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THE BLUE STOR® We are a Regular Cyclone in the mercantile sea of Middle Georgia! Our Competitors Growl, 31(1 OUT Customers tagl! We are here to stay and you miss the BEST BARGAINS Jackson affords if yen don’t call on Y our Friends, GUNN, POTTS & CO., Propr’s. BLUE STORE, Jackson, Hi PUT THEM TO DEATH Congress Investigating the Tor ture of Japanese Citizens. THEY SOUGHT OUR PROTECTION. The Minister at Shanghai Delivered Them Up to the Enemy—Their Death Was a Most Horrible One—Other News From Congress. Washington, December 6. The most important matter that was consid ered by the-United States senate yes terday was surrendering of two Japa nese citizens to Chinese officials at Shanghai. A resolution requesting the president to furnish the senate with in formation on the subject, was offered Monday by Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts. This was taken up and re ferred to the committee on foreign af fairs. Mr. Lodge stated some of the promi nent facts of the case: “The two Japa nese citizens in question had been given up,” he said, “by the United States con cul at Shanghai, and had been put to death with the most hiedous tortures. He regarded their surrender, under the circumstances, as an act of the greatest possible discredit to the humanity of the United States and to the humanity of all civilized men.” Senator Morrill, of Vermont, who was yesterday instructed by the fi nance committee to make an adverse report on some of Senator Peffer's fi nancial measures, gave notice that he would, next Wednesday, “seek an op portunity of submitting some brief re marks on some marvellous senatorial bills and quack panaceas for real and imaginary public evils and grievances.” The resolution offered by Mr. Peffer on Monday last, calling on the presi dent for a statement of the facts and circumstances which made the presence and use of United States troops neces sary in Chicago, in July, 1894, was laid before the senate, and after some dis cussion was referred to the judiciary committee, yeas 43, nays 4. A FATHER’S RIGHT. To Kidnap His Dangliter From the Ursu line Convent. Dallas, Tex., December o.—After having been kept under surveillance and nominal arrest since Saturday night, Charles Knox and his two little daughters were yesterday afternoon released by Chief of Police Arnold and they and Mrs. Clark and Miss Powell continued their journey to California. Knox kidnapped his two daughters from the Ursuline Convent without the knowledge of the wife last Monday, and was arrested here on a telegram from Superintendent Gaston, of the New Orleans department. After the arrest was made the New Orleans chief telegraphed Chief Arnold “Hold girls. Their father deserted wife and three children. The girls’ uncle Robert will come for t'aeiu.” Chief Arnold asked for the opinion of City Attorney Wosen craft, as Knox was about to institute habeas corpus proceedings. Wosen craft decided that the parties could not legally be detained; that the father had the right to kidnap his children from a convent without his wife’s consent; that the children could not be arrested, as they had done no wrong, and were under their father’s care. Chief Ar nold thereupon set all of the parties at liberty. “NOT BORN A THIEF.” A Man Misappropriates Money and Then Takes Morphine. Lincoln, 111., December o.—Jere Mat thews, defeated candidate for county clerk, was found in an unconscious condition, resulting from morphine poisoning yesterday. Physicians re vived him and pressing him for an ex planation he reluctantly told them to look into one of his pockets where they would find his last official report. The report disclosed, according to his fig ures, that he was $1,924 short. On the back of the document, in his hand writing, was this confession: “I have taken morphine. I was not born to be a thief. Cannot stand disgrace by being a thief. Get a lot in Burson cemetery and bury me there, as I do not wish to disgrace my pa rents by being buried beside them.” He than relapsed into unconscious ness. TO HASTEN THE MAILS. Cincinnati Business Men Wanted Better Service to Florida Points. Washington, December 6.—Nine gen tlemen, representing commercial bodies in Cincinnati, 0., called on the post- xVi <Va_£Vi—r-a _cva- WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR REAL LIVE BARGAINS. - -..—. —-• •—rar r •-i—rtf 1 Mi—r*T~ —..m—* • *—r i —-r *-r- '-•-r r— r• r— tan T*J~ WmV master general yesterday lor tne pur pose of securing a better exchange of the mails in the territory south of the Ohio. They believe that ten hours time can be saved in the transmission of correspondence between Ohio and Texas, and also that a good saving of time can be made between that state and Florida. The postmaster general informed the gentlemen that he would do all he could consistently for them in the matter, but would take it under advisement Sock Has Eaten Much Wheat. Washington, December 0. —The re turns from the correspondents of the statistical division of the department of agriculture relative to the amounts of wheat fed to stock estimate the quan tity already fed, that is to say up to October 30th, at 40,030,000 bushels; and the estimated amount to be fed at 29,- 273,000 bushels, making a total of 75,- 303,000 bushels. These figures on wheat feeding are merely the meagre estimates from those states wherein correspondents have complied with the request of the de partment, and must not be taken as anything more than an attempt at approximation of the total feeding of wheat from present supply. The se verity and length of the winter will necessarily influence the final findings. The Treasury’s Gold Reserve. Washington, December 6.—Foreign exchange has advanced within the past few days to a point that leads the treasury officials to anticipate that gold may be exported this week. INVESTI GATING FELLOWS. A New York District Attorney Failed to Try Offenders. New York, December 6.—The trial of District Attorney John R. Fellows, on charges of neglect of duty, was con tinued yesterday. The most important evidence during the day was that of Henry Scliloss, who formerly had a large clothing house at No. 052 Broad way. His firm was ruined through de falcations aDd forgeries of Joseph H. Louis, the confidential bookkeeper of the firm. Louis’ defalcations amounted to over SIOO,OOO. Schloss testified that he had been unable to have Louis brought to trial, although the dishon est bookkeeper had been promptly ar rested, and a number of requests had been made at the district attorney’s office to have the case called. Killed With an Axe, Jackronvtlle, Fla., December 6. — Mike Caboo, an Italian, 30 years old, was found murdered near this city yes terday morning. His head had been crushed in with an axe .which was ly ing near, besmeared with clotted blood The murdered man was found lying on an old pine bedstead outsided a shanty used by tenders of a wood rack located there. There negroes have been arrest ed and await the action of the coroner’s jury. It is said that one named Jack son owed Caboo money and that the two men had recently had a dispute over the matter. Blew the Editor Up. Perry, Oka,, December O.— T. J. Irwin, editor of the Pond Creek Leader, narrowly escaped death last night by a bomb being thrown into his bed room by an unknown person. Several men heard the shell burst or he would have been burned to death. As it was Irwin was knocked senseless and the room was enveloped in flames. The editor was carried from the room. He has been advocating the removal of the county seat from Pond Creek to Bed ford, both places in “L” county, Okla homa, and has been warned to desist. He will recover. Confessed His Crime. Chattanooga, Tenn., December 6. — “Buddy” Wooten, one of the negroes confined here and under sentence to be hanged for the murder of a white man named Marion Ross, has confessed. He believed he was to hang Monday, and just prior to that hour he sent for a deputy sheriff and made a full state ment regarding the murder. Three Sailors Drowned. Northport, L. 1., December 0. —The sound steamer Dorian ran into and sunk the schooner Clara Simpson off Eaton’s Neck life saving station early yesterday morning. The captain and two sailors were saved by the steamer, but the mate, steward and one sailor were drowned. Donation of a Liberal King;. Rome, December J.—ln addition to his former gift of 1,300 pounds for the relief of the sufferers by the earth quake in Italy, King Humbert yester day made a donation of 4,000 to be de- I Toted to the same purpose. OTHERS MAY TALK ABOUT LOW PRICES, ETC. BUT ANOTHER BANK LOST MONEY. Hut After Uncovering Something Like Seeley Methods it Was Refunded. New York, December o. —The book keeper of the East Side bank, No. 135 Grand street, a state bank with a capi tal of half a million, is accused of em bezzling $403 of the bank.s funds by methods akin to those employed by Seeley. The amount stolen was re funded and the bookkeeper, Samuel Pollenz by name, discharged. Pollenz had a confederate, it is alleged, who drew the cosh just as Baker did, and the bookkeeper handled the checks. The alleg’ed embezzlement was discover ed two months ago, but the guilty party was not discovered until yesterday. The matter came to light through the rotation system, and the officials in speaking of the affair yesterday referr ed to the outsiders’ crookedness as merely an “overdrawing of his ac count.” The money, they added, had v been refunded. ( i SUGAR DROPS AGAIN. f The Current Price is Said to be Lower Than Ever Before. New York, December 6. —The cur rent rate on sugar is said to be the low est ever known. Another cut of %of a cent per pound was made in the prices of refined sugar yesterday, making the card rate for granulated 4cents per pound. The Franklin refinery has re sumed operations on a reduced scale, and the MeCahan refinery is also, said to be at work, but the Spreckles plant is still idle. Reports from the office of the trust are to the effect that the Bos ton refinery is working wiih half force and the Madison and Werchers’ plant in New York are doing likewise; that the Havemeyer and Elder refinery have nearly a full force and the Brooklyn re finery is idle. The great increase in production is said to be the chief cause. A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION. The Colt Court of Inquiry Still Continues its Labors. Columbus, 0., December 6.—The pro ceedings of the Coit court of inquiry yesterday were uninteresting. The wit nesses examined were all from Wash ington Court House and their evidence was all of one tenor —that the crowd was not a disorderly one, while there were a few persons in it who were try ing to excite a mob spirit; that a much smaller force than Colonel Coit had at hand could have dispersed the crowd without the loss of life if they had been properly used, and that the soldiers and officers were drinking in the sa loons about the town in the afternoon before the shooting, if they were not drunk. LIGHT WEIGHT DOLLARS. Gold Paid to the Government Found to be Too Light, Philadepphia, December o.—Among the gold deposited wffth the Assistant United States treasurer in this city by the Philadelphia, members of the Stew art syndicate for their share of the new bond issue have been discovered sever al thousand light weight half eagles. Some of the coins have been worn away by constant use, but others have gone through the sweating process. All of the coin has not yet been tested, and Assistant Treasurer Bingler gave only conditional receipts for the money and the depositors will have to make up the deficiency in weight. WM. T. WATERS’ WILL. HU Great Art Collection to Be Kept Intact. Baltimore, December 6.—The will of the late William T. Walters was filed at Towson, the seat of Baltimore coun ty, yesterday. By its terms his entire art collection is bequeathed to the tes tator’s two children, a son and a daugh ter, with a request that it be kept in tact. There are no provisions what ever as to where it shall be located. Mrs. Delano, his daughter, lives in Or ange, N. J., and the son. Harry Wal ters, has his principal headquarters as president of the Atlantic Coast Line, in Wilmington, N. C., although his time is largely spent in New York, Phila delphia and Baltimore. THREE LARGE FIRES. 9150,000 Loss at Utica, New York. Utica, N. Y., December 6.— The six story brick block on the corner of Gen esee and Catherine streets, owned by Henry Martin and occupied by Com stock & Crouse, wholesale druggists; the National express company and a large number of office tenants. The loss will reach $150,000 ; insurance un known. A TILLMAN REWARD Old Judges Step Down and Out for New Ones. JOSEPH H. EARLE NOW ON THE BENCH. He Was Fight lag Tillman Once But He Changed Two Years Ago—He Was Elected Over Judge Norton—The Australian Ballot System. Columbia, S. C., December 6.—The general assembly of South Carolina, in joint session yesterday, completed the reorganization of the judiciary of the state begun with the advent of the re form administration four years ago. One by one the judges on the bench in 1890 have been retired. Only the chief justiceof the supreme court and one of the old set have been The remarkable feature of ‘flections yesterday was the selec- General Joseph H. Earle, a bril liant attorney, who was attorney gene ral in the administration which Till man originally begun his uprising against, and the man who, as a candi date for governor, made the first fight against Tillman and reform in the campaign of 1890. Two years ago he began to confess that he saw something in the movement inaugurated by Till man. The result is he was made judge of the eighth circuit over the present incumbent, Judge Norton. The reor ganization of the judiciary was made complete by making the young attor ney general, O. W. Buchanan, judge of the third circuit, the incumbent, Judge Frazer, being overwhelmingly de feated. An Australian ballot system bill was introduced in both houses yesterday. In view of the doubtful registration laws and the recent charges of election frauds it will likely pass. CAN’T CLAIM AN OFFICE NOW. A Bill That May Soon Become a Law in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., December O.—A bill was yesterday passed by the house of the state assembly making it unlaw ful for any man to take the oath of office for any position to which he has not been declared elected by the body legally empowered to make the declar ation, or call upon anybody to assist him in such a step, or for any person to give assistance, or for any person to issue any address assuming such posi tion. The penalty provided is a fine of not less than SSOO nor more than SIO,OOO and imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than twenty-five years. The vote on the bill was 50 to 30. The populists voting solidly against it. The bill now goes to the upper house, and there is little doubt of its passage there. It will probably be a law by Saturday. Asa matter of course the bill will not affect Kolb’s actions up to the time of its becoming a law, but may change his future action. “POP GUN” BILLS DEAD. Probably the Result of the Senate Finance Committee’s Deliberatlans. Washington, December 0. —The sen ate finance committee practically de cided yesterday morning that the “pop gun” bills were dead. While the dis cussion was not in as plain words as this statement, the committee decided that nothing could be done with them at present. There was a very full at tendance of members. All except Jones, of Nevada, and White, of Cali fornia, were present. They discussed that part of the president’s message re lating to sugar, and when they finally adjourned it was with the understand ing that “it was better to await Secre tary Carlisle's Jull report before any thing definite was done.” Some of the senators connect Senator Vest’s cloture resolution with the inaction of the fi nance committee. They claim that the way Senator Vest’s resolution is re ceived will decide much. Without such a rule nothing can be done in the senate, and if there is a chance of its adoption there might be a slight chance for some financial legislation. Walsh Takes the Oath. Atlanta, December o.—Hon Pat rick Walsh elected to the United States senate for the term made vacant by the death of Senator Alfred H. Colquit, was sworn in yesterday afternoon by the vice president. The term expires March 4th. GERMANY’S UGLY SPIRIT. That Country is Angry Over the Tariff On Beet Sugar. Washington, December 6. —Indica- tions seem to multiply of a determined purpose on the part of Germany, open ly or by indirection, to interpose ob stacles in the way of the importation of American products in Germany, so long as the .discriminating duty against Ger man beet sugar imposed by the existing new tariff law is maintained. First, on a pretext of the transmission of Texas fever (proved to be impossible) the importation of live cattle from the United States into Germany was pro hibited. Next, restrictions were placed upon American canned goods. Then a commission was appointed to investigate whether American cotton could not be supplanted by other kinds of German manufacture. Now the de partment of state has been notified through its consular representatives at Bremen of a proposed change in the German customs tariff by which the cottonseed oil will be increased 250 per cent on the present rates. ARSENIC IN COFFEE. A Columbus Family Poisoned in a Most Mysterious Manner. Columbus, Ga., December o.— There was a wholesale poisoning case from drinking coffee in this city yesterday. Shortly after breakfast the family of Mr. J. F. Keene, consisting of himself, wife, daughter, Miss Nellie, ’Mr. James A. Keene, were taken violently ill, and physicians were summoned, who after investigation offered the opinion that they had -been poisoned by drinking coffee. The coffee was analyzed and the physicians discovered traces of some foreign substance, believed to be arsenic. Mrs, Keene prepared the cof fee herself, and the family are unable to account for the presence of arsenic and considerable mystery surrounds the ease. All the parties suffered greatly but are pronounced out of dan ger, SOUTHERN FREIGHT WAR. The Inter-State Commerce Commission Says it Has Been Injurious. WASiiiNGTON,DecemberG.— I Theeighth annual report of the interstate com merce commission has been presented to congress. The report presents the fact constituting what is known as the sourthern freight war, that is, the freight war has been going in the ter ritory south of the Potomac river dur ing the past summer, showing the causes of the war, the great injury re sulting to numerous places and dealers therein, etc., and says that the rate adopted in the territory was ill-consid ered and a costly effort to punish one or two competing carriers. It taught no new lessons and brought about no guarantee of future observance of the i rates by the parties whom the cut was designed to injure. THE COTTON MARKET. Prices Went Down two Points and at the , (lose Was Steady. New Y"ork, December o.— The Sun’s cotton report in reviewing yesterday’s market says: Cotton declined 3 points but recovered this and advanced Bto 9 points, closing very steady, with sales of 154,3000 bales. Liverpool declined 1-32 on the spot and 3 points for future delivery, closing with futures to 2 points lower than last night and steady at the decline. New Orleans receipts for today are estimated at 11,000 to 13,- 000 against 13,943 on the same day last week, and 18,487 last year. New Or leans yesterday reported semi-weekly interior receipts at $158,000 against 135,- 000 for the same time last week, 95,000 last year and 104,000 in 1891; shipments 130,000 against SO,OOO lust j ear and 83,- 000 in 1891. After a Murderer. Atlanta, December o.—Joe Dean, the negro who killed A. R. Leigh, in Campbell county Saturday night, call ed at a negro woman’s house near Tem ple, Ga., yesterday and asked for food. He said that he had killed a man and wanted to learn the shortest way to Alabama. He was weak and evidently had been hiding out in the swamps. Pursuing parties are pushing him hot 1V Hi 1 Goes to Washington. Jacksonville, Fla., December 0- Senator David B. Hill, of New York, ar rived in Jacksonville last night from the Indian river country, where he has been for two weeks. The senator left for Washington this morning. ! ALLEGED BISMARCK INTERVIEW Count Herbert Quoted as Denying His Re ported Remarks on His Father. Berlin, December 0. —Count Herbert Bismarck yesterday informed the rep resentatives of the Neusts Nachrichen • that the interview printed in the Lon don Pall Mall Gazette November 20 was a pure invention. He was quoted as saying that his father had no-organic disease, but his frame was weakened by his trials in the last four years, and he could not last much longer; that Prince von Hohenlohe Schillingfurst is a perfect gentleman, but there are fac tors near him which prevent a cordial intimancy. Someone, Count Herbert says, addressed him at a hotel, but he vouchsafed no reply to the would-be in terviewer, whom he recognized as a man who three years before had been discharged from an American journal far inventing an interview at Wiesba den with M. de Giers, the Russian for eign minister. A TROLLY CAR IN FLAMES. Electric Current Set Fire to-Seats Occupied By Passengers. Brooklyn, December s.— Trolley car No. 524, of the Court street line, Brook lyn, gave a brilliant exhibition of elec trical fireworks yesterday afternoon, at the corner of Johnson and Fulton streets. A wire leading to the motors burned out, making an electrical cir cuit under the seats. Two women were sitting on the left hand side of the car when near them burst a blue flame. In a few seconds the whole seat was ablaze. As the passengers fled from the car the motorman and conductor, after turning off the current, tore off the burning cushions and attempted to put the fire out with sand. The flames were getting the best of them when water was procured from nearby stores and the blaze was put out. The dam age was slight but the alarm of the pas sengers was considerable. KILLED BY A SINGLE BLOW. One Youth Kills Another With Ills Clenched Fist. Kansas City, Mo., December o. Frank Howland, aged 20 years, killed John Sellman, a boy of 17, by a blow from his fist. The two quarreled over the return of a ring which Sellman had received from his sweetheart, How land s sister, and Howland struck Sell man a terrific blow with his bare fist on the side of the head. Sellman drop ped like a log, but speedily regaining his feet, ran away, with Howland in hot pursuit. Sellman escaped his sweet heart’s brother and returned to a har ness shop at Sixteenth street and Grand avenue, where he worked. Soon he complained of a dizzy feeling in his head, quit work, went home, had a physician called and died in convul sions at 12:30 o’clock in the morning. STRIKING GLASS WORKERS. New Plants Will Be Erected by the Union. Pittsbtrg, Pa., December o. —The striking flint glass workers, associated with Southside business men, propose to erect or purchase table ware glass plants, which will be operated against the United States Glass company. A capital stock of from $200,000 to $250,- 000 is being subscribed, of which amount $50,000 will be taken from the treasury of the American flint glass workers’ union. The factories will be operated on the co-operative plan. Ne gotiations are in progress for the Dur- j chase of the McKee plant on the south side as well as several other sites. A STRANGE SUICIDE. Prominent Lawyer About to Marry Ends His Lite. Montgomery, Ala., December o. Hon. 11. M. Judge, one of the leading citizens of West Alabama, and a promi nent lawyer committed suicide at his home at Eutaw Tuesday nio-ht His servaiit on going to his room found him dead, shot through the temple The pistol was in his hand. He was to have been married today- A Newspaper Man’s Slayer. Macon, Ga., December O.— A special from Knoxville, Ga., says that W H Dent, who killed O. P. Wright at'Ro berta several months ago, with a pitch fork was tried yesterday and acquitted of the charge of murder. Dent is a prominent merchant and planter of Crawford county, and Wright was a lawyer and newspaper man. The &<*ht was a desperate one, and Dent was" so + b l d X in3Ured by bein ' c ut by Wright that it was thought he would die also. FOR A CONTEST LAW Governor Oates Says He Favor® Such a Measure. HIS FIRST MESSAGE HAS BEES REAM He Makes Two Recommendations That! Meet the Populist Demands—'Wants I the Judiciary Increased and Lynching* Stopped. V Montgomery, Ala., December 6. Governor Oates sent a long- message to the assembly yesterday. Its chief fea ture is the urg-ing- of an increase in the tax rate of half a mill and the improve ment of the assessment laws. He also advises that the present movement to take the convicts out of the mines be checked so as to make them self-sus taining: that the number of judicial circuits be increased so as to expedite the administration of justice as a cheek to lyuchings, the making a felony of carrying concealed weapons in order to suppress the practice, because of the repeal of the federal election laws, he advises the abolition of the present sep aration of state and federal elections. He recommends that a law regulating contests for state offices be passed, which is in accord with the populitede mand. In the light of the probable re peal of the state bank tax by congress, he suggests the enactment of a state banking law, based on deposits with the state treasurer of solvent federal state, county or municipal bonds. The other feature of the message are of minor importance. The one that excites most comment! is the recommendation of a contest law. I The bulk of opinion in the past has! been against such an enactment, as was! demonstrated by the failure of the as sembly two years ago to adopt a similar recommendation by Governor Jones. The position of its opponents is that only the assembly as present should be charged with the power of going into a matter of such great magnitude and concern as a contest for a state office arid that any statutory regulation ■would put a premium on such under takings and lead to chaos, as in West Virginia some years ago. A LAWYER ON TRIAL. He Is Charged With Swindling the Govern ment Out off arge Sums. Columbia, December 6. —Charles Bar rett, the astute and cunning Spartan burg attorney, who was the centre of what has been known as the great con spiracy of postmasters to defraud the the United States government and rob merchants and business houses in all parts of the country, is on trial in the United States court here on one of tho many charges against him. lie was convicted of forgery yesterday. The plan of the postmaster conspiracy con cocted by Barrett was for scope, bold ness and ingenuity, almost without a parallel. Barrett ivas influential in politics and at one time his appoint ment as chief clerx in the attorney general’s office at Washington was thought assured. The gang through influence got postmasters appointed places where there were really no post-' offices. They swindled the government by fradulent collections and sale of stamps and on fraudulent warrants and used the mails to swindle merchants in New York and all over the countrv. TENNESSEE ELECTION. The Official Returns Show That Kvaus Has a Small Majority. CiiATTaxooga , Tenii., December-o. The official vote of every county in tin state of lennessee certified to by conn ty officers shows: Evans, republican for governor, 106,157; Turney, demo crat, 104,325; Evans plurality 841. Tur ney was elected in 1832 by 2(5,356 plu rality. The delay in ascertaining th result of the election November Otl was due to state officials in withholding the returns until all counties had re norted. Americans Going Abroa:!, New York, December 6. —Ex-Secre tary of the Navy William C. Whitney accompanied by his daughter, left for Europe today on the White Star lint steamer Majestic. The steamer Lahn which left yesterday for Bremen, took away Hon. William E. Quinby, of De troit, the United States minister to the Netherlands, he was accompanied bj Mrs. Quinby.