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ESTABLISHED ID 1826.
Will Probably Be Sent to Con
gress Early Next leek
by the President
‘The Message Will Be Entirely
Pacific and Belate to Amer*
icans Suffering in Cuba.
I
SPEED! RELIEF IS REEDED
To Save Hundreds of American Citizens
• In Cuba From Starving—Every Phase
of the Situation Considered by
the Cabinet—Orders for
Exact Facts Given.
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^Washington, May 14.—President Mc
Kinley has under 'earnest consideration
the advisability of sending a message
•to congress next week on the Cuban
question, but has not yet come to a de
cision in the matter, though he is at
present inclined to send to the legis
lative branch a communication suggest
ing that measures he adopted to relievo
the distress among Americans resident
in Cuba. The message, if it goes in,
•will be entirely pacific in tbne, and It
can tie stated on good authority it
will not be of a warlike or sensational
tf&or v
In order to have the facts on which
to base a message Mr.McKlnley has had
cablegrams sent to every consular offi
cer In Cuba, asking each of them to
give exact information os to the state
of affairs in his district and to tele
graph replies at once. It was under
stood today by some members of the
senate committee on foreign relations
that this information no doubt would
be communicated to the senate, but
that whether It would /be accompanied
"by a message* roc. mi men ding action
was yet a matter of doubt.
The meeting of the cabinet today was
.devoted almost entirely to considera
tion of the Cuban situation. The meet
ing occurred an hour earlier than usual
owing to the importance <6f the question
to be discussed, and the fact that the
president and the cabinet were leaving
for Philadelphia at 12:45.
' The cabinet discussion of the Cuban
situation today wag upon the advisa-
blity of asking congress to provide im
mediate relief to the Americans who
are, according to the reports received
from Consul <5< n *ral L<e, p^-sin.-d up in
the cities and in actual dansfbr of star
vation. It had no hearing upon the
policy of the adminisratlon toward
Spain or <the Cuban insurgents, ex
cept Incidentally, but d°alt with the
direct and immediate question of re
lieving ■ destitute Americans qn .the
Island.
Every Phase Discussed.
Secretary Sherman laid before the
cabinet some of the most Important
documents in the state department
about the situation, and before the meet
ing was over Judge Day, the assistant
secretary of state, personally took to
the White House some additional pa
pers for which the secretary had sent,
Every phase of the matter was dis
cussed, the advisability of asking con
gress for an appropriation, Spain's at
titude, the methods for distributing re
lief if 4t should be decided to enter up
on It, and the necessity or advisability
of having a warship accompany food
supplies. But the final decision of the
question was postponed until Consul
General Lee and other American con
suls in Cu/ba. and probably Mr. Cal
houn. made their reports by cable to
the department. They have been re
quested to cable the latest facts as to
the existing situation. These reports
will be here probably when the presi
dent and the cabinet return tomorrow
night. It seems extremely probable
now that a message will be sent to con
gress, but hardly before Tuesday, as
there would be no time to prepare it be
fore that day, unless ’Mr. McKinley de
voted Sunday 16 the task. "
The Spanish minister, Dupuy De Lome,
billed at the atate department shortly
before noon today and conferred f«>r
some time with Assistant Secretary Day
relative to the reported intention of this
government to send relief to 'American!*
suffering in 4 Cuba. The minister gave
assurance that the Spanish government
-would be in entire sympathy with tny
benevolent movement and would lend
every awUtance to It The Spanish min
ister does not question the existence of
misery and suffering in the Islaud, but
declares that it Is such as accompanies
insurrection and war, heightened In th
case by-^ihe diseases peculiar to Jow
•tropical countries. It is stated that these
conditions have existed for month* and
hare been w ell known. As to theseverltjr
of the suffering, it I* slid that it consist
mainly in. the lack of adequate food, med
icine and nursing for the flick and desti
tute. . *
The conference lasted for an hour and
was confined entirely to a discoaeion of
the extension of the relief measures. No
objection was made in behalf of the
Spanish government to the supply of
food, medicine and clothing to the dis
tressed Ameri'’*n#* in Clba, but it wa
clearly understood that the relief is t-
bo extended only to American citizens
through agencies not yet decided npc
The Spanish authorities have not rocoi
ed any objection, on iheir part to & ge
oral distribution, provided this is not
carried to the extent of provisioning the
insurgent forces in their reeietanco to
Spain. On this point, it can lw» stated
positively that it is the present idea of
the administration that It wiil hare ful
filled all of its proper /unctions when It
has cared for Its own citizens. Attention
was called by the Spanish minister to
the fact that the Red (><** Society had
been given full permission to operate In
Cnba aad th»t in the distribution of Us
cbaritaWe offices the sortety makes &.>
distinction in nationalities, so that the
distressed Spaniards, Cubans or Ameri
can* might with equal right c".a!m its
bounty.
Wh»t Morgan Will I>o.
The fact tbit the «enate was not in
gets Ion today, and that comparatively
it* teaa'.un were U Uie njutul, 4j'l i
MACON,-GA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1897.
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAR.
quieting effect tipoi* the situation in re
gard to Cuban affairs. There Wtt still,
howovar, much interest iu the course
that the matter may take on Monday.
Senator Morgan said today that the
message of the president. If it should
apply only to the relief measures in the
way of food and clothing, would not
cause him to deviate from his purpose
of pressing his resolution for the rec
ognition of a state of war, as he had
given notice he would do this if it was
assumed that the president would send
in such a message.
The friends of the Morgan resolution
will not antagonize measures contem
plating temporary relief, but they are
not disposed to accept such measures
in place of a more general and far-
reaching declaration. The opposition
also probably'will acquiesce in a reso
lution appropriating money to relieve
Immediate wants.
Senator Hale, w’ho is generally rec
ognized as the leader of the opposition
to all measures looking to a general
declaration in tho Cuban interests, is
absent from the city, but Senator
White, who also opposed such meas
ures as a rule, said today that while
there were objections to extending our
charity to such an extent, he would be
disposed to offer no opposition to such
a measure. Some of the pro-Cubans
take the position that any supplies
sent to Cuba would merely aid the
Spanish cause, as they would prac
tically amount to a contribution to
Spain. Hence there is a possibility of
oppoflition even to the proposed
charity. /
Senator. Morgan has no purpose of
changing the form of his resolution in
any respect.
‘‘I was fully aware of the situation
when I prepared the resolution,” he
said today, "and therefore find in the
recent publications In regard to It no
reason for altering my plans.”
^ The senator expressed strong hope of
securing the passage of the resolution.
PERU QUITS FREE SILVER,
Text of Decree Suspending Coinagr of
tho Whlto Metal.
Washington, May 14.—The state de
partment has received the following
copy of the decree promulgated last
month, suspending silver colriage In
Peru: • •
‘Whereas, .The fluctuation of ex
change, arising In the constant depres
sion of silver metal demands that the
national executive power take such
measures as are within its legal facul
ties, decrees:
"No. 1. Tq suspend' the coinage of
national silver money. ‘ The mint will
therefore, not receive bullion for that
object.
'2. Silver soles converted Into an
article of commerce by the fact of
their being exported from the country
cannot return, except as merchandise.
3. Consequently the importation, af
ter the 10th of May- next, will be deliv
ered to the mint. This article* and the
preceding one also refers to foreign sil
ver coin.
"4. To render the foregoing article ef
fective the Importation can lake place
only at the. port of Callao, it being
compulsory to make the respective
manifest to the custom house to be
transmitted by the custom house ad
ministrative to the miiyt, there to be
melted into bars at the cost of the im
porter, then returned to him In this
form.
In thq Interior ttiti prohibition will
not Include the silver soles which trav
elers bring forth with them for their
personal expenses, and which must not
exceed tho sum of fifty solos.
6. The national sliver money which
Is removed from one port to another
of the republic will be conveyed with*
a custom house permit stating It has
not been Imported, only shipped by the
custom house authorization,
v ”N. De Picrola, President.
"Ignacio Key, Soc'y of State.”
CHAPMAN GOING TO , JAIL.
He Will Regin Serving His Sentence
Next Monday Aftornoon. •
Washington, May 14.—Broker Elver-
ton R. Chapman of New York city,* will
surrender himself to United States
Marshal Wilson at 3 o’clock n.*xt Mon
day nftcrnooi Positive assurance to
this effect was given District Attorney
Davis today by Chapman's counsel.
Chapman .will then be escorted Imme
diately to the district Jail and begin
his sentence of thirty days for refus
ing to answer the wnate sugar trust
three years ago. With the five days
rebate for good conduct, Mr: Chap
man will spend only twenty-five days
in Jail and he will get the benefit of the
usual Jail privileges.
New York, May 14.-*E. Rs Chap
man, the utockbroker, who, for refus
ing to answer questions in the senate
sugar trust Investigation of 1894, was
sentence to thirty days’ .Imprisonment,
W’hs Interviewed at his office today
and said: "It is my intention to go to
Washington, and, as they say, take my
medicine. I am going on Sunday, and
will serve out 4fce thirty dhys’ sentence
without effort to obtain pardon from
the prt nt. I have requested my
friends to make application for a
pardon, and they have acceded. They
were, however, quite willing to do
everything In their ppwer to obtain ex
ecutive clemency. It wa#in Justice to
them that I asked that no further ef
forts be made on my behalf. I did not
want to put them to trouble or to em
barrass thojn in any way. That ends
the matter. I am simply going to serve
the thirty days* sentence and have no
criticism to make or fault to find..
Man Who Will Bepresent
Florida in the Senate.
CHIPLEY LOST BY A HAIB.
WAS IN ONE OF ELECTION, BUT
CHANGES DEFEATED HIM,
Tho Successor to Call Is a Son of tho Con*
federate Secretary of the Navy,
Has Served In Congress—For
t Free Silver.
“JEM LILY” FREE.
Matrimonial Bonds of Mrs.
Langtry Are Broken.
ATTACKED HER HUSBAND.
SHE ALLEGED THAT £111, LANGTRY
HAD CRUELLY DESERTED HER
Tallahassee, Fla*, May 14.—Stephen
R. Mallory of Pensacola was elected
United States senator today, the vote
on the twenty-fifth ballot of the con-
ost that bekan on April 20, standings
Mallory 53, Chipley 44 Wilkin.wn Call 1.
Chiplvy came so near election yester
day, lacking only three votes, wlille
opposition wa* divided among four
candidate**, that tho leaders of the
fores hostile to Mm, con.dpt.ing ol the
following: Call, Stockton, Hock or. and
some of Raney’s adherents, realized
that If they shduld let another day
pass without combining their entire
strength Chipley would surely win.
caucus in .the senate chamber last
night was th.“ outcome. Several ballots
were taken in which «the hading candi
dates wrre Mallory, Roney and Hook
er. Finally at 2 o’clock this morning the
caucus came to an agreement upon
MaVlory.
Upon the meeting of the Joint as
sembly at nx>n the new candidate for
tho first time since -the. balloing began,
was biought int'j th *content without a
preliminary nominating «pesch. When
the last name was reached on the roll
cadi the vote stood: Chipley 49, Mal
lory 47, two names having been passed.
Representative Morgan who had pre-
vJoutly supported Chipley and who had
not yet voted, then gave his ballot to
Mallory,* Representative Rawls, who
was paired, next broke hl9 pair, as he
claimed bo was anthcrized to do under
tho cxM.ng circumstances, and threw
his vote for Mallory. . This made the
result Qi tie. Pandemonium prevailed for
a time, the partisans, of both candi
dates Jumping upon the desks and
chairs and waving their arms franti
cally in efforts to ma’.oo thmoelvcs
heard. At length Senator Barber was
recognized and he changed ms vote
from Chipley to Mallory. Three others
followed suit; the vote was verified as
stated above and President Perrertot
declared Stephen R. Mallory elected.
Senator Mallory spoke befoie a large
gathering In the bouse of represstnttve*
tonight. He said that be endorsed all of
tho planks Jn the Chicago platfiorm,
dwelling pa-ticularly on the financial
question, and advocating tho free
coinage of sliver at the ratio of 16 to 1
regardless of foreign countries. He did
not expr ess decided views upon the tar
iff question. _ ’ •
Sonator-eleet Mallory in a son of the
late Stephen R. Mallory, who was sec
retary of the nayy in the Confederate
cabinet. His distinguished father was
born in Nassau about 1810 and removed
to Key West, Fla., when quite young.
The elder . Mallory was the senator
from Florldal during, several terms. .
During the war th/* family refugeed
to LaGrAnge. Ga-, where ho was ar
rested May 20 as a stale prisoner.' He
was released on parole and afterwards
pardoned by President Johnson. He
died In Pensacola in 1873.
Stephen Russell Mallory was a mem
ber of the Fifty-second and Fifty-third
congresses from tho First Florida dis
trict. He lives in Pensacola, where he
was born in 1848. He’ entercd the Con
federate army in Virginia in the fall
of 1864 and’later served as a midship
man in tho Confederate navy. After
the war he entered Georgetown Col
lege, District of Columbia, and after
graduation taught school and studied
law. •
In 1874 he returned to Pensacola, and
since then has practiced law in Flor
ida and also been interested actively
in politics, serving In both branches
of the state legislature, besides the
national house of representatives,
where he was a leading member of the
committee on commerce.
WnsThis 1 egn»li tor Drugged I
Tallahassee, Fla., May * 14.—Crump
ton, member of the house from Levy
county, died this morning and & com
mittee will prdhnbly be appointed to
investigate his death, which is rumored
to have been due to drugging. It is'be
lieved, however, that ho died of alco
holism.
DECREA8E IN IMMIGRATION.
A Marked Falling Off During the li.t
Few Months.
Washington, May 14.—The returns
received by the immigration bureau
during the last several months show,
a marked falling off in the number of
immigrant arrivals In this country. The
number of arrivals during the nine
months ended March 31, 1897. was 142,
941, as compared with 209,630 for the
same period in the fiscal ’ year 1896
This is a decrease of 66,689.
During April the decrease In New
York alone was 11,439, and during the
first eleven days in the pres/mt month
the failing off at New York was 10,800.
Commissioner Gratz Stump Intimates
that the decrease for the entire coun
try during the fiscal year ending June
30 next will not be less than 93,000. of
which New York probably will show
70,000.
Major General Forsyth Retired.
Washington. May 14.—Major General
Jam's B. Forsyth, commanding
department of California, was placid
on the retired list today on his own
application. He was confirmed In his
present rank yesterday. Th * poinlna
tion of his successor a* major g« n»*ra
will g'* to tl*e p*nat<- M »r.«Hy arc! it 1
the » mmon under?1 .ndirg that Briga
dier Bliss, commanding the department
of Texas, will receive the nomination.
Vanderllp tn Baecned Wilt, •
Washington. May 14.—It was offi
cially announced today that ths nomi
nation of Mr. Frank A. Vanderllp of
Chicago, as assistant secretary of the
treasury to succeed Mr. Scott Wike,
would be sent to th« senate next Mon
day. Mr. Vanderllp at present fe »
ing as private secretary to the secre
tary of the treasury, and he was Mr,
Gage’s first appointment on assuming
his office on March 4,.
TRIED TO KILL AN EDITQR.
Senator McMullen Fires at Editor
Hmlthee of Little Rock.
Little Rock, lArk., May 14.—fltate Sen’
a tor Bert MoMpilen of Yell county today
made a desperate attempt on the life of
Col. John L. Smitbee, editor of -the
Arkansan Gazette. Senator •McMullen
entered the private office of Cob Smlthee,
drawing a revolver and at the same time
demanding an apology for editorial ut
terances made by the latter in regard to
the senator’s action iu defeating the rail
road commission bllj.
When this was not forthcoming Senator
McMullen fired point blank at the colo
nel, who oprane to lib* feet and struck
McMullen’s arm, causing the bullet to
mlM U*< body by a few inches.
MeMafien wan taken to Jail, bat later
was released on ball. The affair created
a great soofatloq jnd further and more
serious trouble U not unlikely.
TAXING RAILWAY EARNING 3.
PIngree's Drastic Hill Is Killed by tho
Mlcliigsn senate.
Lansing, Mich., May 14.—The ecnate
today killed the Merrlam hill an amend
ed by the house. The bill, ns originally
passed by the senate, ln«na*o-d the tax»*j|
npon rat.road earnings by about $180,000.
The boQM amended It so ns to raise thee©
taxes to upwards of $700,000 and then
passed th** bill. Today,'' by a vote 19 to
6, the senate refused t*» concur In the
house amendments. The author of the
bill says that the bill as amended dis
tributes the tax too unevenly to be
equitable.
And Stated That She nad Always Been a
True Wife—Forced on the Stage to
Snpport Herself and Child*
Divorced by Default,
Dalwpirt, Cal., May H.—Emilia
Chariot tie Langtry* better known
throughout two hemlfpbores as the
"Jersey Lily," has secured a divorce
from her Engllrh tnustound. The decree
that gives her her much-sought free
dom from matrimonial fetters was
signed by Judge W. R. Crump yes
terday. It wra nil done very quietly, a
default being entered against tho for
eign defendant, who hod failed to file
& defense In the lime allowed by th©
California code. While all tho legal for
malities w*re complied with, no one
except those actually Interested In -the
deiicate matter were present. Henry C.
MoPioe. wfcn appenrel tor the plaintiff,
wa** arm* l with a number of deposi
tions taken tq Kngland ami America In
tended Jto convince the court that Ed
ward Langtry hod deserted hi* fair
wife.
That of the plaintiff was to line tf!
that she married Mr. Langtry on t!..
Isle -of Jersey in 1876 and that the mar
riage certificate gave evidence that the
lady was 20 yea:a of age and Langtry
was 24. The defendant gave . as his
place of birth Scotland, while Mrs.
Langtry «*id she was born in Jersey,
the witnesses of the ceremony be.ng
Mr. and Mrs. LeBreton, the lady’s
pa rente. Mr. LcBreton, who was a min
ister of the Chqrch of Englapd, offic
iated. "*■
, During their marriage a daughter
was born and mimed Jeanne. At the
time of -the -taking of the deposition in
1896 this child was 15 years of eg» and
has always mnM with her motiier.
Mrs. Dang try testified that her hus
band desertsd her a number of years
ago. From this time to data, th-o lady
testified, ho has not furnished her nor
'her child with any means of snpport,
but. to emphasize his desert’on, ihe lias
declared on a number of osojs’.onA that
he would not return to his wife.
Thus thrown on her own resources
who hnd taken to the stage for a liveli
hood and had been pursuing that oc
cupation f*»r a number of years pier.
From this -legal and financial show
ing the lady returns to her matrimonial
experiences, saying In one sentenoo:
."I toUiVa always treated Mr. Langtry
with affecton. never giving him caw**
to disregard his duty toward me as
my .-husband.”
•In conclusion kje atked that tho cus
tody of their daughter, Jeanne, be
awarded to her.
Immediately on the conclusion of the
hearing of the motion all tho papers in
ifcho case woro soaleil in accordance
/with law, respecting the divorce case*.
For several hours Judge Grump studi?d
over the point* of the hearing in the
retirement of hU* chambers, then he
signed tho decree declaring that Ed-
want Langtry liiit been duly .-'*rv«'<l
•with summons ami had failed to an
swer and wan In default. ;
• FIEUCB WAlt XO FOLLOW.
The Disruption of Steel Beam Fool—
Friers Will llronk.
Pittsburg, May 114.—The disruption of
the *»tet*l bonin pool, tho Inst vestige of
the combinations which held the more
powerful producers together, U roajgrded
by local brokers «« likely to precipitate
a rate war along all lines, such as exist
at present with the rail nnd billet
branches of the business. The dissolu
tion of the rail pool lowered prlwv* from
$28 to $18 per ton, ami the disruption of
the billet pool vrim foiled by a cut of
from $32 to <15 per ton. It is thought
that a cat in the pool price* of beams,
etc., will only be a natural sequence, and
that tho price will go below 1 per cent,
per pound.
The abrogation of the pooling agree
ment and tho present price list will
eventually prove of much bcncfU to
smaller manufacturers, who are unable
to compete against the combined forces
of the pool. They will now have an equal
show, and may secure orders, that will
hl;ut tin* Hil ls now idle.
COURT HOUSE IN FLAMES
And Portraits ot Many Famous Ken<
tucklsns are Destroyed.
Lexington, Ky„ May 14.—Fire broke
out III III*! at He of Hi*- court house here
nt 9:45 a. m., and gutted tho building.
llart’H study, "Woman Triumphant.”
bought by the Lexington women for
$8,000. wns destroyed. The record** were
VICTIM OF MOB VIOLENCE,
Negro Suspected of Arson Shot in Stotv-
art County.
Lumpkin, Ga., May 14.—Captain
Lewis, a negro, who was arrested on
suspicion of having burned McCath-
erin’s burn and horses Monday night,
and released nt the preliminary hear
ing, was a yictlni of mob violenco last
night.
Twenty masked men went to his
house about midnight and escorted him
two mi!«■.** away to the county line
with the intention of swinging him up.
While the mob was in the act of plac
ing the noose around the negro’s neck
ho broke nwsy and attempted to es
cape. He was fired upon by the mob.
About 10 shots wore fired and three
look effect in tho neck, hip and head.
His condition Js regarded as serious.
HE KILLED MANY WOMEN.
Bat Hartman Was Captured at Last and
Given to the. Gallows.
Paxton, III., May 14.—Fred Hoetman,
alms Hartman, was hanged In tin* Jail
lure this morning In the prosoiu-i* "f
about fifty witnesses.
Professor Blome, one of his spiritual
advisors, read on behalf of -Hoetman a
statement from the gallows declaring
his innocence and asking that his
body bft sent to Grand Haven, Mich.,
and placed beside that of his wife and
child.
Hoetman was hanged for killing
Mrs. Welbke Geddes, having been con
victed on circumstantial evidence. Mrs.
Geddes* body was found with a cord
around her neck and tho other end of
the cord fastened to n door knob. He is
believe to have killed several other wo
men in this part of the state in the
same way, but escaped suspicion and
arrest, the coroner’s Jury rendering
verdicts of suicide.
SOUTHERN EXPORT TRADE,
A Lurge Increase Shown In tho Business
of tho Forts.
Baltimore, May 14.—A largo increase
in the value of exports from 8outh
Atlantic and Gulf cities for the nine
months ending March of this year,
compared with tho same period of
1V5-H- 'h i-nin, r»d In a Hlntmnont
compiled from Hintistlcs of tho princi
pal ports. Th« • U. oi Baltimore, Mil.,
shows an increase of 31 per cent.;
Brunswick, Ga.. 2L1 per cent.; Charles
ton, S. C., 33 per cent,; Newport News,
Va„ 50 per cent.; Norfolk timl porta-
mouth, 200.66 per cent.: Savannah,
Ga., 12.9 per cent.; Wilmington, N. C..
33.1 per cent.; Oalveston, 66.1 per , ont.;
New Orleans, 2D per cent.; Pensacola.
Fla., 145.6 r'er cent.; Tampn, Fla., 61.3
per cent. Whlid the increase at Wil
mington and ono or two points arc duo
In a measure to tho cotton crop, the
phenomenal Increase at Norfolk and
Portsmouth and Fcnsacola, as well as
tho InoroHMO nt Newport News and
GalveBton, aro duo to tho exporting of
grain, provisions and live stock from
tho West and Northwest by way of
these cities. Whllo tho increase. In
value from all ports In tho United
States during the nine months ending
March 7 wns 27 per cent., and from tho
North Atlantic ports 13 per cent., tho
Increase Iron* the South Atlantic ports
from Delaware to Florida was 37, and
for the Gulf ports 39 per cent.
Mil
The Atlanta Trust and Bank
ing Company to Go Out
ot Business,
After Hard Struggle for life
It Was Besolvcd to Go
Into Liquidation.
THE DEPOSITORS TO BE PAID
And There Will , lie Something Left fo#
Stockholders—Story of Tribulation
and a Prolonged Mooting of tho
Atlanta Clearing House,
The Last Statement.
GUNBOAT NASHVILLE A FLYER.
By Ilcr Speed Hho Wins a Bonus
orSflO.OUO for HerUulldors.
Bridgeport, Conn., May 14.—Tho
United States gunboat NashvlIIo cov
ered the slxity mile course on her offi
cial trip this afternoon In 3 hours. 35
minutes and 29 seconds, averaging 16.7
knots and winning a bonus of about
$60,000 for her builders.
Tho *»peed required by ithe govern
ment was 13.07 and her excess was
about three knot*. A bonus of $20,000
is allowed , for each knot Jn excess. On
the runt out tho speed 16.79 knots.
Tho home run was a trifle slower, 16.63
knots being tho average. The mean
ep.-M for tli * two itins was* 16.706. The
steering qualities of the vessel woro ex
cellent. Tho helm was put from “hard
on'* to "hard on” in twenty seconds,
the ship only keeling three degrees dur
ing that ilriiO. '
Immediately after the conclusion of
the run tho Nashville started for New
port News, va. Upon her arrival there
tho engines will be taken apart and a
thorough examination ordered before
tho official report Js made bo the gov
ernment. Tho vessel will be com
manded after her acceptance by Com
mander Washburn Maynard, who is «•
member of te trial hoard.
NINETY SUKMIC KNOCKS.
Have Been Felt In >outh Aattralf* Dur-
Iny the La*t Few Days.
London. May i4.-v\ special dispatch
from Mellk.urne. Victoria, nuy* that no
fewer than ninety earthquake mIiocIui
have been felt in South Australia during
the last three days. The subteraneotM
disturbances were partwulirly ecrere st
Kingston, where bindings wi re damaged
and the Inhabitant* are living in tents
The 4- x port a <*fGolJ.
New York. May 14.—Laxiftd Freres will
ship $1,2o0.(Vj0 in gold bars f<» Europe to
morrow. ThU makes the total gold ship
ment* tor tomorrow announced th
*
$2,250,000, and the total f**r the’pru
'Utwicd movement of $11,777,000.
•nt
_wVed. The court house was built ten
years ogo, and cost one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars. In addition to
the destruction of tho Hart statue, many
valuable paintings In the court rooma
were lost These were portraits of Henry
Clay, Richard .Menefce, William T, I*ar-
rv, Judge Robertson, Thomas F. Mar
shall and other famous Kentuckians,
painted by Healey, Sully and othernotea
artists.
DEMORY GOES FREE.
Held That He Was Justlflrd In Killing
the Negro Near Valdosta.
Valdosta, Cla., (May 14.—The commit
ment trial of C. A. Demory for killing
th u ‘i,i'o, Mill Hlmmons, at D'-lman, this
«.*unty, last Mondiy, was h *11 at
o’clock yesterday afternoon and result
ed 4n the release of Demory.
It was shown that th* assault upon
Mi*. Demory by the negro was unpro
voked and that he fired upon the mgro
after the latter hnd hurled one .scale
weight at his head and w'as in the act
of throwing a second one.
BAGGED
LOT OF BUIIGLARM,
Cap.
Three Men *nd T wo Women
<ur.*d at Hnvnnnnh.
B&vannah, Ga.. May 14;—»A bad gang
of burglars, three men and two wonrn,
all negroes, were captured In a bunch
at 2 o’clock this morning In a room on
Bay street lane. The capture wss mads
by Policeman Campbell on information
of William Luke, a negro.
The men 'had Just finished a burglary
and were .returning to thtir den to
store the goods when they were
seized. ,
Hudson Sentenced tn Hang.
Atlanta. May 14.—Judge John B.
Candler sentenced today, for the .sec
ond time. Terrell Hudson, the Limous
negro murderer of Decatur, to hang on
the 11th of June. The first sentence
of death waa set aside on account of
the appeal which was made to the su
preme court but the sentence pro
nounced yesterday by Judge Candler
will in all likelihood stand Unaltered,
for every resource has been exhausted
by tU*j defynse,
ALLEGED COAL COMBINE.
Certain Railway officials to bo Exam*
Ined in New York,
Albany, N. Y., May H.-Ju«llce ChM-
<er baa KnmtcJ ibc application main by
the attorney iteuoral uf thin ,«tato foe
mirnmun, to I Nine ajtainat certain run
way offldaja who arc alleged tu.be con-
craned In an attempt to comer or contra!
tho ealo of coal lit thin atate. The peruana
BUtnmunod nro required to appear before
a referee, Walter K. Vfvbb, on ‘May 20,
to answer as to their alleged connection
with the reputed coal combine. The
action Is taken uudor the law passed at
the last session of the legislature which
prescribes this mode of eliciting cvldcrn’c
as to operation of monopolies, and U
a twit case.
New York. May 14.-A Wall street
news bureau prints the tiatnc* of the
following road presidents as tiioso who
have been summoned «to appear at Al
bany on May 20 to testify regarding tho
coal co ml dm*: President Slosh of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
President Fowler of tho Now York, On
tario and Western, President Olyphant
of the Delaware and Hudson, President
Maxwell of the Jerwoy Central, President
Harris of the Reading and President
WUbnr of the Lehigh Valley.
FAVOR MORGANt CURSE VEST.
The A. P. A,. In Judgment ottTWO
United Htates Henators*
Washington, May lt.-Tho aupremo
council of th. American, Protccilvo *»»
nation today niloiitril rraolutlon* sndora-
tng the altitude of Rrnatot Morgan of
Alabama, on tho Cuban quwtton, and
condemning nnd denouncing Bona tor
• h't
„ ^ ng a no
V.at of Mlaeouri
teachers In the Inman wnric*
down preachers and teachers to whom
the Catholic priests were far superior.
The Solutions were adept* unanfmoua-
ly. Tho Vest resolution called on the son-
ate to impeach Mr. Vest. 0# the allega
tion that no b» not truly American la
there measures weresent to
all persons directly interested. The coun
cil fixed upon this city for Its nex^, an
nual meeting place.
Unutb.rn llnrdnare Jobber..
Savannah, Og.. May 14.—Thr South
ern Hardware Jobbers' Aiwiclatlon. ad
journed tonight. The officer, elected
are: President. J. Moore of Dinning-
ham: flrn: vice pre,tdrnt. J. J. Mandle-
baum of Uttt* Uoclc; aecond vice presi
dent, George W. Harnett of Montgom
ery: secretary and treasurer, C. B.
Carter of Atlanta^
Tendered toeTudan I'rndlrton#
Atlanta, Oa., May 14.—Judge John T.
PeMleton h*i~* been tendered the place
rec?ntly iMMttd by Mr. W**stmore-
Jarid i-. city attorney, Judg*
J*endlet"n signified hlg willingnc«* to
accept the poeltloo. In dlucueiung the
matter yesterday afternoon.,
Atlanta, Ga., May 14.—Ths Atlantis
Trust anjl Banking Company, after m
desperate struggle for Its life, will re
tire from business as soon as the af
fairs of tho institution can be wound
up. The announcement to this effect,
which came this morning from the
president, Mr. W. A. Hemphill, cre
ated very little surprise, for it had
been an open secret for some time that
the Atlanta Trust and Banking Com
pany was suffering with shortness cf
'breath arfl liable to expire from the
least over 'exertion or excitement.
There wgs a special called meeting ofl
th Atlanta Clearing House Thursday
afternoon K«r th* purj. * of examining
‘‘'’•to the oofil'llon **C th A bo*’k. «nd 'ju
uri'juf.‘Llonab> 5»* j. j, it la atait't*
ttm »h*» n>T lie* nevd-r adjourned un
til lit . t ' **rM V. "gray streaks” were
iiiiie. <iit* hoNzon. What p«u*Bcd
cen tho members of the clearing
•house In tho Investigation Is an Inviola
ble ssetet; at any rate, Ju«t now K is
too fresh to leak out, .but the general
impression 1b that for hours there was
imminent a crisis for tho bank. It is
said that the situation was desperate
and that it 'took <ihe most careful and
Judicial financial engineering to pull
tltingp through. Be that «ui It may. thia
morning Profident W. A. Hemphill, in
a remarkably brief announcement, n<rt
tilled tho public in gene ral nnd <the de*
post tors In particular that the affairs
of the Atlanta Trust and Banking Com
pany were to be settled in tho shortest
time possible. The only thing tangible
which Uho public has gotten out of the
announcement of President Hemphill .
4s the undisputed fact that the bank
will be abandoned us soon as all out
standing obllgntions aro liquidated.
A mooting of the stockholders has
been called for Juno 1, at which time
all tho necessary slept* will* bo taken
to wind up the affairs of tho bank.
The largest stockholders In the bank
are tho officers. TDjay are; W. A*
Hemphill, president; A. P. (Morgan and
J. <’. Kirkpatrick, vico presidents;
Charles ltounette, cashier and C. M.
Roberts, (isslstant cashier. Tho direct
ors of the bank are: W. A. Hemphill,
A. P. Morgan, Z. D. Harrison, A. L.
Holbrook, J. C. Kirkpatrick, Charles
Jlounette nnd J. J. Woodsldo. Tho cap
ital slock amounts to $150,000.
Back of tho announcement of the de
termination on tho part of tho officers
of the bank to retire from business is
a long story of trial and tribulation
which up to this juncture the publlo
biiH not been Invited to feast on. It
In true the lti>*lri"M.n men of Atlanta for
over a year have vegarded the affairs
of the Atlanta Trust and Banking
Company us somewhat murky, but the
rank and file of tho people knew little
or nothing of tho extent of the trouble
of the causes which created It. In tho
first plan?, something over u year ago
an effort was made to inject new life
Into the bank by organizing it into a
national bank. It Is not known what
the objections were, but tho fuct re
mains that the house was divided
against Itself and two mighty factions
sprung up, one supporting tho old plan
and the other advocating the national
Idea. Tho latter faction was lead by
Mr. Joseph A. McCord and Mr. Thomas
C. Krwln, who endeavored to buy up
sufficient stock to enable them to work
the desired revolution, nut after r good
deal of time hud been wasted th*-y
found Hint It was Impossible to get
their scheme through nnd they with
drew. When this was done Mr. Charles
Rounetto went In as vice-president and
cashier, and only tnen who held to tho
old plans ware In evidence at the At
lanta trust. This did not settla mat
ters but In tin* end proved the death
blow to tin* bank, for Mr. McCord hii<1
Mr. Krwln Joined forces and organized
the Third National Bank and deliber
ately took up quarters In the exact
same position as the Atlanta Trust and
Batik Company, except Just across tho
street. Both of these young men aro
very popular In tho city, and with
their splendid backing It was only a
question of a short tlmo when the
Third National Bank would dry up tho
business of Its rival across the street.
On the surface the best of feeling pre
vails between tho two rival Institu
tions, but it is very plain that tho At
lanta Trust and Banking Company
came to its untimely death simply
from a lack of financial nourishment
and that its murderer Is tho popular
Third National Bank Just a few feet
from Its doors.
It I* certain that the Atlanta Trust
and Banking Company has arranged to
pay its outstanding debts, for Its
checks are acceptable at any hank tn
town, but the Impression Is that this
credit has been obtained by outside
parties putting up the collaterals, and
that when the truth is known some
body has lost mbney.
The following statement has been
furnished:
Resource#.
Notes and bills discounted .I206.6M.13
Demand loan* secured 11.S01.1J
Overdrafts, secured, $1,573.48; un-
ired. $1,814.00. 3.3*7.57
• k» and other
(properly bank)....
nd Axti
fiom bank* ,
thle state)....
from banks
, other states).,
*h on hand—
han banking
nd bankers
ind bankers
21,439 SI
6.76S.B
17,211.27
^Continued o& r*fe 2.\