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he Jones County News M. 0. GREENE. PUBLISHER. SUCH DECLARATION COMES FROM PREMIER SAGASTA. SPANIARDS TIRED OF THE STRIFE. Now Asks That tho United States Come Forward and Uso Its Good Offices. A special to the Chicago Tribune from Washington says Spain is con¬ sidering a formal request to tho United States to use its good offices to stop the fighting in Cuba. Intimations have been received at the state department that tho Sagasta government had become convinced that tho only way to save Cuba was to accept the often proffered good offices of tlie United States. Canovas re¬ peatedly land replied to President Cleve¬ declining these good offices, and Sagasta did the came last November. Now the prime minister has become completely disheartened oxer the evi¬ dent failure of autonomy. All efforts of Spain to bribo tho sub¬ ordinates of Gomez to surrender on the basis of home rule have proven futile. Blauco has completely failed iu his efforts to open up communica¬ tion with the insurgents, and Pando has likewise been defeated in the field. The Spanish minister noxv feels that the only thing left is to accept the good offices of Uncle Sam in spite of the humiliation involved. They hesi¬ tate only because they feci that pub¬ lic announcement of this fact would result in a revolution iu Spain. Secret negotiations xvith the state department arc now actually in prog¬ ress. The Spanish government has lost the confidence of tho loyalists in Cuba, and it recognizes the fact that the island itself is lost entirely unless this country will, at this late day, negotiate w ith the insurgents for some basis of peace. The Spanish propose that tho United States should propose to the insur¬ gents an actual armistice ponding ne¬ gotiations for peace on the basis of American guarantees of the integrity of home rule, or even of independence on a money consideration. While no such formal proposition lias been made by Minister Do Lome, the state department lias been given to understand that only the fear of revolution in Spain stands in the xvay noxv of accepting the friendly offices of the United States, which have been rejected so often. It has been even in ijnated that if this country sees fit on its motion to open up communica¬ tion with the insurgents, Spain will not throw' any obstacles iu the xvay. Any such move would be a practical recognition of the insurgents as be¬ lligerents, but things have readied such a crisis in Cuba that even this con¬ tingency must lio faced. It is understood that the Cuban re¬ public xx ill Insist ou formal recognition before undertaking any negotiations xvith the United States, claiming that it cannot treat xvith a power xvliich re¬ gards it only as an organized conspir¬ acy of riot and piracy. Tho situation is critical in Cuba, and the frequent visits of the Spanish minister to the state department are a sufficient indi¬ cation that the Spanish empire in Cuba is almost at an end. Officials in Washington are inclined to the belief that tho public announce¬ ment of tho acceptance of this coun¬ try as mediator xvill result in instant revolution in Spain, but they admit it is the last hope, and is being serously considered. REDUCTIONS ALL AROUND. Rhode Island Cotton Mills Decide to Post Notices. A dispatch from Pawtucket, R. I., says: Thursday the directors of the Valley Falls Company, at Albion, and tlio Albion Company, at Valley Falls, ihc two remaining companies in the Blackstone valley which had not an- uuounceil a reduction of wages, decided to post notices to that effect. Reports xvero received from mills in Arctic, Riverpoint, Qniilniek, Pontiac, Natick and other Pawtucket and Black- stone valley villages, and without ex¬ ception they favored resisting the pro¬ posed reduction. Tho various mills above mentioned employ about 12,000 people and operate 425,000 spindles. WHIPPED TO DEATH BY MOB. South Carolina Tenant Deceives a Fatal Thrashing at Clinton. A meager account of the xvliipping to death of Dave Hunter, a negro, by a party of farmers, at Clinton, S. C., has been received. Tho man had been a tenant on a farm in the neighbor¬ hood and had violated his contract by secretly moving off tlie place. Later he xvas caught hy a parly of men, tied and given a terrible whipping, from the effects of xvliich lie died. It is be- liex’ed the man gave the names of his assailants to the authorities before dying. THE OLD MAN COMFORTED. G neral Clay’s Child Wife Visits Her Aged “Hubby.” A Whitehall, Ky., dispatch says: Little Dora, the child xvife of Gen. Cassius M. Clay, the eccentric old Kentuckian, has returned from a visit to her husband at Valley View. She xvent to see the general because he had sent for her to come and cheer h ; m. He had been sick and needed her comforting little hand to stroke his silvery locks and smooth his wrin¬ kled eyelids into sleep. CURRENCY HILL INTRODUCER. ls Frnmeil to Curry Out Finn of Mone¬ tary Coiivinlnalon. Representative Overstreet, of Indi¬ ana, introduced in the house Thurs¬ day a comprehensive bill for carrying out the plan of tho monetary commis¬ sion for the reform of the currency. The bill was reforred by Speaker Reed to the committee on banking, and Chairman Walker has arranged to give an early hearing to Sonator Edmunds, tho chairman of tho commission, and perhaps to other members. The bill contains forty-seven sec¬ tions, and embodies in legislative form every feature of the recommendations of the commission. The earlier por¬ tion, relating to tho maintenance of the gold standard, the creation of the bureau of issue and redemption, and the gradual retirement of tho legal tender notes, are embodied iu the bill in nlmost the same language as in the report. The banking features are more elaborate and carefully define the character of notes issued upon as¬ sets, and the manner of redeeming the notes of failed banks. The friends and onemies of the civil service law exchanged broadsides in tho bouse at Thursday’s session. The heaviest guns on each side were brought into action. Mr. Grosveuor, of Ohio, and Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, each made exhaustive speeches and kept their respective sides in a con¬ stant furor. Mr. Grosvenor’s description of the habits of the "cuckoo” teemed with wit and kept the house iu a roar. Mr. Grosveuor iu roplying to the charge male against himself and his col¬ leagues that they were betraying the republican party, adverted to what he called the list of traitors among the high priests of civil service reform, at the head of which lie placed George William Curtis, who abandoned the republican party to show that the present position occupied by tho ma¬ jority of the houso was not inconsis¬ tent with these declarations. While the senate was in session two hours Thursday practically no busi¬ ness was transacted beyond the pas¬ sage of a few bills. Among the measures which received favorable consideration were the bills providing for a congress of tho repre¬ sentatives of the Indian tribes of the United States to be held at Omaha during the progress of the interna¬ tional exposition this year; bills pro¬ viding for the erection of public build¬ ings at Fergus Falls, Minn., and New¬ port News, Va., and a measure to protect the name and insignia of the Red Cross Society. SLEW WIFE AND DAUGHTER. After the Tragedy Captain Carter Shoots Himself. Tlie most horrible and shocking crime which Greenville, Tenn., has ever seen xvas (lie extermination of the entire family of Captain A. W. Carter, an ex-federal officer, Wednes¬ day night, tlie hour not being known. Captain Carter, while temporarily insane, brained his aged xvife xvith an axe and thou xvith tho same weapon inflicted wounds upon his (laughter, xvliich caused her death later. After committing this terrible deed, Captain Carter,with an old revolver, shot him¬ self. Tho only other inmate of tho house xvas Walter Gass, aged fourteen years. Tlie boy xi-as asleep up stairs, but .about 3 o’clock Thursday morning xvas awakened by groans anil upon inves¬ tigation found the terrible state of affairs as above related. Captain Carter’s mind has for the past three years been unbalanced, caused by the death of a daughter. He xvas considered one of tho best citizens of Greene county. At the time of his death he was commander of Burnside post No. 8, G. A K. Ho xvas captain of a com¬ pany of cavalry in tho First Tennessee volunteers. TAYLOR FOR SENATE. Tennessee’s Governor Orestes Sensation By Entering ltsee. A special to tho Knoxville Tribune says tliat Governor Robert L. Taylor xvill enter the fight for senator against Messrs. McMillin and Turley. Tlio Taylor forces held a meeting Thursday night but refused to divulge their plans. This caused Turley and McMillin leaders to hold n joint consultation and it is believed that they xvill coin- bine against Taylor. Senator Turley’s friends denounce Taylor for entering the race. BIRMINGHAM ASKS HELP. Government Galled Upon to Anulut In Stamping Out Smallpox. A Washington special says: Surgeon General Wyman lias detailed Past As¬ sistant Surgeon Magruder to proceed to Birmingham, Ain., and take charge of the work of stamping out smallpox. This step is taken at Hie request of the people of Birmingham, xvho have, through the local'authorities and Con¬ gressman Underwood, asked for the aid of the marine hospital service. Birmingham xvill bear all local ex¬ penses, but the need of experienced nurses and inspectors is so great that the federal authorities have been ask¬ ed to help. COTTON MILLS SOLD. Southern Bank at Savannah Buy* Under a Court Judgment. The Savannah, Ga., cotton mills, capitalized at $100,000, were sold Tuesday under a judgment in the city court in favor of the Southern bank amounting to $3(5,000. There was lit¬ tle bidding on the property, which was finally knocked down to the bank for $30,000, or $6,000 less than the amount of its judgment. GRAY. JONES CO..GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 1898. MEMBERS SEEMED GLAD THAT HOLIDAYS ARE OVER. THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW DISCUSSED. Senator Davis Gives Notice That lie WtUl Call Up Hawaiian Annexation Um‘ 8 - tion to Be Disposed Of. Congress reassembled Wednesday and ox’erybody seemed glad that the holidays xvere over and that they could again have a ehuuoe to go to xvork. A number of members xvlio had not been in their seats previous to the recess appeared for tho first time and xvere warmly welcomed. The floor of the houso presented ail animated appearance. It looked for nil the world like the opening of a noxv session of congress. Only the cere¬ monies were missing. Without any preliminary business, the house went into committee of the xvliolo to resume consideration of the legislative, executive ami judicial ap¬ propriation bill. All the features of the bill had been disposed of except the appropriation for the civil service commission upon xvliich, by previous arrangement, there xvas to be nil in¬ definite general debate. In tlio senate Mr. Davis, chairman of tho committee on foreign relations, gnve notice that he xvould call up tho Haxvaiinn annexation treaty in exeeu- tix r e session on Monday, and ask tlio senate to consider it each day there¬ after until tho treaty should lie dis posed of. The expected debate on the money question did not materialize, but the first step toward it xvas taken by Sen¬ ator Teller in the introduction of his resolution declaring that all bonds of the United States under the funding act are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the government of the United States, in standard silver dollars, and that such payment is not in violation of tlio public faith or in derogation of the rights of tlio public creditors. This xvas, at Senator Teller’s sug¬ gestion, sent to the committee on fi¬ nance. It xx-ill lie reported back some day soon, and then Some the fun xvill open up in earnest. republican sen¬ ators xvlio lmx’o been declaring their friendship for silver xvill then be given an opportunity of showing xvlicre they do stand. Presidential Appointments. The president sent a large batch of appointments to the senate Wednes¬ day, among them the following: Owou L. Smith, of North Carolina, minister resident and consul general of tlio United States to Liberia; James G. Stowe, of Missouri, consul general of tlio United States at Capo Town, Cape of Good Hope; Herbert G. Squies, of New York, secretary of tlio legation of tlio United States at Belling, China. To lie consuls of the United States— Adolph F. Frankenthal, of Massachu¬ setts, nt Berne, Switzerland; Neat Mc¬ Millan, of Michigan, at Port Sarnia, Ont.; James M. Ayres, of Ohio, at Rosario, Argentine Republic; John H. Grout, Jr., of Massachusetts, nt Malta; Edmon 7j. Brodoxvski, of Illinois, now consul at Breslau, Germany, at Furth, Bnvariar Charles W. Kidman, of Ken¬ tucky, consul at Furth, Bavaria, at Breslau, Germany. CHINA CEDES KIAO.CHOU. An Indefinite Lease Is Given the German Government. The Reichsanzeigar (Berlin) an¬ nounces that, according to a telegram received from Peking, an understand¬ ing lias been reached betxveon Ger¬ many and China regarding iho cession of Kiao-Cliou bay to tho former. Tlie arrangement, it is added, is substan¬ tially as follows: cession It is intonded by tlie to ren¬ der possible for Germany the fulfill- ment of her just wish for the posses¬ sion, in tlio sumo way as other poxvers, of a base for trade and navigation in Chinese xvaters. The cession of Kiao Chou hay to Germany takes the form of a leaBo for an indefinite time. Germany is at liberty to erect ou tlio ceded territory all tlie necessary buildings and estab¬ lishments and to take tlie measures required for their protection. DIG TOBACCO FACTORY To Be Erected In Louisville By u Liver¬ pool Syndicate. A Liverpool syndicate is making ar¬ rangements to build an immense tobacco manufactory in Louisville, Ky. The plans arc noxv being drawn by a xvell-knoxvn architect and xvork will begin as soon us weather permits. Tho syndicate proposos to handle a great deal of tobacco. For some time past tlie company lias been doing a little rehandling business in the city, but concluded to go into tlie manu¬ facture of tobacco for tho Liverpool market on an extensive scale, it is stated that about 700 men xvill be em¬ ployed at the factory. KNIGHTS RAISE BOYCOTT. Strike In Jellico Goal Region SatiMfue torily Settled. A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says: Assembly Knights of Labor No. 5, embracing the entire mining region, has just raised tho boycott on tlie coal of the 20 mines in tlie Jellico region that has been on for several months. This action was iaken for sex'eral months. This action was taken tie- cause the Jellico strike, invo/'iug 3,000 men, has been settled. CHARGES AGAINST HANNA. Cram! Jury to Invoxtlgnto Allegeil At- tempt at llrltwry. The Evening Press of Columbus, O., in a special edition issued Wednes¬ day evening, states that Charles W. Voorliees, state’s attorney, has re¬ ferred to the grand jury which lias just opened a regular session, certain statements that have come to him tending A. to show that Columbus Senator Marietta Hanna, now in manag¬ ing his light for election to the senate, lias attempted to improperly influence a number of members of the legisla¬ ture. Tile principal ground for the action of the state’s attorney is iiuid to bo the published statements of Mrs. Griffith, wife of Representative J. E. Griffith, of Union county, in regard to tho kidnaping of her husband and herself from tho Southern hotel by agents of Senator Ilanna lust Sunday night. The substance of her state¬ ment, is that Senator Hanna, after asking her to use her iutlucuce with her husband to induce him to vote for Mr. Hanna for United States senator, told her that it would be worth us much to her husband to do this as ho would make in ten years. Mrs. Griffith said that as her 1ms- bund made about $2,000 per annum, she understood that he would Sector get about $20,000 for voting for Hanna. Two other members of he legislature are expected to givo evi¬ dence on this point to the grand jury. They are George Spell mire, of Cincin¬ nati, and Chris Mentor, of Hamilton county. They are members of tho house. TO RESIST REDUCTION. New Bedford Spinners Vote Against Ac¬ ceptance of Cut.. The spinners’ union at Now Bed¬ ford, Mush., at a meeting Wednesday night unanimously voted to resist by a strike the proposed reduction of wages. The union members of the city num¬ ber 450 steady spinners, 1,000 sparo spinners and 150 iloffcrs. Tho meet¬ ing xvas attended by both spinners and doffers. Tho general sentiment xvas expressed that the xveuvors and card and picker room associations xvonld strike, any xvay, and it was not necessary to wait to find out xvliat action the other unions xvonld take. The informal ballot, favoring a strike xvas not made formal, as it xvas decided j to xvait a few days to see if a xvay tv effecting a settlement xvas possible. Committees on conference xvith tlie managers and xvith committees from tho other labor unions in the city in case of a strike to arrange for the man¬ agement xvere appointed. spinners’union, Secretary Russ, of tlie local will call a meeting of the executive council of tho national union to ho held in Boston, xvhen the question of sanc¬ tioning a strike hy the sppinners iu New Bedford xvill lie settled. FLORIDA’S LATEST FREEZE. Vegettil>lfi$ In Homo Loculi ties Killed. Damage Otherwise Slight. Reports received at Washington from tho weather bureau officials in Florida indicate that the freeze of January 2 and 3, 1898, xvliile doing considerable damage, did not approach in severity or destructiveness the freezes in the winter of 1894 and 1895. As to tlio effects of tho recent freeze, the weatlior bureau at Jacksonville, reports hy telegraph as follows: “Available information indicate damage to greater portion of vegeta¬ bles north and south central portions, where not protected. Pine apples damaged to considerable extent. Citrus tress not seriously affected through fruit belt excepting tender sprouts.” MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Convenes In Jackson, ami Is Confronted with Varlo’iH Frohleing* A Jackson, Miss., special says: Tho legislature is in session. There are no limits or bounds to tlio situation. Nobody seems to know wliat will or will not bo done. The governor’s message ignores the capitol question, favors tlie purchase of a prison farm in the delta, jumps on corporations with both feet, blames tlie Marine Hospital service for the in¬ troduction of yelloxv feTer, advocates an elective judiciary, wants United States senators elected by tlio people and favors the stopping of the running of trains on Sunday, especially freight trains. Tho state’s deficit is detailed at length. He wants convicted xvife- benters disfranchised. GAMBLERS FIGHT DUEL. One Dead and Two Other* In IIoMpital Fatally Wounded. "K,d Murphy ,, , a noted . , Chicago gamiller of the shell worker variety, was shot dead and I rank, alias Dickey, Dean and Marti,, Donahue were shot, probably fatally during a quarrel in a Clueago saloon Wednesday night. The affair is said to be tho result of a feud of months’ standing. Dean and Don¬ ahue are at tho Alexian Brothers hos¬ pital. Neither is expected to live. According to one of the men arrested in the saloon at the time of the shoot- ing. Donahue , killed Murphy in . ,, defense and Dean xvas shot while act- ing as peacemaker. LOCAL MANAGER LEVANTS. Grain and Stock Exchange of Richmond, ind., in Trouble. The Richmond, Ind., grain and stock exchange, controlled by Odell & Co., of Cincinnati, is in trouble. Hibbard, the local manager, is absent, and lie- hind over $800 in his accounts with iiis employers, xvbile local investors are pressing claims for $2,000, which Odeil V Co. refused to pay until Hib- bxrd makes good his deficit, CONDEMNED MAN WAS COOL AND COLLECTED TO THE LAST. DIED DECLARING HIS INNOCENCE. Spoke From the Scaffold Without Ffthlhlt* ing a Tremor of Fear -Forgives II ih Persecutors. .Theodore Durraut died on tho gal- lows in the California state puuotun- tiary at San Quentin Friday morning, for the murder of Blanche Lament and Minnie Williams. At 10:37 Durraut ascended tho scaf¬ fold calmly, following Father Lagan, xvlio administered to his spiritual wants, lie having been baptized into tlio (hitli olio faith earlier in the day. When tile rope xvas placed about the condemned man’s neck Durraut asked to lie allowed to speak. His request, xvas granted, and xvith his foot oil the trap, Hie cord about his throat tied fast to tlio crossbeam, ho said: “I desire to say that although I am an innocent man, innocent of every crime that has been charged against me, I boar no animosity towards those xvlio have persecuted me, not even the press of Sail Francisco, xvliich hound¬ ed me to the grave. If any man thinks i am going to spring a sensation, I am not, except it is a sensation that. I am an innocent man, brought to the grave by m y persecutors. But I forgive them. "They xvill get their justice from the great God xvlio is master of iim all, and there I also expect to get justice Hint is tlie justice of an innocent mail. “Whether or not the perpetrators of Hie crime of xvliich I am charged arc discovered, it xvill make no difference to me noxv; but I say ttiis day will be a shame to the great state of Califor¬ nia. I forgive everybody xvlio luis persecuted me, an innocent man, whoso hands have never la on stained xvith blood, and I go to meet my God with forgiveness for all men.” His last xvords, which lie shouted just as the drop fell, xvere: “J am in¬ nocent.” Ilis dnntli appeared ' to lie painless. After the drop foil Durrani did not struggle. In fifteen minutes lie was cut down, the neck being broken by the fall. There was no scone at the gallows. All's. Durraut did not witness tlio exe¬ cution. She remained in a room in the lower part of the prison and showed unmistakable signs of grief tempered xvith a dogged desire to create (lie impression that she was too proud to xveep. protesting the last Durraut died to iiis innocence of the murder of Blanche Lament and Minnie Williams, lie maintained to the very eml the same marvelous composure and nerve xvliich characterized him throughout his long imprisonment and many trials, and demonstrated that ho was indeed tho criminui of tlie century. NOT A CANDIDATE. Governor Taylor Hays lie Will Not Filler Senatorial Knee. A Nashville special says: Avowed candidates for senator have been un¬ easy ns to Governor Taylor’s inten¬ tions, but he lias, after numerous conferences, given out this statement: “Circumstances forbid my entering tlio senatorial contest. I Imvo no explanation to offer, no comments to make.” The circumstances to which Gov¬ ernor Taylor refers consist of Senator Turley’s refusal to xvi tint raw. It, de¬ veloped that, Governor Taylor had sent a note to Senator Turley saying it was apparent Senator Turley could not xvin and if ho would withdraw arid transfer his strength to Taylor lie (Taylor) could beat McMillin. NEGROES LYNCH NEGROES. Kemp Go ii nly M i**iM*ippf, Colored Feoplo Gel, In Their Work. Jim Watts and Sum Dole, negroes of Neshoba county, Miss., xvore lynch¬ ed in Pea Ridge, Kemper county, a fexv days ago. Cole Pea Ridge Watts and went to io xisit relatives and became loouttcn- (ive to their landsman's wives. The lynchers are said to bo negroes. DEMOCRATS WERE OBEDIENT. Lower House of Maryland Legl*lnturo II.’ih Organized. Tho republican members of the low- { , r bollH(! of tll(1 Maryland legislature ufter lnore than two months of "deals” , .. llliH( , s " flii | (; ,i to agree upon a k<!r f()1 . tll( , U(mH(t of delegates and twf . lvu of their number, assist- fi(| ,, v fl)rty oIII . rats, elected Jj0IliK Bchufer, of Baltimore city, to tho position of presiding officer. All phases and factions of democ¬ racy are represented in the minority, yet when tlie time came there xvas not a waver in their ranks—each member f]j( , aH )j( . wllH directed and cast his 8(!l . ret , Jttl i„ t f„, republican, DEAD IN HIS CAB. Engineer Dip.* Believed to Have Been M u rdered. Sylvester If. Gipe, a Panhandle on gineer, in charge of a switch engine, xvas found dead in iiis eab in tlie yards at Indianapolis Friday morning, j Gipe’s head was badly cut and there was a gash across his throat. His chest was braised, The coroner thinks Gipe might have i been struck by a passing train, but tlie j road officials sry he xvas murdered. VOL. IV. NO. 3. Hit I DUE SPAN COLLAI'LEB ru»«r!i K er Cur l'lungc* Through. M li noulmi. Kminpr.: Tho passengers of the fast mail loft Atlanta, (hi., over the West road Sunday morning nt, 5:25 hud u shaking up twenty -0110 eimt of Montgomery Sunday al¬ eruoon. Conductor Henry M. Law, of Atlan- u, Flagman Dully and live passengers painfully hurt, and nineteen pas¬ wove slightly injured. Fortu¬ nately lie one was fatally injured. All went well until Onpilintohie creek reached. As tho train was cross¬ the bridge there one of the spans fell, carrying a coach with it to tho ground, twelve i r fourteen feet, below. Tho engine and tender ran 400 feet jumped the track. Tho Pullman, which was next to the tender, left the (rack and the forward end struck the side of the bridge and stopped. Tho behind the Pullman also re¬ mained on the bridge. The engineer ami fireman were not injured at all. The passengers iu tho Pullman and coach which remained ou tho bridge wero jolted but were not hurt to any extent. The occupants of the coach which went down with tho span were, of course, thrown around and a number of them were bruised on the head and shoulders. Two hours after the accident a wreck train with surgeons reached the scene from Montgomery. The sur¬ geons quickly attended to the injured and arranged for their removal to Montgomery. combination The bridge was a in¬ bridge, wood and iron. It was spected a year ago by Mr. Edwin Thatcher, the bridge expert, of De¬ troit, and was rebuilt by the Louis¬ ville It on Bridge Company according to Mr. Thatcher's specifications. MOD CREMATES INDIAN'S. Two Seminole Fiend* Meet. 11 Horrible Fate In Oklahoma. A special from Fort Smith, Ark., says: Justice in a more horrible form than that meted out. to Henry Smith, at I ’mis, Tex., xvas administered hy a mol) on the Oklahoma border Friday night to J. Markus MeGeisey and l’ltlinoi' Simpson, two Seminole In¬ dians. They xvere charged with murder, their victim being Mrs. Janies Sim¬ mons, a respectable farmer’s wife, liv¬ ing in Oklahoma The crime was a most revolting one anil the criminals xvero punished in a most revolting manner. assaulted and Airs. Simmons xvas murdered, her body being horribly mutilated. Nearly tho entire populace turned out to limit down and punish the guilty parties. Tlie trail led the posse to the home of MeGeisey, near Maud, a small town in tho Seminole nation, xvhere MeGeisey and Simpson xvere arrested. After securing their prisoners, the mob sot fire to McGeisey’s house and burn and did not leave until they saw all of Iiis earthly possessions reduced io ashes. Tlio prisoners wore carried back across the line into Oklahoma Terri¬ tory anil near the scene of their crime xvere executed hy Judge Lynch’s order iu the most horrible manner that human minds and hands could devise. They were burned at the stake. The Indians met their doom xvith tlio usual stoicism of their race. After life xvas extinct the mob allowed tlio fires to die down and then hurriedly dispersed. made of the fact that No secret xvas tlio Indians had been burned to death. Saturday morning their charred bod¬ ies, burned beyond recognition, were found in tlie ashes of their funeral _ PREPARING FOR STRIKE. Now Bedford Got toil Operative* Are Lay • In# In Hupplle*. A dispatch from New Bedford, Muss., says: Saturday was pay day among the majority of the operatives in tlie mills where a strike is probable. After the operatives received their money they proceeded to lay in a good stock of provisions. Many weavers their had barrels of flour rolled into kitchens. Tlie majority of tho operatives think a strike is sure to ho begun and all that was talked of at tlie north and south ends of tlie city was tho prob¬ able strike. DASHED DOWN INCLINE. Accident on Lookout Mountain Bond In Whir'll Several are Hurt. A work train on the Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain standard guage railroad was wrecked on the mountain side about 10 o’clock Saturday morn¬ ing. The conductor and six negro workmen were badly hut not fatally injured. The train, which consisted of a loco¬ motive and two cars of lumber, xvus moving down the mountain at a sloiv rate of speed xvhen the brake chain on the first car suddenly snapped. The second car was unprovided with a brake chain, and the whole weight was thrown on the engine, which dashed down tlie mountain side. To Ask For Advance. Tlie Ohio miners’ convention at Co¬ lumbus, ()., Saturday decided to ask for an advance of 10 cents per ton when the contract for next year is made. More Counterfeits Discovered. Two more counterfeit $100 certifi¬ cates turned up at Philadelphia Satur¬ day, one ut the sub-treasury and the other at the Fourth Street National bank. ____ « CREW AND DEBRIS OF VESSELS SCATTERED PROMISCUOUSLY. FOUR MEN ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT. Two are Missing and Seven are More or JLess Seriously Hurt— Head ISodlfc* Float In the Stream. Tim towboat Percy Kelsey blew up while going down the Ohio river, near Glenfield, Pa., about 11 o’clock Satur¬ day morning, and ao far as is known six or eight, of the crow wero killed and at least four others were injured. Tho boat was commanded by Cap¬ tain Leslie Jones, of Showdown, Pa., and the crew was made up of two pilots, two engineers, two mates, two firemen, a chambermaid, cook and the deck hands, in ail uliout twelve per¬ sons. The Kelsey left Pittsenrg about R o’clock for Cincinnati, with a tow oon- sisting of seven barges and two flats of coal, and everything was apparent¬ ly all right till the explosion literally took place, when the boat xvas blown to pieces and the tow scattered and lost. Tho hull sank almost im¬ mediately and the shattered portions of tho upper works floated down tho river and covered tlie xvater in tho vicinity of the xvreck. The explosion xvas most terrific and xvus heard for miles. Hundreds of persons ran to the river upon hearing tlio noise and an axvful sight met their gaze, Bodies xvere flouting down the river and the debris was scattered far und wide, but no live person xvas seen. A foxv minutes later Captain Jones alive, and three others were picked body up floated badly injured, and one nshore near Neville island. The in¬ jured xvero removed to Captain Crowe’s residence, oil Neville island, where everything possible was done to alle¬ viate ttioir sufferings. blown The body of the fireman was ashore, near xvhere the accident oc¬ curred. Only three of tlie oroxv escaped uninjured. xvluit caused the It is not known ex¬ plosion. Tlie boat's boilers xvore re¬ cently tested and found to lie in good condition, and the boat was conridereil one of the best and stanchest ou the river. The boat was valued at $25,000. SOUTHERN FILES ANSWER. Denies That It Owns Any of Central Hull- road's Stork. The Southern Railway Company filed its answer Saturday to the bill brought by the Dunlap Hardware Company and other business firms and citizens of Macon, Gn., to break up the alleged combinations of the Southern Railway Company with oilier railroads in Georgia. United The hill is pending in tlio States circuit court., Macon, and tlie defendants xvere allowed sixty days from November 10th in which to file the answer. denies In its answer the Southern that it owns or controls the Central of Georgia. It shows where that com¬ pany xvas reorganized and where the comment stock is now held by the re¬ organization oommitteo of the old Richmond Terminal. The Southern says it lias never had any control or arrangement for tho control of the Central, xvliich is an in¬ dependent. Southern company. admits that it has The & stock in the Georgia Southern Florida, but it is minority stock. A SHORT SESSION. Kouho Members Fiiy Tribute to tlie Into Itepresentiitl ye Wright. The house devoted two hours of Sat¬ urday's session to tho civil service de¬ bate, during which Messrs. Corliss, republican, of Michigan; Hepburn, republican, of Iowa, and Clarke, re¬ publican, of New Hampshire, address¬ ed the house in opposition to the law as it now stands. The remainder of the session was consumed by tlio friends of tho late Representative Wright, of Massachu¬ setts,in eulogy of iiis memory. Among those xvlio paid tribute to their deceas¬ ed colleague were Muhsis. Lawrence, Walker, McCall, Knox anil Gillette, republicans, of Massachusetts, and Northway, republican, of Ohio, and Bwauson, democrat, of Virginia. NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATES. Tlie Anniversary of Jackson's Great Vic¬ tory Fittingly Ob.ervod. The anniversary of the battle of Nexv Orleans xvas more generally cele¬ brated in that city Saturday than at any time since the xvar. Governor Foster and Iiis staff re¬ viewed a military parade, the entire First brigade and naval reserves, the cavalry troop and the Washington ar¬ tillery being in lino. The daughters of 1.776 and 1812 conducted the usual ceremonies at the unfinished monu¬ ment on Ohalmette field. It xvas a state holiday, banks xrero closed and business largely suspended. PILOT BOAT LIBELED. Homers N. Smith Is Charged With handing Two Expeditions Iu Citbn. The steam pilot boat Somers N. Smith, xvliich xvas seized at Mobile, Ala., a few days ago as per instructions of the secretary of tho treasury, was libled in the United States circuit court Saturday for conveying men, arms, ammunitions and provisions to the insurgents in Cuba.