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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: APRIL 18, 1895.
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Id I.
Firm Enjoined From Making
I Any Uetnrns to tlie Tax
Collector.
L roil COUNSEL’S CLAIM.
I (f pirrcl. Ud If Sot Direct II
lulform
,„l.l the SI,000 Fine for
Falling ,0 minra.
April 15.—Judge Stoowalter,
L'Ditol States court this tnora-
, |nt ,l Siegel, Coqpy & Co. from
4n - return to the Internal rev-
■ i' leil!<> r under I'he protisions of
come tax law.
restraining onfor was granted
,ill tiled by Gerhnn Siegel, one
NoW York stock’solders In the
.rp .ration,
bill attacks the tow, and under
l T granted this momlug the
jneat will be compelled to take
L |ti _. proceedings to defend the
i„ M of the new tow.
the attorney for Mr. Siegd
l the li.ll ,to Judge Bbowalter
e- asked for an ptp'anatlou of
toatlon.
is the last day for the return of
,nie tax to the oolledtor of in-
ivenue,” said the ntioorney.
client ipridestis against his Arm
5* payment of the Income tax
w; | : . lie maintains that the
entirety is un:institutional,
is Sut «a order restradn-lsg
i „f Siegel, Cooper & Co. from
c its return today. If not grunted
would be liable ,to an Impost-
t $1,000 Arte for f living to make
So waiter took the application
Ifvr reading it, mad; the restrain-
lor. A bond of *4.000 will bo
.lav.
sin nee of the -»rder of the
the firm escape* Che payment of
should the supreme court,
the question w'jj be carried,
jalnttt the complainant.
Siegel ill his bill raises all of
fcjectelons thait are involved In
wine tax dispute, tncltuilng these
i by the supreme court of tlie
1 States last week. His grounds
unconistftutionaftty of the act
forth in .tho following order:
provisions of the income tax
icontU utional, null and void, and
[eatable upon the dafendairt's In-
r profits it is a direct tax, in rc-
reil estate and in respect to
mat property, by tovy ng im-
n the profits and Income there-
iloh dtraeit tuxes arc not In and
act apportioned itnoug the sev-
as required by the cons li
ef rile United States,
not a direct tax, the tux Is not
■ as required by the collet l tu-
The profits of many corporations
it to less ItniD $ 1,000, and said
imposed upon aurti corpora tims,
gh individuals carrying on and
mting similar business under like
:ion« and haying Uk; property
i, ami quantities and Incomes, arc
bled by tho not from the phv«
1 tax.
tax is not uniform bioauso your
’his an anmttl income, and, aa
liif irmn], numerous holders cf
in evaporations likewise have an-
innoinea of less than 5-1,000, and
leet of such payment would bo to
and diminish tho dividends of
s-.-oklhelders and compel them to
iml pay tho tax, although other
■ of theiutne class, gimllarly sk:-
ivhnso Income Is less ihau 54,000,
K'unpted.
is not a uniform tax 1n that it
w upon 1 tarn cent, of tho popu-
of the Untied States and the
lb per cent, are exempted, ul-
they bokl nmon 1 ’ rhemadves
’Wter part of all property, real
rsonal, In the United States,
is not uniform In that a tax rf
cut. is Imposed upon all inouies
,1 by gift or inheritance, while
nllar ,ttix 4s Imposed on real estate
‘ed under cond'i*tlocs similar
It Is not a uniform tax In
t exinivpm front Its operations nil
1 Insurance companies, whose Bg-
>■ Wealth Is 51.200,000.000, and
es the tax upon all other Insur-
companies, it exempts building
md associations, whose aggrcga..e
igs are 502*1.000,000. yet such are
|b in their nature. Savings banks
fed on fb« mutual nlan are ex
d foam the open 11 on of tbo tox
aggreaite deposits are 11,728.
0, while all uher savings banks
x«l.
• income tax Is not uniform be.
It vurte* noordtng as the prop-
dongs to an individual or to
than one Individual,
tax Is uncaustl utional in that
a tax upon property rights
prior to fee passage of the said
d it deprives person* of their
,y without due process of law.”
Siegel’!* attorney explain'd that
i lutendnl to test the attire net
tho supreme court,
kt part of '’he act which remains
said he. ”is due to a divided
and la not the opinion of the
!»>low. Had the opinion of the
below been against the const It u-
jty of the entire act, the tkvtaton
supreme court would have caused
w to fill. By briugiug the mat-
P again we may get an . plntju
the supreme court.”
n. Black, tho United S.nt wd's-
attorney, la out of the city and
t Ite back for some djjr-s no sc-
"111 be taken la taking up the
until next Monday.
rOLITTCIANS iS A FIGHT.
A Jacksonville Banker Shows at the
Olty Attiomey.
Jacksonville, Fla., April It.—This af
ternoon John U. Marvin, bmker, and
J. M. Barrs, city an tor .ley, met on the
sidewalk and n shooting affray oc
curred.
ThiTe had boon bad blood 1k* ween
them on acoonnt of faction-il pol'tlcs,
erlm-'.-tta.titins and recriminations having
paused, -which led to an auviult three
weeks ago by Marvin and h s brothers
upon Barrs. Since then the Marvins,
expecting assault, have been arnica.
WInvi "hey met by chance M/.rvtn
drew a pistol and fired po'nt blank.
Birrs Jumped forward, seized the
w.«.pon and thus diverted die aim.
Marvin fired two or three times with
out effect . All wore arrested. Barrs
had no weapon, and atys he made no
belligerent dotuoiistnttlon. On the
other hand, IMmrvin says Barns ap
proached him and said:
“D—n you, I’v got you now.’
Then, according to Marvin, tho shoot
ing followed. The men nre antago
nistic in city poll'tBw ami tbo trouble
to attributable to lint fact.
Barr represent* tho reformers and
Marvin ithosc opposed to reform. Only
a few clays ago Barrs was assaulted
by the Marvins because of his ipr.osl
lion to their mettsods, and It Is sup
posed that this assault grow am of
that.
Florida's pernio!ou* elect' in law Is
responsible for the trouble.
A Eiuckweiiu laiuini Hint FiuCtiCcd
Counterfeiting While Serving
Bis. Term,
FLOATED TDK C0UNTEBFE1TS, TOO
He Oot Hold of Soma Plaster ofPnrla and
glads Moulds— Oot Ilia Lend In tlio
Blaekamllh Shop, tn Which
Department He Worked,
A STRANG 12 SUICIDE.
Sirs. Ollle Mothay Took Laudanum and
Swallowed Her Teeth.
Atlanta, April 15.—(Special.)—Mr*.
Ollle Mehay, rbli'ty-five years oil, of
160 Billot street, took a dose of poison
and swtalkiwvd her false teet at the
came time last night and died at 1
o'clock this morning from the effects
of one or bath.
The people with wham the woman
lived do not know why she took tlie
drug. She was ill the reran With friends
during the early part of the night and
there seemed nothing unusual about her
conduct.
Suddenly she arose from her chair,
r e('i,d and fell over backward on a bed.
T'hoee presto! thought she had fainted
and did what they could to revive her.
Their efforts were futile and her condi
tion became so ulrmlng that a physi
cian was called.
Those about the house say thait there
w»a no drug there which she might
have gallon hold of aiml where ft came
from is a matter of mystery. Before she
died a gentleman who won in the
house at the time discovered Uhalt Mrs.
Mehay was choking to death.
Her throat deemed to be stopped up
while her mouth was almost wide open.
Something in her rthrct.it seemed to be
giving her great puin ar.d an tnvi-stogu-
t.Vm was made. An Instrument was
forced dawn her throat and a email
plate containing two false teeth was ex
tracted.
Mrs. aichay was thirty-five years of
age and came hen? about five years
ago from Savannah where She has a di
vorced husband and five children.
The flashing eye. the buoyant foot
step, the rosy complexion, can all be
traced to the superior food cooked wtth
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder.
INSURANCE MEN STIRRED UP.
New York, April 15.—For the past
three or four months the stores In Har
lem have been flooded with counterfeit
dimes, quarters and hajf-dollara. The
secret service squad have been trying
to ferret out the gang distributing the
bogus coin. They believe they have now
got to the bottom of the mystery.
John Houghton was serving a sen
tence of five months for assault In tlie
Blackwell's Island penitentiary. His
time expired Saturday. While in prison
he worked In the blacksmith shop. A
week ago Warden Plllsbury found
counterfeit ten-cent pieces in the wash
room of the prison. A quiet search of
the cells resulted In finding a counter
feiter's outfit and over TOO in bogus
dimes and half-dollars in Houghton's
cell.
Tlie secret service officers were noti
fied, and in the warden's private room
Houghton was confronted with the out
fit, which had not been previously dis
turbed. He denied any knowledge of
the matter, and remained mute until
Saturday afternoon last, when he was
about to leave the prison on a dis
charge, he was rearrested by Baggs of
the seer** service. He then confessed.
He said I hat at the suggestion or an
other prisoner, wliOBe naaue could not
be learned Saturday, be entered into
the scheme.
They secured some plaster of parts
from the prison departments, and bor
rowing some new coins from fellow
prisoners, they used them to make
impressions. Houghton li»d no difficulty
In obtaining till the lead be wo,tried.
It Is claimed that between 1500 and
11,000 w«s made Tty the two men within
u* weeks. The man accused by Hough
ton I is under sentence of nine months.
He also was seht up for assault. His
time will expire on the 29th of this
monib. . , ,
Houghton was taken before a United
States commissioner, to whom fie re
peated his confession. He was coflimlt-
tod to Ludlow Street Jail without ball.
NICARAGUA IS DIPLOMATIC.
GEORGIA ITS l IRE.
List of Insurance Companies That Are
Showing Their Confidence in
the State.
DESEEYE THE PUBLIC PATliONAGE
Governor Atkinton Has Had an Xnreitl-
gatlon Made—Many of the Com<
panics Invest Their Sarplu*
Capital Elsewhere,
TO THE SUPftfnCR COURT,
ta, April 15.—(Special.)—The
y wh!taca.pplnff ease which re-
> In a venter of guilty against
Quarles and Davis Butler on 8M-
wlll be taken to the United
supreme court on a writ of ha-
corpus by Hon. W. C. Olcun, al
ter the defendant. Attorney
b day moved for an arrest of
•nt and motion for new trial but
Nowman overruled the motion
11 sentence Butler and Quarles
ow.
fntLEN’8 ARNICA SALVE,
best, salve In the world for cats,
\ sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
tetter, chapped hande, chilblains,
and all skin erptkms, and positive
's Plies, Or no my required. It
ewaieed to give perfect satisfaction
™;y refunded. Price. % cents per
icr Psle by U. J. Lamar & Bon.
Florida May Have a Law Compelling
Solid Insurance Policies.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 15.—The
insurance men of Florida nre greatly
alarmed over Sen*tor iBroome s valued
policy bill which will come up In the
senate nt Tallahassee Wednesday.
Senator Hartrldge of Duval has writ
ten a letter to a friend here saying
that the bill Is likely to pass. The
measure Is Intended to abolish the
three-quarter clause In Insurance poli
cies and compel the companies to pay
the full amount of the risk.
•‘If the bill should become a law,”
said Mr. J. H. Morton, a prominent
fire insurance agent, today, "it Is more
than likely that all the fire insurance
companies doing business In Florida
will cancel their policies and quit the
state, leaving our pfeople without In
surance.
"The freeze has already shattered
the credit of the country merchant*,
and If solid insurance protection were
now to be withdrawn It would b? like
knocking out the last prop and we
may look for general disaster. Those
also having mortgages on their real
estate will suffer, as It t* more than
likely, should the Insurance collateral
be withdrawn, that the mortgagers
will clamor for their money.
“The insurance companies are quite
uneasy about the condition of Florida
since the freeze, and losses have been
unusually numerous from all parts of
the state. Therefore if this bill, which
offers a premium on arson and dishon
esty, should become n law there ts no
doubt that the fire Insurance compa
nies would promptly cancel and quit
tlie state.”
THE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS LIFE.
Mr. O. Callloutte, druggist,
Beuveravllle, III., says: ••To Dr.
Kings New Discovery I owe my
life. Was taken with la srtope
and tried all the physicians for
miles about, but of no avail, and was
given up and told that I could not
live. Having Dr. Kings New Discov
ery In my store, I sent for a bottle and
began its use, and from the first dose
began to get better, and after using
three bottles waa up and about again.
It Is worth It’s weight In gold. We
won’t keep store or house without It."
Oct a free trial at H. J. Lamar &
Soli*' durg* store. Regular size 60c,
and $1.
CLANCY ON DECK.
Brunawick. April l5.-(lfi>eeUU—Jack
Clancy landed wtth both feet right eU«
up on St. rnmon* lolly, and tonight Man
ager Ttmberiske gave It out to the preee.
The papers have been signed end he will
be assistant manager for the season. Jock
wifi be on the road eg once
■trike Macon next week.
will
Coughing.
For all the ailments of Throat
and Lungs there is no cure so
quick and permanent as Scott's
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oii. It is
palatable, easy on the most deli
cate stomach and effective.
Emulsiog
stimulates the appetite, aids the
digestion of other foods, cures
Coughs and Colds, Sore Throat,
Bronchitis, and gives vital
strength besides. It has no equal
as nourishment for Babies and
Children who do not thrive, and
overcomes
Any Condition of Wasting.
StnJ/ar PtmfkUt ** Stiff t EmuUion. hr".
Scot: a Bow**, N, 7, AIIDnwiiti. BOr.iodtl,
Ignore* Some of England'* Propor
tions, But Is Wili ng to Arbitrate.
Washington-, April 15.—The foot th«]
Nicaragua bad mtade a reply to the
British ultimatum, which wax regird-d
by the Br3 sh foreign ofllce a* In
measure satisfactory, was (published
several days ago. Particulars us
the contra 1 !* of Nicaragua'* reply hive
noit yet JvAn received bore. Nicaragua
snggfiuts In tthe moa: friendly tone pos
sible th,t uni Impartial oc-mmias'on of
srbiir.iiofc* 1*? coaaglttUed for all the
grounds of complaint.
■Nicaragua points out that the decree*
of exile against British sunjeoti which
Bcgland uiiiiantled should be cancelled
uDcondibloikilly hud alrotdv been, an
nulled .before Use formal request of
great Britain regarding the matter had
bean received. Nicaragua, although
suturing Great: Brltu'n of u cordial de
sire lo give qanipldte sattolhctlon,
!»!. tiler prom ite* to pay the various
»ums demanded for lujur es lullicttd
on RrV’ikh subject* nor declines to do
go, but agrees to a fair »tul J'tst
' lenient of claims tbit shall lie recoin-
nietnled by an Impartial ariiiiratlon.
Great Britain's proposition excluding
from the -arbitration committee “a cit
izen of uny American state'' is quietly
Ignored la Nicaragua's rqjly-
The oonraiunlnii.loa I* riwtrdxl In
diplomatic circle* as a ok:ilful move on
Nicaragua'* part.
SIGNED TUB TREATY.
Peace alt La.lt and Ch'na Cun Now
Breathe Easy.
•London, April 13.—Tho Time* cor
respondent In Shanghai says:
LI Hung Oban?'* hou-t-n-la nr tele
graph* that the treaty of peace was
olgned in Slmonon-kt bxliy, April 111,
and Ohait the term* are:
First—The Independence of Corea.
SAxmd—Japan’s retention of the con
quered places.
Third—Japan's retention of territory
oast of the LIso river.
Fourth—Permanent cession of For
mosa.
Fifth—Indemnify of one hundred
million dollars.
S'rtih—An offensive nnd dof ms'.vo al
liance between Chin* and Japan.
A SHANGHAI FABRICATION.
Washington, April 15.—No credence
Is attached to trhe coport which reached
here foam Shintfuit by way of i .on.ton
that the Chines.* omperoc has town id
a proobma/tlon asserting his Inability
-o longer govern the empire.
RBSPBCT AND SYMPATHY
For the Deceased Editor of the Chicago
Tlmes-Herald.
Atlanta, On., April 15.—At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Cotton States and International ex
position this afternoon, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
"Whereas, In the death of Hon. Jaa.
W. Scott, the Cotton States and Inter-
national Exposition has lost not only
an honorary vice-president, but a
strong, active and valuable mono,
while, the country at large loses a dis
tinguished citizen and (he newspaper
world cn» of the brightest stars In the
That the Cotton States
nal Exposition Compiny,
*cholders* meeting asaem-
I. . the sudden death of this
distinguished man, and tenders to hla
bereaved family and the staff of the
Chicago Tlmea-Heratd sincere sympa
thy and condolence, and that the sec
retary shall forthwith communicate
these sentiment* In due form and de
vote a page of the minutes of this cor
poration to the memory of the honorary
vice-president, James W. Bcott.”
CURE FOR HEADACHE.
As a remedy (of all forms of head
ache, Electric Bitter* has proved to be
the very beat. It effects a permanent
cure and U.e moat dreaded baMtual aick
headache yield to its Influence. We
urge all who are afflicted to procure a
bottle, and give this remedy a trl.il.
In castes of habitual canatlpatkm Elec
tric Bitters cures by giving the needed
tone to the bowels, and few cases long
resist the use of this medicine. Try It
once. Large bottles only 50 cents at
ii. J. Lamar * Boo's drug store.
Atlanta, April 15.—^(8p»clal.)—Gov
ernor Atkinson recently requested
Comptroller General Wright to prepare
for him a statement showing what
Insurance companies doing business In
Georgia are making Investment* here,
with a view to showing the people
which companies are friendly to the
state and which' are not, that they
may govern their patronage accord
ingly.
Today Comptroller General Wright
submitted his report. It makes exceed-
ingly Interesting reading and food for
thought to the people who own tile
property of Georgia and who pay out
their thousands of dollars every year
for both Are and life insurance.
Out of twenty-six life Insurance
companies doing business In the state
there are only nine which have any
thing Invested here, although none of
them have provisions In their charters
which prohibit them from Investing
hire.
Out of fifty-one fire Insurance compa-
uits doing business in Georgia there
-.ire only three foreign companies which
have anything Invested In the state
outside of *he Z25.000 which all are
required to deposit with the state trea
surer before they begin business. All
the Georgia companies, of course, in
vest their money In the state.
The three foreign companies with
Investments here are the Sun of Eng
land. which has $25,000 In railroad
bonds: the Continental of New York,
which has $100,000 In bonds in this
state, and the Home of New York,
which has $50,000 In bonds.
Of the Georgia Fire Insurance Com
rallies the Atlanta Home has $348,000
In real estate, the Georgia Home of
Columbus $265,826 In real estate, the
Macon Fire Insurance Company $52,243
In real estate and $94,000 In bonds, and
the Southern Mutual of Athens has
1207,000 In stock* and $52,705 n bonds.
The life Insurance companies doing
busine«s in Georgia who have money
Invested here are as follows:
The Equitable of New York. $1,250,-
000 In real estate loans ta* against $149,-
595,018.04 invested elsewhere.
Manhattan of New York, $30,000 In
bond loan*, as against $12,284,360.13
elsewhere.
■Marykind of Baltimore, $780 In bonds,
a* ngiinst $1,641,738.66 Invested else
where.
Mutual of New York, $103,550 In bond
loans and i $1,778,131.41 In bonds, as
gainst $165,0*2.523 Invested elsewhere.
Mutual Of Louisville, Ky.. $65,180 In
real estate Ioann, ua against $2,003,-
067.75 elsewhere.
New York Lif\ $1,418,605 Central
railroad and $007,000 reai estate loan*,
ns against $132,976,336 invested; else
where. -•
Penn -Mutual' <of •Phlldelphla, $1*4,800
in reel estate UR ns, as against $21,243,-
045.77 invested elsewhere.
Provident Savings Society of New
York, $38,000 real estate loans and
$81,663.76 In bond#, s against $1,161,-
0*1.25 Invested elsewhere.
Traveller* of Hartford. $442,100 In
real estate loan* and $67,675 city bonds,
as against $16,811,914.16 Invested else
where. i
These figure* show that those com
panies which do any business at nil
tn Georgia In the nay of lending their
funds consider this state a good field
for Investment, and there to no reason
why the other seventeen companies
engaged In writing Insurance should
not also Invest here. There ha* been an
Impression that som- of them were re
stricted from so doing by charter con
ditions, but the com»tro|leri» Investi
gation shows that not a single one of
the twenty-seven companle* baa any
thing In it* charter to prevent th?
making of Investments In this state,
either on real estate or bonds and
slocks.
Governor Atkinson believes th*t tho
publication of th.» figures as here given
will set the people to thinking, as well
as the Insurance cotnpAfiles. ami the re
sult wl'.l be that those companies al-
rrdy Investing here will increase their
luvestmehts in order to still further eu-
llst patronage here, while those that
have not Invested anything 111 Georgia,
thus aiding In the state's development,
will be forced to do so In the future to
keep up with their competitor* and
remain on good terms with the people
of the state.
SUSTAINED THE LOWER COURT.
Peciricn of the Supremo Court In the
Clayton county Ckae.
At tenth. April 15.—(Spectal.)-The su.
promo court today rendered its decision
In the mandamus from Clayton county
seeking to compel the counting of vote* began to grow numb and to ta Isas and Ires
In the Jonesboro preelpct which were °J»hle. _ Bjr the 15th of April I could do
thrown nut because a mob invaded the
managers’ room, refusing to leave while
the count waa going on. The throwing
out of tM* prectawt, which gave the coun
ty offices all to the Democmd, won *u«-
talned by the ouperlor court, and the
lower court to auntalned by the nupreme
court,
for infants and Children.
OTHERS, Do You Know that Paregoric,
Bateman's Dropa, Godfrey's Cordial, many bo-callod Soothing Syrups, and
most remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine 1
Do Yon Know that opium and morphine aro stupefying narcotic potoona t
Do Yon Know that in moat countries druggists arc not permitted to sell narcotics
without labeling them potoona t
Do Yon Know that you should not permit any medicine to bo given your child
unless you or your phyaician know of what it is composed t
Do Yon Know tliafc Castorla U a purely vegetable preparation, and that a list of
its ingredients to published with every bottle f
Do Yon Know that Castorla to the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcher.
That it has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castorla is now sold than
of all other remedies for children combined t
Do Yon Know that the Patent Ofllco Department of the United States, nnd of
other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use tho word
“ Castorla 11 and its formula, and that to imitate them to a state prison offenso f
Do Yon Know that one of the reasons for granting this government protection waa
because Castorla had been proven to bo absolutely harmless?
Do Yon Knnur that 35 average doses of Castorla are furnished for 35
cents, or one cent a dose t
Do You Know that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may
be kept well, and that you may have unbroken rest ?
Well, tlieso things arc worth knowing. They are facte.
Tho fac-aimllo
\ afgnhtwro of
t every
Children Cry for Pitchers uasioria a
A SAD DEATH IN THOMSON.
Thomson-, -April 15.—(Sp.-claU—Sat
urday night, tho 13th inst., lit 10:30
o'clock, art her homo on Mill street,
Mrs. Dr. It. C. Johnson tl'ml of par
alysis. She tail liven unwell for sev
eral days, butt her family feared noth
ing serious. On auomiutng to walk
across the room sh" su(ld“j|y foil ami
was dta-1 before a physician ciiuM be
oalloil. Mire. Johnson was the wife of
Dr. It. C. Johnson, who for many years
was one of Thomson’s most successful
physdann and best fflttzens. Strange
to say, Mrs. Jolin.om <1!«1 J’!*.: two
years ito the night and almost minute
after the death of her hus’xind. Her
remains were taken io the family bu
rial ground in Warren county for In
termem. A bon of warm fends will
Join the Ibereaved family In mourning
tho toss <if one who will be greatly
missed throrighfout this community.
'Mlrttw .lotto Gun Hill Jessie Itou
McGoqisor of Warronton nre the guists
of Mrs. G. .H. Irvlug lids week.
Miftt Alma Johnson, formerly of this
place, hut who foe aeveral yeans has
made her heme In America*, i* on a
visit to her brother, Co], H. .lolinsou.
SYMPATHY FROM GIADSTONE.
London. April 15.—Mr. Gladstone In
receiving n delegation of Armenian
commission, together with several Ar
menian refugees at Hawarden, today,
assured them of his profound sym
pathy. "Anything I can do for your
hapless country," he said, "I shall
always be glad to do, hut you must re
member that I am an old man, ant)
have retired from public life.”
OIL HTTILL BOOMING.
Now Vork, April 15.—Tho Snndard
Oil Gompony his ndvaneod it* price
for field oil from $1.75 to $2, .inti a. a
result $2.10 I* bid for pipe l.m« cort:fl-
cstes. A number of <tap .'all*!* form
erly Interested In the Pennsylvania
fields propnsa developing Wyoming,
Utah aril Colorado fields If tho present
ourlook continues.
SENSATION IN AMERICUS.
A Negro Shot, a Darn Burned and a Wo-
mnn Killed.
Amerteu*. April 16.—(Special.)—Mr. Ross
McOarrah, living about eight mile* west
of this city, had a difficulty wtth a negro.
In Which the totter was killed. Warrants
have been Issued for MCGarnaii and three
other* eald to have been implicated.
Mr. Jesse Ohncnb&u, tiling about ten
turtles from this city, had his barn burned
last night. It wue the -work of Incendia
ries. Tracks leading from the barn were
followed to the house of a negro named
Bevins Jcridns, who was arrested and
brought here tonfceht and placed In Jail-
The loss Is estimated at $2,000, with no
Insurance.
a colored woman named Mary Burnett,
While walking on a trestle on the Savan
nah, Amerteu* and Montgomery railroad
lust outside of the etty limits today, on
-her way home from church, woe knocked
from the trestle by a -west bound train
and Instantly kilted.
Professor Albert E. Menke of the
Kentucky State Agricultural College,
Lexington, writes: "I have found on
examination Dr. Price's Baking Powder
ti bo 'the strongest nnd moa: avliole-
ANOTHER CUT.
A Miracle in Vermont.
THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF A
WELL-KNOWN CHELSEA MAN.
Btrlcktn with an Incurable DUcare
and yet Cured.
(from the Argusanil Pulrlol. Hr.ntprller, Vk|
Eight years ago Geo. Hulchinion moved
from Bradford lo Chelesa, VI., and bought
the uwmill at the latter place. He waa
known as one of the atrougut men in that
section. On Dec. 10,'92 while at work In
the mill, he waa itruek in the back by a
flying board, which aerionaly injured him
and Incapacitated him for work of any
kind. Asa remit of this. Locomotor Ataxia
act in, (this Us form of peralyato which
deprive* the psiicni of all aw of hU tower
limbs.) The Arjut A J’alriot Interviewed
Ur. Hutchinson to-day, and bb atory to
here given in hia own word*.
" My back ached continually and my leg*
began to grow numb and to bt tore and lea*
JfRS. HICKEN FREE.
Sue Will Lecture on Beauty and the
Delights of jail Life.
Atlanta. April 15.—(S pet Ini.)—Mrs
if. T. Illeken, the notorlou* confidence
woman of many aliases, who hns been
an Inmate of Fulton county Jail since
tost summer, pending the dtopoeitloti
of th* case* against her, was released
today upon a decision of the supreme
court, euatalning the demurrer to the
Indictment under which she was con
victed.
In effect, the woman escaped upon a
technicality. She was Bulleted, among
other transactions, for forging An*
Dime of C. E. Henderson upon the
First National Bank of Titusville,
Fla. The check, however, showed the
inltlsk of Henderson's name to have
been transposed, the signature <d the
check being E. C. Htnderson. The
supreme court held that there was no
•uch person as E. C. Henderson and
therefore no forgery vai committed.
There are other charges against
Mr*. Hlcken, or whatever the woman's
name really Is, and she will very
probably be Indicted sgiln unless her
victims relent and allow her to, go her
way without further punishment.
While In Jail Mrs. Hlcken made a
good d*al of pin money by concocting
a “beauty lotion,” which ahe
to ladles who had the price '
ruffleh-nt beauty to match
announced that she will give ::ure
on "beauty" at the opera house and
incidental! ydescribe life in Fulton
county JslL
I Jyphi
the Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burlington,
to be treated, and I took their advica. When
I left home mr friend# bade me good-bye,
never expecting to eee me a\jvc again.
The phyaidana at the hoepital tobl me that
my eaie waa a serious one and I waa com
pletely discouraged. I remained at the
noepltal seven weeks tad took the medicines
which the doctors gave m*. I fill better at
tha hospital and thought that 1 was recover-
ing, ana went home to continue their treat-
ment, which I did for two months, and also
bad an electric battery dhder their advice.
The improvement, however, did not condone
and I began Co give up hope. Auguet let,
1893,1 could not get out of my chair without
antotaoee, and if I got down upon the floor, I
could not get up alone. Aboot this lima I
chanced to read an aeeount of the wonder
ful curative powers of Dr. Williamt’ Pink
Pilto for Pal* Paopls io ease* similar to mv
own. I did not hare any faith la the Pllli
but thought a trial could do no barm, so 1
bought soma without tailing anyone what I
waa going to da. After I had fcren taking
them aome lime I found that, for the flrettim*
in months I waa this to walk down to the
poet offlee, and my neighbor* began to db-
sues the marked improvement in my health.
A* I contlnuad tbs medicine I condoned to
improve, and soon recommenced work
In the mill, at firit very lightly, and in-
ereaelag aa I wu able and' u I gained In
health and aplrita, and now for the put
three months I have been working ten honrs
per day almost a* steadily u I evtr did.
I feel well, nt well and aleep u well u I
ever did and I have no pain anywhere.”
The reporter talked with several other gen
tlemen In regard to tbs ease of Mr. Hutchin-
bn, who stated that any statement he might
Dike would be entitled to entireeredenee.
Dr. Will lame’ Pink Pill* contain all tbs
element* neeeaaarv lo give new Ilf* and
riohnaa* to the blood and rretore shattered
nerve*. They are for sale by all dru-eiits.
or mar bt bad by mail fmm Dr. Williamt 1
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y_ for
We. per box, or 6 boxes for $2.50-
The Seaboard Air Linn Comas Dowd
Another Teg.
Allntd, April 16.—(Si’xioial.)—A tele
gram from Norfolk, Va., today states
that the Seaboard Air Linn will make
a still further cut in paesengnr rates,
ns follows:
From Atlanta to Now York. 114 to
$12 iPhllstlelpIlla, $lt.-80 lo $10.80; Bal
timore, $10 to $8; Washington. $9.60
to $8, Portsmouth, $g to $0; Norfolk,
8 to $6; roteiwburg, $9.16 to $7.65;
Richmond, $9,80 to $8.30; Boston, via
Now York by rail. $17.75.
Mr. Sam Hardwlek, passenger agent
of th* Southern, when asked In refer
ence to tho prospecffvtv action of tho
Southern, this morning sald:
"The Southern still not reduce rates.
At least, there ta at pr-sent. no de
termination of this kind.”
Southern poopTe express themselves
as surprised at this reduction of the
Seaboard, following no sfmllar action
of the Southern, but think It Is done in
anticipation of a cut by the Southern
since tho ruling of tffe Interstate com
merce commission giving the Southern
the right to charge less for long than
short hauls.
FOREJULOSURK PROCEEDINGS
Commenced Agilnct the Central Hall-
road by tho Central Trust Company.
Sivunmih, April 1.5.—Tho Central
Trust Company of New York, through
Judge Henry B. Tompkins ns ufltor-
nny, him filed a cross bill In the United
State* court here to secure a decree of
foreclosure against the Central Hall-
retd and Buskin" Cenvp-tnr tinder
the consollitunl m.vrgHge of $13,000,.
000 for which the Central Tniq Com
pany Is trustee, of th-se bonds $5,000,.
000 originally intended to rede.in :be
tripartite bonds are with the Central
Trod: Jttsnpony nnd $3,000,000 are de
posited os aeturity for the Honing
debt. The bfil allege* deftiuUs ou tbo
lnt<*T*t amounting to $1,200,000.
Tho object of seeurng this decree of
forrclowurg- (s sold to l«e to bring about
a mile of the property for the purp.eo
of reorgautsidon, on uccoiut of th.*
fact that the decree of foreclosure on
the tripartite mortgage t* new hung
np In the supreme court of the iJnlttd
tv a ten upon an .ippo.il by the South-
western Railroad Company.
ENGLISH SUED FOR LIBEL. ,
Capt. Amos Baker Wants Damages
From English and Chief Wright.
Atlanta, April 15.— (Special.)—L. 55.
Rozzer and B. U. Hill, who defended
hi in during the recent sensational In
vestigation before the council com
mittee .today entered suit In behalf of
Capt. Amos Bak>r, clerk of the re
corder’s court, against •x-Chainuau
English of the board of police commis
sioners, and Capt. J. W. Wright, chief
of the city detective departments.
Capt. English Is one of the wealthiest
men In the otty. If Baker should win
his suit for the full amount he would
have no trouble In collecting the judg
ment. Chief Wright Is also very com
fortably fixed.
The suit, which Is one of thedutcrop*
pings of the muddle In the police de
partment on account of political feuds,
la based upon the charges made against
Baker by Chief WrighT.' acting under
directions from Chairman English,
the charges being the same upon which
the council conducted Its Investigation.
They reflected very damaglngly upon
Baker's private character, and as he
was exonerated by the committee af
ter s week’s work day and night, maker
charge* libel and sues for damages to
apes— the Injury alii d to have be n
done him..