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OCILLA, GEORGIA.
HENIGVRNON & HANLON, Publishers.
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The “voice of the people" oe-
ensionally goes wrong when it speaks
in French.
The Spanish are among the moet
charitable people on earth. Without
a poor lax, Spanish communities of
50,000 self-supporters feed a pauper
population of 6000 or more.
Six thousand acres of laud opposite
St. Louis, Mo., that only a few years
ago was a marshy body of water called
liig Lake was drained and reclaimed,
and is now according to the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, the banner cornfield
of America, with a productivity of oue
hundred bushels to the acre.
The automobile will certainly bring
about great changes ainoug all sorts
and conditions of men. The machine
is but in its infancy now, it may be
called a mere baby in comparison with
what invention and progress will
make it. In our rural districts it is a
groat curiosity novr, but before mauy
years have passed away a horse in
these same districts will he a far
greater curiosity than an automobile.
Another great year for American
wheat is in prospect, a concomitant
shortage in other sources of
European supply helping matters
along for our farmers. Nothing could
be more welcome. We are carrying
an unusual load of taxation. Im¬
mense aud far-reaching constructive
projects are in the full flush of opera¬
tion, and another year of agricultural
prosperity is absolutely necessary lor
their substantial completion. |
Massachusetts keeps at the head of j
the states ot the country in the pre-
cision, celerity and with ;
accuracy
which its election returns a. e can¬
vassed aud the results made known.
There are 970 polling places iu the
state, of which 191 ar *. ia Boston and
877 in the 31 other cities. In New
York state the use of the voting ;
'
machines is aid to quick and ;
an ac¬
curate counting. Iu the elections of
1899 Rochester was the first city from
which returns were obtained. Voting
machines were used in Rochester.
Croquet “as moderuly played,” to
use the picturesque words of one of ;
its most emiuant praotitioners, is un¬
doubtedly a game of many and high
merits, and just why the very mention
of it is sufficient to make the average
worldling smile with a oontempt not j
the more kind because it tries to be
tolerant is a question uot easy to
answer. As between golf and croquet,
any disinterested observer—that is
any observer who, without the help j
of experience in either, should try to :
compare them—would almost inavita-
bly declare that croquet “hail more to
it” than golf, gave more opportunity !
for the display of intelligence and j
skill, developed more directly the joys I
if battle, and in a dozen other ways
was the better game.
A remarkable work is beiugdone by
a young colored man in Chicago, and |
the recital of it may be an inspiration |
to others. Monroe F. Clark is his
name, and he is a full-blooded negro,
23 years old. He went to Chicago
from Kentucky in the world’s fair
year, with no money, but with affably
good education for one of his meagre
opportunities, and with good morals
and ambition. He became a newsboy,
aud his attention to business aud his
thrift soon enabled him to buy a
horse and wagon to use ia his growing j
news business. Now he owns and 1 ■
uses eight carts and horses, and has a
smart trap in which to drive around.
He owns real estate in the city worth
some thousands of dollars, and also
160 acres of land in Kentucky. Clark
is also a philanthropist iu a small way.
Three years ago he established ahome
for his newsboys, novr numbering 50,
the great majority of them negroes.
He couldn’t bear, he says, to see the
little fellows “going straight to the
reformatory and to the penitentiary,”
so he renovated a.' entel barn, and
provides their board, lodging, and
recreation. He is ambitious now to
build a good house for his boys. He
has the money, and is only waiting to
secure the right piece of ground. “It
eats up a good deal of my profits,”
he says. “It costs me more to feed
and clothe these boys and send them
to school in winter than it would to
hire them and let them shift for them¬
selves. Bat I’m not very hungry fa*
money— never was,"
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(fitEAT INI)UCEMENT FOR BUSI¬
NESS MEN TO PA TBONIER OUR COL¬
UMNS. TUT US.
THE JAILER’S BABY.
It was ail the fault of the baby. Go
the jailer said, and so everybody be¬
lieved. At tho same time it was de¬
clared absurd that a baby should be
allowed companionship with a mur¬
derer, and beyond all decency that
‘bottles of laudanum should be left
within its reach. Indeed, there was a
great deal of tail;, and much disap¬
pointment over the affair. Not since
the lynching of the negro Tilly, two
yeai’3 before, had there been a hang¬
ing in tho jail. And this time it was
to have been conducted on the strict¬
est principles of the hangman’s code.
So very proper were all the arrange¬
ments that the citizens spoke of tho
coming “execution” with quite the de¬
corum which an eastern town would
use to discuss a pink tea. Small won¬
der then ■ that everybody—especially
those holding tickets of admission—
was outraged. In fact, so much was
said that the jailer resigned and he
and his wife—with the baby, who had
clone all the mischief—moved to an¬
other town. The jailer’s wife declar¬
ed that his nerves seemed dreadfully
upset about the whole thing and she
was glad he had given up the "jail
business.” Farming was nicer work
anyhow, she allowed, and the baby
seemed to thrive better. As for the
baby himself, he told me in strict con¬
fidence just how it happened.
The prisoner had never made the
slightest effort to escape. From the
time sentence was pronounced he
sc-emed to begin to die. He would sit
for hours without moving a muscle—
would neither eat nor drink. A horrid
sort of stupor possessed him, from
which the kind-hearted jailer was pow¬
erless to rouse him, until one day he
thought of his baby, Ted, the only bit
of sunlight in the gloomy house of
bondage. The lovely child blossomed
like a Sharon rose in this desert of
sin and death, and the very sight of
him might, so the jailer thought, bring
peace and healing. So one day the baby
was brought to the death-watched cell.
His tousled, yellow head peered cu¬
riously in, and his small voice had a
ring of pity in it as he said: “Dark,
poor man.” And the prisoner came to
the grating and stretched out eager
hands, clasping the tiny fingers rested
trustfully in his. And nobody dis-
turbed them, for the “poor man” was
crying, and so they were not afraid.
The baby came again, and often, and
they noticed that the prisoner would
always eat what he brought; a bit of
candy or a dirty lump of sugar was his
daily offering, and it was never re-
jeeted. One day the jailer came, too,
and tbey bo ‘ h watcb ® d tbe boy ; He
was playing horse with a piece of pine
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® aid ’ grimly:, “Won’t they need that
could not answeri but
jr e pt j^is gaze on the baby, who had
distracted the attention of the guard in
the corridor. The prisoner grasped
tbe door witb both S aunt hands, and,
putting his ashen lips as near the ja.il-
er ’ 8 ears as th e bars would allow, said,
sullenly: “Have you any idea of how
you are going to die?”
The jailer was alarmed and dis¬
tressed. He had hoped to lead the pris¬
oner to forget his impending doom, if
only for a respite of an hour, but this
question showed him how poorly he
was succeeding. He pretended not to
hear, and made a move as if to go, but
the child ran to him and, putting the
.stick through the bars, lisped: “See,
horsy?”
A smile distorted his face as the
man took the piece of wood, then let
it drop with a shudder, speaking rapid¬
ly and low: “Dying is bad enough, I
suppose, under any circumstances, but
none of us is heroic when forced to
sit, day by day, for a certain hour,
when we are to begin the process of
•rotting in cold obstruction.’ God! can
you think, man, how it feels? What
devilish irony in the fate that I, who
have always hated any public display”
—he choked and the baby laughed—
"should die In this way—should per¬
form the tragedy of my life before a
gaping crowd. I tell you, man, It must
not—shall not—be!”
His voice sank to a whisper, but his
face was so livid with fear and threat
that the jailer grasped his baby and
moved away from the cell door. The
man behind It laughed a dry, high-
pitched laugh.
“I beg that you won’t be frightened.
I am not going to do anything violent,
except to myself, If possible. Do you
hour, man? Except to myself. Listen
to me. Every night you pray that baby
may never be in such a devil-ridden
hole as this cell. By those prayers,
and as you hope for mercy for him, I
charge you have pity and listen to me.
I have thought of escape, I do not
fear death. What would life be to me
now? I killed him for her, and now—
now I must die for him. Be It so, but
not that way”—and he pointed to the
bit of wood the child had dropped—
God! not that way!” Then as the jail¬
er moved a little nearer, the man stag¬
gered to his feet and whispered hoarse¬
ly: ‘‘An old bottle, I could break it In
pieces; or a rope—but no, the guard
would see me. Some drug—anything.
so it be strong enough, but bring It—
oh, let me have it before—before they
come to me!”
Not a word had the jailer spoken
during this plea of agony. Then the
guard came up with the little one.
"The kid wants to kiss ‘man,’ ” and
the prisoner stretched his arms
through the grating and stroked the
curly head. The beautiful baby face
lit up with an angel’s smile. “By-by,
man,” he said, and his father carried
him away, with no sign of response to
the wild look of entreaty In the eyes of
the doomed man.
Next day the baby came again. This
time he passed the guard, returning his
challenge, "Huilo, two-year-old!” by
only a dignified stare. He toddled up
to the prisoner’s cell, and the first
glimpse of the yellow head brought the
wretched occupant forward. Hie at¬
tention was attracted to the small tin
can the child carried. “See there!”
And the little one proudly tapped It
against the iron grating. With fever¬
ish haste the man seized it, and with
an effort wrenched off the cover. In¬
side was a small bottle containing a
brown liquid, which he smelled, then
sighed as with infinite relief. A sec¬
ond’s hesitation, a glance upward,
which was more a despairing Inquiry
than a prayer, and he raised the phial
to his lips. Then he crawled to the
cot and crouched upon it, while the
baby tip-toed to see. Only the baby!
No pitiless crowd of ghouls; no vul¬
tures watching the dying struggles of
their prey; only the baby! And to the
dying man’s vision the aureole of hair
and beckoning hands were those of a
heavenly spirit.
The phial dropped to the floor, the
shaven head sank back, and the pris¬
oner wa3 free.—Gertrude Gunning.
VOTING BY MACHINERY.
Nebraska to Try Automatic System of
Selecting; Candidates.
The state of Nebraska has ordered
3,200 voting machines at $500 each, a
total of $1,600,000, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. This machine is pure¬
ly mechanical in construction. The
regulations are complete in every de¬
tail. Split tickets can be voted as
readily as straight tickets. The booth
stands six and one-half feet in height
and is about four feet square, giving
ample room for voting. Though made
of steel, it can be carried about with¬
out difficulty, although rather heavy.
The voter, upon entering the booth,
faces a square steel box about three
feet in dimensions and three inches
thick. On the face of this square is
a long, narrow row of glazed open¬
ings,. in which appear the different
tickets to be voted. Each party ticket
is printed on a slip of its own. The
candidates for each office are in align¬
ment and the whole arrangement is
similar to the regular Australian bal¬
lot. But at the point where the voter
usually puts a cross is a nickel-plated
button and at the top of each party
ticket is a lever. As the first vote is
cast a bell rings. This informs the
judges that a voter has started to cast
his ballot. A straight party man has
only to pull the lever and his vote is
cast. A man who wants to scratch
registers his vote by the buttons.
When the straight ticket is voted, by
pulling the lever down, the mechanical
counters all down the line register one
vote for each candidate. On the out¬
side of the booth the voting register is
locked by three different locks, one of
which is given to each of the judges.
Royal Lady Colonels.
Queen Victoria is colonel of a regi¬
ment of Prussian dragoons, but Her
Majesty has never donned the short
blue tunic and other obligatory uni¬
form of this body and ridden at its
head. Her daughter, the Empress
Frederick, is a colonel of hussars, and
has often appeared at reviews in the
loose-braided jacket, fur cap, scarlet
tights, and gold-embroidered top boots
of her regiment, a dash of femininity
being added in a blue skirt not belong¬
ing to the regimental uniform. The
present German empress is a colonel of
cuirassiers, and at reviews rides at her
husband’s side in a white riding skirt,
white military jacket, and plumed,
three-cornered cap. The Queen of
Greece, a Russian princess, is admiral
in the Russian navy. Most of the
princesses of the Russian royal house
are army officers of high rank, but
they content themselves on military
occasions with wearing the colors of
their commands, instead of riding at
their head in full uniform.
Surface Observation.
The remarks made toy a countryman
when he gets his first view of the
ocean are not always remarkable for
depth and appropriateness. A stroller
on the beach of a Massachusetts sea¬
port overheard the opening remarks of
a farmer and his wife who had come
from northern New Hampshire, as he
subsequently learned from their con¬
versation. ‘“Well, 1 feel to be glad
we’ve come, William,” said the woman,
with a sigh of pleasure, turning from
the sea io face her spouse. “Would
you ever have believed there was such
a sight of water in one place in this
world?” “No, I wouldn’t,” returned
William. “And when you consider
that we can’t see any but just
what’s on top, it’s all the more aston-
ishin', Sarah, now ain’t it?”
Regret.
Boston Traveler: Young Wife—The
new servant girl is a treasure! She
is a good cook, is so economical, never
goes out and never answers bark.
Husband—Why didn’t I meet her be¬
fore we were married?
SOMETHINQ NEW.
A Dlwowipy That In Expected to Itoro-
lullonize a Great Imituitry.
Just as Americans begin to feel that
they are upon the verge of developing
superiority to Great Britain not only in
shipbuilding, but in the steel trade, in
which such a number of valuable for¬
eign contracts have lately been taken
by our manufacturers in the face of
British competition; and just as na¬
ture seems to encourage the American
aspiration by showing that the English
coal mines will be exhausted within
another fifty years, science seems to
be coming to the, aid of the Britisher
and may be about to open new fields
of competition in steel in which Amer¬
ica must take part If she is to main¬
tain her hard-earned prestige. The
discovery has been demonstrated in
London, and is being made much of by
the British press, that the ability to
produce perfect; steel by casting it in
a vacuum made by liquid hydrogen
with a process that is not proposed to
make public, has at last attained prac¬
ticability. A company has been formed
with a capital of £30,000 to experi¬
mentally develop the process, and if
the plan is as successful as Prof. De-
war, the discoverer, presumes it will
be, the air bubbles that now cause
flaws and weakness in steel will be
done away with, and a metal will re-
suit such as the world has never seen,
To say that this means a possible revo-
lution in the steel trade is to put it
mildly, and if the English government
can control the process, as it is now in-
timated may be the case, then Arnerl-
can scientists and those of other coun-
tries will be put upon their metttlo to
get eevn with the Britishers. Liquid
hydrogen, which is the great agent
now discovered, is described as a clear, ;
colorless, transparent and very volatile
fluid, no clearer than pure water, but
only one-fourteenth the density of
water. In its lightness it is out of all
proportion to any known liquid. A
piece of paper when placed in it sinks,
The difference between liquid hydro-
gen and liquid air is as great if not
greater than the difference between the
ordinary temperature and liquid air.
Liquid hydrogen places temperature at
within twenty degrees of absolute zero,
which is represented by 494 degrees
Fehrenheit and 273 degrees Centigrade
below zero. The boiling point of liquid
hydrogen is 252 degrees below zero, at
which it is capable of enormous pres¬
sure. The discovery must affect every
problem of physics and chemistry. Its
possibilities are illimitable. It may
revolutionize the methods that have
beeen laboriously built up during the
last three hundred years,—Marine
Journal.
EXPOSITIONS AT PARIS.
In view of the approaching French
exposition, it is interesting to note the
enormous increase in the extent and
success of the various expositions held
at Paris, says the Scientific American.
The first occurred in the year 1798.
It brought together the modest num¬
ber of 110 exhibitors and cost only
$12,000. The buildings, of wood em-
belished, were erected on the Champs
de Mars, Twenty-five medals were
distributed.
The second took place three years
later (1801) in the court of the Loqvre.
It represented 220 exhibitors and quite
eclipsed the first.
A third exposition, opened the fol¬
lowing year at the same place, collect¬
ed 550 exhibitors. This was a verita¬
ble triumph.
Napoleon I. inaugurated the fourth
exposition, which was held on the Es¬
planade of the Invalides in 1806; there
were 1,422 exhibitors. This figure
was carried to 1,622 at the fifth expo¬
sition in 1819, in the palace of the
Louvre. The sixth (1823) met with
little success, as also the seventh in
1827 in the reign of Charles X., in the
palace of the Louvre. As an offset, the
eighth, opened on the Palace du Car¬
rousel in the reign of Louis Philippe,
gathered no less than 2,487 exhibitors.
This success was accentuated in the ex¬
position of 1839, held on the Champs-
Elysees (3,381 exhibitors), and in that
of 1844, also on the Champs-Elysees
(3,960 exhibitors). The exposition of
1849, again on the Champs-Elysees.
cost $300,000.
The first universal exposition was
that of 18*5, which caused the construc¬
tion of the Palace of Industry. The
expense rose to $2,300,000. There were
23,954 exhibitors and more than 5,000,-
000 visitors. Then came the well-
known expositions of 1867 (52,000 ex¬
hibitors), of 1878 (52,835 exhibitors, and
16,000,000 visitors), and 1889 (55,486 ex¬
hibitors and 32,500,000 visitors).
To Teach tbe Turk.
Ames (Iowa) Special to Chicago
Tribune: Prof. D. A. Kent, once con¬
nected with the Iowa Agricultural Col¬
lege, has been offered an appointmnet
by James Wilson, secretary of agricul¬
ture, to go to Turkey and introduce
the American system of agriculture
and educate the people in modern
methods. Constantinople is to be
Pr.of. Kent’s home. His work will con¬
sist mainly in establishing schools and
colleges, and introducing the various
seeds used in the United States. This
commission will last for five years.
Compressed Flour.
An English process for compressing
flour into blocks in molds, is said to
render it less liable to atmospheric and
insect damages, without impairing its
bread-making qualities, and it requires
less space.
Dried Fly Statin tic*.
Among the exports of Mexico last
year are to be noted two tons of dried
flies.
THE DAYIS MEMORIAL TABLE
an VEILED AT ‘RICHMOND By DAUGH¬
TERS OF eO/NFEDERAey.
K Dll ID (I1D Bill!
Prominent Men Took Part in the Exer¬
cises Which Were Very Imprcsshe.
Thursday was another great Confed¬
erate day in Richmond, Va., the oc¬
casion being tbe unveiling in Holly¬
wood cemetery, under tho auspices of
the United Daughters of the Confed¬
eracy of the memorials in Hollywood
to President Jefferson Davis and Miss
Winnie Davis.
The Daughters held a brief business
session of their convention Thursdey
morning, during which various re¬
ports were read and Mrs. Davis was
made honorary president of the state
chapters of the Daughters. In the af-
ternoon the Daughters, in carriages,
wore escorted to Hollywood by an im-
posing procession, consisting of Con-
federate camps aud military. General
Fitzhugh Lee riding at the head of the
line.
A vast crowd had assembled on the
bill overlooking the Davis plat in the
cemetery and immediately on the arri-
val of the parade the ceremonies wero
opened with prayer by the Rev. James
Smith, D.D., who was on Stonewall
Jackson’s staff and who threw himself
between his general and the line of
fire while Jackson was being borne
from the field wounded,
In the Davis plat an easy chair had
been provided for Mrs. Davis, so that
a3 the drapery fell she would face the
statue over her daughter’s tomb,
Floral Confederate Flay.
Over the grave of President Davis
was a beautiful floral confederate flag,
the blue and red being worked in im¬
mortelles and the white in chrysanthe¬
mums. The staff rested on a base
around which smilax wound. After
the prayer, the governor, Hon. J.
Hoge Tyler, gracefully introduced
Hon. B. B. Munford, the principal
orator of the occasion, who paid a
beautiful tribute to Miss Winnie Da¬
vis, Mrs. Davis, President Davis and
the “lost cause.” On the conclusion
Mr. Munford said:
“Nor can I forbear illusion to
the grateful faot that something
in the character of Winnie Davis,
in the untimely ending of her gen¬
tle life, has served to hush the
note of sectional discord and
strengthen influences that make
for peace. Old-time hatred* were
forgotten in the sorrow which
made us all akin. Union veterans
stood as a guard of boner around
her bier, and generous contribu¬
tions of sympathy and help came
from both sides of the Potomac
to erect this monument.”
The next speaker was Hon John H.
Reagau, postmaster general of the
Confederate states, and tho only sur-
viving member of Mr. Davis’ cabinet.
He was introduced by Hon. J. Taylor
Ellyson. Judge Reagan spoke very
briefly, his remarks being confined to
an eulogy of his chief. He said in
part:
“Mr. Davis posses»ed a com¬
bination of great qualities, rarely
equaled and nevor surpassed. And
in addition to these great quali¬
ties he possessed the most unsel¬
fish character I have ever known
and tbe most human and merciful
disposition, with a gentleness in
domestic and social life which
commanded the admiration aud
respect of all who knew him. And
to all these he added the charac¬
ter of a devout Christian.
“While the cause of which he
was the highest and truest repre¬
sentative failed of success, he car¬
ried to his grave a sincerity of
respect, an enthusiastic devotion
of the people he served and rep-
resented, unsurpassed by any ever
shown to any successful hero or
oonqueror.”
General Fitzhugh Lee was then in-
troduoed and delivered an eloquant
address in which he made beautiful
allusions to Mr. and Mrs. Davis and
Miss Winnie.
FRAUD IS CHARGED.
Lively Time* Expected In Kentucky
Ovor Election Returns.
A Louiiviil* dispatch says: A con¬
fusion of eiaima and counter claims,
to quiet whioh the offioial count, or
perhaps a contest before the legisla¬
ture, will be necessary, is all that is
left of Tuesday’s election. Above it
all vehement cries of fraud, eommit-
ted or contemplated, are heard.
Each side claims tbe election of tho
ticket by a plurality of about 4,000.
and presents figures to back up the
claim. These figures in some
ties vary widely, and it is impossible
to tell which side, if either, has accu¬
rate figures.
WRECKERS DITCH TRAIN.
A* Resu’-t of Dastardly Work Three
Persons Were Fatally Hurt.
The Michigan Central train No.810,
from Toledo to Detroit, was ditched
between Alexis and Vienna, Mich.,
about 8 o’clock Thursday night. Three
persons aocident were fatally injured.
The was the result of a de¬
liberate piece of work by unknown
train wreckers and happened at a
point just beyond a short trestle.
Following General Lee’s speech,
Dr. H. M. Clarkson recited an ode,
‘‘The Daughter of tho Confederacy,”
and Jefferson Davis Hayos then dra«
the veil from the monuments to MW
Davis and Mies Winnie. The form®
is a bronze statue of the ConfedardH
president. The latter is a marl*
figure of the angel of grief, the aboutfl ha^*
extending a wreath she is
place on the grave.
After these ceremonies, a monument
to Jefferson Davis, Jr., was unveiled.
SCANT WAR NEWS
DEPRESSES ENGLISH
Duller’* Arrival at Durban Is Anx¬
iously Awaited.
CHANGE WILL THEN COME.
It la Confidently Believed That
General White Is Safe.
Advices of Thursday from London
were to the effect that scanty and
conflicting news from the seat of war
and the fact that General White has
not yet said a word about the alleged
fighting around Ladysmith, are again
producing a feeling of gloom.
It may be that General White has
sent news and that General Buller has
thought best to keep it to himself.
Indeed, this is the version that is
beginning to be believed, as it is held
to be impossible that the news of
heavy fighting brought by Kaffirs in
such circumstantial detail can be
wholly groundless. If this be so,
is ominous, for there could be
ground for concealing favorable neJH
It cannot be long, however, Bull^M
a change occurs. General
forces will soon arrive at Durban,
xvill probably begin the advance
the relief of Ladysmith about Novem¬
ber 15th.
The Boers, if they ever entertained
the idea of a real invasion of Cape
Colony, have probably now abandoned
it and will devote their whole
to reducing Ladysmith. They
only a few days in which to do this.
The fact that they are rather inactive
indicates that they are waiting for
something which they feel sure will
justify their delay. The latest dis-
patches seem to hint that the garrison
is about to retire further southward.
To Shell Pretoria.
Orders have been received at Wool¬
wich and Davenport.for the mobi¬
lization of a siege train, which, it is
supposed, is intended for the purpose
of shelliug Pretoria. The force man¬
ning it will approximate to the
strength of eight batteries and will
consist of thirty-two officers and 1,104
non-commissioned officers and men.
Its armament will be thirty howitzers,
fourteen 6-inch guns, eight 5-inch and
eight 4-inch guns, tbe whole
weighing more than 3,000 tons.
will be the first employment of a mod-
ernized siege train by any European
army, and the progress of the
iion of the forts by Lyddite shell
a preliminary to storming by infantry,
will be watched with interest and n-
riosity by all professional soldiers.
Three Large Steamer* Chartered.
Three large steamers have just be^
chartered at Liverpool to convoy ft
10,000 troops of the division wflB
Lord Wolseley announced Wednesd*
would be mobilized. The trauspj
Arawa has been further delayed by
disarrangement of her electrical plan
The disabled Persian will transfer hj
troops to the Goth, which will leal
Southampton next Tuesday.
SCHLEY GETS ORDERS. ,
Adm!r . . , »‘ . Wi " Soon Ho,st u H,S FU j .
t * le c * ,ic *K°- I
A Washington special says: AdrJ
Schley received his final orders Th ;
day from the navy Chicago department New to l|fl Yj
his flag on the at
on the 17th instant, assuming coi
mand of the south Atlantio station.
JEFFRIES WELL PAID. *
Slugger Receives $33.43* For H,s
Victory Over Sharkey.
A Now York dispatch says: James
J. Jeffries and Thomas Sharkey were
were rewarded Thursday for pounding
each other in the recent bout. They
reoeived their share of the gate re-
eelpts- of
It i fi said that the total receipts
^ be fight were $66,848. According to
,liR articles the fighters reoeived two-
! birds of the amount, or $44,564. As
the winner, Jeffries received 75 per
cent, amounting to $33,432. Sharkeys
share was 811,141
Jeffries’ share of the receipts is the
largest ever received by a prize fighter
AGED BANK WRECKER
Convicted and Sent Up For Term of
Twelve Years.
In the superior court at Northamp¬
ton, Mass., Thursday, Lewis Warner,
aged sixty, who wrecked the Hamp¬
shire County National bank and the
Hampshire Savings bank by embez¬
zling $500,000, was sentenced to a
term in the state prison of not more
than twelve years nor lesR than nine
years, the first day to be in solitary
confinement.