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m mi ECONOMIST Official Organ Ordinary. OFFICIAL OHIiAN OF WINDER. POBLIBHFO KVRItY THURSDAY EVENING JEFFERSON OFFICE: With the Ordinary in the Court House F W. Quattlebaum will represent the paper and take subscriptions. Subscription P.ates. o<kYka? s -- *I.OO A, G. LAMAR, Editor and Publisher. riITJRSDA /, MARCH 16. 1899. Several prominent men of Geor gia. have died this week. Lewis, the Atlanta murderer, was hanged in that city yesterday. Delaware failed to elect a sen se -r and will have only one for next two years. Late reports from over the state indicate that we will have peaches t/t -eat this year. in the death of Hon. John T. Ciletm, Georgia loses one of its able i u/d brilliant lawyers. Gen. Wheeler is still on top and lnMj the power and influence of the president behind him. The Cubans have shown their iugratltude by forgettii g the loy alty and long service of Gen. Gomez, Thomasville is now the political cestvter of the country so far as re publican politics is concerned. The ei.tire country will learn 'V*th sadness the news that there w little hope of the recovery of Mayor Walsh of Augusta. As Atlanta always makes a success of any thing she under takes, wo may expect the state fair 1 iwa year to be the biggest one ev or held in Georgia, A False Alarm. ■Just after the terrible freeze Hi at came upon Georgia last month immediately succeeding several (iaye of verv mild weather the mournful announcement that the Georgia peach cr;p han been total ly destroyed, was telegraphed to “11 parts of the country. it caused regret wherever it went because the Georgia peach has cetne to be a joy not to this state but to many parts of the north and west. It is recognized abd welcomed wherever it goes as the best article of its kind and a ymr without a Georgie peach would be a year with much of its goodly poeeibilities taken out of it. We are glad to know that the re ports of the disaster to the Geor gia peach crop were exaggerated. peach trees had prudently held back in spite of the wooing of the warm days of February, and so saved themselves when the fearful visited them. From middle and souttv Georgia come the glad ttsws that we shall have peaches nud plenty of them this year. The north georgia peach crop, which ia growirg in size and com mercial impor'auce every year, has G*en largely saved. The Georgia peach crop v ill not be as great, of course, as it was last year, but the chatsces are that we will have this rfeficious fruit iu gracious quanti ties this year. Por which let us give thauks.— Atlanta Journal. i Wants a Populist Paper. The Economist reoeived a money order this week from Mr. T. F. Ethridge, of Eureka, Ga., an<l a letter in which he says: “Please send me The Economist as I can’t alford to be without a Populist paper, and I wish you great suc cess.” We als:. received a subscrip tion from Mr. JB. Brazier.of Hum her, Stewart county, this week Now, if friends to the cause all over the state will follow suit, The Economist can soon have a large circulation all over Georgia. We appreciate these now names. WESLEYAN FOR ATLANTA? College Will L.-av* Mneon Unless an Un<l" ".vmriit Is Raised. Macon, March 11. Wesley au college may be moved from Macon. It is un derstood that a movement is now ou foot in that direction. For the past two years it is understood that the college has not been paying expenses and un less something is done soon the institu tion will no doubt be moved to some other place. At a meeting held at the Mulberry Street Methodist church by the friends of Wesleyan, Dr. Pinson, pastor of the church, read a committee report stating that an endowment of $50,000 must be raised or Macon would lose the college. This announcement created consider able surprise among the people who were present. It was proposed that a committee be appointed by the chair man to solicit subscriptions and that the work be commenced at once. The question of patronage was also brought up at the meeting. It is a well known fact that the college is not given the pi’oper support by either the people of the state or of Macon, as a number of the Macon people send their daugh ters elf to other schools instead of to Wesleyan. (Treat uneasiness prevails here iu re gard to the removal of the college and the Macon people will, no doubt, rally to its support at once. There is some talk of moving it to Atlanta. TWO PHYSICIANS INDICTED. Manslaughter Charged in Falling to li. port Yellow Jack. New Orleans, March 15. —Dr. Ed mond Souchon, president of the state board of hea th, and Dr. Quitman Kohnke, president of the city board of health, have been cited to appear in court at Clinton to answer to an indict ment of man.slaughter. The charge is based upon the alleged concealment by Drs. Kohnke and Bon chon of the fact tiiat yellow tever ex isted in this city last summer, because of which concealment a citizen of East Feliciana parish came to this city, con tracted the fever and died alter return ing to his homo The prosecution holds that the law re quired that immediately’ upon yellow fever breaking out it was the duty of Dr. Souchon and Dr. Kohnke to pro claim th fact to the world. Discharged that the fever exisie 1 here prior to the formal announcement ’*i September, and that the death of tiue citizen of East Feliciana parish was due to the delib erate neglect of their sworn duty upon the part of Drs Souchon and Kohnke. The health officers will move to quash the indictment on the ground than un der the law of Louisiana it discloses no cause of action. KENTUCKIAN'S NOVEL PLAN. New Method of Examining Trainmen In Use at Lexingtou. Lexington, Kv.. March 15. Anew idea has been put into operation here by the Cincinnati Southern railway for instructing and examining trainmen on the meaning of train rules as applied to the various pieces of apparatus which form so important a part in the success ful operation of the modern railroad. It is the “Murphy method,” taking its name from the originator, W. J. Mur phy of this city, superintendent of the Cincinnati Southern. Mr. Murphy has equipped the exam ining rooms at Lexington with an elec tric stereopticau and a large number of lantern slides showing the signals, track and apparatus of all kinds used on the road. By projecting these views on a large canvas the trainmen are en abled to see the roadfequipment as it would appear to them in the daily rou tine of work. It has worked so successfully in ex amining the men on the Cincinnati Southern that it is likely to be adopted by every railway in the country. W. J. Murphy, the originator, has been in the railroad business ail his life and was for a number of years general superintendent of the Erie road at Jer sey City. Lieutenants In the Army. Atlanta, March 14.—Charles dußig □on of Savannah has been made a sec ond lieutenaut in the regular army by President McKinley. Hugh Bullock of Atlanta, sou of ex Governor R. B. Bul lock, also gets a similar appointment. Haupt Placed ou Trial. Savannah, March 14. George W. Haupt, under indictment for forgery, embezzlement and larceny after trust, in connection with the building fund of the Duffv Street Baptist churoh, is on trial in tne superior oourt here. WHEATON REPULSES OVER 2,000 REBELS Heavy Loss Inflicted on the Pilipinas at Pasig. BODIES FLOAT IN A RIVER Commander of the United States Fly ing Column Attacks and Defeats a Big Force of Insurgents With Few Casualties to His Men. Manila, March 15.—General Lloyd Wheaton, commanding the United States flying column, attacked and de feated a force of 2,000 Filipinos at Pasig this afternoon, inflicting heavy loss BRIGADIER GENERAL WHEATON, upon them. The American loss was slight. The Americans captured 350 Filipinos. Many bodies of rebels killed in the engagement are floating down the river. Private Foruoff of Company L, Twen tieth regiment, was killed. Private Newman, Company’ F, Twen tieth regiment, is wounded. Private Carroll, Company A, Twenty second regiment, is wounded. Private Marshall of Company B, Twenty-second regiment, is wounded. Private Coombs, Company C, Tweuty ty-second regiment, is wounded. Private Rogers, Company L, Twenty second regiment, is wounded. About, 850 Filipinos surrendered at the town of- aguig to the Washington regiment and 175 Filipinos were cap tured at Pasig by the Twentieth regi ment. Our troops found 106 dead Filipinos and 100 new graves near Pasig. The prisoners were unarmed and therefore it is presumed they executed their threat of throwing their arms into the river. REBEL CAPITAL MUST FALL. Capture of Malolos Is Expected to the insurrection. Washington, March 15. Officials here interpret the forward movement of the Manila troops under General Law ton’s directions as having as their objec tive point Malolos, the insurgent cap ital and stronghold. It. is believed General Wheaton’s mojvemeut is the entering wedge and that now troops will be pushed forward rapidly. The capture of Malolos and the destruction of the socalled insurgent government is expected to end the re bellion. Aguinaldo’s capture or flight would have a salutary effect upon his followers. General Lawton’s troops will en counter many natural difficulties. Bu laeau province, in which Malolos is, covers 965 square miles and contains over 280,000 people, most of whom will hinder iu every possible manner the American advance. There are 22 towns with over 5,000 population, ten with over 10,000 and four or five with over 20,000. The country is low, level, intersected by canals, and swampy. Our soldiers will have to wade waist deep in the mire of rice fields and swamp land. What the authorities here most fear is that the men may be disabled by swamp fever or dysentery, disastrous maladies in semitropical climates. Four H uml red Rebels Taken. Washington, March 15.—The follow ing dispatch from General Otis has been received: “Three thousand insurgents moved down last night to towns of Pa sig aud Pateros, fronting Wheaton’s troops on Pasig river line; by heavy fighting Wheaton has dislodged and driven them back, taking 400 prisoners aud inflicting heavy loss in killed and wounded; he reports his loss as very moderate; he now occupies these towns with sufficient force to hold them. ” Greatest Victory In Weeks. London, March 16. The Evening News this afternoon publishes the fol lowing dispatch from Manila: “General Wheaton has completely routed the Filipinos aud has occupied Pasig, Ta guig and Pateros. Several hundred of the enemy were wounded and as many captured. General Otis says this is the greatest victory since Feb. 5. The Americans will now press towards Aguinaldo'a headquarters.” Captain Phillips 1* Dead. Nkwbeknb, N. 0., March 14. Gap tain M. L. Phillips of the revenue cut ter Boutwell died here of a corn plication of disease*. STORM PLAYS HAVOC AROUND BIRMINGHAM Houses Blown to Pieces and Many People Injured. WASHOUTS CHECK TRAFFIC All Trains on the Southern Railway Between Alabama and Mississippi Stopped Because of the Heavy Rain fall Following the Tornado. Birmingham, Ala., March 15. —At 5 o’clock this morning a windstorm passed near the eastern limits of Birmingham, j swept through the suburban towns of Avondale and Woodlawn, doing several j thousand dollars’ worth of damage. If was a veritable tornado and gained force as it went The roof of the Sloss furnace casthouse was blown off. The laundry of the Avondale mills was de stroyed and a dozen cottages at that place were leveled to the ground. Be tween Avouuale and Woodlawn the storm passed up the Fifth avenue road and moved every house it struck from itß foundation. At Woodlawn, Wood’s machine shop, two negro churches and 15 or 20 cot tages were destroyed. Iu most instances the occupants escaped uninjured. A few, however, were slightly hurt, among the most serious being Mrs. Annie John son, who occupied an old store on the Fifth avenue road. She was buried un der the debris, but was quickly rescued by neighbors. She is not fatally hurt. There were many narrow escapes. The damage as far as is known will amount to about $20,000. Most of the houses destroyed were cottages. Heavy rains fell west of here last night and all trains on the Southern railway between Birmingham and the town of Greenville, Miss., are annulled because of washouts. Telegraph and telephone wires are in bad shape as a result of the storm’s i havoc and further details are difficult to obtain. TRANSPORT IN QUARANTINE. Officials Uneasy Over the Michigan’s Detention at Savannah. Washington, March 15.—The deten tion of the transport Michigan at the Georgia state quarantine below Savan nah is giving the war department some concern. The ship has now been held for four davs and is thus prevented from returning to Cuba and bringing back more troops It is feared that the quarantine delays which will occur in the southern states will greatly hinder the return of troops to this country. The weather is yet too cold to bring the troops to a northern climate and they must be landed at southern points dur ing April. The department is much worried as to how it will be able to get all the volun teers away from Cuba and Porto Rico before the quarantine goes into effect. After that all soldiers coming north will be obliged to remain in transports after reaching the United States until health officers decide that there is no danger of their developing yellow fever or other contagious diseases. This would be a great inconvenience and the department is bending every energy to move all troops as soon as possible. INDIAN LEADERS RESTLESS. Serious Trouble Anticipated In the White Rocks Agency. Price, Utah, March 14.—Reports from White Rocks agency are to the effect that the Indian leaders there are rest less and very serious trouble is antici pated by Indian Agent Myton, by rea sons of the fact that the men who con trol the chiefs desire to return to the former reservation in Colorado. The matter was presented to Agent Myton by the head men of the White river Utes some ten days ago and the agent referred the matter to Washing ton. Nothing has been heard from the interior department and in consequence the Indians are becoming restless and threaten all manner of things. The Indians behind the agitation are old men and were more or less identi fied with the Heeker massacre. The Indians are in an ugly mood and say if Washington does not pay them for their lands in Colorado they propose going back to them. Homestead Land In Florida. Tallahassee, March 15.— The com missioner of the general laud office at Washington has furnished Commis sioner Wombwell with the total num ber of lands by counties that are open to homestead entry in Florida. The list aggregates 1,592,798 acres. Holmes county leads with acres, while Suwanee county has only 768 acres. Three counties, Franklin, Liberty and Wakulla, have no lands subject to homestead entry. Newnun Loses to Jlirnil ogham. Nkwnan, Ga., March 11— The R. D. Cole Manufacturing company of this place Is said to have practically decided to remove its big iron castiug and fouu dry plant to Binning ha in, Ala., so us to get nearer the iron and steel supply, and likewise to be closer to the trade. Robert Lfwls Jl u t Hang. Atlanta, March 11.—An expert ap pointed to examine Robert Lewis, the condemned murderer, has declared him 6ana and the death sentence will be car ried out next Tuesday. HOT MAYORALTY CONTEST Both Clisby and Joseph Dci roMs Governing Montgomery. ° Montgomery, Ala., March U — M nnt gomery is in tint throes of a warm ; c nicipal contest. There are two caodi' dates for mayor—the present city ex fc( . utive, Hon. John H. Clisby, and th? president of the city council, Hon. E. fc Joseph. Both have been identified with the council for eight or ten years in the capacity of aldermen and each has done faithful service. Captain Clisby has been mayor f or two consecutive terms, and has made an aggressive and enterprising official having done more to improve the publb institutions than has perhaps any other mayor in the city’s history. He has V necessity, spent considerable money m accomplishing the results he has at tained, and this is one of the arguments his opponents use against him. Iti s also insisted that two terms are as many as any mayor should be entitled to. Mr. Joseph is the president of the Capital City Insurance company; i 3 a successful business man and is familiar with ail the intricate details of the city’s affairs. Mr. Clisby’s friends insist that it would be unfortunate to remove him from the hesd of the government until the improvements he has undertaken have been completed. Both sides claim to hold a winning hand, and only the primary to be held next month can de termine which is right. STOCKHOLDERS MUST PAY, Decision of Attorney General Terrell In Regard to Mate Taxes. Atlanta, March 14.—Attorney Jo seph M. Terrell, in reply to a request from the state comptroller general, has handed down an opinion of much inter est and of great importance to the state, and which in all probability will settle the fight being waged between the cmintv commissioners and the Atlanta Home Insurance company. Attorney General Terrell says the stockholders of insurance, express, tele phone and telegraph companies can . held by the state and county for t shares they own in a company. Hitherto insurance companies have been required to pay only 1 per cent of their gross income to the state and Row ing for the county, and it is understood that the stockholders have not returned their shares of stock for taxation. That an insurance company pays 1 per cent tax on its gross receipts should not, it is held, exempt its stockholders from the tax on their shares. BIG FURNACE CORPORATION. Options Secured on Alabama Coal Lands and Other Property. Birmingham, Ala., March 14.—John W. Gates of Illinois, associated with H. F. Deßardeleben and J. W. Worthing ton of this place, are said to be forming an immense furnace and mining corpo ration in Alabama. Options have been secured on furnaces at Sheffield and on coal lands at Parish, in Walker county. Major E. M. Tutwiler has just pur chased the Vanderbilt furnace, 5 miles above here, and a large tract of coal lands near Bessemer, and is construct ing a large number of coke ovens at Blossburg. He will actively engage shortly in the manufacture of pig iron, having his own coal mines, coke ovens, ore mines and limestone quarries, and will be in a position to make iron the cheapest in the district. Train Runs Off a Trestle. Blackshear, Ga., March 14. —Along train of the Southern Pine company, running out from Offerman, in this county, ran off the track on a trestle, completely wrecking the train and in stall ily killing Will Hollis, a laborer. Legree Avant, a brother of Dr. A. L. K. Avant of Patterson, was seriously in jured and. will probably die. Three ne groes weie also more or less seriously hurt. Threw >' l?nby Into thp River. Ar~r c T\, (j a ( March 14.—Consider able excitement has been caused here by a white m„n throwing the body of a white infant into the river. He was seen in the act, and the body, which was wrapped in a bundle of clothes, was fished out. The man escaped and his identity remains unknown. President at Thoniasville. Thomasville, Ga., March 14.—Presi dent McKinley arrived here this after noon and will spend probably two weeks as the guest of Senator Hanna. The town had been elaborately decorated with the national colors and the distin guished party was given a warm recep tion. Judge John I>. Berry Dead. Newnan, Ga., March 14.— Judge John D. Berry, formerly judge of the city criminal court of Atlanta, died today at 11 o’clock at his father’s home here. He was 38 years old. The cause of bis death was affection of the heart. He had been in bad health only eight days- Hangs on Gallows He Built. Atlanta, March 14.—Robert Lewis was hanged here at noon today for the murder of Charles Haynes. The hang ing took place in the execution room of the “Tower,” the new jail, on the gi* lows built by Lewis two years ago. when employed as a workman. Kipling Improves Rapidly. New York, March 15.—Rudyard Kip ling passed a good night and continue* to lnaprove.