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IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA,
M OK THE TWO STATES ITOLD
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H,ins Kept tor Years—Vkinan
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ilacon To-day.
GEORGIA.
T(IP Atlanta Stove Works have out.iown
present quarters and work hal be-
P„ „ n anew factory of more than clible
,1, present capacity.
On last Friday Smith & Towles shipped
from Flovtlla 200 head of beef catii to
jr l,m territory, the second shipmerl of
a l, uu t 400 from that section to the ter
r.torv in the past three months.
A petition is being circulated at Mikon
for signatures for the purpose of ge 4ng
tU Governor to pardon Charley Reiil, aho
is st-rviltg a term of three years in the
penitentiary for killing L. W. Halstca l
At Danielsvllle, Monday night, \\
pai ham was riding his mule in from Mis
work sitting sidewise, when the mule je
,jmp frightened, jumped, throwing h
Parham and kicking him in (he (orchid
und eye, breaking his skull. The docti s
ihmk the blood is settling on his brail,
and that he will die.
V. K. Chestnut, of the division of bota ?
at Washington, is at Atlanta to inves -
gate a peculiar case of poisoning. Abo;
two weeks ago a family named MeM ill
turned some sassafras wood in the grai<4
Shortly after every member of the famiv
was taken desperately sick, and are still
inwell. Mr. Chestnut will investigate, j
Mrs. J. N. Bradshaw died at Covington!
Monday, aged 78 years. Bright's disease
o:' the kidneys was the immediate caus
al her death. Mrs. Bradshaw was one o
, the most prominent ladies in Georgia.. Shu
was a sister of ex-Gov. Neil Brown o
Tennessee, and for several years her hus
band, who died two years ago, was pres
ident of the Southern Masonic Female
College.
The stockholders of the Laurdl Mills
Manufacturing Company, at their annual
meeting at Marietta Monday, elected all
the old officers. The management for the
past year has been very successful, a
profit of 21 per cent, being made, aivj a
dividend of 8 per cent, was passed sp.
This is one of Cobb county's best man
ufacturing industries. It is a woolen mil,
and the outlook for continued good busi
ness is fine.
Mrs. Emma Burks of Montgomery had
a thrilling experience in a cab at Atlanta
Sunday night. She was insulted by the
driver, and was forced to break the gluts
in one of the doors and scream for as
fisiance. While she was doing this tile
ell-man was driving at a furious pace in
an effort to take her, by force to a plade
where help could not reach her. Charles
Franklin, a cabman, is under arrest,
charged with being the guilty man.
As yet no application has been made to
the Governor or the#prison commission for
a commutation of Mrs. Nobles' sentence,
nd they know nothing of it officially.
There are a lot of papers in her case on
; in the Governor's office, and these w ill
h sent to the prison commission by Maj.
Frank Calloway, private secretary of the
iluvernor. The case of Gus Families, Mrs.
Nobles’ accomplice, is in the same siate
r- the woman's, and, unless her sentence
is commuted. Fambies will also be a vic
m of the gallows.
Near Bronwood, Sunday, the only child
Air. and Mrs. George Allen, a little boy
)Ut ten months old, was so severly burn
i that he died abour. an hour afterwards,
r. Allen had been from home and when
returned Mrs. Allen went to the gate
meet him. leaving the baby near the
;. In some way the little fellow rolled
o the fire. Hearing his screams, the
ther and mother ran to him as quickly
possible, but too late to save their baby,
"s. Allen’s hands were badly burned in
/ing to extinguish the lire.
The Lamar will case comes up for a
aring in the Superior Court at* Macon
|L -day before Judge Felton. This is an in
■ esting caset It involves the disposition
a quantity of valuable property lert
1 the late Col. Henry J. Lamar. In his
I he provided that the property be left
act for the next five years. But a part
-1 the property was in cotton and other
1 rishab'e stuff—first, about 1,400 bales of
-i ton which the executors, H. J. and
"alter D. Lamar, say cannot be held
ithout great loss, and they ask for the
reetion of the court as executors of the
ill.
The properties of the Augusta Mining
--rnpany, with headquarters . at Cedar
' i-.vn, were sold Tuesday for $65,000 ut re
viver’s sale, under order of Judge New
ir.in of the Federal Court. The property
"vs bought by J. W. Reinhardt of New
fork for the majority bondholders. The
I perty was sold once before for $35,000
wnh an upset price of $75,000. but Judge
M'wman declined to confirm the sale. As
no upset price was named this lime by the
°"urt, it is thought this will now be con
firmed. The Augusta Mining Company
'as stocked at $1,250,000, and was bonded
for $500,000. It is one of the largest roin
-1-' v corpprations -in the South, and exten
operations areMooked for after the
r rganization of the company.
1 >r. w. R. iMcCrary of Senoia bought one
last week a “ward which doubtless
an Interesting history. The sword was
ight from Edmond Wright, colored, in
hose possession It has been since it was
mured In 1863, near Memphis. Tenn. 1'
i* captured by Col. Cunningham of a
xus regiment, and was taken from an
dicer of the Fifteenth Wlsfonsln Regi-
Bi 'iu of Infantry Volunteers. The name.
'■ I't. Henry Hauff, together with his com
nd as above stated is engraved on the
M oid, and appeals as plainly as when It
*' s put ilicieovof thirty years ago. The
aid Is in an excellent state of preser
'on; is as bright as anew silver dol
' The old negro has taken good care
’' it. Col. Cunningham, after he captured
■ stvord, called suddenly to Rioh
jnd, and he left the sword, with other
ags, In care of this faithful negro, and
1 iructed the ns-gro to keep them until
’• u-turned from Richmond. Capt. Cun-
1 ->■ - glinm never returned, und the negro
-t* kept the sword until now. and being
v- nerd of money reluctantly yielded It to
' u ■ McCrary. Dr, McCrary has written
Ipje llofning ftogi
to Madison, Wis., to see if he can locate
any of the relatives of the captain 10
whom the sword belonged
Macon Telegraph: Nearly all of the
prominent lumber men of the state were
in secret session at the Brown house at
Macon Monday. Among tnose pres
ent were Alartin Amorous of
Pineopolls, D. c. Bacon of Ba
conton, S. J. Hill of Cordele, H. P.
Smart of Savannah, A. G. Smart of At
lanta. J. W. Bivins of Cordele, Joseph
E. Bivins of Cordele, T. B. Cabanlss of
Forsyth. J. W. Oglesby of Quitman
< ame up in the afternoon after the me fi
ll g hail adjourned. Ihe lumbermen would
not tell what they met for, but it seems
to be almost certain that ihe object of the
meeting was to advance the price of lum
ber anil to get all lumbermen to agree to
put the price up. At present Georgia yel
low pine lumber is bringing only $9 per
thousand, whereas spruce pine, which is
much inferior, brings sls. The price of
yellow pir.e a few years ago was sls per
ihousand, but it went down to $7, and
has only recently been raised to $9. Now
the lumbermen want the price still further
advanced, and it is understood that this
was the object of the meeting, although
nothing positive could be learned. The
cost of providing lumber is said to bo
greater now than ever before, on account
of the growing scanty of the timber,
which has to bo hauled, in many instances,
a number of miles instead of l>eing found
light around the mills, as formerly.
FLORIDA.
The annual meeting of the State Press
Association is to be held at De Land on
Alarch 22.
The sales of fertilizer tags for the past
week aggregated $620, representing the tax
on 2,480 tons.
The firm of Phifer & Graham, one of
the largest furniture houses in Gainesville,
ha* been dissolved.
The Kanapaha postoffice is to be dis
continued unless someone is found who
will take the position of postmaster.
H. H. Livingston, a negro burglar, taken
back to Jacksonville from Savannah, has
been sentenced to five years iu the peni
tentiary and to pay SI,OOO fine.
The erection of the new Catholic Church
at Tampa has begun. The church will be
built of brick and granite, and it is esti
mated that the cost will be about SIOO,OOO.
Capt. Samuel Dennette, of the steamer
Pope Catlin, plying between Jacksonville
and Mayport, fell from the hurricane deck
of the steamer Tuesday, breaking his right,
leg just above the knee and cutting sever
al gashes in his face and head.
One of the most important real estate
transfers that has taken place at Kissim
mee this season is the purchase of Sum
merlin Island by Herbert Fleming of Ath
ens, Ga. Tlrc property is a valuable end
very desirable one, and will ba improved.
The St. Augustine Country Club has
closed a contract with the noted bicyclists
now on the Gulf coast to give a series of
races on the one-third-mile track in the
Country Club Park. The date of their ar
rival has not been announced, but it will
be within a few days.
At the election held at Orange Park
Monday, the following officers were elect
ed: Alayor, Joseph D. Parrott; town clerk
and treasurer, William D. Ball; tax col
lector, Edmund N. Holt; marshall, Paul
E. Westcott; councilmen. Thomas J.
Thompson and Earl K. Parrott.
bast Tuesday morning Capt. C. L. Mc-
Kinnon, while on his way to DieFunlak,
was struck by paralysis and fell off his
horse speechless. A negro driver came
along presently, and found him lying there,
and, finding him still and apparently life
less, took him up, put him Into the wagon
and took him to town to the of
his brother, John L. McKinnon, where
he died Wednesday.
The General Electric Company want to
sell out their electric lighting plant in
Ocala, offering it to the City Council of
that place for $13,500. The Ocala Star says
that everything owned by the company In
Ocala I® embraced in this offer—the lot,
power house, engines, boilers, machinery,
dynamos, twenty-two miles of wire on
poles and connections. Under this offer
the company turns over to the city a large
established and well paying business.
Tampa Tribune: A letter was received
Sunday night by J. V. Espinosa, an em
ploye of T. AI. Bush & Cos., in which his
Havana correspondent stated that positive
information had been received by him to
tne effect that a conspiracy had been
formed by certain Spaniards to blow i p
the Maine, and now that the job was done,
and the conspirators had not be,en paid the
amount of money promised them, they feel
disjiosed to expose who had hired them to
do the dastardly deed. The letter was not
"sinned, but the writer claimed that he was
well acquainted with Mr. Espinosa.
The worst hail storm ever known at
Lochloosa, occurred at 3:15 p. m. Saturday.
Hailstones as large or larger than hen's
eggs fell as thick as rain for about thirty
minutes, and the wind blew a gale. Much
damage was done to orange trees and veg
etables. The large barn of Fowler & Bon
wa blown down, and their fine buggy
horse narrowly escaped being killed. All
the smokestacks at rhe sawmill went
down, and considerable other damage was
done to the mill. The windows in every
house in town exposed to the weather
were broken and household goods were
greetiy damaged by the rain. F. E. Wil
burns & Cos. had a few dry goods damaged
by water. The sloop Swan, belonging to F.
B Stephens, was damaged some by being
driven against the wharf. Several small
buildings were blown down. No one was
injured.
POLITICS J.\ GEORGIA.
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Sam Jones mid Berner Son the
Theme of the Editorials.
! Tall-otton New Era: Georgia is bound to
' have a good Governor, whether Atkinson
i or Candler, Berner or Garrard wins. They
! arc good men, ns every one admits.
I ' Thomasvllle Times Enterprise; When
Bob Berner planted himself on an antl
! railroad and anti-corporation platform, it
j is thought that ho took the wind out of At
ginson's sails.
Rome Tribune: Rev. Sam Jones failed to
; say whether h candidacy was subject to
! nomination by the Democratic party. We
| take it that he mttfns to run as an mde
i pendent. . .
i Waycross Herald-: Sam Jones utterly de-
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 189S.
pends upon the Topullsts and the Prohlbl- j
tionj>ts,to elect him Governor. It is not
probable that either party will give him a
solid vote.
Brunswick Times: Sam Jones knows a
good advertisement. He’ll get enough noto
riety out of the Gubernatorial campaign to
pack his meetings and fill his contribution
box for years to come.
Cordele Sentinel: Sam Jones will never
be Governor of Georgia, but he will make
a wdrffi race with the boys and give them
plenty to do. if Sam Is in earnest there is
fun ahead to say the least of It.
Telfair Enterprise: The best thing to be
done in the Gubernatorial premises, is to
nominate the Hon. Henry G. Turner. He's
all right.
The Macon Telegraph thinks Mr. Ber
ner should aspire to the position of rail
road commissioner, if he really desires to
con trot the roailfy
Valdosta Times: Sam Jones' platform of
‘‘pen up the bropcos and turn out the
thoroughbreds" is good. And the Rev.
Samuel was looking beyond the state ot
Georgia when he said it.
Douglas Breeze: When we see such men
as Henry G. Turner, taking no part in the
affairs of the state we are almost per
suaded to say ding politics any how. The
small fry are in the majority and appear
invincible'!
Mr. Candler is a member of the Baptist
Church.
Atlanta Journal: It may be taken for
granted that if Mr. Jones enters Ihe Gu
bernatorial campaign at all It will not be
as an aspirant for the Democratic nomina
tion. He has often asserted his independ
ence of that organization, has frequently
opfSostffl its regularly nominated candi
dates and its proclaimed principles. Air.
Jones, if he comes inlo the race at all,
then, will enter it on his own platform and
not on that of any party, he will be his
own candidate and not the candidate of
any organization.
Macon Newg: Sam Jones says Allen D.
Candler is one of the biggest and best men
God put in Georgia. And Sam never
lust'd a Ultle man or a mean man In his
life.
Macon Telegraph: Sam Jones seems to
be the center rush In the game, and two
or three tackles besides. Some of his
jokes will be regarded ns rather grlnj.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: In another
column is published the announcement, or
whatever else it may be called, of Rev.
Sam Jones. We can only say of It that
It is a disappointment. Not a disappoint
ment because he does not come squarely
out as a candidate for Governor, but be
cause of the substance of the communica
tion. It may be lack of appreciation
of true wit and humor, but to our minds
the effort isf one of the weakest attempts
to “be funny-" and one of the most dis
mal failures that we have ever seen in
print.\ Jhe high opinion entertained of
Air. Jones only makes this volume of buf
foonery that he has thrust upon the peo
ple the less acceptable.
THE OMAHA EXPOSITION,
Some Fuels Showing How It Mnj Be
Made to Lower the Tax Rate.
Editor of the Morning News: So far as
my knowledge goes, I do not believe there
has been, in the history of the state, a
more general desire to hold office—munici
pal, county and state—than prevails at the
present day. Wherever there Is an office
open to be filled, with a salary attached
and some possible honor, there is a vigor- |
ous effort to displace the incumbent, by!
naif a dozen or more worthy citizens, who I
have special reforms to introduce.
• The most general line of reform propos
ed, as It seems to be considered the most |
popular, is the reduction of the tax rate
and the saving, thereby, of the money of
the people.
The people throughout the state have
been anxiously awaiting some satisfactory
solution of the question, ami they seem
quite ready to support any candidate
municipal, county or state—who can con
tinue and possibly improve our state, city
and county institutions, and at the same
time, largely remove the ourdens of taxa
tion.
So far as I have yet seen, only one possi
ble candidate for high office has advocated
the reduction of appropriations, as the best
means for reducing the tax rate. This pol
icy would certainly accomplish the de
sired end. if the cut should be made deep
enough, but the distinguished gentleman in
question has had the candor to say that
he does not believe he could be elected on
such platform.
I am, personally, more inclined to in
crease state afipropriations than to re
duce them.
If the people of Georgia are to maintain
a state university at all, such institution
should be commensurate with the pride of
the people of the Empire State of the
South, and equal in all its equipments and
appliances to similar institutions main
tained by any state in the union. To do
this would require either greater tax val
ues or a higher tax rate upon present val
ues.
If the state School of Technology de
serves anything at the hands of our gen
eral assembly, it deserves all that may be
needed to prepare the boys of this stale
to measure up, equally, with the boys of
Massachusetts, New York, or indeed, the
foremost state among the most progress
ive. The last general assembly, instead of
making suitable appropriation to so equip
‘this school, is now calling upon individual
citizens to support this state Institution,
by private contribution.
There is no more worthy institution In
this state than the Georgia Normal School,
located at Athens. The board of directors
for this institution, at their last session,
passed a resolution, limiting the attend
ance upon this school to two hundred and
twenty students, -because there Is not now
sufficient room in the buildings to accom
modate more applicants. During a re
cent visit to Athens, I was informed thjt
there are now on file more than six hun
dred applications that must be rejected.
This school is at the very foundation of
our whole public school system, and, yet,
it would seem that we are seeking to cut.
off the very small appropriation that now
gives it Its limited life.
No candidate, 1 am su. would lake one
doHar trom the GlrH’ Industrial anil Nor
mal School, now doing such gratifying and
successful work for the bright and indus
trious young women of the state, who are
being so thoroughly well prepared for the
duties of life, through their personal sup
port.
So I might continue through the cata
logue, naming, separately, the worlhy in
stitutions maintained by the state. /Bad
suggesting a groat increase, rather than
the smallest reduction of appropriation*.
in view of these conditions, I may be
pardoned for saying that It has been a
mattei of profound astonishment to inc
thai the candidates offering for public
place In our municipalities, counties and
the state, have not bethought themselves
to discuss before the people the increase
of our tax values as a direct means of re
lief, rather than advocate the reduction
of the tax rate, without any scgg?stion
as to how it is to be done.
Asa way has been provided, looking to
the very much desired end. it has been a
matter of greater astonishment, If possi
ble, that these public-spirited gentlemen
have not speedily seized upon it and given
it generous support and munificent contri
bution, as the basis, not only of their
election to orifice, but the means of speedy
and permanent relief for the people.
In order that the general public may he
fully assured that the policy 1 am about
to suggest is the best that can be possi
bly conceived, I beg to call attention to
the following letter, addressed to me by
Hon. William A. Wright, controller gen
eral for this state:
Atlanta, Oa., Oct. 23. 1896.—Ex-Gov. W.
J. Northen, Alanager Georgia Immigration
and Investment Bureau, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—l write to congratulate you up
on the marvelous results accomplished
through the agency of your bureau, thus
far, In the development of the resources
of the state.
I have watched with growing Interest
the progress of your work, yet I was hard
ly prepared to believe it possible to ac
complish so much in so short a time as
has been indicated by the tax returns to
this office.
The returns for the county of Irwin, for
the year 1896, as of file in this office, show
values amounting to $2,037,195, as against
the returns of the previous year—51,305,341,
or an increase of $732,854 in less than a year
consequent upon the settlement of the
Fitzgerald colony.
If your work for the next few years
shall at all keep pace with what has been
done In Irwin county, the burdens of gov
ernment will be. so generally distributed
that the individual citizen will be greatly
relieved as to taxation.
I bespeak for you the hearty co-opera
tion of the people of this state, and the
very best success in your work for the
common good. Yours truly.
Wiillam A. Wright,
Controller General.
If the above results could be accom
plished through advertisement and person
al correspondence, what wouid be possi
ble if an attractive object lesson, made
by the display of our resources at some
such place as the Trans-Alississlppl and
International Exposition, to be held at
Omaha, Neb., this Year, where thousands
of homeseekers and Ihvestors sould be,
thereby, attracted and millions of dollars
added to the lax values of the state?
Every time a farm is made, from any
part of the unoccupied land In Georgia,
the burden of taxation is lifted that i/iuch
from every citizen in Georgia.
Every time a bed of granite or a quarry
of marble is awakened from the slumber
of centuries, and put into building stone,
street pavements, statues and monuments,
we have another reduction of the tax rate,
and the people thereby relieved from tax
ation.
Every time a water power is arrested In
its mad freltings and harnessed to the
machinery of a mill, it scatters money
upon the farms, in the stores and in the
shops of our people, and It will not only
decrease the tax rate, but authorize the
general assembly to maintain, through the
state treasury, all state institutions wor
thy of our opportunities and necessary to
the best Interests of the people.
Who can compute the large Increase in
tax values in this slate, when our geld,
manganese, Iron, coal, timber, building
stones, clays and other Interests shall have
been fully developed?
The only question with the candidates
and the officials who now hold public of
fice, seeking to relieve the people from
the‘burdens of taxation, should be to de
termine the best way to increase ouv tax
values.
The general assembly evidently believed
the best way would be found In making a
magnificent display of the state’* resources
at Omaha.
The Governor certainly agreed with the
general assembly in this opinion. He ap
pointed the commission authorized hjr the
general assembly to take the mattsF in
hand, and begin at once the work commit
ted to them.
The commission, after due consideration,
agreed with the general assembly and the
Governor, in believing that a magnificent
opportunity had come to the state to in
crease our tax value, by a Worthy repre
sentation of the slate at Omaha. Thu ac
cepted the appointment, and went ijldus
triously to work, neglecting their personal
business, vvUhout compensation, for the
good of the* late._There Is not a member
of this commission who is a candidate for
any political office, and yet they are work
ing, laboriously, to decrease the tax rate,by
increasing the tax values of thfe state.
The recent convention of manufacturers,
held In this city, agreed with the general
assembly, the Governor, and the commis
sion, and by rising vote, endorsed the
movement, and promised ail possible help
to aid in the efforts made by the commis
sion to decrease the tax trite of the state.
As the constitution of the state, strange
to say, does not allow an appropriation of
public money for this purpose, and the
consequent high tax rale would, probably,
not authorize such expenditure, the • um
mission began appealing to municipalities,
counties, railroads, business men, officials
and candidaies, to secure the amount of
money necessary to successfully carry out
the work entrusted to them.
The municipalities and countie*, where
the subject has been presented through
the commission, have given enthusiastic
endorsement and generous aid.
Letters were addressed to the official*
of ail the railroads in this stale, Indicat
ing. In each Instance, the umoqnt of
money, In the Judgment of the commis
sion, that ought to be contributed by lliesp
sev -ial lines. It I* gratifying Jo report
fh:i t prompt reply come from the leading
r.i i’.i ids, readily accepting th* amounts
n: .ed. a,nd aggregating about one-fourth
tl:< moif'nt necessary to install and main
l • the state's exhibit at Omaha.
T * commission is in receipt of letters
from' business men throughout the state
making favorable reply, and inclosing the
amount of money asked for.
Unless wg have corresponding encour
agement from other source# the commis
sion will be compelled to abandon all ef
fort and decline to make application for
space at th Omaha exposition.
Casting about for othetf, sources of help,
personal letters have be<.n addressed to
every member of Congress, asking for a
small contribution—ss each— to enable the
commission to succesafully accomplish the
work so important to the interests of the
state. To these letters we have had four
replies* '
S mllar letters, asking for the am>A
amount, were add*e#aed to the state house
officials. To these we have had seven re
plies.
i Similar letter*, asking for the same
amount, were addressed to tht Judge* and
solicitors of all Ihe courts in Ihe state.
To these we have had five replies.
Similar letters, asking for the same
amount, have been addressed to all the
members of the general assembly of the
state. To these letters we have had four
replies.
If the commission finally falls in the ef
fort we are making to Increase Jhe lax
values of municipalities, counties, and tne
state, and, in that way. reduce the tax
rate, the misfortune will not be because of
lack of interest on the part of municipali
ties, the counties and the railroads, that
have promptly subscribed the amount ask
ed from them.
If our lax values remain the same, ana
our tax rate continues high, the members
of the commission will have the satisfac
tion to know that they have done their
very best, at great personal sacrifice and
personal expense, lo bring about the con
dilions so earnestly desired by an over
burdened people.
The commission had reason to believe
that the best resource for revenue for the
state’s advancement and the consequent
relief of the )>eople would he found in pub
lic officials, who have for years drawn
Iheir support from the public fund, anil
from other patriotic citizens who, as can
didates for office, are themselves seeking
salaries from the people's money, that
help. In some measure, to make high tax
rate.
The presentation made herein stales the
facts, as they have come to the commis
sion.
ING.AI.I, FINDS LOST FRIEND.
Ilnn A\ ho IHNii|i|tcnred From liniisns
33 Tears Ago Liven in Ueorgln.
From the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
The visit of ex-Unlted States Senator
John J. Ingalls of Kansas to Macon two
days ago brought to light a story of the
identification in the person of Capt. \V.
AV. Anderson of Jackson, Ga., as Francis
Marlon Leeland, whose mysterious dis
appeared from Air. Ingall's home town
In Kansas •' thirty-three years ago. The
story is a strange one, and it will be read
with interest by the hundreds of friends
of Capt. Anderson throughout the state.
Capt. Anderson Is a promineni attor
ney of Aliddle Georgia, and he has resid
ed at Jackson many years. He has never
spoken of his former life in Kansas, and
the revelation of his career there and
mysterious -disappearance and now his
identificatipn by Senator lngalls‘lends ad
ditional interest and co or to the story.
Mr. Ingalls was in a reminiscent mood
while talking to a reporter of the Macon
Telegraph lasi Sunday, and in telling
stories of Kansas he related the history
of a man who formerly lived in Atchison
and who was a prominent lawyer then*.
He was known as Francis Marion Lee
land, and he said he was from Perry. Ga.
He had a big law practice and had ac
cumulated about sl,ooo in properly and
money during the time of his residence In
Atchison. Mr. Ingalls knew him well and
was shocked one day to hear that Air.
Leeland had been drowned while attempt
ing to cross a frozen creek. He doubted
the story told by a man who had been en
gaged to carry the lawyer to another
town, but I here was no way to establish
the fact of 'Mr. Leeland’a disappearance,
and the story of the driver of the convey
ance was accepted. Years brought no
news of Iceland and his property was
left without a proper and legal guardian.
Mr. Ingalls hud nb idea of ever hearing
of his friend Leeland again, and it was
only in casual conversation that he men
tioned the incident. Inquiry was made
at Perry, Ga., but no such-lawyer as Lee
land had ever been known there. But
lha description of Leeland by Senator In
galls was so appropriate to Copt. Ander
son of Jackson, Gs , that friends of the
latter suspected that the two men were
one and the same. It was recalled thal
Capt. Anderson had mysteriously disap
peared from Georgia In the sixties and that
a few years later he had as mysteriously
returned. He declined to say where he
had been and his friends know nothing
of his life in Kansas.
Yesterday Capt. Anderson Was confront
ed with the story of the life of Leeland
and he is quoted as having admitted that
he is the same man who lived in Atchison
as Leeland. He Is now about 70 years
old. but is still active and practicing law.
He had always been regarded as eccen-
and his friends are not surprised to
herfr of the queer life and history of the
man In Kansas.
An effort was made to bring about a
meeting between Senator Ingalls and Capt.
Anderson, but as the captain was at Butts
Cougily Superior Court yesterday the two
failed to meet. To-morrow Mr. Ingalls
will pass through Jackson on his way to
H( unswick. and he has telgraphed Capt.
Anderson to meet him at the train. There
seems to bo no doubt of the fact that Capt.
Anderson is the same man who lived in
Kansas, and every fact in connection with
the case convinces Mr. Ingalls that the
man is the same who practiced law in
Atchison and who went away and loft
many thousand dollars worth of property.
That was more than thirty years ago, and
£apt. Anderson could not secure posses
sion of his property now should he decide
to return to Kansas, It is said.
A IILA/,K AT W A ACROSS.
One Resilience llllrneil mill Nls Olliers
Sllwhlly Affected.
Way cross, Ga., Feb. 22.—The residence
of 1 ■ D. Weed caught fire early this morn
ing, and was totally destroyed. It was
Just nearing completion. A negro was em
ployed to stay there last nlghl and keep a
fire in the fire place of a room Just plas
tered, and it is probable that he built too
lurge a fire and fell asleep about day
break. Dr. T. S. Baltic's new house on
the same block was scorched on-one side.
The sparks were bk>wn across several
blocks, catching fire on the roofs of four
or five more residence*. The fire compan
ies did prompt work, arid prevenled any
considerable damage outside of the origi
nal fire. Mr. Weed's house was Insured
for $1,500. The other houses were Insured.
—Mr. Justice Brewer tell* some curious
l coincidents concerning the members of the
United States Supreme Court. The Judges
are seated on the bench on e ther side of
the Chief Justice, In the order of (he date
of their appointments, the senior at the
right, the second at the left aruT so so.
Before the retirement ot Justice Field, on
the right of the Chief Justice were seated
the three colors. Justices Gray, Brown and
Whit*. None of the associates who snt
on the right of the Chief-Justice had chll
dren. Every associate who sat upon tne
left had a large family, and all but Judge
Peckhain had grandchildren.
LEADING MARKETS HIGHER.
\\ ADVANCE OF 1-DI CENT ON SPOT
COTTON.
Middling; Quoted nt 3 11-10 Cento.
The Demand Good—Spirit* Turpen
tine drill n ::* Cento Hid tor the
OtTeVlngo— Honlii Firm anil In
(hiing-d. With nn \dviinelng Ten.
deucy on Some Grades—Wholesale
Markets Steady.
Savannah, Feb. 23.—The markets opolied
Him after the holiday, and the demand in
ali de|>artment9 was good. Colton advanc
ed 1-llic on nil grades, but the offerings
were light, and transactions small. Spirits
turpentine was Itrni at 33c hid for the offer
ings. The rosin market was firm, with
fairly large sales, at a part advance on O
grade. The wholesale markets were
steady ami unchanged
There was a report published in to day's
Northern papers to the effect that the
American Sugar Refinery CoimpanyTnTchd
making sweeping reductions in re fin eel
sugar. A telegram received by a prom
inent loeal broker from the company suit
ed that the report Is absolutely falseJVtnd
that Hie marke t Is sternly, with an excel
lent demand.
Tile following p some of the different
markets, both local and telegraphic, will
show the tone and the quotations at tiie
close to-day:
COTTON.
The futures mark- t favored an advance
to-day, and local spots rose !-16c on all
grades. There was a go<x! demand, but
very little was offered. The f. o. b. sales
were fairly large. At the Cotton Ex
change, at the lirsi call, the market was
.bulletined firm at 1 -Pie advance all around,
with no sales reported. At the second i O
it was unchanged, with sales of 57 bales.
At the last call the market closed firm
an-1 unchanged, with further sales of 418
bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling .41
Middling 5 11-16
Low middling 5%
Good ordinary 5 1-16
Market firm; sales, spot, 475; f. o. b., 1,175.
Sea Island Cotton- The market was quiet
and steady. The quotations Were unchang
ed, as follows: .
Extra choice IHoridas 14 tgls
Choice Floridas 13‘a
Extra line Floridan 13
Fancy Georgias 12%*13
Extra choice Georgias 12 0 12%
Choice Georgias 11 *ll%
Extra fine Georgias 10%
•Fine Georgias 3 @ 5' i
Medium fine Georgias 8%
Common Georgias 8
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts yesterday 4.070
Receipts this and ly 3,363
Receipts tills (lay last year 3,237
Receipts this day year before last .. I,BBt
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1887... 1,038 111
Same lime last year 713,7110
Same time year before last 638.820
Exports, coastwise, tills day 3,589
Stock on hand this day 93,752
Same day last year 67,276
Receipts anil Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 23,552
This day last week 32,702
This day last year 13,845
This day year before last 14,20.8
Receipts past five days 112,088
Same days last year 64,445
Same days year before last 63,550
Total receipts Since Sept. 1, 1897.. .7,228,897
Same time last year 5,869,804
Same time year before last 4,389,149
Stock at the ports to-day 1,243.999
Slock same day last year 923,346
Receipts This Week Last Year—
Saturday 14,127 Wednesday 13,845
Monday 20,377 Thursday ,„V, 9,240
Tuesday 16,096 Friday 10,766
Daily movements nt other ports—
Galveston—Steady; middling, 5 13-16 e; net
receipts, 5,408; sales, 984; stock, 194,022.
New Orleans—Steady: middling, 5 9-16 c;
net receipts, 4,231; sabs, 7,300; s’oek, 563,533.
Mobile—Nothing doing; middling, s%c;net
receipts, 651; stock, 44,035.
Charleston—Quiet; middling, 5%c; net re
ceipts, 1,838; stock, 27,625.
Wilmington—Steady; middling, 5%c; net
receipts, 392; stock, 19,323.
Norfolk—Firm; middling, 54sc; net re
ceipts, 1,134; sales, 368; stock, 61,111.
Baltimore Nominal; mlddPng, 614 c; net
receipts, 155; stock, 36,132.
New York—Dull, hut steady; middling,
614 c; net receipts, 1,795; stock, 195,807.
Boston—Nothing doing.
Philadelphia—Firm; middling,'6%c; sales,
362; stock, 11,025.
Dally movements at Interior towns—
Augusta—Firm; middling, 6c; net re
ceipts, 233; sales, 752; stock. 55,116.
Memphis—Steady; middling, 5%c; net re
ceipts, 2,716; sales, 1,460; stock, 114,544.
St. Louis—Firm; middling, 611-16c;net re
ceipts, 2,651; sales, 1,095; stock, 70,432.
LouisVille—Middling, 3%c.
Exports of Cotton This Day—
Galveston—To Great Britain, 3,822; con
tinent, 5,044.
New Orleans—To Groat Britain. 1,214.
6a vannah—Coast wise, 3,589.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 1,487.
New York-To Great Britain, 4,713;
France, 1,187; cohtlnent, 1.862.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day; To Great Britain, 9,779; to Franoe, 6,-
231; to the continent, 5,962.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
fur this week: To Great Britain, 62,771;
to France, 7,016; to the continent, 27,319.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1897:
To Great Britain, 2,506,812: to France, 658,-
454; to the continent, 1,027,923.
Liverpool, Feb. 23.—Cotton, spot, good
business done; prices higher; Amerlean
middling fair, 3 13-16<1; good middling,
3 9-16d; American middling, 3 13-32d; low
middling. 3%d; good ordinary. 3 3-32d; or
dinary. 2 5-16d. Bales of the day w*re, 12,-
PJO bales, of which 1,000 were for specula
tion and export, .and Included 10,500 Amer
ican; receipts 100 bales, all American.
Futures ora-ned steady, with a fair de
mand and closed barely steady; American
middling, low middling clause, February,
5.22d, buyers; Febmary-March, 3.22d, val
ue; .Mnrch-April. 2.22d, sellers- Aprll-May,
3.22d. buyers; May-June, 3.2203.23d, sellers;
June.-July, 3.22@0.23d, buyers, July-August,
3.23d, buyers; August-Septembcr, 3.23d,
buyers; Septcmber-Octoter, 3.23@3.24d, sell
ers; October-November, 3.23*3.24d, sellers;
November-December, 3.23* 3.24d, sellers.
New York, Feb. 23.—The Liverpool mar
ket, stimulated by advices of a favorable
character touching the situation in West
Africa, made a sharp advance, while the
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markets in the country remained closed
yesterday. Our market following the Llv
erpool gain of 2-64 lo 3-64d oil futures, with
spot sales aggregating 2,000 bales, at an
advance of 1-frid, opened firm, at an ad
vance of 9012 poinis. Following the call
there was a still further advance of 1 to
3 points, after which the feeling was eas
ier, ns the result of a disposition to real
-17,- The afternoon market was without
particular feature, with the close quiet at
a net gain of 8 points.
New York, Feb. 23, 4 p. m.—Cotton fu
tures closed quiej; sales, 198,300 bales; Feb
ruary, 6.COc; March. 6.01 c; April, 6.01 c;
'May, 6.08 c; June, 6.11 c; July, 6.14 e; August,
6.17 c; September, 6.16 c; October, 6.1E0; No
vember, 0.15 c: December. 6.18 c.
New Orleans. La., Feb. 23.—Cotton fu
tures barely steady; sales. 31,100; Febru
ary nominal; March, 5.59*6.61c; April, 5.64
"if. 66c; May, 5.700.71 e; June, 5.75*5.76c;
July, 5.79* 5.80 c; August. 5.82®5.83c; Sep
tember, s.B4*iyßsef October, 5.85*5.87c; No
vember; 5.50*5.87c; December, 5.88* 5.89 c.
New York, Feb. 23.—Hiordan & Cos. say
of cotton: "To the surprise of the trade,
the Liverpool cotton market developed
considerable activity over our holiday and
prices there were four sixty-fourths high
er than on Monday, when this market
opened to-day. The advance there was at
tributed to an improved political outlook, in
Europe and to scarcity of offerings from
the South. The rise caught tile shorts nap
ping and they were liberal buyers at the
opening here ut an advance of from 8 to 13
points.
After the opening, commission houses
were free sellers to liquidate and prices
eased. May opened at 6.12 e, advanced to
6.13 c, declined slowly to 6.08c,.and closed
at that figure, with the tone of me market
quiet.
The movement is somewhat more mod
erate, and the Southern markets are firm.
The stubbornness of the market is gain
ing cotton many friends. The uncertainty
concerning the outcome of the Maine dis
aster continues to unsettle confidence."
DRY GOODS.
New York, Feb. 23.—The outlook In tha
dry goods market Is very bright to-day.
Olieralors In both the first hand and Job
bing markets are kept busy looking after
visiting buyers, who are now here in
large numbers. Moll orders In all lines
were reported excellent. The day wafc one
calculated to put sellers In the best of
humor, and In the main It did so. The
price situation In all lines of cotton goods,
particularly In staple cottons, Is a very
strong one.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turiientlne—The demand contin
ued .strong and there were sales mule of
nearly all of the offerings. At the Bomd
of Trade, at the first call, the mark-t avas
bulletined firm at 33c, with sales of 111
casks. At the last call the market closed
firm at 33c bid, with no sales re-porte.l.
Rosin—There was a good demand for
rosin to-day, and the tone of the market
was firm. At the first call, at the Board
of Trade, the market was bulletined firm
und unchanged, wltii sales of aO6 barrels
reported. At the last call the market clos
ed firm, with a part advance of 5c on O
grade; others unchanged. The reported
sales were 1,163, ut Ihe following quota
tions:
A, B, C $1 21) I $1 63
D 1 20 K lit
E 1 25 M 1 80
F 1 2714 N 1 95
G 1 35*1 40 WG 2 60
II I 60 W W 225
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock April 1, 1897 4,836 177,339
Received this day 471 S,(MM
Received previously 302,326 1,078,89*
Total 307.633 1,#1,236
Exports to-day 370 482
Exports previously 287,861 1,076,614
Total since April 1, 1897. .288,231 1,077.096
Stock on hand this day 19,403 184,110
Stock same day last year.. 18.895 263,800
Receipts same day last year. 118 1,600
Chntleston, S. C„ Feb. 23.—Turpentine,
firm at 32c; stiles, none. Rosin, firm and
unchanged; sales, none.
Wilmington, Feb. 23.—Spirits turpentine
firm at 32%@33c. Rosin firm at $1.200)1.25.
Crude turpentine firm at $1.5002.00. Tup
steady.
New York, Feb. 23.—Rosin steady, $1.42%.
Spirits turpentine firm, 35%c.
HICK.
Market firm and active. The following
quotations are for round lots In first
hands:
Fair 4 !%
Good 4440)45*
Prime 444*5
Choice 5%03%
Rough—7sc to sl.lO per bushel.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange-The market is
steady. The following are the net Savan
nah quotations: Commercial demand,
$4.8544; Sixty days, $4.82%; ninety days,
$4.81%; francs, Parla and Havre, sixty
days, 5.22%; Swiss, sixty days, 5.24%;
marks, Bixty days, 9444.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks lira
buying at par and selling as follows: Up
to $25. 10c premium; $25 to SSO, 15c premium;
SSO to SIOO. 20c premium; S2OO to SI,OOO %
per cent, premium: SI,OOO and over, $1 per
SI,OOO.
Securities—lnactive and very dull. Buy
ers und sellers well apart.
Stocks and Bonds.—State Eonds~-Geor
gia 3% per cent, bonds of 1930, 107 bid,
asked; Georgia 3% per cent., due 1915, ’O6
bkl, asked; Georgia 4% per cent, bonds,
1915, 117 bid, 118 asked: Georgia 4 per cent
due 1920, 112 bid. asked; South Carolina
4%5, 108 bid, 109 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 7 per cent., 0)3 bid
asked; Augusta 4%5, i—, 102 bid, 1(4
asked; Augusta 7 lr cent., 105 bid. 106
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 107 bid ’OB
asked; Columbus 5 per cent., 103% bid ’;0B%
asked; Macon 0 iter cent., 115 bid, lIT ask
ed ; Macon 4%5, 1926, 103 bid, 105 asked; Sa
vannah 5 i>er cent, quarterly April cou
pons, 110% bid, 111% asked; Savannah 5 ;>er
cent., quarterly May couftons, 110 hid,
116% asked: Charleston 4s, 93 b!d. 96 ask -d.
Railroad Bond-—Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. 4nterest coupons, 117 bid, 118
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, duo
1924, 108% bid, 109% asked; Cen
tral Railroad and Banking Company col
lateral 6s, 51 bid, 91% asked; Central of
Georgia Railway first mortgage. ss, 50-
year gold bonds. 116 bid, 117 asked; Central
of Georgia Railway first consolidated
mortgage ss. 91 bid, 92 asked; Central
of GeorglaTtallway first preferred incomes.
41 bid, 42 asked; Central of Qeorgia
Railway second preferred incomes, 13 bid,
14 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
third preferred incomes, 7 bid, 7% asked;
I Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910,114 bid, 115 asked;