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MINISTERS IN A BAD MOOD.
DEMANDS OF RAILROADS LOOKED
UPON AS AN INSULT.
“Tell Them That We Spit Upon them,”
The Exclamation of One of The
Indignant Dominies.
Atlanta, 'Ga., Oct. 12.—The vials of
wrath were turned loose upon the South¬
ern States Passenger Asf ociation by some
of the local preachers at the regular meet¬
ing of the Methodist Ministers’ Associa¬
tion to day. The ministers had appoint¬
ed a committee to wait upon the officials
of the association a nd secure a cheap rate
for those who attended the annual con¬
ference to be held at Dalton. This com¬
mittee reported in the form of a letter
from Commissioner Richardson of the as¬
sociation, in whieh he said that the rate
requested would be granted upon the
guarantee that none of the tickets so sold
would be sold by the purchasers or trans¬
ferred. This guarantee was for the pur¬
pose of preventing outsiders from taking
advantage of the rate allowed the minis¬
ters, and is the customary form required
by the association when any special rate
is requested.
The preachers thought that the demand
for this guarantee was a reflection upon
their integrity, and several of them be¬
came angry in their expostulations. One
declared that it was an insult, that rail¬
roads would not think of making such a
a demand of a circus or a political or- of
ganization, while Rev. Dr. Martin,
Payne’s Chapel, vehemently cried out:
“Tell them that we spit upon them.”
For some time this sort of talk was in¬
dulged in and then it was finally agreed
to appoint another committee to see if
the passenger association would not wi th
draw the objectionable feature in the con¬
tract for reduced rates.
Fusion In Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 14.—The
central comraitte of the people's party
has announced in a public address that a
fusion agreement has beeu made by the
populists and democrats on the electoral
ticket, by which the populists get three
electors aud the democrats five.
An Unexpected Nest Egg.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 14.—Annie Weir,
the ex-slave, who sued her old master,
William Weir, for twenty-four years pay
at $3 per week, was yesterday given a
verdict of $1,650, which is about half the
amount she asked for. She had worked
for him ever since her emancipation with¬
out wages on his agreement to lodge,
clothe and feed her as long as she lived.
Upon his second marriage he discharged
her.
Illinois’ Populists.
Springfield, Ill., Oct. 14.—The state
board of review yesterday spent five hours
in hearing the objections of Chairman
Taubeneek o i the people’s party state ex¬
ecutive committee to the “middle-of-the
road” official ballot, and finally decided
not to allow the ticket on the ballot un¬
less by petition, and by using some other
name than that of “people’s party” or
“populist.” The objections of the middle
of-thevoad populists to placing the name
of Francis M. Youngblood and others, the
democratic candidates for presidential
electors, on the people’s party ticket, were
overruled by the board.
jMurdered By A Bride.
Clyde, (fa., Oct. 13.—Mrs. Lonnie Long,
of this pllce, a three months’ bride, yes¬
terday put an end to her honeymoon by
splitting her husband's head open with an
ax. She claims it was done in self-de
fense.
Atteudaut circumstances make the
crime one of the most shocking in Geor
k Lon^ formerly Miss Roxie
Mrs. was
Tillman, oftChatham county. She is
beautiful and was very popular. Three
months ago site gave her hand and heart
5’TB^SX’SnSinafe tilie. The two, after their
court a long removed this place and
marriage, to
tied near the home of the groom's father.
The course of their marriage life was ap
narently as blisteful as honeymoons are
usually said to be. Both Long and his
newlvNved wife setmed entirely neighbors happy. went
Suuday morning some couple. They found
to call on the young of the Kitchen, his
Long lying on the floor
skull split wide open, and a keen and
bloodv ax the weapon which had been
tikwI to murder him, lying by his side,
Mrs. Long was absent. Circumstances
threw suspicion upon her. She wassearch
ed for aud found aud arrested. After in¬
carceration she broke dowa^ and confess¬
ed that she had done it,, claiming, howev¬
er, that it was in self-defense.
The whole community is aghast witn
horror at the crime.
BULLOCH h WimrrriT't MES.
Statesboro, Bulloeli County, Georgia, Thursday, Oct. 15,1890.
Quay Claims the Earth.
Now York, Oct. 12.—The following state¬
ment was given out at the uational re¬
publican headquarters to-day after a con¬
ference of the entire executive committee:
“The election of McKinley and llobart
is an accomplished and assured fact. They
will receive 270 electoral votes. Bryan
will receive 110. and there are six states,
having 67 electoral votes, which are
doubtful, but the probabilities all point to
the fact that these 67 votes will go into
the republican columu and be added to the
270 now assured for McKinley and Ho¬
bart. This is the status to-day. We have
the election and will hold it. Our present
effort in the west is to this end only. The
opposition have abandoned the east.
“M. S. Quay.”
One Foot $8,050.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 12.—Jim Dantzler, a
Habersham county negro, will shortly
carry around one of the biggest rolls ever
mortal negro in these parts was possessed
with.
The Southern railway cut off one of
Jim’s legs just above the ankle in Sep¬
tember, 1895, and Saturday that corpo¬
ration mailed Jim’s lawyers a check for
$8,050, of which $550 was interest on the
original judgment, which was recently
confirmed in the supreme court.
This is doubtless the largest sum ever
awarded a negro, and one of the largest
railroad damage verdicts awarded iu re¬
cent months in Georgia to anybody. Nat¬
urally Jim is not oneofthosenegroes who
think they can’t get justice out of awhile
jury. Ladson of this city, Solicitor
Mr. C. T.
Howard Thompson and Judge J. B. Es¬
tes represented the defendant in the Ha¬
bersham superior court, aud Van Epps,
Ladson & Leftwiteh handled the case be¬
fore the supreme court.
Watson To Stay On The Ticket.
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 13.—An important
meeting of the national executive com¬
mittee of the people's party was held to¬
day at the Sherman house. The only ab¬
sentee was John S. Doie, of California.
The committee was in almost continu
oug secre ^ eess i 0 n from morning until mid¬
night, The preparation of an address to
the voters of the party engaged most of
the time. Fusion defferences and the at¬
titude of certain members toward Mr.
Watson formed a subject of protracted the
and lively debate. Mr. Reed came as
personal representative of Mr. Watson,
having spent two days with him just be¬
fore leaving Atlanta. His signature to
the address, which explains and justifies
joint Watson and Sewall electoral tickets
and appeals to the populists accepted to support proof
them at the polls, is restored as this
that peace has been over
discussion in the committee.
Senator Butler said that no action had
been taken by the committee relative to
Mr. Watson and none would be, and that
he would remain on the ticket.
Bryan’s Partner Hasn’t Bolted.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 12.—In a statement
given out this evening, A. R. Talbot, the
republican candidate for the state Senate,
aud law partner of W. J. Bryan, says: “I
see that it is stated in the press reports
that I have ‘bolted’ Mr. Bryan, my law
partner, now the democraticcaudidatefor
President. I have always been, aud am
now a republican, but no man has a
greater admiration for Mr. Bryan than I
have. His honesty, in-egrity and patri¬
.
otism cannot be questioned. I have not
‘bolted’ Mr. Bryan, and any statement to
that effect is untrue.
“I wish also to add that the statement
in the press of the country to the effect
that Mr. Bryan misstated his financial
relations to the defunct German National
Bank of this city, in his New London
speech, is without foundation and untrue.
Mr. Bayan, at the time of the failure of
that bank was not indebted to it iu any
amount whatever, and the bank held no
note bearing his signature. The indebt¬
edness referred to in the dispatches was
my own personal obligation.”
Start Up On Full Time.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 12.—Alter a long
period of waiting Eagle and Phenix mill
y the rope department and woolen
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t t d this mor niug on full time.
On the 28th of last Maroh the depart
ments mentioned were put on short time,
aD d a few weeks later they were shut
down altogether. Gunby Jordan, of
After Mr. G. as. one
the receivers, took hold ol the property,
he said that it was absolutely necessary
to make many repairs, put in work new pieces
of machinery, and do other to'get
the best results, and with his usual alac
rity he set about doing so. The work
having progressed sufficiently to warrant
it, Mr. Jordan decided to begin opera
tions in the departments above mention
ed at once, and the hands were duly noti¬
fied to be on hand this morning, prepared
to go to work on full time.
p»As soon as No. 3 mill can be put in
shape it will also start up on full time.
This was cheerful intelligence to the two
thousand who have been on short time
or idle for the past six months.
A WALL OF WILD WATER.
TIDAL WAVE BURSTS IN ON GE0R
G1A AND FLORIDA.
Heavy Damage Done To Property, But
No Loss Of Life Reported at
Any Point.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 9.—A big tidal
wave came in on an October northeaster
today. No lives were lost or great dam¬
age to property sustained in Brunswick.
Citizens owning rice plantations are
fearful that their entire unshipped crops
are gone, and this seems probable. The
loss of the rice planters will thus be heavy
and not easily sustained by them, in view
of past mishaps.
The tidal wave to-day furnished the
most interesting sight since the one of
1854. The water completely hid all the
marshes between Brunswick, Fancy Bluff,
Jekyl, St. Simons, the Southern railway
docks and other places.
Long stretches of the boulevard were
under water and thousands of marsh
hens and water animals were driven on
shore for refuge.
The Monk street docks were completely
covered.
Seguis’ fish house was cut off, as were
the St. Simons ticket office and ware¬
house. Passengers from St. Simons were
ferried across the docks to the shore, the
water being eighteen inches over the docks.
From St. Simons the steamer Egmont
cut across the water-covered marsh, in¬
stead of going around the point, a thing
unheard of before. Everything was one
vast sea of water, and Capt. Dart had to
use his chart and compass togettotpwn.
Water birds of various kinds flew to
the Eg>nont for rest, their search for land
having exhausted them. Many were
brought to town. marsh and
Heavy drifts of grass sea
rack, covered with thousands of minks
and sea birds, came against the Egmont,
retarding her progress considerably.
On New Castle, Brunswick’s principal
business street, the water came from the
drain pipes, and in one place formed a
solid sheet across the street. On every
hand were evidences of the vast amount
of water surging into the bay below.
At McCullough’s dock the marsh rack
formed a large mass, and thousands of
minks and sea birds were on it for refuge.
All along the water’s edgechildren with
sticks were killing boat loads of game
delicacies and over one hundred hunters
were out iu rowboats killing marsh hens
by the thousands.
Tonight there is great feasting in many
homes over what the tide brought in.
Providence prevented extremely stormy
weather, or much disaster would haveac
companied the wave. As it is, the weath¬
er is cold, bleak and dismal, butthegame
killed lends enjoyment to the occasion.
Fernandina, Fla., Oct. 9.—Heavy winds
from the northeast have been blowing the
entire day, and the tide Las risen so high
that it lias done a great deal of damage
along the river front. The dock which is
used by the Florida Tie and Lumber Co.
is under water, and a number of ties have
been washed away.
The water rose for a block up Center
street, and ties and lumber drifted right
up in the street.
The storm signal, which was raised this
morning, has beaten itself into a rag.
The Florida Central aud Peninsular
Railroad tracks along the river front are
under water, aud the foundation of dirt
is washed away. At the elevator the en¬
gine and boiler room is three feet under
water, and the trains which arrived to¬
day could not come up to the depot, but
had to stop at the Beach street crossing.
The steamer City of Brunswick, which
runs between this port and Brunswick,
lias been here since yesterday, unable to
face the rough weather in the sound.
A number of the lumber docks are under
water, and if the wind continues like it is
until the high water tide about 10o’clock
tonight, big damage will be done, and
lots of property will be washed away.
Some of the warehouses are making prep¬
arations and raising their goods a few
feet from the floor.
St. Augustine, Fid., Oct. 9.—A heavy
northeaster came on at midnight, and
brought a high tide. At 9:40 o’clock this
morning it flooded Buy street, and the
streets south of Bridge street were also
flooded. A continuance of the gale is
likely at 11 o’clock tonight, which will
probably No cause the water to cover the sea
wall. damage is yet reported.
„ New Silver Dollars. „
Washington, Oct, 13—During the uniutli L'lted
of September 1890, the mint, of the
States coined from the silver bullioil on
hand, 1890, purchased 2,700,000 under standard the act silver of July\f4, dollal's,
containing 2,088,358.51 ounces of pv
silver, the cost of which was $1,862,67
giving a seignorage or profit of $837,3j /
to the government, which sum has be/i
deposited in the treasury. I
Contests Over The Election.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14,—Notices of con¬
tests of the election of county officers
have been filed with the governor for ten
counties. In addition, two notices of con¬
tests for members of the legislature have
beeu given. W. P. Killingsworth will con¬
test the election of A. L. Foster to the
House from Clay county, and there is an¬
other which Maj. Warren, the executive
secretary, could not locate, but it is said
to be returned fro Montgomery county,
where Mr. W. H. Calhoun, pop., was re¬
turned.
The county contests are as follows:
Bulloch—C. S. Martin, ordinary; S. C.
Groover, clerk superior court; Allen Lee,
treasurer, and J. N. Akins, tax collector,
cont^stod.
Chattahoochee—F. M. Grady, ordinary,
and clerk contested,
Dqpglas—All the county officers con
tcstsd
Elbert—John D. Adams, treasurer.
Jefferson—All the county officers, ex¬
cept S. M. Clark, treasurer.
Laurens—W. S. Joiner and John Wilkes.
Lowndes—A. J. Harrel, sheriff.
Montgomery—All the county officers.
Telfair—All the county officers.
Upson—D. H. C. Westley, clerk.
Jury List.
The following jurors have been drawn
to serve at next fall term superior court:
GUANI) .JURY.
Bland Jas Lanier M A
Brannen D A Lee W S
Davis W 1) Millhouse D H
Denmark Redding Newmans Jesse
Franklin A J Newmans J G
Franklin Hiram Oil iff S F
Gay Ivy 1) Olfiff F D
Hagins G It Parrish Benj
Hart G A Smith W T
Hall J H Smith Mileuton
Harper P C Turner A A
Hendrix M F Trapnell J T
Holland H IJ Warnock J A
Hendrix Merida Womack W P
Harville Keebler Williams B A
TRAVER8B JURY.
Anderson W M Hendrix Jas J
Anderson G F Holland E I)
Aycock E B Harvey C W
Bennett J B Joiner Milfred
Banks T P Jones T B
Beasley Eli Kennedy M J
Blackburn G S Martin J B
Brannen J K Martin C M
Brannen C C Marsh M B
Cone F S Newmans J J
Cone J G Olliff H I
Cameron J It Parker W C
Cowart Z H Rushing M S
Dekle W W Shuman J M
Denmark J T Trapnell P A
Dutton O Winn J A
Groover J B Williams J F
Graham J W Zetterower C W
The Flint Arrives at Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 5.—For the first
time in several weeks one of the Colum¬
bus regular steamboats has just arrived
iu the city. The arrival was the Flint,
and she brought up a good cargo of cot¬
ton. The low couditiou of the river has
prevented boats from coming to Colum.
bus during the past month.
Daughters of the Confederacy to Meet.
Macon, Oct. 6.—The Macon chapter
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
are making all the proper arrangements
for the entertainment of the delegatee
to the state convention which will bf
held in Macon on Oct 20-31.
Negro Plot to Kill.
Grenada, Miss. Oct. 10—The white peo¬
ple of Carroll county are terribly excited
oyer the discovery of a negro plot to in¬
augurate a war of extermination. Word
from Carroll county is that a letter was
found in the road addressed to a negro,
which exposed the diabolical negotiated plot. A with se¬
cret. society of negroes had
the Winchester Arms Company for a large
number of rifles, and with these they pro¬
posed to slaughter white men, wo men and
children. Several leaders have been ar¬
rested, and the excitement is very intense.
Further particulars are anxiously await¬
ed. Carrollton is the home of Senator
Money. A number of negroes were killed
in a riot there a few years ago, and bad
blood still exists. There is no doubt that
the situatoiu is now critical.
Suicide of a Suitor.
Washington, Oct. 9.—Dillard Ragland,
27 years of age, a native of Texas, em¬
ployed in the internal revenue bureau of
the treasury department, with the rating
and salary of a messenger ($80 a month),
committed suicide last night by inhaling
gas, because he could not raise enough
money to go to Atlanta, Ga., to getmar
ried next Monday. He was engaged to
Miss Bessie Rosamond Gurley, daughter and
°f a widow lady of Dallas, ‘lex., the
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Atlanta newspapers. Failing to inTexas, secure
pecuniary aid from his relatives
and having only $5 in his possession,
Ragland killed himself. To-day a tele¬
came to the dead man from hisfath
er in Texas stating that funds for his trip
and for his marriage expenses had been
placed to his order in a local bank.
No. 21.
CRAZY MAN DOES MURDER.
BEN H. OSBORN SHOOTS THEODORE
SCHRADER TO DEATH.
Coroner’s Inquest Results In a Verdict
of Insanity, While the Grand Jury
ludicts Him for Murder.
Atlanta, Oct. 10.—Ben H. Osborn, a
lunatic, who escaped from his father’s
home on Chapel street yesterday morning,
went forth with pistol in hand in search
of the man who he said had stolen his soul.
Shortly after 4 o'clock ho met Theodore
Schrader at the Loyd street railroad
crossing, near Alabama street, and fired
five shots at him from a 62-caliber revol¬
ver, two of which took effect, producing
death in fifteen minutes after the first shot
was fired.
The whole story was told in an extra
5 o’clock edition of the Journal, which
was issued after the tragedy. The full
story of the escape of Osborn was told in
the regular edition. He was to have been
tried before the ordinary on a writ of lu¬
nacy, but when the officer went for him,
the lunatic defied him and threatened to
dse a pistol. While the officer returned to
the sheriff’s office for assistance to catch
the madman, Osborn escaped from his
father s home by sliding down a rope at¬
tached to a back window, with the pistol,
aud he was not heard of any more until
lie fired the fatal shots which ended
Schrader’s life later in the afternoon,
I or about three weeks Osborn has beeu
in a demented condition and has been,
under treatment for a week or two, but
instead of growing better hegot worse, so
much so that Dr. Hugh Hagan, who at¬
tended him, advised his brother to have
him incarcerated for safe keeping, but be¬
fore hecould be placed iu a place of con¬
finement. he had run across Schrader, his
old friend and foreman of the Atlanta
Lithographing Company, aud pulling out
his pistol fired two cl the leaden balls in¬
to his body.
The after following was the verdict of the
jury, hearing the evidence of the wit¬
nesses in the case:
“We. the jury empanelled and sworn to
inquire into the death of Theodore Schra¬
der, find from the evidence of witnesses
that said Theodore Schrader came to his
death from wounds received from a pistol
in the bands of B. H. Osborn. Wefnrther
say that from tiie evidence before us,
believe B. H. Osborn to be insane at the
time of the shooting.”
The grand jury met this morning and
made an hearing investigation of the killing.
After the witnesses the jury re¬
turned a true bill against Osborn for mur¬
der. The fact that Osborn is stipposed to
be insane could have no bearing upon the
action of the grand jury, which was com¬
evidence pelled to placed return tin indictment under the
before it. Theshowingas
to the insanity of Osborn will have to be
made before the court when he is put up¬
on trial.
Osborn is a brother of the Atlanta labor
agitator who two years ago canvassed
the stale in the behalf of the populists.
Populist Killed At the Polls*
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 7.—A special to the
Chronicle from Millen,Ga.,says: On open¬
ing of the polls at Monte, Emanuel coun¬
ty, JVilIiam Durden and a negro hand
walked up to vote, when the democratic
ticket was snatched out of his hand by C.
W. Williams, a negro third partyist. Sev¬
eral democrats rushed for him and Wil¬
liams pulled his pistol and killed S. S.
Middleton. He made an effort to escape,
but was overtaken and shot to death.
Kicked to Death By a Horse.
Savannah, Oct. 13.—C.S.Keller, known
among his frieudsas “Shelley,” was killed
by a kick of his horse yesterday morning
at West Broad and Stewart streets.
Mr. Keller was the city fresh meat sales¬
man of the Armour Packing Company,
and had just collected a bill of $46.46 from
Morgan’s butcher shop. Hestarted toget
into his buggy, havingspokentoMr. Mor¬
gan just as he was leaving about the new
horse he had, saying that the company
had just got him from the west, and he
was pretty spirited.
The bill was paid in silver, which Mr.
Keller put in a paper bag aud dropped
into the bottom of his buggy, intending
to drive with it to the office of the com¬
pany aud continue his rounds afterward.
As he dropped the mosey into the buggy
the horse took fright and started to run,
Mr. Keller was caught between the wheels.
He found that he eould not get in and
drew his feet up and lay with his body
across the bottom of the buggy, at the
same time reaching for tfce reins. As he
did so the horse began kicking, and soon
broke in the dashboard, and after kicking
and rearing, he broke loose and ran down
Stewart street. the
Mr. Keller was seen to catch at
buggy seat convulsively just after thean
imal begau kickiug, and half lay and half
sat. He was taken out and carried into
Kieffer’s drug store, where he diedinafew
minutes, without having spoken.