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MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1897
r’s Eeccptiota at the
White Hoh*.
MJflhMW WEB! THEBE
|AXD M1U.
i Decomtlow WW AH litleallr Ar>-
Iaa4tkeVMiCrowd Mat.Tk
*t An»MlhocepUo» . FloM.n-
ho AdrntoU trot ion.
>ty»o
Ishlngtoo, Jon. 1.—1 'ha annual f
’eor’a deception at the White
took pice toflay oc< wording to a
iestabltahd custom.
the yeaw ordeal of
nlatreja
they mui
1 thousam
I he |
tlvt i
It coneti-
president
ve mansion,
• Jtlth aev-
lovvcll irettr
leg?* .lumber of ^iallngulehed
the executl
shake handjb
of their
they bore thi lr part he-
I however, and loot
ding as they dt(
ed aa treeh
at the be
at New Tear's da’ r, the orowd
gated, in and w Itnesaed tbe
' Very large. It was the
J of Its Rort in! which Mr.
Iveland will fljgure a* the
naracters, and] this may
jbsponnible in part for the
araded cor|rldors and
Eurlng the time set apart
ption. The interior of the
1 been lavlehljy decorated
|on of the tropicJe was giveL
• of the decorative arrange,
■the dainty oval-shaped blue
|fflclal chamber o,f the While
itB delicately! tapestried
artistic effect wis well caf-
t was In this apaJrtment tbit
hi, Mrs. Cleveland and the
lrty stood. Softfhued globes
le gleams of electric light
he room. The tlwo mantels
M in solid masses of cfct
|es of many varieties and
1 other blooms that the con-
oC-the ns&nslon , could give
Ire were draped in smllat,
Icintillating pendants of tile
Indellcr were profusely on-
|h the delicate creeper. In
t throe windows yvas a state-
an ereca and] the others
rthla variety—while smaller
i banked around them to-
t azaoleas and fetns. In tjhe
' were ferns galore and the
l was completed bp fringes, ot
ijles around the doors and cfor-
fa room held a profusion of ball
^ants and palms. fjardfcicJ.es
tinge holdiisb grovfng
Imported well with fthc pertka-
lo-tags of the greenl rooih. Irn
Pr^brridor leading from «■»
room past the leceptloiL chambj
ivate staircase at t|he west
“ enOker trees
Miss Stevenson, Miss
, Mrs. Ramsey, wife of
.■y; iMts. Matthews, wife
Matthews; Mrs. Qoodloe,
Stanley 'Matthews, Miss Mitchell,
William O. Rice.
je first to greet the president was the
British ambassador, sir Julian Pmunce-
fots, dean of the dlpkmratlo corps. He
was accompanied by Indy Feuocefote
and daughters, and the attaches of the
BrfUah legation. Next caone the ambae-
sadoM, of France, Italy and Germany.
With their legation staffs. After these
caste tbs plain ministers, headed by Senor
Romero of Mexioo and other diplomatic
representatives in the order of their rank
A year agaa Chinese woman was seen
for the first time at the opening function
of the official social season. She was
Mrs. Fang Yu, the wife of . the envoy
from tho Flowery Kingdom. Today she
came again, and (rested finite as ranch
interest and comment as she did on her
previous appeangice at s new year's re.
ception. Her wonderful silken robce were
the admiration of all the women pres
ent, while every man pronounced her as
as a picture, and not a Chieues
S either. Her attractive little
beneath a curious head <Tro
that fairly glittered with precious stones.
She drew tn© lion’© share of attention,
even more than her husband and the silk-
fowled member* of his suite. Yang Yu’s
costume was resplendent. In his wake
came hie fcecreturies and attache*. It
la probable that the participation of the
wives of Chinese (ministers at official so
cial functions will fee a permanent thing.
Mr. Yang Yu will fee succeeded this
year by another distinguished fellow
countryman, and 1t is safe to say that
his European wife will exercise all the
pwrogufives to which her sex entitles her
in her native hand.
The presence of Mrs. Yang Yu waa
not the only mark of Oriental advance?
meat «t the reception. When the Koreau
minister and his suite were announced,
the spectators who erased their nocks to
see the odd head dresses and gowns In
which they*.had been accustomed to see
the representatives of the Hermit King
dom attired, met with xi disappointment,
for they had discarded their picturesque
oostume for j.he conventional garments
of European* civilization* appearing iu
them for tho first time at tl* New Year’*
disfunction.
HE’S ON A STILL HUNT.
Senator-elect Money Prowling
in Cuba
FINDING OUT THE FACTS LOVE FOR LITTLE LEILA
ABOUT THE CRUELTIES INFLICTED
ON THE CUBANS.
Mr. Money’s Investigation Is His In
dividual Work as a Citizen, Bat His
Report Will Doubtless Have Mach
Effect on Congress.
e last of the dipiomats to pay bii
respects was Senor J, D. Rodriguez, the
first representative*of the Greater Re-
ublle of Central America (Honduras,
ficaragua and Salvador).
Secretary Olney, who had made the
resentaction of the members of the dip-
. Mnatic feody, stepped to the rear a is the
last of the foreigners had passed, and Col.
Wilson took his place to Introduce those
who followed. Chief Justice Fuller led
the lino of grave-looking justices o-f the
federal supreme court; Chief Justice
Noht, the new presiding officer of the
United States court of claims, was fol
lowed by his associates on the bench;
Chief Justice A Ivey of the court of ap
peals of the District of Columbia, mem
ber of the Venezuelan commission, pre
ceded the district Judiciary. Then «une
ex-menvbers of the cabinet and ex-min-
laters of the United States.
iMajor-Geneml Miles, attired in his full
uniform, a broad golden scarf across his
breast indicating that he was the com
manding general of the military forces,
led the large contingent of army officers.
Adjutant-General Rugglea and the vari
ous brigadier-generals who preside over
the bureaux of the war department, were
Immediately in his rear.
Rear Admiral Ramsay, Rear Admiral
Walker, Commodores Matthews, Bamp-
•on, Hichborn, Melville and a number of
other well-known officer© composed the
naval jcontliigetat. Col. Haywood, th
Special to The Telegraph.
Washington. Jan, 1.—The Cuban ex-
rcsB petition ot Senator-elect Money <14 be
ginning to attract attention here. Mr.
Money Is a Democratic leader and a
man In whom there le great confidence
on both aides of the house. He has the
nerve and the determination to care
fully sift affairs in Cuba and le expect
ed to (bring back with hhn the exact
facta. Whatever he says, no matter
on what aide, will have great Influence
and may yet have an important bear
ing on the settlement of the Cuban
question in congress. He is a .member
of the foreign affairs committee of the
house—also of the naval committee. It
Is understood among his friends that
he will try to secure .information from
unofficial sources, and that be will have
comparatively - little communication
with Consul-General Lee or the Span
ish commander.
•Mir. Money Is a persistent, etrong-
•illed man. and If he contas in con
tact with Wevler there will 'be fun, es
pecially If Wevler tries intimidation
of any kind. The friends of the ’Mis
sissippi man are looking for something
The Murderer of the Aliena
Talks.
MADE HIM INSANELY SUSPICIOUS
OF HER RELATIVES.
J t^eeR .Mnd pafiffi, navai iconruigeeit. kjoi. H?ywood, the
or decorative putvlaea kg'gii^uoomuiandlint of the marine corps, led
' that coul* he obUutiu!
HiBary to accammodntt' the <lc,n
hioving throng. j 5
I who paid their rcs;Jec«:s to th'
and Mrs. Cleveland parsec
e receiving chamber into /the
oom and thence lntL thrt «h a -
■aat room, the scene elf no mkny
pal occurrences. 81 J - * -
f is the ordinary capaj
Jrtmcnt. Today It wai
|fortable degree with
Ylcers of the army
to muiiy n, g
<er of ladieA^^
not so crowded, however, as to
table to see and appreciate the
J beauty displayed. As IP every
■part of the interior, tbe east room
.those under him, and after them came
Gen. OrdAvay, and the general staff of
the militia of the District of Columbia.
Senators and representatives in con
gress had struggled along before anil be
hind the militia and naval people. Speak
er Reed bowled past the receiving party,
attracting considerable attention. Sen
ator Sherman and other veteran wearers
of the toga were also present. Black frock
coats became the rule at this point, and
hundred
.y of (this
iled tA an
qrcdgn *n-
and nfrvy,
s*naior8(
datives,, and n\aasdstan’a to the heads of the executive
largo number or and .the heads of govern-
meni^i.bureaux.
CarrylTJX their tattered battleflags
came the afiwoelated veterans of the war
with Mexico,-tJWr^Pwed down with the
continued for some time. Passing along
In the order assigned came the regents
and secretary of the Smithsonian Insti
tution; the civil service commission: tho
from Havana every day about ibis do
ings. The Impression grows ifrir'^ger.
that President Cleveland Is preparing
a special measure to be sent to con
gress on the Cuban queatJoin. It may
not be as pro-iSDainish *6 the stories
make out.
a chandeliers and corjnlcei twined
emilax. Trailing asparajpis also
u -d a graceful drapery. Tile white
hlercs on all the mantels hjeld Chi-
jprljyAJses, rubber plants and cine-
pDate and cocoamit palms spread
J foliage high over the head* of the
henading guests. The brejud and
I east window was a mass of pom-
i palm?, and grouped about the
»m of these were ferns a plenty.
I mirrors, the embrasures, Jhe flre-
were oil suitably arranged,
even o’clock was the hour **t for
beginning of the reception. .Before
time members of the diplomatic
,f, ambassadors, minister*, attaches
their wives and daughters
to arrive and wepe ushered into the
room, where they awaited ihe sig-
to pa^s along the line. Out in the
Me lobby the United Btatts rnarlne
under the leadership Of Profes-
ir.ciulll. watted the KlgttBl to play,
.ply Fanciulll waved hie baton
various instruments burrt forth
veil known air of "Hallto the
■Down the private siircase
■resident, Mrs. Clevcl* C, the
Jif the cabinet ana tjtir Ia-
|y Col. John M. Wil*or(6f the
ile* army, superintenirtt of
dings and grounds ar I mas-
Imonle*. Mr. and .MruA’teve-
b-Pre«ldent and Mr*. Iteven-
Itary and Mrs. Olney, Recre-
Ll/Mrs. Carlisle, Atlorn«y-G«n-
R Mrs. Harmon, Postnastcr-
■and Mrs. Wilson, Secret*^, and
Vrbert, Secretary andM*. La-
lecretary and Mis* hf^jn. **¥»
| y and Mrs. Fra nee* J <Jimpc*s-
Lession, passed along) JJJ corri-
Ithe blue room and MJJ their
line president and wECteve-
|>nc end, with Sectary* ’5
op at their right, *|'P thu Iu*
‘ g a line aero** apart
cabinet officer* » )d«*tly
the rear and er'B d into
with some of '^ifladie*,
REFORMS FOR TfTW ANTILLES.
Spain Inclined to Graut Hroador Liberty
and Right* }o Cuba.
Washington. Jan. 1.—-Senor Do Lome,
■the Spanish minister resident here; fur-
nteCies the Southern Aasoclated Press
the following copy of a telegram from
Foreign Minister Tetuan:
In the cour.'cll of ministers presided
over -today by her majesty the queen
regent, a roval decree was signed,
which applies to the Island of Porto
Rico, the laws of reforms and voted in
the cortes on the 15t»h of Marchs 1S95.
The preamble to this decree is of the
greatest importance because of the
f tatements It contains regarding Cuba.
It begins by explaining 'the reason*
why the reforms are applied-today and
wr*.»refore this hue not been do’jb be
fore. Amongst other paragraph*, It
contains the following, which, owing
to their invoortanee. I copy in their en
tirely:
“In the actual circumstances the gov
ernment considers that tho proper time
ha»arrived for clvlng to the worlcVam-
ple proof of its firm resolve to fulfill
the engagements voluntarily contracted
by the nation, and carrying Into effect
at Porto Rico the reform system of
government and civil administration,
voted by the cortew and sanctioned by
•her majesty, cind which, conveniently
enlarged and extended, will be applied
in due tlnvA to Cul>a. •
“In unfolding the bases of the re
forms with that scrupulous care which
the complex nature of the case and Its
many and varied problems demand, the
undersigned minister -has been inspired
with *a sense of the necessity df ample
administrative decentralization and has
proceeded to the utmost limit, which
the actual law allows, without diminu
tion of the inherent sovereignty of the
nation. A t tho same time, true to the
solemn promise made before parlla-
__ mart fey its prefUdent, the government
Grand Army of the^RepvftJie. the Loro l [proposes iojfbn * nyw nmph^ scope
Legion, the Union Vcbwnn^ legion’Sfl'klTcraifi
weiidit of years; tfieii jnetnfecrs of th«’
He Thoaght The? Had Made a Plot to
Kill Him for III* Money—ne Ila* Em
ployed Counsel and Has Money
in the Bank.
1
Atlanta, ^Jan. 1.—Ed Flanagan, the
man who made a bloody attempt to
exterminate the Allen family at Pop
lar Springs, Do Kalb county, Iasi night,
was allowed to see and trlk to news
paper reporter* this afternoon, after
repeated efforts had been made (o pre
vail upon his attorneys for interviews.
Lust night, after being landed In FuU
ton county jail for safe fcecblng, Flana
gan sent or Judge George Hillyer to
represent him. No one was allowed to
see the prisoner up to the arrival of
his lawyer, and after Judge Hillyer had
had a conference with him, he issued
orders prohibiting newspaper reporters
from communion ting with his client.
The statement was given out that Flan
agan was too drunk when brought to
the Jail 1o talk to any om>, but thero/fs
some mystery surrounding his alleged
intoxication, lie had hod a drink or
two without doubt, but thesis no
ground for tbe belief that t|io,prisoner
was kept out of reach of reporters last
night so as to bring him within the
plea of drunken insanity when put
upon trial.
This ipornlng Glenn & Rountree were
also retained to defend Flanagan. At
first they Joined Judge Hillyer in re
fusing to uUow the prisoner to be in
terviewed, but this afternoon the doors
were opened, and Flanagan mado a
statement for publication, in which ho
gives his tide of the bloody affair. His
Interview was evidently well thought
out, and when he goes to trial the de
fense will be made out along the line
of hi* statement, with tho addition of
the pica of temporary insanity.
Flanagan’s statement adds new hor-
ro.*s to tho bloody tragedy, lie adds
to the blood stains upon Ills own hands
in the killing of old Mrs. Allen, the fa
tal shooting of Miss Black and tho
wounding of George Allen and his
father an accusation of terrible dis
grace-to the Allen family. lit* accusa
tion is) Indignantly refuted both by
tho family and the neighbors who have
known all about them since their resi
dence at Poplar Springs. It is possible,
however, that Flanagan believed or
imagined the things to be true which
caused him to commit his bloody as
sault. He* had repeated to Dr. M. A.
Purse these things, and If they are not
true, the defense will probably urge the
fact that tho man's mind was harassed
by such'thoughts as an evidence of
his beclouded mind.
Flanagan say* that he loved Miss
Leila Allen, the 12-year-old daughter of
George Allen, the first of the family
whose life he attempted to .take. He
hadv been InfnJtuated with her, and he
says she reciprocated this feeling M
(him for some,time. He wanted lowed
her and had propos 'd for her hand to
her parents, who did not object, only
asking that he wait un'Ml »he was a
little older. This he -agreed to, a-nd
mis 'hxpnlly and ipa/tlontly watching
the growth and develo(pmc.n't of 'hi* In
tended-bride. whon he was horrified by
the discovery that her own father was
a brute, his -conducti toward the child
being too foul (to relate. This discov
ery, he claims. Is ikho motive that
prompted him to first kill the father
and then end his own existence.' Life
as no longer worth living to him, but
before killing himself he wanted veng
and had to go to Dr. Purse to have them
treated. It. o<vurred to mo to tell Dr,
Purse ail about the situation, and I did
so. After this, when I would go to
Dr. Purse 1 would meet a young man
whom I was told was Dr. Love, a medi
cal student. I thought though that he
was a detective hired by the Allen fam
ily to find out what I had told Dr. parse.
It seemed that I wtw Wing watched by
them all tho time, and they would not
Jot me and Ix'lla get together. They np-
Pcared to bo as friendly tis ever, though.
“Oneo I went -to see Father Kennedy
and told him my troivMo. I offered to
give him a thousand dollars if he would
take Leila away from home ami put
her in a convent. lie oaid ho would send
her to a house of correction if site was
willing, but as it was her father who
was a brute, it was ho who ought to bo
sent. I hud -made up tny mind to get
away from here, but Dr. Purno told mo
to wait tilt my hand got better. With
things In each shape I didn’t ever want
to put my foot on Georgia soil again.
"Yesterday evening I told them I wan
going to take a walk. It seemed that
they were all watching me. Miss Slack
said she’d go down to the ear line with
mie, and If I wanted to go as far as De
catur ©he would go there with me. Think
ing that they wore 'watching me, and
1 lying to And out. what I told Dr. Purs-
and that they were after my money, I
thought it waft about time to put iiu end
to It. I’d rather die, I thought. Then I
went ito my room and drank a tumbler
mid a half of whisky. About 11 mo for
supper 1 heard' whistle* blowing All
around m« and some dogs barking. I
thought the police were after me, mid
when Allen came in the Uni ok way in
stead of the front way I could neo that
something •wrong was going on, but
they were all a© friendly ns ever to me
during supper. George Allen g<»t up and
got mo a drink of water. After supper I
went to my room and got out my pistol
and put Homo cartridges in my pocket.
I decided to kill myself and George Alien,
tod. He was the one I wanted to g**
away with, and I won't out. into the hall
and shot him through the curtain*, an he
was getting up from table. I took good
aim at him, and when he fell, I thought
he wan dead. Then my courage to shoot
myself failed me, and I jumped over his
body to get away. I was going to Jump
the fence In 'the back of tne 'house, but
the door through which I wanted to get
was blocked 4»y old Mrs. Allen and Miss
Black. They tried to. stop me. They held
on to me so tight that I was obliged to
shoot to get loose. I guess the lamp was
knocked over In the scuffle. I just shot
any way. When I jumped out into the
ball again, Mrs. Allen,, George’s wife,
caught: me, and as I did not want to hurt
her I would not shoot, any more. I did
not want to hurt any one but George
Allen."
Mis© Black, the young sister of Mrs.
Allen 1« not expected to live. The physi
cians today alwmdoned all hope, and her
death is looked for at any time. Miss
Black wtw engaged to 1k* married to W.
H. Epps, a conductor on -the Consolidated
line, which runs In front of the Allen
home. The wound of George Allen is not
n serious one, nor is that of old mnn
Allen, his father, who was struck sens*-
loss by a blow' on the bond from the butt
of Flanagan’s pistol.
The struggle of Mr*. George Allen with
the infuriated assassin was a most ter
rible experience. All tile furniture In the
house from the dining-room through the
room occupied by obi 'Mr. Alien and to
the kitchen bears marks of blood to tell
the desperate story of the brave wo
man’s flyUt for life. Blie grappled with
Flanagan in the hallway, part of which
was iwcd for a dining-room and where
the first shot* were flred at her hus
band, and the struggle continued on
through the bouse to the kitchen, where
the murderer was finally disarmed. In
the Debt he exercised all of his maniacal
strength to free himself from tho ter
rific! woman and to get In position to
shoot her, hut: her terror gave her mi-
perhuman strength, and tills only snved
nor life, as well a* the lives of the other
people who were wounded, for If re
leased, the murderer would In all prob
ability have returned 'to finish 1ho
a tighter.
Berioiis fears were felt by tbe author
ities tonight that there would be an ef
fort made to take 33d Flanagan, tho De-
Kalb county murderer, out of the Jail
by a mob. He would undoubtedly have
been lynched had he been allowed to re
main in the DeKulh jail last, night, In
stead of feeing quietly brought to Atlanta
for ©ifo-kceping.
Sheriff Austin, who the man un-
Miss Kate Camp’s Assailant
Stning Up.'
GREAT CROWDS GATHERED
TO WITNESS THE EXECUTION Ol
THE BLACK CRIMINAL.
Th* Body W*s Turned Over to Relatives
and an All Night . Wake Was Held
Over It-Story of the Horrible
Crime for Which He Swung.
Albany. Oft., Jan. I.—Sankoy Oun-
nlntrhu-in. the young negro who made
a murderous and brutal assault on iMIm
Katie Camp, daughter of Air. Janie*
Camp, near this city on Dooemiber 3.
was -banged in IHe county Jail yard to
day.
Curun Ingham. It will be remembered,
was a trusty In tho county chain gang
and hi* victim W'as assaulted In hor
home near the chain gang stockade.
Tho arrest of (the negro and thie flight
of tho offtcem with him to tho J3H»b
county Jail to keep hhn from belag
lynched, arc miatters which -have been
fully reported in -tllw**e dispatches.
Judgo ftponoe had tho pilsoner ar
raigned just a -wcok after'tho <*vlmo bad
been committed. !I« was promptly
rotwfoteri and sentenced to death and
was returned to tall 1n iMaoon, whore
he remained until Thursday. Today he
was -hanged a» alxvvo staled. lie nrwni-
fested guilt on the gallows and clatlnied
to have made Deuce with God.
A great crowd oamo to town to w
the hanging, und freight oar*, hom*
tops and every other available foot i
apace for block* around, from wthli
the gallows could fee ee-en, wa« covei
by curlouH eDootatora. Thore was
excitement and tho execution
nff quietly. The drop fell at 11:4
Cunningham was pronounced de
nine minute*.
Tonight Cunningham'* body I* i
In <ono of tho colored churches If
southern part of the city, and rdU
and friend* aro holding an all-i
woko over it.
Cumvlingham was * convict
three years for bufigier>*
trusty in the convict oain|> at
worked. On 'the day of t/uo,
went to a well at. a hous-
ounip and mv<tomlodJ to have]
a bucket of water. Alls* Kaf
a young lady highly respect®
co-mmun-itv In which wh-e livi
alone In 'the house where 'Uhl
went to get the wafer. While i
Viet, wcih there another trusty .
ud said ho h-ad a note for Ml*
from her brother, who was
the ortinp. Cunningham asked
other tr.ist v to give h'lm the note
•onId deliver dt. Ounnlni^ham j
the note for (the young lady «uUL
to the door of the houoc. MJesI
oaime to -the door when t:all«d,
knocked, down l»v the bruto
piec>e of Iron. Her skull was
and the negro succeeded in <
ing his pur do ho. However, i
ed, and in a elrort time i
otvmo to the house.
(Borne moment* after,
the young lady rerovci
for ii moment and
Ounningham. A
and a hunt wan *f
oal. V' unT1 * n<l
office#* and <
Jail for safe
the Bouthrwe
a-bovo Alb^
lng.
Oldest In habit n afs’ Association of
the District of Columbia.
It was nearly 1 o’clock when the p»Yu-
lic reception began. Men. women and
children of nil walks of life passed In a
seemingly endless procession through the
reception rooms. For each Ihe president
and Mr*. Cleveland bad a smile and a
handshake.
At 2 o’clock the doors were elo*ed,
and the last of the most trying social or
deals of the Cleveland administration
was over.
that contin
•ted “behind t
jeMnd the line
ol Senator El
life of Senator Gear;
* of Senator Gordon:
Wnntor Hale: Mrs. I i. wUc
■tnc Lod*«: Mt> 15m
r RH; Mrs. Frsaldi
’ York; Mu. Cow«, M
Urrlson, Mil. VcCon
I os. Miss Turner, lit
| Mrs. Wsehlnetoo, Mr*.
Mr* ThonSer,
■ Tturter; Mrs. DW*
nmlin. Mrs. Ooorjwi. r
* com
ine.''
Mm.
Mr*.
k. Oor-
l. Bale.
_r». Conrail.
snmirftfn. DI<kW n
wife otihr comptrol'
y; Mrs.’Harriet E. I °
iann-r ladj of thV wl*
rr. 14ft of Chief Ji
ns >.w Prckhsin. Jr.;
tmon, Mrs. Minot,
Ifif. Jtalph Cross J,
*ya!ler. Ml*.
* TSefi
riff of
artlett
iraper,
•K Mi*s
Wftda-
•d© M.
Ytvftte
of tbg
Jobn-
hoftse;
PLAN OF TIIE BILLEl’ POOL.
A Gigantic Combination to Control Iron
and Hteel Price*.
Pittsburg) Jan. 1.—The special commit
tee appointed at the last meeting of the
Amerfcnu Bessemer Association to figure
out a plan by which the defunct pool mnv
again bo placed on Its feet as the gren'r
dictator of prices in the Iron and steel
world, has completed Its report, which will
be presented at a meeting of the members
to be held Monday next, probably in Pitts
burg, but possibly In New York. The iden
tity of the committee Is cot known. Tbe
report made by them wilt, however, aston
ish tbe iron and steel works beyond doubt.
The plqq ts that the larger concerns will
buy un the allotment of the older and small
er mills and pay the owners to turn the
keys in tbe doors and practically retire
from the billet manufacturing business with
the exception of pocketing the dividends
that tbev will receive from tho concerns
that will then make tbe billets for the
whole country. In this respect the billet
pool will emulate the nail pool, but with
more hope* of success. The consummation
of the protrct means that tho trade in bil
let* and finished product* would be con-
Abed to tbe larger preducers, or a concen
tration of production placed In the hands
of a few large firms, who will then control
production, set the price and share with tbe
Idle mill owner*.
SUICIDE OF HENRY 8EERUNG.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 1.—Ex-Slate Sen
ator Henry Bee rung, at the head of the
Standard Glass and Paint Company, oue
of the moat prominent aa well a* popu
lar btwlnesa men in Lincoln, committed
•uldde fey banging himself yesterday. He
was 54 year* old, high in the ranks of
Masonry and was reputed to fee wealthy,
of aenroe temperament and nnparently
without business care*. Orirfnafly a Re
publican, he deserted that party at the
last election and wpa one of tbe strong
supporter* of W. J. Bryan, of whom he
was a n**r neighbor. On tbe subject of
free silver fee waa almost a fanatic, and
among his intimate* it in known fac
brooded much over it* defeat, and that
of hi* candidate, far the presidency. HI*
peace, the happy vmwnemt arrives for
the definite awllcatkwi of the reforms
to both the Antilles. Aa soon a* possi
ble her madeety’* government will has
ten to annlv to Cuba, not only the re
forms which form the groundwork of
the law Applied today to Porto Rico,
but also will extend to both province*
the reform* which have been offered
with the view of conferring upon both
the Antillew an administrative and eco-
no-nvlc -personality of a local character;
\Mhdoh shall facilitate the complete' In
tervention of the country in its own
affairs, maintaining, at -the same time,
intact the right of soverlgnty and' the
condition necessary to a maintenance
of that right, on was stated in the
wordl h.?r majesty deigned to address
to the cortea. bv the advice of her re
sponsible covern-mcnt. upon the open
ing cif parliamenfl
These amplified reforms can be partly
put into -practice by means of the
power possessed bv the executive gov
ernment, end ipartly will require the
sanction of oariiament. The govern
ment is confident that It will not en
counter Insuperable obstacles to it*
rapid notion in this sense, looking to
the patriotic uplformity of opinion re
specting I'Ve rijndamontfli Ideas which
underlie *he application of the reforms.
"Briefly, the law of reforms voted by
th«»corte* and sanctioned by the crown,
•which •« today to fee applied to Porto
Rico, will form the foundation ©tone
of the new regime: but nn additional
decree, account of w-hlrth will be given
to the cort«. wJll amplify to »U''h an
extent these reform* that a genuine
home aAmdolwtratlon wtll be conntltu-
t?d In our Antilie*, in the flrst. instance
for Cuba, but to be extended to Porto
Rico a* soon and at the same time as
it may fee fweatble to apply it to the
former Inland. Teutan,
“M4ftt*ter of Foreign Affairs.’ 1
CAPTURED A BURGLAR.
The Chief of Police of Dallas Says He
Haa a Bad Man.
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 1.—A burglar, giv
ing the name of Charles Wilson and
residence Btwte. Mont., was captured
here thla morning robbing the house
of Eugene Crowder, a wholesale drug
gist. Chief of PoHce Arnold says the
capture is the most Important made
by his force In year*. Wilnon, he *ay*.
is an alia*,* and that the prisoner la
one of the moat desperate criminal* In
the country, having operated in the
eltie* of New York, Chicago. St. Louis,
San Francisco, Lna Angeles and New
Orleans. Chief Arnold declined to make
known Wilson’* true identity until be
gogtanuntcateg with police department*
In various part* of the country with
the hope of capturing confederates.
( MU«*«a Will Protest.
’, Otda., Jan. l.-Hi report from
Secretary Francf*
th# Wichita, Kiowa
vluSL
it h fUi’Vared that If there has Jv»en
any villainy going on In the Allen home
Flanagan Is (ht
should have this charged up to hi:
count In addition to the bloody crimes
of last night. Arcorllng to this wife of
the Ftoi’y. Flanagan was surprised In
an effort to mistreat the little girl and
th-nt bis attempt to exterminate the
fa/mlly was brought on by his desire* to
protect himself in this villainy.
Flanagan Is an ordinary looking man
of the working class. He claims that
he is 28 yenrs of age, though since his
effocU -have been searched there Is
some doubt ns to his age, certain m*'
pern In his trunk Indicating that ho Is
at least ton years older 4han that. A
bottle- of h.a.!r d/ve Was among the nr-
tie'es ferind in his valise. A man of
28 would hardly need that. Ho says
that ho originally came from Polntrlba,
(Mo., 'but came to Atlanta from Mll-
ledgevllle last (March. He first secured
employment with/the Standard Oil
company, and lived at Austell.
“I went out to Poplar Springs to
board with -the Aliens,“ he *akl, when
seen tin his cell this afternoon by T^ie
Telegraph correspondent, “b-»cause it
was a nice plaice to stay In the *unim*T
•time. East Lake was near by and that
was a pleasartt place to stroll on Bun-
day** or other times when I had noth
ing to do. I was frequently at East
Lake with the'Allen family, and It was
in these meeting* th-re that I first be
came attached to them. This was lost
July or August. I had not been long
at the Allen house before I became
•much attached to 1/clla, Bhe was very
young, but more than commonly well
developed for one of her age. She was
l arge and womanly In her appearance.
Bhe «oon 'began to like me, too, and I
can #av that we soon both became In
fatuated with each other. We would
go -to w;iik to East Luke together as of
ten aa we could, and I frequently,
bought her little present*. In Beptem-'
bef laort. when #he began to go to school
•he could not «o with me except on
Sundays, and then we most always
own* to the city, end sometime* want
to tbe matinee together.
"Our attachment ww so strong for
each other that I finally proposed to
marr/ her end asked her mother about
It, and she afterward *atd that her father
had no objection*. «o ft was settled thflr
I should have Leila when she got a lit
tle: larger. Bhe wan growing fast, ami
1 knew !i it it would not be long before
we could marry, and ** I wa* w illing to
watt. 1 spoke to her father about it my-
•elf afterward, and /
rion, except I
But aftt* this U*
not act the •
like there wa* l
ww* nvt nm t.
Leila, and would hay
nee ujwn the man who -hud so basely
rU i" C m l ted° n ^‘wcvor. this story told. f >TW* .WflQ&k
«>y Fla our >n today l» d. nlial w«h In- ' ,'Jt-rJ" 1 "*® 1lal i.v '
v-.ftboatl m hv t*rt. Alloa-dvn-Jv •w’,'FrATW tun do to allow hhn to oluy wllh-
^*1,I »> t-a.-u of tho neWHbor* of hi, victim*.
c 51 ! : " is r '" ri - wore w-* 11 grounded, for ho
Jn thehirhofit o>ft m, and In torn j H ,-.|]y gotten away from tin* oceno
, „ lioforo the ponplc. hecamo excited with
^on in m. Atiennomo j: h , lyncliinc Hiririt. Thromthout tlte day
I thlB excitement haa lieen crowfiiK, many
jH'ople cougregiitlng nliout the Alien
noiiMc to <IIkcush Hid tcrriblo tragedy.
Tonljdiit tills feeling \yus ho detcrmlncsl
that a Well organized plan wa* perfected
for the purpose of attacking the Fulton
county jail. As soon as information of
this plan wan gained, Judge John H. Can
dler and Sheriff Austin of DcKalli put
Sheriff Nelms and Chief of PoHce Con
nolly on notice. Sheriff Nelms Imme
diately took up Ills itordlion at the Jail,
surrounded by liId full force of deputies
and bailiffs, all well armed and prepared
to meet (lie mob nt any montent.
Ho set men on guard for several block*
around the jail to give warning of the
approach of the exported mofe, and while
tin hc prer.mtions <wero taken there. Chief
of Police Connolly organized tho entire
day-watch, of the police force Into a rc-
s*»rve. Tlir^e men were held In nwllne**
nt the police station, armed with Win-
HieMlcr rifles, nut 11 raldnlghi, ready to
go to tin* assistance of the eherlff at
a moment’* notice, l T p to midnight, how
ever, the wofe has not put in an uppoar-
Bevcral •small squad* of men, believed
by the sheriff to be parts of the gang
which Intended to storm the Jail, passed
along the street In front of the building
about 10 o'clock. They were supposed
to have been sent to reconnolter, and
upon reporting to the mob, whi^h was
1
•uttered about the nelgfej>orhoo<l of the
Allen house, four‘mile* from town, It
wa* discemetl that «the preparation# to
defend the prisoner were too effective to
give h ope of miicc/w* for the attack, and
it wo* a1»andoncd, at least for the night.
Bherlff Nelms and hi* deputies remained
on guard until daylight, and a strong
guard will be maintained until the ex
citement among the people of DeKalfe
over tbe killing ha* subsided.
Lynched Two Innocent Men.
Kansu* City, Jan. 1.—Prosecuting At
torney Aul of Lafayette county, In *n
interview here yesterday, expre**cd tho
opinion that the two men, Jame* Nelson
and Je**e Winner, who were lymfeed fey
a mob at Lexington a short time age,
were innocent of the murder of Mr*.
Winner and her baby. Ho claim* to hata
sufficient evidence to cause the Indict*,
meat of fifty of the lyncher*.
Murder and ttalclde.
Poplar Bluff. Mo„ jaix l.-At B<
a small t<mo near hare,
.via iliot aad nRt
r the rev^l
Into bk -
Paine’* i
'Chief
between <
lice si a tic
and making
shooter and
wa* ovorpowerwr
rushed to tfeo r
lodged in jail. Cillery
the hospital, 'where m
he !ia<l received two
right knee and one in'
probably rc/ovor.
While the shooting wl
Mayor Mayo was wrllini
pending Capt. Wo-xl from 1
for drunkenness, wtilch ofl
reporte<l by Chief Ryan. Thl
hluxoiug. Capt. Woo«l I* un
valuable fireman and exce
ular. But hi* one wcakne*—
for drink, wn* generally m
though he did not often ylcK j
•wu* Intoxicated when lie did
ing today. He I* *tiU in Jait.
HIX BUBPECTH ARREHT^
The Slayer of Captain Miller !
Lynched and Burned.
Milan, Tonn.. Jan. 1.--4U* nogj
under urre*L for tho brutaidM
Chtd. H. P. Miller,
Bouthem Pacific Hotel,
found yesterday In an \
with hi* bend beaten jp
groe* are heavily guarded, and as
a* any *ort of 4* obtained, tbe en
tire aix wiM prohafely h* lynched and
burned, a* several people aye at fever
beat over the affair. Cope Miller was
beaten over the bead -with ferae* knuck*,
and the cash drawer robbed of it* wa-
tent*.
CUT HIM HEAD OFF.
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