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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.