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VOL. V. NO. 52.
THE PORTE NAMES PREPOSTERUOS
TERMS OF ARMISICE.
YERY INDEPENDENT IN ATTITUDE.
Annexation of Thessaly Demanded Beside*
An Indemnity of Ten Million Founds.
Situation Looks Serious. »
Sunday advices from Constantinople
Btate that the porte has replied official¬
ly to the note of the powers and de¬
clines to agree to an armistice until
the following conditions are accepted:
The annexation of Thessaly, an in¬
demnity of £10,000,000 (Turkish) and
the abolition of the capitulations.
The porte proposes that plenipoten¬
tiaries of the powers meet at Pharsalos
to discuss !he terms of peace and de¬
clares if these conditions are declined
the Turkish army will continue to ad¬
vance.
The demand for the annexation of
Thessaly is based upon the fact that
the province was originally ceded to
Greece on the advice of the powers
with the object of ending brigandage
and Greek incursions into Ottoman
territory, the porte believing at the
* time that the cession would obtain
these objects, but the recent incursions
of Greek bands and the events imme¬
diately preceding the war have proved
to the contrary. This is the substance
of the reply.
The ambassadors met Sunday to
consider the porte’s answer* which is
regarded as raising an extremely gravo
issue. It is believed iliat representa¬
tions will be made to the sultan per¬
sonally to induce a modification of
these terms, but it is foreseen this
will be very difficult, owing to the
attitude of the powerful old Turk war
party. obduflfte Eu¬
If the porte proves
ropean interference is not improbable,
although at the present Russia is op¬
posed to this. quite certain that
It is regarded as
the powers will not consent to a retro¬
cession of Thessaly. Even Germany
is believed to be resolute on this point
because it would involve a violation of
the Berlin treaty and imperil the peace
of the Balkans.
Altogether the reply of the porte has
caused the greatest surprise. It ap¬
pears that during the discussion of the
note from the powers by the council
of the sultan’s ministers, news reached
the council that 3,000 Greeks had
landed at Palona and would march into
Janina with the intention of co-opera¬
tion with other forces from Arta. This
created a bad impression among the
ministers.
Terms Preposterous.
A cable dispatch from London says:
The preposterous terms proposed by
the porte must be regarded as the
natural and usual method of bargain¬
ing, They would not be serious and
force a continuance of the fighting.
With the failure of the Greek dash in
Epirus there is no chance to make a
further stand unless at Thermopylae.
At Domokos the Greek troops must
be suffering severely from the heavy
rains, as they have no tents. The
capture and evacuation of the town is
only A question of a few days. The
Turks have been seen at the passes
east and west of Domokos, and Gen¬
eral Smolenski has warned the crown
prince to expect an attack.
The weakness of the Greek position
is in the great entent of the line. The
news of the retreat in Epirus serves to
still further demoralize the troops in
Thessaly. The terms on which peace
will finally be declared, the general said,
will be settled by European conference.
FINANCIAL TROUBLE IN HAVANA.
Refusal to Exchange Bank Bills Causes a
Panic In Cuban Capital.
The decision of the government
against the exchanging of bank bills
for silver coin has caused a panic in
Havana.
Prices of bread, milk and other ne¬
cessities of life have doubled within
the past few days. The working classes
as well as all government employees,
both civil and military, openly express
their dissatisfaction with the action of
the government in paying them in
flcript which is 90 per cent, below par.
ROMEYN’9 FRIENDS INTERCEDE.
Will Ask the President Not to VDit the
Extreme Penalty on Him
A Washington dispatch says: The
-friends of Captain Romeyn at this end
of the line have begun active efforts in
his behalf and they feel confident these
efforts will induce the president to
lighten the puuishment which the
conrtmartial has put upon the shoulders
of the old soldier.
General Greely and other friends of
Captain Romeyn have telegraphed
that the finding of the courtmar
Haitvas dismissal from the service.
General Miles In Europe.
General Nelson A. Miles, of the
United States army, arrived at South¬
v ampton Wednesday from New York
on his way to the scene of the Graeco
Turkish war. He left at once for
^Constantinople. He and intends the armies to see of
the Turkish army
Europe generally before returning to
the United States.
Senator Earle Improves.
The condition of Senator Earle, of
South Carolina, who for some days has
been seriously ill, seems now to have
taken a steady turn for the better.
BULLOCH TIMES
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Tumbled Through a Trestle—Fifteen Peo¬
ple Badly Hurt.
A southbound passenger train on
the Santa Fe road, known as the Chi¬
cago and Galveston express, went
through a trestle at 5 o’clock Sunday
morning. and
Fifteen persons, passengers
trainmen, were injured. Several of
these are seriously hurt and two will
die.
The accident occurred near the town
of Marietta, Texas. A heavy rain¬
storm, amounting almost to a water
spout, caused a sudden rise of all the
small streams in that vicinity. The ac
cident occurred at a point where a
deep, narrow gulch was spanned by a
wooden trestle. The foundation works
supporting this trestle was under¬
mined by the sudden rise of the
stream, which flows through the
gulch, and the trestle went down un¬
der the heavy weight of the train.
So great was the speed of the train,
however, that the engine and tender,
the express, mail and baggage cars
and one passenger coach passed over
the narrow chasm, though the trucks
of several of these cars went to the
bottom, twenty feet below.
The coach- next to the last, the one
immediately in front of the Pullman,
was left standing directly over the
chasm, the end resting on each hank
of the gulch. The Pullman remained
the track. The four coaches which
were dragged by the locomotive
across the broken trestle were badly
wrecked. The baggage car telescoped
with the passenger coach, which was
the smoker, and the latter was all but
demolished. The most of the injured
were riding in these coaches.
FOUR LIVES FOR A BRIDE.
A Bloodthirsty Mexican Slays Hia Sweet¬
heart’s Brothers.
Henry Briggerman, an American
stockman living near Moncloy, Mex¬
ico, arrived at Ban Antonio Saturday
with news of a desperate quadruple
tragedy just enacted on the Hacienda
del Cedral, near his ranch.
Macedonia Frausk, a seventeen-year
old boy of that neighborhood, was in
love with Anita Moyas, the daughter
of a ranchman.
The family opposed the marriage,
and Frausk determined to get posses¬
sion of her. He armed himself with a
rifle and started for her home.
On the road he met Manuel Solis,
manager of the hacienda, accompanied
by one of the girl’s brothers.
The boy and the two men had words,
and Frausk shot and killed them both.
Another brother of the girl arrived on
the scene and was also shot and killed.
Before the boy got away from the
scene of the crime, Manuel Herrera
came up and attempted his The capture.
Herrera was also killed. mur¬
derer then proceeded to the girl’s
home and the two eloped.
WASHINGTON IN BRONZE.
Statue of Nation’s First Ruler Unveiled
At Philadelphia.
George Washington was honored at
Philadelphia Friday in monumental
bronze. All possible pomp marked
the ceremonies.
The cord which released the swad¬
dling flags from the figure of the first
ruler of the republic was drawn by its
latest ruler.
Surrounding him were memin whose
Veins runs the blood of those first pa¬
triots who battled with Washington
and with him made possible the scene
enacted under the auspices of the So¬
ciety of Cincinnati.
President McKinley’s address was
the feature of the ceremonies.
The oration was then delivered by
Mr. Porter, a great-grand-son of Gen¬
eral Andrew Porter, who was on Wash¬
ington’s staff in the revolution. He
began with a recital of the formation
of the Society of the Cincinnati by offi¬
cers of the American army, together
with orign of the plan which culminat¬
ed in the day’s event.
STEAM LAUNCH CAPSIZED.
Three Drowned and Thirteen Others Are
Rescued.
A steam launch, in which were six¬
teen persons seeking a view of the
dedication ceremonies at Philadelphia
became unmanageable and was swept
over the dam at Fairmount at Schuyl¬
kill river. The boat capsized and all
the occupants were thrown into the
river. A woman named Ewen and
two young sisters named Matthias
were drowned. The others were res¬
cued.
SPEEDY IS THE “NASHVILLE.”
New Gunboat Prove* Highly Satisfactory
On Trial.
The fastest vessel other class in the
world was the verdict accorded by the
officers of the trial board at the conclu¬
sion of the speed trial of the new gun
boat Nashville, on Long island sound.
The speed required by the govern
ment was 13.07 knots. The average
speed made by the vessel was 10.706
knots, making an excess of speed very
near three knots. With a bonus of
$20,000 for each excessive knot this
means a total of $60,000 for the build
ers.
Big Tannery Burned.
Early Wednesday morning fire broke
out in the extensive tannery of A. B.
Patrick & Co., at San Francisco, and
two hours later there was little left
but ruins. The loss to plant and stock
is estimated from $400,000 to $425,
000, with insurance of $200,000.
Chipley Gained Votes.
A Tallahassee special says: Chipley
gamed , four . votes . m . the ,, ballot , lor
Umted States senator V ednesday, the
result beln 8- ^pley, 40, bt kto ,
35; Raney, 10; Hocker, 6; scattering,
3. Total vote, 94.
STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY. MAY 20,1897.
UNITED BROTHERHOOD WILL BE
ASSISTED BY OTHER ORDERS.
MANY THOUSANDS ARE NOW OUT.
A Number of Contractors Hold a Meeting
and Appoint Committee to Confer
With Strike Leaders.
At a conference at New York Tues¬
day night of committees representing
the United Brotherhood of Tailors and
the Progressive Tailors, it was decided
that the latter, numbering 2,500,
would strike.
Leader Schoenfeld, who presided at
the conference, said he anticipated a
general strike involving at least 35,000
garment workers in‘New York city,
Brooklyn and Brownsville.
More than four hundred contractors
also met Tuesday night and after a
protracted discussion of the situation
decided to appoint a committee to
confer with the strike leaders.’
This is considered an indication
that the contractors aro willing to take
side with the strikers in the matter of
forcing the manufacturers to pay high
prices, thus enabling the contractors
and middlemen to pay the operators
better wages.
FAMILY MURDERED.
Father, Mother, Son and Daughter Found
With Throat* Cut.
Advices reached Denver, Col., Tues¬
day to the effect that William H. Ham¬
ilton, a contractor, his wife, Catherine
Hamilton; his son, Lee Hamilton,
aged nineteen and his daughter, Eliz¬
abeth Hague Hamilton, aged eighteen,
who lived in Denver until recently,
were murdered near Helena, Mont.,
three weeks ago and the crime was
suppressed in order to enable the
Montana authorities to trace the mur¬
derers.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were found
dead in bed with their throats cut.
Miss Hamilton was also dead in bed
with her throat cut and many bruises
on her body. evidently
Lee Hamilton had made a
desperate fight. His body was literally
covered with wounds. All the fingers
cf his right hand were severed, show¬
ing that be had grasped the razor or
knife. His throat was also cut.
Footprints near the house showed
that two men were concerned in the
murders. The house had been ran¬
sacked and it is believed that the
murderers secured about $500.
EVANS MAKES REFORMS.
New Pension Commissioner Will Cnt
Down Expenses,
A Washington dispatch says: Com¬
missioner of Pensions Evans is making
an effort to reduce what he regards as
unnecessary work in his office. He
has already inaugurated new methods
which have saved the services of many
employes for more important work
than various details held to be of no
benefit to pensioners aud a detriment
to business.
Another plan that probably will be
adopted is to discontinue the practice
of making detailed reports of papers
filed by attorneys aud requiring them
to fill out the receipts, leaving to the
bureau only the task of verifying the
recent card aud stamping and mailing
it.
The practice of keeping a separate
record of increase claims has been
abolished, that of jacketing claims un¬
der the act of June 27th, 1890, when
prior claims under the same law has
been filed, has been discontinued as
useless duplication, and the adjudica¬
ting divisions have been asked for re¬
ports as to number and class of “June
27th” claims which have been reopen¬
ed by the filing of a new declaration.
TWELVE FIREMEN HURT. ,
Three May Die as the Result of a Gasoline
Explosion In Chicago.
Twelve firemen were frightfully
burned at Chicago Tuesday night by
the explosion of a tank containing
eighty gallons of gasolene in the gro¬
cery of W. H. Manley, on Forty-third
street.
The explosion was heard for several
blocks and many windows in the vicin¬
ity were shattered.
AN EX-SENATOR ASSAULTED.
Two Men, On© of Them Partly Blind* Make
Desperate Attack Upon Him.
An attempt was made Tuesday to
kill ex-United States Senator J. R.
McPherson in his office in the Aldridge
building, in New Van York Aken, city, who made
William B.
the attempt, is partly blind, and is
said to be interested iu a suit in which
the senator is also involved. Van
Aken had an accomplice who escaped,
Van Aken was arrested.
Senator McPherson said that he had
never before seen Van Aken or his
companion. arraigned in police
Van Aken was
court Tuesdav afternoon and remanded
in defan.lt of $3,000 bail,
INTERNAL REVENUE SHORT.
Receipts In April Show a Falling Off
or *96.705.
The monthly statement of the col¬
lections of internal revenue issu d at
Washington- Tuesday shows that the
total receipts for the month of April
$^3^539, a decrease of $96,
^ ^ wlth April, 1896.
p of tke j ask ten months the receipts
Jf gated $122,850,404, an increase
compared with the same period of
last year of $690,483.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Established In the South
During the F»*t Week.
Very little change during characterized the past week. bus¬
iness conditions
Special correspondents at southern
trade centers report a fair amount of
trade, with encouraging socket prospects. shows
The iron and steel in¬
creased activity, and a more hopeful
feeling prevails. The steel beam pool
has been dissolved and an open mar¬
ket created. Buyers are showing a
disposition to place orders for future
needs and stocks of iryn in the south
are not accumulating. In the Alaba¬
ma iron district operators report a
large tonnage of orders booked both
for foreign and domestic consumption.
At Birmingham the Thomas furnace,
which has been idle several months
undergoing repairs, has been put in
blast, and the Alabama Rolling Mills
have started up after a shutdown of
several weeks.
The lumber industry continues ac¬
tive. The cottonwood lumbermen ad¬
vanced prices at their meeting in St.
Louis last week.
Textile manufacturers report only a
moderate movement in manufactured
products. A conference of the yarn
mill men of the spindle's,, soutlq ‘was representing held at
over $350,000
Charlotte, N. C., last week. The
Southern Cotton Spinners’ association
was organized and it was decided to
curtail production 25 per cent for four
months, beginning June 15.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries reported for the week are the
following: The Carey Construction
company, capital $20,000, Fort Worth,
Texas7 electric light plants at Forest
City, Ark., Jonesboro and Milan,
Tenn.; the Northern Lake Ice com¬
pany, capital $25,000, Louisville, Ky.;
the National Insulator company, capi¬
tal $20,000, Gainesville, Fla.; the Phoe¬
nix Manufacturing company, capital
$300,000, Montezumaf, Ga.; the
Wheeling Laundry company, capital
$50,000, Wheeling, W. Va.; Granada
Sugar company, capital $150,000, Or¬
ange Park, Florida. The Linn Excel¬
sior company, capital $50,000, has
been chartered at Huntington, W.
Va., and the Hendricks Manufactur¬
ing company, capital $100,000, at
Hendricks, W. Va. Other woodwork¬
ing plants will be established at Deer
park, Ala., Irvine, Ky., Newberry, S.
C., and Dallas, Texas.—Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Tenn.)
RESOLUTIONS OF IMPEACHMENT
Adopted In Florida IIouso of Represen¬
tatives Against Stat#re*aurer*.
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted by the Florida
house of representatives: Clarence Col¬
“Resolved, That J3.
lins, treasurer of Flori^, be impeach¬
ed for high crimes and misdemeanor,
incompetency, malfeasance in office
and conduct detrimental to the public
good. commit¬
“Resolved further, That a
tee of seven bo appointed by the the
speaker as managers to conduct
impeachment before the senate, and
said committee is instructed to present
to the house immediately the articles
of impeachment.” appointed the
Speaker Mays Hendry as of com¬ Lee
mittee Messrs. Sloan,
county, Harris, Wall of Putnam, Rice,
Young aud Fulton.
Based upon the evidence submitted
in the recent report of -the joint com¬
mittee. not less than four charges will
probably be preferred, namely:
1. The loaning in violation of law
of money that cannot now be collected.
2. The use ef public funds in pri¬
vate speculations. the executive
3. False reports to as
to the condition of the treasury.
4. Actual defalcation.
MASON PLEADS FOR CUBANS.
- -
Senator Pictured In Fervent Terms the
Distress In Vntmi
Cuba again occupied the foreground
in tho senate Tuesday,, It drew large
crowds to the galleries and brought
two noble speeches by Mr. Mason, of
Illinois, in favor of the Morgan reso¬
lution, and Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts,
in opposition to it.
The Illinois senator pictured in fervid
terms the distress in Cuba, dwelling
particularly on the starving condition
of 800 United States citizens as report¬
ed by the president, and called upon
the senate to throw off its lethargy and
pass the Morgan resolution.
Mr Hoar mado a speech of criticism,
which, although impersonal, was clear¬
ly aimed at Mr. Mason.
THE DISPENSARY AGAIN.
Another Question Involving It* Constltn
tlonality to Be Deeided.
A case involving the constitutional¬
ity of important provisions of the dis¬
pensary law of South Carolina was
taken up before Judge Simonton in
the United States circuit court at
Charleston Monday. made the
The arguments were on
petition of Messrs. Vandercook & Co.,
of California, against the liquor corn
missioners and state constables, asking
the court to enjoin them from seizing
liquors of the plaintiffs shipped into
the state or in any other way interfer¬
ing with the business of the company
in South Carolina. -•
RECEPTION TO HANNA
■Will Be Given By Tennessee Republican
State Executive Committee.
The republican state executive com
mittoe of Tennessee held a called ses¬
sion at Nashville Tuesday for purposes
nctf fully explained to the public.
It is given out, however, that the
committee met to arrage for the recep¬
tion of Senator Hanna on Ohio day;
that E. S. Priest wa s appointed the entertain¬ to se¬
lect a committee to do
ing.
CONGRESS ASKED TO AID SUF
FERERS ON THE ISLAND.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS VOTED.
Sad State of Adairs shown—Senate Accepts
Message, Which Is Simply a
Charity Measure.
The president sent to congress Mon¬
day his expected message urging an
appropriation for the relief of the des¬
titute Americans in Cuba.
A special meeting of the cabinet was
summoned during the morning to con¬
sider the matter, the outline of the
message discussed, and work on its
preparation begun.
It Reaches the Senate.
An undertone of comment pervaded
the senate when the session opened.
The anticipation of a Cuban message
and a Cuban debate drew large orowde
to the galleries.
The day’s calendar showed that the
Morgan resolution had secured the
parliamentary status of “unfinished
business,” giving it the right of way
at 2 o’clock.
Immediately after the reading of
the journal, Secretary Pruden, of the
white house staff, presented the presi¬
dent’s message on Cuba. It was taken
to the clerk’s desk and read with the
closest attention from senators.
The message was as follows:
To tho Senate and House of Representatives
of tlie United States:
“Official Information from our consuls In
Cuba establishes the fact that a large number
of American citizens In the island are In a
state of destitution, suffering for want of
food and medicines. This applies particu¬
larly to the rural districts of the central and
eastern parts.
“The agricultural classes have boen forced
from their farms into the nearest towns,
where they are without work or money.
The local authorities of the several towns,
however kindly disposed, are unable to
relieve tho needs of their own people and
are altogether powerless to help our citi¬
zens.
“The latest report of Consul General Leo
estimates that six to eight hundred Ameri¬
cans arc without money. I have assured
him that provision would be made at onoe
to relieve them.
“To that end I recommend that congress
make an appropriation of not lew than
450 090 to be lmmediate’y available for use
under the direction d. ihe secretary of state.
“It is desirable that a part of that sum,
which may bo appropriated by congress
should, in the discretion of the secretary of
state, also be used for tho transportation of
American citizens who desiring to return to
the United Slates are without means to do
so. William McKinley.
“Executive Mansion, May 17th, 1897.”
Mr. Davis, chairman of the commit¬
tee on foreign relations, favorably re¬
ported with amendments the resolu¬
tion introduced by Mr. Gallinger last
Thursday, appropriating $50,000 for
the relief of destitute citizens of the
United States in Cuba. The resolu¬
tion as amended is as follows:
“ Unsolved by the the senate and house .
of representatives of the United States, in
congress assembled, that the gum of $50,000
be and the same is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not otherwtoo
appropriated ortherellelol destitute eitl
zens of the Lnited States in the island of
Cuba; said money to be expended at the dis
cretlon and under tho direction of the prwi
and furnishing of food, clothing and medi
clues to such citizens and for transporting
to the United States such of them > as so de
slre, and who are without means to trans
port themselves.
Mr. Davis asked for immediate con
sideration of the resolution and there
was no objection. then
The resolution was put on its
passage and without division passed
unanimously, there being no response
to the call for the nays. It had taken
exactly eighteen minutes for the read
ing of the message, the presentation
of the committee report and the brief
speeches and the final passage of the
resolution.
House Sidetracks It.
In the house Mr. Hitt, of Illinois,
asked for the immediate consideration
of a bill to appropriate $50,000 for the
relief of destitute Americans in Cuba,
but Mr. Bailey, of Texas, said that he
must object unless an amendment em¬
bodying Senator Morgan’s resolution
for recognition of the insurgents be
added.
Mr. Dingley objected to the amend¬
ment, whereupon Mr. Bailey objected
to the bill and the Cuban question was
sidetracked.
The democrats of the house have
formed a plan whjeh may force the
house to a vote on the question of
recognizing the belligerency of the
Cubans.
The republican leaders say that the
president’s message presents a busi
ness question which they do not wish
to complicate with the question of rec¬
ognition. Cuban resolution
The Morgan 2 o’clock. was
taken up in the senate at
OFFICERS AND CREW EXONERATED
Coroner’s Jury lu the Steuiner Leona Dis¬
aster Returns a Verdict.
At New York Monday the coroner’s
jury brought in a verdict on ten pas¬
sengers and three members of the
Leona’s crew, who diedirom asphyxia
tion as the result of the recent aeci
dental fire in the steamer, and exoner
SHSi
aster.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
One of the mills of the ParrottLum
ber company, located at Richwood,
Ga.,was destroyed by fire last Monday.
The loss is about $30,000 with $14,000
insurance. Several dry kilns, a large
quantity of lumber and several adja¬
cent houses were destroyed also.
* * *
Captain Oscar J. Brown, assistant
a ljutant general, has issued the order
for the yearly encampment of the state
troops, and from now on will be busy
completing preparations for the en¬
campment. There is a great amount
of work in this connection,and Captain
Browu will have his hands full.
* • *
Governor Atkinson revived an old
law a day or two ago and appointed a
board of visitors to the Academy of
the Blind and a board of visitors to
the Georgia School for the Deaf.
There is a law which authorizes the
governor to appoint these two boards,
but for some reason it has been over¬
looked in late years.
* * *
Atlanta will catch the state fair this
year, in all probability. Only the sanc
tion of the executive committee of the
State Agricultural society is needed,
and if this body falls in with the spirit
of those who met at Atlanta a few days
ago the enterprise will be assured.
This committee has been called to meet
on May 22d, and the question will be
definitely decided at that time.
Hon. A. O. Blalock, of Fayette, has
called a meeting of his famous investi¬
gating committee to assemble in At¬
lanta June 7th next. This is the house
committee appointed under a resolu¬
tion of Mr. Blalock’s to investigate
every branch of public expenditure in
the state to lay bare, if possible, every
source of great or minor extravaganoe
and to uncover the truth as to where
fie state’s money goes. In short, this
committee gives promise to the live
liest results that have ever sprung
from any state committee.
• * *
State Chemist Payne returned from
the Tennessee Centennial exposition a
day or two ago. He turned over the ex
hibitto Mr. Du Pont aud left the display
in the best condition. Dr. Payne is
greatly pleased with the exposition
and its success so far. He is loud in
his praise of the management and of
the way in which he was treated. The
Georgia exhibit is one of the best
there, and receives many flattering
comments. The fruit display is es
pecially fine, and is undoubtedly the
best fruit display at the exposition.
• * *
The Fifth regimen! of Georgia will
join tho forces that go to Nashville on
June 24th to celebrate Georgia day.
They will go as an escort to Governor
Atkinson and in answer to a special
invitation from him and from the lady
commissioners of the exposition. The
whole regiment will go and not a sin
gle company of it will be left behind,
There are nine companies in Atlanta.
Outside of Atlanta there are five com
panies as follows: Barnesville Blues,
Griffin Rifles, LaGrange Light Guards,
Newnan Guards aud Marietta Rifles,
The Fifth regiment is one of the best
equipped and best drilled regiments
in the state service.
The J present term of the United
urt at Macon m ' UftVe to a(1 .
i - urn ghort) ' ac<MH1 „ t f the!e I)ot
‘ ■ £ j* expels to nav imm „.
mnn g S ^ of court. The
f()r ‘/ ay t o{ jur01 ^ foe s 18
exhauste ,j a no more fees can be
1 ^ nnti , congreS8 makes another ap
* ifltion Wheu this wU1 be done
... tt „
Harre]1 mado reqll l i Bit ion on the attor
/ R , {oT more money , but baa
8i C e weired a letter from that official
ing that the fund wtt s out and noth
in g C ould be done until congress takes
ftC tion.
Colonel Buck has announced a
c h an g e in his plans, and it is one
whicb ig supposed to have
and) inde ed, international significance,
In8tead c f sailing from San Francisco
the 6th o( j uue> as has heretofore been
anno „ n ceil, he will leave that port on
the 2 gth of this month. The change
is made to allow Colonel Buck to
Bpend Bome day8 at Honolulu.
This he is to do for the purpose of
making .r as thorough ° a study of the
- Hawaiian situation .. .. as is possible with
in the time, both for the information
of the president and for his own infor
mation, should there be any sort of
complications with Japan over Hawaii
in the next four years.
* * *
The Northeastern railroad . will be
ceive sealed bids for it up to that day.
The act offering the Northeastern for
sale states that the minimum price at
which the road can be sold and the
lowest price to be entertained by the
state is $287,000. The manner of pay
ing for the road by the buyer will be
$50,000 cash within thirty days after
the date of the sale, the remaining
amount in equal sums extending over
a period of fi ve years to be paid annu
ally The debt will bear interest at
3} per cent per annum, payable semi
annually. ‘Incase of default of any
yearly payment or any interest pay
ment the state reserves the right to
seize the road and dispossess the buy
er The bondsmen of the lessees of
the road have not as yet come forward
and paid the back rent and the govern¬
or has not decided when he will enter
suit cj bond. He will see, however,
that the state does not lose the amount
due.
Vnnderlip Nominated.
s—sa
assistant secretary of the treasury.
BY DAVID B. TURNER.
u
ELECTED SENATOR BY THE FLOR
IDA STATE LEGISLATURE.
SUDDEN END OF EXCITING CONTEST
Opposition to Chipley Combine on the
Ex-Congressman—The Contest Closed
With the Twenty-Fifth Ballot.
Ex-Congressman Stephen Russell
Mallory, of Pensacola, was elected
United States senator by the Florida
legislature Friday, the vote on the
twenty-fifth ballot of the contest that
began April 20th standing: Mallory,
53; W, D. Chipley, 44; Wilkinson
Call, 1,
Chipley came so near election Thurs¬
day, lacking only three votes, while
the opposition was divided among
four candidates, that the leaders of
the forces hostile to him, consisting of
the following of the Call, Stockton
Hocker, and some of Raney’s adher¬
ents, realized that if they should let
another day pass without combining
their entire strength, Chipley would
surely win. chamber
A caucus in the senate
Thursday night was the outcome.
Several ballots were-taken, in which
the leading candidates were Mallory,
Raney and Hocker. Finally, at 2
o’clock Friday morning, the Mallory. caucus
came to an agreement upon
Upon the meeting of the joint assem¬
bly at noon, a new candidate, for the
fi r ®t time , since . the balloting began,
™» 8 brought into the contest without
a preliminary nominating speech,
When the last name was reached on
th® roll call the vote stood. Chipley,
49; Mallory, 47; two names having
been passed who had
Representative Morgan,
previously supported Chipley, and
who had not yet voted, then gave bis
ballot to Mallory. Representative
Bawls, who was paired next, broke his
P a ' r > a « be claimed he was authorized
to do under the existing circumstances,
and threw his vote also for Mallory.
I his made the result a tie.
Pandemonium prevailed for a time,
the partisans of both candidates jump¬
ing upon the desks and chairs aud
waving their arms frantically in efforts
to make themselves heard.
At length .Senator Barber was recog
® ize< | be changed his vo e rom
Uluploy to Mallory. the
rhree ?j h f 8 foll< 7* d sm *’ vo *®
^ ftS *' enfl ® d as fctato< , a ove, a c
> declared
President . Perrenot formally
Stephen H. Mallory elected,
« OIlator Mtt l °ry spoke before a large
gathering m the house of representa
tives tonight. all of the
H « said lmt he endorsed
planks , of the Chicago platform dwell
lu « particularly on the financial ques
tion, and advocating the free coinage
(jt flilv « r at the ratio of If. to 1, regard
less of . countries. He did not
express decided views on the tariff
question. member of the fifty
Mallory was y-third a from
second and fif congresses
the first Florida district. lives m
Pensacola, where he was born in 1848.
eut ? r f th « Confederate army in
Virginia m the u fall of 1804 and later
f as 0 midshipman in the Con
^Aerate navy.
After the war he entered George
town college, District of Columbia,
and studied law In 1894 he returned
to Pensacola and since tbenhas prac
tieedMaw in.Florida and also been ,n
ter « st e<1 W® 1
both l besides branches l the national of the state house le^slatoe, of repre <
sentatives, where he was a leading
member of the committee on com
m ^ Senator-elect ce * Mallory „ isa . sonoftha - .*
, Iat « Stephen R. Mallory who was aec
rehify of the navy in the confederate
ca “J? et -
“is distinguishedfatherwas ...... . orn „
_
“ . “b° ut 1810 and r e “ ,L„
Key West, Jla., when quite . yWBS*
Jbe elder Mallory was the senator
from Florida during severalItems,
During the war he refugeed to La
Grance. l %J^ Ga., ’ where he w f as arrested as
:: riso ner He wag released on
parole and afterwards pardoned by
President Johnson. He died in Pen¬
sacola in 1873.
ROBBERS LOOT TRAIN.
Dynamited Two Safe* and Secured About
Th. r-u.
passenger tram was teld up by three 250
masked men and robbed *bout
miles west of San Antonio, Texas, early
Fr ‘ da N morning.
After forcing the .ioors o the ex
prew car, one of the robbers entered
^dynamited the two safe* of the
Wei11s Fargo Express compi a safes ,
Both the through and
were opened and their contents se
cured. The local safe contained $2,000
or $3,000. The amount secured from
the through safe is »kno™ but R
is believed will not fail telow $7,000
or $8,000.
TURKEY IS STUBBORN.
She M»y Be Forced to Relent By tho
Powers at Cannon’s Mouth.
A cable dispatch of Friday from
London says: The proposed negotia¬
tions for peace between Greece and
Turkey are not proceeding as smoothly
as the European powers would like to
see. The fact is, there is grave fear
in diplomatic circles that the Sultan
serious attempts at \ : ■
resist all
control.