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1 %« Banner Will SWe Ten All The lews ef Conyers and Boek date County. 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.