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VOL. XXV.
SJVS CUBANS
WILL REVOLT
Tennesseean Just From Island
Predicts Trouble
fO BEfilN WITH ELECTION DAY
On the Other Hatid Generai WiUbn
Declares f hat Islaflders Are
Satisfied arid Serene.
A Nashville dispatch says: Colonel
y ran k M. Gardenskirej a jrfomihent
eifciten bf Chattanooga; weil known
over the state, has just returned from
i trip to Havana. Gardenshire, in an
interview, predicts an upr sing on the
day of the Havana municipal election
this mouth. He says:
‘‘In my opinion thero will be serious
trouble in Havana on the day of elec¬
tion. I have several personal friends
in Havana, and this seems to be the
impression amoug them.
“According to a late regulation,pro
mitigated by General ,v ood and other
authorities, 60 per cent of the voters
vill be disfranchised. Under tbe re¬
cent- order the qualifications of a vote;
were that he must be able to read and
write and own $250 worth of property.
This rule was advocated by the Span¬
iards and the more intelligent classes
i„ Havana. The regulation almost
skats out the average run of natives,
and mauy of them declare that if they
are not permitted to vote in the elec¬
tion there will be some throat cutting
on election day. outside
"The people from tbe coun¬
try aro now moving into Havana, and
all want offices, Some of them are
fighting for places on the police force,
while there are just twelve candidates
in the race for mayor.
“The natives seem to hate our sol¬
diers worse than the Spaniards, but
the impression prevails amoug tbe
ofhci&la at Havana that the Cubans
l would in engage in rows among tliem
f selves the minute the troops are with¬
drawn. In fact, so far as I oould see,
the gardening aud farm work is being
done by Chinamen.”
SAYS CUBANS ARE SATISFIED.
Geuerel James H. Wilson, military
[ goYernorof the department of Matan
zas-Santa Clara, in the course of an in¬
terview regarding Cuban affairs, said
lo the correspondent of the Associated
Press, nowin Matanzas:
“Trouble is absolutely out of the
Question. The future depends large¬
ly upon agricultural prosperity, aDd
where work is plentiful, wages are
good and a country is prosperous, no
sensible man wishes to alter condi¬
tions. If sugar goes to the United
States free or nearly so, there will be
such an influx of capital and of immi¬
gration as would render Cuba ere long
oae of the richest and most prosperous
countries in the world.
“The cattle industry yields enor¬
mous profits, particularly as respects
working placed cattle, which can never be re¬
by mules, because the pectrHar
conditions are better adapted to ent¬
ile. Coffee, timber and fruit also of¬
fer great inducements to capitalists,
«nd tobacco planting yields almost
immediate returns.
“I don’t consider that the immediate
future of Cuba depends chiefly upon
schools, tion roadmaking, improved sanita¬
or judiciary these reform, although, of
course, things are of very great
importance. The best thing the
United States can do for Cuba and
'oc Cubans is to give every opportu
?'*y land f°r improving the value of the
by putting it to the best uses. In
tins way capital could do an immense
amount of good here, as well as get
,a| ge returns. I suggest supplying
cattle for working purposes on a time
oasis, accepting regular rates of inter
est . which should be about 1 per cent
Per month. Cattle can be landed here
,l a cost of $70 a yoke, which, once
would bring more than $150.
Large numbers of working cattle
ar e required by reliable and haid
woking iiem. men who are anxious to obtain
Were I a man of twenty-five,
with energy and some capital, I should
‘’•‘ftainly best look upon Cuba as one oi
ne places to accumulate wealth.”
McMILLIX ENTERS RACE.
'’’■'sent Governor of Tennei.ee Will Try
lulled Slate. Senator.hip.
“e senatorial race in Tennesseee
0W has three entries. Governor
|, enton McMillin
tue is an assured start-
5 contest thus becoming three
J aa r nered. W. For Camack, sometime of Congress- tenth dis
.., the
c .’ an£ l David L. Snodgrass, chief
:
s lc ® °i the court of Ten
j. 66 ba:ve supreme
*ith ’ h> een candidates while,
l n ° expression from the governor,
, nends have
. been actively at work
j? , 18 interest. The matter was set
(v Monday by a speech delivered by
McMillin to a large gather
? at Pulag^i j n ( 5 H es county.
K Rl'GE7t WILLING TO QUIT.
,atlon of W »Y. However. Matt Be On
ot Independence.
8 ei|fiom ranaV al 8genoJ ' at Brussels,
\ c “ nfitms c the statement that
iPeace * S read J *° condad®
that indeSSncr^tr °1 ? SnublSs T ifn
^^UetohA thestruggle will
^ "WeCoL r e , nd - The agency n |
*Wth.n T W Natal Wl11 rebel b
“au allow t. annexation.
The Rockdale Banner e
FOR FREE TRADE.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, Of*
fers Amendment to the Porto
Rican Tariff Bill.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, offered
fth amendment to the Porto Rican bill
in the senate at Monday’s session Its
effect is to have the tariff laws of the
United States applied to Porto Bico
Upon foreign imports, and allow abso¬
lute ffee trade between the United
States and Porto Rico. He also pro¬
poses a new section as follows i
Jor the ptirrmsfe Of this Act the fol¬
lowing provisions of tiie Constitution
of the United States are hereby ex¬
tended and inade applicable to Porto
Rico:
The congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes, duties, imports
and excises, lo pay the dfibtg and pro¬
vide for the cbiiinion defense and gen¬
eral welfare of the United Stii’es; but
all duties imports and excises shall be
uniform thoughout the United States.
No capitation or other direct tax
shall be laid, unless in proportion to
the census or enumeration hereinbe¬
fore directed to be taken.
No tax or duty shall be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenue to
the ports of one state over those of an¬
other; nor shall vessels bound to or
from one state be obliged to enter,
clear or pay duties in another.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Will Itli-et Tii OrFinil", Florida, On March
33il—A Cull ISsu-d.
The committee recently appointed
to perfect arrangemeutH for holding a
state good roads convention In Orlan^
do, Fla., consisting of representatives
from the city council, board of trade,
county commissioners Democratic
committee, have issued the following
call:
Believing that every citizen and eV‘
ery inclustiy within the state of Flori¬
da are vitally interested in publio
highways, and being fully convinced
of tbe benefits to be derived from dis
enssion and conference over this im¬
portant question, a state good roads
convention is hereby called to be held
in Orlando on March 22 and 23, 1900.
The county commissioners of each
of the several counties have beeu re¬
quested to oppoint one or more dele¬
gates. Cities, towns, boards of trade,
bicyle clubs and other organizations
will send delegates. Arrangements
aro being made for practical expert
discussion of good highways generally
and the following topicB will form in¬
teresting topics for dicusaion:
Best plans and methods of construc¬
tion. How shall funds be raised for
road building. Bn ycle paths, their
construction with publio highways.
Improvements of streets iu towns and
villages. What. is the best material
for this purpose available in the state?
An effort is being made to secure the
presence of General Roy Stone, Hon.
W. L. Wilson, of the United States
department of agriculture, and other
men of national reputation to attend.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
TUe Various New InUu.trJe. K.tabli.hcd
The more important of the now in
dustries reported for the past week in
Carolina; a broom factory in South
Carolina: brown stone quarries in
North Carolina; a carriage factory and
coalmines in Kentucky; two cotton
mills in Alabama one in Georgia
™ BC ln ° r ' a ln
p r , - m , 'electric „
light and power company in North
Carolina; a fertilizer factory m Vir
gima; flouring mills in Georgia, Lou
lsiana, Texas and West Virginia, a
(r^n^eTctrrefiXrlrCaro:
lina; acetylene gas works in Virginia;
an ice factory in Tennessee, knitting
mills in F orida, Georgia and North
Loutunk nS Caro ina SfSS
gina; a machine shop and mattress fac
tory in North Carolina; a mosquito
net factory in Tenne.ee, a naval stores
company in North Carolina, ochre and
sienna mines in Georgia, a paper mill
in Louisiana; a petroleum company bouth n
West Virginia; a soap factory in
Carolina; telephone companies m
Florida and North Carolina; tobacco
factories in Kentucky, South Carolina
and Virginia.—Tradesman, (Chatta
nona, Tenn.)
BOGUS “CAPTAIN” COMMITTED.
Moyes Bound Oyer to Federal Court for
Impersonating: Government Officer.
Julius Moyse, who married Miss
~
tried before Commissioner Craig, of
the United States court, on the charge
of impersonating a government officer,
He was committed to the higher court
under a bond of $1,000. Moyse says
his father will sign his bond.
Boer Prisoners Numbered 4,660.
The Boer prisoners surrendered at
Paardeberg total np 4,660 men. About
8,000 of them were sent to Cape Town.
JOURNALISTS AGAINST TRUSTS.
j»ntionaI editorial Amoclatlon rules
Strone Iteiolotions.
At Saturday’s session of the Nation
a i Editorial Association in New Or
Jeans the resolutions against trusts
Wer6 Uken f debatG ° n th f
<f ne8tlOD c r L DU ? fC V 0me tl t - w-* Dd
wlth muchheat. The resolutions
against trusts were adopted, 244 to
04, with au amendment urging con-
6 ress to take ’“mediate action against
the paper trust.
CONYERS. GA.. FRIDAY, MARCH 9. 1900.
NOT YET WHIPPED
Filipino Insurgents Determined
to Cirry On the Struggle.
^MCJHCAN OFFICIALS ARE SUSPICIOUS
Many Supposedly Royal Natives Sympa¬
thize With Kdieli and Prote
*
to Be Trrtltofrs.
Reports reach the Associated Tress
from variotis sotircOs, including army
officers and the heads of commercial
houses with agents throughout the is¬
lands, of continued activity among the
insurgents who are endeavoring to
keep alive the armed opposition to the
United States and are planning to con¬
tinue the insurrection with guerrilla
warfare on a larger scale when the
rainy season begins.
A person holding a position second
only to that of the governor general
tells the Associated Press he is con¬
vinced that the insurgent organization
has been remarkably rehabilitated dur¬
ing the past month, particularly in
the northern provinces. He says the
insurgents have a secret organization
patterned after the Katipunan meth¬
ods, even in the strongest garrisoned
towns, affording perfect means of com¬
munication, and that the machinery is
managed from Manila, some of the
leaders being Filipinos pretending to
bo supporters of the American admin¬
istration, and many of the municipal
governments installed by the army
forming part of the machinery. leading
Two correspondents of
American weeklies who have traveled
for a month in Bengnel and Ilocos
with letters to insurgent chiefs, going
alone fifty miles from garrisonB
being everywhere hospitably received,
say the people make no secret of
sympathy with the insurrection.
though admitting that the Fiipino
diers abuse them, they still
these soldiers from the American
ing parties. They claim to have
munication with aguinnldo. Paterno,
in the northern mountains of Manila,
is full of civil and military officials
all ranks of Agninaldo’s government
who were captured or surrendered
who were brought here and
on promises to refrain from agitation.
While many of the insurgent
cival officers were continued in
on taking the oath of allegiance,
dents who are acquainted with
have little faith in their adherence
their promises. All the civil
of Tarlac, capital of the province
that i ame, numbering eleven
have been arrested and charged
plotting, and two insurgents Lave
captured at Malabon with
ing papers and $4,000 collected
the natives.
Some of the municipal
appear loyal and efficient, On
other hand, one American general de¬
clares that he believes the majority in
his province are agents of the insur
^ q{ influrgent paraph l e
» bein 3 emulated, asserting that
Merely *Tmaskfor
ci.l exploitation of the Philippine,
^ S
^spaper headed , . , “Let .. r _. Us ,, Be
es
T trial of tke Ld guerrilla
^ murder is fini6 and it is
lieved the commission’s verdict will
Indictment, against
^o 'eportTarbeen P received has
£ expedition. { He
P ,? ed inl and , where
. on with » him is impracticable. th^
The army throughout
_ £” kifling
7 z f on ’LsVgente * and * a
{ The ;etion from M nila
thoroughly ^e^Fim cleared,
J nd Colonel Kennan took
^ h f h tfae mountaina to Baler>
ea9 e rn coast, without
. ^ rgent . But they are
, * northern coast from Da
P Aparri £ . Occasional P
Qme American goldier b
killed ^ disappearing . In the south
ern provinces the insurgents
to barrass the American garrisons
night demonstrations.
ON MISSION OF PEACE.
Cominanclcr-In-Cblef Shaw of G. A. R.
Broaches Fraternity.
General Shaw,
i of the Grand Army of the Republic,
■ ■** •»««“•**
Va., Tuesday night. There
many Union and Confederate veterans
present, and lie was cheered to the
echo as he announced that he was just
j starting on a tour of twelve southern
states, and that his mission was one of
peace and concord, equal to the pres
j ent and reaching to the future. He
| pleaded eloquently for unity and fra¬
ternity and made a profound impres¬
sion.
OTHERS AFTER MOYSE.
j tontilnn» Aothorltiee "Cuptein.” Are Anxious For
Bora*
A bencb warran t was received in
, . Tn i: nH
‘
, boon* Tantaia Clark from
Clinton, La Moyse got a draft cash
ed there and beat the firm who accom
modated him . The Clinton case is a
§t “ one a[]J if M escapes con .
victio in New 0rleaI19 he will be
tQrC6d oyer ^ W y,ton authorities,
RECEIVERS’ REPORT
As to Status of Southern Mutual
Building and Loan Associa¬
tion Affairs.
Judge J. A. Anderson and Mr. M. A.
O’Byrue, receivers of the Southern
Mutual Building and Loan association,
have filed in the office of the clerk of
the superior court at Atlanta a state¬
ment of the receipts and disburse¬
ments from January 1 to February 28,
1900.
The report shows the cash on hand
to be $70,955.23. covered
The receipts for tho period
were $10,226.17, and the disburse¬
ments were $1,219.90.
The statement is as follows:
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1900.
Georgia receivership......$40,726.20 6,344.16
Mississippi receivership....
Florida receivership. ...... 14,878.69
Real estate loans in full set¬
tlement and on account 3,576.99
Bills receivable........... 45.20
Beal estate—sale of property
and rents............. 6,007.35
State Savings bank: Ten
per cent dividended on
reserve fund account.. 562.38
Sanders «fc Davis—money ad¬
vanced by them to pay
taxes on ass’ij property
in Cedartown, Ga..... 24.48
Interest, discount and ex¬
change—interest on 9.77
loans.................
Total receipts $72,175.22
disbursements.
Real estate loans, insurance,
taxes etc............... $ 236.44
Real estate taxes, insurance
and repairs............. 303.77
Sanders & Davis-^-refund
amount advanced for taxes 24.48
Interest, discount and ex¬
change on deposits in Neal
Loan and Banking Co.... 4.05
Postage.................. 5.00
Legal expensejeertified copy
order of court appointing
auditor, filed with court
iu Tenuessee........... 2.25
Salary; receivers, aud account,
compensation office
force................ .. .
Incidental expense........
Traveling expense.........
Total disbursements $
Cash on hand February 28, 1900:
Georgia
Florida receivership. .
Mississippi receivership...
Total disbursements
Judge Anderson stated that
thought the basis of settlement
the shareholders of tho
would be determined at the
term of the superior court. Mr. T. A.
Hammond,’the auditor to whom
various points in the case were
ferred several months ago, has
nearly completed the hearing of
dence and argument.
If an appeal should be made from
the ruling of the auditor Judge
derson thinks a decision of the
preme court could be secured within
few months.
The money hitherto collected
been from creditors who settled
tarily, aud until a judgment is
nounced as to the rights of the
parties, the receivers will not bo in
position to enforce collections aud to
distribute the assets.
DAY FOR TAX RETURNS.
February lfit Is Named by Georgia
cials as tlio Date.
At a conference betw'een Governor
Candler, Comptroller General
and Treasurer Speer at the
last Monday the agreement was reach¬
ed to fix February 1, 1900, as the day
for making tax returns all over the
state. Under the act of the last legis¬
lature the three officials named are re¬
quired to name the day between Jan
u ary lst and April 1st, but are
permitted to agree upon it until after
March 1st.
This requirement is made in order
to prevent irregular returns and to
give no opportunity for evasion of
taxes. The following is the order
issued by the comptroller general fix¬
ing February 1st as the day for the
return of taxes:
Atlanta, Ga., March 5, 1900.—
Whereas, the general tax act, ap¬
proved December 22, 1898, requires
tbe governor, the comptroller general
and the state treasurer to fix a day be¬
tween January 1st and April 1st of
each of the years 1899 and 1900 as a
day for making returns of taxes,which
day shall not be fixed until March 1st
of each of the years mentioned (as pro¬
vided by the act approved December
20, 1898): ordered. That the
It is, therefore,
first day of February, 1900, be, and
the same is, hereby fixed and desig¬
nated as the day for making returns of
taxes for the year 1900, hereby requir¬
ing the values of all property owned
and possessed on that day to be the
basis of said tax returns.
Witness our official signatures this
the 5th day of March, 1900.
A. D. Candler, Governor.
Wm. A. Wright, Comp. Gen.
W. J. Speer, State Treasurer.
GOEBEL LAW STILL STANDS.
Bill to Repeal Kentucky Election
Lost On Party Vote.
A Frankfort special says: The house,
Tuesday, by a party vote killed
bill introduced by Representative
well, Republican, which proposes
repeal the Goebel election law and to
substitute for it the law in force at
the time of its passage and under
which the election machinery wai in
the hands of the county judges.
COTON JUMPS
TO TEN CENTS
Product Brings Highest Price
Known In Years.
DEALERS BUYIND UP THE CROP
They are Paying a Good Price For
Delivery Next Fall—How the
Work Is Done.
Monday at the closing of tho cotton
market in New York middling spots
were selling in that city at 9 13-16 for
uplands and 10 1-16 for gulf. May
closed Saturday at 9.38-9 and Monday
rose to 9.54. Atlanta spot ootton
jumped tip to 9§, at which point the
staple was worth about $47 per bale,
which Is more than it has brought in
some years. bale
Cotton is worth about $10 per
and the crop is worth about $90,000,000
more than it was on New Year’s day.
The cotton market is excited and
speculation as usual is heavy, but the
most remarkable aud significant feat¬
ure of the present situation is that
cotton houses are buying next fall’s
crop, seven to ten months ahead of
time.
This is not a purchase of futures in
the ordinary sense, but a contract to
take actual cotton when it matures and
is ready for market.
Prominent cotton firms are offerin 33
to take next fall’s crop at 7i to 00
cents, and a great deal of cotton has
been sold to them already. It is re¬
ported on what appears to be good
authority that the fertilizer compa¬
nies, who will receive an immense
amount of cotton in payment for fer¬
tilizers, have already sold their con¬
tracts at 7J cents to cotton bouses.
The Virginia Carolina Chemical
company supplies a large part of the
fertilizers sold in Georgia and other
southern states, and is roported to
have sold an immense quantity at 350
pounds of cotton per ton.
This would make tho Virginia Caro¬
lina Chemical company long on fall
cotton, and it is reported that they
sold or agreed to sell their cotton con¬
tracts to a prominent ootton house for
7j[ cents. This would net them $27.12
per ton for fertilizers which sold last
year below $20.
Thus a large part of the cotton crop
of this section has been bought with
fertilizers at a boom price and sold for
cash against the market.
The question naturally arises, how
can the cotton houses afford to buy
next fall’s crop?
The answer is that they can sell it
as they buy it, ahead of time, and they
do so.
The speculative market is such that
fall cotton can be sold in New York at
a fraction over 8 cents, and when a
cotton firm buys cotton for actual de¬
livery next fall, it protects itself from
the hazard of the market by buying
futures to tbe same extent.
The question arises again, ,how does
it profit them to buy and sell at the
same figures, paying commissions and
other expenses?
They contract ahead of time for the
handling of so much cotton, on every
bale of which they make tho ordinary
profitB of tho business.
In other words, they are securing
business ahead of time and ahead oi
their competitors.
Other motives have been attributed
to the cotton men. It has been sug¬
gested that they wish to handle a big
crop because their profits figure at so
much a bale, and knowing the effect
of such an offer on the acreage, are
publishing it broadcast in the plant¬
ing season.
Whether the have any such motive
or not, there can be no doubt that the
offer of 7} to 8 cents for the fall crop
will induce the farmers to plant very
heavily.
The trouble about it, so far as the
farmers are concerned, is that it will
induce many to plant beyond their
means who will not be careful to make
themselves safe in doing so. The pub¬
lication of these advance offers for
next fall’s crop will affect the action of
hundreds of thousands of planters,
who will be in no wise protected.
M’MILLIN MAKES APPOINTMENTS.
Tennessee’s Democratic Governor Gives
Two Places To Republicans.
A Nashville dispatch says: Governor
McMillin has announced that he has
decided to appoint T. P. Marshall police
commissioner and Clement Woodworth
to the board of public works of Chatta¬
nooga. Both are Republicans and suc¬
ceed retiring Republicans.
Slot Machines Must Go.
Chief Justice Nicholls, in the Lou¬
isiana supreme court, has handed down
an opinion declaring the right of the
city council of New Orleans to pass an
ordinance prohibiting the operation of
slot machines.
LUNATIC USED CLUB.
Kills ft Fellow Prisoner, Wounds Sheriff
and Temporarily Escape!.
J. B. Campbell, a crazy man in jail
at Canton, Ala., brained a fellow pris
oner and probably fatally wounded
Sheriff J. T. Cooley Saturday morning
and escaped. He was recaptured
shortly afterward and returned to j'ail.
Much excitement prevails and the jail
is guarded to prevent the murderer’s
friends and relatives from rescuing
him,
Official Organ of Rockdale Ion*
The'Cdafit tf. Has Largest Circulation fn
jr.
COMER’S WILL PROBATED.
While No Figures Are (liven the Estate
Id Over SI ,000.000.
The will of the late H. M. Comer
waB probated at Savannah, Ga., Mon¬
day in common form. It will be pro¬
bated in solemn form later.
The executrix, Mrs. Lila C, Comer,
qualified, and Mr. Edward T. Comer,
the youngest brother, Mr. Hugh Co¬
mer, and Mr. D. A. Denmark qualified
as executors. Mr. John D. Comer,
the youngest son, is to become an exe¬
cutor when he becomes of age.
The entire estate is given to the ex¬
ecutrix and executors in trust for the
benefit of Mr. Comer’s family.
The will gives no evidence of the
amount of the property, and the exec¬
utors do not express any opinion under¬ as to
the value of the estate. It is
stood, however, that it is considerably
over $1,000,000.
M’KINLEY GUEST OF HONOR.
Npeaks at Banquet of Ohio Society In
New York City.
The Ohio Society of New Tork held
its fourteenth annual dinner at the
Waldorf-Astoria last Saturday night.
President McKinley was the guest of
honor. More than 400 covers were
laid.
Before tho banquet President Mc¬
Kinley, with President M. I. Southard
of the society and Henry L. Burnett,
chairman of the banquet committee,
held a reception and shook hands with
members of the society and the gnests.
The list of speakers on the program
was as follows: President McKinley,
Gov. George K. Nash, of Ohio; John
A.. Richards, solicitor general of the
United States; Lieut-Gov. Timothy
L. Woodruff and James H. Hoyt.
There were no fixed toasts, the
speakers having subjects allotted to
them as they were called upon.
ROBERTS’ MOVEMENTS GUARDED.
Nothing of Interest Is Allowed to Escape
Censors In South Africa.
A London dispatch says: The air of
mystery which covers the movements
of the main British army in South
Africa continues, tbongh wliat infor¬
mation leaks through indicates that
the campaign is being carried on with
steady progress. There are now prac¬
tically three British armies in the
field, one in tho Free State, one in
Cape Colony and the other in Natal.
All that is known about the first aud
most important is that it is in close
touch with the body of Boers estimated
to number about 6,000 men. Specu¬
lation as to the direction and method
of General Boberts’ advance into the
Free State is quite worthless, so care¬
fully aro the plans concealed.
A TEMPORARY RECEIVER
For tho Itluckwell Durham Company at
Durham, N. C.
P. S. Hill, of New Yerk, has been
appointor! temporary receiver of Black¬
wells Durham Tobaoco company. The
appointment was made by Judge Si
monton, of the United States cirouit
court at Charleston, S. C., and Hill
qualified in Raleigh and gave bond in
the sum of $50,000 and is now in
charge. made returnable be¬
The matter is
fore Judge Simouton in Charleston on
April 17, when a permanent receiver
will be appointed and order for sale
of the factory made. The application
for a receiver was made by a majority
of tho stockholders of the company in
order to settle up business and divide
assets.
“SAPllO” IS SUPPRESSED.
Actress Netliersole and Her Hackers Must
Glvo Bond.
A New York dispatch says: As the
result of a decision of Magistrate
Mott, holding Miss Olga Nethersole,
now famous for the part she has been
playing in “Sapho,” Hamilton Re
vello, the leading man; Marcus Meyer,
manager of the company, and Theo¬
dore Moss, lessee of Wallack’s theater
each in $500 bail for trial at the spe¬
cial session on a charge of produoing
a play that offended public decency.
Wallack’s theater was closed Nlonday
night and no production of “Sapho”
was attempted.
To Repeal Duties On Paper.
Representative Deveries, of Califor¬
nia, introduced a joint resolution in
the house for the repeal of duties on
white or printing paper and the mate¬
rial from which it is made, and direct¬
ing the ntlorney gene’-al to proceed
under the anti-trust law against those
maintaining a monopoly io such paprt
and material.
CORBIN^ - mTlITARY RECORD.
Senator Pettigrew A»k» For Conrtmartlnl
Document* of 1864.
When the senate convened Saturday
Mr. Pettigrew introduced and the sen¬
ate passed a resolution instructing the
secretary of war to send to the senate
the proceedings in the courtmartial
documents of 1864 against the then
Lieutenant Colonel Corbin, now adju¬
tant general of the army.
Coaling Station Near Newport.
The United States government has
purchased a site in Portsmouth, six
miles from Newport, R. I., as a coal¬
ing station. The site consists of 100
acres with a shore frontage ofnearly a
mile.
_
TELLER CRITICISED REPORT.
Senate Adjourned K.rlyOn Account of the
Death of Kepre.entatlve Epc.
The senate held a brief session Sat¬
urday, adjourning early on account of
the death of Representative Epes, of
Virginia. During the session Mr.
Boss, of Vermont, spoke in opposition
to the seating of Hon. M. S. Quay,
and Mr. Teller spoke in criticism of
the conference report upon the car
renev bill. A number of privet* p*n
sion bills were passed during th» dajr.
NO. 8.
HALF HUNDRED
MINERS KILLED
i
Most Disastrous Explosion Ever
Known In Wes tVigrink
ioTin
ENTOMBED WITHOUT WARNING
Relief Parties From Surrounding
/lines of the District Rush
to the Rescue.
f4ys: J A special from Fire Creek, W. Va.,
The most disastrous mine ex¬
plosion ever known in the New River
district occurred at tho Red Ash mine
sjhortly after the miners went to work
early Tuesday morning.
Although the most heroio work of
the rescuing party had been going on
incessantly all day it was impossible
at the time to estimate the full ex¬
tent of the loss of life and property.
More than fifty dead bodies were
■oon taken out and tlie number of
dead men may roach eighty-five more.
It was thought Tuesday night that at
least forly-tlve were still entombed iu
the wrecked mine.
* The Red Ash mino is a large drift
and the explosion occurred near tho
entrance, which was thus closed by
falling slate, entombing a large num¬
ber of miners. The scene of the dis¬
aster is botwoen Fire Creek and Thur¬
mond, on the south branoh of tho
Cheseapeak aud Ohio railway, aud
every assistance possible was rendered
by tbe railway company aud by tho
adjoining mining towns. Relief par¬
ties from great distances arrived as
soon as possible. Pinckney with
State Mine Inspector workmen
a corps of experts and many
were constantly on the ground render¬
ing all assistance possible and devoting
his attention more toward relief than
to an official investigation as to tho
cause of the disaster.
J. Fred Eflingor, of Staunton, Va.,
the present owner of tho mines, spared
no effort in the work of rescue and re¬
lief, aud his manager, Ferdinand
Howeli, had all the men available at
work in trying to clear away the debris
aud rescuo tbe entombed men.
The managers and bosses of all tho
mines in the district hurried to tho
scene as soon as possible aud joined in
the work of rescuing. The work wae
greatly impeded because of the extent
of the enormous blockade at the en¬
trance to the drift.
At tho mouth of the mine the scene
was beyond description, the wives and
children aud the neighbors of those
who were known to be entombed were
there in full force and their anxiety
and distress was most intense.
After tbe men got under headway
in the work of rescue they reached the
first party in less than an hour, hut
they met greater difficulties after that
time. It was then that telegrams were
sent to other towns for physicians, the
nurses and caskets, but during
greater part of the day there was use
only for the caskets.
.-'AH work was stopped in the sur¬
rounding mines of the distriot and the
people within a radius of many miles
assembled on the grounds of the Red
Ash company. Had the accident oc¬
curred an hour later mauy more would
have been entombed in the mines.
The estimates on the number in the
mines when the explosion occurred
are based on tbe numbei who went in
at 7 o’clock. The manager stated that
by 8 o’clock there would have been
twice as many men in the mines.
Aa victims were brought to the sur¬
face and carried away upon tbe hastily
constructed stretchers, it was frequent¬
ly noticed that many met their hus¬
bands, fathers, brothors and sons
among the rescuers when they thought
these men were in the mines. These
meetings were very affecting.
The population of the mining vil¬
lage is only 500. All are miners and
very many ' of them are related and
they all know each other. There was
great distress all day among those
who could not find their friends or
-bear from any one that they had seen
them since the explosion.
CHINN SUES FOR DAMAGES.
Wife of Frankfort Merchant Say# @h«
Saw Him Slioot Goebel.
Colonel Jack Chinn, the turfman
and politician, who was with the
Democratic governor, William Goebel,
when the latter was assassinated, has
filed a suit for libel against Mrs. Kate
M. Banta. wife of a merchant at
Frankfort. that de
The first paragraph charges
fendant, in. the presence of various
people, declared that she saw Chinn
“shoot Goebel from behind,” and
that by this libelons declaration he
has been damaged in the Bum of
$25,000.
Whittaker Trial Begins.
The case of Harlan Whittaker, tha
Butler county man suspected of com¬
plicity in the Goebel shooting, was
called in the county court at Frank¬
fort, Ky., Tuesday before Judge
Moore.__________
Boy Indicted For Murder.
W. Lucius Adkins, who shot and
killed Edward Brooks in a Whitehall
street store in Atlanta a few days ago,
was indicted by tbe grand jury Tues¬
day on a charge of murder.