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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR TOflfSTA^SSaaSiBK: :
VOL. XXIV.
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HE PROPOSITIONS FOR ENDING
MINERS’ STRIKE FALL FLAT.
OPERATORS MADE
3Iu* Jlepresentatlres of Miners Would
Accept Nothing Less Than a Kate
of Sixty-Nine Cents.
Pittsburg special says: The final
t to arrange a plan for ending the
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c strike goes on. At noon Mon-
e c onference between a commit-
<• of coal operators and the miners’
nal ami district officials closed,
e conference adjourned without
: miners ’ representatives did not
• from their original proposition
• ttle the strike by arbitration and
f Hie mines at the 69-cent rate.
T e operators offered to divine the
(‘iice between 54 and 69 cent
making the price 01 cents,
was rejected. Then additional
oik, sit ions were made. i
)ne wa to (■ tart the mines without i
iuiv price for thirty days, and
n t > pay the rate agreed upon by
(i beard of arbitration. This was
11 i'-fno'd by the miners, they claim-
fs" *• they the had operation! been fooled too often to
't again. They de-
f iiied to work for a month giving the j
( ! i itoi the output for that length of
pi'ii'- without knowing what wages j
mild he paid. j
I A proposition was then made to op- !
A rate the mines for ten days without
living the price and allow a board of
titration to fix the prices for that
i'i io. President Ratchford insisted
it nothing but the 69-cent rate could
possibly accepted.
Tho operators were firm, but the
minors were equally determined, and
every argument of the mine owners
was met by the miners’ leaders.
Neither side would concede another
point, and it was decided to end the
conference. President Ilatchford had
hut little to say on tho matter, but
cave out 11 io following statement:
We have disagreed. Our proposition
r a a';i'd unchanged. Besides our propo-
ilicii to arbitrate, wo made them a second
Ioiik tho lines of bringing about n gen-
l onferenee of miners and operators of
nr ning states. They refused to lend
"ir efforts in that direction, and tho strike
ili he continued. Wo have no other plans
r the future,”
Operators In Secret Session.
Immediately after tho close of the
lorning conference a meeting of op-
or was called for 2 o’clock in the
Infternoon to discuss the situation and
ratline a plan for future action.
T operators were in secret session
oral hours and when the doors
opened their press agent an¬
nounced that the mines would certain¬
ly bo started with the old diggers if
possible, with imported men if the old
men refused to work.
A committee was appointed, com¬
posed of representatives of every firm
in the district, to map out the mode
of procedure for the resumption.
Lie operators’ press committee is¬
sued a statement after the conference.
It detailed the several propositions
made, both by the operators and min¬
ers’officials, which have already been
A scribed. In regard to the proposition
f Mr. Ratchford, it savs this could
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unco oi _i ptl cent m wages anci
" il l entail irreparable losses upon
the producers.
Attention is called to the fact that
A*'operators are confronted constantly
M. i two forces—the pressure of buy-
.0 net the lowest price, which is
(1 e zsiXssxzss
t
l*t’ ■ -I'lnsil.l,- for whatever disaster
r ." follow to themselves and families.
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(.reeks Anxlmts firbSt Again.
j ' ' meeting of over 11,000 people
h* U at Athens Sunday adopted an ad-
to King George r^ect urging him and
- vovmnent between to the proposed
' Greece and Tm-key and
nme hostilities which were in-
red liy the truce.
PRESIDENT FAURE IN RUSSIA.
Homi of French Government Is Royally
Received by Czar.
A St. Petersburg cable dispatch
President Felix Faure arrived
‘onstadt Monday.
Up distinguished A*isitors were en-
i ii’-.ed at a banquet at the ucav
j : :u*f palace, and speeches Avere
■ y M. Fame and the czar in
■i pledges of the utmost cordiality
re made.
president’s party were met by
nr in person on the imperial
Alexandria, a mark of the most
~ fished courtesy. Great enthu-
is manifested by the people of
i toward their French guests.
FIXED BAZAAR PEOPLE.
Th l’(<>motors and Employes Held Re¬
sponsible For Deaths.
Ad es from Paris state that Baron
kaii, one of the chief promoters
m the cha itv bazaar of the Rue Jean
mm, which was destroyed bv fire
Mav 1th last, Avith a loss of over a
Ired lives, has been sentenced to
a due of 500 franc**
O: i.eol the employes of the cinema-
'I'li establishment, which caused
“'..fi pri t :™ 4 se“.Teneed t to e“ht r rnols
ye
pmomnent and to pay a tine.
MORMON ELDERS GALORE.
1 tah Sends Delegation of Twenty-Four
a
lo Work in southern States.
atCwU List i r ^ T' or “ OU 7 / r kler ° m s T
r -wgmeied at headquarters in that city,
w, ( - ar °hna. So iar there
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K ent t
«it.dttitt y beto^^^
DEBS ISSUES CALL
To "Social Democrat.*" and Lovers of
Liberty For a Conference.
E. Y. Debs has issued a call to the
“Social democracy and to all lovers of
j liberty and fair play” to attend the
conference at St. Louis, when,he says,
“Prompt, united and vigorous action
will be taken in regard to the miners’
He says, “The hour has struck to
call a halt.” In conclusion he says:
“Every atom of American manhood
| revolts against the spectacle.. Judges,
by the usurpation of power and play¬
ing the role of tyrants, have annikila-
*ed the constitution, abrogated the
riKht of trial b - y i u, 7» forbidden free
assem-
into an absolute despotism. They are
faulty of judicial treason and should
be made to answer at the bar of an
outraged people. The issue has been
forced upon us and we have retreated
before it to the verge of slavery. Let
us now meet it as it would have been
met by the patriots of 1776.”
L’ALOUTTE WINS FUTURITY.
Rich Slakes of $4.~,OQO Fulled Down By
Thompson’s Filly
The Futurity was run atSheepshead
Bay Thursday and, as usual, the uu-
expected happened, the filly L’Al¬
ouett-e of the Thompson string, Avin-
ning the rich stakes, with a length or
two to spare.
Her backers were happy, for al-
though her victory was a surprise, she
was coupled in the betting with her
stablemates, Gibralter and the Hugue-
uot, and as the stable was the favorite
for the race, the ring suffered. The
other unexpected thing was the run-
ning of Lydian, who got the place.
Uriel was third.
The track was in anything but satis-
lactory condition, the heavy rains of
having Monday night and Tuesday morning
turned it into soft mud. which
had dried out sufficiently to make the
going heavy and sticky when the race
was run.
The stake was worth this year some¬
thing like $45,000. The course was
170 feet short of three-quarters of a
mile.
IVI! EAT COMES DOWN.
Liverpool Weakness ami Cmlahy’s Selling
Causes Reaction.
Wheat broke 5 cents per bushel at
Chicago Tuesday and closed within
3 4 of a cent of the lowest figure of
the season. AYeakness in Liverpool
and selling here by Cudaliy were
largely responsible for the slump, al¬
though the market was in shape to
break w hen Cudahy began a raid.
The price was given no support, and
the standing stop-loss orders were
reached for over an hour after the de¬
cline started. People who also had
pyramid trades and others who had
profits were anxious to get them. Just
before it was claimed that Decem¬
ber wheat owmed by the bull power
had been liquidated and that they now
had only a line of the September op¬
tion.
A decided change in the relative
value of the tw r o options was one of
the chief features of the day’s trad¬
ing. September Avheat early sold up
to 98 cents, finally went as low as 91
cents and left off at 91J cents, as com¬
pared with 96 cents at the close.
GEORGIA’S TAX RETURNS SHORT.
The Decrease a Heavy One Ami Amounts
To the Sum of SI,639,655.
„„ lhe tax returns , for th ® state of
Borgia , . was completed , , Tuesday , by
^ " ,, . , , ^Ytlfiskiss ,
tS * $863*363
u property Ft
^7^ 2907n r^hoad Up .mrniiv returns and *
’» Wg* Z. monerty
j Fis FiWinst the state is
^V’ltnr , fi03 oT tbFs vear’s «41° ’rebrrFs 770 05a
u * ‘7 f 'i H,Sn 1 , s) .00 fS’ ■> r’
w H up
<Y Moroni divisions of property and
and gain are.
Tho treasury books and comptrol-
ler’s books were balanced against each
other and showed a net loss of $129,-
353 in the treasury fund since the first
of wa_s " ^.34,bb8.now "T^ f.TonWSiOo” it is only *400,-
315.61.
SECRETARY WILSON IN DEMAND.
Many County Falva Send Invitations To
Head of Agricultural Department..
Many invitations addressed to Secre¬
tary Wilson to visit state and county*
fairs during the approaching agricultural autumn
are being received at the
department at Washington.
The invitations from this section ex-
press a desire to inspect the agricul-
tnral conditions aud to have the bene¬
fit of his advice as a practical farmer
after such inspection. Nash-
The secretary expects to go to
A'illo during the fall, and it is consid¬
ered probable that he may not prolong
his visit there and take in some of the
fairs in the surrounding country.
COIN COSTA RICA MONEY.
That Government Appeals to the United
States Mint Bureau.
Information conies from Costa Rica
j that government has asked the
| United States mint bureau to coin
i 600,000 colons under the former gov-
ernment’s new system of coinage fa-
: arable to gold. It will also seek to
1 , gold b.™ ,tufflcteet
I < additional -'J , sc •
“ s?J*srs. cos.. »
| gold coinage and is silver. made is 32 to 1 as between
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ASSESSMENT NOT INCREASED
I and Iron Com-
And tlte Tennessee Coal
_.,nv Will Re Taxed as Heretofore.
I d increase of #2,225,000
Lf propose the Tenues-
tee the Coal' tax assessment on
1 j <ee and Iron Company’s heard bv prop- the
xv as
if ter ‘ arguments over the matter
.i je court declined to raise the assess-
y tbrfn wefflfb f>
TOCCOA, HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27,1807.
LONDON PAPERS EXPRESS THEIR
OPINION SARCASTICALLY.
“UNMERITED LUCK,” SAYS ONE.
"Western Farmers Will See at Once That
High Prices Are Compatible With a
Gold Standard,"
A special cable dispatch from Lon¬
don says: The fact that the price of
wheat has reached $1 a buslfCVjn the
United States has produced consid¬
erable excitement among grain specu¬
lators and others in London. The sec¬
retary of the Baltic said:
“Of course we have been caught
largely short. The rise iu the price
of wheat makes a somewhat hysterical
market. The rise of six pence in the
price of barley, for example, Satur¬
day, was due to no assignable cause.
There is no speculation here, as it is
known on Wall street, although there
is some speculation at Liverpool.
The secretary of the corn exchange
remarked:
“There is no speculation here, as
-juch transactions are generally known.
There has been a disposition on the
part of the outside public to bear the
market; but the brokers have dissuaded
tlieir clients from so doing, The rise
in prices yesterday morning and today
was not due so much to “dollar wheat”
as to the buying by France, where
threshings are proving disappointing.
Our millers, too, are short.”
“The brokers have not made much,as
they held no stocks; but it is needless
to say that the rise of half a crown in
the price of what yesterday, makes the
liveliest times on Mark Lane. The
Americans have apparently got it tlieir
wn way.”
The Westminster Gazette, referring
to the rise in the price of wheat, says:
“Dollar wheat” is an unmerited
stroke of good luck for President Mc¬
Kinley’s government, which ought to
have been overtaken by swift calamity
for shamelessly paying election debts
to the trusts by tho passage of the
Dingley bill.”
At the same time the Westminster
Gazette finds comfort in the allegation
that “the Bryanites are made to look
foolish,” and adds:
“The western farmers will see at
once that high prices are compatible
with a gold standard, and the destruc¬
tion of Bryan and his panacea is bound
to follow. But if President McKin¬
ley’s supporters are wise, they will
not for a moment imagine that when
they dispose of the silver craze they
will dispose of the revolt against the
capit lists who have never used tlieir
power so ruthjcssly as since the late
presidential election.”
The Westminster Gazette then pro¬
ceeds to denounce “the extortions” of
the new United States tariff, which, it
adds, is one of the worst and most
fruitful sources of corruption of public
men and public servants.”
In conclusion The Westminster Ga¬
zette says:
“The degree of success which has
attended Bryan shows that Americans
are becoming alive to the rottenness of
something, and the next time the cam¬
paign will be directed less to the gold
standard than to the standard of pub¬
lic life.”
FIVE CHILDREN DROWNED.
Sixteen Here Rescued.
Five ctildren were drowned in the
harbor at Toronto Sunday afternoon
by the capsizing of a float.
The float was made of rough timber
and used for conveying workman from
the mainland to the breakwater, a dis-
“ d ,tM
Sunday afternoon twenty-one ohii-
*«■, »oys »»d girls, ranging from
oTg^g
- «*. M
In7children «“ <*““*’*«$** ’ ™‘‘ er “
tbe children were were thrown h o into the
j
mnwc thele boats in tbe neierh- j
and were quickly Soothe at
“
children we re60ne d except five,
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ALASKAN BOUNDARY CORRECT.
Official of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
Says Lines Will Not Be Changed.
In speaking of the boundary line
between Alaska and the British
possessions, General Dnffield, of
the coast and geodetic survey, said:
“I do not belieA-e that Avhen themat-
ter of the boundary lines between the
tAvo countries is settled there will be
any appreciable change from the lines
which are down on the map. Dawson
City is 100 miles or more east of the
141st meridian, Avhich is the boundary
line. The difference between the
United State and Canada surveys on
the 141st meridian is a matter of feet
onlr.”
NEGRO ARTIST WINS DISTINCTION
The French Government Buys One of Hen¬
ry Tanner’s Paintings.
Henrv Tanner, an American negro,
wbo been studying painting
: j parig for some yea y S! bas won the
grea test distinction that has come to
| j member c f his race in that field.
He recently exhibited in the salon a
| j ^ pr{ _ ent j t i ed received ‘*The Raising signal of praise Laza-
rns, ” which
j from the critics, and has been pnr-
[ chased by the French government for
the Luxembourg. missionary
The artist is a son of a
of the African Methodist church.
NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED.
j The California Southern Will Begin
. Operations Soon.
; The California Southern Railway
Company, a new line in course of
construction from Biggs Station on
; + 1 ,^ Oroxmn Railway and Navigation
pjneville, a distance of 129 miles, will
t, c 1D operation about September 5 as
hat-tog been completed,
Devoted to Southern Progress and Colonization.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Industries Established in the South Du¬
ring the Past Week.
Among the most important njw in¬
dustries reported for the past we?k are
the following:** The Decatur Compress
Co., capital $15,000, New Decatur,
Ala.; an electric power plant to be
erected at Pensacola, Fla., by a $200,-
000 company; large flouring mills at
Crisman and New Market, Ya., and
Sedan, W. Ya.; the Gulfport Land and
Improvement Co., capital $200,000,
at Gulfport, Miss.; the G. W. McDon¬
ald Co., capital $1,000,000, at Clarks¬
burg, W. Ya., to mine coal, manufac¬
ture coke, etc., and the Columbia Gold
Mining Co., capital $30,000, at Ricli-
| mond, Ya. The Colgin Cigarette and
Tobacco Co., capital $10,000, has been
chartered at Richmond, Ya., and
woodAvorkiug plants will be established
at Musgrove, Ga.; Hartford, Ivy.;
Shreveport, La., and at NatMoore and
Wilmington, N. C.
All reports from southern manufac¬
turers and business men continue en¬
couraging and business prospects have
not ^ been so favorable for many years,
number of idle manufacturing
plants have resumed work during the
past week and Bessemer pig iron has
been advanced. Prices for agricultu¬
ral products are also advancing and
heavy exports of wheat and corn are
reported.
In the south the iron and steel trade
is steadily improving and business
among the textile and lumber mills is
active. — Tradesman (Chattanooga,
Tenn.)
A LOSS TO THE BUSINESS WORLD.
The Demise of John P. Lovell Elicits
General Expressions of Regret.
Seldom has there been such a
general expression of sympathy over
the loss of one whose life has been
devoted to business pursuits, as has
been called forth by the recent death
at Cottage City, Mass., of that vener¬
able landmark of the business world,
the late John P. Lovell, founder and
president of the John P. Lovell Arms
Company, of Boston. Numerous mes¬
sages and letters of condolence on the
death of the honored father have been
received by Col. Benjamin S. Lovell,
treasurer of the Lovell Arms Com¬
pany. The wide scope covered by
those communications is in itself evi¬
dence of the great regard in which he
was held by the leaders in business
and public life.
These expressions of sympathy were
not confined to New England, but they
were received from every prominent
business centre of t ! *e North, East,
West and South—in fact, from every
portion of the Union; because the
name of John P. Lovell, and the cor¬
poration created by him, have been
for more than a half century the
synonym of honest dealing and busi¬
ness integrity. Even from English
firms with whom Mr. Lovell had en¬
joyed the pleasantest business rela¬
tions for more than fifty years, Colonel
Lovell has received messages of con¬
dolence on the death of his father.
DENIAL FROM WEYLER.
“Butcher” Saj's Evangelina Cisneros Has
Not Been Sentenced or Tried.
Captain General Weyler, in a cable
dispatch from Havana to the New
York World, denies the report that
Evangelina Cisneros, a Cuban girl of
eighteen, of sensational beauty, gentle
breeding and pure life, had been tried
or sentenced to imprisonment for
twenty years in the Spanish penal col¬
ony at Ceuta.
The girl is the niece of the presi¬
dent of the Cuban republic. General
Weyler’s dispatch to the World reads
as follow’s:
‘‘For judicial reasons there is on trial in
the preliminary stages a person named
Evangelina Cossio Cisneros, who deceitfully
lured to her house the military commander
of the Isle of Pines, had men posted secret¬
ly, who tied him and attempted to assassin¬
ate him. This case is in its preliminary
stages, and has not as yet been on trial by a
competent tribunal, and consequently no
sentence has as yet been passed nor ap¬
proved by me. I answer The World with
the frankness and truth that characterize
all my acts. Weyler.”
USE OF TOBACCO FORBIDDEN.
Central Railroad Says Employes Must Ab-
j ure the AYeed.
Among the new rules promulgated
by the Central Railroad of Georgia
for the government of its employes, is
one Avhich forbids the use of tobacco
around any passenger station and the
ase of it by trainmen on passenger
trains.
' ASK FOR LOWER RATES.
New York's Move To Secure Trade Arouses
Southern Cities.
All the trade centers in the south
appear to have been aroused by New
York's blow about increased buying
there by the merchants of this section.
NeAv Orleans, Montgomery, Chatta-
; nooga and Knoxville have all made
| application to the Southeastern Pass-
j e nger Association for New excursion York, and rates
like those given to a
| committee from the New Atlanta Mer-
chants’and Manufacturers’Association
has been in conference with leading
passenger officials, though the formal
application to the Southeastern Pass¬
enger Association for low rates has not
been made.
PUGILIST SLA YIN IS LOST.
] AVas Last Seen In the Chilkoot Pass In
the Wilds of Alaska.
A letter received at San Francisco
from the head of Lake Bennett says
that Frank Slavin, the pugilist, is lost
in the wilds of the northwest. On
August o Slavin started back alone
j from the lake towards the summit of
j Chitkoot Pass to find a number of arti
1 cles lost from his pack.
Up to August 9, the date of the let-
' nothing had been heard from him
ter,
; and grave fears for his safety are en-
| tertained.
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TO SETTLE CLAIMS.
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j Commission to Arbitrate Between Spain
and the United states.
* * Washington * special savs: It is
P 05 ; ible 1 ” that a convention will be ne-
•* a e* <■
j i
y., v ' <, claim commission similar to that
j \ lnte ,i j n isn which settled the
after the insurrection of that time.
TO SOUND ATTITUDE OF EUROPE
ON CUBAN QUESTION.
UNCLE SAM READY TO INTERVENE.
Government Officials Wish to Know, How¬
ever, What the Result Would Be
Before Taking Action.
A Washington special says: Officials
of the state department were very ret¬
icent Friday when asked concerning a
report in circulation that definite in¬
structions have been given all our for¬
eign ambassadors and ministers in
European countries to sound and as¬
certain the attitude of European gov¬
ernments in case the United States
intervene in case of Cuba.
While denials were made by some
of them, others intimated that the
United States was ready to assume
the position taken by President Grant
in 1874, shown by the instructions of
Secretary Fish to Mr. Cushing,
although it never appears that these
instructions were carried out, and
there is no knowledge of what Spain
would do in the premises. It is pos¬
sible that Minister Woodford will have
a different report to make.
It can be stated, on information re¬
ceived here, that there is no truth in
the report that Lord Salisbury has
sent an unfavorable answer to a sug¬
gestion that the United States should
interfere, the fact being that he has
not replied at all to the attempt of our
ambassador to sound *him on the sub¬
ject, and that his attitude gives reason
to believe he will not oppose such ac¬
tion as our interests may make neces¬
sary. Minister Woodford’s instruc¬
tions are to intimate to Spain that the
United States will intervene unless the
situation in Cuba speedily improves.
These were the instructions which
were given Mr. Cushing by Mr. Fish,
and it is understood that the attitude
of the United States is almost identi¬
cal with the position taken during
General Grant’s administration. Then,
as now, the good offices cf the United
States had been tendered to Spain, to
bring about a settlement of the war,
“but,” said Secretary Fish, “the well
intended proffers of the United States
were unwisely rejected by Spain.”
The secretary reviewed the situa¬
tion, which presents many similar
phases to that which exists now.
President Grant, said the secretary,
regarded independence as the only so¬
lution to the Cuban question.
ANGIOLLO EXECUTED.
Castillo’s Assassinator Meets Death on
the Garrote.
Advices from Sebastain, Spain, says:
Michael Angiollo, avIio shot and killed
Senor CanoAas del Castillo, the prime
minister of Spain, at the baths of Santa
Agueda on Sunday, August 8th, was
executed at 11 o’clock Friday morning,
according to the sentence ef the court-
martial imposed upon him.
Angiollo heard calmly the ne ws that
he was to be executed, but he appeared
to be surprised at it, and bitterly com¬
plained of the frequent visits of the
priests, declaring that they Avould ob¬
tain nothing from him.
He declined to enter the chapel, say¬
ing he was comfortable enough in his
cell. An executioner from Burges
performed the garroting, just prior to
Avhich Angiollo responded:
“Since you cannot get me out of
prison, leave me in peace. I myself
will settle wdth. God.”
ONE DOLLAR WHEAT.
Short Crops of Foreign Countries Canse
of High Prices Here.
Friday 90J @ 90|e Avas bid for Sep¬
tember w-heat at the opening on change
at Chicago. Even at this price an ad¬
vance of 3|c since Thursday offerings
were few and far between, and the
market continued to run up to 91ic.
Higher prices at Liverpool, bullish
crop estimates from Minneapolis and
widespread damage to crops in Hun¬
gary were the main factors when the
regular trading began on ’change.
Dispatches said wheat at Minneapo¬
lis had touched $1. New York wired
that Avheat acceptances by cable were
simply enormous, sixty-two boatloads
being taken for export at New York
and twenty-eight loads at other points,
all for England.
AZCARRAGA SPANISH PREMIER.
Queen Regent Names the General as Can-
ovas’ Successor.
The queen regent of Spain, Friday,
conferred the premiership upon Gen¬
eral Ascarraga, who is also minister of
war. The cabinet will not be modi-
fied, but it is expected that there will
not be instant dissensions.
It is well understood that had St>
gasta, liberal, been appointed to suc¬
ceed Canovas, there would have been
wholesale resignations. It is said that
General Weyler’s resignation is now
in hand, bearing an “if” in reference
to Sagasta.
The belief is expressed that Sagasta
would have received appointment but
*©r Weyler’s threatened resignation.
HOSHI HEARD FROM.
Japanese Minister Acknowledge the Re¬
ceipt of Sherman’s Note.
Secretary Sherman has received
•rompt acknowledgement from Minis-
er Hoshi, of Japan, of the secretary’s
etter relating to the annexation of
Tawaii to the United States.
Mr. Hoshi’s acknowledgment is for-
lal and does not go into the merits of
he subject, as the answer to Secretary
herman’s late note will not be made
intil word comes from the Japanese
foreign office.
IN ACCORD WITH WEYLER.
] Spanish Premier Makes statement
Ab 10 H,B
Advices from San Sebastian state
tbat General Azcft rra f> the Spanish
! cided to and convoke the 4 cortes ^ v“ Novem-
in
! b "' The premier announces that he is in
| accord with General Weyler, captain
1 j ei l era °' >at r aerve * t
°. '
the Cu an q e.
REFUSE ARBITRATION.
United Mine Workers Torn Down Opera-
tors’ Proposition.
The national executive board of the
United Mine “Workers adjourned at
Columbus, O., Friday, after having
issued a call for a conference of or¬
ganized labor to be held in St. Louis
August 30th.
The board rejected the proposition
of the Pittsburg operators for a con¬
ference to arbitrate the wage dispute
in that district, claiming that such
action would be prejudicial to the in¬
terest of the miners at large.
The board is ready to consider
overtures for the arbitration of tho
issue of the great strike only when
these overtures come from all the
operators in the competitive district,
which includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The board has decided not to devi-
ate from the established policy until
the result the St. Louis conference
is known. The aggressive work in
the held will bo continued, and the
efforts to spread the stnk^m the West
^ 1 1 ^ inia dlstrict renewed.
r I n he success or failure of the stnkt
hangs upon the St Louis conference,
the call for which has been issued by
Samuel tampers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and J.
lt. Sovereign, general master work-
man of the Knights of Labor. They
maintain that the fight now being
waged by the miners is one of com¬
mon interest to organized labor
throughout the country.
At the St. Louis conference all labor
organizations -will be asked to join is¬
sues with the miners. If the object of
the St. Louis conference is accom¬
plished the strike will be extended to
nearly every branch of label* in the
country, The call among other
things, says:
“The tyrannical and un-American
injunctions of the federal and state
courts are revolutionary against the
first principles of free government and
derogatory to the inherent rights of
the masses, endangering the public
peace, and destroying the personal se¬
curity and individualities of the com¬
mon people.”
‘ ‘The courts have deserted the tem¬
ple of justice and now stands forth the
defiant bulwark of confederates in the
capitol. Their arbitrary rulings have
set up one standard of rights for the
rich and another for the poor. They
decree that capital is always right and
labor always wrong. They have made
it unlawful for starving working peo¬
ple to appeal against tyrannical treat¬
ment, present grievances or propose
just and peaceable terms for the re¬
dress of insufferable wrongs.
STEINWAY AND SONS SELL.
English Syndicate Reported to Have Pur¬
chased Their Piano Business.
The New York Times says: It is re¬
ported that the pi esent members of
the piano manufacturing firm of Stein-
Avay & Sons have consummated a deal
whereby the extensive business of the
concern passes into the hands of an
English syndicate. The price paid
Avas $4,000,000.
In 1896 the real property of the
fh’in of SteinAvay & Sons w-as assessed
for taxation at $3,000,000 and the
capital stock and surplus at $2,250,-
000. The buildings containing the
general warehouse and salesroom and
SteinAvay hall Avere A'alued at $170,000,
and the piano factory on Park avenue
at $181,000, the factories near Astoria,
Long Island City, at $445,000, and
the employes’ houses there at $680,-
000 .
The factory in Hamburg was valued
at $220,000, that in London at $260,-
000 .
EUROPE SHORT ON GRAIN.
Advices Received at AVashlngton Tells of
the Deficiency.
Advices to the agricultural depart¬
ment at Washington from private and
indirectly from official sources confirm
the predictions of a considerable scar¬
city in the European wheat crop,Avhile
rye, Avhich is the chief bread grain of
eastern Europe, is also short.
This fact, a special report of Sta¬
tistician Hyde, of the department,
says, as Avell as the Avheat deficiency,
will tend to restrict the export of the .
latter from those European countries
which usually have a surplus of that
gram As to non-European countnes,
other than the United States, their ag-
gregate contribution to the European I
supply wiH be materially affected by
famine, te fact that will have India, practically denuded no by wheat the
to export.
NEW LEASE FOR FLANAGAN.
Judge Candler Grants Stay of Execution |
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For Indefinite Time.
At Decatur, Ga., Saturday, Judge
Candler signed a stay of execution,
in the case of Edward Flanagan
which means indefinite life for the
prisoner. |
After hearing the reading of several j
affidavits by both sides in the motion
or a new trial, the court announced
that it would not be able to take up |
the question for consideration for sev- i
eral days.
This means that Flanagan will not
be executed until after the question of
a new trial has been decided, and even
should it be decided against him he j
has another chance in supreme court, j
A TEST CASE WILL BE MADE.
Chattanooga Attorney Tenders License
for Brokerage Office.
A Chattanooga special says: A rep¬
resentative of Odell & Co., of CiDcin-
nati, whose “brokerage” office was
closed Saturday by Mayor Ochs, has
made a tender of $50 in gold to the
city auditor, tbe amount of city license
for brokerage.
The auditor declined to accept the
tender and it is stated that the com¬
pany will make a test case in the
courts. The mayor based his action on
the opinion of the city attorney, which
at length defined the gambling acts.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Hold Their Twenty-Eighth Annual Keon-
ion in Troy, n. y.
Great preparations were mad© ar
Troy, V Y. to entertain the 3,000
vismng members and mends of the
Army of the Potomac who gathered
tnere Friday for their 28th annual
reunion. The city was ablaze watt,
decorations and every hall and avails-
b e space has been turned into an ar-
mory for the accommodation of wel-
come guests.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1.00 A YEAR.
UNFAVORABLE CROP REPORTS
CAUSE A FLURRY.
SHORTS ARE VERY MUCH EXCITED.
The Fleecy Staple Comes In as a Rival for
Wheat In Rapidly Advancing
Frices.
The opening call of the cotton mar¬
ket at New York Monday was attended
with great excitement.
The shorts were panic-stricken by a
large number of bull orders and H
sharp advauce in Liverpool. Crop
news was also decidedly bullish, too
muc]l rafh in the Atlantic states and
the Mississippi valley, according to
reliable reports, having done exten-
sive damage, while worms in other
.
sections were said to bo infesting the
staple greath . to ita detriment,
The mar ket opened irregular, with
trades in different parts of the ring
lowing a range of 2@3 points. Au¬
gus t opened 13 points higher, Septem-
bcr 17> October 22, and November 27.
-p be res t Q f tfi e list showed an advance
of 24 to 26 points, the opening range
13 to 17 points above Saturday’s clos¬
ing figure.
The trading was the heaviest in near
months. Over 25,000 bales changed
hands on the call, and at 11:30 tran¬
sactions aggregated 55,000 bales.
New Orleans and Liverpool sent sell¬
ing orders early, but became active
buyers as the market advanced. Com¬
mission houses were heavy purchasers.
Selling for profits by timid bulls
caused a reaction of 6@9 points di¬
rectly following the call, and at 11:30,
after violent fluctuations, the market
was very feverish at a net advance of
20 to 25 points.
World’s visible, September 1, 1895,
was 2,500,000 bales, spinners’ reserves
were estimated as extremely heavy,
having been bought up at low prices.
Cotton was worth here j c more than it
is now when we don’t expect the visi¬
ble to be over 800,000 and know the
invisible to be decidedly less than in
1895. The long expected speculative
revival in cotton seems to have set in.
PLANS SUBMITTED.
Miners anti Operators Make Propositions
For Settlement of Strike.
At a meeting of operators and
miners at Pittsburg, Pa., Monday,
propositions looking to a settlement
of the strike Avere presented by both
sides. Three propositions w r ere of¬
fered by the operators as follows:
Miners to resume work at the 54
cent rate pending a decision of a board
of arbitration.
Miners to resume work at an inter¬
mediate rate between the rate demand¬
ed aud the one paid prior to the sus¬
pension, pending a decision of a board
of arbitration.
Miners to resume operations Avith-
out price named, pending a decision
of a board of arbitration.
The proposition submitted by the
officers of the miners to the special
committee A\ r as as follows:
Miners to resume Avork at the 69
cent rate pending the decision of a
board of arbitration.
The propositions were talked over
in an informal manner by both sides
when an adjournment w r as taken until
10 o’clock Tuesday morning.
NORTH CAROLINA MILLS.
State Labor Commissioner Reports on
Spindles and Employees.
State Labor Commissioner Hamrick
of North Carolina has completed his
compilation of mill statistics and says
there are 206 cotton, fifteen wmolen
and ttvo silk mills, making a total of
223, with 1,030,000 spindles and 23,000
looms.
Gaston leads in spindles, having
113,000, Mecklenburg has 84,000 and
Rutherford 80,000. There are mills
in forty-seven of the ninety-six coun¬
ties. In the number of factories Gas-
ton leads with twenty-three, Alamance
having twenty, Randolph eighteen and
Mecklenburg sixteen. Rutherford has
the largefit miU wit]l 74,000 spindles
and o 400 Jooras . Surry county has
one . tMrd of all woolen mills,
The mill employing the most opera¬
tives is Henrietta,in Rutherford, which
has 530 men, 665 women and 345 chil¬
dren.
MORE MILLS RESUME.
New England Factories Start Up After
Idleness—Outlook Encouraging.
Dispatches from different New Eng-
land manufacturing centers announce
that many cotton mills which have
been idle resumed operation Monday.
During a part of July and August
thousands of spindles were not operat¬
e d in that section owing to unsatisfae-
tory conditions which prevailed, either
in the finished goods or neAv cotton
market, or to the need of repairs.
In addition to this several other
mills closed for two weeks in accord-
ance with their annual midsummer
custom. Many of the Fall River mills
resumed operation last week.
INSANE HUSBAND’S DEED.
Slays HU Wife and Her Brother and
Attempts Suicide.
Sunday night at Nashville, Tenn.,
insane from drmk, . Robert Blum Rich,
a young cabinet Avorkman, murdered
his Avife and her brother and thsn at-
tempted to commit suicide, inflicting
wounds from which he will die.
Rich is thirty-four years old and
was married to Mary Olixa Porter De¬
cember 25, 1887. He was a heavy
drinker and did not get along well
with his wife, from whom he separated
last May.
MOB SLAYS GREEN.
He Had Killed a White Man and Fatally
Wounded a Negro Woman.
Two quick deaths and a probably
j f ata i wounding marked the day at
Lovett G a station on the Wrights-
j ville aad Tennille road Sunday.
Andrew Green , a npgro , after shoot-
| ■ Lala George, a woman of his own
j col ki n ed George Heath, a promi-
neut citiz ftnd in turn kil j ed
j mob organized to aTen ge the death
. Heath ^
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THROUGH GEORGIA.
Macon’s Carnival association met a
few days ago and decided to have the
carnival on October 11th and 12th in¬
stead of just one day. Low railroad
rates will he given.
• * * *
The election in Habersham county
the past week for or against the re¬
moval of the county site from Clarks¬
ville to Toccoa resulted in a majority
of 300 in favor of Clarksville.
Atlanta’s anti-theater hat ordinance
is now in full effect. Mayor Collier
signed the paper and made it a law of
the city. The law makes it unlawful
for any lady to wear any kind of a hat
or bonnet on her head in the theatres.
Governor Atkinson has given Gus
Fambles another respite, this time un¬
til November 19th, in order that he
may testify in Mrs. Nobles’ ease if the
supreme court grants a new trial. Gus
Fambles aud Mrs. Nobles were con¬
victed two years ago of the murder of
old man Nobles in Twiggs county.
* * *
At a meeting held in Atlanta a day
or two ago the preliminary steps were
taken for the organization of a Mer¬
chants’ and Manufacturers’ associa¬
tion, whose purpose is to secure trade
for Atlanta, to obtain favorable freight
rates and accomplish other like objects
usually sought by merchants’ organi¬
zations in other cities.
Major Glessner, immigration com¬
missioner of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad, has returned from
New York and reports the outlook
good for a great increase in immigra¬
tion to Georgia this winter. He says
he has a larger number of desirable
immigrants than ever on his list and
he expects to bring a great many
northern people of the better class to
Georgia before the close of the year.
The executive committee, represent¬
ing the colored Masonic Grand Lodge
of Georgia, has decided upon Ameri-
cus as the location of the home for the
widows and orphans of deceased Ma¬
sons. The proposition of the local
Masonic lodge was accepted, though
six cities contested for the home. The
local lodge donated twenty acres of
land and cash. A handsome brick
building will be erected for a school
and home.
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As a result of a meeting of the
Workmen’s Benevolent Association of
Savannah, sixty white longshoremen,
comprising twelve gangs, have decided
to go to Charleston and secure employ¬
ment there during the cotton season.
Their reason for leaving Savannah,
they say, is because the contracting
stevedores prefer negro help and re¬
fuse to pay white men living wages.
This situation of affairs was brought
about by the strike of two years ago,
iu which the striking union longshore¬
men lost and have never been able to
regain their prestige.
* * *
The prevailing opinion that there is
a small peach crop in Georgia this
year seems to be ill-founded. Official
reports show that the crop has been
very large, and that while the yield of
fine shipping fruit has been small, the
inferior varieties of seedling peaches
have produced wonderfully. The in¬
ternal revenue office is an unfailing
gague of the peach crop in Georgia.
This year the number of brandy dis¬
tilleries is comparatively large. Last
year not more than sixty distilleries
were operated in the state for making
government brandy. This year there
will be over a hundred.
The district road commissioners of
Fulton county held an enthusiastic
meeting a few days ago at which the
following resolution Avas unanimously
adopted: “Resolved, That we, the
district road commissioners of Fulton
county, express ourselves in favor of
having the felony convicts of this
state, under sentence of five years or
less, turned over to the county author¬
ities to be worked as misdemeanor
convicts now are, on the public roads,
as such a course will serve the double
purpose of insuring better roads and
reducing the amount of convict labor
now at work in competition with the
free labor of the state.”
E. G. Jones, who was shot by his
Avife several months ago, has filed suit
for total divorce in the superior court,
alleging it is impossible to live longer
with her and enjoy any peace of mind
or immunity from danger. It will be
remembered that Jones barely escaped
instant death on account of the wounds
inflicted by his wife with a shot gun.
The shooting occurred at the home in
Fayette county and Mrs. Jones was
arrested and carried to Atlanta, where
she remained in jail several days. She
Avas dismissed from custody as the re¬
sult of a'settlement that was reached
between herself and huhband.
The fixing of the state tax rate at
5.21 mills on the dollar, as has been
announced, means that the state will
raise by taxation for all expenses of
the government during the year 1897
the following sum: For schools, $600,-
000; for pensions (approximated),
$450,000; for sinking fund, $100,000;
for all other purposes, $1,423,000.
This, of course, contemplates that all
the taxes will be paid and that suffi¬
cient money will be received by the
state treasurer to pay all his outstand¬
ing accounts. The action of Gover¬
nor Atkinson and Comptroller General
Wright in carrying over into next
year the extra school appropriation of
$400,000 considerably simplifies mat¬
ters, and it looks now as though the
receipts as above indicated would be
sufficient to pay the state’s running ex¬
penses during the present year.
“The East does not know,” says
the Denver Republican, “and will not
believe that Colorado is a gold-pro¬
ducing State, except in a moderate
way. Above all, it does not know
that it will surpass California this
year, and that in the course of a few
years it will go ahead of the Rand dis¬
trict in South Africa. People are
ready enough to believe stories of the
discovery of almost fabulous wealth in
the Yukon Valley, but they turn a
deaf ear to the statement that Colo¬
rado is one of the greatest gold re¬
gions in the world.”