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Itest-tbe convention.
the
! tD e nominees. Northen.
^Estate—-Gen. „ „ W J. Cook,
^fltmeral—Hun. Phil A.
W.
“Swe-Hon. K. T. Ncs
the electors. of
Ita'e at Large-Joe James
D. Candler, of Hall, al
lien
of Bibb. DuPont Gucrry,
ley
ternate. [ Districts:
fRerrington, of Emanuel. Dan
r of Bulloch, alternate
f’ Walters, of Dougherty. 8.
L f. of Thomas, alternate I. E.
Hinton, of Sumter.
f Dooly, alternate,
in. Adamson, of Carroll, a •
L of Muscogee, alternate. Fulton. J.
|[ Blackburn, of
[on, L Flynt, of Clayton of Spalding. alternate. G.
'of Henry, alternate
M B Young, of Bartow. VV.
of polk, alternate.
> Shannon, of Elbert. G. \v .
bam, alternate. Gwin
liam E. Simmons,. of
E. Chandler, of Union, alter
W. Lindsay, of Wilkinson.
r of Glascock alternate,
r F. McCook, of Glynn. B.
| of Telfair, alternate.
(
} executive committee.
ite of Large— Allen Fort, of
W Nelms, of Fulton; J. T.
of Bibb; G. R. Brown, of
plarkflowell, of Fulton, mem
batiocal committee, ex-officid
members: liswiy
Hartridge, of Cnutliam;
I, I. Sheffield, of Screven. of Early; J. L.
litchell.
[. Hodges, of Houston; W. E.
aybr. Richardson, of Muscogee;
I
ihaw, of Troup.
I Hale, of Rockdale; W. T.
Clayton. E. E.
I. Sandwich, of Upson;
Jutts. :
B. Hamilton of Floyd; J. C.
obb.
es M. Smith, of Oglethorpe;
win, of Morgan.
brgeL. Bell, of Forsyth; How
pson, of Hall.
f L. Wooten, of Jefferson; T.
of Hancock.
(cobL. Beach, of Glynn; Wal
nents, of Dodge.
'HE CONVENTION HALL.
■ Irgia
state democratic couven
kiied to order in the hall of
pi sdav representatives at the cap
at noon.
ifore that time, however, the
Was delegates, crowded, and anxious vis
elbowing their
difficulty in into the hallway, or
ing hopeless d> spair of getting
room were turning back
lin the rotundas of the state
Ij at the noon hour Chairman
called the vast assembly to or
tis address Mr. Atkinson said:
o of the Democratic Convention—
•tion has met in pursuance of the
1 s ate deni ;--:itic executive commit
rai certain duties suggested in that
ire to select the membei s of the
wtic executive committee from your
usiricts. You are to complete that
setobe appointed by your perrna
lan from the state at large. In ad
tha: .'Ou „ are to . nominate ner,r
1 who are to fill the
governor and statehouse offi
“gihe next two year*, and the
hoatthem. to name those men (Applause.) wlio will cast
il rote i f Georgia for the democratic
pier Pg Cleveland. (Applause.) For
Arm'L jt will n V triumph 68 ! than we * ony will thousand carry the
i « she *g assssK
Georgia should meet defeat in this
® took charge of the state
lb ® drove from power political high
ho Sr ! 8 Ind fromthat"
* of honor day
fomocratic hands, Georgia’s honor
spotless and Georgia’s progress has
e.ous. » « * y e j.
'he knowledge that every
-a by dem cratic legislatures in Geor
[ g * a U P that Georgia Chicago mug' must divide, guide
^- ^ a auu 'd ,he\!iV ne same race am f*H' that er carried ’ ,h i
“ 1808, which has ried
ca us
of progress, which has laid
' : h- m nopolies of this state and
e°ntrolrW. m “the axeyourmaster8an ^
'^ffaiisof e org“, e
^ Wcy Ge
«* Georgians. (Applause.)
pro- efor what ? To turn back
ro£^ rend -<° factions the
0 ry people who submit toils
> never. There is a secret curse and
special bolt hidden in the heavens that will
blast anv man who seeks to divide ua and who.
to sratifv personal ambitions, is willing to
bu iia his personal fortunes on his country’s
pprtant thing is to keep Georgia her where her in
teliigence, her virtue And honor can control
her'affairs and guide her to ths manifest des
tinv that awaits our mother state. [Great and
prolonged applause.]
When he had finished he announced
that nominations for temporary chairman
were in order. Mr. J. L. TI irdeman, of
Bibb, nominated Editor Pleasant A. Sto¬
vall, of the Savannah Press, as the min
for the place. He was nominated by ac
clamation, and responded in a gran
speech, which elicited prolonged ay
plause. When chairman announced
temporary
for business, six voices at once were
heard nominating Hou. W. A. Harris,
Mark Hardin and Henry Cabaniss as
secretaries of,the convention. Of course
the favorites, the secretaries of state con¬
ventions since the memory of mau runneth
not to the contrary, were elected. Mr.
James Smith, of the last house, was
made messenger with a hurrah. The
chair requested all delegations’ names to
be sent to the clerk’s desk, but somebody
moved that the roll of counties be called.
lu a telling speech Hon. Robert L.
Berner, of Monroe, nomin 'el Hon. W.
Y. Atkinson as permanent chairman of
the convention. The i o ninatio'i was
numerously seconded and Air. Atkinson
was unanimously chosen, and responded
i i a telling speech.
A comm ttee on resolutions was ap¬
pointed. Mr. Park, of Bibb, moved that
all speeches be limited to five minutes.
Carried. Mr. Glover, of Cobb, moved a
resolution < xpressing sympathy for Sen¬
ator Colquitt in his sickness. The reso¬
lution was adopted. Another resolution,
commending the official career of Gov¬
ernor Northern, introduced by Mr. J.
M. Dupree, of Macon county, was adop¬
ted. It reads thus:
Two years ago the democratic party of Geor¬
gia called from his peaceful pursuits and pre
sented to the people as its candidate for the
highest office within their gift the Hon. W. J.
Northen, and now at the close of his term, it is
but an act of justice by the party he has so hon¬
orably represented to put on record its high ap¬
preciation of the ac s of his administration; he
has been careful, painstaking, able and earnest;
he has met every requirement and proven faith¬
ful to every trust; therefore be it
Resolved, That th s convention Governor heartily Northen en
q orse the administration of
a nd commend him to the people for re-election.
Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, moved a reso¬
lution setting forth the order of business,
and it was adopted.
the nominations.
The first business was the nomination
of governor, and Judge Frank Little, of
Hancock, placed the name of Governor
Northen before the convention in a very
taking speech. It was greeted with ap¬
plause and followed by a very eloquent
speech by Mr. W. M. Hawkes, of Ameri
ous, seconding the nomination. The gov¬
ernor was nominated for a second term
by a rising vote and by acclamation.
Hon. Wiley Burnett, of Clarke, placed
the name of General Phil Cook in nomi¬
nation for secretary of state. With a
rush of enthusiastic cheering, General
Cook was nominated unanimously by ac¬
clamation.
Colonel RobertsoD, of Habersham,
nominated Hon. William A. Wright for
the office of comptroller general, and
with the same zeal and harmony his name
was swept on to the place by acclamation
and wonderful unanimity, seconded by
Hon. W. A. Harris and Air. Henry
Cohen, of Richmond.
Your Uncle Bob Hardeman got there
with extraordinary demonstrations of en¬
dorsement. Mr. T. D. Rockdell, of Chat¬
ham, placed his name before the conven
tion in a most eloquent way, referring to
bim as the "noblest work of God—an
Honest man,” wilh not a dirty shilling in
b j 8 pocket, and the crowd cheered rap
turously. Colonel Emmet Womack arose
and said: ‘‘Newton county seconds the
nomination of Colonel Bob.” The notn
ination was by acclamation,
A CONTEST.
Then came the nominations for attor¬
ney general and here the interest began,
it being the only contest of the day.
Hon, Warner Hill, of Meriwether, arose
and nominated Hon. Joe Terrell. Hon.
E. H. Calloway, of Burke, and Hon.
George R. Brown, of Cherokee, seconded
the nomination.
Hon. John Temple Graves nominated
Colonel W. C. Glenn and was frequently
applauded introduced to the echo. in He the said legislature by his
wise laws
he had put in the state’s treasury hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, ’ thus pay- K
. , ^ . . l . advance , , hundred .
ln 8 18 ea ar y ln a
years. Hon. John B. Goodwin, of Ful
ton, seconded the nominationation eio-
1 quently. The voting then began. Ter
rell took the lead at the start and when
he had fifty votes GLnn had only nine.
By the time twenty counlie 3 had been
called it was evident that Terrell would
«*>; r hl y ppo -
Rent had only forty. When Morgan
county was reached two votes were given
t o Terrell making him 171. Murray gave
Glenn Ia f n S hi “ t0 JIus ’
c °g ee threw four f t0 Terrell raising him
to 175, the number required to nominate,
and wag g re eted with cheers. Several
counties stuck to Glenn and cast their
r**“■» ** * “i»"
ity. Congressman Livingston that Terrell got up
directly and suggested Chairman nom
ination be made unanimous.
Atkinson stated that this could not be
done , so long , as there ,, were twocandi- . , •
dates being voted on except by unani
mous consent. Somebody made an ob
jection to Livingston’s proposition, and
tL8Cal l°f 1 1011 was re8U ” ed - Th «
moment Worth county voted Colonel .
Graves moved that before the result was
announced that Hon. Joe Terrell benom
<r ed *>»
the convention nominated Joseph M.
Terrell for attorney eeneraL The vote
had stood about 240 for Terrell and 9 b
for Glenn. Thus ended the only contest
that could be called a fight fora place on
the ticket.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.
Colonel A. E. Cutts.of Sumter county,
put in nomination for commissioner of ag¬
riculture Colonel R. T. Ni*bett, the pres¬
highest ent incumbent, commending him in the
terms to the convention. The
nomination was seconded by Hon. J. K.
Stewart, of Rockdale, and Colonel Wil¬
liam Smith, of Gwinett. Emmet Wom¬
ack, of Newton, in a neat speech, nomi
i ated F. C. Davis, of his own countv. «
thorough farmer who knows all about
planting and would make a capable com
raissioner. Clark Cobb, nnd Floyd added
their seconds to Colonel Nesbitt’s nomin¬
ation. Colonel Womack’s nomination of
Mr. Davis did not get a second, but
Chairman Atkinson stated when the point
was raised that it made no difference,
"seconds being immaterial only to con
sume time.” Davis seldom got a vote.
Nesbitt swept down the roll of counties.
When he had two hundred votes and
Davis had six the call was suspended and
by unanimous consent Colonel Nesbitt
was nominated by acclammation.
ELECTORS.
The district electors and the elector?
for the state at large were then named,
together with their alternates.
Mr. John Candler moved to have a
committee wait upon Governor Northen
and inform hitn of his nomination. The
committee was appointed and left the
hall.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Then the secretary announced the ex¬
ecutive committee.
At this period Hon. Bill Harris en¬
tered the hall, and on behalf of the com¬
mittee to wait upon Governor Northen
reported humorously that the governor
would accept. He further stated that
the governor would write a letter to the
people of Georgia at an early date.
THE flatform committee.
The committee on resolutions entered
tho hall and reported the following:
Tho democratic party of Goorgia. in conven¬
tion assembled, pledges anew its loyalty and
devotion to the time-honored principles of de¬
mocracy as promulgated and practiced by the
fathers and sages of the party.
It endorses the platform adopted by the na¬
tional democratic convention of 1892 and
pledges the election its united of its nominees—Grover and enthusiastic support Cleveland to
and Adlai E. Stevenson.
It commends to the people of Georgia the
administration of Governor W. J. Norilien and
the state houso officers whose most honest and
economical management of the affairs of the
state have conducted so largely to the progress
and prosperity of the people.
J. M. Griggs, Chairman.
Chairman Atkinson then declared the
convention adiourned sine die.
ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK.
Status of Trade as Reported by R. G.
Dun & Co.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: in every respect, save one,
business distinctly improves. Crop pros¬
pects are cleared, manufacturers are do¬
ing finely, even in tbe iron branches, and
labor troubles seem to approach a settle¬
ment which is likely to be advantageous
and lasting. The domestic trade is of
enormous value and decidedly the largest
ever known for the season.
At Boston trade is fairly active. At
Philadelphia receipts of wool are large
and prices firm. The trade in paint and
glass is moderate; in liquors and chemi¬
cals active, and tobacco dull. At Balti¬
more the fall trade opens with favorable
auspices. Business at Chicago consid¬
erably exceeds last year’s, and fair
crops aud a laree business are expected.
Business at Kansas City is satisfactory,
though collections are slow, but receipts
of cattle and grain aro large at lair
prices. At Louisville trade improves and
the outlook is better. At Little Rock
business is quiet, but at Savannah well
sustained. At New Orleans money is in
improved demand at a slight advance;
cotton is steady and sugar firm. Pig iron
is on the whole no weaker, though bes
semer has sold at Pittsburg for $13.99,
and southern sales at Chicago have de¬
pressed gray forge to $12, equal to $8.15
at Birmingham. The demand for bar is
more active, and plate, sheet and scruc
tural mills are crowded with orders.
Shoe factories are unusually crowded,
and shipmen's for the we» k reached 90,
000 casts against 80,000 last year. Sales
of wool increased largely, and for tbe
year at the three chief points are 174,
000,000 pounds against 148,000,000 last
year to date.
Speculation has made higher prices for
bread stuffs, half a cent for wheat, in
spite of receipts at the we t exceeding a
million bushels per day with export* of
800,000 bushels in three days. Corn has
been advanced nearly 5 cents on smaU
sales, and oats 2 3-4 cents, western re¬
ports favoring shorter estimates. Cotton
has declined an eighth on sales of 596,
000 bales for the week, crop receipts
being more favorable.
C flee is an eighth stronger and oil
3 8 of a cent lower.
Business failures occurring throughout
the c untry during the Dst seven days as
reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number
for the United States, 160. For the cor¬
responding week of last year there were
207 failures in the United States.
Cranfill Notified.
The notification committee of the
national prohibition party met in Waco,
Texas, Thursday nijht, and in the pres¬
ence of nearly 10.000 people formally
notified Dr. Cranfill of his nomination.
The doctor in his address of acceptance
predicted . , the ,, ultima . e „„„„„„„
party, nationally am in a ‘
over, .
IU GHANAN SCORED.
Denounced for Having Commuted H.
Clay King’s Sentence,.
BURNED IN EFFIGT IN THE PUBLIC STREET
OF MEMPHIS—KING SAFELY IN
THE PENITENTIARY.
The city of Memphis was thrown into
a state of intense excitement when the
announcement appeared in Wednesday
morning’s papers that Governor Buchan¬
an had commuted thesentmee of Colonel
H. Clay King, who was to have been
h inged on the 12 th instant for the murder
of Mr. Postou. Wednesday morning’s
Appeal-Avalanche said:
If the governor’s power in the matter is abso¬
lute and conclusive, the responsibility is his
a one. He is not required to give reasons. He
hAsympat:,ie*,‘to remains prejadie^andyethiffluS
ir.y undisputable and supreme. If bis
determination of the King esse is to be taken as
a precedent, then we see no reason why any
other criminal should be hanged in Tennessee.
King, in cold blood, after careful deliberation,
shot down David H. Poston, unarmed and uu
suspecting. It was a highway assassination in
which the victim was given no chance to defend
liiinstlf. There could not have been a murder
more heinous. When the trial was had, the
murderer himse'f, with most extraordinary as
surance, protested against the introduction of
the insanity plea.
Discussing the review of the case by
th supreme court, the Appeal-Avalanche
continues:
The opinion was welcomed by all lovers of law
and order. Its eff >rt was not eonfin d to Ten
uessee. It was felt throughout the whole United
States, and the supreme court of Tennessee was
on tided to enduring hono:- for advancing civiii
z>ition to that degree. The court-did not over
look a phase of the ease; it considered every ex
cuse King made for his act.
But the governor has brought all this to
naught. Having greater power to save, lie has
met the courts power to condemn and has
whistled the latter’s judgment down. With a
stroke of his pen iie lias given hope to every
murderer in the jails of Tennessee. He h is re
buked the jury and made light of the state’s
highest inbuna 1 of justice it w,re infinitely
hotter if the jury ot the trial court had bade
King go free- We now wish sincerely that it
had done so. It were even better if the governor
ha 1 granted an absolute paadon. Ho has acted
without the support of a trial, judge, jury or
King’s attorney ’ to solve the question of his free
dom.
The Evening Scimeter vehemently de
uounces the governor in a sensational
article abounding iu such sentences as
these:
“He has spit on the carpets of the stato and
nation and held out his hand to save an assassin
i 1 whose person was centered and upon who-te
fate depended the question whether any influ
euce in the south was sufficient to make dis
tinet.on between p.-rsons convicted of cold
bl ioded murder.
“The rescue of H. Clay King from the gal¬
lows to which all courts of tlie country, afier
a careful review of the evidence,had condemn d
ft r s“n m0re damnable than tho
murto of po
“He has risen above all law, all right an 1 all
justice. What King did as 1 a citiz n, lie has
done as chief executive of the state. He has
taken the law in his own hands; he has assas-in; justifie t
the murder of Poston; ho has saved an
hi has taken the smoking pistol from King’s
ham l, st- pped into his shoos, d,pped liis hands
in tli blood of his victim and trampled upon
the already outraged law. He has turne I a deaf
ear to the pleadings of the victim’s family for
justice; he nia le a governor of a state a chain
pion of murderers.
of the temple; it paralyses the strong arm of the
law; it stide-i the erv of tho widow and the or
pliau, and makes of the court a sham; it shakes
the very foundation of society, and makes every
■%\!K 22 ;S 3 L .ho. d„„„ ,™» be.
hind a pillar on the portic) on the capitol tho to
day, if King should be slain on his way to
p niten'iary, win shall say that the gallows
would bear fruit?” ’
1 hese publications aroused intense
feeling. A mass meeting was arranget
fer at which Governor Buchanan was to
have been hung in effigy Wednesday
night. It was given out that the jail
would be attacked and the notorious pns
oner would be lynched, bo great was the
anxiety that Criminal Court .Judge J. J.
Dubose i-sued the following order:
It appearing to the court that there is now
undue excitement in the public mind because of
the commutation of the sentence of H. Clay
King, who was by tho supremo court sentenced
to hang on the 12t!i day of August, 1892, and it
further appearing that beeau-e of threaten d
mob vio ence, it is m>t safe to longer keep said
King in the county jail of Shelby county; it is
therefore ordered by the court that tho sheriff
of ■'sheliiy county, without delay, take said King
ai d deliver him to the keeper of the penitentia¬
ry at Nashville, iu pursuance to the order, as
made by the governor, commuting his sentence
to life imprisonment in the penitentiary of the
state.
KING TAKEN AWAY.
Sheriff McLendon took King from jail #
in tbe meantime and out of the city, on
the Chesapeake Nashville and where Ohio they railroad,_ arrived en
route to
safely. The sheriff hurried his prisoner
to the penitentiary,
HUNG IN EFFIGY.
The indignation against Governor
Buchanan for commuting King’s sentence
found vent in hanging and burning him
in effigy at the corner of Main and Madi
son streets Wednesdav night. The crowd
was composed not of toughs and street
arabs but of well clad, unusually orderly
and respectable y >ung men. When the
figure burned in two and tbe lower half fell
to the ground the crowd vented in wrath
by kicking the burning embers about the
streets. 'The governor was cursed and
abused with every contemptous epithet
i naginable.
BUCHANAN TALKS.
Governor Buchanan, in an interview
with an Associated Press reporter, gives
bis reasons for thecommutiationof King’s
sentence as follows: "First,” said the
governor, ‘‘I thought that King should
have had a chance of venue. Affidavits
to the effect that Juror Smith ha 1 com
muaicaited with outside parties and ex
y pressed an opinion J ab ut tbe caHo were
yitb c rhcso
not be introduced in the court of record,
because it was too late. The action of
Juror Mustin and of the jury going to
Arkansas to deliberate upon the case
also had their weight; the dissension
Of one of the supreme judges
in defense of partial insanity; the
pleadings of his wite and children and
the most prominent men of the country,
besides hundreds of letters and petitions
—they were my reasons for commuting
the sentence. I am responsible for my
action,” added the governor. “I
thought I was doing right, and I acted
according to my belief.” He then
handed the reporter a petition signed by
twenty-six senators and congressmen.
CONDITION OF GRAIN
For the Month of August is Reported
as Being Very Low.
Crop returns of the department of ag.
r i cu l tU re at Washington show a slighl
improvement in the condition of corn
raising, the monthly average being fronjt
81.1 in July to 82.5 in August. In only
f our years since the initiation of crop re
nnr P° rt Hmr ' U > DaS has there tQe :! e been 0eCU a “ lower 0Wer August
condition. T Iu the year of the worst , fall
ure, 1881, it was 79, declining to 66 in
October. In 1890 it was 73.3, declining
t0 79 6 , n October. In August. 1876, Y it
80.7, an „ and v • 188 it da SO. « 5, de
was „ in 1 was .
dining later only in the latter year,
A slight improvement is indicated io
the states north of the Ohio river, and
greater advance iu states west of the Mis¬
sissippi river, except Kansas and Nebras¬
ka. The condition is high in nearly all
southern states, nearly the same as in July
in breadth west of the Mississippi, higher
t h e lower states of the Atlantic coast,
and slightly { lower in Alabama and Mis,
. . p A sma.l decline 1 . seen in . the ..
Bissippi, *
middle states, except New York, and al»
so in the eastern states, though in highej both
of tbcse divisions the average is
~
than in . the .. west. r Iht P i,„ f o ow g ep ^
ages of principal Georgia, states 97; are Ohio, given: 81; Iowa, New
York, 90;
79 . ’ Nebraska, 80; Pennsylvania, 86 }
T ’ 94 7L' £ nd iana, 74; Missouri, 83; Vif
£ . lnlB . > 90? m 1 ennessce, J2; Illinois, 78}
Kansas, 81. Most correspondents lndl
cate the present tendency to further im
movement. Returns relating to spring '4
month »»«*“• from a general average *'“?»» ot 90. v to
87.3. The reduction is from 90 to 86 iq
Wisconsin, 92 to 87 iu Minnesota, and 90
to 85 in North Dakota,
The condition of other crops average
as follows: Spring rye, 89.8, instead 9 }
92.7 in July; oats, 86.2, f»ll ot 1 point}
barley, 91.1, instead 01 92; buckwheat,
acreage, 101.3; condition, 92.9; pota
toey 599 declining from 90; tobacco,
88 OQ 8 fall from cio'iy. 02 nay, or ua.a. 9
. . .
THE SUB-TREASURY BILL.
The Ways and Means Committee Make
an Adverse Report,
A -Washington ’ dispatch 1 of Friday J
The committee ways and j means
says: on
through Mr. McMillin, to-day made a
unanimous report adverse to the sub-
1reasury J bill. The report is a long doc
ument , tnd , discusses ,1 all phases of .r,„ the
question in a comprehensive style. It
begins by deferrii g, for a time,the ques
tion of the constitutionality -of the bill,
»” cur d to the committee. to r° ol ff‘t,x Ihiy are iri fly
stated as follows: If there should beure
d ucti«n in tho value of goods, after they
are stored below 80 per cent,the govern -
rn»t would lose; if ,he v.lu, I,.crossed
the government would get none of the
profit. The jurisdiction of federal courts
would be increased so as to make them
an instrument of oppression to the peo
. Tbe b iU tends strongly towards
centralization and interference with in¬
dividua , freedom . A great fluctuation
cur wiU follow it8 enactment,
inauguration of the scheme would
bfl the 8pecuIator ’s delight; he could
carr y *250,000 worth of wheat with less
than $95,000 cash and pay the govern
ment Qn|y 1 pef cenc interest. Tho
gr< at increase in tbe number of federal
officials would make it almost im
possible to dislodge provision a corrupt
administration, No is
made for the redemption of the
many millions to be issui-d under the bill
and batiks would have the power to force
the destruction of any part of the govern¬
ment’s money. The bill is class legisla¬
tion, and it would be unjust to the day
laborer and other toilers. People having
a particular kind of property to deposit
could get money at one per cent from the
government and lend it at a higher rate
to other persons. Lastly it is violative
of the constitution as is shown by cita¬
tions from the highest judicial tribunals
of law.
THE JUDGE SUICIDED
Because Some of His Acts Had Been
Criticized.
Judge J. C. Normile, of the St. Louis,
Mo., criminal court, who recently brought
suit against the Post-Dispatch for $400,
000 , and had its three responsible direc¬
tors arrested on charges of criminal iibel,
committed suicide Tuesday morning by
’ ib •’*
The Banner Wheat State.
Advices of Thursday from Sioux Falls,
8 . D., scate that the figures on South
Dakota’s prospective wheat yield by com
petent men, are simply astounding,rang
i D g from fifty million to sixty milLion
bushels of wheat, besides immense quan
tities of other grains. Elevator experts
place tbe yield at sixty millions, while
Milwaukee and Northwestern railway ex
perts placfe it at fifty-five million ,-and
fifty million respectivel.yi, -Even a|: Ahe will
lowest figures it is claimed the statp -
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