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THE NEWSJfND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
SPflNimniED OF THE STRIFE.
Now Asks That the United States Come
Forward and Use Its
Good Offices.
A special to the Chicago Tribune
from Washington says Spain is con
sidering a formal request to the United
States to use its good offices to stop
the fighting in Cuba.
Intimations have been received at
the state department that the Sagasta
government had become convinced
that the only way to save Cuba Mas to
accept the often proffered good offices
of the United States. Canovas re
peatedly replied to President Cleve
land declining these good offices, and
Sagasta did the same last November.
Now the prime minister has become
completely disheartened over the evi
dent failure of autonomy.
All efforts of Spain io bribe the sub
lordinatesI ordinates of Gomez to surrender on
lie basis of home rule have proven
_rutile. Blanco has completely failed
in his efforts to open up
tion with the insurgents, and l >a Jf,i ( >
lias likewise been defeated in the
The Spanish minister now )
the only thing left is ,‘ U
good offices .
the humiliati
fate only beo
lie announce
result in a re
Secret n
department!
ress. The 1
Jttsipthe cons
Cuba', ahd ill
the island itl
this conn til
negotiate w
basis of ¥
The Spanffeli propose that| tlie {- nile q
States should propose j
gents au actual armisti<^^p ell( p- n , H(> _
gotiations for peace f
American guarantees ufc pj ie t:;tegr-! i v
of home rule, or even/- )f indepegttoace
on a money cotUtfHM|; on
"While no sn* Bifial proposition
has been made 1)e Lome,
the state depnrtn^ lt \, v been givell
to unuerstand only the fear of
h stands in the way
friendly offices
United States, which have been
so often. It has been even
Wntimated that if this country sees lit
fefcui its motion to open up communica
tion with the insurgents, Spain will
not throw any obstacles in the way.
Any such move would be a practical
recognition of the insurgents as be
ligerents, but things have reached such
a crisis in Cuba that even this con
tingency must he faced.
It is understood that the Cuban re
public will insist on formal recognition
before undertaking any negotiations
with the United States, claiming that
it cannot treat with a power which re
gards it only as an organized conspir
acy of riot and piracy. The situation
is critical _in Cuba, and the frequent
visits of the Spanish minister to the
state department are a sufficient indi
cation that the Spanish empire in Cuba
is allnost at an end.
Officials in Washington are inclined
to the belief that the public announce
ment of tire acceptance of this coun
try as mediator will result in instant
revolution in Spain, but they admit it
Is the last hope, and is being serously
considered. ’
REDUCTIONS ALT AROUND.
Rhoile Island Cotton Mills Decide to
Post Notices.
-LA dispatch from Pawtucket, R. 1.,
asays: Thursday the directors of the
Bailey Falls Company, at Albion, and
pile Albion Company, at Valley Falls,
the two remaining companies in the
Blackstone valley which had not an
anounced a rednctio&of wages, decided
"to post notices to that effect.
Reports were received from mills in
Arctic, Riverpoint, Quidnick, Pontiac,
Natick and other Pawtucket and Black
stone valley villages, and without ex
ception they favored resisting the pro
posed reduction. The various mills
above mentioned employ about 12,000
people and operate 425,000 spindles.
BIRMINGHAM ASKS HELP.
K.
government Called Upon to Assist In
' Stamping Out Smallpox.
A Washington special says: Surgeon
General Wyman has detailed Past As
sistant Surgeon Magruder to proceed
to Birmingham, Ala., and take charge
of the work of stamping out smallpox.
This step is taken at the request of
the people of Birmingham, who have,
through the local authorities and Con
gressman Underwood, asked for the
aid of the marine hospital service.
Birmingham will bear all local ex
penses, but the need of experienced
nurses and inspectors is so great that
the federal authorities have been ask
feed to help.
■ To Ask For Advance.
W I’he Ohio miners’ convention at Co
lumbus, 0., Saturday decided to ask
for an advance of 10 cents per ton
when the contract for next year is
made.
More Counterfeits Discovered.
Two more counterfeit SIOO certifi
cates turned up at Philadelphia Satur
day, one at the sub-treasury and the
other at the Fourth Street National
bank.
' iskM AGAINST HANNA.
VllcßO-l .\l
Hat Bribery.
of Columbus,
edition issued Wednes
ining, states that Charles W.
oorhees, state’s attorney, has re
ferred tp the grand jury which has
just opened a regular session, certain
statements that have come to him
tending to show that Senator Marcus
A. Hanna, now in Columbus manag
ing his fight for election to the senate,
has attempted to improperly influence
a number of members of the legisla
ture.
The principal ground for the action
of the state’s attorney is aaid to be
the published statements of Mrs.
Griffith, wife of Representative J. E.
Griffith, of Union county, in regard to
the kidnaping of her husband and
herself from the, Southern hotel by
agents of Senator Hanna last Sunday
fiight. The substance of her state
ment is that Senator Hanna, after
asking her to use her influence with
her husband to induce him to vote for
Mr. Hanna for United States senator,
told her that it would be worth as
much to her husband to do this as he
would make in ten years.
Mrs. Griffith said that as her hus
band made about $2,000 per annum,
she understood that he would get
about $20,000 for voting for Senator
Hanna. Two other members of the
legislature are expected to give evi-
this point to the grand jury.
of Cincin
nati, and Chris Wf’ , of Ha “ ll^ n
county. They are md!P^ ers
house.
TO RESIST REDUCTION
v
New Bedford Spinners Vote Againse^ c "
ceptance of Cut.
The spinners’ union at New Bed
ard, Mass., at a meeting Wednesday
unanimously voted to resist by a
proposed rodm lion of ges.
' K " Aki member;-, ~f the city
spinners, ljhlu m- ire
1 .“>< do tiers. The me.'t-
by both sp.yffhers nV.d
doli'S^SP*
Lhtfgeneral sentiment was expressed
that the weavers and card and picker
room associations would strike, any
way, and it was not necessary to wait
to find out what action the other
unions would take.
The informarballot favoring a strike
was not made formal, as it was decided
to wait a few r days to see if a way of
effecting a settlement w r as possible.
Committees on conference with the
managers and w r ith committees from
the other labor unions in the city in
case of a strike to arrange for the man
agement were appointed. Secretary
Ross, of the local spinners’union, will
call a meeting of the executive council
of the national union to be held
in Boston, when the question of sanc
tioning a strike by the sppinners in
New Bedford will be settled.
FLORIDA’S LATEST FREEZE.
Vegetables In Some Localities Killed.
Damage Otherwise Slight.
Reports received at Washington
from the weather bureau officials in
Florida indicate that the freeze of
January 2 and 3, 1898, while doing
considerable damage, did not approach
in severity or destructiveness the
freezes in the winter of 1894 and 1895.
As to the effects of the recent freeze,
the weather bureau at Jacksonville,
reports by telegraph as follows:
“Available information indicate
damage to greater portion of vegeta
bles north and south central portions,
where not protected. Pine apples
damaged to considerable extent. Citrus
tress not seriously affected through
fruit belt excepting tender sprouts.”
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
Convenes In Jackson, and is Confronted
with Various Problems.
A Jackson, Miss., special says: The
legislature is in session. There are
no limits or bounds to the situation.
Nobody seems to know what will or
will not he done.
The governor’s message ignores the
capitol question, favors the purchase
of a prison farm in the delta, jumps
on corporations with both feet, blames
the Marine Hospital service for the in
troduction of yellow fever, advocates
an elective judiciary, wants United
States senators elected by the people
and favors the stopping of the running
of trains on Sunday, especially freight
trains. The state’s deficit is detailed
at length. He wants convicted wife
beaters disfranchised.
1
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vv unit™
late day,
> for some
BIG TOBACCO FACTORY
To Be Erected In Louisville By ii Liver
pool Syndicate.
A Liverpool syndicate is making ar
rangements to build an immense
tobacco manufactory in Louisville,
Ky. The plans are now being drawn
by a well-known architect and work
will begin as soon as weather permits.
The syndicate proposes to handle a
great deal of tobacco. For some time
past the company has been doing a
little rehandling business in the city,
but concluded to go into the manu
facture of tobacco £or the Liverpool
market on an extensive scale. It is
stated that about 700 men will be em
ployed at the factory.
PILOT BOAT LIBELED.
Somers X. Smith is Charged With Landing
TXvo Expeditions in Cuba.
The steam pilot boat Somers N.
Smith, which was seized at Mobile,
Ala., a few days ago as per instructions
of the secretary of the treasury, was
libled in the United States circuit
court Saturday for conveying men,
arms, ammunitions and provisions to
the insurgents in Cuba.
1 CONGRESS RESUMES WORK.
MEMBERS SEEMED GLAD THAT
HOLIDAYS ARE OVER.
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW DISCUSSED.
Senator Davis Gives Notice Thsit lie Will
Call Up Hawaiian Annexation Ques
tion to 15e Disposed Of.
Congress reassembled Wednesday
and everybody seemed glad that the
holidays were over and that they could,
again have a cnauce to go to work. A
number of members who had not been
in their seats previous to the recess
appeared for the first time and were
warmly welcomed.
The floor of the house presented an
animated appearance. It looked for
all the world like the opening-of a now
session of congress. Only the cere
monies were missing.
Without any preliminary business,
the house went into committee of the
whole to resume consideration of the
legislative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill. All the features of
the bill had been disposed of except
the appropriation for the civil service
commission upon which, by previous
arrangement, there was to be an in
definite general debate.
In the senate Mr. Davis, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations,
gave notice that he would call up the
Hawaiian annexation treaty in execu
tive session on Monday, and ask the
senate to consider it each day there
treaty should be dis
posed of.
The expected depute on
question-did " n olTm ateria liz e, but the
first step toward it Avas taken by Sen
ator Teller in the introduction of his
resolution declaring that all bonds of
the United States under the funding
act are payable, principal and interest,
at the option of the government of
the United States, in standard silver
dollars, and that such payment is not
in violation of the public faith or in
derogation of the rights of the public
creditors.
This was, at Senator Teller’s sug
gestion, sent to the committee on fi
nance. It will be reported back some
day soon, and then the fun will open
up in earnest. Some republican sen
ators who have been declaring their
friendship for silver will then be given
an opportunity of showing where they
do stand.
Presidential Appointments.
The president sent a large batch of
appointments to the senate Wednes
day, among them the following: Owen
L. Smith, of North Carolina, minister
resident and consul general of the
United States to Liberia; James G.
Stowe, of Missouri, consul general of
the United States at Cape Town, Cape
of Good Hope; Herbert G. Squies, of
New York, secretary of the legation of
the United States at Peking, China.
To be consuls of the United States —
Adolph F. Frankenthal, of Massachu
setts, at Berne, Switzerland; Neal Mc-
Millan, of Michigan, at Port Sarnia,
Ont.; James M. Ayres, of Ohio, at
Rosario, Argentine Republic; John H.
Grout, Jr., of Massachusetts, at Malta;
Edmon Z. Brodowski, of Illinois, now
consul at Breslau, Germany, at Furth,
Bavariar Charles W. Erdmau, of Ken
tucky, consul at Furth, Bavaria, at
Breslau, Germany.
CHINA CEDES KIAO.CHOU.
An Indefinite Lease Is Given the German
Government.
The Reichsanzeigar (Berlin) an
nounces that, according to a telegram
received from Peking, an understand
ing has been reached between Ger
many and China regarding the cession
of Iviao-Chou bay to the former. The
arrangement, it is added, is substan
tially as follows:
It is intended by the cession to ren
der uossible for Germany the fulfill
ment of her just wish for the posses
sion, in the same way as other powers,
of a base for trade and navigation in
Chinese waters.
The cession of Kiao Chou bay to
Germany takes the form of a lease for
an indefinite time. Germany is at
liberty to erect on the ceded territory
all the necessary buildings and estab
lishments and to take the measures
required for their protection.
GAMBLERS FIGHT DUEL.
One Head and Two Other* In Hospital
Fatally Wounded.
. “Kid” Murpliy, a noted Chicago
gambler of the shell worker variety,
was shot dead and Frank, alias Dickey,
Dean and Martin Donahue were shot,
probably fatally during a quarrel in a
Chicago saloon Wednesday night. The
affair is said to be the result of a feud
of months’ standing. Dean and Don
ahue are at the Alexian Brothers hos
pital. Neither is expected to live.
According to one of the men arrested
in the saloon at the time of the shoot
ing, Donahue killed Murphy in self
defense and Dean was shot while act
ing as peacemaker.
KNIGHTS RAISE BOYCOTT.
Strike In Jellico Coal Region Satisfac
torily Settled.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says:
Assembly Knights of Labor No. 5,
embracing the entire mining region,
has just raised the boycott on the coal
of the 20 mines in the Jellico region
that has been on for several months.
This action was taken for several
months. This action was taken be
cause the Jellico strike, involviug
3,000 men, has been settled.
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Matqhai nd Intellectnal Advancement of the County.
LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY MS, 1898.
BRIDGE SPAN COLLAPLED'w
And Passenger Car Plunges Throaa,
Miraculous Escapes: A-—,
The passengers of the fast mil
which left Atlanta, Ga., over the Wst
Point road Sunday morning .at, sr&
o’clock, had a shaking up twenty-be
miles east of Montgomery Sunday f
ternoon.
Conductor Henry M. Law, of Atlan
ta, Flagman Duffy and five passeng-rs
w r ere painfully hurt, and nineteen pas
sengers were slightly injured. Forti
nately no one was fatally injured.
All went well until Cupibatchie ertek
was reached. As the train was creas
ing the bridge there one of the spins
fell, carrying a coach with it to he
ground, twelve or fourteen feet below.
The engine and tender ran 4 n U feet
and jumped the track. .
-which was next to the
track and the forward en<f ‘Wdck - it?
side of the bridge and stopped. T He
coach behind the Pullman also re
mained on the bridge.
The engineer and fireman were not
injured at all.
The passengers in the Pullman and
the coach which remained on the bridge
were jolted but were not hurt to any
extent.
The occupants of the coach which
went down with the span were, of
course, thrown around and a number
of them were bruised on the head and
shoulders.
Two hours after the accident a
wreck train with surgeons reached the
scene from Montgomery. The sur
geons quickly attended to the injured
and arranged for their removal to
Montgomery.
The bridge was a combination
bridge, ivood and iron. It was in
spected a year ago by Mr. Edwin
Thatcher, tire bridge expert, of De
troit, and was rebuilt by the Louis
ville Iron Bridge Company according
to Mr. Thatcher’s specifications.
RE MATES INDIANS.
Two Semiiole Fjends Meet a Horrible
Fat Oklahoma.
A special from Smith, Ark.,
says: Justice in a moreljorrible form
than that meted out to
at Paris, Tex., was administered by a
mob on the Oklahoma border Friday
night to J. Markus McGeisey and
Palmer Simpson, two Seminole In
dians.
They were charged with murder,
their A'ictim being Mrs. James Sim
mons, a respectable farmer’s wife, liv
ing in Oklahoma.
The crime Avas a most revolting one
and the criminals Avere punished in a
most revolting manner.
Mrs. Simmons Avas assaulted and
murdered, her body oeirtg
mutilated.
Nearly the entire populace turned
out to hunt down and punish the
guilty parties. The trail led the posse
to the home of McGeisey, near Maud,
a small town in the Seminole nation,
Avhere McGeisey and Simpson were
arrested.
After securing their prisoners, the
mob set fire to McGeisey’s house and
barn and did not leave until they saAV
all of his earthly possessions reduced
to ashes.
The prisoners were • carried back
across the line into Oklahoma Terri
tory and near the scene of their crime
were executed by Judge Lynch’s order
in the most horrible manner that
human minds and hands could devise.
They Avere burned at the stake.
The Indians met their doom Avith the
usual stoicism of their race. After
life was extinct the mob alloAved the
fires to die doAvn and then hurriedly
dispersed.
No secret Avas made of the fact that
the Indians had been burned to death.
Saturday morning their charred bod
ies, burned beyond recognition, Avere
found in the ashes of their funeral
pyre.
PREPARING FOR STRIKE.
New Bedford Cotton Operatives Are Lay
ing In Supplies.
A dispatch from New Bedford,
Mass., says: Saturday was pay day
among the majority of the operatives
in the mills where a strike is probable.
After the operatives received their
money they proceeded to lay in a good
stock of provisions. Many weavers
had barrels of flour rolled into their
kitchens.
The majority of the operatives think
a strike is sure to be begun and nil
that was talked of at the north and
south ends of the city was the prob
able strike.
NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATES.
The Anniversary of Jackson’s Great Vic
tory Fittingly Observed.
The anniversary of the battle of
New Orleans Avas more generally cele
brated in that city Saturday than at
any time since the war.
Governor Foster and his staff re
vieAved a military parade, the entire
First brigade and naval reserves, the
cavalry troop and the Washington ar
tillery being in line. The daughters
of 1776 and 1812 conducted the usual
ceremonies at the unfinished monu
ment on Chalmette field. It was a
state holiday, banks Avere closed and
business largely suspended.
STEEL COMPANY LICENSED.
Illinois Secretary of State Issues Incorpo
ration Papers.
The secretary of state of Illinois has
licensed the incorporation of the
American Steel and Wire company of
Chicago.
The capitalization of the company
is $87,000,000, the incorporating fee
for which Avas $87,500, the largest ever
paid in any similar proceeding.
OHIO RIVER BOATS BLOW UP.
CREW AND DEBRIS OF VESSELS
SCATTERED PROMISCUOUSLY.
FOUR MEN ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Two arc Missing and Seven are More or
Less Seriously tl urt—Dead Dodles
Float In tlie Stream.
The towboat Percy Kelsey blew up
: while going down the Ohio river, near
Glenfield, Pa., about 11 o’clock Satur
day morning, and so far as is known
six ’or otjaflit r 'f th -mv- wflro killed
! ar.d at least four others were injured.
The boat was commanded by Cap
tain Leslie Jones, of Shoustown, Pa.,
and the crew was made up of two
pilots, two engineers, two mates, two
firemen, a chambermaid, cook and the
deck hands, in all about twelve per-
sons.
The Kelsey left Pittseurg about 8
o’clock for Cincinnati, with a tow con
sisting of seven barges and two flats
of coal, and everything was apparent
ly all right till the explosion took
place, when the boat was literally
blown to pieces and the tow scattered
and lost. The hull sank almost im
mediately and the shattered portions
of the upper works floated down the
river and covered the water in the
vicinity of the wreck.
The explosion was most terrific and
was heard for miles. Hundreds of
persons ran to the river upon hearing
the noise and an awful sight met their
gaze. Bodies were floating down the
river and the debris was scattered far
and wide, but no live person was seen.
A few minutes later Captain Jones
and three others were picked up alive,
badly injured, and one body floated
ashore near Neville island. The in
jured were removed to Captain Crowe’s
residence, on Neville island, where
everything possible was done to alle
viate their sufferings.
~"~ fi t&S.t>ody of the fireman was blown
ashore Tmar”“XA%fel , '?r~Vrie -Strident oc
curred. Only three of the crew escaped
uninjured.
It is not known what caused the ex
plosion. The boat’s boilers were re
cently tested and found to be in good
condition, and the boat was considered
one of the best and stanchest on the
river. The boat was valued at $25,000.
SOUTHERN FILES ANSWER.
T)ai.i/s That. It Owns Anv of r-nt-nl Bp jjto
The Southern Railway Company
filed its ans Aver Saturday to the bill
brought by the Dunlap HardAvare
Company and other business firms
and citizens of Macon, Ga., to break
up the alleged combinations of the
Southern Raihvay Company with other
railroads in Georgia.
The bill is pending in the United
States circuit court, Macon, and the
defendants were alloAved sixty days
from NoA’ember 10th in Avhich to file
the answer.
In its answer the Southern denies
that it oavus or controls the Central of
Georgia. It shoAvs Avhere that com
pany Avas reorganized and where the
commom stock is iioav held by the re
organization committee of the old
Richmond Terminal.
The Southern says it has never had
any control or arrangement for the
control of the Central, which is an in
dependent company.
The Southern admits that it has
stock in the Georgia Southern &
Florida, but it is minority stock.
A SHORT SESSION.
House Members Pay Tribute to the I.ate
Representative Wright.
The house devoted two hours of Sat
urday’s session to the civil service de
bate, during which Messrs. Corliss,
republican, of Michigan; Hepburn,
republican, of lowa, and Clarke, re
publican, of New Hampshire, address
ed the house in opposition to the law
as it now stands.
The remainder of the session was
consumed by the friends of the late
Representative Wright, of Massachu
setts,in eulogy of his memory. Among
those who paid tribute to tbeir deceas
ed colleague were Messrs. Lawrence,
Walker, McCall, Knox and Gillette,
republicans, of Massachusetts, and
Northway, republican, of Ohio, and
Swanson, democrat, of Virginia.
DASHED DOWN INCLINE.
Accident on Lookout Mountain Road In
Which Several are Hurt.
A work train on the Chattanooga
and Lookout Mountain standard guage
railroad was wrecked on the mountain
side about 10 o’c ick Saturday morn
ing. The conductor and six negro
workmen were badly but not fatally
injured.
The train, which consisted of a loco
motive and two cars of lumber, was
moving down the mountain at a slow
rate of speed when the brake chain on
the first car suddenly snapped. The
second car was unprovided with a
brake chain, and the whole weight was
thrown on the engine, which dashed
down the mountain side.
LOCAL MANAGER LEVANTS.
Grain and Stock Exchange of Richmond,
Ind., In Trouble.
The Richmond, Ind., grain and stock
exchange, controlled by Odell & Cos.,
of Cincinnati, is in -trouble. Hibbard,
the local manager, is absent, and be
hind over SBOO in bis accounts with
his employers, while local investors
are pressing claims for $2,000, which
Odell & Cos. refused to pay until Hib
bard makes good his deficit.
CURRENCY BILL INTRODUCED.
Is Framed to Carry Out Flan of Mone
tary Commission.
Representative Overstreet, of Indi
ana, introduced in the house Thurs
day a comprehensive bill for carrying
out the plan of the monetary commis
sion for the reform of the currency.
The bill was referred by Speaker Reed
to the committee on banking, and
Chairman Walker has arranged to give
an early hearing to Senator Edmunds,
the chairman of the commission, and
perhaps to other members.
The bill contains forty-seven sec
tions, and embodies in legislative form
every feature of the recommendations
of the commission. The earlier por
tion, relating to the maintenance of
the gold standard, the creation of the
bureau of issue and redemption, and
the gradual retirement of the legal
tender notes, are embodied in the bill
in almost tins amu !- iva.4Ji4.he
report. The banking features are
more elaborate and carefully define
the character of notes issued upon as
sets, and the manner of redeeming the
notes of failed banks.
The friends and enemies of the civil
service law exchanged broadsides in
the house at Thursday’s session. The
heaviest guns on each side were
brought into action. Mr. Qrosvenor,
of Ohio, and Mr. Johnson, of Indiana,
each made exhaustive speeches and
kept their respective sides in a con
stant furor.
Mr. Grosvenor’s description of the
habits of the “cuckoo” teemed with
wit and kept the house in a roar. Mr.
Grosveuor in replying to the charge
made against himself and his col
leagues that they were betraying the
republican party, adverted to what he
called the list of traitors among the
high priests of civil service reform, at
the head of which he placed George
William Curtis, who abandoned the
republican party to show that the
present position occupied by the ma
jority of the house was not inconsis
tent with these declarations.
While the senate was in session two
hours Thursday practically no busi
ness was transacted beyond the pas
sage of a few bills.
Among the measures which received
favorable consideration were the bills
providing for a congress of the repre
sentatives of the Indian tribes of the
United States ty Ve liel.d at Omaha
during the . progress of the ViAfyma
tional exposition this year; bills pro
viding for the erection of public build
ings at Fergus Falls, Minn., and New
port News, Ya., and a measure to
protect the name and insignia of the
Red Cross Society.
SLEW’ WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
Captain Carter Shoots
Himself.
The most horrible and shocking
crime Avhich Greenville, Tenn., has
eA r er seen was the extermination of
the entire family of Captain A. W.
Carter, an ex-federal officer, Wednes
day night, the hour not being known.
Captain Carter, Avhile temporarily
insane, brained his aged wife Avith an
axe and then Avith the same Aveapon
inflicted wounds upon his daughter,
Avhich caused her death later. After
committing this terrible deed, Captain
Carter,with an old revolver, shot him
self.
The only other inmate of the house
Avas Walter Gass, aged fourteen years.
The boy was asleep up stairs, but
about 3 o’clock Thursday morning Avas
awakened by groans and upon inves
tigation found the terrible state of
affairs as above related.
Captain Carter’s mind has for the
past three years been unbalanced,
caused by the death of a daughter.
He was considered one of the best
citizens of Greene county.
At the time of his death he was
commander of Burnside post No. 8,
G. A. R. He Avas captain of a com
pany of cavalry in the First Tennessee
volunteers.
TAYLOR FOR SENATE.
Tennessee’s Governor Creates Sensation
By Entering Race.
A special to the Knoxville Tribune
says that Governor Robert L. Taylor
Avill enter the fight for senator against
Messrs. McMillin and Turley. The
Taylor forces held a meeting Thursday
night but refused to divulge their
plans.
This caused Turley and McMillin
leaders to hold a joint consultation
and it is believed that they will com
bine against Taylor. Senator Turley’s
friends denounce Taylor for entering
the race.
DEMOCRATS MAKE PROPOSITION.
Populists To Be Sounded on the Liquor
Question in Kansas.
The democrats of Kansas sprang a
sensation on the populist conference
held in Topeka Wednesday and will
force them to go on record on the
liquor question—a thing which the
populists have never yet done. The
democratic leaders have offered to
forego representation on the stale
ticket in the next campaign if the pop
ulists will insert a re-submission plank
in their platform.
The populist committee refused to
make any statement regarding the
proposal of the democrats and will
decide the matter later.
COTTON MILLS SOLD.
Southern Rank at Savannah Buys Under
a Court Judgment.
The Savannah, Ga., cotton mills,
capitalized at SIOO,OOO, Avere sold
Tuesday under a judgment in the city
court in favor of the Southern bank
amounting to $36,000. There was lit
tle bidding on the property, Avhich Avas
finally knocked down to the bank for
$30,000, or $6,000 less than the amount
of its judgment.
UNI IS 1 GUIS
CONDEMNED MAN WAS COOL AND
COLLECTED TO THE LAST.
DIED DECLARING HIS INNOCENCE.
Spoke From tlie Scaffold Without Exhibit
ing a Tremor of Fear—Forgives
His Persecutors.
Theodore Durrant died on the gal
lows in the California state peneten
tiary at San Quentin Friday morning,
for the murder of Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams.
—Duirrant ascended th'r'feUkfP
fold calmly, following Father Kagan,
who administered to his spiritual wants,
he having beon baptized into tlie Cath
olic faith earlier in the day.
When the rope was placed about the
condemned man’s neck Durrant asked
to be allowed to speak. His request
Avas granted, and with his feet on the
trap, the cord about his throat tied
fast to the crossbeam, he said:
“I desire to say that although I am
an innocent man, innocent of every
crime that has been charged against
me, I bear no animosity toAvards those
Avho haA r e persecuted me, not even the
press of San Francisco, Avhich hound
ed me to the grave. If any man thinks
I am going to spring a sensation, I am
not, except it is a sensation that I am
an innocent man, brought to the grave
by my persecutors. But I forgive
them.
“They Avill get their justice from the
great God who is master of us all, and
there I also expect to get justice that
is the justice of an innocent man.
‘ ‘Whether or not the perpetrators of
the crime of Avhich I am charged are
discovered, it Avill make no difference
to me noAv; but I say this day Avill be
a shame to the great state of Califor
nia. I forgive everybody who has
persecuted me, an innocent man,
Avhose hands liaA'e never been stained.
Avith blood, and I go to meet my God
Avith forgiveness for all men.”
His last words, which he shouted
just as fiie'irop fell, Avere: “I am in
nocent. ”
His death appeared to be painless.
After the drop fell Duvru'M did not
struggle. In fifteen minuses
cut doAvn, the neck heing/Tu-oken by
the fall.
There was no scene at the galloAvs.
Mrs. Durrant did not y due; b the. exe
cution. She remained in a room Tn
the loAver part of the prison and
showed unmistakable signs of grief
tempered Avith a dogged desire to
create the impression that she Avas too
proud to Aveep.
Durrant died protesting to the last
his innocence of the murder of Blanche
Lamont and Minnie Williams. He
maintained to the very end the same
marvelous composure and nerve which
characterized him throughout his long
imprisonment and many trials, and
demonsirated that he Avas indeed the
criminal of the century.
NOT A CANDIDATE.
Governor Taylor Says He Will Not Filter
Senatorial Race.
A Nashville special says: Avowed
candidates for senator have been un
easy as to Governor Taylor’s inten
tions, but he has, after numerous
conferences, gtaen out this statement:
“Circumstances forbid my entering the
senatorial contest. I have no explanation
to offer, no comments to make.”
The circumstances to which Gov
ernor Taylor refers consist of Senator
Turley’s refusal to AvithdraAv. It de
veloped that Governor Taylor had
sent a note to Senator Turley saying
it was apparent Senator Turley could
not win and if he would withdraw and
transfer his strength to Taylor he
(Taylor) could beat McMillin.
NEGROES LYNCH NEGROES.
Kemp County Mississippi, Colored People
Get In Their Work.
Jim "Watts and Sam Cole, negroes
of Neshoba county, Miss., were lynch
ed in Pea Ridge, Kemper county, a
feAV days ago.
Watts and Cole Avent to Pea Ridge
to visit relatives and became too atten
tive to their kindsman’s wives. The
lynchers are said to be negroes.
DEMOCRATS WERE OBEDIENT.
Lower House of Mainland Legislature
Has Organized.
The republican members of the low
er house of the Maryland legislature
after more than two months of “deals”
and “promises” failed to agree upon a
speaker for the house of delegates and
Friday tAvelve of their number, assist
ed by forty-one democrats, elected
Louis Schafer, of Baltimore city, to
the position of presiding officer.
All phases and factions of democ
racy are represented in the minority,
yet when the time came there was not
a Avaver in their ranks —each membe"
did as be Avas directed and cast bis
secret ballot for republican.
DEAD IN HIS CAB.
Engineer Gipe Believed to Have Been
Murdered.
Sylvester H. Gipe, a Panhandle en
gineer, in charge o? a switch engine,
was found dead in his cab in the yards
at Indianapolis Friday morning.
Gipe’s head Avas bally cut and there
was a gash across his throat. His
chest was bruised.
The coroner thinks Gipe might have
been struck by a past i ig train, but the
road officials say he was murdered,
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DENOUNCED BY TELLER.
Free Silver Republican Senator Delivers a
Sensational Speech.
The feature of the day in Wash: g
ton Friday Avas Senator Teller’s ar
raignment of the McKinley adminis
tration and the republican party. It
came during the morning hour of the
senate and Avas brought out by news
paper articles charging that the re
cent stories about the supposed resig
natiomof Secretary Gage Avere imrent
sd by the silver men and Avere part of
a conspiracy to cause a split betAveen
Gage and McKinley.
Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, offered a
resolution declaring that the United
States should independently and with
out delay begin and'co'utinue the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
1; that such coinage should be sup
plemented by a safe and sound na
tional paper money, to be issued by
.the government without intervention
of the notes to be full legal ten
on amount
sufficient to meet the business de
mands of the country; that any in
crease of the interest bearing debt
should be prohibited, and that no
government bonds should be issued,
or sold, except by specific act of con
gress, and then only in cases of press
ing necessity; the government, in the
discharge of its obligations should use
its option as to the kind of lawful
money in Avhich they should be paid;
and that such option should neA’er be
surrendered.
Mr. Allen spoke briefly in favor of
the adoption of the propositions set
forth in his resolution, concluding with
the statement that ho would at some
subsequent time go more fully into
the details of his reasons and the rea
sons of the populist party in favor of
the plan he had set forth.
At the conclusion of Mr. Allen’s re
marks Mr. Teller, of Colorado, rose.
He said that he did not often give
heed to publications concerning him
self or the convictions of those who
believed as he believed upon the finan
cial or other questions, bathe felt that
a statement recently published—which
is, in fact, now going the rounds of
the press—was a gratuitous insult to
those who believed upon the financial
question as he believed.
“This statement shows,” said he,
“that many of those who attempt to
deal with this question have no proper
comprehension of it. They regard it
as merely a local matter, to be consid
ered and discussed from the standpoint
of their own selfish or local interests.”
Mr. Teller then read from a news
paper the article of which he com-
In brief, it charged that the
the effect that the
tendered
veaHHL president and n t secretary
of and perhaps to dis
3jjm*Pne cabinet.
“I resent this charge,” said Mr.
Teller with great emphasis. “Ida
not believe that it comes from the sec
retary of the treasury, or that he be
lieves any such thing. We —those
who believe iu financial questions as I
do—differ from the secretary of the
treasury and the great republican or
ganization which is now in power in
this country.
“The rightful or wrongful solution
of this great question will only effect
the people of the United States, but
the people of the whole world. I re
cent most emphatically the imputation
that any other but the broadest con
siderations and reasons have influenc
ed me or molded my sentiments. I
ought not to he charged with such a
dirty insinuation as is contained in
this article.
“It is perfectly plain that today the
republican party is the party of the
gold standard, and it is equally plain
that there is no distinction between
the sentiments of the president and
the secretary of the treasury upon the
question.”
LEE WILL FOLLOW BLANCO.
Rumor That Our Consul 'Will Go to the
Front.
It is rumored in Havana that Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee, the United States
consul general, will accompany Cap
tain General Blanco when the latter
takes the field.
It is further reported that Senor Es
trada Palma, the delegate to the
United States of the Cuban insurgents,
will arrive in Havana shortly and ac
company the captain general and Gen
eral Fitzliugh Lee to the field, and
that a conference with General Meximo
Gomez will follow. The reports have
caused a sensation.
WILL ADOPT NEW TACTICS.
Hanna Men Will Seek to Overawe the
“Bolting*’ Republicans.
A special of Friday from Columbus,
0., says: The Hanna managers have
evidently come to the conclusion that
there is no other way to bring the re
publican members of the legislature
who are opposing the election of Sen
ator Hanna into line with his support,
but to force them.
This is the purpose of a mass meet
ing called by Judge Nash for Monday.
It is expected to overwhelm the “bolt
ers” with enormous numbers of Hanna
shouters and impress them with the
comparative insignificance of the anti
llanna organization.
WILL BUY MEXICAN ILANDS.
Choctaw and Chickasaw Representative#
Return From a Tour of Inspection^
The representatives of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations arrived at
El Paso, Tex., Friday, on their return
from inspecting the 3,000,000 acres of
land in Mexico which they expect to
buy and which lie on the Rio Grande,
fifty miles below El Past). Morgam
Cole, one of the representatives, sajA
that the members (.if his
were highly pleased wiiii