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Sleeker To- TltlKS, MOWS. (Xulill.hrd 1 187*2. H«M>. vXVI. ~J?anisay, Wits Jr., i \ Sim me, Eight tor a maud tv ad i ballons fo of Water Liver Mel oose. V^Mamie R THE {.tie with l 0F PEACE. i Decatur & ■ ’ Outline oft lason, w4 0 f the Seventeen Articles in the South — Snow Staovelersxff ere. U Vc ‘ 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. !--, | < - 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. ' a j ^Mtiljcfn V n 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 ‘ * 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- .. . . CUJ ] ' a 1 ___^— „ 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. ------eagffi-- 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