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Cleveland Courier.
Tsisnss of OUSES
* BRIEFLY
ofMeaft at Are
Of More or
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t was for Sent
to furnish the ohl
Wednesday’’, strong* sen!
delivered a
resolution askings
the SanguilSy
eron resolution
Mr. Call spoke
one s simple res’
secretary of state 1
respondent in thfT
Sauguilly, denmed an Amerinv Spanish a]
by the
Cuba to perpetual imj^ p.qoiuvTS
chains; and the other
tion instructing the president to
mand Sanguilly’s immediate release?
The first was agreed to, and the sec¬
ond was referred to the committee on
foreign relations.
The senate disposed of much routine
business at the opening of tho session
Thursday. The petitions as to Cuba
and for and against the Loud bill,were
Texas, exceptionally heavy. Mr. Mills, of
offered tho following resolution:
“Resolved, by the senate and house of
representatives, that the expediency of
recognizing the independence of a for¬
eign government belongs to congress,
and that when congress shall so deter¬
mine the president shall act in harmo¬
ny with the legislative part of the gov¬
ernment Second, that tho irnlcpend
kence of the government of Cuba ought
* to be aiul hereby is recognized, and
the sum of $10,000 is hereby appropri¬
ated for salary afid expenses of a min¬
ister Uich minister to that shall government be appointed whenever by the
®f»sident. ”
HOUSE.
Loud bill passed the house
_ A lively fesday fight, by a vote of fH to 105.
was made against it.
J’lie bill was designed to do away with
“grtain abuses of the use of the mails and
i especially to second class matter.
’ features of the bill
are
mails as second
G e copies of nfewspa
K __ publications and
from news agents the
M returning to then- princi
^x/un.l rate .-/ns- LI copies of
ct that '% the house
gipon the eonsidera
railroad funding
5cd on tli e floor was
Feat interest, however,
was manifested in the opening debate
by those present. A large map show¬
ing the routes of the Pacific roads has
beau erected in the area in front of the
speaker’s rostrum and were frequently,
referred to by several speakers. Carter
the special order adopted for the holi¬
day recess, the debate was to continue
until Saturday evening and the voting
to take place Monday.
Tho sensation of the day and the
sensation of the session of tin; house
Friday was the attack of Johnson, of
California, on Hearst, of The New
York Journal and The San Francisco
Examiner. This came out in the
Pacific railroad funding bill discussion
before the house. -I oh us on is a strong
advocate of the funding bill. .He ran
for congress in November on this
funding loH issue, was fought hard by
The Examiner and -was overwhelm¬
ingly defeated. Hefice his attack. It
was of a personal nature, was vicious
in the extreme and called down severe
criticism from Johnson’s colleagues.
The evening session of the house
consideration Friday devoted, under the rules, to the
of private pension bills,
was rendered of no avail by absentee¬
ism. At 10:30 o’clock the session ex¬
pired by limitation under the rules,
and the house stood adjourned until
Saturday. v
The debate on the Pacific funding
bill closed Saturday night, The day
was devoted to debate under the five
minutes rule, which developed still
greater opposition to the measure than
the early debate had indicated. The
adoption of an amendment requiring 3
per cent instead of 2, as provided in
the original bill, is a strong indica¬
tion against the passage of the bill as
originally passed.
NOTES,
Secretary Carlisle is the subject of
two contradictory reports. One of
these states that lie is to go on the sn
preme bench. The other story comes
from a source exceedingly close to the
secretary himself. This confirms the
oft-repeated and oft-denied rumor that
Carlisle is to go to New York and prac¬
tice law with Cleveland as senior part¬
ner of the firm.
Charley Crisp has secured a favora¬
ble report from the public buildings
committee of the house on the bill in¬
troduced |on, providing by his for father the at erection the last ses
of a
jlic building appropriation at Americus. The bill
an of $35,000.
gition board of government
yvhich ed exhibit had the in govern¬ charge
ttta exposition will
lur iport in a few days to
fd. copies of the re
art ha3 ordered the
f to visit Galveston on
i receive an elaborate
»ui go,000, the money
eed by popular sub
Jgh the state for which
i named.
Devoted to Education, Mining and Agriculture in White County and North-East Georgia.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 189T.
WATSON YS. BLACK.
Arguments Be$un in the Contest Before
House Elections Committee.
The arguments in the election con¬
test of Thomas F. Watson, late candi¬
date for vice-president, against James
C. Black, of the tenth congressional
district of Georgia, were begun at
elections Washington Friday before the house
It committeee, No. 1.
be was expected Mr. Watson would
present, but he did not put
in an appearance. The sitting
member, those Judge Black, was —-----„ among
who heard the arguments
---- —
of a formidable array of counsel,
Messrs. Gross, West, Glenn & Bonn
Gee, appearing for Watson, and
^lessfs. “right for Cummings, Black. Mr.Glenn, Lamar, Cohen in behalf and
Watson, argued that the entire vote
e city of Augusta should be thrown
because of a ** number of Vi .... alleged I ir- ri
irities in registration apd of bal
txes, lack of representation on
jprds, etc.
gbalf of election Black the entire argued regu
Rings, was by
who maintained that
®a theory of Mr. Watson’s case
widespread conspiracy of fraud
existed, was not justified by the facts.
election Contnvy to the usual routine of
cases, the argument, while
following briefs the lines of the printed
and the general statements
heretofore published, were neither
dull nor dry. They were marked by
spirited tilts between the counsel for
Air. Watson and for Major Black, and
the committee gave unflagging atten¬
tion.
BLOCKADE CHARLESTON.
Many of Uncle Sain’» Powerful Battle
Bhip# Will Environ the City.
Admiral Bunco's squadron of evolu¬
tion is to blockade -Charleston, S. C.,
early in February.
The admiral had a long conference
with Secretary Herbert and other
naval officers at Washington Friday,
and as a result his plans for drills and
maneuvers, of which the rigid block¬
ade of Charleston is the chief feature,
wore thoroughly approved and all
necessary arrangements for carrying
out the proposed operations will at
once be inaugurated.
The scheme involves the mainte¬
nance Charleston of a strong harbor blockading fleet off
and the assignment
of one or more fast vessels, including
tho Vesuvius, to duty as blockade run¬
ners. Stores and coal will be massed
at Fort lioyal as a base for the smaller
blockade cruisers,- but the battleships
and perhaps the big cruisers will have
to take turns going to Hampton.Roads
for supplies unless improve* feasible
to Tho serve them on tile higltWik. ‘
fleet will be the most pow erful
gathered in recent years, incl ■lading Ming tli the
battleships Massachusetts, Indiana,
Maine and Texas, the cruisers New
York, Brooklyn, Columbia, Newark,
Raleigh, Montgomery, Marblehead and
Castine, the ram Katahdin, the moni¬
tors Puritan and Amphitrito, the tor¬
pedo boats Cushing and Ericson, the
dispatch vessels Vesuvius and Dolphin
and the transport Fern.
BLAZE IN SYLVANIA.
The Court House am! a Number of Stores
Swept Away by Flame*.
The business portion of Bylvania,
Ga., was fire swept Friday night. Tho
loss is estimated at $50,000.
The fire started about 10 o’clock in
M. C. Well’s livery stable. Hilton’s
cash store caught next and his other
store on the opposite side of the stable
caught about the same time.
P. A. Mock’s store was next in line
and it was soon a burning mass. A. J.
I aricey ^ k Co.’s drug ° store, next ----- door
went down in very quick order, fol
lowed by M. T. Wells’ large store on
the corner.
The flames then leaped across tho
street to J. F. Loveless’s store and
from there to tho courthouse square.
The Telephone building, Pfieffer’s store
arid a dwelling house also caught and
were quickly burned. T. G. ... Bmith’s ..........
small paint shop next to The Telephone
building was swallowed up in a few
minutes ——- •
The loss is covered by $8,000 insur
Judge Speer Confirms Sale.
Judge Speer has confirmed the sale
of the electric railway property at Sa¬
vannah to Herman Myers and J. H.
Fale, representing the majority of the
bondholders, for $211,000 and directed
that the receivers turn the property
over to the purchasers on the presenta¬
tion of the deed from the master com¬
missioners.
Whisky Trust Leases.
The United States court of appeals
at Chicago has handed down an impor¬
tant decision in the whisky case. The
court decided that the leases made by
the old whisky trust’ cannot be en¬
forced and are void. This rids the
American Spirits Manufacturing com¬
pany of 50 leases running about 20
years and involving something like
$ 100 , 000 .____
Georgians Off to fnha.
A party of 18 Savannah, Ga., yonng
men have left that city for Cuba to
join the insurgents. Among them was
Clifford W. Anderson, Jr., son of Col¬
onel Clifford W. Anderson, of Savan¬
nah.
Denver Bank Reopens.
The American National bank at Den¬
ver has reopened under new manage¬
ment with $600,000 cash on hand to
meet liabilities and conduct business.
There remains but $200,000 of liabili¬
ties to be provided for after all the
other assets of the bank.
Reduces Irish Constabulary.
The Daily News (London) says it is
reported that the Dish constabulary
will be reduced by 2,000 men, which
will result In the saving of £20,000.
KILLED BY A POSSE
SIMON COOPER’S CAREER ENDED
BY WINCHESTER BULLETS.
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»• s »" th
Carolina’* Star Criminal—A Week
of Horrible Crimea.
Simon Cooper, the red-handed South
Carolina desperado was killed by a
sheriff’s posse near Sumter, Friday at
noon.
Cooper’s record of crime was inau
gurated on Emancipation Day. He
was a crack shot, and so he proved
himself when he attended the celebra
tion at Magnolia, in Sumter county.
He ----- fancied .»»VXVW that HKUI some OD1UC one Ulie was >V trying L.
to drive over him, and started a row.
The negro in the buggy finally
shot him inflicting a slight wound in
the neck. , Other negroes tried to
seize Cooper, and Grant Davis, one of
them, was shot dead by Cooper. After
emptying his pistol, Cooper retired
under a culvert and quietly reloaded
his pistol. Then he came out and
deliberately those shot down five men, among
who had troubled him.
In the meantime a party of white
men had collected and decided to at¬
tempt his arrest. The negro cursed
them and dared them to come on, but
upon their approach he fled, after tir¬
ing several shots.
His whereabouts for a time was un¬
known.
Just after daylight Friday morning
he started out, but soon stopped at
the house of Thomas Boyle, colored,
and demanded that ho let him have
hia horse. He also, at the point of a
pistol, forced Boyle’s son, Isaac, to go
with him, saying he would send the
horse back by the boy. He rode the
horse and made the boy walk.
* Thomas Boyle then hurried to Lynch¬
burg to tell the white people of Coop¬
er’s whereabouts. A party was soon
on horseback and when they arrived
about two miles from Lynchburg, at
the home of Mr. West Wilson, they
beheld a truly fearful picture.
Wilson, . Cooper had murdered Mr, West
his wife, father and a colored
man, Preston Smith. Mr. > Wilson,
Sr., was shot three times in the breast
and in each side. Mr. Wilson, Jr.,
was shot in the temple and in one side
of the heart and his head split open
with an ax. Airs. Wilson was shot
once With a"pistol ball in the back of
the hca<W k ,
Since Thursday night sheriff’s pos¬
ses had .been scouring scouring the the country, country,
special of bairn* wjjer* necessaryj'
1,1 Re ® ,r< ‘h the desperado.
Leaving a trail of blood in his w-ako,
the ll» TIACfn negro defied arrest and on/1 lr/Vwf kept on zvv. V. his 4
career of criirfft until surrounded in a
house near Sumter, shortly before
noon Friday, where he kept the pos
see at bay with his Winchester. Af¬
ter a terrible battle, lasting an hour,
the bloodthirsty desperado, embolden¬
ed by the success of daring, issued
from the house and was shot down.
List of Cooper's Victims.
Killed—
HENRY DAV1H, colored.
JAMES ADAMS, colored.
WESLEY WILSON, wliito.
MRS. WESLEY WILSON, white.
BENIAMIN WILSON, white.
PRESTON SMITH, colored.
Wounded—
THOMAS ANDERSON.
WILLIAM ANDERSON.
JERRY STEWART.
HENRY ANCRUM and
JOHN DAlUiAN, all colored. *
Henry Davis w as killed Enf ' i
tion day and James Adams was wound¬
ed then, dying later. The other
wounded were shot on Emancipation
day. tfuwu John Cooper uuu|wr umieij states that inav oimon Simon
also assaulted and killed a young wo
man named Mary Howell.
With the death of Simon Cooper
ends the career of the bloodiest des¬
perado in the criminal annals of South
Caroliua, and probably of the entire
south. The record of his week of
crime defies comparison and iR almost
beyond human u.uuau comprehension. eumpieueusion. The j lie
entire section in which tho tragedies
u-nra were committed n.i 11 ... 1 :. is convulsed ..........i....,i with — i. i. hor¬
ror, tut, and uiivi men men shudder c at the liamo of
Simon Coopor.
CHARGED WITH THE WRECK.
Seven Ncrttock .Tailed for the Cal,alia
Kl ver Wreck.
A charge of trainwrecking has been
formally made against Andrew Fagan,
Lucy Fagan, Emanuel Billings, Tom
Parker, Tom Ingram, Rome Scales and
Nat Trannm, the negroes held in jail
at Birmingham, Ala., under suspicion
of having caused the Cahaba river
wreck.
WILLIS IS IMPROVING.
Advices From Honolulu Are Favorable to
HI* Ultimate Recovery.
The steamer Coptic, which arrived
at San Francisco Friday from China
via Honolulu, brings advices from tho
latter point up to January 1st. United
States Minister Willis, whose condi¬
tion was reported hopeless a few days
ago, is greatly improved and his com¬
plete recovery is now looked for.
Two-Cent Rale Refused.
The Georgia railroad commission
has refused to grant the petition of
the business men to make the railroads
sell mileage books at a rate of 2 cents
per mile.
Councilman Given Seven Years.
At Norfolk, Y r a., Friday, Samuel
Cotton was convicted of assaulting
seven-year-old Virgie Porter, of that
city, and given seven years in the
penitentiary. Cotton was at one time
a member of the city council.
Senator Vest Renominated.
Senator Vest has been renominated
by the democrats of Missouri in joint
legislative caucus. A nomination is
equivalent to an election.
NINETEEN NEW GOVERNORS.
CJ on November S Last to Take Office on Varloas Dates, From December 19.
1800, to March 4, 1897.
list 1, Andrew E. Leo (Fusion), of South Dakota. 2. John W. Leedy (Popu¬
and Democrat), of Kansas. 8. James A. Mount (Republican), of Indiana.
4. Robert L. Taylor (Democrat), of Tennessee. 5. G. W. Atkinson (Repub¬
lican), of West (Democrat), Virginia. 6. Lon V. Stephen (Fusion), of Missouri. 7. W.
H. lillerbe of South Carolina. 8. Ebo Walter Tunnell (Demo¬
crat), of Delaware. 9. George A. Rumsdell (Republican), of New Hampshire.
10. Frank S. Black (Republican), of Now Adams York. , 11. Roger Wolcott, (Re¬
publican), of Massachusetts. 12. AI van (Democrat and Free Silver
Republican), 14. Major M'VBr4J$eoiicld of-Colorado. (Republican), 13. John It. Tanner (Republican), of Illinois.
(ItopuorfiMBwl t of Wisconsin. 15. Ilazen 8. Piu
grfre of Michigan. ’16. lt). Lorrin Lorrin A. JL Cooke Cooke (Republican), (Republican), of of Con
lieeticut. (Fusion), 17. of FrAnk Washington, Steunenberg 19. (Democrat), of Idaho. (Fusion), 18. John It. ’Rog¬
ers Robert B. Smith Of Montana.
CONVICT FARMS PAY.
South Carolina’* Plantation Ha* Made
Money for the State.
In tlieir annual report to the gover¬
nor the board of directors of tho South
Carolina penitentiary announce that
all the contracts for working convicts,
on shares have expired and none’ of
them will be renewed.
As no convicts are leased to con¬
tractors, the state will hereafter work
its convict on three farms which have
recently been purchased. Two of
these aggregate 5,000 acres of as fine
planting land as there is in the state,
and they are being put in excellent
condition. The value of farming
property is put down this year at
$ 110,000
While the farms were not fully
worked this year, the penitentiary
sold a few days ago 700 bales of
cotton, on sealed bids, to a Wilming¬
ton, N. C., buyer. Tliey have 150
bales yet on baud, besides about
$24,000 worth of all kinds of provis¬
ions. The net income of the year was
$58,000, and after making final pay¬
ment on the plantations purchased the
state lias $38,000 on hand.
The institution starts the new year
with 818 convicts, 172 less than last
year. The falling off' is due to a change
in the law which permits county super¬
visors to work short term convicts on
the roads of the counties in which they
are convicted. ■
Last year the penitentiary worked
about eighty mules, which number
will, since the whole force of the in¬
stitution will now be devoted to farm¬
ing, be greatly increased.
The convicts are said to be happy
and contented in their farm work.
WOM A N LIBRA RIAN.
Caucus of Tennogaee Democratic UegiHla
tor* Nominated.
The names of eleven lady candidates
for state librarian were presented to
the joint democratic caucus of the
Tennessee legislature Thursday after
noau, but they dropped out steadily
and only six ballots were necessary.
Mrs. Irene Ingram, incumbent, led
on the first five hollots, but on the
sixth ballot Miss Pauline Jones, of
Bannon county, received forty-five
votes to Mrs. Ingram’s forty-one, and
Miss Jones was declared the nominee.
Depositors Ask for Receiver.
Most of tlje depositors of thedefunct
Columbia National bank, of Minneapo¬
lis, have joined in a telegram to Comp¬
troller Eckels, asking for the appoint¬
ment of F. B. Dodge, of Minneapolis,
as receiver.
Steamboat Burned.
The well-known steamboat Belle ot
the Coast was totally destroyed by fire
early Thursday morning at Carrollton,
La. The origin of the blaze is un¬
known. The boat was valued at $10,
000 and insured in various companies
for $20,000.
The Fertilizer Rate Stands.
The Georgia railroad commission has
adopted the recent an circular order refusing reducing to the change rail¬ |
road rates on fertilizers.
COOPER AN OUTLAW.
A SOUTH CAROLINA NEGRO’S RED
RECORD OF CRIME.
Ifnve Been Slain »ni\ an Many More
Shot Down In Cold
A Columbia special says: Five men
and one woman killed, one or two wo¬
assaulted and five men wounded
the record of Simon Cooper, colored,
since January 1st, in Sumter county,
8. C.
After this, with bundrods of men
hunting him, with a special train and
a sheriff’s posse going from town to
this desperado, armed with pis¬
tol, winchester rifle, bowie knife, razor
and plenty of ammunition, is still at
large.
Ho will not be taken alive. Cooper
is the grandsoni of a white man, John
Ashmore, who was a famous bad char¬
acter in this state before tho war.
On Emancipation Day the negroes
a celebration at Magnolia, Sumter
county. Henry Davis and other ne¬
groes got into a row, and Davis shot
at Cooper, whereupon Cooper killed
A warrant for his arrest was put in
the hands of a posse of negroes. They
for the murderer and were met
way.
Cooper opened fire on the crowd,
shooting six, disappear one of«gwhom has since
He until i
night, when he turned up
Sumtet county,and Thurs
morning the bodies of four per
shot with rifle and pistol and
with an ax, showed his terrible
Isaac Boyd, a negro boy, was a wit¬
to the latest murders, Cooper
him to go with him. Boyd
that before killing Mrs.Wilson',
assaulted her and then forced
to show him where the harness
After committing these crimes, and
into a piazza full of children,
says Cooper grew jolly over the
of his plans.
Wauls Labor Legislation.
Governor Carr, of North Carolina,
his biennial message to the legisla
recommends that the working day
limited to eleven hours and that no
under twelve years bo allowed to
in any building.
HENDERSON W AS LYNCHED.
Slayer of Old Man Smnner Huns; bv
A Mob.
The citizens of Unadilla, Ga., awoke
morning to find that a lynch¬
had taken place right in their
and while all were asleep An¬
Henderson, the negro who was
for the assassination of old
George Sumner and tho attempted
upon his daughter, was taken
the city barracks and hung to a
within a stone’s throw of the busi¬
portion of the town.
OUTLOOK PROMISING.
and Hopeful J11.WI iicglos
Advantage.
R. G. Dun & Co. in their weekly
review of trade say that the year 1897
begins with one clear advantage—the
past year has swept out of the way a
great number of unsound concerns
which, in any time of activity, would
have been a danger to business. Of
the 15,286 commercial and banking
failures in 1896, with liabilities of
$270,815,749, a large share represent¬
ing crippling losses in previous years,
or the violence of speculative storms
in 1895, or the first half of 1896, while
thousands more resulted from the fury
of the political tornado last fall. Bank¬
ing failures, amounting to $50,718,915
during tho year, averaged $150,150
each, and were 145 per cent larger
than in 1895.
While banking failures have not
ceased at the west, apprehension about
them has almost wholly subsided aud
no serious influence upon general
trade is now expected. Many sound
concerns wore doubtless caught by
the epidemic, but practically all the
important failures are traced to
disregard of law and of banking
senRe at periods somewhat distant.
It is felt at the west that all bus¬
iness will be the sounder of its
purging, and the return of money
to Now York has exceeded ship¬
ments to the interior by $2,000,000 for
the week. Heavy disbursements by
the treasury and by great corporations
make money abundant, and banks and
savings banks are seeking good papov,
taking some formerly sold at Chicago.
Foreign exchange has risen a trifle, as
large bills are about to mature. Mer¬
chandise exports were 11 per cent over
last year, while imports were 27 per
cent less than for tho same week.
Commercial failures amounted to
$226,096,834, a little over $1,000,000
having been added by the last day of
the year, but the average of liabilities,
$14,992, was smaller thau in some
years of great prosperity. The failures
of brokerage and “other” commercial
concerns averaged $58,418 each, in¬
creasing over 183 per cent over 1895,
while manufacturing failures averaged
$28,808 each and increased 34 per cent
and trading failures increased 18 per
cent and averaged only $9,606 each.
TRUSTS SURRENDER.
Beorgia’# New Law causes Them to
Throw up tho Sponge.
Every trust operating in the state of
Georgia has succumbed to tho Calvin
act..
As the climax of the effective opera¬
tion of that measure, the American
Company, that monster mo¬
1 aupoly that so dciqa>tioally rul.-1 all
commerce in the- _____
ing suit after the , potash trust, the
snuff trust, the coffee trust, the match
trust and all the other trusts, ad infin¬
itum, that have been gouging Georgia
along with the rest of the union, noti¬
fied those jobbers and merchants
throughout the state handling their
goods that the now famous anti-trust
bill made their contracts unlawful, and
they would, therefore, no longer be
considered by either party.
This throws the long closed market
wide open to competition, and certain
reduction in the price of various com
UjoditjeR—though maybe at the ex¬
pense of the jobbers. It solves at
last the problem of dealing with trusts
by legislation. It means the death
knell of all such monopolies.
The bill which directly accomplished
this is already famous and is entitled
“an act to declare unlawful and void
j all au arrangements, Rrrl “ l K« m ' contracts, agree
ments > trust8 > or combinations made
with a view to lessen, or which tend to
lessen, free competition in the impor¬
tation or sale of articles of domestic
growth or of domestic raw material; to
declare unlawful and void all arrange
!nents - ™ l \ tract \ agreements, trusts
1 or combinations between persons
corporations designed, or which tend,
to advance, reduce or control the price
of such product or article to producer or
consumer of any such product or arti¬
cle; to provide for forfeiture of the
charter and franchise of any corpora¬
tion violating provisions of this act.
Ex-Governor of Maine Dead.
Daniel Franklin Davis, ex-governor
0 f Maine, died at Bangor early Satur
| ( ] ft y morning rather suddenly.
H e waK governor in 1880, being
elected by the legislature after an ex
c jting count-out contest, iu which
men and cannon played a part.
) pi e ff a ,t f or some years been engaged i
in the lumber and , , law . , business . in
Bangor. Governor Davis was fifty
four years of age.
DEMAND TWO CENT CAR FARE.
Louisville Labor Union* Sue tho Stree
Car Company.
The labor unions of Louisville, Ky.,
headed by the Cigarmakers’ union No. i j
3, have brought suit against the Louis
ville Street Railway company and the
i mayor and the general council to forco
I *^ ctreet e °| t 3 r car * 0Ternment com P an y *° s f f franchise ake awu y and (h «
force the reduction of fare to 2 cents, j
• :
____
W alling Asks for New Trial.
| sentenced The attorney to be for hanged Alonzo Covington, Walling, j
j at
j | Ky., for complicity in the Pearl Bryan j
murder, has filed a petition with the ■
court of appeals asking for a new trial, j
An Investigation Wanted. j '
The North Carolina legislature has
i I adopted investigate a resolution raising charges a commit- j
tee to the openly i
1 made by democratic that i
a paper
money is being freely used to infle- i
ence populists to vote for Pritchard i |
for senator.________
Fire at 10 o’clock Sunday morning |
totally destroyed Flour the packing house of j
the Anchor mill, at Minneapolis, i
company^ Lots SooS’TuUy’Tn- I
sured. •
NO. 3
WASHBURN WRITES.
HE ISSUES AN APPEAL TO POPU¬
LISTS OF UNITED STATES.
II© Afl vine* Believers to Maintain Solidified
Hanks and Move Forward—The
Unto Campaign Reviewed.
Goorge F.Washburn, member of the
people’s party national executive com¬
mittee aud chairman of the western
headquarters during the late campaign,
has issued an appeal to tho populists
of the United States. Among other
tilings ho says:
We are to be congratulated upon tho
growth of our party aud the fact that
in the recent election nearly half the
voters of the union indorsed mnch of
our platform. Our party alone has a
voting force larger than that which
elected Lincoln and an able, effective
reform press of nearly 2,000 papers.
We hold the balance of power in ti e
United States senato and have four
times as many congressmen as ever
before;
“Wo united with the silver forces
in the recent campaign, not because
wo believe free coinage of silver is tho
solution of the financial problem, but
because it would better existing con¬
ditions, would meet with the least ro
sistonce aud become tho entering wedge
for our main issue, viz: full legal ten¬
der paper money, issued and regulated
by tils government alone. Hav¬
ing proved our loyalty at tho polls, wo
are free to act separately on advanced
lines and to emphasize the real issues
our party was born to advocate. We
cannot lay down our arms and ceaso
enlisted our activity until the war for which wo
has ended in victory for our
cause.
“The democratic party proposes to
continue the silver fight. Two parties
cannot exist on the same issue. Tho
greater absorbs the smaller There¬
fore, if we remain mere camp follow¬
ers of another party, disintegration
will result. Our party success alone
forced the democrats to adopt tho
Chicago platform anil nominate a
popocrat for president. Converts
made by party regularity cannot be
trusted with the reforms of the future.
“We are not democrats, and cannot
be classed as such. We simply united
for a single campaign. The demo¬
crats are but the rear guard of our
party. We do not stand upon redemp¬
tion money, but for a scientific dollar,
kept invariable by proper regulation
of the money volume.
vuuee. They will remaifr where they
are. We must educate them tip to the
main issue, and the time to do it is
now, not just before a presidential
election. We must also hold the dem¬
ocratic party to its present position or
compel it to advance.
“I also suggest that a national con¬
ference of party leaders and work¬
ers bo held as soon as practicable,
that we may have a ffull and free
expression of opinion regarding
for^Pthat future work. Wo press’ hope, tliere
the reform will give
tho fullest possible exposition of the
views on this important subject; and
our friends are invited to write me or
our national chairman expressing tlieir
ideas on the independent party action
herein proposed.
“Shall we march to victory under
our own banner, or continue as strag¬
glers under another?
RACERS CREMATED.
String; of Fine and Valuable Horse* Burn¬
ed at Norfolk, Va.
A fire occurred Sunday morning at
3:30 o’clock in tho etablo at the park
of tho Norfolk Driving Club and Fair
Association, one mile from Norfolk,
Yu., resulting in tlio cremation of
thirteen fine horses and probably the
fatal burning of Tony Brown, a colored
hostler.
Among the horses burned was Tid
dley-Winks, John Mariner’s $10,000
trotter, one of the fastest horses in the
south. Two were fine Kentucky ra¬
cers owned in Georgia.’ The lpss will
foot up at least $30,000.
Nebraska Bank Succumbs.
The First National bank, of Alma;
Neb., has been closed by Examiner
Whitmore. ____________ Liabilities _____________ aro _ $131,000 ________
which includes $16,000 deposits,$4,500
belonging . to ... the state , . and . county. • The
assets are reported at about the same
amount.
ANOTHER DEATH AT CAHABA.
Workman on W'recked Bridge Fall* and is
Killed.
Another fatality has occurred at tlio
Caliaba river bridge, the scene of the
wreck two weeks ago. A largo
{oree of carpenters are working night
and °”' 1 day on the temporary structure.
Frank McLean, while engaged in
hoisting heavy timbers to the top of
tl,e third tier or deck, lost his footing
and fell fifty feet. Death resulted.
Dividend Iter Cotton Factory.
The Augusta, Ga., cotton factory
has declared a semi-annual dividend
of 3J per cent on tho capital stock of
the company of $600,000. This is one
of the oldest mills in Georgia.
Assignments in Knoxville.
C. J. Gooding, druggist, of Knox
ville, Tenn., witff liabilities at $7,000;
assets, $11,006; and the Workingman’s
Building and Loan association, liabili
ties $50,000; assets supposed to be
sufficient to cover the same, have made
assignments.
Mabbied men should sever their
connection with all clubs butthehome
club.
ThE best of "' Lat we do aml « re is
poor enough. ,
