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! “ the MORNING NEWB, I | Kgr 1 -*■? love tragedy in a lobby. 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, < t CENTS A COPY. > 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