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THE {.tie with l 0F PEACE.
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Outline oft lason, w4 0 f the Seventeen
Articles in the South —
Snow Staovelersxff ere.
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N KW York (8p®< . A great steel
^aa tank of the CV dated Gas Com
pany, at Avenue iUt and Twentieth
street, World, the collapsed large f\ t : a its o’clock kind in Tues¬ the
ftv, °
day afternoon. iD/.jtit down with a
crash aud roar like that of an explosion.
Masonary of granite blocks and bricks
to the height of 50 feet fell like a child's
toy house of blocks, and loosed from
luged bondage 8,000,000 gallons of water, de¬
the streets in a ton-foot tidal
wave and carried death and destruction
through the surrounding neighbor¬
hood. It is not known how many were
killed and injured. The list of injured
is very lage. Many people were caught
in the streets by the rushing waters
%ud were hurled hither aud thither,
receiving injuries of various kinds. To
make tho scene more terrible tbe rush¬
ing waters tore up gas mams and de¬
stroyed electric light conduits, causing
almost complete darkucss. The tank
Was supported by eight great steel up¬
rights, 212 feet high. The loss of the
tank is said to b complete, S«’>00,000.
The damage to Mr. Fuldner’o factory
is placed at S25.0U0 and tho damage to
tho tenements, the property of the gas
company, H. is placed at .$20,000. Win.
Brauiev, chief engineer of tho Con¬
solidated Gas Company’, and Con¬
tractor Logan have been placed under
arrest. Both were charged with homi¬
cide, j?i and their bail was placed at
0,000 each.
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The Treaty of f’cacih
I’auik (By ('able). Extraordinary
precautions are maintained by both the
peace commissions to preserve secrecy
as to the contents of the treaty. Each
commission has taken two copies, but
even the commission attaches are not
permitted to pernse tho documents.
The correspondent of tho Associated
J’resa, however, lias obtained from a
source outline unusually reliable the following
of tbo treaty.
Article 1 provides lor the relinquishment
of Cuba.
Article 2 provides for tho cession of Porto
ltlco.
Article 3 provides for the cession of the
Philippines for ©20,000,000 as compensation.
Article -1 embraces the plans for the cession
of tho Philippines, including the return of
Spanish prisoners iu the hands of the Ta-
gales.
. Article 5 deals with the cession of bar¬
racks, war materials, arms, stores, buildings,
and all property appertaining to the Span¬
ish administration in the Philippines.
’ Article 6 is renunciation by both
ot a nations
their respective claims against each other
and the citizens of each other.
Article 7 grants to Spanish trade and ship¬
ping American in the Philippines trade shipping the same treatment
as and for a period
of ten years.
Article 8 provides for the release of all
prisoners of war held bv Spain, and of all
prisoners held by her for political offences
committed in the colonies acquired by the
United States.
Vrtieh* it guarantees the legal rights of
bpamanis remaining: m Chiba.
Artiole 10 establishes religious freedom m
the Philippines and guarantees to all
.hurdles tujun.1 rights.
Article It provides fo r the composition of
courts and other tribunals in Porto llico and
Ouba.
Article justice 12 provides for the administration
Of in Porto Jlivo and Cuba.
Article 13 provides fyr the continuance for
live years of Spanish copyrights in the ceded
territory, giving Spanish books admittance
free of duty.
Article 14 provides for the establishment
of consulates by Spain iu the ceded terri¬
tory.
Article 15 grants to Spanish commerce in
Cuba, Porto itieo aud the Philippines the
same treatment us Americans for ten years,
Spanish shipping to be treated as coasting
vessels.
Article 16 stipulates that the obligations of
the United States to Spanish citizens and
property in Cuba shall terminate with the
withdrawal of the United States authorities
from the island.
Article 17 provides that the treaty must be
ratilled within six months from the date of
signing by the representative governments
iu order to be binding.
SecretarrmuTTn Secrctar > Oiss to Resign, Re<i«rn
It is very probable that Secretary
Bliss will tender his resignation within
a short time to tbe President.
Brooke in Supreme Command.
The President has designated Major
tleueral Brooke to be military governor
of tho island of Cuba. The new post
carries with it all the control over the
military aud civil branches of the island
formerly exercised by the captain gen¬
eral under the Spanish regime.
The factor}* of the Blackwell’s Dur¬
ham Tobacco company, in Durham, N.
C., has been sold to the Union Tobacco
company, of New York.
Senator Da>is Ad\ocates a Tripie Alliance
Tbe Paris correspondent of The Lon¬
don Daily Mail summarizes an inter¬
view he had with United States Sena¬
tor Cushman K. Davis, of the peace
commission, who advocates a triple al¬
liance between the United States,
Great Britain and Japan.
Committed Suicide in Brooklyn.
Henry AValke, 49 years of age, of
Norfolk, a e \lthy merchant of that
citv, was found dead in the Adel phi
Academy, Brooklyn, by a policeman.
He had committed suicide by shooting.
A man tri* d to procure a license in
Lancaster, ra , to wed his divorced
step mother, but was refused on the
ground of close relationship.
One of Dewey's 8h ps Ip a«d Sailing.
The Isla cle Cuoa one of the cruisers
sunk bv Adf .iral Dwwey, in tbe battle
of Manila, on May 1st last and which
he subsequently caused to be raised.
has started for Hong is~of Kong, under he
*-n steam. She ">09 7.0. 0 tons dis-
ifiement and 2 indicated horse-
power
Put Under State Control.
The voters of South Dakota have
amended the Constitution so that the
manufacture and sale of all intoxicat¬
ing liquors are put understate control.
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The President in the South.
The President and party left Wash¬
ington at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
over the Southern Railway, for a
week’s trip through the South, the
primary object being to attend the
peace jubilee held in Atlanta, Ga- The
following persons comprise the party,
The President and Mrs. McKinley:
Secretary Mrs. and Mrs. Gage, Secrtarav
and Alger, Secretary and Mrs.
Long, .Postmaster General and Mrs.
Smith, Secretary and Mibs Wilson,
Secretary and Mrs. Porter, Assistant
Secretary Cortelyou, General Joseph
Wheeler, Miss Wheeler, Gea. Henry
TV’. Lawton, Mrs. Lawton, Capt. L.
C. Shearer, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert S.
Hay, Mr. B. F. Barnes and a number
of newspaper correspondents. The
President’s train, which is exception¬
ally fine in all of its appointments, ia
under the immediate direction of Col.
L. 8. Brown, general agent of the
Southern Kailway Company.
Sn °w Chnvpiprc Shotelers k.lled.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Eight men
were killed and four injured at Wins-
peare bridge, on the New York Cen-
tral road. They were Boles, with the
exception of John Warner, their fore-
man, who is among the killed. The
men were engaged in shoveling snow,
of which there were numerous drifts
on the line. A freight train was labor-
ing its way ponderously up the steep
incline. Its motion was so Blow that
the men continued their work until the
train was almost upon them. Then
they jumped, Rome to the right, others
to the left. Those who jumped to the
north escaped. Most of those who
jumped to the south were struck by
the express train coming down track
No. 2 with fearful velocity.
Thc The Federation Federation of of Labor Labor.
'lhe most interesting debate of the
American Federation of Labor at Ivan-
aas City, Mo, was brought on when
the committee on resolutions reported
unfavorably Lossie the Kentucky, resolution of William
A of memorizing
Congress to pass laws prohibiting the
employment of women by the govern-
ment iu any capacity. Atter au inter-
estiug debate, tbe report of the com-
rnittee was adopted. A resolution was
adopted asking the President to pay
for the extra time over eight hours
whicli aad employes araeuels of worked the Navy during Depart-
meat the
war.
A Lively Row in Havana.
Eleven persons w T ere seriously
wounded in an affray iu Havana when
a funeral procession which was escort¬
ing tho remains of Jesus Satalougo
reached the corner of Infanta and San
Jose streets. One version of the affray
is that the military hospital employes
and a number of Spanish privates, who
were standing in the hospital portico,
refused to move their hats when re¬
quested to do by persons iu tbe proces¬
sion. Thereupon, the Cubans tried to
knock oil'their hats, it is alleged, and
the tight ensued.
Guns in Court.
A riot occurred in the First District
Police Court, at St. Louis, during
which Judge L’homas II. Peabody, ou
the bench, sat with his revolver in his
baud, , , white Attorney.I. T .. I). utorts . with ...
i
draw'll weapon, denounced the judge in
unmeasured terms because of a decision
he declared unfair to bis client The
attorney was defending four women
charged ' w ith being “ questionable char-
aeters , and , the .. judge • , A declined n to con-
tinuo their case tor more than one day.
Warships Ordered to Havana.
The Brookly, Texas, Castine aud
Resolute have been ordered to Havana.
While there is not the faintest desire to
convey a threat iu the dispatch of these
warships to Havana, it may be noted
that when they lie within the harbor
they will hold the town in perfect sub¬
jection.
Von Bulow on Foreign Affairs.
During the course of the debate on
foreign aflairs in tbe German Reich¬
stag, Baron Von Bulow, tbe Foreign
Secretary, said the Eastern ques¬
tion at the present moment
was peaceful and much less threatening
to the peace of the world, though he
did not mean to imply that the problem
was settled.
Favorab,y Reported.
The House r naval aflairs committee
j has ordered a favorable report on the
j bill to create the rank of admiral and
vice admiral in the navy.
Accepted the Recommendation.
The President has accepted the re¬
commendation of General Wheeler and
j commuted to imprisonment for life the
1 1 sentence of death imposed by court-mar-
tial upon Private Lindsey, of the Tenth
Cavalry, at Huntsville, Ala.
The United States transport Panama,
one of the first prizes captured in the
late war, has arrived at Havaua with
General Fitzhugh Lee and staff.
Salvation Army Rally.
The eighteenth annual rally of the
Salvation Army was heid at
Hall in New York, and drew out a very
large audience. Commander Booth
Tucker and Mrs. Tucker were present
and took au active part in the exercises.
C ommaruler booth iucker made his
annual report ou the army's farm col-
onu'e. 1 here was a liberal response
to the appeal for money.
President Appoints Judges.
Tho President has appointed Judge
Ewart to be district judge of the west-
ern district of North Carolina, and Ed-
! ward R. Meek, to be district judge for
1 the noi them uistnet of Texas, loose
two failed of confirmation at the close
of the last session.
.Marsh Sentenced.
Gideon W. Marsh, former president
' of „ the wrecked , , Keystone „ VT National .. ,
Bank, in Philadelphia, has been sun-
fenced by Judge Butler iu the L’nited
States District Court, to an imprison-
meut of twelve years and three mouths
R Rd tc pay a fine of $500. *
Will Require 30 Days.
It will probably require 30 days to
repair the damage done to the Little-
ship Massachusetts iu the New York
harbor.
“I Know Not What the Truth May Be, 1 Tell tlie Tele as Twas Told to Me."
TOCCOA, GA.. DECEMBER 16. 1898.
The Distinguished Patriot Passes
Away in Washington.
MILES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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f jen Schofield’s Estimate— Three Soldiers
Killed—The Federation of Labor-Fatal
Fight at a School Exhibition.
Wamhisgton (Special).--Gen. Cal-
ixto Garcia the distinguished anc/the Cuban
warrior and leader, head of the
commission elected by the Cuban as-
sembly to visit the United States, died
here Sunday morning shortly after 10
o’clock at the Hotel Raleigh, where the
commission has its headquarters. The
sudden change from the warm climate
0 f (j uba with the hardships he had
tbere endured to the wintry weather of
New York and Washington, is respon-
8 ible for the pneumonia which resulted
j n b j B d em i se '
As BOon as tbe death became known
many visitors, including a number of
nub i; 0 n . en -- ent to the hotel to ex-
press their condolence. President Me-
Ki n i ey manifested his sympathy by
sending a fisuitably worded letter and
Vice-President Hobart sent his card.
Amam* those who called were Senators
F ora k er Money, Proctor and Chand-
ler and Major Generals Proctor and
Wheeler
Gen. Garcia left a large family, only
one of whom, ’ Justo, a captain on his
rjtaff was wit h b;m wlien he died. His
widow and Mercedes, a daughter of 17
years ^ of age, « » are at Thomasville, Ga.,
, g m Mario J ly
^bomasvilfe/and Col! mn iu
/ Carlos Garcia,
anotber 80n is in Cnb ». A daughter,
1 . J wbo married an American, is
H f in Pan8 . (ieQ . Garcia’s
. tiU ahve and re sides in Ha-
The hnrfv will dutvStion be nlaced in a
ITn
doubtedlv f °“ bt edly the remains will ^ arraniements be interred
“^ n J , 4 A T he * J depart-
. th Alfthe ds of ld Wax P
^LtDie^ honors of war were ren-
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Miles Before the Committee.
Washington (Special). - Major Gen-
eral Miles appeared Monday before the
House committee on military affairs,
for a hearing relative to the proposed
organization and increase of the
army. He went on to sav that proba-
bly 10,000 men would be sufficient for
Cuba in the near future. 'The officers
in the Philippines estimated that they
would require 20,000 possibly more.
Altogether about 40,000 men were
needed abroad and 3a,U(J0 at home.
“When Cuba is independent tbe 10, -
000 can be withdrawn and the army re-
duced,” suggested Mr. Suizer. '
“I would wait until that time comes
and then consider the question, ” an-
swered General Miles. “Whatever is
the status of the Cuban situation, it
will be necessary to maintain a strong
force m Cuba for a number of years.”
Concerning the size of the army uu-
der present conditions, General Scno-
tield said he estimated a need of about
30,000 for the Philippines; 15,000to 20,-
000 for Cuba; 5,000 to 8,000 for Porto
Rico; 15,000 for manning and car-
ing for fortifications; lO.OOOfor the In-
dian country and 15,000 as a reserve.
He did not believe in under estimating
the seriousness of our task iu the Phil
ippines and the only thing to do was to
meet the conditions in the best possible
manner.
The Federation of Labor.
The eighteenth annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor met
in Strope’s Hall, at Kansas City, Mo.
About 150 delegates from all parts of
this country and two from across the
water, namely, William Thorne and
William Inskip, of London, represent¬
ing the British Trade Union Congress,
were present. After the usual prelimi¬
nary matters of organization, Presi¬
dent Gompers delivered his address,
The strictest attention was accorded
President Gompers iu the delivery of
his address, which was received by tbe
delegates Treasurer with much enthusiasm.
John B. Lemmon submitted
his annual report, showing total re¬
ceipts of $21,588, and total disburse¬
ment of $19,197, leaving a balance on
batul o{ S2 ,391. Secretary Frank Mor-
ri8o r reported a gratifying increase in
membership Mauv of the delegates
at t e : Jed a ball ^ven iu tLei: honor by
theloeol trades unions.
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Three Soldiers Killed.
H< nry J. Nelligan, cook, and Geo.
W. Beverly, bugler, both of Company
G, Fir at Florida, were killed at Hunts-
vilh , Ala. Nelligan and Beverly were
on bad terms and had a fight in camp.
Nel.tgau drew a knife and stabbed
Be^rly, who lulled out a pistol and
tol l him to stand back. Nelligan’a
brother, H. F. Nelligan, seeing Bever-
1\’ with a pistol in his hand, killed
him with a Springfield rifle. Bever¬
ly's brother, Roy, emerged from his
te it at this time and saw his brother
fa L Thinking he had beeu killed by
c oob Nelligan, he shot the cook dead.
Regarded As a "Diplomatic Feeler.”
Tbe United States government is
ro . e that any arrangement has
j eeu maile for tbe transfer of the title
11 - tbe Samoan Islands to Germany,
aad being oue oi tbe part jes to the tri¬
partite agreement under which feamoa
is governed, it is not conceivable that
any change in the status of the islands
can be made without the knowledge of
tne L’uited States government, The
European publication intimating that
Germany had acquired soie lights in
the bamoan group is recognized as a
diplomatic feeler.
I cta! Fl~!:t at a School Exhibition.
At a school exhibition near Poca,
TT V, . e>t\a.. ^ „ occurred terrible tragedy,
a
resulting in the deaih of or e and fatal
wounding of five or six others. A
crowd of v< ung men attempted to dis-
turb the school exhibition and break
up the performance, when the teacher,
named Fisher, objected and tried to
eject them. They turned on him and
several of the audience coming to his
i j assistance, a tight ensued between the
two factions, who have had a king-
standing fued.
THE NATION’S LAW-MAKERS
Proceedings of the Senate and House Dy
by Day.
SENATE.
Fifth Day. —Discussion of two qpues-
tions, each of interest and importance
at thia time, was begun by the Senate.
Territorial expansion and the construe
tion of the Nicaraguan Canal occupied
the attention of the body during tbfi
greater part of the afternoon. As soon
as the routine morning business had
been disposed of, Mr. Vest, Democrat,
of declaring Missouri, called up his resolution,
it to be unconstitutional for
this government to acquire foreign ter-
ritory except for coaling stations oi
some like purpose, unless its intention
was to confer statehood upon the
! ritory and citizenship upon its inhabi-
j tants. Air. i .alt, Republican, ot t on-
j nectiont, Mr. ' in expressing .he hope that
«st would not ask for immediate
! action upon his resolution said he da-
i ? ir ? d to off ® r remarks upou it,
j but was not prepared to cio so. He
j ? dld ta t ed n , ot \ bv be the 8 . aid Missouri acquiesce Senator. in the law as
; ! believed that He
the power to acquire ter-
ritory was inherent in the nation and
^’ as not subject to limitation. Mr.
Morgan opened the debate on the canal
bill with a three-hour appeal for action
at this session. The whole country,
| he said would be disappointed if t on-
gross did not act. He was willing to
take any measure whum would result
tbe building of the canal A ques-
J} the 0 V bill vas guaranteeing rals ea as to the the neutrality language of oi
* be cana m ca3e the c nited States
were at war with . a country. Mr Mor-
sold that the language of the bill
Hoar Bpecifically expected such a case. Mr,
suggested that the clause relat-
should *?, be 1 amended “eutrahty to of read: the canal “Lx-
( so as
! cept as to nations at war with the
Uni ^ d State8 ‘’’ Mr * Mor f au f id be
would accept the amendment No
f, tbls enato ac r co sbou " nfc f ld ' 7 ? te . a ^ S ain8t the tbe day blll , Mr. r on
*
H oar *- of . Massachusetts, and Mr. Hale,
of , Maine, presented resolutions of cit-
izens of tbeir S tatea remonstrating
against the . extension . of American sov-
and ^reignty over the Philippine Islands
a ^ alnst tbe acquisition of foreign
terntor y without the consent of the
people of such territory. The resolu-
tions were referred to the committee
on introduced foreign relations. Mr. Pettigrew
a bill authorizing A A.
Bartlett to raise the battleship Maine
a « d transport it to the United States.
I he Senate, at a:10 p. m., adjourned,
Sixth Day. I he session ot the Sen-
of ate the was Nicaragua largely consumed in discussion
Canal bill. Mr. lui-
P?f. made he principal speech in oppo-
sition to the bill, attacking it on the
^cund that it is in the interest of the
Maritime Company. He moved a post-
ponement of the matter until after tbe
holidaj'S. bl11 Mr. Moigan defended the
aad tbo Maritime Company and
opposed postponement. Mr. Berry
gave notice of au amendment he wilt
to tbe blU Providing for the direct
appropriation of money for the con-
Auction of he canal and limiting the
cost to &ll-/,(B0,O0u. lbe amend men i
provides for the construction oi the
canal by the Maritime Canal Company
aud S lveB the government a lien upon
the property to be foreclosed upon cir-
cumstauces .ullj eniimera ed. Mr.
Rawlings also gave notice of an amend-
ment to the Nicaragua bill, providing
that the act should not go into effect
^nUl b .y the United the right States to fortify should and secure gar
-
tbe cai,al « to seQa ^med vessels
f.» d ^uitions . of c war through i in
time and ^ c,oaa ^ a ? ai “ at
^ be U nlt ed States may be at .ai.
1 revious to the proceedings upon the
\he tn sniirim’T ZchaBe of the bill author ?or
^ L I of a sUe a
uupieme ^, ou ^ buildinr iMi n ^’ and aD bis
and several other bills were passed
Among them was one for the relief of
homestead settlers m Florida, who
w-ere driven from then* homes by the
storm ot 1836. lbe bill reviving lie
grade of lieutenant geneial was reach-
ek on the calender but was passed
VS,l sL“l atfo ? clock we»t into eSec.-
utive session and at 5:15 adjourned.
HOUSE.
FotTkth Day. —Tho urgent deficiency
bill to provide for the support .ot the
military and naval establishments was
passed by the House practically with-
out opposition. A number of amend-
sents were adopted on the reoommen-
dation of the appropriation committee,
which received some supplemental es¬
timates after tbe bill was prepared.
The largest of these was an item of
$8,000,000 for an emergency fund for
the War Department, aud $878,000 for
the ordnance department, increasing
the amount carried by the bill to
809,859,892. The conference report
upon the bill to render the sureties ot
consuls, vice consuls and consular
agents liable for damages in suits at
law was adopted. The House adjorned
over until Monday to give the commit¬
tees interruption. an opportunity tc work without
Fifth Day.— Representative Hep¬
burn, of Iowa, introduced a bill
authorizing purchase the President to acquire by
from the btates of Costa Rica
and Nicaragua full ownership, juns-
j diction and sovereignty of such land as
j may be such desirable canal. aud necessary In negotiations to con¬
struct a
with the States mentioned, the Presi¬
dent may make si ecial arrangements,
as to the use of the canal, the bill ap¬
propriating $140,OUUjUUl) to complete it.
Ihe canal shall be constructed under
the supervision of engineer officers of
the War Department. Representative
Hepburn, of Iowa, introduced a joint
resolution proposing an amendment of
the constitution as follows: “No new
~tate, the territory of which was not a
part of tbe United States aud under its
jurisdiction ahd sovereignty on the 1st
admitted day of January, A. D. 18. 8, shall be
into the Union uuless three-
fourths of the members elected to each
I house of Congress shall vote affi
atively for such admission. ” ‘I be res-
oiut-ion was referred to the judiciary
committee. Res rei-eutative Me. leilau,
ot New York, who is a member of tbe
military duced affairs of the House, intro¬
in the House a bill for the re¬
organization of the army. It was
drawn after consultation with many
aimy officers and is supposed to rep-
lecent the ideas of the younger ele¬
ment of tbe army. It makes some very
radical changes in the staff and has
tome novel features.
Curtain Lowered on the Last Scene
in the Great Drama.
IMPRESSIVE AND SOLEMN
Was the Occasion When the Arbiters of tbe
Old and the Young Nation Met to Affix
Their Signatures to the Treaty.
p x aris l»y /p v Cablel caoie). —The si^nin^ 3 lr ..n„ of oi
,
the treaty Saturday night would have
afforded a subject for a great historical
painting. The group gathered about
the table in the stately chamber of the
Foreign Office was impressive in itself,
while the fact that the sense of the mo-
mentousness J of the issues which the
act decided was deeply felt by all the
participauts, gave an impressive and
solemn tone to this scene Around the
great mahogonv table sat tne ten arbi-
trators of the destinies of au old and a
young nation. Ranged standing behind
them were numerous attaches of the
American commission. To the Ameri-
eans it was a happy ending of the epi-
logne of war; for the Spaniards it was
plainly a because bitter tragedy, none the less
painful long foreseen. They
eat and silently as though almost crushed
none could withhold sympathy
frombenorMontero Rios, the president
of the Spanish commission, who, com-
ing from his bed, was bundled iu a
great burning overcoat, although logs were
iu the fireplace near by. At
7:30 Mr. Arthur Ferguson proceeded to
read first the English anti after that the
Spanish version of the treaty. Thie
finished, tw*o copies were passed around
the table, the commissioners signing
them in the order of tbe rank: William
R. Day, Senator Cushman K. Davis,
Senator William P. Frye, Whitelaw
Reid and Senator George Gray; Senor
Montero Rios, Senor Abarzuza, Senor
Garnica, Senor Villauritia and General
y Saons, each commission signing its
opponent’s treaty. Both were tied
with the Spanish and American colors.
When the seals wore prepared to be af¬
fixed, attendants weie sent scurrying
for ribbons of the French tri-colors w r ith
which the documents were sealed as a
compliment to the French hosts of the
commission.
Many officials interestedly watched
everj’ detail of the proceedings. The
last seal being impressed, the commis-
siouers rose and without formality,
each member shook the hands of all of
his antagonists and exchanged assur-
ancos of his personal esteem. Ihe
Spaniards afterward commented acrid-
ly upon what they termed the
taste of the Americans m mustering a
crowd of attaches to gloat over the con¬
summation of their downfall and to
scramble for relics. The treaty as
signed consists 17 articles, it haviDg
been found advisable to sub-divide two
or three of the articles in the draft
agreed upon at the last meeting. The
commissioners of the two nations
wrote their signatures on two copies of
the treaty, one copy being lor the ar-
chives. The document was prepared
by Secretary moore, in behalf of tne
United States commission and by Sen-
or Villauritia for Spain, on account, of
the continued illness of Secretary Oje¬
da, of the Spanish commission, Each
copy contained the English and Span¬
ish texts of the treaty in parrlleled col-
umns.
Floods on the Mississippi.
The subcommittee of the Senate com-
m jtt ee on commerce, appointed to in-
vestigate under the floods in the Mississippi
river the resolution of April 2D,
1897, and to make recommendations for
their prevention in the future, held a
flgreed in Washington ^ and practically
upon the f rm of the report to
be ma d e to the full committee. The
subcommit tee presented the results of
j aborerg j n a printed volume"of over
pages, giving the testimony taken,
together with several maps and dins-
lT ‘ tioaa to lho work in hand -
$2,000 for a Christmas Dinner.
The Omaha, Neb., "World-Herald has
sent by telegraph $1,000 to the First
^^aSonnt °“the TMrdNe-
bragkft Ke iment in Cuba . Tbis mou .
ey ifJ contribute d a t the solicitation of
i' b e World-Herald by over 8,000 con¬
tribnters a nd is sent to the two regi-
meQt9 tQ provide for a Christmas din-
ner.
Accident to the Massachusetts.
A telegram received at the Navy De¬
partment from New York says that the
battleship Massachusetts, soon after
leaving the New York navy yard.for
Hampton Roads, struck an obstruction
near Governor s Island and three of
her comi artments were torn open. 8he
was taken back to the navy yard at once
aud has been placed in dock to ascer¬
tain the extent of hei injuries.
The Plug Tobacco Trust.
The Continental Tobacco Company,
which takes over the plug interests of
the American Tobacco Company and
also absorbs the eniire business of
John Finzer & Brothers, of Louisville;
P. H. Mayo & Brothers (incorporated),
of Richmond, Va. ; the P. J. Sorg
Company, of Middletown, O.; Daniel
Scotton & Co., of Detroit, and the eu-
tire common stock of the P. Lorillard
Company, has been incorporated under
the laws of New Jersey. The author¬
ized capital stock is $75,000,000,
Col. Bryan Resigns.
Col. William J. Bryan, of the Third
Nebraska Regiment, has either for-
warded his resignation to Washington,
or is about to d o so. Of this there
i seems to be no doubt,
j Pos.al . , _ „ . n Porto . D R.co. .
As.eia oi
The report of the committee to inves-
\ iic-ate the postal service (which is com-
j speaking biued with the te.egraph service), in
of the service under the !as-
year of Spanish rule says: Total ex-
penditures were, sa artes of postmas-
ters, who performed both telegraphic
and postal dut es, $46,380; of clerks,
$61,960; and rent, $7,859. The total
re venues of both telegraphic and pos¬
tal services were $iy7,u83, and the ex¬
$80,637. penses $236,020, leaving a deficit of
SPARKS FSULH OFF THE WIRE.
little Newslets Culled Fro» AU Parts ef
the World.
John Smartt, a well disposed colored
citizen, living at Chapeltown, War¬
ren by whitecappers. county, Tena., was shot and killed
Both branches Legis¬ ^
lature of the Alabama
have passed resolutions inviting
President McKinley to visit Montgom¬
ery on the 17th as the State’s guest.
The Second Virginia Regiment re¬
cently burned Paymaster Muhlenberg
m effigy for delay iu paying off the
men.
The Union of American Hebrew
bors Congregations iu have finished their la¬
to Kiehmond, iu Ya., and adjourned
meet t iucinnati in next annual
session.
Bob Brewer, the noted outlaw who
figured so conspicuously in the Jesup,
Ha., riot ten years ago, has been cap-
^ ed at John8ton StRtiou ’ Gb ” a
Governor ~ Tvler. , of ...... \ has
pointed George W. Koiner, lrginia, ap-
of Augusta
county to be Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, for the term of two years, begin-
ning the lat o{ , Tanuary next .
mu L b ® steamer l John t , ; Howard, T . large ,
a
and bne Bt eru wbee .l weight and pas-
.
senger carrier, running ou the . Hs®!® -
f^P. ulobia 1 riT f> Ha. wasdestroyed No lives by lire at Co-
» weie lost,
The North.
President Iglesias, of Costa Rica,
has sailed from New York for France.
Jobn Pbilip Sousa> the com p 03e r, is
Tery iU wit h pneumonia in l’hiladel-
pb j a
Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate was married
to the Earl of Strafford in New York
the other day.
Among Bedford, Pa. ’s population of
2,800 there are about 201) cases of what
is said to be genuine smallpox.
Governor Leedy has decided to call
an extra session of the Kansas Legis -
lature to consider railroad legislation.
The negro editor, Manly, who was
forced to leave Wilmington, N. O., for
publishing an article reflecting upon
white ladies, is now in New York.
A $20,000,000 match has been ar¬
ranged between Tom Sharkey and Kid
McKov, to take place before the Lenox
Athletic club iu New York.
Hon. E. G. Rathbone, of Ohio, ex-
Assistant Postmaster General, has
been appointed to take charge of tho
postal service in uuba.
A special from San Francisco says
preparations aro now being made by
Lieutenant Colonel Long, depot quar-
termaster, Philippines. to dispatch a fleet to tho
a special from East Liverpool, O.,
fiays k was announced here that tho
p 0 tterv trust has completed its organi-
zation under the laws of New Jersey,
with $20,000,000 of capital stock.
It is stated that Daniel Scotten and
Oreu Scotten, of the Scotten Tobacco
Plant, of Detroit, Mich., will retire
with $2,500,000 and $700,000 respective¬
ly. Their plant has been absorbed by
the Continental Tobaeoo Co.
The United States survey steamer
Pathfinder has been launched from the
Nlxon ebip var(3Sj iu Elizabeth Citv,
K j .Miss Ruth W. Crandon, niece
Secretary of the Treasury Gage,
christened the vessel.
The National Cycle Racing Associa¬
tion was organized at a meeting of track
owners and managers in New York. It
is the aim of the association to control
bicycle racing, professional and ama¬
teur, in all of the States east of the
Mississippi river, except Louisiana.
Articles of agreement for a twenty-
round contest between Tom Sharkey
a£U i Kid McCoy to take place at the
Lenox Athletic Club, New York city,
j Rnua ry 10th, have been signed by
both principals. 11 The men are to box
for a purse of $20,000 and 50 per cent,
of all receipts exceeding $40,000. Tim
Hurst was mutually chosen as referee.
Wm. Steele, former cashier of the
collapsed Chestnut street bank iu Phil¬
adelphia, has been found guilty by a
jury in the United States District
Court. He was charged with aiding
aud abetting the late Wm. M. Singerlv
president of the bank, in misapplying
nti-ief in'thJ'books'of ’ thTbauk
the the lurrlnoy currency. 0 ^ ^ ^ COmptl '° ller ° f
Miscellaneous.
The cruiser Buffalo has sailed for
Manila with 700 men of Admiral Dewy’s
fleet.
Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson
will go to Manila to superintend the
raising of the sunken war vessels.
Maj. Gen. Merritt, Mrs. Merritt and
gtroihe^Tave safle^fro^ 0 Liverpool
{or N Y ork on board the steamer
Lucania.
Secretary Alger has designated Gen.
Ludiow to act as first military governor
of Havana city, with full powers to deal
with all local questions.
Gen. Greeley, of the Signal Corps, is
preparing for a practical experiment in
tbe government operation of the tele-
graph . Cuba. .
service in
The Senate in executive session con-
firmed the appointment of Hon. John
Hay as Secretary of State,
r J he schooner William O. Snow, from
Newport News, November 22, for Sa-
j enJ) t’ ii as s., is behaved to have been
j 08
The directors of the Seaboard
and Roanoke Ry. have appointed ex¬
pert accountants to investigate the
charges made against President Hoff¬
man by Mr. Ryan.
Foreign
Count Von Ballertrem, Centrist, was
elected president of the German Reich¬
stag by a vote of 297 to 61.
The United States cruiser New York
has arrived at Havana.
Aepecia. from Madrid , says the text . . ef ,
^ be treaty of peace wi e P
a red book betore tae open 0
Cortes.
Russell A. Alger, Jr., son of the
American Secretary of War, and mana-
g er Q f jug father’s pulp company in
o ra nd Mere, Quebec, was badly in-
jxi re d by being thrown from his t.obog-
gon.
William Black, the English novelist,
is dead.
SmEOTSl.OfATM.
NO. 5.
I. L. M’CURRY, M. D.
Office— Mafcheson Merchan¬
dise Building, Besidence: Ed¬
wards Hotel.
D. M. 8NELS0N.
DENTIST.
Office in Davia Building:
Doyle Street, Toccoa r Ga.
NORTH-EASTERN RAILROAD
TIME TABLE NO 3
Between Athens and Lula.
11 :i Dly STATIONS. 1>1> 11 10
PM AM Ar Lv AM PM
8 20 11 05.. W Lula N......10 50 8 00
8 35 11 22.. Gillsville 10 33 7 43
8 47 11 36.. .. Maysville........ 10 19 7 29
9 01 11 52.. . .Harmony.. 10 03 7 13
9 15 12 07.. ..Nicholson.. 9 48 6 38
9 22 12 15.. .. Center 9 40 6 30
9 35 12 30.. _____
. .YV Athens 1> 9 25 615
I’M PM Ar Lv PM PM
Noxk—T rains No. 10 and 11 are daiiy ex¬
cept Sunday. Trains 37 and 38 meet both
the vestibuled passengers at Lula, on the
Southern llailroad. This trains leaves Lula
at 3 20 aud arrives at Athens at 4 30; leaves
Athens at 1 25 pm, and gets to Lula at 2 40
pm. li. W. Sizeb, Auditor.
i
TIME TABLE NO. 4,
In Effect Saturday, Sept. 10, ’98, SI. M,
No. 11 Dly No. 12 Dly
Ex Sun’y. Ex Sun’y
Em. Lv. Stations. Ar. M.
Tallulah Palls
5 50. ....Turnerville............12 45
6 10 .....Auandale. 12 25
C 30 ....Clarkesviile............12 05
G 45...... .. ..Demorest 11 50
7 00 ......Corneliu 11 35
P.M Ar. Lv. A.M.
W. G. LAUliAINE,
A. G. M. and Supt.
f L» SOUTHERN RAILWAY®
Condensed flchednl« of l’awnsjr Trains.
In Effect Nov. G, 1S98.__
I \>s. No. 18 Fat. Ml
Northbound. No. 12 No. 38 Kx. No. 3*
Uaily Daily. Sun.
Lv. Atlanta, O.T. s 12 CO m 4 50 n.«
“ Atlanta, E.T. s' 1 1 00
“ Norcross..... 9 :: p 1 27 •
" Buford....... c i ;«
** Gainesville... 8 2 22 p 7 2 20
“ Lula......... & a If2 42 p 2 40 *
Ar. Cornelia...... 11 & a!f3 00 p
Lv.Mt. Airy..... M issssg
“ Toccoa....... ii a 8 SO p - 3 25 a
: Westminster 15' 4 C3 a
: Central Seneca....... 4 p 4 21 a
i l & p 4 52 a
......
:::::: Greenville... Blacksburg.. Gastonia..... Gaffneys..... Spartanburg. King’s Mt.... 3 s/rEScKii P P p p pj p.. 7 5 6 0 00 22 10 44 p p p p - - - • 5 0 7 7 7 8 37 35 45 58 15 20 a a a a a a
Lv. Charlotte.... £ V 9 25 a
Ar. Greensboro u Pj 10 43 V 12 10 p
Lv. Greensboro.. .10 50 f P
A r. Norfolk...... . 7 50 a
Ar. Danville..... 11 25 P ll 51 p l 35 p
Ar. Richmond ... C 40 a 6 40 a
Ar.Washington.. Baltm’ePKR. ....... 5 42 a
“ 8 03 a
“ Philadelphia. |.......:0 .......
New I.. 15 a .
'• York 12 43 m
... .
South jVst. -U I Vets, j No. Daily I l
bound. No. 35 .No. 37;
iDaiilv. Daily, j
Lv. x Y.,p.L. u. 12 15 a 4 : ( .‘J |>j......
“ EJ{J? r J® 1 P h,a 6 3 31 50 a G 9 55 20 pj.......
Washington.: a a} p.......
« 11 15 10 43 p
------ ••
12 01 hi! 12 01 nt,ji2 Wnt
Lv. Danville .... 6 15 5 50 a 0 ID a
Lv. Norfolk . 9 35 p ......
Ar. Greensboro. 6 45 a.......
Lv. Greensboro 7 26 p 7 (6 a 7 37 » .
At'. Charlotte .... 10 00 p 9 25 a 12 05i 5
Lv. Gastonia.... 10 49 p 1 12 VWWCVVW
“ King’s Mt ... 1 38
*• " Gaffneys.... Blacksburg . 1131 p 10 45 a
31 46 p lo 58 a \
“ Spartanburg. 12 26 “I 11 34 a
i Greenville.... 1 25 a f 12 30 p :
; Central...............i......
: Seneca....... 2 3G a 133 p
: Westminster............. Kx.
: Toccoa....... 3 25 a 2 18 p Sun.
: Mt. Airy.............i CO
.. .
j GorneUa............. f3 00 p
: Lula.......... 4 15 a f3 18 V *■
: Gainesville. 4 35 3 37 p
. a j p rJ a
j Buford............ a
j Norcross..... 5 25 ....... v
a....... yp a
Ar. Atlanta, K. T. f, 10 a! 1 4 55 p m
A r. Atla nta. C. T. 5 10 a 3 55 p 30 p 8 a
“A ' a. m. "P” p.Tn. ‘M ’lioon. “N” night.
between Chesapeake Line Steamers in daily eervic®
Norfolk and Ba tisnore.
Nos. 37r.nd3M—Da,ly Washington and South¬
western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman
Bleeping leans, via cars Washington, betweeu New York and New Or¬
Atlanta and Montgom
ery, and also between New York and Memphis,
Via Washington, thoroughfare Atlanta end Birmingham. Pirsfc
class < oarhes between Washing¬
ton and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all meals
•n route. Pi Iman draw ing-room sleenicg^ar*
between Greensboro and Norfolk. Close con¬
nection at ForfoJk for OLD POINT COMFORT.
Nos. 35 aad 3(1—United States Fast Mail
runs solid between Washington and New Or¬
leans, via Southern Railway, A. A W. P. R. i..
and L. & N. R. R., being composed of baggage
car and coaches, through without change for
passengers of all classes. Pullman drawing
New room Orleans, sleepii ; cars Ijetween New York ana
via Atlanta and Montgomery.
Leaving Washington each Wednesday, a tourist
Bleeping ington car will run through between Wash¬
and 8an Francisco without char re.
Nos. 11,37 . 38 and 12—Pullman sleeping' -ra
between Richmond and Chariot te» vi« Danvi.ie,
southbound Nos. 11 aud 37, northbound Noa.
fSH and 12
FRANK S. GANNON. J. M. CULP,
Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr.. Traffic M’g’r.
Washington, D. C. Wasliingtou, D. C.
W. A. TURK. S H. HARDWICK.
Gen’I Pass. Ag’t., AsAtUen’l Pans. Ag’k,
Washington, D. C. — A tlanta, Qa-
The Japanese are ruthless in their
tampering with nature, If they de-
cide that they want a bird or an ani¬
mal of a certain shape or color, they
set about manufacturing the article,
so to speak, by the exercise of exceed¬
ingly clever ingenuity and untiring
patience. Here, for example, is how
the white sparrows are produced^
They select a pair of grayish birds
and keep them in a white cage in a
white room, where they are attended
by a person dressed in white, The
mental effects cn a series of genera¬
tions of birds results in completely
white birds.
A NeW
They were having a drill in compari¬
son of adjectives, and the teacher asked
a small boy in the front row to com¬
pare “sick.” “Sick, woree, dead,” w&u
the Instant reply. 1