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TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES!
A Big Ad. Will
Sell Youh Goods:
It attracts new customers and holds
the old ones. People will forget you
and your goods if you don’t constantly
“jog their memory.”
A Little Ad. Will
Bring back your stray animal,
find a purchaser for your house and lot,
horse and buggy, or anything else.
TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES 1
CALL AND THE CUBANS
Florida Senator Presents a New
Phase of the Question.
READ A KEY WEST TELEGRAM
It Recited the Arrest of Americans and
Mr. Call Offered a Resolution Demand¬
ing Their Immediate Release aud Con¬
siderable Debate Felle .. «d—House Chap
lain Frays For Clara Barton.
Washington, Jan. 21. — Mr. Call
(Dem., Fla.) presented a now phase of
the Cuban question iu the senate. Ho
read a telegram from Key West as
follows:
Marquis Rodriguez has been taken from
steamer Olivette last Wednesday. Louis
Bammallien and son also taken at Havana.
All American citizens. Get them out of
grasp of Spanish authorities.
Mr. Call offered a resolution executive reciting
the arrests and ascertain direoting if the just
authorities to any cause
for the arrest existed and if not, to de¬
mand their immediate release.
Mr. Hoar Suggested that the tone of
the resolution was too imperative.
There seemed to be an idea, Mr. Hoar
said, that the senate of tho United
States is a constantly loaded cannon, time
which can ho touohed off at any
by a senator. The senator urged an in¬
quiry of the state department before a
demand.
Mr. Call again returned to the Cu¬
ban subject by asking Mr. Sherman
what was to bo dono as to another pend¬
ing resolution asking the state depart¬
ment for information furnished by the
United States consul in Cuba.
Mr. Sherman replied that he regarded might
the resolution inexpedient. It
endanger tho consuls aud thousands of
lives if confidential communications
Were made public. The senate should
not attempt to draw mysteries—if depart¬ there
were mysteries—from tho state
ment at the time of war. Such action
was needless unless the secretary of
state was not doing his duty, which
was not Qull apparent. did further his
Mr. not press res¬
olution.
Chaplain Coudiu in the house invoked
the divine guidance for Oiara Barton of
tho Rod Cross society iu the efforts of
that organization for the relief of the
Buffering bill Armenians.
A way passed approving various
acts of th.' territorial legislature of Now
Marino authorizing several issues of
| *"Ms aggrcjjViting $155,060. By the
Harrison hoj the territory
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P^Tia Week.
. i6.— There was an
■IfJlGrow P^Tpisodeii.------... Pa.), who declared
(Rop., of
that the New York ehambor com
merce, in a pamphlet printed by them
&nd widely circulated, had cast house. rebec
tious upon the good faith of the
Grow demanded to he allowed to speak and
upon it as a question of privilege,
was proceeding to speak when Mr.
Crisp (Dem., Ga.) made the point that
the pamphlet presented no question of
privilege. Here the speaker ruled that no ques¬
tion of privilege was presented, where¬
upon Mr. Grow took his seat, saying:
T^ e houseThmi tl
rosumed tho cousid
eration of tho pension bill and an order
was adopted .that general debate be
closed and the'.'bill be taken up by par
SrtheVminutei-ule! 011 ° f th ° U ° US0
In tie senate Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb )
called attention to the indefinite post
npnementof his bill prohibiting Ameri
chu citizens from receiving occurred foreign
titles, decorations, etc. It
through an oversight of his aud he asked
that the measure go to-the calendar
for consideration as the people did not
believe in this un-Deinocratic practice
and wanted it stopped. Tho request
was agreed Hunsborougb to. (Rep., N. D.), from ,
Air. reported
the committee on agriculture,
favorably tho resolution directing the
tribution of seeds aud of government P
publicatioiiB president
Washington, Jan. 17,-The
sent a special message to tho house urg
ing the necessity for immediate legisla
tion to extend the limit of time within
which suits can bo brought by the g v
eminent to annul grants of public lauds.
He called attention to the numerous
complications railroads to that grants had that arisen overlapped between
as
and the necessity for adjustment The
time in which suits can be if brought ex
pires March 8 1896 M thc time
limit were allowed to expire then a por
th™Went^y7in of H tlie ^/^ mt The il gover > umunt°
conclusion, should
hot be prevented from going into the
OOUrts and righting wrongs perpetrated
byj.ts a ? ent l*' most , unusual , demonstra- , „
xnere was a
tion at the opening of the session of the
house The blind chaplain, whose ar
Sant Americanism has frequently fervently occa- for
sioned remark, Cuba’’ prayed and the of
“struggling For “success
her battle the independence,” sentiments he aud had when ex
he ooncluded hearty round of
pressed were given a
applause, 20.—Unusual in
Washington, Jan.
terest attached to the senate proceed
s^eralZpo P rtantqmslCindudin foreign g a
relations report from the committee on
on the Monroe doctrine, and
an effort by Mr. Pugh to secure a vote,
according to notice given on his resolu
tion reaffirming the historic Stanley
Matthews resolution paid that in government
Obligations should be the money
-Current when they were were incurred
namely —----- silver as well as gold.
Mr. Davis (Rep., Minn.), of the com
mlttee on foreign relations, arose as
soon as the routine proceedings were all
disposed of and submitted a favorable
report on the resolution framed by him
enunciating the Monroe doctrine. It
was rend from the desk, receiving close
attention. resolution
At CA" 0 ' st, the
wettt Mr. Crain
tlit; froiiao iuuC, HB0&&
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Vol. IV.
bill extending the timo in which
somnlete the work of improving Arab
sas Pass, Tex. (Dem.,
On motion of Mr. Richardson
Tenu.) a bill Was passed of to incorporate
the supreme council thirty-third sotth- de¬
gree Soottisli Rite Masons for the
era jurisdiction of the United Status.
_ donate
Seven bills wore passed the First to regiment con¬ of
demned cannon to
North Carolina; city of Hastings, Mich.;
W. H. Wallace post, El Dorado, Kan.;
Shaw post, Leavenworth, Kan.; Stone
River Ridge post, Sedan, Farm, Ills.; Kan..; Linooln'post, C. A. _Glark
Post, the city of
Hope Valley, R. I., and
Newton, R. I.
The president’s message in reply to
the resolution of the house calling upon
him for information as to what steps, if
any, had been taken in relation to the
Bayard and Edinburgh, speeches Scotland, at Boston, England, laid be¬
Was
fore the house. The message and cor¬
respondence were roferred to the com¬
mittee on foreign relations.
The house then went into committee
of the whole, Mr. Payne (Rep., N. Y.)
in the chair, for the consideration of the
military academy appropriation bill.
COTTON PRODUCERS MEET.
All Heartily In Favor of a Reduced Acre¬
age—President Lane Spol®.
Memphis, Jau. 21.— Tho convention
of cotton producers, called by President
.Hector D. Lane of the American Cotton
Growers Protective association, to take
action to effect a continuation of de¬
creased acreage, wgs called to order in
this city by Colonel John R. Godwin,
president, from Tennessee, of the asso¬
ciation.
Fully 1,000 delegates were iu tho hall
at the time. Prominent planters from
every cotton producing state are in at¬
tendance, Texas and Arkansas having earnest¬ a
large representation, manifested and great of tho
ness was in support
proposition to decrease the acreage.
Delegates without exception express the
belief that the lesson taught tho south
this season by benefits derived from re¬
duced cotton production and the home
production of all supplies will not be
forgotten at planting time. Many pre¬
dict a cotton crop for 189(1 not to exceed
the ono of 1885.
Immediately after the call of tho con¬
vention to order, Colonel Godwin in¬
troduced. President Lane, who made an
eloquent and earnest plea for the do
croase of tho acreage.
“Hold down your cotton,” said Mr.
Dane, “and you will dictate tho price,
bn! produce a 3,000,000-bale surplus and
Liverpool will pay you what it sees fit.”
At tho conclusion of Mr. Lane’s ad¬
dress, committees were appointed aud on
permanent organization, credentials
T TRIPLE 7W
’m an Shoots HU -In.
Law anil ji^^^S^-Nows
Fokt Wokth, Tex.,
reached boro of a ti-iplo tragedy at
Montague county. The wife
Ed Stewart refused to lire with him
account of bad treatment, and went
her father, John Hudson, about two
distant.
Dming the night Stewart went to
and- tried to induce his wife
return, and on her refusing shot her
the head, causing instant doatln JHo
then shot Hudson’s wifo’sjathei;, Jolt
him, and then blew out his own
The parties were all wfll known and
well to do.
LARGE LOSS OF LIFE.
P*> *“ * n,,s » ia, ‘ T ^, oat " Causetl a
Forty-Nine Dean,
New York, Jan. 21.—A dispatch to
qq, e jp C2 . a iq from St. Petersburg says:
A dispatch from Ekaterinoslav, capital
of the government of that name m
South Russia, gives the details of a fire
that occurred in a theater there, caus
j n g large loss of life. The fire was dig
00 v 01 . e d while a performance was going
on Spectators became panic stricken
and nia d e a wild rush for the exits,
p or t v . u ino bodies have already been who
ta ^„ n ou g a number of persons
ar0 known to have been in the theater
still missing.
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Chicago Gets the Convention,
Washington, Jan. 18.—Tho national
»»'>«» *** «< ta
twenty-ninth ballot should , that be held the next in Chicago natiou
ai convention
on July 7 There were four cities in the
contest, Chicago, New Omcin
nati and St. Louis, and the lat»t ballot
stood : Chicago, 26; St. Louis, 24; Cm
cinuati, 1; h ew York, (.___
Fatal " reck Ia " _ e9t v ,r s inia -
Steubenville, O., Jan. 16.—While a
“ train was going through Col¬
J* ^ , i n West Vireinia Inekstbomid several
J Vain along aud into
u eame ran
t Engineer Rogers of
East Liverpool was instantly seriollsly killed hurt and
was 60
that he uni die._
Several Persons Fatally Burned,
Cincinnati, ’ Jan. 20.—Jocoh Bruehel,
Ins wife, .. and , ■_ vear-old ... boy
a barber, ,
were fatally burned at their residence
onKnowlton street, Cumminsville, from
the effects of an explosion of a gasoline
s t 0 ve. The father received his injuries
trying to save his sick child after the
bed had caught fire,
Suicide at Evansville.
Evansville, In-: , Jan. 20.—William
g tQ j ncc her, a prominent business man
of this rity. it 1*0 a m. shot himself
thr*iagh me- ad with a i v<fiver, after
having wrecked us tLl 0
ment thus by a.i explosion of ponder,
Stemecker < ■a v. idowei.
u iilAOJ c*».
Pkrkv, O. Y„ Jau. 21.—.firs. B. F.
powelson, daughter of a rich retired
merchant, has obtained a divorce from
husband, Joseph Powelson, who ia
~ ... and-wholesale ' ' “—
a well known physician York city Mrs Pow
^off'cSarg diu;-< ^ ^ ::st of _ New
St. Doui* G«*ti the Populist*.
& Louis, Jan. 20. — The national
re ait tec tna Populist party has de
.
r 1
in toi city. . luo convention Will meet
OU July 22. y*
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BULLO & §3 T J %
Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 23,13116.
BUCHANAN’S REPORT.
ft Shows That Argentina Is a Dangerous
Competitor of tho Halted Stated.
WVsHiNcmiN, Jan. 18. —Argentina
continues to loom up as tho great south¬
ern competitor of the United States iu
supplying the world with agricultural
products of the temperate zone and the
figures showing the import and first export
trade of tho country for tho nine
months of 1895, which have been fur¬
nished United to the Minister Btate Buchanan, department indi¬ by
States
cate a steady growth in trade and a
healthy condition of business there.
These figures show a derreaso of $1,
988,085 in imports and an increase of
$13,030,554 iu exports, as compared with
the preceding year. The advance was
specially noticeable in exports of live
animals, flour and butter, tho increase
in the latter indicating a steady devel¬
opment lines of the than agricultural the production population of
in other
wheat. Lumber and kerosene imports
from the United Staten show an in¬
crease.
CHAPMAN CONVICTED.
He Refused to Auswor Questions Put by
the Senate Investigating Committee.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The jury in
the trial of Elvertoli R- Chapman, the
member of the New York stock broker¬
age firm of Moore and Schley, for re¬
fusing to answer questions put by the
senate sugar investigating committee,
returned a verdict of guilty at noon, af¬
ter The being out undoubtedly all night. will be appealed
case
to the court of appeals of t he District of
Columbia aud thence to the United
States supreme court, which ever way
the next highest tribunal decides. The
defonse took numerous exceptions to the
rulings of Judge Cole iu the course of
tho trial, and these exceptions, includ¬
ing objections of the constitutional
grounds,, will bo the basis of the argu¬
ments The on appeal. regarded
Chapman will trial was followed as the a
test case and bo by
trial of Correspondents Edwards and
Shrivor and Broker John W. McCartney
of this city.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
A Woman Breaks Down Under the Strain,
Tells tho Story and < onnnlts Suicide.
% Fort Worth, Tex , Jan. 18.—Mrs.
Lucy Clemens, who “had as a lover a
railway man offthis city, committed sui¬
cide and left letters which revealed de¬
tails of a horrible murder committed
several months ago. She charges that
the man who was her lover and a wo¬
man on whose husband's life tnore was
Ofc l
| and is the best bijWing-upandblGod
jRTTWTnroT-fft^g ’he
starts^ Hod Dr. o and
shot aud. ill Honrv ....... Ool
Her, Dr. who Collier stopped was t»ie between representative them. in
the Georgia legisla lure from his county.
He was very popu ,ar aud his pathetic
death caused tho and' i (ost trough profound regret
at Stateuville the country.
Mr. Miller fled ti [Florida after hav¬
ing fired the fat: shot. He has not
been followed and ho attempt may be
made to arrest him {obtains -
Tho impression hero that he
thought he had Juded the negro and
that Collier lie had not sc®i Dr. Collier. Dr.
and Miller lore stanch friends
for a long time.
‘ , the winners IT were
muroer The by poisoning then me' wnmurwu the F
baud. man married ill
devod man’s widow and collected th 3
insurance money.
This drove Mrs. Clement to despera¬
tion aud she killed herself after having
written letters exposing in the hands the crime. of officers The
letters arc now
who are investigating arid arrests will
follow.
Iloiisrs Destroyed, Inmates Killed.
Boston, ^Jitlia*t8.—Iii a letter just ro
ttM lUw. H- Bnrnum, D. D., of
Halibut, er*r’% eastern Turkey, where prop.
Hie American hoard was burned,
says that reports have been received
from 176 villages in tho vicinity of Har
poot. Those villages this contained 15,490 7,054
Christian houses. Of number
have been burned and 15,845 persons
aro reported killed. Dr. Barnuto adds:
“The reality, I fear, will provo to be
much greater.”
Failure In Fhiladelpliia.
Philadelphia, Jan. 18.— Tho fifth
failure has been reported consequent
upon tho crash of Keen, Sattorloo&Co..
the leather dealers. Charles W. Fink
and Charles II. Heiligman, trading as
Hartley, Fink & Co., morocco manu¬
facturers, have made an assignment.
Liabilities are said to lie at least $76,000.
Several judgments were entered and a
sheriff sale realized between $8,000 aud
$8,500 on the firm’s assets.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New Yoke, Jau. 18.— The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, $5,161,450;
loans, decrease, $4,250,200; specie, in¬
crease, $2,264,800; legal tenders, increase,
$3,181,900; deposits, increase, $1,135,000;
circulation, decrease, $79,200. Tho
banks now hold $32,345,550 iu excess of
the requirements of the 35 per cent rule.
Convicted of Murder.
NASHvn.r.E, Jan. 18.— William and
Victor Hollis, who have been on trial
at McMiuville on a charge of murder¬
ing Carroll Martin in VanBuren county
in August, 1894, were convicted of mur¬
der in the first ilegree. The object of
the murder was to secure a large sum
of money known to be in Martin’s pos¬
session, but it failed.
Queen Again Reported Dead. .
New York, Jan. 18,— A dispatch to
The Herald from Yokohama. Japan,
says: The Queen of Corea is certainly
dead There is no truth in the story
that she escaped from her murderers at
Seoul. Two Coreau dummies have just
been executed for participation in the
murder.
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. Former Owner of Chicago Time* Dead.
New York, Jan. 18.—Mr. Henry B
Chandler, an early resident of Chicago,
aud one of the former owners of the
Chicago Times, died at the residence of
his son-in-law, Colonel Charles S. Diehl,
at Yonkers, N. Y.
An Ex-Attorney General's Opintan.
Cape Town, Jan. 18.— The ex-at
torney general of Cape Colony, Mr
Schreiner, has expressed the opinion
that the British abandoned suzerainty over the
T ral i S yaal was in the con
vention of 1884.
New Orleans Rice Mill Burned.
New Orleans, Jan. 18.—The Cres
cent City rice mill ou Toulouse street
was destroyed by fire. The loss is about
$75,090, well covered by insurance.
Died of Cancer.
Chicago, Jau. 16.—Mrs. Martha E.
Holden, well known to many newspa¬
per readers as “Amber,” died at 8:30 a.
to. at St. Luke’s hospital of caaofL
PARSON ASSASSINATE)
Country Preacher Called to His
Door and Shot Down.
PELL DEAD IH HIS WIPE’S ARMS
A Muu Named Dixon, * Member of the Bar¬
ton's Congregation, Has U»on A.m^tc‘4,
Suspected of Having Committed tho
peed—A Sermon Recently Delivered la
Said to Have Been tho Cause.
Louisville, Jau. 20.—A special to
The Courier-Journal from Toombsboro,
C'i, says: News has just been received
here uf the mysterious assassination of
the Rev. Warren Powors, a well known
country preacher, near Hull’s Station,
this county. Powers was called to his
door at night and shot, falling dead in
the arms of his Wife.
The suspicions of the officers hero have
boon directed to a man named Dixon, and
a member of Powers’ congregation,
he is under arrest.
It is said that last Sunday Mr. Powers
preached marital infelicities a strong of sermon of against tlio com¬
some
munity and Dixon took the sermon
applying to him.
WILL SOON BE RELEASED.
ri-ejdoat Cleveland Hus Decided to Grunt
Lewis Rcdwine a Pardon.
Columbus, O., Jan. 18.—Friends iu
this city have received word that Lewis
Redwino, defaulting cashier of the Gate
City National bank of Atlanta, Ga.,
who is now serving a term iu the Ohio
penitentiary President will soon ho, pardoned of fail¬ by
Cleveland on account
ing health. /
It is'safd a physician’s certificate has
peon obtained that Redwiue cannot
survive his tenu of imprisonment. of
Dr. W. T. Rowles the Ohio peni¬
tentiary, being asked, said that lie be¬
lieved Redwiue, the bank embezzler of
Atlai ta, would not live three months.
Hts usual health is very poor. Ho is
breaking bloodless. down This fast. Hatement, He is Dr. becoming Rowles
says, lias boon marie to tho president offi¬
cially, Redv/huai being applicant for
pardon. j |
SHOT THEkiWRONG MAN.
Miller Intended tiTfCai u Negro But In¬
stead Hit an Cleorgia, Legislator.
WAYcnoas, 1. , Jan. 17.—Word has
boon received brirorn Sjatcnvilic,
Fonder Got a Life Sentence.
Savannah, Jau. M— Thomas V. Pon¬
der was convicted litre of the murder of
rocouu! Fradtgl action ('•an, Jtjje tupthe 6 last, aud of the on
!poiy;en[4f' mercy
court, the rib: - Mi! ' j^speudlris reproached life in
man
Ponder comiirmeefcfi for MfctiffffJ against him be¬
fore a r£ jji!iei] I by which
he partment, w as dischWgm and itfl j||5T ®f*ned the that city Keenan fire de¬
attempted when Ponder to stnjjft pu®y,i Tm pistol with from his fist, his
breast and sbot Jfcsman down. Local
politics was brougif, WagKrong into the case and
the sentiment on both sides.
Chinaman Murdered In Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., /an. 20.—A brutal
murder was committed at the store of
Yip Sang, a Chinaman, on Campbell
street, a few dobra from the union
depot. Tho doad body of the Chinaman
was found in his little store, bearing
evidence of the most brutal and fero¬
cious assault. The skull was ersuhed
in three different places by blows with
a hatchet, and witMKTliife—one these were followed by
stab after severiugf; stab lnt in the
eye, ering one the jugular! jjoslmid Jse, two another three sev¬
the' or
other stabs in A 1JC # ro has
been arrested char gettVith the crime.
Old Liberty Soon to Return.,
Atlanta, Jan. 21.—On the last day
of its this old homo mouth in L££lht la jpondeuce bell will hall, leave for
Phil¬
adelphia. Pennsylvania It will rterurn over the South¬
ern and railroads and ou
the way the symbol of liberty will stop
aud be viewed by the people, perhaps a
little curious, but patriotic just the
same. ,
Struck by the Bridge and Killed.
Macon, Jan. 20.— J. F. Deason, a
young white man aged about 23 years,
was killed while ou top of a freight
train ou the Georgia road, coming from
Augusta to Macon. He was struck over
aud above the eyes by the bridge near
Haddock’s station, in Jones county, a
few miles from Macon, and instantly
killed.
Fatal Fall or a Bridge.
Albany, Ga, Jau 22.—While a force
of hands were at work on tho old
Brunswick aud Western bridge, which
spans the Flint at this place, tearing it
down for removal, oue of the bents
gave way, carrying down with it five
negroes, two of wliom't^p’vM injuries
which are thought to at
Thrown From His Hi jfnd Killed.
Dalton, Ga., Jtm. .— Rev. Mr.
Eldridge, whHe-sm IjJDeback riding,
was thrown from n lorse aaaiust a
tree by the frightc ' mniiu
■i>m
which he died later a| Tunnel niil' aud
was buried at Lee's iSutpel,
Bl»hoj» Harfi P» Dead.
Oxford, Ga., Ja if S, 0. —Bishop Hay
good, the noted dif* passed peace
fully away at Ms h 0c ome' here after
an filuass of several < f*.
Fourteen poisoned.
By the Tlinoly U»e of Stomach Pumps They
Were All Saved, However.
Gallatin, Tenu., Jau. 10.— Fourteen
persons were poisoned at the houso of
T. J. Merry man, a farmer, living threo
miles from Dixon’s Springs, Tenn.
Merrywau had invited a lot of his
neighbors Twenty-eight to assist him assembled in clearing some help
land. to
do the work, and after eating dinner 14
of them were taken violently sick with
all the symptoms of poisoning.
the Physicians of stomach wore summoned and and poison by
use puivs.i
antidotes they succeeded in relieving
their patients. Throe of tho sick, W.
11 Harper, G. Gregory and L. Burris,
are still iu a critical condition.
The physicians state that every symp¬
tom of arsenical poisoning was exhibit
ed.
An investigation suspicion will that be the had, as there
is strong occurrence
was not accidental.
TRAGEDY IN KENTUCKY.
Rival Lovers Quarrel anil Two Dlaiiiter
esteJ FarUvs Aro Shot.
Jackson, Jan. 18.— William Smith
was mortally aud James Frazier dan¬
gerously wounded at Quicksand, this
county, by George Smith. Smith is at
large, search though of a strong posse has gonoiu
him.
Goorge Smith and James Frazier, Jr.,
were iu love with the same girl, and
10 bap '«u , o jealous. mouth They of met Quicksand in a sa
$ the
while under the influence of
knocked liqWP^dngaged Smith in a quarrel. Bystanders Frazier in
down.
torferred and Smith loft the saloon.
met on the outside the elder
aud William Smith, also a relative of
his rival. Without any warning ho lev¬
elled his pistol which ho carried iu
hand, and after shooting botli men at
close raitge continued his flight.
two victims had nothing to do with the
tight, nor did they have any knowledge
of it.
DOUBLE MURDER.
Aii Old Man and His WHe Kilted by five
Masked Men.
Nashville, Jan. 17.—A letter
Flynn’s Lick, in Jackson county,
news of a horrible double murder
mitted near that place. Five
men entered tho house of Joseph Day,
an old farmer, who was reputed to
money hidden away, and demanded
secret of his treasure. Day refused
give it up, and after numerous threats
was taken out of doors and hanged to
tree. Tho Unites then attempted to
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Two large land deals have been
i* US. t»*™~fi ««!»&
wa^fnaiien, aiTU when . she refused
bent her brums out with a club. They
then ransacked the house, hut failed to
find the moiiev. No arrests have been
made.
AN EASY VICTORY.
The British Occupy CooinaiGie Without A
Struggle-General Rejoicing*
Accra, Gold Coast Colony, British
West Africa, Jau. 18.—Tho Ashanti
war is ended. Sir Francis Scott, iu
command of tho British expeditionary
force, has occupied Coomassie, tho capi¬
tal, without opposition. King Prempoh
aceejits all tho British demands.
Prince Henry of Battenberg returned and half
of the white troops have to tho
coast for embarkatioh.
There is general rejoicing among the
natives at the bloodless British of victory
and the prospect of a return trade
and prosperity.
Zimmerman Will Give Up Racing:.
San Francisco, Jan. 17.—W. J. Wal
ford, manager of A. A. Zimmerman,
bicyclist, announces that the
on’s racing career will end when
leaves Australia. Walford arrived
Sydney on the steamship Mgripcfib.
says Zimmerman had malarial fever at
Ceylon and has not since been in iiis
old form. Walford says Zimmerman
will return to this country soon and de¬
vote himself to the management of a
bicycle factory president. at Freehold, N. J.,
which he is
A Doctor Arigaaslmited.
Williamson, W. Va., Jan. 18.—News
is just received that Dr. James Harvey
of Wyoming county was shot from am¬
bush at Guyan Roughs. He was riding
on horseback when lie received the fatal
shot, and was found by friends iu the
public highway. James Allen is under
arrest, charged with the crime. The
two men had trouble recently.
Believed In Christian Science, Fasted, Died
Dayton, O., Jan 18.—After 21 days
of voluntary fasting Mrs. Isaac Gep
liart of New Carlisle, this county, is
dead. On.Christmas day she ate all her
dinner, lmt not another meal in the
rest of the time. Her determination
was tho result of reading a book ou
Christian science. Her husband is a
substantial farmer.
Cincinnati Firm Fails.
Cincinnati, Jan, 18.—Gustave Fox &
Co., dealers in diamonds, East Fourth
street, have assigned to Gns May. Their
liabilities are placed at $35,001, with as¬
sets about $25,000, Preferences for $11,
OOOwere given, the largest being $0,000
to Jennie Fox. They hope soon to re¬
sume.
Date of Coronation Annotineotl.
St. Peter.-buro, Jau. 18.—An impe¬
rial decree has been issued announcing
that the coronation of the czar will take
place at Moscow in May next, and or¬
dering that the municipal the aud other
representative bodies of Rnssian
empire be invited to attend.
Shipping Strike Eadtd.
London, Jan. 18.—The great shipping
strike is once more announced to hare
been ended. It is added that the Bel¬
fast and Clyde men, as a result of a bal¬
lot, have accepted the compromise terms
which were proposed in December last.
Burned American Books#
New York, Jan. 17.—A special to
The Herald from Lima, Peru, says: The
mayor of San Miguel seized and caused
to be burned in the public square of the
tity all of the stock of the local agent
tf the American Bible society.
No. 35.
DELUDED FARMERS.
DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IN¬
TEREST IS PAID FOR.
By Agitating Tor 10 to 1 They Are Sink¬
ing Deeper Into the Mire—Increasing
Their Bisk —No Benefit Can Come From
I Change In the Medium of Exchange.
Tho Silver league of Nebraska is ono
pf tho latest schemes of Bryan and Iris
friends. Its object is to spread free sil¬
ver literature and to support no candi¬
date for tho presidency iu 1890 who is
not a free silver man, Tho leaguo is
uoupartisan, its control boing in the
hands of four trustees, ouo from each of
the four great parties.
It is a pity that the honest farmers
and Jaborers who will be drawn into this
league—and tho bulk of them aro sin¬
cere—could not devote their energies to
something likely to improve rather than
to a cause that will surely make worse
tlieir present condition. They are howl¬
ing ugaiust high rates of interest, hut
are unnecessarily increasing those rates
by threatening to repudiate half of their
debts, thereby increasing the risk of
loaning money iu their state. They have
but to look across into Mexico or to
glance at any of the oilier free silver
countries of tho world to make certain
that free coinage is not a panacea and
that farmers and laborers are usually
worse off in those countries than iu gold
standard countries.
Our fanners and workingmen are
barking up tho wrong tree when they
are looking for their oppressors in the
branches of tho money tree. Tho injus¬
tice, if any, due to a slight depreciation
or appreciation of gold is infinitesimal
as compared with tho injustice from
other causes. That this is true is evident
from the veiy naturo of things. Money
is but a medium or tool of exchange.
Exchange implies production, transpor¬
tation, distribution. It is iu tho proc¬
esses of production, transportation and
distribution that farmers and laborers
should look for improvement and not in
the medium of exchange, which is al¬
ready so nearly perfect that in most
civilized countries it does its work with¬
out friction and practically without
dost. As well hope for great reductions
in the cost of transportation
better lubricants as for an
benefit through any clmngo in the
um of exchange. Tho mouoy of tod/
as good as the grease of today.
Any one who has
Mrs. Alice
in makh'gjHHil
change aWnalket prices or ratios. If he
wishes to employ more capital, ho can
always hire it at market rates of inter¬
est, providing he has unytliing to uso as
collateral or security. Without collateral
he could not, under any system of cur¬
rency, obtain the required capital. Tho
whole question hinges on the collateral,
uot on tho rnonoy, which is but a mere
incident to the exchange. A farmer who
mortgages his farm to obtain capital
does not really pay interest on the
money (which is but one form of capi¬
tal) which he obtains, mid which ho
probably possesses bnt a few days or
weeks, bnt on the capital, implements,
buildings, fences, etc., which ho hires
in this way. No possible monetary
change can materially lower tho hiro of
capital—-that is the percentage of value
which ouo man is willing to pay for the
use of another man’s product. It is tho
relative demand for and supply of capi¬
tal, not of money, that largely deter¬
mines rates of interest under a stable
monetary system. If the monetary sys¬
tem be unstable, then the borrower must
uot only pay a rate of interest corre¬
sponding to tho normal hire of capital,
but he must pay for the risk incurred
by the louder becauso of a possible
change of standard. By agitating for
free coinage at 10 to 1 the farmers aro
increasing this risk. They pay the fid¬
dler, but somebody else (mine owner
perhaps) does the dancing.
It is a pitiful sight to see honest
farmers thus wasting their time and
ammunition, but it is a solace to believe,
as did Abraham Lincoln, that “you
can’t fool all of the people all of the
time.”
Danger Signal* Flying.
The war scare lias undeniably had a
bad effect upon the iron trade, which
even before tho president’s message was
struggling through a critical period,
with some indications of a successful is
suo therefrom. The worst feature of the
flurry is that it has distinctly aggravat¬
ed tho financial situation. Whatever
palliatives may be applied, thore seems
little hope that the root of the evil will
he touched. Until that is done we must
look for hesitation aud distrust and a
dragging trade. For tho great majority
of large undertakings capital must bo
borrowed. Whether financiers be right
or wrong, our industries must deal with
the cold fact that new issues of securi¬
ties will be slow of sale so long as our
currency is iu its present muddled con¬
dition. Few will venture out of the
harbor with the danger signals flying.
—Iron Age.
Why Say “Coin” and Mean “Gold?”
Continuing its appeals to congress for
proper financial legislation, the Chicago
Tribune (Rep.) says of the greenbacks:
“They aro uot a safe currency under the
present state of things, and congress re¬
fuses to mako them safe by giving the
president a certain means of getting
gold with which to redeem them when
presented. Instead of praising Iho green
backs, Mr. Cannon should try to protect
tliem. Is ho in favor of allowing the
president to sell for gold bonds made
payable in gold aud uot in ‘coin?’ If
so, why doesn’t he say so?”
No Qalbblinf.
“There is no more important duty for
(he press of both parties, tho Ba ti
more News says, I than that of urging
upon the party . leaders _ , a the imperative
necessity at this juncture of taking defi
nite ground on the money question, so
that it may at last he settled perma
ucntly, and cease to be a menace to
trade aud to the general prosperity.”
THE TIMES JOB OFFICE
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Packet Heads,
Biel Heads and
Statements, Etc.
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Cards, Tickets, Programs,
Invitations, Party Invitations, or any
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REVIEW « TR4B6
Industrial and Business Condi¬
tions In the South.
PRICES SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR
Buyers Active, but Do Not Make Offers
That Bring Out Either Cotton of Lum¬
ber North Carolina Operators Doing
Well—Iron Ore Business Is Fair—Many
New Industries Deported.
Chattanooga, Jan. 21.—Tho Trades¬
man’s reports as to southern industrial
and business conditions for the week
ending Jan. 21, show that there is more
of irregularity in prices in business cen¬
ters than has been apparent heretofore.
Buyers aro active but do not make of¬
fers that bring out either cotton or lum¬
ber. Tho lumber trade is quite lively
for the season, especially in Texas awl
at gulf ports. The North Carolina pine
lumber operators are doing very well
and are Working their mills to their full
capacity. Cotton is steady with light offerings
from first hands. In some sections of
tho cotton region the crop has been sold
out, and iu others a good deal of cotton
is believed to be held by planters who
believe in higher prices. mills all doing
Southern cotton are
well, are working to their utmost ca¬
pacity, and find ready markets for their
outputs. Prices are not high, hut re¬
main quite steady. Reports of new tex¬
tile mills for the week include a $100,
000 cotton mill at Beaufort, 8. C.;a
20,000 spindle mill at Selma, Ala., and
others at Statham, Ga., and Greer’s
Depot, 8. O.
Tho change in prices in tho iron ore
and coal mining districts went into op¬
eration ouietly, and business continues
fair. Some iron is accumulating, bnt a
firmer tone of the market is reported. business
Coal miners are doing a large of the
in all tho coal mining sections
southern states.
Among important new industries in¬
corporated or established in the south
“Ml states during tho week are: Tho
Pigeon Mountain Lumber and capital, Mining
company of Lafayette, Ala., Granite
$100,000; the Funston Marble,
if £touo company of Little Rock,
$80,000 capital, the Samuel
ufy,Tv<< ^O/fcmny capital, of Waco, and Tex., JDO-0OO also
,0 a
tfy uy and machine ^hop iar
twj- *"- sr * “wtt»m- i-i riensst ■
TEW- £,77
Ft.
Pisa
electric lighting Kingston, plants N. O. at New
Ala., and
and grist mills aro to he built at Center
Point aim O’ Kean, Ark.! and Hartsvillo,
Tenn.; mines are being opened at Eu
xeka Springs, and refinery Ark., and Canton, he built Ga.,an
oil mill is. to at
Dublin, Tex., and new waterworks at
Tnscumbia, Ala., Green Cove Springs,
Fla., and Greenville, Miss.
The woodworking plants for the week
are at Eufaula, Mobile and Yellow Pine,
Ala., South Washington, N. O., Chat¬
tanooga and Hartsvillo, Tenu., and Ve¬
lasco, Tex.
Enlargements of industrial plants for
the week include biiok works tft Ocean
Springs, Miss., an iron furnace at Max
Meadows, Va., foundries and machine
shops at Donaldsonville, La., and Knox¬
ville, Tenn., cotton mills at Raleigh,
N. C., Bamberg, S. O., and a woollen
mill at Kingsport, Tenn., a woodwork¬
ing plant at Huntsville, Ala., and a
cooperage at Montgomery, Ala.
houses Among new Atlanta, buildings Ga., are West business Palm
at
Beach, Fla,, Beaumont and Edna, Tex.,
a $6,000 church at Gainesville, Fla., and
a $10,000 one at freight Orangeburg, station S. O., At¬ a
$75,000 railway $12,000 school building at
lanta, Ga., and a
at Palestine, Tex.
GENERAL EWING DEAD.
Tile Ex-Congressman'* Injuries, Thought
to Be Trivial, Prove Fatal.
New York, Jau. 2.1 —General Thomas
Ewing, ex-member of congress from
Ohio, is dead. His death was the re¬
sult of injuries received accidentally intend¬
Monday. He had loft his home
ing to go down town by the elevated
railroad. As he reached Third avenue
a cable car passed and ho stepped di¬
rectly behind it., not noticing that right ono
from tho opposite Tho direction of the was struck
upon him. corner car
him and threw him back several yards.
Ho landed on his head.
General Ewing was born in Lancas¬
ter, O., in 1829. Ho was admitted to
the bar in Cincinnati in 1856, and went
to Kansas during the Free Soil strug¬
gles. When the state of Kansas was
admitted to the Union he was appointed the
chief justice, hut resigned to enter colonel
Union army in the civil war as
of the Eleventh regiment of Kansas.
He rose to the rank of brigadier general major
and afterwards was brevetted
general and had command of the de¬
partment of the Missouri.
He went to Washington in of 1866 the In¬ as
the assistant of ex-Secretary back Ohio
terior Browning. He went to
in 1S70 and entered politics. He was a*
member of congress from 1877 to 1881
and in 1889 ran for governor on the Dem¬
ocratic ticket, bnt was defeated. In 1881
lie came to New York to practice law.
For many years he was president of the
Ohio society here. He was at one time
counsel to the building department, Jan. I.
which position he resigned on children, all
General Ewing has five
grown Mrs. Ewiug is still living.
Two Mountain Desperadoes Killed.
Louisville, Jan. 21.—A special to
The Post from Chattanooga, Tenu.,
g . ^ posse of ten Hamilton county
" sheriffs shot aud killed John and
^ e des
q’j 10 mas Massengale, two mountain
p era( ioe 8 wanted for murder and horse
stealing, in the Raccoon mountains,
Both men were in jail here some time
ago, but escaped, and have since defied
the officers.
LoolfTlUt Paper Company Assigns.
Lo C i SV illb, Jau- 21.—The Louisville
p aper compauv filed a deed of assign
ment m the county court. . Mr. ,, B. „ H. „
was ma& assignee. The lia
bilitips the company are placed at
1 {->5 > ooo. The assets, the attorneys say,
phould reach about $20,000. The causa
of the assignment, as given out, was
“hard times.”