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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. Y ^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.\