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C. B. BRADY, I
BRITONS SLAIN
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Boers Get In Destructive
at Various Points.
m on m
Big London Newspapers Receive
Official Accounts of Great
Slaughter.
The London Daily News has the
following from Pretoria, dated Monday
night, by way of Delagoa Bay:
“It is officially announced that a
battle has been fought south of Brand-
fort, in which six hundred British
troops were killed and wounded and
eight hundred taken prisoners. Lord
Roberts is declared to be finding great
difficulty owiug to scarcity of water.”
The Daily Mail publishes the fallow¬
ing, dated ApWl 10th, from Loureuzo
Marquez:
“The Netherlands Railway Com¬
pany professes to have received a
telegram reporting a Boer victory near
Kroonstadt, the Boers capturing nine
hundred British.”
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Brandfort, dated Sunday, says:
“Yesterday General Dewet inflicted
the third defeat of the British within
« week at Meerkatsfontein,killing aud
wounding six hundred. He captured
nine hundred with twelve wagons,
losing five Boers killed aud nine
wounded. ”
Commenting upon this the Daily
Mail remarks:
“There is a Meerkatsfontein five
and half miles southeast of Kroonstadt,
but if the report be true, this can
hardly be the place.”
CLARK MUST GO.
Senate Elections Committee De¬
cides Unanimously Against
Montana Man.
A Washington special says: The
senate committee on elections decided
by a unanimous vote to recommend
the declaration that the seat of Sena¬
tor Clark of Montana is vacant.
The decision was reached after two
hours’sitting, at which all the mem-
bers of the committee were present
except one. The absenteo was Sena
tor Caft’ery of Louisiana, aud he wired
his vote in opposition to Mr. Clark.
The ballot was not taken until all
the members present bad expressed
themselvqs upon the question, some
of them speaking at some length and
all expressing different shades of
opinion.
The action of the committee came as
A great surprise to everybody on the
outside of the committee room. It
had been confidently predicted that
the vote would be against Mr. Clark
because of the political complexion of
the committee, but a unanimous re¬
port against him was not anticipated.
There is no question that there is
cles great indignation in Democratic cir¬
at the committee’s decision, nor
is there lack of criticism of the action
of the Democrats on the committee in
joining with the Republicans.
So far as the Republican members
of the committee are concerned, it is
generally regarded that their report
sgainst Clark is largely a case of poli¬
tics. When the contest wns first
brought it was given out in Republi¬
can circles that the Republican ma-
jority Clark proposed to make a victim of
in order to purge the senate
skirts of the charge so often made of
members securing election by unlaw¬
ful means.
Senators Candler and Turley were
directed to prepare the Republican
report. It is expected to be presented
at an ea-ly day.
Senator Clark was at the capitol
"ben the announcement of the actiou
of the committee was made known.
He was surprised at the result, but
refused to make a statement until after
consultation with his friends aud at¬
torneys.
BRYAN IN GOLD STATE.
Nebraskan I* Enthusiastically Welcomed
To Los Angeles, California.
W. J. Bryan, who arrived in Los
Angeles, Cal., Sunday from Fresno,
"as loudly cheered, at the depot by a
large crowd of people. Mr. committee Bryan
"as escorted to a hotel by a after
of prominent Democrats, and a
6hort rest held a public reception in
the hotel parlors. Many people called
to pay their respects and to shake
hands. Sunday night he was the guest
of ex-Senator White. Mr. Bryan left
Monday morning for Santa Anna, where
he spoke in the afternoon. Then he
"eut to San Diego, where he spoke
Monday evening.
FOR CONTENTION HALL.
The Carnegie Company Ship* Structural
Ste^l to Kansa* City.
The Carnegie company, who re¬
ceived from the Gillette-Herzog Manu¬
facturing Company of Minneapolis,
the contract for structural iron to be
used in the construction of the con¬
vention hall at Kansas City, have
commenced shipment of the material.
As far as the Carnegie oompany i*
cqncerned, the building can be com¬
pleted on time.
Offi cial Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Given Prompt Attention.
detsctives on rack.
lth At ca»r«d
tempt to Corrupt
Juror In a Will Case.
David S. Looney and William A.
oy, two private detectives of At-
tempt of court and were sentenced to
T!J* J mbnL F niL°v n . C „°.“ n . t7 ?»«•...
Judge Lumpkin granted n
e a MOT'' ? l#CUd the two
und er $ (I?, b ™u
vision ° n i \ m * kil ‘K the pro-
i be fi ll h ,lU ° f 0XC 'lays- «P«onH The is to
1 taken t0 tke case
fi, H 1 de , ““<1 supreme court for
CIflI0 “- if ‘he judgment of
Judge Lumpkin r is affirmed the two
°“ e ^
AH of this was tho outcome of at-
ternpt to an
fi!! J corrupt two members of the
a ,ar ~D°"’ r y Arnold, of the
hrm of f Arnold <fc Arnold, and If. J.
Jordan —-which is said to have been
iL.ado a /ew days ago.
'fha charges were in substance that
a juror named T. J. Penn, had
proached the detectives and ap¬
sell out” if offered to
could they (the detectives)
arrange the matter with the at¬
torneys interested in the will case,
lne lawyers alleged that they were ap¬
proached on the subject in an indirect
way, and forthwith reported the mat¬
ter to Judge Lumpkin.
Judge Lumpkin, in announcing his
decision, refrained from dealing with
the evidence heard during the day, for
the reason that he did not desire to
say anything that might prejudice the
minds of the members of the grand
jury in the event that body decides to
investigate the evidence. Tho attor¬
neys on both sides repeatedly made
reference to a probable action by the
grand jury, and there were other cir¬
cumstances connected with the hear¬
ing which gave the impression that it
is the present intention to have an in¬
vestigation into the criminal aspect of
the case.
CARNEGIE AND CRAMPS
May Combine Their Mammoth
Steel Interests—Representa¬
tives In Conference.
The New York World says: Nego¬
tiations are in progress for a combina¬
tion of the gigantic new Carnegie com¬
pany and the Cramp ship
concern. If the conference now going
on in Atlantic City results in a satis¬
factory arrangement the coalition be¬
tween these two great interests will
soon be announced.
Charles M. Schwab aud Henry C.
Frick have been respectively at the
Brighton and Traymore hotels in At-
lantic City for several days.
William and Samuel Cramp, of the
William Cramp & Sons Ship and En-
gine Building company of Pkiladol-
phia, aro at the Traymore. These four
representative men have bad frequent
meetings. They have not progressed
bevond the point of denying that their
talk* have anything to do with a steel
»nd ship building trust. York steel
It is well known to New
men that ever since the Carnegie-
Frick difficulties have been settled,
the newly formed company has been
looking for an offensive and defensive
alliance with some great ship building
concern. The new Carnegie company
with its $100,000,0000 capital, al-
ready stands at the head of the steel-
making interests of this country.
Among the most profitable branches
of activity in steel manufacturing is
making armor plate for warships. The
Caruegie mills lead all others in the
industry If the Carnegie company
Ence bon d obtain control of, or a strong
fun w th the greatest ship-build-
concern the United States, it
would would be be able a»ie to o undertake contracts
0f wX With C powe!lo“ p sne ,tl bonds the to Car- the
extent of 9 W0M new
negie com P a 7. C “ n e “ 8 ’ ly a ^p if
big interest^in ( the h rra Cra P co P auy ?
the negotiators c ' J ® 4 °
Cramps’capital is $o,000,000stock 000 stock and and
$1,500,000 bonds, lbe > profits,
ooncern last year were $<U(, ship-mi • g
The heads of the great <
house are not far from seven y year
of New York steel men say that
age. not averse
tha Cramps are "'‘'' .^'‘oTmauaging
rangement which of
give up the arduous labor managing
their gigantic shipyard.
NEAL GIVEN A VERDICT.
Former Superintendent^of Carolina Penl-
tentinry Not Guilty.
The first U * of M the he cases against Colonel
krm “g nJ , of the
Neal, ? r S that for
South Carolina ? nite ‘ ntiary, f intent
breach ol: trust dn ent
grand larceny, , * ju Colum bia
and bringing in a
Tuesday night, tue ju j ^ Jhe cage
verdict of not gu ny. iting a
in draft T hi paid *iWi to him « as , upeHntendent, / e(lit of the
had put a portto 11 “ private
penitentiary aa d his
He claimed , . mrt p t 0 f f that t put ^
account. account "as
to his private
penses.
,dentUlcd asHGchm an „•
B fng'led 0nt )° D /ho is credited with hav-
the Boers • l at .
certainly the ^ e ^ a n ‘
Captain Carl r c hm9[ n .
tache,
Report Denied. look-
That negotiation are pending p ?igantic
^"‘“terests of (he
ing to a and the
Carnegie-Fr ck concern ig denied
S^ciaUof the latter company
ASHBURN, GA.. SATURDAY. APRIL 14. 1900.
COURT FAVORS
GOV. BECKHAM
D “ isi#n tl,e "ishest Tribunal
^ State of Kentucky.
_
ONLY ONE JUDGE FOR TAYLOR
Two Republican Hembers of the
Court Agree In Opinion of
the Four Democrats.
Friday the court of appeals of the
state of Kentucky rendered a decision
in the consolidated case iuvolving the
governorship, sustaining the decision
of Circuit Judge Field, and declaring
that the action of the legislature de¬
claring William Goebel to be governor
and J. C. W. Beckham lieutenant gov¬
ernor was final.
It is held that, the courts have no
power to review this action of the leg¬
islature; that the governor exceeded
his authority in adjourning tho legis¬
lature to meet in London, Ky., and
that the journals of the two houses of
the general assembly, being regular,
cannot be impeached.
The division of the court was 6 to
1 in favor of the Democrats, four
Democrats aud two Republicans con¬
curring in the majority opinion. Judge
Durelle, Republican, dissented. The
majority opinion was written by Hob-
ion.
Judges Gnffy and Burnam, Republi¬
cans, wrote shorter concurring opin¬
ions agreeing with the majority on all
vital points, but denouncing tho action
of the legislature in unseating Gover¬
nor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor
Marshall.
After a consultation Friday after¬
noon between ex-Governor Bradley
and other Kepnblican leaders, the an¬
nouncement was made that application
would be made at once to the United
States supreme court on a writ of er¬
ror.
PERSECUTION, SATS TAYLOR.
Governor Taylor gave out the fol¬
lowing statement at Frankfort Fiiday
night: made
“For weeks I have been the
target of villification by certain un¬
principled newspapers in Kentucky.
The vilest insinuations have been
made aud the most outrageous false¬
hoods have been told. When I was
called to attend the funeral of a be-
loved brother, it was seized upon ns
an attempt on my part to fly from jus-
tice. Again, when called to my home
by reason of the death of a dear sister,
the fountains of abuse were opened
aud a flood of falsehoods and slander
poured forth upon me, the charge
again being mado that I was attempt-
ing to fly from the state,
“On my return to Frankfort those
papers hastened to publish the state-
ment that I was met at the train and
escorted to my home by a squad of
soldiers with a Gatling gun. I here
is not a word of truth in this state-
ment, but nevertheless it was publish-
ed and caused me harm. Not content
with this infamous, ghoulish work,
which with the unblushing audacity
has followed rne to the grave of my
brother and sister, even the privacy of
my family has been invaded and be-
eause my wife drew from the bank
some money with which to pay the
servants, an attempt was made to >m-
pres* the people that she, too, was
preparmg to fly. I desire to
“Once and for all, say
neither d.rectly nor indirectly had I
any connection with the assassination
of Senator Goebel I am a citizen of
thig gtate amenable to its laws. I am
not a criminal, neither shall I ever be
a fugitive from justice. Whenever in-
dieted, if such an outrage should be
committed, I shall appear for trial
conscientious of my innocence and of
the ultimate triumph of right and
J Th e whole purpose of this
r08ecutiou , iaB been, and is, to drive
. gt 0 f duty, and to
me f or folding the office to
j ^ fairly been elected,
not made, nor
make it, unless the highest
courts of this land should adjudicate
^ j do g0 „
democrats are pleased
Over Decision of Kentucky Stale Court of
Appeals In Their Favor.
The news of the action of tho Kon-
tncky court was received with rejoio-
jng among Kentucky Democrats in
Washington. They did not expect
anything else, but they wero ueverthe-
icss rejoiced that the contention of
the Democrats have beerf so strongly
indorge d by the courts. It is espec-
ia l,y gratifying to them that two o
th e three Republican judges should
reached the same conclusions
that the Democratic judges did and
Bec kham’s right to his seat is so
gtr0Dg | y confirmed.
MEXICANS ..DUMBFOUNDED”
Heard of Devrey'n Announce-
ment A , a Pre.Identl.l Candidate,
Admiral Dewey’s announcement of
hig caB didacy for the American presi-
deucy caused much astonishment in
, he / city / of Mexico among American
ide B an d in the local press. The
ejicfln H ^ gays it remains to be
h * r , he admiral can go with-
Been Jgft political organization be-
ont JT
FIVE MEN GARROTED
Spanish Custom of Puuishment
Used on Americxin Soil.
EXECUTION TAKES PLACE IN PONCE
Citizen* ind M«rehffcnt* Cloeo l*l»oe» o*
JtuHiness ami Flock In I)roY«s to
View the Grewioma Spsctacl®.
4
According to advices from Porto
Rico, the five men, Simeon Rodriguez,
Carlos Pacheco, Hermogenes Pacheco,
Eugenio Kodrigmae and Rosalio San¬
tiago, convicted of the murder in Oc¬
tober, 1888, of Prudencio Mendoza, at
Yuaeo, after criminnlly assaulting the
wife and daughters of their victim,
who wero compelled to dance about tho
corpse, wore executed Saturday by the
garrote during the forenoon of Satur¬
day at a spot about a mile from the
jail.
The great publicity of tho garrotiug
exhibition, with the black-robed con¬
demned men in open enrts, the slow
procession, the entreaties of the
priests and the braggadocio manners
of the executioners, with the later exhi¬
bition of the corpses to the assembled
thousands, made a horrible spectacle.
Business was suspended and large
but orderly crowds lined tho streets
and surrounded the elevated platform
upon which the execution took place.
The policing was perfect. A company
of infantry was held ready in the vicini¬
ty, but its services were not needed.
The executiouer’s cart led tho pro¬
cession. The condemned men were
manacled hands and feet and wore
black caps and robes which wero ad¬
justed about them by the chief execu¬
tioner, who told the men to he brave.
Eugene Rodriguez resisted the execu¬
tioner and in the scuffle hi* clothiug
was torn. Before he was subdued,
five officers were required to over¬
power him. He addressed the crowds
on his way to the platform, declariug
his innocence and blaspheming and
cursing everyone in spite of the efforts
of the priests.
Home of the condemned men walked
up, but others had to be carried to the
platform, where they were seated and
bound with their backs to the posts.
As the executioner tightened the
screws rapidly the bodies twitched for
two or three minutes and then all was
over.
The la:t body slipped from its fast¬
ening and fell to the floor an hour af¬
ter the execution. Tho other bodies
remained in position on tho platform
for four hours. Thousands of people,
unmoved, viewed the spectacle and
heard the speeches of three of the con¬
demned men from the platform, but
they refused to hear tha speech of the
executioner, who coolly paced the plat¬
form. Tho Pacheco brothers kissed
each other farewell just before the ex¬
ecution.
The citizens of Ponce censure
the authorities for permitting the
Spanish mode of execution, although
they favored the death penalty being
inflicted.
The prominent Americans, however,
think that the actual killing of tho
men was sure and quick and not in¬
ferior to hanging. The method of ad¬
justing the garrote and the employ¬
ment of human agency to complete the
execution they consider bad.
CASUALTIES AT REDDERSBURU.
Lord 11 uhortn Say# I5oer« Took In 6SO
Briton*, All Told.
A London special says: Lord Rob¬
erts reported to the war office as fol¬
lows:
Bloemfontein, Friday, April 6.—
The casualties at Reddersburg were:
Officers killed, Captain F. G. Casson
and Lieutenant C. R. Barclay, both of
the Northumberlands.
Wounded, two; captured, 8,
Non-commissioned officers and men
killed, eight.
Wounded, 3$. Tho rest were cap¬
tured.
Our strength was 167 mounted in¬
fantry and 120 infantry. The enemy
was said to lie 8,200 strong, with five
guns.
Trihutes To Bland.
The house session Saturday after 1
o’clock was devoted to paying tribute
to the memory of the late Richard P.
Bland, of Missouri.
DIG PAPERS IN LINE.
Nflw York Journal* Declaring Theiri*elves
on Content.
The New York papers are declariug
themselves on the presidential contest
this fall. The lines are being drawn
and it is beleived that within the next
few weeks all the big papers will havo
taken one Bide or the other in the fight.
The New York Journal has declared
unequivocally for Bryan. The World
has not yet lined up but shows signs
of getting on the Bryan side later.
The Herald is the latest to take a stand.
It declares for Dewey and McKinley.
TAYLOR DREW 1118 GUN.
XVltneo Ileforo Grand .TnryAt Frankfort
Tell. Inter..ting Story.
.State Senator George Alexander was
one of the witnesses before the grand
jury at Frankfort, Ky., Friday morn-
ing. He was in the executive office
talking to Governor Taylor at the time
Governor Goebel was assassinated. He
detailed what he saw lhere and said
that Governor Taylor, who was very
much excited, drew u pistol, fearir •
that a mob would attack the executive
office.
LIVES LOST IN
TEXAS FLOOD
Big Dam on Colorado River at
Austin Gives Way.
WREAKS FEARFUL DESTRUCTION
City of Austin Was Heaviest
Loser—Disasters the Result
of Heavy Rain Storms.
Saturday night the oity of Austin,
Texas, was in darkness with n raging
river one mile wide nnd swollen far
beyond its natural banks, ronring aud
surging all through the lower portion
of the town, having spread destruction
nnd death in its wake.
In addition to the vast loss of prop¬
erty interests, it is calculated that be¬
tween thirty aud forty lives have boon
sacrificed, nnd the repoits coming in
from the tributary country do not
tend to improve matters.
The Hood was not unlike the disas¬
trous Johnstown flood some years ag*
in that a raging river, already swollen
far beyond its capacity, bore too heav¬
ily upon an immense dam spanning
the river at Austin, breaking the same
and letting loose a reservoir of water
thirty miles long, half a mile wide and
sixty feet deep, to aid in carrying de¬
struction down tho valleys of the Col¬
orado river.
The great dam in the Colorado river
gave way at noon to the enormous
pressure of water and debris and with
a roar aud crash swept the valleys be¬
low the city, wrecking the immense
light and power plant and drowning
eight workmen.
Three days before it began raining
veiy hard at Austin, the storm extend¬
ing north along the watersheds of the
Colorado river. The precipitation con¬
tinued until Saturday morning nnd as
a finale the downfall averaged six
inches within an hour. All this vast
quantity of water along the watersheds
of the Colorado river rapidly swelled
the current, until at 8 o’clock the river,
which had been rising steadily, was a
raging torrent.
The crisis came shortly after 11
o’clock when suddenly, with a report
like the roar of the ocean, a great
wedge, twenty-five feet high, 500 foot
wide and about eight feet thick, rolled
out of the center section of the dam,
down the face of the sixty-foot depth
into the river below.
This left n yawning gap in the very
middle of the dam, which through the
debris and water fiercely poured. While
the flood, already raging, was threaten¬
ing everything in its path, this sudden
breaking of tho dam but served to add
to the catastrophe. Tho released wa¬
ter poured into tho power houso. catch¬
ing eight employes at work, drowning
all of them instantly.
It is estimated that more than 180
houses have been destroyed and the
Iohs to property will be groat, inde¬
pendent of the light and power plant,
costing $1,500,000. Tho breaking of
the dam engulfed the old water com¬
pany’s plant below the city and it is
now lying fifteen feet under water,
while the city is in darkness and with¬
out water.
Reports from points below Austin
are to tho effect that the flood lias been
most disastrous, and the breaking of
the dam has occasioned rnuny thousand
of dollars’ worth of loss to property.
According to reports received it is be¬
lieved that at least thirty lives were
lost.
LATER AO VICES.
Sunday fully 30,000 people gather-
ered at the dam and powor house to
witness the ruins of the plant which
cost the city one aud three-quarter
millions of dollars a few years ago.
The waters of the Colorado river were
still plunging and foaming around the
wreck, eating away the big pile of
granite which once formed tho dam
as though it was nothing more than
dialk rock.
lteports from the neighboring coun¬
try were to the effect that everything
was under water. In Williamson
county, north of Austin, railroad
bridges and trackage have been laid
waste and all trains stopped running.
The country tributary to the Colo¬
rado river all the way down its course
is being inundated, and while it is be-
lieved that the worst is over, the loss
as estimated so far will exceed some
$3,000,000, counting Austin as the
largest Fortunately loHer
the list of drowned is
limited to those reported in the Asso-
ciated Press dispatch of Saturday, as
it seems the only drowning* reported
were at Austin when the dam broke
and caught the victims unawares.
Reports from several sections of
central and south Texas are to the el -
feet that a large acreage is under wa-
ter aud much damage has been attend-
ant upon property and live stock.
DEWEY GOES TO THE WOODS.
Will Take of the Quint anil
Write a Statement.
A'lmiral , . , and , Mrs. ,, _ Dewey left Wash¬
. 8t°n Tuesday for their house
In / country
or<1 ne f « rB V?®, tliat ® he ll y- would he see admiral no reporters « ave
* timated ni '\ h 1 e .'• that t ? r he “ #d will 4 ®, the employ , Ins He time . ,n -
while resting in the quiet shades of
his country villa in prejiaring a state¬
ment to the American people defining
his views on the issu^of the day,
VOL. VIII. NO. 36.
EflAN SUCCEEDS COMER,
While Major Hanson U Made
Chairman of the Central of
Georgia Hoard of Directors.
At Hnvautuih, Ga., Monday, Vie*
President John M. Egun, of tho Cen¬
tral of Georgia Railway Company, wns
elected president of that system to
snoeeed the late President Hugh M.
Comer.
Major .T. F. Hanson, of Macon, was
elected chairman of the board of di¬
rectors, in which position he will
have charge of the system’s linancinl
affairs.
Tho meeting of tho board of directors
at which these elections were held was
perhaps the most important one sinco
tho reorganization of the system, yet
none of the northern directors were
present.
The directors of tiio road who were
present were: J. M. Kagan, A. U.
Lawton, George J. Mills and Abraham
Votsburg, of Savannah; Evan P.
Howoll, of Atlanta; S. It. Jaques and
,T. F. llanson, of Macon; G. Gundy
Jordan, of Columbus, and Uriah B.
Harrold, of Amerious.
Mr. Kagan was unanimously elected
president of the Central, following
which Major Hanson was chosen chair¬
man of the board of directors. The
by-laws under which Major Hanson
was chosen to till this position pro¬
vides that he shall preside at nil meet¬
ings of the board, shall havo charge of
the finances of tho company and shall
perform such other duties as may be
required of him from time to time.
Major Hanson’s duties will be some¬
what similar to those of Mr. Comer
during the year or two prior to his
death.
No vice-president was choson, and
there will be none. President Egan
will havo charge of the active manage¬
ment of the property ns he had as
vice-president in addition to tho now
duties which will dovolvo upon him as
president.
The salaries of tho president and of
the chairman of the board of directors
wero not fixed nt this meeting. Major
Hanson was made chairman of the
executive board, succeeding Hamuel
Spencer, and Colonel A. It. Lawton
was placed on the executive board to
succeed the late H. M. Comer. This
board will meet in a few days and fix
the salaries of the president and chair¬
man of tho board.
It is thought President Eagan’s
salary will bo the same ns that received
by President Coiner prior to Mr.
Egan’s coining to tho road, which was
$12,000 a year. It is also said to bo
likely that Major Hanson’s salary will
be something like $H,00() annually.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Now Sml unti le* Reported In the South
During the Flint Week.
The more important of the now
industries reported during the past
week ended April 7 include adding
and printing machine works in Vir¬
ginia; a basket and box factory in
Georgia; a bucket and tub factory in
Virginia; a candy factory and a can¬
ning factory in Georgia; car shops in
Texas; coal mines in West Virginia;
cotton mills in Georgia, the Oarolinas
and Tennessee—the latter a $500,000
investment; cotton seed oil mills in Al¬
abama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi
nnd Houth Carolina; electric light
plant* in Tennessee and Texas; an
electric light and powor cempany in
Mississippi; a fencing manufactory
in Texas; fertilizer factories in
Georgia and Virginia; flouring mills
in Georgia, Kentucky and Tennes¬
see; a furniture factory in North Car¬
olina; gas works and a hardware com¬
pany in Texas; a heading, hoop and
stave factory in Tennessee; ice facto¬
ries in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee
and Texas; iron works in Arkansas
and Houth Carolina; knitting mills in
Mississippi and Houth Carolina; lum¬
ber mills in Georgia, Louisiana, Houth
Carolina and Texas; a machine works
in Texas; a mantel and office fittings
factory in North Carolina; marble
quarries in Alabama; novelty works in
Houth Carolina; a paper mill and a
paper box factory in Virginia; a phos¬
phate plant in Florida; planing mills
in Louisiana and Houth Carolina; quar¬
ries for building rock in ‘Florida; a rail¬
road equipment company in Arkansas;
shingle mills in Louisiana nnd Houth
Cardinal a shoe factory in Georgia; a
soap factory in Alabama; a sugar mill
and a $1,000,000 sugar refinery in
Florida; telephone systems in Georgia
and Virginia; zinc mines in Arkansas.
—(Tradesman, Chattanooga, Teun.)
IN HONOR OF GOV. ATKINSON.
m »• ™ 1 «'* ! n ^»> «wnan,<,». t ^
An Atlanta dispatch says: A move-
merit has just been started by the
friends of tho late Governor AtkinHon
to erect a monument to the memory
°* ‘Dstingmabed dead,
I his movement hail its origin among
* rlendB Governor Atkinson at
Newnan, and will in a few days he
tak « u ®P H ,e 1,,lndred " [ j{ frlendB
of the deceased over the state,
^he plan ,B t ? ra,S ® \ ,nn * of f 2 ’ 0 ™
- 2W11 . '' * W1 ,e dev ° k ® d to
t * le bidding of a monument at New-
to ,ormer hom ® of «°vernor At-
IRISH NEWSPAPER SEIZED.
Kahlil Dublin Journal Hubb.il Victoria
the “Famine Queen.’*
The Dublin, Ireland, police, by or-
de * of tlie government, seized Friday s
j ssno 0 f the United Irishmen as a print
“calculated to produce discontent,
disaffection and disloyalty.” The im¬
mediate cause of the seizure was the
publication of uu article entitled
“The Famine C^tieen,’’
BOER ACTIVITY
BALKS ROBERTS
A Winter Campaign By Britons
Seems Now a Prospect.
THE WAR MAY BE A LONG ONE.
Continued Success of Burghers
and Delay In Advance on Pre¬
toria Rattles Britishers.
A Loudon special says: Britons are
now beginning, though reluctantly, to
realize that Lord Roberts is in for a
winter campaign, lasting several
months. This is tho end, in a few
words, of the high hopes based upon
Lord Roberts’s brilliant dash to Kim¬
berly and Bloemfontein.
Preparations arc being made to hold
Bloemfontein against surprises. Lord
Kitchener has been given an impor¬
tant duty, being responsible for the
protection of the railway, while Lord
Roberts is waiting for remounts and
winter clothing for tho troops, whoso
thin cotton khaki uniforms aud hoots
are worn out. General Rrabnut and
Genera! Gntaero are both at a stand¬
still. Lord Roberts will probably for
some time confine his operations to
clearing the Freo States behind him of
raiders and to relieving Mafeking, for
which purpose apparently the Eighth
division, now arriving nt Cape town,
has been ordered to Kimberley.
What [lie chance* arc for an advance
to Pretoria may be judged from tho fact
that only from t 1,000 to 10,000 horses
are on their way to tho cape and from
tlio further fact that the military tailor¬
ing department only within the lost
three weeks began making woolen
khaki uniforms. It Is said it will take
nt least two months to provide 200,000
uniforms.
KMI’OWKIIRD TO NEGOTIATE PEACE.
Mr. Steyn’s address to the Froa
.State raad at Kroonstad is confirmed.
The Fischer-Wolmarans deputation
has full power to negotiate for peace,
subject to the rand’s sanction.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The Daily Telegraph, telegraphing
Hunday, says: of
“Confirmation lias been received
the report that the Boers are in laager
in considerable force, with guns, at
Donkerspoort, eighteen miles south¬
east..
“The British scouts report another
body still closer. Tho Boer patrols
have grown very daring, venturing
nearer our tents.”
A London special under date of
April 0 says: The amazing activity of
the Boers southeast aud southwest of
Bloemfontein continues, tho Boer com¬
mands seemingly coming and going
throughout u wide region as they
please, but taking good care not to
throw themselves against strong bodies
of tho British.
The retirement of the Irish Rifles
from Ronxville to Aliwal leaves Gen¬
eral Rrabant without communication
with the other British forces. lie has
2,000 or 8,000 colonists holding a fine
defensive country, but he is apparently
invested ho far as London knows.
Lord Roberts’lust message bore date
of April 7. The absence of news us
usual disheartens the people and pro¬
duces an altogether discouraging ef¬
fect. The last unofficial message notes
that good spirits ut Bloemfontein are
continuing and tells of the nrrival of
animuls aud two fresh cavalry regi¬
ments. Lord Boborts has now 15,000
mounted men altogether.
In the Orange Free Htuto tho situa¬
tion is complex, with scanty material
for forming a correct estimate of the
situation and the afternoon newspa¬
pers not being in the confidence of
the managers are criticising the con¬
duct of affairs as they see them. Thus
the Ht. James Gazette reviewing the
army system says: foolish,
“As a consequence of tho
sporting, boyish estimate of the war,
General Buller is anchored indefinite¬
ly, as he must wait for transports un¬
til Lord Roberts is adequately sup¬
plied.”
MEXICO (JETS MONEY.
Heerntnry of Btiita .Siirremlor* 9403,030
to Olnz’i K«iiro$entntJve.
The president Friday sent a message
to congress stating that by his direc¬
tion the secretary of state had turned
over to the Mexican ambassador $403,-
030, the balances of the amount paid
by Mexico in the award to La Abra
Silver Mining Company. By act of
congress the La Abra claims were re¬
ferred to tho courts, and under the
decisions recently given the awards
became repayable to Mexico. Tho
president states that it afforde him
pleasure to communicate to congress
this act of equity and good faith to¬
ward a friendly republic.
(JUITS CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Mr». Dewey I# Reported To Have Become
An KpUcopalian.
A report was in circulation in Wash¬
ington Hunday that Mrs. Dewey had
left the Catholic church and had be¬
come an Episcopalian, but no veri¬
fication of the rumor could be obtain¬
ed. Rev. Mackin, who married the
udmiral and his wife, and who i* rec¬
tor of her church, refused to talk con-
ceruin g the report,