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SAVANNAH GA.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22.1887.
ROBERT
HANGED AND THEN PROVED TO
RE INNOCENT.
Da Che Scnff old He is Notified that He I. Heir
te u Kori uue-Ihunagt Sull.
For the six months preceding the 28th
day of September, 1885, there was
throughout British Columbia, and indeed
throughout the Dominion of Canada, the
greatest interest felt in the ease of Rob
: ert Evan Sproul, then under sentence of
j death at Victoria, B. C., for murder. It
i was a case of life or death with the uc
i mised. and being an American citizen,
and that, government being impressed
! with his innocence, takingeverv possible
! legal action to prevent the hanging of
j the condemned, tended to create moie
than ordinary interest in each step of the
proceedings which were then going on.
Robert Evan Sproul was a miner who
had moved to Canada from Kennebec
i county, Me., in 1880. He was the part
owner of one of the richest mines in the
Koatenary district of British Columbia.
: Ou the Ist day of January, 1885, one
■ Thomas Hammel, also a miner, ami a part
' owner of the Sproul claim, was killed,
' and suspicion pointed to the accused
i Sproul as the guilty man. He was ar
; rested and charged with the offense, but
I stoutly maintained his innocence, and on
■ his trial, which was had at. Victoria, B,
■ C., endeavored to prove an alibi, but
failed. After the trial his counsel alleged
certain irregularities in the hearing,
among which was the non-description of
the court, but the provincial supreme
court sustained the decision of the lower
court. Five respites however were
granted the condemned man by the gov-
' eminent, and at last he was hanged by
: order of the minister of justice, who re
! fused to interfere, although urged to do
j so by Mayor Fell and some live hundred
I residents of Victoria, os well as by the
| secretary of state of the United States.
I After the' trial, the chief witness for
j the prosecution, one Charles Wolfe, made
i an affidavit in due form that the evidence
; given by him at the trial was false, and
; the American counsel at. Victoria reported
I to the lieutenant-governor of British Col
| unibia that after the investigation lie be
j iieved the prisoner to be innocent. Not
i withstanding the order of the highest
I court in Canada. Sproul was hanged on
: the 28 th of September. He maintained
I his innocence on the gallows. Now a
I witness whom he could not procure on
his trial has turned up in San Francisco,
and in order to satisfy the relatives of
Sproul that he had been hanged for a
crime of which he was innocent, Beatty
went before a judge of competent juris
diction and made an affidavit that he was
with Sproul from eight o’clock in the
evening of the 31st of May, 1885, until
halPpast six of the night following, and,
moreover, that they were at least fifteen
miles from the scene of the crime As
the murder was committed between these
hours, according to the prosecution, this
disposes of the theory that the accused
Sproul did the deed.
This affidavit lias been filed with the
Secretary of State. Acting ou the advice
of Counsel Frank Sproul, a brother of the
deceased and administrator on his estate,
has begun action against the Province of
British Columbia for $50,000
account of the illegal hanging.
One strange thing in connection with
the affair is, that four days before the cx
cution, a friend of tiie prisoner died in
Boston bequeathing him SIOO,OOO, which
was not made known to the condemned
man until he walked out? on the gallows.
A LAUD GRANT DECISION.
T!io Alabama and Chattanooga Hnilrond
Cannot Condemn Certain Kuuds.
In tlieca.sc of the Alabama and Chat
tanooga railroad company against the
Tennessee and Coosa railroad company,
the secretary of the interior has affirmed
the decision of Commissioner Sparks, of
July 23 1885, which held that a tract of
land within the six miles granted limits
of the grant to the state of Alabama by
the act of June 3, 1858,t0 aid in the con- 1
struction of the Tennessee and Coosa !
railroad is not subject to selection by the
Alabama and Chattanooga railroad com
pany, as indemnity, notwithstanding the
the fact that the Tennessee and Coosa
railroad has not been constructed. The
decision is made on the ground that the
grant in question has never been forfeit
ed by congress. The case involves sev
eral thousand acres of laud in the Hunts
ville, Ala., district.
A BATTLE AT TONQULN.
Official dispatches from Tonquin report
that French troops made an attack on a
large rebel force entrenched at Shanhoak,
but were twice repulsed. During the |
fighting four French officers were wound- .
ed, five European and eight Tonquin sol
diers were killed, and fifteen European
and twenty-seven Tonquinese were
wounded. Reinforcements of artillery
and infantry will be sent to tho French. |
A DISTILLERY BURNED.
I'be Building anrf hlurrv Fiulrely De
stroyed at Term finale.
At 3 o’clock Saturday morning an alarm
of tire called the department to the Terra
Haiute distillery, where the tire was found
raging in the upper floor of the main
building, ia which were the wine and
beer rooms and wine vats. It was found
impossible to reach the tire with a stream,
and for a time the effort of the firemen
were turned to saving the surrounding
buildings from destruction. About 1,-
000 tons of hay was picked in a yard
contiguous to the buildings. 'Hie firemen
lepe.itedly extinguished the flames which
had started in the roofs of the dwelling
houses adjacent. 'l'he tin* burned north
and soulii through the building. The
roar of the flumes and the hissing of the
burning liquor was fearful. The crash
ing of the ponderous vats, rectifying up
paratus, stills and all the network of
ilie machinery wax appalling. At 4:30
a. in. the upper floors and walls of the
south wing went down into a seething
mass of tire, with a thunderous crash that
made the ground tremble. The fire spread
downward through the building, and
soon the boiler room was burning from
end to end. Tremendous clouds of sparks
and living coals tilled the nir and were
scattered broadcast, bv the wind. Great
fears were entertained for the safety of the
bonded warehouse, but it wax saved from
destruction.
In the building were not less than 65,•
000 gallons of high wines and 20,000 gal
lons of low wines and rectified whisky ,
and a large amount of rye malt and oats
were in store; also about 10,000 bushels
of corn. The building from top to bot
tom is a total wreck.
James Nugent, a. watchman, is sup
posed to be buried in the ruins, as hi'
cannot be found. Crawford Fairbanks,
the principal owner, estimates the loss nt
about $400,000. The insurance will ag
gregate about $70,000. The building
will bi- rebuilt as soon as possible.
At 9 a. m. there was nothing standing
except one back wall. One year ago this
mouth a boiler explosion at. the distillery
killed seven persons and caused heavy
damage to the property.
THE E. T„ V. & GA. RAILROAD.
Becomes a Urpcudoncy of the Richmond A-
Danville Syaleai.
An important event of the past few
days was the sale of the East Tennessee
Virginia & Georgia railroad to the Rich
mond and West Point, terminal coin
puny. It is officially stated that the main
points for the sale, comprising 1,423
miles of railway in the States named,have
been agreed upon with representatives of
the Richmond and West Point company.
Parties holding control of the East, Ten
nessee sell their preferred stock for $1
400,000 in eash and 40,000 shares of Ter
minal stock at forty. Richmond and
West Point company will put the East
Tennessee preferred stock in trust as
colatteral for $8,500,000 of colattend trust
bonds, which the syndicate has agreed to
take.
A GREAT FIRE AT DENVER.
The Cliflord Block Entirely Destroyed—
The Ijomx Very Heavy.
The Clifford Block, a three-story build
ing, owned by W. B. Daniels, wa.s com
pletely burned Saturday evening. The.
ground floors were occupied by Knight
& Atmore, clothiers, who lost their en
tire stock, and R. Douglas, china and
queensware, whose stock also was totally
destroyed. The contents of the upper
floors, occupied as office and lodging
rooms, were entirely destroyed. The
stock of Kilpatrick’s furniture house, ad
joining the burned building, was dam
aged by water and smoke. The losses
are estimated as follows: Knight & At
more $34,000, insured for $26,500; 11.
Douglas $35,000 to $40,000, insurance
for $34,000; offices and lodging rooms
$15,000 to $20,000, partially insured; W.
B. Daniels, on building, $40,000, fully
insured. Kilpatrick’s loss is fully cov
ered by insurance.
A BLAZE IN NAHHVILLE.
A tire broke out at midnight in B. 8.
Rea & Sons’ grain and hay warehouse,
and fanned by the wind the flainc.s threat
ened widespread destruction. The fire
department, after half an hour's hard
work, got matters so much in hand that
there wa.s no further damage. The stock
of Rea & Son was totally destroyed. The
loss is SB,OOO. The building, also owned
by them, was damaged SB,OOO. Both
were fully insured. The cellar contained
several thousand dollars' worth of meat,
belonging to Hart & Hensley, which was
almost ruined. Morgan & Hamilton, pa
per bag manufactory, and Orr, Scoggins
Co, wholesale grocers, lost heavily by
water. The wind carried blazing pieces
of wood across the river to the extensive
lumlier mills and cedar wood works of
Prewitt, B}>arr & Co.
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MORE ABOUT THE BOOM.
®
Items from Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Bfr
tningbnm and Bristol.
The declaration of incorporation was
till'd Saturday for the charter of the new H
railroad to be known as the Alateim*
Midland railroad. It will run from Mont
gomery to Troy, and from Troy to Chat- -S
( tahoochi'e, Fin.
The Highland Park and Land Improve,
ment company was also orgiuiized, with i
a capital stock of six hundred thousand i
I dollars. The company owns live hundred
acres of land, mostly oak and pine forest, 1 f'
in the eastern suburbs of the city. The 1
stock is all taken. jl
TUSI' M.OOXA's mu COMVAMf. J
Articles of incorporation of the Coal,
Iron and Land company have been tiled,
and a stockholder’s meeting held for th«> t
| election of a board of din'Ctors. The
I capital stock is fixed at. one million dol
-1 lars, and every dollar taken. I’he com
pany has seemed, in addition to its five
1 thousand acres of suburban hind mid city
property, a large and ample acreage of
the finest coal and iron land in the state,
which lies at a comparatively short dis
tance from this place. After paying for
all lands, the company will have in its
treasury a cash capital of five hundred
I and eighty-five thousand dollars.
It is now an assured fact that the min
eral railroad, a branch ot the Louisville
and Nashville system, the terminus of
which is now only twenty-six miles dis
i tant, will be completed at an early day,
! thus securing to Tuscaloosa two of the
most important railroad lines in the
south.
Capital lias also been secured for build
ing the Macon, Mississippi and Tusca
i loosa railroad, and one of the. officials of
this road has been there to secure railroad
privileges and facilities.
A party of New Orleans capitalists
have made large purchases of land in and
about, the town of Northport, just oppo
site Tuscaloosa, on the Warrior river.
NEW INBUHTHIi'kS IN UIKMINGHAM.
The East, Birmingham Land company
■ Lils closed u contract with a company,, I
' which will at once erect a large foundry
; and machine works on the company’s
lands. The new company is headed by
! R. W. Ballard, of Birmingham. Among
the stockholders are the presidents of two t
of the city banks.
Mr. 11. F. Deburdcleben announce# I
that he has perfected arrangements for ’
the erection of a large rolling mill at.
Bessemer.
THE BOOM AT BRISTOL, TENN.
; The city councils of Bristol and Good*
I son have unanimously voted a subscrip
i tion of $50,000 to the Bristol and South
' Atlantic railroad, and the road to Eliza
beth, Tennessee. They also offer a do
nation of SIO,OOO to the first person or
; firm building n 100-ton iron furnace in
their town.
LOTTLItY TICKETS COUNTEHFEITK©/*'*'
It has been discovered that Louisian*
lottery tickets have been counterfeited
for a year, and sold on the Pacific coast.
A ticket bearing a one thousand dollar !
prise number was sent to New Orleans
for collection, and there jironounced a
forgery. The man who made the dies
and printed the tickets is known, and he
lias given the names of the men who or- ’ *
dered them and sold the counterfeits.
No prosecution for counterfeiting can be ■
sustained because the lotteries have no .
legal standing. The only prosecution
that can be made is for misdemeanor for
disposing of lottery tickets.
A Genial Hextoratlve.
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters arc omphatical
ly a genial rei-tnative. Tin cl.a iges whiclx
the great botanic remedy produces in the dis
ordered organization are afw;.y.i agree ably,
though surely progr< s-;iv •, never abrupt nor
violent. ,On this amount it is ad nd ably
adapt'd to persons <f delicate constitution
and weak nerves, to whom the powerful min
eral dr gs are positively injurious. 'L'hut it
iri'tiatei tho>e proce ( ctwhleli resultin they®,
establishment of healthful vigor is conspicu
ously show n in cases where it >s taken to e. er
coiue that fruitful cau-e of debility, indiges
tion, coup'ed, a> it usua.ly is, ait • o.iiou: ness
and conrtiputk n Thorough di.restion, regu
lar evacuation and abundant se oetion,
is suits which promptly and nivaria >ly a tend
i'ssyxteinati use. it is, liesidti e best po
tective aga n-,t malar a, and a lirst rate diu
retic.
The time when the co'd water party largely
predominated. During the ttood.
ELYS CATARRH
CREAM BALM
IS WORTH
d rocu AJ
TO ANY MAN Iv-fr fr/w
Woman or Child
suffering from
e.'u /'xaH
CATARRH.
A psrticls i« spplisd into nteh o.wtnl snh simMs
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