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VOLUME II.
GUARD PLACED
AROUND JAIL
“Pgg Leg” Williams-Arouses Ire
of the Farmers.
AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR
Emigration Agent Now Advises
Colored Farm Hands to
Stay at Home.
A telephone message from Governor
Candler to Sheriff Fears at Madisou,
Ga., Monday afternoon directed tho
sheriff to place a guard around the
jail where R. A. Williams, tho emi¬
grant agent, was confined. Tho citi¬
zens ari at a loss to kuow why this
was done, as there was not and has
not,been the slightest danger of mob
violene^j The ,
.following circular printed hv
The Madisonian was distributed Tues-
day:
“To All Colored Farm Hands—To
those of yon who are expecting to go
to Mississippi my advice is to return
to your homes nnd make arrangements
for this, year, as the railroads have re¬
fused to furnish me trains with which
to transport you. Therefore, there
will be -no more emigrant trains this
season.-iBut if the farmers with whom
yon are’jliving an8 are willing for the wo¬
men fattfbrs children, who have husbands
and already in Mississippi, will
agree notify fcjjc you to go to them, and will
ti%ets iftn- to that effect, I will fur¬
nish to take you to them.
But anift’s b the farmers with w'hom you
are cannot.fcove living will agree for you to leave,I
you, as it is now too late
in “Myjidvice the ipa son.
to all of you is to go to
work hijre and make the crop for this
year, This is best for yon nud best
for the farmers of the county, and you
should ‘settle down and go to work
nod stojp the agitation that now pre¬
vails. R. A. Wimjams.”
“Pegiteg” Williams has evidently
been sirtlieiently amused.
Ilnboas corpus proceedings were be¬
gun before Judge Hart looking toward
the release of Williams.
Since 1 last November there has beeu
a continued exodus of negroes from
the section under the tempting allure¬
ments of emigrant agents, who paint¬
ed of proi3ii.se. the Mi ssissippi The bottoms number as the land
of negroes
that have left, big and little, old and
yaungjibas pjacing been variously estimated,
some it as high as 3,000, oth¬
ers at liot more than 1,000. However,
no excitement was created; since the
section;had no more negroes than were
needeth and it was the general opinion
that decrease thffir exodus would in’cotton 'duly slightly
present the acreage for the
year, advantage and wohjd ultimately
prove a.great 1 .tp.the county.
In addition to this, large numbers
of negroes flocked in ifrom Putnam
and other neighboring counties. Some
of thefie joined the emigrants, but
many’have especially remained. • Nothing was
interfered with, and the
people regarded the matter ns not at
all serious.
Sincb tho first of the present month,
howevir, getherjehanged. conditions have been ulto-
The time had come
for tracts farmers with to hands, make tenants, their yearly con¬
w) jliich croppers,
etc., they proceed to do. In al-
most *11 instances after the contract
had befeu made, it became necessary
to fuijnish compelled rations, since the land-
owners are to run their ten¬
ants as well as croppers.
This was done all over the county,
the rations for the present month be¬
ing duly advanced. Very few negroes
really care for a moral obligation, and
notwithstanding vancenSents, the contracts and ad-
they have continued to
leave. Bln this respect the situation
has become serioiiB. Farmers do not
know ^ith whom to contract, and are
afraid to continue to advance even the
necessities of life to those with whom
contracted.
Everything in the line of labor is
in an unsettled condition, and must
necesshrily di> work hardship on negroes
who not intend to go away, for the
reason- that no one can tell who is go¬
ing nekt, and farmers naturally can¬
not affbrd to advance supplies on such
uncertainties.
There are no better, more law-abid¬
ing people anywhere than the people
of Morgan county, nud they stood by
offered quietly in the fall of the year and
no objection to the efforts of
tho entigrant agents. But now that
their contracts are being interfered
with, their employed servants enticed
away, -they simply won’t stand it, and
in the Opinion expressed it would be
well fqr any emigrant agent to think
twice before attempting to ply his
trade flbw in the section.
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JKtlRMONS TO CONFER.
Sessions of Elders Will Be Held In Cliat-
v tnnooffa February 17th.
There will be a conference of the
presiding elders of the Mormon church
in the southern states held in Chatta¬
nooga February 17 and 18. It will be
an apostlis important from meeting Salt Lake and several
will attend. Elder City, Utah,
W. D. Reucher,
who is now stationed jn.Augusta, Ga.,
will be’feSe'representatiYe of the Mor-
mo»s iu Georgia.
Sampson’s claim.
Court Will Decide Whether He
Took Part |n the Santiago
Naval Fight Or Not.
“And the attorney general avers that
all the herein above named vessels of
the king of Spain were sunk or de-
stroyed on or about July 3, 1893, by
the libollaut (Reat Admiral W. T.
Sampson), and the vossels under his
command.” , .
This is an extract from the answ er
just filed by Attorney General Griggs
to the libel filed in the supremo court
of tho District of Columbia by Rear
Admiral Sampson, in his own behalf
nud also in behalf of the officers and
enlisted force of the North Atlautic
station who took part iu the Santiago
naval engagement against the Infanta
Maria Teresa and miscellaneous sailors
and supplies captured upon her and
other Spanish war vessels.
It forecasts tho purpose of the de¬
partment of justice to support the
contention that the armored cruiser
New York actually participated in the
baffle- with Cervera’s fleet, and that
her addition to the force made it supe-
rior to the Spanish squadron. It is
expected that the court of claims and
the district supreme court will deter¬
mine tho qnestion of whether the
New York took part in the battle, and
liy its decision an end will be put to
the controversy which has beeu agi¬
tating the navy and tho country since"
the battle occurred.
BERRY BANTERS BEVERIDGE. ‘
Calls -IruUauian .To Task For Remark*
Mado I11 ImperialiHtic Speech.
In the senate, Monday, Mr. Berry,
of Arkansas, had read the resolution
offered by Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, and
also of Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana.
Those who desired-, to discuss the
Philippine question, he said, were met
by the objection that they were aiding
those.who United were in,arms against the
States and were responsible
for the loss of life among our soldiers.
He regarded this position as absolute¬
ly unwarranted, and declared that no
mw who was a man. would be deter¬
red " from speaking by charges that
were absolutely unfounded by facts. .
Mr. Berry believed that the two res¬
olutions which he had had read from
ihe desk fairly represented the views
of t’10 tv.o great certia^ pifr^ies "ills coun¬
try. He was that the resolu-
tion of Mr. Rpv<*ri<1crA rpflpfif.od
sentiment and feeling of the adminis¬
tration because it had been favorably
commented upon by the administra¬
tion speaker and newspapers through¬
out the country. ,
The resolution had been endorsod
he said, by the administration leaders,
yet it conferred an authority power
upon this.country the as absolute as wqs
possessed by czar of Russia.
“What is imperialism," Mr. Berry
asked, “if it be not' the assertion of
such a power as is asserted by the res¬
olution of Mr. Beveridge?’’ He de¬
clared hie unalterable opposition to
such a declaration, and believed the
people of the United States would not-
fi'pprove%t> plain a .violation of the
constitution.
.Mr.*,Berry, Beveridge's referred to. in that part of
Mr. speech which the
Thifiaua'senator had asserted that-God
had selected the American people- as
His trustees, whose appointed work
was to extend to the Philippines and
the Filipinos the civilization and lib¬
erty with which the American people
His. chosen children were to en¬
lighten the world. Mr. Berry did not
admit that the American people were
the trustees of the Lord in the Philip¬
pine matter. He said that when meu
asserted that they were the trustees of
tho ‘Lord he wanted some more .sub-"
stantial proof of the assertion than
their own. word.
MONDAY'S HOUSE SESSION.
Representative Gale, of Kentucky, Sworn
"' In—District Rhsiness Taken Up.
Juno W. Gale of Kentucky, who
was elected to succeed the late Evan'
B. Settle, appeared at the bar-of the
house Monday and was sworn in....-;
Mr. Caunop, of Illinois, from the
committee oti appropriations, reported
the urgent deficiency appropriation
hill and gave notice that he would.call
it up for consideration Tuesday.
Mr. Babcock, chairman of the com¬
mittee on District of Columbia,claimed
the day for'consideration of District
of Columbia business.
HAULING HUNTER HOME.
Defaulting Auditor Scheduled to Arrive
in Atlanta January £7.
Thomas K. Hunter, the former audi¬
tor of the Atlanta and NVes't Point rail¬
road, who was recently arrested in
Morocco, is aboard a steamer which is
plowing the Atlautic, nnd which is due
to .arrive in New York on January 2C«h.
Unless there is unforeseen delay
Hunter will arrive iu Atlanta on the
27th, and will be tried on a charge of
embezzlement.
On board the steams* 1 with Hunter
is the agent of the United States gov¬
ernment, who was appointed by Presi¬
dent McKinley to bring the fugitive
back to this country.
MEET NEXT IN RALEIGH.
Comintbsion^rs of Agriculture Select Flace
and Name Date of August 21st.
It was announced at New Orleans
Monday morning that the date for the
next annual convention of the Couj
missioners of Agriculture, which has
been in session in the Crescent City
for several days, would be Avgust
21st, and that the meeting would be
in Raleigh.
CARNESV1LLE. GA., FRIDAY JANUARY ID. 1900.
COMMITTEE AT WORK
Gubernatorial Contest «
Begins In Frankfort.
imposing array OF LEGAL talent.
Arrangement Is Made For Two Hessions a
Day Until the Matter I*
Disposed of.
The Kentucky legislative commit¬
tee, .d'awn to hear the contests be-
tween Goebel and Taylor for the gov¬
ernorship and Beckham and Marshall
for the lieutenant governorship met at
tho Capitol hotel in Frankfort Mon¬
day and began tho hearing of evidence.
Senator Coleman, chnirmau of the con¬
test board in the lieutenant
case, announced that the sittings
that board would he the same as those
of the committee trying the governor’s '
c ?>n! but acting Separately.
There was an impose,ng array of
legal talent present Ihe attorneys
occupying final! side seats ex-Governor on the Taylor-Mar- Bradley.
are aifd'
Judge W. H. Yost, T. L. Edelman
Colonel w W. n C. t> P. Breckenndge./l'hdse « i mi a,
G°«bel side are Louis Me-!
.Szisistr Aw i
The moru.ag session was takeu.mp . (
tion Of Taylor and Marshall ‘that the-
committees vacate because of tlmir
alleged illegal dr/iwing by the senato
and bouse clerks and responding" to
the notices of contest ."served-on them:
by alleging that, . the charges made
about the use of the military were of
too vague a nature to bo substantiated..
The‘attorneys for Goebel aud Beck¬
ham objected to ther filing of>sutffi!
papers aud they were taken undor ad¬
visement. :
.
Chairman Hickman, of the guberna¬
torial committee, announced that after
a conference of the two committees it)
had. been agreed .that the. sessions of
the boaj,;l should not interfere with
the legi jlntive duties of their ‘mem¬
bers, and on this account the boards
could only hold afternoon aud even¬
ing sessions. The afternoon sessions
would begin i)t.2 o’cloci^nrul close,at 5
o’clock, and .the evening sessions
would begin at "7 o’clock and'cldse at
10 o’clock. ■ ^—
* ‘Giving to’ the fact that wp are to¬
morrow to entertain a distmgnlslreTV
citizen from Nebraska,aud to. elect a
United States senator,” said he, “the
only session will be from 9' to 12
o’clock in the morning.” "
SQU.THERN PROGRESS.
List, of New Industries KgtaJ>ll8hetl tUe
Fust Week.
" The more important of the’ new in¬
dustries reported for the past w,et)k
include brick works, iu Alabama, Teji-
uessee and Virginia; a carriage factory
in North Carolina; coal mines jn Ken¬
tucky; cotton mills in Alabama, Geor¬
gia, North and South Carolina au<J
Tennessee; a cotton seed oil" mill Td
Louisiana;- iu drainage company-.- ih
Florida; electric light plant in Geor¬
gia, Louisiana,’ South Corolina and
Tennesttffe; an excelsior factory in Al ¬
bania; flouring mills in Georgia, North
Carolina and Tex^s; hardware compa¬
nies in- Mississippi, North Carolina
and, Texas; on ice and .cold storage
plant in West Virginia; iron nre mines
in Alabama; a knitting mill in North
Carolina, lead aud zinc mines in Ken¬
tucky;. luqiber North mills in Kentucky, Texas
Louisiana, Corolina, and
West Virginia; naval stores and phos-
companies in Florida; a planing
mill in Kentucky;# rice mill in Texas;
a stave and heading factory in Geor¬
gia; telephone systems in Georgia and
North Carolina; tobacco factories in
North Carolina and Virginia; wagon
works in North Carolina; zinc'mitteU
in Arkansas.—Tradesman, - (Chatta¬
nooga; Tenn.) i
ATLANTA PARK RILL. , y
House Committees Consider the Measure
t>n the. 3.1 at of January.
A Washington dispatch says: . "The
committees iu both houses will hear
the Atlanta military' park bill oh the
.31st of January, that date conforming j
-with requests from-citizens of Atlanta
as to their convenience. A large At¬
lanta delegation is expected iu Wash¬
on that
GOVERNOR FOR A DAY.
Unique Situation Kesuit* From Illness of
Governor Mcl.aurln.of Misslssi|>i>t.
At Jackson, Miss., Monday, Lieu-
tenanl.jGnvernor Harrison took the
oath ofeeffice of governor nnd imme¬
diately assumed the duties ,of the office
of governor, made,necessary by the
illness of'Govefnbr McLa'urin. ’The
Mississippi laws UteiJtHKj the minor
state officers to be £WQrn. ip tfie^day
prior to the inauguration of the gov¬
ernor, and before the minor officers
could be installed it waa necessary to
have a governor to approve their offi¬
cial bonds. Lieutenant Governor Har¬
rison only acted as governor until
noon Tuesday.
Servian Ministry Resigns.
Tbe Servian ministry has resigned,
owing "to King Alex insisting on grant¬
ing amnesty to all the political prison¬
convicted of high treason against
father, former King Milan.
Claims Arisiug From War.
vSenator Pettas introduced a bill in
the senate Monday to create a commis¬
sion of five to adjudicate the claims of
citizens of the United States in con¬
with the war in Cuba.
MR. PETTIGREW
TALKS PLAINLY
(j e Makes a Vicious Attack On
the Administration.
AIMS AT PHILIPPINE POLICY
Says “Whole Wretched Business
Is One of Censorship, Conceal¬
ment and Duplicity.”
A spirited nnd at times seusational i'.
debate was precipitated iu tho senate
Thursday on tho Philippine question
ovor the resolutions of inquiry. Mr.
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, attacked
tfi 0 administration’s poiliny in the Phil-
^ ippiaes nud also mndc*some startling
f against b those who were sup
[ t tll e admiuiB , raU on.
M r. Pettigrew declared that a sys- J
. te “ tlc .• be do , t< . r*
5 mn ,,r 0 '
vent accurate information from , reach: : .
^ . ,, ‘ , tho Uuited s tatc8 ;
thn a po , itical schw ne to.
lev !»r"" for renonuuatiou and »'• re-election. fif-
•
J3efore a(1 j onrnment tlle pe nate, after
>'■«“ -
ferring additional powers npoji the
director of the census. At thajopen-
ing the Pettigrew resolution and tho
Lodge substitute, both seeking, from
the president all information regard¬
ing the Philippine insurrection, were
laid before tho senate. Mr. Lodge
suggested that both be withdrawn and
tho Hoar resolution he adopted as a
substitute.
Mr Lodge said he r anted informa¬
tion especially as to tbe effeetjof the
encouragement tbe Filipinos received
from the United States. Mr. Hoar
agreed with Mr. Lodge. i
Mr. Pettigrew objected. He want¬
ed specifiic information, regardless of
whether the president wanted it known
or not.
“The trouble with *he imperial¬
ists,” said Mi. P^ITiftew, “is that
they have confounds,,’'*io interests of :
the people of the United States ■d'ltli;
the political desires and ambition# of
their nmiT i, n-su.ion>—aud—regarded:
him and his success as more ibiport-.
ant than a .rightful treatment of the
Filipinos. , Tho fact is, this , whole
business is" bbuiul up in the presi-’
dent’s desire tp again be a candidate
of his party .foi; president. ” ‘f
Mr. Pettigre-w diccussed the-iensor-
ing of dispatches from the Philip¬
pines. He declared that important
and significant, facts had been stricken
from news dispatches from Manila and!
from official Reports. ;
“As an instance of this work,” said
he, “tbe Suit treaty was niang|edand'
suppressed until after tile elec¬
tion in Ohio.”;
Mr. Pettigrew declared the
mation issued; by the president
on the recommendation of General
Otis, altered* Materially by tHe presi¬
dent before .it was published to
Philippine Natives. As originally flal
drawn it was; to his mind, a decla¬
ration of war, and when Aguinaldo
and his leaders came into possession
of the original they so regarded it.
"‘The whole wretched business,”
declared Mr.Pettigrew vehemently,
“was oneof concealment and duplicity,
intended to deceive not only the peo¬
ple of the United States, but plso the
islanders themselves.”
In substantiation of his ehaige that
the dispatches from the Philippines
were censored in tho interests of the
administration, Mr. Pettigrew quoted
from a letter written by Robert M.
Collins, Associated Press representa¬
tive at Manila. In this letter Mr.
Collins related the substance of an in-
terview dispatches upon which the subject ho had of censoring hqd with
General Otis. Mr. Pettigrew"fead the
statements of Mr. Collins, in yjhich ho
said it was the evident desiro .of thq
officials to prevent certain information
from reaching the people ;of thd
United States. •
When ho (Collins) had filed a dis-
patch containing information seuil which
lie thought was proper to to the
United States he had been informed
by the censor that he had been in¬
structed to cut out anything that
might hurt the administration.;
MEXICAN COTTON MILLS.
Twenty-Six Were Built Tlirre th e I'nst
Yeav axul More are Contemplated.
Twenty-six cotton mills have {he been
built in Old Mexico during last
year and new mills are beingjpushed
to completion. There is mudh inter-
terest in prospecting for tin shice that
metal has risen in price, and home tin
properties in the state of Durango the’ give
good promise, according to reports
of expats now on the ground.
New Florida Railroad.
A nesv railroad is soon to jio built
from White Springs, Fla., ,on the
Suwannee river, to Wellborn, which
will open up a flue farming section.
BOTH SIDES LOST HEAVILY.
British and Boer Forces .Suflfor Severely
In Engagement at Ladysmith.
The London Daily Mail says: “We
learn that in the attack on Ladysmith
Saturday, January 6th, tho British
iosses were fourteen officers killed,
thirty-four wounded, and over 800
non-commissioned officers and men
killed or wounded. The Boer losses,
we hear, are estimated at between
2,000 and 3,000.”
USE LYD1TE BULLETS
Britain Is Foroed to Use
lawed Ammunition.
RUNNING SHORT ON OTHER SUPPLIES
Ifaufng of the Order Cause* a Sensation*
Howl Was Raised When Boers
Used Them,
A London special says:
1 ford cartridges nre running short
tho British magazines, and, according
, to a semi-official report, tho war office
purposes to fall hock temporarily upon
100,000,000 “Mark IV”
bullets, most of which are already in
storage in South Africa.
The war office, however, has issued
n strict order to the volunteers that
the fifty rounds of “Mark IV” given
them must be used in practioe at
home, none being taken to South
Africa.
After the public nnnouncemaut that
uo such bullet would be used in this
war, its employment, Tho Daily
Chronicle thinks, would be a serious
breach of faith, especially as tho Brit¬
ish commanders have complained that
the Boers occasionally use suoh pro¬
jectiles.
The newspapers wore reconciled
during the oftrly dnys of tho war to
cable censorship, taking it for granted
that full narratives seift by moil would
supply all deficiencies. For some
weeks, however, even the mail corre
sponce that, has arrived iu London has
shown signs of habitual scissoring by
the ceriior. Pages are renumbered
without chronological or logical con¬
nection, leaving tho happenings de¬
scribed quite unintelligible in many
cases. The editors acting possibly in
concert are layiug these facts before
the public and insisting that they be
permitted to know anil to print the
facts.
The Daily Mail formally accuses the
war office of “doctoring” in editing of¬
ficial dispatches before their issuance,
and cites particulars. The
Chronicle avers that there seems to be
an official' 'conspiracy against letting
the truth be known.
Altboijgk Rio number of deaths from
dysentery "nud enteric a t Ladysmith
have beon pulJ. reire(Ut3yTne~wai- office
since Saturday’s fight, nothing has
been given out regarding the losses in.
the engagement. The war offico as-,
ser'ts tliat it has nothing to give out.
Arm chair critics who, in the absence
of repoyto.rial or official descriptions
fr.oiri the seat of war, pour fourth pages
of conjecture . affd .opinion, conclude
that not much is to be expected of the
hosts, in ’South "Africa " until'
Roberts shall .have .had plenty
of time to think and fresh levies shall
have arrived. ' TiAei is,working now'
for .the Boers. Each day makes more
difficult, tho three' beleaguered-posi¬
tions. .
.’Although the war office declines to
confirm .tho-r^'pqrt that Lord Methuen
been raoWled to England, inquiries
njade' by a correspondent at Methuen’s
home in Wiltshire* have illicit ed tho
information -that when ho received,
•his wound hirf horse threw him heavi¬
ly and spinal Und other injuries super¬
vened.. , ....... ".
M’he theory is now advanced that the
seizures of the German mail steamCrs
Herzog and General, since-released,
were made on piirposely^nrisleodihg
information sUpjMied to British agents,
the design being -to embroil,Ureat
Britain and Germany in a quarrel.
BLISS FOR'VlCfi PRESIDENT,
A[ino(inr,-111,,'nt I, Hade That New York
Merchant* in Mi-h,lrl:,\yCliljim-.
A Washington- dispatch’ says:' It is
announced in . administration circfos
that Cornelius N. Bliss, of- New York,
ex-secretary of the interior, will be the
Republicanyiomineo for vice president,
The statement is made more authentic
by the formal announcement of Secre 5
tai’y Root that he will not permit His
name to go before the convention, pre-
to remain in! his present cabi-
net position.
Engineers Get Raise. .
The reeeut defuaad of the. engin¬
road eers ’employed the Salary by tho Lake Shore
that classification be
abolished and a uniform scale ot $3.80
be granted'by paid, for a day’s work, has been
the’company."
OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST.
T.ady Methuen Ctintradiet* KeporUt Con-
ceruiQK Her Bear. Hubby. *
' Tho London war office announces
thot tho British casualties at Lady¬
smith* January (5 among tho rank and
file wero 136 killed and 242 wounded.
,- Lady Methuen - has ,issuod an abso¬
lute contradiction of the rumors that
Lord Methuen is ill, or that he was
injured " by tbe falling of- his horse at
the battle of Magersfontein.
To Prohibit Sale <if Cigarettes.
' In the South Carolina house of rep¬
resentatives a bill has been introduced
to prohibit the sale of cigarettes.
NO AGREEMENT reached.
Roberts Committee Find It Hard to
Reach e BasJs of Understaiidliiff. •
The Eoborls investigating ccfinmit-
teo continued its executive sessions at
Washington Friday. Individual vie vs
were expressed for tho purpose of
securing some common basis of under¬
standing. Tbe absence of Mr. Miers,
of Indiana,'on account, of a death iu
his-faintly, -may result in putting off a
fear, several days..
MANY BODIES AFLOAT
Vessel Sunk In St. Mary’s Bay
Difficult to Identify.
WORK OF RESCUE LONG DELAYED
Fhototfrapit Wanhrd A"horo Kopreimiit* a
Kcaman Wearing a Cap Upon Which
Are tho Uettorn “S. M. 8. Falke, M
Advicos from St. Johns, N. F., un¬
der date of Sunday were to the effect
that the gale had not yet blown itself
out, and tho sen was still too rough to
altbw boats to get near the wreck in
St. Mary’s bay.
As yet there is notliiug to show the
namo of the vessel. Ten bodies have
beon located among the rocks and
others aan be seen floating about,
Plans have boon mado for recovering
those as soon as the weather permits,
nud it may then be possible to get at
the name of the steamer from pieces
of boats wedgod in tho clefts of tho
i.Qpk,,
A photograph which had been wash-
ed ashore, apparently from the wreck,
represents a seaman wearing a cap
upon which are tho letters “S. M. 8.
Fnlke.” t*he
It appears that ship’s funnel
was banded red, white and black with
a white diamond. This funnel could
not he that of the Falke, as she, being
11 North German Llo/il liner, would
have a yellow funnel. It is also
thought that the photograph might be
one of a seaman on the German war-
ship Falke, or one taken while the
owner.was op the other Falke.
Tho funnels mostclosoly resembling
that of the wr£ck are those of the
American Petroleum company, which
are handed black, red, white and
black, and the vessel certainly had a
lot.of petroleum on board, as the
ocean is covered with it, causing bun-
dreds of birds to perish.
It is believed in Now York that tho
wrecked vessel is one' of three oil
steamers chartered or owned by tb*
Staudard ilatj Oil company.
#7 ____.
LONDON WILDLY PATRIOTIC.
• • *
JDapArt^re or,Volunteer* Madn.tlu o.cen-.
ilea of gwnnsii iiriigfon
Remarkable hceiies of patriotism
were witnessed in Ijondoi) Saturday
evennipaftfir . Short . . held ,, for .
a service
the volunteers in St. Paul’s cathedral,
Though-trfahy stirring scenes have
marked-the .departure of , the British
troops for the front during recent
moDths, this outburst of patriotism,
on the occasion of the starting of the
Loiidon volunteers,’was quite tinpre-
since the jubilee. • •;
The vast audience was slow to dis-
persF.'’Tlit'dieS’stood'upon the chairs
beckoning and, calling to brothers,
sons and friends in the ranks, the lat-
ter signaling back.' A scene of great
tr’oducod ,en,sugd. few bars The oT organist national in-
a the
anthein iu concluding the voluntary,
tfftf vdhfnfee'^s effect of this was tlieu magical. First
ail'd tliA eohgl-oga-
t4n took up the strains, and the vast
cathedral was filled with enthusiastic
• «. ■ -
These,dam castrations were renewed
by immense crowds outside. St.
Paul’s churchyard .and LudgatB* Hill
were black, with people, and it was
impossiblefor the volunteers to march.
Individual members were .pulled, out
of the ranks by their friends and ad-
teirers, who raised them oh their
shoulders agd thus carried them.down who
Floet street to the temple. Those
escaped li'ositing proceeded -slowly,
surrounded Afterwards by clinging women.
at the various theaters
where the men wero entertained and
yet later on returning to the barracks,
these scenes were renewed aiid the
streets yere tilled until midnight witli
cheoring people.
r . ROUND RALE DISCUSSED.
The Commissioners of ABriciilturo Were
Divided On the Question.
A spirited debate on a resolution
fayqripg final sossion of Aouu tho* 4 Cotton hale marked States' the
As-
saCiation of Commissioners OfAgri-
culture at New .Orleans. Tho issocia-
tiou dfcclinccl ’to' commit itself to ap-
proval of Uve round bale;, but adopted
the resolution so far as it appeals for
improved' lfiethods in’handling eotto*.
W.lROVEK OYSTERS.
Many Arrests ArVT^ilacle‘At ll.iri en, Ga., •
. , For Tr-^ajms-f.
A special from Darien, Ga., suys:
Tho latest war promises to be a naval
one, and in fact the first battle has
been fouglil, resulting in the capture
of tert.fflfen,’ two barges and numerous
row boats
'Thought is entirely a legal one, and
tbe .jfcasvts belli js tho contention over
the oyster beds of Egg island. Tho
island is owhed by Mr. W. A. Wixeox
and the oyster bods 4re quite valuable.
He has refused to sell the oysters, as
he wishes to develop the beds.
BOERS ARE FORTIFYING.
They Are Making Safe Line of K«trsat
From Ladysmith Possible.
The London Standard publishes the
following from Ladysmith, Thursday,
January 11th, by heliograph, via
Weenan:
“The Boers are fortifying positions
north and west of Ladysmith, doubt-
leis with a view of securing a safe line
of retreat should their opposition to
General Buller’s advance fail. They
still surround Ladysmith in Urge
numbeiB and may be contemplating
another attack. . . * . v» -# m.
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NUMBER 10.
NONE ESCAPED
DEATH’S GRASP
Steamer Wrecked and All On Board
Went Down With Her.
OVER SIXTY LIVES WERE LOST
While Vessel Was Sinking Fire
Broke Out —No Rescue
Was Possible.
A special from St. Johns, N. F.,
Bays: The wreck and burning in St.
Mary’s bny of the unknown two-masted .
steamer, with its crew of probably
sixty and possibly some passengers,
alt perishing, is one of the worst ma¬
rine disasters in this section for a con-
siderable period. Thcro is not the
slightest prospect that any soul aboard
escaped death, as the intense midwin-
H’ r co 'd would kill any who escapejj
drowning, and tho ill-fated vessel was
nearly ft,000 tons burden, -She
wont ashor.e before daybreak Thurs-
day, striking a ledgo at the foot of the
cliff, where escape was hopeless. The
crew launched the boats, but probably
<l»riug the panic some were crushed
ORamst her sides, others being swamp-
perishing. et ^» . an< } ^he occupants apparently
'1 he ship was seen to ho nnro by
residents six nnles away. Attracted
to the scene, they found tho after half
of the'wreck blazing fiercely, and the
forepart under water. Kerosene in . the
cargo helped the blaze.
At that time only threo men were
left on board. Two were on the bridge
and one was in the rigging. Those on
the bridge were safe until about p.
m -> wheu they were washed over-
, board and drowned, the bridge being
carried away,
I ho survivor sr%i after left the fig-
giug, swam to the rock.4 and twice en-
deavored to get a footing. Failing, in
this, he made his Ir'clr to the
rigging where he diofi of exposure
during the night. Many dean bpdios
are visible tpssiug in .the surf. Two
of tnem thrown up in a covo caumifc be
'reached owing to the heavy sea. One
is thought to be that of a woman.
_ . . .
-Boats and other wreckage are strewn
am6ng ' the rocks for miles. * Friday
was more stofmry than the day before;
and .it was impossible to reach the
wreck, which had gone to pieces to
such on extent that it had sunk be-
l). a^L tho witves.
.Residen ts along the shoro made ev-
ery possible effort to rescue the sur-
vivor in therigging, bnt lacking prop-
er outfits they were unable to succeed.
A messenger who has just arrived
from Peters river, reports that a trunk
filled with women’s clothing lias been
washed ashore there, as well as a gar-
meat which is either a waterproof capo
such as used by a woman or mini's ovef-
coat. Nearby wag foiind Borne under¬
wear, evidently a man’s, marked with
the iuitials “J. J.” This seems to iu-
dicate that tho ship had passengers,
REPORTS ARE WANTED
Of Accurate Estimate of the Cot¬
ton Crops Hereafter Grown
In Southern States.
At Friday’s session of the Cotton
States Association of: Agriculture at
New Orleans, General Jastremski of-
fered the following resolutions, which
were adopted:
“Whereas, The necessity is appar-
out for the creation of a system of offi-
cial reports emanating from officials
upon whom responsibility may bo
placed for theaccurary of their reports
and estimates of cotton crops; there¬
fore be it
“Resolved, That the Cotton States
Associations of Commissioners of Ag-
riculture does hereby petition the gov¬
ernors and legislators of each. and
every cotton state to enact laws re-
quiring the county tax assessors to re¬
port at stated times to the state com-
missioners of agriculture of their re¬
spcctive .states the number of acres
devoted to the cultivation of cotton
and other products, the condition of
sqid products during the period-;«f
cultivation, ostimates of yield thereof,
the shipment thereof and- 6uch other
information relating thereto as may he
deemed'useful.
„ “Resolved, Further, that-the said
reports of ceuuty assessors should be
mado on blanks of uniform character,
furnished , . , , by , said ., state commissioners . .
of agriculture, and it shall be the
duty of-these commissioners to corn-
pile sal d reports of the county tax
usse83orR '“onthly and to publish the
same and transmit copies to the presi¬
dent of the associytion for compilation
and promulgation, .
mee ting will be held in
„ Raleigh, N. C., but the date has not
yet been fixed. Montgomery and Kit¬
tle Rock rlso desired the convention,
but were defeated ■
• FOUR HUNDRED DEAD
u BeiuU D f Tidal Wave Which Sw«p*
Aw#y vessels on Japanese Coast.
Advices received , at , Victoria, v - , ■ B. R C., n
by th e steamship Empress of Japan
tell of a fierce storm sweeping the
Japanese coast on December -ith, last,
by which thirty-five junks were lost
while being towed irom Osaka to
Kobe, and 171 persons Perished. A
tidal wave acoompani- . o sl . , y
which 411 lives in all -rare lost.