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TKY AN AD. IN TI1E TIMES!
A Big Ad. Will
Sell Your Goods:
It attracts new customers and hold*
the and old ones. goods People if will forget .you
your you don’t constantly
“jog their memory.”
A Little An. Will I
find Bring Luck your stray animal,
a purchaser for your house and lot,
horse aud buggy, or anything else.
TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES!
EIRE STATE SEWS
A Week’s Happenings Gathered
From All Parts of Georgia.
MANY IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTED
Dr W. L,. Ryder, a l’romiuent Dentist,
Shoots and Kills Miss Sallle 1-nuiitt
Owens, His Sweetheart, at Talbottou—
lion. F. G. DuDignon la the Race for
Uuitetl States Senator.
Atlanta, April 6.—A special to The
Journal from Talbottou, Ga., says:
Miss Sallie Emma Owen, a beautiful
and wealthy young lady of that county,
was shot dead at 9:40 p. m., in the par¬
lor of J. H McCoy’s residence by Dr.
W. L. Ryder, a prominent dentist.
Hon. A. P. Pel-sons, a prominent can¬
didate for congress, was standing beside
Miss Owen when the fatal shot was
fired. He was also shot at, but received
only a flesh wound.
Dr. Ryder was a lover of Miss Owen
and it is presumed that she refused to
marry him aud that he was frenzied
with jealousy at the exisiting friendship
between Mr. Persons and the young
lady.
Miss Owen was a graduate of Wes¬
leyan Female College, belonged aristocratic to one
of the wealthiest and most
families in Georgia, and was a social
favorite wherever she was known.
Excitement here is intense. Ryder
was captured by a posse a few miles
from town. He had made an unsuc¬
cessful attempt to kill himself.
KILLED THE SHERIFF.
Old Man Delk and His Followers Play
Havoc With, a Posse ami Escape.
Concord, Ga., April 8 .—Taylor Delk,
one of the famous gang of outlaws
that made the Delk name notorious
about Atlanta and throughout the state
a year ago, shot Sheriff Gwynn which of Pike he
county, from the effects of
died half an hour later.
Delk had been indicted by the Pike
county jury for robbery and assault with
intent to murder and tho sheriff, armed
with a warrant and accompanied by a
posse, went after him. Delk was in his
home surrounded by friends and asso¬
ciates equally as desperate as he. He,
it appears, anticipated the coming of the
officers, and closing his doors, made
them fast.
Sheriff Gwynn went upon the porch
to knock at the door, but as he ap¬
proached the door he war fired upon
from a window. A ball passed through
his left breast and he chopped upon the
porch.
In all about 80 shots were fired from
the house.
•’ W/Vf llhfehfiljrgAf"ittfii:
Dir. John F. Madden attempted ball to
drag him off and he was shot, the
passing through both thighs, breaking
both legs. information spread and
Instantly the the place. Then fight
recruits reached a
began. It was a siege of the Delk home.
From tho windows shots came every
minute, and it was soon very apparent
that a charge meant the sacrifice of
more lives.
The house was surrounded and a still
watch was kept. Messengers were sent
to the judge of that circuit asking fired
whether or not the house could be
in order to burn the outlaws out.
During that time Delk and his gang
kept cool aud planned an escape. They
crept out of a back door and slipped _
away through the thick groves.
Mr. Madden had both legs broken and
it is said that he cannot possibly live.
AFTER THE RAILROADS.
Four Lines Cited to Appear Before the
Georgia Stale Railroad Commission.
Atlanta, April 3. —Tlio Georgia state
railroad commission has sent notices to
the Southern, tho Central, the Georgia
Southern and Florida and tiie Macon
and Northern railroads citing them to
appear before the commission to show
cause why they should not be put under
the operation of Rule I of the commis¬
sion.
This rule is as follows:
“All connecting railroads, which are
under tho management or control, by
lease, ownership or otherwise, of one
and the same company, shall for pur¬
poses of transportation, considered iu applying this
tariff, be road, as constituting but
one and the same and the rntes
shall be computed road, as upon parts of one
and the same unless otherwise
specified.” If the commission should decide that
some of tho railroads mentioned are un¬
der one control, it may involve import¬
ant disputes uuder the state law, which
prohibits roads which are competitive
between the same points, to be under
one control.
Tlio result is possible that the right of
the Southern—if it should prove to have
this control—to own or control both tho
Central and the East Tennessee, may be
questioned. tiie order the commission infers
By all roads mentioned
that the are under
the same management if or control and
cites them to show they are not.
Dnlligiion a Candidate For Senator.
Atlanta, April 7.— Hon. F. G. Du
Biguon has announced himself as a can¬
didate to succeed General John B. Gor¬
don in the United btates senate. Joint
debates will bo arranged between
Messrs. Crisp aud DuBiguon, the only
two candidates so far in the race.
Judge Rowers* Successor*
Atlanta, April 3.—Governor Atkin
son lias appointed W. N. Spence of
Mitchell county, judge of the Albany
circuit to succeed Judge Bowers, and
named Hon. William L. Wooten of Al¬
bany; solicitor general of the same cir¬
cuit.
Convicted of Murder.
Atlanta, April 3.—Arthur Hayne
was fuuud guilty of the murder of Will
Spinks, iu this city on March 7, and
sentenced to hang May 8.
Rig Fir© at Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga., April 3.—Fire at
this place resulted in the destruction of
over #600,000 worth of property, besides
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DEBATERS IN ATLANTA.
Ail Immense Crowd Greeted Smith and
Crisp oh Tlicir Second Appearance.
Atlanta, April 4.—Sit thousand peo¬
ple gathered iu the tig tabernacle used
during the recent Sam Jones meetings
to hear the second iu the series of joint
debates on the currency between Secre¬
tary of the Interior Hoke Smith aud ex
Bpeaker Charles F. Crisp. Both speak
ers were greeted with salves of cheering
on their appearance. The speaking be¬
gan ac 8 o’clock, Secretary Smith hav¬
ing tlio opening aud speaking for au
hour and ten minutes.
ho Secretary Smith began by saying that
opposed the free and unlimited coin¬
age of silver at 16 to 1 for the same rea¬
son that Benjamin H. Hill had opposed
it, and he read from the distinguished
Georgian’s speech on the subject deliv¬
ered in the United States senate. He
declared that he opposed free coinage
because ho wanted to see genuine bi¬
metallism obtain in this country.
Secretary Smith concluded by paint¬
ing tlie disaster that would result from
the election of a congress and a presi¬
dent favorable to free silver coinage.
Mr Crisp was given a rousing recep¬
tion when lie arose. In beginning lie
said lie wanted to say that his “Brother
Smith,” as he referred to the secretary,
made as good an argument as he had
ever heard in behalf of a cause so intrin¬
sically weak. The trouble with Mr.
Smith was that lie confounded a bi¬
metallic standard with a bimetallic cir¬
culation. It was not necessary for the
preservation of a bimetallic standard for
the two metals to circulate together.
Generous applause accompanied Mr.
Crisp's close, which was continued as
Secretary Smith rose for his 20 minutes
rejoinder. He declared that Mr. Crisp
had dodged the proposition that you
couldn’t have a bimetallic currency
without having the legal ratio tho
same as the commercial ratio. He was
willing to vest the whole ease on that.
Instead of answering the point Mr.
Crisp had indulged in small talk and
dem agogieal appeals to prejudice against
tho Rothschilds aud Wall street.
The secretary’s rejoinder was inter¬
rupted which by frequent outbursts of applause
in each case aroused opposing
cheers for Crisp, interspersed with hisses
and eat calls. He called attention to
the fact that Mr. Crisp had not answered
(he historical authorities on bimetallism
in France, which he hail read iu Au¬
gusta, and closed with a defense of the
bond issues by the present administra¬
tion.
The Joint Debate at Newnan.
NewNan, Ga,, April 8 .—The third of
the series of joint debates between Sec¬
retary Hoke Smith and ex-Speaker
Charles F. Ciisp was hrid hero and
4,000 people gathered to hoar the money
question discussed. Both speakers woi
introduced by Governor Atkiusoi-.
Judge Crisp spoke first, consumin'/ one
IvWWftffe Judge firtv'SpWfltrm'flOb Crisp closed AonrtWul a
half, and tno argu¬
ment iu a talk of 20 minutes.
DUG INTO THE WALL.
Bold Attempt of Puknown Poisons to
Wreck the Capitol oPMlstdssippi.
Jackson, Miss., April 2.—An attempt
was made late at night td wreck the
state capitol. At 10 o’clock, while Sec
(?otary of r'tate Power was engaged iu
his office at she capitol, he heard a noise
outside tho door, Going to the window
he saw several men digging at the wall
between the door aud a window. His
appearance frightened away tiie that men,
and an investigation showed feet had two
pieces of stone about 2 square
been removed from the wall.
Had the work gone on a little longer,
a section of the wall, about 4 x 20
feet, would have fallen, thus wrecking
the whole building. during
Strenuous efforts were made
the recent legislative session to provide
for a new building, but nothing was
done in tlio matter, and it is thought
some miscreants took this moans of se¬
eming immediate action.
X RAYS SAVED HIS HAND.
Threatened Amputation Avoided In tl»#
Case of James Fitzsimmons.
New Haven, April 4.—Dr. T. H. Rus¬
sell lias removed the pieces of steel
which were imbeded iu the hand of
James Fitzsimmons by the aid of the x
rays. Fitzsimmons, while employed at
a
gun factory some mouths ago, was in
jnred by the explosion of a primer and
several pieces of steel entered Iris hand.
It bothered him for a long time, and
Saturday Professor Hastings of Yale
photographed the hand with Roentgen
rays, lie secured an excellent shadow¬
graph, showing two good sized particles
of steel iu the hand.
Fitzsimmons went to Dr. Russell’s
office and there, with the assistance of
the photograph, the pieces of steel were
removed. The hand will now heal and
amputation will be avoided.
Three Italian* Asphyxiated.
Pittsburg, April 7.—Guicento and
Felice Curcio and Francisco Russ o,
Italians, were found dead in tlicir beds
in the Hotel Torclii, on Webster Ave
nuo having been asphyxiated failed by gas,
which they iiad turned on but to
light. The two first named are broth¬
ers. Russo arrived from Italy Sunday.
Drowned In Iho Tennessee.
Chattanooga, April 7.—Three white
men, Will and Charles Maim and Wil¬
liam Gallagher, were thrown into the
river by the overturning of a rowboat
and Gallagher was drowned. The acci¬
dent took pi ice at the foot of a high
cliff, to which tlio rowers were attempt
i ng to moor tho boat.
Fire In New Orleans.
New Orleans, April 7.— The Jose
phiue Louise T House, „ a magnificent „ 3
story building, was badly damaged by
firo, the cause of which is unknown,
The building is used bv the young lady
students of the famous Sophie Newcomb
r( , ; . as a dormitory. Damage, about
£,.(,00.
Fourteen Building*# Burned.
New Ycr”. April 7.—Fourteen buiiil
iiigs iu the business section of Yonkers
y , cre burned. The total loss amounts to
about #l03.0i» on buildings aud stocks.
BULLOCH TIMES.
Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, Thursday, Apr. 18%.
MOST DEPLORABLE.
Condition of the Destitute In Eastern Tar
key—Letter From an Armenian.
Boston, April 4.—From recent letters
from oastern Turkey it appears that the
condition of the destitute in that sec¬
tion is most deplorable in spito of the
relief work which lias been done there.
Recent writers state that almost the eu
the Armenian nation is struggling for
existence under conditions the very con¬
templation of which almost long for
death. In writing at some length Harpoot upon
tliis subject, au Armenian iu
says: ■•Dressed in unwashed, smelling
stables rags, is almost
of so that the odor un¬
bearable, their eyes inflamed from the
glare of the sun on the snow, they pre¬
sent a snd sight. Whole families, hun¬
gry aud scantily clothed, sleep on the
ground at night. In one place a man
makes a pillow of himself and four
sleep with their heads 011 him. The
people huddle together in corners seek¬
ing some protection from the cold.
•■Such things exist in the slums iu
other lands, but here the misery is in¬
tensified by the rapidity of the trans¬
ition. Many of the people months were pros¬
perous merchants a few ago.
And with their poverty they have other
ills—chief of which is ever present fear—
a constant apprehension that makes thorn
satrt and tremble at every sound. In
the long evenings they converse in whis¬
pers, lest enemies whom they know are
listening, shall find out if they still use
their native language, which has been
forbidden. ’’
NINE PERSONS DROWNED.
The Cloudburst Iu Kcutucky :,loro Dis¬
astrous Thau at First 15,-ported,
Lexington, Ky.. April 4.—The recent
cloudburst in Clay and Cawley counties
was more disastrous than at first re
ported. Buffalo crook, which is across
the south fork of the Kentucky river,
suffered more than Section creek by tho
unusual rainfall. Every house on the
bank of this stream was washed away.
Miss Mary Garrett was drowned
while trying to escape the flood. George
Capsou’s wife and three children, two
children of Will Burns, and two others
whose names are not given, were also
drowned. Mr. John Crane, a logger,
rescued his wife and small child when
they wore drifting down the stream oil
some Thousands uprooted trees.
of logs are going down the
stream. The largo booms at Boonevillo
are choked with logs aud it is feared the
booms and all will be carried away by
tlio water. Part of the town is inun¬
dated and a number of persons have had
to move their household effects, upon
the side of the mountain.
North Fork aud Middle crook are both
overflowed, and at Jackson Military In¬
stitute, Military Instructor Bull of the
Jackson institute has been drowned
while riding on a raft.
• IN O UlvjGUV t KY .
True Origin of the North Pole Story Ha*
at Laxt Been Tolil by a Russian.
New York, April 7.— A Herald special
from St. Petersburg says: At last the
true origin of the story about Dr. Nan¬
sen’s discovery of the north pole has
been told. The story came from Tomsk,
through the merchant Knschnareff, who
is the uncle of Kandakoff, the origina¬
tor of the news. His statement that his
nephew did nothing more than trans¬
mit the report is repeated. It appears
that in the New Siberian islands there
have been three parties in search of
mammoth bones. One of these parties
returned some time ago and said they
had seen a ship in the neighborhood of
the islands with Europeans on board.
They did not attempt any communica¬
tion with the ship, nor did they even
watch it. the
Kandakoff, to whom mammoth
hunters brought tho news, thought it
might relate to Nansen and wrote thus
to Irkutsk, whence it was sent out all
over the world.
Iu the nev Siberian islands there still
remain two parties of hunters who will
return iu November, and who, perhaps,
may bring some details.
HAT LAW PASSED.
Ohio Women Can Re Fined For Ob«truct
lnff the View In Theaters.
Columbus, O., April 4.—The Fosdick
bill, making it a misdemeanor for any
person to wear a hat iu a theater or
other auditorium where any theatrical
or spectacular performance aud is being
given, passed the senate is now a
law, as it takes effect immediately ou
its passage, and no amendments were
made in the senate. There were but
2 negative votes in the senate
The new law is, of course, aimed at
the big bats and headgear It worn by
women at theaters. provides as a
poneltv a ft , n of from $2 to $ 10 , but no
imprisonment.
Auotlici- Hattie In Nicaragua.
New York, April 7.— A special to
The Herald from Panama, Colombia,
says: After a truce of 15 'days, during
which all attempts to arrange torms of
peace between President Zelaya of
Nicaragua, aud the leaders of the rebel
lion have been futile, another battle has
been fought between the government
forces and the revolutionists at La
Ceciba. The number of meu engaged
was about 500 on either side. The ac
tion lasted eight hours aud details re¬
ceived are so meagre that it is impossi¬
ble to ascertain on which side victory
rested. The prisoners aud deserters,
who have reached the capital, declare
that the insurgent situation is desper¬
ate. The government is preparing for
a general attack.
General Harrison Wed#,
New York, April 7. —Ex-President
Benjamin Harrison and Mary Scott
Lord Dimnrick were married at St.
Thomas church. The wedding was a
ver y nuostentatious affair, only about
40 people being present. The lioney
moon will be spent in General Harri
son's home in Indianapolis, which has
beeu refitted and renovated for the occa
si', 11 . Later the couple will go to the
Adirondack.?, where a cottage has been
prepared for them.
Treaty Uetweou Germany and Japan.
Berlin, April 4.—The new commer¬
cial treaty between Germany and Japan
has beeu signed.
IT SHOULD BE LIMITED
Butler Thinks the Power Vested
In Grover Is Too Great.
INTRODUCES A JOINT RESOLUTION
Vi’nnts tlio Constitution Ameml.,i So a, to
Allow Conirre,, to i*a». liiiu Over »
Veto By • M^orlly-JIr. Teller Present.
Petitions Asking For the Kest,nation of
»>*e Coinage of sliver.
W ashinuton, April 7 —Iu tho senate,
Mr. Teller presented a large number of
petitions from branches of tho American
Federation of Labor from various states
isking for the restoration of the free
joiuage , of , silver ., and , expressing the
opinion that such a course would pro
mote prosperity.
Tlie bill to pay to Edward Rice of
Denver, Colo., ,, , $2,/00 for United , States c, »
soupou bonds lost by him in 1803 was
passed. N.
Mr. Butler (Pop., C.) introduced a
joint resolution constitution providing for an limit amend- the
raeut of the to
veto power of the president, s i as to
make it competent for the two houses
to pass bills over a veto by a majority
vote. Speaking of uf the resolution, ho
said that the idea requiring a two
thirds vote was due to the fact that,
when the constitution was adopted the
from American English people ideas. were In not his far opinion removed the
power vested in the president was too
great and should bo limited.
Mr. Call gave notiee that ho would
■all up his Cuban resolution for discus
don Wednesday during the morning
hour.
The postoffiee appropriation bill was
then taken up, the pending question be¬
ing the compensation of clerks at postal
stations and substations involving the
matter of the consolidation of post
offices.
Mr. Vilas contended that the amend¬
ment did not enlarge the powers of the
postmaster general and that the post¬
musters had substations. always had Ho the power to
establish denied that
he had said that the postmaster general
had the power to send a man a thousand
•riih '5 to establish an office as Mr. Allen
had charged.
Air. Ai.eii read from Mr. Vilas' former
speech in support of his statement, but
Mr. Vilas declared the Nebraska senator
had confounded two propositions aud
added tartly “the senator from Nebraska
was, as usual, incorrect aud cannot see
that he was.”
Former Work of the Week.
Washington, April 2.—Several mi¬
nor bills were passed by unanimous
consent before the consideration of the
AtWtsft -- i MX xac
were bills to reimburse A. P. Brown;
late postmaster at Lemara, la., for losses
sustained by robbery.
A resolution of inquiry, presented by
Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, was adopted without debate,
calling on tho president, if not incom¬
patible with tho public interest, of all dis¬ to
transmit to tho house conies
patches, notes and cablegrams in the
state department from Doc. 1, 1895, un¬
til the present time, relating to media¬
tion or intervention by the United
States in the affairs of Venezuela, to
aether with all correspondence with
foreign governments relating to the
same topic. Mr. Hitt stated that his
committee had unanimously reported
the resolution.
An agreement was reached as soon as
the senate met that adjournment at the
close of the day’s session be until next
Monday. bill passed granting
Tho house was
tho Atchison and Nebraska and the O.
B. & Q. railroads a right of way through
the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian reser¬
vations iu Kansas and Nebraska.
Washington, April 3.—The galleries
of the house were well filled in antici¬
pation of a renewal of tlio Cuban debate
in connection with tho presentation of
the conference report ou the Cuban reso¬
lution, but the attendance ou the floor
was smaller than usual.
Some preliminary routine business
was transacted before Mr. Murphy
(Rep., Ills.) secured unanimous con
sent for the consideration of n bill to au¬
thorize the construction of a third bridge
across the Mississippi river at St. Louis.
Mr. Murphy and Mr. Joy urged the
passage of the bill because of tho exces¬
sive tolls charged by the present bridge
company. Hepburn maintained that
Mr. the con
gross had power to prevent extortion
complained of. The bill was passed.
At 2:20 l). m. Mr. Hitt moved the
adoption of the conference report on
the Cuban resolutions and spoke in ad¬
vocacy thereof.
Washington, April 4. — The house
was the only branch of congress in ses¬
sion during the day and the attendance,
both on the floor and in the galleries, at
the opening of the session was slim,
notwithstanding the Cuban resolutions
were to be the subject of consideration.
Several bills of minor following: importance
were pnssed, among the For
the relief of settlers within tho indem¬
nity grant of the New Orleans and Pa¬
cific railway; to authorize the secretary
of the treasury torecouvey to tho former
owners certain lands in Yalvede county,
Tex. Y.)
Mr. Fisher (Rep., N. created a
brief ripple of interest by offering a res¬
olution directing the secretary of agri¬
culture to comply in spirit with the res¬
olution of congress directing the distri¬
bution of seed and have the seeds en¬
closed in packages in accordance with
the directions of senators and members.
Ho asked for immediate consideration,
but Mr. Loud (Rep., Cal.) objected and
the resolution went over.
Mr. Livingston (Dem., Ga.) suggested
an amendment directing that each pack¬
age should contain five papers of seeds.
Mr. Watson (Rep.. O.) called up the
bill for the protection of the salmon fish¬
eries of Alaska, prohibiting the erection
of dams, barricades, ete.,_ in the salmon
streams such as will prevent tho ascent
of salmon or salmon trout and anthor ;
iziug the secretary of tho treasury to
remove such obstructions where they
exist. Cal.) objected and
.Mr. Barham (Rep..
the bill went over.
Washington, April 6 .—There was a
very large attendance in tho galleries of
the’ house to witness the final action ou
the Cuban resolutions and iu anticipa¬
tion of an exciting contest over the at-
tempt to he mode to pass the river and
harbor bill mnder the suspension of the
rules. Under the agreement made on
Saturday, the vote on the adoption of
the report of the conferees on the Cu
bau resolutions was the first thing in
order after tlio reading of the journal.
Mr. Hitt thou demanded the regular
order. The speaker of put the question on
the adoption the conference report.
The great swelling chorus of ’‘ayes”
was followed by a feeble scattering neg
ativ ° votes, and the speaker was about
to declare the motion carried when Air.
Hltt f k ° d f0r **7™* a,ld “ a TS -
-
,
however> }, 0 withdrew it.
Tlio report was adopted bv a vote of
244 to 27.
The announcement was greeted with
a great demonstration on the floor which
was taken up by the galleries.
The resolutions, being concurrent, do
but, * 10 £ uecd of course, approval will be of the sent president, to him
| through tho usual channels so that he
will receive official notification of the
action of congress on tho Cuban quos
Manv of tho senators who have been'
pl . 01!lir ient of late in the affairs of their
states are back in the senate, including
Senators Chandler of New Hampshire,
Harris of Tennessee, Lindsay of Ken
t-uckv, Palma of Illinois and Thurston
of Nebraska.
Among the hills favorably wholesale reported
was one to prevent divorces
in the territories by requiring one war's
residence before application for divorce
Mr. Frye of Maine introduced a bill
to pension tho widow of the late (lea
eval Thomas L. Casov, at Hot) per
month,
Mr. Call (Dem., Fla.) made an in¬
effectual effort to take up the Cuban
resolution offered by him several days
ago, {imposing the immediate use of the
United States navy to protect American
citizens in Cuba and to prevent barbari¬
ties, but Mr. Allison insisted that the
appropriation bills were of supreme im¬
portance and must tie kept to the front.
Mr. Call gave notice that he would
move to take up his Cuban resolutions
Tuesday.
NO CABINET MEETING.
Postponed ou Account of Mc-nate* la Frail
dent Cleveland'* Family.
Washington, ... April . .. . T.— rTM The meeting ,, *
of *. tho .. cabinet .. postponed J _ without ..
was
date . . owing to , the ,, sudden :, appearance ot .
the .. measles . . tlio presidential house
m
* hold, xwt, little Esther Cleveland , , being .
stricken with it. This infantile disease
has been almost epidemic in Washing
ton for some time past, and all precau
tions have not availed to prevent its
spread everywhere.
Private Secretary Thurber’s children
liavo all had the disease in regular
course and to prevent the possibility of
its transmission to the White House, Mr.
Thnrber has absented himself from his
nm Ato?
little Esthe^CIevolan^maririn^her ' as
the latest victim
To prevent the spread of the disease
among the families of the cabinet
officers, word was sent by telegraph there to
the various departments that
would he no meeting of tho cabinet, and
stops were taken that the disease iu Mr.
Cleveland’s might not spread. Woodley, the
Orders were sent to
president’s suburban residence, to put
the place in shape for the immediate re¬
ception of the Cleveland family, all and
Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied bv the
children, left the White House to make
their homo at Woodley until the dis¬
ease has run its course. Meanwhile the
president and Mr. Thurber will remain
at the White House until the measles
has run its course in the family and the
mistress and the children are back.
SUICIDE AT CHICAGO.
An Unknown Mno Preici-reil Brntli to Ci»]>
tore—The Second Within n Week.
Chicago, April 6 .—Twice within a
week Chicago lias furnished two sensa¬
tional suicides. Several days ago a ne¬
gro thief, while being pursued by the
police, cut his threat from oar to ear
with a razor iust upon the eve of cap¬
ture. Sunday morning a white lukii
being pursued under exactly the same
circumstances, drew a revolver and shot
himself through the head, fulling dead
at the feet of his bonified pursuers
A dance was in progress at a hall iu
Twentv-second street when an alarm
was raised that a thief was pursuing ids
avocation iu the cloakroom. Tho hue
and cry alarmed the man aud he broke
from cover. Two officers, seeing the
flying mail, started in pursuit. A pri¬
vate watchman endeavored to stop tho
man, but the latter flourished a revolver
under his nose, causing him to draw
back in fear, while the stranger turned
his back to a fence and stood still. Tho
officers came up ou the run. There was
a moment of suspense, then a sharp re¬
port and the strange man fell forward
on his face, with a ragged hole in his
head behind the right ear. There was
nothing about the man's clothiug to
lead to an Identification.
Nortli Carolina and Florida l*lio*|>liat«.
Washington, April fi.—The geologi¬
cal survey will resume immediately the
investigation of the extensive phosphate North
deposits occurring in Florida and
Carolina and adjacent coast states. The
work will be of much economic impor¬
tance in view of the mining pr ispects iu
tho region and the mapping of the area
will point out the localities of the do
a::d indicate thoir character.
Geologist George H. Kldridge if the
survey has beeu ordered to do the work.
Miule ii Rich Strike.
San Francisco, April 4.—The great¬
est strike made in a gold mine in Cali¬
fornia for years, is reported to have
been made" recently in the pocket Rawhide
mine in Tulamine county. A is
said to have been found at the 900-foot
level, the extent of which is not known,
which contains nearly free gold. The
samples assay from #15,000 to $20,000 a
ton. It is said that the ore in sight
contains ftioO.OOO.
Spanish L»»t Eight lliindrrtl Meu.
Tampa, Fla., April 4 —It is rumored
here that in the baftlo which occurred
Tuesday in Dinar del Rio between the
forces of Maceo aud Colonel Suarez, the
Spaniards lost 800 men. Insurgent loss
was also heavy. No details of the bat¬
tle were given. Colonel Suarez was se¬
riously wounded.
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VETCH AS FORAGE PLANT.
Not Cultivated to Any Croat Extent
the ?outli a* Vet. .
about Question.—P loaso toll mo
Vetch, which I have hoard highly
recommended as a forage plant for the
south?
Answer. —As yot this crop Is not
tivated to any great extent. A few
men, notably Major Warren of
have cultivated it with gre;rtf—success
and a roceut special bulletin of tho
United States department of agricul¬
ture speaks of the Hairy, Sami or Rus
siau Vetch (known by ail three namesi
as one of the most, promising fodder
erops introduced into this country in re
cent years. It withstands heat and cold
and drouth, and while it will give a fair
crop on poor land, ii as are all otiierfor
age crops, most pro (I table on rich aud
well prepared laud. It is eaten with
relish by all farm animals, makes
a most desirable ensilage, and is a most
excellent forago plant for soiling pur
poses. On account of its lmbit of growth
it is difficult to cure as hay. As to timi
of sowing, etc., we quote from the bn 1
letiu: “Hairy Vetches may lie planted
from about, the middle of Auirodtoth
middle of September, or in spring i'r
the latter part of April until tho nil Idle
of May. Sow broadcast at the rate of a
bushel aud a half of seed per acre, or
plant in drills two to four feet apart
The latter plan will require a smaller
amount of good. The seed a re as yet.
expensive, about fit a bushel of 69
pounds. When tho seed is put in broad¬
cast a bushel of oats, rye or wheat
should be sown at tho sam ■ time so as
to furnish a support for tho vetches mi l
keep the vines cUT tho ground. If it is
sown in drills ip tho latter part of Aug¬
ust it should be cultivated several times
between the rows. It will furnish some
forage iu antumu, and where the winter
t s not too 8OV0ro it w jU start to grow
. in . tho spring, thus .. ,
agaiu f proaiv’in*? ror
age iu . * late , antumu and . early , spring, at
tlio two periods . . when , it ... un¬
is in
needed.” . . At . . tho .. Mississippi , r . . . expoximeut
... seed , of . this a ,
crop * was sown in
loo , XT attention .. .. , has been given it
ca eli year its seeds germinate with
the first fall rains, and in favorable s'-a
cover the rtmud by January 1 ,
Liniiahiiig good grazing until April or
May. If the stock is taken off iu March
tho plants mature and reseed the ground
f .. tl ‘ '
, rr M'JIl prevent
ri “« the winter ' 11 is “>™
the vines begin to blossom, and the feed
at first be limited until the atij
mats become accustomed to the change
food. For the host feeding .... results ,, it •
be given with eour.se fodder or
Howard, in his Manual on the “Cul¬
tivation of the Grasses and Forage
Plants at the South,” mentions tho
and summer vetch aud
one or two native varieties, aud
in commendation of their
use both as a forago crop, and as an im¬
of the soil—more especially iu
those soils too sandy for tho successful
of red clover. A gentleman of
long experience in its culture, speaks of
the ordinary vetch as one of the simplest
grasses grown. He says that peas do
not excel it as a laud improver. It does
not form a sod, is strictly nu annual,
but if allowed to mature aud drop its
seed, they lie dormant during the
hot days of summer; then when
the fall rains begin and the nights be¬
come longer and cooler, they begin to
germinate and soon cover the ground.
One advantage is that there need be
only one seeding, and with proper man¬
agement other crops may bo made aud
taken off and the vetch will again spring
up spontaneously.—State Agricultural
Department.
Preserving Sweet Potatoes.
Question. —My sweet tho banks. potatoes I have are
now sprouting in
heard that tiiey can be kept until another
crop is made. Will yon tell me how?
Answer. — In southwest Georgia I
havo kept them for months iu tho fol¬
lowing manner: Spread on any dry
board floor a layer of cottonseed 4 or 6
inches thick, then upon this place a
layer of potatoes, not letting them touch
and first rubbing off the sprouts if any
have appeared. Then another layer of
cottonseed, and another of potatoes, etc.
Of course the, cottonseed must bo dry
and must be kept so. The potatoes will
shrivel somewhat, but will retain their
flavor and sweetness for months.
I have no doubt that cottonseed bulls,
or chaff from any grain, and perhaps
hay. would answer just as well as the
wliolo cottonseed. I think, perhaps,
that absolutely dry sand would also au*
swer the same purpose.—State Agricul¬
tural Department.
To Flint the Live Weight of Animal's
Question. —Can yu give rae any weight re¬
liable method of finding the live
of animals? I liavo no means of prop¬
erly weighing them at home.
Answer.— The following we find
given by tho “Northwest Farmer:”
We have never tested it, but it is doubt¬
less approximately correct. Multiply
the girth in inches just back of the
shoulders, by the length in inches from
the square of the butt tel: to tiie point
of tlio shoulder blade, divide tnis pro¬
duct by 144, which will give tho num¬
ber of square feet on the surface. If
the girth measures from 8 to 5 feet,
multiply tlio number of square surface
feet by 16—this will give the weight of
the animal. If tiie girth measure is
from H to 7 feet, multiply by 23, if from
7 to 9 feet, multiply by 31. If less than
3 feet multiply by 11. Of course the
weight will vary a little according to
quality and time of the feed ju>t previ¬
ous to taking the measurements.—State
Agricultural Department.
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Is prepared to print
Letter Heads,
Packet Heads,
Biii, Heads and
Also— Statements, Enveloi'KS,
Cards, Tickets, Programs, Etc.
In vitations, Party Invitations, Wedding
thing want in that line. or any¬
you
tes)"' Satisfaction guaranteed at
Til E TIM ES JOB O FFICE.
BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH
Reports ofYndustrial Conditions
- 'For a Week.
IRON INDUSTRY IS STILL ACTIVE
Ko Accumulation of Stock* Reported,
plains <•! Steel Mill* In the Hirralng
liaifrTHstrict Assured—Southern Cotton
Mlil* Kooning on Full Time—Many Now
Ettttr^kM Ucported.
Chattanooga, April 7. —The Trades
man’s reports of industrial and business
affairs in all parts of tho southern states
for the week ending April 7 are from
more than 2,000 correspondents and
are authentic aud reliable,
The iron industry in the south con
tinues to bo very aotivo. Production is
fully maintained and no accumulation
of stocks is reported. Recent combina¬
tions among iron and steel producers
have much strengthened the market fur
soul hern pig iron. The building of
steel mills in tlio Birmingham district
now assured, adding greatly to the
prosperity still irregular, , of tho but region. stronger Prices than last are
week, although the sales have been very
Southern cotton mills report that
business is active with them, but that
prices are low and ihorois no early
probability of an advance, especially as
cotton is weak and in large supply. The
new crop is to be a very large one, judg¬
ing from tlio acreage, tlio extra amount
of fertilizers and tno care given to its
planting. All thesouthern cotton mills
are running on full time, and each week
adds to their number. For tlio present
week reports show the organization at
Spartanburg, S. O., of tho Arkwright
cotton mills, with # 200,000 capital, of
mills, each with #100,000 capital, at Al
laudalo and Orange O. H., S. C., of a
cotton mill at Harmony Grove, Ga., and
a knitting mill at Lynchburg, Va.
Tho lumber market is active and is
steadily The improving in all parts of the
south. demand for both homo and
export business is increasing at Atlantic
coast aud gulf ports, ami shipments by
rail to interior points have much in¬
creased with more reasonable freight
rates and larger supplies of rolling stock.
Grain shipments through southern ports
are aiding the lumber trade by furnish¬
ing return freights. Southern lumber,
of all kinds, is by this aud means introduced
into new territory, once introduced
it makes a market for itself.
General business is good in all parts
of the south. Weather conditions are
favorable and spring trade is satisfac¬
tory. Among important now industries
organized or inm>» I'CLite d- .ot»b>g *w.,
SpuTSjrtSiiSTST* f Now Orleans, La., capital
company < Fayetteville Wagon and
#»)<>,009. The ayettovilLs, Ar
Luniber oompiiny of r .,
capital { #40,000, ’ the \lllegas Tanning
c0 npiln of L :imlo, Tex., capital #30,
an ,i the Beo Confectionery cora- #
puny of San Antonio, Tex., capital 10 ,
COO, havo also been organized during the
wet 46
Brick works are reported at Center
ville, Miss., bicycle works at Savannah,
Ga., an electrical plant at Gallatin,
Tenn., a flouring mill at Pinevillo, Ky.,
and foundries and machine shops at
New Orleans, La., and Dallas, Tex.
The now woodworking plants of the
week include bent woodworks at Wick
liffe, Kv., a heading factory at Johnson
City, i’eim., aud it planing of mill indus¬ at
Columbus, Ga. Enlargements
trial plants include a cotton mill at
Knoxville, Tenn., a carriage factory at
Barnesville, Ga., a clmir factory at
Columbus, Ga. *
The new buildings of the week include
a $ 40,000 church at Monroe, La., mid
one costing $10,000 at Oweuton, Ky., a
$20,000 courthouse at Lexington, Ky.,
and a $10,000 residence at Petersburg,
Va.
RIGHT KIND OF SYMPATHY.
A Leading Cuban Patriot of Piiiladelpliia
Receive* Check* For 05,000.
Philadelphia, April 6.— Dr, John
Guiteras, a leading Cuban patriot of
this city, has received a letter from an
unknown Cuban sympathizer, who
signs himself “Ignacio Agramoute," of in¬
closing a check for $4,000 in aid the
Cuban cause, aud another for $1,000 to
be given to tlio widow of a Cuban
journalist who had acted as secretary to
the Cuban delegate, fcienor Estrada
Palma. Dr.
This makes tlio third letter which
Guiteras has received from Ids unknown
correspondent. The first, which came
two months ago, inclosed a check for
$2,000 in aid of the Cuban patriots'
cause. The second, received about a
month later, contained a check for#4,
000. Tho letters are written in excellent
Spanish, but evidently in a disguised
hand. Tho writer requests that ac¬
knowledgment be made iu the Cuban
newspaper Patria.
Dygeit Will Soon llo Relented.
^Washington, April 0.—There is every
reason to believe that Walter Dygert,
the young American, who has beeu held
under arrest at Gaines, Cuba, under
suspicion of complicity iu the revolu¬
tion, will be a free man in a short time.
Consul General Williams is doing all
possible to expedite the disposition of
tlio case by tho Spanish officials, who
have it under consideration, and he ex¬
pects that Dygert will be released im¬
mediately.
A Policeman Fatally Stabbed.
Pocatello, Ida., April 6.— J. B. Scan
lau, a Union Pacific policeman, was fa¬
tally stabbed by au unknown tramp.
Scanlau had ordered him from the plat¬
form and in the. difficulty removing
him struck htm with a gun. The tramp
returned shortly, plunged a knife iu
Scanlan’s side and fled.
PaiuterV strike Compromised.
Pi rTSBURG, April 6 .—The strike of the
journeymen painters of Pittsburg aud
Allegheny, which began five weeks ago
f( r an advance in wages of 50 cents a
day, he.* l m -'on'.premised aud all the
sum .u turned to work at au ad*
vance of 25 cents per day over the O ti
wages.