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VOL. VI, IS II OLD MRS. NOBLES GETS A LEASE ON LIKE. **} WRIT OF ERROR FROM HIGH Which Acts a* ; 8uj»crccde«s— Gug fto'ojvcB an Indefinite . . Respite by the Governor, Mrs. Nobles, the Georgia sentenced to hang April 23, fov murder oi her husband,. has ' ' „ 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© * iz-tl 1 * 3 ’ * 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. £ ~ - : , 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. , 3,213 ,m' : v .4 .13, fw‘j‘ffl‘h fr”: 5'33“": ‘3 I‘ I I W I. I “wavy“: 3-17: warn: ~“\‘ 3 ~ “ «g '35: M31214~ ll 3 :‘t,»,‘;<’ v _ 3‘ 3 .‘ ‘ 3 7 ' I ' , ‘ L g I 3 " . , . _ .‘ 2:73:33 :‘-;3=,:\:1.»;,..:? - ‘53” ‘2; 9 L w 3 ~ «”5“ l . ‘7‘: 3w "3: "" :7, .-.L};g:<\ __ 3’” ' 3 . . ‘ " ‘ 3’ v I ‘fivg'tggz- 3;}: {11' Z 3‘ " L2 x V 3s: -, 3‘ ‘ > ,..' - 1 33:; ." , ‘y'iT‘ ”.3? _ ' -: \ 3 ' " ‘ am 3 3 V: V ' I . . M35333. “33:5', :3 3" ' . I a” ' 3» 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. —-4f-' GRECIAN COIBESSYELL PLEASED ——.. . Prime MlnUter IHdyanuU Declare* That Tu^i*y Is Responsible For ’ The OuU Vf ak. * * « • .. - V*' -«■- - 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 * * fit 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. * * * 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. * * ♦ 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. * * fit 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. * * * 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,