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YOU. I. STOOD TEN TO TWO IN AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY CASE. EIGHTEEN BALLOTS BUT NO RESULT Olcott Is Anxious For a New Trial at Once, While the Matter la Fresh In the Public Mind* The jury in the conspiracy case of the American Tobacco Cr-ripany, ■which has been on trial before T id go Fitzgerald in the court of general ses sions. at New York, failed to agree. - Although no verdict for the prose cution was rendered, a disagreement ■ is nevertheless regarded by District Attorney Olcott as a victory for the The jury , had , , been ont , fifteen , hours when they came in and informed the court that they were unable to agree. It was decided that it would be useless to lock them up again and they were discharged. " , ballots It learned that . eighteen . . was had been taken within twelve and the vote stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal acquittal The jurors who held outTor were Hobart C. Fash and Foster Milh ken. During the morning: Juror Bmsze became ill and was permitted to consult a physician. The doctor declared that the juror was m danger of an apoplec tic stroke and advised Mm to get out of the courthouse as soon as possible. The juror, however,was determined to fight for a conviction and would not hurry matte* said ....... that if District Attorner Olcott ,t were not for the fact that all bail cases had gone over until the fall he would have moved for a new' trial on Monday next. stands for '‘When a jury ten con viction and two for acquittal, the peo pie,” he said, “are entitled to a deci sion on the law while the matter is still fresh in their minds.” • SOUTHERN PROGRESS. ow industries Established In the South Huriue the **»« vr neea. v Despite the hot wgather during the past week business in all hues shows increasing activity and indications are favorable, judging from reports from southern manufacturers and dealers, for continued improvement^ The movement in textile goods is b tter than was expected at this sea Bon and the demand for lumber bIiows a healthy increase from week to week. The iron and steel market is stron ger. Pig iron,is better, moving the tendency freely still and prices are The demand for southern upward. iron is active and operators report a better business and more favorable conditions than for many months. Among the most important new in dustries reported for the week are the following: A $10,000 electric light plant at Mannington, M'. Va., and oth era at Eastman, Ga., and Columbus and Jackson, Miss. A flouring mill at Blacksburg, Va.; an ice factory at Sis tersville, M r . Va.; machine shops at Macon, Ga.; the Texas Gas Light and Heating Co., capital $10,000, Houston, Tex.; the Lynchburg Light and Heat Co., capital $100,000, Lynchburg, Va.; the J. J. Wright Co., capital $20,000, at Norfolk, Va.; an oil mill at Rome, Ga., and wood-working plants at Huntsville, Ala.; Chattanooga and Wilmington, N. C.—Tradesman (Chat ■ t mooga, Tenn.) A BOLT BY BOISE. Ex-Governor of Iowa Renounces Free Coinage of Silver at 10 to 1. A special from Des Moines, la., aays: Horace Boise, ex-governor of Iowa and former presidential candi date, has created a sensation by writ ing a letter ia which he practically re nounc.es free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The letter is 4,000 words long and was written for the campaign book of D. M. Fox, of Des Moines. The article was given to the press by Colonel Fox, although Gen eral M’eaver and other silver leaders objected, fearing its effect on the state campaign just opened. “Curse The article is captioned of a Monstrous Crime Upon Us,’’ and is a sweeping denunciation of the financial -policy of the government, particularly in recent years. PRESIDENT WILL VISIT CANTON. . McKinlsy Will Spend the Glorious Fourth ' t With HI. Mother. A . _ Washington , . , dispatch , , says: rp, The ^ president has definitely decided to go to his old home at Canton, O., on In day to visit his mother for a tow days. Mrs. McKinley, Miss Mabel Me Km ley and probably the assistant secre¬ tary of state and Mrs. Day will accom¬ pany him. They will remain over the 4th and return Monday or Tuesday evening. night the president * _ On Thursday informal dinner the will give an to members of the cabinet and their Wayne News UNION PACIFIC DISCUSSED First Steps Toward Redeeming the Road from Prior X.iens. A Washington special says: The sen ate committee on Pacific railroads Fri day agreed to report favorably the res ohition introduced by Senator Harris, of Kansas, expressing the sense that the senate of the United States should redeem the Union Pacific railroad from prior liens and take steps to foreclose the government mortgage. The resolution was amended by the addition of a provision at the instance of Senator Morgan requesting the President to suspend proceedings to carry into effect the amendment al leged to have been made to sell the interests of the United States in the Union Pacific railroad and in the sink mg fund until further action of Con g reBB j s ba d i n reference thereto. The action of the committee was unanimous. Senator Harris was au P'orjzed to make the report. INDICATIONS OF IMPROVEMENT. Treasury Department Has Heavy De nl .„, d for small Notes. A Washington J telegram slates toat (he department, ^ within the - , ;i le , ed a considerable of requests fol . BmaU notes in unusually large quantities. ‘ This in - wa> cnUrely unexpected, and is confidently / regarded indication by the treasury officials ft an of improving business relations. u , east onee year tbe treasury mee<a demands for 'small notes from th# weBt aud 80Uth wh ere they are newled in the movement of crops, Bftre , howe has the inquh . y be . earlier thau the tenth ol . the mid f Jul J ’ a therefore, it is as d that t Le call for notes of small denomiufttion8 is not in anticipation the cr ino vement. It has become so general, however, particularly in t he south, that the treasury officials a8Cribe it renewed activity in gen . u««« PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. s.enuio f«nfiring a Number of NtuneH Sue seated By Our Chief Executive. The president Friday sent the fol lowing nominations to the senate: To be consuls—Frank C. Denison, ofA T erincnt, atWxiodstock, New Bruns wick; Frank Dillingham, of Califor nia, at Auckland, New Zealand. Th0 senat# i n executive session con finned following nominations: Alb ert C. Thompson, of Ohio; Alex ftn(ler Q Botkin> o{ Montana, and Dayid B CulbertBon, of Texas, to be tfae COTOm i S8 i oner8 to revise and codify the criminal and penal laws of the Uj)ited 8tfttes a8 p ,. ov j de d for by the got of congress approved June 4, 1897. To be United States marshals—Ohas. p Hiteh (){ tUe Boutherll district of T] , inoi Walter P. Johnson, from the noltll orn district of Georgia; Addison Bavis j ame8 ’ f or the district of Ken . %1bo a Imm t )er of consuls. t ___ CORNELL CREW M INS R ACE. - Five Lengths Ahead <>r Yale at tlie Cio.e of the Content. The great ’varsity race at Pough keepsie Friday afternoon was the most exciting ever witnessed on American waters. At 3:45 o’clock the crews were off with Cornell leading slightly, and at end of the first mile Cornell was first, Harvard second and Yale third. Yale was gaining on Harvard. Yale fought gamely from last place. Harvard’s strong stroke was telling second onjOornell. mile Cor At the end of the nell was first; Yale had taken the sec ond place with Harvard third. Cornell won by five lengths; Yale geeond, Harvard third. Time, 20 minntes and 34 seconds. TERRELL HUDSON HANGED. Expiated Crime of Murder Upon the Gallows of Decatur, Ga. Terrell Hudson, the DeKalb county, Ga., murderer, was hanged in Deca tur Fridav for tbe murder of Seaborn Maleom, another negro. The drop fell at II :46. His neck was broken, and in six minutes his pulse had ceased to beat, The body was allowed to swing 12 minutes before being dead, and at 12.01 it was cut down and turned over to the dead roan’s lations. Hudson died with a remarkable gree of fortitude, considering his rible state of mind before the hour execution was announced. He no confession of guilt upon the lows. STRIKERS RETURN. Coal Creek Miners Accept the Old Scale «*■““** W ° rk ’ * One thousand miners employed , ^ Coal Creek yij n j ng company re¬ ^. ork XueSl i ay morning old scftlej after a brie f str ike. The ^ ifl sympatLy with the strik ^ attb<j Jelli c 0 district, Belgian Miners Strike. A very extensive strike is in ress in the district of Borinage, prov¬ ince of ’Hainaut, Belgium. At j 12,000 borains (miners) are out. i district of Borinage is important its coal mines. JESUP. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY % 189T. J* A TRAIN ON WABASH RAILROAD WRECKED IN A GULCH. SEVEN PEOPLE TAKEN OUT DEAD. lineteen Other* \V«r«* Injured But Not Seriously—Dlcuuder 0*u»e<l by a Kain Storm. The St. Loiiis express on the Wa jash railway, which left Kansas City 4fc 6;20 oV>look Saturday evening, trestle .. Missoun • P t hm K ed tbro «8 , h R . at ^ City, Mo., at five minutes of 7 o’clock, carrying down the entire train with the exception of the rear car, a Pnll mua The gorge, which a few hours pre rions was practically empty, had be «ome a raging torrent because of ft tv* 'nendoiiv downpour of rain and the structure weakened. As a result of the catastrophe seven people were killed. A correct list is as follows: M T . S. Mills, postal clerk, St. Louis. O. M. Smith, postal clerk,St. Louis. Gustave A. Smith, postal clerk, St. Louis. Charles M’inters, postal clerk, St. Louis. F. H. Brink, postal clerk, St.Louis. Edward Grinrod, baggageman, St. Lo ™ B ‘, , bar f r ° ^ re,lH,e . . . ^’akernau. . ( 68 , ' ?’ * v ,ne teen . bnt nut t ‘J 116 18 * u a entlcal C ond * t 1 “ ' Among them all there not f one , b.o is ken limb, though many of them wete ‘ hrown three-quarters of tlie length of the John coaches Ennis, m which traveling they salesman were riding lor Beckman & MeKnight, was in the rear end of the train wbioh the that escaped , injury. , It was like one ' wise the only car in which none of the j ! passengers had interview were injured. with farmer Ml*. Ennis who an a Iliad come from Missouri City in the { evening and occurred was at the flag place the \yhere train. j the wreck to The farmer cl»ime<I to h»xe flag on the track, but owing to iSB» terrible rain the engineer was unable to see the signal. Mr. Eunis said the wreck occurred at 7:05 o’clock, , One of the most important things, j and one which secured the safety of | the remaining passengers on the train, | I was the flagging of a freight tram which followed the passenger train j about ton minutes. This freight train was flagged by ! passengers 300 feet from the wreck. I The engine passed over tbe trestle, 1 which broke immediately afterwards, and the tender, with the front or through smoking car, was thrown back into the gorgv. j The farmer w' h whom Mr. j&nnis talked said that ai 5 o’clock there was practically no water in the gorge, but ! at the time of tbe wreck it was raging a torrent of ten feet or more in depth. rpj je former said the bridge was clearly unsafe, which had impelle & him to stand in the storm and a 5 empt to fi ag the train. ____ KENTUCKY ' imRSE WON. __ ornament Captures the st. Fools sweep state* of S 12 , 000 . Kentucky beats Missouri—Orna ment outran Typhoon II in tbe St. Louis derby Saturday in the $12,000 sweepstake for three-year-olds and several thousand St. Louisiaus walked home. The much-played Typhoon II was of beaten, not only by Ornament, Kentucky, but also by Buckvidere, a twelve to one shot, who came near get¬ ting in first-place. Aside from the re wsertment of Ornament’s superiority, the race was a disappointment. Orna¬ ment’s price, 19 to 20 and out, pre¬ vented any heavy play on him by the visitors, while Typhoon, 11 to 10, .was hardly more attractive. ALL QUIET AT KEY WEST. Governor of Florida »o Wire* tho Wash' Inicton Anthftrltiea. President McKinley has received a message from Governor Bloxham, of Florida, stating that the sheriff of Key M 7 est wired Saturday morning that the contemplated trouble did not materi¬ alize and that everything there is quiet and orderly. ANSWER TO JAPAN’S PROTEST. Secretary of State Forwarded It to .Japan¬ ese Legation. A Washington special says: “The reply of the secretary of state to the protest of the Japanese government against the annexation of Hawaii has been forwarded to the Japanese lega¬ tion here, and by them cabled to Tokio. “The legation will probably file a some time, as the note of the Japanese government is worded in the carefully diplomatic manner, GREAT .NAVAL REYllw 0 0 Of Warsblps of the "World In Honor of Queen Victoria. A special from Pc rtsmonth,England, says: naval TjJJie most magnificent witness® 'display of strength ever occurred oft'Spithead Saturday, the occasion being the giand naval review held in honor of the completion of the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. The Prince of Wales, representing her majesty, reviewed a tine fleet of foreign warships, representing all the maritime nations of the world, proud¬ est, strongest ami swiftest of these crafts being the United States armor¬ ed cruiser Brooklyn, flying the flag of Bear Admiral Miller, and the heir ap pareni also inspected about thirty miles of British warships in which were 196 fighting ships of different classes, carrying about 900 heavy guns, manned by over 45,000 men, and of about 60,000 tons in all. Each maritime nation sent an ad¬ miral in his flagship to witness the review. They formed a line abreast of the British battleships, where they were favorably planed to compare their own naval architecture with that of other nations. Each nation sent its best available ship and a magnificent display resulted. An interesting feature of the British fleet was the training ships, which comprised t hree of the early iron-clads, a squadron of cruisers which usually winters with a training crew on board in the West Indies, or in some other warm latitude, and a fleet of training brigs which cruise in the neighborhood of the British ports. The British fleet assembled June 22 and was drawn up in four lines, ex¬ tending from abreast of Portsmouth harbor to a distance of about live miles to the westward. Following the precedent of former naval reviews there was free access to the review ground up to the hour named for the official inspection, when all vessels vith visitors anchored in their assigned positions, and the tour of the fleet was commenced by the Prince of M ales. WILL REFER TO LEGISLATURE. .(iovernor K’lerbi* Will Not Iggue Order Hiiprtinamllng: Gun. A Columbia, S. C., special says: GoveiwK Rl)el-lie will not issue a gen¬ eral rjtorimanding adjutantGen- bjr '*U‘!U*'Wft+ts(T** i«*commended the court of inquiry. It is probable that the governor’s not being on the pleasantest personal terms with tbe general may have in¬ fluenced him in this regard, he desir¬ ing to avoid the poasibility of letting personal feeling influence him. Then the action of the board is equivalent to a reprimand, and tlie legislature can decide whether a more serious view shall be taken of the case. The governor’s order issued says: ‘‘The report of the court of inquiry and record of proceedings will be at tlie proper time transmitted to the general assembly for such action as that body may deem proper w ith ref erence to the adjutant and inspector general, who in this state is a consti tutional officer, aud it is ordered: “First, That Private Fishburu, of the Richland Volunteers, he discharged from the military service of the state, “Second, That the captain of tho Richland Volunteers publish an of order reprimanding Private Dunning, said compiny, for leaving ranks without permission. “Third. That court of the having completed tbe duties assigned, it is hereby dissolved. “Fourth. That the commander-in chief desires to express his high ap preciation of the complete and careful manner in which tbe court has per formed its duty. ” —------ INSURGENTS KILL THIRTY. They Attack a Stage Coach ami Capture Much Booty. A news special states that a stage de coach from Havana for San Jose Las Lajas, a nearby-settlement, band was stopped on tbe road by a large of insurgents, who killed with their machetes eighteen scouts escorting the coach, six guerrillas, one Spanish offi cer, a doctor, a carpenter and three other passengers who attempted to save their lives by fight. coach who Tbe only occupants of the were not killed by the insurgents were a woman and a child, who were among the passengers. The bodies of the per sons" slain were stripped of their cloth ing and left lying alongside the road, The insurgents captured a consider able amount of booty. GERMANS FOR ALABAMA. Two Bond red Families Will Settle Iu tbe Town of Bismarck. A party of 200 German immigrants and their families from Iowa and Illinois is cu route to Bismarck, town in Limestone county, Ala.,which ba Birrck w g ast?d° r off Zt fall by a on&ndmfof b CuUmf D ! l X; and it with Athens. The mil . fruit . . immigrants engage in fans ing. US RIOT IN KEY WEST. GOT. BLOXHAM WIRES WASHING¬ TON FOR U. S. TROOPS. AT LYNCHINGTHE CAUSE. The Cabinet Wag Called Together to Con* gider the Governor’s Hequest, But No .Action Was Taken. Key West, Fla., was on the verge of a race war Friday. Mrs. Maggie Atwell, white, was as¬ saulted on Wednesday afternoon by Sylvanus Johnson, a negro, who was promptly identified and jailed. Two unsuccessful attempts were made by white men Thursday to get at him to lynch him and these efforts greatly enraged the blacks. As a measure of precaution against an outbreak on each side the Island City Guards, the local militia com¬ pany, slept at their armory Thursday night. Late in the evening the negroes openly threatened to burn the city and kill the white inhabitants, surround en the county jail and the armory, and began to discharge firearms promiscu¬ ously. inoffensive William Gardner, an white citizen, was killed by a stray bullet. James Sawyer, another white man was beaten senseless by tbe blacks. Two hundreds citizens, sworn in as depmty sheriffs, and the soldiers at the United States barracks were ready to assist the militia. nloxliaw^To the President. Upon receipt of a telegram at Talla¬ hassee from Key M r est about noon Friday Adjutant General Houston im¬ mediately wired to the Key West militia company to report at once to Sheriff Knight for duty, and Governor Bloxham telegraphed to President Mc¬ Kinley as follows: “The sheriff at Key West wires me as fol¬ lows:‘A negro prisoner Is In jail charged witli assault on a white woman. An attempt was made to lynch him. The negroes are greatly enraged and threaten to burn the city and kill the whites. A large number ol negroes last night surrounded the jail and eourthouse squares and about 11 o’olock the negroes began firing rifles and pistols, kill¬ ing one wliito man and several others are reported wounded. Great excitement pre¬ vails and serious trouble is impending to¬ night. I request you to order the Key West military compauy to owe assistance, but am afraid that one company will be powerless before a mob of infuriated blacks, and I ask that you request the president of U>e United ! states to order the commanding officer of the United States troops stationed here to come to the assistance of the civil autbort ; ties if needed to save life and property. No s toto troops can reach Key West sooner than Sundayntght.” “Similar requests were wired by the coun tyjmlge, circuit clerk, immigration inspeo tor and two justices of the peaoe. Owing to t he distance of Key West from the mainland i can furnish only the one company In Key West and make application for the assiat *nce of the United States troops, if necessa ry> tt t the urgent request of the officials and citizens of Key West. W. D. Bloxham, “Governor of Florida.” Cabinet Considers Request, A M’asbington special says: The request of Governor Bloxham for the assistance of the federal troops at Key West, Fla., was discussed at a confer ence at the white houso Friday night. There were present besides the presi den Secretary Alger, Attorney General McKenna and General Brock, of the aTm y_ lasted until after 11 The conference o’clock. Secretary Alger stated there bad been no thing further received f rom Kev West bearing-on the situa t j and j n the absence cf any in f orraa ti 0 n no aotion has been taken on governor’s request. companies of There are now two ar tiilery and one more of infantry „t a tj oned 8 t that point. —-- BEPEH ON TREATY. rph e London Echo Friday afternoon publishes an interview with Dr. Ohauneey M. Depew, in which he is q UO ted as expressing the belief that jbe arbitration treaty betweon the pjmted States and Great Britain will be a j aw before the end of President McKinley’s term of office. SAYRE HOLDS HIS JOB. Alabama Supreme Court Sustains Gov emor Jones. ^^XmedThY J \fnnt<rninerv opinion county of tbe . ^he *_ rc city “ J* . bet^era^udgesJ tegt for judge of G. Winter R ftc. ^ 6 I m, Gov* appointed Judge Winter tbe general and be appointed ^ Judge sustained Sayres. this The c yJnit court NO. 51. MISSING MAN SHOWS UP. Four of Hla Nelghb r* Were In Jail Charged With HU Harder. On April 25th last Morgan Olliff, who lived near Statesboro, Ga., disap¬ peared, and although a most diligent search was made by his relatives and friends, he could not be found. Some time after Olliff disappeared a dead body was found in the woods near the town in a bad state of decom¬ position, and at. first no one could tell who it was. When the mystery was at its height, some one suggested that it was Olliff’, aud‘almost as soon as the suggestion was made, a dozen people quickly identified it as the missing man. How the identification was made, no one now seems to know, as the same men who identified it, had seen the body before without even a thought that they were looking at the remains of Olliff. It was finally accepted as the body of the missing man, and pre¬ parations were made for its burial. But while these preparations were going on an anxiety developed to know how the man had met his death. Some one suggested that there had been an old grudge against Olliff by M. O. Barnes, Conley Barnes, C. I. Howell and Wesley Waters. Then it was not long before some one volunteered the theory that these four men had killed Olliff and left the body where it w as found. The theory quickly evolved into a declaration, and the four men were arrested, charged with the murder. They all denied knowing anything about Olliff’s death, but like every one about the community, they accepted the dead body for the one of the man they were charged with killing. Upon the arrest of the quartet the sheriff placed them in jail. Warrants were sworn out against them and they were given a preliminary trial. The investigation was thorough and com¬ plete, and a strong case was made out against all four of the men, despite their emphatic denial of the charge. They were refused bail and sent to jail to await the action of the grand jury, and in jail they have been await¬ ing the coming term of court for a trial, with everything pointing to a conviction of murder. Tuesday morning Morgan Olliff, the supposed dencUtnan, walked into town and seeking the staffift, informed him that he whom had just he^^P J^Bd 1 known—were that four men in —men jail charged with Hrordering him. It did not take the people long to ascertain that it was really Olliff who was talking to them and quite a crowd gathered about the sheriff asking him to open the jail doors and let the four men out, which was done without, de¬ lay. himself Olliff declined to talk about further than to say he had just heard in his new home tbit the four men were in jail, charged with killing him, and that he merely visited Statesboro to keep innocent people from being hanged. The people are now wondering who the man was they buried for Olliff That man was evidently the victim of an assassin’s gun aud near the body was heard shots by some people before the body was found, the time being fixed near the date upon which Olliff disappeared. MACHINES NOT IN THIS. Hand Composition Only to Be Employed in Kansas State Work. J. S. Sparks, state printer-elect of Kansas, announces that the use of typesetting machines will be abolished in the state printing office with the be¬ ginning of his administration. During the last session of the legis¬ lature the printers made a strong effort to secure the passage of a bill prohib¬ iting tbe use of machines in the state office. In this they were unsuccessful, but they did succeed in having attached to the appropriation bill a rider which provides that the state printer shall receive but 10 cents per 4,000 ems for machine work. It is claimed that at this rate the machines cannot be operated except at a loss aud as a result they will be thrown out and the state will pay from 30 to 40 cents per 1,000 for hand com¬ position. Annexation Bill In House. Representative King of Utah, has introduced iu the house a bill identical w ith that introduced by Senator Mor g an j n the senate providing for the annexation of Hawaii under the con ditions of the treaty negotiated by the president. GEORGIANS AT NASHVILLE. Mrs. Felton Delivers An Address-Gov emor and StaiT at Exposition. A Nashville dispatch says: In the woman’s building at tbe Tennessee centennial exposition Friday, Mrs. M 7 . H. Felton, of Atlanta, delivered an ’ nirion id^du^lTof tee poVwhite girls of the south who have been de prived of the advantages of a good ed many citizens of that state, arrived to attend the celebration of “Georgia day.”