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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR TOlKTA’SSSSffilSI:}
VOL. XXIV.
SIX UNITED STATES REYENUE MEN
AMBUSHED BY OUTLAWS.
A BLOODY BATTLE IN
Two Deputies Killed Outright, Two Fa¬
tally Wounded and Two Mysteri¬
ously Disappear.
A special from Little Rock states
1hat six men were probably massacred
in the wilds of the mountains of Pope
county Sunday. Two were kilted out-
right, two were fatally wounded and
left for dead, and two have mysteri-
ously disappeared and are either dead
or being held captive by bandits. The
killed are: Captain B. F. Taylor, of
Searcy county, deputy United States
marshal; Joe Dodson, of Stone county,
deputy marshal.
The fatally wounded are brothers,
named Renfrew, of Searcy county.
The names of the missing men are not
known, but they are supposed to be
deputy sheriffs from au adjoining
county. The A'ictims were all deputy
United States marshals and deputy
sheriffs, and the men who did the
work are moonshiners of the boldest
aud most desperate class.
The scene of the crime avrs a gulch
or ravine in the mountains of Pope
county, at a lonely spot, thirty-five
milos from Russellville, the nearest
telegraph office, and ten miles from
Witt Springs.
The region is wild and isolated. It
1ms for years been the favorite rendez¬
vous of counterfeiters and moonshin¬
ers and is a district in Avhich no law-
abiding citizen can live.
The officers for a long time have
been trying to break up the lawless¬
ness in that vicinity and many battles
between them and the desperadoes
have occurred. Captain B. F. Tay¬
lor, the richest man in Searcy county
and a man of much prominence, de-
termined to help the officers in put-
tiim down crime He secured a com-
mission as a deputy United States
mnrshal that and led the'posse in the raid
resulted in his death. A few days
ago a successful raid was made in the
same locality, in which a dozen moon-
shiners were captured and carried to
Little Rock. One of them told the
officers that at least, fifty large distil¬
leries Avere operating in the same
neighborhood.
Taylor Avith his posse located a
large moonshine outfit Saturday night
and decided to make the raid Sunday.
Proceeding slightly in advance of his
men, Taylor Avas within thirty feet of
the distillery Ailien he was tired on
from ambush and instantly killed. As
Dodson ran up to Taylor he Avas also
shot dead. Rifles began to crack in
all directions and a A'olley Avas tired
into the officers, The Renfrow
brothers fell mortally Avoun-ded and
lay by the roadside until later in the
day, Avhen a traveler named Pack
came by. All traces of the bandits
liad disappeared, as Avell as two of the
deputy sheriff's. The latter have not
since been heard from.
Pack hurried to Russellville with
the ncAvs and the coroner, together
with a sheriff’s posse, immediately
started for the scene. It was not known
by whom tbe crime Avas committed,
but tbo officers belieA r e the gang is
c mposed of desperadoes led by Horace
Bruce aud John Church, Iavo of the
most dangerous characters iu that lo¬
cality.
Captain Taylor was an ex-captain in
thti federal army. He had sewed two
terms in the state legislature and Avas
noted for his bravery. Marshal Coop¬
er Monday afternoon received the fol-
loAving telegram from the attorney
general:
“Washington..—Expenses of posso subject
to executive approval, not to exceed §2,000,
authorized; §500 reward authotized for cap¬
ture and delivery to marshal of all persons
implicated in the murder. “McKenna.”
MORE SOLDIERS SUMMONED.
Spain Calls Out Reserves for Cuba and
Philippine Islands.
At a cabinet council at Madrid,
Monday, the it was decided to summon
next class of 80,000 reseiwes,
27,000 of whom will be sent to Cuba :
and 13,000 to the Philippine islands. |
Hie minister, when questioned, de¬
nied that the council was occupied
with the subject of colonial reforms or
with political questions.
HARR1TY WAS OUSTED.
HI* Seat In National Democratic Com¬
mittee Declared Vacant.
session declaring at Reading, adopted a resolu-
ion vacant the seat of \\ il-
1mm F. Harrity, of Philadelphia, in
tho national democratic committee. :
The committee met by direction of j
the executive committee, to consider !
the question of the vacancy iu the na-
tional committee.
The proceedings were exciting from
’tart to finish and at one stage a po- ;
lieeman was called upon by State
t hairman Garman to eject Timothy
O’Leary for interrupting the speakers,
KLOXDIKERS GIVE WARNING.
Tv.l Gold Hunters They Cannot Get to j
Yukon This Season. of |
The Seattle, Wash., chamber
commerce has received a letter from
the miners at Skaguav, warning peo-
pie of the futility of tryiug to reach
the Yukon bv the route this season,
and asks some modifications as to
duty.
It was signed bv J. B. McKinney
and W. A. Sapotas, secretary of the
Miners’ Association.
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STRIKE ENDS AT COLUMBUS.
Vresideut Ratchford sml Mine Owners
Come To Terms.
The coal strike is considered settled
at Columbus,O. The plan is to arbitra¬ resume
at 04 cents and Avork pending
tion.
of ... the uS tmudttoe Mine Workers and the
exeeutive of the operator,
hr Mtuptloi to. truing of bt mine, all the ami sUiking the re
of troth
mi rifts,
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LABOR LEADERS ACT.
Adopt Platform Wherein Federal Judi¬
ciary I* Strongly Denounced.
The labor leaders of the country met
at St. Louis, Mo., Monday pursuant
to call. After organizing and appoint¬
ing a committee on resolutions ad¬
journment thi was taken until Tuesday.
e LommXe’oL 11 f es I”uoS
I i eported a platform to the convention
which in part is as follows:
“The fear of the more watchful
fathers of the republic has been justi¬
fied. The judiciary has become 8U-
preme. We witness a political pheno¬
of menon the world, absolutely new in the history
, the feet a republic prostrate at
of judges appointed to admin-
ister the laws. They acknowledge no
»»perior cu e„rth.
“Having drawn to themselves all
* be P owers of the federal gqvernment
confess and presidents may act
-) ? ,,d n ]y G e8 b 7 bave i udlcial begun permission, the subjugation the federal
of
BOV ereign states,so that unless a check
15 80011 soon nnk put nnnT1 upon the progress nrnm-Ma of «t
usurpation, in a short time no gov- gov-
eil > merit but the, absolute despotism
I <> federal judges will exist anywhere
OV OV8r ftY an ft n y V TVMl’f portion 1/AD /A of f American A Wi AVl/tnn n/vv soil. 1
“Whereas, The present strike of the
coal miners has again demonstrated
the fact that our so-called liberty is
not freedom, but is a stupendous
sham, under which millions are de-
generating, while hundreds of thous-
amis of men, women and children are
starving in hovels and on the public
highways.
“Whereas, This condition has be-
come permanent for a large and ever
increasing number of our population,
as long as we permit a comparatively
small class of legalized exploiters to
monopolize the means of production
and distribution for their private ben¬
efit, a fact again obvious in the case of
miners;
“Whereas, Appeals to congress and
to the courts for relief are fruitless,
since the legislature as well as the ex¬
ecutive and judicial poAvers are under
the control of the capitalist class, so
that it has come to pass in this ‘free
country’ that while cattle and swine
have , a rl 8 ht to the Public highway,
Americans, so-called free men, have
uot -
“Whereas, our capitalistic class, as
again shown m the present strike, is
aimed, and has not only policeman,
marshals, sheriffs and deputies, but
also a regular army and militia, iu or-
ordfcr to enforce government by in-
junction, suppressing IaAvful assem-
blage, free speech and the right to the
public highway, Avhile on the other
hand, the laboring men of the country
are unarmed and defenseless, contrary
to the words and spirit of the constitu¬
tion of the United States; therefore,
be it
“Resolved, first, That Ave hereby set
apart Friday, the 3d day of Septem-
ber, 1897, as a ‘Good Friday’ for the
eause of suffering labor in America
and contribute the earnings of that
day to the support of our struggling
brothers, the miners, and appeal to
every union man and friend of labor
throughout the countrv 'if to do likewise.
“Resolved, second, tlie strike of
the miners is not settled by September
20, 1897, aud announcement made to
that effect, a genera! convention be
held at Chicago on Monday, Septem-
ber 27, 1897, by the representatives of
all unions, sections, branches, lodges
and kindred organizations of laboring
men and friends of the striking min-
ers and laboring men.
“Resolved, third, That Ave consider
the use of the ballot as a means for
mediation of the hardships which the
laboring class suffers.
“Resolved, fourth, That the public
ownership of railroads and telegraphs
is one of the most necessary reforms
for our body politic.
“Resolved, fifth, That we most em-
phatically protest against government
by injunction, which plays havoc with
even such political liberty as working-
men have saved from the steady en-
croachment of capitalists, and be it
’
“Resolved, sixth, That no nation in
which the people are totally disarmed
loving citiMM to r.memb«r and obi,
article 2 of the constitution of the
United States, which reads as follows:
“ -The right of people to keep and
bear arm, shall not be infringed.’ ”
It was agreed that the basis of repre-
sentation at the Chicago convention
should enouiu he one delegate b to each labor
organization and two from each con-
gressional district.
PERRY TO HANG.
Governor Atkinson Refuses to Interfere
With tbe Sentence of Conrt.
sSHHSSS
Xues day afternoon.
decision in the application .
Xhe xor
eiecU tive clemency was against Perry
an d the condemned man will hang
Wednesday, September 8th.
The g 0ver nor took the position that
the qUes tion upon which the applies-
tion for clemency was based was sub-
mitte d to the jury, through the state-
nient of p e rry on the one side and the
declaration of Lanier on the
other, and that it did not effect their
decision.
GAGE WILL TEST THE LAW.
1 ^pphjteets To Compete for Designs
of Government Buildings.
a Washington dispatch says: Sec-
'
t v t q a , Te has made the first experi-
” ipn t with the Tarsney ofArchitects lftAv providing
, competition in the
, ^ ^ 0 j . nlb ]i c building by inviting
Tsiirns architects to submit competitive
e and estimates lor the Norfolk,
t which there is
b e lding for an
’ uriation of $190,000. si-eciactions
Heretofore .11 tbe
have been made by the government
architects
SOUTHERN CASE IS POSTPONED.
The Date of Hearing Has Been Changed
to November.
<, avs -
The ease’ tyta hist the Sonthern Mbtor.y
trill be postpone.! from October to
some date in , , in
OTei
,Ue , J
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1 eoun«el to that .ff. en#ci. e t
TOCCOA. HABERSHAM COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.18»7.
THIRTEEN MINERS BRING BACK
$575,000 WORTH OF DUST.
A PRESS REPRESENTATIVE TALKS
Gives Good Advice to People Who Con¬
template a Rush to the Alaskan
Gold Fields.
According to dispatches the steamer
Portland arrived at Seattle, Wash., at
3 „ o , clock , , Suuday c , , mormng She cur
rled thirteen miners, each of whom
brought only a small part of his stake,
The total amount of dust supposed
to be on the vessel is §575,000.
The Portland was delayed by the
failure of the P. B. ~ Weare'to arrive at
j St. a* Michaels — 1 _ and —t ty t _ a _ storm -a— on the
north north Pacific Pacific coast. coast,
The The miners miners on _______ board with the
_____ ___
amount of their total mining profits,
j I parts I of * which 1*1 1 brought li Avith * i 1
j _______ _______ were them
were as follows:
! J. Rowland, $50,000; Jim Bell, $45-
\ 00ft; Joe Goldsmith, $35,000 N. W.
I Powers, 01er'$30,000;C. $35,000 W.W. Caldwell, Zilly] $35,- $25*,-
j 000;W. K.
j 000; F. W. Cobb, $25,000; W" Zahn,
j $15,0C0;A.Buckley,$10,000 sing§15,000; M. S. Lan-
B. W. Farnham, §10,000;
M. R. Camlock, $15,000.
j I'rcsH Representative Talks.
H. N. Stanley, avIio Avent to St. Mich-
aels for the Associated Press, returned
to Seattle on the steamer Portland. He
-ays:
“I baA r e been seven weeks at the
mouth of the Yukon, at St. Michaels,
where I saw all the miners coming out
and interviewed them. As a result I
feel it my duty to advise everybody to
stay out until next spring. Wild and,
in many cases, exaggerated reports
haA-e been circulated since the first
discoveries Avere made.
“The strike, liOAveA-er, Avas, and is
one of the greatest, if not the great-
est, , . the world history.
$2,000,000 in cleaned s Probably „
Avas up this spring
and next spring I look for from $5,000,-
000 to $7,000,000. The fields have
hardly been opened up as yet, but
those going in now must bear m mind
that everything in that Yegion was
staked out long before any reports
reached the outer world, and later
comers must prospect for themselves,
buy claims of the present owners or
Avork for the oAvners.
“No neAv strike had been reported
up to the time of my leaving and an¬
other may not be made from one to
five years, although Alaska is an enor¬
mous country and Avill yet, I believe
produce more gold than we dreamed
of. It is in many ways a bleak, bar¬
ren, desolate country, a country iuca-
P abI « of supporting any great amount
of animal life and a country of such
rigorous climate, both winter and
spring, that none but the most hardy
can possibly live in it.
“The average man requires about
one ton of carefully selected food and
clothing for a year’s supply. In the
summer of 1896 about 3,500 tons of
supplies went up the river, and the
new population of 1,500 to 2,000 suf-
fared from want. Of this 3,500 tons
probably 1,500 tons were tools, furni-
t«» and supplies other than provis-
ions. This season, allowing for the
mosfc favorable estimates, uot more
than 4,200 tons of supplies can be car-
ried up the river, and fully one-half
of this is rum and tools, as well as
supplies other than food. There are
m °re than three times as many people
there as last winter. Figure it out for
I 0 * 1 ™ 6 f ‘
Grub completely , . , out . this .
spring, and last winter there was such
a scarcity that moose hams sold for $30
each, flour $120 per hundred, bacon
$1 per pound. What will happen this
coming winter? Why should not peo-
per cent of Daw-
*on was living in tents in July, labor
is scarce and houses cannot be built.
darkness, arisen the mercury goes 70
be .‘?3 zer0 '
“There Me about , . 840 „. A claims , . on
B/in.ura, >>=“ Probably Eldorado be and worked Hunker this creeks
win-
ter An average of eight men to each
Is ’ 1 Hunk, Jibeial. Il Hit 0 e
«re employed, and there are o 000 or
more seeking work, what must be the
Wage, must go down,
IRBY ROASTS TILLMAN.
Senatorial Candidate Closes Campaign
With a Hot Tirade.
gSHSSSE Tillman,
and attacked Senator openly
denouncing him for his part in the
campaign. He declared:
“While X illman says ‘Tillman he is ‘handsoff’
he was ‘mouth on.’ went to
^ bbevi{ j e aI1 d York and now he has
to Union _ all my strongholds,
There work wa3 do ne for McLaurin.
^ h - g utterauce8 meau; “Vote for
McLaurin he > 8 as goo d a tool as I
want.’
“I give him to understand I am
none of liis poodle dog.”
WEYLER ON THE MOVE.
-
Heads a Small Force To Operate In Pro-
vince of Havana.
Captain General Weyler left Ha-
raua Sunday morning with a small
force for the purpose of carrying on
military operations in the province of
Haiana.
It is stated that Evangeline Cassio .
Cisneros is still confined in the Casa
Reeojidas, occupying a Avell-ventilated
apartment ..to rt.ch t. allowed the
company of other ladies.
SHERMAN TO SPEAK.
He Is To Make an Address During Ohio
Campaign This Fall.
A Washington special says: Secre-
r °i“® TheHm”
^ oom nii,tee.
The eecre.arv triil not leave Wash-
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Devoted to Southern Progress and Colonization.
i SATED TILLMAN BY CHEATING.
Candidate Irby Makes a Sensational Ad¬
mission In His Speech at Manning.
In his speech at Manning, S. C.,
! Colonel Irby made the statement that
he had cheated Tillman into his nom¬
ination in 1890.
The circumstance created a sensa-
1 tl0 “i a h e V "’The
hat c hedTillman truth of
this whole matter is that Tillman and I
joined teams in 1886 after his agita¬
tion in 1885 for the purpose, first, to
establish an agricultural college in
South Carolina. On the question of
college or no college, we were inglori-
onsly defeated.
“Tillman became disgusted and at¬
tempted to organize the farmers of the
state, threw up the sponge, Avrote a
long letter to the people of the state
expressing his contempt aud retired to
his home among the old hills of Edge-
field.
“To get him back I originated the
March convention idea a year before
the convention was held and gave
mm the nomination on a silver waiter,
On the question of nomination or no
nomination in that convention we were
defeated by one vote, I cheated the
question of nomination, lvhieli saved
Tillman, Avho was to be the nominee,
! ibe end justified the means, because
! J persons * been opposed to nominations had
no invited to that convention
| aud they had no right to control its
1 deliberations.”
FATAL FLAMES IN FLORIDA.
| Three lives Tost By Fire In Fort Tampa
! City and Much Property Destroyed.
At Port Tampa, Fla., Suuday after¬
noon, Marie, the fourteen-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Frances Valdez, went
to the kitchen to start a fire. She
poured on kerosene, aud instantly
there AA-as a deafening explosion, fol¬
lowed by tbe girl’s agonizing death
cries as she ran from the room a blaz¬
ing mass.
Mis. Valdez at once Avent to her
daughter’s assistance. While she Avas
attempting to extinguish the flames
. her own clothes caught fire, and the
two ran screaming from the house.
Both were burned beyond recognition
about their faces.
I he house caught from the flames,
and Avas soon a mass of fire. A small
boy was burned in the house.
The fire spread rapidly and five
houses owned by the Plant Invest-
ment company were burned, there be-
ing no fire protection.
ALABAMA COAL FOR MEXICO.
Large Cargo Will Be Shipped FromPensa-
cola to Vera Cruz.
A Birmingham special says: The
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railivay
Company is loading a cargo of coal at
Pensacola consisting of 500 tons,
Avhich Avhich will be shipped to Vera
Cruz, Mexico, to bo introduced to the
trade in that country, uoav being sup¬
plied by an English coal company.
The discriminating duty on Mexican
vessels loading coal at American ports
having been abolished at the last ses¬
sion of congress, Alabama Avill attempt
to get into the Mexican market Avith
her product.
The Teunessee company, Avhich will
furnish coal to the Louisville and
Nashv'ille Railway Company, which
Avill haul the coal from Birmingham
to Pensacola, ancf the Gulf Transit
Company, which will handle it oven,
waters, are uniting on the first ship-
ment to the Mexican market.
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MUST FIGHT OR BACK DOWN.
McLaurin Shoulders Responsibility for
Everything Offensive to Evans.
A Columbia, S. C., special says: It
is a case of back down or fight be¬
tween ex-GoA r ernor Evaus and Sena¬
tor McLaurin. While McLaurin has
been sick a quantity of campaign litera¬
ture has been sent out from his head¬
quarters at Columbia. Several of these
reflected on Evan’s character.
The ex-governor declared a fetv days
ago, at Kingstree, that unless Mo-
Laurin made a public disclaimer to
the effect that he did not authorize or in¬
dorse these circulars he would hold
him personally responsible. It was
not expected that McLaurin would
notice this, but Saturday night he
issued the following card:
“I am responsible for everything in tho
campaign that is offensive to Mr. Evans and
he need not put himself to the trouble of
making any inquiries, but may proceed when
ho sees fit to hold me responsible.
“John McLaurin.”
This has created much speculation
as to the outcome.
DENIAL FROM RATCHFORD.
President of United Mine Workers De¬
clares That Miners Favor Arbitration.
President Ratchford, of the United
Mine Workers, has issued a statement
replying to the operators of the Pitts-
burg district.
He denies that the miners are op-
posed to arbitration. He says they fa-
A*or it, but not on the basis proposed
by the operators, The operators’
threat about gatling guns and Pinker¬
ton men, he declares, will have no
weight with the strikers.
He declares that if the operators
will meet them on fair terms there can
be no trouble in reaching a settlement.
M’LAURIN INDORSED BY TILLM AN.
Senator Declares That McLaurin Is In
Accord With His Own Views.
In a apeech made in Union county,
s. c., Thursday to an all ance gather-
ing Senator Tillman said Colonel El-
liott, of Charleston, was the only con-
pressman from the sta+p not in accord
with the alliance and chat was oavh-
ed by Simonton.
ga jd that McLaurin was with
in his views for the good of the
sUle .
M’KINLEY ALLOTS LAND
In Pensacola, Florida, Harbor For Military
Naval Defense.
A Washington special says: The
president, by executive order, has set
harbor, Fieri la, for mHitary and naval
! >°' 5 »“ d 2 ot «**«» »> “
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ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF THE
G. A. B. ENCAMPMENT.
OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Til* Closing Session Was Fraught With
Interest—Next Meeting Will Be Held
at Cincinnati.
The Grand Army elected its officers
a t Buffalo, N. Y., Friday, for the er.
suing year and the encampment has
adjourned to meet at Cincinnati next
year. The final session lasted from
9:15 a. m. until 3:45 p. m., without
( intermission. Opening under the or-
j der of business, the encampment took
j r the election of senior vice com .
mander-in-chief. .
Alfred Lyth, of Bidw-ell Wilkerson
post, of Buffalo, was placed in nomi-
nation by Major A. K. Smith, the com-
mander of his post, and was elected
unanimously, there being no other
nominations.
The election of a junior vice com¬
mander-in-chief was not accomplished
until after noon, there being four can¬
didates and several interruptions to
the proceedings of the encampment
by speeches and the admission of a
committee from the Woman’s Relief
Corps. F. B. Allen, of Connecticut,
the candidate of the naval veterans,
was chosen on the second ballot.
Among tbe reports receiving favor¬
able consideration in the executive
session in the encampment was that of
the pension committee. It recom¬
mended a readjustment of a widows’
pensions and presented a iorm of
proof and application in pension
claims substantially the same as that
embodied in the Pickier bill, Avhich
has passed the national house of rep-
re sentatives, but ha? not passed the
se nate. The report stated the pres-
j en t commissioner of pensions had con-
seated to adopt new rules substantial-
j Jy the same as those in force during
the Harrison administration, The
report also recommended that con-
gress pass a service pension laAv to
apply j^ to all veterans who have reach-
ed t e age 0 f s i x ty-two years,
The report of the committee having
in charge the memorializing of con¬
gress to purchase several of the most
important battlefields about Frede¬
ricksburg, Vn., and to connect them
j by government roads was adopted.
'The invitation of the Young Men’s
Business Association, of Richmond,
Va., to hold the encampment of 1899
in that city Avas received and thanks
j extended. This association was in-
formed that the question could only
be considered by the encampment of
1898.
Another committee reported faA-ora-
bly the proposition to establish na¬
tional parks at tho battlefields of
, Vicksburg, Stony River and Appo¬
mattox.
! southern Histories Condemned.
Tne report of the committee on text
j books used in the public schools Avas
j adopted. Avith The report deals severely
some of the histories used in the
I south, charging that they mistake tho
facts as to the cause of the rebellion
and present them from a southern point
of view.
A regret is express that, after an ex¬
amination of all the histories used in
| ! the states that were loyal to the gov-
ernmentin the opinion,non© merits the
j qualified endorsement of the organiza-
I tion.
The report closes with the following
recommendation:
“First, That this encampment urge
, the continued agitation of the question
of improved text books in our schools
I that relate to the history of the United
States, especially as to the events of
tlie war of the rebellion.
“Second, That the national encamp¬
ment authorize the appointment of a
permanent committee on the subject
of teaching patriotism in our schools,
which shall make a report each year.
“Third, That it be urged upon each
lepartment of the Grand Army of the
Republic and recommended to tbe
Woman’s Relief Corps, the Sons of
Veterans and all allied organizations
that they give direct and persistent
attention to the selection of proper
text books for use in our schools and
the exclusion therefrom such as are
improper.”
EXCURSIONS A GOOD THING.
Visits of Traders to New York Will Bene¬
fit the City *50,000,000.
d be officers of the Merchants Asso-
ciatiou of Neiv York, estimate that . le
benefit by the visit of buyers from all
parts of the country this fall to . en
York will approximate $o0,000,000 ant
sa 7 that the benefits to be denve in
the future by the extension of trade
are incalculable.
The second series of excursions from
the territory of joint traffic associations
is well under way.
MAXIM GUN TO PROTECT GOLD
Will Be Placed on Steamer Portland That
Sails for Klondike.
■ A rapid fire Maxim gun for tht. pro-
tection of the gold returning from the
Klondike was secured at Chicago Fri-
day.
It is to be sent to.Seattle, Wash.,
where it will be placed in position on
the steamer Portland. Fifty rounds
of ammunition will accompany the
gun on the Aessel where it can be
used on a possible pirating vessel, or
to sweep the decks of tlie Portland iu
case of mutiny.
POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR STEALS.
Thomas Arrington Arrested In Wash¬
ington For Embezzlement.
Thomas M. Arrington, of North
Carolina, for eighteen years past an
employe of the postoffice department
and until recently in charge of the
Washington division of postoffice in¬
spectors, has been arrested at ash-
ington charged with embezzling gov-
--... Litigation mon „,
An of Arrington’s ac-
counts has been in progress for some
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THROUGH GEORGIA.
Hereafter Columbs people will get
their Montgomery and Birmingham
mail regularly. An order from Super¬
intendent Terrell requires that it. be
thoroughly fumigated before being
sent out. The ma_il has been largely
withheld on account of the smallpox
scare.
* * *
Georgia is to have a fish hatchery.
At Washington during the last session
of congress Senator- Baeou started a
movement which is going to result iu
the establishment of one of these val¬
uable institutions in Georgia. A rep¬
resentative of the fish commission is
now on his way to Georgia to select a
site, and in this fact many peopjg ought
to be interested.
* * *
The official report of Mr. Phil G.
Byrd, special inspector of convict
camps, has been attacked by Mr. H.
B. Moore, superintendent of J. R.
Allison A Co.’s Pulaski county camp,
at which, according to Mr. Byrd’s re¬
port, a convict was beaten to death,
dragged feet forward through the
woods, and buried in stripes and
shackles. Mr. Moore denies that state¬
ment in toto and declares Mr. Byrd’s
report on that camp to be false.
* * *
The much talked of Horse-Swappers’
State Convention will meet in Coving¬
ton, on the 21st day of September and
remain in session three days. The
object of the convention is to elect a
president, vice president and other
officers. Every horse-swapper iu
Georgia has a special invitation to at¬
tend and those in attendance will be
entitled to a vote at the convention in
any and all matters brought before
the uniou.
Judge Littlejohn has rendered a de¬
cision in the petition for an injunction
brought by the citizens of Americus
to restrain the Georgia and Alabama
railroad from removing the general
offices to Savannah, refusing to grant
the injunction, and the railroad com¬
pany is thereby victorious so far. A
mandamus Avas granted and the case
w ill be appealed to the supreme court,
pending which the general offices will
remain in Americus.
The split in the ranks of the state
republican party is becoming more se¬
rious as the moment for the final crisis
approaches. The contesting factions
are now far apart on the question of
party organization and the indications
all point to a call for an early coni r en-
tion for the purpose of electing a new
chairman. Mr. Walter Johnson, the
present chairman, remains obstinate
and refuses emphatically to issue the
call of the men who are fighting for a
neAV organization.
* * *
The decision in the Flanagan case
has been indefinitely delayed and the
time when it will be decided is a mat¬
ter of conjecture. The attorneys hai'e
placed the papers in the hands of
Judge Candler and he will take ample
time to come to a conclusion. The pa¬
pers are so numerous and long that it
will take much time for their perusal.
Flanagan was condemned to hang on
the 25th of August, but the motion for
the new trial Avas filed and has acted
as a supersedeas and stayed the execu¬
tion.
The first prohibition election in the
history of Muscogee county occurred
last Saturday and passed off quietly.
While the day was not altogether de¬
void of unpleasant features, yet, con¬
sidering the issue at stake, the election
was a remarkably quiet one. The
election resulted as folloAvs: Against
prohibition, 1,724; for prohibition,
942; anti majority .782. The county
precincts gave a slight majority to the
antis. The votes of about 400 negroes
were challenged by the prohibitionists.
If all are thrown out the result of the
election would not be changed.
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Hon. Hewlitt Hall, chairman of the
penitentiary committee of the house of
representatives, has called a meeting
of that body for the 21st of September
for the purpose of considering the
piroblem which confronts the legisla¬
ture in the disposition of the convicts
at the end of the present lease, which
will expire April 1, 1899. The com¬
mittee will also consider the question
of placing the misdemeanor convicts
under the inspection spstem of the
penitentiary department as recom¬
mended by Governor Atkinson and
Governor Northern.
The county commissioners of Geor¬
gia are already responding to the call
sent out for a state convention by the
Fulton commissioners. Many com¬
missioners have already replied to the
invitation to meet in Atlanta on Sep¬
tember 16th and the commissioners
are enthusiastic about the proposed
gathering. The business of the meet¬
ing Avill be to discuss the convict
question, the question of improving
the roads of the several counties in the
state, the question of providing police
protection in rural districts, sanitary
questions and others of interest and
importance to every county in the
state.
Soiicitor C. D. Hill at Atlanta issued
a Avarrant a few days ago for assault
with intent to murder against Bud
Fuller, the man who is charged with
leaA-ing his helpless child in the woods
to die. Sheriff Nelms has been re¬
quested to hold Bud Fuller pending
an investigation by the grand jury.
Solicitor Hill Avill go before this body
at their next session and have Fuller
indicted for assault vith intent to
murder. The solicitor is very posi¬
tive that he can indict the man on this
charge. He has made an inA-estiga-
tion of the charge. He has made an
investigation of the case, and says
that a felony of the deepest type has
been committed.
DETAINED FISHING SMACKS.
The Marine Hospital Service Captures
Two Cuban Vessels.
The marine hospital service at
Washington has been notified of the
capture off the west coast of Florida of
two fishing smacks by the sanitary
inspection service.
The vessels were from Cuba or
onnected with Cuban vessels and
were taken possession of as a health
precaution.
They were sent to quarantine to be
ssnUery condition
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: S1.00 A YEAR.
SENATOR M’LAURIN DEFEATS CAN-
DIDATES IRBY AND EYANS.
HIS MAJORITY A DECISIVE ONE.
The Result Indicates That His Past Rec¬
ord In Congress aiul His Views
Politically Are Endorsed.
The democratic primary for the se¬
lection of a candidate for United
States senator was held throughout
South Carolina Tuesday.
,
The polls opened all over the state
promptly at 8 o’clock aud remained
open until 4 p. m., at which hour the
rules of the party require that they
be closed. Only those Avho took the
oath required and whose names were
upon the democratic rolls in the hands
of the managers of election were per¬
mitted to A’ote.
The indications are that McLaurin
will lead his opponents in nearly every
county of the state and the seat iu the
senate, which ho uoav holds by ap¬
pointment, Avill be gii’en him in due
time by the legislature, and the short
term in this instance means very
nearly a full term of six years.
According to the latest returns the
comities voted as follows:
McLaurin — Abbeville, Anderson,
Bamberg, BarnAvell, Beaufort, Berke-
ly, Charleston, Cherokee, Chester,
Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton,
Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfied, Flor¬
ence, Georgetown, Greenville, Green-
wood, Hampton, Horry, Lancaster,
Lexington, Mnnon, Marlborough,
hen-berry Oconee, Orangeburg, Plot-
Richland, Saluda, Sumter, Union,
Wilhameburg There ami lork
are lorty countiee non-in the
elate. Of course McLaurin liae not a
majority over both opponents in all of
these counties indicated above, though
he has in almost all of them. The
latest figures attainable show the fol-
lowing totals:
McLaurin.... 19,852
Evans 6,230
Irby 3,570
Every county is represente s
total, though, as explained, many pre-
cincts are still out. These totals are
based upon the returns received by
the state, and at McLaurin headquar-
ters. Those who have a close knowl-
edge of South Carolina contests and
Avho have handled primary figures in
the past, figure on a total A’ote approx-
imating 55,000.
BRYAN’S NAME CHEERED.
Pennsylvania Democrats Hold Their State
Convention.
The Pennsylvania democratic state
conv T ention to nominate candidates for
auditor-general and state treasurer
met in Reading Tuesday. A conspic-
uous feature of the decorations was a
handsome banner adorned with a por¬
trait of William J. Bryan and bearing
the inscription “Liberty, Justice. Hu¬
manity, Equal Rights to All, Special
Privileges to None.”
State Chairman Garman called the
com-ention to order at 12:30 p. m.,
and announced temporary organiza¬
tion as agreed upon by the executh'e
committee. Congressman Ermantraut,
temporary chairman, received a round
of applause when he received the ga\ el
from Mr. Garman.
A wild scene of enthusiasm followed
Mr. Ermentrauts’s mention of the name
of William J. Bryan. Delegates and
spectators stood . -. their , _ . chairs ,. and .
in
waved hats and handkerchiefs as they
cheered the name of their leader.
The resolution declaring A r acaut the
seat of William F. Ilarrrity, of Phila¬
delphia, as a member of the national
committee, was adopted by a vote of
53 to 26.
FAURE WELCOMED HOME.
A Bomb Explosion Was An Incident on
The Program.
President Faure arrived at Paris
Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock and was
met at the Northern railroad station by
high officials, military and minister of
councillors.
Ten minutes after the president had
passed the Medeleine on his Avay to
Paris a bomb exploded inside the rail-
ingR of the church. Tavo arrests Avere
made in the enclosure, which avs , im¬
mediately closed by the police.
COLOR LINE IN INDIANA.
Citizens of Elwood Warn Negroes to Leave
the Town.
The negroes residing in the town of
Elwood, Ind., have been Avarned to
leave, and serious trouble is threaten¬
ed if they disobey.
On numerous occasions during the
past twelve years colored people have
made efforts to establish permanent
residence in the town, but were inva¬
riably driven away. Two months ago
a colony of fifty negroes moved in and
expressed a determination to brave all
dangers and make Elwood their home,
A number secured employment and
then the warnings began to be served
on them. A few of them departed,
but the others remained.
MONTHLY MAILS.
First Letters Will Be Forwarded to the
Klondike on the loth.
A Washington dispatch says: Tbe
first letter mail to be dispatched from
this country to the Klondike region
under the new reciprocal arrangement
with Canada effected by establishing
an internal exchange between Dyea
and Dawson City, will be forwarded
from Skaguay by a steamer leaving
there September 15.
PUBLICITY SCARED THEM.
The Ilepoited Chicago Recruits Failed to
Materialize.
Spanish Consul Gominez, who is
stationed at Chicago, thinks that the
proposed army of volunteers, number-
ing two hundred men and three oar-
loads of guns and ammunition, which
was to leave abandon,-'.!. that cit v Tuesday for Cuba,
has been
It is reported that tbe premature
exposure of the movement iu The
Times-Herald has thrown into Chicago
a score of spauiah detective,
cecret service men.
NO. 42.
WOMEN ROUTE FOREIGNERS.
First Attempt to Start Mines an Utter
Failure.
The first attempt to start any of the
coal mines in the Pittsburg district
was made at the Champion mines of
Robbins & Company, near McDonald,
Pa., on the Panhandle road Friday
morning.
Two car-loads of foreigners, gath¬
ered up from about Pittsburg, were
sent to the Champion mines about
Faylight and put to work loading slack
into cars. The miners heard of the
arrival of the new men and with 500
women started to the mine. The new
men were attacked with stones and
clubs and driven from the cars.
The women followed them up and
the foreigners, without resiating, fled
to Noblestown. The women then re-
turned to McDonald and dumped the
slack that had been loaded from the
cars.
They were met by 1,000 strikers,
and headed by a band, marched a short
^stance from the mine, Avhere they
are now encamped, watching for the
return of the non-union miners. The
load company say they are determined to
the slack, aud a conflict is ex¬
pected if the new men are brought to
the mine.
UNION PACIFIC’S COMMITTEE
Meet in Washington ami Hold Consulta¬
tion with McKenna.
Channcey M. Depew, General Fitz¬
gerald, W T . S. Pierce, J. H. Schaff, of
New York, and Marvin Hughitt, of
Chicago, members of the Union Pacific
reorganization committee, held a con¬
sultation at Washington with Attor¬
ney General McKenna relative to the
decrees recently rendered in the
United States courts for the foreclos¬
ure sale of the Union Pacific to satisfy
the mortgage and the government’s
^^Vportions d mort „ a „ e .
,factory of the decrees were
M reorganization to the government,
“ committee np-
, be(or , Ue atu ,rney general in
hodeeiretoreacUaratWactoryunaei-
^ / „ ah (he g over nment and
h b J obvia te farther delay,
SAYED A FORTUNE,
—
But Shoemaker Hussey lived Apparently
lu Abject Poverty.
Thomas Hussey, the aged citizen of
Montgomery, Ala., who Avas arrested
in New York several days ago in a
dazed condition with $30,000 in money
and securities in his pockets, died
Friday at the home of his niece in
Brooklyn. He was more than eighty
years old.
Mrs. Harriet Mitchell, a great niece
and one great-great nephew, both res-
idents of Brooklyn, Avill inherit the
old man’s wealth, which is estimated
to be in the neighborhood of a hundred
ithousand.
He was formerly a shoemaker and
had lived in Montgomery for thirty
_ eftrs aloQe and in a bject poverty.
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PURE FOOD COMMISSIONERS,
j They Meet In Detroit and Perfect Their
Organization •
A Detroit dispatch says: The as¬
sembled pure food commissioners have
at last perfected their organization un¬
der the name of the “National Associ¬
ation of State Dairy and Food Depart¬
ments.” At the last meeting Friday
the following officers were elected:
J. E. Blackburn, of Columbus, O.,
president; G. I. Flanders, of Albany,
N. Y., first vice president; J. A. Law¬
rence, of St. Paul, Minn., second vice
president; John B. Noble, of Hartford,
Conn., third vice president; E. O.
Grosvenor, Michigan, secretary and
treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted urging
congress to pass laws placing manu-
factured food products in original
ka under Btate i aws wherever
sold.
MILLIONAIRE GOELET DIES.
Wealthy New Yorker Passe* Away On
Soard His Yacht.
Mr. Ogden Goelet, of New York,
died Friday. He expired on board
his yacht, the Mayflower. The de¬
ceased had been ill for about two
months past.
Ogden Goelet was one of the two
sons of the late Robert Goelet, and a
grandson of the late Peter Goelet, a
very prominent member of society in
New York, London and Paris. The
Goelet estate is one of the most valu¬
able in New York, due to the increased
value of the old-time Goelet farm.
The latter originally ran from the
section of the city where the Windsor
hotel now stands to the East river.
TO ESTABLISH KLONDIKE ROUTE.
A Washington dispatch says: The
coast and geodetic survey has author-
i zed Augustus F. Rodgers, in charge
of the bureau s San Francisco office, to
proceed with an assistant to the head
of Linn canal, Alaska, and make a
thorough search of that part of the
Klondike route.
Treaty Between Russia and France.
The London Times’ Paris corres-
pondent declares that a definite treaty
has actually been signed by a cufious
distribution of portions of Russian
soil and French soil on the deck of the
cruiser Polhuan.
NEGRO CHILDREN CREMATED*
The Old Story of Parents Locking Them
In the House.
In Bussell county, Alabama, Alfred
Winford, a negro, and his wife left
their home for the purpose of working
U p a Sunday school in the neighbor-
hood, locking their four small children
the house.
In their absence the house caught
flre in some manner and three of the
ihildren were cremated, The oldest
child climbed out of a window, but
i could not save the others. The house
Avas entirely consumed.
“The Kail wav ana engineering iie-
view” raises the question “whether
the present tendency toward heavMaf
track, more powerful locomotives and
larger cars has not reached its practi-
cal limit, if, indeed, it nas 110 a r ea *' ?
j exceeded it. Tlie fact that a railroa . 1
’ is primarily designed and operated for
,he purpose of making money .a too
! often lost sight of, and some oflieials
in charge of the various department,
are apparently impiessed with the
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