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♦ ALL THE NEWS*- ♦ ♦ You find it in the People’s Party X + Paper every week —why read any + A other paper for news. + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦l ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. NUMBER 47. VOL. VI. Het '/’/ ALL OVER THE NA’lifc" The People of Sister Statesand Their Movements. ITEMS THAT ARE FRESH FROM WIRES Alabama’s Several Hangings—Trusts That Are Forming—Men Moving to Alas ka— Other News of Interest Told in a few Words. Nelson Dinglev, father of Congress man Dingley died the 3rd inst. The blow of a hammer upon a nail caused a 1540,000 fire at Olean, N. Y,. on the 28 th ult. The mormons have been holding a big meeting in Randolph county, Ala. Ten were baptized. Kate Pior Kouski, of Chicago, a white woman, has gone crazy because her skin is rapidly becoming black. At Greenville, Ohio, Burhl Perkins, aged 94 years, married a widow of 76. Both are negroes. The examination of 1800 applicants for positions on the Chicago police force, will begin the L2th of this month. A four million dollar company has been incorporated in new Jersey to make sugar out of corn. Samuel Blair, a wealthy citizen of Chattanooga, suicided Tuesday, cutting his throat from ear to ear. A New Jersey justice has sent to jail a six year old boy charged with steal ing an old toy wagon. Drummers have organized a political league in New York to prevent antago nistic legislation. Over a million acres of crops were destroyed in South Dakota last week by a hail storm. Lewis Thompson, a negro, was con victed of assault at Decatur, Ala., last Thursday, and will be hanged. A negro was arrested Friday at Kitt rell, N. C., charged with assaulting a twelve year old girl. Mills alias Pig Newall, was hanged at Selma, Ala., last Friday, for the murder of Wright Crawford. John Johnson, a negro, was hanged at Birmingham, Ala., last Friday, for murdering Archie Clarke. Maximo Martinez was hanged at Floresville, Texas, last Friday, for the crime of triple murder. Albert Schultz, of Watertour, Wis.. shot his wife and then blew his own brains out. The woman will recover. A mad dog bit David McGaha, a child, near Huntsville, Ala., last Fri day The child will die. Mrs. A. W. Oakley, wife of the county treasurer of Ail;en, S. C., committed siAc.ue by taking poison last Friday. On July 29th Harry Vandewater, of Middletown, N. Y., died from the effects of a yellow jacket sting. Lightning killed Nathan McCowan, of Jackson county, Ala., during a thun der storm last Saturday. Thomas Alexander, the giant, of Rushville, Ind , who measured six feet ten inches high, is dead. A miner, while crossing the moun tain from Dyea, Alaska, was s unstruck. He eventually recovered. Sugar has been advanced again by the trust, and granulated now sells for five cents per pound Samuel Lewis, oldest iron founder in America, aged 92 years, died Sunday in Allentown, Pa. General Stewart L. Woodford, the new minister to Spain, sailed on the Steamer Paris Wednesday the 28th ult The faculty of Brown University have protested against President An drews resignation. Under his presi dency the college has prospered. A mad cow gored Adam Dau®, of Lancaster, Pa., Thursday while he was trying to rescue his grandson, whom the cow was pursuing. Daum will die. Howard C. Benham, a Batavia, N. Y., banker, has been convicted of wife poisoning after a trial which consumed nearly three weeks. Waterbury, Conn., was deluged by a cloud burst on Wednesday night of last week. Portions of New York State have also suffered from excessive rains. Mrs. C. C. Bass, of Florence Station, Ky , is the mother of a new born boy baby who has two well developed front teeth. Dr. James Charles, of Richmond, Ind., has invented an airship which will sail like a bird. Capitalists are backing bis invention. J ules Bunnell and his young bride of a week, committed suicide in Houston, Texas, because the husband could not find work. President J. D. Porter, of the Physi cians Supply Company of Arkansas City, committed suicide because his young wife would ride a bicycle. Nearly 900 farmers in the vicinity of Rochester, N. Y., are raising beets, in anticipation of the big beet sugar fac tory that is to be started there. The 25th United States Infantry Bi cycle Corps, all negroes, reached St. Louis Friday, having ridden 2,000 miles in forty days. Two negro men and a negro woman were sentenced to hang Sept. 7, in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday for assault ing a small white girl. Gold coin amounting to $750,000 was withdrawn Monday for export to Europe. Since the recent movement began 828,119,573 has been exported. The Fox Solid Pressed Company of Joliet, 111., has mortgaged the plant for $150,000 to pay debts and to handle future business. Thomas Jones, an old and respected citizen of Mobile, Ala., was murdered by a negro named Jo Davis on the night of the 27th ult. The Sheriff of Roanoke, 111, tele graphed Governor Tanner on the 28th for troops to protect the lives of min ers who. desire to continue at work. Isaac B. Allen, the negro member of the Governor’s Council in Massachu sets, was in the poor debtors’ court last week, for failure to pay a rent bill of THE PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER (J . NISBETT UNDER FIRE. The Bin*? jk Committee and Col. Swift are Saying Hard Things. Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt opened the bids for guano tags Monday at the S tate house. The state printers bid through two employees Col. Prather at 97% cents per thousand and J. A. Hayden at 75 cents. The contract went to H. L. Girtman of Savannah at 54 cents. Last year the State paid 81,60 per thousand and only as far back as 1891, 82. each year showing a decrease of 10 cents in the price. Representative Swift has come out in an interview declaring the Commis sioner’s action outrageous. He claims he has bids as low as 20c per thousand and in bulk 17c. In his interview, Mr. Swift says: “I am willing to stake my reputation that I could have secured all these tags for which Mr. Nesbitt has paid 842,174,44 for $6 000. I have no hesi tancy in saying that right here in Atlanta I have found merchants who say that six years ago they could buy these same tags for 40 cents per 1,000 in spite of any imaginary patent. The work of the committee has secured a reduction of $4,240, as compared with the tag expenditure last year, but it should have been more than that. Nesbitt proposes to pay $2,160, and if he had taken the bid I offered him he could have gotten them for 8800. These are facts which I don’t believe it will be easy to get away from.” Col. Nisbeit has refused to be. inter viewed. A few years ago, it is reported, about 1893, he asked for bids and received sev eral, one at a price that saved the state a large sum When the matter was brought to a final decision, he decided that the state printers (who had in the meantime learned of the competition and lowered their figures a trifle, de manding the contract as their right) should be given that year’s contract at their own figures. $22.80. He was discharged, as it could not be shown that he possessed 820 worth of property, Theodore Schmitz, a prominent Chi cago lawyer, is under arrest on the charge of embezzling SI,OOO given him for investment. Small-pox has again broken out in Birmingham, Ala., there being 60 cases in the pest house and detention camp.. All negroes. In 38 hours, “Pedro” a carrier pigeon of South Bend, Ind., flew from New O-leans to his nest, a distance of 1,000 miles, breaking the world’s record. Charles Schank, of Chicago, awoke speechless one night eleven years ago. He has had his speech restored by use of electricity after this long silence. John Willie, a young man of Rich mond, Va., tried to kill Miss Mollie Jenkins, because she refused to marry him. A felon on the thumb of Wash Du rant, a South Carolina negro, has prop agated worms in the member, and a number have been extracted. Troopers Bertrand and Jackson, of B. troop, Second U. S. Cavalry, were drowned Friday night in a reservoir at Denver, Colorado. J. H. Ingraham, indicted for the murder of John L Hoss, escaped from the jail at Clayton, Ark., one day last week. There are threats of lynching Ben Vaughan at Perry, Okla , for shooting into a crowd of children at a Sunday school pienic. A Swedish colony from Illinois has purchased 15,000 acres of land on Mo bile Bay, Ala., and will make their homes there. General Wade Hampton, U. S. Com missioner on Railways, is in San Fran cisco on his annual inspection tour of government aided lines. Forty steamers have been chartered to ship grain from this country to Europe. They will take 4,000,000 bush els of grain. The Negro Chautauqua Association, which was to be held at Talladega, Ala , August stb, has been postponed to December 20. A cyclone struck the farm of A. C McDowell at San Jose, Hl., last Friday killing seven people and seriously in juring three others. Mattie Parden and Francesca Oclepo, two girls of Passaic, N. J., were fined 825 each last week for confining two pet robins in a cage. The Brownlow Car Company of St. Louis, one day last week, filed a deed of trust to F. W. Thompson for $182,- 364.59. An express train on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis Rail way was derailed near Thornton, Ind., on the 30th ult., and four people were killed. An attempt to kidnap Ernest Ochs, a wealthy Williamsburg, N. Y., brewer, on last Thursday, failed. The object was to get a heavy ransom for his re lease. The Natchez Cotton Mills of Natchez, Miss., suspended last Saturday on ac count of lack of raw cotton. Three hundred people were thrown out of employment. Sunday August Ist was a hot day all over the country. At St. Louis, Louis ville, Atlanta and several places the thermometer ranged between 98 and 101. Captain James Whalen, of Union, N. Y., jumped on a bicycle Saturday and pursuing a runaway, caught the horse. In the carriage were his wife and children, frightened but uninjured. The Grand Army men objecting to the Confederate flag, the ex-Confeder ates of Springfield, Mo., have refused to go into a parade at a coming re union. Governor Barnes, of Oklahoma, is charged with appointing marshals for a portion of their fees. He denies the charges which are filed with Attorney- General McKenna in Washington. Anton Lucki and Angelina Musca lino eloped Sunday in Hackensack. N. J. The girl’g father pursued the FLANAGAN MUST DIE. The Dekalb County Murderer is Found Guilty. INSANITY PLEA PROMPTLY RULED OUT Trial Cost County Three Thousand Dollars —Angnst 25 is the Day of the Hang ing—Experts Failed to Con vince the Jury. Edward C. Flanagan, who murdered Mrs. Allen and Miss Ruth Slack last fall at Poplar Springs, DeKalb county, was sentenced to hang August 25th, the jury, after a six days trial, bringing in a verdict of murder. Flanagan was infatuated with the 12- year-old daughter of Mrs. Allen, and not being allowed to marry her, mur dered Mrs Allen and a young lady vis itor, Miss Slack, and seriously wounded Mr. Alien. Col. Glenn, his attorney pleaded on the ground of insanity, and experts were introduced. An appeal has been filed. The trials have already cost the county $3,000. couple, who were riding a tandem bi cycle, but arrived after the ceremony. Two lawyers named Bird and White acre, respectively, had a quarrel in a Richmond, Va., court. Bird threw an inkstand at Whiteacre, striking him behind the ear and causing concussion of the brain. George Martina and Albert Albertini quarreled over a woman at Hazelton, Pa., last Thursday. Martini struck his rival over the head with a gun barrel, killing him instantly. The corn crop of Kansas is reported as being only one-third the usual crop on account of drouth. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday the thermometer rose above 100 all over the State. Far mers are cutting their corn for fodder. Congressman Brownlow, of Tennes see, does not keep up with his constit uents. Recently he had Peter Yoakley appointed to a postofiice two months after he was dead. President McKinley will visit Senator Hanna at the latter’s home in Cleve land during August. While there the party will attend the marriage of Ex- President Hayes’daughter. J edge Thomas M. Cooley, of Michi gan, is now an inmate of the ii sane asylum. Judge Cooley was the first chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Ben Chesterman. of Huntington, Ind., was accidentally shot by his cousin Saturday, the ball entering the brain, will recover, although considerable brain matter oozed, out from the wound. N. C Etting bought at auction in Florence, Ala., Monday for $60,000 all the property of two boom town compa nies. The land was once valued at several millions. Wicher Smith died in Newberry county, S. C., Tuesday. His sons dis agreed as to who should bury the body. One shot the other and was stabbed in return. Both will die. The funeral will be a triple one. A wild cat in the kitchen of John Henderson living near Oviedo, Fla., clawed up both Henderson and his wife badly’ last Saturday before it was killed, An eleven year old girl living on a farm near Lancaster, Pa., awoke last Friday night and found a snake crawl ing over her. She moved and it bit her. Her screams brought the family, who killed a large copperhead. The girl died Saturday night. Henry Crosby and his bride of ten days attempted suicide at Starke, Fla. Crosby soon died, but his wife recov ered. She will say nothing as to the reason that prompted them to eeek death. They’ had recently moved to Florida from Ware county, Ga. Max Siberman, an aged Jew of Chat tanooga, assaulted and beaten into insensibility some days ago by a negro woman. The woman rilled his pockets, stripped off his coat, and was removing his shoes when she was discovered by a policeman and arrested. The old man may die. Howell C. Rees, a wealthy manufac turer of New York, who was commit ted recently to an insane asylum on affidavits of two physicians, has been released by the court and will sue the parties for false imprisonment. He was given a certificate showing he is sound physically and mentally. Senator Gorman, of Maryland, bossed the Democratic Convention of that State last week—writing the platform and naming the candidates. The plat form declares that the Democratic party has always stood for sound money. It endorses bimetalism, but says nothing about ratio. Dudley Johnson, a white cap of Mad ison county, Ala , and a well known farmer, was found dead in the road Monday night. Frank Simmons had been seen with him and a mob formed to lynch him but he fled to the woods. Simmons wi'e claims that the white caps came to their house to whip her husband. He shot the leader as the crowd broke in his door. They retired carrying the body away. Simmons has sent word he will surrender to the Sheriff if he is protected from the mob. Trouble in Portugal. A grave political crisis exists in Port ugal. The ministerial organs warn the Republicans that they will be rigor ously dealt with if they provoke agita tion and disturb the public mind. Late reports say a reign of terror ex ists. Citizens are seized in their beds at night and put into prison. Italian warships have been ordered to Lisborn. Ryder Lynching. Governor Atkinson says he has the names of several of the Ryder lynchers. Governor Atkinson has offered a re ward of S3OO each for the first two lynchers of Dr. Ryder and SIOO each xor as many of the remainder as may be caught and convicted. “EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE” ATLANTA, GEORGIA: FRIDAY Al GUST (>, 1897. THE STRIKE IS SPREADING. Coal Miners are Desperate but are Still Under Good Control. The great coal miners strike is still the subject of attention in the Eastern States. An appeal was sent out by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to all the north ern branches to devise ways and means for the assistance of the striking miners. It was adopted at a conven tion of labor representatives held at Wheeling, W. Va., and says among other things, after making a strong plea for assistance to the miners: “ We denounce the issuance of in junctions by judges of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and other States as wholly unjustifiable, unwarranted and unprecedented, and especially in tne absence of any exhibition or manifes tation of force or lawlessness on the part of the outraged miners. “We call upon the Governor of ’Vest Virginia, and upon the Governors of other States, and all public officials for full and ample protection to the exer cise of our rights of free speech and public assemblage. We have no desire to trespass upon the rights of any one, but we demand the exercise of those rights handed down to us by übe founders of our Republic. “We recommend that indignation mass meetings be held on Tuesday, August 5, throughout the entire coun try, to give expression to our condem nation of the unwarranted injunction interfering with the rights of free as semblage and free speech, and to also extend sympathy and support to the mine workers to the utmost extent.” A non union man fired into a crowd of strikers at Scottsdale, Pa., last Fri day, A crowd attacked him, and lie was severely beaten before the police could rescue him. Over 400 families of miners at Dan ville, 111., are in destitute circum stances. About 800 miners at Greenville, la , have demanded 1892-1893 prices. if the demand is refused, there will be a general suspension. The coal output from West Virginia mines was only one-half the general average last week. The strikers are making desperate efforts to make the suspension general. Coal operators claim they can keep half of their miners at work, while the labor lead ers hope as a result from the “Miner’s Day” demonstration to tie up all mines now running. Wednesday’s reports show that the strike has gained good headway this week, nearly every man in the De Armitt mines being out DeArmitt threatens to spring an in junct on granted in May, 1895, and su tained by the Supreme Court, whi< ’> forbids perpetually all miners frem camping or assembling upon the high ways, roods and premises adjoining the DeArmitt mines or in the vicinity of the same for the purpose of intimida ting workers in his mine. De Armitt claims that West Virginia coal operators contributed SIO,OOO to the strike leaders to let West Virginia mines run and close him up. At Ottumwa, lowa, 1000 miners are out and a general strike in the state is expectod. The strikers have broken the record both as to the large attendance on their mass meetings and their excellent or der and behavior. Sheriff Lowry wired Governor Has tings, of Pennsylvania, from Pittsburg Monday night that the situation was critical. The superintendent of the Fleming ton, Pa., mines has ordered strikers to vacate the company’s houses at once. New camps have been struck close to the mines where men are still working. Flanagan’s Diserse Spreading. Panoia, the mental disease with which Attorney Glenn claims Flanagan is afflicted seems to have spread recently. A man named Moyes from Greenville, Miss., called on Col. Glenn during the trial and engaged him to defend a mur derer of Rome He stated he was a New York attorney and an expert on mental diseases. He attempted to assist Col. Glenn in defending Flanagan After Flanagan’s sentence it was found that Moyes was crazier than even Col. Glenn insisted was Flanagan. He was arrested and sent home after, however, several capers in Atlanta which showed his insanity. A few days afterwards another man claiming he was pursued by the police called at police headquarters for pro tection. He is affected in the same manner. Policeman’s Bullet Fatal. Charles Welch, a white mechanic, beat his wife Monday night on Deca tur street. He ran when bicycle pa trolman S. B. Bankston went for him. When overhauled, Welch, it is claimed, drew a knife and threatening the offi cer advanced on him. The officer shot him, the bullet entering the heart. A New York Brute. George B Chase, who abducted Kitty Chase, a fourteen year old girl from Rallston Spa, N, Y., on July 2, was caught on the 28th ult., in the moun tains of Montgomery county. The girl tells a story of terrible hardships. Chase has been in prison half a dozen times. Flocking to Alaska. So many of the employees of Moran Bros., ship builders at Seattle, have left for Alaska that the firm has given notice that the mill will require an extention of time to finish the torpedo boat, Roman. Andrews Get a Job. President Andrews, who was com pelled to resign from the presidency of Brown University, because he opposed monopolies will take the management of a college to be started by John Brisben Walker. A Mosquito Draws Blood. Private Flynn of the U. S. Army at Governor’s Island, N. Y., was bitten Saturday by a mosquito. He lost near ly a pint of blood before the surgeon could dress the wound. The mosquito’s lance had punctured a small vein. HERE IN OLD GEORGIA. Doingsofa Week Gathered in Brief Paragraphs. SOLID NEWS FOR A SOLID PEOPLE. Happenings of General Interest From Many Counties—Crimes and Crimi nals—What the Other Fellow Saw And Tells You About. Negroes of Cordele, Ga , are holding a Chautauqua meeting. Floyd county tax returns show an in crease of $259,718. Chief Connolly of the Atlanta police is very ill at his home. Fire on Sunday burned the Naylor Hotel at Tybee with a loss’ of $12,000. The State League of bicyclists meets in Macon August 5. The State Horticultural Society is in session at Savannah. State School Commissioner, G. R. Glenn, issued teachers licenses to twen ty six persons last week. . C. C. Clay, of Sumter. Ga., picked the first new bale of cotton on his planta tion last Friday. JudgeS. W Fite inflicted severe penal ties on the illicit liquor sellers at Car tersville last week. The annual re-union of the Thirtieth Georgia regiment was held at River dale, Clayton county, last Friday. The Federation of Trades is making extensive arrangements to celebrate Labor Day in Atlanta. Muscogee county’s tax returns show a decrease of $1,345 029. Negro tax payers returned $285,000. A model school house to cost SI,OOO will be built near the State Normal School at Athens. It took five policemen and two patrol wagons to arrest a twelve year old negro burglar in Atlanta last Friday. Walton Jones, an employee of the Southern Plow Works, of Columbus, had his hand crushed by atrip hammer. W. C. Smith dangerously stabbed Cicero Howell near Lumpkin last Sat - urday. The men were in a quarrel. Miss Eva West fell from a porch at Albany a few days ago and broke her shoulder. Atlanta’s Board of Health is watch ing suspects coming from the Alabama districts where smallpox is epidemic. Savannah’s first bale came in Mon day, was classed full middling and sold at 10 cents. F. M. Bryan a prominent Macon county citizen died Monday at Rey- Perry, the DeKalb county murderer, under sentence, has engaged additional counsel who will appeal the case. Geo. R. Lombardy has been elected to succeed J acob Phinizy on the Au gusta water works commission. Mrs. Felton will address the Agricul tural Society meeting at Tybee next Thursday. The ninth annual reunion of the sur vivors of the Fourth Regiment, Geor gia Volunteers, will be held at La- Grange on Wednesday, Aug. 18. Dr. A. B Calhoun, father of Atlanta’s famous eye specialist died at Newnan Sunday in his 89th year. He was a noted physician for the past 40 years. Mike Lenaham, a boiler maker of Newnan was found dead in an alley in Atlanta Sunday night. Foul play is suspected. Judge Butt will present the Ryder lynching matter to Talbot and Harris county grand juries at the September session. The fire boat at Savannah saved the Barkentine Cypher Saturday night. The vessel was loaded with rosin and was burning rapidly. A man named Kerr is in jail at Spring Place, Murray county, charged with cutting Henry Dickson’s throat Satur day night with a razor. A negro boy was caught in Atlanta Tuesday stealing the contribution bas kets from the tabernable where the Sam Jones’ revivals are held. Judge Beck has charged Spalding grand jury to bring the lynchers who hanged the negro Oscar Williams be fore the court for trial. A thousand people are attending Jefferson Court, Jackson county, where Reynolds and Brooks are to be tried for murdering M. C. Hunt. E. W. Barrett, formerly of the Atlan ta Constitution Washington bureau, has taken charge of the Birmingham Age-Herald. Alfred Douglas, the negro applicant for the Talbotton Post office who with drew last week denies that the fear of lynching caused his action. Frank 11. Ellett, yard conductor of the Seaboard Air Line was crushed to death between the cars in the Atlanta yards last Saturday. Rafe Jenkins, a negro brute, who has confessed to assaulting Mrs. Georgia Taylor in Franklin county last week, has been jailed at Carnesville. One of the corner piers of the new Forsyth street bridge in Atlanta has sunk 5 inches since Christmas. Prompt attention may save the bridge. John S. Becker, of New York, has bought and will run in the future the Georgia Staats Zeitung, Atlanta’s Ger man weekly. Hon. Fleming du Bignou refused to state positively to a Macon News re porter last week whether he would or not be a candidate for governor. Judge Sweat will hear a petition at Waycross, in the near future, for the appointment of a receiver of the Cum berland Island Uotel property. The trial of ex-Marshal Morris, of Midville, charged with the murder of Joe Sprinz, has resulted in his being bound over. While lawyer Anderson was filing his papers in the Gunn will case in Atlanta recently, lawyer Hastings came in and tiled a set of papers that has brought on a contest Anderson BOND HOLDERS WIN OUT. Eagle and Phoenix Savings Bank Deposi tors Come in Second. Special Master Wimbish has decided that the bondholders of the Eagle and Phoenix Company, whose mills at Co lumbus are of world wide fame, have a first Hen on all the property under the mortgage. Personal and other property not under the mortgage is under a first lien in favor of the Savings Bank deposi tors. The general creditors will get prac tically nothing. The Savings Bank depositors who have supposed they were amply pro tected will get but a small amount. claims fraud and the legal fight is at tracting interest. Last week the At’antj, post master received an unsigned letter containing S3O, which the writer stated was due the government. R. H. Raine, a white man who has recently been employed at the Chris tian Union rooms in Atlanta unsuccess fully tried suicide Sunday by taking cocaine. The Georgia and Alabama Railroad, in, defiance of the court injunction moved its offices from Americus to Sa vannah during Saturday night. A warm legal fight will result. The Appalachian gold mining com pany at Dahlonega has bought the Singletdn mine. The company will develop the 12 min.es it owns to their fullest capacity. George B. White, of Kirkwood, Ga., has mysteriously disappeared. He was discouraged by failure in business and it is supposed that he has gone to other parts. A civil service examination was held in the government building this city last Wednesday for the examination of clerks and carriers in the mail ser vice. Miss Willie Hawkins, a school girl in short dresses, of Woodstock, ran away last Friday and married Will South, a young farmer who was working for her father. W. J. Mayfield, serving a twelve months sentence for shooting at I. D Swift, of Elberton, at the polls durinsr the state election last October, has escaped from the chain gang. Atlanta’s city attorney has filed the city’s answer in the case against the Street Railway Company in whose favor the U. S. Court rec ntly rendered a decision. Thomas Wilson, on trial at Dublin for killing Ben Smith, a negro, last January, has been acquitted. Wilson claimed the negro had a pistol and the killing was in self-defen e Florian Blindewald, secretary of the Agusta Brewing Company, was drown ed in Augusta Monday. He was bath ing in the lake and went beyond his depth, not knowing how to swim. Guy Patterson, a negro, broke into a widow's house near Franklin Monday night. Her neighbor, Gus Hopson, came to her aid and killed the man with an ax. A miscreant scattered tacks along Peachtree street in Atlanta Tuesday night. More than a score of bicycles were disabled in a few minutes with punctured tires. Lord Beresford, alias Sidney Las celles, who, coming out of the peniten tiary, made a dazzling record at Fitz gerald. skipping with large debts be hind and some cash in pocket, is in Seattle en route to Alaska. Railway mail clerk T. M. Phillips, was arrested in Columbus Tuesday charged with robbing the mails. It is claimed marked bills sent in a decoy letter were found on his person. He is es prominent family. The Yorkville gold mine has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Funds to develop the ore were used to buy more land and the company went to the wall. Cooper Dorman, of Americus, swal lowed 22 grains of morphine last week. Prompt work of a Doctor with his stomach pump, saved his life. The cause was despondency resulting from hard times. B. M. Fowler, of Atlanta, has been appointed commercial agent for Geor gia at the Omaha exposition. He will at once get up exhibits and wants eve ry county to send an agricultural dis play. A rabid dog walked into the Grady hospital Atlanta, last Wednesday night. The nur es were afraid to use a pistol on account of disturbing the patients, but attacked the dog with a floor mop After some narrow escapes they beat him to death. Attorney General Terrell, has decid ed that the building and loan associa tion license fees should go into the state treasury instead of to tne state treasurer as fees The estate of ex Treasurer Bob Hardeman have notified Treasurer Speer that $2,100 charged against Col Hardeman will be repaid to the State as soon as the matter is positively decided. Hamilton & Co, have sold their warehouse and large brick building at Rome to the Chattanooga. Rome and Southern railroad for $33,000. The road will build a handsome passenger depot and general offices. Acting City Attorney Pendleton ex ploded a sensation in police court Atlanta Tuesday by declaring that the use of sidewalks by merchants for the display of their goods is clearly illegal Judge Pendleton construes the ordi nance covering this subject to be so so sweeping as to absolutely clear the sidewalks of every thing, even includ ing the two feet which has been allow ed since time immemorial. Henry Green, a negro from Atlanta, has been arrested at Cartersville and is being held as a witness to the mur der of Policeman Albert ot Atlanta Green says that James Williams, now under arrest for the crime, is the one Iwho did the shooting, lie says that he was standing near when the officer halted Williams and asked where he was going; without a word the negro HIDDEN FORTY YEARS. A Sensational New York Mur der Comes to Light. USED A LINEN CORD AND KNIFE. Dentist Burdell’s Murderers are now Dead But the Housekeepers Confession is Made Publie-She Wanted His Money and Property. On Jan. 30, 1857, in his office on Bond street in New York eity, Dr. Harvey Burdell, a dentist, was murdered in a mysterious manner, the slayer escap ing. His housekeeper, Mrs. Cunning ham was arrested and acquitted, as was ako a well known manufacturer John Eckel. Mrs. Cunningham then attempted to get Burdell’s estate by palming off a bogus heir but was unsuccessful though her case caused a great sensation. Mrs. Cunningham recently died and the woman to whom she confessed made public her statement last Sun day. E jkels and the housekeeper strangled the dentist with a linen cord and stabbed him with an excavator,a sharp, keen instrument. They wrapped the cord and knife in a cloth, weighted down and threw it into the East River. Both criminals are now dead. MATRIMONIAL FREAKS. Two Atlanta Cases that Have Never Ap peared iu the Newspapers. Atlanta is proverbial for being the home of strange people. For instance, near the centre of the city lives a former belle of another city. She was married, but after a short time both parties concluded a mistake had been made. The wife kept their only child, a daughter. Later on she married a widower and is now living happily with him. Hus band No. 1 returned to Atlanta and is now boarding with his ex-wife and her husband, while his own daughter has been adopted by husband No. 2. Another instance recently reported shows a general mixing up. A promi nent lady (an old maid) raised all her half sisters and half brothers, all of whom are now married. Recently she met the step father of the husband of one of her half sisters. He was a widower. It was a case of love at first sight and they were soon wedded and live with the old maid’s mother. Her friends are trying now to decide her relationship to her half sister, whose step father-in-law she married. These are actual casss from real lite. FORSYTH COUNTY RALLY. Largely Attended by Ladies as Well as the Olil Guard. The Populists held a picnic rally at Cumming, July 29, at which General \Vm. Phillips addressed a large crowd in which there were many ladies. His speech was well received and brought into line every wavering re former as well as converting several Democrats who came out and declared themselves with the party. Senator Brooks and others spoke in the afternoon. Clerk Orr hospitably entertained the speakers at his home, one of the cosiest in the entire section. Messrs. Strick land, Guthrie, Moore and others of the committee made their visit a pleasant one. Forsyth county is Populist three to one. All the county officers are Popu lists, and the fine county roads and new iron bridges show their progres sive spirit. The picnic was held on the lawn in the courthouse square in the shade of wide spreading oaks. General Phil lips was Solicitor-General of this cir cuit in 1850 and met many old friends. On the return trip Editor Wilson of the Buford Alliance Plow Boy, enter tained the party. His good wife is the prize winner for the best grape wine exhibited at the /Atlanta Exposition and a splendid hostess. Three Murders in One Night. Mobile, Alabama, had three murders in one night last week. A burglar and ex-convict killed Mr. Thomas Jones, a prominent citizen who attempted to arrest him while robbing his house. Later, a negro named Knight shot a man by the name of Dantzler, and in the effort to escape also shot Joe Tucker, a policeman. Both murderers had the luck to hear the jail doors close behind them before tney were seized by the angry citizens. turned and fired the fatal shot and then ran away. The United States court officers have received a letter from a Federal prison er in the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary warning them that Louis Knight who has just completed a ten year term for conspiracy, will seek to kill Lem Burch who turned informer at the time he and others were convicted. Burch is supposed to be in South Georgia. The Ryder brothers have engaged two Pinkerton detectives to work up evidence against the lynchers. Dr Ryder’s life insurance money, $5,000, will be used to bring tin m to justice. An unknown negro, bning refused money whereby he could buy a rail road ticket, put his head on the track at Chula, near Tifton, Tuesday evening. A passing train cut it off, Peyton Truhart, a Valdosta negro, shot and killed his daughter Tuesday night because his supper was not ready. The United States Weather Bureau Crop Bulletin, issued Wednesday, shows the corn and cotton crops of Georgia to be above the average. South Georgia Democratic politicians are demanding that the next Demo cratic caudidate for governor comes from that section and under Demo cratic rule. ♦ CHAIRMEN:.— f < We are making a special cam- ♦ X palgn offer to chairmen. Write J tor it today. T ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦****** ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 359. POPULISTS CARRY APPLING. Two Democratic Candidates Beaten by the Straight Middle Roader. Hazlehurst, Ga , Aug. 4.—The Pop ulists of Appling county gave the dem ocratic party a surprise at a special election a few days ago. D, Robb Carter, former County Treas urer (democrat) having become insane, a special election was held. Three candidates entered the field with no nominating convention. Two were democrats and represented both wings of the party. Party lines were sharply drawn and the Populist candi date went in by a majority over all of 16 votes. We are gaining ground rap idly and the democrats generally are careless and don’t seem to care which way things go. OUR “EXPERIENCE”COLUMN What Populists have Done for Their Home County. In a recent issue the following letter of inquiry appeared: WANTED—AN EXAMPLE. People’s Party Paper. Will some county official, a reader of your paper, whose county formerly went Democratic or Republican but is now Populist show by figures what the party has done for his county in the way of reforms or lower taxes or im provements ? I am often asked this question by Democrats, who say “you fellows do the same thing when you carry the county and forget all about the reforms you preach.” 1 want some county, as an example, where I can show up the facts in the case. H. ScitMiDT.' Georgia. NOW DADE SPEAKS UP. “Replying to Mr. Schmidt, I would say that Dade county has always been called the banner Democratic county of Georgia. Last fall the Populists landed her in the Populist column by sending to the Legislature a true blue Populist, Dr. S. R Deakins, o-ercoming a major ity of 350 and winning out by seven.--" votes The grand jury last spring (Populist) raised 'he taxes on corpora tion and alien property to about SIOO,- 000.” L B Austin, Chm. Dade Co. P. P. Ex. Com. And now who’s next ? Tell it in a few words,-get the figures and all, new improvements, bridges, lower taxes, ett. ! “A SET OF ASSES.” That Is the Governor’s Reply to Charges Against Him. Governor Atkinson, of West Va.„ A being charged by the Federation Labor at Washington as co-.t'ar’Ay bloodthirsty says: \ “This is the first time in my collec tion that I have been denounced as _ cowardly and bloodthirsty. I do not believe lam guilty of either charge. I am not responsible for not allowing Sovereign to speak to the Pocahontas (Va.) miners. The Mayor was respon sible for that, and I have no authority J in Virginia. If your Federation had-JJ any sense or were honest you inquire as to the facts before denounc ing some one who has always been your friend. I have no time to waste on a set of asses who congregate to pass resolutions denouncing one with out cause. The people of my state know me, and I am glad to be able to state to you that all the resolutions you can pass or may pass will have no effect upon them.” Speeding to Alaska. A Chicago party of 150 men, with an abundance of money, have started in a special train for San Francisco, where they will board a special steamer, ancßfl reaching St, Michael, Alaska, will there take special steam launches up the Yukon. They expect to reach the Klondyke country in thirty days. They will live in the launches through the coming winter. Gwinnett Has a Revival. At Lawrenceville, last Thursday, Gwinnett County Populists filled the Court house to hear Col. Gowdy, of Atlanta. Judge Hines had been book ed to speak but a sudden illness pre vented his coming. Col. Gowdy made a speech that was hard to equal and the meeting turned out to be a general revival for the party. __ - More Gold From Alaska. The Steamer Portland will leave St Michaels for Seattle on September 15, laden with $3,000,000 in gold The gov ernment has ordered the revenue cut ter Rush to escort the Portland to pro tect her from Chinese pirates. Another Weyler Fake. Captain General Weyler, it is re ported, will take the field in a few days to direct military operations in the province of Havana. The Girard Heirs Found. A London correspoi dent says that all the heirs of Stephen Girard, who died in 1831, have been found, and that steps will be taken to secure the resti tution of the property he left. A Light. Sentence C. W. Lowery, an ex-mail carrier was convicted at Birmingham, Ala,, of attempting to assault a little girl. His sentence is to pay SIOO fine and to serve thirty days in the mines at hard labor. Alabama Strike Ended. The coal miners have returned to work in the Birmingham district sign ing a contract at 28 cents per ton. the strikers number 700 and all are now satisfied. Vanderbilt to Build Hospital. Geo. W. Vanderbilt will erect and maintain a mammoth hospital at Ashe ville, N. C., for patients who are un able to pay for treatment. -Rejected The Offer. Secretary Long has rejectet’fiMsß’ of the armor companies to diagonal armor for the thrcNe3 , ships Alabama, Wisconsin at a price to be hereafter Navy Department.