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About The Toccoa news. (Toccoa, Ga.) 1893-1896 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1895)
XXII. THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS Eodo.se President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle. The State Convention of the Democratic party of Kentucky was held in Louisville last week. The com m it tee on resolutions, through Its chairman, Senator V.'m. Lindsey, reported the majority report afollows: THE MAJORITY RESOLUTIONS. '‘To the Democratic Contention in Session at Louisville : “The undersigned, a majority of your committee, beg leave to submit as their report, the accompanying resolutions: “First: The Democracy of Kentucky, in convention assembled, congratulate the country upon the repeal of the McKinley tariff law and upon the evi¬ dences we have on every hand of re¬ turning prosperity under the operations of reduced and equalized tariff taxa¬ tions; and we denounce as fraught with danger Republican and disaster the threat of our adversaries to re-establish a protective tariff and to re-inaugurate a policy of unequal taxation, which, in connection with general misgovernment by the Republican party, culminated in the business panic of 1893. “Second: The Democratic party, which has always stood for the separa¬ tion of Church and State, for the sake •dike of civil and religious freedom, does not hesitate to condemn all efforts to create a distinction among citizens 'because of differences in faith, as [repugnant to an enlightened age and to the instincts of American freemen. “Third: We. re affirm without qual¬ ification the principles and policies de¬ clared by the national Democratic platform of 1892 and declare that our present national Democratic adminis¬ tration is entitled to the thanks of the party for its honest, courageous and statesman-like management of public affairs; and we express our undimin¬ ished confidence in the Democracy and patriotism of President Grover Cleve¬ land aud his distinguished co-adviser and secretary, John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky.” The fourth and fifth sections relate to State politics. Another scene of unbounded enthusi¬ asm followed the reading of the minor¬ ity report. The names of Cleveland and Carlisle were received with loud shouts of approbation. John S. Rhea read the minority report which was as follows: ttie minority’s report. “The undersigned members of the committee on resolutions dissent from the views expressed by the majority of 1 the committee in resolution No. 3 which is proposed as an endorsement ot the present national Democratic ad¬ ministration, because the said resolu¬ tion is ambiguous, obscure and uncer¬ tain in its meaning and is, in our opin¬ ion, an attempt to straddle the most vital question now attracting the atten¬ tion of the American people, And while the undersigned do not concur in 'the views expressed in said resolution, i>eor in the views expressed in the amend¬ ment which they here submit, they 'nevertheless believe that it is the duty of the Democratic party to express it¬ self in clear and unambiguous terms on this subject. The financial policy of the present Democratic administration deserves-an unqualified endorsement at the hands of the Democratic party of Kentucky, or it does not deserve such endorsement; and, with a view of tak-' ing the opinion of the representatives of the Democrats of Kentucky in con¬ vention assembled, we submit the fol¬ lowing as an amendment to said resolu¬ tion:- "Resolved, By the Democrats of Ken¬ tucky, in convention assembled, that, the present Democratic administration is entitled to the thanks of the whole country for its statesmanlike manage-, ment of public affairs, and we further' declare that both President Cleveland] and Secretary Carlisle are entitled to the unqualified endorsement of the Ameri¬ can people for maintaining the credit! of the government and their issuance ofl $190,000,000 of interest-bearing bonds hereby expressly eudorsed. The un-j dersigned members of the committees on resolutions believing that the great! Democratic party of Kentucky should* plainly allism’, declare in favor of true bi-met-j or the gold standard, offer the following as a separate resolution and «tsk its adoption; “Resolved, That we believe in the /coinage of both gold and silver as the primary money of the country iuto legal lender dollars, receivable in paymentof all its debts, public and private, upon terms of exact equality.” “HONEST MONEY ENDORSED.” The minority report was signed by three of the committee. Mr. Ivhea also offered a resolution that all that part of the majority report after the words “1S92” be stricken out, so as to make the platform simply endorse the Demo¬ cratic platform of 1S92. After a num¬ ber of heated speeches had been made, the report of the minority of the com¬ mittee on resolutions, re affirming the platform of 1892, but refusing to en¬ dorse Cleveland and Carlisle, was de¬ feated by a vote of 5S4 to 331. Several comities changed their vote to “no” afterwards, so that, the final vote was 598 against the adoption of the minority report to 270 for it. Seuntor Lindsay, B. ex-Governor Buckner and James McCreary, who sat ou the platform at the time the vote was announced, were warmly congratulated on the result. “It does uot make any difference who wins for Governor now,” said Senator Lind- say, “Honest money has been endorsed un.t that, is what we were after in the -in.” The next question was on he adop- lion which of is signed the second^ by the minority free stiver report men. Only 24£ votes were cast for the sec- ond minority resolution 1 he question was was Ihenon adopted ^ by e a “^ vo e ril of yre^jrL bllto^ and U S;3 convention. unequivocal™ 1 n endoreed bv the On Thnrslay the U ket was completed aad i« as follows: „ f or Lieu- nant^Governor li. T*Tvler; for Treasurer, f ^nt of ruWic I^iruction. Edward ot porter Thompson; for Commissioner Agriculture, Ion B. Na .. «« Brice pk Chosen n ,» n as a . Chairman. Ctiairman. The central State committee of Ohio m* at Columbus on Tuesday and selected wyM Spring- field as the place and August,20th ‘nnveatton COD \ e ^n»«tcmnorarj ^United States Senator receiving Brica STottloIM chairman, vote* The Tocgoa News. DR. BDCHANAN DIES IN THE ELECTRICAL C HAIR. He Was Sentenced to Death Four Times But on Four Occasions His Counsel Stayed Execution. Dr. Buchanan was electrocuted on Monday morning at Bing Sing, N. Y\ The current was turned on at 11:21 at the rate of 1,740 volts for four seconds, reduced to 400;volts, left on for 30 sec¬ onds, wnen it was turned on 1,740 volts again and gradually reduced until it was turned off 58 seconds after it was first applied. Buchanan entered the room with his eyes closed and did not open them at all. He walked along lie- side the attendant without assistance to the chair. His leg was slightly scorched, and smoked during the last few seconds of the execution. The body was perfectly motionless after the seconds current was turned on. Thirty-two after the current was turned off Buchanan was examined by the m m m m a m a % % P \fRi III m m DR. BUCHANAN. physicians, who discovered a slight pulsation of the heart. The victim also gasped and the doctors declared that life was not extinct. The current was again turned on in full force (1,740 volts), where it was held for 23secouds, when it was again turned off. Buchan¬ an was dead at 11:23 a. in. Mrs Buchanan returned from Rhine Cliff at 10:30 o'clock. She was met at the depot by an officer from the. prison. She wished to be driven to the prison, but it was thought best not to allow this, so she was driven away, and is supposed to have been taken to Mrs. Sage’s private apartments. It is under¬ stood that in her interview with the Governor she pleaded with hirn on her knees. The Governor, who was very much affected, told her that as far as any assistance he could render was con¬ cerned. he would gladly do it, but that he could not possibly prevent the law takiug its course. As soon as Buchanan was pronounced dead the body was turned over to the physicians and the post mortem exami¬ nation begun at 11:30 o’clock. All of the physicians in attendance took part in the autopsy. The persistence with which Buchan¬ an clung to life marked his case to the end. Since the death of the wife, whom he had murdered on April 23, 1S92, in order to re marry the wife whom he had previously divorced, his case has been marked by uncertainties which have made it famous. He at first seemed likely to escape suspicion, and was not arrested until June (5th, follow¬ ing the woman’s death. His trial was delayed until March 20, 1893, and dur¬ ing its early stages his acquittal ap¬ peared probable. When he was con¬ victed, April 20, 1S93, a motion for a new trial was made, and the ques¬ tions put to the court were such that a decision was not rendered until August 1 4th, following, when he was sentenced to die October 2, 1898. On August 10. 1893, he was brought here, and has been here uninterrupt¬ edly since, with the exception of two days, when he was taken away to be re-sentenced—ouce to New York and once to Albany. His case has been twice before the Court of Appeals ol the State, once before the Supreme Court of the United States, and any number of delays and unusual legal proceedings have marked its course through the lower State and Federal Courts. Invitations to his execution were sent out four times by Warden Sage, but in the first three instances, on one ground or another, a respite was secured and the inlliction of the death penalty was postponed, and finally, aftei every means of staying the execution was exhausted, it required two applica¬ tions of the deadly electric current lo overcome the tenacity with which the man clung to life. FXCURSION TRAINS. Not to be Allowed to Run on Sunday In South Carolina. The Attorney General of South Car- Mina is about to take legal proceedings s t 0 p the running of Sunday ex cur- g j on drains and the offering of the cheap Sundav excursion tickets by railroads doing business in this State It seems that the laws of the State forbid the running of special excursion trains ou Sunday, or of any train other x^ an a regular mail train. It is also c i u i nie d bv the State authorities that the rftilro ^j 8 have no right to offer ,he ronnd trip Sunday AUoruev Ounerel Barbee eevs his attention has been called to tin. matter, and he would have taken it up last week had he not been obliged to go to M asbingtou He says that he It is generally conceded that the State has a right to prevent the run- ntng of special excursions trains on Sunday on roads running only m this State, but it is thought that the State will have some diffienltv difficulty in m stonnins stopping the sale of cheap ronnd trip tickets on Sundays. It is also doubted if the running of special trains Dorn State into another State can be stop- pad. TOCCOA. GA., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1895. FREE SILVER AT 16 UO 1. Debated by Bryan and Clarke at 310- bile, Ala. At the invitation of the Central Trade’s Counsel of Mobile, Ala., Hon. W. J. Bryan ol Nebraska, and Hon. B. H. Clarke, of Mobile, Monday night debated the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, in the Mobile Theatre, which was filled with one of the largest audiences that has ever gathered within its walls. Before the speakers were introduced, M T. Judge, president of the central trades council, said there was nothing parti- sa i in the meeting at all, and that the presence of any gentleman on the stage was not to be taken as evidence that he was either for or against the free and unlimited Lavretta, coinage of stiver Mayor C. L. introduced the first speak er, Mr. Bryan After making a few introductory remarks, the speak¬ er went right to the heart of his subject and cited to his hearers that the debtor should have the choice ol the metals in which to pay, as the greater part are debtors, and they de¬ manded silver: the very fact that they are in quest of the silver to pay theu debts, will appreciate that rnetal, but if the creditor is to have the choice of the metals, he will take gold and then that metal will be appreciated. He saul that there was not enough gold in the world to do the business of the world, and that there was bound to be some silvet used. He quoted from Carlisle, -Sher¬ man and Blaine as to the interest of the ‘‘idle holders of idle capital,” in do stroying half of the money of the world, so that L by this action they might enhance the value of the other half. He also quoted from aspeech made by Secretary Carlisle in 1878, in which he spoke of the evils th u would befall the country if silver was destroyed as money. He said that he did not agree in the proposition to coin silver at the ratio of 32 to 1, as it would make the dollar twice as large as it now was, and that by this operation the amount of silver in circulation in this country would be curtailed just one half, and the metallic money of the world reduced one-quarter, and this would enhance the value of the remain¬ ing three-fourths. He said that the bi-metallists propose to create a demand for silver by law, and then, he said, by way of illustration of this assertion, that if a man in a town would give 20 cents a dozen for eggs, that all the eggs in that town would be worth 25 cents. He might not get all the eggs, but his action would set the price on eggs, and make them all worth 25 cents. If the government can take all the silver at $1.29 cents per ounce, i* would be worth that price. Franc * maintained the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 154 to 1 and there were not half as many people in France at thal time at there are in the United States Mexico cannot 1 maintain the free coin age of silver because Mexico is a small country, and she is not as large as the United States. Mr. Clarke was introduced to the au¬ dience by Mayor Lavretta, and spoke in substance as follows: As far as I was concerned, it was understood that this discussion should deal with the ques¬ tion as to whether the free and unlim¬ ited coinage of silver at the ratio of Hi to 1 is for the benefit of the laboring man of the United States, and after the workingman has listened to the nicely worded sentences of my opponent dots he know any more about the matter than he did at the start. There are many of you who can make a tirade at Carlisle and there are about half-a- dozen who can throw mud at him—not more than half-a-dozen, since Kentucky spoke the other day. [Laughter ] It is true that Kentucky elected a free coinage man, but she did it on a plat¬ form endorsing Cleveland and in favor of sound money. If any man under¬ takes to buy eggs at 50 cents per dozen that a e only worth 25 cents, all the world over he will have a pretty trade and finally he will have to quit buying eggs because his money will give out. My opponent in saying that Mexico cannot carry on the free coin¬ age of silver successfully, admits that it is a burden for any country to carry, ai d that because the country is a little larger it will be better able to bear the burden. Congressman Bankhead said the other night when he spoke here that all the men who opposed the ic- peal of the 10 per cent, bank tax were in favor of free coinage of silver, and and then turning to Bryan he asked: “Did you vote for the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on State banks?” “I did not,” replied Bryan. “Then,” said Clark, “I leave you to settle that little diffe rence with Bank- head when you get to Birmingham.” He announced himself in favor ot both gold and silver as money if they can be kept as money metals in the business of the country. The differ¬ ence is this: He favors silver mono¬ metallism, while I favor the limited use of silver along with the unlimited use of gold. In reference to Ihe criticism of Carlisle by Bryan, he said that Car lisle was right, but that he was speak¬ ing of the time of the limited and not the free and unlimited use of silver as money, and said that there had been no contraction of the curren¬ cy of the country, but that on the other hand there was more money in circulation in the country to-day than there had ever been in the history of the United States. He cited the financial policy of the country from 1792 to 1893, and said that we never, in the history of one or the metals, had been over valued, it had had the effect to drive China Japan ^“‘Mexico, India and and the condj t ion of the laboring man in these coun tries as the evidences of the first fret and unlimited coinage of silver upon the laborer. The speaker then asked Mr. Bryan as to what he understood by the free and )K the mints and getting the silver dollars for it at 0nC6j or whether he is in favor of taking the bullion to the mints and getting in return paper receipts. Mr. enough, then I am willing to take the paperj«eipta and wait till my bullion M Clarke- “Ther° is an evasion” The audience cheered reneatedWboth >P ealker f. out seemed to irown Uown on reading of the Jackson incident by Mr . Clarke. --—- Many German newspapers severely criti- cise the expenditure incurred by the Kiel toturitig^ THE LATEST HEWS. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Southern Dots. A special to the Age-Herald from Forkiand, Ala., says that during a thunder-storm there Tuesday, two negroes who had taken shelter under a tree were instantly killed by light¬ ning. At Lincoln, Ala., on Tuesday, James A. Hackney, while standing in the doorway of his residence, was killed by lightning. His wife, who was star ding close by, was badly shocked. The quartette of ’cyclists who left Knox¬ ville, Tenn., for a run to Washington, 600 miles, made the trip in twelve days. The distance covered each day ranged from thirty-threo to sixty-live miles. At Grove City, Fla., Tuesday,Mrs. Richard Talbott was carried out into the Gulf by a huge tarpon. Her husband was fishing in a boat and he rescued his wife as she was dragged past by the fish. The lady was not seriously injured. Mr. Robert Barringer Kramer and Miss Ida Irwin Howell were married at the First Methodist church in Atlanta, Ga., on Wed¬ nesday night. The groom is the city editor of the Constitution, and the bride a daughter of Captain Evan P. Howell aud a sister of Mr. Cia’ k Howell, editor of the Constitution. Iron was advanced $1 a ton by the Tenn¬ essee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, at Birmingham, which makes atotal advance of $2.75 a ton s ; uce the 15th of March, aud the indications are that it is not done rising yet. “Bad” Tom Smith, was hanged at Jackson, Ivy., Friday for the murder of Dr. Kodes. He made a full confession to the jailer before the drop fell. The Georgia fruit growers are fighting the Georgia railroads, on account of alleged ex¬ cessive freight charges, before the State rail¬ road commission. The railroads claim that fruit is the most difficult of all freight to handle, that ice must be provided, aud hence the high rates. Miss Nellie Murphy, while out riding near Braidentown, Fla., was attacked by a vicious stallion, chased for two miles and bitten several times. Lightning struck the barn of W. A. Gilles¬ pie. near Charlotte, N. C., some time in the early part of Wednesday night, set lire to it, and the whole building was consumed, in¬ cluding all of Mr. Gillespie’s wheat, which lie had just finished hauling aud getting under cover, aud his wagon. •--- Crime. A. C. Love, formerly assistant postmaster at Col vert, Tex., stole 32,500 postoffice m..ney and escaped, studied medicine, and made off to Central America. The postal authorities have caught him at Panama. -- Legal. Louis O. Desforges, a convicted boodle alderman in New Orleans, lias been refused a re-hearing by the courts. Private Secretary Cole Thursday morning, under instructions from Governor Morton, of New York, informed Mrs. Annie Buchanan tnat the Governor must decline to hear any further appeals for clemency in behalf of Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, now under sentence of death at Sing Sing prison. --- Fires. A Are in Minneapolis resulted in the loss ol six persons, crushed by failing walls. A wholesale crockery establishment was burned at a loss of 390,000. San Francisco, Cal., was visited Thursday thirty night by the most destructive fire in years. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000, with $800,000 insurance. ...... ■—-- Mortuary. Julius Rufflno was found dead in a Pullman car near Lynchburg, Va., Thursday. Mr. George Lee Todd was found dead in bed Friday morning at his nephew's, Mr. Mac Jamison’s, three miles from Charlotte. Mr. Todd had been sick for some time with dropsy. He was 70 years of age. Foreign. llie insurgents under tho command ol Admiral Da Gama, in ihe province of R'o do Sul, Brazil, have been defeated by the gov¬ ernment troops at Campos. Admiral Osorio was wounded and captured; be subsequently succumbed to his injuries. Admiral Da Gama, finding himself overpowered, committed suicide. Gen. Tavarez assumed command of the rebels. ---■ Miscellaneous. Independent manufacturers of telephones and telephone supplies are organizing in Pittsburg for ihe purpose of fighting the Bell Telephone Company. The Southern Railway reports for May gross earnings of $1,389,503, an increase of $90,837; expenses aud taxes, $1,184,279, in¬ crease. 345.815; net, $205,224. increase, $45,- 022, and from Julv 1st to May 3rd, gross, $15,789,925, increase. decrease, $386,806. expense* and taxes, $10,902,658, $258,486; net, $4,887,256, increase, $645,292. J. L. Eisenberg, of South Bend, Okla., the publisher of the Wave and tne author of scurriilous article that lead to the killing of Register Patterson and Marshal Williams, left towa to avoid being mobbed. The people on reading the article, became so incensed that threats of a mob were freely made and had ho been found he would have been sum- marilv dealt with. Threats are made against the Wave office and il was with great diffi¬ culty that the crowd was kept from tearing the building te pieces. While this i 3 about the dullest season of the year for railway freight traffic, receipts show a good increase over last year’s business, week of The net gain of 82 lines in the first June was 10.13 per cent. Only 58 have re¬ ported as yet for the second week, and their net increase is about 8 per cent. International Prison Congress. The International Prison Congress eoa- vened in Paris on Sunday with delegates G°m an eivihzed countries. Some fifty pro- positions and queries are eaumoated or debate of wdn t._ some are very broad One of the quertmne w hi. u re-acted a great deal vlrv m ‘rthouiht'ofi- “Are nrlXere^- titled to a salary” The a^pted^n recommendation of past congresshave been many of the prisons of the world and have worked well, therefore it is conceded that the results „ f *sc, D8r:f wm r ampU,h rauc-h a oo.l m.homana-emeat of d.. sons. A Convict Guard Killed. Mr Mr. W w. Ramsev Karosey, a a convict convict guard e-iard for for fV. R. Jonee, was accidentally killed at Brunswick. Ga., last week He was restiug with one foot on a eturap, ns- ing the trigger guard of his gun for a ^ {he heart He , ived on j v a few Mr. Ramsey went to Bruns- wick a few mouths ago from Samter, SC. . __ %V vv ui iU Perforate reriorare me the ueawi. Leaves. . hat it win not^S*to JSt tobacco near pine trees as the leaves fail ar.d perforate the toba co leaves; thereby icjur- ing them considerably. HORRIBLE ACTS OF A MADMAN. He Kills Ilis Wife, Mortally Wounds One Boy and Tries to Kill Ot hers. A horrible affair occurred near Huntersville, N. C., Friday afternoon, the facts in the ease as nearly as could be ascertained beiug these: A white man named Sims, who is a farmer, was at work in his cotton patch. Three or four boys of the neighborhood passed aloug and holler¬ ed at Sims, not meaning any harm,but be took it as an insult, and turned on the boys, furiously. One of the brav¬ est in the crowd picked up a rock and throw it at him. Sims put bis band to his bip pocket, drew forth a pistol and fired at ilieboys. The ball struck one of them (name not known) under the eye,it is thought, mortally wound- iDg him. Sims then ran across the field toward his house. His wife saw him coming, and divining intuitively that lie meant harm to her, rau out- of the house aud across the field. He pursued and caught his wife, who, frightened nearly out of her wits, had hidden in the field The demented husband, put the pistol to his wife’s temple and fired, lulling her instantly. Sims left his wife in the field wel¬ tering in her own blood and went to Huntersville and gave himself up. He said the reason he killed his wife was that he knew he would either be hung or sent to the penitentiary for life for shooting the boy,and he could not bear to be separated from her. The boy who was shot was taken by the other boys in the crowd to a neigh¬ boring house audit physician summon¬ ed His chances for life are Blim. Sims made the following confession to a reporter of the Charlotte Ob server: “I was on my way home from the low grounds and had a ‘square’ in my hand which I had used in measuring a ditch. It was about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. I had to pass a field along the roadside where a lot of young men were at work cutting wheat. They were Ben Barnett, Grant Stewart, Ar¬ thur and Will Alexander. They were near the road and hollered at me, ask¬ ing me what I was doing with the square, at the same time using some bad language. Will Alexander spoke up and said ‘you had better ‘square’ things right now.’ I became incensed at what the boys had said, and said to A ;M it? Wmr JW- k *% S) \ / N / zgd .JOHN SIMS. Alexander: ‘Come out in the big road and you and I will fight it out here, and if you are afraid to come let any of the gang come and I will ‘square’ things.’ “The boys stepped out into the road and Will Alexander said he was ready to meet me. At this juncture I ran to my house, about 30 yards away, and got my pistol and was return' w cere the boys were when they, the boys, be¬ gan throwing rocks at me. When I had gotten near them Will Alexander spoke and said: ‘Goon back to work and put your old pistol up. I am not afraid of you or your pistol either.’ 1 said: ‘I am not afraid either.’ Alexander again said: ‘Shoot if you dare; co-trse out in the road and I'll fight you,’ and picked up a rock and advanced and threw it at me. He was about 30 yar Js away from me when he threw the rock I pulled my pistol from my pocket and ran toward Alexander and fired two shots. The second shot entered the face under the left eye, or at least i' looked that way to me. I was sure 1 had killed Alexander, and the next thought that entered my mind was MY WIFE. “I could not think of going to jail aud leaving her. I turned and ran toward the house. My wife was out at the road, about ten steps from the house, talking to John and Jim Johnston, who bad passed the field where the fracas occurred. I supposed they were talk¬ ing about what had occurred between me and the boys. When I got near where my wife was she screamed aud said, ‘Oh, John, don’t shoot,’ and ran to the cotton field near the house. 1 ran after her with pistol in hand, and when I was about 30 yards from her, fired. She wheeled and fell. I thought I had killed her, but after examining her closely I saw that the shot only took effect in her hand. While 1 woe- preparing to shoot her again she never spoke, but lav as if she were dead. 1 —> ............ .. . ....... ........... placed the pistol to her forehead and the^rourd 1 S ° " <tS >H1 ” h 11 “ - J jn an(1 WPnt w k to where the Johnston’s were standing, and ,yd to them: ‘I killed my darling wife and wiU go at once and give mi self up.’ Before leaving for Huntersville I went back to the field and kissed my wife and said > ‘darling, meet, me in Heaven. When asked what he meant by kill- .ing his wife, Sims said he couldu t bear the idea of behind:*that being bung and leav- iDg his wife he de.rl, loved her and they had always gotten- along together nicely, with the extep tion of one or two little quarrels they had had, and they didn't amount to |hi g His wife was ahv;lvs good * him a nd trea{ed him kim |fv on all occasions Ue said, further, no family troubles whatever led him to the rash act. She is the daughter of J. C. Martin, wh o lives near Caldwell’s Station, on Tennessee <fc Ohio Kail- rjad ' bltn s will be 2o years old to- morrow. His weight is about 160 pounds. He has sandy hair and mus- laclie, , and has a very j s good counten- last words to the reporter were that “he had given up everything and expected to be hanged, and that his only hope was to meet hjs wife jn Heaven.” He made a request that the good people pray for him. aud that the t teachers visit him aud pray with him. He seemed perfectly sane, and when isked if he had ever had any mental rouble, replied that he had not. He said he let his temper get away with rim when he shot Alexander, for which * ie was sorry, and that he hoped God ivould forgive him for what he had ione. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. It i- said that tobacco is produced in forty- two Slates and territories. H. Baruch. Charlotte’s largest dry goods met chant, made an assignment Monday lrgbt for the benefit of his creditors. A lvi-cs have been received from Havana stating that the insurgent leader Maeeo ha 9 been captured aud is now in prison. News is received from Seattle, Wash., of the seizure of ih« English sealing schooner Saiva, bv the United Stares revenue cutter uu-ii After eluding the authorities for nearly two months, William Connell, the slayer ot Sheriff Dunham, of Montgomery county, Ga., has consented to surrender voluntarily. Ella Houston, a widow, living near Gor¬ don Springs, Ga.. was assaulted and murder¬ ed Friday night. A white man has been ar- rcsted, but circumstantial evidence points to three negro tramps. At Cedar Keys. Fla., while fighting a cata¬ mount. which had attacked her children, Mrs. George Higginbotham was badly torn. The lady finally killed the animal. Her children were uninjured. John Heins and Harry Landy sat down beside the track of the Pennsylvania railroad, near Chester Heights, Pa., early Sunday morning and fell asleep. A train came along and struck them, killing Heins instantly and fatally injuring Lnudv. Molly Mason and Michael Adrian were drowned in the Alleghany river near Pitts¬ burg, l’a., Saturday night. Harry Mason, the husband of the woman, is locked up in jail charged with murder, for upsetting the boat in which his wife aud Adrian fell out of and lost their lives. At Cordova, Mo., lightning struck the Baptist Church while Sunday morning ser¬ vice was in progress. Arvell Randall, a young stantly farmer, who had just arrived, was in¬ killed by the shock, as were also a pair of horses standing near by. , Ex-Congressman Wm. Parrett fell down stairs at his residence in Evansville, Ind., on Sunday morning and died. lie was seventy years of age. He served terms in Congress from 1888 to 1892. He leaves two daughters. The deceased was a leading lawyer of Evans¬ ville. they Railroad officials at the Knoxville, Tenn., say have a clew to person whom they claim wrecked a passenger train on tho Southern railway, night’ at Fullens depot, Tenn., Saturday in oldest which wreck, John Patterson, one of the engineers in the service of the company, wqs killed. At Philadelphia, Pa., William C. Dewes, a young paper hanger, was one of a party who were playing a scrub game of Gall Saturday. Dewes was at the bat, facing tho pitching of a policeman named McDonald, when a speedy inshoot struck him on the head, felling him unconscious to the ground. He was takeu to the hospital, where he died Sunday from hemorrhage of the brain, caused by tho blow from the ball. In the United States Court in Montgomery, Ala., Saturday Judge Judge Brice rendered a decision in the case of the bondholders against the Birmingham, Sheffield & Ten¬ nessee River Railroad. The mortgage was (foreclosed and the road is to be sold within ,sixty days. The road is in operation for 'about 109 miles and runs through tho finest mineral section of the State. The foreclosure was for $2,900. Of late the road has been operated by a receiver. The Scenic Railway, which will be one of the features on the Midway Heights at the Cotton States and International Exposition, was formally opened last week. Scenic Visitors Railway to the Exposition will find the one of the features of the Midway. dazzling As the cars dash through the tunnel, the hundreds effects of the electric light show of scintillating points, icicles, stalactites from and stalagmites, and further on, a reflection the surJight in the deep gorge of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. This spectacle is made all the more effective by the instan- taneousness with which it confronts the eye. MORGAN-BELMONT BOND DEAL. They Make a Good Profit Out of Uncle Sam. The syndicate’s payment of gold Thursday aggregated over $6,500,000, completing that part of the contract, and raising the Treasury gold reserve above the $100,000,000 mark. By the terms of their contract they received $62,450,000 in 4 per cent, bonds, for which they have paid $65,116,275. The difference between the price paid— $104.4046 per 3100-and 123}k. which is the ruling market price now. is what the syndi¬ cate and those associated with them have made by*reason of the advanced price of the bonds. This latter price, however, has been reached by easy stages, and the expense of supplying sterling exchange since February 8th to the present time, and !he further ex¬ pense of furnishing it until October 1st next will have to be deducted from their appar¬ ent profits to ascertain their approximate net profit from the entire boud transaction. At times, during the period covered by the con¬ tract. exchange has been below the exporting point, at other times tbe cost of supplying it was slight, while at some periods the ex¬ change ra*e was so high that the eost must have been quite heavy. Only the syndicate representatives know the amount, as ’he de¬ partment ha.- nothing to do with ’his feature of the tr..as i ■*>on. A LOW RATE. One Cent For Mile to the Exposition. Rates to the CoUod State3 aud Internation¬ al Expedition at Atlanta, Ga., have been promulgated by Commissioner Findlay of the Southern Passenger Association. I he basis is approximately one cent per mile on distances of two hundred miles and over, and is the lowest rate ever given an exposi- ‘“offied oSSfc 1 ^rVrates by their experience at Chicago, made too high at the outset held back the people, and the fare was reduced, Here it was decided to reach the lowest at once and make the attendance uniform. The Exposition thi.-? m.on.w . tendance ”, , ,1 's ' g . p. om .. f S thp southern no. but Vi .pj probably be on tbe same basis. suburban rates have been granted on a very low basis, so that when the city outlying is over- crowded, visitors may run out to town- as far as twenty-five miles and return next morning for a -W accommodation for many .hourends of vu- ,tor3 K ii P d hvlGhtnln"’ I, * hm afternoon about a wlfe and two children. It appears that the two men hail star ted ”« a tr'p to Chesterfield County on business, and stopped at the for house ofMr. j. w. Edwards, their cousin, refuge from the approaching thunder storm. While ihous«, standing under a shelter adjaeent to the in the presence ol[ Mrand EdwarffiThfe wife and two children were ** verey shocked ^ NO. 37 . COMMERCIALREPORT THE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING. -«»► Business Improving Despite the Crop Prospects. R. G. Dun A Co’s trade review for the past week says: The half yearly report of failures next week will include about 6,900 against 7.039 for the first half of last year, and liabilities of about *88,000,000 against $101,579,152 last year. But for the cordage concern, the aggregate would bo nearly 23 per cent, less than last year, and the manu¬ facturing liabilities 26 per cent, less but in¬ cluding it, the manufacturing liabilities will be about $40,000,000,000 against $41,476,102 last year, aud the trading $45,000,000 against $52,345.978 last year, while miscellaneous lia¬ bilities were only 32,700,000 against $7.856, T 072 last year. Failures for the past week have been 256 in the United States against 214 last year and 22 in Canada against 35 last year. Business is better, although the crop out¬ look, affecting prospects beyond the near fu¬ ture, is a little less distinct. Cotton has fallen three-sixteenths to seven ceuts, in spite of reports of serious injury by rains in Texas aud Louisiana. A little buying by Northern spinners sur¬ prises the market for their takings have been more than enough for the year's consump¬ tion. and British returns show a great de¬ crease in exports of cotton goods. The labqr troubles are passing with frequent advances in the rate of wages paid. The closing of the contract by the syndicate raises the Treasnry reserve about 3100,000,000 but the certainty that no more gold is to be imported by the bankers makes foreign ex-! the change stronger, and if a large part of bonds taken abroad have been re-sold to this country, deliverable as soon as possible, as some believe, the heavy merchandise im¬ ports for June at New York, 48 per cent, larger than last year, against exports about 2 per cent, smaller, will render exports of gold altogether probable. Money still comes hither from the West in amounts aggregat- ting $250,000 daily, and commercial loans are enlarging, particularly on iron and other manufacturing paper. The volume of business represented by ex¬ changes through the principal 35 clearing houses is, for the past week, 8 per cent larger than last year, a really surprising gain and only 7 to 1 per cent, less than in 1892, whila tlie average for the month is 28 8 per cent, larger than last year aud 7.1 per cent, less than in 1892. The'return is highly en¬ couraging, in spite of the comparative magni¬ tude of speculative importations. There are a few evidences of n revival of general trade at the South, Jbut merchants nt almost all leading cities in that region report that the demand continues very moderate, and collections are slow. Cotton and fruit crons in the South Atlantic States promise we 1. and the business outlook is reported encouraging. Incessant rains in Texas have hurt the crops. Increased shipments by Galveston jobbers are reported duo rather to a railway freight rate war than to increased demand -- ■ ) ■ » - — -- Asked to Resign. Governor Morrill of Kansas, has demanded the resignation of W. J. Hurd and J. J. Barnes, the two Populist members of the State board of directors of the penitentiary. Hurd and Barnes were hold-over-appointees constitute of Gover¬ of nor Llewelling and a majority the boa- d. In his letter demanding their resignations, the Governor derelict charges them the with being incompetent and in performance of their duties, calls upon them, in ease they decline to resign, to appear be¬ fore him aiid show cause why they should not be removed. Both say they will not give up their offices and defy the Governor to remove them. Vote for Silver or Resign. The democrats of Wood county, Tex., have organized a strong bimetallic club. In the resolutions recently adopted declaring for the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver at 16 to 1, this resolution was also adopted call : representatives in both “We on our houses of congress to labor for the repeal of all laws, if there be any, the granting to issue the secre¬ bonds tary of the treasury power in time of peace, and if any member of either house of congress refuse to so labor, we de¬ mand his immediate resignation.” Georgia as a “Peach Orchard.” On a single railroad system in Georgia, it is reported, there are 2,088,000 peach trees already bearing, and the whole State is gradu¬ ally developing into a magnificent peach orchard. Some single orchards number over 100,000 trees, while almost all the farmers are setting out orchards in the hope of de¬ veloping the industry still further. “Tho value of the crop,” it is added, “is not con¬ fined to the producers alone. The railroads come in for a very handsome precentage of the profits and the individual canners not only make a good deal of money which is invested in other industries in the State, but give employment to a large number of peo¬ ple, thus increasing the inducements for settlement in the various districts and in. creasing the value of land, as well as giving the other fftate industries a big lift.” Another Car Coupler. The testing of an invention, the success of which means much to the railroad companies was made in Spartanburg. S. C., Thursday. The invention is known as tho Harris air brade coupler, and in the tests it worked most satisfactorily to the railroad men who watched it. What the coupler Is Intended tp do is to enable the engineer to 6it in his cab and couple and uncouple his cars at will. The coupler is under the con¬ trol of tbe air brakes, which are joined au- ‘■/matieaily by the eouoling of the cars. One A the mo£i valuable features of the coupler is the fact that just as soon as the care are uncoupled the air brakes are applied to them, and thus jamming is avoided. In loose the when test yesterday the rear ear was cut the train was going at a rate of twenty-five miles an hour.'aud it was stopped almost in¬ stantly. Convicted Twice. At Atlanta, Ga., William Myers was eon* vfoted for the second time of the murder ol Forest Crowley. The murder was commit* ted last August, wheu Mayers fled and captured at Cincinnati. He denied having committed the crime and declared that a friend of his named Brown Alien w.i3 the real murderer. Mayers stated that be no companied Crowley and Allen to the subur* ban park where Crowley was killed, but b« claimed th itCrewley and Allen left him sit¬ ting in a buggy and they went off together Allen came back and said that he had killed Crowley. The verdict is without recommen¬ dation to mercy which means hanging unles* a new trial can be obtained or the Goveri or rommo'ex 2,000 Jlen Get a Raise. At PhcenixvBlle, Pa., notices were paste#, In all the departments of the Phouux Iroa ’. ^ nd Bridge Company Satuiday announcing t , h ^iMi’TieSarenS wa-es of 2 000 emDloves of the 'bridge, the wo fk which on the which material stopped for the SicS when StJ the was panic began two yeare ago, has been regain- e<L The works are running niebt and da*
