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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR TOt^ASSKiSsaiSS:!
VOL. XXIV.
Ill III fid IB Ml t ”
HAS A MOTHER’S ADMONITION TO
HER INNOCENT CHILDREN.
STRYCHNINE IN BREAKFAST COFFEE
Doctor Found Mother anil 4v»nr ot the
Seven Children Cold
In Death.
A special to the Omaha Bee from
Hchuyler, Neb., says that during the
forenoon Sunday Frank Steinad came
hastily in from Shell Creek precinct,
nine miles northwest, to summon a
physician to the home of Frank Davis,
where he said the whole family had
been poisoned.
Dr. Sixta hastened out and found
four of the seven children in the fam¬
ily and their mother dead, a fifth
child in a dying condition and a sixth
person sick.
Davis and his oldest son went away
early in tlie morning, leaving before
the rest of the family breakfasted.
When the meal was prepared all sat
down, and early in the course of the
meal Mrs. Davis made some such re¬
mark as:
“Eat a good breakfast and we’ll all
go to glory.”
An older son’s mind was affected by
tlie remark to the extent that he did
not appease his appetite. A daughter,
younger*than tlie son, after drinking a
half cup of coffee, became sick aud
vomited.
The rest of the family continued the
morning meal, although the children
made very wry faces and said the cof¬
fee did not taste good. Strychnine had
been put into the coffee.
JAPAN’S ENTERPRISE.
Moilejr A]tprM]iri:ite<l to Teach Americans
Ho# to Mnhfe Ten.
Keveritl months ago the Japanese
Teft Guild sent to this country a spe¬
cial Commission to investigate the con¬
dition of the Japanese tea trade in the
United States snd Canada, and to co¬
operate with its American representa¬
tives in giving publicity to the merits
of Japanese teas and the best methods
of preparing them.
Tea bazaars are to be opened in
many of the principal cities in the
United States and Canada, where la¬
dies can enjoy a cup of tine Japanese
tea made by experts, and at the same
time receive instructions which will
enable them to make it equally well at
home. More than half the tea con¬
sumed in the United States and Cau-
A, is of Japanese growth, yet most
V Africans apparently do not under¬
stand how to prepare it so as to devel¬
op its delicious qualities. The Japan¬
ese government has appropriated a
large fund to aid in prosecuting this
educational work. The Japanese Tea
Guild has issued thm official recipe for
making Japanese tea:
First—Use a small, dry and thor¬
oughly clean porcelain teapot.
Second—Put in one teaspoonful of
tea leaves for each cup of tea desired.
Third When using Japanese tens
pour on the required quantity of fresh
boiled water, and let stand w ith closed
lid from two to three minutes. Never
boil the leaves. In order to retain the
natural flavor Japanese tea leaves
should be kept in tight can or jar, free
from moisture.
Note.—To thoroughly enjoy the
uatural, delicate and sweet flavor,
neither sugar nor cream should be
used.
NEAL DOW PASSES AWAY.
The Gn-nt Prohibition Leader Dies At
His Home.
General Neal Dow died at bis resi¬
dence in Portland, Me., Saturday af¬
ternoon. The end was peaceful and
lie retained consciousness until an
hour before ho died, recoguizing his
children, who were gathered at his
bedside.
General Dow’s death was due to the
infirmities of old age.
His vigorous body was worn out aud
his strength had beeu gradually failing
for a year or more, but until recently
he had been able to take his accus¬
he tomed drives. A week ago Saturday
was obliged to take to his bed. His
mind was still clear, however, and
only a few days ago he called for the
daily paper and read a portion of it.
CAR THIEVES IN LIMBO.
They Syntematirally Robbed llie Southern
For Twelve Years,
Sheriff Nelms, of Fulton county, has
in his keeping three members of the
worst gang of freightear robbers that
ever operated in Georgia. They were
caught in the act and their admissions
and the Southern railway’s records
show that they have stolen iu the last
twelve years at least $50,000 worth of
dry goods, groceries, tobacco, notions
and miscellaneous freight.
Walter Bohannon was tli6 leader of
the gang, which numbered ten. His
associates in the Fulton county jail
are Ed Pierce and Sam Painter. They
operated at Dalton. Ga.
M’CULLOUGH ON TRIAL
lor lhe Second Time tlie Alleged Wife-
Murderer Faces a Jury.
For the second time John MeCul-
bmgh was placed on trial at Jones¬
boro, Ga., Monday charged with the
murder of his wife.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson is defend¬
ing McCullough. He has been re¬
cently employed and appeared iu the
-
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*‘7 " r ie time.
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‘, great man 7 spectators are pre' -
taWMerftair Imr.I Th.
iougbt from .tart to iiuish.
MAJOR GINTER DIES.
Pioneer In Cigarette Busluess and
Made a Fortune.
the richest n, s niu the eontli.
be entbefn Refofft.
THIRTY-FOUR PATH NTS.
The Fever Record at New Orleans For
One Day.
A New Orleans spe ia! says: After
* m ^ rrmn,eut “ nd
V he fe ' 8 ! tURU ° n 011 the
fno« * nf % 1 r<cord w koo k «" ll >ewhat of
turn Tuesday.^ , a
For , forty hours there
n«ih ee ?° dea hs an , d 1 Monda y tlle
Early J u eday morninp, however,
thfe rfeports of the new cases began to
come into the board of health office
with considerable lapidify and by]
o’clock there had been fifteen cases
and by 7 o’clock Tuesday night all
concerned, with ,!£
prospects that others
would tome
In a few hours Ibreo deaths had
been reported to the hoard.
The physicians w ere no' at a loss to
explain the increase in ra'es. They
took practically t ie position explaihrd
in the Associated Press reports and
said it might be expected that numer-
ous cai-o i would still continue daily to
be reported.
T In discussing the situation Dr. Olli-
pliant said: - 1
“The stern enforcement of the law
requiring all physicians to report
promptly both suspicious and actual
eases of yellow fever has had a mats-
rial effect in increasing the number of
cases. I am not pie; ared to say that
we are less careful than we have been
heretofore, but now that we have rec-
ognized that yellow fever exists in
New Orleans we are prepared to ac-
eept the diagnosis of any reputable
physician called in to attend a case.
mnkes “Perhaps occasionally a doctor
an error. I have known in-
stances where eminent practitioners
have asked me to have a flag taken
down after they had declared a case
of yellow fever ; but as a rule the nu-
merical increase of cases is due to the
fact that we have so organized our
forces that the corps of the board of
health is now so large and the activity
the public so much excited that few
if any cases are escaping attention and
prompt report.
“No, tbe board has by no means lost
Control of the situation. The cases, as
ft rule, ftre mild. They are being given
strict attention. The foci are increas¬
ing but slowly. The disease is not
spreading to any material extent and a
large number of cases are being dis¬
charged daily. An epidemic is abso¬
lutely out of the question. New Or¬
leans is today not by any means nn-
healthier than it has been for several
years. The prevailing fever has caused
iu several w eeks, not forty deaths.”
Tuesday’s record showed thirty-four
new cases and three deaths.
Improvement at Edwards.
Things seem to have brightened up
somewhat at Edwards, Miss. AH of
the seriously ill are doing extremely
well. Niue new oases and one death
was Tuesday’s record.
WOODFORD HEARD FROM.
He Send# An Official Notice to lhe State
Department.
A Washington dispatch says: United
States Minister Woodford has been
heard from at last by the state dejiart
ment.
A cablegram lias been received from
him dated Madrid, Tuesday evening,
addressed to Secretary Sherman, mak-
ing the following announcement of
the appointment of such officers of the
new Spanish cabinet as may have to
do with the foreign policy of the new
government: n
“New ministry formed. Sagosta, presi-
dont; Gullon, minister of state; Moret, min-
Ister of colonies. Woodford/*
-The composition of the new cabinet
is the subject of considerable gossip
iu administration aud diplomatic cir-
cles. It is felt that the three powers
of the new regime, so far as concerns j
Cuban affairs, are Sagasta. Gullon and*
Moret, three names often noted in the
state department iu connection with
previous negotiations concerning in-
dependence, autonomy and other
movements at the time of the last long
Cuban war.
DATE FOR THORN’S TRIAL.
Mrs. N'ack’s Case win Come Up Iuamedi- j
ately Afterward.
Judge Wit mot M. Smith, at New
York Tuesday, set the trial of Martin j
Thorn. accused of the murder of Wil-
liam Guldensnppe, for October 18 in
the Queen’s county * court, Long Island
City will be tried after Thorn’s
Mrs. Nack
case shall be settled.
COKE W AR IMMINENT.
Most Extensive Producers In the Country
Threaten to Cut Price#.
Advices from Cleveland, Ohio, state
that W. J. Raney, one of the largest
coke producers m the country says
that he has information which leads
him to believe that on January 1st the
Frick interests will advance the price
of furnace coke to $2 per ton.
“What will be your price?” was
asked. !
“Well, Mr. Ranev answered . with ...
u peculiar smile, “I think furnace coke
is worth 90 cents. ”
The market price of furnace coke is
now $1.50. There is every reason to
believe thatthere will be another war
between Frick and Raney.
MORE TROUBLE FOR DAUNTLESS,
Crew of tl»« Filibuster Steamer Placed
Ui-der Arrest.
At Savannah, Ga., Thursday morn-
ing, United State* District Attorney
Erwin arrested Master J. W. Floyd,
Chief Engineer Walter E. Masters and
the entire crew of seven men of the
tug Dauntless. The case will be in-
vestigated later.
The men were arrested on a warrant
charging 8 them wiih being about to
j Dominion g U m iHtarv expeditions dom.in ol against King-
• of Cub.,
j dom of Spam;-----
RESIGNATION WITHHELD.
Wfjler Msy Still Be At the Hesd of
the Cuban Army.
IfcZ tad not weighed.
TOCCOA. HABERSHAM COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8,18517.
NFW art 0RLEA>S f i vs JOl impvmfiTc R> ALISTS AD-
DRESS FELLOW CRAFTSMEN.
SCIENTIFIC QUARANTINE WANTED.
Restrictions Oh Mail For the Crescent
City Calls Out a Vigo¬
rous Protest.
: have issued
,, * bein 8 P Iea:
To Our Fellow Toilers of the Press
* n Louisiana, Mis issippi, Alabama
an< l Texas, from the New Orleans
Dress Club —Greeting:
is the sense of this body, whose
1 active membership is responsible for
^he accuracy of the local news of the
dail Y P™ 88 New Orleans, and that
sen8e 18 hereby expressed by the club
in speeia mee mg assem ed, hat to
7°"; co-workers and brethren be sub-
nutted by us the fallowing facts and
suggestions:
! First, That with absolute fidelity
and tputh all news relative to the pres-
en ^ visitation of yellow fever here has
been reported by us of the active pro-
f® 8 sion to our em P . °D . Q g newspapers , j
ami have by them without curtailment,
c 010 ™ 1 !? or alteration been printed,
Second, That the New Orleans news-
P a P ers have consequently told the
{&ct *’ and a11 tlie facts, with a fidelity
which has been everywhere admitted
and in some places criticised as oppos-
ed to tlie city’s best interests. But
trutJl was deemed the rule to inspire
confidence at home and abroad
ftnd ^ as been strictly adhered
to as the highest journalistic principle.
Third, That injury out of all propor-
*ion *° ^ ie ac ^ ujd danger has been and
* s wrought to every possible in-
Merest of the city, state and neighbor-
big states by local quarantine having
no uniformity and no reference to
science.
Fourth, That, the most vile harm re-
suits in the quarantine of the mail,
thus absolutely cutting oft' all comma-
nication, and this in spite of the fact
that the enlightensd science of the
world has pronounced that no patho-
genic organisms can live through the
process of disinfection which the
United States is here subjecting news-
papers and all mail under the personal !
and impartial supervision of Dr. Car-
ter and the United States marine hos-
pital service and under his guarantee
of thorough protection against infec-
tion.
Fifth, That unless this quarantine
be removed, the harm to the state and
south, to localities, cities and towns
may even be prolonged, as neither
newspapers nor letters can bring
tidings of the condition of affairs in
New' Orleans to a great number of
points.
Sixth, That our brethren of the
press addressed give conspicuous place
to this special in their respective pa-
pers and use their good offices, as
brainy men and leaders in rational
thought, with our fellow citizens in
their localities to the end of removing
the restrictions on the mail so that as
citizens of one country we may hold
intelligent communication and wisely
direct our course of action in relation
to the fever as it pertains both to our
common safety and our common busi-
ness interests.
Seventh, That it is especially im-
portant immediately to set to work on
this proposition and first free the mail,
since the fever appears on the wane
and is certain in a few weeks to be ex-
terminated by the cold, and in the
clearer light thus afforded wisely iu
time to set the wheels of commerce in
the south free.
Henry Rigiitor, President,
J. M. Leveque, Secretary,
New' Orleans Press Club. :
QUARANTINE ^ T ., T 7Tv^r v^ vam MUflimi). nn. I
Certain Fre Freights |“ WIU m ill Fnter Enter Alabam Alabama *
From Atlanta, Ga. |
A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says:
Dr. Andrews, city health officer; Dr.
Seelye, president of the state board of
health, and Dr. Saunders, state health
officer, had a conference in the gover-
nor’s office Tuesday. j
After a careful consideration it was
recommended to the governor that the
quarantine be raised against all freights
from Atlanta, excepting bedding, car-
pets, tapestries, laundry work, blan-
kets, wearing apparel and trunks.
WEYLER’S FRIENDS AROUSED.
They Get Together and Ask that Captain
General Be Not Recalled.
The friends of Captain General ;
We * , in Havana made a grand rallv
hig behalf Tuesday, aud did all
^ to preve nt his recall. Spanish j
hel<J a meet ing at the
manv q{ the wealthiest class of
c___:_ P rda vA itur ^ LrsingGeueral ^resent
" ; I
Resolu ions Wey-
ler were adopted <f with great enthusi-
ftnd a able meS sage was sent to
government at Madrid announcing
that the representatives / of the trading.
mercantiI and industrial communities
assembled at tbe mee ting were satisfied I
^ ^ cour?e by Wey ler.
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REWARD FOB ROBBERS.
Tbe C., R. I. and P. Railway Company
Will Pay 8500 Each for Them.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa-
c j dc Railway Company has offered a
reward of $500 each for the capture of
^ be dve meu wbo b eld up and robbed
jt s passenger train at Chickasha last 1
" I
we ek.
\ score of deputy marshals with
blood hounds are securing the country
f or the Jennings gang of outlaws, ;
which is responsible for the robbery,
A1 Jennings, leader of the gang, w'as {
„ De time attorney general of Can.-
Jl *“ c «“ n, £:_
MINERS QUITTING JELLICO. !
*p*r*tors Expect to Import New Men
For the Mines.
The Chattanooga agent of the Jellieo
eo heretofore,
Devoted to Southern Progress and Colonization.
A DAY OF SUICIDES.
Nearly » Score of Unfortunates Xn Mew
York Commit Self-Murder.
A woman and her four children were
dead by asphyxiation in the
West Shore hotel, Forty-second street
and Eleventh avenue, New York, Fri-
day morning. The woman had evi-
dently killed her ohildren and then
commitMd “ M4 «-
I They were registered as “Mrs. Car¬
oline Bivinius, West Point, and four
I children.”
The children were two boys, one
about fifteen and the other about
seven, and two girls, about thirteen
and five years old.
Nearly a score of unfortunates met
thfda-r 111 ^ *
durinw " U lTa'ddmou^oth.
Bivinius trageOy,
Harmon £>. Burt, of Norwich, Conn.,
was found dead in bed from poison; C.
F. K. Boyce, San Francisco found
dead at the Grand Union hote , as-
phyxiated, Dr. Robert W. Flagg,
physician “ of Yonkers, leaped from a
wi dow in the Murray Hall hotel and
flied shortly afterward ; Theodore Mil-
i er> suicided by shooting; Rudolph
K nocho, out of work, drank carbolic
acid and died an hour later; Edward
L. Hafner and Frank C. Holly, of
Norwalk, Conn., were found dead in
their apartments at White Plains, aa-
phyxicated by gas; Mrs. Bertha Hum-
mel and Julia Cutto, each took carbolic
acid and dicd; G Martin, serving
a seuteuce for burg i ary in the Kings
county penitentiary, cut his thraat
with a piece of glass and cannot re¬
cover; Michael Walsh died at the Ful¬
ton hotel from the effects of drugs.
TEXT OF WOODFORD’S MESSAGE
To Spanish Government as Given Out by
the Chicago Times-Heraid.
A Washington special to the Chicago
Times-Herald says:
“It is now possible for the Times-
Herald to give, not the exact text of
the famous Woodford note to Spain,
but a fair statement of its substance,
“This now celebrated and much dis-
cussed document simply expresses on
the part of the United States the hope
that the war will be brought to a close
as speedily as possible,
“No date is fixed when the consum-
mation is to be reached, and that the
interests of Spain no less than the in¬
terests of the United States, the inter-
ests of humanity and the interests of
the world at large are reasons why the
war should end with the least possible
delay.
“Aud with that in view, acting as a
friend of Spain because of the great
stake which the United States has in
Cuba financially and otherwise, because
of the annoyance to which the United
States has been put by maintaining a
patrol over and preventing the sailing
of filibustering expeditions,
“And because civilization opposes
war, the United States tenders to
Spain its good offices to act as a friend
between the mother country and her
rebellious colony in the hope that she
may be able to effect a settlement aud
bring the warfare to a close,
“This is all there is in the note.
There is not the faintest suggestion of
thi3 government forcing upon Spain
her good offices if she does not care to
voluntarily accept them, nor is there
an intimation that the war must be
brought to an end by a certain time,
or that Spain must return her answer
to this note by a fixed date.”
WEDDERBURN DISBARRED.
Famous Patent Attorney of Washineton
® e cIa f cd a f ra " d *
Jonn vveacierourn 1 to., ot YYasti- .
D. C., were disbarred Friday
from practice before lhe interior de¬
partment as patent attorneys or agents,
The firm is held to have been guilty
of “gross fraud aud unprofessional
conduct.”
The postmaster general has beeu no-
tified of the finding, which was made
after a long investigation following
complaints of other attorneys who filed
charges against the firm.
Wedderburn for two years has been
the , most extensively advertised patent
attorne y in the United States.
SOLD HER HUSBAND.
The “Other Woman” Buys John A. Truitt
From Hi# Wife for 94,000 Cash.
According to the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch, John A. Truitt, a conductor
>u the Northern Central electric street
car line, was sold Friday by his wife
for $4,000 to a woman who declared
that she loved the man more than hi*
wife did.
DEATH IN A WRECK.
Two Men Killed and Many More or Lets
Seriously Injured.
0ae P er8 ° n killed, one so badly in-
l ured that he dled 8000 after the acci ‘
dent aud others more or less hurt is
tbe record of a wreck on the Denver
a,ld Rl ° Urande narrow guage at Co-
topaxi, seventy-two miles west of
Pueblo, at 2 o clock Saturday morning,
caU8ed b J the break of the journal on
ou ,® tbe caches
Ihe cars ^ ere a11 "°^ ded ^ lth ex ;
cnrsiomsts bound to the festival , of
Mountain and Plain at Denver.
T bere was little excitement and not
muc b wreckage as the tram was run-
nmg very slowly._
COMER SAYS “NIT.”
Declares He Knows Xanght of Hi* Ru¬
mored Deposition.
President H. M. Comer, of the Cen-
tral Railway of Georgia, returned to
Savannah Friday morning from a 10,-
000 mile trip through the west,
He denies that he is to be deposed
from the presidency of the Central at
its annual meeting on October 12th.
If such a thing is contemplated he
says he knows nothing about it. He
got home in time to draw his dividend,
declared i n Angn.t .nd payab le Friday.
TA!i WT CK THE FAVORITE.
-
Result of “Straw” Ballot By New York’s
Big Papers.
The New York Journal has taken a
straw ballot of 28,244 voters on the
Of these Van
famck Gleeeon, 1,917,
AN OUTLINE OF THE DOCUMENT
ALREADY MAPPED OUT.
WILL BE ONE OF CONGRATULATION.
. Conflw „ . Br,ef „ , , and
: - to the Poinf , * Options ,
of Great import will
Be Treated.
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Tlie Bpeeial correspondent of the
Atlanta Journal at Washington wires
M. paper „ follow.:
The president will not be caught
napping when congress meets. He is
already at work on his message, his
first annual message to the congress of
the United States.
In fact he has already prepared an
outline of it and he will fill it in from
time to time as he gets the opportnity.
He hopes to have it finished before
the congressmen begin to pour in
when his time will be pretty well
taken up.
The message, so I am informed, will
be comparatively brief and very much
to the point. It will contain a well
boiled down review of the work since
the administration’s birth and a warm
congratulation to the country ou the
return of prosperity, giving full credit
to the members of the house and sen-
ate for the part they played in it.
The president will point out the
benefits to be derived from annexa-
tion of the Hawaiian islands and urge
a speedy ratification of the treaty by
the senate. He expects now to report
in his message the progress Minister
oodford will have made in his nego-
tiations with Spain looking to bring-
ing the Cuban war to a close. He will
set forth the Cuban situation as he sees
it, extenuating nothing.
But in case nothiug definite has been
done by Spain toward the freeing of
the island, he will ask congress to
keep its hands oil a little longer,
Should Woodford’s mission have failed
it is thought here that the president
will so state, as he will have nothing
to gain by holding anything back from
congress.
He will strongly urge the enactment
of some currency reform legislation
and express the hope that before the
fifty-fifth congress adjourns the theory
of general arbitration will be made a
fact by the putting into operation a
treaty stripped of some of the objec¬
tionable features which caused the de¬
feat of the first one negotiated be¬
tween this country and Great Britain.
The part of the message relating to
the Cuban situation will be the only
portion of the message held back for
revision until the last. day.
From noxv on the president will
make appointments as rapidly as he
can. He is anxious to get the matter
of federal office out of the way. The
office-seekers are still at Washington
in great numbers; in fact, there are
more of them than there have been at
any time since the adjournment of
congress.. The president is back to
stay and it is xvell known that he in¬
tends to keep at the pie counter till
the last piece worth eating has been
given away.
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.
Shipherd’s rartner Says That He Made
Way With Over S£300,000.
John J. Shipherd, for several years
prominent as an investment broker
and street railway promoter at Cleve¬
land, 0.,was arrested Monday morning
on the charge of embezzlement. He
was released on $10,000 bail.
The warrant was issued at the in¬
stance of Frank Robison, and the
charge grew' out of the business deal¬
ings of Shipherd and Robison, who
have been closely associated for sev¬
eral years in street railway enterprises
in Cleveland and elsew-liere. The war¬
rant charges that Shipherd embezzled
$183,236.15 of the personal property
of Robinson, in addition to twelve
street railway bonds of the value of
$95,20°.
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Water at Five Cents Per Quart-
Owing to the long continued drought
in the vicinity of Osceola, Ark., wells
and springs have gone entirely dry
and the people are now compelled to
buy water for drinking purposes. Wa¬
ter sells rapidly at 5 cents a quart and
the demand greatly exceeds the sup¬
ply.
ROAD TO ISSUE BONDS.
The C., R. & S. Railway Makes Arrange¬
ments to Pay Debts.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern, at
Rome, Ga., $500,000 50-year 5 per
cent gold bonds were issued. A first
mortgage will be given upon all the
property and earnings of the road.
The bonds are issued to pay the in¬
debtedness of the old Chattanooga,
Rome and Columbus road, much of
which is for back taxes.
The road will also build a hand¬
some depot, to cost $20,000, on the
site of the old Hamilton warehouse
property. The bonds will be placed
on the market in Now York.
STUDENTS MOBBED BRANN.
Article In His Publication Reflected on
Their University.
At Waco, Texas, W. C. Braun, edi¬
tor of Brann’s Iconoclast, was the vic¬
tim of a mob of 200 students of Baylor
University, a Baptist university of that
city Saturday afternoon.
Brann was seated in the office of his
publishing house when four young
men, students of the university called
him to the door, where they seized
him and thrust him into a hack, which
which v as lapidly driven to the col¬
lege campus, where Brann was rough¬
ly handled.
BREWERS MAKE ASSIGNMENT.
Viabilities at 8350,000 and Assets Slightly
Above That Sum.
The Phoenix Brewing Company,
one of the oldest brewing associations
in St. Louis, made an assignment
Monday, with liabilities of $250,000
and assets slightly in excess of the
the sum. President Weber states that
the failure was caused by the filing of
a number of attachment suits aggre¬
gating $13,000 dm. by Goepper £ Co., a
Cmeinuftti
CAN FIRE I EPUT1ES.
An Important Ruling for Benefit of Inter*
nal Revenue Collectors.
A Washington special 6ays: Collec-
outsid' 0?cWu a LrvL“iut1n n th<,°r4°
pointments.
The treasury department asked the
attorney general for a ruling upon the
question as to whether the terms of
the deputies expires with that of the
collector or not.
The matter was referred to Assist-
aut that Attorney General writing'his Boyd, who states
he was now decision
for the president’s approval. He did
not hesitate to say that he thought,
‘ and had so decided, that the collectors
I ^ a right to make their own appoint-
j ; STM the civil seivice ^.“^"2^ commigsion for
an
eligible list.
This ruling does not apply to store-
keepers and guagers, he said. This
means that every' deputy collector un-
der Cleveland can be fired without rea-
son, and the republicans who have not
passed the civil service can be put in
their places.
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EX-SENATOR DIES. *
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Samuel McMillan, of Minnesota, Sue-
eumbs to Anaemia.
Samuel J. McMillan, United States
senator from 1876 to 1888, died at his
home in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday
night of anaemia. He had been ill
for uearly a year,
He was born in Brownsville, Pa.,
February 22, 1826. He studied law
in the offices of Edwin M. Stanton,
afterward secretary of war, and after
a distinguished career was in 1874
chosen chief justice of the Minnesota
supreme court.
He was elected to the United States
senate as the result of one of the most
noted deadlocks in the history of the
state. In 1881 he was re-elected,
While in the senate he succeeded
Bosc-oe Conklin as chairman of the
commerce committee. He was prom-
tnent in the Presbyterian church and
in 1890 was chosen one of the two men
from the west on the committee of re-
vision of the confession of faith of that
body,
THOUSANDS OF CHINESE DROWN.
Sixty Villages In tlie Empire Swept Away
By Floods.
The steamer Victoria which arrived
at Tacoma, Wash., Monday, brings
news of the most disastrous floods
that have visited China for many years.
Sixty villages near Tung Chou, con¬
taining over 80,000 inhabitants, have
been destroyed by floods and the peo¬
ple drowned or forced to flee.
There is no means of finding out
how many thousands have been drown¬
ed, but the number is estimated by
Chinese authorities at 15,000 to 20,000.
The flooded district is within twelve
miles of Pekin, tbe capital of China.
As a rule, Chinese officials make very
little stir when a calamity like this
happens, but the proximity of the dis¬
aster lias resulted in its being brought
to the attention of the emperor, xvho
has ordered that all possible relief be
given.
SPAIN’S NEW CABINET.
This Ministry Will Urge Reforms In
Cuban Affairs.
The new Spanish ministry formed
Monday is constituted as follows:
Senor Sagasta, president of the
council of ministers; Senor Gullon,
minister for foreign affairs; Senor
Groizard, minister of justice; General
Correa, minister of war; Admiral Ber-
mejo, minister of marine; Senor Pnlg-
cerver, minister of finance; Senor
Capdegon, minister of the interior;
Count Xiguena, minister of public
works; Senor Moret, minister for the
colonies.
After an informal meeting the new
ministers proceeded to the palace and
took the oath of office.
WILL SLOP FREIGHT TRAFFIC.
Quarantine Forces Southern Faciflc to
Take Action.
A San Francisco special says: In
consequence of the yellow fever quart-
antine in the southern states, the
Southern Pacific company has decided
to close its gulf route to all freight
traffic.
All arrangements have been perfect¬
ed by the Southern Pacific with the
Texas and Pacific, w'hereby connection
may be had with New Orleans and
other points in the southern part of
Louisiana.
FAYORED BY SUGAR TRUST.
A New In Factor in the Hawaiian Annex¬
ation Question.
Advices from Honolulu state that by
far the most important move toward
annexation since the adjournment of
congress has been a proposition to the
Hawaiian government, known to have
come in the last mail from the coast,
to the effect that if this govern¬
ment will withdraw its opposition to
the Spreckels interests in the islands,
the Sugar Trust will not onlj cease its
opposition to the annexation treaty
now pending in congress, but will
actually assist in procuring its ap¬
proval by congress during the coming
winter. This story comes from a
trustworthy source.
LUETGERT IS SILENT.
Acting on Advice of Attorneys He Did Not
Tell Hi* Story.
The defense in the famous Luetgert
murder trial, at Chicago, rested its
case Thursday after two witnesses had
testified. Luetgert did not go on the
witness stand in his own defense.
Tue big sausage manufacturer yield¬
ed to the advice of his attorneys, but
the disappointment to him was great.
He has declared for months that he
must tell his story to the jury. His
counsel feared to put him on the stand
a t I he accepted the situation with a
fr wn.
INDORSED ORGANIZED LABOR.
.League of American Municipalities Adopt
Important Resolution.
The League of American Municipal¬
ities, in session at Columbus, O.,
passed a resolution Friday morning,
offered by Alderman Lowry, of Pough¬
keepsie, N. Y., indorsing the efforts
of organized labor and requiring that
the published report of the league’s
proceedings aud addresses hew the
Typogtaphicul Uuiou i»b#l v
SUBSCRIPTION RITES: SUN A YEAR.
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STRONG AND BITTER FIGHT BEING
MADE ON HEALTH HOARD.
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: FEYER RECORDS BEING BROKEN.
Doctors Are Loth to Report Cases, Giving
as m Reason That It Curtails
Their Practice.
Friday was again something of a re-
cord breaker in Ne w Orleans in the
! thirty reported, T XT j hey cropped up ^ in
a11 directions, but the death record
onl J thre< ? for da J-
The fever is rapidly spreading in .
niany directions, but tne laigest major-
^7 of cases are proving to be of a
harmless type.
Th® infectious character of the fever
is > however, shown in the fact that
there were again numerous instances
of new cases in hoU8e8 wh6re sickness
has already existed. The weather is
warm and the conditions excellent for
new cases. But the death percentage
h as fallen considerably below the re¬
cord of 1878 ’
The usual care is not now beiDg
taken in diagnosing cases, and it is
quite probable that many of the cases
that are reported as yellow fever are
the result of hurried examinations by
physicians.
More cases were reported before 9
o clock Friday than ,, at , any time .. since .
the fever has invaded the city. There
were fifteen at that hour.
The new cases were reported from
all sections of the city.
Doctors Having Trouble
A . .... bitter fight is being made on the
board of health because it is insisting
in quarantining inmates of houses in
which yellow fever exists and those
houses which immediately adjoin.
Dr. Guiteras expressed the opinion
that it is possible to confine the in-
fection within the room where the pa-
tient may be lying so this has strength-
ened the fight of the public agaiust
these quarantine measures. In spite
of the storm of protests, however, ;
many eminent physicians, and profes- i
sional men are urging the board to
continue its present course in quarau-
tining houses.
The crisis is either present now or j
close at hand, and it is not considered
wise to jeopardize the health of the
whole community by allowing people
in infected houses or living next door
to them to go among the members of
the community at random.
The fever has, of course, not been
declared epidemic and for that reason
physicians are disinclined to report
yellow fever.
A number of doctors state, in a for-
mal protest, that if their names are re-
ported in connection with yellow fever
cases their practice will lie ruined.
Nobody would send for them if they
have had anything do with yellow
fever cases.
CriMis Approaching In Mobile.
Newspaper correspondents at Mobile, i
Ala., are in a quandary. If they tell
the truth they are condemned locally
as writing against the interests of the j
city. If they draw it mild outside
communities declare they are lying,
An attempt has already beeu made to
throttle the press by the prosecution
of a local city editor, but it failed, and
the case was withdrawn as an ignomi-
nious and unpopular move.
The truth of the matter is that a
crisis is approaching in Mobile. Tbe
fever has made unexpected leaps and
within two days has broken out in two
totally unexpected quarters.
STRIKE THREATENED IN CHICAGO.
Probable Tie-lTp of tlie City’s Street Rail¬
ways.
The danger of a tie-up of the lines of
the Chicago City Railway Company is
not over yet. A mass meeting of street
car employes was held Friday and res¬
olutions were unanimously adopted
indorsing the organization of a local
branch of the Amalgamated Association
of Street Car Employes of America.
The most important action taken,
how-ever, was the giving by secret
ballot the power to the executive com¬
mittee of the organization to order a
strike without notice to the cqppany.
The plan of the executive committee
to resent any farther dismissal of em¬
ployes was thus ratified, and future
action was referred to that committee.
MILES HOMEWARD BOUND.
Uncle Sum’. Army Commander Finite* (
Tour of Europe.
General Nelson A. Miles, with Mrs.
Miles and Major Camp, Captain
Maus, sailed from London Saturday
for the United States ou tbe American
liner St Louis
The commander of the army has
been in Europe since Mav on his tour
cf military observation and has in-
spected everything of military inter-
est in the armies of the great powers
in tbe field of action.
He has been looking over fortifica
tions, barracks, camps, ordnance works j ,
of all classes and in the intervals of
this work Las written three reports.
BANANA STEAMER QUARANTINED.
One of Her Crew Had Died of Yellow
Fever—Cargo Thrown Overboard.
The government quarantine officials
at Philadelphia are not at all appre¬
hensive regarding the arrival of the
steamer John ilson Sunday vith Ler
chief engineer dead of yellow fever.
The vessel will be held in quaran¬
tine for some time, while the most
thorough disinfection is made.
Monday the Quaker City Fruit Com¬
pany, consignees of the cargo of ba-
nanas, gave permission to the officials
to throw overboard the entire load.
BIG BUILDING FALLS.
Two Workmen Are Killed Outright and
Ten Injured.
Two men dead and ten injured was
the result of the blowing down of a
big new hotel at Lindsay park, near
Charlevoix, Mich., Tuesday afternoon.
About forty meu were at work in and
around the building when the crash
came. All were buried in the ruins.
After the rescues were completed it
was found that but two had lost their
Uvea.
NO. 47.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
Mrs. James Longstreet, formerly
Miss Ellen Dortch, has returned to At¬
lanta to assume her duties as assistant
state librarian. It is understood by
her friends that she is still in the raoe
for librarian for the next term.
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The Montgomery, Ala., health au-
! ^°. state riti f health bave committee recommended that to freight the
, from and through Atlanta, Ga., be
allowed to come into the state. This
municipality lanta has no embargo on At¬
freights, but they are kept out
by the state quarantine.
I A Washington dispatch states that
suggestions have been made to the
ano t bf , r notation His transfer to nn-
ot h er government place in a small ca
pacity in Washington or elsewhere is
j B suggestion coming from his friends,
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Before this month is ended the At-
| lanta postoffice fight w’ill be decided.
Alert, watchful and full of energy,
both sides are awaiting the end. Any
day the president may announce the
appointment, and friends of the two
candidates are exerting themselves to
hard efforts in this final heat.
The school book commission ap¬
pointed to devise some plan whereby
the school books of the state may be
purchased at less cost is to meet in a
few days to give final consideration to
its report. It is given out that the
commission will not recommend the
adoption of the state uniformity sys-
tern, which is the plan now most large-
, V considered conslderea with wlth reference reference to to tlie the
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purchase of school books.
Charleston has quarantined agaiust
the mails of Atlanta. Superintendent
Terrell, of the railway mail service,
received notice to the effect that the
Charleston board of health demanded
f ba t a j{ mails sent out from Atlanta be
f limiga ted. The board positively re-
f nse8 receive any mail from the
Ga t e City unless it has been thorough-
Jy soaked in the fumes of formaldehyde
gas This notice was 8udden and sur-
pris i ng to the postal authorities,
...
Tbe sub-penitentiary committee ap-
po inted to draft a bill for tbe disposi-
tion o{ convicts at the end of the pres-
eilt lea8e ha8 perfected a bill and will
mail it to members of the general joint
committee as soon as the document can
be printed, The baeis of the measure
j s tbe Hall Ijill on the line of the sug-
ge stions made by Principal Keeper
Turner and approved by the governor,
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The report of the Blalock commit-
mittee is another legislative document
that will furnish much entertainment
f or the citizens of Georgia. From what
ba8 already appeared in print with
reference to the investigations of this
committee, it is but natural to expect
that some parts of their report will
make “mighty interesting reading.”
The question has been raised, and
though its discussion was dropped, it
bft s not been settled—will the legis-
latnre appropriate money with which
to pay for the services and to pay the
expenses of the Blalock committee?
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Stone Mountain has just commenced
to push the fight for the county seat
and the new courthouse that is to be
where the site is located. The people
of Decatur are going on with then-
part of movement, and what the result
w-ill be cannot be guessed with any
degree of accuracy. The feeling on
the part of the active workers on
the two sides is increasing and
they are backed by the citizens in the
western and eastern parts of the
county. The representatives of the
county are divided on the question.
The most interesting thing that has
occurred in Atlanta in a long time,has
been the open-arms reception that was
accorded to the yellow fever refugees.
People who fled from the scourge-in¬
fected districts were kept in close,
stuffy cars enroute, aud in many
places encountered shotgun quaran¬
tines. At Atlanta they were received
without hindrance, and so far tbe city
has suffered no ill effects from it. The
people of Atlanta have paid very little
attention to the one mild case that a
refugee from Mobile developed, and
now, that this case is convalescent,
there is no apprehension of a spread
of the dread disease.
There can be no doubt now that
President H. M. Comer, of the Central
of Georgia Railway Company, will
remain in that position for some time
to come. The proxy of the Southern
Railway Company, or at least whoever
owns the stock of the Central, has
been sen t to Mr. Comer and is now in
his hands for tfie purpose of being
voted at the . meeting of the
coming
directors of the system, to be held in
Savannah October 12th. When Mr.
Comer was last in New York he asked
that the proxy empowering him to
vote the oO 000 shares of stock be sent
bim To this the holders of the stock
readily assented and on his return
from hl8 ^stern tnp he found that
P™*7 band. Every vote on every
proposition and for every dir^tor
therefore, be cast by President
Comer.
NEW CABINET FOR GREECE.
Official Lint of Those Who 'Will Accept tha
Various Portfolios.
It is officially announced that tho
Gree ]j cabinet has been constituted as
follows:
M. Zaimis, the president of the
council, will assume the portfolio of
the foreign office.
M. Tomas will accept the post of
minister of justice, and minister of
marine ad interim.
M. Colkerpas, minister of the inte-
*
r or
M. Panagitopoulo, minister of public
instruction.
COLLEGE LOSES SETH LOW.
Candidate for Mayor of Greater New }'ork
Resigns Presidency of Columbia.
A New York dispatch says: "When
the trustees of Columbia college met
Monday President Seth Low,who is the
Citizen;)’ Union candidate for mayor,
tendered his resignation as president.
it was resolved that the resignation
be referred to a committee of five to
, consider and report at the n^xt meet*
iug of the trustees ou November