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RESULT OF ELECTION LEADS
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
TO SUCCEED SENATOR LINDSAY.
Later Returns Increase Majority of Shack¬
elford Candidate For Clerk of Court
. of Appeals.
A Louisville dispatch says: Ex¬
senator Joe C. S. Blackburn, of Ken¬
tucky, is rejoicing at the democratic
victory in that state, and the announce¬
ment comes that he is a candidate for
United States senator to succeed Sen¬
ator William L. Lindsay, national
democrat. To a few voters this news
will come as a surprise, but to the
rank and file it is no more than had
been expected.
The more complete election returns
received Wednesday only served to
increase the large majority of Samuel
Shackelford over four opponents in
the appellate clerkship contest.
If the unreported counties give
their usual majorities—and there is
every reason for calculating that they
will increase former votes, that having
been the rule in counties thus far
heard from—the total democratic ma¬
jority will amount up to the old-time
figures of 30,000.
The democrats have a majority in both
houses of the next legislature, as indi¬
cated in the counts Wednesday morning
and that means the next senator from
Kentucky will not be a companion of
Mr. Deboe. With Senator Blackburn
already had announced, it would seem that
he the advantage of an early bird
walkover for the toga he once wore,
and many democrats think this will
prove true. There be may other candi¬
dates of prominence before the gen¬
eral assembly, but most of the demo¬
crats who have expressed themselves
think Blackburn will be re-elected
without an effort.
While many leaders on both sides
say the present fight has been won by
the re-united party, which for the time
deals with local issues, the stanch sil¬
ver party champions say the election
was significant in that it was a victory
for that element of Kentucky voters
who favor the free coinage of silver and
indorse the actions of William J.
Bryan.
Most of the silver papers in the state
announce editorially that they
have begun the fight for 1900 with the
supreme conviction that Bryan will
again be the nominee and be elected.
On the ather hand the editors who
opirose silver say another and more
important issue will be brought to the
front in 1900 and that the democrats
have had enough of the currency agita¬
tion.
BRYAN ISSUES STATEMENT.
Nebraskan Sees Hope For Free Silver In
Tuesday’s Elections.
A special from Lincoln says: Mr.
Bryan gave out the following statement
Wednesday: The
“To the Associated Press: re¬
turns are so incomplete that it is im¬
possible to discuss yesterday’s election
in detail. The republicans everywhere
endorse the republican administration
and in view of losses sustained by
them iu almost every state it would
se»m that republican politics are not
being endorsed at the polls.
I < The sentiment in favor of the Chi¬
cago platform shows a healthy growth
throughout the country. Perhaps our
opponents will now admit that silver
is not dead. The attempt to secure
international bimetallism has proven a
failure and it is now more apparent
than ever that the people of the United
States must legislate for themselves on
the financial question. Pree and un¬
limited coinage at 16 to 1 is nearer
now than it was a year ago. High
tariff upon a gold basis has disappointed
those republicans who looked to it for
relief.
“Taken as a whole, the returns are
very encouraging. I think I voice the
sentiments of the democracy, populists
and silver republicans when I say
that the fight will bo continued with
even more earnestness until the gold
monopoly is broken and the money
trust is overthrown. The fusion forces
increase their pencentage in Nebraska
and possibly their actual majority.
“(Signed} W. J. Buyan.”
FOUND HANGING TO RAFTER.
An Aged Woman in Atlanta Suicides or
Was Murdered.
Tlie coroner, newspaper reporters
and a crowd of neighbors were called
to No. 193 West Pine street, Atlanta,
Friday afternoon late, where the body
of Mrs. Zion Bridwell, an aged and
well known woman, was found hang¬
ing to the rafters of her cottage, cold
in death.
There may be some developments
which will point to murder, at, least
the coroner felt called upon to act cau¬
tiously, and instructed the police au¬
thorities to arrest and hold Mr. Brid¬
well, the husband. The old man was
taken in charge.
FROST SEEMS INEFFECTIVE.
Eight Death, at New Orleans With Only
Eight New Cases.
A New Orleans special says: At 1
o’clock Friday afternoon, the yellow
fever record reported by the board of
health was eight new cases and eight
deaths.
Though this number of deaths is
large.it has not created any excitement,
as it is generally conceded that it is
the fever’s “dying flicker,” as one
member of the board of health puts it.
PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED.
Four People Killed ami Snvonteen Injured
In the Wrork.
The Chesapeake and Ohio vestibnled
express, the F. F. V., from Cincinnati
to Washington, was wrecked near Old
Shadwell, live miles east of Charlottes-
ville, Va., at 1:25 o’clock Thursday af-
ternoon.
0 !njured ons were kUled and sevea ’
teen
The cause of the accident has not
been definitely ascertained, but it is
believed to have been due to spread¬
ing rails. The engine left the track
on a sharp curve and was hurled
afiaiust a rooky hill. All of the cars
except the dining car and the Rich-
mond sleeper, were derailed.
Two cars were plunged endforemost
down the steep embankment, and one
of them went into the Rivunna river,
which at this place skirts the tracks,
The day passenger coach and the ex-
press car were badly wrecked.
As the locomotive plunged from the
rails and overturned, Engineer Duke
was hurled from the cab and crushed
under the engine, besides being terri-
bly scalded by escaping steam. He
was rescued by his fireman and the
conductor.
As soon after the wreck as possible
the uninjured passengers and the
trainmen began the work of rescue
and aiding the injured. Word was
sent to Charlottesville, and the wreck-
ing train, with physicians, was imme-
diately dispatched to the scene of the
wreck.
Among the uninjured passengers on
the train were Senator Orville H.
Platt, of Connecticut, Commissioner
of Pensions II. Olay Evans and Rep-
resentative Walter Evans, of Louis-
ville.
A later dispatch states that the ac-
cident was caused by the breaking of
an axle of the first truck of the loco-
motive. The train was making up
time and the engine left the rails on a
sharp curve and rushing into the rock
hillside with terrible foace, was com-
pletely dismantled. Two cars went
down into the river.
INSUFFICIENTLY ADVERTISED.
Georgia’* New Registration Law Invali¬
dates County Seat Flection.
Stone Mountain, Ga., loses the cov¬
eted prize of the county seat of DeKalb
county by an insufficient advertise¬
ment, which vitiates the election held
last December.
Although the question has b<=en dis¬
cussed for nearly a year and has been
before the secretary of state, the attor¬
ney general, and the supreme court, it
was not discovered until Thursday
morning that the notice of election
was not advertised the length of time
required by law.
The ordinary kept the advertise¬
ment running 42 days, whereas the
registration law which supercedes
others on this subject, prescribes that
notices of county elections shall be
published 50 days before the day of
election.
DETERMINED TO RESIGN.
Peruvian Premier and His Colleagues
Decline to Serve Longer.
Advices from Lima, Peru, state that
the premier aud liis colleagues in the
cabinet insist upon the acceptance of
their resignation, tendered last week
on account of a vote of censure which
congiess proposes to pass upon the
government, because of its failure to
promulgate various measures enacted
by the special session of congress last
year.
MURDERED BY A WOMAN.
Ex-Chief Inspector of Customs Thompson
at Key West Dies of Wounds.
Phil Thompson, ex-chief inspector
of customs of Key West, was in¬
veigled by Rene St. John into her
home Tuesday night and was wounded
by the woman. He died Wednesday.
The circumstances indicate murder.
TO HUNT ANDREE.
Swoedish Government Fits Out Fxpedi-
tion For That Purpose.
Advices from Christiana, Sweeden,
state that the steamer Victoria, fitted
out by the governor of Tromsoe, under
instructions of King Oscar, has left
Tromsoe Island in search of Professor
Andree, the missing aeronaut. Andree
has been lost to the world since the
day on which he started on his memo¬
rable and hazardous expedition in
quest of the north pole.
The Victoria carries a crew of fifteen
men, and has on board Paul Bjoerwig,
the explorer. She is provisioned for
eight months.
MONETARY COMMISSION
Sessions Resumed at Washington After a
Recess of Several Days.
The monetary commission resumed
its sessions at Washington Wednesday
night after a recess of some days,
President George I’. Edmunds presid¬
ing.
The consideration of the preliminary
report of the committees on banking,
of which Hon Charles S. I airchild is
the chairman, which was under con¬
sideration when the commission last
adjourned, was resumed and probably
will be continued for several days.
The members of the commission de¬
cline to discuss for publicalion the pend¬ re¬
commendations of the committee
ing action on them by the full body.
INDIAN FIGHTER DEAD.
Col. “Rip” Ford Passes Away at the Age
of Eighty-Two.
Colonel John S. Ford, known
throughout Texas at Colonel “Rip”
Ford, the Indian fighter, died at his
home at San Antonio, Texas, Thurs¬
day, after a month’s illness.
Colonel Ford was stricken with
paralysis on October 1, since which
time he gradually sank. The deceased
was 82 years of age,, a native of South
Carolina.
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CONFEDERATE VETERANS WILL
j MEET IN ATLANTA NEXT JULY.
j
ANNIVERSARY OF THREE BATTLES.
commader* of Georgia c»mp« Hold Mca-
j ing In Atlanta ami Make Arrange¬
j ments for the Occasion.
j The confederate veterans have de¬
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cided on the date for the great reunion
to be he]d in Atlanta next year,
I , A , meetln ,. of , the ,, :,lerS , „ and ,
S t ' olnma '
representatives of all the Georgia camps
of veterans was held in Atlanta Friday
to take the first steps in arranging for
the great event. It was the reeom-
mendation of the meeting that the re-
union be held at some time between
the 20th of July and the 20th of Au-
gust. The two battles of Atlanta were
fought on July 20 and 22. The first
j 1 battle of Manassas continue on during July 21. three There- days
union will
1 and it can thus be made to celebrate
three important anniversaries,
j The final decision in the appointed matter is
; left with the committee at
; the Nashville reunion, but it is custom-
ary for the committee to choose such a
time as is most pleasing to the people
where the reunion is to be held,
The meeting was called several
weeks ago by General Clement A.
Evans, for the purpose of inaugurating
plans for the entertainment of the
veterans who will gather in the Gate
City in 1898. More than 100 repre-
sentatives of the Georgia camps were
present. General Evans presided and
opened the meeting with a brief but
stirring address.
A resolution was passed calling upon
the representatives of the various
camps to exert every effort to bring
every Confederate veteran in Georgia
the Atlanta reunion.
Another resolution thanked the city
council for its cordial invitation in be¬
half of the people of Atlanta, and
pledged the hearty co-operation of all
the state camps in making the reunion
a grand success. anticipation of
Thus the first gun in
the reunion has been fired. It is pro¬
posed to have a great crowd in Atlanta
iu ’99, and a resolution was passed
calling upon the camps in all the coun¬
ties of the state to appoint a commit¬
tee for the purpose of collecting sub¬
sistence stores and money to assist
Atlanta in taking care of the veterans.
There are at present 90 camps of
Confederate veterans in Georgia and
others will be formed before the re-
union occurs.
General Evans is highly pleased at
the success of the first step taken, and
looks forward to an unparalleled cele¬
bration.
TRAIN MAKES FATAL RUN.
Carried Death All Along the “Cotton
Belt” Route.
The passenger train on the St. Louis
and Southwestern road, known as the
“Cotton Belt” route, was ill-fated and
death marked its run Friday. Near
Mount Pleasant, Texas, the train ran
over J. G. Beasley, an ex-section fore¬
man, who had fallen asleep on the
track. He was killed instantly.
About thirty miles further west, near
Greenville, three negro children were
playing down among the timbers of a
trestle bridge. They scampered up to
the track trying to escape. They had
not been seen by the engineer and
were so close to the engine that they
were run over before being discovered.
Two were killed between the rails.
The other died an hour later.
A few miles further west, near Wy¬
lie, a passenger named J. C. Davis,
entered a toilet room and committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the head. His home was at Cedar
Hill, near Dallas. His friends cannot
account for his killing himself.
TRIAL OF CREW.
Competitor’s Prisoners Will Be Arraigned
Before Naval Court.
A special of Friday from Havana
says:
The trial of the crew of the schooner
Competitor before the naval conrtmar-
tial, whose decision must be confirmed
by the Madrid government, will begin
Monday morning.
Senor Masa Domingez will conduct
the defense.
TWO IMPORTANT RULINGS.
Indiana Judge Declare* Garnishment of
Wages Unconstitutional.
A dispatch from Anderson, Ind.,
says: “Judge McClure has passed
upon the constitutionality of the new
Indiana garnishee and the anti-waste
natural gas laws. He declared the
former unconstitutional as a whole
and all cases brought under it were
stricken from the docket. He made
this ruling on the ground that it was
class legislation aud discriminating
against the wage earner, inasmuch as
it made special provisions for attach¬
ing his earnings. He held the anti¬
waste gas law constitutional aud dock¬
eted the many cases against oil fields’
violators.
HEAVY FROST AT SELMA.
Governor Johnston Has Been Asked To
Raise the Quarantine.
3elma, Ala., experienced a heavy
frost Thursday morning with iee in
places. The board of health has with¬
drawn all objections to the return of
refugees, and by request of a commit¬
tee of business men asked the governor
to raise the embargo against Selma.
Trains on the Southern railway’s
branches leading north from Selma
have resumed their regular schedule.
THE UNION PACIFIC MONEY
To He Taken Charge of by Various New
York Hanks. ,
A Washington special of Thursday
says: Assistant Secretary Vanderlip
lias returned from a brief visit to New
York, where he arranged for the trans¬
fer by the reorganization committee
of the government’s share of the pur¬
chase proceeds of the Union Pacific
railroad.
Several banks of New York city
have made applications for the deposit
with them of such amounts of the pur¬
chase money ns the treasury depart¬
ment may deem necessary iu order
that there may he no disturbance of
the money market in consequence of
the reorganization committee’s heavy
withdrawals.
The National City bank will accept
$15,000,000; the Chase National, $2,-
000,000; the National Bank of the Re¬
public, $800,000, and the American
Exchange National and the Seaboard
National, $500,000 each, makingatotal
of $20,800,000.
Other banks will also apply for con¬
siderable amounts and furnish the re¬
quired indemnity bonds, should it be
deemed necessary.
The fact, however, that the reor¬
ganization committee has decided to
make its payments according to the
dates fixed by the court, instead of
paying the whole amount at once, will
relieve the situation very materially.
A member of the Union Pacific syn¬
dicate, speaking of the arrangements
for depositing in banks the $58,000,-
000 which is to be paid to the govern¬
ment for the release of its lieu upon
the Union Pacific main line, purchased
last week at Omaha, Neb., said:
“The transactions will be carried
through without a ripple to disturb
the financial situation. The money
will be deposited in eight or nine
banks, and more if they are able to
qualify as such depository. One bank
is ready to take $15,000,000 of the
money and it can arrange to take $30,-
000,000 if necessary.”
GERMANY IS PACIFIED.
The Haytian Afiair Ends Peaceably and
Satisfactorily.
The Berlin Post states that the diffi¬
culty which recently arose between
Count Schwerin, the German minister
to the Republic of Hayti, and Presi¬
dent Simon Sam over the arrest of a
German subject named Linders, has
been already closed “in a manner con¬
sonant with the dignity of Germany.”
The story of a proposed naval dem¬
onstration in Haytian waters is, the
Post asserts, an exaggeration and
grows out of the Coincidence of the
arrival of three German training ships
at Port au Prince.
SALE POSTPONED.
Kansas Branch. Union Pacific Railway
Will Sell in December.
The sale of the Kansas Pacific
branch of the Union Pacific railway
under the government foreclosure set
for Thursday in Topeka, was post¬
poned till Thursday, December 16.
W. D. Cornish, of St. Paul, special
master, was present, and at 11 o’clock
appeared at the depot of the Union
Pacific.
There were no bidders present and
none were expected. Mr. Cornish, as
anticipated, simply and formally an¬
nounced that under the authority of
the court he adjourned the sale.
EXTENSIVE BEET SUGAR MILL
To be Started in California on a Large
Scale by the Oxnards.
Another important enterprise in the
beet sugar manufacturing industry is
about to be launched in California by
tne Oxnards, proprietors of the Chino
factory. They have recently been ex¬
amining several different sites in wide¬
ly separated localities, and have de¬
clared in favor of Hueneme, Ventura
county.
The production of beets on 1,000
acres of land for five consecutive years
has been guaranteed for the factory’s
use at the price of $25 per ton during
the entire time.
MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN.
Governor Wolcott Is Re-Elected By a
Heavy Majority.
Roger Wolcott, the republican can¬
didate, has been re-elected as gov¬
ernor of Massachusetts by a plurality
of nearly 86,000. Revised returns
show a total vote of 163,313 for Wol¬
cott, 79,395 for George Fred Williams,
regular democratic candidate, and 14,-
129 for William Everett, the nominee
of the national democrats.
• CITIZENS’ UNION DISSATISFIED.
Claim There Fraud* in the Election and
Will Investigate.
A New York dispatch says: The ex¬
ecutive committee of the Citizens’
Union, which met Thursday night,
proposes to institute a series of prose¬
cutions against violators of the elec¬
tion laws.
The committee says it has evidence
of fraud practiced in the city on elec¬
tion day. It is also claimed that the
frauds are of such a gigantic nature as
to affect the offioial returns to a mark¬
ed extent. .
Chairman Reynolds says that some¬
body will go to prison before the in¬
vestigations are compu ted.
FROST IN NEW ORLEANS.
Dreaded Yellow Jack May Now Give Way
to Jack Frost.
A light frost fell in New Orleans
Tuesday night, but what effect it will
have on the fever will not be deter¬
mined for a day or two yet. the
It is a source of gratification to situa¬
board of health officials that the
tion has remained at a standstill, the
record of new oases since Saturday re¬
maining at 35 daily. Tuesday’s death
roll was small.
DEMON INCARNATE TELLS HOW
HE KILLED HIS SISTERS.
HE WHS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
His Four Victims Were Felled by Well
Directed! Blows From Keen
Bladed Ax.
A special from Montreal, Canada,
says: Thomas Nully, aged twenty-one,
years, an elder brother of the three
Nully girls and one boy, who were
murdered near Rowdun Thursday, was
arrested Saturday afternoon charged
with haviug committed the crime.
Ho at once made a confession in
which he acknowledged the awful deed.
Nully was taken to Joliet jail Sun-
day.
Tom and the two older sisters had
frequently quarreled, and it appears
that on Thursday he had a row with
the eldest girl, Elizabeth. Words had
been succeeded by oaths and blows until
Tom drove his sister out of the house.
Theu, according to the confession of
the crime made by him, he followed
her to the barn, threatening to murder
her.
The second sister, Annie, arrn’ng
herself with a keen-bladed ax, fol¬
lowed Tom, resolved to protect her
sister from violence, even if she had to
use the ax. Tom turned sharply
around, and before she was aware of
it, he came upon her. A brief strug¬
gle for the weapon was followed by
Tom wresting the ax from her hands
and striking savagely at her neck.
His woodman skill did not fail him.
The keen weapon was buried in her
neck and she fell dead just as the hor-
ified Elizabeth ran up to see what had
happened.
As Elizabeth turned to flee the mur¬
derer remembered her as the first
cause of his crime, and resolved to car¬
ry out his original impulse of revenge.
He chased the shrieking girl to the
barn and struck lier a blow with the
ax, felling her as he had done poor An¬
nie.'
Tom then returned to the house and
forced open the door, which the two
other children had barricaded, and
killed them as had the two others.
SHORTER HOURS OR LESS WAGES.
New Emrland Cotton Men Want National
Labor Law Enacted.
It is announced at Fall River, Mass.,
that all but one or possibly two cotton
manufacturing corporations have sign¬
ed, an agreement to abide by the re¬
commendations of a special committee
of the Manufacturers’ Association
which has been appointed to take
some steps for an improvement in the
condition of the local cotton industry.
It is expected that a shut down or a
decided reduction of wages will be ad¬
vised. Some manufacturers are op¬
posed to a shut down, urging that it
will not improve affairs. They point
out that Fall River no longer controls
the markets and that it would simply
allow mills in other states to meet the
improved demand by running over¬
time.
This is particularly possible iu the
south, and the only remedy is believed
to be in securing a national law gov¬
erning hours of labor.
Some of the advocates of a cut down
who are represented on the committee,
favor a cut beginning with the treas¬
urer and which ahply to every em¬
ployee.
WHALERS ICE-BOUND.
Eight Vessels, With Many Souls on Board,
Are Shut In.
A special from Sau Francisco says:
The fact that eight whaling vessels
arc nipped in the ice at Point Barrow,
with nearly 200 souls on board, is cre¬
ating widespread apprehension along
the coast and particularly among mer¬
chants engaged in the whaling busi¬
ness aud among sailors aud their fami¬
lies.
The anxiety has become so great
that the trustees of the San Francisco
chamber of commerce have determined
to hold a meeting immediately for the
purpose of formulating a telegraphic
dispatch to be sent to the president of
the United States urging him to dis¬
patch a relief expedition to their rescue
at the earliest possible moment.
DASTARDLY DEED OF ROBBERS.
Fiend Kills a Whole Family ami Ran¬
sacks the House.
A special from Parkersburg, W. Va.,
says: A triple murder oeourred in
Jackson county which was discovered
only Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Green, a widow, lived on
a farm eight miles from RIpla. The
family was awakened by a rap at the
door, the person desiring admission
announcing himself as John Morgan,
an adopted son. As Mrs. Green open¬
ed the door the young man struck her
with a club and beat her brains out.
He then killed the oldest daughter
with one blow, and, as he thought,
killed the younger one in the same
way.
THE ROOF FELL IN.
Fir© Destroys Saw Mill ami Several Men
Probably Killed.
Fire at Texarkana destroyed four
steam dry kilns, five lumber sheds and
over 1,250,000 feet of lumber, the
property of the Central Coal, Coke
and Lumber Company. The aggre¬
gate loss is over $100,000. The roof
fell while about forty men were under
it, and it is believed that several bod-
ies will be found in the ruins.
AGAINST IMPORTED TOBACCO.
Florida Growers of the Weed Are Dp
In Anns.
The Florida tobacco growers are up
in arms now and are prepared to de¬
fend what they believe to be their
rights. They ask the co-operation of
the tobacco growers throughout this
country iu their fight for protection
against imported tobacco. The law
regulating the duty on the imported
article has been hoodwinked for years
and the government has been the
loser to the tune of thousands of dol¬
lars, while the effects of it have kept
the industry in this country under the
thumb of the manufacturers, who are
the principal importers. The great
abuse of the law has been in the clas¬
sification of tobacco at the different
ports of entry as the following instance
clearly demonstrates:
Major Linok, the treasury agent at
Tampa, had the appraiser draw exam¬
ples from the thirteen bales of import¬
ed leaf. Five of these were pronounced
as wrapper by the appraiser, while
Major Linck thought all of them
should have been classed as wrapper.
He accordingly sent these samples to
New York, where ten of them were
classed as wrapper. They were then
sent to New Orleans and received the
information that all were filler. The
New Orleans classification would have
collected $546 duty. Tampa’s collec¬
tion would have been $1,446, while
that of New York would have amount¬
ed to $2,346;. but if the matter had.,
been left to Major Linck he would
have assessed $2,886 duty on that
small lot of tobacco.
A meeting of the appraisers of this
country assembled in New York last
Friday as a result of this instance, to
establish a uniform classification of
tobacco at all ports of entry in this
country. The manufacturers have
employed the ablest lawyers in the
country to look out for their interests,
which is not the interest of the gov¬
ernment or the tobacco growers of
this country. They wish to secure a
liberal classification for themselves,
and wish also to 'have the ruling of the
secretary of the treasury modified like¬
wise in their favor.
The board of trade of Bartow, Polk
county, Florida, which is a great to¬
bacco growing center, realizing that
the growers were doing nothing for
their own protection, and appreciating
the fact that the influence of the im¬
porters is a mighty power, called a
meeting of their organization Friday
night and passed the following resolu¬
tions.
“Whereas, the tobacco growing in¬
dustry in this state promises to be im¬
portant in its development, and where¬
as, to grow tobacco profitably it is
essential that the duties on imported
tobacco be honestly collected, there¬
fore be it
“Resolved, That the Bartow board of
trade hereby wholly and unreservedly
indorses the recent rulings of the sec¬
retary of the treasury as to the tariff’
and classification on imported tobacco,
knowing it to be in the interest of the
growers of this country.
“Resolved, further, That copies of
tips resolution be forwarded to the
secretary of the treasury, our senators
and congressmen, and that the state
press, boards of trade, tobacco asso¬
ciations, county commissioners, city
councils and all organizations interest¬
ed in the future of onr state be urged
to take similar and speedy action, in¬
sisting that the secretary of the treas¬
ury adhere to his rulings, which are
just and righteous.”
This is considered to be the- proper
step to take, and it is hoped that the
tobacco growers of every state in the
union will co-operate in the movement
which is designed for mutual protec¬
tion. It is believed that the success
of domestic cigar leaf hingesupon this
movement.
WILL ARBITRATE.
The Threatened Big Strike In England
Is Averted.
The crisis in the cotton, industry
which was threatened through the ac¬
tion of the operatives iu instructing
their delegates to inform their employ-
ers that they would not consent to a
reduction in wages, and the announce¬
ment by the employers of their inten¬
tion to make a reduction of 5 per cent
in the pay of their employees, has been
averted.
The executive committee- of the Op¬
erative Spinners Association have
adopted a resolution to accept the offer
made by the masters to submit the
matter to arbitraHoim-.
THE SOUTHERN WINS
In the Blutjhenthai * Biokert “Original
Fa«^Lag:o■ , * Whiskey Case.
Judge Pardee made a decision at
Atlanta Friday morning in the United
States circuit ©curt in the ease of Blu-
thanthal & Biekert against the South¬
ern Railway company.
The j,udge refused to sustain the de¬
murer- of the railway compatiy, but
did mot issue the mandatory order
compelling it to haul tlie goods of
Bluthenthal & Bickert into the state of
South Carolina.
The defendant was allowed five days
iu which to file au additional auswer
to the allegations in the petition for
injunction.
INSURGENTS WIN A VICTORY.
General Molina Defeated and Spanish
Loss Was Heayy.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Havana says:
The rebels in the field are very
active. On October 10 the Spaniards
sustained the most severe loss they
have met for some time. On the bor-
ders of Matanzas province General
Molina was defeated by the insurgents
under General Betancourt.