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VOL VI. NO. 6.
ILD NOT
STOOD TEN TO TWO IN AMERICAN
TOBACCO COMPANY CASE.
EIGHTEEN BALLOTS BUT NO RESULT
Oicott Is Anxious For a New Trial at
Once, While the Matter Is Fresh
In the Public Mind*
The jury in the conspiracy case of
the American Tobacco Company,
. which has been on trial before Judgo
» Fitzgerald in the court of general ses¬
sions, at New York, failed to agreo.
Although no verdict for the prose¬
cution was rendered, a disagreement
is nevertheless regarded by District
Attorney Oicott as a victory for the
people.
TJie jury had been out fifteen hours
when they came iu and informed the
court that they were unable to agree.
It was decided that it would be useless
to lock them up again and they were
discharged.
It was learned that eighteen ballots
had been taken within twelve hours
and the vote stood ten for conviction
and two for acquittal.
The jurors who held out for acquittal
were Hobart C. Fash and Foster Milli
Iken. During the morning Juror Binsze
became ill and was permitted to consult
a physician. The doctor declared that
the juror was in danger of an apoplec¬
tic stroke and advised him to get out
of the courthouse as soon as possible.
The juror, however,was determined to
fight for a conviction and would not
hurry matters. that
District Attorner Oicott said if
it were not for the fact that all bail
cases had gone over until the fall he
woutd have moved for a new trial on
Monday next.
“When a jury stands ten for con¬
viction aud two for acquittal, the peo¬
ple,” he said, “are entitled to a deci¬
sion on the law while the matter is
still fresh in their minds.”
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Established in the South
During the Fast Week.
Despite the hot weather during the
past w r eek business in all lines shows
f increasing activity aud indications are
y favorable, judging from reports from
southern manufacturers and dealers,
for continued improvement.
The movement in textile goods is
b tter than was expected at this sea¬
son and the demand for lumber shows
a healthy increase from week to week.
The iron and steel market is stron¬
ger. Pig iron is moving freely and
prices are better, the tendency still
upward. The demand for southern
iron is active and operators report a
better business aud more favorable
conditions than for many months.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries reported for the week are the
following: A S' 0,000 electric light
plant at Mannington, W. Va., and oth¬
ers at Eastman, Ga., and Columbus
and Jackson, Miss. A flouring mill at
Blacksburg, Va.; an ice factory at Sis¬
ters ville, W. Va.; machine shops at
Macon, Ga.; the Texas Gas Light and
Heating Co., capital $10,000, Houston, Heat
Tex.; the Lynchburg Light and
,Co., capital $100,000, Lvnchburg.Va.;
/‘the J. J. Wright Co., capital $20,000,
at Norfolk, Va.; an oil mill at Rome,
Ga., and wood-working plants at
Huntsville, Ala.; Chattanooga and
Wilmington, N. C.—Tradesman (Chat
tiuooga, Tenn.)
A BOLT BY BOISE.
Ex-Governor of Iowa Renonnees Free
Coinage of Silver at 16 to 1.
A special from Des Moines, la.,
says: Horace Boise, ex-governor of
Iowa and former presidential candi¬
date, has created a sensation by writ¬
ing a letter in Wflich ho practically re¬
nounces free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1. The letter is 4,000
words long aud was written for the
campaign book of D. M. Fox, of Des
Moines. The article was given to the
press by Colonel Fox, although Gen¬
eral Weaver and other silver leaders
objected, fearing its effect on the state
campaign just opened.
The article is captioned “Curse of a
Monstrous Crime Upon Us,” and is a
sweeping denunciation of the financial
policy of the government, particularly
jn recent years.
i RETURN.
STRIKERS
Coal Creek Miner* Accept the Old Scale
and Resume Work.
One thousand miners employed by
the Coal Creek Mining company re¬
turned to work Tuesday morning at
the old scale, after a brief strike. The
men were in sympathy with the strik¬
ers atthe Jellieo district.
Belgian Miners Strike.
A very extensive strike is in prog¬
ress in the district of Borinage, prov
* ince of Hainaut, Belgium. At least
2,000 boraius (miuers) arc out. The
district of Borinage is important for
its coal mines.
LIQUOR MF.N NOT INDICTED.
Grand Jury Vi>«*ed Over Case* of Gag
ton and ScrupR*.
A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says:
The case of John T. Gaston, ex-liquor
commissioner, and 8. W. Scruggs,
charged with “official misconduct,”
went before the grand jury Tuesday,
and “no bill” was returned.
The sentiment seemed to be that so
little had been proven against these
men who had been punished by los¬
, that further
ing theit office, prosecu¬
tion was not necessary.
BULLOCH TIMES.
MISSING MAN SHOWS UP.
Four of fits Neighbors Were In Jail
Charged With His Murder,
On April 25th last Morgan Olliff,
who lived near Statesboro, Ga., disap¬
peared, and although a most diligent
search was made by his relatives and
friends, he could not bo found.
Some time after Olliff disappeared a
dead body was found in the woods
near the town in a bad state of decom¬
position, and at first no one could tell
who it was.
When the mystery was at its height,
some one suggested that it was OllifT,
and almost as soon as the suggestion
was made, a dozen people quickly
identified it as the missing man.
How the identification was made, no
one now seems to know, as the same
men who identified it, had seen the
body before without even a thought
that they were, looking at the remains
of Olliff. It was finally accepted as
the body of the missing man, and pre¬
parations were made for its burial.
But while these preparations were
going on an anxiety developed to know¬
how the man had met his death. Some
one suggested that there had been an
old grudge against Olliff by M. C.
Barnes, Conley Barnes, C. I. Howell
and Wesley Waters. Then it was not
long before some one volunteered the
theory that these four men had killed
Olliff and left the body where it was
found.
The theory quickly evolved into a
declaration, and the four men were
arrested, charged with the murder.
They all denied knowing anything
about Olliff’s death,but like every one
about the community, they accepted
the dead body for the one of the man
they were charged with killing.
Upon the arrest of the quartet the
sheriff placed them in jail. Warrants
were sworn out against them and they
were given a preliminary trial. The
investigation was thorough and com¬
plete, and « strong case was made out
against all four of the men, despite
their emphatic denial of the charge.
They were refused hail and sent to
jail to await the action of the grand
jury, and in jail they have been await¬
ing the coming term of court for a
trial, with everything pointing to a
conviction of murder.
Tuesday morning Morgan Olliff, the
supposed dead man, walked into town
and seeking the sheriff, informed him
that he had just heard that four men
—men whom he had known—were in
jail charged with murdering him.
It did not take the people long to
ascertain that it was really Olliff who
was talking to them and quite a crowd
gathered about the sheriff asking him
to open the jail doors and let the four
men out, which was done without de¬
lay. himself
Olliff declined to talk about
further than to say he had just heard
in his new home that the four men
were in jail, charged with killing him,
and that he merely visited Statesboro
to keep innocent peoplo from being
banged. who
The people are now wondering
the man was they buried for Olliff.
That man was evidently the victim of
an assassin’s gun and near the body
was heard shots by some people before
the body was found, the time being
fixed near the date upon which Olliff
disappeared.
MACHINES NOT IN THIS.
Hand Composition Only to Be Employed
in Kansas Stale Work.
J. S. Sparks, state priuter-elect of
Kansas, announces that the use of
typesetting machiues will be abolished
in the state printing office with the be¬
ginning of his administration.
During the last session of the legis¬
lature the printers made a strong effort
to secure the passage of a bill prohib¬
iting the use of machines in tho state
office. In this they were unsuccessful,
but they did succeed in having attached
to the appropriation bill a rider which
provides that the state printer shall
receive but 10 cents per 1,000 eras for
machine work.
It is claimed that at this rate the
machines cannot be operated except at
a losfe and as a result they will be
thrown out and the state w ill pay from
30 to 40 cents per 1,000 for hand com¬
position.
Annexation Bill In House.
Representative King of Utah, has
introduced in the house a bill identical
with that introduced by Senator Mor
gan in the senate providing for the
annexation of Hawaii under the con
ditions of tho treaty negotiated by the
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president.
PRESIDENT W ILL VISIT CANTON.
McKinley Will Spend the Glorious Fourth
With HI* Mother.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president has definitely decided to go
to his old home at Canton, O., on Fri
day to visit his mother for a few days.
Mrs. McKinley, Miss Mabel McKin
ley and probablv tho assistant score
tary of state and Mrs. Day will accom
pany him. They will remain over the
4th and return Monday or Tuesday
evening. night the president
On Thursday
will give an informal dinner to the
members of the cabinet aud their
wives.
EXCITEMENT IX VENEZUELA.
Cabinet Kesigrns and Create* a Crisis
Among Government and People.
A dispatch to The New York Jour
nal and Advertiser from Caracas, V en
ezuela, says:
“The resignation of the Cabinet
created a crisis, not only in the ad
ministration of the government, but
also among the people. Excitement
runs high, the sensational action of
the ministry being the paramount
topic of discussion.
STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1897.
FITE MEN KILLED IN A GEORGIA
CONVICT CAMP.
BOLT STRIKES PRISON BUILDING.
Scores Were Injured—In the FXfcltettient
Many Convicts MAde A flash For Lib¬
erty, But Nine Are Recaptured.
As the hundred and fifty-odd eon
victs at the Green Brothers’ camp at
Dakota, Ga., seven miles from Cor
dele, were in the prison supper room
Sunday night eating their evening
meal a flash of blinding lightning shot
from the black clouds which had been
hanging over the section all the after¬
noon, struck the building, knocked
a half-hundred of the shackled men to
the floor and created the most thril¬
ling consternation.
Three men were killed instantly,
two, who died later, fatally shocked,
and twenty injured.
The guards about the place were as
thoroughly demoralized as the prison¬
ers, and for a few seconds fear held
full sway.
Convicts lay upon the floor moaning
and groaning, their clanking chains
adding to the horrible noise their
abject terror caused. Guards stood by
apparently petrified by the spectacle.
Suddenly, and almost in the very
midst of it all, there was a wild rush
for the door by half of the zebra-clad
crowd. The guards stood still, allow¬
ing the men to hurry by, thinking, if
they thought at all, that they were
seeking safety on the outside from the
death that seemed imminent inside.
Recovering their senses the guards
brought those who were yet in the
room to a standstill, and while some
of them held the prisoners at bay
others hurried out to give the alarm
and overtake those who had rushed
out in the first seconds of the intense
excitement following the lightning
stroke.
Then ns order was restored, some of
the guards in the building began mak¬
ing an investigation of the situation
in the room. It was found that three
of the convicts were dead, two dying
and twenty others hurt, some of them
rerionsly, while others sustained hurts
which may make them hospital sub¬
jects for some time to come.
When the final round-up had been
made it was seen that, eleven prisoners
of the camp had made their escape.
The dogs were called out and guards
started in pursuit. A drenching rain
was falling, and as fast as the fugi¬
tives moved the heavy downpour
washed away not only their tracks,
but even the scent by which the train¬
ed dogs follow.
Sj complete was the work of the
heavy rain that the dogs were unable
to follow any of the escapes any dis¬
tance. However, so close were the
men upon the fugitives that they were
able to.overtake several of them, and
during the night nine of the number
w ere overtaken and were returned to
the prison.
When the lightning struck the build¬
ing the convicts were gathered about
the table. Their chains were together
and the sparks played along the metal
making a crackling, sizzling noise as
it went. It caused many to spring to
their feet and more than one negro
danced a death jig to the electricity
charged chains that clanked with the
movements of the terrified men. Many
of the men were burned and scorched
about the ankles aud blisters show the
course the current took as it wound
around their limbs, leaving its course
marked by the blisters it made.
The holt appears to have struck the
comb of the roof and after splitting it
open from one end to the other went
down one of the corner posts. It then
played around the interior of the
Xked^ , on^le .. wauTtbat * ® a lines
cnn ,e ,seeu -
Warned Against Emigration.
The Ivrnez Zeitung (Berlin) warns
German farmers against the invita¬
tions of emigrant agents to settle in
the southern states of America, and
calls upon the government to issue a
sGict prohibitive decree against such
“since German farmers are
too good to compete with black labor
in the cotton and lice fields.”
BIG FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Kltirning Rice Mill Cause* Panic In Adjoin¬
ing ’Tobacco Factory.
Fire broke out shortly after noon
«at'‘r«l a y in « four-story brick bnild
‘ng at New Orleans owned and occu
l 11 ’!' 1 h J Frederick and Felix Ernest as
a rloe
?he fire spread to all portions ofthe
budding in a short space of time and
despite the quifsk work of the depart
ment the structure was totally destroy
<*d. The loss will amount to more
than $100,000.
There was a panic in Hernshelm’s
tobacco factory, where several hund¬
red girls are employed, but all man¬
aged to get out in safety.
DAVIS’S RECTOR DEAD.
Rev. Hr. Rarten, of ChrUt Church, Nor¬
folk, Va., Psuei Away,
ch ^' ^web^t*Norfolk,Ya^die'd
Saturday afternoon, aged fifty-seven
years. Dr. Barten was one of the
* inent divines in the south
moBt prom
diocese. He had been rector of
ohrigt ciinrc i, s i nce 1865 and was
rec fo r for Jefferson Davis during his
incftrcerat ion at Fort Monroe iJime
Jlatel _ ftfter the war>
RULED BY FALLING DERRICK.
Two Colored Brickmason* Dashed From a
Ten-Story Building.
A derrick on the roof of the new
Austell building, in course of erection
at Atlanta, Ga., fell at 1 o’clock Monday
afternoon, knocking three workmen
from a scaffolding on the ninth story.
Two of them were daslled to instant
death on the ground, 125 feet below-,
and the third was saved in a most
miraculous way.
The killed are! Palmetto Ayres,
colored, aged 4(1, colored, living at Austell;
Charles Cargill, age 35, of
Atlanta.
W. M. Brown, a white carpenter,
was cut about the head and arms.
The dinner hour was just over and
the men had returned ip work when
the accident occurred. They were
standing on the platform which skirts
the edge of the ninth floor when the
derrick fell. The part of the scaffold
upon which they stood wks swept
away and the men were thrown into
space. Headlong down the entire distance
fell the two negroes. Brown, by the
wildest freak of luck, grasped one of
the derrick ropes as he shot through
the air. As the boom of the hoisting
engine fell the ropes on the tackle
were set in motion, one going up and
the other down. It was Brown’s good
fortune to catch the rope being
upward*and he was hauled safely to
the roof.
To another boom of the derrick pro¬
jecting out on the other side of the
building was attached a car, in which
four men were standing. This boom
likewise fell, but was held up by the
roof. The car was dashed over the
side of the building and swung there
in safety. The men were rescued
through a window,none of them being
injured.
The two negroes struck the ground
in the basement. The scaffold from
which they fell was on the court side,
and a clear fall fo the very bottom
was opened to them. The bodies were
crushed and mangled horribly. Scarce¬
ly a bone in the body of either remain¬
ed unbroken.
CYCLONE HITS CORDELE.
Georgia Town Suffer* Great Damage From
Wind and Hail.
A hurricane struck Cordele, Ga.,
Mondey about noon, mining crops
and destroying property. It w r as ac¬
companied by a heavy hailstorm.
Two negro Methodist churches were
completely destroyed, and the barrel
factory of the Cordele Cooperage com¬
pany was also destroyed.
A portion of thf livtfty si aides be¬
longing to Fain Dougherty was
blown down, demolishing fifteen bug¬
gies.
One dwelling was struck by light¬
ning, which tore out one end of tho
building. Signs and awnings were
scattered over the streets and several
plate glass windows were smashed by
the falling rubbish.
The telephone system was also bad¬
ly injured by the storm. No loss of
life has been reported.
REED TO NAME COMMITTEES.
Speaker Will Present the List Before the
Final Adjournment.
A Washington dispatch says: Speak¬
er Reed has given out the information
that he has the matter of the appoint¬
ment of the committees under consid¬
eration and that unless something now
unforeseen occurs to change his pres¬
ent inclination he will prepare the list
and submit it prior to the final ad¬
journment.
The speaker has had ample oppor¬
tunity during the extra session for as¬
certaining the wishes and the quali¬
fications of members for committee
assignments, and although the actual
work of preparing the committees has
not begun, the task' will probably be
rendered easier than usual by the fact
that most of the chairmen of the im¬
portant committees in the last house
are members of the present house and
the speaker now has a personal ac¬
quaintance with all the new members.
Queen Returns Her Thanks.
Queen Victoria, through the press,
expresses her thanks for the many
touching proofs of loyalty and affection
she is receiving l>y letter and by tele¬
graph from all parts of the empire.
Falling Rock Does Deadly Work.
Advices from Valprniso state that
twenty-six miners have been killed by
a fall of rock in the mines in the prov¬
ince of Atacama.
AFTER STATE BRINTKRS.
North Carolina Enters Suit to Recover
Overcharges.
A special from Raleigh, N. C., says:
Ever since Stewart Bros., of Winston,
procured the public printing, two years
ago, there have been complaints, but
recently they assumed a grave charac¬
ter, and it was openly stated that the
state had.been made to pay far more
than the amount properly two-fold—first, due. the
The resnlt is
printing is taken from Stewart Bros.,
and second, they are sued to recover
the amount of their overcharges, which
are said to aggregate over $10,000.
The Treasury department people have
for a long while kept watch upon
them.
CUBAN,-BONDS SOLD.
John Jacob Aator Buy* One of tho 91,000
Six Per €entn.
A new York telegram states that
John Jacob Astor has purchased one
of the thousand dollar 6 per cent gold
bonds of the republic of Cuba, which
were issued last April. Dr. W. Seward
Webb has purchased one of the $400 6
per-cont bonds.
These bonds are offered at 50 per
cent of face value and fall due ten
years after the evacuation of Cuba.
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L TRAIN ON WABASH RAILROAD
WRECKED IN A GULCH.
SEVEN PEOPLE TAKEN OUT DEAD.
Mine teen Others Were Injured But Not
Seriously—Oleaster Caused
by a Kaiu Stonrt.
The St. Louis express on the Wa¬
bash railway, which left Kansas City
at 6:20 o'clock Saturday evening,
plunged through a trestle at Missouri
Cily, Mo., at five minutes of 7 o’clock,
carrying down the entire train with
the exception of the rear car, a Pull¬
man.
The gorgw, which a few hours pre¬
vious was practically empty, had be¬
come a raging torrent because of a
tremendous downpour of rain and the
structure weakened.
As a result of the catastrophe seven
peoplo were killed. A correct list is
as follows:
\V. S. Mills, postal clerk, St. Louis.
0. M. Smith, postal clerk,St. Louis.
Gustave A. Smith, postal clerk, St.
Louis.
Charles Winters, postal clerk, St.
Louis.
F. II. Brink, postal clerk, St,Louis.
Edward Grinrod, baggageman, St.
Louis.
Charles P. Greasley, brakeman.
Nineteen passengers were condition. injured*
but not one is in a critical
Among them all there is not one bro¬
ken limb, though many of them were
thrown three-quarters of the length of
the coaches in which they were riding.
John Ennis, traveling salesman for
Beckman & McKnight, was iu the rear
end of the train which was the only
one that escaped injury. It was like¬
wise the only car in which none of the
passengers were injured. Mr. Ennis
had an interview with a fnrmer who
had come from Missouri City in the
evening and was at tho place where
the wreck occurred to flag the "train.
The farmer claimed to have waved a
flag on the track, but owing to the
terrible rain the engineer was unable
to see the signal. Mr. Ennis said the
wreck occurred at 7:05 o’clock,
One of the most important things,
and one which secured the safety of
the remaining paesengers on the train,
was the flagging of a freight train
which followed the passenger train
about ten minutes.
This freight train was flaggod by
passengers 300 feet ftoin the wreck.
The engine passed over the trestle,
which broke immediately afterwards,
and the tender, with the front or
through smoking car, was thrown
back into the gorge.
The farmer with whom Mr. Ennis
talked said that at 5 o’clock there was
practically no water in tho gorge, but
at the time of the wreck it was raging
a torrent of ten feet or more in depth.
The former said the bridge was clearly
unsafe, which had impelled him to
stand in the storm aud attempt to
flag the train.
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KENTUCKY HORSE WON.
Ornament Captnrea tlie St. Louis Sweep
atakcA of $12,000.
Kentucky beats Missouri—Orna¬
ment outran Typhoon II in tho St.
Louis derby Saturday in the $12,000
sweepstake for three-year-olds aud
several thousand St. Louisians walked
home.
The much-played Typhoon II was
beaten, not only by Ornament, of
Kentucky, but also by Buckvidere, a
twelve to one shot, who came near get¬
ting in first-place. Asido from the re
assertment of Ornament’s superiority,
the race was a disappointment, Orna
ment’s price, 19 to 20 and out, pre
vented any heavy play on him by the
visitors, while Typhoon, 11 to 10, was
hardly 3 more attractive.
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ALL QUIET AT KEY WEST.
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Governor of Florida so Wire* tho Wa*1i
loKton Authorities.
President McKinley has received a
message from Governor Bloxham, of
Florida, wired stating that the sheriff of Key
West Saturday morning that the
contemplated trouble did not muteri
ul ; ze and that everything there is quiet
ed orderly.
ANSWER TO JAPAN’S PROTEST.
Secretary of State Forwarded It to Japun
cne Legation.
A Washington special says: “The
reply of the seer tary of state to the
protest of the Japanese government
against the annexation of Hawaii has
been forwarded to the Japanese lega¬
tion here, and by them cabled to
Tokio. file
“The legation will probablv a
mpplementarv statement upon receiv
ing instructions from the home gov
eminent. take
“It is expected that this will
some time, as the note of the Japanese
government is worded in the most
carefully diplomatic manner.
INFORMATION NOT OFFICIAL.
Nothing I* Known ItcBardinR th* Report
That Ca*,elio I* to Succeed Del-ome.
No official information has been re¬
ceived at the state department in
Washington in regard to the report
from Havana that Senor Castello is to
succeed Senor de Lome as the diplo¬
matic representative of the Spanish
government at Washington.
The officials of the Spanish legation
at the capital decline to discuss the
report in any way.
GREAT NAVAL KEYIEW
Of Warships <»f tl» World In Honor o«
Qnton Victoria.
A special from Pi rtsmouth, England,
says: The most magnificent display of
naval strength ever witnessed occurred
offSpitliead Saturday, the occasion
being the grand naval review held in
honor of the completion of the sixtieth
year of the reigu of Queen Victoria.
The Prince of Wales, representing of
her majesty, reviewed a fine fleet
foreign warships, representing all the
maritime nations of the world, proud¬
est, strongest and swiftest of these
crafts being the United States armor¬
ed cruiser Brooklyn, flying the flag of
Bear Admiral Miller, and the heir ap
pareni also inspected about thirty
miles of British warships in which
were 196 fighting ships of different
classes, manned' carrying about 900 heavy
gnus, by over 45,000men, and
of about tons in all.
Each maritime nation sent an ad¬
miral in his flagship to witness the
review. They formed a line abreast
of the British battleships, where they
were favorably placed to compare their
own naval architecture with that of
other nations, Each nation sent its
best available ship aud a
display resulted.
An interesting feature of the British
fleet was the training ships, which
comprised three of the early iron-clad s,
a squadron of cruisers which usually
winters with a training crew on board
in the West Indies, or in some other
warm latitude, and a fleet of training
brigs which cruise iu the neighborhood
of the British ports.
The British Heel assembled June 22
and was drawn up in four lines, ex¬
tending from abrettst of Portsmouth
harbor to a distance of about five
miles to the westward.
Following the precedent of former
naval reviews there was free access to
tho review ground up to the hour
named for tho official inspection, when
all vessels with visitors anchored in
their assigned positions, and the tour
of the fleet was commenced by the
Prince of Wales.
WILL REFER TO LEGISLATURE.
Governor Bllerbe Will Mot Inane Orilor
Reprimanding Gen. Watte.
A Columbia,- 8. C„ special says:
Governor Ellerbe will not issue a geu
■ral ord r reprimanding adjutant Gen
era, W^ts, as recommended by the
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It is probable that fifing*!**-*’„
not being on the pleasantest personal
terms with the general may have in
llnenced him in this regard, he desir
iug to avoid tiic.posaibilitr of lotting
personal feeling influence him. Then
tho action of the hoard is equivalent to
a reprimand, and tire legislature eau
decide whether a more serious view
shall be taken of the case.
The governor’s order issued says:
“The report of the court of inquiry
and record of proceedings will be at
the proper time transmitted to the
gcncral assembly for such action as
that body may deem proper with ref
erence to the adjutant and inspector
general, who in this state is a consti
tutional officer, and it is ordered:
“First, That Private Fishburn, of
the Richland Volunteers, be discharged
from the military service of tho state.
“Second, That the captain of til*
Riohland Volunteers publish an order
reprimanding Private Dunning, of said
company, for leaving ranks without
permission. the court of inquiry
“Third. That
having completed the duties assigned,
it is hereby dissolved.
“Fourth. That the commander-in
cliief desires to express his high ap¬
preciation of the complete and careful
manner in which the court has per¬
formed its duty.”
INSURGENTS KILL THIRTY.
Th$y Attack a Stfige Coach ami Capture
Nuch Booty.
A nows special states that a stage
coach from Havana for San Jose (le
Las La,as, a nearby-settlement, , , hand was
«^pped on the road by a lmgo
“f insurgents who killed with their
machetes cghteen scouts escort,ng the
coach, six guerrillas, one Spanish offi
, ' 0 r - ft <lort,,r ’ “ carpenter and three
other 1 passengers who attempted to
save their lives by fight.
The only occupants of the coach who
were not killed by the insurgents were
a woman and a child, who were among
the passengers Tho bodies of the per
sons slain were stripped of their cloth
ing aud left lying alongside the road.
The insurgents captured a consider¬
able amount of booty.
GERMANS FOR ALABAMA.
Tvro Hundred Famlllen Will Settle.In the
Town of RUmarck.
A party of 200 German immigrants
and their families from Iowa and
Illinois is en route to Bismarck, a
town in Limestone county, Ala.,which
has been designed for them.
Bismarck was laid oft" last fall by a
company headed by M. Meisner, one
of the founders of Cullman, Ala., and
Captain R. R. Mason, of Athens'; The
interests of the town will be vigorously
pushed There is already a movement
to build an electric tramway connecting
it with Athens.
The immigrants will engage in fruit
farming.
Northern Cotton Mills Close.
The Massachusetts cottou mills at
Lowell, were closed Monday and will
not be reopened until July 12th. The
mills employ 1,900 men. The shut
down was decided upon because of the
low price at which goods are selling,
and the poor demand.
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GOT. BLOXHAM WIRES WASHING¬
TON FOR U. S. TROOPS.
ATTEMPT AT LYNCHING THE CRUSE.
The Cabinet Was Called Together to Con¬
sider the Governor's Request* But
No Action Was Taken.
Key West, Fla., was on the verge of a
race war Friday.
Mrs. Maggie Atwell, white, was as¬
saulted on Wednesday afternoon by
Sylvanus Johnson, a negro, who was
promptly identified and jailed.
Two unsuccessful attempts were
made by white men Thursday to get
at him to lynch him and theso efforts
greatly enraged the blacks.
As a measure of precaution against
an outbreak on each side the Island
City Guards, the local militia com¬
pany, slept at their armory Thursday
night,
Late in the evening the negroes
openly threatened to burn the city and
kilt (he white inhabitants, surround
en the county jail and the armory, and
began to discharge firearms promiscu¬
ously. inoffensive
William Gardner, an
white citizen, was killed by a stray
bullet.
James Sawyer, another white man
was beaten senseless by the blacks.
Two hundreds citizens, sworn in as
deputy sheriffs, and the soldiers at the
United States barracks were ready to
assist the militia.
ttloxlmm To the l*rc«hleut.
Upon receipt of a telegram at Talla¬
hassee from Key West about noon
Friday Adjutant General Houston im¬
mediately wired to the Ivey West
militia company to report at once to
Sheriff Knight for duty, and Governor
Bloxham telegraphed to President Mc
Kinlcy as bdlows.
Tlj0 sh '‘ rlir at Ke J W “ st wlrCS rafl “ f °‘'
low*' ‘A negro prisoner is in jail , charge,
° n ° w ™ An ,lttompt
™ 7 - 1 " t0 ^ 1 '»• 1,m ne f oea aro
greatly enraged and threaten f to bom the
city and kill the whites. A largo numbor ol
negroes last night surrounded the jail and
^thooBosqaar™ am about 1ook*
negroes ucgaJ^'ng
tag on* whitman ana .- j
reported wounded. Great cpitcir to- I
▼»'<* and serious trouble Is Impending
night. I request you to order the bey V, est
military company to our assistance, but am
afraid that ono company will l)o powerless,
G'fore a mob of Infuriated blacks, and I ask
that yon request the president ofthe United
States to order the commanding officer of
the United States troops stationed her* to
come to the assistance of the civil uuthori
tbs if needed to save life and property. No
state troops can reach Key West sooner
than Sunday night.”
"Similar requests wore wired by the eoun
ty judge, circuit clerk. Immigration tnspee
tor and two justices of the peace. Owing to
the distance of Key West from the mainland
I can furnish only the one company in Key
West and make application for the assist
ance of the United States troops, if necessa
ry, at the urgent request of tho officials and
citizens of Key West,
“W. D. Bloxham,
, “Governor of Florida.”
Cabinet Considers Request.
A Washington special says: The
requost of Governor Bloxham for the
assistance of the federal troops at Key
West, Fla., was discussed at a confer
once at tho white houso Friday night.
There were present besides the presi
den Secretary Alger, Attorney General
McKenna and General Brock, of the
army. lasted until after 11
The conference
o’clock. Secretary Alger stated there
had been nothing further received
from Key West bearing on the situa¬
tion, and in tho absence of any in¬
formation no action has been taken on
the governor’s request. companies of
There are now two
artillery and one more of infantry
stationed at that point.
DEPEW ON TREATY.
The London Echo Friday afternoon
publishes an interview with Dr.
Cbauncey M. Depew, in wdiich be is
quoted as expressing tho belief that
the arbitration treaty between the
United States and Great Britain will
be a law before the end of President
McKinley’s term of office.
GEORGIANS AT NASHVILLE.
Mr*. Felton Delivers An Address—Gov
ernor and staff" at. Exposition,
A Nashville dispatch says: In the
woman's building at the Tennessee
centennial exposition Friday, Mrs. W.
H. Felton, of Atlanta, delivered an
address on “The Children of the Con
the Wards of the South. ’
federacy— Felton’s theme the recog
Mrs. was white
nition and education of the poor
girls of the south who have been tle
prived of the advantages of a good ed
ucation. Georgia, . and
Governor Atkinson, of
staff, and many citizens of that state,
arrived to attend the celebration of
“Georgia day."
WILL NOT PURCHASE CUBA.
Senator Hanna Give* Denial To a Welt
Circulated Rumor.
A Cleveland, Ohio, telegram say s’
Senator M. A. Hanna was asked I-rtday
morning whether there was any truth
in the telegraphic statement that Pres
EE idi-ing a plan
yy ; Cuba is to be
Spain for $100,000,000*
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