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- GREECE HAS CALLED OUT HER RESERVES FOR ACTION. CONFLICT ^ NOW SEEMS INEVITABLE. . Both Grew* and Turkey Are Hurrying Troops to the Front—Prince George * lias the Sympathy of All. Advices from Athens, Greece, state that the army reserves of 1893 and 1894 have been called out and ordered to hold themselves in readiness to' join their colors at forty-eight hours’ notice. A number of detachments of infantry, artillery and engineers have embarked at Praeus for Crete. « Colonel Vasson, chief-aide camp to King George, commanded the troops, which numbered 1,500. As the men marched aboard the ves¬ sel which was to convey them to Crete large crowds of people, who had gath¬ ered to witness their departure, cheer¬ ed them again and again. The troops, who are already styled the “Corps of Occupation,” reached Milo Sunday. . A regiment of artillery has been ordered to start at once for the Thes- salonian frontier. The regiment will be accompanied by Prince Nicholas, King George’s third son. It is understood that the orders given the troops are to protect the Christian families at Crete and to re¬ store order. This is looked upon as tantamount to the occupation of the island. The London Times publishes a dis¬ patch from Canea saying that George Beroviteli Pasha, the Christian gov¬ ernor of Crete, took refuge on the flagship of the Russian admiral, and that the entire forco of Montenegrin gendarmie, who have hitherto been employed in guarding the governor’s residence, have been transfered to the Russian warships. The Russian and French admirals, the dispatch says, have received iden¬ tical instructions, but the nature of their orders is not known. The diplomats at Constantinople have accepted Great Britain’s propo¬ sals for a joint naval occupation of Cania, Retimo and Heraklion, the re¬ moval from Crete w r aters of the Greek fleet and the forbiddance of the dis¬ patch to Crete of Turkish reinforce¬ ments, and it is thought probable that the orders of the French and Russian admirals are in accord with the pro¬ gramme. The refugees who sought shelter at the Greek consulate have been placed under the protection of the British consul. Three British gunboats sailed from Malta for Crete Sunday. The London papers concur in the opinion that a Greeko-Turkish war is imminent. Tho liberal organs implore the government not to impede the ac¬ tion of Greece in any way, while the more moderate journals urge the pow¬ ers to occupy Crete and to decide the ultimate destiny of the island when matters shall have become more quiet. The Standard declares that the pow¬ ers must pacify Crete, since they have decided to restrain Greece and Turkey. LUCK ELY AND REESE ESCAPE. Murderers of Williams* Bore Tlieir Way Out of Yorkville Jail. Marion R. Reese and Daniel F. Luckey, the convicted murderers of Charles T. Williams, of Tunnel Hill, Ga., escaped from the Yorkville, S. C., jail some time during Saturday night, and carried with them eleven other prisoners, four of whom are charged with murder. The jail delivery was one of the shrewdest and most ingenious ever w'orked in the state, and it is self-evi¬ dent that the men were given help from the outside. The York county jail is one of the strongest, and has all along been con¬ sidered one of the safest in the state. Outwardly it has the appearance of a veritable bastile. The floors, walls and ceilings are unusually thick, and were constructed with the hope that tools could not be forced through them from tho outside. By some means, through some friend ou the outside, beyond all doubt, a iialf-incli auger was com eyed to these prisoners, and with that single tool the two men worked at odd times until they bored their way to freedom. DEED OF A MADMAN. Kills His Baby Son. Wounds Daughter and Sister; Then Suicides. A terrible domestic tragedy occurred at Lexington, Ky., Saturday morning, when John Marris, aged 40, a promi¬ nent business man a large owner of real estate, killed his 4-year-old son, Johu, badly wounded his 14-year-old daughter, Helen, wounded his sister, Miss Ida Marris, a teacher in a public school, and killed himself. The hard times have made it diffi¬ cult for Marris to collect rent on his numerous pieces of real estate, and this with the building associations pressing him for money is supposed to have unsettled his mind. WANTED TO HANG PREACHER. He Abused Lincoln In a Sermon—Forced To Leave Hurriedly. A special from Middlesborough, Ky., says: Rev. John Hutchins stated in a sermon in Unicoi county, Tenn: “The Lord directed the bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln.” The congregation became infuriated and made a rush to hang him, but he escaped and fled to the mountains. The mob then visited his house and battered it down FOUND RELICS OF COLUMBUS, Party of Hunter* In Florida Reported to Have Made An Important Discovery. W. C. Zimmerman, circuit court clerk of Citrus county, Fla., and an archaelogist of note, has just reached Fort Myers from Carlos Bay islands, where, with a number of friends, he has been on a camp hunt. On one of the islands Zimmerman and his friends found the relics of a Spanish expedi¬ tion sent out from Cuba by Christo¬ pher Columbus, w'hen the great dis- COVerer was governor of that island. While hunting the men passed a lor* mound, and at Zimmerman’s request an investigation was made. After a little digging, something hard was struck and when unearthed it w as found to be a complete suit of armor. Further digging unearthed three more suits of armor. Zimmer¬ man pried open the helmet of one of the suits and w’as shocked to see a skull. The entire suit was then open¬ ed and found to contain a skeleton. The other suits were opened and also found to contain skeletons, Four sw’ords made in Toledo were found near the armored skeletons. Further digging brought to light an iron box filled w ith Spanish doubloons and easily worth $6,000; a few' blun¬ derbusses and cutlasses of antique pattern, bearing the name Sebastian Yalasquez and the date 1490. Zim¬ merman continued to dig and was re¬ warded by unearthing another iron box, which proved to be the most interesting find of all. In this box was found a portrait of a beautiful woman painted on ivory, a medallion dated 1497, on w’hich was a raised fig¬ ure of Christopher Columbus, and a roll of parchment covered with writing. Zimmerman, w r ho is a fine linguist, soon saw' that the parchment was a letter from Columbus to Sebastian Velasquez and related to an expedi¬ tion which the latter was to lead from Cuba to explore the coasts of Florida. The letter .w’as one of instructions and waa signed by Columbus’as governor of Cuba. Zimmerman thinks Velas¬ quez's expedition w r as wreckod near San Carlos and the members being afraid to venture inland because of the aborigines settled on this island, where they remained until they per¬ ished. Zimmerman has with him the suits of armor, tho doubloons, parchment and other relics. The doubloons will be divided among members of the par¬ ty and the relics disposed of to the gov¬ ernment or one of tho great universi¬ ties. WORKMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH. Hundreds of Tons of Talc Fall and Kills Six Miners. In the Freeman mine at Talcville, N. Y., Saturday afternoon there were eight men in the new' section of the mine, 160 feet underground. In twenty minutes work for the week would have ceased and the workmen w'ould have been out of all danger. A blast had been fired and the men were engaged in scaling, that is, getting off the loose pieces. A pillar of talc, thirty feet square, had been left stand¬ ing for a support to the roof of the shaft. Six of the men were working around this. Without a w'arning of any kind, the huge mass, comprising 600 tons of rock, slipped from its position and collapsed, burying the workmen. Five of the men were jammed up against the w'all and terribly crushed. The sixth, William Dawley, was thrown up in some manner and but three pieces of the rock lay on him. He lived a few hours only. VESUVIUS WENT THROUGH. She Made Five Unsuccessful Efforts to Repeat the Coup. Notwithstanding Admiral Bunco’s carefully arranged plans for the effect¬ ual blockade of Charleston harbor, the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius successfully ran the gauntlet of the North Atlantic squadron Friday night. How' the blockade was run is prized as a secret on board the Vesuvius. The officers are all boasting of the feat, and are as pleased over it as the bloekaders are chagrined. Saturday night the Vesuvius made five unsuccessful attempts to run the blockade. The conditions were ex- ac t]y reversed from Friday night, as ^be a ^ r was free from fog or mist, Strikers Reach Agreement. The Eleanor Iron Company at Holli- daysburg, Pa., and its striking em- ployees have agreed to a settlement of their differences and the works will re- surne operations, after several months’ shut-down. FITZ PUTS UP THE CASH. Corbett Hears the News With Expressed Pleasure. Dan Stuart, who is now at Carson, has reeeived a dispatch from A1 Smith informing him that Martin Julian had deposited the first installment of the Cornishman’s forfeit and appearance money, and that the entire stakes were now in hand. This means that the pugilists will contest for a side bet of $5,000 in ad- dition to the purse. A telegram from San Francisco says: “When Corbett was informed this evening that the balance of the Fitz- simmons side bet and appearance money had been placed was delighted. JACKSON AND WALLING TO HANG. Kentnckr Court of Appeals Denies Re¬ hearing for Pearl Bryan’s Murderers. The Kentucky court of appeals has denied the application for a rehearing of the appeals in the case of Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, the mur¬ derers of Pearl Bryan. This disposes of the cases, so far as the court of appeals is concerned, for in a few days the mandate of the cour t will go the governor, who will in turn set the day for the execution. , _ SHE SLIPS AWAY FROM ADMIRAL BUNCE’S SQUADRON. TURNS UP IT JACKSONVILLE. FLA. The Blockade Is Now Under Way and and Maneuvering Engenders W'artime Excitement. A special from Charleston says: The blockade runners have scored the first block, and in spite of all the prepa¬ rations made by Admiral Bunce to de¬ tect any attempt to pass the long line of ships he had strung out across the entrance to the harbor, the Dolphin, not by any means a fast boat nor as enviable as a regular blockade runner, slipped quietly round one end of the line on the 8th instant, and when the department next heard of her she was at the bar of St. John’s river, Florida, w'here she fired on the Three Friends. The officials at the department were puzzled when they w r ere notified by Commander Glover, by telegraph, of his whereabouts, but private letters received from persons on the squadron explain her movements as a successful runner of the blockade. Now' the fleet is on the w'atch, not only against the return of the Dolph¬ in, but of the appearance of the little Vesuvius, swifter than anything in the fleet and, like a regular blockade run¬ ner, lower in the water than the Dol¬ phin. Moreover, the Vesuvius is painted a dingy, invisible shade of gray, and is much more likely to make a successful run than the Dolphin. It is pretty w'ell settled that the dis¬ patch boat Dolphin, dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, torpedo boat No. G and probably the Cushing will be the blockade runners. The armored coast defense ship Puritan and the Terror are tho latest vessels to be ordered to Charleston. Admiral Bunce will probably have in all about twenty ships within the next week. In response to pressing invitations from the citizens of Charleston, w'ho are arranging a banquet for the officers of the fleet, Amiral Bunce has ex¬ pressed his gratification for the hos¬ pitalities extended and assured the committee that it would give him and his officers much pleasure to accept the invitations. There was, of course, a proviso, that it could be made possi¬ ble. The weather, he said, had a good deal to do with the shaping of their plans. But even if he did not person¬ ally avail himself of these pleasures,he would endeavor to arrange matters so that his officers might do so. On the occasion of Secretary Her¬ bert’s visit, Admiral Bunce said, the vessels of the fleet that could enter the harbor would be inside. Some of the ships, he w'as sorry to say (and among them the flagship), would not be able to enter; the others w’ould be in the harbor by the 18th instant. He said that during the time that would elapse before the 18th it w'as likely that the lighter craft ships would be in and out a good deal. They would begin to need coal in a few days, and then they w'ould have to go into the harbor. STEAMER GEORGIA MISSING. Has Not Been Heard From Since Decem¬ ber SO Off Scotland. A dispatch from St. Johns, N. F., says: Captain Blanford, commander of the steamer Nimrod, and Captain Ashe, representing the ow'ners of the miss¬ ing steamer State of Georgia, agree that the latter must have foundered. The steamer Nimrod went 200 miles north cruizing in a zig-zag fashion through the ice floes. Nothing was sighted. It is agreed on all sides that the steamer State of Georgia must have been lost. She left Dantzic on De¬ cember 23 for Halifax, N. S., and St. Johns, N. B. She passed Dunnet Head Scotland, on Dec. 26 and has not been heard from since. Her cargo consisted of 2,000 tons of beet sugar. Millionaires Bound for Georgia. A Brunsw'ick, Ga., dispatch says: Hon. Chauncey Depew, Messrs. John D. Rockfeller, W. K. Vanderbilt and several other millionaires and multi- millionaires will be guests of the Jekyl Island club, remaining ten days or longer. They will arrive on Feb- ruary 20. WILL INVESTIGATE IN UTAH. Recent Close Senatorial Election to he Looked Into. A duplicate of Senator Ridout’s res- olution to investigate the senatorial election was introduced in the Utah legislature Friday. Amendments were made widening the scope of the inves- tigation. After a long debate in the house the resolution passed. It was so amended that the investigating committee shall consist of the governor, attorney gen- e ral and three judges of the supreme CO urt. Provision is made that the ex- penses of the investigation shall not by the state. PROPOSITION BY HANOTAUX. French Foreign Minister Working a Eranco-Kussian Scheme. A cable dispatch from London says: M. Hanotaux, the French foreign min- ister, has initiated proposals that the pow ers blockade Crete and that they also occupy Canea, Retimo and the other centers of disorder, pending a settlement of the dispute, that will be satisfactory to the Cretans. Active negotiations on these propo- sals are now proceeding. A BANQUET TO GAGE. Chicago Business Men Tender Him a Fare¬ well Dinner. The Commercial club of Chicago gave a farewell dinner to Lyman J. Gage, the new secretary of the treas¬ ury Friday night. The banquet was held at the audito¬ rium, and about 100 men prominent in business and commercial circles were present. In the course of his speech Mr. Gage said: “Wisely, or unwisely, I have plead¬ ed for toleration, for patience with misunderstanding for a broad citen- ship not limited to local surroundings; a citenship which welcomes business success because it lends power and in¬ fluence in the larger social life to which duty and true happiness stand in close relations.” Mr. Gage said that the most ad¬ vanced scientists now recognize that a very large number of so-called dis¬ eases find their existing cause in that part of the physical organization known as the emotional centre. These dis¬ eases cannot be reached by ordinary means but must be addressed through mental impressions and suggestions. This, Mr. Gage intimated, was the source of trouble with the social state, and he continued: “It is unwise to be blind to the dan¬ gers in such a situation. Hysteria, though functional in its operation, may induce organic disease. Men of steady minds and strong hearts must, w ith temperance and charity in the ex¬ ercise of right reason, find the true path which leads to peace and safety. There are real mistakes to be corrected. We have violated the natural law's w'hich govern the realm of economies with the same force and power that they do in the physical realms.” BUCK VISITS M-KINLEY. Georgian Talks Over Southern Cabinet Problem With the Major. A special from Canton, O., states that Col. A. E. Buck, of Georgia, reached the city Friday afternoon and held a consultation with Major Mc¬ Kinley. Colonel Buck w'ould not disclose the nature of his visit, but it is believed that he w r as in Canton at the invitation of McKinley to talk over the southern cabinet problem. Before leaving the city Mr. Buck was seen and queried in reference to his call in Canton. He said that the mission w r as not a personal one in the sense that he is a cabinet or other as¬ pirant. He had come to talk over state matters and did discuss matters w'hich he was not at liberty to reveal. Asked in reference to the feeling of the south in respect to cabinet repre¬ sentation, he hesitated in answ'ering and remarked that the matter would better be referred to Major McKinley. Mr. Buck w'as pressed on this point, however, and in response to repeated queries said that the south would be very much pleased to have a represen¬ tative in the McKinley cabinet. He declared that he does not believe Geor¬ gia will furnish the man, although he professed not to know this as a fact. Asked whether he favored H. Clay Evans for a cabinet officer, Mr. Buck remarked that the south in general stood for Mr. Evans and w'ould be glad to have him selected by McKinley. DENOUNCES HANNA. President of the United Mine Workers Gives Him a Roast. A special from Columbus, O., says: President Ratchford, of the United Mine Workers of America, severely denounces Chairman M. A. Hanna for forcing the miners employed in his mines at Pittsburg to sign a contract to work for a year for 60 cents per ton. The men were expecting 75 cents per ton w'hen the lake season opened. Ratchford said the national officers would not respect the contract thus forced upon the men, w'ho had signed it rather than see their families starve. “One w’ho w’ould thus take advan¬ tage of the destitution of the employes, has,” he said, “no right to the respect of the public.” SAVANNAH IN LUCK. Garrisons May Be Placed at Both Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island. Savannah, Ga., is in a fair way to secure garrisons of United States troops, both at Fort Pulaski and at Tybee Island. A letter has been re- ceived from General Nelson A. Miles, in command of the United States army, in reply to the resolution re¬ cently passed by the city council. His letter shows that there is a strong probability that the troops will be placed at Fort Pulaski. IS ENGLAND BACKING GREECE 2 Such a Charge Is Made by the Vienna Newspapers. A- special to the New York Herald from Vienna says: The Vienna cabinet has addressed a most serious warning to Greece, It is learned further from exclusive sources that the powers have informed Turkey that they cannot force Greece to withdraw her fleet, but will leave Turkey a free hand. Anarchy is reigning at Athens, lhe ministry was only temporarily saved by embarking in a mad enterprise. England is accused secretly of back¬ ing Greece to force Russia’s hand. SUED ON KIGN’S BOND. Charged Failure to Disburse Government Money on New Fostofllce. District Attorney Joe S. James has filed suit in the United States court at Rome, Ga., for §1,558, on the bond of Jack King, of Augusta. The suit is in the name of the United States and alleges that King failed to account for a portion of the funds entrusted to him as disbursing agent for the appro- priation of the new postoffice building at Rome. ) IS SLAYER OF MRS. ALLEN AND MISS SLACK CRAZY J PRISONER HAD INSANE Flanagan's Statement Before Jury Was Both Sensational and Revolting. Some Expert Testimony. In the Flanagan murder trial at De¬ catur, Tuesday, the day was taken up in the examination of witnesses as to the sanity of the prisoner. The first witness called was A. B. Hamm, of Ramer, Tenn. He testified that he was a merchant and had known the Flanagans since 1876. He consid¬ ered the mother of the defendant a delicate woman. The witness knew the children of the family. One sister died a lunatic and Edward w'as an or¬ dinary boy, but as he grew up devel¬ oped strange ways. W. W. Flanagan, of Ramer, Tenn., a brother of the prisoner, was the next witness to be examined. He took the stand. He has for some time been in the employ of the Standard Oil com¬ pany as a carpenter. He testified that his mother and one of his sisters had been insane and that both had died from congestion of the brain. A num¬ ber of the relatives of his mother were affected m the same way. Squire Ramer, justice of the peace at Ramer, then took the stand. He has held his present position for 22 years. He knew the Flauagan family for a number of years and was w'ell acquainted with Fanny. Her mind seemed all right when he lirst met her. Afterwards she became unbal¬ anced. During the time the witness knew Edwin Flanagan he never heard anything against him. After the examination of Squire Rainer, counsel for the prisoner ten¬ dered in evidence a number of letters written by him to his brother. In one of the letters the prisoner stated that he was in deep trouble, heart-broken and wild with pent-up grief, He w as being watched by detectives and all of his letters were being intercepted. Flanagan was placed upon the stand at 3:20 p. m. Sometimes stupidly and sometimes eloquently he portray¬ ed his sensations from early life to the culmination of it all in the tragedy of December 31st. He would speak ramblingly at times, but at others, when fully aroused he would speak w'ith tho vehemence of a person in the full possession of his faculties. Parts of his statement were filled w'ith obscenity and vulgarity too inde¬ cent for publication. He remained on the stand until 4:10, when he seemed thoroughly exhausted. A most dramatic scene occurred when Flanagan, at the close of his testimony, was leaving the stand. He caught sight of George W. Allen, w'hose home he had wronged and ruined, seated among the crowd. Pointing his hand at Allen, he called out, tragically: “There’s the man who caused it all!” Allen grew' white, then red, and shook like a leaf. He seemed unable to act at first, but after a brief hesita¬ tion, jumped to his feet and threw his hands behind him. The motion w'as one as if he would draw' a weapon, and every one so construed it. Two men seated behind him pulled him back and he was led from the court room. The scene created wild excitement and many thought Allen w as going to kill the man. The Prisoner’s Diary. Directly after Flanagan closed his statement the defense introduced as evidence the diary that had been kept by the murderer. The diary contained an account of the various happenings of Flanagan’s life from some day in July until the day of the tragedy at the Allen home. It gave a graphic statement of the progress in his love affair with little Leila Allen. The details of the writ¬ ing in the diaiy were too disgusting for mention. After the diary had been read to the jury Colonel Glenn, Flanagan’s at¬ torney, wanted to go on the stand and testify as to a certain statement Flan¬ agan had made to him on the morning after the murder. Colonel Lewis ob¬ jected, claiming that an attorney was not competent to testify for or against his client. Judge Candler ruled that Mr. Glenn could not testify. More important than Flanagan’s statement was the testimony of Dr. Pinckney, a specialist in nervous and mental diseases. He clearly defined insanity, the several forms in which it manifests itself, and through the varied questioning of the attorneys it was finally brought out from him, in effect, that he regarded Flanagan as an insane man; certainly a diseased one. He spoke of several symptoms of insanity which were clearly manifest in the prisoner’s case. His testimony was absorbingly interesting and held the closest attention of the crowd in the court room. At the close of the day’s proceedings Flanagan was hurried to the Atlanta jail on a street car. The distance from Decatur to Atlanta is about six miles and the trolley road runs through woods part of the way. Sheriff Austin stood on the front end of the car di- recting the motorman and commanded that he move rapidly except in open spaces where there was no possibility of a mob being hidden. A convention of sea island cotton growers has me ^ in ——« THROUGH GEORGIA. The annual eneampent of the Geor¬ gia division of the Grand Army of the Republic w'ill be held at Fitzgerald on March 13th. Receiver Ripley, who has made an examination of the books of the State Savings bank at Atlanta has hT«w the bank’s standing as follows: Lia¬ bilities, §98,000; assets (certain) §84,- 831.18. The hearing on Roby Robinson’s petition for the appointment of a permanment receiver for the Southern Mutual Building and Loan Associa¬ tion came up before Judge Candler at Atlanta and was postponed until Sat¬ urday, February 27th, which will be two days after the general meeting of the stockholders. The sundry civil appropriation bill before congress contains the following items for Georgia: Courthouse and post office at Savannah, $175,000; quar¬ antine station at Brunswick, for re¬ pairs, §1,250; Chickamauga park, §75,000; improving harbor at Savan¬ nah, §400,000; for improving Cumber¬ land sound §400,000. Pike county virtually got tw o mem¬ bers out of the five members of the state school book commission—Dr. J. C. Beauchamp and Prof. W. B. Mer¬ ritt, the latter having lived in the county for a number of years. It was not their fault, but their misfortune, that other members have never lived in this county.—Barnesville Gazette. The first convention of the American Fruit Growers’ Association will be held during the first week of next month in Buffalo, N. Y. President John D. Cunningham, w r ho is at the head of the national association, and who is also president of the Georgia associa¬ tion. will probably represent this state at the national convention. The Charleston and Western Caro¬ lina railroad, with headquarters at Augusta, has purchased a new equip¬ ment, involving an outlay of thous¬ ands of dollars, The new rolling stock purchased consists of 13 loco¬ motives, 18 coaches, 250 box cars and 50 flat cars. It has also purchased property on the river front for new shops and a new freight depot. Some time within the next month or two the supreme court will be called on to decide who is chief of Macon’s police force. Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, the present incumbent, claims that he is, and the superior court of Bibb county has decided that he is. Ex- Chief Butner says that he is entitled to the office, and declares that he was illegally removed. * * * The auditing department of the Cen¬ tral of Georgia Railway Company is to be completely reorganized and a new system will be introduced. The Cen¬ tral has held on to old methods longer than most American roads, but at last the directors have decided to introduce the up-to-date system of accounting. Mr. C. W. Haskins, of New York, was appointed comptroller for the purpose of putting a new system in effect. * • One of the greatest conventions of young people ever witnessed in any southern city will be held in Atlanta on the 22d of next April and continue four days. The occasion which will be looked forward to and so royally celebrated by thousands of young Georgians is the state conference of Georgia Epw'orth Leagues, and from present appearances the meeting promises be the most memorable one in the history of the organization. * * * There is another delay in the com¬ pletion of the public building at Colum¬ bus, and when the postoffice moved in several months ago the building w'as habitable, but not completed, and congress appropriated §1,000 for the completion of the structure, Re- cently a force of hands began the w'ork of completion. One department of the w'ork, the finishing of the woodwork, was suspended a day or two ago on account of the exhaustion of the appropriation for this particular class of work. Illicit distilling in Georgia is on the increase. The seizures made in Janu¬ ary, 1897, show a large increase over those of the same month in previous years. Since 1894 the work of the in¬ ternal revenue department has largely increased. In that year the tax on •whisky was increased from 90 cents to §1.10 per gallon. This increase is said to have greatly stimulated the trade of the moonshiners. The figures for last month have just been prepared and show that 60 seizures of distilleries were made. In the same month in 1894, before the tax was raised, there were only 24 seizures, This shows an increase in three years of 150 per cent. The G. S. Baxter company, of New York, has begun the construction of a railroad at Haylow, ten miles south of Dupont, on the Plant system. Haylow is just across the line of Echols coun¬ ty, and about one mile of the new line is in Echols, but it runs out in an easterly direction across the south side of Clinch county. It will cross the Suwannee river abont four miles be- low Moxon’s ferry, known a-- Pepper Hill, and will continue fro*; there in a southeast direction around the Oke- fenokee swamp and will connect with the Dial and Upchurch road, which starts at Crawford, Fla., running westward, The two roads will join at some point between the Suwannee and St. Maiy’s rivers and wii bo known as the Georgia and II or id*