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VOL. V. NO. 44.
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TARIFF PROGRAM NOT SATISFAC¬
TORY TO DEMOCRATS.
NEW RULES CAUSE A RUMPUS.
Republicans Determined to Pass Tariff
Bill Without Delay and Outline
tho Frog-rain Therefor.
A Washington dispatch says: The
republicans of the house have cleared
the decks for the great tariff fight.
There was a preliminary skirmish
Friday in the fight over the rule pro¬
viding the manner of the consideration
of the tariff bill, which indicates the
treatment which the measure itself
will receive, but the rule was adopted
by a strict party vote.
The democrats were formed into a
compact by body by the program adopted
the republicans.
democrats Party lines were at once drawn and
rallied as one man against
the taiiff. The debate brought out the
fact that the democrats stood ready to
forget all other questions, for the pres¬
ent at least, and unite on the tariff as
the great issuo.
The administration program is be¬
ing followed to the letter. The rule
admits of comparatively little debate
considering the magnitude of the meas¬
ure and eliminates even chance for
amendment.
While on its face it seems to give
opportunity for the consideration of
amendments proposed by individual
members, that provision is rendered a
nullity by the rule which gives amend¬
ments proposed by the committee the
right of way at all times.
The rules of the house are absolutely
superceded by this special rule, which
gives the committee the power to force
the consideration of its amendments
and its amendments alone, no matter
what may be ponding.
Mr. Bailey, of Texas, set forth the
democratic position in his short speech
against that rule. He declared it his
belief that the sooner the republican
program was put into legislation
the better it would, be for the demo¬
cratic party, for that much sooner
would the futility of tho proposition
that prosperity can be brought about
by taxing the people be demonstrated.
He protested against the arbitrary
action of the majority as embodied iu
this rule, but declared the democracy
was willing to abide the test of the
tariff bill as a prosperity restorer.
Speaking for the minority, Mr. Bai
ly said: “The passage of the bill will
not be antagonized by filibustering
opposition. Knowing that we cannot
prevent its passage, we feel it to be
the best policy, from our standpoint,
that you should pass it speedily. If
it shall accomplish what you claim for
it, the president should not be de¬
prived of the benefits that are to flow
from it. If it should not prove to he
what is anticipated for it, the sooner
it will be repealed and the people re¬
lieved of its unjust exactions.
“I never was more confident of any
event of the future than I am that
this bill shall demonstrate the futility
of the pretenses on which it is based,
and I firmly believe that you won’t
live long enough to get a patient hear¬
ing from the people on the absurd pro¬
position that you can make them pros¬
perous by taxing them. (Applause.)
“We challenge you to pass the bill
because nothing can more certainly
prove to the people that you are un¬
worthy of the trust now reposed in
you ” (Applnuse.)
HEAVY WIND STORM
Docs Conshlerp.ble Damage In Texas
Friday Night.
A heavy wind storm, which in some
places assumed the appearance of a
cy.elone, passed over a part of Texas
Friday night.
At Plauo the gale leveled the sheds
of the Cotton Belt and Central road,
blew over freight cars and unroofed
several residences. A number of per¬
sons were injured at Plano, but none
were killed. Considerable damage was
done by the storm near Itasca and
Hutchinson. Telegraph and telephone
wires are prostrated and it is difficult
to learn the extent of the damage.
Tho worst damage reported so far
occurred at Denton, where over one
hundred houses were struck by tlie
storm and all more or less damaged.
B. AND L. RECEIVERS.
Report of Special Master in a Knoxville,
Te:m., Concern.
Special Master J. W. Caldwell made
his report Frilay morning to Judge
Clark, of the United States court, at
Knoxville, Tenn , in the matter of
receivership prayed for the Southern
Building aud Loan association.
The report is to the effect that the
association is technically solvent, the
assets being about $2,500,009, but he
recommends the appointment of a per¬
manent rec eiver.
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AWAITS GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL.
Tennessee Constitutional Hill Has Passed
Both House, of Legislature.
Both houses of the Tennessee legis¬
lature adopted, Friday, the report of
the conference committee on the con¬
stitutional convention bills, aud those
measures now go to the governor for
his approval. this question will he
As agreed on, Tuesday in August.
voted on the first
If a convention is called ninety-nine
delegates not less than twenty-seven
years of age will be elected the first
Tuesday in October, election officers to
serve without pay. The delegates will
receive only $2 per diem and sit only
seventy-five days.
BULLOCH
FLOODS’ FURY UNABATED.
Stories of Death and Disaster From Raging
Water* Still Come*
Advices from Memphis state that a
half-inch rise in the Mississippi means
the devastation of property and proba
ably a loss of life unequaled in the
flood history of that section. The rise
is threatened because of continued
rains.
Seventeen persons are reported
drowned fifty miles below Caruthers
ville, Mo. A stretch of country over
100 miles long from a point of seventy
miles north of Memphis to a point 50
miles south of the Tennessee metropo¬
lis is submerged in places to a depth
of ten feet. The fertile valleys of
Tennessee and Arkansas are completely
inundated and many lives have been
lost and stock drowned, feue n; and
dwellings swept away, inhabitants des¬
titute and homeless, and left to starve
or drown by the remorselessly rising
tide.
Reports from tributary streams show
rains and rapidly rising rivers, floods
which will soon be emptied into the
Mississippi, adding to the danger when
hurled against the already weakened
levees.
The levees are patrolled hourly by
armed and desperate men, provided
with sand bags to strengthen weak
places or to close threatened crevices,
and rifles with which to shoot down any
miscreant who would venture to cut
the embankment and allow the waters
on his plantation to find vent into the
lowlands of his neighbor.
The floods now partake of the nature
of a deluge. As far as the eye can see
nothing but water meets the gaze.
MANY LIYES LOST.
Later Reports from Arkansas Show Num¬
erous Drowning*.
Dispatches from Gavan, Ark., state
that for many miles the country is
flooded, and the water is up to the
Iron Mountain tracks. Hundreds of
section hands are striving to keep it
back with dirt bags.
At every station the negroes arc
gathering, waiting to be taken away.
Many get on the trains and are carried
without pay.
The list of fatalities is said to bo
long and probably never will be known.
A mountain of household goods is
piled up at every railroad station.
Whites aud negroes beg for help from
every train crew.
Houses along the road are sub¬
merged to roofs, and cattle standing
in the fields with only their heads
above water.
Many corpses of hogs and cows are
washed up by the water.
BRAINED HIS CHILDREN.
Horrible Deed of an Old Confederate
Veteran.
Wright Smith, a farmer living, near
Harlem, in Columbia county, Ga.,
mnrdered two of his children and then
killed himself.
He brained the little ones with his
crutch and committed suicide .... by shoot- ,
ing himself through the head.
Smith went to Thomson Thursday
and drew his pension, he having serv¬
ed on the confederate side during the
late war. He returned homo in the
afternoon in the best of spirits. He
had been in the house but a few min¬
utes when a disturbance arose between
lie and his wife. Rather than fuss
with her, he gathered his crutch and
walked out to the corn crib to get corn
to feed his pigs, as was his evening
custom. In the crib were his two
boys, five and throe years old.
The little fellows were enjoying
their sport in the crib, and upon the
sight of their father they ran to him
with great glee. Seizing his crutch
he dealt each of them a blow over the
head, knocking their brains out.
They fell side by side in a pile of
shucks, dead.
WILL FORM A FEDERAL UNION.
Transvaal and Orange Free State to Work
Together.
It is stated at Cape Town, Africa,
on what is regarded as good authority
that as a result of the visit of Presi¬
dent Kruger of the Transvaal, to Presi¬
dent Steyn, of the Orange Free State,
a federal union of the republics has
been decided upon.
Such union is regarded here with
much concern, as it would seriously
complicate the situation.
The result of such a union would
not only open the whole question as to
the position of the Transvaal republic,
in a political sense, in south African
affairs, but would probably give Pres¬
ident Kruger greater strength.
AGAINST FIGHT PICTURES.
Tlie Ma8.nchu.ett* Legislature May Bax
Klnetoscope Exhibition..
Representative Sanderson, of Lynn,
introduced a petition in the Massa¬
chusetts house of representatives Fri¬
day afternoon, which proposes legisla¬
tion to prevent any exhibition in the
state of Massachusetts of the Corbett
Fitzsimmons mill at Carson City,
through the agency of the kinetoscope.
The petition has already been signed
by the majority of the leaders.
PINGREE LOSES FOR ONCE.
Supreme Court Decides Apninst Him as
Mayor of Detroit*
A Detroit, Midi., dispatch says:
For tlie first time in his political ca¬
reer, Hazen S. Pingree has received a
terrible jolt. Tbe supreme court has
declared that he was no longer mayor
of Detroit and ordered that his suc¬
cessor be chosen at the regular election
on April 5th next.
The court held that Pingree’s elec¬
tion to the office of governor vacated
the office of mayor, The fact is, that
his gubernatorial job has not come
up to its occupant’s expectations. his
Tbe legislatorejias failed to pass
pet bills.
STATESBORO, 0A., THURSDAY, MARCH 25,1897.
AWFUL WORK OF A- CYCLONE AT
ARLINGTON, GA. ;r
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SCHOOLHOUSE BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Scholars anti Te.® diers Burled In tho
IVreck—Dead and Dying on All Sides.
A Scene of Horror.
Tho gulf cyclone which periodically
strikes into the Chattahoochee valley
of Georgia, carrying death and desola¬
tion along its path, paid the state an¬
other visit at au early hour Monday
morning, creeping slowly upward over
the old and well-beaten ground.
The wind of death swept down upon
Arlington and accomplished a work of
horror. In the tragedy which it left
in its wake in the peaceful little vil¬
lage it outstripped all its previous rec
ords since its first visitation in 1804.
•Eight school children taken out
dead aud horribly mangled from school- un
der the debris of the fallen
house, about twenty others wounded,
several of whom are given up to die
have been enough to turn the village
into a home of mourning, such as oven
a great battlefield could not exceed.
(Arlington is situated in Calhoun
county on the Columbia branch of tho
Central railroad iu the center of a level
plateau which lies between tlie inter¬
section of the Flint and Chatta¬
hoochee rivers, which come together
aud form the Apalachicola in seeking
an outlet into the gulf.
As the happy school children were
trooping up to the school building
about 8 o’clock Professor Covington,
looking out of one of the windows
facing to the south, saw the coming
windstorm and hurriedly gathered in
the little ones already on the ground.
In this he was aided by Professor
Walker, when they closed the' doors
and stood at the windows watching the
coming of the storm with curious in¬
terest.
It was not long, however, before
they saw that it was an agent of death
and ruin, for those at the windows
beheld it gather up negro cabins like
toy boxes, wrenching and splintering
them in mid air and sending the frag¬
ments flying in all directions.
The children, thoroughly scared,
clung around their teachers, who
vainly sought to quiet them. They
begged to go home, but that would not
do. In but a minute more the crunch¬
ing of the wind could be felt twisting
the house in which they stood. And
then the terrible tragedy began.
The roof was lifted completely off,
shivered into fragments and fell, thus
accellerating the falling of the already
crumbling walls which were swaying
uuder the japing fury of the winds,
The doorways were blockaded and
there’ was no escape, aud under the
crushing weight of the falling building
those not killed before were caught
between timbers aud crushed to death
aud wounded in such a way that a
number of them are still expected to
die.
When the dead were extricated from
the wreck they were found to be:
Claude Roberts, aged 14, terribly
mangled aud internally injured.
Mollie Parramore, aged 17, crushed
beneath a chimney.
' Albert Butler, aged 6.
Alice Putnam, aged 15. '
Willie McMurrie, aged 10.
Kenneth Boynton, aged 7.
Mary Wellons, aged 8.
Maud Johnson, aged 10.
The dead were fearfully mutilated,
their bodies being crushed and bruised
by the falling timbers and debris.
Thirteen others, including the two
teachers of the school, were more or
less seriously injured, some probably
fatally. Only five of the pupils es¬
caped unhurt. wreck about completed
As the was
and the wind passed off to the north¬
west, a terrific rainstorm followed,
only to drench the hundreds of people
wiro, leaving their homes in the midst
of the storm, rushed to the school
house iu the vain effort to save their
children.
The storm, of which this great
tragedy was tho center, followed
the well-known beaten course of gulf
storms, crossing over the state of
Georgia and escaping into the ocean
again off the coast of North Caroliua.
THIS COMPANY SOLVENT.
Judge Decide. In Favor of Building and
Loan Association.
Judge Clarke, of the United States
court, at Knoxville, Tenn., rendered
a decision Monday in the Southern
Building and Loan case in which he
declares the association solvent and
orders its affairs back into the hands
of the officers of the association and
enjoins the stockholders from filing
further suits against the association on
the ground that a stockholder is a part
of an association aud is not a creditor
and therefore cannot file bills for re¬
ceiver against such association, This
is reversing the decision of the Bpecial
master.
RAILROAD MEN MEET.
Question of the Freight Association Is
Fully Discussed.
Representatives of the southern rail¬
roads met at Richmond, Va., Monday
to consider the question of abolishing
the Southern States Freight Associa¬
tion.
As a result of the meeting the asso¬
ciation will soon be no more, The re
organization plan went through and
the affairs of the association will be
put in the hands of a rate committee.
W)
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CONDITION OF TREASURY.
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IZow Uncle Sam's Account Sta.xn.ls—-Avail¬
able Cash Balance.
Tho following is a statement' of the
' condition of the United States treas¬
ury on the 20th day of March, 1897:
Cash in the treasury, $147,156,015;
gold bullion, $41,828,028; total, $188,
984,644. Net outstanding gold certifi¬
cates, $37,498,778, - Standard silver
dollars, $382,093,OFF); silver bullion,
$821,566: total, $383,424,506. Net
outstanding silver dertincatos, $364,
■447,208. Standard silver dollars of
1890, $10,136,048; silver bullion of
1890(cost),$107,150,232.25; outstanding total,$117,-
286,280.25. Less treasury
notes,$117,286,280. United States notes
$95,004,295 j Net outstanding curren¬
cy certificates, $74,430,000. Treasury
notes of .1890, $26,869,335; national
banknotes, $13,084,098; fractional sil¬
ver coin, $15,879,7^4.91. Fractional
currency, $82.37; minor coin, $1,282,■
885.91; deposits in national banks,
$16,509,682.39; bonds and interest
paid,$614,794.36; total, $74,230,602.94.
Less national batik, 5 per cent fund,
$8,160,588.44; outstanding checks and
'drafts, $6,353,871.99: disbursing offi¬
cers’ balauces, $27,824,628.94; post
office department accounts, S$3,732, -
. 194.55; miscellaneous items, $2,596,-
814.18; total, $48,668,098.11.
"Available cash balance, including
gold reserve, $217,200,053.
SHROPSHIRE MAKES DENIAL.
Says Ue Ha<l Nothing to Do With Finances
* - of Consulate.
, ,
A. cable dispatch to The New York
Herald says Clyde Shropshire gives an
'emphatic denial to the charges of finan¬
cial irregularities made against him in
The Tribune.
He frankly discussed tbe matter with
a representative of The New York
Herald at the boarding house at which
he is living in London.
“I have seen Tho f Herald,” he said,
“and yau can imagine that these alle¬
gations have given me a painful shock.
I was £nite sure, however that Mr.
Mrirss would deny having made such
report as mentioned by The Tribune.
I.Md’s'ome differences with Mr. Morse
before.I left Paris, but these were iu
connection with a law office with
which I was connected and had noth¬
ing do do with morn y matters or con¬
sulate affairs. In f*ct, as Ml. Morss
says, the handling of the accounts of
the consulate did ltd^-geine within tho
scope of my duties « Paris. ” .
ESTmATED|RWEpi^ Avi,i!ul>/7,.y')}
widen Wilt lie T t .r New
Turin' Sl.otisu. .
A Washington special siw s: The
ways and means committee im\de pub¬
lic Monday a detailed statement under show¬ tho
ing the estimated revenue
new measure for each schedule, w ith
the average ad valorem rates' under
the McKinley law, the present law
and tho pending bill: merchandise for
Dutiable value of
the year 1893, $400,069,658; for 1896,
$390,796,361; estimated by proposed
law, $479,540,406. Revenues collected
in 1893, $198,373,462; in 1896, $156,-
104,598; estimated by proposed law,
$273,501,721. of
Equivalent ad valorem under law
1893, 49.58 percent; under law of 1896,
39.94 per cent; under proposed law,
57.03 per cent.
OSBORNE SWORN IN.
New Consul General at London Ready For
Duty.
The new consul general at London,
M. McK. Osborne, is the first of the
foreign appointees of the administra¬
tion to enter upon his work.
He took the oath of office at tlie
state department Saturday and imme¬
diately began to accumulate the knowl¬
edge of his new office in the hope of
being able to relieve Consul General
Collins at the earliest possible mo¬
ment.
As soon as he can be made familiar
with the routine he will leave for Lon¬
don. |
COTTON*FIRM _
TEXAS ASSIGNS.
Convey Property For tlie Benefit of Their
Creditors.
Martin, Wise & I itzhugh, of Paris,
Texas, mado a deed of trust Monday
conveying all their property to a trus¬
tee for the benefit of their creditors.
This firm was one of the largest and
oldest cotton firm-! in the south. They
are financially connected with the
Denison Cotton Mills, an unfinished
institution, that represents i capital al¬
ready expended to he amount of half
a million dollars.
They also have their own cotton
compress iu the state.
TWO STATES OF NEW YORK.
Bill Will Be Introduced With That Pur¬
pose la View.
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y.,says:
What has been feared and suggested
by the republican leaders from the in¬
terior and up-country section of the
state has come to pass. They argued
that the creation of a greater New
York was the first step toward making
a separate state out of the territory ad¬
jacent to New York harbor.
Assemblyman Trainor will introduce
two bills looking teward the creating
of a new state out of the counties of
New York, Kings, Richmond, Queens,
Suffolk, West Chester aud Putnam.
GERMANY MAY HOLD OFF.
The Berlin Pu*t, which is known
as the ‘‘ambassador’s organ, that says
semi-officialiy that it seems an
agreement betwei-B the powers on the
Cretan question cannot bo reached. It
adds that if Germany’s efforts to main¬
tain peace does tool meet with the will sup¬ not
port of the other powers, she
further lend her disinterested service
to that end.
TIMESI
LIVELY IN THE SENATE.
TheitCivil Service Law Roastoil'-A Relluf
Bill IMssetl.
There was much applause in the
senats galleries Tuesday, when such
prominent republican senators as Gal
linger, Hawley and Wilson grew elo¬
quent and emphatic in their declara¬
tion that the civil service law as it has
been administered is an arrant hum
bug.
There were outbursts of laughter as
some of the absurbities of the exami¬
nations were pointed out, and the vice
president had to threaten to cleathe
galleries after the demonstration which
followed Senator Wilson’s announce¬
ment that the republicans proposed to
push forward a bill to repeal that law.
The discussion of this law furnished
a series of interesting episodes. Final¬
ly a resolution paving the way for a
general investigation of the operations
of iAtr. tho law was adopted. Indiana,mado
Turpie,democrat,
a 4 argument in favor of a constitn
tijbial $Hk-s. Relators amendment clectivo to make by popular United
Vo£ ^istead of by state legislatures. remarks
At the close of Mr. Turpie’s
tire senate went into executive session.
After a short time the doors were
reonoljed and legislative business was
reunified. A bill was passed directing
the secretary cf war to supply a thou
samVtents to shelter and relieve tho
sufferers from tho flood in tho Missis¬
sippi river.
The Torrey bankruptcy bill (modi
tied) was reported and was, on motion
of Mr. Hoar, mado the unfinished bus¬
iness not to he called up immediately,
liowqjrer. make the A 30th constitutional of April inaugurutioi. amendment
to
day was introduced by Mi'. Hoar. At
3:45 o’clock p. m the senate adjourned
until Wednesday.
A PIOUS THIEF.
Professor Dille Acknowledges Crooked¬
ness and Skips Out.
Dayton, Tenn., is revelling in a
genuine sensation. Prof. 1). A. Dille,
formerly a professor in Dayton Uni¬
versity, at present principal of the
city high school, has been forced to
leave the city in order to avoid the dis¬
grace of a prosecution for theft.
When his school closed, about two
months ago, he accepted a position
temporarily with the Dayton Coal and
Iron Company as bookkeeper.
Last Saturday the envelope contain¬
ing the wages of ope of the company’s
employees, amounting to $90, was
missing. On investigation, Dille, un¬
der promise that he would not be
prosecuted, confessed that he had
stolen the $90 aud immediately turned
it over to the company’s representa¬
tive, aud left town at once.
Dille was president of the Epworth
Lease, leader of tho Methodist choir
and a conspicuous figure iu the society
of the little city. have
A number of other peculations
been discovered since his departure.
WILL PROSECUTE WOOD.
Another Probable Chapter In tlie Murder
of Pearl Bryan.
There is to be another chapter in tho
murder of Pearl Bryan. Since the
execution of Scott Jackson aud Alonzo
M. Walling, the friends of these men
have determined to prosecute William
Wood, a cousin of Pearl Bryan, who
was charged by Jackson with her
downfall and getting Jackson and
Walling to help him out of trouble.
Wood has not been at his home in
Ind., for months and his
present whereabouts is unknown. It
is proposed to get the secret service
of the government after him. The
Bryan family are also wanting Wood
prosecuted • and have been pursuing
him.
SEIZED COTTON SEED MEAL.
South Carolina 11a. In Its Possession
Ninety-Seven Tons.
The state of South Carolina lias on
its hands ninety-seven tons of cotton
seed meal, which it has come in pos¬
sesion of as a result of seizures of
adulterated articles.
According to the law, cotton seed
meal must be tagged with tho privi¬
leged tax tags and the guarantee filed
with the authorities at the state agri¬
cultural college at Clemson. I ailuro
to comply with this regulation subjects
the meal to seizure aud confiscation.
A (Jaake in New York.
At about 6:05 o’clock Tuesday even¬
ing there was a heavy earthquake
shock at Malone, N. Y., starting with
a sudden boom-like explosion, and
reverberating with a grinding motion
for some seconds. It seemed to travel
from southeast to northwest.
dauntless libel case.
Judge I.ockr, at Jacksonville, Overrules
Hume of tlie F.xceptlons.
In the case of the United States vs.
the steamer Dauntless, for forfeiture,
•Judge Loeke has overruled the excep¬
tions to the libel, excepting as to the
second count, and that overruled x\as
as to the fourth count of the declara¬
tion, but sustained as to all others,
and the government was given tnret,
days in which to file an amended
answer. The second exception is as
follower libel does not . allege „
“The said in
ft - !y of the articles therein contained
that the said steam vessel Dauntless
was fitted out aud armed within tho
limits of the United States.”
CLAIM SOLVENCY.
A-.* of '« <>“* *”
The authorities of the West Point,
Ga bank, which closed its doors a few
day’s ago, claim that liabilities, they have tlie three assets to
one in assets over liabilities
being about $18,000 and
about $6,000. The assignees are in¬
clined to think that all obligations
will be met. It is thought that it will
be over a month before payment can
he commenced.
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EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED IN AL¬
ABAMA-FIVE DEAD AT GENOA.
SCENES OF GRIEF (IT ARLINGTON.
Southwest OcorRlii Expprlencej Heavy
Floods—Relief For Sufferers Along
the Mississippi.
All of the section to the northwest
and southeast of Americus, Ga., has
suffered severely from the storm which
was a continuation of the fearful cy¬
clone that struck Arlington such a
fearful blow.
Tbe little town is still a scene of sad
disaster, for the gloom of sorrow
shrouds several homes while iu many
others there are (hose who were injur¬
ed ia the fatal destruction of tho
school building. The people have the
not recovered from the shock of
sudden storm attack, and find it hard
to realize that one sudden sweep of a
wind could do so much damage.
The funeral of the eight little ones
occurred Tuesday afternoon, The
scenes were heartrending beyond de¬
scription. slowly im¬
The wounded ones are
proving, with the exception of Dudley
Kiilebrew, whilo Professor Walker,
who was thought to have been fatally
hurt, is likely to get completely well.
Trains I)loek«<le<!.
On account of several washouts on
tho Central railroad below Americus,
two special trains conveying compa¬
nies of tho Second Georgia regiment
and visitors to the Albany ohaiitanqua
could proceed no further than Ameri¬
cus. There were ten companies and
at tho request of committees of citizens
Col. (I. M. Wylie, commanding' the
regiment, ordered a dress parade and
inspection in the city park iu tho after¬
noon.
The total rainfall from Snnday af¬
ternoon to Tuesday evening was eight
nud three-quarter inches.
A special from Troy, Ala., says that,
the rainfall for two days has been ter¬
rible. AH schedules on the Central
of Georgia and the Alabama Midland
have been annulled. Many bridges
have been washed away and the Cone¬
cuh river is out of its bauks. The rain
ceased Tuesday morning.
Reports from Enfaula, Ala., state
that tho cyclone which swept over
Arlington, (la., with such deadly re¬
sults, visited that section of Alabama
in its regular path, leaving behind it
an appalling list of (lead and injured
and destroying much property.
From Henry county, Alabama,around
Abbeville, there come stories of death
and xxreck, but no names have been
rocs ived. A family of five are reported
killed near Genoa. A second disaster,
that of floods, is now upon the county.
Tho rivers and creeks are swelling
with tho rainfall, which almost resem¬
bled a cloudburst.
A total of twenty-one deaths have
resulted from Monday’s cyclone,
ing several points in Alabama and
south Georgin, doing its most appall¬
ing work at Arlington. From the
heavy rain storms that followed south
Georgia is practically under water, the
floods from the swollen streams being
larger than ever lieforo in the history
of the section. The loss of property,
including farming interests, is enor¬
mous.
News was received Tuesday morn¬
ing of the drowning of a family of
eight persons on tho Alubama side of
tho river in Henry county. Richard
Manson, with his wife and six chil¬
dren, lived in a cabin on tho river
bank at the crossing of the Central
railroad from Columbia. The water
rushed in, surrounding the cabin. All
were lost.
Acting upon an appeal from Gov¬
ernor Jones, of Arkansas, for assist¬
ance, tho Merchants* Exchange, of St.
Louis, Mo., subscribed $-1,000 for the
relief of the flood sufferers. This
money and future donations will be
handed over to the Memphis relief
committro.
A startliug statement by a river pilot
has just been published. He says:
“All tho rescue work seems to be
done on or near the Mississippi river.
Nothing is known of the fate of the
100,000 people in the lowlands of the
White, the Arkansas and the Black
rivers iu Arkansas. When the death
roll is made up it will be largely from
these valleys.”
TURKS KILL AND PILLAGE.
One Hundred Christian Armenians Mas¬
sacred Wliile at Church.
Details of the outbreak on Sunday
last at Toka, in the Sivas district of
Asia Minor, when tho Turks attacked
tho Armenians while tho latter were
in church, show that one hunnred
Christians were massacred. The
Armenian quarter in Bazaar was
given over to pillage for eight hours.
The representations of the ambassa¬
dors of the foreign powers regarding
the disturbed condition of Anatolia
made but little impression upon the
sultan, who, having the support of
Russia, is convinced that he has noth¬
ing to fear from tho so-called concert
of the powers.
EARTHQUAKE IN C ANADA.
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A heavy shock of earthquake shook
Montreal, Canada, Tuesday evening
and caused excitement and great dam
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doors hy the inmates Wires from from « va
but without any damage of conse
qucuce.
BY DAVID B. TURSER.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
It is stated that the Georgia and
Alabama railway will locate its shops
in Americus. The plant will cost, it
is thought, $70,000. The railroad au¬
thorities propose to build their owa
ears at these shops.
• * •
The executive committee appointed
to arrange plans and details for the
midsummer fair and fruit carnival at
Americas will make a full and satisfac¬
tory report to the Sumter County Ag¬
ricultural Society.
• * •
There has been another jail delivery
at Douglas. This time four prisoners
got out; one, however, refused to leave
and hunted up the sheriff, giving the
first news. The escape was made in
the same nianuer as the former. In
fact, tho jail had not been repaired.
• • *
H. S. Perry, the slayer of N. B, La¬
nier, was hound over by Justice Kirk¬
patrick at Decatur last Saturday after¬
noon on the charge of murder. The
trial in the case will not take place be¬
fore the August term. Until that time
the public will be kept in suspense in
regard to tho line of defense-that will
be presented.
• * •
District Attorney Joe James lias al¬
ready prepared for tho McKinley’s changes that
come with President ad¬
ministration. He lias taken time by
the forelock and has made overy prep¬
aration to vacate his office. Ho will
engage in the practice of law at Atlan¬
ta. His successor will have to he se¬
lected from numerous applicants for
his place.
* • *
Sydney Smith, of Argo, who died a
few days since, was the oldest and
probably the most eccentrie man in
the south. He was 118 years of age
at his death. He realized several days
before his demise that his end was
near and at his request his pastor
preached his funeral, to whieh he lis¬
tened attentively throughout, inter¬
spersing it with an oceasoual “amen.”
• * *
The Atlanta Artillery trouble grows
more interesting daily. Preparations
are going forward for the courtmartial
whieh meets in Atlanta on the 5th of
April. The members of the Artillery
have been notified by subpoena to at¬
tend the court. This subpoena simply
tells them to be on hand. There is a
little postscript to the subpoena which
informs the men that a copy of charges
will be sent them.
• % ♦
The Indian Spring and Flovilla rail¬
road is again in the hands of a receiver.
The road was not sold Inst Tuesday by
Commissioner Lane, as had been ad¬
vertised for several weeks past. It
will enter the courts again and go the
usual route. Judge Beck heard a pe¬
tition which asked for an injunction to
prevent the commissioner from making
the sale and to place 1he road in tho
hands of a receiver. The petition was
granted.
* * *
From events which have just come
to light it seems that the negotiations
which have been in progress for some
time between the receivers of the
Southern Mutual Building and Loan
Association and representatives of tho
Iowa Life Insurance Company hav*%
resulted in naught. The result pre¬
sages a warm legal fight, which will
surely be made over tho $110,000.
Neither of the two corporations will
deliver the securities until the de¬
mands are met and the money ad¬
vanced is returned.
* • *
Ten million dollars’ worth of Georgia
marble is now being used in the con¬
struction of three famous buildings.
Vast shipments of it will bogin in a
few days to the capital of Rhode
Island, where it will go into the con¬
struction of the magnificent$2,500,000
capitol of that state. The capitol will
be built of Georgia marble. All of this
coming together is in tho nature of a
terrific boom for the marble industry
of the state and brings into national
prominence the wealth of the Empire
State,
* * *
The disclosures with regard to the
defalcations of Clyde Shropshire in
Paris have been eagerly discussed in
college circles at Athens, because of
tho fact that he has endowed a prize
debating contest, which is annually
contested for. It is called the Clyde
Shropshire medal. No one can state
definitely just now what action will be
taken in regard to the the matter, hut
the general impression is that under
this name there will be no competition
for tho medal. Action by the faculty
must be taken before anything definite
can be said.
• • *
Eight hundred and five miles of new
railway is projected in Georgia for the
present year, and much of it is now
being constructed. Among the short
lines already under construction are
tho Hawkinsvillo and Florida South¬
ern, fourteen miles; the Georgia and
Florida, twenty-five miles; the Bain
bridge Northern, twenty miles; the
Fitzgerald Southern, ten miles; Bru¬
ton and Pineora, sixty miles; Smith
onia, Danielsville and Carnesville, ten
miles. The total mileage includes the
much-talked-of line from Augusta to
Chattanooga, a distance of 2-13 miles.
Will Governor Atkinson revoke the
commission of Ordinary Matthews, of
Crawford county? is the question that
0>at the judge has been
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