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IT IS A BIG COMMISSION.
COL. LESTER’S VIEWS ON THE
PRESIDENT’S APPOINTMENTS.
The Venezuelan Commission Im a
Good One ahd Will Command Re
■]>ect From England-How the Lion
Has Been Scooping Up the Country
Every Time There Was u Question
Raiscd*-Everyl>ody Wanted to Get
in a Resolution for the Appoint
ment of a Commission —Different
Views That Savaunahians Take of
the Situation.
The Venezuelan question is still excit
ing a great deal of discussion in Savan
nah. The appointment of the commission
to rrfiVKe an investigation as to the dis
puted boundary line of the territory has
increased the discussion. f
The commission, as announced in yes
terday’s Morning News, is regarded as a
strong one and a diplomatic one. It is
looked upon as a commission that is ful
ly capable of getting the United States
out, .of trouble, if it is in any, and sav
ing it from a back-down, if any such ac
tion should be necessary.
The general opinion is that the President
has appointed an excellent diplomatic
commission, and has left himself a loop
hole to get out through on the war ques
tion. The majority of the people, now
ever, are satisfied with The President s
war message..
Congressman Rufus E. Lester was ask 7
ed what he thought of the commission.
“I think it is a prominent commission,
an able one and a diplomatic one,” he
ȣid. "Each one of the gentlemen ap
pointed has had some experience in ques
tions of international law. The commis
sion ie one that is largely free from any
political alliances, and its very composi
tion will make the English government
respect it.”
Col. Lester went on to explain that
England thought she had. the right of
the statute of limitations on the territory
in dispute. England has claimed the ter
ritory since 1810. or, that is, a portion of
jt. A question has been raised with re
gard to it every few years, and every
time the surveyors that. marked out the
line for England run it just a little fur
ther over toward the Venezuelan terri
tory. It cannot be told now what the
commission is going to do. Its action, it
is believed, will depend largely upon what
England had In the beginning.
Col. Lester said President Cleveland’s
message met with the approval of both
parties in the halls, of congress. They
went wild over it, so to speak. It came,
in in tihe afternoon and ex-Speaker Crisp
endeavored to Introduce a resolution with
regard to i<t providing for the appointment
of a commission. Representative Hitt of
Illinois, however, got in ahead of him
by making a motion to adjourn which
was carried and the ‘next day he intro
duced his bill on the subject on the op
ening of the House of Representatives.
Col. Lester says there was a regular
scramble to get in bills on that line, and
the scramble was not confined to one par
ty, but was a general one. Everybody
seemed to think the President was on the
right line, and the man that got in the
first bill was considered to have the best
chances In the next election, whatever
he might be running for. <
The general opinion in the city with re
gard to the commission was that the
President had made a careful selection
and one which will not only be respected
by the nation which is endeavoring to
acquire foreign territory; but which will
Svc a fair and honest answer by which
e United States should abide.
Mr. Daniel C. Gillman, president of
Johns Hopkins University, Is the only one
of the commissioners known in the city.
He visited Savannah about a year ago
with Dr. J. L. M. Curry, when the ques
tion of appropriating a certain amount
from the Slater fund to the colored col
lege of this city was discussed. A recep-
them here at which
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There uro some, however, who look upon
the movement, as jingoism, pu re and elm
pie, They are inclined to believe tnae
the duck hunt was responsible for the
Warlike message which congress had the
pleasure of hearing and acting on. They
look on Mr. Cleveland’s motives as purely
political!, and think that England has
more of a right to the territory In dispute
than the United States has to claim that
it is an infraction of the Monroe doctrine.
The question is being largely discussed
from a business standpoint on account of
the fact, that whatever is done will have
some considerable effect on the business
Interests of the United States, as well as
other countries. There is le,ss apprehen
slon, however, since the appointment of
the commission, for it Is thought It will
kettle the question diplomatically, and do
away with the probability of any unnec
essary conflict.
POLICE WANT THE NAMES.
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The Georgia Artillerymen Who Sa
bered Motormnn Went in Trouble,
The police detective® are investigating
the attack upon Motorman West of the
Clity and Suburban Railway Company by
Several members of the Georgia Artillery,
which participated in the paradfe of the
colored troops Wednesday morning.
The parade had not begun at the time
the difficulty occurred, but the company
Was crossing Barnard street on Liberty,
preparing to take its place in line. One of
the cannon was on the track when car
No. 13 came up. The motorman said he
lost control of the car and ran into the
cannon, nearly knocking It over. The col
ored artillerymen were very much en
raged. thinking the motorman had run
into tneir gun purposely. Several of them
jumped on the platform and jabbed at him
with their Habers. West was struck In
the neck with a saber, receiving a slight
wound There were several lady passen
gers on the car at the time, and they
were very much frightened at the out
break.
West did not report the matter to the
police until sometime afterward and was
unable to give a satisfactory description
of the men whp assaulted him. Chief
McDermott has demanded of Col. J. H
Deveaux that he ascertain the names of
West’s assailants and report them to the
police. Col. Deveaux was not in command
Os the parade, however, and referred the
matter to Muj. W. H. Royal!, the officer
In command. The colored artillerymen
according to the police, seemed to be un
der the Impression tihaUbecause the law
give® a military company under arms the
right of way that they could take the ad
ministration of the law into their own
bands.
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A THEATRICAL manager missing.
His Wife Suspects Suicide—Others
Think He Has Merely Run Away.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4.—J. W. Weiss, lessee
and manager of the Casino theater, a
small variety house recently built by W.
G. Healey, on North Broad street, has
disappeared, leaving behind him a wife
In such financial straits that she Is forced
to go out to seek work, about a score of
skirt dancers and other performers in
the Casino company, who are all in des
. titute circumstances on account of unpaid
salaries, and a varied assortment of debts
of all kinds. Weiss’ wife and his land
lady, to whom he owes S9O as a board bill,
declare that they believe he has com
mitted suicide to end his troubles, while
the members of the Casino comnany who
have been dancing and doing other acts
for a month past without receiving their
salaries, think that he has skipped out for
the purpose of beating them.
Weiss was present at the opening of the
theater yesterday morning about 9
o’clock, when he w’ent around the corner
for a few minutes, leaving another party
in charge, and he has not been seen since.
Berore making his final exit, however,
Weiss wrote a letter to the newspapers
saying that he had been harassed by
creditors until he could stand it no lon-<
ger. It was a very melancholy note, and
from It the impression is that the hope
less manager was on the verge of self
destruction. It appears that Weiss made
his first appearance in Atlanta at the
opening of the exposition as the proprie
tor of a restaurant or lunch stand at the
exposition grounds. This he sold out to
a Russian for SBS, claiming that he had
been doing a flourishing business. This
did not prove to be the case with the i
new proprietor, however, and he began
to harass Weiss In the courts on a charge i
of cheating and swindling.
After selling out his lunch stand Weiss
leased the Casino theater and brought a
lot of actors out from New York to fill
the programme. He ran a saloon in con
nection with the establishment and ap
peared for a time to be doing a good bus
iness, but It appears that the cash did not
come in as fast as it ought to have gone
out. When the man to whom he had
sold his exposition stand began to harass
him creditors®collected on account of his
theatrical venture put the screws to him
also, and although Weiss had then flown,
the bailiff took charge of the theater last
night.
Several days ago, when the clouds were
thickest about his hold, Weiss advertised
for a lady cashier. He gave the place to
a Mrs. Turner, but required that she give
a SSO cash bond. Unfortunately she was
able to comply with the requirement, and
when Weiss disappeared Mrs. Turner’s SSO
went with him. Last night the perfor
mance netted $8.40, and this morning, when
it developed that Weiss had gone, this
was divided among the actors, who are all
strapped.
Mrs. Weiss appears heartbroken at her
husband’s disappearance and refuses to
believe anything else than that he has
killed himself, although the lawyers with
claims against him are of the opinion that
he has only gone to seek a new field of
operations.
A SMALL FRACAS.
War Feeling Enthnwla«tic in Wilcox.
Lyons, Ga., Jan. 4.—Dr. R. D. McLeod,
was shot here last night by John Mc-
Kltchen. He was not seriously hurt. The
difficulty occurred in Horton & Co.’s drug
store. McLeod struck McKitchen with a
stick, and McKitchen drew a pistol and
shot three times. Only one took effect.
The cause of the trouble was a debt that
McKitchen owed McLeod for professional
services of tolerably long standing.
There is some war talk through this sec
tion. True to old “Georgy, grit” if the
call was made there would not oe many
able-bodied men left behind. They all
seem to think that it would not be much
trouble to "lick" old England.
(IT FROM EAR TO EAR.
W ..niTUT- ir„
1 Maa nKuo Vlmcwt
Decapitated.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 4.—This morning
on Monroe street, in the western part of
the city, the body of William B. George,
a young white man, was found with the
head almost severed from the body.
George had evidently been killed fifteen
feet away from the spot where the body
wah found, which was in a deep ditch.
The sidewalk was covered with blood for
an area of many feet near where the body
was found. A short piece of gas pipe is
supposed to have been used to stun George
before his throat was cut. The murdered
man was once the guard of the city con
vict gang, and the murder is thought to
have been' committed by some former
prisoners out of revenge. The pockets of
the victim were rifled of everything of
value.
MILLER IN JAIL AT STARKE.
Hi* Is Mixed Up in the Murder of the
Drnhhngena.
Starke, Fla., Jan. 4.—M. L. Johns, act
ing deputy sheriff, arrived here*thls after
noon from Tampa, Fla., with George
Miller, the German who is alleged to be
an accomplce in the murder of Or. Drol
shagen and wife at Lawtey, Fia., seven
miles north of here. The sheriff is now on
the way from Brooklyn, N.“ Y., with Hoch,
the party Miller says committed the mur
der for the purpose of robbery. This was
one of the most cold-blooded murders
ever committed In Florida, and It is
hoped that the guilty parties will swing.
COX COURTED HI 9 FATE.
He Had Been Warned to Desist From
His Attentions to Mrs. Reynolds.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 4.—Developments
since the killing of Cox by Reynolds, in
this city last Tuesday night, show that
Cox was repeatedly warned by disinterest
ed parties to cease his attentions to Mrs.
Reynolds. Reynolds’ own brother gave
him notice that Tom Reynolds would kill
him if ffo did not desist, to all of which
Cox paid no attention, and met the fate
that was predicted for him. Cox, at the
time of his death, was under a heavy
bond in Baker county on the charge of se
. auction. Reynolds had been Cox’s bene
factor. having found him at his lumber
I camp last summer, suffering with malarial
i fever and having him nursed and cared
i for until his health was restored.
A Negro Shot and Killed.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 4.—lnformation was
received here to-day of the death of a !
negro in Lee county yesterday, from a
pistol wound, Inflicted last Sunday. The
negro and Joe Avery, a white man, be
• came Involved over a small debt which the
I former owed the latter. When thev quar-
I reled the negro attempted to cut Avery,
I when Avery drew his pistol and tired the
fatal* shot. The coroner’s jury returned a 1
[ verdict of murder.
Balmer Stacy, youngest son of Mrs. I
F. G. Stacy, is lying in a critical con
dition to-night, as the result of swallow
ing a tin whistle while at play yest&rdav.
I Physicians were called in, but have so
| far failed to relieve the little sufferer. I
and unless the throat is cleared by to- I
morrow morning he will be carried to ;
I Savannah for treatment.
J. R. Menehan, a prominent business
man, was stricken with apoplexy this af
ternoon and is lying in a critical condi
tion at his home here.
Neal O’Neal, the escaped convict, who
was so badly beaten in the desperate
tight with Officer Wilchor yesterdav. is
in a bad fix. and has not eaten or drank
anything for twenty-four hours. He Is
receiving good medical treatment.
Bainbridge at the Palis.
Bainbridge. Ga., Jan. 4.—The municipal
election passed off quietly here to-day.
Hon. A. L. Hawes was elected mavor
for the fourth time. W. W. Wright. H
Naasbaum. E. J. WUHs. C. W. Wimberly,
E. T. Hines and H. J. Bruton were re-
I elected aidermen. There was no opposi
tion to this municipal ticket.
A Druggist Sella Out.
Albany. Ga.. Jan. 4.—W. H. Gilbert, who
has been in the drug business in this cltv
since the war. has sold out to the Albany
Drug Company and will take up some oth
er business.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1896.
A MYSTIFIED WOMAN.
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The Wheels Wouldn’t Go Round.
Mothers and Daughters as Well us
Fathers and Sons May Prolit by Her
Experience—Something Wtong.
Everyone in the street stopped. Even
a child could see that there was some
thing wrong. Every time the horse start
ed the sparks flew from where the tire
touched the stone. That is why the lady
got out. A crowd gathered and gazed
curiously while she examined the horse,
the harness, the vehicle and the wheel
that wouldn’t go round. A policeman
came forward and suggested that the horse
was balky. A gentleman who belonged to
the society with the long name, said the
beast was overworked, and should be
unharnessed and rubbed down. Another
man advised her to back a bit and take
a new start. A fourth suggested that if
she w’ould drive right on, sparks or no
sparks, the difficulty would remedy it
self; while still another insisted that un
less a new tire be put on the wheel, the
whole odtflt would collapse. These con
flicting counsels increased the confusion
of the distressed lady, but they did not
make the wheel go round.
Just then a carriage drove up, a gentle
man got out and asked what was the
matter. One of the bystanders said it
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SOMETHING WRONG.
was a breakdown, while each of eleven
others gave a different explanation as
to why the wheel wouldn’t go round. The
stranger examined the turnout, led the
pony forward a step, and, as the sparks
began flying, remarked: “Madam, your
horse, harness, cart and wheel are all
right. The sparks that the tire draws
from the curbstones are merely outward
symptoms of the inward ailment. The
real difficulty is not with the tire of the
wheel, but with its axle, or its ‘box.’
Just what the man did next it is not nec
essary to state, but in less than ten min
utes the entire trouble was ended. He
had removed the cause, instead of tempor
izing with the effect. As the lady drove
on rtsjblclng, sfkpeone t
few people in nie world reason down to ■
the root of things, and at the same time
carry in their heads the ‘know how’ that
makes the wheels go round.”
It is just this lack of reasoning down
to the root of things that is to-day caus
ing .intense suffering to thousands of wo
men; and for this suffering, to a great
extent, man is to blame.
Refined, intelligent, educated men, who
have spent eight or ten of the best years
of their lives in colleges, medical schools
and hospitals, cling to the false, child
like theory of doctoring the tire as it
were, instead of curing the axle, or its
“hot-box.” They direct their attention
to where they see the sparks flying, in
stead of working upon the hidden spot
where the real trouble lies. The conse
quence is. they never acquire the "know
how,” which enables them to regulate
the wheels of life.
When the sparks of pain fairly fly from
a woman’s head, her back, her limbs,
or the most important and sensitive or
gans of her body, it is as senseless to i
resort to “local applications,” pain cures, :
or •timulants, as it is to grease the tire,
whip the horse, or drive on regardless of
consequences. Those people try .to cure
symptoms instead of reasoning to the root
of things and removing the cause of the
disorder. The result is physical patch
work and failure, instead of success.
A most conspicuous exception to this
rulers thd man who, nearly thirty years
ago, proclaimed that he would not make
such mistakes, but would devote himself
to reasoning to the root of disease, and to
the discovery of a new principle for its
treatment. Many thousand letters of
gratitude from former patients in all
parts of America, have told this physi
cian that he has been successful beyond
even his own expectations. This man is
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KOT THE PRISONER HE WANTED.
Sheriff Farmer of Jefferson County
Disappointed in Bostick.
Sheriff Farmer of Jefferson county did
not take Bartow Bostick back with him to
Jefferson county. Bostick, as has been
previously stated, was arrested, charged
with the murdej of a negro woman in
Jefferson county several years ago. When
Sheriff Farmer was notified of the arrest
he thought the man migjit be Henry
Horne, w'ho killed a negro woman several
months ago. W’hen he saw Bostick he
was disappointed. The killing, which was
admitted by Bostick, occurred several
years before the election of Sheriff Far
mer, and the later knew nothing of it.
According to the statement of Bostick,
the killing occurred on the line of Burke
and Jefferson counties, and he did not
know in which county it occurred. He
claims that the shooting was accidental.
Sheriff Farmer requested Chief McDer
mott to hold Bostick until be could return
to Jefferson county and investigate the 1
affair.
Horne, the negro whom Sheriff Farmer j
was in search of came to Savannah short- :
ly after the killing with which he is
charged, and was arrested here by the .
police several months ago on account of !
his connection with some larceny case, i
The police had received no notification
from Jefferson county, however, to look
out for any such man.
A MACHINE TO MAKE MEN CRAZY.
A Ticker That Tetls How Much Money
One Spends.
There is a little machine in the shape of
a watch now being circulated around the j
city, which is calculated to run the oper
ator of it crazy within three days’ time.
This statement is not theoretical, but is j
an actual demonstration. >
The arrangement registers the amount
that a person spends during a day. The j
large dial registers every 5-cent piece, and
the small dial every dollar up to 310. A
well known Savannahian started out with
one of these machines and a $lO bill yester- !
day, and within two hours’ time he had
registered about SB, and gave the ma
chine to a friend for fear the other $2
would be gone before dinner time. His I
friend took it as a novelty and thought
he would see what was going on in his
own pocket.’ and before he knew it be
was broke, and started off for the river
to throw the thing where it would never |
come to light to trouble anybody else, j
On the way. however, be met a prominent •
politician and gave it to him.
The politician happened to be in a crowd |
of friends at the time and before Jie knew
it, while he was explaining the operations j
of the mechanical wonder, he had regis
tered some $3 or $4. He was then anxious
to get rid of it, but couldn’t find a taker. ■
Nobody wanted such a tell-tale affair,
and all of them fought shy of it. So be
kept it tn his pocket and said he would
present it to the first of his political
friends he met against whom he had a
grudge.
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SALISBURY APT TO SURRENDER
THE KAISER’S DISPATCH TO KRU
GER OPENS HIS EYES.
The Venezuelan. Correspondence
Brought to Ligrlit by the Corres
pondent of the London Chronicle
Muy Also Cause Him to Look Upon
the Boundary Dispute In a New
Light—The British Public Begins
to Realize That England’s Hog
gishness Has Made Her a Bit Ln
popular Among the Nations.
London, Jan. 4.—The message sent yes
terday by Emperor William to President
Kruger of the South African republic
has aroused popular wrath in England
to an unmeasurably greater extent than
did President Cleveland’s message on the
Venezuelan dispute. The latter dealt
with a question that was of remote pub
’ lie interest and little understood here,
but the German emperor has touched
roughly the wounds rankling in British
memories ever since the ingominy of
Majuba Hill, where the Boers
inflicted a crushing defeat on
troops belonging to the regu-
lar army of Great Britain. Further
more, the message to the president of
the Transvaal outrages the British be
lief that the South African republic still
pertains to the queen’s lordship. His maj
esty’s message said: ‘‘l express my sin
cere congratulation, that, supported by
your people, and without appealing for
help to friendly powers, you have suc
ceeded by your energetic action against
the armed bands which invaded your
country as disturbers of the peace, and
have thus . been enabled to restore the
peace and safeguard the independence
of your country against attacks from
without.”
If the government responds to the pas
sion <that is now rising to fever heat
throughout Great Britain it will take early
notice of the emperor’s missive in terms
amounting to an outspoken challenge, and
the country, which it would be difficult
♦ o pi'rstiadp in+o accepting the United
States as a foe, would t‘or hesiidh.? to
tackle Germany. ■
The Venezuelan dispute has hardly stir
red the national pulse; throughout it
has chiefly been a matter of declamation
on the part of the newspapers. Germany’s
intervention in the Transvaal has set En
gland aflame. The perception of Great
Britain’s solitary position among the
powers of the world is now forced upon
public conviction and this fact will un
doubtedly have much to do in hastening
an agreement with the demands of the
United States regarding Venezuela.
The Saturday Review (independent) ad
vocates the making of concessions to
the United States. It quotes from the
New York Sun to the effect that it would
be better for England to eat crow* at
home than eat dirt abroad, and adds: “In
view of our enemies on the continent,
Lord Salisbury must yield. It is better
to eat a deal of home crow than any
foreign dirt.” X
The Globe (conservative) says that the
entire empire will become a war party if
Emperor William’s words are followed by
deed. The mildest liberal organs write
in the same tone. The papers teems with
abuse of German insolence and arrogance,
and the emperor’s deliberate insult and
appeal to the government to strengthen
its fighting forces and to prepare for war.
This time the press accurately reflects
popular feeling.
The question is to what length will Lord
Salisbury’s minister/ obey the country’s
behest. It is an amazing fact that dur
ing the recent troubles Lord Salisbury
has not once summoned a meeting of the
full cabinet. With the crisis in the east.
President Cleveland's message, and war
clouds all around, the prime minister acts
like an irresponsible dictator. He com
municates constantly with the queen and
her advisers, and consults the Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial secre
tary, and the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour,
first lord- of the treasury, his inner cab
inet, but ignores the rest of his col
leagues. The list cabinet council was
held on Nov. 16. At that time the minis
ters merely arranged a programme of
their sessional bills. They were not al
lowed to discuss foreign affairs. But if
not in touch with the public. Lord Salis
bury keeps closely allied with the court
party, where Gezman influences is dom
inant. The country may pall for war
with Germany, but dynastic considera
tions and court affiliations W'ould oppose I
giving way to the popular demand unless
before a public storm threatening the
existence of the government.
Dr. Jameson’s friends rely on President
; Kruger of the Transvaal to prevent his
i execution. Dr. Jameson, while at Kim
berly was summoned to Pretoria to at
tend President Kruger in a dangerous ill
' ness. Under the doctor’s ministrations
I President Kruger was cured and the two
1 became stnong friends. This friendship
may now stand Dr. Jameson in good
The Yachtsmen, commenting upon the
■ inquiry by the New York Yacht Club into
| the charges made by Lord Dunraven
: against the Defender syndicate in general,
i and Mr. C. Oliver Iselin in particular,
says that Lord Dunraven has signally .
failed to substantiate hiz charges, and ■
j that it becomes more and more apparent j
that an egregious blunder was commit- j
ted in making the charges. The paper I
adds that the committee of Inquiry has
been actuated throughout by an impar- j
i tial spirit.
The cable dispatches sent from Washj I
! ington by the special representative of ■
! the Morning Chronicle, giving the unpub- ;
i Ished correspondence anent the British I
Guiana boundary dispute exchanged by
Lord Aberdeen, colonial secretary in the
Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel, and Senor
Fortique, the then Venezuelan minster ■
! to England, seems to have burst on the i
• foreign office as a surprise. It is almost 1
incredible that the permanent officials
at the foreign office, who are responsible !
for coaching the prime minister, should !
have been ignorant of this correspond
j ence. Yet it is known in official circles |
that the brief on whch Lord Salisbury ,
based his reply to Secretary of State ;
Olney did not mention the dispatches that
: were cabled to the Chronicle. It is un- j
j derstood that the prime minister is deeply |
chagrined because of this fact. He may .
1 mark his displeasure by insisting that
certain of the permanent officials shall :
| retire.
| A measure like this would be a prelimi- >
nary to a general surrender, and would
afford a convenient bridge for Lord Salis
bury’s retreat from the position he has i
assumed. The foreign office will prepare j
an extensive report on the Venezuelan 1
dispute. This will be accompanied with i
maps showing the historical aetals of the J
terrtory in dspute. That Lord Salisbury i
will climb down seems to be assured. ‘
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SUICIDE IN BERRIEN COUNTY.
A Colored Woman and a Child In
jured by Fire.
Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 4.—News was
brought here yesterday morning of the
suicide of Henry L. Wells, a well known
white man of Berrien county, living at
Adel t Mr. Wells has been subject to at
tacks of mental aberration for some
time past and this was pretty well known
by his family and friends, but none
thought it would take such a tragic turn.
Mr. Wells left home Thursday and went
to his field where the tragedy occurred
near the swamp. Mr. Wells killed him
self by cutting his throat with a razor.
He was found some time after the trag
edy occurred.
Jane Young, a well known negro woman
of this city, came near being burned to
death Thursday evening by catching on
fire while warming. Jane had been ill for
some time and was convalescing. She
got up to set up a while Thursday morn
ing, when she became weak and fell to
ward the fire. Her dress caught in the
flames which spread to the ceiling almost.
Some men were in the neighborhood and
being attracted by her screams, they
managed to extinguish them, though not
until they had burned the woman badly.
Little Mollie Blair, whose parents live
on Webster street, came near being bad
ly burned also. The child’s dress caught
fire, but the thick flannel clothing pre
vented the fire from doing much damage
to the child.
Valdosta’s telephone line is to be put in
working order at once. The system oper
ated here for a month or so, but the
’phones were not satisfactory, so they
were discarded and for the last two
months the citizens have been without
their latest convenience. New apparatus
has been ordered. (
The remains of Mrs. Will Powell were
brought by here Friday morning on their .
way to Hickory Head for Interment. :
Mrs. .Powell was a Miss Mattle Standley I
of Brooks county, and death oc.curre< i
from heart failure Thursday at Arabi.
Ten or twelve candidates have already
entered the field for the position of tax
assessor, made vacant by the death of
Rev. F. R. C. Ellis. There will be a
lively scramble until the democratic
nomination is made and then the race will
probably be between the nominee and an
independent.
A STRANGE CRAFT.
Thirty or Forty Negroes on the Al
leged Filibustering Boat..
Doctortown, Ga. Jan. 4.—Having seen in
your issue of yesterday a statement from
your correspondent at Waycross to the
effect that a suspicious looking steamer
was taking men and supplies on board at
Lake Morgan, I was somewhat surprised
that anything of this kind could be going
on so near here without my knowledge,
and decided to Investigate the nfiatter. I
found nothing at Morgan Lake and pro
ceeded down the river to Lake Bluff, and
there a found the boat described by your
correspondent. On board of the boat I
saw about thirty-five or forty negroes,
and one white man, who I learned was
E. F. Huckette, from Buffalo, N. Y., and
who seemed to be in chage. He had as
an assistant a big negro named “Happy
John." I tried to geP some information
as to the object of a steamer of this
description with such a large force of
men on board in a retired place like Lake
Bluff, but was unable to get any definite
information, all seeming to be on their
guard and very reticent about 'talking to
strangers. I did not see any arms or am
munition, although they may have had
them, as I was not allowed on board. On
my return to Doctortown I found a woman
named Atkinson, who I took to be a ne
gress, but who claims to be a full-blooded
Indian. She has been around here since
Christmas day and gathers the negroes
together in bands to preach and prophecy
to them, but it is the general impression
that she Is acting as an agent inducing
them to join the party on the boat at
Lake Bluff. I don t believe that a boat
of this size and appearance would be sea
worthy enough to make the trip to Cuba,
but it might carry men and supplies to
a larger vessel at some other point.
S. Z. R.
AGNEW IN A BAD LIGHT.
Bonds Bought nt 25 Cents Sold to the
Bank at Par.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 4.—The trial
E. W. Agnew, late president of the First
National Bank of Ocala, for embezzle
ment, misappropriation and misapplica
tion of funds of the bank, was largely
confined to-day to transactions with the
Globe Phosphate Company and from the
evidence it seems that Mr. Agnew bought
*
$7,500 and deposited them as $25,000 cash
to his individual account. The bonds
were placed in the bank and used as as
sets of the bank at their face value.
J. K. McDonald, formerly receiver of
the bank, said that he asked Mr. Agnew
• where he got the bonds and Mr. Agnew re
plied that he bought them from the Globe
Phosphate Company and paid par. This
was denied by John A. Bishop, who said
that Aghew paid him 50 cents for $5,000
and 25 cents on the dollar for $20,000. Mr.
McDonald advised Mr. Agnew to sell the
bonds. Mr. Agnew said he could have sold
. them in a week, but failed to do so.
W. A. Bullock testified that he was the
vice president and a director of the bank
in 1804, in the early part of which’ year
the transactions with the Globe company
took place; that Mr. Agnew controlled
the bank and that the others were fig
ureheads. He also said the purchase of
these bonds was without, the knowledge
or consent of the directors.
The books were produced and A. M Mc-
Intyre, forerly cashier, identified entries
charging the bank with the face value of
the bonds and crediting Mr. Agnew with
their face value. He said the bonds were
held as assets.
Minister Ransom at Washington.
Washington. Jan. 4.—Hon. Matt W. Ran
som, United States minister to Mexico
is in Washington on leaue. He called at
the state department to-uay.
SHEPPERSON ON THE STAPLE.
A REVIEW OF THE TEAR ASD A
PEEP INTO THE FUTURE.
The Lowest Price in New York for
Forty-eight Years Reached in No
vember, 1804, and Repeated at In
tervals to March, 1805—The Phe
nomenal Advance Between March
1 and Oct. 15—The Present Crop
Estimated at 7,000,000 Bales.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 4.—The Chronicle
will publish to-morrow a letter from
Alfred B. Shepperson, in reference to the
cotton crop, in which he says: “The year
which has just ended, will be a memorable
one for the cotton trade, inasmuch as it
recorded the lowest price for - middling
uplands ever reached in Liverpool, except
when the same low figure, 2 31-32 pence
per pound, was touched in November,
1894. The lowest price in New York for
forty-eight years was also reached in
November, 1894, and repeated at inter
vals to March, 18915. The largest crop
ever produced in America was grown in
1894, and marketed in the commercial cot
ton season of 1894-95. From the low ebb
of March 1, 1895, there was one of the
most remarkable reactions ever known,
when prices advanced in New York from
5 9-lGc on March 1 to 9%c on Oct. 15 for
middling uplands cotton, a matter of
3 13-16 c per pound.
“This great advance was due in part
to the improvement in the general busi
ness of the country, but chiefly to specu
! lative buying of cotton futures.
“On account of the comparatively high
prices which ruled in September and (Jo.
! sober much of the crop 1 of 1895-96 was
d Cotton'**
now- coming in and in the question oMthe.
acreage of the crop to be planted this
year. t
“I am satisfied that a large quantity
of cotton has been held back in the in
terior by country merchants and farm
ers on account of the sudden and serious
decline which occurred in the middle of
October.
“I anticipate comparatively large re
ceipts in January, and think the crop
will probably be about 7,000,000 bales, with
a possibility of even more. Excellent
weather for maturing and picking cotton
an.rt delay of frosts partly compen
sated for unfavorable conditions earlier
in the season.
“In view of the very large stocks of
cotton at the beginning of this season in
the, American and European markets,
and in the hands of spinners, and the
fact that much larger shipments will
certainy be made from India, Egypt and
Brazil than last season, I do not think
there will be any such scarcity of cot
ton as would advance the price to such
an extent as to justify any Increase what
ever of the present cotton acreage in this
country at the expense of a reduction in
food and forage crops.
“I think that an increase of our cotton
acreage would probably cause lower
prices of cotton for the remainder of this
season and certainly for the next season
also, unless the weather conditions for
the new crop should be extremely unfav
orable,
A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.
A Woman Loses Her Eyesight Dar
ing the Night.
Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 4.—One of the
strangest occurrences that has happened
in this county in some time is reported
from the Sims neighborhood, six miles
above here. One Thursday night Mrs.
Elsie Peters retired at her hour
in her usual health, and during the night
she was stricken with blindness. Sha
awoke early the next morning, but ev
erything appeared dark to her, and she
was unconscious of her condition until
she.asked her husband why he had not
built a fire. Mr. Peters told her that
the fire was burning brightly, and then it
dawned upon her that her eyesight was
gone. She was brought to a physician
here and her eyes examined, but no cause
could be found for the failure of her eyes
Since then one eye has partially regained
.its sight.
Jane Young, the negro woman who wa»
so badly burned this week, an account
of which was sent the Morning News died
last night from her injuries.
Huntsmen through this section are just
having plenty of sport in the fields and
forests about. About 100,000 loaded sheila
have already been sold, and every shell
represents a bird killed. A party of gen
tlemen from Macon and Houston county
were here this week and carried home
with th,em a solid wagon load of doves
and partridges. A large party from this
city will go out on a three day’s hunt
next week, and partridges will be killed
by the hundreds. The local spo'rts rarely
ever shoot at anything smaller than a
partridge.
Found Murdered in n Swamp.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Jan. 4.—Three weeks
ago Joel Walker, a young man living near
Bartow, Fla., mysteriously disappeared.
To-day a party of hunters found his de
composing corpse in the Kissimmee river
swamp. It is supposed he was murdered
and robbed.
The Talisman Safe In Port.
Brunswick, Ga.. Jan. 4.—J. K. Ballen
tine. owner of the yacht Talisman, and his
party arlrved here to-day en route for
Jekyl Island. The Talisman, which was
reported in dispatches as probably wreck
ed off Hatteras, with a loss of all hands
on board, is now safe in Wilmington
harbor.
Crisp on Venezuela.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4.-~Ex-Bpeaker Crisp
is here to-ntght on his way to W’ashington
from his home in Americus. He says that
in the light of the London Chronicle’s
dispatch he does not see how England
can insist on her claim to the disputed
territory on’the Venezuelan frontier.