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VOLXXIII OFI.AMBEAIT.” I Owing to the low price of cotton and he presence of hard times we will stand the thoroughbred horse, ‘‘Flambeau,” daring 1896 at the low price of sls to K uar * n t® * foal! Now is your time to raise good stock while you have a chance from sach horses as “Flambeau,” at the low price quoted. His colts can be seen at Jackson, Griffin, and other places and they show for themselves. His home is at Jackson, but will stand at the follow ing places: Jackson, Griffin, Indian Spring, Monticello, McDonough and other places that will give us enough work to authorize our doing so. Thompson & Torbet, j*n2s-2m Jackson, Ga. ‘ “Orange Blossom” is a painless cure fbr all diseases peculiar to women, hold bv\V. L. Carmichael. I burned my entire stock of old seed last fall, and conse quently I have nothing but the best New Seed. janlS-4t W. L. Carmichael. Hard times make burglars. Don’t be foolish and hide your money. Deposit it in Jackson Banking Cos. Can draw it out at any time. No charge for keep ing it safely. Absolute security guaranteed. janlB-4t Burglaries are now frequent. Put your money where burglars cannot steal it. Jackson Bank ing Cos. offers superior induce ments as tqrsaftJty and security. No chargae ftr taking care of jtout msfy v jYou can draw it out at any time. Will allow in terest on specittad time deposits by special contract. jan!B-4t NOTICE- To my numerous customers and friends: Don’t buy your Guano, Aei<J or Cotton Seed Meal ou see- me, as I am in the "mariet with my accustomed sup ply of the most populars brands, which-have given such universal satisfaction. If possible i am preparing to meet your views in goods and pi ices. My guano, as is the past, will be delivered from my guano house at the Jackson Carriage Factory; so please don’t fail to call on me, exatniue my goods, get my prices, and make your selection from the largest assortment of the most popular brands of goods offered in this market. It is by long experience in the bus iness, and from information gained each ear from numerous farmers that I know which brands of guanos to stick to and which pays my customers best. Respectfully, jai.2stf J. R. Carmichael. PROFESSIONAL CARDS W. W. Anderson. Frank Z. Curry. ANDERSON Sc CURRY. attorneys at law. Negotiate* loais on real estate. Office u*j stair* over the Yellow Store, Jackson, Georgia. M. M. MILLS, Attorney at Law. Office in Court House, Jackson, Ga. M. Y. McKIBBEN, Attorney at Law, JACKSON, - - GEORGIA. STOP AT THE Morrison House. Emyrlhinf New and Firat-Claes. Conveniently Located. Free Hack to Depot. C. W. BUCHANAN, Prop’il t— —— Dr. 0. H. Cantrell, DJB2TTIST. Jackson, - - Georgia. J. D. Watkins, g- Attorney at Law. tainss Promptly Mental to °®*in Watkins Hall, JACKSON, GA. ile Btacteon EVANS’ SAUL .... Sworn in ae Governor of T i j •ee by Justice Morr s. SECRETARY MORGAN DECLISES TO FILE ® , * M Appll** for Mandannui to omptl th* lAetlrer/ to Him of th© Heat* Seal and I’otteiMloii of tb Bncatlre Offlc*. Nashvillb, Tenn., February 7. When the canvassing of the returns was completed yesterday afternoon, H. Clay Evans offered to take the oath of office as governor. He was prepared with a Justice and a Bible for the pur pose. With his attorney he withdrew to a room of the state library where H. Clay Evans. Justice William Morris administered the oath of office to him as governer of Tennessee. They then proceeded to the office of Secretary of State Morgan and asked that the oath be filed. The secretery declined to receive the affida vit for record but a written copy was left with him. Evans will immediately apply for a mandamus to compel the delivery tfc, him of the state seal and the possession of the executive office. NORTH CAROLINAS PART. The Exposition -Director* Before the Leg islature Appropriation Probable. Ralkigh, N. C,, February 7, —A dele gation comp >se 1 o‘ president Collier, Clark Howell, editor Atlanta Constitu tion, 11. H, Cabiness, manager Atlanta Journal and other prominent directors of the coming' exposition at Atlanta, arrived here day upon the invi tation of the legos i ure to sneak about the exposition. A bill to appropriate $•20,000 to show A. , a at the exposition is before he ;egG:;.ture. In the Senate eh . tuber. g-utlemen. ex-Uovenor Bull oca. J. SpiuLluig. A. W. Smith, F. P. Hire. T B Neal and C. Pattigrew made speeches. The president of the senate and speaker of the house presided and there was a la rye turn out of legislators. An ex cellent impression wis made by th speakers, and converts to the appropri ation were on every hand. The Nat ional Farmers alliance in session hert yesterday passed strong resolutions in commendation of the exposition and its objects. REORGANIZE TH£.R PASTY. South < arolinw R-pu!> <• i* Hop* to Con trol tic Constitu i *u it Convention, m Columbia, S. C., February 7. —The re publicans of the state met here in state convention yesterday to reorganize the republican party in . outh Carolina which has been nothing’ more than the corpse it has been termed for the las: eighteen years or more. The party seems resolved on fighting to the last ditch for the control of the constitu tional convention by men who will de feat the scheme to disfranchise them as citizens. They have been told by the powers that be that this will be done. Henceforth they intend to take an ac tive part in politics. The convention was in session almost continuously the entire day and a good part of last night. There were 128 delegates in attendance and no end of speech making was in dulged in. MASON SHORT IN HIS CASH. The DeKalb Coiu.tr Treasurer Says the Accounts Should .ore Than Balance. Atlanta. February 7.—The accounts of J. H. Mason, ex-treasurer of DeKalt county, do not balauce by $15,000. He was treasurer of the county for several years. Just after his defeat for renom ination last fall, his house was burned and some of the county's books were destroyed. Mason’s successor says the county should have §15.000 more in bftnk than it has. Mason claims that the county owes him about SI,OOO. He says that the vouchers for several thousand dollars were burned. He and his family are well to do and Mason states that if h'.s accounts are wrong he will personally make the deficiency good as he is amply able to do it. ALL <. •* APPEO IN SNOW. Decid ed ot.i *•■- S;rik* the onthern It •*.ch as to tho Wash xg't. ; Ft ?• -ry 7.—Forecast: For YtivrivV; For North Carolina, se- -corgi*. rain, turning ti ' .'j:p ienl yoriton, much cold v ; * wave ui north west port 1 - e:i". ev.ee and Kentucky, s-r • * f-' cold er with ■* • uorrow. For AkCir-.t;- • f. urn •• -aow in northern r .V e -hi u aye. ror Mis sissipi. Lo. - era le .as and Arkans s fur. - e • and wave, north west gales . hi or l oniiTiuatioDS. W a -to . iVoruarv 7.—The senate has..- j. we -h-- i il.ow:ng nomina tion o.m. -s • ra-i oi V rffinia, tc be so. citor entraLJ M. Dickinson, Tennessee, to be ass stant attorney genera : Wd am More, postmaster, Trenton, Teau. _ u I -w on the Stand. Chicago, Febsuary 7. -It was expect ed that George m. Pulman would talcs the stand at the opening of the Deb trial yesterday, but the marshal re ported he could not find him. Kugem V. Debs was the principal witness oi the day. JACKSON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1895. BYARS LAt> I D A. 1 !J _ : H. The Auoaniit Jiard?Must t ng Fri day and is - o Informed. Birmingham, Ala . February 7. —Eu- gene Byars will hang tomorrow at noon in the yard of the Jefferson coun ty jail. lie was tried and convicted about a year ago for the murder of a cousin, a United States soldier, at Be herens p. ’ on the outskirts of this city. His attorney appealed to the su preme court, but that body sustained the decision of the lower court. Gov ernor Oates was appealed to on two separate occasion, but he declined to interfere. The following letter ex plains the last appeal and his final de cision: State of Alsbaua, department, office of fht troveinor. V .ery T’obra.try 8. Geo. Morrow, sheriff o. rsoa county. Sir— I have duly considered all the applications made to me to interfeie with the sentence of the court in the case of Eugene Byars. I have twice heretofore decided Jt to interfere. I am now appealed to lor a postponement of the day of his execution for thirty days on the ground that he has not had sufficient time to prepare for death. I find that the sentence of the court is affirmed by the supreme court on December 550th. last, some six weeks ago which has given him ample time to realize his situa tion and I must decline again to interfere with the sentence .f th- law. You will pli?;>.-e communicate this fact, to the prisoner, to Rev. Dr. Morris, and to the rela tives of the prisoner without delay. Wm. C. Oates, governor.. THE NEXT OF THE BOODLERS. Francis 'lhrlßiley. One of the Corrupt New Orleans c ou-ncllmen. Nkw Orleans. February 7. —The next councilmanic case which will come up for hearing in tne courts will be that of Francis B. Thriffiley of the eighth district, which has been fixed for hear ing in section Bon Wednesday Febru ary 13 before Judge Moise. The indict ment in which ’ Thriffiley is made the defendant whs returned by the cele brated William B. Bloomfield, and charges the accused with having feloni ously and c trruptly proposed to receive a bribe of $7,530 from Charles Marshall, superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville roa 1, in return from which the accused was to exercise the powers vested in him as a member of the city council with partiality and favor a ,and in support of the passage of a certuin ordinance then pending before the city council granting privileges of laying and rearranging the tracks of thai, com pany on the levee between LaFayette and Calliope streets. AND HE HAILS FROM ATLANTA. N. M. Brown, Editor, Thought t.o h ve Killed Himself In Mmii goruery. Montgomery. Ala . February 7. —N. M. Brown came hert from Atlanta, some time ago. A few days tig.- he started an afternoon paper here and printed it two days. Yesterday Mr. Tenant Lomax received a letter from Brown through the postoffice saying that his (Brown’s) life had been a fail ure throughout and he intended to drown himself in the river. Since that time nothing has been heard or seen of him. He cannot be located by wire in Atlanta. His wife and two children, one three weeks old, are here in desti tute circumstances and are much dis tressed over his disappearance. NEW NORTH CAROLINA SEriCH The Ftutlou Justice* In the Supreme Court in - ession. Raleigh, N. C., February 7. —The new Supreme court is in se ..on with all the justices on the Men- ; Appli cants for licenses were exam • yester day. Of these there are twenty-three. Chief Justice Faircloth is 66 years of age; Justice Fnrches is 64, and Jus tice Montgomery is 50. Justice Clark is still the youngest justice on the bench, just as he was in the last court. Successors to Justices Avery and Mont gomery will be elected at the next gen eral election. Justices Faircloth, Fur ches and Clark are elected for eight years. NO FEARS FOR HER SAFETY. Not Believed In Pari* Thnt the LnGaa cogne, for New York,is Wrecked. Paris, February 7.—M. Persrere, manager of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, attributes the non-ar rival of the steamer LaGascogne at New York, where she is more than four days overdue, to the violent weather which has recently prevailed at sea, or to accident to her machinery requiring some time to repair in midocean. He has no fears for the safety of the ship. President Faure has accepted invita tions to visit Havre and IL.uen, and will probably do so during the easter week. THE ESTIMATE CONSERVATIVE. Believed Thai the Surplus Figures Fore casted by t .rtiale are Correct. Washington. February 7.—Treasury officials generally express the opinion that Secretary Carlisle’s estimate of a ! surplus.of $12,500,000 for the calendar year 1896 is conservative. It is argued that the customs duty on sugar alone should bring sßs,*Md,ooo during the next eleven months, and that the reve nue from the income, tax is likely to reach §40,000,000. | ROBSEu THE. XPRE33 OFFICE. The foaup.uv l.t -r , t, Recover the 81.0' O Be . V- at H Ui-s : .t-ts. Atlanta, F-v • •;. ry 7. —A package containing SI, 00 wr.s --;o'en from the Sou thern Express' office in .Machem, Ga.. yesterday. It was taken while the agent's back was tarr.e-i The com pany expect - to recover the money to day, a> it h: s Minost positive evidence asto the person who took the packages. Tod Sullivan Will Do the Managing. New Haven, Conn., February 7.—A State base ball league was formed here yesterday. It will comprise clubs in Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven, Meriden and one other place yet to be selected. Te i Sullivan will manage the New Haven club. An merlcan Die* n Monto t aria. Mo.vte Carlo, February 7. —As American named S. M. Burroughs died yesterday from pneumonia, after 48 hours illness. His papers showed him co be engaged in business under the firm name of Burroughs A Welcome. MERCY NOT IN ORDER Bx-Queen of Hawaii not Exempt From Prosecution. ADVICES FROM THE REBELLIOUS FIELD Th Submi**lv Letter of the Once Proud LU to the President of the New Re public—Story of the Revolt, end Correspondence. San Francisco, February 7. Com* plete advices were received yesterday by the Steamer Australia from Honolu lu under date of January 30. The events in the recent insurrection and rebellion against the Republic of Hawaii, par ticipated in by the late queen, who was subsequently placed under arrest, and by members of the regal government, were fully recapitulated, dating from the 10th of the month till the 24th. The correspondence the ex queen and the president in which the former abdicated all sovereign rights was given in full. She admits in her correspondence that the Republic is the only lawful government, renounces any claim to the rulership, pleads for executive mercy for those engaged in the rebellion and declares her inten tion of living in strict privacy in the future. In replying to this the president wrote among other things: “The execution of this (the queen’s) document cannot be taken to exempt you in the slightest degree from per sonal and individual liability for such complicity as due investigation and trial may show that you had in the late conspiracy against the government and the consequent loss of life, which posi tion is recognized by you in your let ter. ” * GROVER DECIDES FOR BRAZIL. He Settles, as Arbitrator, a Look Existing Boundary Dispute. Washington, February 7.— The pres ident decided the boundary dispute be tween Brazil and the Argentine repub lic in favor of Brazil. The difficulty was presented to the special envoys of Brazil, Baron Rio Branco and General Cerquiers, and the Argentine minister, Dr. Zeballos, who assembled with their staffs at the state department yesterday afternoon, by Secretary Gresham. The voluminous documents in the controversy were de livered to the president, February 9th, 1894, and he had a year tor their con sideration in which he was assisted by Assistant Secretaries of state Uhl and Rockhill. The decree of award, which is made under the arbitration tra atjrconcluded September 7th, 1889, bet ween the em pire (now United States) M Brazil, says: Now. therefore, be it knov a. that I, Grover Cleveland, president of the ‘Tnited States of America, upon whou, the fun. * >ns of arbitra tor have been conferred in t}.? premises, hav ing duly examined and considered the argu ments, documents and evidence to me submit ted by the respective parties pursuant to the provisions of said treaty, do hereby make the following decision and award: That the boundary line between the Argen tine Republic and the United States of Brazil in that part submitted to me for arbitration and decision is constituted and shall be estab lished and upon the rivers Pepiri (also called Pepirl-Gauzu) and San Antonio, to wit, the rivers wich Brazil has designated in the argu ment and documents submited to me as consti tuting the boundary, and herein before denom inated the westerly system.” The president then proceeded to de scribe the boundary with great preci sion, in order that it may be identified without difficulty, and closes the inter esting document fixing the seal of the United States. It is understpod that this is one of a great number of boundary disputes in which Brazil has long been involved and that a definite dividend line is yet to be fixed between Brazilian territory and that of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. THE ROLLING MILLS RESUME. 81x Hundred Men i hrowu Out in Birming ham Will Return to Work. Birmingham, Ala., February 7. —Last Saturday night, the Puddling depart ment of the Birmingham rolling mill was closed down, throwing out of em ployment 600 hands. Yesterday an or der was issued to the men to report Thursday a. m. for work. For a time a question of corporation limits has been agitated, which affected the mill site. The state legislature since the order to close the puddling department passed a bill to leave the mill out of the corporate limits, hence the order to re sume, so it is said. • JOE DEAN PLEADS GUILTY. The Negro Fiend Guarded Lest an Attempt to Lynch Should be Made. Ailanta, February 7. —Joe Dean, the negro who killed A. B. Leigh and attempted to kill his wife and daughters in Campbell county last December, was taken to Fairburn, the county seat, today. He was protected by a strong guard. Dean has decided to plead guilty, and receive his sentence. He will be brought back to Atlanta in the afternoon for safe keeping. Dean would have been lynched had he been taken to Campbell county before the excitement subsided. President Lane Makes Appointments. Montgomery, Ala., February 7. President Lane of the American Cotton Growers Protective association has commissioned as state presidents: W. T. Yincenbeller, of Little Rock, for Ar kansas, and John R. Godwin, of Mem phis, for Tennessee. Both of these are large cotton planters. Snicide, or an Accident T Asheville, N. C., February 7. — Mrs. Alice Litreal, a widow, living at 28 Davidson street, died about noon yes terday. She had been ill for some time. It is thought her death was caused by an overdose of morphine, taken unin tentionally. New York Treasury Balance*. New York. February 7. —Treasury balances: Com, $68,396,090; currency, §79,116,000. JUDGE JACKSON’S SUCCESSOR. Three Cabinet Officers including Hokt Smith Desire the Place. M ashington, February 7.—There ap pears to be some rivalry among the members of the cabinet for ap pointment to the expected vacancy on the Supreme bench. The final adop tion by Congress of the bill to permit t>e retirement of Justice Jackson, which was reported from the Senate ji- -iciary committe, is not doubted, and there is a great deal of speculation as to who will be Judge Jackson’s success or. Secretary Bissell, whose retire ment from the cabinet is viewed as al ready settled upon, Secretary Hoke Smith and Secretary Carlisle are all spoken of. The general opinion is that of the three Carlisle is most apt to be the choice. Some of the Georgia cor respondents, in dispatches to their home papers, are. however, asserting that Hoke Smith will get the appoint ment if the vacancy is created. THE NEW MODE OF AUDIT. Asslntant Secretary Hamlin Has Nothing But Praise for the Present System. Washington, February 7.- Old offi cials of the treasury department have had much to say about the opportuni ties for fraud and mismanagement pre sented by the new system of account ing which was inaugurated as a result of the investigation by the experts of the Dockery commission. Their view is not indorsed by the present authori ties of the department who have super vision of the work. Assistant Secretary Hamlin has made a statement to the house committee on appropriations, in which he praises the results of the new system. Mr. Hamlin says that it has been a matter of great surprise and satisfaction that such radical changes could be made with so little friction and trouble; that the new system is already working smoothly and that many advantages from it have been apparent since it went into operation. THE ASHES TOLD THE STORY. Horrible Fate of Three Men on a Barge off New Orleans. New Orleans, February 7.— Three men met with a horrible fate Tuesday night or early Wednesday on the Coal Palace, owned by W. G. Coyle & Cos., lying on the river at the head of Erato street. Two of the vietime were col ored while the other was a white man. Their names are Griffin Brown, Sylves ter Richardson and John Hogan or Walsh. The latter is of the Caucasian race and was a tramp without a home. The men were suffocated to death by fumes from a hard coal fire which they built on a piece of sheet iron in the cabin of the Palace. The apartment was tightly closed and the fumes find ing no means of escape, filled the place and overcome the sleepers. They were found rigid and the smoke and ashes of the coal told the story. THE TURKS DENY THE CHARGE. Reported Imprisonment of American Pro lessors Declared False. Washington, February 7.—The Turk ish legation has received the following communication: It is obvious that the published reports about the imprisonment of American profes sors in Asia Minor is intentionally malicious. There is not the slightest foundation in the report. It has been established that some Ar menian revolutionists travel about dressed in Kurdish costumes. They lately attacked and wounded the Armenian priest Persekh for hav ing pointed out to the Turkish authorities, the place where compromising documents were hidden. It has further been discovered that a large amount of inflammatory matter is in the hands of the Armenian agitators. There is no truth in the statement that 150 Armenians were arrested in consequence of the murder of the Musselman and an Armenian of the village of Ezbider. Only thirty-eight arrests were made, and thirty of these individual, have been since released. CROWDED SUNSET LIMITED. The Train Pulls Out of New Orleans With Many Western Tourists. New Orleans, February 7. —The Sun set limited, which left the Golden Gate this morning, was the largest that has departed since the inauguration of the weekly service. The train includes seven sleepers, all of them with a full complement of passengers, and with the dining and combination, brings the total equipment up to nine coaches. Among the travelers today is a large party from Cleveland, 0., that arrived in New Orleans yesterday, via the Queen and Crescent system and who spent the day in sight-seeking under the ehaparonage of an attache of the Southern Pacific. • ESTATE OF WARD M’ALLISTER. Secrecy mto the Contents of the Box in the Safe Doposlt Vaults. New Ycrk. February 7.—Until the family of the late Ward McAllister are ready to say what the strong box in the Mercantile Safe Deposit's care contain ed, no public statement will be made with reference to the' extent of value of the deceased society leader’s estate. Mr. Henry H. Anderson, the lawyer, who was authorized to open the box by the widow and childen of the deceased, did so yesterday afternoon, but de clined to state what he found. Cotton Playing About a Point. New York, February 7.—The Sun's cotton report says: Cotton advanced 1 to 2 points, then lost this and declined 1 to 2 points, but regained this and ad vanced 4to 5 points, and closed firm with sales of 107,000 bales. Liverpool declined a point but closed quiet and steady. The spot sales were 10,000 at unchanged quotations. Ward Line Steamer a Totat Wreck. New York, February 7. —A dispatch from Nassau, N. P., to the Maritime exchange says that the Ward line steamer Cienfuegos. which was strand ed on Harbor Island on Monday morn ing, has become a total wreck. Very little of her cargo will be saved and that much damaged. The Labor Contract Abrogated. Paris, February 7. — The anti-slavery society has learned that the contract to supply plantations in Brazil with servile Chinese labor against which the society recently protested, has been Abrogated. APPEAL FOIUCTION Plenty of Speech Making in the Currency Debate. MANY MEMBERS HAVE AS MANY PLANS. In th© Senate the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Bill Hold the Boards. The Chicago Post Office Ap propriation Bill. Washington, February 7. The boundary dispute between Yeneznla ind Great Britain over the delimitation of the frontier of British Guina, was the occasion of the passage of a joint resolution by the house yesterday rec ommending the parties to submit the controversy to arbitration. The joint resolution was reported from the com mitte on foreign affairs, and was in accordance with the suggestion of Pres ident Cleveland in his last annual mes sage. Talk Currency, Only Currency. The currency and banking and gold loan bill was discussed five hours yes terday; after two o’clock under the five minute rule, when amendments were in order. The principal speech, in general debate, was made by Mr. Brosius, (Republican, of Pennsylvania) a member of the committee reporting the bill, who made an eloquent appeal in the name of patriotism and duty for united action to relieve the country from its present condition. The amendments proposed by the commit tee with two exceptions, were agreed to, after an interesting, and at times, exciting debate, during which there was much confusion on the floor. The committee proposed to strike out the section to retire all rational bank notes of less denomination than $lO. and all silver certificates of higher de nomination than $lO, and to require state banks to keep their lawful re serves in gold coin or gold certificates. The two propositions were rejected. Numerous amendments were proposed by individual members, but of those agreed to, only two were of importance. One, offered by Mr. Haugen, Republi can of Wisconsin, reduced from $50,000 to $20,000 the minimum capital stock of national banks; the other, offered by Mr, Hartman, of Montana, required the payment of the customs dues col lected to be in gold and half in silver. The Day iu the Senate. The diplomatic and consular appro priation bill was taken up yesterday in the senate and a long debate took place upon an amendment reported from the committee on appropriations for the construction and maintenance by the United States government for a telegraph cable betwedn the United States and Hawaii, and appropriating $500,000 as part of the cost. The participants in the debate were senators Hall, Teller, Gray and Platt. The matter went over till to-day with out action, and with a point of order, pending against the amendment of general legislation on an appropriation bill. The closing minutes of the days session, the senate substitute for the house bill appropriating $4,000,000 for the new Chicago postoffice was taken up and agreed to, the bill passed, and a conference with the house asked for. The substitute makes a direct appro priation but directs the work to be let out in contracts. The aggregate amount of which shall not exceed four million dollars. POOLING BILL COMES NEXT. Senator Butler Makes a Fight to Get the Measure Before the Senate. Washington, February 7.—Senator Butler, in charge of the pooling bill, has decided to make a fight to get that measure before the senate for action. He believes that the bill should be passed and that there are votes enough to pass it if it is permitted to come to a vote. Yesterday he offered a resolu tion that the senate take this bill up and consider it until disposed of imme diately after the consulai’ and diplo matic and the postoffice appropriation bills shall have been passed. The reso lution went to the table and Mr. But ler can call it up after three bills have been passed. COLONEL CARR’S LIBERALITY. North Carolina’s Millionaire the First to Give North of the Potomac. Washington, February 7.— Colonel Julian S. Carr, of Durham, N. C., pres ident of the Durham Tobacco company, has subscribed SIO,OOO to the American University, which is to be erected in Washington by the Methodist Episco pat church. Colonel Carr is the first southern gentleman to contribute to an educational enterprise north of the Potomac since the war. Colonel Carr was at the capitol today, accompanied by Francis D. Winston, of Raleigh, North Carolina. Killert in the Privacy of His Home. Montgomery, Ala., February 7. — News has just reached here that on Saturday night last while Joseph H. Hurst, a good citizen of Choctaw county, was bathing his feet prepara tory to retiring, an assassin fired a load of buckshot into his head, killing him instantly. There is no telegraphic commodation with the place, and fur ther particulars cannot be learned. The Corner Stone to Pope’s Monument. Raleigh, N. C., February 7.—Today at noon the National Farmer’s alliance in conjunction with the Grand Lodge of Masons, laid the corner stone of the monument to the late Colonel L. L. Polk, first president of the order, who is buried in Oakwood cemetarv at this place. Cholera lu Constantinople. Athens, Greece, February 7. —Cholera having broken out in Constantinople, all vessels arriving here from that point are subject to five days quaran tine. Justice Jackson Gets No Better. Washington, February 7.—Friends of Assooiate Justice Jackson, of the su preme court, aye discouraged by the tenor of advices from his bedside. WHY THE N. AND W. FAILED. Statement About the Receivership t ) le great Virginia Railroad. PHILA.OET.PHl A, February V.— A bill for the appointment of receivers for the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com pany was yesterday filed in the United States Circuit Court for the Western district of Virginia, at Richmond. The application was made before Judge Coif and lie appointed Frederick J. Kimball and Henry Fink as receivers of the company. Mr. Kimball is president of the road. The following statement has been given out at the general of fices of the company in this city, “This action was taken under the advice and at the reccominendation of holders and repre sentatives of very large amounts of securities of the company to whom the company had sub mitted a full statement of its financial condi tion and of the anticipated payments and re ceipts for the ensuing year. “The property of the company is in excellent condition but owing to the great depression in the coal and iron industries, and the unprece dentedly low rates prevailing the net earnings of the company have for the past two years been insufficient to meet its fixed charges, and this has so seriously affected the credit of the company that it is thought impossible for it to continue its operations without some readjust ment of its liabilities.” Aside from the value of this main line, the railroad company is a large stockholder in the Old Dominion Steam ship company, the Roanoke Machine works, the Columbus connection eom panv, the Pocahontas coal company, the Virginia company, the Lynchburg and Durham Railroad company and thj Roanoke and Southern Railroad com pany. __ ROANOKE FEELS THE FAILURE. Great Interest in the Norfolk and Western Emburra ;sment In That C ily, Roanoke, Va., February 7. —The Norfolk and Western railroad official:* at the general offices in this city, were notified yesterday afternoon of the ap pointment of receivers at Richmond and that the road had been turned over to the receivers. They were instructed to proceed with the operation as hereto fore and while it is not known what will be done, the opinion prevails among the officials in this city that no great change will be made in the oper ating force. As the city is the center of the system and the location of the general offices and shops of the road, an 1 largely de pendant of the Norfolk and Western road, there was much interest in the receivership manifested by the people here. The receivership is somewhat of a surprise and there is a general dispo sition to accept it cheerfully. It is not believed that any Roanoke interest will be seriously affected and that the result will ultimately be beneficial as it was was well known that the road would have to go through the usual process of reorganization. TO COMMAND THE NAMOUNA. Martin J. Lyons Engaged and Has Left for England. New Y'okk, February 7.—Ex-Commo dore James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Yacht club, is to put his steam yacht Namouna in commission again, after an absence of five years in the yachting world. Martin J. Lyons, the veteran Sandy Hook pilot, who sailed the Henrietta in the great ocean race of half a century ago, and who has guided the America's eup challen gers in the races outside this harbor for some years, has been engaged to take charge of the Namouna, and left for England yesterday with an Ameri can crew on the steamer Paris. POPULISTS HOLD THE BALANCE Another Acquisition to the Republican Strength in the United States Senate. Washington, February 7.—Another acquisition to the strength of the re publicans in the senate was made yes terday in the person of Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, who appeared and took the oath of ofiice. The senate now consists of 87 members, of whom 43 are demo crats, 39 republicans, and 5 populists. Want Legislation for the Fallen Women. Raleigh. N. C., February 7. —A com mittee of ladies is here from Asheville, asking the legislature to make a special appropriation of this year only of $2,500 in aid of the home for fallen women at Asheville. The ladies say they have already expended $12,000 of their own funds in support of this institution. Body of Judge Jackson Rests in Rosehill. Macon, Ga., February 7.—After rest ing for over eight years in a brick vault in Oakland cemetery at Atlanta the body of Chief Justice Jackson was brought to Macon yesterday and laid at rest in Rosehill. The reinterment was made with impressive ceremonies. The Treasury Gold Reserve. Washington, February 7. —The treas ury gold reserve at the close of busi ness yesterday stood at $42,182,634. The withdrawals for the day and late Tues day afternoon at New York aggregated $1,074,580. No general resumption of gold withdrawals is expected. Out in the Cold World Alone. Atlanta, February 7. —The noto rious Dr. Hicken, who claims to be the husband of Mrs. Hicken, the woman now confined in Fulton county jail cm a conviction of forgery, has been dis charged from the Grady hospital. NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF. Wednesday , was the coldest day o. the winter in the north and west. The annual dinner of the Harvard club of the district took place at the Shoreham, Washington, Wednesday night. The credentials of Mr. Perkins, of California, for the unexpired term of the late Leland Stanford, has been pre sented to the senate and the senatoi sworn in. The president sent the nomination of Mr. Robert G. Denig to the senate to be chief engineer in the navy. Mn Lqnig formerly occupied the position r>i passed assistant engineer. Wilton, the famous trotting stallion, #vitn a record of 2:19 1-4, sold at auction at Lexington, Ky., Tuesday to Lewis & Albaugk. Circleville, 0., for $12,600, after lively bidding. NO 7