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VOLUME XVIII
BUTLER. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1894.
NUMBER 44
GEORGIA IN BRIEF.
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED HERE
AND THERE OVER THE STATE
And Condensed Into Pithy and Inter*
esting Paragraphs.
A paper mill and a creamery are two
new enterprises for Marietta.
It is estimated thj
melon shipments
the state from half i
a iaillioh dollars..
eorgia’s Water-
ve brought into
ree-quatters of
The governor has reappointed as
state depositories for a term of fotit
years the Milledgeville Banking Com
pany and the People's Sayings bank,
of Borne.
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The grand jury of Habersham cottm-
>rta
ty has recommended thdt §2,500 wo:
of bonds, for the purpose of building
a new conrt house, be issued. The
question Will be submitted to a yote oi
the people.
Barnesville Will have another knit
ting mill. This is now a certanty. A
citizens’ meeting Was held in the’ city
council chamber recently and a full
discussion Was held. It Was the unan
imous opinion that Barnesyille should
and could secure the new enterprise.
The Fulton county grand jury has
indicted Ed Hooks, charged With em
bezzling the funds of the Seaboard
Air-Line. The witnesses that went be
fore the grand jury were Local Agent
Hoylo and Major Courtney, Who ex
amined Hook's books.
Tho Herron-Thomas Tobacco Com
pany say they intend having a plug to
bacco exhibit at the Cotton States and
International exposition, in Atlanta
next fall made of Georgia-raised leaf,
nnd a filler that will prove an eye-
op aner to both exhibitors and visitors.
In the concluding chapters of tho
Crowley tragedy at Atlanta it now
seems that youthful Will Myers Will
have to play the ugly role of a branded
criminal. Tho words of his own
mouth, ns well ns nearly every detail
of the tragedy, point to him with ter
rible distinctness as the sole perpetra
tor of the deed.
Big preparations are being made at
Hawlsinsville for the Wiregraas ex
position that will open there on tho
9th of October, and continue four
days. It will be more than a county
fair, embracing a comprehensive ex
hibit of the agricultural and industrial*
resources and prodncts of the wire-
grass region.
The Crown cotton mills at Dalton
have the foundation laid for a two-
story brick addition, 50x128 feet,
which doubles the eapaoity of the
mills. Their engines, slashers, card
ers, etc., were originally bought with
the view of donbling their capacity,
hence the present addition will cost
only about one-third the original oapi-
lal, or about §35,000.
WASHINGTON'NOTES
tho company and declared Captain
company
Miller, elected major by a majority of
three votes.
Dr. George F. Payne, state chemist,
has jnst issned his complete fertilizer
bulletin -for the season 1893-’94. It is
an interesting and valuable publication
and contains a vast-deal of information
of special valne to the planters of this
state. The bulletin is larger than usual
and contains in addition to the regnlar
analysis, a great deul of valuable infor
mation concerning fertilizers. The
bulletin onght to be in the hands of
every man in Georgia who desires to
farm intelligently. The fertilizer bnsi-
neBs is not only growing in every state
in tho union but in every civilized
country in the world. Georgia is the
largest consumer of fertilizers and
charges by far the smallest tax. The
tax of 10 cents n ton runs the depart
ment free of all expenses to the state.
No other state has a smaller tax than
25 cents a ton, some running as high
as 50 ceuts.
One of the most important meetings
ever held by tho Home Mission Board
of the Southern Baptist convention
that recently held in the office of
tho board at Atlanta. Action was
was taken in two very important mat
ters—the election of Rev. Dr. Lansing
Burrows, of Augusta, as assistant cor
responding secretary, and the recep
tion of a committee’s roport in regard
to important concessions made by tke
northern Baptists to those of the
south. Bev. Dr. Lansing Burrows is
now pastor of the First Baptist church
of Augusta. He has been with that
church for eleven years, and is univer
sally loved and respected in that city-.
He is a man of splendid appearance
and is an orator of no mean ability.
Ho is better known as the secretary of
the Southern Baptist convention, tc
which office he was elected in 1882.
Jeff Kockmore, the negro who mi
raculously escaped the gallows after
the time for his execution had been
twice fixed, died in the penitentiary
last week. His sentence was commu
ted to life imprisonment last March.
Bockmore killed a negro on a Georgia
railroad work train about two years
ago. The killing occurred while the
traiu was running at full speed be
tween Decatur and Atlanta.
A reward of §150 each has been of
fered by the governor for the capture
of some unknown murderers and their
delivery to the sheriff of Dougherty
county. On the 30th of last June, the
dead body of Watt Ellis was found in"
the Flint river. A gunshot wound
was found on his body and his throat
had been cut. On the 10th of Sep
tember in the same locality the skele
ton of an unknown man was found.
The cases ore mysterious, and and it
is believed by the local authorities
that the offer of the reward may un
ravel the mystery.
For tho first time in its history a
woman hu3 entered Mercer college as a
student. This new thing took place a
few days ago when Miss Pauline Gam
brel!, daughter of Dr. Gambrell, the
president, was admitted to the school
of pedagogy. At a meeting of the
board of trustees held in June, last a
resolution was adopted establishing a
school of pedagogy, and it was at the
same time agreed to admit both males
and females into this department.
Miss Gambrell bears the distinction of
being the first to apply for admission
in this department, and her applica
tion was favorably passed upon.
Mr. John B. Young, of Savannah,
who is president of the Atlantic Short
Line Bailway company, gives it out
that work on this road will soon be re
sumed. The road is projected to rnn
from Macon to Pineora, a point nine
teen miles west of Savannah. The
road is graded between Stillmore and
Bruton, a distance of thirty-eight
miles, and eleven mileB of the track
are laid. The road will be an impor
tant link to the sonth and, it is claim
ed, will soon be ready for operation.
It is said that the work of construction
will be taken up very soon, and that it
will bo- pushed forward to a speedy
completion.
An order issued by Adjutant General
Hell makes Captain John A. Miller, of
the Governor’s Horse Gnard, major of
the First Battalion of Georgia Cavalry
instead of Captain J. M. Barnard, bf
the Troup Hussars. An election for
major was ordered for the 19th of
September. The candidates were
Captain John A. Miller^ of the Gov
ernor’s Horse Gnard, and Captain J.
Mi Barnard,, of the Troup Hussars.
The elec lion came off, * each eompany :
ecf‘offi-
voting through its commissioned
cere. Barnard ; received eight votes
and Miller seven. . The election of the
Richmond Iffussarswasfonnd to have
Means Much for Georgia.
Governor Northen’s immigration plan
for Georgia is attracting wide atten
tion. It will,when established, be the
largest affair of the kind in the sonth.
The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record
said of it in a recent issue:
‘One of the greatest friends of
southern immigration is Governor
Northen, of Georgia. Ho was one of
the first to perceive how necessnry
were more people to the prosperity
and development of his own Btate, Geor
gia,and the whole section of this coun
try. Recently he has perfected an elab
orate plan in which the railroads enter
ing the state will participate. Briefly
stated he will combine a bureau of in
formation with a land and immigration
ngoncy. The governor will take charge
as eoon ns his present term of office ex
pires, which will be in November. The
different counties in the state will be
advertised by pamphlets and other
matter setting forth their advantages
to would-be settlers. This advertising
matter will be systematically distrib
uted in the north and west, and as the
governor states that tho railroad com
panies have promised him §12,000 to
Btarfc the enterprise, he will be well
provided with fnnds at the outset.
“The Manufacturers’ Record con
gratulates Georgia upon the decision
of Governor Northen to devote his at
tention to attracting settlers to that
favored state.”
Voters Will be Busy.
On October 3d, the voters of the
state will have their hands full. Be
sides the two tickets the voters will be
called upon to vote on three amend
ments to the state constitution. Each
voter will veto “for” or “against” the
amendments, either one or all of them.
One of the‘amendments|ealls for'chang-
ing the sessions of the legislature so as
to make them annual, beginning on
the last Wednesday in July instead of
the last Wednesday in October as at
present. Another amendment pro
posed increases the power of the legis
lature to grant pensions in certain
cases. Another amendment increases
the number of supreme conrt justices,
from three to five.
The democratic state ticket will read
as follows;
For Governor William Y. Atkinson.
For Secretary of State—-Allen D.
Candler.
For Treasurer—Robert U. Harde
man.
For Attorney General—J. M. Ter
rell.
For Comptroller General—William
A. Wright.
For Commissioner of Agriculture—
Robert T. Nesbitt.
The third jiarty ticket will be pre
sented in this shape:
For Governor—James K. Hines.
For Secretary of Ltate—A. L. Nance.
For Treasurer—C. M. Jones.
For Attorney General—J. A. B. Ma-
haffey.
For Comptroller General—W. B.
Kemp.
For Commissioner of Agriculture—
James Barrett.
BLOW AX JACKSONVILLE.
The Hurricane Does Considerable
Damage in the City.
A Jacksonville special says: The
hurricane passed northeast of this city
at 1 o’clock Wednesday. The highest
wind here was forty-six miles per honr.
Bain fell in torrents and gusts of fierce
winds dashed it into houses. Nearly
every residence in tho city was well
drenched in this way.
. There were not many disasters or
heavy losses. The most serions was
the blowing down of 900 feet of the
new terminal station that had been
put in position. It was laid flat and
M. H. Maynardie, station master of
the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, narrowly escaped death. He
was knocked down by flying timbers.
The loss is above §10,000.
Trees were blown down nnd tin roofs
were torn off. Much, damage was
caused in this way throughout the
city. - . Some damage is likely to be re
ported from the railroads sonth. of
here. All have been seriously washed.
Many breaks are reported along the
coast, below St. Augustine. At Jupi
ter and • Lake Worth it is feared that
mnefr damage has been canoed if not
'Ioss.Af iifo. ;The wind there was sixty
miles, an -hoof. ; Jacksonville has had
NEWS CONCERNING THE VARI
OUS DEPARTMENTS.
Sayings and Doings of the President
and Members of the Cabinet.
no cdifimunication -with any portion'
of the state south of here jinoe la6t
unekgjneBs is-expreggpd
night.
iMnHlIegifly conducted, and acting# t j, e situation.
The president has isstied a . procla
mation granting full amnesty and
freedom to all persons who have vio
lated the Edmunds act against polyg
amy.
The postmaster' at Savannah; Ga.,
has been instructed to dispatch through
registered poucliesfor Brunswick, Ga.,
daily, except Monday, instead of daily,
except Sunday, as at present.
. The president Tuesday appointed
General William WardDuffield, of De
troit, Mich., superintendent of the
const and goedetio survey to succeed
T, G. Medenhall, resigned. The posi
tion is worth §3; 000 per annum.
H. Pugh, commissioner of cus
toms, who was legislated ont of office
by one of the Doekery commission
laws, will be assigned within a short
time as chief of the special agents to
be appointed in connection with the
collection of the income tax.
For the first time in several months
all the prominent officials from Secre
tary Carlisle down, are “on deck” in
the treasury department. The change
incident to the . reorganization which
goes into effect October 1st, is engag
ing most of the time of Secretary Car
lisle at this time.
The United States has not signified
its intentions with regard to the Pan-
American monetary conference pro
posed by Mexico, and this, with the
delay of other governments to send an
swers to the invitations, will cause the
postponement of the meeting which
was set for next month. It is proba
ble that this government will decline
the invitation;
The republican congressional com
mittee, at its meeting Tuesday, dis
posed of the lost contested nomination
case before it. It was t-luri of Cheat
ham against White, from tho second
North Carolina district, and was de
cided in favor of Gheatham. The con
testants are brothers-in-law, and both
colored. Cheatham has served a term
in congress.
The plans submitted for the gigantic
railway bridge across the Delaware
river to connect Philadelphia with
Camden, N. J., have been approved
by the war department, the only change
required being in the location of the
draw. The draw wiU accomodate
ships with the tallest masts. This
bri:lgo will give through rail connec
tion to the sea shore and New Jersey
towns. Work will commence within a
year.
The contractor in charge of the work
on the Port Royal, S. C., dock has ap
plied to the navy department for an
extension of time to complete the
work, as the time for finishing it un
der the contract, which has already
been extended two or three times, ex
pired on the 23d. While no action has
yet been taken on the request, it will
probably be granted. The work is said
to be highly satisfactory to the depart
ment in spite of the delays, and it is
thought the dock will probably be
completed within a month.
A change will be made in the office
of the deputy commissioner of inter
nal revenue within the next two or
three weeks. Captain George W.Wil
son, of Ohio, a republican, has held
the office up to this time, during the
present administration, his long ser
vice fitting him for the duties. It has
not been an easy matter for Commis
sioner Miller to find a man for the place,
bnt he has, it is given out semi-offi-
cially, decided upon Mardis Woods, an
Alabama man, who possesses the req
uisite qualifications. The new appoin
tee is not endorsed by the Alabama
delegation, bnt is said to be the per
sonal choice of the secretary of the
treasury.
Thirty-five treasury clerks have been
reported to the secretary of the treas-
ury by name as having attended the
horse races at Alexander, Ya., about
three miles from Washington across
the Potomac river last Saturday. ’ The
names of the clerks have been forward
ed to the head of the bureau or divis
ion, and an explanation, it is said, baa
been asked from the clerks. Whether
detectives have been employed for the
purpose of “spotting” treasury clerks
of a “sporty” inclination or whether
the information has been volunteered
by somo treasury employe or official,
intimate knowledge of the personnel of
the male clerks in the treasury has
been shown, and it has created a com
motion at this time, especially as many
changes are being made to carry into
effect the reorganization that takes
place October 1st.
Internal Revenue Reeeipts.
Commissioner Miller has prepared a
statement showing in detail the collec
tions of internal revenue taxes for the
the past two months. The aggregate
is stated to be §51,924,878 against
§25,092,304 for the corresponding
period of 1893, as follows: Spirits,
§39,705,000, an increase of §26,468,-
000; tobacco, §5,025,000, an increase
of §655,450; fermented liquors, §6,-
837.000, a decrease of §310,877,
and miscellareons §38,955, an in
crease of §15,842. Of the §39,705,000
collected from spirits §36,693,000 was
on whisky alone, showing that in two
months nearly 40,000,000 gallons of
whisky were taken out of bond in an
ticipation of the increased tax. It is
estimated that the monthly consump
tion of whisky in the United States is
8.000. 000 gallon’s, so that dealers have
on hand a supply of several months,
which, until it is exhausted, will not
necessitate further withdrawals from
bond, and this will not bring internal
revenue receipts up to their normal
Sgure before December or January
next. ,
WIND 0E DEATH.
A DISASTROUS CYCLONE SWEEPS
ACROSS THREE STATES
Killing Hundreds of People and De
vastating Millions irt Property.
1 Arkansas Against "Liquor.
A special from' Little Bock, Ark.,
says: - The complete returns on the
■liquor license question in the recent
state election have beep 'certified! to by
: tbe seoretay of state. The vote stands:
■For license,:47,6.62; against licenjw,
49,595; a majority against the con
tinuation of the liquor traffic of 1,933.
m&m
oats if.you want to
bad results. .
A fearful cyclone Swept across the
states of Iowa, Michigan , and Minne
sota Friday evening, killing pter one
hundred people, injuring an untold
number aud destroying a vast amount
Pf property.
At Ellington, la., one Woman, Mrs.
Johnson, Was killed outfight and Mrs.
Roberts was probably fatally injured.
At Hayfield, another IoWa town, many
houses Were carried awfty and several
people were killed and many were
wounded. In Bihghain township, Han
cock county, five people are reported
killed;
Spring YaUey, Minn., the beautiful
and prosperous city, situated amid
peace and plenty, was struck by the
cyclone at 10:30 o'clock at night,
SPECIALS
VOTING THE MOST INTERESTING
OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY.
And Presenting an Epitome of the
South’s Progress and Prosperity.
wrecking the north or residential por
tion of the city. While a large audi
ence was in the opefa hoUse witnessing
a tragedy, another tragedy was being
enacted a short distance away, caused
by the storm, which struck the finest
portion of the town. Teams were set
to work to carry the dead away and re
move the injured to the Lewis House,
which was converted into a hospital.
Physicians were sent for from Wykoff,
Bacine, Grand Meadow and Austin,
who, with the help of the resident doc
tors, wef e kept busy all night setting
broken legs, arms, sewing Up gaping
wonnds and binding np injured heads.
News from Lowther, la., is that
three persons wef e killed and seven in
jured in the cyclone. The storm seems
to have swept through the northern
tier of Iowa counties and crossed into
Minnesota in the southeastern corner
of that state.
At Dodge Center, Minn., Warren
Fairbank's warehouse was blown down.
At Cresco, la., the Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul depot was severely
damaged by tbe wind, and it is feared
it will have to be rebuilt. The storm
crossed the Mason City line two miles
west of Grafton. The wind left a clean
pathway behind it, taking everything
within its reach.
A Des Moines special says: Four
people were killed north of Mason
City and two fatally injured. The cy
clone destroyed eight farm houses.
At Leroy, Minn., the damage by the
cyclone was not fully realized nntil
daylight. All the'buildings in the
central and eastern part of the town
wcreleveled to the ground and the pret
ty little village is completely crippled.
The hotel and two stores were burned
to the ground by fire, which started
early in the evening, and which be
came uncontrollable when the cyclone
made its appearance at precisely 10:45
o’clock. The killed are: Henry Find
lay, Charles Gilbert, Mrs. Dnnton,Joe
Nelson.
At Spring Valley, Mich., three peo
ple are dead and two fatally injured.
Twenty-six persons are reported
killed in Kossuth county, la., and
thirty-nine injured, some fataUy, while
the greater part of the town of Cylin
der, twenty miles west, was badly
damaged }>y the storm. North of
Cylinder the family of Alix Gouldon,
four in number, were kiUed.
Between Burt and Algona, La., the
following were kiUed:
Mr. Blackhonse’s child, two chil
dren of Mr. Scwappas, Mr. French’s
two children, Mrs. George Beaver,
Myrtle Beaver George Holman’s child,
Mr. Dingmnn, Frank Bicklemeyer.
Five persons were killed by the cy
clone which passed five miles north of
Osage, la. Many others were hurt
and will probably die. The dead are
as foUows: Mrs. Patrick Lonegan,
Mrs. Phil S. Herbert, Annie Perry,
Harry Herbert. Bath Herbert.
A special from Elma, la., says:
The town of Lowther, located five
miles north of this city, which was un
fortunate enough to be in the path of
Friday night’s cyclone, is now a mass
of bent timbers and splinters. The
damage done to Lowther and vicinity
will exceed §100,000.
CONVICT FARM SELECTED.
No More Mississippi Prisoners Will
be Leased.
A Jackson, Miss., special says:
Governor Stone, who is charged by
law with certifying that the price
agreed upon by the commission
for a state prison farm is reasonable,
has sent Attorney Genernl Johnston n
letter in which he approves the pur
chase price of the land situated in
Bankin county on the A. and V. rail
road, six and a half miles sontheast of
Jaokson. This tract is known as the
Hunter and Stevens property. It com
prises 3,207 acres, for which the com
mission agreed to pay §6 per acre,
amounting to §19,472. It is estimated
that this land is half woodland and
half cleared. The governor made a
personal inspection of all lands offer
ed. The leasing of convicts is forbid
den by the new constitution after De-
lember. 1894.
STORM IN FLORIDA.
The Expected Hurricane Reaches the
Atlantic Coast.
A special of Tuesday night from St.
Augistine, Fla., says: Trains south of
here are all stopped by a storm, which
is increasing in velocity. The sea is a
mass' of -seething breakers and the
great waves are rnshing over the sea-
waU. AH crafts have been taken to
Sebastian' river. Anastasia island is
submerged. Tbe' storm tug Green
wood, fromEastport, Me., is anchored
in the harbor. A driving rain is com
ing in gnats. AH wires south are
down. >
SENATOR JONES' WILL RESIGN
On Demand of the Republican Com
mittee of Nevada.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, who was
asked by the republican state commit
tee of. Nevada to resign his seat in the'
Uhiteq States senate because ho had
gone qver to the populist party has
decided to comply with the request.
This decisio n on
the authority-
friends.
part is given on
closest political-
The prohibitionists of North Caro
lina, in mass meeting recently, decid
ed to make no nominations this year.
Yet there was a meeting in Wake coun
ty Wednesday and a fuU ticket was
nominated, though only ten delegates
Were present,
A Savannah, Ga,, special says: A
severe stoiin is reported off the coast
of Cuba and south- Florida, causing se
vere gales In the southern portion of
Florida, The storm is reported to be
moving in this direction and all ships
are Warded not to leave poft.
'Judge Cooper, of the criminal
conrt at Memphis, Tenn., delivered an
opinion in the motion for bail made
by M, Strickfadden, under indictment
for inttrder growing ont of the lynch
ing of six negroes on Angnst 21st at
Millington. Bail was denied and
Strickfadden was ordered remanded
to jail to await the trial for murder.
At Memphis, Tenn., Monday morn
ing, the family of Mrs. Annie Osborne,
numbering five, and a boarder named
Hutt, were poisoned. The dose was
put in the coffee. Mrs. Osborne pre
pared tbe coffee and partook freely.
Four of the family are thought to bo
fatally poisoned,. Tbe physician ad
ministered antidotes for arsenic. The
police have no clue, but suspect that
some enemy of the family put the
drug into the coffee pot.
About 200 employes of the Ger
mania silk mill at Holyoke, Miss.,
went ont on a strike Tuesday morning.
At a meeting they appointed a com
mittee to wait on the officers of the
company nnd ask for an advance in
their wages. The committee went to
the mill office but could find no one
nnthorized to negotiate with them.
The .committee reported to the opera
tives and all left their work. Every
department in the mill is closed.
At a meeting of the Greensboro, N.
C., Steel and Iron Company, the com
pany was organized with the following
officers: President, Julian C. Carr,
of Durham; vice president, J. W.
Scottj general manager, J. F. Jordan;
secretary and treasurer, D. C. Wad
dell ; general counsel, B. M. Douglas;
directors, J. S. Carr, J. W. Scott, J.
F. Jordan, W. E. Ashby, Nell Elling
ton, John Wilkes and George Noble,
Sr. The company expects to put the
fnrnace in operation at an early date.
A state of lawlessness prevails iu
Randolph county, Alabama, in tbe
community in -which Whaley, the gov
ernment informer, was murdered two
weeks, ago. Whaley has two brothers
who live in the same neighborhood.
Almost every night guns are fired
around their honses, rocks are thrown
into their windows and an attempt was
made to burn one of their bouses a few
nights ago. Several. families in the
neighborhood hide out every night
through fear of visitation from this
gang of desperadoes.
A Montgomery, Ain., special - says:
A movement is on foot to carry 500. rf ria~
the most prominent and inuential
business men of Alabama,. fiorgia,
Florida, Mississipp' Tennessee and
Lor" ■ — - nnnm
LATEST DISPATCHES
GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE
HOUR OF GOING TO PRESS.
A Brief Summary of Daily Happen
ings Throughout the World.
condition of general trade this
is an improvement over one week
ago, in that favorable features repor
ted then have been maintained. The
surprisingly good reports- of business
sonth, and, with some exceptions, west,
are indicated by onr special advices
from Baltimore, Nashville, Chicago,
St. Lonis, Portland, Ore., and San
Francisco. • Baltimore jobbers in all
leading lines report the volume of mer
chandise distributed in excess of ex
pectation, and especially dry goods in
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama,
except in the fruit and coal regions.
Other southern prodncts being In good
snpply, orders continue liberal and
mercantile collections are easy. Nash
ville, while reporting no improvement
over favorable features made lost week,
notes their continuance and that col
lections are prompt.
“One sale is reported of 10,000 tons
of southern pig iron this week. Ac
tivity reported in almost all lines at-
Chicago a week ago, is continued,
merchants being satisfied with the vol
ume. Far western buyers who used to
buy in eastern markets are purchasing
stocks at Chicago.
“Greatest activity is shown in dry .
goods, clothing, millinery and shoes.
Wool is active. St. Lonis manufac
turers and jobbers of clothing and
hats reported business heavier than in
their preceding experience in like
products. Sales of millinery and dry
goods are large, as weU as those of
lumber. ,
“Charleston telegraphs that general
trade is fair, without new features;
Chattanooga, that there has been some
slight improvement in business; Mem
phis, that business is quite active, es
pecially in dry goods and groceries;
Atlanta, that coUeetions are freer and.
trade is improving; Savannah, that
the volume of business continues to
improve and that' extraordinary heavy*
dealings in. spirits of turpentine have
taken place. Dry goods' jobbers at
Augusta have bepn .doing a larger-busi
ness, than for sometime previous, while
at Jacksonville local* trade has been,
cut into by heavy rains. Only, a fair
volume of business'is reported'from
Birmingham; andat’New Orleans'there
lias been.very little change. Galveston
reports that sales- Of dry goods will
continue smaller ’until the middle’ of
Ootobgr, when-
ceived. Te:
move, which
The Clyde steamship Iroquois ar
rived at Charleston from Jacksonville
Thursday night and reported that
Martin’s Industry lightship, off Savan
nah, Ga., is missing.
A special from Mason City, la., says:
A correct list of those who perished in
the terrible cyclone last Friday night,
residing in this, state, haa been se
cured. In Kossnth’ county there were
18; in Hancock county, 22; Cerro
Gerdo, 4; Worth, 3; Mitchell, 6, mak
ing a total of 53.
Captain W. Howgate, a fngitive
from Washington, D. C., since the win
ter of 1881, was arrested at New York
Thursday charged with embezzlements
and forgeries aggregating §379,000.
He was committed to Ludlow street
jail by United StateB Commissioner
Alexander.
The London Chamber of Commerce
gave a complimentary dinner in the
whito rooms, Thursday evening, to
Hon. William L. Wilson, representa
tive in the United States congress from
West Virginia. Sir Albert Kaye-Bol-
litt presided and a hnndred British
and American guests were present.
As a result of the grand jury inves
tigation of Chicago gambling, two
ownerB of property in which gambling
was carried on and keepers of gam
bling llonses have been indicted. It
is expected that a large number of
other indictments will foUow and a
thorough investigation of the charges
of police corruption will be made.
Ground was broken at Union Springs,
Ala., Thnrsday and work begun on
laying the foundation of the monument
to be erected by the Ladies’ Memorial
Association in memory of the soldiers
who wore the gray. Thnrsday, Octo
ber 4th, was appointed as the time for
luyiDg the corner stone. Arrange
ments havo been made to do this with
fit and appropriate ceremonies.
Tom Smith, a negro desperado, shot
and kiUed three colored United States
deputy marshals and seriously wound
ed two white officers while they were
attempting to arrest him at the Mus
cogee (I. T.) International fair Thurs
day morning.. The deputy marshals
have organized a posse and ars in hot
pursuit of the murderer. Smith used
a revolver and only fired four times.
Mandamus proceedings were begun
at Indianapolis, Thursday, to compel
the school board to permit a colored
child to attend the school in Thorn
ton’s district. The officials have ex
pelled the child and are attempting to
force him to attend a colored Bchool
some distance away. This is the first
time that the color line has been drawn
in the city and the colored population
are indignant. The case wiH be bitter
ly fonght.
The large western distributors of
spirits and whisky met in Cincinnati
Thnrsday. The delegates organized
as the Western Distributors’ Associa
tion electing Frank Corning, of Peo-
preaident, and George Doiter, of
iati,. secretary. While the rep-
fntatives of the western distribn-
aU members of the DistiUing
Cattle Feeding Company, the
ting had no official 'connection
what is popularly known as the
:y trust.
Carnegie Steel Company, lim-
have given notice to its 5,000
en employed at the Edgar Thom-
steel works and furnaces at Brad-
:, Par., of a desire to terminate its
ng wage scale contract with them,
v scale is proposed, which, it is
will make reductions on all clas*
of work except common laborers,
posted notices contain tbe infor-
on that the company will be ready
iresent the new scale for’the con
sideration of the men by November
15 th. It is to go into effect January 1,
1895.
Specials from various points in the
middle and coast regions of Sonth
Carolina, regarding the West India
cyclone, report considerable damage
to corn and cotton, very serions dam
age to rice, bnt no loss of life. At
Georgetown the damage to the rice
crop is very great, and it is difficult
yet to estimate the loss, though many
put it at 33 per cent. A large portion
of the April planting, either in stub
ble or stacked in fields, floated off
with the tide, aind June rice is, no
doubt, badly injured, for the water
was salt for somo. distance np the
rivers.
BLOODSHED EXPECTED
When Blackwell Attempts , to Collect
the Bond Taxes.
A special of Monday from Sturgis,
Ky., says: If Captain Blackwell car
ries ont bis threat there is going to be
muoh bloodshed in this vicinity in the
next forty-eight hours. BlackweH has
declared that he will collect the bond
tax and the taxpayers solemnly aver
that he wiU not. The preparations on
.both sides are very warlike. The big
cannon at DeKoven, which did service
in the civil war, was rolled into posi
tion yesterday and rammed to the muz
zle with'-.powder and slags. It was
placed on the crest of a hill whi<
commands the entrance to the pre
cincts affected by the tax. At the'ap
proach of the posse it wiU be fired, and
its discharge will be the signal for the
people to form ranks and meet the
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HILL NOMINATED.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS UNANI
MOUS FOR HIM.
Mr. Whitney Declines the Honor—The
Convention Stampeded.
enemy.
The situation- is critical, and an
armed collision is almfost a' certainty.
Oaptain Blackwell was appealed to by
the ministers to 'give up his- project,
bnt he was deaf to their entreaties and
announced his intention of' collecting
the tax. He said :
“My jnen are ready, and my guns,
which were ordered from Boston, have
arrived. Where they are stored I re
fuse to state,’ and when we start I also
decline to say, not wishing to give my
plans away to the enemy. Those peo
ple owe that tax and must pay it.
for the bullets they have for ns, I f r0 ‘ m
The Scotch coal owners held a meet
ing at Glasgow Wednesday afternoon
and resolved to evict from their houses
all miners who do not return to work.
A rumor that the Czar was dead
created a panic in financial circles in
Vienna Tuesday, but the excitement
was allayed when it was learned that
the rnmor was unfounded.
A rescript has been issned, envoking
an extra session of the Japanese par
liament at Hiroshima, October 15, for
seven days, in order to disenss matters
requiring the sanction of the parlia
ment.
Referee Edward Jacobs filed in the
superior conrt at New York Wednes
day morning a leport in which.he rec
ommends that Knehne Beveridge Cogh-
lan receive an absolute divorce from
Charles F. Coghlan, the actor.
At a small fire in Chicago Thursday
night one captain of the fire depart
ment was suffocated and four other
firemen were so overcome by smoko
that they were near losing their lives
and are now being attended by phy
sicians.
The executive committee .of the
Spinners’ Union at Fall Biver, Mass.,
held a meeting Tuesday forenoon and
voted to make a second week’s strike
payment at once. The committee also
decided to call a special general meet
ing of the nnion.
A special cable dispatch from Mon
tevideo says: The rebels in Brazil,
according to reports received at New
York, have made a farther advance.
Motto Groso, it is said, will soon be
in open revolt. . The San Maeto gar
rison deserted the rebels after killing
tbe officers.
Commenting on a dispatch stating
that a fresh Japanese army 80,000
strong is ready to take the field, tho
London Daily News expresses the
opinion that Corea is not their desti
nation. If this is true, there can be
only one other objective point, and
that is a dash on Peking.
At New York, Tuesday, A. H. Mil
ler & Son sold at anction for the re
ceiver of the Richmond and West
Point Terminal Railroad and Ware
house Company a long list of stocks
and bondB held by the Terminal com
pany. The entire list was purchased
by the reorganization committee.
The Connecticut democratic Btate
convention Wednesday afternoon nom
inated the following ticket: For gov
ernor, Earnest Cady, Hartford; lieut
enant-governor, Morris Z. Benrdley,
Bridgeport; secretary of state, Edward
O. Kilduff, Waterbnry; treasurer,
Stephen O. Bowen, Easton; comptrol
ler, Nicholas Stanb, Stamford.
One of the largest republican dem
onstrations in the history of Marion
county, Indiana, was signalized Tues
day at Indianapolis by the inaugura
tion by Governor McKinley of the
state, campaign. Ex-President Harri
son presided at the meeting and in
troduced Governor McKinley in a few
felicitons remarks. Governor McKin
ley spoke over two honrs. -
It is now practic^flkrertalC'that
three men lostitludMlEflft the eleva
tor fire at Sunday,
They werdl'f&Wn top of the building
while it was burning and are believed
to have perished in the flames. None
of these men have been seen since the
fire, and there is no doubt that their
remains will be found when the debris
has been cleared away.
President F. T. Day, of the Plank-
inton bank, at Milwaukee, Wis., was
arrested Tuesday afternoon on a
charge of receiving a deposit when he
knew tho bank was insolvent. Mr.
Day furnished bail for §10,000, and
was released from custody. O. L.
Clason, one of the directors of the
bank, qualified in the sum of §5,000
and the bond was accepted on condi
tion that another surety would be. se
cured for a like sum,
A London cable dispatch says: The
European bourses are affected by the
news of the czar’s health, as he is now
recognized as one of the strongest sup
porters of peace and it is feared that
in the event of his death his snccessor
would seize the opportunity to secure
the naval ports on the Pacific and en
large his boundaries in the direction
of the Pamirs at the expense of China,
fejer of which steps, it iff,
" won Id easily precipitate a T_Ji '
The Nevada state central
of the silver party throngl
man, J. H. Kinkhead, has
complimentary letter to Senator Jo]
P. Jones, commending his course in
leaving the republican party. The
letter assures the senator he need not
feel called upon to resign the senator-
ship on the demand of the republican
party and declares that he owes his
position to the whole people of Nevada,
whb, irrespective of party, wish him to
represent them in the senate.
The democratic congressional com
mittee of the' seventh Kansas district
met at Great Bend Wednesday and en
dow d Congressman Jerry Simpson
for re-election. The democrats at
Wichita say that the committee had no
authqpy.y to do this and that th j Aus-
ialfot law in vogue iu Kansas
Z 3 ’ /tirbid it, so that, as there is a
afge element of democracy opposed to
any endorsement of populism, it is
probable, that an injunction will be
asked, prohibiting the placing of
Simpson’s name on the ticket as a
democratic nominee.
The. joint meeting.of the'Southern
General-Passenger. Agents, and- the
Central Traffic -Association was well
attended at Cincinnati Tuesday. The
■chief, .rate clerks in the’territory of
’ both associations were also present and
will remain. Some days to prepare the
new schedules. The rates for winter
. tourists were fixed the same as last
year from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas
City and Ohio valley gateway poi
From interior pointaround trip tic:
will be SO per .cent of double fare fo:
ckets will be on s
i we can stim
30
:he men will be of
ave stood fire
The New York democratic state con
vention was called to order at Saratoga
at noon Wednesday by Senator Hill.
William C. Whitney was considered
the choice of the convention for gov
ernor, but announced positively that
he would hot accept the honor. He
declined to state his reasons at length,
but gave the impression that his busi
ness interests would not allow his ac
ceptance of the nomination.
Tammany’s adherents were thrown
into a condition bordering on a panic
when the bulletin announcing that
Whitney had’declined the nomination
for governor was read.
Senator Hill was first shown the
dispatch and said: “I supposed that
he would decline to accept it. I had
said all along that Whitney had no
desire to enter .politics.”
Lieutenant Governor Sheehan look
ed disappointed as he read the dis
patch and said: “Whitney would have
been a very strong man r and the situ
ation is now rather mixed. We have
wasted valuable time chosing a
shadow.”
John Crimmins, a personal friend of
Whitney, has received a personal mes
sage stating that Whitney declined for
personal reasons.
In the headquarters of the other
candidates the nows caused great re
joicing, and the several booms received
a new impetns. The Thatcher people
at once began to assert that their can
didate would be nominated on the first
ballot, and some of the Tammany peo
ple expressed the same belief. The
Buffalo pepple, on the other hand, as
serted that the "Candidate- sSciLla "be
chosen from Western.New York; and
that Lockwood would be theinan who
could unite all factions. The adhear-_
ents of Mr. Cooke, of Rochester, also,
declared that their man could be
named on the first ballot.
Senator Hill declined to say that he
was for any candidate. The partisans
of Hill were, of course, delighted at
the declaration of Whitney that Hill
was the fittest candidate to make tlio
race. In the lobbies a report was
started that Bourke Cockran wou|d
stampede the convention in Hill’s fa
vor.
HOI Gets It.
After the platform had been adopted
the convention . resolved to proceed
with nominations- The choir recog
nized Gaylen R. Hitt, of Alb any, who,
in an eloquent speech, placed iz,nom
ination for governor John Boyd'*
Thatcher, of Albany.
When Mr. Hitt had finiahed Edwin
Reynolds, pf Allegany, arose and
said: “The united democi ley ofrAlle-
gany county desires to place in nomi- .
nation their first and only choice—
David B. Hill.”
That was all he had time to say. The
crowd went wild with enthusiasm. Men
stood on their seats and waved their
hats for three minutes.
Senator Hill pounded with his gavel.
Finally Colonel Fellows, of New York,
arose, and the crowd thinking that he
would say something about Hill, subsi
ded. Senator Hill thorn asking- the
indulgence of Colonel Fellows, said:
“l am grateful to the democrats of
the Empire State fotjihe. courtesy and .
kindness of the past; but must say to
yfiSJ^cannoi agree to be your oandi-
date agaSTleC-firovernor. ”
■ Forced Upon Htei. .. .
Bourke Cockran, of New York,
arose, and, climbing over; the report
ers’ table to the platform, said in part:
“When the life of a nation is at stake
and the lawB which govern its existence
fail to control its destinies the^ supreme
will of the people is the only, resort.
At snch time the right of revolution is
invoked, ■ Snch a time has now come
to ns.
t
“By all the ties that have bound
him ir. the past, by his hopes of the
future, by Ids duty to hiB country, I
demand that he lead us, and I now
name him for governor.” (Prolonged .
cheers.)
-Mr. Cockran then pnt tho question
do the convention: “Will you make .
the nomination unanimous?” Every
cneinthe hall, delegates, spectators
and all yelled, “Yes!”
Turning to Senator Hill; Mr. Gock-
ran then said: “Senator Hill, we
snmmou you to your duty.”
Powderly as a Lawyer.
Terrence Y. Powderly, ex-general
master workman of the Knights ’of La-
biS,' was admitted to the bar of Lacka
wanna county, Pa., Monday. It iff
said that Mr. Powderly may leave
Scranton, and settle’ down to the prac- *.
tioe of low in New York city. .
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