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VOL XXII
CO UNIT DIRECTORY.
Ordinary—J. F. Carmichael.
Sheriff —J. 0. Beauchamp,
Deputy —J. W. Crawford.
Surveyor —B. J. Jinks.
Treasurer —T. L. Williams.
Tax Collector—T. J. Cole.
Tax Receiver —C. R. Carter.
'Coroner —Simon Hardy.
vClerk Superior Court—Joe Jolly ;
ocrart 3rd Mondays in February
and August.
Commissioners—6ls G, M.
J. L, Barkley, 11. G. Asbury, T. O,
Woodward ; 613 G. M., J, AI. Ball,
J, E. Hale, J. W. Fletcher; t>o9 G.
M., J. W. Minter, J. L, Py e ,- S. K.
Smith; 614 G. Al., J. W, Holoway,
J. 11. Cole, J. Van Wright; 552 G.
M. D. B, Moore, R. Al, Harper, F.
AI. Aiaddox; 612 G. M., W. O.
Crawley, Cornelius McCiuare, T.
11. Nolan; 610 G, M., TANARUS, P. Bell,
R. M. Fletcher, J. G. Coldwell; 616
(J. Al., J. H. Aiaddox, J. J. Wilson,
J. C. Barnes.
Board of Education-*W. AI. Mal
let, A. G. Hitchens, J. T. Goodman,
D. N. AI. AlcMichael.
E. E. Pound C, S. C. Office in
<oourt house.
Jury Commissioners---!!. N. By
:ara, T. L. Williams, W. B. Dozier,
jB. J. Ball, T. P, Ball, AlexAtkin
•on.
Justices Court- 615 Dist., R. A,
Woodward, J, P.; J. G, Kimbell.
:N. P.
613 Dist.. 11. L. Brown, j, P.; H.
•C. Thaxton, N. P,
600 Dist., W. A. Waldrup, J. P.;
iSteye Moo e, N. P.
552 Dist. lames Jolly, J. P.; J,
M. Alaudox N. P.
612 Dist., Howard Ham, J. P.; F.
!L. Curry, N. P.
610 Dist., T. J. Collins, J. P.; T.
.T.jBeU,N. P.
* 614* Dist., O. B. Knowles, J, P,;
J. L. Barnet, N. P.
614 Dist., A. H. Ogletree, J. P.;
W, F. Douglas, N. P.
city directory.
Alayor E. E. Pound.
Conncilmen—T. J. Lane, J. W. Car
uuiohael, B. P. Bailey, TANARUS, Al. Furlow.
CIIUUCUES.
Methodist—Rev. T. AT. Bell, pastor.
Services every Sunday at 11 a.in., 7
,D.m, Prayer meeting every Wednes
day night.
Baptist -Rev. G. AT. Gardner, pas-
Uor. Services every Sunday at 11 a.
in. and 7 p.m. Prayer meeting every
Tliuosday night.
I’refclvyturiau—Rev. Mr. Pharr, pas
tor. Services every 3rd Sunday at
11 a.m. and 7 p.m., and every Ist
Sunday at 7 p.m.
SECtEiET SOCIETIES.
F. & A. M.—(Chapter meets 2nd and
4tb Monday nights. Blue Lodge, Ist
and 3rd Monday nights.
ltedmeu— 2nd and 4tli Tuesday
nights in each month.
PHOI’ESSIOKAI. CARDS.
W W.And erson. Frank Z. Curry.
ANDERSON Sc CURRY,
•*
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
loans on real estate. Office
stairs over the Yellow store, Jackson,
Georgia.
M. M. MILLS,
ATTORN *V AT LAW.
Office in court house, Jackson, Georgia.
MA/.MKIBBEN,
Attorney at Law,
JACKSON, GEORGIA.
Dr.O.H. Cantrell.
DENTIST,
JACKSON, GEORGIA
> CLEVELAND HOUSE.
JACKSON, - - - - OA.
The onlv brick Hotel between Atlan*
j Board 12.00 per day.
Miss Jennie Wallace Pi op.
dec!4-12m
DEMPSEY HOUSE.
UHJTHEAST CORNER PUBLIC
SQUARE, JACKSON, GA.
Strictly first-class in all respects.
Give it a trial when you come to J act
ion Terms moderate. Satisfaction
decl4-3m
STOP AT THE
Morrison House.
everything new
NDFIRST - CLA SS.
fswrenisntly Located.
Free Sack to Depot,
0. R. Grosham, Proprietor
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FANNED Irt'illßHMl
ATwiy of the Forest Settlements of
ftie Northwest Yet in Danger.
UNTOLD STORY OF MISERY AND WANT
• f the Strong Winds Continue Fire Will
Break Out Again in all of the iturnt
Dtsi rieta—Timely. Precautions
Taken on Every .Side.
Aitkf.n, Minn., September P.—Fires
ace around three sides of this town and
the tire department is hard at work.
f,ne boy is reported burned to
death from the township of Nordland.
There is not one foot of unburned land
from Aitken to AliHe Luc lake, a dis
tanee of 20 miles, while the extent of
the burned distance north and south
tin ough the j)ine woods is unknown,
hut settlers for r>o miles reported fire
beyond them and burning' fiercely.
A special from Chippewa Falls, Wis
consin says l isher Meadow, near Es
tella, a small settlement, was wiped
out yesterday. The fire is said to be
burning towards Murray where danger
is apprehended.
Around the Forest Settlements.
Information from Portwing is that
nearly one third of that place has been
destroyed by the fires and the lire is ad
vancing on the other side. The place
is not yet out of danger.
Iron River, a thriving town, midway
between Ashland and Duluth, on
the Northern Pacifie, has anticipated
the march of the fire and sent out a
small regiment of firemen to cut off the
flames by building back fires.
Cleavedau is the object of anxiety
today. The Duluth South Shore and
Atlantic railroad has a force of -men
laying new track where the long tres
tle was burned last Saturday near
Marengo. 'The foreman of the crew
was called upon for assistance yester
day and took an engine a few miles
down the line to Shiloh, where he
rescued some section men who became
surrounded by flames. It is not known
how Shiloh has fared since.
Ashland in Danger.
Fire Chief Scott, of the Ashland fire
department, has been out all day su
pervising Ihe work of providing better
protection against the advancement of
the fires upon Ashland. A brisk wind
last night caused considerable excite
ment and apprehension from fii’es. The
path of the fires has thoroughly de
stroyed vegetation. Fires can be seen
blazing from Asland very plainly.
If the strong winds of continue
tomorrow, fires will break out again in
all of the burnt districts. Once burn
ing over does not seem to prove effec
tive in stopping fires.
BIRMINGHAM TO THE FRONT.
Representatives of Her Commercial Inter
ests Meet and Look to Her Future,
Bir,vingiia.m; September 6.—Some
twenty or more representatives and
managing officials of the various rail
roads entering Birmingham, Met the
commercial club of this city in confer
ence yesterday afternoon. Many mat
ters relating to the future growth of
this city were discussed. It was shown
that the tonnage furnished the rail
wads at Birmingham was largely in
excess of the entire cotton crop of the
south. The conference was called by
the Commercial club, preparatory to an
active campaign by the club to bring
about a speedier development of the
industrial and commercial interest of
Birmingham.
PROMINENT CAROLINIAN DEAD.
Hon. JL C. Preseley, Distinguished a*s a
Jurist, Passes Away.
Charleston, S. C., September 6.
Hon. B. C. Pressley, ex-judge of the
court of general sessions, first circuit,
died tut his residence in Summerville
yesterday, aged SO years. Judge Pross
ley was assistant L nited States treas
urer before the war, and at the close of
the war was immediately reappointed
without his solicitation, lie was the
author of "PressleyL law of magis
trates,” a well known :t* xt book in the
(courts of this state.
murdered by burgurs.
Bl.ieemn Sfceelian, of Cleveland, Wwikjs in
Upon Desperate Men.
Ci.KVET.AND, O. September tf. —Police
Sergeant Nicholas Sheehan was mur
dered yesterday morning at daylight
bv two burglars whom the officer was
pursuing. The burglars opened lire on
tbe sergeant and be fell to the
sidewalk, dead, with a bullet in his
breast. The murderers are still at
and the police have as yet no clue
to their idenity. Later it was found that
the burglars had made an unsuccessful
attempt to blow open ihe safe in the
office of the Ohio Provision Company.
Mill* t Now Bedford to Resume.
New Bedford, Mass.. September 6.
A break occurred in the ranks of the
textile manufacturers on yesterday
afternoon, which will probably result
in tbe resumption of work in all the
mills here next week.
lr. Jackson Will Recover.
Vti. ‘ nta. September G. —Dr. Jackson,
who was thought to have been mortally
wounded by a burglar Tuesday night,
is much improved today and will re
cover. He was up a few minutes this
morning.
Fair Weather Continues.
\V asiiington v September 6. —Forecast:
For Georgia, generally fair, easterly
southerly winds. For Alabama, fair in
northern portion, northeast winds.
For Tennessee, fair, east to southwest
winds. 1
Fatality of the Forest Fires.
Pine City. Minn- September 6.—A
careful estimate of the number of lives
lost at Hinkley places the total at
and the total in the burned district at
&J 5. -
Prominent Texan Assassinated.
Henrietta. Tex., September G.-J
W Witt, superintendent of'the public
schools at Decatn was assassinated at
That place last night bj S. Simmons.
'JACKSON, GA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1894.
TRAGEDY IN JACKSONVILLE.
A Young Man Murd.r* Hi* Child Wife
Without Provocation.
Jacksonville. September <.- -W. F.
Hayes, a young white man. ‘2O years of
age. a fisherman by occupation, mur
dered his sixteen-year old wife and dan
gerously wouadetl his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Susan Nasin, last night in East
Jacksonville. Haves wife had left him
on account of cruelty several months
ago and had gone to live with her
another, Mrs. Nasin. Last night Haves
appeared at the house and was admit
ted. Without provocation he began
shooting, first wounding Mrs. Nasin,
twice in the head and once in the side.
•His wife ran behind the bed and
he followed her shooting her through
the back. The ball parsed
through her heart. out of .her
left breast and through her left hand.
Ilayes then calmly re-loaded his pistol
and walked out. This is the statement
of Mrs. Nasin. A watchman who rooms
at the house, discovered the dead body
and wounded pair this morning
at 5 o’clock.
Ilayes, the husband of the murdered
woman, was captured late yesterday af
ternoon in the outskirts of the city,
ile denied doing the shooting and said
Jteeouhl prove an alibi. Ilayes was
carried before his mother-in-law, who
is rapidly sinking, and she identified
him as the man who did the shooting.
REPAIRING THE WHITE HOUSE.
The Old Unlldbig to be Rej-.aijrted, Re
modelled and Thoroughly Renovated.
Washington, September <>. — A small
pasteboard sigu at the main entrance of
the White I lease announces that the
building is closed for repairs. Yester
day a large force of workmen began
making general repairs to the building,
and will probably be engaged in that
work until the middle of next month,
the date fixed for the president's return
to ashington. 'I he old flagstone side
walk flanking the semi-circular drive
way is being torn up, preparatory to
flic substitution of a granolithic pave
ment, similar to that on the avenue
front. The old building is to be entire
ly repainted inside and out, and the
furniture and decorations will receive a
thorough renovation and cleaning. The
public will be excluded from the build
ing until the repairs are completed.
WESTERN MEW YORK ON FIRE.
Forest Flames Laying- Farms Waste in
Chautauqua and Erie Counties.
Buffalo, X. Y. September (>. —Forest
fires are raging in western N. Y. In
Chautauqua county the flames are
sweeping through meadows, woods
and farms. Pickets are posted but the
velocity of the fire is such that the fam
il’“ - have barely time to escape before
their property is enveloped in flames.
Near Falconer the farmers have or
ganized a bucket brigade, but notwith
standing this several farms have been
laid wate. In Erie county, near Win
dom, a threatening - forest fire is raging.
It has spread with frightful rapidity,
ami farmers have turned out in a body
to plow the surrounding land to check
the progress of the flames. The air
yesterday was,extremely hot and sultry
with no sign of rain.
SPEAKING NIGHT AND DAY.
Colonel Breckinridge Fighting Hard For
His Nomination.
Lexington, Ky., .September 6. — The
primaries, which will decide the result
in the Ashland district, wi.ll be held
Saturday, September 15. For the clos
ing two weeks Colonel Breckinridge
has rallied his supporters, and his cam
paign committee announce meetings
day and night for every remaining date
all over the district. Colonel Breckin
ridge is speaking day and night. The
Owens and Settle campaign committees
also announce lists of speakers, among
them being many prominent citizens.
The senators, congressmen and others
are trying to keep out of the fight.
With a half dozen meetings daily, some
days more, the district is well stirred
up-
MORTON FOR SENATOR.
The Secretary of Agriculture Said to lie
After .11 r. Manderson’s Place.
Washington, September 0. —The re
port, is current now in Washington that
Secretary Mortan will enter the sena
torial race in Neba.ska, and he believes
that the state can be won to the demo
crats on “Mi*. Cleveland’s administra
tion." The secretary of the treasury
has already begun a quiet canvass.
Senator Manderson on the other hand
is already taking an aggressive part in
the (Campaign, while Senator Allen is
home lighting for the nomination of
Congressman Bryan.
KASYLE GRUELTiES TO JEWS.
Horrible State of Things Around the City
of Morocco—Tile Town Besieged.
Tangier, Morocco. September 6. —
The Kabyles are perpetrating horrible
outrages upon the Jews at Denmat.
Kalha. Sadirabil, Tanai. Tanilat. and
other places. The shops, houses and
synagogues are being looted, men are
being tortured and killed, and the wo
men and children ill-treated and sold
into slavery. The city is besieged and
it is feared that the garrison will not
hold much longer.
HEAVY DOWNPOUR !N CHICAGO
Down-Town Fa-oment Restaurant Bsid
ii.-ss I’analyzed by ihe Overflow,
Chicago. September G.—The long
wished-for rain.eitoie yesterday. Every
street flowed like a river. The sewers
became overcharged and basements suf
fered. In the down-town district the
basement restaurant an l saloon busi
ness was paralyzed, and scores of whole
sale houses whose stocks were stored
b< low the surface sustained heavy
losses.
Accidentally Hilled Her Brother.
Acme. Fla..<September <>.—Last night
Miss Ella Durante shot her brother
Willie in the breast , inflicting a mortal
wound. John Ti'llis, Miss Ella’s lover,
was at the Durance home and the
young lady was playing with his pistol
when it was accidentally discharged,
tbe bniiet striking her brother as men*
Lioucd above.
NEW PHASE IS GIVEN
Mrs. Glascock’s Own Story of the
Liaison With Senator Stewart.
THE LETTER SPRINGS A SENSATION.
The Whole Mutter Relieved in Washington
to be a Black mailing Scheme—The
Woman a Remarkably Attrac
tive North Carolinian.
Washington, September <5. —A sensa
tion has been sprung by anew phase
given the Glascock divorce case, iu
which Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is
named as corespondent. Mrs. Carrie
Brady Glascock, the defendant in the
suit, writes a long card in an afternoon
paper iu which she charges that the
.senator first took advantage of her
YvhW' in a stupor, induced by a drug
administered by him in his office while
site was on one of her visits in reference
to the government position that he had
promised to secure her. He had pre
viously loaned her money, she claims,
and in consequence had a hold upon her
to that extent that upon his protesta
tions of love and devotion, she had per
periui feted the matter to pass without
exposure, and upon her subsequent
visits permitted herself gradually to be
come the willing subject of his every
desire and wish- Friendship ripened
into love and at the time the husband is
alleged to have caught the two in a
compromising position in the senator’s
office, she would have willingly sacri
ficed anything, home .and friends, for
her lover.
\f ra. Glascock is an extremely hand
some woman. Jler face bears marks of
early culture and refinement, but her
home shows at this time every evidence
of poverty. Bhe is a southern woman
and lived until three years ago in North
Carolina, her native state, when her
husband fayk a position in the Rich
mond and Ljnville offices in this city.
of the Liaison.
In the card referred to she claims
that .several moidi’.s ago, when the al
leged liaison bega*, her husband was
sick: she was in need ol funds, and was
told by a friend to efcif upon Senator
Stewart and he a position
in ssme department for [yyr. She did
so; was greeted cordially; -promised the
desired appointment, and presented
with a t">fJ bill with i lie request f. s hat she
call'again on a certain date. did
as requested and was greeted with /Ite
same cordiality. The position had n’v.t
been procured, but would be. Money
was again offered and she was invited
to' a sofa. She felt honored. ‘die
was suffering with some f-eebio com
plaint. The senator himself adminis
tered a drug. She. then and .there,
took khe first steps in the scandalous
life that continued with marked regu
larity .until her husband, becoming ap
prised of the facts, instituted a suit for
divorce, in the latter months money
was advanced her freely, and the idea
of a government position was aban
doned. The (senator, at all times, she
alleged, professed to her his ardent de
votion, and as Pollard, of the famous
-Breckinridge scvmdal, she, too, was
happjr in his estee'm.
As It is Regarded in Washington.
The story is told with remarkable
precision, and is, save the drugging fea
ture, the same as that told when the
case first entered the courts. However,
but little credence is given to her side
of it, and it is believed in the social and
political circles of Washington that the
senator's characterization of the whole
thing as a blackmailing scheme, is
essentially correct.
It is not known where Cllascock, the
husband of the defendant is, but is be
lieved to be in the city. His wife claims
that she has no knowledge of his
whereabouts.
STRIKE LEADERS IN COURT.
Trial of the Celebrated (Contempt Cases
On— Array of legal MJ-nfit.
Chicago, September G. —The contempt
cases against Eugene V. Debs, George
W. Howard, Sylvester Kellilier, L. W.
Rogers, James Hogan, W. E. Burns,
Leroy M. Goodwin, W. J. Elliott and J.
F. MeVeah, directors of the American
railway union, came up in the United
States circuit court yesterday before
Judge Wood.
Over 100 witnesses have been subpoe
naed by the government, and the array
of legal talent on both sides is a bril
liant one. Ex-district Attorney Mil
christ and Edwin F. Walker will lead
the prosecution, while W. W. Erwin
and S. S. Gregory appear for the de
fendants.
Gregory moved for a trial by jury,
but Judge M ood denied it on the ground
that this was not a criminal probeeding.
The examination of witness then began
and continues today.
RENOMINATE GOVERNOR WAITE
The Populists of Colorado Name Mi™ as
His Own Successor by Acclamation.
Pueblo, Col., September 6.—The state
populist convention of Colorado recon
vened yesterday to hear the report of
the committee on credentials. It re
ported in favor of seating the Waite
delegation from Ara pahoe county*. The
anti-Waite people tried to precipitate a
riot but were compelled to restore or
der. The temporary organization was
made permanent and Governor Waite
was renominated by acclamation. Pan
demonium then broke loose in the hall.
Miss Winnie Not a Republican.
Richmond, Va., September 6.—The
Dispatch says editorially this morning:
* There is a newspaper story afloat that.
Miss Winnie Davis, being in favor of <
woman suffrage, has said that she j
would vote the republican ticket if she ,
had the right to do so. We have it- i
from the best autliority that this state
ment is false in all of its particulars.
Nominated, to Opposa W. I— Wilson.
W heeling, W. Va., September 6.—*
Alston Gordon Dayton, of Barbour*
county, was nominated for congress by
the second district republicans yester
day to run against Hon. W. L. Wilson,
chairman of the ways and means com**
uiittee. _ j
THE HOPES OF THE POPULISTS.
Claimed That Great Results Will Follow
Senator Jones’ Move in the West.
Washington. September o.—Popu
lists here are claiming that great re
sults will follow in the western states
from Senator Jones’ defection from the
republican party. They claim that
Idaho will go for the populists, but
Senator Dubois, who left for the west
last night, denies this, and also asserts
that neither himself nor any other
western senator will follow Mr. Jones'
example. The states which will elect
senators this fall, and which, it is
claimed, will be more or less affected
by the action of Senator Jones, are
Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. It
is within the range of possibilities that
all of the states may have legislatures
controlled by populists, and instead of
sending back republican senators will
elect populists. Colorado has already
been carried by the populists. The
members of the house of representa
tives belong to that party. The popu
lists claim that with the election of
Tillman from South Carolina, and such
accessions to their ranks as seem to
them now absolutely certain, they will
hold the balance of power in the senate
in the future.
TOO CLOSE A RESEMBLANCE.
Arrest of the Company's Officials YVho
Printed the Mississippi Warrants.
Washington, September 0. —Chief
Hazen, of the treasury secret service,
received a telegram yesterday announc
ing the arrest in St. Louis, Mo., yester
day morning of Secretary Smith of the
St. Louis Bank Note Company. This
company, it will be recalled, printed
and engraved the §5 and $2 warrants of
the state of Mississippi, which bore a
similarity of the United States money.
The president of the company will be
arrested when he returns to St. Louis
and agent Holmes of the company, who
is in the charge of the Chicago branch,
will also be looked after. In the mean
time the LJnited'States district attorney
at Jackson, Miss., is preparing a case
against the state officials of Mississippi,
Governor Stone and others, in the same
case. The Mississippi officials refuse
to call in the warrants, but the fact
that they have been declared illegal by
general government has, it is is said,
had the effect of destroying public con
fidence in them as money and the banks
refuse longer to take them.
LOUISIANA PLANTERS MEET.
Will Support Only Candidates Pledged to
tlie Protection of Sugar and Rice.
Franklin, La., September (i. —ln re
sponse to an invitation issued by J. W.
White,'district secretary of the national
protective league, a large gathering of
planters assembled in conference here
yesterday to take action upon tlie tariff
situation pnd as a result expressed
strong protective declarations and an
nounced a. determination to put a pro
tective candidate ip the field in the
third congressional district. The pre
ambles and resolutions declare that the
democratic party in congress having
seen fit to deal almost a death blow to
the great sugar and rice industries of
this state and having declared it to be
the policy of the democratic party to
place sugar on tfie free list, \ve cannot
injustice kv ourselves, vot? for any
candidate feo represent us in congress
who is not pledged to the protection of
sugar, rice, lumber, suit and all other
great American industries.
MANY CHIEFS MUST GO,
Secretary lOa.t.UlsS Takes Out and Puts In,
fca b*>c Treasury Service.
WAsaraum September. 6.—Secre
retary Carlilse (has called for the resig
nations of Peter#. Garret§on, of New
Jersey, James P. tkowe, of Massachu
settes and Frank Mil liken, of Maine,
all chiefs of divisitwa iw the architect’s
office, treasury department. Messrs
Leaver, Harrington, Latham and
Beatty, also chiefs of divisions in the
treasury department, who resigned by
request some months agG -but have
been continued, were today
that their services would be no longer
required after Octolter Ist next. ilhe
places of.this last batch of chiefs,of
division m Hie comptroller’s office, ap
pointed by Secretary Carlilse who have
been legislated out of office by the pro
visions of tifae treasury reorganization
bill, which takes effect October 1.
HE PROVES HIS CONVERSION.
Texas Saloon Keeper Professes Religion
and Pours His Liquor Out.
Market, Tex., September 6.—A great
revival under the auspices of the Meth
odist church has been going on here.
Among the converts was J. W. Brooks,
a saloon keeper. TV;> prove that he was
sincere in his profession, Brooks took
his entirr stock of liquors tout into the
public square, poured the liquors out
ane set fire to the boxes and barrels.
He also consigned all his licenses to the
flames. A crowd of five hundred wit
nessed the performance, which was
conducted with impressive religious ex
ercises and singing. The stock of goods
was valued at .*I.OOO.
THE PUZZLE AT JACKSONVILLE.
The Commander Coniirms tlie T'eport of
the Chase by the Haytiau Man-of-War.
Jacksonville, September 6.—The
steam yacht. Puzzle, owned and com
manded by Dr. J. F. W. Chittenden,
which had been cruising in Haytain
waters, has arrived at this port. Dr.
Chittenden confirms the press reports
that the yacht was,chased by a Haytian
man-of-war as the Haytian authorities
believed that the yacht had arms
aboard for the insurgents. The yacht
will remain here for some weeks under
going repairs.
Cotton Tak an Advance.
New t York. Septamber G. —The Sun’s
cotton review says: Cotton advanced
8 to 10 points and closed firm with Sep
tember the strongest month. New
Orleans advanced Bto 8 points. Spot
cotton here l-16c higher. *
Six of the Canobus’ Crew Drowned.
London, September o. — The British
bark, Cambus, Capt. Leggart, from
Glasgow, May 5, for Brisbane, has been
wrecked off Stradbroke IslanfL Six of
her crew drowned. -
COLOSSAL IN RICHES
The Rothchilds and Vanderbilts
Behind the Great Southern.
EXTENSION OF VANDERBILT’S SYSTEM
The Capital Behind the Reorganization
Aggregates the Largest Amount of
Money Ever Enlisted In an
American Enterprise.
Richmond, Va., Septemper 6. —It is
now positively asserted that the mone
tary' influence behind the re-organiza
tion of the great Southern railway,
forms an aggregation of the largest
amount of capital ever enlisted in one
enterprise in the United States. The
backing is given by the Rothchilds, of
London and Paris, and the Vanderbilts
of New York —Cornelius and William
K. The re-organization was under
taken and successfully consummated
by Drexel-Morgan & Cos., of New York,
and J. S. Morgan & Cos., of London.
These two great banking houses inter
ested their richest clients —the Roths
childs and Vanderbilts. The syndicate
really is very small in numbers, for it
is divided into four portions, but colos
sal in wealth.
The Rothschilds have one quarter,
the Vanderbilts one quarter, Drexel-
Morgan & Cos. one quarter, and J. S.
Morgan *fc Cos. one quarter. The re
organization plan provided for thirty
millions of new capital, and it is this
sum that' the quartette has agreed to
supply and more if necessary. The
money to be used in heavier rails, new
bridges, new equipment, terminals, ex
tensions, etc.
The Southern railway has now ac
quired a complete ownership of four
thousand five hundred miles of road,
and by the re-organization has reduced
the bonded indebtedness from $135,000.-
000 to $00,000.000 —just one-third and
the fixed charges from $7,500,000 per
annum to $4,000,000 —ft saving of $5,000,-
000 per annum. The bonded indebted
ness of the road is now less than $20,-
000 per mile. The first annual meeting
of stockholders is to be held at Rich
mond, Va., Tuesday, October 2d, and
bonds to the amount of $120,000,000 on
the entire property will be author
ized. Thirty millions of bonds to
be used in improvements. The ex
penditure of this large sum of money
in the south along the line of the
Southern railway will be far reaching
in its effect.
There is now very little doubt that
the Southern railway project is simply
an extension of the Vanderbilt system
into and throughout the south.
DEMPSEY HOLDS HIS OWN. •
The Game Little American Leads the Fight
in a Twenty Hound Draw.
New Orleans, September G. —Jack
Dempsey and Billy McCarthy, of Aus
tralia, fought last night in the arena of
the Auditorium Athletic club before a
very large audience. Both men were
carefully trained. Both men entered
the ring followed by their seconds,
each receiving a good share of applause,
but the greeting given Dempsey clear
ly showed' that "big friends were in the
majority. The contest was confined to
twenty rounds. Interested spectators
were Bob and Stanton
Abbott. McCarthy with his seconds
entered the ring at 9 o’clock and was
soon followed by Dempsey and his aids.
John Duffy entered the ring a moment
later to take the position of referee,
Dempsey was the first to weigh, fixing
the scales himself. He weighed 140
pounds, McCarthy tested the scales,
weighing 154 pounds, the exact limit.
Time was called at 9:15; the men ad
vanced to the center of the ring and
the fight was on. Both men fought
hard and scientifially. Dempsey had
the best of it from the start hut could
not knock the heavy Australian out.
Both men were game. Dempsey landed
heavy. On the twentieth the fight was
declared a draw and the purse divided.
DRUGGISTS ON FREE ALCOHOL.
A(l jt)ie Meeting; at Asheville Measures Are
Adopted to Limit Its Sale.
A&HEyiLLE, N. C., September 6.—At
yesterday!* meeting of American Phar
maceutical association it was decided
to make an atttempt to secure very nar
row restrictions a,s ,to the free alcohol
clause in the *.&* (tariff .bill. It was
agreed that with tfoe reduced tax there
would he danger of selling
of the intoxicating drug disguised as
bitters and thq like, and a
was adopted ’requesting the secretary
of the treasury to limit free alcohol to
eases where the drug is to be used in
the manufacture of compounds in
which it is so changed as to lose its
chemical and physical properties. This
makes the remission of the tax of little
benefit to the retail druggist, and there
was vigorous objection to the resolu
tion before it was finally adopted.
George A. Seatmry, of New York, was
re-elected chairman of the section on
commercial interests for another year.
CHOLERA IN MARYLAND.
A Newly Arrived Bavarian lid migrant Dies
of the Dread Disease.
Cumberland, Md., September 6.
John Peter Walther, a native of Bava
ria, a newlj* arrived immigrant, was
taken off a west-bound train of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad here yes
terday and died at 5:50 o’clock yester
day afternoon. His symptoms were
those of Asiatic cholera. The balance
of the passengers were locked up in
the car, which was run west as far as
Shaner Station, near Pittsburg and
side tracked.
Origin of the Famous Circular Traced,
Dublin, September 6. —The Free
man's Journal says that the origin of
the circnlar appealing for contribu
tions to the Irish fund has been traced
to the London committee of the Irish
national league.
Deadlock in Sixth Mississippi District.
Past Christian, Miss., September 6.
—The sixth district democratic eonven*
tion is a deadlock. Stockdale 10, Mar*
tin 9, Denny 8, Goran S.
OFF! iAL ORGAN.
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WORLD'S FAIR ROMANCE.
loquel Couim ill the Shape of i* #75,000
Suit for Damage!*.
CmcAOO, September 6.—The sequel
to a World's fair romance was developed
here yesterday, when word was re
ceived that a suit for $75,000 damages
had been filed at Helena, Mout., by
Mrs. Aaron Hirsehfield against the
millionaire banker, J. D. Hirsehfield
and his wife. Aaron Hirsehfield, who
is the brother of the banker, fell cap
tive, it is said, to the charms of Della
Hogan, a beautiful Irish girl of Helena.
The pair visited the fair together, and
one day last summer Della's two broth
ers called on Aaron Hirsehfield at the
Great Northern hotel, ami at the points
of two revolvers, the Hirschfields claim,
compelled him to marry their sister.
When the bride and groom returned to
Helena, Hanker Hirsehfield and his
wife were horrified, and at their solici
tation. Della alleges. Aaron went to
North Dakota and began proceedings
for the annullment of his marriage.
When Mrs. Aaron heard of this suit
she sought legal advice and the $75,000
damage suit for alienation of her hus
band's affections resulted.
THEY HANDLE THE MAILS.
ltig Meeting of Kaliway Postal Clerks on in
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, September 6. —A large
number of delegates are in attendance
in the twentietli annual convention of
the United States Railway Mail Service
Benefit Association, which opened yes
terday afternoon and continues for sev
eral days. The organization is com
posed exclusively of postal clerks em
ployed on the different railroad lines
throughout the country, and is founded
on the benevolent principle of provid
ing for the widows and orphans of de
ceased members, the government mak
ing no provision for their support, not
withstanding the liazadous nature of
the occupation ami the fact that the
number of postal clerks who are killed
or disabled in railroad accidents is in
creasing annually.
WHERE MURDER IS SUSPECTED.
Mangled Domains of a Section Hand Found
ou a Railroad Track.
JoNKsnoKo, Ark., September (5. —The
mangled remaius of John Connell, a
section hand, have been found on the
Iron Mountain railroad, four miles
north of this place, in almost the exact
spot where the remains of Frank
Thompson were found ten days ago and
the remains of an unknown man some
forty days ago. It is now generally be
lieved that all three men were mur
dered and their remains placed on the
railroad track to cover up the deed.
Sheriff Broadway arrested Kelly Payne,
Scott Leach, Lee Johnson and Bert
Vinson on suspicion of being implicated
in the murder of Thompson.
NEARING THE EARTHLY END.
Life of Gen. David Clendenning Slowly
Ebbing Away.
Chicago, September G.— Gen. David
Clendenning, of Oneida, 111., is lying at
his home dangerously ill. Gen. Clen
denning was Colonel of the Second
Calvery, U. S. A., and is now retired.
He attracted considerable attention as
a commander in the chase after Assas
sin Booth, and was a member of the
commission that sentenced Mrs. Sur
ratt. His son, Surgeon Clendenning,
of the army, has been summoned to his
bedside, and it is believed Gen. Clenden
ning, who is sixty-four years old, can
not recover.
DEPARTED VERY SUDDENLY.
A Cleveland Bookkeeper Skips Out With
a Wad of Money.
Cleveland, 0., September 6.— George
B. Cartwright, bookkeeper for the
Hughes Brewing company, has fled
from this city with a young woman and
a considerable amount of money be
longing to his employers. Cartwright,
who is about forty years old, came here,
from the south last spring with high
recommendations as an expert account
ant and secured a position with the
brewing company. It is said that he
has a wife and child in Boston.
JUMPED IN FRONT OF A CAR.
John Manning Commits Suicide in the
Presence of His Daughter.
Hartford, Conn., September 6.—Jno.
Manning, 35 years old, jumped in front
of an electric ear in Glastonbury last
evening, 'His skulf was fractured and
Ms neck broken. His 12 year old daugh
ter was at his side at the time. Man
ning was bookkeeper of the Williams
Cutlery company, and leaves a wife and
three children. No reason for his act
is known.
Alabama's Fourth District Republicans.
Caleba, Ala., Septembers.—William
F. Aldrich has been nominated by the
republicans of the fourth congressional
district. Aldrich ig a large property
owner and president of the Montevallo
coal company.
New Hampshire Republican Nominee.
Concord, N. 11., September b. —At the
republican state convention here, Chas.
H. Bajtlett, of Manchester, presided.
Charles A. Busiel, of Laconia, was
nominated for governor.
NEWS ITEMS BY WIRE.
Work on the east end excavation of
the Hennepin Canal is under way.
Colorado populists named John C.
Bell for congress in the second district
yesterday.
New Canadian barley is beginning to
arrive at Oswego, N. Y., where it sells
at 65 cents.
St. Louis bakers will build a co-oper
ative bakery to figlit the American
Biscuit Company.
Alfred J. Cooksley was arrested in
Chicago yesterday, charged with tak
ing $2,000 from the estate of his uncle.
Otto Susdorf, the highwayman and
jail breaker, was yesterday morning, at
Buffalo, sentenced to nineteen years
and six months in Auburn Prison.
Suit has been begun against O. P
Decke:- by Wallace W. Clark, of Lewis
ton, Me., for aleniating the affections
of his wife, Carrie Weber Clark, of Bos
ton. once a well known soprano.