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M AND WESTERN RAILROAD Prole* Taking KftWr August 2(1. 1000. West Hotm>. Kaht Bo y N '"- Read Down Read Up. STATIONS. No. 3. No. 1. So - 2 - I No - 4 - P. M. A. M. P - M ’ ' A - M 7 ,:i<i ClO Lv Offermau,' Ar. 245 715 7 fit) G4O “ Rristol “ 220 GSO * “ Woods “ 8 15 7 05 “ Coffee v . ... “ 1 55 G 25 8 o„ 7 20 “ 1G Milo Post “ 1 40 6 20 8 40 7 50 “ Sallie “ 1 15 0 00 855 810 “ Alma “ 12 55 545 ioo 815 “ 25 Milo Post “ 12 50 540 g 25 “ Hurst “ 12 40 530 “ Rigdon... “ 945 910 Ar Nicholls... Lv. 12 00 500 Trains Nos. 1 and 2 daily except Sunday. Traius Nos. 3 and 4 Sunday only. Connections at Offeruiau with Plant System, and Nioholla with Way cross Air-Line. J< F. ORAI. S’periuteudet, ’ Offermau, Ga. WAICROSS AIR LINE RAILROAD Tim© Table. Taking effect 12:01 a. m. Wednesday November Ist, 1899. Superseding Time Table Dated Sept. 24th, 1899. Central Time Standard. NOBTn HOUND. SOUTH BOUND. " PASSENGER. PASSENGER. Daily Daily Sunday Daily Daily Sunday ex Sun ex Snn only STATIONS. ex Sun ex Sun only No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 2. No. 4. No. 6 8 00am 2 30pm 4 30pm I Lv . Waycross .Ar ! 1 10pm 10 00am 9 10am 8 10am 4 40pm Lv Jamestown Lv j 1 02ptn 9 02am 8 15aui 2 57pm 4 45pm Lv Waltertown Lv 12 57pm 9 20am 8 57arr. 8 24am 4 54pm | Lv .Upchurch. Lv 12 48pm 8 48am 831 am 322 pm 5 04pm Lv ...Elsie.. .Lv 12 40pm 8 54am 8 40am (8 42am) 335 pm 5 12pm Lv ...Rolen... Lv 12 31pm (8 42am) 8 31am 8 55am 4 00pm 5 25pm ;Lv ...Reach.., Lv|l2 19pm 8 28am 8 19am 9 04ain 5 34pm Lv . Murrays.. Lv 12 03pm 8 03am 9 15am 4 28pm 5 45pm Lv ..Sessoms.. Lv 11 53am 8 00am 7 53am 9 25am 4 38pm 5 53pm Lv .Granville.. Lv 11 49am 7 50am 7 49am 9 33am 5 18pm G 03pm Lv ..Nicholls.. Lv ill 3Gam 7 15am 7 3Gam 9 48am 5 38pm G 18pm Lv . ..Bells.. .Lv 111 21am G 50am 7 21am 10 10am G 00pm l G 40pm !Ar ..Douglas.. Lv 111 00am G 30am 7 00am No. 1 and No. 4 will meet and pass at Rolen according to rules. ,1. K. WAHI.EY, Pres. 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MODERN UISTORT, tsjwn il A OOUI’I-KTE ANALYTICAL INDEX FOK RVAIIV KKrrBKNCK.*M Edited hr the Ablest Talent the World Affords, and Profusely Illustrated. JBir.Sent ti any Address, Postpaid, for SIXTY CF.STSby the Atlanta Publishing -House, 110-118 LOYD STREET, ATLANTA, A. Our Job Printing Department Is complete and up-to-date. We are prepared, tliererore, to fill your order with promptness, assuring satisfaction by doing good work at such prices ns WILL SAVE YOU fIONEVU OUR ANSWER IS AWAITED Action Must Be Taken At Once On German Note. STAY IN OR WITHDRAW ? | President and State Department Offi-1 cials Formulate Reply, Bnt With, hold Import-Wu Distressed. A Washington special says: With ; Hie German proposition to postpone peace negotiations with China until j tfce persons responsible for the Pekin ' outrages are punished and the French i and Russian notification of the purpose j of those governments to begin such j negotiations at once awaiting him, the j president found much matter of im portance to dispose of upon his arrival in Washington from Canton Wednes day morning. He lost no time in no tifyiug the officials he desired to con sult on his return and the day was largely given up to private discussion. Although it was stated that no an swer would be ready to the German note during the day, it appeared that the president, nfter talking over the sit uation with Attorney General Griggs, Acting Secretary Hill and Assistant Secretary Adee, had arrived at a con clusion as to the nature of the re sponse that should be made. Mr. Adee spent the afternoon consulting with Secretary Hill and in drafting the note of response, hut all information j as to its nature was refused at the state department. It was said that the note is to be gone over carefully at a fur ther meeting between the president and such of his advisers as are in the city. The German government apparently is anxious for a speedy answer, as Baron Sternberg paid two visits to the stake department after the German note was delivered. The Chinese min ister also was twice at the state de partment during the day seeking to in fluence the government not to agree to the joint actiou suggested in the Ger man note. The conclusion reached from the day’s developments is that the powers are dividing as to China and that at present Germany and Great Britain stand aligned against France and Rus sia, while both sides are ardently seek ing the adherence of the United States government. The issue appears to be made up in such shape as to dismiss further hope of attaining that harmony of actiou respecting China that the president has been seeking so far and the point apparently has been reached where the United States must take sides or at once proceed to act entirely independent of the powers in reaching a settlement. The Chinese government is urging tlio latter course. “untimely,’’ says ministeb wu. Minister Wu is greatly interested in Germany’s note to the powers, ask ing combined action in a demand that those responsible for the trouble in China be punished as an indispens able preliminary to any peace nego tiations. |W hen seen at the lega tion he had before him a copy of the published text to the note. “I can hardly believe that this step has been taken,” said he, “and if it has been it is so unfortunate in itsin fiueuce on the general question that I am greatly in hopes that Germany wili reconsider. The situation imposed on China will be very hard. It would amount to determining one of the sub jects of negotiation before negotiations are commenced, “The Chinese envoys are invested with complete power to muko terms with the powers so that when the negotiations are opened this question and all others will be proper subjects f or consideration and final settlement by those having complete authority to deal with them. But to take one sub ject up in advance, settle it and make its execution an indispensable pre liminary to negotiations is extremely hard. “But more than this sneh a condi tion, if imposed, is simply impossible, anil being impossible, the effect would be to bring the peace negotiations to a complete standstill.” HOBSON CORRECTS STATEMENT. No Reflection Upon Admiral Dewey Was Intended In Interview. Lieutenant Hobson arrived in Mon treal Sunday even’ug. He was shown the answer made by Admiral Dewey to Hobson’s interview. He said that he was deeply grieved that Ad miral Dewey had taken the matter up in the way reported. He explained that it was impossible to sink a ship hittiug it above the water line. Admiral Dewey had, however, com pelled the Spaniards to sink their ships, and that was just as effective. FITZHUGH LEE’S OPINION. Troops Should Be Kept In Philippines Until Order Is Restored. General Fitzhngh Lee was in Rich mond, Vo., r, / £ ■ ■■ GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Brief Summary of Interesting Happenings Culled at Random. Augnsta Mills May Resume. There is a feeling of hopefulness in the Augusta mill district over the re port that the King mill will resume operations at an early date. The Sib ley will probably remain idle some time longer, as some needed repair work is being done. • 0 * Governor Will (io lo Cliickamauga. An order has been issued by Gover nor Candler appointing a list of offi cers, all of whom took part in the bat tles around Chattanooga in ’63, to aid in the national park commission in the inspection of historical works at the Chickamanga National park in the ex ercises beginning October 9. Gover nor Candler expects to go to Chieka maiiga on that occasion himself to take part in the patriotic work. m * * Katonton Shoe Factory Gets Contract. The Eatonton Shoe factory, which recently began operation,, is running on full time and turning out shoes as fast as their capacity will admit. On a bid open to the world they sold a fw days ago a bill of shoes to the State sanitarium to the amount of §SOO. ... Cattle In Good Shape. M. G. Statham, cattle inspector for the counties of Rabun, Towns, Union and Fannin, has placed his first annual report in the hands of Commissioner of Agriculture O. B. Stevens. The re port indicates a healthy condition of oattle in the district and indicate# what cases of infection were found. The people of these counties are thanked for their ready acqniesence to the law and aid to the inspector. * * * llcwardf* Offered. A proclamation has been issued by the governor offering a reward for the arrest, with evidence to convict, of unknown parties who murdered two unidentified negroes in Brooks couh ty. The amount of reward is $l5O. A reward of S2OO is also offered for the apprehension of Charles Spier, who, it is charged, committed homi cide upon the person of Boss Hoga book, in Maeon county. Spier is now a fugitive from justice. * * * PeymitM laaued Military. Companies D and L, of the Third regiment, have been given permission to attend the carnival at Elberton, oc curing on September 25th. Orders have been issued from the office of Assistant Adjutant General Byrd granting permission to the twelve companies of the Third Georgia regi ment to leave their home stations on October 3d in order to take part in the carnival at Athens. * * * Increase of Oil Inspection. The first annual report of State Oil Inspector Barrett, which is now in course of preparation, will show that approximately 300,000 gallons more of oil than was ever inspected before has come under the supervision of the state authorities during the year end ing October Ist. Asa result of the new inspection law eleven additional inspectors, located in different sec tions of the state, have recently been appointed, but on account of the in creased amount of oil that has passed the test these appointments have prov ed no expense to the state. * * * Nrw Steamer Line Announced. The Merchants and Miners’ Trans portation company, the largest steam ship line operating along the Atlantic seaboard, with sjgjmiers tonchicg>at Baltimore, ProV ! qgn C A Boston, Norfolk, Newport News auc. Savannah, an nounce that on or about October Ist, they will inaugurate a Lew line, direct between Philadelphia and Savannah. This will have the efi'ect of shortening; the time considerably, on traffic des tined from the markets #f Philadel phia and adjacent territory, to this section, as this will be the only lines sailing direct from Philadelphia to any of the south Atlantic ports. This company already owns and operetes 3,000 miles of steamship lines, its fleet comprising fourteen stanch, fast and elegant ships. Will He Moved to Atlanta. The general southern office of the Southern Express Company is to be moved to Atlanta op October Ist. This announcement is made as a definite fact, as all arrangements have been made and the proposed removal fully decided upon. Heretofore the general southern office has been lo cated in Chattanooga, but lately the company has been considering the move to Atlanta in order to be more in touch with the general office, which is located in New York. ! ... Premiums at Stnto lfir. The premium lists for the Georgia State Fair at Valdosta bare been printed and a force of ele:-ks is busy sending them out to every! part of the state. The lists consists of;abont sixty pages and covers all the departments of the eoming fa.r. Tha premiums appear to be very liberal ijn all of the and especially in the tm e n i!iSiiilrafSi|9U: i / J•' . - ■L one acre of land, one bale as a sample, accompanied by a statement of the mode of cultivation, the amouut and kind of fertilizer used, time of plant ing, number of times plowed and hoed and oost of production, SSO, $25 and $lO, respectively. Another interesting feature will be the races. The first day of the races will bo open only to horses owned in Georgia and purses of §2OO each will be placed on the best trotting and pacing race. Four days following the opening day will be open to horses from any section of the country, though the closing day, Saturday,will be given entirely to mule races. The mule races are expected to bring out some of the fleetest mules in this section, though entries will hardly come from outside of this state, unless Florida sends up some of her quick-stepping mules. The entire race programme is as follows: Monday, October 29: 3:00 trot, horses, Georgia own ed, purse §2OO 00 2:40 pace, horses, Georgia own ed, purse 200 00 Tuesday, October 30: 2:40 trot, purse §4OO 00 2:24 pace, purse 100 00 Half mile run, heats, pnrse... 100 00 Wednesday, October 31: 2:18 trot, purse §4OO 00 2:15 pace, purse 400 00 Five-eighths mile, heats, purse 100 00 Thursday, November 1: 2:28 trot, purse §4OO 00 2:30 pace, purse 400 00 One mile run, purse 100 00 Friday, November 2: Free for all trot, purse S4OO 00' Free for all pace, purse 400 00 2:32 trot, pnrse . 400 00 Three-fourth-mile run, purse.. 100 00 Saturday, November 3: Mule troting race to carts, 2 in 3, 5 to enter, purse § 50 00 Mule running race, half mile, 5 to enter, pnrse 50 00 FIRED ON HOB First Blood of Miners’ Strike Is Shed In the Scuyl kill Region. A Harrisburg, Fa., special says: Three regiments of infantry, a battery and a troop of cavalry xvere ordered out at midnight Friday night by Gov ernor Stoue to assist Sheriff Toole in maintaining order in the Schuylkill mining region. This action was taken after a conference between the gover nor, Adjutant General Stewart and General'Gobin, on the urgent solicita tion of the sheriff, borough council of Shenandoah anil many prominent res idents of thut locality. The organizations which have been selected for this service are the Fourth, Eighth aud Twelfth regiments, bat tery O, of Phcenixville, governor’s troops of Harrisburg aud the Third brigade headquarters. Battery Ois equipped with gatliug guns and is one of the best drilled organizations in the guard. General Gobin is the senior briga dier of the division and commanded the brigade which was ordered to Ha zleton region after the Latimer shoot ing in 1897. Governor Stone received a telegram from Sheriff Toole, advising that he was unable to cope with the mob, and that the presence of troops was neces sary to the protection of life and prop erty in tha community. Later in the evening telegrams were received by the executive from D. R. James, pres ident of the borough council of She nandoah; W\ A. Lathrop, general su perintendent of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company; R. C. Luther, general superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company nnd fifty citizens of Shenandoah, urg ing that the sheriff’s request for troops •be honored as quickly as possible. A sheriff’s posse fired on a crowd of riotous men near Shenandoah Friday afternoon, killing two persons and wounding seven others. Sheriff Toole aud Deputies O’Don nell and Brenneman were called to Shenandoah to suppress the mobs that threatened mine workers and colliery property. At quitting lime three deputy sheriffs and a small posse, whom the sheriff had summon ed on the ground, went to the Indian Ridge colliery of the Reading compa ny to escort the working men to their homes. The colliery is located a short dista nee east of Shenandoah. The workmen left for home shortly i after 4 o’clock. They walked up the j middle of the East Center street and reached the Lehigh Valley railroad station. Here had gathered a large crowd of Poles, Slavs and Huue, men, women and children, who lined both sides of the street. A shot rang out from a saloon. This was followed by a shower of stones. Many of the crowd had picked up stones and sticks, and were acting in a threatening manner. Seeing this the sheriff ordered his men t Are. WAGE SCALE IS SIGNED. Iron and Steel Works Resume After a Long Shut Down. The conference committees of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and of the manufact nrers at 6:30 o’clock Sunday morning signed the wage scale that will be effective until July, 1901. Owing to the unusual fluctuations of the market, the new 6cale had not been signed when the mills shut down, Juno 30th, and the conditions have been unfavorable ever since June, so that the mills have been idle for almost three months. Epidemic of Suicide In Gotham. An epidemic erf suicide seemed to strike Xew York Saturday. There were Awe successful coses, all men, WALDEN ARRAIGNED FOR DIXON MURDER dreat Crowd Throngs Courthouse To Attend Sensational Trial. MRS. DIXON COMES NEXT Attorneys Plead Unavailingly For Change of Venue. Three thousand people unsuccess fully endeavored to crowd into John son county superior court at Wrights ville, Ga., Wednesday afternoon to attend the trial of Mrs. Sarah E. Dixon and Jerry Walden, charged with the murder of George Dixon on the of July 22d last. Hundreds were turned away. In vain did Judge Evans endeavor to preserve order. The sentiment against the accused is over whelming. Talk of lynching was re ported in certain quarters. A special fore of bailiffs were sworn in at one time to maintain order and allow the proceedings to go on without interrup tion. Judge Evans ordered that the doors of the courtroom locked and announced that he would fine any bailiff who opened them. Judge Hines, representing the wo man, moved a continuance on the fol lowing grounds: That the circumstan oes of the killing were so peculiarly atrocious and revolting that the senti ment of the entire community was aroused against Mrs. Dixon because of alleged criminal intimacy between her and Walden; every class of the com munity is prejudiced against her be cause immediately after the murder of Dixon, her husbaud, it was necessary to take the accused to the Macon jail to prevent her being lynched; because sufficient time has not elapsed for the arrangement of her defense; because articles that appeared in the papers of Johnson county were sensational, in flaming the public mind against her. It was asked that her case be set for the next term of court. The motion was overruled by Judge Evans, who stated that counsel could confer with client and arrange her defense sc as to be ready for trial at the conclusion of Walden’s case. John E. Cooper, of Macon, Walden’s attorney, moved a change of venue in Walden’s case because he cannot get a fair trial on account of the confession of Mrs. Dixon, implicating the ac cused; it is held that most of the white citizens of the county have formed and expressed an opinion against the accused; it is asked that the case be tried in another county. “Have you any evidence to prove those statements?” asked Judge Evans. “No,” replied Mr. Cooper. “Then the motion is overruled; ar raign Walden.” Wfllden’s usual nerve failed him and he could scarcely stand during the ordeal. The work of securing a jury was then begun. Court adjourned at 7p. m. until Thursday morning, and from a panel of eighty jurors but nine had been obtained. Many jurors were set aside for cause; others were opposod to capital punishment. JEALOUSY CAUSED TRAGEDY. Gunsmith at Tallahassee, Fla., Am bushes His Alleged Enemy. Jefferson Davis, white, aged thirty six years, section master on the Sea board Air-Line railway, was shot and fatally wounded in Tallahassee Tues day night. Davis had just returned to the home of Mrs. Emily Williams, where he boarded, and feeling ill, he sat by an open window. Some one on the outside tired buckshot through the window into Davis’ back. John Williams, white, gunsmith, husband of Mrs. Emily Williams, from whom he has been separated several months, is tn the county jail charged with the shooting. Bad feeling has existed between Davis and Williams for several months, owing to jealousy over Mrs. Williams. My, How We Grow ! It is predicted by Director of the Cecsus Merriam that the total popula tion of the United States will be about 76,000,000. Up to date 45,000,000 people have been counted, and one million a day is the average progress. TO HELP FRIENDS. Coal Cseek Miners to the Number of Three Hundred Quit Work. A special from Coal Creek says about 300 miners and day laborers em ployed by the Coal Creek Coal Com pany went on a strike Tuesday night at G o’clock. The men demanded that the day la borers be given an increase in wages, which would make their pay equiva lent to that of laborers employed by other companies in the Coal Creek and Jellico districts. The company refused to grant tho increase fusther than a general rise cf 7$ per cent, as agreed upon at the Jellico conference some days ago. Poor Duke Is Bankrupt. A London dispatch says: The duke, of Manchester has concluded that it is’ useless to attempt to compound with his creditors and has Eigued his con sent to be adjudicated a bankrupt. M ■ Mill Fired By .'leal Dust. H A terrific explosion of dnst at tIH Lakeside Oat Meal mills at Joliet, lifl i Wednesday, started a fire uhichr® Eulted in the destruction of the maiß plant. The estimated loss is $50,00fl - Insurance, $41,000. ||