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CD > pa ►— > r rri > Q > > 7 . o 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. » m _ 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. - 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.