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Soldiers Patrol Streets of the riclntosh Town
to Preserve Order.
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED IN DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY
Hundreds of Armed Negroes Massed In a Swamp and
Ready For An Attack.
Tho first blood of the Darien, Ga.,
riot was spilled Thursday night, when
Joseph Townseud, ouo of McIntosh’s
best and most influential citizens lost
his life from the effect of a shot from a
gun in the hands of a brother of the
Delagel. *'•*«
negro
Mr. Jos. Townsend and Mr.Octavius
Hopkins went out near Eulonia to the
home of Henry Delagel,tho negro now
in jail at Savannah, to arrest, liis two
sons. Both of these negroes had taken
an aotivepart iu the Darien riot. Mr.
TowBBond remained outside the house
while Mr. Hopkins went in. The lat¬
ter found John Delagel and told him
he bad come to arrest him and he had
best give up. The negro seemed in-
clinsd to do this for a moment, but
cliaaged his mind when he saw Mr.
Tovnscud outside in the moonlight.
/ gun war. handed him by a women
and he immediately opened fire on the
twe officers. Mr. Hopkins was struck
in the shoulder and Mr. Townsend iu
theabdomen. Mr. Hopkins, though
paiifuily wounded, was not complete¬
ly lisabled, so ho took Mr. Townsend
in tie buggy aud hurried away for
medcal aid.
Jr. Townsend expired in JTr. Hop¬
kins arms beforo they reached any
p!me where they could find a bed.
Nemrooa Muss In Swamp.
Tie negroes have practically de¬
sert d Darien proper and taken to the
swanp. They are now massed
twoi e miles from Darien and have
throrn out pickets to guard
the vhites. Word has been sent
Dariei that the negroes will not
mit te arrest.
Bev-rnl white families were
awsy from Darien Friday to allow the
men tine to fight. A detachment of
soldiers were dispatched to the Ridge,
Darien's swell suburb, to guard the
residences there. .Soldiers patroled
the streetB in Darien.
lttoter'A Kvmov.il to Savannah.
The towboat “Iris" left Darien Fri¬
day morning for Savannah with tho
riot prisoners on board. It was
thought best to take them there for
safe keeping in order to avoid any
possible attempt to escape and for the
further reason that the jail in Darien
was getting uncomfortably full.
While passing through a negro set-
tlcmeut en route five miles from Darien
rertillon CREATED MERRIMENT.
Tho Noted Handwriting: Expert a Witness
In tho Dreyfus Case.
At Friday’s session of the DreyfaB
courtmartial M. Bertillon, the noted
handwriting expert, who was at the
head of the authroopometrie depart-
meat of the prefecture of police of
Paris, was called as a witness.
When Bertillon had concluded the
first installment of his so-called dem¬
onstration of the guilt of Captain
Dreyfus, a prominent Dreyfusaru re¬
ferred to him as “the flu de sieclo
Cagliostro.” Bertil-
A remarkable feature of M.
lou’s deposition was tho heat and ex¬
citement he put into what was expect¬
ed to be a calm, dispassionate exposi¬
tion of his theories. Ho thundered,
shouted and waved his arms, as though
engaged in some terrible dispute.
T'bc Dreyfusards refuse to regard
him as anything but a quack.
COMBINE OF GEORGI A MINES.
Southern Iron Consolidation I* Being Per¬
fected in New Yortc.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
A new southern iron combination is
being formed in New York by a con-
solidation of the Cherokee Iron com-
panv and tho Western Jlining com-
panv. the former operating in Chero-
kee county, Alabama, and the latter at
Cedartown, Ga. The concern will be
known as the Georgia and Alabame
Iron company, aud will be capitalized
at §1,300,000.
COTTON FIRMS COMBINE.
Fourteen Mills Aeqnircrt By the Continent-
nl Trust Company of Bslllninre.
A Baltimore special says: The cot-
tou consolidation, which is ono of the
most important industrial corubina-
tions of the south, has been completed
and tho fourteen mills acquired arc
now in the hands of the Continental
Trust Company of Baltimore, the syn-
dicatc manager awaiting their transfer
to the Mt. Vernon-Woodbury Cotton
Duck Company, which has been in-
certiorated under the laws of the state
of Delaware, the permanent organiza-
tion oi which will be completed within
tlie nett few days when the properties
w iH be taken over by that company.
lw ' J 4 44 / tltance.
the Darien aud Western train was
fired upon. This is the second time
the train has been fired on, bnt fortu¬
nately no one has yet been hurt.
Judge Seabrook has been generally
commended for his promptness oa
calling a special term of court. Solic¬
itor Kenan has also been quite active
in getting the the special term and other¬
wise assisting citizens.
Colonel JuttwTon in Coiumnud.
Governor Gandler was busy all day
Friday receiving and sending tele¬
grams iu regard to the rioters at Da-
vien, where the situation has assumed
a much graver aspect than was at first
thought.
Governor Candler was determined
at all hazards to proveut the rioters
from doing any further damage and
used every precaution toward that
end.
During the day he offered a reward
of 0400 for the capture of the negro
John Delegal, who murdered Deputy
Sheriff Joseph Townsend Thursday
night.
Early iu the morning Governor Can-
dler received a telegram from Sheriff
T. B. Blount, of Darien, as follows:
l'k-nse oritur Liberty Indopemlent troop
to report to mo, mounted, at onoo. Kttua-
tion critical. Ono deputy killed; uiiothor
wounded. T. 1!. Blount, Sheriff.
Following close oa the heels of this
message came a dispatch from Colonel
Lawton asking that carbines and am¬
munition be shipped. The guns were
sent by the Southern Express and the
ammunition, 1,000 rounds, was sent
later by a special messenger.
Colonel Lawton has been vested
with plenary power to act iu any way
he may see fit and is in full command
of the situation.
All this is tho outcome of the riot¬
ous situation that has prevailed in Da¬
rien for several days following the ar¬
rest of one Henry Delegal for alleged
assault on a white woman. The ne¬
groes erroneously conceivod the idea
that Delegal was to be lynched aud
dropped posed everything when the to go sheriff to his started sup¬
rescue
to remove him to Savannah for safe¬
keeping. Jail and
They surrounded the two
hundrod military came from Savannah
to quell them. The day following,
arrests of rioters began and forty were
jailed.
FORECAST OF CARTER VERDICT.
It U Stated In Washluston That Tlio
Cai>ta*n Will Od Fife®.
It is stated in Washington, on what
is regarded authentic information,that
an agreement has been Tcaolied whore-
Ay Captain Oberlin Carter is not to be
punished for liis gigantic government
Bteal, according to the verdict of the
courtmartial, but is merely to be dis-
missod from the army and a nominal
fine imposed. The fine will not bo
over 310,000. It will be remembered
that Col ter stole, according to the evi¬
dence on which he was convicted, not
less than 31,500,000.
Hc will not be advertised in the
papers of his town as ordered in
the verdict.
The statement that the Carter . case
“will be settled on its merits
plausible and ready explanation in
Washington. It is accepted there as
meaning a mitigation of the sentence
pronounced by the courtmartial against
Captain Carter as stated.
It will bo recalled that hover c
of the courtmartial was that Cotter "Is
guilty as charged” of conspiring with
<Heen an d Gayuor and other oelitract-
o>' H to defraud the government of an
amount which the evidence adduced
showed to be not less than one and
one-half million dollars. Ibe sentence
was dismissal from the service of the
United States, a fine of 310,000, a term
°f five years in the penitentiary and
that ho bo advertised in ms native
town by public prints as a thief and a
scoundrel.
NEGROES FOR PHILIPPINES.
Colored Kecinnent to Hr Knltxted to Flglit
tlio rilliilno*.
consulta-
tion between the president and Secre¬
tary Root, orders were issued Fiiday
prov ;ding for the establishment of an
additional regiment of volunteers, to
! >e composed , of , colored , , recruits, the
colonel, field and regimental officers
"'M "^Ite men.
The headquarters of the regiment
ke McPherson barracks, Atlanta,
Ga and tho work of recruiting will
,
begin at once, ihe regiment is to >e
organized for duty in tho Pnilippmes.
AS 1 IBURN, <;A., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 'l 18 '**).
NEGROES WANT PEACE.
Situation In McIntosh County
Well In Hand and Quiet Is
Being Restored.
Barring arrests of eight in'groo»,two
of them ringleaders in last week’s
riots in Darien, Monday developed
init little excitement. The two ring¬
leaders surrendered to the military
authorities ns a result of a conference
between negro preachers and politi¬
cians ar.d Colonel Lawton, the latter
of whom suggested a plan of proce¬
dure. Following Colonel Lawton’s
suggestions the negro committees sent
for ringleaders and la'or issued a cir¬
cular of some length.
This circular advises all uegroes to
exert themselves in favor of restoring
peace aud avoid all fear of excitement
on account of the aoliliers’ presence.
One section in reference to the negro
women who are at the bottom of all
this trouble, reads:
“Let every w oman abstain from all
words that may incite rashness or may
be abusive. Let them stay at homo
aud by all means let every man see to
it that no colorod woman shall show
lmr face at the courthouse or on the
streets adjacent thereto during the
coming session of the court. We em¬
phasize this aud earnestly beseech all
our men to heed it. The respectable
women of our race always remain
away from the courthouse aud others
must now he made to do so. ”
When interviewed Monday night,
Colonel Lawton said:
“I apprehend no further trouble,
but will keep the uiilitaiy here until
after court merely as a precautionary
measure. The negroes are now
peaceable aud after a conference with
the lending negroes they issued their
circular calling upon all uegroes to
keep quiet. I am satisfied the sur-
render of the two ringleaders was the
result of that conference and am posi¬
live that the county is now practically
quiet and there will be no further
trouble.”
It is the concensus of opinion that
the situation has simmered dow n to a
tedious wait for the special term of
McIntosh oourt. So far there sro
sixty negroes to ho tried with indica¬
tions of more arrests anil mm under s
to be made.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Lint of Now Kitabllihed the
PrtHt Week.
The more important of the new in¬
dustries reported during the past wepk
include a bridgo and machine works
in West Virginia; coal mines in Ken¬
tucky; copper mines iu North Carolina;
cotton mills iu Georgia, Louisiana and
Texas; a ootton and woolen mill aud a
crate and barrel factory in North Car¬
olina; electrical industries in Florida,
Mississippi and Tennessee; flouring
mills in Alabama. Tennessee, Texas
aud West Virginia; furniture factories
iu Alabama and Georgia; gold mines
in Georgia; 150,000-bushel grain
elevator in Texas; a 0100,000 hard¬
ware company in West Virginia; a
harness aud saddlery works in Ken¬
tucky; an ice factory in Alabama; iron
ore mines in Virginia; a knitting mill
in Tennessee; lumber mills in Louisi-
aun al) j jj or t b Carolina; phosphate
mines in Tennessee; a planing mill in
Louisiana; a telephone system in Ken-
C hy; tobacco stemmcrieB in North
Carolina; a woolen mill in West Vir-
gi„i a —Tradesman (Chattanooga,
Tenn.)
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UOVEKNOR CANDLER ELATED
That In»Race War In Mvlntogh
County Hits ttaon Av«rt#>d.
An Atlauta> Qa > ai8pat ch says: The
news from Darien is of a very satisfao-
nature at tbo B , a)e eapitol, and
, 1(J governor wag gra tifi e d to hear
Monday morning that order was being
ra ^ pj ( j)y restored and the danger of u
ra „„ waH rftpi(il y fading away,
In8pector General Obear returned
{rom t)j0 S£iak o{ 0Xcit(jIucnti w)lere be
wos wlth tL(J gtate troopf) IIia r(!port
tQ tLe governor waH highly gratifying,
and the governor feels that all danger
buH been pagS( ;d for tho present, at
)(;aat
THREE 'THOUSAND BALLOTS
Required To Elect a Chief of Police In
Selma, Ala.
After balloting for four months, at
regular and special meetings, the Sel¬
ma, Ala., city council Monday night
elected D. P. Uptegraft, a printer,
sixty years old, chief of police.
A total of nearly 3,000 ballots were
taken before any result was reached.
DEPORTATION OF BLACKS
Is Lx-Senator Iluilar’s Solution of tlie
Race Problem.
Ex-Senator M. 0. Bntler, of South
Carolina, has written a letter to Colonel
Wyatt Aiken,of Greenwood,expressing
himself on the recent aetB of lawless¬
ness in that community. He attacks
the position of Senator Tillman aud
others who denounced the action of
tho whites.
Senator Bntler favors deportation of
negroes as- the only solution of the
race problem; and instead of the state
prohibiting emigrant agents working
witbin its borders, as is the case in
South Carolina, he contends that a
bonus of so much per head should be
paid to get the negroes out of the state.
’ TROOPS WELCOMED.
President McKinley Greets Tenth
Pennsylvania Volunteers.
BOVS RETURN FROM THE PHILIPPINES
FlUftUvtvjs, l’rt., Mini*' Oi't'it* Vr*>)>»w»lion»
To ikeeivn Them mitl Ocwwlon 1»
Mttdo n Memoi’tiMe Ou«,
At Pittsburg, Pa., Monday, with
cannon booming, bells clanging, whis¬
tler shrieking, flags waving and mighty
cheers from hundreds of thousands of
throats the Tenth Pennsylvania vol¬
unteers were weloomed home, after
more thau a year’s gallant service in
the Philippines, and the reeeptlou
tendered the returning soldiers will
always lie remembered in Pittsburg as
0110 of the greatest demonstrations of
patriotism that has ever taken place In
this country.
A fund of $50,000 donated by tho
citizens aud tho surrounding towns
permitted the committee which hull
the affair in charge to make lavish
preparation for tho home-coming and
nothing was left undone that would
Rhow the “fighting Tenth” how well
their services for their country in a
foreign land wore appreciated by tho
residents of their native stale.
The reviewing stand of President
McKinley and liis stuff of notables in
Scheuley park was a magnificent work
of art. Governor Stone opened the
exercises with a graceful speech.
At the conclusion of Governor
Stone’s address President McKinley
was introduced, and in the course of
hi* address of welcome nflid:
“I am glad to and participate with flic
families, friends fellow citizens of
the Tenth Pennsylvania volnnteers in
this glad reunion. You have earned
the plaudits not alone of the people of
Pennsylvania, but of the whole nation.
You made secure and permanent the
victory of Dewey. You added now
glory to American arms.
“You and your brave comrades en¬
gaged on other fields of conflict have
enlarged the map of the United States
and extended the jurisdiction of Amer¬
ican liberty. The Eighth army corps
in the Philippines have made a proud
and exceptional record.
“They were not. nerving the insur¬
ge* ts in the Philippines or their sym¬
pathizers at homo. They had no part
of patience with the men, few in num¬
ber happily, who would have rejoiced
to have teen them lay down their arms
in tho presence of an enemy whom
they hod just emancipated from Span¬
ish rule aud who should have been
our firmest friends.”
“Every step taken was in obedi¬
ence to tho requirements of tho con¬
stitution. It became our lorrilory,
and is ours as much as the Louisiana
purchase, or Texas, or Alaska.
"A body of insurgents, In no senso
representing the sentiment of tho
people of the islands, disputed our
lawful authority, and even before the
ratification of the treaty by tho Amer¬
ican senate were attacking tho very
forces who fought for and secured
their freedom.
“These loyal volunteers in tli# Phil¬
ippines Bald: 'We will stay until tho
government can organize an army at
home and transport it to tho scat of
hostilities.’
"They did stay, cheerfully, uncom¬
plaining, patriotically. They suffered
and sacrificed; they fought sod fell;
they drove back and punished tho
rebels who resisted federal authority
and who with force, attacked tho sov¬
ereignty of the United States in its
newly acquired territory.”
METHODISTS TO RAISE FUNDS.
Inter,..! Iu the “Tfreutl.tli Century Move-
inffiit” Orowo.
The Methodists of Atlanta, Ga., will
undertake to awaken an interest in the
Twentieth Century Movement which
proposes to raise 01,500,000 for
Christian education.
At the meeting of the Methodist
ministers Monday morning it was re¬
solved to have a monster demonstation
in the shape of a mass meeting. agreed
This meeting it was should
lie held ut the Grand opera
Sunday morning at an early date, at
which time all of the churches in tlio
city of this denomination will he
closed, und the pastors and their con¬
gregations brought together.
DR. DICKENS EXONERATED.
A female Patient Clisrgerl IMm tVllh
Attempted AiiaiiH.
Dr. II. T. Dickens, who was charged
with aseatilt and battery on Mrs. M.
L. Whitlock, several weeks ago, was
arraigned in oourt at Decatur, Ga.,
Monday morning beforo Judge John
S. Candler, and he was quickly exone¬
rated of the charge assault by the occurred jury.
The alleged be on
July 4th last. It will remem¬
bered that on that day Mrs. Whit¬
lock started from her home near
Tucker with Dr. Dickins, going
to Norcross, where she was to become
the patient of the physician. She
charged that while in the buggy tho
physician attempted to assault her.
DELEGAl GIVES UP
Negro Murdorer of Doputy Sheriff
Townsend In Darien Jail.
ms OU) MOTHER SURRENDERS HIM
KeliitlveH of the Munlerotl Mini Agvood
Not to llm’in Him Situation In
Melntofth Comity,
Tho round-up of negroes in McIn¬
tosh county, Ga., Saturday resulted
iu the surrender of Henry Delegal,the
mimleaer of Deputy HVioriffTownsend,
and the location for fnture arrest of
Delegnl’s brother and the woman di¬
rectly implicated in the killing.
Pelegul’s surrender was made to
Lieutenant Wood, in charge of a de¬
tachment of thirty Hjvnunali soldiers
stationed fifteen miles in the country
to hack up the sheriff’s posse, who
were scouring the swamps, and Dele-
gal states that ho surrendered to tfie
troops lor protection, as he saw the
sheriff’s posse was closing in on liiui,
and his capture was only a matter of a
few hours or minutes.
At 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, tho
military special with Lieutenant-Leon-
ard Wood, Lieutenant David Harrow
and twenty-five men left Eulonia,on Darien. The
two forces combined at the
railroad twelve miles from Darien,and
tho sheriff’s posec, leading by half a
mile, spread over the country. Every
negro was arrested ns the posse pro¬
ceeded and hold by detachments for
the approaching militia.
The Delegal settlement was soon
reached and as tho posse dashed nj> to
tho houses negroos scurried to their
holes liko frightened ruts. Eight cab¬
ins were surrounded, pickets strung
out and each man stood hosido liis
liorso prepared for fight,
The negroos sent their women and
children out and this was followed by
tho posse closing in, arresting all tho
men and searching the premises. Tho
search proved fruitless, hut a confes¬
sion of Delogal’s whereabouts was ob¬
tained and the posBe divided, half
goimg to the swamps. The swamps
were being beaten closely while tho
military lined out on the bluff, pre¬
pared to send a volley into the out¬
pouring negroes as they cauio before
the posse.
At this critical juncture Dolegal’s
aged mother came out of the swamp
with a request that Dolegal he allowed
to stirrend. r to tho soldiers.
The entire posse joined in request¬
ing Messrs. Townsend, who were anx¬
ious to avenge the death of their
brother, to surrender their urms and
they finally reluctantly consented und
gave their word to ullow Dolognl’s
safety. admitted murder,
Dolegal tho hut
denied sending for his friends to help
him kill tho whites. There Is positive
evidence to tho contrary, however.
With the prisoner secured, a quick
run was made to Darien Junction, and
at (1 o’clock Saturday evening the
train from Savannah arrived with ad¬
ditional reinforcements of 1(11 men
and eleven officers of the First Georgia
regiment under command of Colonel
Lawton.
The run hack to Darien was without
incident and at 8 o’clock the prisoner
was safely landed there without blood¬
shed.
CA REENTERS GO OCT.
Sir!hr In Cbattanoo** Cuuiort fly I)l»-
clmrKfl of Tltr«« Union M«ii.
Tlio carpenters, joiners and furni-
niture wood workers employed in tbo
Loomis & Hurt Muuufacting company,
at Chattanooga, went out on a strike
Saturday morning. The company dis¬
charged three men who are officers in
their union, and tho men refused to go
back to work until the three men were
taken back.
OIL TANKS BURN.
Ntmnlnrd Company I.mo-a Over Two Tliira-
sunt* liar**!* fly Flro*
One of the most destructive fires
that has ever occurred at the Standard
Oil refinery broke out at Waiting,
Ohio, Sunday night, it yu» caused
by a leak at tho bottom of one of the
stillH. A few minutes after the firo
broke out there was a terrific explosion
and tho flames spread rapidly to tho
two immense tanks containing 2,200
barrels of partially refined oil.
GATHERED IN THE 8HEKELS.
Chcl.tlan All unco rump M««ltnx In At¬
lanta Wn. Illirblr Succaaifnl.
Eighteen thousand and thirty-two
dollars was raised last Sunday at thy
Christian mid Missionary Alliance
campmeeting at Exposition park, At¬
lanta, Ga.
An even sixteen thousand was sained
at the 11 o’clock service and at the 3
o’clock service an additional two
thousand anil thirty-two dollars was
raised.
A similar scene was never before
witnessed in the toutli, although many
subscriptions far in excess of the above
donation has been a matter of record
vn the UhUiry uf Uiu AUuuieu.
No. 4.
CHILDREN DIE
BY FLAMES
Asylum A! Sparkill, N. Y., Is De*
slroycd By Fire.
WERE ONE THOUSAND INMATES
Shrieks of the Dying Little Ones
Added Horror To Heart¬
rending .Scenes.
A special to tho New York World
from Nyack says that, fire was discov¬
ered in the largo boys’ and girls’ or¬
phan asylum, connected with St.
Aniio’s convent, at Sparkill, Orange
county, at 1 o’clock Monday morning,
but not before the entire structure, a
frame building, was wrapped iu
flumes. Tho report states that many
of tho inmates, children, wero burned
and suffocated.
George MurUu, of Sparkill, one of
those who first discovered the fire,
telephoned to Nyaok for assistance,
Muzeppti engine company responded
from that place. Eight doctors also
went to the asylum from Nyaok. A
request for aid was also telephoned to
Piedmont. Empire cngluo company
was dispatched from Piedmont to the
scene i f the tiro.
The asylum, which is conducted by
the Misters of Mercy, hold about 1,000
children. Jt was a long frame build*
ing, throe stories high, The flames
were not, discovered until the whole
building wun one muss of fire, Tho
children hud scout olinuco fur escape.
Special trains over the New Jersey
Northern railroad wero rushed to the
rearest railroad station. The asylum
was situuted betwoon Sparkill and
Orangeburg.
Ileurtrnndlnit Soeuft*.
The Hconett at tlio eouilugration wore
heartrondiug. The children, dad in
their night robes coaid tic seen falling
hnckward into tho furnace of iliuno nntt
smoke, while the shrioks of the dying
could be heard above tho oracldo of
the devouring ffame. crippled
Borne of the children wore
for lifo by jumping from the window*.
Many of tho sisters also woro injured,
while others lost their lives heroically
while trying to rescue their charges.
Although tho service of tho fire ap¬
paratus from neighboring places had
been promptly rendered, the engines
arrived too late to be effective in sav¬
ing life or proparty. Tlio fire atarted
on the upper floor of the thruo-story
building. Nearly 300 of the occupants
of the convont occupied rooms oil this
floor and ull the dormitories wero
lighted with korosene lumps.
There iB little doubt that the firo
was caused by the explosioU of one of
these lamps. Tho flro spread rapidly
upward and burned through the shin¬
gle roof of the building in two places.
At the time of the discovery the Are
hnil made snch progross that the sis¬
ters ciuld not awake the hundreds of
children under their care, marshal
them in order, and march them from
(lie building, as was the practice viotims at
fire drills. Many of tho little
woro suffocated in their sleep.
INVESTIGATED STATE LINES.
'fonneiiiflfl and Vlrttlnla OflUtlaU n*vr«
('onferfliicfl at Urlutol.
At the conference at Bristol between
Governor Tyler and Attorney General
Montague, of Virginia, on one side,
and Governor McNlillin and Attorney
I’ickle, of Tennessee, on the otliov,
touching the boundary line between
the two Htntes, it was agreed that At¬
torney General Fickle, of Tennessee,
should, In October, petition the United
States supreme oourt for the appoint¬
ment of commissioners to reviow and
remark the lines.
The conference was in every way
satisfactory.
Americans Ambushed By Insurgents.
A Manila special says that four men
of tho Twenty-third regiment, station¬
ed at Cebu, wore ambushed by tho
natives in the hills and three of them
killed. Tho fourth man succeeded in
making his escape.
PENSION PAYMENTS COMPLETED.
Till Wilder Ul.tmrxed •z.ooo.non In
tli* Hoatfi For the (Juurter.
Tho United Htntes pension office at
Knoxville, Term., lias just completed
the payment of pensions for tho last
quarter. General John T. Wilder,
pension agent for the southern states,
has disbursed $2,000,000 for the
quarter, Annual payments in tho
southern states amount to about eight
million dollars. General Wilder dis¬
tributes pensions to the following
states: Tennessee, Oklahoma Terri¬
tory, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,',
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Florida and Indian
Territory.