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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1899)
THE MORGAN MB MONITOR VOL. IV. NO 38. MUST RESTRAIN ALL COMBINES Outcome of the Convention Held Under Sayer’s Call. STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Capital Invested Legitimately Should Not Be Interfered With. After two day3 of spoech-mnking at St. Louis, tho governors, attorney generals and other state representa¬ tives adopted resolutions outlining the legislation needed to control the so-called trusts and combinos and ad¬ journed sine die Thursday night. Tho resolutions embodied were agreed to after a long session of the committee on resolutions. So widely divergent were Ihe views presented for its consideration that it was after midnight when the committee was able to arrive at any conclusion. The whole matter was then referred to a sub-com¬ mittee, composed of Governor McMil- lin, of Tennessee, and Attorneys Gen¬ era! Smith, of Texas, and Campbell, of Colorado, to put, into proper shape. Governor MeMillin, chairman of the committee on resolutions, presented tho report of that committee. In presenting the report of the com- mittee on resolution, Govornor Mc- Miltin said he was aware of the fact that the trusts and combinations in restraint of trade are in a de- groe dependable upon federal, state and municipal governments for tlieir continuance. He believed it was in¬ cumbent upon the national, state and municipal governments to restrain the operations of these trusts and combi¬ nations. "The situation and perhaps the ef¬ forts of the conference nre misunder¬ stood,” the speaker contitied. "It is not tho object of this conference to crush corporations, nor to interfere with capital in any legitimate form. The object of these resolutions is not to crush either corporations or to de¬ stroy capital, but to regulate them, so as to meet the fair demands of all tho people. "This is the purpose and this is the object we hope to accomplish. Tho organization of trusts and combinos within the last two years is the occa- sion and authorily for our presence here. We are seeking to ascertain a proper power for tho curtailment of what is apparently menacing evil, and the accomplishment of this object can be effected through the independent action of the citizen. We have the best land in tho history of man. “We furnish tho world with thirty- one per cent of the manufactured ar¬ ticles of the world and thirty-two per cent of all the banking. In the mat¬ ter of agriculture, notwithstanding Great Britain, Russia and other CGiin- tries, we feed the world. This agri¬ cultural class is not organized and cannot be organized into (rusts or combines and must bo protected against other interests which can combine. “The industrial and other impor¬ tant interests are combined to con¬ trol the wealth of the country in the hands of a few and by these means tho sweat and toil -of the millions is controlled. Our object is to prevent this. Corporations nre necessary in a proper duct degreo to the successful con- of business, but they should not he so managed and controlled ns to destroy business. It is not proper to place the commerce of this great eoun- try in the bands of three or four peo¬ ple and thereby control the labor and destiny of the republic. “Bhen all these industries are combined into one Viand for the man¬ ufacture of a given article, they paral¬ yze labor without extending sufficient protection. It is one of the objects of this conference to correct this condi¬ tion of affairs. “Within recent years, I think less than two years, not less thnn 200 trusts have organized with a capital of $4,256,000,000. If all the gold drawn from the earth could bo mar- shaled into one sum it could not pay the obligations of these trusts; if all plied s *. ® r it taken from the earth was ap¬ could not cancel tho obliga¬ tions of these combinations. 1“ concluding, the speaker claimed that the interests were so vital ns not 0 ^ P R Gisan character, but con¬ * tended j , that prohibitive tariff had a much to do with the creation of trusts, p.sing tion. sugar trust as an illustra¬ Absolutions thanking Governor Say¬ ers for his efforts in behalf of tho con- ference were adopted before delaring the conference adjourned. Miners Raise Cain In Arkansas. Mail advices show that a reign of error exists in the coal mining dis- ric s of Sebastian county, Arkansas, ere strikes of the miners continue. OHIO CAMPAIGN OPENED. Governor Roosevelt and Undue Nash Speak At Akron. The republican state campaign was Akron, Ohio, Saturday with *“ e * ar Sest crowds known in the Ty of l ,oliUcs in Ohio. Special ln ’ ,rom Cleveland, Toledo, Colurn- g8 to,vu nnd Cantor, brought * people, , and it in estimated that e *«•« 50.000 Visitors in Akron. »rl n »f rnor Roosevelt and Judge Nash e 8 V eak ers of the occasion. BAY STATE DEMOCRATS Held Convention In Boston, Name Ticket cml Endorse Bryan and Silver. The Massachusetts Democratic state convention assembled at Boston Thurs¬ day for the nomination of state officers and tile election of delegates to the National Democratic convention. In less than two hours it was in a tremendous wrangle, aud the polic e were called in to restore order. George Fred Williams was given an enthusiastic reception as ho mounted the platform. Christophor T. Cal¬ houn, chairman of the state central committee, called tho convention to order, delivering a long address. Com¬ mittees were appointed aud William S. MejSfary was elected permanent chairman. In his speech chairman MoNary said: "Wo pronounce for bimatallism, for the money of the constitution, for the free coinage of both gold and silver, the policy which was followed by this country from 1789 to 1873 and under which wo grew great, happy and pros¬ perous." Tlia convention nominated the fol¬ lowing ticket: Governor—Robert Treat Paine, Jr., of Boston. Attorney General—John H. Morri¬ son, of Lowell. Secretary of State—Harry Lloyd, of Boston, State Treasurer—Joseph J. Flynn, of Lawrence. Auditor—J. J. Ramsdell, of Lvnn. The personalties which were in¬ dulged in were directed as much against Congressman Fitzgerald as against Mr. Williams, the pan-y lead¬ er, and hard names were called on both sides. Tho final result of all the confusion and discord was the over¬ whelming passage of every motion and report that was made by the state committee, and the election of na- tional convention delegates. The clelegetes at large are: George Fred Williams,Col. A. C. Drinkwater, William F. McNary and Christopher T. Callahan. The financial plank of tho Chicago platform is particularly reiterated,and the financial ills of the five years prior to 1*97 are ascribed to "a contracted currency for which republican finan¬ cial legislation has provided no form of relief.” Trusts are condemned and the war in the Philippines is characterized as criminal aggression, wanton, needless and wasteful, and incompetently and corruptly prosecuted. CHARLESTOX GOT CONTENTION. Leasne of American Municipalities Close Th«*lr Work at Syracuse. At ihe opening of Thursday’s session of the League of American Municipali¬ ties at Syracuse, N. Y., the question of the plaoe of holding the next annual convention of the league was taken up. Alderman Hammond presented tho claims of Atlanta, Ga., and Alderman Gorman those of Peoria, Ill. Mayor J. E. Smythe, of Charleston, S. C., extended tho invitation of his city, saying in the couiee of bis speech: “We were the birthplace of secefl- sion, but we stand today with every part of the United States. Wo show¬ ed it in the glorious war just closed.” Mayor George R. Perry, of Grand Rapids, invited the convention to Grand Rapids. Charleston was selected as the place of the next convention. Atlanta re¬ ceived 11 votes, Grand Rapids 7, Peo¬ ria 3 and Charleston 19. At the afternoon session certain amendments to the constitution were adopted. Mayor Henry V. Johnson, of Denver, was elected president, re¬ ceiving twenty-one votes to thirteen for Mayor Marbury, of Detroit. Mayor J. E. Smythe, of Charleston, nominated for vice president J. A. Johnson, of Fargo, N. D., who was elected unanimously. Mayor Driscoll, of New Haven, was elected second vico president and Mayor Flower of New Orleans, was elected third vice president. Mayor Charles Taylor, of Bridgeport, Conn., was elected treasurer. B. F. Gilkinson was re-elected sec¬ retary by a unanimous vote. Mayor Smiths, of Charleston; Councilman J. Hartley, of Columbus, and Mayor Chas. J. Ansley, of New Bedford, were elected trustees. MRS. HUGHES ON TRIAL. For Third Time South Carolina Woman I* Arraigned For Killing Husband. The third trial of Mrs. Mattie Hughes, the pretty Greers woman, charged with the mnrder of her hus¬ band, whom she shot down at their home last fall because he accused her of infidelity, began Tuesday afternoon at Greenville, 8. C. Up to the adjournment of Wednes¬ day morning’s session seventeen state witnesses had been examined, and the evidence was received more rapidly than at either of the former trials, and is less full. The theory of the state is that Mrs. Hughes murdered her hus¬ band because she was tired of him. WILL BB KENT HOME. Norwegian Bailor* Who Killed Companion In Mldooiian Under Warrants were sworn out at Charles¬ ton, S.C., Friday by Vico Consul Witte, acting for the government of Norway, against Andersen and Thomas, the Norwegian sailors from the bark Drot, who, according to their own story, killed and ate a companion while drifting in midocean on a raft. The two men will be sent to Norway as soon as able to travel. MORGAN, GA„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 38, 1899. READY FOR DEWEY Bsoeption Arrangements Com¬ pleted at Now York, demand for tickets enormous A Hundred Thousand Applicants For a Twenty Thousand Issue—ICxpenses More Than lfixpected* A New York special says: Ail tho general arrangements for tho recep¬ tion of Admiral Dewey are now com- pleto aud only a few details are left to be settled. The majority of these can- not be attended to until the admiral has arrived and his wishes have been consulted. All the sub-committees have about finished their work and have presented their reports to the general committee. The committee on distribution of tickets was at work all day in the mayor’s office until late at night. They apportioned nearly 20,000 tickets, all thoro were at their disposal. There 000. wore applications for rnoro than 100,- Their work did not iuelude the distribution of tiokets to tho munici¬ pal assembly and the school children’s stands. These tickets will be at the disposal of the municipal legislators and the president of the board of edu¬ cation. The committee on stauds is yet to decide exactly what will be the capaci¬ ty of tho new stauds. If the commit¬ tee stands for all the expenditures it has authorized, it will have spent more than $15,000 in excess of the first ap¬ propriation made to it of $30,000 and $1,000 more than it has in sight even if the municipal assembly votes to give It the additional $25,000 that is to bo asked for at the next meeting of the aldermen and council. For the seventy odd thousand ex¬ pended, tho committee has furnished about 20,000 seats to the tiokei com¬ mittee, 1,000 on the city hall stands, 6,000 for the school children, 10,000 for the municipal assembly and 25,000 for the veterans of tho Grand Army of the Republic, a total of about 40,500 seats for about, $73,000. Concerning tho committee of seven that iR to attend Admiral Dewey during his stay in New York, Mr. Foster said he had received a reply in writing from Channeey M. Depow and in p erson from Richard Croker and Wi illiain McAdoo. Mr. Croker said the com¬ mittee conld make any use of him they desired and that he was ready to do anything in bis power to help along the success of the celebration. With the exception of Levi P. Morton and W. C. Whitney all the members of tho committee have accepted. MISTRIAL IN HUGHES CASE. Jury Announce*! That It Wns Impossible to Roach Agreement. Another mistrial has resulted in tho Mattie A. Hughes murder case at Greenville, S. C. The jury retired Friday night shortly after C o’clock and at 10 o’clock an¬ nounced that it would be impossible to agree. They were sent back to their room with instructions to deliberate further. At 8 o’clock Saturday morning they asked that they be discharged, having reached no verdict. The jury stood eight for acquittal, three for manslaughter and one for oonviction. The defendant will be tried again at the coming spring term of court. She is charged with the murder of her husband, George W. Hughes, on No¬ vember 18th, 1898. FAMOUS ASTROLOGER DEAD. IIo Predicted Date of Hi* Demise Idke- wiso That of Ilis Wife and Son. Dr. Luke D. Broughton, president of the Astrological Society of America, died in New York Saturday. Ho cast his horoscope many years ago and pre¬ dicted that tho critical periods of his life were tho 15th, 16th and 21st days of the present month and present year. His death, he predicted, would occur on Be; t 'mber 22d. Dr. Broughton has made many suc¬ cessful predictions. On bis advice his eldest son did not marry, as his father had predicted the exact time of liis death in 1885. Mrs. Broughton also died as predicted in 1891. He wrote many many pamphlets aud one book on astrology. SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT In Colllgion Bfttwcen Freight and Pa*- ganger Train* In Colorado. A special from Denver nays - Six passenegers were killed outright and five injured, one perhaps fatally, in a collision on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at Reno siding, near Florence, Saturday evening. The trains in col¬ lision were the Phillips-Judson excur¬ sion from the east and the caRt-bonnd fast freight. Tho excursion train had run from Chicago over the Chicago and Alton and Missouri Pacific railroad and was turned over to the Denver and Rio Grande at 2 p, m. WHEAT CAUSED FAILURE. !!J g Chicago Firm Forced to tho Wall With I!«*avy Shortajjp. The firm of Barrett, Furnum & Co., a wealthy and influential hoard of trade concern at Chicago, failed Thurs¬ day. The firm had sold short for Rev¬ el days, plunging in tho expectation that the Ne.v Yo'rk stock panic would end in a break in wheat. The short¬ age of tho firm is variously estimated at from four to five million bushels of the December option. SAYERS’ CONFERENCE For Discussion of Trusts Held In St. Louis. GOVERNORS GALORE WERE ON HAND Six States Represented In the Gather¬ ing--Promoter of Meeting Is Selected as President. The governors of Arkansas, Ten¬ nessee, Miohigan, Missouri, Colorado aud Iowa, most of them accompanied by their attorneys general and the at¬ torneys general and other representa¬ tives of Montana, Indiana, Mississippi and Washington responded to the in¬ vitation of Governor Joseph D. Sayers, of Texas, to meet in conference for tho purpose of discussing the trust ques¬ tion, assembled Wednesday at the Planters’ hotel, in Bt. Louis, whero three sessions were hold. Tho conference was called to order at 11 o’clock by Attorney General Orow, of Missouri. Governor Sayers chairman. was unanimously ckoson permanent Paul B. Moore, private secretary of Governor Stephens, of Missouri, was chosen secrotary of the conference. Governors McLauriu, of Mississippi; Foster, of Louisiana, aud Candler, of Georgia, sent regrets. Most of the day was spent in speech¬ making, and almost everyone of thoso present was afforded an opportunity to air his views on the question. All the speakers were listened to with great attention. There were several tilts between speakers of opposite po¬ litical faith that gave spioe to the proceedings. the morning session Governor Stephens, of Missouri, delivered an address oritioising the republican ad¬ ministration’s expansion polioy aud declaring that trusts and imperialism go hand in band. Governor Shaw, of Iowa, took up the gantlet thrown down by Stephens, and at the opening of the afternoon session answered him with a speech that brought smiles to the faoes of most of those present. In turn Governor Jones, of Arkausas,put Iowa’s chief magistrate on tho spit and roasted him for using snch face¬ tious language at snob a gathering. There seems to be a great difference of opinion as to the best method of remedying tho so-called trust evil. Some of those present thought that the state laws now in vogue wore sufficient to control the operations of the combinations complained of, while others were of the opinion that uni¬ form laws should be enacted by tho several states and the complete anni¬ hilation of the trusts, while others ; favored their regulation. Governor Bayers and Governor Pin- gree, in the speeches delivered, show¬ ed themselvey strongly in favor of tho first idea, as did also Governor Jones, of Arkansas. Governors Thomas, of Colorado,and Shaw, of Iowa, favored the enactment j of laws to restrict the combines. There was almost as much difference of opinion among the attorneys gen¬ eral who were heard. KICK FHOM G. A. R. Trouble In Parade Committee of the Dew¬ ey Celebration. A New York dispatch says: Unless the plans of General Charles F. Roe, chairman of the land parade committee of tho Dewey celebration,are changed, the Grand Army of the Republic organization will not be represented in the parade. Joseph W. Kay, department com¬ mander of the New York Grand Army of the Republic, sent a letter to Gen¬ eral Roe Wednesday declining the in¬ vitation for a number of reasons. These arc, in brief, that the Grand Army of the Republic forces have been placed at the end of the procession instead of at. the head of the oolnmn; that General Roe has taken no cog¬ nizance of Commnnder-in-Chief Albert I>. Shaw and has sent him no invita¬ tion to any of the functions; that the invitation for the Grand Army of tho Republic organization to participate in the parade has been extended nt second-hand through Colonel H. H. Adams, and that General O. O. How¬ ard has boon placed in command of the Grand Array of the Republic forces on the day of the parade, contrary to the regulations of that organization. MOSBTLS MEN HONORED. Monument to Their Memory Unveiled at Front Royal, Va. Five thousand Virginians, West Virginians, old confederates from nearly every southern state and men and women from as far north as New York, witnessed the unveiling nt Front Royal, Va., Saturday of a mon¬ ument erected by tho survivors of Colonel John B. Meshy's famous com¬ mand to seven of their comrades shot and hung at that plaoe during the war between the states. Over 200 of Mosby’s men were in attendance, the largest number of members of this band which has been together Bince 1865. Chicago Mayor For Governor. The Chicago Times-Hcrald says Mnyor Harrison will run for governor of Illinois next year. Ilis decision was supposed to remain secret until later in the season. Two Thousand Miners Ont. A Charleston, W. Va., dispatch says. A general strike went into effect in the New River district, Wednesday, 2,000 miners asked an advance of 5 cents per ton, which was refused. TURNED DOWN BY COMMITTEE G. A. R. Men Must Take the Place Assigned Them. GOV. ROOSEVELT IS SCORED. An Interesting Circumstance In Connection With the Dewey Parade A new York dispatch says: Major General Roe, who will command the national guard of New York state in the Dewey land parade, received a telegram from Governor Roosevelt, Friday, directing him to give the Grand Army of the Republic the choice of any place in the parade. Immediately on receiving the tele¬ gram General Roe had a conference with Mayor VanWyck, and then Chair¬ man Guggonlieimer, of tho plan and scope committee, was notified of the governor’s dispatch. After pointing out that his committee alone had the right to assign places in the line of march, Mr. Guggenheimer said of the governor’s action; “It is peculiarly Rooseveltian, It is a most impudent, unjustified and un¬ warranted interference in a matter that is without his province. Ido not bo- leive, however, that our committee will take any notice of it.” At a meeting of the committee, Friday morning, General Roe made the following statement: "In order that there may be no misunderstanding, I wish to make this statement in reference to the deolina- tion of the Grand Army of the Repub¬ lic to take part in the Admiral Dewey laud parade: "On my representation, at my in¬ stigation and on my resolution, I was authorized by tliis committee to ex¬ tend an invitation to the Grand Army of the Republic of Greater Now York to take part in the pnrado by having a certain number of men selected from each post, forming a battnllion or reg¬ iment, aeoording to the number. I put myself in communication with the state commander as soon as possible. At the request of a prominent Grand Army man I wrote and asked General O. O. Howard to take command of this body, being assured that this was agreeablo to the state commander. At an interview between tho state com- mnnder, several members of the Grand Army and myself, I understood that the selection of General Howard was agreeablo. At this interview, after some discussion, I informed them that the Grand Army would bo IIS' signed a position in tho lead of the unarmed organizations. Demand Mado and Defused. "At a later interview between the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, tho state commander, Colonel Gonhlen, and myself, practi¬ cally a demand was made that the Grand Army should have tho right of tho lino or head of the column, Colo¬ nel Gonhlen stating that at a mooting held the day before it was the souti- ment of the Grand Army of the Re¬ public that if they could not have tho lead they would not parade. I called their attention to the fact that it was not a Grand Army affair, that it was a city affair,and that that position was not their proper one, and said: “ ‘Positively and absolutely tho Grand Army cannot have the head of the column,’ whereupon they retired. At another interview the commander- in-chief, with the stato commander present, stated that he thought Gen¬ eral Howard should not command the Grand Army. I informed him that ho was asked at the request of several Grand Army men, but I would write and ask General Howard to withdraw, whereupon tho commander-in-ohief said: “ ‘That is a simple matter and can be easily arranged—’ "Then he asked if I would allow a picked body of 300 Grand Army men and liimself to have the head of the column. I answerod: “ ‘I positively and absolutely will not authorize any portion of the Grand Army to he at tho head of the column.’ tf "Bubsequently declination. I received tho letter I have taken the po¬ sition from the beginning that the day was miral emphatically a navy day, that Ad¬ Olympia Dewey and the sailors on the should bo in tho lead with nothing whatever to detract. I have taken this stand relative to the Grand Army as I am thoroughly convinced that I am right. I assume all respon¬ sibility. I do not ask tho committee to approve my action, but abido by what I have done. I have the honor to bo a member of the Grand Army of tho Republic, George Washington Post.” The committee agreed unanimously upon the motion of Mr. Guggenheimer to approve the action taken by Gen¬ eral Roe. No mention was made of tho dispatch of Governor Roosevelt. NORFOLK WANTS OLYMPIA. J'roDldent A.keil to Bond Dewey’s Rattle- •hip t« Virginia State Fair. A Washington dispatch says: A large delegation of prominent citizens of Virginia visited tho president Thursday and asked for the detail of the Olympia and other naval vessels to Hampton Roads during tlie Virginia state fair at Norfolk, beginning October 2d. Tire president said he would confer with the naval officials in regard to the request. KERLIN MAKES STATEMENT. Declares 111* Iiuiooitti«c of tlio Mnrderof l’ear I Knott. Groat interest lias been manifested in the Kerlin o mo, on trial In Fayette¬ ville, Ga., on ad ;onnt of the promi¬ nence of Kerlin, and it being one of the most, heinous crimes ever commit¬ ted in Fayette county. Iverlin made his statement in court Thursday. He said ho was not guilty of the charge. That on the night of April 13th ho got his father’s buggy to go to his son-in law’s, Linsey But- ler, after his wife; that his mule got sick on tho Jones hill and ho had to return homo before ho went to But¬ ler’s; that ho went to Benoia next m or ning, returning a different route. He said ho was out buying cows, and that was tho reason lio wont in the direction of the river on tho 17th and 18th of April. Ho said he was excited and did not remember what he told Miutcr; that tlicro wore threats of lynching him, and went there to get his advice about leaving the commun¬ ity- He told tho jury this was the only case ho ever had before a jury, and that lie had often been on the grand jury in the county, and had never of¬ fended any ono in his life. Kerliu asserted his innoocent several times in his statement, and made a rambling minutes. statement of about thirty The defonso put up no witnesses, depending entirely on the weakness of the state’s case. mauveauh denies reports. Carter’* Attorney Say* ITo I* Not To Kc- cpIvo Kxorbltant Fee. Tho following letter from ex-Attov- ney Geneial Wayne MncVcagh ex¬ plains itself: To inn Associated Fresh —I hog to ho permitted to corroct, through the Associated Press, two now misstate¬ ments which 1 am sorry to find the enemies of Captain Carter have in¬ vented and put in circulation in differ¬ ent newspapers daring my absence in Europe. One is that he has paid mo a retaining fee of $10,000 and tho other is that he has agreed to pny the additional sura of $50,000 or more in case of his acquittal. I only desire to say that both these statements are sheer ami abeoluto falsehoods, with¬ out a partielo of foundation or excuso for either of them. Yours truly, Wayne MaoVf.aqii. MOUNT BLAMES BROOKE. GoYormvr of Indlnnn Scores tho Formor CommanAor of Chlckumiiugu Park. Governor Janies A. Mount, of In¬ diana, in an interview at Chattanooga Thursday John stated that Major GeuernI R, Brooke was alone responsible for tlio immonso amount of sickness in Chickamauga park lust summer during tho time tho soldiers wero en¬ camped there. lie soys General Brooke made no effort to protect his men and that ho alono is responsible for those horrible conditions. Ho says that Tennessee and Georgia wero roasted all ovor tho Union about the paik conditions, when they did everything to remedy them possible, but were prevented by the tyranny of the general commanding. NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS MEET. Stnto Con vent Inn Hold In Omaha nnd Harmony Prevailed. The Nebraska republican state con¬ vention at Oiaalm Thursday was one of the most harmonious gatherings ever held by the party in tlie state. M. B. Reaee, of Lincoln, was nominated for supreme judge, and E. G. McGil- ton, of Omaha, and William B. Ely, of Ainsworth, for regents of the state university on the first ballot. Tho platform indorses President McKinley’s foreign policy, and his ad¬ ministration, and adheres to the gold standard opposos trusts and com¬ binations having for their purpose tho stifling of competion nnd arbitrary controlling production or fixing prices. RESIGNATION DEMANDED. Governor of Maryland In After Chairman Wellington'* Kcalji. A Baltimoro dispatch states that tho Maryland republicans are at war and Governor Lowndes, who is a candi¬ date for re-cleetion on tho republican state ticket, has demanded the resig¬ nation of United States Senator George S. Wellington as chairman of tho re¬ publican stato central committee and it is understood that Senator Welling¬ ton will comply at once with the gov¬ ernor’s request. VERDICT IX TWO SECTIONS. Cartorrlllo Jury (Jndecldud a* to I'artiee Who Shot Nfijroe:. A Carterville, Ill., special says that the secret verdict of the coroner’s jury in the Cartervillo riot case is in two sections. The first states that four of the ne¬ groes came to their death by gunshot wounds inflicted during a riot and charges a number of white men with being engaged in tho riot. The jury states that it is unable to say which of the accused men killed the negroeH. In the second section of the verdict the jury finds that tho fifth negro killed, Sam Cummings, was shot by Elmer James and others. MISH GRANT WEDS RUSSIAN. Granddausrliter of Fnmoua Ooncral Casts Her Fortune* With ft Uonnt. At Now York Sunday night, in ac¬ cordance with the rites of the Russia orthodox church, Miss Julia Dent Grant, daughter of Brigadier General and Mrs. Fred Grant, and grand¬ daughter of General U. S. Grant, was married to Prince Caufacuzene, Count Speranzky, of Russia. Simple and impressive Russian ceremonies were conducted. 81 PER YEAR. SHELLS WRECK X FILIPINO FORT. The American Warships Entail Fearful Destruction. INSURGENTS RESIST FIERCELY Men From the Charleston and Concord Land Under Hot Fire. j A special from Manila says: The United States cruiser Charleston, th* monitor Monterey and the gunboats Couoord and Zafiro, with marines aad blue jackets from the cruiser Balti¬ more, left Cavite September 18th and proceeded to Subig bay to destroy an insurgent cannon there. Owing to the bad weather the oper¬ ation was postponed until Batnrday, when the warships for three hours bombarded the town of Oiangapo and the intrenohments where tho gnu was situated. Men from tho Charleston, Concord and Zafiro wero then landed under a heavy insurgent fire, proceeding to the cannon, which was utterly destroyed by gun cotton and then returning to the warship. The Americans had one man wounded during tho engagement. While waiting in Subig bay for bet¬ ter weather, the Americans descried Filipino re enforcements moving to¬ ward Oiangapo. At 6:40 a. m. Satur¬ day tlie Monterey began the advance upon the town, which was about three miles east of tho monitor's anchorage. The Charleston, Concord and Zafiro followed. At 7:25 the Monterey opened firs with her second artillery and main batteries, tho Charleston and Concord joining immediately. At 7:88 the in¬ surgents’ cannon answered, the first shot passing close to the Monterey’s smokestack. Tho gun was fired twice only. 'Jhi American bombarding then be¬ came general. At 9:30 the Monterey advanced to a range of 600 yards, using her main battery. Two hun¬ dred and fifty men were landed about 800 yards east, of tho cannon at 11 o’clock under a severe Manser fire. The men from Iho Charleston were tho first to ^each iho beach, but the Concord’s men were the first to the gun, which they reached nt 11:10. Tho cannon was found to be a sixteon- cenlimcter Ivrupp gun, presumably obtained from the Spaniards. Meanwhile the warships continued to shell the shelving beach on the cast, and west to silence the insurgent fire upon the sailors from tho trenches skirting the beach. Gunner Olsen exploded fifty pounds of guncotton, in three discharges, in the cannon, which had suffered from tho fire of tho warships. Tho Ameri¬ cans then returned to the boats, the firing inland being kept up to protect tiie embarkation. The Concord's men were the last, to leave the shore and the warships were readied at 12:50 p. m. Cadet Brinser, with the Concord’s launch, armed with a galling, did ex¬ cellent work on the left of the lauding party. Captain Myers, of the mraines, captured a muzzle-loading field piece. Lieutenant McDonald was in command of the landing party and the movement was splendidly executed and controlled. The number of Filipinos there oould not be ascertained and no dead wer„ seen. The Monterey fired for four hours— twenty-ono shots from her ten-inch guns and seventeen from her twelve- inch guns. The town, which was riddled with shells, took fire at several points. Fatal Oil Explosion, While mnking preparations to "shoot" the Rayi oil well, near Wells- ville, O., Balurday afternoon, the well overflowed and the oil ignited from the fire under the boiler, causing a terrible explosion. Two men were killed out¬ right and three others injured, two of them it is thought, fatally. Returned Seventy Indictments. A Chattanooga dispatch says: Un¬ der tho charge of Circuit Judge Estill, the Hamilton county grand jury has returned seventy indictments against parties for illegal registration for the coming city election. Feud In Mississippi. Cornelius Triplett, colored,who was shot and killed at Singleton, Winston county, Mississippi, Tuesday night, makes tho fourth victim—two white nd two colored-—resulting from the m l raging in that county. KERLIN ON TRIAL. Alleged Slayer of Mias Pearl Knott Ar- .algned In Conrt. George W. Kerlin was placed on trial at Fayetteville, Ga., Wednesday for the murder of Miss Pearl Knott. The jury was secured without much trouble. They are all farmers, and the majority of them populists. The state is represented by Solicitor General T. H. Atkinson, W. B. Hillin worth nnd Colonel Wright, of Newnau Kerlin by Thomas E.Watson and Bla¬ lock A Wise.
