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CARNlSVILLE advance.
VOLUME I.
ROOSEVELT VISITS
New York’s Chief Executive Was an
Quest at the White House.
TEDDY APPROVES WORK OF THE
Declares That No Mistakes Have Been
pine Policy Is Sustained.
Governor Theodore Roosevelt, of
New York, was the guest of the presi¬
dent at the white house Saturday
night. He arrived in the afternoon
from Oyster Bay in response to a tele¬
graphic request from President Mc¬
Kinley to come to Washington for a
consultation.
Governor Roosevolt was met at tlie
depot by the president’s secretary,
Mr. Cortelyou, and driven direct to
the white house, where he was received
by the president. There was a short
conversation between the two distin¬
guished men before - dinner. After¬
wards, together with Secretary Hay,
Secretary Long, Attorney General
Griggs and General Corbin, they sat
upon tho western veranda of the exec¬
utive mansion for a long consultation.
His visit set afloat various rumors,
among them that he bad been called
to Washington to be tendered the of¬
fice of secretary of war, to be given
command of a brigade in the Philip¬
pines and to designate an entire
regiment for service there. He de¬
clined to discuss these, protesting the
president’s consult' Aim purpose regarding was merely to
the organiza¬
tion of the tlew volunteer army, espe¬
cially the persouel of the officers. He
was asked in so many words whether
the president had tendered him the
secretaryship. He replied to this ques¬
tion only wi’h a laugh. j
The governor’s best friends in
Washington say that regardless of the
facts as to the president’s tender or
failure to make one, the governor
would much prefer his present po¬
sition as of the Empire state to
a fractional term in the war depart¬
ment, and his treatment of the ques¬
tion renders this theory as to his atti¬
tude most plausible.
Governor Roosevelt dictated the
following interview to the Associated
Press:
“The president has told me that he
wished recommendations based upon
the efficiency of the men recommend¬
ed, and that he will heed no others.
The president’s attitude in the matter
in the face of the terrific political
pressure to which ho is and will be
subjected is such as to intitle him to
the support of all men who feel that
politics has no jilace in the army, who
feel that it is, in a peculiar sense, the
property of the sjiole country, aud
that in'the giving of commissions aud
promotions alike absolutely no con¬
sideration should enter outside of the
merit of the men as soldiers.
“My own recommendations will bo
limited to the men I had under me, or
saw in action, and to the members of
the New York volunteer regiments of
whose merits I have, as governor, not
merely official knowledge, but also the
knowledge gained from personal in¬
quiry among their superiors.”
Referring to the general situation
in the Philippines and the policy of
the administration with reference to
those islands, Governor Roosevelt said:
“Of course any American worthy of
the name must stand behind the pres¬
ident in his absolute purpose to bring
the insurrection in the Philippines to
an end. I have no question that by
the beginning of the dry season Gen¬
eral Otis will be in shape to stamp out
all resistance. Then the president
can and will see that the reign of ab¬
solute law and justice follows. It
cannot be too clearly kept in mind
that the whoie trouble is due to the
men who for two months prevented
the ratification of the treaty of peace
and to those who declined to give the
president the troops he needed upon
the terms he asked. Those who took
part in the first movement to oppose
the treaty have on their souls the
guilt of most of the bloodshed both of
our own troops and that of the natives
of the Phillippines; and the would-be
traitors who have since been encour¬
aging Aguinaldo aud his followers to
the limit of their *,-.*«« capacity share
the guilt so far as their feeble powers
permit. opposed giving
“Those who us the
forces we needed thereby showed
themselves enemies of their country
aud of the flag. Every man w’ho so
voted in the senate may have the satis¬
faction of knowing that he has done all
that he could to bring discredit on the
flag and disgrace upon our arms. It
is all the more to the credit of the ad¬
ministration that it has steadfastly pur¬
sued the path of national honor and
steadfastly upheld the interests and
the good name of the nation as a
whole, in spite of the way it has been
hampered by those who sought to be¬
tray the nation. We have a right to
NOT A GIFT TO BRYAN.
Nebraskan Placed the Carload of Melons
On the Market As Instructed.
A Lincoln, Neb., dispatch says: W.
J. Bryan denied Sunday that the car-
load of melons sent him by J. I). Mc-
Eachern & Co., a* of Morven, Ga., was
intended as gift. He was merely
a'^ked to place them on the market in
Ipiu'oln. He turned the car over to a
.merchant, who sold the melons and
paid the freight bill. /
demand the support of every true
American for the administration’s
policy in the Philippines, and every
American who is far-sighted and patri¬
otic should join in denouncing alike
tho men who strive to give aid and
comfort to tho foes not only of Amer¬
ica but of civilization in the Philip¬
pines, and also those other men who
would prevent our army’s being made
equal to the national need.”
TRAIN MANGLES SEVEN.
Han, Wife and Four Children
Meet Death at a Rail¬
road Crossing.
All but one of tho seven members of
the family of William Reiuhard, of
Columbus, O., were killed and tho re¬
maining one badly injured by a pas¬
senger train Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhaul and their
five children, ranging in age from
nine to fourteen,were out for au after¬
noon drive in a surrey. They were
crossing the tracks just as the
westbound passenger train, due at
3:15 p. m., came along. The vehicle
was knocked into splinters and Mrs.
Reinhard and Arthur and Karl w-ere
killed outright. Edward and "William
were so badly wonnded that they died
after being removed to a hospital.
Clarence sustained a fractured collar¬
bone aud other lesser injuries, but it
is believed he will recover. The horse
which was attached to the surrey waff
literally ground to pieces.
The crossing lias long been regarded
as a dangerous one, the view of in¬
coming trains being obscured by 1
high fence around the fair grounds.
The train was ruuning at a high
speed.
CIGARMAKERS LOCKED OUT.
The Strike Trouble At Tampa, Fla., Comes
To a Focus.
Twenty large cigar factories in Tam¬
pa, Fla., closed Saturday afternoon on
account of labor trouble.
Four thousand men are thrown out
of employment and already many
threats are being made and incendiary
talk is being heard. The large major¬
ity of the men belong to the Latin
races, being Cubans, Spaniards and
Italians. .
Some twelve weeks ago there was a
strike in the Ybor Manrara factory,
400 men going out becauso the filler
tobacco was weighed. All efforts to
settle the matter was futile and at last
it became known that the cigar makers
bad designs upon other factories as
soon as this one was over with. This
caused the manufacturers to form an
association and settle the matter by a
lockout. This means that a cash
weekly payroll of over $80,000 will be
cut off until the affair is settled.
MANY SUBJECTS OF CHARITY
Is One of the Eesults of the Disastrous
Floods In Texas.
Governor Sayers, of Texas, has
stated to an Associated Press corres¬
pondent that judging from all the re¬
ports he bad received officially from
the flooded district, there had been
great loss of property, both personal
and corporate; that hundreds of peo¬
ple had been bereft of their home3 and
belongings, and that at present there
were in the neighborhood of 45,000
people, the majority of them being ne¬
groes, who were dependent entirely
upon public charity for sustenance.
The suffering of water-bound refugees
has been very great.
The governor figures the reports
out to show that the loss of life has
been comparatively small, not exceed¬
ing fifty persons. The heaviest farm¬
ing losses will fall upon the owners
of the big plantations in the bottoms,
who have lost all their crops and much
of their physical property and are not
being protected in the distribution of
charity, which is being expended only
among the poor.
On Charge of High Treason.
Advices from Pretoria state that the
Transvaal government has decided to
prosecute on the charge of high trea¬
son tho three principal defendants
whose complicity in the attempt to
promote a rebellious rising at Johan¬
nesburg has been under judicial inves¬
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North Atlantic Squadron.
The North Atlantic squadron ar¬
rived at Portsmouth, N. H., Sunday,
will leave for Portland on Thurs¬
War Material For Transvaal.
A special dispatch received in Lon¬
don from Rome says that the German
steamer Reichstag has sailed from
Naples with 15,000 rifles, 500 tons of
war material and 500 mules for the
Transvaal.
Carriage Struck By Train.
A carriage containing William M.
Diem and Miss Lizzie Frequezel, was
struck by a AVabask traiu at Buffalo,
N. Y., Sunday night and both of the
were instantly killed.
GARNMSVMLI.E, GA., FRIDAY. JULY 14, 189!).
GEOROIA VS. CONSOLIDATED.
Governor Candler Orders 5uit
Against Atlanta Street
Railways.
Governor Candler of Georgia issued
an order to Attorney General Terrell
Thursday morning directing him to
bring suit in the name of the state
against the Atlanta Consolidated Street
Railway Power Company, the Atlanta Railway
and Company, the Atlanta Rail¬
way Company and Trust Company of
Georgia for an alleged violation of the
constitution of the state, in defeating
or attempting to lessen competition.
The notion of Governor Candler was
taken in the interest of a number of
citizens of Atlanta residing along
Richardson street, who filed a peti¬
tion with the chief executive complain¬
ing against the proposed action of the
above named companies in what is
thought to be au attempt to injure the
excellent service now operated on
Richardson street. The signers of the
petition claim to represent property
to tho value of $100,000 along Rich¬
ardson street which, jt is alleged,
would he more or less affected by the
change of the service along that
thoroughfare.
The petition to Governor Candler
was granted by him yesterday morn¬
ing bn the same ground that the pe¬
tition of the citizens of Eatonton, Ga.,
against the Central ror.d was allowed,
for tho reason that should such a suit
be brought by individuals they would
be deniurrered out of court, It was
considered just that the complaint of
the applicants be given a hearing,
and since this could only be accom¬
plished by the state of Georgia becom¬
ing a party, it was so ordered by the
chief executive.
Judge Candler has issued the neces¬
sary restraining order, temporarily en¬
joining transfer of any more stock
from the Trust Company of Georgia to
either of the other companies named,
or from the Atlanta Railway Com¬
pany to the Trust Company of
Georgia.
liis order further enjoins the opera¬
tions of the lines under the amended
charter of the Consolidated Street
Railway Company, or as a combina¬
tion.
The case was set by Judge Candler
for July 15th unless a speedier hear¬
ing is desired by the Atlanta Railway
and Power Company and others, in
which case three days’ notice must be
given by them.
Joel Burt, of Atlanta, in speaking
of the matter, says:
“1 am not surprised that the bill
has been filed. I have been expect¬
ing it for several days.
“I have no fear regarding the out¬
come. It is just an effort to protect
the electric light monopoly w’hich now
exists in the city,
“It js not difficult to imagine who is
behind the? proceeding, aud it is an¬
other move ag'ftinst the Atlanta Itail-
xvay aud Power Company, which will
amount to nothing.”
THE MOHAWKS INDORE BRYAN.
Org-auizatiou Will Meet Where National
Committee Convenes.
A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y.,
says: The Mohawks, a democratic
organization said to comprise 000 wig-
wams and over 50.000 active members,
which has been in secret session here
since the third instant, has elected
officers and adjourned to meet next
year in the city selected for the
national democratic convention, one
week prior to that convention. Steps
w ere taken to begin immediately the
work of organizing new wigwams.
The national executive committee
was reduced from thirteen to seven
members. The resolutions adopted
denounced trusts and monopolies; in¬
dorse Bryan and free silver and op¬
pose militarism.
EIGHT PERSONS ARE DROYVNEH.
Minnesota Lives Lost in the Heavy Flootls
of Wednesday Night.
A special from St. Paul says: Eight
lives are reported lost at Crookston,
and much damage done all through
the Red river valley by Wednesday
night’s storm.
The only report thus far has been
received from St. Cloud, having
reached that point by train. The
railroads have no .Retails of the storm
damage, and ti: tune is true of the
'telegraph combines thickly The storm-swept
district ij settled, anil details
are meager.
FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
Editor NcLean Will Accept Nomination
of Association of Democratic Clubs.
A special from Columbus, O., says:
An interesting feature of Friday’s con¬
vention of tho Ohio Association of
Democratic Clubs was the announce¬
ment that- John It. McLean would ac¬
cept the nomination for governor,
which is believed to signify the formal
beginning of his caudidacy.
When questioned a3 to whether he
would be a candidate for the nomina¬
tion, Mr. McLean made this state¬
ment:
( < If the demoorats of Ohio give me
the nomination and my friends ask me
to take it, I will accept.”
New Mill for Newberry.
Interest increases in the proposed
new cotton mill at Newberry, S. C.
'The commission has been ordered
from the secretary of state. It is to
be styled “The Anchor”, Cotton Mill
company. The capital stock will be
$250,000 to start with.
Refuses to Release Prisoners.
Aguinaldo, according to a dispatch
leceived at Madrid from Manila, re¬
fuses to liberate the Spanish military
prisoners in the Lauds of the Filipinos.
AN APPALLING
DEATH LIST
Is the Result of Heavy Floods In
Lone Star State.
BRAZOS VALLEY DEVASTATED.
One Hundred People are Known
to Be Dead and Property Loss
May Reach $15,000,000.
A special of Wednesday from Hous¬
ton, Texas, states that a correspond¬
ent has just returned from a voyage
through the flood districts. The half
has not been told of tho lmvoe wrought.
The disaster is so appalling that de¬
scription is not possible. After this
flood will come sickness undoubtedly,
aud what a week ago was the fairest
part of Texas is now almost a God¬
forsaken wilderness.
The watere of the Brazos have for
six days covered its valley for a depth
of from six to thirty feet; where a week
ago there were on every hand fields of
cotton and corn and thousands of acres
of watermelons and cantaloupes, today
there is slime all over the vegetation.
Carcasses are found of cows, mules,
pigs, dogs and eats, and mayhap hu¬
man beings, for many are missing.
The correspondent thus describes the
situation:
“Our party left Bryan at sunrise
Wednesday morning, going to the Na-
vasoto bottoms and to a point about
three miles from Millican. Here we
encountered everywhere an* overflow
from the Navasoto which spread out
fully two miles on either side of the
Houston and Texas Central track.
Everything is under water from two
to seventeen feet. It looked oil all
sides like a great lake, and the water
was so high that for a vast area it
completely submerged the telegraph
and telephone poles.slong the line. In
truth portions of the Navasota bot¬
toms aYe even now a perfect sea, ex-
tendpl cer * ‘lpoints. four or five miles wide at
Y*u.V.re3* of H 'uses Submerged,
“l saw hundreds of houses there
totally e& submerged, and as many more
w swept from their foundations and
destroyed. The planters of the bot¬
toms are still movlvg their help and
^hatever where they is left of their stock to places Tlioy
can be cared for.
are all nobly helping each other, aud
faking them refuge wherever they can, some
of seeking safety on housetops.
“All the planters stated that the
outside world has no conception of tho
losses incurred by the destruction of
crops, stock and buildings. Nearly
e.’UiH has built boats aud sent
readier thenjf through assistance th e flooded the people, districts and, to
to
if possible, save some of their drown¬
ing (stock.
“The flood district has a length of
over 500 miles, a breadth of probably
fifty miles, and in all this vast space
damage incalculable has been done,
‘.‘The loss of life will never be fully
knoxyn, perhaps; the bottoms were
thickly settled, mostly with negro
tenant farmers; among theso has been
the greatest loss of life. To show tlie
damage done, (he following estimate
has been made by men w-ho are in a
position to know: Lives lost, from 100
to 300. Loss to farmers, including
crops as well as live stock, from $5,000,-
000 to $15,000,000. Damage to rail¬
road and county bridges, from $2,000,-
0C0 to $4,000,000.
“These estimates are taken in tlie
whole area. It is known that more
than sixty people have met their
death; that many bodies have been re¬
covered; it is not believed that all of
them will ever be recovered.”
Sheriff Swearingen Talks.
Deputy Sheriff Swearingen, of Aus¬
tin county, uaado the following state¬
ment over the long-distance telephone
at Sealey:
“Relief has not reached the flood
victims in this section. Thirteen (lead
bodies have been recovered near the
town of Brookshire, thirteen miles
from here. Forty-five persons above
Sealey are reported missing and given
up for dead. Seven were drowned to¬
day in a boat seven miles below Sea¬
ley.
“About 400 persons are isolated on
a small piece of land in the Brazos
bottoms three miles ’’rom Brookshire.
Several hundred more are surrounded
at San Philipe, three miles from Sea¬
ley. Unless relief can soon reach these
two places, 800 lives will probably
be lost. Many will die, as it is, from
hunger, exposure and exhaustion.
“The water today is running through
the town of Brookshire, something
never known before. The sixty five
lives reported lost here today were in
a radius of twenty-five miles north
and south of Sealey. We are com¬
pletely isolated at Sealey, but tiffs
town is not in danger. AVc cannot
estimate the situation beyond the
limits I mention. The whole face of
the countryjim-e is a sea.V
JONES WILL NOT QUIT.
Will Hold On to Chairmanship of the
National Democratic Committee.
Ex-Governor William J. Stone, of
Missouri, who has been for some time
the controlling figure in the democrat¬
ic national committee, states that
there was no truth iu the reports that
Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas,
intends to resign the chairmanship of
the committee, and that Senator Mar
tin, of \ irgiuia, is likely to succeed
him.
RAINT SEASON IN PHILIPPINES
CAUSING DISCOMFORT.
DEEP WATERS FLOW UNDER BUNKS
Are Cut Off By Swollen unit
t(nfor<lnl>le Streams-Manila Hay
Cannot Now He Navlgatril.
Advices from Manila under dato of
July 10 state that it has been raining
storming to such an extent that
country along tho American south
bay lines is literally Hooded. The
are suffering great discomfort.
The Thirteenth infantry at Paray is
in the worst position, being practically
by water. The bridges
the companies are now separated by
streams six feet deep. In many cases
tho men are sleeping with three feet of
water beneath their bunks, which are
elevated on cracker boxes. The com¬
pany cooks, when preparing the meals,
stand kn< e deep in water.
Some of the roads leading to Paray
are fields simply impassable, and the rice
on all sides are one great lake.
A high wind blew over several tents
of the Second Regiment hospital.
Maui la bay is impossible of naviga¬
tion by cither lannehes or canoes and
no vessels are leaving the harbor.
The United States transport Cen¬
tennial is ready to sail for San Fran-
cisca with discharged soldiers, but the
hitter have to sit around tho water
front all day, drenched to the skin,
waiting for a launch to take them to
the steamer.
The river Pasig and all the other
streams are swollen, aud the city
streets at low points are covered with
water.
Friendly Filipinos in Manila have
been the medium of communications
between tho American authorities and
the military leaders of the insurrec¬
tion in Cavite province, which for
some time promised to result in bring¬
ing over a prominent general and sev¬
eral hundred of his followers, with
their arms. If the negotiations had
succeeded the outcome would have
had a great moral effect, for other de¬
fections doubtless would have fol¬
lowed.
Were the general’B name given it
might lead in his case to a fate similar
to that which has befallen other Filipi¬
nos suspected of freindliness towards
the Americans. He had foreseen the
failure of the insurrection aud advised
Aguinaldo to make terms, but it is
understood that lie has sent word to
the Americans that Laving sworn to
support the insurrection, he must re¬
main loyal to the end.
Similar negotiations are said on
good authority to have been conduct¬
ed with a member of the cabinet of
the so-called Filipino government,
who himself took the initiative. Some
form of money consideration figured
in the discussion with his friends.
VERDICT OUICKLY REACHED.
Jury Acquits Gen. James Walker, Who
In Turn Thanks Them.
A dispatch from Bristol, Tenn.,
The jury in the case of tlie com¬
of Virginia against General
A. Walker on a charge of shoot¬
with intent to commit murder
rendered a verdict of acquittal at 8:30
o’clock Saturday night, after having
been out only twenty-five minutes.
In response to the verdict General
Walker said:
“Gentlemen of the jury, allow me
to express my sincere thanks to you.
I had no doubt of your verdict from
the time I first h-'srd that I had an
honest jury from Montgomery county. ”
JUDGMENT WAS POSTPONED.
Admiral Cervera Was Not Acquitted
Has Been Ileported.
It is »ow r said the courtmartial at
Madrid did not nctnlly acquit Admiral
Cervera and the other officers'tried in
connection with the destruction of the
Spanish fleet off Santiago de Cuba
July 3, 1898, by the fleet under the
command of Admiral Sampson, but
postponed judgment and released
them, which is regarded as equivalent
to an acquittal.
EXDEAVOKERS SING ALL DAY.
Twenty I’non Hand Delegates Are Now
Gathered in Detroit.
A dispatch from Detroit, Mich,,
says: Both of the great'main tents
owned by the United Society of Chris¬
tian Endeavor were used Wednesday
night for the first time during the eigh¬
teenth international convention, and
both contained their full quota of
10,000 people, and as usual, hundreds
of others who failed to secure admit¬
tance patiently occupied standing
room all around the outer edges.
Many visiting delegates from long
distances came in Wednesday, swelling
the number of stranger delegates, it is
believed, beyond the 20,000 mark.
BISHOP NEWMAN DEAD.
Prominent Methodist Minister Expired
At His Home In Saratoga.
Bishop John T. Newman of the
Methodist Episcopal church died at
his home in Saratoga shortly after
noon nonneed Wednesday. early in the His day physician that the end an- )
had arrived.
The wonderful vitality exhibited by I
the bishop, who had been in a serious I
condition since early Sunday morning, 1
astonished friends and physicians,
WILL NOT ARBITRATE.
Government of Austria-Hungary
Turned Dow n by Wash¬
ington Officials.
A cable dispatch from Vienna Rays
that the United States government has
declined tho proposal of tho govern¬
ment of Austria-Hungary to arbitrato
claims for damages arising from
the death.of Austrian-Hungarinu sub¬
jects during tho rioting of Hazleton,
Pa., in September, 1897.
The officials at Washington confirm
1he advices from Vienna thnt a plan
arbitration proposed ns a menus of
claims growing out of the Ha¬
Pa., riots had been rejected by
United States. This probably dis-
of the n after, according to the
view held beve, as it has run the eu-
gamut of diplomatic nogptiations,
and all of the plans of settlement, in¬
the last one of arbitration,
have come to naught.
At the outset the state department
called the matter to the attention of
the governor of Pennsylvania, who in
turn awaited the action of the grand
at Hnzeltou, which tried the slier-
ill'on the charge of murder. The jury
the sheriff, whereupon the
authorities held that
could not recognize a responsi¬
which a jury had held did not
The state department took a similar
view, whereupon Austria-Hungary pro¬
posed arbitration of the -claims. It is
this last proposal which is rejected,
which seems to close tho matter, as
the claims are hardly considered of
sufficient importance to justify Aus¬
tria-Hungary to go beyond diplomatic
representations she has already made.
VOLUNTEER OFFICERS
Are Named By President McKinley Under
His Kccent Call.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president has made the following ap-
point meuts in the volunteer army, the
former service of each officer following
the name:
To be captains:—James B. Adams,
first lieutenant, Fourth United States
volunteer infantry; Frank F. Cron-
shnw, first lieutenant, Third United
States volunteer ‘ infantry; Paul G.
Gallaber, captain First Kentucky; Ja-
cob 11. Culver, captain, Second United
States Volunteer cavalry; Charles D.
Gaither, captain, Ninth United States
volunteer infantry; John Van Ness
Philip, first lieutenant, Fourth United
States volunteer infantry.
To* be first lieutenants—Robert
J. Arnold, captain Third Ten-
ncssee; Kent Browning, Fourth
United States volunteer infantry;
Thomas G. Bradley, First United
Btntes volunteer cavalry; Walter* P.
Corbett, first lieutenant First Georgia
volunteers; James D. Fauntleroy,
captain, Third United States volun¬
teer engineers; James C. Hixon, cap¬
tain Fifth United States volunteer in¬
fantry; ^William M. Meek, first lieu-
teuant Third Tennessee; William 1’.
Screws, second lieutenant Third Ala-
hama volunteers; 1 hoiuas H. Under-
wood, captain, Fifth United States
volunteer infantry.
To be second lieutentnnts—William
Armstrong, second lieutenant Sec¬
Alabama volunteers; Arthur G.
private, First United States
cavalry; George M. Holley,
lieutenant, Third United States
engineers; Henry K. Love,
Fir.it United States volunteer
Wilford Twymnn, second lieu-
First Kentucky volunteers.
TRAGEDY IN CHURCH.
Prominent Citizen of DhIIak, Tex., Shot
Down Without- Warning.
One of the most startling tragedies
Dallas, Texas, has ever known oc¬
curred Monday night in the First
Christian church of that city. In the
midst of protracted meeting services
John T. Carlisle arose from his seat at
the rear of the house aud walked to
where Professor William Lipscomb,
principal of the Central High school,
the leading educational institution of
tim ,, public , schools of the „ c .. ty , was „
seated, and shot hint dead without a
' V c'arlille a had for nearly a year been
chief janitor of tlie high school, hut
failed to be reappointed by the school
board some days ago. !
Carlisle attributed liis defeat for re-
appointment to the professor’s infill-
euce with the school board. It is be-
lieved this was the cause of tho mur-
dor.
TRAGEDY ON EXCURSION TRAIN.
j
A Negro Fatally Wounds Dr. W. D,
Jennings, of South Carolina. |
A special from Columbia, S. C
says: On ,, ,, the return . of . an excursion . ;
from Augusta, Dr. W. D. Jennings, of i
McCormick, Abbeville county, was
fatally shot by a negro on the traiiA
After ,,, , being • wounded i i t-v Dr. Jennings t •
s
drew his pistol . and fired three shots,
killing his assailant instantly.
Dr. Jennings is a young physician,
the grandson of the doctor by the
same name who lived in Edgefield, and
is one of the most prominent phy6i-
cians in the state.
ROBERT BONNER DEAD.
Publisher of The New York Ledger Dies
at His Home In New York.
A New York dispatch says: Robert
Bonner, publisher of The New York
Ledger and owner of the famous
horses, died at his home in this city at
7:40 o’clock Thursday night.
Mr. Bonner had been ill for some
months, but was able to be about until I
a few days ago. Death was due to a 1
general breaking down of the system.
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OUTLAWRY
IN CUBAN ISLE
Bandits On the Island Harass
Peaceful Inhabitants.
PLANTERS FORCED TO DONATE
Robbers Seem to Have Things
Their Own Way In Western
Portion of the Island.
Advices from Havana indicate thatl
bandits on the islaud of Cuba are
active . Tlie Manzanillo rural
,ollce .. , liave klIletl Bok,inso11 Arlto ...
l » aa
escaping outlaw,
At Baynmo r>,000 men are awaiting
payment. About 2,001) weapons have
been delivered to the mayor. At Bo-
jucal two armed men hailed Julio An¬
gulo, owner of the plantation Santa
Rosa, and ordered him to open the
door of his house. He hesitated or
refused, and they fired twice through
tho window, whereupon he complied.
The men were Maximo Rodriguez
and Antonio Morono, who escaped
from Bojucal jail last month. They
They bound Angulo, searched the
house, secured $510, aud having or¬
dered him to bring au additional $500
to a spot designated within an hour,
under threat to leturn aud kill him,
they left with tlie planter’s horse,
rifle and machete.
A short time afterwards tho same
men practially repeated this same per¬
formance on the plantation Guijalos,
belonging to Vermin Diaz. There
they obtained ten centimes. They
went next to the adjoining farm, the
property of Jose Gonzales, whero they
secured $10 aud various articles of
jewelry, finally disappearing untouch-
ed by the bullets fired from tlie raided
houses after their departure,
The mayor of Alquizar has asked
Governor General Brooke to ceaBe
sending rations to that point and to
expend an equal amount in the pur-
chase of farming implements “in or-
der that our people may earn their
livelihood instead of being dependent
np<>» alms.whos* regular arrival tends
to encourage vagrancy and to destroy
self-respect.
The board of agriculture of Puerto
Principe has appointed Sailors Carde-
"as and Uuaces a committee to visit
Washington and ask for an appropria-
f'-z the province to enable it to
pnrebase farm implements,
SOUTHERN PROGRESS,
Lint of New Industrie!# Fnlul>Jislie<l the
Past Week.
The more important of the new in-
dustries reported during the past week
include a $25,000 canning factory in
Texas; coal mines in Tennessee jpd
Virginia; cooperage works in T IT His
see; a cotton deluding plant in , -
aDa; cotton mills in Georgia and**to
Carolinas; a cotton aud woolen mill in
North Carolina; cotton seed oil mills
in Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas; elec¬
tric light plant .'xanzanii«. ; i. ami
Tennessee; flo. South
Carolina and Tntary of the nav.fl_ in
Virginia; gold ; refer theso claims „
North V i ” ; .ms for decision under J
elevatoiS -P don 2, of the act of Mt
compnurA » -jtdled: “An act to afford
West V. J nd relief to congress and,
0 departments in the ii*,
Carolina; Ini; claims and demands agr
and ATrgiuia; oj
nessee; a pla’rnmcnt. The purpose
stave factors© of the claims is to gew>h
cross-arm fiurmination by the court
exchanges in all parties interested.
see; a water p.—-----* ,
olina; a rice AY N HAS JUDGMENT. . \
Tradesman (C. rnitril.#*' To CoIIfc~
ntst '»
Railroads ?"_• Oz-^lxas, Atfujr'rimnge vrial. th, of Vic¬
The railroads esr forwarded
tho{le of south TexaS) bave b „..»
uit by the grea t floods of t’ *■ memo- J“the
Vveeks ' Tho :11 cent*.
'Dys,cal properties h
ie 088 m revenu es qq cm ^ ransvaal
A Schooner .11. out of
Tho schoonor Ida L. liul!*tf<f % in,
stable,Mass., is believed to have bee for
totally wrecked on an island in M»-
cliias bay, Maine, during a thick fog
and rough water Monday morning.
CZAR’S BROTHER 1)EA1>.
(if,in<l Duke George a Victim of Violent
and SikW n Hemorrhage.
A special from St. Petersburg, RllS-
s ‘ a > sa y s: k ^ e (, rand Duke (reorge,
brother of tho czar, is dead. Au oni-
cial aiBpatoh . from Ab bas Tuman, in
the Caucasus, announces thnt the
grand duke died of violent and sudden
hemorrhage of the throat.
Another brother, ’ the Grand Duke
.. Michael . of . T Russia, , now , heir . ____. apparent,
is ftt pregent j n Loudon. It is under-
stood tbe ciSal . w iu shortly issue a
nkaso ordering that in the event of a
millor succeeding to the throne, his
brother, Grand Duke Michael, is to
at q as re g en t.
CHICAGOESE ROAST PRESIDENT.
Prominent Citizens Accuse Him of Break¬
ing a Solemn Pledge.
Tn a letter addressed to President
McKinley, one hundred aud ten prom-
inent Chicago citizens declare the
chief executive of the nation lias vio-
lated a splemn pledgem liis recent
civil service order. McKinley’s
record is compared with that of Grover
and others of his predeees-
sors, and he is earnestly besought t’j
revise the order at once.