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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1891)
NEWS AND NOTES CONDENSED FROM TELEGRAPH AND CABLE. Epitome of Incidents that Hap¬ pen from Day to Day. Tn his will, Prince Jerome Napoleon makes no mention of his son Victor. Humbert has forbidden Prince Victor'to Ivin" manifesto from Italy. issue a Mil The <mp is spreading rapidly in Many prominent citizens are waukee. - victims. points indicate 2 Montana earthquake A a distinct shock at 1:15 o'clock Friday afternoon. W H. Herndon, Abraham Lincoln's * law partner, and author of “Life of Lin¬ coln ” is dead; aged seventy-three years. Ageneral strike of all union cloth hat and cap makers of New’ Y ork city, 800 in number, employed by seventeen firms, occurred Thursday. American artists in Paris have been in¬ vited officially to participate, as a distinct body, in the Berlin art exhibition, and liave accepted. has The Rock Island Railway Company laid off 60 per cent of its men in the yards at Chicago, the object being a re¬ duction of expenses. Mayor Greiger and ex-Mayor Carter Harrison have each been nominated as ■candidate for mayor by opposing factions of the democratic party in Chicago. Bv an explosion in a dye house at Bran donville, Pa,, Thursday, Jeremiah Zim¬ merman and Charles Faust were fatally and E. Lindenmutt seriously burned. The Elizabetbport cordage works, at Elizabeth, N. J., were destroyed by fire Thursday. One man, an employe, lost his life." The loss is estimated at $700, insured. The Swedish ship Senator Weber was caught off the coast of England vessel by a heavy gale Saturday and the foundered and seventeen of her crew drowned. Chief of Construction, Burnham, and the commissioner of architecture have figured out a plan by which about $4, 000,000 will be saved in the construction of the world’s fair buildings. Presidential postmasters were appointed Thursday as follows: John Clanton, Brownsville, Tenn., vice Daniel Bond, commission expired; Wallace K. Shed dan, at Cleveland, Tenn., vice Jesse H. Gant, resigned. The board of trade of Hastings, Neb., on Friday adopted resolutions tendering to Mr. Parkerson and many other loyal citizens of New Orleans its approval of the action taken by them in lynching the Mafia criminals. Collection of internal revenue during the first seven months of the fiscal year or 1890-91 were $96,067,155, an increase of $7,152,695 as compared with collections during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year. The contest for the late Senator Hearst’s seat in the United States senate, was ended at Sacramento, Cal., Thursday by the election of Charles N. Felton. The final vote stood, Felton 73, Estee 15, Johnson 1, Peacock 4, and White (demo¬ crat) 24. A cablegram from Paris says: The Bonapartist leaders, in a series of inter¬ views published Thursday, have con¬ curred in the determination to disregard Prince Napoleon’s will and to recognize Prince the YTctor as the legitimate heir to throne of France. The factories of D. J. Spaulding, lead¬ ing lumberman of Black River Falls, Wis., were closed Thursday. The crash was caused by a firm in Milwaukee fore¬ closing a mortgage, which frightened the other creditors. Liabilities, $210,000 assets, about $700,000. On Thursday, the convention of the National League of Musicians, in Mil¬ waukee, adopted a resolution against the importation of foreign musicians, and telegraphed New them to G. A. Schwab, the York leader, who is about to start for Europe to engage musicians. The fortune of the late Prince Napo leon, amounting to £12,000 yearly, is divided among his children. Six thousand pounds going to Prince Louis, eich to Prince Yictor and Princess Letitia. It is stated that all manuscripts and his torical documents are left to Prince Louis, A theft without parallel was discovered Friday, at Providence, R. I., when it was ascertained that during the night a man had scaled a mason’s ladder on the 250 feet high stack of the Narragansett Elec¬ tric Light Company, cut off and carried away the platinum tips to the lightning ■conductors just placed in position. Mrs. Mary Bray ton Young died at her home in Fall River, Mass., Sunday morn¬ ing, aged 86. She gave to Fall River a public hign school, costing $750,000. She was married twice, her first husband, Major Bradford Durfee, being the richest mao in that section. Her second husband, Joshua Young, was a clergyman. Her wealth is estimated at $12,000,000 to $15,000,000. A Lincoln, Neb., dispatch of Saturday says: The deadlock in the senate still exists. The members remained in ses¬ sion all night under the call of the house, as Senator Taylor, independent, could not be found. It is reported that Tay¬ lor was taken from Lincoln on a Burling¬ ton special engine and carried to Council Bluffs. He is supposed to be making his way to \ irginia, his old home, The sergeant-at-arms gave chase, but failed to capture the runaway. N- dispatch of Sunday from Philadel¬ phia says : Facts are being brought to light which indicate that the trouble in the Jvevstone xLiiional Ba:U\ which was closed by the comptroller of currency Friday last, dates far back of the ‘‘run” inaugurated due tig the financial string ency f last December. It was stated during the day that President .lohu Lucas, who died in 18SS, owed the bank large sums of money, and that this fact was concealed ;roiu several of the direc¬ tors, a'though known to others. A Chicago <1 spatch of Thursday says: Organized labor ha* made its tinal demand upon the world's fair directory. It lias been greeted an eight-hour day and the establishment of a svstem of ardtratm-i. It now asks that in lieu of all the other concessions asked for, the directory establish a minimum rate of wages, the rate to be that of union labor, as fixed for tin various trades, In return for this, organized labor will promise that no effort, shall be made to raise such wages, The directory will consider the proposition at once. MAFIA ECHOES. Meetings Condemnatory of the New Orleans Massacre. The great hall of Cooper Union was packed with 5.000 Italians of New York and vicinity Friday night, called together to denounce the lynching of their country¬ men in New Orleans, and outside, not¬ withstanding the drizzling night, more than as many more were unable to gain entrance to the hall where the speaking beiug was going on, and resolutions were adopted amidst great excitement. The speeches were nearly all in Italian. The denunciations of the New Orleans trage¬ dy were almost terrifying in iheir vehe mence. Hardly a sentence but that was applauded to the echo, ( and especially when the speakers spoke of the necessity for satisfaction for the killing. Follow¬ the resolutions Resolved, That the American citizens of Italiau birth and extraction, assembled in mass meeting of indignation at Cooper Institute, do hereby appeal and apply to the authorities of the United States for the apprehension and immediate punish¬ ment of the signers of the manifesto which called out the mob of the city of New Orleans, and of all and every partic¬ ipant in the assassination of the eleven innocent, unarmed and unprotected jail Italians, whilst confined in the parish in said city, on Saturday last, the 14th instant; and be it further Resolved, That all Italians of New York await with calmness and firmness tilt full justice be made in this case, ac cording to the constitutional laws of the Uuited States. A PHILADELPHIA MEETING. A meeting of Italians, called for the purpose of protesting against the killing of their fellow-countrjmen at New Or¬ leans, was held at Philadelphia Friday afternoon. After short speeches the fol¬ lowing resolutions were read and adopted: Resolved, That we denounce the assas¬ sination as being cruel and cowardly in the extreme, as without warrant and cause and as being most disgraceful to a civilized community. Resolved, That we stigmatize and for con¬ the demn the New Orleans authorities lack of government which led to the killing by the mob of those helpless un¬ fortunates who were then under the sup¬ posed Resolved, protection That of the law. heartily applaud we the prompt and energetic action displayed by the Italian and United States govern¬ ments. THE MAFIA’S WARNING. Dispatches of Friday from Texas sending say that the New Orleans Mafias are threatening letters to persons who have expressed disproval of their methods. As a result of his free expression of con¬ viction that the New Orleans killing of the Mafia members was right, John Lang, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Hous¬ ton, is in receipt of a letter purporting to have been signed by the Mafia authori¬ ties, warning him to keep his mouth shut or he will he done for. It is written in red ink, wpth the customary skull and cross boneS, and there is no mistaking the intent of the warning. THEY ’ RE eeady to fight . In reply to communications from the United states, Michael Basso, Italian interpreter at Toronto, says Canada can be depended unon to supply 4,000 armed Italians to avenge the men killed in New 0rleans j a i] j n the event of the Italian government failing to secure redress from the United jdtates government. A TALE OF SUFFERING. Lost in the Snow—Food fop Wolves and Coyotes. Advices of Friday from Cutbank, Mont., the present terminus of the Great Northern extension, state that the heavy storm of six weeks ago totally su pended work of all kinds, throwing 2,000 men out of employment. A large number of men started to traverse the deep snow <o Summit, 110 miles further west, and many perished from cold. The record so far is seven from freezing, while large numbers had arms and legs frozen. It is also certain that a great many have per¬ ished, of whom no trace has been found, and whose bodies have made food for the wolves and covot< s. Deadly Trichinosis. News comes from Centreville, Wis., that four critical cases of trichinosis, caused by eating raw or partially cooked ham. exist in that place. The sick are confined to two families, but it is ex¬ pected that others will be affected, as the diseased meat partaken of has been gen erally examined under a microscope, and it was found to be fairly swarming with the deadly parasites. OCEAN HORROR. NEARLY SIX HUNDRED SOULS USHERED INTO ETERNITY. A Steamship Sunk in Collision— A Scene of Horror. A cablegram from Gibraltar says: The British steamship Utopia, from Italian ports, bound to New York, with TOO Italiau emigiants aboard, collided Tues¬ day with the British ironclad Rodney, at anchor in Gibraltar bay. and sank soon afterwards off Ragged Staff. On enter¬ ing the bay the Utopia, before colliding with the Rodney, ran into the British ironclad Anson. T he Utopia sauk in a few minutes. Boats were Immediately loweied from the British ironclads, and also from the Sweedish man-of-war Freya. These boats rescued 180 passengers, who are now on board the various vessels. Many others who were rescued are lodged in government buildings on shore. It is reported that the crew of the Utopia was saved, and that over 200 passengers per¬ ished. LATER. Another dispatch of Wednesday after noon says: It is now believed the loss of life by the sinking of the Anchor Line steamer Utopia, which collided Tuesday with the British ironclad Rodney, was much larger than at first estimated. It is calculated that of the 700 Italian emi¬ grants and crew on board the steamer, 570 persons were drowned. Several bodies of those who lost their lives in the disaster have been washed ashore on the Spanish coast. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE LOSS. The agents of the Anchor Line Steam¬ ship Company received the following report Wednesday afternoon of the awful disaster at Gibralter: The list of the saved embraces two cabin passengers, 290 steerage passengers and twenty-five of the crew. Fifteen of the crew and 475 passengers were lost. The ship was not insured. The cargo, intended for Mediterranean ports, was valued at $300, 000, and the steamship at $400,000. The passengers saved will be brought over line, on the steamship Assyria, of the same of which was at Genoa at the time the accident, and has been ordered to Gibral¬ ter. By this delay the Utopia’s passen¬ gers will not arrive here until after the new law—“That no immigrant without -S 068 lnt0 dIect - cause of the accident. The disaster is attributed to the fact that the British warship Anson was drift¬ ing before the gale, and in so doing rammed the Utopia abaft the funnel. After which she reversed her engines, which caused her to back away from the Utopia, which vessel was practically im¬ paled on the spur of the Anson’s ram, and the Utopia almost immediatel after¬ wards sank. Everything possible was done by the officers and seamen of the British warship in their efforts to save life, and four seamen were washed over¬ board and drowned from one of the war¬ ship’s steam launches while taking part in the work of rescue. THE SHRIEKS OF TERROR. The scene after the collision has proba¬ bly has never been witnessed in a story of maritime disaster. On one side was the sinking steamship, crowded with about .900 emigrants, who filled the air with wild, horrible appi als for help and shrieks of terror. Overhead the clouds rushed furiously, driven along by a strong southeast gale, which had been one of the causes of the calamity. RESCUED FROM THE MASTS. From forty to filty persons were res¬ cued from the masts. The only instances of manliness occurred among the people in the rigging. Many men and nearly every woman clasped children to their breasts, but they were gradually and cold, over¬ and come by sheer exhaustion were compelled to drop their burdens, and often follow themselves. Those in the lower rigging, who were exposed to the full force of the waves, were swept away before the first of the Anson’s boats was able to reach-them. Some of the men had tied to themselves each his wife or child, hoping to be able to float until they w T ere saved. Several bodies so tied together were washed ashore dead. A majority of the Italians, however, be¬ haved more like beasts than like reason¬ ing men. STORIES OF THE SURVIVORS. An officer of the Utopia says: We were slowing our engines preparing to anchor when, before we realized our danger, we found ourselves broadside on the bows of the Anson. There was a shout from both vessels, which was instantly followed by rhe Anson’s ram tearing into the Utopia. We were about a quarter of a mile from shore at the time. Officers, in talking about the catastrophe, say they will never forget the scene that followed the collision. The Italians were thrown into a state of complete and cowardly panic. They yelled frantically and fought madly to reach the forecastle. A few of (he married dragged their wives with cbem, but the bulk of single men were of the piteous appeals * of the heedl< ss women and children. The forecastle aud rigging were soon crowded and the vessel beganlo with settle deafening down. Presently report occurred an ex¬ plosion the forecastle, a killing and throw¬ in mauy ing others into the sea. Luekiiy, the masts held and remained some yards above the water as the vessel touched the bottom. Philadelphia (Penn.) statistics show that fifty women are employed to 100 men j a that city, If you want to in reach the people yon should advertise this paper. «;•< A 1 • vy YEARS v* OF SUCCESSFUL VARIED EXPERIENCE In the Use of CURA - TIVE METHODS ,that we Alone owy V and Control, for all Dis*^r orders of • • • / \ • • • nit t*£ANS» MEN f a •MEN* • • CP K METHODS i Whoare and Who have weak or UN-M [ HOME |htU5ivm I thescom nervous of their /«. I DEVELOPED, or diseased fv Ifellows potent, and the con-! organa, who are suner-Bj. 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At the we?t the co!d and unfavorable weather and the bad condition of the country roads affect distribution and collections, and the ap¬ parent change may be only temporary. At the south the low price of cotton is felt, though a little improvement has occurred in the past two weeks. At the eastern cities, and to some extent through¬ out the country, uncertainty as to the monetary Vouud future checks operations. But there is in almost all quarters a feeling of confidence and hopefullness as to the future. PROSPECTS BRIGHTENING. Though the present effect of short crops is felt in the Northwest, the prospect for the coming season is exceptionally bright, and while in some of the chief manufact¬ ures operations are checked by uncer¬ tainty regarding prices, it may be ex¬ pected that the relations between ma¬ terials and finished products will soon be adjusted to the new conditions. 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The treasury has put out $2,500,000 more money than it has taken in during the week, besides issuing $1,000,000 more silver notes. Failures for the week number 230; for the corres.'-ponding week of last year. 215. ANOTHER DEATH TRAP. Loss of Life in a New York Ten ement House Fire. A five-story brick tenement, 37 & Allet street, New York, was gutted by fire Wednesday morning. Jastro Alexander owned a liquor store on the ground floor, and a number of families lived above. Loss, $15,000, Bernard Jaster, fifty-six; Betsy Jaster, thirteen, and Sarah Jaster, eignteen years of age, were burned to death. Minnie Jaster and Abraham Goldstein were seriously injured. The tenants were Hebrew families. Most of them went safely down the fire escapes. Max Goldstein found the rungs of the ladders white hot when he reached them, with three children in his arms, at the third-story windows. The police told him to drop them in a net, which he did. 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