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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. ♦ * * 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. ! i 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 ' 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. l __—.——----—- _ 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 ' 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. _____ 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. “ nr ~ ----—■’“***—v't/-. *■ A - - 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 Irmt ' 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. . 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 * Sprto« & - ! OUTLOOK FOR REACHING KLON¬ DIKE THIS FALL IS GLOOMY. 8 NEW ELDORADO DISCOVERED. - Gola Prodnr.r. - 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 A 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.” ------- 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 ' _ 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 ' ___________ 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 ! 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 ispsrsais<*<—