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YOL. VI.
LIVES flRI LOST IN FLUMES.
A FEARFUL CONFLAGRATION
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.
SiX PEOPLE UNACCOUNTED FOR.
Property Valued at Nearly #2,000,000
lu Ashes—The Very Heart of the
City lVlped Out.
The largest fire in the history of
Tennessee started in the basement of
the McNulty Grocery company’s store,
next door to Hotel Knox, at Knox¬
ville, at 3 o’clock Thursday morning.
The flames quickly spread to the hotel
and made such rapid progress that the
local tiro companies were unable to
check their headway. As the great
hotel was burning the excitement was
intense.
Guests were hurriedly aroused, and
before they conhl reach the street be¬
low the angry flame,s had leaped to the
very interior of the building and had
spread through tho halls and corri¬
dors, cutting off tho passageways and
even breaking iuto the sleeping apart¬
ments.
The propviefb d the, hotel says that
ho had five or six guests who have not
put in an appearance.
The list of the dead so far as report¬
ed is as follow: F. H. Wentworth,
electrical inspector of national board
of underwriters; A. E. Weeks, Cocke,
N. Y.; It. W. Hopkins, St. Louis;
Robinson, Pulaski, Term.; S. E. Will¬
iams, Springfield, Mass.; P. 0. Dyer,
of Knoxville.
The entire block between Union and
Reservoir streets, on Gay street, with
the exception of the McGhee building
on one end, the longest and hand¬
somest block in the city, is also a mass
of ruins and the loss is estimated at
nearly two million dollars.
From the Knox hotel the flames
quickly spread to the adjoining build¬
ings and at 5 o’clock all the big whole¬
sale stores along tho west side of Gay
street from Commerce to Union, in¬
cluding » number of smaller retail
t stores, were in a a did mass of flame.
The loss is variously estimated at
from one to one and a half million dol¬
lars with about 60 per cent of insur¬
ance. *
The loss of life, supposed to be lim¬
ited to six persons, hr very Uncertain','
ns the register of Hotel Knox, in
which fifty-six people wore sleeping,
was burned.
List of the Injured.
When the fire was first discovered
seventy-five guests were in the Knox
hotel. They were all aroused by tho
porter and the manager.
The list of injured is as follows: .T.
C. M. Bogle, Tennessee, will die; II.
M. Dean, Indianapolis; Thomas S.
Peck, Morristown, Tenn.; Lieutenant
Hood, Knoxville; Claude H arris,Knox
ville; Policeman Asquith; Policeman
Duncan, bally burned; Firo Chief
McIntosh; W. il. Keephart, Knoxville,
internal !y hurt i
Keepha: t saved the lives of five other ' j
guests by letting them down by ropes
made of bed clothes before he jumped
himself.
I. W. Dean, of Kansas City, Mo.,
states that when he escaped lie saw six
men lying in the upper hallway over¬
come by smoke. Dean jumped from
the third story to the roof of an ad¬
joining Imilding.
A cabinet maker named P. O. Dyer
fell dead on the street from fright. !
Among the heaviest losers are Mc¬ !
Nulty Griseom, Hotel Knox, Daniel I
Briscoe Bros. & Co., dry goods; Bris¬ i
coe Bros., E. P. King k Co.. McNulty ;
k McGhee, B. B. Newman & Co., |
printers; W. W, Woodruff & Co., j
hardware; Nullen & Newman, queens
ware; Hcnegur, Doyle k Arnold,cloth- j
ing; M. D. Arnold, M. L. Ross A Co.,
grocers; Murphy dry'goods; k Robinson, hats; A. j I
P. Lahr, Ross Hayne, !
Htarchi Bros., furniture; C, C. M.
Ghee. Sanford, Chambers k Aimer, I
drugs; McMillan k Meek, Gusick sta
bles, City stable and buildings.
Cannon Blown Down a Wall.
It became necessary at last to have
tho walls of one building blown down
by a cannot to stop the mad career of \
the flames, A mountain howitzer of I
the Knoxville Legion was called into i j
play and a load of canister did the
work, at the same time tearing up I
some residences in a different portion !
of the city. I
AMERICANS MAY COMPETE.
Bulgarian €krreminent Wants Bills For
Military Supplies.
United States Consul German, at
Znricb, has informed the state depart¬
ment, for tho benefit of American
manufacturers who care to try for
foreign trade that the Bulgarian gov¬
ernment has invited bids for the de¬
livery of 95,000 meters of military
cloth and 10,000 pairs of military
boots.
The Servian war department wants
bids also for delivery of 1,500 horse
blankets. The consul advises would
be bidders to correspond directly with
the ministry of war of the countries
named.
STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK.
Employes In Oliver's Mill Go Back to j
Their Old Places.
The strikers all returned to work at 1
Oliver’s mill, at Pittsburg, Pa.,Tlinrs- j
day and the plant is in full operation.
Byers’ mill is running single turn, j i
many of the strikers refusing to go
back at the reduction. The plant will
be operated single turn until the old j
men decide to accept the reduced j
wages.
Cleveland Courier.
Devoted to Education, Minins; and Agriculture in White County and North-East ((corgia.
FOUR CHILDREN DROWNED.
Swept Away by Hushing Waters From a
Broken Levee.
The following dispatch has just been
received from Greenville, Miss.: Every
day now brings some tale of woe from
the overflow region. Here is one which
is perfectly reliable:
When the levee broke at Mound
Landirg, a family consisting of a
mother and six children were overtaken
by the water and beftre they could
reach a place of safety four children
were caught by the furiously rushing
current and washed away almost in
the twinkling of an eye. Who these
people were was not learned in the
contusion of the night. It is believed
the mother and tho other two children
were taken care of.
Railroad bridges, across the main
streams in the country are going fast.
An iron bridge across the Rogue, on
the Valley route, was washed away.
There were some 150 cattle and horses
upon it at the time. The Southern
bridges on the Rogue have also been
washed away.
The Kazoo river is rising up-stream
from its month nearly to Greenwood
on account of the high stage of the
water at Vicksburg.
The river report received Thursday
is anything but encouraging, and there
is frankly no hope of relief from the
present conditions for five weeks at
least.
EXPLOSION AND CONFLAGRATION.
Car Loadeti With Whisky Caused Anni¬
hilation of Train.
A Big Four freight train was anni¬
hilated by an explosion at the Pelt
Junction, Indianapolis, Thursday
morning. There were many theories
as to the cause of the wreck, but the
trouble probably originated in a ear
loaded with whisky.
Just before daybreak a terrific ex¬
plosion awakened the people of the
neighborhood. A fire company went
to the scone, but the train of 12 or 14
cars was destroyed: Tho wreck ex¬
tended a distance of about 200 yards
along tho “Y” and is marked by dis¬
mantled trucks, twisted iron rods, I ar
rel hoops, burned timbers aud frag¬
ments of oars.
The cars were loaded with whisky,
tobacco, grain, theatrical properly and
miscellaneous merchandise, and the
only articles that escaped in net were
three barrels of whisky.
HUNTER’S LAST DAY.
The Doctor ViiUcd to hand on tho L»$t
Moment of Ornct'.
A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky.,
says: Not since the day of the first,
joint debate has there been so much
suppressed excitement in the senator¬
ial struggle as there was Thursday
prior to the meeting of the general as¬
sembly.
It was generally understood that if
I)r. Hunter, the republican nominee,
did not win be would bo drop¬
ped by his party and a new man se¬
lected.
All but the paired members voted.
There -were no significant changes and
tho vote stood: Hunter, 61; Black¬
burn, 44; Martin, 13; Boyle, 7; Stone,
1. Necessary to a choice, <14.
There was no change on the second
l,alIot > tUat
roce,ve ' 1 60 lnstpa<1 of (>1 , MarUn
12 instead of 13, owing to a pair. The
general assembly then adjourned with¬
out a dissenting vote.
PIAZZA COLLAPSED
While IV. .1. Dry nil Augustine, \Va» Addressing; Fla. Citi
jspuH of ,St.
AVilliam J. Bryan Thursday arrived at St. Au¬
gustine, Fla., afternoon and
was greeted at the station by several
hundred people. At 8:30 be address
ed fully 3,000 persons from the piazza
of the Ban Marco hotel,
TIis theme was “Good Government
and the his Money Question.” hundreds At the
close of speech of people
flocked about him and so great was
tbatoI1 « thopi«z«
f ' ,r 7 ^et «iuaro fell through, pro,up
f atin K t.°' l* 0 * 1 ? to l ]' e ? T 'l
lo Tl a ^stance °* twenty , feet
>0 °“ e ,va ; s KenoUH, ;>' hnr t > hni “
800r ® of popple received , bruises . and
G'™ms. Mr. Bryan was picked up
unconscious ami received modi' 1 1 at¬
tention. He was not seriously hu t.
Republicans to Meet in Betriot.
Secretary M. J. Dowling, of the re
publican national league, lias an
nouuccd that the next convention is
to be held at Detroit, Mich., July
13th, 14th and 15tli. At least 3,000
delegates are expected to be in attonil
atice and the usual reduced rates will
probably bo secured.
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE MEETS.
Perrenot President of Senate; Mays Speak¬
er of Iloiise.
The Florida legislature convened at
Tallahassee Tuesday at noon, having
organized in accordance with the dem¬
ocratic caucus the night before, with
C. J. Perrenot, of Santa Rosa county,
a3 president Mays’ of the senate, and Deunet
H. of Jefferson county, as
speaker of the house.
Governor Bloxham’s message was
received and both branches adjourned
until AVednesday to give President
Perrenot and Speaker Mays time to
prepare the standing committee.
A resolution inviting Bryan to ad¬
dress the legislature was adopted.
Christened New Torpedo Boat.
Secretary of the Navy Long has
christened torpedo boat No. 3, now
building at the Union iron works,
“The Foote,” to perpetuate the mem¬
ory of one of the fighting naval com¬
manders of the civil oar.
Overcome By Gas and Smoke.
Seven men were overcome b.y smoke
and gas at the Strickler tunnel, on the
west slope of Pike’s peak, Col., anil
two are dead, while the others are in
a critical condition.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897.
MEN KILLED AND MANY
MORE ARE INJURED.
WERE G0!NG ftT FULL SPEED.
ami a Number of Cars Torn to
Splinters—Passengers Escape
Without h Scratch.
Two passenger trains of (he South¬
railway collided at full speed at
N. C., about noon Sun¬
killing three men, fatally injuring
fourth and severely wounding three
The trains were No. 36, the fast
which left Atlanta at 11:50 Satur¬
uiglit, and No. 11 which left Rich¬
mond at 2 o’clock Sunday morning.
Tho dead are: Will Donaldson, fire¬
of No. 36; J. C. Renton, mail
of No. 11; Clyde Kndy, mill
hand, who was stealing a ride.
Those injured bad enough to be sent
to the hospital are: J. C. Kinney,
of No. 11, scalded, fatally
injured; W. B. Tnustall, engineer of
No. 36, badly scalded; Robert E. Gal
laher, Southern Express agent; Will
cotton mill hand, beating
his way to his home in Durham, hurt
internally.
Railway officials refuse to locate the
blame as yet, but apparently (he south¬
bound train is at fault.
No. 36 left Charlotte an hour and a
half late, and No. 11 was instructed
to take tho siding at Harrisburg,
which is thirteen miles north of Char¬
lotte. No. 36 passed the station at
the time ordered. No. 11 had stopped
at Concord to take water and was be¬
hind in reaching Harrisburg. Just as
it had reached the siding No. 36 came
thundering down the track at the rate
of forty miles an hour.
Apparently neither engineer realized
the impending disaster till it was upon
them, for no whistles were blown aud
the frightful shock of the collsiou was
the first warning the passengers had.
They felt the jar of airbrakes suddenly
set, and then the trains came together
with an awful crash.
Train No. 36 consisted of nine cars.
Next to the engine were two express
cars filled with fruit and truck bound
two troiu^Florida postal to the baggage north: then came first
ears, a car,
and second-class day coachos, and two
Pullman sleepers. No. 11 consisted of
four ears -a postal car, a baggage car
and express car and two coachos.
The engine of No. 36 plowed under
(he engine of No. 11. Tho two ex¬
press cars were literally torn to pieces.
Both postal cars of No. 36 were
wrecked and one of them was pit hod
upon the five-foot embankment. The
j ostal car of No. 11 was piled in splin¬
ters about the engine and the baggage
car was wrecked.
None of tho passenger coaches left
the ie t^p'k aud none of the passengers
wex^evon C^FT" seriously bruised.
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY.
Senatorial CandidniB Hunter Accused of
Crooked Doings.
A special from Frankfort, Ky., says:
Indictments bribe charging have bribery and con¬
spiracy to been prepared
by the Franklin county grand jury
against Congressman W. Godfrey Hun¬
ter, of the Third district, the most
prominent republican United States in the state,
nominee for senate, and
Ex-Congressman John II. Wilson, of
the eleventh district, one of Dr. Hun¬
ter’s closest advisors, aud Hon. E. T.
Franks, one of the leading republican
politicians of the second district.
The indictments were prepared up¬
on the testimony of Captain Noel
Gaines and Captain Tanner, lii.s
brother-in-law, and Fred Gordon, all
of Frankfort.
The charges are indignantly denied
by Dr. Hunter, Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Franks, all of whom say they will
prosecute for criminal libel all who
have testified to the above facts before
the grand jury.
NUNEZ IS ARRESTED.
Cuban Bender Charged With Violating
Health Regulations.
General Emilio Nunez was arrested
at Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday charged
with violating health regulations. He
was put ashore in a row boat from the
Bermuda and was promptly arrested
by the deputy collector of customs.
FOR REDUCTION OF WAGES.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company Makos Proposition.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail¬
road Company at Birmingham, Ala.,
have made a proposition to its miners,
8,000 in number, to accept a reduction
of 5 cents per ton on coal digging.
President Nat Baxter addressed a
monster mass meeting of miners at
Blocton announcing the matter.
The miners made no immediate re¬
ply, but will hold meetings to discuss
matters. It is stated that the miners
are averse to accepting the reduction,
and trouble is not an impossibility.
Sharp competition is given as the cause
for the request of a reduction in wages.
PRESIDENT FAVORS ANNEXATION
Hawaii May Soon He ArlileU to the Hni
ted Htates.
A Washington special says: Hawaii
is to be the next state added to this
union. President McKinley has prom¬
ised to throw the entire weight of his
administration in favor of annexation
and developments of the past few days
tend to show that the annexationists are
proceeding upon asrnranees of sub¬
stantial support and are following lines
suggested by the president himself.
THE CRETAN SITUATION.
Ilcport That Actual Hostilities Between
Creek* ami Talks Have Begun.
Advices from London state that
short of an actual declaration of war
between Greece and Turkey the situa¬
tion could not possibly be.graver than
it is.
Saturday was day tho seventy-fifth anni¬
versary of a the Greeks have only
too great cause to remember with hor¬
ror—the massacre by the Turks of
4,000 of tho inhabitants of tho island
of Seio during dig war of inde¬
pendence. The memory of this, in
connection with the little the pow¬
ers have clone by' their vaunted con¬
cert, is not likely to put the Greeks in
the humor to withdraw now oven
though King George,and his ministers
are surprised at .the immense army
Turkey has unexpectedly prit upon the
frontier, well armed and organized in
spite of her suppose.l*« ant of resources,
and may foresee tie futility of fighting
Turkey if the powers aro determined,
as they threaten, that neither com¬
batant shall get received advantage therefrom.
Dispatches at Athens Sat¬
urday from Larissa give the details of
an invasion of Macedonia by a force
of irregular. Greek troops. Throe
t housand men, it is announced,crossed
the frontier tho day after the celebra¬
tion of the anniversary of the declara¬
tion of Greek independence in 1821.
The Greek expedition force is com¬
manded by ex- ifficers and ex-non-com¬
missioned officers of tho regular army
of Greece, and they include the band
of Italian volunteers commanded by
Colonel Cipriani.
The so-called insurgents wire -well
armed and have been eqniji|x-d at tho
expense of Ethuike He:rig, the famous
and powerful Greek sqe'ret society,
which is the root and' uranost of the
present crisis, practical ly 1 controlling
tho country.
Regarding Greeks the fight, Turks going on be¬
tween the and on the
frontier posts it is explained at Athens
that the Greek posts were obliged to
reply to tho fire of the Turks, who,
when the insurgents crossed the
frontier, attacked both tho insurgents
and tho posts.
A dispatch to the Observer (London)
from Rome says that it was reported at
1 o’clock Sunday morning that war
has been declared between Turkey
and Greece.
HON. DANIEL T00RHEES DEAD.
lie Was For Years, a Cynsjdeuoos K%tire
At fho National Capital
Daniel Wolsoy Voorhees, ex-United
States senator from the state of In¬
diana, died at 5 o’clock (Saturday
morning at his home in Washington
city.
The senator had been in poor health
for several years, and for at least two
years past had taken little part iu tho
proceedings of the senate. Ho had
been n constant sufferer from rheu¬
matism of the heart, and his friends,
therefore, bad come to expect that
they might hear of his death sud¬
denly.
At the time of his retirement from
the senate, the “Tall Sycamore of tho
Wabash” was affectionately held by
the devotion of his followers of Hie
Hoosier stiilo.
lie was Hie loading democrat on tho
finance committee and by virtue of
Ibis position the natural leader of his
party on the floor of Hie senate on all
tariff and financial questions.
In the appeal of the Sherman bill,
Senator Voorhees took a prominent
part. It was his last important work
in Hie senate.
Mr. Voorhees was 70 years of ag’e
last September, and prior to his re¬
tirement from public life on March 4,
last,had been for many years one of the
most picturesque figures in the senate.
Ho was born in Liberty township,
Butler county, Ohio, and in his early
infancy was carried by his parents to
bis pioneer home in the Wabash valley
iu Indiana.
COALITION AGEEl) UPON.
Compact Klivur Knlcrcil Republican* Into !>y mid Silver Populist*. Ilrmo
t ruth,
The final agreement among demo¬
crats, silver republicans and populists
in the senate, looking to a permanent
coalition was reached at a meeting of
representatives of those parties in
Senator Gormanis committee room at
the capitol Saturday. The agreement
had its origin in the effort to reorgan¬
ize the senate committees, but it Js
destined apparently to reach far be¬
yond this, reaching, in fact, the future
proceedings of the senate on all ques¬
tions, to the extent of shaping party
politics throughout the country.
NEGATIVE FAILED TO DEVELOP.
No Reproductions of the Carson Pugilis¬
tic Fight Will Be Seen.
According to the New York Evening
World the photographs of Bob Fitz¬
simmons and Corbett at Carson have
proven a failure. The negative, it is
said, will not develop.
The failure, the World article says,
has involved Dan Stuart and others
directly interested in a heavy loss.
Stuart was under such heavy expense
that his only hope to come out was in
the photographs.
A trig fortune would undoubtedly
have been realized, as applications for
rights had come from the most remote
parts of the world.
TROURLE IN TRANSVAAL.
British XIaking Preparation mis For Hostili
ties In South AfrL ■lca.
Cable dispatches from London state
that there are indications that the
British preparations against the Trans¬
vaal multiply in many directions. It
was semi-officially reported during the
week that two more regiments have
been notified to prepare for service in
South Africa, and negotiations are
pending with British ship owners for
transports, to be ready in June.
IE.
CHARGES HALE WITH
BEING SPAIN’S SECRET ALLY.
QUESTION CASUES RUMPUS
Accuses Maine Senator With
Obtaining: Information From Spanish
Minister lie Lome.
An exciting debate between Mr.
and Mr. Hale occurred in the
Tuesday during Mr. Morgan's
speech. Mr. Hale denied Mr.
statement that the Spanish
were stuffed with Americans.
Morgan asked Mr. Hale where his
canie.from and asserted
he (Morgan) knew who liis infor¬
was. The country knew who it
The senator from Maine (llalo)
not conceal the fact, asserted
Mr. Morgan, that he was in communi¬
with the Spanish government.
Morgan is old, but ho is a fighter.
He minced no words in declaring that
Mr. Hale got his information and in¬
spiration at the De Lome fireside, and
everybody in Washington understood
the charge that was back of the state¬
ment.
Early in the day Mr. Morgan called
up his resolution declaring that a stale
of war existed between Spain aud Cuba
and recognizing both parties as bellig¬
erents, He spoke for some time in a
dispassionate manner on the resolu¬
tion, but aroused by Mr. Hale, of
Maine, made a series of sharp retorts.
It led to a declaration by Mr. Morgan
that instead of sending a lawyer to
Cuba to investigate tho caso of Dr.
Ruiz, as was contemplated, tho admin¬
istration would do well to send a ship
of war to Havana and demand redress.
At another point Mr. Hale questioned
Mr. Morgan’s statement that Cuban
prisons prisoners,”declaring were “stuffed with American
that the informa¬
tion reaching him (Hale) showed that
no BUoli condition existed.
Mr. Morf an asked who this infor¬
mation carno from and then us hotly
asserted that he knew where it came
from, and the world knew where it
came from, as the senator from Maino
had not denied the fact that he was
in communication with tho Spanish
authorities.
Mr. Hale indignantly denied that
the said information had come from
Spanish sources and said it was fur¬
nished in every item by American
citizens. The strain occasioned by
this charge and denial was removed by
tho expiration of tho morning hour,
which cut off debate.
BRYAN CALLS ON M’KINLEY.
Vanquished mid Chat Victor Together. Have n Pleasant
A Washington special says: There
were some important callers at the
white house Tuesday morning before
the cabinet assembled at 11 o’clock.
First came Senator Hanna, of Ohio,
who had just returned from Cleveland,
whither ho went to cast his vote at the
municipal elections. Ho was with
Mr. McKinley half an hour. When
he emerged he said, commenting upon
tho elections, that they were without
any save local significance.
While Mr. Hanna was still in the
white house, Mr. Bryan, late demo¬
cratic candidate for president, called
with Representative MeMillin, of Ten¬
nessee, and Attorney General Smythe,
of Nebraska, to pay his respects to his
successful rival. They were immedi¬
ately ushered into Mr. McKinley’s of¬
fice. The president, who was talking
with a group of gentlemen, advanced
aud the president and the ox-candidate
shook hands cordially.
Mr. Bryan remarked upon the pres¬
ident's apparent good health and the
latter spoke of the fact that lie had
seen by the newspapers that Mr. Bry
was hero to argue a ease before the su¬
preme court. He also said he had re¬
ceived a copy of Mr. Bryan’s book a
few days ago, but as yet had not had
lime to read it.
After a fufther exchange of courte¬
sies aud pleasantries, Mr. Bryan re¬
tired.
Sangnilly Hiding Out.
General Julio Sangnilly, tho Cuban
leader, is in Jacksonville, Fla., but in
hiding. He is supposed to be waiting
for tin opportunity to slip to Cuba.
He is, however, being watched by
Spanish snies.
BATTLES!! IF ICTY A IN LUCK.
The Big Ship Will* » Premium at #100,
OOO for Speed.
Wednesday the battleship Iowa, the
last of the premium built battleships
of the navy, earned for her builders,
William Cramp k Son, of Philadel¬
phia, §100,000 by making an average
of seventeen knots an hour over the
regular government course off the
Massachusetts coast in the four hours’
speed trial required by the
under the contract.
The Iowa by her grand work proved
herself to be superior to either
Indiana or Massachusetts by a
erable fraction of a knot, aud is
the acknowledged queen of the
ican navy.
GOLD DEMOCRATS TO CONFER.
A Meeting In >‘ew York That Will
tract Attention.
The New York Herald of
says: Former President
John G. Carlisle, former secretary
the treasury, and William L.
former postmaster general, will
guests at the dinner given by the
form club at the Waldorf on
evening, April 24.
Between 500 and 600 leading
crats will attend and the affair is
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Established In the South
During; the Past Week.
Business throughout the south, ac¬
cording to reports received the past
week, show a forward movement,
though for some time it has been con¬
siderably retarded in many sections
by the high waters. Southern corre¬
spondents report increased confidence
and a better trade in nearly all lines
of industry.
Southern iron is in good demand
and threo Alabama furnaces that have
been undergoing repairs have been
put in blast, namely, the Ensley aud
Alice furnaces in the Birmingham dis¬
trict and No. 2 furnace, owned by the
Sheffield Coal, Iron and Steel Co., at
Sheffield. A recent shipment of 1,000
tons of iron to Genoa is reported from
Birmingham and additional inquiries
have been received from Australia.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries for the week aro: A $20,000
brick and tile plant at Aransas Pass,
Tex.; the People’s Electric Light Co.,
capital $100,000, Columbia, S. C.; the
Carter’s Creek Fish Guano Co., capital
840,000, Irvington, Va.; wire and
fence works at Memphis, Tenn.; an ex¬
tensive plant for treating gold ores at
Dahlonega, Ga,; the Water Gas Heat¬
ing Co., capital 830,000, Hous¬
ton, Tex., and tho National Boat
Ore Co., capital $50,000, at Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn. The Fort Worth Salt
Co., capital .$30,000, has been organ¬
ized at Fort Worth, Tex.; the Lyttle
Water Co., capital $20,000, at Abilene,
Tex., and the J. C. Mayfield Lumber
Co., capital $15,000, at Dallas, Tex.
Other woodworking plants will be
erected at Florence, Ala.; Bonifay,
Fla.; Quitman,Ga.; Elizabethtori, Ivy.,
and High Point, N. C.—Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Tenn).
BROKERAGE CONCERN COLLAPSES
Bean’s Viclini's aro Many nml Theii
I .asses are Heavy.
that Dispatches from New York stnto
tho E. S. Dean company, dealers
in stocks, bonds, grains and provis¬
ions, has failed anil that tho effects of
the company are now in the sheriff's
hands, on attachment.
Tho Dean company lias a number of
branch offices located at various
cities. Customers of the company
were numerous through South Caro¬
lina, Florida, Alabama aud other
neighboring The dispat'cEeft states. ^ ilie ,
state that affairs
of the corporation are in a much mixed
condition and hint that there may be
something shady in the transactions
of the corporation. Rumor in New
York has it that there is no such per¬
son as E. S. Dean, and that this is a
fictitious name, while another report
is to the effect that E. S. Dean is a
Chicago woman.
The E. S. Dean company has been
doing an extensive business in various
parts of the country. They have boon
advertising extensively that they had
a “safe system” for speculation,where¬
by they were enabled to earn enor¬
mous dividends for customers. They
claimed to pay dividends every two
weeks of from 10 to 20 per cent, mak¬
ing the total dividends per annum, of
from 300 to 400 per cent.
Homo of the investors wore poor
washerwomen and seamstresses who
had given their last dollar to the
bucket shop, tempted by the promise
of enormous profits. Even the firm's
own typewriters had not received their
wages. It is said 25,000 investors all
over the United States have lost $5,
000 , 000 .
CUBANS OPEN PRISON
Ami Release Eighteen Insurgents Who
Were Condemned to He Shot.
A special to the New York World
from Havana says: Calabazar, in this
province, has been raided, the Spanish
jail forced open and eighteen insur¬
gents, who were to be shot, released.
Most of the Spanish guard of fifty
were killed or wounded.
Among the prisoners was Senora
Isabelle Teresa Monteza, said to be a
relative of Gen. Acosta. She is near¬
ly fifty years of ago and has been con¬
fined in the .vile dungeon more than
three months. She disappeared from
her residence, two miles from
Havana, and her friends had
made many attempts to ascertain her
whereabouts, but without success.
When found she was in rags and ema¬
ciated to a shocking degree. She was
very prominent in that section, had
been raised iu affluence and her im¬
prisonment almost destroyed her rea¬
son.
___
MORGAN ROASTS SPANIARDS.
Third Successive Speech On Ills Cuban
War He solution.
The senate Thursday heard Mr. Mor¬
gan, of Alabama, for the third succes¬
sive day on his resolution declaring
that a state of war exists in Cuba. He
was severely critical of Spain’s meth¬
ods against American prisoners, and
went over in detail the circumstances
in the Competitor case. Mr. Morgan
said he would close his speech at the
next meeting of the senate, when he
would present a letter from one of the
Cuban officials of the eastern province
of the island showing the complete
civil system of government now main¬
tained by the Cubans.
HUNTER ASKED TO RETIRE.
Kentucky Republicans Will Note Name
Another Leader. ,
A special from Frankfort, Ky., says:
Dr. W. G. Hunter, twice the repub¬
lican Borneo for the United States sen¬
ate and unable to win on either occa¬
sion, has been called upon to surren¬
der his leadership. Hunter
Unwilling to obey, Dr.
pleaded for and obtained a few days’
respite, but if he has not won in that
time, the republicans will hold an-
NO. 16.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
Tho cotton receipts for Rome for the
past year have hec-n considerably lar¬
ger than was expected, and Rome’s
reputation for being the best inland
market to its size in the south has been
upheld. It is estimated that she will
receive about 25,000 bales more, mak¬
ing a grand total during the year of
64,518 bales.
* * *
Three more interventions in the Ea¬
gle and Phenix case have just been
filed in the office of the federal court.
Dr. J. T. Wavnock, of Atlanta, a di¬
rector of the mills, sues the company
for $28,194, which he claims ho loaned
the mille. A. J. Bethune, another di¬
rector, sues for $5,437.40. Mrs.Sarah
M. Andrews intervenes for $1,030.
* * *
The Medical Association of Georgia
has issued over 2,000 invitations to its
forty-ninth annual session, which will
be held at Macon on tho 21st, 22d and
23d of this month. A number of
famous doctors will read papers at tho
sessions, among whom are Dr. Samuel
Loyd, of New York; Dr. Joseph Price,
of Philadelphia; Dr. Hunter McGuire,
of Richmond, aud Dr. W. E. B. Davis,
of Birmingham.
...
The Providence Knitting Mills has
filed a petition in the United States
court asking for the appointment of a
receiver for the Douglasville Hosiery
and Cotton Mills Company. The peti¬
tion- looks very innocent on its surface,
but it is said that, a small-sized sensa¬
tion is lurking behind it. The Provi¬
dence Knitting Mills is a Rhode Island
company, and the defendant corpora¬
tion is located at Douglasville, Ga.
...
Mrs. Nobles, tho convicted murder¬
ess of her husband, has been resen¬
tenced to hang on Friday, the 22d day
of April. The old woman took the
sentence coolly and showed no emo¬
tion whatever. Gua Fumbles, who is
under sentence of death for abetting
Mrs. Nobles in the commission of her
crime,has been lespited until tho 30th
day of April, one week after Mrs. No¬
bles will have paid the penalty, if tho
sentence of the court is not again de¬
ferred.
* * *
Although the supreme court of the
state of Georgia has decided against
them, the attorneys alF^iven for Henry White
have not at up the fight.
When the announcement of the decis¬
ion of tho state supreme court, was
made, it was intimated that the case
would be appealed to the United
States supreme court. It now appears,
however, that before doing this,'if it
is evor done, tho attorneys will make
another effort to get a new trial for
their cliont at the hands of tire courts
of Georgia.
* * *
The Georgia Oratorial association
was organized a day or two ago in At¬
lanta. Tho various colleges of tho
state were represented by delegates.
The following officers were elected:
President, E. R. King, University of
Georgia; first vice president, John R.
Stratton, Mercer University;-second
vice president, H. S. Phillips, Emory
college; treasurer, F, W. Stone, North
Georgia Agricultural college; secreta¬
ry, J. A. Betjainau, Technological in¬
stitute.
* * *
Mr. Julius L. Brown, son of the
late ex-Governor Brown, in looking
through some of his father’s papers
recently found a printed copy of the
reports made by General Gustavns W.
Smith and General Henry 0. Wayne,
which were sent to the Georgia legis¬
lature in February, 1805. The original
papers seem to have been lost, but
Mr. Brown found one of the copies
which was printed by authority. Be¬
lieving that these reports should bo
printed in tho rebellion records, Mr.
Brown wrote to Colonel Livingston to
see what could be done in the matter.
Colonel Livingston at once went to
the secretary of war and succeeded iu
getting an order to have them printed.
* * *
One of the amusing happenings of
the Baptist convention at Gainesville
came to light when the committee on
time and place of next meeting was
dissolved by request. The committee
was made up of Lansing Burrows, who
wanted the convention for Augusta,
John F. Eden, who wanted it for West
Point, R. E. Miner, who wanted it for
Valdosta, and J. J, Whitfield, who
wanted it for Hawkinsville. Neither
member would give away, so they
asked to be relieved from further du¬
ty. A new committee consisting of
E. B, Carroll, John M. Green, B.
Hamilton, J. G. McCall and J. C.
Daggan was appointed. They learned
that Augusta had not had the conven¬
tion in thirty years, so they agreed on
that place.
* * *
Atlanta will bo captured and taken
possession of by the Epworth leaguers
of the state from tho 22nd to the 25th
of this month, at which time the fifth
annual conference of Georgia leaguers
will be held in the city. Two thous¬
and young people will attend. They
will come from all parts of the state <o
the great meeting, and it is expected
that the occasion will be one of the
biggest religions gatherings ever held
in the south. A cordial invitation has
been extended to all league workers to
be present, and the railroads have gen¬
erously granted a onc-fare rate for the
round trip. The program for the con¬
ference is a splendid one. The con¬
ference will bo held in the Sam Jones
tabernacle, which will 1)0 elaborately
decorated for the occasion. Local Ep¬
worth leaguers are working hard to
make the conference a grand success,
and they intend to succeed. The ex¬
ecutive committee has been, very act¬
ive and everything will be iu readiness
for the conference.
