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I FRENCH ship captured.
Mi»nn to ikvolvi that
COUNTRY IM THE WAR.
o r eat Britain Again Refuse. to Join
the Proposed Intervention -Ca
' nary lelande May Be Attacked
I Washington, May 6—The big
f French liner Lafayette, of Santanaza-
I rie> with a full complement of paaeen
| «rt and a general cargo bound lor
| Corunna, Spain, April 23, was cap
| » o red off Havana ahoitly before bud-
I (j off D last nigbt by the Annapolis.
I The Lafayette was heading directly
I j oto Havana and waa capluied only
i | after an exciting chaae. After being
| Warded once by an officer of tho An
| Qt po]i«, abe attempted to run for it,
My but was again compelled to heave to.
ft is reported that the Lifayette, in
I. addition to being a French mail
steamer, is a French naval reaerve
sesael, mounting gone and carrying a
cssw sufficient to make her ready for
K active service at short notice.
The seizure of the French liner
I reamer Lafayette by the gunboat An
: napolia caused a distinct senealiqgjn
official and diplomatic circles here, aa
( H was believed to involve the poaaibil
iiy of more serious foreign complica
tions than had arisen thus far.
The officials of the state department
and of the French embassy received
the news of the capture from the Asso
ciated Press dispatches, and in both
quarters it was given grave attention.
In the state department it was taken
aa a forerunner of a number of cases
of a like character ie follow, for thia
was the experience of the United
States blockading forces during tbe
civil war.
Many times during the progress of
that war tbe country was on the verge
of a breach of diplomatic relations
with some of tbe European nations
because of the seizure of blockade run
ners.
Taking tbe facta as reported, the of*
E : ficials of tbe department declare posi-
F tively, and in Ibis they are supported
by tbe unanimous voice of the naval
officials, that there can be no question
that the Lafayette was a blockade
runoer, pure and simple, and aa such
is a lawful prize.
Tbe Spanish authorities in London
are strongly Intimating that Commo
dore Dewey has been entrapped by
Spanish gunboats kspt concealed out
side of tbe harbor.
It is believed, however, they are on*
ly trying to make ee much as possible
of tbe absence of news from the
American fleet.
Certain powers, have again made
overtures to Great Britain to intervene
in the war, and Great Britain has
again refused. It is a significant fact
that tbe British naval authorities have
decided to immediately commission
two new battleships, just completed.
A story was published in London
today to tbe effect that the British
admiralty has been notified by tbe
Washington naval strategic board to
remove tbe British subjects from tbe
Canary Islands, and it is said this ac
counts for the British second class
cruiser Charybdis being ordered to Las
Palmes.
It leads to tbe conclusion that Rear
Admiral Sampson may attack tbe
Canary Islands, which would either
draw tbe Spanish fleet out of Cadiz or
give the United States a naval base
from which to attack Spain.
Tbe story in London ia creating a
great deal of* talk and is generally
commented on.
Notice.
Call communication of Griffin Lodge
No. 413, F. and A. M , Saturday even
ing May 7th Visiting brother cordi
ally invited. A. G. Mamtjt, W. M.
• F. A. Rauschenberg, Sec’y.
Deafaeu Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of'tbe
mucous fining ot the Eustachian Tube.
When thia tube ia inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect nearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflamation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, heating will be de
stroyed forever ; nine cases out of ten are
caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but
■omflained condition of the mucous sur-
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
My caseof Deafoess (caused by catarrh)
Half’s Famfly Pills are the best.
SOLDIERS COMING TODAY.
: :
j Cunp Morthen Will bn Occupied by
Volunteers Tonight
! All tbe arrangements for tbe recep
tion of the Georgia volunteers at
Camp Nortben have abiut been com*
plated, and tbe men will begin to ar
rive today.
f Tbe first companies to arrive will be
* from Atlanta, and they will be at
* camps by noon.
r The fiirst battallion of tbe First
Regiment will leave Savannah tonight
’ on a special and reach Griffin tomor*
row morning.
r The companies from Maceo will
not arrive before Sunday, as tbe pbya
' teal examinations are very slow and
* tedious, and will not be finished be
, fore tomorrow morning. This is
causing delay all over tbe state and it
1 will be Monday before Georgia’s full
1 quota of 2,400 men arrive.
1 Commissary Geo. H, Howard ar-.
1 rived yesterday bringing 40,000
' .pounds of rations, which will last (he
camps only six days. He made ar
rangements with B. R. Blakely to
’ famish bread for the boys each day
and J. M. Bishop has secured the con-
1 tract for furnishing fresh meats.
Everything is moving along as rap
idly as possible and in a few days the
hills around Camp Nortben will re
verberate with the tramp of soldiers,
the rattle of infantry and the roar of
cannon.
THE BECOMD REGIMENT.
Complete Roster of Ofioers Who Will
1 Command It-
A complete list of commissioned of
ficers who will command tbe Second
regiment has been announced and tho
men have been notified of their ap
pointments.
The staff officers and line officers,
inclodicg (be second lieutenants of
each company in the entire regiment,
have been .named, and nothing re
mains for them to do but to don tbeir
uniforms and assume their positions
with ibvmthority attached thereto.
Tbe following is a complete list of
regimental and company officers. The
regiment will be known as the Sscond
regiment, Georgia, United States vol
unteers:
Colonel Oscar Brown, Lieutenant
Colonel William Garrard, Majors Ed
ward H. Almand and William J. Ken
drick in command.
Staff Officers—First Lieutenant and
Adjutant Davis Freeman ', First Lieu
tenant and Quartermaster, Eugene
Hardeman.
< FFICERS FIBST BATTALION.
First Compaoj—Captaio, William
G. Austin; First Lieutenant, C- M.
' Gibbs ;£ Second Lieutenant, R. M.
Screven.
Second Company—Captain, Thomae
Screven ; First Lieutenant, H. H. Ba
con ; Second Lieutenant,~W. C. Hart*
ridge.
1 Thud Company—Captain, J. F.
' Cann ; First Lieutenant, F. C Wilson ;
' Second Lieutenant, W. P. Ott.
Fourth Company—Captaio, W. J.
1 Hopkins; First Lieutenant, T. N.
1 West; Second Lieutenant, Henry
Blnnn, Jr.
SECOND BATTALION.
1 First Company—Captain, W. W.
Fry; First Lieutenant, B. M. Baxley;
Second Lieutenant, A. E. Bryan.
* Second Company—Captain, A. J.
Renkl; First Lieutenant, John S.
k Sancken ;* Second Lientenant. Charles
' Sanckeo.
Third Company—Captain, Jesse
Buesse; First Lieutenant, C. A. Vona
b der Lietb; Second Lieutenant, W. B.
* Chamblee.
Fourth Compouy—Captain, J. B.
Nevin; First Lientenant, Walter Per
kins; Second Lientenant, Howard
Jack.
THIBD BATTALION.
1 First Company—Captain, C. Wil
‘ ooxon; First Lieutenant, 8. H. Askew;
i Second Lieutenant, N. E. Powell.
! Second Company—Captain, J. V.
i H. Nash ; Firat Lieutenant, J G. Boe
l loo; Second Lieutenant, J. H. Bryson.
5 Third Company—Captaio, J. F.
I Howard; First Lieutenant, W. T.
* Hering; Second Lieutenant, A. L.
J King.
Fourth Company—Captain, W. W.
r Barker; First Lieutenant, G. F. Sum
) mers; Second Lieutenant, C. C. Sing
-1 tleton-
Educate Your Vowels With Cweareta.
Candf Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
ibc.rc. ItC.C C fall, druflrists reftmd money.
BRIFRN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 7,1898.
A MUBDIBXS CAPTUBZD.
i Griffin Police Made Another Good
Haul Yesterday-
* Chief Ison and Officer Gordon made
I an arrest yesterday that will inteiest
> tbe authorities of more than one couo-
* ty in Georgia, when they closed tbe
prison doors upon Will Cobb.
> Cobb ia wanted in Carroll county
I for burglarizing a store at Clem over
a year ago, and has been indicted by
I the grand jury of Fayette as being an
i accessory to the murder of Lun Jack
son, near Brook Station, who was kill
ed and bis body thrown into a creek,
I where it was found several days later
in a bad state of decomposition.
Tbe authorities were confident at
> the time that the same parties com
i milted both deeds, and the negro,
i Jackson, was killed to prevent hisgiv
i ing away the burglars. Suspicion was
very strong -against Cobb, and the
. grand jury found a true bill, but be
I managed lo skip out before the officers
> could secure biro. ' •
Ooe of the suspeeted parties, bow-
■ ever, was arrested and when put on
trial plead guilty and was sentenced
' to a life imprisonment in the peniten
tiary, and but for the vigilance of our
■ police that would possibly have been
i the last act in tbe tragedy.
Officer Gordon beard yesterday
i morning that Cobb waa in Griffic and
! having seen him a few years since
kept a sharp lookout for him. About
nine o’clock he spotted bis game, but
knowing Cobb to be desperate cbarao*
ter, who always went armed and was
a dead shot, be called Chief Ison to
bis assistance before making tbe ars
rest.
Cobb was taken completely by sur
prise, and before be recovered bis self
( possession the officers bad him ip'
, tbeir power. J (
He was carried to police headquar
ters and searched, when a "38 calibre,
i bammerlese, pistol and long keen dirk
ware found upon bis person. ,
After finding the weapons on Oobfe
. the local officers had a case against
, him, and a warrant waa sworn out
charging him with carrying concealed
[ weapona.
, He was tried for that offense before
I judge Beck yesterday afternoon,when
, be plead guilty, and was sentenced to
pay a fine of SSO or work on the
chai'ngang for sit months. He was
. unable to pay the fine and in a few
, moments bad been shackled and was
on his way to the stockade.
I He took his sentence very calmly
. but said he thought the judge had
, been rather hard on him. "The last
time I was in the. gang," said he, "I
only went up for twelve months, and
, that was for shooting an officer four
times, while he was attempting to ar
, rest me. Now I get six months just
for carrying veapona."
, After Cobb serves out bis sentence
, on Capt. Camp’s gang, he will be
, turned over to the authorities of Fay
ette, where he will be tried upon a
much more serious charge than carry*
. ing concealed weapona.
A Selfish World.
No matter how things go—tbe poor
.' always suffer.
Yes, tbe nabobs who own railroads
don’t think anything of running over
a poor man’s horse.
B And the man who can afford to
own a horse runs down tbe poor fel-
B low on a bicycle.
e And the fellow on a bicycle runs
down tbe poor chap who has to walk.
And tbe man who walks stumbles
against tbe poor cripple who goes on
* cratches.
I And the cripple on crutches spends
most of his time jamming bis stioks
down on other people’s corns.
a So don’t be too nncharitable with tbe
. money grabber, for, bad we a chance,
we might be tbe biggest grabbers of
them all. Tbit is a selfish world.
__ And yet charity, noble charity, per
ennially abounds in many hearts, and
there is more good than evil in tbe
world
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING ROWDEN CO., NEW YORK.
Volunteers At Camp Northern. > |
The selection by Governor Atkinson I
of Camp Northen at Griffin as the place
of mobilization of tbe Georgia volun
teera was a very wise one. It has
many advantages over Atlanta or any
olber city in Georgia; and few of tbe
disadvantages. It has excellent quar
ters for the troops, a fine drill ground,]
a perfect rifle tange, plenty of good]
water, is not located near a large city |
and has no bar rooms to catch the
pennies of the troops and to unfit rc-|
emits for practical work. < ’■ I
. Tbe Griffin camp is pre-sminently |
the plsce to mobalize tbe volunteers. |
It has railroad facilities by which the
troops can be moved on short notice. |
We have no doubt that all tbe officers]
will be very glad that Camp Nortben ]
was selected.—Columbus Enquirer-]
Sun.
ONS ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
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and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tbe
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duoed, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy ana agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not acceptany
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
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I want to sell you your Wood, cut and
i spilt, ready for use. Wood yard at No. 1
i Hill street Telephone No. 10.
W, B- GRIFFIN-
FOR SALE.
420 acres of land, lying in a body adja
cent to the village of Orchard Hill, Gia.,
and fronting Central Railroad of Georgia
over one mile. About one-half in a high
state of cultivation, with tenant and out
houses; balance in original forests. The
place contains a fine young peach and ap
ple orchard, and is nearly enclosed with
wire fences. It is well watered by branches
and a large creek. It lies well, and is 4
miles from Griffin. Would sell very tow
for eash or on time, or would exchange
for Atlanta real estate.
Apply to or address,
H. C. Cummimo, Griffin, Ga.
K. r. btrickland a Lo.
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We are always looking out foi the benefit
of our customers and friends.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
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PILES OF NEW GOODS
BOUGHT AT CLOSING OUT PRICES, AND NOW WE CAN SELL YOU
GOODS Al LESS THAN WE HAD TO PAY EARLIER IN
THE BEASON.
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NEWEST FADS IN FANS RECEIVED YESTERDAY. THE PRICES
RANGE FROM 5c TO 50c.
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Largest stock of Umbrellas in the city
at all prices.
New stock of ladies and childrens black
and tan Hose. ’ "
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I ALSO TAN, CHGOOLfeKR AND BLACK SANDALS AMD OXFORDS IN
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SPECIAL EDITION
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States Army.
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