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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