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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: DECEMBER 31, 1894.
n* UBS 2 Bpjfch About His Bcsd
Scheme Before the Po/ulist
Conference.
INVESTIGATION Tot ALABAMA.
A committee of Thr». to Look Into What
Populists Coll Au'ocriattc Anarchy
— 1 lie alettes Inspected ofhus-
pectlnt; lh« Party Leaders.
St. Louis, D«\ 29.—'The conference
of the leaders x>f the Populist party re
sumed its sqaalon lit the LlndeU hotel
at 10 o'clock today, with Got, .1. B.
Weaver ofdotva in the chair. The del
egates trowed a milder spirit this
morning. After a few minutes of in
formal conference with the "invited"
delegates, the national legislative com
mittee .withdrew to the hotel parlor,
w;i</re it went into secret session.
The flint real work of the conference
w,.s the appointment of a committee to
arrange for an educational campaign.
Aftor an hour’s deliberation the com
mittee reported that It was desired to
organise local clubs, admitting to mem
bership all persons, whether they were
voters or not, and do everything to get
literature 'before the public.
The discussion developed that the
masses were suspicious of the leaders.
Numerous speeches were made oppos
ing a clause authorizing the appoint
ment of a national campaign commit
tee. The clause was construed to mean
the control and censorship of the cam
paign, and numerous speeches along
this line culminated in a speech by Par
sons Lathrop of Kansas. who- de
nounced the clause as a political mo
nopoly, the worst of all monopolies, led
by office-seeking man, who care more
for politics .than for principles and have
office in view, and when that is had all
that Is wanted is hud.
A motion by Delegate Hunter of New
York to ddbar socialist* from member
ship in .the PopuT-st party was de
feated. A motion by Mrs. Striker of
Kansas to embrace in the d<q ’»nts
issued by the committee literature . u
the question of woman’s emancipation,
was adopted.
Tbo afternoon session dosed in a
whirlwind of oratory, with nothing be
fore the conference. Coxoy had been
squelched in an effort to be heard, but
his bond Issue «*eme was championed
by Magnetic Crosby of Kansas City,
who spoke for thirty minutes. Coxoy
was allowed to present it, and it was
by resolution referred io the coos.dera-
tlon of the People’s party.
\ t 7:30 o’clock tho conference re
assembled and the national executive
committee preseotcit its a<Wrc$» io the
pulbllc and the following resolution
adopted by tho national committee Wmi
* < ‘Tnrl«w of the Act that tho state ijt
Alabama and other Southern states nib
without a republican tom at govefii-
ment because of the rule of a political
oligarchy which is perpetuated by; mon
strous frauds at tho ballot box! the
Imperative nnooswTty of a ,r ®®
and an honest count is a oonst-tutlonal
right and -we demand that it be given
and ask that tho chairman of the
national committee appoint tv comm.t-
tee of three to submit evidence to the
press of the ooimtry and to congress to
substantiate this alarming anti revo-
lttfooary condition that they may bo
, awakened to the threatening of peril
caused by tbo existing autocratic an
archy in the South- ...
The following were appointed asWve
committee: J. C. Manning Alabama;
Henry D. Lloyd, Illinois: Lee Crandall,
A Ration, providing for toe dlstri-
button of party llferaure ana for
mation Of clubs were adopted and the
conference adjourned Mho dlo.
The executive commit*©© !• •till In
*'^""address recomtnenda the Inene-
dlitfce orjr.mlwi'tlon of an educational
olmmSin by fhe naflniiAI. elate andlo-
oa teownmHtee*. rt denounces he pool-
... Kill adhere* to «lhe Om.sha plat
form in its entirety,
stiver cotngO at l* to 1. nn d fordirect
Issue of paper money by_to*
ment and aavnounces hostility to ttw
futber Issue of Interest-bearing bonds
~A GHASTLY FIND.
Tn«iiik.nai>olUi. Ind., Dec. 29.—^The pereone
who Sid for tho body of ex-Sherlff
Curry, which wax stolen from Greenwood
cemetery- traced the body to an anoocu-
pl.d hnuxx which lx being titled up for
the Indiana Medical College. In the cel-
le- there were found twenty or more
hr,ilea nome in barrel* In * pickle, ®nci
Mina in ordinary flour barrels. packed in
straw. In the search many of the bar
rels were emptied upon the cellar floor
and thoroughly examined, but Curry a
body was not found. The developments
have created great excitement In_ the
country and other pieces near the city.
EXPRESS AGENT ROBBED.
Howard Oily. Mich., Dec. a.-When Sta
tion Agent Glluly wont out on the plat-
form last night with the express money
for the Detroit. Lansing and Northern
train he was knocked seosalM* dragged
u iler the platform and robbed of his
watch and JIOO. Glluly Is seriously In
jured. but may live. Th*” T*?®
passengers at the depot, but the highway-
men escaped.
BIO GRAIN FIRM PAILS.'
Toronto,-Ont., Dec. 29. —’The wclL
known grain Ann of W. P.
& Co., of which W. P. Uowiflixl it the
senior member. baa decided to go into
liquidation. Two years ago the Arm
showed a surplus of *200^-
undentood Amt this has been srcatly
reduced since then.
MOWBRAY ARRESTED.
Philadelphia. Dec.
Mowbray, the Anardi'.at. became.too to
tl.immatory In hia remarks
in addressing n meeUng here and tho
police arrested him on the oharee of
u, ng Incendiary IsDguagc and
t« riot. Mowbray was looted up and
w.11 be given a bearing today.
TO COMPROMISE TUB BOYCOTT.
Berlin Dec. 20—Fifteen Social Dem-
oc.Trt'e'meetlngs hcidlwre
d„re«d the compromise of ttej
boycott, despito tbe strong ^?f^ons
Of the Anairhbtic a«lUitof». one
•mev*lir.g urumhaouuly th«
cccnpranlse.
CHOLERA INFECTED PORT8.
Buenos Ayrm. Dec. «*•—?*»*
meat has published by thsl lh«
ports of S.inta Fe, Ro^a.S'Vd Colss-
tii*i Ur* infected with cholera.
CATHOLICS WERE SHOCKED.
Father Rosaboch’s Utttenamcre Not Ap
proved by His Church.
Montreal rv» «?.—A gfSA —tm
has been created in ill ckisses of sod-
sty in ttto dominion by the utterances
of Rev. Father Roasbaoh, who preach—*
the srrmon e.t the requiem servlets for
the repose of the soul of tho late Sir
John Thompson at St. Paltick'0 church,
Quebec. The *erv*<v was ajttextded by
Poiestisnts and CaJtoottoB alike, but
notwithstanding this. Father JUoesbach.
after referring to the kuu? p ranter's
conversion to the Ron cut Catholic
uhurdh. abruptly (led:,r.>l that if Sir
John could now speak he would ssy
that 'Ohe only ante rellgtoet whs found
In th bosom of the holy ng>ther church
and thaA all athetts were riuxne end
frauds.
Among the clergy present with the
Ardhbtohtro of Quebec when the dedar-
antbn was made was the Rigid Rev.
Dr. O’ReMluy of New York, who was
on one of hla period Von! visits to Que
bec, whlare he -was educeited and or
dained, and where he was attached for a
number of yearn. This assertion no
doubt induced Hie cardinal to select J>»
O’Relltoy to reply to Father Rorebuch.
which ho did In hhe most effective man
ner in a sermon ait SUbury church.
Altar referring to tiiw. obnoxious re
marks of Father Rossbtacfi, he said:
dctir old at. Pastrtok’s ehurah. a prtestiv
voice, which should .have been raised
only to praoae and bieps lahe deipuht-ili
dhould have ulterod worchi of lnsultyo
ithe Kvlng, and instead of thrilling bese
em and men of different belief than
ours wtoh iihe tvckal of the statesman's
oral great chigan’r juorftoriosis uvid
ChrW.'on virtues: we shakiu hfi-vo: been
shocked by an. uncalled for, untbnely,
una-uthcslxed and unjust denunciation
of 'bCjtats differing from ours. From
this iplarjo I mast solemnly declare itfba*
the words thus .uttered hare nfot ouiy
deeply wounded the Roman Catholic
dhuroh and community throughout Ctoi-
eda, but Ihast they are repudiated by
bjH ciuisHes of Reiman Catholics and by
-She Roman Catholic clergy tof every
aegree.”
Of the inoMent the L’Eiectiur says:
‘‘It is our duty to declare that the
preacher who so brutally Insulted ills
Protestant hearers at the requiem ser
vice for Sir John Thompson by tel king
them that Protestnm reWwton -
frantd Is, to say .the least, preposterous.”
SHREWD TENNESSEE TiR-VDERS.
i uo aiiKrtuo h tit not .naKe me uemnnas
Whicli Ho Is Keported to
Insist Upon.
COREA MAY BE MADE NEUTRAL
Much Intor«at In tho ArmcnUn Inquiry
— Lord Itoicbery Has Called » Cab
inet Meednc und Will Stick
to Ho
llule
London, Dec. 29.—(Special Cable Let
ter.)—The Japanese government has
made no response to the fresh sugges
tions from tlio British government that
the terms upon .which Japan In willing
to treat for peace with China ought
to be communicated to the powers. On
the contrary, the Japanese have per-
-VbS^SEF^tSmSTSi. <nj s: * tcd ,n “‘ !ntalDln S * p» llc y
iid hlil Uf lkoit.rii/ib'u rihiuvih o mfnktlF fwmui 'Iflio flritlali niinlathg /if Trtlflr
■Swindled Two'Minnesota Men Oqt of a
Big Sum.
Duluth, Minn., Dec. 29.—Complaints
were filed in the district court yiwter-
day by A. R. and E. T. (Merritt, in
which F. A.- Stratton and T. F. Singer
of Tennessee are accused of swindling
the plaintiffs out of $30,000 (n cash and
$420,000 in notes.
On 'March 10, 1S94, Stratton and
Singer approached the Merrltts with a
business proposition which on Its face
was excellent. They represented them
selves us holding nine-tenths of the
stock of the Monarch Coal and Coke
Company, which they said owned all"
mineral rights and privileges to 60,000
acres of valuable coal, Iron and gas
kinds in Pike county, Ky. Stratton
ami Singer took the plaintiffs out to
Pike county «nd showed them a lot of
valuobie land which they said was all
owned by the Monarch Coal and Coke
Company. The outlook was satisfac
tory and tlic deal closed. The (Merrltts
put up $30,000 in cash and hound them
selves to pay $420,000 additional. It
's olleged that the Monarch Coal and
Coke Company did not own an acre of
land. tBtnftton and Singer set abc it to
purchase land, trailing the notes for
tides and the iandonwMchjhc Brarlt’C
Coal Company was started .was turned
over to ttto (Merrltts. It is alleged that
the men .lid not purchase more than
45,000 acres and that It did not cost
them more than $2.50 per acre, whereas
they sold It to the Merrltts at about
$12.
BAftriJALL in vin.ai.vu.
Crank* Getting Ready Early for
a Good Season.
Lynchburg. Vh,. Dec. 29.—'The Vli
glola State League of baseball play
er* to. getting ready early for the ap-
prooefifng season, and s-t a meeting to
he hold in Richmond next week will
arrange the whole programme. The
Virginia League last year wus one of
the strongrat minor leagues In tile
country, having fumiehed the national
J.-ague wltih'.at least four pitchers for
this season and six out-tlclders. The
cence. The British minister at Tokio
has bebn unable to get the slightest
scrap of official Information od the sub
ject of the conditions for which Japan
will oontend, and the Japanese embas
sy in London Is equally secretive. Tho
latter, it is true, has some knowledge
of the situation, but It Is partly of a
negative and partly of a positive char
acter. The embassy is free, however,
in disregarding the recent cablegrams
attributing to Japan file deslgne of
forcing au alliance with Chiuai against
the European powers. Tho leading
principle of the peace negotiations be
tween the two eastern empires, as far
as Japan Is concerned, w.U be a total
abstention fnom *ny demand whiti
would give China an excuse to ssk for
European intervention. Japan, there
fore, will not stipulate for any territo
rial or commercial acquisitions In
which the other powers are directly In
terested. Formosa will be taken by
Japan as part of a pledge for war in
demnity and certain Chinese port* will
be.held as * pledge for the remainder
of the indemnity. In regard to Corea,
It is possible that' a'Cblua-Jnpan dual
control over that country will be pro*”
posed.
These terms, which Me divulged by
the Japanese embassy, ate a great dcV,
more moderate than fho$e described In
the sensational cablegrams received
hero today from Tokio and elsewhere
ami have the stamp of belief is diplo
matic circles.
THE ARMENIAN FNQUIRY.
As the groat body of thteiaetnloers of
the Liberal party are rBolved that
there shall be particular Intervention
In Armenia and have relied upon the.
government to carry out their plans,
there Is a groat surprise among them
at finding that the foreign committee
of inquiry which is going to Armenia
is composed only of Dragomans. Rus
sia’s delegate, M. Maior. hae been a
Dragoman attached to the Russian em
bassy at Constantinople: M. Vilbert,
the French delect te, la an interpreter
in the employ or the r retail evut-u^.tr
at the Turkish capital, and England's
delegate, Mr. Shapley. is a vlce-eonaul
to Turkey. Tbe personnel of the com
mittee as thus described, gives no se
curity, saya the Speaker, that there
will be a satisfactory inquiry, espc-
oal’y since the American delegate has
been refuted pocaikelon to make an
Independent Investigation.
There Is little hope now, conttniy>*
the Speaker, of getting at the truth,
even if the Dragomans should be al
lowed, as they twill not be, to take an
active part in the Investigation. Eng
land ought to come to sorno agreement
with Russia without delay to the end
of taking action together or without
the co-operation of tho power* and
they should act at once.
A word from England would lead to
a revolution in Creete and Macedonia,
and even in Constantinople.
inlet's step as clastic and his spirit*
as buoyant. His eyes Hare regained all
of 'heir eld lustre, and in conv rsatioa
with Mr. DoneStn he frequency in
dulged in hearty Vmehter Mr OJ*<t.
stone couvc-rsed’la'fo’y ,v r n lsh top
ics, and his Inferest In ’ha oause
< -timed as great as ever. He spoke of
the borne rule .party as < > composed
of men of ability and honvt.
“Surely,” rays the Freeman’s Journal,
commenting upou Mr. Donelan's Inter
view with Mr. Gladstone, “we h .to
the right to hope that once sf In the
veteran's voice will thrill the heorts of
the people by opaaktng In favor of
homo rule."
There is exoellont authority for the
statement that the colonial office sup
port* the Canadian view of the copy
right question.
The Manitoba government closed Us
London office permanently today.
The Yachting World says: “It Is tho
concensus of opinion among yachtsmen
that the Royal Yacht Squadron will ac
cept the custody of the America’s cup
should an English yaoht win It.”
The proposed Journey of Cardinal
Vaugban to Rome has been delayed by
a set • attack of bronchitis. It Is
now h .tied that if he Is sufficiently re
covered he will start on January 10.
In the eveut of tile anti-gambling
leaguj winning the suit which they arc
prosecuting against the stewards of
the Jockey Club, an appeal will be car
ried by the stewards to the court of
iinarter sessions, of whidt Lord Ren-
ditwhan, the Junior steward of the
.Jookey Club, Is chairman. If an appeal
is made, it Is certain to he sustained by
file court.
m ffiif
llUl DLI 1 LL<
OhIIw Rfob&l dfon Bust Pay Shortage
to* o Southern Railway
Company,
HNG DESERTED BY IIIS WIFE
T
Lynchburg effih today entfMred Will- and evenm wnsmuuuv^c.
lam A. Smith of Knoxville, Tonn.. as Tho Speaker glves expression to ttc
popular feeling on the subject which
has been greatly intensified by tho ring
Ing speech delivered to the deputatio
by Mr. Gladstone at Hawanlcn todai
A CABINET MEETING.
Lord Rosebery has summoned a med
ing of the cabinet counsel on Januar
14 and has accompanied hi* sumtuol
with a request that the ministers mil
arrangements to remain in Ir/iHla
thereafter. The Conservative whit
have already Intimated to the r r
members of the bouse of oommons uo
are now abroad that they should K
faU to be present at the opening ft
pari ament. The leaders on both sfs
nH- jgnlzc the fact that the stress oi ;e
session will then be the greatest- If
the government survive the dotation
the address In reply to the speech ffit
rho throne, they may tide oyer the!*-
ston, but otherwise they wT be In m-
stand danger of fal’lng The dung,of
the iRedmcolte faction of the Irisn r-
ty throwing their votes to the Confv-
atives has lessened considerably uler
tbe influence of the extension of he
„. nn . An «'a nr.vlrliih IWllCV.
manager, and expert* to sign a p*n-
nant-wllining team. Th? Lynchburg?™
•have made ditos with Boston, Phila
delphia and Baltimore teams for games
here In March and April.
PRIVATE OAlR BURNED.
Hastings, 'Neb., Dee. 29.—The Ne-
mahe, the private oar of General Man
ager Rabltmon of the St. Joseph and
Grand Island, was burned yesterday
between Davenport and Edgar, while
en route to this city. The occupant*
barely escaped with their lives, losing
all their clothing, valuables and papers.
Genoral Solicitor Reed had to be taken
out through a- window. Whon the par
ty arrival here this morning they
lookM like a lot o< Indians, being
dressed only In blankets and their un
derwear. The fire Is supposed to have
started from the overturning of an oil
stove in tbe observatory.
'MANGLED BY A TRAIN.
Brooklyn, Dec. 20 —At 1030 o'clock
last night, the mangled remains of a
man supposed to be Joseph 'H. Ste
phens, a printer, of No. 114 Brunswick
street, Newark, N. J., were found on
tho tracks of the Brooklyn elevated
railway, about one hundred feet from
the Fulton ferry. The man was horri
bly mangled, every bone In his body be
ing broken. His legs wore torn from
their sockets and one of them was
wedged in a switch. The body was
found directly under the bridge on the
spur which runs on water street. The
police believe that the man Jumped
from tho Brooklyn bridge and was run
over by t tram.
TAMiPBUHD WITH LETTERS.
Muncle, Ind., Doc. 29.—Postofflce ln-
spocton from Cleveland yesterday ar
rested Myron Medsker, aged 20, general
delivery clerk in the Muncle postofflce,
on tho charge of tampering with tot
ters. For month# past letter* mailed
containing money never reached their
destination and complaints were made.
The boy arrested Is a nephew of At
torney Medskcr. prominent mstato pol
itic*. He was released on $500 bond.
Ho has been m the office for two years.
The losses are very large.
COTTON BARGE ADRIFT.
Galveston. Dee. ».-Th» Houston Direct
Navigation Company’* bars* WnMo, with
M bales of cotton on board, broke from
her moorings Wednesday night during
th» .tet nrthwsst blow and pounded n
hole In her bottom. 8h« e*nk off Pter No.
B. This morning the cotton wna adrift
to the bay. The enrgo was fully Insured.
It D not known whether any of the cot
ton drifted to sea or not Thera are a
few helee mlsalng. b ^fT 0 ® f
mm* company loaded with cotton wu
blown ashore off the foot of Thirty-sixth
street, ' v
government's pro-Irish policy, lie
McCarthy:te leaders have receim x-
pliclt ministerial assurances that
principle of home rule will Ibe,
affirmed st the coming ««'■*’
party congress and lhat ft w.ll,
the first plank in the P^ty M,
Besides, Mr. Morley’s lend bl U the
intereet of the tenant# #nd tp
measures whk’ii Have been J k ^
overt famine in Ireland, luV amiwd
a feeling of warm approval I Inland.
The government has airily mine
advances of moneywUfioutjltcrf tto
local board, to.purchase sedpoutoes.
and the boards are authorirt to nwko
advances to be paid ^
stall meats. Mr, John Bednp
turn from his voyage to
next week, at which time ■ period or
political activity will begif
EXTORTING R-VI
Mr. William O’Brien haajasrtbed a
shrewd dodge on the partfthe Mar
quis of Sligo to extort poistes even
from the poocort of bis tetjts. Under
the provisions of the latact. wtcq
the valuation of a tenant hnder Iwr
pounds the landlord musty the poor
rate* lustoad of the tcnxntLord Bligo,
however, has groaned hishants «o
pay less than four pounjfor »*Jr
holdings as tenants In
this way he 1* enab-ed tota even the
one pound holder* out of •ir'oor ra^*.
.The Marquis of 6Ugo jiav* 20300
pounds a year from bis f <*
laud, and from this expo* It 1* eW
to see how he does it. I ,
Mr. A. J. C. Donelan.iember. of
parliament from East O, who M*
been paying a t to J (JUdiOoe
*t Hawarden. dftertlbci le cx-ire-
CRDHHBJl) BY FALLING BEAMS.
Two Bravo Ftrc. ',n Lose Their Lives
In New York.
New York. Dec. >9.—BSttoMon Chief
James J. Brea nan and AssUKnm Fore
man John L. Rooney met death early
tills morning while lighting a lire in
■the Cassidy Gw* and Electric Fixture
Work* in Earn Twenty-fourth ^street.
floors . . Chief Bresnan, sur- -rndra
by 7.1- from engine companies. N>o*.
14. IS and 19, was forcing his way up
•the stairway leading to toe fourth
flw. Without warning the charred
beams of the fifth floor guv, way un-
d r the weigh* of a heavy piece of ma-
oi lnery, which carried away the stair
way. Bre*nan and Rooney were both
.plnnoM und.r the machinery as it
■njruck. -the fourth floor. Both were
.'probably Instantly killed. Half a
jloten firemen were ttlso pinned down
pn 'the stairway leading from the
four floor, but the/ managed to out,
tvtr way ou’ In the face of -the ad-
vatifelng flame*. Four of the men wore
painfully hut not seriously burned.
FLORIDA WAS RUINED.
a Sound Box of Oranges in the
State—Vegettabfes KllliM.
JacksonviKe. Dec. 29.^Dispatchesto
We TJnes-Uilion Indicate rV.t .he cold
whve has been very destructive to the
orange and vegetable crons. No section
/If the state escaped. Otv.n'^s on the
frees were froren solid, uisl 5t Is sold
S»m mere is now not n sound box of
djang.w tn the stake. Peas, tomatoes
aid other vegetables are ruined. Dj»-
r tt from the cart Coast *JT the
p b>. apple crop Is ruined. It Is esimsited
ts it there were 2,500.00(1 boxes oranges
o the trees and that 2.000,000 of them
c i a total loss. Young orange groves
t- s report* J ruined. Old trees troy pull
t frouali. The total loss will ttkely reach
t 000,000. The frCVxe Is more dtsastrou*
♦f fin .'he one ot XW5. The
« erage temperature early this morn-
-n. — ,*r Kerlda ■"ta abotr*. 20 degrees.
I A RAILROAD’S EARNINGS.
The South Caroiioa and Georgia Has
Made Some Moony.
New York. Doc. 29.—At a meeting of
the director* of the South Carol loo *r»l
3-acwria Railroad Obenpany today. As-
bury Hurt of A-urueta. Oa.. was ,fleeted
a director to fill a vacancy.
Th > HUUtemoWt for the aix months
ended December 31. 1894. oarttv csrt-
mn’rod. shows:
Gross earntnixs. 1613.453: net eornlmm.
3214.044; Interest arad. taxes $159,250:
surplus. $57,794. ,
By a re cor.-, act of the jEBiaaature.
the company Is authorized Ho Durtaase,
lease, own and aoerate a line of steam-
rhCips between Charleston an.1 Nc»
York oral bytween Chsrteston and foe-
clgn ujiks. ir>d also authorized to learo
or purCHaae wharves and erect eleva
tors and cofftan cresses and lease or
conaoKdmte with »nv railroad In South
CaaMna or adlacont rta/.vr,
AN AGGRESSIVE FIGHT.
Plant Determine to Hold to Hln Psa-
longer Buaineaa
JackwnvUlc, Fla., Dec. 29.—The ao-
potnrinenf. of B. W. Wrann ea re-Mun-
ger traffic manager of the Plant nyg.cen
is constdered In ah(s c.Ky to mom tout
sn BMTeealve flgbt for passenger bu«'.-
reas tabween the Plari: "jwtem and he
Floridt* Csnrtad and Penbvnrier Is about
to be tnaufuratted. The businera tn«o
Florida, up io fast year, wax ootv.tvflcri
exclusively by Plant. The new F.orida
Oerlual and Ponlnsulsr kne to Savan
nah, however, out deeply Into taka, und
thus tea puls at is re head of shat <1
■tmont a man whoa* progreseivene**
Bit* Saya Sue Una Paid Iler ilutbnnd Uut
ufA’l (he Pi iclul T-oiililrd Mi«
Pro|ioiealo-Kln^ I ‘tend
the Story Lral-ed . .t,
Atlanta, D.c. ctpec^l.) -John H.
King. L ely soliciting -en for the East
Tennessee rail • ■', and forme-ly holding
the responsible sltlon ot A...nta agent
of that road, has left town under a
c jd, both flr-ncL, and soctll.
King bad been in thJ employment ot
the East Tennessee t r ten years or more
In’ various capacities, holding positions
In Rome and other pl- 'es ~e well as In
this city, and has co iquently a wide
acquaintance In business and railroad cir
cles.
Thi. J-years ago he mar-led Miss All
good in'Trlon Factory, a young lady'4,
wealth and belonging to one of the me..-:
Influential families In north Georgia.
From what can be IcM-ncd of the 'acts.
It appears that King, who Yid always
borne a splendid reputation tor .aeadlneu,
soon after his marriage entered upon a
rapid career, upon the strength of bis
wife's bank account. Ho was a "high
roller," as they go In Atlanta.
It Is alleged that he resigned ,s posi
tion as agent two yearn ago at the re
quest of tho oompany on account of
mixed accounts, which, however, were
squared by hla wife's check for $1,U«.
city solicitor for the East Tennessee, nnd
It was tn this situation that the tranaac.
iiuua by wiiiou smile $2,666 of the com
pany's money lost Its way ere charged
to him. As solicitor for the company It
Is chargeJ that he appropriated money to
hie own use which he should heve hand-
ed over o shippers ontltled to It as
claims. >•'. 8. P.lchardson. cashier for
the company, who makes the direct
charge against King, lost hla position be
cause he claims he allowed him to handle
this money. Richardson and King were
close friends, however, and th cashier
adults that he was very lenient toward
him, never doul -ing his honesty. When
the discovery of the shortage In ■Richard-
son'e cash aocounts. due to the fact that
King had taken out money to refund to
shipper*, hut never returned voucher* tn
Its otace/ Richardson assumed responsi
bility for the shortage himself, he claims,
believing that King would mako it good
at once and thus prevent a public ex
posure.
I King. It ts claimed, made repeated
: promisee to produce the money, but nev-r
came to the scratch, all this time the
company holding the case In abeyance eo
far as prosecution was ronrerned, id-
though both Rlchardeon ard Kins avere
dismissed.
Cashier Richardson and Auditor Bran-
nan of the lullrc.id company, when all
hope of King making the snortage good
.was gone, called on Mrs, King at the
reeidence of her uncle, E. W. Mnreh,
where she wau stopping, and sought to
get her to settle the matter.
Mrs. King, however, added another sen
sational feature to the case by telling
her vleltora thta ih« had sepiirated^from
Mra. King I* now at her nmthev'shome
at Trion with her little child.
The story has been successfully »up-
pressed pending the efforts to settle the
shortage, but came out when King left
the city and all hop* of restitution wae
abandoned by Cashier Rlchardeon and the
company.
It wu* reported thbt the early morning
passenger train front Chattanooga hod
tcM-u wrcckod
sons killed. A
ing train veer* .
proved to be only a i
broken rail hid thrown
the track, hut juJbody \l
the tumbulnnces returned ei
Fl/hRIDA RECORDS BROKEN.
Jacksonville, Dec. 28.-The cofd wavs
has struck Florid* ant special* to'the
Tlmes-Union tndleite ttm It will prove
a record-breikor. At ne.rriy all pohra
In south Florida the thermometer I*
below freezing at 11 o'clock tonlgfit.
Great dam ago is feared <o the orange
and vegetable crops. At 11 o'clock «*
Jacksonville toe t hc'nmocneter stood nc
19 above. It will be cove pal days be
fore toe r.vmaige to fruit .ind vegetables
can be estimated.
CATOLTNIA ruwnrES IT. ,
Columbia, Dec. 83.—It began snow
ing .-it diyKghV th! morning, hut by too
time two lnohm fell, itive woUiler clear
ed and wttih ,i '.brink northwest breexo
beoamo nnMty colder, -ukI tonight la
suoh a one as had been experienccii
but once in vta-enty years. The meroury
ut mignlgSit ston da at 12 degrees above
zero and 1* failing reidlly.
paranunt a man
Is unquertloned.
ROBDDD BY HIGHWAYMEN.
Des Moines, Is., Pec. 29.-Jacob Shane,
aged 5$ years, a wealthy real estate man
from Coon Rapid* was robbed by two
highwaymen In a thickly populated resi
dence part of this city laat night Tho
robbers meured $10,000 In a draft on the
Flret National Bank of Chicago and $0,000
in notea and drefto which were not
touehed. The robbers waylaid Shane as
he was passing to a friend’s residence
and cut open his head with a coupling
pin. nearly fracturing the skull. It Is
doubtful whether he will recover. The
police have tried to atop payment on the
drafts, but have no due to tne robbers.
DID HE DRINK THAT KIND 7
Now York, Deo. 29.—In an Interview
laat night, WIH’anj ’*’. Fleis*. who**
name was mentioned in connection
with Inspector William* during jreater-
daj’s session of the Lexow committee,
corroborated the inspector’* testimony
in erery regpect roganUug the money
transactions between them. Mr. Fieis*
denied emphatically that Inspector
WlU'.sms in any way tried to'belp the
sale of Hollywood whisky.
COURT HOUSE BURNED.
Terry, O. T., Dec. 29.—The court
bouse of Payne county at Stillwater
was burned, together with aU the coun
ty records, Wednesday night. The fire
was of incendiary origin. It 1* believed
the remainder of the - IDalton gang
burned the house to save a (coord from
going In against one of their men.
There was no insurance.
FITTING OUT FOR MADAGASCAR.
Pu-ls, Dec. 29.—Tile French govern
ment to constructing with all possible
rapidity twlchre guUhoate and forty
silt targe*, to be sent tot section* to
Madagsncsir for the use of tbe French
expedition.
DIVVER ACQUITTED.
New York. Des. ».—Police Justice
Driver was yesterday acquitted by the
sapremv court of *U tho charge*
against him
THE VENABLE LOS3.
The City Council Orders the Damaged
WUlla Toro Away.
Atlanta, Doc. $9.—tSpeclal.l—Aft >r
tearing another protest from the In-
suronce men, the city cuun-ii today
adopted the report of the building In
spector* condemning the old capita!
building, and Venable Bros, have been
ordered to t-ar the dam-iged walls
away within fifteen days, or the city
writ do t-t and charge the expense to
them.
Thers will hr n very Intereating fight
brtraocn the owners of the bulldlug und
the Insurance oonqunles. In street par
lance, thp insurance men have "got
It in for” tho Vcnubles anyhow, uud
their determined opposition to th.- con
demnation of tbe building already
shows that they will not piy the poll-
rirs without a fight. The Insurance,
$125,000, wa* ptaced In New York by
Mr. W. H. Venable, thus cutting the
local <ug-nt* out of tte'lr profits, which
renders the oaau .ttore complicated.
Mr. Venable made a few rvmirks to
the council today, which chows the
feeling oa hi* aid* of the can?.
He told toe council that he didn't
care whut action they took, he pro-
posed to mtike the insurance compa
nies pav for th* OaiMga oaus-d hy the
fire, whatever It might be.
"And," he exclaimed. "I hare not
lobbied about thp council (ike. throe
Insurance nun, and do not propose to.”
He told the count-!! that he didn't
think cither he or the Insurance men
bad any burines* talking th r,. am) ad-
drawiw the latter. He said tout If t)t y
wanted to flyfht the case he wou(d, give
them about the livefi^t round I hey lrid
•Wf had.
Work of tearing th* old ’ building
■sway will begin next week.' No plans
have yet been porfqrted for lire new
ctructur* to take iuf ateev, but th r*
is a strong prcbxhlUtrtbst It will be
a big he»s|,
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.
ZERO AT KNOXVILLE.
Knoxville, Tern., Dec 28.—Intense
coM prevails throughout the cast Ten-
morsee vnl ey. The Shermomeoer rang
ed from 10 to II degeen above sere
-J.'iing tlw day. At 11 o’clock tonight
■rjjft ntoroury la down to tout and zero
[ u4t!l bt reached before mnrlnlnn.
SCHOONER DRIVEN ASHORE.
Norfolk. VI.. Dec. 23.—Tho feme
misled schooner Ribhard S. dpoffor-t,
went ashore opposite Ocrwok$ Light.
North Carolina, yesterday and a * ’ .(
tal lose. All hands were aired t. • <
the steward. Whose name p - .
Tho vessel was from Bor 1 ... s ’v .--a,
Ga. .
SNOW WHERE GROVER ‘'IKTi
DUCKS.
Gersetown, S. C.. Dec. 28.—It eoffi-
mers-ed io snow .here fhla afternoan
nnd contlnuea to snow ui.i F.eet with
utrog northwest wlr.-i ^ hlnwllqr. ^ The
growing qolh^r.
NO "SUNDOWN DOCTORS.”
The Inferior Depxrhmrnt Will Dis
pense with Their Servlceu.
Wiashl'hfiton, Dec. 22.—The commis
sioner of pension* today ire'itd an or
der that witt irevent cu.rks In tit■ bu
reau who are physician*- from prae-
..cinig medicine after o..1cC hours. In
this braii'U of Ihe government servlee
as well as lu ethcro th -rj urn a num
ber of graduated physlciana who attend
patients a if tor olfley bourn and * re
known as "sundown doctors.” T.ie or
der states that if any clerk or em-
ployei of tihi» pijiskm bureau shill at
tend patients a* a physician or medi
cal dytoar, i,t will he reirrd-vl L'« *;m-
cient groufid for r conv-..:;- 1 '-l'r lhat
his further service* In tte* buraiu will
bi no longer r.qulred. !'h. danger ot
bringing conUgious dispute to Ihe
other clerks and euch disease
to spread in to. convr inity to ohvlou*.
and It has beet niamlfewted In recent
cas s. Moreover, a curt which i* likely
to require cLrk* to b» op at night and
to demand their prompt ..ttenlion ut
ail times la reguxded a* iiuynalatpnt
vlth. the proper dtecharge of Their du
ties in the bur uu. .
The 1 .suing of tos Order wau raused
by a negro doctor named J-dlnsdii. em
ployed in the bureau atte4Jdlhg.y» small
pox case, for,whloh he was Huspc-nded.
White ivcf official notlflrtttioii ha* yet
been lrfued, it is aim *t c rtaln that
a *!ni‘/ar order v.-lllt be made Includ
ing I! ) ■ nitre Interior,department, n t
Veteran editor dead.
Charles, W. Button Wan a Noted Figura
'-v A In Virginia-
Lyncbhirg, Vs.\ Dec. $9.—A special
to the Nttta amioanecs tlw death of
Mr. Charles W. Biitou, one of the
oldist Joimallm* In VirglU'd, at his
home In Appomattox today- Uit. death
was exoacted for some days, ns -he had
been in a very critunl condition-from
a 3fvert) attack of pneumonia. ■
Ms-. Button ws* iiorn -in Jelt-raon
county sevtnty-two year*-ago; nnd for
too frmiter part of hi* life W.is con
nected with the pro«a «f tho stale. At
one time he was tlw editor of toe Bol-
ford Sentinel. Wthen thz# paper
changed (unde he made Lynor.burg hi*
home, having pur 'harod the Virgin>m,
the Bicond oldest paper In the state.
He wns a memiher of th* atato legisla
ture for several year*, in which body
he wa* e' er r etarded a* a twin of un
doubted ability. A* th? editor of the
Virginian, Mr. Button achieved a gnat
reputsitlon. Under Ctovetand’s itdmlnix-
tmtton he was appointed postnpstei;.
A f-w years onto the Virginian was
ae’d and merged Into the N;w*. Mr.
diut-on receaitty moved to hi* pWnta-
tion near Walker’s Ford, V.I., and for
arvrrsl nwoth* hla mad* :bx: t *
home.
Denied Admittance to a MU’. II* Stayed
Outside and Died. ! .’ .
New Phlladelph vO., Dte. $9,-La»t
eight a aupoaed iraspp entered Coital
Dover Rolling Mill in an almost frozen
state. He was ejected by she night
w»t ohm an. In the morning there was
found a white-haired man. apparently
<0 years of age. lying void in death on
the ash heap.
"F. W.” marked on hi Shirt waa all
the IderitSfloaition that could be gotten.
NEW MASONIC BUILDING.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.-(*pectal.)-A* the
result of th- deatruoUon of the Masonic
lodge rooms in the old cap!tot building
a magnificent now Ifnaonlc temple wilt
probably be built. The Masons several
years ago bought a commodious lot on
the corner of North Pryor ysaid Au
burn avenue*, which Is Just two abort
bfioctda from the Kimball Hou».-, nnd
the new temple will be located there.
It wHI be a magnificent building,
ream ore already being arranged to
commence the work.
.BIRMINGHAM SHIVERS.
BJnntnghamn. Ala. Dec. Tha
thermometer here registered 16 above
tonight. Indication* are that It will be
much coMer in the morning.
NOBODY WA8 HURT.
Atlanta, Dee 29.-f8pectal.y-A good
deal of excitement wu* caused today
by the report of a dtowmroflw wreck on
the Western and AltonOc railroad
nwr the CbortaboecWe river bridge.
PASSENGER BURNED.
San Francisco. Doe. 29.—A I
waa'ricetvrd at the Southern ftaciflo
headquarters 1n tota ci'y today giving
mcitgra paricutars of a disaster f«» Ebtt
Sunwv H-mHed -tmtu. T-»* train was
wert-wurd bound from Now Orleans for ,
San Francisco, and ws* burned at /
Dragoon Pass. Arizona, fourteen miles/
(MUtliVist of Benson. Th* dISasrer, th
cause of which bus not yet t
lenrned. occurrol about 5 o’clock
mornfrir, nnd two eiVrp'fig °*rs,
Rtao Robles and . San Ardo, w
burtmj. Tho ocnnoaSie osr la alaoj
orted burned and engine ikitt
The dining oar -and a <ar wiith
vote part af to* rear of rite train •
pot ecordhed. Tlio repon? oaya no
was hurt with the exception of/
man, whose name was n
uni he only slightly bruhwrt.
JONES COUNTY SHEItIFF’S
wai be wld hriore th?
door irt the town of Cttoiop, '
tay, b A..vc -u the Icgui hpurs o
Lhe first Tuc-qdoy In Jopaiary.
fjrtqa-.ug property, to TV- -. j
A tract or parcel of 'oral d' d
fotirevs: Whole Iota NVe f
132. of two humired two 'astnj
(tore* tuoh. more or ieso, Ivifr _
lrirr iu the Tec-.tfa dtriricl. f .
a’.a. county of J.mcs. nil
br>1y and as-gceg.il '»,-*!a h
and one-half (677 1-2) acres,,* , , n.
Uovted on a* the PTO;crL ■ .
, n. 1 Kv \A".tPL “ "• t
urt lu fa-
DUUV.16..
Duma* urtier aoul bv - .r
,V1 from Jones waperii
at In fit**
,vor of O. F. I’ark'r.
Written notice served' ■
saaiui. It -on, a;1
A!«> at the cam? tkn.f®*.!;, ' j y .
that itjc- or parcel of if i,
, mlUtla dls-
tlng of five
rrti (506 1-4)
part of r * J*
„!«1 oa follows:
le Womack and
B. H. Pounds
afril. O. Smith "rtlf
itfda and being
A. Barfield and
^ ttte mwlr'y ot/- Hfltarflekl te mi-
tiyi ST”823.
SK; iSS Mqgf * rorara.
Ihi, Ocaober K ^ J, KrH |unGE.
gjJnff Jones County. Ga.
Ing aril being in the
county of Jon**. In Bin
trict of ecid county, cf
hundrot Ax and enf
acres. In rare body. T
Borfirid n-iee. and
North by lands i
Sparks; coot by la
end west toy
Barflrtd and
tbe lands whereat