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AU, HOME PRINT. 70L XXII ( >I N IT DIRECTORY. Or . try—J. F. Carmichael. Sheri n —J. 0. Beauchamp, R'.'l-u v — J. W. Crawlord. S irvt-yor —B. J. Jinks, 'lrea.-urer —1. L. W illiams. Tax Collector—T. J. Cole. Tax Receiver —C. R. Carter. Coroner —Simon Hardy. Clerk Superior Court—Joe Jolly ; court 3rd Mondays in February and August. Roau Commissioners—6ls G, M J. L. Barkley, H. U. Asbury, T. O Woodward; 013 G. M., J, M. Ball J. E. ilale, J. VV. Fletcher; 609 G. M., J. W. Winter, J. L, Pye, S. K. ."mitli, 614 G. M., J. W. Holoway, J. it. Com, J. Van Wright; 552 G. M. Maddox; 012 G. M. W. O. Crawley, Cornelius MeCluare T 61 0,1., T. P. bell' h. M. rletoner, J. (J. Coldwell; 611/ G. M., J. H. Maduox, J. J. Wil„o 1 J. C'. Barnes. 7 Board ot Education— W. M. m/- let, A. G. Hitchens, J. T. Goodin/a, IJ. N. Carmichael, J. M. McMichpM. E. E. Pound C, S. 0. Ollic in court house. Jury Commissioners—H. N. By ars, T. L. Williams, W. B. Lazier, R. J. Ball, T. P. Alex Atki nson. Justices Court—6ls Dist., R. A, Woodward, J. I\; j. u, Kimbeli. IV P. 613 Dist.. H. L. Brown, J. P.; H. C. Thaxton, N. P, 609 Dm., '.V. A. Waldrup, J. P.; Steve Moo e. N. P. 552 JLhst. lames Jolly, J P.; J. M. Maudox IN, P # 612 Dist., Howard Ham, J. P.; F. Z. Curry, N. P. 610 Dist., T.J. Collins, J. P.; T. P. Bell, IV. P. 616 Dist., O. B. Kuowies, J, P.; J. L. Barnet, N. P. Oi l Dist., A. H, Oglelree, J. P.; W . F. Douglas, IS. P. city directory. Mayor E. E. Pound. Connc.ilmeii—l'. J. Lane, .1. W. Car michael, i>. I’. Bailey, T. M. Eurlow. CIIDUCUES. Methodist—Rev. T. \V. Bell, pastor. Services every Sunday at 1L a.iw., 7 p.m. Prayer meeting every Wednes day night. Baptisi -Rev. G. W. Gardner, pas tor. Services every Sunday at li a. in. and 7 p.ui. Prayer meeting every Thursday night. . ic6()y\eiiSn—itev. sir. i'ha;r, pas tor. Services^ every 3rd Sunday at 11 a.in. and 7 p.m., and every Ist Sunday at 7 p.m. SEC-It EX SOCIETIES. F & A. M. —Chapter meets 2nd and 4lli Monday niglits. Blue Lodge, Ist and 3rd Monday nights. Red men—2nd and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W W. Ander son . Frank Z. Curry. ANDERSON & CURRY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Negotiates loans on real estate. Office up stairs over the Yellow store, Jackson, Georgia. M. M. MILLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in court house, Jackson, Georgia. M. V. M'KIBBEN, Attornev at Law, JACKSOX, GEORGIA. Dr.O.H. Cantrell. DENTIST, JACKSON, GEORGIA. CLEVELAND HOUSE. JACKSON, - - - - QA. The only brick Hotel between Atlan ta and Macon. Board $2 00 per day. Miss Jennie Wallace Pi op. decl4-12m DEMPSEY HOUSE. SOUTHEAST CORNER PUBLIC * SQUARE, JACKSON, GA. Strictly first-class in all respects. Give it a trial when you come to Jack sou. Terms moderate. Satisfaction guaranteed. , HRS. A. .11. JESTER) Prop. dec!4-3m STOP AT THE Morrison House. EVERYTHING new ■A^EFIRST-CLASS. + Free Sack to Depot, G- It. Gresham, Proprietor. fp H imw©, f| iff lip w © mft jgj jJ Aty R. il AftinlU 3) ® j HtjIPRS TO HER SAME I Cleveland Party at the Mary Washington Monument. | OUTHERN POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. rhe Work In Both Branches of Congress. Department News and Gossip—Wash ington City in Brief—ltems of Political Significance. Washington, May 10.-Major Black, of Georgia, has introduced a resolution in tlxi house authorizing the committee on printing to inquire into the number of employes in the service, and how .iny coul . be dispensed with. 1 The state department is officially in formed that the Nicaraguan govern ment has restored the exequatur of Braida, American consul at Greytown. President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleve land, accompanied by little Ruth and Esther, drove out to Barnum’s circus this morning. They were received by Messrs. Bailey and Starr, who showed them around. Later in the morning Secretary Lamont and Mrs. Lamont came out, and they too, joined the group. The children were deeply in terested in the menagerie. The text of the cable message in re gard to the earthquake in Venezula, received at the state department from Mr. Dartleman, the charge D’Affaires of the United States legation at Cara cas, was as follows: “Earthquake on the 28th of April destroyed cities of Egido and Merida and several villages* Loss of life said to be heavy. Assis tance would be appreciated.” . Senators Gordon, Walsh and Jarvis, Representative Black, of Georgia, and Dr. Walter C. Murphy, of Washington, D. C., called upon Secretary Morton and Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Dr. Dabney, yesterday, and invited them to attend the congress of south ern governors which will assemble in Augusta, Ga., in a few days. A substitute for the Coxey resolution was offered in the senate by Mr. Teller, republican Colorado, and accepted by Mr. Allen anti went over till today. It omits the preamble and provides for a select committee to investigate all the facts and circumstances connected with the arrest and imprisonment of Coxey, Browne and Jones. - The president, on his trip to Fred er'.wksUurg' toUuy to attend the Mary Washington monument ceremonies, was accompanied by Secretary and Mrs. Gresham, Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle, Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, Postmaster General Bissell, Secretary and Miss Morton and private secretary and Mrs. Thurber. The district commissioner spent sev eral hours yesterday considering the report of the health department which pronounced the Coxey camp a menace to the health of the city, and recom mended in the strongest language that it be vacated. He was ordered to move in forty-eight hours. Coxey repudiates the statement that he will leave the city as soon as he can be heard by either a house or senate committee. “I am here to get redress for the grievances of the people,and will stay until my mission is accomplished,” he said. There was not a sufficient number of free coinage advocates present at the house coinage committee meeting yes terday to induce Mr. Bland to ask for a vote on his free coinage bill, so it went over. The treasury department was ad vised yesterday afternoon that 81,900,- 000 in gold had been engaged at the New York sub-treasury for export to Europe today. Congressman John J. O’Neill, of Mis souri, was arrested last night, charged with assaulting Dr. James H. Stone, of this city. The president has nominated to be postmasters: William B. Gare, Besse mer, Ala.; \V. A. Frost, Shelbyville, Tenn. Senator Lodge’s amendment was laid on the table yesterday and the tariff bill then went over till today. An official statement of Chinese reg istration under the extended Geary law place the figures at 105,300. The house yesterday was engaged in the consideration of the naval appro priation bill. NEGROES AFRAID OF STRIKERS. The Labor Introduced in Hew of the Union Miners Afraid of the Threatening Whites. Washington, May 10.—A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: The ne <rro miners at M iltdale quit work yester day because t \v received three formal annony mous net ices to do so. The last of these was i ted at the mines last nisrht, and read: ‘‘You have been given three notices to quit work. If you do not obey tomorrow morning, you will not live to disobey long.’ The notice was decked with skull and bones, and pur ported to have been signed in blood fvitb a dagger. Deputies have gone to the seene. _— Before the Alabama Bar Association. MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 10. -Colonel Thomas Semmes. of New Orleans, one of the most distinguished inthe union who has been president of the American Bar association, has accep- Ud the invitation ‘“deliver thnannn.l before the Alabama btate Bar address be of the house of association, in the V July representatives m th.s city llth- _____ „ . Break Ground for the New Road. SAS A S tov.o Tej. May <O.-The "T railroad &. here Gulf bhore ra f orC e of men 7 "; er glvL““or.:- at lor track* JACKSON. GA. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1894. I THE NEWS IN BRIEF Happenings Gathuvd from All Parts of the Country autl Paragraphed. Congressman Grow declines to baa candidate for trustee of Amherst col lege. ■ An oil well, with a daily flow of 800 barrels.was drilled near Portland, Ind., j Wednesday. ' Fire was discovered in the hold of the Edam at Rotterdam Wednesday morn j ing. It injured the cargo. The contest over the will of Elbridge j Farmer, the Arlington, Mass., million* ; aire, has been compromised. Kaiser Wilhelm's old generals, vet erans of ’7l, are resigning, and he is putting in a lot of young officers. The down stage from Angels to Mil ton, Cal,, was held up Wednesday by a ; highwayman and robbed of Wells Fargo matter. Americans are about to visit Mashon aland under the auspices of the Ameri can board of foreign missions, starting from Cape Town. It is reported that J. C. Thompson, cashier of the defunct First National bank, of Sedalia, Mo., is an absconder and a forger to a large amount. Lieut. Arthur P. Osborne, executive officer of the cadet ship Enterprise, of the Massachusetts Nautical School, has been requested to resign. Trade and Labor. The Tilden mine, one of the largest properties on the Georgia range, has resumed. The Hendricks Brothers’ Copper works, of Newark, N. J., have resumed operations on half time. The Oakes Woolen Mills, at Bloom field, N. J., have begun running full time, with a reduced number of hands. The ingrain combers and card strip pers have joined the 600 ingrain weav ers in the strike at the Lowell (Mass.) carpet mills. President Smith, of the Flint Glass Worker’s association, has ordered the striking glassblowers at Munice, Ind., to return to work. GEORGIA KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. The Annual Conclave Now in Session in Atlanta. Atlanta, May 10. —The Knights Templar of the state are holding their annual coneliu here. The majority of the visiting dele gates arrived in the city yesterday. They were met at the depot by delega tions from Connerie-Lion and Atlanta commanderies and escorted to the Kim ball, which will be the headquarters of the convention. They represented eight cities and number more than 100 in 'all. The principal feature of the exercises was the parade. At 10 o’clock the Knights assembled in front of the custom house, com manded by Grand Captain-General Park Woodward. He was assisted by the officer of the day, Acting Adjutant C. B. Satterlee. The uniforms of the men never appeared handsomer. In a body they marched to the Kimball, preceded by the fifth battalion band, At that hlostery they met Grand Commander Baldwin, of Macon, and his staff. The officers were escorted by a cir cuitous route to Masonic hall in the old capitol building, where the bus iness sessions will be held. The line of march was up Peach tree to the governor’s mansion, where the Knights counter-marched and proceeded down Forsyth street to Walton street. From there they paraded to Spring and thence into Ma rietta, halting opposite Cone. TENNESSEE SHERIFF SHOT. He Meets Dca'h at the Hands of a Cumber land mountain Desperado. Knoxville, Tenn., May 10.—-A tele egram from Montgomery, West Vir ginia, tells of the dangerous and possi bly fatal shooting of Sheriff Bud Bur nett, of Campbell county, Tennessee at that place last night. About a year ago Sheriff John Bur nett, of Campbell county, was killed on a Knoxville and Ohio passenger train near this city, while trying to ar rest an escaped prisoner named Jones, who had been rescued from him on the previous day by the Smith brothers no ted desperadoes of the Cumberland mountains. In the riot that followed on the train, besides Sheriff Burnett, one of the Smiths was kiUed and a half dozen injured, while the car was filled with blood and bullet holes. The affair took place on Saturday and the following Sunday one of the Smiths, who had been placed in jail at Jacksboro, was lynched. The other, Jim Smith, escaped. He was located a few days ago in West Virginia by Sheriff Bud Burnett, of Campbell county, who was ap pointed to fill out the unexpired term of his dead brother, and had gone to West Virginia to make the arrest when he met death as recorded. ! MURDERER WHITELY CAUGHT. Two Years Ago He Killed Policeman Moran, in Charlotte, N. C. Jacksonville, Fla., May 10.— Whitely, the negro who murdered so brutally Policeman Moran, in Char lotte, N. C., one night, over two years ago. was caught here this morning, and is now being held for North Caro lina officers. He has been in and around Jacksonville for some weeks, but was not located until last night. He protests his innocence, but it is not a case of mistaken identity. The South Carolina Episcopal Diocese. Atlanta, May 10. —A special to the Constitution from Columbia. S. C., says the 104th annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of South Carolina as sembled in Trinity church here today, Assistant Bishop Ellison Capers pre j siding. Seventy-seven delegates were present. The sermon was preached by the Rev. W. B. Williams, rector of the , church of Prince George, of Winyah. The Fifth Mississippi District. Meridian, Miss., May 10.—It is prob able that Hon. James H. Neville, dis triet attorney, will accede to the wishes of his friends to become a candidate for congress in the fifth Mississippi dis* j trict. ... _ BAPTISTS AT DALLAS The Convention City of the Lone Star Filled With Churchmen. SOUTHERN' BAPTIST CONVENTION ON. The Georgia Special Arrives Safely—The Excursionists Presented With Flow ers by the Ladies of Mobile While in Transit —Notes. Dallas, Tex., May 10. —The city is full of Baptists and the indications are that the Southern Baptist convention will be the largest in attendance for years, The citizens of the city are throwning wide open their doors and the churches of all denominations are aiding in extending to the visitors a royal welcome. Excursion trains are arriving from all parts of the south, and by tomorrow the bulk of the at tending delegates will have arrived. The Georgia Baptist Special. Atlanta, May U).—A last night's special to the Constitution from New Orleans, says: The Bapt'st special, consisting of eleven sleepers, which left Atlanta at 9:30 o’clock last night, reached here to day after a smooth and pleasant run via West Point, Montgomery and Mobile. Three hundred delegates and visitors to the Southern Baptist convention, among whom are many of the heavy weights, are passengers. At Mobile the Baptist leaders made a profuse effering of flowers compli mentary to the delegates. The details of this most delightful trip have been under the direction of Messrs. Bush, Wood and Allen. The train is due in Dallas tomorrow morning via the Texas Pacific. NEW COLORED BISHOPS. Williams of Kentucky and Cottrell, of Ten nessee, Elected at t lie General Conference. Memphis, Tenn., May 10.— After de votional exercises were held at the colot’ed Methodist Conference, the elec tion of two hi diops v, ere proeee led with. The secretary called the roll an ■ ;7;1 delegates answered. Fifty-six votes were declared necessary to elect. On the second ballot R. S. Williams, of Louisville, received 71 votes, and was declared a bishop. The roll was again called for the election of the second bishop, and E. Cottrell, *of Dyersbtirg, jTemfrrr 1 re ceived the necessary votes, and was declared elected. Both of the’ success ful candidates made appropriate speeches, and received an enthusiastic applause. Bishop Lane pronounced the bene diction and the conference adjourned. The greatest good nature prevailed during the election, and though much rivalry exhisted, the defeated candi dates gracefully accepted the inevita ble. The election of the two bishops was made unanimous. TREASURER ARCHER PARDONED The Defaulting Ex-State Treasurer of Maryland Finds Mercy Now. Baltimore, May".o.—Ex State Treas urer Stevenson Archer, has been par doned out of the state prison. He has been confined there since July, 1890, under a five-year sentence for robbing the state treasury of $133,000. Archer attempted to commit suicide at his home in Hartford county when his defalcation was. made public. His downfall was one of the most sensa tional occurrences in the history of the state. No man within the confines of Maryland was more popular nor trusted further. He had been a political leader for years and held many high offices, being chairman of the democratic state central committee when proven a de faulter. PRESENTED TO THE BISHOP. Gavel Made from Historic Pine Given to Bishop Galloway at the Conference. Memphis, Tenn., May 10.—Bishop Duncan opened the conference just as the clock in the belfry tolled 9. Dr. Brooks, of North Carolina, conducted the devotional exercises. Dr. Brooks then presented to Bishop Galloway a gavel made from a portion of the pine door sill over which the good ministers walked 109 years ago when they assembled in general con ference in the room in Dr. Greenhill’s house. The reports of standing committees were then called for and those pre sented were read. Routine business and discussions followed. Another Sensation in Tennessee. Chattanooga, May 10.—John Wil son, a well known fisherman, residing on the Chickamauga road, six miles from this city, has been missing since las: Wednesday, and Thursday morn ing a large pool of blood was found od the railroad tracks, also evidence of a terrible struggle in the mud near the tracks. The blood was traced to the bank of a creek. The supposition is that Wilson was murdered and the body thrown into the creek. The stream is being dragged. South Carolina Postmistress Married. Liberty, S. C., May 10.—Mrs. Jane Smith, postmistress at Liberty, was married to J. S. Smith, liveryman, yes yesterday. The ceremony was per formed by John T. Mcßryde, of Pen dleton, S. C. .s Memphis Exchanges Endorse the Exposition Memphis, Tenn., May 10. -Resolu tions have been adopted by the Mer chants Exehange and later by the cot ton exchange of Memphis endorsing the International and Cotton States Exposition. Fair, East to Sooth Winds. Washington, D. C., May 10. — Fore cast for Georgia generally fair; east to south winds. For Alabama -generally fair; south winds. HARRISON WILL DECLINE. The Situation of Affairs Now Point to De pew as the Republican Nominee. New York, My 10. —The presence of Gen. Harrison in New York has given rise to many rumors regarding his can didacy for a second presidential term, which have most of them arisen from the ex-president's positively declining to see any reporters. He, however, consented to see a representative this morning- and threw aside a little of the reticence which has characterized him since his stay in New York. Chairman William Brookfield, of the state com mittee. and Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, were among his visitors this morning. “Don’t expect anything from me at all,” he said, arising from his seat with a cordial smile, as the i-eporter entered the parlor. “Some of you newspaper gentlemen have been pleased to make a great deal of capital out of my visit here. But hitherto I have declined to see any of them.” “General,” said the reporter, “I would very much like to have some ex pression of opinion from you as to your willingness or unwillingness to accept a renomination.” “I haven’t any opinion to express,” answered General Harrison. “I am simply a private citizen of these United States in New York on business, and with no other obj act than to get that business transacted.” From a further conversation it was understood, not in so many words, but in the spirit of what he said, that he would not be a candidate. It is safe to say that Depew will be the next re publican nr>—l-e fo- rn’rxshlent. coxl. ZZ7J777l^r\ng. The Commonweal Leader Aappears at Last Before the committee on Labor. Washington, May 10. “General” Coxey has at last appeared before the house committee on labor. Coxey presented a petition from the commonweal army that he and Carl. Browne be permitted to address the committee in behalf of the Coxey bills for the construction of good roads, and for the issue of non interest bearing bonds. Coxey supplemented the reading of the petition with a brief statement, and then answered the questions put to him by members of the committee. He asserted that the commomvealers had tramped to Washington, and now they wanted a committee appointed to hear them on the good roads bill and the non-interest bearing bonds bill. There are billions of dollars worth of improvements throughout the country, to be made, he said, if there are mil lions of men to make them. There is but one thing standing in the way, and that Is money. Ninety-nine per cent, of the people, he asserted,' ought to have the same privileges that have been granted to one per cent, of the people for years, viz: the national banking class. He asked the same privileges for tlie people he represented, and asserted that the passage of the two bills above referred to w r ould solve the industrial depression, and put all men to work. THE WOMAN’S CONVENTION. A Great Gathering at the Continental He tel, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa., May 10.— Upon the foundation laid by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha C. Wright, Jane Hunt, Elizabeth and Mary McClintock, the representatives of over 700.000 women, single-minded in their endeavor to promote the inter est and welfare of their sex, are gath ered at the Continental hotel in at tendance upon the second day’s session of the executive committee of the Na tional council of Women of the United States. The session began promptly at 10 a. m., and two hours were spent in the consideration of the report of the com mittee appointed to consider Mrs, Rus sell’s report on dress reform, much of which was rejected as being inadvisa ble and superfluous. The report of the committee, after expressing deep ap preciation of the services of Mrs. Rus sell’s standing committee, added: “But in view of the necessity of continuing this w r ork on lines best calculated to rouse public opinion, your committee suggest that the standing committee should strive to raise the mediiun al ready provided in great city dailies and popular magazines rather than attempt to found a special publication which would practically confine their efforts to a limited circle of persons already interested.” THE DUVAL CLUB MAY LOSE. The Prize Fighting: Matter Before the Su preme Court and Citations Served. Jacksonville. Fla., May 10.—The victory won by the Duval Athletic club by Judge Call's decision in granting an injunction to restrain the sheriff from interfering with the fight between Cor bett and Mitchell has been claimed as settling the fact that there is no law in Florida to prevent prize fighting. This has been accepted as final unless the legislature passed a law* prohibit ing such fights in future, but everyone appears to have forgotten that the case was appealed to the supreme court by A. G. Hartridge, the state's attorney, in behalf of N. B. Howard, sheriff. The members of the club, however, have been reminded of the fact by no lesser personage than the Sheriff Pearce, of the Supreme court, who ar rived in the city today and served each member of the club to be found in Jacksonville, with a citation to appear before the Supreme court on the second Tuesday in June. The cita tions are J. E. Bowden, Harry Mason, Jos. H. Vendig, Louis C. Sihler, B. F.' Blake, C. E. Smith and Charles W. Richardson, doing business as the Du val Athletic Club. The citations are signed by C. P. Raney, chief justice of the supreme court of Florida. Burned the Post office and Contents. Jacksonvtle, Fla., May 10.— At Ar redendo, Fja.. yesterday fire destroyed the store, with contents, of Messrs. Ramsey, Howard, Beville and Sher wood. Loss $5.000; no insurance. The postoffice was in Beville's store and all mail matter, stamps, etc., were de stroyed. __ TROOPS ORDER ARMS Alabama Excited Over Late Devel opments Among the Strikers. ARMED MISERS PLOTTING AN ATTACK. Nothing of a Serious Nature Yet, Though it is Presumed to Be the Calm Before the Storm—Sensation in Sol dier Circles of the State. Birmingham, Ala., May 10.—Troops of Birmingham, AYoodlawn and Besse mer have been ordered under arms. Liet. J, D. Erwin, of the Alabama state troops, arrived from Montgomery late last night and is now in consultation with Col. L. Clark and Sheriff Morrow at the courthouse. The occasion of the consultation and placing of troops under arms was the report that a body of armed miners were to attack slope No. 6of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company near Pratt city, six miles from Birmingham. At this early hour nothing has developed, though it is feared to he the calm be fore the storm. CASHIER GOES TO THE PEN. Isaac 11. Fost, of Salisbury, N. C., Begins His Seven Year Sentence. Atlanta, Ga., May 10. —The Raleigh, N. C., special to the Constitution says that Isaac IT. Fost, ex-bank cashier, has arrived at the penitentiary from Salisbury, to serve seven years. He will he sent to the state farm on Roan oake river. Fost was convicted a month ago, hut he appealed to the su preme court, which affirmed the judg ment of the lower court. The grand lodge of Odd Fellows is in session at Goldsboro. \V. C. Douglas, of Carthage, was elected grand master. The grand lodge spent the rest of the day at the Odd Fellows’ orphanage and was given a barbecue dinner there. Joseph Arendoff, a well-known and popular traveling man, was found dead in bed at Cameron. He had told many persons of his fear of sudden death. The North Carolina and Virginia Christian conference has decided to meet next year at Burlington. N. C., and made plans for the celebration next August of the church centennial. among Alabama Candidates. Col. 3lartin for Congress in the Ninth, and Col. Foster in the Sixth Districts. Atlanta, Ga., May 10,—The Brock ton, Ala., Courier, says a Montgomery special to the Constitution, is author ity for the statement that Colonel John M. Martin, of the Birmingham bar, is a candidate for the democratic nomina tion for congress from the ninth Ala bama district. It is stated the colonel is in favor of the Cleveland-Sherman financial policy, and will, therefore run as an administration candidate. A Candidate in the Sixth. Colonel Henry B. Foster, of Tuska loosa, one of the brightest young law yers in Alabama, is a candidate for the democratic nomination for congress in his, the Sixth Alabama, district. Col. Foster has several times represented his county in the state legislature, and is at present mayor of Tuskaloosa. He is lieutenant colonel of the Second regi ment of the Alabama state troops. HERRINGTON FOR CONGRESS. The Son of Emanuel Will Make the Race In the First Georgia District. Atlanta, Ga., May 10.— The corres pondent of the Constitution at Swains boro, telegraps that paper that it is very probable that Hon. Alf Herring ton, of Emanuel county, will make the race for congress. He is being urged by his friends to do so, and while he has not decided what course he will pursue, it is not unlikely that he will make the race. The democrats of Emanuel county will act in primary on June 14th, on which day the county will elect dele gates to the gubernatorial convention. The most significant feature of the action of the executive committee was the emphasis of their endorsement of the national democratic platform and the expression of discontent at the de lay in carrying out the mandate of the party as expressed in the national plat form. RELIC OF THE ’BB ENDEMIC. Annual Meeting of the Jacksonville, Fla., Auxiliary Sanitary Association. Atlanta, May 10. —A special to the Constitution from Jacksonville, Fla., says that at the annual meeting of the Auxiliary Sanitary association the treasurer reported $26,565.32 in the treasury, drawing interest at 4 percent. Nearly $2,000 was contributed to the relief fund of Brunswick, Ga., and other places during the past year. Nearly half a million dollars was ac cepted from a charitable public during the prevalence of the yellow fever here six years ago. This association is a relic of the epidemic of 1888. Judgment for Half Million Entered. Rusk, Tex., May 10.—In the case of J. A. Mahoney et. al. of New York vs. the Birmingham Iron and Land com pany and New Birmingham Iron and Improvement company, judgment by default was entered for $586,845, be sides cost of court in New York. The companies own 20,000 acres of iron and timber lands, an iron furnace and a fine hotel, as well as hundreds of town lots in New Birmingham. The Revising Committee Adjourn Sine Die. Baton Rouge, La., May 10.—The commission to revise the state consti tution, signed its final report to the general assembly and adjourned sine die. The report will be made to the legislature about next Wednesday. The Largest Cotton Sale of the Season. Albany, Ga., May 10.—Major F. F. Putney, of Hardaway, sold TSO bales of cotton to Parker & Cos., buyers of this city, yesterday, the price paid being 5.45 cents per pound. Tha sale was one of the largest of the sear^tn. OFFICIAL ORGAN. NO 19 OFFICERS OF THE GEORGIA. Meeting of the Stockholders of the G. R. R. & B. Cos., in Augusta. Atlanta, Ga., May 10. —The fifty third annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Georgia Railroad and Bank ing company, was held in Augusta yes terday. The Constitution correspond ent says there were 5,952 shares of stock represented in person at the meeting and 19,673 shares by proxy. President Charles 11. Phinizy re ported the company's property m a fine condition and called attention to the prompt payment of the $600,000 an nual rental which had been made. He submitted the complete figures show the condition of the company’s busi ness, which is very satisfactory. The old officers were all re-elected as follows: President, Charles H. Phinizy; directors, William M. Reese, of Wash ington; Joel A Billups, of Madison; Henry D. McDaniel, of Monroe; Ham ilton 11. Hickman, of Augusta; Nathan L. Hutchins, of Lawrenceville; Abner W. Calhoun, of Atlanta; Thomas W. Coskory. of Augusta; Leonard Phinizy, of Augusta; William E. McCoy, of Au gusta; James White, of Athens; Robert D. Spalding, of Atlanta: Jacob Phinizy, of Augusta; George Dudley Thomas, of Athens; William A. Latimer, of Au gusta; George A. Speer, of LaGrange. FELL IN THE CONVENTION. The Secretary lias a Fit and Falls From His Chair. Atlanta, May 10. —Special from Chattanooga to the Constitution says the supreme lodge of the Car Inspec tors’ Protective Order of North Amer ica is still in session. Avery busy day was passed in making radical changes in the constitution and by-laws. The Railway Employes’ Gazette, published in New York City, was made the official organ of the order. Considerable con sternation was created this morning when Supreme Secretary Henry Schil obohn, of Chicago, fell suddenly from his chair and lay as one dead. He re vived on being carried to his hotel and given medical attention. His ailment was declared to he heart failure, but he will recover. The lodge will not finish its sessions before Friday, when the delegates will visit Atlanta en masse. NOT GOOD IN SAVANNAH. Two Counterfeiters Arrested for Passing Their Spurious Coins. Savannah, Ga., May 10.—Two white men, giving their names as J. Frank Mason and John Morgan, were arrested near Savannah yesterday,charged with counterfeiting. The information against the men was given by George Johnson, a negro detective, who had ! travelled with them for the last three days. Johnson delivered over twenty -1 one silver dollars, which he hadbeen'sent here to pass. He said the men had several hundred dollars more of the stuff. They came up from Florida, where they claimed to have been working- upon the East Coast road. No counterfeit money was found upon the men. but they are thought to have hidden their stock of counterfeit dollars in the woods. The men were sent to jail to await exami nation. THE PRISONER A BENEDICT. Released From Jail on Bond, and Married Immediately. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 10.— Charles Oscar Keller, the Chattanooga Brewing company embezzler, who has been incarcerated in the county jail for the last year, gave bond and was im mediately married to Miss Zeraldo Webb, of this city. Three years ago he was the auditor of the brewerv com pany and skipped with $2,800 in cash. He was traced to Florida and was finally captured in Sacramento, Cal., was brought back to this city and sen tenced to the penitentiary for seven years. Keller appealed the case and gave a $3,000 boncL Dr. V. Gibbs savs he is a grand rascal, has been a Rus sian spy and a detective. He claims he owns $40,000 worth of stock, but it is denied by the company. Southern Railway Men In Convention. New York, May 10.—The executive committee of the Southern Railway and Steamship association, consisting of a representative of each road belong ing to the association, are in session at the Waldorf, Vice President J. C. Winder, of the Seaboard Air Line pre siding. After roll call yesterday, and a preliminary discussion on the agree ment of tariff and transportation, a subcommittee of twelve leading repre sentatives was appointed to revise the agreement. Latest Advices from Bluefields. New Orleans, May 10.— The latest news from Bluefields was yesterday brought on the Morgan steamer Clin ton, Captain Wertsch. While there were no new features of special im portance, the officers stated that the American minister, Baker, and Consul Braida’s reports had been completed, but they were still in Bluefields when the Clinton Jeft, Resignation of An Arkansas Judge. Little Rock, Ark., May 10.—Justice W. W. Mansfield has resigned his posi tion in the supreme bench of Arkansas, and Judge James E. Reddick, of Greece county, was yesterday appointed to succeed him by the governor. His ad vancing years and bad health are the causes assigned by friends for the res ignation of Justice Mansfield. Amount of the Treasury Deficiency. Austin, Tex., May 10.—State Treas urer Wortham, speaking of the empty state treasury, says the deficiency will reach $300,000 before the end of the year. As to the interest on the bonded debt of $3,900,000, which will be due in July and January next, he said he would try and arraLge to meet it, and he believed he would. Sns Seaboard Air Line Employee*. Portsmouth, Va., May 10.—At the Seaboard Air-line’s extensive shops at this place will he on May 19th a gen eral suspension of work and all em ployes save those absolutely necessary to keep rolling stock in order will be suspended until business improves. The suspension was entirely unexpec* ted.