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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-19
DYNAuTER IN THE DOCK.
Charges Of Conspiracy 10 Destroy
Life and PrOperty.

London, Jan. 18.-The trial of Edward J.
Ivory, alias Edward Bell. of New York,
charged with conspiracy to destroy life
and property by the use of dynamite, was
begun in the Central court, Old Bailey,
this morning livery is accused of having
engaged in a conspiracy with P. j. Ty-
nan, alleged to have been the No. l of
the Irish Invincibles so frequently mem
toned during the trial of the persons
charged with the murder of Lord Freder-
ick Cavendish, chief secretary for Ire
land, and t. H. Burke, permanent under
secretary, in Phoenix park, Dublin, May
6, 1882. j. R. Carter, second secretary Of
the United States embassy, and United
States Consul General Patrick A. Col
Inns were present in court.
Ivory was well dressed and appeared
perfectly composed; he pleaded not guilty.
After the prisoners plea had been entered
Solicitor General Findlay proceeded to
narrate the events leading up to the ar
rest of Ivory in Glasgow, beginning from
the time he left New York. j. F. Tay-
lor. for the defense, objected to the in
PRODUCTION into the case for the prosecu-
ton of anything that had taken place out
side the jurisdiction of the United King
dom, which was calculated to operate TO
the prejudice of the prisoner. Justice
Hawkins overruled the objection.
Solicitor General Findlay stated to the
court and jury that there were two
charges against he prisoner; the first,
that of conspiring with lyman and others
to cause explosions endangering life;
second, conspiracy with some parties to
cause an explosion which would endanger
property. Findlay then traced Ivory's
movements and actions after his arrival
in Great Britain and called attention to
the fact of his having endeavored to find
certain men whom he could engage to
actually cause the explosions. At the
conclusion of Finday's opening argument
the taking of testimony was begun.
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RAILROAD EMPLOYEES kPPEAL.
They See Disaster and Distress in
the Reduced Fertilizer Rates.

Macon. Ca, Jan. 1s.-rhe reduction OF
the freight rate on fertilizers Is viewed
with alarm by railroad employees. 1t
means a reduction in railroad earnings,
and they fear, as a result. a reduction in
working time and wages.
To avert such an unfortunate condition
the employees OF the different lines OF rail-
road in Georgia have prepared an address
to the railroad commission, which will be
accompanied by petitions. The address Is
as follows:
TO the Railroad Commission Of Georgia.
The undersigned employees OF the railroads
OF Georgia, and those who sympathize
with them, hearing OF the proposed reduc-
ton In fertilizer rates, lately under con-
sideraton before your body, desire most
earnestly to present the following sugges-
lions against the continuance OF such re-
duction:
]. The revenues OF the railway companies
are said to be already so much depleted
that the wages Of the employees apparent
" cannot be fixed at remunerative rates
Besides the number out OF employment
is as great as the number engaged In
work. The employees and those with whom
they deal are sure TO suffer more loss OF
income.
?. The companies are only Just recovering
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AS VIEWED IN CHARLESTON.
A History of the Case That Has Just
Been Decided,

Charleston, S. c., Jan 1s.--A bulletin re-
ceived here from Washington to-day an
nouncee that the United States supreme
court has sustained Judge Simonton's de-
cision that part of the South Carolina
dispensary law is unconstitutional.
The part of the law declared unconstitu-
tional is the clause which relates to the
importation of liquors for private use
The lawyers interested in the case think
this is serious blow to the law, and that
it may result in breaking it down.
1t will be remembered that shortly after
the dispensary law went into effect, July,
1893 James Donald of Georgetown suf-
fered the loss by seizure of a barrel of beer
which had been ordered from outside of
the state.
Mr.. Bryan, representing Doland, carried
the case into the United States circuit
court, and after elaborate argument on
both sides, Judge Simonton decided that
the citizens of the United States had a
and that all seizures by the constables
would be a clear violation of interstate
commerce laws.
The state appealed from the decision and
the case went to the circuit court of APP
peals, where the state received another
setback.
Still another appeal was taken, this time
to the supreme court of the United States.
the result of which is as announced in
the bulletin referred to above.
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A SMALL FORTUNE STOLEN.
FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS LoSTrIN
TRANSIT TO ATLANTA. 3

The Sender Holds the Express Conn
panS's Receipt for the Packages
and Their Delivery at Winder.
When Next Sought for They Could
Not he FOund-The Express Mes
senger Disclaims All knowledge
of the Manner of Their Disappear
ance-He Has Been Arrested Pend
ing Investigation.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 1S.-Four packages
containing $1,000 each, disappeared from
the express car on the Gainesville, Jeffer-
son and Southern road between Winder
and Union Point last Saturday afternoon.
AS yet no trace of them has been found.
Supt Hurlbdrt of the express company
has gone to the scene of the robbery to in
vestigate it. At the Southern Express
Company's Office here nothing could be
1earned of the robbery and the Georgia
railroad officials also protested ignorance
of it to-day, but from another source it
was learned that the robbery had occur
red. The money was taken on by the ex-
press messenger at Winder to be trans
ferred at the Georgia train at Union Point
and brought to Atlanta. At that place,
however, it was not to be found.
The messenger could not account for it,
but stated that he thought it must have
been stolen while the train was yet at
Winder.
The money was shipped from the bank
at Winder, Ga, to the Lowery Banking
Company of this city, to be placed to the
credit of the latter institution.
a. I. Butts, the express messenger in
whose custody the money was when it
disappeared, has been arrested at the or
ders of Supt. Hulburt Of the express COM
pany. but no trace of the missing funds
Social Circle.
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CRESCENT CITY RACES.
Cool weather and Wet Track ut
New Orleans.

New Orleans, jan 1S.-Cool weather ne
cessitated wraps and top coats here to-
day. Rain had made the track bit slow,
but not to any extent. The attendance
was large for Monday and with only two
favorites winning. The bookmakers had
the best of the day
First Race-Selling, one mile. Mamie
G., &c. Dorsey, to /, won, driving by
head, with Pete Kitchen 1O2, Reiff, to 5,
second by two lengths, and Rnett Goode,
los, Vandusen, 5 to 2, third. Time 1:44s4.
Billion, Plutus, Augustine, Montel1. Bob
Johnson, and Summer Coon also ran.
Second Race-Se.ling, seven furlongs.
Sharon, 1l2, Scherrer, to o. won by
length and a half, with Jack Hayes. SO, T.
Burns, to ,. second by neck, and Bar
ney Adler, 104, Beauchamp, 20 to l, third.
Time :3O12. Candy, Redena, and Brescia
also ran.
Third Race-Mile, selling, Trilby. 1O2,
Morse, Il to l, won driving by neck, with
Van Brunt, 1O6, Scherrer, even, second by
a length and Kruna, 49, 7. Burns, to l,
third. Time 1:4S34. Elyra, Ramona, Lin
nette and Anna Mayes also ran.
Fourth Race-Handicap, six furlongs.
Irish Lady, 102, Dorsey, to /, won easily
by three lengths, with r. @. Ban 9S,
Campbell, 6 to 1, second by a neck, and
Maggie s., "a, A. Barrett, to l, third.
Time 1:14s4. Lonely Viscount, Robert
Latta and Glen Echo also ran.
Fifth Race-SeVen furlongs, selling.
Alto june 80, Songer, 8 to l. won driving
by a nose, with Winslow, 104, Armstrong,
60 to /, second by half a length and Stark,
81, Clay. to /, third. Time 1904. Mover.
Heritage, Bob Clampitt. Tom Sayre, Baal
Cad, Otho Altadena and Romance also
ran. Gluck ran away "a miles in the
first break.
Sixth Race, selling, six furlongs. High
Test, 1O5. Morse, to 3, won by two
lengths with May Ashley, 100, Hough, to
!, second by a neck, and f. NJ. b., 105,
Scherrer, 10 to /, third. Time 1:1534. Ell
tarre Bombard, Gil Fordham and Lay On
also ran.
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CUBAN sYMPArHIzERs IN LUCK.
The Grand Jury Finds No Law to
Punish Them Under.


Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 1S,-Gen. Emilio
Nunez, the prime never in getting out all
expeditions from this country to aid the
Cubans in their struggle for freedom. has.
no more to fear from the grand jury of
the United States court for the Southern
district of Florida, for to-day the grand
Jury reported that it had failed to find a
true bill against him.
Gen. Nunez had been placed under bond
in the sum of 81, 900 by Commissioner Egan
last September. on charge of aiding in
setting on foot the expedition
alleged to have been carried out
from the New Jersey coast by
the steamer Laurada. Several negroes
employed on the steamer were bought by
the Spanish spies and testified against
Gen. Nunez at the hearing before the COM
missioner, and it was on their testimony
that he was held for the grand jury. These
same negroes, with five others, appeared
before the grand jury last Saturday and
gave their testimony. The jury was evil
IDENTIFY not satisfied with this, for to-day
mo true bill'' was the verdict in the case.
For nearly two weeks the grand jury has
been at work Investigating charges of vio-
lations of the neutrality laws against every
person connected with fitting, out the ex-
petitions alleged to- have been carried
from this port on the Three Friends and
Dauntless. The investigation has been a
farce from beginning to end, and when the
grand jury came into court to-day and
made its final report before being discharg-
ed for the term, no mention of any fill
clustering cases was made. The grand
jury reported that no true bills had been
found against the following persons, who
had been held by United States commits
sioners: James Hawkins, Burrell Raines,
Moses Boyd, NJ. d. Crate, Willie Ball,
Davis Boyd, Samuel Johnson and Emilio
NunPZ.
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IN THE LOWER HOUSE.
A Day Devoted Mainly 10 the Dis
trict-PoOr Los Liquor Limited.

trIct-PoOr Los Liquor Limited.
Washington, Jan. 1s.-The House spent
the day in the consideration of miscella-
neous matters, business Of the District
of Columbia occupying the greater por-
ton of the session. Aside from these
measures, OF purely local interest, a few
bills were passed, as follows:
To prohibit and punish the sale of IL
ouors to Indians over whom the interior
department exercises guardianship; ex-
tending for two years the time for the
completion OF the Kansas. Omaha Central
and southwestern railroad through the
indian territory and Oklahoma; amend
ing the patent laws along the lines pro-
nosed by the American Bar Association;
"a give 20 the United States the benefit
Of devices patented by naval officers; au-
thorIzing the construction of a bridge
across the Rio Grande, at El Paso Tex.
An order was agreed TO. setting aside
to-nnorrow's session for the consideration
of private pension bills
Mr.. Mccall OF Massachusetts gave no.
tice that he would call up the Yost-
tucker election case Wednesday.
At o'clock the House adjourned until
tomorrow.
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LONG GETS A PORTFOLIO.
He VIII BE Secretary of the Navy.
The Chances of the Canal Bill.

He VIII BE Secretary of the Navy.
The Chances of the Canal Bill.
Washington, Jan. 1S-A private telegram
from Boston received this afternoon by a
prominent New England senator an
nounces authoritatively that ex-Gov. Long
of Massachusetts has been rendered and
has accepted the secretaryship of the navy.
The Senate committee on judiciary this
morning took no action on any of the
nominations now pending before ii. The
case of Charles b. Howry of Mississippi
nominated to be associate justice of the
court of claims, was laid over and that
of William Hughes, as district judge for
the district of Nebraska, was set for next
Monday. This nomination is being antag-
onized by both republicans and silver dem
ocrats, and the chances appear to be good
that it will be held up until after the close
of the present administration.
Some Impotence was expressed to-day
by the friends of the Nicaraguan canal bill
at the delay of the committee on rules in
setting aside date for its consideration
in the House Speaker Reed, it is said, is
not neglectful of the request that the
friends of the canal have made of hin,
but, before he sets aside a time for the
consideration of the bill, he purposes ex-
aiming the report of the commerce COM
mittee that was made last session, favor
ing the measure, and particularly the re-
port of the engineer commission which
went to Central America in the summer
of 1895 and carefully surveyed the line of
the proposed route.
After the speaker shall have familiariz-
ed himself with these reports it is under
stood that he will then decide whether or
not he will permit the bill to come before
the House.
The friends of the bill have amended IT
so that it shall not take effect until after
another survey shall have been made.
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\ I. c. V. Renefit Enir.

augusta, Ca, Jan. 1s.-At a meeting bel,7
"'aay preparatory to holding a Fair I'm
"piH Tor the benefit of the confederaie
leans the Confederate Survivors ana
,TtaDsnters Of the Confederacy decided on
g @e idlr, and the following officers were
0g,tei ny the daughters:
nm.y'uorary President - Mrs Jefferson
ir,resldent-Mrs. w. +. Eve.
i,tIus' Vice Presldent2Mrs. f. A. Timber
Auhcrin. e''us''-"'s' Wlillam
roll. Wis W. r. Car
pnnlzy. 'e'ius'''-Nirs' q IL.
p. cIeeiary-Miss Mary Cuthbert.
NJ. 1sileht OF the General Committee
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from their late disasters and trying 10
get on their feet again. and It now APP
pears hard that the employees and business
men should be threatened with new COM
plicauons when they were looking for bet-
ter times.
3. The recollection Of our sufferings while
the railroads were passing through the
period Of reorganization just ended is too
fresh in our minds to be passed over
A. A large part of the people who get
their living from the railroads will feel
the reduction In revenues, because any
reduction in revenues from which the
present income is derived Judging the
present by the pasO, must mean reduction
Of time and of the number employed, and
this would affect, more or less, every in
terest in the state.
). The people at large are not Interested
I'm the cut I'm fertilizers, as II Is believed
that those most commemorative farmers
will receive no benefit from the same.
Besides, the railroad employees are In no
condition to give a portion OF their wages
10 the farmers. especially when the lat
ter are not demanding It. When the rail-
way employees are prosperous the farmer
Is benefited. as railroad employees are
great consumers.
Inasmuch. therefore, as the railroad
commission Is intended to stand between
the people and the railroads and do ius-
tice 10 all parties, we most earnestly
request that action reducing this raia
may be considered, and the disastrous
consequences to the persons most cor
cerned averted.
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PRAYs FOR CTDA's SUCCESS.
A Housing Meeting In the Interest of
the Patriots Held in Charleston.

Charleston, S. c., jan lS.-A mass meet
ing Of the sympathizers with the cause Of
the Cuban patriots was held here tonight
in the Academy of Music, the largest
theater in the city. The place was packed
to overlooking and the widest enthusiasm
was displayed.
The meeting was opened with a prayer
for Cuban success, delivered by Rev. DR..
c. S. Vedder. the pastor Of the French
Huguenot church, and the leading speech
Of the evening was made by the Hon. j.
p. X. Bryan, one Of the ablest lawyers of
the Charleston bar. Resolutions were in
troduced and adopted favoring Cuban in
dependence. and a recognition of the bel
ligerency Of the patriots.
The Messrs. Valdez are the only two Gu
bans In Charleston, and the faithful man
ner in which they have worked for the
cause of the island was evlnced by the
rousing nature Of the meeting tonight
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c,Mc8osEs CONFIDENCE.
v,pr PRESS HIS CUBAN
He SOLUTION

- ais Friends Have
He ~, in a Fright at tie
orr mmerce-He says Our
Dane os can Go wild Over
kepi' traees at n Distance
Ar"' - n troubles Nearer
MN N c.. Jan. Ex-senator
N@s,'" g destined to retire from
DOE ' ms his cherished free
the 90 in his cap. He admitted
CuL@ 10 uncertain of the fate of
to-oa' ition which he piloted sue
Ms y', 49,. ,eh the committee on for
ceSs''''. .hrior to the Christmas hoh-
el5A Then asked to-day when he
Gay mi up his resolution in the
POF ,slied that he has discovered
s'4l' ~u.sntiment among certain SEN
-"D' ire originally in favor of the
resoutio zo,,,+;on -
II make another survey OF
- e.,5do not desire to press At 10
''s .,a ave it defeated.
..aerman. who is to be the next
-. state. together with several
who advocated the passage
O.'e' . .,tion before the holidays, have
u -" az on the subject and are not
''o''7 's1tic about Cuban independence
os were a few weeks ago. There
~. nav, gentlemen in congress who
arc 20 mselves up to hlgh
WIZ of excitement about
p.s" Anian outrages, but Wneh
W. - outrages within sixty miles
j I'm !. patriotism languishes. l IN
u s uS resolution in good faith, hop
lIo lu'tsoo,1gress would promptly respond
lls ',ands of the public sentiment in
. ," struggling Cubans, many OF
a,bom bound to us by matrlmolidi
VIM 1.1ercial ties. It. seems now that
90 enthusiasm in behalf OF CUBAN IN
S'.1nce has been checked by appeals
~" sons who insist that no further
- of the question must be permit
asi'e his time, because it will seriously
,1..re with the business prosperity OF
The .ntry'
"T Lsnator was asked how he expected
d.. ia'5nplish any practical relief for Cuba
u5,gb6 administration in pronounced
o7nitih to his resolutions.
VI repled that he could not see much
=. ona br in that direction under the
translates.
70 savl that he is confident that the
,.bans vii not receive any of the alleged
rms of settlement that are con-
sntlv emanating from Spanish
.urces the Cubans have no faith In
-e promiAs of the Spanish government,
nd tbev vii ACCEPT nothing but absolute
In the meantime, the de-
ruction otife and property continues on
le island, and American interests are
, suffer hause a few men tell their
lends in chgress that business prosper
v will be hpeded by the passage of a
solution rkognizing the independence of
uba.
The senat was not prepared to say
nat he will bandon his resolution, but it
as apparel that he is discouraged, and
ntertans sail hope of securing favor
BILE action h it.
He is dis pointed in losing the sup
ort of certin newspapers, which have
eretofore ben active and energetic in
ne suppor5of his resolution. While he
intends tat public sentiment is still
rongly i9favor of free Cuba, he regrets
nat somebf the most influential support
rs Of thd cause in congress and among
he news apers have suddenly become
8ssive nd apparently lost all interest
the cdtest for Cuban independence.
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ARKANSAS NEW OFFICERS.
Dense Crowds View the Inaugural
Ceremonies.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 1S.-Gov-elect
Daniel w. Jones was inaugurated in the
presence of the joint session of the gen.
eral assembly at o'clock this afternoon,
the oath of office being administered by
Chief Justice Bum. The lobbies, corrid-
ors, aisles and galleries of the House Of
Representatives hall were crowded to
suffocation. The following recently elect
ed state officers were also sworn in at the
same time Attorney general, 70. B. Kins-
worthy; secretary of state A. c. Hull;
auditor Clay Sloan; treasurer, Ransom
Gulley; superintendent of public instruc-
ton, Junius Jordan; chief justice, Fl. G..
Bum; associate justice supreme court,
Simon P. Hughes; commissioner of agri-
culture, w. G. Wincenheler, and land
commissioner, j. F. Richie.
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BAN ER WAS NOT sHAMMING.
scnsati nal Death of an Alleged En-
bezzIer.

ForEayne. Ind, Jan. 1S.-A special dis
panEfrom Garrett, Ind, gives details of
The 6nsational death there this morning
OF 8erman N. Cofi1nberry, president of the
Batk of Garrett. and late treasurer of
IsKalb county, the particulars of whose
Ghbezzements and defalcations had here
pfore been published. 1t was known that
Potiinberry was very i'll at his home, and
us attending physician had protested
against his arrest by an affidavit to the
31ect that his heart action was such that
lis arrest and Imprisonment at this time
would result disastrously. Two other
DOCTORS however, made affidavit that Cot
lnoerry's condition was all right, and in
uhatlng that he was shamming. The
AlerHl TINS morning went to Coffinberry's
nome and placed him under arrest, when
me accused banker suddenly fell into the
sherlns arms and instantly expired.
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AGED ABoLITIONIsT DEAD.
Jonathan brakes Noted Under
ground Railway Work.

Leominster, Mass, Jan. 18-Jonathan
Drake an old time abolitionist, died here
Sunday, aged 81. When the anti-slavery
movement was at its hight, brakes house
was a station of the underground railway
through which slaves made their escape
from the south. When the noted Shad-
rack escaped from Boston court house in
1851 he came straight 70 Leominster and
was shielded by Drake. who dressed the
negro in woman's clothing, and assisted
him on TO Canada. James Jackson, a
slave of Jefferson Davis. was also be-
friended In a similar manner.
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FINE. GROCERS GENERALLY.
HAS THE CHAIN BEEN BROKEN?
Continued from First Page)

ton under the federal constitution. Both
are under the ban of the statute. l am
unable to see wherein that section of the
dispensary act of South Carolina. which
authorized the seizure made in this case,
conflicts in any particular with the federal
constitution"
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round Ou1 lis FOLLY.

Washington. Jan. 1s.-Beginning to-
night the Roanoke Times resumes the full
leased wire news service of the Southern
Associated Press. Two years ago the
Times, acting from motives of what IL
supposed to be its best interests, relinquish-
ed it's membership Ia the Southern Asso-
ciated Press and Joined the Chicago As
ISOLATED Press. To-day, after a two days
trial OF the news service of the latter con-
Germ, the Times reJoins its old friends.
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A LAND MARK OF BLAcKsHEAR.
Judge higgins Her Oldest Resident
Called to His Rest.

Blackshear, Ga, Jan. lS.-Judge Robert
G. higgins died at his residence In this
city this morning.
In point OF residence Judge higgins was,
perhaps, the Oldest citizen of Blackshear.
He was highly esteemed, having occupied
a number of positions of public trust,
among others the mayoralty Of Black.
shear. which position he occupied for a
number of years Until two years ago he
was justice Of the peace for this district
at the time of his DEATH
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EXCITEMENT IN ALASKA.
Prosecution of Ex-MarshaI Porter
Summarily Quashed.

Fort Townsend. Wash, Jan. 1S-The
steamer Alkali from Alaska brings news
o. considerable excitement there as the
result Of Information that the prosecu-
.l0n OF ex-United States Marshal Orrvllle
Potter. charged with embezzlement,
Snder a grand jury indictment, had been
q'asned under direct and specific orders
rom the Attorney General at Washing
u mh to the district attorney of Alaska
lne charge has been hanging over Porter
snSe shortly after his retirement at the
.uu Oh the Harrison administration. Poc-
W. was indicted for falling to discharge
Outstanding claims for jury and witness
ices ana pocketng the money.