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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