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Irwin County News. Official Organ of Irwin County. A. G. DuLOACH, EdifoF aiid Proprietor. THROUGH GEORGIA. • BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATE, Bfe’ng a Summary of Interesting Hap¬ penings From Day to Day. The bank of Tbomasville has de¬ clared a semi-annual dividend of 3$ per cent. The Savannah Telephone their company wires has been required to put under ground. * * * ^^The National bank of Columbus has ^^Hklared Hunual a earnings. dividend of ten per cent on * * * e Argus is getting up a conven- J “horse swappers” to meet in n on July 7tb. * * * he county commissioners of Jones . county have appropriated $2,000 to make repairs on the court house. * * * The Athens hospital began its work January 1st, on wiiiek date President Hull notified the public that it was ready to receive patients. It is claimed that the receipts for the Athens dispensary will be about o.ne thousand less thin last year, or $8,000. These figures may not be near correct as the dispensary has about one month to run yet. The re¬ ceipts go to the school fund of the city and county. Mrs. W. H. Felton denies tie report that she will manage the content case of her husband for the seat o^ ‘seventh Repre¬ sentative Maddox from the Georgia district. She has cpllected the evidence in the case and expects to make a speech in her husbaid’s be¬ half before the elections comn ittee. • * * The elections to decide wheth er or Dot liquor licenses shall be grtntsd in Hall county resulted in a deckled vic¬ tory for the prohibition side. The majority for the opponents of the liquor traffic was 379. The county has been dry for four years p»st, but “blind tigers” have flourished. Tbe election passed off very quietly. * * * l 'About ten miles nortbufest of Can¬ ton, on the eastern slope of the Oaky mountain, a largo vein of slate and quartz strata was rec ntly discovered, which is fully' five miles long aDd is more than 100 yards wide by actual measurement. The vein is cut aero s at short intervals by small mountain streams, which expose the surface of the vein, so it can be seen without ad¬ ditional prospecting. All the liquor saloons in Griffin were closed at midnight Tuesday night to remain closed #ill au election at some future day shall restore the privilege of selling intoxicatingliqnorsin Spald¬ ing county. On the last day the citi¬ zens of Griffin and vicinity were liber¬ al patrons of the saloons and the num¬ ber of jugs of various sizes filled at the different establishments was enor¬ mous. The republican campaign for ’96 has been inaugurated in the state and those who affiliate with the party have already begun work. The meeting of the state central committee, at which the call for the convention was ^■gn, H,e, was the ftom beginning of the cam- and now on until the elec- there will be a thorough canvass bfVne state and party leaders will take the stump. , » * * Now that the exposition is over, as much of the Georgia state exhibit at Ihe fair as is suited to such a disposi¬ tion will be installed in the capitol and Lade a permanent exhibit. This has leer decided on by the commissioners, lut in just what part of the building it [ill be housed is not yet settled. [hough not positively decided, it is ought that the display will be put in e third story. A man is already em- oyed there to keep a general super- sio.J fiver the dome, and he can, ithout additional cost to the state.be it in charge of.this exhibit. « * «' Mr. G. W. Sliults, the organizer and fesident of the Elwood park colony L Ware county, writes from Colum- 1st O. that he will arrive with the lonists excursion of several hundred Ohio I. about the middle of January, ll Shults says that the colony, which liners, consist of nearly 10,000 good lilies fruit growers, merchants, mo- aud various other occupations, Leiug organized by means of attrao- circulars descriptive of Ware Inty'aud and containing full of particulars be aim objects the colony, lood park i 8 the site for the colony , which is situated seven miles I of Wavoross on the Alabama [land division of the Plaut system. After tlic Xeiglers. he governor has increised his offer [ward [Solomon for Zeigler the capture $500 of Cofric eaoh. to IRWIN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAV. JANUARY 10,1890. The Zeiglers, as is well known, are hiding about their home lu Screven county, and are simply defying arrest. 1’he governor, believing it was the duty of the. county officials to capture them without any further inducement, jt first made the reward very light, ffering $50 each. Later he increased that to $250 each, and still the Zoiglers were not caught. It will be remembered they killed the sheriff of Screven county, aveng- ng the death of their father. Some time ago the new sheriff summoned a posse and went to their home, but a enroll of the house revealed that they were not. at thit time in it. It is gen¬ erally believed that they knew of the •oming of the officers and were accom- nodating enough to absent themselves, ust at the time. All iffirts on the >art of the governor to have them ar¬ rested have failed. He now offers the reward of 8500 for each, and it is be¬ loved it will have Ihe desired effect. Brunswick’s Naval Reserves Happy. The Brunswick naval reserves are jubilant over the receipt, bv Lieuten¬ ant Aiken, commanding officer, of a letter from Congressman Turner, in¬ closing encouraging information re¬ garding the equipment of Georgia’s only naval militia. Congressman Tur¬ ner has been personally working to se¬ cure deserved recognition and through letters from the heads of departments at Washington the favorable result is announced. Assistant Secretary McAdoo writes 'n substance that the department is disposed to do everything to encourage the movement in Georgia; that it has several old monitors and will send one to Brunswick if the state government will pay the towage. The secretary promises to send hooks of instruction to the reserves by February 1st and says if Lieutenant Aiken will make requisition through Governor Atkin¬ son, the $300 due the Georgia naval reserves will be expended in an outfit for that. As to the rifles the letter states that the new and improved make will be sent next August. UNCLE SAM’S TREASURE ISLAND, Its Identity is Established Satisfac- torily. The identity of the Camden county island claimed by the government has been made clear, although no such piece of land can be found on the rec¬ ords at the capitol. Some days ago a dispatch was sent Ww>ninftt<ra aamnaclag tbai . records in the naval department show- ed theUnited States government to be the owner of Grover island, in Camden county, Georgia. The dispatch went on to say that the property had been ceded to the government by Josiah Tattnall and wife hid in 1798, but that the its j j government never asserted right to the title. A search of the records in the office of the secretary of state threw no light : on the matter. Neither did a study of the map of Camden county, for that | showed no island of that name. The map showed a Dover island and a Graves island, but no Grover. Tho mystery deepened. It might, of course, be either, the error being in the transmission of the telegram. A further inquiry of Washington showed, however, that the naval re¬ cords read Grover and nothing else could be made out of it. Josiah Tattnall was one of the early settlers of the Camden and Glynn county section, and received several thousand acres of land under the headright grants. A study of these different tracts showed some which could be an island—at least from the description given. A telegram from Brunswick throws some light upon the matter. From the description it gives the indications are that the map at the capitol must be wrong and that the Graves island it gives must be Grover. This is on Crooked river and the reason no de¬ scription given in the Tattnall award fits it is probably because it is cut off from the main land by only a small river and was originally regarded as a part of the mainland. The property in question lies be- tween St. Mary’s and Fernandina and has belonged to the United States for more than ‘ a century. Tho tract, tbo' gh small, amounting to possibly 500 acres, is very valuable, not only for the fertility of its soil, now partly cultivated, but chiefly for its aeeessi- bility by various water ways, making valuable to the government, Mr - Camden Long, who resides on Grover island, is custodian of tbe property and has been such for many J? <>ars - Over fifteen years ago the {island was claimed by Colonel W. W. Wilb ams ' now deceased, who took possession of it. A hotly contested followed in the courts and tho government,won, dispossessing Colonel Williams am? settling all doubt as to th ® ownership of the property said be worth $20,000. PENSION MONEY Will Soon Be Ready for Needy Kx- Soldiers of the State. Judgp Richard Johnson, the pension clerk of the executive department, bus aborn completed the work he has beer doing on the claims for pensions nn- der tins late pension act, amended at the latej session of the legislature- “In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.” J£J‘by rS from $30,000 to $120,000, there will ba still a number of veterans who can¬ not be paid, as there is not enough money to go round. The first act of the legislature ap¬ propriated $30,000 to pay Confederate soldiers who, from infiimity and pov- erty, blindness and poverty,or old age and poverty were rendered unable to get a liviug. Each man who was enti¬ tled to receive the pension was to draw $60 a year. The applications began to pour in, and it soon became evident that there would not be suffi¬ cient money to go round. There was money enough to pay 500 men, but there It were 1,800 applicants. was decided to pay none of them, but to wait until the meeting of the legislature, so as to submit the matter to that body. Tne legislature at the session just closed amended the act and increased the sum of money to $120,000,which, it was thought, would be ample, as to that time only 1,800 claims had been sent in. The news that the money had been appropriated was published, and at once more ap- p ications began to come in. Soon the 2,000 mark was reached, and then, to the surprise of all the state house offi¬ cials, more applications began to come in. The first 2,000 were approved, and since then 200 more have come in. There is no way to pay these unless some of these claimants whose claims have been approved have died since the money was appropriated. It is expected that the antire amount will be paid out between the 15th and the 25th of the present month. In order that as many claims as possible may be paid, Judge Johnson has sent a published list of claims that have been approved to the clerks of the courts in every county in the state. He has also written to every ordinary in the state to check the list and let him know as soon as possible if any of the man on the list were dead. As soon as these ordiuaries are heard from it can be learned how many are dead and their names will be thrown out and some of those who have made applications since the 2,000 were se¬ cured will be put iu their places. At the session of the legislature just closed an amendment to the widows’ pension act was passed fit which will prove of great ben to the widows of Confederate soldier Under the act of ecetpber 23d, 1890, all widows of ConfecT-rate sol- piers who could show (bat they were _ wives flurifig thowar and that their husbands died duringthe war or after- wards from tbe effi cts of wounds or injuries received in the service, or disease contracted there, were entitled der to dra^_ thfl»f uension the widows of $60 of a year. ex-Confed- Un¬ erates who died up to 1890 from the effects of injuries or disease received or contracted during the war were en- titled to draw pensions,but the widows of those who died after 1890 from the same causes were entitled to no pen- sion. An amendment to this act was passed pensioning tbe widows of those who have died sauce 1890 from the same causes as set out in the original act. Tn both oases the woman must Miow tint ."lie Im- 1 never unrrie-1 -i-ri- for if she marries she is dropped from the pension roil. Both these acts will prove of great benefit to tbe poor people of the state who will find untold comforts in the small sum that is given to them by the state. TEN MEN ENTOMBED. Probably Crushed to Death by a Mine Cave In. Ten men were caught in a cave-in in the Anna Lee mine at Victor, Ool., Saturday morning, and it is not ’escaped possi¬ ble that any of them have death. President James Burns, of Colorado Springs, had been down in the mine on a tour of inspection and had just been hoisted to ihe surface, when As¬ sistant Superintendent Sheldon, ac¬ companied by a miner, entered the cage and were being lowered. Thay had descended about 280 feet when the engineer in charge of the hoisting machine received a signal to draw up the cage rapidly. The signal I came too late. A great mw of rock had begun to settle, crushing the cage and its occupants. Eight men were working in the bottom of the shaft j driving a level toward the ore chim¬ ney, and they were probably orushed to death. Rescue gangs were imme¬ diately put to work from three di ffer- ent directions. TRUSTWORTHY REPORTS Coucorning Outrages in Kharput. 12,708 Were Killed. Advices from Constantinople state ! that owing to representations made to it by Sir Philip Currie, the British ambassador, the porte has insiructed the Vali of Kharput to allow Mr. Bar- num to distribute the fund colleoted in England for the. relief of the snf- fering Armenians. Trustworthy reports regarding the recent outrages in the vilayet of Khar- put alone show that 138 towns and villag's were desolated, 5,064 houses burned and 12,708 persons killed. Not a single Turk was killed, so far as is j known. | 54TII CONGRESS. - ROUTINE OP HOUSE AND SRNATK BRIEFLY CHRONICLED. 1 I Summary of Bills and Resolutions Presented and Acted Upon. THE HOUSE. The last session of the house for the year 1895, held Tuesday, was a purely formal meeting, lasting but a very few minutes, and an adjournment was tak¬ en derstanding. until Friday, according to Chaplain the un¬ The prayer of Couden was most impressive. He asked that party contentions might be buried, that mot*> the nation might advance with tlic ‘‘One one coun¬ try, one God,forever,” and concluded: “With malice toward none, with char¬ ity for all, let our nation stand an ex¬ ample to all the world with justice written on her brow.” Mr. Noonan, the only republican member from Texas, made a correction of the jour¬ nal to show that he had voted for the two revenue billtflast week. At 12:15 the house adjourned. The session of tire house Friday lasted only five minutes. The chap¬ lain offered prayer, the journal was read arid approved, a message was re¬ ceived from the senate and then the house adjourned until Monday. THE SENATE. When the senate met Tuesday Mr. Perkins, of California, asked unani¬ mous consent for the consideration of a resolution directing the committee on finance to report an amendment to the house tariff bill laying an addition¬ al duty on raw sugar equal to the other increases of the bill. Mr. Berry, dem¬ ocrat, Arkansas, objected. It was agreed to adjourn over till Friday, Mr. Morrill, republican, Vermont, explaining that the finance committee desired to consider the bond and tariff bills on Thursday. Mr. Chandler’s resolution offered Monday directing the committee on naval affairs to investigate the prices paid by the government for armor plate and as to whether any official of the government was interested in pat- ent processes, was called up. At the suggestion of Mr. Gorman, democaat, Maryland, Wthe the words directing an in- prieft qulrv facts as to whether the paid'by the United States were “as low as paid by foreign govern- ments,” were stricken out. The ioso- lution was adopted. Mr. Sherman then introduced a resolution which was listened to with keen interest in view of the senator’s utterances against the retirement of the greenbacks, He gave notice that on Friday he would submit «ome re- marks upon it. The resolution was as ' follows- “Resolved, That by injurious legis- lation by the 53d congress the reven- nes of the government were reduced below its necessary expenditures aDd the fund created by law for the re- demption of the United States notes has been invaded to supply such defi- eiency of reserve * “That such application of the te . sumption fund is of doubtful legality and greatly injurious to the public credit and should be prevented by re- storing said fund to the sum of not less than $100,000,000 in gold coin or bullion to be paid out only in tbe re- demptiou-trf United States notes when redeemed to be reissued only in ex¬ change for gold coin or bullion. ” . 1 Mr. Mitchell, republican, Oregon, then took the floor and made a long speech in favor of his resolution in- j structing the finance committee to re- store the McKinley duties on wool in \ any revenue bill reported to the eenate. . Mr. Morrill, republican, Vermont, chairman of the finance committee, made a brief but important announce¬ ment in the senate Friday. He moved that when the senate adjourned it be until Tuesday, and in this connection he said: “I hope that by Tuesday, when the senate reassembles, the fiuance committee will be ready to re¬ port on both the tariff and bond bills passed by the house.” The motion for an adjournment until Tuesday was agreed to. Mr. Hale, republican, Maine, in presenting a bill for a cable to Hono¬ lulu and elsewhere, explained that it was an elaboration of the plan urged before the last congress and contem¬ plated a cable for the transmission of the business of the United States gov¬ ernment. He said he would call up the subject Tuesday. A joint resolu¬ tion for a constitutional amendment admitting 1 women to 1 suffrage, was pre- sented by request by Mr. Hoar. Mr. Squire, republican, Washington, of- fered a resolution for the negotiation forthwith of a convention between the United States and Great Britain for making the boundary between Alaska and British North America and appro- printing $75,000 for expenses. The resolution was referred. Mr. George, democrat, Mississippi, asked immediate consideration fora bill repealing the law requiring an oath ofloyalty as a prerequisite to se¬ curing a pension for services in the Mexican war. Mr. Hoar said the repeal was unobjeeiionable, where- 5 upon Mr. Chandler remarked: “I will certainly support any measure of reconciliation which has the joint in¬ dorsement of the senator from Mi sis- sippi and the senator from Massachu¬ setts.” The bill was passed without division. Mr. Butler, populist, North Caro¬ lina, asked immediate consideration of a bill “to prohibit the issue of inter¬ est-bearing bond.,” Mr. Hill, New Y ,rk, suggested that the bill be not pressed lor the preseut. Mr. Sher¬ man, he said, was about to address the senate. After that possibly the dis¬ cussion of this proposition would be desirable. Mr. Butler said the proposition needed no discussion. The country understood it. It had been exhaus¬ tively discussed, until thepnblic judg¬ ment was as certain as that two and two made feur. Still, according to Mr. Hill’s request, the measure was temporarily withdrawn. At 1 o’clock Mr, Sherman begaD his speech on the financial question, reading from manu¬ script and receiving close attention. At the conclusion of Mr, Sherman’s remarks Mr. Butler renewed his re¬ quest for the immediate consideration of his bill to prohibit the future sale of bonds except with the consent of con¬ gress. The newspapapers, he said, had told the story of the impending bond issue. Action should be had at once. Mr. Butler asked unanimous consent to put his bill upon its pass¬ age and Mr. Hill, who happened to be in the chair, rather startled the senate by himself interposing an objection. Mr. Mills, democrat, Texas, took the floor to reply to Mr. Sherman. He repelled the charge that the Fifty- third congress was in any way respon¬ sible for the present financial crisis. The burden belonged to the Fifty-first congress and Mr. Sherman was partly responsible for the legislation of that congress. The democrats bad turned over to the Harrison administration in 1889, $230,000,000. How was it, he asked, if the claim that the McKinley bill had produced sufficient revenue was true, that in 1893, when the dem¬ ocrats again assumed control, all that surplus was gone, consumed and dis¬ Mr. Elkins next spoke. He said the house bond bill was intended to meet an emergency. There was no reason, he said, why the president and secretary of the treasury should be allowed to ®® 1 ,, l , b ° nds , ™ ... tb ° nt , advertising, , saying f hat they should not be given a pr.vi- 1 e « e wh lch W<m d not be gran t8d tom- ^viduals , , . m ordinary affairs. He ce¬ ?’ zed the ^st bond issue claiming ib,xt the commission was too great. Ho “ w ”° /“ why loans should “ ot b ®. i° attd a * bome - Mr ’ £ kl f hou « ht th ® P eo P le wer \ afl hkel y to W^m the government as from a syndicate, and considered the syndi- “*e superfluous. The presidentshould ,be P e,, P le “ to h ‘ s confidence, f° r a vote on bis resolution, tbat the bond8 be advertised, saying lt u because th " e was d T ? el tbat * he b< ?, nd8 wou d soon be issued. Mr. Hill demanded the yeas and nays. ElkinB ’ “ oti on for consideration merely, not tor passage, of his resolu- tion for pxiolic advertisements for bonds, passed by a vote of 48 yeas to 6 ? ays ' Mr : Hdl * boa g ht w ‘>n ld be becomin . g m the democrats of the sen- ate to R1V0 tbe democratic secretary of the treaBur y a of confidence. He a ‘ ,e mpted to quote from a contract of 1877 between tbe secretary of tbe [ rea ur y ami New York and London bankers for tho sale of bonds, but Mr. Sherman interrupted to say that there was that contra( d aa express stipu- , latlon that the bonds shonld he offered th ® P eo P Ie f 01 th,rt y da ys. He de- clared ,hat 'he people did take the bor,d S hut. Mr. Hill retorting declared that the y were boug h t for the bankers, KRUGER KICKS. Says Jameson Was Not Killed—Scores the Newspapers. Sunday the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, prime minister of Cape Colony and the head in Africa of the British South African Company, sent a dispatch reading: “The rumor that a force ib collect¬ ing at Buluwayo is absolutely false.” President Kruger, replying to Mr. Chamberlain’s dispatch, cabled: “I have not ordered the freebooters, who are prisoners, to be shot. Their case will be decided strictly in accordance with the traditions of the republic and in sharp contrast to the unheard-of acts of these freebooters. So many lies and' false reports are publisded, even in influential newspapers in Eng¬ land, that I deem it advisable to add that the freebooters prisoners have been treated with the greatest consid¬ eration by our burghers, despite the fact that the latter have been more than once compelled to take up arms in defense of the dearly bought inde¬ pendence of our republic. KUGKNE FIELD’S ESTATE. His Personal Properly Estimated at $25,000. The estate of the late Eugene Field was brought into tho probate court at Chicago Thursday on a petition of the widow for letters of administration. The estate is valued at $25,000, all in personal property. Besides this, there is the poet’s home, valued at $10,000 to $20,000, which he had conveyed te his wife some time before his death. 1.00 A Tear. VOL. VI. NO. 40 A SENSATION CREATED BY AN ARTICLE IN THE LONDON CHRONICLE. Correspondent Says Arbitration Is a Sacred Right. The American correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle, has cabled to that paper from Washington as fol- lows: “I am now at length able to speak with confidence of opinion in the highest American quarters. Tho only condition on which the men whom I specially desired to see would speak has been my personal pledge not even by a hint to betray their names; there¬ fore, I can only give you my word that I am not exaggerating my authority. “President Cleveland’s message to congress has done several things good and evil. First, it has destroyed every chance of saving the Armenians. Sec¬ ond, it has given a strong impetus to¬ ward closer ties between Great Britain and her colonies. Third, it has enor¬ mously emphasized the line of cleavage always existing, but discreetly ignored, between the east and west in the United States. The west today regards the east as practically a European annex and New York bankers as allies of the money sharks of Eu¬ rope. Fourth, it has rendered certain the creation of a great American navy, which the next generation will be al¬ most irresistibly tempted to nse for aggression. Fifth, and most impor¬ tant, it has, unless foolish words or unforeseen events bar its natural con¬ sequence, paved the way for better future relations, because Americans having experience of the consequences, will cease their ignorant denunci¬ ations, and Englishmen will learn to show much greater respect to American national opinion, know¬ ing that force is behind it, and will, therefore, refrain from provoking it by utterances and acts of veiled con¬ tempt. • Finally, the message has ren¬ dered possible the avoidance of a far greater danger, namely, the question of the Nicaragua canal. A man who would be very near the head of the American army in case of war, said to me, it is a blessing the Yeneznelan affair has happened, because a specific solution of this will point the way to ' the same thing over Niearagua, con¬ cerning which otherwise the two na¬ tions would have Destitute of Permanence. “However, the Schombnrgk line is now proved destitute of any quality of permanence, and it therefore remains • to consider the situation as affected by its removal. I can affirm positively that the American government is above everything, anxious for arbitra¬ tion. Whatever may have been its actual result, the intention of Presi¬ dent Cleveland’s message was amica¬ ble. The close entourago of the president scouts the idea that it was not a message of peace. But behind it has sprung up a national sentiment which it would be utter madness on the part of the English people to dis¬ regard or underestimate. The Monroe doctrine is not worth discussing. All the leading pamphlets, the professors’ opinions and the newspaper discussions of it are labor lost. The fact is that if Venezuela does not come within the four corners of the Monroe doctrine, then the new doctrine, the Olney doo- trine, covers it, and American opinion overwhelmingly favors its general principle. Arbitration a Sacred Right. “Moreover America demands arbi¬ tration as a sacred right and for this she will fight if needful. While allow¬ ing all due weight to the eastern press you must remember the line of cleav¬ age mentioned above. Remember also to what extent the south found support in New York before the war of the rebellion. The man who perhaps did more than any other single individual to make Lincoln president tells seemed me Lincoln said to him before war inevitable: ‘The trouble is, the peo¬ ple of the south have their creed whioh they hold, and wo have ours, which we hold. Their principles are saered to them as our principles are sacred to us.’ The Depth of Feeling. England “The same words apply to and America today. Absit omen. I am astounded at the depth and char¬ acter of American feeling on this question. Men experienced, staid, elderly, conservative, many holding judicial positions of great responsibil¬ ity, frankly declare their uncompro¬ mising support of this American doc¬ trine, and while it is clear that Presi¬ dent Cleveland was infinitely too clever and too devoted to his own party to see that his message would deal a knocking blow to the two groups of his political enemies, republicans and mistake free would silver men, Btill no greater be possible than for England to regard the message as a mere party maneuver. If this later view gains acceptance the consequences of the mistake may be awful. When I reflect on the possi¬ bility of. this and know what I know of American opinion I am profoundly J ; depreBBed. Arbitration is demanded by every consideration dearest to civ- i ilized mankind, and it appears the in¬ evitable result.