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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.