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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
HAPPENINGS or II WEEK IN THE
SUNNY SOUTHLAND.
Georgia Alone Is Not Our Domain - we
Cover the Entire South from the
Potomac to the Rio Grand.

New Orleans, December 15.-At meeting
of the directors of the Crescent City, Athletic
Club last night the date of the Hall Fitzsim-
April, long enough after mardi gras, fes-
tivities to test the quality of the event as a
drawing card on its own account.
a Pension Fraud.
Norfolk, Va, December 15.-W. r..
Druy, an attorney at law in Norfolk, was
found guilty in the United States court
today for making false paper for the pro
curing of a United States pension and
sentenced to one year in jail and 500 fine.
When asked by the judge if he had any
thing to say, he replied no, and threw
himself on the mercy of the court
Hanged Tree.
Nashville Tenn, December 15.-The
chase after the negro who outraged Emma
O'Bryan, an eighteen-year-old white girl of
this city, is said to have ended. A report
comes that the brute was captured and
hanged to a tree in a church yard and his
body cremated The neighborhood is in u
wild state of excitement.
Hanged Tree.
Bristol, Tenn, December 17.--While Irwin
Roberts the alleged murderer 1 Of La nahn
through Shady valley yesterday en- route to
Johnson county jail, his captors were over,
t to a tree. Roberts begged piteousy for his
life and declared he was innocent.
gu II saroliu,'s "son
Charleston, S. c., December 14.-(SpecfaI.)
The grand lodge of Ancient Free and Accept
ed Masons elected the following officers to
serve for the ensuing year: $ =. Denley,
Walhalla, grand master; Claude D. Sawyer,
of Aiken deputy grand master; j. T. Barron,
Columbia grand warden b. f. Witherspoon,
Of Lancaster, grand Junior warden Charles
Inglpsby Charleston grand secretary: Tim
norman Davis. Charleston, grand treasurer
Rev. d. w. Hiett, Williamson, grand chap
lain.
IT Means Money tn the stare.
Raleigh ~ c., December 12-(Special.)-
Today there was received here the full text
of the opnion of the United States supreme
court in the extremely important case of the
against Alsbrook, involving the Liability OF
ali the branch lines of that road to taxation.
leading lawyer thus summarizes the oplil-
ion for YOUR correspondent:
."rhe decision is placed upon the Same
eround as that taken by the railway COM
mission. to-wit: That the section Of the
charter authorizing the construction OF
branch lines did not confer immunity from
TAXATION The decision of the United states
disnnte. and brings every branch line of The
system under the taxing power OF the state.
a Sod, bad Gan@.
bristol Tenn December 12.-(Special y
eve have been burglarizng and robbinS PEG
pie ever since the war in most succesSiu
manner and have never been caught up Win
vet =" said Ben Richards and james Caddell
TO a number of young fellows when they wish
ed them to Join their gang, but they were
caught up with last night; and four others
John Burke, John BoWser John Gray ami
John Jordan were pulled with them.
They prove to be six of the boidest thieves
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WANTS A DIVORCE.
Perry G. Collins. of Cleveland, Sues Tor
Sonar alton from. His Wife.

Lima, O., December 16.-An immense sensa'
ton was created here today by the summons
received from Cleveland in a divorce suit
filed there by Perry G. Collins against his
living here in a house of bad reputation.
Collins is at present transfer agent at the
Hollenden hotel, Cleveland, and is the son
of Samuel Collins, of our prominent and
wealthy citizens. Mrs. Collins was formerly
Miss Catherine Fenelon, of Dayton, where
she is well connected. The couple were mar.
ried in Dayton nine years ago, and resided
her, until fou years ago when they moved
to Cleveland. Mrs Collins deserted her hue
band to lead life of shame She came here
several weeks ago, and first stopped at the
house of Nine. Clara Kellogg, but after
wards went to Jennie Snyder's, on North
Tanner street, where she is at present, and
where the summons reached her today. The
matter became public and created great sur
prise among her former acquaintance. Shs
Is a handsome woman, and several years ago
was regarded one of the bellies of Dayton
society
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JUST FROM GEORGIA
Two Little. Songs.
Twill be only a little while,
And then-Once moro vour snilei

Twill be only little WHILE
And then-once more your smile!
Only day, an hour
TIL you bloom on my breast, like flower;
But oh! the hour and the day
Seem ever SO far away!
Twill be only a song-a sigh,
The flash Of a doves wing by
In sun-brightened April rain,
Till you bloom on my breast again
But oh! that the song and the sigh were done
And the nest of the homeless, sweet dove won
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

Do not buy a watch, a
chain, jewelry, a knife,
razor, pair of scissors,
stove, organ or any Christ
mas presents until you
have seen our premium
offers. Send for Cata-
logue-free. The Consti-
tuition.
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HIS WIFE'S LOVE
Was, no Charges, Allie mated from Him by
a Nit LIVING in Atlanta


Birmingham, Ala. December 13-(Spe-
cial )-Joseph dewitt Bools got yerlict to-
day for 5000 against Robert w Long
for alternating his wifes affections and
usurping Bool's conjugal rights.
Bool is a sort of drummer of the better
pelldler class, and radiated from Jasper, III
Walker county to neighboring towns, leay-
ing his pretty wife with their four-year-
old daughter in Jaspers boarding house.
Long kept a store i'll Jasper and during
Bool's frequent trips he acquired his mt
macy with the lady. tina"J me couple
came over to Birmingham and Long fol
lowed.
A note to Mrs Bool from Long fell into
the husbands hands, the fearful culprit
confessed, begged to be forgiven and was
taken back by the husband, who at once IN
stituted suit for $4,000.
Longs defense was a confession OF nav
ing enjoyed Mrs. Bools fayors put ser III, ND
Young men about the town of Jasper ana
that Mrs B9o had +e4 b+ a al,Hr and gaqe
the Verdict above. Long now resides III
Atlanta.
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ATLANTA, December 17-F0ur- First patent $780,
second patent Sio0 extra ncy 49, 70 ancy 800 anily
S3Uo' S.a- torn-No. White csc; NO. white &
mixed Oats-Tezas rust proofs a; white 46c mixed
35@ Hay-Choice timothy, large baes, soc: No i'm
othy large baeS 95c choice timothy small bales Soc
No. timothy, small bales, soc; No. timothy small
bales, Soc Aed Plain jjc DO ted SOC. Wheat bran
large sacks. Soc small sacks IS. Cotton seed calm
@l:lo q cwt Steam ICED sl.35 q cwt. Grits-Peari
$3.50
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People Who Make n Noise

Are the adherence of the nervous. But
why be nervous when Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters will rescue from that Wretched condi-
ton? 1t inYigorates the nervous system
through the medium of renewed digestion and
assimilation. Moreover, it is a sterling rem
edy for liver complaint, constipation, rheu-
matism and an impoverished condition of the
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ta's history and that city is filled with
monuments to his generosity and public
spirit.
Honored and beloved by the people
among whom he lives, there is no position in
city or state that could not have been his
for the asking, but he has chosen the
ouieter walk of life, where the right hand
knows not the deeds of the left, and where
the reward is sweeter and more enduring
than popular applause.
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WEAKNESS AND DISEASES or WOMEN
Quickly and Thoroughly Cured,

by a new perfected scientific method. that
cannot fail unless the is beoynd human
aid You feel improved the first day. feel a
benefit every day. Sent by mail or express.
with full directions for home treatment. Book
aud letter giving fun particulars by mail.
sealed Mrs DR.. Mary A. Braunon, No 10
Il. Hunter street, Atlanta, Ga.
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PECULIAR COMPLICATIONS.
Growing Out of the Eight Hour Law Among
Government En- pioYees.

Florence Ala December 16.-(Special The
eight hour law which is enforced on all gov
eminent work on the upper Tennessee river
il the cause Of vigorous complaint from all
steamboat men whose boats have to pass
through the Muscle Shoals canal.
Under the present arrangement, the men at
the canal are not allowed to work longer than
the allotted eight hours, and boats arriving at
the canal in the interval are compelled to
tie up and wait until the canal men go to
work again.
Unless a change is soon made, the trade OF
the upper river viii be seriously affected as
the captains Of several boats that OCCASION
ally go above Florence. are thinking Of aban-
doning the upper trade entirely.
The men at the canal are paid by the hour
and many Of them would like to work longer
than eight hours for the additional pay, but
under the law they are not allowed to do
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A WEEKS READING FRFEi

II 1T = IT = - II
Send your own me and the names of six Of
your neighhors 10 T he sou hern Farm, Atlanta,
Ga and sample cop e. OF that paper viii be- sent
to each ot YOU. you want SAMPLE copies OF
The Con titution, they win lie sent YOU free The
Con tltution and Southern Farm both yeal
for only Si25.
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IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Tho Legislature Wants to Wipo Out Ham
bur;s-Other News.

Columbia, S: G., December, l2.1(sPeciasl =
introduced bill to repeal the act incor7
porating the town of Hamburg Just this side
of the Savannah river, and known as North
Augusta This is in line with the recommen
dation in the governors message, the reason
being the numerous disorders and drunken
rackets that frequently occur there on Sun
DAYS Tho town was chartered in 1927 and
before the war it did an immense business.
r.3ev,n ssottrs Uay work.
Columbia. S. c.. December 14.-(Special)-
In the house today the factory Pin passed
hours shall constitute a days work, as
against thirteen, as heretofore. The law is to
go into operation next April.
Il u init.
Columbia, s. c., December 16.-fSpecial)
The house of representatives tonight passed
the 'railrOad coercion bill, which bias al
ready passed the senate Its provisions give
the railroad commissioner absolute power
i'll regard to freight passenger and joint
rates, schedules, damages, contracts with
connecting roads without the right of ap
peal.
Railroad men predict direful consequences
to the roads as the result of the operations
of this bill General Superintendent v r.
McBee said tonight that he he is taking
comparatively little interest in the railroad
legislation as he is satisfied that the bin
passed by the legislature will not stand the
test of examination by the United States
court, and he intends to have it submitted
to that tribunal at the first opportunity.
iitl'It."t. -
Columbia $. c., December 16-(Spe-
cial.)-One more effort was made in the
house today to prevent the passage of the
railroad coerciou bill, bur the rcformers put
it through to the tune of eighty-si to tnir-
ty-seyen and it was sent TO the clerks to
be enrolled for ratification. Four of the
ref0rmers who voted against the bill asked
to have it recorded that they did so. be-
cause they thought it ought to be amended
and the house rad refused to accept the
amendments offered by its friends. | have
heard it stated by person who claims to
be informed that Governor Jilman will
veto the Measure passed by his closest adj
herentS.
The proceedings in the senate today
indicate that the bottom has been knocked
out of prohibition. notwithstanding the
large vote by which the ChiIds bill passed
the house. motion was made to require
the Judiciary committee to report the bill
at once. In supporting this Senator Find
ley declared that if it were not reported
today it would not be passed The motion
was overwhelmingly defeated and the bill
viii not be reported before Monday.
Senator John Gary Evans scheme to
change the system Of county government
seems to be dead.
We Waut $500 nelc subscribers has aceeh.
Won't you 0tGke one Of then1?
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
Whenshe vas Cljl |, 4ho c-i 4 'Dr 1t1slria.
When5le became Mss, she clan; TO Ct3to~is.
Whenshe had Clidren, sho g4Yo taen OAstoris
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Send your own name and the names of six Of
your neighbors to The Southern Farm, Atlanta,
Ga, and sample copies Of that paper will BE- sent
to each of you. II you want sample copies OF
The Constitution, they viii be sent you free. iha
Constitution and Southern Farm both one yeas
for on.y LIS.
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Some folks think we ought to drop
The democratic comet;
But they amt got the time to stop
The way they are runnin' from it.
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Of breath. ,,
We were recently tarred and feathered
while we were asleep. We did not mina inc
tar, but they took the only 1ea'her-oeo we
had to finish the job.
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The Accommodating Editor.

Took all things subscription-from chick
ems down to cheese
Eror,, Wild ducl1 down to whippoorwils an
wood
And at last he took coflin'-for he wasn't
hard to please
With a doctor-an' they settled him for
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Two Iong-Felt Wants.

"Gfye us better roads, shouts 'he ora"-
fordyille democrat. HNe us i'tc i'"0'e'
avon tbamr' responds The Cuthbert Liberal.
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Atlnnts clenrlas Aa.oeI..tLon s..ten,ent.

pin ,...s dSh.bli2e
For tbs week - ~ ... .......... ..... 5,559. ISIS
Ceariugs list week. ~ ............ 3,5lG. 06S.se
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Randall Lee Gibson, of New OrleaS:s, was

Randall Lee Gibson, of New Orea2s, was
born September 10, 1892, at Spring HUI,
near Versailles, Woodford county,. Ken
lucky; was educated i'll Lexington, ny; IN
Terre Bonnie Parish, Louisiana; at ale col
lege: in the law department OF the 1ulahe
univ >rsity of Louisiana; declined the secre-
taryship of legati of Spain in 1893; was
aid Cto the governor of LOUISIANA at the
commencement of the civil war, and com
manded a company, regiment, brigade, and
division in the confederate army; was presl-
dent of the board of administrators of the
Tulane university Of Louisiana; was one OF
the administrators of the Howard memo
rial library in New Orleans; was one of the
trustees of the Peabody educational fund; 81
regent of the Smithsonian institution; law
yer and planter was elected to the forty
third congress from the second congression-
al district, but was denied admission was
a representative III the forty-fourth forty
fifth forty-sixth aLu forty-seventh congress
es, and was elected to the United States
senate without opposition as democrat
and took his seat March 4, 1855. and was
reelected in 1888. His term OF service
would have expired March ), 1890.
IN" r ~ h'""'"n
Washington. December 15-The news of
the death of Senator Gibson was not re-
cpiyed in Washington until this evening. A
meeting of the louisiana delegation Iii
congress we'll be held tomorrow morning,
to make arrangements for attending the
funeral which, it is supposed, Will be held
in New Orleans. The committee to represent
congress on the occa sion will be named to-
morrow by Vice President Morton and
Speaker Crisp, and they will go unGer an
escort of the deputy sergeant-at-arms OF
the senate
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O. cotton's on a rush
An the times are getting flush
An the people are d-tellin' of the story;
The countrys took a bound
An she's jest a-spinnin' round
An goin' like 2-forty on to glory!
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to take the places of the strikers, and are
III full sympathy with them.
me officials of the Central expected the
press. themselves as being fully prepared for
1t; Further than this they would not say
what their plans wese.
=, The members Of the Order Of Railway
Telegraphers are holding secret meeting
tonight in hall on Second street and be-
FORE going into secret session threw the
doors open to all outsiders who might want
TO hear their side of the story, and held an
informal meeting, in which several members
stated their grievances.
Ihey assert that orders had been issued to
all the superintendent to discharge all men,
bers or their organization by the end Of the
month; that seven had been discharged in
savannah Saturday, and that by going out
on u general strike now, they would have
nothing to lose, but everything to gain. They
claim that it is their intention to act as
Peaceful law abiding citizens, and will not
uhder any circumstances harm or destroy any
property belonging to the road But they
VIII watch closely and that the law is
complied with in filling their places and
wherever an operator is employed who has
NOT had twelve months experience and Is
under eighteen years of age. that they will
prosecute the company to the full extent of
the law They feel very bitter toward Mr..
Wadley for not recognizing them an or
gnnization and claim that their union is
10000 strong, and that they have $4,000 in
their treasury.
All trains are leaving the city on time to-
night, though hut one operator can be found
IN the offices Of the road
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harness and Buggy-FREE OFFER.

A $40 set of harness for only 81. A
500 top buggy for only $49.75: You can
examine orr goods at your place before
paying one cent. Send for illustrated cata-
iogue. giving prices to consumers that are
less than retail dealers actual cost. Send
address and this advertisement to Alvah
ALanuflc curing Company, department c.,
los, Chicago, Ill.
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4 Richmond Sensation.

Cd doc!e' \, Woodbridge, cashier of the saw
hIgs bank of Richmond. one of t4e best
known club men in the city, committed SUI
eide about I o'clock, at his residence on on
East Franklin street. The cause :, .,i fer
the decd is not known, although
for f', the past few days Captain Woodbridge
t of mental ne = depression. He however. at
tended his duties and his family and FRIENDS ,
were wholly mpreparcd for the, shoek
which his rash act gave them, Tie leaves ,
a wife and two children. the oldest OF "holh
is a cadet at West Point 49,.
" Owing to the high position held by the
deceased in social circles, his suicide caused
= great sensation 1t is r1unored hnanriai
trouble was the cause, but it is denied by
his intimate friends.
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The Louisianian Succumbs After a Stron
Battle.

Battle.
Hot Springs, Ark, December, 15.o After
a lingering but apparently painless Illness,
Senator Il. l.. Gibson died at $40 o'clock
p. IN. today. At the time of his death ne
was surrounded by members of the family
and several close friends, who wept bitterly,
when it was seen that the noble hearted
man was dead.
Senator Gibson passed away as though ne
had merely gone to sleep. There was no
struggle. no suffering. He had been con-
fined to his bed since the 18th of Noyyem-
Der, since which time his death has been
expected daily. In accordance with his
wishes, the remains will be buried III Lex
ington, Ky, beside his wife, who dled
some years ago. The funeral train VIII
leave here for Lexington tomorrow.
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A Prolific Germ.
From The Chicago Times
The cholera germ propagates so rapidly thar
in forty-eight hours one will produce 10000
900 others.
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Bagging and TIES.
ATLANTA December 17-Bagging- IA to; 4
SIC; "a ID 70. Arrow Ties-S1.1O.
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THE COTTON MARKETS.

CONSTITUTION OFFICE
'TtN~r December H.
Local -MarSot steady; midd1ing csc.
Hubbard. Price N Co.'S Cfrcu,ar
NEW YORK December 1.-THE statistical position
=, =,
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This Last Last
waaL urraA war

WICK. WICK, YOU. IbyU
Visible supply4 277 22J 41q2 653 4439397 1929 26s
Auleri can 3 sf3 O38 500. 253 40+2.797 27l9551
CROP in sight . l. -a9.f 3,93a.l5T 579629o A9l5 25
Game in sight. 2d5 1855 36l 40 1860 303. 6i
Pantat'n deiiyes 23iJ0i 2s1,757 330693 303,53A
Total crop ........ 9033, GEO 8,S30,0G0
The most striking comparison which the above fig
ures afford of the crop coming in sight this year
as compared with the amount which sight two
years ago, The movement for this week appears to
be 1850 bales bales in Of that of two years
ago when the total crop S,50o,0jo bales.
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TEE STRIKE Is on.
Nearly All of the photographers on the Cen

Nearly A ii of the photographers on the Ven
ira Railroad 90 out.
Savannah. Ga. December 12.-(Special
Abcrr two hundred and fifty employees OF
the Central railroad belonging to the
Order Of Railway photographers quit their
keys shortly after > o'clock this afternoon,
in accordance with Geographic orders sent
out from Savannah. Deputy Grand CHIEF
Tobey and the special committee of EN-
ployes represent the strikers in every
branch OF the system in the three states
of Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.
The strike in Macon.
Macon, Ga. December 12.-tSpeciai.)-
Promptly at > o'clock today, thirteen tel :,
graph operators in the employ Of the Central
railroad ut Macon walked ont of their Offices.
LII obedience To instruc lions from their. chief,
Ramsey. a general strike is decIated over
the entire system. and they assert that it is
simply a game Of freeze out
Three train dispatchers Messrs. Davis,
Williams and Suphin. who are on-union
men, remained at their post. The Western
Union and Postal men, both non-union and
union, declare that they will not be ordered
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x miles ahead Of him, and he's runnln' ou'

Observation-Disclosures OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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7ozW he fortified AGAINST dull care and deb1csl
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DIR. bbs is Deatt.

Madison, Ga, December 15.-(Special.) y
Or. T. Preston Gibbs died here this morning
At 8 O'Clock of quick consumption. He had
not been confined to his bed more than ten
DAYS. though going down for some months,
never having recovered from case of Ia
prIDDe.
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one YEAR, and you a0zX neaer quit 1t.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-06-22

The above trans are run daiIy ana MAKE
close connection at M1uAd House with
trains OF the Virginia and Truckes Railroad
Tor Virginia City and Reno. and with the
Uentral facihc At Reno. via tho Virginia ana
Truckss, for all point. Eas: aud West.
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who guided them right with the per-
suasive eloquence of Springfield
He is a terror to all who
have private pension bills, and rarely
fails to stop the passage of such by an
objection. Last week he objected to
and prevented the consideration of a
bill allowing the G. A. r. men em'
ployed under the Government in
Washington seven days leave of alb
sence during the National Encamp-
ment. This was very petty exhibi-
tion of spitefulness. There are COM
paratively. few G. A, r. men in the
District of Columbia, and every one
of them will be needed to take care of
the great throng in that city during
the Encampment.