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VOL. 12.
A PLEA FOR CHILDREN
Dr. J, L, Ourry Addresses
Georgia Legislators.
IHS SUBJECT WAS “EDUCATION.”
Favors Disfranchisement of Every Voter
Who Cannot Rend Hls Ballot—Praises
the St»w School Commissioner.
T>r. J. L. M. Curry, the agent of
the Peabody fund, addressed the
eral assembly gen¬
of Georgia at noon Fri¬
day on the subject of education.
1 be two houses had convened in joint
session for the purpose. A commit¬
tee from tho two bodies escorted the
speaker in, who was accompanied by
Governor Candler, State School Com¬
missioner Glenn and others.
Dr. Curry said that the proudest
boast of Georgia should be made of
her state school commissioner,
who waa one the best in the entiro
country. Vie
While represented no corporation.
the lobbyist were abroad, no
one had engaged tho members in be¬
half of the children of the state. Ho
came to plead for these and for all of
them.
“What are you going to do with the
poorer class of children?” he asked.
“How are you going to educate them
to make usefull citizens of them, and
bow many are handicapped by their
unfavorable environments?”
The wealth of Georgia is not alto
igether in material things, he said, but
is more in these children who are in
iho homes of those who sent the law-
ntakers here to enact laws for them
There was a waste of brain power in
the stato.
“Georgia has double the territory of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con¬
necticut, and yet Massachusetts iu in¬
vention, in science, iu liternturo is far
Rhead of this state in tho education of
Sicr children. There they have a nine
’months’ school form, while here we
Lave three or four. The average school
a!tendance here is two or three years,
while there it is seven years. Massa¬
chusetts gives $30 for the education of
a child, while Georgia only gives $2
per child.
Horace Mann did moro for this
country than Daniel Webter, yet Mas¬
sachusetts erected 'a monumen to
both. Man gave (hat state its admiral
school system. Isn’t a Georgia child
ns good as a Massachusetts child, and
isn’t thore as much latent talent in
your children to be developed?
“The state can educate all the chil¬
dren at'half the price that the church
or individuals can educate oue-fourth.
of the children.
“Talk about the paramount issue! I
have been through many of these
crisis, and yet we aro still going on.
The confederate constitution is the
most perfect instrument iu the
world regarding political wisdom. It
provided that the president should
hold six years and be ineligible for re-
election. Exalted citizenship ir. the
remedy for the evils of governmental
partnerships in private afl’airs iu vogue
in our country today.
•“Every school in the land should
have industrial education:”
Dr. Curry favored the disfranchise¬
ment of any voter who could not read
tho ballot he put in the box, be be
white or black.
Some one bad said that this was an
inherent right. This is an absurdity
stuffed down the throrts of the people
of this couutry, aud is done sim ply to
justify negro suffrage. He was going
to speak his mind aud not th ose of
the members, and he expected to say
some things that would not be Telish-
ed by bis auditors.
“The Republican party, to punish
the south, gave the balance of power
to the negroes of Louisiana, Missis¬
sippi and South Carolina by enfran¬
chising them and disfranchising many
of the whites and then they establish¬
ed the Freedman’s bureau.
“Some people say the negro is in¬
capable of education. If they will go
with him to Spilman seminary, where
everything is a neat as a pin, and
which is in charge of such godly
women if they do not think the
negroes there capable of some degree
of education they should go to their
homes on the backs of jackasses.”
“Shall Georgia settle this educa¬
tional problem for herself,” he said,
“or shall it be left to others. We
must uplift the negro or he will drag
us down. No two such races can oc-
evipy the same territory without fric-
and it is duty to provide ., for ,
tion our
“It all depends on the legislature as
to the future progress of the state. Is
educational legislation of this session
to be generous and full, or niggardly
ad hurtful? children should be
•rgia’s en-
L Ld compete A with the any menabers in the to
it is ue
weir convictions irrespective of
r constituents, as the conscious-
of d^y wel1 done ■would be their
reward. 9 ’
est
Wale iiilh'V*v ROBBERS.
a Man In Ponce,
At ll»e Volnt
o’clock Wednesday night
committed a
o. T. Attuei p avl8 an a took
they held up A - ^ deed was oom
.
■Ked Iknm him Mam gtreefc. The women
Ik on windows of a
s nid “° de their e "
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* ! i NEWS
contractor in trouble
Is Charged With Attempting to
Bribe Governor Longino,
of Mississippi.
In Jackson. Miss., Saturday night
J. E. Gibson, a prominent contractor
from Logan&port, Ind., was arrested
on the charge of attempting to bribe
Governor Longino and secure his as*
Biatance in capturing the coalr&Ct fot
the new $1,000,000 YMipitol bfcilding.
The arrest Wfts made at the instance
of Governor Longino. Immediately
after the alleged attempt at bribery
occurred he emerged from his private
office trembling with excitement, ex¬
claiming:
“You have struck the wrong man; I
can’t be bought.” and directed his
private secretary to send for the chief
of police to take Gibson into custody.
Gibson was arrested a few minutes
later at the Edwards house and nncer-
ctnohiously hour bundled off to jail. An
later he was given a preliminary
hearing before Judge Fitzgerald and
admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000.
At the hearing of the testimony Gov¬
ernor Longino stated that he had re¬
ceived two visits from Gibson. Dur¬
ing the first visit he stated that a com¬
bination had been formed among St.
Louis and Chicago contractors to cap¬
ture the state house contract, and he
intended to fight their scheme, but
would not give away details when the
governor asked for facts.
At the second visit, which occurred
Saturday morning, so Governor Lon¬
gino states, Gibson offered him any
sum of money he might ask for his as¬
sistance in capturing tlie contract, in¬
sinuating that the price of materials
could be changed so that both would
be able to make a considerable amount
out of the deni.
PRINTERS ON STRIKE.
Union Men In Many Birmin^hAin, Al».,
Offices Walk Out.
All the union printers in tho job
printing offices in Birmingham, Ala.,
went out on strike Friday morning.
The strike was inaugurated for the
purpose of enforcing the scale recently
adopted by Typographical Union No.
104, and which the proprietors of the
job offices refused to pay. The new
scale calls for a minimum of $18 per
week. The old scale’s minimum was
$16, but no printing office in Birming¬
ham had paid less than $16.50, aud
this was generally regarded as the min¬
imum.
Iheprmters made some concessions, .
so far as the daily newspapers are
concerned, from their original de-
mands, aud they now expect that the
newspapers will adopt thoir scale.
The printing offices affected by the
strike are Roberts & Sou, Leslie
Triutiug Compauy, Dispatch Printing
Company. American Newspaper Uniou,
Birmingham Courier and City Paper
Company.
TURK REMAINS STUBBORN.
Sultan Still Refuse* Kxrquator to Oni
Consul at llarpoot.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says: United States Charge d’Affaires
Griscome called upon Tewfik Pasha,
minister for foreign affairs to urge a
settlement of the difficulty in relation
to the granting of an exequatur to Dr.
Thomas H. Norton, who some time
ago was appointed by President Mc¬
Kinley to establish a consulate at
Harpoot. The porte, however, is firm
in its refusal to grant the request for
an exequatur.
In regard to the above a Washing¬
ton Bpecial says: The Turkish authori¬
ties having refused to grant an exe¬
quatur to Dr. Thomas H. Norton, to
act as United States consul at Har¬
poot, the indications point-to some re¬
taliatory measures on the part of our
government in the near future.
A W AIT ING 1)E Y E LOPME N TS.
Administration YVill Ret Chinese Matter
Rest Until Other Rowers Act.
The administration has adopted a
waiting policy iu the matter of Pekin
negotiations, says a New York Herald
dispatch from Washington. No action
has been taken upon Germany’s pro¬
posal to make the execution of the
Boxer leaders a condition precedent
to the continuance of negotiations.
The president has decided, it is un¬
derstood, that this matter can well
rest until further developments show
what (he German and other govern¬
ments propose to do.
VICTIMS MULTIPLYING.
Death List Resulting From Cyclone In
Tennessee Still Growing.
A Nashville special of Thursday
says: Latest reports from the districts
swept by Tuesday’s storm show that
seven persons lost their lives in Wil¬
liamson county.
One more death, that of Clayton
Tucker, has occurred near Columbia,
making the total in that section twen¬
ty-four.
Three members of the Ellis family
at Walnut Lake, Tunica county, Mis¬
sissippi, were killed.
In Arkansas six dead and twenty-
five injured have been reported. The
victims are principally negroes.
GENERAL WHEELER IN BOSTON,
As Guest of Grand Army Post II« Speaks
Words of Patriotism and Unity.
A Boston dispatch says: From his
home in the south came General
Joseph Wheeler to renew cherished
associations with his Grand Army com-
i | rades, of Boston, at the invitation of
E. W. Kinsley, Post 113, Grand Army
of before the Republic, and Wednesday night
the comrades of the post as¬
sembled at Young’s, he spoke words
of patriotism and unity.
ADEL, BERRIEN COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1900.
BILL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man Goes to Mississippi td
Get ‘'Santa Claus ,, Money.
HE RUNS UP AGAINST A CYCLONE
tits AntllfHce at Bijjey tied ih Terror.
Ills Mission liowsrer Ended
Success! ally.
Blue Mountain, Miss. —Some good
people called me over here and I came.
My wife said I had better go, for the
winter was at band and the family
needed clothes and she was obliged to
pl&y old ftanta Claiis, ris usual, and
provide some Christmas gifts for the
children and grand Children. That is
a good part of her life and happiness
—pleasing the children. She never
asks for anything for herself. She
don’t have to. The girls tell me w hat
she needs and I surprise her with it if
I have the money, and if I haven’t I
strain my credit and get it anyhow,
Professor Lowery called me here to
talk to his college girls, for he is ft
noted educator and has 260 girls oiit
here in the woods rind is building up
an institution that is the pride of north
Mississippi. He got four other towns
to join him iu the call, and so I lectur¬
ed in Tupelo last Monday night to
a large audience in a large house and
found a warm welcome.
It is w onderful how these old tow-ns
are looming up and taking on new
life. Twenty years ago I was in Tu¬
pelo and I thought it was pretty derid.
I had only about 100 people out to
hear me then, and this time there were
near 400. Prosperity Uas done it.
Ten cent cotton and a cotton mill has
done it. McKinley had nothing to do
with it. Last night I was billed for
Ripley—a nice old courthouse town
not far away. The evening betokened
a storm and by night the lightning
was flashing incessantly all around the
horizon aud the thunder pealed heaV*
ily. Couutry people became alarmed
and hurried home, for everything
seemed ominous of coming trouble.
There seemed to be something in the
elements that was brooding over us,
and sure enough there was
The courtroom was about half full
of people who had dared to venture
out to hear me. Suddenly the storm
came with fearful fury. There was an
awful roaring sound from the southeast
that was like the sound of many waters.
It hushed the audience into a solemn
silence. I did not take the platform,
but waited. Iu a few minutes some
wild, excited messengers came rushing
up the stairs aud called for the doctors
add other help, for the cyclone had
come and torn up everything in the
suburbs and killed meu and women
and children. The night was intensely
dark, but the men rushed to tho rescue
j n haste and the lecture programme
was broken up in a twinkling. Every¬
body hurried to their homes or to the
scene of the disaster.
What an awful thing is a cyclone!
What a merciless thing it is! How
leaving swift^steuction 4 ta' itl t?ack.
Happily it gives no warning, for the
terror and apprehension would be
worse than death. This morning we
rejoiced to learn that nobody was
killed, though many were badly
wounded. Some houses were wrecked
and blown away and many were un-
roofed and some set on fire. One man
was lifted up and carried away and
thrown to the ground in the woods,
with only a few bruises. How strange
that so few people are killed bv a
cyclone. It seems providential, ^nd
this morning the question discussed at
the breakfast table was whether God
or the devil was the author of these
terrible visitations.
One said that the spirit of evil -was
still on the earth and was ever con¬
tending against the spirit of good,
and this spirit brought famine, pesti¬
lence, fires, storms and all disasters.
Another said that all these things
came fro n natural causep, and that
neither God nor the devil had any
agency in them. Another quoted
from Job, where the Lord delivered
him over to Satan, who was going to
and fro upon the earth and walking
up and down in it. He afflicted Job
awfully, but was not allowed to take
his life. Another quoted from the
Savior’s words when He said: “Think
yon that those upon whom the tower
of Siloam fell were wicked above all
people.' I tell you nay, but unless ye
repent ye shali perish.”
Professor John Fiske, a very great
and learned man, has written a little
book called “The Mystery of Evil.” I
have read it twice and found but little
comfort or philosophy in it. His ar¬
gument is that evil is ox divine crea-
tion and designed to illustrate and
exalt the good. That but for sickness
we would not appreciate or enjoy good
health. But for an occasional famine
we would not eDjoy the blessing of
abundant food, and but for sin we
would not enjoy heaven. His book
leaves you just where it found you,
and the mystery is still unexplained.
We know that God loves His crea¬
tures, and that is enough. Not a spar¬
row falls to the ground without His
notice, and He did not wish to de¬
stroy Nineveh, where there were 600,-
000 people aud much cattle. “And
much cattle.” That was always a very
significant expression tome.
Well, I nad to come here from Rip¬
ley by private conveyance. We had a
good team, but the road was fearful,
for it had rained nearly all night. Mr.
Pitner, an old Georgian, bad the lines
and did not anticipate trouble, but
when we got to tho river we found the
lowlands flooded on both sides for a
quarter of a mile, and after we crossed
the bridge the.horses plunged suddenly
ORE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
and over it and up to the cushions,-
and tor a lime were both alarmed
fdr fear oU ebUabsfei But got out
of it safely, and here 1 am with a v&-
lise fnll of wet clothes and no change
for tonight. Here I am at the college
and will have to Stand Up before two
or three bnndr«d prstty girls tHnight:
h ortttndtely ME Lowrey is abottt my
s\ie aud says he -Will lend me some
garments while mine are being renew-
ed at the laundry. Hard, hard, in-
deed, is the contest for freedom and
the struggle for Christmas money,
Cyclones and floods are pursuing me
and disturbing my tranquillity. But
one fight, thing more may come which I can¬
not add that is a Methodist re-
ribly viva 5 , in for like a cyclone, they are ter¬
Old earnest Simda and Peter aivays brei k me
up. Richardson
says in his book that the Methodists
arc all fire and the Baptists dll writer,
aud some others are all wind. I hope
they won’t all come upon me at once.
But I am still hopeful ahd trying to
keep calm and serene. Tonight I
shall be inspired with the presence of
’hese college girls and for an hour or
so will be the cynosure of their bea»-
whick J2S
will mean the dog's tail, and so I
be the dog’s tail of the fair astern- Tas
bly. Professor Lowrey’s father
the brave old soldier known us General
cS,„*rrn 2 „ r hTS ** 1
burned near here, and I shall visit his
?iT°m i S ° fr °“ hore to Pontotoc,
ti o oldest town , iu the state, where the
lilt™ ?wit f i he C Cka8a T ftS ° 8 CR I ted ire(1, ® nd *. lrom ,he
there I go 4 to N New Albany, AH and 1 from
there to my own homo, where there is
a "ays a lg in the window for me
and many Wppy ones to greet me.-
bum Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
GRAVITY CONCEALED.
True Condition of Czar of Russia I* Cos-
slbly Being Withheld,
From three sources of information,
direct y connected with as many min¬
istries of state, the Sf. Petersburg
correspondent of the Associated Press,
Sunday, ascertained that imperial
officials are becoming extremely pessi¬
mistic regarding tho condition of
Emperor Nicholas, and assert that tho
Livadia bulletins conceal the gravity
of his illness.
In spite of the notorious ease with
which an alarmist rumor can be circu-
lated in the Russian capital, many
good judges believe that the chances
of the ekar’s recovery are diminishing.
One report says that the emperor,
in addition to typhoid fever, with pec¬
toral complications, has brain lever,
the result of the blow he received from
a fanatical policeman during his tour
in Japan; and it is even asserted in
some quarters that trepanning has be¬
come necessary.
... big Checks ... , Iu , New „ Yor ,
_
.
The snb-treaeury at New York,
Wednesday, paid out $2,297,000 on
deposit checks drawn for Australian
gold deposited in the San Francisco
/ office . Of this sum $690,000
wa paidover the counter; the re-
mflin(ler t hrough the cleari ng house.
Pope Leo Reported ns Ill.
A dispatch to The Temps (Paris)
from Rome says the pope Wednesday
visited the basilica of St. Peters and
experienced such fatigue that he had
to take to his bed. It is further claim-
ed that he fainted twice.
VAN WYCK HOLDS JOB,
Oomno r Ito#,i "i‘
Mayor ef Nr.w York city.
„ Gove riK>r Roosevelt has given out
hls dec ' . s '° a 1U ^ application for the
removal from office of Mayor A. Van
^ to remove ck ’ of N f, the w York mayor Clt on y- the deohn grounds f
that, while he was undoubtedly a
stockholder in the American Ice com-
pany, there has been no proof that he
wilfully violated the law forbidding a
public offioer to be a stockholder in a
corporation having dealings with uis
municipality.
AT COLORADO SPRINGS
WenueBday’s Storm Destroyed Over SlOO,-
OOO Worth of Properly.
The losses to jroperty from Wed¬
nesday's storm at Colorado Springs
amounts to $100,000, divided as fol-
lows: Business sectiou of the town,
$40,000; Colorado Telephone com¬
pany, $15,090; Electric Power com¬
pany, $10,000; Western Union, $5,000;
Postal Telegraph company, $5,000;
Colorado and Philadelphia Reduction
works, $10,000; balance scattering.
No loss of life has been reported.
APPEAL FOR HELP
Made By storm victim* in Little Town of
LaGrangc, Tennessee.
The people of LaGrange, Tenn,,
have sent OUt an appeal for help.
They say that all the business portion
aud nearly all the residence portion of
the town are in ruins and many of the
inhabitants are left utterly destitute,
They ask that contributions be sent to
W. F. Hancock, mayor of the town.
Male Crackers at Work.
Professional cracksmen burglarized
the Farmers’ bank at Orland, O. T.,
Wednesday night, and secured more
thau $5,000. The robbers blew the
safe open with nitroglycerine.
Russia is primarily an agricultural
eountry, and must always be such.
Grain, vegetables, timber and cattle¬
raising, with their closely allied pro¬
ducts, are the mainstay of the Russian
workman. But manufactures have In¬
creased of late years to an almost mar¬
vellous degree.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
u Happenings ■
Culled at Random.
Subject to Condemnation,
Judge Robert Falligant, of the sn-
perior Coiirt at Siivahnahi haft ruled
Company that the Postal has Teiegraph and Cable
the right to condemn
the right of way of the Plaut system
in certain couuties in south Georgia
for the purpose of erecting poles upon
which to string its wires,
State Geologist Iteporte.
The annual report of the department
of geology prepared by Professor W.
S. Yeates has been issued and shows
in a clear manner the value Which the
department of geology has been to the
state daring the past year; Especial
attention is called to the restilts ac¬
complished; the number of big build¬
ings iu every part of the couutry that
Georgia are now being construed out of
stone. The attention now
being paid by outsiders to the stoues
aud minerals of Georgia is accounted
af-r 1 s touching on -d all accurate of these bul- re¬
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Hunter* wust ray License.
The Bibb county grand jury has re-
commended the law prohibiting the
Edridges trapping or killing of deer, wild turkey,
or dotes for market on any
lands in the County not owned by the
man who does the killing dr tra; ping,
The law becomes operative at once np-
on this recomemiation.
Any man, therefore, who wishes to
engage in tho killing of such game for
market must purchase a license an¬
nually at a cost of $25 per annum.
GVeftt Good Will fte*ttlt.
Tile rivers and harbors committee on
an inspection of the Chattahoochee
river, has completed its work in Geor¬
gia and has now gone to Montgomery.
Congressman Adamson, who is a mem¬
ber of the committee, is convinced
that great good will result to Georgia
from the committee’s visit. He de¬
clares that the Chattahoochee will be
vastly improved, and thinks it possible
that the river will be made navigable
to a point far above Columbus,
Farmer* Holding Cotton.
There are 18,000 bales of cotton in
the warehouses of Columbus, and in¬
vestigation shows that over 75 per
cent of this cotton is the property of
farmers, and is being held for 10
cents, and in some cases 11
and 12 cents. Soma big farmers
around Columbus who have hundreds
of bales of cotton in the warehouses
there are confident that cotton will go
| to 12^ cents before another Crop is
made, aud they are calmly sitting by,
I waiting with folded hands for it to
reach that Figure.
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Respite For Fallow,
q us Fellows, the negro charged with
asaa 'Mt °f Miss Dollio Hood, near
Harmony Grove soma time ago, and
J ?°. w UIK '. er sea tence of death, in the
aQ ts l al ‘, b& s been granted a thirty
days , respite, and December 10th set
* 0l ‘ t “ e argument for a new trial,
Sentiment iu this case has changed
considerably ^ and many believe that
ie nogro is innocent, and that his
l™* ie1 !’ Gus Fellows, is guilty ot
stood was arrested and
trial u but not until after he had
been found guilty and sentenced to
hang did he make the confession
which threw the guilt upon his brother.
Boss ’ 1 am mid Gns to
a newspaper man. “When them white
men threw the fifteen guns on mo I
was afraid, of course, but I did not
believe they would kill me, for God
didn’t moan for me to die, me being
innocent.”
Reward For Murderer.
Governor Candler has offered a re-
ward of $150 for the arrest with proof
to convict of the murderer of Eraaline
Whitehead, the woman who was bru¬
tally murdered near Clark university,
in the suburbs af Atlanta. The indi¬
cations are said to point directly to
one Sims Harris as the murderer
Harris has not been seen since the
deed was committed.
Klberton’s New Flour Mill.
^ ro ^ er flour patent mill will be
soou erected in Elbertou, Messrs. H.
an d D. P. Oglesby being
behind the project. A $10,000 plant
will be erected, with a capacity of
from 100 to 150 barrels per day. It
will be in operation by February 1st.
Already farmers of the county are pay¬
ing more attention to wheat.
Aldred Trial In January.
Captain Aldred, of the Atlanta Zou-
a ves, is to be brought before a corut-
martial for trial on the charges alleged
against him on January 1st, The de-
tail for the courtmartial has been an-
nounced by Governor Candler in au
order issued for that purpose. The
military court is headed by Colonel
W. G. Obear, inspector general.
Since the middle of September Cap¬
tain Aldred has been relieved of his
command on account of the serious-
ness of the charges, which involve mis-
appropriation of funds and a viola-
tion of two of the articles of war.
It is probable that the same court
that tries Captain Aldred will also in¬
vestigate the facts in the case of Lieu¬
tenant Watt, of the Fifth regiment,
against whom charges were preferred
by Colonel Park Woodward. Lieu¬
tenant Watt is charged with Conduct
unbecoming an officer aDd a gentle¬
man and prejudicial to the good order
and discipline of the service.
The charges against him grew out of
a rotr on a Peachtree car while the
regiment was returning from Pied¬
mont park.
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Walter Plead* Ignorance.
Robert E. Waller, the brother-in-
law of W. O. Bowden, whose reap¬
pearance caused in Columbus a day or two
ago sttch a sensation, denies in
the most positive find empb hatic wan-
ner that he knew that Mr. Bewden
was alive until his unexpected return
home. Mr. Waller accompanied Mr.
Bowden to Tybee and was with him at
the time of his reported drowning.
Mr. Bowden Was seeu at his home
iu the country by a Columbus news¬
paper mflu and made a statement of
how he eluded Mr. Waller.
“The story of my disappearance is
i very simple one,” he said. I “I wore
two suits of clothes when went down
to the beach with Mr. Waller that
night. I pulled off both suits and
slipped the new clothes Under my arm
as I went into the water, unknown to
Mr. Waller. I saw a large wave com¬
ing aud called out to Mr. Waller to
look out after my clothes and carry
them a little further up the beach. I
saw biin sitting on a log.
“I walked down the beach at an
angle, concealed by the big ware, and
came out about 100 yards below where
I left the beach Waller did uot see
me. He was either still seated on the
log or else had gone higher up the
beach, where he expected to meet me
there. I did not want him to know
of my movements, so I put on my new
suit and went to the depot, where I
took the first train for Savannah."
SOtitllEJlN CONVENTION.
Detail* For Ills: Industrial Meeting a*
New Orleans Arrangi-d.
The arrangements for the approach¬
ing session of the Southern Industrial
Convention, which will open in New
Orleans December 4th next, are all
completed, and the attendance, judging
from the enrolled delegates already
reported, will bo the largest of any
gathering for a similar purpose ever
held in America.
The list of subjects that will como
before the convention cover almost
every interest of the south and these
will be discussed by some of the ablest
men iu the nation.
Cement Mills Combine.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says
that the fourteen cement mills located
in the vicinity of that city and Jeffer-
sonvilU*, Ind., which supyrly the
greater part of the United States, have
in contemplation the formation of a
combine.
Kruger Observes SabbaHi,
Mr. Kruger passed Sunday with his
family at the Hotel Scribe in Paris,
observing the Sabbath in accordance
with the customs of bis fathoiland.
His apartments were closed to visit¬
ors.
BOERS LOST HEAVILY.
They Have Two Kntragementg With Brit¬
ish an<l arc BaUly Worsted,
A special dispatch received in Lon-
don from Middleburg, Transvaal col-
onv.says that in the surprise of the
outpost of the “Buffs” (Third artil-
lerv) southwest of Balmoral, Novem-
ber 10th, Boers lost sixty * men killed
and wounded. The burghers, the dis¬
patch adds, simultaneously attacked
a garrison of Fusiliers on Wilge river,
but were beaten off with the loss of
120 men killed aud wounded.
LANDSLIDE ENGULFS MINES.
itncli Valuable Property Rained In West
Virginia.
A big landslide occurred north of
Clarksburg, W. Va., Saturday morn-
ing in which five of the largest coal
mines were completely destroyed and
several miners’ homes were shattered,
No lives were lost because it happen-
ed just before the time for the miners
to enter for work. The loss will be
many thousands of dollars. The slide
completely changed the course of a
large creek near by.
SAMFOUD WILL TAKE OATH.
Will Be Sworn In A* Governor of Ala¬
bama On December 1st.
snerial from Onelika Ala savs:
Governor Samford’scondition is much
better. He will take the oath of office
on December 1st. Further j Ians than
that have not been arranged.
He will not be well enough to go to
Montgomery December 1st, but if be
continues to improve as he has re-
cently he will be able to sit up aud
attend to any necessary affairs.
DIVERGENCE DEVELOPS.
Punishment of Prince Tuan and Others
Cause* Division Amont Powers.
“A serious divergence has arisen in
Pekin,” says the Tien Tain corre-
npondent of the London Daily Mail.
“Japan, the United States, Russia and
France favor demanding a milder pun-
ishment thau the execution of Prince
Tuan and the others, while Great Bri-
tain, Germany, Austria-Hungary *nd
Italy deem anything less than the
Beath penalty useless.
ALDRED TO BE TRIED.
Governor Candler Refuses Bequest ol
Former Captain of Atlanta Zonave*.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The ac¬
tion of Governor Candler in refusing
to grant a couv-t of inquiry in the
case of Captain Aldred, of the At¬
lanta Zouaves, 4 against whom
charges “the have been preferred,
that officer is to brought shortly
before a com’martial for trUi.
NO. 40.
TWENTY=SIX PERISH
Steamer Olaf Is Wrecked and All
On Board Are Lost.
CREW NINETEEN; PASSEN6ERS SEVEN
Disaster Occurred OIT th« Seven Island*.
Shore* Are Searched For Missing
Bodies.
News was received in Quebec Satur¬
day afternoon that the 6teamer St.
Olaf, which has been coasting between
Quebec and Point aux Esquimaux, in
the lower St. Lawrence, for the past
two years, had become a total wreck
off Seven Islands, and that all her
crew was entirely lost.
The first dispatch from Seven Is¬
land brought bnt very meagre news
and it was only late in the afternoon
that A. Frazer & Co., owners of the
steamef, were informed of the extent
of the disaster. Besides the nineteen
men of the steamer's crew it was lenrn-
ed that seven passengers bad also per¬
ished.
The St. Olaf was an iron steamer of
305 tons and was built on the Clyde at
Tort Glasgow in 1882. She was val¬
ued at about $40,000 and insured for
about $20,000. The last uews heard
of the St. Olaf up to Saturday was
that she had left Sheldrake on Wed¬
nesday and shortly after the signal
station dispatches reported rough
weather with gales and snow, and it
is supposed that during one of these
gales the St. Olaf ran ashore on the
rocks at the entrance of the Seven
islands, as the dispatch states that she
wan wrecked on Bonle island.
As soon as the news of the wreck
reached Soven islands a searching
party weut out to attempt to rescue
any of the shipwrecked people if pos¬
sible, but this was impossible, as every
one aboard the vessel seems to have
been lost.
News was received late Saturday
night that the St. Olaf was lying on
the rocks, and at low tide two feet of
her hull could be seen out of the wa¬
ter. The place where the steamer was
wrecked is about seven miles off Seven
islands and about 300 miles from Que¬
bec.
STORMED REREL FORT.
Daring Deed of Oar Boys In Philippine*
In CiiiOnrlng Stronghold of Filipinos,
A Manila special under date of No¬
vember 24th Bays: The fortress of the
insurgent chief, Geronimo, at Pinau-
ran, which the insurgents boasted was
impregnable, was taken and destroyed
Thursday afternoon by a picked force
of tlie Forty-second and Twenty-
seventh infantry and iroop G of the
Fourth cavalry, under Colonel Tkom-
son. Geronimoaud most of the rebels
escaped.
The leader has long harrassed the
Twenty-seventh infantry, operating in
the vicinity of San Mateo, Montalban
and Novaliches. He was finally loca-
tod at Pinauran, thirty-five miles consid- north
of Manila. His position was
ered the strongest in Luzon It was
a fine stone fortress Burmounling a
»teep hill eurrounded »>j “nyoBj.-
The Spanish forces lost heauly iu at-
tempting to take it.
Colonel Thompson mobilized a thou¬
sand men at Montalban. The attack
was made upon four sides. The ascentA
were steep and the men climbed them
by grasping the shrubbery. It was
impossible for the eastern column to
reach the summit, but the others ar¬
rived after three hours’ climbing, under
fire from the fortress and the hillside
intrenchments.
The enemy’s force, numbering sev-
era , h ur .d re< j f fled before the attackers
reached the top. The Americans de-
stroyed a thousand insurgent uni-
forms, scores of buildings and large
quantities of supplies and seized a
barrel full of documents,
Private Hart of the Twenty-seventh,
1 and Private Koppner, of the Forty-
second, and the native scouts were
killed, and twelve of the attac ing
force were wounded. The insurgents
casualties were not ascertained.
California Storm Losses are $ 150 , 000 .
The rain storms in California has
caused about $150,000 damage to the
crop of celery, much of which goes to
the eastern market,
SCARLET FEVER RAGES.
Prevalent of the Disease In Mississippi
cause* Health Board to Act.
Mississippi 6tate board of health
jj as addressed a letter to Governor
Longino, falling his attention to the
alarming prevalence of scarlet fever
in several portions of Mississippi, and
stating that the board is unable to
take any steps to further
spread, owing to tk«
ttt^' *>"$ e 1 aB
Thtj^T>oni» TOLfloi quaraut^O
city NaCmcz on account of the^H
of yellow^ fever reported from t
place, owing to the lateness of tbs s
son, and probability of a frost at
early date.,
MONITOR NEVADA LAUNCHED
Youngest Daughter of Congressman B
telle Christened the New Warship.
The United States monitor Neva
in tonnage the largest governnj
vessel ever built by the Bath T| 1
Works, was launched in that
Saturday. The vessel was releJ
and started down the ways in a nd
manner by Miss Annie C. Boutl
youngest daughter of Congress!
Charles A. Bontelle, who chnst|
her. ■ - xam