Newspaper Page Text
yoL xxiii
“FLAJIBKAI.”
■ Owing to the low price of cotton and
Hie presence of hard times we will stand
thoroughbred horse, ‘'Flambeau,”
■wring 1895 at the low price of |ls to
■uarantee a foal! Now is your time to
■aise good stock while you have a chance
Horn such horses as ‘'Flambeau,” at the
■>w price quoted. His colts can be seen
Bt Jackson, Griffin, and other places and
Hiey show for themselves. His home is
■t Jackson, but will stand at the follow
in' places: Jackson, Griffin, Indian
Spring, Mouticello, McDonough and
Bther places that will give us enough
Hoik to authorize our doing so.
Thompson & Torbkt,
Hoi2o-2iu Jackson, Ga.
■“!\ ■ * >;*r B’os-otn” j- n painless i-uiv
* ses j-; n i,i! to wont* n.
i . > 111 i* # i*,♦** ■
> ■ • utllf- S'i*cU .'1
itli, aii't
■ i • thing but the
H Nr-.
1' t A i>. (’aruiichnei. *
.mi linns make Uurgltii's.
B) in' ie foolish ami hide your
Deposit it in Jackson
Hanking Cos Can draw it out at
B y time. No charge for keep-
Hng it safely. Absolute security
Buaranieed. janlß-4t
[ burglaries are now frequent,
■bit your money where burglars
Bonnot steal it. Jackson Bank-
Hi>g Cos. offers superior induce-
Bii.‘iits as to safety and security.
Bo charges for taking care of
Bimr money. You can draw it
Hut at any time. Will allow in-
B rest on specified time deposits
By special contract. jan!B-4t
NOTICE
iTo my numerous customers
fid friends: Don't buy your
luano, Acid or Cottou B*'ed Meal
In til you ee me, as I am in the
i tfket with my accustomed sup
. "I the most popular* brands,
u ii have riven such universal
Liisfaction 1' possible lam
’paring to meet your views in
M ls ami p.ieus My guano, as
It he pa3t, will be delivered
my guano house at the
Hkson Carriage Factory; so
Base don’t fail to call on me,
auuine my goods, get my
riee-\ and make your selection
om the largest assortment of
ic most popular brands of
oods offered in this market. It
* by long experience in thebus
less, mid from information
ained each ear from numerous
itrrneis that 1 know which brands
4 ,UiUios to stick to and which
? ruy custvuners best,
jvesjiectfully,
25u J. U. Carmichael.
Professional cards
V. W. Anderson. Frank Z. Curry.
ANDERSON Sc CURRY.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Negotiates loaas on real estate.
>rtioe up stairs over tUe Yellow Store,
ackson, Georgia.
M. M. MILLS,
Attorney at Law.
)ffice in Court House, Jackson, Ga.
\CY. McKIBBEN,
Attorney at Law,
ACKSON, - - GEORGIA.
STOP AT THE
Morrison House.
ikrything; New and Frt-Class.
£™onvementlv Located.
Free Hack to Depot.
C\ W. BUCHANAN, Prop’r.
)r. 0. H. Cantrell,
DENTIST.
aekson, - - Georgia.
J. D. Watkins,
Attorney at Law.
fl® Wness Promptly Attended t&
|P Watkins Hall,
JACKSON, GA.
GRAVES IXJHE DEEi-
Three Hundred and Fifty Lives
Lost at Sea.
FULL STORY OF THE ELBE DISASTER.
The Collision in the Xorth Sea That Car
ried Death to Many a Soul and
Gloom and Dispair to Many
a Family.
London, January 31. —The North
German Lloyd steamship Elbe, bound
from Bremen for New York was sunk
in a collision with a small steamer fifty
miles off Lowestoft early yesterday.
She carried 385 souls. But twenty-one
survivors have been landed, but a few
others may still be afloat in one of the
ship’s small boats. At an early hour
this morning’ the number of lives lost
was given out as 350.
The survivors of the wreck were
landed at Lowestoft by the fishing
smack Wildflower at 5:40 o'clock last
evening. They are: Stollberg, third
officer; Neussel, first engineer; Weser,
paymaster: Schulthiss, Linkmeyer and
Sitting, assistant paymasters; Furst,
chief stoker; Vicebe, steward; Wen
ning, Singer and Seibert, sailors;
Dreson and Batko, ordinary seamen;
DeHardee, German pilot; Greenham,
English pilot; Hofmann, Lugen, Schle
gel and Vovera, of Cleveland, 0., saloon
passengers; Bolthen, a steoragee pas
senger, and Miss Annie Bucker.
Hoffman’s home is in Nebraska. His
wife and boy went down with the ship.
All of them were in a pitiable condition.
The passengers were but half clothed.
Their few garments were frozen stiff,
their hair was coated with ice, and
anxiety and effort had exhausted them
so completely that they had to be help
ed ashore. The officers and sailors
were fully dressed but their clothes
had been drenched and frozen and they
had been almost paralyzed with cold
and fatigue. They had been ashore
three hours before they had recovered
sufficiently to tell the story of the
wreck. Their accounts agree upon the
following points:
Story of the Wreck.
The Elbe loft Bremen on Tuesday
afternoon. The few hours of the voy
age before the disaster were unevent
ful. At 4 o’clock in the morning the
wind was blowing very hard and a
tremendous sea was running, The
morning was unusually dark. Various
steamers lights were seen in all direc
tions, showing that many vessels were
near by. The captain therefore order
ed that rockets should be sent up at
regular intervals to warn the craft to
keep out of the Elbe's course. It was
near to 6 o'clock and the Elbe was some
fifty miles off Lowestoft, coast of Suf
folk. when the lookout man sighted a
steamer of about 1,090 tons approach
ing. He gave the word, and, as a pre
caution, the number of rockets was
doubled and they were sent up at short
intervals. The warning was without
effect. The steamer came on with un
checked speed and before the Elbe
could change her course or reduce her
speed noticeable, there was the terrific
crash of the collision. The Elbe was
hit abaft her engine room. When the
small steamer wrenched away, an enor
mous hole was left in the Elbe s side.
The water poured through and down
into the engine room in a cataract. The
room filled almost instantly. The en
gines were still and the big hulk began
to settle.
The Llf or Death Panic.
The passengers were in bed. The
bitter cold and rough sea had prevent
ed an early rising, and none except the
officers and crew on duty was on deek
when the ship was struck. The shock
and crash roused everybody. The
steerage was in a panic in a moment,
men, women and children, half-dressed
or in their night clothes, came crowd
ing up the companion ways. They had
heard the sound of rushing water as
the other steamer backed off, and had
felt the Elbe lurch and settle. They
had grasped the fact that it was their
life or death with them, and almost to
a man had succomhed to their terror.
They clung together in groups, facing
the cold and storm, and cried aloud for
help or prayed on their knees for de
liverance. The officers and crew were
calm. For a few moments they went
among the terror-stricken groups try
ing to quiet them and encouraging
them to hope that the vessel might be
saved. It was soon apparent, however,
that the Elbe was settling steadily.
The officers were convinced that she
was about to founder and gave orders
to lower the boats.
The Work of the Rescue,
In a short time three boats were got
alongside, but the seas were breaking
over the steamer with great force and
the first boat was swamped before any
body could get into it. The other two
boats, lowered at about the same time,
were filled quickly with members of
the crew and some passengers, but the
number was small as the boats had
only twenty persons each.
The boat carrying the twenty-one
persons who were lauded at Lowestoft,
put off in such haste from the sinking
steamer that nobody in it noticed what
became of the other boat. The survi
vors believe, however, that she got
away safely.
The steamship company has deferred
its decision as to sending the survivors
to New York. In answer to a dispatch
from the United press, the North Ger
man Lloyd sent this official statement
from Bremen last night:
“The third officer ot the Elbe reports from
Lowesroft that the vessel was struck on the
port side in the way sail room by an unknown
steamer, sinking in twenty minutes. StormF
weather, watch in order. Hope a second boat
which was lowered may he safe, as several
fishing vessels and a steamer are in the vicin
ity. Good discipline; everything done that
was possible to save life.”
Collector Arnow, of Georgia, Confirmed.
Washington, January 81.— The sen
ate has confirmed the nominations of
Peter B. Arnow to be collector of cus
toms at Saint Mary's, Ga., and George
W. Wright, postmaster at Marion, Va.
JACKSON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1895.
THE STRIKERS , ,-*.c LaW.
Brooklyn Street Railways' Troubles About
Over as to I üblic Violence.
Brooklyn, N. Y., January 81. — More
troops were withdrawn from the streets
of Brooklyn yesterday. All but a few
companies of the Second brigade, were
ordered from their posts to their armo
ries and held there in reserve. Some of
the regiments will probably he dis
missed today. The Seeond battery
broke camp and went home lq£t eve
ning. The withdrawal of the troops
was the result of a conference between
Mayor Schieren and Brigadier General
McLeer. They decided that the peace
and quiet of the city was practically re
stored and that the police could take
care of such disturbances as still con
tinue. The strike itself is over. The
places vacated by the 6,000 men who
quit work on January 14, have nearly
all been filled and every trolly line in
the city was in operation yesterday.
Thr strikers have directed their atten
tion to proceedings before the attorney
general at Albany to annul the charter
of the Brooklyn Heights company and
in addition have moved before one
court for a peremptory mandamus
against the Atlantic avenue railroad to
compel it to operate its lines and before
another court for the arrest of its pres
ident and superintendent for violation
of the ten hour law.
MODUS VIVENDI IN FORCE.
That Between Spain and the United states
to be Immediately Enforced.
Washington, January 31.—Secretary
Gresham understands that the modus
vivendi between Spain and the United
States, which passed the senate at
Madrid j-ester Jay, will go into effect
immediately. The text of the bill pro
posed by the Spanish government as
published officially in Madrid, is as fol
lows :
The government is authorized to apply to the
products and manufactures of the United
States which, coining from the ports of the
United States, are admitted into the ports of
Cuba and Porto Rico, the second column of the
customs duties in force in Cuba and Porto
Rico, in return for the Unjlted States applying
their lowest duties to the products of the soil
and industry of Cuba and Porto Rico.
The modus vivendi will remain in force until
a definite treaty is concluded between the two
countries int. rested, or until one of them an
nounces, three months in advance, the day on
which it wishes to put an end to it.
(Signed) Alejandro Groizard.
Minister of Stata.
This action of Spain in restoring the
lowest rates of duty to American pro
ducts is a complete surrender to the
contention of the United States that as
long as we did not discriminate against
Cuba or Porto Rico we were entitled
under the favored nation clause to che
rates existing heretofore. Failing in
that, the United States was prepared
to retaliate under che provision of the
pure food and flag acts.
ALLIANCE WITH GAUTEMALA.
In the Event of War the Central American
Republics Will Take a Hand.
City of Mexico, January 81. — An an
nouncement published here that the
Central American republics of Nicara
gua, Honduras and Salvador, with
Costa Rica to follow, would form an
alliance with Gautemala, in the event
of trouble with Mexico, has caused
considerable comment. Senor Castel
lanos, the Salvadorean minister here,
on being interviewed, denied having
any knowledge of the matter, and gov
ernment officials state that no official
confirmation of the announcement has
been received. The formation of such
a Central American league would
doubtless tend to increase the fast ris
ing public sentiment in Mexico against
Gautemala.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Destructive Loan to T,lfe and Property In a
Denver Disaster.
Denver. Colo., January 81. —The boil
er at the Denver Electric power house
in West Denver, blew up last
night completely wrecking the
building and machinery. Coney
Betzer was found dead in the ruins.
William Cafferty, electrician, and Hugh
Wise, engineer, are supposed to be dead
among the wreckage. John Brown and
Frank Walrod, employes, and a visitor
named Stanley, escaped with serious
burns about the head and body. It is
thought that Walrod cannot recover.
The building and machinery were val
ued at $150,000. The explosion will ser
iously interfere with the street railways
of Denvers.
LAW AS TO TRAIN WRECKERS.
Capital Punishment If Death Results—lm
prisonment Otherwise.
Washington, January 81.—The house
commerce committee yesterday agreed
to report favorably the bill punishing
train wrecking and train robbery.
Where death results from the wrecking
of a train with intent f to plunder, the
crime shall be punishable by death.
The bill provides for punishment by
imprisonment of from 1 to 20 years
where death does not result. The pro
visions of the bill apply to all lines of
railway under the jurisdiction of the
inter-state commerce commission and
trains carrying the United States
mails.
SUPPRE3 ING WAR NEWS.
Nothing Hut Official n Mien t ions Allowed
.n t otombia.
Colon, Columbia. January 31.—A de
cree has been issued prohibiting the
publication or transmission of any
thing but official news of the revolu
tion of the republic of Colombia. The
British warship Pelican has sailed and
the probability of the United States
cruiser Atlanta leaving this port is
causing much anxi Ur amiong the for
eign population.
Sixtv Thonstud .)oli*rs iu Gold Found.
Jackson. Miss. January 31.—Sixty
thousand dollars in gold was found
vesteruay by Jesse J. Drew at bis saw
mill near No!la d.ile, Washington
county. The treas see is -u posed tc
have been burrieu a. ng tne civil wai
by Captain Barefield.
The Oregon Deadlock Unbroken.
Salem, Ore . January 31.—There was
no change in the senatorial situation
yesterday.
HOPING FOR NOTHING
Finance Committee Can Agree
Upon no Legislation.
NO RELIEF MEASURE YET IN SIGHT.
The Japanese Treaty Ra ifled in
ate—Stormy Scenes in the i.o ver
Branch—War of Words Near
Unto a War in Reality.
Washington, January 31. —At the
earliest moment after the opening of
the house yesterday, Mr. Catchings re
ported from the committee on rules a
resolution for the consideration of the
Reilly Pacific railroad funding bill. It
provided for general debate from the
adoption of the resolution until 3
o’clock today. Today’s session to be
gin at 11 o'clock, debate on the five
minute rule to continue until 4:30
o’clock when the vote on the bill will
be taken and pending amendments.
The order giving today to the commit
tee on the District of Columbia was ab
rogated and Friday set apart for busi
ness from that committee. A remarka
bly acrimonious debate followed. The
resolution and the committee on rules
were violently attacked for unduly re
stricting debate by Boatner, and 1
number of others. The colloquy was
conducted with much gesticulation and
denunciation, and pounding of the
speaker’s gavel, and was finally ended
only by the efforts of the sergeant-at,
arms. \
The demand for the previous ques
tion on the passage of the resolution
was seconded by a vote of 133 yeas to
121 nays, and then before the desired
vote was taken upon the passage of the
resolution, a modification was accepted
by Mr. Catchings, and it was agreed to
by unanimous consent. As adopted the
resolution provided for general debate
up to adjournment of today’s session,
which shall begin at 11 oclock, and in
whatever time the committee on the
District of Columbia shall not occupy
of Friday’s session. Saturday’s session,
also beginning at 11 o'clock, shall be
devoted to r the consideration of the bill
under the fiye minutes rule until 4:30
o’clock when the vote shall be taken on
its passage.
A house bill was passed authorizing
the chief official of any state penitenti
ary err jail to open the mail of a prison
er which he has reason to believe is in
tended to be derogatory to the discip
line of the institution.
No Financial Legislation Probable.
If there had been any lingering hope
left that the finance committee of the
senate would be able to agree upon
some measure of financial relief at the
present session, such hope was definite
dispelled iu the course of the .discussion
which broke out immediately after
the reading of the journal yesterday.
One of the leading democratic mem
bers of that committee, feenator Vest,
of Missouri, in presenting resolutions of
the St. Louis merchants exchance favor
ing legislation on the lines of the presi
dent’s recent message, took a firm
stand against any such legislation, and
expressed the opinion that the mer
chant’s exchange had not given proper
consideration to the subject, and did
not represent the intelligent opinion of
a majority of the people of Missouri.
Senator Sherman's Opinion.
Senator Sherman expressed the same
opinion, saying that the committee on
finance was utterly helpless to deal
with the question and that the best
thing that the senate could do would
be to discharge the committee from its
further consideration, take up the ques
tion itself and give the necessary re
lief to the country.
After the subject was dropped the
senate proceeded to the consideration
of executive business and having rati
fied the Japanese treaty, adjourned at
4:05 p. m.
ITALIANS SFEK OTHER CLIMES.
Hundreds of Them Leaving the Sugar
Plantations of Louis?'^a.
New Orleans,
Steamship Montebello, which is engag
ed in transportation of fruit from Pal
ermo, Ital, to this port will weigh an
chor here today, with at least 500 pas
sengers on board. The list will be com
posed entirely of Italians, who emi
grated to Louisiana in order to secure
work on sugar plantations, but now,
owning to the destruction of the bounty
found there, wages cut to fifty cents a
day, and in consequence are unable to
live on earnings so meagre. It is said
that a general unrest prevails among
all the Italians who have recently ar
rived at this port and it is expected
that within thirty days 1,000 of them
will ship from here to some other coun
try where the times are more prosper
ous.
THE COLLISION IN ALABAMA.
Two freight Trains Collide Near Hullt
Ntatiou—No Fatal Result.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.. January 31.—There
was a head-end collision between twe
freight trains near Hulls Station this
morning. Through some mistake the
south-bound train failed to receive or
ders to side-track and the trains me*
on a curve. The crews of both trainj
jumped and saved there lives, althougt
several were injured. Both of the ea
gines and twelve cars were demolished
and as many more were wrecked.
General Otis at the White House.
Washington, January 31. —Brig. Gen
E. S. Otis, commanding the Departmen'
of the Columbia, called at the Whit
House this morning, in company wit!
Secretary Lamont, and had a short in
terview with the President. He will
return to his post at Yancouvers bar
racks, Washington, about the end oi
the week.
The Sun’s Cotton Review.
New York. January 81. —The Sun'i
cotton review says: Cotton declined !
to 5 points, then rallied and closed
steady after a small business with
prices 1 to 2 points lower than last
night. Liverpool advanced % point
but lost this and declined }4 to 1 point,
closing barely steady.
WHAT CLEVELAND WILL DO.
The Outcome of a Failure on the Part of
Congress to Legislate for Aid.
Washington, January 31. —Rumors
as to what the president and Secretary
Carlisle intend doing are plentiful but
no official announcement has been
given out. No preparations are being
made for a bond issue and none will be
made until the president is convinced
that eongress will not respond to his
appeal for financial aid. Unless this
congress responds promptly to the
President’s suggestion, he will, in the
exercise of his discretion under the re
sumption act, direct the issue of SIOO,-
000,000 bonds. Under this act there are
three kinds of bonds he may issue, viz:
Five per cent, bonds which are ten
years; four and a half per cent, bonds
which run fifteen years; and four per
cent bonds, which run thirty years.
As the president in his recent mes
sage favored fifty year bonds the gen
eral belief in official circles is that, if
bonds are issued under-the resumption
act, they will be four per ceni bonds to
run thirty years.
Everything is contingent on the con-
dition of the gold reserve. Should the
gold withdrawals diminish or cease al
together, the president may not con
sider another bond issue necessary at
this time, as the general condition of
the treasury with $143,000,000 available
for expenses and constant improvement
daily showing in receipts, is better
now than it has been for the last two
years.
YIELD FROM THE INCOME TAX.
The Treasury Officials Estimate More
Than Fifty Millions.
Washington, January 81. —When the
proposition to tax incomes was before
congress the profit from the scheme
was at first estimated at from $15,000,-
000 to $18,000,000. Later the estimates
of the committee were raised to $30,-
000,000. Mr. Hall, of Missouri who has
given more study, perhaps, to the
theory and history of the income tax
than any other member of the house,
did not place the total below $50,000,-
000. From the results of the canvass
of the internal revenue bureau it ap
pears that Mr. Ilall was more nearly
correct than the other forecasters He
now says that the income tax may yield
more than $50,000,000, and it is known
that the treasury department officials
do not place its results below that
mark. The showing made by the
thirty-six of the thirty-six districts
gives ground for the estimate that
about 300,000 persons and corporations
will contribute to the treasury by this
plan.
THE TEMPORARY RECEIVER.
The Union Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, of Cincinnati, Thus Honored.
Cincinnati, 0., January 31.—1n the
United States circuit court yesterday
Judge Taft appointed the Union
Savings bank and Trust company of
this city, temporary receiver for this
district of the Distilling and Cattle
Feeding company of Illinois. In their
petition for receivers filed here yester
day afternoon the appointment of J. P.
Greenhut and C. B. Lawrence was
asked. The court, however, thought
it improper to appoint an officer of the
company as receiver. After a confer
ence with J. G. Schmidlapp, president
of the Union Savings bank and Trust
company, Judge Taft appointed that
company temporary receiver until he
can have a conference with Judge
Groscup, of Chicago.
COLONEL OSBORNE DEAD.
Stationed at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Died
at St. Augustine, Florida-
St. Augustine, Fla., January 81.—
Colonel Nathan W. Osborne, Command
ing the fifth regiment, United States
Infantry, stationed at Fort McPherson,
Atlanta, Ga., yesterday of a
complication of disease.
Colonel Osborne came to St. Augus
tine from Atlanta a month ago, hoping
that a change of climate would be of
benefit, but his disease was too deep
seated and he grew steadily worse until
his death. His adjutant, Lieutenant
Hunter Liggett came with him and last
Sunday Quartermaster F. C. Kimball
was summoned from Fort McPherson.
EDITOR’S COSTLY ASSAULT.
Page M. Baker, of New Orleans, Fined an
Aggregate of SI,OOO.
New Ori.eans, January 31. —Mr.
Page M. Baker, editor of the Times-
Democrat, appeared before Judge
Moise at 1:30 o’clock yesterday after
noon and plead guilty to the charges
of carrying concealed w apons, assault
with a dangerous weapon and assault
and battery. Qn the first count he was
fined $250 or thirty days and the two
following counts were sentenced to pay
$750 or four months in the Parish
prison.
THE MOONSHINE MURDERERS.
Two Implicated in the Assassination of
Henry Worley Plead Guilty.
Atlanta, January 31.— John Carnes
and Sam Peeples, moonshiners implica
ted in the hanging of Henry Worley,
an informer, plead guilty in the Uuited
States court yesterday. Worley man
aged to slip the rope from his neck and
escape but he was shot dead a few days
later. It is presumed that Carnes and
Peeples will be used by the govern
ment in the murder case.
Invited to Make a Visit to Atlanta.
Atlanta, January 31. —The directors
of the Cotton States Exposition will in
vite the Washington correspondents to
visit Atlanta. They will be provided
with a special train and all the access
ories of a Congressional funeral, the
corpse excepted.
The War Now Inevitable.
Berlin, January 31. —The Koelkische
Zeitung says that Gar.temala has placed
large orders for war material with the
best known German factories. Mexico
also is said to be negotiating with Ger
man makers of small arms.
Further Reduction in the Gold Reserve.
Washington, January 31. —The treas
ury gold reserve was reported yesterday
by withdrawal at several sub-treasuries,
to 844,551,838.
WiiMIA •...
The National Convention of the
Female Suffragists On.
SUSAN ANTHONY WIELDS THE GAVEL
Largest Attendance at the Opening Session
in the History of the Organization.
Atlanta Filled With Women -
of That Faith.
Atlanta, January 81. —The twenty
seventh annual convention of the Na
tional American Woman’s Suffrage as
sociation convened at 10 o’clock this
morning in DeGive’s opera house, and
will continue five days. The meeting
this morning was devoted to the formal
opening of the convention, the reports
of committees and a number of short
addresses on convention organization.
This evening Susan B. Anthony, presi-
dent of the association, will deliver her
annual address. Dora Phelps Buell, of
Colorada, will also deliver “A Message
from the Rocky Mountains,” and Eliza
beth U. Yates, of the prohibition state
of Maine, will tell of the “Signs of the
Times.”
Tomorrow evening the Rev. Anna.
Howard Shaw, of Pennsylvania, will
speak about “The Home, the Taproot
of the State,” and General Robert R.
Hemphill, of South Carolina, will tell
about “Woman in South Carolina.”
Alice Stone Blackwell, of Massachu
setts, will, during the same evening,
deliver an address on “Strongholds of
Opposition;” Caroline E. Merrick, of
Louisiana, will discuss “Woman as a
Subject;” Elizabeth Lysle Saxon, “Club
Life Among Southern Women,” and
Lillie Devereux Blake, of New York,
will read a paper on the subject, “Wife,
Mother and Citizen.”
Saturday evening, Josephine K. Hen
ry, of Kentucky, will speak on the
“Woman Suffrage in the South;” Mary
C. Francis, of Ohio, on “The Next
Phase of the Woman Question Carrie
L. Chapman Cott, of New York, on
“Eternal Justice,” and addresses on ap
propriate topics by Colonel J. Colton
Lynes, of Georgia, and Henry C. Ham
mond, of Georgia.
It will be the first meeting the Wo
men Suffragists have ever held in the
south and though Atlanta lias never
been in cordial sympathy with the
movement that brings them to this
city, they will be given a rousing re
ception and treated with marked de
monstrations-of respect and courtesy.
The'coining of the convention to At
lanta is due to the efforts of three sis
ters, Miss 11. Augusta Howard, the
president of the state association; Mrs.
Claudia Howard Maxwell, and Mrs.
Marion Howard Du Bose. All of them
are young ladies and they rank among
the brightest members of the associa
tion.
Among the delegates are several men
who are loyal and active members of
the association.
Each session of the convention will
be opened with prayer. The Jewish
Rabbi will invoke the divine blessing
upon the meeting this evening.
INACCURATE STATISTICS.
South Dakota’s State Agriculture Report
Alleged to Be in Error.
Aberdeen, S. D., January 31. —There
is great dissatisfaction throughout the
state with the last government report
relative to agriculture in South Dakota.
The report, it is alleged, is grossly in
accurate in saying that farmers raised
as many acres of wheat in 1893 as in
1894 and less than half the acreage of
corn. The state officials say the facts
are that for four years past farmers
have been turning their efforts toward
diversification, and in 1894 the acreage
of corn in South Dakota was increased
fully 50 per cent, while that planted to
wheat was decreased.
PRESIDENT’S INTEREST IN ART.
Signor Trentanove, the Italian Sculptor, in
Consultation With Cleveland.
Washington, January 31.—Accompa
nied by Senator Mitchell, of Wisconsin,
Signor Trentanove, the talented young
Italian sculptor, called yesterday on
the president. After a pleasant inter
view during which the president mani
fested much interest in art, Signor
Trentanove left with him a photo
graphic representation of his model of
the statue of Pere Marquette, which is
to be one of the state of Wisconsin’s
contributions to the national hall of
statuary, and for which he received the
commission oyer fourteen competitors.
WILL THERE BE A BREAK ?
Report That Postmaster General Bissell
Will Leave the Cabinet.
New York, January 81.—A Washing
ton dispatch to the Evening Post says:
“The first break in the Cleveland cabi
net is about to occur. Postmaster Gen
eral Bissell will retire from the head of
his department with the present ses
sion of congress. Current report says
that William L. Wilson, of West Vir
ginia, will succeed him, but it is denied
in high quarters that any choice of a
successor has been made by the presi
dent. Mr. Bissell has absolutely re
fused to discuss the subject in any of
its phases for publication.”
Reported English Navy Increase.
London, January 31. —The Pall Mall
Gazette says that the naval pro
gramme provided by the Cabinet in
volves the construction within the en
suing financial year of four first-class,
four second-class and two third-class
cruisers, twenty torpedo boats and
twenty torpedo destroyers, the cost to
aggregate £0,500,000.
Weather Generally Fair.
Washington, January 31. —Forecast:
Georgia, fair except rain on the coast,
light north winds. Alabama, fair,
variable winds.
The Bennington Goes to Colombia.
Vallejo, CHI., January 81.—The Uni
ted States steamer Bennington has
been ordered to sail for Colombia to
day.
in _ SOUTHERN
Four Members of the Banking Com: ■
Against the Administration M-a nr
Washington. January 31.—The i i
miuistration banking- bill introduced
by Mr. Springer, of Illinois, on Monday
last and to the consideration of which
the banking- and currency committee
has devoted the better part of two da vs.
will be reported to the house without
recommendation on Friday* of this
week' with the amendments agreed
upon. These amendments are seven in
number. Two eliminate sections four
and five of the bill and the others are
additions to it. The favor with wh'ch
the measure was regarded by the com
mittee was evidenced by the vote on
the proposition made at a late hour yes
terday afternoon by Mr. Cox, of Ten
nessee, to substitute the Carlisle bill
with the state bank feature eliminated,
as a substitute for the admistration
measure. Of the thirteen members
present, but four, lllack, of Georgia;
Cobb, of Alabama; Cox, of Tennesssee;
and Hall, of Missouri, voted in the af
firmative. Still more emphatic was
the protest against the motion that the
bill be reported to the house with a re
commendation that it do not pass. But
three members, Cobb, of Alabama;
Black, of Georgia, and Hall, of Mis
souri, supported this motion. The
counter proposition that the bill be re
ported for consideration without re
commendation was carried, ten to
three. The latter vote being cast by
Cobb, of Alabama; Black, of Georgia,
and Hall, of Missouri..
PARKHURST TO BE PRESENT.
The Great Divine and Reformer Will lie in
Chattanooga in June.
Chattanooga, January 31.—The great
international conference of the Epworth
League to be held in this city in June
next promises to be one of the most au
spicious events in southern history.
Among the honored guests will be
Rev. Dr. Parkhurst. of New York,
whose exploits as a reformer have at
tracted attention throughout the world.
Dr. Parkhurst will lecture on -‘Muni
cipal Government,” a subject upon
which, judging from recent experiences,
be appears to be well posted.
Another notable visitor who will at
tend the great conference is Hon. Mc-
Kenzie llowell, the Canadian premier,
recently called to the head of the gov
ernment of the Dominion, upon the
death of Sir John Thompson.
A large number of the most promi
nent men on the American continent
will be present and the unparalleled
success of tlie great conference is al
ready assured.
STOCKS CAUSED HIS RUIN.
Tax Collector and Prominent Citizen of
Concord, N, H., Disapp zara.
Concord, N. H., January 31. —Chas. VV.
Sanford, tax collector of Concord for
the past four years, has left town un
der a cloud. He went to New York on
a plea of business a week ago yesterday
and was heard from upon his arrival
there. Since then, however, no word
was received from him until last night
w-hen his wife received a letter saying
he should not return. It is impossible
to state the amount of Sanford’s short
age, as this year’s tax book cannot be
found, having been removed from their
usual place of keeping. The town au
thorities say the shortage is probably
not over $15,090.
It is said that the cause of ford’s
downfall was speculation hy stocks.
He has a wife and one chiidr
NEWBERRY COLLEGE IN LUCK.
After many Years It Will be Indemnified
for Damage Done the Building,
Washington, January 31. —A bill ap
propriating $15,000 to settle the claim
of Newberry College, Newberry, S. C.,
for damages done to the college by the
federal troops who occupied it after the
close of the war, has been favorably
reported from the senate committee on
military affairs.
Jury In the Hayward Case Secured.
Minneapolis, Minn., January 31.
The last man of the jury in the Hay
ward case was secured yesterday in the
person of John Dunn, a farmer of Day
ton. The jury is above the average in
point of intelligence. Upon the com
pletion of the jury, Assistant county
Attorney Hall opened the case in be
half of the state.
Th Ohio Labor Troubles.
Youngstown, 0., January 31.—At a
meeting of the Amalgamated associa
tion men in this city it was decided
almost unanimously to reject the prop
osition of the iron manufacturers to
start their mills if the men would ac
cept a scale of wages based on a three
dollar-a-ton rate for puddling.
Will Appeal the Judge Long Pension Case.
Washington, January 31. —Commis-
sioner of Pensions Lochrenx says that
he will appeal the case of Judge Long
to the court of appeals of the District of
Columbia as soon as judgment is enter
ed. Speaking of Judge Bradley’s deci
sion, he said there is no basis either in
law or logic for it.
Louisville rnd Nashville Train Wrecked.
Mobile, Ala., January 31,— Freight
train No. 71, south bound, on the Louis
ville and Nashville road, was wrecked
last night near Greenville by a split
switch. Eighteen cars off. Conductor
Cogill slightly injured. Traffic delayed
several hours.
Mobile Houses Heavily Caught.
Mobile, Ala., January 31.—Joseph
Baum & Son, of Meridian, Miss., whole
sale merchandise, failed yesterday.
Liabilities $115,000; assets unknown.
Several Mobile houses were caught.
Continued Heavy Gold Withdrawal*.
New York, January 31. —The with
drawals of gold from the subtreasury,
up to 2:45 p. in., yesterday, w-ere $3,600,*
000, making total thus far this week
$10,850,000.
No Duty on Antt-Toxine.
Washington, January 31. —The Com
mittee on Ways and Means decided yes
terday to report favorably to the House
the bill to admit anti-toxine free of duty.
NO 6