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Vol. V.
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.
DEMOCRATS ARE STILL CAUCUSING
FOR A SENATOR.
Hovtell, Clay and Atkinson Have The
Field to Themselves—A
Dark Horse Probable.
The senatorial situation in Atlanta re¬
mains unchanged, except that Hon. Hal
Lewis has formally dropped out of the
contest and the field is left to Clay, Atkin¬
son and Howell. As between them neith¬
er may be said to have the advantage,
for the outlook is anything but encour¬
aging for either of them.
Up to the present time the democrats
have had twenty-three ballots in their
caucus, and the situation is about the
same as at the beginning. Instead of At¬
kinson having sixty-odd on the first bal¬
lot, as he claimed he would have, he went
in with forty-eight—about the same as
Clay and about ten more than Howell,
and about twenty-five more than Lewis.
The voting for thirteen ballots remained
about the same, except that in one Clay
went to sixty-odd—about ten more than
Atkinson’s highest. It requires eighty
eight to nominate, and neither ofthe can¬
didates received thatnumberiuMonday’s
caucus, so it adjourned till Tuesday even¬
ing.
The law requires that the house and
senate shall go into joint session on the
2K
mg democrats a voice had in electing a man until the
first decided on a candi
date in caucus, the democrats adopted
the plan of voting promiscuously in the
joint sjpBion. so that nocandidateshould
receive a majority. Under this plan each
representative is required to vote for
sume man iu his own county and each
senator for some one iu his district. This
shain voting in the joint session will be
kept up till the democratic caucus can
eettle OP-fv-rntm, wUioIi wiU-UUcly- liovtt
or five days, at least. •
In the caucus Bulloch's representative,
Col. Brannen, stands by Mr. Howell, while
senator Brinson has been supporting Mr.
Lewis. In the eh am election Brannen
voted first for P. C. Hagin and then for
W. L. Stubbs; and Brinson voted lor
Hon. “Jinks” Jones.
Lewis’s dropping out of therace yester¬
day will not affect the three candidates
now left iu the field. His twenty-odd
votes will be about evenly divided between
them. In the meantime all three candi¬
dates are hoping that something will turn
up in their favor, and the people are won¬
dering what will happen next. The pre¬
vailing opinion is that neither candidate
will give way to the others, and that the
only solution of the problem is a dark
horse. Judge Logan Bleckley, ex-supreme
court judge, has been trying suitable to call atten
tention to himself as a compro¬
mise, but Howell, Clay and Atkinson all
think that they would suit better. F. G.
duBignon is also spoken of, and has even
received some votes iu the caucus, but he
is hardly acceptable to a free silver legis¬
lature; nor is Henry Turner, who is also
spoken of. dark
Who this horse will be is a ques¬
tion, but that there will have to be one
there is 110 doubt. General Evans was
balloted for in the caucus for awhile,
though not an avowed candidate, and it
is one of the possibilities that be might
yet get in the lightning’s way. Should
he be chosen it would be very satisfactory
to every body except the defeated candi¬
dates.
A Joke On Bryan.
Peru, Ind., Nov. 11.—The Honest Mon¬
ey Democratic League yesterday sent .a
gilded saw buck and saw in miniature to
W. J. Bryan, as a reminder of the follow¬
ing part of his speech deliyered in this city
on Oct. 23: “The man i who leaves the
democratic party in its great fight this
year, need not couie back until he has
fully atoned for the sin committed. The
prodigal son who leaves the democratic
household this year and goes to feed the
hogs, when he comes back, has got to
come in with the understanding that be
must saw wood a loug while before he
gets to the table.”
Kentucky Now Conceded.
Louisville. Ky., Nov. 9.—Headquarters
of both Republican and Democratic cam¬
paign committees are closed, itbeingcon¬
ceded now that on the face of the official
returns from 115 of the 119 counties that
McKinley has carried the state. The
official returns from the missing counties
will not alter the general result.
Chairman Roberts figures McKinley’s
plurality at 444, saying that the official
returns from the four counties will in¬
crease this figure. On the same number
of counties the Courier-Journal figures
the plurality at 498, and the Times this
afternoon places it at 576.
Bettors who wagered money that Bryan
would carry Kentucky now concede that
McKinley has carried the state by a small
but safe plurality, and are paying the bets.
BULLOCH TIMES.
Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, Thursday, Nov. 12,1896.
The World Must Pay It.
Washington, Nov. 9.—The United
States supreme court today affirmed the
decision of the lower court awarding
Harriet. Monroe $5,000 against the New
York World for alleged premature publi¬ the
cation without her authority of
World’s Fair Ode, composed by her.
Fitzgerald Is Now Dry.
Fitzgerald, Nov. 9.—Fitzgerald can now
claim some right to be classed with the
law abiding cities of Georgia, and every
one is glad that the result of the recent
trials of the owners and proprietors of
the socalled social clubs was the convic¬
tion of every man presented for trial, and
the charters under which these clubs run
were revoked.
Each offender was fined $300, and some
of them were forced to go to jail, not be¬
ing able to pay the fines. Theclub doors
were closed Saturday and will not reopen.
Bryan FocSeuator.
Seattle, Wash., Note. 9.—A boom has
started here for William J. Bryan for
United Stales Senator from this state.
The silver fusionists will control the sen
atorsliip. The constitution of Washing¬
ton provides that to be eligible to the of¬
fice the candidate shall be merely an “in¬
habitant” of the state at the time of the
election, so that the fusion majority could
elect Mr. Bryan without any trouble.
Richard Windsor, sr.. the populist leader
in Washington, and James Hamilton
Lewis, democratic fusionist and member
elect of congress, are rival candidates for
the senatorship, and Mr. Bryan has been
suggested as a compromise.
Vailed By Co!. Coxey.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 10.—Common
dealer J. T 0 S. Coxey has called a conference
of all friends of the initiative and referen
duin and other reforms to meet at the
Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, Jan. 12, 1897.
At this meeting a platform will be pre¬
seuted declaring for the demonetization
of gold as well as silver, state ownership
of railroads, highways, waterways, and
telegraph and telephone lines; municipal
—-U. w- liMc . water and
works, market houses, electric light
gas plants; woman’s suffrage and election
of president by direct vote of the people,
Also that national banks should lend
money to the people at cost,
Snake Was In the Hollow.
Waynesboro, Ga., Nov. 9.—A eon of
Mr. J. D. Griner went into the woods last
Saturday, near this city, and, seeing a
rabbit run into a hollow log, concluded
to twist out the little animal with a fork¬
ed stick. When he had procured the stick
and thrust his arm full length into the
log. he was bitten upon the hand by a
rattlesnake. The boy, finding that he had
been bitten, tore his handkerchief into
strings and corded liis wrist and ran
quickly home earring the snake which he
killed. His father brought him to the
doctors at once, and proper medicines
were given. At this time he is doing
about as well as could be expected.
A Lucky Plaintiff Missing.
Macon, Nov. 9.—Considerable interest
is felt in the Whereabout of Miss Marga¬
ret McAlphin, who left Macon for the Au¬
gusta hospital in J une, just a few days
before she won a $1,500 damage suit
agaiiist the Central railroad receivers.
About a year ago she filed a $10,000 suit
for personal injuries received as a passen¬ that
ger on a Fort Valley train. From
time until last June she lived an invalid,
suffering for actual necessities. Her moth¬
er died in June and she was left without
a home. Feeling that she had been bad¬
ly treated in Macon, Miss McAlphin de¬
cided to go to Augusta and enter a hos¬
pital. Nothing has been heard of her
since she boarded the train at Macon.
Her lawyers have been unable to commu¬
nicate with her about their victory in her
suit.
Pay Of The School Teachers.
Atlanta, Noy. 9.—Eight thousand pub¬
lic school teachers are making State
School Commissioner Glenn’s life a bur¬
den because they have not been paid the
third quarter’s salary. Mr. Glenn gets
fifty letters a day about it and has been
doing his best without saying anything,
but now he says it is time to tell the plain
truth.
“The third quarter’s salary, due Oct.
1, has not been paid,” said he, “for the
simple reason that there is not enough
money in the treasury. It takes about
$350,000 to pay them and there is some¬
thing over $200,000 in the treasury, with
$1,000 a day going out for the legisla¬
ture and cupous to meet, besides other
expenses of the government. A month
ago the governor and the treasury tried
to borrow the money, but they said in
substance: ‘We don’t want to lend any
money to you silver cranks before the
election. We will probably be glad to do
so afterwards, l?ut not now.’ The gov¬
ernor and the treasury are.at work upon
it again, and they expect to get the mon
ey this week.
RAISED STOCK OF RAILROAD,
AND MAJOR HARTRIDGE IS NOW
UNDER ARBEST.
Made “Ninety” Out C ’ “Nineteen,”
“Sixty” Ont Of “Si teen,” and
Gained Over 7,Off Dollars.
Savannah, Nov. 9.—Major Alfred L.
Hartridge, a well knowobroker, is under
arrest at his home in this city on two
charges by the of forgery. Germania Warrants lank and were the sworn Na¬
out
tional bank of Savann^i.
Hartridge is confined^t attached his home with
illness. He was with what is
given out as paralysis Saturday after¬
noon, just before the warant was issued.
An officer is now watch Jig him.
It is alleged that] Ha|;ridge raised fig¬
ures railroad on scrip stock for 19 shf^es 9$ and of Southwest¬
ern fo one for 10
shares to 00 share* amfsecured the cash
for that amount. 1
He borrowed $1 l,00<lfrom Simon Borg
& Co., of New' Y rk, <h the alleged 90
Bliares of stock a d initiated the scrip
with the Nations, bankfcf Savannah.
This forgery t ‘eaim|kncwn, pijy and to
cover up his loss nd the bank what
had been advan d oil it, last Friday
Hartridge went to tlf Germania, bunk
and borrowed $1 0(30,giving a draft on
Simon Borg & o. %e draft was pre¬
sented today mu payaent fue refused.
Major 11 ami 3 is of the oldest
brokers The transfer in Sava nah. ent if J the Southwestern
a
railroad endorse on i ie face of the scrip
the words statin • tha the scrip was for
19 shares of the rtocfc Hartridge, it is
alleged, erased t is em orsement, and the
scrip for GO shar i, wl ch was originally
for 10 shares, w ,s cl mged back to 16
shares, and,on S ate' her 10 was trans¬
ferred to a ban an new scrip for 1G
shares issued in he auk's name. The
new scrip was 1 isei to GO shares and
expected and in tilt meantime the city is
in a flurry of excitmeut.
The charges wble bale created- a profound
sensation here Major Hartridge is
so well known amliked.
Gold aider 1 Fire.
Vienna, Nov. 8/Prof. Suez, an Austrian
economist, has ritten a letter to the
Neus Wiener Taplutt, iu which he argues
that Mr. McKinV’s election is a victory
of international toietaJlism over national
bimetallism, an; that international bi¬
metallism is extqliDg in Europe. Gold
coinage, he say! has recently brought
the world to thehrge of a universal cri¬
sis. He concluf by saying that the
statesmen of Eutpe America. must learn a lesson
from events in It is their duty
to relieve the wdd of a state of affairs so
full of danger.
Columbiaiiiiberty Bell’s Debt.
Chicago, Nov*—The Columbian liberty
bell is in the »nds of the sheriff. The
Henry McSharManufacturing Company
of Baltimore, »ch cast it, claims that
it has never b« paid for the work, and
this morning a firm’s local agent with a
deputy sheriff’ought the bell from Evan¬
ston to Chicio. It will be shipped to
Baltimore wh3 the firm intends to place
it on exhibits. The bell was attached
once before ju prior to its final jaunt to
the Atlanta position, but a note for
$125, the ammt of the attachment, was
given to secu the debt. The McShane
coinpauy clais the bell cost them $1,200.
Brn to The East.
Lincoln, Nq Nov. 7.—Mr. Bryan to¬
day gave ohhe folowing telegram, ad¬
dressed to thmsteti bimetallists:
“In the hoiOf defeat, 1 seudyou greet¬
ing. No wor-of p’aise can sufficiently
commend yoi When I remembered that
the eastern stjes s»?t gold delegates to
both convenes nearly all the east
ern papers appean-mariabJy wmganstbimetallism, creditable. your
fight You
have shown yrseltes heroes, aud events
will vindicative Continuhe p<$ition fiiht. you have ta
en.
(Signed) “W. J. Bkyax.”
Dranl tiuirt of Liquor.
Augusta, Nf. 9.-Two young men of
this city, whe naaes it is not necessary
to mention, t eaa other a few days ago
that if eithf candidate in the recent
election lost* weald drink a quart of
rye whiskey fastis it could be poured
out. :
The unforiate ifetter, who had back¬
ed his juAent op the victory of the
gentleman a* Nebraska came up yes¬
terday anfpposed to All his contract.
gSfSSrS&Z life was drived of. and no wonder. He
is slowly tveriug today.
To Manufacture Kindling.
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 5.—Capt.L, John¬
son and J. S. Tart, of this city, have or¬
ganized the Southern Kindling Company,
with headquarters in Waycross. The
plant is located at the Ware Lumber Com¬
pany’s mill two miles from Waycross.
The manufacture of kindling is a simple
process, and the main ingredients em¬
ployed are resin and saw-dust. The kind¬
ling is made into balls of various sizes,
and sold to jobbers at very reasonable
prices. The kindling has been patented
for the company. Shipments are already
being made to the north, andinthecour&e
of a few months a large plant will be erect¬
ed for the purpose of supplying the de¬
mand.
Tennessee’s OH Fields.
Chattanoogn, Tenn., Nov. 8.—Oil was
struck yesterday at the Forest Company’s
well iu Fentress county, in the whitesaud
on Boar creek, at a depth of 1,900 feet.
The other wells in this section will alt be
drilled deeper, and the indications are that
the field will develop into rich territory.
Gernt & Fry of Little Crab, the heaviest
lease-holders, bavealreadv started anoth¬
er well at Bob’s Bar. The well known as
the Wiser, which opened as a gusher and
then took fire, is being pumped, and highly
satisfactory’Venn Its obtained. The lease¬
holders are not offering any territory for
sale, but are awaiting the results of Gernt
& Fry's well.
Pennsylvania and Ohio men now on the
ground assert that the success of the Ten¬
nessee oil field is assured.
Close Call For Miners.
Shenango, Pa., Nov. 7,—Eighty miners
had a thrilling experience and miraculous
escape from drowning in Packer No. 2.
colliery today.
The recent rains bad caused the Hood
ing of part of the mine, and a dam was
built in the No. 1 west gangway to head
off the Hood and give the pumps a better
chance to catch up.
Edward Wilson, a miner employed in
the No. 1 gangway, noticed the wat er rap¬
idly rising in this place, and investigation
showed that the breastwork in No. 1 wig(
alarm inside, A&Uaaninmicili atelv gave tM
out tue water rose wmisucli
rapidity that the miners were obliged to
wade several hundred feet through water
up to their necks, and before they reached
the bottom of the slope were frequently
obliged to swim.
Years Since the Crime.
San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 9.—About
years ago a young German,
name of August Kermann, arrived in the
town of Rock Springs and purchased a
ranch of 28,000 acres near the town. He
claimed to be from New York. He was
possessed of an abundance of money.
Kermann made few friends during his 10
years’ residence on the ranch.
Yesterday a German detective, claiming
to represent the German government, ar¬
rested Kerman. The latter submitted
quietly and said lie would return to Ger¬
many without extradition.
Kermann said he was at one time in the
postal service of the German government,
and that an irregularity occurred iu his
department and he fled to this country iu
order to escape punishment. Thedetective
refused to makeany statement of the case.
The Governor-Elect Of Illinois.
Chicago, Nov. 7.—Captain John R.
Tanner, (Rep.) was elected governor of
Illinois, defeating Altgeld by a majority
of 112,845 votes.
Tie governor-elect is comparatively a
young man, and is noted for his pluck,
determination and energy. He is one of
the few leading republicans who could
have defeated Altgeld by such a large ma¬
jority.
his younger days vras a farm¬
er and his dissipated habits at that time
made his future anything but promising.
One night while riding home in his wagon
he was assaulted by two or three roughs,
and in the fight that ensued he killed one
of them. Fearing the consequences, he
fled to Missouri, but was brought back
on a requisition and tried for murder.
After his acquittal he turned over a new
leaf, entering politics, and was sent to
the legislature. For several years past
he has been one of the most prominent
republican machine politicians in Illinois.
It is said that Tanner never forgets a
friend, and never forgives an injury. He
is of the material of which bosses are
made, and is likely to be a power in his
some come.
not a man of any culture, and has never
been called a statesman, he is a man of
more than ordinary shrewdness and is a
good judge of human nature. He pos¬
sesses a good deal of tact and knows how
to handle men and manipulate party ma¬
chinery. Altgeld is vastly his superior
morally and intellectually, but greatly
his inferior as a practical the politician. betterelase Tan¬ of
ner is not popular with
citizens,
Wanted-An Idea of thing VTbo some can to patent? simple think
Protect JOHN your WKOBiSBBURN idea*; they may * bring CO.. Patent you wealth. Attor¬
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neys, Washington, D. C., for their $1,80) prise Oiler
and list of two hundred Inventions wanted.
N.o. 25.
ADDRESS TO THE POPULISTS. '«
BUTLER SAYS THE AMI ERIC AN
PEOPLE ARE OUTRAGED.
Scores the Republicans and Anti-Bryan
Democrats and Declares the Re¬
sult is a Stigma, a Shame.
Washington, Nov. 7.— Senator Marion
Butler, chairman of the People’s Party
national committee, issued this afternoon
an address to the “People of the United
States.”
The address is a lengthy defense of the
part taken by his party in the campaign
that has just closed. Extracts from the
address follow:
“In the lemarkable campaign just pass¬
ed, the People’s Party was the only one
party that supported solidly and unitedly
the great and vital issues represented in
the candidacy of Mr. Bryan. This was
natural, for the People’s Party came into
existence to bring to the front and to
press to victory the principles of Lincoln
and Jefferson, already (png discarded by
the two old parties.
“Had it not been for the prejudice
against the Democratic name, as well as
a want of confidence iu Democratic prom¬
ises, for which itmustbefraaklyadmitted
that past experience furnishes ample
ground, many of the voters of the coun¬
try, in spite of the tremendhus and unpar¬
alleled efforts put forth by the Republican
managers, would have cast their vote for
financial reform and American independ¬
ence.
“The People's Party, with a high patri¬
otism and an unselfish devotiou to prin¬
ciple greater than ever before exhibited
by any other party, stepped outside of its
organization solidly for to throw Mr. Bryan. its two million
votes Had not
more than tbisnmnberof tbosewhoculled
themselves Democrats!!! 1892, given their
support to McKinley the cause ufthepdb
Iritunplied nle and American principles would have
this year. This class ut Dem
W ' l 'Bu ta - 1 ■‘wiM— fJ&jUi. of;
monopolies and trusts in tue future. Their
places iu the ranks of the reform hosts
must be taken by patriotic Republicans.
In fact, Mr. Bryan would have been elected
in this contest, had even 25,000 more sil¬
ver Republicans come to the rescue.
umph of McKinley and 1 he tri¬
of the gold standard does not ex¬
press the desires and sentiments of the
American people. The majority oppose
the policy for which he stands and will so
vote whenever an opportunity is present¬
ed for a proper alignment. The remark¬
able and brilliant campaign cf William J.
Bryan would have aligned these forces and
marched them to triumphat victory if any
candidate or leader in America couid have
done so under the Democratic banner.
“The gold standard and mono; olyrnle,
for the continuation of which Mr. .McKin¬
ley stands pledged, means four more years
of falling prices, four more years of lock¬
outs and strikes, four more years of re¬
duced wages and idle labor. This will
cause the patriotic rank and file of the
Republican McKinleyism party to condemn and repu¬
diate as the party and rank
and file of the Democratic party has re¬
pudiated Clevelaudism.
“The position of the People’s Party iu
this great contest lias convinced every
patriotic American tliut the party can be
trusted to stand for the principles of good
government, and the interests of the peo¬
ple, under any and all circumstauces.
Therefore, the People’s Party must be the
nucleus around which the patriotic hosts
must and will gather to redeem a betray¬
ed Republic and to restore prosperity to
au oppressed and outraged people.”
Forgetful Man’s Name Fixed.
Chicago, III., Nov. 7.—A special from
Makato, Minn., says: “The man who came
to Makato three weeks ago and was una¬
ble to remember his own name or past
history was to-day identified by J. W.
Blanchard of Chicago as his former part¬
ner, who, he claims, mysteriously disap¬
peared from Mobile, Ala., June 17, last,
taking with him several thousand dollars
of the firm’s money aud leaving $10,000
in debts behind him contracted without
Mr. Blanchard’s knowledge. The forget¬
ful man i» John Hardcastle Hall, au En¬
glishman, and according to Blanchard’s
statements, he is a master at deception
and trickery, yet withal a most wonderful
man. Hall seems to remember only the
that he has done and has no recol¬
of his alleged crookedness.
states that he will not pros¬
ecute Hall, and returned to Chicago yes¬
terday, having satisfied his curiosity re¬
garding the man. Hall has hi traded wide
attention, letters have been received here
from all parts of the country giving de¬
scriptions thought of missing Hall business men. It is
here that is mentally un¬
balanced, but Blanchard does not share
this belief.”
WONDERFUL are the cures by
■Z Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and yet they
are simple and natural. Hood’s Sarsa¬
parilla makes PURE BLOOD .~ j