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EXCITEMENT JKT LONDON. Heroic Conduct of Knolfn Monahan Appeal* to British Subject*. London, April 13.—The dispatches to the Associated Press from Apia, Samoa, Tim Auckland, New Zealand, were the only news received here of the fcreaoh fcrous attack mad© th© Mataafas upon the American and British naval farces, l’hfy created considerable sen • ution in official circles and among the general public. The newspapers sent out large placards printed with such startling statements as “British and American forces routed,” “German treachery,” etc., etc. The heroic conduct of Ensign Mona han of the United States cruiser Phila delphia partiularly appeals to the publio. The Britlfh admiralty has received a dispatch from Captain Stuart, the se nior BritiSh naval officer in Samoan waters, giving the news of the deal h of Lieutenant Freeman of the British cruiser Tauragan in “an engagement with the rebels " Beyond this no further details have been received. The German ambassador, Count von Hatzfeldt-Faldenburg, first received the news from a representative of the As sociated Press. He quickly recognized its importance and asked permission to make a copy of the dispatch. He said: “This news is indeed grave, and it is unfortunate at this moment that any thing should occur to endanger the ne gotiations for the settlement that wo were glad to feel would soon have ar rived. Of course I cannot discuss the particulars given in the dispatch, but the occurrence is certainly very unfor tunate. ” The Pall Mall Gazette says: The location of the engagement, or rather ambush, is stated to have been a German plantation and there is the un pleasant suggestion of treachery upon the part of a German subject. The in cident, apart from the loss of life, is deeply deplorable. The situation was already full of anxiety to the govern ments at home while on the spot racial feeling runs high. Though it will be kept well under control, the cabinets of London, Washington and Berlin could well have spared this latest develop ment. “It may be assured that order will be maintained ashore by the united efforts of the English and American com manders, but even their efforts will not clear the air of the electricity which is fast accumulating at Apia. ” ADMIRAL KAUTZ REPORTS. Xuiiit-s of Americans Killed Near Apia Cabled to Washington. Washington, April 12.—The follow ing dispatch from Admiral Kautz has been received: “On April 1, while the combined forces of the British and United States, under Lieutenant Freeman, British navy, were recounoitering near Apia, they were ambushed. "Deeply regret to announce the death of Lieutenant Philip B. Lunsdale, En sign John K. Monahan, Coxswain James Butler, Ordinary Seaman Nor man Edsal and live men wounded, be longing to the Philadelphia. The Brit ish loss in killed two men and Lieuten ant Freeman. ” The navy department records of the service for the two sailors killed at Apia are as follows: James Butler, seaman, enlisted at Boston. Born in Dungarvau, Ireland, next of kin Mrs. Kate Butler, Spring Mount, Dungarvau, Ireland. Has had no previous naval service. Norman Eckley Edsal, ordinary sea man, enlisted at Toledo, O. Born at Columbus, Kv. Next of kin Bessie E Edsal, sister, Greenville, Mich. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. Straws Which Show the I’roicreHH Uv liiK Miklc In Thin Direction. The cause of government ownership tif railroads and other pubKc monopolies has recently received support from an unexpected quarter. In his recent re port General Longstreet, United States railroad commissioner, recommends the government construction and operation of a double track railway from San Diego on the Pacific coast to Kansas City or St Louis, a measure which, he mgos, is not only warranted hut de manded by the extension of our com merce certain to result from the an nexation of the Hawaiian Islands and our probable control of the Philippines. Australia seems to he keeping the lead which it took several years ago in this direction. Among the measures now before the parliament of New South Wales is one for the establishment of national collieries sufficient to supply the requirements of the government service. The experience of the city of Sydney with tramways under city own ership and control has been remarkable, eveu from the point of view of profits to the city. In 1888 these tramways paid less than 2 per cent, while in 1808 the net profit was more tha i per vent Official inquiry now under way in New South Wales is directed to estab lish as far as possible the relations be tween wages aud rents. The result of this inquiry is likely to have an im portant effect on the demand for in creased wages. It is estimated that the average deduction from a laborer’s in come fur rent amounts to 25 per cent in Australia. The proportion is about the same in this country, and very lit tle reflection will serve to show that this proportion must he regarded as ex cessive. The balance infast be struck, find if it cannot be arrived at by reduc tion of rents it must be met by au in crease of wages.—Arena ALMOST A GREENEACKER. Sound Argument For n Financial System Thai Jial l-'ulls Short. The financial policy proposed by The Journal has met not merely with ap proval. but with enthusiastic welcome from newspapers and readers in all parts of the country. Indeed, the scarcity of adverse comment makes it worth while to take notice of some critics who would not otherwise call for attention. For instance, the Louisville Post con siders The Journal’s currency views the “exploded theories of a world half awake," “the dreams of the idle and the ignorant” and “the ultimate ex pression of fiatism, which believes the government can create something out of nothing, and all very good.” As “language” this is very attract ive. but as argument it leaves some thing to be desired. \V e believe that our Louisville contemporary enjoys the pleasure and profit of very intimate re lations with certain railroad corpora tions. It also bolted the Democratic na tional ticket in 189(5, after having pro moted the election of a Republican gov ernor: hence it naturally objects to a policy that proposes to secure the profits of railroads and other public utilities for the people, instead of for the corpo rations. But let us descend from the critic’s airy heights of rhetoric to details. The national banks issue notes, which are not a legal tender. These notes are accepted everywhere at par. because they are payable in lawful money of the United States, which may be either gold, silver, Sherman notes or green backs, and because the treasury holds United States bonds, with whose pro ceeds they may be redeemed if the is suers default. Now, if bank notes, pay able in government paper, secured by United States bonds, and not legal ten der. are accepted at par, what is to hin der the acceptance of the government paper itself, when it is made legal ten der, payable in coin and exchangeable for bonds at the pleasure of the holder "r Where is the “fiatism” or “creating something out of nothing” in that V The government lias found no trouble thus far in getting people to accept its notes when they have been issued to pay for the destruction of war and when they have been accompanied by bonds backed by nothing but the tax ing power. The Journal’s policy pre serves all the old securities and adds a new and most important one —the pos session of productive, income paying property. Under this plan the government’s notes and bonds will be represented, not by powder smoke and commissions to bankers, but by railroads and tele graphs, bringing in a revenue sufficient to cover nil interest payments and leave a handsome margin for new invest ments. Russia, where the general rate of interest is lower than it is here, clears over 6 per cent net on her state railroads. The Journal, in its desire to keep within the narrowest limits of moderation, counted on only 4 per cent for ours and showed that at that rate the government would be ahead from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 a year on an investment of $500,000,000. —New York Journal. Municipal Ownership. Mayor Jones of Toledo, in a letter to the New York Journal, says: “The people care nothing for parties; they care everything for principle, and they believe in municipal ownership. The greatest obstacle in the way of good government here and everywhere, in municipality, state and nation, and the one that is now the easiest for the peo ple to overcome, is private ownership of public utilities. “There is never any talk of corrup tion or scandal or dishonesty in connec tion with the management of our water works, our natural gas plants, or, in deed. any of the publicly owned utili ties. “Nearly all of the defects in our mu nicipal government can be traced to the corporations who own or are seeking to own or extend public franchises. “There is no kind of doubt about your proposition that good gas can be made and sold at a profit in New York city for 50 cents. We never shall have honest municipal government until all of the public utilities are publicly own ed. ’’ REPORT FROM GEN. OTIS. He hi'srrlb s tin* Movements of Troops Commanded by Lawton. Washington, April 12.— The war de partment has received a dispatch from General Otis saying that General Law ton’s campaign has been concluded with great success. The war department officials say that the result is very grati fying The following is General Otis’ cable gram in full: “Yesterday, in the lake region, Law ton pursued insurgents eastward from Santa Cruz dispersing them. Captured all the larger vessels used in the lake trade and Spanish gunboat. He is now eudeavoring to pass them from river, where concealed, into luke. “Wheaton drove immediately 10 miles to eastward of rail way line communi cations with Malolos. Lawton's aud Wheaton’s casualties few and slight, as enemy made no stand. “Notified by Spain that she will evacuate Mindora aiid Sion.’’ National Plan of Organization. Your committee appointed to formu late a plan for the future organization and government of the poople’s party, realizing the necessity of preserving party independence and wishing to prove that our party alone stands for direct legislation through the initiative and referendum system applied to party government as well as to the maki.-g of laws, reports the following rules on organization: V 1 All delegate conventions of the People’s Party for making nominations and platforms are hereby abolisnad, and instead thereof, nominations for office, platforms and amendments there to shall be made by direct vote at the People’s Partb primaries of the politi cal subdivision affected there by. 2. The People’s Party organization shall consist o : H national committee of three member from each state to be chosen by the state central com mittee on each presidential year. 3. A state central committee of three members from etch congressional district to be elected by direct vote at the party primaiies on each election year, 4. A congressional committee of three members from each county in the congressional district, to be elected by direct vote at the party primaries on eash election year. 5. A county committee of three members from each township or ward, to be elecsed by direct vote at the party primaries on each election year. 6. National, state, congressional and county committees shall perform the same duties as heretofore,not inconsist ent herewith, provide blank ballots for the referendum votes hero.u contemplat ed, and canvas and certify the votes cast in their respective territories. _ 7. The unit of organization shall be, the precinct club. 8. Any voter may become a member of the precent club of any precinct by subscribing to our national declarations of principles and onr rules on organiza tion. 9. Any member of any precinct club who shall propose fusion or oo op -ration with either the Republican or Demo cratic organizations in the make up of a ticket through conference committee or otherwise, shall, upon conviction thereof, by a majority vote of his club bo deemed outside the party. 10. No person not a member of a pre cinct club, and in good standing shall be eligible to membership on any Peo ple’s party committee or a People’s party nomination ior any office. 11. Each committee shll make prompt report to the committee next higher of all referendum votes and other matters within the jurisdiction of such higher committee, and the chairman of each committee shall ha deemed responsible for the prompt and faithful performance of the duties of his committee. 12. State platforms can be changed only upon demand of a majority vote of the precinct club membership of any county, ratfied by a vote of the precinct club membership of the State; and the national platform can be changed only upon demand of a majority vote of the precinct club membership of any State ratified by a majority vote of the pre cinct club membership of the nation. 13. No salaried official shall be elected a member of any committee of the Peo ple’s party organization, and any mem ber of such committee elected to a sal aried office shall be deemed to have vacated his position on suclj committee. 14. All People’s party condidates for office and members of People’s party committees shall at all times be subject to the principles of the imperative man date and may be recalled by a majority vote of the league membership of their constituency. Respectfully submitted, John O’ZABEL, Chairman. H. B. FAY, M, D., Secretary Adopted in national convention, Cin cinnati, 0 , Sept. 6th, 1898. “Hello, Mr. Workingman 1 What are you doing?” “Digging potatoes.” “What are you going to do with them ?” “I sort them into four piles.” “What for?” “The big pile of fine potatoes you eee over there I give to the landlord as rent for his permission to me to live on the earth; next to the biggest pile I give to the mortgagees as interest for the use of the implements to work with; the third pile I give in taxes for the privilege of living in the county.” “And that pile of little ones, do you eat them?” “No, I feed them to the hogs to fatten them, and then give the bogs to the railroads for hauling the potatoes to the owners. This is a great country, though I“—Southern Mercury Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad. SAMUEL C. DUNLAP, Receiver. Time table No. 12, taking effect 5. 50 a. m., Jan. 6, 1899 MAIN LIjSTE NORTH BOUND. Between Social Circle SOUTH BOUND Reßii Downward an d Gainesville. Read Upward First Class. First Class 1 93 9* 85 83 81 STATIONS. 82 84 86 92 94 Sun- Snn- Daily Daily Daily din daily daily SiiTT'’ day day ex ex ex ex e .\ J su ?" sn oniy only Sun Sun Sun j gun Sun Sun only 5 ’ g am am am pm Lv. ~ Ar. a m pin —~r~ s 1100 74511 00 450 SOCIAL'CIRCLE 915830 605 c o,J £ o 11 15 80211 20 505 GRESHAM 855 3 10 545 u ,1k 0 & H3O 820 1140 525 MONROE. 835 250 525 aZ b = 5 520 ° E ® U 45 855 1205 543 CAMPTON 815 55 30 4 55 R „ g •° 1158 915 12-.0 557 BETHLEHEM BuO 215435 J* ® —l2 15 93512 40 615 WINDER 745 300 415 J** 9 55 1 50 7 40 12 25 4 05 ' 94 87 12 30 10 10 202 633 Trjr 12 45 10 3> 222 648 HOsCHTON 7 iO II 50 3 80 7 39 —- ex' 108 11 10 2507 08 HICKORY TREE. 6451125 305 7 19''% Sun *x Sun am / — — 640 1 15 11 15 300 7 15 BELLMONT 640 11 20 3 00 7 uVfn 645 1 20am 306 720 KLONDIKE 635 11 14pm 709 S 6 50 125 310 725 CANDLER 6 30 11 10 7 06 7m 710 145 335 745 GAINESVILLE. 6 10 10 45 6 45 640 m P m .pm pm Ar. Lv. a m ain a m p m 87 19 185 |BJ 181 j j - 82T84T86~loiT88 No. 82 will run to Social Circle regardless of No, 83, but Respect ing No. 85. No. 84 will run to Social Circle regardless of No. 81. No. 83 will run to Winder regardless of No. 84, but Rerp’t’gNo.B6, No. 84 will run to Winder regardless of No. 83, but Resp’t’g N0.'85. No. 92 will run to Social Circle regarding of No. 91. No. 84 will approach Belmont with train under full control, ex pecting to find No. 85 using main track. JEFFERSON BRANCH. ~~ Time Table No. 12, taking effect 5.50 am., Jan. 0, 1899. NORTH BOUND Between Jefferson and SOUTH BOUND Read Downward Bellmont. Read Upward. ; : First Class. First Class. ~B<T~ 87 STATIONS. “88 Daily Daily Dully "Dauy except except e xcept except Sun Sun Snn ‘ nn R. Al. A. M. Lv. Ar. P. JM. A in. 210 550 JEFFERSON 800 12 10 235 615 PENDERGRASS 733 11 40 300 640 BELLMONT 715 11 20 P M. IA. M. Ar. v.P- M. A. M. ' 89 |B7 | ~§B |9O | No. 90 will run to Jefferson regardless of No. 89. No. 90 will wait at Belmont until 12 SO for delayed No. 94 from Gainesville. “Frank's Cough Cure is the best I ever used.”—lLob’t L Taylor. FEMALE If*m, * Bp * a ~\ rniENU F;fil f' 5 l.;i $ y # $ MAKPS YOUMO WOHEN tjj&H PV iil .*tf our OF PRH/VUTURLY m § i nW S A ln - —Celery Comped(*> ' BUILDS UP RUN DOWN ■ MEN AND WOfIEN. Kannfactured only by MARBLE CITY DRUG Co’7 KaoxyTHe. TennT” or Sale by Winder Dra£ Co* 'linuiUHi >t tin- Farmer, "When National Grange Grand Mas ter Aaron .louts of Indiana was before tlie national industrial commission a short time ago. he expressed the opin ion that transportation was the most important question with which the farmer had to deal, and he believed rates shonld bo made by an independent commission.and that the railroad com panies should not be allowed to arbi trarily fix rates. He also asserted that the trusts should be controlled, and ex pressed the hope that the commission would devise legislation to that end. He thought our consuls abroad should interest themselves in the agricultural products of the country as much as in its manufacturing interests. Another reform suggested was the lowering of the salaries of government officials. “I remember, ”he said, “when the salaries of congressmen were in creased from SB,OOO to $5,000. This in crease was made on the plea that the purchasing power of the dollar had de creased. Now that there has been an increase in the purchasing power, we hear of no agitation for a reduction of salaries. “ Mr. Jones asserted that the farmer is unfairly and inequitably taxed, one fourth to one-third of the income of the average farm in Indiana being necessary to pay the taxes levied upon it He sug gested legislation looking to uniformity in taxation in the different states. He was favorable to a uniform income tax,' but opposed to the inheritance tax. ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY. Nashville .Man Who Visited New \ork Gets Himself In Trouble. New Yoke, April 12.— A. S. Colyar, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn., who came to this city to secure the extradition of Nicholas A. Heckman, an important witness against Robert Molineaux, was arrested today on the charge of being concerned in a conspiracy against Heck man. Colyar was accompanied to this city by Captain Casteen of the Nashville police. It was alleged that Heckman, who identified Moliueuux as the renter of a letterbox in his establishment in this city, was Percy E. Raymond, who was sentenced to two years’ imprison ment in Nashville in 1894 for larceny, and who escaped from the penitentiary- It is now alleged that the whole affair was a plot to spirit Heckman away. The extradition papers which were ob tained for Heckman have been revoked Puncture*. Ice breaks with a cold snap. “Bearded beef" sounds rather barber ous. Is the frost work on our windows a frieze 1 The only way to rid the dog of kis baTk is to skin him. A cycle side path isn’t a road, thong it’s the next thing to it. . , . The “owl cars” carry the hawks’’ who are out fora “lark. A. W. Bulletin.