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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. ( ' 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¬ | 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.