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The Harmony Grove Echo!
VOL. V.
SI ns HR Hi.
HERNANDEZ SAVED REMAINS OF
INSURGENT LEADER.
FEARFUL FIGHT FOR ITS POSSESSION
" I l **# • !>*“ Ambush Was Discovered Cubans
Went Wild and Wreaked Terrible Ven
geance I’pon Tlieir Knemles.
A New York Tribune Rpecial from
Jacksonville, Fla., says:
A letter was received here on Friday
from Lieutenant Colonel Andre Her
nandez, now in command of the de
partment of the Cuban army encamped
near Havana, giving the true account
of Maceo’s death and his subsequent
burial. As he says that he was in
command of the Cuban detachment
that recovered the body from Major
Cirujeda’s command and afterwards
buried it, his statement should settle
the matter.
The letter was sent to J. A. Huaua,
the Florida representative of the Cu
ban junta. It came through the “un
derground chanuel.” It is dated Jan
uary 9th, from the “encampment near
Havana,’’ After extending to Mr.
Huaua thanks for past favors, the let
ter goes on:
“It was December 7th that we suf
fered a great misfortune in the tragic
death (by ambush) of our leader Ma
eeo. This is the greatest misfortune
we have suffered since the beginning
of the war, but it only encourages us
to fight the harder and avenge his
death.
“We were encamped near the fight
that day and heard the firing. Maceo
came across the ti-ocha, unknown to
us, with but forty men. More than
1,500 Spaniards, who had been in
formed of his trip, ambushed him.
He rode into it and was shot at the
first fire.
“We heard the firing, and thinking
that some of our friends were attacked
by the Spanish guerillas, started off at
once to their aid, though we had but
400 men. When ’ had reached the
scene of the sla’ ier it was most
over, and then ,/e were told that
Maceo was dead, and that the enemy
had his body tied to a horse’s tail and
were taking it off. Our men were per
fectly frantic over the report and
begged to be led against the Span
iards. We dashed forward with drawn
machetes, and what a fight that was!
The Spaniards met us, and the en
counter was horrible. Our men fought
to kill; only bent on avenging Maceo’s
death. Our trusty and sharp machetes
fell with regularity, and I think we
killed more than two hundred of the
enemy; and, what is more, we had the
consolation of recovering the body of
our beloved leader, Maceo. The Span
iard fought hard to regain it, charging
upon us repeatedly, but our chary ma
chetes were too much for them, and
they sullenly retreated.
“Our little force suffered terribly.
Our cavalry, which went iu eighty
strong, came out with only twenty-two
men, and the infantry suffered almost
in the same proportion. But for all
that, we were consoled by the fact
that our brave brothers gave up their
lives in a good cause, and to save the
body of our lamented Maceo from the
desecration that the Spaniards would
have inflicted.
Where Maceo Is Buried.
“We buried the body in a secret
and secure place. Only myself and a
few selected men and officers know the
location. In due time it will be mark
ed. If known now, the murderous
Spaniards would try to get it, and
parade it as showing their great
triumph.
“Poor Maceo sleeps iu peace, hut
his brothers remain to avenge him,
and that they arc doing daily. I have
a good many important tilings to tell
you in connection with this, but 1
don’t care to put them in this, as I
am not positive that the letter will get
through safely.”
RAILROADS ARK FIGHTING.
Two Linos Fall Out Over an Ad just input
of Bates.
It is learned from reliable sources
that the Atlanta, Knoxville and North
ern road and seaboard Air Line have
had a serious falling out, and the for
mer is now completely bottled up, so
far as eastern business is concerned.
It seems that the trouble came up over
an adjustment of rates.
Arbitration Satisfies Pope.
The Rome correspondent of The
London Chronicle telegraphs that the
pope expressed the utmost satisfaction
upon hearing of the signing of the
Anglo-Am srican arbitration treaty.
He said he had hoped that the papacy
would be the permanent tribunal of
arbitration for all nations, but was
glad that the principle of arbitration
had been adopted by Great Britain and
America.
Ex-Consul General Dies.
Chevalier Louis Contencin, ex-con
sul general to the two Sicilies and one
of the most prominent Italian mer
chants in New York died at 10 o’clock
Sunday night of appendicitis.
DANCING BELOW ZERO.
The Temperature iu the Dakotas and
Miuuettota Falls Hapidly.
A dispatch from St Paul says: A
great storm has been raging in Minne
sota and the Dakotas for the past eight
hours, and the temperature is dropping
over a degree an hour.
The fall of snow has been very
heavy, and the wind lias raged from
twenty-eight miles an hour at Man
kota to forty-two at Detroit.
CAN’T ORGANIZE LEGISLATURE.
Oregon U Makers Are Serving Their
Stale Without Pay.
Twenty-three members of the lower
house of the Oregon legislature held a
meeting in the eapitol Sunday for the
purpose of attempting to effect organ
ization.
They adjourned without accomplish
ing anything save a compliance with
the state constitution, which provides
that until the house is organized the
members shall meet from day to clay,
serving without pay after a stipulated
time, which figs already expired.
I FEARFUL SCOURGE OF INDIA.
i The Plague Ih Advancing, Itut May Not
Reach Thin Side of the Water.
i Cable dispatches from London state
; that the eyes of the European world
are now turned toward India, each
day’s intelligence from that stricken
! land making it more apparent that the
greatest tragedy in modern history is
being enacted there under the double
j course of famine and plague.
The heart of Europe has been touch
ed at last, and the universal sympathy
is perhaps more keen because it is now
tinged with apprehension. It would
not be surprising if within a month a
genuine plague panic should spread
I through Christendom.
The great powers show alarm, and
the news comes now that Italy has
summoned an international conference
to meet forthwith at Rome to consider
measures for dealing with the danger.
! There is little doubt that the response
j of other governments will be favorable,
and all the resources of modern science
! will he speedily arrayed against this
! hideous foe.
Reliable information about the real
! extent of the plague in Bombay and
vicinity is lacking, and regarding the
] mortality, it is only said in general
terms that more than half of those at
tacked succumb.
The point which most interests Eu
ropeans is whether the awful disease
is likely to flourish in northern lati
tude if infection should be introduced,
j but no evidence is forthcoming yet.
i It is argued by medical men, however,
! that if the plague was dangerous in
j Hong Kong it will find an equally pro
lific field in London and Paris so far
I as the climate is concerned.
According to Health Officer Doly
there is little cause to feai that the
| bubonic plague may reach New York.
The doctor, who has just returned
from a visit to Egypt, says that he is
satisfied from the quarantine supervi
sion maintained by the English officials
at Suez that there is little danger of
the disease passing that point.
ONE CENT A MILE FOR MILITARY.
Kateg to McKinley Inauguration Tower
Than Those Given Four Years Ago.
The railroads will give lower rates
from this section to Washington in
March than they gave when President
Cleveland was inaugurated.
At its meeting held in Atlanta, Ga.,
the past week the passenger rate com
mittee authorized for civilians a rate
of oue limited first-class fare for the
round trip.
For regular military companies in
uniform and brass bands accompany
ing them, twenty-five or more on one
ticket, 1 cent per mile per capita, dis
tance traveled, short mileage, with ar
bitraries added.
Tickets limited to continuous pas
sage ia each direction, with final limit
March 8, 1897, ma) be sold from all
points on March Ist, 2d and 3d. From
points within a radius of 200 miles of
Washington tickets may be sold for
morning trains Marcli 4, 1897.
Validation at Washington will not
be required.
TRAIN "WRECKERS AT WORK.
Engineer Killed and a Postal Clerk Seri
ously Hurt.
The through express from oL Louis
on the Iron Mountain and Texas and
Pacific route, due at Dallas at o :‘2O a.
m. Sunday, was wrecked Saturday
night at the little station of Forest.
Engineer Clemons had both legs
broken and sustained other injuries so
severe that he died. The express
messenger is reported as being fatally
injured and a postal route agent as se
riously injured.
The wreck was the work of train
wreckers, who had piled cross ties on
the track.
Half a dozen or more passengers are
reported injured, but none fatally. The
engine and three cars, mail, baggage
and express, were thrown down an
embankment, but no passenger coaches
left the track.
SPANIARDS ARE FORTIFYING.
Being Sorely Pressed By Rebels, They
Dare Not Show Themselves.
Passengers by the Olivette which
reached Tampa, Fla., Sunday bring
news of the war situation on the island
of Cuba. Port An Principe and San
tiago are practically in the hands of
the Cubans, the Spaniards not daring
to leave their fortresses except under
protection of a strong escort. In fact
the whole eastern portion of the island
is now under the government of the
Cubans.
Weyler permits nothing against his
interest to pass his censorship.
SIXTEEN WERE ROASTED.
Fearful Fatality Attends the Burning of
Orphans* Home in Texas.
Later advices received from Dallas,
Tex., regarding the burning of the
Buckner Orphans home state that six
teen children were cremated and nine
injured, three of them fatally.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
Passenger train No. 3 of the Texas
and Pacific railroad was wrecked Sat
urday night near Springdale, Tex., by
a cross tie placed on the track. En
gineer M. L. Clemons sustained inju
ries from which he died. Passengers
and trainmen were considerably shaken
up and some slightly injured.
HANNA WANTS TO BE SENATOR.
Announce* That It is His Desire to Suc
ceed Sherman.
The Cleveland, 0., Press says:
“M. A. Hanna is an avowed candidate
for the United States senatorship. He
announced his intention Saturday
morning, for the first time, after a long
conference with ex-Oongressman H. L.
Morey, of Hamilton, 0., who came to
Cleveland in the capacity of Foraker’s
representative. ”
Dyers Are Now Satisfied.
The trouble at the dye house of the
Eagle and Phenix plant at Columbus,
Ga., has been satisfactorily adjusted.
The dyers sent a committee to Re
ceiver Jordan and as a result of the
conference a satisfactory settlement
was reached and the notice that the
dyers’ union would quit work at the.
time specified was withdrawn.
The Roentgen rays have anew
sphere of usefulness. By their aid
chalk can be detected in flour, brick
dust in cayenne pepper, sand in
spices and many other sophistications,
ECARMONT GROVE ANTE NORTHEAST GEORGIA FIRST.
SHERMAN ACCEPIS
THE PORTFOLIO OF SECRETARY OF
STATE UNDER M’KINLEY.
Held a Conference With the Presideut-
Klect at Which His Decision Was
Made Known.
Senator John Sherman, of Ohio,
was the guest of President-elect Mc-
Kinley Friday. Senator Sherman ar
rived in Canton at 10:30 via the Fort
Wayne railroad from Washington. He
was met at the depot by Captain H. O.
Heislaud and Captain Floyd, with the
major's private carriage, and driven
directly to the McKinley residence.
The greeting between Major McKinley
and Senator Sherman was cordial and
the south parlor was thrown open to
the senator ami they were soon in
close conference.
The visit of Senator Sherman was
expected to settle some of the perplex
ing rumors which have been current
for some weeks concerning the senior
Ohio senator and the cabinet.
W T ith Senator Sherman was Senator
J. C. Burrows, of Michigan. Senator
Burrow’s visit is also looked upou as
very important at this time. Much
speculation has been engaged in as to
the possible invitation being extended
General Russell A. Alger, of the Wol
verine state, to accept the war portfolio.
It is believed by many of the frieuds
of General Alger that he will be chosen
by the president-elect to the cabinet.
Senator Burrows had a long talk
with Major McKinley upon his arrival.
He is a closse friend of the president
elect and the greeting of the two was
very cordial. Altogether, Major Mc-
Kinley spent a very busy day. Prior
to the arrival of-Senator Sherman aud
Senator Burrows, his time was taken
up from an early hour with a host of
callers.
A great demand was also made on
his time by his extra heavy mail,
which has greatly increased since his
return from Cleveland. Hundreds of
urgent letters were received in every
mail and with scores of telegrams, de
manding his immediate attention, a
great deal of work was crowded into a
few hours.
It is stated on reliable authority
that Senator Sherman was in Canton
to accept formally the tender of the
state department folio. It is under
stood that the tender was made with
out conditions.
Senator Sherman went east at 2:05
p. m. At the station he said to the
Associated Press: “I have accepted
the state portfolio.”
While in Canton the senator was
asked about an extra session of con
gress and replied:
“It is absolutely certain that we will
have an extra session, and the earlier
it is held the better. It is very nec
essary that we should have a prompt
readjustment of the tariff, and it is
probable that the extra session will be
confined to tariff legislation exclusive
ly, though you know congress can
consider any subject once it is called
in session.”
FIVE CHILDREN DEAD
And Many Other# Injured By the Burn
ing: of Orphans’ Home.
At a late hour Friday night the
boys’ wing of Buckner’s Orphans’
Home, five miles from Dallas, Texas,
was destroyed by fire. Five boys per
ished in the flames and seven others
were injured, probably fatally.
In the confusion which reigned
while the children were being hurried
ly assisted from the building many
were overlooked, and many were seri
ously burned.
The building, with all its furniture,
was entirely destroyed. The loss is
not yet known.
SWEAT INVESTIGATION CLOSED.
Tlie Judge Makes Final Answer to Charges
Against Him.
The investigation of the charges
against .Tiulge Joel L. Sweat was finish
ed at Atlanta Friday afternoon and all
evidence is in hand upon which the in
vestigation committee will determine
whether impeachment proceedings
shall be taken up by the senate.
There was the tremor feeling in
Judge Sweat’s voice when he con
cluded. “I regret this, Mr. Chair
man,” he said, “not because I have
the consciousness of having done any
thing wrong, but because of tlie pain
ful notoriety I have been forced to en
dure.”
Kennedy Charges Conspiracy.
John Kennedy, who was indicted
at Kansas City as the leader of the
gaug which twice held up and robbed
Chicago and Alton trains at Blue Cut,
has signed a statement charging that
there is a conspiracy to convict him.
There seems to be some grounds to
substantiate his statement as regards
John Land, an important witness
against him.
DEFICIT IS EXTRA HEAVY.
Treasury is Short 50,800,963 for First
Half of January.
The treasury deficit for the first half
of January is $6,860,963 and for the fis
cal year to date $44,763,360.
WORKON WARSHIPS.
Navy Employes at Newport News Bet urn
To Their Labors.
The newly reorganized steel board
at Washington has acted promptly and
effectively upon the two important
matters awaiting its decision and as a
result work upon the battleships Kear
sage and Kentucky will proceed at
once, to the relief of hundreds of work
men of Newport News, whose employ
ment has been suspended while the
hundreds of steel plates on hand there
were being slowly inspected.
TO FIGHT FOR CUBA.
Lieutenant Hayes Resigns from Regular
Army to Join the Insurgents.
A Washington dispatch says: Sec
ond Lieutenant Charles E. Hayes, of
the Eighteenth infantry, who is a
native of Illinois, and rose from the
ranks five years ago, has resigned his
commission.
In his resignation, which was ac
cepted by the president Friday to date
from January 6th, he made no refer
ence to his future movements, but in
transmitting the resignation to his col
nel, he said that he was goiug to tight
for Cuba’s freedom.
HARMONY GROVE, GA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 21, 1897.
PRICES IMPROYE.
Business Outlook ns Stated by Bradstreet*s
Agency.
Bradstreet’s review of trade condi
tions for the past week says: “Except
at a few southern cities, as reported
last week, wholesale merchants
throughout the country report no no
table changes in trade features and
indications of improvement in the near
future. Mercantile collections con
! tinue slow.
“Some jobbers at Chicago, St.
Louis, Baltimore and other large cities
report increased demand for dry goods,
hats, shoes, hardware and groceries
for spring delivery, but that in other
lines business is very dull. Dealers
in staples at cities in Texas, Louisiana,
| Georgia, Tennessee and South Caro
lina report a better demand for hard
ware and agricultural supplies com
pared with last week.
“Some Baltimore salesmen are se
curing relatively fair orders. There
has been no revival in textile circles,
except increased nnrehases of wool at
Boston by some of the larger mami
•facturers. Cotton goods continue de
pressed at first hands, with little
prospect for improvement until after
production has been restricted.
“December gross railway earnings
are relatively more favorable than
those in preceding months, showing a
decrease of 1.5 per cent from Decem
ber, 1895. The best December reports
were by southwestern and southern
roads, which show gains over Decem
ber totals in 1895.
A comparison of prices of 108 staple
articles and products at quarterly in
tervals for a series of years shows an
upward tendency on the part of quo
tations during the last quarter of 1896.
Advances during the last quarter of
1896 were conspicuous among most of
the leading cereals, for live stock,
meats, dairy products, some vegetables,
hides,'leather, wools, various grades
of 7ioil, copper, lead, brick, glass and
spruce lumber. Prices this week show
advances for leather, pork, lard, petro
leum aud cotton.
“There have been 478 business fail
ures in the United States this week,
compared with 488 last xveek, 412 in
the second week of January, 1896, 378
in the like week of 1895 and as com
pared with 404 in the corresponding
period of 1894.”
MMEDIATE REFORMS FOR CUBA.
Spanish Government Has Decided to Act
Beyond Bowers.
The Madrid correspondent of The
London Standard confirms the state
ment that the Spanish government has
decided to immediately effect reforms
in Cuba.
It is added that the government, in
taking such a serious step on the eve
of McKinley’s advent to office, wishes
to clearly indicate that it acted spon
taneously in going even beyond the
powers voted by the cortes, for which
the latter must grant a bill of indem
nity.
The reforms will show to what ex
tent the government is prepared to go
in gradually preparing the colonies for
autonomy without yielding the rights
of Spain and parliament. It will also
soon be seen that Spain is disposed to
make sacrifices in connection with the
Cuban budget.
The reforms will not he realized
without seriously clashing with Spain’s
material interests. Spaniards look
with impatience and anxiety to the
effect the reforms will have in America.
CLEAR SAILING FOR TELLER.
He Will Have No Opposition to Re-Elec
tion as Senator.
The members of the Colorado legis
lature will vote for United States sena
tor to succeed Henry M. Teller.
The re-electiou of Senator Teller
was made a cardinal principle in the
platform upon which nearly every
member of the general assembly was
elected, and there will be practically
no opposition to bis re-election. In
the joint session it is certain that not
more than seven of the 100 votes will
he cast against Teller, and there may
not be so many.
The utter hopelessness of the oppo
sition may result in giving him almost
a unanimous vote.
Treasurer St. John 111.
William P. St. John, treasurer of tlie
Democratic National committee, has
been ill at his home in New York since
his return from a trip to North Caroli
na in search of health. The cause of
the illness is a general breakdown and
nerveus prostration, due to work in
the presidential campaign.
Gaudaur Will Row Hanlau.
Jake Gaudaur of Toronto, Ont., has
accepted the challenge of Edward Han
lan to row any man in the world, and
has made a deposit of SSOO forfeit.
He stipulates that the race shall be for
at least $3,000 and rowed in either
England or Canada.
Yarmouth Bank Closed.
The Dominion Savings bank, of
Yarmouth, N. S., has been closed by
order of the government. The ac
counts will be transferred to the Post
office Savings bank, a government in
stitution, and depositors will suffer no
loss or inconvenience.
WEYLER ON THE WARPATH.
Spanish General in the Saddle Seeking
Diligently for Gomez.
The New York Herald’s correspond
ent at Jacksonville, Fla., telegraphs as
follows:
“I have received a dispatch from
Havana which says that General Wey
ler has agaiu left the city with his col
umns for the field. This time the cap
tain general marches, Havana advices
say, in the direction of the borders of
Matanzas and Las Villas, where Maxi
mo Gomez is supposed to be.”
Historic House Burned.
Fire at Narboth, Pa., destroyed the
famous old stone barn opposite the
General Wayne hotel, which has been
a familiar landmark for more than a
century. General Washington’s troops
were quartered there on one occasion
during the revolutionary war.
Mr. Lodge Visits McKinley.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, a—Led iu Canton Thurs
day morning from Washington and was
driven direct from the station to the
McKinley residence. He was in con
ference some time.
MONETARY REFORM
THE SUBJECT OF RESOLUTIONS AT
INDIANAPOLIS MEETING
\{
Of National Monetary Conference—Re
tirement of Vnited States Notea of
AH Classes I’rgrd.
Tlie national monetary conference
at Indianapolis adjourned Wednesday
night subject to the call of the execu
tive committee. The committee on
resolutions reported the following res
olutions and they were agreed upon
practically unanimously:
“1. That the present gold standard
should be maintained.
“2. That steps should be taken to
nsure the ultimate retirement of all
j classes of United States notes by a
gradual and steady process, so as to
avoid injurious contraction of the cur
rency or disturbance of the business
interests of the country, and that in
Mich retirement provision should be
made for a separation of the revenue
and note-issue departments of the
treasury.
“3. That a banking system be pro
vided which should furnish credit
facilities to every part of the country
and a safe and elastic circulation, and
especially with a view to securing
such a distribution of the loanable
capital of the country as will tend to
equalize the rates of interest i;. all
parts thereof for the purpose of effect
-vely promoting the above objects.
“Resolved, That fifteen members of
this conference be appointed by the
• Tiairmail to act as an executive com
mittee while this convention is not in
'ession, with full power of this con
vention, The executive committee
shall have the power to increase its
membership to any number not ex
ceeding forty-five, and five members
thereof shall at all times constitute a
quorum oi said committee.
“The executive committee shall have
special charge of the solicitation, re
ceipt and disbursement of contribu
uons voluntarily made for all purposes;
hall have power to call this conven
tion together again when and where it
may seem best to said committee to do
so, and said committee shall continue
in office with power to fill vacancies
until discharged at a future meeting
of this convention.
“Resolved, That it shall be the duty
of this executive committee to endeavor
to procure at the special session of
congress, which it is understood will
be called in March next, legislation
calling for the appointment of a mone
tary commission by the president to
consider the entire question and to re
port to congress at the earliest day
possible; or failing to secure the above
legislation, they are hereby authorized
and empowered to select a commission
vf eleven members according to rules
and plans set forth in the suggestions
submitted to the convention by Mr.
Hanna, of Indianapolis, as follows:
“Article 1. The committee shall con
sist of eleven members, to be named
by the executive committee appointed
by this convention. The executive
committee shall have power to fill va
cancies in the commission as they nr.7
occur. 3 J
“Article 2. The first meeting of the
commission shall be held at a time and
place to be designated by the execu
tive committee of this convention, and
at such meeting the committee shall
organize.
“Article 3. All rules and by-laws of
the commission and all its proceedings
shall be directed toward the accom
plishment of the object of its creation,
which is to make a thorough investi
gation of the monetary affairs and
needs of this country in all relations
and aspects.
“Article 4. The executive commit
tee of this committee shall use so much
of the voluntary contributions made to
it as may be available for that purpose
to defray all necessary expenses.
“Article 5. When the labors of this
commission have been completed as
far as practicable, the executive com
mittee, if it deems it advisable, shall
issue a call to bring this convention
together again and at the meeting so
convened the committee shall make
report of its doings and if legislation
is deemed advisable, shall accompany
such report with a draft of such bill or
bills providing for such legislation.
“Resolved, That all resolutions
nnd communications as to methods of
currency reform which have been pre
sented to this convention be referred
to such committee when formed.”
ASPHYXIATED BY GAS.
Two Men Found Dead in a Hotel at
New York.
William Ferguson and James Mc-
Kenna were found dead in a room of a
Harlem, N. Y., hotel Thursday morn
ing. The men occupied the room to
gether. They had been asphyxiated
by illuminating gas.
Big Jewelry Assignment.
Koch, Dreyfus &Cos., wholesale jew
elers at New York has suspended,
placing their affairs in the hands of
attorneys to arrange a settlement with
creditors. The amount involved is
said to be about $200,000.
AN INSURGENT VICTORY.
Report That the Town of Santa Clara is
in Their Possession.
A New York morning paper says:
'“News, which if correct, is more im
portant than any since the death of
Maceo, was received in Cuban circles
Thursday night. It was that the town
of Santa Clara, sometimes called Villa
Clara, had fallen to the insurgent
arms, but that in the charge which re
sulted in victory, the intrepid cavalry
leader, Quentine Bandera, was slain.
Gomez, it is said, is now pushing on
toward Havana with an army of 18,000
MISTAKEN FOR FILIBUSTER.
All Officer of tli© l>olphii Boards tlie
Steamship Oclaware.
Tne steamship Delaware, of the
Clyde’s Boston, Wilmington, Charles
ton and Jacksonville line, steamed into
port at, Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday
morning, having on board < Lieutenant
Sutherland, of the United States dis
patch boat Dolphin. His presence on
board is accounted for by the fact that
she was taken for a filibuster whep she
appeared yff the bar. .
CUBAN STAMPS LEGALIZED.
Their Appearance in Uncle Haul's Mails
Causes Comment.
The appearance of the stamps of the
so-called Cuban republic in the United
States mails has caused much comment
in Washington and is the source of
some discussion at the postoffice de
partment as to whether such stamps
could be recognized as proper for the
transmission of mails into the United
States, as this government has not rec
ognized Cuba as a free and independ
ent country.
This is probably the first of its kind
where insurgents have establihed their
own post-offices aud used their own
stamps, which were transmitted in the
mails to the United States.
At the postoflice department it was
stated that these stamps were good so
far as the United States was concerned,
as our postal laws require only that
the stamps be properly canceled and
envelopes containing mail matter bear
the postmarks of a regular postoffice.
These regulations have been com
plied with, so far as the department
knows. Had they not beeu amissible
the letters bearing these stamps would
have been marked with the letter “T”
at the receiving office in this country,
meaning “tax collect,”
The department knows nothing
about the postoffice stamped on the
envelope except that it is in Spanish
territory, and Spain is in the interna
tional postal union.
These stamps might give rise to a
delicate diplomatic question, in which
the postoffice department would take
no part, but refer the matter to-the
department of state for settlement.
It is virtually recognition of the ex
istence of the Cuban republic, without
that intention.
Postmaster General Wilson is con
sidering the question and some further
ration may be taken.
REESE ON TRIAL.
Conflicting TesUu- , {efore the , uve# _
ligating < ittee.
Thursday morning’s--68 iono 68 i on 0 f the
legislative investigation at Av,. va ta was
devoted to the examination of wit,i. -„ qcn
on the charges against Judge Seaborn
Reese, who is charged with having
been drunk on the bench in several
counties, and with having been drunk
and using profane language at the
dinner table in the presence of ladies
at Danielsville last September.
The examination during the morn
ing was confined to the Danielsville
court aud the episode at the dinner
table there the first day of court. Sev
eral witnesses swore that the judge’s
charge was unusual and more like a
temperance lecture or a sermon than a
charge. Some of the witnesses said
that the judge was intoxicated and
others, including the sheriff aud Hon.
John D. Shannon, said he was not
drunk.
It was testified that at the dinner ta
ble the judge swore when Tom Wat
son’s name was mentioned, saying:
“Damn him, he ought to be in hell.”
There was a lively spat between
Senator Carter and Hon. John D.
Shannon during a little fencing over
the question as to a direct answer
on the question whether Judge
Reese was drumk or sober at
Danielsville court and at the dinner
table. Mr, Shannon said finally that
he did not consider the judge drunk,
nor would he say he was absolutely
free from the influence of liquor. The
sheriff testified that Judge Reese
showed himself with a steady hand an
hour before he opened court, and that
the judge and sheriff took a “snap”
together, meaning that they drank a
toddy.
OCALA BANK FAILS.
Merchants* National Closes anil Examiner
Shubrick in Charge.
Mr. Coffin, the acting comptroller of
the currency, at Washington, has re
ceived a telegram stating that the
Merchants’ National bank, of Ocala,
suspended Thursday by resolution of
the board of directors.
The bank has a capital of $1,000,-
000, and at the date of its last report
owed other banks SBO,OOO. Its indi
vidual deposits amount to SIOB,OOO
and its bills payable to $38,000. Rank
Examiner Shubrick has been placed in
charge. It is stated that the bank has
not been well managed for some time.
MINISTER WILLIS DEAD.
Ills Remains Now on the Way to the
United Stutes.
Advices from Honolulu state that
United States Minister Willis died
Wednesday morning with pneumonia.
His family has started to the United
States with the remains.
Dyers Threaten to Strike.
Twenty-two men at the dye house of
the Eagle and Phenix mills at Colum
bus, Ca , have filed notice that unless
their wages were placed at a certain
scale they would quit work. The
dyers claim that during the past few
months their wages have been reduced;
17 per cent, being the average reduc
tion.
Music for the Centennial.
The executive committee of the Ten
nessee Centennial has set aside $50,-
000 to be expended by tlie music com
mittee and director general in procur
ing the services of the most famous
1 hands in the country.
SLUGGER CORBETT IN TROUBLE.
His Show Tied Vp oil Attachments Caused
by Breach of Contract.
A special from Sandusky, 0., says:
James Corbett and his show are tied
up ou attachments. Thursday night
the former maE ager of the opera house,
attached the scenery on a claim for
S2OO, said to be due him ou the can
cellation of a date by Corbett two
years ago. Corbett secured the servi
; oes of an attorney to settle the action,
and because the pugilist would not pay
for the attorney’s services another at
; tachment was secured.
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
r.il In Chains ly the Spanish
Government for Conspiracy.
At Havana, Thursday, sentence was
| read in the case of Luis Someillan,
| naturalized American citizen, who has
| been found guilty of conspiring against
' the Spanish government. The sen
| tence of the tribunal before which he
■ was tried is that he be imprisoned for
life in chains. Someillan’s lawyer will
appeal to the supreme court at Madrid
against the decision,
HI 10 ID HI
EULOGIES IN MEMORY OF CRISP
DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE.
MEMBERS TAltf OF HIS MERITS.
t
Great Throngs Crowd the Cliumber ami
Hear the Speeches—Other Proceed
ings of House and Senate.
itoisic.
For five hour* Saturday afternoon
men who had been closely associated
with him in his I lagislative life, the
men who knew him best and were best
equipped to speal% tif his magnificent
ability and his magnificent personali
ty, paid in words of eloquence tribute
to the memory of Charles F. Crisp.
The house galleries were tilled with
people who had bem attracted by the
announcement of fhe memorial serv
ices, and very much more interest
was manifested in these services by
the members themselves than is usual.
The tributes para to the great Geor
gian were honest and sincere, and in a
number of instances'were marked with
eloquence. General Cachings, Amos
Cummings, Governor/ Ureary, Con
gressman y )regon; Con
gressman Dinsmore,/ t Arkansas, as
well as the Georgia members who
spoke, gave evidence of deep emotion
as they referred to personal rela
tions with the man who had filled so
ably the speakership, and who had
been such an important factor in their
lives.
Tributes were paid to the deceased,
besides those above enumerated by
Representatives Turner, of Georgia;
Henderson, republican, of Iowa; I)al
zoll, republican, of* Pennsylvania;
Richardson, democrat, of Tennessee:
O’Bartlett, democrat, of Florida; Mc-
Millan, democrat, |of Tennessee;
Dearmond, democrat,, of Missouri;
Buck, democrat, .of Louisiana;
Cooper, domoerat, oL Florida; Swan
son, democrat, of Virginia: Lacey,
republican, of Iowa; Bell, populist,
of Colorda, Wheeler. democrat, of
Alabama: \\ oiv, 'ard, democrat, of
North 6raroliim ..rLayton, democrat, of
Ohio; McLaurin, democrat, of South
Carolina; Wellington, republican, of
Mary; Tate, democrat, of Georgia;
Lawson, democrat, of Georgia, and
Morse, republican, of Massachusetts.
While eulogies were being delivered
Speaker Reed called to the chair tem
porarily Mr. Henderson, of Tennessee,
who was speaker pro tern of the house
under the administration of Speaker
Crisp, the first instance in the present
congress that a democrat had been
asked to preside over the deliberations
of the house. Before entering upon
the execution of the order of the dny.
the house passed two or three private
bills.
At five minutes to 6 the usual reso
lutions wero adopted and the house
adjourned until Monday at noon.
The house'spent Wednesday in the
work on the calendar and passed a
number of minor bills by unanimous
consent. On motion of Mr. Washing
ton, democrat, of Tennessee, a senate
joint resolution was passed providing
for expediting the erection of the gov
ernment building at the Tennessee
Centennial exposition.
SENATE.
A new* phase of the Pacific railroad
problem ivas presented in the senate
Thursday in the form of a resolution
offered by Mr. Morgan, instructing
the' judiciary committee to inquire
whether by the very fact that certain
of the bonds of the Union and Central
Pacific railroad companies had fallen
due and were not paid, the property
of those companies had not become
and was not now the property of the
United States. The resolution went
over. -
The house bill for free homesteads
on the public lands in Oklahoma ter
ritory, which lias been the “unfinished
business” in the senate since the first
Aveek of the present session, came to a
A-ote after three hours debate and Avns
passed- yeas, 35; nays, 11. It was
first amended in a very important par
ticular, by striking out the Avords “in
the territory of Oklahoma,” thus mak
ing it apply to all public lands ac
quired from the various Indian tribes.
The bill uoav goes back to tlie house
for action on the senate amendments.
The senate then adjourned until Mon
day.
NOTES.
Among the thirty cadets dropped
from the military academy as the re
sult of the January examinations were
George Mason Lee, fourth class, of
Virginia, son of the American c©iistj.l
general at Havana, who was deficient
in several studies. Secretary Larnont
has referred the case to the academic
board for reconsideration.
The president seut to the senate
Wednesday the following nomina
ations: Postmasters—Alex A. Mc-
Phee, Wagoner, I. TA NARUS.; Peter A.
Peterson, Canon Falls, Minn.;
John Schmelze, Springfield, Minn.;
James Mahe, Litchfield, Minn.; Ed
win L. Drake, Winchester, Tenu.;
John A. Isaacson, Wisconsin.
The senate committee on foreign re
lations had under consideration Wed
nesday the general arbitration treaty
recently negotiated between the gov
ernment of this country and that of
Great Britain, but did not reach any
conclusion as to the proper disposition
to be made of it. Instead, the com
mittee found the subject involved in
the treaty one of such vast proportions
as to render any speedy disposition of
it quite out of the question, and it was
announced the treaty probably would
remain in the committee for some time.
President Cleveland has shown an
unusual courtesy to President-elect
McKinley. During the past few
weeks the retiring executive lias for
warded to the man who is to succeed
him every state paper and every offi
cial document concerning the business
of this administration which might be
of value to the next. The treaty with
Greahßritain was in Major McKinley’s
hamlf long before the newspapers got
R, and a great mass of stuff' about
Cuba which has never reached the
fmblio has been forwarded to Mr. Mc-
Kinley with Sir Clevelands compli
ments.
NO. :>
UP-TO-DATE AAVERTTSING
Oh, advertising, is the thing ,
For garnering the nickles!
The man who makes the welkin riu.w fl
. Is the one whagg||t3 the shekles. I
The sandwich- man Is out of date
As n walking business winner.
To catch the eye we must, of Into
Display a.fdtl course dinner.
The facts about our gpods and shoo
We’vo got to widely scatter
If wo would stay up at the top
And next to reading matter.
—L. A. W. Bulletin.
IIUMOR OF THE DAY.
Tom—“l don’t know whether she
sings or not. v Jack—“ She doesn’t;
I heard her.”—London Pick-Me-Up.
When a man Aoses his balance, j
makes a great *fference whether it
was in a bank ot“on a bicycle. E. Avl
W. Bulletin.
Mamma—“Mrs*, Brown says he!®
little boy looks very much like dors.’®
Papa—“Then curs must be bettei®
looking.”—Pack. 9
Marie—“Jnsfc think*,of the nerv6 ofl
the fellow to propolfe to me. ” Mertie®
“Nerve? Why, it w:i3 absolute®
recklessness. ” —Truth.!
Her hat was large., buk— joyous truth: I
Revenge was waiting there.
Before her sat a football youth
With a head of hair. ffiyjj
Isabel—“ They saf dreadful the
way Clara runs ffffCT Willoughby
Riche.” Dorothy— ch will
catch him. Poor fellow has only one
leg. ” —Philadelphia ffiiaes.
Mrs. Grnmpey—‘Pvhy don’t
rise up and makefc their
stand around?” Grffbuey—“Becauser,
men ne ?er propose Jajthat kind >ii
women.”—Detroit Free Press.
The Wife— “ItT di<ujd you marry
again, John, I’ll com® back-ad
you.” The Husband—“ Well, it would
c.eem kind of natural* to Imre yon
come back and call me a iooj.
Truth.
Little Elmer—“Pajvhv is it that
bachelors are so muclfFnmre crabbed
and cross than married Mr.
Hennypeck—“Because they are not
afraid to say what ’ think, my
son.”—Pack.
“What are your ‘hopes for tho
future?” asked the solemn man. “I
have none jnst now,” replied the
youth. “To-morrow is my best girl’i*
birthday, and I’m worrying about the®
present.”—lllustrated J^ts.
N^he—“Dear me! Wby v dpn’t U# ,y
teaeh choruses to sing
is so aggravating to be nntiClh
tingunh the words.” Jack~-iy>/;/
don't know vou"
the libretto, "--fmd***
Smith —“I .
people being buried aliy.;
no remedy for it?' Jones—“Tj^|
only remedy I know is for t!-j—Legis
latnre to pass a law
tors to finish their work prop „
Boston Transcript.
“So you are going to i
employer’s daughter ?” “E
The old man has worked
hours a day for the past f
and now I’m going to work li
ty-fonr hours a day for tb next
twenty yews to get even.”—T’..ue.
Bookkeeper --“The man who bongo ,
that huudred-dollar set of
and paid S2O on it has skipped.’ Pro-4'
prietor—“Th| rascal! 1’ t kunthmul
down if it tafees all the dfcNcctiv jhjn
the city. That set of furniture teosfc
mo sl4 hard cash.”—New York
Weekly, f. m ’--smJßjß&l
Learning to Ride a Bicycle/
A writer in the English paper St.
Paul says: I can never understand
the difficulties some
with. I know one la iy vrb > took four
weeks before she could “ride alone,”
without being held. The tame should
be about four hours. OI con RL.
takes a coifp£@ or ti r
work befote any on
well. In my opini .
mistake to learn in
The only wiSp to ridt
fidence, power, and -_ 13 —
gle alone, with an experienced frieu-U
at hand you what to do. It iaf*
useless to sit on a cycleaud bo pusbeo*
along a road. Take your cycle
into a field/ If you are a woman,
leave your skirt at home. There try
a mount, Go on trying until you suc
ceed. N-pvfr mind a fall, it will teach
you how tofall with safety when you
ready meet with an accident. When
you can mount, ride as far as you arc
able. Piflleed until you can turn
corners and feel confidence in yonr
machine. Then ask your friend to
mount his machine and ride toward
you so have to get out of his
way. Tkree/days of this work will
turn yon. into a very fair cyclist / fv
inontk will find you proficient.
Bismarck and the Beetle,
A few yoprs ago a statesman of Eu
ropean Ante visited Bismarck at Fred*
ricksjqPand the two walked together
through the latter’s plantation of ex
otic pines and firs, of which both were
collectors. The visitor improved a
lapse tbiitho conversation about coni
fers to bripg tip the then recent topic
of Boulanger. “Did Germany at
the time really take him seriousiy?” ho
asked. “And what did you yourself
think of the man?” The ex-Clmncel
lor, in all.candor, replied that he knew
very little of the subject. “It is true
that Jfevaa in office at the time,”
sai !,**but just then there kind
firs of mine, and was eating out the.
and really that won 1
mo I scarcely paid any atten
tion at all to what Boulanger was do
v Rare Coins nnd Laces.
London numismatists have been*
greatly interested recently in the sale
at auction of the remarkable collection!
of coifffc known asthe Montague col lee*
tioD, ,including the
Bishop Juxon on tho sciffold®
former’s execution. TM
ding for this relic wa- of the
description, and it was finally H
s3BEjp, said to be the bigbVfjJ|
ever maid for a coin. Several i®
realized SIOOO to $2030 each.
example of a high price reached™
other .Louden auction was
few days ago, when an old “eiietia^