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VOL. 1 i si! it inn. MACON, GA., CITIZENS ARE AFTER THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD. CLAIM ILLEGAL CONSOLIDATE The Governor Is Asked to Investigate the Matter-May Be Finally Carried to the Courts. A petition has been filed with Gov¬ ernor Atkinson, of Georgia, asking him to direct the attorney general of the state to institute proceedings to break the relations between the South¬ ern Bailwav, the Central of Georgia, the Georgia Southern & Florida and other lines. The petition was presented Macon. by at¬ torneys on behalf of citizens of The names of seven individuals and firms are signed to tho petition. The petition was filed a few days ago and Judge Miller of Macon, had a conference with the governor. It is alleged in the petition that the South¬ ern controls a number of railroads in Georgia and that the control tends to defeat competition in violation of the constitution of the state. The paper is a long one and recites the history of the Southern, explaining in detail how it has grown up by the acquisition of the East Tennessee, Vir¬ ginia and Georgia,the Georgia Pacific, the Central of Georgia, the Georgia Southern and Florida, the Atlanta and Florida, the Georgia Midland and Gnlf, the Macon and Birmingham and other lines. All these roads have been consolidated,the petition declares, and it goes on to say that the city of Macon has now no competition and the pe¬ titioners ask the state to go to their relief and break the relations existing between the several lines. The governor has been carefully ex¬ amining the paper and has been get¬ ting information about the relations existing between the different com¬ panies. Under the Bacon act of 1893, pro¬ ceedings can be instituted in two ways to break an illegal consolidation of railroads. The governor is to direct the attorney general to bring suit for the forfeiture of charters or any party interested in the properties can go into the courts for redress. After hearing from both sides, the governor can direct the attorney gen¬ eral to proceed in the name of the state or he may decline and leave the parties who are interested to appeal direct to the courts themselves. FIRED SOCIALIST DEPUTY. Soldier# Kemove Member of French Cham¬ ber of Deputies. There was a dramatic incident in the chamber of deputies at Paris Saturday. During the discussion of the labor troubles at La Grand Combe, in the department of the Guard, noted for its coal mining, glass works and zinc smelting furnaces, M. Gerault Richard, a socialist deputy, referred to some of his colleagues as “police spies.” The chamber thereupon passed a vote to peremptorily expel him from the house. M. Richard, how¬ ever, refused to leave and the • pre¬ sident of the chamber, M. Brisson, sustained the sitting and sent for the guard on duty. squad of A moment or so later a eight soldiers entered the chamber of deputies and the colonel in command placed his hand upon the shoulder of the socialist deputy, who thereupon consented to go with the officer, saying he yielded only to superior force. WILL RECALL WEYLER. Qr.een Regent of Spain Confirm* Senor Canova*. the Premier. A special of Sunday from Madrid says: The queen regent has confirmed Senor Canovas, the .premier, in his ministerial powers, and the will remain in office with personnel and.-poficy unchanged. ^ All of the leading members ^ of the senate and of the chamber of deputies who were consulted by her have advised th« recall of Captain General Weyler from Cuba. At a cabinet council at his residence Senor Canovas, the premier, annonne ed that the queen regent had renewed his powets and those of the cabinet m terms most flattering to him and to all his colleagues. TO INVESTIGATE WATTS’ Governor Eilerbe, of South Carolina, Xante* Xontbor* of a Conrt of Inqniry. Governor Eilerbe, of South lina, has appointed the court of in quiry to sit in General Watts’ case. The court will meet at Columbia and take the evidence. The court consists of Brigadier Gen eral Joseph L. Stoppelbein, ville, first brigade of cavalry; Colonel J. G. Wardlaw, Gaffney, third regi —> * “’"“J. Cjpui, Hwt. Thompson, 3 Darlington; Guards. Senator S.G. Mayfield, , a of Barnwell, as judge advocate general on the ernor’s staff, will prosecute the case, Wayne County News BANK PRESIDENT STIC IDES. McConnell, Accused of Crooked Trainee tiong, Put* Bulletin His Brain. At Ocala, Fla., Saturday afternoon, E. B. McConnell, the defaulting pres¬ ident of the defunct Merchants' Na¬ tional bank, sent a bullet crashing through his brain, dying instantly. The deed was committed at the home of bis brother-in-law, W. K. McDonald, where he and his wife and mother were taking dinner. It seems that the receiver of the Merchants’ National bank made some new developments in the bank’s busi¬ ness that showed np very badly against McConnell. He at once com¬ municated them to United States Com¬ missioner D.,S. Williams, who at once issued a warrant for McConnell's ar¬ rest. This was placed he hands of a deputy United State JWarshal, who proceeded to McConnell’s residence. He learned there that the bank presi¬ dent was at dinner at Mr. McDonald’s. When he went thither and read the warrant McConnell asked for permis¬ sion to go up stairs and get his coat. In about two minutes the household was startled by the loud report of a pistol, and the fall of a h >vy body on the floor told the tale. The officer rushed up stairs only to find McCon¬ nell breathing his last with a big hole in the right side of his head over the ear and a smoking revolver still in his hand. _ TRIED TO KIEL WHOLE FAMILY. Story of a Midnight Assault Supposed to Have Ended In Lynching. News bas been received of a fiend¬ ish crime which was perpetrated at Orangedale, Fla., abofft twenty miles from St. Augustine, in which an en¬ deavor was made to murder a whole family. The details are meagre. The story is that a negro supposed to be Isaac Barrett, entered the home of II. J. Hewson, a farmer, and mur¬ derously assaulted Mr. HewRon, his wife and seven-year-old son while they slept. All were hit on the head with a piece of scantling. The daughter, Miss Maggie, grap¬ pled with the negro and so bravely did she fight him that he left the house. The son is said to be dying, but the parents may possibly recover. Later on Barrett was arrested and the report is that a party of twelve men took the prisoner from the officers and a lynching was probably the result. CONDEMNS THE SHERIFF. Trouble at Urbana Laid at His Door, Causing Him to Leave the City. A special from Urbana, Ohio, says that the city has resumed its normal condition and the scene has changed entirely. trouble Sher¬ Immediately after the Leonard left iff McLain and Captain for Springfield. later that mob of It was reported a 150 was organizing to go to Springfield after the sheriff and such word went to Springfield, having the effect, it is said, of driving the sheriff off to Day ton. Threats of getting the body of Mitchell and burning it were freely made. Before being removed from the courthouse yard relic hunters had nearly cut the coat off the dead man. Every button was gone and even his shoes and stockings were taken off and carried away. ' GEORGIA DAY IN SENATE. Saturday Session tho Occasion of Speeches By Baco " and clay -, Saturday,was Georgia s day in . ir the senate. The netable features of the tariff discussion during the day were furnished by the Georgia senators. Senator Clay delivered his maiden speech as a member of the body, and Senator Bacon spoke at length upon a feature or the tariff of special interest te Georgia. ... , This was the lumber schedule, and j n favoring the tariff on lumber as against a motion to pnt it on the free list, Senator Bacon took emphatic grounds against the doctrine of free raw materials, as did Senator Clay in the more elaborate speech in which he discussed this and other features of the tariff measure. ASK 11ARRETT’S ItAKKr. » RETENTION K r, In. iiu p res j^ en t McKinley Receive* a Telegram from Bangkok A cablegram from Bangkok to the Associated Press says that the Amen cans of fciam have signed a unanimous ; petition asking Presiueut McKinley : to retain John Barrett as United States | j minister to Siam. The committee.” dispatch is signed: “Hays, Bennette, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. ! Xante* Are Sent to tke Senate by McKinley Tor Confirmation. The president has sent the following j nominations to the senate: Andrew Barlow, of Missouri, to be j consul Harold general S. Van to Buren, the city of of New Mexico, Jer sev, to be consul at Nice, France. Carl Bailey Hurst, of the District of ; Columbia, now consul at Paraguay, to I ; be consul general at Vienna, Austria. Henry.. te «< Lo«isin», » j be consul at Horgen Switzerland. Wiliam W Canada, of Indiana, to . consul at \ Crn^ Mexico. [ be Louis A. Pradt, era of Wisconsin, to be j assistant attorney general. j JESUP. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNK 11, 1897. LYNCHERS IN OHIO FIRED UPON BY STATE TROOPS. TWO MEN WERE KILLED OURIGHT. Mob, However, Succeeds In Swinging Up Negro Convicted of Criminal Assault Upon a White Woman. Two men were killed and ten wound¬ ed by a company of the Ohio National Guard at Urbana, O., at an early hour Friday morning. ' The soldiers were at temping to save Charles Mitchell, the colored assailant of Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, from the hands of an infuriated mob, but their efforts were unavailing. jail Mitchell was taken from the at 7:30 o’clock a. m., and hanged to a tree in the courtyard. The dead are: Harvey Bell, Urbana, instantly killed; Upton Baker, farmer north of Urbana. Tho fatally wounded are: Wesley Bowen, Cable; Zach Wank, Urbana. Less seriously wounded: Dennis Graney, Urba; Dr. Charles Thomson, North Lewisbury; S. 8. Deaton, Ur¬ bana, serious; John McKeever, Urba¬ na, painful; Ray McClure, Urbana, painful. it is feared . • In addition to this list, that Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, who was as¬ saulted by the negro, will not recover and several of the injured are in a se¬ rious condition. There is intense feeling against 'some of the officials and further complications are appre¬ hended. One week ago Mrs. Ganmer was assaulted in daylight at her home in Urbana. She was prostrated and felt the disgrace. She requested assaulted her son for to announce that she was robbery. Mitchell It was given out that at¬ tempted to force her to sign a cheek for $500. But as Mrs. Gaumer’s con¬ dition became more serious, the facts became known. Mitchell was first .held for robbery, but on. laai Wednes¬ day h6 was arraigned for assault. Mrs. Gaumer was unable to appear in court, and the hearing was held at her home. As Mitchell entered hei- room, she raised up in bed and exclaimed: “The brute, hang him. How dare yon face me again, you brute?” Wed¬ Soon after the identification on nesday, there was talk of lynching. Crowds surrounded the jail that night and the sheriff and local militia had trouble protecting the prisoner. Thurs¬ day a grand jury was empaneled and it soon returned an indictment for criminal assault. Mitchell, disguised in a soldier’s uniform, was carried from jail into court. He waived the reading of the indictment, pleaded guilty and was promptly sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary, the limit for assault. The trial was over before 9 o’clock, when an attempt was made to take Mitchell to Columbus on the train at 10 p. m. But the crowds were about the courthouse and jail and when the carriage drove up the crowd made a rush for the jail. The militia drove the people back, but the crowd soon increased in fury as well as in numbers, so that Sheriff McLean and the troops had all they could do to hold the jail at that time. It wa3 1;35 O > elook Friday morning w ij ell first attack was made on the • r fhe soldiers opened fire on the and twenty volleys were poured j ri ^ 0 the advancing crowd with the re¬ gn R g as above stated. The attacking party retired, but the g jgpt c f the dead and injured infuria¬ ted them and the crowd soon rallied. qq ie fl n al attack on the jail was made 7 o’clock. The mob which had grown in num Per3 at t he break of day, seeing the way ope n, secured a large sledge ham mer and g t ar t e d for the jail. The ham mer wa8 not Dee( j e( j, as Sheriff McLean delivered the keys and the crowd soon found Mitchell’s cell. A rope was thrown around the ne gro’s neck and was dragged out into the yard The rope was then thrown over one of the limbs of a tree. Miteh eP jerked ualil head struck j ^ jj- h ueck was broken and his y y dropped to the ground. The crowd repeate d the jerking several t ; raes , jn ti[ they were sure he was dead AGAINST NIGHT WORE. Suuthe^oUon^Spinuer. wm Mert To The coming meeting of the Southern Q otton Spinners’ Association at Char j otte thVcotton c. , is of unusual importance j ^ mills of the south. gom@ measure ^ are to } je adopted to cnrtad tke production labor* of yarns by re , ■ ^ n mirs c f The “ as=o to gtop night ork in varn y millsaltonether 7boarcl Q f th of governors savs « ^ht ^ a~ree to discontinue the prae ^ other mill s will advertise that they run only ' in the daytime and make a _ more unifo rm claS9 of good8 thau ig possible to produce at night. SHERMAN MAY BE REPOSED. Rumors Current in Washington That Mc¬ Kinley Will Freeze Him Ont. Another cabinet rumor is afloat in Washington. It is that John Sher¬ man is to he shoved out of the cabinet to make way for Judge Day. The prediction is freely made that Sher¬ man will be forced to resign before the end of the year. The rumor is to the effect also that the same crowd that pushed the old man out of the senate by putting him into the cabinet chair, which he did not want, is behind this latest move. As it is, Mr. Sherman is very little consulted about matters of state. He has been entirely relieved of the Cuban diplomatic matters, these being put in the hands of Judge Day, who is in constant conference with the president. From those conferences Secretary Sherman is quietly excluded. McKin¬ ley has been persuaded that it is not safe to confide anything to Sherman, whose garrulity is continually getting him into trouble. Sherman feels his position keenly but can Bay nothing. THREE FRIENDS LIBERATED. Judge Decided That the Evidence Was . Insuillcient. In the United States court at Jack¬ sonville, Monday, Judge Locke hand¬ ed down a decision in the Three Friends’ case, charged with violating the neutrality laws. In giving the decision Judge Locke said: “The court in examining the evidence in the case fails to find any testimony showing that the vessel was fitted out and armed within the limits of the United States. It does not show that she was loaded with arms and ammunition within fifteen or twenty miles of the shore.” Three other cases are pending against the vessel, but they are likely to be dismissed, as the evidence is much the same as in the present case. The district attorney will await ad¬ vices from Washington as to what fu¬ ture action to take in the present case. ORIGINAL PACKAGE EXPLAINED. Constable Says That Bottles Sold In South Carolina Must Bo Stamped. A Cc^pmbia dispatch says: The ques¬ tion of-what'constitutes an original package has been disturbing all South Carolina siifce Judge Himonton’s de¬ cision. It was settled Monday so far as the state authorities are concerned until, at least, the'courts pass upon it. Chief Constable Bahr, of Charleston, held a conference with officials in that city after which he said that unless otherwise instructed he would seize all liquors when a person attempted to open a box and sell from it one or more bottles, provided those bottles did not have upon them separate gov¬ ernment stamps. In that case they will not be molested. According to the understanding now prevailing any number of bottles may he sold individually so long as they have separate stamps upon them. Chief Bahr states that already ho has seized and dumped a considerable amount of beer in Charleston, the par¬ ties attempting to sell it by the drink from kegs. THE TRUTH HARD TO GET. Commissioner Callionn Says It Was Im¬ possible to Secure Information. William J. Calhoun, who was sent to Cuba as a special commissioner to investigate the circumstances of the death in prison of Dr. Ruiz, an Amer¬ ican citizen, reacLed New York on his return Monday. conversation,Mr. Calhoun said: In a “The island of Cuba is rapidly being devastated by a relentless, cruel and civil war, so that in a shoTt time it will not be worth anything to anyone. situa¬ It is difficult to get at the exact tion there. In the first place there is severe censorship of the press and those who are naturally friendly to the Cubans hardly dare to express their views and opinions. Furthermore the adherents of both sides are exceeding¬ ly intense. They tell their stories just as you want them to believe them. Appeal From Cubans. A special to the New York Herald from Havana says a strange appeal on behalf of the starving recontrados in Matanzas, who excited the sympathy of General Lee and Commissioner Cal¬ houn, is made to the people of the United States. The petition is head¬ ed: “A Petition to the People of the United States.” It is now on its way to Washington. DOCTOR SUSPECTED OF MURDER. Th<(Ught to „ aTe Killed Joe s P r,n * a " d ls Arrested - A tolegram received Monday night j announces the arrest of Dr. J. J. Kil ’ patrick on suspicion of being the one 1 who murdered Joe Sprinz, bookkeeper of Mid for Davis & Marks, merchants ! ville, near Savannah, on the night of j May’7th Kilpatrick, last. well known pby Dr. a sician of Midville, an unmarried man, .ged .bo* 35 ,»r„. „I line infill i gence and handsome appearance, was suspected of the deed in a day or two after the murder, and he has been shadowed by a well kpown detective ever since. ' WHITE PINE CAUSES POLITICAL LINES TO BE DRAWN. FAILED TO GET ON FREE LIST. Paragraph In Tariff Bill Relating to Bum. ber Was the Most Stubbornly Contested, so Far. The senate Monday disposed of the lumber paragraph, whioh has been more stubbornly contested than any feature of the bill thus far, by defeat¬ ing the motion of Senator Vest to place white pine on the free list—yeas 20, nays 38. The contest was mainly significant in breaking party lines whioh have been maintained with few exceptions during the early stages of the debate. On the final vote eight democratic senators voted against Mr. Vest’s prop¬ osition, namely: Messrs. Bacon and Clay, of Georgia; McEnery, of Louisiana; McLaurin and Tillman, of South Carolina; Martin, of Virginia; White, of California, and Rawlins, of Utah. On the other hand, Mr. Carter, republican, and Messrs. Cannon and Mantle, silver republicans, voted for the Vest motion. Following this a vote to substitute the Wilson lumber schedule was de¬ feated—21 to 37-—and the schedule was agreed to as reported. The debate preceding the vote was the at times very breezy, owing to break of political lines. bill The consideration of the tariff was resumed soon after the session opened and the discussion proceeded on the paragraph laying a duty of $2 per 1,000 feet on lumber. Mr. Allen, populist, of Nebraska, moved to substitute the provisions of the Wilson bill, wliicb placed lumber on the free list. The senator spoke in particular against restoring white pine to the dutiuble list, urging that tjie rates were designed to be prohibi¬ tory against Canadian pine. There was nothing, he "said, in the “clap¬ trap argument” of American high Wages, as the wages of lumber men in Canada were on the whole higher than in the United States. Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, spoke against restoring the duty on white pine. He had been appealed to by the lumber interests of his own state to support the duty, but he could not do it when it laid such heavy tribute on the agri¬ cultural people of the western states. Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, .who sup¬ ported the lumber duty, reminded Mr. Berry that his (Bacon’s) support was due to the fact that the duty was a revenue rather than a protective rate. Mr. Berry responded with a vehe ment arraignment of the bill, framed, he said, in the interest of every trust and combination in the country. Mr. Caffery, of Louisiana, opposed the duiy on white pine and incident¬ ally criticised the position of Mr. Ba¬ con, of Georgia, who, he said, favored a protective duty. This the senator from Georgia denied. Mr. Caffery announced his opposi¬ tion to all protective duties. He fa¬ vored the imposition of pure revenue duties. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, character¬ ized as absurd the claim that this country was being “flooded” by foreign manufacturers of lumber in the face of the fact that but $7,500,000 worth of lumber was imported last year against $540,000,000 consumed. APPROVED BY BUSHNELL. Ohio Governor Hay# the Military Did Their Duty at Urbana. Governor Bushrell of Ohio, in a letter to the press, says: “The members of the national guard at Urbana did their duty and are entitled to the support of the state. Lamentable as the results are their efforts were made to maintain the ma¬ jesty of the law and they should be upheld by all the people. ” Adjutant General Axline says: “A careful examination at Urbana fails to show the national guard’s con¬ duct was anything but that of courage and obedience as soldiers, and when the public is in full possession of all the facts, the unwarranted criticisms that have gone ont to the world will be speedily corrected.” Trial of Shriver Postponed. The trial of John Shriver, corre spondent of The New York Mail and Express, indicted for contempt in con nection with the sugar investigation, did not begin at Washington Monday, District Attorney Davis asked and ob tained a postponement until Tuesday week On account of the absence of two important witnesses, ~ fa j lor Ilelli vn Trial. Seven men with guns reached At '“‘t'SS! and his son, Tom Delk, f to State Zebulon, Ga., where the father was placed on trial Tuesday morning for murder. Delk’s attorney sought to get a change of venue but was unsnecessful. NO, 48. FAURE IS RESERVED. French President Withholds His Views On Monetary Question. A Paris special says: It is learned from an authorized source that the let¬ ters of credence presented to Presi¬ dent Faure by Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Colorado, and his col¬ leagues of the United States monetary commission, designate them as minis¬ ters plenipotentiary to France, Great Britain and Germany, with the mis¬ sion in concert with the United IStates ambassadors to those oountries to dis¬ cuss monetary questions and come to some agreement on bimetallism. President Faure carefully avoided making a statement to them at the audience which he acoorded to the commissioners at the Elysee palace be on Wednesday last, which might interpreted as a promise to take any steps in the matter, Beforq the com missioners left the palaoe lie invited them to share his box at the race for the grand prix de Paris. No doubt the government of France is friendly to the American nation,but nothing tangible will be done and beyond the the expressions of sympathy be assurance that the matter will se¬ riously studied. IN MEMORY OF AMERICANS. Cuban Sympathizer* Hold a Bousing Meeting In Washington. A large crowd gathered at the Na¬ tional theater at Washington, D.- C., Friday night to attend the Cuban meeting in memory of Americans who have sacrificed their lives for Cuba. Speeches were made by representa¬ tives Swanson, of Virginia, and Green, of Nebraska, and others. Mr. Green declared that not only should the belligerency resolution be passed by congress, but Spain should be given so many days to take her sol ' diers from the island. He made light of the probability of war with Spain, and said that if she declared war against the United StateH 3,000,000 swords would spring from their scabbards ready to fight and the blue and gray would 'march- together to the music of “Dixie.” Resolutions were adopted calling for a prompt recognition of Cuban bellig¬ erency and arraigning all'who make the “honor and glory of the nation and the demands cf the people sub¬ servient to the interests of the Spanish bondholders and the sugar trust.” WHITE FACED DEATH COOLY. Ascended the Scaffold Nonchalantly Smok¬ ing a Cigarette. With a cigarette in his mouth,. Hen¬ ry White, the murderer of Police Offi¬ cer William Jackson, cooly descended into the yard of the Muscogee jail at Columbus, Ga., Friday to pay the death penalty for his deed. The young man was more composed than any member of the party which escorted him to the gallows. Not once did he show the white feather during the long hours of the last day of his confinement and at his death the culmination of his wonder¬ ful display of nerve was reached. He made no speech—simply bade those about him “goodby.” The trap was sprung at 1:32 and at 1:42 White was pronounced dead. His neck was not broken. DURRANT HANGING POSTPONED. Judge Give# Attorney# Permission to Ap¬ peal From Hi# Decision. A San Francisco special says: Theo¬ dore Durrant will not be hanged on next Friday. His attorneys have gained for him a new lease of life for four months at least, and the condemned man made merry in his cell when he heard the cheerful news. He had become resigned to his fate, when information was received at the prison that Judge Gilbert, of the United States circuit court, had grant¬ ed hie attorneys permission to appeal to the United States supreme court from his order previously made deny¬ ing the application for a writ of habeas corpus. UNLOADED THE GUN, But Iu Doing 80 a Young Boy Kill* HI* Two Sisters. At Greene, la., the 15-year-old son of L. Schwartz, while attempting to unload a gun, discharged the weapon, killing his two sisters. The bullet passed through the neck of one sister and struck the other sister just above the heart. A DAY OF SPEECHES. A Resolution Passed For the Benefit of Sontli Carolina. The senate had a period of speech making Friday and as a result little progress was made on the tariff bill. A resolution aiming at a solution of the South Carolina dispensary muddle, fcrnl for which Mr. Tillman has con contended for, was passed. It reads as follows: “Resolved, That the committee on the ju¬ diciary be directed to consider and report, by bill or otherwise, what legislation, it any, Ls necessary to give full effect to the purpose ot the act approved August 8,1890, entitled ‘An act to limit the effect.of the regulations of commerce between the several states and with foreign countries in certain cases.’”