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SWEAT AND REESE ARE SAFE.
peu-hmest not to follow
1 tub investigation.
Testimony Before the Commit-
I ' %ot Looked Upon as Sufficient
'wiirrant Thetr Removal From
*“ e ye nr h—Moat of the Testimony
' me Hrese Case Favorable to
[l,. Julitre— The Charges Against
jmlar Sweat In the Crosby Case
Unbooked l lion as Not Sustained.
Atlanta, Ua., Jan- IS.—The investigation
of t ie charges against Judge Sweat of the
Brunswick circuit was completed this af
ternoon. and the case formally closed by
I der 0 ( the committee, which declined to
consider the supplementary charge pre
: (wre a against him that he had collected
! m oney far Russell & Cos., a former client,
and refused to turn it over.
To-morrow the Reese case will be fln
ished If the committee, by sitting until
midnight, can possibly accomplish that
| en j chairman Felder so announced to-
I day.
From the progresa already made in the
Beese ase it seerfls that there are a great
many witnesses whose testimony rflight
be dispensed with, as it is only cumulative.
It i: is necessary to finish to-morrow some
of these witnesses may be pruned out.
Some of those examined to-day knew lit
tle or nothing at all about the case, show
ing that they ought not to have been sub
poenaed.
In the Reese case In particular there
tras evidently a good deal of carelessness
in the summoning of witnesses. This will
cost the state a pretty sum, but as yet it
does not appear just who is at fault.
Since the Sweat case is closed it may not
be improper to make the prediction that
the committee will not recommend his
impeachment to the House. In fact, this
prediction is safe as to both Judge Sweat
and Judge Reese, for the latter hearing
has progressed far enough to show that
though of a convivial disposition and ac
customed to taking a toddy at times, the
evidence will hardly make out a case of
habitual drunkenness against him. Even
those who have testified that he was in
his cups or appeared to be stated on the
stand without exception to-day that the
business of the court is well looked after,
and that Judge Reese is in no degree dis
qualified from discharging his Judicial
functions.
According to the general view taken of
the law habitual drunkenness that dis
qualifies the man from the proper dis
charge of his official duties is necessary
to impeachment, but as to Judge Sweat,
he admits that he was drunk at the St.
Simons banquet, but contends that he
was perfectly able to preside in court
the next day, and there was no testimony
which showed that he did not properly
conduct his court that day. He success
fully proved beyond doubt that
D. N. Crosby was admitted
to bail by him in Appling county a year
and a half before he met Mrs. Crosby, his
wife, at Indian Springs, the charge orig
inally made being that Crosby was admit
ted to bail on account of the improper re
lations alleged between the judge and Mrs.
Crosby. At the time the bail was given
Judge Sweat did not know Mrs. Crosby.
Then it was alleged that on account of
the improper relations between Mrs. Croe
by and Judge Sweat in August, 1895, the
judge so conducted the trial of her hus
band the following month so as to secure
Crosby's acquittal. The evidence, how
ever, on this point bears no comparison
to the charge. It has not been shown, first
that Judge Sweat and Mrs. Crosby had
more than a me,re acquaintance at Indian
Springs, though during the short time
they w ere in each other’s company several
Indiscreet acts, notably, entering the ho
te. by a back stair and going to Judge
sweat's room for an umbrella, gave rise
to scandalous reports. Next, there has
bn no testimony at all to show that
Judge Sweat did anyching at the trial to
Intiuenee the Jury in the acquittal
c Crosby. On the contrary, all the wit
t who testified, swore that his charge
fair and impartial, and the charge
• tst 'f was not introduced in evidence
by senator Carter to establish his alle
gation.
be evidence as to the alleged insult
Faulkner at Indian Springs, also
e ntr .and rtory and unsatisfactory on the
r : >t' of the prosecution, and the alleged
!'/' king of the Camden county grand
Jury hi also be said to have been re
futed by the defense, as by all the wit
' it was shown that two of the four
ta.esmen chosen voted for Bennett, and
iw° for Toomer, so that neither was
* u " n .in advantage in the endorsement
fur solicitor, as was charged had been
none by the selection of men favorable
'o Toom. r.
Tho only count in the charges, there
,ori , that appears to have been sustained
dud se Sweat got drunk at the
- slmons banquet, which he admitted
II the outset.
s *'eat case was resumed this morn-
I.V'n thf! introduction of Attorney Me
' tia. l of Waycross, who testified as to
"Pin affidavits. When he presented
" ,' Jl tr ‘ l m to George Collier to sign, he
fated, saying that Judge
J 1:1118,1 done nothing, and that
" action of the legislature was a
a rage. Chairman Felder objected
’’ r. flection on the legislature going
,' J " record and it was ruled out.
tt ' l! ' >ch of Burke was put upon the
| ’‘“ain to-day and repeated some
... "aid by him yesterday.
' l _ st witness was John Byas <col
j who was employed at the bath
ij. A Indian Springs while Judge
jj. there. He saw the judge and
ji 1 "dither and the other ladies meet
la bring the morning he arrived and
, a little while after they went oft
b " Mr. Faulkner came there look
s',! . B Jhdge, appearing to he some
t ' gry. Byas also saw Judge Sweat
f.-... ,; 1 ro *‘y the afternoon they went
hr, , ,r pr I n ® t 0 the Wigwam and en
! ,trram was introduced to show that
, and the lady in walking from
tak , !? 10 ,he hotel that day did not
Ju.i . cl uitous route as was claimed.
■ V "eat then took the stand, was
tar / made a statement supplemen
f Ins or ,w r “. ten "•■ *t the
tha Investigation. He said
*; . “’ready admitted in his sworn
l , .‘i S i md ' r the influence of cham-
I „ thd St. Simons banquet. In ex
• i>e said, he had been constant
t- 1,, '\ ourt ,ron > March to June when
*) „ ‘ wa * * ,V, n * was worked
to 11,; ’ perhaps ought not to have gone
dittoi, ° w,n * to his physieal con
t under the Influence of
" ri ~ J. n returning to Brunswick, the
* Ocoek t,m '' between 2 and
in tho morning, and as
a result of his condition life
was sick over the rail of the boat.
In this act he said he got rid of most of
the champagne as well as the supper he
had eaten. He went to the hotel with Mr.
Toomer, the stenographer of the circuit.
The next morning when he arose, although
not as strong as usual, he went to court
and transacted all the duties of the court.
He was neither intoxicated nor drunk in
any degree during that day. During the
five years he was on the bench, he said,
he had never been intoxicated.
Referring to the Camden county affair
he said the four tales jurors were selected
in the usual way without any reference to
the race for solicitor. The result was not
to the prejudice of either of the candidates,
each receiving the votes of two of them.
Taking up the Indian Springs incidents
Judge Sweat said he had been invited to
go there by J. L. Beach, clerk of Glynn
superior court. He arrived • on Tuesday
and stopped at the Wigwam with Mr.
Beach and his family. He went to the
spring for water after being assigned to a
room. He met Miss Lela Bradley, the lit
tle Faulkner girl, then wearing 6hort
dresses, and several other ladies there.
During the pleasantry that passed while
he handed water around he remarked that
he would run a race with 'Miss Faulkner
up the hill. There was no thought of any
thing improper in his mind. He meant no
insult to Miss Bradley or any of the la
dies. They might have misconstrued his
meaning, but he made no attack upon
them. He saw no manifestation of dis
pleasure upon their part when they part
ed. Judge Sweat had no recollection that
Mr. Mills had met him after breakfast
and offered him a cigar. He did not tell
Mr. Mills that he had friends to meet at
any other hotel there. He had not yet
met Mr. Beach, and if he said anything
of that sort it referred to Mr. Beach and
his family. He had then no knowledge
at all of the presence at Indian Springs of
Mrs. D. M. Crosby.
The next afternoon, when walking with
Mr. Beach and his family, he, for the
first time, met the two Crosby ladies. Pre
vious to that time, he had only a speaking
acquaintance with Mrs. Crosby. The next
afternoon, while walking out looking for
some peaches for Mr. Beach, he approach
ed a little cottage, not knowing who lived
in it. The door was open, and, as he
walked up, he recognized the same ladies
whom he had met that morning at the
spring. They were in the room sitting to
gether. He remained hut a few minutes.
They were all sewing to go to camp meet
ing. He sat down on the steps for a few
moments and as he left remarked that he
would not see them again unless some of
tnem went to the spring. If they under
stood him to Invite any of them to walk
with him It was only a misconstruction.
On the next afternoon he walked to the
spring. Mrs. D. AJ. Crosby was there with
several others. He spoke to her just as
any people coming from the same section
of the state meeting at a summer resort
would do. They talked some time. A rain
was coming up, and he suggested that
she should go to the Wigwam and wait
until the shower was passed. She said
she had never been there before.
Explaining how he and Mrs. Crosby went
to the hotel , Judge Sweat said
he did not mean to charge
Mr. Mills with having falsely testified,
but he was mistaken as to the
route. He then presented a diagram to
show the route taken, which he said was
corroborated by John Byas. examined this
morning for the prosecution. The route
was not circuitous, but the shortest, he
believed. He and Mrs. Crosby sat on the
veranda for a couple of hours. It contin
ued to rain hard. She then thought it best
to go back to the Elder house or her aunt
might be uneasy, tho hbur growing late.
He had no umbrella with him, and sug
gested that she walk up through the cor
ridor to see the hotel, and he would get
his umbrella. The stairway he used was
frequently used by guests, and not a fire
escape, as had been said. He did not take
Mrs. Crosby into his room, and did not see
the housekeeper. Judge Sweat repeated
this incident, as he desired it in his state
ment. He never went back to the Elder
house after escorting Mrs. Crosby there,
and declared there was nothing in what
had been said about moonlight strolls.
The next day he did meet Mrs. Crosby at
the spring, and took a short walk with
her up the main street of the town. They
parted in front of the Wigwam, this being
the woman in black Mr. Collier had de
scribed. Judge Sweat said Mrs. Crosby
was in black on account of the death of
her sister a week previous, which he knew
of. There was nothing improper in their
conduct, and the case of Mrs. Crosby's
husband was never mentioned.
The conversation which John Byas, the
negro reported as having taken place at
the bath house, relative to the Faulkners,
Judge Sweat said had not occurred. It
was a fault of the witness’ memory. Judge
Sweat described how Senator Mercer, who
was merely an acquaintance, had come to
him while he was in bed Sunday night,
when he returned from Atlanta. The sen
ator said the Faulkners were his friends
and he proposed that a note of apology be
written and that some money be sent to
them by him. They were poor people, the
senator said, and the money would settle
the matter. This proposition, Judge
Sweat said he absolutely refused to listen
to. Judge Sweat’s statement concluded
the investigation of his case, the commit
tee ruling that there should be no argu
ments made.
BEENE NOT BADLY ROASTED.
Most of the Testimony Fnvornble to
the Judge.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 15.—The investigation
of the charges against Judge SeaWhrn
Reese was opened this morning by the In
troduction of Mr. Welch of Danlelsvllle,
husband of the lady, who was waiting on
the hotel table, when the Judge Is alleged
to have “cussed.” He said his wife had
said nothing to him about having heard
the profanity, and when Senator Carter
insisted that she had said that she heard
it. Chairman Felder ordered the witness
to go back home and bring his wife be
fore the committee to testify.
One of the entertaining incidents of the
day was the description of the feast of
the Granite. City Cue Club. W. D. Tutt
saw the Judge take a couple of glasses of
beer there. He was seated at the table in
a chair that rested on a shelving bank.
The bank gave way and the judge was
about to tumble into the creek when Col.
Howard, congressman-elect, cried: "Save
the court," and he was caught before he
went down. Judge Reese was not drunk,
and the witness had never seen him drunk.
The accident at the feast could have hap
pened to any one, and It was not true
that he was so drunk that he fell out of
his chair, as charged.
Col. I. C. Vanduaer, from Elberton. was
present at the feast, and thought that the
judge was not sober There were forty
In the crowd, who drank two kags of
beer, Judge Reese imbibing his share.
There were a number of other witnesses
on the same line, their testimony being
conflicting, however.
Col. John P. Shannon was one of these
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
SAVANNAH, GA„ BATUKDAY, JANUARY lfi. 1897.
CUBA'S AWFUL CHASTISEMENT
SAD SCENES OF DESOLATION IN THE
PROVINCES.
Fertile I’lnntntlona Deserted anil Go
ing to Ituln—Weyler’s Edict Or
dering Concentration, of the Pop
ulation in the Towns a Severe
Hardship on the People—Peaeeinl
and t'noflfenillng Cttisens Deprived
of Their Rightful Means of Sup
port by the Order.
Key West, Fla., Jan. 15.—Advices from
Havana state that the effect of Gen.
Weylers famous Bayate edict of the first
instant Is being felt with more intensity
in the provinces of Havana and Matan
zas than in that of Pinar del Rio, since
these provinces being more thickly pop
ulated, and with more farms and estates
than the former, the wholesale abandon
ment of the properties, and the concen
tration of the people in the towns will
not only augment the misery already
prevailing, but also present the serious
inconvenience of lodging so many people
in towns already full to overflowing.
Without discussing Gen. Weyler’s bar
barous and inhuman measures in thus
depriving peaceful and unoffending cit
izens of their rightful means of existence,
and huddling them in already crowded
spaces, exposed to all the rigors of
hunger and disease, simply for the sake
of clearing the country of so-called rebel
sympathizers, a legal point has been
sprung by the foreign property owners,
especially the Americans, who own large
properties in the provinces of Havana and
Matanzas, which will surely lead to com
plications and claims on the Spanish gov
ernment.
Gen. Weyler distinctly states In his de
cree that those who wish to remain on
their properties must exhibit the last tax
bill paid. Now, It is a recognized law
that taxes are only levied on productive
industries, and these planters have not
been able to work on account of the ab
normal conditions in the provinces since
Gomez’s invasion in December, 1895. No
taxes have been collected since that time,
the government tacitly admitting such un
usual circumstances, or being powerless
to collect them because the rebels were in
possession of the country, did not press
their collection, consequently no taxes
have been paid in the country since the
date mentioned. Besides that, Gen. Wey
ler has unofficially ordered that no sugar
crop should be made, and now he wants
the sugar planters to pay taxes on an in
dustry which they have not been able to
produce. The legal absurdity is readliy
to be seen.
The result is that the manager of the
sugar estate San Antonio, near Madruga,
Havanna, owned by Antonio Terry, an
American citizen residing in Paris, pre
sented himself to Consul Lee, demanding
protection because the military comman
der of Madruga ordered’ him to abandon
the place (which, by the way, is one of
the most valuable estates in the province,
worth at least 1500,000), because he did not
present the required tax bill. Consul Lee
at once took the case in hand and simul
taneously presented the same to the cap
tain general and the state department at
Washington. No replies have been re
ceived yet. either from Gen. Weyler or
Seretary Olney.
To depict the situation in Pinar del Rio,
nothing can be better said than to trans
late the report of a trip made to the city
of that name by a correspondent of La
Lucha: “All the way traversed by the rail
road from Artemisa to Consolacion del Sur
is, without exaggeration, the most chas
tised, and undoubtedly has suffered most
from the rigors of war.
“The fields waste and abandoned, the
bushes and trees burnt, and the yellow
and decayed leaves strewn by the wind,
as tears drawn from the mother earth,
pained and anguished at the folly of men;
the huts destroyed, the stone houses, in
other times happy homes, converted by
the hands of rebels and Spanish alike, Into
heaps of ruins, the black and fallen walls
of which, covered with lichen,
only serve as a refuge for
the lizards and owls; the caneflelds dried
up and covered with bushes, by the rav
ages of fire; the towns—the authorities of
which are making great efforts to remedy
the necessities of the residents—full of
people, of poor families, who daily troop
down from the hills, extenuated by hun
ger and emaciated by the fevers, in such
a way that they resemble skeletons risen
out of their tombs to appear before the
final judgment; to the right and left of the
road, as rhe train winds Its rapid march,
the traveler observes with painful an
guish the desolation and ruin within the
inextinguishable poetry of these exuber
ant fields, always green with the eternal
verdure of spring, as if God, with His elo
quence, would point us that the only thing
we men can do Is to destroy the beauties
which surged from His bounteous will.”
CUBANS ON THE RETREAT.
Gen. Solanos Reports Dispersing
Several Rebel Hands.
Havana, Jan. 15.—Gen. Solanos reports
that his column has had a series of en
counters with various parties of rebels at
and in the vicinity of Caunao, near Santa
Clara, in which the rebels were each time
dispersed, leaving an aggregate of thirty
two of their dead on the field. The Span
ish column lost one lieutenant and two
privates killed, and a captain and fifteen
privates wounded. Besides these skirmishes
other encounters are reported to have
taken place in the provinces of Matanzas,
Havana and Pinar del Rio. In which thirty
rebels were killed and many wounded, the
Spanish losses being two officers and live
privates wounded.
GOING TO FIGHT FOR CUBA.
A Lieutenant In the Army Resigns
Ills Commission.
Washington. Jan. 15. Second. Lieuten
ant Charles E. Hays of the Eighteenth
Infantry, who Is a native of Illinois, and
rose from the ranks five years ago, has
resigned his commission.
In his resignation, which was accepted
by the President to-day to date from Jan.
he made no reference to his future
movements, but in transmitting the resig
nation to his colonel, he said that he was
going to tight for Cuba’s freedom.
Silk Manufacturers Fall.
Paterson, N. J., Jan. 15.—Grlmshaw
Bros., silk manufacturers of this city and
Reading, Pa., to-day made a general as
signment of tbeir business In both places.
SENATORS AS® SILVER.
The Republican Catkcua Favors nn
International Conference.
Washington, Jan. ML—The republican
senatorial caucus this morning agreed to
present to the Senate (he resolution pro
viding for an international monetary con
ference in the following form:
“An act to provide for the representa
tion of the United States by commission
ers at any international monetary confer
ence to be hereafter fitted:
"Be it enacted by tbdttenate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in congress; assembled, That
whenever, after March U, 1897, the Presi
dent of the United State.- shall determine
that the United State*‘should be repre
sented at any international conference
called by the United States, or any other
country, with a view of tiecuring, by inter
national agreement, a fixity of relative
value between gold and silver as money
by means of a common rktto between these
metals with free mintage at such ratio,
he is hereby appoint five or
more commissioners to Rich International
conference; and for coirnKuisatlon of said
commission and for alß,reasonabie ex
penses connected therewith, to be approv
ed by the Secretary of Stole, including the
proportion to be paid by The United States
of the joint expenses of any such confer
ence, the sum of SIOO,OOO, or so much there
of as may be necessary,’ Is hereby appro
priated.”
The resolution will be reported to the
Senate on Monday by Mr. Chandler,
who, in the absence of Mr. Wolcott,
chairman, is acting in bis behalf.
Some of the silver democrats urge that
the word “unlimited” should be added,
and there will be opposition from a few
senators by reason of the failure to use
tt. It is not thought, however, that the
passage of the resolution will be endan
gered. A careful canva* of the Senate
shows that there is a general willingness
to permit the resolution to be adopted
without much debate. The silver men will
take little part in the discussion unless
the gold men precipitate It. In that
event several silver senators, among them
Mr. Cockrell of Missouri, will speak to
the resolution and the chances are that
under such conditions a financial debate
may be Injected Into tho proceedings of
the Senate.
MONEY A DRUG ON THE MARKET.
New York Hunks Fall In an Attempt
to Raise the Call Hate.
New York, Jan. 15.—Tho weekly state
ment of the associated banks to be pub
lished to-morrow will show a large in
crease in the cash on hand as the conse
quence of an unusual state of affairs in
the money market. About a month ago
the presidents and other leading officers
of some forty banks belonging to the
clearing house attended a dinner at the
Union League Club, given by Henry W.
Cannon, president of the Chase National
Bank. At this gathering ; i understand
ing was reached that no call loans or, In
other words, loans repayable on demand,
should not be made at a rate less than 2
per cent, per annum. For three or four
weeks previously most of the call loans
had been made at 1% per cent. At this
rate the banks did not consider that they
were receiving an adequate return, on
their money. During the present week
the borrowers found that they could ob
tain money from the trust companies, in
surance companies and other large lend
ers at IV4 per cent. Accordingly they
shifted their loans to a large extent; that
Is. they paid off the loans to the banks
and got accommodated from the
lenders, whose rates were one-half per
cent, lower. The banks secured only a
small part of the new loans. The rapid
accumulation of money in their vaults,
which was earning nothing at all, finally
brought them to a realization that thetr
agreement to keep the call rate up to 2
per cent, could no longer be adhered to
with advantage, and to-day most of them
were accepting offers of H 4 per cent. Al
though the tendency of money Is down
ward all over the world, it is cheaper In
New York than anywhere else.
REFORMS FOR CUBA.
A Report.Thnt They Will Be Granted
nt Once—Pardon Far Nnngullly.
London, Jan. 15.—A dispatch to the
Central News from Madrid, says that at
a cabinet council over which the queen
regent presided, it has been decided to
immediately Introduce reforms in Cuba,
and a decree putting the reforms into
effect will be published on the king’s fete
day.
The dispatch also says it Is probable
that Julio Sangullly, the naturalized
American citizen, recently sentenced In
Havana to life imprisonment for con
spiracy against the Spanish government,
will be granted a free pardon.
The Madrid correspondent of the Stan
dard confirms the statement that the
Spanish government has decided to imme
diately effect reforms in Cuba. It is added
that the government in taking such a se
rious step on the eve of McKinley's ad
vent to office, wishes to clearly indicate
that it acted spontaneously in going even
beyond the powers voted by the cortes.
for which the latter must grant a bill of
Indemnity. The reforms will show to
what extent the government is prepared
to go In gradually preparing the colonies
for autonomy, without yielding the rights
of Spain and parliament. It will also soon
be seen that Spain is disposed to make
sacrifices in connection with the Cuban
budget. The reforms will not be realized
without seriously clashing with Spain s
material Interests. Spaniards look with
impatience and anxiety to the effect the
reforms will have in America.
VF.HDICT AGAINST THE WORLD.
A Juror Accused of Bribery Given
fti.KBO Damages.
Brooklyn, N. Y.. Jan. 15.—The Jury In
the suit of Joseph A. Trapp against the
New York World for libel, in which dam
ages were laid at SIOO,OOO, to-day rendered
a verdict for *6,250.
The case was tried before Judge Keogh,
In the supreme court Trapp was a Juror
in the case of John McKane, the former
chief of the Coney Island police, when the
latter was convicted of election frauds.
After McKane’s conviction the paper
charged Trapp with having tried to bribe
the other jurors.
Deficit of rkc Treasury,
Washington, Jan. 15.—The treasury de
ficit for the first half of January Is $6,860,-
963, and for the fiscal year to date $41,763,-
360.
Naval Cadets to Farade,
Washington, J*n. 15,-ecrctary Herbert
has ordered the naval cadets from Annap
olis to attend the inauguration and march
In ths parade. The boys will not stay
away from the naval academy over night.
SHERMAN TO BE SECRETARY.
TUB SENATOR ADMITS THAT 118 IS
TO BE IN THE CABINET,
Ex-Gov. .1 oiln l>. Gong of MnNNt&cliu
*lt Booked l iion nm Also Sure to
He Given n Portfolio—Senator Bur
rows Visits < nnton in the Interest
of Gen. Russell A. A lifer for Seere
tnry of War—Tile General's isiher
enccs With Senator Slierniaii
i*ntelietl I'ji.
Canton, 0., Jan. 15.—Senator Sherman,
who this afternoon authorized the South
ern Associated Press to positively an
nounce that he has accepted the portfolio
of state, and ex-Gov. John D. Long of
Massachusetts, who will In a',l probability
be in MaJ. McKinley’s cabinet, sat down
at the table with the President-elect to
day. The other guest at luncheon was
Senator Burrows of Michigan.
Senator Sherman arrived at the house
about an hour and a quarter before noon
and left for Washington at 3 o’clock. He
had a long talk with MaJ. McKinley and
they discussed many men and measures.
The formation of the cabinet was the
main topic of conversation. Senator Sher
man said appointments and the organiza
tion of the work in his department would
not be considered until after the inaugu
ration of Maj. McKinley. It is understood
that the appointment of a first assistant
se.cretary of state was not discussed to
day, but the gossips have It that John
Russell Young of Philadelphia is under
consideration. Senator Sherman was in
excellent spirits and seemed full of vigor.
The visit of ex-Gov. Bong followings
so closely upon that of Senator Bodge
of Massachusetts, is construed to mean
that he is not unwilling to accept a place
in Maj. McKinley’s cabinet. Senator
Bodge assured Maj. McKinley there was
no objections to the appointment of Gov.
Bong on the part of Massachusetts re
publicans, and it may be deemed reasona
bly certain that he will be the New Eng
land member of the cabinet. Maj. McKin
ley and Gov. Bong had a long talk and
the latter left for the east by way of
Cleveland at 4:30 o’clck. It Is not thought
that the particular place tn the cabinet,
which Is likely to be offered Gov. Bong
has been determined. No tender of a
portfolio was made to-day. Gov. Bong
said he simply came to confer with Maj.
McKinley.
Senator J. C. Burrows of Michigan,
came to see the President-elect In the In
terests of Gen. Alger, whom he hopes
will be appointed Secretary of War. Sen
ator Burrows said t,he republicans of
Michigan had counted upon Gen. Alger,
and that he had the hearty endorsement
of the two senators. Gen. Alge-r Is also
being urged by the old soldier* of the
union armies. Senator Burrows did not
indicate that the portfolio nad been ten
dered Gen. Alger, but the belief Is pretty
strong here that it will be. The differ
ences that existed between Senator Sher
man and Gen. Alger have been happily
adjusted, and form no obstacle whatso
ever to the appointment of Gen. Alger
to the cabinet. This Is stated upon high
authority.
IXDI4N t'OTTOX RULED OI T.
Italian* Fear Bnbontc Plukui* Might
lie Imported In It.
London, Jan. 15.—The Rome correspond
ent of the Daily News, telegraphs that
the prefects of the northern provinces of
Italy have prohibited the entry Into those
provinces of cotton from India, fearing
that it will convey the bubonic plague
that Is now ravaging Bombay and other
places in India. This cotton is imported
into Italy by way of Genoa. Asa result
of the prohibition many or the opera
tives of the important factories have been
thrown out of work, owing to lack of ma
terial. The idle operatives are very in
dignant over the action of the prefects,
and it is feared that there will be dis
orders.
The government has announced that an
International conference will be held, prob
ably at Rome, to consider measures for
the protection of Europe against the
plague. It is stated that six powers have
already given their adhesion to the con
ference.
The French government has declared a
quarantine against vessels arriving from
Plymouth, England, owing to the recent
arrival there of the transport Nubia with
cholera on board. Passengers from Ply
mouth will be detained at French ports
for five days’ observation.
A NEGRO SHOT DEAD.
The Shot Supposed to Have Been
Fired by n Negro on a Male.
Kissimmee, Fla., Jan. 16.—This morning
about 4:30 o'clock the town was aroused
by the Report of a gun. Marshal McPhat
ter reached the scene a few minutes after
wards and found four negroes on their
way to work. They said that as they pass
ed a man on a mule he shot at them and
killed Jim Pauldin. Marshal MoPhatter
put men on the fresh tracks of the mule
and before 9 o’clock had captured Henry
Giles, colored, with a mule and a gun, with
one recently discharged barrel. Giles Is In
Jail awaiting trial. He was from Virginia,
ami worked for S. E. Bass. It was too
dark for the companions of Pauldin to
identify the assassin, hut Giles admits
riding by them when the shot was fired.
PAPIjR MILES Ill’llXKD.
The Plant of the Ko* Company In
Ohio In Ruins.
Crcacentvllle. 0., Jan. 16.—The Immense
paper mills of the Fox Paper Company,
located here, were destroyed by fire last
night. The origin of the fire Is a mystery.
The mill was constructed of brick and
covered three acres of ground.
MaJ. George B. Fox. secretary of the
company, puts the loss on the stock and
machinery at over 1100,000. The building
was worth 150,000. and Is a complete wreck.
PROGRAMME OF THE SENATE.
XTenragunn Canal Hill to Be Given
the Right of Way.
Washington, Jan. 13.—Owing to the de
feat of the Pacific railroad funding bill In
the House, the Senate steering committee
has changed the order of business. The
Nicaraguan canal bill will be taken up
next week and given the right of way aa
tho unfinished business of the Sen Me.
NEGROES REPORTED LYNCHED.
They Are Believed to Have Shot
Mrs. Itowlnud of Adonis I’nrk.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 15.—'.Mrs. Rowland,
who was shot at Adams Park Thursday
morning, died to-day ait 1 o'clock from thi.
wound Inflicted by the assassin. This af
ternoon F. D. Johnson, uncle of the de
ceased, came to Macon to get a casket,
which was sent to-night to Adams Park
by Dennis Keating. Mrs. Rowland's re
mains will be Interred to-morrow at Beech
Spring.
Further particulars of the crime were
given to-night. It seems that a negro
named Charles Forsythe went to Row
land's store at 10 o'clock and bought a
pair of shoes. A short while after he left
'Mr. and Mrs. Rowland retired for tho
night. Abouit 11 o’clock someone was
heard breaking Into the Store house ad
joining the bedroom. Mr. Rowland got
up and with his pistol in hand went to tho
window and asked who It was, when
the party or parries on the
outside tired at him and ran away, but
they missed their aim. About that time
Forsythe returned and said he had heard
the firing and came back to see about it.
Rowland asked him to come into tho
store, which he did, remaining there to
help defend It against further attack.
About 1 o'clock a mtssle was thrown from
the outside, crashing through the window.
Rowland gave Forsythe his pistol and told
him to use it. The negro went out and
shot three times at someone. While ho
was out someone tried to break In the
door, and Rowland asked what they want
ed. The repiy came, "Money and vict
uals." He told the party he had no money
and efTorts to break In the door were re
newed. Rowland finally said: “I will give
you two dollars, all I have.” He then
called to his wife to get the money and
food and bring them to him. He opened the
door, and handed out the money and
some cheese and bread. The negroes
then asked for matches, and Just as they
were being handed to them one of them
fired a pistol, the ball striking Mrs. Row
land in the abdomen. Forsythe was not
seen again until arrested. He dented
committing the crime, but said he knew
who did do It, saying White was the man.
Dogs were put on the trail of the sus
pected niurderers and they were tlnally
captured.
Early to-night citizens began gathering
bent on lynching the prisoners, and it Is
reported here to-night that they accom
plished tt elr ol>;
Adams'Rfllc is In Twiggs county, the
scene of a cold blooded murder of her
husband by old Mrs. Nobles, assisted
by a negro. The manner
in which legal technicalities
have enabled the perpetrators of this
crime, one of the most brutal and horri
ble In the history of the state, to escape
punishment, has led many conservative
people In the county to publicly announce
a determination to appeal to Judge Lynch
and ignore the legal court machinery.
Adams Park Is twenty miles from Ma
con, and has no telegraph station. It wilt
therefore, be 4 or 6 o'clock in the morning
before details of the lynching reach here.
AIUUCKLE SUGAR REFINERY.
The Plant to Have n Capacity of
11,000 Barrels Per Day.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 15.—Ground was
broken to-day for the Arbuckle sugar re
finery In this city on the plot adjoining
the Arbuckle coffee plant. It is the In
tention of the Arbuckies to push the erec
tion of the building with all possible
speed. To this end day and night gangs
will be employed and the plant may bs
In operation by next August. The build
ing will cover the block bounded by John,
Jay and Pearl streets and the river. The
refinery will have a capacity of 6,000 bar
rels per day. The increase from a ca
pacity of 1,300 barrels, which was origin
ally fixed by the Arbuckies, has been made
necessary by the aggressively antagonis
tic attitude of the sugar trust.
Toledo, 0., Jan. 13.—H. O. Havemyer,
the sugar king, accompanied by his right
hand man in the present coffee war. Her
man Sielcken, arrived In this city to-day,
and, according to the statement made by
them the sugar trust intends to change its
tactics in the fight being waged against
Arbuckle Brothers. Sielcken announced
that the plant of the Woolson Spice Com
pany would be quadrupled, that an Im
mense sum of money would be expended
on It and that the trust would become
Arbuekle’s greatest rival la the coffee
business.
FIMIEHMEN ON AN ICES I'l.OK,
I licir Only Chance la to Reach Shore
on Skates.
Marinette, Win., Jan. 15.—At 1:30 o’clock
thU morning a strong Kale sprung up and
the Ice In the bay suddenly began to move
out. Within ten minutes there was a
wide space between the moving Ice and
the shore. A number of fishermen were
on the Ice slgnallln - for help. At 2 o’clock
two boats were manned and all except five
of the fishermen were rescued. For these
five the only hope of safety lies In the fact
that they had skates fin and may reach
the opposite shore. The fishermen say
the only chance of their colaborers Is In
reaching Green Island.
NORTH DAKOTA’S SEN ATORSHIP.
Dr. Bentley the Nominee of the Dem
ocrats mid Populists.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. IB.—The demo
crats and populists have nominated Dr.
Bentley of Bismarck for senator. There
Is no evidence of a break In the republi
can ranks. A formal ballot will be tak
en by both houses next Tuesday, when
Hansbrough will probably get 62 votes and
the election. _
Devlin A Cos. Fall.
New York. Jan. IS.—Devlin A Cos., cloth
iers, assigned (o-day. The liabilities are
estimated at $75,0W. The assets are small.
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< 5 CENTS A COPY. >
I WEEKLY 2-TIMK3-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR (
FLORIDA’S FINANCIAL FLURRY!
BIKDSKY A- CO. PULLED DOWN DK
OCALA’S HANK CRASH.
Tlieir Asset* Largely In Exeeaa ol
Their l.labilltlea nnd Mr. Hlrdaey
Snre He Can Pny In Fall If Glveit
Time—A Shoe Denier Also Reported
to llnve Assigned— No New lle
vrlopnienta Concerning the A (Taira
of the Broken Hunk.
Ocala, Fla., Jan. 15.-8. R. Bird
scy & Cos., denlers in hardware,
groceries and crockery, made an assign
ment to-day to Samuel Blrdsey, son ol
tho senior member of the firm, which id
composed of S. R. and his oldest son, Al
bert H. Blrdsey, who have been in busl
i*ess for the past eight years and were
among Ocala's leading wholesale and re
tail merchants, stood well, did a good
business and were very popular with thij
trade.
The bank failure is the Immediate causa
of their troubles. S. R. Blrdsey was a di
rector In the bank.
Mr. Blrdsey, Sr., feels assured that ll
time is given him he can pay dollar foe
dollar as the assets are largely in excess
of the liabilities. They carry a stock ol
about $20,000.
A. A. Riche, the promoter ol
the Compagnie General deg
Phosphates de La Florida, In
corporated under state laws with a cash
capital of $1,000,000, with mines in opera
tion at Newberry and Trenton, Alachua
county, will take steps Immediately to or
ganize anew bank in Ocala with amplo
capital.
There are no new developments In the
bank failures except that it catches tho
town and county heavily. The old coun
ty treasurer, John W. Stevens, had a set
tlement and proposed to turn over the
funds In his possession, about $4,000, to
A. R. Grlflin, the new official, and tender
ed him a check, which he refused, demand
ing the cash, and It was not forthcom
ing. The old treasurer's bondsmen aro
bank officials.
The school board has Inside of a month
borrowed $1,500 through the bank of the
state treasurer at 2% per cent a year,
which money was to pass through tho
county treasurer's hands. Over half of
this amount was in the treasurer's keep
ing.
The bank had about S9OO of the city'e
money and SS(O of sinking funds without
security and fully SI,OOO of tax money.
President McConnell of the closed bank
Is sick In New York, and his mother Is
here, prostrated at the calamity that has
overtaken her son.
One of the heavy depositors wss Burl
4*e, wtro ram the Dunnaiton Company's
commissary, and had $1,500 on deposit. j
a. C. Stapleton is not an applicant for re
ceiver of the bank, but friends of Z. C.
Chamberliss are working for him for that
position.
It is rumored that J. A. Rowell, a lead
ing shoe tfierchant, has assigned to Jess
M. Neeiy. His stock is estimated at SSOO.
He is said to owe the Merchants bank S7OO
and a New York bank S4OO. HIS liabilities
may reach $2,500.
WATSON’S CONTEST.
His Chance tn Get Blnek’s Seat Seems
Bather Slim.
'Washington, Jan. IC.—lf the Hound
committee on elections is a party to tho
reported combination to seat Tom Wat
son In place of Judge Black, there was
nothing to indicate It at to-day's meet
ing of the committee. The Watson-
Black case was to be considered to-day,
but when the committee assembled sev
eral members stated that the record in
the case is so voluminous that they hava
not had time to digest it—consideration
was thereupon postponed until next Fri
day.
Several members of the committee
the story that has been in circulation
here for some time past, to the effect
that Watson Is to get Judge Black's
scat in return for his assistance to Sen
ator Pritchard in North Carolina. Tho
friends of Judge Black are confident that
the decision of the committee will be In
his favor, notwithstanding the alleged
interference of Mark Hanna in behalf ol
Watson.
KIDDED BY MOONSHINERS.
A Deputy Marshal Shot Dend on Big
Horse.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 15.—A Lexington
dispatch confirms the report of the kill
ing of Deputy United States Marshal W
A. Bird In Breathitt county yesterday-
Bird had arrested Sam Neace for moon
shining, and was riding to Jackson witli
Neace on his horse behind him. Jacob
Neace and Dan Farley, relatives of tha
prisoner, overtook the marshal and de
manded that Neace be released. Neaco
rolled off the horse and his relatives be
gan firing on the officer. Bird returned
the Are, but Jacob Neace shot him
through the breast. Bird then shot Sam
Neace in the leg, when his horse plung
ed Into the river and swam across. When
the animal reached the bank Bird fell
oft dead. This was the third attempt
that the moonshiners had made to kill
him.
Cl RAN EDITOR ARRESTED.
He Is Acencsed of Aiding a Filibus
tering Ei peri I lion.
New York. Jan. 15.—Enrique Trujillo,
editor of the Cuban newspaper El Porve
nlr, was arrested by United States deputy
marshals this afternoon, on complaint of
the Spanish consul. Trujillo is accused of
having aided and abetted a filibustering
expedition, which sailed from this port
on the steamship Horsa on Nov. 9, I89&
He was arraigned before Commissioner
Shields and was put under S2,MO ball for
examination on Saturday. Jan. 23. He fur
nished cash ball.
KEY W EST’S DEFENSES.
The Bids Submitted Rejected by See*
relary I.amont.
Washington, Jan. 15.—The Secretary of
War has rejected all the bids for the con
atruetton of gun and mortar batteries at
Key West, Fla., and has readvertised for
proposals. The lowest bid for this work
was $398,000, but It was Irregular.