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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE.
VOLUME I.
MINERS BATTLE
IN ALABAMA
Three Negroes are Shot Down
By Whites.
RACE WAR OCCURS AT CARDIFF
Negro ninersWere Attempting to
Prevent Capture of a Member
Of Their Band.
A Bpecial from Birmingham, Ala.,
nays: Three negroes dead and one
not expected to live, is the result of a
riot between the white and negro mi¬
ners at the ore mines near Cardiff, in
Jefferson county Tuesday.
The dead are: Ed Ellis, Jim Dill,
Adam Samuels.
Seriously wounded—Rudolph Wil¬
liams, George Thomas.
The two races came to a clash late
in the afternoon in Glasgow Hollow,
where the negroes had congregated,
armed with winchesters.
A white man passing along the road
was held up and besides being abused,
was roughly handled. This news soon
spread and an armed body of white
miners moved toward the hollow. It
is supposed that they went around by
«circuitous route in the mountains
and came upon the negroes unexpect¬
edly.
Ringleader First to Fall.
Ed Ellis, the ringleader, armed with
a rifle and Coifs revolver, fell at the
..first volley. A rifle bullet did the
therork. There was another volley and
seeiur of the other negroes fell. Jim
tionfll and Adam Samuels died a few
TKintes later after being removed to a
Wfujtjro house. George Thomas was shot
fagurough the abdomen with a Winches-
* ter bullet. He is not expected to re-
cover. Rudolf Williams will live.
The trouble started Monday when
it wa* thought that John Shepherd,
who l^st week assaulted Mrs. Monroe
.Tones near Corona, was in that com¬
munity. The negroes armed tliemsel ves
to prevent his capture. Both sides
were aroused and only the timely ar¬
rival of a sheriff’s posse prevented an
outbreak.
Tuesday morning the negro miners
held a mass meeting and refused to go
work. They all belong to a secret or¬
ganization known as the “Knights of
Africa” or the “Mysterious Ten.”
They keep rifles and ammunition on
hand at all times. It was in the after¬
noon that they gathered in Glasgow
Hollow, although with what intention
is not known.
Influential citizens say that the ring¬
leaders aro now out of the way, and
they hope to manage the other ne¬
groes. Ed Ellis, the head of the
hand, and holding the chief offiee in
the secret organization, made a speech
to the negroes just before his death,
telling them not to believe what the
white officers had told them, and
swearing that he for one would get
even with Sheriff O’Brien, who on
Monday at the point of a shotgun or¬
dered him to disperse his gang.
Shortly after the riot Sheriff
O’Brien left Birmingham with a hun¬
dred armed men.
Late reports say that the situation
is extremely critical, and that the ne¬
groes are talking of avenging the death
of their leaders.
Sheriff OBrien, who was at Bloss-
bnrg, recoived a message from Adarns-
ville, three miles from that place, ask¬
ing for protection. The message
stated that an armed body of negroes
were gathered in the mountains threat¬
ening to make a descent upon the min¬
ing camp in the valley. He dispatch¬
ed all the deputies he could spare
across the country.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Uist of New Industries Established the
Past Week.
The more important of the new in¬
dustries reported during the past week
are a $00,000 brick-making plant in
Florida; coal mines in Kentucky; three
cotton mills in Georgia and one each
in North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia; cottonseed oil mills in North
Carolina and Texas; electric light
and power companies in AlaVyma,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia
and West Virginia; a fertilizer factory
in Georgia; flouring mills in Arkansas
and Tennessee; gas works in North
Carolina and West Virginia; graphite
mines in Alabama; ico factories in
Alabama and North Carolina; an iron
bedstead factory in Tennessee; lime
kilns in West Virginia; lumber mills
in Georgia, Kentucky and South Car¬
olina; planing mills in Florida and
Georgia; a rice mill in Louisiana; a
rope and yarn mill in South Carolina;
a sash, door and blind factory in
Georgia; a telephone company in
North Carolina; a tobacco stemmery
in Virginia.—Tradesman, (Cjiattauoo-
A'u-P'iro! 11' JL i I i
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Placed file Carload of MUON.
On the Market As Instructed. L. Upon
Neb., dispatch sayafim*"*- tj/grees
denied Sunday that con-
melons sent him by J. ISty at Cam-
& Co., of Morven, Ga.Avere those
as a gift. He was me»Cambon,
to place them on the market rllnited
He turned the car over to a kited
who sold the melons and Van-
freight bill. T.
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WAR TALK IN CAPE COLONY.
Big Hass Meeting Held and Ceces-
sion From Oom Paul Is
Discussed,
Advices from Caps Town, South
Africa, state that a meeting of 4,000
loyalists, under the presidency of tho
mayor of Cape Town, was held there
YVednesday evening ami adopted, with
tho greatest enthusiasm, resolutions
supporting Sir Alfred Milner,governor
of the colony and British high commis¬
sioner in south Africa, in his recent
negotiatisns with President Kruger
and thanking the CanadiauB and Aus¬
tralians for their offers of assistance.
An immense overflow meeting was also
held.
The former, at which Rt. Hon. Sir
John Gordon Sprigg, former premier
of the colony, aud numerous other po¬
litical leaders were present, was ad¬
dressed by several citizens of Jo¬
hannesburg. also
Sir Gordon Spl'igg addressed
the meeting, declaring that unless Sir
Alfred Milner was absolutely support¬
ed there was danger that the Cape Col¬
ony would secede from the empire.
He declared himself conviuced that
Great Britain was solidly behind the
imperial secretary of state for the col¬
onies, Joseph Chamberlain, whose re¬
cent speech before the unionists of
Birmingham, England, dealing with
tho Transvaal problem, he warmly
commended.
President Kruger, it is understood
at Capetown,persists in his demand fol‘
arbitration as an essential condition to
any settlement. The Transvaal con¬
tinues buying provisions and war ma¬
terial and it has arranged with the
Netherlands Railway Company toliave
absolute control of the railway lines
in the Orange Free State in tho event
of war.
NINE GRADUATES GET DIPLOMAS,
Tenth Annual Commencement of Georgia
School of Technology.
The tenth annual commencement of
the Georgia School of Technology at
Atlanta was held YY’ednesday morning
in the chapel of the institution before
one of the largest and most enthusi¬
astic audiences that ever assembled on
a similar occasion.
A program of varied interest was
rendered and diplomas were delivered
to the graduating class of nine young
men who received the degree of
bachelor of science.
Six thousand dollars were given to
the school. Three thousand was the
contribution made by Colonel J. YV.
Rucker, of the Maddox-Rucker Bank¬
ing Company, of Atlanta, and is to be
expended iu any way the president
and board of trustees think best.
Three thousand came from Mr.
Aaron French, of Pennsylvania, whose
fortune has already been lavishly di¬
vided with the institution.
RAILROADS CREATE SURPRISE
By Taking Hold of Atlanta Depot Question
With Alacrity.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., says:
The railway officials have taken hold
of the union passenger station in ear-
nest and to the surprise of everyone,
themselves included, they have agreed
on a general plan.
After lust Tuesday’s meeting with
the state commission, the representa-
fives of the roads held a conference
and they worked on the depot prob-
lem until well on in the night.
At this conference it was agreed to
recommend to the several boards of
directors and lessees that they approve
a plan for building a union passenger
station in Atlanta extending from Loyd
to Whitehall streets.
INCORPORATION REFUSED.
Panama Canal Company Turned Down By
New Jersey Secretary of State. *
A dispatch from Trenton, N. J.,
says: Attorney General Gray Wednes¬
day morning tiled an opinion with the
secretary of state advising the refusal
of the articles of incorporation of the
American Isthmus Ship Canal com-
pany. provide for
The articles an author-
ized capital of $30,000, with the pro-
vision that the capital stock might he
increased to $250,000,000 by a vote of
the holders of not less than three-
fourths of the capital stock. This
proviso is in conflict with tho New
Jersey statute which gives to the hold¬
ers of two-thirds of the capital stock
the power to increase the authorized
capital.
DEWEY LEAVES COLOMBO.
Olympia Is Headed For Port Said—Ad¬
miral’s Healtli Improved.
A dispatch from the island of Cey¬
lon states that the United StateB cruiser
Olympia with Admiral Dewey on
board sailed from there for Port Said
YY’ednesday afternoon.
The admiral has been living quietly
r.t Colombo and his health is improved.
Previous to his departure Admiral
Dewey visited the auxiliary cruiser
Yosemite, now at Colombo, having on
board Captain Richard P. Leary,
United States navy, the governor of
the Island of Guam, who is on his way
to his post.
PREPARING FOR BATTLE.
Opposing Forcos In Philippines Making
Ready For Collision.
A Manila dispatch says: A collision
between the two armies at San Fer-;
nando seems inevitable soon. The
insurgents are all active all around
the town and can be seeu working in
trenches to strengthen their posi-
tion. Day and night forces are at j
•vork. It is estimated that 3,000 men
of we.o the ceen town. marching in the road north
Friday.
CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1890.
A BIG FORCE
FOR GEN. OTIS
Administration Agrees Upon Flan
of Enlistments.
NEED 10,000 EXTRA VOLUNTEERS
Troops In Philippines Will Num¬
ber 50,000 When the Present
Rainy Season Ends.
A YVashington Bpecial says: Secre¬
tary Alger, Adjutant General Corbin
aud Colonel Bird, assistant quarter¬
master general in charge of transpor¬
tation,had a consultation with the pres¬
ident YVednesday relative to the ques¬
tion of reinforcements for General
Otis.
A definite decision has been reached
to continue recruiting men at all the
recruiting Stations for service in the
Philippines an<J Secretary Alger said
when he left the white house, after the
conference, that General Otis w'ould
have 50,000 men when tho rainy sea¬
son closed for a resumption of active
operations.
There are seventy recruiting stations
in the United States and enlistments
are to bo taken at all of these stations.
The enlistments are to be for service
in tha regular army aud recruits are
to he organized into regiments or as¬
signed to regiments already formed
after enlistment.
No organizations as such aro to ho
accepted, if sufficient recruits can be
obtained by regular enlistment.
A Difficulty Presentedi
General Corbin said the enlistments
would he for three years, although tho
law for the creation of the provisional
army of 35,000 iu excess of the regular
army of 65,000 provides only for such
a force until 1901. Arrangements are
to be made at once for increasing the
transportation necessary to get these
additional troops to the Philippines.
The decision to re-enforce General
Otis by the end of the rainy season is
interpreted to mean that aggressive
campaigning will cease until the bad
weather ends. Until that time opera¬
tions will probably he confined to oc¬
casional excursions to places in close
vicinity to lines where the insurgents
may have congregated in force. By
remaining quiescent under good shel¬
ter during the rainy season, it is hoped
the health of the troops will be con¬
served and the danger from climatic
fevers reduced to a minimum.
Genoral Otis has cabled tl e war de¬
partment that he has the skeleton or¬
ganizations of two of the regiments
which it is proposed to raise iu tho
Philippines. At the war department
this is said to mean that General Otis
has the officers for these regiments se-
leeted and that they are ready to be
Ailed with enlisted men. How many
these can be secured from the vol-
regiments now iu the Philip-
is not known,
It is stated at the war department
that the recruits now being enlisted
at the rate of 1,000 a week cannot be
used for the volunteer army provided
for in the net of March 2d,authorizing
35,000 men, although it would be an
easy matter to transfer these men with
their own consent to tho volunteer
service if it should be determined to
raise additional troops,
Later in the day it was definitely de-
cided to begin tho enlistment for tho
first volunteer service under the act of
last congress The reports to the ad¬
jutant general based on the reports of
the recruiting officers and on close
estimates and to the number of sol¬
diers in the Philippines and in each
command in Cuba and Porto Rico show
that the regular army is up to its full
authorized strength.
The additional soldiers needed must
be obtained under that section of the
act of congress authorizing the enlist-
ment of volunteers. The officers scat-
tered among the principal cities of the
country who have been enlisting reg-
ulars only will be instructed imme-
diately to prepare to enlist volunteers,
The present indications aro that about
100,000 men will be wanted.
Volunteers will not accepted in
tjrmiued organizations. Secretary Alger is de-
to adhere to that rule,
LYNCHERS OROEREO TO JAIL.
Texans Aro Charged With Deliberate Mur¬
der of the Humphreys.
At Athens, Texas, Thursday, YValter
YY’ilkinsoti, 'Joe Wilkinson, Polk
YVet’ks, YYhllinm Brooks, John Green-
haw, Arthur Greenhaw, YV. E. Johns,
William Gaddis, John Stevens and
Samuel Hall were remanded to jail
without hail, charged with with having
with malice murdered James, John
and George Humphreys, by taking from
their homes and hanging them until
dead.
3 he prisoners expected this and will
institute habeas corpus proceedings.
Tho ease is the most celebrated in
Texas criminal history.
YVANTED EXPERT ACCOUNTANT.
Fire j„ Fcnsnenla’s City Hall Creates
Some Suspicion.
Sunday morning’s firo at the city
hall in Pensacola, Fla., caused much
0 f a sensation when it became known
that the mayor had made the anounce-
nient he was negotiating for an expert
accountant to check the books. The
c jty council aud board of public safety
held an executive session Tuesday and
interesting developments are looked
for .
SPANISH MOBS
FIRED UPON
Loops In Valencia Use Guns
With Disastrous Effect.
CONFLICT WAS DESPERATE ONE.
Rioters Barricaded Streets and
Stoned Gendarmes—Hospitals
Crowded With Wounded.
According to advices of Sunday very
sorious disturbances aro in progress
at Y’alencia, Spain. Under the orders
of the captain general of Y r alencia,
General Mol to, the troops occupied
the streets Saturday morning and now
hold all the strategic points. At the
beginning of the riots the mob placed
obstacles on the street railway tracks
aud stopped tho cai'Sj stoning the gen¬
darmes when they tried to remove the
barriers. Finally the troops charged
and the first shots were fired. Sev¬
eral persons were wounded. In one
case a bullet passed through n shop
and killed a man within. As the day
advanced, disorders increased.
Troops were stationed at some points
and the artillery was held in readi¬
ness. The rioters thereupon erected
barricades which the cuVniry captured
only after fierco fighting, iu which
many were wounded.
At 8 o’clock in the eveniug the mob
attacked a mouastry and the brother
who was acting ns gate porter wds
obliged to defend himself with a re¬
volver.
They then liioved iipoh a Jesuit
bouse, which had a narrow escape
from beiug burned to the ground, the
troops arriving just in the nick of
time to prevent the mob from setting
in on fire.
An enormous number of arrests have
been made. It is -rot known how
many were wounded.
At n late hour the generals held a
conference and decided to continue
the military occupation of all points
of vantage.
The m ayor of Y r alencia issued a
proclamation calling ,«ipon the people
to cense resisting the law.
The riots were renewed Sunday and
the rioters Bioned the gendarmerie in
barracks. It is repo, uid that a captain
of the gendarmes w*s severely injured
by flying missiles.
LOYINU CUP TO CAMHON.
Costly Meindnto Is Given By President
McKinley.
President McKinley has presented
to the French ambassador, M. Cam-
bon, a superb silver, loving cup in
recognition of the ambassador’s friend¬
ly services in the , jotiations which
restored peace bet -in the Uuiled
States and Spain. The beautiful tes¬
timonial was sent Iw Secretary Hay to
the French embassy, accompanied by
a note from the W’cretavy in which,
speaking for the president, he express¬
ed sincere appreciation for M. Gam¬
bon’s considerate j and disinterested
service, and tendered tho loving cup
ns an evidence of the esteem felt for
him.
Tho cup is of massive proportions
and chaste design and the international
significance of the gift is shown in the
blending of the French and American
coats of arms. It stands about two
and a half feet high, with the top of
the bowl about ten inches across. The
outer service is silver, richly emboss¬
ed, while the inside is of hammered
gold. Arouud the outside of tho bow],
in raised old English text, is an appro¬
priate inscription.
1YHEELEK TO PHILIPPINES.
I.itt.Io Genernl YVI11 Receive Ills Orders
To Sail T 11 a Short Time.
A special to The Chicago Record
from YVashington says that General
Wheeler will receive orders within a
few days to go to tho Philippines.
Secretary Alger is quoted as saying:
“All that I can say about General
YY’hcder at this time is that I 10 lias
asked to be sent to the Philippines.
YY T bat service he may perform there
will depend iuon Major General
Otis.” '
EMPLOYED NEGROES
To Teke l’laces of White Men Who Joined
The Union.
Nearly all the white puddlers em¬
ployed at Mcorehead Brothers <fc Co.’s
iron works at Sharpsburg, Pa., were
discharged YVednesday and tho places
filled by negroes who were brought
from other places.
The firm lias opposed the affiliation
of its employes with the Amalgamated
association and recently a large num¬
ber of puddlers joined the union.
There was no trouble at tho plant on
account of the change nnd quiet pre¬
vailed in the vicinity. Four deputies
accompanied the negroes.
NEYV ARTICLES FILED.
By American Panama Canal Company In
New Jersey.
The American Isthmus Ship Canal
Company tiled at TrentoD, N. J., Fri¬
day, articles of incorporation, leaving
out that part of the orginal papei'B in
reference to the increase of the capital
stock, which met with the disapproval
of the attorney general and which
were turned down.
The authorized capital stock in the
papers filed is placed at $30,000.
STEAMER SINKS;
NINE ARE LOST
Disaster Result of a Violent Storm
On Lake Erie.
FOUR OF THE CREW RESCUED
Captain, Wife and Son Among
the Drowned—Others Were
Seamen and a Passenger.
A. Chicago dispatch says: The
steamer Margaret Olwill, owned by
M. P. Smith, of Cleveland, weutdown
iu the storm off Lorain, Lnlco Erie,
last Wednesday night. Nine people
were lost, including Captain John
Brown, his wife and son and Miss
Baldwin, a passenger. The Olwill, of
554 tons, was hound from Kelley’s Is¬
land to Cleveland with limestone, her
cargo shitting in tho heavy sea, Bond¬
ing lifer down by the stern. Those
who went down with the vessel Were:
Captain John Brown, wife and
child, of Cleveland.
First Engineer Alex McClay, of
Cleveland.
Second Enginoer Rudolph Shiuski,
St. Clair, Mich.
Fiist Mate John Smith, Cleveland.
YY r heelsraan George Heffron, Cleve¬
land.
Watchman Frank Hipp, of Kelley’s
Island,
Mrs; Col-a A- Hitchcock, a pnsseu-
gor.
The Olwill left Kelley’s Island at 6
o’clock Wednesday night bound for
Cleveland with a cargo of stone. There
was little or no wind blowing and ev¬
erything was favorable for a pleasant
run. At 8 o’clock the wind began to
blow from the northwest and the little
boat with a thousand tons capacity be¬
gan to go at a lively clip.
At 10 o’clock the gale commenced
in earnest and the wind blew at the
rate of fifty miles au hour. Suddenly
the gale turned to the northeast. Cap¬
tain Brown found that the boat was
making little headway, and concluded
the only thing to do was to turn back
aud go with the storm. According to
the story of Coyle it was 2 o’clock
when the captain gave orders to turn
back. The vessel had turned half way
round when the rudder chain pnGed,
and in an instant the boat was at the
of the storm.
She was caught between two waves
and as she was borne along tho top of
one of them she rolled over on one
side. The cabins wero torn loose, and
floated on the water white the rest of
the ship went to the bottom. Coyle
caught hold of a part of the after cabin
and climbed upon it. lleffron was
clinging to a part of tho same cabin.
Captain Willoughby, of the steamer
State of Ohio, sighted the wreckage
about 5:15 in the morning directly in
the course from Cleveland to Toledo.
The big steamer immediately put into
service her life-saving crew, and after
sailing around the wreckage for an
hour and a half, Coyle was rescued.
Heffron Was thrown a line, but he was
too weak to hold it, and went down in
the presence of a large crowd on board
the steamer. Several attempts were
made to get the yawl boat in the wa¬
ter,, but the sea was still running high
and the work was extremely perilous.
Heffrou’s dentil wns a pathetic one.
As he grabbed the rope, encouraged
by tho crowd, I 10 made a superhuman
effort to put the rope around his body,
but he was too weak and fell exhaust¬
ed into the waves.
Three Men Picked Up.
A dispatch from Cleveland, 0.,says:
Smith, McRae and Shinski were res¬
cued by members of tho crew of the
steamer Sacramento and taken into
Lorain by the tug Cascade. The res¬
cued members of tho crew were found
floating on tho surface of Lnlco Erie
clinging to bits of wreckage. Their
rescue was attended by exhibitions of
extreme heroism, for a heavy sea was
still running when they were picked
up.
INFECTED YVITH PLAGUE.
Bodies of Two Dead Chinamen Reveal
Bubonic Baeeilll.
A San Francisco dispatch says: Dr.
Babata, bacteriologist for the board of
health, has returned a report of his
examinations of tho glands of the two
Japanese who wero drowned while
trying to escape from the steamer Nip¬
pon Maru, now held iu quarantine on
account of three suspicions deaths
which occurred on the vessel on her
trip from China and Japan to the San
Francisco port via Honolulu.
Dr. Babata found the baccilli to be
those of the bubonic plague aud, to
make his determination doubly sure,
will propagate their growth.
NINETY MILLIONS DEFICIT.
Government’s Sliortnge For Year as Ksll-
mated By Treasury Officials.
The treasury officials are now confi¬
dent that tho dcficil for the present
fiscal year will not exceed $90,000,000.
One week ago the estimate was a
little short of $100,OOP,COO,but during
the last few days the receipts have
been rather above tho estimates, while
the expenditures have greatly fallen
off.
MRS. DREYFUS SEES HUSBAND
Meeting In Prison Whs u Highly DrnMfiHs
mid AfYecling One.
A dispatch from Kounos, France,
L’Oricnt says: Dreyfus arrived at 6 a. m. via
and Redon. The prisoner
appeared to ho in good health. He
was at, once placed in prison.
The governor of the prison sent
Mine. Dreyfus the nows of the arrival
of her husband and she immediately
went to the governor and asked per¬
mission to see the prisoner. Leave
being granted, tho faithful wife enter¬
ed the prison almost unobserved and
was conducted to cell No. 830, accom¬
panied by Mmc. Havlet.
Tire meeting between the long-parted
husband and wife can he better imng-
i -Vlian described. Naturally it was
most, touching. Both Dreyfus aud his
wif I .reply affeetod. They re¬
,
ins allots , mg clasped in each other’s
.. >1 and smiles intermingling
vi* ,i :er endearments.
Mme. Dreyfus issued from the pris¬
on in a state of collapse. Sho found
lieV husband much aged with heard
and hair whitened and body shrunken
and stoopod. Sho said Dreyfus know
nothing of the events of the past two
years.
MINERS RURX TOYVN.
Union Men Were Driven Out—Act Was
For Revenge.
Union A special City, from Carbonnlo Ill., says:
a small town built and oc¬
cupied by union miners was burned at
midnight Saturday night, after a bat¬
tle between the uniou men and import¬
ed negro miners who were fired upon
at Fredonia Saturday.
Seeking revenge for the killing, of
a woman aud the wounding of twenty
moil in their party, the negroes raided
Union City at midnight. They open¬
ed fire on the homes of the union men.
The latter promptly replied. The bat¬
tle lasted until the uniou miners were
driven from their homes and took re¬
village. fuge in a The clump of timber close to the
non-ttuiou men at once
applied the torch and tho villiago was
destroyed.
The negros then advanced on tho
woods where the uniou miners were
concealed, atld until daylight a fusi-
lade was kept up between the factions.
MURE HOMESTEAD TROUBLE.
Union Men Demand ltelnutntement and
omeifilH Refuse To Comply.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: There
now seems to be no doubt that there
will be an extensive strike at the big
Homestead plant of the Carnegie Steel
Company. The question at issue is
practically the same as iu 1892—recog¬
nition by the company of the Amalga¬
mated Association. The men seem
determined to stand by their union,
while thecompany has auuonneed that
no amalgamated association men can
be The employed in its plant.
present trouble was precipi¬
tated Fridry when a committee of
thirteen went to Superintendent Co¬
rey to demand the reinstatement of
fifteen union men who had been dis-
charged.
Mr. Corey aud President C. M.
Schwab uot only discharged them, but
informed them that they could not
even go hack into the mill to get their
dinner buckets.
HAPPY MINERS THESE.
An Advance of Two and a Half Cents a
Ton In Alabama Is Granted.
A Birmingham special says: Fol¬
lowing in the footsteps of signing a
contract with the miners for coal min¬
ing for a year, commencing July 1st,
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. nnd
the Sloss Iron and Steel Co. Sntnrdny
morning announced an ndvauce of 2$
cents per ton on mining. This brings
the miners’ wages up to 52J cents per
ton, tho highest price that has pre¬
vailed for years. The company ex¬
pressed a desire that as little time as
possible be lost iu the celebration of
the Fourth of July.
GOVERNOR CALLS TROOPS
To Quell the Trouble Between Miners at
Cartersvllle, 111.
Acting Governor YVarder of Illinois
Saturday evening ordered the compn-
pauies of the Fourth infantry Illinois
National Guard, located at Carboudale
and Mt. Vernon, to proceed to Car-
tersville at once and preserve the
peace. This action wns taken upon
representations from the sheriff and
prominent citizens of that section of
the country, who telegraphed the act¬
ing governor that the sheriff was pow¬
erless to keep the peace and that the
troops were necessary.
FILIPINOS WANT PROTECTORATE.
Commissioner Schtirmnnn Returns to Ma¬
nila From Tour of Islands.
A Manila special says: Professor .1.
G. Schurmauu, of the United States
advisory commission for the Philip¬
pines, returned to Manila Sunday
from a three weeks’ tour of the south¬
ern islands. He takes an entirely hope¬
ful view of the general conditions
there. The intelligent nnd substan¬
tial citizens desire an American pro¬
tectorate. The masses are awaiting
the settlement of tho war in the island
of Luzon before declaring themselves.
They are chiefly anxious to be undis¬
DEMOCRATS TO MEET.
of National Executive Commit¬
tee To Assemble In Chicago.
A call for a meeting of the demo¬
national committee, to be held
20th, at the Sherman house, Chi¬
was issued Sunday by former
Governor Stone, of Missouri, and Act¬
ing Secretary Johnson, of Kansas,
the committee.
The call was issued in accordance
with the decision of the recent confer¬
held in St. Louis.
NUMBER U.
BOY MURDERER
SLAYS THREE
Killed Father, Mother and Sister
In Cold Blood.
A DEMON AT AGE OF THIRTEEN.
Father Was First Victim—Later
on the Boy Used Deadly Knife
on Mother and Sister.
News of a terrible tragedy reached
Athens, Ala., from the interior of the
county, remote from telephone aud
telegraph connections. A few months
since a thirteen-year-old lad by the
name of Thomas, while following his
father from the woods with a loaded
gun on his shoulder, shot his father
in the back, death resulting almost in¬
stantly. The father was not able to
tell how it happened and the boy
claimed that it was an accident, but
was not believed hv the neighbors.
The facts were laid before tho grand
jury, but tho jury hesitated to indict
tho boy from the testimony, it appear¬
ing that the state could not convict.
The neighbors were so wrought up
over the matter that the widow and
her children had to move from that
neighborhood. "Since that time tha
boy, it seems, has ruled the home,
working when he chose. The older
sister, a rather prepossessing young
womnn just entering womanhood, had
the largest share of tho farm work tr»
do to protect the widow and little ones
from want.
Last Friday evening sho insisted
that the boy take his share of the
work ami so persistent was she that
the boy flew into n rage and drawing
a keen knife flew at her, slashing her
fearfully, severing her breast wide
open aud otherwise gashing her to
such au extent that sho died in a short
while. The aged mother rushed to
the girl’s assistance and tho lad turn¬
ed on her. With a demon’s fury he
slashed her with terrible effect. The
first cut disemboweled her. She fell
and died before aid could be summon¬
ed.
The triple murderer then aloue with
the smaller children with no one to
prevent gathered such things as he
needed and fled before the neighbors
could bo summoned by the frightened
and terror-stricken children.
1IO.YTh.UM: V FOLSOM DEAD.
Whs One of the Most Versatile Newiipa*
per Men In the South.
Montgomery M. Folsom, one of the
best known newspaper men in the
south, died suddenly at his residence
iu Atlanta, Ga,, Sunday morning, after
an illness of only a few hours.
Saturday morning Mr. Folsom was
apparently in his usual good health,
and left his home in unusual good
sprits. Ho returned homo about 1
o’clock in the afternoon and complain¬ hail
ed of feeling had. At 3 o’clock he
a violent sinking spell nnd was soon
unconscious. He romained in that
condition until death relieved him.
The immediate cause of his demise
was apoplexy, superinduced by au af¬
fection of the heart, from which he
bad been n sufferer for the past two
years. Folsom
Montgomery Morgan was
one of the most brilliant and prolific)
writers iu the south, and his literary
productions wero widely read and
copied. He wrote prose and poetry
with equal facility, and his acquaint¬
ance .with men anil affairs was exten¬
sive. He was an indefatigable worker,
and one of the most productive survived news-
men in Atlanta. He is
a wife and live children.
PUBLIC DEBT AYVAY UP.
Statement Given Out Shows Figures To
Over a Million Dollars.
A YVashington dispatch snys: Tha/
statement of the public debt at tl"
close of the fiscal year 1899 shows ’
the debt, less cash in the tie
amounted to $1,155,320, Wl
a decrease as compared with .>
1898, of $13,571,172. This decre.
is accounted for by a corresponding
increase in the cash on hand.
ARLES PAYS PENALTY
For Assault on Mrs. Edgerton—Negr#
Displayed Good Nerve.
YVill Abies, the negro who assaulted
Mrs. Edgerton, was hanged at Baxley,
Ga., Friday and died in seven min¬
utes.
Everything was done in order. Abies’
nerve was good. He wanted to talk to
tho public. He confessed that he was
guilty of the crime, aud wanted to
thank the sheriff and his captors for
protecting him so ns to allow a trial.
He blames no one but himself for his
fate.
MAYOR ASSASSINATED.
Disappointed Olllcn Seeker Kills Chief
Executive of Muskegon, Mich.
At Muskegon, Mich., Thursday,
Mayor James Balbirnie was assassi¬
nated by J. YV. Tnyer, a disappointed
offiee seeker. Tayer shot the mayor
while the latter was standing in the
doorway of his store. The ball enter¬
ed his left breast above the nipple,
and he expired in fifteen minutes.
Tayer swallowed some carbolic acicl
and then turned the revolver upon
himself and tired. The ball entered
his left breast, producing death.