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CLINCH I I * COUNTY NEWS VOL II. DREYFUS COUNSEL IS SHOT M. Labouri Ambushed By Two Men While On His Way to the Lvcee. 1HANY MEMBERS OF "I.EAOLE OF PATRIOTS" ARRESTED Saturday’s Open Session of the Dreyfus Courtmartial VM*«4iepIete With Exciting Scenes. A cable dispatch received from Remits, France, eavlv Monday morn- ] ing shated that two men ambushed 1 Maitre Labor 1 , counsel for Dreyfus, and one shot was fired, hitting Labori j in the back. M. Labori fell in the roadway. He was still alive at the I time the dispatch was sent. Maitre Labori left his house alone j for the court at about 6 o’clock Mou- Uay His residence is situ- , j morning. ation in the suburbs of the town a rfuar- ! teT of an hour’s walk from the Lycee, j the route being along a solitary road j beside the river Yilaine. He had reached a point half way on his jour- j aey when two men, who had evidently j heeu Ivitig ^ in wait for him, rushed out rf , a narrow lane and . one of , them ,, fired I a single shot from a revolver. The murderers were only a couple of yards behind their victim and the bullet struck Maitre Labori in the j back. Tiie wounded man uttered an agonized cry and fell flat on his face. 1 The murderers at once lied through the lane from which they had emerged and both escaped. At 7:30 o’clock it. was announced that the bullet had entered the stem neb; that there was no outward bleed- mg and , that tlie physicians believed , that M. Labor* Would die from the wound. lUiEVI lS CKKATFS SCENIC OPEN COURT X5Y REPLYING TO M. MKKEIEU. A special from Rennes, France, rays: Saturday’s scenes in the seconi t courtmartial of Captain Dreyfou were as dramatic ns those of Monday, when the prisoner was arraigned. M. Casi- mir-lVrier recited to the court in an ■ •aruest manner Ins e.ov.uec. e with the ea.-c, after which General M. icier ,.po,. .... ...... ... ter A testimony provoked a stirring scene. General Mender had spoken nearly our hours h. urs in in ruthless ruthless aemirniation de .iM.-iatmn of ot wrevfus, who had listened unmoved v.unl Mcici.t concluded by saying that it' he had not been convinced of the guilt of Dreyfus, and if the latter's conviction had nut been fortified since 1894, ho would admit he had been mistaken. Dreyfus jumped to his feet as though the words had galvan¬ ized him into life, and shouted in a voice which resounded through the hall like a triumph note: “That is what you ought to say." The audience burst into a wild cheers Briencc. whereupon the ' ushers called for But when Merckr rev.lied LoeenUf W tw a t; t ^it prisoner shouted again: “Why ’ don’t vou then? That i= vour ‘ duty.” At this there was another outburst of applause. A;; Mercier was leaving the court the audience rose en mas.-eand hissed nnd cursed him, those at the hack of the court standing on chairs and benches in order to better cry him down. The gendarmes placed themselves between the general and the audience, who showed a strong disposition to mal- treat the former minister of war. Mer- ciet played the now well-worn war scare during the day, but the effect must be very discouraging to him, as his hearers listened without stirring a muscle to his story of how France was on the threshold of a war with Germa- «y- The anti-Dreyf usites have cried “wolf’ too often. A RECORD-BREAKING REDUCTION ,ron rm ~ n A dispatch from Johnstown, Pa., says: What is probably the record for a big reduction of wages has gone into effect in the structural department of the Cambria Steel Company Thestraighteners of the large beams will have their wages cut from $15 to about $3 a day, while the holdups will be paid on a scale that will average them $1.50 per day against $6 or $7, the old rate. A general strike is looked for. The men claim that they were not overpaid, as the work is so severe they can endure it for only a few years Tlxo Official Organ ot Clincli County. HOMERVILLE. GA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 18 1891). A special from Paris says: M. De Roulede, founder of the League of j Patriots and a member of the chamber j of deputies, for the Angooleme dms- j ion of Charente, was arrested at 4 Saturday morning at his estate at Grbissey, near Paris. A number of members of the anti- Semite league and patriotic leagues were also arrested at the same time. M. DeRonlede-was taken into custo- ,iy by f out . g 6n l an nes and war driven to Paris. On his arrival in the city be was incarcerated in the Concierge- rie prison. The police have closed the offices of the patriotic league, which are now gnared by gendarmes, When au attempt was made to ar- 1<!st Lut-rin, president of the anti- Semite league, ho refused to surrender ftn(1 barricatled him9elf in hi8 house. He says he is prepared to hold out for three weeks, having n good stock of food and firearms. The doors and windows of his residence are barri¬ caded and M, Guerin announces he will blow up his house before he sur- reudetB. On the application of M. Fabri,fresh searches of various houses were made, including semites, the headquarters of theanti- where only unimportant pa- ■ pers were seized, Altogether six members of the anti- sp iuite aud patriotic league ami the - voung royalists have been arrested, It appears that the officials unearthed telegrams sent to the duke of Orleans fs olu Brussels at the time of Breftid-Ciit ! a ii re’s fnneraT, the first saying: “AU our men arc ready. Tiie second telegram was dispatched the following day, saying: “It’s useless to come.” The attempt at an insurrection against the government bad in the meanwhile failed. Conspiracy V nearfhed. A semi-official note issued at Paris reads as follows: . ooi tam number of arrefitfi were made this morning as the result-of a magisterial inquiry and by virtue of ......... » "< r„„ r ,Uu, a conspiracy organized far the purpose of accomplishing a change in the form of government. Persons implicated belong to the group of the royalist, youth and the patriotic and anti senate ]t . At the trial of the Meuilley / i>arraok9 ^ facls rel(lling lo th t incident alone were used a- the basis of the prosecution; but eearches were tkcn 1))a de and documents were seized which led to the discovery of an organ- ization dating back to July, 1898, and of a plot to seize the government by force. “The documents leave no room for doubt as to existence of a plot or as to the chief actors therein. After very close watch organized proof was oh- tained that the same groups were pre- £ ’disbXnce^to * fr « hattom Te P* at au ^ av rted by TSZ st^t mT^* 1 c- ~ iu inimr t , - y - , "iron." , cmmnnieJbio , . vent MflneHn with members outside bis L residence 1 Ir! and the water bcJn „ ,d oft’’ ’ l ‘ ‘ ‘ nections ' ' have UA cut A__‘ . two factions ah It a ig.vk d. A special of Sunday from Rennes states that the battle ha? begun in ear- j nest. Its political bearing are shown i in the arrest of Paul De Roulede, the j deputy and poet, and twenty-three of i his numerous royalist and Bonapartist allies, who have pooled with him j against the republic. As in the Bon- Inngist conspiracy, the pool would be j of little consequence but for the mill- tary caste, which has found represen- tative men in General De Negrier and some other generals having great com- mauds. LAURIER DENIES REPORT. - - the cimago invitation. In a personal letter to H. II. Kohl- mat. of the Chicago Times-Herald, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian pre- | mier, denies the truth of au interview recently given out by F. W. Fitzpat- rick, of the treasury department at Washington, in which Mr. Fitzpatrick asserted that Premier Laurier had stated to him he would not aocept an invitation to the Chicago autumn fes- fival, believing the somewhat strained relations between the two countries might result in some unpleasant inci- dent during his visit. OVER SEVEN MILLIONS. An Estimate of Damage Done By Recent Great Floods In Texas. E. H. Holmes, Jr., an expert, of the statistical bureau of the department of agi multure- at Washington, has just completed a report to Chief .Statisti¬ cian Hyde of that department, embody¬ ing the results of a tout* of the flood devastated region of Texas, and. mak- ss'ttvss places at $7,414,000. -“Sufir The report states that the greatest damage was in McLennan Falls, Mi¬ lam, Robertson, Brazos, Buries I Grimes, Washington, Waller, Aus Fovt Bend and brazoria counties. T number ofMai ms.submerged is estitntf- 1,380,000 acres uudercuftmtion; 339,- 000 acres being in cotton, 124,000 acres in corn, 10,000 acres in sugar cane and 28,000acres in other crops, with a tot# production in sigut. equivalent to about Although nearly 90 per cent of the total loss occurred in the destruction of or injury to the growing crops, the damage to farm property and the losses of live stock, etc., amount to, the large sum'of $.884,000. The land! itsclf is damaged by washing and gul-I I leying to the extent of over $200,000, but of this loss about one-half is calif, mated as offset by the increased future? productiveness resulting from the al- 1 11 vial deposit left by the Hood. A conservative estimate of the actual destruction includes about 227,000 bales of cotton, representing at an average price of 4-5 cents per pound, about $5,100,000; 4,400,000 bushels of corn, worth at 20 cents per bushel, $880,000; sugar cane to the value of $355,000 and other crops estimated at $335,000, a total loss to standing crops of $0,570,000. The addition to this amount of the loss to farm property raises the total to $7,414,000, or about $74 per capita of the population of the district, which is estimated at 100,000, negroes largely predominating. CHJARMAKEItS AVIS EIGHT. AfL«r si Long .Stinggifl Iii Tampa the m »»ufacturui’* (*onepde D«in« ’ After a combined stflke and lockout, lasting five weeks, during which time twenty-two cigar factories in Tampa, Fla., were closed and six hundred cigar makers idle, the differences between employees and employers were finally settled at a conference held Monday, The result is a complete victory for the employees. The manufacturers grant- ed every demand made upon them,and tue the ciiaagcfl ehaimcs maue made ooligatory obligatory by uy tnesa these I coneeBfiioiiH, will amount to virtually a revolution in the methods of pro- .hieing clear Havana cigars in the ! I uil.'-l The cigarmakers demanded Ul0 abolition iu each factory of the scales for weighing the “fillers” homed to them. Tins was the ,.,*u point at is- sue. Under the new rule, no check will lie kept ‘ J upon the material issued ; io )ho me f making into cigars. I Another demand was that all facto- ries adopt a uniform Hcnle of wages, j Hitherto each factory had its own J scale, and the cost of production varied consider- of the same grade of cigars j ably in each house. This prices. had its Here- effect j on wholesale and retail after the workmen who makes one grade in one factory will receive ex- aetly the same pay as one who makes j the same grade in another. demands j There were a dozen minor and the 'vorkmeu return to their places I " r g t ~‘ r “T? Way ’ ' U ° U AX °™ t Atlanta city Council calls otr Proposed ! invostleutlon. Before the Atlanta, Ga., city coun- Monday afternoon Mayor Wood- ward made a statement in which be promised positively that and his indiscre- tions should cease, that if he erred again he would resign, Acting upon this promise the coun¬ oil reconsidered its action in appoint- ing a committee to investigate the charges against the mayor. There was only one vote against the motion to reconsider, and that was the vote of Alderman Mayson. Mr. Mayson, who was the chairman of tho investigating committee, opposed giving the mayor another chance. The reconsideration by council puts a stop to the proposed investigation practically of the mayor’s conduct and ends the entire matter. STONE IS FOR BRYAN. “I am for Mr. Bryan for president. I have always been for’ and expect to remain so. I think r,. is not a shadow of doubt about bis nomination by the next the democratic national convention.” This statement was made by Vico- Chairman of the Democratic National Committeo William J. Stone at St. Louis, Friday, when he was asked about reports from Washington that he was preparing to forsake Bryan and take up Rear Admiral Sc-Uley as a can- didate for the democratic presidential nomination. CORPSES FOUND BY HUNDREDS Storm at Ponce More Disastrous Than at First Reported. 4 f4MINE kmm mniiS Secretary of War Elihu Root Makes Appeal to People of the United States for Assistance. Dispatches received Friday from Porto Rico indicate that the West lu¬ Jinn hurricane of Tuesday w as more Sisastrous than was at first reported. It is stated that at least 300 persons were drowned. Two hundred bodies, iiostly those of poor people, and in- eluding many children, have been re- covered. All the buildings are dam- » ge d and hundreds have been de- rtroyed. The soldiers Mid firemen worked Therlw night heroicalLy saving livos. no light.- drinking water, gas, ieo or electric The dbmmissary stores at Playa were destroyed; the city is short of food and the army officers are distributing ra- W Fifteen vessels in the harbor Tore driven ashore. . The weather bureau predicted the storm, but it is claimed-Bonce was not fumed. A’mob of 1,000 persons threatened tjhe (irowd alcalde, dispersed Porrati by Doric, the Fifth but. the was cav¬ alry. The alcalde lias been deposed on Recount of negligence. Major Myers, if the Eleventh infantry, is acting as fjlcalde, in response to popular de¬ mand! 1 The sum of $5,000 will be needed to dean iluf streets. The sanitary con¬ dition is serious and assistance is j heeded. All the crops are totally mined, the <fi, i-WTi.re Ml down‘and lit.tjc news is ibtainable , from the interior. ... A l bom to, including the barracks, has been destroyed, .mt no lives were lost there. Juan Diaz has been <le.- vastated. rorty-six lives were lost therei Arroyo, Guaynma Salinusi and San lRabel aro reported to have been totally demolished. the railroad between Ponce and Ya "f a ° has , ‘ eeD da,tro y ed “ nd U, ° military road is impassable. . 1 be river ia flowing over the road for two miles. t ‘‘® r * , *” ° , ... * r ... , , „ ' wok pr'Z; pronqii measures . IZlf i riuny 101 * u e rebel ol bumcane suflerers ,u Porto »«“>• When he press dispatches and general Dav.se advices made known tie extent of the disaster steps were ^mediately taken to send snppbes, «>«« the transport McPherson at New York vvaa °' dered ,n readlu * BS \° carry rations and other nucessaneft to Porto Rico. Secretary of War Hoot Friday afternoon sent out an appeal io the mayors of all cities of more than 150,000 population 1 in which be Buys: “Silt—The governor genernlof Porto P’. 1 ° < ®oofiuu8 the urricane repot t that upon over the 1 al1 a hi ep 11lat , lflJan<3 , > out ‘ rel .y d ^oIiel..ng , . man y ives am re uting, bo ii «s ™ jnSitonta to SrconditL.’of ab- solute destitution, without homes or IS perish of famine. | “ This department had directed the immediate distribution of rations to I the sufferers by the army in Porto Rico, so far as it is in the power of the j ! appropriation, executive, but in the must absence rely largely of any we upon private contributions. - “I beg that you will call upon the public spirited and humane people of your city to take active and immediate measures in this exigency. “Any committee charged with the raising of funds will receive full infer- mation and advice upon communicat- ing with this department. Very re- spectfully, Emm; Boor, “Secretory of AVar. i. A report has been received at the war department from an officer at Han J»’an, Porto Rico, estimating that the lumber of killed amounts to 500. GEORGIA’S TAX LEVY. Th * tsxz s: o,,er » The tax rate for the state of Geor- gja was levied Monday by Comptroller General Wright, who held a long con- ference with Governor Candler. The state tax rate is $5.36 on the $1,000, including tho additional tax for raising the $100,000 sinking fund, which is required by law. Out of this total sum the school fund will receive $2.10 on each $1,000 returned in property valuation;thegen- era! fund for government will receive $3 on each $1,000. aud the sinking fund will be allowed 26 cents ou each $ ..... 1 , 000 . FULL OF FORGERIES. The Dreyfus Courtmartial Fin¬ ishes Examination of the Celebrated Dossiers. Advices from Bennes, France, state that the examination of the Dreyfus diplomatic dossier was concluded Fri¬ day morning. Dreyfus, on leaving the I.ycee, looked brighter than he has ever previously appeared. AH the notable Dreyfusitos who are present at the trial are satisfied with the result of the examination of the secret dossier. They have urged their newspaper frieuds in Paris to clamor for full publicity, knowing that if it. bo granted, military and nationalist par¬ ties would be utterly disgraced. They are convinced that the diplo¬ matic and war office dossiers teem with forgeries. Of course, their im- pressions are derived from the five counsel present at the examination of these precious papers. Publicity would mean the pillory for General De Boisdeft're and com- pauy. „„ they would ,, . be pelted ,, , with their own foul eggs, while Captain Dreyfus would be cleared in the face of the whole world. The military caste is furious at the turn things are taking. M. .Tames expects that there will *be a great exposure of a conspiracy bfgh-handed the republio, and that the government measures of the present • against certain generals- will be more than justified by the coming revelations. — . SHOU LD BE A UT. IIoll . w . lliyan Al ,. W( . VB liv tint Chicago Tribune. The following telegraphic corre- spondence has passed between the Chicago Tribune and William Jen- nings Bryan: “Chicago, August 11.—To William .T. Bryan, Petersburg, III.: Corre- spondents at Pano at Lithia Springs, Ill., report you as saying you do not care whether you arc the democratic nominee for president on o'year hence or not. if the precepts of the party are carried out.. Will you kindly wire Tribune what you did say nnd your exact position in this matter? “Tub Chicago Tbiiutnb.” •‘PETritiiSm.m«, bhieugo: f n't.., AugVtst IT. Tribune, Have not seen the TopoH miMl ,hmed. Whether 1 shall j )0 „ candidate depends platform'shoiiid largely on the p] ft tf or m. The fit the ,,, u -ty and the candidate should fit the , llllt j orin “Wim/iAm Jkkmngh 'Buyan.” CAN’T USE THE MAI US. The i*ost<»ffloe j)«*piirtin*nt ~......^ s«t» Down On , K* si»v« ivn»ioi. Sdinne. A Washington dispatch,says: At last the A* postoffice department L ........ has decided’ " » *ol,b.,.v „ * norftnt co Iove<l people I- by -/ a gang « « V b.^al ormerrfave". » The } * Ln slave the of 25 cents as a “registration g ^ „ Th e iHe p iven thtti tU money j Unis collected will be used to I» r «®? te th ? T aR « a «° ° a bl1 ; A « hn * Assistant General Barret . made ..thorough investigation of one of the these organizations, and as ii result the department, has issued an order forbidding the delivery of all mail addressed to parties connected with the scheme. FEVER ON THE WANE. ' IV Lc«" A special from Norfolk, V»„ says: Soldiers Home. No new cases aud no deaths due to this disease occurred Friday. In faetthe trouble has about been removed. The quarantine of Norfolk and other points against Newport News, Hamp- ton and Old Point will be raised and inspectors removed from trains and boats. In a week or tcyi days, if the sitna- tion continues to improve, tho quaran- tine against the Soldiers’ home and Phoebus will also be lifted. ir 4 ,„i„:w ' n„ii ’ 7 ■ One hundred and , fifty , . coal miners have , struck at Mingo mines, in Rcu- tucky, demanding increased wages. The operators had just promised to increase wages September 1, but the miners demanded an increase ta go in¬ to effect immediately. HOBSON HEARD FROM. ,n Naval Constructor Richmond Pear- son Hobson was beard from by the navy department Monday for the first time at any length since be was as- signed to duty in charge of the Spanish ships raised from Manila harbor and now undergoing repairs at Hong Kong. interesting, His report is unusually dealing in general questions, such as tho need of a large dock yard in the orient, the increased shipping at Ala- nila and the prospect that Manila wilt succeed Hong Kong as the emporium of the east. NO. 42. ANOTHER CALI FOR TROOPS Will Be Made By Administration, Says Secretary Root. ^ 0 FIVE NEW IIEOIMENTS PRijf f Governors of Respective Will Be Allowed to Name A Officers. - "f- A . Washington , r , . , special . . says: Secre- u tary Root stated positively Monday that five uew volunteer regiments are to be established, and orders to that end will be promulgated ’ from The A war de- partmeut . few days. m a _/ b,s 8 ta ‘ ement "’as made to Senator U Geor a -V f al a ‘ a 1 w Representative '° e allei \ to ,,0n8,llt Adamson, t he T" of ’ ' secretary about t certain appointments, t ‘ °, y Hi Secretai y Loot ac- . , ,nt of V 10 ''’ n'm; la ’* '“ e ®“ 10 “ ,\'' '2 * '°. ° n ,i.^. afi 8 ® ln 2 ' V1 1 ' A tt c ? ' l V»i , 'IP 1 4 "" 11 11 ' .' ‘l th ulc ® , l \ f y belhon aa . P°ksi !?, ) e, the , v ut ^Philippines le stated fur- as HTTf crit icism'in the matter of appointing staff and field officers. It has been. rumored since Secretary Boot’s recent. conference with the president at Lake Champlain that a call for additional volunteers might be made soon, but this is the first official utterance of Secretary Root on the subjeot. Senator Clay and Representative Adamson arrived at Washington Mon- day morning for the express purpose of urgjng the appointment of certain patriotic young Georgians who are anxious to receive commissions in the army. It was during their interview with Secretary Root that the latter made the announcement to the effect that live new volunteer regiments ara to be organized at once. * After informing appointments his (t'wisgia visitors that no more can given to that, state at.present, 8e«e- tary Ilookadded that imiuedfate «ber« anight- Be opportunity in the future, as a call for additional volunteers is about to concernii? be orderaK # In r?ply to <n- quiries appointm«ntB in tl\e new v-olqnteor regiments Root respectfully informed. Senator Ciay that political and social influence will nr> flo-m A in «f p *’« 1 ibisHionod 'msHionrnr : oflieors* ofticors, in in other otner words wowts, 'Jf, “I 18 social #ets.- [egarmtss “ » 01 J" i.icir , miiiuiry qnannea ?S“‘ lions as was the ease 1 T 1 the early fll ^ ° f th V Tar ' ' “We m *.commission . . men as offi- Cer8 L ««« Pecretory Root, “on* ae o°nnt of their rfupenor qualifications for service, and will not, bo f^erned influence. by In a political few (lays or ft call^ill persoiia probably be made for’several addition. al regiments of volunteers. It is ray purpose to ask the governor of each state to recommend competent aud suitable men to fill the offices in the various regiments. These oppointr ments will be made only upon the r<> commendation of the governor. “Heretofore we have had much trouble over appointments made from , ... . . avoid'the’dTf- .... , sure, and we'propose to Acuity by asking the governors to give IISZXZ ^Taffg perionee in the militia service nnd are subject to discipline. Under the eir- cumstances, I do not see any prospects for any new appointments going to Georgia until the new call is made.” Secretary Root added that it is th© purpose cf the administration to end the war in the Philippines its early as practicable. Senator Olay was somewhat disap- pointed, ns he vi8ited''Washiiigton at this time solely to secure some army appointments for ambitious Clay young men in Savannah. Senator tried to impress upon Secretary Root that Savannah had been entirely over- looked in the military appointments recently made and therefore requested special consideration for the names ho proposed. It was in reply to made this ap¬ peal that Secretary Root the statement above quoted. OLD SUBJECT REVIVED. M A special to the Chattanooga Times from Birmingham, Ala. says: “Since Genera! Joseph Wheeler has been ordered to the Philippine islands a reriewalofthedisciissionaboutde- ( .; ftr ing vacant his seat in the house of representatives from the eighth dis- trict has begun. The Montgomery j our nal, which is looked upon as the orgau of the state administration, wss the first to spring tho question. This leads to the suspicion that it is sound- j ug public opinion for the governor w ith u view to bis declaring General Wheeler’s seat vacant.”