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SILVER TO SPLIT THE SOUTH.
DIMNESS MEN OPPOSE THE WHITE
METAL. LUNACY.
The Sound Money Convention nt
Meniphin on May 20 to lie the En
tering; Wedge in the Flight Between
the Rival Faction*—A Belief That
the Buninemi Men Won’t Sacrifice
Their Pecuniary Interest* for the
Sake of the Party.
Washington, April 24,—There appears to
be a good deal more in the proposed sound
xnoney convention, which is to be held in
Memphis on the 23d of next month, than is
evident on the surface. It means, if its
promoters can carry their plan into com
plete execution, the beginning of the dis
integration of the solid south and the
financial question is to be the penetrating
Wedge. In all the calculations which are
now being made, the south is put down
as solid on the silver question. There is
said to be good grounds for believing that
this claim is entirely too broad, at any
rate, the sound money convention is to
be held for the purpose of calling the at
tention of the north and east to the fact
that tihere are anti-silver men in the
•outih, who propose, irrespective of party,
to stand by the effort to preserve intact
the present currency system. Already a
great amount of interest has been mani
fested in the convention, and its purposes,
and there is every reason to believe that
it will be a thoroughly representative
business gathering, with delegates from
every section of the south. How far it
Will be able to affect the future political
•tatus of the south is another question.
Senator Butler of South Carolina in dis
cussing this phase yesterday remarked
that he believed that nine-tenths of the
White people in the south would vote the
democratic ticket no matter what the plat
form was upon which the candidate was
nominated. In other quarters this claim is
•aid to be exaggerated, and that a very
large percentage of bankers, merchants,
•nd business men generally in the south
regard their personal interests as para
mount to their political allegiance and
they jvlll not, it is said, sacrifice the for
mer.
Secertary Carlisle is expected to partici
pate in the Memphis convention to the ex
tent of delivering an adoress before that
body, in which he will embody and reit
erate the views held by President Cleve
land on the topic which will have para
mount attention at the gathering. It is
further said here that the presence of the
Secretary of the Treasury at this conven
tion will have the fpll sanction of the
President. It will not be regarded by the
administration as in the nature of a pub
lic officer attending a political meeting
inasmuch as there is no question upon
the point that matters of party politics
do not and cannot at this immediate junc
ture enter into the discussion or determin
ations of an assemblage called to consider
and act upon matters having in
view alone a substantial basis
of government money. / Leading
officials here are satisfied that ih the south,
despite a wide area of free silver senti
ment a deep rooted and augmenting sen
timent favorable to "sound money” is be
coming every day more manifest. Its de
velopment in leading cities is very gratify
ing to administration circles in
this city and the Memphis de
monstration, with its added conse
quence of the attendance and endorsement
of a leading member of the cabinet, Is re
lied upon to greatly drive the sound money
wedge into timber that needs cleaving.
The utterances of Secretary Carlisle be
fore the convention cannot but be of the
gravest interest as directly representing
the views of the President; but at the same
time it is to be mentioned that another
leading official, including several treasury
men, will expound at proper times and
pla.ee* and similar sentences to those that
the liead of the treasury department may
enunciate, thus bearing out the recent as
sertion that an immediate movement in
favor of sound money is to be inaugurated
along tho whole line of political and busi
ness action. The south is fait to be a
ground where many good r> suite »r
be achieved by clear, conservative state
■ments of the views of the administration
on the important question of money values*
and it is believed here that the further
ance of ’“missionary work" in that direc
tion will have a decided and immediate
impetus from the national capital.
There is no doubt that the sound money
men in the south regard that section as a
good battle ground. It is noticed, too. that
the stiver men seem to appreciate the sit
uation and they are making vigorous ef
forts to commit their people to the silver
idea. This has already been done in the
Tennessee legislature through the in
fluence of Senator Harris, an ardent free
coinage advocate. The Texas legislature is
also about to go on record for silver, al
though even in that state the dispatches
Indicate that the sentiment is not
unanimous. In Missouri the same
attempt will be made, while
every one Is familiar with the fight that
Is now being waged In Kentucky. In the
latter state the crisis of the struggle will
come at the democratic, state convention
which is to be held on June 25, when the
silver men will endeavor to secure *he
adoption of a free coinage plank in the
Mtate platform. This attempt will be com
batted by the sound money men under the
lead of secretary Carlisle, Representative
McCreary and other friends of the admin
istration. The result of the tight in Ken
tucky will undoubtedly have a marked in
fluence upon the sentiment in adjoining
states and the fact that, the contest Is oy
no means local in its consequences gives It
an absorbing interest.
IOWA FOR SOUND MONEY.
A Conference Indorses the Financial
Plnnk
r Des Moines, la., April 24.—One hundred
democratic leaders of the state and the
Central committee held a conference here
this afternoon at which the silver question
was the. printdpal topic of discussion. Th-'
reports as to the sentiment in different
parts of the state, as well as the views of
those present, differed widely and the de
bate at-times became acrimonious, but the
preponderance of "sound money" senti
ment was hown by the final adoption of a
declaration that “it is the sense of this
conference that the two monetary metals
Should be kept at • parity.
To thia declaration was added at the re
quest of 8 B. Evans, of Ottumwa, repre
senting the moderate silver men, and with
out objection from the antagonistic wing
Os the party, the modification "without
discriminating against either metal in the
matter of coinage,” thus practically re
affirming the national democratic mone
tary* plank of 1892.
The conference also voted tn favor of
holding the state convention after the re
publican convention, and the central com
mittee accordingly this evening named
Aug. 7 as the date, and Marshallton as the
place. The date is a compromise, the ex
treme silver men desiring an earlier con
vention and the. extreme gold men a ven
late one tn order to give them what they
term the present "silver crate” time to
exhaust itself.
The conference was a representative
one, so far as party leaders are concerned,
although the free silver men declare that
the rank and file of the party, wherein
their strength lies, were not proportion
ately represented and promise to make a
better showing tn the state convention.
When the question of the time for hold
ing the state convention come up. the
sound money men. Itsl by} W. W. Vi timer,
of Pes Moines, delegate at large to th*
last national convention, arrayed them
selves in favor of a later convention tn
order that the party members might be
educated to an understanding of the cur
rency question prior to tho convention.
F. Q Stuart led the free silver men in
favor of an early convention, while ex-
Congressman Hayes, of Clinton, and
Henry Vollmer, of Davenport, urged a
Ist* convention and warned the party
against yielding to free silver. They de
clared that the Gorman-American voters
of the state, and ♦•pecliUty the Mississippi
elver counties, woufe. never be led into any
indorsement of a depreciated currency.
Mayor Vollmer declared that the demo
erats lost the First lowa district at the
last congressional election because of the
popular fear that the party would come
•ut for free silver.
When a vote was finally reached on the
question of whether the democratic con
vention should follow or precede the rc
£ubllcan convention, the advocates cf n.
de convention won by a vote of (*■ to 3v
Then W W Wilmer sought to reconcile
the differences of opinion by offering a
resolution favoring the maintenance of
the money metals at a parity. A dozen
free silver men objected to the considera
tion of the resolution as an attempt to
bind the party, but when a vote was
forced only five went on record against it.
Although the free silver men promise a
fight, the result of to-day’s conference is
taken to indicate that the lowa democrats
in convention this year will endorse the
national monetary plank of 1892, and the
party leaders will Interpret it in accord
ance with the views of the administration.
A SPLIT IN THE IROQUOIS CLUB.
The Sound Money Men, Howeever, Out
number the Silverites.
' Chicago, 111., April 24. —After one of the
most exciting meetings in its history, the
Iroquois Club last night repudiated the
democratic national platform of 1892 and
the state democratic platform of 1894,
and adopted a resolution which will re
sult in the disruption of the famous
democratic club of Chicago. At times
the meeting resembled a ward conven
tion. Charges of "bolters” and "traitors”
to democratic principles were frequently
Indulged in, several resolutions to post
pone and adjourn were made and defeat
ed, and President McConnell was fre
quently compelled to beg the members to
preserve order. The sound money men
won the day, but at the expense of the
democratic platforms, which their oppon
ents forced them either to swallow or cast
into the gutter. They chose the latter
alternative and the meeting broke up in
a state bordering on tumult.
This is the original resolution which
was adopted after three hours hot dis
cussion by a vote of 48 yeas to 22 nays:
"Resolved, by the members of the Iro
quois Club, that it is inexpedient and
unwise to open the mints of the United
States to free coinage of silver; that it
would be most unfortunate at this time,
when signs of returning confidence and
renewed prosperity are multiplying, that
such an unwise and disastrous step should
be taken. The neceesary effect would be
to aggravate those industrial, commer
cial ajid financial ills from which wc
have but lately suffered, and to post
pone indefinitely the advent of normal and
prosperous conditions.
The above resolution was introduced in
the beginning of the meeting by S. S.
Gregory.
The stiver faction was ted by Joseph
B. Mann, Charles Shackelford, ex-M w yor
Hopkins, C. S. Darrow, Louis Hornt,.ein,
E. B. Taman, Lawrence P. Boyle and
others, who soon made it apparent that
at least one-third of the seventy-five mem
bers present were opposed to the gold
standard.
Mr. Shackelford began the fight by of
fering as a substitute the silver plank
in the national democratic platform of
1892. The sound money men voted it
down.
Then Joseph B. Mann submitted in
irony a gold monometallist substitute.
This was defeated.
Ex-Mayor Hopkins offered as a substi
tute the free silver plank in the Illinois
platform of 1894. This suffered the fate
of Its predecessors.
Other substitute motions and points of
order followed fast and furious, and it
was not until nearly midnight that the
session adjourned in disorder.
CHICA~GO~FOR HONEST COIN.
Four Out of Every Five Democrats
Against Free Silver.
Chicago, Hl., April 24. —President Rob
bins and secretary Richards of the “Hon
est Money League” section of the local de
mocracy opened permanent headquarters
for the league to-day in the Palmer house.
From this headquarters canvassers have
been sent out in full force to-day to search
thoroughly the entire down-town section
of the city and. secure the signatures of
democrats to the league's declaration of
principles. "My success is surprising,”
said one of the canvassers to-day. “About
four out of every five democrats I meet
gladly signs the declaration. Most of
those who don't sign base their refusal,
not upon hostility to the gold system, but
their lack of knowledge about the money
question. They say that they have nbt
studied the subject any yet and don’t
rare to jump in the
<Thr~hrn*at mwaey Jeagu* it s/ full •nets,
ing or the executive committee heldglt the*
headquarters to-day, - issued an address in
the shape of a resolution to the demo
cratic voters of the county appealing to
them to abstain from participating in tho
primaries to be held on May 3 and to en
tirely ignore any action which may be
taken on the monetary question at the
state convention of the Democratic party
to be hr Id in June. The calling of such a
convention is declared to be a usurpation
of power on the part 0 of the democratic
state central committee, calculated to
bring disaster on the party in Cook coun
ty. The committee on public meetings of
the league was directed to at once arrange
for a mass meeting to be field in this city
to give expression to the protest. The
date of this meeting was fixed for Mar 3
the day the primaries are to be held. The
idea of the sound money democrats is to
cast discredit on the work of the dele
gates to the Springfield convention as
lacking legitimate authority. Signatures
to the honest money declaration of princi
ples are coming Into headquarters at the
rate of 500 a. day.
AGAINST FREE "COINAGE.
Representative McCreary Says the
Scheme in Absurd.
Louisville, Ky„ April 24. Representative
McCreary, in an interview to-day, said
he was unalterably opposed to the free
coinage of silver. His declaration was
evoked by the free silver stand taken by
Senator Blackburn. The representative
says, in the course of a long prepared
statement of his position and vote in
congress: "I favor an. international
agreement, consistent with sound busi
ness methods, but to throw open the
mints of this country to the world is
simply preposterous.”
The senatorial race is given a new in
terest by the views of the aspirants for
and against silver. The fight will be
made on those Uries.
AN ANTI-FREE COINAGE TAPER.
It !■ to Be Started at St. Louis by
Sound Money Men.
Springfield, 111., April 24.—Judge A. A.
Goodrich and Corporation Counsel John
Palmer of Chicago, leaders in the anti
free, coinage section of the Democratic
party, are here, supporting to the fullest
extent the project for the publication of
the new democratic daily paper, to be
called the Enquirer. They have been as
sured by those interested that the paper
will follow the platform of the national
convention on the monetary question. The
promoters will hold a meeting to make
final arrangements next Saturday. Only
one paper is to be started.
A POLL OF LAWMAKERS.
The Silveriten Ahead Among Those
Heard From in Missouri.
Sedalia, Mo., April 24.—A poll was taken
by the Sedalia Evening Democrat to-day
of sixty representatives and seventeen
senators on the question: "Are you in
favor of the free coinage of silver by the
United States at the present ratio?”
It showed the following result:
Senators: Yes—7 democrats. 5 republi
cans; no—4 republicans.
House; Yes—24 democrats, 17 republi
cans and 2 populists. No—l 4 republicans
and 2 democrats.
One republican and one democrat an
swered that tha problem was too much
for them.
WILDE DENIED A POSTPONEMENT.
The Court Fixes To-morrow for Be
ginning His Trial.
London. April 24.—The counsel for Oscar
Wilde made application in the Old Bailey
court this morning for the postponement
of his clients trial. Taylor’s counsel, how
ever. was desirous of proceeding and the
prosecuting lawyer argued in opposition
to a postponement, saying that Wilde
has had ample opportunity to prepare for
trial. The court refused to grant a post
ponement and fixed Friday as the day for
the trial.
The sale of Oscar Wilde’s effects by auc
tion upon the order of the sheriff is re
garded as an indication that his pecuniary
means are exhausts
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1895.
Prepare for Spring
If you were about to journey to a
warmer or colder climate yon would
make careful preparations.
Besides taking a supply of warmer
or cooler clothing, as the case might
be, you would thoughtfully select a
stock of medicines as safeguards to
keep you in good health.
Purify Your Blood
Now we are all about to change to a
warmer climate, though not of our
own volition, and what is more reason
able than to take a reliable medicine to
resist the debilitating effects of higher
temperatures?
Hood’B Sarsaparilla is just the medi
cine needed. It thoroughly expels
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
from the blood the impurities which
have accumulated during the winter,
increases the appetite and improves
the digestion, drives away that tired
feeling and nervousness, and gives the
strength and vigor without which we
cannot appreciate beautiful Spring. It is
The Spring Medicine
1
And the Best Blood Purifier.
ENGLAND TO SEIZE pORINTO.
THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF ’
THE 875,000 EXPIRES TO-DAY.
Nicaragua Absolutely Inable to Of
fer Any Resistance—The Three
War Ships Now In the Harbor There
to Carry Out Englund’s Purpose.
The Washington Government May
Try to Induce Great Britain to
Grant Further Time.
Managua, April 24.—The British admi
ral has notified President Zelaya that
three days will be given to Nicaragua in
which to comply with the terms of Great
Britain’s ultimatum. This period will ex
pire to-morrow. Failure to pay the
indemnity will be followed by the seizure
of the custom house at Corlnto and the *
collection of the duties by British sub- j
jects, presumably officers of the fleet de- '
tailed for that purpose. The note of the 1
British admiral contains a declaration I
that force will be used to collect the
money if opposition is made. Great ex
citement exists. The government, it is .
reported, .will refuse to pay the indemnity
and will abandon Cori nto as a port of
entry. The belief is general here that if
Great Britain obtains possession of Co
rlnto, she will continue to occupy it as
she has occupied territory in Egypt and
other countries where she has obtained
a foothold. |
London, April 24.—The Daily Graphic
will say to-morrow under the caption, "A
Martyr to Monroism:” "That the soil of
the republics of the two Americas is safe
from the trespasses of European powers,
no matter how the subjects and interests
t of th» latter may have, been outraged, has
brtm" fjrlde .Wrui solace
throughout her tempestuous career, and
even although she stands alone, she will
not desert so convenient a principle. Be
fore sunset to-day perhaps counsels of a
less heroic kind will prevail; but whether
or not, Great Britain will by that time ]
have taught Nicaragua and other states of '
Central and South America a lesson long 1
needed.”
The Daily Chronicle will say to-morrow: i
"It does not appear that he United States I
are at all anxious to take a hand in the '
difficulty between Great Britain and Nic
aragua. Everything is indeed well be
tween us and the United States.”
London, April 24.—At the foreign office
it is officially stated that the three Brit
ish warship® are in tho harbor of Corinto,
Nicaragua, for the purpose of enforcing
complhujce with the demands of Great
Britain set forth hi the British ultima
tum. ,
Washington, April 24.—Secretary Gres- 1
ham had a long interview with Sir Julian
Pauncefotc, the British ambassador, this
morning and also saw Minister Guzeman
of Nicaragua, who communicated to him
the intelligence 'he had from his govern- I
ment. Very shortly afterwards, members !
of the cabinet, one by one, drove out to
Woodley, the president’s country home,
where a special cabinet meeting was held.
The outcome of the meeting Is under
stood to be that the administration is dis
posed to use its good offices between Nica
ragua and Great Britain so far as it con
sistently can. President Cleveland feels
that as matters now stand, the United
States can do nothing except to request
Lord Kimberley not to force a settlement
of the indemnity within the next twenty
four hours, but to permit a sufficient time
to elapse so that Nicaragua may not be put
in the position of being compelled to pay
the "smart money” at the cannon's
mouth. If the British foreign office shall
agree to this, the incident will probably
be closed within the next fortnight by a
compliance on the part of Nicaragua with
Great Britain’s terms.
Those who understand the sentiment of
the Nicaraguan people respecting this
matter predict that Nicaragua will not
pay the indemnity unless Great Britain ;
pursues a more conciliatory course. The
disposition of President Zelaya and his ad
visers is strongly against paying the
money under compulsion. To do so will, it
is aid, result in the overthrow of the pres
ent administration by the Nicaraguan
people, who would even prefer that Cor
into should be occupied rather than they
should ba compelled to make a humiliat
ing surrender. .
Admiral Meade announced the arrival
of the New York, Columbia and Cincin
nati at Key West this afternoon. The At
lanta and Raleigh, which left Colon with
the fleet, are not yet reported. Unless
thev have stopped somewhere along the
Central American coast they should arrive
at Key West to-night, being somewhat
slower than the other vessels.
London, April 24.—The Central News says
that Rear Admiral Stephenson of the Pa
cific fleet has received full instructions re
garding his actions on the Nicaraguan
coast, and is empowered, in certain con
tingencies. to follow his own estimate of
the necessities of the situation.
Paris. April 24.—The Salvadorean agent !
here states that he has tried and failed to
obtain from the British government any i
modification of Great Britain’s ultimatum j
to Nicaragua. The matter was confided to
him to secure that result, he says, but
he was not authorized to offer any com
promise.
PRODUCTION OF COKE.
A Falling Off of 12,000 Tons Shown
Last Week.
Connellsville. Pa., April 24 —The coke
production and ov.tput took another tum
ble last week, the former being in the
neighborhood of 12,000 tons less than in
the week of April 13. Among the consumers
there is still considerable uncertainty
about the price of coke. It is intimated
that the next move of the present coke
j operators will be to put the circular rate
of furnace coke up to $1.59 per ton. and
! proportionate advances will be added on
; the other grades. The Iron men look oa
I this with disfavor. They say the present
. rate of s!.&> should be established first.
* Last week some sales were made as low
! as $1.29.
The efforts to bring about a combine
among the coke operators have not been
dropped, but the same obstacles that were
in the way when the matter was earnestly
disw'ussed the early part of the year are
still to be encountered.
The cures accomplished by Hood's
Sarsaparilla tell what it does more
eloquently than any argument which
’ can be written. Read the frank state
ment below:
“ Last spring, on account of overwork
and bad humors, I became very much run
down. About June a scrofula bunch ap-
peared on the left side of my collar bone.
It was very sore continually, and after
a time my left arm began to feel dis
agreeable. In a short time it pained me
nearly all the time. With that and the
scrofula I w as in perfect misery all through
the summer. I became so bad that my
friends tried to me get to have a doc-
tor, but I thought I would try Hood’s
Sarsaparilla. I have taken five bottles
and part of the sixth and am feeling like
myself again. I have gained flesh rapidly
The scrofula bunch and my lameness has
all gone, and I feel like a new creature.”
Miss Hattie M. Clark, Parkman, Maine.
VALDOSTA’S NEWS BUDGET.
Two Men Suffer Broken Bones—Death
of a Former Snvannnhinu.
Valdosta, Ga., April 24.—G. M. Boyd, of
this city, fell from the roof of Moore’s
mill here to-day and broke one of the
bones in hls left ankle. Mr. Boyd was
looking; after some work that was being
done on the roof and made a misstep.
W.- S. Finder, of this city, fell from a
flat car at Cecil yesterday and sprained
hl# hand very badly, His foot caught in
one of the pockets which swing from the
car, and he fell, while trying to get off
the moving car.
Albert Turner, of this city, died last
night, after a complicated illness of sev
eral weeks. Mr. Turner was well known
In Savannah, where he formerly worked
in one of the railroad offices. He was a
young man full of energy and possessed
of many fine traits. He was employed by
the Valdosta Times at the time of his
death. His funeral services were con
ducted this evening at the cemetery.
The fruit crop through this section bids
fair to eclipse any other in the history
of the country. The trees are literally
bending under its loads, and the limbs
will not be strong enough to hold the
fruit when it gets larger. Pears will be
plentiful, and it Is getting to be a serious
question as to where all the fruit is
going to be marketed. Prices during
large crops have not been very high in
the past, and with the tremendous yield
reported from the entire fruit belt, farm
ers may well begin to think about a prof
itable way of disposing of it.
The hog packing factory here will make
a market for several thousand fat pork
ers, and local statisticians assert that
there will be from 2,000 to 3,000 hogs raised
in this locality in excess of what has
been the average before. Farmers may
finrj it feedtiheir surplus fruit
crops to the i* pm-fes jpjTv?'fin un
profitable basis. At any rate, with the
big fruit crop coming and plenty of pigs
squeaking in the pens, the farmers are
pretty well fixed for next fall and win
ter.
A revival service has been started In
the Bapitst church he»re. Dr. J. D. Chap
man of Hawkinsville is doing some fine
preaching and large crowds have been at
tending.
Several real estate deals have been made
this week and nearly every day there is
a change in the ownership of property
here. Two local syndicates which recently
make important real estate deals are
looking for big profits on their invest
ments in the near future.
BEEF PUT UP BY A COMBINE.
Cattle on the Hoof Very Little Higher
Than a Year Ago.
Washington, April 24.—1 t Is understood
that the developments thus far made in
the investigation of the beef question,
have almost convinced Secretary Morton
that a combination has been formed for
the purpose of putting up the price of beef.
The secretary early in the history of the
recent rise was inclined to attribute it to
natural scarcity of fat cattle. Notwith
standing the unusual advance in dressed
meat, cattle on the hoof show a very mod
erate increase In value, even less than it
would seem natural to expect in view of
the small receipts by comparison with a
year ago. I
Chicago, 111., April 24.—The live stock
men of Chicago do not like the reports
sent out by Secretary of Agriculture Mor
ton, intimating that the high price of
meat is caused by a combination of the
stock men as against both the producer
and consumer or meat. At a largely at
tended meeting held at the stock exchange
at the Union stock yards to-day, a long
series of resolutions wefe. adopted and or
dered telegraphed to Secretary Morton.
The resolutions say the receipts of cattle
at the four principal western markets for
the current year are 270.000 head less than
for the same, period of 1894. This alone is
responsible for the increase in the prices
of dressed beef. Statements recently sent
out, charging that there is a combine or
trust, are pronounced unjust, and the
public is asked to withhold its judgment
until the merit of the controversy can be
investigated by the press.
B’NAI BRITH.
An Extra Session to Legislate on the
Endowment Session.
Montgomery, April 24.—The fourth
day's session of District Grand Lodge
No. 7, Independent Order of B’Nat Brith,
was held to-day.
The recommendations of the endowment
committee, calling an extra session of the
body to meet In Chattanooga or some
where else to legislate solely on its en
dowment system, was passed. J. Loeb
of this city was authorized to go to Cin
cinnati to gather data and consult act
uaries to submit to the convention. Emi
nent actuaries will be employed by the
convention to solve the problem of en
dowment.
The proposition tG amend the consti
tution so as to change the basis of rep
resentation was reported adversely.
The local lodge picnicked the conven
tion at Jackson Lake, near here, this af
ternoon, where all had a p’tasant time.
On behalf of the grand lodge. Nathan
Strauss of New Orleans was presented
with a gold watch, chain and charm as a
token or the esteem in which he is held
for his long and efficient services as sec
•retary.
Wants a Divdree.
Louisville, Ky., April 24.—Mrs. Mary
Bullitt, formerly widow of Gen. Hansom,
began suit to-day for divorce from her
venerable husband. Col. Cuthbert Bullitt,
on the ground of abandonment. She caused
a sensation a few months ago by a similar
suit, which was later withdrawn and
their differences patched up for a tim£.
A Noted Plunger Dead.
Chicago. April 24.—Nathaniel S. Jones,
the veteran speculator known in every
wheat mart of the country as "Nat"
Jones, one of the "Big Four" of bye-gone
days, died at St. Joseph's hospital in this
city to-night after lingering several weeks
in a state of paralysis.
RATES FOR MAY WEEK.
Military Companies to Be Carried for
One Cent a Mlle.
Atlanta, Ga., April 24—At its meeting to
day, by unanimous consent, the rate com
mittee of the Southern States Passenger
Association suspended the regular order
of business and took up th© matter of
rates for May week in Savannah. The
rates granted arc 1 cent a mile for mili
tary companies, within a radius of 300
miles of Savannah, and one fare for the
round trip for the general public, the rate
applying to points in Georgia, South
Carolina and Florida, and also from Mont
gomery, Ala. These rates are considered
very favorable, and it is expected will help
draw big crowds to Savannah during the
celebration.
To-morrow the committee will take up
the matter of rates to the Atlanta exposi
tion, base ball club rates and rates for a
number of other events, and classes of
business.
The meeting to-day was the first held
since the organization of the new associa
tion. Commissioner Finley presided and
nearly all the litaes in the association
were represeted. Col. Wrenn of the Plant,
and Messrs.Haile and Winburn of the Cen
tral are here from Savannah. New rules
for the association were formulated to
day, and will be adopted to-morrow.
It Is claimed by the members of the as
sociation that the wars and rumors of
wars in the passenger arena of the rail
roads of the south will soon all be
smoothed down and that harmony will
be restored.
COULDN’T FOOL THE LADIES.
They Rake in SIO,OOO From the Ex
position Management.
Atlanta, Ga.,. April 24.—The lady board
of exposition managers very forcibly dem
onstrated to-day that they are very long
headed on a business transaction. Sev
eral days ago the exposition people in con
junction with the Piedmont Driving Club,
which owns a sit? inside the exposition
grounds, conceived the idea of moving the
woman's building from its present situa
tion to the site of the house now occupied
by the driving club and using the woman's
building for a club house when the expo
sition is over. The woman’s building is to
be one of the costliest and handsomest on
the grounds, estimated at $30,000. By of
fering the ladies the use of their com
manding site the driving club saw a pretty
plan to get an elegant club house for
nothing. When the scheme was placed
before the woman’s board to-day they put
in a demand for SIO,OOO if their building
should be moved. The exposition people
were somewhat taken aback, but the la
dles stood out and finally raked in tha
SIO,OOO. which they are to get in stock to
be sold and the proceeds used for 'he
women’s exhibit.
A FINE FRUIT PROSPECT.
Preparations for Canning Factories
and Saw Mills.
Lake Park Ga , April 24 —The presp n ts
for the fruit crop are very flattering,
peaches and grapes and strawberries
promise to be abundant.
Our farmers are contented and seem to
care very little about a single or double
standard. In spite of the fact that all
vegetation was killed during the winter,
our farmers are shipping vegetables and
everybody has plenty of strawberries.
• There is a small insect that seems to
be preying upon the young melon vines,
and in some fields are doing much dam
age. Several farmers have reported melon
blooms and young melons. Should nothing
prevent tho melon crop will bq very
heavy from this point.
Several of our business men are devis
ing plans for the erection of a canning
factory.
Negotiations are pending for the ,f*rec
tifin of a large-.saw mill’* 'ttes
place. Aa there are thousands of acres of
the very best timbered lands that can
be had, this new industry will add much
to this town.
PRISONERS SENT TO SAVANNAH.
The Jail nt Macon Not in Proper
Sanitary Condition.
Macon, Ga., April 24.—Judge Speer, is
sued an order to-day, transferring United
States prisoners to Savannah for incar
ceration. This action of the court was
on account of the very poor sanitary con
dition of the Bibb county jail at present,
and the evidence thereto is the poor state
of health of Dr. Roberts. Marshal Har
rell reported to the court tha.t Dr. Rob
erts’ health was constantly, declining, and
that in his opinion it was' on account of
the poor condition of the jail. Dr. John
son was called in and gave It as his pro
fessional opinion that the condition of the
jail was responsible. Judge Speer then
issued the order. The present poor sanl
ta.ry condition of the jail is due entirely to
the fact that it is being thoroughly re
paired, and some of the sewerage is open.
Dr. Roberts will be allowed to go home
until he recovers his heailth.
death of a Popular lately.
Willacoochee, Ga., April 21.—Miss Aleph
Peterson, a young lady about 17 years
old, a daughter of Mr. Henry Peterson of
this place, died of pneumonia yesterday,
after an Illness of only three days. Miss
Peterson was a member of one of the old-
I est and most highly respected families in
South Georgia. Miss Peterson was uni
versally popular and her death has cast
a gloom over the entire town and commu
nity.
On Trial for Murder.
Macon, Ga., April 24.—Mills Barton, col
ored, was put on trial in the superior court
this morning for the murder of his wife
over a year ago. The killing took place
at a Nickel Club, and was prompted by
jealousy. This afternoon the jury returned
a verdict of guilty, with a recommenda
tion for mercy.
A Sufferer Cured
“Every season, from the time I
was two years old, I suffered dread
fully from erysipelas, which kept
.growing worse until my hands were
almost useless. The tones softened
so that they would bend, and several
of my fingers are now crooked from
th* 3 cause - t)n my
hand I carry largo
scars, which, but for
AYER ’ S
Sarsaparilla, would
he sores, provided I
was a hvc and able
to carry anything.
' Eight bottles of
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla cured me, so
I have had no return of the
disease for more than twenty years.
The first bottle seemed to reach the
spot and a persistent use of it has
perfected the cure.’’—O. C. Davis,
Wautoma, Wis.
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ROYAL ARCH MASONS.
The Grand Chapter Opens Its Session
at Macon.
Macon, Ga„ April 24.—The Grand Chap
ter of Royal Arch Masons met this morn
ing at the Masonic temple In this city.
Grand High Priest J. W. Taylor de
livered his annual address and the usual
committees were appointed, after which
the meeting adjourned until 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
The most important feature of the meet
ing will be the election of officers, which
will take place at 10 o’clock to-morrow
morning. Dr. Taylor, the present high
priest, has already signified his intention
of resigning, and will do so. Who will
be his successor will not be definitely
known until after the election.
The royal and select masters were in
session this morning, but they will hardly
do any business of importance- until to
morrow.
The Masons, as represented in Macon to
day, are as fine a body of men as one
would wish to find, and the delegations
are headed by some of the leading men
of the state.
BETRAYED BY HIS SUSPENDERS.
A Negro Arrested for Murder on
Strong Circumstantial Evidence.
Augusta, Ga..', April 24.—Daniel Robert
son was arrested in Augusta to-night,
for the murder of Bland Watson in Aiken
on March 12. On that date Bland Wat
son, a waiter at the Steadman house,
was found murdered in his room, and
his clothing and S4O were missing. To
day a brother of the dead man met Dan
iel Robertson in Augusta and recog
nized the suspenders of his murdered
brother. He reported the- fact to the
detectives and they found at a pawn shop
a valise and clothing that belonged to
the murdered man, and which Robertson
had pawned. He was arrested, but
claimed that he won the things in a
game of cards with a tramp that he met
on the road. The Aiken authorities have
been notified of the arrest. Two other
men are now in jail at Aiken for the
murder, having been arrested on suspi
cion soon after the crime. Robertson
made admissions in his talk to Chief of
Police Hood that leave little doubt of his
guilt.
A STORE BURNED AND BLOWN UP.
Houses Shaken for Miles Around and
the People Alarmed.
Atlanta, Ga., April 24.—The little town of
Ingleside, about seven miles from Atlanta
on the Georgia railroad, was visited last
night by a destructive fire, followed by a
terrific explosion which shook houses for
miles around. A large store, the postoffice
and telephone building were totally des
troyed by the fire, which is supposed to
have been of incendiary origin.
J. A. Allman, who owned the store and
its contents, was prostrated by the shock
and is to-day in a critical condition. While
the fire was raging at its bight, there was
a terrific explosion. A whole side of the
store was hurled away. The shock was
terrific, and was felt throughout the sur
rounding community. Houses shook, and
many were .-ifraid that they would fall.
Those who knew nothing of the cause
thought they were in an earthquake. One
year ago Allman’s store was burned. Ho
immediately rebuilt and within the year
the store was robbed twice. The store
burned as if it had been saturated with
kerosene and It is believed that the fire
was the work of incendiaries.
EIGHT MURDERERS TO BE SHOT.
They Killed a Wealthy Italian No
bleman on His Ranehe in Mexico.
St. Louis, Mo., April 24.—A special from
the City of Mexico says the supreme court
of the state of Oaxaca has affirmed the
sentence of death passed by the district
court against eight prisoners held for the
murder of Count Manzano, a wealthy
Italian nobleman, killed at his hacienda
near the City of Mexico by robbers over
a year ago. Three others, accused of com
plicity in the assassination, have been re
leased from custody. The case will now
go to the first division of the court for
final revision, after which the prisoners
will be legally shot if nothing new is dis
covered in the testimony.
DEBS~TO WIN HIS CASE.
Judge .Woods’ Contempt Ruling; to
Be Knocked Out.
New York, April 21.—A Chicago special
to the Herald says: ‘‘A report from
Washington reaches here that the su
preme court will, in its decision of the
Debs contempt case, reverse the decision
of the lower court, made by Judge Woods,
and grant the writ of habeas corpus asked
for Debs and his associates, relieving
them of imprisonment for contempt for
disobeying the orders of the court. It is
understood that the court stands either
six to two or five to three in favor of
Debs.” 1
A BANK ROBBED OF-$22,763.
The Vault Entered While the Teller’s
Attention Was Dlstraeted.
New York, April 24.—The Evening Sun
has a special dispatch from Plainfield, N.
J., which says: "The directors of the
First National Bank of Plainfield have
made public a theft of $22,765, stolen from
the vault on Monday. Cashier Frank 8.
Runyon missed the money when he went
to close the bank for the day. It was in
two packages. One contained $20,000 In
new bills and the other $2,765 in mutilated
bills. It is believed that the robbery was
the work of professional thieves, as during
the afternoon a stranger came in and en
gaged one of the tellers in conversation,
leaving without having transacted any
busin 388-2
WHISKY TRUST FINANCES.
A Statement of the Business From
Feb. 4 to March 33.
Chicago, April 24.—The report of John
McNulta, Edward F. Lawrence and John
J. Mitchell, the receivers of the whisky
trust from February 4 to March 23, was
presented to the clerk of the United States
circuit court at noon to-day. The report
is confined strictly to a statement of the
financial operations of the trust during
that period. The .receivers say their gross
receipts from all sources were $3,852,346;
the expenditures were $3,669,839, leaving a
balance of $182,508 in the hands of Receiver
McNulta, when the other two resigned on
March 23.
GIOLITTI GAINS HIS POINT.
Two of the Judgments Against Him
Quashed.
Rome, April 21. The court o’ cassation
to-day quashed two judgments against ex-
Premier Giolitti, charged with having ex
tracted documents connected with the
Banca Romar.a scandal. The ground of
the action of the court was that the civil
tribunal was incompetent to try Signor
Giolitti upon the charges without the au
thority of the chambers of deputies. This
decision upholds the contention or Signor
Giolitti upon which his appeal to the court
k of cassation was made.
OKEFINOKEE SWAMP.
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE WORK CAPT.
JACKSON IS DOING THERE.
The Chief Canal Nearly Completed.
Latent Canals to Be Built—The
Wealth of Timber Discovered—A
Great Saw Mill—How Southern
Georgia Will Be Developed.
Waycross, Ga„ April 24.—After three
years of persistent effort, innumerable
obstacles and enormous expenditures of
money and labor, the Suwanee canal has
been constructed, and it will be partly
utilized for its original purpose by the
last of May. An effort to derive some rev
enue from it is now being made.
It was my privilege last Saturday to be
one of a party, epnsisting of Capt. Henry
Jackson, president of the Suwanee canal;
Dr. B. E. Fernow, chief of the forestry
division of the department of agriculture,
and Prof. W. S. Yeates, state geologist, «
to visit Camp Cornelia, the headquarters
of the company, and ride down the canal
on the steam tug Cornelia. We left the
camp at 11 o'clock in the morning. As the
tug glided along, it gradually merged into
the prairies and jungles ofHhe swamp. On
the banks of the canal were families bus
ily engaged in fishing for perch, bream
and bass. Innumerable small Islands,
covered with dense cypress forest, were
seen on every hand. The cypress trees
are draped in moss. The islands arc called
• “houses,” and the forest affords a com
fortable shelter for the weary hunters.
The larger islands and meadows are
called bays or brakes, and they arfe cov
ered with cypress forest. The lakes are
walled in by thick forests, and present a
beautiful appearance. Pond lilies, magno- ,
lias and sweet bays grow in rich abund
ance along the sides of the canal and in
the lakes. Egretts, w r ild ducks, and
swamp birds play in various directions
and wild turkenys are seen running across
the "brakes.”
At a point eleven miles in the swamp
the canal ended, although its further
construction is in progress. Here and
there along the canal are tributary canals
branching out to the cypress forests.
Five tributaries have already been con
structed, and hundreds of miles of oth
ers will be constructed in due course to
all parts of the swamp.
The canal is 45 feet wide, and from six
to forty-two feet deep, Jhe greatest depth
being through a sand ridge between Camp
Cornelia and the St. Mary’s river. The
dredges in use cost $60,000 and are run by
electricity. Each dredge is operated by
ten men. The average of work done in
twenty hours by the two dredges is 500
feet. Sometimes a single dredge makes
450 feet in ten hours. The company owns
over 300,000 acres in the swamp. There
are four large islands on the property.
They are known as Floyd’s, Black Jack,
Mitchell’s and Billie’s islands. The main
body of long leaf yellow pine is on these
islands, and the average per acre is 6,000
feet. The timber is very fine. One bay,
thirty miles long and fifteen miles wide,
is palled Jackson’s Bay. It yields the ,
Iflnrst cypress wood in the south. Cypres* 1
is not the only timber to be had in the
bays. The red bay,- one of the finest of
finishing woods, is found in great abun
dance. The company has erected a mam
moth mill at Camp Cornelia. It has a ca
pacity of 40,000 feet in ten hours.
The canal will form a network through
out the swamp, the average distance apart
being 7,<ma) feet. Once in the canal the
logs will be made into rafts and drawn
to the mill by steam tugs. About one
hundred operatives are in the employ of
the company. They are under the man
agement of S. T. Hawkins, superintendent
of the company. The operatives are
healthy, and they say that the swamp
is entirely free from malaria.
The company forbids the killing of alli
gators In the swamp, because they are in
valuable as scavengers, and the canal is
kept remarkably clean by them.
Capt. Jackson sand that he expected to
have the swamp drained as soon as the
mill began work. “We wild,” said he,
"first get some income from the canal,
and then we will look after the drain
age. It will take only a short time to.
finish the canal to the river, and we shall
begin work on that part of the canal
early next fall. Our plan is to utilize all
the timbers we can in our own mill, and
then furntah other mills with logs. We
expect to receive an average of $lB a
thousand for our timber delivered. When
we begin moving the timber from the
swamp, we shall begin shipping logs to
other mills. The logs will be shipped via
Folkston on our road, and thence on the
Plant system to their destination. Our
mill will be in operation in less than a
month, and I expect to make a net profit
on the canal of $50,000 by Jan. 1, 1896.”
"The white sand here,” remarked Prof.
Yeates, “is the finest for manufacturing
glass that can be had anywhere. It is a
beautiful quartz, and a sample of it should
be on exhibition at the exposition."
Capt. Jackson, in telling stories of his
adventures in the swamp, mentioned his
killing a wild boar by frightening him
with nis gun. The report of the gun
struck terror to the heart of the boar, and
he fell into the water and was drowned.
He said he spent two week’s in camp on
Billie’s island, and became acquainted
with a Mr. Lee, and his family, the only
Inhabitants of the Island. Mr. Lee, he
said, had long black hair, and a flowing
beard. He said that when he mentioned
the hair to Mr. Lee the old man said: ‘My
hair use ter be long an’ purty afore the
war, but when the war come erlong, the
sogers cut all the hair off'n my hade.’
Mr. Lee’s family consists of a wife and
thirteen children. They are all Illiterate.
Mr. Lee goes to Folkston once a year to
sell skins and hides of otter, coon and
other game. Negroes regard the myste
rious swamp in a superstitious Hght, and
they cannot be persuaded to go in it un
less they are protected by the presence of
white men. The lightning bugs and jack
o’ lanterns strike terror to their hearts,
and many stories are told of their having
seen hobgoblins and the like in the vicin
ity of the swamp.
"We are doing more,” said Capt. Jack
ton, "for the development of this part of
Georgia than is generally supposed. When
we once get down to work our prosperity
will affect the w’hole state, and especially
Southern Georgia. When our road is
completed to Brunswick arid Pensacola,
we will have a direct opening to the At
lantic and the gulf. The road will cause
towns to be built along its lines, and gen
eral development will follow. We will put
into circulation hundreds of thousands of
dollars every year, and other capital will
be invested in this section on account of
our enterprise. We have spent a fortune
in developing our interests here. Charl
ton county and Southern Georgia will l»e
quickly developed when we get everything
in working order.”
Leighton W. Hubbard*
JUSTICE JACKSON MUCH BETTER.
He Will Leave for Washington May
4 to Hear the Tax Cases.
Nashville, Tenn., April 24.—The health
of Associate Justice Jackson of the Uni
ted States supreme court has steadily
improved since he came to his home,
West Meade, six miles from this city, sev
eral weeks ago. He Intends to leave for
Washington about May 4 to sit with his
colleagues during the hearing of the in
come tax petitions. After the considera
tion of the petitions Justice Jackson will
return to his home and remain until the
October term of court. His physicians
says he may safely make the trip to Gia
capital.