The general opinion In Europe
seems to be that Cuba will this time
get away from Spain.
Five hundred million dollars of
England’s National debt has been paid
off during the last twenty years.
Tbe popularity of American shoes
in Europe, and in other regions
abroad, is steadily increasing. The
exports so far this year show a consid¬
erable increase over last year.
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The New York Mail and Express ex
claims: “Every time a new peer is
created in England the
prommentlj ,, cb.on.,1. , . , ft, event. , m- T„.
American peerage is swelled every day
by great numbers, but they appear
only in the vital statistics.”
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Statistics from the United States
Hail way Service show that one passen¬
ger is killed ior every 2,000,000 pas
sengers carried, or every 44,103,228 ^
miles traveled. One is injured for
every 4,709,771 miles traveled, or one
ont of every 204,248 passengers car¬
ried.
-p... 1 a( , e , p , ia . may , e a s . ow . own,
but, in the estimation of the Chicago
Times-Herald, they do some things
pretty well there. The city will this
year receive in royalties, from street
car lines, teWard, telegraph, tnl«,,T,nnn telephone, gas „ na
and water companies, nearly $ 11 ,
000 , . 000 -- .
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Ibe use of ether and chloroform ie .
practically less risky than a 1000 mile
railroad journey. According to
statement in a Jate issue of the Medi¬
cal Becord Professor Guret, of Berlin,
has found that in 31,803 cases of chlo
roform narcosis twenty-three deaths
resulted, and in 15,712 cases of ether
narcosis five deaths.
Potatoes are so so nlentiful plentiful and and so so un un
profitable at ruling prices in North
Dakota that a farmer of Grand Forks
has announced that he will not dig the
large quantities ho has, and has invited
his neighbors to help themselves and
take all they care to for the trouble of
digging jt . and , carrying them away.
What they don’t take, he Bays, will be
loft to rot in the ground.
It is said that a very remarkable il
lustration of the benign and whole¬
some influence of vegetation on
climates has recently been supplied by
the French in Algeria. They had
planted some millions of eucalyptus
trees - that .. . colony, , with ,, the .. result ,,
in
that these have absorbed all tho stag
nant impurities hitherto prevailing,
and had tended to purify both the
earth and the air.
Onoe when Pastenr was dining with
his daughter and her family . at her
home in Burgundy he took care, re
lates the New York World, to dip in
a class of water the oherries that were
served for dessert and then to wipe
them carefully with his napkin before
putting them iu his mouth. His fas
tidiousness amused the people at the
table, but the scientist rebuked them
for their levity and discoursed at
length on the dangers m microbes and
animalculae. A few moments later, in
a fit of abstraction, he suddenly seized
the glass in which he had washed the
cherries and drank the water, microbes
and all, at a single draught.
The Delaware tribe of Indians in the
Indian Territory numbers seven
hundred and fifty-four persons/ The
Court of Claims at Washington has
rendered a judgment in their favor,
and they will in a few days receive
$220,000 in cash. Something over a
year ago the Government paid them
nearly $ 1 , 000,000 in cash from trust
funds belonging to them, held for
many years by the Government, and
the result of these payments aud
others which have been made to them
makes each member—man, woman
and child—of the tribe worth $6000.
There are one or two other Indian
tribes that are even richer than the
Delawares, but as compared with the
white race, the Delawares are nearly
five times as rich per capita as the in¬
habitants of the British Islands, six
times as rich as the people of the
United States, nine times those ol
Germany and twenty-six times those
of Bussia. Pretty good authorities
say that they are capable of taking
care of their property, and there is
little danger that they will be cheated
«nt of it by whites.
TFlROTKfH hH •
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BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
The Georgia railroad reports for Oc
tober gross earnings $174,452, an in
crease of $15,699; net earnings $80,-
166, increase of $1,893, and from July
1 to Oct. 31 gross earnings $446,423,
increase $23,882, and net earnings of
$141,565, decrease of $904.
* * *
A committee , from the board of di
^ , „„ m „.
nfacturin g companies in the country
will visit Macon within the next few
days with a view to locating a half
milhon-dollar plant for the manufac
ture ot refrl f rator 5?™ aad frel 8 ht
equipment . generally.
car
Hon. J. B. Wheeler, who represent
ed Walker county for a number of
years in the general assembly of Geor
gia. is dead. “Wheeler from Walker”
was known as the “watch dog of the
treasury,” and often as “previous
question,” but they were no Jfliseredit
to him. No man was more respected
f or ail( j integrity than was J.
13. Wheeler,
...
It is not known vet whether there
will be an excursion to Atlanta or not
on Savannah day, f' which is Thursday, "
Noyember 28 th The Central h
practically refused to make arrange
ments for an excursion on the ground
that it has not sufficient cars for the
purpose, and it is said that the Plant
system and the Southern will run the
excursion if the Central will agree to it.
At a mass meeting of the citizens of
Fulton county, held in the council
chamber, a resolution was adopted re
questing Bepresentative Branan to
withdraw his bill, introduced some
da s ago in the legislature, fixing the
salaries of county officers and direct-
1 D f? « tbe representatives f of Fulton
oo nty tQ y( fce againgt it if int roduced
by any other member of the legisla
turo>
...
The Seaboard Air-Line will begin
worli ou its new freight depot in At¬
lanta within the. next two or three
days. ^ This was determined Rt n re
ce t meeting b President Hoffman
ail< l Vice President, St. John, who are
now in Atlanta, having been in the
city since the meeting of the stock
holders of the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern and the Seaboard Air-Line
belt roads.
Tho question of working the county
convicts on the roads came up for oon
deration before the Ware county
£ grand ^ jury f the ^ past week and for a
hile ]c oked if ft r( . CO mmeuda
tj ou would result to that effect. After
some discussion the matter was deoi
ded a <lversely, and thus ended the
first attempt in the county to pro¬
mote the cause of better public roads.
Dr. Ashton T. Ford, who is now in
Worth jail awaiting trial for the mur
der of his cousin, W. J. Ford, has had
bnt to say regarding the case
einco his roturn from T a l |ab »ssee, Fla.,
where he was captured ricently.
He is apparently confident of being
acquitted and is now trying to arrange
a release on bond. Prominent law
y ers have been employed to defend
him aud is known that the def <^e
will make a plea of self-db'ense.
About $5,000 worth of old family
silver and plate was found in the old
McAlpin residence at Savannah a few
da y 8 ago, under a drawer of a cabinet
iu a closet. The silver was stored
there during the war by Mrs. Cham¬
pion, grandmother of Mr. Henry
McAlpin, who now owns the property.
It was hidden to prevent its seizure
and she never told anyone of its hid
P lace to the da V f d ® Rth *
Iho articles , are mostly table silver.
Beports come from Jacksonville,
Fla., that Will Myers, the escaped
murderer, has been in that city in the
guise of a tramp. Several people
claim ba T e 8ee “ hi m a ° d to bavo
recognized him. Chief r of Police Kee,
however, has made every effort to get
bottom of the rumors, but has
as yet failed to land him. Captain
Cooper, the local Pinkerton represent
ative, has also been ou the lookout. If
Myers has been in Florida it is thought
his destination is Cuba. Some people
are of the opinion that he is still in
Florida, however.
Dr. J. Emmett Blackshear, one of
the highest degree Masons iu Georgia,
died at Savannah a few days ago. His
remains were interred at Macon. He
was born in Twiggs county, Georgia,
October 25, 1827. As a Mason be was
one of the leaders in the state, and
filled several important offices in the
order. For a number of years he wa*
deputy grand master, and succeeded
the late Simri Bose as grand secretary
of the grand lodge of Georgia. As
grand secretary be was succeeded by
the ■worthy incumbent, Mr. W. A.
Wolibin.
* * “
The finance committee of the house
met a few days ago and recommended
an appropriation of $25,000 forrepairs
and improvements ou the University
of Georgia. The need of this sum was
ch-arly shown by the friends of the
university, and when the vote came on
the proposition it was unanimous,
Tbis has been a notable week fur th
university. The victory in the ngri
culiural college matter is followed by
this important recommendation by the
finance committee, and there is cause
f,,r rejoicing on the part of the friend*
of the famous institution.
* * *
On the. Right Line.
n ~ *0 • > « . 11
P
t-xition “ “
Th governor sent with his message
a re ort which state3 that this class of
convicts in various counties in Geor
gia are not humanely cared for. The
matter should be thoroughly invest!
ated and steps should be taken to
place all prisoners under the control
of officials who will not unlawfully or
cruelly oppress them.
The civilization of any people is
largely judged by its prison system,
No people in this age can afford to in
flict cruel and unusual punishment nor
brutally treat helpless captives. Nor
can they afford to sentence children to
long terms in thechaingang or confine
them with hardened felons.
A civil penitentiary system is aim
P ] y a school for the education of enm
inals and when the prisoners are re
leased they become a scourge to socie
ty. They leave the chaingang in a
reckless and desperate mood and are
ready to commit every crime in the
calendar.
Georgia is a progressive and a hu
mane state, , but our prison . system was
or ® a ° lze “ wbe n w ® emerged from the
ks and . of civil at time
w c ec rum war, a
^ ben we bad °° reveEU ° and when all
* lawless . elements of society
were
doltl . £ their worst. Under these excep
*’ 0Da conditions we established a pen
“ontiary system which undoubtedly
neef ' s remodeling. In the near future
“ aD 7 reforms and improvements will
maue aQ d it is not too early to be
. the good work now.—Atlanta Con
gin
stitution.
In Rcdwine’s Favor.
In response to a request from the
department of justice at Washington,
Dr. Bowles, of Columbus, Ohio, for
warded a written report of his exami¬
nation of Lewis Bedwine, serving six
years for embezzling tbe funds of the
Gate City National Bank of Atlanta,
Bedwine has been in stripes nearly
three years and the imprisonment and
wony have greatly impaired his
health.
Last summer he had two severe
bemorrages and upon one occasion had
to be carried to the hospital. For
two weeks his life hung by a very
slender thread and the physicians al
most gave up hopes of his recovery,
But there was a change for the better
and he gradually regained his
strength, and after an illness of two
months was able to resume his duties
in the board of managers’ office. He
has never been very strong since that
time, and his friends, through an
attorney in Atlanta, have brought
strong pressure on the department of
justice for his release.
Dr. Bowles recommended Bedwine
for executive clemency and stated iu
his report that in his opinion the pris
oner would not live to serve out nis
sentence if kept iu confinement much
longer. examined Samuel
Dr. Bowles also
Peeples, a Georgia whitecapper, at the
request of the Washington authorities.
Peeples’ health has also been impaired
by his confinement. Dr. Bowies
made a statement, of his present con ii
tion without making any recommenda
tions.
The Guards’ Case Decided.
The attorney general has decided
the case of the Gate City Guard. The
decision greatly simplifies matters and
will doubtless result in the return of
the Guard to the service of the state,
The decision is one that will be read
with deep interest by the military men
all over the statfe, for the controversy
lias been closely watched by all of
them, not only in Atlanta, but else
where. The attorney general in his
decision goes fully into the status of
the case and the claims made by the
Guard. He concludes by holding that
unt ji tbe enlistment act of 1839 and
the reorganization act of 1893 has
been complied with the officers and
members of the Gate City Guard can
not associate themselves as a military
company for drill or parade with arms,
This result of the controversy is not
unexpected. Now, that the decision
has been rendered, the question natu
rally arises, what will the Guard do
aboutit? Will they enlist as a part of
the regular military of the state?
What the Guard will do, according
to Colonel Burke, depends upon what
is to be placed upon the decision of
the attorney general.
“I have read the decision,’’said Col.
Burke. “If the attorney general’s de¬
cision will place the Guard into the
ranks without taking away from it its
individuality * and without removing
its charter, o •1 destroying its history
and ito autonomy, why, it is very like
ly that we will enlist. I do not believe
that there is anything objectionable in
the acts of 1889 and 1893 that are men
tioned in the latter part of the decis
ion.
“Our reason for refusing to reinlist
was that we wanted to reserve our
property, which is appraised at $5,
000, and not make it subject to the
use of the state’s military, as are the
armories of all military companies.”
It is likely that the Guard will rein
list after Governor Atkinson looks
into the question.
Mr. Terrell’s opinion, in a nutshell,
is that the Guard cannot legally bear
arms and parade as a military com
panv until it enlists in the state
11 — ““P 1 * *•
of 1889 and 1893, relative to the mili
tary organization of the state. The
coiudnding paragraph of the attorney
« en f r al 8 °P lnlon 18 as foll ° W 8 ’ and
co ° tains . a summary of the , whole: ,
am the re ore of the opinion that
™ td tbe eB,18tment . acfc ot 1889 and
the reorganization act of 1893 are com
phed .. . with, . Al the officers _ and , members . of
Gate City Guard cannot lawfully
‘associate themselves together as a
military company or organization, or
drill or parade with arms, without the
governor therefor,
When the officers and members of the
Guard have enlisted as prescribed by
J ity aw under excellency section 3 of will the have act of author- 1893
to assign the company to a regiment
of tUe vXnteVfurces^thTstale volunteer forces ot tne state 2 as
an unassignpd company ”
BOY TRAIN WRECKERS CONFESS
__
Expected to Get Thousands from
Injured Passengers,
^t the coroner’s inquest over the
bodies of Engineer Hager and Billy
BonI1) who were kil , ed in the recent
ra ji roftC | wreck at Borne, N. Y., Miss
Gelia p e rrin, a frieud of Hildreth, the
j eader 0 f the gang of boy wreckers,
testified that Hildreth came to her
bouse Tuesday and told her how the
bo y S wrecked the train. He said to
ber that they turned the loosened rails
so that the train would run into the
ditch
The four boys concerned all con
fessed except Bristoe, who is said to
have been one of the leaders. The
evidence of the Others implicates him.
All the boys had revolvers, which they
threw away in the woods after the
wreck.
All the youngsters had been reading
dime, novels. They went to Utica a
few weeks ago, and while there pur¬
chased un outfit of revolvers. They
came home from there in a box car and
0 n way they planned the wreck,
They thought they would get several
thousand dollars from the wounded
passengers and corpses. They weak¬
ened after the rails had been loosened.
When the crash came and the boys
heard the cries of the people they ran
away through the woods, throwing
their revolvers away as they ran. One
0 f them lost his hat, but did not stop
get it. The finding of the hat caus
ed suspicion to rest on the boys and
they were arrested,
John W. Hildreth, Theodore Hib¬
bard and Fred Bristoe, three of the
young wreckers, were arraigned before
the recorder for murder in the first
degree. All of them pleaded not guilty
and a hearing was set for December
3d. The inquest was continued to
November 26th. None of those wound¬
ed in the wreck are likely to die.
BIG CHICAGO BEAZE.
Sixteen Firms Burned Out—A Panic
Narrowly Averted.
^ fire which caused a property loss
0 f ^500,000 and imperiled the lives of
ba ]f a thousand persons, mostly young
women, originated at 3 o’clock Thurs
day afternoon on the third floor of
Charles Emerich & Co., feather and
down goods factory, 175 and 181
South Canal street, Chicago. The
conflagration was attended by scenes
of intense excitement and a
so^rc of firemen narrowly escaped
being killed by fire and falling walls,
When the flames were raging moet
furiously, in spite of the best efforts
of twenty-five engines and a small
army of firemen, fire brands were car
rmd by the wind to adjoining manu
factoring buildings and it looked as if
many more would have to go.
The seven-story brick building ex¬
tending from 175 Canal street south to
the corner ot Jackson street, the
nine-story brick building adjoining on
the north and the greater part of the
feur-story brick building in the same
direction were entirely destroyed,
These buildings occupied nearly
the whole of the block on the west
side of Canal street between Adams
and Jackson streets. The seven and
nine-stcry buildings were owned by
Warren Springer, and the owner of
the four-story building, which ie one
third saved, is William J. Wilson,
The buildings wero amply insured.
Iu all sixteen firms were burned out,
and the losses are estimated at $350,
000. The building loss is placed at
$150,000.
A scrub woman at one of the Chi¬
cago hotels can speak seven languages.
But with it all she is only a scrub wo¬
man.
A NEW PLAN
FOR REPLENISHING THE GOLD
RESERVE SHORTAGE.
This Move, However, is Only a Tem¬
porary Expedient.
The administration has decided up.
on a plan to replenish the gold reserve
which it is confidently expected will
have the effect of deferring for some
time, at least, the issue of bonds for
that purpose. The following circular
was sent to subtreasury officers:
Treasury Department, Washikg
ton, D. C., November 23.—Sir: De¬
partment instructions of July 9th and
August 23d, 1886, requiring you to
reject and place a distinguishing mark
on all gold coins presented to you r
office for deposit which are found
to be below the least current weight
when are hereby so modified as to instruct'
requested to accept all such
coins at valuation in proportion to
their actual weight, such valuation
to be determined by deducting from
the nominal value 4 cents for each
grain, troy, found below the standard
weight on each piece. All light weight to°be
pieces thus received by you are
held in the cash of your office separ¬
ate from full weight coins and each
bag of such coins to be plainly marked
with the amount of the face and actual
values of contents. If the depositor
should prefer to have the pieces that
are found to be below the least current
weight returned to him, you will, be¬
fore returning them, stamp each piece
with the distinguishing mark referred
to in department letter.
Scott Wire, Acting Secretary.”
United States Treasurer Morgan
followed this circular with instructions
to the sub-treasury officers to receive
from banks and othsrs United States
gold coin in exchange for paper car¬
reney. Deposits are required to be
made in sums or multiples of $500, and
the express charges on the gold coin
aud the paper currency returned
therefore will be borne by the treasury
department. Except in special cases
the treasury department has never paid
express chargee both ways on gold de¬
posited in exchange for paper and on
the paper. The banks have for years
endeavored to induce the treasury to
do this, and the fact that it has at last
done so is evidence that Secretary
Carlisle has determined, as tho presi¬
dent has heretofore announced would
be done, to exhaust all tbs means in
his power to maintain the gold re
serve.
Only a Tempory Expedient.
It is understood that this new de¬
parture will not he permanent; it is
looked upon as a temporary expedient
to obtain gold. The expense to banke
and others has always been large in se¬
curing new currency in cases of re¬
demption and in paying express
charges on the return currency when
gold was deposited for it. Under this
new arrangement the treasury pays
the chargdb heretofore borne by the
bankers. The rate paid by the gov¬
ernment under its contract with the
express companies, however, is less
than the rate charged individual ship¬
pers. The government rate in all terri¬
tory east of the Pacific slope is 50 cents
a $1,000 for gold and 50 cents a $1,000
for paper. It will be the aim of the
treasuries supplied with all denomina¬
tions of currency, so that depositors
may receive what they desire prompt¬
ly. They will not have to wait until
the certificate of the gold deposit is
transferred to Washington.
Treasury officials explain that con
fining shipments to $500 or multiples
thereof is to keep within the terms of
the contracts with the express compa¬
nies. This restriction does not apply
to local deposits of gold in a subtreas¬
ury city, whereby any sum may be de¬
posited and currency received for the
same.
KN1GHTS OF LABOR ADJOURN.
The Next Convention to be Held at
Rochester, N. Y.
The general assembly of the Knights
of Labor adjourned at Washington
Friday 1 evening to meet at Bochester, the
N. Y., on the first Tuesday after 1896.
second Monday in November, Jap¬
The question of excluding the
anese from this country was laid on
the table, it being held that such
action would not he consistent inas¬
much as the Knights of Labor believed
iu universal organizations. Resolu¬
tions were adopted favoring amending
the constitution so as to take the power
of appointment from the president.
Resolutions were also passed condemn¬
ing the use of militia in labor troubles
and the circulation of national bank
notes and advocating the government
control of highways.
Colt Case Postponed. of
The trial of Colonel A. B. Coit,
Columbus, O., for the killing of citi¬
zens in the riots at Washington C. •>
has been again postponed to ®® cern
ber 2d. Owing to the serious illness
of of the jurors the jnry v ft8 1
one already cos»
charged. The trial has
over $ 10,000 in addition to the fees ox
Colonel Coit ’9 counsel, which are pei
by the Btate.
