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THE BULLOC m TIMES. 7
VOL. VI. NO. 32.
PROBLEM. CONFRONTS NEW ENG.
. LAND MANUFACTURERS.
MILL MEN LOOKING SOUTHWARD.
Present Conditions Force Them to Slash
Wage* of Operative©—Conditions
Korth and South Contrasted*
A Boston, Mass,, special states that
notices Were posted Tuesday morning
at the Naumkeag cotton mills, in Sa¬
lem, announcing that beginning Jan¬
uary 3, 1898, there will be a cut of 10
per cent in the wage scale of the oper¬
atives. More than fifteen hundred
hands are affected. The conditions
which confront New England manu¬
facturers are growing graver every
day.
Touching the above dispatch The
Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday J
ike agitation ... among XT New „ England , ,
cotton manufacturers over the labor
question and various other issues as
they hear upon the bus.ness in Massa
chusetts is the all-absorbing topic in
business and indus rial circes here.
<£sss& belt daily iu receipt “Su n ., 4 letters t““;:f from
sro of
Massachusetts legislators, members of
congress from all states and politicians
generally asking for something definite
concerning the true situationthat con
fronts the cotton nulls of he south,
with tbe further request that these
conditums be compared with those
which environ the New England mills
and discussed as to the outlook.
The cotton mill managers are now
at the point where they really don t
know what to say, or what to do about
it. Some of them think the agitation
in New Lnglaml is born of a political
motive. If they enter into a full and
free discussion of the iaW question,
they run the risk of agitating to their
disadvantage a question which is not
being raised by their own operatives,
and might awaken issues neediessly
wbich have always been sleeping in
the south—issues that labor raises
against capital so often with frightful
results in the north and west
That the south has advantages over
New England in tl.e manufacture of
cotton goods is a conclusion too well
established for argument. The fact
that in tvelve southern states since
the census of 1890 the number of cot
on factories has increased from 2o4
to 483 goes a long way toward show
ing that the conditions are here in the
nature of an inducement to capital.
The further fact that these factories
in the south are doing well and are on
a paying basis, although new, is a
clinching evidence of the favorable
auspices under which they have been
b o'. d ed '
Taking , these , general lit- observations
to go upon, it IS interesting to inquire
more closely into the details o the
management of he southern mills in
ISZSSSi”*
In plain words, the real advantages of
the south He in these prevailing facts:
is, fl J cLr7r ft :7fa7tLTs n o o ut oi
th,. laud
2 Southern laborers are native
southerners, in greater part contented
in their daily pursuits, frugal and
thrifty and never anneyed with the
restless spirit of the wandering wage
earner whose first notion is to go on a
strike
3. Southern factories catch the cot
ton fresh from the fields with first se
lection, minus the freight.
These three conditions tell the story
of the south’s success in competing 8
with old established mills of New Eng
land. It may also be added that i
the southern mills are scattered about
in a vast area of territory and this has
much to do with the discipline among
operatives as well as the other issues
thafarise with the labor question in
tbe north.
In the large cities of the south the
wages paid the operatives of the cotton
mills do not differ materially from the
wages paid in New England since the
recent reduction there, the chief dif
ference being that in the south the
weavers work an hour or two longer.
BANK TO LIQUIDATE.
Depositor* of Chestnut Street National, at
Philadelphia, Are Satisfied.
A Philadelphia special says: The
plan for the liquidation of all claims
against the Chestnut Street National
bank aud the Chestnut Street Trust
and Saving Fund Company, is quite
acceptable to the general body of de¬
positors of both of those institutions.
The plan provided for the turning
over to the bank and trust company of
the entire property of The Record
Publishing Company, of which Will¬
iam M. Singerly is the owner, it is be¬
lieved, will suffice to pay all the claims
of depositors.
APPROPRIATION UNNECESSARY.
Returning Fa»»enKer* Say Dawson City
Neerts No Aid.
The steamer Alki arrived at Seattle
Tuesday bringing advices from Daw
BOH (Jity up to November 25th. The
Alki’s passengers say there will be no
starvation at Dawson City this winter.
When informed of the action being
taken by the United States govern¬
ment to Bend a relief expedition to that
place, they said it was unnecessary
and uncalled for.
JOURNALIST GETS PLUM.
Meyor Van Wyck Appoint* John W. Keller
to » Fat Berth.
A New York dispatch says: Mayor
elect Van Wyck has selected John W.
Keller for commissioner of the depart¬
ment of charities. The place is worth
$7,500 a year. editor of Trnth
Mr. Keller was the
at the time of the appearance of the
famous Morey letter in the Gaafiald
campaign. staff of The
Later he went on the
Journal and Advertiser, writing the
column of “Cbolly Knickerbocker,”
TWENTY JAPANESE WARSHIPS
4re Heady to Open Fir© on ('Bar’s Forces
at a Moment’s NotlC©.
■>» ”C‘SS2‘ S7425K
says:
: £?=S?r &stss&ssx
Chen arSSrJS&STiWsJ Yuen, that from
was captured
,,2,t Japanese T fleet, . . it .. is . under- ,
Sir j*sisx:ss?siiaa . Alexander Buller, commauder-in
chief on the China station.
maneTltusIiaroocup^Uon Arthur. sudden" 0 of “Tort
The dissolution of
the Japanese diet was owing to the
war report.
“It is expected that the Japanese
fleet will attempt to prevent the land
mg of reinforcements from Odessa for
the protection of the Russian trails
Asiatic railway in Manchuria.”
Another dispatch from Shanghai
says the British fleet lias anchored at
Port Hamilton. The dispatch further
says tbat a rep ort is current at Ckeo
Foo to the effect that the Japanese
fleet has arrived at Port Hamilton, a
small island south of Corea.
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DENIES RUMOR
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A Washington special says: Secre
tary Gage was seen Tuesday on liis re
turn from New York and questioned
as to the truth . f the report that be
bad tendered Ins resignation to the
president, and that it had been finally
declined with many expressions of
confidence and appreciation of his
ability as shown in his administration
„f the treasury department.
Mr. Gage was not inclined to discuss
the matter at length, hut said that he
hail not tendered bis resignation nor
had he any reason to believe he and
the president were not in substantial
accord on the great questions now be
f orfi lhe country.
The report, ho raid, had probably
sprung from a remark he had made to
i, )t i,„ate friends to the effect that not
for anything would he embarrass the
president, and if, he says, he is doing
this he will resign at once. He added:
“A cabinet officer ought always'to
be ready to surrender Ins office at the
call of his chief, the executive, but I
have not the slightest reason to believe
that such action on my part is even
remotely desired by tlie president,
The desires of other people in that
direction I am not disposed to con
eider.”
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A NEW PENSION ORDER
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Which Brevet* «'-,>t-.e.,t c.aiment*
From Bc*ic K in B enforLment Bureau.
A new orcler> the of
which, it is believed, will expedite „* the
lH J iUon of nfion cUims w
(U bas been issued by Commie
Evan8 of tbe pension ‘follows: office at
Washi ton . It is „ R “Here
j-a.jj-a.a-e—*-. ’'"I.'-rhl Necessity
‘ } of the new order ”
sftid an official of tbe pension bureau,
on the office for a statement of the
RttttllN of pen'bug cases by membprs of
C0Tlgr f 88 ' rbese eal ! 8 ha I e b ®' *“*
R ; ered to the exclusion of the other
TTLheH orde^” K °' lU ^ ^
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STENOGRAPHERS QUIT WORK.
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*-u«t B ert Failed To i*ay Them and They
Forthwith go on a strike.
Stenographers employed by the de
fense in the Luetgertcase have struck,
They did not appear in court when
the case was called at Chicago Tuesday
and the defense may have to depend
upon the notes taken by tlie state’s
attorneys’stenographers if it is found
necessary to take the case to tlie su
preme court.
Attorney Harmon, it is said, will
ask tl.e court to require the state to i
furnish the defense with a copy of the
testimony each day, on the ground
that Leutgart has no money to pay
for stenographers, and that the life of
the prisoner will be imperiled unless
provision is made to protect his rights.
COURT DENIES REVERSAL,
No Error In Fixiiu- Pate of Purrant’g
Execution.
Tuesday afternoon the supreme
court of California denied the appli¬
cation of the attorneys for Durrant,
the condemned murderer of Blanche
Lament, for a writ of probable cause.
It was contended tbat Judge Bahrs
erred in having fixed the date for tbe
execution of their client within less
than sixty days after the date upon
which he was recommitted to Han
Quentin prison.
The supreme court, however, after
hearing the points relied upon for
reversal, denied the petition unani¬
mously.
HUSBAND AND WIFE CREMATED.
Eight Person* Burned to Death Within
Two Days in One County.
A dispatch from Scottdale, Pa., says:
The farmhouse of Jacob Streyer, in
Salt Lick township, Fayette county,
was destroyed by fire Monday night
and Streyer and his wife cremated.
Their son, Jacob, narrowly escaped
and was badly burned.
During forty-eight hours eight per¬
sons were burned to death in Fayette
county.
EMBEZZLER GIVEN FREEB0M.
President McKinley Pardon* Kx-Csshler
From Federal Prison.
Wm. E. Burr, Jr., ex-cashier of the
St. Louis National, serving s sentence
of five years at the Jefferson City state
penitentiary for the embezzlement of
$20,000, has been pardoned by Presi
dent McKinley. issued
The pardon it is said, was on
the recommendation Iheived ojfAttorney Gen
eraf McKenna, wh Tational petitions
of clemency from Republi
can Committed Koerins, the two
democratic sena ■'and other iniftien
sN.
STATESBORO. GA., DAY. DECEMBER 31,389T.
ocr fiinmrars i- the oriext
ORDERS BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
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All Absorbing Topic Among Barth 1 *
Diplomat* Jait Now.
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indications around the navy depart
meut headquarters, it would seem that
Uncle Sam will have a few of his own
good ships in Chinese waters before
all this talk of trouble boils down.
The Asiatic station has sprung into
the greatest piomiiience of all the sta
tions of American war vessels The
latest orders of the navy department
indicate the necessity for the strength
ening of the Asiatic squadron, al
though, aa usual, the explanation of
such action is furnished from the navy
department in the most conservative
terms.
The cruiser Raleigh has been order
ed from includes Smyrna to the Asiatic station,
which which includes Chinese Chinese waters waters ami and
American American interests. interests. The The order order to to Ad¬ Ad
miral mirnl Selfridge, Selfridgc, in in command, command, was was to to
a-rs-sat go ably .J.,,. at now once, going and the with Raleigh a full is heatLof prob¬
steam ou. The The secretary eeetel.r, of o( tho the navy, ,levy,
explaining explaining the the movement movement of of tbe tbe Ral¬ Bal
eigh, e igh, said said that that it it had had no no significance significance
other other than than it it was was desirable desirable to to streng¬ strong
then then the the squadron squadron in in eastern eastern Asiatio Asiatio
waters. wa tors. He He said said that that the the order order had had no no
reference reference to to the the German-Chinese German-Chinese trou¬ tron
ble, ble, but but that that American American interesti interest! must must
lie be protected protected everywhere, everywhere, and and that that since since
the the Chinese-Japanese Chinese-.Tapanese war war it it is is well well un- un¬
derstood derstood that that trouble trouble may may arise arise calling calling
for f or the the protection protection of of American American inter¬ iuter
ests e sts at at any any further'stated time. time
It It was was further stated at at the the navy navy
department department tbat that the the Raleigh llaleigli is is going going
to to China China to to supply supply the the placo placo of of the the
Machias, Machias, which which is is coming coming home. home. It It
was WBg learned, learned, however, however, that that three three other other
vessels vesBels areto areto go go toChina toChina very very portly, shortly,
the the Concord Concord and and Marietta, Marietta, from from San San
Francisco, Francisco, and and the the Helena, Helena, from from New New
York, York, and and these these are are not not to to play play in in the the
role role of of understudies, understudies. When these
arrive arrive there there will will be he on on the the Asiatio Asiatio
station Nation the the Olympia, Olympia, the the Monocacy, Monocacy,
the the Boston, Boston, the the Petrel, Petrel, the the Helena, Helena,
the the Concord, Concord, the the Marietta Marietta aud and the the
Raleigh. R a i e i„h
Notwithstanding Notwithstanding the the statement statement given given
out out at at the the navy navy department,it department it is is widely widely
believed believed that‘the that the assembling-of assembling of .are- a re¬
spectable stable fleet fleet in in the the neighborhood neighborhood of of
andi^ti™m^ameSu China China has has a a direct direct bearing bearing on on oi the the a£ late late
and prospective * ..f movements of Ger¬
many with respect . to , Chinese territo¬
ry, J The most interesting speculation
of the the day day ; is is tha that t the the European European nations nations
contemplate C0Iltempl te the the carving carving up up of of China China
M^^STth# into into ioh lots ugnin<>ru»nM«y<ny *
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America has has not not
been consulted at all in the proposi
tion. America, it is now sai.1T pro
poses to take care of herself and her
own in China, and that this is the
reason for the increase of the fleet off
holidaytrad^8at.sfactorv.
D “" * C ”' Kep " r ‘ * B,e B "’ lne “ for
B G Dnn . 8 TekTy review of trade
reu)ar kably large holiday trade, at
many points the largest for five years.
Moreover, at the season when whole
sale business usually shrinks, the pres
BU re of ^mauds for immediate deliv
eries, . which resnlts from nnprece
dented distribution to customers,
keeps many establishments at work
that usually begin their yearly rest
spell somewhat earlier.
Instead of decreasing, the demand
f°r products shows an unexpected In
crease in several important branches,
Foreign trade continues satisfactory,
even m comparison with the remark
able record of a. year ago, when ex
ports exceeded $117,000,000 in De
eember. Commercial failures for the
month have been less than half last
year’s to the same date. The outgoing
flood of grain is not checked by Chi
oago speculation, though more corn
than wheat has been moving.
Wheat exports, flour included, have
been 3,698,321 bushels for the week,
against 1,546,443 a year ago, and in
four weeks 15,766,895 bushels,
9,039.587 last y ear.__
DEATH CLAIMS FAMILY.
Mother and Children Cremated—Father
Dies in Infirmary.
Advices from London state that a
Mrs. Jarvis and her nine children, the
youngest a baby, were burned to death
at 5 o’clock Sunday morning in a fonr
room oettage occupied by the Jarvis
and two other families, in Dixie street,
Bothnal Green. The family occupied
the upper floor.
By a strange coincidence, Mr. Jar¬
vis, the woman’s husband, who bad
been suffering from consumption, died
in the workhouse infirmary Sunday
afternoon without having heard of the
disaster,
Mrs. Jarvis earned a scant livelihood
by making matchboxes.
N OTED EN 01N EER DIES.
Never Hail a Serlou* Accident Darina
Twenty Vears’ Service.
IV. B. Green, one of the oldest pas
senger engineers on the Southern
railway, died suddenly at his home in
Selma, Ala., Friday night. During
the twenty odd years he ran an engine
he uever had a serious accident. Twice
in his career he stopped off his mn
and the engineers who took his place,
together with their firemen, were kill
ed. He leaves a wife and daughter.
NEW COUNTERFEIT FIVE.
A Description of the Billlaa Given by See
ret Service Official*.
The secret service division of the
treasury gives notice of a new counter
feit$5 silver certificate. I *"o e
senes of 1896, check letter C; face
plate number 22; back plate 12; J.
fount Tillman, register; D. N. Mor
gan, treasurer; No. 2,852,687.
It is printed on two thin sheets of
paper with the silk fibers between.
The silk, however, is too heavy. The
most marked defect is the numbering,
which is much too small, while the
green ink ou the baek w too light.
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.
1’romlnent Merchant* Said to Be Con spit?
•tor* Again*! (lie Southern.
KSSrtEiFS
Fulton county’jail at Atlanta
day. The officials in charge of tli
cAse eaV their evidence against the
^
,, ar jj es fclid
The officials clam that Carter
goods shipped to himself, subtly> ^ re
£ 1 ’ as claiming damages from
. y , I# aad leaving his
cre qj. ors circumstances’ ; u tlie lurch
The surrounding the
‘ , , w« rr j„Bton arc rather mea
■" ilroad authorities are mat
* •, 1 efforts to keen the innt-
1 The two Jl prisoners were
RW , , . . ,, mi] .,. ithoUt
cCue cb ,,. V'* e » h^ked t,.inn mo^st auainat docketed \hefr them end no
ahe Tv tLv inno
am “J ^ can C '^ LToner nreseut suffl
Thet *nn!e teawLtfarthwV- n t time
rh ^"‘ l ‘ be heKl ‘ further
3 i
Southern Ge “ r « ia So,, railway, he "- fifteen a miles 7
Jesup. Moody was agent fori
‘he same place.
esUblwliment was rather large
country town He handled
merchandise, buying most ot
from Atlanta and Macon. .f 1
Hitiroad did not regard .
P of ot sufficient aud *“ old importance box car to ereejf
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servo ,be l ,ur P ol,e on n s| de } /
ordered1/ .
Last August Carter |
laTge Inn of ? goods fvf ^ f
la'Ha ami Macon, amonntmg
?» Saturday night, Augnrf. Lf Johh r*hM A
„ 118 fre 'g h ‘ < ' ar de P ot 3vas burI,ed 1 -
the ground under . mysterious circm^i
flta, ! < ' ea ' J b f. fo lk ° f * be v " G i
mmle an effort to , loca e the source
the flame, but without success. °* r
claimed he had lost hiB goods'
tbe fire, and later filed suit against
Son^eru-road for the .f 10 ' 10
^hen tlus suit was filed the
immediately . suspected Jraud
* ,bo bere : bod d Garter the (he ,««»»'' goods |
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consent of the roads and the
« detective, who succeeded
In K sufficient evidence to couvi
Bohannon gang, was emp
case, and he went at onoe to* ret ^Ki
^ od ‘ ** “ laki “?
4to " tbe «»™UKHugB J b « h 4
icd bad i^ ove ijJ
tTfafl;.l , M.,
develop
t r that Carter tho^^ c7 and 1 Moody Tight ^^f/J
w„f° from andWdin|“tti la
^ the tad^ afterwnv.Cf
TTtoKJT?hem7elv^ lonely root ^cW
JjmjM 5j|
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POWDER (-AN EXPLODES. „ „ ,
n. c„ While Firina a Cannon.
A crowd of one hundred Christil or u
meu.and boys were firing a
sa |ute from an old cannon on the ou
sk irts of Asheviiie, N. C., when a
pf thirty pounds of crowd. powder Thirty
in the thick of the noni G
forty persons were injured, but ]
iUs believe(ll fatft Hy
The cannon was fired several time,.
and the tlieu powder one of the and party began picked to reloa u j '
can
the cannon. The gun had not beei, tinl
flwabbed an d the moment the
stream of powdet struck the “ ea ^ e,
me tal there was a flash and the
exploded with a report that made the
earth tremble.
A moment later there was a scene
tba t made sick the hearts
watching from a near-by hill. In the
smoke that rose from the
they saw hnman beings run
bere an d there over the bill, falling
and vising, only tp.f«Ji again as they
frantically rushed about, blinded and
powde r burned, madly trying to extin
guish their flaming clothing.
HISTORIC COLISEUM BURNED.
Democratic Convention Whs Held In It
Bast, Year.
Fire Fridav night destroyed the
Coliseum building at Sixty-third street
and Stoney Island Avenue, Chicago,
in which the democratic national con
vention was held last year. The time
from when the fire was originated by
tlie crosing g of two trolley wires until
the Coliseum was a pit of twisted iron
and hot bricks, was not over twenty
minutes.
It was supposed that a number of
people were lost in the flames, but it
developed that only one man, the
fireman of the building, lost his life.
TRAINS INCOLLIsioN.
Three Men Killed Ontrixht and Fifteen
are Injunwl.*
\ special from Paris states that two
passenger trains came into collision at
Epeage du Rous.dllion, department of
i 80re> during a dense fog Saturday
n ight. Captain Biouet, of the cruiser
Foudre, of the French Mediterranean
squadron; Captain Lota, au instructor
the military school at Cyr, and M.
Mathieu, a naval engineer,'were killed
and fifteen other persons were injured,
“TISSUE OF FALSEHOODS.”
K(or That Vanderbilt Would Abandon ”
Blit more Strenuously Denied,
A 8pecia][ from Asheville, N. t
x be „tory in the New Yor.
Journal of Sunday, covering an
page „ d in a 1I)0 st sensational
; ner annottnfing tbat George Vander
biIt b#9 detcrmined U) aban d„ n his
; palatial residence at Biltmors, reached
tU( , cU J Mond ,_ J and mattered coaster
natioQ
Tbe artjcIa u by Charles
Ml ,>i aIueei VanderWJt’s manager and
a tp>rnev, as a tissue of lies.
f if v ”" • “« *»w»«*»v
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P™~
1 CRU »
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™ Hhiong in. Member*.
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have been made by
to take nji the crusade for good
Won * new anil very extensive
ff* 0 ™ 1116111 - 11 ** 3 submitted ^ to ^ the ex '
I ' | iv ® committee been approved a proposition to print which nnd
I fibute an edition of a million
i i de ” 4ci *° the K ‘ od r tt U
'li eman or ’’ and particularlyto thesub
'’» W aer chairman of this committee,
<
now P re P* nn f? this book for the
6S ’ in which he has tbc ‘T 8t “ ce
Gen ' Bo y Stone > tbe , heaJ ot the
lv*«Uington. Stft,eS b ^ eaU of roa ; 1 in 1 ulry
5 The national . commit
for bi « h "' fiy «“P r ° 7 »ent and the
«,ers and members of the league will
improvement coram.t
this project under consul
or over a y ea r, but it is only
last few days ^hat the plan
lo(t and 01 rculating the pam
finally perfected. At
R oaila Parliament at Nasli
^eptcmber, Mr. Horner and
B Choate, of Minneapolis,
of the national committee,
before General Stone,
Jt *g once declared that the under
f^and would have every possible sup
encouragement from his bn
General Stone lias issued, since
of the good roads
some fifty- different bulletins
Atiug to various phases of the good
problem, and containing a great
*°f valuable information, but the
. fbf , rm tion S made by congress for
6#ppwt of the bureau Uemg lim
amount, it has been impos
to circulate them upon a large
*•
partly for this reason that t „ th.«
rwous edition of pamphlets is to
issued by the L. A. W, and they
contaiu the condensed rt suits of
tho many valuable inquiries made
the gooll roaih bur ean, both in
country r and abroad. They will
? '
, lain the iosses (lue t „ bad
strata the different methods of
™ a <adam, Telford, gray
and dirt roads, both in Europe and
a anil methou^.for raising niuu
» lls
1 atten o i I. 'uhHothc phT
,Tt Itt ^Both , „ uTl Jersey
7“' f 'h To«iTb,reM A baTe W
ela!s Id bL * of takTk nLCraphs
Ws
engineers, will be used to
the various methods of road
B ^m r i r
abont eighteen years old, and today
aiu bers among its members some of
most prominent men of the cottn
amo ng them being John Wana
ker of Philadelphia; Governor
, Pennsylvania; B Ad
ttat ; ngS( 0 f p ar States
Gherardi, of the United
t; Mayor Carter B. Harrison, of
and C. A. Pillsbury of
The organization has a
until today it numbers
jqq.OOO members._
will WILL HGHTFOR FIGHT FOR TAXES TAXES.
^ tYill Try Hard Ta Knfoprr
Payment B y Itahroa.l*.
Attorney „ 5 , 0 .' w p; r t,i e ’ Q f
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says in ntc»seto ‘ .
the railroad a8sa8 “ a
end both in the federal ami state
r.u> ''H' 1 ''' 41011
CfarK'W on j i s on iv y temno- I
rary and the easel wiV Tie uftf
merits and then & to fc 8
courts. I
KILLEDTROLIEY COfllUCTOR.
Bobber* Hoti) Up a Car an# are Beiiitod
with Fatal Ueautl.
A .. trolley .. car on the ,, yiuylkill .j, M'H v„! A al
ley Traction Company f N ” r rl f'
nrfby fonr high- .
town, Fa., was heid
wa y r “ en *vwf fv ntaht
Snn
Corn! ct r * J 7
^^T'^ree dead - .hMs Xe ,F flred at Mo
to ™ an .. , . . tli t k e ff ec t
After rifling the My sHie of tlecon- OT
doctor of the moneWind a gold watcl.
and chain the robliafs escaped.
There were four Aomen passengers
in the car whom th/high way men maile cov
ered with their pktols, but no
attempt to rob. J
RAILROAD jfcs INDICTED.
Grand Jury of lyltod State* Court nt
Jacksonville Sodl True Bill*.
At Jacksonviie, Fla., the grand
jury of the Undid States court has re¬
turned two indittinents directed joint
lv against N. $. Pennington, traffic
mmager, and B- Pleasants, gen
er.l freight agent of the Florida Ceil
l and Peninsular railroad, in which
erl violations of sections 2 and
ar< all$ged law, re-
6 o interstate commerce
lat n the granting of rebates.
AL MINERS QUIT.
j i red Men Working tor a Ten
awe* Company Walk Ont.
a-.en.te1i saws
A Q
en Dayton Coal
,4 'Ur mines of the
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FILIBUSTERERS SUCCESSFUL.
Largo Cargoe. Oa the Way to Cnha -Gov
ornmaut War Ship. Krarted.
meas
StSS&~'° .....
~S£E:£“H; expedition
watching for a filibuster
supposed to have been preparing to
leave that port about.Christmas time.
^xszrsz&gzjrvzz devoted their
and Uncle Sam’s vessels
entire time to watching the movements
ttoment “mth tawstareduntH o?^these Friday nigh*
vessels weighed
anchor and put to sea. Immediately
the Montgomery and Seward followed,
and Suuday afternoon these four tut
sels came into the harbor of Mobile,
The Smith immediately went on the
dock and Monday morning was sport
j ng a fresh coat of paint,
The officers of the Montgomery have
j earned that they have been fooled and
f b at an expedition has left Puuta
Gorda, Fla. and is now safely at sen.
But this is not all. Before the
Montg.mie.y and Seward crosses tlie
oute r bar on their way to intercept
tho Florida expedition, the Smith and
Tug 4i will have loaded a cargo of dyna
t-»-«• **»- a *»*•
“SK Ttbe Cel,.its .Ute lh„l the
P ditjo u from Puuta Qorda got aw ay
wi th 500,000 repeating rifles, ten tons
0 , , )yllami t e a ml 6(H),00ft cartridges,
|, U6i( ]es medicines, etc., and it is saiti
lhat , he expedition from Mot.ile will
(1|in v BH much more, if successful,
This will i e the second expedition
to go out of Mobile on the Smith, and
Ila ) iel . Pap taiu, James Bunn, knows
,. v ,. j/,tollable ry iuoll of the big waters beyond,
u that lie will make a safe
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UAML1M* % hxW' tlr
W1II Be 15eT1 , P 7 llv Colnml ,, lon j„,t
„} . ..............
Th ‘ tlie members of tl.e
( “TTb7tL ]k eommissioi, lTi7ntureat which was
*“io„ its rece.it
Tmr se Atkinsoi, have been aunoiiiiced by Gov
The com.nissiim will
i ((lfrin its Hbors at once ami will make
a “^ rp port at the nextset-sion of the gen
assembly
Hon T D Stewart, of Henry senate eonn
J’ appointed Tif, from V,f Fil!V» the and
, T xr Richmond’ n n,l
j ( y. Calvin U, of from the
, ... q \ vitl Chatbaml Fulton
' d 'Horace citLcns A. Crane, of
a p Uie two appointed
0 .■ ■ ,
general usseiuuiy, iit.ommt.ii
*he ^“ntto ‘t« oTTe b.nk°s^
t e and their bonds, with a view
hanking system of Georgia. r.'.tT
APPEARANCES DECEIVED THEM.
Demijohn Wll J.alM-lIed Wt>l*ky, Hut
Contained l*ol»ou.
At New York a week ago a gang of
furniture movers came upon a demi¬
john labeled “pure rye whisky,” in a
house from which they were carting
the furniture. They drank of the
contents, and as a result James Flan- ^
nigan is dead and Patrick McNulty is
dying, while three other men are re¬
covering, after a severe illness. The
demijohn contained corrosive sub¬
limate.
_
M’COY IS AFTER E1TZ.
MWd, «nloLwp T~ til.
7 '„ haI of Warm.
M „. Vsunl ( be conqueror of
Creedon, issue 1 a n challenge g to Fitz
"““““mpioTship the ™arop I of th. wSld.
announces
*, , h ’f,.. backers for Sit) 000 and
. fol . f( , lt HOOIl a * called
“Hre^ent t, , 1 ,, un He desires forTpHrse to meet
champion and
° -/lo nf at least 000.
McCoy at once commmiicated with
ii„., s*„ L ar t the promoter of the Car-
8 °'' . , ’. and ofl'ered to
aksCorbeH . , p , ase the Cali
format! fails to sign articles «>u> Fitz-
81 ™.rwbntHs flcht,”
willimr to
‘ i, ® c j ar - d AfcCoV l,«limr'e in his letter to
' entitled
““ ’ .it that 1 am
0 „ ..hatice. Corbett is a
111 “ . 'a i i „ no t ve t been
>ea * *
defea e .
A HORRIBLE EXECUTION.
Mnrilerer Hanced By tbe Meet. anO Torek
Applied
A message from Glendora, Miss, .states
that Joe Hopkins, murderer' of two
" as ca P tured b N a » ob M° nda y
morning, ha.ged by the heels and
burned to death in that posture,
'*' b « '-Vncliing. embracing as it does
the most horrible manner of execu
tion ’ created 8 moat lremendon8
d hundredll of people flocked
^ ^ gceue
Hopkins was one of the most noto
ri(>ag criminala in Mississippi. Since
^ murder of tbs two men he has
bgen a | moBt continuously pursued by
posses, and it was generally believed
that he would be iyuched if captured.
BATCH OF APPOINTMENT#
W11 l Be K««dy For S.nat*’* Aetton Wh«n
Body Reconvene*.
^ betl congress reconvenes the pres
wjl j reft dy to send to the sen
ato „ bat( .h of appointments numbering
into the Unndieds.
en tered upon the matter of offl
ceg Monday morning with renewed
uc ti v ity, aud has called upon the see¬
retar j eB for the papers in many of the
case* which have been hanging fire.
INDIA FOR GOLD STANDARD.
B ,, chamber of Commerce Say. Time
, na Adoption.
la Proplllon* For It*
The Bengal chamber of commerce
!r in ---ti:£sr=s j d standard,
, tbe K0
K m„y^- ‘ST may
hjve iu eoiilempifttiou.
THE SCARCITY OF FOOD ENTAILS
WIDESPREAD DISTRESS.
HELP MUST BE QUICKLY GIVEN.
Americans Called Upon to liemler Assist*
ance—Consul Lee Presents a List of
YFhnt Is Needed.
A Washington special says: Tho
most profound distress prevails among
many thousands of people in Cuba.
Starvation not only impends, but it is
an actual fact. The president lias been
informed of the facts from sources
whose credibility cannot be doubted.
He has gone to the length of his con¬
stitutional power in calling tlie state
of affairs to the attention of the Amer
ican people.
Tbe department lias used nil of its
authority to mitigate the conditions
there and the letter to the public sent
out by Secretary Sherman the day be¬
fore Christmas pointed out tlie way to
further alleviate the miserable condi¬
tion of the reconcentrados.
The eum of $5,000 was received
Monday by Assistant Secretary Day
from certain charitably disposed peo¬ and
ple whose names are not disclosed
this sum was remitted by telegraph
early Tuesday morning to Consul Gen¬
eral Lee for disbursement among the
more pressing cases. It is hoped by
tbe department of stale that the Am¬
erican people will come to the relief
aud that promptly, by subscriptions of
money, clothing aud supplies of vari¬
ous kinds.
The newspapers are expected to lend
n generous aid in carrying forward
this movement.
Tho machinery for distribution has
been provided by the state department
and C’ousul General Lee has under¬
taken, with the aid of tho American
consular officers in Cuba, to give per¬
sonal attention to the alleviation of
distress bytlio distribution of the gifts
of the American people.
One line of steamers plying between
.NewYork and Havana- -theAVard line
—it is said, lias undertaken to forward
any contributions of goods to General
Let) at Havana, and it is believed that
the American railroads will do their
part by carrying the goods to tlie sea¬
board, The Spanish authorities have
consented to remit nil duties on relief
supplies so forwarded.
The state department directs that
they l>e sent direct to Consul General
Lee, either money by draft or obeck,
or goods. Consul General Lee cabled
the state department Monday night
just wliat is wanting at this juncture
and his list is as follows:
Summer clothing, second-hand or
Vhtiffren: UinHitAinb -■>!—!■
ing a large proportion of quinine ;hard
bread, corn meal, bacon, rice, lard,
potatoes, beans, salt fish, principally especially
cod fish, any canned goods, ohd
condensed milk for the starving
dren. useful to
Money will also be secure
nurses, medicines and for many other
necessary purposes.
BURT APPOINTED PRESIDENT
Of the R*orfc»ni*ed Union Pacific Hallway
Hyitem.
Horace G. Bnrt, third vice president rail¬
of the Chicago arid Northwestern
road, has been appointed president, of
tho Union Pacific system. Mr. Burt
has been with the Northwestern roads
for many years.
More than a fortnight ago when it
was announced that, Mr. Burt would
he chosen to the presidency of the
Union Pacific as reorganized, strenu
ons denials came from many quarters.
It is alleged that Mr. Burt was so
closely allied with what was called
“Vanderbilt interests” that to make
him president of tlie Union Pacific
would he to place that line practically the
under the same management as
New York Central, the Lake Shore
ami the Chicago Western.
The opinion in New York, ho far
as it can be gathered thus early, is
that the new directory lias t.een very
carefully made up, so as to discount
any of the above alleged objections to
Mr. Burt as president. Ail the great
roads seem to be represented directly
or indirectly in the new directory.
THE FLANAGAN CASE
Will B« Considered By Oeor K l«* Supreme
Court January 13.
The case of E. C. Flanagan will tie
argued before the supreme court of
Georgia on January 13. Tlie attor¬
ney for the double murderer lias an¬
nounced that he will be ready for the
argument to proceeed on that day,
nnd the question of whether or not
Flanagan is to have a new trial will bo
decided early in the new year.
If the new trial is refused Flanagan
will undoubtedly lmng during the
month of February, but if the judg¬
ment of the DeKalb superior court is
reversed he will be given another
chance to prove his insanity to a jury.
BEATEN BY ROBBERS.
An Old Lady Ham Fearful »tru**le With
Burglar* an«l May I»le
Sunday night robbers broke into
the house of aged Mis. M. Kimball at
Mitchellville, la., ten miles east of
Des Moines. She was beaten into in¬
sensibility and will probably die.
The doors anil walls were covered
with blood, showing that a terrible
struggle took place. It is not known
whether the robbers secured any
booty.
ANDERSON WILL HANO.
---
convicted of Murd.ri,.* Mat» Saomi.r. ,
of tlie Oliver Pecker.
At Norfolk, Ya., Thursday, John
Anderson was convicted of the mnr
d, r Ilf William Wallace Saunders,
mate of the schoonn Oliver Pecker,
on the high seas, on the 6th of August
-last and under the sentence of the
comt must be Range | on the 18th.day
rtf March next, un ■ •»» the supreme
court of tbe Unite i States in th*
meantime interposes
BY THOS. A* McGREGOB.
TENNESSEE ROADS WIN,
State Doubled Aneesemeatei >:j
Tax Bat I*
F-njoine.1 From Cotleetlaa.
A Nashville special Bays: The rail¬
roads of Tennessee have won their
case against the board of railway com¬
missioners. The latter assessed' the
railroads at more than $60,000,
000 last summer. Heretofore i the
roads have been paying taxes oa about
half that sum. They protested And
the commissioners reduced the valua¬ v -
‘ !
tion about $3,000,000. ,7 ,
Still, as tbe increase had beetCifftiie
neighborhood of $30,000,000', Ah»
roads went to the court and asked, fey
au injunction. They showed that'the
new valuation put on tbeiir properties
was far beyond what it.ahonld -be.
There was oue instance 'of a road
which sold not long ago for about
$6,000, which was assessed at $14,000.
The board took the Louisville - and
Nashville and other roads which were
assessed in Alabama at a certain
amount per mile and doubled the
amonnt ou the Tennessee side. The
roads showed what taxes they paidsin'
other states and Tennessee’s valuations
were more than twice as large. The
commissioners had manifestly attempt¬
ed to impose n great burden on the
railroads and it was fortunate for them
that the increase was so large as.to be
plainly unjust.
.Judge Clarke, of the United States
court, rendered his decision Thursday,
granting a temporary injunction from Re¬
straining the board of equalizers
certifying to the comptroller the ap¬
proved assessments. It i». provived, •
however, that the railroads shall pay
taxes on the basis of taxation for 1896
97. This is perfectly satisfactory to
the companies. . - < '
GAS EXPLOSION DOES DAMAGE.'"
A lluiltllDR Baillsy Wracked and Many
l’eople Injured.
Fire broke out shortly after 4 o'clock
Thursday afternoon in the basement of
a five-story building at Chicago, the .
first floor and basement of which were
occupied by the Tosetti Cafe and Res¬
taurant Company and the second floor
by tlie billiard parlors of Frank Mtis
sey. .ill:
The blaze was insignificant at first
.
and a crowd of people gathered building on the
sidewalk in front of the to
watch the work of the fireman.
About a dozen policemen were busi¬
ly engaged in pushing back the throng \
when a terrific explosion’of datura!*
gas took place. ' ■ --~
The building was badly wrecked and
the and windows, manhole grating, sidewalk hurled lights iilto
covers were
the air and fell among the crowd. ;
Dozens their feet of and people twenty-three were thrown from .
were more
or less inj'ured, only one of theta ba- "
ing seriously hurt. : ■ ’
SECURES HER PROPERTY.
Mr*. IiRicellw Ii in PoRseMlon
of
it is alleged, though she T* :
from Mexico, she hue bee* V
declined to state where
living, or the present whereabouts«f had
her husband. She stated that she ....
come in full possession ofiier fatEer^
estate, to which she is the onlw,h«hv
It will be remembered that Colonel *.
Pelky, her father, willed this property ilv
to his brother in ■ Rhode Island, btif 1
died before he signed the will. It-is
understood that Mrs. LasceVI©s.,j»<, bus
completely in the power of her .
.
band, and that os soon aa Mie
can collect property, together which the she proceeds intend* ■*fomv|t to.fc '
her will return to J
convert into cash, she ...
her husband. >;
REPORT ON THE 'WRECK.
c omm i»»i©n©rf Investigate Aecldwnt' of ■
octob.r «» Fork c.atral. ;
Tb e board of railroad commissioners
o{ New York state handed down a ra
t Friday of its investigations into
the CBUSe G f the accident on the New
York Central railroad at Garrisons, on
October 24th last.
q' be commissioners arrived at the
COU clusion that the train was wrecked
e j tber by derailment, which destroyed
tbe em bankment, or tbat the embank- ,
, uent gave way and threw the tram” t,
into tbe river. ,
Tbe board recommends that the
{orce o{ track walkers on the Hudson
river division of the New York Cen¬
tral be increased to as to provide a ,
constant and sufficient system of watch¬
ing and warning along the hue at all
times.
AGED COUPLE MURDERED.
Dead Bodies Found by Their Son Chrirt
inms Mornlnf.
Milton Neal and his aged wife were •
shot to death by an unknown assassin
at their home near Jacksonville, Pa.,
some time during Christmas. Their
bodies were found at 9 o’clock that
night by their son, Harry, who was
passing the house and stopped to Neal pay
a Christmas call on his parents.
was one of the most prominent and
prosperous farmers of the vicinity in
he lived.
PILOT BOAT SEIZED.
Treasury Agent at Montgomery Make*
Search for Contraband Good*.
The Pensacola pilot boat Sumners
N. Aia., Smith was seized at Montgomery,
Tuesday by the treasury depart¬
ment through Special Treasury Agent
Browder. allowed , , leave ,, the
She was not to
marine ways till the crew from the
entter Seward in charge of a lieuten¬
ant was placed on board.
A gang of negroes were employed
transferring her coal from one bunker
to another in searoh of contraband
goods.
edge tool consolidation. ,
New Plant to be Erected With B*,0OO,OW>
Capital SyeeV., ; -■ •
Eighty per cent of the edge -tool i;
" in the United States
mau facturerB and ”
haTe consolidated their interests
have arranged for the erection of a new .,ij
plant near Charleroi, Pa. ■ -AifiS
The concern will be knowtt as TNV
American Axe anil Tool Comi>an»:e>d‘ ’ ”
| w j„ have a capital *took;»LI$.0Q04>q|k and K
' It will employ skilled workmen
tbe average
amo nut to 4“® within
p| ou t will be in operation
* weeks.
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