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VOL. II.
ANARCHIST BULLET LAYS
PRIME MINISTER LOW.
MURDERER ARRESTED AT
The Greatest Excitement and Indignation
Prevails Among All Classes In Spain
Over the Untimely Tragedy.
Scnor Canovas del Castillo, the
prime minister of Spain, was assassin¬
ated Sunday at Santa Agueda by an
anarchist. The murderer fired three
shots, two of which struck the premier
in the head aud the other in the chest.
The wounded man lingered uncon¬
scious for two hours and died at 3
o’clock Sunday afternoon. His wife
was but a short distance off when he
fell.
Santa Agueda is noted for its baths.
The place is between San Sebastian,
the summer residence of the Spanish
court, and Yittoria, the capitol of the
province of Alava, about thirty miles
south of Bilboa. The premier went
there last Thursday to take a three
weeks’ course of the baths, after which
he expected to return to San Sebas¬
tian to meet United States minister
Woodford when that gentleman should
be officially received by the queen re¬
gent.
The assassin was immediately arrest¬
ed. He is a Neapolitan aud gives the
name of Rinaldo, but it is believed
that this is an assumed name and that
his real name is Michele Angino Golli.
At a special meeting of the cabinet,
under the presidency of Senor Cos
Gayon, minister of the interior, the
latter announced that he has been en¬
trusted by the queen regent with the
premiership ad interim.
The Murderer Talks.
The murderer declares that he killed
Senor Canovas ‘ ‘in accomplishment of
a just vengeance,” and that the deed
is the outcome of a vast anarchist con¬
spiracy. He is believed to have ar¬
rived at Santa Agueda the same df.y as
the premier. He was frequently seen
larking in the passages of the bathing
establishment in a suspicious manner.
Martinez Campos has gone to San
Sebastian to attend the queen regent.
Senor Sagasta, the liberal leader, has
sent the following telegram to the
government:
“I have heard with deep pain m ...e crime
that has thrown ns all into mourning, and
I place myself At the orders of the govern¬
ment and of the queen.”
Most of the liberal leaders have
sent similar messages, placing them¬
selves at the disposal of the govern¬
ment.
The greatest excitement and indig¬
nation prevails among all classes. All
the members of the diplomatic corps
have expressed their sympathy with
the government. Many senators, dep¬
uties and generals, while expressing
their grief and indignation, have
offered to render to the government all
the assistance in their power.
It was at first rumored that the as¬
sassin was one of the pardoned Barce¬
lona anarchists, but this is not con¬
firmed.
News Received at tVaahlncrton.
Secretary of State Sherman received
the first news of the affair through the
Associated Press bulletin, He ex
pressed deep interest iu the details.
He said:
“This deplorable event will have
some effect, of course, on the present
affairs of Spain, but to what extent I
cannot say. The death of one man is
not necessarily going to change the
sentiment of the whole country. Spain
is a very tenacious country. Her
money is gone. Her resources have
been exhausted. But she means, evi¬
dently, to hold Cuba Jnst how she
can do it under these circumstances, I
cannot see. Yet she is opposed to
yielding a point.
“Premier Canovas was a strong par¬
tisan. He was the chief exponent of
the element which was determined to
keep the island at all hazards, and,
seemingly, Spain is almost a unit on
this. Conovas a strong factor in the
government of Spain, but it is not im¬
possible that another will be found to
replace him in that important office
having similar views and the sa me
pronounced ideas.
SHERMAN IN WASHINGTON.
Secretary Say* Sewall Was Xot Instructed
to Establish Protectorate.
Secretary Sherman arrived in Wash¬
ington Friday afternoon from a rest on
Long Island. He appears to have im¬
proved. Secretary Sherman denied
recent statements from San Francisco
that Minister Sewall had inrtrnctions
to establish a protectorate over Hawaii
in the event the senate failed to ratify
the annexation treaty. Secretary
Sherman said that the United States
would not guarantee the carrying out
of the terms of arbitration between
Hawaii and Japan if the decision of the
arbitrators were against the former.
That was a matter between the coun¬
tries interested.
P H-k Q County News.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Kstablistied In the South
During; the Past Week.
Business continues active and south¬
ern manufacturers aud dealers report
the volume of trade as being large for
the season with most encouraging
prospects for the fall and winter. A
marked increase is noted in inquiries
for machinery, indicating a large num¬
ber of new plants under construction
and enlargement of those already es¬
tablished.
Developments in the oil regions of
the south are especially active, and, in
the line of manufacture, cotton seed
oil and lumber are attracting consider¬
able attention, as evidenced by the in¬
crease in the number of oil aud lum¬
ber mills reported during the past few
weeks.
Iron and steel continues in good
demand, favorable conditions in this
industry in the south being most
marked just now in the Birmingham
district.
Mining troubles bid fair to reach an
early settlement, aud all indications
point to a business year of unusual
prosperity.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries reported for the week are the
following: The Peck City Coal and
Fuel Co., capital $10,000, Henrietta,
Tex.; a cotton compress at Jackson,
Tenn.; a roller flouring mill and grist
mills at Laurens, S. C.; a 50-ton ice
and cold storage plant at Charleston,
S. C.; the Griffin & Barnes Machinery
Co., capital $10,000, Galveston, Tex.,
and the Last Chance Mining and Pros¬
pecting Co., capital $50,000,Batesville,
Ark. The Blue Ridge Oil and Devel¬
opment Co., capital $400,000, has been
chartered at Kingwood, W. Va., and
the Central West Virginia Oil Co.,
maximum capital $100,000 at New
Martinsville, W. Va., aud the Jackson
Oil Co., at Ravenswood, W, Va. The
Prosperity Cotton Oil and Fertilizer
Co., capital $15,000, has been incorpo¬
rated at Prosperity, S. C., and oil
mills will also be erected at Cross Hill,
8. C., and Rig Island, Va. The Eldo¬
rado Falls Cotton Mill Co., capital
$250,000, has been organized at Eldo¬
rado, N. C.; a $15,000 knitting mill
will be built at Athens, Ga.; a $20,000
furniture factory at New Orleans, La.,
a $50,000 lumber mill at Bolinger,
Ark., and other woodworking plants
at Bagdad, Fla., Clarksville, Ga., and
Logan, W. Va.—Tradesman (Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn.)
GOVERNMENT PLANT
For the Manufacture of Armor Plate
Being Considered By Committee.
The special naval board appointed
by Acting Secretary Roosevelt for the
purpose of preparing for the informa¬
tion of congress estimates of the cost
of establishing and operating a gov¬
ernment plant for the manufacture of
armor plate met at the navy depart¬
ment at Washington Monday.
All the members were present. Be¬
fore proceeding with the work of or¬
ganization, the members of the board
called upon Acting Secretary Roose¬
velt and had a long talk with him re¬
specting the undertaking before them.
The acting secretary expressed his
views as to the intention of congress,
and the boaid was ready for work,
after a room had been secured.
THIS MELON FOR BRYAN.
Fitzgerald Soldiers* Colony Sends the Ne¬
braskan Ail Eighty-One Pounder.
The champion watermelon of the
season, raised at Fitzgerald, Ga., in
the old soldiers’ colony, weighing
eighty-one and one-half pounds, was
sent off Monday morning addressed—
“William Jennings Bryan, the next
president of the United States, Lin¬
coln, Neb. Compliments of The Fitz¬
gerald Leader.”
The crate in which the melon was
shipped was beautifully painted in
silver aluminum with the following
inscription: (federal)
“From the old soldiers’
colony, Fitzgerald, Ga. “You shall
not place upon the brow of labor a
crown of thorns; yon shall not crucify
mankind upon a cross of gold. » »»
SAGASTA THE NEXT VICTIM.
Reported That Anarchists Have Sched¬
uled His Death Before August 30.
A special cable dispatch received at
London Monday from Madrid says the
Spanish government was aware that a
meeting of anarchists was held early
in July at which it was decided to
murder Senor Canovas del Castillo be¬
fore August 15 and to assassinate Se¬
nor Sagasta before August 30.
DENTISTS CONSOLIDATE.
Hereafter There Will Be Only One Asso¬
ciation of Tooth Puller*.
The Americon Association of Den¬
tists and the Southern Dental associa¬
tion, which organizations were in
convention at Old Point Comfort for
the past week, united into one body
with Dr. Thomas Fillbrown, of Boston,
as president. Dr. George H. Cushing,
of Chicago, was elected secretary.
The southern association was organ¬
ized in Atlanta in 1869 and has grown
in strength and importance every year
since. She American association was
composed exclusively of dentists who
practice outside of the southern terri¬
tory.
JESUP, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1897.
ENGLAND IS NOT VET READY TC
ADOPT BIMETALLISM.
WILL GIVE ANSWER NEXT OCTOBER.
Wily Britons Want Time to Ponder and
Reflect Over the Proposition Pre¬
sented By Our Commission.
The British government has inform¬
ed the American bimetallic commission
that it will probably reply to the pro¬
posals of the commissioners on behalf
of the United States in October.
The commissioners have been wait¬
ing in London since their conference
with the cabinet. Desiring to know
the exact position of England before
opening up negotiations with other
governments, they wrote Thursday to
the cabinet inquiring when they might
expect a decision, as they were anxious
to arrange their future programme.
Friday Senator Wolcott received a
reply from Sir Michael Hieks-Beach,
chancellor of the exchequer, in the
course of which the chancellor ex¬
pressed a fear that the British govern¬
ment was not yet in a position to re¬
ply to the proposals of the envoys of
the United States and the French am¬
bassadors on the question of an inter¬
national agreement. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach said:
‘‘It is due both to the choice of the subject
and the manner in which it has been brought
before the English ministry hy the represen¬
tatives of the two countries that these pro¬
posals should be very carefully examined
and considered; and this process must be
somewhat prolonged, owing to the time
necessarily occupied in communicating with
the government of India.”
The chancellor of the exchequer
adds that he cannot say with certainty
how long these communications will
take, but he hopes the oabinet will be
ready to meet the envoys again early
iu October.
While this pohtponment of Eng¬
land’s decision delays the work, the
American envoys do not consider it
discouraging. They think Great
Britain's interest in the question
justifies them in expecting that the In¬
dian mints will be opened. They be¬
lieve that The Times in exposing the
reopening of the Indian mints does
not represent the government, but
rather the city financial circles, which
are opposed to any change. The re¬
port made to the government from the
mint is understood to be favorable to
to silver.
The headquarters of the commission
will remain in London until October.
Senator Wolcott may visit Austria, in
the meantime, and pave the way for
negotiations with the Austrian gov¬
ernment.
FOREIGN COUNTRIES ADVISER.
Test of Our New Tariff Bill Communicated
To Them.
The state department has sent in¬
structions to the United States ambas¬
sadors and ministers abroad accredited
to countries with which we have trade
relations that would be affected hy the
enactment of the Dingley tariff bill,
directing them to communicate to the
foreign offices at their respective
posts the text of the act and to call
attention to the sections of the new
tariff which provide for retaliation,
reciprocity and similar arrangements.
l’Lis is done in order that there may
be a proper basis for the institution of
negotiations looking to the consum¬
mation of some of the reciprocal agree¬
ments contemplated in the Dingley
act.
BIG SUGAR COMPANY FORMED.
Tlie Bpreckelfl Organization Begins With a
115,000,000 Capital.
Articles of incorporation of the
Spreckels Sugar company have been
filed at San Francisco. The capital is
$5,000,000. Of this amount the or¬
ganizers of the company, J. D. Spreck¬
els, A. B. Spreckels, A. F. Morrison,
M. H. Weed, A. D. K. Gibson, have
each subscribed $1,000,000.
Producing beets and manufacturing
sugar therefrom is to be the primary
object of the company, and incident¬
ally they will engage in agriculture,
will build, equip and manage factories
and refineries, deal in real estate,con¬
struct railways, build ships and do all
other things ne cessary.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
A Number of Insolvent Bank* Return
Money to Depositor*.
The comptroller of the currency at
Washington has declared dividends in
favor of the creditors of the following
insolvent national banks:
Fifteen per cent, the First National
bank, Tyler, Tex.
Twelve and one-half per cent, the
Merchants’ National bank, Ocala, Fla.
Twenty per cent, the Citizens’ Na¬
tional bank, SanAngelo, Tex.
Twenty-five per cent, the Florence
bank, Florence, Ala.
Five per cent, the American Nation¬
al bank, New Orleans.
Ten per cent, the City National
bask, Fort Worth, Tex.
THIS STRIKE IS 8ET1LED.
Operatives of Cotton Mills at Atlanta,
Ga., Return to Work.
The strike at the Pulton bag and
cotton mills in Atlanta wqs declared
off Saturday and the trouble ended
amicably.
The settlement was made late in the
afternoon, when, without signing any
agreement, President Elsas promised
to remove all negroes in direct contact
with white labor and to hold none of
the operatives responsible for the
present condition.
Saturday night the strikers met and
the hall of the labor union was filled
with a larger crowd than had pre¬
viously gathered there. The report of
the committee was given,'and the
agreement made between President
Elsas and the committee sustained.
The prompt settlement of the trouble
was a great surprise to many of the
workers. They had prepared to ra
maiu out several weeks, and after the
refusal of the authorities of the factory
to sign any agreement, many thought
that an adjustment of an amicable
nature would never come.
President Elsas agreed to let his or¬
der removing all the negro women
stand; he agreed to transfer the colored
men who for a number of years have
been stationed in several of the depart¬
ments, and promised to removed none
of the strikers.
SIMONTON’S DECISION.
The Judge Gives Definition of an “Orlg
Inal Package."
In the United States circuit court at
Charleston, Saturday', Judge Simon
k>* filed his deoision as to what consti¬
tutes an original package. After re¬
citing the cause of action and some
authorities the judge says:
“It appears that ah original pack¬
age is the package delivered by the
importer to the carrier at the initial
place of shipment in the exact condi¬
tion in whioh it was shipped. If iu
single bottles shipped singly, or in
packages of three or more, securely
fastened together- and marked, or if in
a box, barrel or crate or other recep¬
tacle, the single bottle iu the one in¬
stance, the three or more bottles in
another instanoe, the barrel, box,
crate or other receptacle, respectively,
constitutes the original package, if
acid or delivered as shipped and re¬
ceived.”
This is good news-to the package
stores and to all who dislike the dis¬
pensary law.
The package stores now have large
consignments of liquors shipped in
half-pint and quart bottles, in paper
cartoons, packed loose in cars. This
enables them to sell as the trade de¬
mands in quantities as desired. The
state cannot long compete with this
trade, and an early closiug of Palmetto
rum shops is anticipated.
QUIET, BUT DETERMINED.
Bank, of Striker* Are Being Dally Aug
minted.
Advices of Sunday from Pittsburg
state that strikers are continuing or¬
derly and are gaining accessions to
their ranks constantly. The 150 men
employed at the Horner & Roberts
coal mine, at Elizabeth, refused to go
to work Saturday morning; about sev¬
enty-five miners at the Equitable
mines in the same locality also struck.
Both mines-were paying the district
rate.
The company leased the ground
where the strikers located their
camps and ousted them, but another
field has been secured by the strikers
which the owner refused to lease to
the company, and a permanent camp
will be established.
AFTER TAX COLLECTORS.
Governor Johnston In.lsts That They Ante
Up at Once.
Five of the sixteen county tax col
jeetors of Alabama who were notified
by Gov. Johnston a few days ago that
they must show cause why they should
not be removed from office for delin¬
quency have settled up their shortages.
The collectors of Lee, Henry, Escam¬
bia, Lowndes and Franklin have set¬
tled np, leaving only eleven others.
The collector of Mobile, Mr. Lott, is
still $17,500 behind and the only two
others whose arrearages amount to
anything more than a few dollars are
the Wileox collector, whose money
was in the defunct Commercial bank,
of Selma, and the Baldwin county
collector.
The governor will likely institute
impeachment proceedings against all
collectors who have not settled.
DISCOUNT RATES RISING.
Much English Gold Will Be Sent Over for
Oar Grain.
A London cablegram says: Since the
beginning of the month there has been
usual release of hundreds by the joint
stock banks. Money is more abund¬
ant, though the discount rates show a
tendency to harden, owing to the pros¬
pect of gold withdrawals in the au¬
tumn.
The chief factor is the extent to
which it may be necessary to export
gold to the United States against the
grain harvests. The European, Aus¬
trian and Indian harvests are deficient,
and the American supplies will be
largely drawn upon.
SHERMAN’S TALK COMMENTED ON
IN VIGOROUS EDITORIALS.
OUR SECRETARY DECLARED SENILE
A Strong Intimation Given Out That the
Knglieli People Are Ready For War
at Any Time.
Commenting on the interview of the
New York World with Secretary Sher¬
man, the St. James Gazette (London)
in its Monday afternoon issue, says:
‘Senator Sherman’s utterances afford no
material for denial by his friends of the
statement that he is suffering from senile
decay. But, after all, Mr. Sherman repre¬
sents America, and we are sure all interna¬
tional courtesies will be observed.”
Continuing, the Gazette refers to the
Kalnoky incident, when it says:
“Austria properly severed diplomatic re¬
lations with Great Britain until Mr. Glad¬
stone apologized for his attack upon dual
monarchy," and asks why there is one law
In Europe and another in America.
In conclusion The Gazette repeats
its recent warning that this is a dan¬
gerous line of policy to follow and
that some day Great Britain may call
upon Washington to “back up its
bluff."
The Westminster Gazette, of same
date, referring to the same matter,
remarks that the ‘ ‘interview is a fruity
example of Sherman’s salon style.”
The Globe on this subject says:
‘‘Secretary Sherman had better rid him¬
self of the idea that Uncle Sam is going to
boss the show, either on the gold Acids or
in the fisheries. We are not ready to follow
every quarrel with blows, but when we
strike we strike hard, and the idea of our
being afraid of a third-rate naval power like
the United States could only have occurred
to a lunatic or to Mr. Sherman. Judging
from his latest performance, we may chari¬
tably assume that the rumors that Mr. Sher¬
man is suffering from mental disturbances
is correct. ”
The utterances attributed to Secre¬
tary Sherman upon which the com¬
ment of the London papers is based
are as follows:
"England is a great country, but it is not
always safe to assume that she is ready to
follow up every quarrel with blows. She
quarrels oftener than she fights. It would
be exceedingly difficult for her to fight us
all alone about our seal catching, Russia
and Japan are in a similar position,and any
quarrel between the United States and Eng¬
land on this score would iu all probability
involve those other two countries.”
COURTS CLASH.
State of Kansas Comes In Conflict With
Uncle Sara’s Tribunal.
A special from Topeka, Kan., says:
The long threatened clash between the
United States courts and the authori¬
ties of the state of Kansas came Mon¬
day when Attorney General Boyle,
acting upon the advice and with the
concurrence of the state administration
took action in the state courts in open
defiance of the federal authorities.
This action is thjs outcome of an in¬
junction issued onJuly29th by United
States District Judge John A. Williams,
of Arkansas, at Colorado Springs,Col.,
by which he positively enjoined State
Insurance Commissioner Webb McNeal
and Attorney General Boyle, of Kan¬
sas, from bringing any proceedings
whatever under the state laws to pre¬
vent the Mutual Life Insurance Com¬
pany from doing bnsiness in Kansas.
Attorney General Boyle went before
the state supreme court, bringing pro¬
ceedings in quo warranto against the
Mutual Life Insurance Company to
compel that corporation to appear be¬
fore the state supreme court and show
by what authority it is transacting
bnsiness in the state of Kansas.
Attorney General Royle having done
precisely what the injunction of Judge
Williams forbade him doing, the pre¬
sumption is that the federal judge will
cause his arrest and imprisonment for
contempt. application writ
In this event for a
of habeas corpus will be made at once
to the United States supreme court,
and in such a proceeding the attorney
general would have the support of the
entire state administration.
Governor Leedy has declared that
the issue has been made, and that the
matter must be fought to a termina¬
tion.
M’KINLEY ATTENDS CHURCH.
President Refused to Discuss the Assas¬
sination of Canovas.
A dispatch from Hotel Champlain,
N. Y., states that the presidential party
spent the greater part of the day Sun¬
day quietly at the hotel.
In the morning the president, vice
president and Mrs. Hobart, Secretary
and Mrs. Alger aud Mr. and Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid attended services in
the First Presbyterian chnrch, Rev.
Dr. Reed, formerly pastor of Secretary
and Mrs. Alger in Detroit,officiated.
When informed of the assassination
of the prime minister of Spain, the
president was horrified, but refused to
make any comments.
NO. 5.
TO GET STRIKERS DRUNK.
Whisky and Bear Are S.nt Into Theli
Camp By Bellfnins Enemies.
Dispatches of Friday from Pitts¬
burg, Pa., state that the proposed
campaign against the mine owners of
Westmoreland county and the opera¬
tors of Central Pennsylvania, which
has been delayed, is now an assured
fact. The strike leaders decided on it
definitely at a camp conference, and a
big movement will be made in a few
days. will considers*
The whole affair be
bly on the order of the famous Coxey
“commonweal” tour.
The plans propose a direct march
through the whole territory where
mines are being operated till Clear¬
field county is reached. Camps will
be left at each of the DeArmitt mines
at Cannonsburg, at Bunola and any
other place that may seem necessary to
keep the mines closed, which appears
before the crusaders. The leaders
estimate that with what will remain
behind in the camps at least 8.000 men
will be kept constantly in the move¬
ment.
A military code for the government
of the army will be formulated before
the movement is started. President
Dolan says that with any kind of sys¬
tem he can keep everything quiet and
the men peaceable. made
Efforts are being to order bee.
and whisky at Camp Determination by
outsiders. This has been going on
for two or three days, and some of the
strikers have been tak: -.down to East
Pittsburg and filled up on all the beer
they could drink.
The danger of this to the miners’
cause is fully realized by the labor
leaders, and a sharp lookout is being
kept to find out who is responsible for
the efforts to get the strikers intoxica*
ted. Thursday night a barrel of
whisky was shipped to the camp from
Braddock. It had been paid for at
the other end, and all of the freight
charges had also been settled.
When the whisky was delivered
Captain McKay ordered it taken back
to Braddock as quickly ns possible.
It was shipped back. The strikers
do not know who sent it.
NO TENNESSEE CONTENTION.
The Movement Defeated In Popular
Election By Decisive Majority.
A Nashville dispatch says: Returns
received from various counties through¬
out the state show that the vote in the
election held Friday to determine
whether a constitutional convention
should be held in Tennessee was very
light and that the majority against the
convention will be about three to one.
The fight has been waged for several
weeks, the friends of the movement
claiming that East Tennessee required
a revision of the constitution in order
to make it the manufacturing section
it promised. The friends of the move¬
ment found arguments for it, they
claimed, in every branch of the state
government. For instance, in the
executive department, it was argued
that the governor was restricted in
authority given other governors in the
south; it was claimed that Tennessee
paid entirely too much for criminal
prosecutions, by fault of the present
constitution.
It was fought mainly on the ground
that the convention would cost the
state extensively and be of little
benefit.
NEGROES’ IRON FOUNDRY.
Five Moulders Will Begin Business For
Themselves In Chattanooga.
Five enterprising negroes of Chat¬
tanooga, Tenn., have applied to the
Btate for a charter for the pioneer
negroes’ iron foundry.
They have some means and several
gentlemen, interested in the question
as to whether the negro can of himself
successfully conduct a business of this
kind, have assisted them. They have
seenred a suitable site and have bought
machinery sufficient to start their
plant on a small scale.
They are all moulders and have
worked in several of the shops of the
city. They say they already have or¬
ders ahead, and that by reason of the
fact that they can turn ont work
cheaper than foundrymen, especially
in the cheaper grades, they expect to
do well.
Another of Andree’s Pigeons I
The Gaulois (Paris) says that a
pigeon, bearing information regarding
Professor Andree’s balloon expedition
across the north pole, has been cap¬
tured at Gradisca,near Goritz, twenty
two miles from Trieste, in Austria,
Hungary.
DEATH DEALING EXPLOSION.
Fifty-Si* Operative. Killed In a Cart¬
ridge Factory.
Advices from Sofia, Bulgaria, state
that a disastrous explosion occurred at
the cartridge factory of Rustchnk, on
the Danube, 139 miles northwest of
Varna.
Fifty-six persons were killed out¬
right and very many others were in¬
jured. The lives of sixty of the latter
are despaired of. Prince Ferdinand
of Bulgaria on receipt of the news of
the disaster visited the sufferers from
the explosion, who had been taken to
the hospital, and caused money to be
distributed to the families of the vie*
tims.