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Newspaper Page Texti THE MORNING NEWS. I } Establish!!! iB6O. Ihoobfoiuted ISBB. V ] J. H. EBTILL, President. j A BROKERTURNS FORGER STOCK CERTIFICATES RAISED TO TEN TIMES THEIR VALUE. Seventy Manipulations of the Kind Net Him s3so,ooo—The Discovery Made by a Stock Clerk Employed by His Firm-The Finn Will Lose $270,000. New York, Nov. 16.—Albert H. Smith, junior partner in the brokerage firm of Mills, Robeson & Smith, at No. 96 Broad way, is a prisoner at police headquarters, charged with over 70 forgeries, aggre gating $350,000. Smith has acknowledged his guilt to Inspector Byrnes and has turned over all his property to W. A. Watson for the benefit of his creditors. THE DISCOVERY. The discovery of the forgeries, which cover a period of six years, was accidental ly made Saturday morning by a stock clerk in the employ of Mills, Robeson & Smith. In his confession Smith says he used the money obtained by his forgeries in reimbursing customers of t' e firm who had lost money on his suggestions. Before his arrest he made a clean breast of his doings to his associates in the firm. Although the case is not yet complete. Inspector Byrnes, aware of the excited conditionof the money market, and fearing that the matter might be used by Wall street sharps, determined to make public the real facts of the case. smith’s methods. Smith’s method was something akin to that of Bedell, clerk of the firm of Ship man, Choate A Baroque, who was sent to prison for a long terra recently. The loss resulting from Smith’s misdoings will fall upon the firm of Mills, Robeson & Smith, which has been in existence since 1872, and which has been held in the highest repute. CAUSE OF HIS DOWNFALL. About six years ago Smith became em barrassed, and, to save himself, adopted the scheme which lias led to his downfall. His plan was quits simple. He would buy seven, eight or nine shares of first-class stock, and, by adding a cipher and the letters “tv,” raise the order to seventy, eighty or ninety shares. These he would deposit with the firm as private account and thus made bis partners responsible. The shares were in course of t ime hypothecated with the Union Trust Company, United States Trust company, Central Trust Company, Chemi cal Hank. Phoenix Bank, Mechanics Bank, Fourth National Bank, Nassau Bark of Brooklyn and Russell Bage until the amounts secured reached between $30,000 and $30,- 000 in each case. AT THE END OF HIS ROPE. Smith’s forgeries might have continued indefinitely if the stock clerk, W. A. Wat son, had not discovered that the figures in a certificate turned in by Smith Saturday had been raised. An investigation fol lowed and showed that Smith bad pur chased but seven shares instead of seventy, as appeared on the face of the certificate. This led to an overhauling of the books of the firm, and then all came to light. At a subsequent conference with his associates Smith made a full confession, and then went to his home in Brooklyn, where he was arrested. CIICRCKMAN AND CLUBMAN. Smith is a prominent churchman and a member of several clubs. Knowing that exposure was inevitable, he sent his resigna tijn to all the clubs previous to his arrest. The stocks which Smith bought were St. Paul preferred, Omaha preferred, Michigan Central, Lake Shore, Illinois Central, Cin cinnati and St. Louis preferred, and St. L uis and San Francisco. Some of tbe-e ■"ore also deposited as collateral with the Washington Trust Company an d American Loan and Trust Company. Smith’s crime is f rgery in the first degree, and, as he has confessed his guilt, he can not escape a long term of imprisonment. He is 45 years old. and a childless widow er. All of Smith’s forgeries are not a total loss to the firm, as about one-fourth can be recovered. The net loss will be $370,000. Smith was arraigned at the Jefferson *“ 'fket police court this morning, and was remanded. bank SHOT, CASHIER GON*3. I Be Left to Raise Money, but Some Think He look It With Him. I Mount Carmel, 111.. Nov. 16.— The I backing firm of Cowling, Cowenlock & I 1 f kas closed. Mr. Cowling, the president I of the bank, died Nov. 5. The depositors I f tx ' ,fccte<l tbe hank to remain closed for a ■ ew days, but after waiting a week they I and wanted their money. I 1 L’ashier David Cowenlock, I i2f! y 0f Mount Vernon, 111., left to raise ■ 4 . 1 ? !°, mcet the rush on opening day. ■ nrt a i not fotum, telegrams were sent IHo 'I t directions for him, but no clew to H y , hereabouts have been discovered. ■ an,l m a 'V u ,rmn C u receiver was appointed 1p,,.. “8 safe oponed. It contained less than ■ ' ’ * :e supposition is that the cashier ■ ace„rc ay Wlth S ls - 000 or ?30.000. No Haminno 0 esr , l,l ’ uto can made, as the ex- H ‘ • -‘on 1 the books lias not been finished. H QAMBLBRa SHOW FIGHT. V bite Man and Two Negroaa HB _ Wounded in a Fusillade. ■ -'Ey Orleans, Nov. 16.—The Timex - ieksburg, Miss., special says: riot occurred last night at Glass Nation, on the Valloy railroad, j,JI ten miles south of this city, in which uauied Smith Summers was fatally Bvi o ? no i ller negro received a painful K r,"— ’u the foot, and Deputy Sherilf G. p' Tk i" as seri °U3ly wounded in the SHii, L „ir , sturt,!iuco gi'cw out of Sim t' ’ rts t 0 UP a game of craps, in Hr,;,.!; f' u ' IT more negroes were engaged. Tty shots were fired by the mob.” TWO MEN SHOT DEAD. -Arm nr Against Whom They Had an Account Their Slayer. ■ ••’snviu. K , Tenn., Nov. 13.—A special ■t'Ct from Huntingdon, Tonn., ■ „ a terrible double murder which oc ■ a r that town yesterday, and in orls table High Ross and his , * io9s . were both shot .Ly a farmer named ■i a ,. r ,'. Q f ain st whom they bad a idis i i, l °, r tuwyor’s fees incurred by with . ‘‘‘‘Ending himself from an as . llt, ®mpt be commit murder some ■'“Wat Hunungdfr 0 ” P ‘ “ nd I A tailor burned to death. rn - -. Legs to the Kuees, and Head jB.. Missing. ■^iURL° TT Ehvl . liEi Va > Nov _ ia _ A p a " d grocery store burned at ( y.j nl ‘rginia this morning. Ed i „, a tt ’ ttje tul!or and an agent of er of Philadelphia, was burned to H'p l ez3 l t„ -’rJ ' vas recovered, but the Xu . k:leos - and head are mias ■ - uro was accidental ip origin. @l)e iHofnina Jfcto£. SINKING OF TH3 SERPENT. The Light of the Village Lighthouse Not Seen by the Cruiser. Corunna, Nov. 16.—Evidence of the survivors of the wrecked cruiser Serpent goes to show that the lights of the village lightrouse had not been seen by the lookout on the Serpent, although the light is usually visible for fourteen miles. It is believed that the Serpent’s compass was affected by the iron in tho reef, and that astronomical observations were impossible, owing to the bod state of the weather. A Spanish gun boat which yesterday passed the scene of the di-aster found no trace of the Serpent. A body washed ashore to-day is supposed to be that of the commander of the Ser pent. STORY OF A SURVIVOR Corunna, Nov. 16. —The British gunboat Lapwing brought the Serpent's survivors to Corunna to-day. An' Associated Press re porter boarded the Lapwing ou her arrival, and had an interview with one of the sur vivors mined Burton, who said that the Serpent struck a covered rock about 10:30 o’clock Monday night. TBe weather at the time was dirty, but not foggy. Ali hands were below, except the officers and six watchmen. Immediately after the shock all who were below ru-hod to the deck. The orew obeyed the orders of the officers and there was no panic. A large bhat was soon lowered, but was smashed to pieces and the occupants perished. It then became evident that it would bo useless to lower the others. An attempt to throw a cable ashore al3o failed. MEN SWEPT INTO THE SEA. Meanwhile men were being washed over board. Burton saw one wave wash twelvo men into the sea. About an hour atter the Serpent struck the captain gave the men leave to save themselves as they thought best. Burton jumped overboard, having a life belt around his waist, as had all the men on watch. Nobody followed him. After swimming two or three hours, battling with immense waves all the time, he reached calm water and landed in an exhausted con dition, although his only injury was a slight abrasion of the leg. After resting awhile he met another survivor, and to gether they walked to a coast village two miles from the scene of the wreck, whence some of the villagers conveyed them to Camarinas. Burton feels quite well now. While at Camarinas he identified many corpses that had been washed ashore. ANOTHER SURVIVOR’S EXPERIENCE. Luzon, another of the survivors, was too ill to be on deck and was found below. He sat up in bed and chatted gaylv with the correspondent. He confirmed Burton’s story. Luzon was washed overboard half an hour after the shock of the ship striking the rock. He was without a life-preserver belt. He tried with all his strength to avoid the spot where the heavy sea was beating on some rocks. After being in the water an hour and a half ire reached calm water. After he had landed on the sand he discovered that a piece of flesh had been torn out of his leg. He did not know how he sustained the injury, as he had not felt any pain be fore landing. When ho walked, every stop seemed more painful than the one be fore it. Luzon remained conscious, how ever, and is now improving. OUT OF HER COURSE, Both Burton and Luzon say they believe that the Serpent deviated from her course, owing to the weather. They state that the moment Cape Villano light was sighted the Serpent struck. The light was very faint. Burton says he thinks that the Serpent sank soon after he left. When the Lapwing left the vicinity of the disaster forty-eight bodies of viotims had been buried, many without beihg recognized. A majority of the victims ware not drowned but were killed by being dashed against the rooks. Could, the third survivor, is very ill, suf fering from high fever and could not be interviewed. LOG OF THE REAR GUARD. Bonny Vouches That it Is Published as Given to Stanley. London, Nov. 17, 4 a. m. —Bonny vouches that the log of the rear guard of the march from Yambuya, as published by the Times, is exactly as when handed to Mr. Stanley, with no alteration whatever. Mr. Stanley's Zanzibari servant, Seleh Ben Osman, has handed a signed statement to the Times' New York correspondent re garding the cannibal incident, which fully corroborates what interpreter Assad Ferran has said about that affair. He also corroborates about all that has been said by Bonny and Assad about the brutalities practiced by Jameson and Barttelot, and adds some new details ofniinilar general obarnetor to thoss heretofore published. A BAG OF BOODLE LOST. The Boy Who Found It and Hie Boss Handsomely Rewarded. Chicago, Nov. 16.—Yesterday afternoon as Messenger Austin of the Prairie State National Bank returned from the postofilce he discoved that a sachel containing several thousand dollars in currency and clearing house checks for $87,000 had mysteriously disappeared from his buggy. The sachel was lost between the postofilce and bank. Mes senger Austin became frantic, and rushing into the bank told the officials of his loss. The police were immediately notified, and soon a dozen officers were out searching for the missing sachel. The messenger and an ofilcial of the bank jumped into the buggy and traversed the route that had been faken from the postofilce, bat without finding the missing sachel. FOUND BY A BOY. A little boy, who runs errands for a tailor, found the sachel two minutes after It had fallen out of the buggy. He shouted to the driver to stop, but his cries were not heard. The boy carried the sachel to his employer’s shop, where it was opened. When he saw the rolls of greenback he nearly fainted. From papers in the valise the tailor discovered its ownership. TOOK IT TO THE BANK. Ho put put on his coat and hat and has tened to the bank. When he walked into the bank with the sachel in his hand the clerks rushed at him as though he was a a long lost brother. There was rejoicing all round, and the the tailor was rewarded handsomely for his honesty. The lad who found the sachel was not forgotten by the bank people. A SUSPICION OF P.OBBKRY. The above is practically the story as told by George Vanzandt, vice president of the bank. At another source, however, it was said that instead of the money being lost from the' buggy it was stolen. The vice president stated emphatically that it was not a theft. His refusal to give the names of the boy who found the sachel and bis employer lends credibility to the report that it was a robbery. A Disastrous freight Wreck. Chicago, Nov. IC.—By the wrecking of a stuck train on the Chicago and Erio road to-night an engineer was killed, a fireman and one brakeman lalally hurt and twenty two cars filled with live stock wrecked. & SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1890. GORDON ON ONF. BALLOT. THE GOVERNOR SURE OF A MA JORITY IN BOTH HOUSES. Calhoun’s Supporters Basing Their Hopes On the Slimest Possible Chance. The Constitution Tells Why It Op poses the Governor The Country- Rallying to Gordon. Atlanta, Nov. 16. —The country is ba ginning to be heard from at the capital through visitors who are rapidly congre gating here to share in the anticipated ex citement of Tuesday’s election. Reports from such quarters as have been heard from represent the rural districts as being In a great flutter over the nomination of the Terminal’s candidate. Said a member to night: “I hear of nothing but loud in dignation from the country, and it can be depended on chat tho people are not ‘going to put up with the election of a railroad monopolist to the Senate.” The Gordon men to-night are confident to a degree that impresses a looker on as dangerous. They regard the fight as so thoroughly whipped that it is sure to remain whipped. Over confidence among his supporters is Gen. Gordon’s only danger. GORDON’S MEN CLAIM 83 VOTES. They figure eighty-nine votes in the House on a bed-rock calculation, and in their cooler moments much larger figures are quoted. This is the smallest estimate, and seems as reliable as campaign lists ever get to bo. Adding tho Senate’s undoubted twenty-seven, the total, it will be seen, is no larger than that reported days ago, and yet more than a dozen members have since declared openly ajainst Mr. Calhoun. The explanation is two-fold. Until after the caucus Jnomination no reliable figures could be obtained, and, undoubtedly, a great deal of reckless arithmetic was quoted. In tho second place, some members who will not vote for Air. Calhoun are instructed against Gov. Gordon, and so their names are omit ted in the present totals. WILL WIN ON THE FIRST BALLOT. It is now confidently claimed that Gov. Gordon will be elected on the first ballot. The Calhoun men base their hope on the failure of this prediction, and the unsteadi ness they anticipate a claim to in the Gor don ranks os a result. But no reason as yet appears for regarding their forces bet ter organized than Gov. Gordon’s, unless it be that the latter take too enthusiastic a view of their prospects. CALHOUN’S BOMBSHELL. The bombshell threatened by Mr. Cal houn’s supporters turned out to be only a little explosion from tho Constitution's ed itorial popgun, and lias had no effect what ever upon the senatorial situation. The paper merely makes a desperate attempt to explain to the people, who are clamoring for Gov. Gordon’s election, why it insists on knifing him. That is all, and there has nover Been any particular mystery about the matter. The Constitution opposes Gov. Gordon because the latter opposed the sen atorial aspirations o£ the late Henry VV. Grady. SCARED BY THE SIOUX. Settlers Along the Border of the Res ervation In Peril. Minneapolis, Nov. 16.—A special to the Tribune from Mandau says: “Settlers living on the birder of the Sioux reserva tion bring stories of the arming of the Indians, which are borne out by Joseph Buckley, who speaks their language. Buckley came in to-day, and says that overy Indian on! the reserva tion will shortly go on the warpath, and that they have got possession of Custer’s rifles, which the United States armv have never found. Local hardware men have in the last few days sold their entire stock of ammunition to the Indians. The Indians say that if they are unsuccessful in th 6 raid tbay will get double rations, and they have nothing to lose. TITK CITIZENS ALARMED. “The citizens here and settlers, who are unprotected, believe that Gen. Huger and the Indian authorities are harboring a feel ing of false security, and that when too late the number of troops at Fort Lincoln will bo increase 1. The mayor of Mandan has called a meeting, and the war depart ment will be asked to furnish the citizens with guns, if not with soldiers. Many settlers between Mandan and the reserva tion are abandoning their farms and ranches because of the lack of protection afforded them by the government. The most conservative feel gloomy at the out look. ’’ KILLED BY A DOG’S BITE. Clarke Hillman of Athene Dies From Hydrophobia. Athens, Ga.,Nov. 16. —Clarke Hillman, the little white boy who was reported last night dangerously ill with a supposed case of hydrophobia, died this morning at 7 o’clock, and his physicians, Drs. Gerdine, Steedly, Goss and Dozier are confident that it was a genuine case of the terrible disease. Young Hillman was bitten by a dog about five weeks ago. The canine, a black an 1 white, jumped at the little fellow and fastened his teeth in the child’s lip. He then loosed his hold and ran up the street. The boy went to a physician and had the wound sowed up, and to all appearances it had entirely healed. outbreak of the malady. Thursday night ho oomplained of a vio lent headache, and Friday and Saturday nights he grew excessively nervous. His muscles constantly t witched, he complained of a burning thirst and yearnod fer liquid to moisten it. When ho attempted to swallow water it threw nim into violent paroxvms. At 7 o'clock last night he was restless and would not receive his nourishment. At midnight it was o! served that he wos growing steadily worse. He had dashed out of the door twice and commenced raving. The swollen condition of his throat caused the discharge of a foamv substance. He went into convulsions at the sound of water, and suffered considerably during the night,until death came this morning. two others bitten. The same dog that bit young Hillman at tacked It. N. Snead and Clarence Rowland, and inflicted slight wouuds on the hands of both gentlemen. Fearing that some serious result might arise, they have gone to Now York to undergo the Pasteur treatment. The subject of hydrophobia and tho death of young Hillman has been the all-absorbing topic of conversation here to-day. Charleston’s Missing Consul Found. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16.—The body of Win. Bornemann, vice consul of the Netherlands, who mysteriously disappeared last Friday, was fouud in the river near the city to-day. A Fire at Garfield. Garfield, Ga., Nov. 16. —The gin-house of Kthueda & Johnson was burned Friday at 2 o’clock. Three gir. engines and about sixteen boles of mostly sea island, were destroyed. The total loss was about $30,000. The gin-fiousj was not insured. RESCUE OF THE BARINGS. The Whole Banking World Rallying to tne Firm's Aid. London, Nov. 17, 3 a. m. -The Scotch banks will hold a meeting to-day for the purpose ot adding to the Barmgs’ guarantee fund. The whole banking world has shown alacrity in subscribing, and when all the provincial and other subscriptions have arrived the total will be such a sum as will make the whole incident a brilliant triumph for the organizers of the fund. The firm’s books have been before tho Bank of England managers for a week. Besides £3,000,000 surplus the estates of the partners represent immense poteutiai resources, but although the firm could have met its liabilities for at least another month, it was decided to disclose its position in order to avert the risk of q general breakdown of credit, plunging tho whole country into trouble. Another large firm called a meeting of its chief connections on Saturday, and submitted a statement which effectually removed any grounds for sus picion that might have been entertained. There are minors of a radical change in the personnel of the firm of Baring Bros. ENGLAND AFTER GOLD. Berun, Nov. 16.—A Berlin St. Peters burg dispatch to the Itoerxrn Zeituny says that the Bank of England is negotiating with the Imperial bank for £1,500.000 in gold. * RUSSIA PRECIPITATED THE SCARE. London, Nov. 17, 5 a. m.— Baring Bros.’ embarrassment was due to the action of the Russian government,which, alarmed by tho financial trouble in the Argentine Re public during the summer, suddenly with drew from the Barings £2,500,- 000, just as it withdrew £1,000,- 000 from the Comptoir d’Escompte in the spring of 1889. its notion at that time resulting in the suicide of the manager of that institution, and the collapso of the copper ring. Except a rise in the bank rate to five, no trouble occurred, and £2,500,000 was quietly transferred to Berlin. After this, things apparently regained their former smoothness. KEPT A BECHET. The governor of the Bank of England acted with exceeding discretion, keeping everything ns secret as possible in ordor to avoid a panic. The Barings offered to sac rifice everything, but tho unavoidable delay in realizing would have been almost oquiv alect to an actual collapse, and for this reason it was decided to raise a guarantee fund. It is rumored that Russia’s agent in Paris withdrew recently £2,500,000 on a rumor that the Barings had stopped payment. The assets of the Barings include £7,000,- 000 of the finest paper in tho world. It is believed that three years will be ample time to bring the firm’s affairs to a sub stantial position. All the morning papers, while regretting that the great name has been brought so low, applaud the courage with which tho difficulty was met, and acknowledge that the Bank of England has earned the thanks of the whole community for the skill and promptitude with which it arranged so difficult an affair. _ f A SPEECH BY THE K&I8BR. He Refers to the Heavy Work Before the Diet. Berlin, Nov. 16.— The emperor gave a reception to the president and vice presi dent of the Prussian diet yesterday. In his speech the emperor referred to the heavy work before the diet, and said he hoped that an early understanding regarding the bills would be reached. Ho was confident that the members w ould devote their energies to that end. EUROPE’S PEACE. Ho gave further assurance that the out look warranted a decided belief that the peace would be maintained. His recent visits to foreign sovereigns were solely de signed to strengthen pacific tendencies. In concluding, he referred to the growth of the German navy as very gratifying. They could now buihl vessels in Germany, ho said, and need not go to foreign building yards. The president and vice-presidents were afterward received by the empress. KOCH’B PAKATOLOID. The Professor Suggests a Name for His Consumption Remedy. Bf.rlin, Nov. 16.—A large number of foreign doctors went this morning to Dr. Levy’s private laboratory in Prentzlaner Strasso, where Dr. Levy exhibited a num ber of patients cured of tuberculosis. Tiie Boersen Courier states that there are 1,500 foreign doctors already here. The supply of Prof. Koch’s lynqih has been temporarily exhausted. Prof. Koch has suggested that tho remedy bo called “Paratoloid 11 in pre scriptions to be banded to chemists. It Is stated that a bill will he presented to the Reichstag, granting 1,000,000 marks to Prof. Koch. BRAZIL’S CONGRESS. The Powers of Government Trans ferred to the Chambers. RionK Janeiro, Nov. 16.—Congress met to-day. The president’s message, after re viewing the work of the provisional govern ment, formally transferred tho powers of government to the chambers. A commit tee was appointed to prepare an address of congratulation the president, Doodoro da Fonseca. The first anniversary of the proclamation of the republic was celebrated yesterday with fetes and a review of troops. A Tariff Combine Denied. Rome, Nov. 16.—The Beforma gives formal denial to the statement that Prime Minister Crispi and Chancellor von Caprivi, at their recent interview, arranged Cor the formation of an international league in op position to the new United States tariff. To Dance at a Royal Wedding. Berlin, Nov. 16.—The Duke of Clar ence arrived hero to-day to attend the wed ding of Princess Victoria. He was met at the station by Prince Leopold, on behalf of the emperor. Bagastafe Return Home. Madrid, Nov. 16.— Ex-Premier Sagasta returned to the city to-day. Sixty thousand liberals escorted him to his home, choeriDg and shouting “Long iiye liberty.” Germany’s Budget. Berlin, Nov. 16.—The imperial budget, submitted to the bundesrath. make* the revenue and expenditures balance at 1,134,- 491,942 marks. Germany’s Minister of Agriculture. Berlin, Nov. 16.— Under Secretary Pla card will have charge of the ministry of agriculture until a successor to Dr. Lucius is appointed. German Miners Strike. Berlin, Nov. 16.—The organ of the miners in the Becbum district announces a general strike. A LOT OF SHREWD MEN. U. S. MARSHALS AND THEIR DEPU TIES TALKED ABOUT. How They Find the Stills—The Use of the Way Bills—The Moonshiners’ Dis like for Them—How Riots Have Been Avoided - The Manner in Which Il licit Distillers In North Georgia Used to Tre>at Deputies—Congressman Grimes’ Speech—Popularity of the Late Marshal Lainar. Millkdgevillb, Ua., Nov. 10.—' Tho greatest spies in Georgia are the United States deputy marshals, the fellows who help United States Marshals Corbett and Buck. The former, in the southern district, has sixteen deputies, and tho other, In the northornjdistriet, has upward of .fifty depu tes. The northern district being mors infested with the moonshiners and the illicit distillers than the southern is the reason why mere men are given Mr. Buck. All up in Dade, on the lines of Alabama and Tennessee, the deputies are kept busy hauling in the moonshiners. In Towns and Rabun it i9 equally as bad. Men do not regard illicit distilling as any great fracture of the law. They have so many good hiding places in the mountains, too, that it is sort of a temptation to im provise a still. Nearly every still is located away down in somo mountain gorge, where foxes and pauthera live, and a mau might hunt all day right around it and nover find it. Thousands of gallons of the intoxicant me made every year, and hundreds of moonshiners are hauled up before Judge Hpoer for making it. In tho southern district tho worst coun ties for manufacturing liquor unlawfully are Jones, Jasper, Upson and Pike. The dry counties, as a rule, make some whisky, but they are watched more closely than the others. The manner in which the deputies get oti the scout of the stills is u puzzle to the moonshiners —and everyoody else, for that matter. They are nover seon prowl ing around tnrough tho country. When they make their rounds they generally take back to Macon or Atlanta an illicit dis tiller. Their visits into the rural districts mean something. I rode on the train yesterday with a de[>- uty who was returning to Macon alter working a county. Ho was a a oil dressed fellow, and rode right along with all of us in the first-class car. Nobody would ever have suspected him of being a spy. He pretended to be reading, but nobody dreamed of tbo web he was weaving. He hud in his pocket twenty odd waybills to stills. They wore mapped out by blue, red and black lines, indicating mails, gullies, woods, houses, swamps, etc.; in short, a regular diagram of everything in the neighborhood of the still. He could have made his way to it in the night. This is the kind of a guide they have. They do not require somebody to point the way out to them, by going along in the buggy. They kuow before they leave Macon or Atlanta how many creeks they are going to cross in capturing such and such a still, iu such and such a part of the county. Very shrewd—very clever men, to work a ease up so well! But how do they do it? People have wondered how they managed it. X asked tho deputy how he found these stills, hid iu tho swamps and the inaccessible parts of the mountains. “We don’t find them,” he replied. “Other peoplo find them for us. Neighbors in the country do it for us. ” QUARRELS AMONG NEIGHBORS THE CUE. Tho deputy said that the revenue business would afford a vory scanty living for a man if there were no quarrels among neigh bors. “That’s where wo look for our hauls,” he said. “Let a man be arrosted for illicit distilling, and ho is sure, almost, to inform on his neighbor if he distills. He tells on bis friend because he thinks his friend told on him.” The spy said that they would not find one still in a year, if they had to.soout about in tho various counties to locato thom. Be sides, it would be at the peril of their lives to inaugurate such a schedule. When they make u descent upon tho mooDshiners the work has to ho done quickly. The moon shiners must bo taken unawares. They are generally reckless, daring fellows who would rather kill than surrender,; he said. “All they want is the drop on a deputy. They will use him up in short order, and no body will over kuow it.” The deputy slid that various means aro adopted in finding out what is going on in the different counties in the districts. The marshal is not surprised at any time to receive n letter from somebody out in the country, informing him of the location of a still. Immediately on receipt of that letter a deputy goes out, and from thejiuforniaut he gets the way bill. Women, the spy said, are good detectives themselves. Tho other day, he said, an anonymous letter was re ceived froma lady iu Taylor county, stating that an old colored man was selling whisky without lioensa. The old fellow’s name was furnished and the exact location of his house given. The lady gave the name of two citizens of tho county as wit nesses. The case was worked up, and it was found that the old iili-ck man had been sell ing liquor ever since tho county went dry— four or five years ago. When a person Is arrested for illicit distilling the deputies pump him, because many times they are able to obtain information enough to warrant two or three arrests before they leave that section. If the ar rested man does not give any information at once, tho deputies allow him to rest, hut they test him again when he is upon trial. Then, most likely, if he knows that his neighbors are running a still, he will Inform on them. The deputy said that illicit distillers hardly ever kept bock anything after being convicted. They become the be>t kind of frionds to the deputy, and tell everything they know. The office ofJJUnited States marshal is without a fill'd salary, and so, with bis deputies, compensation is based upon a per centage of fees. Tho deputies get 69 per cent., and the marshal 49 per cent., of the fees. The spy that makes the greater number of arrests makes the most money. He Is ordinarily the man that stands highest in the (stimation of the marshal. Marshal Corbett’s fees annually run bis compensation up to something like $4,500, while Murshal Buck makes a good deal more. The deputies make anywhere from S4O to $75 a month. Their expenses while out at work are paid by the government. HARD, BUT IT HAS A FASCINATION. The work fs very hard, an old deputy said: it carries with it a great deal of risk of life. Nevertheless, it has its lascinations. aud oocs a man is engagod in the service he holds on to it. There are men in the service who have held their places through several successive administrations. The majority of the men under Deputy Corbett are dem ocrats, and a good many under Buck vote the democratic ticket. Marshal Corbett was, during the Cleveland administration, chief deputy to Marshal Lamar. As soon as the administration changed the deputy was made marshal. Some of these deputies are very smart in their work. The imr.-, of course, all sorts of ruses when they*are out capturing moon shiners. They are never known on the trains except to the conductors and the newsboys. With those it is a secret. You might as well try to make a mule talk as make a neasboy give away a secret, and tho conductors’ mouths are sealed to “all such.” The other night in Macon, eleven deputies wont down to make an arrest in the Hal! conspiracy case, aud nobody knew of it until the work was done. Nows paj>or men llooked about tho train, on the lookout for something of the kind, but the sly deputies were snugly tucked in lied, in a dark sleeping car. They give fictitious names to tho porter at times, and nobody is able to tell by the porter’s card that any of the passengers are deputy United States marshals. Tho men in the southern district are stationed about in different parts of the district. Some are in Savannah, some are at Valdosta, Wayoross, Thomasville, Amerions and the rest at Macou. On every warrant issued the deputy who has it issued gets his fee. The man, therefore, who gets , tho most warrants out makes the most money. The warrants have to be pos ed upon by the United States district attorney, and it is said that he is very cautious, mid does not pt-rmit an in discriminate issuing of warrants. Marshall Corbett’s chief deputy now is tbo Swedish count, who lived for a time in Savannah. Oscar Arfwedson has been in the marshall’s office for a good many years, and, it is said, thoroughly understands tho work of chief ileputy. Tho iifu of both marshal and h<s depu ties is anything but pleasant. There was a time in Georgia when the deputies had to be mighty bravo meu, and nervy and shrewd if they onptured any of the North Georgia moonshiners. On the border line of Tennessee lived a desperate sot of men, who made whisky opeuly and above board. Along tho Chattahoochee river, on tho line of Georgia und Alabama, In the northwest ern part of the state, tho same reckless, lawless set were encamped, and they found time to tote weapons on all occasions to “weed out” the revenue men. HOW A RIOT WAH AVOIDED. In a lower county, some mouths ago. Marshal Corbett and a deputy arrested a farmer for illicit distilling, and tho country men wore in the act of rescuing tho citizen at the peril of their lives when a freight train came along anil picked the marshal and hfs men up uud carried them into Macon. The deputies, and the marshal himself, for that matter, have to bo always guarded when they are moving about in the country. They are all olever men, but their occupation is not one that, is looked upon with much favor. Tho moon shiners wore probably more favorably in clined to the late Lucius Lunar than to any other marshal, liecause ho was Identified with tho countrymen, but their dislike for the internal revenue law has never abated materially, and they will always bo "agin it.” Deputies recognize this, and that is why marshals are so particular In chooetng their assistants. And this accounts for their shrewdness and skill. Z. D. It. BLOODY WORK IN PLORIDA. Six Men Khot In a Fusillade Broughton by Mistake. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. !6.—A very serious shooting affray occurred yesterday at Reddeck, a small town on the Florida Southern railway fifteen miles north of Ocala. George Sanders, a white man, crazed with whiskey, went into K I’. Hazard’s store, awl after nourishing a revolver around vory carelessly and defiantly, fired a shot at Edward Roux, one of the ciorks employed there. The shot did not tnko effect. T. R Williams and John Friday, who were standing near, thereupon rushed at Handers, and, after a desperate struggle of five minutes, succeeded in disarming him. A RATTLE-HEADED NEGRO’S WORK. A negro who came in just as the scufflo began and had no Idea of tho cause of It, rushed across the street to Banders’ store and told his brother Robert that two white men were trying to 1011 George. Robert seized his gun and rushed into Thagard’s store, and began firing right and left at random. Two shots hit Williams, and he fell mor tally wound. Another shot struck a young negro, and bo fell dead. Still another shot hit John Friday, but did not make a serious wound. The last shot hit a negro woman who came in the rear door, having had no iuli mation of what was going on inside. She is not badly hurt. GEORGE SANDERS SHOT. During the firing George Handers escaped from his captors and rushed outof the front door, when a charge of bird shot from an unknown assailant was lodged in his scalp and faco, making only slight flesh wounds. A minute later Robert Sanders, having exhausted liis ammunition, turned to go out of the store, but someone iu the rear (nobody knows who), fired a charge of buckshot at him. It was lodged iu his side, abdomen and loins, and he fell to the ground in a dead faint. By this time the whole population, about 250, was In the streets, aud tho wildest ex citement prevailed. A CALL FOR HELP. Somebody got the telegraph operator at the railroad station to wire to Ocala for help, but George Handera heard of it and threatened the life of the operator if he sent any more messages. The yonng man left his instrument and went homo. Conse quently there was no news from Reddick until after 2 o’clock this morning. Just after dark Deputy Sheriff Sellers ar rived from Ovala with a posse of twenty men. THE SANDERS BROTHERS ARRESTED. He arrested George Sanders, and subse quently lodged him in jail at Ocala. Robert Sanders waa sent there In charge of a physi cian, with a shoriffß guard. He will prob ubly die within twenty-four hours. I iQuiet was at last restored and tho sboriff and his posse returned to Ocala early this morning. Williams, the first man shot by Robert Banders, lingered till 1 o’clock to-day, wben he died iu great agony. Ho was a very prominent citizen of the county. Of the two Handers brothers George is a merchant and Robert a railroad contractor. Both are highly respected citizens. There was tho wildest excitement in Ocaia from 5 o’clock yesterday till long after midnight, and the report got cir culated that a race difficulty was taking place in Reddick, and the Ooala Rifles were called out to proceed there if needed. All is quiet to-day. KNOCKED IN THE HEAD. A Whito Watchman of Amertcue Fells a Negro Doing Similar Duty. Americuh, Ga., Nov. 16.—Kd Crawford, the negro night watchman at tho Americus foundry, wai knocked in the head about 3 this morning, while ou duty, and seriously hurt. His assailant was not reoogni/. dat the time. Willie Wiled, a young white rnao, who is night watchman at flayes & Lawc’s machine shop, nearby, was ar rested to-dny on suspicion and locked up. lie confesses bis guilt, but declined to give the cause. He says, however, that be will do so upon the investigation of the charge against him. 1 DAILY, $lO AYE AR. | ■j 5 CENTS A COPY. f WEEKLY, $1.36 A YEAR. ’ A NEW RUBE BURROWS. THE GEORGIA ROAD TRAIN AGAIN BOARDED BY A ROBBER. The Express Messenger Claims t Have Exchanged Shots With Him. No Evidence Left Where He Is Re ported to Have Jumped From the Train—A Witness Diea. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 16.— Last Sunday both night trains on the Georgia road be tween Augusta and Atlanta worn robbed of express matter. last night the train from here for Atlanta met the same fate. Ex press Messenger Corput of Atlanta, who ie in the place of one of the messengers who were robbed, was in bis cartinsuspectiag any danger. Above Messina a man entered and commanded him to open the safe. Thera are two stories of the robbery. One is that Corput refused to comply, at the same time drawing his revolver, whereupon the ren tier fired, the ball penetrating bis hat, but not touching the messenger, who returned the shot. Corput thinks be hit the robber, os there are spots of blood on the car floor. A LACK OF EVIDENCE. Detectives and express officials visited tho scone, but, strange to say, can find no evidence of where tho man jumped from tho train if he left it at all. Corput reached Atlanta this morning, and his story cannot be positively known here. Another account of the affair is that the robber oovered the messenger with a pistol and commanded him to open the safe and hand out the money, which Corput proceeded to do. TnK EXCHANGE OF SHOTS. Quickly drawing his pistol, while appar ently obeying the robber, ho reached around to hts loft side and fired through his coat, hitting the man, who in turn fired, sending a hall through tho messenger’s hat. and lied. The condition of the ground along where the robbery < ccurred is soft, and the trainmen say that a man could not have jumped without leaving footprints and evidences of where he lauded, but uouo are to bo found. Tho whole affair is wrapped in mystery, as the robbers of last week’s trains have not been arrested, but It is reported that they have been slot ted and wore traced to Augusta yesterday. DEATH or A WITNNRH. ■luist night Reeves Turnell of Greensboro, Go., who saw suspicious parties oa the trains which were robbed last week, died of congestion of the bowels at the Arlington hotel. He had been siok but a couple of days, and was in the city for the purpose of assist ing the detectives to spot the robbers. VALDOSTA NHWB. Political Sentiment Undergoes a Change- The Cotton Receipts. Valdosta, Ga., Nov. 16—Valdosta and vicinity have bad several good rains during the last few days. Since the Morning News brought the nows that tho anti-Gordon element of the legislature have decided upon Mr. Calhoun as their champion, the political sentiment has undergone a change. Home people who were strong anti-Uordonites have changi il over, and many more have bocome in iliffo eat. The o itfcon receipts of the town are small, and, consequently, trade is dull. This is attributable to two reasons. One is the shortness of the crop in tills section, and the ether is that some of tho farmers are hold in g for better prices. The farmers are now beginning to make up their cane, and it is not uncommon to see some flue sumplee of new syrup on the streets for salo. The cane orop has been exceptionally good, and syrup is bringing a good price. There is quite a number'of visiting young ladies in our town, and society promises to lie lively this winter. The season is being opened with sugar-boiling parties. The city council is considering a proposi tion of a Chattanooga firm to |mt in a sys tem of water works, and in case tho propo sition is rejected,the council will at onoe try an experiment for an artesian well. MONTICBLLO MENTION. The Session of Court—Notes of Per sonal Interest. Monticello, Fla., Nov. 16.—Court has been In session for more than a week. Sev eral important burglary cases have been disposed of during the present session. A man named Geo. Whitehurst, a night watchman, eas captured in the store of J. C. Turner & Cos. He pleud guilty, and in loss than thirty-six hours after his arrest was sentenoed to the penitentiary for twen ty vears. Whitehurst has been night watchman for four or five years, and a number of the merchants have been missing small amounts and various articles of merchandise sinoe then. Keys were found on bis person which unlocked several stores. He has a wife and tbreo children. He bad never before been suspected. Miss Lizzie Pasco, who has been on quite an extended visit to Washington and friends in Raleigh, N. C., returned last week. Miss Daisy Fildei was married last Tues day to Mr. Brannon of St. Augustine. Miss Bessie Turnbull, who has been to Jacksonville on a visit, has returned. The Monticello Constitution, lately sold by Kditor Fildes t > J. H. Girardeau, in less than two weeks has been purchased by Mr. Broomby of Ocala. A Blnz9 at Americus. Americus, Ga., Nov. 16—Americus had her first fire in more than six months at 3 o’clock this morning. The fire originated in the kitchen of the residence of Juliu3 Dayton, a negro. It was totally destroyed. Tee loss is atiout $1,290. The house of James Hendrick, another negro, was also consumed before tbo flames could be checked. There is no insurance. An Open Switch. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 16.—A collision oc curred on the South Carolina railroad last night at Rlks, near Charleston. An express messenger was slightly injured. A freight traiu had been sidetracked to allow cue passenger to pass, but the switch was left open and the passenger ran into it and smashed both engines. Slashed With a Knife. OftiFFix, Qa., Nov. 16.— Friday night, after a supper given by the African Metho dist church, a difficulty occurred between John Walker and Tom Goodwin over the right to take a girl home. Walker was cut across the face, in the left side, and over the right shoulder by Goodwin. The wounds may prove fatal. A New Bank for Thomasville. Thomahville, Ga., Nov. 16—Thomas ville is to have another bank. It will be incorpo’ ated under the name of the Citizens' Banking and Trust Company. The capital will bo ample and tho new institution will boa wry strong one. This city is evidently ileuiiwd to be the great financial center of this auction.