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About The Southern record. (Toccoa, Ga.) 1897-1901 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1897)
SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR T01ST5. >:»t«blished Establishet 1890. 1872. VO!,. XXIV. GEORGIA SENATE TURNS DOWN MR. TURNER’S MEASURE. THE CHILD LABOR BILL 13 KILLED A Grief Summary of Cach Day’s Pro- ceertlng* In llie House and tlie Senate. _ Tl,e legislature signalized the d„ y Monday oy important action on sev- eral subjects. Football was voted a misdemeanor by the house. The sen- ate also voted the way 3 open for Judge “ ge Boynton s dispensary bill , . by a recon- federation on the Turner bill, and Mr. Blalock’s bill to pay the teachers of the common schools quarterly passed the house by a vote of 101 to 2. The Cole anti-football bill, which passed the house by a vote of 91 to 3, without discussion is as follows: “Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Geov- gia, and it is hereby enacted bv the authority aforesaid, that from and after the passage of this act, it shall lie unlawful for any person or persons to come together and play a prize or match game of football in any park or other place in this state where a fee is charged for admission to the same. “Hoc. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that each aud of every person shall violating the provisions tins act be guilty of a misde¬ meanor, and on conviction therefor shall be punished as prescribed in sec- tion 1,039 of volume 2, of the code of Georgia of 1895.” In order to give Mr. Turner the privilege of withdrawing his anti-bar¬ room bill the senate passed by a vote of fourteen to twelve a motion to re- consider. In the event that the prohibition bill ]>ending in the house reaches the senate it will not be barred by the de¬ feat of Mr. Turner’s bill. If the house passes such a bill it will mean a re- newal of tbe fight in the senate. Three of the senators who voted rgainst the Turner bill Friday, voted Monday to reconsider, Senator Tur- ner then formally withdrew tlie meas¬ ure. Tho senate held over until 1:30 o . clock . . to . give time .. for , the completion , .. ..f routine business. The time was spent in reading house bills for the first time. Thursday. Thursday was an important one iu both houses of the legislature. The (Miato spent the morning discussing the Turner prohibition bill, Senator Battle opposing and Senator Gray ad¬ vocating that measure. It did not reach a vote, but the indications are that the senate is nearly equally divi¬ ded, with the chances iu favor of that bill or some modification of it. Tlie bill prohibits the manufacture, side , and ii- keeping for f sale , of , mtoxieat- . . • . b liquors, fermented distilled, .... 1 ■ nig or m the state, excepting in prohibition counties by local option, and goes in¬ to effect in such eount es when local prohibition expires. The bill excepts the manufacture of domestic wine, without admixture of alcohol, from grapes or other fruits grown by the manufacturer, and also excepts the sale of such wiue for non-beverage purposes in quart or larger packages. i’laces for the sale or manufacture of liquors in violation of the act are declared nuisances, and violations of the law are urn lo misdemeanors under code section 1939. On motion of Senator Turner the bill was made the special order for ’"Y...... T - *H. bmto £5 a inanritv ' Tlie bill to make the birthday ol ■Iolterson Davie a legal holiday earn. almost unanimously disagreed to The bill is expected to pass on third 11 The oiled of the Itlaloek committee's gist and another by Mr. Swift to ro- peal the university funding act. Friday’s Proceedings. £2“?— y — hnStaTSin '^natorTmier. ““1 »eeing‘th.t * h ?4"to?e p ”' the hill *»« .Iriftin* against him, move.l « postponement for further consider,,- 1,0.0 •«•>' W... The motion was loan bill, ivas 23 to 18 against the report. The hill was then put upon its passage and lost. The following was the vote: Ayes—Atkinson, Brinson, Brooke, Culver, Everett, Llewellen, Flynt, Gray, Kemp, Kilpatrick, McFarland, Starr, T. D. Stewart, Thompson. Tur¬ ner, J. Y. Walker, Witcher, Wooten -18. btevens, J. A. Stewart, Strother N an \'"col-23 P ' " * U * r ’ " ' That the public interest had in no "ay abated concerning the fate of Sen- •tor Turner's bill, which was made a clean-cut prohibition measure by the adoption of Senator Kilpatrick’s amendment.Thursday, was fully evine- ed 1 y the large assemblage that crowd- the senate gallefy Friday morning •°ng b if ore the hour of convening. No measure that has been intro- dueed in the Georgia legislature in recent v^ars has attracted the wide- spread* interest “he tb it has been tnani- fested in Turner bill The house passed several important hills, among [hem one requiring judg- mcnts to be recorded in the county where subject real estate is situated before they become * liens against inno- cent+uu-U Another^ v S biH to make landlords’ liens superior after to itscussiou. laborers’ liens was Passed some The call of the roll for new matter bought out a number of bills, sev- ontlefn tm eral of which are important. Mr. Berry, of Whitfield, proposes to re- I '*«<•« the salary of the railroad com- 1 nissioners from 82,500 to $2,000; Mr Rutherford, of Walton, wants to cnt salaries of supreme court stenog- | "aphers to 81,000 and reduce their number from six to three; Mr. Bates >i Murray, seeks to prohibit judges I from asking questions of wisnesses ! school commissioners to buy school 4 books dnd furnish them to pupils at I cost; and Mr. Blalock, of Fayette, pro- i P os cs to reduce the fees of fertilizer inspectors from 8125 to $06.66 per ££2S£? fbifTSto penTS j running ,^ Stone, of excursion trains on Sunday, r - of Walton, introduced a f° r a straight lease of the peui- ! convi ^?’ an<1 * lr- Armstrong, of Wilkes, put in one for the inspec- j tion of misdemeanor convicts by grand juries. Saturday in the House. ! Saturday w as an unimportant day iu legislature. Tbe senate was not in session and the house sat only au kour an( l a half, without a quorum, hearing new bills read the first time ! aUf ^ others a second time, T he only matter of importance out- side routine work was the adoption of a joint resolution by Mr. Pace, of Newton, inviting Hon. J. L. M. Curry address the general assembly at noou on November 16th. A number of new bills of minor im- portance were introduced, Tuesday’s Proceedings. The house Tuesday by an emphatic vote killed the bill to prohibit child labor. It was a spirited debate, in which a number of prominent gentle- men took part, but when the test vote came on an amendment excepting cot¬ ton factories the vote of 98 to 39 iu- j lca 6 * e * Y !Yi The biU , prohibited the employment of children under 13 years of ago in , any laundry manufacturing establishment, phans or workshop, excepting or¬ who have to support themselves and excepting saw mills, grist mills, cotton gins and like mills aud work¬ shops in the rural districts. An important senate bill providing for the trial of all questions of fact by jury, including cases now submitted to auditors, was under discussion when it was displaced by a special order. The bill is adversely reported. The house refused to pay Colonel W. S. Thompson, of Atlanta, a $600 fee for his services as attorney / for the l stftte iu the tax case again t Mr . G . ! w , Oollier> The house took the } osi- I tion that every county should collect its taxes, including the state’s part. j There was barely a quorum present iu the senate Tuesday, and the session was devoted principally to the train- action of routine business. Only one important bill was introduced, and | that was offered by Mr. McFarland, of the Forty-fourth district. His bill has for its pui pose the abatement of the cigarette evil, and not only would prevent the sale of cigarettes in Geor¬ gia, but also provides against briug- ing them into the state. The session was adjourned at ll:o0 , clock , . uutil 10 clock r , w Wednesday , o o ^ . morain 8- The School Book Reports. Governor Atkinson sent the major¬ ity and minority reports of the school book commission to the general as¬ sembly Tuesday, accompanying them with a short but very pointed message. The governor limits his message to a brief statement of facts and presents a table of comparison between the cost of books now and the prices of¬ fered him by a prominent publisher if given a contract to furnish the state’s school books. This publisher has of¬ fered to give bond to comply with such a contract. The difference in price is interesting and uot far short of start¬ ling. : ’be aiatlom lo.Wn, a,.d the e^e | to apply the remedy. the message the govertftr also I , reil- l ^’arietta. H,■ iMjpe e the m,l£ “• “'’’SP' ,embly. the n „ 5 ns 1 ... i v ..ti,Ir.i removed lts pos* essu ^___ HAMPTON MAKES HIS REPORT. Low AVnter Mark Reached In Railway Const!notion the Fast Year. I I ‘ ve jj' ,rt He ’“G ” MnvtrncY , t ,hL mU»av “,^1 year thirtv four »■><* ht 'GI g li^ 7ero soM fore , receivership, "eio sold at a, 1:1 closure. , A steady improvement in ram oat earnings during the first six months ot the current year is noted IMPORTATIONS WANTED. Government Appraisers Hard at Work Formniatin; Plans. j pr s^r,Xeel ; c*He< ^ ommeudation f Ap- ^ re( . c ! praiser Waken,an to enforce hone,» f | met again iu Sen Tork Fuda . onferellce YfYnment w ,, au adjournment was " a- J taken a uutil Monday, * ___ NOTED vaTFD FORGER lORGLU ‘T LARGE. l j s Ha8 a penchant For Breaking Out 1 ofjaii. J. A. Thomas, the forger made his second escape from the M p his, Tenu., early Monday morning and 1 bv sawing the bars of hm cell afterwards sawing the bars in he window in the rear of the jai.L Thomas made lumseif famous by his [ previous escapes from jail at Memphis m \ ,« Chicago, and his subsequent I ma-via^e with Miss Fannie Rnthe.- | f or d. Jf charged Minneapolis with Three offenses ot her | prisoners Lo minor ] ,-w P ed alter TUotua* had made j the way ettar. rOCCOA. HABERSHAM COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER V2. 1897. DISEASE IS RAPIDLY DYING OUT IN INFECTED DISTRICTS. BEING ROUTED BY COLD WEATHER. Busicets and Railway Tracfflc Resumes Normal Conditions Once More. Quarantines I.ifted. _ At 12 o'clock Tueeda, onl.v one new caf *e and two deaths from yellow fever were reported from the New Orleans board of health. All interest iu the fever has about died out. The news¬ papers are paying but little attention to it, confining themselves to simply the official bulletins. In all the infected points the same dimunition of the disease is reported and it is expected that the next coid spell will wipe out the pestilence en¬ tirely. Tuesday was bleak and cold. Prospects for a real cold spell are ex¬ cellent, in anticipation of which the merchants hroughout the city are preparing for a rush of business. The Montgomeiy board reports one None new case in Tuesday in tbe suburbs. the city and no deaths. Total cases to date, 129; deaths, 12. The comjdete record for Tuesday w'as as follows: CITIES. NEW CASES. DEATHS. New Orleans 1 Mobile..... 7 Montgomery.......1 o Walta Bend, Mo.... I o Setma 1 o Memphis is Open. -^ lie division passenger agent of the Cotton Belt route has the following telegram from the general office at St. Louis - “Quarantine regulations have been so modified that passengers passing through Memphis from now’ infected points and not stopping at Memphis will he admitted to all points on our line in Arkansas, except at Clarendon, and all points in Texas through Tex¬ arkana, provided they are provided with proper health certificates. We arc at present only operating our freight trains out of Memphis.” DELBRIDGE IS DEFIANT, He Says the Suicide of His Brother Was Put Up Joh. Glia - les Del bridge, broth or of Thomas Delbridge, the Atlanta man wdio found a watery grave at Lakew r ood some time ago, returned to Atlanta from New - York Monday afternoon. He is exceedingly wrathy about certain alle¬ gations that have been made against him concerning the Delbridge insur¬ ance, and he gives a startling version of the mysterious death of his brother which smacks of calmly pi - emeditated suicide for insurance money. Delbridge makes spicy charges against C. W. Motes, the father-in-law of Thomas Delbridge, aud Mary Del- bridge, the latter’s wife. He says both of these knew of Thomas Del- bridge’s intention, and that Mr. Motes, knowing this, aided the deceased iu securing an insurance policy after his life had already been insured for a large amount; that Tom left certain papers in which he told how the in¬ surance money was to be divided, which have beeu found and destroyed. Delbridge also says he confidently believes his brother suicided just to leave his family a sufficient sum for future sustenance and says he has much evidence to back his statement. Moreover, Delbridge claims he is entitled to one-fourth of the insurance money by virtue of an alleged agree¬ ment between his brother aud himself several months before the latter’s death, which he says he has not re¬ ceived. THREE ONLY ESCAPED. British Bark From Newcastle Wrecked and Many of tlie Creiv Drowned. ^ of T#M(Uy from y.lpar.Uo ‘>*»t 'behirge British bark Cor- dillera, Captain Everett, from Newcas- — - been All on board were drowned except two mates and the ship’s carpenter. The ship had registered tonnage of 2,224 and carried a valuable cargo. HUNTER GETS A JOB. The Mo “ d *T- W. Godfrey Hunter, of Kentucky, to he envoy extraordinary and mmis.er H °“' * Y he re P Hunter ubhc “” is T, ar, one V o, “ the leaders of - served as a member of congress m the last bouse aud has given notice that ^ would make a contest for a sent in ^ be present house, claiming that he had been elected. He was the candi¬ date of his party for senatorship, but after a long struggle he had to give way to Senator Deboe. THE ROOF FELL IN. Fire Destroys Saw Mill and Several Men ; Probably Killed. Fire at Texarkana destroyed foui ^ ^ , nmber sheds „ d I oxer 1,250 000 feet of lumber, the properly of Ihe Central Coal, Coke and Lumber Company The aggre- gate loss is over $100,000. Ine roof fell while about forty men were under lt and it is believed that several bod¬ , | will be found in tbe rums. BLACK DIAMOND RAILWAY. Citizens of Anderson. S. C*» Subscribing for Stock. An enthusiastic meeting was held at Amlersou , C , in the interest of the j proposed Black IW>nd pr.-jectcd by Col. Albeit L. Boone, ol ? Zare ^ Tlile , G . - Resolutions were offered by Gen. , y L Bonham and unanimous.v ad- ,,pted .that the city council order a u j e!ectioa at aa early date on the ques- , :ion c f snhscnpti n to bonds of tue j Black Diamond vuiiway to the amount o- soUAHW, Devoted to Southern Progress and Colonization. CJURIS WILL DECIDE. The Democrats of Ohio Won’t GItc Up th] Fight. The Ohio legislature stands seventy- fjur republicans, seventy democrats and one doubtful or die official returns received up to F/liav night. "With a dozen or more of the eighty-eight counties very close there have been no material changes except in Wood county, which will be claimed by both parties till the courts pass ou the ac¬ tion of the supervisors. There have been no unusual pro¬ ceedings before the returning boards of any of the counties except that of Wood, although both parties have had their representatives aud attorneys iu the county seats wherever the vote was close. Chairman McConville, of the demo¬ cratic committee, has not changed his claims of a democratic majority on joint ballot and will not do so until the official returns of all counties are in, and show the final results to diffei from those he has at haud. Chairman McConville and others from the democratic state headquar¬ ters went to Cincinnati Friday night to confer with John It. McLean and other party leaders regarding the con¬ tests thafcare to be made in the close counties. PENSION ROLLS INCREASE. Over Fifty Thousand Names Added to the Rolls During Fast Year. The first annual report of Commis¬ sioner of Pensions II. Clay Evans, to the secretary of the interior wms made public at Washington Friday. “There were added to the rolls dur¬ ing the year 50,101 new pensioners, and there were restored to the toIIb 3,971 pensioners w r ho had been pre¬ viously dropped; total of 54,072. “Losses were 31,690 by deaths; 1,074 by remai’riage of widows and mothers, 1,145 by legal limitation (minors); 2,683 for failure to claim pensions for three years, and 3,560 for other causes; aggregate of 41,122. “The whole number of pensioners on the rolls -June 30, 1897, was 976,- 014. The net gain over the previous year was 5,336. “It w ill thus be seen that the pen¬ sion rolls has not yet begun to show’ any diminution, though it has been anticipated by my predecessors in office that such would be the fact. Seven widows of revolutionary soldiers are still on the rolls. “The amount disbursed for pensions by the pension agents during the year was $139,799,242.12, and the amount disbursed by treasury settlement was $150,475.23; a total of $139,949,717. This exceeds the amount disbursed during the fiscal year 1896 by the sum of $1,584,480.” CHILDREN MURDERED. Bloody Deed in Canada—Tramp Snspecled of Committing the Crime. Advices from Montreal, Can., state that Michael Nulty, a farmer, and Mrs. Nulty, w r ent to St. Julienne, Thursday, leaving their four children in the house. Three of the children were girls, aged eighteen,, sixteen and fourteen years, respectively. The fourth was a boy, aged ten years. A friend of the family named Morrin called at tho Nulty house in the after¬ noon and found the front door broken in and two of the children—the boy and the youngest girl—lying on the floor of the hall, their heads hacked to pieces. On the road to the barn he found the body of the second eldest girl, and iu the barn he found the body of the eldest girl, terribly lace¬ rated. Morrin alarmed the neighbors and the father and mother were sent for. A tramp, w ho was seen in the neigh¬ borhood of the house, is suspected of the crime and detectives are now look¬ ing for him. A bloody ax. was found near the house. CABINET TALKS OF ELECTION. Dlscussion of Spanish Affairs Gave AYay to Debate on Reults in Ohio. A Washington special says: All members of the cabinet except Secre¬ tary Alger were present at Friday’s session, which did not last long. Routine business was presented by the different cabinet officials, but much of the time was given to a discussion of the recent elections. Satisfaction was expressed on all sides, especially at the result iu Ohio and Maryland. The Spanish situation was uot con¬ sidered, although there were some dispatches relating to the subject id rhe cabinet room. THE SOUTHERN WINS In the Bluthenthal & Bickert “Original Package” Whiskey Case. Judge Pardee made a decision at Atlanta Friday morning in the United States circuit court in the case of Blu- thentbal & Bickert against the South¬ ern Railway company. The judge refused to sustain the de¬ murer of the railway company, but did not issue the mandatory order compelling it to haul the goods of Bluthenthal & Bickert into the state of South Carolina. The defendant was allowed five days iu which to file an additional answer to the allegations in the petition for injunction. HONEST IMPORTATIONS WANTED. Government Appraisers Hard at Work Formulating Flans. The conference of government ap¬ praisers and tobacco examiners from various parts of the United States called by Secretary of the Treasury Gage on the recommendation of Ap¬ praiser TYakeman to enforce honest importations of tobacco by uniformity in classification, met again in New York Friday. After a two hours’ conference au adjournment was taken until Monday. HONEST IMPORTATIONS WANTED. Government Appraisers Hard at Work Formulating Flans. The conference of government ap- | praisers and tobacco examiners from various parts of the Uuitec. .States i called by Secretary of the Treasury j Gage on the recommendation of Ap- j praiser W akeman to enforce honest importations of tobacco by uniformity 01 classification, met again in New hour. - conference au adjournment was taken until Monday. - A HIGHLY SENSATIONAL ML’RHER OCCURS IN ATLANTA, GA. n WELL fm i/uniUM KNOWN niTiurMO CITIZENS SUSPECTED PilonrnTrn Former Proprietor of a Liquor House and His Assistants Arrested Under Charge of Suspicion. At At At.anta, Atlanta Ga Ga., Monday lion ay ni-ht u t at ten minutes past 6 o clock Policeman J.T.J. Ponder was shot and killed by a thief and an assassin. This cold-blooded L/iuwi c murder ui vi of the c officer while ho was ou duty, the early hour of the evening and the fact that it occurred directly opposite the onion depot, , in the very center of the city, | made the tragedy one of the most startling sensations that has occurred i in Atlanta in several years. The killing occurred in the whole- sale liquor house of Louis Steinau, at No. 41 Wall street, which had been closed during the day under attach- j ment by the sheriff. * ; Just after the murder there was the wildest excitement iu the neighbor- hood of the scene where the terrible tion crime after had sensation been committed, followed and the sensa trag~ j ! edy so rapidly that the excitement for a while rose to fever heat. The noise of the shooting, the dls- covery of the dying officer and very soon afterwards eight arrests were in- termixed w ith a number of officers and detectives seeking to ferret out the perpetrators of the murder. Among the eight persons arrested during the evening suspected of hav- ing been implicated in the dastardly crime are L. Steinau, Julius Simon and Walter O’Quinn, all of whom were connected with Steinau’s business and whose arrest is explained only on the theory that they "valuables desired to secure cer- tain papers or in Steinau’s place before the store w as taken charge of by the receiver appointed by the court. Just hoAV the officer w’as killed can only be surmised by the facts as have so far been gathered about the tragedy, Some five or ten minutes before the shooting, a man passing the front of the wholesale store saw ekher one or two men in the store and apparently at work in the small office which is partitioned off from the main body of the store. Passing along the same way, Officer Ponder must have seen the men in the office. He was at the time stationed on the Wall street beat by the union depot. Knowing that the wholesale house of Louis Steiuau had been closed by the sheriff in the morning, and that no one had any business in there working, he probably tried the front door, anti finding it open, walked in. Then followed a chase aud the shoot¬ ing. Those who were in the store for no lawful purpose doubtless ran to the back of the store, having opened the rear doors for the purpose of hasty flight if discovered. The brave officer followed after the fleeing men and w r as fired upon. Springing out of the door one of the thieves, knowing that he was in the dark, and that he was to be pursued and probably run down, turned and fired the fatal shot and then escaped into the darkness. When the ball struck him Ponder went back toward the front of the store, aud feeling that his life’s blood was ebbing away, hastened to seek the aid of those who were the nearest to him. In less than five minutes after he was shot he was dead. THORN ON TRIAL. With Mrs. Nack, He is Charged with the Murder of Guidensuppe. Ihe trial of the barber, Martin Thorn, for the murder of W illiam Gulden- suppe was begun at New York Mon- day. The entire day was taken up in securing a jury, and much to tho sur- prise of all those interested the efforts of the lawvers for the prosecution and defense were well rewarded, as twelve good men had been sworn to try the case when the hour for adjournment " bad been rt ached. The trial began ir. tho Queen’s county ^ courthouse, Long Island City. ‘ befm Judy3 Wilmot M. Smith. AUTHORITY NECESSARY, Before Government Can Extend Aid to the Klondike Sufferers. Secretaiy Alger has sent to W. S. Mason, president of the chamber of commerce of Portland, Ore., the fol- lowing telegram concerning the re- ported destitution in Alaska: j “Your dispatch of the 4th, couceru- ; ing Alaskan sufferers, received. Noth- i ing can be done by the department j without congressional authority. But I suggest you get all particulars, and the department will also get what facts it can, and you submit a plan for relief. You may be sure of active co- operation as soon as congress makes an appropriation, which, if found necessary, will be urged.” FROST SEEMS INEFFECTIVE. Eight Deaths at New Orleans With Only Eight New Cases. A New Orleans special say .: At 1 , clock , , Friday _ ., afternoon the yellow ,, , o fever record reported by the board of health was eight new cases and eight deaths. Though this number of deaths is large.it La, not created any exei,.ment, ?h. , *wr-”yFng C0 «”to," one member of the board of health puts it. HIGHWAYMEN AT WORK. . _ - „ irre.tpri for Complicity in a Hold- i n. A dispatch from Guthrie, Oklahoma, says . Tbe mail st^e running between £-h e y enne and Canadian, was held up Tuesday by highwaymen, who rifled the mail pouches and secured about <*4.39 in mtme y and valuables. James Wilson, tbe stage driver, has ^ r v SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Xcw Industries Established in the South During the Fast Week. Among the most important new in- I" fig''SU *2 Tenn.; g ,s $60,000 at Newport News, Va.; the Tisdale Mining and Manufacturing Co * ca P ital §33,500, at Butler, Ga.; the Huguenot Mining and Milling Co., the Arctic Circle Mining Co., capital aud the Grand Encamp- ment Mining and Milling Co., capital $300,000, at Charleston, W. Va. ; the Morgan County Caunel Coal Co., cap- ital $25,000, at Frankfort, Kv.; the Carter Coal and Iron Co., capital $100,- 000, at Pulaski, Va., and the Jackson- Mini 0 ital $60>00 0,at Rome> Ga . The Peerless Clay Co., capital $18,000, has been incorporated at Butler, * Ga.; the New York Petro- eum Co., capital SoOC ,000, . at 1 arkers- , ^ \ f ’, l^aonnnn *ill’ °r*-? knitting ,? mill be erected at Bur- hngtou, N. n C.; a rope and , twine . . mill at , Tn n> ’ a ! l y^L, a C ° V ? a Y,* „ ( , tie kocji ArK ; a siu.uuu lumoer mi l a ami 011 V L " > ®aw mi a , , r lae fy. . a i T8, uUt a o, um ei ’ l mill at \ inton, Ga. 0t ker woot ^ orkl “g plants will be established at Brand ford and Holley, I la., Belair and Cordele, Ga., and LI- Kin, in. g. -tradesman (Lhattanooga, eun.) CRANK SOUGHT M’KINLEY. - | Spain’s Note In The Cabinet—Relief For Whalers—Buck Heard From. A Washington white special says: A crank > appeared at the house Tuesday aud demanded to see President Me- Kinley. He said the president had not treated him right. He was so per- , sistent that the police were ordered to arrest him. At police headquarters he said his name was Henry Rocket, of 1241 Fourth street, Southwest. There is no such name and address in the city directory. llie full text of Spain s reply to tlie Woodford note was read at the cabinet meeting Tuesday. Its tone was very pacific, instead of being at all warlike, wa? regarded by the cabinet as very satisfactory, and as calculated to allay any fear of a hostile outbreak. The cabinet also gave consideration to the ice-bound Bering Sea whaling fleet. Two plans have been decided upon, one to send the Bear, from Seat- tie, which cannot be got ready for two w eeks, and another to send the Thrash- er, a whaling vessel at San Francisco, United States Minister Buck at Uokio has cabled the department of state that the Japanese minister of foreign affairs resigned Saturday and that Baron Nishi has been appointed his successor. KNIGHTS r OF LABOR MEET. ~ - e9S, °” V ° , r , general , “f, ^ , , °! , tho , Kai v '. , hte , 8 f . ^Yo! man ,* a a J ° 8 ! V s '! fiU e °K ’ J"' T ' 1 ® 1 SC l" a y morning at 1n 10 o clock by t r Grand 1 Master J R, Sovereign. Among the dele-; gates were a number of the most promt- nent. leaders m the movement in this j country and abroad | After the appointment of commit- tees ou credentials, press, etc., the meeting adjourned until the afternoon, Theue was nothing done at the after- noon session. ihe master w’orkman was not ready 1 to make his appointments, and as the committee ou credentials and the com- mittee on finance were not ready to j report, adjournment was taken until: ’’ ednesday.____ vri'PA 11H1KU AsiLlJl iSYIIT'M lll ftiiGLli, T R\FTl Coiiossal structure at MiUedffevHle, Ga., Laid In Ashes. The negro building of the Georgia state lunatic asylum iu Milledgeville was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday *" afternoon. j The 700 patients in the building were saved bv the most heroic work. At fi rst there was a stampede, but by cool gild collected efforts of the attendants they were successfully con- fiped in the walled asylum yard. The negro building was capable of housing b nearly i. a thousand. It covered t llt Mature f ouud and „ os bni p bv onhe legislature in in 1884. 1884 Wales Is Fifty-Six. The birthday of the prince of Wales was celebrated Tuesday with the usual flag hoisting, hell ringing and artillery salutes. He was born November 9, 1841. LORD MAYOR’S DAY. Londoners Honor Installation of New Mayor With Fitting Demonstrations. A cable dispatch from Loudon says: In spite of a thick drizzle and a heavy fog, the ancient custom of presenting the elected chief magistrate of London, Horatio David Davies, to the repre- sentatives of the sovereign and to the people, was observed Thursday with success. The usual throngs of people lined the route and the decorations were more ambitions thau usual, But in spite of the weather, a more stirring proof of the popularity of London’s yearly pageant, known as the Lord Mayor’s procession, has not been given in a long time. ! BANKER WILLARD FAILS. Reputed Minnesota Millionaire Ig Force, to the Wall. John A. Willard, of Mankato, Minn., well known as a millionaire and a banker, has made an assignment. Mr. Wi i, atd estimates hia direct liabilities at . about , . V.48U.UU nnn ). Hi. indirect liabilities are perhap. ' h e il* Sf . , £*££ wl i »hly over *2,000,o4«. GOLD MINE TO BE SOLD. ’ge Newman Appoints Receiver for Yorkville Klondike. Judge Newman at Atlanta, Ga., has rendered a final decree in the York- ville gold mine suit for a receiver. The decree orders that all the pos- sessions of the company be converted as quickly as possible into cash, in j order to pay the many claimants against the property. [ ! The date fixed 'or the sale is De- I SUBSCRIPTION RATES: S1.00 A YEAR. r * CONFEDERATE VETERANS WILL ■» " VLASTA >EXT JULY. -- WUS,,LIV0HIVI ANNIYERSRRY OF Ur THREE 1 niXLL BATTLES DHllLLa - Commader* of Georgia Camps noid Meet- in* in Atlanta and Mat*. Arrange- meats for the Occasion. _ The confederate t veterans , have de- . cided on the date for the great reunion to be held in Atlanta next year. A meeting of the commanders and representatives of all the Georgia camps of , veterans , was held m Atlanta Friday tQ take the first stppg in arranging j or the great event. It was the recom- °' th ? ““«»? *• " - muon be held at some time between th6 2{)th of Ju , y and the 20 th of Au- gust. The two battles of Atlanta were fonght on July 20 aud 2 ». The first battle of Manassas on July 21. There- union will continue during three days and it can thus he made to celebrate t h ree important anniversaries. xke final decision in tbe mat t e r is le f t with the committee appointed at the Nashville reunion, but it is custoim ary for the committee to choose such a time as is most pleasiug to the people where the reunion is to be held. The meeting was called several weeks ago by General Clement A. Evans, for the purpose of inaugurating plans for the entertainment of the veterans who will gather in the Gate i u 1898. More than 100 repre- sentatives of the Georgia camps were present. General Evans presided and opened th« meeting with a brief but stirring address. A resolution w as passed calling upon {he representatives of the various camps to exert every effort to bring every Confederate veteran in Georgia the Atlanta reunion. Another resolution thauked the city council for its cordial invitation in be- half of the people of Atlanta, aud pledged the hearty co-operation of all the state camps iu making tho reunion a grand success. Thus the first gun in anticipation of the reunion has been fired. It is pro- posed to have a great crowd in Atlanta i n *99^ and a resolution was passed calling upon the camps in all the coun- ties of the state to appoint a commit- tee for the purpose of collecting sub- sistence stores and money to assist Atlanta in taking cave of the veterans, There are at present 90 camps of Confederate veterans in Georgia and others will be formed before the re- union occurs. General Evans is highly pleased at the success of the first step taken, and looks forward to an unparalleled cele- bration. ---- TRAIN MAKES FATAL RUN. -- carried Death All Along the “Cotton Belt” Route. The passenger train on the St. Louis fcnd Southwestern road, known as the “Cotton Belt” route, was ill-fated and death marked its run Friday. Near Mount Pleasant, Texas, tho train ran over J. C. Beasley, au ex-section fore- man who had fallen asleep on the track. He was killed instantly. About thirty miles further west, neai Greenville, three negro children were playing down among the timbers of a trestle bridge. They scampered up to the track trying to escape. They had not been seen by the engineer and were so close to the engine that they were run over before being discovered, Two were killed between the rails. The other died an hour later. ^ miles further west, near Wy- ^ . named J. G. Davis, ie > a passenger entered a toilet room and committed suicido by shooting himself through the hea<1 - His home was at Cedar Hill, near Dallas. His friends cannot account for his killing himself. TRIAL OF CREW. Competitor-. Prisoner. Will Be Arraigned °re ava our. A special of Friday from Havana ^ The trial of the crew of the schooner Competitor before the naval courtmar- tial, whose decision must be confirmed by the Madrid government, will begiD Monday morning. Senor Masa Domingez will conduct the defense. CONVENTION OF STOCK GROWERS. All Associations In the United States Rt quested To Send Representatives. A dispatch from Denver, Col., says The national stock growers’ convex tion, which has been under cousidera- G° n f° r some time,was called Saturday f° r January 25th, 26th and 27th, 1898, by a joint session of committees from the Denver chamber of commerce and the Colorado Cattle Growers’ Assccia tion. All stockgrowers’ associations in the United States are to be asked to send delegates, and breeders of fine stock, government and state officials will also f nvited to attend. iFRAGE GRANTED CUBANS. Spsn.sh Cabinet Decides to Give Them the Right to xote. The Spanish cabinet has approved measures for the giving to the inhab- itants of the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico th e same constitutional rights as are enjoyed by Spaniards, for the be- st0Ia , o[ the righta of snffrage upon f who hare * e **• of * went r - Uamen?,?) elections* ” COAL MEN COMBINE. Northern Company Scoops in All Other Concerns In Colorado. A . deal , , , has , been consummated , , at Denver whereby the Northern Coal company becomes the owner of eigh- teen Q f the larger ol coal mines in the northern part the state, and at the same t j me con trols the remainder of t he mines in that district, except in Enterprise. Ab a result the price of northern C advances from $2.75 a ton to $3 50 “**“• ^ lc NO. 52. AGAINST IMPORTED TOBACCO. Florida Growers of the Weed Are Up In Arms. The Florida tobacco growers are up (rights. | the They ask the co-operation of tobac c° growers throughout this j country in their fight for protection against imported tobacco. The law regulating the duty on the imported m tide has been hoodwinked for years am * the government has been the j oser tile tune of thousands of dol- the -ais » industry ^Lile the m effects this country of it have under kept the thumb of the manufacturers who are the principal importers. The great “^ ^ has been in the das- dearly 8 r demonstrates: Major vr Linck, T • , the treasury agent at . Tampa, had the appraiser draw exam- I pies from the thirteen bales of impart- j le “ ( ' Fiv0 01 "’ e9e " ere as wrapper by . the app’aiser, while Major Linck thought all of them should have been classed as wrapper, He accordingly sent these samples to New York, where ten of them were classed ns wrapper. They were then sent to New Orleans and received the information that all were filler. Thu New Orleans classification would have collected $546 duty. Tampa’s collec- tion would have been $1,446, while that of New York would have amount- ed to $2,316; but if the matter hail been left to Major Linck he woultV ‘ have assessed $2,886 duty ou thafc small lot of tobacco. A meeting of the appraisers of this country assembled iu New York last Friday as a result of this instance, to establish a uniform classification of tobacco at all ports of entry in this, j country. employed the The ablest manufacturers lawyers have j in the j country to look out for their interests, which is not the interest of the gov- eminent or tho tobacco growers of this country. They wish to secure a liberal classification for them selves, and wish also to have the ruling of tho secretary of the treasury modified like- j wise in their favor, Tbe board of trade of Bartow, Polk county, Florida, which is a great to- bacco growing center, realizing that the growers w'ere doing nothing for their own protection, and appreciating 1 the fact that the influence of theim- porters is a mighty power, called a i meeting of their organization Friday night and passed the following resoln- lions, “Whereas, the tobacco growing in¬ dustry in this state promises to be im¬ portant in its development, and where¬ as, to grow’ tobacco profitably it is essential that the duties on imported j j tobacco be honestly collected, there- fore be it “Resolved, That the Bartow board of trade hereby wholly and unreservedly indorses the recent rulings of the sec- retary of tbe treasury as to the tariff and classification on imported tobacco, knowing it to be iu the interest of the growers of tkjs country. “Resolved, further, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to the 8ecrotary of the treasuf v, our senators aud congressmen, and that the state press> boav ds of trade, tobacco asso- ciat ious, county commissioners, city councils and all organizations interest¬ ed iu the future cf our state he urged similar and speedy action, in- sisting that the secretary of the treas- uj-y adhere to his rulings, which are a ., d righteous.” This is considered to be the proper fitep to take> and it i s hoped that the tobacco growers of every state in the union will C0 . 0 perate in the movement which is designed * for mutual protec- tion It is believed that the success I of domestic cigar leaf hinges upon this I movement. . WILL ARBITRATE. The Threatened Big strike In Kngland Is Averted. The crisis in the cotton industry which was threatened through the ac¬ tion of the operatives in instructing their delegates to inform their employ- era that they would not consent to a reduction in wages, and the announce- m»»nt ment 1»v by the the emnlovera employers of ot their tfieir inten- inten - tion m the to pay make of a their reduction employees, of 5 per has beeu cent ! averted. The executive committee o ue Up- I erative Spinners Association have adopted a resolution o aecep le o er made by the1 masters to submit -h« ^ a ^r to arbitration. FOUND HANGING TO BAITER. An Axed Woman in Atlanta Suicides ot Was Murdered. The coroner, newspaper reporters and a crowd of neighbors were called to No. 193 West Pine street, Atlanta, Friday afternoon late, where the body of Airs. Zion Bridwel), an aged and well known woman, was found hang¬ ing to the rafters of her cottage, cold in dealh. There may be some developments which will point to murder, at least the coroner felt called upon to act cau¬ tiously. aud instructed the police au¬ thorities to arrest and hold Mr. Brid- well, the husband. The old man waa taken in charge. WHOLE FAMILY SUICIDED. Father Was a Cousin of Captain Dreyfus, the Deported French Officer. ^ special from Paris say?: A man named Dreyfus, who is believed to be a cons i n G f Captain Dreyfus, the de- ported artillery off* officer, imprisoned on an is i aild the coast of French - u inea, his wile, formerly tbe Conn- t Ohecuerty, peotiJelv and their three daugh- - i reB 13, 11 and 7 year, of f age, committed Ufcide Monday morn- 8 " B ^ 1 on the avenne Mareea. i WOLCOTT LANDS SAFELY. j H? and Commissioner York—Both Paine Arrive at New Reticent. Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Col- orado, aud General Charles J. Paine, two of the monetary commissioners appointed by President McKinley to confer with European governments ! concerning the feasibility of estabiish- ! | ing international bimetallism, am i at New York Friday night on the 1 steamship Campania. 1 Both gentlemen asked to be excused »'“* ^ "
