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WEEKLY TELEGRAP
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Some of tlio Largest
inniug Flan* 8 iQ Soutl1
Carolina.
M COMING TO AUGUSTA
Too Noinerono for Allto Bo
. jlr.Ixjyprlna Convinced
, ,ho South Offer* Bonn
Creot Inducement*.
Cg, S. c., lAlptM 4.-Thp
nilU committee today
ad incp«’0h'l ' threft 1,10
,1b »o South Carolina. They
the South '» not oniy a com-
tto New EnBloJini roanulac.
certain lines, blit 'toat *'he
m ia <Uadot>iueo«B ore stcod-
Iu ulmoat every ptaco
,d mldWons to tfw present
.[■t.* be.lot mode, shofttntt the
, ,rf the owners in liihe eWter-
tic committee dime to the
j, 3 vt*«v of seolng iwhat was
„ in d not on a. mere ifleusure
rime was tort in unneces-
(.scoiuK or froWck'og. but the
, m9 trpent tn active oanvasB
il suuttou lUsiiouniiratcd is
W iils of a Southern State
di.-itin-t 'viily large and suc-
ton mills. iMottt of tho eora-
1 not previously made o per-
t„ the mill dtstnet of South
U were surprised a|t Utoa de-
,s ihe Oust few years. It
largely .through the iiattru-
of Mr. a>. A. Tomtpb'.irs of
that the committee caane to
L as Mr. Tompkins, who is n
rUovcr in hhe-possibilities «f
wanted She mill men to see
lives the fai-oitsble condiit’.oms
lUimifactiurlnK elisting In
os he had demonstrated In
itchprises. The trip was ar-
roush corrospomlettoe be
st*. Tompkins and Lovetlng,
In wt»o are on lube trip repre-
■ c.i.plt il which It Is sold
o at l.vint $20,000,000 on
it for (tuiii qpliitUe of the one
liaised by the tu.ll tnen Who
tho coomlotre tww in South
As a nutter of general lu-
the folioniiig la tt brief
of tha luqty:
Jin C. Lovuring is prwldent
ka right Chib of Heaton. Tills
up of uwoeiM dud tneus-
airlnelpal mills (n Now
Mr. Luvening has intenxts
mills of uiuru ttlan 120,000
nl emplojb snore than 3,000
He is a careful student of
Itticrewte. Then there Is
'■alloy. Ho ’ repswenta the
Ham toga uml Victory Mills.
-\m»ry is treasurer of Am-
the Ingest ot ton mill In the
tattler jjengeua Us. Mr. il. C.
pM#id<u»t «f »tie Utwrence &
hiullo all the goods of the
Lawrence ami other
lie Is also a practical
fur- r. istr. Arthur Antory sells
"ll of thn Jackson Mills ami
11s in NaSbtut, N. 01., iwMcb
* Just ion! on ipumDhnion to go
■ »i;nto and buhl tn other
i > tmfiutture their own brands
Mr. Antory is tho the agent
nttirier (rlngtuun M'.Bh
lain., ami the Apptaton Mills
. Air. Henry 'll. Coxe, Jr.,
mining huslne** ami repre-
• Brea, of P.wnsylvnn'f, who
» ttHm n day of Lehigh an
al.
I. Tompkins of Ohartcgte, N.
on In satire (hkuge of the
•• »• left rile Norith and who
namln with it until Its re
ts devoting hlun.ilr to the
ring that the part y has «v-
attention. Mr. H. U. Bd-
. the 'Manu&umrcnf Ilword,
d ,ne ao much ft itbo develop.
: Sotstfc, is skits;, takto® In
I hut presents lrs.tlf and
trioed than over to do what
this auction. In addition to
ire with the party repnv
riouthom ra'lway Tratflc
'■nip ami His aaeretnry, Mr.
nenrt Patwmgcr Agent Turk
cretary. Mr. Alcflants, Aa-
piffle Manager Drake; also
•rs Hoyd sml Itamseur. 8u
at Turner sml IMs seerdttary,
and Traflte Manngir (Mover
ary Flournoy of the 8ei-
Lme.
■ >ard Atr Lin* had charge
mlttee until Charlotte was
here It wss turned over to
rn, who will turn it back to
r.l Friday night at Char-
railroad men art doing tv-
•*slhle for the convenience
•ty, and just now Messrs,
and Drake are doing every
th* finest manner possible.
f l.n, a special correspondent
rw* and Courier, Joined the
jay for his paper and the
Association. When It
that Mr. Tompkins, for
Ittee, has already received
Jrcd invitations to visit vs.
’. It will he appreciated that
nportanoe will be attached
vetnents. Invitation* for
come all the way from
s Ala. They have coe from
lumbus and Macon, Qa.;
Hill, Blacksburg and Co-
Houth Carolina; from Rock-
etdon, Durham, 8belby, Mt.
I*h, Lineolnton, Wllmtng-
1 score' of other towns in
■Ink. Of course It Is a phys-
tbllity for the committee to
1 that have solidUJ visits,
the outlook the following
ill have to be closely fob
facolet Thursday afternoon
leavs Ashvtlle Friday
the Southern railway Saturday noon for
Augusta; leave Augusta Sunday at 8
a. m. via the Port Royal and Wes
tern and Greenwood, arriving at Mon
cure Sunday night, sle»p at Moncure,
Lockville Shoals Monday morning. At
Raleigh 10;30 to 12:30; at Weldon 4 p.
m. to < p. m. 'Monday; Portsmouth
Monday night.
The party U due to arrive at Ashe
ville at 11:30 tonight.
Everything so far has run smoothly
and pleasant. The committee today
visited three of the largest milts In
this city, and for that matter, In the
South. Pclzer mills at Pelzer, S. C.,
were first inspected and every courte
sy extended through President 'E. A.
Smytlie. Pelzer, when the third mill
Is completed, will have 110,000 spindles,
making the largest mill in the South.
The Massachusetts committee were
particularly struck with Capt. Smyth's
plan of transmitting the electric pow
er to his mfll by a circuit about two
miles long. # i
THa Piedmont mills, one of the largest
fod best In the country operating
60.000 spindles was next visited nnd
Presuien/t James L. Orr gavo the cr.m-
mlttee every possible facility.
From Piedmont, the committee vent
via Spartanburg to the pacolet mill**.
i Capt. Montgomery has a
•plenaid plant and took givat pleasure
in showing everything. Ufa mills at
Pacolet run 52.924 spindle® and 1.916
looms. The committeemen do not have
very much time but are mak’ng a cloeo,
thorough and business-like examination.
They are taking careful notes of what
they see and hear as well n» of tiie data
votch Is cheerfully given to them by
mill men.
Talking of the vlalt and what he has
already oeen in this atare an l North
Carolina Mr. Lovering, who is tb&ir-
man of the party, said to ibe reporter
^ e .i.u 0 * 1 ?! 77111 k** was ver7 /,, ‘ ;ch
shown them and were flattered with the
number of invitation* th it had been
received from enterprising southern
towns. This, he Hid, imprersed the
committee with the business spir
it manifested in the south. The
committee has seen, he said, a
number of very fine o>tton mlb*. some
that would compare most favornl ly
with any eastern mUh*. He went vn
to say that the committee was ateo
impressed with the earn^tness v.ith
W'hlch die entire x>eople were worling
up the subject 6f cotton spinning in the
soutti. He said that he found tho * ages
here to be lees than they were in tho
east and he admitted his surprise at
the striking character o{ the people
employed In the cotton mills. The peo
ple employed, he went on to ray, seem
ed to him to have a ve-v wtuiesoiue
and respectable appearance and were
full of activity and diligence. Knox
ville also extended a cordial invitation
to visit that city
The cocnmDttee has already visited
and examined all of the cotton mills
here together with those at Henrietta,
Pelxer and Piedmont and the water
power at High Shoals Other mills will
be taken in .is tne trip progresses, of
course, it la entirely protAcniatlcal os to
what will result from this visit of ac
tive and wide awake mill men nut It is
safe to say that the No v England mill
interest* have realized the importance
of the southern industry and after a
careful Investigation some of theV capi
tal will be allowed to come «outh and
loin that wfSlch is already making con
siderable money in the mWls of the
south.
MACON. GA„ MONDAY, APRIL N ISO.).
M mu Cl.
—
Enthusiastic Held in Jackson
ville Addressed by Leading
Citizens.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED
Prominent Cuban Leaders Received by
Their Coantrymea lit Plorlda—
Hopes of the Revolutionists
—Latest War News.
.'•'Clifton at Friday 4 p.
I* ilfton Friday at • p. m..
P‘»rVifit 8 p. m„ leave Char-
]! f ‘- Seaboard Air Line Fri
r- <»•. arrive Columbia Sat-
1 P- m.; leave Columbia via
GRAIN AND TRADE CONWIRES8.
Suvertty D(Hc«ntva Wcsre Present
Motile Vuketlta'y.
(Mobile, Ala., April l.-The Soritii anil
Went grain nnd trail., congre** nm:
here today In seoapd annual rntwliiu for
the pruUKriloa of eosunierrinl reittlons
a ini Air rhe encouragement of. ibe ex-
port trade via Southern arttport*. Bov-
nty dekvai.a were T>r.«ent, reurtwent.
log Kanatw, IUlnu'a, -Mlasunrl, Itullaua
Tema**w, IcsiMana, Florida, (leorol
Atvlmiiia, MiMarfgipl, Ncliraslca uml
South CanilliM.
Tho. convention «w called m onkr
at 3:10 o’clock rhl* tufu-rtioon l|y Mr.
H. It. Haas of Mobile, iwho nomlnat<ti
Il’in. J. C. ltlib of M.lilc itisuporary
eh a Irma u. Mr. Hlch made n lari.-f
apeeth on the object of ttm ■neettug
and Introduced Hon. C. Uivrctta,
mayor of Mobile, Ala., iwtti exlteid.l
to the tMcgatra a welcome In the sumo
at MihHe.
lt«SP<«Me In the name of the Wont
wan msde by <'«;«. *N. B. TMaUowooil
of Cairo, III. UifipoiMo In the name of
the South w*a mail., by Ifcin. Patrick
Walsh of Augusta. Ua. IAH were ap.
proprlate nod received wlnh gc.ru njv
planar.
Senator WaWi ripoke nt some length,
detailing the traiK" comlttlona existing
and predlriring tbnt tdl the worst days
are behind the Auti anl W.wt, and
all the bout diju to cone. He foreaaw
In the 'building up of ti-ule rdntlona
lufavcen the South anl Werit and In
th.. movement Souussntnl irf SJie OuttOB
mills of New England the uppciaoh of
«n etn of prosperity which will surpaza
the drmm of the cmthua'nat
Commltten. on cmlenMsIa and per-
mancnlt organization were appoinxl
and the convention adjourned until to
morrow morning.
II.ViMlMIHIWTHlN DtHULLED,
Berlin, April 4.—Huron von Hmnmer-
■teln, member of the nVehotaa and cdl
tor of the Kreuz Z.-Itunr, announce*
In liut iKHpv bit Inbattho to begtu
prooeedlne* for Hbel agatnat a manlier
of Fraokfuft papens .which ritatwl that
HUmtrHvritcn bad been ooUA.il that
hU aerricc* on the Kreuz Zeltang
would be dlsp.Mis.tl w|th after July
awl that the paper was on the v.-rge
of tunkrupbey owing to Ihe cdftor’a pe
culiar financial tuoihod*.
AUSTRALIA WANTS A SAY.
London, April 4.—In the house
commons today Mr. Sydnay Buxton,
under-colonial arcretary. said that com
munications bad -been received from the
colonial governmenta of Australia, ex-
;r-rinr a desire to be represented In
the coming monetary conference. As
the gov-rnment had no Information
that such a conference waa to be held,
be Mid, the question of arranging for
colonial representation had not arisen
TWO BANKS CLOSED.
Washington. April 4.—Comptroller
Eckel* today closed up tub banks-t
Flrat National bank of Revena, Neb.,
and the First National Bank of Dub
lin, Tex. Bank Examiner Hawey waa
K - mi in charge of the former, and
nk Examiner Oanrton of the latter
bank. Doth banka are email onee, each
baring a capital of !S0,M0.
FOR MURDER AND ASSAULT.
Baltimore. April 4.-MaraUal A. Price,
young tuscksmltb of Harmony, Md., waa
talced la Jail last night at Denton, being
charged with the murder of Baffle Dean,
a 14-year-old school girt, who he assault
ed sod killed Dear rsderslsburg Uo days
1’IRED ON THE CENF.H
Chinese Troops Did No
of Tru<
To
ut no-
A(.rl!
Jacksonville, Fla., April 4.—Gonza
les Quesada, who is now the head of
the Cuban party In this country since
-it. Marti*’ departure, accompanied
by Col. Fernando Fergueredo and Dr.
Fermi Val Dominguez, arrived here
from Tampa this morning, ’fbey were
met at the depot by the reception
committee, consisting of R. J. (Martinez,
H. M. Delgado and J. P. Canclo, and
also by about fifty Cubans, and es
corted to the residence of Mr. Can
clo, whose guests they are while here.
Tonight a mass meeting was held at
Metropolitan hail to express sympathy
with the Cubans In their efforts to
throw off the Spanish yoke. There
were fully 800 people present. Includ
ing the most prominent business men
of the city. Among those present were
United States District Attorney Clark,
United Spates Marshal McKay, Post
master H. W. Clark, Mayor D. H.
Fletcher, City Attorney Barrs and
Judge Gibbons of the city court.
The meeting adopted the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That it Is the sense of
the American people here .assembled:
First—That they most heartily sym
pathize with the Cuban patriots in
their desires and efforts to free Cuba
from foreign control, and to obtain
self control, so much prized by us.
They have vastly more reason for their
action than had our forefathers of
whose actions we are so proud, and
they will persist In their patriotic en
deavors until Cuba Is free.
Second—That tt la- the duty of lovers
of free American Institutions to express
their sympathy for the oppressed peo
ple of Cuba, and their desire to see
them free.
Third—That we urge upon the leg
islature of the state of Florida the
duty of formally, by resolution, ex
pressing the sympathy of the whole
people at Florida with the movement
for a free Cuba.
Fourth—That we urge upon our fed
eral government the duty or promptly
recognizing the Cuban patriots as be-
llgerent* and doing all In their power
to secure Ihe recognition by th- Span
Ish government of the freedom aa
the Island of Cuba.
Fifth—That we call upon all Ameri
can citizens who sympathize with the
Cuban patriots to make known their
sympathies lit order that their moral
support may be giveu to the good
cause.
Qu sada received a dispatch today
conArmlng the reports sent that Gen.
J. A. Maceo had landed on the Island
with twenty-one meu. One or Air.
Quezada's party added that arms In
the shape of cannons, rifles and ant-
unltion were also landed, but from
what port they were shipped Is a se
cret none of the gentlemen would di
vulge. .
The four campaigner* who landed
are old campaigners against the Span
ish. They fought In the last revolu
tion. The thre, lieutenants of the fa
mous Maceo are F. Crombet. the Costa
Rican, F. Ceren and Patricio Corona,
who was known when In Jacksonville
as Senor Miranda, one of those connect-
ed with the yacht Lagondn. which
was seized In Fersandlna, found to be
laden with arms and ammunition, and
which was later releas'd. Uuesada
hints that Maceo and bts party were
landed from the steamer Elheto-it-.
which wit* fired upon by a Spanish
vessel a day or two ago.
Qui-sada seems confident that the
revolution will succeed. He said:
■The only difficulty we have Is to
get our ships out of this country. This
talk about Spanish warships potrollng
the coast of Cuba Is all buncombe sent
out by tht Spanish authorities to bull-
dose the patriots and their allies. The
steamer Mnscotte a week ago made a
trip to Jamaica and then skirted the
entire island of Cuba, and how many
Spanish warships do you think she
encountered? Not one. Not a tingle
worship.”
LATEST INFORMATION.
Tampa, Fla., April 4.—Ratnun Rivero,
editor of the Cuba, received the follow
ing telegram from Enrique Trujillo:
New York, April 4.—Antonio and Jose
Maceo, Flor Crombet, Cebreceo, Cbrono
and eighteen men landed happily In
Cuba.
The five first named were- distin
guished military testers of the last rev
olution. and three of them have been
exllee ever elnce. The explanation given
by the Spanish government of me con
duct of her cruiser In firing on the
AHianoa was that General Maceo, who
had Just landed with a party, waa on
board. Tile Cuban leaders herd assert
that the patriots made a demonstra
tion at Puerto del Padre for tne pur
pose of attracting Spanish troops so
that the landing of the party might be
successful. Senor Andrew, editor Le
Discussion, has been Imprisoned by tbe
Spanish government for printing In
formation favorable to the partlot*. La
Lodha and other papers received by
tonight’s steamer declare the nows pub
lished In the New York Herald to be
false, but tn other paragraphs admit
that Gen. Gufflcrmsn Is not dead, sod
several other thing* which the govern
ment at 'first denounced aa untrue.
The same authorities state that over
tures made to Min and other Insurg
ent leaders to accept the teime of peace
offered by the government have been
stoutly rejected. Tbe sixth battalion of
Spanish troops has arrived from Spain.
Laborers tn the sugar plantations have
gone on a strike and only • few are
working.
MACEOT5 LANDING.
Madrid. April 4.—A cabinet moating waa
htld today over wfelch the queen presid
'd. Premier Canovaa Del Catlllo read a
dispatch from Havana stating • that the in
surgent leaner Maceo had landed in Cu
ba, fought a battle with the government
troopa and been defeated.
nkw troops Aiunvn.
Havana, April 4.—Tbe Spanish steamer
Ignacio de Loyola, conveying l.lOt sol
diers to reinforce ihm governing; troopa
la the Island of Cuba, arrived bert today.
London, April 4.—A illspi
klo to tho Central News s i
“Gen. Nodsu report! Iff on
that on April l'he sent e
senger to the Chinese mttlts
tlfying the commander pf
and requesting a meeting t
tails. On April 2 he s«'tit u
senger and trumpeter r
answer from the CMpes*
within twenty-four hours,
tho messenger and trumpet*
returned, Col. Aokl, tvav.ng tpul play,
started himself with a white flag uml
trumpeter -toward the outposts. The Chi
nese outposts began firing, when <’"1.
Aokl halted and signalled with his tli-
of truce. When he attempted to adv.me.-
thb Chinese resumed Their firing, wound
ing the Japanese (Ia<* Uarcr. and <v *'
Aokl was forced to return. Gen. Nodsu
asks If the Chinese nt T< kin h*vo been
Informed of the armlaice."
Another dispatch rmys information h:n
been received from the Pesr idnr. s that
March 29 the Japjine.si war ship Mat-
suslma sounded the mouth of Mako-iu'
bay. No torpedoes wer- found and the
transports landed their troops uml stores
in Makong harbor. TUe Chinese soldiers
Imprisoned there ware smt to the main
land In junks. The captured Chinese of
ficers were retained, 'l'he guns in the
forts were slightly damaged and are
being repaired. Tho Inhabitants are re
suming business' and appear to be eaay
to govern.
ILLINOIS FINANT\L VI0WS.
An Exlpreaalon */)
Democrats <
■f th.
[ad From the
State.
Springfield, Ill., April 4.-The Di-mo-
rstlc ztute committee held an impor-
trjnt meeting this morning. « **n»ere
waa a full atteudmflk Th • : j- i w.is
to discuss the cal"lug of a state dele
gate convention w
rency views of th
cy for the next can
ment was nearly un:
the convention. H
call one to meet it
Each county on
ed to call a confer*
Plon of view* and
to the state e nv.
of representation i
every 300 votes
state treasurer,
urged to turn t
ventlons, and t
to their views
no doubt as to th
party. The vote w.i
Mayor Hopkim
lUtfifflii cu:
lUnois Democra
tism. Tin- s.-nti-
imous in favor of
Ii w.is decided to
in Spring-field, J
untolttee Is in^tr
r*n<;o for un expres-
l Bounding delegates
v. ntion. The basis
l* one delegate for
ist f -r Claggett, for
The Democrats are
; to the county con-
glve free expression
that there may be
2 position of the
i 17 aya to 3 n®e*.
Chicago favored
That System Huys the Road, It May Ue
Kitt<mint North and South—A. New
York Syndicate Figuring on
Uuylng tho Property.
Atlanta, April 4.—(Special.)—Th?
at the Northeastern railroad to
ttlsfy th" claims of the state on the
10 of bonds which she endorsed,
tok t on the 16th of this month, Is
ginning to attract lively Interest In
llroail circles. The road Is the con
ning link between tbe Southern and
e city of Athens, running through a
le mineral country. In addition to
syndl ate of -Wiv York people rep-
sented here by Mr. R. H. Richards,
ho want to get hold of the road, It
Is understood that the 8-aboard Air
Line Is figuring on making a scoop, of
In order to shut tbe Southern out
of Athens and that territory. If the
Seaboard gets It, according to the re
port, it will finally ‘be extended to Chat
tanooga and Augusta, giving the Sea
card «!> »nt ranee Into most Impor
tant territory, where It will further
come into competition -with the South-
delay of twenty dty, and left for Chi
cago before the von- w-.ie taken.
Chairman HetniHh- n of the state
committee, gives nut an Interview on
the subject asserting that there
no question that' Illinois Democracy
Is almost unanimous for free silver,
nnd he believes th- convention wifi, so
declare. He aa t- a tremendous out
pouring of Dein-e-rats to tbs stats
nv.nt -ii II'- de 1 i r ■ -1 t ■ • '!i- I'ui'.-d
Pres* that h ■ tin had considerable
trouble holding county commltt-a
. \|,r‘s.*l ■ - ii - i" r ..f tl
white metal, .ml'-that the aentlment
of the Densienicti -tf tho sint - Is so
overwhelmingly >4 favor
ly and emphauw|iotisr> t
committee c oild l-.t do Ises than
the conventi
MUST SELL TRUST SUC-A tt
Orilcrs Istuod to'the Brokers of 1*4x11
mlelphia.
Phll.nle'iphla, Ajirll 4.—*.\ rftrrm was
created among FhlMlIpIss Hiigar men
today J»y on onler 1 sated liy tb* fticur
IriHt dlnvtitw ilrsii do ant handling
all Itnporlal HUgar*. A attmiber of
broker* *ty they wUl not be materially
ntfunfed by the order, us they ordlnn-
r ly handle »>ut little of the Imppveri
product.
r Phe d. filer* Who wIB aulTer tbe rnnwt
aro tusporter* and umaB JoHtem amt
the tlnivt who trade tn “tfcottch yel
lows" bmn.fi.
The Intter brand* which are iratport™l
undersell the htwer d<suo*1o guide*
and are uaol fcwtpdy h'y ernift-rtiooera,
It Is stated that about sixty thonwusl
bags of tteotcb yetlowa oro Unportid
annually.
The order will be obeyed, t Is mid,
for the mi*’t» than a dlaoltedletiee
would give die tnwft a chance to crush
ronalrttmnt dlreotort.
SIMON BORG’S COMMITTEE.
New York, April 4.—The Savannah
and Western bondholders' protective
committee, of which Simon Borg la
chairman, has added to Its membership
F. W. Oolaton of Baltimore, T. F. Ty
ler, of phfiadetphla, nnd Emanuel
Lehman of this city. This consolidates
nil Interest* and tbe committee ts now
the only one representing the Savannah
and Western aecurtty holdem. It la
understood that this committee controls
over two-thtrde of the bonds. No for
mal proportion has yet been received
by the-osmnlttee for participation In
the aeorgli Central reorganization, and
It will take no steps until called upon
to do so to protect the Interest tt r e p.
resents.
HARTFORD'S TOBACCO SALES.
Hartford, conn.. April 4.—President
Fuller of the New England Tobacco
Grower* Exeltanke said today that the
auction sab- plan la meeting with great
■ucceiz. Sales will be held in Boston
on April 10, In PhDadelpbla on April
12, and tn New York on April 18. At
the last sale In Now York tbs poor
’$1 crop brought 13 a case, end It was
Impossible to sell In Connecticut,
the Boston sale light goods will be
sent, darker goods will be sent to
Philadelphia anil New York. Flllera,
binders and top leaves will be sent
BELGIUM’S EXHIBIT.
Atlanta, April 4.—Advices received to
day from Brussels from Chevalier A.
MaeaM, commissioner general to Europe
for the Colton Slates and Internatioml
Exposition, ere to the effect that the gov
ernment of Belgium wffl actively promote
the esposltlon in that country.. The com
missioner nas had iaiervhn.. with the
minister of commerce, th* minister
foreign sffalra and the minister of agri
culture and th*y will lend tbelr active
assistance. Mr. Vender Ferre has been
appointed official representative for thn
exposition In Belgium snd a large exhibit
will b* secured
that country.
•il
BUDGET POSTPONED.
(Madrid. April 4.-Ow1ng to ttte
mse lotion of t ho rivtlKVi.iu to the
riimnber of deputies yesterday, ft
wIB be lmponLL].- to vote Ibe btslg t
until Juno.
BRADFORD SWORN TS.
Chattanooga, April 4.—Ex-Chancellor
W. M. Bradford of this dty. has been
sworn In by United States District
Judge Clark, as clerk of tbe court for
the Eastern d.-trtet of Tenn»*» ,
succeed A. R. Hume* of Knoxville,
signed
umor Has It That tho Seaboard
Wants to Scoop tho Athens
Link.
ILL SHUT OUT THE SOUTHERN
Till; WILDE LIBEL TRIAL.
Tho Details Daily .
April
The trial
war Wilde osalns
sl.ury for libel wa
ho criminal’ clrci
vlth complainant
the Mania
cd to-
t. Old
Halley, with complainant again tn the
YTil«le, In Answer to a question by Mr.
Carson, said ho had been introduce*! to
tho man (Wood) by a man named Taylor.
lie had frequently vlulted Taylor's ho^so
to attend afternoon tea parties. Taylor,
ho said, hud the habit of burning per
fumes In tho room, but the candles or
gaa -were not lighted. Upon every oc
casion of his visiting Tayioris house ho
had met a youth named Mavorl, who had
since disappeared.
Wild* said ho wus aware that Taylor
had since disappeared. no was also
aware that Taylor had been arrested, but
be did not know that he made hlmsolf
notorious by his practice of Introducing
young men to older ones.
Taylor, he
troduced him
these young
slon or erapl
the roas<
Wilde
acquaint,
named I
nceshlp
irke
he knew,
n presents of money for
hoy were poor.
itlom«d In regard to his
with two brothers
replied that he knew
mm' He mm
SUES FOR DAMAGTS.
Michael O’Neil, a Penitentiary Convict,
Want* to Recover.
Atlanta, April 4.— (Special.)—Michael
O'Neal, a convict serving a ten-y.ar
sentence (or assault with Intent to mur
der, today began suit for $15,000 dam
ages against Penitentiary Company No.
2, tbs Chattahoochee Brick Company
and the Cldckatuauga Iron anil Coal
Company. After tiring assigned to
Penitentiary Company No. 2, In 18S1,
O'Nell alleges that he wa* transferred
to the Chattahoochee Brick Company
and delivered by that company tn tho
Chickamauga Iron and Coal Company,
these transfers, ho alleges, being with
out the authority of law. By the lat
ter company O'Neal was put to work
on s railroad In Walker county In 1891.
He was put to -blasting rock. On one
blast thirteen charges were placed.
All 'but one of them exploded and ho
was ordered by the guard" to go nnd
remove the charge that had failed to
xplode. While ho was doing this
.rork the blast exploded, blowing
O'Nell high Into the air, putting out
one eye anil othenwlse Injuring him
permanently. The accident, he claims,
wa* du» to gross carelessness snd wlth-
sat th* convict company having the
authority of law to compel him tn run
such peril as be did, and therefore he
* for $16,000 damages.
GEORGIA’S MANUFACTURERS.
The Flrat Step* TowarS (WgsJilsaUon
WU1 Be Taken Today.
Atlanta, Aplrll 4.—fflpeelal.)-The first
steps toward the organisation of a state
association of manufacturers will be tak-
e/i at a meeting to be hellTat the Cham
ber of Commerce tomorrow. This meet
ing la for the (fcrposs of perfecting a lo
cal onMflWIor. among the manufactur
ers and to prepsre the prefimlnsrles tt*
th* state convention, which ts called for
tie middle of May.
Ms). J. F. llenson of Macon and J. w.
Roberston of Otarkesvtlle, who with Dr.
J. D. Turner of Atlanta first conceived
the Idea of organising th* manufacturers
of the state Into un association for mu
tual advancement and protection, will
both be present at tomorrow’s meeting.
DOCTORS Ut.NTABR Tl-MT.
First Decision of th* Allopathic Board
of Examiners.
Atlanta, April 4.—(Special.)—Th* al
lopathic -branch of the state board of
medical examiner* met and conducted
the flrat examination uuder tbe law
creating the medical- boards, at the
eapltol today. The entire board waa
present. Seventy-six applicants for
for the privilege of practicing medi
cine, representing various parts of the
state, presented themselves In the hall
of Ihe house of representatives, where
the examination wa* held, and all day
long they labored over the qu -stlona
submitted by the board. It will not
be known who tbe successful candi
dates are until tha board can
through the papers.
REWARD FOR TOM ALLEN.
Atlanta, April 4.-(8peclil.)-Governor
Atkinson today offered a reward of $S»
for the capture of Tom Allen, who es
caped from Illbb county jail on February
tt while under sentence of death for
murder. It Is believed that Allan's
friends In Georgia are secreting him, but
the Information upon which Governor At
kinson has offered the reward la such as
to Indicate that the chances are good for
bts capture pretty Soon.
ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY
Cklahoma City, April 4.—Five men
stopped a Rock Island train near
Dover, I. T„ at a late hour last night,
and mads a desperate attempt to se
cure the contents *>f the safe In the
express car. Express Messenger Jones
refused to op-n the door, and was
•hot through the door, sustaining a
serious wound. The robbers went
through tbe ears, which -were well
filled with passenger*, and compelled
them to empty their pockets, securing
In this way about 1360, six watches,
two diamond rings and other articles
of value.
0 WAGES RESTORED.
Cleveland, O., April 4.—Little more
than a year ago the Glebe Iron works
made a cut of 10 per cent. In wages
Notice* were posted In the works an
nouncing a restoration of the old rate
yesterday.
The Cleveland Ship Building Com
pany ha* reached an agreement with
Its employes, and they are all back at
work again. This summer will see
a big Improvement over tbe condi
tions that existed a year ago.
BIO LOSSES OF TROOPS.
Calcutta, April 4.—Reports from 8lnUa
are that the Cbrural expedition sustained
losses more eevere than' waa at first re
ported. tJmra Khan Is reported to Have
captured two British officers. Hundreds
of natives are Hocking to his standard.
Alt of the reported casualties to the
British more* refer to the second brigade.
Ike other brigade baa not been beard of.
them and had dined with the
not aware that one of them was a. valet
and the other a Krooin, ttoth'of them o.it
of employment, lie Had uiven one ot
them money on the occasion of his tak
ing tea with him (Wilde) la the latter's
rooms on St. James street. *
Ills behavior was In no way Improper
and when Taylor and one of Use Barker*
wars in women's
clothes. They were' charged with felo
nious practices.
Mr. Carson asked: 'When you read ot
Taytor'g arrest, did it make auy d;S«r-
ence In your friendship for him?’’
Mr. Wilde—I wss greatly distressed and
wrote to him. His arrest did not affect
my friendship.”
e* Gazette makes the an
nouncement that owlrtg to tho nature of
thle testimony being taken In tho Wllde-
Queensbury libel suit tne management
of that paper have decided not to report
the proceedings of the case any further.
At the conclusion of Wilde's redirect
examination tbs case for the prosecution
was closed.
Before leaving the witness stand Wilde
explained his fondness for tha society of
males In their youth by saying he dis
liked old and sensible people, while the
company of the young, haftpy. cardcas
and original had a wonderful charm for
him. The fact of tbelr youth was amus
ing.
Mr. Carson’* question* to Wilde were
In tbe main ptttleM anil unprintable
II wan noticed that (luring Mr. Cal son’s
questioning, several names wen' written
upon slips of paper ami handed to Ihe
court and not made public. Kir Edward
Clarke then questioned the wltnew In
re-dlrect examination. .'Io 'began by
rending a number of lattota written by
tbe 'Marquis of Queensberry tn ht* n. n.
Lord Alfred Douglas In which tho mar
quis condemned hts son lor hts condict
with Wlldo. He also rood a letter wilt-
ten by the marquis reviling Lord Rice-
bery. Mr. GladtRone and the queen be
cause of tho appointment of tils ar.n g] -
til'.* fa- raa'e of Z>rumlatg. In one uf tfi.i
I ""i l.i null.| lU .1" I it -I mat I..,! d
Alfrcsl Dough- u a- not l,!s s-m.
Mr. Car—-a. In opening the caru- ft-
the defense, disfian-l that nil tht 'a n
nuls of Queenaberry had diiir end said
be stood by withdrawing nothing. HI*
•ole object in alt tbe steps he Lad taken
was to save his son from the Inllucnto
of Wilde, who according to ,'iis own ad-
missions, waa a friend of a pernor, who
was known to be a procurer cf Leys
tor vicious purport**.
Mr. Carson wns terribly denunciatory
of wihle, who left the court room rn
soon aa counsel for tin- defendant begon
to apeak.
The Wpeoch of Mr. Carson for the de
fense lasted until the court adjourned
itt 6 p. m„ and waa not finished at thut
time.
During Ihe course of hi* remarks,
Mr. Carson alluded In lomnflmcntary
terms to the coureo of Mr. Ip erl.oiim
Tree In Awarding to tho plaintiff n
copy of tho snnymous letter nau-le l to
tho English actor, whereupon Justice
CoHmld:
'■There le rto occasion P> mention the
name of dir. Heerliohme Tree '
Mr. threon, in reply, remarked:
“Nor should I do en, My Lori, had It
not been Mint T rec*4ved a table me«-
mge from Mr. True today asking tha*
his connexion with the case be fully
explained.”
Every one undentranda that Mr
Tree's connection with tho ceac Is In
every wny honorable anil pralstwo.-lhy”
sa'd the Justice.
Wilde returned to tile court room for
a few minutes before the adjournment.
Such was the Interest In tho pryeod-
kiga today that an ertra force of police
wore on band outside the old Bailey
court to dlapmn the crowds In Ihe
neighborhood to see the plaintiff. Thu
audience waa largely composed of law
yers and reporters. Thorn were few
notable ppraonagi* present.
After tho noun recess the crowd In
the court room was larger thsn evrr
and the hall and stairs leading to It
wore filled ten deep with well-dressed
men, woo were awaiting a ciuinto to
enter.
Lord Alfred Douglas was present In
court for a short tbne during tho morn
ing but he did not return In the nfter-
noon. Most of tbe nmrapapra ire print
ing tho testimony In the *ul> almost
verbatim but referring to the character
of the testimony today, the St. James
Oaxetto says:
•The nature of tbe evidence and the
whole circumstance* of tli j case proves
to be of such a character that wo can
not print It"
Tbe Gazette adds:
•The English public Is at the present
moment involved In one of those ci
glee of Indecency permitted by tte
operation* of law courts and an enter
prising press.”
The Oazejte urges that all such uses
should be heard In private.
ATTORNEYS RULED OUT.
Washington, April 4.—The following
pension attorneys have been debarred
from practice be tore the department of
the Intertor: L, W, Mead of Sherman,
Texas, for receivingi llegaifees i n a
pension case; M. V. Blake of Morgan
town. N. C.. for violation of the pen
sion laws. Blake wka convicted In the
United State* court find sentenced to
Imprisonment
AVBnr Returned. *
New York, April 1.—Among the passen
ger* arriving by the steamer Oolertdgs
this afternoon from Brasilian ports were
Oeo. Avery of Georgia, who visited South
American countries to solicit exhibits for
tbe Atlanta exposition and John T. Lew
is vice consul ot the United stat- a at ltt >
Janeiro.
exghanob holiday.
New York, April 4—The members of tne
Cotton Exchange have voted to close tbs
exchange on Friday. April tt'oral Satur
day. April 13. The board of mar
will probably meet this after
final action on the matter
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