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BILL ARP’S LETTER.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE
POLITICAL SITUATION.
Plenty of Candidates—A Tangle In the
Seventh District.
W« used to have our politic* in the
fall of the year, but it seem* to have
worked back into the spring. Stump
speaking has began in earnest. Can¬
didates are looming up all over the
state and every one is chock fall of pa¬
triotism and knows exactly how to save
the country. Those who are in office
have saved it several times and will do
it again if the people will let them.
Five thousand dollars is a wonderful
fertilizer to patriotism. And besides
having saved tbe oountry a man wants
to be vindicated. He want* the people
to rise tip and say, “Well done, thou
good and faithful servant.” Then
again there is the line of promotion
that most be observed. In the army
a lieutenant aspires to be a captain
and a captain to be a colonel and a
colonel to be a brigadier. Just
ao the young lawyer must -go to
to the legislature a few times and get
acquainted with the boys and by and
by the boys will elect him to the bench
and that brings him in contact with
the people of his circuit and in oonrse
of time he climb# into oongrese and
then maybe into the governor's chair
or the United States senate. Tbe pro
fsesional candidate want# to be climb¬
ing the golden stair all the time and
he eonld do it if there wasent some
things in the way. There are some
eel fish people in this world who don’t
want a man to have bnt little nor have
that little long. By tbe time a man
haa fairly settled down in congress and
learned now to save the oonntry and
haa fertilized hie patriotism with $16,
$00 or $20,000 he hear# a voioe away
down in hi* dUtriet aaying “Rotate,
rotate, rotate 1” And by and by he
hears another and another and so he
gets leave of absence and oomes home
to mend his fenees.
Bnt there is no telling where for we poli¬ are
•t down bare in the seventh,
ties is in an swfnl tangle. We have
got two democratic silver oandidates
in the field right now and one inde¬
pendent, who, like Dr. Felton, defies
the field, and there will soon be a gold
hog baoked by the administration and
before long the fusion candidate of
the populist# end republicans will give
a Comanche whoop and let loose tho
doge of war and “cry havook” and the
spoils of offios. Of oonrse, the old
time roek-ribbed democrats will stick
to their party if they can find it, bnt
there is a lot of reetleaa souls who say
they ean’t we wonted and intend to
vote for whom they dogon please.
They are dieoordant, dissevered, belli¬
gerent, and, like King David’s little
army, indnde “ell who are in distress
or in debt or ere discontented.” My good
friend, Newt Tomlin, said a long
time ego that tha only repnblioans way to
get even with the
waa to “jins 'em,” and I hear corns
oldtime democrete say they are going
to do it if onr platform don’t snit them.
Bat if the fusion of popnliste and the re¬
publicans does take place then re¬
publican platform won’t snit onr dis
affected democrat*, for it will be a
straddle both on silver and the tariff!
There art a good many*, protection gold
democrats around here and more
bags, bnt it is rare to find a democrat
who favors both. Among tbe offloe
seekers th* spoils will oover every¬
these thing, party for as platforms on# told are me only yesterday, intend¬
ed to get in on. Passengers must not
stand on the platform while the train
hi in motion. Tbe way it looks now
a platform oannot be made that will
harmonize tbe people of any party.
The cohesive power of poblio plunder
may harmonize the leader* end the of*
floe seekers, but the people will not
fellow like they her* done. They have
loetonafidenoe in pertieeand platforms. politically
They are better educated
' than they have ever been sod witl not
on it blindly. This is an age of sur¬
prise* end nobody president een foretell who
will he tbe nest nor repre
eaotative from the seventh diatriot
W» *►»»- "«* fafwfttteu that Dr. Felton.
independent carried this district
three times, nor that the populists now
sleet their representative# to tha legis¬
lature horn this oounty, nor that this
oonnty elected went republican when Garfield
tms and there is more political
dissatisfaction in these porta now than
over baton. The people have good
cause for their discontent. Takes
man who four year* ago bought * good
tittle farm for $4,000 and paid $2,000
at one,
of
and still
he *t tell
900
nan is
1 to.
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his coat gave the robber Ttta cloak
too. He is as scarce as the
dering Jew. Everybody sort—especially wants pro¬
tection of some if it
comes oat of the public crib. Au
honest man is not the noblest work of
God, bat I don’t blame Mr. Pope for
saying so. An honest disbnrser of
public money is worthy of a pension
and a monument. So many men
are dishonest and so many are deceit¬
ful that poets and philosophers seem
to have lost confidence in the whole
human race. The old Scotch hit preacher hearers
was reading-aujf^paalm when begot to to the that
and verse that
reads, “And I said in my haste
all men are liars," paused and apostro¬
phised, “Ah, David, me might main, an’if said ye
had lived till now ye have
it at your leisure. ”
But happily there are many honest
and many truthful people. The salt
has not lost its savor and the smile of
tho Lord is still upon tho land.
Neither war nor famine nor pestilence
nor any great calamity has for a long
time befallen us.—B ill Akp, in At¬
lanta Constitution.
REPUBLICANS AT I.OUISVILLE.
They Organize With Bradley Forces
in the Lead.
The Kentucky republican state delegates con¬
vention called to elect four
at large to the national republican
convention and instruct them as to
the state’s preference was called to or¬
der at Louisville Wednesday after
noon. A lively figbt betweeu delegates
which took policemon to quell prefaced
the proceedings. Yerkcs, chairman of
Hon. John W.
tho state central committee, called tbe
convention to order, after which the
Rev, Dr. WeHz preyed for tbe dele¬
gatee. Mr. Yerkes than deliveredg Gov¬ an
address, and when the name of
ernor Bradley was mentioned the del¬
egatee cheered wildly. MoKinley greet¬
A reference to waa
ed with yells that could be beard a
block. Mr. Yerkes read a telegram
from Congressman Evans, urging the
convention to pat a strong sound
money plank in the platform. On be¬
half of tbe McKinley foroes, W. O.
Root nominated Judge George Denny,
of Lexington, for temporary ohairman.
Judge Thomas Z. Morrow was nomi¬
nated on behalf of the proceeded Bradleyites. with
The roll call then
numerours outbreaks, whenever a con*
testin g county was reached, and it was
three hours before the call was com
pleted and tbe secretary announced
the result— Morrow 838, Denny 742,
showing a Bradley majority of 91.
Judge Morrow then took the chair and
the business of organization was con
tinned. The nsnal commutes* donvention were
named and at 6 o’olock the
adjourned until 8 p.m. 8:80
When tbe convention met at
o’clock the oommittee on permanent
organization reported reoom mending
Oharlee Blanford, .of Breokenridge
county, for chairman, and Lyons, of
Newport, nominated George Denny,
Jr., for ohairman, but consideration
of tha report was postponed until after
report of the credentials committee,
whioh announced it would not be
ready for an hour and a half. During
the interval Jndge Denny delivered an
impassioned speech, whioh oalled forth
repeated applause from the MoKinley
supporters. 11 o’clock the oommittee
At on cre¬
dentials reported seating the Logan oon test¬ and
ing delegations of Jefferson,
Warren counties, a compromise being
effected between the MoKinley and
Bradley members, eaoh taking half of
the delegations the oommittee
Th* report of on per¬
manent organization was then adopted,
attempts to nominate Jndge Denny
and Oliver Root for ohairman being
ineffectual, and Oharlee Blanford took
the chair. The oommittee on rules re¬
ported at 11:15 and tbe report waa
adopted. 12:10 the eonvention ad¬
At a. m.
journed until Thursday.
USED BOUGH LANGUAGE.
An Evangelist Called Down by HI#
Congregation.
At Jonesboro, Tenn., Rev. W. W.
Smith, an evangelist who had been
conducting a revival at tha Baptist
ehnaah. undertook to denounce the
town as the wickedest hell-bole In tbe
United States.
The ao rough ae to
Rev. Kimbrough, pastor of the
church, to cell him down. The good
doctor said that he would eot permit
such language to be meed iu hie church.
A followed in which the evan¬
gelist tried to square himself, hut ti
would not go with the people. Tbe
nesuar declared th* eerriot* at a oluee
A large crowd the
good people of the congregation were
shocked at th* clash. They unoui
their pastor, how
ever, end gave prompt approval of his
course. The affair has created a sen
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MISSOURIANS MEET.
STATE CONVENTION DECLARES
FOR FREE COINAGE.
Bland Indorsed tor President—The
Financial Plank.
The silver cause received a big
boost by the Missouri democracy at
Sedlift Wednesday, the 535 delegates
being almost unanimously in favor of
the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver at 16 to 1.
“Silver Dick” Eland’s Dame was
cheered at every mention and he was
invariably spoken of as the next presi¬
dent of the United States.
The convention was called to order
by Sedalia’s eight-year-old boy bugler,
who sounded the “assembly” with a
silver cornet amidst great applause.
“Dixie,” which th&band played called just
before the convention was to
order, was also loudly cheered and
happily received.
The action of the convention was a
strong expression in favor of free
coinage aDd of the “Big Four”—
Richard P. Bland, Governor Stone,
Senator Cockrell and Senator Vest—
whom Missonri had decided to send
as delegates at large to the Chicago
conveqtion. convention v '
The sentiment of the was
shown in a vote upon a resolution to
instruct delegates to the Chicago con¬
vention to refuse to vote for any per¬
son for temporary chairman of the
Chicago convention who is not a pro
nonneed advocate of free coinage of
silver at 16 to 1.
The resolution was carried by a vote
of 630 to 5.
Bland tor President.
Governor Stone offered a resolution
indorsing Bland for the demooratio
nbmination for president, and the con¬
vention adopted it. convention,
Bland addressed the
withdrawing his name as a candidate
for delegate to the Chicago conven¬
tion and permitted it to be usod as a
presidential candidate.
In doing so he said the great prin¬
ciple involved shonld be first consid¬
ered. He said he had heretofore re¬
sisted all appeals to become a candi¬
date for the presidency, but now
yielded to the wishes of the people.
The financial plank of the platform
is as follows:
“We further believe the paramount
issue before the people of the United
States relates to the monetary system
to be adopted by this oonntry, and
npon that issue we declare tbat the
federal constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals of
the United States. Dnty to the people
reqnires that the party of the people
continue the battle for bimetallism
until ita efforts are crowned with sno
Therefore, be it
“Resolved, That we demand the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold into primary or redemption
money at the ratio of 16 to 1 without
waiting for the action or approval of
any other government.
“Resolved, That we are irrevocably
opposed to the substitution-for metal¬
lic money of a pauio-breeding corpora¬
tion, credit currency based on a single
metal,the supply of whioh is so limited
that it oaa be oornered at any time by
a few banking institntiona in Europe
and America,
“Resolved, That we are opposed to
the policy and praotioe of surrender¬
ing to the holders of the obligations
of the United State* the option re
reeerved by law to the government of
redeeming snoh obligations ip either
coin or ooin.
“Resolved, That we ere opposed to
the issuing of interest- bearing bonds
of tbe United Bute* in time of peaoe,
and especially are wa opposed to plac¬
ing the treasury of the government
under the oontrol of any syndicate of
bankers and iasaanoe of bonds to be
sold by them at an enormous profit federal for
the pnrpoee of supplying th*
treasury with gold to maintain the
policy of gold monometallism.
“Resolved, That the delegates elect¬
ed by this convention to represent the
democracy of Missonri in the national
demooratio convention are hereby in¬
structed to cast their votes and use
their iuuuviw* in favor of the adop¬
tion of thrsentlmeota hereinabove ex¬
pressed, and snoh delegates are here¬
by further instructed to vote as
• unit' on all questions coming be¬
fore such national convention. Al¬
so to their vote* and nee
their infinenee to secure tbe nom¬
ination of candidates for president
ud vice-president who are personally
fe aooord with the monetary system
hereinbefore advocated. Wa approve
F. M. Ooekrell and Georg* G. Vest,
on the fi na nci al question, and reoom
mend the rejection of Hon. George
a Test to the United Bute, emmte."
lasted. «
The repebliean utted congressional district of Tea
th* r
met at Knoxville and renomina
R. Gibson for
Tha k eqaiftTikat to *a
The
, Mr. Bart
,of
lease of Goodwin
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Si*
AWAITING LEE
INTIMATIONS AS TO HOW
WILL BE RECEIVED.
Officials at Madrid Say He Will
Be Acceptable.
A special from Havana, via Tamps,
F2a ^ fitateg tbat the appointment Consul Gen¬
jpj^hujfh tiee to succeed
eral Williams is understood in that
well , byftheNmthonties , . - , at .
c j ty> as as
the palace, as an adfpit way of sending
states a military to Cuba. commissioner from the
When there was an intimation a fort
night ago that Mr. Cleveland contem
plated sending a commission to Ha
vannah to learn officially what was go
ing od, the officials at Madrid said very
plainly that no military or other com
mission would be accepted by them or
permitted to pry into affairs in Cnba.
There is, therefore, some curiosity
as to how General Lee will be received,
and as to what facilities will be ac
corded him for learning what is trans
piring outside of the city of Havana.
Another special to the New York
World from Madrid says: “The Span
iards are so much engrossed in their
elections that only a few papers have
commented upon the appointment of
General Fitzhugh Lee as consul gen
eral to Havana. The Imparcial alone,
in a telegram from Washington, chal
lenges the expediency of the selection
of such a representative by President
Cleveland. However,General Lee will
certainly be granted the ordinary con
snlar exocutor by the Madrid govern
ment, unless the Spartish minister object at
Washington finds grounds to to
his appointment.
“The colonial authorities in Cuba
will also afford General Lee all the fa
cilities usually granted to foreign con- of
suls, within the customary limits
their consular mission and duties.
General Weyler alone can determine
how far the new American consul gen
eral can be allowed to go over Cuba or
report on the situation. Iu any event,
General Lee witl probably not be al
lowed to visit the insurgent lines.
“His predecessor, Consul Williams,
has been bitterly criticized m the
papers for so exceeding the mstrnc
tions of the American government as
to claim indemnity against American
citizens and to insist upon an
fulflllment of the convention of 1887,
in which is expressly stipulated that
American* would never be tried by
court martials, bat alway* by the
oonrts with the assistance of
oounsel, even for alleged complicity in
the present civil war
“Many of the Madrid papers asked
that the Cuban and Porto Rioo elec
tions be annulled, but the government
is not in the leastUkoly to listen to it
The liberal* and the republicans
the ministerial press again deny
President Cleveland haa taken any
W b '.T
w,.
sf.Mi'aAoSSi
it i. an army and not a mob of
who «e winning battle, against th«
troop* of Spain; that life is respected
on one side and prisoner* set free,
while on the other a war of extermina
tion against all Cubans is waged,
prisoners of war are shot, unarmed
peasants ore shot and oat to pieces,
and political suspect* are
FOR MORMONb.
Not Aeeept Office Without Con.
seat ot Church A athorlties.
The semi-annnal conference ot the
ehnroh elosed at Salt Lake,
Utah, Wednesday night by the issu¬
ance of a manifesto by the heads of the
ehnroh. It says that before aooepting
any position or nomination, political or
otherwise, members of th* ehnroh who
hold any church office (and 70 per cent
of the Mormon people do hold ehnroh ot
floes) must apply from to the proper them whether author¬
ities and learn
they will be permitted position. to To aooept maintain each
nomination or
proper discipline end order in the
church, tbe manifesto says, this role is
deemed absolutely necessary, and
i ho aid not be considered as an in
infringement on the individual rights
of the c itizens,
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REDUCED CAPITAL STOCK.
Another Northern wit Harraased bj
Southar* Competition,
stockholder* ot the Larenee Mann
ZT£ fa,tnrinr ooapaar. C £X£ T of Lowell, Mass.,
the capital stock of
^ «*™*«y from $1,600,000 to $750,
™Xr£reti^l. nnQ The rasicn for n”t ab£T step is that
SriS?S?gSe o° cloth which mimu- it has
been at a profit end aannfactux- meet the
competition of southern
Accordingly it era* deeidql o re
due* th* capital stock and oonfine the
of hosiery,
sub
ordinate to the production of oottoa.
employee of the Beeves Iron
sy ttitts fimsrinen Tin Plate
Manufacturing Company at Caoal Do
O., numbering nearly 1,000, hews
__“ft____ , of the discharge of two
rollers la the tin pla*e department for
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QBOWTH OF THE SOOTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Fast Week.
Reports received during the past
week of industrial and business affairs
in all parts of the south from more
than twenty-five hundred correspond¬
ents show that the cotton mills in the
south are fully employed, with one im¬
portant exception, and in that case a
strike will be soon adjusted. Some
sMirge mills are coming into operation,
and there are reports of more. Low
priced cotton is more than offset by
low prices for cloth. Manufacturers
complain that there is no margin for
fit bnt none of the m ;i} 8 have shut
down for that reagoa . The new crop
jg iQ g£>od COD dition and the weather
is favorable for its growth. It is eri
dent from the repor ts that a very large
area haf} been p ] flDte a, but it is not
time yet to ma ke up reliable estimates,
Southern iron continues to be in
j * e demand. The combination
w e producers has made prices
firmer and an advance averaging 25
’ tbe j grades of
^ t£)n for var 0 tis
iroQ been repor t e d in Birmingham,
p r0BDeC t B are that there will be a
liTe! ^ summe r in the furnace dis
. and tbat qU0 tati O ns will be
ma i n t a ined if not advanced, in which
, waee s will not be reduced again
ag Wftg fearo( j y ery heavy sales of
goutbera i ro n have been made during
tfae f t week and Bome l arg e orders
haT( beon received, so that, for some
weekfl to come tbere be much ao
Uy .. £ am j ron producers. increasing in
T e lnmber trade j a
amount an d prices are firm. The ter
fit in wb ich southern lumber is
80 } d growing rapidly, as has been
*,. tartion i ar j y “ noted by the shipments
g • "either wherever a new market
is ^opened ’ for pine, cypress The or
hardwood B it j 8 always kept. ex
por ? t trade is very good,and is increas
^eek by week.
Q enera l business is good bnt there
. comp i ain t of much competition and
q( £ ^ie-euttiBg. Spri n g trade has
bee an improvement on that of
j ^ r aQcl pro8pe cts for the
* favorable,
trook nd frnit growers a re
basiuess is growing to v >ry large
£ ^ rt90nB in a ll parts of t m south
h railroad facilities are available,
Among f important new industries or
jz( d incorporated during the
. yeek are the Atlanta Bicycle and Mo
ohine workg ^ddifion of Atlanta, Ga., capital
* 000 . aQ to the plant of
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Foundry and
g works Valdosta to cort $100,000,
the Guano company, of
y a]dost » Ga cap ital $60 000. The
WiUon Aluminum company, capital
£ • 000 f Holoomb R oc k, Va., the
* Eleotrical comp any, of Key
^ Fla _ the Martinsburg Electric
company, of Martinsburg, W. Va., and
Springer Oil and Gas oompany, of
Reeling V W Va. eaoh with $50,000
iul h Te also been chartered. The
Automatic Light company has
been organized at Houston, Tex., with
* ' Q ita ] tbe Smith-Dimmick
with 2d the same caDi
th.
- %£| SfaSXi
M sBS—srV l 1 «o?tob??4SSSa
l JoSie 000 oa“?«v Te^ Vs rl
riveri and
ComDresa oompany capi
** t i f 1 ^ .uw 00 ’ b b “ _. '*** been formed formed at at 041 Cal
There T. isrisor algo . eBort ported ed a foundrr ry and
‘
^o^rage . .
w Alexandria,’La r
works at a
include an $8,000 court house at
job, r«.oi Flv, .»10 0M Ktt.t “ Mt.Om 8
Td?.. oort.m,
at Memphis, Tenn., a $18,000
bailding and a ^?’ ^ r * id ^? a
LOU ^!;« 7 ‘“ a a ' ba , t
nooga, xenn. i j
BACK TO WASHINGTON
The Debaters, Messrs. Crisp and Smith,
Journsy Together.
Hon. Oharlee F. Crisp, ex-speaker
of the house of representatives and
candidate for senator, after a joint
discussion with Hon, Hoke Smith, sec¬
retary of tbe interior, on*the flnanoial
policy of government, left Georgia at
noon Tuesday vestibule for Washington on the
Southern train.
Before he left the city he bought a
copy of “Uhimmie Fadden,” and the
boy of the Bowery and Secretary
Hoke Smith, who combatted the ex¬
speaker in regard to the financial
question in Georgia, all went to the
national capital together, as Secretary
Smith took the same train.
There wee no indication of ill health
in the demeanor of Mr. Crisp when he
departed. His walk was elastic, his
every movement quiet and agile, his
eyes were bright, his complexion dear,
hut a little pale.
Washington Delegatee.
The Washington demooratio state
convention fought all day Wednesday
over the question of a free ooin age
platform. A Dee silver resolution
adopted, bnt the delegates go nnin
Tbey .are: Hugh a Wei
lace, of Tacoma; R. a MoCrorky, of
___1_____; W. H. White, of Seattle;
J. EL Fenton, of Spokane; J. F. Gloo
toa, of Chal is comity; Thomas Ma¬
loney, of Port Angeles; J. L. Sharp¬
ening, of Walla Walla, and Charles A.
Darling, of New Whatcom.
wm Walk Out te May.
A for aa
of the United states is
THOMAS JEFFERSON
•>
IS HONORED FOR HIS PATRIOTIC _ _ , _
STATESMANSHIP.
Prominent People Visit His Old Home
; at Monticello. -
Under the auspices of t National
Association of Democratic Club® the
153d anniversary of the birth of
Thomas Jefferson, founder of the dem¬
ocratic party, was celebrated Monday
at Monticello, Va., where the author
of the declaration of independence
lived and died.
In front of the historic mansion
were gathered a concourse of the yeo
manry of Albemarle county* V lrginia,
many of them men whose grandfathers
bad followed the political fortunes of
Jefferson.
Mingling with them were democrats
who had come from states as far south
as Florida and Texas and as far north
as Massachusetts.
At noon a special train from Wash
ington, D. C., arrived, bringing a dia
tinguished party of national democrats,
among whom were:
Vice President Stevenson, Postmas
ter General Wilson, Attorney General
Harmon, Secretary Herbert of the
navy, Senator Jones of Arkansas, Sen
ator Faulkner of West Virginia, Sen
ator Pasco of Florida, Senator ;e
of Mississippi, Senator Martin
of Kansas, Senator Mitchell of
Wisconsin, Senator White of Califor
nia, Senator Roach of North Dakota,
and Representatives Sulzer of New
York, Washington of Tennessee, Clar
dy of Kentucky, Livingston of Geor
fria, Swanson of Virginia, Tucker of
Virginia, Pendleton of Texas, Tyler of
Virginia, Patterson of Tenressee, Wil
liamB of Mississippi, Lawson of Geor
gia. Turner of Georgia, and Maguire
of California.
A number of local democrats of
prominence from Washington were in
the party, besides ex-Governor Russell,
of Massachusetts; Senator Daniel, of
Virginia, and Hon. Chauncey F. Black,
of Pennsylvania, orator of the occa
sion, all of whom are closely identified
with the National Association of Demo
oratic Clubs.
Lawrence Gardner, secretary of the
organization, was in charge of the
party, with which were many ladies,
The gnests were driven to Monti
cello, where Vice-President Stevenson,
the senators and the representative*
and the ladies of their party were en
tertained at luncheon by Mr. Jefferson
Levy, the present owner of the mesne
and mansion.
The formal proceeding* began with
an address by Hon. Chauncey F.
Black, whose enunciation of the senti
ment of Jefferson that the primary
principles of democracy, 1 absolutf
acquiescence in the decision of the
majority.” was heartily applauded.
ASSA8aiNATEf).
H " •— * M >" -
Atwhit.pT.eX", K rsi m
ir^ ,b oi. 8
and iilled •* 7 o’clock Satur
d »J night The lady was sitting by
th ® wi “ dow Bewing on her machine
the shot was fired,
The killing of Mrs. C. H. Girins re-
8 n lte <l ^ a big sensation and probably
a double lynching. The coroner s jury
took up thf cases early Sundaymorn
^8 » nd rendered a verdict to the effect
J 1 e °‘
„ , , . .
'»«»d '»do th. UlUjg b, 0. lOif
,nB ’ the haaband of the murdered wo
Dawn is a laborer on the farm of
Givius and says that the successful a»
tempt to take Mrs. Girins’ life was the
third attempt that he had made. arrested Upon
his confession Girins was also
and placed in jaiL
NEWS FROM HAVANA.
Ike Insurgents are Successful In Many
Encounter*.
News has been received at Havana
of e big battle near Lechuza between
Alphonse XIII battalion, under the
command ot Colonel Debbe and insur¬
gents, under Maceo.
Colonel Deboe reports that his bat¬
talion, in oombination with other
bodies of Spanish troops, left Mariel,
in the provinoe of Pinar del Rio, for
the purpose of giving tbe enemy bat¬
tle. They met the advaaoe guard of
the insurgents, consisting of a force of
200 cavalry, who opened fire a pen the
government oolnmn.
The Spaniards continued their match
toward Lechnza, although opposed at
every step, every elevation being oo
eopied by them at the ooet of a fight
chnza Upon arriving in the vicinity of Le
ered they found the insurgent# The Cubans gath¬
in a strong force. ‘
made an attempt to surround the
Spanish oolnmn. The Spanish troop*
heavy fought with grsat desperation defeated against
odds, bnt were with,
losses of many killed and wounded.
COT,eB “
The Will or Tobacconist John Fop#
Probated.
Ths will of Mr. John Pop*, vice
oompany, eras probated in tbs
•t *
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