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2 THE CLOUDS BREAKING AGAIN. A BOW OF PROMISE IN THE CRES CENT CITY. Holte Revived by the Reports of the New Orleans Board of Health—One Meath and Five New Cases Report ed-All Fever Patients Are Isolat ed—The Meath Rate Has Not Yet Reached IO Per Cent.—Reports From Other Sections. New Orleans, Sept. 18. —A trifling im provement in the fever situation marked the close of the day's work of the board Os health. There was one death, as on yesterday, and there were fewer new cases. At 6 o’clock this evening there were •till two cases under investigation. Os the cases investigated to-day, five were declared by the experts to be yellow fever, and as usual they were widely scat tered. This is the record: Deaths —E. Harmon. New Cases—Santa Graffo, Marie Dubois, Itafael Fourtoin, C. H. Gormon, Mel- choir. The fatal case, that of E. Harmon, a mulatto, was reported in last night’s dis patches as one of the new cases, and was Bald to be a genuine type of the disease. Jt has not been found possible to trace the origin of his case, but It is not im probable that he came in contact with some sojourners at Ocean Springs or Bi loxi. Harmon died this afternoon. He lived in a nest of the negro population, and ever since his case was reported the neighbor hood has been under the most rigid sur veillance. The woman, Graffo, is an Italian, and, as soon as her case was pronounced, steps taken to have her removed to the hospital, where arrangements had been made to Isolate her. Rafael Fourtlon is also an Italian, living in an apartment house in a neighborhood in which the Italian population is Very large. The Melchoir case is that o{ a boy in the St. Claude Street square, where the first six cases in New Orleans were re ported. Other members of his family have been ill with yellow fever. As a general rule, the patients who are Buffering with yellow fever are reported to-night to be improving, with the excep tion of Dr. Lovell. There have thus far been a total of thirty-five cases here, and the death rate has not yet reached 10 per cent., thus showing the mildness of the type of fever now prevailing. Marion Dawden, a member of the Ouachita Guards, who are guarding the city, was accidentally shot this morning nt Monroe, about 6:30 o’clock by Henry McCormack, a fellow member, and it is not thought that he can possibly recover. New Orleans’ Fourth Case. New Orleans, (Sept. 18.—Rafael Fouatjon of 1426 Chartres street Is this afternoon reported suffering with yellow fever. This is the fourth case to-day. Mobile’s Latest Bulletin. Frank Donaldson, one of the day’s new , to-night. . the Associated Press the Register office, was taken O’clock to-night. His <<>r.di normal, it is tWxht *" Wim Wsen overworked, and excited him- Belf abcut the yellow fever. ■» _____ The Situation at Edward*. Vicksburg, Miss., Sept. IS.—The total number of cases at Edwards and vicinity of true yellow fever is forty-seven. The latest reports to-night make the total new cases of the day ten. REPORTS TO DR. WYMAN. The Fontnlnebienu Camp—Cane* nt Barclay and Mobile. Washington, Sept. 18.—In a telegram to Surgeon General Wyman, Dr. White re ports that the detention camp at Fon tainebleau will be bo far completed as to begin receiving refugees to-morrow. Dr. White stales that all the yellow fever cases at Barclay are nearly well. Dr. Porter reports that there is one case of fever in the Marine hospital at Mobile, but the patient has bdbn thoroughly iso lated. A message from Dr. Glennan to Surgeon General VVyfnan received tp-night reports eleven new ease* of yellow fever at Mo bile. making a total to date of 18, with two death*. Gov. Johnson has authorized the use of Mount Vernon barracks. Surgeon Genera) Wyman also received a message from Dr. Young at Memphis Baying that arrangements are being made to detain suspects a few miles below the city, and that boats are prohibited landing everywhere at present. Surgeon Saw telle, In a message from Atlanta received to-night informs the sur geon general that Atlanta has practically beoonia a distributing point for refugees from the infected districts. He thinks the climatic conditions are such there that the fever cannot gain a foothold, but say* mH necessary precautions will be taken. About 360 refugees traveling north have been furnished with health certificates, Raving about 600 Mill tn the city. A St Ml'Kt T IN ATLANTA’S CAMP. IA Mun From Mobile Who Had Nursed n Fever Patient In Quarantine. Atlanta. G*., Sept. 18.—The local health Muthorlties took charge of the first yellow fever suspect to-day, and the detention camp, below West End, now has one in mate. The suspected case I* that of a man from ’Mobile, who had been nursing a fever patient in that city, the patient dy ing several days ago. When this occurred, the nurse began to have sickness at the Btomuch, and he made ararogements to come to Atlanta. W h*n he reached West Point this morn ing. report was made to Mayor Collier by the physician who has been stationed there by the Atlanta health board. Im tmaliately upon receipt of this report Mayor Collier and several physicians has tened to East Point to meet the train upon which the auapect was a passenger. There he was subjected to a thorough examine, tion. and. although the physicians declare that he had none of the symptoms of yel low jack, yet he was detained and sent to the quarantine station for ten days. Refuges continue to flock into the city in S'ji.'t number*. Every train from the In fevted regions is crowded to the platform •n«i railroad men report irrealer crowd* w*alttna their chance to come A.I are inspected before they are allowed to euier the city and by this means, the health board Inspector* hope to be able to isrevent the Introduction of any who are actually infected with the scourge, or who have been dangerously exposed to it. DR. HINDER*' »VGGE*TION. |t«'CrlitrrnttoM I’rnpotrd fer Freiixht* Front Infected Cities. » AVUistkr, Ala., iS,—Dj. Saudattu More Medical value in a bottle of Hood’s Sarsaparilla than in any other preparation. More skill, more care, more expense in manu facture. It costs proprietor and dealer More but it costs the consumer less, as he gets more doses for his money. More curative power is secured by its peculiar combination, proportion and process. More wonderful cures effected, more testimon monials, more sales and more increase. Many more reasons why you should take Hood’s Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. sl. u j $ i v-11 are °nly pills to take IIOOG S HlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. state health officer of Alabama, will soon lay before the government a plan by which the freight embargo caused by yel low fever may be almost wholly removed. The plan consists in using refrigerator cars for distributing freights from infect ed localities. The freights are to be placed in such cars and the latter hermetically sealed, and then the temperature within reduced to freezing or below. A freezing temperature will destroy yellow fever germs. By the time such freights reach their destination, it Is thought they will be harmless. Sulphur fumes may also be used In such cars to disinfect freights, the cars not to be opened until they reach their destinations. Substantially all goods that people stand much in need of, could be shipped with impunity. Montgomery Quarantines Atlanta. ) Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 18.—Montgomery to-night quarantines against Atlanta on the grounds that she opens her doors to yellow fever refugees. Jackion Land Office Closed. Washington, Sept. 18. —On account of the yellow fever epidemic the President has issued an order temporarily closing the land office at Jackson, Miss. LUETGERT WILL TESTIFY. He Speak* of the Case—Say* He Has Some Trump Card* to Play. Chicago, Sept. 18.—A wrangle be tween the prosecution and the defense over the admissabillty of evi dence tending to show a motive for the murder of Mrs. Luetgert prevented the state from closing its case, as it had ex pected to do, to-day. Judge Tuthill took the matter under advisement and the case went over until Tuesday next. When asked for his opinion of the ease made out against him, Luetgert grew an gry for a moment, and exclaimed: "You ought to know my opinion of the case without asking me. There is nothing in it. Take away the quarrel of the ex pert* over the bones, and what have you got left? Nothing. They have not prov ed that the woman is dead and they can not prove it. I am sot going to talk abbbt my calie at this time, F have Rome trump cards, and I will play them In court when the time come*. I will testify. I have made up my mind to that. I will tell that jury something that will open the eyes of every member of the panel. The people will know my side of this story next week, and then maybe I will not be regarded the villain 1 have been pictured.’’ Witnesses followed each other on the witness stand in the trial of Luetgert this morning with unusual rapidity. Abra ham Seely, a butcher of 759 West Monroe street, caused a mild sensation when he announced that at a public sale at Luet gert'* factory' some weeks ago, he pur chased thirty-nine bottles of mineral wa ter. It has been the contention of the defense that on the night of May 1, when Mrs. Luetgert is said to have been mur dered, Luetgert, not feeling well, sent Frank Bialk to a drug store for medicine. Blalk himself declares that Luetgert told him to get a bottle of mineral water. Sub sequent developments have shown that the sausagemaker had at least thirty eight bottles of this water on hand when he sent Bialk away after more that night. When an attempt was made to show Luelgert’s alleged relations with Mary Siemmering and other women the defense entered objection. Attorney Vincent pro tested that this line of evidence was high ly improper and he objected to it as in competent. Attorney Phalen for the de fense said he would not object to this evi dence. The decision of counsel for the defense occasioned a surprise. Ex-Judge Vincent declared that the evidence was only col lateral and its only effect would be to establish the reputation of Mary Siem mering, who was to be a witness for the defense. Judge Tuthill took the disputed point under advisement and adjourned court until Tuesday. CRIME IN CAROLINA. One Farmer Kills Another for Nlirnklnn Harshly to Hl* Wife. Columbia. C., Sept. 18.—To-day, near Newberry, Wesley Stevens walked up to William Chick, whose little daughter was holding his hand, and accused him of speaking harshly to his wife. Before Chick could reply, Stevens fired a load of shot in his breast, killing him instantly, and wounding the girl in the arm. They were farmer*. Stevens fled. FIRED BY LIGHTNING. A Carolina Town Suffer* a General I,oss in a Storm. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 18,-News has been received here that the town of Ridge ville, Aiken county, including the stores, dwellings and railroad depot, was fired in several places last night during a severe electric storm and many buildings were destroyed. Whether there was loss of lite cannot be ascertained at this time. THEY CERTAINLY SAW IT. It Mas a Balloon ar«l Mas Believed to Have Been Prot. Andree's. St. Petersburg. Sept. 18.—The official Messenger confirms to-day the announce ment yesterday that on Sept, u, at 11 p. m„ the inhabitants of the village of Ants ifirowskojo. in the district of Yeniseisk. Arctic Russia, saw for about five minutes a balloon believed to be that of Prof. An- Charaed With Smuagllttg. Wilmington, N. C.. Sept. 18.-The Italian barque Non! America. Cafiero. master. “is .-rlxed here to-day by United States marshal under UNel from the United States vuuxt charged with amuggiuu* THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.1897. WILL WAR DOGS BE LOOSED? ENGLAND’S PREPARATIONS INDI CATE A RUPTURE OF PEACE. liiUNiinl Force* Massed on the In dian Frontier—Russia Thought to Be Belli nd a Project for War—The Distress of Ireland Exaggerated. Will Accept no Aid From England. Cnban Affairs Through English Glasses. Copyright, 1897, by the Associated Press. London, Sept. 18.—The fact that no less than ten batteries of horse and field ar tillery have been ordered to embark for India during the months of September and October, is much commented upon in military circles. Under ordinary circumstances, the four batteries now in India would have been relieved this month. But these batteries have been ordered to remain in India, and, therefore, there will shortly be on the frontier fourteen batteries of artil lery, a full complement for an army corps. As the British force now assembled on the frontier is of ample strength to wipe out all visible resistance, the only conclusion that can be reached in relation to the dispatett of reinforcements of artillery is that the authorities are possessed of In formation of a serious character. The intimation conveyed by the war of fice on Monday last, to the London com mercial agent of the Ameer of Afghanis tan, that no war material or machinery for the manufacture thereof, will be al lowed to cross the frontier during the present crisis, indicates that the British government has by no means entire con fidence in the ameer’s fidelity, and it is hinted the government has learned that while professing friendliness to Great Bri tai, the ameer has been secretly preparing for war. Well informed circles are also discussing the story of secret correspon dence between Russia and Afghanistan, which is said to have fallen into the hands of the British officials, and it is further intimated that a widespread plot, embrac ing the Beluchis, and others, has been dis covered. The truth, or otherwise, of these stories will develop hereafter, but, the fact re mains that the large Increase in the strength of the British artillery in India cannot be intended for use against the Afridis. The extent of the distress threatening Ireland seems to depend largely as to through which party’s eyes it is viewed. The council of the national federation has decided that the country is on the brink of a widespread calamity, and calls upon Messrs. Dillon and Harrington to convoke a meeting of the Irish members of parlia ment for the purpose of requisitioning Mr. Balfour, the government leader in the commons, to call an autumn session of parliament, to devise relief measures and to pass a bill reducing rent* in Ireland in proportion to the loss incurred by the tenants owing to the wholesale destruc tion of their crops. On the other hand, the Dublin Express says the cry of famine', is only a continu ation of the party war-cry, which is raised every year the unionists are in office, and adds: "Judging from the past, we may hope thaj much of the crops doomed to destruction by the prophets of evil will be Fjmpued and that the geners’ yield will than? The Daily Independent sug gestion that the Duchess pPt York will shortly appeal for funds in behalf of the Irish, who are threatened with famine, as being nn insult, and says: *tff the coun try was ten times as badly off as it is likely to be, It would resent any charit able appeal to the English.” Figure* furnished in the report of the inspector in inebriates retreats, show- that the effect of legislative intervention to re form drunkards is still experimental and wholly inadequate. The renort says: "Immoderate drinking, though frightfully common among the in dustrial classes, is still more prevalent among the upper ten. It is also certain that among women of all classes drunken ness is increasing rapidly.” Lord Roseberry, the former liberal pre mier. is preparing to re-enter public life. The Llgue Ornlthophile Francaise is or ganizing an international congress for the preservation of insectivorous birds. The congress will open its session in Aix on Nov. 9. It is. proposed to demonstrate that internatloiial agriculture would be wise to secure tne absolute prohibition by law of the destruction of these birds, and that severe penalties should be imposed upon those who kill or capture birds alighting in the course of their migra tions. The Speaker says it regards the capture of Victoria de las Tunas by the Cuban insurgents as being a salutary lesson, taking the ground that It gives Spain a shock, "which, it is hoped, will check her in her drift towards bankruptcy and civil war.” While not expressing sympathy with the motives, the speaker adds: “The United State* can find excellent reasons to intervene whenever she likes.” The Speaker advises Spain to recall Capt. Gen. Weyler, and to arrange terms with the Cubans, through the intermediary of the United States, expressing the opin ion that otherwise Spain may have great er dangers to face after the United States congress meets. THE LYNCHING OF ARROYO. The Government Will Pronecnte the Mob to the Full Extent of the Law. City of Mexico, Sept. 18.—Orders have been given to investigate the lynching of Arroyo. President Diax has decided that the inquiry be most rigorous, and that the guilty parties be severely punished, as he feels that the act was a reproach to the nation, which has taken pride in the fact that lynch law has been unknown here. Twenty odd men arrested are still in custody and formal papers are being drawn up in their cases. CUT AN OFFICER'S THROAT. Policeman Goa* of Brookland Killed While Making an Arrest. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 18.—Robert Hook, a white man, cut the throat, from ear to ear. of Policeman John Goss of Brook land, a suburb of Columbia to-night, while the officer was attempting to arrest his brother. Hook mounted a horse and escaped. The policeman died instantly. STRANDED AT BRANDON. The Preaident Asked for Tents for Needy Rcfnweea From Fever. Washington, Sept. 18.—The President re ceived a telegram to-day from the mayor of Brandon. Mis*., stating that a number of yellow fever refugees were there in a sorry plight, owing to lack of protection and inability to move away, on account of the numerous quarantines closing all avenues to them. He asked for tents to shelter them, but gave no particulars as to the number needed. • The President and Secretary Alger will comply with the requvat if it be found that the law permiu. THREE HEADS IN THE BASKET. FIRE COMMISSION USED A HEAVY AX YESTERDAY. Foreman Jeremiah Murphy and As sistant Foreman Cornelius Flynn of Chemical Company No. 1 and Fireman John C. Henderson Dis charged The Accused Firemen •I Not Allowed to He Represented by Counsel— Fireman Kiernan Rein stated —No Charges Preferred Against Foreman Connolly Yester day. Foreman Jeremiah Murphy of chemical company No. 1 of the Savannah fire de partment has been discharged. So has Assistant Foreman Flynn of the same company. Fireman John C. Henderson has been discharged also. Assistant Foreman Kiernan of truck company No. 1 has been losing his pay for the two months that he has been under suspension. Fireman Frank Ward, who has been under suspension for thirty days, was continued under suspen sion until Oct. 1, when he will be again placed on duty, pending his good behavior. No charges have as yet been preferred against Foreman J. B. Connolly of en gine company No. 1, though there is good reason to believe that they will be at an early date. This is the result of the meeting of the fire commission yesterday afternoon. The commission was in sesion until 8:30 o’clock. When the com mission began its session at 5 o’clock, Col. A. R. Lawton was on hand, representing Kiernan and Henderson, and George W. Beckett, Esq., representing Murphy, Flynn and Connolly, it being understood that charges had been preferred against Con nolly also. Col. Law ton and Mr. Beckett were given a hearing by the commission, and urged their right to be present and repre sent their clients. The commission, after considering the matter in caucus, report ed that they could not allow the firemen against whom charges had been preferred to be represented by counsel. The com mission then began the investigation of the charges against the accused firemen in secret session. The result has already been announced. GRAND DUCHESS TO GO BACK. WILL RUN AGAIN BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAVANNAH. The direct line of the Ocean Steamship Company’s vessels between Savannah and Boston will shortly be re-established, and the Plant system steamship, “La Grande Duchesse,” will soon resume her place on the Savannah-NewYork line. Thia news came to Savannah yesterday from New York, and is direct from Vice President John M. Egan, who went there several days ago. He has been in confer ence there with Vice President R. G. Er win of the 1 Plant system, who is exercising the functions of the system’s chief execu tive during the absence in Japan of Pres ident H. *i. PlanL a This con’FerencS Sfettiea or the Duchess, and this being arranged, it became necessary to dispose of the vessel she is to relieve. It has been known for some time that the Ocean Steamship Com pany officials were considering the re establishment of the Savannah-Boston di rect line, so the settlement of the run for the Duchess left a vessel for Mr. Egan to put back on the line between these two ports. The City of Macon and the Gate City will probably be the vessels that will run on the Boston line. The former now rune to Boston from New York, Instead of Savannah. The changes will become effective early in October, the Duchess sailing from New York on, or soon after that date. The Plant system vessel, it is under stood, is still at Newport News, where her builders have been making extensive alterations in her machinery. She was given a builder’s trial trip a short time since, and was found, it is said, to have proven thoroughly satisfactory. An offi cial trial is to be given her at New York before she Is accepted by the system. HER DRESS CAUGHT FIRE. Mr», Morrell Severely Burned From Cool Oil. While igniting a Are with coal oil yes terday, Mrs. Joseph Morrell of 550 Orange street, caught Are to her clothing and be fore assistance could reach her, had suf fered much agony. She is the wife of Fireman Morrell, who is stationed at en gine house No. 5. Mrs. Morrell was just beginning prep arations for dinner and had in the kitchen to make the Are. In doing so, however, she adopted the dangerous method of pouring coal oil upon the fuel. In lighting the fuel the Aush of the flames almost enveloped one side of her clothing, igniting it. Realizing the great danger in which she was placed, she ran into the yard, crying at the top of her voice for assistance. Mr. Morrell himself happen ed to be near, and upon hearing the cries for help, went to her rescue. But be fore h e had extinguished the blaze, which was then sweeping about his wife, he suf fered severe and painful burns about the hands himself. The ambulance was summoned from the barracks and Mrs. Morrell was removed to the Savannah hospital for medical at tention. She was severely burned and may not recover. The attendants at the hospital state that it has not yet been ascertained whether she swallowed any of the dames, but they say that in case she has, the prospects for recovery will be meager. SHOT BY AN OFFICER. A Charleston Policeman Kills One Man and Wounds Another. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 18.—Henry Perry, a negro, was shot and mortally wounded here by Policeman Burton to-day at 1 o'clock. Three white men had been attacked at the corner of Line and King street, by Ave or six negroes. The negroes were using iron rods with effect, when the policeman came up. When the officer appeared they ran, three of them going into a house on Cooper street. As Burton tried to enter the place he turned the Are, shooting Perry through the was Bred uj«on from the window. He re head and slightly wouodieg a man named Washington. WINTER IN ITS WILDEST MOOD THE VERY HEART OF HUMANITY FREEZES IN ALASKA’S HILLS. The Fury of the Blast, the Snow and the Ice Make More Than Terrible the Passes to the Hills of Gold. Provisions Thrown Away to Lighten the Loads of Toiling Wor shippers nt the Shrine of Mammon. Selfishness the Only Visible Im pulse of the Heart. Washington, Sept. 18.—Mr. Oren W. Weaver, acting commissioner of labor, to day gave to the Associated Press a copy of a most graphic letter on the terrors of the trip across Alaska to the Klondike gold fields. The letter had just been received from Samuel C. Dunham, statistical expert of the government’s department of labor, who had been assigned by Commissioner Wright to make an investigation of the opportunities which the gold regions in the Yukon valley and adjoining territory afford for the remunerative employment of American labor and capital. The let ter is dated Lake Lindeman, Alaska, Aug. 26, 12 m., 1897. Mr. Dunham says that it has been storming, rain, snow and sleet, almost continuously since he left the coast. The glacial streams cut the steep trail in in numerable places, washing down lakes of mud to form almost impassable bogs in every basin and hollow. The trail itself over the mountains is, in many places, at a 45-degree incline, and rendered doubly hazardous by glaciers, crevasses and boul der-strewn ledges overhanging yawning chasms and precipices. Frequent stops have to be made for rest, and even a few minutes of inaction in the piercing cold goads the traveler on again to keep from freezing to death. After struggling with a 40-pound pack Mr. Dun ham was forced to pay an Indian $lO to pack it twelve miles from Dyea to Sheep camp. Sixteen dollars more was paid to carry the same pack from Sheep camp to Lake Lindeman. He continues: “At present the condition of affairs on both trails is terrible, and hundreds of men are bound to starve and freeze to death if they continue to come this way. I passed at least a thousand men between Dyea and here, and not more than 100 have got to the other side of the summit. Every fifty yards along the trail are piles of goods, and I suppose there are provisions to the value of $200,- 000 scattered along the trail. “Prices for packing and for all kinds of service are practically prohibitory for most of those who are attempting to cross. “I never saw so much selfishness any where as is displayed on this trail. You pass a hundred people without receiving a response to your respectful “good morn ing,” and soon learn to keep your mouth shut. “If j’ou ask for food, in nine cases out of ten it will be refused. “I have made arrangements to go down the river with ,a friend, who made the trip before. He expects to be ready to start in four or five days and to make the trip in seven days. 1 am patiently await ing the arrival of my outfit, but do not expect it until the weather Improves. “ ‘Every, sacamshi*; that Ups brought peo-. pie up will have all it can do for at least two trips in carrying the unsuccessful peo ple back to civilization, and there ought to be some way to force them to perform the service without compensation. (Signed) “Samuel C. Dunham.” TRE NEWS AT WASHINGTON. i - A Fever Alarm—Hymen Holds Conrt. Dynpensary Agitation. Washington, Ga., Sept. 18.—Quite an ex citement was stirred up last night by the report that several yellow fever refugees had come in on the last train, and some few people wanted them quarantined at once. It turned out to be a false alarm, but showed that very few of the citizens fear the dread disease in this climate. In the epidemic of about fifty years ago, it is said by one of our oldest citizens that several cases were brought here. Some died, and some did not, but the disease w’as not contagious among the citizens. Mr. M. C. Booker of this place and Miss Sophronia McCall of Atlanta were married on the 13th in Atlanta. Mr. I. T. Jack son and Miss Anna Lee Gilbert were mar ried at the home of the bride’s parents, Sept. 15, Rev. B. M. Calloway officiating. A larger number of young people than every known (before have left here for different colleges lately. The dispensary agitation Is till red-hot. A prominent barkeeper is out in a card charging the Athens dispensary with sell ing for $1 a gallon the same whisky which he sold for 50 cents. The dispensary is advocated here chiefly for the purpose of taking the barrooms out of politics. AID FOR KLO.NDIKERS. Secretary Alger Haw a Scheme of Great Magnitude. Washington, Sept. IB.r-Secretary Alger, who has been anxiously planning to get supplies into the Yukon region this winter to relieve the almost certain starvation now staring the hordes of treasure-seekers in the face, has hit upon the novel plan of trying a locomotive sledge to run on the river after the hard freeze sets in. This engine was designed for the north ern logging camps and Secretary Alger has tried it With some success in his own big lumber camps in Michigan. It is said to travel about twelve miles an hour and is capable of drawing an enormous load. The chief problem is that of fuel and the secretary has invited Joseph Ladue, the founder of Dawson, to a conference on the practical value of the plan. WAS BADLY HIRT. Brakeman Johnson's Injuries More Severe Than Reported. Brakeman Samuel K. Johnson was more badly hurt in the wreck Wednesday night at Davisboro on the Central railroad than was reported here. Better information from those, who went to the scene of the wreck adds an arm broken in two places, a contused head and many bruises to the injured jaw, spoken of in the first report. The brake man was taken to his home at Macon. The track did not remain blocked long after the accident, and it was ready for the passage of trains after 9 o'clock yes terday morning. The wreck was caused by the ninth car from the engine breaking down and the next eight proceeding to pile upon it. No blame is attached to anyone for the acci dent. Fava Not Recalled. Rome, Sept. 18.—An official statement has been issued denying that Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador to the United States, has been recalled. . SAILINGS OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK. (Central 90th meridian time.) 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. 25, 5:00 p. 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 D. H. MILLER, WEDNES DAY, Sept. 22, at 3:0O p. m. Steamship ITASCA, SATURDAY, Sept. 25, at 5:00 p. m. ’ Steamship BERKSHIRE, WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29, at 8:00 p. m. DANIEL REPLIES TO O’FERRALL. The Controversy in Virginia Is to Have Another Chapter Added. Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 18.—A letter from Senator John W. Daniel, in answer to the recent letter of Gov. O’Ferrall, will be published in the Lynchburg News to morrow. A considerable part of Senator Daniels letter is devoted to quoting newspaper comments on his speeches last fall, and extract from a letter written by him in October, 1596, all showing that his con struction of the “government by injunc tion” plank of the Chicago platform was the same then as it ds now. This is in refutation of the charge of the governor that Senator Daniel held his peace on the subject during the last campaign. Senator Daniel then deals with a number of other political topics. In discussing Gov. O’Ferrall’s charge that the last national democratic plat form proposed to revolutionize the su preme court, in order to get from it a de cision favorable to an income tax, Senator Daniel declares that “the democracy has never packed the supreme court. It never will. To impute the suggestion is to slan der as-reputable men as the nation has in it.” Senator Daniel contends that the mean ing of the national platform was that the court, in the natural order of events, would be differently constituted, and might be brought to reconsider its last decision as to an income tax, and thus again reverse itself on this question, as it had previous ly done. “Judges are not beyond the pale of crit icism,” he says. “No good: man desires to hfe beyond it. Criticism is the weapon of truth, and all public servants must be open to it, if they are honest and capable. “Gov. O’Ferrall, in his recent letter to the press, undertook to excuse himself for voting in congress five times in one day for free silver, and afterwards bolting the democratic national ticket for declaring for this very same doctrine by saying that he had not studied the question while a member of congress, but had accepted the assurance of other congressmen that free silver coinage was practical. To this Sen ator Daniel responds that a man who so reverses the natural order of things that he does not study a question when it is his duty to do it, but hastens to study it when it is not his duty to do it, is in too in defensible a position to undertake to crit icise those who have studied it and who have not changed their views on the ques tion. Referring again to Gov. O’Ferrall’s . charge DarjeJ had offered a resolu tion in the Senate commending PresiSSit Cleveland for sending troops to quell the Chicago riot, and afterwards as a mem ber of the committee on resolutions at the Chicago convention, condemned the Pres ident for sending troops to Chicago, Sen ator Daniel positively denies that he w r as ever a member of the committee on reso lutions at Chicago, or that he knew what was in the committee’s report until the platform was presented to the convention for adoption. THE INDIANA INSPECTED. An Expert Declares That the Battle ship Is All Right. Washington, Sept. 18.—The expert sent by the naval ordnance department to Hampton Roads to examine one of the turret guns of the battleship Indiana, has returned to the department and reports that there is no sign of any crack in the gun and that the slight depression in the metal that was mistaken for one is noth ing more than a powder mark. NEW MEDICAL DISCOV 1 ERY. A Positive Cure For Dyspepsia This may read as though we were put ting it a little strong because it is gen erally thought by the majority of peo ple that Dyspepsia in its chronic form is incurable, or practically so. But we have long since shown that Dyspepsia is curable, nor is it such a difficult mat tar as at first appears. The trouble with Dyspeptics is that they are continually dieting, starving themselves, or going to opposite extremes or else deluging the already over-burden ecT'stomach with “bitters,” “after dinner pills,” etc., which invariably increase the difficulty even if in some cases they do give a slight temporary relief. Such treat ment of the stomach eimbly make mat ters worse. What the stomach wants is a rest. Now how can the stomach become rested, recuperated and at the same time the body nourished and sustained. This is the great secret and this is also the secret of the uniform success of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. This is a comparatively new remedy, but its suc cess and popularity leaves no doubt as to its merits. The Tablets will digest the food any way, regardless of condition of stomach. The sufferer irom Dyspepsia according to directions is to eat on abundance of good, wholesome food and use the tablets before and after each meal and the re sult will be that the food will be digested no matter how bad your.dyspepsia may be, because as before stated, will digest the food even if the stomach is wholly inactive. To illustrate our mean ing plainly, if you take 1,800 grains of meat, eggs or ordinary food and place it in a temperature of 98 degrees, and put with it one of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets it will digest the meat or eggs almost as perfectly as if the meat was enclosed with in the stomach. The stomach may be ever so weak yet these tablets will perform the work of digestion and the body and brain will be properly nourished and at the same time a radical, lasting cure of dyspepsia will be made because the much abused stomach will be given, to some extent, a much needed rest. Your druggist will tell you that of tjie many remedies ad vertised to cure dyspepsia none of them has given so complete and general sat isfaction as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and not least in importance in these hard times is the fact that they are also the cheapest and give the most good for the least money. A little book on cause and cure of stomach trouble sent free by addressing Stuart m. Marshall. Mich. MADE A PARTY TO THE CRIME. POSTMASTER LOFTON’S BLOOD| STAINS M’KINLEY’S SKIRTS. Governor Atkinson Declares That the Man Who Appointed an Obnox ious Negro to a Public Office Over the Protest of the People in a Country Committed to Local Self-, Government Is Responsible for th© Crime That Follows. Atlanta, Sept. 18.—Gov. Atkinson thinks that President McKinley is particeps crim inis to the shooting of the negro postmast er of Hogansville, and says so in very: plain words. His declaration on the subject was brought out by a request from the New York Herald for a statement in reference to the attempted assassination. The Her ald probably expected something lively when it wired Gov. Atkinson for his views, and in the language of the street it got a “warm number.” Here is the gist of what the governor says of the shooting: “The court will convene in Troup county in November, and the grand jury will in vestigate the matter, and if there is evi dence to convict any one there will be no trouble in punishing the guilty party. The officers are capable men, and will do their duty. The shooting of the negro is uni versally condemned by the people. “The same spirit of candor in which I have written, compels me to say that our people are uniformly of the opinion that the man who appointed the postmaster at Hogansville over the violent protest of those citizens who furnish ninety-nine-one hundredths of the business of the office, who own almost the entire property of the community, and who represent the forces which have made and constitute the civ ilization of that community, knowing at the time that the appointment would be taken as a deliberate effort on his part to degrade and humiliate them, was himself, from a moral standpoint an accessory to this lamentable crime. “Even these men, who took this view, do not blame the republican party foil giving positions to the negroes who have been faithful to them, but it would have .been better for the negroes, and pleasanter for the white people of the south, if they had given them positions where they were not brought so directly in contact with the people to whom they are offensive aa officers. “You ask me what is going to be the effect of this. I reply that the effect will be the same it would be in Ohio if th© same conditions prevailed. Leaving out the questions arising from prejudice, what would be the result in Ohio if the Presi dent, in making appointments, ignored thei views of property holders and all the best elements of the community, and over their , violent, protest, appointment to office a 1 man whom he knew to be offensive ta them?” FARMERS’ SONS LEAD. More of Them Than Any Other the University. Athens, Ga., Sept. 18.—The registration: at the university is far beyond that of last year. An examination into the sta tistics on the record book shows than farmers have more sons here than law yerk,’thr<J*= times as many as doctors tukt twice as many as merchants. Over 65 per cent, of the university boys are mem bers of the different churches. The Meth odists and Baptists have about equal rep resentation. The Presbyterians and Epis copalians have each about half the repre sentation of the Methodists and Baptista. Os the fathers of the students about 65 per cent, are graduates of no college. The graduates for the most part are Univer sity of Georgia men. The “Georgian,” the university maga zine, will be Issued Oct. 1. John Temple Graves will contribute an interesting ar ticle to the first issue. Thb staff of edi tors is as follows: Hugh White, editor in-chief; Garrard Glenn, associate editor; Lucian Whipple, exchange editor; Y. L. Watson, business manager, and Roy Jen kins, assistant business manager. The State Normal School enrollment has reached 420, and still the teachers are arriving from every section of the state. President A. K. Childs of the National Bank of Athens has refused to pay the tax demanded of him as president of the bank, stating that the state has no right to require it, as the bank is amenably only to the federal authorities. A farmer named Bruce, living in Banks county, was here yesterday. He is an old man and has raised a large family. H<» says he has never had a piece of pork in his house nor a case of sickness in hla family. AFFAIRS IN ABBEVILLE. A Young Lady's Death—Lawyers Oiw ganlze—lndustrial Note*. Abbeville, Ga., Sept. 18.—Miss Della Clark, a popular young lady of Abbeville, died at the home of her mother yester day, from typho-malarlal fever, contracted while visiting a sick relative in Bibb coun ty several weeks ago. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. Fisher, pastor of the Methodist church of which she was a devout member. The lawyers of W.'lcox county organized a bar association here to-day. The main object of the organization is to expedite business in the superior court, by setting dates for cases. There are now more than 200 cases on the civil docket, and a largo criminal docket, which will necessitate the extending of the term from one week (as usual) to two weeks. The town council are considering a prop osition to form a party to establish water works and electric lights for Abbeville, provided the town will grant them any en couragement. An ice factory is also proposed for the town, now that it has an inexhaustible supply of pure water. The cotton Helds in this vicinity hava been stripped clean by the pickers, and it is now estimated that the entire crop of the county will haze been gathered and housed by the middle of October, THE SMITH’S SUSPICIOUS FREIGHT. A Party of Men and Baggage Put Off a Tug Near Key We»t, Key West, Fla., Sept. 18.—The steam tug Somers N. Smith was seen off the south west channel this morning and put out a boat, which was seen to land seven men. The cutter Winona went in pursuit, and captured the boat, but the men had dis appeared. The tug went up the west coast. Later, one man and a quantity of bag gage were found by the customs inspec tor. The Smith is reported to have landed an expedition in Cuba, and is thought to have been connected with the schooner Anna T. Briggs, which left Philadelphia three weeks ago, and which, has not since been heard from.