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The Abbeville Chronicle II. RESULT OF THE QUARANTINE CON. VENTION HELD AT MOBILE. ANOTHER MEETING WILL BE HELD. Atlanta, Ga., Selected as the Place—The Pint Week In April the Time-For eign Nations to Be Represented. A special from Mobile, Ala., says: The net result of the three days’ ses sion and extended deliberations of the quarantine convention in that city is a square declaration in favor of a na tional and uniform quarantine system that will make impossible another such disgraceful exhibition as marked the last yellow fever epidemic in tho southern states. Under the steady fire of the friends of federal control, the opposition dwindled down until it was not even able to summon a respectable minority on the final vote and the majority re port of the committee on resolutions which favored the passage of the Spooner bill, and was only a very mod erate indorsement of a national quar antine, was rejected in favor of a more radical direct expression of opinion offered as a substitute, and which was as follows: “Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that congress be re quested to provide for a department of public health as soon as possible. “2. That it is the sense of this con vention that congress should enact laws to provide for an efficient mari time quarantine to be uniform and im partial in its application to the differ ent commercial ports of this country, so as to give no one or more of them undue commercial advantage over the others to be enforced by the several state and quarantine or health boards, if they will undertake to do so, leaving also to the slates the power to pre scribe and enforce additional reason able safeguards of the health of their communities, provided that such state action shall not unreasonably obstruct commerce. “3. That congress should aid the sever al states m establishing and maintain ing uniform, reasonable and efficient quarantine laws for affecting but not regulating interstate commerce, leav ing to each state adequate power to protect, as it shall deem best,the lives and health of its people. “4. That congress shall leave ex clusively to the states the regulation of their purely internal commerce and the provision of such quarantine or sanitary laws and regulations they deem advisable to that end; that in the framing of quarantine laws and regulations and in their enforcement congress should avail itself of the learning, experience and ability of the medical profession in the fullest measure possible, and especially by way of an advisory council.” Another very important action was taken in the adoption of a resolution calling for a second convention to gather together the scattered threads of the one just held and to adopt a system of state quarantine rules and regulations that all the south Atlantic and gulf states could adopt for the future. Another resolution authorized the secretary to invite to this supplemen tary convention delegates for the Cen tral and South American states, and its adoption means that the second gathering will he of far greater im portance than the first. The following were named as a com mittee of arrangements for the next meeting which will be held in Atlanta, Ga., during the first week in April, 1898: Hon. Charles A. Collier, of Georgia; Dr. H. A. Moody, of Alaba ma; Dr. F. G. Renshaw, of Florida; Dr. H. B. Horlbeck, of South Carolina; Hon Bat Smith, of Texas; Mr. Felix Ferment, of Louisiana; Hon. J. L. Ludlow, of North Carolina; Dr. H. H. Haralson, of Mississippi. WILL REMAIN AT HAVANA. Battleship Maine Will Not Itelurn to American Waters for the Present. A Washington dispatch says: Orders have been sent to Captain Simpson, in command of the north Atlantic squad ron, off Key West, to send the torpedo boat Cushing to Havana with stores for the use of the Maine. She will leave iu a day or two, and will return as soon as the stores are delivered. LEGISLATING FOR INDIANS. Senate Fusses Bill Carrying *8,000,000 For Their Benefit. A Washington dispatch says: Con sideration of the Indian appropriation hill was resumed by the senate Friday and after being amended to some ex tent the measure was passed. The most important amendment to the bill was that offered by Mr. Petti grew, of South Dakota, which, if tinal ly enacted, will restore the free home stead law so far as it relates to Indian lands ceded to the United States, for which lands the settlers have been obliged to pay the purchase price paid to the ludiaus. The hill carriesappro priatious aggregating §8,000,060. ABBEVILLE, GA„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY «, 1898. MBS. NOBLES AGAIN SENTENCED. Day of I-lif'catluu Is Set For March 2Mli Next. Mrs, Elizabeth Nobles, the old wo man confined in the Bibh county jail at Macon, Gn., for the murder of ltcr husband in Twiggs county, was taken to Jeffersonville Saturday afternoon, and for tho fifth time was sentence to death. Mrs. Nobles reached Jeffersonville safely at half-past 4 o’clock in charge of Sheriff Jones and was taken imme diately to the courthouse, where Jndge Smith was in waiting. There was a large audience of spec tators present. Judge Smith sen tenced Mrs. Nobles to hang on March 25th. He asked her if she had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon her. She said nothing and appeared to treat the matter indifferently. Judge Smith advised her to prepare for death and said ministerial offices would be tendered her. The old woman’s attorneys have several legal procedures yet left to them, so it is said, and if all of them are exhausted in vain, then, as a last resort, they will go before the prison commission fnr recommendation for commutation of sentence, and, if nec essary, will appeal to the governor in her behalf. Gus Fumbles, Mrs. Noble’s accom plice in the murder, was not carried to Jeffersonville with her, as he has been respited for thirty days, and it was not necessary to resenteuce him. He calmly awaits the final re sult in Mrs. Nobles’ case. He be lieves that he will share the same fate as Mrs. Nobles. If she is hanged, he knows that he will also be executed. If she is commuted, he thinks he will receive commutation. WOODFORD HEARD FROM. Minister at Madrid Semin Cipher Dispatch to State Department. A Washington dispatch says: Late received Saturday night the state department a telegram from Minister Woodford. It relates presumably to the incident created by the publication of Minister DeLome’s letter to Senor Can a! ej as. The cablegram is in the department cipher and is between 200 and 300 words long. The dispatch was trans lated a. the state department Sunday, but no intimation of its import could be secured from official sources. Assistant Secretary of State Day, who has been entrusted with the whole correspondence by the president, re fused to discuss the message. He said merely that there was no development in the case which properly could be made public at this time. DEAD DODJES RECOVERED. Horrors of the Recent Pittsburg 1 Holo caust Grow Apace. The results of the terrible fire and subsequent explosions on l’ike street, Pittsburg, Pa., continue to grow in all their harrowing details. At 10 o’clock Saturday night eighteen bodies had been removed from the ruins, nearly all of whom were found in ill-fated Mulberry alley. All of the bodies were more or less mutilated by the contact with flying timbers and bricks. Following is the list of the dead taken out during the day: William Edward Finch, fireman; George Ed ward Newman, Philadelphia, gus in spector; Will F. Doran, Prof, James Hoxon, David Benton Wookevly, D. A. Gray and John Contine. Thirty-five persons are still missing. The impression is strong that many of them have met death under the walls. ZOLA IS MOBBED. Question of the Author's Safety Seriously Exercising His Friends. A Paris special says: Upon arriving at his residence after the adjournment of the trial Saturday evening M. Zola was mobbed by a crowd, who assailed him with insulting and abusive epi thets, hut the police quickly dispersed the mob. The latest more of the anti-Zola agitators is signaling with a whistle, which quickly brings togetei a mob of professional rowdies when Zola is near. The question of Zola’s personal safe* ty is seriously exercising his friends, who assert that several notorious crim inals have been seen hovering about the court building throughout tho week. It is suggested that they have been lavishly bribed to injure Zola seriously, even if they do not kill him. SENSATION IN GAFF0RD CASE. C‘ou<lemned Man’s Sister Makes Startling* Affidavit, A sensation was sprung in the cir cuit court at Greenville, Ala., Satnv day when Gafford’s attorneys made motion for a new trial on the grounds of bias aud prejuice of the jury and ou new evidence The latter is the sacrifice of Mrs. Miller to save her brother. By the affidavit made she charges Lloyd with wanting the life of Gafford aud ac . knowledges that she would have suf fered the killing to proceed without warning, because she liked Lloyd bet ter than her brother John. Between the lines a confession of intimacy is apparent, but is not open, WILL OPPOSE COLONEL CANDLER IN GUBERNATORIAL C ONTEST. CANDLER RESIGNS PRESENT OFFICE His Resignation In Governor's Hands. Contest For Democratic Nominal ion Will Be Lively From the Start. There were two startling develop ments in the Georgia gubernatorial arena Saturday. The first of these was the announce ment of Judge Spencer II. Atkinson as a candidate in opposition to Hon. Allen D. Candler. The second was the resignation of Colonel Candler from the office of sec retary of state. The announcement of Judge Atkin son that he will oppose Colonel Cand ler is the logical result of the efforts of those opposed to Colonel Candler to bring out a candidate. As soon ns Colonel Candler was in formed of the announcement of Judge Atkinson, he wrote out his resigna tion as secretary of state. His resig nation is based on tho ground that he does not believe that a man should hold one office w hile making an active rare for another. Colonel Candler’s resignation is to take effect March 81. Judge Atkinson’s announcement was given out Saturday morning, and is as follows: “I have decided to become a candi date for the democratic nomination for governor. Within a few days T will state my views in regard to such matters as may be pertinent to the campaign. S. R. Atkinson.” The announcement was not a sur prise, since it has been known for some time that Judge Atkinson was likely to take sueh a step. Jndge Atkinson is at present a member of the state railroad commis sion. He resigned recently from the supreme bench, and several years ago was a superior court judge,from which position he resigned to make the race for congress against Hon. II. G. Tur ner. Judge Atkinson is said to be one of the state’s best stump speakers, and as Colonel Gaudier also has a reputa tion on the same line some lively times may be expected. Judge Atkinson’s friends believe the “wire grass,” or south Georgia, will support him as solidly an will north Georgia take up for Candler. That the fight will he from now on a hot one is not doubted. Those who have fought Colonel Candler will align themselves with the supporters of Judge Atkinson aud the campaign for the democratic nomination will proceed with lines closely drawn and the promise of a fight to the finish. TO CONTEST WILL. Over *10,000,000 Bequeathed Ity J>r. Jivans To Be Held Up, Advices from Paris state tiiat the will of the millionaire dentist, Thomas W. Evans, who attempted to bequeath the most of his fortune, amounting to something like §10,000.000, to tho es tablishment of a dental institute and museums named after himself, in Philadelphia, is to be contested. The matter came up in the Palais de Justice Saturday and a lawyer, representing Rudolf H.Evans, brother of the famous dentist, announced that he would contest the will, though by so doing he forfeits §10,000 left him by his brother, a clause in the will disinheriting any legatee who shall attempt to contest. CANDIDATES BOBBING UP. Another Taylor Announces for Tennessee Gubernatorial Honor. Judge John M. Taylor,of Lexington, Tenn., announces that he will he a can didate for the democratic nomination for governor. He declares for the Chi cago platform, favors tariff for reve nue only anil opposes any increase in the state debt. Congressman McMillin has not yet decided whether he will enter the race, but is being strongly urged to do so. The race will be an exciting one, as there has been no contest for the nom ination since 1890. GOVERNOR FIRES OFFICIALS. A 81mke-Lp Takes Place In Tennessee Penitentiary Affairs. A , Nashville , dispatch says, iheie qwite a shake-up of penitentiary ««««!■ 1 W ur,leu 1 • Ra f 8 ' dale, of the old prison, and Warden Andrew McClelland,of the new prison, were both discharged, Ex-Sheriff >. W. larnss, o o county, succeeds Ragsdale while Mc Welland » succeeded by M. H Gam “ on < who llaH b f n ™ r den flt Inm “ n ’ Ibe vacancy at Inman 1 has , been offer : ed to J ° h * r - Edwards, ot Marshal county, but , he has not yet sigui iei mention of accepting. TILLMAN’S HILL FAILED. It Whs Directed Against Original Pack ages In South Carolina. A Washington dispatch says; The effort to strengthen tlie South Carolina dispensary law by legislation was killed in tho house committee on judiciary Friday, the committee divid- the ing equally on the bill to amend Wilson law, and as the bill did not get , majority, there ran be no favorable I report. This action means that it will bo allowed to another committee. This bill, it will ho recalled, was de signed to get around the original pack age decisions by which the present plan of controlling the liquor traffic in South Carolina is declared to he be yond the police power of the state. It is understood that the fail lire of this bill to become a law means a straightont fight for prohi bition, with the supporters of tho dis pensary lining up on the prohibition side. As things stand the dispensaries must submit to the competition of the original package stores, and that means their death, or at least their conduct by the state at a loss. JUDGE ADVOCATE ANGERED. He Delivers ......o Heorehlngr ltenmik* In the Cavtfiv Trial. The trial by eourtmartial of Captain O. M. Carter opened with a rush ut Savannah, Gn., Friday morning. Judge Advocate Barr made an impas sioned and heated address to the court upon the subject of refusal of witnesses to answer questions. This was inspired by the refusal of Cnptaiu Jacob Paulsen Thursday to give pri vate information relative to the affairs of the Propeller Towboat company, of which he is president. The jndge advocate said all the press of the. country had doubtless published under startling headlines Thursday af ternoon and Friday, the statement that witnesses could not he made to testify in this ease. He declared that this was a court of justice and witnesses should be compelled to testify; that a refusal to answer questions on the part of witnesses would thwart justice;that the witness had sworn in the presence of his God to tell the whole truth, and he should he compelled to do so, even if an appeal to congress was necessary. IVOMEN FIGHTCONSTABLES. An V^emiit to Arrest an Old Lady Ke suits Disastrously. A p^,.-quitch from Vaucebnrg, morning, Ky., says: At Esculapia, Friday Constables Cropper and Thacker at tempted to arrest an old lady named Crow, who was at her home with sev eral grown-up daughters. Before the officers realized it one of the girls flew at them like an enraged tigress, with a long life, dangerously wounding both officers. By this time the old lady and an other daughter drew revolvers and the officers realized it. was a fight for life. The battle raged for a few moments and after the smo.ee had cleared away old Mrs. Crow was found dead anil shot to pieces, and one daughter dead. Those who survived are in a danger ous condition. DELOME’S SUCCESSOR Calls at State Department anil Present. Notification. Senor Du Bose called at the state de partment in Washington at noon Fri day and presented in writing the noti fication of the Spanish government that the resignation of Senor DeLome had been accepted and that Senor Du Bose was authorized to represent his government as charge d’affaires ad in terim. The notification was purely formal, giving the facts of transfer without mention of the incident leading up to it. Having assumed his duties, Mr. Du Bose took occasion to pay a call of respect to the state department author ities. PREACHER TURNS FORGER. Unused Forged Chech*; I.eft Town and a Young? Bride. A Chattanooga dispatch says: Rev. J. II. Phillips, a traveling evangelist, who closed a highly successful meet ing at Athens, Tenn., a short time ago, secured §500 in bogus checks in this city and skipped tlie town, deserting his wife, whom ho married in Athens a few weeks ago. Phillips left and was captured in Rome, Ga., Friday morning and car ried hack to Chattanooga. Mrs. Phillips, who is a member of a well to do Athens family, is heart broken over the trouble. L. A. W. OFFICERS ELECTED. Uniter Ko-KIected Ur.slilent After a Strong uitd DetBt'miiuifl Fight* A St. Louis dispatch says: Potter was re-elected president of the L. A. W. Thursday on tlie, 'first ballot by a vote of 212 to 107. Potter was op posed by Gideon and the most sensa tional fight ever waged in the L. A. W. was in progress until the official count was made. The other officers elected as follows: First vice president, Thomas J. Keenan, Pennsylvania. N. Hines, Second vice president, E. Michigan. Tattersall, New Treasurer, James C. Jersey. ALL MILL OPERATIVES IN NEW ENGLAND PALLED OUT. NO FACTORIES ARE EXEMPTED. Decision of Oilicials of Textile Dillons Only Awaits Concurrence to Bring On the Crisis. At a meeting in Boston, Mass., Sunday of sixty-five representatives of textile unions in New England it was unanimously voted to recommend that all unions call out the operatives in every cotton mill in New England. The meeting was practically the outcome of the recommendation Pres ident Gompers made to the Federation of Labor a week ago, in which ho urged the different unions to unite on some settled policy regarding the mill situation in New England. At that meeting a committee of three was appointed to take charge of the matter, and after a conference this committee recommended that a gen eral meeting he held to take definite action. Sunday the representatives of the various national textile associations assembled in the Wells Memorial hall and for four hours discussed the sit uation from every standpoint. The primary object of the meeting was to devise some method of rendering as sistance t i the New Bedford strikers. Other questions were also discussed and at length the matter was put to a vote, no one being registered against the motion that the different unions should order a general strike in every cotton mill in New England until u satisfactory adjustment of wages could lie arranged. It was pointed out that if striker ut New Bedford could hold out for four weeks without receiving more than 20 cents per operative per week in the way of outside assistance, other mill operatives could stand a similar strain, and that if all went out it would pre cipitate within a crisis that would have to be met a short time by the manu facturers. It now remains for the various na tional unions to take action on the re commendation, but what this action will bo is a matter of conjecture. If ail should acquiesce and vote to strike, 147,00(1 operatives would undoubtedly cease work and the manufacture of cotton goods throughout New England would bo at a standstill. If, on the other hand, only a few unions should vet.e to strike, the refusal of the others would still keep a large portion of the mills in operation. Inasmuch, however, as the meeting was the outcome of President Gom pers’ suggestions and as he admonished tlie members of the Federation of La bor to join hands and assist the New Bedford strikers, it seems probable nearly every union will carry «ut the recommendations, and that one of the greatest strikes ever seen in this coun try is impending. STEAMER GOES DOWN. Tlie St. l.ouls Was Fortunately Plus, ut IImill ftiul ltvsiat.il All mi Board. The American line steamer St. Louis, Captain Rabdle, which arrived at New York, Saturday, from South ampton, reported the loss at sea of the Holland-Ameriea line steamer Veen dam, Captain Steuger, from Rotter dam for New York. The passengers and crew of the Veendam were all saved by the St. Louis. The Veendam left Rotterdam Feb ruary 3d with a general cargo, nine cabin, 118 steerage passengers and eighty-five crew. February 6th at 5:17 p. m,, ship’s time, being in latitude Steamer north, longitude 20.01 west, the struck a submerged wreck or wreckage which tore a hole in the ship's bottom and broke her propeller shaft. The ship began to sink at once. Signals of distress were made, and were answered by the St. Louis, which was, fortunately, passing at tlie time. Within three hours every soul on board was safely transferred to the St. Louis. The sinking vessel was then set on fire to prevent a dan gerous obstruction to navigation. QUARANTINE MEN MEET. DUtlnenlsli.il Citli.ne of tlie Country tiutli.r in Mobil*. The south Atlantic and gulf states quarantine convention met in Mobile, Ala., Wednesday with an attendance of about three hundred, representing the medical, sanitary, scientific, trans portation, commercial and adminis trative interests of the country. Most of the delegates were from the southern states described in the title of the convention, hut there were a largo number of delegates and mem bers from other states. Several distinguished men are pres ent from Chicago, St, Louis and New Yovk. 5. MOB HANDLES ZOLA. Trial of the Author In Tai l* a One. The trial of M. Emile Zola and M. Perreux," manager of the Aurora, who are being prosecuted by the govern ment as the result of a letter which the novelist caused to be published in the Aurore in December last, strongly reflecting upon high officials connected with the Dreyfus case, opened at Paris Monday in the assizes court of the Seine. M. Zola was represented by M. LaBorie; M. I’erreux. was defended by M. Clemeuceau. Tho most keen public sentiment was manifested in the case. Hundreds of people surrouuded the court, anxious to gain admittance. The police meas ures taken to insure order were most rigorous. The first day’s session was uneventful. When the court opened Tuesday there was a terrific struggle to enter, people fighting their way with blows and kicks toward the courtroom. The entrance of M. Zola was the signal for an outburst, during which the few cries of “Vive Zola” were drowned by shouts of “Alias Zola." When the judge entered the scene was so tumultuous that he directed the municipal guards to force the crowds from the doors and to remove some of the people from the over orowded halls. The trial proceeded amidst great ex citement. When adjournment was reached there was a big crowd outside the lower court and as the people were leaving the building, a man cried “vive Zola,” “down with France." He was immediately arrested. A tremendous rush followed. M. Zola, on emerging from the jury door, was recognized and obliged to return and seek refuge in the robing rooms, the doors of which were then locked. The crowd remained outside yelling “Couspucz Zola!” etc.., led by a num ber of young barristers, in their robes, who roughly handled M. Zola’s sym pathizers until a detachment of repub lican guards cleared the approaches to the court. M. Zola then emerged, pale and trembling, and the moment he appeared on the stairs leading to the courtyard, there was an immense clamor and shouts of “down with Zola,” “long live Zola,” ami “death to Zola," the last cry dominating the others. The novelist, had difficulty in keeping his feet amid the surging crowd. In the meantime, the police, misun derstanding their orders, closed the gates and M. Zolo thus found himself inside the courtyard, surrounded by a howling, threatening mob. The po lice were powerless, and for a moment it looked as though he would he lynched with the friends who formed his bodyguard. His friends rallied around him and eventually the gates were reopened and the police, having been reinforced, escorted M. Zola to the street, while the majority of the mob was confined in the courtyard, shrieking threats against the novelist, who eventually entered a cab and drove quickly away. The women in the crowd were espec ially violent. THE QUEEN’S ADDRESS. Sucgeiited Provision for Bottor Defenses Overreaches all Precedent. A London cable dispatch says: The fourth session of the fourteenth par liament of Queen Victoria and the twenty-sixth of the United Kingdom was opened, by commission, at 2 o’olock Tuesday afternoon with the customary ceremonies. The queen’s speech in part was as follows: “My Lords and Gentlemen—My relations with tho other powers con tinue friendly. The negotiations be tween the sultan of Turkey and the king of Greece have liee* brought to a conclusion by tlie signing of a treaty of peace, under which the territorial relations between tho two powers are practically unchanged. “The question of the autonomous government of the island of Crete has occupied the attention of the powers. The difficulty of arriving at a unani mous agreement on some points has unduly protracted tho deliberations, but I hope thcRe obstacles will before long be surmounted. “Ihave concluded a treuty of friend ship and commerce with his majesty, the emperor of Abyssinia. “The report of the commission I ap pointed in December, 189C, to inquire into the condition of certain of my West Indian colouies has exclusively established the existence of severe de pression in those colonies, caused by the heavy fall in the price of sugar, which is mainly attributable to the re duction in the cost of production and the great increase in its extent of re cent years. Her majesty then rejoices at the fact that there is reason to anticipate a prosperous year, both for agriculture and commerce throughout India. “Gentlemen of the house of com mons—The estimates which will be laid before yon have been framed with the utmost desire for economy, but in view of the enormous arma ments now maintained by other na tions, the duty of providing for the defense of the empire involves an ex penditure beyond former precedent.”