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LIFE THE STAKE IN THE GAME.
suicide follows losses in
WHEAT SPECULATION.
/A Snd Endlnjc to a Life Full of Prom
ise-One of Atlanta's Richest and
Most Popular Young Men, Depress
ed by His Losse* in the Wheat
Market, Deliberately Plans and
Executes Self-Destruction.
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 28.—Being on the
wrong aide of the’ wheat market, thereby
losing the fortune that had been left *o.
him by his mother, caused George W. Par
rott, Jr., the 23-year-old son of one of
the most influential business men in the
city to shoot his brains out this morn
ing-
Within the past two or three weeks
young Parrott’s losses in speculation, it is
Said upon reliable information, amounted
to 190,000, completely wiping out his herit
age and throwing him back upon his own
ability to make his way in life. It is true
the young man would have been well pro
vided for financially out of the fortune
of his father or of his wife, had he choosen
to accept lhe situation, but the thought
of dependence, where he had formerly
been independent, was too disheartening
to him, and rather than endure it he
formed and executed a deliberate plan of
■elf-destruction.
* It has been known about town for sev
eral days past that young Parrott had
dissipated his fortune in stock and grain
gambling. but as his father is worth a
quarter of a million, and being the only
■on, in whom the father had always been
■well pleased, none of his friends expected
bim to take such a strenuous view of
the future. B'or several years past he
had been actively engaged in various busi
nes senterprise, and has gained the repu
tation of a remarkable sagacious and far
seeing one in his short career. He was
■tTlctly temperate, and was never wild. So
far as any one knows, he had never
■peculated any until a few months ago,
when he bought his first experience by
the loss of $5,000 in stocks operations. This
bls father paid for him as a wedding pres
ent, the 'leal having been made just at the
time of his marriage ten months ago. It
was thought that this experience would
be sufficient to make the young man con
tented with legitimate business pursuits
1n future, but during the past few weeks
the sensational activity in the wheat mar
ket dazzled him and he determined to lay
for a high stake.
Accordingly he drew $30,000 out of certain
business enterprises in which he was in
terested and began to operate. He thought
that wheat was sure to go tumbling down
after the first day or two of its upward
fight and so made all his contracts to sell.
Jn a very short time the cash with which
be had started out was gone and his father
had been drawn on for $58,000. This amount
the father paid out on his checks. Then
the young man deeded over all his proper
ty to his father to reimburse him.
After seeing his fortune go to the wind
young Parrott declared that he would go
to New York and earn his bread by the
■weat of his bw. He wanted to go in
newspaper work. He did go to the
metropolis, but returned In ji few days
without having met with any success. His
father offered to put him upon his feet
again and place him in a lucrative posl
a tlon, put he of
< f assl:
cuniary aid from had
handsome dower. Hie losses preyed upon
him and he began to talk of suicide. He
told his father a day or two ago that this
was the only thing left for him.
Mr. Parrott, Hr., and other member* of
his family talked and reasoned with him,
ami yesterday afternoon he seemed to
yield to their cheering words, and prom
ised to abandon all thought of the rash
act that he had threatened. The prom,
ise was only, however, made to disarm
suspicion and cause the young man’s fam
ily to relax in their anxious watch over
him.
Last night after tea he told his wife that
he must return to his office to took after
■ome business affairs. In the city he met
m friend and the two went to his office
together. There Parrott found a letter
dunning him for $2,600, which he had for
gotten in making up a list of his losses.
Thia upset him, and while his friend’s
back was turned he took out a pistol and
■as about to shoot himself when the
friend interferred. This friend remained
with him until after midnight, and only
took his leave when young Parrott start
ed home, promising that he would not
repent his attempt to take his life. The
Pistol meantime having been locked up in
nis office desk. Some time past 1 o’clock
he entered his home at 22 Howard street.
Illa mother-in-law, Mrs. Ray, of Griffin,
■nd his wife, who were greatly worried
• bout him, were waiting for him, but he
pseifled them with a few remarks, and his
wife retired to her bed, while Mrs. Ray
followed him Into the dining-room, think
ing that he wanted to get some
thing to eat. Before the lady
came, however young Parrot took
a sofa pillow, and placing
It upon the floor lay down upon it and
drawing a pistol from his pocket put a
bullet through his brain. Illa mother-in
law reached the dining room door just •■
the fatal shot was tired and was terrified'
by the sight.
The two women were the only persons
In the house at the time •nd both were
panic stricken with horror. When Mr.
Parrott, Sr., arrived he was almost wild
with grief.
Young Parrot had life insurance to the
amount of $30,000. $30,000 in the New York
Life and SIO,OOO in the Equitable in favor
of his wife, who. before her marriage,
was Mias Lol lie Hammond Ray, one of
the most popular girls In the leading so
ciety circle of the city.
A GANG OF LONG STANDING.
Ftarllina Revelations by the Perauna
Accused of Car Hobblna.
Dalton. Ga.. Auk. 28.—-Th* committment
trim of arrested car breakers on the South,
ern road last Wednesday night came off
to-day. A sensation was created by the
oontcasion of two members of the gang.
One of his having belonged to It 13 years,
another two. Walter Bohannon, the leader
Was bound over in a bond of 32,500. Dan
Pierce in *I,OOO, T<»m Kinnan in **4oo, Bam
Fainter and Ed. Morris In each.
The officer* say other arrests will follow
and that they propose to break the entire
gang up, and send most of them up. They
say a sensation will be created at court in
October when they show their full hand.
KILLED <n FH CARDS.
That Is the Explanation of a Am.
pretrd Murder In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 28.—The terribly de
composed body of an unknown negro was
found to-day in the woods n< a«* the plant
of the l>eloach Milling company on High,
hind avenue. near the city limits.
The man had evidently been dead for
Several days, and from marks on his skull
It Is »up|>osed that he was murdered. The
body wax found by a crowd of l»ovs. Ii
was lying in .» ditch and Just jlk»v< it was
a bloody coupftng pin.
The poller think that the negro was one
of a party of gamblers, and was killed tn
a genera' row, a« there arc evidences of
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DID BYHD TELL THE TRUTH?
His Sensational Report of the Con
vict Camps Im Disputed.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28. —The official re
por£ of Capt. Phil G. Byrd, special inspec
tor of the misdemeanor convict camps is
attacked to-day in a card published here
by H. B. Moore, superintendent of J. R.
Allison & Co.’s Pulaski county camp, at
• which, according to Mr. Byrd's report, a
convict was beaten to death, dragged feet
forward through the woods and buried in
stripes and shackles.
Mr. Moore denies this statement in toto
and declares Mr. Byrd’s report on that
camp to be false.
In regard to the statement in the report
that a reputable citizen went before the
grand jury and swore to the alleged mur
derer and that it was hushed up by in
fluence, Mr. Moore says that Hon. Pope
Brown, one of the candidates for governor,
was foreman of the grand jury, and a spei
cial committee was appointed to investi
gate the camp, which they reported in good
condition and that the physician who at
tended the convict alleged to have been
beaten to death was a witness before the
grand jury and afterwards made a public
statement to the effect that jhere was not
a sign of brutal treatment on the dead ne
gro’s body.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 28.—Capt. Phil Byrd
came home to-night from a day spent in
Atlanta. He says he has proof for his
statements in his report, and will bring
them forward at the proper time.
In reference to the denial of H. B.
Moore, superintendent of J. R. Allison's
Pulaski county camp, published in this
evening's Atlanta Journal, he says he
stands by his report and will answer to
the governor.
An important point brought out by Byrd
is that all misdemeanor convicts, who are
leased out, can be released by habeas cor
pus action.
Numbers of convicts have already been
released in this way, as It is illegal to
farm them out. The best way to correct
the abuses of misdemeanor camps at pres
ent, he thinks, is to have a permanent
official appointed who will visit these
county chain-gangs just as state camps
are visited.
MARSHAL MOON’S STHATEtU*.
A Smart Coin mb us Officer fnptnren
the Eufaula Murderer.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 28.—The escaped
murderer, Bowe Faulkner, who killed Cal
Taylor at Eufaula, Ala., several weeks
ago, was captured at the home of his
grandmother. Mrs. Pat Morehead, this
morning.
Mrs. Morehead Jives in Phoenix City,
and learning that Bose had been seen in
the neighborhood, Marshal Moon laid his
plans to capture him. This morning he
received the information that the boy
was then In the house. Climbing over
fences and going through back yards, the
marshal reached the rear entrance to the
building and quickly going to the back
door he laid hands on the young man be
fore he had time to realize what had
been done.
The prisoner disclaims any intention of
killing Taylor and says that he did not
know he was dead.
The killing of Taylor by Faulkner, ac
cording to accounts, was entirely unpro
voked. The men had been playing ball
and got Into a dispute about the game,
which was ended suddenly by the killing
of Taylor. Faulkner used a base ball bat,
striking Taylor over the head. The coro
ner’s jury brought in a verdict of murder
against the young man.
On Broad street at 4 o’clock this after
noon a negro attacked and knocked down
Miss Flla Leonard, robbing her of $45.
The negro then fled and was chased into
Bull creek swamp, three miles from town.
It was the boldest case of highway rob
bery in the history of the city.
BRUNSWICK NEWS MIDGET.
Prospectors 1 n vestiga t Ing booth
Georgia boil.
Brunswick. Ga., Aug. 28.—The seml-an.
nual civil service examination for the
customs service occurs here Oct. 2. All
information is obtainable from C. W.
Deming, secretary local board of examin
ers.
Special Agent Thornton*of the treasury
department leaves Monday for a thirty
dny trip north and east.
President A. F. Churchill of the Bruns
wick Tonnage Company has returned
from No via Scotia.
There are a number of prospectors and
promoters doing the south at present. Re
aulqs from various truck farmer* in
this section of the state have proven sur
prising to the visitors, and affidavits as
to thy reliability of those testifying are
being carried back to present to those
who are incredulous. One representative
of a Canadian colony has made two trips
here investigating, and will arrive
shortly with a few friends to look over
the field again. Soil that will yield four
crops a year, and a climate that will per
mit it. is beyond the comprehension of the
average northerner.
IIHEW BISHOP'S NOSKY.
A Young Scamp Makes Ise of
Wrongly Acquired Inforuin t ior.
Macon. Ga., Aug. 28.—W. L. Bishop went
to the Western Union telegraph office and
dispatched a message to a friend in
Barnesville to send him some money on
the next train. A young man named Ed.
Ennis saw the message and as soon as the
train arrived went to the postoffice ami
asked for Bishop's mail. A letter contain
ing a postoffice order was handed him. He
signed the order, received the monev and
departed.
Soon Bishop called for his mail and was
told that a man of the same name had re
ceived the mail. Bishop got a description
of the man and knew at once that it was
Ennis.
XUe officers are looking for him.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1897.
FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
GERMAN PRESS WHISTLES TO
KEEP UP ITS COURAGE.
Editors Inclined to Be Suspicions of
President Faure’s Alliance With
the Czar—The German Navy Needs
Overhauling—Sensational Story of
a Plot to Kill Emperor William.
Other News anti Gossip in the
German Capital.
Special Cable Letter.
Berlin, Aug. 28.—The visit of President
Faure to Russia has been very calmly
commented on in Berlin, though there is
a distinct under-current of uneasiness,
which tends to show that the newspapers
do not believe what they are printing
on the subject. The opinion is expressed,
however, that the czar has again made it
plain to France that Russia cannot be
dragged into following a policy of “re
vanche,” and the conviction becomes all
the time more widespread, as it is indus
triously pressed in every quarter that
France will relinquish the idea of revenge
upon Germany and the conquest of Al
sace-Lorraine and will gradually become
more friendly to Germany. Doubtless,
however, the wish in this case is father
to 'the thought.
An unpleasant surprise has been created
by the naval correspondent of the Kreuz
Zeitung and other conservative newspa
pers, as well as the correspondent of the
Deutsche Zeitung Rundeschaum reporting
the naval maneuvers near Dantzic during
the past fortnight. They describe the
evolutions of the German war vessels as
having been a total failure, so far as
quickness as maneuvering ability to resist
torpedo attacks are concerned. On Tues
day last, off the port of Bela, one iron
clad division narrowly escaped running
aground while maneuvering to escape tor
pedo boats. The correspondents, who were
themselves naval men, and who were on
boaid the vessels, engaged in the maneu
vers, attribute this lack of skill to the
want of modern equipments on the Ger.
man ships.
The government will argue from this
that more cruisers are needed for the
German fleet and will urge the necessity
of forming a division of cruisers. The
new chief of the navy department, Admi
ral von Tripitz, paid a visit to Prince Bis
marck during the week and consulted the
ex-chancellor on naval matters, especially
as to the need of a larger German navy.
Prince Bismarck conceded the necessity of
strengthening . the fleet, but he strongly
dissuaded the admiral from making that
the principal issue in the Reichstag dur
ing the coming session of that body. On
the following day. Admiral von Tlrpitz
went to Wilhelmshohe to report the re
sult of his visit to the emperor. It is said
on high authority that his majesty still
clings to his intentions to force the Reich
stag to grant much larger appropriations
than hitherto for naval construction. But
the center and the liberal factions still
stubbornly oppose the proposition and the
newspaper organs of these parties never
miss an opportunity of repeating their op
position to the emperor's pet project.
There is a decided coolness between the
emperor and the King of Saxony. The em
peror blames King Albert for the latter’s
decent iecisljan in the Syhoumberg-Lippe
succession case, as calculated tt?xiercray
belief in the divine right theory. Because
of this coolness. King Albert has refused
to be present at the army maneuvers next
month and has accepted the invitation of
Emperor .Francis Joseph of Austria to wit
ness the army maneuvers in Hungary.
The investigation into the recent derail
ment of the Hamburg-Ber.in express near
Celle, which led to loss of life and the
destruction of considerable property has
yielded sensational results. The Berlin de
tectives have ascertained that the acci
dent was due to a criminal plot in which
at least five persons, evidently foreigners,
were concerned. Dynamite cartridges
were placed near the tracks and lighted
fuses were attached to them.
The political police of Berlin have fur
ther learned that five anarchists, evidently
the same five persons, '.eft Paris together
for Germany a week before, and they were
seen at Celle the night before the ac
cident. They made inquiries in broken
German regarding Emperor William's trip
over that road, but did not obtain cor
rect information. It is now believed the
plot was an attempt upon the emperor’s
life.
In Eastern Prussia, infectious inflamma
tion of the eyes is epidemic among chil
dren, seventy of whom are in the hospi
tal from this cause at Koenigsburg.
Goluczi, the Hungarian who murdered
the wealthy widow, Schultz, and her
daughter, in this city, is believed to have
fled to America on a steamer from Ham
burg. The Berlin police have cabled a
minute description of the man to New
York. The sole heir of the murdered wo
man is a step son of the Widow Schultz,
whom. when last heard from, was fore
man at a St. Louis brewery. The estate
is worth several million marks.
The Lokal Anziger prints an interview
with Mehmed Nouri Bey, Turkish foreign
officer at Constantinople, In which he is
quoted as saying: “The Armenian revo
lutionists in Turkey are all pupils and pro
teges of the American mission schools at
Marsovan, Bitlls, Erozoerom and Van.”
The United States ambassador, Mr. An
drew D. White, returned here from Paris
on Wednesday last, and was conttned to
his bed on the following day with a had
cold.
Gt LDKNSI PPK’S IDENTITY.
A New Chapter In One of New York's
Sensational Mnrdcr Case*.
New’ York. Aug. 28.—Wil'dam A. Murray,
the Petersburg. Va., photographer, who
came here yesterday to see the body of
William Guldensuppe, at the morgue,
which he claims to identify as tnat of Wil
liam S. Edwards, a nephew of his, called
at the coroner's office to-day. He described
perfectly the sachel found in the woods at
King's Bridge, near the lower part of the
body of Guldensuppe. and asked to see It.
He declared that it was the one he had
loaned to Edw’ards on May 30. last, and
identified two rivets, which he had put in
the sachel to make it stronger.
Mr. Murray was accompanied by his wife
and daughter, and Mr. E. S. Ring of Pe
tersburg.
Assistant District Attorney Rosa Is ky
said that the identification if true, would
make no difference to the prosecution of
the people against Mrs. Nack, as the pros
ecution had never claimed that the sachel
belonged to Guldensuppe.
Fernnndlna Nevts Notes.
Fernandina. Fla.. Aug. 28.—A negro
laborer name Dewis White, while em
ployed last night loading the steamship
Ropaulus with phosphate, fell into the
river and was drowned.
The Spanish agents evidently have
their eyes on Fernandina. The cutter
Boutwell is still here with eyes open
watching the movements of anything of a
filibustering nature. It is a known fact
that a few Pinkerton men are in town.
Thoee. who are in touch with the Cu
bans and their work say that there is no
arms or an expedition to go from here in
the near future, and there Is no occasion
ior such fright-
WIPED OUT THE “TWO MARK.”
A Long Douhteal Feat Is Achieved by
ihe Pacer Star Pointer.
Readville, Mass., Aug. 28.—The Chicago
pacing stallion, Star Pointer, owned by
James A. Murphy, to-day wiped out the
two minute mark and ended the controver
sy which has been going on for years as
to the speed qualities of the light harness
horse. Accompanied by a runner, the big
Tennessee-bred stallion, wiped the mark
and had three-quarters of a second to
spare. The wonderful performance . was
witnessed by about 8,000 people. There were
two false breaks, but the third time down,
there was no hesitancy. McClary nodded
for the word and off the pair went, the
runner right at his saddle.
The first quarter was at an even 2:00
gait, in thirty seconds, and then as Mc-
Clary called on his pacer to move the sec
ond quarter, there was a great cheer for
he was beating 2 minutes all to pieces and
got to the half in 59-%, making the second
quarter in 25% seconds.
Will he keep it up? Yes, and more,
for the third quarter was the fastest of
the mile. The distance was covered in
29% seconds—a 1:57 gait. Around the turn
Pointer seemed to waver for the smal
est fraction of a second, but McClary had
him right almost before one could see it,
and straightened into the stretch, the run
ner moving up even closer. Both pacer
and runner were asked to step along. Mc-
Clary laid the whip on the runner, but
spoke a word of encouragement to his
horse'. At the draw gate, Star Pointer was
reefed a little and coming stronger from
the distance the great pacing stallion ap
peared to freshen in the last few strides,
gathered fresh strength and courhge, and
as he neared the wire he finished like a
lion in the record-breaking time of 1:59%.
Since 1894, when the game little Robert
J. paced a mile in 2:01%, the horse world
has been looking for the 2:00 mark to be
reached. In 1895 it looked as though the
gelding, John R. Gentry, would get it, but
the season went by and last year even
some of the more ardent, in their belief
were inclined, in the middle of the season,
to think that it would be many years in
coming, as the candidates then did not
look promising. But in September Star
Pointer forced John R. Gentry to a race
record of 2:01% at Glen’s Falls, and then
both horses were counted likely candi
dates. Billy Andrews, with Gentry, got a
chance at the mark at the Rigby track at
Portland in October, but on Pointer’s day
rain interfered. Gentry came very near it
and took the crown which to-day was
wrested from him.
To-day was the first time that Pointer
was really sent for the mark. His owner
has been content to scoop in race honors,
but after having defeated Joe Patchen
twice out of three times and John R.
Gentry the only time he got a chance at
him, and as no other candidates were in
sight the owner decided to take time hon
ors. Summaries:
To beat world’s pacing record 2:01%.
Star Pointer, b. c., by Brown Hatdam
sweepstakes, (McClary). Time 30; 0:59%;
1:29; 1:59%.
2:20-pace. purse SI,OOO. W. H. G. won
second, fifth and sixth heats. Best time
2:09%. Lady Golden won first and third;
time 2:113-4. Jane won fourth heat; time
2:14%. Star Wilkes, Red Elm, Miss Elinor,
Sid Worth, T. D., and Bay Baron also
started.
2:20-trot, purse SI,OOO. Creseeus won first,
second and third heats; best time 2:12%.
Medium Wood, Charlie G., Agnes Morrill,
Edmonia, All Day, Spinalong, Bowery
Belle, Palm Leaf, Clairmon, Emily and
Eleanor also started.
211 pacing, purse. SI,OOO. Dan A. won
third, fourth and’sixth tXus. Best
2:08%. Mignon won third heat. Time 2:09%.
Kansas won fifth heat. Time 1:01%. Mabie
P. won first heat. Time 2:10%. Manople,
Fieldmont, Jimmy 8., Woodshed. Pilgrim,
Robert R., George G., Elsinora, George
St. Clair and Alegon also started.
2:16 pace, purse, SI,OOO. King Egbert won
third, fourth and fifth heats. Best time
2:10%. Claud Forrester won second heat.
Time 2:11%. India Silk won first heat.
Time 2:10%. Myrtle G., Miss Margaret,
Larine and Annie Shedd also started.
Barre, Vt., Aug. 28.—At the Granite
City trotting park this afternoon. John
R. Gentry reduced the harness record of
the slate made by Nelson in 2:11% to 2:07,
while Robert J., was one second be
hind.
THE DISPOSITION OF COX V ICTS.
A Meeting of the Penitentiary Com
mittee to Consider the Problem.
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 23.—Hou. Hewlitt
Hall, chairman of the penitentiary com
mittee of the House of Representatives
has called a meeting of that body for
Sept. 21, for the purpose of considering the
problem which confronts the legislature
in the disposition of the convicts at the
end of the present lease which will expire,
April 1, 1899.
The committee will also consider the
question of placing the misdemeanor con
victs under the inspection system of the
penitentiary department as recommended
by Gov. Atkinson and Gov. Northern
Principal Keeper J. 8. Turner, of the
penitentiary department, and Hr. Phil G.
Byrd, special inspector of misdemeanor
convicts have been invited to appear be
fore the committee.
Mr. Hall thinks the legislature should ap
point a commission to deal with the peni
tentiary problem, and that the misde
meanor camps should be placed under the
Inspector system of the penitentiary
department of the state. His idea is that
the penitentiary committee should take
the matter up and be able to agree upon
its plan before the legislature meets so
that there may be no delay in the settle
ment of the problem.
LONG DISTANCE RACES.
Result of the Contest Between Rival
Champion Wheelmen.
Boston, Aug. 28.—Lucien Lesna, the Eu
ropean long distance champion of '96, de
feated J. Frank Starbuck of Philadelphia
by one and one-half laps in a twenty-five
mtle match race at Charles River park
this afternoon, making the distance in
47:52. He also secured the American paced
competitive records from three to twenty
five miles inclusive, lowering a majority
of the records created by his old-time
rival, Jimmy Michael, at Manhattan
Beach the previous week.
It was a fine contest, both men showing
good form and the pace-makers doing
faithful work. The fastest mile was the
second, which was ridden in 1:46 3-5. The
time by miles was:
Miles. Time.'Miles Time.
1 1:54 14 26:27
2 3:40 3-5 15 28:25
55:9) 3-5.16 30:321-5
4 7:20 3-5:17 32:26
5 9:09 2-5 18 34:17
«11:02 1-519 36:15 3-5
712:59 4-5 20 38:13 3-5
815:00 3-521 40:14
916:55 3-5 22 42:08 4-5
1018:49 3-5 23 44:02 3-5
1120:43 2-5 24 45:59 2-5
1222:42 ;25 47:53
1324:06 1-6
Cotton nt "Waynesboro.
Waynesboro. Ga., Aug. 28.—There were
250 bales of cotton sold in Waynesboro to
day. The cotton crop will be cut off fully
one-fourth, while in some localities greater
damage has been dune by the rain.
“STING OF SERPENTS TOOTH.”
IRBY FEELS THE INGRATITUDE OF
THE MAN HE MADE.
Denounces Tillman in Unmeasured
Terms—Tells of “the Crime of
185)0”—Tillman Was Imposed on
Ute People by His Fraud—South
Carolina Politics at Fever 1 Heat.
McLaurin Accepts Evans’ Personal
Challenge—Duncan Hits Evans and
Withdraws From the Senatorial
Race.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 28.—With the ex
ception of a declaration by Col. Irby that
he cheated in the March convention of 1890
to secure the nomination of Tillman at
the Manning meeting yesterday, the final
meetings of the senatorial campaign have
been without interesting incident.
After his usual haraugue, he explained
how he made E ;ans governor, and said he
was the daddy and grand-daddy of all
the politicians,’ big and little, in the state
except Tillman, but he hatched him. “The
truth of this whole matter is,” said Col.
Irby, “that Tillman and I joined teams
in 1886, after his agitation in 1885, for the
purpose, first, to establish an agricultural
college in South Carolina. As I remem
ber, the counties of Clarendon, Marlboro,
Marion, Newberry, Chester and Laurens
responded to the call from Edgefield.
Some of the representatives from these
counties even flunked, and on. the ques
tion of college or no college we were in
gloriously defeated.
“Tillman became disgusted and at
tempted to organize the farmers of the
state, threw up the sponge, wrote a long
letter to the people of the state express
ing his contempt, and retired to his home
among the hills of old Edgefield. I didn’t
surrender, however, and kept up the fight
in the legislature along the lines of re
form in the administration of the state
government. The college seemed to be
hopelessly gone, but God came to the
rescue by putting it into the heart of Mr.
Clemson to make his bequest. A fresh
hold was taken, the fight was renewed
and the college established. But Tillman
was out, voluntarily out. To get him
back I originated the March convention
idea a year before the convention was held
and gave him the nomination on a silver
waiter. On the question of nomination
or no nomination in that convention we
were defeated by one vote. I cheated the
question of nomination in, which saved
j Tl.lman, who was to be the nominee. The
; end justified the means, because persons
opposed the nominations had not been in
vited to that convention and they had no
right to control its deliberations.
“Tillman is the last man In the world to
raise his hand against me, for up to last
year I had been a better friend and closed
to him even than a brother. Without
me he would have been on his plantation
to-day, an humble farmer and a busted
politician. He says he’s hands off in this
fight. God grant it! I ask no. man to
be my political godfather. If I can’t
make the fight with my own heels, I am
not fit to be senator.”
At Florence to-night, Irby threw off re_
traint and attacked Senator Til.man, open
ly denouncing him in furious terms for his
.this campaign.
WhileyllHdian said hd was “hands off J”
he was mouth on. Tillman had preceded
him at Abbeville and York, arid now he
had been to Union, all his (Irby’s) strong
holds. This work had been done for Mc-
Laurin. All of his utterances mean
"Vote for McLaurin; he’s as good a tool
as 1 want.” I give him to understand I
am none of his poodle dog.
CAROLINA’S SENATORIAL RACE.
McLaurin's Bureau Claims 10,000
M u.j ority—Duncan Withdraws.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 28.—At McLaurin’s
rooms to-night, the only headquarters es
tablished, the following was stated in re
ply to an inquiry:
“All is encouraging. Letters continue
to come in from all over the state giving
favorable accounts. We are confident of
winning Tuesday by a majerity of 10,000.
McLaurin will carry thirty-one out of the
forty counties in the state, and some of
those nine are claimed by our friends on
the ground.”
John T. Duncan to-night retired from
the senatorial race, saying he had filed
his pledge only to justify his fight of last
year, "if Evens attempted to pose as a
martyr.”
He had accepted Evans’ challenge for
an accuser to confront him, meeting him
on the street gt Newberry and offering to
prove his charges and substatiate every
word he had uttered, but his offer was
not accepted.
Mr. Duncan asks the voters to retire
Evans again. “By retiring such men from
politics, I trust a better era may dawn
wherein we may cease to magnify our dif
ferences.”
M’LAIRIN TAKES THE BLAME.
He Calls Evans on His Little Blair
Made -Recently in a Speech.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 28.—1 t is case of
Back down or tight between ex-Gov.
John Gary Evans and Senator McLaurin.
While McLaurin has been sick a quanti
ty of campaign literature has been sent
out from his headquarters here. Several
of these reflected on Evans’ character.
The ex-governor declared at Kingstree
Wednesday that unless McLaurin made a
public disclaimer to the effect that he did
not authorize or indorse these circulars,
he would hold him personally responsible’
It was not expected that McLaurin would
notice this, but to-night he issued the
following: "I am responsible for any
thing in the campaign that is offensive
to Mr. Evans, and he need not put him
self to the trouble of making any inquir
ies, but may proceed when he sees fit to
hold me responsible.”
(Signed.) “John L. McLaurin.”
This has created much speculation as
to the outcome.
A STORM IN CHICAGO.
Great Damage Done in the Subnrhs.
• Loss of Life.
Chicago, Aug. 28.—A severe wind storm
swept over the western suburbs of Chi
cago to-night, doing considerable damage
to buildings at several points.
At Norwood park, the dancing pavilion
in which a picnic party had sought shel
ter, was blown down, killing one woman
and injuring three other people.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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A VOICE FROM KLONDIKE.
Mr. Mtiftee Writes of the Ditßcnitle*
of the Punnet Over the Hill*.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 28.—Thoipas
Magee, who is en route to the Klondike
gold fields with a party of San Frands
coans, writes the Associated Press from
Lake Bennett, B. C., under date of Aug.
15, confirming previous report® of the ter
rible conditions in White pass tyall, from
Skaguay, and relating the almost unstir
mountable difficulties to be encountered
by the gold hunters who prefer that route
to the more formidable Chilcoot pass
route.
He and his party left Skaguay on Aug.
10, with nine burros, and consumed four
and one-half days in making the trip of
forty miles to Lake Bennett. Twenty-five
times the pack animals were bogged,neces
sitating, not only the unpacking of each
load, but also the lifting of the animals
bodily from the mire. Another trouble
was the narrowness of the trail in places,
which necessitated the unpacking of the
burros and transporting the supplies by
hand over these spots.
The Magee party took a boat up from
San Francisco in sections, but was com
pelled to leave it at the beach at Skaguay,
as it was utterly impossible to carry it
over the trail. At the head of Lake Ben
nett, however, they found a firm of boat
builders, who charged no more for good
boats than would be paid in San Francis
co ($140). They had orders ahead for
forty-five boats, which would occupy
them until Sept. 20, at least.
Mr. Magee thinks that the majority' of
the crowd now at Skaguay and Dyea will
have to abandon all hope of getting into
the Yukon country this year and is cer
tain that late comers have no chance of
doing so.
He also deplores the fact that so many
would-be prospectors seem to overlook the
fact that once started from Dyea or
Skaguay, food and other supplies are not
to be purchased for love or money, as no
one has any more than he absolutely
needs for himself. He thinks that 750
pounds is about the right amount for
each man, but says that hundreds are
starting out with less than one-half that
amount and predicts disaster for them.
BIKE RECORD BROKEN.
.James C. Miller Makes a Remarka
ble Run.
Cleveland, 0., Aug. 28.—The American
amateur half-mile bike record was again
broken to-day, James C- Miller riding 100
miles on a quarter-mile track in 4 hours
23 minutes and 8 seconds.
This is 3 minutes and 13 3-5 seconds bet
ter than the record made two weeks ago
by Frank Skinner.
Miller also broke the fifty-mile record
by 512-5 seconds, his time being 2:04:17.
ANIMAL FIGHTS OF THE HINDOOS.
Amusements in the East With Buf
faloes, Ham* and Cheetahs.
From the London Telegraph.
Racing and polo, tennis and billiards
have become more congenial to the rajah
and the nawab of to-day than the elabor
ate sports and pastimes that whiled away
the long day of his ancestors. In some of
the Rajput states, however, an effort is
stilt made not to zllow the ancient habits
to fall wholly into desuetude. Os all the
great dynasties of the continent, the Raj
puts boast the proudest descent, and the
origin of the sovereign houses is hidden in
the mist of time. In Ulwur the maharaja,
who, by his kindliness of disposition and
alertness of intelligence, gives the most
hopeful promise of future fame, is still a
minor, and his territory is under the im
mediate control of a capable officer of the
Indian government. No state in Rajput
tana has a greater reputation for its breed
of horses. It used in the old days to be
a famous place for fights between wild
beasts and birds, and, though the con
tests are now quite free from all stain of
cruelty, the show is carefully kept up.
One afternoon of my stay there 1 saw
in the palace grounds a full exhibition of
the old kind. The princely mansion,
built In the old residency style, stands in
a charming “compound,” or park, with
exceptional surroundings, in that it has
before it a large expanse of real turf,
kept green by constant flooding, that
pleasantly sets off its white walls and its
red sun blinds.
First of all, there was a parade of the
show horses and ponies, Arab and coun
try-bred. One by one, as in a. circus, they
were put through their tricks and paces
by the superintendent of the stables, a
fine old Mussulman, with red whiskers,
who had been all his life in the service
of the Maharaja’s family. A big piebald
was particularly clever at walking on his
hind legs and bopping on three, holding
up the near fore. After came a perform
ing parrot, which, by a nice adjustment
of weights, was made to twist a loaded
stick round and round until I thought
his neck would be rung off. Then follow 1 -
ed some more “business” on the same
lines. This was but the preliminary to the
exhibition of the afternoon, for, led along
the road, there marched, two by two,
buffaloes, rams, black buck, and, in the
rear, a single cheetah. The last-named
was purely for show; the other sorts not
long ago had to tight out their battles to
the bitter end.
Now. the horns are muffled, and the
contest has become a game, which the
animals are as well drilled in as a band
of acrobats. Two rams, half black, half
white, are led to either side of the grass
plot and then let go at one another full
speed. With a terrific bang their heads
come together. You would think that
their skulls must be broken, but instead
they rebound from the encounter not one
penny the worse, and after a few such
trials of hardness they are led quietly
away. After them the black bucks come
to the front and wrestle with their horns
interlaced until their keepers think they
have had enough of it. In like manner
the old buffaloes struggle and struggle
not able to do more than the champion
of the modern ring with the
gloves on. The cheetah was not
asked to display his prowess, but I was
told that, when some little time before he
was put on quarry, he had been so idle
that he absolutely refused to do his work.
In some states, however, cheetah hunts
still take place, but as the cheetah gener
ally takes the smaller buck, no real in
terest makes up for the cruelty of the
sport. Cocks and quails with their fight
ing power gone, followed the animals in
to the arena. The spurs of the cocks were
carefully covered, while the quails were
separated the moment they began to fight
in real earnest. As for the quails, for
sheer pugnacity and desperate courage,
they carry off the palm. It is true they
had a stimulant not given to the other
fighters of the palace, for in their sanded
circle was placed a hen, for whose favor
they evidently believed they were contend
ing. How far their gallantry would have
carried them, if they had been allowed to
peck at one another’s eyes in real earnest,
I know not, but it is probable that they
would both have been left for dead had
not their keepers called “time” at the
crucial moment. Nobody can complain
that the fighting aristocracy of the Raj
put race cling with natural pride to their
ancestral pastimes, which are but ill sup
planted by the alien and borrowed amuse
ments of our own people
THE COAL MARKET CORNERED.
SKILLFUL OPERATORS HAVE
BOUGHT ALL STOCK.
Jone* Co. of Philadelphia. Have
Flayed the Strike and Will Win a
Handsome Figure—Coal Hls'iig;
Rapidly in Price—The Firm Con
trol* All the Coal In the Mononga
hela District—Other Coal Not in.
Competition With the Jones Hold
ingH,
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 28.—8 y the end of
the week all the coal in the Monogahela
river will practically be in the hands of
one firm and prices will be made by the
lucky possessors of the mineral.
There has been a steady increase in the
price of coal ail the week. At the present
run-of-mine coal brings from 10 to 10’/i
cents. When the present strike began
the firm of John H. Jones & Co. saw that
prices must advance and they quietly went
to work and bought coal everywhere they
could at prices which now seem very
cheap. They have been keeping this coal
and now practically control the coal trade
in this vicinty.
When seen to-day, Mr. Jones refused to
say just how much coal they had, but ad
mitted that the amount was over 500,000
bushels. Inquiries among other coal firms
developed the fact that there was very lit
tle coal outside of that held by Jones &
Co., and that that firm would be able to
get their own price. To-day they were
asking 9*6 cents for run-of-mine, and lO’-g
cents for lump coal. This is an advance
of 2 cents over yesterday and it was pre
dicted that coal would be selling at 12
cents on Monday.
This afternoon slack was selling at 30
cent* by the barge load. While some coal
is being received here from West Virginia
it is not for domestic purposes and will
not affect the price to any extent.
PROGRESS OF THE COAL STRIKE,
Miners May March in thej Morning,
The Women Marchit»«.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 28.—Hereafter tha
deputies will not interfere with the strik
ers if they march after 6 o’clock in tha
morning and keep off the property of tha
coal company, but all marchers will ba
stopped before that hour.
About thirty women made a demonstra
tion at Newton this morning before day
light. They carried miniature flags,
which they waved enthusiastically as they
marched up and down the road. Every
now and then the women cheered and
they walked quickly to keep warm. Tha
deputies kept away from the women and
the paraders. After marching up and
down for an hour they got tired and went
home. The women who were out looking
for victims had to go home without find
ing any. Not a digger showed himself
near the marching women. The few who
went to work took a roundabout route to
the pit.
The camps at Turtle and Plum Creels
have been maintained for about four
weeks, and the situation to-day is but
little, different from that during the first
few days of marching.
The men still at work doggedely stick!
to their picks. On the other hand the
strikers camps seemed as determined as
ever. They are waiting until the result
of the hearings in the cases of the men
arrested for violating the injunction show
what course the courts will take. In case
the men are released the morning
marches to the mines will be resumed and
the DcArmits will have hard times in hold
ing their men at work. If the courts hold
the defendants in contempt, the result is
problematical.
To slay in camp without making demon
strations can do but little good, and some
of the strikers say they will march in
spite of courts and deputies. The peace
ful spirit which has made the strike tha
most remarkable on record, is being slow
ly worn away by the vexations and disap
pointments which have been showered up
on the strikers.
FIREMEN WILL NOT STRIKE.
Sargent Say* He Doe* Not Believe ini
Sympathetic Strike*.
Peoria, 111., Aug. 28.—Grand Master Sar
gent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen declared to-day that he would
not attend the meeting of union labors at
St. Louis Monday; that he opposed sym
pathetic strikes.
Mr. Sargent said that the brotherhood
would not be officially represented. He
says the firemen sympathize with the
striking miners and have shown it by their
liberal response to an appeal for finan
cial aid sent out by him, but they can do
them more good by staying at work and
earning money to contribute than they,
can by striking and thus cutting off the
source of supplies.
Grand Muster Powell of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers says that organiza
tion will not be represented at the St.
Louis meeting.
MISS JONES’ STRANGE CONDUCT.
Believed to Hnve Purposely Denied
the Identity of Her A**ailant.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 28.—Will Phillips,
charged* with a criminal assault on Misa
Sallie Jones, near Rock Spring, Walker
county, who has been Indicted by the
grand jury for the offense, will be taken
to Lafayette for trial to-morrow after
noon.
Phillips, who was captured in Arkan
sas about two weeks ago, was sent from
Lafayette to Rome for protection as
lynching was feared. Miss Jones saw him
twice in jail and said he was not the man
who assaulted her. It is said by some
that she did this purposely.
The trial will begin Monday. No spe
cial guard will go from here as far as can
be learned.
A VICTORY FOR THE G. AND A.
•lodge Littlejohn Refuse* to Grnnt
the Injunction in Americus.
Americus, Ga., Ang. 28.—Judge Little
john to-day rendered his decision in the
petition for an injunction brought by the
citizens of Americus to restrain the Geor
gia and Alabama railway from removing
its general offices to Savannah.
The court refused to grant the injunc
tion, and the railroad company are
thereby victorious, so far.
A mandamus was granted and the case
will be appealed to the supreme court,
pending which decision the general of
fices will remain in Americus.
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