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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 ' 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. ■ t 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.