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Carter cto Ucartsoll, Putolisliers.
VOLUME XV.
THE SULTAN YIELDS
WILL SIGN THE PLAN OF RE¬
FORM IN ARMENIA
As Demanded by England, France
and Russia.
A special cable dispatch from Con¬
stantinople Pasha is to the tff et that Said
has accepted the scheme for re¬
form in Armenia drawn up by Great
Britain, Franee and Russia, and it now
awaits the signature of the sultan.
The scheme is almost identical with
the proposals of lust May, in sub¬
stance, that the governors and vice
governors Kharut of Van Erzeroum, Sivati,
and Trebisond, be Christians
or Mussulmans, according to the in¬
clination of the population; but either
the governor or vice governor is to be
a Christian, and the appointments are
to be confirmed by the powers. Local
and state officials are to collect the
taxes and enough money is to be re¬
tained before it is forwarded to Con¬
stantinople to pay the expenses of the
local administration. Complete changes
will be made in the judicial system.
Torture will be abolished.
The police will be composed of
Christians and Turks equally, and the
laws agaiust compulsory conversions
to Islamism will be strictly enforced.
The ambassadors of the powers ex¬
pect that the whole question will be
finally settled during the course of the
week by the promulgation of an impe¬
rial decree. Contrary to general ex¬
pectation the high commissioner who
will be charged with the execution of
this scheme of reform will be a Chris¬
tian. This was the hardest pill fy«
the Porto to swallow and for a lone
time it threatened to bring about the
most serious complications.
PLEADING FOR CUBAN’S.
Sympathy Meeting Hl<I at Wilming¬
ton, Delaware.
A representative gathering of 1,50
persons met, at the court house at Wil
mington, Del., Saturday evening, to
express sympathy fur Cuba. One hun¬
dred were on the stage, including
prominent business men and politi
ciatis^ adopted: The following resolntim ^ wer*
“Whereas, Free citizens of the state
of Delaware, we are in dim meeting
assembled fur the purpose of v icing
our sympathy with the stru g'e of tin
people of the island of Cuba for inde¬
pendent; ■ and self-government.
“Whireas, The history of the pres¬
ent and all former revolts of Cubs
from the rule of Spain shows lhat the
attempts of the Spanish government
to retain its dominion of that island
are marked by .such cruelties and in¬
humanities as are not by the laws of
nations permitted or practiced in civ
ilized warfare; now, therefore, be it
“Resolved, That we extend to the
Cubans now in revolt our full and sin¬
cere sympathy with their present con¬
test for political freedom. That as
free citizens of a free country, in ex
ereise of our right of petition and in
the name of humanity, we respectful
ly ask our national government, as
soon as it is consistent with interna
tional obligation, to recognize the Cn
baa revolutionists as belligerents, t<
the end that a recognized status of
belligerency may appeal to the com¬
mon judgment of the civilized world
for » mitigation of the merciless char¬
acter of the warfare waged agaiust
them.”
WARD SKIPS OUT.
A Memphis Man (Jets Away with Three
Hundred thousand Dollars.
A. K. Ward, secretary, treasurer
and manager of the Memphis, Tenn.,
Barrel and Heading Company, has
been missing several days. Ward is
wanted because of the liberty he is
said to have taken with the names of
rich relatives and business friends,
which were potent with bankers.
Later developments in the shortage
of Ward show that bis forgerits will
amount to about $300,000. Of this
$75,000 is held by local banks, $40,
000 in New York city, $12,000 in
Chicago and the remainder by firms
and individuals in Memphis. Ward
enjoyed unlimited confidence in busi¬
ness and social circles and he secured
money on forged notes from at least a
dozen widows in amounts running
from $1,000 to $50,000. He also bor¬
rowed the savings of the employes of
the firm of which he was general man¬
ager and gave them spurious notes for
it. No one knows what he did with
the money, but there are no traces of
his gambling, speculating or dissipa
ting. The best information to be had
shows that half of the money was se¬
cured within the last six months.
Watd and his wife are en route for
British Honduras on the steamer
Breakwater.
Children Cremated.
Mrs. Miner, living south of Magno
lia, Ark., locked her two children,
aged six and four years in a room
while she went to a neighbor’s home.
While gone the house caugtt fire and
the children were cremated. The
mother.it is thought, wil! lose her
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SPRiNG PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GA.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1895.
CORBKTT ON TRIAL.
Charged With Contemplating an As¬
sault on “Lanky Bob.”
Champion Corbett arrived in Hot
Springs Friday morning at 11:20 from
his training quarters at Spring Lake
and was met at the depot by Sheriff
Houpt, Alanager Brady, Joe Vendig
and other friends and the officials of
the Florida Athletic Club. There was
a great crowd of people at the
depot to witness the arr ; val of the
party. Corbett, Brady and the sher¬
iff entered a carriage and drove to the
office of Justice of the Peace W. A.
K rk, where everything appeared to be
in readiness for the judicial proceed¬
ings that had evidently been agreed
upon. The sheriff presented his pris¬
oner to the court. At this juncture
Air. Alartin, attorney for Corbett, en¬
ter* d the court room and presented a
petition for a writ of habeas corpus
addressed to Hon. LelandLeatherman,
judge of the chancery court of Garland
county. The
warrant for the arrest of Cor¬
bett was issued npuu a complaint by
prosecuting Attorney Teague that
Corbett has threatened to engage in
a prize fight or glove contest with one
Robert I* itzsimmons and has threaten
edandis about to commit, an assault
and battery upon the person of tin
sa.d Robert Fitzsimmons, which as
Htuiit and battery is of a character en¬
dangering human life.
The petition of Corbett was granted
and the prisoner was arraigned before
Chancery Judge Leatherman at about
noon.
The first witness to take the stand
nyCft was Joseph Vendig, by whose te-timo
was proven that the defendant
b,nd made an agreement to engage in a
glove contest in this city on October
31ft with one Robert Fitzsimmons for
a purse of 041,000, under the auspices
of the Florida Athletic Club.
Belore the testimony of Mr. Vendig
was c mpleted Attorney Martin re¬
quested the chancellor to allow Mr.
Corbett to d> part for Little Rock,
whore he had an engagement to show
Friday night. The chaucellor granted
the ri quest, but r* qmred the sheriff to
send a deputy with him to see that he
returned ou the morrow. The court
then adjourned until Saturday at 1:30
o’clock p. m.
Favorable to Sluggers.
Chancellor Leatherman, after hear
nig testimony Saturday evening, ren¬
dered judgment that the act under
which it is sought to prevent the prize
fight did not constitutionally pass the
legislature. The chancellor quoted
from the state constitution, the legis¬
lative records, the rules of the two
houses of the legislature and from the
decision in the case of Smith against
Campbell as a precedent to establish
his conclusion.
The judge concluded as follows:
“The court holds that the contest is
legal. The court finds that prize
fighting is brutal and an offense at
common law ; that a party engaged in
a prize fight will be guilty of a misde¬
meanor at common law. The writ of
habeas corpus is granted and the pris¬
oner ordered discharged from cus¬
tody.”
This judgment is comprehensive and
is an absolute declaration of the inva¬
lidity of the legislative acts of 1891
and 1895, the first making prize fight¬
ing and glove contests a felony and the
amending act of 1893 a mi-demeanor
punishable by a fine of from $1,000 to
$2,500. Corbett is at liberty and
preparations ure in progress for the
great contest.
After the decision had been render¬
ed the attorneys for the state stated
that they would appeal the case to the
supreme court as quickly as it is pos¬
sible to expedite the making of trans¬
cripts.
It is given out semi-officially that
Governor Clarke, alter hi aring of
Leatherman’s decision, bus decide ! to
issue his proclamation warning the
Florida Atheletic Club against further
preparations at Hot Spriugsand ordi r
ing the state malitia to hold itself iii
readiness tor immediate action.
JAPAN FORCED TO YIELD.
Could Not Defy the Demands of Three
European Powers.
Advices by mail from Tokio, Japan,
dated September 27th to the Associated
Frees state that Japan has been forced
to comply with Russia’s demand for a
speedy withdrawal of the Japanese
troops from Liago Tung.
France and Germany joined in the
demand and ihe Japanese gov -rnm'-nt
was in no position to defy three Eu¬
ropean powers. The announcement of
Russia’s purpose took Japan by sur¬
prise.
This proceeding has caused renewed
bitterness in Japan against Europeans.
The Japanese abo charge their own
ministers with conniving at the nation’s
dishonor.
Famous Trick Horse Killed.
A freight wreck occurred at Water
bury, Conn., when two parts of a
broken train came together. Ten cars,
loaded with trotting horses, live stock
f'. d o^er exhibits from the Danbury
1a * r were crusht d and thrown down a
forty foot embankment. Mazeppa
the famous champion trick horse of
tho world > valued at $40,000, was m
stantly killed. One man was fatally
iDjured and two others seriously hurt.
“Tell tlae Trutli.”
GUNBOATS LAUNCHED.
The Nashville and Wilmington Duly
Christened.
The launching of the gunboats
Nashville and Wilmington at Newport
News, Vn., Saturday was made the oc¬
casion of an unusual naval demonstra¬
tion, Admiral Bunce assembling the
north Atlantic squadron in Hampton
Beads, opposite the shipyards, and
Secretary Herbert, with a distinguish¬
ed party, coming from Washington by
special steamer to participate. A bore
and afloat a profusion of flags and
large crowds of people made a brill¬
iant spectacle. T he event was remark¬
able, as it was the first instance on
record of two warships being launched
on the same day from a single set of
ways.
The Nashville was christened by
Miss Emma Thompson, daughter of
•lo-i p', H. Thompson, of Nashville,
Te while the same honors wt-re
1». rf lined on the Wilmington by Miss
A. jj. Gray, daughter of Senator Gray,
of Delaware. A banquet followed the
exercises.
VENEZUELA WILL RESIST.
Orders Placed for Ten Lato Improved
Maxim Guns,
That the Venezuelan question is ap
proaching an acute stage, with possi¬
bilities of resistance by the South
American government to British ag¬
gression, was signified by disclosures
made in New York Sunday on
the best authority. The govern¬
ment of Venezuela is providing
itself with modern armament, and
among other supplies has ordered ten
improved Maxim guns from the Brit¬
ish firm which manufactures them.
The order was not placed through any
Venezuelan firm, and the English
house, it is supposed, does not know
the destination of the goods. At the
same time the syndicate of United
States capitalists which has secured
concessions on the Venezuelan gold
lands claimed by great Britain is pre
paring to send large forces of pros¬
pectors, miners and women into the
field.
VICK PRKSIDENT STEVENSON
Visits the Exposition With Members
of His Family.
The vice . present of the United
.States. Atlanta .Horn early Adlnf Friday ^ovenspn,
morning on the
Western and Atlantic through train
from Bloomington, III., his home. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Stevenson,
Miss Julia Stevenson, Miss Letty
Stevenson, Mr. Lewis Steven-on, and
Mr. S. H. Kerfoot, of Chicago.
In an interview with Mr. Stevon«ou
he stated that he did not at present
intend to bo in Atlanta longer than
two or three days.
In the afternoon the party were
driven out to the exposition grounds,
attended by a special committee ap¬
pointed by the exposition authorities.
The party were entertained during the
remainder of their stay by the various
social organizations of the city.
EMPLOYES I OCKED OUT.
Bicycle Factories ot' Toledo Close
Their Doors.
A dispatch from Toledo, O., states
that the sirike inaugurated there has
been turned into a lockout. The tool
makers in all the bicycle fact' ries, ex¬
cept in the Viking and in the m tohiue
shops of the city, struck for ten per
cent advance in wages. Th Manufac¬
turers’ association declined to accord
to their demands and Friday morning
po-ted notices on the doors of their
establishment announcing that they
are closed. This makes nearly 5,000
men who are idle.
Not a bicycle factory is at work in
any department, except the Viking.
The foundries are. at work, but other¬
wise everything in iron and steel mau
ufaeturihg is at a standstill.
FORAKER CHALENGES BRICE.
Is Ready to Open Debate at Any Time
or Place.
A dispatch from Eaton, O., says:
Ex-Governor Foraker has openly
challenged Senator Brice or any
of his followers to a joint de¬
bate to be neld at any place and at
any time. The reason for this is on
account of an editorial in a morning
paper entitled “Where Is Brice?”
Foroaker answered that he knew he
did not have a head of hair like Brice,
hut he did have his “political convic¬
tions,” and that if there was a repre¬
sentative of the paper in the audience
he wanted him to state to that paper
that he was ready at any time for a
joint debate, where ho would answer
all of Brice’s questions, and then he
would have some to ask Brice.
Maekay’s Son Killed.
A cable dispatch from Paris states
that John W. Mackay, Jr., eldest son
of John W, Mackay, of San Fran¬
cisco, died Saturday morning from in¬
juries received by being thrown from
his horse. The body will be sent tt
San Francisco for burial,
Colonel Kell Improving.
The physicians attendant upon Ad¬
jutant General Kell state that he if
improving, and each day brings re
newed hopes of his ultimate recovery.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
The Savannah Cadets have chal¬
lenge! the Georgia Hussars for a team
shoot on Thanksgiving day.
* * •
In some of the prohibition counties
Contraband whisky is being put np in
turuato cans and sold for canned fruit.
* « *
The executive committee of the peo¬
ple’s party held a meeting in Warren
*ou Wednesday. They decided to con¬
test Major Black’s election.
* * *
The Augusta Chronicle predicts that
there will be a larger crowd in Atlanta
to greet President Cleveland than when
lie came to the city eight years ago.
* • *
A charter has been granted> to a
company to build a telephone line
from Jefferson, Jackson county, to
Athens, and work will begin »b it at
once.
* * •
The county commissioners of Wilcox
have decided to issue a pamphlet de¬
scriptive of the county and its re¬
sources. That county is rapidly filling
op with western immigrants.
* • •
The revenue men are beginning to
have a regular picnic in the country.
Daily arrests are being made for deal¬
ing in the ardent. Peach brandy
seems to be the common drink of the
country.
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One of the Georgia editors says that
if the legialature will tax worthies*
curs, invent a law which will prevent
yearling boys from carrying cheap
pistols and check the sale of cigarettes,
all its former shortcomings will be for¬
given.
* « *
Macon has a novel scheme to boycott
renting agents. It is called a house
renting association, in which the mem
>ers pledge j themselves to rent onlydi
' V-ssissiiav fron landlords, thus saving the
; .i ' " / p-Pd renting
agents.
* * •
A McIntosh gentleman says that ho
has been living in that county for forty
years, and that whisky drinking has
been on the decrease every year since
that time. It is refreshing to find
some one who is ready to admit that
we are as good as our daddies were,
says the Brunswick Times.
* * «
The county school commissioners of
Georgia met in convention at the Cap¬
itol Wednesday. Their session was
productive of much good to the pub¬
lic school system of the slate, for they
were summoned by State School Com¬
missioner Glenn to consider matters of
importance bearing on the work that
has been intrusted to them.
Charles B. Moling, Columbus, O.,
who recently purchased the Patterson
plantation, near Macon, through Geo.
W. Duncan & Co., for $33,000. has
arrived and taken possession of the
place. He will subdivide it into small
farms for settlers. He is also interest¬
ed in erecting a new modern hotel
here, and says if local men will furnish
the site he will build a $250,000 hotel.
I. B. Massey, who is farming a few
few miles from Washington, Wilkes
county, made this year on a ten horse
farm 150 bales of cotton, with an
abundance of corn, fodder, etc., to
run him next year. This is an aver¬
age of fifteen bales to the horse. A
conservative estimate makes Mr. Mas¬
sey’s receipts from his farm from $3,500
to $4,500. Mr. Massey says he made
his calculation on 4 cent cotton, and
would have made money at that price.
According to a Savannah correspon¬
dent the new road law does not work
very well in Chatham county. The
superintendent of roads summoned
forty citizens of the county districts
to work one of the roads a few days
ago and only half of them responded
and only two or three of them came
prepared to work. The others took
it out under the shade trees along the
road. The parties summoned will be
a-ked to appear before the county
comm issioners to show why they did
not properly answer the summons.
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“The ordinary of Hall county is in
a dilemma,” says the Georgia Cracker.
“A petition has been filed with the or¬
dinary asking that an election be held
under the local option law in that
county. The local option law says that
the election shall be held within forty
days. The registration law of the
state says that the voters shall have
thirty days, beginning fifty days be¬
fore an election is held, to register.
The ordinary does not see exactly how
he can comply with both laws and does
not know which to follow.”
Mr. J. _ C. MeMichael, of Allan
one
ta’s prominent newspaper men, passed
•
fix a Tear in Advance
away a few days ago. His death was
expected, as ho had been extremely
low for several week*. Air. MeMichael
was well known throughout the state,
having been in the newspaper business
for a number of years. It was five
years ago that Air. MeMichael removed
to Atlanta from Bartlesville, Ga. He
was a wide-awake newspaper man, and
was one of the owners of The Atlanta
Herald, whose short history is well
known. After The Herald went down
he begau work on The Christian In¬
dex, which paper he edited for four
years successfully.
Savannah is making a strenuous ef¬
fort to net a public building of Geor¬
gia mnible. Congressman Bufus B,
Lester has gone on to Washington to
see Secretary Carlisle, and he is arm¬
ed with some concessions which the
contractors, Miles & Bradt, of At
lanta, are willing to make in order
that the desired marble may be se¬
cured. They say they will build the
first story of marble pending the se¬
curing of an extra appropriation from
congress. Then, if the appropriation
is secured, they will go on with the
marble structure, and if not, they will
flni-h it according to the present con¬
tract.
The governor has grauted a pardon
to Charles Kelly, who has been in the
penitentiary for twenty-three years.
Kelly’s case is one that has attracted
a great deal of attention, He was
charged in 1872 with the murder of
Captain Hardeman, of Newton county.
The evidence against him was circum¬
stantial, but he was convicted and sen¬
tenced to death. The case was taken
to the supreme oourt, where the judg¬
ment was affimred, bnt the court evi¬
dently believed that the case was not
one that warranted the extremest pen¬
alty, and ordered that there be a re¬
sentence. Judge John I. Hall, who
wag then presiding judge, but who did
not preside at the first trial, sent Kelly
to the penitentiary for life.
Bn Important Land Suit.
A permanent injunction has been
granted by Judge Sweat at Way cross,
restraining the Brooks Lumber Com¬
pany from trespassing on 8,000 acres,
more or less, belonging to the Dyal &
Upohuroh Cumpany by deeds from the
heirs of John Forsyth. The injunc¬
tion will continue in force until the
fall term of Charlton oourt, when the
case will be given a trial by jury. The
land referred to in the injunction is
situated in the bend of St. Mary’s
river on the Florida line. It is the
most important land suit ever in the
courts of south Georgia and it will be
several months before the end will be
reached. Nearly $100,000 is involved
in the suit. The whole population of
Charlton county is more or less direct¬
ly interested in the result.
Their Hanging Postponed.
Judge Smith, at Jeffersonville, has
granted a supersedeas in the cases of
Mrs. Nobles and Gus Fambles, and has
set a bearing of the motions for Octo¬
ber 29 th at Mount Vernon. Attorney
Harris makes two motions in Mrs. No¬
bles’s behalf. One is to set the ver¬
dict aside and the other is for a new
trial, while Attorney Cooper makes a
motion for a new trial for Fambles.
The counts are voluminous. Ti irty
two are embraced in the second motion
of Mr. Harris. The principal giounds
of both is that the evidence did not
warrant the verdict and the abandon¬
ment by counsel.
It is rumored that one or more of
the jury who found the verdict against
these parties heard the evidence as de¬
livered on oath before the coroner’s
jury. This is doubtful, though it may
be so.
The G. S. & F. Booming.
The first annual meeting of the
stockholders of the reorganized Geor¬
gia Southern and Florida Railway
Company was held last Wednesday at
the office of the company in Macon.
President Sam Spencer, of the South¬
ern railway, was not present, but he
was represented by Vice President A.
ol Major
J. r. llatison was chosen chairman and
Mr. W. G. Solomon was elected secre¬
tary. The minutes of the last meeting
of the stockholders held in Atlanta ou
May 22, 1895, were read and approved.
The committee on by-laws reported a
set of by-laws for the company, which
were adopted. President Shaw, of
the board of directors, read his auuuui
report, which contained some very in¬
teresting figures, showing the gross
receipts and expenditures of the road
and the splendid physical condition of
the property. The report demon¬
strated that the Georgia Southern is a
fine paying road ; that its business is
steadily increasing, ami the annual net
earuings very gratifying. The report
was really an excellent endorsement of
the past administration of Receiver
Sparks, for t he figures were based on
the operations of the road while Re¬
ceiver Sparks was at the helm.
To Build Two Big Ships.
The North American Lloyd Steam
ship company has orders from a ship
building firm at Govau, a suburb of
Glasgow, Scotland, for two steamships
whose dimensions will exceed those of
the Campania and the Lucania.
NUMBER" »> 9.
If You
ARE GOING TO
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
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 rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated land 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
anti IKON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
(QUARLES N. KINO,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J # J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collection* and
criminal practice.
y l, watts. ,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
Q L, HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining countiea
J # S. I ANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
solicits your mitronajze.
JJcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
rjIIOMAS 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.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
share of the patronage.
W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to the
people of this section. Calls cheer¬
fully answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in each month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
We haw Money to Loan at 6 per cent,
On farm or city property in any sec¬
tion of country where property has a
fixed market value. Money ready for
immediate loans where security and
title is good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
I * non request. ALLEN & CO.,
40-42 Broadway, N. Y.