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MAOON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1894.
yew Jttndland Bank Officials Bay
ley Are Victims of Polit
ical Prejudice.
CE LEGISLATIVE REPORT,
A PipMltlon to Uaarftalca ITnlon Bank
Kiel on at Small P«ro*nU|» Hlnad
by LU(an«ri-A Gold F«mln«
Prevail* lu Iks loloiy.
St. Johns, N. F., Doc. 2S.—There Is a
,,;oag feeling in certa.n quarters That
ho arrests of tile directors and man
ager of the Cormnercjal Bank are large
ly due to 'personal animosity, and the
surroundings lend color to this. Sir
William Whlteway and ex-Speaker
Emerson of the assembly are prosecut
ing counsel on behalf of 'the crown,
and the men arrested are all, without
exception, personal opponents, and
w?re instrumental in instituting the
election trials, by which WUIteway,
Emerson and fifteen of their parry
wore unsea ted and disqualified for gain
ing ihelr sears by bribery.
All five of the arrested men were fld-
m.rted to 'ball, two securities for $18,-
000 each being furnished for each of
thi- accused. The securities were ob
tained without difflwlty, though the
be ads were the largest ever given acre,
'the Union Bank shareholders are ag-
•j luting for e meeting now and threat
ening some -proceedings against their
1 directors, so intensely :nterest.ng
etents are anticipated in the criminal
court nett term.
Scarcely less sensational was tna ses
sion of the legislature last night when
the Joint select committee presented Its
report on the banks. Several thousand
good mtm crowded the grounds, m ad
dition to those unable -to gain admls-
slu. The report was signed by all sit
: of the committee, ft professed to he
merely an incomplete report and
»t i ted bristly that the 'Union Bank was
safe; its stability was affected by over-
• dr i wn accounts, but it was solvent ana
nl! its depositors, note-holders and cred
itors would be paid in full. They
urged its speedy extrication from its
difficulties, either by liquidation or re-
su ioption of business a nd recommended
-the prevention of legal proceedings on
th - part of noteholders for payment
of claims in specie.
■ Che Commercial Bank, they reported,
w: s hopelessly Insolvent, even if the
re» acre liability of Share-holders was
/ fully exacted. Its (books were falsified,
Its clerks had defaulted, sufficient care
/ wi :s not exercised with over-deaf Is nor
t limits on excha nge accepted, nod u»se-
\ cured advances were made without
I proper collateral.
j On the basis of this report the gov-
I terumtot introduced resolutions guaran
ty ‘ins Union Bank notes at IS cents on
th; dollar, redeemable in two years,
provisions being made by registration
of the original holders.
This proposal was greeted with
hisaes, while a suggestion by ‘the op
position that they be guaranteed at
fa e value, the colony bearing the loss,
evoked thunderous applause The
nnsses expected to be insured against
nil losses Individually.
'Xo decision was arrived at. An ex
pert in ‘banking is coming from Mon
treal. The English banks interested
sent a representative yesterday. Tne
Ulunda also brought 0,000 pounds of
specie, which is for private firms, and
1 relieves -the congestion of circulation.
It Is a veritable gold famine, which
w.ll take months to relieve, and the
number of destitute is increasing dally.
The unexpended of the fire relief
committee 13 being devoted to the re
lief of the destitute, but will be utterly
inadequate. There Is an ever-increas
ing sentiment in favor of the English
government's offer of tv loan- sufficient
to cover the losses, conditional on the
surrendering of tho oliarter of self-
government.
Tbe reports from clergymen in out-
pests of the condition of tho inhabitants
r»real dreadful suffering and urge Im
mediate stupe to prevent not alone mis
ery, but death from starvation.
LLOYD'S AGENTS ARRESTED.
Their Bujtoeas Methods Do Not Conform
to Florida Law,
Ualatka, Fla, Dec. 28.—An IJnportant
caee la now on trial before the .criminal
court. It la that of O. Doper Bailey vfl.
D> vereaux A Oarrlaon. who were arrested
ar <1 held for soliciting insurance,acting as
agents and doing a genera! Are Insurance
bueluese for Lloyds of New York. This
agency hag been advertising the Lloyds
ar d are writing largo lines, not only in
this city, but in different parts ot this
state. They claim to represent large un
derwrltera In the city of New York. They
claim to give the New York standard
form of policy and tbo names of aha indi
vl-luals Identifying the asaured. It wilt
probably be a test case as to the Veitrlct-
tona placed upon the Lloyda system un.
dee Lie Florida statutes and will be
switched with great Interest by Insurance
nvm all over the country.
OODD COMFORT FOR BURNS.
BUFFALO'S BIO FIRE. ,
Buffalo. N. Y., Dec. 28.—The loss by
la it night’s firs of the Broadway and
Fillmore avenue blocks la placed at-$2QD,-
OH and Is nearly covered by Insurance.
The heaviest losers are J. H. Kennedy of
Binghamton, 830,000; S, Wells of Leroy,
*£ ,; August Kakusche, building, ta.000;
Messrs. Hubert, building and stocks, 817,-
tot; Eckhardt A Co., furniture and dry
gcods, 818,000. The cause ot the Are is
still a mystery.
WILL BUILD IN GEORGIA,
l-nwell, Mass, Dec. 28.—It is announced'
that the stock of the Whittier Cotton
M 'Is is to be lncreeeed from 875,000 to
tr-' OfX) and that a new mill of brick, three
et-trles high, will be built In Georgia.
Seme of the same grades of goods will
be made there as arc made In DoWeli
new.
STEAMER'S CARGO BURNED.
Bremen. Dec. 28.—The shed containing
the cargo of the steamer Weathall, which
arrived at this port on the Nth Instant
trim Charleston, 8. C., was burned to
day.
Objection to (His Presence at the Con
vention of "Miners.
Pittsburg, Pa.', Dec 28.—Tbs opshlnif
session of tihe Joint convention of tile
Operators and miners of the Pittsburg
milroad district was 'marked, by several
sensational utterances, in which J0t)n
Bums, M. P., '-the great coram Oner of
England, <».m« :n for a stirring rebuke,
delivered in stentorian tones by Col. W.
P. Rend, the well-known ooal operator
of Chicago. The other feature waj.il
plain but forcible SUhtoment: of She sit
uation in ri ttsiburg mining clreJee d*
presented by John 'McBride, president
of the United Mine Workers and Pres-
idoat-eleot of "be Amertein Federation
of Labor, in which, he opefliy avowed
that the conditions today wef6 Ivorse
than prior to the general strike.
'Mr. Chapman of rlie Standard Coal
Oam-panor was ofiosem to preside. - .J.'
Chairman Obapmau suggested that
John Burns, who was in the lobby,
should be invited to a seat in the con
vention. When a motion to this effect
was made, Col. Rend arose and and
gold:
'IMf. Chairman, I object to tho court
esies of this convention being extended
to Mr. Burns, who is here for the
double purpose of ^iecnsslng labor mut
ters apd also of SMpetering ami vlJllfy-
!ng American Institutions. Mf. Burns
is a stranger in America'. It is there
fore .befitting That he shall observe the
decencies and proprieties of the posi
tion that he occupies. These proprie
ties he has conetuntly violated' by his
malignant attacks upon our Institu
tions. I would' advise ttot Mr. Burns
criticise 'the 'manners of his own la Ad,
-which he will find infinitely worse than
anything lie cap flnd_ here. I know- It
is the custom for "biursted Britishers’
to Indulge !u Improprieties. stm'-lar.. t?
those against, which 1 protest in 'me
oa ce of Jll'. Bums. I't Is about "time for
Anii'r’.t'to enaphiooil to resent the-of
fensive conduot of these men. I Sdve
no objection •wlM'tever .th listening to
the views of Mr. 'Burns upo-n labor mat
ters Or society. , dly protest is simply
directed against a glaring albuso -. that
has become tn -this country Intolerable.”
As Ool. fiend resumed his seait there
was »m unbroken silence. Mr. Bums,
who.stood, listeningafi.'the time, moved
Just« little from a, steadied position he
had aWJm-M at 1he Ibcgiiming. Ohalr-
mu-n Obapmu-n, Just a trifle confused,
arose end put tfie motion -to seatt Mr.
Burns. It .was carried, 'there being but
one dissenting vote. Col. Rend" voting
“no." Not Running a voice In the con
vention, 'Mr. Burns had to retaain s’.ltn t.
Ool. Rend again secured permission
of the floor and for half an hour ad
dressed «te meeting, tdlling too atey
of the dierptfie between miners find op
erators and the causes leading jo the
difference. Them followed President
John McBride with h'.e address.
Tbo committee of operators and min
ers on Toaohltlons was appointed and
the convention adjourned at uuoul ■
Tho convention adjourned Mils hater-
noon without readhlmg a sotUertiMiit tot
the -wage «**e. The quaatlcm Wae left
to a committee constating of oi>-
eratora, tbfee tniflaers. and three 'ilsiu-
CereBted KfizenS' at Piittebuig- .TOW
congniiAho 1riU not meet InaMe of two
week* Sfkj-trr rsw nwMWtmgtftw drs-
trtet rata srifi nsassia at 66 cent* W»
prief flttdJJtsd by ttlhe railroad coal <wr-
atom aBSociation. But 'tUineo ot the
committee "^ere awwAnted. amd lihav
reiDfletfenired tine iAlnferi. The odecatow
wlU aT7t>olm't ttheir three member* nett
H r eak . and these *lx will edeot the
three disinterested citizens. Ilho. com*
tnlttee vW fuUy lnw»tic.\!tc tJhg
of tlhe depflorable condition of alfa'lra in
tihfa district an'd suar^eSt meitJhods bv
wbioh a neourrence will be nrevenited.
G^oretarv McBride said tiho mtaerfl in
thin dlatrl^ft niaide loss than one dcHMr
h day. and 'tlfrait HC tlhte o-Deratorfl wooild
not itry and arrange a dLvtUdnfr hite It
was imjpoadlble for miners to strike
upOicAd 't/hie'district rate, as Hhiety had
no rruan 1 #^ to Hve on. The miner*
worked tfo-r lefts than one dollar a day,
aind could no*t eupoOilt thamselves. K't
alone those who were wlUihiijc to.fto on
strike for uniform nates.
AUGUSTA 13 GUI E7T. -" "
Tho Agitation Following Deteotivs
Murray'* Death Has Coojedr _rr
Aatt'usta, 6a„ Dec. 28.—The aeration
eimong (the people of the city over two
death of Detective Murray, cund which
.threatened *Jr. an early hour to end in
a lynching, has quileted down. The
state troops were called out to protect
the jail where the negro murderer, Ja-
<bez Wiggins, Is confined, asrvd the dis
play of ithe mlUttary had the effect of
deterring 'the would-be lynclhem^^roitt
snaking their appoaraunoe. *
LUMBER SHIP ON FIRE.
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 28.—Fire has been
raging all day between decks In tire.Nor
wegian ahtp Austrlana. The decks have
been burned away and the masts and
rigging axe down. At 1 o'clock this af
ternoon the hull la burning near - the
water line. The vessel and cafgo WlU be
a total Io«/i. The Austrlana was loading
with lumber and would have completed
her cargo today, 1,000,000 feet having al
ready been stowed in the hold. /The Aus
trlana was a fine ship of 1,518 net tons,
flhe was bjtlt at Portland. N. B., in 1875,
but was sailing underlhe Norwegian flag.
She was owned at Flekkefjord, Norway,
Cflupt. Jacobsen, her commander; being
part owner. ^
FOUND 'WITH THROATS CUT. .
Vaator, Mich., Deo. 28.—George
Puilmer and a*f« were found this morn
ing with their ttvroits cut lying de*d
on the floor. ThevV non went to tlhe
bam to do the work about 8 o'clock,
and when be returned he found.bin pa
rents dead. The couple had not lived
bappl.T and It Is bellved that PsVmer
JtHied the Woman and then cut his
own throat. It Is believed Mint Palmer
was mean..
FOUND DBAD IN THE ROAD.
Peeksvllle, N. Y„ Dae. 28.-June, H.
Robertson, a brother or Senator George
W. Robertson, was found In the read
near the Gospel Mission of the Seventh
ward tssly this morning frown to death.
He was a prominent citizen and mayor of
this city for nveral terms. He had been
addicted to drink and It Is supposed he
was under the Influence of liquor^last
night.
TWO STICKS ON A ROPE.
DendWoodL S. D.. Dec. 2*.-Two
Stress, the Sltaix Indian, sentenced for
a totaVnftn the murder of four
cowboys on February 2. was tovngod it
1# a. tn. today by United States Mar
shal Miller Ut the presence of flfty peo-
The Indian died easily and quick-
MORS GOLD TAKEN OUT.
Waabin*ton, Dec. 28.—The gold ,e-
•srve was materially reduced today,
standing at tie close ot business in the
treasury at 8e8.84e.8M. The loo* today
was ll.4M.Me o< which 825,000 woe ta
ken ftr export. . ..
I1B IS 1L
The UflQal luactivitj That Follows tho
Improvement for the Christ*
mas Holidays.
STOCK-iAKlM 18 NOW IN ORDER
WbolMALra «M Jobbers mt All Pilati
*, S*p*tn Oiiljr tfo4«r»t* Buying tor
tbo Spring Trod*—R«c«ns of
Fnlluros tbr tlio Y*nr.
THE B0AR AND THE PEODLER.
Nsw .Tork, Dec. 28.— Brtidstreet's <to-
morbexw will say:
“O^neral iCrade presents the usual
'holiday characteristics. A major!by of
WhcCesale deaers and manufacturers ftre
beginnlflg or have finished taking nc-
coiim ot stock or arranging seittlements
for liie new year. T*?e main’ activity
has been for Christmas specialties in
retail lilies. The pndfcfcafl conclusion
of holiday trade has brought* about a
moderate reaollon. and this emphasizes
the uuTIhess nuOed in prceedlng weeks.
“jobbers cl^itm the outlook for trade
during the late winter and eax*.y spring
Is for very conservative buying. Bult
In some lines, notably heavy textiles,
the recent cold weather has stimulated
safes, arid rriponts from retailers West
and South indicate that stocks are low
almost beyond precedent. This Is Uia-
ken ns, indicative of a better merchan
dise trade in tshe- near' future than for
Severn! years past. Thafellng sales
men, with few exceptions, are off the
road. Mepchamts generally tooHne to
the view Uh\t 1895 promise# a favorable
business, although* os indicated oplnibm
is div.ided us to whether renewed ac
tivity will mark the early months of
the coming year or not.
“Industries «re shut down, in many
Instanced to make' repairs and take
stock, and owing .to extremey low prloe#
for Industrial staples, ithe wage bove-
ment tehds downward.
. '.'Quotations for staple merchandise
dhow much firmness wl»th sugar, naval
8tares,.,tobaoco, tin an'd copper tuv
chfiWgef.
“Southern cities as formerly report
■a quiet trade tn Jobbing lines. Charies-
.t/on and Augusta report oollecMons
slow, blit at N-aShvllle, where mor-
ch-nnts regard the prospects for spring
business reasonably good, collections
arc fair. Manufacturers at Atlanta,
are dotpg little and Chattanooga, job
bers ykewiee. A morerately improved
demand for funds 1# announced from
Memphis end New Orleans, an* only
gain is a better feelme Ux the rice
market.’'
DUN & CO.’® REVIEW.
R. a. Dun & Oo.'e weldor review oC
tr.i<to txMriomow will air:
“Comnfcw*#1 failures to 1884 already
reported' to R. G. Dun A Co. number
ii.W 1&V342 toet yr<ur, wfto tta-
b#tie« of 8168,288,404 flgnlnet $346,779,-
im tost year. W week the financial
import for ISO4 will pwbairty tochida
about 400 mom fOflluree wiith liabili
ties of about $4,000,000. From these tic-
dOunts banks and banlken®, flpuacLoial
and trdnsporU'ng comnpainlea atna ex
cluded. Majnufacturtoc failures c5ready
number 2,756 acainst 8,422 kiuit year,
bUt aiibilltlea are only $64,491,287
against $nG,982,091 lost year. The trad-
Irflg ~t>xVAirc8 already number 11,314
agaihet 11,512 last year, but llabilttlos
Bitji $87,899,057 against $130,062,333
lust yeiiir. The stateinrttvt by sections
sltd»wu tv decrease of about two-tiiirds
In defaulted liabilities In the Middle
arid Oen/tml Northern stateft, oane-hrjif
llii‘”tbe West and Southwest and a
WilTrd in other Huctionu.
Revisjfin of prices for cotton goods
Was been **jhq wnfcrodling feature sines
tlto great sirrcllon and wide sheetings
have bem marked down about 10 per
c?nt;, while changes all along the Bne
Qre expected. It as no llmaer dfaputed
tt«f[ ETlli consuming demand has faillen
bftl'ow expe citation* a ha bolow the pro-
duotiem whii'dh mllhs kept up to the
hop»$ .of Inoreaeed consurttptton. Very
vfttJl# h'^k been done in woolen goods,
all waOtufog for developments after .Tan.
1, when new autieft take effect.
The market for Iron and fitoel is
warUrrg,. but ttm reduction to wages
Bt the Edgar Thompson Works, mver-
n«inig 15 per centt plainly todlcmcs
6h« sam^ dJfflcuity wrrich is, seen In
other (^tarter#, tha>t the demand do«8
not answer to the increase tn produc
tion of pCfc Iron. The shipments of rails
fo*y eleven mlonths are reckoned only
700,000 tbje, of which only 200,000 aro
for new - roods. Numerouft pn.>ject8 for
atedl buhdlng# arp ufidjer CoprtdBratloo.
but no lrm>ortani: conkmot is reported.
It fiJUics somo focKXiragcment that the
BAjo-lehtim Warica !iU.wj secured *ti con
tract to make arwor plat& for Russia,
ton the order for cast pdpe tor Japan Is
etltt to di?u7>t. Prices hive Bcairctdy
changed during the wfek, though Bes
semer pig 8ind pWlrrts are, it anything,
a dhade weaker. There is larger d?-
rriund la jhu'Ab, but in hardware, mar
•cJh.’OtVry, engtof-fl And railway structures
and materials flhe business is much de
pressed. ■Shipments of boot# and «hoe«
from Boston have been 640.471 oas?n in
thb past two mwiith^ against 584,239 to
1892, hitherto the >a r g^t year, but the
dJffere«toc about price# stiN checks <^p-
erattens;
(Kc*:iey ft» still corning to Oh’.# c'Hy to
a steady stream and export# of gold
ter tilie wefk are exs>eoi#d to bo about
$2,500,000. The dissolution of tho bond
syndicate, owing to the OanHsie meas
ure, wMch has destroyed fine market
for bonds, is the moat important event
in money circles, and la liable to re
sult In Some bid consequetvcn*. Com
mercial loans are Uliglytly Increased,
as. ’of course, may b» expected at this
nea»m. Failures 9n ttiree weeks of De
cember flviw UafbiNtfd# of $10,cr, 1,937, of
w^h/h $3,669,760 were nvmuif.iot’.JTlng
and $6,651,419 of trading contemn.
Fal.ur?i».for the week have b ?en 350 in
the United states ogato 511 last year,
and 41 Mi Canada, agatnwt 41 la«t year.
GLADSTONE’S BIRTHDAV.
V)ndo4. Dec. 28.—In anticipation of
Mr. Gmdstouc’fl birthday, wh!cti comm
on Dec.^29. the Dally New* has gach-
ersd the la»test information a# to Ms
physical edaditfon. It lenres that he Is
W almost perfect hearth, and ut able
toread ten or twelve hour* dally, in
gtjfag from riawerden to Cannes, he
wfll stop hero to vtelt Dr. Nettlesblp
the oculist who operated on hi* eye#.
.THE Alt REST OF BOWKE.
Weshlhcjton, Dec. 28.—Chief Postof-
flee Inspector Wbe*ter t/v^ v received a
telegram from Chattanooga, Tenn., eta-
ttog that Inspectors Whiteside. Jonf#
and Bulla had caused rive errmt of P.
H.. BoWke. stamping clerk of th« 8a-
vanmh postoffice for fteahn* mail.
After trio (Man Gliot the. Beast to fcho
R3*ht Ear and it WayUtd Hhn.
Oakland, Pa 1 ., Dec. 28.—Columbus Le
roy, a tto peddler, Mtopped hie horse at
a thank yo marra laet SaturdUy while
going up tiie s eophto to tihe thig woods
two mU«a nomhwieet of tiMa pfao*\ Oa
glancing back he saw ragw ^renvoi tn
the rndddJe of »ttoe road all tihe way up
tilSc hi'JI. (Ho thought It was quoor rf
one of the ia;tge socks guviipped at the
Kind end of tni»s cart jba*l fteuked rage to
Uha/t w;»y, so ho stepped f»vwn the seat
to the tcv> of hhe oaett to ttyvosttgate.
'Ae he (peered o\-or a boar wMi lto
paws Hull of rags backed away from
tihe curt, gave a gjowl, Wheeled around
and went- ambling down the rowl all a
spanking gait. I^eroy wiiot at .Ihe mis
chievous brirtie wlnh a revolver, and tho
bear piled over a fence. The psddlor
fired five nnore itnd'.s at it. and the bear
aliMtm'bled off to a safo distance to. tho
lied, where it gated back at -iflie ped-
•Her wind 0cittucihed iylgdn6fusly a*i fti
rlgilU ear until IMoy drove on up the
hill.
The peddler found that the bear had
noL onty ruLmxl h-ls bet*: packing flack,
but bad also clawed out arvd' titimipca
in tihe mud more- tlimn 1U0 t^vumiB «►£ :i«*
sorted raios. ktt Who ruga go. Und
nit tihe. top of the thill put on Hire brake
emjd sa-ifted down the Pterp aivd Sony
grade towards Blktand. ‘lUie hLgtvway
leads tin rough '.Stick -woods for more
tihan a anile, mutt Leroy (had not cov
ered more than owe-balf the diatunco
wbwn he war caughlt by tlho shoulders
a-rfid fiumg if roan hs eeat toto the burihes.
He -had (hold of 'the reimo, and <iho -homo
wfis turned inito the dflbdlL
Leroy had no nooiuer Kamitted tfhan a
bear Apranisf fi’ian tihe eaxe and matte a
«Lva>gfc diWh for ihkn. The tseddter roo*
ognized it'ho b'Aar aa t'he one (ho had
iiml alt on the either sidle of tHic toll,
and he ram. backwaitt Rind pu'lded out
his revolm*. He had metflecod to Re
load It, and -tihe bear ohnadc U!t film,
clsinned hte /sleeve off. aind took the re
volver wito It. Tine peddfior dJd so/no
quick. 'ithiwkVivg in the inexit few sec-
owds. JDo knew better tJhani to climb a
tree, and (he kojtt pel-tag the bear with
stcm'ea a*3 he backed toward Ids cant.
Tthera iwas h. brak^ahoe under tihe
seat, amd Leioy wuccecdett In getJAn^ lit
Just as t!he bear Heaped upon tih.0 near
front wheel. .He kifcw tho bear meant
to kilW him, aind (he cracked tits ekfill
wtoh Whe shoe while it was striktoar aIL
him from the wheel. The bear rolled
toto 'the road, where ft died to r few
minutes. lit bad two ibuLlet-hblevt to Hi#
right ear, mud like ipeJdller declared that
it (had imadte up ths nAhu to murder him
far wounding It, Leroy to fit tlha bear In
the road, arntt an hour latter A. M. Shop-
Van© «aa B.. H. Petom brought 1ft down
to BfiOand. it weighed 240 pounds.
EXAMUNlSftl SEELEY’S BOOKS.
The Defaulter Agisting the Bank's
Couns*# with (tho Work.
New . York, Dec. £8.-—James L. Bidfiop,
counsel for the Shoe and Lea.th?r Bank,
w$th a hookkeeper of that institution,
ha# dtflly visited tho Ludlow Street Jail
of touts, and, with the neslstance of
Bastoiel C. Seeley* has been making a
minute examxmapooj ot ths bank's
book#, with a view to obtailntog ovi-
iSance on wKJch to recover oil the Baker
••tat# gome of the stolen money.
Yesterday wa* qpent* In the examln'V
Uon of a great',pule otf book#. Today
kgaln the work > oomtinued, Seeley, to
addition to helpthMT the bank stralghiten
out these Liutorial accounts, by point
ing cast the faAs*»ctarie#, has personaA-
ly made fl .depoafltkm giving the details
of hto own crime, and of the ncrniplloity
at Baiter. A rsquark^U# toot dcve>
opoa yestenfttjrMi. .the Woric on the
axxaunta. It wah tlwit during th© test
three years Frederick Baker depoet-tMt
not a cent with the .bank, although be
drew out thousands. The sum fotai ot
ail his deposits .otoca ih& flteo.llng be
gan, it has been ascertained, does not
exceed $5,000.
Mr,. Bishop said tflinit Seeley t# veri
fying (transcripts of th? account taken
from sixteen or eighteen Inigo ledgers,
and has shown whidli eptrie# wore cor-
reot and which weeo not.’
NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH.
Fearful Ride of a Merry Dancing Party
In Indiana.
Shelbyville, Ind., Dec, 28.—Yesterday
evening William LeaVitt, accompanied by
Minnie Maple and-Burio Mitchell, stortod
from their home, four miles south ot
here, to attend a party ten mile* distant.
On returning the party became lost in
the woods, being unacquainted with the
road#. This morning at 2 o’clock County
Commissioner Henry Altman, who live#
in tho southern part of the county, was
awakened. Going to the door he met
Leavitt, who wo# wo cold he could hardly
explain what was the matter. Finally
Altman wa# made to understand, and they
went out to the buggy. Roth young ladle#
wore unable to speak and were uncon
scious. They were carried to tho hoino
and everything dono to routore thorn to
consciousness, but up to 10 o'clock this
morning all efforts had fatted, Should
they regain consciousness amputation or
their limbs will bo necessary. All belong
to prominent families.
KILLED BY HIS OWN SON,
Coleman Abused His Wife and Wo#
Ready -to Beat Her,
Jacksonville, F!a„ Dec. 28.—W. W,
Coleman, a well-known merchant ot
Baldwin, was shot and killed yester
day by ihls son Otis, a youhh of 18
years.
The elder Cofematn bad been away
from home on a spree of several days.
‘He returned yesterday and bto habit,
when to hi# cup«, began to abuse h.*
wife, and when atoout to beat her, Wn
son grdbted a double-barrelled Khotycun,
standing in a corner of tho room, and
let him harvo a full charge of buckshot
in his breast at close range,
D. J. Partake, poctmacter of Bald*
win. itelograiphed to Deputy Sheriff
Vinzant of fan I# ci’y last nltfnl to send
a coroner out. Th© coroour went and
summoned a Jury. WtoUt the verdict
w:i« has not yet been learned, but from
the sympathy in favor of the son and
the gejTerail unpopularity of t'iie farther.
It is expected that it will be “juftUUlM©
homicide.**
GIFTS FROM THE POPE.
Rome, Dec. 28.—The pope, in addi
tion to the gift of a photogr.iph of
himself to Commander Newell, print
ed the commander and otiier officers
of tins Dotrtrtt w'Ah plcUfiOrt and mo-
arios which had executed in the
Vatican. H3t hoHnesw gnvo to Com-
minder Newell a copy ot a picture by
Dormenld; to II ut. Marshall a copy of
a picture by Raphael; fij Surgeon
Amos, a copy of Raphael's Ml donna;
to Lieut. Roffem a cx»py of the Foljrlnon
Madonna and to the «KiTJr olllfer#
oopies of various other pictu r 'r#. The
p'jrpe today received the diplomats ac-
cred4tM to the Vatican, ills holiness
w'as to unusually fine spirits.
irKRZ PROPERTY BOLD.
Pari#, Doc, 27.—The real e#U#re in this
c9ty beionxirug to Dr. Cornelius (Her#,
erf Panama canal notoriety, wu sold
a't auction yes.enlay. The ramoeTty warn
divided in»> slxr.een lotw. fou/peen of
which realized an a»gnt.\pate erf 1,348.000
francs.
E IN PROTEST.
They Don’t Want to Pay tho Tola.
Loss ou the Old Capitol
Building,
CONDEMNED BY THE INSPECTORS
Air* V«nabl« Say# ft# Will Stand the
Litigation, bat Would Not Stay In
tho Building If ft Were Not
Rebuilt Throughout,
Atlanta; Dec. 28.—(Special'.)—'The city
council held a called meeting today to'
oottsider the action of the building In*
epeoton# to cojidonirulng the old capital
buildiwg, which' was partially gutted
by fire yesterday morning.
A delegation of Insurance men inter
ested in the loss appeared beforo the
council and fought agamst the con-
deimnaiLicin on the ground that (ho
building might have been a fit sub
ject for condemnation beforo the flro
occurred, and therefore I't would bo un
just to the insurance cornipoflii.a to de
clare t'ho buuld.ug a total iosu by rea
son. of the fire.
Hon. W. H. Venable, one of the owri-
erns of the property, urged the council
to sustain tho report of the inspectors.
He said ho was willing to sund the
ilLigation with the in©uiu<nco compai*
nies to adjust too loas, but dlcclared
that he nor anybody disc would siuiy
to the building after Cao discoveries by
tile inspectors.
In daterenoe to tho protest of tho
insurance men council ordered tho in
spectors to make a second examination
this afternoon* and tomorrow they will
again report In coad'ominatlon of the
building m even stroogtr terms tnan
tho first report. Tha building will,
the* afore have to came dawn, to b? rc-
pdacod by a new one out and out.
There is suro to be a good deal of
litigation aver the $125,000 Insurance
carried on the building.
(BRUTAL NEGRO'S ATTACK,
Mteo Mtoturn Struggled Desperately
with 4ho Fiend.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—(Special.)—'While on
her way to work at tho Eit^usltlon Cot
ton Mills flhortly before (J o'clock this
morning, Mins Mattie Minturn, an 18-
year-o-ld white girl, who Uvea wfrth ner
parents in BolVwood, was uiWacked by
an unknown negro.
The uegro, whoso brutal intentions
wen# not mspeotsd by the girl,
grabbed iter by tJho throat and aliinoat
strangled her. She, however, struggled
deapcroitely with her .aflsiltotfit and
finally attUficdtd other operatives by
her scrediins. They ran to her rescue,
but the negro node his escape, and
fliltSiofigh a squml of city police und
parties of men living in -toi' neighbor
hood have -been searching all day for
hkm he has not y*jt been oaptured.
* In tihe struggle wltili .tho n.'gro fiend
Uie girl’s clothing waa torn in flhrods,
and Wop neck and body bear tho marks
at ths negro** brubtil violence. r Alisa
Mimiturn- waa completcfly by
.the terrible eiicourUer, P.bci physicians
(had to be sammoflira *When she was
.taken buck 4o her horn©.
Only a f.'mr weeks ago n fllmliar uh-
etnult was made by Adolphus Duncan
in th© same neighborhood. Duncan was
given a speedy triafl nnd Is now usdrr
sentence to Jiang to January for his
crime.
A numlber of aesaults have b?eat
made by negroes upon wnrto women
In Atlanta with In HJhe past few* montJis.
No lynchings have been attempted,
but today s otftinso hcift wtlrrcd up a
good dcail of feeling, and If tho negro
should fall toto the hands of tho peo
ple living In the quarter 1 wfaoro tho
offense waa committed lie would bo
probably bo roughly handled.
OOL. TObENN’iS CHANGE.
Will Bo PflflMQger Tralflo (Manager of
•tho Plant Sjiteu.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—(Special.)—Tho ap
pointment of Beverly W. Wreun> ns
passeogor ti\i file manager of tho Plant
sysfom of railway# and steamship# will
bo announced In >tho Constitution to-
morrow morning.
•Col. Wravn 1ms sent in tils resignation
as gciDcml passenger agent of the Mem
phis nnd CiianlcHtoTi.
The olfioo to which he Is nppolnto«l
is newly created and Is tho fourth of
tho kind in tlio Unlte<l Htate*. Tim ap
pointment fokos effect Jamwry 1.
Ool. Wreoo'fl luxuLquarterg will tw la
Bavunnih. Ho was formeriy general
passenger ng^n't of 'the Bast Tcmtcssee,
Vlng.nia and Georgia for ten years and
of tho Western and Atlantic for sixteen
years.
THE GEORGIA BUILDING.
Every Indication That rim Plan WlU
Provo a Success.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—(Spociai)—dnmiary
23 has been set l?y Governor Atklnuon
end Commissioner NesbUt a# the date
for tho meetjjg of manufocnirer.s, lum
bermen and other* 'to raise a state
build.ng for tlio exposition. A circular
will be issued in a fenv dty# calling for
I tlio meeting. Already tho phut of
raising tho building by a snbscript.on
of inoney and imateri.il from • parties
who wii receive direct benefit from the
exposition of their goods, has received
subsumtlal enmuiugement, and iho ex
hibit commissioners feel confident that
it will bo a siiccchs.
8BU0B8 the slayer.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.— (Special.)—The cor
oner’s Jury, after investigating ttu> k.n-
lng of Pair! Harper in tlm Kimball
house kii<*h"it r.11 y afti»rnonn,
fixed the crime on Charles Simons, the
n'*gro boy placed under orresb last
night. Simons still denies bivliig dono
the killing, but riiero Is scarcely any
dodbt of his guljt.
FLORIDA'S EXHIBIT.
Atlanta, Dec. 28.—Florida will have a
unique exhibition at the exponttion. It
will consist of a phosphate j>yraml<l lot
feet square and fifty feet high. The
Plant Investment Company, through Its
land department, will make thi* exhibit
for the Mate. Tho exterior *WIII be cov-
er*'i with pebble, phosphate and the in.
tertor will be highly finished in natural
wood and filled with the best products
of Florid#
RU.V OVER BY TUB TRAIN. -
Ilorr.ble {Deft'Bj ot a Oomlur.toir on tlio
S. A. A it. Raul.
Amwricus, Doc. SB.—(Spool si.)—Con-
ductor Baracs. one ot 'tlio inwst trusted
frclfflit tolo conductera oa tlve S. A.
& M. roid foil from. 0 TreljUt tedn to-
cLiy tvSien. Mio train was kicking m at
Smith, Tiwrnius & Co.'s mill at Seville.
The wheels of tlio trucks ran over him,
copjptatetjr severing uisdxnly in twain.
Mr. B.u'nes lately curaU hero f.-oni
Netnkn. Ills body (tir.YCd tu Amori-
oiui on ill0'11 p. ni. pusseugcr Itraln to
day.
Today tlhorn Is an air of quietude and
a looking down to business amojig our
people 'Chat allows more hope nod do
tenn'.a&tlon 1.1 tail usual to mike next
ytvi.v n propoperous oue hy 'herd work
and oconamy and good management.
GALA DAY AT FIX)VIEDA.
Masons Enjoy a Fine .Meeting and a
Big ‘Banquet.
Flovll’n, Dec, 2S.—(Special.)—Yester
day 'Was a gala day for tUio 'Masons of
FLovlllu, Never luive itlioy •wMnafsed
a 4 imor'o oniloyaWe oocasten or even a
finer spread of (too good tUbga of life.
After an inrornv.il meeting at die lodge
room, where nI/ou!t itwenlay kidln woro
luken lnllo tlho nllultonn of Masnony,
taking 1I10 degree of Master's Daugh
ter, t'ho body, numbering nibuut
ono hundred, were nmrchcd to
the PlovlU-n hoted, where everything
was In reddlMM to suttsfy tlio hungry •
crowd. Mr. and Maw. Miller, nb'.y os-
stated by dim. Dan Tthnrper, lead pre
pared a repqdt good- enourf'.i for the |
gods. The dlntng lLall avas most slyilsli-
ly decora tel nnd <h8 table 'literally
groaned wl'Jli till tthc delicacies ot tlio
season.
IjaBt nlfillit 'ICie iPlovllIa hand give n
fine en'toruilnmenit tie the Academy.
Tlio boys Jiaivo made wondei'ful Im- ‘
provomemli and acquietqtt iheinael.Vv'a
ImimUflitly, and bid It been for
tho extremely ooVi night iUki honso-
would Hia.vo ibeeiv crowded. All Ware
well .plcttswl itMtfl 'thi! entiertialnmen't
and luvnmuinicA It c decided eucoess.
IJ LIVELY CORDEfjB.
Hog K1 lillng to Town—'Five Can JWatcs
for dihe Mayor’s Ofilce,
Condle, Dec. 28.-~(Spectol.)-Ooraelo
citizens n<re haivlnff at big tiimo klTTufg
ihogs. Beaivcs and •hogs are allowed
-to run on th© streets boro ivnd many
o»f too citizens lhavo tonga droves of
porkcra, . ,
Five candld'nJtos nro explntoig »to our
ipooplo their repoeotlv© fitnoas for tho
(mayor's place, Whlla only thirteen tow*
flinnounoed tholr wir.'lngncss «to servo
(ib aiktermcn. Tho election comes off
in «»bout ‘tien days. . ... _
(Mr. Jim Ray, <b prominent citizen of
Coney, is with us today. Undo Jim
says I'hls 1« tho liveliest Chrlatmoas iho
M# over Been In Doo-ly for tlio size of
too Jugs.
Oarttclo continue# to grow In spHto of
too dull rimes. Atoout twenty-flvo new ,
formahni'vo boon otpened up In this vl-
cloiity 1 during tho tpaat sixty day# nnd
(tibout thirty dwell!ngo arc In course ot,
proctlon. Cordelo expects a now aull-.
road from hero to Hnwkluavlllc.
NORTH GEORGEV’S GOOD BATING.
Editor Reynolds TWTfl How IHs Peo
‘ plo FUTOr- , '
Dalton,’ Dee. 28.—Tho following cdflto-
rinl comment show# toht nil of Geor-
giUt*t ltog.ond fkimtoy glory »loo» wot
butong to tfio southern portion of too.
Ktato, I-t, 1h from tho pen of Editor
Reynolds, wlioeft work is brrnglnp Dol
ton prointoefitly to tip© fflont:
OQTr esteemed cofiiompornry, tho At-
'liLiitTL Journal, linn too following edito
rial i*iAigmph U»wt week:
“A purk-pacWtoff cHUblishmc-nt will
bo a njovclty In Georgia. VaJdowta will
soon davo one, unid Albniny will follow
sullt. Georgia Ww mado up Itor mind
tx> rail#© tow own hog nmd hominy."
If tlio usually well pwted/ ecIJtor had
ever cured to oa«t JiJ»* oyo 11 fho direc
tion of North Georgia, he would loos
(knee have found what ho otafcm wil bo
.a novelty In GeorjrftP—a poric-packhttf
astabllMUTifint hero In DaJrtan. Daw# te
fion have for years b-en making nU
Idled# of RfuiAtii^e, head chro#e, rond-r-
4rtg Inrd, Risking Ihtirns, dhouldsm nnd
side 'meat. Right now they have over
100,000 pounds tn their linm-nso rc-
frlgcrat, w, l< * ih!i»i“ing <1 illy to
Albutny, Voldodta, Augusta, Mcntle,
Rivantn.ili, Brunswick, Hebna and
ClmrleStcm. Tlv.y are butchering from
200 to 300 head of hogs a week, und,
wCiiat ts purtiou-fariy phasing, theio ■
liiogi (Sri) homo-noJsed. Tho cKtabyoth-
moiHt'n kfttlejrondored kird is in such
demand tba'* they ermnotthnet It. Ed-
4b*r Rtcnrdion flhouitt com© up and
ait scene ciKifiOtvidmilga and spnreriUi
whero they tiro grown right.
TOO COLD FOR CROWDS.
A Bad Day for Racing at the Now Or
leans Track,
Now’ Orleans, Deo. 28.—Owing to tho
extreme c.tld, tho attendance at to©
races today was very poor, many of
toe regulars absenting 4 thcvnseltvc* and
those fow who braved Urn weather re
grand ©land, was entirely resorted.
The ruce* js a whole woro fairly
well contcited, Burrell’s Billet and
Johnny MoHale • were too winning fa
vorites. •
Elberon, (Mtat Pickens amt XJnoC©
Iiuk© wan the remain lng events easily.
Johnny MdKule in the last race wu«
cut as a good thinar and not n few of
toe (oleflit nvoro In porf.-yujabai of th© tip.
The youngster, with Lonme Ciuyt. n
ujj, won in a vr.Uk. Tito track was
quite hard and tho rflmc, a# (i result;
was s’ow. AttciKlanc© about tOO.
DIED OF* HYDROPHOBIA.
Lynchburg, Va., Doc. 36.—W. II. Lind,
lay. an aged citizen of Bedford, died yen-
terday from hydrophobia. About mix
months ana si rabid dog In tho nelshbor-
hood of Clay’s Crossing bit soverul cat-
tie and horsti apd all of tho animals were
taken with hydrophobia and ha/1 to b©
killed. The dog was owned by Lindsay,
who hAd n wheelwright's shop at Clay’s
Croealng, and he was bitten. L!ndwiy
■offered no III effects until fast Baturday,
when ho wan suddenly taken 111 nnd tho
physicians saw signs of hydrophobia,
such ns aversion to water, etc. Nothing
could ho dono for him and ho lingered
until 3 o'clock yoatorday afternoon,when
he died. Ho was 83 years old and ono
of the best known wheelwrights tn ihu
section.
WILL TAX THE POLES.
•Little Rock, Ark., Dec. L8.~The city
council hint night In adopting a llc^nno
ordinance «•!<!• «l & now section taxing
te>graph. telephone and electric light and
power poles &•> cento each per annum.