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The Jones County News.
M. C. GREENE, PUBLISHER.
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HONORED GUEST OF NATIONAL AS-
SOLUTION MANUFACTUREUS.
DISCUSSED THE MONEY QUESTION.
Fledges Himself to tlio Interests of
Opponents of Bimetallism and Do-
Clares for Sound Money.
The third annual banquet of the
National Association of Alanufacturers
of the United States, which took p] are
Thursday night at the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel, in New York, was one of the
largest and most elaborate affairs of
the kind ever given in tho city. One
thousand guests were seated at the
tables.
President McKinley was received at
the hotel at G:30 p. m. and half an
hour later he appeared in the reception
room, whero he held a levee for more
than an hour.
The banquet ball was magnificently
decorated.
The wildest enthusiasm prevailed
when President AIcKinley was intro¬
duced. Aleu stood in the seats; women
in the boxes waved their handker¬
chiefs, and the uproar drowned the
speaker’s voice. The cheering and
clapping of hands was redoubled when
a toast was drunk to the president.
President, McKinley spoke slowly
and was plainly heard in every por¬
tion of the hall. He said in part:
“I scarcely need remind you that
wo do not meet as strangers. Neither
your business organizations nor your
social reunions are altogether unfa¬
miliar to me. I have been with you
before, not as a guest as now, but
rather in the capacity of host. Your
object now, as I gather it, is to go out
and possess what you never had before.
You want to extend, not your notes,
but your business. I sympathized
with your purpose then; I am in full
accord with your intentions now.
“Tho government is restricted in its
power to promoto industry. It can aid
commerce, but- not create it. It can
widen and deepen rivers, improve its
harbors and develop its great national
waterways, but the ships to sail and
the traffic to carry the peoph you must
supply.
“Aluch profitable trade is still unen-
joyed by our people because of their
present insufficient facilities for reach¬
ing desirable markets. Aluch of it is
lost because of a lack of information
and ignorance of the conditions and
s of other nations. We must
know just what other people want be¬
fore we can supply their wants.
“There is another duty resting upon
the national government: ‘To coin
money and regulate the value thereof.’
I This duty requires that our government
' shall regulate the value of its money
by the highest standards of commer¬
cial honesty and national honor. The
money of the United States is and
must forever be unquestioned and un¬
assailable. If doubts remain they
must be removed. If weak places are
discovered they must be strength¬
ened.
“Under existing conditions our citi¬
zens cannot be excused if they do not
redouble their efforts to secure such
financial legislation ns will place their
honorable intentions beyond dispute.
All those who represent, as you do, the
great conservative but progressive
business interests of the country, owe
it not only to themselves, but to in¬
sist upon tho settlement of this great
question now, or else to face the
alternative that it must be again sub¬
mitted for arbitration at the polls.
This is our plain duty to more than
7.000,000 voters, who fifteen months
ago won a great political battle on the
issue, among others, that the United
States government would not permit a
doubt to exist anywhere concerning
the stability and integrity of its cur¬
rency of the inviolability of the Unit¬
ed States obligations of every kind.
That is my interpretation of that vic¬
tory.
“The financial plank of the St.
Louis platform is still as commanding
upon republicans and those who served
with them in the last campaign as on
the day it was adopted and promul¬
gated. Happily the tariff part of the
platform lias already been engrafted
into public statute. But that other
plank not already bnilded into our
constitution is of binding force upon
all of us. What is it?
“Tho republican party is unreserv¬
edly for sound money. It caused tlio
enactment of the law providing for
the resumption of specie payments in
1870; since then every dollar has been
as good as gold. opposed
“We are unalterably to
every measure calculated to debase
our currency or impair the credit of
our country. We are, therefore, op¬
posed to the free coinage of silver ex¬
cept hy international agreement with
the leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement
can be obtained the existing gold
atandard must be preserved.”
OWED FOR SANDWICHES.
Failing to Collect Cash a Lunch Ma . Kill.
Customer.
John Donnelly died in tbe hospital
at Cincinnati Thursday from the ef¬
fects of a knockdown blow adminis¬
tered by Ben Green.
Donnelly and a friend had refused
to pay for sandwiches ordered nt
Green’s lunch stand. Green followed
and overtook them and knocked Don¬
nelly down, his head striking the
curbstone.
STRIKE SITUATION UNCHANGED.
(die Factory Operatives Receive Financial
Help From Unions.
A special from New Bedford, Mass ■>
says: week in Saturday night mill ended the second
the cotton strike in Now
Bedford, und the situation remains
practically begun. as if the strike had just
No indications are seen that either
side will give in right away.
The manufacturers are silent as tho
grave templation, on any plans they have in Con¬
but the striking operatives
are Every busy people.
encouragement in the world
is being offered to the strikers and it
: s tho best conducted fight against
npital that labor has ever put up in
New Bedford, with every prospect of
being successful.
Funds have fairly been pouring into
ihe coffers of the local unions, contri¬
butions in many cases coming un-
tolicited.
Saturday the spinners’ union paid
out nearly $2,500 in strike pay to its
nembers forced into idleness by the
■strike.
Even the non-union strikers, who
generally have to depend upon charity
■ o a certain extent, will this time be
looked after.
MOTHER AM) DAUGHTER SLAIN.
Dastardly Deed of Some Inhuman Fiend
At Burlington, Iowa.
The dead and frozen bodies of Airs.
Fanny Rathbnrn and her Iwelve-year-
)ld daughter, Alary, were found Sat-
irday afternoon in pools of blood at
their lonely home west of Burlington,
■'own.
The woman had been struck in the
head with an ax, which was found
leaning against a near-by wall. Her
head was split open.
The body cf the child was found in
i bedroom oft' the kitchen with the
throat cut from car to ear. Evidences
jf a horrible struggle for life were
present on all sides.
The woman was a widow of good
repute, though quite poor, and no
motive but the outrage of the daugh¬
ter can be supposed.
THE CARTER TRIAL DRAGS.
K(Tarts Made To Trove Conspiracy X >
Defraud Uncle Sam.
Saturday morning the prosecntioi
in the Carter eourtmartial at Savannah
gave its attention almost wholly to an
effort to prove the charge of conspira¬
cy to defraud the government,between
Captain Carter and the Atlantic Con¬
tracting Company.
For several days witnesses have
been placed on tlie stand to prove how
loosely Captain Carter allowed work
to go on under the contract, with tho
Atlantic Contracting Company.
Those introduced Saturday testified
to the rigidity with which contractors,
other than t hose of the Atlantic Con¬
tracting Company, were held down to
specifications. The contract of A. .T.
Twiggs for work in the Savannah river
near Augusta, has been held under re¬
view'. E. II. Connnt, an inspector of
the work, testified that Captain Car-
ter w'ns very strict and rejected a good
deal of the work. A. J. Twiggs, of
Augusta, gave testimony similar in
tenor, as did A. J. Sibley, also of Au¬
gusta. ___
TRAIN WAS DITCHED.
Cars Tumble Down High Embankment-
Two Killed and a Score Injured.
The St. John train, known ns the
“Provincial Express,” was wrecked in
the cut at Orono Basin mills, near
Oldtown, Me., Saturday afternoon and
six cars, including the smoker were
turned topsy-turvy into the ditch.
One of the passengers ears, in which
were a large number of persons, was
almost entirely demolished.
Two persons were killed and more
than a score injured, several probably
fatally. derailment
No worse spot for a can
be found on this stretch of railroad.
There is a high embankment for
miles and every car was overturned,at
the same time rolling down into the
ditch.
CONGRATULATION FROM BRYAN*.
The Keln-ankan tVlre* Senator Teller on
' IIis Victory In the Senate.
Senator Teller has received a num¬
ber of telegrams congratulating him
and tbe silver forces in the senate up-
on the passage of tho Teller resolution.
Among the congratulatory messages
was one from Hon. W. J.Bryan,which
w as confined to a mere expression of
satisfaction over the result.
THE RAILS SPREAD,
Resulting In Wreck of a Train In Which
Four Rives are Rost.
Four persons dead and thirty suffer¬
ing from wounds is the result of a dis¬
aster on the Maine Centra! railroad,
near Orono, Maine, Sunday.
Tho dead are: Daniel Cunningham
and wife, of Troy, Me.; Mrs. Jennie
S. Murray, supposed to he of Calais,
Me.; Rev. Father Hugh NcGratb; of
South Boston.
The railroad officials say that so far
as they know the track was in good
condition. The weather had been
very cold for some days, and it is
thought that the action of the frost
may have caused the rails to spread.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS
May Soon lie Made of Rynchem of the
Seminole Indians.
A dispatch from Guthrie, Okla.,
says: United States Marshall Tilgh-
man has returned from Pottowamatie
county, where he has been for a week
investigating the recent burning of tbe
two Seminole Indians.
The names of a score or more of the
mob have been obtained and a large
number of warrants will be issued
and wholesale arrests will be made.
GRAY. JONHS 00., GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898.
THE TELLER RESOLUTION GOES
THROUGH BY GOOD MAJORITY.
MANY AMENDMENTS ARE TABLED.
The Debate XV ns I.lvcly Throughout Final
Day The Vote ns Recorded XVns 41
to 33 In Favor of It e.ol tit Ion,
By a vote of 47 to 32 the senate, at
7 o’clock Friday evening, passed tho
Teller concurrent resolution, which
declares that the bonds of the United
States are payable, principal and in¬
terest, at the option of the govern¬
ment of the United States, in silver
dollars of tho coinage of the United
States containing 412$ grains each of
standard silver.
The text of the resolution is:
"That all tho bonds of the United States
issued, or authorized to be issued, under tho
said acts of congress hereinbefore recited,
are payable, principal and interest, nt the
option ot the United States in silver dollars
or tho coin ot the United States containing
41'2U grains each of standard silver, and
that to restore to its coinage such silver
coins as a legal tender in payment of said
bonds, principal and interest, is not In vio¬
lation of the public faith nor in derogation
of the rights of tlio public creditor.”
The final action on the resolution
was, of course, as expected, ns the de¬
bate had disclosed tho position of most
of the members of the senate. But
the interest in the question iuvolved
was sufficient to crowd the galleries,
to fill the floor with those entitled to
its privileges and to hold tho large
crowd until the final vote was taken at
7 o’clock.
Air. Stewart, of Nevada, in support¬
ing the resolution, maintained that
money, whether it be silver or gold or
paper, was a creature of law, tho crea¬
tion of money being inherent in all
independent nations. He said that
this statement had been upheld by
the highest of tribunals, and cited his¬
torical instances of such creation of
money. After a legal discussion of
the money question, Air. Stewart, re¬
ferring to the speech of President Mo-
Kinley in New York Thursday night,
said that he regretted to sec that tho
president had not studied this question
more deeply and that he was utterly
misguided.
There were several test votes, two
of them of particular interest, Tho
first aye and nay Vote taken was
on Test’s motion to table Nelson’s
amendment, which added a parity de¬
claration to tho resolution, Then
amendments by Quay providing that
payment shall be in ihe highest money
in use in the world, by Hoar and For-
aker, the effect of which was to sub-
tituto for the language of ilio reso¬
lution in the St. Louis platform, and
hy Caffery declaring that should the
market value of silver be less than
that of gold payment shall be in gold
at the option of the creditor, were
tabled in order.
Twenty-four votes were cast in favor
of a straight-out gold declaration and
all of these but Caffery were republi¬
cans.
This vote commits the party through
its leaders as declaring that tho bond¬
holder must be paid gold if ho asks
it, and puts them on record ns favor¬
ing the transfer of the option now ex¬
isting in the government to the
creditor.
Those who voted for this amend¬
ment were:
Aldrich, Baker, Caffery, Cnllom,
Davis, Foraker, Gallinger, Gear, Hale,
Hanna, Hawley, Hoar, Lodge, Mc-
Bride, McMillan, Mason, Morrill,
Penrose, Platt of Connecticutt, Platt
of New York, Sewell, Wellington and
Wetmore. Republicans who wore pair¬
ed in favored of the amendment were
Dehoe, Elkins, Frye, Proctor and
Spooner, body
All the other members of tho
either voted against the amendment
or, what is the same thing, were pair¬
ed against it.
On the final vote an analysis of the
roll showed that all the men elected
as democrats voted in favor of the
Teller resolution, except Caffery. All
the populists voted in favor of tlio
resolution, while the silver republi¬
cans who voted for the resolution
were Cannon, Afantle, Pettigrew and
Teller.
SENATE AGREES YYITH HOUSE.
Now Both Branches of Kentucky Regis!a-
ture Have Asked Rind say to Duit.
A Frankfort, Ky., special says: The
resolution requesting the immediate
resignation of United States Senator
William Lindsay, having been passed
Thursday hy the Kentucky house, was
also adopted Friday morning by tho
senate hy a vote of 25 to 10, Senator
Johnson, of Clinton, being tbe only
democrat voting against the resolution
and only nine republicans voting
against it.
The temperature of tlie senate cham¬
ber was decidedly warmer than that
of the house had been when the reso¬
lution came up.
JANUARY WHEAT ADVANCES.
Young Reiter Help* It Along By Bid¬
ding’ on Option*.
A Chicago dispatch says: January
wheat was bid up to 81.10 Friday, a
cent above the highest point reached
during the December squeeze. May
at the same time sold up to 98 jc. Bro¬
kers for Leiter helped things along hy
bidding up January. Leiter people say
that the May price is now very close
to the market for the sale of their line.
DOLE RECEIVES WELCOME.
l’C.ldont <>f Hawaiian ((.public Hmictic
National Capital.
President Dolo, of Hawaii* drriVed
nt day Washington afternoon at 2:30 o'clock behalf Wednes¬
and in of the
government was weloomed to the na¬
tional capital by Secretary Sherman
and Assistant Secretary Adee. Tho
presidential party was belated by
storms along the way, and it was three
hotiVs after the scheduled time that
the train moved into the Burlington
and Quincy depot, offored
Then Mr. Sherman his arm
to Mrs. Dolo and escorted her to
President McKinley’s carriage. Tho
platoons of oflioers wheeled about and
the party proceeded to tho Arlington,
where the Hawaiian executive will ho
the nation’s guest. In the second
carriage was Minister Hatch, of Ha¬
waii, Assistant Secretary Uridlcr and
Mr. Dole's private secretary.
The Arlington hotel was reached
about 2:30 o’clock. Secretary Sher¬
man, with Airs. Dole on his arm, es¬
corted the party to their rooms and
then took his official leave. Air. Por¬
ter, private secretary to the president,
accompanied by Colonel Bingham,was
notified by telephone of the arrival
and soon appeared, bearing tho con¬
gratulations of President AIcKinly and
requesting to bo informed when it
would be most convenient for the
president of the Hnwniian republic to
receive him in person.
President McKinley's call was en-
ti a'y formal and did not last longer
than fifteen minutes. He was accom¬
panied by Air. Porter and Colonel
Bingham and was met by Assistant
Secretary Cridler and Air. Hatch, the
Hawaiian minister, who introduced
them to President Dole, Airs. Dole
and the other members of the party.
After a mutual exebnngo of courtesies
President McKinley returned to the
white house.
At 4:15 p. m. President Dole return¬
ed visit of President McKinley. He
drove over to the white house in a
carriage in company with Minister
Hatch and Assistant Secretary Cridler.
Hie private secretary, Major laukea,
with Major Heistnnd and Lieutenant
Commander l’helps and Dr. Day, fol¬
lowed in another carriage. President
AIcKinley was in waiting and gave his
guest a greeting. After a few words
of general conversation the two presi¬
dents retired to a couch in one corner
of the room and spent about five
minutes in consultation. It was said
that this talk was purely unofficial
and personal. Then the'p*nty»as
escorted doinvstairs and returned {o nio
hotel. * •
ELLEDUE’S CANDIDATE LOST.
A Slgnlliraot Ftection In Oie Moan, Caro-
Una Leglnintnffii
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
There w»as an election in the general
assembly Wednesday for comptroller
general, and it was one of the hottest
contests in roeent, years. Governor
Ellerbo measured strength with his
opponents and was defeated.
When Comptroller Norten was elect¬
ed to congress to fill the vacancy
caused hy McLaUrin’s promotion to
the senate, tho governor appointed L.
B. Eptoa, who had formerly affiliated
with tho anti-Tillman faction to suc¬
ceed Norton, and to hold his office till
the legislature met. Wednesday J.
J. Derman, a clerk in the comptroller’s
office, opposed Epton and won hy six
Votes.
STATEHOOD DHLS KILLED.
Home Committee On Territories ((eject*
the Meafiuren.
A Washington dispntch says: State¬
hood legislation at tills session was
killed mittoe Wednesday by the house com¬
on territories rejecting Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma bills by a
vote of 8 to 3. The first two meas¬
ures were bunched and defeated.
Then the Oklahoma bill was taken up
and beaten by the slime Vote. There
was no discussion ns it was under¬
stood at the last meeting that the vote
was to be' taken without further pre¬
liminaries.
VIOLATED “JOHNNY” LAW.
First Indictment Under Tennessee ''Anti-
Flirting” Statute.
The grand jury at Knoxville hns
found an indictment against Lin
Chamberlain, tlio young man charged
with violating the “Johnny law” pass¬
ed hy the Tennessee legislature at its
last session.
This law makes it a misdemeanor
for a young man to flirt with a school
girl when she is on the grounds of the
school or going home therefrom.
TAYLOR GAINS ONE VOTE.
Democratic Cnncn* Still Hm Doting In
NauhvfHo.
The Tennessee democratic senato¬
rial caucus met again Thursday night
and failed to make a nomination for
United States senator. Twelve ballots
were taken, the last and 114th stand¬
ing:
McMillin, 35; Taylor, 29; Turley, 2(5.
The only change during tho evening
was one vote from Turley to Taylor.
The indications for breaking the
deadlock and making a nomination
are less favorable than nt any time
since the ballot began and there arc no
signs of n break sufficient to nominate
any one of tbe candidates.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Well Known Tennennecun (Jet* an Attor-
nevfthip Bl a in.
The president Wednesday sent the
following nominations to the senate:
Richard P. Parsons, Jr., of Ohio, to
he second secretary of the embassy at,
Rome; Abram M. Tillman, of Tennes¬
see, to be attorney for the middle dis¬
trict of Tennessee; Lieutenant Junior
Grade J. G. Doyle, to be a lieutenasit;
Rev. W. T. Helms, of New Jersfey, to
be a chaplain in the nary,
THE EXPERTS DID THEIR WORK
EXPEDITIOUSLY.
THE RESOLUTIONS FORMULATED,
They Cordially Approve Plan of Clurvency
Reform ns Submitted By tho
Committee.
A special from Indianapolis snyst
It was not expected that tho monetary
convention would remain in session
more than two days, and this expecta¬
tion was realized. It settled down to
work promptly at 10 o'clock Wednes¬
day morning subject and adjourned of at tho 2
o’clock, to the call
chairman.
It was a convention that was nota¬
ble for the prominence of its delegates
in business oircles and for the large
number who, at the sacrifice of their
private interests, made the long jour¬
ney to Indianapolis to emphasize by
their presence their strong sympathy
with the movement for currency re¬
form.
Tho resolutions recognize tho con¬
vention’s obligations to the executive
committee and cordially approve tho
plan of currency reform submitted by
the committee, which is sot out us fol¬
lows:
“1. To remove at once and forever
all doubt as to what tho standard of
value in the United States is and is to
bo
“2. To establish the credit of tho
United States at the highest point
among the nations of the world.
“3. To eliminate from our currency
system those features which reason
and experience show to be elements of
weakness and danger.
“4. To provide a paper currency
convertible into gold and equal to it
in value at all times and places, in
which with a volume adequate to tlio
general and usual needs of business,
thore shall bo combined a quality <>t'
growth and elasticity, through which
it will adjust automatically and prompt¬
ly to all variations of demand,whether
sudden or gradual, and which shall
distribnte itself tlyouglumt tho conn-
try as the wants of different sections
may reqttii'e. existing silver
•• “5. To so utilize the
dollarsas to maintain their parity with
gold without imposing undue burdens
on tho treasury.
“6. To avoid any injurious contrac-
tion of the currency. ‘
“7. To avoid the issue of interest-
bearing bonds, except in case of un
looked-for emergency; but to confer
the power to issuo bonds when neccs-
sary for the preservation of the credit
of the government.
“8. To accomplish these ends by a
plan which would lead from our pres-
ont confused and uncertain situation
by gradual and progressive steps, with-
out shock or violont change, to a mon-
etary system which will be thoroughly
safe ami good, and capable of growth
to any extent that the country may re¬
quire. expressed
“Approving of the and of pur¬ its
poses of tlio commission,
plans, we do most earnestly fellow and eiti- cor-
dially commeud it to our approval and
zens ns worthy of their
adoption, and we urge upon the con-
gress of the United States that the
principles embodied by tlie commis¬
sion in tlieir report should ho enacted
into law with the belief and expecta¬
tion that the effect would bo to secure
a solid, substantial and stable financial
system that would redound to the
credit of the country and insure a state
of prosperity that cannot he achieved
unless there is a system of finance,the
Integrity and adaptability* of which
cannot be questioned or gainsaid.
“The people want a ‘volume of ,
currency adequate to the general and ;
ity usual of needs growth of and business,’ elasticity with through a quid- J
which it will adjust itself automatic- j
ally and promptly to all variations of j
demand, whether sudden or gradual. 1
“The time has now come when the
prospects for the establishment of the
gold standard upon a firm and endur- ,
aging. ing basis The are peopio brightening want and note encour- cur- j
a
reney which shall bo as good as gold.
This movement proposes to bring
about that result. I
“The people of tho wostern and
southern states wish the issues so
distributed as that scarcity of cur- j
rency will no longer* hamper and
distress them in their business op¬
erations. A method is proposed whore- and
by tlieir wants can bo supplied j j
their demands can be complied with,
“We appeal to them -we appeal to
all patriotic citizens to unite with us
in an earnest and determined effort to
secure from congress such legislation
as will wisely but surely eventuate in
bringing about sound financial metli-
ods, and in building up and establish-
ing confidence, security and safety in
businees transactions and in the oivn-
ership and value of property.
“That tho executive committee bo
continued, with power and authority
to add to their number and to till any
vacancies which may occur,”
OPPOSITION TO PLANS
Of Monetary Coininllftlon By Nuav York
M«rchant«.
The Merchants’ Association of New
York, representing thousands of busi¬
ness houses and millions of invested
capital, through its representatives to
the monetary convention, just ad¬
journed at Indianapolis, has an¬
nounced that the bill incorporating
the plan of the commission will be
fought in congress in its present form
and changes must be made in it.
VOL. IV. NO.fi.
LINDSAY ASKED TO RESIGN.
Itaaolutlonn Adopted II y th«i Kentucky
Mouse of Kepmentativeii.
A Louisville special says: After a
hot debate Thursday morning, the
lower house of the Kentucky legisla¬
ture adopted a substitute resolution
offered by Representative Nelson, of
Hardin, calling upon United State?
Senator William Lindsay to resign if
ho cannot support the Chicago plat¬
form.
During the course of tho debate suoh
words as "party traitor,” “recreant to
his trust," and “goldbug" were freely
bandied about.
Representative Deslia, a silver dem¬
ocrat from Harrison county, openly
denounced Senator Lindsay as a traitor
to bis party and called upon him to re¬
turn homo and face au outraged con¬
stituency. Others who mad* hot
speeches along this lino were Repre¬
sentatives Trimble, Nelson, Petty,
(h r and Hickman.
The resolution was adopted by a viva
voce vote, but on motion of Represen¬
tative Pulliam was reconsidered in or¬
der that the original resolution, intro¬
duced by Representative Saunders, of
Union, some time sinco, be passed.
The Saunders resolution was then
taken up and passed by a vote of 45 to
35—Messrs. Orr, Nelson, Lackey,Pet¬
ty, Pulliam, Chilton and Mount mak¬
ing hot speeches denouncing the
course of Senator Lindsay.
AU ssrs. Bradburn, Cooke, Hobbs,
Letterlo and Marquet, all democrats,
voted against the resolution, saying
that they did so in tlio interest of con¬
servatism and that passing of the res¬
olution was mere waste of time.
The republicans did not vote as a
unit, they voting as their individual
preference dictated.
RELATING TO FERTILIZERS.
Agricultural Department Issues Bulletin
To Farmers of the Country.
A Washington dispatch says: The
second number of “Experiment Station
Work,” prepared nndor the direction
of Director A. 0. True, has been pub¬
lished by the agricultural department
as a farmers’ bulletin. It contains a
great deal of information on topics of
interest to tho farmer, a fair sample of
which is probably that relating to
common crops for a forage and a dis-
cussion of the question whether farm-
cm can mix their own fertilizers eeo-
nomically. bulletin
On this latter subject the
says the unanimous conolosion reached
by tlio experiment stations which liavo
R iyen closest attention to the sub¬
jeet, is that it is entirely praotical .ml
/economical under certain oonditibns
V farmers to buy the different ferUh
i Ding materials in the crude stock and
to mix them on the farm and they have
niado every effort to encourage and
assist them in the practice,
there is no doubt that, ashes are a
valuable fertilizer when used with
proper cure and discrimination, . but
there is considerable danger that, they
may bo and are at present over-esti-
mated by farmers, and money is ex-
pended in many cases in the purchase
ashes which might be more cco-
nomically used in buying other forms
of fertilizer. Other subjects treated of
in the bulletin are stock, melons,
starch and potatoes, crimson clover,
geesu for profit and a germ fertilizer.
WAS ENGINEER OF THE ALABAMA.
Death of ( apt. Halt O'Hrlen Who Fought
With Admiral
Copt. Matt O’Brien, United States
supervising inspector of steam vessels
at Now Orleans, is dead.
He wits one of tho few remaining
figures of tho Confederate navy, hav¬
ing served on the Sumter, the Shen¬
andoah and the Alabama.
He participated in tho fight off Cher¬
bourg as engineer of the Alabama when
that historic vessel was destroyed and
was one of tho last to leave tho ship,
being rescued from the water hy the
English yacht Deerhound.
MUST STAY ON BOARD.
TroljW „ mi k ih ite.nit ir Maine 1 * Marine,
were Allowed on Himre.
Reports received by the state de¬
partment Thursday from Havana de-
1)()to a g rflve apprehension of trouble
|lK H00 „ a s the marines from the bat-
tlewhip Maine are given shore leave,
Commander Higsbee, of tho Maine,
WftH at once instructed to lie very care-
f a ] j„ permitting his men to go ashore.
While the message to Captuin Higsbee
W as not in the form of a command, it
W(lH tantamount to an order to keep
j,j H mou | JO ard.
ARANGUItUN’S DEATH DEPLORED
H ig Aged I’lirent* at Key Went the lleclpl-
< ni» <>r Much sympathy,
a dispatch to the New York Herald
f r „m K<-y Went, Fla., says:
The death of General Nestor Aran-
gnren, tho Sheridan of Cuba, elicits
much sympathy. His aged father and
mother and other relatives reside in
■ y West, and it caused no surprise
whatever, as his adventurous spirit,
jt was expected, would lead to his
death. Additional sympathy the fact that Mil
illicited in tho case from
young Arangureu’s sister was recently
wedded to Surgeon Oxtiteras.
QUIET AT HAVANA.
Tho Mai no fs ill Anchor Alon^sMo t»
Spanish frulscr.
A special of Wednesday afternoon
states that quiet reigns in Havana. The
Maine lies at anchor near tho Spanish
cruiser Alfonso XII I.
Many persons believe that tho pres¬
ence of the American warship is de¬
signed to !,iiiig about disturbances on
the street:: of Havana when tlio Amer¬
ican ...liters and marines land. Wed¬
nesday morning two battalions of in¬
fantry and a section of artillery arrived
from the province of Pinar del Rio.
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SHERIFF AND EIGHTY DEPUTIES
TO APPEAR IN COURT.
TROUBLE m.LflTIMERTO BE AIRED
Tho Prosecution Claim They Will Hat*
No Trouble In .Securing; Convlc-
tlon of Murder*
A special from Wilkesbarre, Pu.»
snys: Tlio case of Sheriff James Alar-
tin and his oiglity doputies, charged
with murder and felonious wounding
of a score of striking miners at Lati¬
mer, September 10th last, will be call¬
ed for trial in the criminal court within
« day or two. It is expected the trial
will last a week or more. Able coun-
sol have been employed on both sides.
Tho first battle will be over the
selection of a jury. More than a
hundred witnesses have been sub¬
poenaed, but not all of them will he
heard.
The commonwealth will claim that
the strikers were only exercising their
rights ns American freemen when they
marched on tho public highway nn-
armed. It will be contended that they
were not lawless; that they had
offered no personal violence to anyone
and that they were hot bent on de-
stroying property. Tho lawyers for
the prosecution will quote decisions
from the higher courts, to show that
such a body of mon lmd a right to
move on the public highway white en- -
gaged in a peaceful mission.
On the other hand, counsel for de¬
fense will charge that tho strikers were
riotous, that they were armed and that
their intention was to destroy proper¬
ty. They will call witnesses to show
that the peopio living in tho strike
district were fearful for their lives,
and that some of them moved away
for safety. bo shown that the sheriff
It, will also
had come in conflict with the strikers
at Hazleton on tho morning of Sep-
tembor 1 st; that, ho then warned them
hy reading the riot act that they wero
violating tho law, and that they
disperse and go to their homes. In-
stead of accepting this advice, they
jeered the officer of the law nitd pro¬
ceeded on their march to Latimer.
Tho Latimer mine was in operation,
tho employes had no grievances, so far
ns known, and it will ho averred the
only objeet tho strikers could have bad
in going there was to intimidate tho
men. The owners of the mine had ap¬
pealed to the sheriff to protect their
property, and in attempting to do his
sworn duty in the matter, his deputies
came in conflict with the strikers unit
bloodshed was the result. The de¬
fense will contend that this was the
most natural thing in the world, and
tlint, under the circumstances it would
be a travesty of justice to hold tho of¬
ficers of the law guilty of murder.
HOUSE BILL HURRY
In Tithing: Actlnn Oil Toller Ilr.olntIon.
Political Debate.
A Washington special says: There
seems te he no prospect of an abate-
merit, of the political debate which has
been in progress in the house during
tlio consideration of the appropriation
bills.
Again Saturday almost the entire ses¬
sion was consumed in tlio discussion
of political topics. question to
Tho controverted as
whether or not prosperity had arrived
attracted the most attention and testi¬
mony pro and con was offered through¬
out the day. At times considerable
acrimony was displayed, but as a rule
tlie debate was good natured, both
sides seeming to recognize that it was
merely a struggle to score political ad¬
vantage. reached by
The determination was representatives
loaders in the house of
that tho Teller resolution for tho pay¬
ment of bonds in silver, which passed
tho senate, should he disposed of by
the house on Monday in order that tho
attitude of that branch of congress
might lie placed before the country
immediately. The conclusion was
reached after numerous conferences
between Speaker Heed, Chairman
Dirigley, of the ways arid means com-
mittee; Messrs. Dalzoll and Hender¬
son, of the lilies committee, and other
influential members of the house.
LEE TENDERS BANQUET
To OflluurH of Battleship Maine—Promi¬
nent. (iucHt* Vrcnent.
At, Havana Sunday morning United
States Consul General Lee gave a ban¬
quet nt the Havana yacht club house,
nt Mariano beach, to tho officers of the
United States warship Maine. The
guests of tho occasion were Captain
Sigshee, Lieutenants Cattlin, Holman,
Hood and Jungen, ChaplainChidwiek, Henneber-
Paymaster Littlefield, Dr.
ger, Chief Engineer Howell and Ca¬
dets Holden and Boyd, of AN asliing-
ton. included also several
The company residents and
well known American
representatives of the English and
American press residing in Havana.
M’KIXLEY touches BUTTON
An,l Thereby Open* the California Golden
A Washington dispatch says: In
the presence of the entire California
congresional delegation, Justice Me*
Kenna, of the supreme court, and Mrs.
Delaud Stanford and other prominent 11:08
President McKinley at
o’clock Saturday night touched a tele¬
graph key at the white house and
opened the California golden jubilee at
San Francisco.