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WERE OTHER SLUSH FUNDS.
CAPT. CARTER’S FUEL. AND FORAGE
BILLS CONVERTED TO CASH.
CoL Barr Brinft* Vp an Aliened False
Travel Voucher—Capt. William. E.
Craiuhlll Testlfle* About the Coat
of Dredging Ocean Bara—The Court
Adjourned to Meet in New York
City March 1.
The Carter court martial has concluded
Its sessions in Savannah for the present,
and shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday ad
journed to meet in the army building on
Whitehall street, New York city, Tuesday
morning, March 1, at 11 o’clock.
Chief Clerk J. W. O. Sterly resumed the
stand, and Mr. Rose continued the cross
examination. Mr. Sterly said he had
charge of the keys to Capt. Carter’s house,
arid to the room over the Southern Bank,
in which Capt. Carter’s papers were stor
ed, when Capt. Carter went away to Lon
don in July, 1897. He said he had nothing
to do with the packing of the papers in
the file case. He got some ginger ale and
samples of wine from Capt; Carter’s house,
but no groceries. This was done with
Capt. Carter’s permission. The things,
he said, were given to Sam, one of the
porters.
“pid you state at any time that there
was incriminating evidence in that file
case?” Mr. Rose asked.
"No, sir,” was the reply. “I was asked
for a copy of Capt. Carter’s letter book,
which I had in the safe for Capt. Carter.
It was a book In which official papers
which did not go in the official records,
were copied. Capt. Gillette asked me if
there was anything official in it and I said
yes,”
"You kept a book yourself in which you
copied these things as well as Capt. Car
ter’s?” was asked.
"Yes, sir.”
"Did you show that book to Capt. Gil
lette before he went to Washington?”
“No, sir, I did not.”
The witness said he paid out the Hirt
money, $132.10 as a slush fund. He de
posited it to his own account and put the
money back in cash in the office safe, but
could not remember when or under what
circumstances this was done. He could
not produce any receipt for any money
paid out from the Hirt fund. The witness
said he had destroyed the vouchers con
nected with the Hirt money along with
other papers about the time Capt. Carter
left Savannah. He had always destroyed
vouchers for slush funds.
"You stated you were unable to answer
Mr. Rose’s questions about the slush fund
without consulting the pay rolls. Why
was that?” Col. Barr asked on the re
direct.
"That Is because a great many articles
purchased were put on the pay rolls as
labor.” was the reply.
"Were people put on for labor which
they never performed?” was asked.
. "Yes, sir.”
"Who approved those pay rolls?”
"Capt. Carter.”
The witness said the office also had a
■ lush fund in 1890. This came from con
demned rope, amounting to more than 10,-
***’ pounds. It was condemned by Lieut.
Thomas H. Rees, and sold at private sale
for about $369. From this amount Capt
Carter was p nld $58.50, M. A. Connolly
was paid $12.67, telegrams $3.62, postofflee
• n Boston i ast Item, Mr. Sterlv
■aid, was for box rent for Capt. Carter
in Boston, he«belng there during the sum
mer Os 1890. A trunk was purchased in
Boston for transporting official records
but he had never seen it. Another item
was sio traveling expenses for Mr. Sterlv
to New York and return. He distinctly
remembered all of these payments. Col.
Barr asked the witness to get a state
ment showing what articles were pur
chased on the fraudulent vouchers and
what from the Hirt money.
Capt. Carter, he said, had full knowl
edge of these s.ush funds, and had con
versed with him about expenditures from
them. Col Barr read a letter to Mr.
Bterly in which Capt. Carter told him to
* certain item of expense from the
■rush ’ fund. The reimbursement of
C apt. Carter from the Hirt fund for sl3 90
for a messenger’s trip after the diving
• uI J. was irregular, because no voucher
had been made out by the party who made
the trip.
■'Ypu destroyed all the papers connected
with money paid out from the Hirt fund.
Why did you do it?” Col. Barr asked
I destroyed those and other papers
•bout the time Capt. Carter was relieved
from duty here, 1 did it Itecause there
*’*£, 71"*” «niong them
which I thought might leak out. and cause
trouble, wan the witneßg* reply.
Col. Barr read an authority from Capt
Carter to Cashier James Sullivan of the
Southern Bank, allowing Mr. Sterly to
draw checks on his account there, up to
the amount of SS,(MM). An account of Mr
Sterly’s In connection with the foregoing
■hewed transactions amounting to $1 086
Mr. Sterly said that in making his trip
to Washington In 1896, when he made the
irregular voucher, his expenses via New
York were greater than-appeared upon the
travel voucher for tfie trip to Washington
end return by rail. His trip had actually
coat him more than he put in a claim for
"When you signed the voucher you felt
you were doing wrong?” Col. Barr asked.
i”Yes, air, I felt bo then, and still feel
so.”
"This H not your first experience with a
fuiso voucher during your service in this
office is it?" was asked.
"No. str." was the reply,
"Did you ever receive instructions from
your chief to make out a false voucher for
his signature?" was asked.
"1 did," was the reply.
“1 made out Capt. Carter’s fuel and
forage allowance for twenty days In July,
and •ent the check with it to Capt. Carter
at Richfield Springs."
Capt. Carter, the witness said, owned
no horses at that time, but owned one
horse up to June. 1897.
"Did you always make out Capt. Car
ters forage voucher?" Col. Barr asked.
"Yea. sir."
"For one horse or tor two?"
I "For two."
"Did Capt. Carter ever own two
hoHM'S?"
"No. sir."
Other vouchers were submitted to show
that charges for forage for two horses
had been made. One of them contained
a bill from Mr. T. J. Davis.
"Ab a matter of fact, did Capt. Carter
ever receive that fuel and forage?” CoL
11* rr asked.
"No. Mr."
"What di<l he receive?"
"He received the cosh."
"Front whom did he receive it?"
"From me. 1 would get the checks and
aand them over to the dealers, who would
deduct 10 per cent, and send the cash to
me. 1 then gave it to Capt. Carter."
"Do you know of any other Inaccurate
travel vouchers In the office besides yc*tr
own?" was asked.
\ ee, air, the witness said, handing a
yuper to Col. Barr. Thia was n travel
voucher for Capt. Carter for traveling be
tween Savannah and Beard's Bluff. Ga.
on the Altamaha river work, amounting
to HIM Another voucher for travel tw
t ween the same potnta by Mr J \v o
Sterly w<» introduced. Mr. Stetiy went
wuh him on that occasion. They dM not
go to DtK'tormwM but got off at John-
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to the court that there was only one spec
ification upon which no testimony has yet
been presented. Owing to the changed
conditions of the Hirt matter it was nec
essary. he Said, .that Mr. Sterly should
look up some records in the office, and
there was. therefore, nothing further for
him to present until the court meets in
New York city. As it will require him
several days in which to prepare what he
wishes to present there he asked the court
to adjourn to meet in the army building
in New York on March 1 at 11 o’clock.
There being no objection an adjournment
was had in accordance with his wish.
COL. WAY’S HOUSE BURNED.
He !■ Satisfied It War the Work of
an Incendiary.
The residence of Col. Charlton H. Way
at Beaulieu was burned to the ground
Saturday night about midnight. The fire
is supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary, as it had every appearance of
having been started from the outside.
This is the second disastrous fire Col.
Way has had within the last four years.
It has been nearly four years since his
handsome residence, magnificently furnish
ed, was burned at Beaulieu, the fire re
sulting, as was supposed, from the burn
ing of the dry grass in the yard.
After the former fire, as will be remem
bered, Col. Way had considerable trouble
with the insurance companies, thougn be
succeeded, after contests in the courts, in
collecting nil of the policies due him. On
this occasion, however, Col. Way had no
insurance, and his loss, which is total, he
estimates at SS,(XX).
Some time after his former fire Col.
Way built a very pretty residence on the
bluff at Beaulieu, after the manner and
style of a log cabin, quite artistic in de
sign, and, as ts said, most comfortable and
well furnished. In this residence Col. and
Mrs. Way have been living for more than
two years.
Saturday night just after 10:30 o’clock,
when Col. and Mrs. Way had retired,
Col. Way was awakened by his wife who
had not yet fallen asleep, and told him
that the house was on fire. Col. Way got
up hurriedly and rushed into the bath
room, the room next to his sleeping apart
ment, and found the flames then coming
through apparently from the outside. The
fire spread rapidly, and soon the whole
house was covered with flames. Col. Way
endeavored to save a few articles, but
only a few did he succeed in getting out.
Mrs. Way rushed out and then went back
to her room for some of her clothing, but
in attempting to go out to the piazza
found the door locked, while smoke and
flame blocked the other way of exit. She
finally found the key and made her way
to the piazza, from which she had to
jump six feet to the ground to escape the
fast spreading flames.
Col. Way says there is no doubt that
he and Mrs. Way barely escaped
their lives. Had the fire come half an
hour later or had they been sleeping in
the second story of a two-story house, he
is satisfied they would never have escap
ed. As it was they had difficulty in get
ting out, and could only stand and see
their residence burned to the ground.
Col. Way is satisfied that the Are was
the work of some fire fiend. He thinks
he has spotted the man, a negro who lives
somewhere in his neighborhood, though
there is nothing but circumstantial evi
dence. An examination of one of the
brick pillars at the eastern corner of the
house, under the bathroom where the fire
started, showed evidences of kerosene. At
the time the fire was discovered its ap
pearance gave undoubted evidence, he
says, of its having been started from the
outside. He and his wife had no help,
and they were able to save very little of
the contents of their home.
Col. and Mr.i Way are now occupying
a cottage on the premises which was not
destroyed by the fire. There was no one
besides them in th< house when the fire
was discovered, and nobody appeared for
some time after it had been burning.
KILLING NEAR POOLER.
•
Boise Deloche Shot Edward Font er
in n Quarrel.
Coroner Goette returned from Pooler last
night, where he went to investigate the
murder of Edward Foster, colored, by
Boise Deloche, which occurred near there
Sunday. The Coroner found that a mag
istrate had already held the Inquest.
Foster and Deloche seemed to have met
near Pooler, together with a crowd of
negroes, and a light was soon on between
the two. Deloche Hred into Foster with a
shot gun, killing him instantly. He then
made his escape and has not been traced
since the killing. The murdered boy was
only 14 years of age.
A number of officers are after Deloche,
as the Jury of Inquest found him guilty
of murder in the first degree.
DEAD RABY UNDER A BED.
Ilnrhnroua (««e in it McDonough
Street House.
Policeman Collins was sent to No. M7
ported raising a disturbance. When the
officer arrived he found an entirely differ
ent complaint.
Fannie Alston (colored) lives there, and
informed the officer upon Inquiry that
McDonough street, east, yesterday, for the
purpose of subduing a man who was re
there was no disturbance, but that there
was ft woman tenant in trouble In an upper
room. The officer was directed to the
room and found a negress named Nelht
Rocknlght there. He was at once given
to understand there was a dead child in
the room and the occupants wanted it re
moved. Further inquiries were made by
the officer who found the child was born
some time Sunday and hnd since that time
been lying under the bed wrapped in a
blanket. It appeared the two women are
the only occupants of the house and they
claim they had no opportunity for not
earlier reporting the matter.
Coroner Goette was notified by the po
lice and went to the house at once to inves
tigate the facts. They were the same as
found by Policeman Collins. Being satis
fied there was no criminality connected
with the matter, on being informed that
City Physician Lloyd attended the wo-
■OMB EXPLODED IN FRANCE.
Serious Damage Done Rut No Loss of
Life.
.Montpelier. France, Feb. 22.—A bomb
was exploded to-day at the residence of
M. Messine, a former president of the
Chamber of Commerce. Serious damage
was done, but there was no loss of life.
The police have discovered three similar
bombs ,n the vicinity of the headquarters
of the stuff, and at the railroad depot.
Several anarchists have been here for
some days past.
District Messenger Building Robbed.
The office of the District Messenger and
Delivery Company was broken into yester
day before the occupants arrived. A desk
was robbed of a small sum. The robbery
was reported io the police, and •’Cuffy”
Gibbons, colored. was arrested on suspi
cion.’ It is believed the build:ng was en
tered from ‘ the Montgomery street side.
A Urge number of small boys infest the
comer near the building, and the officers
of the company ap* inchued to attribute
the Job to them.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1898.
LOSS OF COTTON LARGE.
AMOUNT ESTIMATED BETWEEN
$17,000 and SIB,OOO.
The Warehouse the Best in the City
and Properly’ Equipped as Re
quired by Insurance Regulations.
Nearly 4,000 Bales of Cotton in the
Four Compartments of the Ware
house, the Whole Being Insured
for sl94,ooo—Different Theories as
to the Origin of the Fire.
The loss on the cotton destroyed and in
jured in the fire in Warehouse A of the
Hydraulic Cotton Press Company is likely
to reach a considerable figure. There were
3,903 bales of cotton in the warehouse, dis
tributed among the four compartments.
The fire was confined to the third com
partment.
Miessrs. Butler & Stevens, the lessees of
the warehouse, for the storing chiefly of
the finer grades of sea island cotton,
which were being held for an advance in
the market. There were between 900 and
1,000 bales of cotton in the compartment,
of which 500 bales were choice East Flor
idas and other fine grades. About 110
bales are a total loss and the others are
considerably damaged.
The loss on the cotton destroyed is esti
mated at between $6,000 and $7,000 and on
that damaged by smoke and water at $lO,-
000 to $12,000.
It Was a fact commented upon as some
what singular by the members of the firm
and by the insurance agents that the fire
should not only have broken out in the
best cotton warehouse in the city of Sa
vannah, but that it should have attacked
the apartment containing the most valua
ble cotton.
Warehouse A is considered by all ac
quainted with its construction to be the
best constructed to be found anywhere.
The four apartments are divided by heavy
brick walls, rising above the roof, with
no connection between the roofs of the
several apartments. The building is pro
vided with, heavy Iron doors and the sky
lights are or were of glass fully half an
inch thick and very strong.
All the requirements of the Southeastern
Tariff Association were complied with in
the construction of the building and in its
care. Two double fire hydrants are lo
cated at the warehouse, and a full supply
of first-class hose and fire buckets is kept
there by the lesees. Under the circum
stances the insurance agents felt war
ranted in giving a very low rate on the
property. In spite of their unsatisfactory
experience the agents will readily renew
the insurance at the old rate, as the fire
is not attributed to any fault in the con
struction of the building or lack of care
on the part of the lessees.
The insurance carried by the firm was
upon the entire stock of cotton in the
warehouse, and consequently the loss in
the third apartment will have to be pro
portioned. The insurance is amply suffi
cient to cover the loss, however. It was
distributed among the local agents and
placed by them in their various companies.
The following is a list of the insurance:
C. F. Prendergast—ss,ooo, Home; $5,000,
Queen; $5,000, Phoenix; $3,000, London and
Lancasshire; $4,000, - London and Lancas
shire.
Dearing & Hull—s4,ooo, German Ameri
can; $4,000. Mutual Fire; $4,000, Atlanta
Home; $5,000, Caledonian; $5,000, Phoenix
Home; $3,000, Georgia Home.
W. T. Hopkins—ss,ooo, Magdeburg; $4,-
000, Manchester.
M. A. Cohen—ss,ooo, Orient; $5,000,
Orient; $5,000, Georgia Home.
Myers & Holt—s4,ooo, British American;
$5,000, Insurance Company of North
America.
W. E. Grady—s4,ooo, Insurance Company
of North America; $4,000, Imperial; $6,000,
Royal.
Sullivan & Wilson—ss,ooo, Royal; $5,000,
Royal; $5,000, North British and Mercan
tile; $4,000, Aetna; $3,000. London, Liver
pool and Globe.
Daniel & Carswell—ss,ooo, Hartford;
$6,000, Hartford; $3,000, Pennsylvania;
$3,000, Connecticut.
J. N. Wheaton & Co. —$5,000, Fire Asso
ciation; $4,000, Delaware; $5,000, Sun Mu
tual; $5,000, Continental.
A. C. Harmon.—ss,ooo, Continental; sl,-
000, Continental; $5,000, Continental.
Davant & C 0.—55,000, Continental; $4,000,
Continental.
Hull & Lathrop—s4,ooo, Niagara; SI,OOO,
Niagara.
A. G. Guerard & Son—s4,ooo, Firemen’s.
Rowland & Rowland—ss,ooo, Insurance
Company of North America.
Total-$lM<»O.
There is a difference of opinion as to the
origin of the fire. Well posted and exper
ienced insurance men are emphatic in the
opinion that it was due wholly to acci
dental causes.
Mr. Gilbert R. Rossignol, who has charge
Os the warehouse, and Fire Chief Maguire
are both of the opinion that it was incen
diary. Mr. Rossignol found on top of the
warehouse yesterday a large rock which
he thought was used to break in the heavy
glass of the skylight. An old cotton truck
was found against the side of the building,
where it was supposed to have been placed
to enable someone to climb the roof. It was
found that the center of the fire w'as under
the skylight and that it had evidently
spread from that point. There was said to
be a strong odor of oil in the burnt cotton
found under the skylight.
Some, however, thought this might be
the oil of the sea island cotton brought
out by the heat. The theory of those who
believe in the Incendiary idea is that the
skylight was broken, a quantity of oil
poured down on the cotton and a match
or lighted piece of wood thrown in, after
which the Incendiary proceeded to make
himself scarce. The fire could not have
been smoldering in the compartment for
a day without someone of the many work
ing in and around the warehouse having
his attention attracted either by smoke
or the smell of burning cotton.
Mr. R. M. Butler, senior member of thfe
firm of Butler & Stevens, said that what
seemed strong corroborative evidence of
this Incendiary theory was that holes
were burned in the floor at irregular dis
tances around underneath the skylight as
if oil might haw formed in pools on the
floor after running down the sides of the
bales, the consequence being that
the . floor wo Jld be deeply burnt
In at such spots. He noticed also that
some of the bales taken from near the
skylight were burnt in streaks down the
sides as if the oil bad trickled down them
Mr. Butler was loth to believe in the in
cendiary theory, but he admitted that, he
said, there seemed to be strong corrob
orative evidence of such a theory.
Insurance men who investigated the
case thoroughly do not believe it was the
work of- incendiaries. The warehouses are
closely tratvbed. and anyone likely to have
attempted to set fire to the cotton would
have been detected. The insurance men
say they could discover no odor of kero
sene. and are inclined to look upon the use
of kerosene to start Are In cotton as wholly
improbable. It would be just as useless to
pour kerosene In a keg of gunpowder to
fire it as 1‘ would be to pour kerosene on
cotton. There were no evidences to the
insurance men of any attempt to break tn
the skylight. The skylight was broken,
but it was largely by the firemen in their
I work. In the absence of any satisfactory
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evidence of incendiarism the insurance
men believe the fire was due to accident
how, they do not pretend to say. Fires fre
quently oreak out in cotton without any
known origin.
FELL BETWEEN THE CARS.
Brakeman on the Flant System Ter
ribly Crushed.
George S. Austin, a brakeman of the
Plant System, fell between the cars of
an out-going train yesterday about 11:30
o’clock and is thought to have been fa
tally injured. He is at the Savannah Hos
pital, his left leg being badly shattered,
and both hands cut in various places, to
say nothing of internal injuries.
Austin'Was on a rurtto Charleston. The
train on which he was braking got under
some speed and had nearly reached the
Gwinnett street crossing, where it seems
Austin started to go from one car to the
other. It is thought he must have mis
judged the distance, or that slack was
jerked from the cars and caused them to
spread just as Austin was about to step
them. He fell between the cars near Gwin
nett street and- 1 at a point where there
have been other accidents recently. The
result was that he suffered by having the
wheels of a car pass over him.
Policeman Brantley" was among the
first to reach Austin and the barracks
was informed at once. The ambulance was
sent out and the injured man was remov
ed to the Savannah. Hospital, by order of
Dr. King Wylly, surgeon of the Plant Sys
tem. All possible attention was given him
when he arrived there, and on account of
the severe shock to which he was subject
ed, no operation was performed. It will
be necessary to amputate the leg, how
ever, and that will probably be done this
morning by Dr. Wylly. Austin's home is
in Charlestonj > ui
MARDI GRAS AT NEW ORLEANS.
I i'
Harvest Time the Subject Illustrated
in the Parade.
New Orleans, Feb. 22.—Bright and beau
tiful weather marked the celebration of
Mardl Gras here to-day, Except that the
air was chilly it was typical carnival
weather.
There were the usual scenes on the
streets and the customary large number
of promiscuous maskers.
The Rex parade was’ the feature of the
day. The subject chosen was Harvest
Time, which was brilliantly illustrated in
a series of twenty mpying cars. The king
of the carnival is Charles A. Farwell,
prominently identified with the sugar in
terests of the state.
The Mystic Krewe of Comus appeared on
the streets with one of the most gorgeous,
and at the same time Interesting pageants
that has ever appeareSTln New Orleans.
The theme was?‘Shakespeare,” and all the
familiar characters and plays were plc
turesqued with a faithfulness and splendor
unsurpassed. There were twenty tableaux,
representing “Comus," “Shakespeare,”
"Midsummer Night’s Dream.” “Othello,”
"Romeo and Juliet," “Macbeth,” “As You
Like It,” “King Lear,” “Merry Wives of
Windsor,” "Hamlet.” "Twelfth Night, or
What you Will,” "King Henry VIII,”
"Much Ado About Nothing,” "Pericles,
Prince of Tyre,"The Merchant of Ve
nice,” "The Comedy of Errors,”: "King
Richard HI,” “Cymbeline," "Antony and
Cleopatra,” “The Tempest."
After the parade the (Mystic Krewe en
tertained with a'grand ball at the French
opera house.
To-night Rex entertained his loyal sub
jects with a bail nt the Imperial palace,
which was gorgeously decorated. The
throne was erected at one end of the spa
cious ball room and decorated in the royal
colors of garnet and ermine.
The king chose as his queen Miss Noel
Forsyth. « beautiful young woman, who
graced her high position as though born
to the purple. Both balls were thronged
and were immense social successes.
MEMPHIS PAHAbE HISTORICAL.
Event* In the Growth of the United
State* Illustrated.
Memphis, Feb. 22.—The Mardl Gras fes
tivities* were concluded to-night with a
parade consisting of thirteen floats, repre
senting historical events of American his
tory.
The entire day and night was given over
to merry-makers, the streets being packed
with citizens and visitors.
Two grand masked balls were given to
night. both largely attended. The celebra
tion passed off without a single disturbing
feature.
FLOATS PICTURE LOVE.
The Carnival at Mobile Close* In a
Blase of Glory.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 22 Mardl Gras was
celebrated to-day by five mystic parades
and by public concerts.
The day parades were those of Emperor
Felix on hl* rolling throne and with
mounted escort and preceded by his impe
rial band, the Mar da Gras Pilgrims, who
caricatured the police, the comic cow
boys. who shewed |he folly of last sum
mer’s panic, and the Knights of Revelry,
who turned out akx floats illustrating facts
and fancies. - . *
At night there was the closing displays
of the carnival, the orftler of myths parad
ing with nine ftohtz entitled "Love,”
showing all varieties of the amatory pas
sion. The floats were named: "Universal
Love," “Maternal Love.". “Biblical Love,”
"Olympian Love,’, "Homeric Love'”
"Classic Love." •Rural Love,” "Egyptian
Love,” and “Patriotic: Love."
The streets were brilliant with all color
ed fires and the procession was greeted
with great applause. The attendance to
day was the largest ever seen at a carni
val here.
Mr*. Whitney Doing Well.
Columbia. S. C. Feb. 21—Dr. Bull of
New York reached Aiken to-night on a
special train to attend Mrs. Whitney, nho
is reported as doing well. A slight con
cussion of the spine is the most serious
symptom.
SAM JONES VERY UNCERTAIN.
HIS OPINION OF MEN APPEARS
VERY CHANGEABLE.
A Few Months Ago He Was Sounding
the Praises of Those He la Now
Abusing—Candler’* Friend* Afraid
He May Do the Acrobatic Act Again
Before the Campaign I* Over.
Strong Suspicion That a Guberna
torial Bee I* in Jone*’ Head Gear.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22.—Rev. Sam Jones,
the freak of this year’s state politics, came
down to Atlanta from his Cartersville
home to-day to see what sort of a dust his
recent utterance is kicking up in these
parts.
He is still occupying the ambiguous po
sition which he took in his letter printed
yesterday.
He has no more desire to be Governor
than bailiff, he says, but at the same time
he evidently has something like a political
bee crawling around in his head gear.
The belief is that he wishes to stand be
fore the public and the field of candidate
as a menace. If his kind of man is nomi
nated by the Demoira-.s, he will taxe in his
horns and shut off his vocabulary, but
if not then he will make an independent
campaign himself.
If, for instance, Col. Candler gets the
nomination, the Rev. Samuel will say
“amen,” but if it should be Atkinson,
Berner or some other man who has not his
sanction, then he will sail In and try (q
beat him on the cry of ringism and corrup
tion. ■
Neither Gov. Atkinson, Judge Atkinson
' nor Col. Candler will say anything Cor pub
lication about Mr. Jones’ letter..
Col. Candler is not talking for publica
tion just now, though he felt good enough
over the letter to remark that Sam was a
good one, and always right.
The evangelist is an uncertain quantity,
however, in some respects, and he might
kick again and leave a different impres
sion on Col. Candler. When he raises his
heels there is no telling where they will
strike. Then he would not think “Sam
was always right.”
This Is what some of Gov. .Atkinson’s
friends are saying. They refer to the letter
and the sermons of the evangelist a year
or so ago, in which he lauded Gov. Atkin
son to the skies for uprightness and back
bone. They also recall the fact that Mr.
Jones and his wife were guests at she ex
ecutive mansion for a week or so about
the time he was delivering himself of these
laudatory encommiums, partaking of the
hospitality of the chief of the “gang,”
which he now denounces and wishes treat
ed as so many common thieves and plun
derers. The Governor’s friends are talk
ing about these things and wonder how it
is that even Sam Jones can do them.
It Is also recalled that the evangelical
censor of Georgia politics, as he now poses,
made Senator Steve Clay the target of his
most inveterate abuse during the last
campaign, and also “cussed out” dußig
non to the limits of his billingsgate. Now
he is patting these two on the back and
has forgotten their transgressions be
cause they are for Candler. He says they
are emblems of purity in Georgia politics
now, while Berner and Atkinson, upon
whom he could not lay abuse then because
he wanted to use.it all on Clay and dußig
non, are the arch-villains in his
With this sort of a record some of Col.
Candler's friends are a little wary of the
Jones enconiums now. They are afraid
a reaction will set in, with the Usual re
sults.
As stated Gov. Atkinson has declined to
express himeelf about the Sam Jones let
ter. He could hardly do the subject jus
tice in ordinary print.
Col. Candler made his first speech to-day
since his announcement for Governor. He
was at a Confederate reunion at Decatur.
He did not mention politics, however, but
carefully avoided ail references to his can
didacy. Col. Candler was given an ova
tion by the crowd. He was present, not
as a speaker, but at a spectator, but made
a little speech in response to the calls for
him when his appearance during the exer
cises was noticed.
CUT OFF HER CURLS.
Bvrarlar U»e» Sciaxor* on a Sleeping
Girl’* Head at Macon.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 22.—Miss Gladys Car
roll, aged 14, lost her curls last night at
the hands of a thieL She is the daughter
of the proprietress of the National Hotel,
and was sleeping in the room with a lady
visitor. During the night the thief enter
ed the apartment, stole a lot of clothing,
and, to complete the crime, cut off Miss
Gladys' hair, which was long and. hung
temptingly about her pillow.
Consternation and anger were aroused
at the discovery this morning. The alarm
was given and officers Smallwood and
Mosely took up the case. They were not
long in locating the clothing at the house
of Lula Stewart, on Fourth street.
The woman says the clothing wa*
brought there by a white man, whose
name she cannot or will not give. The
officers are of the opinion that the work
was done by a white man, and some ar
rests may be made. The detective force
i* on the track of the supposed hair-cutter.
The Stewart woman was given sixty days
by the Recorder for receiving stolen goods.
SHOOTING AT WRIGHTSVILLE.
Prisoner In Johnson Comity Shoot*
Deputy nn<l Escapes. 1
Dublin, Ga., Feb. 22.—A negro prisoner
in the Wrightsville jail yesterday al noon
shot the deputy sheriff of Johnson county
and made his escape. Deputy Sheriff J
T. Smith of this city, with a dog, went
over there to assist in the search for the
negro. The wounded man is reported not
dangerously hurt.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
Murderer Make* Hl* Escape After an'
Unprovoked Crime.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 22.—Last night at the
home of a negro named Phillips, at
Statham. Young Harris, a negro railroad
hand, without any provocation whatever,
shot Pnillips through the heart and made
good his escape.
White 1* Jenkin*.
Darien, Ga., Feb. 22.—The attorney of
James Jenkins, alias Jack Whitt, threw up
the sponge and ended the case this morn
ing. The prisoner is James Jenkins and
he is now on his way to the penitentiary.
Bi» C«r«o of Coffee.
New York, Feb. 22.—The steamer Can
ning. Capt. Hammond, which arrived to
day from Brazil ports, brought the largest
cargo of coffee that ever reached this
port, consisting of 85.755 sacks.
Phi Kappa Anniversary.
Athens. Ga., Feb. 22.—The seventy-eighth
anniversary of the Phi Kappa Society of
the university was observed to-day at the
chapel. George T. Jackson. Jr., of Au
gusta. the orator of the day, spoke of “Fo
il tic al Rings.”
THE MAYOR OF LYNN.
Paine's Celery Compound Never Faikj
to Invigorate Him When Worn Out, .
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Mayor Ramsdell is again Mayor of Lynn.
Two years ago he was elected by the
combined People’s party. Democratic and
Citizens’ Reform party. He was again I
nominated by acclamation by the Demo- I
crats to succeed himself as mayor of the i
busy modern city, and was again elected |
by a rousing majority last month.
Mayor Ramsdell’s present high position '
is the legitimate reward of his ability and
his fearlessness in his opinions. >
He has never hesitated to declare his con
victions in public, nor has he been slow
to espouse the cause of the shoemakers
and other wage earners. In 1894 he was
candidate of the People’s party for Con
gress. A hard worker, a conscientious of- I
ficial, Mayor Ramsdell has more than once
been pushed to the limit of his strength.
At such times of extreme nervous tension
and overwork he has saved himself from
breaking down by taking Paine’s celery
compond.
Mayor Ramsdell’s honest opinion of this
great remedy cannot be mistaken by nny
one who reads his letter that follows:
SPLIT IN CUBA’S CABINET.
SOME OF THE MEMBERS ACCUSED
OF TREASON.
Senor Gibera and Amblard Believed
to Be Secretly Trent Ing With the
Separatists in the Direction of In
dependence for the Island—Senor
Govln Also Under Attack—Madrid
Imparcia! Attacks Senor Moret for
Patting; the Autonomy Scheme in
Force.
Madrid, Feb. 22.—A gloomy tone per
vails in political circles on the reports of
a split in the Cuban ministry. The au
tonomists, Senor Gibera and Senor Am
blard, are, it is believed, secretly treating
with the separatists In the direction of
Independence for Cuba.
flenor Govin, the Cuban secretary of the
interior, is accused of treason by the Im
partial, which publishes a sac simile let
ter from Senor Govin to a friend in which
the former says; “How could you think
that Sagasta, a' man inferior to Canovas,
and liberal only in name, has inspired my
attitude and not my ideas and sentiments
as a CubanMcKinley as well as Cuba
will determine whether I am a Spaniard.
Long live out country and liberty.”
The Imparcial adds that it predicted a
weak ministry in Cuba and warned Senor
Moret, the Spanish colonial minister, of
what waa likely to be the outcome of his
autonomy scheme.
El Pais says: "Spain should treat with
the rebels direct rather than tolerate
the Traitor Govin.”
El Correo Espanol says: “How will
Senor Moret, the patron of Govin, and
Senor Sagasta, the patron of both Moret
and Govin. stand now that Govin is a
traitor to his country? Whoever sup
ports a traitor is likewise a traitor.”
The official press, on the other hand,
counsels prudence and confidence in the
patriotism of the Cubans.
Havana, Feb. 22.—The autonomist gov
ernment has confirmed the appointment of
Senor Manuel Rafael as representative of
the colonel government at Washington to
prepare a commercial treaty under insi ruc
tions which he will receive from Senor
Moro and Senor Rodrlguez, colonial secre
taries of the treasury and commerce re
spectively.
BUNCE ON THE VIZCAYA.
The Admiral Return* the Visit of
Capt. Ealale.
New York, Feb. 22.—Admiral Bunce,
commandant of the navy yard, returned
the official visit of Capt. Eulale of the
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya to-day. Admiral
Bunce was accompanied by his two a idea,
Capt. Gilmore and Lieut. Ward.. They
left the navy yard on board the command
ant’s barge Undine, and steamed down the
bay. The three officers wore their full
dress uniforms. The visit was altogether
formal.
Two Lehigh Valley coal barges wer-
Lowed to the Vizcaya to-day and their
Wells, & Richardson Co., Burlington, Vt.
Gentlemen—A previous experience with
Paine’s celery compound as a restorer of vB
exhausted energy, induced me recently to
■ take it again, the many duties of the may- ■
I op’s office having taxed my slight physical I
resources greatly. I made no mistake. In
; one week I found my appetite improved, H
I the feeling of weariness disappearing, and fl
my nerves becoming steadier. Paine's H
celery compound has thus been a friend fl
in time of need, and I like to say a word wfl
for a friend. Truly yours,
WALTER L. RAMSDELL. |
Nov. 5. 1897. 1
In every city, ifi business houses, banks, B
newspaper offices—wherever the friction c<&
worry is wearing out the nervbs and
duclng the nutrition of the body,
oelelpy’compound is proving its infsHma- ■
ble value. It invariably insures round W
sleep, and thus gives the overstrung nerves
their natural rest; it corrects a constlpa
| ted habit that so commonly goes with sc- >
dentary occupations, and frees the blood 4
of poisonous' humors, that at some time or
other develop into grave disease.
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cargoes transferred to the man-of-war.
The vessel needed coal, and Capt. Eulale dfl
decided to take on board a supply here.
The water boart Croton also visited the
Vizcaya and filled her tanks with fresh
water.
WOODFORD TO GIVE A BANQUET.
Vc-
Premier Snansfn and the Spanislt
Cabinet to Be Hi* Guests. n
Madrid, Feb. 22.—United States Minister
Woodford was received in audience by th©
Queen Regent to-day. ,< < J
U. S. Minister Woodford wllf give a ban
quet on Thursday to Senor Sagaata, th©
premier, and the other members of the
cabinet, Senor Polo y Bernabe, the new
Spanish minister to the United States ansi 1
other members of the diplomatic corps. fl
A squadron of torpedo boats has left
Cadiz for Havana harbor.
TERROR READY TO SAIL,
The HenairMoii the Mon 11 or ( omplet- |
ed and She Will Go to New York, fl
Norfolk, Vi., Feb. 22.—The repairs Otl
the Monitor Terror were completed tofl
night, and it is understood she will Mifl'
for New York in the morning. The tbr-Bi '
pedo boat l-’oote and Winslow also arefl
practically computed, and they are rea .<*
to leave the dry dock. The Puritan
hardly be ready to leave tiie yard-
ten days. Ail her boilers have been renalqfl “
ed but one.
It Is said the gunboat Machias will bflStV'p
repaired at this yard, and a requlsitiotfl •
for more men lias b< .•» made. Tiie nuß>befl.'.V\
of men nt the yard will probably be doufl ;
bled by Marcb 1. .
SAVED ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LIFELjH
Boylrood Friend of the Wnr Pre*!-
dent I'asMen Away,
Louisville. Ky., Feb. 22.—A special to
Evening Post, from Hodgenville, ’ \
says Austin Gollaher died to-day at
horne m-nr this city, aged 93 years.
Gollaher was the friqnd ant?
<-orr.pa nion of Abrch.oii Lincoln. Th
t-orn on adjoining farms and
rd school together. A’ one time whiiW '
crossing a creek on a iog Lincoln
ocing swept away by th<- v..;t.-rs when G V
liiher saved him at the risk of his
It'e. The old man was in full command
all his: f n-ijlt.eM until the last.
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Bullet Fired Into Him While dfl
HeMiNtlnp; A t reat.
2?.—Flbart
ford, a i.ot.-l outlaw of Johnson boon^W ?
was shot an) probably mortally wound ' -. J
at Mountain City to-.lay by R. N. PdfllMlgl
nelly, a deputy shot iff, who was attemJ^Kf
ing to arrest l.epford, the latter
Lepford broke jail a year ago and
been at large. MMM
Jiidjtc lltighi'H Hewlgn*. ' .“’'’o
Norfolk, Vn., Feb. 22.—Judge Robert Wig
Hogues of it.- I'. cottri of the e".«||||||||
• ■ n ■> p;-o,nt< 1 bj- President Gj| r*.
in iv.7, hi- forward'd hia
President McKinley. , ‘’■'•V-fTj'i