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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1899)
Tho Banner Will Give Yon All The News of Conyers and Rock dale County. VOL. XXIV. jOUBERT SAID TO BE DEAD e It Js Alleged That He Fell In Bat= tie Over a Week Ago. OTHER BELATED NEWS. Genera! Buller’s riovements Are as Yet Unknown In London. Ladysmith Bombarded. A dispatch from Durban under date of Sunday, November 12, says: “The Times of Natal publishes a telegram (tom Lcurenzo Marques saying that General Joubevt was killed in action on November 9th.” London advices of Wednesday state tint the most interesting, and, in fact, Hie onlv news of the war now comes (tom the western frontier, the ac¬ counts of Colonel Baden-Powell’s bril¬ liant exploits at Mafeking forming quite lively and encouraging reading. Bench work iB quite novel in Boer tactics, and some curiosity is evinced as to who may be directing and as to what is still to be shown. Nevertheless, both at Mafeking and Kimberly, conditions seem altogether favorable. So far as Natal is concerned (he British must possess his soul in patience and trust to General Buller. A belated dispatch from Ladysmith, dated Nov.7th, tells of a languid bom¬ bardment and of a native rumor that tkeBasntos are on the warpath,which is supposed, according to one corres¬ pondent, to have had the effect of in¬ ducing some of the Orange,Free State troops to abandon the siege and to re¬ turn to their own territory and also to be accountable for the slackness of the attempts of the Ladysmith de¬ fenses, Another correspondent says (hat it is reported that in the attack upon the Free States at Dewdrop the Beers had 300 killed and wounded. If the reports that the Free State burgers are tired of the affair and are going home should prove true, the fact would be most important, as their retirement would probably compel General Joubert to withdraw north¬ ward. The statement that the Boers are entrenched so closely to Lady¬ smith is held in some quarters to in¬ dicate that they are running short of ammunition for guns. All of General Buller’s arrange¬ ments for the advance frofn Durban.it is Honored, arc practically completed, mid news of it may be expected in a few days. Tho war office has received several dispatches dealiug with mili Inry details, but it is not likely' that these will be published. Tho where¬ abouts of General Buller is not pub¬ licly known in London, but he is be¬ lieved to be up country somewhere. lielated Muwa of lloer Activity. A dispatch received in Capetown from Bulawayo, dated Friday, No¬ vember 3d, says an armored train pro¬ ceeded south close to Machudi, where « culvert was found damaged. The Basnto police, the dispatch Uds, report that a party of Boers has ■mm ii i the prudential INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA. If Home Office, Newark, N. J. John F. Dryden, President. 'I 0 / ASSETS JULY 1st, 1899, - $30,876,019.39. j RE JULY 1st, 1899, $ 5,747,423.39. JUGS > 0 1 mm m : <N' SURPLUS - - ! n /£g 'm I M ft mm m ,v. J •• k ~ Tm&m mm 4 • 1 I m Mr ** /r ft % if WlrJ/A FOR PARTICULARS AS TO GENERAL AGENCY CONTRACTS APPLY TO R. L. WHITE, Special Agent, JAMES O. WYNN, Kaaager Sortkern Department, Conyers, Georgia. Prudential Bmldiiig, Atlanta, 6a. The Rockdale Banner. been looting and damaging property. A Fort Tuli dispatch, under the same date says: “There is great activity in the Boer camp south of here, A reeonuoiteriug party sent along the line heard heavy firing in the distance. The party re¬ turned to Colonel Spreekley’s campon which the enemy was advancing in force. It was shelled at noon, stam peding every horse aud mule, but not touching a man. The Boers number¬ ed 400. The Boers surrounded Bych store, where a small party stubbornly resisted, Cush ultimately retiring to the and gaining from Tuli. An ofli cer and five troopers are missing from Spreekley’s force, which has been out some days reeonuoiteriug the ene¬ my s lorce, ami which had several skirmishes on returning to fort Tuli.” Miami’s Fever Report. Miami, Fla., reported' eight cases Tuesday ^ and three Wednesday. Total cases, 125; total deaths, 7. Neither Key West or Port Tampa City sent in reports for Wednesday. B ILL SUE RAILROAD. Chattanooga Merchants Want Mnnoy Hack From Overpaid Frsiulits. Tho merchants of Chattanooga are preparing to bring many suits against the Southern, the \\ estern and Atlan¬ tic, tho Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroads to recover from them money overpaid on freight. The decision of Justice Harlan at Cincinnati that these loads Could not charge Chattanooga more for freight than they did Nashville merchants, is the cause of the suits. They will sue for all amounts ovev paid si dee the first decision in favor of Chattanooga was given about six veavs ago. HENDERSON NAMES ASSISTANTS. Si>e}ik«v Hrpo’it Suuuussor ArrangeB Llgfc of Ills Clerk*. Congressman Henderson, .who will be the next speaker of the house, an¬ nounces the appointment of .Tides C. Richards, of Waterloo, la., as private secretary, to succeed Amos L. Allen, who was Speaker Reed’s secretary, and who ha3 just been elected to con¬ gress. Also that Asher 0. Hinds will continue as clerk at tho speaker’s table, and tHat LeKoy Neeley, for many years Congressman Heuderson’s private secretary, will be clerk. CRANDALL OUT OF PEN. rresUIent McKinley Cut* Mown III* Sen¬ tence ami Releases II m. J. E. Crandall, for years president of the First National bank, of Johnson City, Tenn., who was sent to Brook¬ lyn penitentiary in 1S96 for eight years on a charge of embezzlement,, has been released. President McKin¬ ley cut down his sentence on petition of congressmen and citizens of Kn'ox villo. Crandall will goto California to locate. PltOCTOK MAKES MESIAL* 8 a>s He I* Not Trying To Draw Dewey Into Politics. Senator Proctor, of Vermont, in an interview with a Washington Post reporter, -is.quoted as saying: “It is not true that I am trying to start a Dewey boom for the presi¬ dency. generally understood that “It was before Dewey left Manila he was averse to being drawn into politics, and I r m in a position to know that since his arrival in this country his antagonism has been confirmed.” INCOME FOR 1898, . - $ 17,481,875.00 NEW BUSINESS 1898, - ■ $164,65)4,784.00 TOTAL PAYMENTS TO POLICY-HOLDERS TO DATE, $ 39 , 333 , 060 . 09 . CONYERS, GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 1899. MAGAZINE BLOWS UP. M«„. Wagon and Hotm. Reduced to Atoms, While People a Mile Off Were Knocked Down. A magazine used by the Bradford uitro-glyceriu factory to store the ex plosive, located two aud a half miles east of Oibsonburg, Ohio, exploded Mouday afternoon. The shock was heard in towns within a radius of forty miles and the effects of the explosiou in the immediate neighborhood were terrific. The magazine was located in the woods a quarter of a mile from any dwelling, and this alone prevented greater loss of life. Beniamin Card, driver of a stock wagon, had brought a load of 720 quarts of nitro-giyeerin from the fac¬ tory at Bradford and was unloading it when the explosion occurred. Just how it happened will uever be learned. Card and the two horses driven by him received the full force of the oxplosion. He was blown almost to atoms, only a few shreds of his body being found and pieces of horse flesh were hurled several miles. ' It is supposed that Card had a com¬ panion, but this is not positively known. The explosion made a hole seven feet deep iu the solid rock and trees in the vicinity were torn to splinters. People within a mile of the place were knocked down-, pictures torn from the walls, dishes thrown out of cupboards, windows shattered and houses moved from their foundations. All the windows in Gibsonburg were broken. There were about 1,500 quarts of glycerin on the wagon and iri the magazine. Card lived in Brad¬ ford, O., and left a family. The shock was distinctly felt at Tifliu, forty miles away. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. List of New Industrie* Established tho Past Week. The new industries reported during the past week include, among the more important, 200-ton blast furnace in Tennessee; a carriage factory in North Carolina; coal mines and coke ovens in "West Virginia; a construction company in Arkansas; a $200,000 cotton mill in Mississippi; cotton seed oil mills in Alabama, Missis¬ sippi and Texas; a creamery aud cold storage plant iu Arkansas; an electric light plant in Mississippi; flouring mills in Tennessee, Texas and Virginia; foundries and machine shops in Alabama, Tennessee and Vir¬ ginia; a gas retort manufacturing com¬ pany in Alabama; a harness factory in Tennesseeja handle factory in Alabama; an ice factory in Florida; an ice and cold storage plant in Arkansas;’lum¬ ber mills in Alabama, Arkansas, Mis¬ sissippi, Tennessee and Virginia; lig¬ nite mines in Texas; phosphate plants in Alabama and Florida; a planing mill in Tenner see; a shingle mill in Alabama; a stave factory in Georgia..— Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) BARKED FROM MAILS. Four Pension Organizations Are Depriv¬ ed of the Kijfht* of the Malls. Officials of southern first-class post offices have received a statement from the postoffice department in regard to the organization of associations for the purpose of agitating the question of pensions for the ex-slaves aud their deeendants. The department investigated the “ex-Slave Petitioaere’ Assembly.” of Madison, Ark.; the “ex-Slave Mutual ^ Slava Pension Club Association,” of Nashville. The report made on these investigations is that the three organi¬ zations uamed were operating through the mails systematic schemes to de¬ fraud. The department prohibits the delivery of all mail addressed to these concerns. BRITISH RK-EXF0 RCEMEXTS Arrive At Cape Town On Troop Ships Armenian and Nubia. A dispatch from Cape Town to the wav office in Loudon announces the arrival there Mouday of the troop ship Armenian,with three batteries of artil¬ lery and ammunition column, and the troop ship Nubia, with Scots Guards and half a battalion of the Northamp¬ tonshire regiment. This brings the total number of re-enforcements to 12,- 80'2, of which about 6,d00 are already on the way to Durban. EX-MAYOR PLEADS GUILTY. Former Chief Executive of Pennacoljft, Flu., Receive* Heavy Sentence. A Pensacola, Fla., dispatch says: Ex-Mayor Fat McHugh,against whom several charges were pending in tho criminal court for malfeasance in, office in 1897, and who returned home a few lays ago and gave bond, appeared be¬ fore the court .Monday morning and pleaded guilty. maliciously threat¬ Iu one case for ening to accuse, he was sentenced to qay a fine of $500, but this sentence was suspended. On the charge of conspiracy ho was sentenced to one year in the comity jail or to pay a line of $500 and costs. The third case was nol pressed. AUGUSTA HONORED RIDGELEY. Returning Hero Accorded a Kouslnff IVcl come by HU Homo People Augusta honored Lieutenant Bulge ley Wednesday in royal southern style. The city was decorated \vith flags and bunting and thousands of people from city and country rounda bout thronged tho streets to honor and welcome the distinguished fellow citizen and guest. Captain Hollis Dead. A dispatch received at Washington Wednesday from Manila announces the death of Captain Magnus C. Hollis, Fourth infantry, who died of dysen¬ tery in the hospital. He was appoint ed to West Point from Newnau, Gn. SAYS LADYSMITH CAPITULATED. _ Pad. Newspaper Announce* Fall „t the n..i. K .d Town. A Paris ,T paper gleefully announces tlie fall , and , capture of ct Ladysmith, i ni,. but reports horn us souiee m> o gn onuse a ripple of excitement in Lou don. Nevertheless, there will bo con siderable anxiety, however, until the war office or some independent version of the latest developments at Lady smith is known. PERKY TO HANG, IVhile Tiiylor Get. I.tle Uent.nca For Mur. tier of Dennard. At Washington, Go., Saturday, Will Taylor was found guilty of the mur der of Jep Dennard aud sentenced to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. This is the second time Taylor has been convicted of this crime. Tho judge sentenced Fred Perry to be hanged Friday, December 8th. LEGISLATIVE LABORS The House Adopts ’Some Highly Important Measures. INSURANCE BILL PASSES THE SENATE New Plan of Inspecting Illuminating Oils Approved-Central OH Inspector Provided For. The session of the legislature last Monday was a busy one, both houses acting favorably on measures of the greatest importance, aud in both branches a large number of new bills wore read for the first time. In the senate the house bill by Mr. Duncan, of Houston, providing for tho reduction of tho deposit of insur¬ ance companies from $25,000 to $5,000 was passed with an amendment by Senator Clifton, of the second, includ¬ ing in tho reduction all fidelity and surety companies. Before going to the governor the Duncan bill must go back to the house for its action on the amendment. The house discussed freely tho bill by Dr. Watkins, of Gilmer, asking that solicitors general iu the state bo paid a fixed salary of $2 000 out of tho treasury of the state, but with the re¬ port of the committee against it tho measure failed to receive the constitu¬ tional two-thirds vote, and was lost. Dr. Watkins strongly urged his bill on the ground that the present meth¬ od of paying solicitors was in niauy instances undignified and unpleasant to tho official himself. The point was raised in the debate that the passage of the hill would increase the rate of taxation, ns it provided for an annual expenditure of something like $48,000. wWch the state had no means of get tinf , bllck from tbe . Mr. Brandon, of Fulton, introduced a 1^)] 0 f great interest to Atlanta, as it authorizes the cit}' to issue and sell j )0n( ] 8 to tll0 ext ent of $350,000 to bo use{ ] j n f] le extension of water mains and tho .erection of a lighting plant under municipal control. The bill was referred to a committee aud Mr. Brandon hopes to get it before the house favorably recommended iu the next few days. The house indorsed the temporary rules established by the commissioner of agriculture for the bettor inspection of illuminating oils and adopted the New York state test in the place of the old Tagliabue tester. Under this »«W method, which tho commissioner f *>™ly on, ! (1 daring himself he forced past to summer adopt teuta- every sample £ of oil that flashes at lOOdo gre{ p nhreDheit is to be condemned p,y ^ the inspector J who makes the test. bM the rigid ruIeB tho houge S8ed the bill b J M r. Park, of Gfee * idj ? for th e appointmeut i,ith of gtB a iuB or of oi! „ a sal flry ()f mo a „ lonth . There was op position m the house to the measure from those members who thought the state had enough inspectors already, but the leading members of the body urged its passage iuw as an absolute neoes sity unnir the now in force. The senate passed tho Duncan house bill reduoing tlie state deposits of in surance companies from $25,000 to $5,000, and investing authority in the comptroller general of the state to de termine,without recourse to the courts, the solvency of companies seeking to enter the insurance field in Georgia. Official Organ of Rockdale Conn* ty. Has Largest Circulation in The County. The bill, as originally passed in the house, affected only insurance compa nies, but by an amendment offered by Senator Clifton,of the second district, and adopted by the senate, fidelit >> surety companies will hereaft*. * only bo required to make the same do posit as is demanded of iusnranee companies. T \ ie appropriations committee of tho , house recommended an added ap propriation of $30,000 above the sum nlrendy allowed to moot the increns ^J&£STJ?SZZS£ The , of invalid confederate soldiers. report of the retiring commissioner of Bho ' Ve<l th * t 10 -T 1 ° $238,000 appropriatedfor , the indigent hst for 1900, winch was based on tho number of pensioners of that claw ui 1M18 would fail by 8.10,000 to pay al lm claims an iu the past year the hat has increased 800 The report showed that the appropriation for the invalid hst for 1900 would also be too short aud the report of the commisBioner suggested that J2 f 500additional would whereas, nearly one-half the session men tar v rules, and whereas, no reason exists for obstructing tne public busi ness of the atate except to prevent ac t.on on what is known as the temper nnce bit!. "Be it therefore resolved, That tho names of those who are obstructing the public business ho published that tho people may know who are respon¬ sible for the waste of time and money of tho state.” be necessary to meet all the claims under this head. A RED HOT RESOLUTION [nlroducnil In (lia Cloorifla Home of Ilep. resen(at(ves. A special from Atlanta says: Tho following resolution, proposed to cen¬ sure the minority, which was blocking action on the prohibition bill, was offered in the Georgia legislature Tuesday: essential to the best “Whereas, It is interest of tho state that important measures now before the house he dis¬ posed of; and whereas “The tax bill reported by special commission at tho expense of the people has not yet been acted on, and ALL MUST RESIGN. Utiiiujfcn In Fourth (ioorjrl# Ilujlmiml ItoI«»«Ha Nt»fT Olllcnrit. All the staff officers in Brunswick of tho Fourth Georgia regiment received a letter Wednesday from Colonel Wooten, asking them to resign their respective offices. Colonel This was done on the part of Wooten on account of the Brunswick Riflemen being transferred to the First Georgia regiment. The colonel said in his letter thnt it was with much regret thnt he had to ask them to resign, but ns Brunswick was no longer in his regiment, ho would bo comrelled to appoint staff officers in Hie cities of which bis regi¬ ment is made up. HOI1ART EATS HEARTILY. i'Ico Pro»I<Icnt Pnunml Gooil Day Timiday n ii< 1 Aid Tlireo MigiIn. A special from Patterson, N. J., states that Vice President Hobart had afairly good day Tuesday and is resting easily. He ato three meals during the day and sat up in his easy chair most of tho afternoon. He retired early at night and immediately fell asleep. TIE PRUDENTIAL Offers all That Is Good IN LIFE INSURANCE And Undar the Best Conditions. NO. 45. tiOV. JOHNS! ON ANNOUNCES. Notifies the Public That He Is In the Alabama Senatorial Race. Joseph E. Johnston, governor of Alabama, has formally announced that ho iB si candidate for the United States senate, The annoucement of bis candidacy appeared in the Montgomery Journal, ■>"“ printed While the story lias been throughout ... , . ilia ... southern press that Governor Johnston would be a camli date, tho official announcement did ; ulltil the Journal printed Qn aufborizod cage the statement that the J J to make tho an lo in0ement of 0ovcrno r Johnston for Uuite(1 StfttcR senate, other cnu did«te» are Hon. John T M tbo present senator, and f Congressman Oates and Hon. T . ^ 0( l u emoro The grant battle has already begun »»—»»»>» wiH started at »-? Florence, n <“ v pnp«P be ^ will support Governor Jolm- governor * seems to have incurred ^ . ]( wftQy polifcicianfI in the state through his stand in the last leg¬ islature and his killing the constitu¬ tional convention. He lias done other things for which lie has been con¬ demned, but ht^ goes on and his sup¬ porters express the belief that he will be successful in his contest with Sen¬ ator Morgan and ex-Governor Oates for the United States senatorship. Tammany Saves Parnell Homestead. Tho Pnrnell homestead in Wicklow county, Ireland, now advertised under foreclosure proceedings, will not bo sold. Tammany Hall, at a meeting of the executive committee held Satur¬ day, guaranteed the $10,000 needed to pay off the claims against the home¬ stead. Jail ns Hospital. Twenty-five of the men injured in the wreck on the Omaha and Fort Dodge road Friday aro being eared for at Dennison, la. Accommoda¬ tions were so limited that a number of tho least, injured have been lodged in tbo county jail, which has been fitted np as an emergency hospital. WORK OF CENSOR. 0(1* Would not, Allow Now* of I.oean’a Dentil Sent Out. It is reported from Manila that ow¬ ing to the censorship there, General Otis not permitting the sending of the names of the killed and wounded, a full account of tho engagement near Ran Fabiau was cabled, but the cor¬ respondents were not permitted to send the name of Maj. John A.Logan, killed in notion, or those of tlio others killed or wounded. ELEVEN MILLIONS AVAILABLE. Stanford Univorult-y Will lie Insti¬ tution In the World. A Han Francisco dispatch says: It is understood that the money obtained by Mrs. Jane Stanford, said to $11,- 400,000, for her stock in the (Southern Pacific to the Huntingtou-Speyer available syn¬ dicate, will at once be made for the use of tho Stanford university, which is now one of the wealthiest in¬ stitutions of learning in tho world.
