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ATHENS- GA., FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 7.1897
SI 00 A YEAR
Fire at Paris Results In Loss
of Many Lives.
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jgESCH CAPITAL IS IN MOURNING
in , M Mart oil In * Buatr Which
trine Directed by Prominent So-
l.mlle*, aud the Lilt of Deed, In*
Mls.log I * Mode Up of Names
licpubllo'a leading l’eopie.
May 5.—The terrible fire at
Bazaar de Charite, a temporary
.-tura about 100 yards long
and 0 i yards wide, erected in the Rue
, ttU for the anuual charity
fa i r ,,£ which all tho most prominent
j,. tv ,;i tics of Paris are patronesses.
t ; ,wu the French capital into
. U c U nunu. The conflagration, which
[, ij e (ll! t in the kinematagraph booth,
near the stall of the Duchess d’ Uzes,
while from 1,300 to 2,000 people were
s e„t, is believed to have caused the
ver 200 lives. As this dispatch
;V. 011t ill ciiarred corpses have been
recovered, together with 12 portions of
bodies, the identity of which may never-
bo otab.ished.
:> o’clock crowds of people have
been l! 'eking to the Palais de l’Indus-
tnc, where many of the bodies and a
! number of the injured were taken.
At »i >
jr.o
iv a detachment of the Gatto
Ki inibhiitiano relieved the detachment
nt intantry which had been on duty all
n;t:ht long about the scene
of the ca-
The search for the dead
continues in the ruins. Quantities of
coins, watches, rings, necklaces and
bra -h ts have been picked up in the
debris.
At S o’clock there was
towards a corner of the ruins and an
other body was slowly drawn from the
mass with which it had been covered.
It was little more thau a black trunk,
headless and limbless, aud little hope is
entertained of disclosing its identity.
In this case, as in all other instances,
the firemen and police, upon discover
ing a body, carefully over', nuied every
thing near it aud under it, in order to
discover, if possible, some piece of jew
elry or other article which may lead to
the identification of the remains.
Kecoverlnc the Dead Bodies.
So soon as the bodies are claimed by
tho anxious relatives and others who
are searching for the missing and who
have been hovering in despair about
this spot throughout the night, they
ate placed in carriages held in waiting
and taken to their former homes.
The sceue at night was a remarkable
one. liong 'lines of infantry were drawn
in cordon around the dreadful spot.
The bonfires and torches, electric lights
and gas jets used to illuminate the
scene reflected upon the bayonets aud
accoutrements of the soldiers aud threw
a ghastly illumination upon the houses
l.i the vicinity, the windows of which
were crowded during most of the night
with people watching the work of
horror.
Every now and then a hearse would
be called from the line of vehicles sta
tioned in proximity to the scene of the
tire, a black mass of what was but so
recently joyous humanity would be
temieriy lifted into it and another un
fortunate victim of the conflagration
Would be taken to one of the temporary
morgues, in the Palais do 1’Industrie, or
at tne neighboring hospital Beaujon.
Frequently as many as a dozen horses
were gathered together in the courtyard
of the palais, and opposite tho entrance
of that building hundreds of coffins
were ranged, ready to receive the bodies
i f those who had perished in that ter
rible stampede, and which had subse
quently, in most cases, been charred be
yond recognition.
Scene# Around tho Fatal Spot.
The scenes witnessed among those
who remained about the fatal spot
throughout the night, unable to tear
themselves away, indifferent to the en
treaties of their friends or relatives,
bathed descrintion. Upon several occa
sions a distracted father or mother,
half mad with grief, -would endeavor to
force a way through the line of 6cldiers
or the inner line of police drawn about
the blackened ruins. Children were
there weeping for lost parents, and the
o.d and the young and the middleaged
joined in the murmurs of lamentation
mol exchanged hopes and fears.
The atmosphere of the hall in the
Palais de l’Industrie, where the burned
bodies were ranged, was almost un
bearable. and there again most heart-
tending scenes were witnessed. Men,
women and children passed up and
down, weeping distractedly, before the
lines of black bodies, eagerly scanning
the terrible remains and now and then
throwing themselves down by the side
of some upparentlyy unrecognizable
corpse, which they, by an instinct an
outsider could not understand, made
<• >me dearly loved one and missing rel
ic ire.
So far as known the following bodies
have beeu recognized:
The Ducliesse d’Alencen.
Mile. Henrietta Hiuibisdaul.
The Barrouue Elizabeth St. Martin.
The Vicomtesse Marie BonnevaL
bister Guinoux, the superior of the
bisters of the Convent of St. Vinoent
de Paul at Kaincy. .wee
Mile, de Grancy.
The Comtesse St. Peirre.
The Barrouue St. Divier.
31 me. Lanreut Corseliun.
Mile. Chevigny.
31 mo. Fiorese, wife of the Spanish
consul.
The Comtesse Mirimol.
The Comtesse Broderville. Ctj
M. Victor Cortraiinn. mml
1 bister Leone Guillaume.
. 31 mo. Haussmann.
Mme. Schlumberger.
The Comtesse Humolstein.
The Marquise des Maison.
Mine. Ventimesuill.
Mine. Hoekier, wife of the wellkuowU
Russian banker.
31 me. Poitevin.
Jacques Hausmann.
Ihe daughter of M. Shevilly.
, Mine. Mandat Grancy.
The l.ist of Seriously Injured.
f, ^ In0Uf? tue seriously injured are the
The Duobei8e de la Torre, the Corn-
tesse de Rainey, the Comte de Mont
•Mtur, the Comte de Devisin, Mme. Ma
cede, 31 me. ltecaimier, Mme. del’Acme,
JUtiu - Hister, Mme. Edouard Andre,
Mme. de la Tour Dupin, Mme.
OUX, M. le Febre, the Viscountess de
Lucny, the Marquis de Lnbersa; Mme.
Rafaolli, the wife of the well known
painter had her face burned, but her
eyes escaped injury; Mile. Rafaolli, a
daughter of the painter, arms burned
aud body covered with bruises.
Several Sisters of Charity are known
to be among the dead aud injured.
It should be borne in mine that, ow
ing to the disfigurement * ” —
identification in many ci i K Keeney
uncertain aud tho list ot'tneaearagiven
above is subject to revision.
Among the articles picked up in the
ruins was a ring inscribed “Ferdinand
d’Ordino- Sophie de Bavioro,” the names
of the Dnke and Dmhesse d’Alencen,
doubtless the betrothal ring of her high
ness, the Duchesse d’Alencen. A sil
ver watch, attached to a gold brooch,
was also recogniz'd as the property of
the duchesse. The body of the duchesse,
however, has not yet been found. Houses
in the vicinity of the disaster are being
carefully searched in the hope that the
duchesse is only injured and is being
tended at some private residence.
Up to daybreak the Duo d’Alencen
refused to quit the sceue and only went
home after daybreak because he was
physically incapable of further exertion.
The Queen of Naples and other rela
tives of tlie missing duchesse sat up all
night long at the hotel of the Duo
d’Alenceu on the Avenue Friedland,
awaiting news.
President Faure all evening was in
constant communication vith the pre
fect of police, who forwarded to him
the names of the identified dead and
those of the injured.
The president also dispatched orderly
officers everywhere to inqure iuto the
condition of the injured, and hearing
that a number of the latter had been
taken to the Hospital Beaujon, the pres
ident at 10 o’clock proceeded there to
console them.
Faure Thanks the Surgeons.
In the courtyard of the hospital Pres-
ION IN CUBA
WANTS A TEA INSPECTOR.
TOooma Thinks She Has Been Slighted.
The Chamber of Commerce Acts.
Tacoma, May 6.—The Tacoma cham
ber of commerce, aided by eastern im
porters, is making a strong effort to
have the secretary of the treasury ap-
AID FOR THE SUFFERERS IS ASKED | point a tea inspector for that port The
recent law to prohibit the importation
Thousands of People Are Starv
ing at Our Doors.
tes Consuls la D.fferent Farts
of the Island Report That Man, Women
and Children Are Dying on tho Streets
From Huogsr as n Basalt of Wejlsr's
Inhuman Conoeutrntlou Foliar.
*»■ bw Yoke, May 3.—A special to The
World from Washington says: The
United States oonsul at Matanzas, Cuba,
Alexander O. Brice, writes to the state
department that thousands of people
are dying of starvation in that city.
“Over 7.000 persons,” he says, “hays
been concentrated to this place, three-
quarters of whom are entirely without
means of support. Women and chil
dren are dying on the streets from
starvation. Death and misery walk
hand in hand. Among these people
there are several Americana Yellow
fever, smallpox and other diseases are
prevalent. All this, is the result of Gen
eral Weyler’s inhuman concentration
policy. Aid for these sufferers should
promptly come from the United States. ”
That the conditions are just as bad in
Santa Clara province as in Matanzas,
Pinar del Rio and Havana is testified to
by another United States consular
agent, Rafael Madrigal, of Sancti Spur-
itus. A letter just received from Mr.
Madrigal, dated Sancti Spiritus, con
tains these sentences:
“I will be very glad to hear that en
deavors for the relief of the destitute
people of this island have succeeded. I
hope that at an early date we may wel
come the arrival of several shiploads of
of deterions teas provides for the ap
pointment of seven inspectors, only one
of which, to be stationed at San Fran
cisco, is assigned to the Pacifio coast.
It is considered strange in the import
ing circles that no inspector was as
signed to Tacoma, since half of the tea
imported into the United States daring
the past two seasons entered througn
tills port.
If no inspector is stationed here the
tea transported by the Northern Pacifio
and Nippon Kasha lines mast be held
at tidewater for ten days, until samples
are forwarded to San Francisco or Chi
cago, and the results of tests returned
here. This condition would greatly
hamper the importers and railroads in
forwarding tea to eastern markets in
quick time and if possible will be
avoided.
It- may be found necessary to intro
duce a bill in congress to provide for an
eighth inspector to be located at Tacoma.
ADLAI NOT A SPECULATOR.
IS
Greek Commander Will Leave
Island of Crete.
A WARSHIP TO, CARRY HIM HOME
Two Turkish Regiments Advancing on
Kardltsa— Crown Prince Constantino
Asks For'Reinforcements—General Smo
lensk! Indignant Over tho Rout of His
Countrymen nt Mntl.
Athens, May 5—The government
of Greece is negotiating with the
admirals in command of the fleets
of the foreign towers in Cretan wa
ters for permission to send a Greek
warship to the island of Crete to
bring off Colonel Yassos and the other
Greek officers who have been recalled.
Crown Prince Constantine telegraphs
that two Turkish regiments are march
ing on Karditza and that the Greek
commander there has asked for rein
forcements. •
SMOLENSKI IS INDIGNANT.
Ex-VIco Fresldeut Denies Reports That He
Has Invested In Georgia Gold Mine.
Bloomington, Ills., May 5.—Former
Vice President Stevenson, in an inter
view here, said that the report that he
had recently invested in a gold mine in
Georgia was untrne. “I am not indi
vidually interested in gold mining or
silver mining to the extent of a single
dollar,” he asserted.
Mr. Stevenson will sail from New
movement I u— -r.T *"T come tne arrival oi several uupioaua ox I ? n Touraiue for Havre next
movement | ident Fame met the surgeons who were proTisions and clothea 86nt t0 alleviate Saturday, in company with Senator
attending the injured aud thanked them 1 su £f er j U g 8 of the poor. On a regia- w <J«miit„ii n»n«r.i P«ino tho »u.»
ter kept at the city hall there are over
for their devotion.
Mme. Fiorese, the wife of the Span
ish consul, expired as President Fame
reached her bedside.
An extraordinary cabinet meeting
will be held this evening, as a result of
the fixe.
Many details of despair are told.
Mme. Fnllard was saved by her hus
band, who, as soon as he had placed her
in safety, dashed back to the burning
building in order to save bis daughter.
He bad clasped the girl in his arms and
had nearly reached the door when they
were caught iu the flames and father
and daughter perished before the eyes
1,000 families recorded by the officials
as entirely destitute of all means of
subsistence.
‘•There are fully 10,000 unfortunates
here who have nothing to eat bat what
they can obtain by begging. Every
one who conld afford it has long since
emigrated. ”
The state department has sent a cir
cular to the United States consols in
Cuba, asking for fuller information re
garding American citizens who are re*
ported to bn dying of hanger in conse
quence of Weyler’s policy.
It was said at the department that.
Wolcott and General Paine, the other
members of the monetary commission.
He will be accompanied by Mrs. Ste
venson and his daughter Letitia, who
will remain abroad until his return.
Mr. Steveusou said:
The members of the commission will
first go to Paris, and thence to London,
Berlin and other capitals. We will bo
guided by instructions from Washing
ton.”
IVIre Tappers Get In Their Work.
Cincinnati, May 5.—Wires into Si-
monton & Go’s poolroom in Newport,
Ky. t were tapped between that place
M^hV^coiTcentration “o7 I Dnrin * the 6
another, an- only to see his sister, later,
fall before his eyes, when he no longer
hud strength enough to lift her.
The Marquise d’Aigle was rescued by
a fireman after she had given herself
up as lost. All her friends had fallen
around her and she was on her knees in
prayer awaiting death when a fireman
caught her up and succeeded in extri
cating her, though she was frightfully
burned.
The ladies who succeeded in escaping
rushed shrieking madly into the court
yards of adjoining houses, wildly be
seeching help.
The fact that the faces and heads of
the dead were so horribly charred and
disfigured is explained by the fact that
the capes worn were generally of flimsy
material and were the first articles of
apparel to catch fire.
NORTH CAROLINA’S CROPS.
Nearly All Cotton Planted—Poor Stand ol
Early Corn—Smalt Grain Heading.
Raleigh, May 6.—The crop bulletin,
just issned, says the woek ending Mon
day night was generally favorable for
farm work, bat crops made slow growth
on account of drouth, which was, how
ever, broken throughout the state by
general rains, the rainfall averaging an
Inch and a half.
Cold weather, which followed the
rain, checked growth somewhat, bnt
prospects are now decidedly better.
Nearly all cotton is planted. It comes
np slowly, bnt there is a good stand
Transplanting tobacco plants is in
full sway.
There is not a good stand of early
corn and some is being plowed np and
replanted. Small grain is heading and
looks well.
possible to see how the United State*
government can secure its abolition la
spite of the sufferings it entail* upon
American citizen a
CHARGES ARE REFERRED.
Board of Can.ora Will Look Into AU<
tloui of Unprofessional Conilott
Atlanta, May 5.—At a meeting of
the Society of Medicine, held here, the
charges of unprofessional conduct
brought against Drs. W. P. Nicholson,
F. W. McRae aud Courtney Piokney,
three of the best known physician* of
this city, were referred to the board of
censors of the society with instructions
to report at the next session of the body.
The session of the society was brief
bnt stormy. The men who had pre
ferred the charges made an attempt to
withdraw the allegations. This aroused
the ire of the accused, who demanded
vindication.
The charges grew ont of a publica
tion in the Atlanta Constitution last
week of an operation performed on a
little girl’s skull to relieve a most un
usual physical deformity. The little
girl, although 11 years old, had but the
mind of a child of 4 years, and no reas
oning powers whatever.
Dr. Pinckney found that this failure
of the miud to develop was due to the
brain cavity being too small, and a sur
gical operation was advised, by means
of which the sknll was to be lifted, and
the space for the brain to grow in made
larger.
As a result of the publication charge*
were promptly filed against the three
eminent physicians. The doctor* were
guiltless of causing th> publication, the
Information being g 1 .ju ont by the
family of the little girl.
Meantime accomplices of the tappers
bet on Sweden, who was soon an
nounced as the winner. When “the
insiders” presented an $800 ticket on
Sweden it was announced that the
money would be held pending an in
vestigation and then all the men es
caped.
A "Knockout Drop** Robbery.
Washington, May 5.—William M.
Forsman, a railroad man of Wisconsin,
was the victim of a knockout drop rob
bery iu the disreputable quarter of the
city. The robbers secured $75 and
railroad pass for Forsman and his wife
between Washington and Chicago.
Three policemen were about to arrest
one of Foreman’s companions for pro
fanity when the railroad man inter
posed and begged him off. Within
minutes afterward Forsman was
bronght into the stationbonse dazed
from ohloral. His assailants escaped.
Indiana Air Alleged Grievances.
Washington, May B. — American
Horse and Red Cloud and other Sionx
from the Pine Ridge Indian agency in
goaih Dakota, have had an interview
with Secretary Bliss in which they paid
their respects and aired alleged griev
ances. A delegation of Wichita and
Oaddos from Kansas also are here with
the object, it is stated, of delaying the
work of allotment on the Wiohita re
servation, now well under way. They
are seeking a cash payment in advance
of the allotment and are accompanied
by Alloting Agent George A. EL Mills.
A Reign of Terror Threatened.
Harrisburg, Ky„ May 6. —This vi
cinity is greatly stirred up. A reign of
terror i* threatened. The trouble grow*
out of the tollgate riot*. Four alleged
tollgate raider*, who are said to have
taken part in the ohopping down of the
tollgates were arrested, and the anti-
tollgate faction is greatly aroused and
threaten violence. The town is in dan
ger of being burned by the rioter*,
number of hired Pmkertous, who have
been here at work for the owners of
the roads, are threatened with assassi
nation.
Refunding Bond Law Void.
Louisville, May 5.—Judge Toney
has banded down an opinion in rela
tion to the recent issue of $388,000 of
refunding bonds by the sinking fund.
The decision is important to the holder*
of the 6 per cent bonds which the city
seeks to replace with 4 per cents. The
coart holds that the law of 1894 is un
constitutional aud void, and that there
is no law in existence in Kentucky for
the issuance of refunding bonds. A
New York banking firm was recently
awarded the bonds, their bid offering
a premium of $39,000,
Ajuociatsd Press at the Fair.
Nashville, May 5.—At a meeting of
the exposition executive committee it
was determined to invite the members
and patrous of the Associated Press to
visit the Centennial exposition after the
annual meeting in Chicago, May 17.
The formal invitation will be presented
to the meeting at Chicago. Saturday
next is set apart for pnblio school day
and the school children will be present
from all the counties.
Great Greek General Bars Slandering
Leaders Caused Rout at Slatl.
New York, May 6.—A dispatch to
The Journal from Velestino says: Iu
an interview with General Smolenski,
the hero of the Greek people, he ex
pressed his indignation over the ront of
his oounntrymen at MatL
“How did all this come about?” he
asked. “It was a panio without a rea
son; a retreat without an exonse. Those
troops at Mati most not be reproaohed
with cowardice. They were the same
as those with which we fonght at Re-
veni for five days against the tremend
ous odds and still made headway. Be
lieve me, it was blundering on the part
of the staff and nothing else that drove
them into a panic.
“How are men to fight if they lose
confidence in their leaders? They say
the army was disheartened. Nonsense.
The men were ready to go ahead any
where, bnt how were they to under
stand a policy of continual retreat with
out defeat?
“Our soldiers are like the French.
They want to go always ahead, bnt
want to see all the officers always in
the lead. I repeat, the troops we led—
Dimopoulo, Jauticosta and myself—
from Reveni aud Bonghese, were the
very same; bnt then we did go ahead,
and oar men knew the Turks never
would compel ns to retreat”
“But who gave orders for your re
treat?”
“I may tell yon whom the order came
from. From Prince Constantine. I
refused to believe it. I waited, and a
second and more pressing order fol
lowed. I began to understand what
fanlt had been committed. I saw, how
ever, what wonld be the consequences
if I refused to obey, and disregarded the
misjudged order, and when the third
flfi sensation' in fair fight.
Evidence Secured Demoltehlag Claims
Mrs. Craven Made to Senator's Estate.
San Francisco, May 5.—In th* Fa^
will contest Charles L. Fair and hi* pis
ton have secured evidenoe to prove that
on Sept 24, 1894, when the late senator
is alleged to have given to Mrs. Nettle
R. Craven deeds to property valued at
$600,000, in San Francisco, he was in
reality in San Rafael and not in this
city.
Hotelkeeper Oasson of San Rafael has
testified that Senator Fair was a guest
at his hotel on Sept. 24, and also on the
preceding and following days. He has
produced the hotel register, with
“James G. Fair” inscribed in writing
similar to the senator’s on the page un
der that data
W. B. Schne’ner, liveryman of a
town across the bay, and Haokman
Matt Gilligan remember distinctly that
Senator Fair drove abont San Rafael
in a hack on Sept 24 Herbert Olar*,
Senator Fair’s valet, describes each
move of the millionaire during hi* ab
sence from San Francisco, and others
tell of encountering him in San RafaeL
Should the exeentors of the late will
succeed in proving that Fair did not de
liver to Mrs. Craven in San Francisco,
on Sept 24 1894, deed to $300,000 worth
of property they will have made It ap
parent that these deeds are forgeries,
and therefore that the pencil will which
Mrs. Craven claims Senator Fair left in
her keeping can reasonably be supposed
to be a forgery also.
Mrs. Craven’8 attorneys declared that
in the court the police force of San
Francisco was at the disposal of the ex
ecutors’ counsel; that it had attended
to the gathering of witnesses, paid them
fees and brushed np their memory when
it proved defective.
LARRY GANTT-
HIS LETTER TO EDITOR CLARK
HOWELL
THREE DOCTORS INDICTPO.
Prominent Chicagoans Charged With Pro
prietary Medicine Counterfeiting.
Chicago, May 5.—Sensational charge*
of proprietary medicine counterfeiting
have been bronght to light In Chicago
by the indictment by the federal grand
jury of Dr. John Flpod, H. Page Gay-
ton and EL 0. Bottom. Guyton is th
western agent of an ice refrigeratini
company of New York city and i* a
man of business prominence. Bottom
sells druggists’ supplies. He and Dr.
Flood have resided in Chicago for yean.
Mr. Gnyton has been a resident of the
city for only a few months.
Mr. Bottom was arrested upon a ca
plus and token to jail in default of
$2,600 bail. Dr. Flood has been tyl at
his home for a week and was permitted
to remain there in oharge of an officer.
Gnyton is not at present in tho olty.
The charge against the indicted men is
conspiracy, counterfeiting label* and
trademarks and obtaining money under
false pretenses in connection with the
manufacturing and offering for sale
French proprietary medicine.
The investigation developed the foot
that the scheme has extensive ramifica
tions. involving a number of person* In
addition to those indicted and including
the counterfeiting of several other pro-
S rietary medicines. The friends of Dr.
flood express confidence in his lnno-
came, insisting on an immediate with- cence.
drawal, ’and announcing that no troops
were left north of Larissa, I saw all was
lost, and thought only of saving for the
oonntry the brave corps that had fol
lowed me inside the Turkish frontier.
Onr retreat was in perfect order.
“I am here to defend Volo. The
Turks most pass over me to reach Yolo,
and 1 will die hard. I should prefer
marching on Larissa, but cannot do it
alone. I ought to be helped. There
should be combined action of the staff
and Prince at Pharsalos, bnt those peo
ple are slow.
“When the army is completely re
formed at Pharsalos then we will com
bine with the fleet and hope to be more
successful.
We have few friends, and appreciate
them more. Tell onr friends in Amer
ica that they need not despair as yet.
We mean to deserve their friendship by
acting np to the hardly earned reputa
tion of onr oonntry.”
Forest Fires Iu Minnesota.
Duluth, Minn., May 6.—Forest fires
are raging unabated in this port of
Minnesota. They are dangerously near
this city. The fire department has been
called on for assistance by people in the
outlying districts. The pest house and
the poor house canght fire twice, bnt
the flames were oouqnered by the fire
men before much damage was done.
The houses on the outskirts of the city
were destroyed aud some stook killed.
As far as known there has been no loss
of life. Word has been received from
over the Mesaba and Yermillon ranged
to the effect that fires are raging^in all
directions.
Shortage of Twenty-Two Thousand.
Philadelphia, May 6.—The report of
the expert accountant, who has been
oratnining the books df the Surety
Building and Loan association, shows a
shortage of $22,000, instead of $8,000, as
was at first supposed. The secretary of
the association, George O. Thompson,
mysteriously disappeared a few weeks
ago upon the eve of a contemplated in
vestigation of his books by the state
bank examiner. Nothing has been heard
of Secretary Thompson since he left the
city. The association was one of the
oldest in the city.
Found Guilty of Wife Murder.
Ponca, Neb., May 6.—Dentist Joseph
K. Goodmahson has been found gouty
of murder in the first degree and his
punishment fixed at imprisonment for
Ufa Goodmauson was charged with
the murder of bis wife by administer
ing poison last summer in his office at
Pender. T ie body was exhnmed and a
post mortem held. It resulted in Good
man son’s arrest and oouviotion.
Ex-Senator Coke Very III.
Waco, Tex., May 5. — Ex-United
States Senator Richard Coke is criti- _ ,
•Grave Bigger of the Senate?* Dead.
Paris, May 5.—Henri Lonis Tolain,
ym«tnr from the Seine, at one time
termed by himself the “Grave Digger
of the Senate” on aoo<rant of his advo-
Dlepeneary Officials May Be Jailed.
Columbia, S. O., May 6.—As a result
of the investigations made by the attor
ney general into the condnot of certain
officers of the state dispensary it is likely
that some a-rests will be made of prom
inent officials. The charge against
them is that they appropriated to their
own use cigars, lemons, etc., whioh
were seized along with certain liquors
alleged to have been. illegally shipped
into the Btate.
Skiff UpieU| Throe People Perish.
Wickliffe, Ky., May 6. — Misses
Katie and Mamie Steele, yonng ladies,
who live with their parents on a farm
below here on the Mississippi river,
were drowned in compaay with An
drew Brogar. The skiff they were in
was npset by the swift current in mid
stream. The yonng people were on
their way home from a party.
Fertilisers Sold Ih Carolina.
Raleigh, May 6.—Tonnage tax re
ceipts at the state treasury show that
j 189,728 tons of commercial fertiliser
have been sold in North Carolina dur
ing the first five months of the fiscal
year since Dec. 1. It is a larger quan
tity than e\ er sold in this state before
and represents an expenditure of $4,-
268,880.
Eafaala Gmeorc Go to the Wall.
Eufaula, Ala., May 6.—The firm of
H. L. Jordan & Oa of this city has
been closed under attachments sworn
ont by local creditors. Assets and lia
bilities are not yet known. The busi
ness was one of the^ldest grocery
houses in the city.
Flnaoelal Uncertainty la Cuba.
Havana, May 6.—La Lucha refer*
editorially to the serious character of
the financial situation. This is aggra
vated, it says, by the instability of the
government’s resolutions as to blank
bills and by the speculators in the war
issues.
Colt Still Leading Chlpley.
Tallahassee. May 5.—The ballot for
United States senator resulted: Call,
Afraid to Maet the Greek Fleet.
New York, May 5.—A dispatch to
The World from Yolo says: The Turk
ish squadron refuses to leave the Dar
danelles to meet the Greek fleet Prince
George has gone with a fleet of torpedo
boats to blockade Salonica and inter
cept the Turkish reinforcements from
Smyrna. The Turks were routed in an
engagement near Nioela.
St. Louis* Postmaster May Bo Ramovad.
Washington, May 6.—It is probable
that the recent embezzlement of $16,000
at the St Lonis postoffice and the sub
sequent arrest of Cashier Hays and re
covery of the money, will bo followed
by a change in the postmastership.
Cashier Hays was removed by tele
graphic instructions from here Satur
day. The inspector’s report on the
affair has not reached here and until it
does further action will be deferred.
The present postmaster is James Ia
Carlisle and his term does not expire
until March 19, next.
NIoaragua I* Buying 8uppllatb
Washington, May. B.—United State*
Oonsul O’Hara,at San Joan del Norte, re*
ports to the state department that the
government of Nicaragua has sent an
agent there to bny from the maritime
canal company of Nicaragua such in
struments, furniture, eta, as the gov
ernment may requira The agent ha*
bought $8,000 worth of stuff for $8,680
and but little remains to be sold. Mean
while the order forbidding the sale of
the company’s property ha* been re
scinded.
Amendment* to the Tariff Bill.
Washington, May 5.—Senator Petto
grew of South Dakota, ha* presented
the following amendment* intended to
be proposed to the tariff bill: Flax
straw, $7 pe ton, flax not hackled or
dressed. 2 cents per ton; flax not retted,
cent per pound; tow or flax retted, 1
cent per pound. Another amendment
proposes adding to the free list sawed
boards, planks, deals aud other lumber
of white pine when not planed or fin
ished.
An Election at Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., May 6.—Mon
gomery’s city election passed off quietly,
there being no opposition to the Demo
cratic nominees. The following ticket
was elected: Mayor, John H. Clesby;
aldermen-at-large, David Fleming, E.
B. Joseph and James T. May; aldermen,
ward 1, J. W. Denning and E. J. Myer
ward 2, W. O. Campbell and Leopolii
Strauss; ward 5, S. Romar and J. M.
Kennedy; ward 4 John G. Finley and
Lorenzo Davis; ward 5, J. H. Hartley
and A A. Wiley.
Fatally Stabbsd hy % Footpad.
Winder, Gal, May 6. — At White
Plains. 8 miles north of here, MIbs
Emma Smith of that place was fatally
stabbed because she resisted an attempt
at highway robbery. She was on her
way home from a neighbor’s, where she
had spent the night. Miss Smith is
able to talk and says she is certain her
assailant is Lon White, a negro, who
worked on a neighbor’s place. Citizens
are in hot pursuit, aud if the negro ia
canght a lynching may be expected.
CHUTES 1 SENSATION.
t Has Reference to the Pal
metto Dispensary Squab
ble and is Very Char
acteristic.
. A Triple Murderer Surrenders.
Birmingham, Ala., May 6.—George
Hudson, who has been at large for
three years, came into Sheriff O’Brien'*
office and surrendered. He is wanted
for the murder of Deputy Sheriff
Charles Cole and James Smith; the
murder of Deputy Sheriff Ben Tierce
and assault to murder Deputy Sheriff
Buck Gay aud Deputy Sheriff Sim
mons.
DAILY MARKET REPORTS
Athenian* will recognize in the ap
pended letter many of the well known
characteristics of its writer, Editor
Larry Gantt. The letter ia one of a
series now creating much talk, and it
seem* that, although addressed to Edi
tor Howell, it never reached him, bat
wm opened by a Ifqaor man in Atlanta
and afterwards fell into the hacd* of
South Carolina politicians. The special
is to the Augusta Chroniole.
Columbia, May 4.—The dispensary
scandals aie following thick and fast.
Today another scandshWM started and
it speaks for lttelf in a aeries of letters.
The first of the eerie* was addressed
to Mr. Clark Howell, editor of the Con
stitution, and reads aa follows:
Copy. Spmanbnrg, S. C., February
14tb,1897.
Dear Clark: Thfa will be handed
yon by my friend, Mr. 1. O. J. Wood,
and who will explain to yoa just what I
want. I am anxious to oontrol the
State board of dispensary commission-
era, ao that I oan help ont my friends,
and alsoyunr friends, Blnmenthal <fc
Biokart, of Atlanta, Ga.
Now, Clark, to be plain with yoo, in
order to accomplish this we must down
man named Ontz, and keep c ar mu
tual friend Seth Sornggs in control. We
oan down Ontz if I can get Mr. Bickart
to give me a statement of the tranaac-
tions between himself and On* z—and
can show, as I believe is the oase, that
Ontz agreed to pash his liquors if he
(Bickart) would pay him 26 oents per
oase.
I want you to see Mr. Biokart and get
a statement from him of his proposition
to Ontz, and bow it was first received.
I do not wish it for publication, bnt
simply to bulldoze him ont of the race
against Sornggs. Hon. D. M. Miles,
elected member of tie board for five
years, is my personal friend and from
Spartanburg county. Col. Wyley Jones,
chairman of the board, is one of my
warmest friends and l will visit him
next Friday and talk over matters. I
want to get Outz’s condemnation by
that time. Jones is a strong Soruggs
man. I want you to aay to Bickart to
embody in bia statement that after hia
first conferenoe with the board he tried
to get a second audience, so as to tell
the whole trntb,bnt was gagged and not
allowed to do ao at the instigation of
Outz.
If loan keep Sornggs in, it means
that onr friends will be taken oare of,
bat it Oaiz succeeds be will not order a
pint from Blnmenthal & Bickart, >nd
he is opposed to Bickart beoanse of that
interview with the board.
I also want yoa and your father, it
Mr. Bickart gives hia statement, to
certify to bis character.
I have other things behind bnt want
this certificate as an opening shot. As
stated, it is not for pnblioation, but
simply to use to kill any support that
Ontz might get.
Mr. Wood will give yon the fall story
of that matter. Truly yonr friend.
P. S.—Why have you ont me oil from
your exchange list?
I have not seen a copy of the Consti
tution since Christmas. Also send me
a sample copy of your evening daily.
Of oonrse, this letter is striotly confi
dential.
The letter has been in oiroulation for
about a month.
A Famous Sprinter Dead.
Des Moines, May 6.—John V. Oram,
87; Ohipley, 80; Raney, 20; Hooker, 8; the famous sprinter, died here as the
scattering, 2; total vote, 92. result of an operation for appendicitis.
Naval Stores.
Savannah. May 5.—Turpentine, firm at
85K; sales, 1,339 casks; closed firm at SSK With
further sales of 109; receipts, 1,199, Ro '
dull for I aud above, and firm for H and
below; sales 853 barrels; receipts; 8,471s A
lik P'W liflhVttS, I, IfcSi
windowglasa S3.05; waterwhite, $£30.
Wilmington, N. C. MayS.—Boaln, steady!
strained, Sl-25; good strained, $1.30. Re
ceipts 380 barrels. Spirits turpentine, firm
at 36. Receipts, 33 casks. Tar, firm at 109.
Receipts, 83barrels. Crude turpentine, steady;
hard, $1.30: soft. $1.80; yellow dip, $1.70; vir
gin, $1.90; receipts, 16 barrels.
Groin and Provisions,
Chicago, May A
OPEN 'ITJOSa
Wheat—May
Wheat-July. 6S9i@H -.
Wheat—September.
Corn—May
Corn—July 24)4
Corn—September ..
Oats—May ..
Oats—July 17U ..
Oats—September
Pore—May...
Pork—July 8.45
Lard—May
Labd-JuIv.. 4.03)4 «
Lard—September .,
Ribs—May „
Ribs—July 4.57 ..
Ribs—September
Cotton Futures.
New York, May A
January.
February
March
OPEN
.0.91
0.94
0.98
OLOSS
.a 0.90
.. 0.94
• a 0.97
7.87
::
July.
7.41
7.40
.. 7.88
•• 7.87
September
7.47
." AH
:: S:H
October.
November
December
6.88
#.86
6.88
Spot cotton closed firm at 794 cents.
DOOTSON BOUND OVER
To Appear at the Session of the
City Court.
Yesterday morning, at 10 o’olock,
Judge Foster called the case of the
State va W. F. Dootaon, oharged with
bastardy.
This was the preliminary bearing of
the oase, and at its conclusion Jndgo
Foster decided to require of the ftefend-
ant the oanal bond in aach cues, T z;
the sam of $7S0.
This bond the defendant ref aged to
give, and in default of giving it was
bound over to the City Court in the
sum of $600.
This bond was given and the case will
be heard in City Court this month.
ATHENS KNITTING MILL
Is Doing a Good Business and Prosperity
is Ahead.
Tha Athena Knitting Mill is one of
the small Industries recently established
hi Athena that has passed the experi
mental stage and hat oome to be an as
sured anocess.
President Dootaon and Secretary and
Treasurer Lipsoomb have been untir
ing in their work in behtlf of the in
dustry, whose management is in their
bainia, and they have sneeeeded in
building np its business remarkably. A
year of prosperity with the knitting
mill is on hand.