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VOL jX A Man with a History. Ill* Body Covered with Lamp). Coalil not eat nnil Tlionght lie waa going to dry up. (ZVom the JVathtlllc, Tenn., Banner.) Mr. John W. Thomrm, Jr., of Theta, Tenn., it a man with a m j«t interesting history. “ It wat in ’84," said he to a reporter who had asked him for the story of his life, “when 1 was working in the silver mines of New Mexico, that ray troubles began. “ From simple indigestion my malady de velop <1 into a ebronio inability to take any substantial f xxl, and at times 1 was pros trated by spells of heart palpitation. On th? 11th of April, 1893, I suddenly col lapsed, and for days 1 was unconscious, in fact I was not fully myself until July. O.i S pteinb -r Ist I weighed but 70 pour: ii whTeas my normal weight is 165 pounds. All over my body there were lumps from the size of a grape to the size of a walnut, my fingers wore cramped so that 1 could not mt • than half straighten them. I had en tirely lost control of my lower limbs and my hand trembled so that I could not drink without spilling the liquid. Nothing would remain on my stomach, and it seemed that I m i t dry up before muuy more days hud pa-'-ed. 1 made another round of the physicians, calling in one after the other, anil by the nid of morphine and other m dicincs they give me, I managed to live though barely through the fill I." Hye Mr. Thomas displayed his arm:, mi l put above the elbow of each there wax ft large irregular stain as large as the palm of toe hand and of a purple color, the space cov re I by the mark was sunken m arly to the bone. “That," said Mr. Thomas, “is what the doctors did by putting morphine into me, “On the 11th of December, 189.3, just eight ino.n'hs after 1 took permanently to bed I shall never forget tho date tny cousin, Joe Foster, of Carters’Creek, called on me and gave me a box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, saying they had cured him of partial paralysis, with which I knew ho had all but die I.' I followed his directions nn I began taking the medicine, as u result I stand before you to-day the most surprised man on earth. Ixiok at my hand, it is ns steady as yours; my face has a healthy look about it; I have been attending to my duties f>r a month. Since I began taking the pills [ have gained 30 pounds, and 1 gm still gaining. Ail the knots have disap iicared from my body except this little kernel here in my paltn. I have a good appetite and 1 am almost as strong as I ever wits. “Yesterday I rodo thirty-seven miles on horseback, I feci tired to-day but not sick. I used to have from two to’four spells ol heart palpitation every night, since 1 began the use of the pills I have had but four •pells altogether. “I know positively that I was cured by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and 1 believe firmly that it is the most wonderful remedy inexistence to-day, and every fact I hav’« presented to you is known to my neighbor! as well ns to myself, and they will certify tc the truth of my remarkable cure.” BREAKFAST SUPPER, PS ’ s GRATEFUL COMFORTING. <3 o c o a doiClnq v/ater cr milk. roSu fcARKCHt'S HAIR BALSAM Clean** s and hr.util.c3 the hair. ** mt® J’ronintefi a hr variant growth. k »» v Never Fails to Restore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. •Jh*' onlv fur£ Cur© tortdun. Steps nil pain. Enrarct com -4 ihu Mukui »Vftlkina cusy. D«.U. Diuggutx £‘ ‘‘3 Chhhester’* Dinmrn' 1 PJLLB d-.-C'X , «•.-. A ' -Vo •; 11 hl’ 1 's'i»o\y I f -■•** •< <.i 1 •)</u At DtuggUia. or ter-i •* ». I 4 - ,> in m . ..-.*3 for t ntf. tT.lhvGr.ia’w k :.| \V* H •• Uu< <• far I *.4lru,” . i r l,v v -« ns ~ • 1 i 'UnM>ul*»la. A•« • - r. X —r< :* • 'r< hLiukuli , re> Lj *4 :.v.. t . * . -VhiUda.. F.u Catarrh- 1 .OC A I 1S I) 1S EA S1 |IMS| mid is tin l result ot < <’■< and sudden clima'.b Ky\lifAjj 1 changes. Ifc5 AYreVE It <•.mor.lv bo e-ire. take l»v a pi< nsai t roine.' BN .S' w hich is applied din . I* Iv into die n.striD, I VS| i’ - piiekly rl -.>». d i plv. s relief at on e. Ely's Ore; i m Balm. is acknowledged to be the most thorough cure tor xi-.-al catarrh, cold in the Head anti Iley Fever of nil reme dies. . It < per sued cleanses the m. >il ssages, all.i-.s pain and i; diminu tion. heals thesores, protects the mem brane from colds, restores the sense of test .' and -nu 11. Price '■. at I'roggistS or by moil- El. Y B <» -.. sti Warren Streit, New York. && Wall PapeY M B J t a t wholesale i’eices. 100 \ Ar SHUipIPS Borth-rs same rat-, s) to nit 1166. ( 8e tor pt stage: th liuct when ordering. F. tr.Cady.s 5 West iner St.. Providence, K. I. Liberal ti iseonnts to clubs ar.d agents. MWRE SSES, L’o Weak • ' " ' *■ ' -*S>, M'”' 4 ' Eyes! ■t?'' ' ? s A "J' <—_.2.j y R Certain Saf»ar_ j ?:r br St'.c d-’fi't”?>S, /‘rorffe»-- *' 4 V fnr-t rn «"ird'a’t-.’.tt: n.Stye Tumor*. Red *>• o’- :i F.»' Ls.dtug, ANO, l‘.o /' '. 9‘-.V - i b o ; x»us*--..*»s t'llts.ci . : v.w '. .." -- d . i... < ,-w e-e ; -;»s. yilK lI’J I <• '• S»-ViAK umy be i; j*; ;,i Btlvnnsftge. *-• --'- c ? C3..3. THE CHATTOOGA NEWS. BIST«mWTO House Committee on Elections Decides to Unseat Cobb. GOODWIN, POPULIST, TO BE SEATED f'ontcMt V.’r»4 From the Fifth Alabama J).strict, an I the Committee Held That the Charg’es of Fallot Box am! lutim'-d Ation Were Founded iJlls I*awed by the House. Washington, April C.—Tho elcctii n contest from the Fifth Alabama district was passed tin >n by tho house ccnimit teo on elections No. 1, which voted to unseat James E. Cobb, the Democratic incumbent, and seat Goodwin, who ran against him as a Populist. The decision was reached by a party vote. Thera was no Republican candidate iti the dis trict, but tho Republican vote was largely cast for Goodwin. According to the returns the vote was: Cobb, 10,- 651; Goodwin, 9,003. Allegations of ballot Lox stuffing and intimidation were made, and tho committee decides that G.xxlwin had a majority of air ut 2,200. Cobb is now serving his fourth term iu cengrcos, WORK OF CONGRESS. A Coinlenned Account of tho Doings of Both llouhc* and Senate. Washington, March 31.—Tho presi dent has nominated William A. Little of Georgia, to bo assistant attorney gen eral for tho interior department, vice John I. Hall, resigned. Washington, April I.—Senator Call of Florida offered a radical Cuban joint resolution directing the sending of an adequate naval force to Cuba to put an end to barbarities and t » protect Amer can citizens in their treaty rii’-hts. Tho president is instructed to notify Spain that the United States will forcibly in tervene unless murder and outrage cease. Tho resolution went over. iur. limn r (Vep., N. u.) imruouced a bill requiring the acceptance of current legal tender funds in payment of notes, bonds or private obligations. The senator explained that tho pur pose of t:ie measure was to put a stop to gold notes, gold mortgages, etc., which were being wrung from the people owing to their dire financial distress. Both of the old parties, said the senator, h.id favored his plan in their n'atf irms j and this prop “sed to make party prom . isos good by a law. “Does this propose to affect existing contracts?’’ asked Mr. Hill. “It does not,” responded Mr. Butler. “I d.'ini.t believe in breaking contracts.” The bill was referred to the finance committee. Washington, April 2.—Several mi . nor bills wore passed by unainnioir; consent before the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was rc ! sumod in the house. Among them : wore bills to reimburse A. P. Brown, i late postmaster at Lemurs, la., for losses sustained by robbery. A resolution or’ inquiry, presented by Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, was adopted witnout debate, calling on the president, if not incom patible with tho public interest, to transmit to the house copies of all dis patches. notes and cablegrams in the state department from Dec. 1, 1895, un- I til tho present time, relating to media i tion or intervention by the United | States in the affairs of Venezuela, to gether with all correspondence with I foreign governments relating to tho : same topic. Mr. Hitt stated that his : cmumittoe had unanimously reported . the resolution. An agreement was reached as soon as the senate met that adjournment at tho I close <>f tho day’s session be until next Monday. Tne nouse bill was passed granting the Atchison and Nebraska and the C. B. & Q. railroads a right of way flhrough the Sac and Fox and lowa Indian reser vations in Kansas and Nebraska. Washington, April 3.—The galleries of the house were well filled in antici pation of a renewal of the Cuban debate in connection with the presentation of the conference report on tho Cuban reso lution, but the attendance on the floor was smaller than usual. Some preliminary routine business was transacted before Mr. Murphy (Rep., Ills.) secured unanimous con sent for the consideration of a bill to au thorize tho construction of a third bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis. Mr. Murphy and Mr. Joy urged the passag-' of the bill because of the exces sive to.ls charged by the present bridge company. Mr. Hepburn maintained that con gress had power to prevent the extortion complained of. The bill was passed. At 2:20 p. tn. Mr. Hitt moved the ad ption of the conference report on t . ■ Cuban resolutions and spoke in ad ve.cacy thereof. Washington, April 4. The house was tne umy uraucu oi < !ig,< s in ses sion during the day and the attendance, both on the floor and in the galleries, at the opening of the session was slim, ir >t withstanding the Cuban resolutions were to Ih> the subject of consideration. Several bills of minor importance were passed, among the following: For the relief of settlers within the indem nity grant of the New Orleans and Pa cific railway; to authorize the secretary of the treasury toreconvey to the former owners certain lands in Vaivede county, Tex. Mr. Fisher (Rep.. N. Y.) created a b:ief ripple of interest by offering a res olution dire-ting the secretary of agri culture to comply in spirit with the res olnti a of congress directing tho distri bution of seed and have the seeds en closed in packages in accordance with the dir- otions of senators and members. He asieed for immediate consideration, bat Mr. L >ud (Rep., Cal.) objected and th<> resolution went over. Mr. Livingston (Dem., Ga ) suggested an amejidiuent directing that each pack age sh uid contain five papers of seeds. Mr. Watson (Rep., O.) called up the bill for the protection of the salmon fish eries of Alaska, prohibiting rhe erection of dams, barricades, etc., in streams such as will prevent the ascent of salm m or salmon trout and author izing the secretary of the treasury to remove such obstructions where they exist. Mr. Barham (Rep., Cal.) objected and the bill went over. CRISP-SMITH DEBATES. They Have Been Discontinued For the I’rcMPut—The Former’s Throat Sore. Atlanta, April 4. Tne series of joint debates between Secretary Hoke Smith and Hon. Charles F. Crisp is off for the present at lea.-t, Mr. Crisp hav ing requested their p st:; nement on ac count of his physi al condi’ion. The following ccrresp >ii le:i<’o has passed be tween the two gentlemen: Crisp l > Smith. Atlanta, April 3. Mr Dear Mi:. Smith—My throat is in such condition that it will lie impossible for me to till the appointin', nts we have biade for j -int diseussimn. 1 cannot speak above a whisper, and even such speech is accompanied with intense p tin. Dr. Calhoun foi im n -d and prescribed for my throat this morning an i 1 hope ! by tnis time to have experienc I s 'tue re lief and found s nr* improvement. In hot h respects’! hr.v:' been grtevously dis appointed. At t.:i • hour, i p. m.. I am practic illy spet-clil.-sn Under the circui t stiiiuEcs I aiu forcud. to ;i *> istpono- mont of our ibtvvr’ise<t inee lngs‘ to later dates to be lu'i 1 u illy agreed i;pmi. M .th U33ui.iaues oi i .;::r 1. i am truly yours. c.i.v i.m F. Cmsi-. Smith In Crisp. To this letter i f t ■■ ! .■.-•ye:d:er Secre tary Smith replied f -10 w..: ; My Deap. Mil Cm m—l regret to learn that your thr> it is in m.-h a . i<i:i i.m t het it will t;e inipossibl.- fur you to speak in G;iu’ni tomiiri >’v. I uder tae cirrumsfirnces I do not think ,it would !>'.■ pi ‘.p r j er Heto ,r > ..I 'm 1 . | I will sec you during th • day tomorrow ami endeavor t > rigre: a i to c’tr other <n gageincnts. ’JTmU mg tll.u you .ny spi.ed- | liy rec >ver. with a..s:ir m ■■■ i.d mv r -g.ir 1, truly yours, Hmc:'StiitLi. Hon. CLarie's F. Crisp. FOR FLORIDA COASTS. More Llghthoujcs a-d LigS.t Draught Steamers Ar.- iladly Needed. Washington, March 31. —The light house board has sent some interesting information with reference to the ser vice on tho coa t of ?Vkorid:t, vn.’- Ii itin- I corp orates in a report ju;t given to the public. It particularly calls attmition to the need fora light draught light house steamer fm- <*rui: “’gin the Inu. m river to lock n.t r the light on Cmt stream. It adds that a g x.d service in this river cannot be had without aves- I sei for this purpose. | Tho importance of a light at Hills boro inlet is again referred to, us it has been year after year, for a decade j Steamers bound southward, after mak i ing Jupiter inlet light, hug the reef ' very closely to avoid the current. The dangerous reef making out from Hills boro inlet compels them to give it a wide berth, and to go cut iEt.> the Gulf stream. Vessels coming across from the Bahama banks would bo able to verify their position if a light v. •re placed here—a difficult matter iu case they fail to make Jupiter inlet. The establishment of this light would complete the system of lights on tne ' Florida reefs, and, in view of this fact, the board especially urges that the work be undertaken as soon as possible. The board also recommends the establish -1 nient of a lighthouse at St. Joseph’s ' point, on St. Joseph’s bay. There is a large fishing fleet along this coast, and ! the southerly gales drive them upon i shore. I The only harbor of refuge for some ! 60 miles is St. Joseph bay, which is dini ‘ cult of entrance at night without alight. ' This has been favorably reported upon in congress at various times, but never i been incorporated into law. The board also recommends a new lighthpuse ten der for use on tho Florida coast at a cost of $75,000. MISSOURI TRAIN ROBBED. . Three Masked Men ISlow Open the Safe af»d Secure a I.argi Sum. Lebanon, Mo., April I.—The east j bound Cannonball train No. 6, on the i St. Louis and ’Frisco railroad, was held : up three miles east of this city at 1:0a < a. m. by the three masked men and the ; safe blown open and robbed. The robbers boarded the train at this ' place at 12:50 a. m., and after reaching the scene of the robbery held up the i engineer and fireman, stopped the train, ’ and with the engineer in front of them, marched to the express car. The mes | senger refused to open up and the door ■ was blown open with dynamite, the j safe cracked and its contents removed. ; Several packages of valuable papers were found beside the track and some money, which had been overlooked in I the hurry of departure. The passengers were not molested. The engine was detached and run by the robbers to Sleeper, where it was abaud med. A brakeniun hurried back to the city I and started Sheriff Jones and a posse on the trail of the robbers. Three passengers, who are supposed I to be the robbers, were seen drinking in one of the saloons at 10 o’clock Tues day night here ami they were seen near the depot by Night Operator Martin or.lv a 'ow minutes before the Cannon ball arrived. The oraaeman furnised a fair descrip tion of the men to the officers in pursuit and the railway officials are c mfident they will be speedily apprehended. While the amount of money secured by the robbers is known to have been considerable, the local express officials will not place an estimate on it. To Be Tcinporarily Discontinued. Tampa. Fla., April I.—The Plant steamship line announces that, begin ning Monday, April 6. the passenger service between Mobile and Port Tampa will be temporarily discontinued. The steamer Algiers of the Morgan line will do the freight business of this line, while the Florida is renovated at New port News. The Algiers is now equipped for passenger service. A Toting: White Man Instantly Killed. Chattanooga, April 1. —A special to The News from Whiteside, Tenn., says: Joe Anderson, a young white man, was instantly killed and Robert Alexander, the negro engineer, seriously scalded in a boiler explosion at the mines of the Aetna Goal company. A Tennessee Town Under Water. Nashville, April I.—A large part of Athens, Tenn., is under water and be tween 820.009 and $30,000 damage has already been done. The streets and sidewalks are ruined. It is still raining I and the water will rise am th -r foot. Sl-MMKIiVII.I.E. CHATTOOGA OIUHTV, GEORGIA, AFIUL «, EMPIRE STATE WS A Week's Happenings Gathered From All Parts of Georgia. ■ MANY IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTED Iwo Men Held For tho Killing of Walter Hemphill at Milledgevnie—Fatal Fall of an Aged Lady at .Macon—Parsons and Edwards Make Final Payment on the Macon and Birmingham Kailroad. Columbus, Go., March 31. The cl sing down of the two great Eagle and Phoenix mills for an indefinite pe i riod of time, and the consequent throw ing of over 1,500 people out of employ ment, has produced a serious situation here. The strikers are orderly and quiet. Following the direction of their meet ing Monday night, they met at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and effected the or ganization of a labor union. They can return to w«rk at reduced wages, but say that they will not do so, and appear very determined. Efforts are being made by business -men I>< king to an immediate settlement of the strike. An Aged Lady Killed. Macon? March 39.—Mrs. S. F. Jud son, m ther of Mrs. R. W. Tidwell and Miss Nina Judson of Atlanta, met with an accident here which resulted in her almost instant death. Mrs. Judson, who was nearly 75 years of age, fell from the rear perch of the home of friends she had been visiting in this city, and the fall resulted in a disloca tion of the neck causing, as has been stated, almost instant death. Mrs. Jud son had been iu Florida and Southwest Georgia for some time visiting relatives ami friends, and was on her way back to Atlanta, where she has been residing with her daughter, Mrs. R. AV. Tidwell. She stopped over here to see some old friends and while sitting on a rear porch, leaning against the railing, con versing .pleasantly, the railing gave way and she was thrown to the ground. ThMall Ayas only a few feet, but it was enough to chuse death. I'-.xvalt and Mathis lui. ..t- d. Milledgeville, Ga., March 31.—The ■ commitment trial of Joe Ewait, who shot Walter Hemphill on Tuesday last, from the effects of which Hemphill died Saturday, was held here and resulted in both Ewa.lt and Mathis being indicted, the first for murder and the latter as be ing an accessory. The shooting oc curred in Wheelan’s saloon and seems to have been the result of a drunken duel agreement which was thought to have been arranged in fun. Mathis counted three times when Ewalt fired at Hemphill, tho ball taking fatal effect. It is said that Hemphill made a state ment before his death that will throw much light on tho affair when the men are brought to trial. Hemphill leaves a wife and child, and it is said that lie and Ewait were the best of friends. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This is the host medicine in the world for bowel complaints. It acts quickly and can always be de | pended upon. When reduced with ! water it is pleasant to take. Try ' it, and like many others you will j recommend it to your friends. For ! sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle i by 11. 11. Arrington druggist, Sum . merville. Largest Market In the World. Savannah, April I.—The naval stores season of 1895—’96 hasclosed and Savan nah still holds the distinction of being the largest market for spirits of tnrpen ■ tine and rosin In the world. The re i ceipts and exports during the past year have greatly increased over any preced ing year. The previous year, with j which comparisons are made, was the largest up to that time. The total re ceipts spirits turpentine have been 303,- 702 casks, an increase of 85,393 over I those of 1894-’95. The exports have been 800,969 casks, an increase of 23,-1-16 casks. The receipts of rosin have been 1,143,026 barrels, an increase of 149,892 barrels over those of 1894-’95. The ex ports have been 1,097,328 barrels, an in crease of 83,497 barrels. — The Final Payment Made. Macon, March 31.—Parsons & Ed wards of Boston, who purchased the Macon and Birmingham railroad at public sale several moths ago, for which they paid $200,000, and assumed $160,- 000 of car trust certificates, through their attorney. Colonel L. F. Garrard of Col unit us, made the final pavment in Bibb superior court of sloo*ooo, and Judge Felton directed that a deed to the property be made to Parsons & Ed wards. Charged With Poisoning a Girl. Atlanta, March 28. Ida Elliott, a pretty young girl who lived in Belwood, a suburb of this city, died a few davs ago, and it was given out at the time that meningitis was the cause of her death. There is new every reason to believe that she died of poison administered by Charles E. Hotton, a young man who had been assiduous in his attention to her, and he has been placed under ar rest pending an investigation. Smith and Crisp In Joint Debate. Augusta, Ga., April I.—Ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp and Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith met here in joint debate on the money question, the for mer championing the free coinage of silver and the latter advocating a gold standard. Fully 2,000 people were in attendance. Judjfe Rower Resigns. Bainbridge, Ga. .April 2.—Judge Bower has sent in his resignation as judge if the Albany circuit, to take effect on the ninth inst., after which he will engage actively in the canvass for congressional . honors in the Second district. IRON IN LARGE DEMAND. Southern Furnaces Are Alaking Heavy Shipments—lndustrial Conditions. Chattanooga, March 31. The Tradesman's reports of industrial and business affairs in all parts of the south- Brn states for the week ending March Bl are from more than 2,500 correspond ents and are authentic and reliable. The iron and coal situation is very ac tive. The southern furnaces are selling considerably in advance of present ca pacity, and some of them report that they can fill no new orders for several months. Southern iron is in large de mand and has been widely shipped dur ing the week. Prices are irregular, and lists are frequently shaded. There is no pycspects of any decrease in produc tion. Coal miners who are supplying coke' to the furnaces are full of work at unchanged prices. Such as ship coal for other uses report that the demand is falling off considerably. The lumber market is strong and with increasing inquiries for bi th domestic and foreign shipments. The mills are generally fully employed. Inland trans portation is somewhat hindered for want of railway cars as fast as needed. Southern cotton mills are running on full time with no change of any import ance in prices, which are claimed to be lower than they should be, and not to give a reasonable profit to the mills. New textile mills are being organized in large numbers. New cotton mills are reported at Branchville, Orangeburg and Spartan burg, S. C., and at Sweetwater, Tenn.; 9- reported silk mill at Birmingham, Ala.; W oollen mills at Morristown and Shelbyville, Tenn., and knitting mills at Athens and Lexington, Ga.; Rocky Mount, N. C., amp-'Chattanooga, Tenn. There is also reported the organizing at Calvert, Tex., of the Calvert Coal and Clay company, capital $500,000; of a $150,000 brewery company at Tampa, Fla.; a $50,000 cannery at Martinsburg, W. Va., and of the Eagle Box factory, capital $50,000, at Fort Smith, Ark. A $30,000 foundry and machine shop is to be built at Middlesborough, Ky.; a $25,- 000 box factory at Memphis, Tenn.; the Charleston, S. C., Mattress and Wood enware company, capital $20,000, and the Olive Oil company, of Fairmount, W. Va., also with $20,000 capital. Ainong other important new indus tries incorporated or organized during tho week, is a large canning factory at New Decatur, Ala.; an electric lighting company at Greensburg, Ky.; and flour and grist mills at Bowling Green, Ky.; Ternersburg, N. 0., and Mount Pleas ant, Tenn. An ice factory will be built at Milton, Fia.; a mattress factory at Lynchburg, Va.; an oil company has been chartered at Sparta, Tenn., and a wagon factory is to be built at Savan nah, Ga. Waterworks are to be built at Clin ton, Ky., and Blacksburg, Va. Among the new buildings of the week are busi ness houses at Mobile, Ala., Augusta, Ga., and Richmond, Va.; college build ings to cost $250,000 at Charlottesville, Va., and at Lynchburg, Va., costing $15,000; a $20,000 courthouse at Rich mond, Va.; a $30,000 institute building at Mobile, Ala., and a $20,000 jail at Bellville, Tex. An Affidavit. This is to certify that on May 11th, I walked to Melick’s drug store on a pair of crutches and bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for inflammatory rheu matism which had crippled mo up. After using throe bottles I am completely cured. I can cheer fully recommend it.—Charles 11. Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa. Sworn and subscribed to before me on August 10, 1893. —Walter Shipman, J. P- For sale at 50 cents per bottle by 11. 11. Arring ton, druggist, Summerville. DYGERT IS ALIVE. The Investigation of the American’s Caso Is Froipeeding In Cuba. Washington, April I.—Official ad vices received by the state department from the representatives of the United States in Cuba show that Dygert, the citizen of Illinois arrested by the Span ish authorities, is alive and is well treated, that the Spanish have had un der consideration the question of his re lease at once, but after an examination reached the conclusion that the circum stances which have come to light con cerning his movements warranted at least further inquiry before his case can be disposed of. The inquiry into Dygert’s case there fore. is still proceeding and Dygert will be held at least until it is completed. An Unknown Man Killed. Michie, Tenn., March 31.—An un known man in an out house near this place. He was struck across the forehead with a stick of wood and his skul 1 crushed. The verdict of the jury was that he was murdered by his partner. This man rented the house for the night and said that he had a partner; also said that they were ma chine and clock repairers. The mur derer escaped. When last heard from he had crossed the Tennessee river at Pittsburg landing and was making his way down thejriver. Knights of the Maccabees. The State Commander writes us from Lincoln, Neb., as follows: "After trying other medicines for what seemed to be a very obstinate cough in our two children we tried Dr. King's New Discovery and at the end of two days the cough en tirely left them. We will not be without it hereafter, as our exper ience proves that it cures when all other remedies fail.”—Signed F. W. Stevens, State Com.—Why not give this great medicine a trial, aa it is guaranteed and trial bottles are free at H. H. Arrington’s Drug Store. Regular size 50c and SI.OOJ SECOND OF THE SERIES Crisp and Smith In Joint Debate In Atlanta. MONEY QUESTION ABLY DISCUSSED Fully Six Thousand I’eoplo Greeted the Distinguished Georgians, Who Were In Fine Trim —Each Made a Strong Argu ment In Support of His Theory and the Sympathy of the Audience Was Divided. Atlanta, April 4. —Six thousand peo ple gathered in the big tabernacle used during the recent Sam Jones meetings to hear the second in the series of joint debates on the currency between Secre tary of the Interior Hoke Smith and ex- Speaker Charles F. Crisp. Both speak ers were greeted with salvos of cheering on their appearance. The speaking be gan at 8 o’clock, Secretary Smith hav ing the opening and speaking for an hour and ten minutes. Secretary Smith began by saying that he opposed the free and unlimited coin age of silver at 16 to 1 for the same rea son that Benjamin 11. Hill had opposed it, and he read from the distinguished Georgian’s speech on the subject deliv ered in the United States senate. Ile declared that he opposed free coinage because he wanted to see' genuine bi metallism obtain in this country. The secretary denied that the act of ’73 had caused the fall in the price of silver. The law of supply and demand and the cheapening in the cost of min ing had been potent factors in that de preciation. Instead of our currency being con tracted since 1873, Secretary Smith de clared, it had been enormously in creased. He denied the proposition that the currency could be increased by a system of coinage which disregarded the commercial ratio and brought about monometalism with the cheaper metal alone in circulation. We have a greater per capita of gold and silver in circula tion now than ever before. Before ’73 only 8,031,000 silver dollars had been coined, exclusive of subsidiary coins. Since March ’93, during this adminis tration, more than 7,000,000 silver dol lars had been coined. The hard times had begun with the Sherman act. The fear of free silver coinage had shaken public confidence and caused a contrac tion of the credit currency which did 97’£ per cent of the business of the country. In remodelling our currency system, one should first fix a stable Standard; then retire the greenbacks, as recommended by Carlisle; give silver the right of way below §lO and allow state banks the right to issue notes'. He would not undertake to present a complete plan, but the central thought must be to have every dollar of equal value. The bond issue was necessary to pay demand notes of the government. Secretary Smith concluded by paint ing the disaster that would result from the election of a congress and a presi dent favorable to free silver coinage. Mr. Crisp’s Reply. Mr Crisp was given a rousing recep tion when he arose. In beginning he said he wanted to say that his “Brother Smith,” as he referred to the secretary, made as good an argument as he had ever heard in behalf of a cause so intrin sically weak. The trouble with Mr. Smith was that he confounded a bi metallic standard with a bimetallic cir culation. It was not necessary for the preservation of a bimetallic standard for the two metals to circulate together. He admitted that in fixing the ratio in this country Jefferson had consulted the commercial ratio, but at that time silver was admitted to free coinage the world over. If you will give us free coinage, he declared, and restore silver to liberty, then we’ll talk with you about changing the.ratio. Here Mr. crisp read a letter written by Secretar Smith in 2890, favoring the free coinage of silver, enunciating its declarations with careful emphasis. He also read what purported to bo ex tracts from two speeches delivered by Secretary Smith, one in 1894 in which he opposed the single gold standard, and the other in Augusta two nights ago, in which he advocated the single standard. The demonetization of silver caused the fall in prices, Mr. Crisp, contended, and he recited the reasons therefor. First, it reduced the money supply of the world. There had been hard times in this country of late. As soon as the people found out that silver had been demonetized, they began to agitate for its restoration. This agitation had be come a crime in the eyes of the ’ man who had a fixed income which was in creasing every day. He ridiculed the claim that the single gold standard was in favor of the laboring man. The ad vocates of free coinage, he urged, did not want a dishonest dollar. They did not want one dollar to have more value than another. All the talk about cheap money was “rot” concocted by the men whose interest it was to keep money dear. Mr. Crisp read from utterances of Secretary Carlisle in favor of the free coinage of silver, contrasting it with his position now. When you pass a law providing for free coinage, you make the gold and silver of the world of equal value. The remedy of the gold standard men was more bonds. It was ‘ ‘all for the bankers, none for us.” The first administration of Mr. Cleve land did pay off a large amount of bonds. But that did not alter the fact that his present administration had im posed on the people a debt that won. I amount to $500,000,000 before it was paid. Secretary Smith’s Kejoindt.. Generous applause accompanied Mr. Crisp's close, which was continued as Secretary Smith rose for his 20 minutes rejoinder. He declared that Mr. Crisp had dodged the proposition that you couldn’t have a bimetallic currency without having the legal ratio the same as the commercial ratio. He was willing to rest the whole case on that. Instead of answering the point Mr. Crisp had indulged in small talk and demagogical appeals to prejudice against the Rothschilds and Wall street. The secretary’s rejoinder was inter rupted by frequent outbursts of applause which in each case aroused opposing cheers for Crisp, interspersed with hisses and cat calls. He called attention to the fact that Mr. Crisp had not answered the historical authorities on bimetallism in France, which he had read in Au gusta. and closed with a defense of the bond issues by the present administra tion. aS? MOST DEPLORABLE. Condition of the Destitute In Eastern Tur key—Letter From an Armenian. Boston, April 4.—From recent letters from eastern Turkey it appears that the condition of the destitute in that sec tion is most deplorable in spite of the relief work which has been done there. Recent writers state that almost the en tire Armenian nation is struggling for existence under conditions the very con templation of which almost long for death. In writing at some length upon this subject, an Armenian in Harpoot says: “Dressed in rags, unwashed, smelling of stables so that the odor is almost un bearable, their eyes inflamed from the glare of the sun on the snow, they pre sent a sad sight. Whole families, hun gry and scantily clothed, sleep on the ground at night. In one place a man makes a pillow of himself and four sleep with their heads on him. The people huddle together in corners seek ing some protection from the cold. “Such things exist in the slums in other lands, but here the misery is in tensified by the rapidity of the trans ition. Many of the people were pros perous merchants a few months ago. And with their poverty they have other ills—chief of which is everpresent fear— a constant apprehension that makes them satrt and tremble at every sound. In the long evenings they converse in whis pers, lest enemies whom they know are listening, shall find out if they still use their native language, which has been forbidden. ’ ’ NINE PERSONS DROWNED. The Cloudburst In Kentucky Moro Dis astrous Thun at First Deported. Lexington, Ky., April 4.—The recent cloudburst in Clay and Cawley counties was more disastrous than at first re ported. Buffalo crook, which is across the south fork of the Kentucky river, suffered more than Section creek by the unusual rainfall. Every house on the bank of this stream was washed away. Miss Mary Garrett was drowned while trying to escape the flu- I. George Capson’s wife and three children, two children of Will Burns, and two others whose names are not given, were also drowned. Mr. John Crane, a logger, rescued his wife and small child when they were drifting down the stream on some uprooted trees. Thousands of logs are going down the stream. The large booms at Booneville are choked with logs and it is feared the booms and all will be carried away by the water. Part of the town is inun dated and a number of persons have had to move their household effects, upon the side of the mountain. North Fork and Middle creek are both overflowed, and at Jackson Military In stitute, Military Instructor Bull of the Jackson institute has been drowned while riding on a raft. X RAYS SAVED HIS HAND. Threatened Amputation Avoided In the Case of James Fitzsimmons. New Haven, April 4. —Dr. T. 11. Rus sell has removed the pieces of steel which were imbeded in the hand of Janies Fitzsimmons by the aid of the x rays. Fitzsimmons, while employed at a gun factory some months ago, was in jured by the explosion of a primer and several pieces of steel entered his hand. It bothered him for a long time, and Saturday Professor Hastings of Yale photographed the hand with Roentgen rays. He secured an excellent shadow graph, showing two good sized particles of steel in the hand. Fitzsimmons went to Dr. Russell’s office and there, with the assistance of the photograph, the pieces of sieel were removed. The hand will now heal and amputation will be avoided. HAT LAW PASSED. Ohio Wsjmen Can Be Fined For Obstruct ing the View In Theaters. OoLUiiBUS, 0., April 4 —The Fosdick bill, making it a misdemeanor for any person to wear a hat in a theater or other auditorium where any theatrical or spectacular performance is being given, passed the senate and is now a law, as it takes effect immediately on its passage, and no amendments were made in the senate. There were but 2 negative votes in the senate The new law is, of course, aimed at the big hats and headgear worn by women at theaters. It provides as a penalty a fine of from $2 to $lO, but no imprisonment. Prince Bismarck’s Birthday* Friederichsruhe, Germany, April I.—Prince Bismarck was 81 years old Wednesday, and in honor of his birth day bands of music played in the Schloss park dll the morning. Representatives of the Hamburg senate, bearing the congratulations of that body, and sev eral friends arrived here during the day and waited upon Prince Bismarck, who also received many floral tributes and presents and large numbers of tele grams, including one from Prince Henry of Prusssa. Emperor William’s present to Prince Bismarck wis a photograph of the imperial family, in a group, en closed in a handsome frame. Made a Rich Strike. San Francisco, April 4.—The great est strike made in a gold mine in Cali fornia for years, is reported to have been made recently in the Rawhide mine in Tulamine county. A pocket is said to have been found at the 900-foot level, the extent of which is not known, which contains nearly free gold. The samples assay from $15,000 to $20,000 a ton. It is said that the ore in sight nr«ia tainc flfciUMA THE MILL IS SILENT. Not a Wheel Is Turning in the Mills at Columbus. Columbus, Ga., March 31.—Tim Eag'u and Phonix mills for tl.o first time in many years were si lent yesterday and fifteeiThundrcd or more people who work at that factory are idle. the managers show no signs of giving in; neither do the workmen, and for that reason the indications are that the fight will be a long. A compromise appears improbable if not imposible. Over fit teen hundred men ami women have been thrown out by a strike of about 270 weavers. When the weavers went out, crippling the work of the mill, the manners closed up simp and that stopped everything. Had every operative in the mill gone on a strike it could not have made the place more si lent than it is. POOR DSCESTSON leads to ■ nervousness, chronic dyspepsia and great misery. The best remedy is HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA. Those who are troubled with rheumatism should try a few ap plicatians of Cnamberlain’s Pain balm, rubbing the parts vigorous ly at each application. *lf that docs not bring relief dampen a piece of flannel with Pain Balm and bind it on over the seat of pain and prompt relief will surely fol low. For sale by H. 11, Arrington druggist, Suninrervillo. Southern PostofflceS Raised. Washington, April 2.—The follow ing postoffices have boon raised to the presidential class, the action tnkiim effect at onco: Funeau, Alaska; Uni” versify, Cal., lifton, Ga.; yVilliams port, Ind.; Hammond, La.; Nnwayao-o Mich.; Glenwood, Minn.; Moss Point,’ Miss.; King City, Mo.; Fayette and Weston, 0.. Berwin and Natrona, Pa.; * Belzer, S. C.; Tennessee City, Tenn • Almapes and Maysville, Wis. French Warships beady to Sail. Toulon, April 2.—Three French war ships have boon made ready to sail at a moment’s notice. Buck lea’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Soros, Totter Chapped Hands, Chilbins, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, ami posi tively cures Piles or no pay re quired It is guaranteed give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25cents ••lox. for sale by H. 11. Arrington. \ : \ DUG INTO THE WALL. Bold Attempt of Unknown Persons ti> Wreck the Capitol of 31 ississippi. Jackson, Miss., April 2.—An attempt was made late at night t> wreck the state eapitol. At 10 o’clock, while Lee setary of State Power was engaged in his office at the eapitol, ho heard a noise outside the door. Going to the window he saw several mon digging at the wall between the door and a window. His appearance frightened away the men, and an investigation showed that two pieces of stone about 2 foot square had ' been removed from the wall. Had the work gone on a little longer, a section of the Avail, about 4x 20 feet, would have fallen, thus wreck mg the whole building. Strenuous efforts were made during 1 the recent legislative session to provide for a new building, but nothing was done in the matter, and it is thought some miscreants took this means of se curing immediate action. ... Awarded ; sfjrhest honors—World’s Fair. V ■ * OBW BAKING 1 P® •» MOST PERFECT MCDE. ■ A pure Grr.pt Cr:; ’.: of Tartar Powder. Frrt from Ammonia, Alum c; any cthe- adulterant 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. No 5