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About Savannah weekly news. (Savannah) 1894-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1897)
6 SWEAT AND REESE ARE SAFE. IMPEACHMENT NOT TO FOLLOW THE INVESTIGATION. The Testimony Before the Commit tee Not Looked Upon net Sufficient to Warrant Their Hemoval From the Bench—Moat of the Testimony In the Reese Case Favorable to the Judge- The Chargee Against Judge Sweat in the Crosby Case Also Looked Upon as Not Sustained. Atlanta, Ga„ Jan. 15.—The investigation of the charges against Judge Sweat of the Brunswick circuit was completed this af ternoon, and the case formally closed by order of the committee, which declined to consider the supplementary charge pre ferred against him that he had collected money for Russell & Co., a former client, and refused to turn it over. L To-morrow the Reese case will be fln- I ished if the committee, by sitting until b midnight, can possibly accomplish that end. Chairman Felder so announced to day. From the progress already made in the Reese case it seems that there are a great •many witnesses whose testimony might bo dispensed with, as it is only cumulative. If it is necessary to finish to-morrow some of these witnesses may be pruned out. Some of those examined to-day knew lit tle or nothing at all about the case, show ing that they ought not to have been sub poenaed. In the Reeso case in particular there was evidently a good deal of carelessness In the summoning of witnesses. This will cost the state a pretty sum, but as yet It does not appear just who is at fault. Since the Sweat case is closed it may not be improper to make the prediction that the committee will not recommend hia impeachment to the House. In fact, this prediction is safe as to both Judge Sweat and Judge Reese, for the latter hearing has progressed far enough to show that though of a convivial disposition and ac customed to taking a toddy at times, the evidence will hardly make out a case, of habitual drunkenness against, him. Even those who have testified that he was in his cups or appeared to be stated on the stand without exception to-day that the business of the court is well looked after, and that Judge Reefce is in no degree dis qualified from discharging 'his judicial functions. * According to the general view taken of the law habitual drunkenness that dis qualifies the man from the proper dis charge of his official duties Is necessary to impeachment, but as to Judge Sweat, he admits that he was drunk at the St. Simons banquet, but contends that he was perfectly able to preside in court the next day, and there was no testimony which showed that he did not properly conduct his court that day. He success fully proved beyond doubt that D. N. Crosby was admitted to bail by him in Appling county a year and a half before he met Mrs. Crosby, his wife, at Indian Springs, the charge orig inally made being that Crosby was admit ted to bail on account of the improper re • latlon* alleged between the judge and Mrs. Crosby. At the time the ball was given . Judge Sweat did not know Mrs. Crosby. Then it wai alleged that on account of the Improper relations between Mrs. Crow by and Judge Sweat in August, 1895, the , judge ao conducted the trial of her hus band the following month so as to secure Croaby's acquittal. The evidence, how ever, on this point bears no comparison to the charge. It has not been shown, first that Judge Sweat and Mrs. Crosby had more than a mere acquaintance at Indian Springs, though during ‘the short time they were in each other's company several indiscreet acts, notably, entering the ho tel by a back stair and going to Judge Sweat’s room for an umbrella, gave rise to scandalous reports. Next, there has been no testimony at all to show that Judge Sweat did anything at the trial to influence the jury in the acquittal of Crosby. On the contrary, all the wit nesses who testified, swore that his charge was fair and impartial, and the charge itself was not introduced in evidence by Senator Carter to establish his alle gation. The evidence as to the alleged insult to Miss Faulkner at Indian Springs, also contradictory and unsatisfactory on the part of the prosecution, and the alleged packing of the Camden county grand jury can also be said to have been re futed by the defense, as by ail the wit nesses it was shown that two of the four talasmen chosen voted for Bennett, and two for Toomer, so that neither was given an advantage in the endorsement for solicitor, as was charged had been done by the selection of men favorable to Toomer. The only count in the charges, there fore, that appears to have been sustained Is that Judge Sweat got drunk at the St. Simons banquet, which he admitted at the outset. The Sweat case was resumed this morn ing by the introduction of Attorney Mc- Donald of Waycross, who testified as to certain affidavits. When he presented one of them to George Collier to sign, he at first hesitated, saying tlfat Judge Sweat had done nothing. and that the whole action of the legislature was a —— outrage. Chairman Felder objected to this reflection on the legislature going Into the record and It was ruled out. J. L. Beach of Burke was put upon the stand again to-day and repeated some things said by him yesterday. The last witness was John Byas (col ored), who was employed at the bath house at Indian Springs while Judge Sweat was there. He saw the judge and Mias Faulkner and the other ladles meet at the spring the morning he arrived and said that a little while after they went off together. Mr. Faulkner came there look ing for the judge, appearing to be some what angry. Byas also saw Judge Sweat and Mrs. Crosby tho afternoon they went from the spring to the Wigwam and en tered by the back door. A diagram was Introduced to show that the judge and the lady In walking from the spring to the hotel that day did not take a circuitous route as was claimed. Judge Sweat then took the stand, was sworn and made a statement supplemen tary to hia written answer filed at the opening of the investigation. He said that he had already admitted in his sworn answer being under the influence of cham pagne at the St. Simons banquet. In ex planation. he said, he had been constant ly holding court from March to June when the banquet was given. He was worked down, and perhaps ought not to have gone to the banquet. Owing to his physical con dition he became under the influence of the wine. In returning to Brunswick, the sound was rough, the time Lietween 2 and 3 o’clock in the morning, and as a result of hia condition he was sick over the rail of the boat. In this act he said he got rid of most of the champagne as well as the supper he had eaten. He went to the hotel with Mr. Toomer, the stenographer of the circuit. The next morning when he arose, although not as strong as usual, he went to court and transacted all the duties of the court. He was neither Intoxicated nor drunk in any degree during that day. During the five years he was on the bench, he said, he had never been intoxicated. Referring to the Camden county affair he said the four tales Jurors were selected tn the usual way without any reference to the race for solicitor. The rysult was not to the prejudice of cither o* the candidates, each receiving the votes of two of tbciu. Taking up the Indian Springs incidents Judge Sweat said he had been invited to go there by J. L. Beach, clerk of Glynn superior court. He arrived on Tuesday and stopped at the Wigwam with Mr. Beach and his family. He went to the spring for water after being assigned to a room. He met Miss Leia Bradley, the lit tle Faulkner girl, then wearing short dresses, and several other ladies there. During the pleasantry that* passed while he handed water around he remarked that he would run a race with iMiss Faulkner up the hill. There was no thought of any thing improper in his mind. He meant no insult to Miss Bradley or any of the la dies. They might have misconstrued his meaning, but he made no attack upon them. He saw no manifestation of dis pleasure upon their part when they part ed. Judge Sweat had no recollection that Mr. Mills had met him after breakfast and offered him a cigar. He did not tell Mr. Mills that he had friends to meet at any other hotel there. He had not yet met Mr. Beach, and if he said anything of that sort it referred to Mr. Beach and his family. He had then no knowledge at all of the presence at Indian Springs of Mrs. D. M. Crosby. The next afternoon, when walking with Mr. Beach and his family, he, for the first time, met the two Crosby ladies. Pre vious to that time, he had only a speaking acquaintance with Mrs. Crosby. The next afternoon, while walking out looking for some peaches for Mr. Beach, he approach ed a little cottage, not knowies who lived in it. The door was open, and, as he walked up, he recognized the same ladies whom he had met that morning at rhe spring. They were in the room sitting to gether. He remained but a few minutes. They were all sewing to go to camp meet ing. He sat down on the steps for a few moments and as he left remarked that he would not see them again unless some of them went to the spring. If they under stood him to invite any of them to walk with him it was only a misconstruction. On the next afternoon he walked to the spring. Mrs. D. M. Crosby was there with several others. He spoke to her just as any people coming from the same section of the state meeting at a summer resort would do. They talked some time. A rain was coming up, and he suggested that she should go to the Wigwam and wait until the shower was passed. She said she had never been there before. Explaining how he and Mrs. Crosby went to the hotel , Judge Sweat said he did not mean to charge Mr. Mills with having falsely testified, but he was mistaken as to the route. He then presented a diagram to show the route taken, which he said was corroborated by John Byas, examined this morning for the prosecution. The route was not circuitous, but the shortest, he believed. He and Mrs. Crosby sat on the veranda for a couple of hours. It contin ued to rain hard She then thought it best to go back to the Elder house or her aunt might be uneasy, the hour growing late. He had nc umbrella with him, and sug gested that she walk up through the cor ridor to see the hotel, and he would get his umbrella. The stairway he used was frequently used by guests, and not a fire escape, as had been said. He did not take Mrs. Crosby into his room, and did not see the housekeeper. Judge Sweat repeated this incident, as he desired it in his state ment. He never went back to the liJlder house after escorting Mrs. Crosby there, and declared there was nothing in what had been said about moonlight strolls. The next day he did meet Mrs. Crosby at the spring, and took a short walk with her up the main street of the town. They parted in front of the Wigwam, this being the woman in black Mr. Collier had de scribed. Judge Sweat said Mrs. Crosby was in black on account of the death of her sister a week previous, which he knew of. There was nothing improper in their conduct, and the case of Mrs. Crosby’s husband was never mentioned. The conversation which John Byas, the negro reported as having taken place at the bath house, relative to the Faulkners, Judge Sweat said had not occurred. It was a fault of the witness’ memory. Judge Sweat described how Senator Mercer, who was merely an acquaintance, had come to him while he was in bed Sunday night, when he returned from Atlanta. The sen ator said the Faulkners were his friends and he proposed that a note of apology be written and that some money be sent to them by him. They were poor people, the senator said, and the money would settle the matter. This proposition, Judge Sweat said he absolutely refused to listen to. Judge Sweat’s statement concluded the Investigation of his case, the commit tee ruling that there should be no argu ments made. REESE NOT BADLY BOASTED. Most of the Testimony Favorable to the Judge. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 15.—The investigation of the charges against Judge Seaborn Reese was opened this morning by the in troduction of Mr. Welch of Danielsville, husband of the lady, who was waiting on the hotel table, when the judge is alleged to have "cussed.” He said his wife had said nothing to him about having heard the profanity, and when Senator Carter insisted that she had said that she heard it, Chairman Felder ordered the witness to go back home and bring his wife be fore the committee to testify. One of the entertaining incidents of the day was the description of the feast of the Granite City Cue Club. W. D. Tutt saw the judge take a couple of glasses of beer there. He was seated at the table in a chair that rested on a shelving bank. The bank gave way and the judge was about to tumble into the creek when Col. Howard, congressman-elect, cried: "Save the court,” and he was caught before he went down. Judge Reese was not drunk, and the witness had never seen him drunk. The accident at the feast could have hap pened to any one, and it was not true that he was so drunk that he fell out of his chair, as charged. Col. I. C. Vanduxer, from Elberton, was present at the feast, and thought that the judge was not sober There were forty tn the crowd, who drank two kegs of beer, Judge Reese imbibing his share. There were a number of other witnesses on the same line, their testimony being conflicting, however. Col. John P. Shannon was one of these witnesses. He did not think that the judge was drunk. Another breezy incident related to the charge of drunkenness at Bowersville while attending court. Mr. Gilbert, a law yer, testified that during the trial of a case before Judge Reese two lawyers, Messrs. Cofer and Barnett, became in volved in a fight. Things were lively and the Judge came down off the bench with his cane, and said to the belligerents: "Stop that or I will beat h out of you.” The witness would not say that the judge was drunk. Mr. Cofer, one of the belligerents, was put up and stated that the only reason he had for suspecting that the judge was drunk that day was that he had taken a couple of drinks with him. Mr. Burnett, clerk of Wilkes superior court, testified that Judge Reese was sober and efficient in the discharge of his duties. Among the other witnesses were Clerk Rhodes of Taliaferro superior court, who had heard Judge Reese while on the bench tell the bailiff that they allowed the ne groes and white people to do as they —— pleased. The judge was not drunk on the bench, but the following morning when he was at the depot going home he apeared to have had some whisky. He failed to sign the minutes of the court for that term. The business of the court is we.l up and the judge's ad ministration satisfactory to the people. Sheriff Henry of Ta’liaferro corrobora ted the clerk. The Judge, he said, was kind to everybody. "He Is Just one of , these good teUqws,” said the witnesses. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) MONDAY, JANUARY 18,189<. W. R. Jones, a citizen of Taliaferro county, heard the judge say “dam” in or dering the bailiffs to keep order when the crowd got too noisy. Congressman W. M. Howard, ex-solici tor general of the Northern circuit, told about the Granite City Cue Club feast. He said Judge Reese was there and his con duct was that of a gentleman. He was not drunk. Mr. Howard evidently “had it in” for Senator Carter. He was pale-and looked at the senator in a significant way, an swering his questions with much feeling. “You are not a drinking man, are you?” asked the senator. “Some times,” Mr. Howard replied warm ly, “If that is any of your business.” This reply provoked much confusion and Chairman Felder rapped loudly for order. Mr. Howard would not, however, be sup pressed until he had finished replying, “and, senator,if you want any information on my character you can get it.” Chairman Felder ruled Senator Carter’s question out, and reprimanded Mr. How ard, who retorted that he did not care to be upbraided when he had simply answer ed a question. Mr. Howard swore that he had never known Judge Reese to be drunk, and knew of no conduct of his that would bring disrepute upon the judiciary. He testified that the dockets of the circuit were kept clearer under Judge Reese than under Judge McWhorter, and as good as when Judge Lumpkin was on the bench. Afterward Mr. Howard qualified by say ing that Judge McWhorter was sick a great deal and had much sickness in his family. W. C. Edwards of Clarksville testified that Judge Reese appeared to be intoxi cated on opening court in Madison county. SENATORS AND SILVER. The Republican Caucus Favors an International Conference. Washington, Jan. 15.—The republican senatorial caucus this morning agreed to present to the Senate the resolution pro viding for an international monetary con ference In the following form: “An act to provide for the representa tion of the United States by commission ers at any international monetary confer ence to be hereafter called: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, That whenever, after March 4, 1897, the Presi dent of the United States shall determine that the United States should be repre sented at any international conference called by the United States, or any other country, with a view of securing, by inter national agreement, a fixity iof relative value between gold and silver as money by means of a common ratio between these metals with free mintage at such ratio, he is hereby authorized'to appoint five or more commissioners to such international conference; and for compensation of said commission and for all reasonable ex penses connected therewith, to be approv ed by the Secretary of State, including the proportion to be paid by the United States of the joint expenses of any such confer ence, the sum of SIOO,OOO, or so much there of as may be necessary, is hereby appro priated.” The resolution will be reported to the Sepate on Monday by Mr. Chandler, who, in the absence of Mr. Wolcott, chairman, is acting in his behalf. Some of the silver democrats urge that the word “unlimited” should be added, and there will be opposition from a few senators by reason of the failure to use it. It is not thought, however, that the passage of the resolution will be endan gered. A careful canvas of the Senate shows that there ia a general willingness to permit the resolution to be adopted without much debate. The silver men will take little part in the discussion unless the gold men precipitate it. In that event several silver senators, among them Mr. Cockrell of Missouri, will speak to the resolution and the chances are that under such conditions a financial debate may be injected into the proceedings of the Senate. MONEY A DRUG ON THE MARKET. New York Banka Fall In an Attempt to Raise the Call Rate. New York, Jan. 15.—The weekly state ment of the associated banks to be pub lished to-morrow will show a large in crease in the cash on hand as the conse quence of an unusual state of affairs in the money market. About a month ago the presidents and other leading officers of some forty banks belonging to the clearing house attended a dinner at the Union League Club, given by Henry W. Cannon, president of the Chase National Bank. At this gathering an understand ing was reached that no call loans or, in other words, loans repayable on demand, should not be made at a rate less than 2 per cent, per annum. For three or four weeks previously most of the call loans had been made at I*4 per cent. At this rate the banks did not consider that they were receiving an adequate return on their money. During the present week the borrowers found that they could ob tain money from the trust companies, in surance companies and other large lend ers at 1% per cent. Accordingly they shifted their loans to a large extent; that is, they paid off the loans to the banks and got accommodated from the lenders, whose rates were one-half per cent, lower. The banks secured only a small part of the new loans. The rapid accumulation of money in their vaults, which was earning nothing at all, finally brought them to a realization that their agreement to keep the call rate up to 2 per cent, could no longer be adhered to with advantage, and to-day most of them were accepting offers of per cent. Al though the tendency of money is down ward all over the world, it is cheaper in New York than anywhere elee. REFORMS FOR CUBA. A Report That They Will Be Granted nt Once—l’nrdon For Sanguilly. London, Jan. 15.—A dispatch to the Central News from Madrid, says that at a cabinet council over which the queen regent presided, it has been decided to immediately introduce reforms in Cuba, and a decree putting the reforms into effect will be published on the king’s fete day. The dispatch also' says it is probable that Julio Sanguilly, the naturalized American citizen, recently sentenced in Havana to life Imprisonment for con spiracy against the Spanish government, will be granted a free pardon. The Madrid correspondent of the Stan dard confirms the statement that the Spanish government has decided to Imme diately effect reforms in Cuba. It is added that the government in taking such a se rious step on the eve of McKinley s ad vent to office, wishes to clearly indicate that it acted spontaneously in going even beyond the powers voted by the cortes, for which the latter must grant a bill of Indemnity. The reforms will show to what extent the government is prepared to go in gradually preparing the colonies for autonomy, without yielding the rights of Spain and parliament. It will also soon be seen that Spain is disposed .to make sacrifices in connection with the Cuban budget. The reforms will not be realized without seriously clashing with Spain’s material interests. Spaniards look with impatience and anxiety to the effect the reforms will have in America. A Negro Fatally Wounded. Albany, Ga.. Jan. 15.—Randall Nickerson and Albert Breedlove, negroes, had a dis pute in this city to-night about a woman, when Nickerson shot Breedlove, inflicting a fatal wound. CUBA’S AWFUL CHASTISEMENT SAD SCENES OF DESOLATION IN THE PROVINCES. Fertile Plantations Deserted and Go ing to Ruin—Weyler’t Edict Or dering Concentration. of the Pop ulation In the Towns a Severe Hardship on the People—Peaceful and Unoffending Citizens Deprived of Their Rightful Means of Supa port by the Order. Key West, Fla., Jan. 15.—Advices from Havana state that the effect of Gen. Weyler’s famous Bayate edict of the first instant is being felt with more intensity in the provinces of Havana and Matan zas than in that of Pinar del Rio, since these provinces being more thickly pop ulated, and with more farms and estates than the former, the wholesale abandon ment of the properties, and the Concen tration of the people in the towns will not only augment the misery already prevailing, but also present the serious inconvenience of lodging so many people in towns already full to overflowing. Without discussing Gen. Weyler’s bar barous and inhuman measures in thus depriving peaceful and unoffending cit izens of their rightful means of existence, and huddling them In already crowded spaces, exposed to all the rigors of hunger and disease, simply for the sake of clearing the country of so-called rebel sympathizers, a legal point has been sprung by the foreign property owners, especially the Americans, who own large properties in the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, which will surely lead to com plications and claims on the Spanish gov ernment. Gen. Weyler distinctly states in his de cree that those who wish to remain on their properties must exhibit the last tax bill paid. Now, it is a recognized law that taxes are only levied on productive industries, and these planters have not been able to work on account of the ab normal conditions in the provinces since Gomez’s invasion in December, 1895. No taxes have been collected since that time, the government tacitly admitting such un usual circumstances, or being powerless to collect them because the rebels were in possession of the country, did not press their collection, consequently no taxes have been paid in the country since the date mentioned. Besides that, Gen. Wey ler has unofficially ordered that no sugar crop should be made, and now he wants the sugar planters to pay taxes on an in dustry which they hgve not been able to produce. The legal absurdity is readily to be seen. The result is that the manager of the sugar estate San Antonio, near Madruga, Havanna, owned by Antonio Terry, an American citizen residing in Paris, pre sented himself to Consul Lee, demanding protection because the military comman der of Madruga ordered' him to abandon the place (which, by the wa£ is one of the most valuable estates in the province, worth at least $500,900), because he did not present the required tax bill. Consul Lee at once took |he case in hand and simul tanedualy the the cap- tain general and the state department at Washington. No replies have been re ceived yet, either from Gen. Weyler or Scretary Olney. To depict the situation in Pinar del Rio, nothing can be better said than to trans late the report of a trip made to* the city of that name by a correspondent of La Lucha: “All the way traversed by the rail road from Artemlsa to Consolacion del Sur Is, without exaggeration, the most chas tised, and undoubtedly has suffered most from the rigors of war. “The fields waste and abandoned, the bushes and trees burnt, and the yellow and decayed leaves strewn by the wind, as tears drawn from the mother earth, pained and anguished at the folly of men; the huts destroyed, the stone houses, in other times happy homes, converted by the hands of rebels and Spanish alike, into heaps of ruins, the black and fallen walls of which. covered with lichen, only serve as a refuge for the lizards and owls; the canefields dried up and covered with bushes, by the rav ages of fire; the towns—the authorities of which are making great efforts to remedy the necessities of the residents—full of people, of poor families, who daily troop down from the hills, extenuated by hun ger and emaciated by the fevers, in such away that they resemble skeletons risen out of their tombs to appear before the final judgment; to the right and left of the road, as the train winds its rapid march, the traveler observes with painful an guish the desolation and ruin within the inextinguishable poetry of these exuber ant fields, always green with the eternal verdure of spring, as if God, with His elo quence, would point us that the only thing we men can do is to destroy the beauties which surged from His bounteous will.” WATSON’S CONTEST. His Chance to Get Black’s Seat Seems Rather Slim. Washington, Jan. 15.—1 f the House committee on elections is a party to the reported combination to seat Tom Wat son ih place of Judge Black, there was nothing to indicate it at to-day’s meet ing of the committee. The Watson- Black case was to be considered to-day, but when the committee assembled sev eral members stated that the record In the case is so voluminous that they have not had time to digest it—consideration was thereupon postponed until next Fri day. Several members of the committee deny the story that has been in circulation here for some time past, to the effect that Watson is to get Judge Black’s seat in return for his assistance tp Sen ator Pritchard In North Carolina. The friends of Judge Black are confident that the decision of the committee will be in his favor, notwithstanding the alleged interference of Mark Hanna in behalf of Watson. GOING TO FIGHT FOR CUBA. A Lieutenant tn the Army Reilgna His Commission. Washington. Jan. 15.—Second. Lieuten ant Charles E. Hays of the Eighteenth Infantry, who is a native of Illinois, and rose from the ranks five years ago, has resigned his commission. In his resignation, which was accepted by the President to-day to date from Jan. 6. he made no reference to his future movements, but in transmitting the resig nation to his colonel, he said that he was going to fight for Cuba’s freedom. KEI WEST'S DEFENSES. The Bids Submitted Rejected by Sec retary Lamont. Washington, Jan. 15.—The Secretary of War has rejected all the bids for the con struction of gun and mortar batteries at Key West, Fla., and has readvertised for proposals. The lowest bid for this work was but it was irregular. PULITZER AT JEKYL. Some of the Peculiarities of the Owner of the New York World. Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 15.—Witnesses are being summoned to appear in the case of the United States vs. the steam tug Dauntless, which is set for trial before Judge Speer in Savannah for Jan. 19. This is the case against the Dauntless for alleged violation of the neutrality laws. It refers to the first expedition of that vessel made from Woodbine on the ■Satilla river about Aug. 13, last. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Furness of Phila delphia arrived yesterday and have taken apartments at the Jekyl Island club house. This disclosed the fact that the Furness cottage had been sold, and on Inquiry its purchaser was given as Mr. Joseph Pulit zer. The purchase of this cottage is an indication of (Mr. Pulitzer’s intention to make Jekyl Island his permanent winter home. For several seasons he has been renting cottages and it was considered his positive intention to build this year. The Furness cottage purchase presumably off sett that intention. Mr. Pulitzer is of a rather nervous tem perament. This is illustrated by the fol lowing story: A government contractor’s dredge boat, in Jekyl sound, near his rent ed cottage, disturbed him greatly. He had two more days of his stay on Jekyl to his credit. The continual jufflng and clanking of the engine and machinery was annoy ing. He stood it until thoroughly irrita ted, then dispatched his secretary to the dredge with an offer of SIOO per day for the work to cease until he left the island. The work stopped and Mr. Pulitzer’s re maining days on Jekyl Island were quiet ly spent. His steward could tell of the pe culiarity of his orders. To meet the va rious and unexpected changes of his mind this steward is compelled to keep his clos ets stocked with an immense variety of provisions. In perishables the supply of tentimes becomes burdensome, and the club house chef is appealed to to relieve the stock on hand before it spoils. An en tire beef may lie in this refrigerator with out a single piece being cut from it, but the steward’s mind is easy because he knows that if it is called for the portion desired is at hand. The Furness cottage brought about $45,- 000. At the rate Mr. Pulitzer lives on Jekyl it will cost him not less than $5,000 in ad dition io do the season of six weeks. This includes keeping his stable, retinue of ser vants and plain substantial fare. He neither drinks liquors nor smokes. AFRICA’S BLOODY MASSACRE. Two Officers of the Expedition Reach New Benin. London, Jan. 15.—Dispatches received at the foreign office this morning, say that Capt. Boiseragon of the Niger coast force, and Consular Officer Locke, who were.of the British commercial ex pedition, recently reported massacred by wild tribesmen in the territory of the King of Benin, and were supposed to have perished with the others, have arrived at New Benin wounded and exhausted. They succeeded in escaping frdtn the on slaught of natives and wandered in the brush for a week before reaching New Benin. All of the others of the party, Consul Phillips, Consular Officer Camp bell, Maj. Crawford, Capt. Maling, Dr. Elliott, two civilians, and about 200 Kroo men and native carriers, with the ex ception of seven Ki'oomen, whir made their escape and brought the news of the massacre to the officials of the Niger protectorate, are believed to have been killed. MAD ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. A Woman Cuts Her Wrists With a Knife and Her Head With ah Ax. Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 15.—Mrs. Weber, wife of Theodore Weber, an artist of con siderable local note, attempted suicide a few minutes afternoon to-day while tem porarily insane. She cut both wrists with a knife and scissors, and, not satisfied at the progress thus made, she took a hatch et and hacked the top of her head until she became unconscious. Mr. Weber first discovered her and phy sicians were summoned. It was found that there were numerous fractures of the outer part of the skull and a number of pieces have been removed. The inner lining of the skull remains whole and she may recover. This is her second attempt at suicide, she having attempted to de stroy herself six years ago. FREIGHT CARS SMASHED. A Train Wrecked at Boneville on the Georgia Rond. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15.—At Boneville, on the Georgia railroad, forty miles from Au gusta, an accident occurred to a freight train which wrecked several cars, but did not hurt anybody. While running about twenty-five miles an hour the long freight train broke in the middle, ahd when the first half stopped, the rear cars ran Into it and several cars were smashed up and derailed. Fortunately the accident occur red opposite a siding and trains were able to pass around the wreck on the switch without delaying the schedule. FATAL WRECK OF A FREIGHT. Two White Tramps Killed and a Third Fatally Injured. Americus, Ga., Jan. 15.—A Georgia and Alabama freight train was wrecked last night near Pittsboro, Ala. Several cars were derailed; though the loss and damage were not considerable. It is said that two white tramps were instantly killed, and a third one will die of his Injuries. A broken brake beam is supposed to have caused the wreck. None of the train crew was injured. Henry White Not Hanged. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 15.—Henry White, who was to have been hanged here to-day for the murder of Policeman Jackson, was not executed on account of a motion for a new trial instituted immediately after the verdict of the jury. YOUNG 0 WIVES We Offer You a Remedy Which Insures SAFETY to LIFE of Both Mother and Child. MOTHERS'FRIEND" SOBS CONFINEMENT OF ITS PAIN, HORROR AND DANGER, Makes CHILD-BIRTH Easy. Endorsed and recommended by physi cians, midwives and those who have used it. Beware of substitutes and imitations. Sent by express or mall, on reeelpt of price, • 1.00 per bottle. Bort “TO MOTHERS” mailed free, containing voluntary testimonials. RRABFTRT.D REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. SOLD BY ALL CBVOGUOS. FLORIDA’S FINANCIAL FLURRY BIIIDSEY A CO. PULLEU DOWN BY OCALA’S BANK CRASH. Their Assets Largely In Excess of Their Liabilities and Mr. Birdsey Sure He Can Pay in Full if Given Time—A Shoe Dealer Also Reported to Have Assigned—No New De velopments Concerning the Affairs of the Broken Bank. Ocala, Fla., Jan. 15—S. R. Bird sey & Co., dealers in hardware, groceries and crockery, made an assign ment to-day to Samuel Birdsey, son of the senior member of the firm, which is composed of S. R. and his oldest son, Al bert H. Birdsey, who have been in busi ness for the past eight years and were among Ocala’s leading wholesale and re tail merchants, stood well, did a good business and were very popular with the trade. The bank failure is the immediate cause of their troubles. S. R, Birdsey was a di rector in the bank. Mr. Birdsey, Sr., feels assured that if time is given him he can pay dollar for dollar as the assets are largely in excess of the liabilities. They carry a stock of about $20,000. A. A. Riche, the promoter of the Compagnfe General des Phosphates de La Florida, in corporated under state laws with a cash capital of $1,000,000, with mines in opera tion at Newberry and Trenton, Alachua county, will take steps Immediately to or ganize a new bank in Ocala with ample capital. There are no new developments in the bank failures except that it catches ihe town and county heavily. The old coun ty treasurer, John W. Stevens, had a set tlement and proposed to turn over the funds in his possession, about $4,000, to A. R. Griffin, the new official, and tender ed him a check, which he refused, demand ing the cash, and it was not forthcom ing. The old treasurer’s bondsmen are bank officials. The school board has inside of a month borrowed $1,500 through the bank of the state treasurer at per cent a year, which money was to pass through the county treasurer’s hands. Over half of this amount was in the treasurer’s keep ing. The bank had about S9OO of the city’s money and SSOO of sinking funds without security and fully $4,000 of tax money. President McConnell of the closed bank is sick in New York, and his mother is here, prostrated at the calamity that has overtaken her son. One of the heavy depositors was Burt Neff, who runs the Dunnellon Company’s commissary, and had $1,500 on deposit. G. C. Stapleton is not an applicant for re ceiver of the bank, but friends of Z. C. Chamberliss are working for him for that position. It is rumored that J. A. Rowell, a lead ing shoe merchant, has assigned to Jess M. Neely. His stock is estimated at SSOO. He is said to owe the Merchants bank S7OO and a New York bank S4OO. His liabilities may reach $2,500. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. .Extensive Improvements Decided Upon by the Commissioners. Athens, Ga., Jan. 15.—The State Normal School commission held an important busi ness meeting here yesterday. There were present State School Commissioner Glenn, Chancellor Boggs and Mr. R. J. Guinn. It was decided to erect the new cottage for President Bradwell at once. Four new recitation rooms will be fitted up, and eight dormitory rooms. Another story will be added to the new dormitory building erected last spring. All of these rooms will be well equipped. A new laundry house will be built. The water mains of the city will be extended to Rock Col lege to afford fire protection. These im provements will give four additional reci tation rooms and dormitory room for one hundred more teachers. It is estimated that SB,OOO will be required for all this work. Prof. Daniel E. Phillips, professor of pedagogy in the State Normal School, has retired from the faculty. His successor will be chosen at a subsequent meeting of the commission. The question of cre ating a new department of science at the normal school is passed over until that meeting. On the question of salaries for the year, President Bradwell’s salary was left at $1,800; the salaries of Profs. Smith and Graham were raised from $1,400 to $1,500; the salary of Miss Newton remains at $1,000; the salary of Miss Linton is raised from S7OO to $900; the salary of Miss Fraser goes from S7OO to $800; the salary of Prof. Orr has not been fixed, but will probably be $1,200. Dr. 8. H. Freeman of Dacula, aged 81 years, and one of the best known physi cians in this section of the state, is dead. BRAWL MAY END IM DEATH. A Man Injured in the Abdomen ?n Reiner Put Ont of a Saloon. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15.—A case which forty-eight hours ago was only a noisy bar room brawl has taken a more serious as pect to-night. On Wednesday night. George Huntingdon of Bath, 6. C., was in the bar of Con Furey, on Upper Broad street, and was quite boisterous. Mr. Furey was upstairs and hearing the noise went down to put the offender out of the bar. A scuffle ensued in which Hunting ton was either kicked or struck in the abdomen by Furey’s knee. He was car ried to the home of ex-Councilman Walsh Adams, a kinsman, and to-day his condi tion became so serious that he was taken to the hospital where an operation was per formed, a rupture of the intestines hav ing resulted from the blow. To-night a warrant charging Furey with assault with intent to murder was sworn out, and Furey was put in jail, bond being refused by the arresting officer. To-morrow morn ing City Attorney M. P. Carroll, rep resenting Furey, will bring habeas corpus proceedings to secure his release from Jaii. GORED BY A COW. E. B. Wallace of Tallahassee Dangerously Injured. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 15.—E. B. Wallace visited his slaughter house Thursday for the purpose of butchering beef for market Friday morning. He lassoed an animal, which thereupon made a rush at him, the horns striking him in the abdomen, but not penetrating to the interior. The ani mal struck him with such force as to knock him down, and this fact, perhaps, saved his life. The inner lining of the stomach was ruptured and his injuries were very painful. Three doctors were summoned immediately, and they soon had the injured man resting comparatively quiet. It is impossible to yet determine the extent of his injuries or the probable result thereof. Silk Manufacturers Fall. Paterson, N. J., Jan. 15.—Grimshaw Bros., silk manufacturers of this city and Reading, Pa. to-day made a general as signment of their business in both places. MAD FOR BLOOD. A Drunken Western Cowboy Shoots a Score of Men. Rides Down Women and Babes. A drunken cowboy recently terrorized a Western town. Infuriated by liquor he dashed through the streets of the village shooting down men right and left, and cruelly riding his broncho over women and children. The frightened inhabitants oi the village fled to their homes and barri caded the doors and windows. Few if any were so reckless as to remain in the streets. Those who did, were ruthlessly shot down. Nearly twenty people were killed. The infuriated brute knew no mercy, and men and women alike fell the victims to his death-dealing weapons. Men and women fear and dread an open foe like the drunken cowboy and at his ap proach will flee to a place of safety. There is a more dangerous and more deadly enemy that daily rides t the sstreets of every city, vil lage and hamlet, and yet men and women seem not to heed its approach. Its name is consumption. One-seventh of ail the deaths in all the world are due to this fell destroyer. Consumption knows neither rank nor station, wealth nor power. It deals out death with an impartial hand. No city is too great, no hamlet is too small, for its terrible mission. All the drunken cowboys of the West if turned loose without a hindrance in the most pop ulous city could not kill in one year .one tenth of the human beings that consump tion kills in a day. And yet, men and wo men do not seem to fear this relentless monster. They do not anticipate its coming. They appear to be utterly heed less of its approach. They seem in the majority of cases to count its coming. They do not flee, they do not even take measures to protect themselves.' Tha tombstones of the victims qf this utter dis-i regard of death crowd the cemeteries os every land. Consumption like all wasting diseases has its Inception in a disordered digestion and consequent imperfect nutrition. Un like the blood-thirsty cowboy, its ap4 proach is not heralded by menacing shouQ and a display of death-dealing weapons. It creeps upon its victims softly, silently, surely. It comes step by step. A little over-work—a little disregard of the laws of health—a few irregularities of habit—a little too much hurry and worry—Too lit tle time given to eating and resting and sleeping—a trifling disorder of the diges tion; a slight falling off in the appetite;the trouble is unimportant. The victim feelal that it would be a waste of time to stop* for a minute in the headlong race of mod ern life to remedy these little troubles. The situation grows a bit worse. The appe tite becomes less and less. The food that is hurriedly eaten is no longer properly* digested. The organs of secretion no lon ger perform their proper functions. The gastric juices that aid digestion cease to flow into the stomach and large intestines. Assimilation of the life-giving properties of the food ceases. The blood is not prop erly nourished. Instead of the life-build ing elements of nutrition, it takes up tha poisonous effusions of indigestion. These are carried to and deposited in every tis sue and organ of the body. The organ that is inherently weakest receives tha largest proportion. Disease like a skilled pugilist always strikes at the weak point. Most frequently the lungs are that point. The tissues and the cell-walls of the lungs do not receive the right amount of life giving nutriment. Inert, half-dead tis sues are not torn down and excreted and replaced by new, firm and healthy tissues. The victim soon has a pair of lungs that are made of inert almost lifeless material devoid of nervous or muscular activity. The heedless and reckless victim has now provided the proper soil in his lungs for the invasion and infinite multiplication of the deadly germs of consumption. The microbes of consumption are scavengers and feast and flourish upon improperly nourished tissues. The sufferer has un knowingly provided for them a rich pas ture land. There is a sure, speedy, and safe cura for consumption, and all conditions that lead to it. This deadly disease has been> frequently pronounced incurable. It is not. Thousands have testified to their rapid and permanent recovery from this most deadly disease, after they htid been , given up by the doctors, and all hope gone, by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It cures 98 per cent, of all cases of consumption. It is a prompt and never-failing remedy for weak lungs, spit ting of blood, shortness of breath, severe cough, bronchitis, asthma, and all kindred affections. It is a cure for all wasting dis eases due to indigestion and imperfect nu trition. It corrects all disorders of the di gestion, makes the appetite keen and» hearty, invigorates the organs of secretion, makes assimilation perfect, purifies tho blood and fills it with the elements that bulled hearty flesh and muscle. It acts di rectly upon the lungs, driving out all dis ease germs, carrying off inert matter anl replacing it by new and healthy tissues. It is the great blood maker and flesh build er. Those who wish to know more of it should write to Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief con sulting physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y, All druggists sell it. There is positively, nothing else "just as good." Every home should have an ‘“Emergen cy Book:” a book that makes the wifa end mother a competent physician and a capable nurse for the ordinary ills and ac dents of life. Such a book will save in a, life-time, hundreds and may be thousands of dollars in doctors’ bills. It will fre quently save a life. There is just ona such book published. Just one that covers the field completely and is written in plaint everyday English that any wife or mothep can understand. No tchnlcal terms. It is Dr. Fierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. It contains 1,908 pages and illustrations. It covers every possibly emergency . Over 680,000 copies have beers sold at the original price of $1.50 each. A new edition is now ready and will be given away absolutely free. If you want a copy in heavy manilia covers, send 21 one-cent stamps, to cover cost of mailing only, to the World’s Dispensary Medical Assoclar tlon, Buffalo, N. Y. 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