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VOL VI. NO. 11. IN HAWAII THE STARS AND BARS WILL BE RAISED. DECLARATION OF A PROTECTORATE Another Version of the Story Is That No Change Has Been Made In Instruc¬ tions to Minister Sewell, The following from the correspond¬ ent of tho Associated Press at Hono¬ lulu was received on the steamer Bel gic at Sun Francisco Tuesday: “The arrival of the steamship Mon awi from San Francisco due here the 29th, means much for Hawaii. In official circles it is generally under¬ stood that the United States minister, Mr. Sewell, will carry out the instruc¬ tions received in the last mail, said to be to this effect: “If Monawi brings word flint con¬ gress failed to pass the annexation treaty Minister Sewell is to declare a protectorate and raise the American flag. The American minister has had frequent consultations with President Dole within the past week anil it is be¬ lieved they have agreed on a program. The general impression here is that congress lias decided to let the matter of annexation wait over until the regu¬ lar session. “The intervening mouths will he a long time for this country alone, in view of tho attitude of Japan, and Secretary Sherman believed a protect¬ orate of the United States is the only way to p e.’cnt possible hostile action on the part of the Japanese. As soon as the Monawi arrives it is understood the United States minister will notify Ibis government of his intention to ruiso the American flag. Diplomatic equity will allow a day or two for answer and it is expected everything will be in readiness to declare a pro¬ tectorate Monday, August 29. “The foregoing information comes from a reliable source and but few persons in Honolulu are aware of the near approach of the most important event in the history of the country.” Another Washington special says: It is declared positively at the state department that there has been no change in tho instructions sent to Mr. Sewell ot to Admiral Reardslee touch¬ ing then’ attitude oii the Hawaiian question. The admiral’s instructions wore to protect American interests at all points, aud tho eve^j to Uj^blish O /'•gprioun a protectorate disturbance, only in or the coir.,/’ of some overt act. It is not understood tliat tho execution of this order was at all dependent up¬ on the action or non-action of con¬ gress upon the annexation. At the navy department an even more explicit denial of the story that the flag was to be hoisted was obtain¬ ed, It was said that Admiral Beards lee’s orders only contemplated a land¬ ing in an emergency to preserve tho Btatus quo, and that the landing would not be for a longer period of time than was necessary to restore conditions to their former shape. It was said that as President Mc¬ Kinley had referred the whole matter to congress along with the annexation treaty, it would not he courteous to that body for the executive to act on its own volition until congress had expressed its will. It was further said that there was no truth in the reporte 1 story that tho battleship Ore jou was under orders to go to Honolulu. “COFFIN TACKS” ARE HIGHER. Cigarette Trust Makes Sweeping Advance In Wholesale Prices. The American Tobacco company, the big cigarette trust, has made a sweeping advance of 15 per cent in wholesale prices on all brands made and handled by the compauy. The letter of notification is now going through tlie mails. Turkish cigarettes, that were sold from $7 to $17 a thousand, will . now cost the dealer from $8.65 to $23.30, according to the brand. Louisiana Periqne ad¬ vances from $5.15 aud $5.75 to $6.15 and $6.50. Such brands of domestic make as Sw r eet Caporal, Old Domin¬ ion, Duke's Cameo, etc., which deal¬ ers bought for $3.80 per thousand, have been increased in price to $4.10. BERESFORB IN ALASKA. Says He «~‘- Will ak M»tax_a^p»>rl..ne and Buy ■ Wl»lf of Georgia. acfiord ^ Klondyke. Beresferd is off to A letter has been received at his old home in Fitzgerald, Ga., stating that he left Seattle, Wash., July 23d, aud that he will go direct to Alaska. Before going it is said that the lord stated he would return with a huge fortune, and that in the end ho would purchase half of Georgia and would make it warm for those who have ma¬ ligned him. The letter gave no information in regard to Beresford’s wife, who skip¬ ped with him, but it is supposed that she will make the trip to Alaska with him. DEMAND OLD PRICES. Mnny Hundred Iowa Miners Will Respond To a Call. At a mass meeting at Greenville,la., ■which lasted all day Friday, tho miners of the low field coal district of south¬ ern Iowa,700 to 800 in number, passed resolutions demanding the 1892-93 priees and if acceded to they will continue work unless they should be called out for a general suspension. It is believed tlie operators will grant their demand. BULLOCH TIMES. TURKS YET DEIIANT. Fi’cib Tumble Anticipated la £ettl!i*i? Peace Preliminaries. According to a dispatch received at Paris Tuesday from Constantinople a division of the Turkish fleet has been ordered to sail for C'auea, Island of Crete.’ If the statement contained in the Constantinople dispatch alluded to i« correct, fresh trouble may be anticipa¬ ted in the settlement of the Greeco Tuikich peace preliminaries. It lias been reported for some time that the Turkish government was con¬ templating landing additional Turkish troops in Crete and on Thursday last the admirals in command of the for¬ eign fleets iu Cretan waters held a conference and decided to oppose by force the landing of any Turkish rein¬ forcements in Crete. They notified Ismael Bey, the Turk¬ ish civil governor, of the decision ar¬ rived at. But the Turkish governor replied that lie could not accept such a decision, apparently taking the ground that the porte would persist in its in¬ tention to reinforce the Turkish garri¬ son in Crete. MINER” ARE GAINING. Ranks of tlio Strikers Swelling at a llnpiil Hate. A special of Tuesday from Pittsburg, Pa., says: The strikers still continue to gain accessories to their number from New York and Cleveland com¬ pany’s men. Creek mines Sandy Creek and Turtle are completely idle and the Plum Creek mines are slowly but surely coming into line with the men encamp¬ ed iu the vicinity. of diggers Tuesday nearly half the at this stronghold of the company failed to go to work and a number of those who did go into the pit have promised to quit as soon as they clean up the coal now lying in their rooms. At Camp Determination it was re¬ ported that every one of the miners of tho New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company who had gone to work was iu sympathy with tho movement, and only their signature to a contract prevented them from staying out. The miners are satisfied with the progress they have made. They claimed that the offending miners were nearer to suspension than they had been since the strike was inaugurated. The men arc jubilant over the work they have done. TROUBLE IN PORTUGAL. A Report 1 Iiat the Government Is Defy¬ ing the Constitution. A dispatch to Tho London Daily Mail from Madrid describes a very grave state of affa'rs in Portugal. According to this correspondent,the Portugese government is setting the constitution at defiance and adopting the most stringent, repressive meas¬ ures. The police, without legal warrants, enter private dwellings at all hours of the day and night, ransack them, seize property and march the owners off to prison on the most trifling or utterly unfounded charges. A veritable reign of terror is established and it is the popular belief that tlie government obnoxious coil templates passing its financial legislation by means of a coup d’etat. A dispatch to The Daily Mail from Rome says that King Humbert is in daily correspondence with his sister, tlie queen dowager of Poitugal, on the subject of. tlie present disturbances, and he has instructed the Italian min¬ ister to Lisbon, Count Gerbairde de Sonasses, to render all the assistance in his power to the royal family in cuse an emergency should arise. The Italian government has placed two men-of-war under special orders to proceed to Lisbon. SOLICITOR ON TRIAL. Prosecuting Attorney Tlinrmoml Arraign otl for Murder in South Carolina. The trial of Solicitor J. W. Thur¬ mond for killing Will Harrison March 24th last was begun in Edgefield, 8. C., Tuesday. The jury was selected without trouble. Tho defense put in the plea of self defense. Attorney General Barber is conducting the prosecution in person, assisted by General M. C. Butler. Only once before in decades has the attorney general conducted a murder trial—that of the Edgefield lynchers in 1886. Ex-Governor Sheppard, N.G. Evans, J. H. Tillman aud George W. Croft uro among the lawyers for defense. TO INVESTIGATE ALASKA. Expert From Federal Bureau of Labor Leaves For the Gold Belt. Expert Samuel G. Dunham, of the federal bureau of labor, left Washing¬ ton Saturday for the gold belt of Alaska, where he will make an investi¬ gation ami report in time for the pro¬ jected spring migrations. equipped for the Mr. Dunham is well work, having spent much time in the mining camps of the west, and for eleven years he has been one of the corps of experts of the labor bureau engaged in the investigation of special problems. THE PUBLIC DEBT. Statement for July Issued By the Treasury department. The monthly statement of the pub¬ lic debt issued Monday shows that the debt, less cash in the treasury at the close of business on July 31 was $998,446,646, an increase during the month of $6,790,560, which is ac¬ counted for by a corresponding de¬ crease in the cash in the treasnry. This decrease is iu consequence of ex¬ ceptionally heavy disbursements. The debt, independent of the cash, was decreased by $330,610. STATESBORO, GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST r>. 1897. GOVERNOR DETERMINED TO BRING THE GUILTY TO JUSTICE. HAS CLEAR EVIDENCE AS TO THREE Five Hundred Hollar* Eaeli for the First Two Convicted; #100 for Each Addi¬ tional Conviction Secured. The governor of Georgia has offered a reward for the Ryder lynchers and the names of the most of them are in his possession. He hns clear evidence as to three, and it is likely that evi¬ dence as to the others will develop on the trial. The governor offers rewards as follows: Five hundred dollars for the first two lynchers of Dr. Ryder arrested and convicted. One hundred dollars for each sub¬ sequent lyncher of Dr. Ryder arrested and convicted. Two hundred and fifty dollars for each pet son arrested and convicted of felonious conduct in preventing the arrest or detection of parties guilty of this crime. This action was taken without hesi¬ tation, after an hour’s hearing with Dr. C. A. Ryder of Gainesville, and Prof. It. A. Ryder of determined Columbus. and The brothers are will exert every effort to convict the men who were concerned in the Talbot county lynching. asked for Governor Atkinson was an expression of his views, aud said: “I am determined to do all that is possible for 1he executive to do to bring to justice the men who are guilty of tho murder of Ryder. which “There are two lines upon we must proeeod in order to rid our country of this practice which is injur¬ ing alike the character of our people and of our civilization. “One is for the press, the pulpit and all enlightened and patriotic citizens to exert themselves to make such offenses odious until right views are recognized and conformed to by all people. be reached in “Those who cannot this way must he reached by being mado to feel the force of tho strong arm of the law. They should be given to understand that when they attempt to take a prisoner from tho hands of officers their own lives will be forfeited by their effort, and that iu case of a successful effort they will be punished by the courts. much said a’ out “There has been the delays of the Jaw, and yet to one who fully comprehends our system and itB results this point will receive little consideration. We have now in our penitentiary and county chningangs over 4,000 convicts. We have had a large number hung during my admin¬ istration, and where there is an occa¬ sional instance where a case is kept in court a great while, it is a rare excep¬ tion and not the rulo. “In addition to that, permit me to say that tho men who lynch and take the lives of their fellow men in their own hands are not the men who are usually found on the side of law and order, and if lynching be apologized for on the ground that the law does not conform to the views of everyone, then there will never be a stop put to it. “This being true, let apology for lynch law cease, let it lie condemned in unmeasured terms, and whatever is to be said about changing the law, let it be said to the general assembly, and not for the purpose of palliating a crime lynchers are guilty of. good “I am satisfied that the citi¬ zens of Talbot county fully realize the enormity of this offense and I expect from them that hearty co-operation which every good citizen owes to the officers of the law under which he lives.” VIRGINIA POPULISTS ADJOURN. Captftin Edmnml K. Cock© Nominated For Fientenunt Governor. The populist state convention at Roanoke assembled again Thursday morning. Major Gaines withdrew from the race for the nomination of lieuten ant governor, and Captain Edmund R. Cocke was nominated by acclama tion and accepted. The convention then adjourned sine die. MINERS BECOMING DESTITUTE. Four Hundred Families Are Without Any Means Whatever. Miners iu the Danville, Ill., dis¬ trict are in destitute circumstances. Over 400 families are reported without means. Citizens and many of the op erators are contributing liberally with provisions and money. There is no evidence that the strikers contemplate giving np. dispatch Provisions A Chicago suffering says: miners for the relief of the of Illinois arc coming iu rather slowly. The relief headquarters have been open two days, but nothing beyond a few cash contributions from labor unions has been'received. GOOD FOR ROME. The Government Gives Her Cotton Mill a Big Contract. The Rome, Ga., Cotton factory has closed a contract with the United States government for 739 sniies of dnek goods for mail sacks. The con¬ tract will amount to about $250,000. This is the first time a government contract of this magnitude has been “ given to Georgia, and the contract, 18 itself, a great victory for Georgia’s milling interests. AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE. JTapan and Hawaii To Settle Their Plf fere nee* Peaceably. A Washington special says: The Japanese government has accepted the offer made by Hawaii to arbitrate the dispute between tlig two countries. The state department lias been inform¬ ed of the offer and the acceptance. The subjects for arbitration will in¬ clude not only theiJapnnese the difficulty over the landing of immigrants, but also will include other disagree¬ ments between the two countries, the most important of which is the tax imposed upon the Japanese liquor, largely import«Land consumed by the Japanese in Hawaii. The acceptance of the offer of arbi¬ tration, a brief synopsis of which has been telegraphed to the Japanese min¬ ister here and given the state depart¬ ment, states that the Japanese govern¬ ment accepts arbitration in principle and is prepared to enter upon the terms for a settlement of pending dis¬ The formal letter of acceptance has been sent to Hawaii and the conditions of arbitration will bo contain ;d there¬ in. These conditions are not known here. Tending the arrangement of de¬ tails, all other proceedings looking to a settlement will be discontinued. The sake tax, of which the Japanese complain, is an' increase of the duty on this liquor from 15 cents to $1 per gallon. This tax was passed by the Hawaiian legislature and vetoed by President Dole on the ground that it was unconstitutional, and in violation of the treaty with Japan, who had rights under the most favored cause. The tax was passed over his veto almost unanimously, only one vote being cast to sustain the president. The pressure for taxing sake was from the saloon keepers and the man¬ ufacturers of liquors, as tho Japanese use this litpior almost wholly to the exclusion of other beverages. TEXAS DEMOCRATS ACT. At ft Called Conference They Affirm Unwa¬ vering: Allegiance to the Party. Over a thousand Texas democrats attended a conference at Waco Friday, called by Chairman Blake of the dem¬ ocratic state exceptive committe. The most important action taken was the adoption of resolutions affirm¬ ing unwavering allegiance to the prin¬ ciples of the parly as expressed in its recent platform, estate and national, aud appealing to citizens who desire good government to stand as a unit for its support.^ & The paragraph In regard *to finance is as follows: “That wo hail as ftii principles advance sign of the return to the upon which the prosperity of tho country can alone be achieved, the disposition of the people in other states, as ex pressed in the recent elections, to the time-honoi ed doctrine of bimetallism and to tho use of both gold aud silver as the standard money metals of the country, and to # system of fair and just taxation, opposed to the trusts and monopolies, and to the principles contained in the last national demo¬ cratic platform adopted at Chicago in 1896.” The resolutions conclude with a denunciation of the republican party. NEW PLACE FOR ANDREWS. Deposed President Will Assnme Charge of Another University. A Providence special says that President Andrews, of Brown uni¬ versity, will in September assume the head of the university projected by John Brisben Walker, the New York millionaire journalist, along absolutly unique lines. Mr. Walker is also a silver man. The university will at first resemble the chautauqua movement. It will ca¬ ter to the masses of the common peo¬ ple, and there will be no cost or ex¬ penses whatever to the student. Even the textbooks will be free, and work will be conducted by correspondence. The institution will be liberally en¬ dowed. President Andrews will be assisted by an advisory board of ten of the ablest minds in the country. Presi¬ dent Andrews, in speaking of the mat¬ ter, said: “The course of studies will be work¬ ed out with reference to the real needs of men and women in the various wa i ks 0 f life, and will be designed not only to produce broader minds, more cultivated intellects aud give greater qtness for special iSies of work, but f a nift ite better citizens, better ucigh bors, and give a happier type of man and womanhood,” FIVE YEARS FOR BRIDGES. Ex-County School Commissioner Con¬ victed of Embczilcrnent. The Bridges embezzlement trial which hod been in progress at Rome, Ga., for several days was given to the jury late Saturday afternoon. guilty The jury returned a verdict of and Judge Ifenry passed sentence of five years in the penitentiary. Few cases in Floyd county have at¬ tracted as much attention or developed as many sensational features as this. It has been in the courts for nearly two years, and it has been of enormous expense to the county and from the present outlook the drain on the county treasury from this source is not likely to stop soon. KILLED BY A POLICEMAN. W«slch Resisted Arrest, tnd With Open Knife Defied the Officer. At Atlanta, Ga., Monday Patrolman S. B. Baukston", while attempting to arrest Charles Welch, a white mechanic, sent a bullet through the heart of the man he was after, killing him instant¬ ly. From the statement of Bankston and the only other eye witness of the shoyting, the killing was done in self defense. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OFFI CIAL WRITES HOT LETTER. BROUGHT OUT BY SEAL FISHERIES. Elliott Claims That Special Commission©* Foster Hay Misled Secretary Sherman In Ills Reports Oil Sealing Matters. Professor Henry W. Elliott, of the Smithsonian institution, has given out the complete text of his recent sensa¬ tional letter to Jiulge Day, assistant secretary of state, regarding the seal fisheries. It reads as follows: Hon. W. R. Day, assistant secretary of state. Washington: Dear Sir—In the Morning Recorder, of Lakewood, Ohio, appears the text of a letter to Lord Salisbury, dated May 10, 1897, ami signed by Hon. John Sherman, secretary of state, on the fur seal question. This letter is prefaced by an account of the great embarrassment which its publication has caused the president, and that it has been held up for several days at the request of John W. Foster, who now fears the effect of his own w’ork a few weeks earlier. “Inasmuch as I have a closer per¬ sonal knowledge of this present ques¬ tion tliuu any other man living, and vastly more extended, and inasmuch as I am the author of the modus viven di of 1893, which is tho only credible step taken by our government toward settling this seal dispute since it be¬ gan in 1890 up to date, I desire to say that after a careful perusal of the let¬ ter of May 10th, above cited, the president lias reason to feel greatly embarrassed, because it lays the state department open to a crushing reply from those not of the Canadian office, and yon will be in the same mortify¬ ing fix that Blaine found himself in 1890, when the Canadians simply crushed bis contra bonis moves letter by the date which they promptly fur¬ nished in rebuttal. “Inexperienced and ignorant men should not write such letters dealing with data about which they know W. no moTe than so mnny parrots. John Foster is utterly ignorant of the truth in regard to the salient features of this seal question on tne lslande; that letter of May 10th is like all other prepara tions from his hand on this subject— ,„ error, ..... American IM c™tll..t shameful and humiliating defeat which we met with at Paris in 1893. Had never would have met with such dias ter. “Taking this commonplace man tip now, alter this record of flat-failure is putHng him iiEcbai go of'your' senliilg question will only thrust you deeper into the mire than lie and your prede cessors have been placed before by the bright men over the lino at Ottawa. “1 am moved to write you on this point because a senator of the United States recently said to me that Foster had assured the president that the information which T gave the British iu 1890 caused the defeat of tho Amer ican case at Paris in 1893. The mean ness and untruth of this charge will be quickly seen by your turning to my report of November 17, 1890,which contains this information. “Mr. Foster and his stupid assoei ates tried to suppress this report be cause it contained tho proof vivendi of my an thorship of the modus of 1891-93, which he meanly stole from me—plagarized in fact, but he was un able to suppress it. And now that, ho comes forward again to figure in this question, I intend that he shall be re quired at the proper time and before the proper tribunal to give a full ac count of his wretched record as the agent of tho United States before the Behring sea tribunal at Paris in 1893. “This whole sealing business, from the day the trouble began in 1890-91 up to date, has not been in the hands of a competent man for one moment, It has been and is now the sport of Canadians, and the languid contempt of the British queen’s council is all that it receives when it comes up there. Very truly yonrs, W. Elliott.” “Henry THREE WILL HANG TOGETHER. Closing Chapter of a Hark Crime Commit ted In Alalmma. The closing chapter in one of Ala¬ bama’s dark crimes was completed at Decatur Monday afternoon when Rosa Buford, the negro woman, was con¬ victed of aiding and abetting Lewis Thompson and Walter Neville in as¬ saulting Nellie Lawton. The counsel for the woman attempt¬ ed to persuade her to testify, but she refused to go upon the 6tand and tell her story. The trial lasted only three hours. Shortly after 2 o’clock the jury rendered a verdict of death. The three prisoners were then sen¬ tenced to hang on September 7th next. CYCLONE KILLS 8EYEN. An Illinois Farmer’s House anil R*rn »• moitshcd By Kagtn* «tnd. At 7:30 o’clock Friday evening a cyclone struck the farm of A. C. Me Dowell, two miles north of San Joao, Ill.,his house and barn were destroyed jsa three of Brownlee’s children, Miss Bessie Groves. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. MiA IndnitrUi E»tnl»ll*U«<l In the South Dnringthn Past TVwk. Reports received during the past weak from correspondents in all sec¬ tions of the south continue to he en¬ couraging, and an actual increase in the volume of business, an upward tendency in prices and better collec¬ tions are now to be noted. Replies to a special inquiry sent to leading manufacturers of the south ns to crop prosjjects anil the outlook for fall trade shows that manufacturers generally are now enjoying increased business; that the volume of trade for the first, half of this year compares favorably with that of 1890 (in many cases exceeding it); that cotton is well advanced; that the corn crop will be unusually large, while tho tobacco and wheat, crop will be below tho average, lmt better prices will more than offset the shortage. is that the situ¬ The general verdict ation is most encouraging, and that the future holds promise of early and substantial improvement, trade, not but on¬ ly in the volume of prices realized. In all lines of business preparations are now be¬ ing mado for an active fall trade, and this, in connection with tho ex¬ pansion brought about by splendid crops, is effecting all channels of busi oess and advancing an era of general prosperity. the most important in¬ Among week new the fol¬ dustries for the past are lowing: The Mason, Hoge & King Construction company, capital $50, - 000, Charleston, W. Va.; the Queen City Compress company, capital $50, - 000, Columbus, Miss., and another compress at Jackson, Tenn.; the Dal las City Land company, capital $15, 000, Dallas, Tex.; the Ashepoo Fer¬ tilizer company, capital $100,000, Charleston, 8. C.; tho Martin Gold Mining and Milling compauy, capital $30,000, Gainesville, Ga., and the Compressed Coal company, maximum capital $500,000, Norfolk, Va. Tele¬ phone supply works will be erected at Knoxville, Tenn.; a $20,000 oil mill at Pelzer, 8. C., and others at Gads¬ den, Ala., and Gretna, La.; a bleach¬ ing and dye house at Tnrhoro, N. C.; a tol ..ceo factory at Danville, Va., and woodworking plants at Alexandria, La.; Charlotte, N. C., Walterboro, 8. C., and Chattanooga, Tenn.—Trades¬ man (Chattanooga, Tenn.) ASK FOR RECONSIDERATION. Instructors at Brown University Want President Andrews To Remain. l . emonfttran „ e has been iemoi by A Brown . ntj at >° 1 ntmer Providence, It. I., and sent to the o, ,h. Andrews and asks for a recons dera t.on of the whole matter. The doom ^ tber prejudice. ' e Xinld be no such thing as political emphasized that there The fact is ^ ^ # romarkable incrcase iu the of students since Dr. Andrew, became president. The remonstrance 18 «>8 ue <» b Y » ™»Jorxty of professors, CONFLAGRATIONS IN OTTAWA, Fireproof Company ami Grain Elevator Pestroyed Entailing Heavy Fosses. The Pioneer Fireproof Construe tion Company’s plant, at Ottawa, 111., the largest of its kind in the world, was partially destroyed by fire Hnnday afternoon, entailing a loss of $100,000. There was only a partial insurance, The fire was of incendiary origin, The large grain elevator of J. H. Slifiler was burned to the ground Sun day morning. Loss, $6,000; insur ance, $3,000. It is now thought this building was also set on fire. Had there been any breeze at the time of either fire the city of Ottawa would have been al most wiped out, as both buildings were situated close to the business center. _____ L , ( * , lJ0R DEALERS _____JL_ QUIT BUSINESS, Illinois Town Ilcfusos to Reduce the Saloon i.i«n«. Tax. Every one of the forty saloons in Danville, Ill., are closed and the thirsty citizens must go to German town or to the road houses for a drink, The Liquor Dealers’ Association petitioned the city council recently to lower the license from $800 to $600, and threatened to close their places on refusal. The council refused and Monday morning every saloon in the city was found closed. MORRIS BOUND OVER. The Ex-Marr.lu.1 of Mldvllte Charged with the Sprint* Murder. The commitment trial of Frank Morris at Midville, Ga., ended Satur¬ day, and the cx-marshal was bound over to the October term of the Burke county court. The decision was expected by many, but a great many others believe Mor¬ ris innocent, liis wife still clings to him. While Kilpatrick has been kept out of the case as much as possible by both sides, at the wind-np he has \>een made more prominent than was desirable. SUGAR FROM CORN. Gt,toose Keflnlnsr Company Incorporated With a Ki| uapttnl mock. rp bfi Glucose Sugar Refining Com pany, with an authorized capital stock of soffit,000, was iue wporated at Trenton, N. J., Tuesday afternoon. The company is empowered to make 8U ,. ar f rom ,. orn a ud also to mennfaet i s jnr-- * ^ Tb ” n „f prriem of eomufieiHMn BY DAVID B. TURNER POUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO HANG AUGUST 25. JURY WAS OUT SEVENTEEN HOURS Convicted Mimlerer*g Attorney Moves Straightway for a New Trial—Argu¬ ment Will be Heard on the I4th. Edward 0. Flanagan was pronounced guilty of murder by tho jury at Deca¬ tur, Ga., Saturday morning. He wan at once sentenced by the judge, Hon. John S. Candler, to die on the gallows ou Wednesday, August 25th. Colonel Glenn, the prisoner’s lead¬ ing counsel, straightway filed a motion for a now trial. It will be argued on Saturday, August 14th. The jury was out seventeen hours before reaching a verdict. At 8:45 Saturday morning Flanagan was led, handcuffed, to the court¬ house. "Let the jury come out,” said the judge. had Tho 12 men who for six days patiently struggled with all the facts the of this romarkable case, filed into room. “Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?” asked liis honor. “We have,” said the foreman. Solicitor Kimsey took the paper on which was written the prisoner’s fate anil read in clear tones: “We, the jury find tho defendant guilty.” polled,” said “I ask that the jury be Colonel Glenn. The judge called the name of each juror and asked: “Is that your verdict? Do you agree to it?” Every man re¬ sponded promptly, “yes." with During this time Flanagan meditating sat the fate downcast eyes as if that was in store for him. Mr. Flanagan, stand up!” said Candler. The man slowly rose, and sentence was pronounced as follows: “It is ordered by the court that the defendant, Edward C. Flanagan, bo taken from the bar of this court to the common jail of DeKalb Bounty and lid there safely ami securely kept until Wednesday, the 25th day of August, 1897, when, between the hours of 11 o’clock a. m. and 1 o’clock p. m., he shall be taken from there by the sheriff of DeKalb county and in private iu the jail yard of DeKalb county, be hung by the neck until he is dead,and may Goil have mercy on his soul.” “It is further ordered that in the execution of the sentence said sheriff have such guard as in his discretion is necessary, and that lie procure the at¬ tendance of two physicians to ascer¬ tain when life is extinct. “It is farther ordered that the de¬ fendant bo allowed at the time of the execution of this sentence to have as many ns two ministers of the gospel present, and such of his immediate family as he may desire, to lie limited by the discretion of the sheriff.” After sentence had been passed tlie judge discharged the jury, after thank¬ ing them for their attendance and good deportment. INSURGENTS CAPTURE A TOWN. They Got S40.000 In Gold, RuhIiIv* a Big Lot of Supplies. The story telegraphed from Havana last about an attack by insurgents on Mariano, a suburban town, is fully confirmed by passengers who left Ha¬ vana on the Plant line steamer Alak cotte Saturday noon and arrived at Tampa, Fla., Saturday night. The engagement was short and des¬ perate. Forty-nine Spaniards Cubans were killed and 120 wounded; two were killed anil twenty wounded. The inhabitants of the town fled for their lives, leaving the insurgents in complete possession. They sacked the place and secured $40,000 in gold besides a lot of supplies that they could curry away. Twelve Mill Operatives Drown. Twelve mill workers while crossing a bridge at Thiemeudorf, near Chem¬ nitz, Germany, were swept off the bridge by a sudden rise of the river. All were drowed. MORE ToTION mTlLS CLOSE And Tw.nty-FIv. Hundred Hands Will Be Thrown Out or Employment. A dispatch from Lawrence, Mass., says: The Everitt mills wilbshnt down for a period of five weeks. Operations also will be suspended at the At¬ lantic mills for cue month, beginning August 1st. that The agents of the mills claim they are oldif eil to curtail the produc¬ tion of cotton goods, and believe that the month of Auguest affords the best opportunity to do so, considering the interests of all concerned. About 2,500 operatives will be effected. MUST VACATE HOUSES. Superintendent of Mines Issnes a Notlee to Strikers to Move Out. A dispatch from Grafton, W. Va , says: Notice has been served by Superintendent A. P. Goodreicke, of the Flemington mines, to every strik¬ ing miner in the region occupying Urn company's houses, to vacate the prop eHy immediately* liigli the Excitement runs among miners, as the notice says their goods