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most trains are on time.
kTIUKE SITTATIOW OX SOUTHERN
SEEMS ITNCHASGED.
Tl.r.nt.nHUt Letter Sent to the Wife
„ f „„ omolßl— freuldent Powell Ex-
Satiflfaetlon and Saya the
1 r ipht Blockade Is Growlnfi
I> I > —nepree* tea the Wire Cut
,,,l Some of tlie Diviaiona.
Hid I road Men Say the Strike 1m
( t< April 15.—The situation in the
rs’ strike on the Southern Rail
s |.radically unchanged.
*l. , „r. atest delay to any passenger
.ring the day was one hour, and
<re or two trains failed to make
v .}. ink- time into Atlanta,
v, j S. B. Thompson, wife of the as
u . general superintendent of the
n Railway, received an anonymous
i r iwo days ago while her husband
'll of town, saying that Mr. Thomp
‘ be killed if he “did not quit his
lvi *. , -out the strike.” Mrs. Thompson
,:.so threatened. Mr. Thompson
t ., , iiie matter lightly and says the
‘ .i i‘ ation is evidently from some*
, h>ilv A , is inflamed against the railroad
iu of the strike. The letter is in
-raphy of a telegrapher and the
el , t,. ars an Atlanta postmark.
M rii. ini son says both passenger and
f... trains are moving on time and
t , , n'y trouble the road is exper
j , ~ is from wire cutting. The com
j.an however, has offered rewards in
t . us , ~ t this kind and hopes to have the
interruptions cease.
Satisfactory Says Powell,
f, id- id Powell of the telegraphers, to
,lL ; L-ave out the following from his
fc, , j.juarters in the Kimball House:
TANARUS., conditions to-night are entirely
siti t i t >ty to the men. Telegrams re
i(; ,i by me from every division of the
. -n indicate a feeling of unrest and
dissatisfaction on the part of the train
a ,-..i .tuine men of the system as a result
of the wreck on the Mobile division last
n.:ii 1 understand one fireman*was fa
te;, and two trainmen seriously injured
i two engines wrecked. This has
h . -I.t home to the trainmen and engine
m*n the danger of attempting to operate
j freight trains.
"My action in declaring a boycott
I against the Southern has brought a large
i.umber cf tel-grams to-day from ticket
~nl freight agents on every railroad of
any nonsequence fiom Maine to Cali
f rnia promising support.
■a iriu-ral Manager Gancn of the South
ern has wired a large telegraph college
at St. Louis to send*as many students as
possible to take the strikers’ places.
“The freight blockade at the main di
vision p ints of the road Is growing daily.
The company is unable to move this bus
iness because the tracks are being kept
clear for nassenger trains.
“I am preparing a le(ter to the business
men and shippers of the South asking
their assistance and support in this strug
gle and asking them to divert their busi
ness to other lines.”
Deprecatci* Wire Cutting:.
Mr Powell deprecates the reported cut-
I ting of wires and says:
“If wires have been cut it is my opin-
I ion that the work has been done by .the
j railroad company’s officials or agents for
I the purpose of creating the impression
| tin• th- strikers are adopting unlawful
I nv thuds in conducting the strike.
The i- legraphers are receiving the en-
I oourauvment of every class of railroad
I in n and organized workingmen, and I
I am in receipt of a great many communi-
I catl-ms pledging support, financial and
I moral.”
I’ANMAtiEII THAIXS ON TIME.
I Kail road Men f>ay They Are Also
IlnmlilnK Frelglitn.
I Asheville, N. C., April 15.—A1l passenger
I trains on the Southern Railway arrived
I and departed on time here to-day. Rail-
I road authorities say arrangements are
I p- rf, cted for moving six freight trains
I each way on all divisions in North Caro-
I lina to-night.
I Th- Western Union has established con
-8 ' 'ion west and south, which enables It
8 t-i handle all business except to local
■ T’°i.:•=. Wires are still being cut in local
■ territory. Railroad and Western Union
■ people say they have operators in abund-
I ance. hut there is shortage in linemen.
MVS'HE GOT FIFTEEN MEN.
I Striker ( lainiM New Sleu Also Left
tlie Southern.
!| Selma, Ala., April 15.—R. L. Howell,
■ flav operator for the Southern in Mobile,
■ arrived in Selma this evening, claiming
have relieved the Southern Railway of
-n operators between here and Mo
| bib.
1 1 -• operators took the places of strik
■ rrs who obeyed the call of President
■ Powell and went out. They are all in
■ Selma in charge of Mr. Howell. No
iff. mge is reported in the situation in
M'll.lt TIIE WIRE FITTERS.
■ ' „t CnrllMle Refused to Give I p
■lis Office.
I ' ••him:, S. C.. April 15.—Vice President
| "i the Order of Railway Teleg
■*‘l ii has !>een staying at a hotel here
g a w-, k. Wire cutting has been in pro-
Hf rr ‘ s ' "i 1 the lines on this division, and
I ‘ and tlie cutters have gone out from
£ Supt. Welles has posted reward*
I * for information leading to each
■kin v h i ion.
| at Carlisle, having refused
■ t 1 dor his office to the man sent
■ i ik- charge, resisting with a revolver,
■ ' w acrintendent went up on a special
■ 1 night, broke open the building*
■ the new man in charge. Every
n the division is open.
TIME AT KNOXVILLE.
W"" s ,rlker. Arrested ( barged W ith
Cutting Wires.
■ Rv-xviiie. April 15.—The strike on the
||' division of the Southern Rail
■ * i not prevent the passenger trains
W 1 l '“ ving on time to-day. The officials
■ ; freight trains which run on reg-
V 1 " • * files are also running on time.
■ ' h graph operators at Sw etwa
■ .i l Rc.irden have been arrested
■ * ;s ‘ih cutting wires. Guard* are
B several telegraph stations to
■ 1 *nyone entering.
■ I!, tdid nt lowing says th.it Ch'ef
■ statement tlmt traffic is block-
Br "• • Ids division is untrue.
■ ' 1 • operators and three agents
B '’ 11 "*> Oils division to-day.
n THE NTMIKi: in ENDED.
■ *•- <>f><-rntra Haul t <•-
B ~,r" <•> 'l'llHr I'liirr..
■ ", April IS.-Third Vlre Free.
■ 'at Manager Gannon of the
H “* company, tonight
made the following statement concerning
the strike:
“Tlie so-called strike, if it ever existed,
of the telegraph operators, might be con
sidered ended. Out of a total of some 1.-
4-*0 operators. loss than 10 per cent, left
the service of the company, and their
places have now been supplied. There is
absolutely no interruption in the telegraph
sysiem from this cause and passenger and
freight traffic is being conducted without
any delay. The report of the annulment of
trains into Chattanooga, or for that mat
ter on any portion of the road, is entirely
without foundation.
“Telegrams and telegraphic reports of
train movements were received to-day
from all superintendents of the line indi
cating normal conditions and a general de
sire for reinstatement of the operators who
left the service, the citizens of some of
the towns interceding for them.
“The company will prosecute in the
courts any persons interfering with the
conduct of its business, several arrests
having been made, and others will fol
low.”
BROUGHTON ON THE STRIKE.
Says Operators Clave Rig.lit to Organ
ize for Protection.
Atlanta, April 15.—Rev. Dr. Len G.
Broughton, pastor of the Baptist Taber
na le Church of Atlanta, who has just re
turned from the East, referred to the
telegrapher s strike on the Southern Rail
way in the course of his sermon to-night.
He said:
“What we need to see is the recognition
that might is not essentially right. The
Southern Railway in its aftitude to the
telegraphers consoles itself, however, that
this is true. This strike is a righteous
thing. I have carefully studied the whole
field. The boys simply want to be recog
nized. They ask for abitration and they
have a right to have it. Corporations are
be ng organized to-day for their protec
tion. They have a right to do so if they
like, but they have no right to refuse labor
the same right. 1 tell you labor must or
ganize and labor must look out for its
right. Tills strike is sfmply a red light of
danger ahead. The labor of this country
is not going to submit to the greed and
grinding policy of great soulless money
torpoi atlons. I know the railroad is in
dulging in some big talk but I tell you
this thing is serious. 1 have just come over
the road from Baltimore and I tell you
every siding almost is full of freight cars
that can’t budge a peg. The thing is
fearful to the public. Passengers are ex
posed to danger. It ought to be against
the law. Tho public has some rights in
this matter and I lift my voice for the
boys and the public good.”
CENSUS OF COTTON GINS.
New Method of Getting Crop Statis
tic* Will Be Tried.
Washington. April 15.—There is proba
bly no single fact, the knowledge of which
Is more interesting and important to the
Southern people, than the amount of the
cotton crop.
The present methods of ascertaining the
magnitude of the cotton crop are unsat
isfactory. There is one method of as*
eertaining the amount of the crop exact
ly, for there is one process, that of gin
ning, to which all cotton for any commer
cial or industrial use whatever must be
subjected. If one could obtain from all
the cotton gins of the country reports of
the amount of the staple they have turn
ed out, the precise aggregate of the whole
crop would be known.
It is proposed to apply this process in
taking the twelfth census, the field work
of which Is to begin on the first of June.
An expert special agent has been ap
pointed w r hose sole duty will be to obtain
returns from all the ginning and baling
establishments in the cotton growing re
gion. No ginnery is too small or insig
nificant to be visited and asked for a re
turn.
PEOPLE. VV ANT OLD CUSTOMS.
Masse* Reaented Order Prohibiting
Passion Piny.
City of Mexico, April 15.—The new or
der of the Arch-bishop of Mexico, regard
ing the passion play, customary on Good
Friday, was observed in the Valley of
Mexico, although the masses resented tho
prohibition of the spectacle which ha*
been- n feature of holy week for centuries,
originating wfith the clergy when they
were Christianizing the Indians.
At Yautepec, in the state of Morolos,
the people assembled at the parish priest’s
home, demanding (hat he distribute as
usual, the costumes for the passion play.
This he refused to do. It is reported
that he was driven out of town, the peo
ple declaring that they would not stand
such a priest and must be allowed (heir
ancient customs.
illG MEXICAN MINING I>EAL.
Four Gold Mine* Near Toluca Sold
for $ 1,000,000 In Gold.
Toluca, Mex., April 15.—One of the larg
est mining deals ever made in Mexico
has just meen completed here by the sale
of four exceedingly rich and productive
goM mines located in the Zacaulpam dis
trict near here, by their Mexican owners,
to a London syndicate for $4,000,000 in gold.
The properties were originally examined
in behalf of (he purchasing syndicate by
John Hays Hammond, the American engi
neer. ..
The syndicate secured an option on tne
property for $4,000,000 upon his recom
mendation and that of six other experts.
Cecil Rhodes Is- said to be a principal
stockholder.
WILL TAKE SI IS HORSES AWAY.
Whitney Wan t n Them \enr New
York Where He Can See Them.
Lexington. Ky., April 15.—Hon. W. C.
Whitney arrived here to-.'fay and will re
mnln In Lexington until Tuesday. Mr.
Whitney said he had concluded to take
his horses away from Kentucky, placing
them nearer New York, where he could
see them with less trouble. He has, be
sides the noted Imp. Meddler and Lissak.
a band of some eighty hrood mares se
lected from the best farms in the coun
trv. The loss of his stock will be felt
by the blue grass turfmen. Mr. Whitney
would not talk on xrolltlcs.
REJECTED CANADiA-S offer.
Trlnldmi Adopt* Reciprocal Trade
With I nited Stntcs.
Ottawa, Onl.. April 15.—The official cor
respondence which has reached here from
Trinidad, shows that the Legislature there
has rejected the offer of Canada for recip
rocal trade and adopted the convention
with the United Stales. Th.- reason for
this IS largely due to the nearness and
unlimited market of the l nited States
compared with the small business done
with Canada.
his no equal for its well defined purposes
Of aiding the oonvalesoent. the weak, the
mother In recovering health, sir. nih. ap
is tit.- .Made only by the Anheiiser.Huaeh
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THE MOKMKG NEW S: MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900.
LA GRIPPE.
To cure a case of Grip quickly and com
pletely, use Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic. Use It freely. Use nothing else.
It will cure, end nothing else can cure like
the tonic does.
Johnson's Tonic will do more for a Grip
patient in twenty-four hours than quinine
can do In ten days.
Don’t neglect a case of grip. It Is a
mean dlseace. It uncovers every weak
spot In the human body. It kids more
peole than all other epidemic diseases put
together. There is a vast army of aile it
people who have half-way recovered from
an attack of Grip with all the lite taken
out of them.
A neglected case of grip is a bad thing to
have in any family.
It is a health-giving tonic. It is a per
fect cure for grip. And, more than all
else. It is an unfailing preventive of the
disease.
Recommend it and recommend nothing
else. Use it and use nothing else. Made
famous by an army of grateful people
who have used it.
Price, 50 cents, if it cures, and not one
cent if it does not.
Cedar .fluff, Va„ March 4. 1500.
Mr. A. R. Girardeau. Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir—Please hurry forward the
Tonic we ordered of you a week ago. Tlie
people will all die of the grip before we
can get it, if you do not hurry It here.
Yours very truly,
E. M’GUIRE. SON & CO.
HANK TELLER’S DEFALCATION.
He Has Disappeared Leaving n
Shortage of s2r,OOi>.
Burlington, Vt., April 15.—A special
from Waterbury, Vt., says that John C.
Farrar, teller of the Waterbury National
Bank, is missing and that th. re is a de
falcation of in the the bank’s funds.
The community is greatly shocked by the
news as Farrar was considered a model
young man. His parents are very estima
ble people and two years ago lie married
a young lady of high standing.
The shortage of funds in the b irk was
discovered by Cashier Charles Wells Fii
day afternoon. He called Farrar’s sitten
tion to the fact, who replied that there
must be some mistake in the liooks. They
began an examination at 6 o’clock when
Farrar suggested that they go to supper
and return in the evening for further ex
amination. He has not been seen or heard
of since. ,
One train going south is due to leave the
station at 6:10 and one north and west at
6:30, but nothing has devolped to show that
he took .either. The only other explana
tion is suicide.
He was treasurer of the village and had
charge of about 53.500 in that capacity, but
it is not known yet whether any of th.se
funds are missing. He has been specu
lating in stocks.
CIGAR STRIKE IN CANADA.
Now Threatens to Close Ip All the
Factories There.
Montreal, April 13.—The trouble between
the cigar manufacturers and their em
ployes is spreading and now threatens
the closing of almost all the factories in
Canada. The trouble originated in the fac
tories of J. Hirsch Sons & Cos., and T. O.
Grothe, over non-adherence to the union
rules regarding the emplox rnent of ap
prentices. The union ordered a strike.
The manufacturers have a strong asso
ciation, and had promised Messrs.
Hirsch and Grothe assistance. Saturday
night an evidence of this came when
Harris, Youngheart & Cos., and Goulet.
Bros., locked out their men until such
time as the union comes to terms with
the other firms. Other large factories may
lock out their employes.
FELL FROM A HIGH BRIDGE.
Bridge Builder Seem* Uninjured
From Hl* Fall.
Columbia, S. C., April 15.—This afternoon
crowds of sightseers, watching “rush”
construction on the Seaboard Air Eine s
bridge over tha Congaree here, saw one
of the bridge builders lose his balance and
plunge down fifty feet, turn two revolu
tions, strike on his shoulder and sihk.
The man’s body had hardly struck when
a coil of rope was- following. One end was
made fast to the bridge, a comrade w. nt
down like a circus performer dived into
the river and brought the senseless man
to the surface. • He was soon revived and
seems uninjured. t
WEALTH WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
Former Bricklayer Hanged Himself
After Long Sickness.
New York, April 15.—Julius Koster. a
bricklayer of West Fifty-second street,
who recently inherited $300,000 from his
brether’s estate in Germany,, was found
dead to-day, swinging from a rope in an
empty water tank on the roof of his
house. Koster had recently recovered
from a long spell of sickness. The sudden
change from poverty to riches left his
rnind permanently affected.
PR AIB IE COMING SOUTH.
Will Take Out the Naval Militia of
All the State*.
New York, April 16.—The United States
cruiser Brairle, Capl. M. R. S. Mackenzie,
sailed from the navy yard this morning
for New Orleans, whence she will take
the Louisiana liaval militia on a practice
cruise. ....
After the Louisian militia have had the:r
drill the Prairie will take our in turn the
naval militia of each state from Florida
to Maine. She will not return to the
navy yard until the latter part of October.
AMERICAN LADY INJURED.
She Was Knocked Down hy n Pari
sian Bicyclist.
Paris. April 16.—An American lady was
overturned by a cyclist yesterday noon at
the corner of the Rue Pierre Charron and
the Avenue d'Alma and so badly shaken
as only to be able to pronounce her name,
which she gave as Pierce, and to Indicate
her nationality.
The lady, who Is of middle age and was
well dressed, lies Insensible at Ihe Beau-
Jon Hospital. _
Tailor* to Go Bnck to Work.
Chicago. April 15.—1 tis announced that
as a result of a conference, the 400 Jour
n< ymen tailors, who have been on a strike
for several weeks, will go back to work.
The wages will remain the same for three
years. At the end of two years, if the
majority of men in a shop ask for free
shops, the request will be granted.
Editor Weltlon I* Better.
Cincinnati. April 15.—Tho condition of
Harry M Weldor), sporting editor of the
Enquirer 1* very encouraging. Ill* voice
Is coming luck gradually, and gives every
promise of being restored to health.
New Toledo Paper.
Toledo, <>.. April 15.—The Toledo Dally
Commercial has been succeeded by the
Toledo Dally and Hunday Times, under
the management of Ihe Toledo Time**
Company.
QUAY, ALASKA, PHILIPPINES.
SIIIJECTS WHICH WILL OCCUPY
SI: N YTE THIS \V I:FjK.
MorKmii Will Make a Stubborn Effort
to Got Some Agreement * to the
Nlcnriift'un Canal Bill—Democrat*
l nited in Opposition to Ship Sub
*id> Men mu re— Hon*e Will Coii*ider
tlie Naval aal Volunteer Militia
Appropriation Hill*.
Washington, April 15. —The Senate will
continue during the week to devote Its
attention to the Alaskan code bill, tlie
Quay resolution and l the bill providing for
the temporary government of the Philip
pine Islands.
There also will bo more or less sparring
for place on the part of the friends of the
Nicaragua canal, chief among whom Is
Senator Morgan of Alabama. Possibly
also Senators Frye and Hanna will make
an effort to bring the subsidy shipping
Hill up. but the chances ere (hat no move
will be mad© in that direction until after
some of the measures before the Senate
ar disposed of.
Senator Carter will try on Monday to
get a day fixed for a vote on the Alaskan
bill. There are only two amendments
of importance remaining to be acted upon
in connection with that tm isrure, and it
is thought these could l>e disposed of at
a very early date, if the friends of the
Alaskan bill would agree to assist in (he
taking up of other legislation, when it is
out of tho way. Senator Morgan, seems
at present inclined to hold up the code
bill until he can receive som assurance
as to the canal bill, but so far has ap
parently not, been successful in that di
rection.
To Delay Sliip Subsidy mil.
There also is a noticeable disposition to
use the Alaskan bill and the Philippine
bill to delay the taking up of the subsidy
bill. The Democrats in the Senate are ;
practically united in opposition to the sub
sidy proposition. Senator Dodge, in charge
of the Philippine bill, announces it to be
his purpose to ask for a vote on it when
ever the Democrats make an opening for
such suggestion. Apparently, however,
he is not very sanguine of success.
Senator Hoar has given notice of a
speech on the Philippine question on Tues
day next, and he is expected then to fully
outline his views on the question of ex
pansion.
Late in the week reports probably will
l>e made on some of the appropriation bills
now in committee.
It also is probable that a report will be
made in the Clark case during the week.
The report has been drafted in the rough
by Senators Chandler and Turley and will
be laid before the Committee on Elections
as soon as completed.
Senator Chandler announces it to be his
purpose to ask to have the question taken
up in the Senate as soon as the report is
filed.
Naval Rill in tlie Hoiinc.
The week in the House will be largely
taken up with the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill, over which there
promises to be a protracted struggle. The
whole question of armor plate, except that
for the Maine, Wisconsin and Missouri,
will be fought out. The minority mem
bers of the committee, led by Mr. Wheel
er of Kentucky, will make a strong figit
for the establishment, of a government ar
mor plate factory, as rhe best solution of
the vexed problem. An attempt also will
lie made by the minority of the committee
for the building of ships in government
yards.
Before the naval bill is taken up to-mor
row Chairman March of the Committee on
Militia will be recognized to move the pas
sage, under suspension of the rules, of the
bill to appropriate $1,00>.000 for the militia
for the several states.
Friday will be given up to the Committee
on War Claims under the ahd Satur
day has been set aside for paying tribute
to the memory of the late Representative
Evan P. Settle of Kentucky.
TO I*l ILD I P NEW TOWNS.
Western Railroad* Planning to
Spend Mtrelt Money.
Chicago, April 15.—The Times-Herald
to-morrow will say:
Railroads using Chicago as their gate
way have taken up internal improvement
plans for the territory between Chicago
and the Rocky mountains which involve
the expenditure of millions of dollars and
an addition to present population from
immigration alone of at least 200,000 new
people within the next eighteen months.
The number of new towns that will ap
pear on the maps of the West within the
next year, or those to which from 500 to
COO new population is to be added already
number 173. Before 1903* it is believed this
number will exceed 2'K). Areas neglected
in the past while trunk lines were building
are receiving the closest attention from
railroad land commissioners and traffic
managers.
MANILA'S CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
' \
There Has Been n n Inerenne Under
tin* American Rule.
Washington, April 15.—The division of
customs and insular affairs of (he war
department gave out for publication to
day a comparative statement of receipts
at the customs port of Manila, during the
years 1893 to 1897, Inclusive, with the re
ceipts of the port in 1899. The receipts
named*comprise tonnage taxes, imjiort du
ties, export duties, fines, seizures, etc.
The receipts by years were 1893. $2,109,-
540; 1891. $2,385,269; 1895, $2,268,234; 1896. $2,421,-
532; 1897, $2,916,870; 1899, $3,825,150.
WANT TO GO TO CANADA.
Ten TlioiiMnml KiiftxlunM WuilinK for
Czar** roiiNent.
Halifax, N. S„ April 15. —W. T. R.
Preston, Canadian immigration agent, who
has just returned from Europe, says that
the Molllcans, a thrifty set of people from
Southeast Russia, numbering 10,000 only,
await the Czar's consent to follow the
Doukhabors to Canada. With regard to
the Doukhabors leaving Canada for Cal
ifornia, Mr. Preston said he saw corre
spondence from Prince Rilkoff and Count
Tolstoi, In London, disapproving of the
step.
STOMACH kidneys When
BITTERS --v; k >^u r g^
i 1 1 wtk * W tho genuine.
MINERS DECIDE TO STRIKE.
They Demand an Advance to Sl\t>
Cents a Long Ton.
Piedmont. XV. Va., April 15.—Seven hun
dred miners employed by the Davis Coal
and Coke Company, in this section of the
Elk Garden mining region, have voted
unanimously to strike, and will not re-en
ter the mines to-morrow. Like their
brothers of the George’s Creek region, the
miners demanded 60 cents ier long ton.
The mines Involved are the Franklin big
vein, ‘Franklin Gas Coal and the six-foot
vein in Maryland, and the Hampshire big
vein and Hampshire Gas Coal and the slx
l’ooi and four-foot mines in West Vir
ginia.
Officials of the company urged the men
to arbitrate their differences, and offered
to pay ihu* men whatever the operators of
the George’s Creek region decided upon
as the Scale to prevail in (hat region. #
More Minors Ordered Out .
Frostburg, Mand.,
cident to-day in connection with the strike
of the miners of the Georges Creek re
gion was the decision of the union men
to order the /Ifty laborers who have been
employed at the Ocean mine since the
strike began, (o join the strikers. It was
also announced that all the laborers
throughout the region will be called out.
The strikes are having a most depress
ing effect on business throughout the re
gion.
BILL ARl* AT LAKE CITY.
Shaft to Confederate Heroes—New
Shingle Mill.
Lake City, Fla., April 14.—8i1l Arp de
livers! his famous lecture, “Behind the
Scenes,” to an appreciative audience at
the College Chapel Hall last night for
the benefit of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, who are raising funds to
erect a marble shaft in our.city cemetery
to the memory of the Confederate heroes
who fell on the battlefield of Olustee in
February, 1864.
The paving of Marlon p(reet for more
than one mile and a quarter is completed
and the paving of Railroad street has
been commenced. Lake City wiil ere long
have the finest streets of any interior
town in Florida.
A shingle mill plant with capacity of
300,000 per day has been erected just west
of the city, on the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway.
A great many of our most influential
citizens have begun the agitation for a
cotton factory, and prospects now look
very encouraging for the erection of such
a plant. Thousands of bales of cotton are
grown in this county and the demand
for a factory is very great.
EASTER SUNDAY IN AUGUSTA.
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S.-riou* Hiinunny in Which Mr. linn
Mr*. Sheehan Were Hurt.
Augusta, April 15.—H has been nn hlral
Easter Sunday In Augusta, anJ the
churches were all crowded or well attend
ed. Special Easter decorations and mu
sic were prepared In the most of the
churches, and sermons were preached ap
propriate to the day.
This afternoon a serious runaway oc
curred on Broad street. -Mr. and Mrs.
John Sheehan were riding In a buggy,
when their horse became frightened by
the automobile of Architect Turner, and
dashed up the. street at a furious rate.
Mr. Sheehan deciding that he could not
stop the horse, turned him off across the
sidewalk. There the buggy struck the
stone curbing with a severe shock, throw
ing out both occupants. It was feared
that Mrs. Sheehan had been Injured In
ternally, but It was decided not, and be
sides serious Lruises, she wfll escape
with a, dislocated knee. Mr. Sheehan was
unconscious for a long time, and recalls
nothing at all of the accident. He suf
fers from concussion of the brain, and
dangerous results are feared.
SURPRISED AT HIS ATTITUDE.
No Affront to Ihe S|>nni*h Minister
\Va* Intended.
Chicago, April 15.—Graeme Stewart,
chairman of the Invitation Committee of
the Chicago Dewey Day Association, to
night expressed surprise at the attitude
of Spanish Minister Duke U'Arcos, who
Is reported to have written, a letter de
clining an Invitation to come to Chicago
on the anniversary of the battle of Ma
nila. Mr. Stewart said that Invitations
had been sent to President McKinley, his
cabinet, all the members of Congress,
members of th© Supreme Court and the
diplomatic corps. To have omitted any
one would have seemed invidious, and
would have constituted reasonable grounds
for taking umbrage. Mr. Stewart said
there was no intention to offend the Duke
and he regrets very much that the Span
ish Minister feels affronted.
EATONTON’9 SHOE FACTORY.
It I* Assured—There I* Much Sick
ness In tlie Town.
Eatonton, Ga., April 15.—D. M. Wilson,
a shoe manufacturer addressed a meeting
of citizens At the Court House yesterday
afternoon. Asa result a rapidly growing
subscription list is in circulation and the
shoe factory is an assured enterprise for
Eatonton.
The recent grand Jury recommended the
dog law for Putnam county. It also re
commended that the tax on professional
hunters b come effective in this county.
It is probable that the town has never
had as much Illness as at present. Be
tween small pox, pneumonia, measles,
whooping cough and grip the citizens are
having a hard time.
Grading has begun on the side track
that is to run to the Putnam County Cot
ton Mills. _
Death uf W. It. Mclntyre.
Thomasville, Ga., April 15.—W. R. Me*
Irtvre, son of the late Col. A. T. Mcln
tyre, and a member of one of the oldest
and best known families in South Geor
gia, died at the home of his mother, two
miles from town, this morning. The fun
eral will be from the Presbyterian Church
to-morrow morning.
One Iloy Kill* Another.
Cherry Run, W. Va., April 15.—Charles,
the 16-year-old son of John Grove, was
shot and instantly killed at Indian
Springs, Md., last night by a 15-year-old
son of John Cline 'The boys were in a
blacksmith shop playing with an old gun
supposed to be not loaded. Tho entire
charge entered the right temple.
Western Miner* to Strike.
St. .Louis, April 16.-The Mine Man
agers andt Examiners Association of Illi
nois, falling In an attempt to h ive n hear
ing with tlie operators on their d'tnnnd
for more wages, has decided to quit worn
in ail mines In the state unless recogni
tion is received. Tho strike will go Into
effect 10-niorrow.
Brought Many Jniiaaene,
Seattle. Wash., April 15—The Nipfion
Yusen Kalsht liner Rio Jun Muru ar
rived to-diy with 650 Japanese steerage
passengers, bite tilsehuiged iw more ul
Victoria.
A TRADE IIOOCER.
The metal furniture we are selling is being 1 adopted
by all the progressive and successful proprietors of ice
cream parlors, soda founts and drug stores. There is
nothing that will give a more up to date appearance. It
is clean, neat and desirable. We are agents for this line
Metal Chairs, Metal Table and Stools. If you are going
in for the ice cream and soda water trade it will pay you
to invest in an outfit of this furniture. Our goods can be
seen at Conida’s, Cleveland’s drug store, Jones’ phar
macy, and others. Call or ’phone us.
LINDSAY & MORGAN,
State and Whitaker.
( HOWDS \T THE EXPOSITION.
Require* Five \<lntlmalou Tlolcet* to
Sta > \ll Day.
Bails,April 15.—Glorious wtathcr favore*!
ih* opening of the Exposition to tho gen
eral public to-day and immense crowds
flocked into tho grounds. The area of (lie
exhibition, however, is so great thau no
where was there any crush.
Tho visitors were mainly eomrow'd of
provincials and foreigners. Comparative
ly few Parisians were to be scon. Aware
of the great backwardness of the prepara- |
tion thpy remained away for the most j
part.
The management demands two entrance
tickets for morning admission, one. for
afternoon admission, and two daring the
evening when ihe Eiffel towel* and the pal
aces on tho Champ do Mars are illumi
nated. But there were no other attractions
provided, not even a band f music, and
the people promenaded in front of the
empty and in many cases unfinished build
ings nnd along roads where inly in the
case of the main avenues had the work of
paving been completed.
Visitors who left the central road found
tlie pathway filled with pitfalls and heap
ed with debris, some thoroughfares re
sembling? mere bridlepaths.
The crowd, however, was perfectly good
natured and took tho matter philosophi
cally. Hardly a murmur was heard any
where in the way of criticism.
The moving sidewalk, access to which
costs 50 centimes, proved a great success
and was jammed throughout the day.
The American national pavilion re
mained closed. So also did most of the
other pavilions, for (he excellent reason
that their interiors are still unfinished.
CALLED “HOLLOW laHA3ES.'l a HA3ES.'
German Comment* on Speeches of
l,oii lie t n nil Mi I lorn nd.
Berlin, April 15.—The Berlin papers,
commenting on the speeches of President
Loubet anil M. Millerand at the opening
of tlie Paris Exposition yesterday, refer
to them as “hollow phrases.”
The Deutsche Tagos Zelmng says:
“There is no hope, no ground for hope,
that the twentieth century will be any
more peaceful than the nineteenth, nor
that there will l>e any more fraternity, for
international competition is growing more
and more keen all the while and is drown
ing every other consideration.”
IIOEK SV Hl* V I IIIZERS MEET.
>lu eh fin th a* lit sin A rou ned Among
People of Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk, Va., April 15.—An enthusiastic
meeting of Boer sympathizers was held
here to-day. Representative William Al
den Smith of Michigan evoked wild ap
plause when, in speaking of the propriety
of American action in the case of Cuba, he
said that if the folds of our flag are not
broad enough to any oppressed
people they should bo made so. lie had
great hope, ho said, of suitable energetic
action by America, at the proper time.
Secretary Van Slcklen of the Natlon.il
Boer Relief Association predicted the a--
feat of the British and said the South Af
rican republics had every right to expect
the friendship of America, the greatest of
republics. Great Britain’s professed friend
ship for us, he said, should not interfere
with our duty to mankind. He charged
that New York society is un-American.
Eni'iilnuN of the ( entral.
The earnings of the Central of Georgia
Railway for tho week ending the first <
week of April were $104,569, against slOl,-
430 last year, and $1,800,191 from Jan. 1 to
the end of the first week of April, against
$1,585,475 for the corresponding period of
last year. The increase in gross the past
was $3,139.
INDIANA WOMAN HERMIT.
She Left Her IliiMliand for Some Un
explained Hen*on.
From the New York Tribune.
Indianapolis, April 7.—On one of (ho
principal streets of the quaint old town
of Brookville, in a weatherbeaten two
story frame house, the blinds to one. of
the windows of which have remained clos
ed for sixty-five years, lives a woman
whose life has been a mystery to the two
generations that have grown up during
her self-enforced seclusion, without havw
ing so much an a glimpse of her or ever
having been admitted to her room. In
the sixty-five years of her seclusion the
population has changed two or three
times, and to-day there are few who know
that the hermit exists, and fewer still
wiio can recall the days when, for some
unexplained reason, she shut herself up
in her room and hade a final adieu to the
social circles of which she was admitted
ly ihe brightest ornament.
It was in the days of canal building in
Indiana that Hadley Johnson and Phoebe
Meeks met each other, and it was not
long till rumor coupled their names as
FINE GRADES OF WHISKIES.
WHISKIES. WHISKIES.
The R. G. Whiskey gallon $2.00
Glendale \Vliiskey .gallon $2.50
Crystal Spring Whiskey gallon $3.00
Golden Wedding Whiskey gallon $3.50
IN CASES OF \2 LARGE BOTTLES:
The Antediluvian Whiskey bottled by Osborne of New York $16.50
The Uetrlese Whiskey bottled in bond In Henderson, Ky $12.00
The Peoria Whlakey bottled In bond by Clark Brothers $12.00
Meredith Rye Whiskey, bottled at their distillery In Ohio $11.50
Golden Wedding Whiskey, our bottling $9.50
LIPPMAN BROTHERS,
Lippman Block, ... Savannah, Ga.
lovers. Both were (he children of well
to-do parents, and both were young and
aspiring. After a time their intimate
friends were informed that they were en
gaged, and their marriage was to take
place In June. This was in 1835 or 1836,
and Brookville was then the most import
ant town in the infant state and the scene
of much of the gayety and fashion of
those primitive times.
One evening, a few weeks before the
day appointed t"i- the wedding, Hadley
Johnson and Phoebe Meeks and three
other couples wandered down the canal
banks near tin* basin and seated them
selves to watch the boats as they moved
lazily by. The lovers and their friends
seemed to be In (ho best of spirits. Sud
denly rising from tho canal bank, and |
without uttering a word in explanation of
her conduct, Miss Meeks turned her back
on her friends and walked hurriedly
away. Mr. Johnson called to her, but
received no response, and after a whilo
he followed her home, but the house was
dark and he forbore to intrude.
The next morning he called to learn
what had occurred to offend the young
woman, but she refused to s • him or to
offer a word in explanation. 1/♦■tiers <nt
to her by the mystified lover werv return
ed ui opened, and Johnson was finally
obliged to accept tho situation and give op
ad hope of learning wherein he hod dis
pleased her. Month after month passed,
and Miss Meeks remained in her home,
and rumor said that she remain* I well
in her own room, the blinds of which were
now always shut. People marveled at
this strange action and busybodUs went
to the house, but they came away no
wiser than they went, for the other mem
bers of the family refused to discuss the
subject at all. and met all references to
it so coldly that even the most inquisitive
were soon deterred from asking ques
tions. The father and mother died, but
Miss Phoebe heard tho funeral sermons*
only from an adjoining room, to
no one rise was admitted, and did not even
follow the bodies to the graves. The
months lengthened into years nnd still the
hermit kept In the old home, and the. fa> t
of her existence almost ceased to lx
known to any except the older residents.
An only sister lived In the house with
Miss Phoebe, and after the death of the
parents tltd two opened a millinery store
in one of the front rooms. The younger
sister attended to the store, and Miss
Phoebe trimmed hats in her own room,
and was never seen by any of the cus
tomers through th** ten years or more
that the business was carried on. The
old Methodist log church, of which she
was a piember, was torn away, and anew
and more pretentious edifice was erect.
<■<l. She pent a subscription to tlie Build
ing Committee, but has never been In the
ehuroh, or, in fact, Men It, unl( o r
night when no one was near to see her.
The canal fell into disuse and the rail
road came to take its place, but ts?ill (he
recluse remit red in her home, ahd it is*
said that she has n *ver Been a railrord
train, ilthough three or four pass within
half a mile of her home every day.
After several years of waiting Hadley
Johnson went West and became a pros
perous business man In Utah Territory.
Then he Invested in mining stocks, and
ere long became one of the wealthiest nun
In the Far West. When Utah had been
’admitted to the Union and had cast her
first vote for presidential elector©, it was
he who bore the official records to Wash
ington as the agent of the government.
On Ills return home he stopped it Brook
ville, and made a last effort to pc Ills
affianced bride of more than fifty years
before. He was then advanced Iti life, but
I the old scenes had revived the yearnings
of years before. Miss Meeks wus obdurate
and refused to sec him or even to receive
any word from him. Her action had gone
unexplained through all the years of their
separation, and Johnson was destined nev-
r to know what occurred on that fatal
night to cttmnge her attitude toward him
and the world. He died last year In his
Western home, never having married.
Miss Meek’s only companions arc h*r
sister, several years younger than herself,
and the birds. Hundreds of sparrows go
to her window every morning to be fed,
and for a few moments the blinds are
turned that she may put the crumbs upon
tho window sill for her little pets. She
has ample me.ins on which to live, and
the business of a milliner was taken up
for the recreation it would give, and was
abandoned as soyn as it ceased to be di
verting. She is said to b<* an omnivorous
reader, and nearly all of the popular high
priced magazines are taken, and also a
Cincinnati dally paper. Though she avoids
contact with the world, she Is thus con
versant with what is going on in it, and
he grocer who supplies her from time to
time with vegetables, meats, fruits and
the like testifies to the fact that every
bodily comfort is looked after.
Only once has an attempt been made
by outsiders to barn the history of the
night that she separated from her lover.
A newspaper man'sought the house one
occasion for that purpose, but was reiused
an interview or even permission to see
her. He persisted beyond the limits of
courtesy, and narrowly escaped a scalding
from a bucket of hot water that was
thrown from one of the upper windows.
—”1 will admit,” sa ! d the Cornfed Phil
osopher, “that oratory is mostly gas, but
even gas Is illuminating—not to mention
the way it rips things open sometimes.’’—
Indianapolis Press.
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