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VOL. XXVtI,
Here Is the old-tlmo UwelliEß-place alasl
I waited for you all the weary day;
Aud now I seo tho dreary,'dark hours
pass,
And you away, sweetheart, and you
away!
I know that I shall never see again
Tho face that made tho morning unto me.
Forget my grief and all my bitterest
paio,
And in the darkness let the dreamer bo.
But still thank God for this: that in the
light
The drcamet loved, and cd bndures tho
faighr.
tJnworthy of you In tho gentlest moods,
How worthless nowl . . ; and yet, in
this unworth,
The thought of you so ceaselessly intrudes
It makes a paradise of all the earth!
I almost dream that tho imagined heaven
Which Faith has arched above us were
drawn nigh,
And that to us some undreamed grace
were given
To road that starry mystery of sky!
That sky which is a phantasm, savo for
you
Whose oye3 make all its beauty and its
blue!
Kingston Scott’s Revenge.
h L T was nearly mid
night. Stanley
s ' Robshaw, a rising
\ mB? \ young lawyer, was
1 lEf hamming to him
i Ejß self the latest comio
I Ettjjf roug as with his
( latchkey be let
/ jP'la ! l‘> m self into the
( quiet bouso whero
he rented a set of
rooms,
U Struck him as
Ji old that the stair
case gas jets had already been extin
guished. Probably the janitor and
his family hud already retired to rest
in the basement; but his friend Grand,
the well-known sflrgeon, who resided
oil the gronud floor, was not in tho
habit of going to bod so early. Per
haps, however, ho hud been called
out; but, even in that case, why was
there no light? Such were Robahaw's
reflections as ho groped his wny up
stairs to his sitting room, which room
was also in darkucss.
The lawyer was in the act of feeling
for his matches in their accustomed
place upon tho mautelpicco, when hj
fancied that ho heard, uloso to him,
the sound of some ouo breathing.
“Who’s there?" he exclaimed.
Scarcely had ho spoken, when an
arm was passed round his neck, and
a linen rag, that smelt strongly of
chloroform, was thrust against his
nostrils and crammed into his mouth.
At the same tune * cord or strap was
passed- round liis legs and drawn
tight. AU this happened in an in
stant, Stanley Eobshaw resisted
violently, and almost got his mouth
free from the gag. Then came a
crushing blow on the head, ami he
knew no more,
* • * • •
i Ths beating of a million Nasmyth
hammers, tho janglo of hundreds of
brazen.bells, the roar of waves on an
iron-bound shore—these and similar
noises were coursing with lightning
■peed through Stanley Bobshaw'a
brain as ho recovered consciousness.
Gradually, his heart regained its
normal beat, ami he remembered
what had happened and realized how
he was situated.
He was sitting in his aeenstomed
easy chair, to the legs and arms of
which his ankles aud wrists had been
firmly bound - so tightly that the pain
of tho thongs had probably some p art
in restoring him to consciousness. A
wooden gag was fixed in his mouth.
One of tho gas jets had been lighted,
and the shutters were closed.
Throe men were in the room, busily
engaged iu packing into a portmanteau
the handsome silver enps with which
tho sideboard was laden—for the
lawyer had at one time beeu a famous
athlete.
A half-grasp, half-groan, whistled
through the prisoner's nostrils, aud
attracted the attention of tho busy
trio.
“He’s coming around,” muttered
one of them.
“Leave him to me,” was tlio whis
pered response of another; “I’ll set
tle his hash, while you aud Tom pick
up the swag.”
And, crossing the room, he placod
himself directly opposite Stanley’s
chair, in such a way that the ligh;
shone straight upon his face.
“1)0 yon know me, Mr. Stanley
Eobshaw?” he demanded, iu a stem
and menacing tone,
Stanley gazed steadily at him. As
Uo looked, the room and its inmates
seemed to disappear. Asa long-for
gotten dream, he saw, looking down
upon him from the dock of a crowded
court, a tall, wiry figure, clad iu
rusty black. Ouce more he beheld
those steely blue eyes, aud that cada
verous long-draw face, framed by wiry
locks of iron-grav hair. Once more
he saw those thin, murderous lips
open, aud heard, in measured, relent
less tones, tho prophetic threat. “Wo
shall assuredly meet again, Mr. Robe
shaw; and then, for the last time, you,
will have seen the light of day.”
Yes, he did indeed know Kington
Scott, alias Ryder, the blackleg, tho,
swindler, tho man whose cleverly de
vised insurance fraud had driven him
into s suicide’s grave his old school
and college friend. Despite his snow
white hair—now closely cropped—
an l his stubbly beard, ho knew the
fellow, and he writhed iu agony of
spirit as he realized that this man—
this wild beast rather—had him in his
power. He knew well the meaning of
tho mocking glare in his enemy’s
eyes. He was doomed; well, he
would meet death as an American
should. Realizing hii wandering
senses, he gazed steadily back at his
foe, and nodded a reply.
"Ob, do you knov me! Theij you
IN THE OLD FIELDS.
It is no matter. Let tho dreamer go.
This, through tt all: He loved you! What
Is that?
It may be for your dear cheek’s crimson
glow— .
A rose, maybe—a ribbon on your bat—
It may Bo tor some triok nr turn of smile—
Some little way of vctirs, 80 fair—sß
- young,
ion have the arts—tho dear arts to beguile;
No wonder, them the sweeter songs ho
sung!
Life has so much for you, sweetheart! for
him
Only dead toses and its shadows dim;
Farewell the dreamer, dear; and when the
past
Ecems like a dream, whatever sky’s
above you,
Itemomber that ho loved you to the last,
And in the darkness thought it joy to
love youl
Sny to your heart in those deserted davs—
Sad only unto him who loved you best—
•'For nil his life's sad, wandering, weary
ways,
Ho ever said ho came to me for rest!”
Set that thought comfort all the yeuts lo
dim
When dust and daisies shall bo over htthl
perhaps remember where we last met,
and what I said to you that day? Yes,
Mr. Stanley Eobshaw, I told yon we
should meet again. The hope of com
ing face to face with you once more
has kept mo alive through the tan
long yen's I have speul in a living
tomb. I was not a young mail tvheu
your pitiless invective—yottr chnrm
iug love fof that precious decoy bf
ours—sent mo td Undergo tdl tlie hor
rors of penal servitude. No doubt
you thought I should never return;
but I could not die and leave my debt
to you unpaid.
“I told you that the day when we met
onco more would be tho last time you
would behold the light. It was no
idle threat. You need not indulge in
any hopo that your friend the doctor
will come to your reeouo, My plans
are too well laid for any fiasco. Dr.
Grand has been summoned to attend
n serious case at fivahstoU, a com
j pound fracture of the skull. I be
lieve our ‘wire’ said; and Iho last
J train will have gone before he will dig.
I cover tho hoaX.
'' lon aro ail authority oil commer
j cial contracts, I bcliovo, so you may
| like to know the teriiit* of the bargain
j between Inc aud ruy pals. It is very
| simplo—they take the swag, and 1
I take you. I want none of your cursed
I wealth; I want vengeance only;
"When I spoke of ‘the last (lay you
i would See, 1 1 spoke literally. You are
not about to die -not just yet, ut least.
Perhaps you'll wish you wero. No,
sir; but I’m going to put out your eyes;
I'm going to blind you. I’m going lo
burn out those pretty, brown orbs, so
that you will never again seethe light,
the green fields, the blue skv—tho
sweet Miss Somerset--yon see; I know
all about it;*’ and lie hissed out those
last words with a look of intensest
hatred.
"And there’s no need,” lie continued,
"nowadays, of hot irons and all tbs*
rigmarole; tho ‘reeontCSS ot' civiliza
tion - Unto rendered us, independent of
that, and your medical friend's shelves
have furnished the necessary means,
for wo called at his room first.
“l)o you see this little phial, with
eamel’s-hair brush all complete? Well,
curse you! blister you—yc3| I'm goltig
to blister you! This bottled is labeled
‘Liquor vcsicatorius fortis,” and, if
your Latin is as rusty as mino, we'll
just call it ‘tincture of cantharides.'
“Now, Mr, Stanley Robshaw, I'm
going to paint yotn- pretty optics with
this soothing eye-lotion, and then you
must excuse mo aud my friends for
declining to enjoy your hospitality any
longer. I know all about this stufif,
for I was blistered in the hospital at
that infernal prison.
“Your eyes will gradually get red
der and redder, while the Blcin all
round them will swell and swell, till
tho big, bladdery blisters completely
hide them. Afterward the blisters
will burst-, but you won’t have any
eyes then. It’s a lovely idea of mino,
aud beats vitriol hollow. And now,
look straight into my face. I know
how much yon love mo, and it’s an
additional pleasuro to reflect that the
last face you’ll see this side of the
grave is that of your greatest and your
deadliest foe.”
Stanley Robshaw fixed his eyes
firmly and scornfully on the baleful
countenance that glared upon him.
For a moment, each stared steadily at
tho other; then tho ex-couvict’s mock
ing gaze dropped. Even in the mo
ment of his triumph, he could not, un
bashed, meet that clear, honest look.
At that instant a cab was heard to
stop in the street below, and, a few
seconds later, a latchkey grated in
the look of the front door.
“Dowse the glim," whispered
•Kingston Scott, crossing to tho door,
which he bolted, while another of the
miscreants turned out the gas.
In the breathless silence that en
sued, footsteps were heard ascending
the stairs,anda cheery voice shouted:
“Are you in bed, old man?”
Then the door was tried, and a mo
ment later the young doctor retreated
to his own floor.
"Lucky we’ve list slippers on,”
growled one of the burglarß, lighting
a small dark-lantern.
“Yes,” assented his leader, adding
in a whisper, “hold the glim here
while I put some soothing ointment
on this poor, afflicted gentleman’s
lovely optics; and then we had best
cut our lucky. Tho ‘sawbones’ must
have caught his train, hang him.”
And, while the other held the lan
tern, tho callous monster coolly pro
ceeded to paint the nnhappy lawyer’s
eyelids with the deadly tincture.
Stanley Robshaw did not flinch, but
coolly faced his enemy. A nervous
tapping of one foot on tbtjjrpMl!,
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THOMSON, QA.I TUESDAY 'AUGUST 15.18911.
which he could just reach, was the only
sign of emotion that he exhibited.
"lllow it, he’s a plucky ’un!” was
the unwilling testimony to his firm
ness borne by tho taan who held tho
light.
The operation was completed, n
'‘second Boat’ 5 Was laid otic and tho
three rogues prepared to withdraw.
"By-by, Stanley; dear,” sneered
their leader; as, iu the rear of the
proccsMon; ho . passed through the
door; wliitih ha treked ori the outside.
They stole quietly downstairs, aud
noi,alessly opened tho front door.
At that iustant a polico whistle was
sounded, aud tho burglars’ victim, to
his intense relief, heard tho sound of
a violeut souffle. One or two revolver
shots followed.
Before tho noise of the reports
hod passed away Dr. Grand was ham
mering at Stanley’s looked door with
a heavy poker. The bolts gave way,
and he entered, The gas was at ouca
lighted; and disclosed Stanley Rob
shaw’S apparently inanimate form ly
ing bdiiud iu the easy chair.
The lbpes were at Once out; and a
policeman was summoned, by whoso
Sid Iho doctor carried his insensible
friend down to hid Consulting room.
Heto restoratives Wero at Onco ap
plied, add the hapless mail presently
recovered consciousness.
His first act was to point to his eyes.
“Quick —qnickl’’ ho panted: “for
heaven’s sake, savo my eyesight! That
villain has painted my eyes with can
tharides tincture.”
"Great kenvoun, Are you sure?”
anxiously asked liis friend; Springing
up from the scat ho had just taken.
While he closely examined Iho law
yer's byes, Iho intter belated every
thing that iiad befallen ilirdi At the
conclusion of his narrative nu expres
sion Of ineffable relief appeared on
tho surgeon’s I'aeo.
"tialut yourself old fellow, it’s all
right; but no thanks aro duo to Mr.
Kingston Scott for your cseapo. You
owe that to Mr. Jonas Smithers, who
is one of my regular patients. ’Ho is
a hypochondriac, and has periodical
attacks of nervousness, whenever
Smithcbs hears; of fancies that he
hears, tiolses iu liis cars, lie imagines
that he is going deaf; lip then comes
to me, and demands to btt blistered
forthwith, tf I refused to oporate,
lie would simply go to another medi
cal man, who might perhaps be led to
givp credcheo tp )i)a ftymptomS, aud
might really blister him. So I keep
for Mr. Smithers’s especial delecta
tion a harmless ilccoclion of weak tea
and a little iodine, aud it is this, which
has been labeled ‘liquor vesioatorius
flirt is; ’ tbht the miorearitO havij em
ployed. Tho word 'fortis' misled
them, and saved your eyesight, for tha
real stuff was on the above. I’ll
apply something to counteract the
iodine, though it’s hardly stroug
enough tube felt aftor to-morrow; nod
then you must tnko a composing
draught and go to, lied. , The bbuise
on your terapHl will be ail right in a
week.”
At this moment a knock was heard
at the hall door. The constable who
bad been loft on duty thcro answered
it, and tho police inspector was intro
duced Into the enbgeby ft moment later.
"Can I have Mr. Robskaw’s state
ment, doctor?” ho asked.
“Not to-night, inspector; he’s too
much upset. Cal! to-morrow. Did
you capture thorn all?”
“Well, sir, we did—and wo didn’t.
Ono man, the leader of tho gang; an
ei-CbbviSt named Scott, alias Ryder—
formerly a parson, they say ”
"Yes; what of him? I trust tho
rascal hasn’t escaped?”
"He’s beyond tne power of human
justice, sir. One of his mates fired at
us, and tho bullet passed through
Scott’s brain. ”
There was a moment’s silence,
which was broken by tho inspector.
“I don’t understand, doctor, how
yon knew they wero upstairs!"
"My friend Mr, Robshttw told me;
inspector!”
"But how?” was the natural query.
“Well, I was rendered suspicious
by a bogus ‘wire,’ which called me to
Evanston; and I took a special train
back. When I failed to gain admit
tance to Mr. Robsliaw's rooms, I re
turned to my own, whero I tapped on
the ceiling with a long stick. In re
ply, Mr. Robshaw tapped - ‘Burglarsl’
in the Morse telegraphic Codo. lat
once telephoned to the polico station
—and you aud your men did tho rest.”
The Hat That Sailed.
A rat was caught alive Oil board a
British naval vessel iu a trap, and the
beast was thrown from the trap into
tho water without being killed. A
large gull that was following 'in the
wake of the ship to pick up scraps of
food thrown overboard by tho steward
swooped several times, endeavoring
to pick the rat up. Once the bird got
too closo to tho rat’s jaws, and the
beast grabbed it by the neck. After
a short fight the rat succeeded in kill
ing the bird. When tho bird was
dead, the rat scrambled upon the bird’s
body, and, hoisting one wing as a sail
and using tho other as a rudder, suc
ceeded in steering for tho shore.
Whether the rat reached shore or not
is the question, since tho ship soon
got ont of sight of the skipper and its
oraft.—London Field.
Tli Early Name of Texas.
Probably the fact is not generally
known, says the Indianapolis Jour
nal, that Texas was at one time and
for many years called the “New Phil
ippines.” The first settlement in
what is now Texas was made by
French emigrants in 1685. During
the next twenty-five years there was
an intermittent straggle between the
French anil Spanish for supremacy,
resulting in favor of the latter, aud in
1814 the name of tho New Philippines
was given to the country. This was
its official name iu Spanish records for
many years aud until the name of
Texas, from a tribe of Indians, gradu
al? woe in rogue. ' -
CORPSES FOUND
BY HUNDREDS
Storm at Ponce More Disastrous
Than at First Reported,
A FAMINE ALREADY PREVAILS
Secretary of NVar Elihu Root
Makes Appeal to People of the
United States for Assistance.
Dispatches received Friday from
Porto Rico Indicate that iho West In
dian titifrieauo of Tuesday was more
disastrous {had Wtts (It first, reported.
It. is stated that lit ienat 300 pel SOllri
'frerei dfownfcd. Two mtnafeil bodies,
iitastty tliDfta of poor people,- and iu
eludiug many children, have been re
covered. All tho buildings are dnm
aged and hundreds ha Vo been de
stroyed.
The soldiers and firemen wbtT.cd nil
night heroically saving lives. There is
no drinking water, gas, ico or electric
light.
The commissary stores at Plnya wore
destroyed * the city is short of food and
tlio {truly officers afe distributing ra
ttans. Fifteen Vessels in the harbor
fterti driven ashore;
Tne Weather Imrcttu predicted tho
storm, but it is claimed ronoo was not
warned..
A ihob of 1;000 persons threatened
the alcalde, Porrati Doric, hut the
crowd was dispersed by the Fifth cav
alry. Tho alcalde has been deposed on
account of negligence. Major Myers,
of the Elevouth infantry, is acting as
Alcalde, in response to popular de
llittnd.
The sum of $9,000 will be needed to
tdertn tlta streets. The sanitary con
dition is serious and dAbistaucti is
heeded.
All the crops fire totally ruined, the
Wives lire all rlovyn find little nbws is
bidaintibie frbm tile iiitelior.
Aibonito, including tho barracks,
has been destroyed, hut no lives were
lost thero. Juan Diaz has been de
vastated. Forty-six lives were lost
there. Arroyo, Guayamn, Salinas and
nHii TbHtjßl . H .ro reported to have been
totally demolished.
The railroad between Ponce and
Yaurao has been jnd the
military road is impassable. The river
is flowing over the road for two miles.
BiJr*diy of Wr Titkvn Action.
The w**r dbpttrtmbnt fil Washington
took prompt measures Friday for tho
relief of hurricane sufferers in Porto
Rico. When the press dispatches and
General Davis’s advices made known
the extent of the disaster, steps wero
immediately taken to send supplies,
And the tl-aiisport McPhßfrsoh at New
York was ordered put in readiness to
carry rations and other necessaries to
Porto ltico. Secretary of War Root
Friday afternoon sent out an appeal
to the mayors of all cities of more
than 150,000 population in which ho
Says!
‘‘Sin The governor genernlof Porte)
Rico confirms the report that upon the
Bth instant, a hurHciine ftwept over
flint Islam!* entirely demolishing
many lives and reducing, so far as he
can estimate, not less than 100,000 of
the inhabitants to the condition of ab
solute destitution, without homes or
food. Unless immediate and effective
relief is given these unfortunates will
perish of famine.
“This department lmd directed the
iillmedifite distribittion of rations to
the sufferers by tho army in Porto
Rico, so far as it is in the power of the
exocutive, hut in the absence of any
appropriation, we must rely larg'ly
upon private contributions.
“I beg that you will call upon tho
public spirited and humane people of
your city to take active and immediate
measures in this exigency.
“Any committee charged with the
raising of funds will receive full infor
mation and advice upon communicat
ing with this department. Very re
spectfully* Elihu faooT*
“Secretory of War.”
A report has been received at the
war department from an officer at Han
Joan, Porto Rico, estimating that the
number of killed amounts to 500.
STONE IS FOR BRYAN.
Chairman nf Democratic National Com
mittee Fut IfiiriMelf On Record.
“I am for Mr. Bryan for president.
I have always been for him and expect
to remain so. I think there is not a
shadow of doubt about his nomination
by the next tho democratic national
convention.”
Thin statement was mailo by Vice-
Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee William J. Stone at St.
Louis, Friday, when he was asked
about reports from Washington that
ho was preparing to fornako Bryan and
take up Rear Admiral Schley as n can
didate for tho democratic presidential
nomination.
AUTOMOBILE OCX CARRIAGE,
Colt’. Automatic llaplil Hrlna (inn I. To
He Monnteed on w Vehicle.
An automobile gun carriage, upon
which n Colt’s rapid firing gun will bo
mounted, is now being constructed in
Peoria, 111., and will bo completed iu
u month.
The carriage will be a three-wheeled
a flair, with seats for four men, and
provision for at least J,OOO pounds of
catridges.
A SECOND INVESTIGATION.
Committee of Atlanta City Codft*
si! Will Again Probe Into
* of Mayor.
A dispatch from Atlauffi Til
the midst of a highly excited and r3ID
Rational session of the city council
llmrsday afternoon the original refio
uttafi olYered by Councilman Thomp
son calling for a emnraittee of five to
investigate ihe charges against Mayor
James O. Woodward was taken from
the table and adopted with practical
unnnirifity
The sudden fietiUfi COiiuCil ertrrie
in the nature of a blow fo the friends
of tho mayor, many of whom
the opinion that a conditional resigna
tion, which they believed could be ex
acted from him and to tnko effect when
ever Mayor Woodward should again
take a drink, would prove agreeable
to a majority of the members of coun
cil.
In an uproar Councilman Burns de
clared that while a committee was in
vestigating tho grave charges against
the mayor of Atlanta they should lie
instructed also to take cognizance of
the serious accusation made Against of
ficials of the city -by Colonel W; T.
Moyers, e tinsel for Mayor tVoodward.
lie asserted that, the Charge made by
Colonel Moyers that “the mayof/Rhe
went down, would have eminently re
spectable official company,” was not a
charge to he tolerated by council.
The following supplementary ftfPend
meut to the main resolution Avas
promptly written aud offered by Coun
cilman Burns:
“And that this committee, under
this resolution appointed, bo empow
ered ftnd authorized to investigate the
charges In the public prose to tho ef
fect that, film fnnyor if he went down
would ha\ v o eminently respectable of
ficial company.’ ”
The amendment of Oouneiliflnfl
Burns passed tho council chamber
unanimously, thus imposing tho duty
of investigating the indefinite charges
of Colonel W. T. Moyers upon tnC
committee.
WAHJH FIGHT INAUGURATED
lly hWcU.’d-fhlt (*r Mnn At Olmt
funoHgri Agiihidt CoHtpilnt.
The labor unionists of CliattrirfoOgrt?
Tenn:; and suburbs have gone info the
fight witii tho felefetrio street railwrty
company on account of Rft Ibfekout of
the union motormen and are making i*
warm for that corporation.
Four additional motormen left the
company Thursday and joined tho
uh’ioh; tanking, according to tho union
leaders, thirfy-iwfi fiifcfi tWio flrfi locked
out.
The trades unionists lmvo employed
large transfer Avagons and are dipatch
ing thorn to such of tho suburbs as
rtfG Hot reached by a rival railroad to
convey fieofilc tt) rtint from the city.
This method ot trtlnsportfi.tiOii will btj
kept up until tho trouble is ended.
Petitions were presented to the rap
id transit company Thursday for the
extension of its lines to St. Elmo and
shell Other points as aro not now reach
ed by that company, find R ta claimed
that the petitions Avere signed by
six hundred people, avljo agreed to
patronize the line when built in pref
erence to tho electric railroad.
There seems to he no kind of doubt
that the boycott is affecting tho daily
receipts of the electric company rather
rOore seriously than the company ex
{jfeftfed;
they Ukase new quarters*
Mf’fisrfi. I r l*!<l>r A Mowrr Will ]>Toy Into
it I itrjfor lOilMini;.
The firm of Fielder A- Mower,which
lias conducted a general typewriter
and supply business in Atlanta, Ga.,
for a number of years, has leased for
ft term of years the handsome three
stbi-y iiriek building at til I’eachtfflfl
street, occupied by the Estey Orgftti
company. They will take possession
the first of next nionlh and the entire
building will bo occupied for their
business. Tho building in an excel
lent one and well adapted to the ueeds
of the business of tho firm. It is lo
cated in one of the most desirable por
tions of the city and possesses pecu
liar advantages for just Blicli an enter
prise as that of Messrs. Fielder k
Mower.
It is Understood that the firm will
extend their lines of business ill
office supplies nnd with the large floor
space will be in position to fit tip on
office with everything from a pin to
the handsomest office furniture on the
market.
TIREI) OF THE STRIKE.
ClcvrlHiid, (>., Uii.lnn.. Men Take Action
to Stop I>lor4lni In Tlmt City.
Five hundred business men of Cleve
land Ohio, held an anti-boycott meet
ing Wednesday afternoon in the cham
ber of commerce rooms. A fnnd of
SIO,OOO was Btnrted to ferret out ihe
criminals who are dynamiting oars and
creating discord in the city.
In a few miuutos time not less than
$5,000 was subscribed and the rest of
the amount will be fully made up.
Tho meeting was largely attended
and it was a representative one iu ev
ery respect. Millions of dollars were
represented in tho men present.
WILL MOVE SOUTH.
Illg Maine Cotton Mill AVIII Soon Be Lo-’
cated In Fort Valley, Gn.
A dispatch from Biddeford, Me.,
says: Arrangements are being made
for the removal of the Springvale cot
ton mills, of Springvale, to the south.
The plant is to be located at Fort Val
ley, Ga., and will bo operated under a
capital of SIOO,OOO. The removal will
be the second of N tlf* kind that has
taken place in York county.
EX-fiOV. ATKINSON DEAD.
Former Chief Executive of Georgia Passes
Away at His Home In Newnan.
ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSES SORROW THROUGHOUT STATE
Dying Statesman AVas Surrounded By Family and
Faithful Friends--A Brief Sketch of His Life.
Ex-Governor \Villiam Y. Atkinson
Tied at his home in NeAvnan, Ga., at
0 o’clock Tuesday morning. The end
came peacefully. The dying mail Avaa
surrounded by all the members of his
immediate family and many of his
friends. Ho had been sloAvly Riukiug
for several days, and Mondaj f after
noon his physicians announced that
ho ronld not recover. His sickness
lnatod about fifteen days,during which
time every attention and care that
medical skill could offer and loving
bauds could bestow, wore given him.
Tlio circumstances surrounding his
death Avere peculiarly sad and have
rrt*t gloom over tho city of Noaviiru
and community, and causofl eorroAv
throughout the fttate. Early Tuesday
morning it AvaH conceded that in a feAv
hours the great man Avoilld pass ftAvay,
and his anxious and inquiring friends
formed an almost unbroken chain as
IEJWSOVBIINOR ATKIXKON,
Who Died at His Homo in Newnnn,
Ga., Last Tuesday.
they ivfibf. It) *liefe the statesman lay,
hoping for some gton+nl for hope.
Borrow was depleted on (ho eotthte
nnnee of thoso advisod of his ccifldl
lion, and the expression on their faces
evidence that the end was near.
The lihiiolinftemeut that death had
brought to an end tt eitreer that had
found success and fame ill Georgia
politics and stilled Iho heart that, was
generous and liberal in tho distribu
tion of affection, was no surprise to tho
friends of the governor at the capitol,
for nearly all the heads of departments
had hilt recently returned from New
luiii; wllefe they went to inquire into
Mr. Atkinson's condition and to offer
their services and sympathy to Mrs.
Atkinson.
The last great effort of Mr. Atkinson
was made in the supreme coui't about
three weekß ago. Ho nppearoil before
that body to argue for the people of
Newnan in the Atlanta and West Point
railroad rate case. It will bo remem
bered that he spoke for several hours
before tho court and delivered a pow
erful speech in favor of his side of the
question.
He had not been well prior to mak
ing Ibis speech and he appeared be
fore tho court under tho disadvuntnge
of ill health, but he stood for hours
on liis feet discussing the controversy
with great force.
His last illness began shortly after
his return home from Atlanta and at
first it was thought that he had only a
temporary sickness to contend with,
but after a few days the diseaso devel
oped into dysentery and his physicians
began to take steps to check the dis
ease and it was thought that he would
ALLEGED LYNCHER JAILED.
Tnylor Hamilton Charged XVltli Assisting
In MtirUerof HI Smith.
Taylor Hamilton, a white man aged
about fifty years, from Jackson coun
ty, Ga , who is charged with being
one of the mob that killed Hi Smith in
the Hall county jail recently, is now
in jail in Atlanta, having been arrest
ed by. a detective who has been work
ing on tlie ease the past two weeks.
The detective is Dave Looney, of
Atlanta and, after traveling all over
northeast Georgia, it is said he has
secured enough information to lead
him to spot the most of the men en
gaged in the killing of Si Smith. ,
CHILDREN BURNED TO CRISP.
Negro Woman T.oeks Tier Offspring In
House With Usual Ilesnlt.
Mary Washington, a negress, living
two miles above Bogue Ghitto and
about eight miles sontli of Brock
Haven, Miss., went out visiting, leav
ing her three children in the house
locked up. During her absence the
house was fired in some unaccounta
ble manner and on the mother's return
the three children were found burned
to a crisp.
NO. ‘29.
be brought around all right. A Avcek:
ago his condition became more serious
aud the friends of tho ex-governor
Avere told that lie was a very sick man.
Other physicians Avero called in and
everything possible was done to save
the patient, but lo no avail. liis rela
tives nnd intimate friends watched at
liis bedside day and night, and he want
ed for nothing during his sieknecs. Ho
brought his great vital power into tho
fight for life and resisted to tha last
the grasp of tho band of death, but it
Avas too much for him, tho victor of a
great, battle of tho same kind a few
years ago.
Telegrams expressive of condolence
poured in from every quarter of tho
state, from men of high aud low sta
tion in life and from thoso Avho, for
getting petty differences, join in prais
ing the high qualities of the man.
Sketch of II 1m 1,1 fo.
William Yates Atkinson was born in
Meriwether county, Ga., on the 11th
of November, 1854, at tho little post-
office of Oakland, whither liis parents
had removed from Brunswick oouDty,
Y r a. His father, John P. Atkinson, was
a native Virginian, a man of sterling
traits and irreproachable character.
On liis father’s side he is a descendant
of the Sudys, tile Yates aud the At
kinsons, who settled ill Virginia in the
colonial days. He is named for Wil
liam Yates, one of his ancestors, who
was ft professor in tho William and
Mary college in Virginia in the early
history of that Institution. Ho is the
sixth of eight children. The death of
bis father left liim on his own re
sources at an early age. Nothing
daunted by the difficulties that await
ed him, without means and without
influence, he set to work to educate
himself.
Mr. Atkinson was first elected to
the legislature in 1886, anil from that,
time on his oareer may be summed up
as follows:
He was for years a leader ill the
legislative balls aud party councils.
He was a member of the general
assembly for eight years.
Twice president of the democratic
state convention.
Four years chairman of the state
democratic exocutive committee.
Two years speaker of tlio house of
representatives,
Five years president of the board of
trustees of the Georgia Normal and
Industrial college aud a trustee of the
University of Georgia.
And. before attaining tho nge of 40
years was governor of Georgia.
In 1880 ho married Miss Susie Cobb
Milton, of Florida. She has indeed
been a helpmeet to him.
ENGLISH ACTIVE IN CUBA.
Tobacco Crop of the Island Is In Control
of llrltons.
James Grantham, of London, a rep
resentative of English capitalists, who
was in Chicago on Tuesday on his way
to the Pacific, is authority for the
statement that more than $7,000,000
of English capitnl has been invested
in Cuban tobacco plantations. Eng
lish firms control tho Cuban tobacco
market.
He has been in Cuba and has just
returned from there. Comparatively
recent investments of English capital
in Cuba and Porto Rico are estimated
by him at about $30,000,000.
APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.
People of Carrnhelle, Fin . Are Without
Homes, Food or Clothing.
A Jacksonville, Fla., dispatch says:
The citizens of Carrabclle are without
houses, food anil clothing, owing to
the recent cyclone that laid flat the
town.
At a mass meeting of the citizens,an
appeal wbb issued for aid, and asks
that contributions be sent to T. S. An
derßon, M. I)., chairman of the relief
committee at Carrabclle.