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1 / /' h * TIRAPH: 3 THE MAC ■'rr 1 ^,) '"VfW E1EGRAP V tiag^^iiblUhUf ,Ce H PtbUihw. 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.