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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. __1---- 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, * onthefn L 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 w ' 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- «"« *»«»«* *«"• 1 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. - 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 «**«» »> “ 30 ”*“* *»• * 31 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 ' rftUtf&wS; 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. * * >it 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. --- 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 wee Jim. J.A