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c Wetn VOLUME XVI. DALLAS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, im. AUSTRIAN IMPRESS IS SLAIN. Without Warning, an Anarchist Stabs Her With Stiletto. MURDERER CltPIURED AND SINGS ON THE WAY ID JAIL. Anarchist Intended to Kill the Dnc d’Orlnans, Bnt the Latter Could Not Be Found—Crime Occurred In Swltierland, Where Capital Punishment Is Prohibited. The empress of Austria was assin- ated in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday afternoon by an anarchist, who was arrested. He stabbed her majesty with a stiletto. Her majesty was walking from her hotel, the Beanrivage, to the landing place of the steamer abont 1 o’clock, when an Italian anarchist suddenly approached and stabbed her in the heart. The empress fell, got up and walk ed on board the steamer, where she fell, fainting. The captain did not wish to put off from the quay, but did so at the request of the empress and her suite,.there being no apprehen sion that she was seriously hurt. The steapier was turned back before reach ing the open lake and the impress, unconscious, was carried back to the Hotel Beanrivage on a stretcher. Doctors were immediately summon ed and a telegram was seut to Emperor Francis Joseph. All efforts to revive her majesty were unavailing and she expired at 3 o’olock. The medicfl ex amination showed that.the assassin must have used a small triangular file. The wound was just over the left breast. There was hardly any bleed ing. After striking the blow the assassin ran along the Bne des Alps, but was seized by two cabmen, who had wit nessed the crime. They handed him over to a boatman and a gendarmo, who conveyed him to the polioe sta tion. Prisoner Admits the Crime. * The prisoner' made no resistance. He even sang as he walked along, say ing: “I did it,” and “She must be dead.” At the police station he declared that he was a “starving anarchist, with no hatred for the poor, but only for the rich.” The assassin, while being interroga ted by the magistrate, said he visited Geneva with the intention of killing the Due d’Orleans, bnt the latter had already" left. Lucessi, or Laoeheni, followed the duke of Evian about, twenty-five miles northeast of Geneva, where he was again unsuccessful. He then return ed to Geneva, and learned from tho papers of the presence of the Austrian empress. All day Friday he dogged her footsteps, bnt found no opportu nity to carry out his purpose, though he watched, the hotel Beaurivage all day. Saturday afternoon about 1:30, he ■ said, he saw the valet of the empress leaving the hotel and going toward the landing. He inferred from this that the empress wns going to take the steamboat, and he hid himself behind a tree on the quay, with the file concealed in his right sleeve. In a few minutes the empress, accom panied by her lady of .honor, appeared and the assassin struck the file home. Lycessi confessed that he has been an anarchist since he was thirteen years old. “If all anarchists did their duty as I have done mine,” he said, “Bour geois society would soon disappear.” He admitted that he knew the crime was useless, but said he committed it for the “sake of example.” In spite of minute searching, the weapon of the murderer has not been found. THE NEWS IN VIENNA* Austrian. Canid Mot at First Heller, tb. Startling Information. The news of the assassination became known in Vienna, Austria, shortly be fore 6 o’clock Saturday afternoon. It spread like lightning. The Btreets were suddenly filled with multitudes of people, many beooming impassable for vehicles. Extra editions were is sued by all the papers. Many Vien nese considered the report incredible until the semi-official Wiener Abend Post appeared, confirming the state ments of the other papers. All the papers accompanied the an nouncement with warm tributes to the empress. They were eagerly snatched from the hands of the sellers and were read aloud to groups of citizens. When the news had been fully veri fied an indescribable grief overpowerod the people. The performances of the court, theaters and jubilee exhibition were canceled. Emperor Francis Jo seph received tho news pt Schoen- brunn. ASSASSIN’S LIFE SAFE. Th« Uwa of Switzerland Forbid Capital l'unlnhim*ut. Advices from Berne state that the pres ident of Switzerland and other mem bers of the government were stunned with horror and grief when the news reached the palace that the empress, so beloved by all Europeans, had fallen a victim to an assassin within the borders of their country. They immediately arranged to hold an extraordinary federal council in or der to consider the measures to take against the assassin. The latter nftist be tried according to the statutes of the canton in which the orima was committed, which forbids capital pun ishment and make life imprisonment the most severe penalty that can be imposed. PRESIDENT SEMIS CONDOLENCE. McKinley Wires Miumnge of Nmpsthy to Emperor Frnncls Joseph. The state department received a con firmation of the reported assassination of the empress of Austria, from Con sul Ridgely late Sntnrday afternoon. . Upon receipt of Colonel Ridgely’s notification of the death of the em press, President McKinley sent the following message of condolence: “Executive Mansion, Washington, September 10.—To His Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, Vienna: I have henrd with profound regret of tho as sassination of her majesty, the em press of Austria, while at Geuova, and tender to your majesty the deep sym pathy of the government,and people of the United States. “William MoKimlui.” ASSASSIN KNOWN IN FRANCE. Anarchists Met and Agreed to Exterminate , Leading European Sovereigns. President Faure of France sont a telegram of condolence to Emperor Francis Joseph immediately upon re ceipt of nows of tho assassination. The Paris police believe the murder the result of a plot of Italian anar chists, and thnt the assassin is identi cal with ono Lucccssi, who is wanted by the Bologna police as a dangerous anarchist. Tho man known asLuccessi was implicated in the recent troubles at Milan, after which ho fled to Zu rich. FATAL GASOLINE EXPLOSION. Four Killed Outright aftd a Dozen More Will Probably Die. By the explosion of forty gallons of gasoline in the cellar of a grocery Btore in Philadelphia Saturday night four and possibly a dozen more lives were lost. As an immediate consequence of the explosion, the building where it oc curred and those adjoining it on either side collapsed. Shortly after the occurrence, four bodies had been recovered from the rains and three of these identified. The fourth was that of a girl about ten years old. The cause of the explosion is unknown. WAR COMMISSION NAMED. General Gordon Declines to Serve Owing to Bad lfoalth. The president urged the following named gentlemen, among others, to accept places on the committee re quested by Secretary Alger to investi gate the conduct of the war: Generals John W. Schofield, John B. Gordon and Cranfleld M. Dodge; President D. C. Gilman, Charles F. Manderson, Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, Hon. Daniel 8. Lamont, Dr. W. W. Keen and Colonel James A. Sexton. General John B. Gordon has wired the president that he cannot, on ac count of unstable health, accept a po sition on the committee. GOLD ADVOCATES MEET. . Distinguished Adherents or Slngls Stand ard la Session .t Omaha Exposition. One of the most distinguished gath erings of financial students that over assembled opened a three days’ session of the monetary conference in the Nebraska building, exposition grounds, at Omaha, Tuesday, Hon. J. Sterling Morton presiding. Horaoo White, of New York; Edward Atkinson,Congressman Fowler, of New Jersey; Editor P. H. Robinson, of The Railway Age; Lonis R. Ehrich, of Col orado Spriugs; former Senator Carey, of Wyoming, and Governor Leslie H. Shaw, of Iowa, take part in the pro gramme. Messrs. Warner, Towne, Bartiue, Weaver, Reynolds and other leaders of the silver and paper money Bides, took part in the joint debate during the day. Shortly after 10 o’clock Mr. Morton called the convention to order without any unusual formality beyond a few words of explanation and weloome. Editor Ho'ace White, of The New York Evening Tost, opened the con ference proper with a paper on "The History of the Gold Standard." AUSTRIANS WROUGHT UP. Italians Are ItonglUy Treated By Cm- press' Infuriated Suhjeots. Special dispatobes reaching London from Vienna say the entire Austrian- H tngarian empire is unfurintod against the Italians as a result of the assassination of the Empress Eliza beth and that violent anti-Italiau demonstrations have taken plaoe at Trieste, where Italians and natives have been fighting in the streets with stick and stones, sometimes using re volvers. Six deaths are reported to have occurred there, and the troops wore called out to suppress the dis turbances. At Gratz an Italian peddler has been lynched, and at Vienna fully fifteen hundred Italians employed on the municipal works have been summarily dismissed in oFder to avert a popular revolt. The Italian embassy at Vienna is guarded by a strong bpdy of infan try. DEPUTIES ADOPT" PROPOSITION And the Peace Protocol In Now an Accom plished Fact. A Madrid special says: The peace protocol with the United States is now an accomplished fact. Having adopted the protocol Mon day, the chamber of deputies com pleted the work Tuesday by giving that measure nn affirmative voto of 151, with 48 against. During the session of the seuate Tuesday Count Almenas, referring to his previons statement giving tho names of the generals who, he recent ly said, ought to have their sashes tied around their necks instead of around their waists, naming Weyler, Blauco and I’rimo de Rivera, after which he also included Admiral Cervera in the Oitegory, said General Linares was also incompetent and ought to be ar raigned. EXTORTS AND IMPORTS For the Month of August Show Decrease From I.sat Year. The mouthly statement of the im ports and exports of the United States for August shows the imports of mer chandise to have aggregated $49,178,- 444, a doorcase compared with August, 1897, of ahqut 89,500,000. The August exports of domestic mer chandise amounted to $83,202,478, an increase of nearly $4,000,000. Th”o imports of gold amounted to $6,822,- 027, and the exports, $1,055,908. Tho silver imports were $3,845,010 and the exports $4,898,478. THE MAINE ELECTION. ilepublicnn Plurality I» Itailucnil— Ilend’H Plurality About 4,000. Full returns from Tuesday’s election in Maine are not yet in, but the indi cations nro that the republican major ity is reduced 33 per cent, and that the democrats have gained considerably. Governor Powers’ plurality will be about 25,000, wherens two years ago his plurality was 48,000. Speaker Reed iH ro-electod for con gress in the First district, but it is be lieved that his plurality will fall 2,000 below that given him two years ago. His plurality then was 6,000. UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS Hold Their Fifty-Third Annual Convention In the City of Cleveland. The fifty-third annual convention of the Order of United American Mechan ics was called to order at Cleveland, O., Tuesdny morning with National Councillor Ora D. Goff, .of Rbodo Island, presiding. Mayor Robert E. McKisson, of Cleveland, delivered nn address of welcome, to which National Councillor Goff responded. The con vention then went into executive ses sion. SMOKELESS POWDER CONTRACT Awarded Dy Government to California and Dupont Powder Companies. The contract for supplying the navy department with smokeless powder has been awarded to the California Pow der company and the Dupont Powder company, each to supply 500,000 pounds. The contract price is 80 cents per pound. I SUA CABINET MED. SENOR CAN ALE JAN MAKES SOME SENSATIONAL CHARGES. SAYS PREMIER IS ONLY FOR SELF. Oama, Hlaltlw of Woo, and Aonon, Mlnl.ter of Mortoo, Merell.i.ly As tochoil For Tholr liwgoctty. A Madrid special says: In the cham ber of deputies Friday Senor Canale* jas, in the couree of a long speech of violent and unmeasured abuse, de nouncing the government collectively and individually for its conduct dar ing the war and now in the peace ne gotiations. He produced a sensation by assert ing that when Admiral Cervera aaked for instructions of war, the minister for the oolonies replied to him: “May God help you. ” Benor Canalejas accused Senor Sa- gasta of continuing himself dictator merely to ( satisfylng hi* personal am bitions; and he attache 1 Lieutenant General Correa, minister of war, and Captain Aunon, minister ef marine, mercilessly for their incapacity. The following statement hns been made by an important Spanish official: ‘(Senor Silvela—tho leader of a sec tion of the couaorvarivo party—refuses the governmeut tho support of his party, although he 1b fully aware of the situation. He is doubtless prompt ed by the desire to obtain powor. Wo will do all in onr power to realize his desire with short delay. The country will then Bee how eoon the man, who is now posing as a liborsl, will be transformed into a despotic dictator.” General Folavieja has handed a copy of his manifesto to the newspaper men, bnt the censor also forbids its transmission by telegraph. The Liberal (newspaper) again makes the essertion that Premier Sagasta will resign as soon as the chamber adopts the peace bill. * The government's severe measures to prevent reports of tho secret ses sions of the cortes are nullified by the sensational deputies of the opposition, who are eager to inform tho foreign correspondents as to what goes on. Thursday’s session of the chamber ended with Senor Hilvela attacking the government and exclaiming: “The Sagasta ministry is a corpse, and we do not discuss corpses. We bury them.” , Senor Canalejas, who is e lieutenant of Polavieja’a new party, urged an in quiry into the sources of the charges against the army and navy. The de bate apparently weakened the govern ment. It is reported that et tho cabinet council Seitor Sagasta told his col leagues thnt they must be prepared for the fall of the cabinet. Genera) lllanoo haa appealed to tho government for funds, ropresunting that the situation in Cuba ia distress ing. Senor Romero Giro, minister for the colonies, has asked the treasury for 100,000,000 pesetas. . In roply ho received 30,000,000. The Bank of Spain nominally holds 1,000,000,000 pesetas in international fours, but the sums supplied to the government on this guarantee are al ready exhausted. The government recently forwarded to M.Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, a long and strongly worded statement respecting tho Phil ippines, which he will communicate verbally to the Washington govern ment. , Spain protests against the capitula tion of Manila because it was.effected two days after the protocol was sign ed. It says that the revenue from the Manila customs may continue dovoted to tho qorvice of tho Philippine loan of 1897, and finally, it insists upon tho United States compelling Aguinaldo to liberate a thousand Spaniards now in his custody, most of whom wore placed there, the note asBerts, by Admiral Dewey. The Philippine questiou came up, but without final determination went over to tho next cabinet meeting. At that time tho American case will be propared in the rough, and it is in tended that thoro shall be a full at tendance for a full discussion. TO ESCAPE WHITECAPS. Texarkana, Ark., is in a state of alarm over the large number of idlo negroes who.tbrong the town, and the citizens are organizing vigilance com mittees for the protection of their property. The unusual influx of the colored people is due to the operations if bands of whitecans in Titus, Cass, Red River, Hopkins and other counties in the cotton districts of North Texas, whence thousands of negroes have (led on account of notices being posted, and iu some cases violence being used to ran them out. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS For Disposition of tho Body of Dead Kmpress At# Published. A oable dispatch from Vienna states that the arrangemeute for the funeral servioaa over the body of the Empress Eliiabeth were published Tuesday evening. The body will lie in state in the Hof ban during Friday evening, and the forenoou of Saturday, the inter ment to taka plaoe at Cattn church at 4 o'olqpk Saturday afternoon. Enfperor William notified the Ger man embassy at Geneva that he would attend the funeral. The kings of Saxony, Servia and Rouraanin, with an immense aud nota ble assemblage, will attend the funeral. The Empress, it is reported, left a will bequeathing her jewels, valued at $2,500,000 to charities. The coffin has been dosed and nobody, not even Emperor Frands Joseph, will see the face again. The body was finally enveloped in a black faille dress, the hair arranged with a diadem over the forehead and the hands folded lightly together, holding a cross and rosary. White roses form a garland around tha whole body, concealing the white satin lin ing of the triple coffin. It ia asserted that Luoohoni, the as sassin of the empress, being a foreigner may be extradited to Anatria. GENERAL SHAFTER’S REPORT FEVER AT JACKSON. Of the Santiago Campaign Submitted In War Department. General Shatter submitted to the war department Tuesdny his report on the Santiago campaign, covering not only the battle of Santiago, but the entire progress of tho military invasion of Cuba." The general, accompanied by his aide, Captain Miley, visited thp de partment during the afternoon and in person handed the report to Adjutant General Corbin. He had also with him two Cuban matehetes to be presented to Mrs. Alger as momentoea of the campaign. The report is a voluminous docu ment, covering with the supplementa ry report of division commanders about 200 typewritten pages. Of this General Shatter’s report forms about half. After submitting the report General Shatter conferred for some time with Acting Secretary Meiklojohu and General Corbin. It was stated afterwards that the re port would not be made pnblio for the present; the desire hoing to plaoe it first In the hands of the president and Secretary Alger and allow sufficient time for a mature oonsidoration of its contents. After that there is little doubt the material portions and per haps the eutire report will be made public. It ropeata a story pretty well known, although there is much inter est in the view whioh tho commanding general takes of several features of the campaign. CRISIS IN FRENCH CABINET. Ons Call) Appears la Mississippi Capital and Caasss Kxclteinent. Saturday ’ afternoon tho board of health of Jackson, Miss., made the official auhonnoemeut that one case of genniuo yellow fevor existed in the city. Exoitement rose to fevor heat in the town, aud large nnmhors of people began leaving. A telegram from Dr. Souohou, presi dent of the Louisiana state board of health, gives the following as the status of the yollow fever epidemio of this your: Franklin—Total cases, 16; deaths, 2; under treatment, 14. All doing well. “Taylors—Total cases, 23; deaths,2. “Orwood—Total Cases,84 ;uo deaths. "Waterford—Total cases, 1." ftapport jronr home paper. Aa l<< vcrtliemont or a year’s subscription will bolp nut every time. Feu re's Ministers Cannot Agree Regard ing the Drejfne Caee. The Rappel and The Matin, Paris newspapers, say that at Tuesday's cabi net council the minister for war, Gen eral Zurlinden, explained his reasons for opposing a revision of the Dreyfus case. The premier, M. Brisson, and the minister of education, M. Bourgeois, these paporB add, urged Genera) Zur linden to change bis determination, hut President Fatire sided .with the minister for war. An excited discus sion followed aud the council was ad journed until tho afternoon, when calmness was restored. M. Bourgeois then pointed out the consequences of tho crisis aud further discussion of the mntter was adjourned until Satur day next. The Paris newspapers are unanimous in tho opinion that tho situation is serious. They say that temporizing will only delay the decision, which, if favorable to a rovision of the case, will cause the resignation of General Zurlinden, and which, if hostile, will lead to a withdrawal from the cabinet of N. Brisson and result in a general crisis. * DAHLONEGA, GA. 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