Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: JANUARY 21, 1895.
IES SPREAD RAPIDLY.
Destructive Conflagration That
Das Ever Been Witnessed
in Macon.
side; assistance asked foe
[iriitlhi u, n & Son, the S. S, Dunlap
Hardware < oinpnur, Dannonberg
(onipooFt *he American Shoe
Broker* end Otuera the
l,n(fri»lniuraiice.
!lt\v
Daily Telegraph January 19.
falty a h-ilf nil-lion dollars' worth of
| wut up in smoke last night,
to,' the most destruot.ve conlla-
[jtioa JUwn has ever known,
it 7:30 'the alann was turned In,
land immediately by the geunral
na ciKlns (Hit the fui diopartmeiM,
iich burr.t vl to tile scene, where the
«v,v foutui burning through the
g litorc occupied by d. Wjit-
ijjnra & Sjti. The Are appeared to
fondned to the tap story of the six-
my (willing, but had Silned such
pit hiuilwuy that although the tire
yfiznont tvus on to© ground In two
girs after the ulanm avas turned
ha flames were bursting out of
i windows om .the a luy and one
%i blaze was reaching b.gh Into the
irtoa from the roof. Everybody on
scene necoguized tost It was *1-
: useless to aottmpt to savo the
act and building with Macon's lim
ed appiratus and equiptn'tat, but nf-
the (lopartmeitt had boon at work
few minutes it seamed that there was
«ne hope. Ths was dlspettcd tn
order, however, when a’ long
ague of fire leaped high Into the n'.r,
thtlug up .the entire city and sending
illlons of sparks In every direction,
loud crash soon followed and, with
jmlngly Increased Impetus, tho Are
iftd until the Inside of ihe rear of
building was a sqlld mass of
m». which spread rapidly, forcing
ten, ihe red hot lrou shutters on th
and sending out a hundred
igues of dames aim >s3 over the
ads of the gal.snt flretnen who were
(ling the hbtflde of ibelr lives from
top of the American Slate Brokets'
B. Onward the lkimes rushed to
it l«fh of the building until they
rxout the front window* jmd tho
'lie inside -wus one seething mass.
I the firemen /ought bravely from
try point of raniuge, but It’was ev-
a: that the limited force could do
agilnst such odds, and hundreds
people bcjjsu about.ng to the liro-
o •» ccano down front the roof of
American Shoe Brokers' butld.ng,
the With alloy wall of the b,g bu'id-
<xvupiud by Wuxcibaum was bulg-
•ttt and shaking. Still tile Arcmen
'Inid at their post* uoul It was
ea.fhit the 'mm© not? will would rot
n l mother minute and Chief done*
• the order ito come down. Tbe
mm was hudly ut the Ito atom of
ladder when the wall fell with a.
tderous crash on the roof of tbs
merltuu Shoe Brokers' Scare,, where
tlremeo had been unity a few seo-
t hefore. When the walla of the
vllnum building fell ou tho Anter-
in Shoe Brokers' store that building
crushed like an out Shell and com-
ly destnoyed. wkb the entire
ck of goods. Other building* abut
V on Ihe alley caught Are at this
n-. and although the mam effort* of
Aremen were d rerwed toward ear
the Oimlap Hardware Company
I'.inlng the building occupied by
ije’iaaum, they were all *<*» exiln-
"■*icd‘ so toait the entire department
©>t to work on the Dnnlip build-
Thl* building iwae five storte*
md tthe stream* of waiter f:om
engine* -were unable to be of any
Vance In arresting the flames that
11-onAy Npritid. To make mtt
verse, a portion of the wall of the
Min* occupied by Wax»lStnm foil
yen tbe roof of the Dunlap tmlid-
crushing It In. 'then the flame*
riot In the top glory of Ihl* bulld-
t and a* stony by story waa de-
'7-1 the whole building was soon
Woped in flame*. Xo power
could bare aared this building,
Surii the flromcn fought It madly,
“erg siveml streams ou It ail the
h *n not long after the Dunlin Hard.
'» Company building became United
■f t« the dividing wall separating the
‘Min* from tba Waaelhaiim MHU
■tod tn upon tt, which Mated *ta doom.
then believed that the Dan-
*k*nc building would go- ft udlolned
■ bcotap Hardware Company buiuunr.
“f a twelve-foot three-atory ahell butto-
7 Intervening between It and the Dun-
' Hardware Company. Tht* shell bultn.
occupied by Air. A. C. Felton,
zz the office for the FarmrW Hun.
Company, and was completely de.
wibhed tieneath a large portion of the
"“bp wall which fell In on It, and *v-
ttMng contained In It wan destroyed.
time it wks rogsrded as certain
tlt . •he Daimenberg building would also
'tMtroyed and a large force of men
“ Wt to Work removing tho stock. Tne
However, braved the intense heat
»t reached them on 'op cl the building
„ ‘"hough the adjoining wall fell and
i"hM a portion of tha roof, they atood
••heir tost, and kept Mck the angry
P“e*. tlravely they fought until at last
blf. 1 "® lh *t the spread of tha namee
r ., u J** B checked and tha 'Aonnenbers
-. *'** ** T ed, although the Bloch
had bams coosiderabty damaged
’} o’clock before the flames were
iTj under control, and e-.*o then
- • -e a.iey in the mar of tho Shoe Broke
era* store were several negro houses, all
of whieS were scorched and from which
the occupants moved their beionxlnaa.
The stock of the Star Shoe Company, ad
joining the American Shoe Brokers. waa
aiso injured by wmer, while U$b •tvC.k 0Z
J. Van. dealer in trunks, etc., wus some
what damaged by water .\nd removal.
The total damages as near as could be
ascertained last night Is nothing short
of SoOO.OOO on buildings and stock, al
though the loss will not he great, tbe
Dunlap Hardware Company being tho
greatest losers.
The stock of S. Waxelba.um & Son was
valued at 1276,0W, the spring stock of the
house having Just been received. The
Insurance 1b $226,000. The building be
longed to Mrs. 8. T. Coleman- and was
valued at $56,000, with Insurance of HO.uu).
Both building and stock are a total loss.
The stock of the Dunlap Hardware
Company was valued nt $00,000. with in
surance of $40,000. The building also be
longed to the Dunlap Hardware Com
pany and was valued at $25,000. with in
surance of $12,000. Both stock and bulld-
bulldlng were total losses. The Duniau
Hardware Company, on account ot their
small Insurance, are the heaviest losers.
The Dannenberg Company* stock was
valued at $226,000, with Insurance of omv
$160,000. The building is valued at fUMUi.
with Insurance not known. The dumage
to the stock Is estimated at 40 per cent,
by water, while the damage to the MiJwl
Ing Is estimated at $5,000.
The American Shoe Brokers, tt widen
Eugene B. Harris Is proprietor, carried a
stock valued at $26,000, which was lu.'iv
insured. The building belonged to J. C.
McBurney and was insured for Ib.ow.
which Is considered its full valu*.
A large portion of the Dannenberg stock
was moved Into the. street and some
damage sustained *n this removal.
All of the electric wires In the city were
cut and while the Are lasted there were
no lights In the city. The street cars
were also Bkopped and all through tne
fire there was no electricity In the cirv.
Business was entirely suspended, all
kinds of business houses closing their
doors and almost everybody In the c'ty
going to the fire. The "Mikado* pertorm-
ance at the Academy of Music, with a
packed house, was abandoned and three
Important committee meetings at the cltv
hail were suspended. The lire Itselt was
something beautiful to behold, and even
those who suffered pecunl.iry loss by it
could not fall to admire the grandeur
beauty.
When the fire was at Its height Cant.
Carnes of the Volnte».re, seeing that it
required almost the entire police force to
keep guard over the Toods removed from
the burning and adjacent, buildings, asked
permission of Col. Wiley to order out the
Volunteers, so that t! e police could re
turn to their beats ant nrotect the resi
dence and other portions of the city.
Col. Wiley told Capt. Carnes that while
he would not instruct him to order out
the Volunteers, he could ask them to
come out. Capt. Cannes immediate iv
went to work and in thirty minutes mu
twenty of his men who volunteered r<r
duty In full uniform on the ground guard
lng the property. The police were tnen
sent back to their beats as the soldiers
stood guard over tho goods removed
from the buildings. Much praise was giv
en Capt. Carnes snd the Volunteers tor
their prompt and ready action and it 1s
no doubt due to their action that muc.i
property was saved. All n-gtit long tno
soldiers kept watch under strict Military
discipline.
At 8:30 o’clock telegrams were rcr.t to
Atlanta and Augusta ssklng tor ner’M-
ance from the fire deoarttnents of those
cities. From each city came ;he ansser
that help would be sent when demanded.
When this appeal was made the .)unIso
Hardware Company's building was lust
beginning to catch and as a stilt hrecse
was blowing, U looked like the fire would
spread In both directions over tne entice
square on which the nurning burnings
were located. Datcr, however, wore was
sent to Augusta and Atlanta tolling them
not to come, as the fire was 'gidcr con
trol. The readiness with which both
cities responded to the appeal fur helD
will never bs forgotten by the people of
Macon.
The fire lighted up the entire city from
every direction. In wverv part of the
city it was as bright as day and there
was no use for electric lights. It was
the most lurid blase that macon ever saw
and the people came from far and near
Investigation in Atlanta Only Got a
Start Through tho Finding of
Bell Committee.
POLICE DEPARTMENT COMES NEXT
Councilman Albert Howell AcoueeU of
Uilng the Investigation for Polit
ical Purposes, but He Denies
Any Snoii Charge.
Atlanta, Jan. 18.—(SpoclaJl.)—The Ba
ker Investigation bnouftfot out a new
complication 'today with every indica
tion tlixit tbe next fight will "go high-
II
uprising Anil it” LUO ROJoilaU That
Was Extremely Hard to
Pnt Down.
THE REBELS PROMPTLY CRUSHED
, l„Ml<leil from a Whaling Von
i the Shore—Japanese Laborers
Mutinied—All Government
Troops and Volunteers*
ta :
to I
It.
Fireman Caaaldy of tho tire department
waa Mv.rly cut oy a falling brick rn m
on, of tbo building,, lit* Injury Is not
serious.
A man named Nelson, from Cincinnati,
did valiant work on top of tne ournmr
buildings, although not employed to ao
so.
tt ws, rumored among th, targr ernwa
that four men wer* burled beneath ere
of the falling walla but Inquiry elicited
the feet that there was no trutn in tne
rumor.
About «SOO worth of hose was dutioved
tn the lire, but telegraphic orders were
lent on for more.
San Frindsoo, Jan. 18.—Honolulu,
Jan. 11.--(Oorrespands'wa of the
United Press per steamer .V’.aweda.)—,
Bob Wilcox and Sam Nonvledn led ball
When the'boand <K public ooramls- 8 ttouMnd K ' 1n8ltu8 and SaU-whtto
sloners rmJ: In called session to consider | royallat* In open revolt against the Ha
th© action of the Bell committee this ,.i,„ t.-,,-—. n —•
afternoon, Chairman English t>.nd May
or King, depdeeenltlng the rival po
litlcal factions conoemed In the affair,
locked horns, and figuratively speaking,
Shook each other unci the had blood
on both slide* Is ncm’ stirred up'tor a
fight to the last gasp.
Onairman English defied the city
council, denying their right to lnvestl-
gsiie the police over the heads of the
commission, and In the end the com
mission sided iwlth the chairman und
determined to take up tne investigation
themselves without reference to the
oouncll. Mayor King's gpeclflc requets
for the co-operation ot the council and
the police board had no effect, and the
board dol not even give consideration
to 'the recommendation of the Bell
committee that Ohlef Detectives
Wright and Looney and Ouon be sus-
npmlwl from office.
On Monday the council will meet and
take action. The police commission It-
sa.f wll. probably he onvestlBBted, and
If tthds la done some startling disclo
sures are predicted.
Candidates for chief of police and
Ohlef of ddUKtives, both of which po
sitions psy well, are already making
their announcements on the strength of
the general conviction tlial; there ought
to be and will be a new deal in April,
when 'the election occurs at the latest.
The report of the Bell committee has
been >wld«ly discussed today and almost
unonlmcdisly approved so far as it re
lates to the Investigation of the police
dopur.tuent. There are many, however,
■who think that Clerk Baker’s removal
should hove been recommended on the
general showing made of his associates
snd hmb’jts, though the specific charges
against him failed ho be proven.
Friends of the detectives open'.y as
sented today that the council commit
tee was "packed." They claim that
It was made up of men who, for po
litical reasons, were determined to
whitewash Bsker and besmirch the de
tectives. Alderman Howell, who whs
a member of the committee, fit Is said.
Is In the field to succeed Mayor King,
and the Belt committee was held to
help hint snd his friends get control
of the police department, to be used In
politics. Alderman HowsU, 'however,
indignantly denies *11 this sort of talk.
Probably the most elated individual
over the outcome of the investigation
Is EMI tor B. M. Blackburn of the
bright little Evening Commercial. He
begun 'the fight on the detective depart
ment a year ego and has kept it up
•tteadfy, day <by day, calling for the
Investigation of Wright. Looney and
Oason. Alt first It looked like a big
undertaking for a baby newspaper to
undertake, but the Commercial kept
persistently on until public sentiment
was solid behind the Bell committee
when It began work, and since It has
finished, the public approval ft has re
ceived Is a handsome compliment to
EMltor Blackburn and his bright. In
dependent paper.
DEMPSEY WAS DRUNK.
Tommy ftysn Did the Nonpsnel I'd in
Throe Rounds.
Coney leltnd. N. Y.. Jen. 18.-lt Me
been some years since e prise tight In
tht* vicinity ha* attracted such a wide
spread interest as the dfteen-roumi con.
test between Jack Dempeev, tha once le
ntous Nonperlel snd middle-weight cham
pion of America, snd Tommy Ityan ot
Chicago, who Is now regarded os the
cleverest welter-weight tn the Uiutej
Its tea
The minor events on the programme
proved f« be the moet satisfactory, now-
ever- Rysn was In flrat-clssa condition
end showed It plainly. It wee equaitv
apparent that the reverse was true ot
DMipsey. Dempsey was twelve minutes
behind Rysn tn entering the ring, in tne
first round Dempsey acted like a drunk
en man and many of the spectators were
so disgusted that they left the bulldlns.
In round two Dompsey made suen s
miserable showing that the crowd yelled'
"He Is drunk, take Mm oft!"
"Shame! Shame! Take Mm oft!"
Just before tbe cell of time rien
knocked Dempsey down with s leu on
tho Jew and laughed at him.
Round three.—Ryan had Dempsey si
hie mercy end simply pUiyed with Min.
hitting hltn when end where he nleate l
white the crowd yethyl at the top of m
voice: "Stop ttt flop It!"
Tim Hunt stopped tho bout at the re
quest of tbe club, owing to Dempseys
unlit condition, ar.d the battle res
awarded to Ryan. The time of tho round
we only two minutes and fee tercrOr,.
Ryan waa ao *ar ■'tpertor to Dctniusr
that ha could bavo knocked him at
any moment he close to do so. even In
the tint round. 'Vempsey was very anna
when he came upoo the stage and :t vaa
at tbe request of his .w-i friends that
the club hod the fight stopped, it ta
said that Dempsey tins been dni.kui*
bird ever since he came here from Now
Orleans and wws drl iking bard sit rav
today and did not item tn can anviMne
about his battle with Ryan or mllae its
Importance. It cerUInly ,s iwmt ttvs
downfall end .itany • f his admirers left
the building with heavy heart*
BON'D COXUhANY'9 CIROULAHS.
They Claim Tint They Have Violated
. fttt Law in No Sense.
A Us ota, Jan. 18.—(SpeclaLi—Seerctv-
ry John E. Owvo* of the Ktiul.-uble
Loan nnd Security Company, nrbU-h
was pm under bun of Uno.e Sam'* pos-
fal department some time ug> on ac
count of an alleged lottle-y failure,
mid today in reference to the circular
being sent out by 'the cookuoj tiiui tbe
postofllre department at Washington
wtt fully a.ware of tbe transaction and
approval tt
“The uepartineat has ticv'led th* case
against oar company,” wild St-crettry
Owens, "and we are fully authorized
to use the malls so long as we do not
offer to do new business muter the
plan objected to by the govorumenr.
There 1* nothing In the circular In
question except our assurance to bcM-
ent that they wil be prareoti*d.”
Postmaster Fox hue reqeived Instruc
tion* from Washington to sLow the
compiny to use tho tna'.Ia so long as
it does not vtolrte Its *m»wteor, but
tn case of violation to prompjj report
to teadquatter*. The pownau-wi-r ha*
not seen it copy of tbe C.r.-ular letter
being serif out, bnt win forward a
copy to Washington as soon as ho gets
poasesrioo of It n
FITZ LEE IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Jan. 18.—<6pecl*U—Gen.
FitSiugh Leo of Virgin.! arrived »
the city this morning, as tbe guest of
the Virginia Sort city. Gen. Lee will de
liver a public odd re* tn canbration o*
the birthday of Robert E late totno.
row and tomorrow night wilt be the
gurot of honor at the annual btuquet
of the Virginia .Society.
MISS STEPHENSON DEAD.
Her Condition Had Grown Worse Blue*
She Went to Aahevtll*.
Asheville, N. C.. Jan. 11-Mla* Mary u
Stevenson, eldest daughter of Vic* Pres
ident Adt.ll P. Steveason, died this arter-
noon at IdS o'clock. Miss Btevcnson
cam* to Asheville shout th* middle of
October, accompanied by h*r mother, our-
ferlng from what was a; first considered
to be a heavy cold contracted on th*
coast of Maine. This aawsver. dsveloDed
Into chronic pneumonia, with tubercu
losis and complications of kidney trouble.
All of lbs fosiUy except her brother.
Lewis O.. wer* presev. Preliminary tu
ner*! services wUl be held In ins Dsrlors
of the Battery Fork hotel tomorrow at I
o'clock and the remains will leave Aine
vm* la a special car fro llloomtnston
I i • ' u ,.. Jr.'.e:ru ntJ occm
Monday.
KILLED THREE PEOPLE.
A Mob Sought Hdtellng But He Had
Shot Himself.
Falrmount, Minn., Jan. 18— About 8
o'clock last night Sun H ot.il ng, a
farmer Jiving five miles south of t ere,
went to the house of T. R. Whitney,
bl* father-tn4iw, arid shrtt and killed
both of She okl people and his wife,
who hod left him and gaao to live
with her (Brents. A p>ung .Utightet
of Whltrver escaped front the bouse
and gave the alu m. After committing
the murder, Hoteling fled to o'a own
borne nett by and, birrloadlnj the
doom and ivlnitow*, prepared for s
siege. He kept the rfn-r.tT* posse at
bay until th* morning, when a num
ber of mlUtlt rifles were taken from
this place and riddled tbe house- with
bullets. IfvtitUng was found dead,
l,i\ lutf «!t-r It 11. —- -If -it ■ ti.-i.l, i h-
baX ensuring the Ml gk Be w
armed y'.di a Winchester Nile and a
largo
Mayor fleh
ed for the *■*
the police In
if Bn.-hU
Wuhan republic Sunday, January G, on
the shore six miles from this city. The
rebels were foiled In their plan to sur
prise tbe city. A flgttt took place at
Diamond Head between the police and
rebels, in which Cheutea L. Carter, a
prominent young man, fell mortally
wounded. A throng force from tho
city drove die rebels to the recesses
of the volcano ridges and several mere
killed by shot end shell. Many pris
oners -were taken, including John
Lane, a half-White, who shot Carter.
On the Oth the troops killed two of
the enemy. None of 'the troops were
Injured. The tnsuiroWon 1* nompleCelyl
crushed and toe rebels hare entirely!
dispersed. Odo hundred men are|
guarding toe entrances of toe valley
and looking Dor W.lcox and hts men.
Wilcox's force, lilt)* iNowlein'a, has un
questionably dissolved. He has prob
ably escaped through Kallhl towards
Mwa. and ii seeking to get off toe
Island. The guarding ot the city un
der manual law may be continued
some days longer. The roytlints were
supplied with arms and .immunlllon
from vessels. Grove a'urm wis caused
at the sumo time by targe bodies of
Japanese laborers on tho plantations
rising to -mutiny.
WHO STARTED THE TROUBLE.
It was by the testtmony of tho cap
tured Datives tlm Mho utticlals wore
able to discover toe lnatlgaburs of toe
Insurrection. By noon Muudjy a list
of some forty of the ktid.ug agitators
had been made out and atresia made.
Nome, one of toe arrested. Is editor
of the Hojimuc and a altont lime ago
was tried and oonvloted fur publishing
seditious artdes. Others are all well-
known royalist: sympathizers.
On Tuesduy OapL Wil lams ttnd
>r.we Knudsnn of toe steamer Wal-
lanatno and fourteen others were added
to 'the 1st. Davis landed arms for the
rebels from toe schooner, which Is sup
posed to have brought them from the
coast. Many of the men applletl to
British and American mdn'.-r.ors, but
received no sattsfiiotoln except that
they would aee tout the prisoaom had
a fair trial. With one or two excep
tions, the arrest* were made on the
chi rue of eonnp'.ney. Including toe
prisoners of war, toe government bas
over 160 rebeflrt confined In the 'Orison.
ATTEMPT TO LAND ARMS.
An attempt to land arms -at Kntko.
beyond the marine railway, from the
stotm.-r Waltmulo <wu* -lodoubtedly
made on the -Td Inst. It was frustrated
by toe vigilance of the p>lic», hilt
secoDd attempt was succese’ul. Some
riort native* were col voted between
Walsalac and Diamond Head on the
Oth.
The natives were under the command
of Bob Wilcox and Him Nowfeln. They
captured and detained everybody who
discovered 'them and cut the telephone
wives #o no umi could reach the dty
until near night. Charles Outer was
In the first partly that ehowod tight to
the rebel* on Sunday night. The great-
eat surprise of tbe oveot waa the fact
that Wilcox bad a field piece. It has
not beep c* poured.
Young Carter died ou Monday morn
ing. The effect of Carter's death at
the outset was salutary In creating
unusual ardor amoog tbe loyal citizens
to crush the enemy. Large numbt-rs
of doubtful person* eugerty cum* for
ward to Shoulder gun* for the govern
ment. Hundred* have offered toehr
services a* special policemen end oth
erwise. The volunteer troop* are
nearly up to toolr full strength of 300
and have done severe work for four
days in tbe Held and on guard duty.
Over 500 men of toe civic guard have
kept toe town thoroughly patrolled for
four night* and t» pwrwtu h»« noaand
an Important street corner at night
without being halted and scrutinized.
It ha* been Impassible for any Insur
gent to get through too b»wn and fire
aid to the enemy from tola side.
GOVERNMENT POROB8.
Including the regulars, police, volun
teer 'troops, special police, iharpatxnt-
ers, citizens' guard and otter vunn-
teers, tbe total number of mm carry
ing arms for the government is no*
leas than 1,200. all eager for active ser
vice and patiently working ut ordered.
The number offering rtielr service* has
been so harge tort *11 etptared car
bines have been Issued to ton them.
These ere Winchester repeating car
blues of good modem make. More
thin 100 tutlves have offered service.
The native policemen have abown
them* iv-ve extremely brave and capa
ble. Judge Wideman's son Carl was
with the -rebel*. Sevoq hundred and
twenty-five Japanese marched oveg
from Kihuku, forty-five tulle*, aital
wore scut home on Mboday. It wa-t
their second mutiny. One Sunday ?<*•
Japan-*© mutinied at Dw.a and started
for town, eighteen miles, toivlr griev
ance be Jig tool kite t-i Ice bad ta'.dcd
a nest of toelr gimbiera. The Japa
nese authorities here went out and
made them return. The government
feeb it very undesirable <o be thus pot
under obligatioae tb toe Japanese offl-
ebb. as H helps them In unphu* int de
mands which toey are Inclined to
make.
Yesterday and nme of a vlrf-wt
mutiny of 2oo Jjpin<M> on the planta
tion at Wal mo Ksiutl. They left an
Amerim tav deed m As Asads.
The 20,000 Japan™*© In ILwtlll *r«
d.-ipply excited by tli-> vlctoriro oven
China a -t feci vary .m:--riant sn-1 su
per nr. Vo doulx. to- late nntors of
{■snmeliM nkm dgM w s* additional
ferment, making -h -rn r©nly X-r un
mvtantk at (fee H-ghtcv n --r-eMttoo.
This - but on-- -<f th© .fem-ut* of In-
val vessel of toe United States to pro
tect the $25,000,000 of property owtiedl
by Amcr.oan citizens.
RACING AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Talent SeCedted Only Two of too
Five Winners.
New Orleans, Jan. 18.—Tha weather
prodiollon of ytes/tenday was verified
today and toe afternoon was an Ideal
one'for racing, but toe trass was Just
muddy enough to muko the going a
trifle slow and a bit unsatisfactory
from a horseman standpoint. The bet
ting stalls were packed, all toe evening
by toe backers of the savera. entries 'it
each event and the -tbJeut played safe-
on but -two favorites out of the five.
The third race wus a surprise to ton
knowing ones and went no Fabla, the
chestuut filly of tbe Providence stable
aud a 15 to 1 shot at toe post.
Tho second, tolnl and tlCto races suf
fered at the hands of too trarutclier's
pencil and' made toe daji one ot
scratches as well as fiarottibSe to toe
bookies. Hibernia Queen, Twenty-
Three and Llndhumc were the
sera.tdh.es In toe second race, King
Criflt, Diamond Dick and Royal Flush
in tbe thltvL Le Banjo and My Dutch
Id toe fifth.
First race—toree-quartem of a mile.
B. F. Fly, Jr., (Ill) won; Ixion (107)
second. Jim Henry (114) third. Time,
1:21 3-4.
Second race—eeven-elghlths of a mile,
selling. Lester (111) won; Bmkemao'
(105) second, Francis Pope till) third.
Time. 1:40 1-4.
Third race—flve-rtgbtos of a mile.
Fabla (05) won: Midget (100) second.
Parka (105) third. Time, 1:09.
Fourth ruei—toree-quarters of a
mt'.e, selling. Hodgson n'•>'-> win; K n-
dora (WO) second. Gleeaome (104)
third. Time, 1:22 3-4.
Fifth race—toreo-quatiters of « mite.
Norman (105) won; Insomnia (102) f»c-
ofld, Dr. Reed (102) third. Time, 1:2tl.
Marion Countv liiainl -Inn'.- I'tii-liug
in the Case of tho Killing of
Green B. Wells. .
A WELL ORGANIZED BODY OF MEN
Swore to Protect Each Other In Cr
Any Criminal In<llcim»nt—One
(ho Accused It n i-*ies Will
Unpltst Preacher*
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
How Uncle Bam'* BualneM Hat ter 1 Stood
Yesterday.
Washington, Jan. 18. -The treasury told
reserve was redueel by today's with
drawals to 870.712,128. The second bond
Issue raised toe gold reserve to IU1.000.IWO.
Since November 22. when toe gold trom
the second Issue began t" he received, toe
treasury has lost more than Jt t.ow.ouo in
gold received from that Issue, wnirh net
ted, with premium, abmt »s,ouo.iwo. No
serious talk of a third bdnd Issue Is heard
now in official cl/clas and none Is b*.
lleved to be Imminent. The general con
dition of toe treasury now Is better thin
at tha date of either of the other two
Issues, as ta shown by thee© figures:
First celt for bonds, lanunry 17. JKH-
Net gold, 868,000,000: net treasury balance.
183,000,000.
Second csll for bonds, November 17:
Net gold. 880,000,000; net treasury balance
8107,000,000.
The treasury condition, with toe busi
est payments, which arc still carried ns
an asset taken out, as thiy w'li •" rn
February 1, stands today: Net gold. 8’t
712,126; net treasury balance. 8142,VW1W.
In all three cases as given tho treasury
net balance Includes toe gold reserve.
The lowest potnt ever touched, ov tha
gold reserve was on August I, uctl, " 'ten
tt stood at 852.180,800.
TO SOLICIT EXHIBITS.
A Man to Take Charge of Georgia's
Part of the Exposition.
Attanta. .Tan. 18.—(Sprolal.'i—The
commission In tfurge of tho state’s ox-
b-ihU uit'tho Atlanta Exposition this
full met today, Gov<roor A-klnsun pre
siding, snd autiborisod the governor to
appoint in agonf. to toko no'ul of the
work of deflecting toe exhibits. This
agent will nerve until the exposition
is over. Ho will view all parts of the
shire colhvilng the exhibit. As soon
at the governor so sets toe man for the
place ho wlH go Into the (l-jld at once,
devoting to© first fow wueks'of hie la
bor -to ooKori'lng material and funds to
erect toe stride- building. Tho commis
sion has already roertvod ouvr $2.(00
lu subscriptions to the wtate building
and within tolriy days expetra to have
the whole building fund in hand.
Buena Vista; Jan. 18.—(Special.)—
The grand Jury of this county, after a
week's Investigation, returned a bill of
indictment in toe superior court today
against Tom Bolan, Gua Elliott, Charles
Turner,'Smith Turner and J. D. Kidd,
charging them with the murder ot one
Green Wells,, a citizen of this county.
The above parolee belong to what is
known as the While cappers. The
crime with which toey are charged
waa a moat akroclous affair and stands
unprecedented in the history of this
section of -the country.
The details of toe killing ere shout as
follows: The white cappers notified
Wells by posting a warning on hi* gate
post to tho effect 'that If he did not
leave the settlement In which he re
sided by a certain given dUte he would
be eummartly dealt with. It seems
that Wells Ignored their threat and
continued to remain on his plantation
when, on the nftghil ot the 14th Of Oc
tober, 1894, while he was walking
along the road near Ms home, he wus
ambushed und his body filled with buck
shot and -plsool halls, presumably kilt
ing him Instantly. There were no eye
witnesses to the tragedy and he was
dead -rtHri found. Tha horrible deed
was a mystery, and 6t waa not until
after a diligent inquiry that the grand
Jury now in session found any ©!©w
to the perpetrators. 'Much credit It
due to thafc efllclent body and Sollcltor-
Qeneral Gilbert tor their untiring ef
forts In forrlting out this cold blooded
murder. The White cappers Styled
themselves "Ths United Brotherhood,"
and had a printed set of by-tows, one
of their pledges being that they would
niand by each other in any cose In the
court bouse to which they were a par
ty.
One of the defendants, Tom Bolan,
bos been arrested und bailiffs have
been sent out in l.'he country to appre
hend the balance of the parties. J. D.
Kidd Us a Freewill Baptist preacher,
and was "organiser’ of the unlawful
body.
Tne deceased was a qutet and tow-
abiding citizen, and way be was assas
sinated still remains a mystery. Tlho
cane against the "cappers" stands for
trial at the April term of Marion su
perior court, when the state's counsel
will Inaugurate a vigorous prosecution
agatns: them.
Much excitement prevails throughout
the county and everything wUl be done
to punish tthe gul'J.y parties. It Is like
ly that court will adjourn tomorrow,
having been in session all th© week
engaged In toe disposition of hath civil
and criminal bills.
REJOBIVEIt ASKED FOR.
Application of Bondholders of the
Oiteapeuke, Ohio end Soutowestern.
Nashville, Term., Jan. IS —Judge
Lumen of the United Hia.te* circuit
court will be cul ed upon tomorrow to
consider a motion for the appointment
of a receiver of toe Cbmupeuk©. Ohio
end SootowuUfra railroad. The mo
tion Is filed by second bond mortgage
bondholders and Its purpose lx to ob
tain reoelvers' certlflcutes :■> pay the
Interest on •the luon'jztgo bon lx in or
der to'provent a firectoxnre under de
fault on toe Interns; due. The Illinois
Cuntra’.. It 1* claimed, ha* purchased
sbont $5,000,000 of the drat mortgage
bonds with a vl«w of forcing a f ttt-
©tnenre, ami toe tnotloo ta intended to
defeat this notion.
make
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THE PASSENGER ASSOCIATION.
Ooimnl:«i»n«r Sufaltnan Nam?* the
D.lte For a M tii Meetlcj.
Atlanta, Jan. IS.—(Special.)—Commis
sioner Slaizlnian and Assistant Com
missioner Saitighter returned from
New York todiy, where they went to
be pre-son: at the meeting of toe South
ern Passenger Association, which failed
to mr-ttclal-ZA Tbe failure of the New
York meeting Is praotlmlly tbe disso
lution of ibe puwt-ngor oataakvtlon. It
was decided to hold a general mm*
mooring ot roprcxtoitatlros of the Hues
north of toe uhlo and east ot the Mis
sissippi In Atlanta for too purpouo
either of forming « brand now porson-
gcr aietc'.atlon or of reauacllailng itbt
old careaaa. Cot Stalibnuu tmhy uu-
nouneed February 15 as toe date ot
tlita mass meriting, and 'aotlcea tu that
effeot have been *eot out.
CUTHBERT'8 BBAUTIEB.
VERDICT IN THE HINKLE CASE.
The Jury Aanonnce a Verdict of "Not
GnlDty."
Amerlcu*. Jan. 18.—(9pec).il.)--Wien
court oonreoed at 0 o'clock tola morn
ing the Hinkle Jury atmonn?©d tha-t
toey bid made* verdict. It was “not
guilty." Afcert at once jumped Into
a oirriage to wuWln* with his father-
In-fiiw, MsJ. I<owia, and drove rapidly
no the heme of Mxj. Load* on Lamar
street, to greet h * wife. Only a few
minutes later Albert, his wife and
brother* posted rapidly down Jackson
street going to toe Hlnkfe homestead
on Taylor wreet, l» great his motoer.
who waa sick to bed from the 'terrible
strain of toe nooetodlng argument for
toe defease on Wednesday ere a! nr
Not only his relative*, bnt hit fr'end*
are grertty exited over bit acquittal.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Mason and Overmen were cl worn «t*
cand'datM for aemtmr by the North
f'-inlina Denrooratlc fiegisla’jirc. The
nomination is only complimentary. ■*
the fusion lota are certain to elect heir
tioket. ,
The CVAambla, S. C., Female College
eras damaged by fine n> toe '.meant of
*5.000.
Mr. Bttriteo s wO form a now cabinet
far Fres’dedt Faupe.
A half mlUloa dnOars In gold bat
been shipped from FWladeCphla to th*
New Yorit sub-treasury.
The (Mil of ex-Folice Captota Ste-
pheatM of toe Nqw Y'wk force ha*
been fixed at $25,000.
Gen. J. A Hackney wan found dead
banging on a picket fiance In Jefferson
City, Mo. Too moch whisky.
Miny speaks are ezgHi t tl to attend
the Cresmloa'B-.-rnan light si Gaives
non today;.
Women Who Attract Admiration From
All Strangers Who Come.
Cuthibert, Jan. 18.—(Special.)—This I*
a moat lovely day, ths attmonpher*
bracing, and everyone enjoya the detl-
clous sunshine after euoh a long epell
of wintry weather. This afternoon, t*
If -to enjoy tbe bradnk sweetness o<
tba atmoephert, quite a number of
beautiful young bdlea were out for the
purpose of (l writ say) »flopping. An
unusual number of tr.twUng men were
alt tthe supper table tonight and they
were ho struck with the lovHIneoa of
tb© w»in* todies who wore out for 6
while this afternoon, that the beauty
of Cuthbert wpmen became a router of
general dtacurakon. -Mr. S. Set leek,
proprietor of She Randolph, detfiured
that the boys were right and that th*
cause for such loveliness and beauty
was In *toe exceeding hcalthfulneo* of
the oSmalc. Mr. s. Selleek. who la *o
enthusiastic In his admiration for
Southern beauty, la fnten Duluth,
Minn. He has team'd the Randolph
hricel, and he spend* his winters her*
and his summer* In Minnesota. Mr.
Bel leek le delighted with Cuthbert ae a
winter resort and regards (t as one of
tbe healthiest towns In all the Boutb.
Mr. Srtteek Hu purchased lands in
Randolph and has set out a large peach
orchard. Though Cuthbert la 11* miles
southwest from Macon and 105 miles
southeato from Montgomery,yet It Is not
generally known that the city is loca
ted on the summit of an elev^e-t
plateau. Its altitude above sea level
being 528 feet.
CutMiert Is built ihee the otd Georgia
towns on "the squire." But the court
house has been removed from the cen
tre, and now a beautiful park graces
the spot where the old court houue
stood. Ibis bountiful little city is reg
ularly laid out. streets running north
and eotito. etk and west. The atde-
wafka are lined with shade frees.
As to ktvoly borne*, cuiLirifl society,
with stfltool and colleges, no city in tha
South surpasses C-htjbert. Cuthbert
wo* incorporated as a etty to 1834. ami
named tor Alfred Cuthbert, at the
time • distinguished member of con
gress from Georgia.
The <ty fathers byre arranged for
Water works and electric lights, ind
plants will b© completed very soon.
About onohalf mile from the city, op
a btgh rtevaalon,. are a number of
springs fumhtdng th* purest of water,
and from these the water supply will
be drawn.
DAVIS RESPITED.
Stvtnnih, Go., Jan. lv R
via, s.-nteoccd to bin: -f j
r of Will.x Brown in
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