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ESTABLISHED 1887.
BIG BANK
GOESUNDEB
Merchants’and Traders’
at Brunswick Fails,
CAPITAL IS SIOO,OOO
Majority of Stockholders Solvent and
Depositors Won’t Lose a Dollar
TROUBLE CAUSED SOME MONTHS AGO
Plan to Put Bank In Receivers
Hands, Caused
DEPOSITORS TO WITHDRAW FUNDS
This Compelled Bank Officials to Put
Institution Into the Hands of the
Court. Other Banks Not Affected.
Atlanta, ‘Dec. 29.—A'special to The
Journal from Brunswick says: The
Merchants’ and Traders’ bank of thia
city has failed. The capital stock of
the bank is fIOO.OOO. Some months ago
there was a plan to put the bank in the
hands of u receiver and ever since the
depositors have been withdrawing and
the bank has been Icsiug outside busi
ness to such an extent that it finally de
termined to close and let liquidation
proceed in the court. A majority oi
the stockholders are solvent and the de
positors will be paid in full if the court
i expenses do not consume all the cash
realized.
Dr. J. M. Maddox is president and
Mr. A H. Lane vice president of the
bank. A proposition has been made
and is now being considered by the di
rectors to raise sufficient cash to pay all
depositors and then liquidate. Should
au agreement to this end be reached
the doors will be reopened, but such a
step is improbable.
No run will be made on the other
banks, the National of Brunswick and
the Brunswick Savings and Trust com
rpany. These institutions are perfectly
and have the confidence of the
entire community. They have ample
cash on hand for any emergency, how
ever.
PREFERS A PRISON CELL.
Wiatanglll, After Twenty Year* Spent
Therein, Declines a Pardon.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 29.—01 d Ralph
Wintersgill, the Columbiana county
murderer who was pardoned by Gov
ernor Bushnell on Christmas day, de
clines to leave the penitentiary, which
has been his home for M years.
His son says that he is 76 years old,
which is six years older than the prison
record indicates. His mind is clear and
there is not a suspicion* of insanity. He
. is of a lovable disposition and is univer
sally liked by the officers and guards, at
whose request the pardon was granted.
Fifteen years ago Wintersgill asked
for a pardon, but since then he has
never indicated a desire to be free.
He cut his wife’s throat because he
believed her faithless and then tried tc
cut his own throat. He still breathes
through a silver tube inserted in his
trocha at times by the surgeons. He
waa sentenced to death, but Governoi
Young, who succeeded Rutherford B.
Hayes, commuted the sentence to life
'imprisonment. When he asked for par
don 15 years ago his wife’s relatives op
posed it. This had a depressing effect
upon him, and he never alluded to the
subject again.
* NEW YORKER IN TROUBLE.
Warrant Oat For the Arrest of a PromU
aont Wall Street Man.
New York, Dec. 29.—A warrant it
out for the arrest of Henry Oliver Gold
smith, one of the best known men oi
Wall street. The specific charge against
him is grand larceny in the first degree
for appropriating a check for 13,000, the
property of Oscar E. A. Wiessner oi
i Brooklyn.
I The officials of the district attorney’s
I office say that Goldsmith has managed
■ to get away with something like $500.-
000 by operations similar to those which
. brought the E. 3. Dean company before
I the public.
L Goldsmith was indicted by the grand
S jury on last Tuesday. Detectives have
■ followed dines all over New Jersey,
I Pennsylvania, Boston and other places,
| but so far Goldsmith has eluded them.
I Goldsmith and a man named Weissner
F operated under the firm name of Hoy I
& Go. 9
George Hazelweids and William A.
Mitel ell, who were their brokers, were
three weeks ago fur their part
Hi the operations, but the charge!
yagaiust th<- x -> have not been .tried.
THE ROITE TRIBUNE.
AGENT BAS SKIPPED
P. H. Mabry, of Brunswick
Stole SIO,OOO
Young Man Had Always Borne
Best of Characters Bruns
wick Stirred Up.
Brunswick, Dec. 29. -Following fast
on the failure of the Merchants’ and
Traders’ bank came another sensation here
today, and the bank failure pales into
insignificance before this new one.
P. H. Mabry, local agent of the South
ern Express Company, has disappeared
with SIO,OOO in money consigned to the
National bank and the Merchants’ and
Traders’ bank by the Citizens’ bank of
Savannah. He may have also taken
$4,500 consigned to the Johnson Steam
ship Company for transportation. It
cannot be learned positively about the
latter sum yet, but is absolutely certain
that he took SIO,OOO.
Mabry was one of the best known and
most popular young men in the city, and
has always borne the best of character.
He was last seen last night about 8
o'clock.
He has succeeded in covering up his
racks well, but it is more thau probable
that he will be caught.
COBB CANNOT LIVE,
Brilliant Young Atlantlan Is at the Point
Os Death.
Orlando, Fla,., Dec. 29.—Thomas
K. R. Cobb, the brilliant young At
lanta lawyer and politician, who
came here a short while since for his
health, is dying tonight and cannot
live until morning.
NECK BROKEN.
Atlanta Boy Falls Under Wagon and
Wheels Pass Over His Neck.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—Carl Chambers,
the 9 year old son of a prominent
citizen, while riding on a wagon fell to
the ground. The wheels passed across
bis neck breaking it, death resulting
instantly.
-a.- • - - —' •. . 9 ' «•
No EuoFmpment at Griffin.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—1 tis now proba
ble that early in May the soldiers of the
state will all be ordered to Chickamauga
for five days and that there will be no
encampment at Griffin. At least these
are the plans which have about been de
cided upon by the adjutant general.
They may be changed before the time
arrives, but it is not probable. The
plan of the state authorities is to make
the encampment this year more like
actual duty than has ever been known
to the state troops in any of the en
campments heretofore.
Reciprocity Negotiation* On.
New York, Deo. 29.—A special U
The Herald from Washington says: Co
incident with the rejection by Lord
Salisbury of the latest seal propositior
submitted to him by Ambassador Hay,
Sir Julian Pauucefote. the British am
bassador in Washington, has resumed
reciprocity negotiations with Special
Commissioner Kasson. Some officer!
of the administration believe that on
the linking of the reciprocity and th«
sealing questions depends the final de
cision of Great Britain on both.
▲ Bad Bear-Bud Collision.
Decatur, Illa, Dec. 29 The accom
modation train on the Wabash railway,
which meets No. 16 at Palos, was five
minutes late. When all the cars except
the rear coach had made the siding Na
16 came along and struck the rear coacL
The engine of No. Iff and the rear coach
of the accommodation left the track.
There was quite a number of passeu
gers in the coach. Several received cutt
and bruises and among them w»s State
Senator John Humphrey, who waa
slightly out on the head.
Ta. Freuch lake A>wm>
Paris, Deo. 29.—The French, it is an
nounced, have occupied Qdienne and
Sambatigila. It is believed this indi
cates that an advance agaiust Chief
Samory is imminent. Chief Samory is
a West African, chief tain who, for ovei
12 years past, has been the most dan
gerous antagonist the Europeans have
had to deal with.
Yukon Relief Expedition.
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Deo.
29. —Eleven puckers with 60 mules, in
charge of Lieutenant Ryan of Fort
Robinson, have arrived from Chicago.
The party will proceed to Dyea on the
next steamer for the purpose of assist
ing Major H. L Rucker iu selecting a
route tor the government relief ex
pedition.
Gladstone Is Eighty-Eight.
London, Dec. 29.—This being the eigh
ty-eighth birthday of the Rt Hod. Wil
liam E. Gladstone, the usual congratula
tions were sent to Hawarden and Cannes,
where Mr. Gladstone is improving,
though still juffering £rom neuralgia.
ROME. GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1897.
MAJ. HANDY
VERY ILL
He Is At a Noted Resort
Near Augusta.
FAMODS JOURNALIST
Maj. Mises P. Handy. Special Envoy,
to the Pjrls Exposition,
RECENTLY RETURNED FROM ABROAD
Since Then He Has Suffered
From Nervous Prostration.
C INDITION IS CONSIDERED SERIOUS
He Is Now Chief Editorial Writer On the
Ch'cago-Times Herald, and His Ar
ticle* are Wld-ly Head.
Augusta. CL., Dec. 29 —Moses P
Haudy, special United Slates commis
sioner to the Parii exposition of 1900
is seriously ill at the Bon Air hotel, e
winter resort in the fashionable subur-
MAJOR MOSES P. HANDY.
ban district of this city. Major Handy,
accompanied by Lieutenant Baker, U.
S. N., auditor to the Spanish commis
sioner, together with Mrs. Handy and
Mrs. Baker, came to Augusta on Dea
17, suffering from nervous prostration.
He has been steadily confined to his
house ever since with no sign* of im
provement.
Major Handy only recently returned
from Paris, where he went to secure
■pace for American exhibitors at the
great exposition to be held there iu
1900. The United States governmeut
will also make a display at the show,
and it was Mr. Handy’s work in behalf
of his country’s interests that resulted
in nervous prostration. He came soutli
immediately after reaching New York,
in the hope of regaining health, but so
far there has been no marked chang-i
in his condition.
SAVANNAH HAS A STRIKE.
Laborer* Putting la the New Sewer Sy.-
tem Say Wage* Are Too Low.
Savannah, Dec. 29.—About 100 men,
all Savannah laborers, who have been
employed by Messrs. Delaney & Zips.
contractors putting in the new sewer
system, have quit and positively refuse
to work at the wages being paid.
It was understood at the beginning oi
the work that the men. were all to be
employed from Savannah, and were to
receive from $1.25 to $1.50 p r day, ac
cording to their capacity. It appears,
however, that they have been receiving
10 cents an hour for pretty hard work,
and they do not like it.
At the present status of the work,
however, the contractors have refused
tv pay any more, but they do not intend
that the work shall be delayed. About
100 hands from Montgomery, Ala., will
arrive and will be put right to work. It
is expected that this will bring about
some trouble, in view of the fact that
the claim has been made that this is a
Savannah work, being done for the city,
and that home labor should be employed.
The contractors have been willing to
use the home labor, but they do nor
want to pay too big a price for it.
The Bank t<» L quid ate.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Mr. Eckel
states that there will be no delay i>
placing the Chestnut Street Nations
bank in voluntary liquidation in cr.s<
the creditors of the bank accept the pla;.
proposed by the committee having it jj
charge.
EXCITING ADVENTURE
Two Revenue Officers Pursued
By Moonshiners.
At Bay In a Mountain Cabin Be
tween Rockmart and Dallas
All Night.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—Two well-known
revenue officers, Pat Moore and J, S.
Whatley, returned to Atlanta today
and tell a thrilling ’story of their ad
ventures in Paulding county.
They left Atlanta Monday and went
to Douglas county, where they de
stroyed several stills.
They went then to Dallas, in Pauld
ing county, and started out on a raid.
They went in a hack, and while in the
woods left the hack and driver by the
roadside. A crowd of fifteen mount
aineers came up and made the hack
man leave, following him several
miles with bloodhounds.
When the revenue officers returned
they found their vehicle gone and
started out to find a place to spend
the night. They came to the home of
old lady Smith, between Rockmart
and Dallas, and she consented for
them to remain until morning.
Daring the night the band of moon
shiners came and demanded that the
revenue officers come out. They re
fused and stood in the cabin all night
with their weapons ready for instant
action. Mrs. Smith stood on the door
steps and prayed most of the night.
VACCINATION ENDED.
Bared Arm* and Legs are No Longer
Exposed.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—The vaccine
brigade, composed of nearly two-score
doctors and as many police, have
finally closed up shop, as it were, and
it is given out that daring the crusade
about 72,000 people have been vacci
nated. Mobile the sanitary inspector
gives this as .the number that have
been harpooned, the prevailing im
pression is that not near so many
have felt the effects of the knife.
The announcement that the cam
paign is over, will be hailed with much
pleasure, by a large portion of the
colored population of Atlanta, who
during the last few weeks have run
their legs of in an effort to escape the
vaccinating brigage. The colored
people got it into their heads that the
work had been turned over to medi
cal students to perform, and that al
most daily the students would send
one or to negroes to the hospitals to
be dissected.
Tennessee' M iuer* an Strike.
Chattanooga, Deo. 29.—Several hun
dred miners at Dayton, Tenn., are on
■trike on account of a notice posted by
the Dayton Coal company a few dayi
ago, stating that thereafter the men
would be docked for all slate found in
their oars. The probabilities are that
several hundred other men employed at
the mines will go out on Jan. 1. A few
hundred men at stations along the Cin
cinnati Southern, who struokon May 1,
are still out. At Paint Rock, Tenn.,
there has been some trouble between
strikers and imported men. The striker!
have fired on working miners several
times from ambush.
Accused of Committing Arson.
Springfield, Mass., Deo. 29. —Georgt
R. Hodgdon, proprietor of the Haynet
hotel in this city and the Tremont hotel
in New Haven, Conn., has been ar
rested here on a warrant charging him
with being an accessory to arson com
mitted by Frederick Cook in attempting
to set fire to the Tontine hotel in New
Haven Christmas night. Cook is said
to have made a confession, stating that
Hodgdon, who formerly owned the Ton
tine, had him S6O to set the hotel
on fire. Hodgdon protests his innocence.
The Stools holders Must Walt.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—Receiver Ander
son of the Southern Mutual Building
and Loan association announces that
nothing will be paid stockholders for at
least six months, as he finds much diffi
culty in collecting the assets. Tennes
see debtors, he says are especially slow,
and nearly all of them must be sued.
Georgians are paying up more promptly.
Stockholders will probably get about 25
per cent of their claims.
Save* the Pacific Fur Seal*.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Ex-Secretary
of State Foster had a brief conference
with the president, after which the
president approved the bill “prohibit
ing the killing of fur seals in the wa
ters of the North Pacific ocean,” passed
the day congress adjourned for the
holidays.
O'Hrleu Escapes Coartmartial.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—Colonel Cook,
commandant at Fort McPherson, says
all charges against Lieutenant Michael
O’Brien for bad conduct in Nashville
and Washington have been dropped by
the war department.
DONS FIND
A DEFENDER
Pope Sides With Spain
in Troubles
OVER CUBAN AFFAIR
Message Is Transmitted to the Mad
rid Government.
DISTRICT VICTORY FOR DYNASTY
Attitude of Vatican Is Anything
But Hostile.
CALLS THE CARLISTS TO ACCOUNT
He Send* Special Blessing to Loyal Sol
dier* —Powerful Influence Excited
To Save Spain.
New York, Dec. 29.—A special to The
Journal and Advertiser from Washing
ton says: It is current news iu Catholic
circles that on Christmas day the pope
made a very important communication
to the Spanish government concerning
the Cuban war and the attitude of the
Vatican toward Spain in the present
crisis.
About three weeks ago it became
known that it had been represented tc
the pope through the usual channels of
information on this side of the Atlantic,
that the cause of Spaiu was lost iu
Ouba. Tuis was so powerfully influeno
ing European opiuion that the pope
took occasion on Christmas to addresi
an important communication to his
nuncio at Madrid.
The pope declares emphatically that
the Vatican upholds every form of legal
government which is not anti-Christian
in its character. He proceeds then tu
discuss the Spanish situation and calls
the Carlists to account, stating that they
no less than other subjects of Spaiu owe
implicit allegiance to the reigning mon
archy and must not attempt to use the
cloak of religion to cover purposes that
■re ulterior to the proper aims aud.ob
jects of the church. This will tend tc
circumvent the Oar'.Lt plots and iu
large degree shear them of importance,
as the main hold of the Carlisle hag
been the positive sympathy received
from the priesthood of Spain. It will
solve, or at least modify, the dilemma
of the present ministry.
Following this pronnnclamento, the
pope deals with the existing war and
sends his especial blessing to the sol
diers of his .odson, the present king ol
Spain. Discussing the Cuban question,
the positive stetement is made that the
Vatican has never made any decision ol
announcement that could be construed
into an approval of the Cuban cause or
disapproval of the conduct of Spain. It
has suggested that where possible the
rigors of war should be mitigated, but
uuder no circumstances has it uttered a
word that might tend to encourag.i
their patricidal and fratricidal strife.
Notwithstanding this minimizing, the
pronuciamento is a distinct victory fol
the reigning dynasty. The whole in
fluence of the Austrian court wa!
thrown into the balance to bring ii
about Christiana, the queen regent,
is a Hampbnrg princess and for her sake
and the love the pope bears his godson,
the powerful influence of the Vatican iu
Spain has been again exerted to save
the falling fortunes of the present dy
nasty.
PALMA GIVES HIS OPINION.
Think* Spain Ha* Praetle.lty Accepted
Our Offer of luterTeution.
New York, Dea 29.—“ Governor Gen
eral Blanco’s acceptance of President
McKinley’s reqnest that the American
people be permitted to relieve the suf
ferings of the concentrados in Ouba ii
tantamount to acceptance of the offer ol
intervention by the United States io
the conflict so long in progress betweeil
the people of Cuba and the Spanish
government,” said Tomas Estrada
Palma, chief of the Cuban junta in tbit
city, to an Associated Press reporter.
“As the administration believes that
peace in Ouba can be restored only by
political intervention, it cannot reject
the favorable opportuuity that thus pre
sents itself to intervene for the purposg
of ending the war in Cuba,” continued
Dr. Palma. “The deplorable condition
of the concentrados has been caused by
the cruel warfare waged by Spaiu, and
the government, finding itself unabl*
to relieve tue situatiou, has applied t<
the United -states for a.d.
“President McKinley must see by noM
that there is no ohance for peace to be
established iu Cuba without iuterveu
tiro. ajidJ’.vjngxjip 0 hjs word, as gjvel
The one paper that leads— x
T reaches all classes of people T
(r —give satisfaction to stiver- F
PRICE FIVE CE.NTS
A KENTUCKY GIRL
She Pleads With President
McKinley For a Pardon.
Her Brother Was a Good Boy Until
He Got to Playing the Races.
Embezzled $250.
Washington, Dec. 29 —Presdent Mc-
Kinley’s heart was touched when a
slender and attractive girl, quietly
dressed, was led into his presence by
Representative Berry of Kentucky. She
related her sad story in a simple and
pathetic manner.
The girl was Miss Maggie-Ayres and
she came from Newport to plead for het
twin brother. Edward Ayres, who wal
sentenced eijpit months ago for embez
zling $250 while money order-clerk iu :
the Newport postoffice.
Miss Ayres told the president what a
good boy her brother had been until he
was tempted by evil companions and
the fascination of the race course to
take what was not his own.
The president patiently heard het
story and after a few moment’s re
flection gave the girl hope for het
brother’s pardon by directing that the
papers iu the case be brought to him
immediately.
The case of young Ayres has excited
sympathy among all classes of citizen!
in Newport on account of the popularity
of the young man and the high social
standing of the family.
An appeal for pardon was presented
to President Cleveland soon after young
Ayres was convicted, but the president
could find no extenuating circumstancei
in the case.
THE MINERS MAY STRIKE.
Colorado Coal Diggers Want Their Wage!
Increased by Jan. 10.
Denver, Dec. 29.—Trouble is brew
ing in the .northern coal fields. Th*
operators have received notice from th*
miners that unless their wages are in
creased before Jan. 10 they will close
down every coal mine in the Lafayette,
Louisville, Marshall, Erie and the
smaller camps.
The operators say that the schedule
demanded is an advance of from 10 tc
40 per cent The present scale rune
from 40 to 50 cents per ton for mining
after machines and 70 cents for pick
work. ’ According to the way the ope
rators figure it, the scale demanded
would be 55 to 60 cents after machine!
and 85 cents to $1 for pick work
The operators say that the present
wages, together with the other expense i
of production, leaves them a very small
margin and they declare that if tint
miners insist ou a higher scale the oper
ator* will be forced to close down ths
mines.
There are 1,500 men in the territory
who would be thrown out of work in
the event of a strike.
Railway to Be Completed.
Chattanooga, Deo. 29.—Colonel Jeu
Baxter of St. Louis and associates, Col
onel N. O. Chapman of St. Louis, T. O.
Doremus of New York and R. L. Morrii
of Nashville, have arrived in the city
from Crossville, Tenn., where they had
been to make the first payment of $125,-
000 on the Tennessee Central railroad
Purchased by them a few days aga
'he gentlemen have already raised
$1 ,'500,000 with which to complete ths
road and have placed an immense ordei
with th* Carnegies for rails. The orig
inal idea of tne projectors was to build
the line from Knoxville to Nashville,
and this Colonel Baxter and his associ
ates will carry out.
Nicaragua Canal CommiMion.
New York, Dec. 29.—The Atlas line
steamer Alene, which arrived from
Central American ports, reports the ar
rival at Greytown, Nicaragua, on Dea
17 of the gunboat Newport with the
Nicaraguan canal survey party on board,
all well. A large force of laborers from
Port Limon had already arrived
at Greytown to aid in the work of the
survey. There was considerable excite
ment at Port Limon on Deo. 20, owing
to expected trouble with Nicaragua A
1 rge force of Gosta Rican troops were
in Port Limon wjien t*»e AJane sailed.
in ms p'nv.uus messages, must inter
vene, and Spain cannot rationally and
consistently reject such intervention. ’*
HAULED DOWN OLD GLORY,
Captain of a Schooner Unable to Fly an
Amer Can Flag In Bpaln*
New York, Dea 29.—A special tc
The Journal and Advertiser from Nett
Haven, Conn., says: Captain Georg*
K Kelsey of the schooner Wallace
Ward, which has just arrived here from
Barcelona, Spain, insists that the Amer
ican consul at that port fears mob vio
lence and is unable to keep the Ameri
can flag flying from Uncle Sam’s vessels.
He put into port there Sept. 16, re
maining three days. At first the stare
and stripes floated from the masthead,
but the Spanish loiterers were attracted
by it and gathered by the side of the
vessel, threatening violence. The Amer
ican consul heard a rumor that ths
crowd purposed burning the vessel a..d
he sent word to Captain Kelsey td haul
down the flag.
Captain Kelsey defied the Spaniard',
but the next day the consul repeated his
advice and Captain Kelsey was reluc
tantly persuaded to store the stars and
stripes below deck during ths remaiudei
of his stsy. . .