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CLINCH COUNTY VOl, II. AN APPALLING PEATH LIST ! n ' . Is the Result , „ HlJ3\y _ Floods . , in 01 Lone Star State • | | -DixAtUJ Uj) i tan 17 VALlLI A I 1 CV Dtl ntll7 Ac x CT I A1 A TED j i ED. | | One Hundred People are Known to Be Dead and Property Loss* 1 May Reach $15,000,000. j j j A . , of v\ ednesdr.y from lions- j special ton, Texas, states that a correspond- eut has just returned from a vovage through the flood districts. The half ; has not been told of the havoc wrought. The disaster is so appalling that de¬ scription is not possible. After this flood will come sickness undoubtedly, and what a week ago was the fairest part of Texas is now almost a God¬ forsaken wilderness. The waters of the Brazos have for six days covered its valley for a depth of from six to thirty feet; where a week ago there were on every hand fields of cotton and corn and thousands of acres of watermelons and cantaloupes, today there is slime all over the vegetation. : Carcasses are found of cows, mules, pigs, dogs and cats, and mayhap hu- man beings, B for manv J are missing. The correspondent thus describes the situation: ! “Our jiarty left Bryan at sunrise Wednesday morning, going to the Na- vasoto bottoms and to a point about three miles from Millican. Here we encountered everywhere an overflow from the Navasoto which spread out fully two miles on either side of the Houston and Texas Central track. Everything is under water from two to seventeen feet. It looked on all aides sides like like a a oreat great lake lake, and and the the water water was so hich R that for a vast area it and^eteph'one , . , l ^riong 1 thelinev , # , pole 8 In ‘ ruth> P° rtion " of f ’ Je bot ’ °“r KC eyen “°b “ rer eCf Sea i eX ; f fo*r° r five, mUes wide pom,. , u '* --nerse . w l saw hundreds uoueee submerged, and "fcs many more weresvjept from their foundations and The planters of the hot- are-still moving their help and is left of their stock to places they can be cared for. They ire ail nobly helping . each , , other, and , [aking refiige wherever they can, some if them seeking safety on housetops. “All the planters stated that iutside world has no conception of the losses incurred by the destruction of lops, stock and buildings. Nearly rrery planter has built boats and sent them through the flooded districts to render assistance to the jieople, and, if possible, save some of their drown¬ ing stock. “The flood district has a length of over 500 miles, a breadth of probably fifty miles, and in all this vast space damage incalculable has beeu done. “The loss of life will never be fully known, perhaps; the bottoms were thickly settled, mostly with negro tenant %rmcrs; among these has been the greatest loss of life. To show the damage done, the following estimate has been made by men who are in a position to know: Lives lost, from 100 to 300. Loss to farmers, including crops as well as live stock, from $5,000,- 000 to $15,000,000. Damage to rail- road and county bridges, from 000 to $4,000,000. “These estimates are taken in the whole area. It is known that more than sixty people have met death; that many bodies have been re- covered; it is not believed that all of them will ever be recovered. ” Sheriff Swekrlugen Talks. Deputy Sheriff Swearingen, of Ans- tin county, made the following ment over the long-distance telephone at Sealcy: “Relief has not reached the flood victims in this section. Thirteen dead bodies have been recovered near the town of Brookshire, thirteen miles from here. Forty-five persons above Sealey are reported missing and given up for dead. Seven were drowned to- day in a boat seven miles below ley. “About 400 persons are isolated on a small piece of land in the bottoms three miles from Brookshire Several hundred more are bhuouik e< at San Philipe three miles Hum ley. Unless r ebef can soon reac i esc two places, 800 lives will probably bp lost. Many will die, as it is, from hunger, exposure and exhaustion. “The water today is running through the town of Brookshire, something never known before. The sixty five lives reported lost here today . uere in a radins of twenty-five miles nor;b and south of Sealey. \N e are pletely isolated at Sealey, but Uus town is not m dauger. Me estimate the situation beyond the limits I mention. The whole face of the country here is a sea. TIio Ofticial Organ of Clinoli County. tiEOXiilA VS. CONSOLIDATED. Governor Candler Orders Suit Against Atlanta Street Railways. Governor Candler of Georgia issued al1 order to Attorney General Terrell Thursday morning directing him to brili s suit in the name of the state against the Atlanta Consolidated Street und Railway 1 Company, the Atlanta Railway Company Offer Company, the Atlanta lvail- way and Trust Company of Georgia for au alleged violation of the constitution of the state, in defeating or attempting to lessen competition. The action of Governor Candler was taken in the interest of a number of citizens of Atlanta residing along Richardson street, who tiled a peti- Ron with the chief executive complaiu- jug against the proposed action of the above named companies in what is thought to be an attempt to injure the ^client IHchardsou service street. now The signers operated of the on petition claim to represent property to the value of $100,000 along Rich¬ ardson street which, it is alleged, would be moie or less affected by the change of the service along that thoroughfare. The petition to Governor Candler WM « ra “ U * d him ye^eniny morn- >"« 011 L h « sll “ le « rou ? d th, 'P c ‘ t,tl0n citizens of Eaton ton, Ga the Ce " ra ‘ ’^d was allowed, l>r Uie lh “. B bou d f» cb » s '” ‘ e , , ’ rou « ht >’? tedivuluals . they would bo ^mnrrered out of court. It was the' applloints .* 1 be givenT hewing, and , since tins ... could ,, only , be aecorn- plisbed by the state of Georgia beeom- lag a party, it was so ordered by the chief executive. Judge Candler has issued the neees- sary restraining .order, temporarily eu- teansfer of any moie stock ** *»« ot lhor e « * ‘' 77 ‘ U "' '" companies named, ,r < ron Atlanta Railway Com- {£* to the r,ust Company of . or,ler further . ,, enjoins the opera- UoiJS o{ the , inea nn(ler t , ftln 0 D( j c ,j charter , of 4 the t, Consoliaatea n .., . , Street “ « — The case was set by Judge Candler tor July ,f 15th unless a speedier L hear- ing is e8ircd by tue At! jU Ka j lway Aind Power Comr^ov ax’ 1 others, ir which case three days’ notice must be B i v( . n l,y them. j oe ] 0 f Atlanta, in speaking 0 f the matter, says: ><] am no t, surprised that the bill ba8 beeu j havo beoa expe ct- j tl g d for several days. “I have no fear regarding the out- come . j t ig j UHt a! , effort to pro t e ct the electric light monopoly which now es i s t s j n the city. “It is not difficult to imagine who is behind the proceeding, and it is an- otlier move aga j nst the Atlanta Rail- aud p owcr Company, which will amount to nothing.” ________ THE MOI1AWKS INDORSE BRYAN, Organization Will Meet Where National Committee Convened. A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y., says: The Mohawks, emocratic organization said to comprise (iOO wig- warns and over 50.000 active members, which has been in secret session here since the third instant, lias elected i officers and adjourned to meet next year in the city selected for the national democratic convention, one week prior to that convention. Steps were taken to begin immediately the work of organizing new wigwams, : The national executive committee ; was reduced from thirteen io seven members. The resolutions adopted denounced trusts and monopolies; iu- dorse Bryan and free silver and op- pose militarism. i EIUHT PERSONS ARE DROWNED. I --- j Minnesota of Live# Wednesday Lost In the Heavy Flood* Night. A special from St. Panl says: Eight lives are reported lost at Crookston, i and ranch damage done all through j the Red river valley by Wednesday | night’s storm, j The only report thus far has been ; received from St. Cloud, having reached that point by train. Tho 1 railroads have details no of the storm j damage, and the same is true of the telegraph companies The storm-swept district is thickly settled, and details j are meager. | UAM MEMPHIS ‘ j Tenn<iggec City suffer* Costly tlOB 0n r„„nh. 1 j n jy J 4 lggg w nj remaiu memorable as furnishing a full share of excite- ment and disaster for Memphis, Term, A day of activity in the of fireworks in celebration of Inde¬ pendence day closed with a , | tion entailing a loss of between $400,- auf j 345 (^ 000 , including the his- . t or j 0 Gayoso hotel. Added to the monetary loss was the probable fatal injury of ex-Fire Chief e. Clary, the serious burling of As- . 8 j s ^ ont jq re CLief J. V. Ryan, the j (j eatb 0 ; a uegr0 in the American Bis- ouit company’s plant. HOMERVILLE. UA., FRIDAY. JULY 14. OIL IS SEIZED BY GEORGIA Nearly 290,001) Gallons Are Forci¬ bly Taken In Charge. IS STORED IN EIGHT CITIES. Order of Seizure Was Given By Agricultural Commissioner O. B. Stevens. A special from Atlanta says: Nearly 200,000 gallons of illuminating oil have been confiscated in Georgia as n result of the order of Commissioner Stevens directing inspectors through¬ out the state to seize all supplies that fail to come up to the standard by law. This statement was made authorita¬ tively at the office of the commissioner of agriculture, and is taken to indi¬ cate tliut the tight on illegal and dan¬ gerous oils, which the report of State Chemist MeOaudless showed abounds in the state, is on in dead earnest. In eight cities in Georgia, the names of which are withheld by the officials, large supplies of oil have been tested recently and found to burn at a point below the limit of 120 degrees Fahren¬ heit, below which oils are declared dangerous and illegal by the law of the state. It is the opinion of officials that should tho names of the c.ties at which "large confiscations have been made be given out, a, panic would in all probability be caused, and this the department of agriculture has studi¬ ously avoided. In order to give pro¬ tection to the citizens at tho places where oil supplies have been seized, inspectors at these jroints have been notified in every case by telegram to take charge of the oils and hold them until directed what disposition to make. No Appeal From Order* Assistant Commissioner Wright was notified by a state inspector Friday morning that two tanks of oils amount¬ ing to about 12,000 gallons, and located in one of the largest cities of the state, hud been found to be below the. stand* iard, having burned in the Fuglin'■u|P InquJJy tester below 120 Fahrenheit. was made of the department whether the agent of the oil company at the place imlk would be permitted to make the of the oil in the tanks good by tho addition of higher grade oil that would fluid considerably raise the standard of the and thus put it within the lirnit of the law. It is interesting to note that the code privides that any person who sells oil below the legal standard shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misde- meaner, and subject to a fine of not less than $250, or to a sentence of not less than one year, or both, in the die- cretion of the court. Heretofore, it is understood, oils tliat have failed of the test in some cases have been added to by permis- sion of the authorities with higher grade oils, to bring them up to the standard. Under the ruling made Fri- day and with the knowledge that a large portion of tho oil in the state is below the standard, it is evident that the department has determined to fol¬ low the letter of tho law and hold the oil concerns doing business in Georgia uji to the tacit agreement they made when they established agencies ill the state. Many inquiries have been made as to the punishment provided by law for those persons who put oils on sale in tho state that are regarded as danger¬ ous. The reply was made at once that the state would enter into no such agree¬ ment; that the oil condemned as dan¬ gerous must stand as it is, in the control of the state’s inspector until he is notified what disposition to make of it. It is also provided that one-half of the fine shall go to the prosecutor in the case, and the other half to (lie common school ftiud of the state. And any person sustaining damages as a result of the sule of illegal oil shall have recourse upon the person who sold the oil. New Tester Demanded. Following the report of Chemist McGandless—which showed the utter want of reason in the recent method proscribed for testing oils—it is e'er- I laiu t ? !at tbe j.resent method will be .. 1 commissioner of"agriculture to"adopt B ny other well defined test. Should tb 3 tester now in use in New York state be chosen, which is the recom- 1 mendation of the state chemist, it will then be necessary to do away with the present law jirescrihing a fire point at 120 degrees Fahrenheit, It has been proposed to adopt a flash point at 100 degrees Fahrenheit, below which oils will be illegal. If it is found upon consultation with the attorney general, who is at present oat of the city, that such a change can he made, it is certain that the additional recommendation will be adopted and 1 put iu force by tho commissioner of agriculture, RAINY SEASON IN PHILIPPINES CAUSING DISCOMFORT. DEEP WATERS FLOW UNDER BUNKS Companies Are Cut Oft’ By Swollen and I’lifoniable Stream* - Manila Buy Cuonot Non Bo Navigated. Advices from Manila under date of July 10 state that it has been raining and doming to such an extent that the country along the American south uinl bay lines isditerally flooded. The soldiers are suffering great discomfort. J he Thirteenth infantry at Paray is in the worst position, being practically surrounded by water. The bridges thet were used for getting supplies have been washed away, and some of the companies are now separated by streams six feet deep. In mauy eases the men are sleeping with three feet of water beneath their bunks, which ore elevated on cracker boxes. The com¬ pany cooks, when preparing the meals, stand kin e deep in water. Bonie of the roads leading to Paray are simply impassable, and the rice fields on all sides are one great lake. A high wind blew over several toutB of the Second Regiment hospital. Manila bay is impossible of naviga¬ tion l>y either launches or canoes and no vessels are leaving the harbor. The United States transport Cen¬ tennial is ready to sail for San Fran- cisca with discharged soldiers, but tho latter have to sit around the water front all day, drenched to the skin, waiting for a launch to take them to the steamer. The river Pasig and all the other streams are swollen, amt the city streets at low points are covered with water., " J viendly Filipinos in Manila have be< i the medium of communications bet veen the American authorities and the military leaders of tho insurrdc- Pvm, iy Cavite province, which for time promised to result in bring- ul his general followers, uml xev- f J’t , 'nuniued of with their arnA. If the negotiations had succeeded the outcome would have had a great moral effect, for other de¬ feetions doubtless would have fol- lowed. Were the general's name given it might lead in his case to a fate similar to that which has befallen other Filipi- nos suspected of freindliness towards the Americans. He had foreseen tho failure of the insurrection and advised Agninaldo to make terms, but it is understood that ho has sent word to the Americans that having sworn to support the insurrection, he must ro- main loyal to the end. Similar negotiations are said on good authority to have been conduct- ed with a member of the cabinet of the. so-called Filipino government, who himself took the initiative. Some form ol money consideration figured in the discussion with his friends, VERDICT QUICKLY REACHED. Jury Acquits Gen. .Faiiien Walker, Who In Turn Tlmnki* Them. A dispatch from Bristol, Tenn., says: The jury in the case of the com¬ monwealth of Virginia against General James A. Walker 011 a cliargeof shoot¬ ing with intent to commit murder rendered a verdict of acquittal at 8:30 o’clock Saturday night, after having been out only twenty-five minutes. In response to the verdict General Walker said: “Gentlemen of the jury, allow me to express my sincere thanks to yon. I had no doubt of your verdict from the time I first heard that I had an honest jury from Montgomery county ." JUDGMENT WAS POSTPONED. Afiiiiiml (JerviTft Ww Not AcquiHed nn Has Bec*n Ruportcit. It is now said the courtmartial at Madrid did not actully acquit Admiral Cervera and the,other officers tried in connection with the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago de Cuba July 8 , 1898, by the fleet under the command of Admiral Sampson, but postponed judgment and released them, which is regarded as equivalent to an acquittal. ENDEAVORERS SING ALL HAY. Twenty Thonsand Peleaates Aro Now Gathered in Detroit. A dispatch from Detroit, Mich., says. Both of the great main tents owned by the United Society of Chris¬ tian Endeavor were used Wednesday night for the first time during the eigh¬ teenth international convention, and both contained their full quota of 10,000 people, and as usual, hundreds cf others who failed to secure admit¬ tance patiently occupied standing room all around the outer edges. distances Many visiting delegates from long came in Wednesday, swelling the number of stranger delegates, it is believed, beyond the 20.000 mark, GEORGIA lawyers in session. State J^ar Association Hold Their Annual Convention. The most highly successful meeting in the history of the Georgia Bar As¬ sociation began its sessions Thursday at Warm Springs, Ga., with Judge Hamilton McWhorter, president of the association, presiding. There ; were including present nearly 200 Georgia law¬ yers, the judges of the Su¬ preme the court, Judge Emory Speer, of United States bench; most of the circuit court judges and a number of the solicitors, and •in.every respect the gathering was a most notable one. Two sessions were bold Thursday. At the morning session much ,of the usual routine business was atteudqgl to and in the afternoon several inter¬ esting papeTS were read. . The most interesting part of the reg- ular order was, of course, the speech of President McWhorter. ■ The special keynote of this address was the danger of hasty action of the courts in criminal cases. He held up the possibilities of wrongs to society resulting from these hasty trials, his argument being that there was greater permanent danger in the precedents fhese established by the courts in cases than in the lynebings these trials are designed to prevent. He empha¬ sized the duties of the lawyers in pre¬ serving the law and hiaiutaining the dignity and couservativeuess of the courts. JEFFRIES REACHES * IHCO. Champion Heavyweight I# Given a Great Keception at HI* Home. A special from Sau Francisco says: Jim Jeffries, champion pugilist of the world, arrived in this, city from the east Wednesday evening. He was met at the depot by a large crowd of ad¬ mirers, who welcomed him amjdst tho strains of a brass band hired for the occasion. As Jeffries emerged from the ferry slip there was a dash for tho grasping of his hand. After the first formali¬ ties were over the pugilist was escort¬ ed to his apartments in the Pal%oe ho¬ tel, where another reception awaited him. ^ i.+ . . Among those who welcomed the re¬ turned jmgilist was Mr. Jeffries, Sr., who has been conducting-revival ser¬ vices iu the state and praying for his , son’s defeat in the hope that a defeat would tend to make him better in his mode of life. 1 aternal feeling,-how¬ ever, cast aside' this prayer amj the old gentleman seemed extremely Ijappy when he clasped the champion’s strong right hand in his and patted him on the shoulder in welcome. COLUMBIA YACHT WINS OUT. New Cup Defender SIioyvs What She Can I>o Kven in.Bad Weather< A special from New York says : Over a triangular course of thirty miles in comparatively light winds the new Iselin-Morgau yaoht Columbia Thurs¬ day vanquished the Vanderbilt yacht Defender and convinced the yachts¬ men who saw the royal struggle that she is worthy of defending the pre¬ cious trophy which Sir Thomas Lip- ton and his merry tars hope to take back with them to England in the Shamrock next fall. Tho Columbia fore topsail and club topsail are any¬ thing but perfect and cracked in the wind like a teamster’s whip, demon¬ strating that in a general way she will need a good deal of tuning up. Yet, based on tlie showing she made as a better boat than the Defender, under adverse condition, tho nautical sharps are strongly convinced that Sir Thomas will sail homo without tho silver mug, the possession of which has given ns the yachting supremacy of tho world since 1851. TAYLOR SEEMS SURE WINNER. ItepuDIiunn Convention In Kentucky May Have But One Candidate. A special from Frankfort, Ky., says: A movement started Wednesday night to stamptde to John W. Yerkes for the republican nomination for governor. The forces of all the candidates but Attorney General Taylor’s have prac¬ tically collapsed, and there are now strong Taylor’s indications that Attorney Gen¬ eral name will be the only one presented to the state convention. The Stone-Pratt forces concede Tay¬ lor 044 uncontested votes, and that Taylor can organize the convention. Taylor’s managers claim 1,054 votes up to date, anil expect Saturday’s county convention to run his vote up to 1,200, 844 being required to nomi¬ nate. FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO. Kdifcor NcL«au Will Accept Nomination of Aoiioclnfionof Democratic Club*. A special from Columbus, O., says: An interesting feature of Friday’s con¬ vention of the Ohio Association of Democratic Clubs was the announce¬ ment that John R. McLean would ac¬ cept tho nomination for governor, which is believed to signify the formal beginning of his candidacy. When questioned as to whether he would be a candidate for the nomina¬ tion, Mr. McLean made this state¬ ment: “If the democrats of Ohio give me the nomination and my friends ask me to toke it, I will accept.” NO. 3* WHEELER WILL * JOIN GEN. OTIS ) McKinley Orders “Fighting •To the Philippines.L; * _•_ NEW RE6IMENTST0 BE FOR * ■ '# Aj Colonels and flajofs Fop the New, Volunteer Service Are >Ep Appointed. A special from Washington says: Brigadier General Wheeler was Thurs- day ordered to report-to General Otis at Manila for service the Philippine islands, the-order for tL„ enlis.tmen.t of pelago volunteers published for service and in the a^:hi- was , seven more colonels to command the. regiments appointed. * were . . • There are yet -two colonels to <be designated. Fight majors also werq named. The recruitisg will not begin until some .time next .week, thIY exact--date not baling will.be been fixed opened yet. Rfeeruif stations in every f and territory, and as fast as tf«t- j t are regiments enlisted tp. fhej be assigned will be tiTcoinjI sent t ? :* p’.,. State lines are obliterated, an . 1 men first enlisting •* will bo fli p’ I I • 1911 stored in. - The assignment to eompa.l ’ ! jj bo bp tht* officer commanding* \ • will be at liberty to organize a puny composed of inch frem.onft p/. *; %_ if be finds it convenient and ble.' The organization of tho ten -j: iments in this country will not maiV any the difference regiments to iu the tho OMguizatioij Philippines, by General Otis, His regiments will be iu addition to tliose hereafter to be known as the Twenty-sixth and Thirty- fifth inclusive, add will be. thirty-sixth upward. 'It bp.f is that three regiments will »«anize in the Philippines. Th4 ■ 7 t i 1 ganized in the .United f * 4 Philippines will inoreas • mr oflicvs a.*d ' by should General be three Otis. fit!) re|. J| A ! ■ The colonejs apj ola.-iW Thursday are under orders -to proceed at pace with the organisation of tho regiments. Some of the officers arc now in tile city, and have beeu confuting with the dif¬ ferent bureau officers regard to' equipment nnd supply for the men as they join the regiments. The order for the enlistment is as follows: • • The regiments wilk.be organized ac¬ cording to the provisions of the act of March 2d, 1893, and will consist ‘of fifty officers nnd 1,309 enlisted men each. Tho secretary of war givK||| following instructions to guvenH recruiting: “The enlistment of men for U regiments of infantry, United* volunteers, will be made by tn lar recruiting officers military^ at all ■ cruitiug stations and withiu the United States.” The recruiting station for the ty-uinth regiment, for th FlcrlJBfl e s South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiun9Nra| bama, Mississippi and w«B bo at Fort McPherson,Ga.,and EdvyiH under command of Cajitain Hardin, colonel of the Secoudgg fl York volunteers in the war with his A delegation of southerners, Clayton,J|| ing Representatives head and Griggs, saw the pro with for reference tho to volunteer the seleetionlaj renflHH cers now As ident a result promised it was the stated following that tll .i||p| merits : R. E. L. Sjience, of Georgia, to be a major. ' *' Frank F. Oenshaw, of Georgia, to bo captain. t S. G. Orr, of Georgia, to be assist tant quartermaster. Marion Mabson, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant. B. M. Harris, of Georgia, to be sec¬ ond lieutenant. Stove Men Advance Prices. A special from Chicago says: The western Btovo manufacturers met Thursday and advanced prices 5 per ceut. TRAGEDY ON EXCURSION TRAIN. A Negf* Fatally Wounds Ur. W. I>, .feiiiiliiKM. of South Carolina. A special from Columbia, S. O., soys: On the return of an excursion from Augusta, Dr. W. D. Jennings, of McCormick, Abbeville county, „was fatally shot by a negro-bu the train. After being wounded Dr. Jennings drew his pistol and fired three shots, killing his assailunt instantly. Dr. Jennings is a young physician, the grandson of tho doctor, by the same name who lived in Edgefield, and is one of the most prominent physi. clans in the state.