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Irwin County News.
lonnty.
tme z of the
^■the constpfioting rapidity naval with vessels which
■pushed II no lets than eight
be added to naval lists and
y far commission before the
psxt July.
ouse committee on public
htrdered a favorable report on
“nting to the state of Ala
0 acres of public lands for
the industrial schools for
o a bill granting a like
land to the same state for
^the institute. Tuskegee Normal and
ouncement is made that
lay, of Pennsylvania, has
£9 B to republican permit his convention name to go at
B The senator is now in the
■ his friends, and his promi
■a factor in the race will de
_in the their efforts. has It full is knowl- under
senator
the statement thus made pub
Biresentativo Livingston, of Geor
recently received an invita
■ from some of the leading citizens
|Blaracas Bional to visit Venezula, assembles when next the
congress
■>ntb, has decided to accept the iuvi
He says that his public duties
■an be s^ arranged that he can leave
■Yashington for a period of three weeks
■n-March. It is his purpose, there
fore, to sail for La Guayara on the
llOth of March.
It is announced in New York on
'high authority that Mr. Morgan’s re
visit to Washington was for the
Carlisle of consulting vith Secretary
in regard to defaults by bid
ders. It was arranged that Mr. Mor
should buy all lhe bonds not ta
bv bidders at the same figure,
10.8877, paid by the Morgan syndi
te - The Graves combination, which
for $4,500,000 of the new bonds,
not pay their first installment Sat
notwithstanding the fact that
officials were notified that 20
cent, due would be turned in.
With the close of Saturday the last
expired in which the first payment
20 per cent could be made on the
bonds. The total payments, as
to the treasury to date, have
$62,988,746, or more than
per cent of the total issue. The
syndicate paid in all of its
money during the day, with
object in view of catching any of
defaulting bidders’ bonds, to which
are entitled to render their blank
bid of 110,6877 for $100,000,000,
proportion thereof. How many
Hers defaulted, and in what amounts
they are, is not yet known at
n
m Cuba’s Sugar Crop.
Ifcj^jSGlliiamB net of has state sub
ta
■m potent igar
■ at on .Inunary
■sugar had been
iSoDiiH year’s crop,
■ received at the
■nsul Hyatt at San
Bfi' date of February
prs in that part of
finding the unburned
re.
■s much retarded because
[annot be induced to work
w!w iring attack by the insur
W If sugar making proceeds un
lrbed the consul predicts a half
in his district.
The Correspondence Furnished.
In response to a resolution adopted
the house calling on the secretary
of state for copies of the correspond
between this government and
in relation to the warfare in
etc., the department of state
sent to the house the data asked
for. It is very voluminous, comprising
of some 2,000 letters, the larger
of them between the depart
of state and Consul General Wil
liams at Havana and with other con
sular officers in Cuba. It also includes
correspondence with Minister de Lome
and with the Spanish foreign officers.
The senate has confirmed the nomi
of A. B. Clayton, postmaster,
City. Va., and a list of pro
taineii tiy iriineporitrs, merchants and
others engaged in business pursuits.
Business men have and will continu
to and suffer increasing great losses depressions until in hfl£ toA|
a
adjustment is made. busineB
Business men need aDd
terests require, the report conclH
a just and more satisfactory settleS
of differences with those with wH
they deal and upon whose laborH
products successful business must*
pend. The better labor is protect
in all its rights the better will be tH
for earnings.
1 Big Imports of Sugar.
Mr. Worthington C. Ford, chief of
the bureau of statistics, issues the ad-d
SYCAMORE. IRWIN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1896.
motions in the navy, headed by Lieu
tonlnt Commander W. T, Swinburne,
to Be commander.
Statement as to Coast Defenses.
In response to a resolution of in
quiry the secretary of war has sent to
the sehate a statement of the amount
of money which could be used advan
tageously in coast defenses.
He says that $25,678,860 could be
so nsed by the department prior to
July 1, 1897, of which amounted,722,
000 should be made available during
the present fiscal year. Of the total
amount he recommends that $15,807,
000 be designated for fortifioatiou,
$1,000,000 for sites, $2,500,000 for
submarine defenses, $6,316,860 for
guns, mortar projectiles, etc. The
special advantage of the increased ap
propriations as enumerated by the
secretary are:
The utilization of the army gun fac
j or y to its full capacity; the more
rapid armament of our ioitifications;
t] ie addition of twelve mortars and
carriages to those already estimated
for j the purchase of an additional five
hundred deck-piercing shells and the
supply of heavy material for sea ser
vice.
Labor Bill Reported.
The Phillips bill for the appoint
ment of a non-partisan commission to
collect information and to consider
and recommend legislation to meet the
problems presented by labor, agricul
ture and capital, has been reported to
the house. Accompanying the bill is
a long report which says among other
things that the commission is designed
also to benefit the business men. The
disturbed condition of affairs has en
tailed great loss upon the business
community.
The loss of $34,000,000 in six years
to the employers of labor as shown in
tables presented by the report is, it
says, but a fractional part of that sus
vance figures of the import of sugars
in the month of January, 1896, and
slates that the imports have not been
so heavy in the corresponding months
of any years in last ten years, with
the single exception of January, 1890.
The five ports of New York, Boston,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Galves
ton, imported in January, 1896, 233,-
264,828 pounds of sugar, valued at
$5,115,608. No account is taken of
the imports at San Francisco, of
New Orleans, and in addition to what
those two ports might bring in an al
lowance may be made of eight mil
lions for the rest of the country
which would bring the total up to at
least the point reached in January,
1890, when the imports were 246,647,-
863 pounds, valued at $7,046,422. A
further feature of the January imports
the improved price of sugars, which
a shade below 2.2 cents per pound.
A year ago the price was 1.8 cents a
showing an increase of nearly
per cent, in import value. ' he
will thus get more than
in revenue for the imports
the last month.
Senator Sherman is Happy.
A Washington special says: Sena
tor John Sherman, is gloating over the
defeat of silver in the house. He has
given out an interview in whioh he ad
vises as to what should be done now.
Here is what he says:
“The vote in the house on the free
silver substitute may be considered a
final verdict against free coinage. The
last congress had a much larger silver
element. The next congress, I firmly
believe, will be for ‘sound’ money in
both house and Benate, and the free
coinage movement will be at an end as
a political issue.
“The measure of greatest import
ance now is the tariff bill, the consid
eration of which the democrats op
posed and were supported in their op
position by certain republican senators
of free coinage views. I do not see
why the democrats should oppose the
tariff bill. It is not framed on pro
tection lines, and would increase the
revenues sufficiently to relieve the
and the administration from
embarrassment.
“I am entirely confident that Presi
dent Cleveland would allow the tariff
to become a law if it passed con
even though he did not sign it.
the situation now is, President
would be justified in sus
all public work which is not
necessary. By so doing he
stop the deficit and place the
treasury balance on the other side.”
ANALYSIS OF THE BIDS.
The Morgan Syndicate May Get Less
Than bfifty Millions.
Late Friday afternoon Assistant
Secretary Curtis announced that he
was able to state that from a complete
analysis of the bids for bonds they
showed that bids aggregating $66,788,
SfcO ^^he above 110,6877 has been received
B|be 780 persons making those bids
■kjjfa awarded bonds. The Morgan
bids of $110.6877 for $100,
■uj^gyir KgSI " eJor any tho part balance thereof, of
$33,211,350.
110.6877 are
gold reserve
Friday stood
i
Lday at New
ieen those
h success
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
FIRED BY PLANT.
Engineer Fetch is Summarily Dis
missed.
Engineer William E. Futoh who is
the chairman of the committee of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers
for the entire Plant System has been
dismissed from the service of the road.
Mr. Futch’s position at the head of
the Brotherhood’s committee makes
his dismissal significant.
The story of the difference between
the Plant System and its engineers has
been fully told by the press. It dates
back to the accession of General Su
perintendent Dunham. The engineers
asked a renewal of their contract and
their request was deferred. A number
of conferences were held with Superin
tendent Dunham, Mr. Futch.by virtue
of his position, being the spokesman
of the complainants. Finally Presi
dent H. B. Plant himself consented
to meet the engineers. He did so at
Waycross some days ago. Mr. Futch
was spokesman of the engineers and
made a matter-of-fact talk,setting forth
the claims of the men he represented.
President Plant responded in a happy
vein, and the newspapers the next
day published that everything was
settled and that harmony reigned su
preme. view of
This conclusion, however, in
the latest developments, seems to have
been in error.
It has also been published that the
system has had men ready for some time
to take the places of the Brotherhood
men in case their positions should be
oome vacant.
The dismissal of Mr. Futch is taken
as an indication that the other six
members of the brotherhood commit
tee and those engineers who took an
active part in the demand for a con
tract, will meet the same fate.
PROCLAMATION BY WEYLER.
Dlsposed to Use Harsh Measures
Against tile Enemy.
General Weyler, the new captain
general and commander-in chief of the
Spanish forces in Cuba, has issued
proclamations to the volunteers and
■firemen, regular soldiers and marines
and the inhabitants of Cuba, and also
to the generals of the army, civil and
military governors, chiefs of columns
and military commanders. He says
among other things:
“But I think it convenient to add
some instructions at present and to
state that the insurrection and the re
cent march of the principal leaders
thereof, without its being possible for
the Spanish column to prevent it, in
dicates indifference on the part of the
inhabitants and also fear and discour
agement. I cannot understand their
inactivity while their property is
being destroyed. Spaniards can
not sympathize with insurgents.
It is necessary at any cost to
oppose this state of things and re
animate the spirit of the inhabitants.
I have come disposed to help all loyal
citizens. I am at the same time dis
posed to make use of all the rigor of
the law against those who in any form
help the enemy, speak well of them or
discredit the prestige of Spain, of its
army, or volunteers. All who are with
our side must demonstrate the facts
with acts and leave in the attitude no
place Spaniards. for doubt in proving that they
are
WEYLER PROCLAIMS.
Rigid Rules for the Oppressed
Cubans.
Captain General. Weyler issued a
series of proclamations Sunday night,
in which he still further defines his
proposed policy toward the insurgents
and their sympathizers. The first
proclamation reads as follows:
“Article 1. All inhabitants of the
district of Sancti Spiritu and the
provinces of Puerto Principe and San
tiago de Cuba will have to concentrate
places which are the headquarters
of a division, a brigade, a column or
and will have to be provided
documentary proof of identity
within eight days of the publication
this proclamation in the munici
“Article 2. To travel in the country
the radius covered by the
in operatian it is absolutely indispen
to have a pass from the mayor,
commandants or chiefs of de
tachments.
“Article 3. All owners of commer
establishments in the country dis
wid vacate them and the captains
columns will take such measures as
success of their operations dictates,
such places, which, while
for the country’s wealth, serve
the enemy as hiding places in the
and in the interior.
“Article 4. All passes hitherto issued
become null and void.”
GLADSTONE FOE PARLIAMENT,
Probability that He Will Stand for
Re-election.
The Herald, of Glasgow, Scotland,
it learns that Mr. Gladstone is
inclined to stand again for
at the first available op-.
in order to support the Ar
measures. The Herald adds
Mr. Gladstone does not conceal
conviotion that both political par
in Great Britain have betrayed Ar<
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap
penlngs From Day to Day.
At r. meeting of the Dooly County
Confederate Veterans’ Association it
WftB decided to locate the confederate
soldiers’ monument at Vienna, in the
center of the park or public square.
Subscriptions are rapidly coming in,
and the monument will undoubtedly
be built.
* * *
Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb, principal of
Lucy Cobb institute, is confident of
being able to raise the $1,000 fund for
the enlargement and improvement of
that college. She says that a good
start has already been made and that
the movement is sure of success.
Mr. Albert Guerry, of Atlanta, has
just finished a life size portrait of
Robert Tombs for the state. The por
tait will be hung in one of the nails of
the capitol, the place to be selected
by Governor Atkinson. Mr. Guerry
will receive $1,000 for the portrait.
The work was done in three weeks.
. *
The taking of testimony for Major
Black in the Watson-Black contest for
a seat in the fifty-fourth congress was
concluded at Sparta last Tuesday, so
far as the contest concerns the oounty
of Hancock. Hon. John T. West, of
Thomson, was present representing
the interests of Mr. Walson, while
Major Black was represented by Judge
Frank L. Little and Hon. Robert H.
Lewis.
Thousands upon thousands of peach
trees have been put out at Adairsville
in the past four years, but this season
has seen more trees set out than any
other. This is a guarantee that the
town will be a live and industrious
one, in a dull season to other places,
for the fruit and wheat will cause
money to flow. We need a crate fae
tory to handle the crop; and a bank to
keep the money in. Will somebody
establish them?
The Wilkes Immigration Company
has been organized with the following
members: B. D. Irwin, O. 8. Bar
nett, J. M. Callan, James A. Benson
and G. C. Jones. This means a good
deal for the future welfare of Wash
ington and Wilkes county. The gen
tlemen who compose this company are
some of the most substantial, and en
terprising citizens of Washington.
Its purpose is to encourage in every
way possible immigration to the
county and the sale of surplus land to
immigrants;
Mr. Theodore Clark, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., the owner of land lot No.
725, 12th district and first section, has
had the same laid off into two hundred
and forty beautiful town lots, and has
named it Clark’s first addition to Dah
lonega. Mr. Clark has ordered Clerk
of the Superior Court, John H. Moore,
to make for him 240 certificates of the
abstract of title to the property, and
forward them to him in Grand Rap
ids. It is Mr. Clark’s intention to
dispose of these lots to his Michigan
friendB, who, when the proposed Dah
lonega railroad is finished, will erect
elegant winter hemes.
The annual meeting of the South
western railroad was held at Macon a
few days ago. More stock was repre
sented than has been at any meeting
in years. There were thirty-six thou
sand shareholders present out of fifty
one thousand. Dr. John S. Baxter, of
Macon, presided. R. T. Wilson, of
New York, declined re-election as pres
ident, and Vice-President JohnS. Bax
ter was elected as president. The fol
lowing were elected directors: W. G.
Raoul, of Atlanta; W. B. Cox and J.
M. Johnston, of Macon; T. B.
Gresham, of Baltimore; J. F. Minis
and B. A. Denmark, of Savannah, and
R. T. Wilson, of New York.
» * *
Some of the military officials at Sa
vannah are making objections to Gov
ernor Atkinson’s proclamation calling
for the arrest of the Zeigler brothers
in Soreveu county, because it calls on
all civil and military authorities. The
military officers say if they were to at
tempt to arrest the man and any one
was killed they would be subject to
trial and conviction for murder. They
do not relish being called on, as it ap
pears from the proclamation, to do
6 *hing which, under the law, they
riugjt not be justified in doing. They
have not made any open statement,
but that they have made criticisms
and strong ones has just become ap
parent. /
_ Ballew „ _ . Is Guilty „ ...
The supreme court of the United
States has confirmed the conviction of
A. W. Ballew, of Rome, sentenced to
two years in the peni entiary on ac
count of pension frauds alleged and
proven against him. I hat is, the su
preme oourt confirmed the conviction
on the count which charged Ballew
with illegal and exborbitaut charges;
but revet sed the lower conrt on the
count which charged the illegal with
holding of pension money; since it ap
pears that Ballew first paid his client
what she ought to have received, but
gouged her afterwards. Ballew will
be resentenced on October 24th. The
penalty for the count under which
Baliew’s conviction was sustained, is
two years.
A Valuable Relic.
Mr. W. TT. Harrison, of Taliaferro
county, owns a canteen that once be
longed beyond doubt to General An
drew Jackson. He prizes it highly
because of the fact that “Old Hick
ory” used it in the war of 1812. He
came into possession of it in the fol
lowing manner: General Jackson gave
it to a Mrs. James Moore, who, before
her marriage, was a Miss Jackson, and
probably a relative of General Jack
son’s. Mr. James Moore and wife
were blessed with several children,
one of whom was named Jackson. The
latter received the canteen from his
mother and in turn gave it to one of
his sons named Isaac Jackson. Isaac
Jackson Moore has one daughter,
whom Mr. W. H. Harrison married,
Mr. Moore gave the canteen to Mr.
Harrison about twenty years ago.
The canteen is of a peculiar pattern.
It is of earthenware and holds seven
eights of a pint. It is about six inches
high and about five inches wide. The
reservoir is perfectly circular. A hole
goes right through the center of it,
and through this hole the Btrap that
was used to carry it was passed.
The Soldier’s Home Case.
The Soldiers’ Home at Atlanta, is
still in litigation. About seven years
ago the , , home was built by the con
federates of the county. It was erect
ed as a home for indigent ex-confed
erate veterans, but no disabled soldier
ever slept a night or lived a day under
its roof. It was erected at a cost of
over $40,000 and paid for by the sol
diers, the money having been raised
by subscription,
About a year ago the trustees of the
home asked permission of the supe
rior court to sell the home, as it was a
burden for them to ke»p up the insur
ance policies on it while it was stand
ing unoccupied and not paying a cent
in any way. When the trustees ap
peared in court, stockholders of the
Atlanta Land and Improvement Com
pany appeared and asked that the
trustees be not allowed to sell the
property. They claimed that they
donated the land upon which it was
built with the understanding that a
soldiers’home be built there and used
for nothing else except a soldiers’
j iome
Both sides employed attorneys to
represent them, aud after a trial be
fore Judge Lumpkin, he ordered a de
cree for the sale of the home.
The decree was passed on the 17th
day of last December, and on the 13th
day of last month the attorney for the
land company entered a motion for a
new trial, which motion will be heard
at the spring term of the superior
court.
No matter what may be the result
of the hearing of the motion for a
new trial, the matter of the sale of the
Soldier’s Home will undoubtedly go
to the supreme eourt, as either side
will carry it there if defeated in the
superior court.
BOILERS BLOW UR.
Five Mill Hands Killed and Many
More Injured.
Informatiou has been received that a
battery of six boilers in the sawmill of
the Southern Pine Company of Geor
gia, at Offerman, a station eleven miles
east of Blackshear blew up Wednesday
morning with frightful loss of life.
The mill was shut down for break
fast when the explosion occurred,
otherwise the fatality would have been
much greater. Five negroes, mill
hands, are now dead and two others
are expected to die. ■ Some of the
bodies are terribly mutilated.
One boiler was broken half in two,
one end being hurled in one direction
and its fellow in the opposite. Three
boilers were lifted out bodily and
buried with great force, doing great
damage to buildings and machinery.
Two boilers remain in position. There
were two explosions, the first not so
bnt immediately followed by
the second, which did the greatest
damage.
Discovered the North Pole.
A . dispatch , , from „ _ Irkutsk, , . , Siberia, .
received at St. Petersburg, Russie.says
a Siberian trader named Kouch
who is acting in the capacity of
for Dr. Nansen, the arctic ex
has informed the prefect of
Kolymsk that he has received informa
tion that Nansen had reached the north
where he found and and tnat he
now on his way back.
Sound Money I'exans Meet.
The single standard faction of the
of Texas met in conference
GaJveston Saturday. The recent
ti O n of the free coinage faction was
a8 revolutionary and the
more rftd ical were for an immediate
while the more oonssrva
advoca t e d making the fight for
«« 60nn( j molie y” inside of party lines,
1.00 A Tear.
VOL. VI.
FIENDS IN COURT,
Juekson and Walling are Under In
dlctmeut.
The grand jury of Campbell oounty,
Kentucky, sitting in Nowport Thurs
day morning reported to Judge Per
kius indictments against Scott Jaek
son and Alonzo M. Walling for the
wilful murder of Pearl Bryan.
When the patrol wagon drove to the
jail door on Sycamore street to take
Jackson and Walling to the police
court there was a curious crowd on
the sidewalk to catch such a glimpse
°* ^he prisoners as could oe had as
they mounted the stairway from the
jail door and crossed the walk to the
"’agon.
Both were handcuffed. They enter
ed into no conversation as they met
f° r the first time for several days.
They were driven quickly to the city
Hall and were placed in the cells until
they should be called for their hearing,
Meantime a most unusual scene was
witnessed in and about the courtroom.
There was a wild struggle for adrnis
sion into the little P°Bee
justice, jammed and all with the hfiliwaiys and adjacent
were men women
"ho were unable to even look into the
doorway of the courtroom.
UNITED WORKMEN MEET.
Four Hundred and Fitly Delegates In
Session in St. Louis.
Four hundred and fifty delegates
were present when the first day’s ses
sion of the Grand Lodge of the An
cient Order of United Workmen of
Missouri was called to order at St.
Louis Wednesday.
Mayor Walbridge made an address
of welcome and was responded to by
Supreme Master J. E. Riggs. The re
ports of officers were submitted in
printed form aud accepted. Commit
fees were appointed and submitted re
ports,
The question of expelling or admit
ting liquor dealers to membership in
the order, which has been under ad
visemeut for some time and has caused
considerable feeling, will cause much
discussion.
MORGAN DEMANDS THEM.
Claims All Bonds that Have Been De
faulted Upon.
Quite a number of , the bond bidders
have failed to make their deposit of
20 per cent on the amount of bonds
awarded to them, and these bonds, to
the extent of something like $10,000,
Oou, will have to be sold to others.
Mr. Graves, of New York, alone
has defaulted upon $4,500,000 award
ed to him at a fraction above 115.
For all these bonds that have been de
faulted upon Pierpont Morgan has , laid ..
claim as coming under his blanket bid
for the entire issue or any part of the
same. He has notified the secretary
Hie treasury that he is entitled
all that have been defaulted upon and
Be demands them,
FOUR MINERS DEAD,
While a Number of Others are Se
riously Hurt.
A terrible accident occurred Satur
day morning in the Republic mine at
Republic, Mich., while the men were
coming up in the skip from work out
of No. 1 shaft.
The skip jumped the track and it
was pulled on until it caught and turned
over on the men.
The killed are: Wm. McGraw,
James Dodge, Adolph Boite, Matthis
Tegellberg. The injured are: Charles
AndersoD, three ribs broken; Erick
Matti, log broken; James McGraw,
Back hurt; Andrew Peterson, hurt in
ternally; recovery doubtful ,
GLASS WORKS BURN.
Property Worth $150,000 Destroyed
j, y incendiaries.
The Buckeye Glass Works at Mar
tin . s Ferry< Ohio, were destroyed by
fire early Monday morning. The works
were to have 8ta rted up during the
dav with non-union hands. The firet
^ aB of incendiary origin and the
j n „ wag ( | on btless set on fire to pre
vent the resumption. Several previous
attempts bad been made to burn the
fag WO rks.
The works were valued at $150,000.
The building burned as if saturated
w j t h oil. '__
WHISKY TRUST REHABILITATED.
Plans Promulgated for a Reorganiza
tion of the Old Concern.
A New York paper says: Richard
B. Hartshorne, John I. Watterbury,
Frederick M . Lockwood, Jules S.
Baohe aQd Wm E Hutton> appointed
, 0 reorganizo the Distilling and Cattle
Feeding Company, have completed
their j plan
n tho pr0Rrefis of reorganization it
waB sngge8te d to the committee that
the Bew corporatioll s h ou ld control
the distribnt ion of its products through
a distributing company. The sueoes
sor company, the American Spirits
Manufacturing Company, accepts the
suggestion.
Tobacco Factory Burned.
Luoket & Co.’s tobacoo factory and
stemmery, iu Clarkesville, Tenn., has
been destroyed by fire, consuming
1,500.000 pounds of tobacco and oans
ing a loss of $75,000. The loss is fully
covered by insurance.