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ESTABLISHED 1887.
MAYBRICK DYING
She is a Complete Menial and
Physical Wreck.
HAS TWICE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
. Is a Mobile Alabama Woman
Weil Known
SOMETHING OF HER CHARACTER
.4 High Official Says th© Woman'Will Not
Survive Long If Kept In Wormwood
Scrubbs Prison, Where She I* Serving a
Life Sentence For the Murder of Iler
Husband.
. London, Nov. 24.—From a high offi
cial connected with ho: majesty’s prison
at Wormwood Scrubbs, the Associated
Press is furnished with the following
account of Mrs. Maybrick, the Ameri-
*
Jog
MRS. MAVERICK.
can serving a life sentence for poison
ing her husband:
•‘For anyone who knew Mrs. May
brick, as I did, before her incarceration,
she would not now be recognized. She
is a complete mental and physical
wreck. I wish to say right here that
this condition is not due to prison treat
ment, but is the direct result of confine
ment and mental worry. While she is -
not insane, her condition borders closely
upon it. . She has not been at Worm
wood Scrubbs for many months, but is
now in the smaller prison at Aylesbury,
in Buckinghamshire.
“It is found that prisoners in her
mental state require as much change as
is consistent with prison regulations,
and for this reason she has been an in
mate of so many penal institutions.
While at Wormwood Scrubbs she was
in the hospital for nine months in the
year, and her health has demanded like
treatment at Aylesbury. She has grown
thin, and her cheekbones protrude in a
manner most unpleasant to see. Her
complexion is ghastly and her eyes have
a haunted look.
“She has all the cunning of an insane
person. This is shown by the fact that
she has twice endeavored to commit sui
cide, once nearly successfully, despite
the strict and searching watch to which
she is constantly subjected. One of
these attempts was evidently made iu
an endeavor to convince the doctors that
she was suffering from internal hemor
rhages, and went too far. She subse 1
quently made another attempt, and very
nearly succeeded. The other attempt 1
was by means of strangulation. Since
these attempts the watch to which she
has been subjecied prevents another
such repetition.
“In talking with her she said to me:
•I deserve all I have got. ’ This was sig- 1
nificant, but her mental condition at
the time was such that I did not attach I
much importance to her remarks. lam
firmly of the belief that she will, not
survive another year of prison life.”
—,
ARMENIANS ARE STARVING. |
Without Food or Medicine, According to
the Red Cross Society’s President.
Washington, Nov. 24. —Miss Clara
Barton, president, and the other officers
of the Red Cross society have com
pleted their detailed reports of the '
Armenian relief expedition to Asia
Minor last winter. The report made I
by Miss Barton is quite exhaustive, and
covers the work of the several expedi
tions sent out from Constantinople. It
shows that the work had its inception i
in the reports of the terrible sufferings I
endured by the Armenians, gives an |
account of the sailing of the relief party, ■
of delays in sending out the first expedi- i
tion on account of the adverse American 1
newspaper comment concerning the
Turkish government, and speaks of the
various relief expeditions. Miss Barton
returns thanks to the press of the Uni
ted States, to the contributors of the re
lief fund, and to other agencies for aid
in carrying out the purposes of the mis
sion.
In conclusion she says that notwith
standing all that has been done through
all agencies, infinitely more remains to
be done by some one, for “between the
Archipelago and the Caspian, the Black,
and the Mediterranean seas are today
living 1,500,000 of people of the Arme
nian race, existing under the ordinances
of at least semicivilization, and profess
ing the name of Jesus Christ.
“According to the estimates of intelli
gent and impartial observers of various
countries and concurred in by our own
agents, where observations have been
unrestricted, from 100,000 to 200,000 of
these persons, men, women and chil
dren, are destitute of shelter, raiment,
food, medicines; the comforts that tend
to make human life preservable, or of
jyiy means of obtaining them save
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
through the cbarftaOlo beneficence ot
the world.
“The estimates concur in the state
ments that without such outside sup
port at least 50,000 of these persons wiil
liave died of starvation or perished
through accumulated hardships before
May 1, 1897.”
B.&O. NOT CUTTING RATES.
Cu-Kecelver O*car Murray Henle* Moat
Biuphatically Certalu Statement*.
Baltimore, Nov. 24. Co-Receiver
Oscar G. Murray of the Baltimore and
Ohio railway has issued a statement in
which he denies in vigorous language
the oftrepeateed assertion that the Bal
timore and Ohio is securing eastbound
freight out of Chicago by cutting rates.
Mr. Murray says it is true that the road
is getting a large share of this eastbound
tonnage, larger in fact than ever before
in its history, and adds:
“I can very readily understand why
it is that our business out of Chicago
has showed a great improvement. In
the first place, the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad is in better physical shape than
some time ago. The traffic department
has its agents through the west on the
constant lookout tor business. These
men have been employed because of
their ability, and it is natural that we
should show an increase in tonnage. I
j want to deny most emphatically that
this business comes to us on account of
[ cut rates. We are making no effort to
, secure business other than legitimately
i and above board, and I cannot see why,
■ when we get it, we are accused of vio
| lating our obligations to the Joint Traffic
I association.
“Our view as to the value and benefit
of the Joint Traffic association to this
and other roads are such as to make it
desirable that we fully support and ap
prove their work. Their conservative
action in their organization has done
more to maintain rates and to preserve
the revenue than all the machinery that
lias in the past been usd.i and we are not
by any means going to inaugurate a
policy that conflicts with them, or im
peril our own revenues by depriving the
company of the benefit of their good
counsel and advice which would bo the
case should we withdraw from the or
ganization.”
Double Tragedy at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Nov. 24.—A newsboy
discovered the dead bodies of Herman
Myers and Nora Richardson lying on
the sidewalk in pools of blood in front
of a vacant house on Bergermeyer
avenue. The hand of Myers clutched a
32-caliber revolver, every chamber of
which was empty. A large jagged hole
was in the region of his heart, while
three bullets had entered the woman’s
body. Myers and the Richardson woman
were each about 25 years of age. In the
pockets of Myers’ clothing a number of
love letters were found which had
passed between the two. Myers is be
lieved to have killed the woman and
then taken his own life as the result of
a quarrel between them. Nora Rich
ardson was a working woman and My
ers w as a laborer.
The Southern Kxprcss Company Meet*.
Savannah, Nov. 24. The thirty
fourth annual meeting of the Southern
Express company was held here. The
following directors were elected: H. B.
Plant, M. J. O’Brien, M. F. Plant, C.
L. Loop and H. Sandford. There was
no change from last year. The old offi
cers re-elected by the directors are as
follows: H. B. Plant, president; M. J.
O’Brien, vice president and general
manager; M. F. Plant, vice president;
George A. Titley, secretary and treas
urer.
Bayard to Din© With the Queen.
London, Nov. 24.—Mr. Thomas F.
Bayard, the United States ambassador,
and Mrs. Bayard, have been “com
manded” to visit Windsor Castle on
Thursday next and dine with the queen.
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard will also sleep at
the castle that night and Mr. Bayard
in consequence has been obliged to can
cel his engagement to preside at the
Thanksgiving dinner of the American
colony here.
The Cohden Club** Annual Meeting.
London, Nov. 24. —The annual meet
ing of the Cobden club took place here,
Lord Farrer of Abingdon presiding.
The committee’s report for 1895-6 was
read. It speaks of the tendency of the
Conservatives in the direction of protec
tion and the need of increased zeal upon
the part of the Oobdenites. Contin
uing, the report quotes Canadian and
other colonial statesmen against the
plan of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the
secretary of state for the colonies, for
the establishment of an imperial zoll
verein and denounces the cattle bill of
last-season as a measure of protection.
It regards the Canadian election as
most encouraging to free traders and
expresses the hope that the circum
stances under which the election was
fought in the United States will “avert
injury to international trade, which
might otherwise be expected from the
election of McKinley.”
A Dakota Bink Close* Its Doors.
Sioux Falls, Nov. 24.—The Dakota
National bank has closed its doors on
account of the heavy run Avhich left less
than SI,OOO in cash on hand. The bank
is heavily loaded with real estate of a
depreciated nature, but the officials of
the bank hope to reorganize and resume
business. The last statement of the
bank, printed Oct. 8, showed $176,000
deposits and loans and discounts of
$198,000.
A Preacher Murdered and Robbed.
Bloomington, Ills , Nov. 24.—Rev.
James Miller, pastor of Grace M. E.
church, of Bloomington, was found
murdered and robbed in an alley at
Decatur, Ills The revolver with which
the crime had been committed was
lying by the dead man’s side
TILE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER “3,
BRYAN AT DENVER
Nebraskan Given a Most Enthuisastic
Reception.
THOUSANDS AT THE UNION DEPOT
Great Ovation to the Presiden
tial Candidate
MET BY EQUAL SUFFRAGE CLUB
l
The ICx-('andidate Delivers an Address at
the Exorcisi s In Commemoration of th©
Aduii.SGoii ot <'olorado Into th© Union.
Introduced as th© Firnt President ot the
Twentieth Century.
Denver, Nov. 24. lf William J.
i Bryan* had come to Denver as the con
< quering hero whose victory presaged
' the restoration and return of prosperity
| in Colorado, he would not have received
■ any more enthusiastic greetings than
! those given to him Tuesday. The occa
: sion of his visit is the anniversary of
j the admission of Colorado into the
Union. Before being nominated to the
presidency he had agreed to speak at
the exercises in commemoration of the
event.
He arrived at 7:15 a. m. and was met
at the depot by a committee, including
E. M. Patterson, C. S. Thomas and
Mayor McMurray. Even at that early
hour several thousand people were as
sembled about'the union depot, who
swung their hats and cheered lustily.
Mr. Bryan was driven at once to the
residence of Mr. Thomas, where he
breakfasted and remained until 11 a.
ni., when ho went to the Brown. Palace
hotel to attend a r ception given in his
honor by the women of Denver. The
interior of the hall was tastefully deco,
rated. Mrs. S. T. Sampson, president
of the Equal Suffrage club, presided,
and introducing Mr. Bryan she said:
“It is the height of priv lege to pre
sent to you formally today our dis
tinguished visitor, very well known
to us and honored beyond words. For
in him we see the embodied hope of our
nation against the dangers that threaten
liberty and privilege. Through him we
hope to see the national fabric of the
future founded upon the Christgiven
principle of the golden rule and in t’ 3
prophetic vision we see the stone which
the builders rejected, become at last the
head of the corner. Women of Colo
rado, I present to you the first president
of the twentieth century, William Jen
nings Bryan.” „
Mr. Bryan then stepped forward and
delivered a short address, after which
he was driven to the scene of the ad
mission exercises, where he made the
principal speech of the occasion.
PRESIDENT GOING ABROAD?
Rumored That Mr. Cleveland Will Soon
Make a Tour of the World.
Washington, Nov. 24.—1 tis rumored
here that, it is the intention ot’ Mr.
' Cleveland, upon retiring from the presi
! dency, to follow the example of General
I Grant and make an extensive tour
• abroad, encircling the globe in the course
iof his travels. He has never been be
yond the confines of the United States,
I except in his brief visit to Cuba, and is
said to have an inclination towards such
a journey.
The rumor that Messrs. Cleveland,
Carlisle and Olney will organize a great
law firm in New York is denied by Sec
retary Carlisle. But the president will
probably re-open his law office after the
completion of his foreign travels.
Only two members of the cabinet
seem to be in the way of securing life
time positions in the public service.
These are Secretary Herbert and Post
master General Wilson, both of whom
are poor men. Mr. Herbert, it is ex
pected, will be made chief justice of the
court of claims, and Mr. Wilson is sug
gested as successor to Judge Cox, who
will soon retire from the District of
Columbia supreme bench.
Secretary Carlisle will either accept
the presidency of a New York financial
institution or establish a law practice in
the community where it promises to be
the most lucrative. Attorney General
Harmon will go back to his law office in
Cincinnati, and Secretary Morton to his
country residence in Nebraska. Secre
tary Lamont has extensive business
interests in New York which will keep
him abundantly employed.
Secretary Olney will go to Bostou and
take up the routine of the legal profes
sion. Secretary Francis will return to
St. Louis an I his grain and produce
busines until such a time as he can read
his title clear to a seat iu the United
States senate.
OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING.
Busbies* In the Southern states Steadily
Increasing:—New I udustries.
Chattanooga, Nov. 24.—Business
shows a steady increase iu volume, and
The Tradesman’s reports from southern
industrial centers are very encouraging.
Prices are stiffening, and trade in all
lines is active.
The iron and steel market continues
firm, and prospects are bright for heavy
purchases from the car building trade.
It is too late in the season for the iron
business to experience anything like a
boom, but a steady demand is expected.
The movement in southern iron is ac
tive. The Sheffield (A la.; Coal, Iron
and Steel company reports a sale of 400,-
000 tons of pig iron, at an advance of 50
cents per ton over October prices. This
company will start umanotuer furnace
soon, and the Sloss company, at Bir
mingham, will put an additional fur
nace in blast. The Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad company has also, booked
another order for'3,ooy tons*, rod; a' ilrm
in Liverpool, Englund.
Another encouraging feature of trade
is the continued increase in merchan
dise, lumber and grain exports. AU
ship room is practically engaged far
into the winter.
Among the most important industries
for the week are the following:
A flouring mill at Oak Grove, Va.; a
foundry and machine shop at Harmony
Grove, Ga.; a $25,000 irrigating com
pany at Crowley, La.; a $50,000 knitting
mill at Wilmington, N. O.; the Charles
ton Basket and Veneering company,
capital, $40,000, at Charleston, S. 0.;
the Little River Lumber company, cap
ital, $25,000, at Alloeno, Ark.; the
Evens-Burke Lumber company, organ
ized at Taylor, Tex., with a capital of
$30,000, and the Roanoke ami Chowan
Lumber company, Norfolk, Va., capi
tal, SIO,OOO.
FOR.KILLING AN OLD MISER.
Five Persons Now on Trial In the City of
Paris—story of the Crime.
Paris, Nov. 24.—The trial of five per
sons, charged with the murder of Bar
oness de Valley, an aged and eccentric
miser, last June, is attracting great at
tention. The baroness, who was 82
years old, was found gagged and stran
gled in her home in the well known
house in the Rue de Penthievre, just off
the Champs E ysee, which was once in
habited by Benjamin Franklin when he
was the envoy of the United States to
the court of King Louis XIV.
The murdered woman is said to have
been a daughter of Count Monbel, who
figured as minister of war in Prince
Polignac’s last administration. In her
youth she is said to have been a great
favorite of Prince Metternich, and at a
later period of her life to have been in
timately associated with George Sand.
She played a brilliant role in society
and diplomacy in Louis Phillippe’s
reign and throughout the reign of Na
poleon 111.
As age came upon her she developed
eccentricities and traits of the most sor
did avarice. She would not allow her
apartments to be cleaned and she set u i
a sort of unlicensed pawnbroker’s estab
lishment. This brought her into con
tact with many disreputable people and
it was by some of these that she was
murdered.
Sfloor Andrade Reaches Venezuela.
New York, Nov. 24. —A dispatch to
The Herald from Caracas, Venezuela,
says: Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan
minister to the United States, arrived
here on the last steamer from New
York. His coming was not publicly an
nounced. He was accompanied by Mr.
Storrow, consul for the Venezuelan gov
ernment in the boundary dispute with
England. The minister will give the
government full details in relation to
the agreement between the United
States and England, upon which an
Anglo-Venezuelan treaty is to be based
for the disposition of the disputed terri
tory. The government is reticent abodt
the arrival of Senor Andrade. It is re
ported, however, that President Crespo
is highly pleased with the terms of the
proposed t reaty.
Ttfiuk Bobbers Under Ar:e;t.
E’i MNEItD, Neb., Nov 21. - -In the last
40 days 26 banks in eastern and south
eastern Nebraska have been burglarized
with losses amounting to more than
$30,000. Secret service men of the
United States and railroad detectives
have all been trying to locate the bank
safebreakers, and several suspects are in
jail here. Hanover, Kan., where they
were captured, was used for headquar
ters of the band to leave its booty and
stores. A large amount of money in
gold and other property was found in
the cellar of the house where the men
were captured. Gold watches and val
uable jewelry of all kinds were discov
ered in various parts of the building.
Toll Charged on Secondhand Tools.
Windsor, Ont., Nov. 24.—A party of
14 Poles and one American crossed the
river during the morning, bringing with
them a full kit of lumbermen’s tools.
They stated that they were going to
Ruscombs, a small station on the Mich
igan Central railway, near Tilbury, to
work in a lumber camp for the winter.
The customs officers levied 35 perce.it
on their tools. This is the first time
that tolls have been charged on second
hand tools coming into Canada tempo
rarily, and it is believed it was done on
advice of the law.
Labor Disturbances In Germany.
Hamburg, Nov. 24.—A dispatch from
Luebeck announces that serious labor
disturbances broke out there. While
the employes of Thiel’s enamel factory
were going to work, a body of strikers
belonging to the concern attacked the
workmen and a free fight followed. A
number of shots were fired, some per
sons were seriously wounded and a
number of arrests were made.
Boers Arrest Newspaper Men.
London, Nov. 24.—Mr. Hess, proprie
tor of the Johannesburg Critic, has re
ceived a cable dispatch saying that the
whole staff of that paper has been ar
rested by the Boer authorities under the
provisions of the new press law.
German Gtiavd Shoots a 7 Yen 7h PoKtiher.
Paris, Nov. 24. The first serious,
frontier incident in a long time occurred
at Munster, when a German forest guard
shot an alleged French poacher, inflict
ing a flesh wound. The government is
inquiring injo the case.
Campanlnl, the Great Tenor, Dead.
Rome, Nov. 24. —The only particulars
obtainable at present of the death of
Italo Campanini, the great tenor, is that
he died at his own home, near Parma,
several days ago, after a long illness.
WILL HAYE A TRIAL
Competitor Prisoners to Be Represented
By Counsel.
STATE DEPARTMENT IS SATISFIED
Raport Concerning Prisoners
Not True
THE DOMESTIC LAWS OF SPAIN
Washington Officials Learn From Spanish
Sources 'I hat There Is No Disposition
to Deal M jtli the Men Captured on an
American Schooner Iu a Harsh or Un
just Manner*
Washington, Nov. 24. —The state de
partment has received absolutely no in
formation of any kind from Havana or
elsewhere concerning the report that
the Competitor prisoners have been tried
in Moro castle by a secret and summary
courtinartial. Under those circumstan
ces no statement will be made at the de
partment concerning the report, but in
view of the plain provisions of our
treaty ami also of the clear requirements
of the domestic laws of Sp-.-n, the offi
cials are loath to. believe the report is
correct.
It is pointed out that under the law
for public order promulgated iu Havana
some months ago it is absolutely essen
tial that counsel shall be allowed to
prisoners on trial and that there shall
be no secrecy in the proceedings. Un
der the protocol of our treaty of Spain
there is likewise a provision for public
ity in trials and for full representation
of accused by counsel. It is believed in
view of these provisions of the law that
the authorities at Havana would not
make such a flagrant breach of the law
as the report alleges.
From further inquiries, it is apparent
that the reports concerning the Uom
petitor’s prisoners are at least based on
a misconception of the uiture of the
present proceedings. They have not
yet been placed on trial in the general
sense of the word, the facts being that
the Spanish authorities are making an
investigation of the Competitor case
similar to that provided for under our
grand jury system, that is a sort of pre
liminary examination. The consuls and
vice consuls of Spain in this country are
investigating the claims of persons ar
rested to American citizenship. For in
stance, one of the men claims to be a
resident of Kansas and the consul for
that district is engaged in an inquiry as
to his citizenship, either by tilth or
naturalization.
From Spanish sources it is learned
that there is no intention c-f dealing
with the Competitor prisoners jn a harsh
or unjust manner.
The dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla.,
reciting that a cipher telegram has been
received from Havana in which it is
stated that General Weyler was driven
to return to Havana through fear, is
discredited here. The Spanish view ot
the l et urn of General Weyler is entirely
different. In the first place, it is said
that, no cipher telegrams can be sent
from Havana except by the representa
tives of foreign governments to the
governments they represent. This, it is
explained would be true of any place in
time of war. Again it is pointed out
that General Weyler is not only com
mander of the troops, but governor
general of Cuba, and in Havana there
is a large amount of official business
needing his attention.
It is stated that in the campaign just
made Weyler has been to tlie strong
holds of the insurgents, passed through
many towns and destroyed their sup
plies. From the Spanish point of view
the war at present has resolved itself
into chasing small bands of insurgents
about the country, and it would be ab
surd for the captain general to place
himself at the head of one company or
another of these troops and follow the
straggling bands of insurgents from one
cover to another.
WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR
Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky Has
Determined to Oppose Bradley.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 24.—Senator
Blackburd has abandoned as practically
hopeless the senatorial race, and will
be a candidate for governor in case
Governor Bradley shall be the Republi
can candidate for senator. In the event
of some other Republican being the nom
inee, Blackburn will announce himself a
candidate for governor in 1899.
This determination is the result of a
conference that Senator Blackburn had
in this city with State Senator Salyer,
Judge Hayelrig of the court of appeals,
and others.
It seems that Blackburn is convinced
that it will be useless for him to expect
to receive the support of the sound
money Democrats who voted for him
last winter. This, coupled with the ap
parent indifference of Senators Goebel
and Bronston, has discouraged him.
HENRY WHITE CONVICTED.
Found Guilty of Killing Policeman Jack
son and Sentenced to Hang,
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 24. —Henry
White, charged with killing Police Offi
cer William Jackson, has been found
guilty and sentenced to hang on Jan.
15, 1897. With the exception of the
sobs that came from the mother, sisters
and sweetheart of the young man, there
was no demonstrations whatever when
the jury announced its verdict. From
that moment until a half hour later
Mrs. White, the aged mother of the
prisoner, never raised her bowed head
from her hands It was a scene of pain
and nathos. The urisouer made no >
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
aemonstration. He sat quietly in Ills
chair.
After the necessary papers had been
drawn up Judge Butt proceeded to sen-
I tence the prisoner, who was brought up
‘ before him. The judge asked him if he
had anything to say why the sentence
of death should not be passed upon
him. The young man’s face slightly
quivered and he said:
“I would rather not; father forced
me into it. I would like to ask for the
mercy of the court.”
The judge stated that the prisoner
had been given a fair and impartial
trial and had been ably and skillfully
defended. He then proceeded to sen
’ tence the defendant. He named Fri
i day, Jan. 15, 1897, as the day for the ex
ecution, fixing the place of execution at
the county jail. When he concluded.
Judge Butt said solemnly: “And may
God have mercy upon your soul.”
“Thank you, judge,” said Henry
White in a low voice, but audible.
Colonel Thornton, who is managing
the defendant’s case, filed noti<!fe of a
motion for a new trial. Dec. 5 was the
date set for hearing the motion. Judge
Butt also passed an order suspending
the execution until the hearing of the
motion for a new trial in case the hear
ing does not take place before Jan. 15.
THE ZEIGLER CASE ENDED.
Jury Says Corrie Is Not Guilty of Killing
Brooker—Verdict Not a Surprise.
Sylvania, Ga., Nov. 24.—A1l the evi
dence in the case of Corrie Zeigler,
charged with participation in the mur
der of Sheriff Brooker, was in before
the court adjourned for the noon recess
and argument began at 3 o’clock. The
testimony was practically the same as
that in the case against Sol Zeigler, who
was acquitted last week. Judge Twigg’s
speech for the prosecution was perhaps
more powerful than in the other case.
Mr. Watson’s theory of self defense was
the same.
The jury retired at 7 o’clock, and
after being out nearly two hours, re
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
verdict was not a surprise after Sol
Zeigler was promptly acquitted. This
ends the celebrated Zeigler case.
Bobbery of an Aged Woman Explained.
Cincinnati, Nov. 24.—A robbery of
an old woman by three men. who, at
the point of revolvers, took nearly S4OO
from a bag tied around her waist be
neath her skirt, lias just been explained
by Mrs. Richardson, a relative of the
victim. She said the robbery was
planned two weeks ago; that it was
done by her bartender, Fred Richard
son, a man named Fletcher and a negro
uamed Green. The woman told where
some of the money was hidden, and it
was found there. The robbers had en
tered the house and one covered the
brother of the victim, an old man, while
the other two seized the woman, seized
her hands and took the money, showing
that they know how she carried it.
Tried to Tamper With the Jury.
London, Nov. 24. —When the trial of
Lady Selfina Scott, mother of the count
ess, and John Cockerton, engineer,
Frederick Cast, a groom, and Aylett, a
valet, charged by Earl Russell with
criminal libel, was resumed at the Old
Baily, Justice Hawkins announced that
a scandalous attempt had been made to
tamper with the jury by means of anony
mous letters to the foreman. The jus
tice added that he hoped to discover the
writer, who, if found, would have cause
to regret the action. Earl Russell was
the first, witness. He emphatically de
nied the allegations of misconduct.
To Succeed If Im Father In Congress.
Atlanta, Nov. 24.—The Democrats
of the Third congressional district held
a convention at Hawkinsville to nomi
nate a candidate for the vacancy caused
by the death of ex-Speaker Crisp. The
convention was merely formal, Mr.
Charles R. Crisp being the only candi
date for his father’s unexpired term,
and the solid vote of the 13 counties
comprising the district was cast for him.
The election will take place Dec. 16.
Pritchard and I fie Populist*.
Raleigh, Nov. 24. Populist State
Committeeman Pence says concerning
the senatorial contest: “I do not think
the Republicans have secured as many
Populist pledges for Pritchard as they
claim. The Populists regard themselves
as under no obligations to the Republi
cans on account of their vote to Senator
Butler. They deny that there was any
agreement to vote this time for Pritch
ard, and say that if there was an im
plied agreement it was on condition
that Pritchard was for free silver.”
Sugar Planters Are Dissatisfied.
Port Lewis, Island of Mauritius,
Nov. 24.—Sugar planters of this island
have decided to join with those of the
British West Indies in representations
to the government of Great Britain
regarding the sugar bounties paid by
foreign countries with a view of bring
ing about some counter action to enable
the planters here to compete with their
foreign rivals. Delegations have been
appointed to present the grievances in
the proper quarters.
More Kentucky Tollgates Destroyed.
Versailles, Ky., Nov. 24.—Lester
Witherspoon, president of the Midway
turnpike in Woodford county, has re
ceived anonymous notes threatening to
burn bis home if he continues to collect
toll. Meantime tollgates have been
raided and chopped down every night
for five nights.
Bishop William Fitzgerald Dead.
Cork, Nov. 24.—The Most Rev. Wil
liam Fitzgerald, D. D., Roman Catholic
bishop of Ross, died suddenly at Skib
bereen. He was consecrated Nov. 11,
1877.