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■LED THROUGH TRESTLE. A TRAIN ON WAIHSH RAILROAD WRECKED IN A GULCII. SEVEN PEOPLE TAKEN OUT DEAD. Nineteen Others Were Injured But Not Seriously—Disaster Caused by a Rain Storm. The St. Louis express on tlie Wa bash railway, which left Kansas City at 6:20 o’clock Saturday evening, plunged through a trestle at Missouri City, Mo., at five minutes of 7 o’clock, carrying down the entire train with the exception of the rear car, a Pull man. The gorge, which a few hours pre vious was practically empty, had be come a raging torrent because of a tremendous downpour of rain and the structure weakened. Asa result of the catastrophe seven people were killed. A correct list is as follows: W. S. Mills, postal clerk, St. Louis. O. M. Smith, postal clerk,St. Louis. Gustave A. Smith, postal clerk, St. Louis. Charles Winters, postal clerk, St. Louis. F. H. Brink, postal clerk, St. Louis. Edward Griurod, baggageman, St. Louis. Charles P. Greasley, brakeman. Nineteen passengers were injured* but not one is in a critical condition. Among them all there is not one bro ken limb, though many of them were thrown three-quarters of the length of the coaches in which they were riding. John Ennis, traveling salesman for Beckman & McKnight, was in the rear end of the train which was the only one that escaped injury. It was like wise the only car in which none of the passengers were injured. Mr. Ennis had an interview with a farmer who had come from Missouri City in the evening and was at the place where the wreck occurred to flag the train. The farmer claimed to have waved a flag on the track, but owing to the terrible rain the engineer was unable to see the signal. Mr. Ennis said the wreck occurred at 7:0o o’clock. One of tlie moat important things, and one which secured the safety of the remaining passengers on the train, was the flagging of a freight train which followed the passenger train about ten minutes. This freight train was flagged by passengers 300 feet from the wreck. The engine passed over the trestle, nroke immediately afterwards, the front or wn nnis e was practical, j ge, but at the time of the wreca . raging a torrent of ten feet or more iu depth. The former said the bridge was clearly unsafe, which had impelled him to stand in the storm and attempt to flag the train. KENTUCKY HORSE WON’. Ornament Captures the .St. I.ouis Sweep stakes of $13,000. Kentucky beats Missouri—Orna ment outran Typhoon II in the St. Louis derby Saturday in the $12,000 sweepstake for three-year-olds and several thousand St. Louisians walked home. The much-played Typhoon II was beaten, not only, by Ornament, of Kentucky, but also by Buokvidere, a twelve to one shot, who came near get ting in first-place. Aside from the re assertment of Ornament’s superiority, the race was a disappointment, Orna ment’s price, 19 to 20 and out, pre vented any heavy play on him by the visitors, while Typhoon, II to 10, was hardly more attractive. AIiL (JUIET AT KEY WEST. Governor of Florid h ho Wires the Wash in "ton Authorities. President McKinley has received a message from Governor Bloxham, of Florida, stating that the sheriff of Key West wired Saturday morning that the contemplated trouble did not materi alize and that everything there is quiet and orderly. “OLD GLORY” TORN DOW N. United Staten Flat; Jerked From a Sit-ins of Other Flags. A news special from Halifax states that the United States flag was de liberately torn from a string of other flags on Queen Victoria’s jubilee day. The flags were displayed by Thomas Lowndes from his residence. The flag was a very large one and only the band of it was left on the rope. Some time ago Mr, Lowndes received a threatening letter concerning thi United States flag which was display ed by him on another occasion. The outrage was committed early in the morning and the perpetrators fled before they oould be arrested, . NEGRO MAY BUY THE MILLS. Would Use Colored l-abor, and Throw 300 Whites Out of Work. Selma, Ala., is much exercised over the report that a wealthy New York negro will bid heavily for the Mat thews cotton mill property to be sold nt foreclosure next month. He proposes to operate the mill with negro labor. This would throw the three hundred white operative out of employment. The property is very valuable. A large block of this stock was owned by the defunct Commercial hank. DAVIS’S RECTOR DEAD. Kev. Dr. TJarten, of Christ Church, Nor folk, Va., Fusses Away, Rev. O. S. Barteu, D.1)., rector of fclhrist church at Norfolk, Va., died Saturday afternoon, aged fifty-seven years. Dr. Barteu was one of the most prominent divines in the south ern diocese. He had been rector of Christ church since 1865 and was rector for Jefferson Davis during his incarceration at Fort Monroe imme diately after the war. GREAT NAVAL REVIEW Of Warihlps of the World In Honor of Queen Victoria. A special from Pcrtsmouth,England, says: The most magnificent display of naval strength ever witnessed occurred off Spithead Saturday, the occasion being the grand naval review held in honor of the completion of the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. The Prince of Wales, representing her majesty, reviewed a fine fleet of foreign warships, representing all the maritime nations of the world, proud est, strongest and swiftest of these crafts being the United States armor ed cruiser Brooklyn, flying the flag of Bear Admiral Miller, and the heir ap pareni also inspected about thirty miles of British warships in which were 196 fighting ships of different classes, carrying about 900 heavy guns, manned by over 45,000 men, and of about 60,000 tons in all. Each maritime nation sent an ad miral in his flagship to witness tlio review. They formed a line abreast of the British battleships, where they were favorably placed to compare their own naval, architecture with that of other nations. Each nation sent its best available ship and a magnificent display resulted. An interesting feature of the British fleet was the training ships, which comprised three of the early iron-clads, a squadron of cruisers which usually winters with a training crew on board in the West Indies, or in some other warm latitude, and a fleet of training brigs which cruise in the neighborhood of the British ports. The British fleet assembled June 22 and was drawn up in four lines, ex tending from abreast of Portsmouth harbor to a distance of about five miles to the westward. Following the precedent of former naval reviews there was free access to the review ground up to the hour named for the official inspection, when all vessels with visitors anchored in their assigned positions, and the tour of the fleet was commenced by the Prince of Wales. WILL REFER TO LEGISLATURE. Governor Kllerbe Will Not Issue Order Reprimanding Gen. Watts. A Columbia, S. C., special says: Governor Ellerbe will not issue a gen eral ord. r reprimanding adjutant Gen eral Watts, as recommended by the court of inquiry. It is probable that the governor’s not being on the pleasantest personal terms with the general may have in fluenced him in this regard, he desir ing to avoid the possibility of letting personal feeling influence him. Then the action of the board is equivalent to a reprimand, and the legislature can decide whether a more serious view shall be taken of the case. The governor’s order issued says: “The report of the court of inquiry and record of proceedings will be at the proper time transmitted to the general assembly for such action as that body may deem proper w ith ref erence to the adjutant and inspector general, who in this state is a consti tutional officer, and it is ordered:' “First, That Private Fishburn, of the Richland Volunteers, be discharged from the military service of the state. “Second, That the captain of the Richland Volunteers publish an order reprimanding Private Dunning, of said company, for leaving ranks without permission. “Third. That the court of inquiry having completed the duties assigned, it is hereby dissolved. “Fourth. That the commander-in chief desires to express his high ap preciation of the complete and careful manner in which the court has per formed its duty.” INSURGENTS KILL THIRTY. They Attack Stnan Coach and Capture 31iich Booty. A news special states that a stage coach from Havana for San Jose de Las Lajas, a nearby-settlement, was stopped on the road by a large hand of insurgents, who killed with their machetes eighteen scouts escorting the coach, six guerrillas, one Spanish offi cer, a doctor, a carpenter and three other passengers who attempted to save their lives by fight. The only occupants of the coach who were not killed by the insurgents were a woman and a child, who were among the passengers. The bodies of the per sons slain were stripped of their cloth ing and left lying alongside the road. The insurgents captured a consider able amount of booty. HUDSON’S FATE SEALED. Governor Atkinson Has Refused to Com mute the Negro’s Sentence. Terrell Hudson, the young negro murderer of DeKalb county, will now hang. Governor Atkinson has refused to commute Hudson’s sentence, and the execution w ill take place at Deca tur. The scaffold which was erected sev eral weeks ago, has been left standing by Sheriff Austin, and is in readiness for its victim. Hudson was to have been hanged on June 11th, but on ac count of a sensational affidavit made by one of the most important wit nesses in the case the governor granted a respite. FIVE MEN DEAD IN A WRECK. Fatal Collision Occurs on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. A serious collision occurred on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad near Burts, Va., Saturday night, in which two engineers and three other railroad men lost their lives. Two freight trains collided with a terrible crash, burying both engineers in the mass of wreckage. They were burned to death by escaping. steam from the engines. The wreck was a had one and the road will be blocked some time. CUBAN BONDS SOLD. John Jacob Astor Buys One of the 91,000 Six Fer Cents. Anew York telegram states that John Jacob Astor has purchased one of the thousand dollar 6 per cent gold bonds of the republic of Cuba, which were-issued last April. Dr. W. Seward Webb has purchased one of the 6 ! per cent bonda^^^- These 50 cent •>( bu GENERAL GORDON RE-ELECTED CONFEDERATE VETERANS WOULD NOT LET HIM RETIRE. THEIR VOTES WERE UNANIMOUS. The General Delivers an Address Review ing the Advancement of the Order During the Past Right Years. The business meeting of the ex-con federate reunion in Nashville was called to oi'der by General John B. Gordon Wednesday morning. Prayer was of fered byKev. D.C.Kelly, of Columbia, Teun. The report of the committee on his tory was presented and referred. General Gordon then delivered his address,prefacing it with an announce ment of his intention to resign as gen eral commanding. There were cries of “Nol no” from all over the hall and when quiet had been restored, General Gordon proceeded with his address. He said in part: “Mr. President and Comrades : Permit me with few words to return the commission with which you have honored me for eight years, and by unanimous vote. Within the next few hours you will elect my successor. When this duty is performed by you I shall gladly take my place by those united heroes who so grandly bore the battle’s brunt in the stern work of wa'. Such a step voluntarily taken ought not to be considsred a strange condescension by any man. To me it is a privilege. “Mr. President, in these closing hours of my long service as command ing general I must ask the conven tion’s indulgence for a brief review of that official relation and possibly for some suggestions as to the future. “On the 10th day of June, 1889, eight years ago, while serving as gov ernor of my native state, I received from New Orleans the wholly unex pected announcement of my election as commander-in-chief of the newly organized United Confederate V et erans. This new communion of ex-sohliers began its somewhat unpromising career with the modest number of but ten organizations, united for peaceful and noble ends. Today it presents the proud array of more than a thou sand camps answering the roll call, and reflecting merited honors upon the different commanders, and espe cially upon our able adjutant general. In the next few hours I shall turn over to my successor thi3 army of more than a thousand organizations, rapidly advancing toward the second thousand. “I said Mr. President, that I would turn over an army. It is an army of ex-sohliers, of ex-Confederate soldiers, of exfighting Confederate soldiers, philanthropic and broadly patriotic. It is an army still, Mr. President, but an army for the bloody work of war no longer. Its banners no longer bear the flaming insignia of battle. Its weapons no longer flash defiance to the foe nor deal death to the opposing ranks. Its weapons are now the pen without malice, the tongue without aspersion and history without misrepresentation. Its aims are peace ful, philanthropic and broadly patri otic. Its sentiment is lofty, generous and just. Its mission is to relieve the suffering of the living, cheri-h the memory of the dead and to shield from reproach the fair name of all. This now mighty organization, while insisting upon complete historical jus tice to the south, will scorn to do less than complete justice to the north.” General Gordon Re-Elected. When General Gordeu had concluded his address, a motion, that General Joseph Wheeler be requested to nomi nate General Gordon for re-election, was made and carried. General Stephen D. Lee, who had been called to the chair, declared the nominations closed and General Gordon was unan imously re-elected. The thousands of delegates present cheered and waved their hats and handkerchiefs and the scene was a most impressive one. The committee on credentials re ported 7,000 delegates present and 1,000 camps represented. General Chipley, of Florida, chair man of the committee of the Confed erate Memorial association, presented tho report cf the committee. ANSWER TO JAPAN’S PROTEST. Secretary of State Forwarded It to Japan *?se Legation. A Washington special says: “The reply of the secr.taryof state to the protest of the Japanese government against the annexation of Hawaii has been forwarded to the Japanese lega tion here, and by them cabled to Tokio. “The legation will probably file a supplementary statement upon receiv ing instructions from the home gov ernment. “It is expected that this will take some time, as the note of the Japanese government is worded in the most carefully diplomatic manner. REPLY TO JAPAN Hftß Been Completed, and Is a Dignified Defense of Our Position. The state department has practically completed its reply to the Japanese protest against the Hawaiian annexa tion treaty, but has not yet delivered it. The reply is understood to be digni fied in tone, a strong legal defense of our position, which, without in any sense abating our claims, still does not disdain to support them by much citation of precedent and international law. JOHN L. AFTER FITZ. It Is Said That They Will Come Together In the Ring. A Boston dispatch says: When John L. Sullivan stepped through the ropes of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons ring in Carson City on the 17th of last March and challenged the winner of that sensational battle, even his warm est and closest friends -were inclined to make light of the matter. Tt was a clexer advertising ♦ hey said, for Sullivan’s fighting and mre past. But John persisted^* A COMBINE IN IOWA. Three Partlc* To M.roh Under One Bin . ner—State Ticket Named. The lowa democratic state conven tion held at I)es Moines adjourned early Wednesday evening, having com pleted its work. The two allied conventions, the sil ver republicans and populists, com pleted their work slightly in advance. The three factions were, after much controversy, able to agree on one plat form, with free silver as the main idea and one ticket, composed of two dem ocrats, two silver republicans and one populist. The ticket will be placed on the of ficial ballot under the name “demo crat,” and is as follows: Governor, F. E. White, democrat; Lieutenant Governor, B. A. Plummer, silver republican; Judge Supreme Court, L. M. Kinney, democrat; Kail road commissioner, S. B. Grain, pop ulist; Superintendent of instruction, G. F. Reinhardt, silver republican. The sentiment was almost over whelmingly for Bryan. Every refer ence to his name was greeted with lusty cheering. His picture was re peatedly displayed, and every time an orator pointed toward it there was ap plause. There was no quarter given to the gold democrats. The silver element of the party had its own way in all the proceedings. In point of number it was one of the largest democratic con ventions ever held in Des Moines and in point of enthusiasm it will compare favorably with any of them. RECEIVER FOR “OKEFEXOKEE.” Company That Undertook to Drain the Swamp Is In Trouble. The enterprise set on foot six years ago to make a garden of the Okefenokee swamp in South Georgia, and inci dentally to make money for the stock holders, after an expenditure approxi mating half a million dollars, has resulted in the financial embarrassment of the company which undertook the work, and stockholders seek the pro tection of the court for their invest ments. The Suwanee Canal company is in the hands of a temporary receiver, ap pointed by Judge J. H. Lumpkin, of Atlanta, upon the application of the administrator of Captain Harry Jack son’s estate. This company purchased the Okefenokee swamp fr -m the state of Georgia in 1891, acquiring about 240,000 acres at 26 cents an acre, and paying the statithe sum of $63,101.80. Including this purchase money, the total expenditure on the property has been about $410,000. TRIBUTE TO VICTORIA. Acting Chaplain Johnson Mentions Her in His Senate Prayer. An eloquent tribute to the long and illustrious reign of Queen Victoria was a feature of the opening prayer before the senate Wednesday by the acting chaplain, Bev. Johnson. “We thank Thee,” he invoked, “for the demonstration of joy, both na tional and international, over her majesty, Queen Victoria’s completion of her long and illustrious reign of sixty years; we thank Thee for her exemplary life and her social qualities, as wife, as queen, as mother; that her court has been pure and her throne without a stain; we thank Thee for all the achievements of the Anglo-Saxon race during this auspicious period of the world’s history in all avenues of literature, art, science, for the cordial relations between the two great na tions, one in language, literature, laws and civil and religious liberty. May they be bound together in per petual bonds of peace.” FATAL TORRII) WAVE. Many Prostrations ami Several Deaths From Heat In New Orleans. For some days New' Orleans has suf fered intensely from a hot wave. Sunday tho thermometer registered 96 in the shade and Monday and Tues day it crept up to 98 with a little or no air stirring. The effect has been dis astrous and there lias been probably fifty prostrations within that time and eight or ten deaths. W. S. Dudley was found dead in bed Wednesday morning as the result of the heat. He was one of the best know’-n cotton factors and club men in the city. The other deaths during the day were William Grady, blacksmith; Peter Tickner,warehouseman; William Griven, carriage driver, and John Modtler. GERMANS FOR ALABAMA. Two Hundred Families Will Settle In (he Town of Bismarck. A party of 200 German immigrants and their families from lowa and Illinois is en route to Bismarck, a town in Limestone county, Ala.,which has been designed for them. Bismarck was laid off' last fall by a ' company headed by M. Meisner, one of the founders of Cullman, Ala., and Captain R. B. Mason, of Athens. The interests of the town will be vigorously pushed There is already a movement to build nn electric tramway connecting it with Athens. The immigrants will engage in fruit farming. GOV. BUSH N ELI) RENOMINATED. Mark Hanna Kndorsed For United States Senator From Ohio. The republicans of Ohio in state convention at Toledo finished their work Wednesday. Nominations were made as follows: For governor, Asa S. Bushnell; lieu tenant governor, A. W. Jones; su preme judge, Jacob W. Burkett; attor ney general, Frank Monett; state treasurer, Samuel Campbell. The platform adopted indorses the candidacy of the Hon. Marcus A. Hanna for United States senator. EVIDENCE ALL IN. South Carolina Court of Inquiry Gets Through With Its Work. A Columbia, S. C., dispatoh says: All the evidence the court of inquiry desires to take is in and their room has been cleared, for deliberation. A report to the governor will be made at once. Jackson Memorial Hall. Jackson memorial institute, grated Wednesday THE CRIME OF ANARCHISTS. THE PARIS HOLOCAUST BROUGHT UP IN NEW LIGHT. SAID TO HAVE BEEN PREMEDITATED Positive Proof Has Been Found Pointing to a Duftarrily Plot of An arch lßt.lv Origin. The Chicago Post of Thursday says: “Acording to a story which has reached Chicago from Paris via Wash ington, the terrible holocaust which wiped out over one hundred lives at the French capital May 4th was the work of anarchists thirsting for re venge on the upper classes of France. “It is claimed that while the official inquiry into the circumstances sur rounding the catastrophe threw little light on the cause of the fire, the secret service department is working on a clew that points to an anarchistic con spiracy of stupendous magnitude. “It is said the Paris detectives have not only satisfied themselves that an archists were at the bottom of the awful crime, but that the leaders fled to America as soon as they had seen with what frightful success it had been executed. “It is also asserted that several per sons are under arrest in Paris under suspicion of knowing more about it than they care to tell. “A member of the French legation at Washingtoi is said to be authority for the story.” A Washington special says the offi cials of the French embassy there re fuse to impart information concern ing any connection that the anarchists may have had with the holocaust in the early part of May. Mr. Lefevre, the first secretary of the embassy, said that there had been no communication received from his government looking to the apprehen sion of the leaders of the outrage who it is said have fled to America. This, he thinks, would have been the case had it been believed such persons were engaged in the affair and came to this country. M. Lefevre was in Paris at the time of the disaster and remained there for several days. Immediately afterwards there were in timations in some of the newspapers attributing the catastrophe to anarchist sources, but they soon ceased. Newspapers that have since come to hand, conveyed the impression that the opinion that the anarchists had been at the bottom of the affair was inconsistent with the real facts in the case,which according to investigations, showed that the fire was due to an ac cident. HAVOC WROUGHT BY HAIL. Untold Damage Done at Topeka—Animals Killed and People Injured. The worst hailstorm known in the history of Kansas struck Topeka short ly after 6 o’clock Thursday night. Hailstones weighing twelve and six teen ounces stripped the trees of their foliage, smashed window panes on ev ery hand, including the finest plate glass store fronts, cut down telegraph and telephone wires, riddled awnings and inflicted unprecedented damage throughout the city. Dogs were struck in the streets and instantly killed. Horses were knocked to their knees. Runaways occurred throughout the city. When the fury of the storm had passed dead birds were found everywhere. A heavy wind and terrible lightning accompanied the storm. Topeka looked like a city that had withstood a siege of war guns. There are not a dozen buildings in the town that are not almost windowless and many roofs are caved in. The damage wrought can betfer be imagined when it is known that the hailstones ranged in size from that of a hen’s egg to an ostrich’s egg and that thirty mimutes after the storm one hailstone was picked up which meas ured fourteen inches in circumference. Surgeons were kept busy dressing tho wounds of persons injured in the storm and reports of injuries cantinue to be received. The damage cannot be estimated, but it will amount to thousands. Window glass rose to a premium and three carloads were at once ordered from Kansas City. SAYRE HOLDS HIS JOB. Alabama Supreme Court Sustains Gov ernor Jones. The supreme court of Alabama Thursday affirmed the opinion of the circuit court of Montgomery county in the contest for judge of the city court between Judges J. G. Winter and A. D. Sayre. This continues Judge Sayre in office. It will be remembered that when Judge Arrington died in 1896, Gov ernor Oates appointed Judge Winter to the vacancy. When the general assembly met in February, Governor Johnson held that there was a vacancy and lie appointed Judge Sayres. The circuit court sustained this action. WANT if. & iT. RECEIVER. Ohio Stockholders After a Tennessee Building and Loan Cos. A hill was filed in the chancery court at Chattanooga, Thursday, by A. S. Dickey, Charles Grimm and Charles Fagan, citizens of Ohio, and stockholders in the Hamilton Build ing and Loan association, of Chatta nooga, seeking to wind up the affairs of the association. The hill charges that the concern is insolvent and losing money, and has been for years, and asks that a re ceiver be appointed to wind up its affairs. WILL NOT PURCHASE CUBA. Senator Hanna Gives Denial To a Well Circulated Rumor. A Cleveland, Ohio, telegram says: Senator M. A. Hanna was asked Friday morning whether there was any truth in the telegraphic statement that Pres ident McKinley is considering a plan whereby the freedom of Cuba is to be purchased from Spain for $100,000,000, the amount to be secured by Cuba. “The statement is not authoritative, ” said he. WIFE USED SHOT GUN. Promliint Citizen of Fmyett* County, Gs., Fatally Woundotl. A terrible tragedy occurred Thurs day afternoon in Fayette county, Ga. The Hon. Enoch G. Jones, a promi nent and popular citizen of the county and a man well connected throughout the state, is dying as the result of a load of shot being lired into his head by his wife. Jones, who was told that he would die, made a statement. He said that he and his wife had some slight diffi culty and his wife, in a fit of anger, seized a shotgun and fired the contents into the top of his head. The desperate woman, fearing that a mob might wreak summary venge ance upon her for her terrible and rash deed, hastened to Fairburn, five miles distant, and gave herself up to the sheriff of Campbell county. She said she wanted protection from the Jones boys. The sheriff was told that the boys might lynch Mrs. Jones if they found her and he decided to leave at once with the woman for Atlanta. The sheriff left hurriedly on the train Thursday evening for Atlanta and Mrs. Jones will be kept in the Fulton county jail until the matter can be further investigated. The shooting is a sensation of con siderable magnitude on account of the parties being so well known and stand ing so high in social and political life. Mr. Jones is past sixty years of age and Mrs. Jones is something over fifty. VETS HAVE MONSTER PARADE. The dosing Scenes of tlie Re-Union at Nashville. A Nashville special says: Ten thou sand veterans faced a beating rain and marched out Thursday morning in a procession unprecedented in the annals of the south since the war. It was a climax to the great reunion. At night the old soldiers broke ranks after an address by General Gordon, and the camps scattered to their different states, not to meet again until next year, when the eighth annual gathering will meet in Atlanta, Ga. The jparade Thursday morning was the most picturesque ever given by the veterans. From the time that the warrior figure of Conynander-in-Ckief Gordon, erect as an Indian and defiant in attitude, was seen at the head of the column until the straggling lines of bedraggled soldiers brought up the rear guard there were shouts which made the walls of the city tremble, as the miles and miles of grim, scar-cov ered soldiers came by. Sometimes it was almost like the specter caravan, and silence was so pronounced that this phantom parade seemed made up of the spirits of other days as the host swept by silently— and many of the veterans were weep ing. Then again the 10,0C9 throats would burst out with the rebel yell, which would go down the line with an elec tric thrill. CONGRESSMAN COOKF. DIFS. Found Dead In Bed In a Washington Hotel. Congressmad Edward Dean Cooke of Illinois,was found dead in his room at the Cochran hotel at Washington Thursday morning about 5 o’clock, presumably from heart disease. Mr. Cooke retired about 11 o’clock Wednesday night apparently in perfect health. About 5 o’clock, a. m., the night clerk w :nt to Mr. Cooke’s room to in quire for him. . Mr. Cooke was dead, and the physician who was summoned immediately said he had apparently been dead for several hours. The members of the Illinois delega tion were at once notified and took charge of the body, which will he pre pared for shipment to Chicago. Mr. Cooke was a native of low a, and j was 48 years old. He was educated in the public schools of Dubuque and ; later graduated from the Columbian university law school of Washington. In 1882 he was elected to the Illinois legislature and served on important committees in that body. He was elected to the 54th cong ess from the “north side,” or sixth Illinois district, and then re-elected to the pres ent congress. Republics Form Union. Advices from Honduras state that a treaty for provisional union of five republics of Central America has been signed at Guatemmala. A BAR TO EX-SENATORS. Mr. Hale, of Maine, Surprises the Senate With an Amendment. Senator Halo, (Maine), came for ward Thursday with a surprise in the form of a proposed amendment to the senate rule admitting to the privileges of the floor of the senate only ex-seua tors who are not interested in any claim or in the prosecution of the same or directly iu any hill pending in congress, and added to the text of the proposed change the following: “The purpose of the proposed amendment is to prevent ex-senators from enjoying the privileges of the floor of the senate for the purpose of urging or opposing claims or hills in which they act as attorneys.” KILPATRICK TO BE REARRESTED. Detective Jones Believes the Doctor Murdered Sprints. A Macon dispatch says: Bill Jones, the Atlanta detective, passed through the city Friday morning on his way to Midville. He says that he will rearrest Dr. Kilpatrick at once, as he has obtained evidence iu addition to that already secured. Jones is very determined and claims that Kilpatrick is undoubtedly guilty of the murder of Joe Sprintz. NEW RAILROAD FOR GEORGIA. Will Be Built In Dooly County By a Tfum ber of Capitalists. The secretary of state of Georgia has issued a charter for the Dooly Southern Railway company,from Rich mond to Irwinville, a distance of 35 miles. The incorporators are: Geo. W. Par rott, Sr., Geo. W. Parrott, Jr., I. X. Chenes, W. S. Thomson, Jacob Haas, B. P. O’Neal, Wm, Scaudrett, W. B. O’Neal,' j. T. West and T. A. Scott. THROUGH GEORGIA. Governor Atkinson had a hearing the past week with the proprietors of penitentiary camp No. 2 on escaped convicts. Nothing definite was de cided, as the hearing was simply to • determine the question of responsibil ity for the escape. ... An effort will be made to secure representation for Georgia at the great trans-Mississippi exposition to be held next year at Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha is the center of the region from which the south expects to draw immigration and a good state exhibit there would do Georgia lasting good. * * * Anew enemy to the cotton plant has made its appearance in the neigh borhood of Abbeville. It is a dimin utive bug, about the size of a bedbug. It appears in great numbers, and de vours the leaf, stem and bloom of the plant. The farmers of the vicinity are greatly exercised over the appearance of this new enemy to their money crop. ... The Georgia Mining. Manufact' '-Dig and Investment company’s case has again been argued before Judge Lump kin nt Atlanta and another sale of the property in the hands of Receiver Julius L. Frown is ordered. The as sets of the company were offered to the highest bidder but no sale occurred,as there was no one present who cared to give as much as the upset price ol $125,000. ... In spite of the somewhat somnam bulistic pose of the state fair move ment at Atlanta, it may be said that the outlook was never more reassur ing than at present. The committee has already raised in the neighborhood of $5,000 and the railroads are yet to be heard from. It is almost certain that from this source a sufficient sum will be realized to bring the total up to the amount fixed, $6,000. * * * The Northeastern railroad goes beg ging for a buyer at $287,000. Not a single bid was made for it. Not a bidder appeared at Governor Atkin son’s office on the day appointed for opening bids. So the state will con tinue to operate its thirty-nine miles of road from Athens to Lula and will make what it can out of the property. Nothing else can be done with it until the legislature meets and authorizes action. Th re is a movement on foot to ring the Curfew bell in Atlanta. The city council has been asked to establish the ancient custom, and the petitioners are many members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. The union people want the bell rung at 9 o’clock every night. At that hour they would have every boy and girl under sixteen found on the streets arrested and punished for violating the proposed Curfew bell law. * * * Eight stalwart young men have re ceived diplomas from the hands of President Hall at the Technological school ~ Georgia. The school, which bss made such a name for itself in the • last few years, has turned loose an other graduating class and there was never a class better fitted to run the race of life. The young men who graduated were: R. V. D. Corput, R. M. Cnimley, F. C. Furlow, E.F. Huff, i W. D. Nash, J. F. Ogletree, Jr., A. L. Reynolds and E. L. Wight. V * * An interesting order was handed down in the Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association’s litigation a day or two ago by Judge Lumpkin, at Atlanta, denying the petition of Re ceiver J. A. Tobin, who represents the South Carolina courts in the case. Receiver Tobin desired that all the assets of the South Carolina creditors be delivered to him, claiming that as an officer of the court he was entitled to wind up the litigation in that state. Advices from Macon state that noth ing new lias transpired in the case against the Southern railway. In a letter to the attorneys in the case Judge Speer has signified his in tention of acting slowly and carefully, but throws out no hint as to his prob able course. It is generally conceded, how ever, that Judge Speer will rule in accordance with his former decision, which said that the Richmond and Danville had no right to hold stock in the Central railway. * * * The Atlanta city council may direct the collection of back taxes from cor poration manufacturing concerns which have been enjoying special ex emption from taxation for several years past. The question came up in the council meeting and an official ruling on the legality of the exemptions was made by the assistant city attorney. It is the opinion of the attorney that such exemptions are clearly illegal and that the city has no authority to make exemptions of the kind. * * * Thomas J. McClain, the Atlanta man who shot his little son several weeks ago, has been indicted for as sault with intent to murder by' the Fulton county grand jury. The child hovered between life and death for several days, and the grand jury de layed action on account of the strong probability of its dying, and a charge of murder being made against McClain. McClain is confined at the county jail w here he continues to assert that he did not intend to do any violence to the child, and that the whole affair was an accident. Willie McClain, the wounded child, is still at the Grady hospital. The physicians state that it is extremely doubtful that he will fully recover. His mind is said to be a perfect blank, and it is feared that he will never regain his reason. TROUBLE IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Payment of Cherokee Freedmen Cause* Complications. Trouble lias broken out afresli at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, where the Cherokee freedmen payment lias just been resumed, and the Washing ton authorities have been appealed to for assistance in averting further dis orders. News of the disturbance came offi cially in the telegrams received at Washington Friday by Secretary Bliss, supplemented by similar advices re ceived by the attorney general and the secretary of war.