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THEIR STRONGHOLD NEAR CANE A
SHELLED BY FOREIGN VESSELS.
BRITISH CRUISER THE FIRST TO FIRE
Forty Shot* Were DeltTerod-Klnj; Cioorgo
Makes a Patriotic and Defiant Sjieeoh
to a Great Crowd in Athens.
A dispatch from Athens to the Cen¬
tral News (London) nays that the fleets
of the powers bombarded the insurgent
positions in the vicinity of Canon Sun¬
day. No details of the bombardment,
however, are given.
The dispatch adds that the Greek
dispatch boat has exchanged shots
with a Turkish frigate,but in this case
also details are lacking, and both re¬
ports are accepted under reserve.
It is reported that seven hundred
Greeks and a number of pieces of
artillery have been landed at Kisnmo
Bay.
A British torpedo boat stopped the
Greek steamer Tauriuni, which was
landing provisions and munitions of
war at Kolymbar Bay, and escorted
her to Csnea.
The excitement in Athens continues
without abatement and the popular
voice is loud for war if the annexation
of Crete to Greece can bo obtained in
no other away. The populace demand
that no attention be paid to the warn¬
ings and demands of the powers, but
that Greece maintain her position in
the face of Europe.
A vast crowd gathered Sunday after¬
noon in front of the palace and re¬
peatedly cheered the king and the
royal princes, whose actions meet with
the fullest approbation.
The crowd became so demonstrative
that the king appeared upon one of
the balconies of the polaco and ad¬
dressed the people. He and the gov¬
ernment, he declared, were fulfilling
the mandate of the entire Hellenic peo¬
ple in going to the aid of the strug¬
gling Cretan Christians and in seek¬
ing to regain possession of the siland.
He added that he prayed that God
would strengthen their efforts.
His majesty concluded his address
by thanking the people for the whole¬
hearted support they had given him.
■ The action of the foreign warships
has caused the deepest indignation at.
Athens, and the supporters of the sul¬
tan are bitterly denounced on all sides.
It is declared that the powers in up¬
holding Moslem rule by force of arms
have made a melancholy and degrading
spectacle that Greceo will never for¬
get.
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MARK HANNA WINS.
DrupMc Opposition, Ho Will SncretHl f*l»<*r
imtu ns .Senator.
Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, furnish¬
ed (he following statement to the press
Sunday evening:
“It has been my intention to make
no announcement in relation to the ac¬
tion I would take in the matter of an
appointment to fill the prospective va¬
cancy in the Ohio representation in
the United States senate until the va¬
cancy actually existed. Baton account
of the manifest intercu t of the people
and their desire to know what will be
done, I deem it best to make the fol¬
lowing statement:
' “When Senator Sherman resigns to
enter the cabinet of President McKin¬
ley I Marcus will appoint to succeed him
Hon. A. Hanna, of Cuyahoga
county, to servo until his successor is
chosen by the. 73d general assembly of
the state. I trust this action will
meet with the approval of the people.
Asa 8 . Bvshnem.. ”
PERMISSION NOT GRANTED
For Cnilet* to Takn Tart In Inauguration
CercmonifN at Washington.
Neither Secretary Lament nor Sec¬
retary Herbert has notified the house
military committee what action they
propose taking with reference to the
joint resolution permitting the cadets
at West Point and Annapolis to partic¬
ipate in the inaugural parade.
For this reason the committee took
no action upon the measure at Friday’s
meeting.
Some of the members of the com¬
mittee construe the failure of the sec¬
retaries to report upon the resolution
as indicating an unwillingness on their
part tv grant the boys the privilege
of appearing.
RED CROSS IN CUBA.
MIm Ilarton Denounce* Some Pnllnhed
Statements.
The New York World of Friday
morning says: Miss Clara Barton,
president of the American Red Cross,
denies the reports from Havana which
say that the Red Cross will not be
allowed to administer to the suffering
Cubans on the island and must con
fine all relief measures to the Spanish.
She says the idea that there is such
opposition is preposterous, and that
the principles of the Red Cross are too
well known to make a denial neces¬
sary.
ENTIRE BLOCK BURNS.
Grnml Falls. North Dakota, Has a Quarter
Milllon-Itollar Fire.
Fire Sunday morning destroyed
Thomas Bearcs’s dry goods store, the
clothing store of Ephriam Bros., the
shoe store of Rand Bros, and the
hardware store of Higham Bros, in the
syndicate block at Grand Falls, N. D.
There were a number of narrow es¬
capes of residents, who got out of the
block in their night clothes. The
thermometer was 25 degrees below and
the firemen confined the flames to the
one block. The loss is estimated at
$225,000 and insurance at half that.
Cleveland Courier
Devoted to Education, Mining and Agriculture in White County and North-East Ceorgia.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1897.
FLANAGAN DECLARED SANE.
Murderer Will Now he Placed on Trial
For HU Fife.
The jury in the trial of Edward
Flanagan, at Decatur, Ga., on the
issue of insanity, returned a verdict
late Saturday afternoon declaring
Flanagan a sane man, thus demolish¬
ing the main hulw alk of the defense.
Now the trial for life must come,
and the prisoner will be called upon to
answer for the killing of old Mrs.
Allen and Miss Ruth Slack.
The verdict had been anticipated
for several days.
The Saturday m< rning’s session was
occupied with the arguments of Colonel
Hal Lewis for the prosecution and
Colonel W. G. Glenn for the defense.
Both pleas were masterful mnl force¬
ful. It was argued by the prosocutiou
that Flanagan was responsible for the
crime charged in that he w as able to
distinguish between right and wrong,
at the time of the crime and at the
time of the trial.
Colonel i/oionei Glenn immn held neia that mat the the man man j
was not in a mental condition sufficient
? u " 0 us counsel und that he
should not be given , therefore a trial
upon the charge of murder. There
W'ere features of deep interest through- i
-
out , ,, tho whole , , speech , of „ Colonel _ , , Glenn.
The charge of Judge Candler had
perceptible eftect upon the , jury and ,
his instruction upon thopointof finding
lam sane if they thought the evidence
showed that he was sane at the pres- ;
cut time to distinguish between right
and wrong, influenced thorn to make a
quick verdict. .
1
It was nearly 4 o’clock when the
case was placed in tho bauds of the
jury. The verdict was brought in
shortly before 5 o’clock. j
F1TZ REACHES CARSON. i 1
Corbett'® Star T« Somewhat on tlie Wane
In CoHKHjmmcp.
Corbett’s star was partially eclipsed
Saturday afternoon when Fitzsimmons’
pink face shone from a car window on
the Reno train when it reached Carson
City.
The Cornish man was accompanied
by r Ernest F.rnP.sl’, Roebcr, Tloohor Dan Dim Hickey Hinl ntr nml and
Martin Julian, the latter having met
the party at Reno. Holding liis great
Dane dog by a strong leash, Fitzsim¬
mons led tho crowd of several hundred
to tho Arlington, where he usurped
Corbett ’s position as the greatly adored.
“I suppose I will have to keep un¬
der cover for a few days,” he said, “but
that mile running track w ill do me un¬
til the ground is lit for road work.
Rocber and Hickey will keep mo busy
nt present, I hope Jack Stonzeler
will be hero to work with mo a few
days before tho fight. If lie don’t I
w ill get another heavy weight. Very
little work will do me; in fact, I am lit
now, barring a few pounds of beef.”
Half an hour after his arrival Fitz¬
simmons visited Cook’s ranch and
looked over the quarters, which ho
said suited him exactly.
CONSUL LEE DISSATISFIED.
A I Import That II«* Dcsiron to Vacate Ilia
Font at Havana.
Rumors prevailed at. Key West all
day Sunday that, something stirring
occurred in Havana Saturday, though
it cannot ho confirmed as yel, in any
way.
The story is that General Lee is
weary of his work and the insolence
and inattention shown him there and
is ready and anxious to resign, il the
administration will not back him up
in his latest case- that of freeing all
American political suspects now in
Spanish dungeons, or at least se¬
curing them a speedy civil trial, such
as they are entitled to.
General Lee cabled Secretary Gluey
that tho administration must uphold
him in his demand for the instant re¬
lease of all Americans unjustly im¬
prisoned as political suspects, or given
speedy civil trial, this demand to be
enforced with the presence of Ameri¬
can w arships. If not, then he w duld
resign, ft is stated that the demand
made a sensation is Washington.
IN UNCLE SAM’S COURT
Tho Galtflba Hlvcr Wreck Damage Suits
Will !».«• Tried.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
All the cases filed against the Lonis
Tille and Nashville Railroad company,
the outcome of the disaster at the Ca
liaba river bridge on December 27th,
in which twenty-seven persons woro
killed, have been transferred front the
state to the United States court.
The suits aggregate over half a mil¬
lion dollars and there will be less pre¬
judice in tho United States court, so it
is tkonght.
Miners’ Strike In Alabama is Off.
The strike at tho Bell Ellen coal
mines, in Bibb county, Ala., has been
declared off, a satisfactory agreement
having been reached. The men will
return to work.
This was the first strike in the dis¬
trict among the miners since the big
strike in 1894.
FHe Hundred Insurgents Killed.
Advices from Manilla, Phillippine
Islands,are to the effect that tho Bpan
iards have captured the insurgent town
of Silang by assault, after previously
bombarding it. Five hundred insur¬
gents wero killed.
MOORE RECEIVES DEMAND.
Jfcbrnuk Aiks JTer Kx-Aiulilor to Turn
Otrr Amount of ohoriage.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says:
Attorney General Smyth has served
j written notice on ex-Auditor Moore
| j demanding that the he amount turn of over his to short- the
state treasury
; age, $23,000.
Treasurer Meserve made a similar
i demand. This is accepted as prelimi
| nary to legal action, criminal and civil,
j i the It is alleged believed shortage nothing will of ex-Treasurer be done in
I Bartley until the legislative inveatiga
tion committee reports.
JUDGE GARY ANI) COL. M’COOK
THE FINAL APPOINTMENTS.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE.
Marylander to lie Postmaster General
While McCook is Appointed Attorney
The appointment of J. J. McCook,
of Now York, to be attorney general
and Judge Gary, of Baltimore,as post¬
master general, completes McKinley’s
cabinet,
General Horace Porter and other
members of the Union League Club of
New' York urged Colonel McCook’s se¬
lection.
When Lyman J. Gage was picked
out fol . the treasury portfolio it was
strongly intimated that lie would lead
.» the cabinet cotillion, .. so _ ,.......,. to speak, Mr. s,..
Gage boing, as is w ell known, a man
of clear-cut views and adamantine de
cisiou _ Tf Mr. Gage is to have Colonel
McCook for a colleague there may bo
two aides to the story, for the New
Y ork law yer also has a mind of his own
mA neither 8 )ow nor hesitating
about ()Xpl . eas ing it, He is a “fighting
McCook,” and any one whose memory
goes back to the civil war knows what
that means. Colonel McCook w ill be
fifty-two years old next May.
John J. McCook was a student at
Kenyon, O., college when the war
broke out. He dropped his books and
enlisted as a private in the Sixth Ohio
cavalry, lie was a lieutenant at sev¬
enteen and a captain at eighteen,
Assigned to staff duty, he w ent through
the Perry ville, Murfreesboro and Chick -
auiauga campaign in the west ami
Grant’s Wilderness Petersburg cam¬
paign in the east.
Severely wounded at Shady Grove.
y ft he was brevetted major for ga’
i lantry in the . i field, i* i i and i when . i the n. .
war ended Major McCook was brev¬
eted colonel, lie returned to Kenyon
to finish liis course, and then went to
New York. Ho lived there over since
and for many years has been a mem
bes of the law firm of Alexander and
Green, the senior being his father-in
law.
Colonel McCook lias never held
public office and his election for attor¬
ney general recognizes neither the
anti-Piatt wing of the party, which
supported General Horace indorsed Porter, nor
the regulars, who General
Stewart L. Woodford.
Colonel McCook has always been an
organization republican, and though
not active in politics, lio is rated as a
personal friend of Thomas 0. Platt
Mr. Gary has been an active repub¬
lican worker in Maryland for more
than fifteen years, and for a long
period was tlio member of the republi¬
can national committee from that state.
Major McKinley lias known him for
fifteen years and lias long deemed him
one of tho foremost business men of
tho south.
LEILA ALLEN IN COURT.
Tlie Chilli XV'us Only Ilrmifflit, In Tliattlie
Jury Slight Hoe ller.
The arid expanse of argument in tho
Flanagan trial at Decatur, Ga., Friday
was colored up by the most dramatic
scene of the week when little Leila
Allen was brought face to face with
the murderer. It was scene sudden
and unexpected.
Flanagan had appeared all afternoon
in a somnolent stupor and with liis
eyes closed was resting his head in
his hands on the table before him.
The eyes of everybody in the court¬
room was fixed upon the little girl. The
jurors leaned forward in their seats.
“This is Leila Allen-the little
girl,” said Flanagan’s attorney.
Flanagan looked up in sudden sur¬
prise. By reaching out his hand he
could almost have touched the child.
She did not see him. For a second
the jurors gazed, and in a moment the
father led the girl from the room. The
scene was sudden, and the sight of
Leila Allen caused a great sensation.
Because of her youth and the strain
incident to examination the attorneys
for the state had decided not to intro¬
duce the little girl during the trial.
CARLISLE HAS IMMIGRATION BILL
The president lias referred the im¬
migration bill to Secretary Carlisle for
an expression of liis opinion on the
merits of several provisions of the bill.
Shops to lie Consolidated.
The locomotive works and car shops
of the West Shore road will Ik; moved
from Frankfort, near Utica, and con¬
solidated with the New York Central
car shops at Dcpew on May 1. The
estimated saving to the Vanderbilt
system by consolidating its shops is
$200,000 per annum.
Russia May Interfere.
Russia, it is said, is prepared to
bring about the forcible expulsion of
the Greek flotilla from Cretan waters,
the disarmament of the Greek troops
in Crete and a blockade of the Greek
coasts, if the Hellenic government per
sists in its impudent attitude.
OI’ERA HOUSE BURNS.
A Hundred Thousand I>ollnr Fire at
Gloucester, Man*.
The Webster block, at Gloucester,
Mass., comprising stores, offices and
opera bouse, was burned Saturday.
The block was the second best in the
city and the loss will amount to be¬
tween .880,000 and $100,000; insurance
$ 00 , 000 .
The burned building was owned by
Nathaniel Webster, and he occupied a
suite on the second floor.
CHARLESTON CAPTURED.
Herbert ami Officers of His
Navy Royally JSntertained.
The festivities in honor of Secretary
A. Herbert and the navy were con¬
at Charleston, £>. 0., Friday
lasted through the day, and
in progress in the shape of
naval ,aml military ball at evening
the city to its guests.
The committee of citizens, headed
the mayor, and made up of the
leading men and officials of Charles¬
ton, called upon Secretary Herbert,
party and Amiral Bunco at the
hotel at 10:30 o’clock a. m.
The visitors were then taken out
an extended drive, during the
course of which most of the historic
points in and about the city were
visited.
At the conclusion of the sight seeing
expedition the guests of the city wero
entertained at luncheon at the resi¬
dence of Major George Edwards, where
they met a distinguished party of citi¬
zens. The .luncheon was scarcely
over before Mayor Smytlie called offi¬
cially upon the secretary at the Charles¬
ton.
Carriages were provided and Mr.
Herbert, liis friends, Admiral Bunco
and his personal staff ware driven to
the city ball, where a public reception
was held in tho council chamber. The
reception continued for officers an hour and
was attended by the of tho
licet and hundreds of tho most promi¬
nent men and women of tho city.
With a rest of three hours. Secretary
Herbert, Admiral Bunco and the offi¬
cers appeared once more in public.
This time it was to be the specially
honored guests at a naval ball given in
their honor by the people of Charles¬
ton at. large. This function was a
most imposing and brilliant one. The
invitations were limited to 500, and
every person who xvas sont, one at¬
tended. Not since ante-bellum days
has an entertainment of cqiial mag¬
nificence been given in Charleston.
SHERMAN AGAIN BALKED.
Senators Refused In l i t Treaty-fin Over
to Next Session. Wt ■
A Washington special say#;! When
tlio senate adjourned at 8 o’clock Fri¬
day night, after a secret session of
seven and a half hours, it. wiis appa¬
rent to the most, sanguine advocates of
the arbitration treaty that no" vote
could bo secured at this session of the
senate. J
The fact that, a motion to defeat,-’! postpone
until March 5th had boon by
a vote of 30 to 20 afforded no
t.ion. On the contrary, it cmjihasizcd
the fact that those lighting the treaty
intended there should be affirmative
action of no kind.
The debate proceeded in regular
order until 0 o’clock, when senators,
tired of the demission, left the cham¬
ber. For two hours longer yea and
nay calls of tho senate was kept up
the purpose of securing a quorum,
which was no sooner found to bo pres¬
ent than it would disappear. ■
Mr. Sherman pleaded in vain for an
for a day and hour which
vote might, be taken. Every sug¬
of his was objected to,.and one
eall continued to succeed another
finally,it was impossible to secure
quorum.
A motion was then i n ado* and car¬
ried, instructing the sergeaftt-at-ariim
arrest absent senators and bring
While before the tho sergeant-at-arms bar of t he senate. j
was pro
his warrant, the friends of the
held a consultation, which ro
in the This motion prevailed, to adjourn and by with- Mr. j
any notice on the part of Mr.
that ho would again callup j
treaty, tho senate at 8 o’clock ad
M’KINLEY’S CABINET.
Complete 1,1st of the Major’s Advisors
as Announced.
Secretary of State—John Sherman,
Secretary of Treasury—Lyman J.
Illinois.
Secretary of War—Russell A. Alger,
Secretary of Interior—J. J. Mc¬
California.
Secretary of Navy J. D. Long,
Secretary of Agriculture—James
Iowa.
Attorney General—J. J. McCook,
York.
Postmaster General—J. A. Gary,
MISSOURI WOMEN IN OFFICE,
Supreme Court Springs a Sensational
Decision.
Division No. 1 of the Missou. su¬
eour' has rendered a decision,
effect, of which is to open to women
nearly all the elective county and
offices in Missouri.
The decision xvas in the case of the
vs. F. P, Hostetter, clerk of tho
Clair county court. Mr. Hostetter
was appointed to fill ari unexpirod
and at tho next election Mrs.
Maggie D. Wheeler xvas elected to
him. He refused to surrender
the office on the ground that women
.
xvere ineligible. The state Bned to
oust him and succeeded.
UHL CABLES DENIAL.
Say» lie Will Not lie Cleveland’s Daw
Partner.
A special cable dispatch to The New
York Herald from Berlin says: Ambas¬
sador Uhl denies the report that he
will l>e a partner in the firm of Cleve¬
land, Gluey A- Uhl.
__
Congratulations for Gen. Harrison.
An Indiunapolis dispatch, says: A
daughter xvas horn to Mr. and Mrs,
Benjamin Harrison Bunday. Both
mother and child are doing nicely.
TWO THOUSAND REPORTED KILLED
BY CHRISTIANS.
TURKS REFUSED TO SURRENDER,
The Wholeftnlo Slaughter Confirmed at
ConHt.'tutinopl©, Hut. the News Has
Not Reached Athens.
Rumors of a wholesale massacre of
Mussulmans at Sitia have reached
Canea, some of the reports placing
the number of killed at 2,000, which
includes almost the entire Moslem
population of the town. It is said
that, mez, women and children wore
killed indiscriminately.
It is impossible at present to con
firm the reports, but the rumors have
created the deepest anxiety among the
populace. General Bor, who is in
command of the gendarmerie at Canea,
has sent two Italian officers of the
gendarmerie to Sitia in a gunboat to
inquire into the truth or falsity of the
reports.
The fort at Youeouis, xvhicli is gar¬
risoned by 500 Turkish troops, lias
been besieged for several days by a
large force of well-armed insurgents.
Wednesday sieging the commander of the be¬
force called upon the Turkish
commander to surrender and promised
safe conduct to any of the garrison
who chose to accept it.
The Turks refused to surrender on
any terms. It is stated that tlio gar¬
rison has provisions enough to last for
twenty days and a plentiful supply of
ammunition.
It is reported that Greek troops hax'e
started for Voucoulis to aid tho insur¬
gents in capturing the place.
The News In Constantinople.
The None Freie Presso says that
2,000 Moslems have been massacred at
Sitia in the extreme extremity of Crete.
The paper adds that the Greek forces
are surrounding the Moslem village on
tho island. The foregoing is officially
announced in Constantinople, where
the intelligence has created much ex¬
citement.
Stopped the Warship Hydra.
A cable dispatch from Atjiens says:
Tho non-concurrence of tho powers in
Greece’s action in Crete does not ap¬
pear to have had the deterrent effect
that was anticipated, and Greece is go¬
ing ahead as though she had the full
consent of the powers to her aunexa
ation of tho island.
It is stated that the Greek warship
Hydra, which wan conveying provi¬
sions to the Greeks, xvas stopped by
British and Italian torpedo boats.
YELLOW PINE MEN MEET.
Rcrcnili Annual Meeting of Lumber Man
nfrtctiirerfl* AHHocJatlon.
Tlio seventh annual meeting of the
Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ As¬
sociation, or yellow pine men, xvas
called to order at Memphis, Tenn., by
President J. J. White, of Me,Comb
City, Miss. There xvas a larger at¬
tendance than at any preceding meet¬
ing.
In liis annual address the president
dwelt upon the pleasing fact that not
a member of the association bad failed,
despite file adverse business conditions
prevailing the past year. He urged
the necessity of action calculated to
stop ruinous prices and especially corn
mended the adoption of a resolution
urging upon congress a duty' of at
least $2 on rough lumber imported
from Canada. He also cordially recom
mended the clearing house project for
the association.
The secretary’s report declared tho
grading rules adopted two years ago
eminently wise and beneficial; like
xviso tlio clearing house experiment
ordered by a special meeting last No¬
vember.
SUGAR MEN WERE MUM.
They Held a Consultation lint Woro Rol l
cent »h to Their Conclusions.
The directors of the American Sugar
Refining company held a meeting at
Nexv York Wednesday. After the ad¬
journment Treasurer Bcarles declined
to state what action the directors took
regarding the request of the Lexow
committee for permission to examine
the company’s books.
John E. Parsons also declined to
make any statement, saying it xvould
be contempt for liim to do so.
TANNERIES SHUT DOWN.
Over Two Thousand Km ploy t* of Chicago
Tanneries l ocked Out.
Two thousand tanners and curriers
employes of the haif dozen big tan¬
neries in Chicago have been locked out
until the trouble between employes
and employer* - lvhich xvas precipitated
by a strike a few (lays of the 500 men
employed by W. N. Eisendrath & Co.,
has been settled. All the companies
affiliated with the Hide and Leather
Manufacrurera’ association have united
in declaring a reduction of from 10 to
20 per cent in wages and raising the
working hours from eight to ten hours
per day, and xx-hen this xvas put into
effect at the Eisendrath tannery a
strike occurred at once.
SALES OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL.
Fifty Thousand Halt** !«♦*«» East Year
Than in 180.'*.
The Australian wool sales closed
December 24, last, and, according to
United States Consul General Maratta,
at Melbourne, showed a falling off of
50,000 bales, compared with those of
1895, though they were identical with
those of 1894 and 1893.
The sales were 307,186 bales. Of
that purchased in Victoria,35,000 bales
were for tha United States and Canada.
MILITARY GUARD FLANAGAN.
Thn SUcritr Feared T.ynelilng and Called
For Troops.
As a result of the attempt made by a
mob to take Edward Flanagan from the
hands of the sheriff at Decatur, Ga.,
militia Wednesday night, two companies of
from Atlanta were stationed
around the court house Thursday
while the trial was being conducted.
The sheriff asked the governor for
this protection to guard against a repe¬
tition of an attempt to lynch Flana¬
gan.
The little court house in the publio
square xvas surrounded by the militia.
Armed soldiers xvith bayonets fixed
petroled 4he square, ami no one was
permitted to approach.
Not, more than a score of spectators
wore permitted to enter the court
room, including The visiting members
of the Kav.
When court opened Thursday morn¬
ing Judge Candler ordered the grand
jury brought before him. He then
made special charge in regard to the
attempt to take Flanagan from the offi¬
cers. He told the grand jury it xvas
their duty to look into the matter fully
and indict the guilty parties.
Flanagan’s attorney announced that
he had. a motion to make. He told of
a crowd xvhicli attempted to Catch the
prisoner, which attempt failed merely
from lack of organization on the part
of the mob. He mentioned the fact
that soldiers xvere stationed around the
courthouse in plain sight of the jury.
The members of the jury could not
help hut know tho feeling against the
prisoner. He then moved for a mistrial
and a change of venue. Judge Gaudier
overruled the motion, saying that he
believed in the principle of states’
rights. He xvas opposed to federal in¬
terference in criminal cases in state
courts.
George \V. Allen, xvho was on the
stand Wednesday afternoon when the
court adjourned, was the first xvitness
Thursday morning.
NEBRASKA EX-TREASURER SHORT
Governor Holcomb Aslis Iho I.e-jinlature
to Aluk© l¥ivei*tig;ation.
A special from Lincoln, Neb., says:
The immediate effect of the special
message of Governor Holcomb to the
legislature, asking for an investigation
of the state treasury, lias boon the cir¬
culation of sensational rumors of
alleged heavy shortages in the offices
of ex-Treasurer Bartley and ex-Auditor
Moore.
One report xvent so far as to say
that a warrant had been issued for tlio
arrest of ex-Auditor Msjoi-e.
In bis message Governor Holcomb
pointed out that ox'Or half a million
dollars yet remains to bo accounted
for by the ox-treasurer. In a subse¬
quent statement Mr. Bartley admits
that the figures of tho governor are
nearly correct, but says tho delay in
turning ox’er the money is the result
of an agreement with the present
treasurer in effecting a settlement,.
The shortage of ex-Auditor Moore,
xvhicli is acknowledged, amounts to
something like $25,000. Mr. Moore
and his bondsmen' have boon pressed
for payment for several days and legal
action may soon be taken.
MURDERED BY INDIANS.
Tho Bodies of Sis l‘e ('Sou - Found on a
North Hakoia Rancho.
The bodies of Rev. Thomas Spicer
and lvifo; their daughter Mrs. Wil¬
liam Rouse, xvith her one-year twin
boys, and Mrs. Waldron, mother of
Postmaster Waldron, were found on
the Spicer plantation near Winona,
N. I)., Thursday.
All were horribly mutilated and the
tragedy is supposed to be the work of
Standing Rock Indians. The bodies
were found scattered all over the ranch
indicating that the victims had fled
from their assassins.
The condition of the bodies leads to
the belief that the work xvas done by
Indians and the suspicion is strength¬
ened by the fact that one Indian xvas
seen near the ranch shortly before tho
WILSON SIGNIFIES ACCEPTANCE.
Postmaster General Will be President of a
Virginia University.
A Washington special says: Post¬
master General Wilson Thursday after¬
noon announced that he had accepted
the presidency of the Washingion and
Leo University at Lexington, Va.
The formal tender was made to him
a week ago at a meeting of the board
of trustees. The board fixed July 1
as the date on which the nexv presi¬
dent assumes charge.
MONEY FOR BLACK AND WATSON.
Congress Allows Thom 82,000 Each for
Contest Expenses.
A Washington special says: The
general deficiency bill reported to the
house Thursday morning carries an
appropriation of $-3,000 for the xvidoxv
of the iate Charles F. Crisp. Two
thousand dollars each is appropriated
for Thomas E. Watson and J. C. C.
Black on account of expenses incurred
in their contested election cases.
Consideration of the Blaek-Watson
case will not be long delayed, though
no time is set for it. It may come up
at any time. Members of the commit¬
tee are uninformed as to whether or
not Watson will be heard.
CUBAN FARM ERS AT WORK.
Minister DeEoine Says That Sugar Kais¬
ers Are Grinding Cano.
Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish
minister, at Washington, has received
tiie following telegram from the presi¬
dent of the chamber of commerce
Havana:
“The sugar planters in the larger
manufacturing districts are
cane. Railroads and telegraphic
munication are regular.
(Signed] “Fernandez.”
NO. 9.
In compliance with a request some
time since by the principal keeper of
the penitentiary, Governor Atkinson
issued an order dismissing L. M. Gib
hoii, a whipping boss at Glenwood
camp, from further service.
* + .
The convention of Sea Island cotton
growers at Valdosta is for the purpose
of discussing all matters that effect tho
cotton industry in the section and to
send a delegation to congress to urge
upon the ways and means committee a
tariff on Egyptian cotton.
* * *
Bruce Wilson, a prominent young
man and a son of Captain Dick Wilson
doorkeeper of the house of representa¬
tives, xvas shot and killed at a country
dance near Augusta Tuesday night by
a man named John AVelch. During a
general fight, a pistol was put to Wil¬
son’s head and fired, the bullet going
in one ear and .coming out of the other.
He died in live minutes.
* * *
The special committee to arbitrate
ull matters .of controversy in xvhieli
the Western and Atlantic railroad is
concerned has been reappointed by
the governor. The appointees are
Judge John L. Hopkins, of Fulton;
T. R. Jones, of Whitfield, and H.
Warner Hill, of Meriwether. It is
the continuation, of the old commis¬
sion appointed in 1895.
...
The South Georgia Normal college
at Douglas opened under most flatter¬
ing auspices. The matriculation ia
full and the prospects are glowing.
The college xx-ill consist of literary,
musical, normal and business depart¬
ments, besides tho usual preparatory
and intermediate grades. Tho faculty
lias been employed at great expense,
and consists of some of the best edu¬
cators in the state.
* * *
The attorneys for Lester Echols,
convicted of murder, have discovered
a failure in tho indictment on xvhicli
Echols was found guilty. It seems the
indictment failed to allege that the
crime was committed in Floyd county.
The case will Come before Judge Can¬
dler for a nexv bearing and tho defense
is confident of securing another trial.
There are many other grounds in the
motion.
* * *
S. H. Hardwick, assistant general
passenger agent of the Southern rail
way, xvho recently returned from
Washington, where he went to appear
before the senate committee in charge
of the anti-scalper bill, is very confi¬
dent, of its passage. He says all the
Georgia congressmen lmt one are in
favor of the measure, and that Con¬
gressman Black has happily character¬
ized the Scalper business as tieket
moonsliing.
* - * *
Tho hearing of an application for a
receiver for the Southern Mutual
Building and Loan Association, which
was set, for hearing before Judge New¬
man, of the United States court, at
Atlanta, has been postponed until
after the stockholders convention
which will meet in Atlanta on Febru¬
ary 25th. No date was fixed and it is
supposed that the further course of
this litigation will depend somewhat
upon the action taken by the stock¬
holders.
* * *
Judge Joel N. Mathew’s, Crawford
county’s ordinary, has been exonerated
and the charges preferred against him
by txvo of the sureties on liis bond
xvere not substantiated. His attorney
xvas on hand at Atlanta to give proof
of the innocence of Judge Mathexvs.
The txvo bondsmen who were to have
been present to substantiate their
charges, did not appear on the scene,
and Gox'ernor Atkinson issued an or¬
der denying the application for release
from bond.
* * *
Tho litigation under which the ef¬
fects of the Corbin Banking Company
in this state were placed in the hands
of a receiver at Macon some days ago
is in a fair xvny to be settled. An un¬
derstanding seems to have been reach¬
ed, and the attorney representing the
Corbin Banking Company in this state,
says lie lias assurances that the settle¬
ment will be consummated. The suit
xvas one of great importance, both be¬
cause of the immense value of the
property involved, said to include
over a million dollars worth of securi¬
ties on Georgia land, and on account
of issues involved which affect the
vitality of mortgages taken under this
system of loans.
* * *
Hon. Win. Tate, the father of Con¬
gressman Carter Tate, and one of the
wealthiest aud most prominent citi¬
zens of north Georgia, died suddenly
at liis home, at Tate, in Pickens coun¬
ty, Wednesday morning. He expired
while dressing at 6 o'clock in the
morning. He appeared in the very
best of health, and had just remarked
that he had had a delightful night’s
rest. He reeled suddenly, fell and xvas
dead in an instant. Hon. Carter Tate,
who xvas at liis post in Washington,
xvas wired at once.
* * *
Governor Atkinson has refused to
interfere with the sentence of the court
in the case of Will Deas, and the con¬
demned man must die on the gallows
Friday, February 2Gth. The decision
of the governor xvas made after a care¬
ful and deliberate review of the case.
It was against a commutation. The
case against Will Deas was a strong
one, but he was respited by the gov¬
ernor on his return from the west, it
being.claimed by the attorneys that
evidence had been discovered which
would xvarrant a commutation. A pe¬
tition for the commutation signed by
a large number of prominent citizens
of Jefferson county was presented to
the governor before the hearing.
