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ENGLAND'S ORDERS NOW ISSUED GREAT!
NEW FEAR THAT WAR IS ABOUT ON
Portsmouth Told to Prepare All Ships. Including
the Reserve. For Immediate Mobilization.
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book, deallc* with th* port France
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published It tnmprtecs aereotren
document*, and consist* of a «iry rec
ord of th# exchange dlapatrbe* with
Madrid and Waahlngtoe. wbil* ar
rangement* ware bains made for the
mediation of France. M Camtxm.
French ambassador, cabled tba. the
1 nF.ed State* had accepted Spain's
proposal that peace negotiation* be
belt, itt Pari*. saying: "MrK*nl#y
emtldered I'nited State* government,
thereby gave the Spanish government
a mark of it* good will, and to France
o '.okeo of Ita confidence.
The book conclude* with Deles***'*
tlUpatrh to the French ambassadors
ar linden. St. Peteraburg. Berlin and
\ lean* iuforming them of the m •tlia
tten of France and summaris ng the
negotiation*.
SENSA IIONAL STORIES.
New* as It Reached Charleston Last
Night.
KiigelMS. S. C., Oct. It —The Atkin
son inquest will be resumed tomorrow.
Five hundred white men are expected
to attend. A negro woman was bulged
in jail yesterday, suspected of being
implicated In the rrlme. She. with the
three negro men already in Jail, will tie
<nrrb‘d under guard to the aecne of
the Inquest.
News reached here today that Jim
McKle, the negro against whom the
evidence is strongest, but who for good
reasons was not brought to jail, had
raised a company In Hamburg, and
v as defying arrest. The report Is not
believed here, but, if true and resist
ance is made by the negroes, it will
certainly tiring about a serious condi
tion of affairs. The rhancea are that
the guilty parties will be found out
tomorrow. If so they will probably
meet Instant death.—Charleston News
and Courier.
There was a rumor started in the city
that a riot had occurred in Edgefield, j
ifnd that thirteen personß hud been kill- j
ed. Telephonic messages from Edge
field say that nothing of such occur
rence is known there.
The Herald has made as diligent in
quiry as possible, and no news of any
company organizing in Hamburg could
be secured. v.
Died of Jaundice.
Sam Head, a well known young man
of West End, died last night of yellow
jaundice.
Mr. Head had been ill for only a
few days, and his death was totally un
expected. The l'uneral occurs at 4:30
tomorrow afternoon from the Second
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TNROTTItE
HU Train Kuns Twenty Miles at a
Terrltic Kate.
f 1« had Two Hundred Passenger*.
Killed By a Water Crane.
Susquehanna. Pa . Oct. 25. — When
the night express train, cast bound, ar
rived at this station at mlduigbt. En
gineer Kingsley, was found dead In the
cab. with hU head badly crushed.
After the train left Ringhampion.
twenty-three mile* west of here, the
trainmen and others notic'd that Che
engineer falld to give the usual sig
nals at crossings, and at small station:
and that the train was running at un
usual speed. Fireman Cowglll noticed
the whistle was not blown for this sta
tion and going forward into the cab
,'oiird the dead engineer. The train
hud lip at • terrific speed twenty
miles ivltbcut ao engineer. Thors
%ere two hundred passenger* on board
the i»aln. It Ib supposed the engineer
was hit by the watur crane rial ts
Binghamton. Kingsley was cue of the
most reliable engineers on the Eric
rood.
MURDER WELL OUT.
Mow They Cut Their Victims Head
With a Razor.
[By Associated Press to The Herald.]
Washington Court House, Ohio.
Oct 25. Hannah West and Abraham
HufTman have been bound over by
the grand jury on the charge of mur
dering Louis Bal!_of this city, twelve
years ago, by beheading him with a
razor.
The arrest of the prisoners was the
result of a deathbed confession by
Mrs. Anna Jeffries, who said she held
Bail's head while Huffman cut it off
with a razor in Mrs. West's house,
the blood flowing into a tub, and
Ball’s head and body being laid across
a iailroad track to create the impres
sion that Bail was killed by the cars.
Two more men will be arrested for the
murder.
S C. & Cla. Late.
The South Carolina ml Georgia train
due here at 11:51 o’clock this murnhi's
was one hour late, caused by waiting
on the down train at Bianchviile. ihe
: coductor reports heavy travel into
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UNION TOBACCO.
, Certificate of Im<>rporatk>n Filed In
Atomy.
II By Aaeoetated hm to The Hrreld.)
Albany, N. Y , Orl. 25. The Helen
Tuna.-* <i company of America, capital
ised at ton million dallar*. filed a cer
tificate of Incorporation today. The
company's capital la composed of two
million* preferred and right millions
con moo stork. The principal office la
at New York, and Ibe purpose it to
manufacture aqd sell tobacco In all
forms. The director* are Fraud* Q.
Ingerroll, fhaa M Billing* New Yorh.
and William M. Coleman of Brook
lyn-
IN CHARLESTON.
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The Professional Forger Is Thcught
to Be There.
The gentleman who tried to work
the forgery game on Mr. J. J. Dirks la
supposed to be In Charleston.
The Charleston Post »ays:
“The public Is warned against for
gers, as there seem* to be an unusual
number of slick gentlemen In Southern
cities this year who are art sU with
the pen.
At present there Is supposed to be
a professional forger in the city. He
recently made his appearance in Au
gusta. giving his name as C. P. Cave,
and came near securing |375 front the
firm of J. J. Dicks.”
PLACES SI:I ECTEI).
A Corrall and New Offices Secured for
the Camp.
The commissary department of the
troops which will be here has selected
four rooms on the fourth floor of the
Dyer building for offices. They are
421 to 424, Inclusive.
The quartermaster department has
the room 430 and 431 on the fourth
floor of the building.
Just across the North AugU3la
bridge a site for the large city corrall
has been selected. Here all the wag
ons and horses used In the city by the
troops will be stationed. The site was
selected on account of the easy access
to water.
WILL HANDLE HIM.
A Volunteer Hoodlum Who Is in the
Law’s Clutches,
[By Associated Press to the Herald.]
San Francisco, Oct. 25. Judge
Oonlin iias refused to surrender to the
military authorities Private John
Whitson of the Tennessee volunteers,
charged with assaulting a woman in
her own home. The judge said the
guardhouse had no terrors for such a.
man. and he proposed to make an ex
ample of him. Whitson was convic
ted. _ .... _ . _
AlUtktA- UA.
DEFENSES I
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Hoy a I sad ( <*.. Rruas
wieh sad l»art*n Os the atamih of
iha at Joka'a rivet. At Augaatltie Ml
sail sad Tamp* Fla, la addition to
the fmrv«otag temporary halter tee .
prcparaltuo* were tnsde vgalnst pco
*ible hostile attack* by overbaaliag
• caning and patting to serviceable |
< mdtttoa the ex rating at unmant. and
he tcmpornrilv mooatmg twlthin them
addltloanl gun* at tbr following pin-,
re*: Fort Truml»ull. tot Mooroe Fonl
Macon. Fort Pnlasbt, Fort Pltnrh. I
Fort Morgan and Fort Jackson. It
may tie ronfMently asserted that the
• ompiethm of the projects upon which
| operation* are now In program will
| practically Insure the safety of our
principal harbor* and searoast cities
against nny nttacka from aen The
existing projects fur sea coast defense*
tontwanplsle the emplacement of about
fire hundred heavy gun* of A 16, 12
sad 15 inchm calibre of about seven
hundred rapid fire gun* of varkw* cal
ibra. and one thousand mortars. II is
estimated that the approximate cost
of the engineering work connected
wun the installation of this armament
will lie 9U.000.6M.”
i THE OKEAT JUBILEE.
Philadelphia is Revelling In a Grand
Demonstration.
[By Associated Proas lo Th# Herald.]
Philadelphia. Pa.. Oct. 25.
The great peace Jubilee Is now
fairly on. The first three
monster pageants and the
naval review on the Delaware
river are occurring today.
The city Is crowded wilh
people and the weather I* fa
vorable. Nine naval vessels
are heie.
COl.. ALSTON’S SUCCESSOR.
Senator Tillman's Nephew Made Col
onel of the- First Carolina.
Columbia, S. 0., Oct. 25. —To till the:
vacancy caused by the death of Joseph !
K. Alston, Gov.ttlicrbc yesterday com
missioned Lieut.. Coi. James H. Tin
man, a nephew- of the Mutator from
this state, coland! of the first regiment.
MuJ. M. B. StotJes, first lieutenant In
the regular army, was promoted to the
position of lieutenant colonel. Other
promotions will’follow. Theto is talk
of an effort to Keep the regiment in
service.
COWA *DLY WORK.
An Attempt to Dynamite a Saloon
Keeper and Family.
Wfi’quatte Mich., oc‘. 25.
An attempt was made early
this morning to murder Jam..s
Pcndlll, an enthusiastic anti
saloon man, and Incidentally
hit; entire family, by hi twins
up his house with dynamite.
The charge was not heavy
enough to wreck the house.
Fendili and his family escaped.
There is no c^e.
’ Death of a Little Girl.
Colie Collins, the eight years old
(laughter of Mr, »nd Mrs. • J- Collins,
of No. 5 Ferry street, died this morn
ing after an 111 ness of one week.
The funeral occurs tomorrw morning
at in o'clock from the residence.
Little Miss Kffio Gertrude KLiy en
tet mined her little friends yesterday
afternoon at her lovely home on lower
Walker street, an honor of her fifth
birthday. , - i
ATKINSON PLEADS FOR A PRIMARY
AND FOR A STRICTLY REGULATED ONE
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also advise that tbr date of the prt
m*ry R# Btdc t axed day at *nch
•eaaoa aa may he most coove*teat to
the m***r* of the voter*. If necessary.
separate succeeding day* might b* I
named for each party, or all could be
held on one day. The first provision
prevails In New York, whose Legisla
ture last Marrh unanimously passed
what is generally regarded as 4he
broadest and roost complete low regu
lating primary elections, political com
mittees and conventions; the second
provision is part of the rerently-#u
acted law of Michigan. Such a proviso
would be perfectly Just and satisfac
tory to all candidates and factious
alike, nod would remove a serious
cause of complaint recent.y made.
Vote Direct For Candidates.
"Candidate* for all offices should, of
course, be directly voted for, and pro
vision made for delegates who will ex
press that vote in the convention. In
some states, notably the neighboring
one of South Carolina, the nominees
are named by tbe consolidate vole of
the whole state, a majority of the
whole vote being required to nomin
ate. In any ease, conventions would
seem to be necessary to promu gate
prieiples, and these conventions, in
turn, should be regulated by a provis
ion against proxy and secret voting,
and by proper restrictions against in
terference with the temporary organ
ization.
"With these safeguards, including
also a provision for securing the fair
submission of all party questions to
the members of that party.-we would
have a law unexcelled by that of any
state in the Union, and our primaries
would command the confidence and re
spect of all parties. Then party or
ganizations will always l>c responsible
to the peop c, and political leaders will
become liberal statesmen, advoealliig
beneficial public measures, instead of
scheming politicians, earing only for
the favor of those in control of the
machine.
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Outline of the Governor's Message to the Georgia
Senate and House ot Representatives.
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stnnunt of revenue that *e at* rocetv-
C bang tot eh* Malwta.
i "la tWJ. ta* value* wer# fixed not
by the taxpayer, who has a direct In
terest in omitting to give in property,
or in placing the lowest possible value
upon 11. and thus burdening his neigh-j
bor with a part of the taxes which be'
should pay. but were fixed by a board j
of disinterested tax assessors. As a j
result, tax values Increased from!
5444.000. mm In 1891, to 5453.660,066 in’
1892. This act was repealed in thej
fall of 1892. The next year there was.
a decrease of 511,000,000 In the returns
of the taxable property, and now, fit
ter a constant decline. It is 5- r *4.000.0()0
less than in 1892, when valued by tax
assessors.
“If so much good was accomplished
in one year, with the experience ot
this effort, tax values would ere now
have been equalized and largely in
creased, and vast amounts of proper
ty, real and personal .which now es
capes taxation, would be bearing their
share of the common burden. This
law was not a failure, as was claimed
by its opponents, some of whom suf
fered by its operations, and made other
people believe they had suffered, so
that there was a general clamor for
Its repeal, to which a succeeding leg
islature succumbed. it. had its im
perfections. as any law which you may
enact will have, but these defects
should have been remedied by further
legislation. I have repeatedly called
upon the legislature to enact some
measure that would bring about re
form in this matter of taxation.
Former Words.
“In my message to the general as
sembly of 1895, and again referred to
in my message of 1897. 1 said:
" 'in reference to the value or prop
erty as shown hy the comptroller gen
era]*B report gathered I rom lax returns
- it is my duty to say to you that it
does not approximate the real or
market value of the property of the
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•• the real vahm of the p »*re-tt.
While the tegtata’wre aamtaady ftaaa
the ta* rate tor the state to b* cotter*-
ed form her cUtaeaa each rtttae* haw
th# prtarer tw ft* bt* own ta* rat* and
many of tb*«a do ft* H a« aw ‘almtly
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on a smte mu- b lower thaa that by
which the property of tbetr oetgbNtfg
are xaleed The man who pays ta***
I up.-a property uafairlr ealaed at ftan.
1 white on prxaperty of th* aaiwe vain*
bis neighbor par* «* 11.6 M. la tower
ing hi* own la* rat* one-half, deprte
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p'artag an un)n-1 herds* upon his
R*>«i*tft BtlibSiQT who iiltMA Rts pro
pert ts oirrffUf,
The Kceummrndattow
| -'I mewl Muwe-tty recommend list
eome plan be devised Hy which tb*
state ran airl*e ni something lib# a
just valuation of the property of Its
rli liens subject to tatatloa. nod pro
tect the man who honestly return* hi*
properly again*! imposition from those
who return their property at an Impro
per valuation. It I* well lo hear In
mind that any plan whirls yon will
adopt will, when put Into practical op
era! ion. prove Imperfect; but aa tbeae
defects appear It will he the duty of
your successor* to correct them and
continue to perfect the law. Certain
It I* that no sysiem which ran be
adopted ran t>e open to greater abuses
or morp flagrant Injustice than the law
under which our taaallon Is now refv
under ihe law under which our proper
ly la now returned for taxation. A
proper plan for assetsment of proper
ly for taxation will not only equalise
values, hut place upou the tag book*
a vast amount of personal euect*
which now escape taxation.'
•1 now appeal to your body io rt
rpond lo an awakened public interest
on this subject, and am persuaded
that effectual steps will be taken in
the direction Indicated.”
CHAMPION-?VALS.
Card* Out For the Marriage of a Pop
ular Savannah Couple.
M:iJ. and Mrs. Garland M ttvals. of
Savuattah. Ga. have issued cards to
the marriage of their daughter. Carrie
Lntbro'i. to Mr. William Davit ■.'baci
plutt. which occurs Wednesday aft* r
r.oon, November the ninth, at five
o'clock at Independent Presbyterion
church. Mr and Mrs. Champion wSL
be at home at No. 1212 Bull street after
November the twenty-third.
Mi-r Ryals Is very pleasantly re
mm.bored hb the guest or M«s» Gertie
It’>|ler. anti has many Augiis'tt friends,
who extend to Mr. Champion hearty
* oogralulations.
COULD (JET NO POLES.
The Telephone Company Gets No
Bids From This Section.
Mr. Louis Barnard, the representa
tive of the American Telephone and
Telegraph company, left the city last
evening for Charlotte. Mr. Barnard
has beoa in Augusta for several days
trying to secure bids on several thou
sand poles, which will be used by the
company making connection from here
to New York.
The timber has been so badly cut out
in this section that no bids could be
secured. One small offer from Spartan
burg was accepted, if no bids are re
ceived In Charlotte, the poles will be
furnished by Northern firms.
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Infant's Death.
The inrant child of Mr. and Mrs.
M. Left rand passed away today at their
home. No. 17 Dean avenue. The fun
eral occurs tomorrow. Tender sympa
thy Is extended to the sorrowing par
ents.
Little Miss Pauline Barnes entertain
ed « number of ft lends yesterday in
honor of her third birthday.