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A 820,000 Court House and Jail Free to the Taxpayers of
Habersham County if the County Site is Moved to Toccoa.
Toccoa proposes to build the above
hnnd-omo han.iom brick mu K and aim stone stone stnirtiiro stiuctuie
tree of all cost to the taxpayers of
I label , sham i county.^ , I lie building is .
In', feet long and 95 feet wide, afford-
ing ample and spacious offices and the
largest court room in Nortii East
(ieorgia, The I bmldimv 0 is ’ in \
, hj'hti'ti . with . . electricity and turnislied
with running water. The site for the
Court House is tile City Park. 220x400
Gel. , , consisting of 32 business lots
worth $12,800, and the jail lot is val-
ued at $1,500, making Toccoa’s total
gift $34,300.
TO THE VOTERS OF HABERSHAM
COUNTY:
A 11 election lias been ordered in the county
for the removal of tho county site from
Clarkesville to Toccoa City oii Aug. ihth,
1 H’.*7, upon a petition .signed" by two-iifths of
tln> poll lax payers of the county in accord-
anc o with Mm statuto made and provided
for such eases.
I.et us see what brought about this state
of affairs in our county: Our county com-
missioners thought a new courthouse was a
necessity, not withstanding tho hard times,
and so declared clearly against the wishes
(>f (he people. Next a bond issue was to be
submitted to the people, that they might say
whether they would pay a direct tax or on
interest-bearing bonds, either way you voted
the court house must tie built. You could
bavo as:,, as to how it shall bo paid,
but nothing more. Now, 111 the face of these
fuels, Toccoa City comes Indore the people
of the eountv with a clear ami clean cut
proposition in this election. That proposi-
tion is: That Toccoa will furnish a court
house and jail for Habersham county in
Toccoa City, free from any expense to the
tax payers of Habersham county without
the limits of Toccoa City, should the result
of the election be in favor of Toccoa City—
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MAP OF HABERSHAM CODNTY ARC SDRROONDINBS.
From Toccoa East to Tugaloo Biter, < Miles, To Fiaiikliu
County. 6 Miles; From Clarkesville to W hite County,
6 Miles; To Banks County, 8 Miles.
I hi y 'N thrfn Iff y > I y 'N fo
such a court house and jail shall bo built
a ‘. <X) r diu 8 to ‘ pian accepted by the
;n ,H S ioners. Now to convince every unprej-
udieed mind that tliis is a bona fide propo-
sition, a bond for $20,000 has boon filed with
tho Commissioners of said county, and the
credit and character of the men whose sig-
!”' ' l ”' appear on said bonds, is not to be
Now . * In . presenting this proposition,
Toccoa City also presents her views on this
question of removal that it has the largest
population of any town in the county; does
n commercial business; is situated on a
trunk line of railroad, very accessible to all
sections of the county, and a growing town,
Now,.since a court house lias been deter-
to be built by the Commissioners in
these hatd times, when money is so scarce
mid prices so low and Toccoa City has to
furnish her pro rata part of the tax, she
proposes to the tax payers of Habersham
county to assume the whole burden
of the building of the court house and jail
and offers it as a free gift—without a cent of
tax to tho people. This makes the issue for
removal or against removal. Each man can
settle this question for himself. When you
analyze this question you will find that it is
a question of dollars and cents with you,
besides convenience and less taxes to the
voters of tho county. You can pay your tax
for tho court house or let Toccoa City furnish
it just as you like,
Vote for Toccoa, and you pay no
house taxes. Vote for Clarkesville.and you
,, ny the highest taxes ever paid in Haber-
sham county. Is it fair for Clarkesville to
tax you, when Toccoa will free you from
taxes?
Register 0 now, and vote for Toccoa August
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TOCCOA’S PROPOSAL—Toccoa
poses to build the court house, of which
the plans and specifications have been ao
c-epted by the County Commissioners, and a
new and commodious jail, all free to the
taxpayers of tho county, if tho county site
is moved to Toccoa.
TOCCOA. HABERSHAM COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 6.1897.
G0YERX0R DETERMINED TO BRING
THE GUILTY TO JUSTICE.
HAS CLEAR EVIDENCE AS TO THREE
Five Hundred Dollars Each for the First
Two Convicted; SlOO for Each Addi¬
tional Conviction Secured.
The governor of Georgia has offered
a reward for the Ryder lynchers and j
the names of the most of them are in
his possession. He has clear evidence
as to three, and it is likely that evi- !
<leuce a, to the others .ill develop on
the trial. The governor offers rewards
as follows:
Five hundred dollars for the first
two lynchers of Dr. Ryder arrested
and convicted.
One hundred dollars for each sub¬
sequent lyncher of Dr. Ryder arrested
and convicted.
Two hundred and fifty dollars for
each person arrested and convicted of < !
felonious conduct in preventing the
arrest or detection of parties guilty of I
this crime
This action was taken without hesi-
tation, after an hour’s hearing with
Dr. C. A Ryder of Gainesville ’ and
Prof R A Ryder of Columbus
The brothers are determined and
will exert every effort to convict the
rnen who were concerned in the Talbot
county Goveriior lynching
Atkinson was asked for an
expression of his views and said-
‘‘I am determined to do all that is
possible for the executive to do to
bring to justice the men who are truiltv 8 7
of the murder of Ryder
“There are two lines unon which we
must proceed 1 umoMoe" iu nrrter fr> vi.i StoiZ mu-
country nliL .! this h eh k
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and of our civilization
all enlightened exefttlem selve/tn and na’triotie mak^eueh .fitizens
to S r LT
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recognized ulotfle and conformed t-onfoimed to to by aU all
“Those who cannot be reached in
tliis wnv miKit l>o rp-mWl lvtr
made to‘feel the force of the strong
arm of the Gw tHpt £ fhen si.mild V.a
given to understand they thL
attempt to false a prisoner from
hands of officers therr own I.vea .,1
e foifelted by their eftoit, and that
be be mtnisLd punished bTthe by the 8 courts. com e ts° rt ^ *
Tlieie ia 3 been much said a out
, he delays of the latv, and yet to
one
who fully comprehends our system and
1 s lesnlts tins p oin t will receive little
consideration. We have now in our
over ci 4 4,001 n 000 T convfcts conMcts. COU We Me w!hT ha\e had a
ge number hung during my admin-
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tion nf 6 a
“In addition to that, permit me to
say that the men who lynch and take
the lives of their fellow men in their
own hands are not the men who are
usually found on the side of law and
order, and if lynching be apologized
for on the ground that the law does
not conform to the views of everyone,
then there will never be a stop put to
it.
“This being true, let apology for
lynch law cease, let it be condemned
in unmeasured terms, and whatever is
to be said about changing the law, let
it be said to the general assembly, and
not for the purpose of palliating a
crime lynchers are guilty of.
“I am satisfied that the good citi¬
zens of Talbot comity fully realize the
enormity of this offense and I expect
from them that hearty co-operation
which every good citizen owes to the
officers of the law under which he
lives.”
VIRGINIA POPULISTS ADJOURN.
Captain Edmund R. Cocke Nominated
For Lieutenant Governor.
The populist state convention at
Roanoke assembled again Thursday
morning. Major Gaines withdrew from
the race for the nomination of lieuten¬ .
ant governor, and Captain Edmund
7 < - oca ® " vvas nominated . by a«clama-
tion . and accepted. The
convention
then adjourned sine die.
MINERS BECOMING DESTITUTE.
Fonr Hundred Families Are Without Any I
‘
Mcans Whatever.
Miners in the Danville, Ill., dis-
trict in destitute circumstances. ‘
are
Over 400 families are reported without
erators ar^^tributingHWally with ;
provisions and money. There is no
evidence that the strikers contemplate
givingll A Chicago p. dispatch Provision, j
says: |
for the relief of the suffering miners
of Illinois are coming in rather slowly.
The relief headquarters have been
open two days, but nothing beyond a
few cash contributions from labor
unions has been received.
SUGAR FROM CORN.
Glucose Refining Company Incorporated
With a Big Capital stock. j
The Glucose Sugar Refining Com- I
pany, with an authorized capital stock
of $4,009,000, was incorporated at
Trenton, N. J., Tuesday afternoon.
The company is empowered to make
sugar from corn aid,also to manufact-
ure all the products of corn. The
principal place of business in the state 1
will be in Jersey Citv. The capital
stock is to be divided into 140,000
shares of preferred and 160,030 shares
t.f common stock
CYCLONE KILLS SEYEN.
An Illinois Farmer's House and Barn De¬
molished By Raging Wind.
At 7:30 o’clock Friday evening a
cvclone ? oleir, struck the farm of A O Me- |
D two miies north of San Jo,e,
III.,his house and barn were destroyed
Seven people were killed and three
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Toccoa maintains that she is as near or
the geographical center of the
county as ClarkesviUe, and doubly as near
the center of population.
Note , For _ Toccoa. _
Vote for Toccoa to have the court house
because you will not have to pay
20000 20,000 DOLLARS non Aim
To build a court house at Clarkesville,
which benefits you not one cent,
Because Toccoa, with the court house,
would soon become a city, thereby lessen-
ing your taxes, by adding new property to
the tax digest.
Because we would have more people and
more property to tax.
Because Toccoa not only proposes to
build the court house and jail free, but
has backed up her promises by a well and
faithfully executed bond of
20,000 DOtLABS
^fad e to the county commissioners as a
guarantee of Toccoa’s fulfillment of her
proposition.
Because Toccoa gives a block of property
worth $12,800 for the court house to stand
on and a $1,500 lot for the jail in addition to
Die $20,000 court house, making Toccoa’s
total gift
34,300 DOLLARS.
Because Clarkesville has never proposed
lighten your burdens of taxation. And
never will,
Because Clarkesville with a court house
has been growing gradually smaller for the
past 50 years.
Because Clarkesville has had a court
thing !‘°. use for , 109 herself, Y^rs the and county, has never or the done people any-
of the county.
Because with a court house in Toccoa the
would soon become a city and furnish
you a home market for your produce,
Because ToccOa is n arer the masses of
the people and because it is money in your
TOCKET.
Because—-Vote for Toccoa and be happy.
Devoted to Southern Progress and Colonization.
AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE.
Japan and Hawaii To Settle Their Dif¬
ferences Peaceably.
A Washington special says: The
Japanese government has accepted the
offer made by Hawaii to arbitrate the
dispute between the two countries.
The state department has been inform-
ed of the offer and the acceptance.
landing of the Japanese immigrants,
but also will include other disagree-
ments between the two countries, the
most imposed important of which is the tax
upon the Japanese liquor,
largely imported and consumed by ' the
Japanese in Hawaii.
The acceptance of the offer of arbi-
tration, a brief synopsis of which has
been telegraphed to the Japanese min-
ister here and given the state depart-
rnent, states that the Japanese govern-
»«»t accepts arbitration in principle
and is prepared to enter upon the
terms for a settlement of pending dis-
°
putes.
The formal letter of acceptance has
in. These conditions are not known
here. Pending the arrangement of de-
tails, all other proceedings discontinued looking ° to
a settlement will be
The sake tax, of which the Japanese
complain, is an increase of the duty
on tbis ^"or from 15 cents to $1 per
g allo »- This tax was passed l,y the
Hawaiian legislature and vetoed by
President Dole on the ground that it
unconstitutional, and in violation
of the treaty with Japan, who had
rights under the most favored cause. !
Tbo tax was passed over his veto
almost unanimously, only one vote
bein S cast to sustain the president.
The pressure for taxing sake was
from the saloon keepers and the man-
ufacturers of liquors, as the Japanese
use this li( iu«r almost wholly to the
exclusion of other beverages.
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TEXAS DEMOCRATS ACT.
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At * c,lled Conferencs They Affirm Unira.
Par,,.
Ovei „ a thousand Texas democrats
tended a conference at Waco Friday,
called by Chairman Blake of the dem-
ocl ^ ILe lc state most executive lm P ortant committe. actlt>n taken
was the adoption of resolutions affirm-
unwavering allegiance to the prin-
Clples ) c f the party as expressed in its
andalpelufnglo ana appealing to cidzen^tvh? ciazens who deshe clesne
f°°u govenin ; ent to stand as a mut
for its support.
i J’LLilT “atl ^Lail 1 * ““ re S»r4 to tinanee
as „„ advance sign T.psm of
the retm . n to the principles !
which the prosperity of the country
CaU ftl ° lle be achievetl> tho disposition
of the people iu otller states> as ex .
pressed in the recent elections, to the
time-honoied doctrine of bimetallism
and to the use of both 1(1 and silveP
as the standard money metals of tho
country, and to a system of fair and |
iu8t taxatioil > °PP osod to the trusts
and monopolies, and to the principles
contained in the last national demo-
platform adopted at Chicago in
1896.” The resolution conclude with
a denunciation of the republican party,
NEW PLACE FOR ANDREWS.
r»*P°se<t President will Assume Charge
of Another Uni ™ rsity -
A Providence special says that
President Andrews, of Brown uni-
versit y> wlU m September assume the
hea(1 of the university projected by
Jolm Brisb en Walker, tho New York
millionaire journalist, along absolutly
unique lines. Mr. Walker is also a
silver man.
The university will at first resemble
the Chautauqua movement. It will ca¬
ter to the masses of the common peo¬
ple, and there will be no cost or ex¬
penses whatever to the student. Even
the textbooks will be free, and work
will be conducted by correspondence.
The institution w ill be liberally en¬
dowed.
President Andrews wfill be assisted
by an advisory board of ten of the
ablest minds in the country. Presi¬
dent Andrews, in speaking of the mat¬
ter, said:
“The course of studies will be work¬
ed out with reference to the real needs
of men and women in the various
walks of life, and will be designed not
only to produce broader minds, more
cultivated intellects and give greater
fitness for special lines of work, but
to make better citizens, better neigh-
bors, and give a happier type of man
and womanhood,”
MUST VACATE HOUSES.
Superintendent of Mines Issues a Notice
to Strikers to Move Out.
A dispatch from Graiton, w. Ya,
says: Notice has been served by
Superintendent A. P. Goodreicke, of
the Flemington mines, to every strik-
‘company’s houses, to vacate the prop-
erty immediately. ■
Excitement runs high among the
miners, as the notice says then: goods
made j
An attempt will be to operate
the mines with non-union men.
CHARTER FORTY STEAMERS.
Twenty Million Bushels of Grain to Be
Exported to Great Britain.
The Philadelphia Record of Friday
Contained the following:
“Forty steamers were yesterday
chartered to load cargoes of grain at
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore
and Newport News for ports in the
United Kingdom and Europo, making
a day’s record which, it is claimed,has
never been equaled. All of these ves-
sels will require over 4,000,000 bush-
els of grain.
“During the past two weeks fixtures
for steam tonnage to carry over 20,-
000,000 bushels of coreals abroad have
been ordered.
according -„ to a re^.nt ,,& consular re-
port, Cuba, although its entire area is
onlv about equal to that of tbe State
of Pennsylvania, fiesta contains 13,000,000
too'Z.E^e^^iLtrtr’been^leard acres of i.nmeva “where the ”
In these forests, which cover nearly
half the entire eurfaee of the island,
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flllilf ISIS
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SMITHSONIAN „ INSTITl TION OFFI«
CIAL WRITES HOT LETTER *
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BROUGHT OUT BY SEAL FISHERIES.
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EIliott Claims Thai Special Commli«ion«i
Foster Hat Misled Secretary Sherman
in His Deports On Sealing Matter*.
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Professor Henrv W FlHott of
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q mi ... tasonian institution, . .. . has • out
given
tbe complete text of his recent sensa-
tional letter to Judge Day, assistant
secretarv of «tate re^ardW the seal
a!,uerie ** 11 It xeatls reads as as IOUOWS -
Hon * ^ T>at, assistant secretary
of state. Washington:
Dear Sir—In the Morning Recorder taxi
of °\ ^kenood. a ietter to Ohio Lord appear, feal isbury, .he dated
Ma J 10 » 1897, and signed by Hon.
Tohn Sherman, secretary of state, on
the fur seal question. This letter is
prefaced by an account of the great
embarrassment which its publication
bas caused the president, and that it
bas been held up for several days at
tbe request of John W. Foster, who
llow fearfi the effect of his own work
a *ew weeks earlier.
‘Inasmuch as I have a closer per-
sonal knowledge of this present ques-
tion than any other man living, and
vas t! J more extended, and inasmuch
as 1 T «uthor of the modus viven-
di of 1893, which is the only credible
step taken by our government toward
settling this seal dispute since it be-
* an iu 1890 up to date, I desire to say
that after a careful perusal of the let-
ter of Ma J lOtli, above cited, the
president has reason to feel greatly
embarrassed, because it lays the state
department open to a crushing reply
from those not of the Canadian office,
and you will be in the same mortify-
ing fix that Blaine found himself in
1890, when the Canadians simply
crushed his contra bonis mores letter
by the date which they promptly fur-
wished in rebuttal.
“Inexperienced and ignorant men
should not write such letters dealing
about which they know no
more than so many parrots. John W.
Foster is utterly ignorant of the truth
in regard to the salient features of this
,„1 question on^he islands; that letter
Mrof from gr”s hi“h“d “err“s oi‘JuTaStSTi ’
“His dullness in making tin the
American case in 1892-93 cost us. that
shameful aful humiliating defeat which
we met with at Paris in 1893. Had
he been bright and quick witted, he
never would have met with such dias-
ter.
“Taking this commonplace man up
now, after this record of flat-failure is
stamped all over his anatomy, and
putting ^tifn him wSl in charge tos/yTu of your sealing dee“e!
only
into the mire than he and your prede-
cessors have been placed before by the
brigbt men ovei ' tbe ]in .® at ottawa -
‘.‘I am moved to write you on this
point because a senatoi of the United
f bad taTes assured recently the said president.that to me that Foster the
mformahon which I g^e the British
m caused the defeat of the Amer-
ican case at Paris in 1893. The mean¬
ness and untruth of this charge will
be quickly seen by your turning to
my report of November 17, 1890, which
contains this information.
“Mr. Foster and his stupid associ¬
ates tried to suppress this report be¬
cause it contained the proof of my au¬
thorship of the modus vivendi of
1891-93, which he meanly stole from
me—plagarized in fact, but he was un¬
able to supjiress it. And now that he
comes forward again to figure in this
question, I intend that he shall be re¬
quired at the proper time and before
the proper tribunal to give a full ac¬
count of his wretched record as the
agent of the United States before the
Behring sea tribunal at Paris in 1893.
“This whole sealing business, from
the day the trouble began in 1890-91
up to date, has not been in the hands
n 17,
Canadians, and the languid contempt
of the British receive.? oueen’s When council is all
that it it comes up
there. Yery truly yours, W.*
“Henri Elliott. ”
THREE WILL HANG TOGETHER.
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Closing Chapter of a Dark Crime Commit-
ted In Alabama.
The closing chapter in one of Ala-
bama’s dark crimes was completed at
Decatur Monday afternoon when Rosa
victed of aiding and abetting Lewis
Thompson and_\V alter NeviHe m as-
saultmg Nelne Lawton.
The counsel for the woman attempt-
upo" the^d and SS
her story. The trial lasted only three
hours. Shortly after 2 o’clock the
jury rendered a verdict of death.
The three prisoners were then sen¬
tenced to hang on September 7th next.
WILL SELL UNION PACIFIC.
Upset Price For the Road Is Placed at
*50,000,000.
Judge Sanborn passed on the de-
erees of sale in the Union Pacifiic case
at Omaha, Xeb., Thor, day morning.
He accepted the Ames decree with but
few corrections.
Tbere inere v v as as a a snarp sliarn aeDate debate over over tne the
government s decree, the attorneys for
the reorganization committee object-
mg.
The upset price was set at $50,000,-
000. Judge Cornish was appointed
special master to conduct the sale. He
will fix the date later.
Galvanic Battery in His Mouth.
gentleman suffered _ , , from __. .
a pam m
bis tongue, which he could not ac-
count for, and was afraid of cancer,
After the doctor ha.l said there wa,
nothing the matter with his
Sn‘g te""” Ihe^'Ldmiia,
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1.00 A YEAR.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Indnstries Established In the South
Dunne the Past Week.
Reports received during the past
week from correspondents in all sec-
tions of the south continue to be en-
couraging, and an actual increase in
the 'volume of business, an upward
tendency in prices and better collec-
-t to
leading manufacturers of the south as
to cro P prospects and the outlook for
fall trade shows that manufacturers
generally are now enjoying increased
business; that the volume of trade for
t be first half of this year compares
favorabI y with that of 189 « (in many
cases exceeding it); that cotton is well
advanced; that the corn crop will be
unusually large, while the tobacco and
wbeft t crop will be below the average,
but better P r * ces w iR more than offset
^ shortage.
The general verdict is that the situ-
ation is most encouraging, and that
the future holds promise of early
and substantial improvement, not on-
Vul *2
business preparations are now be-
mg made for an active fall trade,
and this, in connection with the ex-
pansion brought about by splendid
j crops, is effecting all channels of busi-
oess and advancing an era of general
prosperity
Among the most important new m-
dustnes for the past week are the fol-
lowing; The Mason, Hoge & King
Construction company, capital $50,-
000, Charleston, W. \a.; the Queen
City Compress company, capital $50,-
000, Columbus, Miss., and another
compress at Jackson, Tenn.; the Dal*
1m City Land company capital $15, -
000, Dallas, Tex.; the Ashepoo Fer-
tilizer company, capital $100,000,
Charleston, S. C.; the Martin Gold
Mining and Milling company, capital
; $30,000, Gainesville, Ga., and the
I Compressed Coal company, maximum
I capital $500,000, Norfolk, Ya. Tele-
phone supply works will be erected at
Knoxville, Tenn.; a $*20,000 oil mill
Pelzer, S. C„ and others at Oada-
den, Ala., and Gretna, La.; a bleaeli-
ing and dye house at Tarboro, N. C.;
a tobacco factory at Danville, Ya., and
woodworking plants at Alexandria,
La.; Charlotte, N. C., Walter boro, S.
C„ and Chattanooga, Tenn.-Trades-
man (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
ASK FOlt RECONSIDERATION.
Instructors at Brown University Want
President Andrews To Uemain.
A remonstrance has been issued by
the professors at Brown university at
Providence, R. I., and sent to the
members of the corporation.
It protests against the action of the
latter body with reference to President
Andrews, and asks for a reconsidera¬
tion of the whole matter. The docu¬
ment lays stress on especially the importance of
freedom of speech, in a uni¬
versity where there should be no such
thing as political prejudice.
The fact is emphasized that there
has been a remarkable increase in the
number of students since Dr. Andrews
became president. The remonstrance
is signed by a majority of professors.
CONFLAGRATIONS IN OTTAWA.
Fireproof Company and Grain Elevator
Destroyed Entailing Heavy Fosses.
The Pioneer Fireproof Construc¬
tion Company’s plant, at Ottawa, Ill.,
the largest of its kind in the world,
was partially destroyed by fire Sunday
afternoon, entailing a loss of $ 100 , 000 .
There was only a partial insurance.
The fire was of incendiary origin.
The large grain elevator of J. S.
Shuler was burned to the ground Sun¬
day morning. Loss, $6,000; insur¬
ance, $3,000.
It is now thought this building was
also set on fire. Had there been any
breeze at the time of either fire the
city of Ottawa would have been al¬
most wiped out, as both buildings
were situated close to the business
center.
LIQUOR DEALERS QUIT BUSINESS.
Illinois Town Refuses to Reduce the
Saloon License Tax.
Every one of the forty saloons in
Danville, Ill., are closed and the
thirsty citizens must go to German-
town or to the road houses for a drink.
lower the license from $800 to $600,
and threatened to close their places on
refusal. The council refused and
Monday morning every saloon in the
; city was found closed.
MORRIS BOUND OYER.
rh * E *- M »rslial of^idv^ e^Charged ‘th
: lfie commi^ent trmi Wf oi AMnic Prank
‘ Se ex was bound
October term of the ' Burke
t
j j b J ^eat* manTothSrbel WeTor’-
j ^ innoC ent. His wife still clings to
, .
; Kilpatrick has been kept ^ out
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sides, at the wind-up he has been made
: more prominent than was desirable.
MORE COTTON 9 lLLS CLOSE
And Twenty-Five Hundred Hands Will Be
Thrown Oot of Employment.
A dispatch from Lawrence, Mass.,
says: The Everitt mills will shut down
for a period of five weeks. Operations
*l B o w iH be suspended at the At-
lantic mills for one montb - beginning
An™.* l.t.
^ be agents of the mills claim tnat
tbe 7 are obliged to curtail the produc-
tion of cotton lumiest goods, and believe that
th e month nf of Auguest affords anoras the tne best De
opportunity to do so, consiaering ®
interests of all concerned. About
I 2,500 operatives will be effected.
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ADMIRAL MILLER TRANSFERRED.
He Will Assume Command of the Pacific
Station.
Wednesday Rear Admiral J. R. Mil-
ler hauled down his flag from the
c ™ lse . £/"° R li * lvitif? % at Tomnkins Jl
ville, Staten Island, i and will :n leave i at l
«*•lor San ft*->aoo t<, «, n mocom-
mand of the Pacific station as soon
ifiTSSl®‘^ilprobabW be at-
.ached to the North Ai.aniic , q nadron
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NO. 38.
FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED
TO HANG AUGUST 25.
JURY WSS OUT SEVENTEEN HOURS
Convicted Murderer's Attorney Moves
Straightway for a New Trial—Argu¬
ment Will be Heard on the 14th.
Edward C. Flanagan was pronounced
guilty of murder by the jury at Deca¬
tur, Ga., Saturday morning.
He was at once sentenced by the
judge, Hon. John S. Candler, to die
on the gallows on "Wednesday, August
‘25th.
Colonel Glenn, the prisoner’s lead-
ing counsel, straightway filed a motion
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beforo b veiulc **
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' ac ea, to tne couit-
houge
“Let the jury come out,” said the
judge.
Ihe 12 men who for six days had
patiently struggled with all the facts
of this remarkable case, filed into the
room.
“Gentlemen, have you agreed upon
a verdict?” asked his honor.
“We have,” said the foreman.
Solicitor Ivimsey took the paper on
which was written the prisoner’s fate
and read in clear tones:
“We, the jury find the defendant
guilty.”
“I ask that the jury be polled,” said
Colonel Glenn.
The judge called the name of each
juror and asked: * ‘Is that your verdict?
Do you agree to it?” Every man re¬
sponded promptly, “yes.”
During this time Flanagan sat with
downcast eyes as if meditating the fate
that was in store for him.
Mr. Flanagan, stand up!” said
Judge Candler.
The man slowly rose, and sentence
was pronounced as follows:
“It is ordered by the court that the
defendant, Edward C. Flanagan, be
taken from the bar of this court to the
common jail of DeKalb county and
be there safely and securely kept until
1897, Wednesday, the 25th day of August,
when, between the hours of 11
o’clock a. m. and 1 o’clock p. m., he
shall be taken from there by the sheriff
of DeKalb county and in private in
tbe jail yard of DeKalb county, be
hung by the neck until he is dead,and
may God have mercy on his soul. ”
“It is further ordered that in the
execution of the sentence said sheriff
have such guard as in his discretion is
necessary, and that he procure the at¬
tendance of two physicians to ascer¬
tain when life is extinct.
“It is further ordered that the de¬
fendant be allowed at the time of the
execution of this sentence to have as
many as two ^ministers of the gospel
present, and such of his immediate
family as he may desire, to be limited
by the discretion of the sheriff.”
After sentence had been passed the
judge discharged the jury, after thank¬
ing them for their attendance and good
deportment.
INSURGENTS CAPTURE A TOWN.
They Got 940,000 In Gold, Besides a lilg
Eot of Supplies.
The story telegraphed from Havana
last about an attack by insurgents on
Mariano, a suburban town, is fully
confirmed by passengers who left Ha¬
vana on the Plant line steamer Mas-
cotte Saturday noon and arrived at
Tampa, Fla., Saturday night.
The engagement was short and des¬
perate. Forty-nine Spaniards were
killed and 120 wounded; two Cubans
were killed and twenty wounded.
The inhabitants of the town fled for
their lives, leaving the insurgents in
complete possession. They sacked the
place and secured $40,000 in gold
besides a lot of supplies that they
could carry away.
Twelve mill »•"»™».. workers while
crossing
a bridge at Thiemendorf, near Chem-
nitz, Germany were swept off the
bridge by a sudden rise of the river.
All were drowed.
It is now roughly estimated that in
college and university graduations
for this year about one-h all' of the en-
tire output are women. Fifty years
ago °nly ab °ut a hatf of one per cent,
o£ collefire graduates were women.
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ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLT.— 30
Groceries.
Roasted coffee $12.10 per 100 (b cases.
Green coffee choice 12; fair 11; prime
10. Sugar standard granulated 6%c;
Hynip^New* Orie.n./'open 1 °kettle° 25f&40c;
mixed 12J^<®20c; sugar house 2€(®35c.
Teas, black 30@65c; gr ^n 20® 50c.
Rice, head 6j^c; choice 5%<S>6c; Salt, dai¬
ry sacks $1.10; do bbLs. 2^25; ice cream
90c; common 65c. Cheese, full cream
1 q^ c . Matches, 65s 50c; 200s 1.30<®1.75; 3003
2.75. Soda, boxes 6c. Crackers, soda 5%c;
cream 7c;gingersnaps 7c. Candy, common
® 7 ' ' '
j j Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour, first patent, $5.25; second patent,
$4.75; straight, $4.00, fancy $3.85; extra
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35c ^ ve> Georgia 80e. Hay No. 1 timothy
i arge bales 85c; small bales 80c; No. 2timo-
; thy small Wheat bales 70c. Meal, plain 46c; bolted
*2c- bran, large sacks 65c ; small
8aokB 65c shortg ^ 8tock meal ^
Cotton seed meal 95c per 100 !bs; hulls $6.50
per ton. Peas 90®$1.25 per bushel, accord-
ing to kind and Grits $2.40.
Country Produce.
Eggs 7(§>8. Butter, dull, western cream¬
ery, 18(E>20c; fancy Tennessee 12J^®15c:
choice 12>£c ; Georgia 10;812>£e. Livepoultry,
turkeys no sale; hens 20®22J^C; spring
chickens, large 15®16c; small 10®12>^c;
ducks, puddle, 15@18c; Peking 20®22>£c.
Irish potatoes, new $3.00@3.25 per. bbl.;old
none; Tennessee $1.00® 1.25 per bush. Sweet
P otatoes .> noae - Honey, very dull, strained
6 ®7c; in the comb 7@8e.. Onions new
crop, .l.00@ef.ff5 per bo., 2 . M@ S.OO pe,
Provisions. •
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