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SULTAN SLOW TO SALUTE.
AUSTRIAN DEMAND NOT YET COM
PLIED WITH.
Should the Porte Hold Ont Until
Noon To-morrow Huron de Callee
Will Leave Constantinople and
Austrian Warahipa Will Bombard
Mertinn—Abdnl Hamid's Head Be
lieved to Have Been Turned by
the Easy Victory Over the Greeks
and He May Become Dangerous.
London, Nov. 17.—dt now appears that
the statement yesterday in a special dis
patch from Vienna that the Turkish gov
ernment in reply to the demands of Baron
de Callee, the Austro-Hungarian ambas
sador to the porte, had agreed to salute
the Austrian flag after dismissing the
vail of Adana, and the mutessarif of Mer
slna, for indignities offered to the Austrian
Brazzafolli, was premature. The porte
has not yet yielded to the Austrian de
mands.
Dispatches from Vienna announce that
up to midnight, Tuesday, no Intimation
had been received of the Intention of the
Turkish government to dismiss the offend
ing officials, or to salute the flag. If, how
ever, the Austrian demands are not com
piled with by noon to-morrow (Thursday)
Baron de Callee will leave Constantinople
and the Austrian warships will bombard
Mersina.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times
says: “It is now expected that the sultan
will hold out until the last moment and
then yield, which may appear to him a
clever stroke of diplomacy and something
for the Turkish official press to boast of,
a semi-victory of the Padishah over the
Christian powers. Eventually, however,
It is as likely as not to prove an unmiti
gated blunder, the consequences of which
will become manifest in the course of time.
“Abdul Hamid is evidently just now in
a frame of mind calculated to inspire se
rious concern. His easy victory over the
Creeks, together with the indulgence he
was accustomed to expect from Germany
until lately, has completely turned his
head. The Neue Frele Presse says that
Baron de Callee has seized the opportunity
of demanding from the porte binding as
surances respecting other matters con
cerning the Austrian company which
works the Oriental railway, and relative
to which representatives have already
been made repeatedly at Constantinople.!
MASSACRE IN AFRICA.
Thousands of Natives Slain by the
Bloodthirsty Chief Samory.
Paris, Nov. 16.—A special dispatch to the
Journal brings serious news from the
Niger region, West Africa. In order to
punish the inhabitants of the town of
Kong, capital of the kingdom of Kong,
in the Mandigo region of Upper Guinea,
for their refusal to supply his troops with
provisions, Chief Samory has razed the
town and massacred several thousand na
tives.
For several weeks the French newspa
pers have been calling upon the govern
ment to send a punitive expedition against
Chief Bnmory, who on Aug. 20 last, sur
prised and routed a French detachment of
native troops sent to occupy territory
which he had offered to evacuate. Two of
»'.v inch officers and forty-four men
a rich and fertile dependency of
the 1 ranch ivory coast. If the report pub
lished by the Paris Journal is confirmed,
the French government will have no al
ternative to such a punitive expedition as
the French press has been urging It to un
dertake.
Chief Samory, who is otherwise known
os Ramadu, and who was formerly khown
us the "West African Mahdi,” is a Tlppoo
Tib on a large scale, a wholesale slave
hunter."
Ho first came into contact with the
French in 1882, but in the two years which
followed he was repeatedly defeated. In
the latter part of 1884, he carried his slave
raids for the south Into Sulamania, cap
turing and destroying Falaba, the capital
of Eulamanla, and the great emporium
for the trans-Niger trade. A vast tract
of country was devastated; thousands of
natives wbre slain; thousands more were
sold Into slavery; and the country was so
depopulated that trade came to a stand
still and the colony of Sierra Leone was
reduced to the verge of bankruptcy. These
conquests brought Samory a fresh acces
sion of strength; and In 1885 he again com
menced operations against the French
provinces on the north. Two severe de
feats, however, brought him to terms and
in February, 1887, he signed a treaty of
jM>ace with the French, in which he recog
nised that the River Niger was the boun
dary between hie territory and that of the
French.
FLOOD AT ST. PETERSBURG.
The Water of the Neva Beaten Back
hy a Fierce Wind From the Sen.
Rt. Petersburg. Nov. 16.-All day long a
fierce wind from the sea has driven the
waters of the Neva up the stream and
flooded the canals, the auburban islands
and outlying portions of the city. Several
bridges have been swept away and the
flo.«d continues to rise, threatening to as,
sunie grave proportions. At frequent in.
tcrvals, cannon at the fortress are tired
to keep the inhabitants alert. At 9 p m
the wind is abating, and it is possible that
the expected great flood tnay be averted.
I ISIGI SF.VFF.M Eb7
Kiahtren Year- Made the Maximum
Imprisonment hy the Court.
Beaton, Mass.. Nov. 18. _ Joseph
A. laslgl. formerly the Turkish
consul in this city, who was arrested in
New York last summer charged with the
emlx'axiemeut of large sums from trust
funds hehl by him and who was recently
found guilty In the Suffolk county superior
court, was to-day sentenced to serve
term of not more than eighteen and less
than fourteen years in prison, with on.
uay'a solitary conflncincnt. and the rest
vt the term at hard lalvr.
Hearing Maa MTccted.
"I was troubled with catarrh for five
years and my hearing was affected so that
I was nearly deaf in one ear. Tho flrst
bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla did me good
und 1 continued taking it until I was well
1 have no symptoms of catarrh and mv
hearing ts all right." K. A. Willoughby
Marietta, Ga. »««».
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r Salt Rheum
I
Intense Sufferlng-Could Not Sleep
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itched intensely and kept me from sleep
ing. The skin on my hands would crack
open. My friends believed I was suffer
ing from blood poisoning. I decided to
take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I did not see
any improvement with the first bottle
but continued with the medicine and
after taking five bottles I was-completely
cured. My hands are now as smooth as
I could wish.” A. D. Hagey, Elroy, Pa.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
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DREYFUS’ DEFENDERS.
Esterhazy Demands an Investiga
tion of Their Insinnations.
Paris, Nov. 16.—The minister for war,
Gen. Billot, replying to questions In the
Chamber of Deputies to-day, said that M.
Scheurcr-Kestner, one of the vice presi
depts of the Senate, who has been agi
tating for the reopening of the case of
Alfred Dreyfus, the former captain of
French artillery, now undergoing life im
prisonment after having been convicted bj’
court martial of selling important mili
tary plans to the agents of a foreign gov
ernment, had not considered it expedient
to take legal action in the matter, but,
the minister added, since the Dreyfus fam
ily had brought charges against an offi
cer, the war department intended to de
mand of them that they justify their
charges.
Continuing, the minister for war remark
er, “As the guardian of the honor of the
army, I shall not fail to do my duty."
Comte Esterhazy, who, it is said, an
swers the description “of a rich and titled
officer, well known in Paris society,” who
had been requested to resign his command
in the army in consequence of the contin
ued leaking out of military secrets since
Capt. Dreyfus was deported, has written
a letter to Gen. Billot, with regard to the
alleged “infamous accusation.” He de
mands an investigation and says that he
is ready to reply to all the charges that
may be brought against him.
Comte Esterhazy, in an interview, de
clares he is the victim of a plot.
The full name of the count is Ferdinand
Walsin Esterhazy. He was formerly a
major in the French infantry. Early this
year he was placed on half-pay on the
ground of temporary infirmities. He is
connected with the celebrated Hungarian
family of Esterhazy, but when entering
the army in 1870, entered as a Frenchman.
At one time he belonged to the foreign
legion.
GERMAN NAVAL PLANS.
Chinese and Haytian. Incidents to
Be Used to Get New Ships.
London, Nov. 17.—The Berlin correspond
ent of the Times says: “Not only the rad
ical, but the clerical journals are of opin
ion that the conflict with the republic of
Hayti, and the attack on the missionaries
In China will be used to Influence Ger
man public feeling in favor of extensive
naval plans.
“Various journals, meanwhile, continue
to urge the government to take prompt
measures for reparation in Hayti. The
Neuste Nachrichten considers the action
of Hayti not only an offense to the dig
nity of Germany, but an insult to Empe
ror William.
"The insinuation in the documents pub
lished in the Haytien newspaper Moniteur
that Germany had been acting as if she
contemplated a protectorate over Hayti,
is described as a ruse to excite the mis
trust of other powers, particularly the
United States. It is said in official quar
ters that the government is considering
sending an imperial commissioner to Port
au Prince with the German warships.”
COLORADO’S BURNING MINE.
Over 000 Men Idle and More to Be
Laid Off Soon.
Aspen. Col., Nov. 16.—Although the man
agement of the Smuggler mine, which has
been on Are since Sunday, express every
confidence in their ability to control the
situation within a short time, and claim
that material progress has been made
during the last twenty-four hours, the
outlook, as viewed by the people of the
camp, and especially those whose support
depends upon the mines on Smuggler
mountain, is anything but cheering.
To-day not a mine on Smuggler moun
tain is being worked, except under the
most disadvantageous circumstances.
Over six hundred men are idle, and many
others will be laid off in the next few days
unless the fire is extinguished. In all ful’y
fifty miles of workings have been aban
doned.
There have been no fatalities as yet, but
there have been scores of narrow es
capes, some of which border upon the mi
raculous.
THORN’* BIXIODY SAW.
An Implement Found Which In Sup
posed t«» Be the One He Used.
New York. Nov. 16.—A saw which tnay be
the implement with which William Gul
densuppe’a corpse was dismembered in the
cottage at Woodside, L. 1., where he was
murdered in June last, was brought to
District Attorney Youngs at Long Island
city. It is said to have been found buried
to the handle in the meadow lying between
Flushing and College point, just as Mrs.
Nack is said to have told the officers on
Sunday last that it was placet! by Martin
Thorn. The saw will be produced when
Thorn’s trial is resumed on Monday next.
In anticipation of thia latter event, a spec
ial venire of 200 jurors will be issued to
morrow.
THREE CHILDREN DIM BY FIRE.
Their Parents Locked Them in
Their Home mid West to Church.
Eufaula, Ala.. Nov. 16.—Three half grown
children lost their lives in the burning of
an old frame house a mile from White
Oak. Ala., Sunday night. Their parents,
Louis Brown and wife, went to church,
leaving their children, aged 12, 8 and 6
years, locked in the house, supposedly for
their own safety, but the old building
caught Are soon after the parents left, and
»h«'n they returned, they fount! it a heap
of ashes. In the center of the mass of
embers, the bones of the children were
found in a heap, showing that they had
huddled together in their tear and agony.
Beverly’s New Postmaster.
Washington, Nov. 16.—William p. Ledbet
ter has been appointed postmaster at Bev
arly, N. C.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18.1897.
SAILORS SAVED ON THE SEA.
CREW OF THE THEODORE DEAN
PICKED UP BY A STEAMER.
Their Schooner at the Bottom of the
Ocean and the Men Adrift in a Life
Boat-*The Captain Washed Over
board and Drowned After Taking
to the Small Boat—The Rescued
Men Suffering Greatly From Cold
and Hunger.
Philadelphia, Nov. 16. —The closing por
tion of the voyage of the steamship Bel
genland, which arrived to-day from Liver
pool, was eventful and interesting to those
on board, and to the watchful eye of the
lookout can be credited the saving of a
number of lives.
On Sunday morning the waterlogged and
sailless schooner Willie L. Maxwell was
sighted and she was taken in tow, to the
relief of her crew of ten men, the vessel
having become helpless.
On Monday morning a small boat was
sighted drifting helplessly with five men
aboard. When the men were taken on
board the steamship it was found that
they were the crew of the abandoned
schooner Theodore Dean. Capt. James F.
Hodgson of the Dean had been washed
from the small boat and lost. Capt. Hodg
son resided at Somerville, Mass., and
leaves a widow, two daughters and a son.
The Theodore Dean left South Amboy on
Friday last for Norfolk with a cargo of
coal. When off Absecom light she lost her
mainsail and on Saturday at noon, when
forty-five miles east-northeast of Barne
gat, she sprung a leak, a plank having
been torn from her side. The vessel filled
rapidly and with four feet of water in
her hold the captain, at 1:30 p. m., ordered
the small boat launched and the crew of
six men, all told, left the ship. An hour
later the vessel was seen to sink.
There was a heavy sea and a tremen
dous gale and the small boat was kept to
rights with great difficulty. At 6:30 o’clock
the boat was raised almost on end and
Capt. Hodgson was swept overboard. The
oars were also lost and those in the boat
were left helpless. The boat drifted from
that time until 9 o’clock Monday morning,
when it was sighted by the Belgenland
and the tnen rescued from their perilous
situation.
The shipwrecked men suffered greatly
from cold and hunger. They had with
them in the boat only a email quantity of
biscuit and a gallon jug of water. The men
rescued are James Butler, mate, of Tre
mont, Me.; Frank (Miller, colored, a cook,
of Providence, and Thotnas Thompson,
Marion Oleen and Christian Olsen. The
rescued men spoke feelingly of the treat
ment they had received on the Belgenland.
The Theodore Dean was built in 1864 at
Totterville, N. Y., and was owned in Bos
ton. Her gross tonnage was 349, and net
tonnage 291.
The schooner Willie L. Maxwell, which
was taken in tow by the Belgenland on
Sunday morning, off Nantucket, was
launched only a year ago at Franklin, Me.
She is 175 feet in length and her capacity
is 261 tons.
TWO VESSELS LOST.
All Handl. Perish in a Severe Storm
Off Nova Scotia.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 16.—Much
wreckage is washing ashore at Lewisburg,
C. 8., and it is believed that two vessels
were lost during last week’s violent gales,
all on board being drowned. Two schoon
ers were seen in dangerous positions off
the coast while the storm of Friday was
at its worst, and it is probable that these
met destruction. No names have been
found on the wreckage, which qoxmlsts of
bulwarks, hatches, topmasds, etc.
The schooner Mikado, Capt. Hickman,
which left Grand Bank, New Foundland,
a month ago for this port with a cargo of
fish, has not been heard of since sailing,
and no doubt foundered during the severe
weather, all being lost. Beside Capt.
Hickman, the Mikado carried four men,
all of whom leave large families.
LOST WITH FIVE LIVES.
The Schooner Janet A. Goes Down
Off Fox Inland.
Rt. Johns, N. F., Nov. 16.—Word has
been received from Chatham that the
schooner Janet A., from Tignlsh, was lost
Tuesday night, or Wednesday morning of
last week, off Fox Island. She was loaded
with oats and produce. Three men and
two women were aboard. The bodies of
Capt. Gillis. Susan Champion and an un
known man, brought to Chatham by the
steamer St. Isidore last night, confirmed
the news of the wreck.
The Janet A. was a vessel of 29 tons reg
ister, was built at Church Point, N. S., in
1882, and hails from Chatham.
UMBRELLA AS A CONDUCTOR.
A Negro Killed by a Current From
an Electric Light Wire.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 16.—I<evl L. Pot
ter (colored), aged 25 years, of 709 South
Nineteenth street, was instantly killed to
night by a shock from an electric light
wire. Potter was standing on an iron
grating in front of a South street store. He
carried over his shoulder an umbrella with
an iron rod. one end of which he held in
his hand. The other end touched the wire
where it was exposed and Potter fell over
dead.
PROTKNTANT SCHOOL FOR CUBCO.
An American to Eninblinh n School
nt the Old Capital.
I. Im a, Nov. 16.—Mr. Jarrett, an American
Protestant missionary, has successfully
passed an examination at Cuxco, capital
of the southern province of that name,
former capital of the Incas, and the most
ancient of the Peruvian cities, with a view
of establishing a school there. His inten
tion has greatly excited the Catholic par
ty.
NO FOOT BALL AT GIRARD.
The President of the College Issues
nn ICdiet Against the Game,
Philadelphia. Pa., Nov. 16.—President
of Girard college, has issued an
edict against foot ball, and henceforth the
students of the Institution must keep off
the gridiron. The ban on foot ball was
the result of a boy having his leg broken
last Saturday during a practice game.
INDIANA'S BASK CRASH.
President Turns Over His Property
to Make Good the Los*.
Corydon. Ind.. Nov. !«.—Committees rep
resenting the depositors of the Crawford
county defunct bank met John H. Weath
ers. president of the bank, here to-day
and held a conference. R. C. Arnold of
Leavenworth was appointed receiver and
an investigation will begin at once. Mr
Weathers agreed to turn over all his prop
erty of several thousand <W ! nr«
good the loss as far as possible, and to de
vote his entire time for one year th mak
ing collections in the interests of deposit
ors. He left for Leavenworth to-night.
Wasting
in Ciiildrcn
can be overcome in almost all case:
by the use of Scott's Emulsion ol
Cod-Liver Oil and the Hypophos
phites of Lime and Soda, Whih
it is a scientific fact that cod-livei
oil is the most digestible oil in ex
istence, in
SCOFF'S
EMULSION
it is not only palatable, but it is
already digested and made ready
for immediate absorption by the
system. It is also combined with
the hypophosphites,which
supply a food not only foi
the tissues of the body, but
for the bones and nerves,
and will build up the child
when • its ordinary food
does not supply propet
nourishment.
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Be sure you get SCOTT’S Emulsion. See that th*
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SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
SALISBURY MAKES A SPEECH.
The Situation Not Destitute of Ele
ments of Apprehension.
London, Nov. 16. —A great mass meeting
was held to-night in the Albert hall, under
the presidency of Earl Cadogan, lord lieu
tenant of Ireland, at which the principal
speaker was the premier, the Marquis of
Salisbury. No fewer than 8,000 persons
were present, and the entire assembly
rose at the entrance of Lord Salisbury,
cheered him to the echo and sang: "For
He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.”
Lord Salisbury, who seemed in the best
of heatlh and spirits, and who spoke with
great animation, said that the situation
was “not destitute of elements of appre
hension either at home or abroad.”
Speaking of foreign affairs, Lord Salis
bury denied that the government had
yielded to France in the matter of Siam,
Tunis, or Madagascar.
Turning to home affairs, he said the gov
ernment of London was a question which
must be solved and could only be solved
by giving to other and smaller municipal
bodies, a large part of the duties now per
formed by the London county council. He
promised that the government would intro
duce legislation on the subject at the next
session of parliament. "The present sys
tem,” said his lordship, "is due to the
modern passion for bigness of things, and
is too unwieldly.”
He asked his hearers to look at what
had been done across the ocean. “Do you
want to be governed like New York? Yet,
the result there, which was watched with
so much interest and which so many peo
ple deplore, was adopted after an effort to
amend admitted defects in the municipal
ity by enormously increasing its area and
bringing a much vaster populatidn under
i’s range. The undertaking has failed la
men tabfy because it could not obtain the
assistance and co-operatlc.n of the only
class of men tty whom municipal institu
tions can be satisfactorily and thoroughly
governed.”
CAMPBELL’S TRIPLE MURDER.
The Killing of the Turners Laid at
the Door of Moonshiners.
Fairburn, Ga., Nov. 16.—The Turner
triple murder is developing fresh sensa
tions. At the coroner’s inquest the scene
of the shooting was thoroughly inspected
and the manner of the deaths of the three
victims settled beyond doubt.
The members of the jury are keeping
quiet, but it is generally known that the
theory is that the murdered trio met their
deaths at the hands of moonshiners, who
felt it necessary to get them out of the
way to destroy incriminating evidence in
their possession.
The federal authorities are considering
the advisability of investigating this clew,
and it is the verdict of the Turners’ friends
that this is the real cause for their mur
der. Bloodhounds were placed on the trail
of the assassins, but they lost it on the
public road.
GUINAN ACQUITTED.
Grand Jury Thinks Shot .Justifiable
in Defense of His Father.
Carson City, Nev., Nov. 16.—Julian Gui
nan, the boy who shot and killed District
Attorney Charles Jones, recently, was to
day exonerated by the grand jury.
Jones, who was a married man, had been
paying attention to Guinan’s sister, and
upon the day of the shooting met her by
appointment near her home. Dr. Guinan,
her father, interrupted the meeting and
quarreled with Jones. The boy, w’ho was
watching from an upper window of the
house, fearing that his father would be
killed by Jones, who had a reputation as
a gun fighter, shot and killed the attorney
with a rille.
SAVAGE FIGHT IN A SALOON.
One Man Killed and His Slayer Jail-'
e<l on a Charge of Murder.
Lexington, Ky.. Nov. 16.—Merritt Mar
tin, a saloonkeeper, and agent for the
Chattanooga Brewing Company, and J. .1.
Ryan, also a saloonkeeper, had a terrible
fight to-night in the latter’s-place of busi
ness, on Main street, as the results of
which Ryan is dead and Martin is iockea
up charged with murder. The men be- '
came angered over an account and began I
fighting with their fists. Bystanders in- |
terfered and separated them. While Mar- i
tin was being held away from Ryan the j
latter hit him a blow in the face, where- j
vpon Martin drew his pistol and began
shooting. The friends were panic-stricken
and fled, leaving the fighters together. Ma
rtin’s third shot struck Ryan in the left
arm and a fourth entered the abdomen.
Martin was arrested. Ryan died whi’<i
being carried to the hospital. He was a
single man, aged about 35.
CZAR TO REBUILD CANEA.
His Majesty Also Granta Money For
the Relief of the Poor.
Vienna, Nov. 16. —The Greek bishop of
Canea, Island of Crete, has been notified
by the Russian consul that the czar pro
*o ’■•build. at his own cost, the burn
ed Christian quarter of Canea. and to en
large the orthodox Greek church. His
majesty has also granted a large sum of I
money for the relief of the poor of Canea. ]
COLLEGE AND THE CONVICTS.
TWO BURNING SUBJECTS BEFORE'
THE HOUSE AT ATLANTA.
To-day’s Hearing of the University
Trustees by *tlie Legislature Ex
pected to Prove a Very Lively
One—The House Votes Down n
Proposition to Make It a Joint
Hearing; of the Two Houses—The
Convict Question Taken Up, Ihit
Small Progress Made.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 16.—The State Uni
versity continues to be the burning issue
in legislative halls. To-morrow is the day
set for hearing from the trustees and from
to-day’s developments, it is likely that
the event will cause complications between
the Senate and House that will lead to a
troublesome breach between the two bod
ies. Already the Senate is piqued because
of the Blalock committee, which was com
posed exclusively of members of the
House, thte Senate being given no show
ing at all in the investigation of the de
partments for which it was appointed. In
addition to this the House again gave of
fense to the Senate yesterday in support
ing the Blalock committee in its demand
that the university trustees be heard not
in joint session, but by the House in com
mittee of the whole. The Senate felt that
common courtesy should have caused the
House to provide for a joint session when
the university trustees were to make the
defense for that institution.
Senator Battle called attention to the
way in -which the Senate had been ignored
by the Blalock committee, and the House
in sustaining its contention yesterday. This
morning he followed this up with a reso
lution providing for a joint session of the
two Houses for to-morrow morning to
hear from the trustees. He based his res
olution upon the governor’s message.
Probably foreseeing a breach between
the two Houses Senator Turner amended
by making the joint session to-morrow
night tend the resolution passed in this
shape.
This, however, brought President Ber
ner down from the stand with a motion
to reconsider for the purpose of passing
the original resolution for a joint session
to-morrow morning.
A lively debate ensued, but finally the
motion to reconsider prevailed and then
the Battle resolution, as originally offer
ed, was passed and ordered immediately
transmitted to the House. It will reach
that body the first thing in the morning.
To-night it is said that the House will de
cline to agree to it, and insist upon its own
position, providing only for a hearing
from the trustees in committee of the
whole without the Senate. This would be
a direct slap in the face to the Seriate
and under the present strained relations
there would probably be open wter.
It is said that Mr. Blalock will oppose
the joint session as per the Senate resolu
tion, insisting that as the Blalock commit
tee, which made the charges against the
university, the Senate has nothing to do
with the matter until it reaches that body.
The report of the Pope Brown commit
tee is expected to be made early in the
morning so as to get it in in time to have
it before the House when the university
trustees appear.
A meeting of the committee was held to
night to get the report in shape. It will
severely criticise the management of the
university, and Mr. Meldrim of Chatham
will make a minority report defending
the university.
The convict question came up in the
House this morning as a special order,
but small progress was made, the discus
sion being put off until to-morrow. The
university matter wil) interfere with it
then, and it will go over again.
A good deal has been said about Gov.
Atkinson’s position relative to the con
vict matter, and an effort is being made
to cause members to think he is trying
to dictate to them in the plan to be adopt
ed. This talk is based upon the governor’s
declaration that he would veto a bill re
enacting the present lease. Those who
are at work on this line, doubtless for the
purpose of defeating the reforms sug
gested by the governor and principal keep
er, and securing a re-enactment of the
present lease are trying to put the gov
ernor and legislatui-e at loggerheads. To
day Gov. Atkinson, when asked for an in
terview on this phase of the convict sit
uation, said that there was no friction be
tween himself and the legislature. When
he stated his intention to veto another
lease act, he said he simply desired
to deal frankly as one co-ordinate branch
of the government with another, both be
ing equally interested in the solution of
the problem. He said he had pledged him
self to this course to the people before
he was elected, and, therefore, felt in duty
and honor bound to remind the legisla
ture of his pledge and probably thus pre
vent complications that might otherwise
occur. He could not ignore his pledge to
the people, he said, and in making his
statement about a veto thought it was
but due in candor to the legislature, and
was never intended in the faintest to be
in the nature of a threat.
When the penitentiary bill came up this
morning two substitutes were offered. Ons ,
of them is a straight lease bill, differing
only in detail from the present lease sys
tem except that It provides for the elec
tion by the people of the principal keeper
of the penitentiary. This substitute came
from Mr. Stcne of Walton.
The other substitute is the Hall pill,
which reflects the sentiment of the pres
ent administration and looks toward a
reformation of the lease system. It is the
original bill, of which the committee’s
measure which bears Mr. Hall’s name is
a much battered likeness, or, rather, not
a likeness at all, since all of its most radi
cal features have been effaced.
The House went into a committee of the
whole to consider the measure, which it
was proposed to take up section by sec
tion, but it got no further than the first
section. Two amendments to this were
offered and then the two substitutes to the
entire bill.
Upon motion of Mr. Hall of Coweta the
House was instructed to have these two
measures printed for distribution among
the members.
This ended the preliminary skirmish,and
the House took up the consideration of
other matters. The fight seems likely to
continue for many days.
Among the great number o*f new bills in
troduced was one by Mr. West of Lowndes,
providing for state uniformity in school
books, and for a book commission. The
bill is in line with the minority report of
Mr. Beauchamp.
Another bill providing for a school book
commission and text book uniformity was
introduced this morning by Mr. West of
Lowndes. Mr. West’s bill differs from the
bill of Mr. Henderson’s in that It makes
the school book commission consist of the
governor, attorney general, secretary of
state, controller general, state school com
missioner. chancellor of the state univer- '
sity and four well known educators. Mr.
Henderson’s bill provided that the com
mission should consist of the five first
Hood’s
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A Child’s Recovery
FROM PARALYSIS AND SIX YEARS OF CONVULSIONS.
Little Fannie Adams, of Umatilla, Cured of a Dreadful Malady
A Cure of Unusual Interest—A Reporter Investigates.
For some time past the Lake. Region has
been receiving reports from Umatilla, Fla.,
of an almost miraculous cure that had been
effected in the case of Fannie Adams, a
daughter of A. J. Adams, of that place, and
last Saturday a representative of this paper
made a trip to Umatilla for the purpose of
determining the authenticity of the same.
The family live a short distance from the
village, where it was found that the people
were cognizant of the cure which had been
efiected, and were rejoicing with the family
in their new found happiness. The father,
A. J. Adams, is a hard-working honest
farmer from east Tennessee, and the family
came to Florida four years ago in the hope
that a change of climate would be of benefit
to their afflicted child. Much of their earn
ings have gone for doctors’ bills, whose ser
vices proved unavailing. The representative
was greeted by Mrs. Adams, from whom he
gained the story of her great trial.
Fannie, the youngest child, was born in
east Tennessee, and was seven years old on
the third day of February, 1897. When ten
months old she was stricken with paralysis,
which affected the entire left side. This
stroke of paralysis was followed by convul
sions, and from the time little Fannie was
ten months old until February, 1897, there
was not a single day or a night that she did
not have spasms of the most distressing
nature. Not a single convulsion, but al
ways three or four, and sometimes as high
as ten in one day.
The family was all broken down with
care, and Mrs. Adams states that for one
year she did not go into her kitchen to super
intend her household work. All the fingers
of the right hand of the little girl are en
larged and misshapen, caused by her bit
ing them during the fearful suffering. The
case baffled the skill of the best physicians,
and they were frank to say that they could
named officers. Mr. West’s bill also pro
vides that the uniform system do not be
gin until Jan. 1, 1899.
Among the other new bills offered in the
House to-day were the following:
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond, to amend
the act authorizing solvent guarantee com
panies, fidelity insurance companies and
fidelity and deposit companies to become
surety upon attachment bonds and upon
bonds of city, county and state officers.
By Mr. Hill of Troup, a joint resolution
appropriating $5 for the purchase of a Bi
ble for the state library.
By Mr. Meldrim of Chatham, a resolu
tion authorizing subscription by the state
for 450 copies of the index of local laws.
By Mr. Harrell of Dodge, to create a
board of commissioners of roads and reve
nues for Dodge county.
By Mr. Hill of Troup, a bill to Increase
the revenue of the state university and its
branches by making students pay tuition.
In the senate, Mr. Calvin’s resolution for
the appointment of a commission to mark
soldiers’ graves in the northern state was
on motion of Senator Blalock unanimously
passed.
The bill by Senator Stewart of the Thir
ty-fourth district, changing the building
and loan association law ,so/ that such
concerns may make the required deposit
of 75 per cent of their assets with state de
positories in lieu of making them with the
state treasurer, was temporarily tabled
on Senator Battle’s motion.
The House bill of Mr. Johnson of Hall,
for the condemnation of property by elec
trical power companies, was also tempo
rarily tabled.
The bill to prevent stenographers from
serving two circuits was lost by one vote.
The governor sent to the 'Senate the fol
lowing nominations, which were confirm
ed:
John W. Phillips, judge of the county
court of Franklin county.
A. N. King, solicitor of the county court
of Franklin county.
A. C. Riley, judge of the county court of
Houston county.
W. C. Davis, solicitor of the county
court of Houston county.
John G. Hale, solicitor of the county
court of Dade county.
D. M. Clarke, solicitor of the county
court of Wayne county.
The following bills were introduced:
A prohibition bill for Terrell county.
Other bills passed by the Senate were:
A bill making Stafford’s almanac legal
evidence from 1490 to 2000.
By Senator Mann, to create a new
charter for the town of Lyons.
By Senator Wilcox, to abolish the city
court of Coffee county.
The McCook ’possum bill.
A bill requiring county boards of edu
cation to have a seal and use it on teach
ers’ licenses.
HAL T. LEWIS THE NEW JUDGE.
Gov. Atkinson Names Him to Suc
ceed Spencer R. Atkinson.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 16.—Gov. Atkinson
late this afternoon announced the ap
pointment of Hon. Hal T. Lewis as asso
ciate justice of the supreme court to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Justice Spencer R. Atkinson, who was re
cently appointed a member of the railroad
commission.
At the time of the appointment of Jus
tice Atkinson to the railroad commission,
the vacant place on the supreme bench was
offered to Judge Sampson W. Harris of
the Coweta circuit, but he formally notified
the governor of his refusal to accept this
afternoon.
Judge Harris had been considering the
matter for two weeks and only made up
his mind to-day. It is understood that his
reason for declining to go upon the su
preme bench was that he would be forced
to make a fight for re-election next year.
Judge Fisher’s term also expires next year,
and as Judge Harris saw it, he will get the
support of Mr. dußignon's friends in. South
Georgia, and of Senator Clay s friends in
North Georgia, with Judge Gober a candi
date, and the result would be that he
(Judge Harris) would be ground between
the upper and nether mill stones of poli
tics. With such a fight staring him in the
face he preferred to remain upon the bench
of the Coweta circuit.
Hon. Hal Lewis is one of the best known
men in the state. He is from Green coun
ty and has always been a leading spirit
in public offices in his section. He was a
candidate for the Senate last year against
Senator Clay, and is the man who placed
Mr. Bryan in nomination before the Chi
cago convention. He was a warm sup
porter of Gov. Atkinson in his first guber
natorial campaign, and his appointment
to the supreme bench is due to this friend
ship. Both Judge Harris and Mr. Lewis
are now in the city, the latter having
signified his acceptance of the appointment
to the governor this evening.
Salary of Oil Inspectors.
Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 16.—The House
finance committee this afternoon reported
favorably the Blalock bill reducing the
compensation of oil inspectors to $66.66 per
month. The present salary is $123 per
month, maximum.
From the Lake Region, Eu»ti», Fla.
not determine the cause, or prescribe a
remedy to aid the afflicted child.
But what a change now iu that household:
tor little Fannie has recently been released
from her six years of agony, which brings the
light of happiness to the faces of the parents.
In January, this year, Mrs. Adams, who
had purchased some of Dr. Williams’ Pink
ij People for her fourteen year
old daughter, determined to try their effect
upon little Fannie. After three or four
doses, she nosed an improvement and she
then told the father what she had done.
He at once went to the village and bought
another box, and up to this time six boxes
have been used. The first pills, Mrs. Adams
states, were given in January, the latter part,
ana certainly not earlier than the fifteenth
or twentieth, and the child had her last con
vulsion on February 3d, nearly three months
ago. Her general, condition has improved in
every way, and it was not a month after the
first pills were taken when she began to walk
without assistance.
Ihe pills were bought at the drug store
i '^ )r ‘ . in Umatilla. In answer to
the question, did he, to his personal knowl
edge, know that the remedy had benefited
i. an ? ie as waa stated by her parents,
the doctor said that he was a regular practicing
physician, and as such was loth to recom
mend any proprietary medicine, but still he
was ready to do. justice to all men, and he did
know that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for,Palo
People had benefited Fannie Adams, aud also
volunteered the information that h<j knew of
other children in the village who had been
benefited by their use.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid
on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxeM
for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by
the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine
Co., Schenenter 1 - K
O’QUIN N’ APT TO BE ACQUITTED.
The State Fails to Make Out a Strongs
Case Ajgainst Him.
, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 16.—The trial of Wal
ter O’Quinn for the murder of Police
man Ponder was nearly finished to-day.
Several witnesses are yet to be examined
by the state in rebuttal, and then tha
arguments will be made. This will con
sume to-morrow, and a verdict is expect
ed to-morrow night.
O’Quinn made his statement late thia
afternoon, concluding the defense. He de
nied the shdoting of Ponder, declaring
that he was behind the bar in Simon’s
saloon, adjoining Steinau’s place, when it
took place. He accounted for certain keys
found in his possession, and said he had
taken the 4,500 cigars found at his house
from Steinau in settlement of a debt owed
by Steinau.
Two witnesses for the state to-day testi
fied that they saw O’Quinn in Steinau’s
place about the time of the shooting, and
two others for the defense swore posi
tively that he was in the other saloon
when the shooting occurred. Public opin
ion is that the state has not made out a>
case against O'Quinn, and that he will
be acquitted. He takes his trial easily,
and appears to be confident of the resqitA
If O’Quinn is acquitted, it will ba cesarfigdL
as equivalent to the acquittal of Stelnair
and Simon, as the police claimed tc have
more evidence against him than the oth
ers.
IMPORTATIONS OF TOBACCO. “ ’
Rules For Uniform Practice in
Classification-of the Weed,
Washington, Nov. 16.—The government
examiners of tobacco at several of tha
more important ports of entry in the
United States by direction of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, met in conference in
New York recently with a view to the
adoption of a uniform practice in the clas
sification of imported tobacco. The report
of the conference, which has reached tha
treasury department, makes three recom
mendations, as follows:
First, that 25 per cent, of all marks ol
every Invoice of imported tobacco should
be examined and that the rule fori the pres
ent be limited to tobacco imported from
the West Indies, Mexico, and South Amer
ica; second, that the percentage of wrap
pers found in filler bales be reached by the
count of leaves; third, that the districts
from which tobacco is imported be marked
on the invoice wherever practicable.
These recommendations will be adopted
by the treasury department.
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BOGGS AT WAR WITH HUMNICTT-
The Chancellor Wants the Chair of
Agriculture Declared Vacant.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 16.—Prof. J. B. Hun
nlcut, professor of agriculture in the State
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,
received a letter from Chancellor Bogga
this morning, in which the chancellor no
tified him that he had determined to ask
the board of trustees at the university at
their meeting in Atlanta in a few days
to declare vacant the chair of agriculture.
The reasons assigned by the chancellor in
this letter were that he considered the
work of Prof. Hunnicut since he has been
here a failure, and that he had made
remarks to many people concerning the
faculty and trustees of the university that
I were not such as a professor in the unt
! versity should make. Prof. Hunnicut has
demanded a hearing before the board of
: trustees, and until then will make no com
ments upon the subject.
DR. H. N. HARRIS DEAD.
Demise Due to Blood Poinonln<
Following a Slight Injury.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 16.—Dd. Hugh N.
Harris died this morning at 7 o’clock at
his home on Milledge avenue. His death
resulted from blood poisoning, resulting
indirectly from a slight injury receivea
four weeks since by falling over a rock
near the Georgia depot. Dr. Harris was
a brother of Judge Sampson W. Harris
of Carrollton, and his wife, a daughter
of Hon. B. C. Yancey. He leaves a wife
and five children. The funeral will oc
cur to-morrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
FORD CASE SETTLED. f
The Divorce Suit Taken Out of
Court at Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 16.—Judge E. C.
Minor, in the law and equity court this
morning, entered a decree in the Ford vs.
Ford divorce case, dismissing the matter
from the docket, and dissolving all in
junctions existing against the Ford es
tate. Mrs. Loretta Small Ford and Stuart ,
H. Ford, by counsel, agreed. This, it is
stated, is by no means to be construed as
a reconciliation of the husband and wife.
Mrs. Ford is a daughter of the Rev. Saak
Smalt