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Spring Place Jimplecute
Carter «to Hoartsoll, Fublislxers.
VOLUME XV.
WASHINGTON NOTES
GOSSIP OFTHE CAPITAL IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments,
According to reports received by the
marine hospital service, the yellow fe¬
ver is making largely increased ravages
among the people of Cuba.- The
medical inspector at Havana states that
in the week ended July 25th there were
seventy new cases in that city and
twenty-three deaths. From lliogo
and Tokio, Japan, comes the report
that in tire week ending July 6th there
were 104 new eases of cholera with
seventy-nine deaths.
Nuked and Starving.
The condition of the distressed ne¬
gro colonists from Georgia and Ala¬
bama, who deserted the Thahualilo
colony, in Mexico, is more deplorable
than at first supposed. Consul Sparks,
at Piedros Negras, telegraphs the state
department that while rations are
being furnished the 300 colonists who
have reached Eagle Pass, Texas,
thoy arc practically naked. The
other three hundred who havo not
yet crossed to the United States
have little to oat. Subscription
to furnish these colonists with food
and clothing and transportation has
been started and the state department
has no funds for the purpose. Many
are ill, but are receiving medical at¬
tention from Assistant Surgeon " Ten
eyck, of the army. It is not known
how the colon’sts will bo cared for
unless a subscription is started for
tlioir relief, such as was done in this
country, for the starving Russian
peasants.
Talked With Bowler.
Senator Caffrey, Representative My
er and Judge Semmes, the latter coun¬
sel for the sugar bounty claimants of
Louisiana, had an audience Wednes¬
day with Comptroller Bowler, of the
treasury department, regarding the
unpaid sugar bounty for the fiscal
year 1894. The three gentlemen repeat¬
ed the arguments they had previously
made, but the comptroller insisted
that he saw no reason to change the
position previously taken by him. It is
said that Comptroller Bowler may, if
he chooses, reserve his ultimate decis¬
ion one year, but it is not believed he
will do so. It is thought that his de¬
cision after the formal hearing next
week, will be rendered as speedily
as is consistent with tho impor¬
tance of tho case. Should it re¬
main unchanged, congress will be
asked to amend the law under which
he was appointed so that his duties
shall be of a purely ministerial char¬
acter.
Secretary Carlisle has been informed
by these Louisiana gentlemen that the
continued withholding of the money
will result in a defeat of the demo¬
cratic party in Louisiana and that
nothing can prevent the state from
swinging into the republican column
next year unless the money shall be
paid within a short period. It is
feared by the Louisiana people if the
money be not paid before the meeting
of congress next winter, a bill will be
introduced to repeal tho law under
which tho bounty is to be paid.
The News Confirmed.
The Shanghai Express prints a tele¬
gram from Foo-Chow, under date of
August 3d, reporting a frightful m a s
sacree of Christians in Kucheng, in
the province of Konsu-Siu-Kiang.
A cable dispatch, received at the
state deportment from Mr. Jarnigan,
United States consul general at
Shanghai, reports a massacre of
Christians at Kucheng, China. No
Americans were killed, but one was
seriously wounded. The name of the
place where the massacre occurred was
not plain in the dispatch, but it is un¬
derstood to be Kuchong.
At the state department it is be¬
lieved that the massacre is simply the
result of another outbreak of fanati¬
cism, such as was rampant during the
Chinese-Japanese war. The greatest
riot at that timo against Christians oc¬
curred at Cheng-Tu. The American
mission buildings here were damaged,
but no American was killed. Minister
Denby protested against the treat¬
ment of the American at Cheng-Tu,
and the Chinese government gave sat¬
isfactory assurance of its intention to
punish the offenders and to prevent B
repetition of the outrages. The Brit¬
ish missions at Cheng-Tu were also
damaged and the British government
has just sent one of its consular offi¬
cers to make inquiry into the affair
with a view to demanding damages.
The Debt Statement.
> The debt statement for July, issued
Thursday afternoon, shows few changes
since the June statement. The inter¬
est bearing debt was increased $31,-
157,700, this being the amount of tho
last half of the recent issue to tho
bond syndicate, the first half having
been included in the last previous
statement. This will make the total
bonded debt $747,359,760, and tho
whole national debt, exclusive of cer¬
tificates and treasury notes, $1,128,-
170,820. The cash balance of $195,-
240,153 reported last month will be
decreased by about eight million.
SPRING PLACE. MURRAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1895.
The interest-bearing debt increased
831,158,340; the non-interest bearing
debt decreased $813,025, and cash in
the treasury decreased $8,090,(322.
The balances of the several classes
of debt at the close of business, July
31st, were: Iuterest-bcaring debt,
■8757,360,400; debt on which interest
bus ceased since maturity, $1,699,650;
debt bearing no interest,$378,198,384;
total, $1,127,258,435.
The certificates in treasury notes
offset by au equal amount of cash in
the treasury outstanding at, the end of
the month were $581,799,693, an in¬
crease of $2,591,830. The total cash
in the treasury was $807,397,830. The
gold reserve was $100,000,000. Net
cash balance, $87,149,530.' In the
month there was a decrease in gold
coin and bars of $539,865. The total
at the close was $155,354,065. Of
silver there was au increase of $407,399.
Of the surplus there was in national
bank depositories $15,920,823, against
$16,903,120 at the end of the preced¬
ing months.
TIIE QUINLANS CONFESS.
They Seem to Know Much About
Holmes’ Affairs.
A Chicago morning paper gives the
following particulars of the confession
made by the Quinlans to Chief Baden
och, which was taken down by a sten¬
ographer. They related that in their
opinion, Miss Cigrand, Mrs. Julia
Connor and her daughter, Pearl, and
Minnie and Nannie Williams are all
dead and that Holmes murdered them.
Pietzol, they said, quarreled frequently
with Holmes because the latter would
not act square with his associate in tho
dealings, and thoy believed that
Holmes killed Pietzel so as to prevent
him tolling of his crime, which, they
believe, Pietzol was aware of, to some
extent. As to whether Pietzel partic¬
ipated in any of the murders they do
not know. They believe that Holmes,
after killing Pietzel, felt it necessary
to dispose of the dead man’s children,
and that Alice, Nellie and Howard
Pietzel were killed by him. As to
Miss Van Tassel they know nothing
and never saw her. Miss Cigrand,
Miss Connor, Pearl Connor, Minnie
and Nannie Williams, they thought,
came to their death in the Holmes
building.
Mrs. Quinlan related that one day
when her husband was away she saw
Holmes poking into tho stove in his
office, which was red hot, something
looking like portions of a human body,
and that a horrible odor enmo from
the room. Quinlan said that after
Holmes had gone away he found a
bottle of chloroform in the steel vault.
They both said that they saw tho Wil¬
liams girls about July 5th, 1893, for
the last time, and that they must
have been put out of tho way at that
time.
To Exhibit the “Castle.”
The police have nothing new to an¬
nounce in the Holmes case. Inspector
Fitzpatrick said work was being pur¬
sued on the case upon the linos sug¬
gested in information gained from the
Quinlans.
It is stated that a dime museum firm
hus secured a lease on the Holmes cas¬
tle in Englewood and will fence it and
charge visitors 10 cents for admission
to the house and grounds.
COXEY NAMED FOR GOVERNOR.
Ohio Populists Meet In Convention.
The Party Platform.
The Ohio populist state convention
was hold at Columbus, Friday. The
whole forenoon was spent in tearing to
pieces the platform roported the night
before by the committee on resolu¬
tions.
The platform as finally adopted re¬
affirms the principles of the Omaha
platform ; Coxey’s non-interest bonds
and good roads bill; issuing of enough
legal tender paper money to put the
oountry on a cash basis; free and un¬
limited coinage; nationalization of
public monopolies; denounces inter¬
est-bearing bonds; denounces process
in Debs’ case as subversive of rights
of trial by jury; favors law against
payment of any debt in gold only; de¬
mands immediate abolishment of na¬
tional banks; favors a per diem ser¬
vice pension bill.
As to state banks the platform de¬
mands the referendum plan; reduced
salaries; tax reform; regulation of
coal screens; eight hours per day; op¬
poses fusion with old parties; favors
election of all officers, state and na
tional, by direct vote of tho people;
state control of liquor traffic without
profit, and indorses union label.
Jacob S. Coxey, of Massillon, was
nominated for governor.
Quiet at Jackson’s Hole.
Saturday Agent Teter telegraphed
Indian Commissioner Browning from
Market Lake, Idaho, stating that he
had just returned from Jackson’s Hole
and found everything quiet there.
Commissioner Browning thinks (he
trouble is now at an end.
Says Altgeld Is Insincere.
The special session of the Illinois
legislature called by Governor Altgejd,
ndjournod Friday, having enacted but
few of tho numerous statutes desired
by the governor. The house adopted
resolutions caustically arraigning the
governor as insincere.
“Toll
TIIRODGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER O THE T ota.tr SAB,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
Fifty carloads of peaches daily repre¬
sent the shipments from the state.
Tho Drew brothers, of Irwin coun¬
ty, have reoeivod $74,000 for the tract
of land they sold the Fitzgerald colony.
The eagerness of the Irwin county
colonists to get into their new homes
shows that tne spirit of colonization
has taken a red-hot hold.
A Valdosta firm that shipped eight
earloads of melons to a Baltimore
commission house have been notified
that they are $119 out of pooket.
Two gentlemen in Thomasville have
wagered $200 that tho Tifton and
Thomasville railroad will be built to
Thomasville by the 4th of next July.
The shingle mill and commissary of
the Gress Lumber oompany at Kramer,
with its valuable stook of goods, to¬
gether with several hundred thousand
shingles and laths, were totally de¬
stroyed by fire a few days ago. The
loss is about five thousand dollars,
partially covered by insurance.
There ore men residing near the
Walker mountain hauling tan bark to
Gainesville, a distance of sixteen miles,
rooeiving $5 per oord, and orossties are
hauled by farmers nine miles to tho
railroad at 30 cents each. This shows
that Lumpkin county neods a railroad
which will give employment to all.
An official investigation of the sui¬
cide of Porter Stocks at the Minneola
camp will bo started at the statehonse'
Saturday. And tho indications are
that the developments will be of a
sensational and interesting character
from the time tho examination of the
first witness begins Until the last sen¬
tence in tho resume of the inquiry
shall have been written.
The men of the Fifth Georgia regi¬
ment are in a state of excitement over
the race for tho office of major of the
new battalion which has just been
formed. The election will bo held on
the 6th of August, in Atlanta. The
Atlanta companies havo no candidate,
but for each outside organization there
is a strong representative. There is
no saying where tho office will go.
The Merchants’ bank, of Rome, has
opened its doors once more. The long
agony of suspense is over and the
people of Rome breathe easier. The
reopening of the bask is the cause of
general rejoicing among the citizens,
especially since tho splendid material
which makes up its directory augurs
much for its future success and pros¬
perity.
There will be another colony estab¬
lished in Worth county, by people
from the west, within a short time.
This, however, will be a much smaller
colony, and it is expected that only
about 5,000 acres will bo purchased.
Arrangements are being made in this
colony for about 500 people. The lo¬
cation has not been definitely deter¬
mined on, but it will bo in Worth
county, near Tifton.
It is talked about at the capitol that
just as soon as he returns from Warm
Springs Governor Atkinson will fix a
date for the election of a congressman
in the tenth district. Nobody seems
to know what date will be fixed for
the election, The democrats and
populists in the district have gone
ahead preparing for the campaign,
and while there has been no speaking,
the campaign is virtually on in the
tenth.
Governor Atkinson has offered $100
reward each for Adolphus Badger and
Will Bruce, the two negroes who were
implicated in the killing of Early
Boatty, at Atlanta, on July 4tb. The
crime was the result of a Fourth of
July celebration. Descriptions of the
two negroes have been sent all over
the country, and active efforts are be¬
ing made to capture them. It is said
that Bruce held Beatty while Badger
cut him to pieces.
* * *
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad, a connection of tho Louis¬
ville and Nashville railroad at Mont¬
gomery, haB taken a hand in tho fight
made on that road by tho wholesale
dealers at Savannah and has refused
to make transfers for the wholesalers
from the Central road yards around
the city. This has been a convenience
used by the brokers for a long time,
but they say they can get along with¬
out it if they hove to. They are pros¬
ecuting the boycott vigorously.
* * *
The legal difficulties that have re-
oomj^W'se, op»HF store ended in peaceful
allian® it was settled that a non
an can sell Btoek in it and get
inalt(*wus for one for it. The whole
terminated quietly by com
prom.se, and the store is now running
along as formerly under the manage¬
ment Of Mr. J. T. Davenport, and he
claims ,for it assets far in excess of its
liabilities.
Ml of of* tho leading general passenger
agents the railroads of this region
of the south and many from the east
and west gathered at .Lookout mount¬
ain for tho purpose of winding up the
agreement as to a basis of rates to the
Cotton States and International expo¬
sition. This meeting was called by the
commissioner of the Southern States
Passenger Association and was one of
the most important ever held by the
passenger agents of the oountry to de¬
termine rates to any given point
The plans of the New York building
at the exposition havo arrived, and
the building will go up right speedily
in the name of the great Empire State.
The plans havo been greatly changed
from those of the original design and
havo been vastly improved. It is now
clear that the state of New York will
have a building on tho grounds fully
in keeping with her rank and signifi¬
cance among the great sisterhood of
states of the Union, and the board of
commissioners are to be congratulated
upon their success so far with the work.
There will boa convention of Geor¬
gia justices in Atlanta August 7th.
The convention will represent the as¬
sociation of justices formed a year
ago. At that time about sixty of tho
leading J. Ps. of the state wore pres¬
ent. Thoconvention this year will bo
hold in the courthouse, and will begin
at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning Au¬
gust 7th. It will last but one day.
Matters of interest to justices will be
considered, among other things the
fee a, stem. It k thought about fifty
jarfti&o a ill be m attendance.
It is only a question of a few weeks
until dirt will be broken on the foun¬
dations for tho new cotton mill plant
to be located at Athens, and to be
known as the Electric cotton mill.
Tho mill will be owned and operated
by local capital, and will be one of the
best factories in Georgia. It will be
distinguished from other factories iu
this state in that it will bo the first
factory whose busy spindles will be
moved by the force of electric power.
Three hundred horse-power has been
leased by the oompany from tho elec¬
tric company that is developing Mitch¬
ell’s bridge shoals.
The Southern Shops.
Bids have been called for from con¬
tractors for tho construction of tho new
shops of the Southern railway at At¬
lanta. As soon as tho contractors arc
started there will be no delay in push¬
ing the work of construction through
to a speedy completion. The capacity
of tho shops will bo increased three
times what they now are and there will
be just three times as many hands put
to work as are now engaged in the
present shops of the company.
The Southern has been considerably
handicapped in the building of the new
shops the for the past few months, owing
to lawsuits that have been piled up
against the company by the litigants
who claimed that tho inclosure to the
shops damaged their adjacent lots by
obstructing the streots.
Now that the supremo court has de¬
cided the tost case in favor of tho rail¬
road company the work of building the
shops will proceed with vigor.
PULLED FOR COUNTERFEITING.
A Waco Doctor Charged With Making
$1G Gold Pieces.
Dr. Thomas Edgar Rogers, thirty
four years of age, of Waco, Ga., was
arrested and carried to Atlanta a few
days ago The on the charge of counterfeit¬
ing. arrest was made by Mr. W.
W. Forsyth, of the government secret
service.
Dr. Rogers was taken before Com¬
missioner Broyles and was informed
that he could give a preliminary bond
of $1,QD0, but he could not do so and
was Bt } to jail to await an investiga¬
tion. ; j
The Charge against Dr. Rodgers is
that <• *^unterfeiting, believe and the govern¬
ment ers they have woven
a web iJimpossible *'evidenco around him that will
make for him to escape.
It is alleged that he has been making
counterfeit $10 gold pieces, and the
bad money is so cleverly made that
none but an expert can tell it.
With tho alleged counterfeiter, Mr.
Forsyth captured a complete counter¬
feiting apparatus. It is so perfect
that all the court officers were sur¬
prised. The outfit consists of molds,
metal and a battery for plating the
coins. The coins were all made from
britannia and were then plated with
gold. The coins have been in general
circulation through tho country in
which the doctor lives.
Dr. Rogors was taken before Com¬
missioner Broyles, and when arraigned
he waived preliminary examination and
was asked to give a bond for $3,000.
i
/a. Year in Advance
He said he was uuable to do this and
was remanded to jail. Dr. Rogers is
well known throughout the state. He
has been located at Waco for a number
of years and has a number of children
there. The government officers claim
that they have a very strong case
against the doctor, and that when it
comes to trial he will be convicted.
He will be held until he can 'make
bond. *
A PITCHED BATTLE
Between Negroes and Whites in Cobb
County.
A serious riot occurred Thursday
night near the midnight hour about
half way between Smyrna and Bolton,
Ga., and as a result of it one white
man, Charley Dowda, is wounded by
being shot in the hand. Other whites
whose names have not been obtained
were olso wounded. Four negroes are
badly wounded by gun and pistol shots
and one, it is thought, may have died.
The riot was the outgrowth of an at¬
tempted criminal assault the day before
by Jess Hardeman, a negro about
twenty-soven years old, upon Mrs. Joe
Robinson, near Smyrna.
A warrant was secured for Harde¬
man’s arrest and since then almost a
continuous search has been carried on
by a party of indignant citizens.
Jess Hardeman was seen late Thurs
dry afternoon in the neighborhood of
Smyrna and this caused the posse to
rodouble their efforts.
A large body of well-armed men
scoured the country for miles around,
A report became current in' Smyrna
that the negro had been caught and
that the crowd had lynched him by
hanging him from Collier’s bridge,
near Bolton.
John Hardeman, the father of the
boy, and Tom Hardeman, his brother,
Berry Smith and Berry Padgett,
armed with guns and other weapons,
started for the bridge. They had
gone nearly to it and becoming satis¬
fied that it was only a rumor about
Jesse Hardeman having been lynched,
turned arouud to retrace ’ their steps
when they met a large body of search¬
ers after tho negro "\r'l tbo^ »<ot- eo
curred.
STANDARD WAGON CO. FAILS.
Liabilities Are Stated to be $400,000
and Assets $300,000.
The Standard Wagon company at
Cincinnati has assigned to Edward S.
Ritchie, assets $300,000, liabilities
$400,000. Although the company con¬
fessed judgment to the Merchants’ Na¬
tional bunk for $32,000, the failure
created a stir, as it was considered by
some heavier than $400,000 in liabili¬
ties.
Several years ago the company as¬
signed and after considerable litiga¬
tion the assignment was raised. The
liabilities were then about $900,000.
Since then that debt has been reduced
about $500,000. The company has
done a good business and has paid the
debts that have been met out of the
earnings of the business.
Before the assignment the Standard
company bought out the Davis Car¬
riage Company. Ou the sum due there
has been paid about $100,000, and
there is about the same amount due.
The notes for that arc falling due all
the timo and tho company has not
been able to meet them without bor¬
rowing money. The company’s credit
was not good, and money oould not
bo raised on its real estate.
“GRAVEYARD” INSURANCE.
A Gigantic Swindle Being Aired In
Court.
Tho hearing of what is known as the
graveyard insurance swindle cases at
Beaufort, N. C., there being twenty
five in all, was begun Tuesday before
two magistrates. It developed that
one of them was the son-in-law of one
of the defendants—a fact which it hod
been sought to conoeal—and he was
forced to withdraw under fire and an¬
other justice was substituted.
One case was heard during the day,
it being that of Charlos Arthur a
street beggar who had been represent¬
ed as a robust man with a fine heredi¬
tary record, whereas he had had con¬
sumption of the bowels for two years
and died a few months after having
been insured for $9,000. The applica¬
tions, signatures, etc., in his name had
all been forged. A great crowd is at¬
tending tho preliminary hearing.
A Beaufort, N. G., special says that
a warrant for another arrest in con¬
nection with the alleged insurance
swindle has been issued. The accused
is Dr. L. W. Perkins, formerly of
Morehead City, but now practicing at
Newport, N. C.
MARYLAND’S PUOHIBS.
They Meet in Baltimore aud Nominate
a State Ticket.
Maryland’s prohibitionists closed a
two days’ meeting at Baltimore Thurs¬
day afternoon. Four hundred and six
enthusiastic opponents of the liquor
traffic, representing all the counties of
the state, took part in the deliberations
of the body. The convention nomi¬
nated the following ticket: For gover¬
nor, Joshua Levering, of Baltimore;
for comptroller, Dr. J. L. Nicodemus,
of Frederick county; for attorney
general W. Frank * Tucker, of Balti¬
more.
NUMBER 28.
If You
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Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
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And will send me a postal card or let¬
ter stating where you are going,
when you are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are in your
party, what freight and
baggage you have,
I will write you or call at your
house and furnish you with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest fates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated laud pamphlets, resort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap farming lands in Mis¬
souri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Texas.
A. A. GALLAGHER,
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IKON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
QUARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J. BATES, 5
* Attoriiey-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA
Special attention to collections and
criminal practice.
y # L. WATTS,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
L, HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will praotice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties
J # S. FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits voui
JJcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
JIIOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought the entire Livery
business of Calaway & Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
L P. BAGWELL, M. D •5
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solicits a
share of the patronage.
W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Snrgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to the
people of this section. Calls oheer
i'ully answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding oountry.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in each month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronio diseases.
We iiaye Money to Loan at 6 per cent.
On farm or city property in any sec¬
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immediate loans where security and
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