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About Savannah weekly news. (Savannah) 1894-1920 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1897)
6 GEN. LAFAYETTE IVPLAWS DEAD DIHD SUDDENLY FROM AN ATTACK OF ACUTE INDIGESTION. With Hnt n Few Moments WaniinK the Old Soldier Breathed His Last. Ilia Funeral Will Probably Take Place To-morrow—He Wax One of the Moat Conspicuous Men of the Confederacy. Gen. Lafayette McLaws died suddenly at 12:20 o’clock this morning at his residence, No. 306 Anderson street, east. His death was a great shock to his family, none of whom had the slightest idea until a few minutes before it occurred that his end was near. Except for an apparently slight attack of indigestion from which he had suffered during the last few days, Gen. McLaws ap peared to be tn his usual health. He was about during the day and appeared to be in good spirits. At night he complained more than usual of indigestion. The ord inary remedies were administered and no one thought there was anything serious in the attack. About midnight or shortly after he suddenly grew worse and his son, Capt. LT. H. McLaws, who lives near by, was sent for. He found his father gasp ing and unable to speak. Dr. J. W. Dan iel was summoned, but before he arrived death had intervened. The end though sudden was peaceful. Gen. McLaws had been in feeble health for a number of years, and his death will be no surprise to those who have been acquainted with his failing condition. At the rame time the suddenness of his end was a shook. Owing to the lateness of the hour at which death occurred very few people became aware of it, and the an nouncement in the Morning News is the , first tn formation of the sad event to the majority of the people o/ Savannah. No arrangements 'for the funeral have been determined upon. In all probability it will be held to-morrow. On account of his failing health Gen. McLaws has been seen but little in public during recent years. Immediately after the war he was clerk of the court at Au gusta, from which position he was ex pelled by the federal!. He was two terms Soatmaster at Savannah, to which position e was appointed by his old friend and - o E? 8 «•>,, Gen. Lafayette McLaws. ’ comrade in arms, Gen. Grant. He was the first president of the Confederate Veter ans Association of this city, retiring only when compelled by failing health and be ing elected honorary president of the as sociation, which position he held up to the time of his death. With the death of Gen. McLaws passes away andther of the prominent figures of the great conflict between the north and south. His position in that conflict was a highly honorable one, and the achievements of the commands under his direction are a matter of history. Theft are many who have thought that his achievements in the field and in council merited even higher distinction than was conferred upon him and that with a broad er scope of operations he would have ob tained more brilliant successes, even, than those which he did attain. He was a man of bold and Independent Judgment, and that he differed with his superiors in many instances is well known. The grounds for these differences have been stated by Gen. McLaws in various papers at different times in recent years. Gen. McLaws was l>orn in Augusta, Ga., Jan. 19. 1819, being 78 yearfc of age at his death. By hi* father's side he was of Scotch descent and by his mother's of French Huguenot. After a. year at the University of Virginia he was appointed a cadet at West Point and graduated In 1842. Some time after entering the army he married Miss Emily Allison Taylor of Ken tucky, a niece of Gen. Zachary Taylor. Mrs. who is well remembered in Savannah, died in 1990. Four children sur vive the union. They are Mr. John T. Me- Law*, purser of the steamship Nacoochee, Capt. U. H. McLaws, and Misses Virginia R. and Lizzie McLaws, all of this city. Mr. John T. McLaws sailed yesterday morning on the Nacoochee for New York, bidding his father good by, with little idea that he would never see him in life again. Gon. McLaws was a born soldier. He graduated from West Point with the same class that turned out Longstreet, G. W. Smith, D. 11. 11IH, R. H. Anderson, Van Dorn, and other famed leaders of the con federacy, and Roaecrar.a, the leader of the federal forces in the Chickamauga campaign. He was first stationed for awhile with the Sixth United States Infantry at Fort Gibson, In the Cherokee county. He was later sent to Pensacola, where he remained until the breaking out of hostilities be tween the United States and Mexico. He sailed early in 1846 from Pensacola to join the army of occupation at Corpus Christi under Gen. Taylor. He was in Fort Brown and shared with his regiment the awful privations attending the siege of Monterey. He had Joined Gen. Scott with his regiment in time to witness the surrender of Vera Cruz and the castle of San Juan D’Ulloa. Af ter this his health failed him and he wag ordered back to the United States on re cruiting service. In spite of several ap peals to the war department for reinstate ment at the scene of the war In Mexico, he was never sent back until after the capitulation of the City of Mexico, at which time he was made adjutant of his regiment. He subsequently served two years In the west, after which he returned to Kentucky. As a captain with the Seventh United State* Infantry he served iu the engage ments against the Mormons and Indians in the territory of Utah. Later he was or dered to New Mexico, when' he was en trusted withan expedition against the Na vajo Indians. When this was over he re turned again to his family in Kentucky. He left, after spending a short while In Louisville for his former home In Au gusta. where he immediately sent his res ignation to the department of war as an officer of the United States army and at once enlisted In the confederate army of this state. He was made a major by Gov. Brown and tn due time was appointed to a lieutenant colonel’s place with the confederate force*. He was stationed at first for a while at Thunderbolt and at Fort Pulaski. By the direct appointment of President Davis h« became a major in the general army of the co nfederacy, and in June, 1861, was promoted tp lieutenant colonel in command of the Tenth Regi ment of Georgia ’Volunteers. Williams burg, Vi., was the first place be Was stationed for service with his regiment. In September he. was appoint ed a brigadier general in the provisional army, and soon afterwards proceeded with his^eommand.jwhich was made a di vision a little Idterj to Ycaing’s mill. Soon afterwards other brigades were added to his command— Kershaw's, Barkdale’s, Cobb’s arid Scrtirial’s.-. ' Soon After the bridval of the army at Richmond Gen. .Johnston recommended the promotion of Gen. McLaws to major general, and as such be fought with his division at Malvern Hill and Savage’s station. It was ;it Fredericksburg that Gen. McLaws was placed in command of a corps, consisting of his own and Gen. R. H. Anderson’s divisions. At Fredericksburg the forces under Gen. McLaws were postod along the bank of the Rappahannock, opposite the city and on Marye’s Hill, w here, from a sunken road, they drove bac k the national troops. At Chancellorsville it was his division that formed the right wing of the confederate force. At Gettysburg his division formed part of Gen. James Long; itreet’s corps, which made a terrific and successful onslaught upon Gen. Daniel Sick* l’s corps and other troops in the second ds y’s fight. At Knokville Gen. M cLaws, with much reluctance, carried out the orders of Gen. Longstreet to assault SPort Saunders, and withdrew from the at tack when he saw that success was impos sible. He was sub sequently brought bes ore a courtmartial which upheld him ar»d justified his action in every particular. H e was chief in com mand at Salem churufci, where he dereated Gen. Sedgwick’s attack. During lhe~hlvasio: a of Sherman and his army, Gen. McLaws commanded the mili tary district of Georgia, conducting the de fense of Savannah and subsequently fall ing back on the line >of the Salkehatchie, where he attempted to check Sherman’s norths lard march and resisted successively the crossing of the federal troops over the three bridges successively. ' Ele afterwards com manded a division at the battle of Averys borough, N. C., MarcJi ‘l6, 1863, and also at Goldsborough on March 21, the same year, but after that was selnt back to Augsta to resume command of the district of Geor gia. Before he reached Augusta, however, Gen. Lee had laid down his sword at Appo mattqx, and when a few days later Gen. Johnston surr'endered.tihe command of Gen. McLaws was likewise surrendered, Gen. Johnston's co mmand. Including that of Gen. McLaws. Since the war Gen.* McLaws has for the greater part of his life been identified with the business in teresHs of Savannah. He was appointed collector of internal reve nue at this port An 14,75, and held the office for a year, when he was made postmaster of this city. In November, If 36, he opened a series of lectures by northern and southern mili tary leaders, which, was instituted by the Grand Army of tlie Republic of Boston. His subject was '“!The Maryland Cam paign." Gen. McLaws and died a thorough confederate. He n< :ver repented or re gretted the part he t tad taken in the war, except the failure of the south to succeed. He was a soldier to jthe day of his death, speaking his mind p lainly and promptly upon all matters connected with the late war, and especially anxious that the ex act truth should be told in all matters per taining to that oonfili ct. In his lectures and in the papers read by him before the 1 Confederate Association of this city he contributed much valuable his torical information. One of his last ef forts of this kind was to prepare and par tially read a paper upon the campaign af ter Chlcamauga. which paper was to have been read in full before some future meet ing of the association.. The paper Is in the possession Os the association, and will be printed in its next annual volume. hMlAlt REFTNEHY BURNED. A Lons of ghOO.itHMI nt Peoria With liiMtirnnce of lf-I<W>,OOO. Peoria, 111., July 2il.—The main building of the Peoria Grape Sugar Company was completely destroyed by fire this evesning. The loss is $500,000, the total insurance carried being $460,000. Nearly $300,0G0 was on the burned building and its contents. Negotiations have been in progress for some lime for the transfer of the com pany to the new glucose trust, but it is not known here whether the deal has pro gressed so far that the loss falls on the new combine or the original company. The works are owned by a corporation in which the Drake estate of St. Paul is the principal stockholder, with A. M. Drake as president, Levi Nlayer of Chi cago as vice president, and Samuel Wool ner of Peoria, as secretary and treasurer. The fire broke out at 7 o’clock in the sul phur room, apparently with an explosion. The factory shut down Sunday because of the coal famine and only enough steam was made to keep up the fire pressure. The sprinkler system worked promptly, but the explosion had filled the basement with slams and nothing could be done to stop them. The tin mens* elgnt-story building, 170 by 70 feet, was a mass of flames in five minutes, the walls soon falling in. It contained a great deal of valuable ma chinery, the vhctium pans alone costing $75,000. The dry storage and warehouses across the railroad tracks were saved, or the loss would have been several hundred thousand greater. The works employed 400 men and used 15,000 bushels of corn a day. They will be rebuilt as soon as possible. Os the insur ance, $175,000 was carried here, and the balance in Chicago. HUNGARY'S MURDERED HUSBANDS. Four of the Accxted Wive* to Haug and Two Go to Prison. Buda Pest, July 23.—The trial of twelve women and two men, charged with whole sale poisoning, was concluded here to-day, and sentence was passed upon six of the prisoners. Four of them were condemned to deaths one to penal servitude for life, and one to a term of six years imprison ment. The series of crimes. whic.h occurred in the Hodmexoevasahely district, extended over some years past. The victims were, in most cases, married men, who were killed by their wives, the motive for the crime being generally a desire to obtain insurance money. The insurance compa nies, the testimony at the trial showed, had called the attention of the authorities to the suspiciously high rate of mortality in the district, a number of times before proceedings were taken to ascertain the cause*. An alleged mid-wife named Marie Jager supplied the other female prisoners with the poison used by them. Two hundred witnesses were examined in the courses of the trial. FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE. A Chinese Steamer Goes Down With 130 of the 190 on Board. London. July 23.—A dispatch from Sing apore says the Chinese steamer Srihen gann. bound from Singapore for Malacca, with 19) passengers, was wrecked in a squall off Malacca on June 19. One hun dred and twenty person*, including the captain of the steamer, were drowned. Tlie remainder were rescued by a passing THE WEEKLY NEW (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) MONDAY 7 , J ULY 26.1897. TO INDUCE RETAIL TRADE. MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION OF SA VANNAH ORGANIZED. One of Its Aims to Secure Low Rate Excursions to Snvannnh From the Surrounding- Country—The Inter ests of Retail Merchants to Be Mutually Looked After—The Pre mium Coupon Ticket System to Be Discontinued July 31. The Merchants* Association of Savan nah was organized yesterday, with a membership of sixty of the leading mer chants of the city. A meeting of merchants was held at 4 o’clock at Lyon’s hall. Sixty of the leading merchants of the city were present, an indication of the in terest taken in the movement. The meeting was called to order by Temporary Chairman J. W. Jackson. A committee of fifteen was appointed to nominate a board of directors. The nom inations were submitted and the follow ing board was elected: Messrs. B. H. Levy, S. Krouskoff, D. B. Morgan, A. M. West, D. B. Falk, N. Lang, Emile Eck stein, L. Adler, J. W. Jackson, J. T. West, H. E. Ransford, P. M. Adams, J. N. Geil, J. J. Joyce, J. H. Koch, S. Gardner, R. D. Lattimore, A. S. Nichols and Charles Brandt. The officers of the association were .elected as follows: President—B. H. Levy. First Vice President —L. Adler. Second Vice President—D. B. Morgan. Secretary and Treasurer—D. B. Falk. The meeting was then adjourned apd the board of directors met. A committee con sisting of Messrs. Falk, Jackson and J. T. West was appointed to draft bylaws and a constitution. The committee will submit its work at the next meeting of the association, which adjourned subject to the call of the chair. The object of the association is the en hancing of Savannah’s retail trade and to be on the lookout for any measure that may conduce to the city’s advantage. Heretofore it has been the merchants’ plans individually to look after the city’s interests and their own. They have striven to bring all the trade possible to Savannah, and individually have been suc cessfulF The combined efforts, however, which the new organization contemplates, it is expected, will surpass in results any thing that heretofore has been accom plished. By the concerted action of all the merchants, or as many as may become members of the association, their power will be increased as many fold as there are members, for up to this time requests have always been made by merchants singly or perhaps in twos or threes. If at time a merchant may have a grievance, he can submit it to the asso ciation and it will be considered. The action of the association will have great effect upon the ultimate fate of the griev ance The organization win be similar in many respects to that of any commercial body. In its numbers and commercial strength will exist Its power, and the backing of the association be an influence in any un dertaking. The merchants feel that in having a stable and perma nent organization, they are pre pared for any contingency that may arise. Heretofore, when the merchants have de sired to have a celebration of any kind or to a gala week, the first thing in order was an organization before they could take steps towards the furtherances of their plans. This has always occasioned trouble and delay. In the the future, the Merchant’s As sociation will be ready, and no temporary organization will be neces sary. The association’s purposes are sim ilar to those of the Merchants Association of Baltimore. One of its objects will be the bringing of trade to yie merchants by means of excursions from points within a radius of 100 miles. These excursions in some cities are run on certain days of the week and bring people from the surrounding country. The plan is successfully in operation in Baltimore will be urged for Savannah, and may be adopted and pushed by the as sociation. In that event the railroads will be asked to put on regular excursion trains. At a preliminary meeting held previous to the organization of the association it was unanimously decided to discontinue the use of premium coupon tickets after July 31. The agreement to discontinue the use of these tickets was signed by every merchant present and by every merchant in the city to whom the paper was pre sented. The reasons for this step on the part of the merchants have already been fully explained in the Morning News. The merchants found that the sytem was a drain upon them without adequate com pensation. One merchant in speaking of the matter said that he estimated his loss by reason of the premium system during the last year at between $2,500 and Os this amount $1,400 was paid the prem ium company for redeeming coupons and the remainder was accounted for by the loss of good credit trade drawn elsewhere by the attractions of the cash premium system and accounts rendered uncollecti ble by people who had been dealing on credit suddenly changing to the cash basis and leaving their old accounts un paid. An announcement appears In to-day’s Morning News to the effect that the mer chants will not receive premium coupons after July 81. There are a great many of the premium books out and there will doubtless be a rush to trade out the cou pons before the expiration of the date named. There is »ome talk that the premium companies may sue the mer chants who have contracts with them for breach of contract. The mer chants take the ground, however, that the companies have already violated their contracts in several particulars, and consequently have no claims against the merchants. The premium companies will doubtless redeem all coupons used up to Aug. 1. The necessity of combining against the premium system had the very desirable result of bringing about an as sociation of the merchants, including practically all the retail dealers of the city. Many other things can be accom plished by such an association than the dealing with the abuse of the premium system. There are other abuses to which the merchants have individually called at tention at various times, but without suc cess. With an organized body presenting a solid front the association may with reason expect to accomplish whatever purpose It undertakes. Its general pur pose will be the advancement of the in terests of the retail merchants and the ex tension of the retail trade of the city. Various methods may be adopted to ac complish this after due discussion and consideration. BURSTING OF THE DAM. The Coroner'* Jury lloldn the Water Company Renponaihle. Poughkeepsie, N. J., July 23.—The coro ner's jury which has been investigating the flood caused by the bursting of the Metzeingah dams, and which caused the death of seven persons, finished the in quest at Matteawan to-day and returned a verdict holding the Matteawan and Fish kill Water Company responsible for the disaster. _ , RUCKERJS SAME SEAT IN. Possibility o's His Assassination Dis cussed nt Atlanta. Washington, July 23.—The President to day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Henry A. Rucker, to be collector of in ternal revenue for the District of Geor gia. William S. Clanton, to be assayer and melter of the United States assay office at Charlotte, N. C. I* B. Sheppard of Alaska, to be commis sioner in and for the District of Alaska. Mack A. Montgomery, to be attorney of the United States for the Northern dis trict of Mississippi. Henry A. Rucker is a colored man re siding in Atlanta. He has but recently come into the contest for the place and the Georgia senators had only brief notice of his probable appointment. Neither of them had met Rucker until a day or two ago and they expressed themselves as unprepared to say whether they will fav or or oppose his confirmation. They state, however, that so far as they are informed Rucker is a man of good character. Atlanta, Ga., July 23.—The appointment of the negro Rucker to the office of col 4f<£tor of internal revenue, which was an nounced from Washington this afternoon, is calculated to bring on serious compli cations. Rucker is said by his white friends here to be an unusually good and orderly negro. He has recently been run ning a barber shop to bridge over the chasm between political jobs. At one time, several years ago, he is said to have been a porter in a gambling house. Later he became assistant collector, and then acquired a knowledge of the department he is now called upon to manage. The statement is made that Rucker’s appoint ment was a republican ruse to compel the resignation of hold over democrats in the department, who could not, under the rules, be turned out with good grace. Gossip Is rife as to whether Rucker and his deputies will be allowed to live should they raid the mountains of North Geor gia. and other “moonshine” districts. Tar and feathers and powder and lead are freely predicted, especially if the deputies are black. The general opinion seems to be that the President did not understand the color question as cherished among the Georgia crackers, or he would never have made so injudicious an appointment. FLANNAGAN AND PERRY SAFE. Sheriff of DeKalb ‘County Tnkes Them to Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., July 23.—The lynching mania having grown so widespread, the sheriff of DeKalb county took the alarm this evening and brought Flannagan and Perry, the two convicted murderers, here for safe keeping. They were safely land ed in Fulton county jail to-night. The crimes of both were particularly atrocious, and there has been much talk of lynching since Ryder and Williams suf fered the penalty for their crimes. The sheriff and four deputies took the two prisoners from the DeKalb jail a lit tle after dark and marched them up the Georgia railroad till they reached the line of the traction electric road, when tney were put aboard a car of that line. When pear the city, they were again set to marching and reached the jail about 10 o’clock. This round about system of traveling was adopted lest a mob should interfere. It is reported that one was watching for the prisoners and that several hack loads of Atlanta people were out to join the wpuld be lynchers. Sheriff Austin’s tactics seem to have thrown them off the trail, and Sheriff Nelms of this county has already demon strated the fact that he will stand no foolishness. The governor is away, but both the sheriff and mayor have the legal right to order out the militia should oc casion require. • AN ENGINEER. KILLED. He Fell Between His Engine and Six Cars Which Passed Over Him. Stillmore, Ga., July 23.—Engineer D. R. Bennett of the Stillmore Air Line fell be tween his engine and a car of lumber, near Cobbtown, about 11 o’clock last night, and was Instantly killed by six loaded cars passing over his body. He had started back from his engine, which was moving slowly, to see if any brakes were on, and in his effort to step from the front of his engine his foot slipped off the draw bar and he was thrown to his death. Bennett was raised about five miles from Jesup, where his parents now live. He had been here at work for George M. Brinson about three years. He was liked by everybody and stood high with his employer. He leaves a young wife. The remains will be interred at the city ceme tery this afternoon. His mangled condi tion will not permit the body being sent to his old home. Stillmore was throwm into a state of ex citement by the appearance of a dog on the streets supposed to suffering with hy drophobia. He bit three hogs, ate three small pups and bit six other dogs. He was killed after an exciting chase by S B. .Goin. * REV. BRIDGES’ SHORTAGE. An Additional Amount Found to Be I nuccountud For. Atlanta, Ga., July 23.—Judge G. A. H. Harris of Rome was at the state Capitol this afternoon to see what stood upon the records against W. M. Bridges, county school commissioner of Floyd county, who was indicted two years ago, charged with a shortage of $39,000, and whose trial is to come up early next week. Judge Har ris has been employed to prosecute the case. He found from the controller gen eral’s books that $2,894 on account of poll tax had not heretofore been charged against the commissioner, for which he should be held responsible. The grand jury, it is said, had repeatedly passed Mr Bridges’ accounts and held them to be all right, and the county school board had approved them item by item. Under the present system, when the state school commissioner pays the money the re ceipts are not turned over to him or to the state,, but to the county board. It is sug gested that this cuts him off from knowing what is done with the funds and that the law should be remedied. WAYLAID BY A HIGHWAYMAN. Station Agent of the G. S. and F. at Lenox Fired On and Robbed. Macon, Ga., July 23.—News just reach ed here of a murderous assault on M. H. Mcßaney. depot agent of the Georgia, Southern and Florida road at Lenox sta tion. late Wednesday night. Mcßaney was goipg from Lenox to Sparks, when some one fired five times at him from ambush. His horse sprang aside, throw ing Mcßaney to the ground and instant ly the assassin grappled and robbed him of S2O and departed. Mr. Mcßaney be came unconscious soon afterward, and was discovered later and cared for. There , is no clew to the party. , Wear The opportunity lies in ou>- great sale of TROUSERS—MEN’S—this week. $1.25 Trousers reduced to $0.75 1.50 Trousers reduced to o*9o 1.65 Trousers reduced to j |g 2.00 Trousers reduced to 140 3.00 Trousers reduced to- 2 40 4.00 trousers reduced to 2*95 4.50 Trousers reduced to 3*40 5.00 Trousers reduced to 3 90 6.50 Trousers reduced to /ko SPECIAL NEGLIGEE SHIRT SALE CONTINUES. B. H. Levy & Bro., SAVANNAH, AN EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER. FOUR MEN KILLED ANt) SEVERAL MORE LIKELY TO DIE. Naphtha Vapor In the Forecastle Su pposed to Have Been Ignited By n Sailor In Striking a Match to Light His Pipe—AH the Men Killed and Injured Connected With the Jjont, The Vessel Tied Up at Her Wharf at Bridgeport at the Time of the Accident. Bridgeport, Conn., July 23. —To-night at 6:30 o’clock an explosion occurred on the steamer Nutmeg State of the Bridgeport Steamboat Company’s line while she was lying at her wharf at the foot of South street, and as a result four men are dead, three others are thought to be fatally in jured and a number more are in a serious condition. The steamer was damaged about SI,OOO. i The dead are: PATRICK MORAN, head shattered, kill ed instantly. JERRY CONNORS, leg torn off, Internal injuries; died while being taken to the hospital. JERRY O’CONNELL, both legs shatter ed, internal injuries; died at hospital. UNKNOWN MAN, found dead in hold. The injured are: • MICHAEL REARDON, burned about the face and neck, internal injuries; not expected to live. PATRICK GLENNAN, deck Hand, thought to be fatally burned. MICHAEL MAGUIRE, probably fatally burned about the face and chest. EDWARD LYNCH, burned about the face and head. JOHN HARTWELL, seriously burned on chest and arms and limbs. JOHtf CONNELLY, burned about the fac-> chest. The men were all with the boat. Immediately after the explosion an alarm of fire was sounded, but the flames were quickly extinguished and the firemen had little to do but to assist and care for the injured. The explosion was probably caused by the Igniting of naphtha vapor. When the boat returned from her trip to New York this afternoon, Burton M. Reed of this city, according to custom, went aboard to clean up the forecastle and sprinkled the beds and mattresses with naphtha vapor and then left. The stevedores were eating on the "sup per” deck, just over the hold when the explosion took place, and the men were thrown in all directions against the wood work. Two of the men were thrown over board and were rescued uninjured, while none of the others escaped unharmed. The deck under the supper table was blown open ten feet wide, while both Sides of the boat forward of the gangway were torn into splinters and thrown in all directions. A huge mass of fragments were scat tered all over the lower deck and as far back as the engine room all the carpen ter work was wrecked. The interior of the dining room on the forecastle was completely wrecked also. An examination showed the hull to be uninjured. The officials are reticent as to the direct cause of the explosion. It was first al leged that lightning struck the boat, but it was later ascertained that a deckhand went into the hold to light his pipe and it is believed that the lighted match in the closed forecastle caused the naphtha va por to explode. The injured men were all taken to the general hospital, while the remains of the dead were removed to the morgue. Coroner Dolan will hold an investigation to-mor row. SMALL TREASURY NOTES. A Total of $4,000,000 to Be Printed for U"e This Fall. Washington, July 23.—Assistant Secretary Vanderlip to-day authorized the director of the bureau of engraving and printing to print and deliver to the offices of the Secretary of the Treasury United States notes, treasury notes,and silver certificates to the amount of $4,000,000. A large pro portion of these notes will be in small de nominations, ones, twos, fives and tens, and the supply is expected to be sufficient for the needs of the treasury for a period of about three months, to meet the usual large number of small bills required in the movement of crops. The department antic ipates in the fall. In view of the abundant crops and the foreign demand, an unus ually large and early call for small bills. ORDERED BACK TO CLEMSON. Passed Assistant Engineer McElroy Coming South Again. Washington. July 23.—Senator Tillman called at the navy department to-day, and secured the detail of Passed Assistant En gineer George McElroy, for duty at Clem son college, as instructor In mechanics and engineering. Engineer McElroy is well known in South Carolina, and es pecially at Clenason college, where he was on duty several years ago. He has just returned from a three years’ cruise on the Pacific station, and he is entitled to three , fears shore duty,. RATCHFORD’S LAST RALLY. Calls On Gonipers to firing; Org-anlzed Labor to the Rescue. Fairmont, W. Va., July 23.—M. D. Ratchford, president of the United Mine Workers of America, telegraphed to Sam uel Gompers, president or the American Federation of Labor, at Washington, to night, that West Virginia is the field for action and here all the forces must be converged. Among other things the mes * sage says: “I call upon you in behalf of the struggling miners to convene all the chief executive officers of all the national labor organizations at Wheeling on Tues day, July 27, for the purpose of meeting this crisis and achieving a victory for the cause of labor.” COKE WORKERS HOLD ALOOF. The Plan to Get Them Into the Uni ted Mine Workers to Fail. Scottsdale, Pa., July 23.—The attempt to organize the coke workers into'the Unit ed Mine Workers’ Association is meeting with very little success in this part of the region. The miners are now getting $1.05 per hundred bushels, within 2 cents of the highest wages received for the past eight years, and it will take considerable argu ment to get them Co go out on a sympathy strike at this time. ARTHUR HOLDS ALOOF. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers Not to Interfere. Cleveland, 0., July 23.—President Ratch ford sent a message to-day to Chief P. M. Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, requesting his presence at a conference of labor leaders to be held at Wheeling, W. Va., on Monday. Chief Arthur replied as follows: “I can not legally comply with you> request.” Chief Arthur, in explanation, said the rules of the brotherhood prevented his at tendance, and that his presence might lead to a misunderstanding. “The engineers have nothing to do with the strike,” said he, "and while as indiv uals we sympathize with the strikers, we cannot as an organization aid them.” FULLWOOD’S FIGHT A FAILURE. HIS NOMINATION FOR POSTMASTER WITHDRAWN. His Record An a Poi»ulist Knock* Him Out With the President No Cloud Cast On His Personal Char acter His Political Record the Only Basis for the Attack—Many of the Best Citizens of Cedartown Op posed to His Appointment. Washington, July 23.—John I. Full wood’s nomination as postmaster at Ce dartown has been withdrawn by the Pres ident and Mr. Fullwood and his friends are in distress. The withdrawal of his nomination was predicted in these dis patches, although Mr. Fullwood’s friends insisted that he was strong enough to withstand the pressure brought against him. Senators Bacon and Clay made a deter mined fight against Mr. Fullwood's polit ical record, but did not attempt to cloud his personal character. He was appoint ed with the understanding that he was a republican, but it turns out that he is a populist of the most offensive type. The fight was made against him in the com mittee on postoffices and a number of re publican senators joined the opposing forces. The contest was taken to the white house by the Georgia senators. Cop ies of Mr. Fullwood’s speeches were pro duced to show that he went out of his way to attack many of the prominent men in Georgia. Mr. Fullwood visited the capltol to-day and had a long conference with Senator Clay. He could hardly realize what had happened, so confident was he that he would be confirmed. He was anxious to know if any charges reflecting upon his personal honor or Integrity were made against him. Senator Bacon assured him that no such charges were made. It was simply a case where many of the best citizens of Cedartown objected to his ap pointment and the objections were suffi cient to induce the President to cancel the appointment. W. O. Deloach is slated for postmaster at Talbotton in place of Alfred Douglas (colored), who has withdrawn from the race. Douglas was backed for the place by the regular organization, but it is ap parent that Postmaster General Gary is opposed to appointing colored men to pre side over the postofflees in southern cities, hence it was deemed advisable to substi tute Deloach. The Georgia republican organization to day recommended the appointment of the following poetmasters: J. M. Scoville at Worth, Worth county. William Cochran at Huntersville. John A. Reynolds at Baldwin. Rudolph Seers of Atlanta has applied for appointment in the internal revenue ser vice. Alton Angier of Atlanta has returned to the attack on the pie counter and he hopes to eventually land in the consular service. He was an applicant early in the game, but became discouraged and retired from the field. Perry DeLeon’s success has re vived his hopes and he feeds like a winner. John W. Halfand Dead. Danville. Va., July 23.—John W. Hol land, the pioneer tobacconist of this place, . died this morning, aged 75 years. CUBANS FAR FROM CRUSHED. NUNEZ STILL CLAIMS VICTORY IS V CERTAINTY. The General Asserts That the Spun* iards On the Island Now Favor Au tonomy on the Ground That It I« the Only Way In Which Cuba Can, Be Saved to Spain—The Let Up Ini the Sending Out of Filibustering Expeditions Explained. Jacksonville, Fla., July 24.—Gen. Emilia Nunez arrived from Key West to-day. A prominent western paper lately print ed the following in a dispatch from Wash ington: “The movement for Cuban inde pendence seems to be on the verge of collapse. This is the information that reaches the state department. It is fully confirmed by reports received through, private channels. The movement of fili bustering expeditions has come almost ta a stop. The junta seems to accept th® intention of the administration to open ne gotiations with Spain for autonomy.” Asked with regard to the truth of these! assertions Gen. Nunez said: “The revolu tion in Cuba is stronger now than ever before, and Spain will be compelled to leave the island soon if the Canovas gov ernment does not strike a decisive blow* “I have seen recent letters from all of the Cuban commanders in the field and each of them speak of the early success of the revolution. From Pinar del Rio. where our forces suffered more severely than in any other place on the island. Gen. Ducasse write as follows: “The Span ish government is endeavoring to creates the impression that this province is paci fied, but recently we have had several en gagements with the Spaniards. We have held our positions, while they have been! compelled to retreat with heavy losses. We have a total of 5,000 well drilled and disciplined men ip this province, and alB 'are in high spirits and loyal to the cause." “From Havana Gen. Rodriguez writes to me, giving assurance that the Span iards in that province are weaker than ever before, and that this summer's cam paign will be the last before we shall achieve our independence. “I have a statement of the condition of the forces in Matanzas province, which) was given to me by Gen. Avelina Rosas* commander of the Cuban forces of that! province, showing that the forces there are in better condition to-day than evep before. "In regard to the statement that in San tiago and Camaguey the Cubans do notl pay any attention to the war, I can say with truth that they are pacified, for th® reason that in the whole territory nd Spanish soldiers have ever made their ap pearance. “So far as the reports sent out fromt Washington are concerned, to the effect! that the Cuban cause is weakening, w® have never expected much from th® American government, and therefore w® have no reason to be disappointed. Wa have never really expected that they} would recognize the belligerency of Cuba* notwithstanding that we had the right ta do so, because during the ten years waft we learned the lesson that in a struggle! between a weak people and a strong peo ple, the weaker has no right to expect anything. “Whoever says that the Cuban junta! is prepared to accept autonomy from Spain makes a big mistake. The only ones who speak about autonomy to-day} as they used to about reforms are th® same Spaniards, who a year ago spok® about a war without mercy for the Cu bans. “La Lucha, the paper in which Gen* Weyler used to make his declarations, ha® come to be an autonomist journal. Its has come to the conclusion that the only] way to save Cuba for Spain is to give au tonomy to the Cubans. The statement that the Cubans are crying for autonomy] is a mistake. The newspapers have sim ply put into the mouths of the Cuban® what the Spaniards themselves are cry ing for. “That we have not sent any expedition® to Cuba recently is true, and what ia more, we don’t intend to send any un»H January, when we will of course send more, if not free by that time. Ther® is no need of sending any now, for th® army has plenty of arms and ammunition with which to carry on the summer canw paign.” j London, July 24.—The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle in Sagua, La Grande* province of Santa Clara, Cuba, writes ta his paper a terrible account of the condi tion of affairs on the island. Both th® government troops and the insurgents, ha says, are suffering horribly from famine and the ravages of small-pox and yellowl fever, while butcheries of prisoners aftefl inquisitorial tortures are of daily occur rence, if the victims be suspected of with holding information. Captain General Weyler, the correspond ent says, has shown neither mercy non quarter, and has turned the campaign la Cuba into a near approach to that of Duka of Alva in Holland in the sixteenth cen tury. j POWDERLY NOT TO BE CONFIRMED* Senate Committee on Immigratioif Not to Act On It. Washington, July 23.—The Senate com mittee on immigration failed again to-day} to secure a quorum. It is believed that no effort will be made to secure a meet ing during the present session, and that the nomination of Mr. Powderly, as well as that of Mr. Fitchie, will be allowed ta fail. The senators, who are antagonistic to Mr. Powderly, say there is no doubt of an adverse report in case a vote could be secured in the committee
