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2 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. »««». Hood'* Fills are the only pflu (o take with Hood a Harsapanlla. Gentle, reiia blc. lurv.-id. r Salt Rheum I Intense Sufferlng-Could Not Sleep —Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. “ I had salt rheum on my arms, which 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 Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. u rvti are prompt, efficient and lIOOU S flllS easy in effect. 25 cents. - 1 1 iiii; i 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. Q’i 4 \ Be sure you get SCOTT’S Emulsion. See that th* man and fish are on the wrapper. All druggists; 50c. and SI.OO. 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 Should be in every family ■ ■ ■ ..ledicine chest and every a | I traveller s grip. They are I I I S invaluable when the stomach ■■ ■ ■ ■ is out of order; cure headache, biliousness. and I au liver trouble*. Mlid aud 35 cent* J 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. — - 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