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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY MARCH 9 1886
CUBA AS IT IS.
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF AF
FAIRS ON THE ISLAND.
A mate of uncertain!* and ■ imioooMto waieh
Will Hot Qulst-Te# Cuban Soooluiloa sad
1>» neeclts-Tt** CauntrytaPeur Orfase
-wb.t wm i» raa outcome?
Havana, February S'.—[Staff Corre»p»nd
cmc ]—“It a trip to Culm worth maktngV”
I reply that It certainly It, and that for an
absence of not more thin two or throe weeks,
inclusive of tlmo apent in travel inf, there lo
not a pleasanter nor more instructive trip pas
tlblc.
"1 liavo keen,’’ said a Phlhuleli i»n whom I
met, “all through Europe, and If I did not know
tbit! was, in Chiba I would think that I was in
Italy again. I nover saw each rraefnbtanoo
between two countries. U’seprcodiug valley*
surrounded by its undulating hills are just like
those of Italy,' Its climate is if poll [bln
better, while the manners aud eiiatnmi
of its people are very similar. 1 ’
There is probably uot a distance of ninety
miles on earth, in which the habits and in,ro
ods of pcopio aro more entirely dissimilar than
in that between Kay West and Havana, the
nearest citios of the two countries, which,
though Korn together, are now as widoly dif
ferent in the taatae and peculiarities of the
two people, at could wtdl lie. except in com
parison of barbarism with civilisation,
Tiirei-ANiAat). TDart-nAir Ann this •rsuno.
The little Island, with n population of about
a million and a half, lias throe distinct classes
of inhabitants, thethreo forming nearly the
whole people of the island. They aro, the Cu
ban, the Spaniard and iha negro.
There has never been, nor there never will
he, a community of Interest between those
three people. The Spaniard hates the Cuban,
looking upon him naan inferior sort of being;
the Cuban despises the Spaniard for many rea
sons, chief among which I* that he is rnvle to
liow to his will, and sees !u the sucreas of hlS
fellow eitixen from the mother country that
of which he himself has boon robbed; both the
Hpaniinl and the Cuban dislike the negro oo
general principle,
Cuba has never known anything but Spanish
tula. From the time that Columbus discover
ed It under commission of Ferdinand and Isa
bella, it has been a Spanish province, and the
native Cuban* have about given np hopes that
tt will ever become anything else. Ho many
times liavo they reached forth their hands for
the golden fruit of liberty, and no many timet
have they seen It All through their ontstreteh-
ed arms, that they have almost despaired of
ever becoming otherwlao tbau what they
now arc—a poor, oppressed mid tyrannised
people.
There is a prevalent opinion in this country
that the island will some day form a part of
the United States, a general belief tint it must
In time be allied to the country of which by
nature it already seems a part.
While there I carefully studied thnquee-
lion, and from what I saw and heard I be
lieve that whatever may have been their
liopce In the past, they now look upon ital
the lmi rtt possibility, pending I ho solution of
which they aro Carted to timely submit to tho
' inevitable. Whatever may have been the ex
pectation of its people twenty years ago, the
ohaeees of a change in government has cer
tainly loosened since the close of Ihelsst war,
since which time Spain has, if possible, tight
curd Its grip stronger than ever.
The result of tho last Cuban revolution Is
very similar to that produced lu the south by
the war of the Confederacy.
cupa ■■■ton ro its nragirr wan.
To appreciate this, a glance al Cuba prior
to Its war I* necessary.
It Is said that Cuba has never known more
sncetnful tlmce than in tho rears IMIS to 1870,
inclusive. It was directly benohtted by the
Injuries recelvad by the southern Industries
during our star. The demand for Its sugar,
nioUaeea,ltarleeaad Its tobacco suddenly in
creased with the blow these Industries re
ceived in tho southern states. The prices of
these articles advanced with a rnsh to quota
tions which never been reached before. The
people of the Island even turned their atten
tion to the planting of rottou. The ssporta of
the country was suddenly In-
eressed, and while tho oottnn plsntor
of Georgia, the rioa planter of Carolina, am
cane grower ofls-nldana, was in tho depth of
despair at whatoeemed to ba tho minor his
prospects, tho Cuban wsS rcajilng gn p Adnata-
ml of harvest and was living In' luxury,
wrought by tho temporary downfall of his loss
fortunate brothers in the south.
This state of things lasted for three or four
yean, tad with sugar quoted at fifty-two shil
lings in London, sun the other products or
Cuban soil proportionately high, than seemed
nothing in tho way of an ora of prosperity
such as tho Island had never known.
Then It was that numerous uudnlshed man
sions, the gnat number of which attract ths
attention of a stranger, today, were began.
They an to be neon In Havana, In all IU sub
urban towns, and on thoplautattons and In ths
villages of ths Island. They were oouimeocw
while their owners wars reaping the benstlta of
the general prosperity of tho Island: they were
abandoned when the sudden reverses which
followed, shattered the fortunes of ths
largo planters, by whom they wen owned.
The plan tors of the Island wars Cubans;
they bad been soft rages. They owned ths
landed estates and the slaves, and were will
ing to lettha Spaniards run tho commercial
and polttkal internals of the island, wbilS
they lived on tha bounty of their lauds.
The Spaniards had never devoted much at-
m to the agricultural
industry of tha
island; they warn content to 1st tho Cubans
do that. Thus It was that the Cubans had l-eea
oven reared In dld'ercnt pursuits and In differ-
*«S surroundings from the Hpenlards with
whom they wero thrown In elode contact.
I remember that It his been but a few yean
ago since tho 1IA of a Cuban planter was my
lyrical idea of ease, elegance, luxury and
wealth. Tho geography, which it orems aa if
but yesterday 1 tarried to school under my
arms, in its dsacrlptioii of life In Cuba,
illustrated it with the hacienda of a
wealthy Cnbaa planter. In the background
hundicds of barebacked alavee tolled in what
nermcd a boundless expanse of undulating
cane growth, the smoke of his sugar menu-
hctoiy drifted in nibs to tho mountains In the
distance, end, sriewiug this scene from the
porch of his dwelling, the Mack eyes of the
l When shone Atm beneath Ms- sowbrarct and
i thought tho man looked pined', because all
he saw belousod to him.
Thus It wax that I hs.1 Idealised tita life of
theOsbau planter, and indeed, iway eettnnte
at that time-1 was net far wrong.
Bet it has changed wonderfofly since.
Tire wens or the itrvoLurtn*.
With the rapid acquisition or wealth by tha
«'■tans, tho Spaniards began to grow envious,
aa* the government began to tighten itt
refens.
The Cubans Tsmenslnled aud ths Sevan
yean icvoIuUob followed. U was uot an open
wt a guerilla wnrikre. The treasury and army
of Spelts was turned against the fractions pray.
Inte. Thonsands ef men were killed and bun-
itrada of Iks captured revolutioni»u were gar-
■ oted or hanged from time to time in the forts
or on labile street- of Hanna. After seven
yean this warfare stalest such tremendous
odds erased, in mHeader, and Pale was more
then ever reduced to servility,
Hnt the mow wonderful result of the war
of t<ll, dithm of the planters
of the island. The* were mostly Cuban-sad
revolutionists. The war closed and many of
these who were not d.«J „r lunitkrd wen d-
»«euny wrecked aa.J found their lm«n«
lands tuber embargoed or con derated by the
noVeinmrut. Their van estates began to fall
«■ the hands of the Spaniard., and today man"
oftba meet valuable plantations on ths i-Uad
are cUkcrtUlsd' under Spanish proprietorship,
er ate still held uader embargo of the govera-
inent. Many Cubans leit the Uand which was
mere than ever seder Spanish dominion
tubslavd niAsreirvrgi*.
T “■* , «• the unarttled
rei dition of thing? Snaiu in
D ll dec retd that the slaves of Cuba should
he liberated Ire gradual process. Three were
largely in Ike hands of the native Cubans, and
like the .lava of the south wore of taTfetalSn
value to tbelr owners. It eras decreed in the
passage of the Mil enacting It, that all slaves over
I fifty-five year? old should be at onco liberated,
which was accordingly done. Tho next year
brought tlia age of liberation five .years lower,
and so on until in lbflO, when all ths slaves
will become free. This gradual liberation baa
taken place until uow It bae involved the own-
era In somucb trouble, aud rendered the value
of the slave- they still hold so little
and uncertain, that • a general
emancipation has taken place, and
there ire uow comparatively tew in slavery oa
the island. Before lialf were freed It proved
to be cheaper for planters to work with paid
labor than stave, and consequently tho slaves
Were by many given their freedom.
The unsettled condition of the island has
had an extremely bad effect on its every in
dustry. Times are harder than for years, and
the n action is the more stringent on account
of the prosperity which preceded It. From
the turmoil of war and its accompanying dis
organization of business and domeatio tran
quility, the people of the island find them
selves in but Hill# bitter condition than at the
elme of tlje revolution, ten years ago.
But prolmbly the raoit important, and cer
tainly the most Interesting, crisis with which
the people of the island are now placed, Is in
the development of the chaotic condition of its
soclety. The Caban, the Hpanlard and the
negro, each presumably with equal rights, are
brought face to face. The once plethoric
Cuban planter, who estimated his acres in
thousands, and minted his cattle on an baud,
red Mils, now eees the Spaniard indulging In
Ilia luxury of what was once bis own; ths
slave hsa left his bondage, and must ask privi
leges and consideration whirh neither the Span,
lard nor the Caban will willingly grant. Thus
the social crisis is tho most unsettled and un.
osrialu of all.
WHAT IH THE OUTLOOK?
A question which naturally suggests itself
Is an to wbat will bo the outcome of tblsstato
of affairs. If the Spaniard can do on the plan,
tallon, with paidlsbr, what the Cuban did
with slaves, the laud might be made to blos
som again with plenty and tho agricultural
Interests of the island might again find Itself
on a firm footing.
flat behind all the troubles with which the
island is onmmbored l.n restless animosity
which will he quieted only with a mitarial
change In the condition of the ruled toward
thenslcra.
Tills change may never eonie, but It is easy
to observe that Spain it prepared for contin
gencies. The city of Havens 1s an Immense
fort filled with armed Midlers. The police
deportment of every city la but of a part of
the immense machinery by which the Island
Is to be held to its moorings. Thera is not a
representative political body of any kind
among tho people, and even tha proas is sub
servient to the whims and espriets id a court
which sits thousands of miles ecroastue ocean.
I naked a well known Caban, whom I saw a
great deal while in Havana, bis opinion at to
tho outlook for hit people.
“We have none,” taid-he.
“But will things always continue thus'/"
“Why nott" he replied, “we have exhausted
eveiy energy and aro uow moro helpless than
over. Why," ha continued, “if it wero known
that I was snylngto yon what I am, I would ba
killed.”
. The speaker was the son of a man who was
once ono of the moat honored nnd wealthy
planters en tho island. He wax one of eleven
rblldron, every boy ef which wsa engaged in
the revolution.
A family or cloven children Is no rare thing
In Cuba, nor It such a family considered aa un-
anally large one. It Is sold that in Francs
thtto It Imt one man who is the happy fetber
of more than udozcnrhlldrru, and a movement
It now en foot to erect a monument In honor of
this poor farmer, Juan by name, I believe.
Should n monument beereeted in Cube to every
father of more tban a dozen children, tho little
Island would Airly glitter with marble •hefts,
•o thick a? to resemble staligmltic formations
from heaven.' A Cuban It not in the (kthlon
unless hols tho proprietor ef a dozen or mare
blooming cherubs.
At tlia outbreak of the revolution the Amlly
above referred to ires scattered and the father
dying, the property wu badly wracked, much
of It being confiscated. One of the nephews
of the Cuban gentleman of whom I spoke
above, was captured and garroted in a pitbllt
square In Havant, nnd the gentleman him.
self lied to Europe, where he is now
doing business. Ho large was his father's
foitnne, that his portion of what fe left of U
makes tha eon a wealthy man. Bat hit name
It so well known that he Is ihadoured when he
visits his native country.
I asked him what he thought of ultimata
asnexatlon to tho United Statee.
“It fe arsreely a probability.” he Mid. “I
thought so once, but it earmi as if every time
a chance ripens that country pastes it by
with but little notice. Indeed I Marcel/
tblnk It srortb tbe expense and lots of life
which it would rest to take It by Ibreo. Aud
It la too pterlout a Jowel for Spain to toll.''
HOLLAND ACQUITTED.
TbiCrlMwHbWblib tt# Stood Charged-Aarwer-
tsfftho Adrertlientot for tho 8*1# of Bosur
Monej-The Encounter in the Dark
noom-The Bud of tho Trued/.
Lung Trouble UalUrad.
Three end a half/ean ago I gavo up my bus-
Instt on account oiconaimptlun. I spent twe
Masons In Florida and ono In California, I have
been under treatment of physicians all tha
tlmo, among them somo of tho most prominent
In this city, and I have kept growing worn
and worse. 1 got to bo a mare shadow, and
could scarcely walk. On tbe Nth of last Sep
tember, I kept my bed fori was not able toget
out of It, and the docton as well as my friend*
fell expected me never to come out oflt alive. I
was having frequent and profuse hemorrhages
andon tlmo different ocessioni f bled until I bo
came Insensible. Abont tlx wricks ago, I board
of R 8. S., and began taking It. Ita effects
have boon wonderfol. I havo not had a hem*
orrhago ainco I began it. I was toon able te
sit tip end even drew myself. My appetite
became good. I could eat anil retain my food,
and my color returned. I gained dean and
strength rapidly, and I am now walking about
town wherever I wish to go. It it certainly
a greet surprise tome and everyone who knows
me. Long slnre they have nil exported me to
die. I am willing and want all who safihrwUb
lung disease to know of me and my case, aud I
advise all inch to take Swift’s Hpoelfio and
live. Tkese are not idle words, but absolute
facts, which will with pleasure, be substantia*
ted for any who may doubt.
Louis T. Clark. 31.1 W. 12th St.
New York, February !>. 188(1,
thrift's Specific it entirely vegetable* Treat*
fee on Blond and Skin Diseases mailed free.
Tim Simv Rrxcrno Oo.. Drawer 3, Allan,
ta, Oa, or 157 W. 23d St, N. Y.
Olxo It a Fair Trial,
About twenty yean ago I discovered a little
reroou tuy cheek, aud the docton pronounced
it cancer. I havo tried a number of phyai-
dans bill without receiving any permanent re*
lief. Among the number were ena or tiro
specialists, The medicine they applied was
like fire te the sort, causing Intense pain. I
■aw t statement In tbe pepera telling whs!
8.8. S. bad dona for othera atmUarijjriHleted,!
procured some at once. Before I had used the
sacond.botUe tbe nclghkonconid notice that my
cancer was healing up. My general health had
been lad for two or three /Mrs, I hid a hack
ing cough and spit blood coutianally. I had
afeo a severe palu In my breast. After taking
tlx bottles afH. 8.8. toy cough left me and I
grew stouter than I bed been feraemal years.
By rancor has healed over bnt a llttla spot
shoot the sire eft half dime, and it b rapidly
disappearing. I would adrfee everyone with
cancer to give 8.8. S. e Air I vial.
Mbs. Nancy J. Mi-Coxainihev,
Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe Co. Ind.
Frit eery 16, I8M.
Swill's Specific fe entirely vegetable, and
earn to cure rancors by forcing oat the Im
parities from the blood.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
ftee. ,
TnxSwirrSritrtncCo..l>rawer3, Atlanta,
G*. New York, 137 IV. *3d St.
According to Boyle.
A gentlemen who is fond of whist says that
ha narer eojoyed ■ rubber so much as whan he
bed rhcoustisi -, and hit wife cured it by rub
bing him with m. Jacobs Oil. Then' whew he
had a severe rough a few doses of Bed Star
Cough Care effected a complete cure.
[The following story covers a most remarks
1 Mo tragedy. J. T. Holland, a Texan, went t<
' New York to buy from Tom Davis, a noted
New York crook, ten thousand dollars iv
counterfeit bills for $.500 In good money. Da
vis guaranteed that the counterfeits wero s<
perfect that they could not bo distinguished
from good money. Ilefere teeing Davis, H'>1
land discovered that tbe trick was to ge'
into tbe room, show ten thousand doll
good money, get it approved, and seen.. .
fire hundred dollars, then to substitute a pack-
age of sawdust for the ten thousand dollars
already exhibited. Holland took bis pistol
with him, went to Davis’room determined '
hold the money when he once had it, and fi|
life way out, lie killed Davis, mud wu tr
for it. The result of the trial aud Holland 1
story of the killing is toid below:]
Ktnry of tile Rilling and tin* Trial.
New Voiik. March 3.—In the trial of James
T. Holland, cf Texas, for tho murder of Tom
Davis, the sawdust swindler, now in progress,
tbe defendant took tho aland. He retold his
former story of how he became acquainted
with Davie that ho was on the lookout for an
attempt on Davit’ part to rob him; that he sus
peeled the game would be to show him good
money: that. Davis actually did count out to
him $10,000 in good blits and
place it In a valise; that Holland attempted to
secure this valise and carry it away with him
that in the struggle for tho possession of ths
rullso Holland became convinced his life was
in danger; I lilt he hoard Davis’s brother shout
fi cm tbe other side of tho partition to kill him
(Uolltmli. and that ho then draw hit pistol,
and with tho firat shot killed Davis. and fired
tho other shot through tho partition in tho dl
lection of thosuggcstlon lo kill Ilollaud; illiss-
(rated tho relative positions of himself and Da-
vis,and bit own uotlens In tho act of drawing
and firing the pistol, tbe Assistant District At
torney Fellows personating Davis. To make
the illustration moro realistic, the pistol which
Holland had used on Davis was used (unloaded
howover) in tbe pantomiue.
New Yoiik, March 4.—Holland, tho Texan,
wu again upon tho stand this morning, and in
the course of lilt examination Colonel Fellows
uked this question:
“Do you want this jury to bolievo that you
came from Texas to got $10,600 in good money
for $506, from Tom Davis, without an effort on
his part to pzevsnt yon gottihg away with It?"
“A expected to get the meaey, and if I onco
got it on the street I would regard it as mine,''
sntwered Holland.
lYitneai further raid that ho thought if ho
once got the money, Davit would make no
draumttratlon on tho street, for his business
would then become public.
“What busluett?” queried Fellows.
“Swindling business.”
Holland further said that be intended to
jiold on to the bug, and would defend himself
according to tbe meant used against him, aud
be iutcndrd to defend his property and bis life
at all hazards.
New York, March 5,—J. T. Holland, tho
Texan, on trial for tho murder of Tom Davis,
was acquitted today.-
Davis and his brotbrr conducted a bogus
money concern in New York city, ensnaring
country people into their den, when the panel
game was played. Holland nnswered in per
son, snd as he saw the ten thousand dollars
put Into a valise for which lie paid five hun
dred, be reached over lo get it, A baud from
tho panol grasped tho vulfee. A fight ensued*
when a voice from tho inside said “shoot lilm.”
Holland reached bfepistal first, killing Davis.
Bushing down to tho street ho was arrmtad,
and his trial has jnst concluded.
TUX STATEMENT OF THE PRISONER.
A strong delegation of Toxins was In ths
court to bear the conclusion of tha trial.
On the stand Holland testified as to his con*
nectlon with ths purchase of tho counterfeit
money ami the killing of Davis, u follows;
1 left Abilene on August IS, with shout 1273 and
a bill of credit for 1500; James T. Hill, city mar
ital, had been Intending to come cast for some
time previous, snd we made It couvenlsnt to come
homo a report gut out that a roungWttPMVP
town usmtdl’atkc hud lost It,000 in New York. I
asked him It lints so, and ho said yes. tasked
how It was, and he said It was In the sawdust bush
ness. llesot a circular advertising counterfeit
money In New York, suil ho weal up snd had a
llookatlt. He bought it,000 worth. It wu counted
out, delivered to hfm In a satchel, tml a man went
I with him to Iheexpreeo office snd had It shipped.
When ho got back home and tbe satchel wu
llumedoTiTtoblmhe round nothing hut waste
paper in It. lie told me he thought ft was good
gen
foe
II. Woodward, by whom PaVkc uro* imici,
- Hrculsr^sniUhoy sent me one. At llufiklo 1
I’lll be at Philadelphia home, Jersey City,
Jdjajr tnorulnjr.”
When we came lo Kcw York wo registered at the
son,’ and 1 did. Wealayed at the hotel only ashort
tlmo,snd then wont over to the Philadelphia house,
at agreed. We took a room, and had been In itonly
abont ten minutes when there came a knock at tho
deer, ami a man entered and raid, 'oranges.' That
was the password agreed upon in tho cir
cular. I repealed the word after him u tho
circular directed. He wu a large, gray-
hatred old mau, verypollto InhUmsnncre.and had
a very lurassi lace, tie said lib name wuButfer,
aud he did not luok so very shrewd cither. Ho said
he had come In response to my telegram, and that
he reprerented Mr. Woodward. He spoke of tho
goods and-ranted to show them lous. W’o had
quite a long convemtlon, In which he told ns that
[lo the Merc hauls' hotel. In New
to meet us there In the morning.
A good msur.southern people stopped there, he
mid. Heroic leaving in tie suggested that we get
some stiff black bats In place of onr bread brimmed
n hlic one*. The town, he mid, wu full of thieves
and swindlers, and they'd all be on to us fer coun
tryman If we didn't make the change.
That night, which wu Wednesday, we stopped
lit the Morton home, and the next morning wo
met Butler according to appointment. I remem
ber in tbe course ofour conversation he said he'd
just like a bank, and that they had regular oBce
hours snd never sold outside of them. Jt was their
MBMtao take but ana man Into the oOco U a
ke uked ir wc were ready lo sec the goods
■DHHTl said he'd go and take a look at them.
Huliertold him lo leave all his valuables with mo
Bulicrtold him to leave all hi- OTttttmstaBHM
itbree quarters of an hour snd iBMMIMP
h
place. Butler fed Use way utaMataMBAtaMMdBMB
knocks >m the dixir. Toni 1
HUT ■ tigvn WMttus
•tld* compared tt with "bill* of mr own. lie
i,kcd me how 1 Uked It, and I Mid I Uked It.
'fame-you -rant to buy some/" Davis said,
snd than be went on to tell the different -rays of
shipping tt. He owe sent slaty thousand daisra
to a sen in Fan Francl-co In a flour barrel, he
. — arnt in dry,
_ __ boxes, neu
trally. though, customers Uked it to be exprettrd
In e seck. Dc said If I liked, he'd have mine pul
- ray. and srould go with mo to the ex-
. re to see it shipped safely. He showed
me what looked to be a clipping from a DC wipe-
ir, which gave an account of a trial of counter
wflhua**'"'.cava~ail yotir mime? and valuable-
Hill’s with mo bestde-gsoo of my own. I gave Hill
sgirsjzg'SrsiJ;Asa
* viced me to help him count it. rtrvtwe weal orec
thing with the twos,
counted faster than I did.
“Well, here's your good*," be Mid. “Where's
my moneys" 1 took 5-vjo in l/Uea and hundreds out
ormy Ir.side vest pocket and handed ft to him.
There was a little blac k aatcbel behind me and he
told me to get it. While I was faced abont he put
my money away somewhere. I satin a chair and
held the bag between mr kneea and he put the
money we had counted In, package by package.
Then I closed tho bag *nd held It in my hand.
“Let's be BolDgitow.’' I said. "Don't be In a 1
hurry," said Daria. “Walt and sec the old man.*’
“Let's go now," I told. “No, you musn’t. The
I if; i lie l# hill of detectives aud you’d be arrestei,"
wa* Davis's reply. . .
“i’il take my chances. 1 want to be off." Davis
>ald: “But you must not take tbatout of here. \ ou
evidently don't understand the way we operate
here in New York."
“I've paid for these goods, and I’ll do as I please
with them." t
“But you can’t. I’ve got two men in the next 1
room, and we ll never let yon walkout or this
place alive."
Tom. klil tlie came a ferocious rdee
through the wall. * . ,
•‘Drop that bag,” shouted Davis. “ --you,
drop it!’’ And the big saw-dust man rushed at
me. I threw a ehair iu front of me, and dodged
around it a moment till we grappled. My foot
struck the de>k aud I nearly felt. "-7—-- you,”
»limited Davis, "I’ll fix you,’’ and ho threw his
his coat to hii pistol pocket.
pistol aud shot him. My b*ck‘
9 the desk as I fired, and I heard
m -ack of me like a door open
ing. I jumped to the other side of the room and*
throwing my pisrol over in my hand fired in the
direction of the desk. The room was so full of
smoke that I could not see what caused tbe noise or
where the bullet struck. 1 didn’t look fm no hag
nor nothing after I fired. I was looking for tho
door, for 1 wauted to save my life. 1 rushed out’
into the hall and down the stairs. I met no one .by
the way, and when 1 got to the head of the first 1
flight 1 put up my revolver."
Holland told of bis snbacfiuent arrest and
how bo claimed the bag when taken back to
tbo office aud denied ita ownership at the
police station. He said that be believed all the!
time tbat it was tbe ouc bo bad bought, but-
that on tbe way to the station he concluded
that it would be against him to claim it. •
Roger A. J’ryor summed up for the defease.
At the conclusion of Pryor’s address the mur
mur of applause became an almost deafening
roar,ending with clappingofhandsaudstampfng:
of feet. .Indue Van Brunt immediately orders
tire court room to be cleared, and In shout;
two minutes all enthusiasts except a four
-romrn were hustled into the corridors.
Quiet being restored, Colouel John B. Fel
lows, assistant district attorney, undo the
closing argument on behalf of tho prosecution,
in an addresa of nearly two hours.
Judge Van Brunt then took nearly *n hour
to charge tho jury. At about 7:30 p.m. tho
jury retired, and Judge Van Brunt wont to
dinner.
THE VERDICT OF THE JURY.
The jury hail not been out 10 minutes boforo
thev bad agreed that tbe defendant ought to
bo acquitted. It -vast) o'clock, however, when
Judge YnnBrurt returned, nnd kt 6:10 tho jury
were iu their seat* aud Holland was told to,
stand up. Tiio usual question was put and the
foreman aald they had agreed, snd that the
verdict was “uot guilty."
Tho prisoner displayed no great' emotion,but:
warmly grasped tho hand of each juror as ho;
slopped from the box. Almost every man im
the courtroom grasped Holland warmly by the:
baud, and he walked out of the courthouM on>
'ir aim of his Texan lawyer, Makenuor.
Holland will leave for Texas In a few days,
CONKLING'S CHANCE.
YYlilcli May Not he Such a Itle Chance
After All.
Washington, March 7.—[Special.] —Wlthi
remarkable concert come auggeetlons from alii
psitsof tbo country that Hoscoe Coukling is
tho man to load the republican'party out of
tbo wilderness and back to powor. What the
newspapers are raying is ochoed and cm-
lasizcd by Conkllng’a friend* and admirers
congress. This snadep tribute to the ex-
senator bai been provoked by hltannerb man
agement of tho prosecution of tho Btoadwiy
tnrfaco railway frauds. The republicans are,
In fact, without any real loador in congress,
or ono in tho party anywhere who looms ns
a poaalble Moses. They are on the lookout:
for such a loan. This anxiety and Mr. Conk-
ling's eminent abilities and high personal cha
racter arc snlfldcnt explanation of tho.praoont!
movement. Yet It fe clear to thorn who know
how the mats of the republican politicians
regard Conkllng that this movement to bring:
him bark into party harness docs not really
signify a desire to pot him in tho lmd. Iu real!
object Is to secure Conkilug’s aid in the com
ing New York election, and then to drop him.
The republicans aro very apprehensive that
they will lose the New York legislature. The
two factions in tbo party in that state hold an:
intense animosity toward each other. The
democrats, on the other hand, aro
reported to be in fine shape
and confident of victory, filnoo tho nomina
tion and election of Hill as governor drove out
tho noisy but 1 noontide ruble mngwanmp ele
ment, tbe party has been able to count on all
tbe ddmocratio strength in New York.
Undoubtedly Hr. Conkllng can bo of:
great service to the republicans of New York,,
end they would be delighted to have him help
them in their next campaign, but beyond that
they would hare Uttl* um for him. Ho was;
never popular with his own party
a. The big ones disliked him because 1
they were jealous of him; tha llttloonm hated:
him becauM he onubbed them, A member
of congteM who know* him wall aald tho
other day:
“Yon will noverJseeJRoscoeConklto** leader
of tho republican party again. His party sen
timent grew week before he became disgusted
with the Garfield administration. Ho began
to loco faith in hit party when the fraud of
1870 was perpetrated, and he almost rose to the
height of denouncing it feom bis place in the
senate. 1 havo reason to believe that Mr.
Conkllng regards that aa the lost
opportunity of his life. In tho last campaign
be did not vote at all, but hfe influence waa *1-
lent!/ thrown for Cleveland. He hao no fe-
i the republican party beyond the tem
porary promlocnce of Mrviog it In a great
emergency, and that privilege, I am confident,
he will reapeetftilly decline.'’
A FELON'S DOOM.
Bi'ARTAXBi’ao, 8, C., March 0.—[Soociil.] —
Tan Constitution has already pub-
1 brief particulars of tho lynching
Obcdlah Thompson, tho Meek
brute that utraged Mrs. Lanoastar.
It fe now said that ho had previously mads
two similar assaults upon, a colored woman,
and three several attempts npen the persons of
reputable white women, always evading the
clutch of the law's atm by fleeing. Au ero
witness tells the following abont tbo tragedy
in whti-h Jackson played the principle role:
“When the rope-res around his neck and the
buny was about te ha driven (torn under him he
i was (lotnt. Let me
:ue time to pray.- The Brartaa thus inti
mates Ha coadcmnatlMi of the affair:
"In the crowd tbat entered the Jail aome were
fortafeftatwhsnffle men gath sredMsjifr Writer
ordered the drug More* to rail whisky to no one.
Tills was t wise snd tbonghirul order/’....
Hiram Jackson, a notorious enminal in
Kenhaw county, enjoyed immunity from
punishment for a long tlmo, but ultimately
met his fete in this wav: Jackson, a burly
negro man. wm one of the criminals that es
caped from tha Camden jail during tho gen
eral Jail delivery abont aix weeks ago, wu
arrested near Bnfiklo by a Mr.
Yates, under a warrant fettled by trial
Jnatice J. D. Gardner, charging Jackson with
committing bnrgbtry upon the boose of Hr.
Alexander Brown, when uear tbo now tur
pentine distillery of Tompkias £ Dabney,
Jackson showed signs of inteoding to escape
again. Yates told turn if be attempted to ran he
would fin upon him. Iu a few minutes Jack-
son dashed off. Ho was called upon to halt,
but he paid no attention to tbe summons, and
Yates fired at him with a pistol after he had
run abont thirty yards. Tbe ball atrack Jack-
son in tbe neck, entering tbe spinal column,
and killing him Instantly,
The Prnlta of Twenty Years'
practice of such extent and magnitude as
probably never before fell to t: e lot of any one
man are folly set.fortb in the caique medical,
work published by tbo Peabody Medical la-'
atilute, entitled tbe “fieieace of Life." Bead
the advertisement.
$1,950 IN GOLD
AND TWENTY-THREE TONS
OF GOSSYPIUM.
As Premiums for Farmers During the
Present Year—The Farmers’ Pre
miums, as Offered by Messrs.
Geo.W, Scott & Co., Pro
prietors of Gossyp-
ium Phospho.
• We have had frequent inquiries for the list
of premiums to be offered by Messrs. G. VY.
Scott & Co., of the Goi3ypium Phojpho com
faiiy for the prereut year. We called upon
Mr. G. W. Scott, tho head of thu firm, and he
said:
‘*1 Lave au advertisement ready for you,
and here it Is. It coutaiua, I believe, all the
information that a man will require for en
tcring the competition, and carrying his crops
through.*’
It will be seen that the new list differs some
what from the old ones. The first year the
prizes wore offered for one acre crops. Tho
second year they were made for
five aero patches. Thi3 change
was made by Messrs. Scott & Co. to in*
crease the acrcajro brought under a high state
of cultivation by the competitors. Their idea
wns to benefit the state. They felt that every
acre put In competition would help just that
much. If they could multiply this intensive
acreage by five the benefit to the state would
be five fold. A change was made, however,
by the objcctioq from many small fanners that
they wero uuablo to set aside five acres for
competition and to bring it to such a high state
of cultivation as would irarraut their expect
ing the premium.
This year iu order to meet tho demands of
both classes, there are premiums for one acre
patches and five acre patches* la order to
encourage every one to try five acres who can
possibly do so, any one of the five acres will
be put iu competition for the single acre pre
mium, provided an unbroken ground is select*
cd. It Is possible, therefore, for a man who
plants five acres to get tho $250.00 prize and
tbe $100.00 prize, or $.TA00 iu cash as pre
mium! on five acres.
The advertisement of Messrs. Scott & Co.
which appears herewith will explsiu all de
tails.
GEORGIA PREMIUMS FOR 1886.
Twenty, five From Inins on Cotton for 1830—
Five-Aero Patches In Georgia.
For llie Hugest yiclff of clean Hnt cotton
mafic cn five acres in the state or Georgia.
on which gte>n>lmi only hat been tuefi •3.TO
For tho Jd largest yield on 5 acres 150
For the lid largett yield on 5 sere...
For the 5tli to th JOtb target yields on 5 sere.
(C premium?) - ~..l ton Gose,
For tho lltli to the 20th largest yields on 5
seres (lOpremituss) - 1-3 ton Goss.
ONE ACItK.
Learning that there are many farmers who
cannot arrange fora live-acre pitch of cotton,
who drain to enter the contest, we sgaln offer
One Acre I’reainms as fellows:
For tbe largest yield of cletn Unt cotton
mtdconuiescrc la tbe stats .of Oeorgls,
on wblcbClorayplcm only has been used....BIOO
For 2d largest yield
For od, 4th snd 6th largest yields4* premi
ums — l ton Goss,
Contestants for tbe fire-acre premiums esu
enter one of their five seres lu the single acre
contest, thus standing a chance for two promt
""^tanninM fob corn in Georgia.
About forty former! contorted for tbo pre
miums we otfered for the largest yield of sound
’corn made on one acre, the overage for tbe
three seasons being abont 80 bnshels per acre,
made with an average of abont 400 pounds
Gossyplum.
We now offer for tho yeer 1886,
FIVE PREMIUMS ON OOBN.
For the largest yield or sound corn mode on
one acre lu Gcorgte, on which Gossyplum
only bus been used— - —BtOO
Forthe ad largest yield.
For tbs lid, 4th and 6th largest jleld....l ton Goss.
PREMIUMS ON WHEAT AND OATS.
Forthe targes! yield of good merchantable
wheat mode on one acre of lend in Ihe
state of-Georgis, on which Goreyplum only
tamed. - —BIOO
For tbe 3d largest yield—
For tbe ad largest yield 1 ton Gose
Forthe largest yield ol food merchantable
oats made on one tore of land In the state
of Georgia, on which Gossyplum only Is
used—" *10®
For tbe 2d largest ylold — —-
Fort head largest yield...— -.ItonGoss
To show tho benefits in the Moond year the
former derives from tbe use of Uoseyplum, we
offei:
For the target yield of good merchantable
oats made on ona sera of land planted In
core or cotton in 1335, on which Goss/eiam
only was used, snd on which no additional
manure or fertilizer shall be used BIOO
For the second largest yield —
For the third tamest ytald. —-1 ton Goss
SOUTH CAROLINA PREMIUMS FOR
1886.
We offer for the largest yield of clean lint cot
ton. made on one sere In the state or South
Carolina, on ;whlcb Gossyplum only ha?
been used *100
For 2d largett yield — — 8®
For Cd, 4th ami 4th largett yield, 1 ton Goss
Contestants for tlisBonth Carolina premiums
will comply with the rales and regulations
given for Georgia, exoept that they will mall
their applications, on or before December 10th,
to Hon. A. P. Butler, commissioner of agri
culture, Colombia, 8. C-, who, in connection
wUh tbo contestants, will appoint the commit
tee to award tbo premiums on December 16 th
ALABAMA PREMIUMS FOR 1886.
To encourage a friendly rivalry among our
customers, and to detormina the quantity of
Gossyplum, mode of application and culture
tbat will pay the farmer best, we offer tbe fol
lowing premiums for ths largest yields of cot
ton, corn and oats made on land In Alabama,
onwhichGotsypInm only tanaed as a fertilizer:
PREMIUMS ON COTTON.
We offer kw tbe largest yield of cfetn lint cot
ton, made oa ono acre In the state of Ala
hemal on which Gossyplum only bss been
used—— mm— „,„BTnn
For 2d tartest yield too
For fat largest yield— — 50
Fcr 4lh and Mb largest yields —I ton Goaa.
PREMIUMS ON CORN.
Forthe largest yield of sound corn made on
five acres on which Goeeypinu only lisa
been need - — —alon
For Ihe Sd largett yield 80
Forthe Sd largest yield — t ton Goaa.
PREMIUM ON OATS.
Forthe latent yield of good merchantable
oats made on one acre on which Goeayplum
only hat l«en n*ed — mum
Tbo application for premiums should be
mailed to Hon. K. C. Bette, Coumletleuer of
Agriculture, Auburn. Ala., abont 10th of De
cember. to that ail will be in bis hinds by the
morning of the Kith, on which day he. In con-
net lion with any committee named by con
testants, Will declare who Is entitled to tho
premium. If not Convenient for the applicant
to be present on day of award, be can author
ize the honorable commissioner or any friend
to act for him in the selection of the oommit-
tec.
Fxplanatory of Premiums.
The land will be one connected piece of
ground, and yield will be taken of tha
whole plat, not for part and eittmito
for the balance. The award to bo made by a
committee of five, selected end agreed upon by
the contestants. Each contestant to makes
report to this committee, stating character of
tho land, when planted, the mode of culture,
quantity of Gouyplotn used per acre, and
yield ol cotton, com, wheat or oats; all prop
erly certified to.
Each application must be certified to by at
lcatt three disinterested aud promlneut citi
zens, whose certificates of the land and yield
will leave no doubt in the tulnds of other con
testants as to its fairness. Blank forms will
I** Sent cn application to’ all contestants, so
that there mav bo uniformity in the certifi
cates. •
The application for premium In Georgia
should be mailed to the Han. J. T. Henderson,
Commissioner of Agriculture, about 14th of
December, s* that all will bo in his hands by
the morning ofthelStk, on which day he, in
connection with any committee named by
contestants, will declare who is entitled to the
premiums. If not convenient for applicant -to
be present on day of sward, he can authorize
Colonel Henderson or any ft fend to act' for him
In tkeeelectlonoftliccommittee.
The award wiU he made without reference
to tbo quantity of Goseypimn used on each
acre, ns one of the principal alms is to deter
mine what quantity pays best. Each ptantor
fe, tl-iiefore left to exercise bit own judgment
os to tbe quantity he will use.
It Is our desire to hove ncthlug whatever to
do with tho applications or tbe award; -Wc
must therefore beg that none of oar friend*
will send their application through us or ask
us to select a committeeman. We wish all to
he conducted by your own friends, and whoa
the award la made wo will cheerfully pay tire
premiums to the successful contestants.
A REVIEW oFtHE RESULTS
lVlilcU Were Achieved In 1835) Under tho
Competition of Messrs. Geo. IV. Scott
& Co/s Priiu and Wonderful
Array of Itesiitt*.
In 1685 two hundred and eighty-firs urea
of cotton lands were entered for the prize?
offered by Messrs. Geo. W. Scott ,4c Co. Thoso
acres were located In thirty-five different
ccuutics of Georgia, from White iu tho north
of tho state, to Quitman In the southwest. The
largest yield was 1,570 pounds to tlie sera of
clean lint cotton. Mr. G. W. Trult, of Troup
county, who took the first prize, made l/>79
pounds of clean lint cotton por aero on a firs
acre patch. Mr. D. H. Ponder, of Henry coun
ty, made 1,511 pounds of clean liut cotton par
acre on five acres. Mr. G. M. Davis, of Mon
roe county, who took tho thlnl prize, mode
1,50!) pounds of clean lint cotton per sere on
five acres. These formers used from fear to
■even hundred pounds of Gossyplum I’hospho
to the acre. The avenge yield oa the 215
acres In competition wu 752 ponndi of Unt
cotton to tho acre..
Sixty-two eorce of corn wero In the competi
tion In different Motions of tho state, snd
averaged 80 bushels to the acre.
These results were so cucouragiug, snd
meant so much to the formers and to the state
at targe, that Mcun, Scott A Co. have enlarged
tholr premium list for Georgia, ami included
Alabama and South Carolina in supplementary
effort.
SPECIALNOTETO FARMERS.
It is Iminrtant that sworn certificate?
of tho measurement or Die land in
competition, and of tbe yield, shall bo
so csrafnlly drawn ani to ncrnrately totted
tbat a ftlr test ta assured. No certificate?
that are net so drawn, and so tested wUl bo ad
mitted te testimony. The rales are simple,
bnt they must be strictly observed. It will be
noted tbat contcetants appoint their own com
mittee to examine tbe certificates and make
tbe award?. Messrs. Scott & Co., specially
provide that this shall be done, snd that they
■bell beve nothing to de with the whole mst-
tor except to pay the premiums on the formtl
certificates of the committee that htt been re
fected by the contestants.
The above liberal offer explains itself. Wo
urge overy former who can possibly do so-to
taka advantage of it and enter tbo competition.
Every former who makM n trial will have- a
premium in tbo improved condition of his soil
end in the lesson that intelligent forming
teaches, even If he does not take one of the
premiums that are offered, if one thousand
Georgia formers were tooompetc for there pre
miums it Would be the most Important stop
taken by Georgia in agricultural program kt
tho pest tea yean.
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