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J HOPHIBTOR OF A A\ ATTHOSS IIO
TEI. KILLS A GUEST.
Tile Latter Had Been Attentive to the
lionifacet* Pretty Wife—Each Man
Fire* Two Shots at the Other—The
I'oroncr’s Jury Brians In a Ver
dict of Murder—The Principals In
tl,e llurl Well Connected—No Ar
rest Made Vet.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 31.—Charles W. Wll-
Bon was killed this morning by Warren H.
Williams and the latter was adjudged
guilty of murder by the coroner’s jury.
The tragedy occurred this morning at 8
o’clock in the lobby of the Southern hotel.
Four shots were fired, two by Wilson and
two by Williams.
jlr. Williams surrendered to the sheriff
and made a statement to the coroner’s
jury.
Mr. Williams is manager of the hotel,
having come here two months ago from
Gainesville, Ga., where he was manager
of the Arlington. He graduated from
Emory College and is proprietor of the
Hartwell, Ga., Sun. His health is deli
cate. He is apparently 30 years old. lie
is well connected in North Georgia.
Mrs. Williams, his young wife, Is pfetty
and accomplished. She arrived only a
week or two ago from Atlanta, where she
was ill two months from typhoid fever in
St. Joseph's Infirmary. Mrs. Williams
has a beautiful head of black hair and a
graceful figure. .
Mr. Wilson was about 25, and a hand
some man. His father, Col. I. G. Wilson,
resides at Demopolis, Ala., and will ar
rive in the morning and take his son’s
remains home for interment.
Mr. Wilson was a nephew of J. C. S.
Timberlalte of the Hotel St. Simons of
St. Simons Island fame, and was promi
nent in society in Georgia and Alabama.
He was popular and a Chesterfield in
manners.
Mr. Wilson became a guest of the hotel
three days ago, and paid marked atten
tion to the pretty wife of his host, Mr.
Williams.
Mr. Williams has not been remanded to
jaii, but is in-custody.
Wilson was on his way to breakfast
and on being called by Williams turned
round, facing the latter. They had a
heated conversation regarding some mat
ter. though there are no witnesses as to
what was said. They were in the hall
leading to the dining room just outside
the office.
It appears (hat both men understood
each other, Williams having just learned
tnai Wilson had insulted Mrs. Williams
last night and Wilson having learned dhat
his conduct had been reported to Williams.
From what could be seen from the din
ing room by Dr. Dedge and Col. J. Wal
ter Bennett, Williams and Wilson appear
ed excited, though Col. Bennett says that
ltis attention was not attracted until the
first pistol shot was fired. He saw the
smoke and flashes from the pistols and the
outlines of two men, but couldn’t deter
mine who they were. His view’ was not
as clear as was Dr. Dedge’s who was
facing the tragedy and saw clearly the
men and their movements.
The first shot from Williams’ pistol
proved fatal, passing through Wilson’s
chest. Whether the bullet entered the
chest and passed through the back part of
his left shoulder or entered the shoulder
and passed through, a post-mortem ex
amination by the doctors was required to
settle. The statement of the physicians
has not as yet been made, but it will be
made publie to-morrow.
As there is no testimony from Wilson's
side, there being no one who heard the
conversation between the two men, the
only idea that can, as yet, be had as to
tlie cause of the tragedy, is that obtained
from Williams’ own statement.
The guests of the hotel failed to dis
cover anything suspicious regarding Wil
son's attentions to Mrs. Williams, and
the tragedy was a shock to everybody.
Mrs. Williams has not been interviewed
and Williams says he will have proof to
exonerate him when the case is tried.
The hotel has been besieged all day and
to-night by people anxious to see the dead
man and learn about the tragedy. Mys
tery surrounds the details of the cause of
the killing beyond what has been stated.
Mr. Williams made the following state
mi nt at the coroner’s inquest this morn-
ins:
"1 was in the office of Ihc hotel this
morning some time about 8 o'clock stand
ins behind the counter. Mr. Wilson came
in the front door of the ofilce and walk
'd very rapidly by the water cooler out of
the door into the hail leading to the dining
room. As he passed I spoke to him, and
be spoke to me saying, “Good morning.”
1 spoke to him and asked him him to wait
a minute, and he either did not hear mo
or would not stop. Then X went to the
door leading to the dining room and call
'd again and he appeared not to hear me.
Again I called to him and he looked
mound but did not stop, and I walked fast
and overtook him. 1 told him that I
wanted to speak to him about a little mat
ler, or started to tell him when he sawed
me off, and said ‘I have done nothing io
>on.’ He appeared to be very Insolent,
and again 1 started to say something,
when he flushed up and said: ‘I haven't
done anything to you to apologize for, amt
by God you can't make me.’ He of course
anew his guilt and acknowledged it fac
tor I had mentioned it to him, and knew
what 1 expected to speak to him about.
As he made this last statement he put
bis hand in his back pocket, and X re
membered having carried my pistol to the
pos'offlce with me the night before as It
w s very late, and I felt for mine. To the
insi of my knowledge, wo both got our
Pistols out about the same and both filed
a '"°ut the same time, the ball from ills
P ol passing right over my head. I don't
mow where the ball from my pistol
i 'uck, neither do I know which fired tirst,
11 we fired about the same time. When
1 went out there and stopped him In the
Passage j simply Intended to ask him In
a peaceable manner to move h!z boarding
I>.ace, and he sneered at me In a trium
phant manner, and then felt for hts pistol,
an 'h of course, I realized that It was a
matter of kill or be killed, uml I felt for
m.v gun. I am not in the habit of carry
big a pistol with me, and only had It on
iris occasion as I had gone to the post
oltlee the night before very late, and the
st' res all seemed to be deserted, and I put
my pistol In my outside overcoat pocket,
and this morning as 1 was unwell, 1 put
my overcoat on, and failed to remove the
pistol from my pocket. I generally take
n ' v Pistol In the morning and put it in the
cash drawer in the office.
‘■hen I reached for my pistol, or when
f Bot 11 cut, he had pulled hts pistol and
had It In position to shoot. My pistol
1 ' 1 11 1 | M |) le u n i„ K 0 f my coat pocket,
(Continued on Fifth Pago.)
Jlkftting
.MI Milt’S HEAD BLOWN OFF.
Two Other Men Badly Injured by the
Same Explosion.
Bay City, Mich., Dec. 31.—An explosion
occurred to-day at the Monito coal mines,
six miles west of Bay City. One man
named Caspar was instantly killed. The
top of his head was blown off and his
body badly mangled and burned. He
leaves a widow and two children.
The names of the injured are:
Michael Simm, leg broken, side injured,
left shoulder and back bruised and burn
ed.
Edward Kelley, burned from head to
foot and his face filled with coal dust.
The men had gone into anew entry
against orders, and as soon as they en
tered their lamps ignited the gas with
which the entry was filled. The miners
had been ordered by the superintendent
to keep out of the entry until the gas
was removed.
SUICIDE IN A CHURCH.
Vice President of Selma's Broken
lliink Kills Himself.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 31.—George A.
Wilkins, vice president of the Commercial
Bank of Selma, which failed yesterday,
committed suicide in St. Paul’s Episcopal
church last night.
He was missed by friends last night and
a search was made for him. About day
light they went to the church and found
it locked. A window was raised, and he
was seen standing in the chancel. As soon
as he saw his friends coming in, he put a
pistol to his head and fired.
He was a very honorable, high toned
man and a devout member of the church,
and a leader in the church here. It is plain
that the excitement leading up to the bank
failure deranged his mind. It is not be
lieved that any stain of dishonor rested
upon him in connection with the failure.
AN EX-CONVICT LYNCHED.
No Reason Given For the Crime Ex
cept He Had n Bad Reputation.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 31.—A lynching or
murder occurred on Christmas night near
Gibson’s station, in Richmond county. The
man killed was Jim Green, colored, a new
comer in the neighborhood, who was em
ployed in a cotton seed oil mill at Gibson.
Nothing was known of him except that he
was of had reputation and had served in
the penitentiary. Late Christmas night, a
number of white men on horseback sur
rounded Green’s house and made him go
with them half a mile down the road, when
they drew revolvers and, fiddled him with
bullets. The lynchers were unmasked and
were strangers. It is supposed they came
from South Carolina.
NEW CRUISER FOR JAPAN.
Con tracts Signed For Two Vessels
to Cost If 1,500.000 Eneh.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Contracts were
signed to-day at the Japanese legation in
this city, by Henry Scott, president of
the Union Iron works of San Francisco,
and Charles Cramp, of Cramp & Sons,
Philadelphia, for the construction of two
unarmored cruisers, sister ships of about
4,800 tons displacement, one to be built by
each contractor for the Japanese govern
ment. They are to cost $1,500,000 each, to
have a speed of 22'£ knots an hour, under
forced draught, and to be completed in.
twenty-fourth months.
BLUE CUT'S TRIIS BANDITS.
A Man Supposed to Be the Lender ol
the Gang Arrested.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 31,-John Kenne
dy was arrested here this morning by
Special Agent Byrne of the United States
Express Company of Buffalo and Detec
tive Cain of Chicago, charged with being
the leader of the gang of bandits who held
up and robbed a Chicago and Alton train
In Blue Cut, on the night of Dec. 23. Kenne
dy was “sweated” by the officers all day,
but refused to give any information. The
officers state that the evidence against him
is conclusive. He has been committed to
Jail. _
UNCLE SAM’S BIG DEFICIT.
The Totnl For the Past Six Months
fan,ooo,ooo.
Washington, Dec. 31.—The treasury debt
statement, which will bo issued Saturday,
will show that the deficit for the first six
months of the current fiscal years is, in
round figures, $39,000,000. For the month
of December, in round numbers, the re
ceipts were $25,800,000, and the expendi
tures $25,200,000, making an excess of re
ceipts over expenditures of SOOO,OOO. On
account of the heavy interest charges and
unusual expenditures incident to January,
the excess of expeditures over receipts for
January, 1897, is estimated at $13,000,000.
BIG LAW SUIT ENDED.
A llnnk Wins n Verdict For SOO,OOO
in n Cnttle Case.
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 31.—The big law nult,
growing out of cattle and ranch transac
tions', styled the National Exchange Bank
of Dallas, vs. W. F. Mitchell et ah, was
decided in the Fourteenth district court to
day in the bank's favor. The bat.k sued
for approximately SBO,OOO cash advanced on
cattle and ranch property located in
Southwest Texas.
MURDER OF OPERATOR ADDISON.
The Men Accused of the Crime Taken
Buck to Wesson.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 31.—The Case broth
ers, charged with the murder of Operator
Addison at Wesson, and who have been
confined In the penitentiary for the -ast
few days to prevent the possibility of
lynching, were to-day carried to Hazle
hurst. where they will have a prelim In.
ary examination to-morrow. Citizens of
Wesson deny the report that there was
an attempt to stop the train the evening
they were brought here.
Young's Expulsion.
New York, Dec. 31.— President Fames of
the stock exchange announced formally
from the rostrum this morning the expul
sion by the governors of William iiuclld
Young, a member of tho firm of E. B.
Cuthbert & Cos
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1,389 V.
COMMODORE SAILS FOR CUBA.
CLEARANCE GRANTED HER WITH
A CARGO OF WAR MATERIAL.
The Cargo Consigned to the Presi
dent of the Republic of Cuba and
CtenfucgoM Given as the Vessel’s
Destination—'The Spanish Vice
Consul Refuses to A ise the Clear
ance Papers and Protests Against
the Steamer Being Allowed to
Depart.
Jacksonville, Fia., Dec. 31.—The steamer
Commodore, commanded by Capt. Edward
Murphy, formerly of the steamship Lau
rada, was granted clearance papers to-day
by the collector of customs and left port
with a cargo of arms and ammunition for
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
The arms were loaded openly at the rail
road wharf, and no attempt was made to
prevent any one from seeing what was go
ing on. The cargo was shipped by H. B.
Fritot of this city and was consigned to
S. Cisneros, president of the Cuban re
public.
Spanish Vice Consul Potous refused to
vise the clearance papers on the ground
that the arms could not be shipped to a
Cuban port without permission of the
governor general. He filed a formal pro
test with the collector against the vessel
being allowed to depart. The protest was
filed by the collector and the vessel was
al/owed to depart, as clearance had been
granted.
The Commodore carried a crew of 28
men, 20,000 cartridges, 175 rifles, 1,000 pounds
of giant powder and other munitions ol
war, besides a quantity of medicine and
stores.
The Dauntless has not yet returned to
load with the cargo of munitions of war,
although permission has been granted her
to clear for Nuevitas, Cuba, with arms
and ammunition. Nothing has been
heard' of her since she left here Tuesday
afternoon to go wrecking, as her owner
says.
The sudden departure of the cruiser
Raleigh from Key West at 1 o’clock this
morning has caused considerable uneasi
ness in Cuban circles, for it is believed
that she has been ordered to stop the
Dauntless and Commodore and search
them to ascertain if they are violating the
law by carrying a body of men as well
as a cargo of arms. If the men are found
on either steamer the vessel will be seiz
ed and brought back to this port.
The Three Friends returned to port to
day, and l Is in charge of the coYic l ' 'hr 1 ISf
customs. Her crew came ashore imme
diately, and disappeared. None of them
would talk, but it was ascertained that
the story of the encounter between the
boat and a Spanish cruiser is true, and
that the Three Friends did return the fire
of the coaster and the cruiser. No dam
age was dene to either the Spaniard or the
tug.
BERMUD A OFF FOR A CRUISE.
The Authorities Fear She Is Again
Bent on Filibustering.
New York, Dec. 31.—The steamer Ber
muda, which gained notoriety early in the
year as a Cuban filibuster, sailed this
morning in ballast, ostensibly for Ber
muda on a wrecking trip. Capt. William
Scott was in command of the vessel. That
there Is well defined fear in some quar
ters that the filibuster is about to engage
In another expedition to Cuba was evi
denced by the fact that the United States
revenue cutter Manhattan preceded the
Bermuda to sea with the purpose of keep
ing her company as far as the three
mile limit, so that the laws of neutrality
could not ho violated.
The revenue cutter Manhattan did not
go out to the three-mile limit with the
Bermuda, as was given out by treasury
officers this morning.
The cutter left the alleged filibuster at
the “middle buoy,” near the Junction of
the main ship and swash channel, In the
lower bay, and returned to the city.
As the vessels parted company the Ber
muda gave three prolonged blasts of her
steam whistle as a salute, a little sarcasm
to which the cutter people did not reply.
The agents and owners of the Bermuda
deny absolutely that she is bound on an
unlawful mission, and particularly a fili
bustering expedition. They insist that
she is en route to Bermuda to tow to this
city the steamer Tyrian, which is there
disabled and cannot be repaired at that
port.
CLEARANCE OF FILIBUSTERS.
This Country Has Nothing to Do
AVith Spanish Requirement*.
Washington, Dec. 31.—“ The department
has heard nothing regarding .the move
ments of either the Dauntless or Commo
dore," said Assistant Secretary Curtis of
the treasury to-day. "I have nothing to
say,” he continued, “regarding the report
that Spanish consular officials must vise
the clearances. When the officers of a ves
sel and the owners of a cargo comply with
the laws of the United States, the collec
tor will grant clearance. The vise of con
sular officers is a matter of Spanish regu
lation to govern a vessel’s right to enter
Spanish ports. The master and consignors
must arrange that with the proper of
ficials, or take their chances of being re
fused entrance; it is something with which
this government has nothing to do.”
WHALER’S RECALL DEMANDED.
The Issue* of Two Papers at Madrid
Seized ly the Government.
Madrid, Dec. 31.—The Imparcial and the
Heraldo to-day published articles con
demning the military administration In
Cuba and pointing out that despite his
oft-repeated promises. Captain General
Weyler has practically accomplished very
little In the direction of suppressing the
rebellion. Both papers demanded that
Gen. Weyler be recalled and that Gen.
Azoarr.iga, minister of war, be appointed
in his place. The articles caused a grea f
sensation In the city, and the government,
fearing that trouble would follow, order
ed that the Issues of both papers be seiz
ed.
The Gazetta Official will to-morrow pub
lish a number of decrees regarding the ad
ministrative and other reforms to be put
into effect In Porto Rico. A preamble,
written by Prime Minister Canovas del
Castillo, dealing with the colonial policy
of Spain, will accompany the decrees.
BATTLE WITH A GUNBOAT.
Cubans Reply to Her Fire From
Their Strounhold.
Havana, Dec. 31.—Reports have been re
ceived here that on Dec. 14 tho Spanish
gunboat Vasco Nunez Balboa fired upon
a rebel stronghold at Msravi, near Ba
raeva, in the province of Santiago de
Cuba. The rebels replied’ to the attack,
and a rapid exchange of cannonading en
sued, but the rebel's batteries were finally
silenced. The gunboat jecelved slight
damage to her hull, boats and rigging from
the enemy's shots and had two gunners
injured.
Col. Cirujeda expresses his belief that
the rebel general, Silvero Sanchez, was
killed in the battle recently fought at
Cayo Rosa.
Official reports give details of two en
counters between troops and parties of
rebels in the province o' Matanzas, In
which the rebels were defeated and dis
persed, witli the loss of 17 killed and many
wounded. The troops had five men wound
ed.
The Hon. D. Money, a member of the
committee of foreign affairs of the Ameri
can House of Representatives, who is now
here studying the Cuban question, declines
to make any statement regarding his pro
posed method of inquiry into the insur
gents’ side of the question. It is hardly
believed probable that he will be able to
obtain a safe conduct that will allow him
to reach the rebel lines.
The correspondent of the Liberal of Ma
drid has had an interview with Gen. Wey
ler at the latter’s camp near Candelaria.
When questioned if he would issue a de
cree declaring that the province of Pinnr
del Rio had been pacified Gen. Weyler
said he would not adopt such a measure.
He added that his modesty and prudence
counselled him to only dictate measures
for the organization of the forces remain
ing in the province to pursue the bandits.
It was his intention, he declared, to send
two-thirds of his forces to the provinces of
Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara and
to strengthen the central trocha, which
extends from Jucaro to Moron. He would
also order the concentration in the cities
and towns of all the residents in the pro
vince of Havana, as he had done in Pinar
del Rio.
Regarding the sugar crop, Gen. Weyler
said he would decide according to circum
stances whether or not to allow the plant
ers to grind.
The captain general said in conclusion
that there are now only 500 rebels In the
province of Pinar del Rio, and that they
were divided Into two bands, commanded
by Ruis Rivero and Ducassl.
GOMEZ WILLING TO TRE AT.
A Letter From the Cuban Leader to
Gen. Martinez Campos.
-Madrid, Dec. 31.—A mild sensation has
been created here by the publication of a
letter written by Maximo Gomez, the Cu
ban Insurgent leader, to Gen. Martinez
Campos, dated four days prior to the date
on which the latter was replaced by Gen.
Weyler in the office of the captain general
of Cuba, offering to establish peace in
Cuba, provided that acceptable terms
could be agreed upon. Gen. Martinez
Campos, being on the eve of his retire
ment, turned the letter over to Gen. Wey
ler.
The Latirudn at Gibraltar.
Gibraltar, Dec. 31.—The former Cuban
filibustering steamer Laurada arrived here
from Messina to-day.
CHICAGO’S DIME BANK.
ltulpli Metrnlf .Appointed Treasurer.
Ready to Pay Up.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—At a special meeting
to-day of the new board of directors of
the Dime Savings Bank, Ralph Metcalf
was appointed treasurer of the bank, a
position equivalent to that of manager.
This action displaced George W. Reed
from the treasureshlp, which he had held
for years. Mr. Metcalf, to whom the ap
pointment was a surprise, assumed charge
of the bank at noon. He said he had re
ceived no orders as to the bank’s future
and could only say the directors had ar
ranged to meet every dollar of the depos
its when due, or before. The question of
the bank’s voluntary liquidation is still
undecided. The directors are not dispos
ed to accept any offer of outside assist
ance to liquidate.
SPECULATOR SQUEALS.
Sue* Brokers to Recover the Money
He Lost in His Deals.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—Counselman & Day,
one of the big board of trade and stock
broking firms, are made defendants in a
suit filed to-day by Hugh McFarlane, who
has speculated In railroad and other stocks
through the firm and lost $52,794, according
to the declarations made in his bill. He
claims he paid part of his losses in casli,
and gave a note for SIO,OOO, which is still
held by the firm. He sets up the law
against the collection of gambling debts,
and in addition to suing for recovery of
the note, asks for $90,000 damages, half
of which goes to the county if he Is award
ed that amount.
CAR BARNS BURNED.
Plant of Raleigh’s Electric Railway
Burned.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 31.—T0-night at 10:30
o’clock fire broke out In the car barns and
engine house of the Raleigh electric street
railway and destroyed them, along with
nine cars, five dynamos and four engines
of 125-horse power each, together with all
the supplies. The loss Is $50,000, with only
$12,500 insurance. The electric company
also furnished light to many buildings.
Most of its stock is held by the General
Electric Company of Boston, of which
James H. Cutler Is the representative. Tho
fire originated in the boiler or engine room
and spread with wonderful rapidity. The
buildings were of wood.
KILLKD IIV* ELECTRICITY.
An Inspector of Light* Receives
3,800 Volts.
Camden, N. J., Dec. 31.—Anthony Para
dine, 33 years of age, an electric light in
spector, was shocked to death to-day while
fixing an arc light In Stockton, a suburb.
He was employed by the Camden Light
ing and Heating Company, which fur
nishes light to the place. The full charge
of 2,500 volts passed through his body,
killing him instantly. Paradlne wore rub
ber gloves, and how he received the shock
is a mystery.
BLOODY WORK BY A BOARDER.
CRAZED nv DRINK AND JEALOUSY
HE TAKES THREE LIVES.
Two of Ills Victim* tlie Aged Couple
Who linn the Bonrtllng-llouse—The
Third Their Daughter-In-Law’s
Sister—ltis Unrequited Love For
the Grandchild of the Old Couple
nt tlie lloltoin of the Triple Crime.
A Woman's Urn very All That l*r
vented Further Bloodshed.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31.—Edward C. Flana
gan, an employs of the Standard Oil Com
pany, attempted to exterminate tho Allen
family'at Poplar Springs, DeKalh coun
ty, to-night and did kill three members.
His victims were Dixon E. Allen and
wife, both more than 70 years of ago,
and Miss Ruth Slack. ,
Flanagan seems to have been In love
tvith Leila Allen, the 11-year-old
granddaughter of Dixon Allen. The old
couple's married son, G. W. Allen and his
wife and two children, lived with them in
a neat little cottage, four miles from the
city limits. ,
Flanagan had been boarding with them
for six months. Ills actions to-day were
not quite natural, but he did not cause any
alarm. It was noticed though that he was
anxious to get the members of the family
to leave the house.
Late in the afternoon he returned, and
when supper was announced he ate with
the family. When he had finished he
asked Mrs. G. W. Allen to give him a
drink of water. She left the room to get
it. Her husband was standing by tho
table talking to his father. Flanagan
went to his own room, and returning In
a moment, thrust a pistol through a por
tiere close to the son's head and fired. Al
len dodged and the ball struck him in the
back of the head. He fell to the floor.
Flanagan stepped over his body and
knocked the lamp from the table with a
wave of his pistol. This left the room In
total darkness. Old Mrs. Allen, Miss Slack,
who was a sister of the younger Mrs. Al
len, and the children, ran into another
room in terror.
Flanagan clubbed the elder Allen with
his pistol and killed him with a few blows.
Then he strode quickly to the room
where the women were screaming and be
gan firing on them.
Grandmother Allen was shot through the
body twice and killed.
Miss Slack was shot through the Dick
and mortally grounded.
At this moment, the daughter-in-law,
who had gone for the water, returned and
rushed into the room where she heard the
firing. She found that Flanagan was try
ing to kill Leila, her daughter. She struck
the pistol and then clinched with the mur
derer. He struggled and she held to him
until he had dragged her out doors.
There she, by almost superhuman
strength, threw him to the ground. Flan
agan fought like a madman, and tried his
best to shoot her. She succeeded In pre
venting him from firing a minute or more.
By this time her husband had recovered
consciousness, and he ran out to his wife's
rescue. Together they were able to held
Flanagan and disarm him. Mrs. Allen
then called help and when neighbors ar
rived, Allen was holding the murderer on
the ground.
Flanagan was bound with ropes and
held under Sheriff Austin of DeKaib coun
ty arrived. In the meantime a large crowd
had assembled and they talked of lynching
Flanagan. The sheriff did not wait to give
them an opportunity, but immediately
hurried the prisoner off and brought him
into the city, where he was placed in the
county jail.
Flanagan would not talk, except to say
that he was drunk. A bottle of whisky
and $536 were found in his pockets. He
had evidently prepared himself for flight.
Flanagan came to Atlanta from Louis
ville, Ky., last spring. He was a car
penter by trade, but of late had some con
nection with the Standard Oil Company.
Miss Slack, who died about midnight,
was from Birmingham. She was to be
married next week.
G. W. Allen, who was not dangerously
wounded, is a contractor. He thinks that
Flanagan was in love with his daughter
Leila and wanted to kill the entire family
because he could not marry the child.
Flanagan retained Judge Hillyer to de
fend him. The attorney had an interview
with the prisoner at the Jail to-night, but
refused to talk and asked the Jailor not to
allow any one to cee Flanagan.
LOANED COUNTY FUNDS TO A NEGRO
He Loses the Money to Sharper* Who
Were to Dlr For Gold.
Austin, Tex., Dec. 31.— County Treasurer
A. J. Jernigan, shortly after reaching his
office this morning, shot himself through
the body, the ball Just missing the heart
and he will died. He states that he has
let a colored porter about the county court
house have $4,500 of the county funds, to
put Into a scheme to dig for Mexican gold,
supposed to bo burled in the vicinity of
this city. Two slick colored sharpers In
veigled the porter into tlie scheme, fleec
ing him out of $6,000 in addition to the
amount Jernigan let him have. The
sqheme was exposed a few days ago and
the sharpers arrested, and it preyed upon
the mind of Jernigan. He stood high in
this community.
MINNEAPOLIS OVER THE SCARE.
The Situation In Rankins Circle*
Has Calmed Down.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec, 31.—Excite
ment over the recent bank failures in this
city has entirely subsided and all is quiet
again. There were no runs of conse
quence on any of the banks this morning.
Daniel Fish has been appointed receiver
for the Northern Trust Company, and A.
B. Derelius for the Bankers’ Exchange
Bank, both of which suspended yesterday.
NEW SETTLERS FOR GEORGIA.
A Colony of French People to Locate
Near Helena.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Mr. Delumean of
New Jersey has purchased a farm within
a half mile of Helena, Ga., a town on the
Southern railway between Eastman and
Macon, Ga. He hat arranged with the
owners to subdivide 1,300 acres of land ad
joining it Into small farms. This property
will be sold to friends of Mr. Delumean.
French people, who will move to that
point from the north.
THE BRANCH FOSTOFFICE.
Savannah May Have It It Site Cult
Mum She Kectla It.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Savannah may
have a branch postoffico established In
the southern section of the city, If Post
master Haines Is able to place before *be
Postmaster Ueneral data sufficient to t ar
rant the expenditure of the money neces
sary. While at the postoffice department
to-day your correspondent invited the at
tention of Acting Postmaster Oener.il
Frank Jones to the desire of the citizens
of Savannah for n branch postotfice. The
establishment of new offices, branch or
otherwise, are authorized under the direc
tion of Gen. Jones, who has jurisdiction
over that division of fhe postal service.
He says the subject has never been men
tioned to him before and he will cheerfully
take the matter under consideration, if
Postmaster Haines will address him an of
ficial communication, setting forth the ne
cessity for the establishment of a branch
office, together with such recommendations
as to the site and the amount of addi
tional service needed. To estab
lish a fully equipped branch ofilco or sub
station, for the collection and the delivery
of tho mails, ample reasons will be re
quired. Gen. Jones says he has no da
sire to retard the growth of the postal
service in any section of tho country, and
he is willing at all times to grant addi
tional facilities whenever and wherever
they are requested and eatt be justified.
He appreciates the fact that the people of
this country never complain of ex
travagance when tho government money
is expended in expediting the collection
and the delivery of mail, but he holds that
good and sufficient reasons should be of
fered when such extensions are proposed.
Gen. Jones appears to bo very friendly
inclined toward Savannah and when he
was informed of the immense amount of
business transacted at the Savannah post
office, he seemed surprised-that the city
is not already provided with one or more
branch offices. The matter can bo prompt
ly adjusted, without a special act of con
gress, if Postmaster Haines will put tho
case before Gen. Jones in good form. The
post office authorities are not going
around the country looking for places to
expend the appropriations placed at their
disposal, but there is a fund on hand to
enable them to enlarge and Improve the
service in just such Instances as is pre
sented in Savannah.
810 FAILURE IN TEXAS.
I. labilities of a Dry Goods Firm Snlil
to Be $1,000,000.
Galveston, Tex., Dec. 31.—Last night
Fellman & Grumbach, largo retail dry
goods dealers, tiled a deed of trust for the
benefit of their creditors. Preferences are
given to the amount of $193,336. It Is stat
ed that all the employes of the firm were
paid in full last night. The trustee is
having an Inventory of the stock taken.
I. H. Kempner, trustee of Fellman &
Grumbach, when interrogated this evening
as to the assets of the firm, replied It
was an absolute impossibility to give an
estimate that could be considered reliable
or authentic. As to the land owned by the
firm, he Bald: “The land may he worth a
good deal, but if I am compelled to realize
on It at a sacrifice, it may amout to little.
There is one block of 89,000 acres. There
are some 500 town lots In Austin and its
suburbs, pome of which are partially en
cumbered. Besides there are 4,000 acres of
land In various counties, the character and
value of which I know absolutely noth
ing. I will start an investigation to deter
mine the values of everything conveyed.”
He thought the stock would Invoice
about SIOO,OOO. The heaviest outside cred
itor is the Irving National Bank of New
York. It is preferred to the amount of $25,-
000. Fellman & Grumbach are in receipt
of numerous telegrams from their New
York creditors accepting the terms of the
trust deed and expressing confidence In
the firm’s integrity.
Dallas, Tex.. Dec. 31.—Private advices
from Galveston state that the liabilities
of the dry goods firm of Fellman & Grum
bach will be at least $1,000,000. The firm
was one of the oldest and largest in
Texas.
DEB* NOW A SOCIALIST.
Thu Competitive Sjutom Declared
Utterly Cannibalistic.
Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 31.—Eugene V.
Debe has left the People’s party and be
come an out and out socialist. In a letter
to be printed to-morrow In the Railway
Times, he states that he supported Bryan
and free silver not because he regarded
the free coinage of silver as a panacea for
national ills, but because it furnished a
rallying cry and common ground against
the trusts, syndicates and corporations,
and once united they could press forward
against industrial slavery. ,
He says that 80 per cent, of the organized
wage earners voted for Bryan and the re
sult of the election was due to the fact
that unorganized workers overwhelmingly
outnumbered those who were organized.
The ballot, however, much It has been eu
logized, has been beaten to the earth by
boodle and can not be relied upon to exe
cute the will of the people while they are
in industrial bondage. ,
The leaders of the socialist army, he
says, have thrown open the door of hope to
the toiling masses. Speaking for himself
he says he is a socialist, because he has
become convinced that the competitive
system is utterly cannibalistic. The Issue
Is socialism vs. capitalism. Ho confesses
to no hope for the tolling masses except
by the pathway mapped out by the so
cialists. , .
BONIFACE MLDEHED.
Ills Corpse Found In ft Closet With
the Head Beaten to a Jelly.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 31.—H. P. Miller,
proprietor of the Southern Pacific hotel at
Milan, was found dead In a closet on one
of the upper floors of the building this
morning with his head beaten into a Jelly
and in a dying condition. It Is thought
that robbery could not have been the ob
ject of his assailant and the affair Is sur
rounded in mystery.
FREIGHT BREAKS IN TWO.
Tlie Sections Come Together Willi
Terrific Force.
Charlotte, N. C„ Dec. 31.—Information
comes here that there was a slight wreck
on the Carolina Central division of the
Seaboard Air Line near Hamlet, this state,
late last night. A. freight train broke In
two, and two sections came together again
with terrific force, telescoping two of
them, and delaying traffic a short time.
No one was hurt, and the damage is small.
( DAILY. $lO A '/BAR,
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I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A TEAR )
ST. LOUIS EDITOR A SUICIDE.
J. 11. MTCLLAGH LEAPS FROM A
THIRD STORY WINDOW.
Ills Drains Dashed Out on the Sion*
Pavement in the Yard—Self lie
s<ruction the Itcsult of Mental Ah
erution Brought tin by Asthma,
mid Nervous Depression Resulting?
From Over Y\ iirlt During the Pres
idential Election.
St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 31.—Joseph B. Mc-
Cullagh, editor of the Globe-Democrat,
was found deud on tho pavement in the
rear of his residence, No. 3837 West Pine
Boulevard, at 6:30 o'clock this morning.
He hail evidently jumped from a wlndoV
of his bedroom on the third floor of the
house some time between midnight ami
daybreak, and dashed his brains out on
the stone flagging of tho yard.
At 6:3(1 o’clock this morning one of the
stable boys employed by Mrs. Manien. hie
sister-in-law, with whom Mr. McCullagit
lived, found the body. The skull was bat
tered in and brains were scattered about
on the flagging. Mr. MoCullagh was at
tired In his night clothing.
Mr. McCullagh had been confined to hl9
room since Nov. 10 with acute asthma,
complicated with nervous depression, as
a result of his arduous labors in the re
cent election.
Dr. C. H. Hughes, his physician, said
this morning. "Mr. McCullagh was tired
of living and killed himself. He gave no
premonition of suicide during his illness.
I saw him for a little while last evening.
He said ho felt sleepy and gave me to un
derstand he wanted me to leave him
alone. Ills brain was affected, but his in
tellect was all right. He suffered from
profound nervous exhaustion, complicated
with a recurring kidney trouble. The late
campaign undermined his health. No
writings were found in Mr. McCullagh's
room explaining his act or leaving Instruc
tions for the arrangement of his affairs
after death.”
Joseph B. McCullagh was horn In Dub
lin, Ireland, in November, 1842, and when
but 11 years of age, came to this country
on a sailing ship, working his passage.
Arriving In. New York In 1863, he was ap
prenticed to learn the printing business
In the office of the Freeman’s Journal.
Five years later, In 1858, he came to Bt.
Louis, and entered the office of the Chris
tian Advocate, as a reporter. In 1859, he
began work as a reporter on the Missouri
Democrat. When the war broke out he
acted as correspondent for the Cincinnati
Commercial and this work gained him a
great reputation. Later, he acted aa
Washington correspondent for that paper.
In 1868, he became editor of the Cincin
nati Enquirer, and subsequently in 1870
went to Chicago and took charge of the
Republican of that city. The great fire
of the following year swept the Republi
can out of existence and Mr. McCullagh
assumed editorial management of the
Missouri Democrat of St. Louis. The
paper was later on consolidated with the
Globe and Mr. McCullagh continued In
charge of tho Globe-Democrat from that
time to the present. He never married.
Every minute detail surrounding the
tragic death of Mr. McCullagh has been
developed, and all confirm the theory of
death by suicide. One of the mental ten
dencies of the deceased, known only to
a very few who were his Intimates, was
the stoical belief that when life was f*
burden It could, In good conscience, ba
laid down. It is now admitted by his at
tendants that he committed suicide.
At 10 o’clock last night he was found in
bed almost asphyxiated, and unlighted
gas jets turned on. He was with diffi
culty revived. When his room was ex
amined to-day the gas jets were again
found turned on. The attempt at gas
suffocation proved too slow for the de
termined man, and in desperation he leap
ed froth a wjndow.
The death of no citizen of St. Loul*
within a decade has caused such a sensa
tion. All classes grieve at his tragic end,
and none more so than the political oppo
nents whom he valiantly fought and often
vanquished. The details of the funeral
obsequies and Interment will be an
nounced to-morrow.
BKIBEIIY IN THE TOOMBS.
An Ex-Assistant District Attorney
Implicated.
New York, Dec. 31.—1 t was announced
this afternoon that the grand Jury had In
dicted ox-Assistant District Attorney Am
brose H. Purdy and Matthew O’Connor,
an official messenger of the city prison.
They are charged with accepting a brib<*
of *IOO from I.lzzie Whittaker. The Whitta
ker woman was recently arrested on thi
charge of keeping a disorderly house. Sha
and her housekeeper and a girl Inmate ap*
peered before the grand Jury on Mondatf
and testified that Purdy and O’Connor
and a third person represented to thA
Whittaker woman that they could get ho#
released for *IOO. The Whittaker worns*
further testified that she paid the *IOO.
Mr. Purdy admitted this afternoon that
he had received the *IOO from the woman,
but said It was a professional fee.
LOAN ASSOCIATION INVOLVED.
Receivers Appointed For a Chlengii
I usl Million.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 31.—After much liti
gation In the state and federal court*
Judge Hanech to-day appointed Jamea
P urlong and Justice Thomas Bradwell re
ceivers for the International Building ami
Doan Investment Union at the instance of
n stockholder. His bill was the sixth on®
filed against the association in a short
time. The receivership will consolidate
the various suits. The association wss
recently reorganized, but the litigation
crippled its resources and the withdraw
ing stockholders are still clamoring for
their money. Mlsappropration of fund*
by former officers Is also alleged in tha
bill for receiver.
HITT OPENS HE tDItI'ARTEHS.
Illinois' Seunlorslilp Fight on In
Full Swing.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—Congressman Robert
R. Hitt returned from Washington to-day,
preparatory to leaving for Springfield on
Thursday next to ope*, headquarters and
engage in the contest for the seat in the
United States Senate now held by Gen.
Palmer. The other avowed candidate#
are Alderman Martin B. Madden. ex-Con
gressman William E. Mason and ex-Gov.
John M. Hamilton of Chicago, and Hon.
Clark E. Carr of Galesburg, ex-rtunkMer>
to Denmark. It is said that Samuel
Allerton. the millionaire packer, will ulsQ
enter the dfce. i