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VOL. XIV,
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 27.1893.
NO. 27
OCR 0W5 AFFAIRS.
Ntwi, Notes and Gossip, In and Out
Town, Foisted!jr Pat Paposcly
for Oar Readers.
The oat crop is lx*ing harvested and is
said to lie a good one in this section.
If you want to enjoy life swap your mule
for a bicycle.
Way cross is reaching out after everything
that will add to her prosperity ami comfort.
A bigger provision crop and more economy
is our advice to farmers*.
The 8. F. & W. R. R. is sending out hun
dreds pf ears to move the melon crop.
Jim Courney’s case goes to the supreme
court but the chance* are against him.
Way cross Is as clean perhaps as any city of
its size in Georgia and should be kept so.
Overcoats can now retire, the Summer is
surely upon us.
Advertisers should Temember that the
Herald is read by ten thousand people every
reek.
>old
Madame Grundy Says.
"The rose may bloom for En*t*and t
The lilly for France unfold:
Ireland may honor the shamrock;
Scotland ner thistle bold;
• But the shield of the great Republic;
The glory of the West,
Shall bear a stalk ef the tasseled corn,
Cf all our wealth the best!
The arbutus and ths golden rod
The heart of the North may cheer.
And the mountain laurel for Maryland „
Its royal clusters rear;
And jasimine and magnolia
The crest of the South adorn;
But the wide Republic’s emblem
Is the bounteous, golden corn.”
fastles of air though they may be,
They seem like solid masonry.
alien life’s closing day comes c
When much is lost and little v
When confidence gives way to doubt,
Like dead sea fruit, they’re blotted out.
As the city grows people will
Waycross «s the most delightful portion
town for private residences.
Old Waycross is coming to the front
fine shape. She is to have the park, her
streets are to be paved and the next thing
yon know she will be putting on nil
My empty pocket-book to-day
Gives cause for much repining;
Unlike the dark and stormy clouds.
It has no silver lining.—Ex.
Our patrons will please remember that
job work is supposed to be cash, but when
they haven't got the cash we’ll take the
money, it answers ourpurpose.
The winter is certainly over at last. We
make the statement without the fear of
successful contradiction.
The criminals from our city and county
courts cannot be put to better use than im
proving our roads and streets.
The more strangers see of Waycross the
nore they are impressed with the lielief
that she is the coming town.
Mr. Charles Conrad and wife recently of
DuPont, have moved to Waycross so says
the Industrial Banner.
The chain gang is doing some good work
on the streets. Vagabond negroes and
1 tramps can lie utilized if properly managed.
Everything good has struck Waycross ex-
cept the Salvation army and we are expect
ing th atat any time.
If there is one thing more than anotlier
that prevails in Waycross, it is unity among
our leading citizens.
The report that six dead negroes hail
lwen found at the bottom of the water tank
turns out to be o fake. No one has been to
the bottom of the water tank recently.
Callers at the Herald office are welcome at
all hours. In fact you can bring your pipe
and knitting and camp with ns if you see
Hes
‘*We’Il meet soon,” he wrote." I supple
I’ll see this blossom with you.”
Hemet her—the glorious belle—
That eve, on the avenue wide,
An<l the rose—’twas on the lappel
Of the man who walked by her side.
—Chicago Record.
OURSELVES AND NEIGHBORS.
fit.
The new Methodist church is about to as
sume tangible shape. Heretofore it has
been hard to tell what manner of building
it would be.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
It is quite possible we may publish the
schedule of the electric car lide to the new
park,yet.
One half of the Herald’s editorial staff is
out to-day in the linen duster which belongs
to the office. The other half will don the
garment as exigency requires.
Our city can boast of more societies and
orders than any other town. All we need
now is a rowing club, and for wan*, of a bet
ter place they might exercise in the huge
water tank.
Visitors to Waycross are invited to make
themselves very much at home and help
themselves to anything in sight. Just so
they leave the mud sills of the city, that’s
all we ask.
The fellow who attempts to ride a bicycle
and gets a tumble receives no sympathy
from the by-standers, in fact they all want
to see him tumble, and the harder the fall
the better the fun.
After four o’clock each afternoon about
every third man you meet on Plant Avenue
is tusseling with a cycle, and the fun of it is
that in nine cases out of ten the "dratted
thing” wins the fight.
The “Sunday-School Revival,” published
in this city by Mr. D. B. Sweat, is on on
ble this morning. It is a bright sheet, full
of Sunday-school news and items, and
should be liberally patronized throughout
the land.
Surprise parties are not frequent in an
editor's sanctum, yesterday afternoon how
ever, Joe Bird Vcaught ns out.” The deli
cious ice cream which he sent to this office
was fully appreciated. We are reliably in
formed that Joe keeps it on tap.
The Herald is in receipt of a pleasant letter
from Mr. Turner Brewer now located at
Blount’s Ferry, Fla. It contains an invita
tion to come down and go fishing in the
Huwanee. We thank friend Turner for his
invitation and kind wishes and it is possible
we may call on him some of these days.
Don’t allow the little boys to break np the
mocking birds nests or capture the young
birds. They are the sweetest songstera in
the world and it is much pleasanter to hear
them singing In the trees than to see them
pining away and dying in cages, and besides
it is not light to encourage a cruel disposi
tion in the boys.
“Many talk about woman’s sphere
As though it had a limit.
There’s not a place in earth or heaven,
There’s not a task to mankind given.
There’s not a blessing or a woe,
There's not a whisper yes or no.
There’s not a life, a death or birth.
That has a feather's weight of worth,
Without a woman in it,**
Some Items.
Bicycle riders in Russia are to be tax
ed $3,00 on every wheel.
When a man runs his race in this
world and reaches the end he is naturally
out of breath.
The area of the Russian Czar’s in
dividual possession of land is greater
than the entire extent of France.
“The battle is now open,” wrote an
editor, but the printer put an ‘o’ where
the ‘a’ should have been, and was fired
out bottelv.
A whale nearly wrecked the schooner
Mermaid off the coast of Japan by the
simple lashing of his tail. This is not
a fish story. The whale is not a fish.
Peter Humbach, the watchman in
charge of the new Methodist church at
Scranton, Pa., which was burned a year
ago, has confessed to starting the fire.
The building cost $175,000
Mrs. Wickwire—Henry, dear?
Mr. Wickwire—Well.
Mrs. Wickwire—I want to make a
bargain with you. If you will let me
have $10 this afternoon I will let you do
$15 worth of grumbling at ray extrav
agance.—Indianapolis Journal,
The orignal of H. Rider Haggard’s
terrible and ageless beauty, “She who
must be obeyed,” is or was the first
wife of the English novelist, who was
divorced from him, and is now living
with her third husband on the Pacific
coast. She was a Miss Carroll of Balti
more.
An Idaho genius has established a
floating bank, which will cruise along
the shores of Lake Kootenai, transacting
business for towns too small to support
banks of its own. A happy thought,
indeed! When depositors take it into
their heads to make a run on the estab
lishment, the first mate will simply cut
the rope and the bank will steam out
into the middle of the lake until the
flurry blows over. It is believed that
such an institution would be able to float
almost any kind of paper.—Minneapolis
Tribune.
Wild man: “Whoo-o-pee! I’m the
winged and unlassoed terror of the cha
parral, the double-headed dragon of the
swamps, the superheated aerolite of the
Sierras ricocheting through space at my
own sweet will; I breathe the cyclone,
drink the waterspout, and dine on the
blizzard. Whoo-o-p! Nervous citizen:
“Officer, why don’t you arrest and con
fine that dangerous lunatic? Officer:
“That liain’t no lunatic. That’s the
governor of Oregon takin’ exercise.”—
Cleveland Plain Deater.
Hale’s Weekly has nominated for
governor Hon. James S. 1
the veteran Spalding jurist and states
man. Boynton was President of the
State Senate at the dealh of the lamen<
ted Stephens, and in the interim of the
election served as Governor. He was a
candidate in the memorable contest that
followed but McDaniel came in, after
Boynton and Bacon had waged the bat
tle, and carried off the prize, about
which, of course, there is some interest
ing history. ^ ^ ^
The fair editress of the Valdosta
Telescope has this fashion item:
A “Patent Pneumatic Petticoat” has
been invented, the use of which enables
the wearer to adapt herself to circum
stances. She can spread herself by
touching the inflation button, or instantly
become -slight or slender by means of
the automatic collapse. Verily, wonders
Corn is in full silk and tassel around
Jasper, Fla.
A bill will be introduced in the next
Georgia Legislature to fix the liquor li
cense of Blackshear at $20 009.
Not satisfied with the Cubans and
everything else in the world, Thomas-
ville is to have a canning factory.
The pear blight has struck the or
chards in the neighborhood of Jasper,
Fla.
Thomasville girls are spinning around
the track on bicycles. It is said they
ride very gracefully.
McIntosh, of the Albany Herald, is
working up a scheme to down the west
ern hog. As usual, McIntosh is on the
right track.
A gentleman near Dawson contem
plates starting a possum farm. There
are very few things in this life more
to be desired than ’possum and taters.
This kind of weather makes a fellow
want to lie out under some big tree in
the country and lie out of all work at
the same time.—Ocala Capitol.
The Ocala Capitol, for causes unknown
to us, does not exchange with other
Ocala papers. The boys ought to read
up on “reciprocity.”
Walter Williams, who has been on
trial in Decatur county during the past
week for a murder committed thirteen
years ago was acquitted yesterday.
A man in giving his testimony said
that formerly he had lived at Grumble
Corner, but lately he had moved up on
Thanksgiving street; and he found the
air purer, the sunshine mose cheerful,
and the people better neighbors.
—S. S. Revival.
TheMocon Evening News sizes up
the situation in the following terse man
ner: Tom Watson will run against
Black again. This determination is the
result of a No. 6 intellect rattling in a
No. 8 hat.
As Postmistress at Isabella, Worth
county, Mrs. C. O. Lancaster gets the
plum. Some more of Ben. Russell’s
work in feminine fields, no doubt. But
that’s all right, everybody is pleased
with the appointment—Albany Herald.
Why isn’t a bank solid when it is pro
nounced so by a State or United States
examiner? That’s what the Herald
wants to know.—Albany Herald.
Simply because the examiner is a
good deal like most other men. He
don’t know everything.
“Is there any relationship between
a dunkard and a drunkard?—Albany
Herald.” There is no relationship what
ever. However the omission of an “r”
in drunkard would make dunkard, the
addition of whiskey to a dunkard would
make drunkard.
‘The choice for governor lies between
Henry G. Turner, J. J. McDonough and
A. S. Clay.”—Albany News and Adver
tiser. The Herald believes that it is in
position to state that Mr. Turner will
not be a candidate for governor under
any circumstance^.
Since the sad demise of her "husband
Mrs. M. Ullraan has been suffering from
prostration. It was currently reported
on the streets yesterday that death had
claimed Mrs. Ullman, but the Times is
pleased to state that she was improving
last night—Brunswick Times.
Hanlon, of the Ocala Daily Capitol'
gets the thing in good shape as follows:
‘The Atlanta Journal, the Savannah
News, the Albany Herald and the Way-
cross Herald, four of the brightest and
best dailies in Georgia, now visit the
Capitol office—four diurnal messengers,
laden with news from home.”
A Magnificent Monament Erected to
His Memory In Georgia.
"LIBERTY HALL” GROUNDS
Bold! the Shaft That Marks the Reatln C
Place of the Great Georgia Com
moner—imposing Ceremo
nies and a Vast Crowd.
will never cease.
Dr. T. Hartidge, one of the oldest cit
izens of Jacksonville, is dead.
Crawfordville, Ga., May £5.—In
the unveiling of the Stephens monu
ment here Crawfordville has witnessed
the greatest event in her history.
It was here Alexander H. Stephens
made his home and here in the grounds
of historio old “Liberty Hall” his re
mains were laid to rest at the close of
his eventful career in 1882. And now
the last outward display of the love aud
reverence of his pedple has been made
in the oeremonies attending the event.
The life of this great commoner was
•pent in the service of his people and
death came to him while discharging
the duties of the highest office in the
gift of Georgians—that of governor.
In 1836 Mr. Stephens was elected to
the legislature from this (Taliaferro)
county, and served his county as her
representative five years. In 1843, as
the nominee of the Whig party, he
wrested his congressional district from
the hands of the Democratic party after
one of the hardest fought campaigns
ever known in Georgia, and when it
was thought that the fight was a hope
less one, in that Democracy was so
strong in the district.
From then until the day of his death
Mr. Stephens was kept continually in
congress and when the war between
the north and south was opened he was
made vice president of the southern
Confederacy. At the close of the war,
when the south again sent representa
tives to congress, Mr. Stephens was the
representative of the Tenth congress
ional district of Georgia, and was re
turned at each succeeding election un-
til 1880 he was nominated by the Dem
ocrats, and elected governor, which po
sition he was filling at the time of his
death.
The labor of love by those who had
the preparations in charge was amply
rewarded by all that could be asked in
a of bright sunshine, and the pro
gram was ext uted faultlessly in the
presence of a great crowd who had
come from all sections to witness the
ceremonies.
Hon. George T. Barnes, of Augusta,
opened the exercises by calling the as
sembly to prayers, which was led by
Rev. R. S. Barrett, of Atlanta.
Hon. Thomas M. Norwood was iu>r.t
introduced and delivered an eloquent
oration on the life and labors of the
great commoner, closing' with these
eminently fitting remarks:
For 40 years you honored yourselves i-i
honoring him. The Rummi maxi n, “A
man is known by his associates,” appil *
to a people and their representatives. X.»
higher encomium could be paid to y» i
than you conferred on yourselves by c
tinuing this great statesman in your ser-
CANNOT GET DETAILS
Kaeh Alleged News Is Current mt the
Nicaragua Revolution.
Panama, via Galveston, May 25.—A
strict cable, censorship is maintained at
San Juan del Sur, and there is an abso
lute newspaper blockade. The Pacific
Hail recognizes the Corinto mail censor
ship.
Neither the Nicaraguan insurgents
nor President’s Sacasa’s forces have won
a decisive victory, although the govern
ment troops have suffered severe re
pulses and are demoralized. The rebels
are holding back, awaiting arms. The
government troops are hemmed np in
Managua, Leon and Corinto. Corinto
they are holding as a last means of es
cape when the revolutionists drive them
to the wall. While the situation is
practically unchanged, the rebels are
gaining more confidence and strength
with delay. Results thus far have been
in their favor.
Much alleged news is current, but it
is unreliable. There is absolutely no
means of obtaining particulars and de
tails of the struggle.
THAT CREVASSE BREAK.
There la Great Danger of Serioua Dam
age* Resulting.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 25. — The
frightful velocity of the current through
the Whitley crevasse is such that As
sistant Engineer Brown, now in charge
there, wires Captain Townsend that the
sole chance of holding the ends of the
levee is to float down trees against them,
thereby making a breakwater.
Parties who left the crevasse at i
o'clock p. m., wire from Lake Provi
deuce that it was then 500 feet
and the roaring of the current through
it canid be heard for miles.
SO IN MICHIGAN TOO.
The Crime Is So Dastardly That
Mobs Will Sot Wait.
A LYNCHING AT C0BUNNA.
Th* Brut* Who Murdered a Man and
Then Outraged Hla Wife Summari
ly Dealt With by th* In
censed Town People.
Detroit, May 25.—A special dispatch
from Corunna, Mich., to The Tribune
6&ys:
William Sullivan, the farm hand who
bo brutally murdered his employer.
Layton Leach, and murderously as
saulted the latter’s wife, has paid the
penalty of his crime. He was taken
from the jail and lynched at 9:40 o’clock
Rig Demonstration In Uyd* Park.
London, May 25.—A quarter of a
million people, it is estimated, took part
in the demonstration in Hyde park by
Irish National league of Great Britain.
Delegates came from all the league’s
branches in the United Kingdom. T.
P. O’Conner, M. P., and other Irish
leaders; Arch, M. P., the leader in the
movement for the emancipation of the
English agricultural laborers; D. Nao-
roji, M. P., formerly of India, and other
well known men spoke. Resolutions
were adopted approving Mr. Gladstone's
home rule plan and accepting it as a
settlement of the Irish question.
Gladstone Spoke to Workingmen.
London, May 25.—Mr. Gladstone de
livered au address at Hawarden to
workingmen. He rejoiced to see the
increase of labor representatives in par
liament, aud as magistrates and inspec
tors of factories. It promises well for
the fnture.
There has not been a single labor
member of parliament, he said, but was
distinguished by high intelligence,
sound knowledge and trustworthy char
acter.
“Our esteemed friend, Erank C. Owens,
of Waycross, evidently intends running
for governor of Georgia. He sees that
Douglas, the shoe man, will be run for
governor of Massachusetts because he
advertises so much and our good friend,
Owens, evidently has his eye on the
gubernatorial chair ot Georgia from the
way he advertises. Go it, Frank, we
will vote for yon.”—Thomasville Review.
We beg leave to correct the impression
which seems to possess the Review in re
gard to Frank Owens and his advertising.
The fact is Frank wouldn’t give a cent to
be governor and has no political as
pirations whatever. He simply adver
tises as a matter of business and for the
money there is in it, and this is the
great secret of his success.
“Anyone reading Sam Small’s personal
column in the Atlanta Constitution is
struck most forcibly by the overwhelm- 1
ing modesty of the evangel isL”—Macon
News. Sam Small’s proverbial modesty
is a chestnut the bare mention of which
in this section lays the party liable to a
a “set up” for the crowd The News
man will be in for it should he visit
Waycross.
Mis9 Marry Corry, a relative of the
dead statesman, removed the covering
from the beautiful structure.
GREETINGS TO THE SOUTH
Presbyter!*]
Up North Send a Fraternal
Me»cage to Those In Georgia.
Washington, May 25.—The Presby
terian general assembly was called to
order at 9:30 bv Moderator Craig, and
opened with prayer by Professor Roy,
of Chicago. Dr. Young’s sessional re
port from the committee on bills and
overtures as to the distribution of over
tures among the several committees
went througa without objection.
Sixty overtures relating to the new
creed and 20 proposing changes in the
present confession of faith were sent to
the committee on bills and overtures
for answer. Responses to telegrams of
congratulation and fraternity received
last week were read by the stated clerk.
To the general assembly of the Pres
byterian church, south, at Macon, Ga.,
the following was sent:
The general assembly of the Presbyte
rian church, in session at Washington,
responds cordially to your fraternal me -
sages. “Tbere is one body and one spirit
as ye are called in oar hope of yonr call
ing! One Lord, one faith, one baptii
Shot m Negro by Mistake.
Sparta, Ga., May 25.—News has
reached here that Mr. Sam Ennis, Jr.,
shot and seriously if not fatally wound
ed a negro about five miles from Sparta.
Ennis, it seems, was in pursuit of an
other negro, who had committed a
crime in Washington county, and mis
took his victim for the Washington
county fugitive. Ennis is a resident of
Baldwin county and a brother of Sheriff
Ennis, of that county.
Could Not Rats* the Ship.
Savannah, May 25.—F. M. Jones,
the ship carpenter who bought the
sunken Austrian bark Undine for $2»M)
and has been trying to raise her for the
past 30 days, has notified Captain Car
ter that he had given np the job. Cap
tain Carter, United States engineer, w*ll
now advertise for bids tohave her blown
out of the river with dynamite and all
the debris removed.
A Young Lady Missing.
Toccoa, Ga., May 25.—Miss Mamie
Hitt, of this place, has mysteriously
disappeared and cannot be located,
though every effort has been made by
her parents to find her. She is the
daughter of Mr. R. J. W. Hitt, of this
place but has been living with hei sis
ter, Mrs. B. C. Moore, for several
months past. A short time ago some
misunderstanding occurred and Miss
Mamie left her sister. She stayed at
the residence of Mrs. L. B. Nowell until
last Friday, when she went away with
out informing any one where she wae
going. She is about 18 years of age aud
decidedly pretty.
Gilroy 1* Grand Sachem Still.
New York, May 25.—The Tammany
sachems met and by failing to elect
grand sachem continued Mayor Thoin;i
F. Gilroy in that position as a hold
over for another year. Maurice F.
Holohan and John J. Gorman were re
elected as scribe and father of the coun
cil. Richard Croker was made chair
man of the committee on speaker*
John J. Gorman, of the committee ot
printing, and Bernard F. Martin. <*
the committee on arrangements for th.
Fourth of July celebration. Grand
Sachem Gilroy and Sachems Grant
Cockran and Clark were absent.
Meeting of th* Iron Hallers.
Indianapolis, May 25.—Ten states
are represented here at a meeting of the
order of the Iron Hall. It was decided
that one of the first things to be dom
was to employ an attorney. The dele
gates express belief that under the
The mob consisted of over 800 men,
who shouted themselves hoarse as the
body dangled at the end of a rope. Just
before be was taken from the cell. Sul
livan attempted to commit suicide with
a knife which he had in some manner
concealed about his person.
By means of sledges the jail was soon
broken open by the mob. A noose was
placed around his neck and the crowd
dragged him through the jail corridors
to the big jail yard aud to a low, marshy
square of ground about 200 feet to the
rear of the jail building under the oak.
Men Fought, Struggled and Cursed,
for the privilege of helping totng at ths
rope, which was thrown over the limb,
and with a sudden jerk, Sullivan, who
had been lying motionless and appar
ently unconscious on the ground, was
raised to a sitting posture.
Another pull and his head and shoul
ders were visible above the black mass
of those that surrounded the spot.
A Terrible Scene Followed.
The body was pushed from hand to
hand and several drew pocket knives
and lunged at the swinging corpse.
Others began to tear the clothing, and
in a few moments only the shreds of his
shirt remained hanging to his shoulders.
When the body was lowered to the
ground, portions of the mob which had
been unable to get close enough to take
a hand in the actual hanging, seized
upon tho rope and dragged the lifeless
body through the mire.
Afterward the crowd dragged him
about the streets’ and around the court
house square.
TWO MEN DROWDED.
AnU a Third Was Barely Saved from a
Like Fate.
New Haven, May 25.—Harry W.
Holcomb, Alfred S. Holt and Clarence
W. Webb went out in the harbor in a
cat boat, and when they were near the
western breakwater, a sudden sqnall
capsized the boat and all three were
thrown into the water. They managed
to secure a holt on the upturned boat,
but were washed off three separate
times.
Finally, Holcomb and Holt said they
would try to swim to the lightship,
which was about 300 yards off. Webb
tried to deter them, saying that the dis
tance was too great and the waves too
high, bnt they struck out. They had
gone only a little more than half the
distance when they sank and were
drowned.
WebD clung to tho boat until 8 p. m.,
when he was taken off by the lightship.
He was barely able to speak. He has
recounted the story of the disaster to
the bereaved families.
Holcomb was 21 years old. Holt 20
and Webb 23. All three were in busi
ness with their parents in this city.
IKE VINCENT PARDONED-
ing of the supreme court, the receiver
of the order has no right to close out
its affairs and if reliable officers are
elected the sitting can have the money
now in the receiver’s hands. It is
claimed to be the regular meeting <-f
the sitting and as the terms of the old
officers has expired, new supreme ofii
cers will be elected.
A Cyclone at Fremont.
Fremont, O., May 25.—The cyclone
which struck this city Tuesday morn*
ing caused heavy damage throughout
the city aud surrounding country.
A Train** Fatal FalL
Dublin, May 25.—A train on the
Tralee and Dingle railway plunged off
a viaduct while running at a furion-
speed and fell 50 feet. Five passenger.**
were killed, instantly and 12 others were
severely injured. Coaches and loconnv
tive were completely wrecked. Tun
brakes refused to work while the train
was going down a steep grade, and the
engineer lost control of his locomotive.
The train dashed along at constantly in
creasing speed, flew half way across a
viadust on a curve and then jumped the
track.
Th* Governor of Alabama Say* Ho Ha*
Suffered Enough.
Montgomery, Ala., May 25.—Ex-
State Treasurer Dee H. Vincent is a
free man. Governor Jones has granted
him a full and absolute pardon. Twen
ty-five thousand people petitioned for
his pardon, including 103 of 133 mem
bers of the general assembly. It is one
of the most famous cases in the crimi
nal annals of the state. Vincent while
state treasurer speculated in the state
funds and defanlted for $215,000.
The governor’s pardon makes several
thousand words. The governor dwells
upon the enormity of the crime with
which Vincent stands convicted and
does not excuse the wrong committed
in speculating in funds with which ho-
was intrusted, hut adds that though he
had misused over $200,000 of the peo
ple’s money he was not a wholly hard-
: : i .. —i... l.. i./i i >
ened criminal, as when he left he had
ample opportunity to take much of the
$167,000. which he left in the treasury
undisturbed, when the denomination of
many of the bills was so large that he
might have easily taken off thousands
of dollars in his vest pocket.
General Young’* Secretary.
Washington, May 25.—The president
has appointed Henry C. Stuart, of Col
orado, to be secretary of legation
Guatemala end Honduras ana consul
general to Guatemala.
Andrew A St. John, of Pennsylvania,
as consul at Batavia, Java.
Doe* Not Need a Receiver.
New York, May 25.—Bank Exami
ner William H. Kimball, who took
charge of the National bank deposit,
has stated that there was a fair chance
of the appointing of a receiver being
avoided. The depositors, stockholders
and directors will meet to adopt a plan
for the widening up of the affairs of the
bank. If they can agree and fix upon a
committee to take charge of the affairs,
the receivership can he avoided. Oth
erwise some one will have to he ap
pointed to close np the business of the
hank. President Ransom is still hope
ful of making a good showing for the
stockholders.