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VOL. I. TERRIBLE STORIES FROM INUN¬ DATED SECTIONS. MANY HOMELESS AND STARVING. Rescue Vessels are Hard at Work—Levees Break and Add Horror to tl\e Situation. A special from Memphis says: The valley of the lower Mississippi is a vast inland sea. Death, desolation and distress is spreading from as far north as Birds Point, Mo., to the country below Helena, Ark. The heavy rain¬ fall of the past fortnight in the Ohio valley and the consequent floods are immediate causes of the frightful swel¬ ling in the Mississippi in the vicinity of Cairo and south of there. The break in the levee near Nodena, Ark., has wrought havoc in Mississippi county, which is virtually at the mercy of the raging torrents. Many persons are thought to have perished in the vicinity. Twenty-five negroes are re¬ ported drowned in Bushby Bayou. For miles and miles west of Memphis every home has bean abandoned. One planter, J. L. Butler, tells a terrible story of the destruction of farmhouses, property and cattle, but he reports only one drowning. Butler, however, fears that the loss of life will be great. The break in the levee is widening, and no power on earth can stop the crevasse. Six hundred people have been transported to Memphis from Crittenden county, most of them from Marion, Ark. Many were in a state of starvation when they arrived. The steamer Min¬ nehaha has returned from a trip to Island Forty, five miles north of Mound City, where several families were found. The women were in wa¬ ter up to their waists, and two of them were holding babies in their arms. Stories of rescue by the half dozen or more steamers engaged in the work, and vessels arriving from above and below have, however, added highly thrilling features to the situa tion. From refugees arriving from hack of Marion it was learned that hundreds of people in that section were in the water and without means to escape. Accordingly, a light draught steamer was pushed in that direction as far as possible and skills penetrated even further. The result was the rescue of seorces of sufferers. On President’s island, below Memphis, a large number were found in tne water and brought out. The steamers Mary Orten and IV. H. Nisbet, from above, brings tidings of desolation and distress all along the river for a hundred miles or more. The latter’s officers declared that there were certainly hundreds of people for whom there was no relief. Every piece of ground along the river above water was crowded with people and live stock. The Yazoo river, at Greenwood, Miss., is at flood tide with the Talla batcliie and Yallabusha pouring great volumes into it. All of this goes into the Mississippi to increase its floods, Helena,Ark.,reports the Mississippi two feet four inches below the highest mark, rising, and with rain all Monday night and Tuesday. That correspond ent also reports an expected levee break at Modoc, near there. Rein forced government crews are now en gaged in “sacking” it. INSURGENTS DYNAMITE A TRAIN, - Spanish Tronp Cars Blown to Atoms. Road strewn with Blood. Advices from Havana state that news has just leaked out through Spanish sources of a terrible explosion of dynamite under a troop train by the insurgents near San Christobal, Pinar del Rio last Saturday. The bridge over a high gorge had been undermined and was exploded while the train was in mid-air. The engine and six cars were almost demolished, and the engineer and fire man were killed and over 150 soldiers killed and wounded. Bodies were flung hundreds of yards away, trees at the side being covered with the gory fragments of men’s bodies. It was the most horrible affair that ever occurred in that section. Span iards admit that the train was wrecked, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Mr. McKinley Gives Oat Some Fat Jobs. Bayard’s Successor. Tuesday President McKinley sent to the senate the following nominations: To the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States: John Hay, of the District of Columbia, to Great Britain; Horace Porter, of New York, to France; Hen ry White, of Rhode Island, to be sec retary of the ambassy of the United States at Great Britain. To be assistant surgeons in the ma rine hospital service: Hill Hastings, of Kentucky, Claude H. Lavender, Virginia: Taliaferro Clark, the Dis- Wayne County News JESUP. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1897. SOUTHERN TR JGRESS. Vew Industries Kstabltshed in the South During the l r ast Week. Southern correspondents among prominent manufacturers and dealers report conditions more encouraging than for several years past, and all in¬ dications point to a successful business year. The iren and steel market continues firm. Some good sales are being made, plants are increasing their out¬ put, and it is expected that the volume of trade will be very large during tho spring and summer. In the Alabama iron districts pig iron shows a healthy movement, and the foreigu trade is especially active. Another furnace has been put in blast at Anniston, and Cole furnace No. 2, at Sheffield, starts up today. In Tennessee the Bristol furnace is being overhauled, the furnace at Cowan will undergo repairs, ami tho Citico furnace in this city and the one owned by the same company at- Rock wood are to be enlarged and improved on an extemsive scale. The southern lumber market shows considerable activity, and the demand for lumber all over the country is steadily increasing. in Among the most important new > dustries for the past week are the fol¬ lowing: The Elk Land, Coal and Lumber Co., capital $150,000, Charles¬ ton, W. V.; the Jacobs compress Co:, capital $100,000, Shreveport, La.; a 60-barrel flouring mill at Buena Vista, Va.; a $10,000 ice factory at Abbeville, La.; the Milby & Dew Coal and Min¬ ing Co., capital $150,000, at Houston, Texas.; the Hamilton Coal Co., capital $100,000, at Piedmont, W. Va., and the Winona Oil and Manufacturing Co., capital $40,000, at Winona, Miss. The Chouty Place Central Sugar Factory Co., limited, capital $100,000: has been chartered at Abbeville, La., the Geor¬ gia Western Cotton Mills,capital $350, 000, Douglasville, Ga., the Dixie Mills Co., capital $10,000, Lenoir City Tenn., the Texarkana Cooperage and Manufacturing Co., capital $30,000, at Texarkana, Tex., and two lumber com¬ panies with capitals of $10,000 each at Dallas, Tex.—Tradesman (Chattanoo¬ ga, Tenu.) FOPlt LYNCHED IN FLORIDA. Mol> Overpowers Sheriff* and Makes Way With Prisonerii. A triple lynching, in retaliation for a double murder, took place at Juliette, Marion county, Fla., Monday. The victims were Will Oliver, George Ba¬ ker and George Bevins, all colored. The crime for which they were lynch¬ ed was the murder of John Barefield, postmaster at Blue Springs, and his assistant, John E. Turner, March 3d. The murder was committed for the purpose of robbery and was not dis covered until the next morning. Since that time a posse had been on the track of the negroes and Monday they were captured in Orange county. The negroes lnfd been fishing on Lake Locke when the sheriff came across them. They showed fight at first, but were quickly overpowered and taken to Orlando for safe keeping. The negroes were identified by Sec¬ tion Master Reamer as being the par¬ ties he saw in the store only a few minutes before the shots were heard, which are supposed to have been the cause of the death of the two men. Later the men were taken to Juliette, Upon ai rival near the scene of the murder a mob of fifty men met the sheriff and liis prisoners and demaud ed that the negroes be turned over to them. The sheriff refused, but was quickly overpowered and the negroes taken away from him. The prisoners were then marched to the scene of the murder and there made to confess the deed. In a few minutes their bodies were strung up to trees and riddled with bullets. Be f ore dying one of the negroes said that James Richardson was also implicated j n the murder, A later dispatch says that Riehard so n was arrested near Juliette Tuesday night and placed in jail. At 9 o’clock the sheriff went to the jail and found the doors broken open and the sus peeted man missing. It is generally believed that he was carried off by the friends of the murdered men and either hanged or drowned in Blue Springs run. Anti-Trust Bills Ready. A dispatch from Albany, N.Y., says: The governor’s legal adviser, Charles Z. Lincoln, has completed the prepara tion of the two anti-trust bills which are intended to carry out the recom mendatious of the Lexow trust invest igating committee. SEQUEL TO AN ELOPEMENT. »gro Was Kiled and White Girl Was Severely Flogged. From Pickens county, Ala., comes the news of the killing of Andy Beard, a negro, who eloped with Dora Baines. When the posse overtook the pair the negro showed fight and then at tempted to run when he was shot down and literally filled with lead, ; The girl seeing the negro killed, begged the posse to sboot ber also. : The posse retired and allowed the girl’s father and brother to take charge j of her. She was carried home and a \ severe flogging is said to have been administered. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SELECT THEIR LEADERS. HONOR FALLS TO BRILEY,OF TEXAS. Lone Star State Man Will Head the Dem¬ ocratic Contingent and The Man From Maine Will Rule The Hofise. Speaker Reed was unanimously nominated for speaker of the house at Saturday night’s republican caucus. The attendance of members was un¬ usually large, 192 of the'203 republi¬ cans being present. The new mem¬ bers were conspicuously numerous. Mr. Payne, of New York, was se¬ lected to place Mr. Reed in nomina¬ tion. He referred in flattering terms to Mr. Reed’s popularity in nominated the house. He said that Mr. Reed was when this congress was elected; that he was the choice of the republican party and that it was the business of the caucus to respond to this popular demand. When Mr. Payne had taken his seat Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who occupied the chair, put the motion and it was adopted without a dissenting vote. Mr. Payne, of New York, and Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, two of the veteran members of the house, were designa¬ ted to escort the speaker, who was quietly seated in his private office, to the floor. As he entered all the mem¬ bers rose to their feot and greeted him with a hearty burst of applause. Mr. Reed bowed his acknowledge¬ ments and made a short talk. A resolution was adopted which re¬ quires the chairman of the caucus to call a caucus when requested by twen¬ ty-five members in writing. All the present house officers were then renominated. They are us follows: Henry N. Cou don, of Michigan, chaplain; Alexan¬ der McDowell, of Pennsylvania, Clerk; Benjamin A. Russell, of Missouri, ser¬ geant-at-arms; W. J. Glenn, of New York, doork eeper. Bailey Honored. Th i democratic members of the the .louse selected Mr. Bailey, of Texas, as their leader, nominating him for the speakership at their caucus Saturday night. Major Richardson withdrew from the contest and was chosen to preside over the caucus. The Tennessee dele¬ gation met before the caucus was held, and after a full conference and com¬ parison of strength, Richardson de¬ cided to get out of McMillin’s way. It was the Arkansas delegation which injected Bland’s name. This was done over “Silver Dick’s” protest, and Bai¬ ley’s friends say it was done in the hope of defeating him. The vote showed 56 for Bailey, 30 for McMiliin, 22 for Bland. Mr. Bailey was awaiting the result in the appropriations committee room where a committee met him, and after extending their congratulations,escort¬ ed him to the house chamber, where he was received with applause. The young Texan ascended to the speaker’s platform and express his gratification at the honor conferred upon him and advocated harmony in the party. The following resolution offered by Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, was adopted: Resolved, I hat a committee of five representatives he appointed to confer with the democratic senators for the purpose of having a joint cau cus of senators and members during the 55th congress, to the end that har¬ mony and uniformity of party action may prevail in the course to be follow¬ ed by the democratic senators and rep¬ resentatives. ” RAILROAD ORDERED SOLI). Mortgage Forecloned Against the Middlo Tennessee and Alabama. At Alontgomery a deoree of foreclos¬ ure of mortgage has been ordered in the ease of the State Trust company vft. the Aliddle Tennessee and Alabama Railroad company by the United States circuit court and the road will be sold. The bid must be at least $100,000, of which $20,000 must be cash, while the remainder can be paid in bonds. The road runs from Fayetteville, Tenn., to a point in Alabama near De¬ catur. If it should be built on to Decatur it would be a most valuable little line, and it is estimated that $25,000 or $30,000 would complete it. TV IDO W RUIZ’S PETITION. The Document, In Spanish, Is Received "££££ It covers eight pages of note paper, the last of u hich is (1 ev otedtohe sig nature and is wholly in Span sh. The secretary has given no mtima tion of what his action will be,and un til the petition is duly translated he will not determine what disposition to make of it. It is strongly intimated, however, that Mrs. Ruiz cannot rely upon speedy relief _ from Spanish source through pressure exerted by news papers. WRECKED AND BURNED. Train On the Southern Plunges Into Etowah River—Miraculous Escape. Early Saturday morning the mixed freight and passenger train on the Southern road was wrecked about a mile from Rome, Ga. As the mixed train from Chatta¬ nooga to Atlanta, carrying five freight cars, one baggage, two passenger and a Pullman coach, reached the Etowah river trestle the latter gave way when the train was about half way over it and all the cars except the last pas¬ senger and the' Pullman plunged through, one on top of the other. The engine had reached the bridge when the trestle collapsed and the en¬ gine was jerked slightly back off the track and plunged wildly into the water below. It now rests on the bottom of the river, which is much swollen by recent rains. Fireman A1 Kennedy jumped, but Engineer Jim Pittman went under the water with his engine. Almost by a miracle neither was killed. Pittman swam out with a broken leg and a badly injured back. No one was se¬ riously hurt except these two and a negro preacher in the second class passenger coach. About half an hour after the wreck a fire alarm was turned in, but before the department could reach the wreck it almost completely burned up. It is thought that the very heavy rains of the past few days washed the foundation of the trestle and thus caused the accident. PRESIDENT AT CHURCH. He Will Become a Member of tho Metro¬ politan Methodist. President McKinley again attended service Sunday morning at the Metro¬ politan Methodist church, where Pres¬ ident Grant was a communicant dur¬ ing his residence in the white house, and a half block distant from the First Presbyterian church, in which Presi¬ dent Cleveland had a pew. Last Sun¬ day McKinley went to the Metropoli¬ tan church. While serving in the house of repre¬ sentatives he attended the Foundry Methodist church, a block from the hotel where he resided, and it was un¬ derstood that he would again become a pew-holder there, his visit to the Metropolitan church last Sunday being merely intended as a compliment to an old friend, Bishop John P. Newman, of California, who occupied the pulpit of his former charge on that day. It is now understood, however, that the president will become a member of the Metropolitan church. The reasons for his change of intention, if a change has really been made, are not known. BURGLAR CAUSES BLOODSHED. Street Fight Boult. In Death of a Child and the Wounding: of Two Men. A terrible shooting affray and gen¬ eral fight took place Sunday afternoon on one of the principal thoroughfares of Birmingham, Ala. The police was attempting to arrest a negro burglar, chasing him through the streets and firing at him promiscu¬ ously. A stray bullet killed a little girl, Myrtis Boland, five years old. One bullet struck the negro in the back fatally wounding him. Ho finally ran into a yard and jumped down a well in which was ten feet of water. He was taken out,, however, jj P f 01 . e drowning and sent to tho police 8ta tion. while Hunter was being placed in the polioe wa gon a general fight be tween negroes and whites took place and 8everal were hurt, officer Perdue - 8 j aw wa s broken by a igtol shot fr om Hunter and he is geriously hurt. Hunter will die. ALL READY FOR FIGHT. The Arena at Canton City Completed and Beats Numbered. A special from Carson, Nev , says: The final work on the arena where Corbett and Fitzsimmons will meet on St. Patrick’s day was concluded Sat¬ urday afternoon, when the reserved seats were numbered. The kineto scope was put in place at the ring side and the arrangements whereby the big mill can be reviewed at leisure by thousands are all completed and only require fine weather to make the picture a success. The sun had almost the fierceness of summer heat and its drying qualities wei e quickly manifested by the ap¬ pearance of the roads, which, though still muddy in spotF, were sufficiently dried off to enable both men to do some twelve miles of outdoor work. GAGE NAMING ASSISTANTS. t. ; s stated with positiveness that & * J'ssssvr f. S: asst - f ew Jer8e The third assistant ^ be detenninetl , lpon after a con between Secretary Gage and ! ^ ., , e P re J Extra Session Will be Called. Governor Jones, of Arkansas, has decided to issue a call for an extra ses doiJ t p e legislature. He said the a pp ro p r jation bills have not been _ aaged and h e has no funds with which j. ull yj e gtate government. UNLESS THE GOVERNOR COMES TO HER RESCUE. SUPREME COURT RENDERS DECISION The Decision nlso Seals the Fate of Gus Fambles, the Old Woman’s Accomplice in Crime. The supreme court of Georgia has rendered a decision against Mrs. Nobles, who murdered her husband, and unless some other and successful effort in her behalf is made she must suffer the death penalty. This one of the most remarkable cases in the criminal history of the state. The legal proceedings were the most hotly contested and many new points of law, both federal and state, were introduced. The decision seals the fate of Gus Fambles, also, as his sentence was only prolonged to await the decision of the supreme court. Gus Fambles was the direct cause of Mrs. Nobles’ arrest, for as soon as the officers began to question him be told everything and implicated not only himself, but Mrs. NobleB, Mary Fambles, Debby Nobles, a daughter of the murdered man, and Dalton Joiner. These five were bound over to the grand jury. Excitement ran high,and Judge Smith, of that circuit, called a special term of Twiggs superior court, which convened two weeks thereafter, on the 7th day of July. Gus Fambles, Elizabeth Nobles, Mary Fambles and Dalton Joiner were indicted by the grand jury and put upon trial. They were all tried together, and on the 11th of Suly the trial ended, the jury bringfng in a verdict of guilty as to Mrs. Nobles, Gus Fambles and Mary Fambles. Debby Nobles and Dalton Joiner were released. No appeal was made for a new trial or an appeal of any nature taken. As the day set for tlnj execution of Mrs. Nobles approached an organized movement among the women of tho state was inaugurated to save Mrs. No¬ bles from the gallows. Motions for new trials have been made in both state and federal courts, and the efforts to save her life have been the most vigorous in the history of the state. The case was carried to the United States supreme court. The last sentence was passed on Mrs. Nobles June 23, 1896, and the date set for her execution was August 11 . All along, while those innumerable proceedings have been taken in Mrs. Nobles behalf, the governor has been respiting Gus Fambles from time to time and he declared publicly that Gus should not hang until Mrs. Nobles’ case was decided. Mary Families is in the Dade coal mines serving a life sentence. Dalton Joiner has gone to parts unknown. Debby Nobles has married. The two jirincipal actors in this drama, Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles and Gus Fambles, are now in the Macon jail, waiting for a re-sentence. ALABAMA COURT SENSATION. Conspiracy Unearthed in Which Prominent People Are Concerned. A special from Gadsden, Ala., says: The suit of Danfortli & Armstrong vs. the Tennessee and Coosa railway for breach of contract to the amount of $150,000 ha3 been in court for years. Four times it has been tried, and each time reversed. The verdict crept up from $6,000 to $100,000. The at¬ torneys for defense have all along insisted that the juries were tampered with. In the city court Friday tho rail¬ road’s attorneys moved to dismiss the case for the reason that it was being prosecuted between the plaintiffs and Dr. D. H. Baker, the latter to receive 10 per cent of the recovery, in consid¬ eration of which he was to procure a large verdict for the plaintiffs by bri¬ bery and corruption, deal fix Letters concerning the to the jury written by Baker and C. E. Danforth and addressed to Jack King, of Rome, Ga., were read and sworn to. The letters were secured from King by shrewd detective work. In addition to the letters a contract be¬ tween Danforth & Armstrong and Dr. Baker was produced. BIG BLAZE IN QUITMAN. An Improvised Dry Kiln Results in De¬ struction of 830,000 Worth of Property. The most destructive fire ever seen in Quitman, Ga., occurred shortly after 3 o’clock Friday afte’-’-ocn. The fire started in the large wooden build¬ ing occupied by the Blount Turpentine Tool Company. improvised The fire started from an £ry kiln, owned by G. M. Badger. He undertook to dry some lumber in the building. Carried by the wind the flames fed from building to building w ;th unquenchable fury and spread over a wide area before they fiually burned themselves out. Total loss is about $30,000, and ins”;*nce is less tbsn one-balf. NO. 36. TOBACCO TRUST WINS. The Judge Derides That Equity Court Has No Jurisdiction. A special from Trenton, N. J., says: In the suit brought to annul the char¬ ter of the American Tobacco Company and break up what is known as the to¬ bacco trust, Vice Chancellor Eeed Fri¬ day morning filed and opinion dismiss¬ ing the bill and ending the present liti¬ gation against the company. In the language of the vice chancel¬ lor, the action was brought ‘ ‘to restrain the defendants from transacting their business and from conducting it in a manner prejudicial to the complain¬ ants and injurious to the people of the state of New Jersey.” The bill was filed by Attorney Gen¬ eral Stockton, on the petition of J. R. & Frank W. Miller, jobbers in paper cigarettes, with whom the American Tobacco Company refused to deal, according to the allegation of the Millers, because they persisted in also handling a brand of cigarettes manu¬ factured by a rival corporation. Vice Chancellor Reed holds that the equity court has no jurisdiction; that the proceedings should have been brought in the nature of quo warranto, and that corporations have a right, when legally formed, to deal the same as individuals. The point raised by the complainants and Vice Chancellor Reed’s full views may be inferred from the following syllabus, which he has attached to the decision. “1. A court of equity does not possess the power to restrain a corporatfon organized under the forms of law from performing acts within its corporate power, merely be¬ cause some of the steps taken in organizing the company may have been irregular or because the purpose of the incorporation may have been to establish a monopoly. “2. Under these conditions quo warranto is the proceedings to challenge the right of. the corporation to exercise its franchises. “8. A trading or manufacturing corpora¬ tion, until its charter is annulled by such a proceeding at law, has the same authority tut an individual trader or manufacturer to sell or consign its goods, to select its selling agents and to impose conditions as to whom they shall sell and the terms upon which they shall sell. “4. A deoree restraining the officers and agents of a corporation from executing cor¬ porate acts is the same as the decree enjoin¬ ing tho corporation itself.” NEW TRIAL FOR RYDER. Supreme Court Grants Him Another Chance For Ills Life. The supreme court of Georgia, by a decision rendered Friday reversed the decision of the superior court of Tal¬ bot county and granted a new trial to W. L. Ryder, the slayer of Miss Sallie Emma Owen. The Ryder case has attracted more attention than any other of criminal proceedings since the famous Woolfolk trial. The record is the largest one that the court has had to deal with in years. with double W. L. Ryder shot a barrel shotgun Miss Sallie Emma Owen on the night of April 4, 1896, and in¬ stantly killed her. Jealousy was the incentive for the deed. Ryder was indicted, convicted and sentenced to be hanged. His attor¬ neys moved for a new trial, which the lower court overruled. Ryder was defended by the very best legal talent in the state, and, not at all discour¬ aged, they carried the case to the supreme court, citing seventy-two grounds why a new trial should be granted. A FIEND EXECUTED. Sullivan Murdered Mrs. Dutcher and Her Little Son and Dies On Gallows. John E. Sullivan was hanged Friday at Dorchester, N. B. His crime was the murder of Mrs. Eliza Dutcher and her son, 6 years old, at Meadowbrook, on tho night of September 11, 1896. Airs. Dutcher kept a small tavern, but the only inmates of the place at the time were herself, her little son and a daughter 7 years old. Sullivan entered the place for the purpose of robbery. awakened by the Airs. Dutcher was noise and made an outcry. The rob¬ ber thereupon attacked and killed her with an ax, after which he assaulted the children, killing the boy and badly injuring the girl. Sullivan next fired the house and fled. The flames arroused the neighbors and they were able to enter the house through the rear door and rescue the little girl. The remains of the mother and other child were found in the ruins. The injured child finally recovered. P0ST0FFICE RECEIPTS. A Considerable Decrease Shown From Those of February, 1896. Friday Postmaster General Gary gave out a statement showing the gross postal receipts of the thirty largest postoffices for February, 1897, compared with tho same month last year. There was a net increase of $125, 019. The first seven offices— New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Lonis, Cincinnati and Brooklyn— showed marked decreases, Chicago falling off $39,638 and Philadelphia $22,826. Of the thirty offices, only seven increased their receipts over February, 1896, the increases being light.