The News and Observer
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 64.
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BANKERS AND SILVER
JUDGE ALDREDGE DISCUSSES
THE CURRENCY QUESTION
AT ATLANTA.
AMERICAN BANKERS’ASSOCIATION
The Texit* Banker Claims that He is
the True Bi-metallist, and the Ad
vocates of Free Coinage at the Ratio
of lGto 1 Are Mono-metallists— Dis
cusses the Interest Question and the
Depreciation in Prices—Points to the
Return of Prosperity.
Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 16 —The second
day’s session of the American Bankers’
Association was called to order this
morning by President O’Dell, and the
convention proceeded to business after
prayer by <he Rev. J. W. Heidt. Chair
man E. W. Pullen r<rad an extensive re
port trom the E Keen rive Council in refer
ence to a number of proposed changes in
the wording of the constitution. The
question of annual dues was referred
back to the eouncii to be reported on to
morrow and the minor amendments sug
gested were adopted.
After the announcement by the presi
dent of a barbecue to be tendered the
delegates Thursday afternoon. Judge
George N. Aldredge, of Dallas, Texas,
was introduced and delivered an address
on the currency, which was received
with enthusiastic applause.
“The proposition that this govern
ment should coin silver for the world in
unlimited amount at double its market
value is so repugnant to the common
sense of mankind,” said Mr. Aldredge,
“that it cught to be unnecessary to dis
cuss it. And would be, but for the fact
that a portion of our people have been
misl. d by appeals to their pr- judine and
by the specious r- asoning of sophists.”
Ha pointed out that the leading na
tions of the earth have tested silver for
hundreds of years, voluntarily ad* pled
the single gold standard, and that no ra
tion to dav t as the silver standard from
choice the gold standard advocates
believe in gold as a standard with the
largest possible safe use of silver among
the people. The 16 to 1 dreamers be
lieve in tbe so called double standard,
and were driven by this law to the use
of silver alone. All gold standard coun
tries use large amounts of silver and no
silver standard countiy uses any gold
whatever As the practical question is
the use of the metals, it follows that we
are tbe bi metallists and the 16 to 1 peo
ple are the monometailists. Hence the
battle that is to be fought to a finish
next year, is whether we will remain
under a gold standard, with actual bi
metallism in use among the people, gold
and silver circulating freely, without
dis crimination against either; or shall
we have aso called double standard at
the mints and nowhere else, with sil
ver monometallism in actual use?
The battle is between substance and
shadow, between those who want bi
metallism in fact and those who want it
in name only. We are the friends of
silver money, who would bring to its aid
the power of the government to keep it
good, and they are enemies who, by un
limited coinage would take from it the
guaranty of parity by the government
and thereby degrade* it to its market
value.
“Our government has been and
is now coining silver at the ratio
of 6 to 1. It is enabled to do
this because under the law it can
restrict the amount coined and being
vested with this control it undertakes to
make every dollar good money. The
moment the government loses control of
the coinage, confidence in its ability to
protect the money issued isgone and the
silver dollar than rests on its merit and
is worth 50 cents.”
Io refutation of the contention that
gold has appreciated and depreciated
prioes, he pointed out that no two arti
cles have declined at the same time or in
the same degree, nor has any article
mentioned remained uniformly depress
ed, and, therefore, but one controlling
cause can be assigned for these results.
Continuing, he said: “Interest has de
clined since 1872 in my part of the coun
try from 3 per cent per month to 6 and 8
per cent per annum. There is no denying
the fact that the gold bugs did that. The
&>uth and West have sxved more on the
decline on interest than they have lost
oa the decline of wheat and cotton. In
terest is always low under an honest
standard, among an honest people where
money is plentiful. It is lower in Lon
don than anywhere e’se on the globe.
Because her standard is stable and her
commercial integrity has been the care
•f her statesmen and her people for ages
past.”
Mr. Aldredge charged that it is repu
diation of debt a.d not coinage that the
1* to 1 man is after, and h i said in con
clusion: “Allow me, in conclusion, to
say that our country is in no danger of
r pudiation. This 10-to 1 coinage clamor
is but one of the manifestations of hard
times brought on by the late panic. On
low lands, in the night-time, a deadly
miasma accumulates, but when the
bright sun climbs over the hill tops and
shoots bis purifying rays into the bot
tom, the nuasrna is dispelled. Tbe
atmosphere is sweetened and made
wholesome, and men go forth to their
daily avocations with assurance of
health. 1 n spite of all the isms that
have a 111 cted us, in spite of demagog
ism on the st ump and m legislative halls,
this country is rapidly advancing. Our
factories are tax d to their utmost with
orders and wages of their employes
have been everywhere voluntarily
raised. Prices that have been depressed
by the panic are improving. Sinister
discontent, with all her Imps is fleeing
before the benign presence of prosperity,
and in after years the heireses of to-day
will only be remembered as a troubled
dream. Tire American people are hon
est and patriotic. Upon this rock we
build our faith, and all the ages and
agencies of truth are curs for t' e super
structure.”
GROVER’S TRIP TO ATLANTA.
The Presidential Party Will Leave
Washington Monday.
Washington, D. 0 , Oct. 16—Secre
tary Hoke Smith saw the President to
day and consulted his convenience about
the coming visit of Mr. Cleveland and
his cabinet to the Atlanta Exposition.
Afterwards Vice-President Baldwin, of
the Southern Railway, called upon the
Secretary and preliminary arrangements
for the trip were made.
The Presidential party will leave
Washington in a special train over the
Southern Railway at lip. m., Monday,
the 21st, and will arrive at Atlanta at 4
o’clock the next afternoon. The Presi
dent will be accompanied by members of
his cabinet and their wives and by Pri
vate Secretary Thurber and wife. Mrs.
Cleveland has not yet decided to go.
She does not like traveling and usually
avoids long journeys when possible.
The Presidential party will leave At
lanta on the evening of Wednesday, the
23d, after the reception at the Capital
City Club. No definite hour of departure
has been fixed, but it is presumed that it
will be 12 or 1 o’clock. It is expected
that the special train will arrive in Wash
ington between 6 and 7 o’clock Thursday
evening.
The train will pass through Charlottes
ville, Lynchburg and Danville, Va., Sal
isbury and Charlotte, N, 0., Spartanburg
and Greenville, 8. C , and Gainesville,
Ga.
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE.
Two Men are Killed and Four Othe r s
Seriously Injured.
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 16.—Two men
were killed, one fatally hurt and sev< ral
slightly injured this morning in a wreck
on the Martinsburg Branch of tbe Penn
sylvania Railroad. W. F. Good, of
Henrietta, fireman of the Martinsburg
tram was killed instantly.
J. Q. Woodring, of Tyrone, front
brakeman of the water train, both legs
cut off and head crushed.
David Arthur, of Altoona, engineer of
the Martinsburg train, badly scalded and
injured iuternally, cannot recover.
Henry Blackburn, engineer of the
water train, seriously but not fatally
hurt.
William Jones, of Burkett Stati >d, a
passenger, was thrown through a door
and painfully injured.
Beuj. Weyandt, of Roaring Spring, a
passenger, badly cut about the arms.
The wreck occurred between the Mar
tinsburg mixed train, hauling milk and
Altoona shop workers and a water train,
a mile west of this city.
The collision completely demolished
both locomotives and derailed several of
the tanks. The passenger cars kept the
track.
THE ALLEGHANY LYNCHERS.
They will he Tried at the December
Term of Forsyth Coart.
Special to the News and Observer.
Winston, N. C., Oct. 16.
Four of the Alleghany lynchers are
to be tried at the December term of
Forsyth court. The case was to have
come up at the present term of Surry
court but the defendants succeeded in
getting it removed here. The lynching
of a white man took place in Alleghany
county two years ago and produced a
profound sensation. Some of the
lynchers left the county and went west
to escape arrest and trial.
Lon Poe, a negro who is wanted in
Washington county, Va., for assaulting
and murdering a little girl, is still in
jail here. The Virginia authorities have
asked Governor Carr for a requisition.
THE ALAMANCE FAIR.
A Good Crowd in Attendance and
Fine Exhibits.
Special to the News and Observer.
Burlington, N. 0., Oct. 16.
In the races at Alamance fair today
“Gov. Holt” won in the two year old
time 2:39 1 4.
In the two fifty class Kitty Hawk won,
time, 2:3*.
Choctaw won third heat in 2:30.
A good crowd is in attendance and
the exhibits are unusually fine. There
will be a free for all horse race to-mor
row.
Death of Mias Maud Ilowden.
Special to the Newsand Observer.
Rancleman, N. 0., Oct. 16.
Miss Maude Bowden, daughter of Mr.
T. O. Bowden, died here this eveDiDg at
2 o’clock. The deceased was very popu
lar and leaves many friends to mourn
her loss. She was niece of Mr. F. M.
Threadgill, of Lynchburg, Va.
CABINET MEETING YESTERDAY.
Report Made of the Easiness in the
Several Departments.
Washington, Oct. 16.—A1l of the
members of the Cabinet except Secretary
Morton and Postmaster-General Wilson,
gathered at the White House at noon
to-day in answer to a summons from the
President, and thefir-t iff rrnal cabinet
meeting for several months was held,
probably for the purpose of enabling the
Cabinet officers to report to the Presid
ent the state of business in their depart
ments.
RALEIGH, N. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1895.
MUTILATED BY A MOB
THE TERRIBLE TOR HIRE AND
DEATH OF A RAPIST
IN TENNESSEE.
HIS FINGERS AND EARS CUT OFF
And Distributed Among the Crowd as
Bloody Souvenirs ol the Ghastly Oc
casion--Hanged to a Telegrnph Pole
Bnt Before he Became Unconscious
he Was Lowered to the Ground And
His Head Cut Oft With Pocket
Knives--His Fiendish Crimes.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 16.—Jefferson
Ellis, the rapist, was hanged to a tele
graph pole at 10.40 this morning by 350
men within two hundred yards of the
scene of his crime. Before hanging the
negro, the mob cut off both his ears and
all of his fiagers, and mutilated him in
a horrible manner.
The mob, with their prisoner, reached
the home of his victim, Miss Prater,
soon after midnight. The young woman
identified him as her assailant. As soon
as this was done, an armed squad of men
took Ellis from constable Farrow and
started with him for the pike, where the
public road crosses the Louisville and
Nashville.
A big fire had been built at the place
and around it the mob gathered in a cir
cle. The handcuffed negro was made to
kneel before the fire. The leaders of the
mob told Ellis to pray, but he only look
ed at them in a f-tupid manner. Being
told that he was about to die he raised
his voice in a negro hymn. By tbe time
he finished the fiercer element were in
complete control of the mob. Cries of
“burn him” were heard on all sides.
Even this fearful fate would probably
have been mercy to the negro as subse
quent events proved
Amid the shouts of the mob a man
jumped to the negro’s side with a drawn
knife in his hand.
“Cut off his ears,” they cried.
“Give me a firger,” shouted one man.
“I want a thumb,” shouted another.
The better element in the crowd drew
off at this time and said they were not in
favor of doing anything but hanging the
negro. Their protests were not noticed.
Being urged on by the fiercest men in the
crowd, the man cut off the negro’s right
ear and held up the bleeding trophy in
full view of the crowd.
The negro screamed, but his other ear
was cut off a few moments later. The
mob became madder at the sight of this
work and those who were mutilating the
negro found ample encouragement. They
next cut off all tys fingers, and tearing
away part of his clothing, they mutilated
him in a horrible manner.
The negro was covered with blood and
his head looked like it had been scalped.
The mob was not even then willing to
end the negro’s agony. They made him
stand up so all the crowd could see him.
Finally, fully thirty five minutes after
the torture of the negro began, the rope
was put around bis neck. The tele
graph pole was seventy-five feet away.
The rope was a very long one. The free
end was taken by a man who quickly
climbed the telegraph pole and threw it
over the arm. The crowd jerked the
negro to the foot of the pole, and while
the mob shouted the bleeding and mu
tilated form of the negro was swung to
the cross arm.
The negro was lowered to the ground
and his head was cut from his body with
pocket knives. The noose was then pot
over the feet and the headless body was
again swung up. It is intended to send
the head to the family of the little girl,
the negro attempted to assault last
Saturday in Mississippi. A placard was
put on the negro’s body bearing these
words: “Death to the man who cuts
him down before 6:30 this evening.”
No doubt the injunction of the mob
will be obeyed to the letter and the pas
sengers on the Louisvil e and Nashville
trains to-day may see the horrible sight.
The point where the lynching occurred is
a cross road called Clifton Summit. The
mob dispersed after doing its work.
Jefferson Ellis, on the afternoon of
October sth, criminally assaulted Miss
Bessie Prater in the presence of the
latter’s two little sisters. He es
caped from a mob which had gath
ered to lynch him that night, but
he was pursued unremittingly until he
was captured Monday near Mountain
Pleasant, Miss. He confessed to the as
sault upon Miss Prater, to the outrage
and murder of a Mrs. Wilcox, of the
same neighborhood, two years, ago and
to an attempted assault upon a little girl
in Mississippi while he was trying to
escape from the mob.
CONGRESSES OF RELIGION.
Pope Leo Has Written a Letter C«»-
demiting Them.
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 16 - Pope
Leo has written an important letter to
the Catholic Hierarchy of America, con
demniDg the assemblage of congresses
of religion. The letter has been deliv
ered to Archbishop Ryan of this city and
to all other Archbishops. It was the main
subject considered at the rec«nt as
sembling of the Archbishops at
Washington, but the efforts at secrecy
were successful in keeping the Pope’s
letter from publicity. What steps the
archbishops took cannot be learned, but
with the views of the ope thus clearly
exp essed, it is doubtless that the Amer
can church will anathematize congress* s
of religio in the same way that an in
terdiction was placed on Catholics par
ticipatiou in the Knights of Pythia*,
Odd Fellows and other secret societies.
REFORM FOR ARMENIA
THE FINAL DEMANDS OF THE
POWERS ARE ACCEPTED
BY TURKEY.
THE SCHEME THAT OF LAST MAY
Either the Governor or Viee-Governor
of Certain Provinces Is to be a Chris
tian-Local Officials to Collect the
Taxes—Complete Change in the Judi
cial System—Tortnre Abolished and
the Police Are to be Controlled by
Turks and Christians Alik o .
Constantinople, Oct. 16. - Said Pasha
has accepted the scheme for reform in
Armenia drawn up by Great Britain,
France and Russia, and it now awaits
the signature of the Sultan. The scheme
is almost identical with the proposals of
last May which, in substance, were that
the Governors and vice Governors of
Van, Erzeroum, Sivas, Bitlas, Khartut
and Trebizond, be Christian or Mussul
man, according to the inclination of the
population; but either the Governor or
vice Governor is to be a Christian, and
the appointments are to be confirmed by
tbe powers.
Local and State officials are to collect the
taxes and enough money is to be retain
ed before it is forwarded to Constanti
nople to pay the expenses of local ad
ministration. Complete changes will be
made in the judicial system, torture will
be abolished, the prisons will be under
surveillance, the police will be controlled
by the Christians and Turks alike, and
the laws against compulsory conversion
to Islamism will be strictly enforced.
The Ambassadors of the powers expect
that the whole question will be finally
settled during the course of the week by
the promulgation of an imperial decree
Contrary to general expectations, the
high commissioner, who will be charged
with the execution of this scheme, will
be a Christian. This was the hardest
pill for the Porte to swallow, and for a
long time it threatened to bring about
the most serious comnlieatious.
England and France Notified.
London, Oct. 16. —The British foreign
office, in addition to a dispatch from
Sir Philip Currie, the Ambassador of
Great Britain at Constantinople an
nouncing that Said Pasha, the Turkish
minister for foreign affairs, had accepted
the scheme for reform in Armenia drawn
up by Great Britain, France and Russia
is in receipt of an unofficial telegram
announcing that the Armenian question
is virtually settled.
TIIE EPISCOPAL CON VENTION.
N» w Trustees of the General Tneolog
ical Seminary Named.
Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 16.—Among
the reports presented to the House of
Deputies of the Episcopal Convention,
was one from the committee on nomina
tions naming as trustees of the General
Theological Seminary all of the old board
and propo. bg Henry Butt as the success
or of Rev. Dr. Hall, deceased. Majority
and minority reports on the proposi
tion of the b shops to change the title
page of tl;e Book Commission prayer
precipitated a warm discussion. The
bishops desired to insert the words “ac
cording io the Americaa(|uße,”*n ther
than iusert the whole name of the
church. This was interpreted by some
as a move toward changing the name
of the church. It was also argued that
the revision of the prayer book had
been completed in 1892, and dropped,
and that it would be unwise to take it
up again now.
A vote being taken the deputies refus
ed to concur in the revision. There was
a lively debate over another message
from the bishops recommendiug the ref
erence of the canons to the present re
vision commission with instructions to
the next convention.
A large element wanted the cauons to
go to the new commission to which the
constitutional revision was referred yes
terday but this was overruled in the eud
and the action of the bishops concurred
in.
RUSSIA'S DEMAND ACCEPTED.
Japanese Troops Will be Withdrawn
From Liao Tung.
San Francisco, Oal., Oct. 16.—Ad
vices by mail from Tokio, Japan, dated
September 27, to the Associated Press,
state that Japan has been forced
to comply with Russia’s demand for
a speedy withdrawal of tbe Japanese
troops from Liao Tung. France and
Germany joined in the demand and
the Japanese government was in no posi
tion to defy three European powers.
The announcement of Russia’s purpose
took Japan by surprise. This proceeding
has caused renewed bitterness in Japan
against Europeans. The Japanese
also charge their own ministry with
conniving at the nation’s dishonor.
No II A O. Dividend Declured
Baltimore, Md , Oct. 16. The direc
tors of the Baltimore and Ohio railway
to-day decided not to pay dividends ou
common stock for the six months ending
June 30 last. They issued a statement
saying that the earnings for that period
exceeded 2 1-2 per cen r ., but that they
deem it advisable to hold the money for
other purposes.
Body ol the Korean Queen Found.
Yokohama, Oct. 16. —A dispatch re
ceived from Seoul says that the body of
the murdered Queen of Korea has been
found.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
It Reassembled Yesterday After a Re
cess of Several Days.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 16. -Tue South
Carolina Constitutional Convention re
assembled to-day.
The negro cohabitation question again
came up and the whole question was re
committed, when the convention took a
rectss. The piovision under considera
tion declares that it should be unlawful
for any white person to marry with
any person having negro blood in his
or her veins, and providing for the
punishment of incohabitatiou by the
Legislature. An amendment w T as intro
duced this morning excepting from the
provisions of the law those people in the
State who, although they have a slight
intermixture of negro blood, have the
status of white peop!~. There is much
difference of opinion as to what is best
to be done about this class, and conse
quently the commission will instruct to
bring in another provision which it is
hoped will meet the approval of every
bodv.
The rest of the day was spent in dis
cussing the legislative committee’s re
port, the principal action being the re
jection of a provision preventing legisla
tors and judges from being condidates
for any other office and preventing the
Legislature from passing special laws as
to incorporating towns, or as to county
government, making such laws general
in this application.
Senator Tillman introduced a resolu
tion providing for the holding of another
Constitutional Convention iu 1916 and
every twenty years thereafter. This was
defeated by a vote of 65 to 47.
The night session of the Constitutional
Convention was devoid of special inter
est, except that in the discussion of
the bill of rig ts the convention
struck out the section declaring that the
right of suffrage should not be abridged
on cjount ofrac°/oloro" previous cond -
thesectioE deriarii gthat neither
slavery nor involuntary slavery should
exist in the State except as a punish
ment for crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted. It was urged
that both of these questions were covered
fully by provisions in the United States
constitution, and as nothing could bo
put in the State constitution contrary to
that instrument, tho insertion of
these two sections was surplusage.
The negro members tried to get an
aye and nay vote on striking them out,
but they could not get the necessary ten
members to back them in the demand.
A few members wanted to retain the
sections as they believed it would do no
harm to reiterate the principles contained
in them, but an overwhelming majority
on a viva voce vote struck out the sec
tions.
There was a great deal of discussion
on the section providing for “free and
open” elections. Senator Tillman wanted
to strike out the section and let the suf
frage committee deal with the question.
The consideration of the section was
postponed until the suffrage question is
disposed of, and it has been made a
special order for next Tuesday.
FOUR GREAT PACERS.
Robert J Wins Three Straight Ilea's
at Lexington.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 16.—Some great
sport was enjoyed at the trots this after
noon. Five races, including the great
$5,000 free-for-all pace, was on the card.
Robert J. was in rare form aud paced
his rivals to a stand-still, winning with
ease in straight heats. Several quarters
were paced at a two-minute clip. Result:
Fi’s heat: Robert J, 1; Frank Agan
2; Pati hen ?. Time 2 ;05.
Second beat: Robert J, 1; Frank Agan,
2; John R Gentry, 3; Joe Patchen, 4.
Time 2:06 1-2.
Third heat: Robert J, 1; John R.
Gentry, 2; Joe Patchen, 3; Frank Agan,
4. Time 2.05.
Robert J. (Geers), - - -1 11
Frank Agan (McOarthy), - -224
John R. Gentry (McHenry), - 4 3 2
Joe Patchen (Currie), - - - 34 3
Time: 2:0512, 2M, 2 05.
THE SOUTHERN RULROADS.
Owners ot Important Lines Refuse to
Sigu the Agreement.
New York, Oct. 16. —Representatives
of the Southern railroads aud their
branches held another meeting to day at
the Waldorf behind closed doors. It is
understood that Messrs. Scott, of the
Georgia Railroad; Clyde, of the Clyde
Steamship Line, and Carsons, of the
South Carolina & Georgia Road, who re
fused yesterday to sign the new freight
agreement, are still holding out. Strong
efforts are being made to secure their
signatures.
FOOTBALL YESTERDAY.
Harvard Defeats William* by a Score
of 32 to 0.
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 16—Harvard
defeated Williams this afternoon by a
score of 32 to 0. Toe game was the best
exhibition that Harvard has shown in
offensive play this year.
Princeton and Princeton Seminary.
Princeton, N. J., Oct, 16.—The Tigers
defeated the Princeton Seminary team
this afternoon by a score of 10 to 4, in
the most exciting game played here this
year.
W. C. T. U. National Convention.
Baltimore, Md., Oct.- 16.--The pro
gramme for the coming National Con
vention of the W. C. T. U. in this city,
was announced this morning. Among
tho notable events will be a brief address
by Gen. Neal Dow on Friday afternoon.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE PROSPECTS ROSY
PROMOTERS OF THE FIGHT
RELIEVE IT WILL YET BE
PULLED OFF.
THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST IT
Maher and O'Donnell W ill Be Arrested
on a Charge of Conspiracy to Break
the Peace and a Test Case Made—
The Matter Now in the Hands of the
Local Authorities—But the Militia
are Holding Themselves in Readi
ness to Stop the Fight.
Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 16.— Whether
the meeting of James J. Corbett and
Robert Fitzsimmons shall occur at Hot
Springs, October 31', is not decided, but
trom all indications the chances are now
exceedingly favorable.
Gov. Clarke arrived on the noon train
from Little Rock, and this afternoon he
met the local committee, together with
the Garland county officers, in private
consultation, to which not a newspaper
man was admitted. In the confer
ence with the Governor were Brig
adier General Taylor, Judge A. M.
Duffle, County Judge A. W. Jones,
States Attorney G. V. Tague, Mayor W.
W. Watts, Judge J. D. Kimball, Sheriff
R Houpt, Hon. W. H. Martin, City At
torney C. N. Rix, John D. Varnadore,
Col. W J. Little, Superintendent United
States Reservation, Capt. S. H. Titt.
Col. 0. G. Converse, ex-Mayor R. L.
Williams and others.
An eager crowd awaited the result of
the deliberations after the Governor and
Judge Duffie left the rooms in search of
Judge D. B. Hudgins, of the Fourteenth
Judicial District, who is in the city, to
consult with him about a disputed point
of law.
Members of the conference, when
button-holed, said that it had been
agreed in the meeting that nothing that
occurred tiiere was to be made public.
From the best information that could
be wormed out of the reluctant con
ferees, it is understood that tho matter
is to be left by the Governor in tho
hands of the local authorities, in whom
he has confidence to properly interpet
the law and carry it out.
Pursuant to this, it is generally under
stood that since Fitzsimmons has not ap
peared in this State as yet, and therefore
Corbett cannot be made subject to ar
rest, to morrow O’Donnell aud Maher,
who are here are to be arrested on a
charge of conspiracy to break the peace;
the exacted bond of $5,000 will be re
fused and a writ of habeas corpus
sued out, which will come up for trial
before Chancellor Judge Leatherman at
once, and his decision is to be considered
a9 a test of whether there is a law pro
hibiting prize fighting. The Governor
himself says that no such law exist 3 and
that Judge Hudgins confirms this opin
ion. This makes the prospect for an
exhibition here seem exceedingly rosy.
Orders Issued Io the Troops.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct 16. —Colonel
Hollenberg, commanding the First Regi
ment Arkansas Guards, issued orders
la3t night to every company in his regi
ment to hold themselves iu readiness,
subject to a call to move to Hot Springs.
In an interview to day Col. Hollenberg
said:
“ There is no secret about the matter.
Orders have been sent to every compmy
of white militia in the State notifying
them to be in readiness to move to Hot
Springs on short notice. If the prize
fight is not called off a definite time for
moving the militia to Hot Springs will
be decided upon and that tidoe will be
soon as we do not propose to have any
tricks played on us.
“If the militia goes to Hot Springs the
expenses will be paid. I cannot say who
will be responsible, but I will have the
Governor to show me on this point. If
the managers of the fight continue in
their determination to have the fight
come off, the militia will be called out
and stop the fight.
“Whether the Governor is right or
wrong, if he sends the militia to Hot
Springs, the fight will be stopped. I can
not take any cognizance in the premises,
in deciding whether he is right or wrong.
Just how the Governor proposes to pay
the expenses of the militia in the event
that they are called out to Hot Springs
is not known. If Garland county
calls for the militia, of course that
county will be held responsible
financially. If the Governor calls out
the soldiers on his own hook, it is not
known who will pay the militia’s ex
penses, as the State has no money appro
priated for this.”
Speaking of this matter, Judge Morris
Cohn, one of the most prominent mem
bers of the Little Rock bar, said:
“The general impression among the
bar, as I have always understood it, is
that the Governor is only authorized to
call out the militia to suppre * a misde
meanor or other riotous proceedings
when called upon by the local authori
ties of the community in which such
disturbances occur. Regular and proper
administrations of government contem
plate that the eou ly administrate s
shall be invested with the care of county
affairs, including the preservation of
peace and order, and that this shall not
be interfered with by any outsido power
unless called upon by the county au
thorities.
Insurgents Grow iu Numbers.
Madrid, Oct. 16.—According to a
dispatch received here from Havana, a
fresh band of insurgents has appeared
at Rermeja, Province of Maratizas. It
is added that the insurgents have burned
several houses at Salamanca.