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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR TO {"£"* «£KifiE& 1S&I VOL. XXIV. ffi III Silt ENDED. RATCHFORD SAYS AN AMICABLE SttUATION PREVAILS. SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT. Thing* will u« Serene From the present Until the Beginning of Next Year. __ M _ ). _ RacMov.1, rrosi.lcnt of the United Mine Workers of America, gave out tho following authorized statement to the Associated Press Tues- day: “Today w ill see about 75,000 min¬ ers resume work in the bituminous coal fields of tbe central states. The strike generally ends today. This is the middle of the twelfth week of its duration. It was brought to a close at our convention held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 8th to the 11th of the present month, the ten days’ time be¬ ing given to allow miners and opera¬ tors to come together in Illinois and West Virginia to meet the p-ice fixed —65 cents a ton in Pittsburg, 56 cents in Ohio and Indiana and the same to continue until the end of December. The mining situation is not likely to be disturbed again until the beginning of next year, when they hope to be able to settle the question amicably and without tho necessity of a strike. “I am well satisfied with the agree¬ ment reached and feel that it is the greatest victory gained by trades unions in years. While they have dona the striking, trades unions and organized bodies have supplied the necessaries, without which the miners could not possibly succeed. It w as a victory for organized labor and not for any particular trade, and we want our friends who have helped us to feel that it is their victory as well as ours. I feel very grateful for the as¬ sistance given us by the American Federation of Labor, and by the kindly disposition shown at all timcR by Mr. Gompers and the members of his executive committee.” Mr. Batch ford was asked as to the situation in West Virginia and Illi¬ nois. He said: “The greatest difficulty in the way of an advance in the Illinois district is the fact that contracts were taken last spring, based upon a low mining rate, as they were in Pittsburg ami elsewhere. But this is a matter that avo cannot be responsible for; it is n matter of business to the operator him¬ self. No man has a right to sell a man’s labor one year in advance with¬ out consulting the laborer. “While Ave have always deferred to theclaimsof men along those lines, the time has come when no further consid¬ eration can be given them, because the wages paid to the miner is below the living point and the preservation of life takes precedence over business affairs. “My advices from West Virginia ave to the effect that our miners avIio are standing firm, are Avell pleased with the agreement reached and evince a determination to fight their battle to the end. Their pui pose is to bring the miners and operators of the state together in a joint, convention, that a uniform mining price may be fixed and paid for the same vein of coal, and a fair relative price for other veins Avith- in tho state. In short., fix a mining rate that will give to West Y r irginia fair competing opportunities and nothing more. “Fixing a mining rate that will give fair opportunities is the object of miners’ organizations everywhere. We are working to bring operators of the several states together with this end in view. Though our efforts have been futile, we will continue to advocate that policy, believing there is such a Avayto keep down strikes and disputes which ave of advantage to neither side and that is for the miners and opera¬ tors interested from the various states to meet annually, mutually fix prices for each district that are fair and just and each party to the agreement to ob¬ serve it faithfully until a subsequent the agreement takes its place. During eight years this system avss in vogue, strikes and disturbances of a general character were unknown, and the causes which gave rise to them can noA\- be removed so that the operators interested will 6ee their interests in this light. ” BIG FIRE IN COLUMBUS. Iffift* Factory and the Southern** Freight Depot In A*he». One of the most disastrous fires from which Columbus, Ga., has suffered since the burning of the Rankin house block twenty years ago occurred Mon- luy night when the lumber yard, sash, blind and door factory of Butts A C >per, together with the Southern railway freight depot, went up in smoke. Iu addition to tho factory aud depot two Louisville uud NasliA'ille freight cars loaded with cotton were consumed. The loss will aggregate *60,000, it is estimated. SHERIFF MARTIN UNDER BOND. It Was He Who Eed Deputies In the Eat timer Slaughter. Sheriff James Martin and about forty of his deputies were arraigned Tuesday j m court at Wilkesbarre, l>a., morning, charged with the murder o enty " f r r *r ki g mmer8 LaUte Lattimer on September t l 10 0 After several witnesses had testified tbe judge held the sheriff and hu deputies in $4,000 each for trial. Bai furnished and they returned U Hazelt-on. ‘ LOFTIN CASE IN CABINET. The Affair Disenssed by Jf're*ident and HI* Adviser*. A Washington dispatch states that a member of the cabinet lias given out tbe information that during the recess °f the cabinet meeting Friday the^ shooting ♦in, of the negro postmaster, Lof- der at Hogansville. Ga., had been nu- discussion, and that some federal action would be taken. 1 be postoffice department w ill prob- ably offer a reward for the Rpprehen- & jon of the assailants, as that was about the only action that could be taken, he said. he mitbefn fUft t ♦ PRESIDENT WILL ACT. The Shooting of Hog ansvllle’* Postmaster Will Result In Prosecution. The attempted assassination of the colored postmaster of Hogansville, Ga., has attracted the attention of the whole country. The shooting has aroused the gov- ernment authorities, and President oE Ebe negro punished. District Attorney Angier announces Uiat he will prosecute ex-Postmater Hardaway to the fullest extent of the law for violating the postal laws. It develops that the Hogansville people ®ent authorities had |« tliat t.U h; the'goven.- they would lose |“ 3 ei t f >0 postofflee. ^ C0 against if they Lo tin. did not raise <- The K general opinion of the federal authorities is that the shooting of Loftin was the immediate result of the S 8lt of * he Poetoffice inspector to Hogansville some days ago. The in- spector tigate went to Hogansville to inves- the reported boycott. He found on arriving there that the citizens bad not only boycotted Loftin, but were mailing a postolfice of their own, with ex-Postmaster Hardaway as their postmaster. The inspector called a meeting of the citizens at his room at the Hogans- ville hotel The business men of the town responded and met the inspector, who told them that they were violating the law l>y operating a postoffice in opposition" to the regular legal office Ile further told them that they must raise their boycott or lose the post- office altogether. No attention was paid to the inspec- tor’s warning and his efforts to adjust the trouble proved vain. When he left they were still running the oppo- •Mo. postoffice A <].y liter Loftin was shot District Attorney Angier has re- ceived positive instructions from Washington to 1 prosecute the case. 11KIN80N CRITICIZES M’KINLEY. Intimate* That l’re*i»lent I* Accessory to Hoganrtvllle Crime. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, tel¬ egraphed the NeAv York Herald, in response to a request for his views ou the Loftin shooting, that President McKinley is morally au accessary to to crime ef the man who shot the Ho¬ gansville postmaster. The governor does not defend the crime of the would-be assassin, but he blames the president for the condi¬ tion which brought it on. The telegram was in response to a request from The Herald for the gov¬ ernor’s views, and Avas substantially as folloAvs: “The oourt will convene in that county in November and the grand jury will inves¬ tigate tho matter, and if there is evidence to convict anyone thero will bo no trouble in punishing tho guilty party. The officers are capable men and will do their duty. The shooting of tho negro i? universally condemned by tho people. “The same spirit of candor in which I have written compels me to say that our people are uniformly of the opinion that the man who appointed tho postmaster at Hogansville over the violent protest of those citizens who furnish ninety-nine one hundredths of the business of the office, who own almost the entire property of the community and who represent the forces which made and constitute the civilization of the community, knowing at the time that the appointment would be taken as a delib¬ erate effort on his part to degrade and humiliate them, was himself, from a moral standpoint, an accessory to this lamentable crime. “EA-en these men, who took this view, do not blame the republican party for giving positions to the negroes who have been faithful to them, but it would have been better for the negroes and pleasanter for the white people of the south if they had given them positions where they were not brought so directly in contact with the peo¬ ple to whom they are offensh-e as officers. “You ask me what is going to be the ef¬ fect of this. I reply that the effect will be the same it would be in Ohio if the same con¬ ditions prevailed. Leaving out the ques¬ tions arising from prejudice, what would be the result in Ohio if the president, in mak¬ ing appointments, ignored the views of property holders and all the best elements of the community, and over their violent protest appointed to office a man whom he knew to be offensive to them?” The governor concluded Avith the statement that the law would be en¬ forced in Georgia without fear or fa¬ vor. DIAZ’S ASSAILANT LYNCHED. After the Deed XVa* Done Twenty of the Eyncher* Were Arrested. A special from Mexico City says: Arroyo, who assaulted President Diaz, was lynched Friday night by a mob. About twenty of the lynchers were ar¬ rested. The mob apparently had no organization, but it was directed in some mysterious "broke way. jail by forcing They into the the doors Avith huge timbers bandied bv a hundred men. They overpower¬ ed the guards and surrounded them, while a detail of men ran down the corridor and dragged out the trem¬ bling Arroyo. INDIANA FACTORIES RESUME. w , n >1A ij an) i Lamp Chimney Work* B«- Operation* Anew. A d - tch of Sundav from Ander- ^’ American wire employing 700 men, the LinDiucotljamp men^and chimney the" McBeth plant, which lamp works 400 of chimney cn 3 works with a like number Hs rolls> have resumed in full blast a after a shut down of some two months a_____— PASSENGERS DROWNED LIKE RATS English and Austrian Steamer* Collide and the Eatter Goes to the Bottom, A dispatch to the London Daily y ews from Vienna says that while t e t ea mer Ika. with a crew of ten am s Austrian passenger^ ca rrving fifteen Flume, entering the port at on sV as Tuesday evening, tbe river Flumara, hard, she a -hiie a storm was blowing i co uid e d with the English steamer Pv'iai which was leaving. * r ihe bows of the Ika were stove m aud s he sank in twenty minutes. Boats were hastily put off and sa% e tbe captain and seven others, but mo 0 f the passengers were drowned. TOCCOA. HABERSHAM COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24.1807. MARINE HOSPITAL OFFICFRS NO. : TIFIED AS TO THEIR DUTIES. j j FEVER IS SLOWLY PROGRESSING. | - I’unickv ‘ reeiin * in " New Orie * n * c u»cd ^ 7 Situation at t m. other Point*. f , ; - : A Washington special says: Surgeon General Wtman has issued to marine . . fniwitwr inatrne- 8 ' tions defining . „ . their field . of , operations . behalf of the government in aid of etate ailt horities in dealing with yel- 10 ,,ei ever ’ , Hurray, r . charge , of all • urgeon in matters between Louisiana and Ala- ba “ a ’ hne but not deluding Jackson and Nieksburg. Surgeon Saw^elle, at Atlanta, in . charge of Georgia. Surgeon Carter in charge of New Oceans . and AesJst Louisiana. f nt Surgeon Glennan, at . Mobile, m charge of Alabama, and P re PamUo establish a detention camp ocar Mobde. Past Assistant. Surgeon Geddmgs, at Jackson, Miss., m charge of north- Mississippi is establishing deten- tlo “f a ™P neftr Edwarde ’ Bast Assistant A Surgeon Young, at Memphis, . to aid Mississippi river in- «pection and co-operate with local au- .fir a 6 c * h 1 otlIce „ ? : 18 . to wire . daily , P® 8 » “ ‘ .. , . . . a,,d deaths »“““ b aAmna* ranaiv. ec ^ ed i Uwr jy Surgeon q „ r ( T , e ” ei a Y yman Fnday , ni 8 ht m * ch l ded 1 tbe , fo lowing: From Vicksburg, Miss., Dr. Hun¬ ter, president of the state board of health, reported that there had been one suspicious case at Nitta Yuma. There is no one sick now. From Mobile, Dr. Guiteras reports: Day ending at noon, cases previous re¬ port, three; new- cases, two;suspicious cases, three; deaths, two. Total under treatment five. The fever situation in New- Orleans assumed a more serious aspect Friday than at auy time since Sunday, when six of the St. Claude cases were de¬ clared to be yellow fever. At G o’clock in the evening the board of health of the city announced the appearance of eight new cases, and of these one death. At the office of the board of health reports w-ere considered some¬ what surprising and disappointing. Friday was one of the hottest days of the month, and as yellow fever thrives in that character of weather, there seems to have been a rapid development of germs. The physi¬ cians still feel, however, that there is much that is satisfactory in the situa¬ tion. It is true that the new- eases re¬ ported represent the extreme upper, the extreme lower and the central portions of the city, but there has been no serious spread from original foci, and the hopeful opinion is still expressed that the disease may be controlled and that there is no imi- nent danger of an epidemic. Secretary Patton, of the board, said Friday evening: “The appearance of eight cases to¬ day is not necessarily alarming. I said three evenings ago that the pros¬ pects seemed to point to the develop¬ ment here of at least fifty cases as a result of constant intercourse we have been having with the infected towns on the gulf coast and the fact that a promiscuous throng of some 700 or 800 people had hastened into the city on the Monday evening following the declaration of the Ocean Springs sick¬ ness to be yellow fever. We have had now- twenty-eight cases and two deaths. The majority of the remaining cases are improving. It is still quite likely that there will appear numerous cases in New Orleans, but the situation is not distressing aud the chances of a disastrous epidemic are remote.” WORKING HOURS EXTENDED. Ten-Honr System Adopted by the D. E. and AY. Railroad. Advices from Scranton, Pa., state that the Delatvare, Lackawanna and Western railroad has placed its several hundred shop men in this city on ten hours’ time, an increase of two hours a day over the time worked the last eight months. LEE CONFERS W ITH PRESIDENT. Consul Reviewed the Situation In Cuba at Eength. A Washington special says: General Fitzhugh Lee had a long consultation with the president at the white house Saturday. It was the first time General Lee had seen Mr. McKinley since the return to this ... country about . former s a fortnight ago. He saw the president by special appointment and all visitors were excluded during the progress of the conference except Secretary Alger. The conference was a long one last- ing almost two hours General Lee carefully reviewed the length situation all in Cuba, and explained at tbe points on which the president n/ia asked for information. THE OLD STORY. Five Children Xocked In Building and are Cremated, ns Usual. News of a terrible accident near the little town of Richmond, in Little River county, Ark., has been received. Mariah Billingley, colored, living on Ben Love’s place, went to church, leaving her five children, the oldest being eleven years of age, locked up in her house. During her absence the house caught fire, and burned to the ground, the five children bein£r cremated- MODIFIED QUARANTINE. Charleston TYJ11 Allow Farm Frodnct# to Be Shipped In. The board of health of Charleston, S. C., has passed the following reso¬ lutions: “Resolved, That the products of the farm aid manufactured goods except sugar, rice and molasses will be permitted to come into Charleston from Atlanta, provided it does "not originate in any infected portion or places." This raises the quarantine on At¬ lanta cotton. Devoted to Southern Progress and Colonization. WTMAN GETS DAILY REPORTS. Surgeon General Keeps TVell Posted On Yellow Fever Situation. Surgeon General Wyman at Wask- ington has received the following from Dr. Linds ley, executive officer of the Tennessee state board of health: “Our board has state inspectors at the following points: Memphis, Grand June- ££TS CSZX all to co-operate fully with your service, Please Instruct at once your men accord- ingly.” Orders were immediately given the marine h ital forcea to co-operate as Information has been received at the marine hospital from Dr. John Guiteras that the two cases of yellow fever at Cairo, III., have been isolated ftnd e precaut ion possible taken to prevent spread. He says that the cases are very mild and have caused little alarm in Cairo. TaynsHanrwvv lvagshu ke hea A irf KE ni uu. T j j gtrike at Brunswlck Ag8ume8 a Uenoral ami Serlou* Phase. The strike is now general among the j : longshoremen f and all dock laborers at Bri nflwick ^ Ga The gtri ers are aski for biglier ; ^Mallory 0 i aim i Uf , that some shippers on i line and Brunswick Ter- minal company ^ ^ have recently reduced ^ r y of the Mallory J ask {or 2Q ceat3 L hom . * The c tton laborerg wigll J d Tbe strik- ^ &yq circaIati petitions among business men protesting against the i mDor | t * a ti 0 n of foreien labor ’ ev n or eight eases of violence, comm i tted by strikers, have been re- ported. Should foreign laborers be brought ticipjted from the north trouble is au- , end the city authorities are making preparations to protect per- property, P P J LATTIMER STRIKERS HOLD BACK. Hungarian* Intimidate Miners Who At- tempt to Work. The strike situation at Hazleton, Pa., again assumed an uncertain phase Monday morning. An attempt to resume work Avas made at Pardee and Lattimer mines, but only 300 out of 1,300 miuers returned to work. These Avere mainly Italians, Avith a feAV En¬ glish-speaking men. During Sunday night the Hunga¬ rians paraded through the settlement, beating tin cans and kettles and rais¬ ing a big racket. This Avas done to notify those of their race that they must not go back to work. The warn¬ ing Avas observed and Monday morn¬ ing a baud of Hungarians, led by women, were massing and threatening to march on the mines later in the day. The Thirteenth regiment is keep¬ ing a close watch for further trouble. PERPETUAL INJUNCTION Against Eugene Debs and Others Granted By Judge Jackson. The featu re of interest in the open iDg session of the September term of the United States court for the dis¬ trict of West Virginia, at W’heeling Monday, Avas the application of ex- Governor A. B. Fleming, of Fairmont, to make the injunction against Eugene V. Debs and others, perpetual. The governor was acting for his cli¬ ent, the Monongahela Coal Co., and as there Avas no appearance for any of the defendants, the injunction was made perpetual. In the course of his remarks in mak¬ ing this decision, Judge Jackson said that if a like case were presented tfc him now he Avould would make the same kind of order he had made at Parkersburg, where the temporary in¬ junction Avas made recently. NEW ORLEANS* FEVER LIST. Monday Broke the Record in Number of Cases Reported The largest number of cases report- ed on auy dav since yellow fever first made its appearance in New Orleans, some two weeks ago, was recorded on the books of the board of health Mon- day , evening at , A 6 o , clock, . . although ... , at , that hour not a single case had proved fata during the day There were eighteen cases in al including nine by Dr. Joseph Holt, all of the latter having been duly flagged and put under quarantine regulations. The most sensational incident of the day was the announcement from Dr. Joseph Holt to the board of health that he had discovered nine cases among his practice. “BAD POLICY,” SAYS BACON, I* the Appointment of Colored Men to Otlice in the South. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, . has a signed interview in the NeAv York Herald, in which he says m part: “Tbe appointment of colored men to office in the south will certainly lead to race antagonisms and estrange- ments which would otherwise not ex- , , s t. Such appointments are of small J benefit to the few negroes thus ap- j pointed, and are of very great injury to the masses of the negroes in the ill feeling engendered between them and the whites, upon whose friendship and good will they are wholly depend- ent.” ANNEXATION RATIFIED. Hawaiian Congress Took Action on the Treaty September loth. The Chicago Times-Herald special from San Francisco says: ; “The steamer City of Peking,which . arrived lrom the orient Tuesday night by way of Honolulu, brings word that the Hawaiian congress ratified the treaty of annexation on September lfith." “There was no opposition and the nuanimous vote was cast in favor of the treaty. ” THREE GIRLS DIE BY FLAMES. Their Home Destroyed by Fire and They AVer® Unable to Escape. The three daughters of Preston How¬ ard were burned to death Friday morn- in g in their home at Port Alma, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. The Test of the family escaped from the burning building. The girls were aged sixteen, ten and six years respee- > lively. had escaped, but met One of them death in returning to assist her sisters. DEATH IN J BURNING III PANIC FOLLOWS DISCOVERY OF firf " BE TV IN RFITF BELLE ELLEN FIIFX SHAFT anArl. - F1VE MEN KN0WN T0 BE DEAD, ( There Were One Hundred Miner* at Work in the Slope AVhen the Catas- trophe occurred. ___ Shortly after the men went to work , ^ . No. 2, of the Bessemer Laud and Improvement company’s coal mines at Belle Ellen, near Blocton, B , bb wasSovered cmmtv kla Mond#v mornin , mainTone fi r e fa dmvn te the About one °? ie hundred 1 \ untlrec J men men are are em- em ployed in the mine ami an alarm was at once given. A panic followed among the workers and in the little town of Belle Ellen. Hundreds of men, w'omen and chil- <*ren gathered at the main entrance of the smoking mine, while rescue par- ties were at once formed to relieve the mi “ ers ' More tban , fifty were got out ^ from the various entrances without harm. A [ ere 0ve ^ ome by 8 “ ok ! and fell by the wayside. These rr the brave r f scuers fo,md and dra ^ ed oat > ,7 hlle those at the entrance restored life to tbelr unconscious friends. A scene of wildest excitement pre- vailed at the mine’s mouth. Women aud children were screaming and shouting for help, and a fire brigade v-as at work endeavoring to overcome the flames, Five f- men who n aa- ere w-orking about , , the slope where the fire originated, could not be reached, and it is regard- ed as certain that they are dead. The missing were: Herman Framer, white; Hubbard j Foley, Avkite; Henry Reeves, colored; Frank James, colored; William Fair- fax, colored. It is possible that two or three others also may be in tbe mines. The fire brigade battled Avith the flames all day in a vain attempt to reach the entombed men, but at night- fall the fire was still burning fiercely and efforts Avere abandoned. A later telegram from Belle Ellen says the fire is thought to kaA^e originated from an overheated steam pipe, Avkick ignited gas in the mine. A careful check is being made of the list of miners in the mine where the fire broke out to ascer¬ tain if possible if the death list will exceed five. So far it is not positive¬ ly known that any others are missing. NO REFUGEES WANTED. Governor Russell, of North Carolina Act* Cautiously. Surgeon General John Hey Williams of the North Carolina state board of health, telegraphed Governor Bussell from Asheville Monday as folloAvs: neets with your approbation, I should be pleased to telegraph Marine Sur¬ geon General Wyman offering the mountain plateau of western North Carolina as a refuge for refugees from the yellow fever stricken districts.” The governor refers the matter to the state board of health. He says be does not like to act regarding it, as, perhaps, a number of the refugees might become destitute and have to be supported and finally sent home by the state. BOUNCED NEGRO BOSSES. Charleston Cotton Mill* Experience More Trouble With fr mplo.yee*. The managers of the Charleston, S. C., cotton mills, where negro and white labor is employed, undertook to put in half a dozen negro bosses over the white operatives Monday and the latter hands went out. They left the mill, making threats, A «q«ad of policemen was detailed to j P re vent trouble, but things became so i squally that the colored bosses were promptly taken out. STEEL COMPANY RESUMES. --- j Work* at Beilaire, to Many Ohio idle Give. Men. Employ- ment After a two months shut-down and expending half a million dollars for ( the erection of a blast furnace, steel plant and plate mill, the Beilaire Steel company at Beilaire, Ohio, started the machinery of the plant again Monday morning, giving employment to 600 j men. _____ A SWEEPING DECISION. Judge Foster Say* Kansay City Live Stock Association ia an Illegal Concern. United States District Judge Foster made a sweejnng decision at Topeka, g an<> yf on day morning when he de- c j ared the organization known as the Kansas City Live Stock association il- i ega | under the provision of the anti- j tipst law ! The exch&nge is an organization of commigsiou meQ who control the sal* ; | of hve 9tock in Kansas City. All stock wb ich enters the city must pass j throu h the hands of this organiza- tion _ j udge Foster enjoins the com- m i s «i on from doin^ business and de- clareg it an un ] awiu \ combination, BILOXI APPEALS FOR AID. Mayor of the Town Call* for Help for Fac- t0ry Peo » ,le - _ Jhe city . council of Biloxi, Miss., | adopted resolutions calling on the pub- lie for aid, stating all factories and other industries have closed down, ; thus throwing laboring people out of employment, that nearly all sick are °* tba .t class and unable to purchase I medicine and other things necessary I 111 BUCa emergency. Tne appeal is j signed by the mayor and council. TREATY SIGNED AT LAST And the Trouble Between Greece and Tur¬ key Is Adjusted. The treaty of peace between Turkey ; and Greece was signed at Constanti¬ nople Saturday aftercoon. Early in the week it was stated that Lord Salisbury’s proposals for the settlement of the questions rela ing to the evacuation of Thessaly by Turkey had been accepted by the powers, The signing of the treaty ends a long and troublesome negotiation as the eastern problem has been since tbe ‘ between Greece and Turkey war over Crete was terminated. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Industries Established in the South During the Past Week. Trade conditions, according to re- ports received the past week, continue encouraging. Correspondents located at the important industrial centers of the south report a steady increase in business, all Hues of trade showing -p-***-* practical evidence of improved conditions is the increase in the num- ber or inquiries for machinery received h 7 tbe Tradesman during the week. Among A the most important indus- tries reported are the following- A 200-ton copper furnace at Duetto™, Teun ; the Natumal Development Co capital $M>,000, Norfolk, Y a.;,tlie Pearl ° ers ’ ca P} ta Raud e * “ an > C.; the Kentucky Co-o^rative ,capital51o,000 Louisville, J and J Vater Co “ ? apaC lty ? o0 ’ d0 °; Ennis, Texas; an iron , foundry at Jessup, Ga., and the Xewlin Steam Generating and Smoke Consuming Manufacturing Co., capi- tal $1,000,000, Augusta, Ga. The Oak Hill Mining Co., capital $50,000, has been chartered at Parkersburg, W. y a . ; the Texas Tellurion and Manu- f ac turing Co., capital $10,000, Austin, Texas; { he Harriman Metal Bedstead Co., capital $10,000, Harriman, Tenn.; a celluloid plant to cost $25,000 at Lambert’s Point, Ya.; the Ennis and Manufacturing Co., capital $50,- 000, at Ennis, Texas; the New South Oil Co., capital $50,000, Helena, Ark., and the Independent Oil and Gas Co., capital $150,000, at Cairo, W. Ya. Woodworking plants will be establish- ed at Decatur, Ala.; Pensacola, Fla.; Paducah, Ky., aud Athens, Tenn.— Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) SILVER CAUSES EXCITEMENT. TT, T t h. Cau8e ® H, ’ avy The London Standard publishes a j financial telegram received Tuesday j from Bombay which says that the sil- ver market there is very much excited and in strong demand, consequent on the up-country bazaar’s anticipating i that the Bank of England will be a 1 probable buyer at early date, while an i it is also believed that a further im- i port duty is imminent and that posisi- 1 bly the Indian mints Avill be reopened. i The telegram further says that the price has risen in Bombay 7.14 rupees j per 100 tolos within a feAv days. ' Commenting this intelligence, upon The Standard says; “All this serves to indicate Avhat incalculable mischief comes by exhibits of humor in British affairs, when the directors of clearing houses could be relied upon to draw up a strong and emphatic protest to the government asking that steps be taken to end these amateur efforts to destroy confidence in the stability of our monetary system, Avkich is slen- derly enough supported by gold, as it is.” A TARIFF SECTION VOID. No Discriminating Duty on Good* Im- ported Through Canada. A Washington dispatch says: Attor¬ ney-General McKenna has announced his opinion in the matter of section 22 of the new tariff laiv. He holds in effect that goods coming directly into the United States from foreign coun¬ tries through Canadian ports are not subject to the discriminating duty of teu per cent, and also holds that for- eign goods shipped from countries other than British possessions in British vessels are not subject to such a discriminating duty. Tavo questions were asked the attor- ney-general, the first of which v;as in effect whether the discriminating duty of ten per cent provided for in section 22 should be assessed against an in- voice of tea from China, which had arrived from Vancouver in British vessels and then shipped through Canada to Chicago. The second ques- tion was whether the discriminating duty should be assessed against a cargo of manganese ore from Chile, which recently arrived in British ship a t Philadelphia. Both these questions the attorney-general ansAvers in the negative « - AC QUITTAL ^ FOR DR. HUNTER. - Jury Decide* For Him in All the Bribery C a*e*. At Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday the jury in the Hunter et al. bribery case returned a verdict of not guilty in all the bribery cases. MEETS WITH DISFAVOR. English Pres* Deprecate* the Effort* Made For Bimetallism. The London Evening Standard made | the following announcement Tuesday: “So profoundly moved is the city about the extraordinary letter of the governor of the Bank of England that a meeting *of the representatives of all the banks in the clearing house has been called to discuss the situation. When the bankers meet it is to be hoped that they will enter an emphatic , protest against further reform to please the bimetallists at the expense of the nation’s credit. NEW TURKISH MINISTER. Ferrouh Bey Come* To the United State* Instead of Kifaat Bey, as Reported. A special from Constantinople states that Ferrouh Bey, councillor of the Turkish embassy at St. Petersburg, j has been appointed Turkish minister to the United States as successor to j Moustapha The foregoing Tachsiu dispatch Bey. conflicts with a cablegram previously sent from Con- stantinople that Moustapha Tachsin Bey would be succeeded by Rifaat \ Bey, former councillor of the Turkish embassy in London. NEW CLEMSON PRESIDENT. Carolina'* State College Ha* a Sew Head In Rev. Hartzog. A dispatch from Calhoun, S. C\, says: The board of trustees of Clem- president^ pWtwf'tte TVv inJtRutL?’ Hpmv ^ S president of the the institution. Mr. Hartzog is a native of Barnwell county, and is 31 years old. He grad¬ uated at the Citadel in 1886; after¬ wards he-studied law, and still later he entered the Baptist Theological i Seminary at Louisville. He has been tcachiqg school in South Carolina for four years. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $1.00 EVERY TRAIN CROWDED WITH ft rLEElAG FFI YU RFFFttFFS Ktr ltituS. _ THE PEOPLE ARE PANIC STRICKEN New c»*e* and Additional Death* at ocean Springs, Edward* and New 0 rie.n.-Piague In Cairo, m. The announcement of eleven new eases of yehow fever at Mobile, Ala., Sunday, following so closely on a sim- liar number Saturday, and the fact that the twenty-four twenty lour hours hours had had found fouu one vlctim ’ COmbmed to brin g the panic which commenced in the middle . , QC+ : t „ Monday found the city practically depopulated, many stores closed, and wholesale business entirely suspended, while retailers are apprehensive of ut ^ r rum ‘ Mobile, There may have been worse days , m . bu* the oldest inhabitant fails *° remember them. The outlook now m gloomy in the extreme not because °J tbe P^ent^ f <ever aspect, but because of tbe entire suspension of commerce an J P artlal -stoppage of biismess Every ° ne wb< ^ oan a ff° rd ^ wltb tbe exception of those whose callings « om P. el them \° re main has sought re- m cities leyond le a . Pj°P le m the city now do not fear the feiei, but they tremble for ts co Mayor Left the Town. geea, f? and if a meeting Sf’th?' of the ^eJ^al general council were to be called no quorum would be found to respond. There is one courageous band, of which Judge Price Williams is the leader, Avhich remains Avith the stricken city in her hour of trial. They have fought epidemics before. Some of them went into the front ranks against the southern scourge in 185^ and are gray headed men now, and the constancy and heroism which they haA-e formerly exhibited is still to be witnessed. These spartans are en- couraging,by all means in their power, those aa-1io consider themsehes unfort- unate in not having the means to de- sert their homes There were two deaths from yellow fever at Edwards, Miss., Saturday morning, one of them being just out¬ side of town. A total of thirty-nine cases are pro¬ nouneed yelloAv feA-er by the doctors. The rapid spread of the disease is re- markable, and it is now well distribut- ed through the toivn. Four new cases were reported Sunday. The fever situation at New Orleans underwent little change Sunday. The record book in the board of health offiee shoAved a total of six n«Av vases and one death A special from Cairo, Ill., states that Dr. Guiteras, the yellow feA T er expert, arrived there from Mobile at noon Sunday, and announced tAvo suspicious eases at the marine liospi- tal to be yelloAv feA r er of a mild form, but OAving to the prompt measure taken there is no danger of the pest spread¬ ing. The hospital is thoroughly guarded. ROAD CONGRESS ADJOURNS. The Parliament Will Meet In Omaha Next Year - At the national road parliament in session, at KnoxA r ille Friday, convict labor in building roads aud govern- ment aid were discussed. Experimen- * al road bedding was advocated. Reso- lutions recommending state aid and aid by the general govenment and a restricted use of convict labor were adopted. General Roy Stone was re-elected president; E. Rosewater, Omaha,-vice president, and the folioiving state presidents: Alabama—W. J. Kernochan. Georgia—George W. Harrison. Kentucky-M. H. Crump. Michigan-A. Campbell. Minnesota—William M. Hayes. Indiana-Governor James A. Mount Nebraska-C. C. Turner. South Carolina-W. C. Cain. Virginia—B. Chambers. Wisconsin—Thomas B. Blackstock. Tennessee—Governor R. L. Taylor. The next meeting will be in. Omaha, subject to the call of the executive 'committee. MORE CHILDREN BURN. Attend Church. Andy Smith, a negro, and his wife, living in the country near Donalds, Abbeville, county, S. C., locked in ■ their bouse six children, four of thei * own and two visitors from a neigh- bor’s. The youngest was eighteen months of age and the oldest seven years. The parents went to church, _ r Anhourlater neighborsheardfnght- ful screams commgfrom Smith s house, the interior of which was in flames, Negroes made heroic efforts to save the children, but it was impossible to reach them and jthey were cremated. i TO INSURE PUBLIC PEACE. Dr . Murray Ask* Permission to Take | Charge of Affair* at Boloxi. i fijg daily report to Washington ! from Ocean Spriugs, Dr. Murray re¬ fers to a visit to Boloxi, and says": “it may turn out that the marine hospital service will be called on to as- 8 } 8 t the state and city authorities in j maintaining guards and insuring pub- ]i c peace. I wish permission to take I charge if requested to do so by tbe pro per authorities. SAW ANDREE’S BALLOON. Reported To Have Been Observed In Central Siberia. A telegraphic message received at St. Petersburg from Krasnoyarsk, in j the interior of Siberia, says that on September 14th, at 11 o’clock at night, tbe inhabitants of the village of Antz- firowskojew, in the district of Yeni- eeisk, Arctic Russia, saw a balloon be- lieved to be that of Professor Andree, the Swedish aeronaut, who left the j Trotnsoe shortly before 2:30 p. m., on July 11th in an attempt to cross the Polar region. NO. 4,T. THROUGH GEORGIA, The county commissioners of Deca¬ tur county have taken control of the misdemeanor convicts in accordance with Attorney General Terrell’s opin- ion * and have lea9ed tbem to J - C * Donalson for the balance of the year. * * * Clayton countv is first to begin a au y one, her grand jury found true bills against eight men, charged with a conspiracy to lynch Henry Sims and John McCullough. rrn ™ !““ .. f +r - i •_ fbA a ° pa „ A of st a . A . T . Brooks, convict- edof murder in Jackson superior court, was heard at Lawrenceville Sat- unlay and the motion was overruled. Brooks and Reynolds will both be ed FriJ ^ 24 ^ at j efferBon . The Fitzgerald Driving Association lias been reorganized, and will be known hereafter as the Fitzgerald Driving Club. The dates selected by the club for winter race meetings are NoA-ember 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th. Large purses will be offered for trotters, pacers aud runners. The situation of the strike among the dock laborers at Brunswick is un¬ changed. It is said that the Ion g- shoremen, composed of the laborers who handle lumber exclusively, will join the strike next week,butthis can- no t be verified. Slow progress is made in handling the phosphate and cotton, as green hands are frightened away from their work by the strikers befbro they get accustomed to it. In the enforcement of the law- which directs the disposition and control of misdeamor convicts several of the les¬ sees whose private camps will be broken up as the result of Governor Atkinson’s crusade have sacrificed tlieir own interests to tbe good of the state. Instead of contending with the governor or the courts, they are doing all in their power to reach an amicable adjustment of their affairs with the county authorities. * * * The mystery surrounding the Sprinz murder, which occurredin Midville on April 7th, seems to be increasing every day. It appears that a number of tbe residents of Midville believe that Dr. J. J. Kilpatrick is guilty of the deed, Avhile others believe it was committed by ex-Marshal Morris. It is thought that there is little doubt that the grand jury will indict both of the men and the fight for life will be made at the trial, which will take place soon after. *ate university . .. faculty . ,, feur , s .a nays ago considered the petition of the students regarding the admission to the university of the young men Avho Avere last year disbarred for al¬ leged violation of intercollegiate regu- lations by playing baseball against orders. After discussing the matter the faculty passed the following reso- lution: “Ihe faculty interposes no objection to the registration of Homer Johns, Floyd Foster,Will Sanford and Jim Dougherty, but debars them from participating in any intercollegiate sports for one year, Tho Talbot county grand jury ad¬ journed without indicting the Ryder lynchers. When court was convened at Talbotton, Judge Butt gave the grand jury a strong charge on the sub¬ ject, in which he told them to probe the matter to the bottom. Pursuant to in¬ structions, the grand jury investigated the lynching, examining a large num¬ ber of witnesses. When that body ad¬ journed, hoAvever, no indictments were returned against any persons charging them with the lynching. The grand jury presentment statements stated that the body had investigated the matter diligently, but had not secured evidence enough to indict any one. At the next term of the superior court of Pike county the most impor- ca9e8 -win be those of the state agaiust Tom Langford and old man Delk . This will be the fourth trial of oJd man Delk and the of Lang _ ford . The court meets on the first Monday in October and it is expected that these cases will be the first to be taken up They will be the most im- por ^. tant on the docket for the term and in be d j sposed G f as soon as po ssi- b j e j s probable that Judge Beck wiB bave ,j udge Henry to preside in his place. The first motion to be made by the attorneys on the defense Avill be to ask for a change of venue. tial JUtJ CMinOt bd obtai.ed in the county. It ib said that a great deal of prejudice still exists against the gang of which Delk and Langford Avere among the leaders. DIAZ AGAINST LYNCHING. An Inquiry to Be Instituted and Guilty Parties PnnUhed. Advices from City of Mexico state that orders have been given to inves¬ tigate the lynching of Arroyo. President Diaz has decided that the inquiry be most rigorous and that the guilty parties be severely punished, as he feels that the act was a reproach to the nation, which has taken pride in the fact that lynch law has been un¬ known in Mexico. Twenty-odd men arrested are still in custody and formal papers are being drawn up in their cases. Food Is Higher In Spain. Advices from Madrid state that the | price of all kinds of food is rising | steadily, owing to the growing depre¬ ciation of silver and of paper cur¬ rency. FEYER SCARES NEW YORK. 1 Southern Visitor* Have Trouble Getting Out of the City. j The yellow fever scare is creating j complications even as far as New York. j Southern visitors, and es j southern merchants, goods who for have the the city buying obstructed in their are being refusal of e return home by the the ri roads to carry them unless they i armed with a clean bill of health. ’ President Wilson, of the health, has been appealed to travelers who encountered d