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THE CLEVELAND CHOC HESS. By W. IF. rniCE. DF.rorr.n to the mining, agricultural and educational interests of Cleveland, white county and north-east Georgia. TERMS-. One Dollar Per Year. VOL. TV. CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, i89* r >. NO. 41. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO,' WASHINGTON NOTES (UABTKRN SYSTEM.) “SR PIED MONT AIR LINE. ©ONPFNSED SCHEDULE or PASRBKQBR TRAILS. GOSSIP O F Til K < A PITA LIN HR I BP FAKAGKAPHS. Doings of thp Chiefs ami Heads of the Various Departments. flA’O p TW p 7.3.1 y Mt. Airy In the city of Washington, this month, the llrst annual convention of | the National Mission Union will he _ ; held. It will bo a notable gathering Northbound No!?8 NosiI'no.i *cno is 1 rescue workers from all parts of the iy lath. 180fl.| Daily ) Daily fDoily E*Suo land. Secretary of Stato Olnoy has re- I ceived the following cable from Min ister Terrel, dated atTherapin, a sub- nrb of Constantinople: “There has been tranquility for the last forty- eight hours. Kiarail Paska was ap pointed grand vizier. Dreading the influence of recent events in distant provinces, I have renewed my demand for eflicient protection of mission aries. ” United States Mint Director Preston has received unoflicial information from Russia to the effect that tho gold pro duction of Siberia would thin year largely exceed tho output of lust year, when Russia produced $25,000,000 of gold. Mr. Preston estimates the gold '10.40 pj 9.33 'll.13 p 10.IKS >11.41 p: 10.35 .! 12.05 OI10.M a! 8.01 p 12 82 a'It.2-2 a 9.2ft p 12 96 a ll.25 at 8.30 y . If4 u lli.O h . 0.18 p p 3.29 s Mount i Ar. Rlebtn *nrt a r. v> i ■ HaltlmoiMi “ Pftiludciphl i 12 41 y i 1-20 V i 2.14 p i 3 U p i 4.10 p . I p . k 5.00 p ill 4 > p ll. ft y k 4 41 p C.ro rv k! 8.10 p 1 I 11.2ft p , 3.(0 a d. Washington. Richmond.. PanvI'.D. ... Churloltu.... Gastonia .... Klntf’sMo-int'i Pifi vLShun; • (Jnffneya .... Spftrlni:hur c T. Lula. Ualnpsv lluford I Da I 0.10 p 0 45 a k 11 •>:. p 12.10 p 11.10 p 12.6ft p . 3.M p| .1.2.5 a 9.01 p A a. m. “P." p. m Noa. "7 and 38 Wr sh krestibulod I.lmlted.Th ;lon nrul: \ Kh Pulii N." ntght. outhwf B!or b<H’ \ New Y( \ewOr.eanr*. via Wash tngton, Atlaiua and Montgomery, and n’.no be- Iween Now York r.rul Memphis, via WasMng- ton. Atlanta and Mii ti.i Dining Cars. Nos. 33 and 30 United State* East Mail, Pull man Sleeping Cara loiwcen Atlanta, Mont gomery and Now York. Nos. 11 and 12. Pullrmn Sleeping Car botwaen Richmond, Danville and Greensboro. W. A. TURK, S. II. HARDWICK, Goa l Pans. A ; t, Asa't General Pass A? t * \y ASH I N(2Xf OI, D ASLANT A,»iJki.- W. B. RYDER, Suporltt ten lent, C'harlotts, North Carolina. W. H. OREF.N, Gcn’l Supt., Washington, D. C. J. M. CULP, Traffic Mn gr. Washington D. MUS. MON I GOMIOUV INDICI KD. Tie Grand .Jury Kinds a True Hill for Murder Against ller. A spooiul front Rom *, On., Hays: Mrs. Joanda Montgomery aud her son, Hurvey Wilson, has been jointly in dicted for murder bo tho Floyd county grand jury. Tho jury reviowol the nano thoroughly aud found the bill of indiotment after a hearing of several days. The attorneys of Mr*. Montgomery, who it is alleged was a party to the crime iu holding the hands of her hus band while her son stabbed him, are oonlhb nt of her acquittal. Their plea will be that Mrs. Montgomery did not know her husband was being stabbed and held her husband to protect her child. PREACHER IN STRIPES. Sent Up for Life for the Murder of Ills Wife. A dispatch from Danville, Ind., says: Ih v. William E. Hinsbaw, who was in dicted for the murder of his wife at Belleville, January 10th, and has been on trial for tho last live weeks, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to lifo imprison ment. Three members of tho jury were in favor of hanging the divine. The minister never flinched when the w-.irds which consigned him to a felon’s cell t 1j3 remainder of his days wero 1 ■ DIRECTORS indicted. Chattanooga Grand .Jury After Mem bers of rndcrwrUers* Association. The indictment brought by the grand jury now in session at Chattanooga against the Kentucky and Tennessee Underwriters’ Association for main taining a trust is still something of a sensation. It has been impossible to learn tho names of tho gentlemen in dicted, but one of the members of tho grand jury s.iid that every man on the executive committee of the association would be pulled up before tho court at its January term. Women In Kentucky Will Vote. The women of Lexington, Newport nnd Covington, Ky., are registering preparatory to voting in November, 'i bis is the first opportunity offered but tbev are not taking to the idea to any great extent. They cun only vote for tbe members of tbe board of edu cation, which right of suffrage was se cured by the untiring woman suffra gist, Miss Laura Ciav, the noted daughter of Cassius M. Clay. Dnnvllle Tobacco Firm Assigns. Stult, I.isberger A Co., largo tobacco manufacturers of Danville, Ya., uho do an extensive business in the south nnd west, have assigned to P. If. Ilnis- teu, trustee. Inabilities $75,000 ; as sets nearly that amount. Possessing gifls amounts to nothing unless we possess the power to use them. production of the world this year nt more than $'100,000,000 and that, of tho United Slates at $ to,000,000, beiug au iucreaao over last year of about $0,000,000. Collector Wise, at San Francisco, has been instructed bv Acting Secre tary Hamlin to deport nil tho Chinese who wero admitted as laborers for tho midwinter exposition. Tho Chinoso under tho law were entitled to remain one year, tint have overstayed that time. A mouth ago the Chine so la borers lmd it aunoniiocd to tho treas ury department that they had do- parted, but tips haH been discovered to bon Chine He trick to throw tho au thorities off iho trnck. Attention is called to a very import ant but much neglected eonroe of na tional wealth by United States'Consul Chanoellor at Macro in a report to tho state department upon tho pent iudua try. As America possess, s au inex haustihlo mpply of peat, tho consul points out how, in view of recent de velopments in Unrope, it may a,on day open up an extensive Held for the employment of rnpitnl and labor. The application of this substnuco seems to be practically endless. Renewed interest iu the Waller case has been aroused nt Washington by Ilia receipt of 4 telgj^am from Amhxs- ' erw <^Hm^*aSonpSyBgift!mu‘n 11 had been received nt tho foreign offiej in l’aris, and wero being translated. Although Mr. Kustis does not say so in his dispatch, the presumption is that Iho French government, iu ac cordance with its promise, will deliver a copy to Mr. Eustis as soon as tho translation is completed. Tho consul general of tho United Hlates nt Mexico City has sent to the state department a detailed report upon tho changes proposed to ho made by the Mexican government in the tariff system of (hut country throng} bills now pending before emigre Tho purpoBo is to abolish tho system of interstate tariff duties known ns tho “alcabala. ” The consul general bo lioves that if Iho proposed changes are ngreod to our trade with Mexico ho greatly increased, for the old ays tern has restricted American enterprise and repelled American capital. Pension Roll Increases. A year ago Commissioner of Pensions Lochren said that tho limit had prol ably been roached iu tho number o pensions, or rather iu tho amount to bo yearly appropriated for pensions. F was his opinion that there would lie a slight reduction in tho number of pon sioners on account of deaths, hut that tho allowance of new pensions with hack pay and arrearage would prob ably keep the amount about even While tho amount of mon|y paid for peusiona will not be materially differ ent from that of past years it appears that there has been added to tho pen sion rolls during tho year about a thonRand names iu excess of those that have dropped out, so that thcro has been an increaso instead of a decrease There have been a grent many out standing pension claims adjusted dur ing tho year, aud ttiat necouuts for tho large increase. Tho year has not been very fatal to pensioners, tho death rate being less than would bo anticipate* at the time of lifo at which tho voter nns of tho lato war huve nrrived. 'I lie Venezuelan Question. Interest in the Venezuelan question is constantly growing iu official circles, The lending advocates of tho MoDroe doctrine are taking such actiou that it will be impossible to relegate this question to the background nnd i must como forward. Either the ad ministration will take tho initiative and enforce I lie Monroe doctrine or the matter will be taken up iu con gress and its enforcement worked for 111 re. It is lenrued on the best authority that the state department is now en gaged in collecting all data bearing on the Venezuelan boundary dispnto with a view to be in readiness to uct at tbe proper time. It is learned from semi-official sources that not long ago, when this matter was being discussed by the president and several of his friends, Mr. Cleveland said he pro posed to enforce tho Monroe doctrine, and referring to the Venezuelan boun dary dispute, indicated his intention to take some action in duo time look ing to the carrying out of tho great American principle of having the mon archies of the old world keep their hands oil the western continent. Socrates in tho place of Alexander can he easily conceived, but Alexander in the place of Hocrates never. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. he Industrial rendition as Reported for tlie Fast Week. Tho Chattanooga Tradesman reports Iho following now industries incorpor ated or established in tho southern states during tho past weok: Newport Grain nnd Milling Co., of Newport, Ark., nnd tho Thompson Oil and Gas Works, of Wheeling, W. Vn., enoh with $100,000 capital; a sash and door factory to bo built nt I’alntkn, Flo., nlso with $100,000 capital; a maugnnese mining company at. Roan oke, Ya., capital $50,000; a $50,000 cotton oil company nt Rrowuwood, Texas,a $40,000 construction company t Columbia, S. O., nnd a $40,000 oil aud gas company at Wheeling, W. Vn. A cotton mill with 150 tons daily ca pacity at Greenville, Texas, and a 30. ton oil mill and oil refinery nt New Orleans, La. Thcro is also reported an electrical plant nt Canton, Miss., a 50-barrel flouring mill at Madisonville, Tenn., nil ico fnotory nt Biloxi, Miss,, and au oil and fertilizer company nt, Ander son, H. C. A knitting mill is to be stnblishcd nt, Brunswick, (In,, nnd woodworking plants atl’iodinont, Ala., MoAlpin ami Williston, Fla., Athous, a., Trenton, Tenn., aud Orange,Tex. Waterworks aro to bo built utEufnula, Ala., aud Canton, Mies. The enlargements for tho week in clude brick works nt Harrimnn,Tenu., run and steel works at Houston, 'l’ex., au increaso in tho capital of tho Gaff ney ootton mills at, Gaffney, S. C., from $200,000 to $000,000, and an en largement of tho Woodstock woolen mills at Woodstock, N. 0. JAPAN WANTS COTTON. i.vcment to Kstnbtish a Util© ol ■Reamers to West Coast of Mexico. Colonel John A. Oookerill, writing from Yokohama, Japan, to the Manu facturers' Record, says: “Tho cotton spinners association of Isaka is now dying to induce the Japanese government to subsidize a lino of steamors to ply between Osaka aud Yokohama and a point, on tho west oast of Mexico. The idi a is to secure a steamship lino wholly controlled by tho Japanese government and which will connect with the Tehuantepec railway. "By this routo it is thought the cotton of tho southern states can bo reached cheaper than by the way of i'aoomo. ,lt is moro than likely that this enterprise will bo earned out, for tho Japanese are giving great atten tion to the subject of colonization in Mexico, NOT IN TEXAS WILL CORBETT AND F1TZS1M MON9 HAVE THEIR BOUT. Another oompauy lias beeu formed ,, . ,, . -- ■ • hcrer-wm Viscount Emimnto at Hr before ./-<^t*ii,goT- to purchase lands in Mexico and oinmrnl t will raise an issuh wind. Tlio Legislature Passes an Anlt-Prlza Fight Law. A Special from Austin, Texas, says: Corbett, aud Fitzsimmons must find another placo than .Texas to pull oft their fight for the proposod charapiou- nhipi or the world. Tho legislature by a veto that war prnoticnlly uimififeous iu tlio senate and only a little less in tho house, pass ed iho bill prohibiting prize fighting, and (bus accomplished the purpose for which the governor assembled them in special session, Tho voto by wliioh tho bill wsb car ried furnishes tlio strongest proof of the sentiment of the state with refer ence to prize fighting. The ouly rally ing point of Iho minority was opposi tion to tho emergency clause which carried tho bill into immediate effect. Certain of tho members honestly re garded tliis ns an injustice to such of tho citizens of Dallas ub had spoilt largo sums in anticipation of the fight nnd opposed it for that reason alone. Their arguments were not effective, however, and tho voto in the house on the final passage of the bill showed but five votes in opposition with 107 ill its favor. In'i the sonato tho bill was carried with ouly oue I negative voto in the twenty-seven that were cast. Tho senate mndo quiok work of tho measure, it had .taken a rooes- until 3 p. m. in order that Dallas per. plo might bo given a full hearing by the judiciary committed, Within fifty- five minutes after reassembling the bill was passed. 'iho bill mnlios prize fighting a fel ony nnd imposes a punishment upon tho principals for every infraction of the law by imprisonment in the peni-f lentinry for a term of not less than two and not moro than five yenrs. THREATENED COMPLICATIONS With England Over tlio Venezuelan Houndary Line. A special to tho New York Herald from Washington says: Tho great in ternational question of the hour is the Venezuelan boundary dispute. Secretory Gluey has prepared a dis pute!! to Ambassador Bayard which will soon bring the matter to an issue. This dispatch is of a most positive and unequivocal nature. As soon as it head to purchase locate thereon sumo of tlio surplus population of Jupnn. Japan is des tined to become one of tho greatest cotton spinninguonulries of the world. Abo will purobase ill) per coni of hor raw material in tho United States when the transportation rates aro properly adjusted." ON NHU THAI, GROUND 1 lie Corbett-FII zslmmons Slugging Match Slay lie Fought. Tho officers of the champions, Cor bett and Fitzsimmons, will receive a proposition from u syndicate of wealthy sporting men of SI. Joseph, Mo., to bring oft' Iho fight, on Sluggers’ aland, a noted place for meeting if prize fighters, and wliioh has ilroudy been tho Boeno of sev- ral hard-fought, buttles. This island, which comprises about three aores, is situated in the middle of iho Mis souri river, midway between the Mis- -ouri and Kansas shores and is neutral >round. The authorities of both states have unsuccessfully attempted to aliq prize fighting on this island and the -yndiento claim they will be able to bring tho fight off with no interfer ence. SOUTHERN’S ACQUISITION. The Alabama Great Southern Control led liy the Southern. A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: “At tho annual stockholders' meeting of the Alabama Groat Bonth- ern railroad directors wero elected, a majority of whom aro directors of tho Southern Railway Company. This places the latter in possession of tho Alabama Great Southern, extending from Chattanooga to Meridian, and in a position to practically dictate and control tho Queen and Crescent from Cincinnati to Now Orleans. Tho ■Southern Railway Company will begin at once to operate the Alabama Groat Southern.” HEAD-END ( OLLISIO.V. |‘wo Engines ( rash Together ami En gineer Atkins Killed. A terrific bead-end collision of two passenger trains occurred at 7:15 o’clock Saturday morning on the main line of Ibu Atlanta and Went I’oint railroad, betwi en Red Oak and Fair- burn, On., resulting ill the death of Engineer Flex Atkins, one of Iho Ia si , men iu the service of the road. No I me else was hurt. Two engines were completely demolished and trniiie on ihe road was suspended for some tim •. The blame for tin accident hat not yet been fixed upon any one, as there may have been a misunderstanding o! orders. DR. UA(KKK I NDF.R ARREST. ( hing'd Willi Causing (lie Dealt! o! Widow Teague. A Knoxville, Term., special says: Ur. J. 11. Hacker, of the Mineral Hil lauitnrium, who u Kw days ago catisei lie death of a young woman, and fo whom a reward of §500 was offered bus bem arrested, aud the case prom sis to bu one of tlio most noted i criminal annuls. RIOT IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Many llelploss Armenians ltrutou to Dentil by Turks. To add to tho state of terror prevail ing nt Constantinople, n third slight earthquake was experienced theio Wednesday. This, with the rioting and bloodshed, tho imprisonment of about 500 Armenians, tlio killing of prisoners iu cold blood and tho pres ence of troops under arms at nil points is well calculated to cxcito oven tho most phlegmatic Turk. Tho rioting nnd blood-letting which began on Monday was renewed on Tuesday evening in spito of all tlio precautions taken by tho authorities of tho much disturbed city. On Tues day tho principal rioting was the work of tho Sottas, Mohammedan theologi es! students, who chased and beat with bludgeons every Armenian they met. During Tuesday night a mob of SoftaB aud Turks attacked the house of a loading Armenian, Kasim Pasha, storming tho building and threatening its destruction nnd killing several per sons who wore unable to escape from it in time. This mob also attacked a enfo fre quented by Armenians and twenty of these unfortunate people who wero found there wero beaten to death with bludgeons. To tho disgraoe of the authorities, not a singlo policeman appeared on tlio scone, and no attempt was made to snvo tlio lives of the Ar menians. Tlio Riot Was Deliberate. Tho critical condition of affairs nt Constantinople is the sensation of tho day in London, and all the dispatches from that city are read with tlio great est eagerness. In spito of tlio assurnnoo to tho con trary of tlio Armenian oommittee of London, the belief prevails in ofiloial oirclos that tho rioting nt Constanti nople was renlly deliberately planned, brought about by the Armenian agita tors who nro desirous of foroing tho hands of the powers in order to bring • idiout direct interference upon tho part of Great Britain, Franco and Russia iu tlin administration of Ar menia. It is now known definitely that at least five Armenians wero killed aftor they had been arrested on Monday and this hnsenusod grent indignation. VICTORY F0U BLACK can bo sottlcd only by the retreat of one or tho ether governments. Tho stand taken by the United Mates iu this disputeh is pno which involves the oldest and inout saored traditions of tho government—an enforcement ol the Monroo doctrine. Secretary Oluoy’s dispatch is in sub- Blanco u declaration in the moat posi tive language that the United Htater will never consent to British occupa tion of the disputed territory in Von- cznela unless that nation’s right there to is first determined by arbitration. In polite but firm and significant words, Hecretury (Huey declares it to be tho belief of tho United States govern ment that tho territorial claims which Great Britain has set up in Venezuela nro in tho nature of an attempt to seizp territory on the Ainerioan continent to which she lias uo legal right. The secretary points out two horns to the dilemma, leaving Groat Britain tc choose which she will nocept. First. If the quarrel with Venezuela is an ordinary dispute, having its or igin in faulty descriptions, imperfect surveys or other misunderstandings, a refusal to arbitrate tho earns is con trary to the precedents of Grent Brit- Ain herself and contrary to tho praotios of nil civilized nations. Second. If, on the other hand, ns appears to be (lie case, and is the bo- tief of the president, of the United State?, the dispute as to the leeatios of a boundary lino is a mere disguiot under wnich Great Britain is atteinjit- ing by superior force to extend her territorial possessions in Amorioa, tills is directly violative of tlio Monroe doctrine, and will never lie submitted to by the United Htatrs. I’RKAUIIKRS 'TO PRAY For tho Success of Governor Culber son’s Call on the Legislature. Work on tho nmpliithenter,intended for tho Corbott-Fitzsimmons’ mill, lias not boen resumed, and tho building stands ns the mechanics left it Satur day evening. I’residont Stuart, of tho Florida Atlilotic Club, says work on the structure costs him $1,500 n day, and he does not consider it good busi ness judgment to take any chances on what the legislature may do. The Pastors’ association has called a special prayer meeting to pray for the success of Governor Culberson's call upon the legislature to pass tho emer gency law. Tho people of Dallas be lieve tho chances of boating the emer gency clnuHo are even. NO DIVORCES. South Carolina Tukcs a Unique Stand In Respect to the Matter. A Columbia, S. C., special says. Tho fight, begun Monday night on the divorce law, continued all day Tues day. By a voto of 86 to 411 tho con vention adopted a strict seotion that “no divorce shall ever be granted i; this state”—not for any cause what ever. Senator Tillman made a big effort to have divorces granted in other stales recognized, but for once he was overwhelmingly voted down. The , parliamentary clincher was put on tho divorce c'.auso as adopted. DEMOCRATS WIN OUT IN THE 10'1’H DISTRICT. MoDuffie .. 640 Richmond ... 4,093 — Tnlinferro . | 874 Warren ,, 512 Washington.... 200 Wilkinson . . 102 Totals ...5,280 3,539 NO LOWER RATES. Western Rail road Officials Refuse LjSFtirthcr Reduction. A Ohioago special says : Atlanta ex position rates from the wont will bo no lower than 25 per cent of tho double locals unless developments nriso to olinngo the minds of westoru,puj<oeiigor officials. They lmvo r on (firmed their former decision to innko no more than tho 25 por oent reduction nnd also agrood to ignore the greater reduction mndo by tlio Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis from .Kansas City. Tho officials say that in no oaso would they bo justified in mnking n further reduc tion to last tho throe months of the exposition, AUE-HKKALI) CHANGES HANDS. Ileronflor It Will Advocate Iho Coin* age of Silver. Tho Ago-llorald, published nt Bir mingham, that has been huretoforo run as n single gold standard pnper, lniH ohnnged hands. The purchasers are mainly former stockholders of tlio Daily State, which was the loading free silver pnjier iu Alabama. That pajiur, Tho Blato, will discontinue and The Age-Herald will hereafter bo pub lished as tho Btato liorald and will ad- vooato bimetallic dootriues. LADIES IN AN OPIUM DEN. A Sensation in Toledo When the Dis covery Was Made by Police. The police of Toledo, ()., lmvo dis covered an opium joint in the heart of the city. It was conducted by a Chi naman nnd seven American iumntcr were found in tho den. Among them were two young girls, said to be tlio daughters of prominent citizens. Thoir names wero suppressed, but it is lenru ed that one is the daughter of a lend ing capitalist and the other a well- known railroad man. Considerable of a sensation is lliu result. Trees and Sunstroke. During the late extraordinary warm spell the writer of this paragraph was called upon to see a large sugar maple tree that was supposed to have been de stroyed by a leak of the oily gas main at the root; hut an examination showed that the tree died, literally, from sunstroke. It is strange Hint close observers of trees arc tumble to see when anything is out id the common run of things, and conse quently note that something is going wrong. This sugar maple had been planted on the street probably a quarter ot a century ago, and was about four feet in circumference; hut the trunk was almost triangular, and yet this peculiarity seemed to attract no attention. The tree was simply triangular because on three rides of the tree the Imrl; and wood had evi dently been destroyed years ago, while the outer hark still continued to cover up the injury, and the only live wood was on the angles ol Ihe trunk. Only about onu- llllrd of the trunk was practically alive. When the exceedingly warm spell came, it was impossible for these limited ducts to sujiply the moisture required lor such a largo surface of foliage, and the tree, therefore, literally died from inability In furnish the moisture required fur transpir ation. It may he always taken for grant ed that when the trunk of a tree, naturally cylindrical, takes an angular form, there is something wrong beneath Ihe hark, and an examination should at once lie made. The flatter portions will usually he found dead. In this case, the lmrk should wholly he cut away from the dead portion and the denuded part painted, iu order in check rolling away. In time, the healthy wood may grow over the wound or lifeless part, and the life of the tree he eventually saved. Hlaek’s Majority Over WatBOU Figured Out us 1,002. The third grout bnttlo of tlio ballots between democracy and populism in the tonth Georgia district was fought fo a finish Wodnosdny, mid for the third time victory porolioBon tho dem- ocretio banner. For the third lime Richmond county hns stood loyally by Hon. ,T. C. O. Black uud ho will get tho commission of congressman, and this time purged of tho somblanoo of fraud. Columbia (estimated) givos Watson 550 majority; Glascock adds 315 ; Jef ferson 08; Lincoln 697; MoDuffie 646; Tnlinferro 374; Warren 515; Wash ington 200; Wilkinson 102, mnking Watson's total majority 3,002. Richmond registered 7,450 votes. Less than 200 wero thrown out by tho registrars, leaving 7,250. Of those 6,430 voted. Wntsou received 923, lenving Major Black a majority of 4,093. Hancock nddod 550, making Black’s total majority 5,243 nnd his net majority in the district 1,551. The result shows that Watson hns lost ground all ovor the district. In Columbia his majority of last Novem ber has been cut down 600; in Jeffer son 250; in MoDuffie 100; iu Tnlinferro 125 ; in Wnrreu 325, and in Washing ton 75. In Lincoln end Wilkinson ho gains 50 votes, but in Lincoln, about 600 disqualified voters woro allowed to vote for WatHon becnuHo tho registrars failed to give them notico to appear boforo them. The Story Told. Tho following dispatohes indicate how tho bnttlo was waged in the differ ent counties, and tho result: Columbia. Ham,km, Gn.—Roturns from two precincts, Appling and No. t, give Watson a majority of 127, A con servative ostimnto of tho county gives Watson a majority of betwoon 550 and 600 iu Columbia. When tho polls closud tho election manager looked the boxes and went homo, refusing to lot tho result bo known. It was tho most quiet election day that Columbia hns lmd since the advent of populism. Bets that Black’s majority in the dis trict would bo 1,500 wero left open with no takers. Glascock. Gibson, Ga.—Tho ofiloial voto of Gln'soriek oornity i#s Blnblfy*il8 ; Wnt sou 443; Wntsou’s majority, 315. This is a falling off in his majority of 211 votes from 1894. Tho election was very quiet. Hancock. Spahta, Ga.—Tho actual count of Bpartn, Farmers, Oulvorton, Jewolls, Linton nnd Bhouldor precinots gives Major Illnck 507 majority. Tho other four nro not reportod, but careful es timates will add to this majority twen ty moro. His majority will roach very nearly 60(1 in the county. Tho election lias boou ono of the most quiet in Hancock’s history. Tho total voto in Sparta was 450; Hind: received llvo to one. In the last election Hancock gavo Black 1,548 nnd Watson 034. Jefferson. LoUIHVili.u, Gn.—The election [Hiss ed off quietly nnd tho registration law worked very satisfactorily. Returns from nil precincts givo Watson 93 ma jority. Lincoln. Linoolnton, Gn.—Tho voto in Lin coln 6tood ns follows; Watson, 882; Blaok, 185. Everything passed off quiotly. Tho populists expeoted to get 800 majority, but fell 100 short. McDuffie. Thomason, Ga.—Tho official count gives Watson a majority of 646 votes in MoDuffie county, against a majority of 762 last year. This is Watson’s homo county. The falling off iu his majority of 116 from lust November lniH given tho democrats groat encour agement. Tlio day wns fine, nnd many farmers in the nouuty woro more in terested in picking thoir ootton than voting. Taliaferro. Chawfoiidvili.k, Ga.—Talinforro gives Wntsou 581; Iliad: 207. Wat son’s majority in tho county is 374, against 459 at tho last election. Tho election passed off quietly, Warren. Wabrenton, On.—Six precinots heard from give Watson 433 majority. Returns from tho othor two precincts cannot bo obtained yet, but tho best ostimnto is that Wntson’s majority will bo about 80 from those two. This will give Watson 512 majority in Warren county, against 783 last year. Ths election wns quiet. Washington. Hanokiisvili.i:, Ga.—Fourteen pro ducts give Black 04 majority. Seven remote precincts not hoard from will overcome this. Conservative esti mates give tho county to Watson by 175 or 200 majority. The voto was light and the election quiet. Last. November tho vote was Black, 1,671; Willson, 1,944, a majority for Watson of 273. This is reduced this year from 75 to 100 votes. Wilkinson. Toomhkobo, Ga.—Tho election pass ed off’ quietly. Wntsou received 784, Black 682. There wob no enthusiasm. | It wns the dullest election ever known | in Wilkinson. Tlie Total Vote. ULAC'K, WATSON. 1 Columbia 600 I G InsscoeU 315 1 Hancock &87 — Jefferson 93 ! Lincoln 691 Hlaek’s-majority, 1,711. Tho Consolidated Vote. Tho election managers in the sovernl countios met at thoirroBpeotive county seats at 12 o'olook Thursday nnd con solidated tho votes cast on Wednesday. Tlio figures given below show tho voto in each county for Major J. 0. C. Hlnck, (lemoorat, nnd Oolouol Thomas E. Wntson, populist. The unofficial returns wired from the eleven different countios Wednesday night showed an apparent majority for Blank of 1,741. Tho estimate wns that the majority would bo somowhero be tween 1,400 aud 1,800. As a matter of fact, tho figures wore only 139 out of tho way, or considerably loss than I por cent of tho total voto. Consider ing tho fact that tho populist managers iu a number of precincts refusod to give out, tlio olficiul voto on Wednesday night, tho figuros woro remarkably no- ournto. Official roturnn from tho whole dis trict show that only 19,022 votes wore cast, against 34,410 last November aud 80,102 in 1892. These figures imlioato strongly tlio ohocl: that the now registration law hns proved ngainBt illegal voting. The voto of tho several countios is: Columbia—Hlnck 223, Watson 839. ’ Glascock—Black 128, Watson 443. Hancock—-Black 826, Watson 217. Jefferson- -Hlnck 801, Watson 946. Lincoln—Black 183, Wntsou 832. McDuffie—Black 351, Watson 997. Richmond—Black 5,512, Wutsou 923. Taliaferro—Black 207, Watson 581, Warren—Black 262, Watson 809. Washington—Black 1,121, Watson 1,330. Wilkinson—Black 635, Watson 757. Total—Black, 10,312; Watson, 8,- 710; majority for Black, 1,002. AS9UMES COMMAND. General Nelson A. Miles Issues Ills First Order. Genoral Nelson A. Miles, accompa nied by his wife, Captain Miehier and his aid do camp aud Colonel Bred:, assistant ndjutnut general, renohed Washington Saturday. Adjutant General Buggies met the party nt tho station, and accompanied thorn to tho Arlington hotel, whore Mrs. Miles was left. Tho officers woro thou driven to tho war department. General Miles had a few minutes’ talk with SecriltNry ' Lnmont, after which ho issuod tho following order:' "General Ordors No. 54. — Head quarters of tho Army, October 5.—-By dirootion of the president, tho under signed hereby assumes command of tho army of the United States. “Nelson A. Miles, “Major Genernl.” HERBERT SHEARS. He Makes n I’lea for Sound Money In Montgomery. Secretary II. A. Herbert, of tho navy, delivered an address at Mont gomery, Ala., on the flnnuolal ques tion. Tho speaker was introduced by (x Governor Jones. Tlio scorotary mid lio was a bimetallist from no sen timental reason. Ho was a democrat who always worked in harness, whs never complained tlmt the party collar chafed him or worked uneasily upon his neck, aud ho approached tho money question ns one that should bo looked ol, dismissed uud decided upon wholly upon business principles. Mr. Herbert thou plunged into a discussion of tho inonoy question aud of the causos of tlio recent panic and bail times. AN ELECTRIC PLANT. Chattanooga Purtlos Get tlic Contract for a Street Railway. At a mooting of tlio board of nldor- inon of Meridian, Mies., a resolution to award the franchise for tho opera tion of nn electric street railway on tho stroots of tho city and tho maintonaneo of an electric light plant to furnish lights for tho city and rnotivo power for tho railway to W. R. Hall and us- sooiates, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was unanimously [Hissed. Tho board of council bus concurred with tho alder- manic board in tho adoption of tho resolution. COUNTY TREASURER ROHUF.D. Four'Masked .Men Held Him Up and lie Yielded $(1,000. County Treasurer B. F. Wood, ol Arcadia,' Flu., was held up by fou? masked men and was nmdo to open the county safe and turn over tho con tents, which amounted to about $6,000. Mr. Wood had lor several nights beou meeting tho train for Strawberry Plants, and on his way home was hold up. After the robbery Mr. Wood was forced to count crotsties for twenty miles. A Missouri Hunk Fails. Tlie Farmers’ and Merchants' bank,' of Creighton, Mo., him nmdo au as signment for tho benefit id' its credit ors. Tho statement filed shows assets to tlio amount of $124,000, and liabili ties amounting to $60,000, mostly in real estate paper. Tho officers of tlio institution say that tho suspension is ouly temporary uud tliut the deposit ors «ill be paid in full. The cashier of the bunk,D. B.Wallis, is designated as assignee. Counterfeit Fives la Toledo. Toledo, Ohio, ib Hooded with coun terfeit five dollar bills. During the last few days they have been thrown out of nearly every bank in town. It is said hundreds of tho bills were [lapsed before it became known that they were counterfeit.