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Newspaper Page Text' MORNING MAlS & Truce 'Wanted Between Hill and Cleveland. The Air Has Been Full of Sen sational Stories. „ew York Is on the Qni Vive oi Excitement Over the Candida cy of the Two Great Democratic Leaders. New York, May 27.—The air has been full of remora about a conference of the utmost importance regarding the candidacy of Grover Cleveland and Sen ator Hill. A number of prominent Democrat* are in the city. One report aavs Cleve land's attitude toward the May conven tion will be made known in an authori tative way. Another that efforts were were being made to patch np a trace between Hill and Cleveland. The Moat Important Happening of a Day In Other Land*. _ May 20.—A decree has been published containing a declaration that the king approves of the resolution recently adopted by the senate and chamber of deputies providing for a re vision of the constitution and dissolving parliament. It fixes Jane 14 as the date for holding the elections. The most important of the proposed .^Visions is one which opens np the question of universal suffrage and a project for introducing the referendum Bystem. This latter question is held to be more important to Belgium than the extension of the franchise. POSTAL CLERKS* SALARIES. riifllRlM Fixed According to Classifica tion—The Hon** In Committee. Washington, May 27.—Among the oi'ls passed in the senate were the fol lowing: To reclassify and prescribe the sala ries of railway postal clerks. The rates fixed are: First class, not exceeding $S00; second class, not exceeding $1,000 third class, not exceeding $1,200; fourth class, not exceeding $1,300; fifth class -«>t exceeding $1,500; sixth class, not exceeding $1,300, and seventh class, not exceeding $1,800. After the disposition of a few minor matters, the honse went into committee of the whole (Lester of Georgia, in the chair) for further consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill. Negroei Waut Damages. Atlanta, May 27 — A damage suit has been filed in the city court by Messrs Arnold & Arnold in which George Jones and Oscar Jones sues the East Tenues see railroad for $10,000 damages. The plaintiffs are the father and son of Sully Jones who died from injnries received while ndlig from Austell to Atlant Way 9, 1892. Tney are negroes. The petition sets forth that Snlly Jones, a middle aged negro woman, weighing 166 pounds, was ordered from one car to another while the train wns in motion. She was jerked about while on the plat form and received internal injnries of which she died in a few days later. The Terrible Work of the Fan-. nel-Shaped Cloud. Over 1,200 Persons Believed to Have Been Killed. C A Fatal Duel In Hungary* Buda Pesth, May 26.—A duel was fought here between two nobles—one a rich Jew land owner named Karsay, and the other Baron Aczela, a promi nent member of the Hungarian diet. The former applied for permission to participate in the celebration of the ju bilee of the coronation of Emperor Francis Joseph os king of Hungary, and attributed a refusal to the Baron. They fonght with pistols, and Karsay was mortally wounded. Presents from the Queen. London, May 26.—The usual confer ments of honor on the occasion of the qneen’s birthday includes, this year, a peerage for Prince George of Wales with the titles of Dnke of York. Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney. Sir Julian Panncefote, British minister to Washington, receives the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. Chief Justice Lacasti of Quebec is knighted. Deaci* Expects a Pardon. Nice, May 26.—The friends of Mr. Edward Parker Deacon have been ad vised that it is probable President Car not will pardon him on July 14. the anniversary of the fall of the Bastile. when it is customary for the executive to extend clemency. The decision not to a appeal is based npon this expecta tion. The Hnsbond Is Nos. Gone. Paris, May 26.—M. Raymond, hus band of the woman who killed bis mis. triss, Mine. Delaporte Lassimonne, has disappeared. His friends fear that, driven by remorse for the fate that he had brought npon his mistress, he com mitted suicide. Biz Hundred Were Hilled in Port Lewis Alone — The Mercury Pell Nearly 30 Degrees in "™ One Short Hour. London, May 21.—Baron Do Worms, parliamentary secretary of the colonial, office, read a telegram in the honse oF commons fully confirming the report of the terrible disaster at Maori tins. The dispatch said that one-third of the capi tal city. Port Lewis, was destroyed. Among the bnildings wrecked were the royal colleges and twenty-four churches. Many sugar mills in the country were completely demolished. In the city of Port Lewis about 600 persons were kill ed. In varions country districts thus far heard from 300 persons lost their lives, and these figures are more than likely to be added to when the news is received from the remote districts in the mountains. It is believed that over 1,200 persons were killed. In Port Lewis alone 1,000 persons were injured. Some time before the gale burst the barometer gave warning of a great at mospheric disturbance. The mercury fell in one hour to 27.95, and in a short time the sky took on a dull reddish tinge. Every indication pointed to the coming t>£ a storm. Suddenly a great wave, driven by a gale, broke upon the land, and a storm of appalling-violence burst. Wind gauges were blown into atoms, bat those best calculated to jndge state that the wind blew at the rate of 120 miles an hour. None who have not seen such storms can form any idea of the terrible energy of such wind. It was utterly impossible for a human being to stand against it. Many of those who lost their lives were killed by being lifted bodily from tbeir feet and dashed against trees, walls and houses. Morristown and Cumberland Gap. Knoxville, Tenn., May 27.—John Coleman, of Louisville, Ky., entered a general creditor’s suit in the United States court here to have a receiver ap pointed for the Morristown and Cum- berland Gap railroad. Coleman was n sub contractor under Allison, Shafer & C , in the construction of the road, vhn h run* from Morristown, in Ham blen county, to Corrytou, in Grainger comitv, Coleman’s claim amounts to Deeming’* Legacies Melbourne, Mny 26.—Among Deem- Ing’s papers are four statements, dedi cated respectively to the London Times, the Pall Midi Gazette, the Liverpool Mercury and the Melbourne Argus. .Atlanta’* Homo for the Friendless. Atlanta, May 27.—The corner stone of the new Home for the Friendless has b-en laid in this city with appropriate ci temonies. The new building is being erected at the corner of Randolph street and Highland avenue, and can be readi ed bv the Houston street and nine-mih circnit electric cars, leaving the corner of Broad and Marietta streets. The institution, when completed, will havo cost—grounds and buildings—$25,000. It Would Not Stand lloforo the Senate Committee on Fnstofflees. Washington, May 26.—The senate committee on postofficea has reported adversely the bill to amend the laws re lating to obscene matter ir. the mails. By the measure rejected, which emana ted from the postofiice department, no actual change is made relative to the mail ability of such matter in existing laws, but it was proposed to make the postmaster general, instead of the courts, the supreme authority or judge of what should or shoald not go in the mai’s. "The present law,” the chair man of the committee says, "is snffr- ciently strong for all purposes. ” It will be remembered that not long since, Mr. .VVanamaber, who desired this censor ship, gave an exhibition of his capacity to play the part of mail ceusor. They Tire o' Foolishness. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 27.—Fif teen hundred prominent men met in the court house here and pass-d reso lutions condemning the tough mob that h;:s run the county since Thursday of lust week. All pledged to see that Weems has a fair trial. Tennessee for Cleveland. Nashville, May 27.—The Democratic state convention met here and organ ized by selecting W. C. Dismnkes of Ualatm, as chairman. President Cleve land's administration was endorsed and the delegates to Chicago were instructed to vote as a uiit for him. Hurlbert a Monk. Lonxon, May 27.—A London paper publishes a surprising story abont Wil liam Henry Hurlbert. It sayft Hurlbert bus been received as a lay brother in a redemptorist monastery in Rome. The paper also says that he will not be ad mitted to priesthood. Asbury Gentry’s Doom. Buchanan, Ga., May 27.—Asbury Gentry, one of the most noted outlaws in Georgia, was found guilty of the murder of Richard Byrnes, a foot ped diet from Atlanta, aud was sentenced by Judge C. J. Janes to bang on July 15. Garxaltea Plead Guilty. San Antonio, Tex., May 27.—Since the conviction of Mnnoz several of Gar- revolutionists have made the pleas of guilty in the hope of securing light sentences. The trial of Garza’s father “ law, is set for Tuesday. A Careless Mother. Raldgh, N. C., May 27.—Two small D *gro children were burned to death besr Salisbury. It occurred in the usual *»>•—the mot her shutting them up in tli* house while she went away for an hour or two. J-rors Are Afraid. Pams, May 27.—Jurors likely to be toawn for the trial of Ravachol at Kontbrison, for murder, are pleading jll health in order to avoid serving. It is now expected that the trial will begin Jane 14 Machine Works Assign. Louuvillx, May 27.—Tbs Louisviile Foundry and Machine works hare as- to the Fidelity Safe Deposit and «a*t oompany. Liabilities, $126,000; ■aiets estimated, $140,000= She Is s Determined Woman. Cheyqwe, Wy., May 27.—Mrs. Wm. grille, a very determined woman *ho remained on a ranch in Johnson ecun iy after her husband escaped from the night, has arrived from She came direct from Buf- ■aJL * onr children, Mrs. Linville RHnsrally understood up there Charlie Taylor, Frank Smith aud leading outlaws, killed Well- ihe assassination was planned — 5* Donnelly's banquet for rustlers. ™ the woman says, is carrying ’.li ■ r* woman Says, »*nuxn s six-shooter on bis saddle. WANAMAKER’S WORK. Atlanta* May 21.—Two weeks ago I notified the members of the Georgia -ptfeekly Press association that .Colonel B. W. Wrenn, general passenger and ticket agent of the E. T., V. & G., rail road had tendered the members of onr : association use of his road from tome, Ga., to Meridian, Miss., a dis tance of 304 miles. I now am indeed glad to inform them that farther ten ders have been made, for Colonel D. G. Edwards, general passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent route, has tendered tne use of his road from-Meridian to New Orleans or Shreveport, La., a dis tance .of over, 200 miles-or more, . CEcnm either point, connections can he made with .the, Texas , Pacific railway which have tendered ns through their g eneral passenger agent, Hon. Gaston leisler, the use of their road to El Paso, Texas, a distance of 1,200 miles more. It seems row that the Mexican roads will not extend courtesies, lliia being the case, I will endeavor to secure transportation from roads extending into southern California or Colorado, and have already written to the railroad officials regarding same. If the Mexi can trip is abandoned, and we only visit points in Texas, the trip will be less ex pensive, and if we are entertained, as I anticipate, the cost should not exceed $25 each. Members going on the Excursion shoal 1 notify me at once so I can secure the passes. Roads in Georgia will nn- dopbtedly furnish passes to Rome to members not having same and I will ■eenre such : if notified in time. New IMtpers joinirg at Rome will be entitled io same cour’esies as regards transpor tation and al those who desire to join shoald write me at once to secure their OSWEGOE'S BIG FIRE. All of tbs Milling and Elevator Interests Burned Out. Oswego, N. Y., May 21.—A big fire here has practically wiped out the Os wego milling and elevator interests. Only one elevator is left in the harbor, the northwestern, owned by Gaylord, Downey & Co. The fire was the hottest and fiercest since the fire that swept the same site in 1857, and the property destroyed conld not he-replaced for a million dol lars. The fire started at 11 p. m. in Wash ington mills and elevator. It seemed to buret out over the whole upper part of the building at once, and in forty minntes the entire row of six big eleva tors were a mass of flames, leaping half way across the river and high into the air. The only elevator left is on the op posite side of the river, and was only saved by the most determined efforts. A conservative estimate pats the loss on building and machinery at $350,000. To be added to this is the loss on grain and lumber, which will swell the total to abont $650,000. One hundred and fifty tbonsaud bnshels of grain the northwestern elevator was damaged by water. The building was flooded. A HEARTLESS THIEF. Improvement In Postal Affairs. Washington, May 26.—Representa tive Gates of Alabama has introduced a very important bill to seenre improve ment in postal affairs. It provides that no written application shall be necessary to obtuin a money order, but ou verbal applications postmaster’s mast sell the same like postal notes are now disposed of, in any sum up to $50. Postal notes are abolished. It is also provided that the postmaster general shall keep all fourth-class postoffices supplied with postage stamps and other' postoffice supplies sufficient to carry on snch offi ces for a month, the postmaster from the proceeds of sale of same to purchase j from presidential postoffices farther needed supplies so as to keep his office year or more came to visit George. properly stocked. Fourth-class post- — — — «--’ - -»-» s — » masters, under the bill, are to give a bond of $100. ' Disastrous Fire In ParlsT'— - Paris, May 21.—An extensive fire oc curred in the passage Gatbois, six dwelling houses, a wood factory and eight granaries belonging to the Lyons Railway company were destroyed. passes. Hon. Clark Howell has promised to assist me in securing Pnllman Palace Oars for the trip, and with his assistance I hope to secure the same oourtesis from the Pullman People as were extended to ue last year. Yours fraternally, Chas. D. Barker, Corresponding Secretary, Georgia Weekly Press Association. BASE BALL RECORD. The following are the games played by the National Leagne. Being an off day, there were no games in the South ern League. National League. At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 5; Bal timore, 0.' At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, 10; Cincin nati. 7. At Brooklyn — Brooklyn, 8 ; New York, 6. At Chicago—Chicago, 8; Cleveland, L At Boston—Washington-Boston post poned on account of rain. Brutal South Carolina Negroes Columbia, S. C., May 21.—A horrible ease of parental brutality is reported from Aiken county. While two white boys were berrying, about two miles from Aiken, they discovered a colored boy chained to a pine tree. He was in a demented ’’otidition, and nearly starved to death. (is body exhibited marks of brutal' whipping. The boys reported their discovery, which led to the arrest of Isacc Alston and Jane, his wife. Alston is the stepfather of the boy. whose name is Abram, and has been known to chain the boy in the honse and beat him. The hrntal parent were lodged in jail, and the boy will be sent to the'asyluin at Columbia. ABBREVIATED NEWS MATTER Held Up and Bobbed a Florida Passenger Train. Express Messenger Saunders Killed—Cox Wounded. The Bandits Traced Into a Swamp and Surrounded by a Large Posse of Men—They Can Hardly Get Away. Palatka, Fla., May 21.—The Jack sonville, Tampa and Key West north bonnd express and fast mail train was held np by fonr masked men at Monroe, Fla., at 1:30 o’clock. Two men got on the engine and two men entered the express car, killing Ex press Messenger W. N. Saunders, wounding Traveling Express Agent J, M. Cox. Caught Op and -Culled from the Latest Work of the Wires. The Prohibition contest has opened in earnest in Augusta, Ga. Bibb county, Georgia, is wrestling with the three-mile liquor law. The Southern Travellers’ association will meet in convention at Indian Springs, Ga., next week. In a card published in the People’s party paper, C. C. Post denounces Georgia’s gov ernor as a liar. It is reported from Madrid that Spain’s copyright treaty with the United States has been signed. Ed Holland, who is charged with com plicity with Porter Stocks in the murder of Alph Cassin, in Atlanta, is quite sick. The Constitution and The Journal, At lanta’s leading dailes, joined hands and gave the locomotive engineers a barbecue. A little 3-year-old daughter of C. F. Ste phens, of Floyd county, Georgia, was bit ten by a pet dog and died from hydropho bia. The Masons of the Fourth congressional district of Georgia will celebrate St, John’s June, with Carrollton’s local The train crew scared them off. They did not obtain any express matter. The robbers were traced into a large | swamp near by, which is being sur rounded by a large posse of men. THE NASHVILLE COURTS- Rev. George J Lindner Gets Three Years—\YIiithorue*« Mistrial* Nashville. May 2L-*The jury in the •ase of Rev. George J. Lindner brought in a verdict of guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses, and he was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Lindner is an alleged minister of the Christian faith, who se cured money on worthless checks and pawned diamond rings which he bad secured from a jeweler to show to a young woman, to whom be was to be married. He was captured at Savan nah, Ga. He will be tried on five other indictments. The jury in the case of Brown R. Whithorae—was discharged, being un able to agree. The jury stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. This is the second mistrial. Whithorne be longs to a prominent family, being a brother of the late Congressman Whit horne, and hia trial upon the charge of perjury iu swearing to false returns to the comptroller of the currency, and making false entries on the books of the National bank of Shel byviUe while cash ier, has excited much interest. Day in lodges. Mercer University, at Macon, Ga., is making grand preparations for the trien nial banquet of the Alumni of that insti tution. Rev. T. N. Riddick, of Louisville, will preach the commencement sermon of Wes leyan Female college at Macon, Ga., next Sunday. Mrs. Heppner, of Tiffin, O., was fined a few days ago for violating the compulsory school law, and has been jailed for refus ing to pay the fine. At Carrollton, O., the youngson of John Scott tried to digest a box of matches. His digestive powers were not equal to the gastronomic feat, and he has been buried. Judge True, of the New York supreme court, after argument, dismissed the case of Anna Dickinson against the members of the Republican national committee of 1888. At Baton Rouge, La., the joint ballot of the two houses for United States senator resulted: Jones, 44; Adams, 26; Gibson, 23; Gaffery, 17; Blanchard, 13; Burgeous, 5. No election. The president has issued a proclamation promulgating a reciprocity treaty with Austria-Hungary. Its terms are similar to those in force with Germany, Italy and Switzerland. An Ohio Cost Claim, Columbus, May 21.—A peculiar case has developed in the auditor of state’s office. The auditor refused to pay the court costs iu the prosecution of a mur derer because the defendant committed suicide before the sheriff transterred him from the county jail to the peniten tiary. The murderer was Lorenzo Gano, who in March last killed his wife in Morrow oounty. The sheriff kept the prisoner in jail pending amotion for a new trial, and after the motion had been overruled Gano concluded to cheat the gallows by committing suicide. He successfully carried out his plans, and when the sheriff called to collect bis cost bill amounting to $1,675, Auditor Poe declined to pay it because the stati did not secure possession of the crimi nal^ body. A Chicago jury has decided that the po- lice had a right to seize and retain the red flags which were carried in the May Day S recession in spite of the warning given y the chief of the police the day before. The Alabama state executive committee of the Prohibition party met in Birming ham and called a state convention to meet there July 4, next. The object of the con vention is' to provide for an organized movement in the presidential campaign. The bark Nevado, was libeled by a Bra silian firm, at Savannah, on a large claim. The Nevado left Brazil in January with a cargo of salt worth $14,000. Arriving at Savannah the mate sold the entire cargo for $13D. The bark may be sold to satisfy the claim. Be Stole His Brother’s Wife, Baby and Mole. Forsyth, Ga., May 0L—Sheriff King • quake were shakeu from theft founda- A Destrnetlve Earthquake. Odessa, May 21.—Dispatchea^iiaye been receivedJmi@-t8liing"of’""a catastro phe. earHEiTby an earthquake in Trans caucasia. Only meager details of the calamity have as yet been learned, hut it is known that three villages near the fortified town of Erivan, on the Zenghi, have been destroyed, and that twenty- seven persons have been killed and a large number of others injured. The scism’c disturbances were of snch an appalling character, the vibrations being so heavy that the most solid bnildings in the places affected by the An Illinois Kallroad Wreck. St. Louis, May 21.—The light east bound Jacksonville Southern engine, in charge of conductor Smith, collided wrecked and the first passenger coach considerably damaged. The crews of both engines saved themselves by jumping, but were col siderably bruised. A special guard of the express company named Ed Finn was instantly killed and Sharp, the reg- •nlar express messenger, was seriously hurt. None of the passengers were in ■i tired. is on' the lookont for Charles Harden, who is wanted for running away with his brother’s wife, baby and mule George Harden, an employe of the railroad, some time ago purchased a mule from Sheriff King, with which to cultivate a piece of land. About that tions aud sent crashing to the earth. Execution of a Criminal. Covington, Ky., Mr.y 21.—Seaborn 8mith, colored, at 12:30 paid the penal ty of the law here for his crime in com mitting rape upon Lelia Aiken, colored, in this county December 30, 1890. The time his brother, Charles Hard on, who ; execution was private and witnessed in used to spend half his time in the Mun- th * 3 ail ** rd b T the court officials, roe county jail, after an absence of a Kidnapped By Mexicans. Washingon, May 26.—The attorney general has received information that Charles Ob-rlander. a resident of San Diego, Cal., has been kidnapped by Mexican officials and taken to Ensenada, lower California, for trial on a criminal charge. Minister Ryan, at the City of Mexico, has been instructed to secure the surrender of the man, provided it is shown that he is an American citizen and was taken without extradition pro- j yiilt-, where Charlie was in waiting with Now, George had a delicate wife and five small children, the youngest a baby. George noticed that Charles was very attentive to his wife, bathing her face when she was sick and waiting on her very gallantly, but he thought it was only Ins brotherly love for her. "* Last week Charlie took George’s male and wagon and went over to Bntts coun ty to bny up chickens. The next day George’s wife concluded to visit rela tives in Bntts county, and George car ried her and her baby to Jnlitte, where she boarded tne train. She did not go to Bntts, however, bnt left the train at the next station, Frank- oeedings. Tbe Committee to Meat. Washington, May 28.—The Associ ated Press is authorised by Mr. Clark son, chairman of the Republican na tional committee, to say that a meeting of the committee will be held at West hotel, Minneapolis^ Saturday, Jane 14, at 11 o’clock a. m. | the wagon. They drove off together and have not since been seen. George is now ont of a job, a wife, a mule and a baby. He has fonr small children on his hands. BASE BALL RECORD. The following are the gam is played by the Southern and National - Leagues. Southern League. At New Orleans—New Orleans, 9; Macon, 10. At Montgomery—Montgomery, 8; At lanta, 7. At Mobile—Mobile, 4; Birmingham 8. At Memphis—Memphis, 9; Chatta nooga, 18. Nation*! Leagne. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 6; Phila- de At h BoJton-Boston, 2; New York, 8. At Pittsburg—Pittsburg, 9; Cleve- **A* Brooklyn—Brooklyn 8; Washing ton, 7. A Prominent Han Dead. Montgomery, Ala., May 21.—Colonel O. O. Nelson, founder of the Montgom ery cotton oil mills, and principal of it nntil its absorption by the American cotton oil trust, died here from the ef fects of a stroke of paralysis. The de ceased was at one time worth nearly half a million, bnt owing to unfortunate speculations, died comparatively poor. He was a public spirited man, and while living in Dawson, Ga., endowed a college, wjiich bears his name. He was 78 years old. nev/spaper reporters, eleven ministers and a few invited friends! The con demned man was calm and made a con fession of his crime and a statement for the public to let whisky alone as it was the sole cause of his - death. The ar rangements were perfect and the execu tion passed off without a jar or bobble. Fava Wanted to See Blaine. Washington, May 21.—Baron Fava, the Italian minister, is unfortunate in his efforts to renew his official acquain tance with Secretary Blaine. He called at the state department for a second time to see him, bnt, as on the occasion of his previous visit, Mr. Blaine was not there. The minister had an interview with Assistant Secretaries Wharton and Adee, bnt w’mt took place is not known. It is understood that the minister is charged with the delivery of an impor tant message to the president from the king of Italy, and is trying to arrange for an audience at the White House. ith the honatl the Yandalia road, Greenville, Ilia, Both engine8ASd th» baggage car of the passenger train inger train on Ye miles west of At Clarksville, Tenn., policemen arrest ed a slick female crook named Amanda Thompson. She had stolen $200 from Mrs. Crane, of Danville, a station below that city. Nearly all of the money was recov ered, as she had only spent what she actu ally needed. Elmer Neel, a wealthy hardware mer chant of Lynchburg, Ya., and Miss Louisa Carr, a beautiful young girl of that city, were secretly married. The excuse -iven for not wanting it known is that u will interfere with a fortune Neel expected from his parents. Governor Northen has ordered issued a reward of $:.50 for the appreheusion of the party or parties who murdered A. C. Sloan in Henry county, Georgia, on May 23. In addition to this reward, the citizens of Mc Donough have raised a reward of $700 tot the murderer or murderers. The joint committee of the granite workers has issued a circular addressed to all labor organizations throughout the country in which they set forth their grievauces against the Granite Manufac turers’ association, and appeal to working men in general to aid them in their strike. The Idaho Demoorafie state convention elected the following delegates to the na tional convention; J. M. Burke, J. W. J-.M. Bennett, J. H. Hawley, Colo- Every Month many women suffer from Excessive or Scant Menstruation; they don’t know 1 who to confide in to get proper advice. Don’t confide in anybody but try Bradfteld’s a Specific tor PAINFUL, PROFUSE. SCANTY. SUPPRESSED and IRREGULAR MENSTRUATION. Book to “WOMAN” mailed free. BRADFIEL0 REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. 9a. 8oId by all Dnokls ADVERTISING. TF you wish to advertise anything anywhsre 1 at any nine write to GKO. RCWKLL ;* CO.,No. io Spruce St., New York. TTiykrt one In need of lnfomatlon on the sub- t>r|ce.^ConUlD5 a careml com dilation from the Newspaper Directory of an the beat papers and alaas journals; gives tbe ctroalatton rating of f * ELL’S ADVERTISING BUREAU, 10 Sprues at. n. Y* BOOKS. Family Bibles. Stationery OF EVERY VARIETY. Lowest Prices! D. W. MGregor, Successor to Burke, BOOK STORE CORNER, Established 60 Yeara. ATHENS, , April 12—wtf GEORGIA Jryi tions favor the free add.^unlimited coinage of silver, and recommenS'lihgt a plank be inserted in the national plamtf&h The delegates go uninstructed. A MAN Piano for S HPIkuo for^| HIS NEIGHBOR! LUDDEN& BATES, Savannah,! Who bST« bnt On, PriM ud that tbs !•*«( bwus. I Yon can’t paj thsm mors than Instruments I an actually worth. They ue not built that wiy. I Writ* for Latest SPECIAL OFFERS. DR. PARKHURST SUSTAINED. Lutherans in Democratic Banks. Galena, Ills., May 26.—The Wiscon sin district of the Evangelical Lutheran synod of Ohio and other states has closed its annual session, which lasted six days. The final session was devoted to the consideration of the compulsory education la v of Illinois, which led to the issuance >t a manifesto declaring that the Rt publican members of the legislature did not fulfill their promises to aid in effecting the repeal of the law, and clones by saying: We therefore advise all Lutherans in the state of Illinois to snpport the Democra tic party at the next election as far as the state ticket is concerned. It May Be a Suicide. Mobile, May 21.—J. Moeby Speed, who, as the representative of A. M. Speed & Go., 52 Dey street, New York city, committed a series of forgeries of ■» t— A. PrtVtvwrfAfi PaImtti hank* ta Cincinnati, Covington, Colam- pus, O., and elsewhere in the west, died here Friday morning. He was suffer- Baby Both Is in Tow*. New York, May 25.—Ex-President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland, with Baby Both, are at the Victoria hotel They arrived in the city abont 2 o’clock from Lakewood, N. J„ where they have been spending th* winter, and went at once to th* Victoria. Mrs. Cleveland and the little girl are in the best of health. Tb* family have rooms ea th* Broad way side ef the building, on the fifth floor, sad these will he their temporary home, as some repairs are now being made in the house in Fifty-first street which Mr. Cleveland has rented. They will remain at the hotel ten days or two weeks, the intention being to go then to their summer home at Buzzard’s Bay. A Mass Meeting in Cooper Institute En dorses Bis Methods. New York, May 27.—A mass meeting of citizens was held in Cooper Institute under the anspices of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, to sustain Dr. Parkhurst in his methods of fighting ▼ice aud crime in this city. The meeting was a success and many prominent citi zens occupied seats on the platform. Addresses were made by Rev. J. N. Hallock, ex-Judge Wm. Harmons, Rob ert Graham, ex-Jadge Noah Davis, Rab bi F. DeSola Mendes, the Rev. Dr. Da vid J. Burweil, Frank Moss and Robert Bliss. The Bev. Dr. Parkhurst was the last speaker, and he declared that a league existed in this city between the civil servants and criminal classes. Resolutions were adopted thanking Dr. Parkhurst for his work calling on the authorities for strict enforcement of the laws for the prevention of vice, and pledging themselves t* have these laws enforced. ANOTHER MAN IN THE RACE. The Republicans are Ukely to Run a Man in the Tenth. Augusta, Ga , May 27.—There may be another candidate in the race for ongre^rional honors in this distriot There are already two candidates in Fatal Wreck in Nortk Carolina. Pigeon River, May 27.—There was a fatal accident on the Western North Carolina railroad about noon Wednes day between Bryson (Sty and BushneU. Engine 170, running extra, was derailed and considerably damaged. The dome burst and Engineer Hunt of Salisbury, was instantly killed and Fireman Means of Asheville, and a brakeman were also hurt. Tbe Knights of Honor wiH ac company the body of tbe late engineer to the funeral. Mr. Hunt was nurried only a few months since, and stood well among his fellow employee. A broken rail is thought to have caused the acci dent. Congress Moved Up One Boar. Washington, May 21.—Mr. McMillea of Tennessee, from the committee on rules, reported the resolution that the hour for meeting of the honse each day ■hall be 11 o'clock. Adopted. ing from toothache and toek morphine . the field—Major J C. C. Black, for the and hia death was considered accident- i w aL The disclosure of his identity, how-' Demoor «T, : Hon. Tom Watson, ever, gives color to the belief that he . P^P*-» 5’»«y l«ad»r. The third committed suicide. ! candidate wi' be a straightout Repub lican Yuur 'orrnspondent this morn- An Appalling Ds»th Bate. Calcutta, May 27. —Cholera contin ues its ravage in Serinsgar, one of the capitals of Cashmere. The population of the city is 58,000, and the disc—e, if it continues as fatal as at present, will depopulate the place. Dedths are earring at the rate of 500 daily. Brother Takes Brother’# Life. , Richmond, May 21.-A Big Stone ‘ . Mr ' W ‘ H ; “■““f ’ * 1 . .. AAntraitfA? nf Hna nifu arAtilrl rnn fnr Gap, Va., special says that in a dispute at a game of cards, John Hall, a des perado, shot and killed his brother. The murderer escaped over the Kentucky Thehouae then wentintoa committee j Une. The Haifa area ^^ousgangof of the whole, Mr. Lester in the chair, *n desperadoes who live in the mountains Charleston Wants the Road. CHARLESTON, May 26.-A great effort is being made by the business men of thiB city to divert the Macon and Dublin railroad from itB original course, and haveitcomo to Charleston. tlon it being agitated by the three com msrciol bodies. the sundry civil appropriation bill. of West Virginia. The Gambler Still Hat a Tramp. Bellaire, O., May 21.—In the case wherein Mary E. McCann 6ued saloon- ist Thomas Collins for $1,000 alleged to have been lost by her son, Eugene Mc- Stlll Divided la Louisiana Baton Rouge, May 25.—The vote for United States senator in the two houses resulted as follows: Jones, 44: Adams, _ _ 27; Gibson, 26; Caffrey, 17; Blanchard, ; Cann, at the poker table in Collins’ contractor of this city, would run for «rrn«re e s r v t > .e rt pnbl c.n ticket. Mr S a' in s rr . een and asked if the -tr- t' ui:r wore tiue His answer a < h« d ! tv. f opi8eto be intervlew- •1, bu if hi La run for congress man Wsicon' oWce it would only be uo“n crrf i contingencies. He would no t 1- svltV t he c ntingencies were, M-.St. 1 iuga *y - he can getthe Repub lican nun in- on ;f ae wants it. It is also ruinrre\ ,hi, Mr. John M. Barms, of i hi'mp-on. wi l try to get the Re publican nou-inption for congress. The Tbe Richmond Terminal. New York, May 27.—The Thomas committee formally requested Drexel, Morgan & Co., to undertake the reor ganisation of the Richmond Terminal but, although it is generally understood that the movement to bring about this request was inspired by the firm, no an swer was given. IfYou Are Going West AND WANT LOW RATES To Arkansas, Texas, Missouri. Colorado and Califor nia, or any point WEST or NORTH- VVFQT IT WILL PAY YOU To write to me. FEED. I>. BUSH, 24 Wall St., Atlanta. Ga. Cct. 27—W26t. D. p. 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Koi On The Third Story.—Talmadge Bros new building is going up rapidlv, and the workmen are now on the taira story. Ere lorg this bandsrme struo- tuie will bo finished. ballot will be taken by tbe legislature ‘ *500. The son some time ago presented •very day until a result is reached. The ; to Collins a paper signed by himself and Foster state central committee met mother, in which they agreed to relin- here and decided to call a state conven-! au isii all claims npon his (Collins) pay- tiontobe held June 14, to elect del*- ’ ^ent of $30. This he did. Now it de- national convention. Th* ! flops'that the son forged his mother’s IcEnery members of the committee nam . an d the boy will be prosecuted ' ' * ! — by Collin*. ings’s answer to whether he will run for congr ss or not is rather dubious, it | is generally believed he will enter the race. He says he would not run in *H| nanrlentlv if he could not. arat Re- I pendently if he could not get the- Ro~ publican nomination.