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VOL. VI
LETTER OF PRESIDENT IS BRIEF
AND TO THE POINT.
TARiFF THE MAIM CONSIDERATION.
He Says Congress Should Promptly
Provide Funds to Liquidate the
IJeary Public Debt.
•
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The presi¬
dent today sent the following message to
congress:
To Congress of the United States:
Regretting the necessity which requir¬
ed me to call you together, I feel that
your assembling In extraordinary session
is indispensable because of the condition
In which we find the revenues of the gov¬
ernment, It is conceded that Us current
expenditures are greater that its receipts
and that such a condition has existed
now for more than three years.
With unlimited means at our command,
we are presenting the remarkable specta¬
cle of increasing our public debt by bor¬
rowing money to meet the ordinary out¬
lays incident upon an economical and
prudent administration of the govern¬
ment. An examination of the subject
dh '-'loses this fact In every detail
and leads inevitably to the
conclusion that the condition
of the revenue which allows it is unjus¬
tifiable and should be corrected.
Revenue Statistics.
We find the reports of the secretary of
the treasury that the revenues for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, from ail
sources were $123,1^069.22, and the ex¬
penditures for all purposes were $415,
953,806.50, leaving an excess of receipts
over expenditures of $9,914,453.60. During
that fiscal year $40,570,467.93 wer paid
upon the public debt, which had been re¬
duced since March 1, 1SS9, $29,056,890, and
the annual interest charge decrease $11,-
684.576.60. The receipts of/ the govern¬
ment from all .sources' during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1893, amounted to
$161,716,561.94^ and Its expenditures to
$74,887.65, showing an excess of re¬
ceipts’ over expenditures of $2,341,674.29.
S.ticc that time the receipts of no fiscal
year and with but few exceptions of no
month of any fiscal year, have exceeded
the expenditures.
The receipts cf the government from all
sources, during the fiscal year ending
June M, 1894, were $372,2(2,498.29. and its
expenditures $442,105,758.87, having a de¬
ficit, the first time since the resumption
of specie payments* of $69,803,269.58. Not
■ withstanding there was a decrease of
$17,769,128.78 in ttye ordinary expenses cf
'*tbe government, as compared with the
previous fiscal year, its Income was still
vot sufficient to provide for its daily ne
tup Bold- reserve In the
t-mSTIK. .
Suffice and the goverfi
to loans to replenish
February of- the year
onds wore issu.d and
ovffcag the second Issue,
deemed necessary.
137,171,795 was realized by the
bonds, but the reserve was
steadily increased un^tl In February, 1895,
another sale of $62,315,400 in bonds for $65,-
316,244 was announced to congress. The
receipts of the government for the fiscal
year ending June .30, 1895. were $390,373,203,-
80, hfid the expenditures, $433,178,436.48,
showing a deficit of $12,805,223.18.
A further loan of $100,000,000 was nego¬
tiated by the government in February.
3890, the sale netting $111,166,246. and
swelling the aggregate of ‘bonds issued
within three years to $262,315,400. For the
fiscal year ending June 20, 1896, the reve¬
nues of the government from all sources
amounted to $409,475,408.78, while Us ex¬
penditures were $434,678,654.48, or an ex¬
cess of expenditures over receipts of $25,
£03,245.70. In other words, the total re¬
ceipts for the three fiscal years ending
June 30, 1S96, were insufficient by $137,811,-
729.4G to meet the total expenditures.
Nor has this condition Improved. For
the first half of the present fiscal year
the receipts of the government, exclusive
of postal revenues, were $157,567,603.76, and
Its expenditures, exclusive of postal serv¬
ice, $1:45,4i0, 000 . 22 , or an excess of expendi¬
tures over receipts of $37,902,396,46, In Jan¬
uary of this year the receipts, exclusive
of postal revenues, were, $24,316,994.(X> and
the expenditures exclusive of postal serv¬
ice, $30,269,389.29, a deficit of $5,952,595.24 for
the month.
Iv February of this year the receipts,
exclusive of postal revenues, were $24.-
400,997.38, and expenditures, exclusive of
postal service, $28,796,056.64, a deficit of
$4,395,059.28, or a total deficiency of $186,
061,580.44 for the three years and eight
months ending March 1. 3897.
No Surplus in Treasury.
Not only are we without a surplus In
IVe treasury, but with an increase In the
public deb'r, there has been a correspond¬
ing increase In the annual interest charge
from $22,893,883.20 in 1892, the lowest of any
year since 1862, to $34,387,297.60 in 1896, or
an Increase of $11,433,414.40.
It may be urged that even if the reve¬
nues of the government had been suffi¬
cient to meet all its ordinary expendi¬
tures during the past three years, the
cold reserve would still have been Insuffi¬
cient to meet the demands upon it, and
that bonds would necessarily have been
issued for its repletion. Be this as it
way, it is clearly manifest, without deny¬
ing or affirming the correctness of such a
conclusion, that the debt w'ould have
been decreased In at least the amount of
the deficiency, and business confidence
immeasurably strengthened throughout
the country.
Congress Should Act.
Congress should promptly correct the
existing condition, ample revenues must
he supplied not only for the ordinary ex¬
penses of the government, but for the
prompt payment of liberal pensions and
the liquidation of the principal and in¬
terest of the public debt. In raising rev¬
enue, duress should be so levied upon
foreign products as to preserve the home
market, so far as possible, to our own
producers; to revive and Increase manu¬
factories, to relieve and encourage agri¬
culture; to increase our domestic and
foreign .commerce; to aid and develop
mining and building; and to render to
labor in every field of useful occupation
the liberal wages and edequate rewards
to -Which skill and industry are justly
entitled.
The necessity of the passage of a tariff
law which shall provide ample revenue
need not be further urged. The impera¬
tive demand cf the hour is the prompt
enactment of such a measure, and to
this object I earnestly recommend that
congress shall make every endeavor. Be¬
fore other business is transacted, let us
first provide sufficient revenue to faith¬
fully administer the government without
the contracting of further debt or the
continued disturbance of our finances.
(Signed) WILLIAM M'KIN LEY,
Executive Mansion, March 15, 1897.
Cleveland Courier.
Devoted to Education, Mining and Agriculture in White County and North-East Georgia.
IN STATU QUO.
Powers Hesitate as to the Next Step In
Cretan Affairs.
The National Zeitung (Berlin) semi¬
officially announces that Germany will
not take part in any negotiations sug¬
gesting another note to Greece, adding
that Germany insists upon upholding
the original ultimatum.
A special from London says: “The
foreign admirals at a conference with
the insurgent leaders at Akvetiri
learned that Commodore Iieiuock
never imparted to the tatter the proc¬
lamation of the admirals forbidding
them to enter the towns, although he
had accepted the commission to do so.
“It is thought possible that some
concession will be made to Greece, but
only after that country has made com¬
plete submission to the demands of
the powers.
“There are signs that Greece is an¬
xious that the powers shall apply seem¬
ingly great pressure in order to give
the Greek troops an excuse to retire
from a perilous position.”
A special from Constantinople says:
“It is believed here that the diplomatic
representatives of the powers will
arrive at an agreement to permit the
Greek troops to co-operate under Eu¬
ropean officers in the pacification of
the island of Crete, after Greece lias
signified her submission to the ulti¬
matum of the powers.”
BODIES VET UNDER WATER.
Bcllcvod That Twelve Or Fifteen Were
Killed In White liiver Wreck.
No bodies were recovered Thursday
from the wreck of the Evansville and
Terre Haute passenger train in White
river near Evansville, Ind., Wednes¬
day morning.
The death of Herbert Allen, of
Evansville, who was a door-keeper at
the last session of the Indiana legis¬
lature is confirmed.
It is also known that W. B. Phillips,
of Fort Wayne, is among the killed.
It is believed by many that there ere
twelve or fifteen bodies in the wreck.
The water is rising and nothing can
bo done in the search until the river
falls, which may not bo until several
days.
TENNESSEE’S LEGISLATURE,
Resolution l«; House to Investigate
Clutrg'iis Mtidit by a Newspaper*
A Nashville dispatch says: The sen¬
ate panned a bill incorporating the
Centennial City, and both houses
passed a bill authorizing Knoxville to
levy a tax of G cents to bo used in
making a centennial exhibit.
In the house Mr. Redman intro¬
duced a resolution citing the charge
published in a certain new spaper that
a member had been offered $1,500 to
_&bsfiat himself when the *>wte wits
taken on the railroad commission bill;
that Hr. Jams* Thompson was offer¬
ing to pay for signatures to a petition
against the bill and providing for a
special committee to investigate the
charges.
EVANS TENDERED AN OFFICE.
Probable That lf'o Will Be CommIsstoncr
of Pensions.
A Washington dispatch of Thursday
says: Mr. H. Clay Evans, of Tennes¬
see, lias been tendered the office of
commissioner of pensions, and in all
probability will accept the appoint¬
ment, which is one of the most impor¬
tant in the departmental service at
Washington outside the cabinet offices.
Mr. Evans is well known to public
men throughout the country and lias
long been recognized as a leader of
southern republicans.
It has been generally believed that
he would be first assistant postmaster
general, but the position of commis¬
sioner of pensions is of more import¬
ance. The place pays $5,000 a year,
while that of first assistant postmaster
general pays only $4,T)00.
FOR SAFE KEEPING.
lloynolds and J5rookg, If tint *8 Slay erg,
Transferred to the Fult on County .Jail.
Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks,
the murderers of Merchant M.C.Hunt,
of Belton, Ga., were locked in the
Fulton county jail, at Atlanta Thurs¬
day, for safe keeping. They were
heavily manacled and were in charge
of the sheriff of Jackson county and
several deputies.
The transfer was made at the in¬
stance of Judge N. L. Hutchins, who
fearing mol) violence from repeated
threats against the prisoners, ordered
them transferred to Atlanta until their
trial comes up in the superior court of
Jackson county. A special term of
court will be called for some time iu
next May.
SPANISH GENERAL KILLED.
Town in Philippine Inlands Captured Ity
government Troops.
A dispatch received at Madrid from
Manila confirms the report of the cap¬
ture of the town of Salibran, in the
Philippine islands, by the government
troops. Spanish
General Zaballa, of the
forces, was killed while leading the
attack upon the insurgents’ position.
The Spanish lost ten killed and
thirty wounded.
spaiYuhanges policy.
Report That Weyler I* Directed to End
The War at Once.
A newspaper representative in Ha
vanna, declares General Weyler ha.s
received positive orders from Madrid
to end the Caban war at once, even by
going to the extent of selling the island
of the insurgents, if need be, to ac¬
complish that object.
Weylpr himself has said the war
will end within three weeks. General
Weyler’s orders are, it is claimed, to
secure peace at any terms, and he is
instructed to offer Gomez bribes,
autonomy or the island itself. Fear
as to President McKinley’s position is
given as a leading cause for the Span¬
ish change of policy.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 19 1897 .
MSI
UNLESS THE GOVERNOR COMES
TO HER RESCUE.
SUPREME COURT RENDERS DECISION
The Decision also Seals the l'ate of Gus
Fumbles, the Old Woman’s
Accomplice la Crime.
The supreme court of Georgia has
rendered a decision against Mrs.
Nobles, who murdered her husband,
and unless some other and successful
effort iu her behalf is made she must,
suffer the death penalty.
This one of the most remarkable
cases in the criminal history of the
state. The legal proceedings were the
most hotly contested and many new
points of law, both federal and state,
were introduced.
The decision seals the fate of Gus
Families, also, as his sentence was
only prolonged to await the decision of
the supreme court.
Gus Families was the direct cause
of Mrs. Nobles’ arrest, for as soon as
the officers began to question him he
told everything and implicated not
only himself, lint Mrs. Nobles, Mary
Families, Hubby Nobles, a daughter
of the murdered man, and Dalton
Joiner.
These five were bound over to the
grand jury. Excitement ran high,and
Judge Smith, of that circuit, called a
special term of Twiggs superior court,
which convened two weeks thereafter,
on tho 7th day of July. Gus Fumbles,
Elizabeth Nobles, Mary Families and
Dalton Joiner were indicted by the
grand jury and put upon trial. They
were all tried together, and on the
Lltli of Suly the trial ended, the jury
bringing in a verdict of guilty as to
Mrs. Nobles, Gus Families ami Mary
Fumbles. Dubby Nobles and Dalton
Joiner were released. No appeal was
made for a new trial or an appeal of
any nature taken.
As the day sot for the execution of
Mrs. Nobles approached an organized
movement among the women of the
state was inaugurated to save Mrs. No¬
bles from tho gallows.
Motions for new trials have been
made in both state and federal courts,
and the efforts to nave her life have
been the most .vigorous in llio history
of the state. The case was carried to
tho United States supreme court.
The last, seldom o was passed on
Mrs. Mobles June -hi, IK'.Mi. and the
ilaTe sdTTor her fesjeiitioa was August
H.
All along, while those innumerable
proceedings have been taken in Mrs.
Nobles behalf, tho governor has been
respiting Gus Families from time to
time and he declared publicly that
Gus should not bang until Mrs.
Nobles’ case was decided.
Mary Fumbles is in the Dade coal
mines serving a life sentence. Dalton
Joiner has gone to parts unknown.
Debby Nobles lias married.
The two principal actors in this
drama, Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles and
Gus Families, aro now ill tho Macon
jail, waiting for a re-sentence.
ALABAMA COURT SENSATION.
Conspiracy Unearthed in Which Fromincnt
1‘eople Are Concerned.
A special from Gadsden, Ala., says:
The suit of Danfortk & Armstrong vs.
the Tennessee and Coosa railway for
breach of contract to the amount of
8150,000 has been in court for years.
Four times it has been tried, and
each time reversed. The verdict crept
up from $0,000 to #100,000. The at¬
torneys for defense have all along
insisted that the juries were tampered
with.
In the city court Friday the rail¬
road’s attorneys moved to dismiss the
case for tho reason that it was being
prosecuted between the plaintiffs and
Dr. 1). It. Baker, the latter to receive
10 per cent of the recovery, in consid¬
eration of which he was to procure a
large verdict for tho plaintiffs by bri¬
bery and corruption,
Letters concerning the deal to fix
the jury written by Baker and (!. E.
Danforth and addressed to Jack King,
of Rome, Ga., were read and sworn
to. Tho loiters were secured from
King by shrewd detective work. In
addition to tho letters a contract be¬
tween Dauforth & Armstrong and Dr.
Baker was produced.
BIG BLAZE IX QUITMAN.
An Improvised of •30,000 Dry Kiln Worth It«’Ruft4 of Property. in I)e
atruction
The most destructive fire ever seen
in Quitman, Ga., occurred shortly
after 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. The
tire started in the large wooden build¬
ing occupied by the Blount Turpentine
Tool Company.
The fire started from an improvised
dry kiln, owned by G. M. Badger. Ho
undertook to dry some lumber in the
building. Carried by the wind the
flames fed from building to building
with unquenchable fury and spread
over a wido area before they finally
burned themselves out. Total loss is
about #30,000, and insurance is less
than one-half.
DISAPPROVED BY BISMARCK.
Does Not Want Derm any to Act In Con¬
junction With tho Power*.
Prince Bismarck’s organ severely
condemns the participation of Ger¬
many in the Cretan question. It says:
“It is not correct policy to risk the
sound bones of even a single German
soldier for Oriental interests, which
are not ours, and from alleged Chris¬
tian and humanitarian motives, such as
England uses to cloak her efforts to
advance her own interests'”
TOBACCO TRUST IVINS.
The Judge Decides That Equity Court lias
No Jurisdiction.
A special from Trenton, N. J., says:
In the suit brought to annul the char¬
ter ef the American Tobacco Company
and break up wlrot is known as the to¬
bacco trust, Vice Chancellor Reed Fri¬
day morning filed and opinion dismiss¬
ing the bill and ending the present liti¬
gation against the company.
In the language of the vice chancel¬
lor, the action was brought “to restrain
tho defendants from transacting their
business and from conducting it in a
manner prejudicial to the complain¬
ants and injurious to the people of the
state of New Jersey.”
The bill was tiled by Attorney Gen¬
eral Stockton, on tho petition of J. B.
A - Frank IV. Miller, jobbers in paper
cigarettes, with whom the American
Tobacco Company refused to deal,
accosting to the allegation of tho
Millers, because they persisted in also
handling a brand of cigarettes manu¬
factured by a rival corporation.
Vico Chancellor Reed holds that, the
equity court, has no jurisdiction; that
tho proceedings should have been
brought in the nature of quo warranto,
and that corporations havo a right,
when legally formed, to deal the same
ns individuals. The point raised by
the complainants and Vice Chancellor
Reed’s full views may bo inferred
from the following syllabus, which ho
has attached to the decision.
■ “1. A court of equity docs not possess tho
power to restrain a corporation organised
under the forms of law from performing
acts within its corporate power, merely be¬
cause some of the steps taken in organizing
the company may have been irregular or
because I lie purpose of tho incorporation
may have been to establish a monopoly.
‘"1. Under these renditions quo warranto
Is tho proceedings to challenge tho right of
tho corporation to exercise its franchises.
”3. A trading or manufacturing corpora¬
tion, until its charter is annulled liy such a
proceeding at law, has the same authority
as an individual trader or manufacturer to
soil or consign its goods, to select its selling
agents and to impose conditions as to whom
they shall sell and tho terms upon which
they shall sell.
“i. A decree restraining the officers and
agents of a corporation from exeunt ing cor¬
porate acts is tho same as tho decree enjoin¬
ing the corporation itself."
NEW TRIAL FOR RYDER.
Supremo Court Grants Iwi Another
Chance For His Vi 1 ■
decision Tho supremo court of O^bvgm, by a
rendered Friday reversed the
decision of the superior court of Tal¬
bot county and granted a lielw trial to
IV. Emma L. Ryder, Owen. the slayer of Mjigs 1 Bailie
The Ryder case haR ntrflPted more
attention thii’A any other of}criminal
proceedings since tho famous Wool folk
trial.
The record is tho largest ono that
tiro court lias hud to deal with in
years.
IV. L. Ryder shot with a douhlo
barrcl shotgun Miss Sullie Emma Owen
on tho night of April 1, 1,896, and in¬
stantly killed her. Jealousy was tho
incentive for the deed.
Ryder was indicted, convicted and
sentenced to bo hanged. His attor¬
neys moved for a new trial, which the
lower court overruled. Ryder was
defended by the very best legal talent
in the state, and, not at all discour¬
aged, they carried the case to the
supreme court, citing seventy-two
grounds why a now trial should ho
granted.
a fiend" executed.
.Sullivan Murdered Mrs. Dutcher and Her
Little Hon and Dies On Hallows.
John E. Sullivan was hanged Friday
at Dorchester, N. B. His crime was
the murder of Mrs. Eliza Dutcher and
her son, li years old, at Meadowbrdok,
on the night of September II, 189(i.
Mrs. Dutcher kept u small tavern, but
the only inmates of tho place at the
time were herself, her little son and a
daughter 7 years old. Sullivan
entered the place for tho purpose of
robbery. Dutcher awakened tho
Mrs. was by
noise and made an outcry. The rub¬
ber thereupon attacked avid killed her
with an ax, after which lie assaulted
the children, killing the boy and
badly injuring the girl. Sullivan
next fired tho house and fled.
The flames arroused tho neighbors
and they were able to enter the
house through the rear door and rescue
the little girl. The remains of the
mother and other child were found in
the ruins.
The injured child finally recovered.
P0ST01THE RECEIPTS.
A Considerable Decrease Shown From
Those of February, 1890.
Friday Postmaster General Gary gave
out a statement showing the gross postal
receipts of the thirty largest post offices
for February, 1897, compared with the
same month last year.
There was a net increase of $125,
019. The first seven offices—Now
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston,
St. Louis, Cincinnati and Brooklyn
showed. marked decreases, Chicago
falling off $39,638 and Philadelphia
$22,826. Of the thirty offices, only
seven increased their receipts over
February, 1896, the increases being
light.
STATE AFTER POLICIES.
Kentucky Will Try to Procure Insurance
Money Due the Tate Kstate.
The state of Kentucky is preparing
suits to recover from life insurance"
companies the amount of policies on
the life of ex-State Treasurer Dick
Tate, who defaulted for $250,000.
The policies have been kept by his
daughter and son-in-law. Tate has
not been heard from in two years and
tho suit will be brought on the ground
that the law presumes him dead.
1 HIE [IDS ITS WORK.
MEMBERS WILL REST FOR A FEW
DAYS ONLY.
THE SESSION ADJOURNS SINE DIE.
Wood's Credentials JRefcri^d to Elections
Committee—-The Alaskan Treaty Is Fa¬
vored—First New Postmaster.
The senato committee on foreign
relations Wednesday agreed to report
the Alaskan boundary treaty with
Great Britain without amendment or
change.
The arbitration treaty was not con¬
sidered, but it will lie taken up at a
special meeting of the committee to
bo held Friday.
The appointment of W. R. Jewett as
postmaster at Evanston, 111., was re¬
ceived—tho first postmaster reported.
The first business of the senato was
Hie reading of a letter from Governor
Bradley, of Kentucky, announcing
the appointment of Andrew T. Wood,
as senator to succeed Mr. Blackburn.
Mr. Hoar was on his feet at once
with a motion that tho senator-elect be
sworn.
Mr. Gorman made a motion that the
credentials of Mr. Wood bo referred to
the committee on privileges and elec¬
tions, remarking that the questions in¬
volved were well understood.
Mr. Hoar said that he would not ob¬
ject to that motion and the credentials
wero referred.
Then Mr. Hoar presented written
notice of two proposed amendments to
tho rules of the senato of a radical
nature.
Tho most important ; was, according
to Mr. Hoar’s written notice, to
“enable the senate to act on legislation
when it desires, after a reasonable de¬
bate.” It provides that on any bill or
resolution under consideration more
than one day, a senator may demand
that the debate be closed. If a major¬
ity of the senators so desired there
should be a vote without further delay
and no motion should be in order
pending tho vote but one to adjourn,
or to take a recess.
The other amendment proposed was
to prevent the interruption of tho s'.en
ate and provided that if a senator
made a point of no quorum there
would bo a roll call, and if the pres¬
ence of a quorum was disclosed, busi¬
ness should he proceeded with.
In executive session the senato
reconsidered its action to adjourn un¬
til Monday at 11:30 o’clock and agreed
that an adjournment should be sine
die. This was found expedient, as no
business could lio transacted in the
half an hour Monday, and even if
nominations could bo made in that
half hour they would fail of being im¬
mediately confirmed. At 2:10 p. m.
the special session adjourned sine die.
WORKING FOR TREATY.
President McKinley Anxious For Its Im¬
mediate Eat Mention.
The new president is working hard
for the ratification of the arbitration
treaty. To Chairman Davis, of tie
committee on foreign relations,Senator
Cullom and other senators who have
recently called upon him, President
McKinley manifested tho deepest in¬
terest in the pending treaty and urged
each of them to exert his best efforts
to insure its prompt ratification in
practically tho same shape it was sent
to tho senate.
President McKinley thinks so well
of the good work accomplished by
Secretary Gluey and Bir Julian
Pauneefoto that ho stands ready and
willing to begin negotiations for simi¬
lar treaties with other European pow¬
ers. It was his hope that the senato
would get to work on the treaty at
once, in order that it might be finally
disposed of lieforo the end of the
week. In this, however, ho was dis¬
appointed.
TILLMAN IS HEARD FROM.
South Carolina Soimlor Swear* tho South¬
ern Hoad Owns Judge Simonton.
A special from Charlotte, N. C.,
says: “Senator B. It. Tillman,of South
Carolina, in an interview here today
said: ‘1 see you are all in a devil of a
muddle here about railroad matters.
Well, you may expect Judge Simonton
to give tho Southern anything they
want, for they own him body and
soul.’ ”
TELLER MAKES MISTAKE.
A Chattanooga Hank I* Out Over Three
Thousand Dollars In Consequence.
The First National Batik, of Chatta¬
nooga, was the victim of a mistake of
its paying teller a few days since which
cost it just $3,600.
A local lumber firm paid off a log¬
ger from east Tennessee with a check
for $100. The check was presented
at the First National and the logger
received eight packages thought to
contain $50 each.
At the close of business the same eve¬
ning it was found that instead of being
fifty-dollar packages the teller had giv¬
en out five-hundred-dollar packages,
and now the bank people are trying to
find out who the logger was.
TO BE FOURTH A RTi A LED.
Rlssentlon in a Georgia Military Company
to !i‘i I’n-.-ed Upon.
A eourtmartial for the Atlanta, Ga.,
Artillery has been ordered py Govern¬
or Atkinson and it may bring forth
some sensational developments.
The internal war which was waged
in the Artillery some time ago lias
ended in the first eourtmartial that has
taken place in Georgia in several years
and has proved to he tho sensation of
the. day in military circles.
SUGAR SCHEDULE OUTLINED.
Only Tiro Point* Definitely Settled, But
They Are Suffleent.
A Washington special says: Tho
outlines of tho sugar schedule wero
agreed upon Tuesday by tho republi¬
can membors of h i ways and means
committee. Only two points were
definitely decided, but they will form
the skeleton of the entire schedule.
These two point) wero that the du¬
ties on sugar should bo a specific rate
of $1.62} for each hundred pounds of
sugar testing ninety-six degrees and a
couctshon of 12} cents per 100 pounds
under a so 'iprocity arrangement.
This will afford a considerably higher
average rate than the existing sugar
schedule and will add about twenty
million dollars to tho annual revenue.
The points which remain to be de¬
cided are the distribution of the duty
on sugar above and below ninety-six
degrees,including the differential duly
on refined sugar aud tlio countervailing
duty to bo levied upon sugar from
bounty-paying countries.
ROSE UI* FROM HIS COFFIN.
Ready For Tho Grave, Godding
Surprises Tho Watchers Over HlgiiJTt^
Edward Gedding, a farmer living
near Sumter. S. C., bad been ill for
several weeks with the prevalent grip.
A few days ago he became worse and
Monday morning died, at least, he was
pronounced dead by doctors, nurse
and relatives.
Tho coffin was ordered and tho body
was prepared for burial. In tho after¬
noon it. was placed in tho coffin, and
tho interment was to take place Tues¬
day morning.
During the evening when the room
was full of tho dead man’s friends,who
were talking in low tones, a voice was
heard issuing from tho coffin. Ono of
tho bolder men opened the lid and
Gedding rose to a sitting posture and
spoke to them. He was quickly un¬
dressed and put to bed and at last ac¬
counts he is reported improved, and
there are now hopes of his recovery.
Doctors say it is a romarkable oaso
of suspeudid animation, and the sim¬
ple folk in the community are all agog
with superstitious oxeitemont.
SILER FURNISHES RULES.
Semis a Copy of His Interpretation of
Them to Fitz and Corbett.
A dispatch from Carson says: Tho
roost delicate subject, in connection
with the big fight was broached Wed¬
nesday when George Siler, tho referee,
submitted to Corbett and Fitzsimmons
his interpretation of the Queensberry
rules.
Siler’s communication, which was in
the nature of a formal letter, was not
received with manifestations of joy at
either camp. The big fellows road
’their letters thoughtfully and reserved
judgment.
If Siler lias any doubts as the pro¬
priety of his action in outlining his
views at this time, they must bo dis¬
sipated now. The fighters could never
have agreed upon tho rules after en¬
tering the ring. Each man appears to
bo playing’possum just now, and wait¬
ing for the other to commit himself.
It is not unwise, however, to predict
that a couferenco between Siler,Stuart
and tho representatives of tho princi¬
pals will he ueccessary before the mat¬
ter of rules is finally settled.
FOREIGN TROOPS AT CANEA.
liritish ami Italian Transports With Sol¬
di or* Make Their Appearance.
Advices from Canea state that the
reply of Greece to tho demands of tho
powers for the evacuation of the city
by tho Greek troops and tho with¬
drawal of tho Greek fleet from Cretan
waters has been acted upon promptly,
to some extent, by at least two of the
powers.
When (he sun rose Wednesday
morning it was seen that there were
strange vessels at anchor, and it soon
after developed that they were British
and Italian transports loaded with
troops, evidently part of the foreign
force which, as tho admirals recom¬
mended, will occupy all the principal
seaport towns of the island.
The Turks assert that these troops
will ho used to drive the Greek forces
out of Crete, but this belief is not
shared by the foreign population gen¬
erally.
Owing to the receipt of advices say¬
ing that a hand of armed volunteer*
from Greece were on their way to
Crete with tho intention of reinforcing
the Cretan insurgents, tho foreign ad¬
mirals agreed to dispatch a cruiser to
prevent their landing.
COOPER LYNCHERS NOT KNOWN.
Grand Jury Kuy* H Is [nqiiqgjlile to
(let Evidence.
When court met in Sumter, S. C.,
a few days ago Judge Clough charged
the grand ju’y to exhaust every means
to bring the lynchers of Simon Cooper,
tlie murderer of half a dozen people,
to justice.
The jury makes tho report that it is
useless to attempt to get evidence
against the lynchers. As a stand-off
to this, Isaac Baylc aud Jim McLeod,
negroes, charged with being accesso¬
ries, havo been acquitted, but the lat¬
ter, who runs a farm and restaurant,
has been notified to leave the state
and is selling out preparatory to doing
A LULL AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
President McKinley Now En.biciTtii AW
tend Fuhllc Bnsloosi.
Affairs at the white house are fast
assuming their normal aspect, and
there is a marked falling off of the
crowds of public men and of the gen¬
eral visitor. There was comparative
quiet Thursday in Secretary Porter's
office and in the ante-room, so that the
president was able to give considera¬
ble time to public business.
NO. 12.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
William Kilpatrick, the oldest man
•in Georgia, died at the home of his son
in Oartersville last Wednesday. Mr.
Kilpatrick was 108 years old. His
death was not unexpected, as he had
been sick for some days.
...
The report is again going the rounds
that the Seaboard Air-Line is to get a
line straight into New Orleans from
Atlanta. Not only will the line con
neot New Orleans with tho Seaboard
Air-Lino in the Gate City, but accord¬
ing to tho current story, the new ex¬
tension will also take in Augusta and
other Georgia towns.
* * *
Nathan Reese, who died a few days
ago at Sandersville, was'ono of the few
negro misers ever known. He made
a living by cutting wood and at one
time had saved about $-100, which he
stored away in a nail keg in his house.
This was stolen from him about five
years ago. He continued his frugal
and industrious life and after liis
death it was found that lie had stored
away a goodly sum.
★ * *
The comprollor of the currency has
•-n.tjiorizod that another payment equal
h> 10 i -,- cent of their deposits be made
y.o the deposit, ot., c f tho Oliattahooehe
National bank of ColunJius, now de¬
funct. Receiver Flournoy, of the Wnk,
will make out tho checks immediately
and forward them to Washington for
the signature of tho comptroller. This
will make 30 per cent of tho deposits
that has been paid off.
* * +
Governor Atkinson’s decision in the
case of the Atlanta Artillery is awaited
with interest by those who are con¬
nected with the company. The gov¬
ernor, it is understood, has been care¬
fully reviewing the papers for the past
few days and is now considering the
question. A decision is expected at
any time, and tlie general opinion, as
it has always been, seems to be that
he will order a court martial.
* * *
W. C. Hale, of Atlanta, has como
to the front again. This time it is in
attachment proceedings sworn out
by D. N. Martin in the superior court.
Martin claims that Hale is due him
$3,880 in payment for several acres of
land situated in land lot 19. The
Shelby Gold Mining Company has a
garnishment against Hale on the prop¬
erty for a few thousands of dollars.
Tho company 1ms been served with a
copy of tho attachment suit.
...
The United States monitor Arnphi
trite, now at Charleston, where sho
remained after tho departure of Ad¬
miral Bunco’s fleet, Will go to Savan¬
nah to give the two companies'of that
city’s mtYifi reserves a little instruc¬
tion.. She will likely remain, in the
harbor a couple of days. Tli te Am^Ah"
trite was on hand last summer and had
one of Savannah’s companies aboard.
Tho other was just recently organized
and has not yet had the advantage of
instructions.
* * *
John McCullough, who is awaiting a
second trial for the murder of his wife,
will bo kept in tho Clayton county jail
at Jonesboro until the day of the sec¬
ond trial, which is March 29tli. Up
to last Monday McCullough was con¬
fined in Fulton county jail on account
of fears being entertained by tho Clay¬
ton county authorities that lie would
he lynched if kept down there. Since
the first trial tho lynching spirit has
somewhat subsided, and tho Clayton
authorities feel that it is safe to keep
McCullough at Jonesboro.
★ * *
President H. M. Comer, of the Cen¬
tral, practically confirms the announce¬
ment that his system will avail itself
of tlie cut to bo made when the Brew
ton and Pinoora railroad is completed.
Mr. Comer says that he sent one of his
engineers to survey tho route for the
uncompleted portions of the road. Mr.
Comer himself took a trip over the
route on horseback. He rode through
tho country from Brewton to McIn¬
tyre, and from Htillmore to Pineora.
He noted tlie territory closely and
when ho returned to Savannah was
greatly pleased with the prospect for
the building of the road.
* * +
S. H. Rumph, of Marshailville, in
response to an inquiry, says the recent
freeze did no material damage to the
peach crop in his section of the state,
but on tho contrary it will prove a ben
efts if no other freeze occurs, as it has
had the effect of killing just enough
buds to prevent an over abundant crop
and the fruit that will materialize will
be tlie better thereby. The present
condition of the peach crop in south¬
west Georgia, is therefore, good, un¬
less a severe freeze occurs later the
yield will bo excellent.
* * *
Tho Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad and the Florida East Coast
railroad have completed the necessary
arrangements for the excursion of
Georgia editors to Nassau. It prom¬
ises to be one of the most delightful
trips this association has ever had. A
day’s stop at Lake Worth, Fla., a
most picturesque place, aud another
day which at Miami, on Biseayno Bay, from
place the steamer is to sail, will
add a great deal to the pleasure of tho
excursion. Tlie excursion is for the
benefit of the editors and publishers
of Georgia, and their wives.
Timmins—This talk about the type¬
writer being a firsvjvback to genius ia
all rot. I do all of my poems with a
type-writer. Simmons—You do? I had
an Idea that you made them with a set
of rubber stamps.—Indianapolis Jour¬
nal,
“I shall have to learn how to play the
flute,” said Maud, as she watched the
flutist in the hotel orchestra; “see how
gracefully he hold is it If I could hold
an ear of corn as gracefully as he holds
that flute I should not be afraid to eat
I*, off the cob.”—Bazar.
