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VOL XXIII t COIINIV DIKECTOHY. i Ordinary—J. F. Carmichael. I SheriQ —J. O. Beauchamp, !} Deputy—J. M. Crawford. n y “Surveyor—B. J. Jinke. Treasurer—T. L. Williams. Tax Collector—T. J. Cole, w Tax Ueceiver —C. K. Carter. D Coroner—Simon Hardy. Clerk Superior Court--Joe Jolly ; Court drd Mondays in February fino August. Road Commissioners— 615 G. M. J. L, Baikley, 11. G. Asbury, T. O, Woodward ; C>l3 G M, J, M. Ball. J. E. Hale. J. W, ‘Fletcher; 009 G. M ,J. W. Minter, J. i.. Pye, S. K ■'* milli; 014 G. M., J. W. Holoway, ! J 11. Cole, J. Van Wright; 552 G. M , I). B, Moore. It M. Harper, F M. Maddox; 012 G. Mr, W. O. Crawley. Cornelius McCluare, T. 11. Nolan; Gi(f 1 M.. T. P Bell, It. M Fletcher, .1. G. Cohiwell; 010 G. M ,J. II Maddox, J. J. Wileon, J' C Baines. Board of Eduoaion--W M. Mal let, A. G Hitchens, J. T Goodman, l) N. Carmichael, J. M M Michael. E. E. Poi nd C, S. C. Ollice in court houee. lo< • ury Commissioners- -H N Bv* Hendrick, W B Dozier, L. J.Bal‘,T. P. Bsll, AlexAtkir,- gon. Just ees Court - 615 Dist., It. A. Woodward, J. P.; J G, Kiiubell kN- P j 013 Dist II L. Brown, j. P.; H. |L ('haxtoo, N. P. 009 Disi., *V. A Waldri.p, .1 P.; Moo e. N. P. 552 Dist. lames Jolly, J. P.; J 'll Maud ox N. I*. ' 012 Dist., Howard Ham, J P.; F '% Curry, N. P ,c 01U Dist, .J. Collins, J P.; T. ut• Bell, N. T *P. or 010 Dist, t;.B Knowies, J, P.; t... s.. Barnet, N P m 014 Dist., A H. Oghuree, J. P ; v\ . F. Douglas N P. k Mayor E. E. Pound. Connciliiien —T. .F. Lane, .1. W. Car michael, B. I*. Bailey, T. M. Furlovv. V CHURCHES 1 ! Methodist —Bev. P. W. Bell, pastor. ‘‘'Services every Sunday at 11 a in., 7 it&ni. Prayer meeting every Wedues \\ my lit. Mrißaplisl -ltev. G. W. Gardner, pas- IH -r. Services everv iSunday at 11 a. n. and 7 p.m. Prayer mee’ing every ’pi’liursday night. i Presbyterian—Bev. Mr. Piia.r, pas i\ Services ever) 3rd Sunday at rm.ii*. 7 p.m, and everv lot at 7 p.m. ® k, fSRCitET SOCIETIES ' :lt ! ,i ' ’ M. — Chapter meets 2nd and 1,1 i'fi' } ®y nighßlue Lodge, Ist land 3rd M unlay nights. Redinen— 2nd and -till Tuesday nights in each month. PROFESSIONAL CARDS i— W. W. Anderson. Frank Z. Currv. ANDERSON & CURRV. 1 ATTOItNEYS AT LAW. Negotiates loans on real estate. 5 tJtHee .no stairs over the Yellow Store, Jackson, Georgia. —4 ' LTL'-m., mills, News is a little ro town >ehlY. at Law. t) it)Hiee in Court House, Jackson, Ga. SI. V. MoKIBBEN, fu i ia Attorney at Law, all ' . yCKSON, - - GEORGIA. __ STOP AT THE "Morrison House. Kfir and Firmt^Class. pay [ Located. F rear* Free Hack to Depot. f0.4 * dunii W- BUCHANAN, Psor’a. P our 0 c,l‘t 0. 11. Cantrell, [ twen\ L local i DS2TTZST. I that u „ I hung Aon, - - Georgia. 1 tion, W ,D. Watkins, Jrney at Law. business Promptljf Attended to, to Vuikms Hall, Id JACKSON, GA. Tht ttoe is the beat cotton mar country. Farmers set y e n o *e on an average for to tthrfn at any other town 1 in ntry. The merchants and bc l ods cheaper than any exam , mts and anything you - %ale in ackson cheaper Samite 0 f goods at hl<i e. The truth is when ' a * more for your cotton and ist °° dß * or a liule leS8 ’ uid fr# ESe 01 * 8 aa wiUy anything to ggggggggggggggggggg WRECKED BY AN EXPLOSION. An<l Seven Person* KvcelTnl In juries n the Attfn.lant < oncussiou. Chicago. January 3. —A building’ was wrecked and seven people were badly injured here last evening by the explo sion of sewer gas. The cover was blown off u man hole at Harrison street and Fifth avenue and the concussion which followed could be heard several block.* away. The Lincoln hotel, a five story lodging house, was the nearest building to the explosion. Its front walls were badly wrecked, windows and fi o were twisted out of place and the structure looks as if it had passed through a severe earthquake. Mr. Stafford and his wife, who are pro prietors of the building, were sittting in a room on the third floor and say they were thrown four feet away. A heavey safe on the second floor was thrown from an improvised foundation to the floor. TOM JOHNSON’S - PREDICTION Doe Not Believe the Present Session of Congres* Will Legislate Financially. Washington, January 3.—Represent ative Tom Johnson, of Ohio, does not believe there is much hope of financial legislation at this session of congress. ‘‘There are no two men in either house,” he said, “who will agree upon a plan. It reminds me of the Crank Club in Cleveland. lam a member in good standing. The rules require that no man shall agree with any other man. There were two fellows who did agree one time. Both agreed that they did not like Cleveland's policy. We turned one of them out, and there is now striking harmony.” Mr. Johnson thinks that all members of the house might be admitted to his club on the financial question alone. AND THE MONEY ROLLED OUT. Hidden Treasures Found*ln a Pin* Stump by Two Young Men. Muskegon, Mich., January 3. —Willie Peterson and Weeks Carlson, aged 12 and 16 years, Monday afternoon found S6OO in gold under a pine stump on the slope leading to Ryerson creek. Some one had set the stump on fire and the boys were poking it with sticks when the money rolled out. The coin was in 820 gold pieces. The latest date on the coins is 1861, and they are supposed to have been secreted by Ted Boyce, a brother of millionaire John Boyce, of Grand Rapids, during the war. Ted had a penchant for hiding money and was supposed to have secreted large sums. Thousands of dollars of hidden gold was recovered soon after the war by his father. STRUCK BY THE PULLMAN CAR. Fatal Accident to a Party of Prominent Young Society People. Bath. Me., January 3. — As the Pull man train approached Bath station yesterday, it struck a hack containing William Thompson, nephew of Judge William L. Putnam. Mis* Catherine \ r . Putnam and Miss Jennie Harvey. Miss Putnam was killed. Thompson was badly cut and Miss Harvey was slight ly injured. Catherine Putnam was the daughter of George Putnam, was 16 years old, and one of the leading socie ty young women in the city. PLUNGED INTO AN OPEN SWITCH Fatal Accident on the Chicago and North western at Chicago. Chicago, January 3. —Train No. 11 on the Chicago and Northwestern rail road which left the Union depot at 11:45 o'clock last night, consisting of five cars heavily loaded, ran into an open switch near Fullerton avenue at mid night. The engine plunged into a freight car, the tender telescoping the first coach. Two people were fatally injured and a dozen others less serious ly hurt. THE BANKS AT SAVANNAH. Return* of Their Condition as complied by the Comptroller. Washington, January 3.— Returns of the conditions of national banks to De cember 19th, have been compiled by Comptroller Eckeles. The two banks of Savannah, Ga., had $1,290,000 in ‘loans and discounts ; $191,990 in lawful reserve of which $45,800 is in gold, and $65,577 is in individual deposits. The average reserve w r as 44.13 percent. Assignment in North Carolina. Winston, N. C., January 3.—8. A. Brown, a merchant and tobacco manu facturer of Kernersville. has assigned to W. C. Boren, of Guildford county. Mr. Brown turns over all of his prop erty including factory, fixtures, tobacco on hand, lands, stock of goods, ptc., but retains homestead exemption. The amounts due preferred creditors aggre gate over fifteen thousand dollars. Heavy Reduction in date Glass Prices. Pittsburg. Pa., January 8. —From now on a cut of twenty per cent w T ill be made in the price of plate glass by the Diamond Plate Glass comp my, of Kokomo and Elwood, InL, and the Pittsburg Plate Glass company. This is caused L>y the plate glass companies failing to form a combination. Korean Rebels Found a New Kingdom. Yokohama. January 3. — It is report ed that the Tonghaks (rebels) of the Korean province of Cholado have found ed a new kingdom named Kainanan. It is added that a member of the Ming family has been enthroned as King. Tennessee Jlerchaut Goes I nier. Memphis. Tenn.. January^.—M. Skal ler, a leading retail dry goods and gro cery dealer at Louisville, Tenn., as signed yesterday. Assets $37,000, lia bilities VbY 000. The creditors a phis and St Louis firms. Twenty Thousand Prisoners Benefitted. St. Petersburg, January 3. — More than twenty thousand prisoners will be benefitted by the Czar's decree of am nesty. Many of them have been al ready liberated. Leaves Hbnst-rvatives. Joins the Liberals. London, January 3. —The Earl of Buckinghamshire announced in a speech to his tenants yesterday that he had left the conservatives, to join tke liberal party. JACKSON, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1895. PEACE NOT K REACH “On to Pekin” Again the Slogan of Japanese Forces. RASTERS HOSTILITIES ARE RENEWED. Negotiations for th* Settlement of the Differences Between the Oriental Nations Likely to Fall Through, and the Future Looks Dark, Washington, January 8. —The peace negotiation between China and Japan are threatened with danger and from present indications it is exceedingly probable that hostilities may be re newed with even greater vigor and the cry “On to Peking ' only more become the slogan of the Japanese forces. De spite a prevailing belief to the contrary it is not unlikely that the Japanese government will decline to make a fur ther postponement of the actual com mencement of the negotiations in order to await the arrival of Mr. John W. Foster, the Chinese advisory counsel, and it is improbable that arrangements for the settlement of the dispute will have been completed before Mr. Foster reaches Airoshana, where the represen tatives of both warring powers are. Mr. Foster will sail from Vancouver on January 7th, providing he is not snow bound, and is due in Yokohoma. Janu ary 19th or 20th. Two days will give him ample time to re: ch Airoshoma so that the Chinese cannot ask for a post ponement after the 22nd instant. The two Chinese ambassadors of peace are due in Shanghai on January 6tli and expect to reach Hiroshima on the 9th instant, and the probabilities are that they will be asked to begin the negotiations wilhout delay. The dan ger that threatens the settlement which has seemed such a certainty will arise at this point, for the Japanese govern ment'*will refuse without a doubt to agree to any temporarizing on the plea that Mr. Foster has not arrived, and that the Chinese ambassadors cannot proceed without hie assistance. It may be stated with some degree of positive ness that a direct declination by the Chinese ambassadorsrto begin the ne gotiations until Mr. Foster reaches Hi roshima will result in positive disagree ment and the breaking off of the over tures, which will place the possibilities for peace farther away than ever and cause the Japanese forces to push their way with greater vigor toward the Chinese capitol. PRESIDENT ST. JOHN IN CHARGE The New Head of the Seaboard Air Liue Makes No * hanges in Employes. Richmond, Va., January 3. Mr. E. St. John, the recently elected vice-pres ident of the Seaboard Air Line, has formally taken charge of that road and has issued a circular to the agents and employes, all of whom will be retained, urging them to put forth their best ef forts in the company's behalf. The vice-president, accompanied by Presi dent Hoffman and nearly all the heads of the departments left on a special train yesterday evening for a two weeks tour of inspection of the railroad properties. LEGISLATURE TO TAKE A HAND. Steps to Have the New York Law Makers Investigate New York •. liy Officials, Albany, N. Y., January 3.—ln the assembly yesterday Mr. Conklin intro duced a resolution authorizing the speaker to appoint a committee to act in conjunction with a senate committee to investigate every department and the public records of every official of New York city. The resolution was laid on the table, Mr. Wray also intro-, duced a resolution to make similar in vestigations in the departments of Brooklyn. MET WITH GENEROUS FAVOR. The S mill’s Charity Towards the Suffer ing West. Baltimore, January 3.—The sugges tion made last week by Mr. R. H. Ed mons, of this city, that the south which had an abundant corn crop last year should ship a full train load of corn and meat to the farmers of Nebraska, who are suffering because of the shortage of the corn crop, has met with a very quick response throughout the country. M’MILLAN FOR THE LONG TE :M. ♦ : The Senator Named by the Republicans of Michigan for the Largest Plum. Lansing, Mich., January 8. —The re publicans in legislative caucus here yesterday evening placed in nomina tion Senator Janie* McMillan for the long term, as United States Senator from Michigan. The nomination means election as there is only one democrat io the legislature. The short term nomination will be made today. M’AFEE GETS THE CONTRACT. An Atlanta Contrac or to Build the Gov ernment Build.n- at the Exposition. Washington, January 3. —Bids were opened at the treasury department yes terday for the construction of the At lanta, Ga., exposition building. There were twenty bids, ranging from $59,- 917 to 8*27.446, the latter that of N. W. McAfee* of Atlanta. Ga.. being the low est. He will probably be awarded the contract. Weather With the Southerners. Washington, January 3. —Forecast: For Georgia, rain in eastern part, fair in western portion, warmer in south eastern portion, easterly shifting tc northerly winds. For Alabama, fair colder in northwestern portion; north westerly winds. Young Men Drowned in Virginia. Lynchburg. Va,. January 3.—George Wightman. a fifteen year old boy, and Reuben Johnson, a young man, were drowned while skating on James river, near this city, yesterday afternoon. The ice gave away. Increased Rates For Expressing Money. St. Louis. Mo., January 3.—The ex press companies have determined to in crease ra .es for carrying money pack ages to all point*. EXPRESS COMPANIES WRANGLE. Where the American Is Forced Out by the United States People. Fort Wayne, Ind.. January 3. —The American Express Cos., last year con trolled the business over the Fort Wayne. Findlay and Western railroad. After the road was extended to Fort Wayne all other companies sought the franchise. The American intended to hold the business, armed itself and put things in good shape. The United States company was granted the right to operate its cars over the new road beginning yesterday. Its messengers appeared to take possesion of the cars. They put express matter in at one door and it was thrown out the other. The trainmen, express officials, employes and the police and patrol service were mixed up in the fight yesterday morn ing at the station. The matter was finally explained to the police and the American officials were ordered to leave the ear. After a struggle the United States company took posses sion. *• UNITED IN LIFE AND IN DEATH. Young Gentleman and Lady. Sweethearts, Skated to Their Untimely End. Defiance, 0., January 3 —On the Maumee river, just east of this city, last night, Henry Clemens, aged 26, and Miss Lillie Diels, aged 21, were skating on the ice near the Independence dam, when they skated into an open .space. There were no witnesses to the drown ing, but several girls heard the splash and hurried to the spot where they broke through. They gave the aiarip, and in less than a half hour, the bodies of the two young people were taken from the water. The young couple had been keeping company for several years and they were to be married in the near future. SAILING ON AN ICE FLOAT. The Rescue, in a Frozen Condition, of Three Fishermen From the Lake. Menominee, Mich., January 8. —Mar- tin, Frank and John Woesniak, theJ three fishermen who were carried out into the lake on an ice float early Mon day morning, have reached land, but in a badly frozen condition. Calls for help were heard by a fisherman who lives sixteen miles north of here after 10 o'clock Monday night. Himself and three others went out and found the men working their way towards sheme through the slush ice by means of oats and an old sail. They were taken in tow and safely landed. FOR THEATRICAL EFFECT. The Abduction os Scott, the Defaulter, Re garded as a Farce. Omaha, Neb., January despatches received here from Oneill, the county seat of Holt county, are unanimous in the opinion that the so called abduction of Bartlett Scott, the defaulting county treasur- -**, was for theatrical effect. Scott is under $70,- 000 bond pending a doe: Aon of b-b case in the supreme court. People who are familiar with the neighborhood of Oneill believe that Scott has crossed the Niobrara and Missouri rivers and gone north into the Indian country w here he will be safe from detection or pursuit. THE INDICTMENTS HOLD GOOD. Officers of the Mutual Loan Company Must Meet Their Fate. Chicago, January 3.--Judge Allen, of the United States circuit court, yester day denied the motion to quash the in dictments found against Ex-Governor Beveridge and other officers of the Mutual Loan company, charging them -with fraud. The company operated on a plan similar to that of the Guarantee Investment company, for which Presi dent McDonald was sent to jail for eleven months. INSANITY CAUSED IT ALL. Demented '-'on of a Prominent Farmer Burned the House and His Father. Port Washington, Wis., January 3. The insane son of Farmer Charles Buehrles set fire to his father’s barn yesterday and in attempting to put out the flames the father was burned to death and his wife, the boy’a mother, seriously injured. The house and barn were burned to the ground. The boy was arrested. TAKES HANDS. Prominent and Wealthy Californian Tires of the Ways of the W orld. San Francisco, Cal., January 3. Chrrles H. Kohler, a well known and wealthy citizen, president of the Koh ler and Frohleing Wine C0.,0f this city, committed suicide at midnight last night taking morphine. He carried very heavy insurance on his life, said to be $125,000. The English Anarchist in Trouble. Philadelphia, Pa., January 3. —The grand jury found a true bill of indict ment against Chark.-s W. Mowbray, the English anarchist, charging him with making a seditious speech. Mowbray was arrested here last Friday night after addressing a meeting of anarch ists. _ No Decision Yet Reached. Washington, January 3.— Judge MeComas yesterday heard arguments on the question whether three indict ments found against Captain Howgate, ex-chief of the signal service, for for gery and embezzlement are barred by the statute of limitations. No decision was reached. Gold Engagements for European Markets. New York, January 3. —The gold en gagements for today’s European steam er amount to §2,200,000, of which Lazard Fereres will ship §1,000,000; Heidel baek Ickelheimer & Cos., §700,000, and Ladenbnrg. Thalman & Cos., §500,000. f Failure of a Flarida OrangjpGrower. Jacksonville, Fla., January 3 —At Sanford. Fla., Mr. Joh i E. Pace, large orange grower, assigned to Thomas E. Wilson. His assets are given at §75,000 but no schedule of liabilities has been filed. | ' y Adlai Stevenson Returns?*) Washington. Asheville, N. C., 8. — Vice- President Stevenson left|ill ton yesterday. Miaa Q t better today. " TURNED THE TABLES Alabama Southern Robbers Take the Officers Captive. THE BANDITS REMAIN AT LARGE. The Two Train Highwaymen Recognized, and Covered by the Defenders of th* Law, When They Disarm the Sheriffs and Continue. Lauderdale, Miss., January 3. —The two men who robbed the express on an Alabama Southern passenger train Monday night, passed through this plaeeTucsday night, boarded the north bound Mobile and Ohio passenger train at Narkeeto for Macon, Miss. Yesterday the Mobile and Ohio agent at Scooba, recognizing- the men from description, notified Officer Scott at Macon, who, in company with a deputy United States marshal, attempted their arrest. When the officers covered their men the largest jumped on the deputy marshal, taking his pistol from him and then ordered Officer Scott to drop his gun and release his partner, which was done. The suspected men then coolly took possession of both officers’ pistols and shot gun, bade them good morning and left for the river swamp near by. A special train with Detective Horn Griffin, with dogs, from Meridian, reached Macon at 2 o’clock, but as yet they have failed to get on the track of the men. TEXTILE PLANTS IN A YEAR. The South’s Good Showing in the Number of Enterprises to its Credit. Boston, January 3. —The American Wool anti Cotton Reporter in its semi annual review of mill construction throughout the country give some in teresting data. It says: the past six months the improvement in the business situations has been re flected in no uncertain manner in the under takings of the construction of a large number of textile plants. In the first months of the year 1894, the number of new mills was 113, a wonderful showing considering the condition of the business world. Since the middle of the year, the construction of no less than 147 tex tile plants have been undertaken, an increase of 31 as compared with the previous six months. The record for the year is 263 new mills as against 279 in 1893, and 35 for 1892. The southern states make a very good show ing in the number of new mills undertaken dur ing the latter portion of the year, however. New York and Pennsylvania lead with 21 each to their credit. Next comes North Carolina with 16,then South Carolina with 14. Record by states for the whole is as follows: New York. 38: Pennsylvania 36: North Carolina 26; South Carolina 23; Georgia 19; Massachusetts 15; Maine 11: Virginia and Rhode Island 8 each; Texas and Connecticut 7 each, the remainder being divided among the other states. CONDITION OF THE TREASURY, The Gold Reserve Reduced to Eighty-Four Million in Round Numbers. Washington, January 3.— The with drawal of gold from the New York sub-treasury yesterday for shipment to Europe aggregated $1,500,000. This reduces the gold reserve to $84,000,000 in round nunibers. The debt statement issued yesterday afternoon shows a net increase in the public debt less cash in treasury during December, 1894, of $31,- 320,776. The interest hearing debt in creased $40,201,700; non-interest bearing debt increased $125,650, and the cash in the treasury increased $8,809,974. DEMOCRATS GAIN IN GEORGIA. The Election in Every County in the State for County Officers. Atlanta, January 3. —Every county in Georgia held an election for county officers yesterday. Owing to bad weather throughout nearly the whole state the vote was lig-ht. Snow and sleet fell in the upper part of the state and rain fell through the middle tier of counties. Specials show that the democrats held their own everywhere and redeemed several counties which the populists carried in the election for governor. Asa rule the democrats made marked gains.' CARRIERS ARE NOT CLERKS. Order Prohibiting Them From Performing Clerical Postoftice Labors. Washington, January 3. —First Assis tant Postmaster General Jones has issued an important notice to post masters at free delivery offices which directly concerns carriers. The per formance of clerical work by carriers is absolutely pi'ohibited, w-hile among other provisions of the order is one that men detailed exclusively in collec tion service should not be allowed to enter the work room of the office except to deposit their collections. THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING. A Typical Oa • to be Erected at the Cotton States Exposition. Atlanta, January 3. —California will have a building- at the Cotton States Exposition here. President Collier has negotiated with a representative of parties in Los Angeles, Cal., who pro pose to erect a typical California buid ing and fill it with a superior exhibit, representative of the product _of that state. TOO COLD FOR THE ANIMALS. Tho Sunny South is Too Chilly for the Howe and Cushings 3leuagerin. Birmingham. Ala., January 3. —As a result of the severe cold spell, Howe and Cushings menagerie, which is in winter quarters here, has been greatly depleted. Since Saturday two camels and a number of monkeys have died and a large lion and lioness are not ex pected to live. The dead and dying animals are valued at SIO,OOO. Advancing Wages for the IV. avers. 'New Ledford, Mass., January 3. There is a great scarcity of weavers and several mills have advanced wages for weavers here and it is currently report ed today that other mills will follow the example set by the Hathaway mills. Spot Cotton Slightly Off. New York, January 3. —The Sun's cotton review says. Cotton ddvanced 2 to 3 points, but lost this and closed 6 to 8 points up, barely steady, with sales oi §9,700 bales. Spot l-16th lower. TALK OF -THE EXTRA SESSION, i First Matters on the Program for the Dem ocratic House Members. Washington, January 3. —The first thing the democratic members of the house will do on their return to Wash ington will be to caucus, and upon this caucus greatly depends the probability of an extra session. Already a careful canvass of the senate is being made to ascertain what sort of currency bill they will be able to push through that branch of congress. By the end of the week it is expected some sort of esti mate as to how the senate stands will be reached. The administration will then put its forces to bear upon the caucus and drive them to some sort of action on a currency bill. The gold re serve lias now fallen to $86,000,000, and it is said that Secreturv Carlisle is pre paring a statement to send to congress after the recess calling attention to the drain on the gold and asking them to pass some measure for the relief of the treasury as soon as possible. ANOTHER BOUT WITH THE ARMY Salvationists and the New Yc>rk Uity Police at War Ag tin. New York, January 8. —The police are again at war with the Salvation army. They stopped a street meeting last night and arrested one of the en thusiastic soldiers who persisted in singing on the street after lie had been commanded to stop. The result of the differences a year ago was that the army gained the privilege of holding meetings on the street, not on the side walks, and parading with music the streets on week days. They have begun the Sabbath day meetings with music on the sidewalks at the busiest corners, and the police have called a halt. WAS IT SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT. Executor Bidwell’s Death Now Known to Have Been Cauned by Potaoii, New York, January 3. —It now looks as though William E. Bidwell, who was found dead in his bed at his home. No. 387 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, on Sunday morning last, had committed suicide. An autopsy ma'cTe’ fcy iVr. John’ M. Clay land, bv direction of Coroner Creamer, showed that death was due to carbolic acid poisoning. This may in dicate suicide or accident. Mr. Bidwell was the executor of the $69,000 estate of the late John Thompson, and was to have rendered an account of his fifteen years executorship j-esterday. SIX COOK BANDITS LOCATED. United Slates Marshals on the Trail of Bill Cook, Jim French and Others. Muskogee, xl. TANARUS., January 3. —Simps Bennett, a deputy marshal, came into Muskogee yesterday afternoon and in formed Marshal McAlester that he had Bill Cook, Jim French and four other members of the gang located in the bottoms three miles west of Fort Gib son. Last evening, six marshals, mounted and equipped, departed for the locality in which Bennett left the bandits. Sunday, Cherokee Bill shot his brother-in-law seven times, killing him instantly. NEW ZEAL WITH THE NEW YEAR. Determined Efforts Upon a Plan of Under derground Transit in New York. New York, January 3. —With the new year the Rapid Transit commis sioners will start at once to determine, with as much haste as possible, upon a plan for an under ground rapid transit system. That no time may be lost, they will meet today to examine new plans or listen to new- suggestions, which it is understood Engineer Wil liam Barclay Parsons will preset. General John B. Dennis Dead. New Haven, Conn., January B.—The death is announced at Melrose, Mass., of General John B. Dennis, formerly captain, major and lieutenant colonel of the seventh Connecticut regiment in the civil war. lie was afterward post master general of South Carolina and a member of the legislature of that state during the Moses administration. He was breveted brigadier general at the close of the civil war. One Orange Crop Worth $30,000. San Francisco, January 3. —E. J. Baldwin has closed a contract with the Earl Fruit company, of Los Angeles, for his crop of oranges in the Santa Anita ranch, estimated at 130 car loads. Mr. Baldwin will receive for the crop about $30,000. This probably is the largest orange sale ever made by a sin gle grower. Express Companies’ Increased Rates. Baltimore, January 3.—The Balti more banks were notified yesterday by the Adams and the United States ex press companies, that, beginning at once, the rate for carrying Money pack ages from Baltimore to other cities will be increased. Knights Denounce Sovereign. Columbus, 0., January 3.—The state assembly of the Knights of Labor is in session here. Resolutions were adopt ed denouncing Sovereign and Hayes and advocating secession from the or der. Work on Panama Canni Increased. Bogota, Columbia, January 3.—New engineers of the canal company have arrived at Panama. Their promptness in moving, the work will be pushed with more vigor than heretofore. THE NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. Tragedian Thomas W. Keene at Seat tle, Wash., denies the story of his ill ness. The wool schedule and the single item “doll, etc.,” of the tariff act pass ed the last session of congress went into effect Tuesday. The first annual convention of the national board of trade of Cycle Manu facturers will be held in the concert hall of Madison Square Garden, New York from January 21 to January 20. Fire Tuesday afternoon completely gutted the Prince knitting works sit uated at Belmont avenue and Herndon street, Chicago. Of the 150 girls em ployed in the works, thirty them had * narrow escape. '• m BALLOT BOX MURDER Tragedy at Blakely, Georgia, Over a Political Dispute. DUEL TO THE DEATH WITH PISTOLS. Men, Prominent in Local Affairs, Face Each Other ami Shoot Willi Imi'u ult.v. Wounding aud Killing M ithin the Bullets Range. Bi.akely, Ga., .lamiary 3.—The elec tion yesterday was the occasion pf a serious shooting 1 affray at Colquitt, Miller county, in which J. A Bush on one side and two of the lvambrell boys on the other were the parties engaged. The trouble grew out of some differ ence in politics, Bush championing the straight democratic ticket, and was pre cipitated by Bush knocking old man Kambrell down after a heated al tercation of words, whereupon Charlie and Burrell Kambrell drew their pis tols and began firing at Bush from op posite directions at a distance of about ten paces. Bush drew his revolver aud returned the fire, shooting at one of his assailants twice and then turning and shooting twice at the other, when lie again faced about and fired the remain ing chamber of his revolver and rushed upon the one confronting him and beat him severely over the head with the empty revolver. Bush was hit in three places, one ball passing . through the thigh, another going tlirtmgh the palm of his hand and the third entering the left side, near the heart. His wounds are expected to prove fatal. The Kam brells escaped without serious injury. The parties are brothers-in-law aud prominent in local affairs. ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN GEORGIA. Joe Johnson, Populist, Kills Pink Smith, Democrat, at Concord. (iiiisFi.v, Ga.. January 3. —Yesterday evening at Concord, a station on the Georgia Midland and Gulf railroad, there occurred ■vn awful h J pop&ist shot and in stantly killed 1 ’ink Smith, a white dem ocrat. The tragedy was the result of a political dispute directly chargeable to intoxication. Two shots were fired at Smith, one taking effect in the hip joint and the other passing through the heart. Both men have families. The dead man leaves a wife and two chil dren, one an infant only five days old. Johnson was immediately arrested and incarcerated. KENTUCKY SENATORIAL RACE. Blackburn Has a Hard Fight to Make, With Breckinridge Against Him. Lorisvir.LK, Ky., January 3. —The senatorial race promises to be unusu ally interesting. Buckner and Brown have declared themselves in favor of a convention nomination. Whether this would be regarded as binding by the legislature is a* matter of speculation. It is generally conceded that Senator Blackburn has got to make a fight. Representative Breckinridge is work ing against him, and what makes it more unfavorable for Blackburn is that his home counties lie in the Ashland district where the embers of the Breckinridge fire still smolders. SPECIAL POLICEMEN ON DUTY. Effort to Clear Sacramento of Murderer*, Robbers and Swindlers. Sacramento, Cal., January 3.'“ The murder of Grocer Weber and his wife Saturday night, the robbery and severe beating of a butcher named Atkinson and numerous burglaries within the last few days have stirred the commu nity to an excitable pitch. This after noon the city trustees decided to ap point two hundred and fifty special po licemen and ordered the police to clear the city of all criminals. Had such ac tion not been taken the citizens would have formed a vigilance committee be fore night. MOTHER AND CHILD BURNED. Fatal Accident Befalls thn Crooks Family Near Milan, Missouri. Milan, Mo., January 3. —A man named Crooks, 1- who has lived here for the last two years, left with his family yesterday for southern Missouri, trav eling with teams and wagons. They camped last night near Reger, aud while his wife was getting supper her clothing accidentally caught fire. She was burned almost beyond recognition. Two of the little girls who caught hold of her while she was burning were also horribly burned. The husband was badly burned about the face and hands while trying to extinguish the flames. ANTWERP CLOSED TO AMERICA. The European Authorities Stop the Sale There of Dressed Beef and Pork. Chicago, January 3. —The packers and shippers of cattle and dressed beef for export in this city were very much alarmed yesterday to read of the latest embargo action of the European au thorities, the closing of Antwerp to American beef. They were indignant and determined to protest against the embargo as an outrage as well as a vital blow at the cattle rais.ng indus try of the country. Resignation of A. J. Brooks From the Navy Philadelphia, Pa.. January 3.-A- J. Brooks,of the bureau of construction, U. S. N., has resigned and accepted the position of superintendent of construc tion at Cramps ship yard. lie relieves Mr. Nixson. who resigned that position a few days since. More Smallp X in the Old Dominion. Richmond, Yu., January 3. Gover nor O’Ferrall received yesterday a tele gram from the commonwealth s attor ney of King William county saying there were three new cases of smallpox at Indian Town. Fine Imposed Uinm Citptain Caviii* PhiladelahiA, Pa., January 3.—Aj fine has been imposed by Collector's Read upon CaptainvCaf ' 4thc British! steamship Laures*’ \ bringing! phenacetine NO 2