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THE MASSACRE BY MARTIN.
(GHASTLY ARRAY OF DICAD AND DY
ING AT HAZLETON.
(The Hilltop Town u Veritable City
of the Dead—The Sheriff and Ills
Depntle* Protected From Arrest
1»> a Strong Military Guard—ln
vestigation Shows That the
Marching- Miners Had no Arms Ex
cept Two Little Penknives— Many
Miners’ Meetings at Which Griev
ances Are Aired.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 11.-Twenty-one
corpses He to-night in ramshackle frame
shanties scattered about this hill-top
town. Forty maimed, wounded and brok
en figures toss on the cots of the Hazle
ton hospital. Os these it is almost a cer
tainty that five will be added to the death
list before another dawn.
■Such was the execution done yesterday
afternoon by 102 deputy sheriffs, Armed
to the teeth, upon about 150 Ignorant for
eigners, whose total armament consisted
Os two little penknives. These facts are
undisputed.
Here is the ghastly roll, as It stands to
night: The dead are: Andrew Nickow
61<i, John Chobenski, Steve Urich, Andrew
Yerman, John Franko, John Zernawack,
Frank Kodet, John Zaslack, John Sheka,
Anton Greekio, John Turnasvlch, Andrew
Yurick, all of Harwood; Andrew Zimen
fckl, Adam Zimonski, John Buski, Stanley
Zagdrski, Sebastain Bozostosky, John
Futa, Adelbert, Czata, all of Crystal
Ridge; Andrew Collick, Rafael Rekedicz
of Cranberry.
The injured, who are at death’s door:
Clemens Plotack, Caspar Dulass, John
Bonko, Andrew Slabonic, Jacob Torna
ehontsa.
■ Others injured: Andrew Hanys, Jan
Critz, Andrew Meyer, Andrew Urban,
Kaismir Dulls, Josef Sapar, Josef Itatiek,
Poles; Frank Tegios, Andrew Ezmund,
Martin Szaranck, / John Dalney, John
Cleshock, Thomas tiorio, John Slebodnik,
John Bak, George Casper, Anthony Mi
st ta, John Pirgutajth, Josef Meci, Josef
Pawlazyk, John Pastej, Matthew Czaja,
Kasimir Majlsco, Kiernans Platek, Adolf
Kinselewiz, Adam Lupinski, John Kulik,
Bernard Romin, Konstantl Moneinski,
Frank Roman, George Krezo, John Ker
lovish, Andrew Sbabollck, Johli Darmen
sko, George Vercheck, Steve Erskuki,
John Postkl, John Kotl, Joseph Bobick,
John Treible, a deputy.
All these men ranged in age from 18 to
45 years, all foreigners, Hungarians, Poles,
Lithuanians and Slavs, and nearly all had
or have near and dear ones here.
The situation to-night is intense as the
day was full of events and incidents.
First and foremost, the purpose these
men had in view when their march re
ceived Its tragic end was consummated.
The 1,500 workers at the Latimer mines,
to whom they were bound In an effort to
induce them to join the striker’s ranks,
have laid down their picks and sworn to
do no more work-until all the demands of
the men at all the mines in the district
have been conceded.
Next in Importance was thq issuance of
warrants this afternoon for the arrest of
Bhertff Marlin, and the one hundred and
two deputies. These were issued at the
instance of the United Hungarian Socie
ties. They were made out in the name of
Joseph Melinite, president of the St.
George Society, of which nearly all the
dead miners were members. Robert P.
Riley, manager of the Anthracite detective
agency, took charge of the documents, but
up to a late hour to-night they had not
been executed. Sheriff Martin, who spent
last night at his Wllkesbarre home under
a strong guard, came to Hazleton this
morning with the Ninth Regiment of the
Third brigade. His presence in the town
was not known until lute in the day. Then
It was found that he was still under the
guardianship of the soldiers, and he could
not be reached.
This afternoon Constables Airey and
Gallagher made an effort to arrest A. E.
Hess, who ivd one company of the depu
ties last night, but be had sought shelter
within the military lines kept by the
Ninth Regiment, and they refused to per
mit the constables to pass the guard.
The warrants charge murder, assault
and battery and threatening to kill.
A third event of no less importance was
the offer made by Superintendent La wall
of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre coll* rles to
grant anUncrease of 10 per cent, over the
Lehigh basis to the men of the company,
about 2.000 In number. A big meeting was
held at McAdoo in the afternoon, to con
sider the offer, which, afteq the discus
sion and opeechmnking, It was decided to
accept the proposition, the men to return
to work next Tuesday morning. But little
confidence is felt, as it is taken for grant
ed that as soon as the men return to work,
pressure from the men still out will be
brought to bear to restore them to the
Ktrikere ranks, and It Is admitted that
there will be no resistance.
This was only one of three mass meet
ings held to-day. Another at Harwood
adopted resolutions expressing sympathy
for "Our murdered brothers who were shot
down al Latimer,’* and continuing in this
fashion: "For years we have been oppress
ed by C. Pardee & Co., by the payment of
starvation wages. They have deprived us
of our liberty by compelling us to deal In
their company store. They have forced us
to purchase powder at five times Its actual
value and have otherwise tyranized us in
ways too numerous to mention, so that
we are no longer free men but slaves. Wo
anaemhled together peaceably and to seek
r<-dress for our grievances. Not one man
among us was armed. Our mission was not
to take human life nor to destroy property
but to go and meet our fellow employes of
the same company at Latimer, who were
tn sympathy with us.",
•'We were opposed on the highway and
without provocation were shot down like
”We place oui selves before the bar of
public opinion and appeal to the good citi
zens of this alate and county to ask them
H there was justification or warrant In
auch assassination.
’•Resolved, That we extend our symp.i-
I hie a to the friend* and relatives of those
who have fallen, aad prat God that those
iws dead will live hi our tnemorlen n*
mart) i* to the cause of down-lr*>tdcn
labor."
The third meet lug was the meet largely
•itsudcd. It Uctiau at Hu*.* pJra auout
Woman’s
ork
Is never done, and it is especially wearing and
wearisome to those whoso blood is impure and
unfit properly to tone, sustain and renew the
wasting of nerve, muscle and tissue. The only
remedy for tired, weak, nervous women is in
building up by taking a good nerve tonic, blood
purifier and vitalizer like Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
For troubles Peculiar to Women at change of
season, climate or life, great cures are made by
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. sl.
Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
ntllJ (l ° not pain or
(100(1 S I ills gripe. All druggists. 25c.
5 o’clock this afternoon and adjourned to
Donegil Hill, an open space at one end of
the city, where it was in progress to
night. The purpose of this meeting was
also to extend sympathy and to decide
upon a course of action in consequence of
last night’s catastrophe.
Throughout the day the city has been
given up to excitement which, by its sup
pressed character, has been more ominous
than turbulance would have been. The
incoming of the state troops, which began
at an early hour this morning, served to
cow the strikers and their sympathizers,
and no further demonstration was made
than the gathering at street corners of
knots of men and women in muttered, but
intense, discussion of the shooting. To
night there are fully 2,500 soldiers camping
in town. The first to arrive was the Ninth
Regiment under Col. Dougherty, from
Wilkesbarre.
Gen. Gobin, commander of the Third
brigade, arrived early in the morning and
established headquarters in the offices of
the division superintendent of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, from which point
he assigned the commands to points on the
outskirts and In the city.
Gen. Gobln expressed his satisfaction
with the promptitude of the response to
the call to arms. The Ninth was called
out at 1 o’clock this morning In Wilkes
barre by the ringing of the fire alarm, and
at 4 o’clock 400 of the 450 were on the train
traveling towards Hazleton.
The town itself looks as if it were in a
state of siege to-night, as the booted and
spurred warriors are to be seen at every
turn. The presence of the troops has suf
ficed to maintain order thus far, but it Is
not repressing public opinion. This is
almost unanimous in condemning in the
most severe terms the action of the depu
ties last night. “Official murder’’ is the
phase on almost every tongue.
The first volley from the deputies, unex
pected as it was, created such indescriba
ble consternation that the men stampeded
and fled, and it is not questioned that
while they were thus in headlong flight,
the deputies poured volley after volley in
to the terror stricken crowd, and they
went down like straws.
Many prominent citizens of the town, in
cluding Rev. Father Moylan of St. Phil
lip’s church, Rev. Mr. Spaulding of the
Baptist and Rev. 'Mr. Wagher of the Lu
theran church, have drawn an informal
protest against the action of the sheriff
and his deputies, and against the calling
out of the military, which, they declare,
was unnecessary. In spite of this, how
ever, tne uneasy feeling increases. The
strikers have made up their minds, as sev
eral of them said to-day, to remain in per
fect quietness until Monday. At 11 o’clock
in the morning of that day the bodies of
the unfortunate wretches who fell under
the leaden storm, will be laid away. Serv
ices will be held in the Polish Catholic
church, where requiem high mass will be
celebrated by Rev. Mr. Aust, and bene
diction will be pronounced by several vis
iting priests.
Then the corpses wi’d be interred in the
Polish cemetery. They will be laid in a
circular plot and the congregation to
which they belonged will, it is announced,
erect a monument.
The meeting at Latimer to-day was one
worthy of description by a Vlcto Hugo. It
was held not far from the spot of last
night’a conflict. The country is bare and
desolate there. Huge coal breakers loom
up against* the sky, here and there, and a
few tumble down shanties, the "homes'*
of the miners, nestling amid the coal
banks, and there is an occasional group of
unhealthy looking trees. A great rabble
of bearded and sallow men were gathered!
before one of these shantias.and from time
to time, a gaunt and bony figure would
push to the front and harangue his com
panions in a strange tongue, the com
tntfits and criticisms of his hearers ming
ling with bls gutterals In an absolute ba
bel. Twenty different languages are
spoken in Hazleton, and there is seemed
as if all were being spoken at once.
The meeting decided to take no action
until Monday, when a committee, consist
ing of four Poles, four Italians and four
Hungarians will visit the operators and
notify them of their Intention to remain
out with the other strikers until every de
mand is granted.
AN OI'TIIKKAK FROM GOUPERS.
———.
Denounces Sheriffs mid Court* as
Tools of Greedy Capital.
Washington. Sept. 11.—President Oom*
i p«rs of the American Fed. ration of Labor
[ to-day, after bitterly denouncing the kill
ing of the men near Hazleton as a brutal
murder, said:
’The men were marching on the public
highway. They had as much right to
march to Latimer or any other place
on the public highway as the sheriff or
i governor of Pennsylvania or the President
of the United States. The mine operators
In the madness of their supposed power
and in their effort to enslave labor, have
used judges and courts to give the color
of law to the most flagrant violation of the
rights of the people; sheriffs and deputies
taking their cue from their superiors have
carrie*! out this policy and killed men ex
ercising their rights under the constitu
tion and the law.
"In hi* published explanation Sheriff
Martin makes an effort to secure the fa
vor of every native American citizen by
repeatedly imphashting his statement that
me uuuer* he lulled wete It
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1897.
SAILINGS OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
(Central 90th meridian time.)
Steamship CITY OF AUGUSTA, WED-
NESDAY. Sept. 8, 5 p. m.
Steamship CITY OF BIRMINGHAM,
FRIDAY, Sept 10, 3:00 p. m.
Steamship NACOOCHEE, SATURDAY,
Sept. 11, 6:00 p. m.
Steamship TALLAHASSEE, MONDAY,
Sept. 13, 6:00 p. m.
Steamship KANSAS CITY, TUESDAY,
Sept. 14, 7:00 p. m.
Steamship CHATTAHOOCHEE, WED
NESDAY, Sept. 15, 7:30 p. m.
Steamship CITY OF AUGUSTA, FRI
DAY, Sept. 17, 12:00 p. m.
Steamship CITY OF BIRMINGHAM,
SATURDAY, Sept. 18, 12:00 m.
Steamship NACOOCHEE, MONDAY,Sept.
20, 1:00 p. m.
Steamship TALLAHASSEE, TUESDAY,
Sept. 21, 2:00 p. m.
Steamship KANSAS CITY, WEDNES
DAY, Sept. 22, 3:00 p. m.
Steamship CHATTAHOOCHEE,FRIDAY,
Sept. 24, 5:00 p. m.
Steamship CITY OF AUGUSTA, SATUR
DAY, Sept. 5:00 d. m.
Steamship CITY OF BIRMINGHAM,
MONDAY, Sept. 27, 4:00 p. m.
Steamship NACOOCHEE, TUESDAY,
Sept. 28, 6:00 p. m.
Steamship TALLAHASSEE, WEDNES
DAY, Sept. 29, 7:00 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BALTIMORE.
Steamship ITASCA, WEDNESDAY, Sept.
15, 8:30 p. m*
Steamship BERKSHIRE, SATURDAY,
Sept. 18, at 10:30 p. m. .
Steamship D. H. MILLER, WEDNES
DAY, Sept. 22, at 3:00 p. m.
may be true that these men were not na
tive Americans, but they were men
brought here by the greed and cunning of
the mine operators, and so long as they
submitted to be starved, no word as to
their foreign birth was heard, but this cry
of ‘foreigner’ is like a cloud of dust rais
ed to obscure the crime. The miners will
win their humane and just struggle. They
deserve to win, their conduct has chal
lenged the admiration of their friends and
sympathizers.”
LIFTS A COW OVER A FENCE.
Remarkable Feat Said to Have Been
Performed by a Woman.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Kansas City, Mo.—Some remarkable
feats of strength have been performed by
women, but that which a young man says
Mrs. Hall of Independence and Elmwood
evenues performed is entitled to the blue
ribbon and a special prize. Mrs. Hall and
James Fletcher are neighbors. Neighbor
Fletcher has a cow, and Neighbor Hall
has a lot of chickens. A barbed wire fence
separates the two premises, but has not so
far succeeded in keeping the two families
apart. Fletcher has a lot of boxes on his
place, and Mrs. Hall claims her chickens
lay in the boxes. The chickens and Mrs.
Hall’s boy combined have proved a bone
of contention for some time, but matters
approached a climax when Mr. Fletcher
spnt a young man to the prosecuting at
torney’s office to have Mrs. Hall arrested
for disturbing the peace.
The chief cause for complaint on the
part of Mr. Fletcher, according to the
young man, was that Mrs. Hall had de
liberately, premedlta-tedly and with malice
afprethought, lifted”**dr. Fletcher’s cow
over the barbed wire fence into her yard
on a recent occasion. Just how the wo
man pulled the cow over the fence tbe
young man did not explain, but he de
clared that the fence was not broken
down and that the cow was translated
fro*., one -aph*-** of acti<v*”£ tn. xjSßfehjr.
against the peace and dignity of the
state.
Mr. Fletcher says Mrs. Hall insisted on
his removing his boxes because her chick
ens laid in them. All of the little neigh
borly amenities were passed over, but
when she lifted the cow over the fence
he thought that was a casus belli.
THE NEW CASTLE WRECK.
T
Fourteen Bodie* Recovered—Train
Crew Held for Murder.
New Castle,Col., Sept. 11.—Coroner Clark
says that only ten bodies have so far
been taken from the ruins of the Denver
and Rio Grande train, wrecked near this
place. These make fourteen in all. The
most conservative estimates place the
list of dead at from twenty-five to thirty
five.
Denver, Col., Sept. 11.—Frank Burbank,
conductor and Engineer Ostrander, de
ceased, of the Colorado Midland railroad,
are charged by the coroner’s jury with be
ing responsible for the wreck, which oc
curred here Thursday night. The inquest
was held this morning.
The jury decided that the conductor and
engineer attempted to arrive at New Cas
tle elding upon the time allotted by order
to the Rio Grande passenger west bound.
SPAIN’S COLONIAL POLICY.
The Situation in Cuba Under Dlscns
hlou—Philippine Reform*.
Madrid, Sept. 11.—Gen. Pando, in a let
ter to the Cuban senators and deputies, re.
quests them to hold a meeting and come to
a decision regarding the Cuban situation,
declaring that the time has come to speak
out and fix the responsibility for the pres
ent politic error upon its promoters.
The reforms for the Philippine Islands,
which are agreed upon yesterday at a cab
inet meeting upon which occasion a draft
of the proposed decree was approved and
sent to the queen regent for her signature,
included a modification of the penal code
in regard to secret political associations.
The other reforms for the Philippine Is
lands are drafted with the intention of as
suring justice to the natives.
DID NOT DO THEIR BEST.
The Race Between Vatchen and Star
Pointer I* Disappointing-.
New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 11.—In spite of
the gilt-edged condition of the horses and
track, no new record was established in
the Star Pointer-Joe Patchen race at the
Mystic track to-day. Pointer won the
race in two straight heats, the time being
2:t>3N* and 2:<N4«. respectively, his fastest
quarter being- the last one In the first heat,
which was a two-minute clip.
FOR DEBILITATED MEN,
Horsford** Acid Phosphate.
Dr. J. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C.»
says: "Il is not only pleasant to the
taste, but ranks among the best of nerve
tonics for debilitated men.”—ad.
Fourth <'la»s Postmasters.
Washington. Sept. 11.—The following
fourth-class postmasters have been ap
pointed in North Carolina: Beaufort. G.
W. Wheatley, Jr.; Forest City. W. T.
Long; Obld. L. Burgess; Pocoesin. X> M.
Hobbs: Sincerity. A. A. Griffin; Tusquitie.
Ora Moss; Union, S. E. Knight.
TU RPENT INE~FAR M E RS? NORTH
Carolinian wants position. Can keep books
and commissary. Am assistant inspector.
Was farm manager two months. Winsiow
Jewett. Klua Xouuk Cumpauj, Savannah.
TALKED OF ACROSS THE SEA.
THE GOSSIP OF THE WEEK—LON
DON’S POLITICAL. CHICLES.
A Demonstration of the Trades
Union Which Is Viewed. With the
Pity That Is Akin to Contempt.
The Price of Wheat Causes Bread
to Rise in Price—The Pope Opposes
the Purchase of Palestine —Baron
Hirsch Clianaes His Plans —Theat-
rical Notes—lnterest in Klondike.
(Copyrighted 1897, by the Associated Press)
London, Sept. 11.—The past week in
Great Britain has been marked by effer
vescence in the labor world, the quieting
of the Indian troubles, with more or less
confession of the government’s impotence
in dealing with the Ameer of Afghanistan,
and the defeat of the Marquis of Salisbury!
in the case of the German bondholders, in
the dreary struggle over the Greco-Turk
ish peace negotiations, which defeat has
been caustically criticised, and has been
followed by the sultan sending winter
clothing to the Turkish troops in Thessa
ly.
The trades union congress at Birming
ham, which has been attended by Tom
Mann, the labor leader, the “congress of
Fatheads,” adjourned to-day after a ses
sion chiefly notable for the proposal to
form a gigantic trades union out of every
conceivable trade, in order to confront
capital with the threat of a general pa
ralysis of all industry and by the proposal
to stand by the engineers in their present
struggle. The balance of the time of the
congress was mainly occupied with reaf
firming time-honored resolutions, ex
pressing, as the Morning Post says, “pious
opinions of little value in practical life.”
Even the Daily Chronicle says: “We sup
pose there is nothing for it to do, pending
a political revival but to go on passing
the same good old resolutions.”
The ninth week of the engineers’ strug
gle leaves 22,000 engineers, 12,000 trade un
ionists, 8,500 non-unionists and 5,'000 labor
ers out of work, with strike pay amount
ing to £33,000 ($165,000) per week.
The so-called “jingoism” in the United
States is finding an echo here. An anony
mous correspondent has written a long
letter to the Spectator, in which he at
tempts to prove that the United States is
really friendly to Great Britain in spite of
the many newspapers’ statements to the
contrary. The Spectator replies to this
letter, saying: “While official America
treatsJSngland as at present, can any one
believe in American friendliness?”
The rise in wheat to 40 shillings has
dragged up the price of bread to 6%@7
pence and in the poorest quarters of Lon
don, where bread is sold in slices, the loaf
is fetching 1 shilling. On top of this the
Millers’ National Union has started a de
mand for fewer hours of labor, with a
threatened strike if their demand is not
accorded.
Since the announcement of the extensive
discoveries of gold in the Klondike region
the company promoters of London have
been busy taking advantage of the news
papers boom given to that part of the
world. Fifteen Klondike (limited) com
panies, which have recently started, have
brought out a capital to the amount of
£2,046,583, of which £1,137,691 is offered to
the public, in the meanwhile there is an
immense demand for anything Klondikian,
Jn wiles
spring of 1898.
France, which protects Catholic Inter
ests in ordinary affairs, has been appeal
ed to by the pope to prevent the success
the Zionist movement, which is regarded
unfavorably. Monsignor Bonetti, the apos
tolic legate at Constantinople, has been re
called to Rome in order to devise means
to oppose the Jewish plans to purchase
and colonize Palestine, which plans are
not as formidable as generally believed. If
the statement of Dr. Grunhut, a Hunga
rian Hebrew and head master of the Ger
man school at Jerusalem, are to be credit
ed, there is plenty of good land there; but
the poverty of the Hebrews of Jerusalem
is terrible. Out of a population of 50,000,
there are 30,000 Hebrews of which number
28,000 he asserts, live on the alms of their
European co-religionists.
It is declared that the possibility of Pal
estine being portioned among new comers
is too remote to be considered.
It is announced from Odessa that the
late Baron Hirsch's plan to colonize the
republic with Russian Hebrews
has been abandoned in favor of the es
tablishment of Hebrew schools in Russia.
Several of the leading English dramatic
companies are now engaged in touring
the provinces, so that the few large cities
outside of London have no lack of gbod
theatrical attractions. Foremost among
the tourists is Henry Irving, who began
the week at the Borough theater in Strat
ford with The Story of Waterloo and The
Bells, and is making a preliminary trip,
which includes several smaller cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, who have not
been able to secure a London theater for
some time, began their season at Black
pool this week. They have a new play,
by Earnest Hendrie and Metcalfe Wood,
entitled The Elder Miss Blossom, which
is based upon the prevailing passion for
exploration.
John Hare inaugurated his season very
sudcessfully in Edinburgh with Martha
Morton’s comedy, A Bachelor’s Romance,
so that Miss Morton now has two plays
on the English stage.
Olga Nethersole began her tour at Bir
mingham. In addition, the provinces
have George Alexander, supported by Miss
Julie Opp, and Augustin Daly’s American
company, which is appearing outside of
London for the first time.
The revival of La Perichole at the Gar
rick has been dated for Tuesday next.
REACTION IN FRENCH FEELING.
Sarcasm Hurled at the Recent MRd
Russian Mania.
(Copyright, 1897, by the Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 11.—During the interval in
the discussion of the prophecy of Herr
Falk of Vienna, that the world would
come to an end on Nov. 13, 1899, the Paris
newspapers are still most bulsly engaged
in shaping up the future of France in com
pany with the Russian bear. The under
current of reaction which set in after the
first delirium caused by the apparent an
nouncement of the Franco-Russian alli
ance. began to subside is now slightly
more visible. It Is pioneered by Henri
Rofheforts sarcasms in the Intransigeant,
pointing out that the Cronstat meeting has
rendered French soldiers superfluous and
that the best thing to do is to make them
bake bread for the poor, which has been
made, the paper claims, far too costly by
the "political melinite alliance.”
The alliance, however, is a topic for dally
congratulation among most classes in
France, and it has given the greatest
pleasure at the Vatican, where the in
trigues of Cardinal Kopp, the prince bishop
of Brestau, to detach Vatican sympathy
from France, have met with but little
success, the French, indeed, claiming that
the dual alliance has another Partner in
the pope.
Thu siirutkliig of the birth rate in
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A Yew Remedy Which Will Do It.
Chronic dyspepsia is considered by
many people to be nearly if not quite in
curable. No good reason can be given
why they think so except that perhaps
they have tried various remedies without
much, if any benefit. But the progress
in every branch of medicine has been such
that among other things a lasting cure
for indigestion in its chronic form as well
as temporary has been discovered and is
now placed before the public strictly on
its merits as a permanent cure for all
stomach troubles or difficulties with the
digestive organs.
This new treatment is called Stuart’s
Dyspepsia Tablets, being put up in tablet
form so as to be easily taken and also to
preserve its good qualities for an indefinite
length of time.
This remedy has produced surprising ef
fects in the worst forms of indigestion,
and in many cases where ordinary reme
dies failed to give even relief, Stuart’s
Dyspepsia Tablets have fully cured.
The splendid results from using this
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is prepared and intended for dyspesia and
stomach troubles only. It is not a cure
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sun, but it is claimed that it is a certain
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from any form of indigestion cannot fail
to get permanent relief and cure from its
use.
It is so prepared and the ingredients are
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food no matter whether the stomach is in
good working order or not. You get sus
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reason of the food being properly digested
and at the same time the much abused
stomach is allowed to rest and recuper
ate.
Notwithstanding the great benefits to
be derived from Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tab
lets, the price is but 50c for full sized pack
age and all druggists sell them.
A little book on Stomach Diseases mail
ed free by addressing the Stuart Co.,
Marshall, Mich.
France, which for some years past has
been repeatedly brought to public notice,
is now attracting serious attention. A
society, the Holy Alliance National, of
which Dr. Jacques Bertillon is president,
and which was organized early during the
present year, has taken the question in
hand and has induced thirty-eight de
partmental assemblies to adopt resolu
tions embodying the society’s programme,
demanding that the government pass a
law reducing taxation in proportion to
the number of children in the taxpayer’s
family, and that this principle be applied
to all financial laws. In addition, where
the number of servants exceeds the num
ber of children ,the taxpayer is to be sub
jected to an exceptional surtax, and all
favors at the disposal of the state are
to be reserved for the members of large
families.
CLAY ROAD VS. RAILROAD.
Two Florida Towns That Will Go
Hack to the Old-Time Mule Train.
Sanford, FLa., Sept. 10.—This month
finds our “Gate City of South Florida”
again represented in the board of county
commissioners, as Capt. George H. Fer
naid has duly qualified as successor to
Hon. J. N. Whitner, late president of the
board.
Our people are greatly pleased to learn
that the elegent steamer City of Jack
sonville has left hfc- summer run i(i Bos
ton fflffbcr and is ffbV’ln I"WW*l'ork 1 ’
put in good shape for a big business this
winter on the St. Johns river. Early in
October she will put in an appearance
here and then our. busy season will open
in dead earnest.
The Sanforji Board of Trade has deter
mined to make the opening season one of
the best for business in many years. There
are several schemes on foot to accomplish
this purpose, one of which is to draw more
trade from the Oveido and Geneva sec
tion of the county, both by railroad and
new clay roads, and good bridges that
will shorten the distance and make travel
more comfortable.
Unless the railroads make more conven
ient schidul.’s for people in country towns
to get to find from Sanford or Orlando,
the confple'.lon of the clay road between
these two cities will cut into the local
freight and rasi>cnger traffic of thes? rail
road.s Already country merchants are
hauling goods from Orlando over Lie new
clay roads, and the same will be cone
from .Sanford as soon as our clay road
reaches Maitland. Then the country mer
chants can have their goods come up the
river by steamer and haul them inland on
their awn teams. By this means they can
secure a much lower rate on their mer
chandise. The clay roads of Orange al
ready show that they will revolutionize
the old systems of doing business.
WAYCROSS LOCALS.
Tarpentine Men’s Bad Predicament.
Personal and General News Notes.
Waycross, Ga., Sept. 10.—-The turpentine
firms that nave convict camps will have
considerable trouble in replacing the con
victs with free laborers by Oct 6, the time
allowed *>y Judge Sweat’s instruct ons for
the change in the eystem. This is the sea
son for gathering the hard crude, known
as “scrape," f r om the faces of the “boxes"
and experienced free laborers are not to
be secured at this time of year without
difficulty. The dipping period was com
pleted recently and it will require about
two months to finist scraping.
Mount Pleasant church, in Coffee coun
ty, will be dedicated Sunday by the Chris
tian Laymen Workers’ Association. James
M. Freeman and three daughters left this
morning for Mount Pleasant, and will as
sist in the dedicatory services.
The Presbyterian Sunday school has a
beautiful silk banner ornamented with gilt
which is awarded monthly to the class
reading the greatest number of Bible
verses. This month the honors were won
by Mrs. Sheldon’s class of young girls,
having read 3,867 verses.
The Gray Lumber Company’s tram road
extends about twenty-one miles beyond
Pine Bloom, and preparations are being
made for the Hne to be extended several
miles farther, to reach a good body of
limber.
The indications are that the Waycross
fair, in November, will be a greater suc
cess than was expected.
The county commissioners are out in the
country trying to select a site for the
pauper farm.
Do We Need Big Musclest
By no means. Persons of herculean build
frequently possess a minimum of genuine
vigor, and exhibit less endurance than
very small people. Real vigor means the
ability to digest and sleep well, and to
perform a reasonable amount of daily
physical and mental labor without unnat
ural fatigue. It is because a course of
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters enables the
enfeebled dyspeptic to resume the allot
ted activity of every-day life, as well as
to participate without discomfort in Rs
enjoyments, that it is such a pre-eminent
ly useful medicine.—ad.
CUBAN COLONY AUGMENTED.
Interesting Addition to the Society
of St. Augustine.
St. Augustine, Fla., Sept. 10.—Senor Ra
fael Montalvo arrived here this morning,
and was received by the Cuban colony
with open arms and congratulations on his
safe return to his wife and seven children,
residents on San Marco avenue, from an
eleven months confinement on the island
of Ceute, as a “suspect of intrigue with
the rebels in Cuba.”
Senor Montalvo, although having a
loyal Spanish wife, being a Cuban, advo
cated autonomy and took no special part
in the rebellion, but his friends are loyal
followers of Gomez, and the more or less
communicating with him caused suspic
ion on the part of Capt. Gen. Weyler, and
he was arrested, and sent to Africa with
a lot of unfortunates, including criminals,
etc., and was made to suffer all kinds of
indignities and hardships as everything
tainted with Cuban blood or sympathy for
the Cuban cause, he says, is made a mark
for the severest of punishment by both the
soldiery and inhabitants of the island.
Madam Montalvo’s iniiuence secured a
pardon and the release of the gentleman,
whose return to-day brought such rejoic
ings to their refuge home. Senor Mon
talvo while looking hearty, his people
say, the imprisonment has aged him con
siderable.
Sheriff Davis and the Morning News
correspondent learned late last night of
the digging of a hole in the garden lot
at the corner of Central avenue and Ce
dar street during the storm of midnight
of Sept. 8 by unknown parties, and went
to the place and had the mysterious hole,
which had been hastily refilled, dug out,
believing that the sequel to a dark deed
would be unearthed, but after removing
the loose earth from a space Bx4x4 feet,
nothing was discovered to indicate the ob
ject of those who had dug so large a
hole. There was some years ago a house
resting on the spot where the digging was
done, and as the old-time coquina rock
was removed and thrown into the hole
on refilling, iX is supposed that more bur
ied treasures have been recovered and
disappeared, leaving no tracks but the
digging and the tracks of a No. 9 new
«hoe and the prints of a foot with partly
soled shoe.
The incident causes considerable mys
tery, and the negroes are much excited.
PCT THE ROBBER TO FLIGHT.
A Bold Attempt at Robbery Is Frus
trated by an Old Man.
Abbeville, Ga., Sept. 11.—The facts in the
case of one of the boldest robberies that
ever occurred in Wilcox county have just
come to light. Mr. R. N. Player, a naged
farmer, living alone, having separated re
cently from his third and youthful wife,
while sleeping in his house, thirteen miles
south of Abbeville, last Friday night, was
aroused by a vice-like grip on his throat.
The midnight intrduer then ordered him to
get up and be quiet. He then blindfolded
the old man and demanded his money. Mr.
Player delivered his pocketbook, contain
ing sl3 in money. The robber then con
ducted his victim to the well in the yard,
where he secured a rope and made a
noose. He then asked Mr. Player if he
had any more money in the house. The
old man had a loaded gun in his: room and
ray of upon him. He re-
thi'■ 'Stan ’ ln*Mre
house, and if permitted would go and get
it. The robber was suspicious and de
clined the proposition. In attempting to
throw the noose over the neck of his
victim Player resisted and knocked off the
mask of the robber, and cried out for help.
The villain then beat a hasty retreat.
Mr. Player was unable to recognize his
assailant in the darkness, but was able to
determine that he was a white man.
Mr. Player lives alone, remote from the
railroad, is economical /and hoards, his
money. These facts were evidently known
to his nocturnal visitor. d.
Stimulated by the rise in the price of
lumber the saw mills in this section are
all running on full time. The mill owners
say that there is no difficulty in securing
orders at satisfactory prices.
A DAILY SENSATION.
Angndn Politicians Have a New Ex
citement With Each Sun.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 11.—The mayoralty
race grows in interest daily. This even
ing Postmaster W. M. Dunbar announces
his candidacy in answer to a petition by
900 asking him to run, and Mr. Dan Kerr
announces the following gentlemen for
councilmen on his ticket: First ward, As
bury Hull; second ward, Edward Lyons;
Third ward, Thomas Barrett; Fourth
ward, George R. Lombard; the Fifth
ward is left open. Two candidates are
already announced in that ward, and Mr.
Kerr did not care to choose between them
and antagonize the other.
Mr. George R. Lombard writes Mr.
Walsh a note that will be published along
with Mr. Kerr’s announcement of his
ticket, in which Mr. Lombard authorizes
Mr. Walsh to put his name on Walsh’s
ticket, and says he is not the champion
of any candidate. Mr. Lombard is a large
manufacturer, and one of the leading men
of Augusta. He Wfis a strong card for
Kerr to play, but the letter from Mr.
Lombard to Mr. Walsh takes the wind out
of this sail.
There are now four candidates in the
field, and this promises to .be the most
notable campaign in Augusta’s history.
MERRYMAKERS AT M’INTOSH.
Young Folks Enjoy a Happy Ride.
Educational Notes.
Mclntosh, Ga., Sept. 10.—A number of
young people of this vicinity are out to
night in a large wagon drawn by four
handsome horses, enjoying a hay-ride. In
the party are some visiting young ladies,
consisting of Miss Dero of Nashville, Miss
McDonald of Brunswick, Miss Jaudon of
Savannah, Miss Harden of Walthourville,
and Miss Annie May McDbnald of Fair
hope.
Misses Laura Belle Cassels and Nellie
Mills will leave on Monday for the Geor
gia Normal and Industrial College, in Mil
ledgeville, where they will graduate next
June.
Most of the schools have opened In the
county with a good attendance.
Cotton is beginning to come in freely.
CITY OF BRUNSWICK BURNED.
A Brunswick Steamer Is Destroyed
at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 11.—The steamer
City of Brunswick, running between Jack
sonville and Mayport, was burned to the
water's edge at the latter place to-night.
The fire is supposed to have originated in
the fuel bunkers.
The boat was built in New York in 1860,
and was then known as the Thomas Col
yer. Her value was $15,000. Insurance not
known. The Brunswick and Florida Steam
boat Company of Brunswick, Ga., was the
owners.
WILL SECURE GOOD ROADS.
GOV. ATKINSON TALKS ON THE
CONVICT QUESTION.
He Is Please to See How Readily His
Instructions Are Carried Out by
the Courts and Sheriffs and How
Gracefully the Lessees of Convicts
Surrender Their Charges The
Matter of Claims—Work on the
Public Roads.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11.—Gov. Atkinson
gave out an interesting interview this
afternoon on the situation of the private
misdemeanor convict camp, and the work
now going on toward the abolishing of
these. He says he is much gratified by the
promptness with which the judges of
courts and other officials have responded,
to his suggestions relative to the cancel
lation of the convict lease contract, not a
single one raising the question of good or
bad treatment, but only considering the
letter of the law in the method of their
punishment. The lessees too, he says, have
displayed a ready willingness to surrender
the convicts, though some of these think
they should have a little time in which to
substitute free By Oct. 10, the gov
ernor says he expects to see the last one of
the misdemeanor convicts now in the cus
tody of contractors, taken charge of by
the county officers. ,
“Os course, the lessees are more or less 1
wronged,” says the governor, “about the
money which they have paid in advance
for the hire of the convicts, but I do not
anticipate they will have any trouble in
adjusting their differences with the county
i authorities on a basis that’s satisfactory.”
Gov. Atkinson declares that he is ready
to commute the sentence of all convicts,
who are taken charge of, if the authori
ties of the counties are not disposed to give
them credit for the time they
have already served in the private camps,
so they will be required to serve only the
original sentence imposed.
As to the methods adopted by the judges
to take charge of the convicts in the
private camps, the governor says their
correspondence with him shows that they
have very properly gone about it by or
dering the sheriffs to resume custody of
them and see that the law is carried out
in the execution of their sentences. The
judges have the same authority to order
the sheriffs to do this as if in the case of
an escape.
The governor quotes an opinion of the
attorney general to the effect that the
misdemeanor convicts may be worked in
the chain-gang of the county where con
victed; upon the gang of any incorporat
ed town or city of the county; upon the
chain-gang of any other county of this
state, after contract between the two
counties, or upon any work, except me
chanic pursuits, where their labor
would come in contact with
free labor. Under the latter,
county authorities may work them on a
private farm, cutting timber for sawmills,
private persons, etc. All that is required
is that the contract be not relinquished to
private parties.
Gov. Atkinson especially recommends
that the convicts be put to work on the
public roads, but where this is not prac
tical he thinks there need be no fear by
any county of sustaining less when pri
vate parties can pay S6O to SIOO per year
for each convict and make a profit on bls
ii oncbKgfcn he he exacts Ji
the up of the private misde
meanor convicts give a great impetus Ito
the good roads movement in the state.
THE OKEEFENOKEE SWAMP.
Matters Arranged in Court so That
Work May Be Resumed.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11.—Joel Hart, re
ceiver of the Suwanee Canal Company,
owners of the Okeefenokee swamp, made
his report to Fulton superior court to-day,
and upon the showing presented, the court
allowed orders which provide for the car
rying forward of the work at the swamp,
and obviates for a time, at least, the sal®
of the property under legal
The swamp company has been “in a
hole” so to speak since the death of Capt.
Henry Jackson, originator of the scheme,
but Receiver Hurt believes that he will
be able to pull it out alright, and yet make
a Klondike harvest out of it.
The court ordered that Gen. Henry R.
Jackson, who has a first mortgage of SIOO,-
000, be paid SB,OOO as interest, and also $2,800
to reimbuse him for outlay, while he was
acting as temporary receiver.
The $60,000 worth of lumber now on hand
was ordered sold.
A LITTLE TOO AUTOCRATIC.
Fulton’s Road Commissioners Re
ceive a Little Shock.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11.—Fulton county’s
board of commissioners of roads and reve
nues is considerably agitated over a mys
terious movement to have that body abol
ished by the legislature al its next ses
sion.
'Notice of an intention to Introduce a bill
to abolish the board has been posted at
the courthouse by some hidden hand. The
commissioners say they have no idea who
Is behind the movement, and while they
try to appear indifferent they are worried
over it.
The commissioners have been doing
things with a high hand recently, causing
no little opposition to them, and this is
very probably the cause of the movement
to abolish them, some suffering tax payer
is taking this method of showing his dis
approval.
THE TAG GAME ENDED.
Commissioner Nisbett Clones a Con*
tract for the Printing; Job.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11.—After taking
bids three different times, awarding the
contract twice to parties who failed to
come to the scratch when called upon for
the goods. Commissioner of Agriculture
Nesbitt settled the fertilizer tag question
to-day. He awards the contract to the
Dennison company, at 45 cents per thou
sand, and the company has clinch the
matter by filing a $2,500 bond to complete
the contract.
Last year $1.60 per thousand was paid
for the tags, consequently by taking the
work out of the hands of the state printer
and allowing it to go to the highest bid
der, the state will be saved SI,OOO or $5,000
this season.
GRABBED THE CASH BAG.
A Negro Employe of a Columbus
Store Commits a Bold Robbery.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 11.—This afternoon
a negro boy, Douglass Brooks, employed
at Charley Bazemore's store, snatched a
bag from Mrs. Bazemore, containing $l7O,
getting away with his booty*
fie has not been captured.