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THE BLAGKSHEAR TIMES
E. Z. BYRD, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL.- XX. NO. 41.
Pierce County Directory.
Ordinary—J. I. Snmmerall.
Clerk Superior Court—John Thomas.
Sheriff—J. B. Carter.
Tax Receiver—J. O. Waters.
Tax Collector—J. A. Jacobs.
County Treasurer—B. D. Brantley.
County Surveyor—W. H. Bowen,*
Coroner—Dr. J. M. Brown.
Superior court first Monday in May
and third Monday in November.
COUNTY COURT.
Bobt. G. Mitchell, Jr., Judge.
W. A. Milton, Solicitor.
Monthly session, second Friday in
each month; quarterly sessions, third
Monday in March, June, September
and December.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
Robert G. Mitchell, Jr., Mayor.
B. D. Brantley, W. G. McAIillan,
John A. Strickland, Jos. A. Harper,
Councilman.
M. C. McAlpiu, Clerk and Treas
nrer.
W. L. McMillan, Alarshal.
Police court every Monday morning.
SECRET ORDERS.
Blackshear Lodge No. 270, F. & A.
AL, meets first aud third Friday nights
in each month.
A. B. Estes, W. M.
J. I. SOMMERALL, SeC.
Alababa Lodge No. 1C, K. of P. (
meets every Monday night.
B. D. Brantley, C. O.
E. Z. Byrd. K. of B. & S.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A EMMET COCHRAN,
Practices in LAWYER,
United States courts,
district, circuit aud supreme courts,
and in all counties in Brunswick cir
cuit.—Bedding Block, Waycross, Ga.
1> G. MITCHELL, Jit.,
County Attorney-at-Law and Judge
Court, Blackshear, Ga.
A. B. ESTin. E. L. WAEKEIt,
]PSTES & WALK Attorneys-at EH, Law,
Blackshear, Georgia.
Tir M. TOOMEB,
" 1 Attorney-at-Law,
Office in First Waycross, Ga.
National Bank Building.
WALTER ’ A. MILTON,
’ Attorney-at-Law aud Solicitor
County Court. Office iu the court
house. Blackshear, Ga.
|VR. *-* A. Thvsioian L. B. AVANT, and Surgeon,
Patterson, Georgia.
Calls promptly answered day or
night, from my office or residence.
\\T N. BROWN, Dentist,
’ ’ • Office Near the Courthouse.
Offers his professional services to
the citizens of Pierce and adjoining
counties. Guarantees satisfaction.
Crown and bridge work a specialty.
Blackshear, Ga.
ft A LLEN BROWN, D. D. S.
Office upstairs in McCulley &
Walker’s new building. Tenders his
professional services to the public.
Grown aud bridge work a specialty.
Waycross, Ga.
BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT.
COURT CALENDAR.
Appling Superior Court—First and
second Mondays in March; third and
fourth Mondays in September.
Camden Superior Court—Tuesday
after the third Monday in March;
Tuesday after the first Monday iu
October.
Coffee Superior Court—Fourth Mon
day in March; second Monday in Oc
tober.
Charlton Superior Court—Tuesday
after the first Monday in April; Tues
day after the fourth Monday in Oc
tober.
Clinch Superior Conrt—Second Mon
day in Apiif; third Monday in Octo
ber.
Ware Superior Court—Third and
fourth Mondays in April; first nnd
second Mondays in November. 1
Pierce Superior Court—First Mon
day in May; third Monday iu Novem
ber.
Wayne Superior Court—Second
Monday in May; fourth Monday in
November.
Glynn Superior Com t—Third Mon
day in May and first Monday in De
cember; to continue for tuck time as
the bnsiness may rtnirre.
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J. C. BREWER, :
DENTIST, i
BLACKSHEAR, GA.
Gold Crowns and Bridee Work a
specialty. 5-5. ’91)
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BARBER • • •
JOHN ALDRIDGE, Proprietor.
BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA. j
HairCutting,Shaving,Dyeing,Sham
pooing, etc., done at the following
prices: i
Getting hair, 15 cents.
Shaving, 10 cents.
Shampoo, Slashing, 20 cents.
23 sent*. Das »-”t7.
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“ McDonough. 2 17p Slip
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Lv. Atlanta..... 4 (Up 4 0 Jti 11 OOp 6 30a
Ar. Chattanooga 8 4Dp 8 40p 5 45a 9 45a
Ar. Xpuisvtfio.......... Memphis .. 7 40a 7 40a 7 19p TSop 7 40a
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Nos. 13 and 14.—Pullman Sleeping Cara bo
tween Brunswick and Atlanta, between Jack
Bonville, Nos. Fin., and Cincinnati.
15 and 10.—Pullman Sleeping Cars be
tween Turn pa and Cincinnati, via Chatta
nooga; also between Chattanooga and Mem
phis. Nos.
7 and 8—Pullman Sleeping Cars be
hveen Atlanta and Chattanooga, and Pullman
Drawing-room Macon and Asheville, Buffet Sleeping cars between
Louis an 1 Kansas City, via Jesup and Atlanta.
Nos. 9 and 10—Pullman Library Observation
Cars between Macon and New York.
Connection at Union Depot, Atlanta, for all
points north, east and west. A’bo at Jesup for
uackHonvi-lJc, lumbia, Tampa, etc., and Savannah, Co
Washington and the east.
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MR. BROWN’S CLAIMS
Against South African Govern
ment Will Be Looked Into
By Uncle Sam.
A Washington special says: The
senate held an executive session Mon
day of more than two hours’ duration
after routine business had been dis
posed of. The legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill then
was taken up. Sixty-six pages were
completed before adjournment. At the
oponing of the session the chaplain in
fiis invocation referred with deep
pathos to the condition of Queen Vic
toria
“With a multitude which no man
can number,” he prayed, “we come
with tremendous anxiety and pro
fouudest awe to the bedside of the
great, good queen [who lives on the
border of two worlds. Living for
more than three score years in the
fierce light which beats upon a throne,
by her conduct and character she has
won not only the loyalty of her own
people, but the veneration and hom
age of all true-hearted men and wo
men
Mr. Turner, of Washington, offered
ft r< solution requesting the president
to transmit to the senate, if not incom
patible "i’h public interest, informa
tion of what st jps have been taken by
the state department to protect tho
rights of B. E. Biowd, a citizen of the
United States, in the matter of his
claim against the South African re
public, together with copies of ali cor
respondence aud papers relating there
to.
Mr. Turner made a statement re
garding the case, R. E. Brown was
an American engineer who went to
Bonth Africa eight years ago. He
located a large number of gold-mining
elsins in Witfontein, adopting up-to
date and essentially American methods
in his work. He was deprived of the
claims by order of the South African
authorities, and instituted suit against
lh m for $1,850,000.
The case was decided by the South
African courts in favor of Mr. BrowD,
notwithstanding dent the order of Presi
Kruger withdrawing the claims
held by Mr. Brown from location.
The judgment of the court so incensed
President Kruger and the volksraad
that the judges wero removed Bii m
mavily from office. Subsequently the
new conrt dismissed the case of Mr.
Brown, and he was invited to institute
a new suit. Realizing that the court
w as packed against him, he decided to
anpeal to his own government.
Mr. Turner said the claims of Mr.
Brown D0W were worth $5,000,000 or
Sfi,000,009. Mr. Turner said the idea
of bis resolution was to press upon
Great Britain the meritorious claim of
Mr. Brown, and to ascertain what
s ‘ e P s b* 1 been taken by this govern
ment in regards to it since Great Brit
ain had assumed the responsibilities
of sovereign over that country. The
resolution was adopted,
Morgan Wants Income Tax.
Ssnator Morgan gave notice in the
will senate Thursday of an ship amendment he
propose to tbs subsidy bill
presiding tn aa laserne tai,
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PIERCE COUNTY.
BLACKSHEAR. GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24. U)0l.
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England’s Beloved Ruler In Grasp
i Of the Grim Reaper!
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LAST RITES ADMINISTERED
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All England Wrapped In
Pall of Deepest Gloom
and Fearful Anxiety.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company at Loudon from Cowes,
* s sen t out at midnight,
Saturday night, was as follows:
“The queen of Euglaud lies at
death’s door. She was stricken with
paralysis Saturday night. Renter’s Tel
egraph company understands that the
princo of Wales has received author
ity to act in her majesty’s stead, and
thus has been created a practical
though not coustitutiouai regency.”
A second telegram sent at 8 o’clock
Sunday morning stated that the queen
was still alive, but her condition was
extremely grave and hopes were grow
ing fainter.
Humbly, for this woman rules her
court with no uncertain hand, her
court officials implored her to seek
medical advice. These messagos she
steadfastly ignored, and though her
condition was admitted to be most se
rious, there wero’only in attendance
Drs. Powell and Reid.
In the opinion of those best quali
fied to judge, the queen’s serious con
dition was precipitated by intense wor
ry over the losses and hardships suf -
fered by the British troops iu South
Africa. Frequently she has remarked
to court attaches that another war
would kill her.
In this connection, Reuter’s Tele
graph Company learns that she was
most seriously ill while last at, Balmo
ral in the autumn. No word of this
became public, but it appears that bIio
rigorous was then almost dying, though that
etiquette, which she imposes
alike upon her family and attendants,
prevented her condition being even
spoken of as dangerous.
Telegrams sent out Monday morn
ing were as follows:
“The queen is still alive, but all
hopes are gono. Tho members of tho
royal family are gathered in a room ad
joining the queen’s bed chamber. Her
majesty is unconscious, aud the end is
expected at any moment.
“The rector of Whippingham lias
been summoned and he has just ar
rived in one of the qneen’s carriages.
Everybody is up iu Osborne houso
aud terrible anxiety pervades all quar
ters.
“An enormous crowd of newspaper
reporters aud others with carriages,
bicycles and lanterns has collected at
tho lodge gates, waiting in intense ex
citement to convoy tho news moment
arily expected that tho queeu has
breathed her last. Mr. Theed, the
sculptor, arrived at Osborne last eve
ning in order to be ready to take the
death mask.”
For several days the queen has been
kept strictly to herself. The last time
she drove out to Cowes the rain beat
down heavily upon her. Even the nn
tives who have grown to look upon
her majesty as an ordinary body have
noticed that she looked more delicate
and shruken than ever, a mere shadow
of her former self, yet with feminine
persistence tho queen forbade those
around her to say that she was ill,
and so with dogged determination she
fought off the ravages that worry
over tho Boer war, the deaths
in her own family and her increas
ing years, have brought upon
her. But against the ruthless hand
of nature even the imperial resolve of
the ruler of tho great empire proved
futile, and with a pitiful realization of
the inevitable she shut herself off from
dined'alonc'and never starred from the
pa men s 10 , . , v .
. occnpiet a . jorno •.
house, a sec tided, comfortable, rnrn
“s'-ti,
Windsor, and Balmoral, too, but when
NEGROES OFFER BE WARD.
Colored Citizen* of Scuttle Will Pay 8500
Kflch For I.yncher*.
. The Seattle braneh of the Interna
tional Council of the World, a colored
citizens’ order, Lave decided to offer a
reward of $500 for the apprehension
and conviction of each and every per
son implicated in the death by violence
of Fred Alexander at Leavenworth,
Kansas.
Copies of the resolutions passed at
the meeting will he forwarded to the
governor of Kansas, the sheriff of
Leavenworth county and the chief of
police of Leavenworth.
OYER NIAGARA’S BRINK.
Two Men Attempt to Cross Raging River
anti One Is Rost.
John T » tt Wiser 7 ’ and it* John Marsh, of /
Niagara Falls City, attempted to cross
Niagara river above the falls Sunday,
ibey lost control of their boat and
were carried into the rapids. \\ iser,
who was unable to swim, was swept
over the falls and drowned. Marsh,
after a desperate etrugglo in the icy
watar, was rescued by persons along
tbs saera* J
breathed a sigh of relief. Even tho
townsfolk around the palace refrained
from assembling along the route when
she took her daily drive, and the tour
ist could got through the eye of a
needle easier than he could get past
the Osborne gate keepers.
CADETS ARE REPEN1ANT.
They Express Sorrow For Hazing
and Promise to Mend
Their Ways.
The congressional investigation of
tho West Point military academy has
borne fruit rather unexpectedly. Sat
urday night, when tho congressmen
were hurrying their inquiries to a ter
mination, the cadets of all tho four
classes held a mooting iu Grant hall
aud unanimously decided to abolish
hazing of every form as well as the
practice of “calling out” fourth class
men. This is exactly what General
Dick and the other members of the
congressional commiltoo have been
trying to impress on the cadets who
bavo testified before them, as tho only
course open to them if they desire to
Bee the fair name of the United States
military academy unsullied and above
reproach.
The communication was addressed
to Superintendent A. L. Alills, who
only got hack from Washington Sat
urday morning and ho quickly handed
it to General Dick. The committeemen
are delighted with the action of the
cadets, and Geuera! Dick, in a few
words, said that they would all go
back to the house of representatives
with tho firm belief that in spirit and
letter the agreement would bo stead
fastly adhered to by the cadets, who
made it voluntarily.
FRAZER NEATLY BUNCOED.
Reward of $500 Paid But Hissing
Youth Was Not Forthcoming
as Agreed Upon.
C, IT. Frazer, brother of Bass Fra
zer, tho youth'' believed U be kid
naped, arrived in Atlanta Saturday
night from Union Springs, Ala., car
ried out a thrilling program mapped
ont by alleged kidnaper, paid over
$500 in gold to a man in the dark,
surrounded by lonely woods, upon tho
promise that his brother was to ap
pear, a froo man, at the Hotel Marion,
at 9 o’clock Sunday morning.
Nine o’clock Sunday morning came,
but young Frazer did not appear. Ten
o’clock came, aud the mystery was as
thick as ever. Twelve o’clock, and
C. II. Frazer left tho hotel downcast
and disheartened, realizing that he
had been duped and robbed of $500 iu
gold, but satisfied that he had done
all in his power to restore his brother
to their broken hearted parents.
Tho reception of the second letter
from the alleged kidnapers by Tlass
Frazer’s father, the trip to Atlanta by his
brother,the carefully carried ont plaiiR,
the meeting in dark woods miles away
from the city, the payment of the gold
and the disappointment, all add a seo
ond chapter to the disappearance of
young Bass Frazer which makes the
story even more strango aud mystify
ing than the kidnaping of young Cu
dahy in Omaha.
A letter had been received by Cap
tain Frazer at Union Springs, Ala.,
which was mailed in Atlanta on Fri
day, January 18th. It gave a plan in
detail how the $500 in gold was to bo
delivered. It enjoined great care and
secrecy and wound up with threats of
revenge if the plan failed through any
treachery,
SUPERCEDES (JOEHEI. LAW.
Kejitiu-lty'ft New Flection Measure In New
ln Full Fore,,.
T The , A ^mUrora Goebel election Louisville, law, which Ky. says: haft
j )een findirect cause of so much po
mi »>> , distnrbance in Kentucky, pass
»,> !' aC0 W ‘ U 1,e '“'If '^ e “ aw el * at,an
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PENSION CLAIMS BURNED.
Important Paper* Go Up In Smoke Ourlng
a Fire In WaHhlrifftoii City.
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there were destroyed thousands of
claims pending before tho treasury iS
department and patent office.
these the loss will fall upon tho claim- i
aut ’'’
ANXIOUS FOR PAT L'ROIVE.
Outstanding Howard For Alleged Cudully
Kidnaper Is Now 818,000
At a l " !cret mee,ln * of ‘he Omaha
city council Saturday night it was de
cided to offer a reward of $5,000 for
pat Crowe, dead or alive, irrespective
of the suspicion that he may hare been
concerned iu the Cudahy kidnaping,
pfie conditions make no reference to
total any particular crime. This makes a
pries of | 18 , 000 on Crows's head,
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
Cause Alleged Murderer, o Young
Girl to Cringe—Court Room
Densely Crowded.
A special from Paterson, N. J.,
says: Interested crowds filled the
court room Wednesday during tho
trial of the three alleged murderers of
Jeunie Bosschietor, tho mill girl.
Tho stnte having rested its caso
Tuesday night, tho day’s proceedings
began with tho presentation by coun
sel of tho case for the defense. Of
the three accused men, Death most
showed tho strain through wliioh they
were passing. MeAllistor, on tho
other hand, was comparatively self
possessed; but Campbell was evidently
troubled and anxious.
Michael Dunn in delivering his ad
dress opening the caso for the defense,
promised to prove that tho death of
Jennie Bossohieter was not caused in
tho commission ot a criminal assault,
and also that the charge of willful
murder could not stand against tho
defendants.
Mr. Dunn proceeded with a narra
tive of tho events preceding tho death
of Jeunie Bossohieter, tho purpose of
it being to show that tho meeting of
tho four meu, McAllister, Campbell,
Death and Kerr, was not prearranged
aud that tho girl made the first ad
vances meeting Jhat Baal’s opeued tho way for tho
at saloon.
Iu tlio snloon, according to counsel,
tho girl drank freely, taking cocktails
and absinthe. Bho became drowsy.
Then she was eecortod from the saloon
to tho hack, McAllister and Death
walking on either side of her. Bho was
not carried, the attorney said. Tho
narrative of tho counsel for the de
fense proceeded with tho ride in tho
hack to the place whore tho girl died.
Bho bad become unconscious and tho
men lifted her from tho hack to tho
ground, where they kneeled around
her and made every effort to revive
her, rubbing her hands and face. Bho
was taken with nausea and the men
used their pocket handkerchiefs to
wipo her face.
The hackman, counsel said,was mis
taken when ho testified that tho lic
ensed meu assaulted the girl. De
spairing of succeeding in restoring
tho girl to consciousness tho men put
her back in tho hack and drove for uid
to the houso of tho nearest physician.
The death of Jennie Bossohieter,
counsel Raid, was accidental; her
drink was not drugged and her person
was not violated by tho defendants.
CHARGED WITH AIW0X.
Merchant of Fnirbiirn, Goor^lii, Lodgml
In Atlantii’ii Jail.
J. K. Thompson, a prominent mer
chant of Fairburu, Ga., was lodged in
the Tower, at Atlanta, on the charge
of arson. Thompson was arrested at
the instance of J. It. Brantley, anoth
er Fairburu merchant.
It is alleged that Thompson fired
four stores in Fairburu 011 tho night of
December Hist. Brantley’s store wbh
among the number of buildings burn
ed, and Thompson’s store wan also de
stroyed.
Thompson is said to be a highly re
spected citizen of Fairburu, and his
arrest came in the nature of a great
surprise.
Tho prisoner was soon in his coll at
the Tower, but stated that ho prefer
red not to discuss his case.
“Of course,” said he, “every man
who is arrested for u crime, whether
he is guilty or not, claims that he is
innocent, aud there would he no use
in my saying I am not guilty. The
charge against mo will simply have to
be proven.”
PREMATURELY I’UllEIhllEl).
M<tinbnrn of Court martial Afixloim to
Know How Loitk Occurred.
Members of the courtmartial who
sat recently in Atlanta, Ga., to try the
cases against Captain E. E. Aldred,
Lieutenant G. I. B. Wattand Sergeant
P. If. Huff, are very anxious to ascer
tain if any one connected with tho
court has divulged the findings of that
body.
The publication of the findings of a
court,uartial prior to tho action of the
governor upon them means ti leak
somewhere, which is equivalent to tho
violation of on oath, and it would not
■» -»»*-,«— —*•» »<«
court should insist on an investiga
tion, so that the responiihiiity might
be properly placed.
ALLEGED LYNCHERS CAUGHT.
Five Hortli Carolinians Arrested and Pot
Under Heavy Itnnds
Five of the best citizens of Rutber
h sL*r„r« 7 K«:ir»£hS 2 ??sVr’
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.‘. n. J wi .,1
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q State Represent, 1f , .vo l ack, atid while
^‘er„and riddled "with bulle'Tby '»
mob of unmasked men.
MISS ROCKEFELLER WEDS.
Daughter of MnUl-MIllonalre Recom«i
Mri. I*ftrinl«o«I*renflGM.
MiM Rockefeller, daughter of Mr.
an q ^f rg j„hn D. Rockefeller, was
married Thursday afternoon at the
residence of her parents in New York
city, to E. Parmlee-Prentice, a young
lawyer of Chicago. The reception was
attended only by relatives, several
school friends of the bride and a fsw
of Mts. Rocksfsllsr's frlsnds.
Subscription, One Dollar a Year.
ESTABLISHED 1880
LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE
Warship Scorpion Given Orders
To Hasten to Venezuela.
REVOLUTION IS THREATENING
Americnn Interests are Reported
In Jeopardy and Prompt Re
sponse Is Made.
A Washington special says: At tho
request of the state department the
navy department 1ms instrnoted the
commander of the Scorpion to pro
ceed at once from La Guira to Guan
nco, Venezuela, to protect American
interests, upon reports that tho revolu
tionary movement there is increasing
and tho attempt is making to tnko pos
session of tho ariuB of tho New York
aud Bermuda company.
The nows oame to the state deport
ment from ft private, but perfectly re
liable source, and wns made tho basis
of immediate representations to tho
navy department. Bcoretary Long re
sponded very promptly. Capt. Cowles,
acting as chief of the navigation bu
reau, conferred with Anting Secretary
of Btato Hill reapeotiug the movements
of tho unvnl vessels and the character
of the instructions to be sent to Lieu
tenant Commander Bargoant, of the
Scorpion, wliioh happens to be tho
only vessel available for immediate
service, and adjacent to the scone of
trouble.
Commander Sargent lias boon in
structed to avoid bloodshed and the
destruction of property if possible.
Still, taken in connection with what
has gone before, there ia little doubt
that if the disturbing forces in Vene
zuela, whether governmental or revo
lutionary, arc socking to take action
toward disposing of tho incumbents iu
the asphalt concessions, in detlatice of
tho agreement that there should first
ho a thorough judicial inquiry, tho
United States warship will prevent
thnt action, peaceably, if possible,
forcibly if necessary.
Guauaco is not. to bo found on the
ordinary charts, but is said to be tho
nearest tho point to tho Scorpion, lying
up Orinoco river about two days’
ruil from Lo Guira, so that the
warship should bo at tho scut of trou
ble before tho end of tho week.
The state department also is iu re
ceipt of j rivate, but trustworthy, ad
vices that the Orinoco Shipping and
Trading Company, two of whoso VOS
sols were seized by the Venezuelan
tion. government, is an English corpora
The vessels tiro tinder the Brit
ish registry, hut lly tho Venezuelan
flag.
The slate department is unable to
intervene directly to compel restitu
tion, hut, ns American capital is in
vested in the company, it has direct
ed Minister Loomis to uto his good
offices, as far ns possible, to protect
these American interests.
TO K101.I* PRICES UP.
Committee of Cotton Grower*’ Protective
Association railed to Meet.
liar vie Jordan, president of tho
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Protective
association, has issued a call for tho
committee to meet iu Atlanta Thurs
day, February 14th. Three delegates
will ho present from all of tho cotton
growing states in the south.
The first work of tho committee
when it meets will ho to organize a
state association and elect a president,
vice president and interstate commit
tee. Headquarters for tho associa
tion will then be selected whero tho
cotton statistics may bo consolidated
and comprehensive reports on crop
conditions sent out to every farmer in
the cotton growing holt.
Assurance 1ms been received from
the presidents of tho Alabama Missis
sippi, North Carolina and Booth Caro
lina associations that they will Bond
representatives to this meeting, and
the prospect is that every stnte that
grows any cotton whatever will ho in
the association, thus uiding iu the
movement down to diversify crops, hold
the cotton acreage and keep up
tho price at a point fair to both planter
and buyer. -I
KfK IIKNER’S SECRET ORDERS.
Alleged That Black Flag „»« lleen ItaU
iid Agalnat tile llnera.
'J’he “stop the war” committee at
London lias passed the following res
olution :
“Orders which a British officer re
!"•(>">■"'•'«»•>«'»■(
1 of unarmed prisoners.”
! Tho latter clause alludes to General
K itoheacr'» alleged secret orders to
° eneral JJ,;Wot ’ K P' 1 ™ 0 " to tttke no
I P r, " 0Der "'
JUDGE WAS LIGHT ON ALVORD.
lPffmiltnr Ketit«n<!i»<l to
8«rv® Tlilrteuii Yosfl In Frlion,
A New York dispatch says: Corneli
us L. Alvord, Jr., the defaulting note
teller of the First National Bank, who
plead guilty to Wednesday the charge ugaiuBthim,
wai sentenced to thirtcon
years imprisonment. The amount of
his defalcation was $090,000.
lie was taken immediately to Sing
Sing, where his psdlgres war rs
serdsd.
MATT QUAY LIONIZED
His Advent in Senate Occasion
Oi Tremendous Ovation. ’
FLOWERS BY THE WAGON LOAD
Such a Demonstration Was Never
Before Accorded Any Repre
sentative at the Capital.
Matthew Btaulcy Quay, ro-clccted
as a senator from Pennsylvania took
tho oath of office in the senate Thurs
day. Mr. Quay had been assigned to
the second seat iu the back row on the
Republican side, tho desk formerly
occupied by Mr. Ilnnn, of Ohio.
An hour before tho senate convened
beautiful floral presents began to bo
piled on and around tho scuator’s
desk. By tho time tho senate was
called to order, tho messengers hail
found it impossible to place to advant
age any more of the floral offering. ,
Not iu tho history of the sonnto has
a singlo senator boon the recipient of
Bitch a profusion of flowers, beautiful
iu themselves and lavishly elaborate
in their arrangement, as tho Pennsyl
vania senator received cm this neon.,
sion. One of tho handsomest pieces
was a huge keystone arch of w hite im
mortelles, tho keystone being of deep
rod immortelles. It was several feet
in height and boro the words: “Tho
Verdict of tho People.’’ The flowers
were seat to tho capitol litiBBffy by
tho wagon load, and it was found im
possible to display them in the senate
chamber. Many of thorn wero allowed
to remain iu the corridors.
Just before the senate convened Mr.
Quay entered the chamber. As ho
was recognized by his friends tro
mondous applause swept over tho
crowded galleries. It was prolonged
for a full half minute. Meantime, Mr.
Quny was receiving the cordial con
gratulations of his colleagues on the
floor of the Ronato.
By this time the senate chamber was
thronged by senators and others en
titled to the privilege of tho floor of
the sonnto. Scores of members of tho
house had come to tho senate side of
the onpitol to witness the induct meat
of Mr. Quay into office, among them
practically tho [entire Pennsylvania
delegation.
As soon as tho senate had (jonvened
Mr. Penrose presented the credentials
of Mr. Quay end requested 'that the
oath of office bo administered to his
oolleague. As no objection was offered
Mr. Penrose escorted Mr. Quay to tho
desk of tho president pro fompnro,
Mr. Frye. Before taking tho oath
Mr. Quay shook hands cordially with
Mr. Fryo.
Tho president pro torn previously
had announced to the people in the
gullcries that no applause or demon
stration! of approval or disapproval
would bo permitted. Thus no demon
stration occurred when Air. Quay had
taken tho oath. After ho hud signed
tho roll ut the desk of the secretary ho
retired to his scat, whero ho was over
whelmed with congratulations. Within
h few minutes hundreds of people had
left the floor and galleries, the floral
offerings had disappeared from tho
chamber and tho senate had resumed
its wonted appearance.
TROOPS TO (JIJELL RIOT.
Governor Hdckliiim CJulhul Upon to Stop
TrotiUlo r»t Corbin, Ky, -
Colonel R. D. Williams, with a com
posite company of Kentucky stato mil
itia numbering eighty men,'* under
command of Captain Henry Hutchin
son, with Lieutenant Janes Dodd,
with one section of battery A, ten men
with one gatling gun, left Franklin
Thursday night for Oorbln, in \Jfhitley
county, the sccuo of the wholesale
murder and riot of Wednesday night.
The militia are under sealed orders
from Governor Beckham and -will re
port to sheriff Button, of Whitley
county, lor duty iu the maintainance
of peace and gaurding tho prisoners.
Great Hteel Trust Being Formed.
The first st(q>n iu the formation of a
$2,000,000 combination of fonv exist
ing steel and wire companies were
taken Thursday afternoon at a_ secret
meeting in the offices of the Federal
Steel oompany in Now York. *
KOATOK TILLMAN LE-ELK^TKI),
I’altnWto Htrtto General Aeneinbly N amen
The South Hint hh Carolina Ills Own general SnccirfcHor.^ assembly
Wednesday unanimously elected.B. R.
Tillman United States senator |o suc
ceed himself.
The vote was declared by John C.
Sheppard, president of tho senate,who
opposed Tillman in tho hitter cam
paign for governor.
Baggage Smashers Meet."
One hundred members of tho Ameri
can Association of Baggage Agents be
gan its‘21st annual convention in St.
Augustine, Fla., Wednesday. k
GOEBEL CASES POSTPONED.
Hone of the Alleged “AeeeMorle»”,l»efore
the Fact Were Iu Cuntody..'
The esses of ox-Govdlnor W. S.
Taylor, ex-Sccretary of State Charles
Finley, Berry Howard and John L.
Powers, charged with being accewao
ries before the fact to the murder of
William Goebel, were called in the cir
cuit court At Frankfort, Ky., Monday
afternoon aud continued until tho
spring term, wont tf tbse being in
sustod),