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VOL. VI,
IS II
OLD MRS. NOBLES GETS A
LEASE ON LIKE.
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WRIT OF ERROR FROM HIGH
Which Acts a* ; 8uj»crccde«s— Gug
fto'ojvcB an Indefinite
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Respite by the Governor,
Mrs. Nobles, the Georgia
sentenced to hang April 23, fov
murder oi her husband,. has
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„ a new lease , on life. ... It came ,
Judge T , lr Harlan, . of , the , supreme court
the United States, who allowed a
of error in the case Thursday
ing to act as a snperceileas, It
{■resented to the justice ?at hi.s
lience in Washington.
The writ was granted on the repre
Mutation of-Mrs. Nobles counsel
she is insane, and will operate as
stay of proceedings and postpone
case for at least eight months.
move m the case came
and news of it will be received
surprise.
Governor Atkinson will preba
grant on indefinite respite to,
ramb'es, her accomplice m
since he has announced his
ol allowing the negro to live until
case of Mis. Nobles lias been
’
I he news of . the action of
Harlan in the Nobles case will
us a glad surprise to those who
been working for the old woman’s
since she was first sentenced to death,
Tt was understood that the
would go to the supremo court of
United States, but the prompt
ed Justice Harlan was entirely
peoted and will encourage those
are at work for the woman’s life.
Tile case of Mrs. Nobte’s has
doubtedly caused more interest
has had more influence brought
bear in it than any c se over
carried to the supreme court
Georgia.
The fact that she, was sentenced
die on the gallows caused those
Hie arc opposed to capital punishment
sex to. begin work lor her life.
rroniine.it attorneys were
and thoy did,all in their powcii to
the proceedings I he casewent
every loophole allowed bylaw. h.’s It Ve
from llie si < n’oi c i i t f ° i 0 sll ? 1 eW
court and from thq supreme court i ,
to the superior court, It lias
many times aud a few weeks ago
finally decided by the state
court.
Arrangements we e made for
execution to take place on time.
who had been working for the old
man were beginning to work
ately and despairingly. The
chance ... she court , of .
was supreme
T United . .. , Sta^’ ,,, i and . here , it ,i
was
ed to carry the case.
"The ease: will not be reached
the second'Monday in October.
that tim • ,a motion of
will probably lie .made aud the case
will be heard-in cither January
SPebruaiy. ' This gives Mrs.
about eight mouths of life.
“the lfiVn's commission
Anjwjlntctl J3,v ( McKinley. Will 13©
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President McKinley has under
sideration the question of reorganiza¬
tion of the Dawes Indian commission.
There are fivo members, each of whom
draws a salary of §£3,000 per annum.
For the present only two changes
Contemplated. appointees
- pne of the will
' ex-CojBgte? man Cabaniss, of Georgia,
TUer^arc many applicants, but no
pointments have been determined
riaJly.'
The Dawes commission was ap
pointed by Mr. Cleveland, and is
ed the Dawes commission because
Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts,
the chairman. Xl)d duty of the
mission is to sit as a court in
Indian Territory and determine civil
rights of,: thc meiiibcrs of the five
ized Indian tribes.
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, Revobilion in Honduras,
’United States Consul Little
graphs from Tegucigappa, the
of Honduras, that a revolution
broken out and that the republic
now under martial law.
RESEMBLED MYERS,
But th© Idaho "Ian Was Not the
ful Murderer,
Once more a rumored capture
Will Myers, the. condemned
who escaped from the Atlanta jail
year, has been dissipated. The
reported under arrest- in Boise
Idaho, is not the murderer of
Crowley, but a young man well
in the far western state.
Tobacco Dealer Robbed.
, John Ogden, a prominent
dealer of Kentucky, en route
from Mayfield, was waylaid and robbed.
He was badly beaten and cut.
WOULD 1 N'TERRU PT SERVICES.
Good Friday Proved a I.ucky pay
Frank M©yerg.
Good Friday gave Frank
sentenced f bang in Georgetown, 8
C,, on tlia‘ day for arson,
week of life.
The jail is next the
church, where services were held
ing the hours fixed for the
On the petition of the church
ties, Governor Ellerbe granted a
spite.
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Devoted to Education, Mining and AgricuItureHn White County and North-East (Georgia.
HUNTER’S FRIENDS ARE FIRM.
Balloting fov Senator in KenturUy Shows
No Change.
A special from Frankfort, Ivy., says:
It is reported on wliat is believed to
be excellent authority that there is a
serious breach between State Senator
Henry L. Martin and ex-United States
Senator J. C. S. Blackburn, of the
silver democrats. Martin, who has
worked;like a Trojan for Blackburn
during the past few years feels that he
now has a chance’ to win the prize
himself, it having been conclusively
demonstrated that Blackburn cannot
be elected. Blackburn and his . lieu¬
tenants have so far declined to dis¬
countenance the movement, and have
even gone so far as to bitterly de¬
nounce Martin for his alleged ti-Vaeh
el Y; r
■ But all tins was done in private,, 1
i while a. openly i, the ,, Blackburn , ,
- men were
assiduous to Martin.
At 9 'o’clock Thursday morning
Judge Can trill, of the Franklin circuit
court, ordered the grand jury to report
at once on the bribery charges which
it lias been investigating.
Later Judge Cautrill called tlie
grand jurors into open court and in
, 8 t:Vlu q e( l them as to their duly in the
j : ted ea £ e tlmt before them. He said he regret
the matter came up befo e
j ; the adjournment of the legislature,
„ !1(1 felt that it was the duty of the
j | legislature but to wash its own dirty linen,
j having attempted investigation, tlTe it
v ,- a8 th eir diUv to probe it to bot
l tom, and in so doing “I command you
J to „„ t 8how any favoritism ”
| This unusual step on the part of a
«.| r< . nit judge was received with sur
) I prise by both republicans and demo
j crjl ^ s a ]jk e>
The ballot resulted as follows:
j Hunter, 58; Blackburn, 43; Martin,10;
Boyle, j{ 6 ; Stone, 1, leaving Hunter
j 8 ti tion two votes short of an election. A
mo to adjourn was lost, and the
i second ballot .was ordered.
The second and third ballots result¬
I e ,{ ns follows:
j Hunter, 57; Blackburn, 42; Martin,
10 ; Boyle, (!; Btone, 1 .
A motion was then made that tlio
general assembly adjourn, which pre¬
vailed.’
LAST HONORS TO YOORHEES.
The Kx-Sphji tor’s liomainft I-alcl to Itest
at Terr© Haute,
The funeral of the late ex-Senator
1 ). W. Voorhees, took {dace at Terre
t Haute, I lid,, Thursday Afternoon from
, St Bt hw ,. B Episcopft! nUnrob Rov
s , ^ £ Kul tho Letor, oil!dating, ”, .
T , iis . R in , v
I confirmed a number of years ago and
i which lie attended when in the city.
During tlie two days his remains
were in the cily, the funeral having
been delayed awaiting the arrival of
his oldest son, Charles 8 . Voorhees,
of Spokane, Wash., they lay in state
in the parlor of the Terre Haute house
where a steady stream of people passed
through the flower-embroidered room
and looked upon the face of their
i dead friend. All classes and comH
tvons ot , people . wer. represented , , aud ,
lUeir t4?at Veyes have teld the ntefy
of the universal sorrow.
Senator Voorhees was a Mason and
the various Masonic lodges participa¬
ted in the funeral exercises, while the
city council and ninny civic and mili¬
tary organizations followed his remains
to the grave in Highland Lawn ceme¬
tery, where be laid ‘ beside his
was
wife, (who died several years ago.
IS WOLCOTT ELIGIBLE! -v
The Qnwitlon I'.hImmI Hpgarriing IIid Mein
herghip Ou CoininiafcJou.
A question has been raised Wolcott as id,The io.
eligibility of Senator E. O.
serve on the monetary commission.
Bee. C, article J, of the constitution,
contains the following provision:
“No senator orTCpreselltalrve shall,
during the time for which he was eleet
cd, be appointed to any civil oilier nn-..
der which the shall authority of been t lie .-United created"or •Bfntcse. iho,*'
have
j emoluments whereoi shall hflW-beewr
! increased during such tijne,”
POWELL GETS SEVEN YEAriS.V;
Killed W. C. Sloan and Iw FoifTld
of Manslaughter,
G. W. . I’owell, a wood ’.niJi'Miant, AHfifit-iff
was {sentenced by Jndjj-i all
Columbia, B. C., Thursday TqrJjllJJtog t»--*pven
years in the pcnijyutiary,
W. C. Sloan.
In finding him guilty of mansiaugh
ter, the jury compromised, all signing
a paper asking tlio judge for a mini
! mum sentence, which was expected to
be two years, The sentence.bas been
accepted without appeal.
FOR MINISTRIES OF WAR.
• The Grecian Boule Ask. lor. Govern
ment Aid in War Preparations.
On the reassembling’of the Grecian
boule Wednesday M. Delyaunis, the
premier, introduced in the presence of
a crowded chamber’a biH'gjantiug the
government- a credit of 23,fi<)O,f)00'
drachmas for the ministries of,war and
marine. The premier asked the house
4 to expedite the passage of the budget.
Ridiculed By London Papers.
The Gobe. Bt. Janies Gazette and
Pall Mall Gazette (London newspa¬
pers) all ridicule the idea of the Uni¬
ted States bimetallic mission having
any practical result.
ERRING TREASURER FREE.
A South Dakota Ex-Offipjal heaves tlio
State Penitentiary.
i Sonth Dakota’s erring slate treasurer,
William W. Taylor, was released from
j the penitf.ntiarv at,Sioux City Thurs¬
day, after an imprisonment of one
year and a half. Good behavior re¬
duced his two years’ sentence six
i months. He left at once for his old
i home at Redfield, where he will stay a
I few days, and then go to Indiana to
| visit friends.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNT FRIDAY, APRIL 1897.
FAMILY OF SEYEN DROWNED.
Negroes Attempt to Escape Flood; Bull
Kicks Boat to Pieces.
A distressing accident occurred ten
miles west of Helena, Ark., Wednes¬
day, in the drowning of a family of
St'ven negroes.
Sylvester Sanders, a tenant on the
Joel Higgins form, whore the current
has been so swift as to threaten the
destruction of the houses, left with
hi,s ground. wife and Unfortunately five jt'lijhljien he for tool? higher into
hie boat a large bull, which he valued
highly. When within a mile of the
hills the hull, which was almost fam*
ished, attempted to eat the small limbs
of the willow trees through which the
boat was being laboriously pushed.
The animal’s notion tipped the boat
and frightened the inmates, who made
frantic efforts tp right it. In,the ex¬
citement the animal kicked the side of
the boat to jiiec.es and the entire fam¬
ily was drowned. Some negroes saw
them, but were ..unable to render
assistance.
BIG BATTLE EXPECTED.
Cuban Insurjxi-nts l.aml Ilnnvy Cargo of
Anns at Banes.
A special from Havana says: Banes,
an important port ou the north coast,
near Gibari, from which go heavy an¬
nual exportations of bananas and eo
i-oanuts to the United States, narrowly
escaped total destruction.
The expedition under General Itoloff
on the steamer Laurada, carrying 240
rifles, 5,000 cartridges and several
pieces of rapid firing artillery, landed
along the quay of Banes. General
Calixto Garcia, with 5,000 men, came
to protect the convoy of arms and am¬
munition, hut as Koioff had no men to
arm Garcia was compelled to carry the
arms into the interior.
Evidently an important battle is in
sight, if the insurgents try to defend
their advantageous stronghold and
their claim to being able to hold a sea¬
port.
Great anxiety exists with reference
to the garrison of 100 men in tlio front
defending the quay at Banes.
It is believed they will lie compelled
to surrender for lack of watym and
supplies. The cruiser Piugon has
twice been compelled to break chains
in order to enter the Banes port.
KILLED AND CREMATED.
Mania© Murder* Family and Burns tl»©
House.
A horrible tragedy was enacted at
Oakland, a small farming village a few
miles from Pascoog, K. I. About, 3
o’clock WedeRday morning the house
occupied by Edward Reynolds and
family was adopted burned and Reynolds, bis
wife and daughter were killed
and cremated in the burning building.
The deed was committed by Martin
Mowry, who worked for Reynolds.
Mowry was willing to talk after his
arrest, imt from his appearance and
manner of expression it seemed clear
that lie was insane.
During tlio consideration of the In¬
dian appropriation bill, which was
taken up in the aft moon, Senator
Gorman criticised the manner of pass¬
ing appropriation bills without prop¬
erly organized {Committees. in
lie declared that it was opposi¬
tion .to the caution of President Mc¬
Kinley in his inaugural address that
strict economy should be observed.
ANCijLL MINISTER TO TURKEY.
Freiiflpiit fc©m!n » Nbinbor of Appoint
in©TitH t<» th« Hohati! for Aotioti, ^
■ The president Wednesday senate: sent the
fWlIbwing nominations to the
State--James B. Angell, of Michi¬
gan, to bo eu voy.- extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the U in ted
States to Turkey; George N. "Wist, of
the District of Columbia, consul of the
United States to Pit-ton, Nova, Sieqtia.
War George D. Meiklejohn, s’ecr^liuG .ctf Nel
braska, to Jit- assistant of
war. -T, .
To be : eonimissioiicr oi.,Hie,District and John
of Columbia— John ; B. Wright :
W. Ross, "" •• ’
Treasurer—John W. Cunningham,of
Idaho, assayer of the, Unihid_ States, Idaho. at
the assay, office at Bobm I’.'Braff^'of City, Indian
Justice - Jasper
Territory, marshal otUh'e central dis¬
trict in the Indian Territory.
Navy—Seiigman Bfos., special fiscal Lon¬
agents of the navy department, at
don, England.'" ' J ' **•
Thirty-Four Miners Killed.
Advices from Johanno,shiu g, South
Africa, state that a - terrible"dynamite
explosion lias; taken plrfoe in' a deep
mine at Langlarte. Eight English and
twenty-six native miners were killed.
SPALDING MAKES A CONFESSION.
Admits That He Hypothecated the Uni¬
versity 1 ’oihIh,
President McKay, of the University
of Illinois makes the statement that
C. W. Spalding, treasurer of the board
and president of the defunct savings
hank, admitted to him and to Trustee
James W. Armstrong that he had hy¬
pothecated the university endowment
bonds entrusted him as treasurer.
This admission of guilt, Mr. McKay
said, was made Monday. - Spalding
entered into no explanation, but
promised a full statement, later. This
is the first time any one in authority
lias openly stated that the bonds had
been hypothecated.
HAY SAILS FOR ENGLAND.
New Ambassador St. Embarks Paul. on Steamship
Col. John Hay, United States am¬
bassador to the court of St. James,
sailed for England Wednesday on the
American line steamship St. Paul. He
was accompanied by his wife and eld¬
est daughter.
Ex-Representative Perry Belmont
was also among the passengew. He
is going abroad for a stay of several
months.
BLOODY CONFLIGl ON BETWEEN
THE GREEKS-AND TURKS.
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GRECIAN COIBESSYELL PLEASED
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Prime MlnUter IHdyanuU Declare* That
Tu^i*y Is Responsible For
’ The OuU Vf ak.
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The correspondent,|if the Associated
Press at he'adquatti m the Turkish
army in Maoedon under date of
April 18th, states tl fierce battle
between the Turks (■Greeks is now
going on at lvnrya ' oij ifl hb Greek fron¬
tier/
Tlie correspondcfipleft the Turkish
morning headquarters and arrived; on hogback Knryu Saturday three
hoUrs later. The battle was then pro¬
gressing and the correspondent’ was
enabled to watch th,i fiftht from a
point near the tent of- Hamid Pasha,
who is in command of the Sixth army
Turkish* .
coi-pg, the fpree there en¬
gaged. Hamid watchin^tKc Pashaf kto-omuled by
his staff, was movements
of the opposing forces: s*
The combatants wore posted on the
faces of two hills, ovorfobking a small
valley, at a distance of about a mile.
It appeared that C<|ffi\/p Up 'Greek force,
which was evidently 8 ed of reg¬
ular troops of ftreecl, crossed the
frontier and advanced foon tlie valley
in the neutral zone, wl|ch^led to the
encounter ou Friday i-between -the
Greeks and the Tiirka ,- 1 This, it. is
added, was used at OoMtansinoplo jfdljem ns
tho a reason Turkish for ordering Pasha,
comma;n®r• ;»d i«-chinf, to
assume tlio offensive pfjjiio'ns led to the
rupture of diplomatic between
tlio countries.
urday The. so-called ontragbjsf Pj^vasa Sat¬
morning when tiny, Turkish bat¬
teries there sank the .Greek*, steamer,
Macedonia, furthoi-jusiT^cd Greece in
the minds of Athenians in Vfagiug war
to the death against TiteJte.j;,
Littlo news of a ndial le nature I 14
been sgeeived or allowmt Lw leak out
regit i'd ing what .’transpired
on the frontiers. It Hpphowu, how¬
ever, that, the wluilfi of Thess¬
aly has been Idazing uiurden
'ftigWei fil'ittg CVer ffiSWc el
Wm
e<l a fortified position at Menexe, in
Macedonia.
According to (lie general undcr
slanding tho Turkish plan of campaign
is a concentration of the Turks near
the important Greek frontier town of
Tyrnavos, with a view of forcing tho
mountain passes going towards Lar¬
issa. One report, which is generally
credited, lias it. that Edbcrn Pasha, at,
the head of 12,000 men, has already
begun this movement, aud rumors in
this respect nj-e flying, the substance
of them being that the battle which is
expected to tie fought at or near Tyr
navos has already commenced.
<Jr«©k Congregn I!©up* Now*.
A late special sitting of the iegisln
tiva aKsombly was held at Athens Sun¬
day. The public galleries were crowd¬
ed. Amid intense excitement M. Del¬
yaunis, Turkish ptho premier, .announced that
Iho government had notified
Greece of the rupture o{ tho .diplo¬
matic .relations owing jj).' tire aggres¬
sive attitude'of the Greek goveril'mcnt.
In an elaborate mannet he reviewed
the l eeaht evhnte’to-itliiw, ‘on the con¬
trary, fiiat Turkey had beem the ag
gres.soi-;- .that lior troops had attacked
the Greeks and attempted to occupy
neutral positions, and. that her batte¬
ries at Prevasa, had sunk the Greek
.
ship Macedonia. .
chires “Turkey,” said M. Delyannis, “de
war against us. We accept it". ”
- This statement was received with
prolonged cheers from the galleries
and the floor of the, chamber,
Greek .Steamer Sunk.
The Turkish batteries at Prevasa, on
the north shore of the entrance of the
gulf of Art.a, where, according to the
treaty ot . Berlin, the Turks had no
rjght to erect fortifications, fired on
and sank a Greek steamer, the Mace¬
donia, Sunday morning while she was
attempting to leave the gulf of Am
bracia. The crew of the steamer wore
saved by boats from the shore, but. the
captain of the Macedonia was severely
wounded.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS END.
A-«im Bey Tells Greek* To Leave and Calls
Horn© Turk*.
A special of Sunday from Athens
states that Assim Bey handed to M.
Skouzes, the Greek minister of foreign
affairs, the following note:
“Inconsequence of the aggressive
attitude of Greece, diplomatic rela¬
tions between the king of Greece and
his imperial majesty, the sultan of Tur¬
key, and their respective governments
are hereby broken off.
“The Greek minister at Constanti¬
nople and the Greek consuls have
Lieen ordered to quit Turkish territory.
For the same reason, the Turkish con¬
suls in Greece have been recalled to
Constantinople.
OFFICIALS INDICTED.
Indianapolis Street Car Managers .Sum¬
moned t'fc Appear In Court.
Indictments have been returned by
special session of the grand jury at
Indianapolis against President A. L.
Mason, Superintendent Miller Elliott
and a dozen conductors aud other offi¬
cials of the Citizens’ Street Railway
company for the violation of the three
cent fare law.
Feeling against the company runs
high.
CREVASSE WIDENING.
Water Runs Through Biggs Levee Like a
Second Niagara..
Aspecial from Vicksburg says: “The
crevasse in the Biggs levee, Louisiana,
about six miles below this city, was
1,700 feet wide at last reports and rap¬
idly widening. The water is rushing
through with a roar like Niagara, and
all day long refugees have been fleeing
to this city with their stock and other
property. The water was fifteen feet
deep against the levee when it broke,
and men who were on the spot say
that it poured through in vast circular
massses or whirlpools twenty feet high.
, -Three white persons, two men and a
Woman, passed twelve hours in the
midst of’ the furious waters of the
.crevasse, perched in a tree. Tho
water roused them from their beds,
and they had only time to seek safety
in its boughs when tlie mighty flood
was upon them. They were rescued
by boats.
The town of Delta is now inundated
and the waters are spreading over tho
lowlands and will soon cover many
fine plantations in Madison parish.
All the convicts at work on the levee
when tlje orovasse came have been
safely put on board a steamer and so
far no loss of life is reported in the
vicinity of this last break.
HUNTER ARRESTED.
Franklin County Graml Jury Returns In
dictmeuts OliarglH# Conspiracy to Bribe.
The Franklin county, ICy., grand
jury has returned true bills against
Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter, the republi¬
can nominee for the senate; ex-Con
grossman John Henry Wilson, of tlie
eleventh district; Hon. E. T. Franks, of
tlie second district; Captain Noel
Gaines,and his brother-in-law,Thomas
Tanner, of Frankfort. Those named
have been indicted for conspiracy to
bribe. All are republicans with tlie
exception of Gaines and Tanner.
The indictments were all included
“iu ouo bill aud were filed in court at
10:20 o’clock. The news at onco 1 e
eame public and created the greatest
indignation amdng tho republicans, all
of whom denounce it as a conspiracy
among Frankfort Democrats to defeat
and humiliate Hunter. They claim
that the indictments against Gaines
and Tanner were returned simply as
“savers,” to prevent the public gener¬
ally from gaining the impression that
the grand jury had been made an en¬
gine of political persecution, and that
they would bo dismissed at, tho first
heal on acoouuyj m ^tl wcut ovi
Y.'n.-n Mi,.....h.i in. nts lmd been re¬
turned, Judge Cautrill ordered that
bench warrants he issued for the ar
re.st of the accused and made return
aide for the next term of tlio court,
which is in September. Bail was fixed
at §250 in each case.
Tho accused have engaged the best
attorneys in tlio state to defend thorn.
EDITOR DANA NEOLOGIZES.
Katli©r Than Fa©© a IJb©I -Suit He Mak©H
a Retraction.
The New York Hun of Saturday
morning contained the following edi¬
torial under the head of “it correct,ion:
“On February 22, 1895, The Bun
published an editorial article entitled
‘The Work of Rascals,” in which cer¬
tain severe, strictures were made upon
Mr. Frank B. Noyes, of tlio Washing¬
ton Star.
“We desire to correct .our statement
in reference to Mr. Noyes mill to with¬
draw any remarks reflecting either up¬
on his personal or business integrity,
The article was written under a mis
.nppKidiension us to the facts in' tho
.case", and wo regret its publication in
.Tho'jSun, as doing a grave injustice to
the gentleman whose character is above
reproach.” 'Tlie published
foregoing apology
arid retraction follows the publication
of 'an editorial in The Bun two yeafs
ago', intended as a serious reflection on
the Associated Press and its manage¬
ment.
C0l7 _
KELLOGG DEAD.
If© AVas Ooniiwamior of th© Fifth Infantry
Station©*! at Fort McPherson.
Col. William L. Kellogg, of’ tho
Fifth infantry, United States army,
died at 4 o’clock Saturday morning
at Fort McPherson, near Atlanta. He
had been seriously ill for a year past,
and liis death was not altogether un¬
expected. few days that
It was only a ago examine a tlie re¬
tiring board was sent to
officer’s condition, and the report
recommending his retirement from
active service lias not yet been acted
WHITE IS RESENTENCED.
The Columbus Murderer is to Die on
the Callows .June 4th.
Sentence of death was passed upon
Henry White, the Columbus, Ga.,
murderer, for the second time Satur¬
day. Friday, June 4th,
Judge Butt set as
the date for the execution in the
yard and in private.
Congressman Milliken Dead.
A Washington special says: Seth L.
Milliken, representing in the house
representatives The third district
Maine, (lied Sunday night. For
time Mr. Milken had suffered from a
serious affection of the bronchial tubes
which refused to yield to treatment.
COURTMARTIAL FOR ROMEYN.
Captain U> Answer For His Attack On a
Lien tenant.
General Merritt, head of tho depart¬
ment of the east of the United States
army, has ordered a courtmartial
j convene at Ft. MePhers :n.
While the official order does
j that state the who court will he tried, called it to is pass known upon
; was
) the charges made against O’Brien.
; Henry Ilomeyu by Lieutenant
THROUGH GEORGIA.
For the first time in many years the
city of Atlanta will not be compelled
to borrow money to pay current ex¬
penses this year. Tho new system of
paying vantageous taxes quarterly the city lias and proved ad¬
to tlie treas¬
ury has been greatly benefited there¬
by
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A dispatch from Columbus states
that, tho motion for a rehearing of the
Henry White case having been refused
by the supreme court, there seems to
he but one thing between the young
man and the gallows. This is the ex¬
ecutive clemency of Gevernor Atkin¬
son. It is hardly thought that the
case will bo carried to tl e United
States supreme court, as first sup¬
posed.
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The fruit display that is to be shown
in Georgia’s exhibit at the Tennessee
Centennial will be the best- ever sent
from Georgia. A great portion of the
material used was shown at tlie late
exposition in Atlanta and the exhibit,
w ill be added to and replenished as
fast as the fruit ripens. The whole
exhibit will he ready and in place by
the opening day of the exposition and
there will be no delay about Georgia’s
display.
...
Tho annual report of the agricultural
department has been received from the
printer and hundreds of them have
been sont, out to the reading farmers
throughout the state. The report this
year is said to be the best the depart¬
ment lias ever issued. It is neatly
and artistically bound in black and
contains much valuable information
for the farmer. The reports can be
had by applying to the agrioultnral
department.
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Tlie union brick masons of Atlanta
went out on a strike a few days ago
and notified the contractors that, they
would work no more until certain
terms laid down by the Brick Layers’
Union were conceded to. The strike
was sudden and almost wholly .unex¬
pected by the contractors who had no
intimation that a strike was intended
until tho men quit work. Tho cause
of the strike is a demand for nine
hours a day. They have been working
ten hours.
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The question of locating the place
of holding the next state fair is attract¬
ing the attention of of the State Agri¬
cultural Society. The matter mutd he
decided very soon. There is s»a strong
tendency in favor of holding it in At¬
lanta. llawkinsville has been
hard for the location of the next
in iliat, city, hut, the preponderance
of preference favors Atlanta, and if
the people of the latter city do their
full duty in the matter it can probably
be secured.
...
There are but two veins of verde
antique marble in the country. One of
them is located iu North Carolina and
the other in Cherokee county, On.
Tho former is a small affair, and the
quality of the stone does not compare
with that to lie found in tho Cherokee
country. The supply in the new quar¬
ries that are just being opened up at
Holy Springs, iu Cherokee county, is
practically inexhaustible. Such faith
liavo the owners in it that they have
formed a company and obtained a
charter with a capital stock of §50,000
all paid in.
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Tlie affidavit of 0. E. Carpenter,
pilot on the wrecked City of Colum¬
bus, which lias been filed with the
United States inspector at Apolachi
cola, Fla., is somewhat-Sensational.
He states that, on the night that the
steamer ran into tlie rock he twice
called Captain Mark’s attention to the
fact that it was too dark and danger¬
ous to steer, and that in neither in¬
stance the captain gave him an answer.
The pilot says that on account of the
darkness aud storminess of the night
and other circumstances it was a dan¬
gerous run for the steamer.
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C. 0. Ltiby, who confessed to the
murder of, his wife near Blakely, has
been convicted and sentenced to bang
on May 14th. A special session of the
grand jury was called by Judge Shef¬
field and a bill was secured against the
murderer Monday, four days after the
commission of tlie crime. The supe¬
rior court was already iu session and
he was immediately placed on trial.
A verdict of guilty without recommen¬
dation was the result. This is one
the quickest trials on record in
state. Luby is a fisherman on
Chattahoochee river. The body of
wife was found in his boat and he
suspected of the crime. He
when arrested.
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The returns are nearly all in for
payment of special taxes due for
first quarter of the year 1897.
are now forty-one Counties in the
where liquor is sold, two of
Clarke and Pike, being
counties and paying one liquor
each. Of the other thirty-nine
ham leads the list, returning, less
tax collector’s commission,
Richmond follows with
Fulton coming third with $11,079,
and Bibb bringing up the rear
$9,462.50. After these four
comes Muscogee, which yields
revenue to the state from the sale
liquirs of $5,061.25; Glynn,
Dougherty, $14,161; Thomas,
Sumter, $1,872; Wilcox,
Floyd, $1,592.80, and Terrell, $1,154.
There are twenty-seven counties
the yield is less than $1,500. Of
smaller places Coweta, Dade,
cock, Mitchell anil Wilkes pay
$282, and Chattooga, Clay,
Pickens, Quitman and Rabun
each $141.
NO. 17.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
It is estimated that 2 , 000,000 torn
ef pure silver are held in solution by
ail tho waters of the earth.
The banks of Newfoundland are
formed by tho sand, ice and stone
brought from tho north by the ice¬
bergs.
Within the last fifty years the rate
of speed of ocean steamers has trebled,
aud the usual horse- power increased
from 700 to 10,000. ”
According to the deductions o! a
well-known astronomer, we receive as
much light from the sun as could be
emitted by 680,000 full moons.
Nicola Tesla says that iho cause of
tho curious sunburn offsets upon tho
hands by the X-rays is not the rays
themselves, but the ozouc generated
by them in contact with tho skin. The
hands may- be protected by immersing
them in oil beforehand, and thus pre¬
venting an access of air.
Gypsnm has been discovered in large
quantities in Big Horn County, Wyom¬
ing, and is being used by the settlers
for roofing their houses. Mixed with
a thin mortar and spread upon the
roof it soon becomes as hard as adam¬
ant and makes a most excellent pro¬
tection against the elements.
A company has been formed at San
Antonio, Texas, for tho purpose of de¬
veloping the wonderful asphalt de¬
posits situated in tho Btate of Tamau
bpas, Mexico, which was recently de¬
scribed by United States Vice Consul
Von Vilenberg, of Matamoras, Mexico,.
The company lias secured a lease for
fifty years ou the property.
A Kansas man lias been granted a
patent on a device for fastening houses
together and holding them on their
foundations, which is simply a series
of rods fastened to opposite sides of
tho houso and to foundation walls amt
roof, and fastened by moans of turn
biicklos, the idea being to prevent
bouses from blowing away in cyclones.
Telephone wires seem to have an
important influenoo in preventing
lightning from striking, according to
the investigations of the Gorman tele¬
graph department. Three hundred
aud forty towns with telephone sys¬
tems and 650 towns without thorn were
under observation. In the former the
lightning struck three times for every
hour of Storm, in the latter fire times.’
Moreover, the violenco of the light- .
niug was mnoh less in tho former easef
A Child’s l’lea. '
A pretty little ■tt?" golden-huitfeg
seven wears lIpPi walkei
‘Jefcy’po asfeit tt
day day and and asked for for “tho sent
my minima to jail,” The judge hap :
peped to overhear her remark and
asked tho little miss what slio wanted.
Tears came into her eyes as sho turned
to the judge and asked, “Did you scud
my rqpmma to jail?” When told her
name, llio judge recalled that a short
time before he had sentenced a woman
to jail far sixty days for drunkenness
and told the child so. Looking up into
tho kindly face of the judge she asked:
“Judge, did you ever have a mam¬
ma?" and thoD, choking with sobs, sho
could control her feelings no longer
anil begged piteously for her mother’s
release. “Your mamma has been very
naughty,” said the judge. “She gets
drunk anil abuses ber neighbors.”
“But she is so good to me, aud I love
her,” sobbed the golden haired plead¬
er, "and if you’ll let her go I—I—
won’t let her be naughty any more —
I love her so. Please, please, oh,please
lot her go.” That was too much lor
tho gray-haired, kind-hearted magis¬
trate, aud as bo turned away to order
tho relcise of the mother, ho used his
handkerchief vigorously and his voice
was husky from a “bad cold,” which
had suddenly developed.
Nettle Plant Fiber.
The nettle plant has long been known
to have a fiber finer and better than
hemp. In 1869 the sum of $25,000
was offered to tho discoverer of a ma¬
chine to separate tho bark from tho
fiber. It seems that while no machine
bns been found the chemists have had
good success. The fiber was used be¬
fore the art of writing books; Rhea
cloth is used to wrap around the mum¬
mies in Egypt; for nets aud lines it is
the best thing known ; it is sometimes
called “China grass;” it is well known
to the Chinese, Malays, and Hindoos.
It has been worked up into ropes,
canvas, and oven clothing.
An English chemist, a Mr. Gomess,
uses zinente of eoda to take out tho
gums that are in the fiber; the fiber
comes out white and strong; it can be
worked into any kind of cloth and far
exceeds linen for laces, handkerchiefs,
etc. It is very light, too. One thou¬
sand yards of Rhea weighs as much as
600 yards of linen. It will probably
become one of the prominent produc¬
tions of India. The common wild
nettle that grows largely on the road¬
sides in tho United States is a variety
of the Rhea plant, and it may be that
it is susceptible of like treatment.
Big Orchid Collectors.
There is an idea abroad that Mr.
Chamberlain is the greatest amateur
orchid grower in the world, bnfc tbi3
is not the case, the collection of the
Empress Frederick of Germany being
worth nearly doable that of Mr. Cham¬
berlain—probably about $200,090.
Miss Alice Rothschild is an enthusias¬
tic lover of flowers; her collection ot
roses alone is said to ba worth $50,
000. W. W. Astor paid $6000 the
other day for the stock of a single
variety of rose tree.
Riviera Fioirer Culture.
The cultivation of flowers for export
and for the perfumery factories at
Grasse is an important industry on
the Biviera. It is officially estimated
that the value of flowers annually ex¬
ported from Nice, Cannes, Beaulieu
and Mentone is $600,000,
