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mill men in the mountains.
4 VISIT TO VANDERBILT'S NORTH
CAROLINA CASTLE.
VVorfc Brins Pushed on the Costly
Pile In Order That Its Owner May
He Able to Eat His Christinas Din
ner In It—lt Will Represent a Cost
of 5N.000.000 and the Snrrnnndlnit
l'nrk. When Laid Out, Will Repre
sent as Mneh More.
Charlotte. N. C., April s.—The Massa
chusetts mill committee has completed
its inspection of the four largest mills In
South Carolina, and arrived In Charlotte
10-night on its way to Columbia, S. C.,
and Augusta. The committee continues
to find very much that is of Interest and
freely express themselves as pleased with
the conditions that exist in the south.
It was the desire of several of the
party while In this territory to visit
Asheville. N. C., and the Southern rail
way extended a cordial Invitation to the
committee to visit that resort. The spe
cial arrived in Asheville at midnight, and
bright and early this morning the party
went to the Battery Park hotel for an
early breakfast, and on the way up caught
an Impression of Asheville.
From the hotel the party went on Its
special train to Blit more, whlc-h is pro-
I*osed to be the most magnificent residen
tial estate in existence. The millions of
George W. Vanderbilt that have already
been spent in the building' of this property
are manifest on every side. There are about
800 hands employed on ith© estate at this
•time and the work on the palatial residence
is being pushed in order that Mr. Vander
bilt may be able to eat his Christmas din
ner in it. The mill men did not have
over an hour to spend at Biltmore, hut in
that time, through the courtesy of Mr.
Vanderbilt's representative, they were
shown through the premises, which, when
completed, will cost considerably over
$5,000,000, the total estate, with lta 100,000
of acres of land, costing double that.
There seems to he no limit to the Improve
ments proposed by Mr. Vanderbilt and
Asheville and that section is deriving con
siderable revenue from his work.
The party mode a quick trip back to
FpaiTanburg, where, through the courtesy
of President Montgomery, the operations
of the Spartan mills were shown. This
mill operates 32,162 spindles and 1,100 looms,
■with 650 operatives.
The party then went to Clifton, where
the oldest of the large South Carolina cot
ton mills Is built. Fourteen years ago I>.
K. Converse started out with a 7,000 spln
dfc* factory, which has In the meanwhile
been enlarged by the addition of another
mill to 51,000 spindles and added to this the
Clifton Manufacturing Company is at
work upon an entirely new mill whidh will
operate 30,000 spindles.
At Glendale the D. E. Converse Manu
facturing Company operates a 17,000 spindle
factory.
At all of these mills sheetings, shirtings
arul drills are most profitably made.
The mill committee, which Is bent upon
gathering all the Information It can, does
not have much to say but is fulfilling its
mission in getting all of the data It can,
and as the mill owners are practical busi
ness men, they are not taking a one
sided view of the situation. Most of the
committee are preparing notes upon the
conditions existing In the mills they have
visited, which are representative of those
in this section.
E. St. John, vice president of the Sea
board Air Line, and to whom is due
very much of the success of the under
taking of having this inspection of the
southern mill territory, will Join the party
at Columbia, where the morning will be
spent. President R. C. Hoffman will also
join the party at Columbia.
O. H. Sampson of Boston, who Is largely
Interested in southern cotton mills, joined
the party at Spartanburg to-day.
C. W. Amory, who has been with the
party up to this time, returned to Boston
from Asheville, on account of his indis
position.
Bred Oliver, president of the Charlotte
Oil and Fertilizing Company, left the
party at Charlotte.
William C. Lovering, who is president
of the Arkwright Club, and one of the
largest mill men in too east, and who
is In charge of the party, to-night said
to the correspondent of the News and
Courier In reference to the trip: “Wo
have already visited mills representing
several hundred thousand spindles, most
of them working on the same class of
goods, namely, standard sheetings and
drills. Asa rule, they were all making
very fair goods, and it is evident that
they have been able to market them at
a profit during the last year, while some
of the northern mills have on similar
goods made but little or no profit. We
continue to be impressed by the appear
ance of the operatives, who seem to be
Mgorous and earnest in their work.”
D. A. Tompkins, who is in charge of
the party, has received numerous requests
during the day to change the programme,
but it is his Intention to have It remain
as announced, unless it Is the desire of the
committee or St. John to make further
stops.
The remainder of the Itinerary Is: Ar
rive Columbia Saturday morning; leave
Columbia via Southern railway Sat
urday for Augusta; leave Augusta Sun
day at 8 p. m. via the Port Royal and
Western Carolina and Greenwood, ar
riving at Moncure Sunday night; sleep
a ' Moncure, visit Lockville Shoals Mon
day morning; at Raleigh 10:30 to 1:30 Mon
day, at Weldon 4 p. m. to 6 p. m. Mon
day: Portsmouth Monday night.
ihe committee will think about the
Rhapadonce, at Vanderbilt's place, and
the prosperity of the cotton mills in the
( arollnas. The committee Is making dil
igent inquiry to get at the details of the
southern cotton mill business.
SHOT HV lIIS SON.
he Victim Drunk and in PnrsDft of
Ilia HiCc.
Greenville, S. C., April s.—Pinckney Dill.
B " r ll known citizen of the upper part of
tl.’.f- c ounty, was shot ami fatally wounded
’Wednesday night by his aon. Furman
I'ill. The elder Dill was drunk and hail
driven hla wife from home. She took
refuge with her son, who lives not far
from her house. Her husband pursued
her and was enterinir Furman Dili's house
threatening and cursing and with a drawn
knife, when Furman shot him twice In
the breast with a revolver and then in the
hack with a shot gun. Tle wounded man
“* reported to be in a critical condition.
fPje |oofttiito
NEW YORK'S CROOKEDNESS.
Another Batch of Indictments
Brought in by the Grand Jnry.
New York April s.—The oyer and termin
er grand jury which ha* been acting on the
evidence in the police scandal* came into
court this morning and presented a small
bundle to the court which is supposed to
contain four Indictments. Judge Ingra
ham discharged the grand Jury and made
a short address, expressing his high ap
preciation of the public services they had
rendered. The grand jury in their last ad
dress to the court say: ‘The mass of evi
dence before us satisfies us that there is
good reasons for further investigations in
the various departments of the city gov
ernment, including not only those to
which we have devoted our attention, but
others into which, by reason of lack of
time alone, we have been unable to in
quire, and we ask that the regular grand
jury be hereafter directed to institute an
investigation into allegations of official
misconduct and corruption in all the efty
departments until the entire subject shall
have been thoroughly Inquired into and
the truth or falsity of such allegations
determined.”
At police headquarters a number of
names were mentioned as among those in
dicted. An authority which cannot be
questioned, however, said: “You can
count on these being among the indicted:
Thomas J. Brady, formerly superintend
ent of buildings; Nathan Straus, formerly
a park commissioner; Abram B. Tappen,
formerly a park commissioner; Thomas
KiUiea, a police capitain. The tndlcit
ments against Straus and Tappen are
for improperly expending the $1,000,000 ap
propriated to give employment to the
starving and unemployed during the hard
times of 1894, and Brady for misfeasance
in office."
There is also an unconfirmed rumor
that Inspector Williams has been indicted
for the various offenses charged by wit
nesses who testified before the Lexow
committee.
WRECKED OX A CURVE.
Three Persons Killed Outright and
Three More Expeeted to Die.
Zanesville, 0., April s.—At Whigville,
five miles west of SummerflcW, on the
Bellaire, Zanesville and Cincinnati rail
road, an awful wreck took place this
morning. A. coach on the westbound pas
senger train jumped the track just before
reaching the trestle, which spans a small
stream. The structure is built on a curve,
and the coach, after running along the
ties until almost across It, dragged the
engine from the rails and the trestle
■went down. The engineer and fireman
both remained at their post. The former
was instantly killed and the latter badly
injured. Xha engineer-sms Ell Lucas, of
this city. A wife and two children survive
him.
The killed are: Ell Lucas, Henry Brown
of’Brownsville, Mrs. Nathan Young and
infant daughter, who were moving to
this city from Summerfield.
Nathan Young, husband of the wom
an, had his foot badly mashed.
Others Injured are: Joseph DeNoon, of
Barnesvllle, 0., and Frank Hallard, of
Summerfield, O.
Fireman Jones is badly mangled. It is
npw believed all three men will die.
ENGLAND’S CLAIMS IN AFRICA.
M. Hnnotnux Speaks Concerning Sir
Edward Grey's Statement.
Paris, April 5.—M. Hanotaux, minister
of foreign affairs, spoke In the Senate
this evening concerning Sir Edward
Grey's statement In the House of Com
mons last week. The debate tn the com
mons as to the British and Egyptian
sphere of influence in Africa, he said, had
astonished him. France opposed decided
ly the pretensions of the Royal Niger
Company, which aimed to monopilzc trade
in a vast region. Negotiations as to the
territory affected by the company’s claims
were now in progress. As to the Upper
Nile region. France demanded that Eng
land state her claims explicitly. France
would reserve heir decision and liberty or
action pending England’s reply. It was
advisable to abstain from Imprudent state
ments. France would maintain her plain
rights. Ho preferred, however, not to
make any affirmations likely to hinder
the present negotiations. He was con
vinced that when the time of decision
should come the great nations would find
means of reconciling their interests with
those of civilization and progress.
BEFORE A HIGHER TRIBUNAL.
A Boy Dies on the Morning He Was
to he Tried for Shooting.
Chicago, April s.—Harry Kellogg, an
18-year-old son of respectable parents liv
ing in the suburb of Kldson, was to have
been tried In Judge Winde's court to-day
on the charge of being implicated in the
shooting of two police officers, but the
only answer made to the judge when he
called the case was a note from the boy’s
mother, saying her son had been sum
moned before a higher tribunal, having
died this morning.
The parents, friends and physicians in
attendance on the boy accuse officers of
the Maxwell street station of being direct
ly responsible for his death. The doctor
says the typhoid pneumonia, from which
Kellogg died, was superinduced by insuf
ficient food and exposure to dampness in
his cell; in fact that he was starved to
death while being subjected to the “sweat
box” process to force a confession, al
though the boy died saying he was Inno
cent. The police say he died of consump
tion and was well treated at the stat
tion.
BORG AM) THE BONDS.
Another fall for Suvnannh and West
ern Deposits.
New York, April s.—The following no
tice was issued to-day by the Borg Sa
vannah and Western reorganization com
mittee: “AH Savannah and Western unde
poslted bonds or certificates for bonds
other than those issued by the Ventral
Trust Comptany should be turned Into
the Central Trust Company without de
lay for account of the committee of which
Blmon Borg is chairman. Alt the Inter
ests, Including New York. Philadelphia
and Baltimore, are now united In that
committee, and it I* of Importance to all
security holders of dlls company to act
promptly by depositing their bonds or
certificates of the Mercantile Trust Com
pany with the Central Trust Company.”
SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY. APRIL li. 1895.
DIXIE’S TRADE WITH THE WEST
SECOND DAY'S SESSION OF THE
CONGRESS AT MOBILE.
Rivers Now Mainly Useful as Regu
lators of Freight Hates, Bnt tbe
Railroads the Great Carriers—A
List of the Vice Presidents—A Com
mittee on iiesolntions Named.
Three Interesting Papers Read—A
Number of Resolutions Presented.
Mobile, Ala., April s.—The second day’s
session of the South and West
Grain and Trade Congress be
gan this morning at 10;30 o’clock.
The committee on credentials reported
seventy-five delegates from ten states
present. The committee on permanent
organization nominated N. B. Thistle
wood of Carlo, 111., for chairman and W.
T. West of Mobile and H. H. Smith of
New Orleans secretaries. The nominees
were elected by acclamation. Capt.
Thistlewood, in taking the chair, spoke
of the object of the congress, the en
couragement of trade between the south
and west. "This is the age of railroads,
rivers serve as regulators of freight rates,
but the bulk of business is conducted by
rail. We should seek, therefore," he" said,
"the hearty co-operation of the railroads
which unite these grand divisions of the
union.”
Vice presidents were then appointed at
the suggestion of the several delegates
as follows; Alabama, Gaston A. Bobbins;
Florida, S. R. Mallory; Georgia, A. W.
Smith; Louisiana, Robert McMillan; South
Carolina, John Reeves; Mississippi, A.
J. Russell, Nebraska, L. P. Young; and
Indiana. E. Coghill.
The following committee on resolutions
was appointed: J. C. Rich of Alabama,
William St. John of Georgia, J. F. Bishop
of Nebraska, J. F. Gernst of Louisiana,
S. R. Mallory of Florida, John A. Smith
of South Carolina, William Williams of
Illinois, Thomas Lyle of Mississippi and
E. Coghill of Indiana.
Papers were then read as follows;
"State Legislation and Its Effects on
Commerce,” by A. W. Smith of Atlanta;
"Mobile," by A. S. Benn of Mobile; "The
Development of the South Means the En
richment of the Nation," by John A
Smith of Chariest oil.
Resolutions were read and referred as
follows: By H. Austin of Mobile, indors
ing the project of a canal across the pe
ninsula of Florida; by William Williams
of Cairo, 111., to allow the incorporation
!n the report of the proceedings of this
congress a statistical report of Cairo’s
trade with the south: by S. R. Mallory of
Pensacola, Fla,, to memorialize congress
as to the importance of the speedy com
pletion of the Nicaragua canal; by J. F.
G. Ernst of New Orleans, urging on the
national authorities the importance
of the speedy inauguration and
completion of a navy yard at
New Orleans; by J. W. Zeignious of
Charleston, to hold the next meeting of
the congress at Charleston, S. C.; by L.
L. Gilbert of Montgomery, for the ap
pointment of a permanent committee on
transportation.
A recess was then taken until 3 p. m.
At the afternoon session all the resolu
tions mentioned above were adopted, in
cluding the selection of Charleston as the
place for the next annual meeting in
April.
A special session in Atlanta during the
exposition will be called by the executive
oommittee.
Tho congress resolved upon the appoint
ment of a permanent committee on trans
portation to take steps to put a stop to a
discrimination against southern points in
favor of eastern points; if was also resolv
ed that each city In the south should
organize a bureau of transportation to as
sist the transportation committee In the
performance of their duties.
The chair appointed on said committee
the following: John A. Smith, S. R. Mal
lory, W. H. Matthews, A. J. Vanlandtng
ham and W. T. West.
A resolution was adopted advocating
that the southern and western Importers
give the preference to southern ports in
order to provide return tonnage for trans
portation; also a resolution in behalf
of direct trade.
The following were appointed the execu
tive committee: H. R. Gass, of Alabama,
S. A. Jones, of Florida, A. W. Smith, of
Georgia, B. Smith, of Louisiana. J. W.
Zeignious, of South Carolina, J. S. Rear
don, of Illinois. C. W. Robinson, of Mis
sissippi, and George W. Fuller, of Mis
souri. Kansas and Nebraska were tempo
rarily passed.
The convention then adjourned until
to-morrow.
A HOTEL CLERK ARRESTED.
He I* Accused of Setting Fire to a
Hotel at Hendersonville.
Macon, Ga., April s.—John Tierney, a
well known hotel clerk, who has been
clerk at the Park hotel in this city, was
arrested here to-day on a warrant from
North Carolina charging him with burn
ing a hotel at Hendersonville, N. C., a
little over a year ago. The warrant also
calls for the arrest of 3.3. Nelson. Tier
ney says the last he heard of Nelson
he was at St. Paul, Minn. Tierney says
he will go back to North Carolina without
requisition papers, as he is positive he
can easily establish his Innocence. Ac
cording to Tierney. Nelson was proprietor
of the hotel and Tierney was chief clerk.
Nelson gave $14,000 In mortgages on the
property and had It Insured for $14,500.
Tierney’s home Is at Niagara Falls, N.
Y. He has many friends In Macon.
RACE OF THE HOTEL TRAINS.
Tlicir Passengers to Roach New York
Simultaneously.
Philadelphia, April s.—The close of the
principal hotels In Florida on Tuesday gave
the rival railroad lines another chance for
a northward record run with special trains
carrying the help first released on closing,
Both lines started their trains from Jack
sonville at 10 o’clock yesterday morning
and the "Florida Short Line.” the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad, and the
Southern railway, the former from Jack
sonville to Columbia and the latter from
Columbia to Washington, delivered their
train to the Pennsylvania railroad at
Washington to-day. so that it arrived at
the Broad atreet station at 11 o'clock this
morning, twenty-five hours from Jack
sonville and having on board 123 passen
gers. The train of the Atlantic Coast Line
arrived twenty-five minutes later, and the
two were consolidated here and hauled to
New York as one train.
A RATE WAR NEAR HOME.
The F. C. and P. to Carry Hole! Help
to New York fur $17.50.
Jacksonville, Fla- April s.—The competi
tion between the Florida Central and pen
insular railroad and the Plant system,
which has been very sharp ever since the
former built their line and Invade*! Plant
territory the latter retaliating by absorb
ing the Florida Southern and other lines
tributary to the Florida Central and Pen
insular, has developed Into a rate war for
the hotel help going north. The Plant sys
tem first made a scoop of the Royal Poin
ciana help. Sixty of these people had
agreed to go via the Florida Central and
Peninsular, but by sonic moans they were
induced to change their minds and go via
the Plant system. This enraged the Flori
da Central and Peninsular people. They
accused the Plant people of cutting rates
and began to slash themselves. The ori
ginal rate agreed upon to New York was
>l4. but the Florida Central and Peninsular
cut it to $9.50 and secured the Ponce de
Leon help after the Plant agents thought
they had a "cinch" on them. It is said the
rate will be cut to $7.60 to-morrow. Each
road blames the other and it Is difficult
to decide which started it. It is said that
the war has also extended to western
business and that there is wholesale slash
ing to Cincinnati, Chicago St. Louis and
other western points.
A EIGHT WITH TRAIN ROBBERS.
One of I lie Bandit* Killed anil An
other Wonnded.
Hennssy’, O. TANARUS., April 5.—A desperate bat
tle took place between Marshal Medson’a
deputies and five of the Rock Island train
robbers, at Cimarron, five miles west or
here, last evening. One. robber was killed
and another wounded.
The leaders of the robbers. It Is now
learned, a were Charles Bailey and y.tp
Wyatt of Ingalls. They were recognized
by ex-Unlted States Marshal Grimes, who
was a passenger on the train. They wore
formerly prisoners In his custody and
greeted him courteously. The others are
evidently local natives from Kingfisher.
The robbers were taken unawares and
fired at random on their asallants, not
one of their shots taking effect. The
robbers then took to the brush and a mar
shal was sent to cut off all avenue of es
cape. The dead man was identified as
Rattlesnake BUI, a notorious territory out
law. His body was brought Into Hennessy.
At first the dead man was supposed to
be Sylvia, an escaped train robber wanted
for other hold-ups, but It was later learned
that Sylvia is ( in Texas.
ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA.
The Rumors of United States Pro
tectorate Not Credited.
London, April s.—The foreign office, In
answer to inquiries, replies that there Is
nothing to be said In regard to the Vene
zuelan situation. The Central News,
however, claims rto have learned pri
vately upon good authority that the dis
pute Is regarded as between England and
Venezuela directly, and that the rumor
that a United States protectorate has
been suggested is without foundation.
The Morning Post will publish to-mor
row a paragraph to the effect thnt in
quiries at the foreign office to-day elic
ited the fact thnt the United States and
England have not exchanged views re
garding England’s trouble with Venezu
ela.
Washington, April s.—The kingdom of
Italy has offered Its good offices to bring
sybout a settlement of the differences be
tween Venezuela and France and Belgium
growing out of the expulsion by the
Crespo government of the diplomatic
representatives of these latter countries.
SWINDLER WARD SEVTIACED.
111 m Hokum Cheeks Cost Him Three
Year's in Prison.
Boston, April s.—Daniel S. Ward, alias
“Cot, A. J. West of Atlanta, Ga.,” was
to-day sentenced by Judge Sherman In
the supreme court to tile state's prison
for three years. He was indicted for the
forgery of three checks, purporting to
have been signed by A. J. West, drawn
upon the Merchants' National Bank of
Atlanta, Ga., and also for uttering them
as true. The court asked the defendant
if he cared to say anything about hts
contemplated sentence, and he said: "1
am 62 years of age, your honor, and was
born In Kentucky. I am by occupation a
pilot. I have not infrequently taken as
many as eighty or ninety drinks of liquor
in one day, und when 1 am In the humor
produced by such stimulants 1 would give
anything on God’s footstool to a child or
a woman. I say those records produced
against me are untrue.”
The court then pronounced sentence.
CAUSOV'S CISOOKEONESS.
Shortages of SOO,OOO Already Discov
ered in Hie Mint.
Carson, Nev., April s.—Shortages ap
proximating $90,000 have already been
found In the mint by Superintendent Ma
son of the government assay office, New
York, who is here In charge of the inves
tigation. All the suspected melts have not
been examined and the secret service
agents under control of Agent Grjnt of
Chicago will probably make sonic Im
portant arrests soon. The shortage on
one melt alone amounted to $22,000. It
purported to contain 2,200 ounces of
metal, half silver and half gold, but it
had only 40 ounces of gold. One of the
mint employes under suspicion Is John
Jones, a melter and refiner, who Is said
to been spending SSOO to S6OO a month
on a salary of $125.
TRAMPS ON A WRECKED TRAIN.
Four Killed On* of the Seventy-five
Stealing a Ride.
Alton, 111., April s.—Four tramps were in
stantly killed and fifteen others badly In
jured In a freight train wreck on the Chi
cago and Alton railroad near here this
morning. It I* thought the wreck was
caused by a broken truck which allowed a
dozen ears to pile In a heap.. It Is call
mated that over seventy-five tramp* were
at celling a ride on the train. When taken
out, four of them were dead. The Injured
men were brought to the hospital in tills
city and the Inquest held at Ka*t Alton.
Several of the injured are not expected
to live through another day.
WILDE NOW AN OUTCAST.
THE Jl HV SUSTAINS THE CHARGE
OF THE MARQUIS.
It Not Only Finds In Favor ol the
Defends n t In the Libel ©nil, Rut
Emphasises Its Verdiet by Speeiftc
nlly Declaring Wilde Guilty of the
Offense Charged—MTlde Hastens
From I tie A olirt Room, Hat Is Ar
rested Later In the Day,
London, April s.—The case of Oscar
Wilde against the Marquis of Queens
berry for libel was brought to a close
this morning In a verdict in favor of the
defendant. The jury found not only that
the defendant was not guilty of libel, hut
in a subsidiary verdict declared that the
Marquis of Queensberry’* charges were
true, and had been made for the public
good.
The Old Bailey court room was crowd
ed almost to suffocation this morning
when Mr. Carson resumed his speech
in behalf of the Marquis of Queensberry.
It would be his painful duty, he said, to
put upon the witness stand men who
would speak freely of the nature of their
connection with the plaintiff, Wilde. The
ages of these men varied from 18 to ‘.’2
years. They were of the class of Servants,
valets, etc., and not belonging to Wilde's
station in life, not interested In literature
or art. They addressed this distinguished
dramatist by his Christian name, Oscar,
he in turn calling them Charley. Freddie,
etc. Mr. Carson said he would produce
overwhelming evidence of the abominable
immorality of this man Wilde.
Edward Clarke Interrupted Mr. Carson
and said he had undertaken a great re
sponsibility in defending Wilde against
the charges made against him by the
Marquis of Qtteensberry In regard to the
literature which Wilde has published and
upon which Mr. Carson had questioned
him, he (Sir Edwakd) had come to the
painful conclusion that it could not be
expected that the Jury would find a ver
dict of guilty in the actual words used
by the defendant, viz., "That Wilde was
posing as a devotee of unnatural prac
tices. He had consulted with \vnde in
the interim of the adjournment of court
and in order to save the court painful
details connected with the rest of the
case he was prepared to accept the verdict
of the Jury in regard to Wilde's litera
ture.
The Judge Interposed and said the Jury
were not Justified in agreeing upon a
verdict on one part of the ease. They
must return a verdict of guilty or not
guilty as regards the entire case.
The Jury then rendered a verdiet of not
guilty, to which Sir Edward Clarke as
sented, and supplemented their verui’el
with a declaration that the charges made
by defendant against Wilde, which consti
tuted the libel complained of, were true,
and that they had been made in the public
Interest. When the verdict was rendered
Marquiß of Queensberry left the dock
amid loud cheers.
The Judge granted an order requiring
Wilde to pay the costs of the defense.
Wilde was not In court this morning.
Wilde and a companion drove from the
old Hailey to the Holborn hotel, where
they were joined soon afterward by Lord
Alfred Douglas and a companion. The
four took luncheon together In a private
room, Wilde's carriage remaining in
front of the hotel.
The Evening News has received the fol
lowing letter from Oscar Wilde, written
upon note paper of the Holborn Viaduct
hotel: "It would have been impossible
for mp to have proved my case without
putting laird Alfred Douglas in the wit
ness box against his father. He was
extremely unxlous to go into the witness
box, but I would not let him. Rather
than put him In so painful a posttton,
I determined to withdraw from the case
and bear up on my own shoulders what
ever Ignominy and shame might result
from my prosecution of the Marquis of
Queensberry. Oscar Wilde."
In an interview this afternoon the Mar
quis of Queensberry said to a representa
tive of the United Press: “I have sent
this message to Wilde: ’lf the country
allows you to leave, ail the better for the
country; but If you take my son with
you, 1 will follow you wherever you go,
and shoot you.’ "
Sworn Information has been lodged
against several persons mentioned in the
trial, some of whose names were not
mado public, and the civil officers nre
only awaiting the autnorlty of the treas
ury department to make the arrests.
After lunching at the Holborn hotel
Wilde went to the Westminster Bank,
where he drew out the funds to his account
He was constantly shadowed. He return
ed to the hotel, accompanied by Lord Al
fred Douglas only. Remaining a few min
utes they drove to Ely place and thence
to the Cadogan hotel, where they vanish
ed for the time and the police Issued de
scriptions of Wilde,spreading them all oven
the city. Later he was found in the
Cadogan hotel, taken to Scotland Yard,
and placed in a cell at the Bow street sta
tion. Before being locked up, the charge,
indicated by his testimony In court, was
read to him. He stood with his hands
in his pockets, silent and apparently un
concerned. The warrant for Wilde's ar
rest was proeured by Mr. Lewis, solicitor
of the treasury.
One of the managers of the Haymarket
theater, where one of Wilde's plays Is run
ning. in reply to the question how the rie
suit of the case would afToct future busi
ness, said he would rather not express an
opinion. He would say, however, that
Wilde's name had been taken out of the
bills and advertisements of “An Ideal
Husband," and from this the public could
form its own conclusions.
George Alexander, manager of the St.
James theater, where Oscar Wilde's
play “The Importance of Being Earnest,”
Is running, said: "When the scandal was
first rumored business here was slightly
affeceted. but It Is now normal. Mr.
Wilde's name has been withdrawn from
the bills and advertisements of hi* comedy,
which is the most innocent play In the
world. It does not contain a line that
could hurt the most tender susceptibili
ties,” He said also that the p| a .v would
be kept on the stage, pending the public
verdict. If he should be compelled to
withdraw It, some 130 people would be
thrown out of work, as he had nothing
ready to replace it.
It Is reported that the Criterion, to which
“An Ideal Husband' was to be trans
ferred from the Haymarket, ha* declined
to put the play on Its stage.
The audience at the Haymarket and
Ht. James theaters, where Mr. Wilde's
plays are being given, wpre rather small
this evening, but they made no hostile
demonstration. At the St James there
were lew persons present excepting
those who had bought their tickets In ad-
vance. The gallery was somewhat crit
ical, and two or three audible comments
confused the players slightly.
New York. April s.—Mr. Frohman of the
the Lyceum theater, where Oscar Wilde's
play, "An Ideal Husband," Is now run
ning, has decided, on account of the term
ination of the suit against Wilde to have
the playwright's name erased from nil
the bills and programmes of the theater
after to-morrow All of their printing
contracts have been cancelled in order
lo admit of these changes being made
In the advertisements also. No change
will be made In the play Itself, however,
as the management of the Lyceum hold
that H 1s a clearly wholesome production.
Detroit, Mich., April s.—Mr. Leslie, the
manager of Miss Rose t'oghiin, who has
been playing Oscar Wilde's "A Woman of
No importance" here this week, was
asked this evening If the play would be
shelved because of the scandal affecting
Wilde. He said it would be impossible,
under the contract, to take Wilde's name
off the play bills and out of the adver
tisements of “A Woman of No Import
onoe," and, therefore. It had been de
cided that the play should be taken out
of Miss Coghlin's repoi tolre
FIVE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Powder In a Grocery nl New Orleans
< a uses Terrible llnvoo.
New Orians, La., April 5.—A terrible ex
plosion occurred this morning at 2 o'clock.
The grocery and ship chandlery of Charles
J. Salatho at Decatur and Ursuline streets.
opiMjalte the lower French market, entirely
demolishing that and an adjoining saloon.
Fisherman's exchange and burying a num
ber of people In the debris, which at once
look lire. At the hour of the explosion
the street In front was beginning to fill
up with niurkel people. A number of wag
ons wen on Ixsatur street and on the
sidewalks and In the market small knots
of men were getting out their goods and
trading for their daily supplies. Their
trade was cut short by a mu filed sound
(hat came from across the street. As they
InquLlt ly turned, expecting an explosion,
a wall lifted and oarne down with a crash
on all allies. The force of the explosion was
terrible. Drivers were hurled from vehi
cles and ware* on the market stands were
blown to the four winds. The explosion is
thought to have been causod by gun pow
der. twenty-five or thirty pounds of which
were always kept on hand by Buluthe for
sale to the hunters and fishermen who
make their headquarters In the neighbor
hood of the French market.
The following people are known to have
been In the two buildings at the time:
Charles J. Salathe, his wife, baby anil
two children, Eddie, aged 10, and Lily,
aged 5.
Felix RSgaud, a barkeeper, 18 years old.
A boy who Is missing.
Emile Houlet, proprietor of, and who
slept over the saloon, and who escaped.
Joseph tlrimakl ami Mike Btri, frequen
ters of the saloon, who are supposed lo
have been In there at (he time.
Constantin© Itro, a fruit stand keeper In
the French market.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Salathe,
clasped In each other* arms, have been
recovered, and also the body of their in-'
fant,
Emile Boulet and Constunline Itro were
blown clear out Into the street, hut not
much injured.
Eddie Salathe. aged 10, and Lily, aged
5, slept In a rear room over the grocery
store and were saved. They are bruised,
but not seriously.
The injured so far as known are:
James Murphy, driver of a market
wagon, was blown from his wagon and
struck violently against a post. Ills
right leg was severely lacerated.
Charles Reis, a stall keeper, was se
riously Injured about the head and ren
dered unconscious. His Injuries are very
painful, but not necessarily dangerous.
Dave Labue, a peddler, received cuts
on the head.
Charles Alballier, 12 years old, had Ills
skull crushed.
Lilly and Eddy Salathe, aged 5 and 10,
received slight Injuries about the head
Constantine Itro, 36 years old, who runs
a fish stand, had his head crushed.
J. Vallenti, a stand keeper In the fish
market, was caught under the falling
wall and sustained severe Injuries about
the head.
The 12-year-old son of Frank Alballier
was sitting in a wagon In front of the
Fisherman's exchange, and received a
severe tut on the head. He will recover.
When the firemen reached the scene
they found dames creeping out from all
quarters under the debris. Water was
pumped on the debris and a large forty of
men alarled to work to elear away the de
bris, where it was supposed the bodies
lay.
Archbishop Janssens and numbers of
clergy were among the first on the seene.
The explosion was distinctly heard at'the
dloceasan house, only a few blocks away
and they hastened to the scene to render
what assistance they could.
The bodies of Felix Rlcautl, a barkeeper,
and James Edwards have been recovered
from the ruins of the explosion. Ed
wards was an oyster luggerman. and it is
supposed he was sitting in front of ths
saloon when the explosion occurred.
Michael Blrl turned up safe and sound,
having left the barroom a minute before
the explosion occurred. Edwards' body,
which was badly crushed, was at first
identified as Birl.
The money damage by the explosion and
fire is estimated at $40,000.
The following is a correct list of those
who lost their lives by the explosion:
C. J. Salathe, proprietor of the Fish
ermen's exchange.
Mrs. Salathe. wife of C. J. Salathe.
A child of Mr. gnd Mrs. Salathe.
James Edwards, a shrimp gatherer.
Felix Rlguad, a bar keeper.
The origin of the explosion is a mystery.
The premises were lighted by gas and a
small light was left burning In the store
at night. The powder which exploded was
kept in two kegs of twenty-five pounds
each, and was usually kept in an Ice
box. The clerk says the powder was left
under the counter last night.
I.AWI.ER AT ATLANTA.
He Is Given u Corrllnl Welcome nmi
ii Drive Over the City.
Atlanta, Qa., April 5.—C01. Lawler,
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, arrived here to-day i. ...
members of his staff. He had a cordial
welcome. This afternoon tb<l visiters
were shown over the city, taken to the
exposition and to-night they were enter
tained at the Capitol City Club. This de
partment of the Grand Army will hold
Us business uession to-morrow.
A Child Horned lo Death.
Jacksonville, Fla., April £.—At Weir
I'srk to-day Jesse Walker, the l-yeor
old daughter of W. F Walker, was burned
to death. She was playing with matches
and set lire to her clothing.
DAILY. H 0 A YEAR. I
5 CENTS A COPY. i
EEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $t A TEAR J
THOUGHT HE WAS HOODOOED.
JERRY JEFFREY'S TELLS A QUEER
STORY ON THE GIBBET.
He Asserts Tlint He Martiered ton*
stable Tip Maulden While I nder a
Spell Fast Over Him by Hoodoo
Doctor—llls Neek llrolsen by the
Fall—The llanglnK Private A
Crowd of Negroes In Town, Bnt the
Day Not Marked by Aliy Disorders
glory of the Crime.
Quitman, Ga„ Aprils.—At 11:24 o'clock
j this morning the trap was sprung that
launched Jerry Jeffreys into eternity And
avenged the murder of Constable Tip
Maulden, who was shot down by him on
the public highway last December.
The negro met his fate with wonderful
nerve and expressed himself as having
made his peace with God. and being anx
ious to get out of his trouble. The hang
ing passed off without a hitch or unfortu
nate Biature from th© time Sheriff Con
nelly sprung the trap until the doctors
pronounced the murderer dead.
At 11 o’clock the Rev. O. A. Thrower,
pastor of the Methodist church here, ar
rived and asked Jeffreys a few quest ions
as to his condition. The negro spoke and
acted as though as he was thoroughly;
resigned and had no dread of Ihe future.
He was then brought out of his coll and
as he knelt on the Jail floor the preacher*
delivered an earnest prayer In his behalf.
Jeffreys then walked upon the scaffold
without assistance and as he stood there,
was asked what he had to say before dy
ing. His reply was pfoMlyei straight a
statement os was ever uttered on the gal
lows: "I want lo tell you men," to© said,
"what brought this trouble on me, A little
while before I ehot Mr. Maulden, I had a
fuss with a young negro. We had a fight
and I cut him. He got mad and mid he
was going to kill me. He didn’t ge.t *
chance to kill me and went and paid a
root doctor $3 to put me In trouble and thin
root doctor mini© mo shoot Mr. Maulden.
I didn’t have any idea what I was doing
when 1 shot Mr. Maulden. This is th©
whole truth men. This root doctor worked
on me and got me into this trouble by,
making mo shoot Mr. Maulden.”
The negro seemed thoroughly In earnest
whllo he was talking and there in no rea
son to doubt but he died believing that a.
hpoiloo doctor whs the cause of all his
trouble. Ills death seemed to be painless.
The drop was 714 feat, and an examination
afnr he was out down showed that his
neck had been broken. The drop fell at
11.24 o’clock und at 11:48 o’clock the Drs.
Lucas, Gaul den and Humphreys, who were
present, pronounced him dead. Jeffreys
gave hla age at 22. There was & big crowd
of negroes In town, but all were quiet and
ordrrly.
On the night of Dee. 1, 1894, Constable
Tip Maulden, of the Morven district Jus
tice court, was shot down on th© publlo
highway In cold blood by Jerry Jeffreys.
Constatde Maulden met Jeffreys, his
brother, Sherman Jeffreys, and two or
three other negroes on the road after
dark and Inquired If Jerry was in the
crowd. He hail no warrant for any ono
In the crowd, but wanted to get some
Information from Jerry about another
negro, for whom he was looking. Jerry’s
reply wua to draw his pistol and shoot
Maulden dead. His brother, Sherman,
also fired at Maulden with a Winchester
rifle, but It was knocked up by soma
one In the crowd. A few days later the
Jeffreys were caught In I<owndaa county
and placed In Jail here. They were tried
111 February at an adjourned term of
Hrooks superior court. Sherman was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and
Jerry to b© hung. On the trial Jerry ad
mitted killing Maulden,but made the state
ment that Maulden hail drawn hla pistol
and was trying to shoot him. This state
ment was shown, by evidence
brought out in the trial to bn
entirely false. Jerry and Shermatt
both had been loafing around over tho
county for some time, calling themselves
Frank and Jesse James, and swearing
that no man should ever arrest them.
When Maulden hailed them on tho roatl
that night they murdered him solely be*
cause the spirit of murder was In thels
hearts.
This murder has always been cohsid
ereil the first step In tho famous "Brooks
county war," which followed three weeks
later. The direct cause of this “war"
was the murder of Joe Isom, a well-known
white man, by Waverly like, colored.
This occurred about three weeks after
Maulden's murder. Isom was In tho possa
that hunted down tho Jeffreys boys, and
was active In following them until they,
were safe In Jail. It was reported at
tlio time that negro friends of the Jeff
reys had sworn vengeance against the
men who had arrested them, and when
Joe Isom was murdered on the publlo
road by Wave Pike three weeks later,
the conclusion reached by many was
that Pike was actuated mainly by re
venge, and to a desire to get even wltk
Isom for having been a leader In arresting
the Jeffreys negroes.
A HANGING AT I,A GRANGE. |
Illchuril Gates Perfectly Cool and
Offers n Pathetic Prayer.
LaGraugv, Ga., April s—Richard Gates
(colored), convicted last November for ths
killing of Lee Sledge (colored), was
hanged here to-day in private by Sheriff
Henderson. “He seemed perfectly recon
ciled to his fate and was by far the coolest
person In the enclosure. His last prayer
was touching and fervent. He prayed
for all the officers connected with hts
trial and execution. He was pronounced
dead fifteen minutes after the trap was
sprung. Only the officers and newspaper
correspondents were admitted Into the en
closure, the strictest privacy being main
tained.
The evidence showed that the killing of
Sledge amounted to a midnight assassi
nation.
Lee Sledge, Alex Dallls and Fannie
Hood were driving to George Carter's,
a Justice of the peace, at which place
Sledge and Fannie Hood were to be mar
ried. When some distance from Carter’s,
Gates came out from the side of the road
and fired two shots at Sledge, one of them
proving fatal.
About the time the second shot was
fired. Gates asked, “who Is that up there?"
Fanny replied, "Lee, Alex Dallls and
myself, ami you have shot Lee." Where
upon Gates replied:
"book out I am coming, and I'm going
lo kill every G—d d—d one of you!" Tills
threat would doubtless have been carried
out. had not the two negroes made their
escape.
The cause of the killing was jealousy.
Gales' defense was that Sledge drew a
pistol on him first, and he was forced In
uelf-defense to kill him. The preponder
ance of the evidence, however, showed
the crime to be nothing short of murder.