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VOL. V I. LAW-MAKERS BUSILY ENGAGED WITH APPROPRIATION BILL. GREAT THRONGS. SEEK ADMISSION. Senator Hill U-nMg Propriety of Uabor inj- Or the Sabbath-Tlio Usual dumber of Members Present, An open session of tho United States senate on a Sunday afternoon is such a remarkable and unusual occurrence and so much at variance with the re¬ ligions sentiment of the country that crowds were attracted to the north wing of the capital an hour before 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, he time to which the senate, at 2:30 in the morn¬ ing, had taken a recess. All classes and conditions of people were in the crowd. Some were on hand early enough to obtain seats in that section of the galleries that is open to the general public. Others who were the holders of tickets to re¬ served sections presented them and were admitted as long as any space was left. Those who could not get inside stationed themselves near the gallery doors, waiting their chances of admis¬ sion or wandering listlessly up and down the marble staircases and the spacious halls. As to the senators themselves, the day seemed to make no difference. They were present in about the usual number, a vote taken soon after the proceedings began showing nearly sev¬ enty senators in the hall, some of them being paired. Nor was there any no¬ ticeable distinction as to the men rep¬ resenting the the New England states and men representing sections of the country where Sabbath observance is not so general or strict. And business went on just as it does on week days except that there was a noticeable ab¬ sence of Cuban agitation. dt was strictly a business session und consideration of the sundry civil ■appropriation bill was at once resumed, 'the question being on those committee amendments, which were passed over without action Saturday night. The first of these appropriated §1,085,150 to pay their the producers of sugar the balance of claims for bounty under the democrat, -McKinley law. On this Mr. Vest, of Missouri, demanded the and it was agreed to— 37 to 12. The next amendments were those making appropriations for the great river and harbor improvements under contracts authorized by former river nad harbor bills, the various amounts being generally reduced by the com¬ mittee about 25 per cent from the fig¬ ures fixed by the house. Eight or nine pages of these amendments w ore dis¬ posed of without much debate. An item relating to electric lighting in the District of Columbia, to which Mr. Hill, of New York, was opposed, Rave that senator an opportunity-of ex¬ pressing his views in relation to a Sun¬ day session of the senate. He had doubted the propriety of the senate meeting to enact legislation for the people of the United States on the Sabbath. The amendment was adopted. An item of §5,000 for continuing the commission to investigate the Alaska real fisheries provoked much debate, but it was allowed to stand. The following new amendments were adopted: For the appointment by the presi¬ dent of a hoard of three commission ers to revise and codify the criminal and penal laws of the United States. Appropriating 810,000 for removal of the w-ater hyacinth in Florida and other southern waters. Appropriating 8100,000 for a dredge boat for Sabine Pass, Texas, and §30, 000 for one year’s maintenance. Appropriating $175,000 for a new revenue cutter for service on the At¬ lantic coast with headquarters at New York. Appointing a committee to select a site in the city of Washington for a memorial building to be erected by the Daughters of the Arnericau Revo lution. Increasing the limit of cost of the public buildings at Norfolk, Ya.y from §150,000 to $275,000. The sundry civil bill wa3 then passed, and at 11:07 the senate ad journed until Monday at 11 a. m. WALLING CONFESSES. Tlie Bryan Family Positively to Consider th<? Matter. Rev. J. A. Loeok, of Covington, Ky., confidential friend of Jackson and Walling, the convicted murderers of Pearl Bryan arrived at Green Castle, Ind., Saturday morning with a full confession from Walling, which he wishes to present to the Bryan family, and have them petition Governor Bradley to commute Walling’s sentence to life imprisonment. When he was half way to the Bryan homestead he was met by Fred Bryan, who told him he would have to ilis continue his mission, as the Bryan family would not consider the confes¬ sion. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Two Men Killed Outright and Several Dangerously Wounded. Saturday morning shortly after. 8 o’clock the boiler house, harness shop and cloth room of the Acustmet mMjs at New Bedford, Mass., were wrecked by a boiler explosion, two men and possibly more, killed outiight. a doz?n or more operatives were injured and the whole city was thrown into a state of intense excitement. , Cleveland Devoted to Education, Mining and Agriculture in White County and North-East Georgia. TWO RECEIVERS FOR B. & L. TUe KvtWganliatlou Scheme of the Asso¬ ciation Failed. The reorganization scheme of the Southern Mutual Building and Loan association at Atlanta, Ga., failed. In the superior court, Saturday, Judge Lumpkin overruled a motion for a continuance and appointed Judge James A. Anderson, of Atlanta, and M. A, O’Byrne, Esq., of Savannah, permanent receivers for the concern, ordering them to wind up the affairs as speedily and economically as possi¬ ble. The hearing was on the petition of Roby Robinson and others against the association, which is the original bill of the whole litigation. The entire day was consumed in the hearing, and many highly interesting facts were brought out. On several occasions there were fierce clashes be¬ tween the many lawyers interested in the case, aud dramatic incidents fol¬ lowed one another in quick succession. Counsel for the association moved for a continuance. A bitter tight en¬ sued. Finally, after two hours discus¬ sion, the judge ruled that the trial should proceed. The new directors of j the association had gone into court .fully expecting that- the postponement would be grautod, and when it was not, were nonplussed for the moment. Together with counsel, they were | allowed an hour in which to * prepare ! a case or decide what action should bo ! taken. When Judge Lumpkin decided that 1 a receivership was invitable, there was another warm fight over who should | be appointed to the position. Mr. | O'Byrne was placed in nomination as i a co-receiver. lie was bitterly op¬ posed by several attorneys, hut came | out winner nevertheless. The fight on Judge Anderson did not develop as | was expected. HALE CANNOT BE LOCATED, ________ j Concensus Skipped of Opinion the Country. is That He Has William O. Hale, president of the j Southern Mutual Building and Loan | Association, cannot bo located in Now ! York. He has not been at his Wall j street search office of the office in sevoral showed days and a : that he left j would no note show or the other direction information he had which ; taken | | in Richards, his flight. makes His the statement partner, in E. New A. ! York that Hale has doubtless become alarmed over the situation of affairs j and Hale’s had sought safety in Atlanta in flight. is strewn career with the wrecks of many concerns, j The immensity of his transactions is | shown in the following list of com j panics with which he was prominently | connected and in all of which he was I head and front of affairs, j State Savings bank; Atlanta Trac¬ tion Company; Halo Investment Com¬ pany; Union Loan and Trust Company; Lease Northeastern railroad; W. C. Halo A Co., brokers, Baltimore; Im¬ perial Insurance Company, Baltimore; United States Construction Company, New York; Hale, Richards & Co., (19 Wall street, New York; West Point Banking Company; Indian Spring and i Flovilla railway; Southern Mutual j Building aud Loan Association; Lakc | wood Park Company; the shutes. ! There are other affairs, the names of j which are not known, in other towns j with which Hale was directly con i ueeted. GRAND JURY INDICT ALDERMEN. Louisville Officials charged With Consplr ary to Defraud. j 1 circuit At Louisville, Ky., Saturday, the court grand jury returned in¬ dictments against J. M. McKniglit, : president of the Germania National j hank; S. B, Edmunds, politician, aud | ■ I Aldermen R. E. King, 0. J. Jenn, John | E. Leather man, R.O. Bruer, N. J. Frick and F. A. Britt, members of the com ! | bine known as the “Big Seven.” j The other member, Alderman J. W. | j ! : Reeder, escaped by turning state’s ev idence. The joint indictment against j i ! McKnight, Edmunds and the six al dermen charges that they combined with Alderman J. W. Reeder and , ! ; other wicked and corrupt persons to pass laws which would procure the : sale of the Louisville waterworks, ; whereby they would make $1,000,000 for themselves. j Carolina Taxes Right aud Left. The South Carolina house of repre¬ ! sentatives has passed the graduated income tax bill aud the hill requiring j i licenses calling, for including every business, profession ftr ministers of the gospel and washwomen. A PRESENT TO STEVENSON. Many Senators Pay Tribute to the Retir¬ j Vice President ing Vice Stevenson President. was pre¬ sented with a magnificent silver service ■ at his apartments at Washington Sat¬ ! urday evening. The parchment testi¬ monial accompanying the service was : signed by every senator. The presentation speech was made 1 by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, followed by Mr. Gorman, of Mary¬ land; Senator Blackburn, of Ken¬ : tucky, and Senator Culfom made short j speeches, Mr. Stevenson replied briefly aud was deeply moved by the beautiful tribute of his associates of the past four years. END OF VENEZUELAN COMMISSION. Report of the Work Has Been Submitted To the President. A Washington special says: The Venezuelan commission terminated its existence Saturday at noon, when its members—.Jntiee Brewer, Frederick R. Coudert, Andrew D. White, Justice Alvery and President Gilman, accom¬ panied by Secretary Mallet Prevost, called on the president and delivered its report of the work accomplished in the year of its existence. CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1897. 11 KILLS II PEOPLE. CRASHED INTO A WAGON WHILE ON A PUBLIC CROSSING. ONLY ONE OCGUFANT NOW LIVES. Ten Members of the Woodward Family Were in the Wagon When the Death Dealing Engine Struck It. A passenger train on the Georgia division of the Southern railroad from Atlanta struck a wagon at a crossing four miles east of Chattanooga at noon Wednesday. Nine members of the family of W. J. Woodward, a farmer living ten miles from the city, near King’s Point, Term., were killed. The only occupant of the wagon who escaped was a three-year-old child, Virgil Woodward, who was res¬ cued uninjured from beneath the ex¬ tension front of the locomotive imme¬ diately after the accident. A striking feature of the catastrophe is that no limbs were broken, but in nearly every ease the skulls of the vic¬ tims were crushed to fragments, each body seeming to describe an eclipse through the air, and falling upon its head, several at fifty to 100 feet apart from the scene. The killed are: Mrs. Laura Wood¬ ward, aged forty-four; George Wood¬ ward, a son, aged twenty-four; Josie Lee Woodward, a daughter, aged twenty-two; Mrs. Lizzie Woodward Montgoxnery, a married daughter,aged twenty, and her son, aged two months; Delia Woodward,aged seventeen; Mary Woodward, aged twelve; Daisy Wood¬ ward, aged ten; Ada Woodward, aged eight. The family were en route to Chatta¬ nooga to have a family picture taken. The father and eldest son had gone to the city earlier in the day. The wagon was driven by George. 'The pike crosses the tracks just be¬ yond a curve. The train was running at a speed of thirty-five miles an hour, and just as it rounded the curve En¬ gineer Laird saw the wagon filled with people just in the act of crossing the tracks. He sounded his whistle and the bell was ringing by automatic steam attachment. The driver seemed to grow confused and instead of pralling np he whipped his horses, hopiug, the in his excitement, to cross before train reached him. The engineer reversed his lever, but the train’s momentum was too great aud it struck the wagon squarely broadside as it was midway the tracks. Instantly the air was filled with bodies and fragments of the shivered wagon. Seven of the occupants were in¬ stantly killed and two were horribly mangled and died in four hours. The engineer is prostrated with grief over the shocking tragedy. DESTROY TURK’S PALACE. Governor*# Kcaidence in Catiea Burned and Archive# All Lost. At Cauea, Tuesday, the governor’s palace, with atl the archives, was de¬ stroyed by fire, and as fire broke out elsewhere in the town at the same time, it is suspected that incendiaries have been at work. The situation is most grave. Armenians and excited Mussulmans are parading the streets, full of indignation at the news from Silenes, where Mussulmans are be¬ sieged. The Benghazi Arabs threaten to burn the whole of Oanea. NVhile the palace was burning a strong box containing £7,000 fell into the ruins and broke open, whereupon there was a wild rush of Turkish sol¬ diers and Mussulmans to secure the treasure. The foreign marines ware obliged to fire blank cartridges to re¬ strain them, and for a time a serious conflict between Turks and Europeans were threatened. The admirals are about to issue a proclamation in all the towns and vil¬ lages, explaining the reason for the presence of the foreign fleets in Cretan waters, and exhorting tranquility. . This view is spreading with the pop¬ ulation, which is so divided in invet¬ erate hatred that the schemes of the reforms are futile. The best plan, it is argued, is to permit the Greek troops to occupy the country, and escort the beseiged Mussulmans aboard, for the Mussulmans cannot remain in Crete. THE CUBAN RUMORS. Officials Reticent as to Threatened Retda nation of Consul I-.ee. Absolutely nothing that was definite or new could be obtained at Washing ton Wednesday morning at either the white house or the state or navy depart¬ ments in regard to the threatened resignation of Consul General Lee. A rumor that Admiral Bunee, or some of the vessels of his squadron, had been ordered to Havana was brought to the attention of prominent naval officers. They declined to dis¬ cuss it than to say that if such a course had been taken there would be indications which would suggest its possibility. RUBBER FACTORIES CLOSING. T.ack of Orders and Dull Prospects Given as the Cause. The works of the National India Rubber Comp,any at Bristol, R.I.,will close about March 6, owing to lack of orders and prospects of a dull rubber market for several months. The em¬ ployes hare been looking for a shut¬ down and were not surprised when a notice to that effect was posted. Sev¬ eral other rubber factories in the New England states are now closed. SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS In the Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association Litigation. Thursday brought sensational de¬ velopments in the situation of the Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association’s affairs in Atlanta. An amendment to the original petition was filed in the superior court and numerous charges of a startling nature were also filed. The amendment shows that the Iowa Life Iusurauce Company is holding $100,000 worth of debentures of the association, for which the asso¬ ciation’s stockholders have received no benefit. The reserve fund, amounting to more than $50,000, is said to have mysteriously disappeared and none of the assets of this fund can be secured. It is charged in the omendment that, President NY. 0. Hale has misapplied various funds of the association,which amount far into the thousands of dol¬ lars. The amendment charges that the American Building and Loan Associa¬ tion is holding assets of the Southern Mutual amounting to $80,000, for which the stockholders of the South¬ ern Mutual have received no consider¬ ation. It is declared that the association is hoplessly insolvent and that out of all the assets supposed to have been pos¬ sessed by the association but $2,500 are now available, The amendment charges that there has been collusion between President Hale and the IowaLifo Insurance com¬ pany, and that the former has wrecked the association by negligent and fraud¬ ulent management. SEA ISLAND COTTON GROWERS Formulate KcHolufioug Asking For Duty on tlm Egyptian Product* The convention of seu island cotton growers from Georgia and Florida held in Valdosta, Ga., Wednesday evening was attended by representa¬ tives -from all of the counties of the sea island cotton belt, and the con¬ vention was harmonious in its work. The following resolution was offered and adopted by a unanimous vote: Whereas, the sea island cotton planters of the south are confronted with a grave condition, highly discour¬ aging to the profitable production of long staple cotton, owing to the largo importation of Egyptian cotton by our mills, the product of cheap-served labor and cheap transportation; there¬ fore, be it “Resolved, That A. P. Brantley, of Blackshear; Frank Adams, of Jasper, Fla.; John R. Young, of Savannah; Worth Stevens, of Live Oak, FJa,; Louis Strickland, J. W. Harrel, J. NV. Hagan and J. B. Jones he appointed a committee from this convention to gather such facts and figures as bear upon the subject and, presenting them to the ways aud means committee, ask congress, through that body, to put a duty of 5 cents a pound on (lie Egypt¬ ian stajile." The committee went into session af¬ ter the adjournment of the convention, and they will memorialize congress on the line suggested in the above resolu¬ tion. The next subject taken up by the convention was toward a plan by which the cotton crop maybe curtailed and the production thereby reduced. The discussion on thoso lines was from men engaged in planting cotton and they were interesting. Itovas de¬ cided to begin organizing in each county and district of the sea island belt with a view to curtailing the crop. M’KINLEY RATES RAISED. Tariff Committee Fixes lllghet Schedule on California Fruits. A Washington special says: The re¬ publican tariff committee have made an important step) by establishing rates on oranges, lemons and limeB which are in these ailvanoe fruits. of the They McKinley fixed duties on the rate at 20 cents per cubic foot on the fruits whether in bulk or in packages and retained the present | duty of 30 cents ad valorem on the i boxes, barrels or packages in which ! they are imported. The present rates | are 8 ee,nts a cubic foot, or on tliou j sand in bulk $1.50 a thousand. The I ! McKinley rates were cubic It cents foot per p.-.ackage of one-fourth or less, 25 cents pier five cubic fret and j 10 cents every additional cubic foot. Five Killed By An Expdosion. ! A special from Murray, Ky., says: A premature expdosion of dynamite at i a gravel pit at noon Tuesday killed five negro laborers and wounded as many more. DAUNTLESS WINS A POINT. I ,Ju<lgo I.ocke Decides Against Govern I tnent’s Demurrer. Wednesday ! At Jacksonville, Locke Fla., overruled the j ! morning government Judge s demurrer allowing ten days to reply to the injunction of Owner Bisbee against the collector of the port, restraining him from interfer ring with the movements of the alleg¬ ed filibuster Dauntless. The judge made a good point for Bisbee, stating that the secretary of I the treasury had gone too far in requir¬ ing affidavits that the tug would not carry either men, arms or amunition when the law permitted her to carry any one single, if clearing regularly. WOMEN TO WITNESS FIGHT. Dan Stuart is Willing to Accommodate the l air Sex. A dispatch from Carson says: Dan Stuart, with his representative, makis the following announcement: j “I will admit women to the fight simply because two of the most promi¬ nent men of this state have indicated a desire of bringing their wives. I am not making this move for the money there is in it. b ui aa a matter of ac rti — A SULTAN IS MAKING ACTIVE PRE¬ PARATIONS FOR WAR. RUSSIA fiSKS GREECE TO WITHDRRW An Intimation That King: Georg;© Is Contemplating; the Acceptance of Demands of the Powers. Advices of Friday from the east state that the massing of Turkish troops and munitions of war on the frontier is proceeding with feverish haste. All the soldiers on furlough have been recalled and eleven batteries of artillery, a regiment of cavalry and two battalions of infantry have gone from Salonika, Monastir and elsewhere to Elassona. Two additional battal¬ ions have reached Katrina. The reliefs from Smyaua, Brnsa, Trebizonde and elsewhere in Anatolia are on their way here and to the fron¬ tier, where a total of six divisions will be formed with headquarters at Elas sona. It is announced in a spieoial from Loudon that it is learnen there that King George has intimated his inten¬ tion to accept the demands of the pow¬ ers. A St. Petersburg special says: “Rus¬ sia, through the Russian minister at Athens, M- K. Onou, has called upon Greece to withdraw all of her troops and her fleet from Crete within three days. “The foregoing semi-official an¬ nouncement was accompanied by a long and involved statement, of the mo¬ tives actuating Russia, namely: “That to prevent the extension of the revolution to other portions of the Turkish empire, imperiling the peace of action Europe, a stop must bo put to the of Greece, which is in opposi¬ tion to international law. Before ne fore negotiations for a Cretan consti¬ tution can he entered upon, it is asserted Russia has resolved to restore order in Crete, Then after the Greek evacuation, under the protection of the powers an autonomous government will be installed under the suzerainty of the sultan. In this policy, it is claimed, Russia is suppiorted by France, Germany and Austria, “Throughout the entire statement neither England nor Italy is mention¬ ed, but Greece is warned that should she,in blind misconception of her own interest, allow herself to be excited by self seeking friends to persist in her present attitude under the false idea that the powers are not united, because at the outset one or another has not concurred in Russia’s proposals, Russia is resolved to take re¬ prisals, the first step being the block¬ ade of Piraeus. The powers consider¬ ed the Greek annexation of Crete out, of the question, and it is asserted in the consciousness of their absolute support, Russia will he in a position to prevent the Cretan question from imperiling the peace of Europie, even should any individual power refuse to accede to the proposed measures.” LEAGUE MAKES SCHEDULES. Big Association Begins tho Season On April 22c!. The league baseball magnates in session at Baltimore Friday promul¬ gated the schedule for the current year. the 22d of Tho season will open on April, except in Boston, where there will be one preliminary game April 19th, which is a local holiday. It was determined that tho league should undertake the defense of tho equity suit brought by Rusie in New Jersey. league decided Presi¬ The to give dent Young absolute power In appoint¬ ment of official scorers, This feature will doubtless affect the averages of some players, as it is intended to stop the playing of favorites by appointing men qualified to score the game with¬ out, fear or favor. The champions will the have Boston as the attraction for opening days, Brooklyn will play in Washington and New York in Philadelphia. In tho west St. Louis will have the Pittsburg team for the opening, Lou¬ isville will have Cleveland aud Cincin¬ nati will entertain Chicago. WAS HYATT OFFERED BRIBE I Nortli Carolina Senator Makes Sensational Charges at Raleigh. A special from Raleigh, N. C., says: In a special interview State Senator Hyatt positively declares that Gov¬ ernor Russell’s private secretary di¬ rectly offered him the position of secretary to the board of agricult¬ ure if he would vote for tho bill to annul the lease of the North Carolina railway. private secretary, H ysitt struck the Alexander, and denounced him as a contemptible coward, and declared he would rise in the senate and see wheth¬ er the governor conlil with impunity offer bribes to legislators. Alexander denied that any position was offered. DEAS DIES DANGLING. Havlshur of Miss Dawson Fays Penalty of His Crime. Will Deas, colored, convicted of criminal assault, was hanged at Louis¬ ville, Ga., Friday, in the yard of the Jefferson county jail. The drop fell at 1:30 p. m. aud he was dead in twelve minutes. Deas made a full confession. He was convicted at the fallterin, 189G, in Jef¬ ferson superior court for a criminal as¬ sault on Miss Ella Lawson, PETITION FOR PROTECTION. Soa Island Cotton Growers Demand Belief Til rough Congress. The special committee of eleven, composed of gold democrats, silver democrats, republicans aud populists, appointed by the sea island cotton growers’ convention recently in session at Valdosta, Ga., to draw up a peti¬ tion to congress for a duty of 5 cents a pound on Egyptian cotton have fin¬ ished their work. The petition reads as follows: “To Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., Chairman Ways and Means Commit¬ tee, Washington, D. C.: At a conven¬ tion of the sea island cotton growers of Georgia and Florida, held in the city of Valdosta, Ga., on the 24th (lay of February, 1897, tho undersigned were directed to submit to your hon¬ orable body the following reasons why they ask congress for a specific duty of five cents a pound on Egyptian cot¬ ton: “The importation of this cotton has increased since 1890 from 10,470 bales to 69,220 bales, weighing 750 pounds each, equal to nearly double the num¬ ber of American bales, which average about 380 pounds each. During the period named the price of sea island cotton has declined about one-half, because, as we believe, of the con¬ stantly increasing importation aud consumption in the country of the Egyptian cotton, which is used to take the place of all grades of sea island after a limited amount of the finer staple is consumed for the finer yarns, etc. “This competition has practically driven the Georgia, Florida and Caro¬ lina sea island Cotton growe: Ehibits the market. Unless a duty, The cents a pound, to cover the it the in the cost of production, is Ini th# on the foreign article the p: rts to the territory named will be . the wall. They cannot rese culture of upland cotton for that tho soil in the sea isl belt., best adapted to the' 1 long staple cotton, is not the growth of the upland! staple variety. “If the burden of revenue put will upon greatly Egyptian stimulate cotton wo| la] a industry in tho territory na for the further reason that sea island cotton product ci sumed in our own country, less than half of our produ by our own mills. The bal a market in foreign countriei “The duty asked will entn ship on the masses of tho poi country, because it can be b] that though the wo price have of not the figure] arti those factored from long staple co not fallen in price corres] raw are made.” M’COOK DECLINES PORTFOLIO. Report That He Only Nothing Wanted Le#a. to Bo At¬ torney General, 1 It was announced in New York City Friday that Colonel John J, McCook has positively declined to enter the cabinet of President McKinley as sec¬ retary of the interior. The announcement is also made that while General Stewart L. Woodford is still a candidate for a cabinet position with the endorsement of the regular republican organization, the chances are that New York will not be rep¬ resented in the cabinet. “When Major McKinley first asked Colonel McCook to become a member of his cabinet no particular portfolio was mentioned. A friend of Colonel McCook said that he expected that he would be asked to serve as attorney general aud this place he-would have accepted, “But within a day or two tho colonel received a letter asking him to accept the post of secretary of the interior. This, it is understood, he promptly and positively declined." MOTHER KILLED BABY HOY. Tcnncsae© Woman Sentenced to Seven Vents in the Penitentiary. At Newburg,in Lowis county, Tenn., Thursday, Mrs. Jaue Dabbs was con¬ victed of murdering her two-year-old in son and sentenced to seven years the penitentiary. committed The crime was a year ago. crush¬ Mrs. Dabbs killed her boy by then ing his skull with a hatchet. She carried his body into the house and set fire to the building. The house was destroyed and the baby’s body burned to a crisp. picks uFslowly. I)un & Co., la Their Trurte Kevlew, Give Some JCucouragement. R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: business “Genuine improvement in does not come with a rush, like the breaking of a great dam. The growth, for some weeks past has been more en¬ couraging, because in nearly all lines it has been gradual and moderate. The rupture of the steel rail and other combinations in the iron business has brought out a vast quantity of trade which had been held back and has set many thousand men at work, while the slow but steady gain in other great industries has giv¬ en employment to many thousands. CHARGES OF MURRAY GO OVER. South Carolina Flection Cates Will he Considered In Next Centres*. No action will be taken by this con¬ gress upon an investigation of the South Carolina elections. The com¬ mittee of the house which has been considering the memorials presented colored, by Congressman Murray, the decided Friday to recommend to house that the question be reported to the next congress for its consideration. NO. 10. THROUGH GEORGIA. News has been received at the ex¬ ecutive department to the effect that John Gibbs, who is wanted for mur¬ der in Colquitt county, has been caught in Florida and delivered to the Geor¬ gia sheriff. * * * Floyd county’s sehool commissioner announces that he has succeeded in completing arrangements for a one month’s normal course for negroes, in Rome next summer. A sufficient amount of the Peabody fund has been secured to make this a certainty, and the colored people are very much pleased with the result. * * * The directors of tho Georgia Secu¬ rity and Banking Company at Atlanta have filed a demurrer to the applica¬ tion asking for appointment of a re¬ ceiver to take charge of the assets of the company. This demurrer was tiled in the superior court and denies the allegations made by the plaintiffs in the sensational bill. * * * February 28 closes the hunting sea¬ son, and if any gay sportsman is caught in the act of shooting game of any kind after date mentioned he will have to answer to the state for the crime. The fact of the short hunting season has been published on sevoral occasions, but the sportsmen, as a rule, seem to he unaware of the existence of the new game law. * * * Professor Yeates, state geologist, has returned from a visit to the differ- ers, and immense orchards of peach trees will be planted at once. * * * The supreme court lias set March 15 as the date for hearing the motion for a new trial in the case of Henry White, the slayer of Police Officer Jackson, at Columbus, who is to hang on the gal¬ lows at an early day unless the supreme court grants a new trial in the case. A determined effort will be made to get a new trial. The motion for a new trial is based on several grounds. It is a matter of very general doubt as to whether the lower court will he re¬ versed in this case. * * * The state railroad commission sug¬ gests to the managements of railways that they make some provision at eat¬ ing places to accommodate negroes. The commissioners do not say that they have or have not authority to reg¬ ulate this matter, but they say it is just, aud they think that the roads will look after it without any rule from the board. This question came up on a request from Bishop II. M. Turner, who complained that in trav¬ eling by the Central from Savannah to Atlanta ho had asked for a cup of tea or coffee in the Macon depot and was refused. He said that there are many negroes traveling constantly who get hungry just like white folks and they would like the railroads to rent a room somewhero about their eating station where colored caterers conkl serve meals or lunches. The commis¬ sioners directed that a letter he sent to President Comer of the Central, asking him to arrange for a lunch staud for colored passengers at Maeon. * * V Delegates to Cotton Growers’ Convention. Governor Atkinson has appointed the following delegates to the meeting of cotton growers in Augusta on March 15th: State at Large—R. T. Nisbett, of Cobb; R. O. Waddell, of Polk; J. P. Brown, of Pulaski; J. I?. Hogan, of Lincoln; R. H. Jackson, of Troup; A. P. Brantley, of Pierce; T. B. Brooks, of Decatur; T. E. Massengale, of Warren. First District—F. L. Brinson, of Bnrke; H. G. Wright, of Effingham. Second District—J. L. Hand, of Mitchell; Arthur Hood, of Randolph. Third District—E. P. Martin, of Lee; Edwin Dennard, of Houston. Fourth District—W. B. Orr.of Cow¬ eta; Robert Fryer, of Talbot. Fifth District—J.R.Nisbett,of Clay¬ ton; W. L. Peek, of Rockdale. Sixth District—A. A. Atkinson, of Butts. Seventh District—J. F. P. Linley, of Cobb; S. Robinson, of Paulding. Eighth District—H. H. Cogbnrn, of Putnam; J. NV. Armstrong, of 'Wilkes. Ninth District-—J. O. Hawthorne, of Gwinnette; W. H. Summerhouse, of Milton. Tenth District—J. L. Culver, of Hancock; B. C. Harris, of Washing¬ ton. Eleventh District—F. B. Simmons, of Clinch; John McRae, of Montgom¬ ery.