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THE BULLOCH 53 TIMES.
VOL. VI. NO. 34
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AMIDST MOST EXCITING EXER¬
CISES EVER EXPERIENCED.
GOES IN FOR SECOND TERM.
Loyal Crowds Greet the Ohioan Notwith¬
standing Efforts of Opposition to
Dampen Their Ardor.
The inauguration of Governor Bnsli
nell, as governor of Ohio, at Columbus
Monday was the most exciting ever
^ known in that state. Long before
’ noon tho streets weft thronged with
excursionists from the counties. They
poured in from every direction. At
noon the railways estimated that there
had beon_15Q2it-i 1 -dp during the
• ') ,- i'^TU'nm'VA” _ ,1 Irty excursion
trains which rolled into the city.
The Bnshncll badges were in tho
majority during the morning as tho
Hanna excursions wore not booked to
arrive till after noon in time for the
mass convention.
Long before noon tho state house
was surrounded by crowds yelling for
Bushnell. As it, was impossible for
the crowds to get inside the capitol
building, the governor was called out
into the grounds where lie addressed
tho multitude and received in review
one delegalion after anotkei. The
first delegation to which tho governor
responded was from his home at Spring
field, and it included hundreds of
workingmen from Bushnell’s shops,
bearing writte i greetings of confidence
in him. These demonstrations con¬
tinued till noon, when Governor Bush
uell was escorted to the rotunda of tho
state house, where the decorations in
floral designs and bunting were more
elaborate than ever beforo.
The members of the supreme court,
legislature and all other state officers
were provided with reserved seats and
the crowds occupied nil the space in
windows, galleries and everywhere,
while tho streets and statehouse
grounds were crowded with shooters,
A very small per cent could gain ad¬
mission to the statehouse, but when
cheers were heard insido the echo was
taken np on the outside and the air
filled with loud responses.
The exercises in therotundo were ac
, cording to the usual program.
The oath of office was administered
’ by Chief Jnstiee Burkett, who was
re-elected on the ticket last November
with Bushnell. Tho governor was
given unusual ovations when he first
appeared on the platform, and again
when he appeared to deliver his inau¬
gural address.
The inauguration address of Gov¬
ernor Bushnell was short and contain¬
ed no reference to Hie contest for tho
senntorship, unless the following may
be so construed:
“By so legislating and acting for
the people to secure the best results
with the least possible friction, much
can be done to make the general and re¬
spect for government higher more
enduring.* It is certain that our aim
must be to regulate and conduct the
matters committed to our charge as to
earn this tacit commendation from the
citizenship of all degrees. An appre¬
ciation of the task of the difficulties to
be encountered ami of the necessity
for sincere and honest service will do
4 it much is to in deservo the aid of the those good whose will of desire their
fellow-men for faithful stewardship
rendered.”
THE RATE UNREASONABLE.
Interstate Commerce Commission Renders
Decision in the LnOrange Case.
A Washington dispatch says: The
interstate commerce commission Mon¬
day, in an opinion by Commissioner
Clements, announced its decision in
tho case of F. E. Calloway, of La
Grange, Ga., against the Louisville
and Nashville Railway Company, West¬
ern Railway of Alabama aud Atlanta
and West Point Railroad Company.
The case involved Hie reasonable¬
ness of of freight rates from New Or
Orleans to LaGrange, and the lawful
relation of snch rates to charges from
New Orleans to Atlanta, Fairburn,
Palmetto, Newnan and Hogansvillo.
Tho commission decides that the rates
from New Orleans to LaGrange are
unreasonable in themselves and rela¬
tively as compared with the rates to
Atlanta and the other places men¬
tioned.
WILL ADOPT NEW TACTICS.
Ilatinn Men Will Seek to Overawe 111®
('Hotting” Kopolillcan*.
A special of Friday from Columbus,
O., s.-iys: The Hanna managers have
evidently come to the conclusion that
there is no other way to bring the re¬
publican members of the legislature
who are opposing tlio election of Sen¬
ator Ha ina iu to line with his support,
but to force them.
This is the purpose of a mass meet¬
ing called by Judge Nash for Monday.
It is expected to overwhelm the “ijolt
ers” with enormous numbers of Hanna
V shunters and impress them with tho
CO! npa-ntivo insignificance of the aati
Hauna or aeizatiou.
MAJOR HANDY DIES.
Well-Known American Succumbs To Fell
Disease.
Major Moses P. Handy died at noon
Saturday at a health resort near Au¬
gusta, Ga. He was in feeble health
when he came south, but he had been
• confined to his bed only one week.
Major Handy was stricken with the
illness which ended wifh his death
while he was preparing to leave Paris
for America, after completing his
work as commissioner to the exposi¬
tion.
DEAD IN HIS CAB.
Engineer Gipe Believed to Have Been
Mordered. .'■ v
Sylvester H. Gipe, a Panhandle En¬
gineer, in ehargo of a cat) FWitg)l ougiife,
was found dead iu his in th« yards
at Indianapolis Friday morning.
Gipe’s head was badly cut and there
was a gash across his throat, liis
chest was bruise-1.
The coroner thinks Gipe might hare
been truck by aj ossing train, but the
road officials s y he was murdered.
MILL WORKERS WILL QUIT.
Many New England Operatives Vote Af¬
firmatively on Strike Question.
A dispatch from New Bedford,
Mass., says: A strike in the cloth
mills can only be averted by with¬
drawing the notices of a 10 per cent
reduction posted iu tho mills Decem¬
ber 31st.
The spinners at a meeting Monday
night took final action on the question
of striking. The result was in favor
of resistance to the reduction, the
vote being 398 to 4.
Tho attempts at arbitration have
thus far resulted in the decision of the
state board of arbitration to visit New
Bedford.
The weavers of the Wanskuek wors¬
ted mills at Providence, R. I., have
also rejected the compromise offered
and voted to strike.
They bad demanded the restoration
of the 1892 schedule as already put in
effect at tho mills at Olneyville, and
the abolition of the double loom sys¬
tem. The compromise offer which was to pay
a yard extra oil all work iu over
ten harnesses are used. The demand
for the general raise aud for the aboli¬
tion of the douldo loom system was
refused.
On February 1st, 1,140 looms in the
printing department of tho Manches¬
ter cotton mills at Manchester, N. II.,
will bo stopped for an indefinite time.
Tho cause assigned is the falling off in
the demand for print goods. There
will also be a reduction of about 10
per cent in wages affecting about 30
per cent of the employees.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting
of Lew iston (Me.) mule spinners Mon¬
day night the strike situation was
discussed. The sentiment was strongly
in fa' or of resisting the cut down, but
it is likely the funds will be devoted
to (lie New Bedford strike.
The public reception given by Gov
ernor Bushnell at niglit was a quiet
affair. A platform, handsomely dec¬
orated, had been placed in the rotunda
of ihe capitol and here the governor,
assisted by Mrs. Bushnell and aiir
roundod by the members of bis staff,
received, first, the reception commit¬
tee, tho members of the legislature,
stato officials and their ladies; then
the public was admitted and about
2,000 people passed through and were
greeted by the governor and his wife.
The employees of the Lonsdale
Company, at Pawtucket, R. I., aside
from the mule spinners, were notified
Monday of a reduction in wages. The
cut was in nearly every case a surprise.
Weavers of the Ashton mills were
told instead of 96* per cut they here¬
after get only 75 cents. In the ring
spinning departments and the card¬
rooms file reduction will be 10 per
cent, No strike is anticipated in the
mills of the Lonsdale Company.
CONDUCTOR LAW DIES.
Injuries Stecelvecl In Wreck of Hlfl Train
Prove Fatal.
Conductor Henry M. Law, who was
injured in the wreck on the Atlanta
and West Point railway last Sunday
Monday afternoon from his in¬
juries. Captain Law w as one of the
most popular and. efficient men run¬
ning out of Atlanta, and the news of
his death will prove a shock to his
many friends in Atlanta, bis home,
and along the line of the Atlanta and
West Point nnd Western of Alabama
railroads. Ilis genial and pleasant
manners endeared him to the travel
ing public, while liis strict attention
to liis duties won for him the confi¬
dence and esteem of his superior
officers.
The cause of the accident ns ex¬
plained in a later dispatch was that n
mule was on the track. The engine
struck the mule at the east end of the
bridge and threw it on the bridge
The engine passed over w ithout any
trouble, but the coaches left the track.
PRESIDENT ON BIMETALLISM.
He Is In Favor of St. Louis 1 ‘latfonn
Promises.
A Washington special says: Senator
Chandler linil a conference with Pres¬
ident McKinley Monday upon the
subject of bimetallism, aud he said
after the close of the interview:
“The president stands firmly in
favor of international bimetallism as
promised by tho St. Louis platform.
He considers the negotiations with tho
European powers only temporarily
suspended on account of tlio peculiar
condition of affairs iu India, aud it is
the president’s intention to again send
his envoys to Europe as soon as the
conditions are favorable for continu¬
ing negotiations.”
DEMOCRATS WERE OBEDIENT.
Lower llouso of Maryland Legislature
lias Organized.
The republican members of the low¬
er house of tho Maryland legislature
after more than two months of “deals”
aud “promises” failed to agree upon and a
speaker for the house of delegates
Friday twelve of their number, assist¬
ed by forty-eno democrats, elected
Louis Schafer, of Baltimore city, to
the position of presiding officer. democ¬
All phases and factions of
racy are represented ill the minority,
yet when the time came there was not
a waver in their ranks—each member
did as be was directed aud cast his
secret ballot for republican.
EXPRESlTCOMPANY ROBBED.
Trusted Employe Skip. With Over Ten
Thousand Dollars.
The American Express company was
robbed at New York Thursday of $10,-
528, and Clark Braden, Jr., a trusted
employe, is missing. Central officers
and private detectives uie hunting
for him.
Three d;:y - ago the. night manager
in charge of the office at Forty-seventh
s’reet and Madison avenue was taken
ill and lira ten, a clerk of the company
f .r more than t cars, was temporary
slbstituto
WILL BUY MEXICAN LANDS.
Choctaw nnd Chickasaw H*>presentfttlves
Itolurn From a Toiirof Inspection.
The representatives of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw-spations arrived, at
El Paso, Tex., Friday, on their return
from inspecting Mexico which tKe 3,000, they tlS^acrea alpect of
land in to
bny and which lie on the Grande,
fifly miles below representatives, El l'icsfr Morgan
Cole, one of the said
that the members otjfiis w/th committee
were highly pleased the land.
STATESBORO. GA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 14.1898.
SUCH DECLARATION COMES FROM
PREMIER SAGASTA.
SPANIARDS TIRED OF THE STRIFE.
Now Asks That the United State* Come
Forward and Us© Its
Good Offices.
A special to the Chicago Tribune
from Washington says Spain is con¬
sidering a formal request to the United
States to uso its good offices to stop
the fighting in Cuba.
Intimations have been received at
the state department that the Sagasta
government hod become convinced
that the only way to save Cuba was to
accept the often proffered good offices
of the United States. Canovas re¬
peatedly replied to President Cleve¬
land declining these good offices, and
Sagasta did the same last November.
Now the prime minister has become
completely disheartened over the evi¬
dent failure of autonomy.
All efforts of Spain to bribe the sub¬
ordinates of Gomez to surrender on
the basis of home rule have proven
futile. Blanco has completely failed
iu his efforts to open up communica¬
tion with the insurgents, and Pando
has likewise been defeated iu tho field.
The Spanish minister now feels that
the only thing left is to accept the
good offices of Uncle Sam in spite of
the humiliation involved. They hesi¬
tate only because they feel that pub¬
lic announcement of this fact would
result in a revolution in Spain.
Secret negotiations with the state
department are now actually in prog
res*, The Spanish government has
lost the confidence of the loyalists in
Cuba, aud it recognizes the fact that
the island itself is lost entirely unless
this conntry will, at this late day,
negotiate with the insurgents for some
basis of peace.
The Spanish propose that the United
States should propose to the insur¬
gents an actual armistice tho pending ne
gotiations for peace on basis of
American guarantees of the integrity
of home rule, or even of independence
on a money consideration.
While uo snek formal proposition
has been made by Minister De Lome,
the state department has been given
to understand that only the fear of
revolution in Spain stands in the way
now of accepting the friendly offices
of the United States, which have boon
rejected so often. It has been even
intimated that if this country sees fit
on its motion to open np communica¬
tion with the insurgents, Spain will
not throw any obstacles in the way.
Any snch move would be a practical
recognition of the insurgents as be
ligerents, but things have reached such
a crisis in Cuba that even this con¬
tingency must be faced.
It is understood that the Cuban re¬
public will insist on formal recognition
before undertaking any negotiations
with the United States, claiming that
it cannot treat with a power which ro
gards it only as an organized conspir¬
acy of riot and piracy. The situation
is critical in Cuba, and the frequent
visits of the Spanish minister to the
state department are a sufficient indi¬
cation that the Spanish empire in Cuba
is almost at an end.
Officials in Washington are inclined
to the belief that tho public announce¬
ment of tho acceptance of this coun¬
try as mediator will result in instant
revolution in Spain, but they admit it
is the last hope, ami is being serously
considered.
REDUCTIONS ALL AROUND.
Rhode Island Cotton Mill. Decide to
l*ost Notices.
A dispatch from Pawtucket, R. I.,
says: Thursday the directors of the
Valley Falls Company, at Albion, and
the Albion Company, at Valley Falls,
tlie two remaining companies in the
Biackstone valley which had not an
anounoed a reduction of wages, decided
to post notices to that effect.
Reports were received from mills in
Arctic, Riverpoint, Qnidniek, Pontiac,
Natick and other Pawtucket anil Black
stone valley villages, and without ex¬
ception they favored resisting the pro¬
posed reduction. The various mills
above mentioned employ about 12,000
people aud operate 425,000 spindles.
BIRMINGHAM ASKS HELP.
Government Called Upon to Assist In
Stamping Ont Smallpox.
A Washington special says: Surgeon
General Wyman has detailed Past As¬
sistant Surgeon Magruder to proceed
to Birmingham, Ala., and take charge
of the work of stamping out smallpox.
This step is taken at the request of
the people of Birmingham, who have,
through the local authorities and Con¬
gressman Underwood, asked for the
aid of th«r marine hospital service.
Birmingham will hear all local ex¬
penses, hut the need of experienced
nurses and inspectors is so great that
the federal authorities have been ask¬
ed to help.
CYRUS DIES ON GALLOWS.
Mol) Witness!?. Execution of Ttfegro Mur
derer at Atlanta.
Tom Cyius, slayer of Annie John
son, his mistress, was hanged in Ful
ton county’s jail yard at Atlanta, Fri¬
day noon. Death was due to strangu
tation, and the man lived for sixteen
minutes after the drop fell.
A quarter of an hour before the
execution the lug street gates of tho
jail yard were opem d and fully 300
persons brushed the guards aside and
entered. They were allowed to wit¬
ness the hanging.
LOCAL MANAGER LEVANTS.
Grnin and Stock Exchance of, Jllchmond.
I net.* In Troiibls. : ' ,iiJi ' l ; “
.
The Richmond,.And.,.grain and stock
exchange, controlled by Odell SrO o.,
of Cincinnati, is In trouble.
the local manager, is absent, and be
hind over $800 in bis accounts with
his employers, while local investors
are pressing claims for $2,000, which
Odell A Co. refused to pay until Kib
bard makes good hie deficit,
CURRENCY BILL INTRODUCED.
Is Framed to Carry Out Plan of Mone¬
tary Commission.
Representative Overstreet, of Indi¬
ana, introduced in the house Thurs¬
day a comprehensive bill for carrying
out the plan of the monetary commis¬
sion for the reform of the currency.
The bill was referred by Speaker Reed
to the committee on banking, and
Chairman Walker has arranged to give
an early hearing to Senator Edmunds,
the chairman of the commission, and
perhaps to other members.
Tho bill contains forty-seven sec¬
tions, aud embodieB in legislative form
every feature of the recommendations
of the commission. The earlier por¬
tion, relating to tho maintenance of
the gold standard, the creation of the
bureau of issue and redemption, aud
tho gradual retirement of the legal
tender notes, are embodied in the bill
in almost the same language as in the
report. The banking features are
more elaborate and carefully define
the character of notes issued upon as
sets, aud the manner of redeeming the
notes of failed banks.
The friends and enemies of the oivil
service law exchanged broadsides in
the house at Thursday’s session. The
heaviest guns on each sido were
brought into action. Mr. Grosvenor,
of Ohio, and Mr. Johnson, of Indiana,
each made exhaustive speeches and
kept their respective sides in a con¬
stant furor.
Mr. Grosveuor’s description of tho
habits of the “cuckoo” teemeu with
wit and kept the house in a roar. Mr.
Grosvonor in replying to the ehargo
made against himself and his col¬
leagues that they were betraying the
republican party, adverted to what ho
called the list of traitors among the
high priests of civil service reform, at
the head of which he placed Geovgo
William Curtis, who abandoned the
republican party to show that the
present position occupied by the ma¬
jority of the house was not inconsis¬
tent with theso declarations.
While the senate was in session two
hours Thursday practically no busi¬
ness was transacted beyond the pas¬
sage of a few bills.
Among the measures which received
favorable consideration were the bills
providing for a congress of the repre¬
sentatives of the Indian tribes of tho
United States to be held at Omaha
during tho progress of tho interna¬
tional exposition this year; bills pro¬
viding for the erection of public build¬
ings at Fergus Falls, Minn., and New¬
port News, Va., and a measuro to
protoct, the name and insignia of the
Red Cross Society. •
SLEW WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
After the Tragedy Captain Carter Shoots
Himself.
Tlio most horrible and shocking
crime which Greenville, Tenn., has
ever seen was the extermination of
the entire family of Captain A. W.
Carter, an ex-federal officer, Wednes¬
day night, the hour not being known.
Captain Carter, while temporarily
insane, brained his aged wife with an
axe and then with the same weapon
inflicted wounds upon his daughter,
which caused her death later. After
committing this terrible deed, Captain
Carter, with an old revolver, shot him¬
self.
The only other inmate of the house
was Walter Gass, aged fourteen years.
The boy was asleep up stairs, but
about 3 o’clock Thursday morning was
awakened by groans and upon inves¬
tigation found the terrible state of
affairs as above related.
Captain Carter’s mind has for tho
past, three years been unbalanced,
caused by the death of a daughter.
He was considered one of the best
citizens of Greene county.
At tho time of liis death ho was
commander of Burnside post No. 8,
G. A. R. He was captain of a com¬
pany of cavalry in the First Tennessee
volunteers.
TAYLOR FOR SENATE.
Tennessee’s Governor Creates Sensation
By Entering Race.
A special to the Knoxville Tribune
says that Governor Robert L. Taylor
will enter the tight for senator against
Messrs. McMillin and Turley. Tho
Taylor forces held a meeting Thursday
night but refused to divulge their
plans. caused Turley and McMillin
This
leaders to hold a joint consultation
and it is believed that they will com¬
bine against Taylor. Senator Turley’s
friends denounce Taylor for entering
the race.
DASHED DOWN INCLINE.
Accident on Lookout Mountain ltond In
Which Several are Hurt.
A work train ou the Chattanooga
and Lookout Mountain standard gnago
railroad was wrecked on the mountain
side about 10 o’clock Saturday morn¬
ing. Tho conductor and six negro
workmen were badly hut not fatally
injured.
Tho train, which consisted of a loeo :
motive and two cars of lumber, was
moving down the mountain at a slow
rate of speed when the brake chain on
the first oar suddenly snapped, The
second car was unprovided with a
brake chain, nnd the whole weight was
thrown on the engine, which dashed
down the mountain side.
BURGLARS GET THEIR BOOTY.
KoI> a Ifesidence While Several Person*
Were Awake In tlie Building.
At Chicago Thursday resident evening W. bitf- i
glars entered the ot
Jacobs, at 12 Waverly Place, nnd earr ■
rie l away mining stock valued at ,
abont $10,000, besides a eoPection ot,
rare coins, musical instruments, raft’
‘“The hooks, jewel, y, silverware and cloth^ there'
burglary took place while
were seven or eight persons in the'
house, a party of three being iu the
adjoining room.
To Ask For Advance.
The Ohio miners’ convention at Co¬
lumbus, O., Saturday decided to ask
for an advance of 10 cents per ton
when the contract for next year is
made.
More Counterfeit* Discovered,
qvo more counterfeit $100 oertifi
( . ft i e s turned up at Philadelphia Satnr
,j ay> ooe a t the Fourth anb-trenaeryveitfi National the
other at the Street
bank- *■
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CREW AND DEBRIS OF VESSELS
SCATTERED PROMISCUOUSLY.
FOUR MEN ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Two are Missing nnd Seven are More or
Less Seriously Ilnrt—Dead Bodies
Float In the Stream.
Tho towboat Fercy Kelsey blew up
while going down the Ohio river, near
Glenfiek], Pa., about 11 o’clock Satur¬
day morning, aud so far as is known
six or eight of the crow were killed
and at least four others were injured.
The boat was commanded by Cap¬
tain Leslie Jones, of Shoustown, Pa.,
and tho crew was made up of two
pilots, two engineers, iwo mates, two
firemen, a chambermaid, cook and the
deck hands, iu all about twelve per¬
sons.
The Kelsey left Pittscurg about 8
o’clock for Cincinnatt, with a tow con¬
sisting of seven barges and two flats
of coal, and everything was apparent¬
ly all right till the explosion took
place, when the boat was literally
blown to pieces and the tow scattered
and lost. The hull sank almost im¬
mediately and the shattered portions
of the upper w.orks floated down tho
river and covered the water in tho
vicinity of the wreck. terrific aud
The explosion was most
was heard for miles. Hundreds of
persons ran to tho river upon heaving
tho noise and au awful sight met their
gaze. Bodies were floating down tho
river nnd the debris was scattered far
and wide, but no live person was soen.
A few minutes later Captain Joiiob
and three others were picked np alive,
badly injured, and one body floated
aslioro near Neville island. Tho in¬
jured were removed to Captain Crowe’s
residence, ou Neville island, where
everything possible was done to alle¬
viate their sufferings.
The body of the fireman was blown
ashore near where the accident, oc¬
curred. Only three of the crow escaped
uninjured. caused the
It is not known what ex¬
plosion. The boat’s boilers wore rc
<v ntly tested and found to be in good
condition, and the boat was considered
one of the best and stanchest, on the
river. Tho boat w as valued at $25,000.
SOUTHERN FILES ANSWER.
Denies Tlmt II Owns Any of Central Rail¬
road's Stock.
The Southern Railway Company
filed its answer Saturday to the bill
brought by the Dunlap Hardwaie
Company and other business 11 ms
and citizens of Macon, Ga., to break
up the alleged combinations of the
Southern Railway Company with other
railroads in Georgia.
The bill is pending m the l niteu
Slates circuit court Macon, and the
defendants were allowed smy 11 '‘7 s
from November 10th in which to filo
the answer. denies
In its answer the Southern
that it owns or controls the Central of
Georgia. It shows where , that , com
panywas reorganized ami where the
commom stock is now held by the re
organization comuntteo of the old
Richmond Terminal.
The Southern says it has never had
any control or arrangement for the
control of the Central, which is au m
dependent company. admits that it lias
The Southern
stock in the Georgia Southern (
Florida, but it is minority stock.
A SHORT SESSION.
House Mpmliin Fay Tribute to tlie I.ate
Representative Wright.
Tho houHo devoted two hours of Sat
urday’s session to tbeervilserviceda
hate, during which Messrs. Corliss,
republican, of Michigan; Hepburn,
republican, of Iowa, and Clarke, re
public*!!, of Now: Hampshire, address
ed the house in opposition to the law
as it now stands.
The remainder of the session was
consumed by the friends of the lata
Representative Wright, of Massachn
setts.iu eulogy of his memory. Among
thoRG who paid tribute to their deceas
ed colleague were Messrs. Lawrence,
Walker, McCall, Knox and Gillette,
republicans, of Massachusetts, and
Northway, republican, of Ohio, and
Swauson. democrat, of Virginia.
SENATORS DISCUSS HAWAII.
HouseDeVcite,* Its Time (o tlio Civil Ser
vice Hugtthoo.
The attendance- in Ihe house was
light Monday, hut the galleries were
well filled. The civil sorviee debate
was resumed, and Mr. Cooney (Deni.,
Mo.) took the floor.
He opposed the whole civil service
refoim idea, which he denounced as a
cliegt anil a narrow swindle. A civil
pension list and office-seeking class,
he argued, were logical anil inevitable
if it-was continued.
In the senate a number of nomina¬
tions were confirmed and the body
then went into executive session to
consider the Hawaiian treaty.
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TUfi HOU8EHOLI) MURDERED.
Fa.h«T, Mother and A<io|itc(l Daughter
AMft&ftvlna tvtl.
•Fmu« 1*-D. Newton, u prosperous
f w if «
®ft Ue IDiyfar-old adopted f
;oaiig!>torfitl .the>rJj«h Monday 1 c r efo| The , ind murdered dis- in
crime was
roYefeWa^Ufiorp, wfiose curiosity
was,aroused by the low,tig of the un¬
,,. w UfU ed with an
««• Ahire-1 man who had been em
^ ,1 ! lSslu 8( aD < 5 ‘ ho
*'.>thorit,es are making a search for
“ ,m *
ANIGHTS KAISt BOYCOTT.
Strike In Jelllrii Cksl K,n Satl.fne
tortly aeOliut.
Assembly ‘AjJSifiixville, Knights, Telfn., of Labor dispatch No. says: 5,
ediRfA^liig the entire miniug region,
has just raised the boycott on the coal
of the 20 mines in the Jellico region
that has been on for several months,
;rhf.s ''Wifon was taken for several
hs, ■ (ffeie action was taken be
tlie‘Jellico has been strike, |ettled. involving
men, .
M
BRIDGE 81*AN COM,API,ED
Sod Passenger Car rlnnges Through.
Miraculous SSseapnel
The passengers of the fast mail
whioh left Atlanta, Ga., over the West
Point road Sunday morning at 5:25
o’clock, had a shaking up twenty-one
miles east of Montgomery Sunday af¬
ternoon.
Conductor Henry M. I,aw, of Atlan¬
ta, Flagman Huffy ami five passengers
were painfully hurt, and nineteen pas¬
sengers were slightly injured. Fortu¬
nately uo one was fatally injured.
All wont well until Onjiihatchie creek
was reached. As the trnin was cross¬
ing the bridge there one of the spans
fell, carrying a coach with it to the
ground, twelve or fourteen feet below.
The engine and tender ran 400 feet
and jumped the track. The Pullman,
which was next to the tender, left the
track and the forward end struck the
side of the bridge ami stopped. The
coach behind the Pullman also re¬
mained on the bridge.
The engineer and fireman were not
injured at all.
The passengers in the Pullman and
the coach which remained on tho bridge
were jolted but were not hurt to any
extent.
The occupants of the coach whioh
went down with tho span were, of
course, thrown around and a number
of them were bruised on the head and
shoulders.
Two hours after the accident a
wreck train with surgeons reached tho
soeno from Montgomery. The sur¬
geons quickly attended to the injured
and arranged for their removal to
Montgomery. combination
The bridge was a
bridge, wood and iron. It was in¬
spected a year ago by Mr. Edwin
Thatcher, the bridge expert, of De¬
troit, and was rebuilt by the Louis¬
ville lion Bridge Company according
to Mr. Thatcher’s specifications.
MOB CREMATES INDIANS.
Two Seminole Fiends Meet a Horrible
Fate In Oklahomrc.
A special from Fort Smith, Ark.,
lays: Justice in a more horrible form
than that meted out to Henry Smith,
at Paris, Tex., was administered by u
mob on the Oklahoma border Friday
night to J. Markus McGeisey and
Palmer Simpson, two Seminole In¬
dians.
They wero charged with murder,
their victim being Mrs. James Sim¬
mons, a respectable farmer’s wifo, liv¬
ing in Oklahoma.
The crime was a most revolting one
nnd the criminals were punished in a
most revolting manner. assaulted and
Mrs. Simmons was
murdered, her body being horribly
Nearly \ the entire populace turned
mjt (o nut dow „ and pnnish the
guilty ])0r tj eB . TUwteatt led the jvmu,
fo tJl(j j, ome of McGeisey, near Maud,
# gm>]] town in „ JB Seminole nation,
w j leru McGeisey and Simpson wero
arrcsted
After securing their prisoners, the
n)o]( Ret to MoGeisey’s house aud.
bftrn and did not ]fiSve until they saw
a ]j ( ,f earthly possessions reduced
as hcB.
The prisoners were carried hock
aeross the line into Oklahoma Terri
tory and near the scene of their crime
were executed by JndgeLynch’B order tlmt
Jn the moRt borri blo manner
j iumall minds ami hands could devise,
Th ,, y Ter ,, burned at the stake.
The Iudians met their doom with the
ufma] stoici „ m of their race. After
, j/e wjt „ extluet the moh allowed tho
dres to d j e j own am j then hurriedly
dispersed. ma(Je of the fact that
N(> gecret waH
the Indians had been burned to death.
Saturday morning their charred bod¬
ies, burned beyond recognition, were
found in the ashes of their funeral
pyre.
PREPARING FOR STRIKE.
o,.er.t.ve. Are ay
In
A dispatch from „ New Bedford, T .
Mass., says: Saturday was pay day
among the majority of the operatives
in rm lls wbere “ H,nke 18 probable.
After the , operatives received their
money they proceeded to lay in a good
stock of provisions. Many weavers
had barrels of flour rolled into their
kitchens.
'1 he majority of the operatives think
a strike is sure to be begun and nl
that was talked1 of at tho north and
south ends of the city was the prob
strike.
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CHARGES OE OPEN BRIBERY.
Hunim Men Sui<l to He Using Money to
Influence L«n;Ulntor*.
A Oolnmliqs, O., special says: Col¬
onel T. C. Campbell, of Cincinnati, at¬
torney for Dr. T. J. C. Otis, anti
Hanna republican representative, gave
out Monday night a signed statement
of an attempt made to bribe Dr. Otis
to vote for Hanna which agrees with
the fact discovered by the democrats
that 1). Hollcnback, member of the
republican state executive committee,
left for Cinciunali last Saturday morn¬
ing with $10,000 and unlimited credit
w ith a Cincinnati hank with which to
improperly influence members of the
legislature in the senatorial election.
BETS ON HIS BOSS.
Mr. Ferklns Puts Up the Cool C»sh That
11 hh nit Will Win.
A Washington dispatch says: The
senatorial situation in Ohio lias pnsh
eil the civil service debate iu the house
hard for first place in public interest.
Monday morning every one was dis¬
cussing Hanna's ehauees for re-elec¬
tion, which have been considerably
improved. Mr. Perkins, the private
secretaiy of Senator Hamm, who is
being kept fully informed as to the
situation of his chief, has bet $1,500,
pulling up the rash at that, on Hanna's
re-election.
HAS NO LICENSE.
I.tfc Insnmnee Company to Be Prosecuted
, . in Knm. Boyle, bf the s^ate j.
AttoriiejnUencral all
Kansas, has sent out to conn-,
ry clerks instructions to briDg prose
cations against the New York Life In
guranee company, basing his coociu
s j<in oil information he had that the
company »as doing business in the
various counties without a Kansas
license.
CONDEMNED MAN WAS COOL AND
COLLECTED TO THE LAST.
DIED DECLARING H18 INNOCENCE.
Spoke From the HcafTolri Without Exhibit¬
ing m Tremor of Fear—Forglye*
His Persecutor*.
Theodore Durrant died on tho gal¬
lows in the California state poneten
tiary at San Quentin Friday morning,
for the murder of Blanche Latnont
and Minnie Williams.
At 10:37 Durrant ascended the scaf¬
fold calmly, following Father Lagan,
who administered to his spiritual wants,
he having been baptized into the Gath
olio faith earlier in the day.
When the rope was placed about the
condemned man’s neck Durrant asked
to be allowed to speak. His request
was granted, and with his feet on the
trap, the oord about his throat tied
fast to the crossbeam, he said:
“I desire to say that although I am
an innocent man, innocent of every
crime that has been charged against
me, I bear no animosity towards those
who have persecuted me, not even tho
press of San Francisco, which hound¬
ed me to the grnve. If any man thinks
I am going to spring a sensation, I am
not, except it is a sensation that I am
an innocent man, brought to the grnve
by my persecutors. But I forgive
them.
"They will get their justice from the
great God who is master of uh all, and
there I also expect to get justice that
is the justice of au innocent man.
“Whether or not the perpetrators of
the crime of which I nm charged are
discovered, it will make no difference
to me now; but I say this day will be
a shame to the great state of Califor¬
nia. I forgive everybody who lias
persecuted me, au innocent man,
whose hands have never been stained
with blood, and I go to meet my God
with forgiveness for nil men."
His last words, which he shouted
just as the drop fell, were: “I am in¬
nocent. ”
His death appeared to bo painless.
After the drop fell Durrant did not
struggle. In fifteen minutes he was
cut down, tiro neck being broken by
the fail.
There was no scene at the gallows.
Mrs. Durrant did not witness tho exe¬
cution. She remained in a room in
the lower part of the prison and
showed unmistakable signs of grief
tempered with a (Jogged desire to
creato the Impression that Bhe was too
proud to weep. protesting tho last
Durrant died to
his innocence of the murder of Blanche
Lampnt and Minnie Williams. Ho
maintained to the very end the same
marvelous composure aud norve which
characterized him throughout his long
imprisonment and many trials, ami
demonstrated that he was indeed the
criminal of the century.
NOT A CANDIDATE.
Governor Twylor S»ys He Will Not Enter
Senatorial Knee.
A Nashville apodal says: Avowed
candidates for senator have been un¬
easy as to Governor Taylor's inten¬
tions, but he has, after numerous
conferences, given out this statement:
“CtreumstaniM's forMd my entering the
senatorial contest. I have no explanation
to ofler, no comments to make.”
The circumstances to which Gov¬
ernor Taylor refers consist of Senator
Turley’s refusal to withdraw. It de¬
veloped that Governor Taylor had
sent a note to Senator Turley saying
it was apparent Senator Turley could
not win and if he would withdraw and
transfer his strength to Taylor he
(Taylor) could beat McMillin.
NEGROES LYNCH NEGROES.
Keinp County Colored I’ooplo
Get In Tlielr Work.
Jim Watts and Ham Cole, negroes
of Neshoba comity, Miss., wero iynull¬
ed iu l’ca Ridge, Kemper county, a
few days ago. went to Pea Ridge
Watts and Cole
to visit relatives and became too atten¬
tive to their kinds man’s wives. The
lynchers are said to he negroes.
NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATES.
The Anniversary of Jackson’s Great Vic¬
tory Fittingly Observed.
Tho annivCTflory of the battle of
New Orleans was more generally cele¬
brated in that city Saturday than at
any time since tlie wnr,
Governor Foster and his staff re¬
viewed a military parade, the entire
First brigade and naval reserves, the
cavalry troop and the Washington ar¬
tillery being in lino. Tho daughters
of 1771) and 1812 conducted the nsunl
ceremonies at the unfinished monu¬
ment on Chnlmette field. It was a
state holiday, hanks were dosed and
business largely suspended.
THREE NEGROES EXECUTED.
All IH® Gn One Gullow. For Murderln* a
I'eildler.
Three negro murderers died on the
scaffold at Hahnvillc, La., a small
town in St. Charles parish, Friday.
Louis Richards, alias Pierre, alias
Creole, by the latter name being no¬
torious, was one of the trio. Together
with George Washington ami Foxli
Morris, also negroes, they were sen- and
tenced to death for murdering
robbing a, Jewish peddler named
Louis Zigler, which occurred during
last June' on F-ffingliam plantation,
near Ilaht^ville___
PITTSBURG MINERS CONFER.
Hold a Mectlna to Instruct the Inter
j state convention.
A delegate convention of coal miners
of the Pittsburg district met in session
Monday for the purpose of instructing
the delegates to the interstate conveu
tion of miners and operators which
„
'
President Dolan addressed the con
vention, op posing the Ohio differen
ti*l of 8 cents,aud advising the miners
to support th$ Pittsburg operators.
BY TflOS, A. MCGREGOR.
GEORGIA lilt!KKS.
llou. Howard Thompson baa an*
1 ottnoed that lie is a candidate for con*
grefg in the ninth congressional dis*
triet ■
of Georgia to succeed Hon. Car¬
ter Tate. In a written statement ha
defines hi* platform and makes no
secret of hi* intention to put up a
lively fight to win.
» • •
The leading business men of Athens
aro forming a stock company for the t
1 urpose of building a large flour and
corn mill. The cost is estimated at
$7,500. Shares are selling at $25 par.
It is expected that it will be a groat
1) >on to the farmers of the county. It
will help Ihe production immensely.
• s *
The report of State School Commis¬
sioner Glenn to the county boards, to
the effect that the toachers will be com¬
pel led to wait until January, 1899, for
live-eighths of their funds for the pres
ent year, is creating no little stir
among the people of some ports of the
state. The hoard of education of Lin¬
coln county will request and insist
that the sitate borrow the money, ac¬
cording to the act of the last legisla¬
ture authorizing the same, and pay the
teachers promptly.
* * *
All of the records of, Echols county
were destroyed in the burned court¬
house at Staton ville u few days ago.
Those who reached the scene first saw
llio safe was open, but could not reach
it to get the things out of it. It was
supposed at first that the building was
fired by robbers, but it is thought now
that it was done by parties who wished
to destroy the county records. building A ve¬
hicle was seen near tiro just
before the tire occurred, which was at
midnight, and this vehicle was traced
through the wood* and across the
woods for several miles.
The answer of tho Southern railway
regarding its alleged ownership of the
Ceutral comes in tho nature of a sur¬
prise to many. First, it denies that it
lias made any effort to consolidate the
railroads east of the Mississippi and
south of the Potomac, and claims that
it lias only sought to make through
lines, facilitating better service, at a
lessoned cost of operation, which would
bo beneficial both to the railroad com¬
pany and to its patrons; second, tho
Southern denies (hat it iias any inter¬
est whatever in the stock, bonds or
other securities of the Central of Geor¬
gia railroad.
• . e
Tho bondholders’ committee of the
Eagle and Phmnix mills lias perfect¬
ed the plan of reorganization for the
mills. The plan submitted by tlie
sub-committee was unanimously adopt¬
ed. Copies of the plan are to be print
ad and one is to be sent to each bond¬
holder. All bonds are to be deposited
by February 15th under the plan
adopted. When 450 of the bond* have
■-**!«**»..
siderecl as operatiire. 'The Ronit
liolders purchase the mins at the sale
the new company wilt be known as the
Eagle and Phenix Mill Company. The
Trust Company of Georgia, of Atlanta,
is to be (he trustee aud depository of
(he bondholders. -_
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One of the most cases
hisloiy developed at Rutledge a
days ago when llev. Robert Simmons,
a alleged well known preacher, murdered who was last
to have been
March, appeared in town shaking
hands with his old friends and declar¬
ing that a great mistake had been
made. His appearance created a sen¬
sation that over-shadowod the excite¬
ment ton months ago when it was re¬
ported (hat Simmons had been mur¬
dered. At that time it was alleged
Hint Simmons had been killed by W.
II. Bray, a prominent and influential
farmer of the section. Bray aud a
negro farm hand wero only arrested
some days ago charged with the crime.
It is needless to say that on the ap¬
pearance of the supposed dead man
t heir release was quickly accomplished.
« * *
Judge Emory Speer has rendered
his decision iu the Griffin ease, which
involved the business interests of 100
thriving cities and towns in Georgia
indirectly. Judge Speer, following the
decision of (he United States supreme
court in the Troy or Alabama Midland
ease, decides that the interstate com¬
merce commission has no right to
compel the railroads either to increase
their rates from the west to Macon or
to reduce their rates from the west to
Griffin. The decision is a victory not
only for the railroads, but for the
merchants and manufacturers of every
distributing point in the state of
Georgia, because if the court bad
been otherwise and should be sus¬
tained by the higher courts, Macon,
Atlanta and dozens of other cities and
towns in the state and neighboring
states would he paralyzed.
* * *
Slate School Commissioner Glenn
is busy with the blanks for the school
census, work on which is to begin as
soon as the stationery can be printed
and distributed to the county school
commissioners. The commissioner pro¬
poses to push the work so that the
enumeration in ali the counties will
be complete and tabulated by the first
of May. By the enumeration of 1893
tho school population of Georgia was
604,000. Under the law a new census
lias to he taken every five years. There
is much interest in the school censuses
because they are the only counts be¬
tween decades to show the growth of
population. The number of children
of school age bears an almost uniform
relation to the total population, and
closely indicates the increase in the
number of inhabitants. Commissioner
Glenn expects a big increase, approx¬
imating 100,000, yearly and in reports^of this he i,i not
guessing, for the en¬
rollment and actual attendance on the
common schools have shown a remark¬
ably progressive increase
THE OLD MAN COMFORTED.
Omeral Clay'. Child Wife Visies H.»
deed "Hubby.”
A Whitehall, Ky., dispatch .says.
Little Dora, the child wif«ofGem
Gassms M. Clay, the eccentric old
re urnad from a visit
to her bnsbaud at Valley View
She went to see the general becauw
hs had sent fo^her to come and cheer
him. her comforting He had teen little sick^and hand to stroke
^.s silvery locks *nd smooth hi* wrtto
kled eyelida into s.eep.