tex, were
found dead in bed, yesterday morning
Both were shot through the heart, and q
revolver lay between the bodies. 1t is sup
posed that Balch shot his wife and then
killed himself. but no cause is assigned for
the act. They had been married but few
months
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
THF FITZGERALD CASE.

indianapolis Witnesses Testify I'm Relation to
Defendants Alleged Perjury.
Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90-In the Criminal
Court, this morning, the case of Nathan W.
Fitzgerald, indicted for perjury, was on
call Fitzgerald is well known In Indiana.
whence the indictment emanates. Ran
dolph Coyle, assistant district attorney, ap-
peared for the government, and II. O.
Claughton for the defendant. The indict-
ment charges that, while in Marion county.
Indiana, suit was entered against Fitz-
gerald, and judgment recovered by the firm
of Newcomb Olsen & Co. for over 3, 400 in
December 1882, and personal service was
had on him. Suit was afterward entered in
this District, and it is alleged that on the
trial of this case the defendant falsely
swore that he had never been served with
personal service IN Indiana Coyle opened
for the government, and Claughton for the
defendant. The latter stated that he
expected to show that the de-
fendant believed that he was
swearing correctly at the time OF the al
mon II. Fulton, of Indianapolis, who testi-
fed as to the business relations OF EltZ-
gerald with his firm; that they credited him
because of representations OF his being
WOrJn c1JU,UUU; InaG uObtS WcTc SlNcu lOI
the Indebtedness, but were not paid; that
efforts were made to collect the account
here and suit was entered In Indiana, and
in December, 1882, Fitzgerald was IN In
dianapolis and the witness saw him per-
sonally served with the papers
George w. Budd deputy clerk Of the Su-
perior Court of Indianapolis, was called to
testify as TO the papers and records In the
case of NewcOmb, Olsen & Co. against
Fitzgerald, and objection made TO the ad
mission of papers by the defendants was
overruled and exceptions noted. The
witness then arranged the papers
in chronological order. The files
were admitted in testimony, and
Sheriff Hess gave evidence as to serv-
ing the writs in indianapolis on Dec. 2S,
1882, and extracts were read from the files
IN support of the government The sig
natures of the defendant were identified,
and the filing of the suits at Indianapolis
and in this District was proved. The trial
was unfinished when the court adjourned
till tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
FLOQUETS PROGRAMME.
He Will Not Resign, but Will Boldly Fa
His Enemies In the Deputies.

He Will Not Resign, but Will Boldly Face
His Enemies in the Deputies.
PARIS, Jan. 3O.-The prevailing feeling in
parliamentary circles is that the govern
ment will have a majority in the Chamber
of Deputies ON the bill for the restoration
of the scrutin d'arrondissement system of
voting, as the members belonging to the
party of the Right prefer continuance of
the Floquet Ministry to an OppOrtunist
Cabinet.
M. F1oquet, in receiving the bureau of
the Extreme Left, said that he had consid-
cred the advisability of resigning, but had
abandoned the idea, deciding to face the
intrigues and attacks of his opponents. He
said that he would ask the Chamber for a
vote of confidence. He was prepared to
act energetically, and would introduce at
once bill increasing the stringency of the
code relating to attacks upon the Constitu-
tion and the public laws; also, measure
affecting the press law. He would not pro-
pose todissOlve the League of Patriots. Such
step would be useless, as itwould not pre-
vent the members from forming a fresh
league. He said that the bill re-establish-
ing the scrutin Acknowledgement system of
election would be announced Immediately
upon the opening of the Chamber of Depu-
ties tomorrow.
NJ. Clemenceau presided at another meet
ing of the Left to-day. Everything was at
skies and sevens, and the meeting was un-
able to adopt q single resolution unani-
mously. The ROya1ists are waiting for
Floquet's speech in the Chamber, but they
have decided that in any case he must re-
sign. Boulanger is hourly growing
in popularity. To-day he attend
ed splendid reception given
by NJ. Fanconnerie, one of his most ardent
Bonapartist converts. The Paris CORE
spondent of the London Times says he is
amazed at the number of people, who were
formerly waverers, who are now proclaim
ing themselves boldly as Bonlangists
This fact dominates all Others and must be
faced promptly and be energetically grap-
pied with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
Mrs. Rawson Acquitted.

CHICAGO. Jan. 3O.-Mrs. Meckie Rawson,
the wife of the millionaire banker, who, in
open court. shot his lawyer nearly to death,
was acquitted in short order this evening.
Mrs. Rawson's motive for the attempted
killing was the activity of Whitney, the
lawyer, in working up testimony to smirch
her reputation. Only two ballots were
ant on the ground that she had been rem
dered temporarily insane at the time the
deed was committed. Only one juror voted
against Mrs. Rawson on the first ballot.
and he readily succumbed to the arguments
of the Others. Mrs. Rawson was at once
formally discharged. and. after kissing her
daughter, little ''Dot" Lee, received the
CONCENTRATIONS of her sister, Mrs. Dawson,
of st. Louis, and half a dozen ladies from
the Woman's Protective Association, Then
the iurors were thanked individually, and
each treated to a warm shake of the hand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31

EAST AND WEST


MMe so many of the once prominent bankers
,s ne Peouc once-holders are seeking the reSfora-
on oi tnelr health In the invigoratng climate OF
80 osslSaa, c, II would be well to know how the name
~ ~. .dnada originated, which has long been a
~Susr snn OF dispute among etymologists. 1t was
sol cpioseu 10 nave arisen from an exclamation OF
oSOl oS,ne Ol tne early Portuguese navigatOrs, who,
esi sseiIslng the desolatiOn of the country, either
,.eu saa out or wrote on their maps, "Aca-nada,
an hhaoa. there Is nothing there.) This now Is
a. 0udnged; where there was nothing ages ago
nro, o IoW beautiful towns and cities, the most
e. kysnehI sa being the city of Montreal, where can
sSrssl ,oInu tne Church of Notre Dame, the oldest
0oo 0orcn on the continent, capable of seating TO-,
CspSsopie. Here, also, can be seen the gayety Of
fea,neaaa f,an winter, which has so many interesting
ssnS tnat 1t attracts visitors thither by thou
Aus ssaar0m Ir0m all parts of the land. who in their
sesa ness TO participate in the festivities of the
Pa pHa' H-' take the wellknown and ever-pOpular
hest ns g route, 1t being the quickest, safest and
@ Win put one change of cars.
TIME OF TRAINS:
Der,-+ .AsIERN DIvIsIoN-C-, C., c. & I. RY.
@Da u, I;SO IN, 1El5 m, Il m, rs p m.
per.-, WESTERN DIvIsIoS-I. & ST. L. RY.
90 ~, sll:55 N, $50 p m, FL m. ~DAILY.
tEes5 sleeping cars and reclnmgchar cars be-
slssnsn nanapohs and ST. Louis, and through palace
and ana craving room cars between Indianapolis
fer Ecr anu Boston, without ferriage or trans
eall ar " ScAets sleepingcar accommodations, etc,
or Union Bates House, No. Us South Illinois street,
T. c. PECK, Passenger Agent.
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the army bill in the Diet yesterday, and
take every occasion to show their displeas-
ment buildings today and endeavored to
prevent the deputies from entering the
chamber. A squad of hussars was compelled
to charge the crowd in order to desperse it.
Several persons were hurt, including some
women and children. A strong military
guard is posted around the parliamentary
building, and no one is allowed to pass into
the chamber unless he can give convincing
proof to the guards as to his identity. The
boulevards in the vicinity of the chamber
are patrolled by hussars. Members of
the opposition in the lower house of
the Diet to-day protested against the pres
ence of the troops as impeding access to the
chamber and preventing free debate. They
therefore demand that the chamber adj
journ, which demand was acceded to. Upon
the resumption OF the sitting, the house
adopted a resolution offered by the Presi-
dent, empowering him to act in concert
with the authorities to secure free access to
the building and public tranquility.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
LOUISIANA WHITE CAPS.
uaoffending Negroes Subjected to Cruelties of
Various Kinds, but officials Take No Action.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.-The Times
Democrats New Iberia special says that
New Iberia has again assumed its normal
condition, and scenes of bloodshed and riot
which have kept the inhabitants in fever
of excitement since Friday night last, have
become thing of the past, with the excep-
ton of street-cOrner talk and gossip upon
the subject. While large number of citi-
zens indorsed the Staying of the negro
Wakefield, there are many who express the
opinion that as he was in the custody of the
authorities, the law should have been al
lowed to take it's course. AS to the action
OF the regulators in whipping some
negroes, shooting at others, banishing
many and destroying their homes, the best
element of citizens condemn it. There
were but three negroes whipped, and the
whipping took place on Sunday. The regu-
lators were organized in the town and w ere
reinforced by a large number of men from
the surrounding country. They first seized
negro twenty-fOur years of age, named
Joe Velos, alias James Modes. and conveyed
him to the railroad track and there whipped
him numerically. Their next victim was
an old negro, aged seventy. He was treated
In the same brutal manner. The name of
the third negro whipped could not be ascer-
w ucu Juo t0Ito udu Oetn well
tiOgged they were ordered to leave the par
ish. which they did. Not single man in
Iberia, either official or citizen, could
give any tangible reason for these
gross cruelties. One man says the
victims were thought to be agitators.
Two negroes that the White Caps turned
their attention to were ex-Justice of the
Peace McGatfey and his son. They ordered
them to leave town, and as the negroes
took their departure the regulators opened
lire upon them with guns and pistols, but
they luckily escaped without injury. Aft
er the negroes ordered to leave had taken
their departure, the mob proceeded to de-
molish several of their houses and places
of business. Although large number of
those who participated In the attack upon
been made. nor has there been any investi-
CATION of the affair. The Times es-Democrat,
in an article headed Regulators Must Be
acon ScnPi of %
lessness and mob violence in Iberia.
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Shot Dead in the street.

ALBION. Neb., Jan. S0.--James NJ. Will
Jams was shot and killed by Benjamin
Skillman last night. Skillman Is the
vonngest brother of Rebecca Skillman, who
yyecenflv charged Williams and DR.. Fern
land i'm an Omaha court, with malpractice.
IA Williams was passing the Commercial
Hotel. SkillInan, who had been in hiding.
sprang out with a pistol in mis- hand and
f;red' fhe ball striking Williams in the left
hin desperate struggle followed, during
which Skilflnan fired again. the ball taking
effect at the base of Williams's brain: kill
ing him instantly. Skillman then fed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
THE BISsIARCKS.
Publication That Will Create n Great
Sensation i'm European Politics.

A Publication That VIII Create a Great
Sensation i'm European Politics.
LONDON, Jan. 30.-The Contemporary Re-
view contains an article entitled THE Bis
marck Dynasty" which bears no signature
but which contains internal evidence of
having emanated from high authority
1t is probable that the article will create q
sensation. 1t opens with reminder that
the Chancellor cannot live long. The
American minister at Berlin, the article
says, five years ago remarked with surprise
that Prince Bismarck was preparing no one
to succeed him. The Chancellor, waking
suddenly to this idea. set about developing
Count Herbert Bismarck The article
frankly alludes to Count Herbert's youth
full brawls, to his later intrigues
and to his embroilment with, q
woman ut Bonn. from which he had
to slash his way with his sword. receiving
an ugly cut OH the head. The Bisnarckian
contempt for women, accentuated by this
and another intrigue, after the war, Is rep
resented as the origin of all that is baneful
in the Bismarckian character. I'VE shall
have no more petticOats meddling in poll
tics nOw,o was, according to rumOr, the eX-
clamation of the exultant Count Herbert
on the death of Emperor Frederick. The
article affects to dismiss as mOnstrous the
marck that the Chancellor meditated the
death of Emperor Frederick when he in
sisted that Frederick should leave San Re-
mo for Berlin. but depicts the idea that his
ascendeucy would be menaced by Empress
Frederick as nightmare to the
Chancellor, who further. saw, by
Frederck's refusal to, discuss, state
was useless to hope that Herbert would
ever be Frederick's Chancellor. Who could.
therefore, be surprised. the writer asks, had
Prince Bismarck wished the cancer to make
haste?
In reference to the dismissal of Minister
Puttkamer by Emperor Frederick, the arti-
Gle asserts that Prince Bismarck was una
BILE TO make up his mind whether 1T would
be wiser to resist or to crafty Frederick s
decree of dismissal. and says that: directly
the decree was published, the chancellor
told the Emperor he had gone too far. En-
tries in Emperor Fredericks diary amply
confirm this statement. The writer or the
article asserts that compact with the
present Emperor was the only reason
Prince Bismarck had for opposing the mar
rlage of Princess Victoria TO Prince Alex
ander, of Battenberg. :.
The article is hardly less sparing in Its
criticism of the present Emperor. III caiis
him an apt pupil of a cynical master, VINO
found no difficulty. moral or sentimental,
In treating his mother In 1asmon aIoei
Count Herberts own heart, and IN treatlng
the Prince of Wales with such d1scourtesy
as to prevent any intercourse between
them. The article goes freely INTO tne
Gefficken and Morier affairs, but reveals
nothing new. :,
The article is. attributed to Sir M0rell
Mackenzie, and is supposed to nave peeI
inspired by Empress Frederick.
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The Purpose Being to Leave Congressman Cliff
ton R. Breckinridge in Undisputed Pos
session of Seat in the Next House.
The Senate's Proposed Modification of
Springer's Omnibus Statehood Bill.
The Fitzgerald Perjury Case on Trial in the
District Criminal lCOurt-Dudley Does Not
Desire Nor Expect an Appointment.
THE CLAYTON ASSASSINATION.

Belief that the Crime Was Committed in the
Interest of the Democratic Party.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.-A sensation was
created around the Capitol to-day by the
news from Little Rock, Ark, of the killing
of John NJ. Clayton, the Republican who
was to contest the seat of Clifton r. Breck-
inridge in the Fifty-frst Congress. 1t was
openly asserted, even by well-known Dem
ocrats from the South, that the assassina-
tions of Clayton was by Democratic thugs,
who wanted to get him out of the way of
Breckenridge, although no one believes that
the latter was in the least responsible
for the murder, not even indirectly.
Mr.. Clayton was the younger brother of
ex-senator Powell Clayton, and the twin
brother of w. III. II. Clayton, a lawyer at
Fort Smith, Ark, and formerly United
Statest district attorney for the Western
district of Arkansas. He was born in the
southeast corner of Pennsylvania, near
Delaware, and was educated in that State.
Hewent to Kansas during the Free-soil trou-
bles, enlisted in Kansas regiment and
served till the end of the war. Since 1915,
when Sheriff Vaughn. of Pine Bluff, was
killed by the Ku Klux Klan, Clayton
has held that office, being elected by DEM
Gratis and Republicans. On the face of the
returns, Clayton was elected at the polls
last fall, but when a recount was made,
Breckenridge was counted in. Clayton at
once announced that he would contes-
Breckinridge's seat. and has since been TAX
ing testimony for that purpose. 1t is sup
posed that he was engaged in this business
a a
leaves a wife and several children. and con-
siderable property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
The Panama Canal I'm Court.

PARIS, Jan. 30.-Two holders of Panama
canal shares applied to the courts. to-day,
for summons against M. De Lesseps. They
demand the dissolution of the present COM
pany and the appointment of liquidatOr
with power to make over to q new COM
pany the assets of the old concern. The
court postponed its decision until Satur-
day. At the request of holder of Panama
Canal lottery bonds the court appointed
sequestrator of the sums received by the
company from all future issues of shares.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-31
Railway Postal clerk Arrested.

D ST. ST, LOUIS, Jan. 3C;-Postofice Inspectors
gene J; Cannon. postal clerk on the Cairo
Short-line, running between st. Louis and
Duquoin, III. Cannon is charged with abb
stracting lottery ticket from letter adj
dressed to ex-Postmaster Hays, of st.
LOUIS, and selling the same to w. l.. +.
Edell, a prominent business man of Du-
quoin. The ticket drew s., $50, and when
Mr.. Hays attempted to compel the lottery
company to show cause why his ticket had
non claims he secured the ticket from a
third party. but declines to give names.
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George L. Phillips.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-George L. Phillips,
president of the Central, Union and Chicago
telephone companies. and director in half
a dozen other corporations, died of typhoid
fever, at his residence, in Edgewater, yes
terday afternoon. The case is rendered
particularly sad by the fact that his second
daughter, whom he took to school in New
York about Jan. 6, died of typhoid fever, at
st. Luke's Hospital, in that city, last
Wednesday. Mrs Phillips was hastily sum-
moned to New York, and only arrived in
time to have her daughter die in her arms;
She returned to Chicago. on Monday, and
found her husband so i'll that the doctors
wouid not allow her to see him. and Mr..
Phillips passed away in ignorance of her re-
turn and of his child's DEATH