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THE MORGAN MONIT
VOL. IV. NO. 27.
ROOSEVELT VISITS M’KINLEY
New York’s Chief Executive Was an Invited
Guest at the White House.
TEDDY APPROVES WORK OF IRE ADMINISTRATION.
Declares That No Mistakes Have Been Hade-Philip-
pine Policy Is Sustained.
Governor Theodore Roosevelt, of
New York, was the guest of the presi¬
dent at the white house Saturday
night. He arrived in the afternoon
from Oyster Bay in response to a tele¬
graphic request from President Mc¬
Kinley to come to Washington for a
consultation.
Governor Roosevolt -was met at the
depot by tbe president’s secretary,
.Mr. Cortelyou, and driven direct to
the white bouse, where he was received
by the president. There was a short
conversation between the two distin-
guisked men before dinner. After¬
wards, together with Secretary Hay,
Secretary Long, Attorney General
Griggs and General Corbin, they sat
upon tho western veranda of the exec¬
utive mansion for a long consultation.
His visit set afloat various rumors,
among them that he had been called
te Washington to be tendered the of-
flee of secretary of war, to be given
command of a brigade in the Philip-
pmes and to designate an entire
regiment for service there. He de-
dined to discuss these, protesting the
president’s purpose was merely to
consult him regarding the organize-
tion Of the new volunteer army, espe-
daily the personal of the officers. He
was asked in so many words whether
the president had tendered him the
secretaryship. He replied to this ques-
tion only wi'h a laugh.
Tke governor’s best friends in
Washington say that regardless of the
facts as to the president’s tender or
failure to make one, the governor
would much prefer his present po-
sition as of the Empire state to
n fractional term in the war depart-
ment, and his treatment of the ques-
tion renders this theory as to his atti-
tude most plausible.
Governor Roosevelt dictated the
following interview to the Associated
Press:
“The president has, told me that he
wished recommendations based upon
the efficiency of the men recommend¬
ed, and that he will heed no others.
The president’s attitude in the matter
in the face of the terrific political
pressure to which he is and will be
subjected is such as to intitle him to
the support of all men who feel that
politics has no place in the army, who
feel that it is, in a peculiar seuse, the
property of the whole country, and
that in the giving of commissions and
promotions alike absolutely no con¬
sideration should enter outside of (he
merit of the men as soldiers.
“My own recommendations will be
limited to the men I had under me, or
saw in action, and to the members of
the New York volunteer regiments of
whose merits I have, as governor, not
merely official knowledge, but also tho
knowledge gained from personal in¬
quiry among their superiors.”
Referring to the general situation
in the Philippines and the policy of
the administration with reference to
those islands, Governor Roosevelt said:
“Of course any American worthy of
the name must stand behind the pres¬
ident in his absolute purpose to bring
the insurrection in the Philippines to
an end. I have no question that by
the beginning of the dry season Gen¬
eral Otis 1 will be in shape to stamp out
all resistance. Then thq, president
can and will see that the reign of -ab¬
solute law and justice follows. It
cannot be too clearly kept in mind
that the whole trouble is due to the
men who for two months prevented
the ratification of the treaty of peace
and to those who declined to give the
president the troops he needed upon
the terms he asked. Those who took
part in the first movement to oppose
the treaty have on their souls the
guilt of moat of the bloodshed both of
our own troops and that of the natives
of the Phillippines; and the would-be
traitors who have since been encour¬
aging Aguinaldo and his followers to
the limit of their small capacity share
tbe guilt so far as their feeble powers
permit.
“Those who opposed giving us the
forces we needed thereby showed
themselves enemies of their country
and of the flag. Every man who so
voted in the senate may have the .satis¬
faction of knowing that he has done all
that, he could to bring discredit on the
flag and disgrace upon our arms. It
is all the more to tho credit of the ad¬
ministration that it has steadfastly pur¬
sued the path of national honor and
steadfastly upheld the interests and
the good name of the nation ns a
whole, in spite of the way it has been
hampered by those who sought to be¬
tray the nation. We have a right to
NOT A GIFT TO BRYAN.
Nebraskan Placed tho Carload of Melons
On the Market As Instructed.
A Lincoln, Neb., dispatch says: W.
J. Bryan denied Sunday that the car-
load of melons sent him by J. D. Me-
Eac-hern & Co., of Morven, Ga., V.
Intended as a gift. He was merely
flaked to place them on the market in
jpLincoln, Jnercbant, He who turned sold the the cue melons over to and a
jpaid the freight bill,
demand the support of every true
American for the administration’s
policy in the Philippines, and every
American who is far-sighted and patri¬
otic should join in denouncing alike
the men who strive to give aid and
comfort to the foes not only of Amer¬
ica but of civilization in the Philip¬
pines, and also those other men who
would prevent our army’s being made
equal to the national need.”
TRAIN MANGLES SEVEN.
Tlan, Wife and Four Children
Meet Death at a Rail¬
road Crossing.
All but one of the seven members of
the family of William Eeinhard, of
Columbus, O., were killed and tho re-
maining one badly injured by a pas¬
senger train Sunday afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. Reinbard and their
five children, ranging in age from
nine to fourteen,were out for an after¬
noon drive in a surrey. They were
crossing tho tracks just as the
westbound passenger train, due at
3:15 p. m., came along. The vehicle
was knocked into splinters and Mrs.
Reinbard and Arthur and Karl were
killed outright. Edward and William
after were so badly wounded that they died
being removed to a hospital,
Clarence sustained a fractured collar-
bone and other lesser injuries, but it
is believed he will recover. The horse
which was attached to the surrey war
literally ground to pieces,
The crossing has long been regarded
as a dangerous one, the view of in-
coming trains being obscured by 1
high fence around the fairgrounds,
speed. The train was running at a liigh
CIGABMAKERS LOCKED OUT,
Tlio Strike Trouble At. Tampa, Fla , Comefc
To a Focus.
Twenty large cigar factories in Tam¬
pa, Fla., closed Saturday afternoon on
account of labor trouble.
Four thousand men are thrown out
of employment and already many
threats are being made and incendiary
talk is being heard. The large major¬
ity of the men belong to the Latin
races, being Cubans, Spaniards and
Italians.
Some twelve weeks ago there was a
strike in the Ybor Manrara factory,
400 men going out because the filler
tobacco was weighed. All efforts to
settle the matter was futile and at last
it became known that the cigar makers
had designs upon other factories as
soon as this one was over with. This
caused the manufacturers to form an
association and settle the matter by a
lockout. This means that a cash
weekly payroll of over $80,000 will be
cut off until the affair is settled.
MANY SUBJECTS OF CHARITY
Is One of tho He suits of the Disastrous
Floods In XexiiR.
Governor Sayers, of Texas, has
stated to an Associated Press corres¬
pondent that judging from all the re¬
ports he had received officially from
the flooded district, there had been
great loss of property, both personal
and corporate; that hundreds of peo¬
ple had been bereft of their homes and
belongings, and that at present there
were in the neighborhood of 45,000
people, the majority of them being ne¬
groes, who were dependent entirely
upon public charity for sustenance.
The suffering of water-bound refugees
has been very great.
The governor figures the reports
out to show that the loss of life has
been comparatively small, not exceed¬
ing fifty persons. The heaviest farm¬
ing losses will fall upon the owners
of the big plantations in the bottoms,
who have lost all their crops and much
of their physical property and are not
being protected in the distribution of
charity, which is being expended only
among the poor.
On Charge of High Treason.
Advices from Pretoria state that the
Transvaal government has decided to
prosecute on the charge of high trea¬
son the three principal defendants
whose complicity in the attempt to
promote a rebellious rising at Johan¬
nesburg has been uuder judicial inves¬
tigation.
North Atlantic Squadron.
The North Atlantic squadron ar¬
rived at Portsmouth, N. B., Sunday,
and will leave for Portland on Thurs¬
day.
War Material For Transvaal
A special dispatch received in Lon-
don from Rome says hat the German
steamer Re.ehstag has sailed
Naples with lo,000 rifles, 500 tons of
war material and 5 00 mules tor the
Transvaal.
Carriage Struck Bp Train.
A carriage containing William M.
Diem and Miss Lizzie Freqnezel, was
struck by a Wabash train at Buffalo,
N. Y., Sunday eight and both of the
occupants were instantly killed.
MORGAN. GA.. THURSDAY, JULY IT 1899.
GEORGIA VS. CONSOLIDATED
Governor Candler Orders Suit
Against Atlanta Street
Railways.
Governor Candler of Georgia issued
an order to Attorney General Terrell
Thursday morning directing him to
bring suit in the name of the state
against the Atlanta Consolidated Street
Rail way Company, the Atlanta Railway
and Power Company, the Atlanta Rail¬
way Company and Trust Company of
Georgia for an alleged violation of the
constitution of the state, in defeating
or attempting to lessen competition.
The action of Governor Candler was
taken in the interest of a number of
citizens of Atlanta residing along
Richardson street, who filed a peti¬
tion with the chief executive complain¬
ing against tho proposed action of the
above named companies in what is
thought to be an attempt to injure tlie
excellent' service now operated on
Richardson street. The signers of the
petition claim to represent property
to the value of $100,000 along Rich¬
ardson street which, it is alleged,
would be move or less affected by the
change of the service along that
thoroughfare.
The petition to Governor Candler
was granted by him yesterday morn¬
ing on the same ground that the pe¬
tition of the citizens of Eatouton, Ga.,
against the Central road was allowed,
for the reason that should such a suit
be brought by individuals they would
be demurrered out of court, It was
considered just that the complaint of
the applicants be given a hearing,
and since this could only be accom-
plished by the *it state of Georgia becom¬
ing a party, was so ordered by the
chief executive.
Judge Candler has issued the neces¬
sary restraining order, temporarily en¬
joining transfer of any more stock
from the Trust Company of Georgia to
either of the other companies named,
or from the Atlanta Railway Com¬
pany to the Trust Company of
Georgia.
His order further enjoins the opera¬
tions of the lines under the amended
charter of the Consolidated Street
Railway Company, or as a combina¬
tion.
The case was set by Judge Candler
for July 15tk unless a speedier bear¬
ing is desired by the Atlanta Railway
and Power Company and others, in
which case three days’ notice must be
given by them.
Joel Hurt, of Atlanta, in speaking
of the matter, says:
“1 am not surprised that the bill
has been filed. I have been expect¬
ing it for several days.
“I have no fear regarding the out¬
come. It is just an effort to protect
the electric light monopoly which now
exists in the city.
“It is not difficult to imagine who is
behind the proceeding, and it is an¬
other move against the Atlanta Rail¬
way and Power Company, which will
amount to nothing.”
THE MOHAWKS INDORSE BRYAN.
Organization Will Meet Where National
Committee Convenes.
A dispatch from Btiffklo, N. Y.,
says: The Mohawks, a democratic
organization said to comprise GOO wig-
wams and over 50,000 active members,
which has been in secret session here
since the third instant, has elected
officers and adjourned to meet next
year in the city selected for the
national democratic convention, one
week prior to that convention. Steps
xvere taken to begin immediately the
work of organizing new wigwams.
The national executive committee
was reduced from thirteen to seven
members. The 1 resolutions adopted
denounced trusts and monopolies; in¬
dorse Bryan and free silver and op¬
pose militarism.
EIGHT PERSONS ARE DROWNED.
Minnesota Lives Lost in the Heavy Floods
of Wednesday Night.
A special from St. Paul says: Eight
lives are reported lost at Crookston,
and much damage done all through
the Red river valley by Wednesday
night’s storm.
The only report thus far has been
received from St. Cloud, having
reached that point by train. The
railroads have no details of the storm
damage, and the same is true of the
telegraph companies The storm-swept
district is thickly settled, and details
are meager.
FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
Editor NcI.ean Will Accept Nomination
of Association of Democratic Clubs.
A special from Columbus, O., says:
Au interesting feature of Friday’s con¬
vention of the Ohio Association of
Democratic Clubs was the announce¬
ment that John R. McLean would ac¬
cept the nomination for governor,
which is believed to signify the formal
beginning of his candidacy.
When questioned as to whether he
would be a candidate for the nomina¬
tion, Mr. McLean made this state¬
ment:
“If the democrats of Ohio give me
the nomination and my friends ask mo
to take it, I will accept.”
New Mill for Newberry.
Interest increMe(1 in the pro ed
|Tlew cotton mill at Newberry, S C
* rhe commission has been ordered
f VO m the secretary of state. It is to
be stvIefI « rhe Anchor” Cotton Mill
company. The capital stock will be
$250,000 to start with.
Refuses to Release Prisoners.
Aguinaldo, according to n dispatch
received at Madrid from Manila, re¬
fuses to liberate the Spanish military
prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos.
AN APPALLING
DEATH LIST
Is the Result of Heavy Floods In
Lone Star State.
BRAZOS VALLEY DEVASTATED.
One Hundred People are Known
to Be Dead and Property Loss
May Reach $15,000,000.
A special of Wednesday from Hous¬
ton, Texas, states that a correspond¬
ent has just returned from a voyage
through the flood districts. The half
has not been told of the havoc wrought.
The disaster is so appalling (hat de¬
scription is not possible. After this
flood will come sickness undoubtedly,
and what a week ago was the fairest
part of Texas is now almost a God¬
forsaken wilderness.
The waters of the Brazos have for
six days covered its valley for a depth
of from six to thirty feet; where a week
ago there were on every hand fiolds of
cotton and corn and thousands of acres
of watermelons and eantalonpos, today
there is slime all over tho vegetation.
Carcasses nre found of cows, mules,
prigs, dogs and cats, and mayhap hu¬
man beings, for many are missing.
The correspondent thus describes tho
situation:
“Our party left Bryan at sunrise
Wednesday morning,’ going to tho Na-
vasoto bottoms and to a point about
three miles from Millican. Hero we
encountered everywhere an overflow
from the Navnsoto which spread out
fully two miles on either side of the
Houston and Texas Central track.
Everything is under water from two
to seventeen feet. It looked on all
sides like a great lake, and the water
was so high that for a vast area it
completely submerged the telegraph
and telephone poles along the line. In
truth, portions of the Navasota bot¬
toms are even now a perfect sea, ex¬
tending four or five miles wide at
certain points.
Hundreds of Houses Submerged.
“I saw hundreds of houses there
totally submerged, and as many more
were swept from their foundations and
destroyed. The planters of the bot¬
toms are still moving their help and
whatever is left of their stock to places
whore they can be cared for. They
are all nobly helping each other, and
taking refuge wherever they can, some
of them seeking safety on housetops.
“All the planters stated that tho
outside world has no conception of the
losses incurred by the destruction of
crops, stock and buildings. Nearly
every planter has built boats and sent
them through the flooded districts to
render assistance to the people, and,
if possible, save some of their drown¬
ing stock.
“The flood district has a length of
over COO miles, a breadth of probably
fifty miles, and in all this vast space
damage incalculable has been done,
“The loss of life will never be fully
known, perhaps; the bottoms were
thickly settled, mostly with negro
tenant farmers; among these has been
the greatest loss of life. To show the
damage done, the following estimate
has been made by men who are in a
position to know: Lives lost, from 100
to 300. Loss to farmers, including
crops as well as live stock, from $5,000,-
000 to $15,000,000. Damage to rail¬
road and county bridges, from $2,000, -
000 to 84,000.000.
“These estimates are laken in the
whole area. It is known that more
than sixty people have met their
death; that many bodies have been re¬
covered; it is not believed (hat all of
them will ever be recovered.”
Sheriff Swearingen Talks.
Deputy Sheriff Swearingen, of Aus¬
tin county, made the following state¬
ment over the long-distance telephone
at Healey;
“Relief has not reached the flood
victims in this section. Thirteen dead
bodies have been recovered near the
town of Brookshire, thirteen miles
from here. Forty-five persons above
Sealey are reported missing and given
up for dead. Seven were drowned to¬
day in a boat seven miles below Sea-
ley.
“About 400 persons are isolated ou
a small piece of land in the Brazos
bottoms three miles from Brookshire.
Several hundred more are surrounded
at San Philipe, three miles from Sea-
ley. Unless relief can soon reach these
two places, 800 lives will probably
be lost. Many will die, as it is, from
hunger, exposure and exhaustion.
“The water today is running through
the town of Brookshire, something
never known before. The sixty five
lives reported lost here today Mere in
a radius of twenty-five miles north
and south of Sealey, We are com¬
pletely isolated at Sealey, but this
town is not in danger. We cannot
estimate the situation beyond the
limits I mention. The whole face of
the country here is a sea.”
JONES WILL NOT QUIT.
Will Hold On to Chairmanship of the
National Democratic! Committee.
Ex-Governor William J. Stone, of
Missouri, who has been for some time
the controlling figure in the democrat¬
ic national committee, states that
there was no truth in the reports that
Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas,
intends to resign the chairmanship of
the committee, and that Senator Mar¬
tin, of Virginia, is likely to succeed
him.
RAINY SEASON IN PHILIPPINES
CAUSING DISCOMFORT.
DEEP WATERS FLOW UNDER BUNKS
Companies Are Cut Off By Swollen anti
TJnfortlable Streams-Manila Bay
Cannot Non- Bo Navigated.
Advices from Manila under date of
July 10 state that it has been raining
and storming to such an extent that
the country along the American south
and bay lines is literally flooded. The
soldiers are suffering great discomfort.
The Thirteenth infantry at Pnray is
in the worst position, being practically
surrounded by water. The bridges
that were used for getting supplies
have been washed away, and some of
the companies are now separated by
streams six feet deep. In many cases
the men are sleeping with three feet of
water beneath their bunks, which are
elevated on cracker boxes. The com¬
pany cooks, when preparing tho meals,
stand kn< e deep in water.
Some of the roads leading to Paray
are fields simply impassable, and the rice
on all sides nre one great lake.
A high wind blew over several tents
of the Second Regiment hospital.
Manila bay is impossible of naviga¬
tion by either launches or canoes and
no vessels are leaving the harbor.
The United States transport Cen¬
tennial is ready to sail for San Frau-
cisca with discharged soldiers, but the
latter have to sit. around the water
front all day, drenched to the skin,
waiting for a launch to take them to
the steamer.
The river Pasig and all the other
streams are swollen, nnd the city
streets at low points are covered with
water.
been Friendly Filipinos in Manila have
the medium of communications
between the American authorities and
the military leaders of the insurrec¬
tion iu Cavite province, which for
some time promised to result in bring¬
ing over a prominent general and sev¬
eral hundred of his followers, with
their arms. If the negotiations had
succeeded the outcome would have
had a great moral effect, for other de¬
fections doubtless would have fol¬
lowed.
Were the general's name given it
might lead iu his case to a fate similar
to that .which has befallen other Filipi¬
nos suspected of freindliness towards
the Americans. He had foreseen the
failure of the insurrection and advised
Aguinaldo to make terms, hut it is
understood that he has sent word to
the Americans that having sworn to
support the insurrection, ho must re¬
main loyal to the end.
Similar negotiations nre said on
good authority to have been conduct¬
ed with a member of the cabinet of
the so-called Filipino government,
who himself took the initiative. Some
form of money consideration figured
in the discussion with his friends.
VERDICT QUICKLY REACHED.
Jury AcquilH Gen. James Walker, Who
In Turn Tliankn Them.
A dispatch from Bristol, Tonn.,
says: The jury in the case of the com¬
monwealth of Virginia against General
James A. Walker on a charge of shoot¬
ing with intent to commit murder
rendered a verdict of acquittal at 8:30
o’clock Saturday night, after having
been out only twenty-five minutes.
I" Maiker 1 espouse to the verdict General
said:
Gentlemen of the jury, allow me
to express my sincere thanks to you.
I had no doubt of your verdict from
flic time I first heard that I had an
honest jury from Montgomery county.”
JUDGMENT WAS POSTPONED.
Admiral Cervera Wan Not Acquitted an
Haw Been Reported.
It is now said the courtmartial at
Madrid did not aetully acquit Admiral
Cervera and the other officers tried in
connection with the destruction of the
Spanish fleet off' Santiago do Cuba
July 3, 1898, by the fleet under the
command of Admiral Sampson, but
postponed judgment and released
them, which is regarded as equivalent
to an acquittal.
KNBKAVODERS SIKH ALL DAY.
Twenty Tnouwand Delegate* Are Now
Gathered in Detroit.
A dispatch from Detroit, Mich.,
says: Both of the great main tents
owned by the United Society of Chris¬
tian Endeavor were used Wednesday
night for the first time during the eigh¬
teenth international convention, and
both contained their full quota of
10,000 people, and as usual, hundreds
of others who failed to secure admit¬
tance patiently occupied standing
room all around the outer edges.
Many visiting delegates from long
distances came in Wednesday, swelling
the number of stranger delegates, it is
believed, beyond tho 20,000 mark.
BISHOP NEWMAN DEAD.
Method,,t Episcopal church died at
h,s home in Saratoga shortly after
noon AVednesday. His physician an-
nounced early 1.1 the <.ay that the end
bad arrived
lhe woudeiful vitality exhibited by
5 o I’l ffiop "l' f > luul bee 1 m a nenous
§ ndition since early Sunday morning,
astonished friends and physicians.
WILL NOT ARBITRATE.
Government of Austria-Hungary
Turned Down by Wash¬
ington Officials.
A cablo dispatch from Vienna says
that the United Statos government has
declined the proposal of the govern¬
ment of Austria-Hungary to arbitrate
the claims for damages arising from
the death of Austrian-Hungarian sub¬
jects during the rioting of Hazleton,
I’a., in September, 1897.
The officials at Washington confirm
the advices from Vienna that a plan
of arbitration proposed as a means of
settling claims growing out of the Ha-
zleton, Rn., riots had been rejected by
the United States. This probably dis-
poses of the n atter, according to tho
view held here, as it has run the en¬
tire gamut of diplomatic negotiations,
and all of the plans of settlement, in¬
cluding the last one of arbitration,
have come to naught.
At the outset the state department
called the matter to the attention of
the governor of Pennsylvania, who in
turn awaited the action of the grand
jury at Hazelton, which tried the sher¬
iff on the charge of murder. The jury
acquitted the sheriff, whereupon the
Pennsylvania authorities held that
they could not recognize a responsi¬
bility which a jury had held did not
exist.
Tho state department took a similar
view, whereupon Austria-Hungary pro¬
posed arbitration of the claims. It is
this last proposal which is rejected,
which seems to close the matter, as
the claims are hardly considered of
sufficient importance to justify Aus¬
tria-Hungary to go beyond diplomatic
representations she has already made.
VOLUNTEER WITH ERS
Are Named Ily Preniileiit McKinley Under
IIIh llocent Cull.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president hns made the following ap
poiniments iu the volunteer army, the
former service of each officer following
tho name:
To be captains:—Janiey B. Adams,
first lieutenant, Fourth United States
volunteer infantry; Frank F. Cren¬
shaw, first lieutenant, Third United
States volunteer infantry; Paul G.
Gallaher, captain First Kentucky; Ja-
eob H. Culver, captain, Second United
States Volunteer cavalry; Charles D.
Geither, captain, Ninth United States
volunteer infantry; John Van Ness
Philip, first lieutenant, Fourth United
States volunteer infantry.
To be first lieutenants—Robert
I. Arnold, captain Third Ten-
nessee; Kent Browning, Fourth
United States volunteer infantry;
Thomas G. Bradley, First United
Btates volunteer cavalry; Walter P.
Corbett, first lieutenant First Georgia
Volunteers; James D. Fauutleroy,
captain, Third United States volun¬
teer engineers; James C. Hixon, cap¬
tain Fifth United States volunteer iu-
fautry; William M. Meek, first lieu¬
tenant Third Tennessee; William P.
Screws, second lieutenant Third Ala¬
bama volunteers; Thomas H. Under-
Wood, captain. Fifth United States
volunteer infantry.
To be second lieutentants—William
K. Armstrong, second lieutenant Sec¬
ond Alabama volunteers; Arthur G.
Duncan, private, First United States
Volunteer cavalry; George M. Holley,
second lieutenant, Third United States
volunteer engineers; Henry K. Love,
corporal, Fir.it United States volunteer
cavalry; Wilford Twymau, second lieu-
tent First Kentucky volunteers.
TRAGEDY IX CHURCH.
Fromlnont Citizen of Dallas, Tex., Shot
Down Without Warning,
One of the most startling tragedies
Dallus, Texas, has ever known oc-
curred Monday night in the First
Christian church of that city. In the
midst of protracted meeting services
John T. Carlisle arose from liis scat at
tbe rear of the house and walked to
where Professor William Lipscomb,
principal of the Central High school,
the leading educational institution of
the public schools of tho city, was
seated, nnd shot him dead without a
word of warning.
Carlisle had for nearly a year been
chief janitor of the high school, but
failed to bo reappointed by the school
board some days ago.
Carlisle attributed his defeat for re¬
appointment to the professor’s influ¬
ence with the school board. It is be¬
lieved this was the cause of the mur¬
der.
TRAGEDY ON EXCURSION TRAIN.
A Neijro Fatally Wonnils Dr. W. D.
Jennings, of South Carolina.
A special from Columbia, S. C.,
says: On the return of an excursion
from Augusta, Dr. W. D. Jennings, of
McCormick, Abbeville county, was
fatally shot by a negro on the train.
After being wounded Dr. Jennings
drew his pistol and fired three shots,
killing his assailant instantly.
Dr. Jennings is a young physician,
the grandson of the doctor by the
same name who lived in Edgefield, and
is one of tho most prominent physi-
cians in the state.
ROBERT BONNER DEAD.
A New York dispatch says: Robert
Bonner, publisher of The New York
J je( ]g e r and owner of tho famous
1 horses, died at his home in this city at
j | 7:40 Mr. o’clock Bonner Thursday had been night. ill
for some
mon y 1S) but was able to be about until
■
j few dBy8 ttg0 . Death was due to a
geDera j breaking c3o „. a of tfae
U PER YEAR.
OUTLAWRY
IN CUBAN ISLE
Bandits On the Island Harass
Peaceful Inhabitants.
PLANTERS FORCED TO DONATE
,, Robbers , . Seem _ , to „ Have .... I lungs .
Their Own Way In Western
Portion of the Island.
Advices from Havana indicate that*
bandits on tho island of Cuba are
very active. The Manzanillo rural
polieo have killed Robinson Arito, an
escaping outlaw.
At Bayamo 5,000 men are awaiting
payment. About 2,000 weapons have
been delivered to the mayor. At Bo-
jucal two armed men hailed Julio An¬
gulo, owner of fhe plantation Santa
Rosa, and ordered him to open the
door of his house, llo hesitated or
refused, and they fired twice through
the window, whereupon he complied.
Tho men were Maximo Rodriguez
nnd Antonio Morono, who escaped
from Bojucal jail last mouth. They
They bound Angulo, Rearched the
house, secured $510, and having or¬
dered him to bring an additional $500
to a spot designated within an hour,
under threat to leturn and kill him,
they left with the planter’s horse,
riflo and machete.
A short time afterwards the Batne
mon practiallv repeated this same per¬
I formance on the plantation Guijalos,
belonging to Fermin Diaz. There
! they obtained ten centimes. They
, went n xt to the adjoining farm, the
! property of Jose Gonzales, where they
secured $10 and various articles of
jewelry, finally disappeariii; untouch¬
ed by the bullets fired fronj the raided
houses after their departure.
The mayor of Alquizar has asked
Governor General Brooke to cease
sending rations to that point and to
expend an equal amount in tbe pur-
chase of farming implements “in or-
der that our people may earn their
livelihood instead of being dependent
upon alms,whose regular arrival tends
to encourage vagrancy and to destroy
self-respect. ”
The hoard of agriculture of Puerto
Principe has appointed Sonora Garde-
nus “iu! Uunces a committee to visit
Washington and ask for an appropria-
tion for the province to enable it to
purchase farm implements.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Lint of New ImliiHtrloH Hgtahlishecl the
Fast Week.
Tho more important of tho new in¬
dustries reported during the past week
include a $25,000 canning factory in
Texas; coal mines in Tennessee and
Virginia; cooperage works in Tennes¬
see; a cotton debating plant in Louisi¬
ana; cotton mills in Georgia and tho
(Jarolinus; a cotton and woolen mill in
North Carolina; cotton seed oil mills
iu Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas; elec¬
tric light plants in Florida and
Tennessoe; flouring mills in South
Carolina and Tennessee; a foundry in
Virginia; gold mining companies in
North Carolina and Virginia; a grain
elevator iu North Carolina; a hardware
company in Texas; an ice factory in
West Virginia; kaolin mines in South
Carolina; lumber mills in Alabama
and Virginia; marble quarries in Ten¬
nessee; a planing mill in Kentucky; a
stave factory in Kentucky; a telegraph
cross-arm factory in Texas; telephone
exchanges in Kentucky and Tennes¬
see; a water power plant in North Car¬
olina; a rice mill iu Louisiana.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Railroads Badly Damaged.
The railroads of Texas, especially
those of south Texas, have been hard
hit by the great Hoods of the past two
weeks. The damage inflicted upon the
physical properties has been great.but
the loss in revenues is still greater.
A Schooner Missing.
The schooner Ida L. Hilll, of Barn¬
stable,Mass., is believed to have been
totally wrecked on an island in Ma-
ehins bay, Maine, during a thick fog
and rough water Monday morning.
(7,All’s BROTHER d'eaI).
DuU« Georgo a Victim of Violent
mid Kuiidcn Hemorrhage.
A special from St, Petersburg, Rus¬
sia, says: The Grand Duke George,
brother of tho czar, is dead. An offi¬
cial dispatch from Abbas Tuman, in
the Caucasus, announces that the
grand duke died of violent and sudden
hemorrhage of the throat.
Another brother, the Grand Duke
Michael of Russia, now heir apparent,
is at present in London. It is under¬
stood the czar will shortly issue a
ukase ordering that in the event of a
minor succeeding to the throne, his
brother, Grand Duke Michael, is to
act as regent.
CHICAGOESE ROAST PRESIDENT.
McKinley, one hundred and deckT ten prom-
ment Chicago citizens the
chief executive of the nation has vio
! luted a solemn pledge in his recent
civil service order: McKinlev’s
record is compared with that of Grover
Cleveland and others of his predeces-
sors, and he is earnestly besought bought 1 t9 9
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