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THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEVIS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE.
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
The election, “bonds or no bonds,”
for the purpose of establishing a system
of waterworks in Eatonton, resulted in
favor of issuing bonds by a large ma-
joritv. The system, it is estimated,
will cost $25,000.
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The party of New England cotton
mill men, who were in Eastman several
days ago have returned home, and
while there is nothing definite so far,
it is more than probable that within a
few months they will remove their
large cottou mills to Eastman. Every
evidence, in fact, points to such a
move.
* * *
There is some talk of extending the
telephone from Franklin to Itoopville.
They now have a line from Roopville
to Crrrollton and this extension would
give a line direct from Hoganeville to
Carrollton. It would be a great con¬
venience and ought by all means to be
built at once. It would pay the pro¬
jectors much better than the two short
lines.
Miss Ellen Dortch wants to be libra¬
rian of the state of Georgia. She is at
present the assistant librarian, and be¬
ing well qualified for the position of
chief, and a young woman who, from
her tender girlhood, when she first be¬
gan the struggle of life for herself, has
steadily gone forward, she feels that
advancement is the natural order of
life, consequently the young woman
will ask the legislature to pass a law
enabling her to compete for the high
and important office that has in ihe
past been filled by maDy illustrious
Georgians.
• * *
The first meeting of the stockhold¬
ers of the Tennessee, Georgia and At¬
lantic railroad was held a few days ago
in Athens. The charter of the new
road was accepted at the meeting, and
the following were elected directors:
A. B. Cornell, F. M. Ferguson, G. Y.
Grese, Henry A. Blake, Henry E.
Knox, W. S. Witham, D. H. Lever-
more aud E. A. Richards. During the
meeting papers wore served on those
present by attorneys for James P.
Harrison, giving formal warning of his
refusal to sanction the sale of the
Northeastern lease to the new road.
Mr. Richards says the new road will
moke a straight purchase of the North¬
eastern fom the state.
John McCullough, the alleged Clay¬
ton county murderer, has beeu re¬
moved from his cell in the Atlanta
station house and is now locked in the
Fulton county jail. The prisoner
has beeu kept in the station house
ever since immediately after the mur¬
der, several months ago. While it is
not the custom to confine state pris¬
oners at police headquarters, it was
decided to make a special coucession
iu McCullough’s case, merely out of
courtesy to the Clayton county offi¬
cials. The station house is a much
more comfortable prison than the old
jail. The alleged murderer was al¬
lowed many privilegts there, and does
not like the change.
♦ * *
As the result of a mass meeting Fitz¬
gerald’s towu charter will contain a
prohibition clause. The citizens as¬
sembled in the corn and cotton palace
a few days ago to determine the senti¬
ment of the community regarding the
immediate section principally,and the
others incidentally. When the meet¬
ing organized the prohibition clause
was the first taken up for discussion.
The crowd voted to omit all argument
regarding it, and to immediately pro¬
ceed to have a ballot ou it. This was
done, though all who had not beeu
three months residents of the town
were not allowed to participate. The
voting was secret, and resulted in 187
for prohibition and 121 against. The
announcement of the outeome was
greeted with cheers.
* * m
Cobb county’s second annual fair*
whs opened at Marietta Monday with a
speech by Congressman Maddox, ot
Rome. A large crowd attended, and
everything went off' auspiciously. The
exposition of the kind in the
county was held last year, just prior
ti. the opening of the Cotton States
and International exposition. Tho ex¬
hibits that composed it were carried
to Atlanta aud formed one of the
choicest displays of Agricultural pro¬
ducts at Piedmont par k. This year’s
fair is larger and superior to the first
one in many ways. The arrangement
of the exhibits is better aud specimens
of which they are composed were
chosen with the better sense of collec¬
tion resulting from experience. They
afford a striking index of the varied
agricultural possibilities of Cobb, as
well as make a picturesque show.
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Mr. Henry K. McHarg of New
York, one of the largest stockholders
of the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad, has returned to New York.
y.fter making a careful inspection of
the road from Marietta to Knoxville,
in company with the superintendent.
Before leaving he expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the property.
He expects to return to Georgia on
November 1st for the purpose of ef¬
fecting a reorganization of the prop¬
erty. The new name will be the At¬
lanta, Knoxville and Northern rail¬
way. The plan which is to be carried
into effect is to extend the present
Marietta and North Georgia from Ma¬
rietta to Atlanta, and after that to ex-
teud the line northward from Knox-
villa to Bristol. When tbs road is re¬
organized in November, Mi*. McHarg
will be elected president.
* • •
A letter has jnst been received at
Augusta from Vice Consnl Constantine
Khouri, at Beirut, Syria, giving fn!l
particulars of the death of Consul
Thomas R. Gibson, who died recently
from smallpox in that far-away coun¬
try. The disease with which Mr.
Gibson died beiDg a most contagious
one, the American medical faculty in¬
sisted that the funeral be of a private
character, and therefore it was attend
by onlv a select party-of the mem¬
bers of the American colony. Tbs
joffin was wrapped in the stars and
stripes and covered with many gar¬
lands of flowers and palms. The hearse
was followed to the cemetery by a long
line of carriages carrying the friends
aud acquaintances of the beloved rep¬
resentative of the United States gov¬
ernment. The remains were interred
n the Prussian, English and Ameri¬
can cemetery, near the grave of the
late J. Eldridge, consul general of her
British majesty.
Central Directors Meet.
The directors of the Central railroad
’not in annual session at Savannah
Tuesday. The stockholders’ annual
meeting was to have been held and
many of them were present, but is was
decided to postpone this meeting un¬
til November 10. The meeting of the
stockholders will be of special interest
as it is the first annual meeting since
the reorganization of the property.
Tho time of the annual meeting of
the company has been fixed in the by¬
laws on the second Tuesday in Octo¬
ber. The end of the fiscal year, as
with other railroads, is June 30, but it
usually takes two to three months to
get all the reports of the year’s work
iu shape to be submitted to the direc¬
tors, which is the reason for putting
the annual meeting about this time.
The president of the road read his
annual report. It makes an especially
good showing, the text, however, is
not yet made public.
Bigby is Sued.
The attorneys for Receiver J. W.
English and G. Gunby Jordan, of the
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing
Company, has brought suit against
Judge John S. Bigby for $59,292.56,
which they claim he owes the com¬
pany.
On the 8th of October Judge New¬
man, of the United States circuit court,
passed an order: “That J. W. Eng¬
lish and G. Gunby Jordan, the re¬
ceivers appointed in the above stated
case (which is the case of J. A. New¬
ton, administrator and others, vs.
Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Com¬
pany) be and they are hereby author¬
ized and directed to bring suits against
any and all persons who may hereafter
become so indebted, or against whom
they may have the right of action for
any cause. Said suits may be brought
as original action in courts having ju¬
risdiction, or by auxiliary bill in the
two divisions in the United States
court for the Northern district of
Georgia.”
The bill was filed under the last por¬
tion of the order in the United States
circuit court, as an auxiliary bill.
The bill recites that Judge Bigby
was president of the company at the
time of the filing of the bill asking
for a receiver aud for the several years
prior to that time, and that during
that time he kept two accounts with
himself, one an individual account and
the other as president. They say in
the bill that he began his personal ac¬
count iu July, 1891, on which he is
entitled to a credit of $14,074.22, and
as president his account began in No¬
vember, 1893, on which he is due the
company $73,366.78. All of which
they claim os shown by an examina¬
tion of the books.
After making a thorough examina¬
tion of the hooks they found these
discrepancies, they claim, and that be¬
fore bringing the suit they brought it
to the attention of Judge Bigby, and
demanded settlement, but that he
failed and refused to make a settle¬
ment.
TWO THOUSAND 3IINERS OUT.
Demand More Wages but Operators
Say “Nit.”
A dispatch from Sjuringfield, Ill.,
says: Two thousand miners employed
in the 25 mines of this county went
out on a strike Monday morning for
an advance iu wages. They demanded
32 and 37 1-2 cents per ton gross
weight, for mining coal.
The operators were visited by the
leaders of ‘he strike and notified of the
demands. The operators declare that
they cannot pay it, but say they will
arbitrate.
TALKS TO NEWSBOYS.
Caudidate Bryan Breaks His Sunday
Rule for Once.
The rule established by William J.
Bryau to avoid any public ntterances
ou Sunday was broken when he spoke
briefly to a crowd of newsboys at the
Newsboys’ hall at Detroit Sunday
night. He did it to oblige his friend
and supporter, Cel. I. G. Butler, pres¬
ident < f ihe Newsboys’ Association. At
Mr. Bryan’s r : quest the affair was kept
very quiet and outside of the little ven¬
ders a few visitors only were present.
WATCHING THE THREE FRIENDS
Revenue Cutter Morrill Remains Close
to Alleged Filibuster.
The steamer, Three Friends, 8U3-
pected filibustering steamer, is beiDg
followed closely by the United States
revenue cutter Morrill.
The Three Friends left Jacksonville
a day or two ago ostensibly on search
of derelict vessels on the Atlantic
coast and the revenue cutter followed
her, under instruction to watch the
movements of the Three Friends.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES
OF INTEREST.
What is Dally Transpiring at Uncle
Sam’s Headquarters.
The Bancroft, concerning whose
trip to the Mediterranean sensational
reports have been published, arrived
at Smyrna Thursday.
Secretary of the Navy Herbert an¬
nounces that he will make three
speeches in Alabama during the week
before the election in the interest of
Palmer and Buckner.
The National Association of Demo¬
cratic clubs at Washington has issued
an appeal to all club members to do
all within their power to bring out a
full democratic vote on election day.
Mr. Echols, the comptroller of the
currency left Washington Thurs¬
day for his home in Otta, Ill., to take
part in the campaign. He is not ex¬
pected to return until after the elec¬
tion.
In a letter to George M. Davis, of
Louisville, Secretary Carlisle has fixed
dates for his campaign speeches in
Kentucky. These are October 22, 24.
26, 28 and 30. Mr. Carlisle expressed
a desire to make his first speech at
Covington.
The postoffice department has re¬
ceived a complaint against William S.
Norwood, postmaster at Titusville,
Fla., charging him with taking too
active a part in the campaign. No
action was taken, but it is probable
that a postoffice inspector will be as¬
signed to investigate the charges.
According to his present plan. Sec¬
retary Herbert will leave Washington
Tuesday evening of next week for
Alabama to make several campaign
speeches in his old district in support
of the canvass of Thomas H. Clark,
the chairman of the democratio gold
standard committee of the state, who
is a candidate fer congress.
A statement prepared by the mint
bureau shows that during the month
of September, 1896, the mints of the
United states coined from silver bul¬
lion on hand, purchased under the act
of July 14, 1890, 2,700,100 standard
silver dollars containing 2,088,538
ounces of pure silver, the cost of which
was $1,862,671, giving a seigniorage
or profit of $837,428 to the govern¬
ment, which sum has been deposited
in the treasury.
The silver party and populists have
ceased distribution of campaign docu¬
ments. The republicans and democrats
will continue to meet demands practi¬
cally until election day, but they are
not sending out documents so liberally
as a few weeks ago. The republican
congressional committee has distribu¬
ted from Washington about 21,000,000
pieces, the democrats about 12,000,000,
the silverites about 4,000,000 and the
populists about 1,000,000.
No Watson Letter.
Sunday evening Senator Butler,
chairman of the populist national com¬
mittee, gave out tbe information that
he had not yet received Mr. Watson’s
letter in response to his own notifying
the Georgian of nomination as the
populist candidate for vice president
by the St. Louis convention.
Senator Butler said he did not care
to comment upon the published tele¬
gram from Thomson, in which Mr.
Watson was quoted as saying that he
had mailed the letter to Mr. Butler
last Wednesday, and that it should
have reached him on Friday.
Yellow Fever and Smallpox.
Public Health Reports, the weekly
bulletin issued by the marine hospital
service, for tbe current week contains
a report from D. M. Burgess, sanitary
inspector, of the appearance of yellow
fever on the American Echooner Flor¬
ence and Lillian, which sailed from
Havana for Pascagoula, Fla., on the
2d instant.
One of the sailors was taken sick
while the schooner lay at the Talliapie-
dra wharf, and after removal to the
hospital died there. The vessel, Dr.
Burgess stated, was fairly clean and
her crew were well vaccinated while at
Havana.
A further report from Dr. Bur¬
gess, dated the 10th instant, stated
that in the week ending October 6th
there were fifty-four deaths in Havana
from yellow fever and 150 new cases.
Forty-seven of the fifty-four deaths
were among Spanish soldiers, He
says tbe disease about holds its own
among tbe troops. Smallpox has in¬
creased very much, there having been
sixty-seven deaths, more than twice as
many as in the preceding week.
FAMBLES RESPITED AGAIN.
He is Given Sixty Days Lease of Life.
May Be Needed as a Witness.
Governor Atkinson has issued an
order granting a further respite of
60 days to Gus Fambles, the negro
now in Bibb county jail under sentence
of death for assisting Mrs. Nobles, the
Twiggs county white woman convicted
of the murder of her husband. Fam¬
bles was under sentence to die Aug. 7
last, when the first respite was granted.
He now has a new lease on life that
will last him almost till Christmas.
The reason assigned by the governor
for granting the respite is that in the
case of Mrs. Noble, which is still pend¬
ing in the supreme court, Fambles
may be needed as a witness should a
new trial be ordered.
Day Set for Argument.
A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky.,
says: The court of appeals has fixed
October 24th as tbe date for hearing
the argument in the case of Alonzo
Walling, sentenced to death for com¬
plicity iu the murder of Pearl Bryai.
MERCHANTS* BANK ASSIGNS.
After a Prosperous Career of T wenty
Years the Doors are Closed.
After a successful career of nearly
twenty-fonr years,the Merchants’ bank,
of Atlanta, dosed its doors Friday. A
notice was posted on the glass door at
9 o’clock, notifying ihe public that the
bank had made an assignment.
The annonncement that the bank
had failed created a surprise in the
city, and in commercial circles the
failure was the principal topic of con
versation during the day. The failure
did not come unexpectedly to some of
the bankers.
The failure is attributed to several
causes, the principal one of which is
the fact that the assets of the bank are
composed principally of real estate,
on which the officers of the institution
could not realize sufficient ready money
to meet the requirements of the bank.
Another strong reason was a sudden
demand made upon the bank for funds
on deposit. Within the space of a few
days Tax Collector Stewart withdrew
$55,000. Other heavy withdrawals were
made, amounting in all to $80,000. .
The assertion is made that the assets
exceed the liabilities by far, but that
the failure came because the assets
consist of securities which are not
marketable ’when the occasion de¬
mands is the accepted conclusion.
The failure of the old institution
caused general regret in the city.
Several leading bankers stated that
had the bank officers called for help
it would readily have been offered.
The Atlanta Clearing House associa¬
tion officers said that assistance would
have beeu rendered the Merchants’
bank upon demand.
The directors of the bank met Fri¬
day morning at 8 o’clock and they
adopted a resolution direeting the offi¬
cers cf the bank to make an assign¬
ment to J. G. Oglesby, George Win-
ship and George W. Scott.
The assignment document gives the
condition of the bank as follows:
Amount due various banks. $ 90,343.88
Individual deposits....... 274,522.56
Total liabilities........ $364,866.44
Rediscounts— National
Bank of the Republic,
New York $ 42,234 96
Third National Bank, Bos¬
ton ................... 30,000 00
Lowry Banking Company,
Atlanta............... 39,971 05
$112,206 01
The total assets are estimated as be¬
ing $468,026.52 in the aggregate.
Of that amount $270,500 is consid¬
ered good, $174,751.01 doubtful and
$22,775.51 as bad.
The bank has on hand between
$30,000 and $40,000 in cash and clear¬
ing house checks.
The failure of the bank caused a
slight flurry in commercial circles
when it first became known, but the
excitement soon died out and business
resumed its normal condition. There
was a slight disposition on the part of
some depositors to withdraw their
money from other banks, but no bank
experienced what might be termed a
run.
Attorneys representing J. W. Staf¬
ford & Sons, John Humphries and E.
J. Appling, depositors of the Mer¬
chants’ bank, have filed a bill for a
receiver with Judge Lumpkin. The
claims of these parties amount to
$2,847.71. Judge Lumpkin read the
application and set for hearing on Oc¬
tober 24th, without appointing a tem¬
porary receiver.
CALLED DOWN BY GLADSTONE.
Britain Scored for Her Apathy Re¬
garding Turkish Question.
A meeting called for the purpose of
protesting against the Turkish atroci¬
ties was held in St. James hall, Lon¬
don, Monday evening, under the
Stewart chairmanship of Right Rev. Edward
Talbot, D. D., bishop of Roch¬
ester. The hall was crowded to its
fullest capacity.
A letter from Mr. Gladstone was
read in which the ex-prime minister
declared that it would be a wild para¬
dox to say that the enforcement of
British treaty rights to stop the syste¬
matic massacres in Turkey would pro¬
voke hostilities from the powers.
He added that it would be abandon¬
ing duty and prudence to advertise be¬
forehand for the ears of the great as¬
sassin that British action was limited
to what the most backward of the six
powers deemed sufficient.
If the fundamental distrust of Great
Britain and the belief that sbe is pur¬
suing a selfish policy in the eastern
Mediterranean caused some of the
powers to be backward, that was a
matter that deserved to be gravely
considered.
Terrible Slaughter Reported.
The Daily News (London) publishee
a dispatch from Paris saying that ad¬
vices received there show that disorders
occured iu Van, Armenia, on Septem¬
ber 23d, followed by a terrible mas¬
sacre on October 2d. No details are
given.
TENNESSEE FUSION NIT.
Populists Meet and Resolve Not to Re¬
open Negotiations.
A populist meeting, held at Nash¬
ville, whichwas called for the pur¬
pose of advocating a reopening of fu¬
sion negotiations with the democrats
failed in its object. After a five hours’
session a resolution was adopted in¬
dorsing the action of the state would com¬
mittee and declaring that they
stand by them in anything they might
do. Every section of the state war
represented.
Tennessee Press Gang Meeting.
The executive committee of the Ten¬
nessee Press Association met at Nash¬
ville Wednesday and selected Nash¬
ville as the place and June 15th as the
time of the next meeting.
PLEASKD IS BRYAN
AT MARK HANNA’S REQUEST FOR
A “FLAG DAY.”
Democratic Nominee Also Requests
That They be Displayed.
In his speech at Lima, Ohio, Mon¬
day, Mr. Bryan quoted the letter of
Mark Hanna calling on the people who
intend to vote the republican ticket to
hang the American flag from their
windows October 31. His reference
to the letter was:
“I want to call your attention to
something that appeared in yesterday
morning’s paper. I find that the
chairman of the republican uatioual
committee has issued a letter to the
American people iu which he says:
“ ‘The American flag has been in
the present campaign the emblem or
insignia of national honor. Its in¬
fluence has been for great good in tbe
cause of a people. Its display in many
cases has been potent in the advance¬
ment of the country’s battle for the
maintenance of its honor at home and
abroad. I therefore suggest that on
Saturday, Oct. 31, all who intend to
vote on Nov. 3 for the preservation
of our national honor, for sound
money and for the advancement of our
people’s interests and general pros¬
perity, display the national colors at
their homes, their places of business,
or wherever they may be seen, iu or¬
der that voters whose hearts are for
their country may be strengthened in
their purpose, and those who are un¬
determined may the more practically
and intelligently conclude how best to
perform their duty as citizens.
“My friends, it is the first time that
I know of, that I ever agreed with the
chairman of the republican national
committee, but I want to sign my
name to his letter and ask all those
who believe in the ideas set forth
there to display the flag on the 31st of
October, because there is not a
thing in that letter but what we advo¬
cates of free silver indorse. Now,
note what he says, that he
wants the flag displayed by all those
who, on the third of November, intend
to vote for the preservation of our na¬
tional honor. We advocates of free
silver believe that only by having a
financial policy made by the American
people for the American people can
you support the honor of the United
States. He wants those to display the
flag who are for sound money. We
believe in the money of the constitu¬
tion for a sounder money than those
who want to change our currency into
pounds, shillings and pence.
“We who believe in a basis for our
financial transactions sufficiently broad
for those transactions to rest upon, be¬
lieve in a sounder finuncial system
based upon gold alone, when you can¬
not get the gold to furnish your foun¬
dation. We not only believe in souud
money, but we will tell you what we
mean by sound money, and do not play
the hypocrite by talking about sound
money and then refusing to explain
what the term means. He wants
those who are going to vote
for the the advancement of the poor
people’s interest to display the flag.
My friends, we believe that the free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1, without
■waiting for the aid or consent of any
nation on earth, means the advance¬
ment of the interest of the people and
the general prosperity, and therefore,
we can join with these men in display¬
ing the American flag and let it be
known to the country that we are
standing by that fllag.”
I join in the letter for another rea¬
son. I do not want them to mark the
advocates of free silver for slaughter
on that day. I do not want employers
to go about over your town and
throughout the country aud find who
has a flag iu his window and then
threaten to discharge any man who
does not -.ay he is goiDg to vote the
republican ticket. My friends, if co¬
ercion is going to be attempted, for
heaven’s sake let it uot be attempted
by using the great flag as a means of
oointiug out the men to be threatened.
SENATOR FERRY DEAD.
Succumbs to Paralysis at the Age of
Sixty-three.
Ex-United States Senator Thomas
W. Ferry died at bis home in Grand
Haven, Mich., Wednesday morning of
paralysis. He was 63 years of age. Michi¬
Senator Ferry was a native of
gan, and served in the state legislature,
the state senate, wa3 a representative
of Michigan in the Thirty-ninth,
Fortieth and Forty-first congresses,
and in 1887 was chosen senator, which
public office he held until 1893. Dur¬
ing the Forty-second congress he was
president of the senate pro tem.
Daring the Hayes and Wheeler
electoral recount he was president of
the joint meeting, having been, on the
death of Vice President Wilson, acting
vice president.
BAYARD FOR PALMER.
Our Minister to Great Britain Repu«
dlates the Chicago Platform.
In a letter to Samuel Bancroft, of
Wilmington, Del., the Hon. Thomas
F. Bavard, the United States minister
to Great Britain, repudiates the plat¬
form and nominees of the democratic
convention held at Chicago, aud ad¬
vises constitutional democrats to vote
at tbe approaching presidential elec¬
tion for Messrs. Palmer and Buckner,
the nominees of the Indianapolis con¬
vention. The Rtter is dated at Lon¬
don, September 3D.
Big Miners’ Str ke in Ohio.
Wednesday morning Valiey over 2,000 men
in the Hocking (Ohio) struck
on account of a reduction of nine cents
per ton for mining. Their families
are destitute.
ENGINEER TO BLAMK
For the Disastrous Wreck on the F.
C. and P. System.
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
H. J. Petit, engineer of train No. 35,
one of the two passenger trains on the
Florida, Central and Peninsular system
which collided near Swansea on tho
14th inst., has been arrested on a war¬
rant charging him with murder.
It is the first case iu the state in
which a railroad employe has been
held responsible for an accident.
When the investigation by the state
railroad commission was opened Satur¬
day a large crowd was present. The
features of the investigation was tho
evidence given by Engineer Petit and
the negro fireman of the northbound
train, who displayed the greatest zeal
in an attempted rescue of the burning
baggage master, and the leadiug ques¬
tions by the railroad commissioners to
ascertain whether the men were over¬
worked and lacked time for proper
rest.
It was shown that Engineer Petit
got sixteen hours off duty a day. All
the employes maintained they were
not overworked.
The commission completed its in¬
vestigation and announced ila decision
as follows:
After a full and thorough investiga¬
tion into the cause of the collision
near Swansea, on the Florida Central
and Peninsular, on the morning of tho
14th instant, this board is of the opin¬
ion that the collision was occasioned
by the misreading of the order by
Engineer H. J. Petit of train No. 35,
reading Sweden, Swansea, which re¬
sulted in the death of several persona
Chairman Evans, after reading this,
made this further announcement:
“Gentlemen, this board feels that
it is its duty to go further and make
an affidavit before a trial justice and
have Mr. Petit arrested and all tho
witnesses bound over for their attend¬
ance at the next term of court in Lex-
iDgton county to testify.”
The warrant was issued before tho
board announced its decision, the
charge being murder. Mr. Petit was in
tho office of the commission and re¬
mained awaiting the arrival of the
constable to arrest him.
MANIFESTO IS APPLAUDED.
Chairmen Butler and Jones Both
Pleased at Its Contents.
A Chicago special says: The mani¬
festo of the populist executive commit¬
tee burst like a bombshell Wednesday
morning and it has cleared the politi¬
cal atmosphere.
The action of the committee was
unanimous. Without exception its
members are enthusiastic over the ad¬
dress. They believe that it will
straighten out the wrinkles in the sev¬
eral states where fusion has not yet
been effected, and that it will serve^a
good purpose in its effect upon the na¬
tional campaign.
The most striking thing about the
promunciamento is tho fact that it is
signed by Mr. H. W. Ree l, the mem¬
ber from Georgia and Mr. Watson’s
traveling companion in his recent tour
through the west. Mr. Reed is re¬
garded as Mr. Watson’s personal re¬
presentative and the fact that he had
indorsed with his signature the mani¬
festo is creating comment, as indicating
Mr. Watson’s position.
It either means this, or it means that
Mr. Reed, after carefully studying the
situation, concluded that it was best to
retire personal interests and join in
the cause for whicn both democrats
and populists are now contending.
Many telegrams have been received
from all parts of the country, in which
members of the populist executive
committee are given the cordial ap¬
proval of leading populists throughout
the country.
The address, as already published,
makes a firm and nnyieldiug stand in
favor of the union of all forces oppos¬
ing the single gold standard.
GOLD CANDIDATES SPEAK.
Alessrs Palmer and Buckner Address
Citizens of New Orleans.
Senator Palmer and General Buck¬
ner addressed an open air meeting
Saturday night at New Orleans. A
grand stand had been erected at Lib¬
erty place and decorated with U nited
States flags and Chinese lanterns. The
grand stand was crowded with invited
guests, including many ladies.
The crywd numbered between 4,000
and 5,000. General Buckner spoke
first, and was well received.
Senator Palmer followed and read
the plank in the Chicago platform re¬
lating to coinage, and when he utter¬
ed the words “16 to 1” a round of
cheers from Bryan supporters greeted
him.
“That’s right,” said the senator.
“Come out boldly and say what yon
think ; we want no cowards or sneaks
in America.”
The speaker finished about 10
o’clock, having spoken about forty
minutes.
LARGEST VERDICT EVER GIVEN.
Alan Hurt by an Engine Gets $51,000
Damages.
The largest verdict ever rendered in
a damage suit in New Jersey has been
given by a jury in the Union county
circuit court.
George M. Grant, of the Woodstock
Lumber Company, Jersey City, f-ued
the New York,Susquehanna and West-*
em Railroad Company to recover dam¬
ages for injuries received January 31,
1895, at Jersey City. He was ieaving
his lumber yard with h:s son and they
were run down by an engine. The son
was killed. Grant lost an arm in the
necident and his brain is aff-cted as a
result. He brought suit for $100,000.
The jury awarded him $51,527.05.
Another suit is to be begun against the
c-mpany for killing his son.