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LEXINGTON, GA.
SHORTAGE IN A MINT.
The Accounts of the Carson, Nevada,
Money Mill About *00,000 Short.
Mr. Preston, the director of the
mint, early last month received an in¬
timation that there was a shortage in
the accounts of the refiner and melter
of the Carson, N«v., mint. Superin¬
tendent Mason, of the New York as¬
say office, was immediately detailed to
make an investigation. there
On the face of the accounts
appeared a shortage of 3,000 ounces
of gold and 3,000 ounces of silver,
making a total of something less than
$60,000. located
The responsibility has been
on Hirsch Harris, melter and refiner
at the mill, who has been suspended
pending investigation. shortage it
In connection with the
is stated that Joseph Douglass, a bro¬
ker, purchased two bars of bullion
two months ago, which it is supposed
oams from the mint, the bullion con¬
taining no gold. the mines in
Silver bullion- from
this locality always contains gold.
This sale will be the subject of an in¬
vestigation. When bullion is trans¬
ferred back and forth between depart¬
ments of the mint, receipts are given
which fix the responsibility when a
loss occurs. The smelting and refining
is belived to bs the department which
is short.
GOVERNOR FOSTER’S POSITION.
He Alone Can Secure a Settlement of
the Labor Troubles.
The general impression is that there
is only one man in the city of New
Orleans or state who can secure a set¬
tlement of the existing labor troubles,
and nearly every one is wondering
why his excellency has not made an
effort in that direction. ♦
Governor Foster’s action in the
strike in 1892 is recalled. He was ac
oorded with having harmoniously
brought that affair readily to a con¬
clusion, which was in time to compass
great publio weal. Now it is believ¬
ed that the governor could be equally
ftH effective in the present emer¬
gency. But from an interview had
with Governor Foster, it is gathered
that he was not wholly responsible for
arranging matters before. Also, he
does not occupy the same relative po¬
sition now as he did then. Before he
was in touch with the leaders of both
sides; now he is not approached or
communicated with by either party to
the dispute.
Therefore the position is reoognized
as a very peculiar one, and tho chief
executive can do nothing to render the
publio assistance beyond continuing to
sustain firmed peace on the levee front.
REDWINE’S BOND
Is the Subject of a Suit in the Atlanta
Courts.
The old liedwine enso is being re¬
vamped iu the Atlanta, Ga., city oodrt.
Tho case now on trial is that of the
Gate City bank against tho Fidelity
and Casualty company of Now York,
and iu its trial most of tho important
testimony will taken in tho Bedwine case
bo gone over with. Bedwine was
bonded in the sum of ten thousand
dollars to the bank by the Fidelity
and Casualty company. Ho defaulted
in the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars and a little over, aud the bank
officials applied to the company for
the sum of his bond. The company
refused to pay it, claiming that tho
officials as far back ns a year before
tho default knew that Bedwiue had
been crooked iu his transactions. The
bank o fficials entered suit for the re¬
covery of the ten thousand dollars
with interest, as well os the recovery
of the sum of twenty-five hundred dol¬
lars damages alleged to have been sus¬
tained on account of the failure of the
company to pay the bond.
CRKKDON VANQUISHED.
Choynskl Knocks Him Out in Six
Rounds.
Dan Creodon acknowledged his mas¬
ter at Chicago Thursday night in Joe
Choynski. Not in so many words,
but at the end of the sixth round, as
he lay on the floor of the ring at tbe
Tattersall’s, he looked over at Joe,
shook hie head as if to say: “I’m ap¬
parently not equal to the task.”
For the first half of the contest
Creedon kept ahead and Choynski was
keeping his stomach out of harm’s
way and avoiding vicious right-hand
swings. The last half of the fight was
entirely in favor of Choynski, and al¬
though no decision was rendered, both
men being on their feet, the 6,000
people yelled for Choynski. Creedon
was not in good condition, while his
opponent was down in weight to 161
pounds.
Peace Negotiations May Fail.
Advices from Yokohama, Japan, are
to the effect that the negotiations for
peace between China and Japan will
not be successful. The army is the
dominant power in Japan and tbe mil¬
itary men are bent upon continuing
the campaign. Fresh troop* are being
hurried forward, In the house of
representatives, notice has been given
©f a motion declaring that the time
for peace negotiations has not arrived.
A Bank Failure.
The Newport, Pa., Deposit bank
has .ailed to pay exenauges amounting
to $4,500 and it is learned that the
bank is embarrassed, and will proba¬
bly not be open for the transaction of
business. The liabilities are said to
be between $200,000 and $250,000.
WASHINGTON NOTES
i ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
Lycurgus Dalton, postmaster of the
house of representatives at Washing¬
ton, died Sunday night at his resi¬
dence in that city of bronchial trouble
at a quarter after 10 o’clook. Mr.
Dalton was a native of Bedford, Ind.,
and a prominent democrat in politics,
and has held the position of postmas¬
ter of the house through a number of
administrations.
The cruiser Colombia, now on her
way to South America, carries dis¬
patches to Admiral Meade. Neither
the state nor navy department will
confirm this report which, however,
comes from a reliable semi-official
source. It is asserted that tbe com¬
munications which Captain Summer
carries relate chiefly to the Alliance
affair.
The division of mining statistics and
technology of the United States geol¬
ogical survey has received from Dr.
William C. Day, the special agent in
charge of the statistics of stone, a
statement of the production of marble
in Georgia in 1894. This product,
which comes entirely from Pickens
county, 481,429 cubic feet, valued at
$716,385, as compared with $261,666,
the value in 1893, an increase of 174
per cent. Georgia ranks second
among the marble producing states,
Vermont being first.
The statement is made upon good
authority that the decision of the
United States supreme court on the
constitutionality of the income tax
will be rendered before Monday, April
15th. Treasury officials, charged with
collection of the tax have been very
anxious to obtain some informal as¬
surance on this point, inasmuch as the
extension of the period within which
returns must be made by taxpayers in
order to escape the 50 per cent penal¬
ty, imposed by law, expires on that
day.
The state department officials say
nothing has been received by the
department concerning the attempted
assassination of Li Hung Chang. Tho
regret over his misfortune is practi¬
cally unanimous, for the viceroy’s
career is familiar to nearly all persons
connected with diplomptic affairs, aud
by many he was considered to be the
greatest living diplomatist. According
to diplomats at Washington there oan
bo no doubt that the unfortunate affair
will have a marked effect on peace ne¬
gotiations, and that China will reap
the benefit.
The Great Pension Drain.
Commissioner of Pensions Lochren
estimates that there will not be any
decreased amount appropriated for
pensions during the next three years.
The amount appropriated for the fis¬
cal year of 1896 in round numbers is
$140,000,000; for the present year the
amount was $150,000,000. The reason
for the absence of any perceptible de¬
crease is that the falling off, owing to
deaths and other causes, is about
counter-balanced by first payments
in pensions allowed. As cases
are allowed from time to time
there are large first payments,
some times for arrears, and always
dated from the time the application
was filed. The decrease iu some
classes of olaims are quiet great, as in
tho ponsious for the war of 1812, which
have decreased about 50 per cent in
the past year. After three years when
it is expected the majority of claims
will be adjudicated, and there will bo
few remaining first payments, Com¬
missioner Lochren expects there will
then be a rapid falling off in pensions,
as they have now readied the age
when it is to be exacted. He then
expects the pension appropriation will
be diminished in size very materially.
Spain Is Investigating.
Advices of Friday stato that the
Spanish naval commander at Havana
is still investigating the firing upon tho
United States steamship Alliauea by
the Spanish gunboat Conde de Vena
dito. As evidenoe of the thoroughness
with which the Spanish government is
looking into this matter, it is stated
that the investigation made by the na¬
val commander will be entirely repa
rate from any report made by the
Spanish captain. When the naval
commander shall have fiuished his in¬
vestigation his report will be cabled to
Madrid. The full text of the Spanish
captain’s report was forwarded to
Spain as soon as it was placed in the
hands of the Havana authorities.
It is officially stated that Spain will
make no reply to Secretary Gresham's
cablegram through Minister Taylor
regarding the Allianca case until the
naval commander’s report shall bo in
the hands of the foreign offico of af¬
fairs. The Spanish government feels
that it would be unwise to commit it¬
self to any reply until it first shall
have been placed in possession of all
the information bearing upon the ac¬
tion taken by the captain of their
gunboat.
GALVESTON OFFICERS INDICTED
They Are Charged With Misapplica¬
tion of City Funds.
A startling sensation has been occa¬
sioned in Galveston, Tex., by the
grand jury finding bills against Tax
Collector Thomas D. Gilbert and ex
Auditor B. H. Tiernan. Tbe bills
against Gilbert charge misapplication
of the city’s funds, and there are four
counts against him. Only one indict
meat was found against Tiernan, al¬
leging alteration of items in the books,
with intent to defraud. Both were
arrested and gave bonds.
FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE.
Democrats of Michigan for the Res¬
toration of Silver.
The Michigan democratic state con¬
vention met at Saginaw Thursday and
unanimously renominated Justice Mo
Grath for justice of the supreme court
and nominated for regents of the uni¬
versity 0. J. Pailthorp, of Petoskey,
and Stratton D. Brooks, of Mount
Pleasant, The platform is as follows:
“The democratic party in conven¬
tion assembled hails with delight the
rapidly increasing sentiment in favor
of the restoration of silver to the posi¬
tion it so long held in the monetary
system of our oountry and unqualfied
ly declare in favor of the free and un¬
limited coinage of silver and gold with
full legal tender power and a ratio of
16 to 1 and we invite every patriotic
citizen of Michigan, regardless of pre¬
vious party affiliations, to join us in
an imperative demand for immediate
legislation to that end regardless of
the position of any otner nation with
respect thereto.”
THAT CATTLE PROCLAMATION
Will Not Affect Shipment of Cattle
to South Dakota.
The quarantine proclamation issued
by the governor of South Dakota
against Texas cattle, which has caused
so much amazement at Washington
and to the cattlemen and packers, is
identically the same as the proclama¬
tions issued by the governors of Colo¬
rado, Wyoming and Nebraska, and
the regular ones of the agricultural
department at Washington, and will
not affect the shipment of cattle to the
ranges of South Dakota.
The cattle which have been yearly
shipped to South Dakota come from
the Pan-handle region of Northern
Texas, north of the prescribed lati¬
tude. Cattle shipped into Colorado
and Wyoming ccme from the same
regions. The governor’s proclama¬
tion simply guards against what might
occur if crfttle from Southern Texas
were to be shipped north.
EVIDENCE DESTROYED.
Papers Concerning Mrs. Surratt’s Ex¬
ecution Burned Up.
A Chicago paper prints the follow¬
ing: ‘ ’Fire has just destroyed the last
shred of documentary evidence that, it
is alleged, would have removed the
stnin of the charge of conspiracy to
assassinate Abraham Lincoln from the
name of Mary E. Surratt. This wo¬
man, who suffsred death on the charge
preferred against her, had for her
counsel Colonel John W. Clampitt, of
Highland Park, in whose possession
was evidence that bethinks would have
restored her good name and shown
that in the passion of the time an in¬
nocent person had been sacrificed.
For thirty years Colonel Clampitt
has been collecting data and evidence
and had it so complete, he believed,
that none could doubt it. It was
ready for publication, and then came
tho fire which destroyed his residence
and all tho evidence accumulated since
that day, thirty years ago, when he
strove to save the woman from the gal¬
lows.
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURERS
Meet and Organize for Mutual Protec¬
tion and Advancement.
A state manufacturers’ convention,
with an attendance of nearly 300 dele¬
gates, held a meeting at San Francisco
Wednesday.
The organization is, as explained by
the oommittee on permanent organi¬
zation, for the purpose of discouraging
the prejudices in favor of foreign
goods, and defeating the efforts of
brokers and drummers to undersell
California goods. The committee rec¬
ommended also the organization of
auxiliary bodies representative only of
manufacturers, producers and packers,
who handle California products ex¬
clusively.
The oommittee on resolutions de¬
claring it the duty of every citizen of
the state to buy and use the produc¬
tions of the state, demanding a reduc¬
tion of lioenses and the abrogation of
local taxation on shipping and demand¬
ing lower freight rates from California
to the east and higher freight rates
from the east to California.
RAILROADS IN COURT.
Battle Between the Seaboard Air
Line aud W. & A.
The battle royal between the rail¬
roads began in Fulton county superior
court at Atlanta Saturday before
Jndge J. H. Lumpkin. The Seaboard
Air-Line laid down its case in a force¬
ful speech made by Mr. Jack J. Spald¬
ing. And the.Western and Atlantic re¬
plied with one of the clearest aud
ablest speeches of its kind ever heard
in the courthouses of Atlanta. It was
in the defense of the Western and At¬
lantic and the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis for withdrawing the
prorating privileges from the Sea
board Air-Line, aud was delivered by
Judge Ed Baxter, of Nashville. After
these two speeches, which consumed
most all of the day at the county court
house, the hearing was postponed nn
til Monday.
On Monday the arguments were
finished and the case is now in the
hands of Judge Lumpkin, who will
have a whole week of tedious toil
studying out the carload of documen¬
tary evidence submitted.
Ezeta Issues a Proclamation.
General Ezeta has issued a procla
mation to his followers, in which he
“I know that vou are suffering W iml^- on
my *«»»■•. -I cannot
ent watch‘over to vour torture. It is my duty to
your interests, and very
*5J sSiysrtSs?- fh? ISToT tT'LuiSta
! BISMARCK
THE GERMAN REICHSTAG RE¬
FUSES TO HONOR HIM.
The President of the Body Resigns
Amidst Much Excitement.
The lower house of the German
Saturday landtag, by a large majority, decided
to congratulate Prince Bis¬
marck on the occasion of his eightieth
birthday. The centrists, the volks
patrel, the Freisinmge and the Polish
members opposed the resolution.
The reichstag Saturday afternoon,
by a vote of 163 to 148, rejected the
proposal of Herr von Levetzow, pres¬
ident of that body, that the reichstag
charge him with the duty of offering
the congratulations of the chamber to
Prince Bismark upon the occasion of
the ex-chancellor’s eightieth birthday.
When the result of the vote was an¬
nounced President von Levetzow im¬
mediately resigned.
In the course of the debate on Pres¬
ident von Levetzow’s proposal, Baron
von Hompesch, centrist, said that the
matter of congratulation concerned
Prince Bismarck’s political personali¬
ty and was a political act. Prince
Bismarck, he said, was still continu¬
ous in his endeavors to influence po¬
litical matters. The centrist could
not consent to the reichstag’s officially
congratulating him.
Dr. von Bennigsen, national liberal,
warmly approved the proposal of Pres¬
ident von Levetzow.
Herr Bichter, radical, said that he
recognized Prince Bismarck’s national
fame, but the progressists would fight
his tendencies towards influencing the
interior policy. They see in him an
enemy of liberalism, who influences
state affairs; therefore, it would be
impossible for them to consent to the
proposal.
Herr Singer, socialist, said that
Prince Bismark’s policy had severely
damaged the German laborers. He
had always persecuted his adversaries
to the utmost extent and he cannot
now claim their thanks or recognition.
Herr von Kardoff, free conservative,
said: “If the reichstag refuses to
adopt this proposal, it will make itself
ridiculous before the whole world for¬
ever.”
Herr Bickert, radical unionist, de¬
clared that the freisinnige party would
almost unanimously support Herr von
Levetzow’s proposal. Baron von Hod
enburg, independent said: “The
Guelphs cannot congratulate Prince
Bismark, who made the kingdom of
Hanover a Prussian province.”
Baron von Knyphausen, conserva¬
tive, declared that there was a large
majority in Hanover who would not
understand the refusal of the reichstag
to congratulate the ex-chancellor.
Prince Badziwill, Pole, said the Poles
would regard the proposed congratu¬
lations as eminently a political demon¬
stration. Prince Bismark, he declared,
had violated old Polish rights and,
therefore, the Poles would not support
the resolution.
Herr Sonnenbery, anti-semite, said
the anti-semites would fulfill their du¬
ty of gratitude to Prince Bismark and
join in the proposed congratulations.
Emperor 'William Indignant,
When Emperor William was ap¬
prised of the rejection by the reich¬
stag of President von Levetzow’s pro¬
posal that the reichstag vest in him
Prince (Levetzow) the duty of congratulating his
Bismarck on the occasion of
eightieth birthday, he wired to the ex¬
chancellor at Friedrichsruhe the fol¬
lowing dispatch:
“I have to convey to your serene
highness tho expression of my most
profound indignation at the resolution
which tho reichstag has just adopted.
It is in most complete opposition to
the feelings of all the German princes
and people. “William.”
All the evening papers got out extra
editions to announce the reichstag’s
decision. The Neuste Nachrichten,
Bismarckian, said:
‘ 'The grand duke of Baden saw the
reichstag, twenty-five years after the
creation of the empire, take this most
shameful step. The best answer to
such action would be an immediate
dissolution. The nation can help the
government win battles at home as
well as abroad.”
Bismarck to William.
Prince Bismarck, in answer to the
emperor’s message, sent the following
telegram: 23.—I
“Friedkiohsruhb, March
pray your majesty to accept gratitude my re¬
spectful expression of my
for your moBt gracious message, where¬
by yonr majesty has transformed an
unfriendly action of my political op¬
ponents, concerning which I am not
yet fully informed, into a source of
joyful satisfaction to me.
“Bismarck.”
Dr. Bnerklin, vice-president of the
reichstag, was in Montreux, Switzer
when apprised of the resignation
G f Herr von Letvetzow as president of
the reichstag, and when he learned
th e cause he at once telegraphed his
resignation also,
FIGHTING IN PERU.
A Thousand Dead and Wounded Ly
in* on Lima’s StrwU.
Mr. ,, UP McKenzie, *V the United r ill States
minister to Pern, telegraphedthss a e
department at Washington Thursday
a f te moon that after three days’ fight
armistioe ... had been arranged ,
between tbe insurgents and * gov
SESSl SStd“„tmded l.ft
^f^an on the streets ^reement of Lima. Later
was reached
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STATE NEWS ITEMS
CULLED FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
The Atlanta and Florida railroad
will be sold on Monday, April 29th.
The road was to have been sold last
Saturday by order of the circuit court,
but on the petition of tho stockhold¬
ers of the road, Judge Newman at At¬
lanta granted a temporary postpone¬
ment, which was extended until the
bove date by the co urt.
* * *
The Toccoa Furniture and Lumber
Company plant, including the factory,
finishing house, office, boiler rooms,
and steam drying kiln, was destroyed
by fire a few days ago. It is not known
just how the fire originated. The loss
is $40,000 and the insurance $20,000.
The company had $28,000 invested in
buildings and machinery, and about
$12,000 worth of furniture and lumber
on hand.
Swapped off his plantation for a
graveyard is what a southern Georgia
farmer has just done. J. G. Smith,
who owned a $5,000 farm in south
Georgia, tired of growing 5 cent oot
tcm and paying big taxes, so he went
to Atlanta last Monday and traded his
plantation to E. J. Eady for Atlanta
cemetery lots. He returned home
the next day as light hearted as a
joree on a fresh burn. He says that
there is no tax on cemetery lots and
people are bound to die.— Exchange.
It was reported in Wall street, New
York, a day or two ago, that an at¬
tempt would be made to disrupt the
Georgia Central system, and that one
or two of the branch lines would
shortly make application for the ap¬
pointment of a separate receiver.
There has been much friction between
the Savannah and Western and the
Georgia Central people, and it is sur¬
mised that the Savannah and Western
bondholders may make an effort to op¬
erate the road independently.
* * *
A convention will be held at Birm¬
ingham to devise a plan for the repre¬
sentation of Alabama at the Cotton
States and International exposition.
All the boards of trade in the state will
be represented and nearly all the agri¬
cultural counties will send delegates.
No state, not even Georgia herself, has
a greater practical interest in the ex¬
position than Alabama. She is mar¬
velously endowed with undeveloped
mineral wealth and the exposition will
afford the best opportunity she ever
had to attract capital and enterprise.
* * *
The division of mining statistics and
technology of the United States geo¬
logical survey at Washington has re¬
ceived from Dr. William C. Day, the
special agent in charge of the statistics
in stone, a statement of the production
of marble in Georgia in 1894. This
product, which comes entirely from
Pickens county, was 481,529 cubic
feet, valued at $716,833, as compared
with $261,666 the value in 1893. an
increase of 174 per cent. This shows
an activity among quarrymen of
Georgia, which is quite extraordinary,
considering the general business de¬
pression. Georgia ranks second among
the marble producing states, Vermont
being first.
It is pretty definitely settled now
that college journalism at the univer¬
sity of Georgia, which was greatly un¬
settled by the suspension of the Bed
and^Black, will now regain its equilib¬
rium with the reappearance of that
sheet. The excitement in college over
the action of the faculty in requiring
the resignation of two of the editors
for certain articles published in the
paper, has about died out, and the
boys realize that they cannot well get
along without the college paper. This
is especially the case now since the
opening of the athletic season, the
progress of the baseball championship
contest and the near approach of the
annual field day of the university. So
the paper will probably appear as the
organ of the athletic association, and
will be made a bright and newsy sheet
for the remaining part of the year.
* * *
A Two Per Cent Interest.
Two per cent per annum will here¬
after be paid by the state depositories
upon the money of the state left in
their hands. Governor Atkinson has
announced the successful completion
of his negotiations with the different
banks and the result means a good
deal of money to the state. All of the
depositories but two have signed the
contract for the payment of interest.
The Georgia Bailroad Bank of Au
gusta, one of the banks which has had
a large balance of the state’s money in
its hands, is one of these; the Bank of
Covington is the other. This latter
bank has never handled much of the
state’s money. The Covington bank
has not, as yet, formally resigned, but
the Georgia Bailroad bank has, and
the money that it had is now in the
Central treasury. This was $86,477.
The governor has been working on
this interest matter for some time.
While the law instructing the gover
nor to secure interest, if possible,
j rom depositories has been on the
statute books for a long time, not un¬
til now has any effort on this line been
made, or if made, it has not been suc
cewfu] When the idea of paying in _
tereat wa8 fi r6 t suggested to the de
£?££> ou 7^*' A meet,n 8 °* “ e “““ters
,
££ rie^ To
gentlemen he nnd
«*r *■> «■« *
was right, for they reported to their
fellow bankers in favor of the pay¬
ment of the interest suggested by the
governor.
It is 6aid that no other state except
Missouri gets interest on its deposits,
and 'Missouri, by letting its money
out to the highest bidder, receives 1$
per cent on daily balances. So Gov¬
ernor Atkinson’s trade seems to be an
excellent one. It will mean between
$8,000 and $10,000 per annum to the
state—a clear pick-up of that amount.
OwiDg to the quarterly payment of
teachers, this amount is not as large
as it would otherwise be.
THE MAYOR WAS WROTH.
Wild Scenes at a Meeting of the Atlan¬
ta Police Commissioners.
One of the wildest scenes ever en¬
acted in a municipal body occurred at
a meeting of the board cf police com¬
missioners at Atlanta, Ga., Monday.
The trouble arose over the refusal of
Commissioners Venable, English and
Branan to recognize Mayor King as
chairman.
Commissioners English, Venable and
Branan aligned themselves squarely
against Commissioners Brotherton and
Johnson and Mayor King. The forces
were equally divided. Mayor King,
by virtue of an ordinance passed by
the city council, assumed the chair¬
manship of the board, aud Commis¬
sioners Johnson and Brotherton sup¬
ported him iu it. Commissioner English
refused to recognize the mayor as V
chairman, and Commissioners Branan
and Venable took the same stand.
Neither side yielded and the result
was a wild clash and utter confusion,
in the midst of which Mayor King or¬
dered Chief of Police Connolly to seat
Mr. Venable. The chief refused. Mayor
King ordered Connolly to leave the
room.
Then followed the wild scene.
Bloodshed seemed imminent, The
men were boiling with anger and a
hundred excited men pressed about
them on every side. Finally quiet
was restored by Chief Connolly leav¬
ing the room ; not, however, until ho
had successfully resisted forcible ejec¬
tion.
FOUR FIREMEN KILLED
While Attempting to Save a Denver
Hotel.
The St. James Hotel at Denver,
Col., was destroyed by fire Saturday
night and four firemen lost their lives.
Every room in the house was occupied
and when the flames were discovered
steps were taken at once to warn the
guests oi their danger. All the guests
escaped without injury.
The unfortunate firemen, in compa¬
ny with four others, were groping
about in the blinding smoke in the
rotunda of the hotel, when the tile
and cement floor gave way, precipita¬
ting them into the basement, where
the four unfortunates were mangled
and suffocated. The other four fire¬
men managed to climb out, though
badly bruised and lacerated and near¬
ly overcome by the dense smoke.
WHISKEY TRUST STEAL.
Former Officers Found to Have Mad*
Way With Nearly *2,000,000.
A most sensational report was sub¬
mitted to Eeceiver MeNulta of the
whiskey trust at Chicago Monday by
the experts who for a month have been
examining the books of the Greenhut
management of the concern.
Charges of juggling accounts, doc¬
toring books and similar work are
made, and the report asserts that the
former directors and officials by dis¬
posing of stock to themselves, have
left a discrepancy of $1,924,120.
The report states that 34,498 shares
of stock were sold by the officials and
directors to themselves at 45 cents on
the dollar, and that consequently al¬
most $2,000,000 is due from them to
the stockholders of the Distilling and
Cattle Feeding Company.
SIOUX CITY SUFFERS.
Property to the Value of *400,000
Goes Up In Smoke.
The greatest fire in the history of
Sioux City, la., occurred Thursday
morning, destroying property to tha
value of $400,000. It started in a pila
of rubbish on the platform of tho
Western Transfer and Implement Com¬
pany’s warehouse, and in an hour the
great iron building, four stories high
and covering a full quarter block of
ground, with over $200,000 worth of
implements and carriages, was a heap
of ruins. The firs spread to the plant
of the Sionx City Linseed Oil Com¬
pany, and soon the big elevator, with
100,000 bushels of flax in it, was de¬
stroyed.
A STRIKE ENDED.
Electrical Contractors’ Association
Masters of the Situation.
The strike of the electrical workers,
which has beeu holding iu New York
city for some weeks, has come to au
end. The result is complete victory
for the electrical contractors associa¬
tion, and an overwhelming defeat for
the board of walking delegates of the
various trades unions which have been
conducting it. The settlement was
brought about through the mediea
tion and conciliation, of which Bishop
Potter is the head. A committee of
the mason builders were also active in
the settling of the difficulties.
Proposes to Compromise.
Advices from Berlin state that in
order to avert a crisis in the presiden¬
cy of the reichstag the members of the
center propose a compromise increas¬
ing the powers of President von Lev¬
etzow, enabling him to exclude an
offending deputy from the chamber
during the debate in the course of
which the member has offended. The
standing order committee will adopt
the compromise.