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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR TOlSSTA’SSKSaaia:!
VOL. XXIV.
EPIDEMIC 01 YfllflW |[M
OFFICIALLY DECLARED TO BE RAG-
ING AT OCEAN SPRINGS, MISS.
TEN FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED.
People Hurrying Away and Rigid Quaran¬
tine I* Being Katahliehed
Against the Place.
The health officers of Alabama,
Louisiana and Mississippi—Drs. W.
H. Sanders, of Mobile; S. It. Olli-
pliant, of New Orleans, and II. H.
Harrison, of Jackson—assisted by Mr.
Wisden, of the United States marine
hospital service, and a number of
medical experts from New O. leans,
pronounce as yellow fever an epidemic
which has prevailed at Ocean Springs,
Miss., for Urn past six weeks.
The town lias a population of about
[2,000, liner by which is augmented visitors iu the the s u 111 -
numerous to gulf
coast. It is said that over six hund¬
red cases of fever, from which, up to
last Sunday, ten deaths had resulted,
have occurred eince the disease began
six weeks ago.
Among the deaths was that of Dr.
|W. H. Remiss, of New Orleans, who
succumbed last Thursday after an ill-
attamitu. * * <1 o
to U
word Iv'VlK home , ''Tl'” that the cases »«•*<•» of illness l» he
had attended were of a gravely 1 sus-
picious nature.
Dr. Remiss’ death first attracted
outside attention to the disease.
Themedical experts mentioned above
arrivod at,S,.ri„,s S,today o.,c,„
ami after careful post mortem examin-
atioiis upon three subjects who died
Saturday, decided the sickness \va-
yellow fever.
Upon receipt of a telegrum from Dr
Sanders the board of health of Mobile,
Ala , convened and upon their recom-
nieiidation the mayor declare 1 a rigid
quarantine against Ocean Sprint.
For the past two weeks there has
been a pretty genera, exodus from
Ocean Springs, caused by the general
nature of the epidemic and the ref-
ugees are quartered in nearly eve.y
town and city along the *
coast.
PRIZES FOR GEORGIANS.
Savannah Kittamcn Win Ail Honor* at
-S<-a G l rt .
The New Jersey state and national
rifle association shoots at Sea Girt
| came to a close Saturday with Georg a
marksmen winning everything in sight
* I .he principal matches of the week,
[the | dent’s Wimbledon match, cup and the presi-
were shot during the
(lav. *
The latter, the first stage of which
began at 11 o’clock, was for the mili¬
tary champoinsliip of the United
States. The match was divided into
Iwo stages, the first stage at 200 aud
300 yards, ten shots at each, competi¬
tors to shoot with the rifle adopted by
the state they represent.
ln tbe shoot-off for the champion¬
ship, Private Battey, of Georgia, won,
soon ng 48 points at the 500 yard and
49 points at the 600 yard targets, or
97 points in all.
The Wimbledon enp was won by
Lieutenant C. Wilson, of Georgia,
with a score of 125; Private George
Doyle, of the Seventh regiment, New
York, and Colonel George T. Cann, of
Georgia, tied for second, with a score j
of 117. Cann won the cup last year. ;
Before tbe shoot was resumed Sat- I
unlay morning the Georgia team re- |
oeived the following telegram from |
Governor Atkinson:
“The whole state is ringing with praise of
Georgia team. Citizens wild with enthu¬
siasm.”
Telegrams from Atlanta and Savan¬
nah citizens were also transmitted.
COTTON BURNED.
Over a Thousand Rale* On a Lighter Iu
New York Destroyed.
Twelve hundred and eighty-nine
1'iilos of compressed cottou, which ar¬
rived in New York Sunday from the
south by the Morgau line and was to
have been shipped east by the City of
Fall River, were burned on the lighter
Mystic alongside the Fall River iine
pier on the North river front.
BUD FULLER INDICTED. i
Grand Jury Order* Him Held For Assault
To Murder.
lbifl EnIter hi™’ Gja farmer who is al-
lcg«d to left hto mile paralyzed indicted
t , , • ^.“fv'grl^ .. , “ '
by* ,
the
Allaaia. Monday, for aaaauH within-
o murder.
" trom th * m’" carried hotel
were examined to show
the child there and left with it a day
before it was found in the woods. The
manner in which the child was found
and its lielnless condition were also
brought lanafaC.'toe out and action there ™ no hesi-
tok« by the
grand jury.
BOILER EXPLODED.
Two Children Killed and Electric Light
PUnt Demolished.
The Morton, Ill., electric light plant
owned by Byer Bros. * Co., valued at
$14,090, was completely demolished
hy the bursting of the boiler from
some unknown cause Sunday evening,
Two girls, aged five and nine years,
were killed outright, and two boys,
aged four aud twelve years, seriously
hurt. They were the children of Mose
hyers. -
A KLONDIKE NEARER HOME.
Rich Gol<l-Bearing Or© Found la Alabtma
bearing vein has been discovered in
Lauderdale countv \la ’ bv C H.
Adams WT and I £osu£lL B Wvatt They there^ have
j uuietlv for
8 ome time, but have managed to keep
1 s.u.'K onlme o’Ttoe'Hre!
he onthefn fofh.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
j The news <fomes from Columbus,
Ohio, that Lewis Redwine has given
| instructions to the warden and his
aides at the Ohio state penitentiary
f not to allow any of his old Georgia
I friends to see him.
The corner stone of the new court
| house at Hawkinsville was laid witl^
impressive ceremonies, and in it was
placed a photograph of Jefferson Da¬
vis, a copy of The Federal Union, pub¬
lished at Milledgeville, August 16,
! 1843; a $100 Confederate note and a
| copy of The Hawkinsville Dispatch
tt,ld News.
I
The bill of exceptions in the Flaua-
gau case has not yffbeen tiled and
will not for some time, as the attor-
S/bnfo™ tblr»iTT fTLIlYhl! JadaeChand^
the statue of limitations
ler has already signified his intention
to sign it. It will be materially the
name as the motion for a new trial.
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The superintendent of the mailing
department of the Atlanta postoffice
has filed his animal statement. It
shows a remarkable increase over the
year before and says that tbe people of
Atlanta write no less than 50 millions
of letters every year. It is almost an
inconceivable number, but it is true,
and the report shows that the business
done iu the Atlanta postoffiee is re-
markable.
* * *
The tramp named Louden who was
*«“•“ »■»<{** »*'.
assaulted Mie. HetobSok ueSriy J I
uuu.i ... *, l'” . ,, * ti'*
carried tlipr ’
,7^1' ^ I -°, ft Ca COC t "
home an 1 i, ier 7 i ,n ° P 1 . csence
of Mrs '7 H^hcnck, Tf who, . after looking
& t ^S»toS‘" , <> " n ^
* * *
The citizens of North Atlanta are
determined to get a postoffiee. In a ’
few days a petition will be presented
to the postoffice department asking
that an office bo established on Peach”
tree street, about half way between
the city limits and the exposition |
grounds. The petition has been ready :
for some time, but there has been
some delay in selecting a place for
the office and in agreeing upon a post-
master.
* * *
mi,« liie latest . .. report . , from the ., race for ,
Mate lilMrian to the announcement.
that a dark horso l.aa been selected for
il,e place. From the home of Cover-
• • /-,
. " .. TYr' 11 ni .
" '* T ion,ea 16 m-
mor . that tl Hon. Jam« T h. Brown, for-
merly state senator and ex-postmaster
of Newnan will be appointed by the j
So'r^'i’Vi x ie .
evnor Atkinson ami Mr. Brown ai e j
the closest of friends and both have j
for years supported trie other in the j
political field.
Dawson has secured a removal of
discrimination against her in freight
rates, and the railroads have met it in j
a way with that the will result give of them high more reve- to j
nue, rates i
Albany The railroad commission ! |
heard the case and issued au order re¬
quiring the railroads to remove dis- )
crimination and submit tbe new rates
for approval. This will allow the rail¬
road to equalize on their own plau, so
long as they do not exceed the maxi¬
mum rate. Thus they will equalize
actually ou higher average.
The weather bureau lias highly en-
cournging crop reports from all over
the state. .As a rule all crops are in
excellent condition and the yield of
-aoh . • , large. nva \\ .ft good i #
>s . crop ot
»l.eat saved and demanding e*eejt,.m-
ally remunerative prieea, and he.
•right outlook of crops no. in ho
held, there seems to he a very decided
n ave o. prosperity sweeping over ,,e :
armers of Georgia at present. Cotton
„ growing well and ;a now being
picked in good condition, while a
large early corn crop has been saved,
aud the late crop bids fair to return
evenagieatei J te d. !
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The tax rate for Floyd county has
been raised from $1 to $1.25 per $100
by the county board of commissioners.
It was found necessary to increase the
rate of taxation on account of the in-
crease of business in the courts. The
unusually large number of felony
cases with their unprecedented hosts
of witnesses have cost the county
thousands of dollars. Notwithstand-
iu S the inerease in taxab,e property of
*275,000, tin. year over last, the com-
sioners «re compelled to raise the rate
«• "1"
expense little less than $8,000 upon
Floyd county. I
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Colonel Phil G. Byrd s supplemental
re port on the condition of the private ,
misdemeanor 2Se convict camps in the
was completed and filed at the
office of Governor Atkineon las. Sat-
urday. The governor has written a
letter to each of the judges in whose j
circuits the misdemeanor law has been convicts violated by to |
hiring out
pr ivat« parties. Sixteen of the 2d
superior fiition, and court only circuits seven are are m within this^con- t e ;
j aw -. Seventy of the 13 1 counties ate
included in these circuits, and tie
governor will send a similar letter o
the judges of the city an r.?® Unt 7
courts, where there are snch tribuna s
i n these counties. In addition to t is
he is sending copies of these letters o
the solicitors general m each circuit.
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ANDREWS IS UNDECIDED.
representative that he had made m
. of the
response as yet to the request
corporation of Brown university thai
he Consider his resignation mst^ of the £
presidency of the
I fcto rfih'/pIUweK'y.'of ssbt* th. ttv
sans
TOCCOA. HABERSHAM COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER II). 18*17.
TOM Kill IN
BODIES RECOVERED IN A TERRI¬
BLY MUTILATED CONDITION.
CAUSED BY COAL DUST EXPLOSION
The Death Liit May Reach a Score—Res¬
cuing Parties Organized to
Search the Wreckage.
At 6 o’clock Friday evening a terri-
th* *?° e old *P^ Sunshine sion of coal dnst occurred in
mine, owned by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company,
'"T'''® ^ atest miles advices from state aim that ™> twelve d . C ° L bod-
• ^dWnUhaUt’^nnot
whether belied
thereare snv more in the
mine *
or not.
Rescuing parties were organized at
once and began an exploration of the
mine, while great crowds surround-
entrance.
The bodies taken out were iu a hor-
rd) ly mutilated condition.
Folloiving is a list of names of those
killed, so far as known: Antoine Mar-
taltono, George Dannon, Louis Raki,
doe Martini, Joe Casa Grandi, John
Jenneni, Antoine Eppice, Theodore
Potosi, John Andriani, Emil Andriani,
Francis McCloud.
FLORIDA’S PROPOSED CANAL.
Article* of Incorporation Have Been Filed
in „ New Nc „ York y „ city
A New York dispatch states that ar-
tides have been filed with County
Clerk Purroy for the incorporation of
theFloridaTrans-PeninsularSliipCa- , C
na The chief incorpora-
TVn H. Baldwin, II. Bolet ^ Peraza, consul
general for the Greater Republic of
Central America in this country; Thos.
F - Cromwell and Francis P. Fleming.
The capital is $75,000,000.
The projectors have in mind the
building of a ship canal aud railway
col i« e <5t the Atlantic with the gulf,
The new canal will be of sufficient
'/ apacity for tbe passage of ocean go-
in S vessels. Consul General Peraza,
>*» speaking of the project, said:
“The new canal will be of great ad-
vantage in defense of country in case
of an international war, as well as be-
ing a great commercial benefit in case
“'P™-'- t T It , y.H n Aorten \ a the . v time for ,
. i? Mei T
S?!“ ,tr ‘ f 1 V ,,nys e ° ,ug Tb e ,,tm “ amuad “° tl« ( y
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southern coast of Florida are x’ery
j r8A ,.) ielo ns, owing to the numerous
01m . e „, a . Allthto danger will be done
‘ v „{ AV ith
Vo expect tU{ft ir )>0 00,000 tons of
frei 5 ut wiI1 p a *« th ™& i !, he ca r al
w jjj ma i ie the enterprise j^av. We
httve app H e d for the charter, and will
probably get it next month. As soon
as it is issued we will begin work.
“Mr. Caffal, our civil engineer, has
already surveyed the ground, and all
arrangements have been made to push
the work.”
The consul general further said that
the harbor of St. Augustine would be
the eastern entrance to the new canal.
The width of the waterway will be 200
feet through its entire length, and it
will be deep enough to allow the largest
ship to pass through. It will proba¬
bly be about five years before tbe canal
is finished.
PEARLS IN ARKANSAS.
Rivers Dined With People Engageil In
Hunting the Little Treasure*.
A special from Helena states that
the pearl hunting industry, which has
been exciting the whole country, is
spreading [ L all over that end of the
T St. Fraud, river, from toe
Jeffersonville, 1.
, ined witu , vhite peo ' ple and negroes,
, im ar thing and prying
- ^
* ^ lmtsseI she l K
exhibited a small bottle of
from Phillips bayou, a
t ib , o( tllc st . Francis . They
' pearls
>re , !ark er than the ordinary of
bnt are handsomer shaped
o( , siz „ A „ tUe chain of
j a j. ea j n the hitherto impenetrable St.
Francis river bottoms are full of these
pearl-bearing mussels, and should
they prove to be valuable the whole
country will presently be engaged in
the business to the detriment of crop
gathering.
STEAMER RUN INTO.
The “Gate City” Struck by Unknown Ves¬
sel and Her Starboard Stove ln.
^ New York dispatch says* The
Ocean Steamship Company’s steamer
0 „ te city „„ rnn i„ to „ 2 o'clock
Friday morning off Egg Harbor light
>'T » "ge veaael, tbe idenfifyof which
“ ?be
GatoCify'a .larboard aid. was
s tove in just above the waterline aud
abaft the engine, a large section of the
deckhouse also being broken. The
st rarner left Savannah for New York
August 31st __ with ... twenty-one , , pas-
on
seugers.
In the confusion following . the col-
.. having »»«£Ll^^ftotinctto be en made out distin ctly.
TEST MAKERS STRIKE.
FiTe Thousand of Them Demand An In-
Crease of Wages.
At New York, Friday, vestmakers to
tfee num ber of 5,000 went on strike for
b ;g ber wages Tbe strikers are affili-
at6( | the Hebrew Trades and So-
c j a L s tic Labor Alliance of the city and
vicinity. *
Half tbe strikers are
demand is for an advance of twen-
ty t<t twenty-five per cent^n wages.
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pi \N0 YYORKS BURN
works> Barckoff Organ works, Dickson
Wood works, was burned to the ground
Mlv ^ i^6o,m0. at an early hour, entailing a
o
It is supposed that the building was
“hiAthVbtaJrfarSTd«” %
sass ss?
Devoted to Southern Progress and Colonization.
THE FEYER IX NEW ORLEANS.
Louisiana State Board Announce* Ap¬
pearance of Breaded Scourge.
The Louisiana state board of health
kept faith with its sister bodies of the
south and the rest of the country Mon¬
day afternoon when it made official
l announcement, as the result of a
careful autopsy, that Raoul Gelpi,
&M.r diedo,y ; llow
i ntfTS'wK OoeL spnS "Se 11 F hL3^™ 0m ' ? 6 °'
a
| vied to Ills borne in Sen- Orleans.
Soon after arriving, despite the best
medical attention,he died. Dr.Theard,
xe ^ t ^'Z^ke boaTcfof“eaRh ltd
expressed the opinion that death was
due to yellow fever.
,hjf ’ 1 8 11 ea “ ° “, a *° P ,7 OVt pr ,°? e ' f d r
, q 1 possible spS
taken to ^- prevent a of
dis
Aa this case was one of importance,
the , doctors expressed confidence that
they would be able to check the spread
of the disease.
The death of young Gelpi naturally
caused no little excitement in the city,
Physicians, however, expressed no ap-
prehension and state their belief that
it was quite possible to arrest the
spread of the fever.
The board during quarantine the day a^ain.t had or-
ilered a rigid all
points on the gulf coast and had taken
every precaution to guard means of
rcTvT atl0nagainStthe r tra r t0
pT aUy Pe ^° n9 1 ° C !f n
i
souini, wueieit was thought the fever
might reach.
During the day the bulletin boards
h™l.! ee ffi'‘ T" Se ' 11 *e board of
hea to office besieged and the Western
Union wires freighted with messages
to and from the various coast resorts.
In the meantime, however, reassur-
Springs ing telegrams arrived from Ocean
that the Mississippi board of
health had taken every precaution
possible to circumscribe the limits of
the epidemic and prevent its commu-
nication to the outside world.
‘‘We have no fear,” said Dr. Walms-
ley, acting president of the board of
health, “that the fever will spread in
New Orleans. The board of health is
prepared to spend a million dollars to
stamp it out and we see no reason to
feel alarmed. People ought not to
get frightened. This one case was
taken charge of in time and such
scientific fumigation has been applied
as to warrant the hope tlia f we shall
promptly disease. and effectively stamp out the
“We have made arrangements to
issue a circular to every practicing
ing physician him promptly in New Orleans, command-
to report ,to the board
of health every suspicious case of
fever.
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promptly m every ease, and if, unfor-
shall be brought to our attention, we
shall without delay notify the world
through the Associated Press of the
facts ”
THE JUDGES WILL ACT
And Convict Reform In Georgia Will Soon
The private misdemeanor convict
camp in Georgia will soon be a thing
of tbe past. The news is coming in
from all parts of the state that the j
opening of tbe fall terms of court has
marked a reform in the treatment of
misdemeanor convicts and that the
judges are active in seeing that their
orders to tbe court officers are no
The actio^of Governor Athtoeon to
the superior and county court judges
and the solicitors general of the dis-
trict, concerned, is rapidly hearing
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ALTGELD ADDRESSES LABOR MEN.
Ex-Governor of Illinois Make* a Speech at
Washington Park.
Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld, of
Illinois, addressed an audience of
about one thousand people at Wash-
ington park on tbe Delaware river
Monday afternoon.
His subject was “Municipal and
Government Ownership and Govern-
ment by Injunction.”
The ex-governor was present through
an invitation from the United Labor
League of Philadelphia.
CHANGE IN MONEY ORDERS
Contemplated By the Postoffiee Depart¬
ment For Safety.
A Washington dispatch says: The
postoffiee department intends to reor-
ganize its money order system. The
two recent robberies of government
funds by postmasters has aroused the
departinsnt to the weakness of the sys¬
tem.
Hereafter all postoffices and sub¬
stations will be liable to inspection at
the most unexpected times. Every¬
thing must agree or the postmaster
will be taken into custody at once.
These examinations will be as unex¬
pected and as carefully made as those
of national banks.
SULTAN AND CZAll CONFER.
Report That a Mutual Arrangements Ha*
Been Agreed Upon.
Tbe Constantinople correspondent of
Tbe London Standard says he is cred-
ii,] T informed that the sultan has been
j n direct communication with the czar
an q * be correspondence has resulted in
the mabiug of mutual arrangements by
v >hich the sultan agrees never to use
his influence against Russia in Central
Asia and the czar pledges himself to
uphold Turkish rights in Europe.
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MONTGOMERY HAS QUARANTINE.
Spuags and S. rai.tcm and ail oiher
p.aees u here the fever may break out.
i be quarantine is against all passen-
^ggage and freight liable to
dlsease and ^ 1 be rl ^ d *
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OUTLOOK FOR REACHING KLON¬
DIKE THIS FALL IS GLOOMY.
8 NEW ELDORADO DISCOVERED.
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Gola Prodnr.r.
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Advices from Vancouver, B. 0.,
1 ***** that the 8teamer Ca P itano Ca P*
-
: tain Powers, returned Sunday morn-
' ing from Juneau, Dyea and Skaguay.
i She broa 8 ht *"» »»• miner from
! Juneau who is disgusted with the out-
look ^ ^tting into the gold fields
* this fan. Her cattle and horses were
landed ssfely, but American custom
officials charged a duty of $30 on each
horse. On steamef the way down the captain
! spoke the Bristol and the
stern wheeler Eugene, which left Vic-
toria last week at Alert bay.
The Capitano brings no advices
of importance from the north. The
crush at Dyea and Skaguay is as great
as ever, and many disheartened peo-
pie are daily J- turning K,«°f,b.1o„.a. back
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A special dispatch was received
Monday by The Detroit Evening News
fr ° ln Wawa Cit 7’ the newl y laidout
tOWn ln tbe Michicopocoten gold conn-
t r y onLat 0 W ? ».O„f The embryo
.
town is situated in the narj-ow pass,
which leads to Lake Wawa from the
landing places on the shore of Lake
Superior, which in but six miles from
the gold diseoeerie,. The News’ staff
correspondent writes:
“As to the gold discoveries develop-
ing into anything like the indications
given, it cau be said that quartz has
been found that assays over $30 a ton.
It is.found not in one section, but in
different eral thousand places, extending Quartz over sev- j !
acres. has been
found here containing free gold iu
chunks as big as kernels of wheat |
gold in its pure form, which does not
have to be subjected to a chemical
process to free it from the rock. '
“Prospectors every day are finding
specimens that assay $50 a ton. Prob-
ably 100 prospectors are today work-
ing in the hills. Another parly of 25
reached here yesterday afternoon.
Several thousand acres.have already
been claimed, but there are all kinds
of disputes about priority claims, and
nobody can tell who will get a patent
from the government.
“The country where the discoveries
were made has "never been opened up
for settlement. The only inhabitants
ore Indians and Hudson bay traders ’
a nd they are few.”
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FRENCH CABLE CAUSES KICK. |
May be Cut Authority. ® od h *Government j
Officials of the state department at
Washington and of the attorney geu- i
eral’s office have been conferring re-
cently relative to the French cable
which lands at £ Capo \ Cod
^ ^ Ysi ^ ^
thority given by the president through
^Yrench'coirv * LnvS S coiSe’ beenreolaJ
Sf. X 3L n l;
Jaudiu g of ca les withou 1 e as. e of
congress "'hile Senator Ne son a er-
tvnrds offered another b.ll lear.ug the
2^^ ‘ “ ' / ' |
^ P 4 d ^-ocean in
n
^r^TheXney been the right And genet, cable t dm
as to to the
of a foreign ° company
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BRYAN TO WORKINGMEN.
He Review* and Addresses an Immense
Throng at St. Louis.
A feature of Labor Day celebration
in St. Louis was an address of Hon.
W. J. Bryan, at Concordia park. The
biggest crowd ever seen in the park
greeted the speaker. His speech
throughout was enthusiastically ap-
plauded. Previous to the meeting Mr.
Bryan reviewed a parade of 15,000 j
laboring men.
TRAIN DEMOLISHES A WAGON.
Three Persons Killed and Their Bodies
Horribly Mangled.
A Philadelphia and Reading wreck-
ing engine crashed into a wagon at a
grade crossing at Frush Valley, a few
miles above Reading, Monday night,
and three lives were lost. The dead
are:
Evan Hesiter, aged forty-fire; War- j
ren Faust, aged nineteen;Leon Faust,
aged °A11 seven. kiftsd. The boys
were instantly
were sons of Allen Faust, a miller of
Berley, aud were hauling a load of
flour.* The presumption is that they
did not hear the approaching engine, j
The bodies were horribly mangled.
CROKER MAY ENTER RACE.
Probability That He Will Be Tammany
Hall’* Candidate For Mayor.
Richard Croker was a passenger by
the American line steamer New Yoik,
which arrived at her dock early Mon-
dgy. have
Mr. Croker’s fellow-passengers
come to the conclusion that he is to be
the Tammany Hall candidate for mayor
of New York. During the voyage
j many efforts were made to draw Mr.
Croker out on the snbject.
potat o, hay and corn crops m most of
| the districts of Ireland has resulted m
* he gloomiest outlook f or the winter,
The chairman of the Michael’s town
board of guardians at a meeting held
< ertoi.,
; sas
EXPLOSION IX GAS WELL.
A Number of People Killed and Building*
Demolished.
An explosion of nitroglycerin oc-
curred at Cygnet, O., Monday after-
noon, which resulted m the death of
six people whose names are known
and several whose names are at pres-
[ ent unknown.
I
I Charles Bartle, Jack Lansdale.
Tie explosion ooonrre., at Grant
llw t??* b C Y,' '\ l f‘"«J k * d N', “ Sl
Wn thJ p
shooter for Ohio and Indiaua Tor-
j pe £? Com V™?- " as a „ $ asser , and when
, .
down ing, into^Ut^xnloded*^th ro«r‘ this flame,1 C * *** d
and « h a hot
high above the derrick.
^ SOou several as climbed drillprs into- aaw the der- the
hardly got the e whe^fehere was^ ter
r ifi c exnlosion The hnvnimr trlveeriifin' aas
had started the remaining fnlwaion
the empty cans steudinp g g
near the derrick
i n another wagon near by were cans
containing thiswas^started another 1*>0 ouarts of the
stuff and by 7 the force
of thefirst explosion
The second °“?i7 was blended t>lende ‘ l with * lth the the
S a th! conL.Ty 1^^
trembled from shock
The National Supply demolished Company’s
°* c * "as completely and
nothing remained but Ther? a big hole where
the a-,g„ u ,to„d. i. not a
whole pane of glass in any window in
the town and every house and store
was shaken
Who the other tilled „r. cannot be
learned now, owing to the excitement.
The damage to the Ohio Oil Company ?
will amount to $2 000
Eight buildings are a total wreck
and many others dama-ed The town
has a population of about 2 200
Many 7 bystanders * were woundr-A '
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TILLMAN TO UNION MEN.
Senator Delivers Bailor Day Address at
Rochester, n. y.
Senator Tillman was the orator of
Hm Labor Day celebration of the trades
unions at Rochester, New York. His
subject was “Labor and Capital in
Their Relation to Politics.”
The Senator advised the democrats
of the state to refuse to accept a candi-
date for the court of appeals who had
llcd voted for Bryan and who did not
st »ud on the Chicago platform.
Referring to the injunction granted
aga tut the striking miners, the sena-
tor severely criticised the judges who
granted the orders, and asserted that
until an end was put to “government
by injunction,” there could be no lib-
erty in this country.
The speaker ridiculed the bimetallic
commission, aud deplored the spectacle
countries and begging for bimetallism;
It would be just as sensible to ask for
an international agreement in passing
the tariff laws, he said, as to ask for an
international monetary agreement.
NOMINATED THE WRONG MAN.
-
Colnrado an or
There is consternation among the
ad ver democrats of Colorado over the
discovery that the state convention,
wbich at Denver, nominated a
Cleveland democrat as a candidate for
• gtice of the supreme court,
“ nominee, John A. Gordon, ' of
Tr i<larJ> lo[>k active ))art in tll8
igQorance of hig recordj and they
have no hesitancy the,/hasty now in action! expressing
disgust at. n hich
^' as taken in their anxiety to prevent
the en d o rsGm ent of the populist nom-
inee, W. H. Gabbitt.
WANT OLD WAGES RESTORED.
Louisville and Nashville Employe* Will
Confer With Official*.
^ Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says:
The 10 per cent cut in wages made by
the Louisville & Nashville three or j
four years ago and which came so near
causing the biggest strike in the his- !
tor y °f system, is now coming to
t be front again and this time it is en- i
tirely in a different manner.
NOTED CRIMINAL CAUGHT.
O’Hara Enjoyed Six Year* of Freedom
After Breaking Jail.
Eugene O’Hara, alias Joe Bates,
alias James Brown, forty-two years
old, burglar, highwayman and des-
perado and probably murderer, who
cut his way out of Jefferson Market
prison at New York six years ago, and
who has been hunted ever since, was
recaptured Sunday by detectives,
After his escape O’Hara, with an-
other fugitive from justice, Joe Stran-
ahao, made his way to Colon, from
which place they later proceeded to
Europe, where they committed a series
of housebreaks and other serious
crimes.
CARNEGIE BUYS A CASTLE.
American Ironmaster Will Have Royal
Domicile Abroad.
Advices from London state that Air.
Andrew Carnegie, the American iron-
master, has purchased Skibo castle,an
estate which comprises 28,000 acres
G f the best shooting and fishing dis¬
trict of Sntherlandshire. Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, with a party
of friends, including Ian MacLaren
(Dr. Watson), have just completed a
long cruise among the Hebrides.
BREAD WILL COST MORE.
As a Result Londoner* Will Experience
wheat wee klv, independent of flour,
and q ur j ng August less than 35,000
*“ quarters were used J per week.
ot one arter f London’s bread
is made fr0 m English flour, and the
pesvntlglrVatoat o{ toll'd if 5Jd
■? r*
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: S1.00 A YEAR.
i
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AN EFFORT AT EVICTION RESULTS
LTTER FAILI RE.
STONES AND CLUBS FREELY USED
Miner* Won the Day and the Officer*
Were Forced to Lrava.
Women In the Fray.
A Pittsburg, Pa., special says: The
i efforts to evict the striking miners of
the Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Corn-
P au J at Orangeville, one and a half
! “ ile « '™ Ctoatonville, resnlted in a
i riot Monday.
j | When the news was received that
the evictions were to he attempted.the
I : 7 ho1 .® Ticia it ? about FinUyviUe. Gaa-
i tonville and . t laugeville became wildly
I **'n Ab ? lt ^ o > clock Sunday night, dep-
U J + r? ^ JoS a8hlll f ph «*® Hemphill, u » Pa .j *“ reached charge
Fl V' “ le y T1,le ’ wheiethey were met by
? T °* !***"* th ?"
• Each deputy armed
\ was with
* n mchester rifle and a revolver, but
in spite of this the strikers, headed by
? * be d fP" tles *'««!» received to
7 ,7*™*
! lowed^by “o wh2o Xn “her F< Si ' fol-
Tn.S a IZ™°' crowd of t tw tr*
7 0 reached^ vi«ck Mnmlnv .“ * 1lA
217? trouble " W “ en th he ®
qS^s 4 starter SlS .
OringeTiUe anfl caYriLd
f Each h one one cal ” ed hls hri
. . , V*?!, , 7 and h .
1U ^ re '
!f ™ ”1" ™ ^ f the ® xp £ bes se ?* but th ff Headed e l , ,ftd by no
e ^ an \ e ' v '^™ Gn |f^ h e ers strikers ; rushed
on n the deputies with stones, clubs and
pickhandles and the blows fell thick
and fast
Une ° f the women nested a rifle
# from a deputy , s hands and struck him
*he head with it, inflicting a serious
ln i' ir 7-
p y this < time 1,000 men, women and
children had joined the crowd. They
came from Venetia, Snowden, Calamity
and Conleyville. The deputies slowly
made their way to Orangeville, taking
»U the above insults and injuries, but
never firing a shot. There they took
refuge in a vacant house, closely fol-
|°T building t ed by and ft threatened who surrounded to burn it. the
I many one of the strikers approach-
ed the house with a flag of truce aud a
conference was held. The deputies
were ordered to leave town and after
a short parly, decided to do so. They
emerged from the house amt walking
between the open ranks of strikers,
started for Gastonville.
* h ® ^5*
sertou. ly mirt. One had Ins n«m ngm
hft J np^utteTran The
As the defeated deputies ran the
gauntlet they were greeted with hisses,
c ursea f nd tldl ® u1 ^ T ie inkers then
closed 1 behind them and marched them
to the station where they took the tram
^A^rtS departure the mob dis¬
persed and everything became quiet,
The officials of the company say no
further attempt will be made to 4vict
the miners for the present,
FACILITIES OF THE SOUTH
Fop Making Armor Flat* Will.Be Pre¬
sented to Committee.
General Manager A. M. Shook, of
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway
Company; Congressman Gaines, of
Nashville; Congressman Enderwood,
of Alabama, and Congressman Living¬
ston, of Georgia, will go before the
naval armory plate committee in a few
days to urge the examination of tho
armor plate-making facilities of the
south.
Colonel Shook in an interview said
that his company stands ready to de¬
liver steel plate at an Atlantic seaboard
port at a less cost than can be done by
any company in tbe United States.
He also said the iron made by his
company was well adapted to making
armor plate, for Carnegie uses it as a
mixture in manufacturing plates.
Colonel Shook claimed that the ea-
pacity of the blast furnaces at Bir-
mingham, Ala., is more tban sufficient
to supply all demands for plate.
REID MURDER TRIAL BEGUN.
Defendent I* Charged With the Killing of
Halstead, In Macon.
The case of the state of Georgia
against Charles Reid, charged with
the killing of L. W. Halstead in a cir¬
cus tent in Macon, was taken up in the
Bibb county superior court Monday
before Judge Felton.
Mrs. Reid and Robert Dennington
will be tried on sepeiate counts after
the case of Charles Reid is disposed
of. They are charged under the in¬
dictment with being accessories be¬
fore the fact.
No case of late years has attracted
more attention. Both sides announced
ready when the case was called.
M’KINLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
President I* Visiting Hi* Brother, Abner,
at Somerset.
President and Mrs. McKinley and
party arrived at Somerset, Pa., from
Canton in a special car at 8 o’clock
Monday morning, and will pass the
week at the summer residence of the
president’s brother, Abner McKinley.
A reception committee of twenty
prominent citizens in ca riages met the
distinguished visitors at the station
and escorted them over the principal
ho streets of the town to the McKinley
ne.
SHOT-GUN QUARANTINE
May Be Organized By Texans Through
the Report* of Yellow Fever.
State Health Officer Swearingen,
8'ationed at Austin, Tex., has issued
an iron-clad quarantine against Ocean
Springs, Miss., and all other points
now affected or likely to be affected by
yellow fever. It will go into immedi¬
ate effect and last indefinitely. Reports
from the gulf coast are to the effect
that the inhabitants are badly fright-
fsta at the proipecga of yellow fever,
NO. 43.
PENSION PAYMENTS HEAYY.
Deficit of FIta Million* Fo* First
Mont h* of Fiscal Year.
the According to a Washington
pension payments are
to frighten the republicans as well
the democrats. The total receipts
the government for the first
months of the present fiscal year
imports stall customs houses was
§23,954.49, and there have been
pended during these two months
349,378.20 for pensions, or nearly
million dollars more than was
ted in our custom houses.
The treasury department in its
get calls attention to the large
payments and accounts for the
deficit by this means. The deficit
the last month was $14,351,794.01.
The deficit for the fiscal year
about $25,000,000. The receipts
customs have only been $6,986,702.84,
a little more than one-third as much
as the customs receipts of last month.
The decrease is, of course, due to
the natural cessation of imports
lowing the heavy and anticipatory im¬
portations during July, when the
Dingley bill was still pending in con¬
gress.
The internal revenue receipts were
for the month $11,198,194, or more
than two millinn dollars less than the
pension expenditures for this month,
which were $13,391,000. The receipts
from customs this month were less
than half the rmount required to
pensions. The government expended
during the month for the civil, mili¬
tary and naval establishments the sum
of $16,004,000. This includes the
salary of every officer from the presi¬
dent down to the chairwomen all over
the country, and all military and naval
officers, the federal judiciary, new
ships, fortifications, river and harbor
improvements and all public buildings
being built.
HESTER’S COTTON REPORT.
Secretary of Cotton Exchange Gives Fig¬
ure* For the Fast Pear.
Secretary Hester’s New Orleans cot¬
ton exchange annual report was iss led
Friday. Mr. Hester puts the average
commercial value of the crop at $36.76
per bale, against $41.09 last year and
$30 in 1894-95, and the total value
$321,925,000, against $294,045,000 last
year, nearly $28,000,000 more than for
the same period last year. The past
crop cost growers less than any yet
produced. The total spindles in the
south is 3,851,991, an increase of 158,-
753. The total number of mills is
482, an increase of seven.
Mr. Hester says that, while the sea¬
son had not been favorablo to American
mills, final results indicate that the ex¬
tent of the depression has been decid¬
edly overstated in the public prints
and otherwise. The takings north and
south during the past year, practically
all have been consumed, have been ex¬
ceeded but twice in the previous seven
years. The mills of the north have
worked up as much cotton, while those
south used 138,000 bales more than
laaiYear. Imports .of foreign cotton
last week. Of this 771,00 l is Ameri¬
can, against 803,000 last week. The
total visible stock shows a decrease
compared with last year of 383.000.
WILL FIGHT IT OUT.
D'Armitt Say* Hi* Company Will Stand
Firm.
A Pittsburg diseatch says: The set¬
tlement of the coal strike on the basis
of the proposition now uuder consid¬
eration at the Columbus conference
will have no effect upon the future ac¬
tion of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company, according to the
statement of President DeArmitt.
Said he:
“Even if the great bituminous coal
strike is settled in every state and dis¬
trict involved, and all the strikers re¬
turn to work pending arbitration on a
new price, the miners of the New York
and Cleveland Gas Coal company still
have to fight it out with the oompany
and return to work to carry out the
contract legally signed and accepted
by the strikers.”
NEW GEORGIA POSTOFFICES.
A Washington dispatch says: Fourth-
class postoffices have been established
at the following towns in Georgia:
May, Haralson county.
Hollo, Screven county.
Paulina, Harris county.
Townsville, Meriwether county.
The postoffiee at Catoosa Springs
has been ordered abolished.
A NEW TURKISH MINISTER.
Rifaat Bey Will Represent That Country
at Washington.
Advices from Constantinople state
that Rifaat Bey, until recently coun¬
cilor of the Turkish embassy in Lon¬
don, has been appointed Turkish min¬
ister at Washington in succession to
Mustapha Tahsin Bey.
FLEEING FROM CHOLERA.
The Scourge Said to Be Raging In British
Columbia.
It is reported that the people are
fleeing for their lives from the town of
Sandon, B. C., on account of the chol¬
era. No estimate of the number of
deaths has been received.
SETH LOW ACCEPTS.
H* I* Willing to Contest For Mayoralty of
Greater New York.
A dispatch states that President
Seth Low, of Columbia university,
has accepted the nomination of the
Citizens’ Union for mayor of Greatef
New York.
He was officially notified of his nom¬
ination by a special messenger of the
Citizens’ Union. In bis reply Presi¬
dent Low stated that he would soon
prepare a letter formally accepting.
Florida Quarantines.
Dr. J. Y. Porter, state health offieer
of Florida, has taken official action in
regard to the yellow fever reported and has in
Mississippi and Loniaiana,
placed an effective quarantine infected on per-
sons and baggage from the
points. .
Rich Widow Founds Hospital.
Mrs. Richard Millikea, of New
leans, widow of the wealthy sugar
planter, presented the ehanty hospita
wdh $75,000 to found a children i
building, which will include a kinder
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