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The Jones County News.
M. C. GltKliNK, PUBLISHER.
The slums of New York City are bo-
ing gradually swept out of existence.
It appears that thero are 40,000 per¬
sons in New York City who wear uni¬
forms at their daily avocations, not
counting Jeems “on the door.”
The French courts have arrested
and fined a race course bookmaker,
and tho fraternity is seriously con¬
corned about tho future of their in¬
dustry.
_
A certain English set is urging the
Prince of Wales or Duke of Y’ork to
discard the silk hat, thus enabling
Great Britain to emancipate itself from
tho “ugliest of headgear.”
The Minneapolis Journal is ona
among many papers which admit the
possibility of Japanese find other
Oriental competition, but thinks it
will come iu tho remote future.
It is in vain fo suppose that the
poor should adopt better methods of
choosing and preparing their food till
they are furnished with better imple¬
ments and utensils for cooking, wrote
Count F.umford.
Tho rumor has been heard often
;nough before, but this time the bat¬
ters say it is really true, cab’cs Harold
Frederic from Loudon, that tho high
silk hut is diminishing everywhere in
sales, and is clearly on tho road to
popular discredit.
The Harvard Co-operativo Society,
which was organized by Harvard stu¬
dents so that they might get their
supplies of clothing, books, etc., at a
cheap co-opcrativo rate, has done a
larger business each year since its
foundation. In 1893-94 the business
amounted to $118,500; in 1891-95 to
$235,000.
Tho Chicago Timcs-IIerald Gays
General Gomez, Commandor-in-Cbief
of Cuba’s 45,000 rebel soldiers, left a
peaceful home in his seventy-second
year to lead the fight for Cuban free¬
dom. No Nation on earth can long
enslave such a people, led by such a
man. His is the spirit that animated
the rebels ot 1776.
Juter-Stato emigration still con¬
tinues to a considerable extent, aud
thoro is a constant movoment of dis¬
satisfied farmers from one region to
another. During a recent w-cek forty
families movol from the country abont
Delphi, Ind., out to North Dakota.
At tho same timo families wero moving
from North Dakota to the South, and
tho Northwestern papers print fre¬
quently paragraphs tolling of persons
leaving that region and of other per¬
sons moving there. Tho circumstances
appear odd, but they seem, to the
New York Sun, only to Bhow that, no
ono place is everybody’s paradise,
despite tho olo]uonce of the land
boomers.
On the northern border of Minne¬
sota, surrounded by the waters of the
chain of lakes that form part of tho
international boundary in that region,
is a tract of 800 square miles of land
known as Hunter’s Island. Tho ques¬
tion is, does this islknd rightfully be¬
long to the United States or to Can¬
ada ? This question is to be investi¬
gated by a special committee of mem¬
bers of the House of Representatives.
The island in different maps is given
differently, though oftener to Canada.
Tho old Webster-Ashburton treaty of
1842 fixed tho boundary nt the chan¬
nel of the Rainy Lake outlet; Tho
question becomes, therefore, u ques¬
tion of fact, whether that channel
runs north or south of Hunter’s Isl¬
and.
Tbo Now York Times believes there
iscauso for seriousreflectionin thefact
that the largest contribution ever
made to the “conscience fund” at
Washington was ouo amounting to
$5000, received lately from somebody
in England. Now, $5000 is not a sum
of such magnitude, when compared
with the losses which this Government
has sustained from timo to time
through one form of iniquity or an-
other, as to give a very exalted idea
of the power of conscience over poc-
ketbooke. Not infrequently the inner
monitor succeeds in persuading sin¬
ners to demonstrate their penitence
by sending a dollar or two to Nation¬
al, State or municipal Treasurers; oc¬
casionally its influence 13 strong
enough to produce effects running into
three figures, but somewhere among
the first ten thousands the limit is
reached. This is decidedly queer, for
one might imagine that the mental suf¬
fering produced by a big theft would
be much more poignant and more like¬
ly to be unendurable than the dis¬
quietude following an insignificant
peculation. That such is not tho case
dimply Illustrates the perversity ot
M«Rl
THE 54T11 CO Mill ESS.
ROUTINE OF HOUSE ANI> SENATE
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Summary of Bills ami ResoluMons
Presented und Acted Upon.
THE HOUSE.
i’he house was mainly occupied
Wednesday the iu the consideration of
tion Rinaker-Downing contested elec¬
case, Mr. Cook, of Illinois, re¬
suming his argument in favor of Rina¬
ker. The debate continued until
night, though several motions to ad¬
journ were interjected and defeated
during the discussions. Tho debate
was participated in by Mr. Lacey, Illi¬
nois, in favor of Downing, aud Mr. Dal-
zell, Pennsylvania, who gave reasons
for not assenting to tho report for un¬
seating Mr. Downing. Mv. Hepburn,
of Iowa, and Mr. Connolly, of Illinois,
strougly favored the seating of Mr.
Itinaker. At 8:20 o’clock the house,
by a vote of 139 to 35, recommitted
tbo case to the committee on elections
No 1, with instructions to recount 6ucb
parts of the vote deemed proper.
In the house, Thursday, Mr. Prince
reported from elections committee No.
2 the contested case of Cheatham, re¬
publican, versus Woodward, democrat,
from the second district of North
Oaroliua, recommending that tho sit¬
ting member, Mr. Woodward, retain
his seat. The report agreed to, tho
house then resolved itself into com-
mitteo of the whole to consider private
pension bills under the special ordor
adopted last week.
The consideration of these bills was
interrupted to receive tho river and
harbor appropriation bill from the
senate.
On motion of Mr. Hooker, of New
York, the senate amendments were dis¬
agreed to aud a conference ordered.
Messrs. Hooker, Herman, of Oregon,
and Catchings, of Mississippi, were
uamed as conferees.
Later in the day Mr. Hepburn, of
Iowa, entered a motion to reconsider
the voto disagreeing to the senate’s
amendments to tho river and harbor
bill and appointing a conference and
tho natter went over until Friday.
An hour and a half was occupied
after the opening to Tuesday’s session
of tho house in disposing of a motion
by Mr. Perkins, of Iowa, obairman
of the committee on printing, to ex¬
clude from the permanent record cer¬
tain matters inserted by Mr. Wheeler,
of Alabama, for which it was asserted
by Mr. Perkins be had received no
permission. Mr. Wheeler contended
that ho had a right to insert tho
ter complained of, but the houso voted
otherwise and by a-vote of 154 to 74
the matter was ordered to bo excluded.
Mr. Cooke, of Illinois, called up tbo
coutested election case of Rinaker vs.
Downing, from the sixteenth distriot
of Illinois. The mi-j >rity reportfiuds
that Rinaker, republican, was elected
and that Downiug, democrat, was not
eloctcd.
Before the debate began Mr. Evans,
of Kentucky, gave notice that when
tho case was disposed of he would ask
the house to consider the bill reported
frora the committee on ways and means
to repeal what is known as the “free
alcohol law.”
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, en-
deavorod to secure recognition to move
adjournment bo that members might
ftttend tho unveiling of tho Hancock
statue, cluiming that it was a privl-
leged motion aud could be made at
any time. The speaker ruled, how-
ever, that a gentleman could not be
taken off tbe floor even by a privileged
motion.
The basis of the election commit-
tee's recommendation was error made
by election officers with no charge of
fraud or ballot box stuffing in tbe ease,
Tbe returns of the vote as finally can-
vassed gave Mr. Downing a plurality
of forty-nine. Tho committee thinks
that Mr. Rinaker was entitled to the
certificate and the seat, having figured
out that his plurality was thirty. Tho
minority dissent from this. Mr.
Moody, of Massachusetts, joining with
the democratic members and recom¬
mending that a recount of the votes
bo ordered and that tho contest bo
recommitted to the committeo for that
purpose. The discussion of tho case
occupied the remainder of tho day’s
session.
THE SENATE.
The river and harbor bill was passed
in the senate Wednesday, leaving only
three of the annual appropriation bills
to be acted upon. These are the Dis¬
trict of Columbia bill, the fortification
bill and tbe deficiency bill, but before
either of them is taken up the Dela¬
ware senatorial election case will have
to be disposed of, and to that case
Thursday and Friday were assigned.
The amendment which had been
previously offered to tho riveT and
harbor bill by Mr. Gorman, of Mary¬
land, limiting the expenditures under
the hi 11 to $10,000,000 a year, was, after
a long discuibion, laid on the table by
a vote of 40 to 23. An amendment in
tbe same sense, limiting the expendi¬
tures under contract to 20 per cent,
was offered by Mr. Bate, of Tennes¬
see, and met the like fate with a vote
of 37 to 18; and then, after a some¬
what bitter encounter of words be-
tween Mr. Allen, of Nebraska,
and the chairman of the committee
on commerce, Mr. Frye, of Maine,
the closing speaeh in advocacy of
the bill and response to criticisms of
it was made by Mr. Frye, who stated
some facts in illustration of tho im-
mense growth of the railroad^ and
river and lake commerce of the United
States. Tho railroad freights,hs said,
had been cut down within the last
twenty vears from 3i cents a too a
milo to 3 4 of 1 cent a mile; aud jrni
(he people wanted cheaper freights 1
GRAY. JONES GO., GA„ THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1896.
and for that reason tho intelligent
peoplo of tho United States wore
everywhere asking for river and har¬
bor improvements.
Tho vote on the pnssago of tho bill
was: Yeas 57, nays 9.
Ou motion of Mr. Frye the senato
insisted upon its amendments and tbo
following oonfereos wero appointed;
Messrs. Frye, Quay and Vest.
The bill, ns it passed the house, ap¬
propriated $10,694,718 and authorized
contracts for thirty-two projects in¬
volving an aggregate liability of $51,-
721,210. As it was reported to the
semito tbo amount appropriated was
$12,014,550. That sum was Increased
by various items put on in tho senato,
including the provision for tho deep
sea harbor in southern California.
The senate, at 6 o’clock p. m., ad¬
journed until Thursday.
The senate bill to restrict immigra¬
tion by the application of the illiteracy
test was tbo occasion for tho delivery
of two speeches iu the senato Thurs¬
day, one against aud one for the bill.
Mr. Gibson, of Maryland, spoke in
opposition and Mr. Nelson, of Minne¬
sota, in advocacy.
Mr. Gibson attributed the instiga¬
tion of the bill to tho American Pro¬
tective Association, which he charac¬
terized as a secret, oath-bound, rod-
lettered, dark-lanterned, left-handed
organization. The real purpose of tho
bill was, ho asserted, hostility to tho
Catholic church.
Mr. Nelson defended tho bill on
account of the necessity of restricting
immigration aud donied that tho
American Protcctivo Association or
hostility to tho Catholic church had
anything to do with it.
No action was taken on tho bill, it
having been taken up for the solo pur¬
pose of having those two speeches de¬
livered.
The discussion of the question of
Mr. Dupont’s title to the seat in the
BOnate from Delaware came up again.
When it was suspended two or throe
weeks ago it was with the understand¬
ing by unanimous consent that it was
to be taken up again after the passage
of tho river and'harbor bill, and that
the final voto was to be taken nt 5
o’clock of the second day. When Mr.
Gorman referred to that unani¬
mous consent agreement, Mr. Mitchell,
of Orogon, in charge of the resolution,
admitted the correctness of the state¬
ment, but added, snggostively, that
what the particular final vote would
be on would be determined then.
Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, made an
argument in favor of Mr. Dupont’s
right.
Tho following bills were passed:
House bills to settle titles on tho Arre¬
dondo grant, Florida; senato bill for
monuments to the revolutionary gen-
erals, Francis Nash and William Ha¬
vidson, of North Carolina, $5,000 for
each.
Tho pension bills on tho calendar
w^ro taken up and passed very ex-
pcditiously, to the number of sixty, in
half an hour.
After a short executive session the
senate, at 5:55 o’clock, adjourned
until Friday,
A vote was had in tho senato Satur-
day afternoon on the Dupont election
case. Dupont is the man who claims
to have been elected to the senato from
Delaware. He claims that the presi-
dent of the state senate, who was ac-
ting governor—the governor having
died—had no right to vote in tho olec-
tion of a senator, but tbe presidont of
the senate, who was a democrat, did
vote aud prevented an election, mak-
iug the senatorial voto a tio.
Dupont claimed to bo elected,
though be bad no certificate of election,
The populists, including Jones and
Stewart, voted or paired against Dn-
pent, and tbe senate, by one majority,
to seat him. The vote was 31
to 30.
Senator Bacon called up his bill to
tho secretary of tho treasury
from making any further issues of
without tho special consent of
and delivered an hour’s
upon it.
Tho Georgia senator called special
attention to the fact that the -people
now paying $10,000,000 a year in¬
on the issues of bonds recently
without the special authority of
He also gave figures show¬
how tho gold reserve had been de¬
by $10,000,000 within twenty
and predicted that under the sys¬
inaugurated by the treasury another
of bonds would probably have
be made in the very near future.
Bacon wove into his speech
argument this bond question
upon the financial question. Ho
to attentively, and was
. , several , times by Senator
Mr. Butler, ofNortbCarolina.com- 1
i t m/t Mr. Lacon > speech v and _ called
s
to a bill which he (Mr. But- '
had introduced early in the hch*
rtmViihiHn/y prohibiting tho tne issue issue of oi bonds bonus
without the consent of congress. lie ^
notice that he would, on some j
future day, ask the senate to take up
that bill for consideration. Mr. Hill I
objected . , , , to , having . the .... tune t farmed i
|
out in advance.
WILL MYERS CAPTURED.
The Murderer ■ . Is ..... Said to ,» Be . In Custody ...
at Bosworth, Mo.
Will Myers, convicted of murder
and sentenced to bang or the killing
of Forest Crowley, at ® IJ ’ ' ,
reported under arrest at lioswortti,
Mo A telegram was received iu
Atlnnta Atlanta Saturday oaturuay stating siaviug that Myers j
was being held at Bosworth for identi-
fication. ’
Denutv briVto Sheriff Greene was sent on
to »»rdm, Mk to Atl.nt.
All the Atlanta officers are confident
that the man is Myers, and Hheriff
Barnes thinks he has tbe nervy yonng
—n.Aorsr murderer at o* last lost rnn run to to earth eartn.
Gtrwny Is now tbe bl«t
Halloa ef the eoPtiatnh
LABORING MEN WILL UNITE.
Six Orders to Form a Great Confod- ,
oration.
One of tho most important mootings
of railway employes ever hold took
place at the headquarters of tho Order
of Railway Conductors nt St. Louis,
It represented officially six national.
orders nud brotherhoods. In fact,
they may be called international, as
tho membership of each includes
ployeson lines of Canada aud Mexico.
Grand Muster Arthur of the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers was to
attend, but was represented officially,
as were the chief officers of the Switch¬
men’s Uuion of North America and
the Order of Railway Telegraphers
aud members of tho grand lodges of
each of tho six orders attended the con¬
vention. There wero COO men pres¬
ent.
The chiof rosnlt of tho convention
was tbo adoption of a resolution to
form a federation of tbo six orders
named. Tlio movement bad no oppo¬
sition whatever, every speaker favor¬
ing tlio federation and every man
preseut voting for it. The only dif¬
ference of opiuiou was ou the question
of admitting the Amerioan Railway
union. As first submitted the propo¬
sition included Engeno V. Debbs’
order, but an amendment to strike it
out was carried with only two or tbreo
dissenting votes.
The officers of the grand lodges of
tho six orders represented at tho moot¬
ing wero authorized and instructed to
formulate a plan for uniting tho six
under a general council similar to tho
governing body of tbo Federation of
Labor. The convention adopted reso¬
lutions favoring arbitration aud ap¬
peals from decisions of the federal
court, after which the convention ad¬
journed sine die.
THE IRON MAN.
Cnallsnges the Sheriff to Hang Him
With a Seven-Foot Drop.
Juke Wolfln, “the iron man,” is the
latest wonder in the athletic world. On
several occasions Mr. Wolfln, while nt
work, has lifted articles that had a dead
weight of 1,000 pounds. When receiv¬
ing blows from tbe clenched fils of
irize fighters on any part of his body
lie stands as immovable as the Colossus
of Rhodes,
He contracts Ills muscles nt any point
In Ills body ns quickly ns a Hash of
lightning, lie can gauge and receive
the blows from an antagonists ns swift¬
ly ns they can be dealt, and they will
ful? upon his iron muscles as if they
had lighted on a statue of stone.
l\is said that lie contemplates train¬
ing tor the purpose of one day wearing
the belt of Dio prize ring, and from the
exhibitions he has given iu Chicago
and other places, there are many good
Judges who believe he will ■T. l )--'unn lisli
his motive. Only a few days ago he al¬
lowed an amateur prize tighter of con¬
siderable notoriety in Chicago to strike
him In the neck and stomach as hard ns
lie could drive, and when the fellow
tired of pounding Wo!fin he quit and
walked around him and fell; of Ills
frame to see if he carried any props
with him to prevent being knocked
down.
At Duluth lie made an effort to throw
the biggest, horse In the city, and when
Die animal was brought to him he ex
noted an agreement from tlio owner of
Die animal that if lie was killed or in¬
jured in Die fall he wns to pay no dam¬
ages. In ft moment he whirled the
bulk of living flesh into tlio ulr, und
when the animal fell flat on the ground
on its side It lay in a stupor for several
minutes, and was given up for dead. It.
gradually recovered, however, and
both Wolfln and the owner felt eas'd.
It will be remembered that Wolfln
published the following challenge In
the Chicago papers:
“I'll wager Cook County sheriff tint
I can stand ou the gallows from which
Lyons dropped into eternity the other
day, have the drop jerked from under
me, fall seven feet, be cut down at tbe
expiration of three or four minutes,
and l»e no worse for the experience.”
The sheriff of Chicago failed to r *
spend, but the authorities did, and no¬
tified Mr. Wolfln that tf he attempted
the drop he would be arrested and held
for safe keeping.
PniNOB Albert, of Prussia, is the
tallest man iu tho German nrmv.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Itoastoil coffee 22.10 W 100 lb cases less 2
cents per pound rebate. Green— Choice 193-^c;
fair 17t4c: prime lfit4c. Bugar, Standard grs)v\i-
lated 5c: New Orl'rw white do. yellow 5%-.
Byrup—New Orleans open kettle 25@40c;mixe Teas-Black l
“^® 20o i greou “ u K arh "““ 20<®50c, 20@35c. Itice—Head 6 c;
choice 5%c. Balt—dairy, Backs, $1.35; do. bb!n.
fPLl. $&25; ice crearn 90c; common 70c. Oho~ <-H<‘ 200i
cr< i an l Matches—65 h 50c;
U*tJ 0 @$I. 75 ; 300s $2.75. Soda Boxoh 6 c;
cracker a--Soda 5j^c ; cream 7c;
ginger «napn 83^c. Gandy—Common »tick
6 w %; fancy Oy«tera-F. W. $1.75; L.
*1.25. Powder—Bifle 13.00. Htiot—J1.30.
Flour,Oral,.andMeat.
_ Flour, $5.00; second
first patent, patent
straight $ 1 . 00 ; fancy $3.90; extra fami-
ly $3.60. Corn, white 42c; nuxejl 4lc. Oats,
white 333 ; mixed 3lc. Jtye,
Georgia 75c. Jjarley, Georgia raised 85c. I/ay,
No. 1 timothy, large bales $l.i0;»mall hales
$1.05 No.2 tiraothy.small bales 93o. Meat, plain
43c . 4!o Whfiat ,, raD> lar(?n Ba ,. kH fi5c .
small sacks 67c. Bhorts 80c. Block Meal, $1.
**
country Produce,
Eggs 9a9J^c- Batter—Western Creamery,
fancy T>‘rin. 15^17^0, choice 12^,
Georgia 12Vi@15c. Live 25@27>fc; poultry—Tur-
keys lUlOo w lb; hens 2502744c. spring
chickens,20s27»; ducks Irish pota-
((ic ^ Curbailk $ 1 , 50 ^ 1.75 ^ hb' ; 50x55)19 bn.
Tennessee bu. 80<^40c. Hweet 84 potatoes
60®55c ft bu. Honey—Hi rained 10 c; in
Provisions,
Clear rib Bides, boxed 5c; ice-cured bellies
7c. Clear ilds 4%e. Sugar-cured ha mi
Lard-Best 10 (g) 12 c; California 7??c. :%c; Breakfast bacon 8al0.
OTnd quality second quality
«« , P 5a -
Cotton,
bowl ssmImi sloss-J Baolnth middling 7Jhf
FLAMES IN ATLANTA.
The Gate Oily Suffers From u Big
Conflagration.
Atlanta was visited by tho most dis-
astrous conflagration iu tho history of
the city Sunday night. A whole block
wliorciu the Markham House hotel
wbb situated was completely wipod out.
Several lives oro reported to have
boon lost in the InUning buildings,
Tho loss by tho fire iu round nmu-
hers, is $275,000, aud tlio insurance is
estimated roughly to be about one half
of that amount.
Starting iu a restaurant on Decatur
street, the llamos soon spread to H.M.
Pattersou’s livery and sales stables on
Loyd street. Tho hay iu this building
gave an impetus to the conflagration
which for two hours put it beyond the
power of tho city’s entire department
to stay.
From the stable the fire leaped over
to the Markham house on the south
and across to Collins street on tho
east. Now three sides of tho block
were ablazo. A rainless spring bad
rendered every building almost as in¬
flammable as powder. The engines
puffed and pumped furiously, throwing
torrouts of water against the three
solid wulls of flame, roaring madly as
they reached skyward, illuminating all
that part of tho city uutil it was ns
bright as day.
Mon aud women rushed in nud out
of tho houses, bearing away in their
arms what personal effects they Could
seizu iu the few brief minutes allotted
to them.
Nearly 150 men, women and cl.il I
ren were in tho Markham. Employes
of tho hotel ran breathlessly through
tho halls, beating upon doors and lull¬
ing to tho occupants to escape. Most
of these had time to dress aud to curry
out their trunks; others escaped in
only their night olothes.
Tho property burned aud damaged
by tlio flames is ns follows:
On Loyd street, Markham bouse aud
cent, nts—bar, billiard room and bar¬
ber shob; city freight office of South¬
ern Express Company, l’atterson &
Co., undertakers; Palace stall lee,
Washington hotel; Atlanta Plumbing
Company, Hunt Tailoring Company,
Golden's beef market, corner Decatur
and Loyd streets.
Decatur .Street—Sain Snu laundry,
Ellis restaurant, Rucker barber shop,
No. 77, Golden’s market; Fuller Loan
Company, Aster’s clothing store, Mi¬
lam & Patterson's stables, Atlanta Ho¬
tel, kept by Madame Gault; Boyd’s
drug store, Tittlebaum k Co., bar.
Collins Street—Aumo Price’s resi¬
dence, Fannie Price’s residence, Mad¬
ame Rollins’ residence, Boll Burton’s
residence, Clara Martin’s rosidonce.
A number of buildings on Courtlaud
street, opposite Collins, were badly
damaged.
SECRETARY SMITH SI’KAKS.
Was tlio Guest, of the New York Oily
Reform Club.
Hon. Hoke Hmitb, secrotary of tho
interior, was the guest of the Reform
club, nt New York, Saturday evening.
A grout deal of interest wus attached
to tho dinner because it was known
that tbo secretary of the interior wns
going to make an address ou tho raonoy
question. t
John P. Townsend, president of tho
Bowery Havings bunk, presiding at tho
dinner.
When tbo covers had been removed,
Chairman Townsend delivered a short,
address on tho money "question, unit
then introduced Hecretary Smith, who
was rcicoiveil with enthusiasm. 11 is
speech , was upon the ,, sumo line an those
delivered m Ills Georgia campaign.
SPANISH CABINET ACTS.
Form a I Remonstrance Against Uncle
Sam to be Drafted.
At tho cabinet council held in Mad¬
rid tbo diilto of Totuan, minister of
foreign affairs, wnB authorized to draft
u formal remonstrance against tho atti¬
tude of tho United States in regard to
Cuba, which will bo presented to the
government «t, Washington, and it is
probable that Henor Depuy DeLome,
Spanish minister at Washington, will
ulso bo instructed to protest personally
against tlio policy now being pursued
by tbo American government.
It was also decided that the govern¬
ment should send 49,000 troops to
Cuba in September.
TIIE DURANT CASK.
Prospect That He Will Not, Bo Exe¬
cuted Before Next Kail.
Tho bill of exceptions in tbo Durant
easo has boon filed iu tbo supreme
court at Han Francisco. The district
attorney states that even should Dio
prosecution win every point on appeal,
Durant could not possibly bo executed
before November or December. Tho
prospects are at tho best that the exo-
cution will be thrown over into next
year.
An Important Court Decision.
Tbe chancery court of appeals ren-
dered a decision at Knoxville, Tonn.,
Haturday in the case of the three 0’n.
railroad vs. Johnson City. Tlio suit
was for $ 0 1,000, voted by the city in
bonds to :h road. Tho court decided
in favor ct ho city, from tho fact that
the amount was more than 10 per eent.
of the taxable value of the city, and
consequently could not, under the
state laws, issue bonds to that amount.
Indiana Republicans Act,
Tho Indiana republican state con¬
vention adjourned at 3:30 Friday
morning. The last nominations wero
those for the appellate court. Tbo
balloting resulted : First district, W.
D. Robinson, of Gibson; second dis¬
trict, W. J, Henley, of Rush; third
district, James B. Black, of Marion ;
fourth distriot, V, \V. Comstock, of
Wayne; fifth district; V. />, Wilsy, of
Button,
VOL II. NO. 21.
JACKS0N GUILTY.
PEARL BRYAN CASK AT
NEWPORT, KY., ENDED.
Tlio Verdict of Hie Jury Is Jlurder and
Death Penalty.
The Scott-Jaokson case which has
been before tbo court nt Newport,
Ivy., for many days, went to the jury
at 10 o’clock Thursday moruiug. Be¬
fore retiring the judge’s typewritten
instructions,bloody clothes,lettors and
other articles that were shown in evi¬
dence, were placed in their returned hands.
At 12:05 the jury to tho
court-room with a veriliot. Amid a
deathlike stillnoss tho foreman handed
the verdict to tho clerk, who rend ns
follows:
“Wo, the jury, find the defendant,
Scott Jackson, guilty of murder in the
first degree, aud fix his penalty at
death.”
Tho judge had previously nuin uno-
ed that no demonstration of approval
or disapproval by spectators would bo
permitted. Deputies wore placed
throughout tho room with instruc¬
tions to bring before tho court any
persons disobeying this instruction, to
lie punished for contempt. Conse¬
quently tho verdict was heard with
silence, but immediately upon the ad¬
journment of court tho spectators
rushed to the jur.>rs and shook their
hands heartily. 1’hey also shook each
other by the hand, showing a hearty
appreciation of the vordict of the jury.
Jackson received his doom with no
manifestation of emotion, except an
increased ashen paleness of tho faoe.
Nouo of his relatives wero present.
The aged father of Pearl Bryan and
her brother, Fred Bryan, were pres¬
ent whin tho virdict wus rendored.
The usual motion for n new trial was
mode, and then Jackson was taken
away to jail.
CELEBRATED CROOKS CAUGHT.
They Made I’llos of Money by Work¬
ing Various Bonks.
Cliarlos Bockor, alias Charles Baker,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., and James Crogan,
ulias J. Howard, alias Joseph Rogers,
of New York, two of the most noted
forgers this country or Europe has
ever seen, were arrested at Newark,
N. J,, Wednesday afternoon as prin¬
cipals of the great swindling on Do-
comber 18, 1895, of the Nevada bank,
of San Francisco, Cul., of $22,000.
They were npprehonded by Pink¬
ertons, aided by the police of Newark
and Captain T. W. Lees, chiof dotcc-
tive of Han Francisco.
The draft upon which tho money
wns obtained wus sold for $12 by the
Woodland, Cal., bauk on tho Crookor
Wcolworth bunk of Han Francisco,
Cal. This draft was raised by Becker
to $22,000.
Hinco tho discovery of tho forgery
in December last, Captain Lees, chief
detective of Han Francisco, has worked
bard to seenro a confession from Frank
Ii. Heaver, an associate of Becker and
Oroguu. During tbo past weok Heaver
made ft clean breast of tbo wholo job,
implicating Jleoker and Crogan.
Tho capture was just iu time,ns thoy
had planned to sail from Boston to
Kuropo Saturday. Their profits have
figured up to about a milliou dollars,
which they “blew in" iu Europe.
For several years Becker, Crogan
and associates have been swindling
Unk(| „„ 0VBr thl , United states with
drafts purchased for amounts less than
$100jand raised by them to hundreds of
dollars.
MORE ARMS FOR CURA.
Schooner Slips Away From Florida
Round for <filial.
Tlio schoouer Gladiator eluded the
vigilance of tbe United States revenue
cutters nt Fort Meyers, Fla., aud
sailed for Cuba with arms and men.
It is said that there arc onboard
1,300 rifles, 1,400 machetes, 250,000
rounds of cartridges, a quantity of dy¬
namite and four rapid-fire guns. It is
understood (but among tho 85 men on
board, are several Americans, and that
the leader of the expedition is a
naturalized Americun citizen.
“Oatmeal King” Assigns.
Ferdinand Schumacher presidont of
tlio Amerioan Cereal Company, and
known as the “oatmeal king," has re¬
linquished. his property for tho benefit
of his creditors. Tho assets, which
consist of $1,100,000 in American
Cereal Company stock, other similar
securities aud real estate, would reach
$2,000,000 if there was a market for
them. Tho liabilities will reach $1,-
600,000.
Iowa Prohibitionists Aet.
Iowa prohibitionists held thoir Htate
convention at Des Moines with 300
delegates attending. Delegates to tbo
nation d convention were chosen.
Tho stuto ticket was nominated as fol¬
lows: Hecretary of state, Wiiliam G.
Wright, of Htorey county; auditor of
state, J. W. Wonders, of Webster
county; treasurer, E. J. Bye, of Cedar
county.
Odd Fellows Temple Fulls.
The Odd Fellows Temple company,
incorporated at Chicago for tho pur¬
pose of building and maintaining tho
great Odd Follows temple in that city,
lias made au assignment. Tho assets
are estimated at $550,000 and liabilities
at $260,000. Tho building was com¬
pleted a yiur or two ago, and is one of
the most comploto of its kind in tho
United States.
Bond Ibsuo Covered.
The bond issue of the Pittsburg aud
St. Louis railroad of Loadoe, $$,000,090 has
h««n weU eevered »t
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Jones County Government.
Judge Superior Court— J. 0. Hart.
Solicitor General—H. G. Lewis.
Senator—Hon. W. H. Harrison.
Representative—Hon. J. F. Ander-
•on.
Ordinary—R. T. Ross.
Clerk Superior Court— W. W. Bar¬
ron.
Sheriff—R. N. Ethridge.
County Treasurer—F. M. Stewart.
Tax Receiver— J. A. Chiles.
County Surveyor—R. H. Bonner.
Coroner—R. B. Trapp. Barren.
Judge County Court—J. O.
Jury Commissioners— W. A- Card,
J. M. Middlebrooks, J. F. Barron,
John Gresham, E. P. Morton.
County Board of Education —D.
Anchors, Joe W. Barron, J. R. Van
Buron, S. A. Hodge, J. W. Anderson.
County School Commissioner—A.
H. 8. McKay. P. 0., Plontitude.
County Commissioners — W. F.
White, J. T. Speights, E. T. Morton,
H. T. Moore, John T. Glover.
Middle Geersia & Atlaatic R. R.
TIME TABLE.
In Effect December 03.
Read Doww. Read Up.
P. M.
U 00 7 15 a Ga. R. R. Macon Lv. Augusta 8 30 45
0 00 a M *• Lv Ar Ga 2
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05 Lv-.-.MMedgevlUe ••••Ar 20 105
10 Lv.. .Katonton Junc- .Ar 15 12 60
uv-.'.Mcrrl wether Ar 60 12 25
7 60 Lv.. ..... Dennis.. Ar 30'12 05
7 15 Ar .. ..Katonton . .Lv oo ii m
7 1(1 p ....Eatonlon . Ar 05 11 35
8. .. •• Willards......Av MU 10
t Alkonton . .... Ar 20 10 50
. 35
t 07 i-y Maolien... Ar 05 10
18 Lv Shady Dale A r 00 10 30
t 2.1 Lv ...Kelly ... Ar 43 10 15
45 Lv...Brougl>tonvUlo. ..Ar 33 10 00
42, Lv ......Newborn......Ar 15' 9 50
4»|Lv....Gunnel Juno....Ar 05 9 33
10 .gSSS 65j Lv........Hayes........Ar 651 9 20
10 02;Lv.....Slarrsvll e.....Ai 45 9 08
13 Lv.. Covinirton Juno . Ar 27 8 48
10 2(>{ Ajv—^3ovfiiaton_ ; —JjV 25' 8 47
5 >l» Ga. H.ft. Ar Atlantu Lv 3 05 1 6'*
« 80 M. & N. Ar Macon Lv 9 00 A.U
M. & N. Ar Athens Lv 2 23 A.M
JOSEPH W. PRES TON, Ooneral Manager,
CALL. FROM CARLISLE.
Notifies Banks to Send In $4,000,000
of llie Recent Bond Money.
Secretary Carlisle has made auotlier
call on depository banks in New York
to {iay into the treasury about $4,000,-
000 bold by them of the recent bond
money. This amount is colled to be
paid June 1st. This will leave of the
money deposited in the banks desig¬
nated on acoouut of tho bond issue,
still $4,000,000, and this will bo called
for about Juno 15th—(late of tho last
payment duo on the bond issue. So
that tLo whole transaction ns between
bauk and treasury may bo mosea v, 7
that time.
Hons of Veterans Meet.
The eighth annual encampment of
the Sons of Veterans, division of Ala¬
bama and Tennessee, mot at Knoxville
Tuesday with Department Commander
James G. Crum bliss, of Tennessee,
presiding. Delegates wore in attend
unco from all tho local camps of tbo
order in floorgia, Alabama and Ten¬
nessee.
. A Vegetarian Cat.
There Is n black cut nt present In the
sedate seclusion of the Hampton Court
cloisters which bus spontaneously
"sworn off" from nil kinds of flesh food,
lis favorite diet, uncooked scarlet mi¬
ner beans, live eaten ns mi Italian
>nts macaroni. Cucumbers it likes, und
entrots which are boiled, but fruit It
si!! not touch. The Hampton Court
• I seems to stand alone in a partiality
•r food which none of Its race could
ithcido be Induced to look nt.
A valuable school history of the Uni¬
ted States by J. Win. Jones, D. D.,
will soon be issued from tbo press and
will no doubt meet with general favor.
Tho author lias been more than twenty
years collecting tbo material, and
studied thoroughly not only current
histories, but original sources of infor¬
mation. Dr. Jones was formerly chap¬
lain in the Army of Northern Virginia,
late chaplain of the University of Vir¬
ginia, and chaplain general of the
United Confederate Veterans. lie is
also the author of “Personnl Iljrniuis-
nonces of 11. E. Leo,” “Christ iu the
Camp,” “Davis Memorial Volume,”
formor secretary of the Southern His¬
torical Society, and editor of 14 vol¬
umes of Southern Historical Society
papers. The work is handsomely ilius
trated.
Tho Washington Times tells the fol¬
lowing story of Justice Gray, of tbo
Lulled States Supreme Court. lie had
gone down into Deleware to hold court
and was met by a deputy marshal.
The fees arc not large down In that sec¬
tion and the deputy marshals are not
the richest men around. So this deputy
met the Justice and was ready to walk
ever Into the town. “Where Is your car-
tinge?” asked Justice Gray. “Well, Mr.
Justice, you see, our fees are small,
and if 1 hired a carriage I would have
nothing left." “You get the carriage,”
said the justice, “there is an account to
which it can be charged. Write to the
marshall in Baltimore and he’ll tell you
what to do.” So Justice Gray rode
over to the town and the deputy mar¬
shal wrote to Ids superior. Shortly af-
tor the return of Justice Gray to the
c>ty lie received a letter from tho dep¬
uty marshal saying tho carriage bill
was all right. “The marshal tells me,”
he wrote, “to charge it up to the ac¬
count of 'transportation of prisoners.”
The mule* that drew Nero's chariot
m»i shod with stiver theiii