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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1897)
GENERAL NEWS Current Events of the Day Epi¬ tomized. NEGRO POSTMASTER SHOT. Turkey and Greece to Sign a Treaty of Peace—Two Texans Shoot and Kill Each Other—Statue to Canovas to be Erected by Spain. Frank Lockridge accidentally shot ind killed himsalf at Spring Hill, Ten lessee. Professor Andrews has withdrawn >is resignation as president of Brown bniversity. General Ignacio Andrade will suc¬ ceed General Crespo as president of the Venezuelan republic. Captain Thomas McDermott has Seen nominated by the Republicans [or mayor of Chattanooga. A disastrous wreck occurred on the iVisconsin Central Friday, resulting in ihe death o-f five persons. J. H. Loftin, the negro postmaster it Hogansville, Ga., was shot Wednes Say night by unknown parties. Gaines & Fuller’s cotton gin, corn mill, flour mill and planing mill were burned last week, with a loss of $1,003. The National Road Parliament met in Nashville Friday, and selected Dkrnaba as the next place of meeting. LUlie Texas Young, IS years of age, was found murdered near Salem, Va. Robert Foulz lias been arrested for the erime. Paul de Pierre, formerly vice-consul nf the French republic at New Or¬ leans, killed himself by inhaling Illu¬ minating gafe. C. S. Preston, a Kansas City drum¬ mer, was fined heavily last week at Brunswick, Ga., for refusiug to show bis health certificate. The coal miners’ strike, as far as the Pittsburg district is concerned, is off, and the 22,000 diggers will resume work at the 05 cent rate. A small pox patient, a negro boy, was placed in the past house at Co¬ lumbus, Ga., Friday. This is the only ease of this disease in this locality. A statue *o Spain’s murdered pre¬ mia*, da novas'deWChaffllo, Is to b4’ket Bp In Madrid, the municipal authori¬ ties of that city having just unani¬ mously decided to thus honor his (memory. The long overdue steamer Excelsior, which left St. Michaels, Alaska, for Ban Francisco port six weeks ago, but was compelled to put back to Unalas fca for repairs, arrived Thursday with Sixty-three passengers and about one million dollars in gold. It is understood the federal adminis¬ tration will take steps looking to the apprehension and punishment of the assailant of Loftin, the colored post¬ master at Hogansville, Ga., who was shot on Tuesday. Georgia Republicans say teat it is pretty well settled that Gen. Long street will be appointed railroad com¬ missioner to succeed General Hamp¬ ton some time next month; at any rate, by the 1st of November. , The imperial government of Austria will demand full satisfaction for inju¬ ries Austro-Hungarian subjects at Latimer and the severe punishment of se who are culpable in that affair, According to the sentence of American tribunals. Hr. x. T$. Carter, of Kaufman, Tex.f ind Charles P. Russell, of Abbott, twd of th£ most Jind prominent men of that sec¬ lifts tion, who hitherto been fris and "business associates, shot and killed each other at Abbott last Thufs dar. The Neu. l*ie Presse says it is ported in official circles that the tan of Turkey and the council of min¬ isters of the Ottoman Empire hare accepted the conditions of peace with Greece as arranged by the ambassa¬ dors of the powers, and that it Is ex¬ pected the preliminaries of the treaty will be signed on Friday next. The government at Madrid has re¬ ceived a cablegram from Captain-Gen¬ eral Weylr-r, in the course of which he says that his plan of campaign is to complete the'pacification of the west end of the island of Cuba before C9«n xnenci 'g .operations in the east. Alton B. Parker was unanimoosiy nominated by the New York Demo¬ cratic State committee for chief jus¬ tice of the Court of Appeals. The committee adjourned sine die without taking any action in regard to the Chi¬ cago platform. Atlanta doors have been thrown open to yellow fever refugees. A sensation has been caused at Ber¬ lin and elsewhere by a statement that the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, son of the late Archduke Kagl Ludwig and Princess Anneuceta, daughter of the late King Ferdinand II of Naples, hei* presumptive of the throne of Austria-Hungary, was married in Lon¬ don last week to a middle class lady from Kohlscheidt, near Aix-la-Cha pelle. The name of the lady is not given. IV. En-trekin, a respectable farmer of Marshall county, Alabama, has fallen a victim to the rigid Internal revenue laws. He made application for a li¬ cense for an apple brandy still recent¬ ly, and while waiting for the arrival of the license, and until other forms could be observed, he made a tow quarts of brandy for lp»me use. Rev enue officers arrested him for illicit distilling. On fhis charge he was tried before a commissioner and bound over to the grand jury. PRESIDENT DIAZ ASSAULTED. Ignacio Anulfo Strikes the Oresident as He Was Riding In a Procession. Ignacio Anulfo, a violent character, assaulted President Diaz of Mexico on Thursday during the military proces¬ sion. The man was felled by a com¬ panion of the president, aud was im¬ mediately taken into custody by the authorities. The attack was made while the president was riding at the head of a procession celebrating Inde¬ pendence Day. As the president nmv ed the Alameda, there was a disturb¬ ance in the crowd on the sidewalk, and a well built, muscular man, with flowing black hair and mustache, forced his way past the gendarmes and soldiers, and jumped between- the president aud General Pradillo, and the chief of staff, Monasterio. and dealt a blow at the back of the presi¬ dent's neck. The violence of the blow was diminished by the fact that be was crowded between the president and the officers immediately following him. The president turned round and caught sight of his assailant, and j/y suiued his march with admirable cool¬ ness. Meantime, Chief of Staff Monasterio bit the man with a cane, who, turn¬ ing, seized it and broke It General Pradillo then hit him a powerful blow In the neck, felling him. The gen¬ darmes rushed forward, and some of the mounted officers and police seized, and pinioned him. He was taken iDCo a side street and led away, the people shouting: “Give him to us! We will hang him!” But the gfadar-ffies-suc¬ ceeded in keeping their prisoner, be¬ ing reinforced by cavalrymen, tha great crowd shouting and running be¬ hind Some think the assailant merely made the assault for the sake of gain¬ ing notoriety, having read ihe ac-i counts of the assassination of Cano vas. Later advices state that Diaz's as¬ sailant was lynched. WILL BE GREEN AGAIN. Green will again be the color of the postage stamps. Chief Johnson, of the bureau of engraving and printing, rec¬ ommends the change on two grounds. He says green is more suitable for government documents, and not so glaring and vivid. It Is also cheaper, and will result in a saving of between $8,000 and $10,000 a year, a sum Sec¬ retary Gage deems sufficient to take into consideration. The secretary of the treasury and the postmaster-gen¬ eral have approved the recommenda¬ tion, and the green two-cent stamps will soon make their appearance.' SAGASTA TALKS. ? «enor Sagasta, the Spanish Liberal leader, in an interview on the subject of the Cuban insurrection, says the up ris'ng, instead of dying out, is spread¬ ing considerably. Sagasta says the situation in the Philippine Islands i» serious. He also asserts that the Car list propaganda in Spain cannot be viewed with indifference, and express es the belief that reconciliation be tween tbe political parties In Spain is impossible so long as the Conserva fives are in power, and in conclusion Sagasta says: "In my opinion the Cortes will not meet, but If they do meet their existence is ephemeral.’’ AMERICAN PARTY IN TEXAS. Col. E. H. Sellers, of Detroit, Mich., the organizer of the American party, has been carrying on correspondence with several Texans who are dissatis¬ fied with the old parties, and lias now worked up such interest in the new party that a State convention will bs called to meet in Dallas during tbo fair to effect a State organization and make preparations to extend the or ganlzatlon down through district, county and precinct. Those who hav4 taken hold of the new party comg mainly from the ranks of ihe popu¬ lists SATISFACTORY Are the Export and Import Figures as Reported by Br. <(streets'. BUSINESS STILL INCREASES. A Small Decline in Wheat—The Iron Indus. ( try Shows Increasing Demand—-Yeilow Fever Affecting Distrib itian of Mer¬ chandise In the South. Bradstreebs review of trade says: Notwithstanding the unreasonably warm weather and the t ppearance of yellow fever in several gulf States, checking locally the db tribution of merchandise, business tb roughout the country’ has increased m ire than an ticipated. The center of improveinont is Chicago, which furnis bed the most favorable trade report sn five years. Advices from Kansas Cl; y. Omaha, St. Paul and St. LouIS also j effect activity in demand among jobbers and whole salers. There is a tompiirary stimulus to business at Savannah owing to the withdrawal of competition from mer chants at towns out off by the fevei quarantine. Chattanooga, Memphis, Atlanta, Augusta, Galvtston and even St. Louis anticipate a temporary fall lng off In business owing to the Inter ruption to traffic in tijfe gulf States and adjoining territory. I The pract'cal settlement of the bitjuminous coal strike, a further rising protects, (fide of demand for Iron and steel the with drawal from the market of some man ufacturers of woolen manufacturers gjoods, activity generally among oi woolens, extraordinary large bank clearings and reports i;hat mercantile collections have improved, constitute tire features of the week. Wheat exports are very large and ,wtth one exception (that of the second week of September, 1891) are the heaviest on record. The total ship ments thiis week (flmir Included as wheat) aggregate 0,379.418 bushels against 5,461,500 bushels last week, 3,560,326 bushels last year, 2,538,088 bushels in the corresponding week iD 1895, 3,537,283 bushels in 1894, 4,727, 920 bushels in 1893, and 6,974,000 bushels, the heaviest on record, in the like week of 1891. Corn exiiorts are 1,009,000 bushels sm aller th an last ye elf. They gate $3,901,000 bushels, aud compare with 2,394,000 bushels Hast year, 1,605, 000 bushels In 1895, 14)5,000 bushels in 1894 and 1,195.555 buajhels In 1893. There are 109 business failures re ported throughout the United States this week, compared twith 175 last week, 195 in the week a year ago, 218 two years ago, a lik^ number thriee years ago and as compared with 346 in the second week of Septum Ivor, 1893. There are 30 business failures re ported from the Canadian Dominion this week, against 39i last week and 1 i 41 In 1890 each and of 1895. the corresponding weeks in KILLED HIS FATlIfER-1N-LAW. Dave Roberts shot ) tj d killed his father-in-law, Osborne nofln C| asey, western at his own home, in the part of Bartow county, Ga., l>-7 Thursday, The two men lived n ear each other, Roberts had been abu sing and mis treating his wife, who tied to her fa ther for protection. Roberts followed her, aud the old man met him at the door, remonstrated wl Ih him kindly and asked him to go a way, hut made no demonstration. Ro PurtH pulled a pistol and deliberately shot the old man, who fell dead acre iss the veranda, _ SEND A WARSHIP. Upon advices from ,'onsul Pringle, at Guatemala City, to ■Xic effect that the revolutionists eoastlof baveBthe town of Ocas, on the west Guatemala, the state department Has called upon the navy department t» send a war a hij> there to watch ov< r American in terests, ami the Alert, ft Mare Island, has been ordered to 'ihe scene 0 t trouble. MINERS LEAVING J ELLICO DIS S’RICT. , mi*en» In the Jei An exodus of tbe lico coal district has bn n inaugurated, It no w seems that they are equally as anxious to get away from their old environment as the yell ow fever refu gees are to forsake the South. Twenty miners and their families reached Knoxville Thu •sday find left in tbe afternoon for (-alter county, Alabama, where they w 111 enter a new coal mine recently oj x-ned. This is near Birmingham, and the coal mined there will be markets 4 at Birming ham. COTTON CROP BULLETIN. Only One or Two States Report an Average Crop. This week's cotton region climate and crop bulletin issued Friday at New Orleans, under the authority of the secretary of agriculture, Is a heavy blow to the estimates of big cotton crops. The report covers tne entire cotton belt, including Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ala bamn, Florida, Tennessee and the two Carolina^, The bulletin Is a oompo site of thousands ot reliable reports from every militia district of every county in the whole cotton belt, anil no-better Insight into the condition of the crop could be gained than through this report. During the past week there has been practically no rain in the South, and where the rains fell they caused dam age instead of doing good. Only one or two States report an average condl tion of the cotton crop. The report, as it relates to the cot¬ ton crop, when summarized is as fol¬ lows: Louisiana—About half of crop open and one-fourth picked. Yield will equal last year's, which was a. small yield. Considerable deterioration in the southeast and a larger yield in the northwest. Georgia—Cotton has failed conslde. - ably, and is shedding so rapidly tha! there is practically no top crop. It Is opening prematurely, and nearly the entire crop is open. The average yield for the State will be three-fourths ol a fair average crop, Alabama—Cotton is poor, and rust and rot is general. Yield will be far below an average, and staple is grad lug low. Cotton opening prematurely, Texas—Rain damaged crop some by washing out open bolls, Late crop ami top cotton being considerably damaged by rust, caterpillars, boll I worms, sharp shooters and boll wee vils in southern and central portions and much of top crop In northern por tlons too young to mature before frost With average conditions the yield wil be below the average, | Arkansas—Cotton has continued tc deteriorate rapidly through shedding {in ,i premature opening. Crop gener ttlI y TCry , )ot)r; now too late for rain ’t( do any g0 od. Miss’sslppl—Cotton reports show tailing off In condition. Bolls opening prematurely; shedding, rust aud vo' injurious in many sections, Florida—But little top crop of cot ion. Prospect of average yield, 1 Tennessee—Cotton crop much short eued by drouth and most of top croj lost by shedding. Bolls opening rap idly- and prematurely. North Carolina—Reports are unani mous 1 liat cotton is being Irreparably Injured; squares, blooms and leaves falling, half-grown bolls cracking and dropping off; top crop nearly complete failure; premature opening Increasing und probable yield materially dlmin ish’ed. South Carolina Continued decline ii condition of cotton crop; plant uppn reutly dead and young bolls shedding This Is the most discouraging bulb tin that has been issued by the United States weather bureau for this year It means a great reduction in the cot ton crop, and will he a big surprise tc those who have been making estimate/ of a ten-million bale crop. t r THOUSANDS RESUME WORK. strike Cost the I’eople of the Pittsburg District $7,(XX),000. j After nearly three months' Idleness, between 15,000 and 18,000 coal miners In the Pittsburg district returned to work Thursday in accordance )] the action taken at Wednesday's con¬ vention, authorizing the men to re sume work In all mines complying with the provisions of the scale of 05 cents adopted at CoJombus. The ro¬ mainder of the 23,000 miners of the district will be at work before the end of llie week. It Is cat!molted that, the K,n ke, which tasted sixty-five work ‘ \ ,yH \ t ‘ 0 ® t ,ilr " r the Pittsburg Of ‘jlutrlct tills from $5,000,000 Ihe to $7,000,000. amount miners lost about $2,250,000 in wages. TEXAS ELECTION RETURNS. The governor and secretary of state finlshed '•><* ‘'"'"it of the vote on the 1;lt " proposed amendments to the eon stitution Friday morning, the time pre xc-rlbed for waiting for tbe returns having expired. The total vote Is as follows: For Irrigation amendment, 20,245; against Irrigation amendment, 55,882. For railroad bond amendment, 14,- 237; against railroad bond amend¬ ment 09,579. For school bond amendment, 32,402; against school bond amendment 42 107. LYNCHED FIVE. Citizens of Versailles Deal Sum¬ marily With Criminals. TIRED OF THE LAW’S DELAY. A Lawless Gang in Soul hern Indiana, Who Have Long Followed Their Work of Depredations, Meet* Vengeance at the Ham!s of Citizens. Wednesday was the most exciting day in tin 1 history of Versailles, Ind. The bodies of live men, who had been lynched during t'be night, were found hanging together to the same tree near thq.jail in the morning. They were: Lyle Levi, aged 57; Henry Sebieulter, aged 23; Clifford Gordon, aged 22; Bert Andrews, aged 30; William Jen¬ kins, need 27. For years Southern Indiana has been afflicted with lawless gangs. Tha railways and express companies broke up the depredations of these gongs along their lines, and latterly they have preyed upon the citizens. The citizens have taken the law Into their own hands In Unit locality be¬ fore, but never to such an extent as on Wednesday. The lteuo brothers were lynched together at Seymour, Ind., thirty years ago, amt (lie Meyer gang, throb in number, were strung up together at Stoals, lud., twelve years ago. There have been numerous lynchl-ngs of one at a time, but the job lot of live Wednesday breaks the rcc ord. That an unusual state of feeling existed is shown by the determination of the mob, which led It lo the ferocity of first killing three of the men in the jail and then dragging the living nnd the dead together and hanging them to the same tree. It Is notable, too, that no outrage that usually arouses a mob's vengeance—no murder —was charged against the victims, but their death was decreed because of long and exasperating suffering from robberies, most of which were accom¬ panied by torture of vie! 1ms. The ex¬ citement of the day was not lessened by suppressed hints that more object* of the people’s wrath would be made to suffer lu the same way. NEGRO TO MASTER. Judson Lyons Is to be a.piiointed postmaster at Augusta, Ga., says a special from'Washington. The Presi¬ dent bos decided that be cannot give the reglstorshlp of the treasury to Georgia. ,t' This conclusion wits said to iiavo been reached at the White House dur¬ ing a conference between the Presi¬ dent and Walter Johnson. It was during the consideration of the Au¬ gusta case that tbo President said he would have to provide for Lyons at Augusta. He intimated that the name of Lyons had been considered in con¬ nection with the roglsterslilp of tbo treasury, but after due deliberation he felt, that Georgia hud received suf¬ ficient recognition in the way of na¬ tional appointments, and therefore oils would be provided with a local WEYLER'S WAR ON WOMEN. A special from Havana, Cuba, say* that the Spanish sbow\helr authorities do not hesitate to resentment of t.he Inhere*t displayed by the wives of Americans in the ease of Evangeiinn Cisneros. They have not only shot off the Cuban mo id from all communica¬ tion with her friends, but they btivo thrown Into prison for lewd women in Santa Clara five women who dared to prepare a. courteous appeal to General WY-yler for the release of Kvuugelino. These women are Senora Rosa Pinna., Senorltax Carmen and Nlcollsn Gu Iferres, Wen ora Mienla Ruiz and Senor ita Consn'clo Avila, Al) of these la dies belong to the best families in Santa Clara. r<7T rt TDi’i.r; A n.TTTD. Ten More Injured in a Wreck in Mis¬ souri. A wreck on the Wabash at Keyt.es villc, Mo., early Thursday morning re¬ sulted in the death of four men. They are: William Gaines, 8t. Louix, postal clerk; VV. H. Smith, Moberly, Mo., fire¬ man; William C. Clark, Salisbury, Mo.; Paul Street, Salisbury, Mo. Ten people were more or h-s« injured. The passcng'-r train left St. 1 -ouis at 9 o’clock Wednesday night, Tbs freight was a minute late at ICeytes vllle, and was just entering the switch when the passenger train crashed into it
