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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
FIRE AT CALLAHAN.
A House Owned by G. Booth Burned
TO the Ground.

Callahan, Fla, Feb. 9.-The residence
and outlying buildings Of G. Booth, at
Callahan, occupied by II. L. Mcdonald,
agent OF the Savannah, Florida and West
ern, was totally destroyed by fire this
afternoon at o'clock.
The fire was first discovered by J. B.
Jacobs and was just breaking through
the rear of the kitchen. The fire had evil
IDENTIFY been burning some time, for, al
though fifty or sixty ready and willing
men were on the scene in few minutes,
nothing could be done to check it. and
every effort was bent to save the con-
tents Of the house. In spite of the quick
and heroic work done, Mr.. Mcdonald
loses all Of his crockery and kitchen
utensils The origin Of the fire is not
known, but is supposed to have been
caused by a defective tlue. The property
was valued at Sl,500, and is total loss.
Mr. McDonald's loss is about 500.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
ATLANrA's POLICE SCANDAL.
The Exoncration of Solicitor
Thomas Considered Complete.

Atlanta, Ca. Feb. 9-Some of the news
paper reports OF the detective investiga-
tion have not shown as clearly as they
might the complete exoneration OF the
city court which the evidence showed.
There was no evidence tending TO prove
that solicitor Lewis Thomas had paid the
detectives for making cases In that court
except that Of Capt. George Forbes. who
swore that when he was a deputy clerk
Ia is92. S25 was paid 20 Solicitor Thomas 10
nay TO Chief Of Police Connolly. and the
detectives for making cases against nve
women. The grand jury had indicted these
same women and Solicitor HIN had mol
pressed the cases because they had been
convicted in the city court. Solicitor
Thomas when on the stand denied this and
stated that Capt. Forbes had been drink
ing so long that his mind was impaired.
and that he was drunk at the time he
swore it,
Deputy Sheriff Blount also testified that
this so referred TO by Mr. Forbes was
paid on Feb. 8, 1892. before Solicitor
Thomas came into the office. that his
term commenced on Feb. 2S. 1892. and he
exhibited the sheriff's docket 20 show that
money had been paid on that date.
Solicitor Hill swore chat the grand
jury had never indicted an unfortunate
woman since Solicitor Thomas had been
In office. ana that he had never mol pressed
any bills against them, and that Mr.
Forbes was mistaken.
Chief Connolly also swore that Solicitor
Thomas had never paid him any such
money.
Solicitor Thomas said that he committed
an objectionable sin when he refused 10
pigeon-hole the indictment against John
Lloyd. a gambler, with influential friends.
and that the gamblers and other crooks
were trying to throw mud on him he
cause OF his vigorous prosecution OF them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
BIG FIRE AT A STATION.
The Union Passenger Depot and u
Hotel in Ruins.

st. Joseph, Mo, Feb. e.-The union pas
senger station is mass Of ruins At $3.50
O'Clock fire broke out in the United States
express office, and in a few moments the
great structure was in flames
in all portions. The water
pressure was Inadequate and the
fremen had hard work saving the
buildings across the street. The south
half Of the building and the two upper
floors were occupied by the Union Depot
hotel and a large number of guests had
was begun in 1881 and opend May l. 1882
1t cost $4,000. and $4,000 is the amount
Of insurance carried. All Of the mails
IN the depot were burned. The loss Of
Mai. Laughlin the depot hotel proprietor,
Is $4,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
SKINNED by AN EXPLOSION.

Arms and Faces of Two Men.
Alliance. o., Feb. 9-Two kegs and a
half Of powder exploded in a room Of the
Hutson Coal Company's mine at PALMYRA.
last night. David Lloyd and David Lingo.
who were preparing a blast. were fear
fully injured. The conclusion was terrific
When found the men presented q tsrrihla
sight. with the flesh literally blown orr
their hands. arms and faces. They cannot
recover. Both are about 40 years old, and
have large families
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
TOUGH ON THE TALLAHAssEE.

She Reaches New York After a Tenn
pestuOus Voyage.
New York. Feb. 9--The steamship TalIa-
hassee Of the Ocean steamship line arrived
from Savannah this afternoon, after a
very tempestuous voyage. Capt. Askins
said to-day that when he landed on the
pier, that it was one OF the worst trims
he had ever experienced. For forty-eight
hours before tho steamship reached her
dock. Capt. Asklns had not slept.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
7 ;. G..
Will Try 1T Again.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-There was a
conference at Secretary Carlisle's house,
at which the Secretary discussed until
nearly midnight the possibilities of
action with Speaker Crisp, Chairman
Springer and others. 1t was finally de-
cided to make another effort three or
four days from now to pass rule from
the rules committee ordering the
previous question on the Carlisle bill.
for the Secretary still believes that with
the aid of special message of the Pres
ident he can drag over enough Demo-
Gratis into line to pass the bill. In order
to win the silver men who to-day solid
ly voted against the rule the new rule
will permit Mr.. BANDS substitute bill
to be voted on and will make ample pro-
vision for another amendment This is
Mr. CarliSle'S last hope
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
ALLEGED LYNCHERS HELD.
Ex-Treasurer ScOtfs Supposed S1ayers
Bound Over for Trial.

O'NEILL, Neb., Jan. 9.-Pinkerman, Roy
and Mulligan, the alleged lynchers of Bar
rett Scott, waived preliminary examina-
tion to-day and We're bound over in $1,000
bonds to appear in the District Court next
month large number of letters have
been received from detectives all over the
country who want to be en-
ployed to ferret out the ,nys-
terry, man going far as to say he
would recover the body of Barrett Scott
for $500. 1t is believed that the family wish
to keep the name of the author of this last
letter from the public until he is in the
clutches of the law, and then he will be
made to tell what he knows about the case
as 1t is suppose u was sent for the purpose
of throwing the authorities off the track.
Sheriff Hamilton will start out tomorrow
to head a party of volunteers, residents of
the Niobrara valley, who will continue the
search for the body. They will work on
the theory that the body was thrown into
the Niobrara river, and the party will be
supplied with graphing. hooks to drag the
river, since the bed of the river is con-
stantly shifting and is full Of quicksand.
There is little chance of it's being located
If it is really in the river.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
SALE OF TROTTERS.
Good Prices Realized at New York
63 Head Sold for $4,000.

NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-The sale of trotting
stock, which was commenced to-day in
Madison Square Garden, is an important
one, some very high class trotting stock
will be sold under the hammer during the
three days the sale is on. The attendance
was very large, many prominent owners
and breeders being present, but the prices
running low. The following were the
more notable of the sales:
Property of Robert Steels, of Philadel-
phiaI,Pedlar. b. s., 1887. by Electioneer-Pen-
Boston. 81 800. woodruff, ch. s., 1882, by Nut
wood-:Addie. by Hambletonian Chief CHas-
broucks), record 216l@, to Joe Wederoth
Philadelphia. s1.65o; Falkland, b. s.. 1886, by
Happy Medium-Toto, by Princess, Charles
Nolan, Philadelphia, $1,025.
Property of Alex b. Forbes, Springfield
Mass.-Callisto, b. 81 1856. by Alcantara-
Annie Page, by Dame Ihambert. to J. Ford.
Hoboken. $50.
The. evenings sale. opened with the sale
of Aleana Hara, who, after spirited bid
ding, knocked down to j. Clark, of
New Brunswick n: j., for 100000 Czarina,
a bay mare, by Egbert went to William
Simpson, of this, city, for 1850. The total
sum realized to-day for the siXty-three lots
sold was $26, 800, or an average of $40 each.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
TENNESSEE'S MIDDLE
TWO PLANS FOR SETTLING THE CON-
TEST FOR GOVERNOR.
Bills Introduced In the LeEislature-
Budd to BE InauSurated i'm Cali
fornia-LcweIlinEs Message.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 9.-The opening
guns in the contest for the Office of Cover
nor were fired by the introduction in the
Senate of two bills and resolution relating
to the canvass and announcement by the
Legislature in joint convention of the vote.
Senator Butler, Republican, introduced
resolution providing for a joint convention
of the two houses next Friday to canvass
the returns and announce the result accord
ing to the face of the returns. Senator
Stovall, Democrat, introduced a bill for
trying the contest of the Office of Governor
by the Legislature and that the joint
vention OF the Legislature shall not open
and canvass the returns sent in by sheriffs
until the trial of the contest is decided.
Senator Caldwell, Democrat, introduced
bill which provides plan for deciding con-
tested elections for Governor and empowers
q joint convention of the Legislature to
open and canvass the returns, after joint
commission of both houses shall have taken
proof and reported upon the objections filed
by claimant before the joint convention.
Both bills passed the first reading. Under
either bill, if enacted, the present Governor
will hold over until the contest is settled
and the Caldwell bill provides that such
contest must be decided during the session
of the Legislature.
DOtu hcpupuCduS d1ltt DeHlOcTdlS Say THAT
the fight is on and that the struggle over
the passage of either bill will be hotly con-
tested. Tonight conferences and meetings
were held by the leaders and active work
ers of both parties, but they were secret
and little is given out. 1t is understood that
the Caldwell plan. for trying the contest
was indorsed by the Democratic executive
committee and it's attorneys. AS yet no
notice. of contest has been served, and there
is no y lay ,s, In , this State providing for con-
on these measures will begin tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
HOW 1T WAS SLAUGHTERED.
The Vote on Ordering the Previous
Question ON the Special Rule.

The Vote on Ordering the Previous
Question ON the Special Rule.
WASHINGTON, JAM 9.-The Carlisle cur
rency bill, which has been under debate
in the House for about two weeks was
ignominiously ditched to-day. 1t had not
strength enough to surmount the first par
liamentary obstacle placed in it's path. The
committee rules, in obedience to the
decree of the Democratic caucus on Mon
day, brought in an order to close general
debate and proceed under the five-minute
rule until Saturday when the final vote
should be taken, but the supporters of the
bill showed lamentable weakness They
were unable to order the previous ques-
ton, the demand, therefore, being refused.
first by rising vote of 92 to 101, and then
on yea and nay vote by 12f to 129. The
advocates of the bill were dumbfounded
when they discovered that they had been
beaten in the preliminary skrmish and
the order withdrawn. This was the
first reverse the committee on rules had
suffered in four years. An analysis of the
vote shows that all of the 124 votes in
favor of the motion were cast by Democrats
while eighty-two Republicans thirty-nine
Democrats and eight Populists voted
against it. OF the thirty-nine Democratic
votes against the motion it was pointed
out that twenty-four' were cast by Demo-
Gratis defeated for reelection. After the
vote the diplomatic and postoffice appro-
priation bills were passed. The former car
ries $1.562, 11S and the latter sS9, 1925
There was good attendance on the
floor at noon when Speaker Crisp dropped
the gavel notice had been given that a
special order to terminate general debate
on the currency bill would be reported
from the committee on rules. The con-
ference report on the military academy ap-
preparation bill was adopted on motion OF
Mr.. Outhwaite.
Mr.. Robins asked unanimous consent
to consider the Senate bill granting
American registry to the steamer Empress
of Philadelphia, but Mr.. Baker objected
and Mr.. English demanded the regular
order.
AS soon as the committee had been called
for reports Mr.. Outhwaite presented the
special order from the committee on rules
The order provided for the closing of
general debate. the consideration of the
Springer substitute as an original bin under
the fiye-minute rule to-day, tomorrow and
Friday, until 4:30, when is provided for
the report Of the bill and pending amend
ments to the House for a final vote
Saturday immediately after the morning
hour Mr. Outhwaite demanded the previous
question when the reading of the rule had
been completed
BRIEFLY SPIRITED DEBATE.
Some confusion was caused by the volley
of questions from members which followed
Mr. Outhwaite's demand members being
anxious to ascertain the status of amend
ments after the adoption of the order Mr.
Springer, chairman of the COMMITTEES on
SContinued ON Forrth fage.l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
PROTESTANT KNIGHTS.
New Benefit Insurance Organization
Organized at ST. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9.-Articles of incorpora-
tion will be filed here tomorrow for an or
ganization to be known as the Protestant
knights of America, which is intended to
be national in character and scope. It's OBJ
jects will be the free distribution of the
Bible, the uniting of the Protestants into
"a fraternal and benevolent bond to guard
and advance the interests of the public
school SYSTEM to protect it's members in
times of adversely and to pay a death ben
eft ranging from>one to three thousand dol
lars. All assessments, which Will be month
ly, will be turned over to some, trust COM
pany of st. Louis, which will be named
as the trustee of the organization. The
plan of organization in each State provides
for a grand lodge when ten subordinate
ones have been organized. The supreme
council of the order will DE located in St.
Louis. Among the first officers several
gentlemen who are prominent throughout
the country in the Odd Fellows and Ma
sonic lodges. E. NJ. Sloan, State secretary
of the Odd Fellows, will be president OF
the new organization. The work of organ
ization will begin as soon as the necessary
literature is ready.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
MR.. CREMER'S MISSION.
The Englishman Inclined to BE Se-
cretive-A Memorial to Cleveland.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Among the passen-
gers on the White Star line steamer Teu-
tonic to-day was William Randall Cremer,
M. p, who represents the Hafferton di-
vision Of Shoreditch in the English House
Of Commons. Mr.. Cremer is one of the
party of progress, and brings with him a
memorial to President Cleveland and Con-
gress favoring arbitration on all matters
in dispute between the United States and
England. The memorial, of which Mr..
Cremer has a large number of printed
copies. bears the signatures of 345 mem
bers of Parliament. Mr. Cremer said, to-
day: 81 do not care to talk about my mis-
sion just now, although my lips are not
hermetically sealed, still 1 consider them
practically so until I deliver the document
to the proper parties. / was here on a
similar trip in 1857, and there is bill in
favor of my project before the House in
Washington, as it was tabled last year.
When asked about the Irish question and
the disruption in the ranks of the opposing
Irish parties the visitor replied Il am
rather opposed to speaking on this SUBJ
ject. and 1 kept from doing so on my last
visit here. OF course, / am one Of the
progressionists. and always will vote for
home rule for Ireland, but further than this
I must decline to say anything
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10

difficult tonight to venture a prophecy
as to which horn of the dilemma the
Democratic party will prefer, but 1t
cannot be stated with too much force
that the new bill will recognize the de-
mands of the silver men. The Faulk-
ner compromise provides for the coin
age of fifty millions a year. Congress
will do we'll if it succeeds in buying the
silver votes of the Senate at that price.
for the silver men command the situa-
ton.
SENATE URGED TO ACT.
kilograms have been pouring in on
the leading members of the Senate to-
night impressing on them the necessity
for some action. This demand is the
demand of the business men, who are
Indifferent to the politics of the situa-
ton. There is no request for any bill
on the lines of the late Carlisle plan
or even on the Baltimore plan. Both
are hopelessly dead. A bill which will
stop the outflow of gold from the treas
ury and will not revolutionize the ex-
listing national bank system is the only
measure demanded, and to pass such a
bill the silver men must be bought. The
only questions that remain are the price
to be paid for the silver votes and the
willingness Of President Cleveland to
ratify any bargain that will be made
with them.
Senator Voorhees,, on hearing of the
defeat of the Carlisle bill in the House,
Immediately called special meeting of
the finance committee for tomorrow
morning. Mr.. Voorhees, is determined
that something must be done, but that
something" must include ample pro-
vision for silver. 1t will surprise no
one in the Senate to see Mr.. Voorhees,
introducing bill in the nature of the
Faulkner compromise. Leading Demo-
cratic Senators tonight offered to lay
wagers that Mr.. Vest, who yesterday
denounced the Faulkner compromise as
: rot will advocate measure before
long differing only from that plan in
making the coinage of silver unlimited
Whether the compromise measure will
make its first appearance in the House
or the Senate is undecided. 1t is pure
matter of detail as to where it originates.
The attitude of the administration is of
far more Importance. If Mr.. Cleveland
opposes it can hardly pass the House,
even with the active cooperation of
Speaker Crisp, who is known to favor
it. In that case there will be no bill,
and as Chairman Wilson, of the ways
and means committee, admitted to-day
in the event of no currency legislation
at this session the only course for the
President to pursue will be to call an
early extra session of the Fifty-fourth
Congress.
OF the Indiana delegation Messrs.
Brookshire. Holman, Hammond, Taylor,
Bretz and Martin voted for the resolu-
tion of the rules committee to-day, while
Messrs. Waugh and Conn voted against
it. Messrs. Brown, Cooper, McNagny
and Bynum would have voted in it's
favor if they had been here, and Mr.
Johnson was paired against it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
LEWELLING,s MESSAGE.
Views of the POpulist Governor O
the LIQUOR Question


the Liquor Question.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. Ex-Governor Le-
wellings administration does not end for
of this fact to present a very long message,
about fifteen thousand words, to the Legis-
lature. In it he says: 1.-The people have no
longer the isolated saloon to combat, but
must grapple with a gigantic Whisky
Trust. Public sentiment in our principal
cities nullifies the prohibitory law; business
men believe the liquor traffic helps busi-
ness; taxpayers believe the license for sa-
looms will tighten taxation; landlords be-
lieve saloons would fill now tenantless
rooms; fashionable clubs are established
where liquor is dispensed. 1t is not whisky
but y.business-with which the war
has now to be waged Such a war can only
be waged by taking all profit out of the
liquor traffic, and this can be done only
dispenser of liquors. selling them at actual
cost. Prohibitory methods may be the best
methods for the present. but recent ex-
perience indicates that this law was not in
tended to operate on all classes alike
Sheriffs and county attorneys. within
whose jurisdiction are the principal cities
ofsSthe State, seem to have entirely forgot
ten the existence of a prohibitory law until
during the recent political campaign, and
in hostility to the police instead or acting
in harmony with them. Instead of having
the support ana assistance of county Off
GERS in the enforcement of the laws the
police of the principal cities have had to
contend with their open hostility, but the
prohihitory amendment will remain part of
our Constitution until superseded by ma
tionalizatlon of the liquor traffic. Eventual
ly. the traffic will be forced to submit TO
the popular will" The Governor fayors ex-
Guiding foreig1 insurance companies from
the State. and devotes much space to emil
grafton, lotteries and other State matters
The senatorial contest becomes more COM
phcated each day, and will not shape itself
for some time yet. According to the ad-
herents of the different candidates. each
makes daily gains of votes. From figures
complied by the friends of various candi-
dates il appears that J. w. Ady leads the
race Ex-senator ingalls,, Calvin Hood and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
KENTUCKY FEUD RENEWED.
Judge kinkead Attempts to Stab w.
N. Lane Mt Lexington.

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. 9.-The old
grudge between Judge George B. Kinkead
and Wm N. Lane broke out this afternoon
in the Phoenix Hotel. Kinkead was talk
ing to Lieutenant Governor Afford. when
Lane came up, and Hinkead. thinking he
was making a motion to draw a pistol,
pulled large clasp knife and attempted to
cut Lane. Afford pushed Lane backward
and then held Kinkead. Lane began ours
broke loose from Afford and tried again to
knife" Lane. The latter got away and no
blood was split, but friends of both men
say there will be deadly encounter the
first time they meet. Lane is the man
who, with Desha Breckinridge, met Judge
Breckinridge's defeat and cursed him and
called him bad names. Lane strong
supporter of Breckenridge, while Kinkead
made the bftterest speeches delivered
against the Colonel, and was the leader of
the anti-Breckinridge Democrats.
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been in session over a week, was anxiously
awaited this evening by the saloon-keepers
of this city. The civic federation on sun
day last had spfes visit almost every
saloon in town with view to securing evi-
dence to show that liquor was being sold
spies were more than successful, 1T Is said,
but whatever testimony they gave before
the grand jury must have been lacking, as
no indictments were returned against any
saioon-keepers.
Quite sensation was caused by the at
tempt on the part of Mayor Major to se-
cure the indictment of the publisher of the
Commercial for alleged fraud in bills for
city advertising An old political feud seems
to have been the aninus for the Mayors
action, which proved unsuccessful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
WAGON WHEAT 52cc
ACME MILLING COMPANY,
s52 West Washington Street.
NORRIS IN JAIL.
The Alleged Detective Arrested as n
Suspicious Character.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 81. T. Norris,
who claims TO be a detective from Spring
field, o., and Samuel Emery. turfman
from New York. were arrested to-day on
charge of being suspicious characters. Nor
rls osfensibly tried TO fasten a gold brick
swindle on Thomas II. Parker Common.
wealt1's Attorney Smith says Norris made
him overtures for bribe of 0.009 to con-
sent to Parker being baiied. According 10
Mr.. Smith. Norris's scheme was to get
Ohio. where there are big rewards for him.
Emerysis the person Norris said would fur
nish the ball bond. Their cases are set
for Jan. H. Both men protested their in
nocence. Norris had with him indictments
ia Pennsylvania and Ohio drawn against