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I B The Press ami Banna Wm BY HUGH WILSON7 m ~ ABBETILLK, W PROSPERITY INDEED. ANOTHER BIG CHICAGO CONCER GOES UP. I Three littDks F# 11-Good Fxmnple of tl I Prosperity the C< untry is KxperlcncingMillloBS Involved In Fnllurrt. Chicago, Dec. 30.?As a result c the voluntary liquidations of the A las National bank of this city, Wi liam M. and John S. ?Van Nortwicl who held 454 shares Of stock in ths I hank and were borrowers therefror to the amount of $.300,000, made a assignment yesterday to the Equitabl Trust company of Chicago, who too posseseion.of the Van Nortwick'sban at tSatavia yesterday. , The failure involves the entire ic k terests of the Van Nortwick's, whos j? estimated wealth, according to thei W last statement, is $2,500 000, often es ^ timated at three times that araoun i and representing, besides the Va Nortwick bank and other property a Batavia, Jar^e manufacturing intei ests. The total liabilities will probs bly be near $2,000,000. The article of assignment, three in number, we* filed in the Kane county court at Ge nevaat 4 o'clock jesterday afternoon "T ? J T O XTn-n IVr^.+ TTT,-/.!r Mn yy . ill.. tlXIU O. O. r a LI HUIiniun vav. assigning as individuals and the tw as a company. The interests of the Van Nortwick are large and diversified. They ow: the western paper bag factory at Bate via, employing several hundred hand . with a daily output of 2,000,000 Larg ^ factories at Kaukana, Wis., for th manufacture of manila paper, and s Memphis, Tenia., for the making c paper 4,wooden ware", are branche of the Western Paper Bag compan; and are conducted under the sam management The Van Nortwick Pf per company owns mills at Combine Locks, near Appleton, Wis., whic cost $800,000; also the Appleton Man ufacturing company at Van Nortwick Ills., with a capital stock of $200,00( with turns out wind mills and agr: cultural implements. In Batavia so much real estate i owned by them that people are ofte: beard to remark: "Tiie van XNori wicks own Batavia." Besides th brick block in wbicb the bank is Jocj ted, erected at a cost of 140,000, an other real estate, they own 400 acre of farm land there valued at $50,00C Among their possessions are als thousands of acres of pine lands i Wisconsin. They are stockholders i the old Second National bank and th Aurora cotton mill company at Aurc ra, and banks at Appleton and Kat kana, Wis. The Van Nortwicks probably ar the most extensive paper manufacti rers in the west and the ramification of their business extend all over th " i i. i .western country, xaaa 11 not oeeu iu the spreading out in this direction, i is thought the crash of yesterda would have been avoided. The Apple ton Paper and Pulp company and th Kaukana Paper company, unde which names all of the Van Nortwic paper interests in the river valley ar consolidated, constituted one of th ^ strongest jsaper combinations eve |? formed. The combination include the Appleton Paper and Pulp com pany, Kaukana Paper company. Con bined Lock Paper company, Wiscoc sin Sulphite Fiber company and Uc ion Pulp company. These companie are cotnbined under one managemen for the manufacture of book, print manila and express paper, sulphit and wood pulp and do an immens business in these specials. The mai: office "of the companies is the Apple ton. The Appleton Paper and Pul company was incorporated in 187 and has a capital of $150,000. Th buildings burned a few years age were never rebuilt The Kaukana Paper company plan is located at Kaukana, Wis., seve miles from Appleton, on the Chicag and Northwestern railroad. This coir pany was incorporated in 1879, an Vi?h an antVinrizpfl ranital of HlOO.OOf Seventy-five workmen are employe and the output is teu tons of manil paper daily. The Combined Lock Paper compt ny was incorporated in 1890 with capital of $150,000 and the mills hav an output of 30 tons of pulp daily an 40 tons of paper. This company make printing paper exclusively. The Wisconsin Sulphite Fiber con pany owns valuable woodland an supplies wood for making pulp to tb mills named in the foregoing. The Union Pulp company has mill at Kaukana. It was incorporated i ? < 1879 with $50,000 capital.The capacit ' of these mills is 26 tons of pulp eac / . working day. / A BftAinv? HANk- QTTSPITVnR l richmond, Va., Dec. 29.?A Ro, W soke special to The Dispatch say: S The commercial National bank of tb 9 city, closed its doors this morning b ' cause of a run on that institution ye terday. This run it is believed w; caused by the resignation of Cashit Davenport and his departure for We Virginia on Sunday. The resign tion was tendered on the 13th, but d: not go Into effect until the 20th arc for some reason the matter was kej from the general public for a week < y more. Mr. Davenport had .been in the ec ploy of the bank for some years, at nis books on settlement were corre in every particular. When it wj known that he had resigned, the pe f)le became uneasy and the run fo owed. The total liabilities of tl bank amount to about $80,000 and tl estimated assets exceed this by aboi $90,000. The amount due deposito: according to the statement of tl bank's condition published last Satu day was $61,587, but it is believed th; at least $12,000 of this sum was witi drawn in the run of yesterday. Tl capital stock of the bank is $100,0( and as at least 75 per cent, of the stcx is held by men of large means the are believed to be able to meet all li bilities and pay depositors in ful This is the feeling among busine men here ?nd it is safe to say the su pension has caused but little excit ment. Bank Examiner Sands is e A pected here tomorrow from Washin P -ton. r two in minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 29.?Ti | Columbia National bank, whose pre: dent is Charles Kitttleson, ex-Sta l treasurer, and whose cashier is Josep | Bobletter, auo an ex-State treasure failed to open its doors this mornin; and George M. Collin, deputy coin; 1 | troller of the currency, who happen p<1 tn be in the eitv . took charge. Cashier Bobletter said that the ha hilities, not including the capital stock, etc., and including principally deposits, amounted to $150,0(>0. He said that he had no doubt but that the depositors would in tune be paid in full. The State is creditor to the N amount of $1(5,000 and the county to about $5,000. The city had $1,200 on depos t. At the present time, according to Cashier Bobletter, there is $33.10 000 cash in the vault and $100,000 will be collected within next 30 days. The suspension was ordered for the purpose of protecting the majority of the cred. itors. The bank's capital is $200,000 J1 The suspension of the Scandia yesj ter day and the Columbia this mornJ* ing created consternation amoug the patrons of the Washington bank, and Lt such a "run" ensued that the bank n was compelled to close its doors shortn ly afternoon. Depositors drew their ? checks directly at the bank and ? through the clearing house at such a rate that it was evident that the interests of all the depositors demandL* l\nf.moeo Tho Ha r\ Ir t*U bUSfJCUaiUU KJl uuoiii^oo. xuu 6 knew that its strength would be sore5 Jy taxed today, and had made arrange5! ments to get $50,000 in cash, which lt would have tided it over safely, but 1 the money was not forthcoming this morning, and after a vain attempt to stand the demands, Cashier Brecke l" telephoned Bank Examiner Kenyon ;s that the ollicials had decided to close ? the bantr, and asked him to take 5* charge. Cashier Brecke stated this J* afternoon that aside from the matter of cash on hand the bank was in ex0 eel lent shape. Exactly what will be done has not s yet been determined. It is very likea ly that the suspension will te only temL' porary, as the resources of the bank s are in such shape, according to Mr. e Brecke, tbat its depositors can be paid ? in full in a comparatively short time, it J en nn kn /In Do* TClthill twf> - t\Ll U UU UCli to UU buv< UVXIU1 viavuaaa v > v monhts. In round numbers the liabils ities are $500,000, and the assets $600,^ 000. Of the latter only $14,500 is real e estate. The bank had some city deV posits, $3,000 of State money and fj $4,000 of the county's. The bank officials are: President, A. C. Haugan, who is at present city treasurer; j' vice president, K. S. E. Johnson; ! cashier, O. E. Brecke. l" The bank's loans and discounts are $507,145. Its deposits are $548,000 and its capital stock $100,000. The ,Q announcement of the failure of the Columbia and Washington banks e caused a considerable flurry at nearly j all of the other banks of the city. The biecest run was on the Farmers' and . Mechanics' bank, the largest savings institution in the northwest, with deposits of over $6,000,000. This bank j is said to be entirely safe. It stood a constant run of eight days during the ? panic of 1893. ' Minneapolis, Dec. 29.?The Washington bank of this city has closed its doors. Its last Statement, Dec. 17, shows loans and discounts of $500,000 _ and deposits of $540,000. Its capital is $100,000 and its surplus $13,000. A. ^ nnoci^onf lQpit.V t.fAAS* \S' uaucau, nu uiwiuvu^ ~.v ? -? If urer and it is likely that quite an 1 amount of city funds will be locked up by the failure. Its business is * largely with working people. The ? officers claim that they will be able to ? pay them in full. * columbia. bank closes. ? Minneapolis. Dec. 29 ?The Colum? bia national bank of this city closed i its doors this morning owing to inability to make collections. Ii is a ' comparatively new bank, having been l" organized about five years ago with " ex State Treasurer Chas. Kittelser as " its president and ex-State Treasurer \ Bobleter as cashier, which positions f they still hold. Its capital on L>ecem^ ber 18 was $200,000, with a surplus of * about $6,000. Its loans and discounts were $48,000 and its deposits $264,000. J; It has never been profitable. Deputy Controller of the Currency Joe W. R Coffin, who happened to be in the city, ^ took charge of the bank. Its officers claim that they will be able to pay depositors in full. t snellburger & son assign. ^ Baltimore, Dec. 29.?L. Snellburger & Son, leading retail dry goods ? merchants of South Baltimore, made i an assignment today. Liabilities * $50,000; assets about the same amount. Pmociim of fMilifni-e onH elnw enllpf* 1 X. 1 tOOUl \J VI VlV<UitVtU M>W II W??. ? ? ? tions caused the suspension. 8 insolvent jewelers. Cincinnati, Dec. 29.?A petition was l" filled last evening by members of the * well known firm of Duhme & Co., , jewelers, for a dissolution and a receiver for the firm. They say the company is insolvent and unable to meet maturing debts. \ too much lumber. ? Seattle. Wash., Dec. 29.?The B. E. Stetson and Post Saw Mill compa, ny closed down its plant yesterday, throwing 70 men out of employment. The overproduction of lumber, to7 getber with the recent failures of eastern banks atl'ecting a number of western lumber firms, caused the suspension. !*" Will Confer With Foreign Bimetallism, Washington, Dec. 31.?Senator Wolcott of Colorado, the chairman ol c" the special Senate committee to ar s" range for a bimetallic conference of *s the nations of the world, is going ^ abroad to confer with European bi metallists on the subject. The pur ^ poses of his visit are known and ap l4 provad by President-elect McKinley, and his trip is made at the request ol his associates of the Senatorial com >r mittee. The attention of the Senatoi was called to the Canton O., dispatch published today that he was going abroad for the purpose stated and thai ct he would go with the endorsement ol President-elect McKinley and was em ?' powered in a measure to represent his views. The Senator was not in a poie sition to discuss in detail the state ments in the dispatch. He did say, Jt however, in reply to questions, that il rs was true that he was going to Europe 16 early in January at the request of his r| associates on the Republican caucus committee for consultation with En glish bimetallist. He added thai there were other matters concerning V his mission in the interests of bimetal5 lism which he preferred not to tali about. It was evident that the Sena tor depreciated the publication of anj statement concerning the errand upot ss which he is about to depart. Mr, s' Wolcott was asked if the purpose ol e' his visit were known by Major Mc x" Kinley aad approved by him, and h< g" answered that they were, but wliei pressed for particulars declared thai he would prefer not to discuss th< ie question further. The Senator will bi ii- absent until some time in February te General Francis A. Walker, who, i ?h was stated, would accompany Sena r, tor Wolcott on his mission, will nol g, be able to go on account of other en p-Jgagements. A YEAR OF PROGRESS^ [ GOV. EVANSREVItWSTHESIFUATION FOR A TRADE JOURNAL, i I Natural Advantages--Writes an Account ot Wliat Has Brtf-n and is Now Being Done for South Carolina. i The following is an advance sheet from the Manufacturers Record for 1 Jan. 1: ? Executive Chamber, / 1 Columbia., S. C., Dec. 21. \ Editor Manufacturers Record: It would be impossible for me to give your readers in 2,000 words an idea of the material resources or the 1 industrial and business progress and prospects of South Carolina. So rapid has been her industrial progress for the past six years that a book could be easily filled with the enumeration of the numerous and varied industries. The results of the war and the severer results of the financial policy of the national government have not been without their effects upon our people and the material development of our industries. They have- taught us to practice economy, live at home and build up our own industries. South Carolina is more favored in her topography and climate than any other State in the Union, and it is due to these influences more than any other, that her industries have pros pered wnue ttiose or ner sister oiaies have languished. The State has been divided by nature into three distinct sections, with natural boundaries: 1. The hill, or up country, ay it is familiarly known, begins at the Blue Ridge mountains and continues to the sand ridge extending across the State from Aiken to Chesterfield counties. This section abounds in mineral de-1 posits, iron, gold and silver and limestone being found to the most profitable extent. Its water powers are sufficient to turn the wheels of the factories of the world. The streams coma bounding from the mountains, and the fall is so great that dams are unnecessary in most instances. The cost for maintenance per horse-pawer is less than $50. This section has gone forward naturally with more wonderful strides than the rest of the State, and it may be truly designated as the manufacturing section of the State. Cotton manufacturing is our Drincipal industry, and there is not a factory in t*e section that has. not paid dividends ranging from 8 to 30 per ceat. to its stockholders, while the mills of the east and other States have been compelled to shut down on account of the great depression in such products. The advantages of thin section are apparent. The streams never freeze, the laborers can work in their shirt sleeves 11 hours a day with perfect comfort all the year round, and the cotton is brought from the fields directly to the mills. The cost of living is cheaper, and I may say better than that gained by operatives in the east. Our operatives are all native, natriotic citizens, and a strike has never been known in the State. In the last six years South Carolina has increased the number of spindles from 300,000 to 1,300,000, and enjoys tne honor of ranking first in the South in cotton manufacturing. Oar mills 8re engaged principally in manufacturing the coarser grades of cotton goods, but the mills now being constructed are putting in machinery for the manufacture of the finer grades, and it is only a question of time when this en tire industry will be monopolized by our section of the country, because we can do it cheaper, and the average Yankee has very little sentiment when the question of dollars and cents intervenes. There is a great field in this section for bleacheries: not a yard of the immense product of our mills is bleached in the State. This seems anomalous and is only explained from the fact that cotton manufacturing has been so profitable that our people have been content to employ their capital in this channel alone. That such an enterprise would be profitable goes without saving, il only to supply the home maiket. \Ve manufacture our cloth, ship to New York, where it is bleached, and then buy it back again, thus paying freight two ways, whereas a home bleachery would save this expense and necessarily drive the eastern one out of the market. This is our easy and goodnatured way, however, and we continue to pay the tax in order to let our I A 1 il 1 .* millo eastern uruiucr iivo. um wbiwu wmo are largely owned by our own people, and it is a mistake to think that this rapidity of development is due to outside capital. Most of the mills are built on what is known as the installment plan, thus enabling wage earners and laborers to become stockholders and interested in the success of the enterprise. Many of the small accounts in our savings banks have been thus converted, and in every case to the great advantage of the investor. The conversion of our electric power bids ' fair to further increase our maaufactories within the next year or two. There is n earing completion in the ! city of Columbia the largest electric; power plant south of Niagara falls, and I believe the only cotton factory plant run entirely by electric power is in this country, and is owned large, ly by the same stockholders. In 30 f days this 10,000 horse power (station will be running mills in this city. There is another company developing t the immense power on the Catawba ; river, and contracts have already been t entered into whereby the mills of the f enterprising city of Rock Hill are to be run by electricity. South Carolina s will soon be an electric State in more senses than one. The iron mines in this section, al, though rich, are worked on a small t scale, but profitablv. It will surprise 5 most of your readers to know that i South Carolina produces more gold i than any State in the Union east of the Mississippi river. We are willing, t however, to abandon this enterprise : for free silver. Two gold mines are successfully operated in this State. : The Piedmont section is well tim bered with oak, hickory, walnut and r short-leaf pine, which is sawed at the l mills and shipped to the northern . furniture factories. A rich field is f offered here for such factories, there - being but one in this section, a ad it is i operated upon a small scale. i Cotton is raised in this section, as t well as the middle section, and is of a } very fine grade. This industry pays ) about as well as anywhere in the . South, in view of the low price of the t product, which is scarcely sufficient to pay for its production. The yield t per acre in the State is larger than - that of any State within the cotton belt. i I > 2. The midd le country. This section is more or les?: rolling, and is bel ter known as the s:and hills section of the State. It is the head of navigation of most of the rivers, aud contains the most leriiie janus huu muat iraauuioi farms and orchards. For the past five years a great deal of attention has been paid to the culture of fruit. rt1he peaches and berries raised in this, section command a higher price ir northern markets than even California fruits. The industry is growing, a ad the old cotton fields are yielding a more profitable crop. Several nurseries have been planted, and the home market is almost supplied by home people. This section is now called the home of the peach. The watermelon is also grown to perfection, and is a profitable crop. The average yield per acre of cotton and other fiel d products is greater than in the other sections of the State, the best farms yielding more than two bales to t he acre. Tobacco has become the best paying crop in this section, and there are now 6,000,000 pounds raised in the State. The ticaber is principally long leaf or Georgia pine on the rivers and cypress and junip9r in the swarnps. The CUUiaiC l a LLLlb seuuua IS wm iuoi tuau the hill section, and may be called the temporate zone of the State. Oil mills, cotton factories and saw mills are the principal industries. 3. Ths low country, or coast section, is the richest naturally, in the State, but, like all highly favored countries, the people are less energetic than those of the middle or up country. Col. A. K. McClure, in writing of this section, very truly said: "There is no.other part of the south where so little labor will produce so much. In a good portion of this section the soil will average seven feet in depth, and is practically inexhaustible. Vegetation is usually checked for not more than six week3; seed time and harvest occur in every month." 1 have seen a second crop of pears hanging from the trees in Barkeley county I ^nvino thn nwconf mnntVl HTAP VlAlf matured, and had it not been for the severe storm that has just visited us, I am sure ere this they would have been redy for shipment to the north ern markets. Olives, oranges, bananas, figs and all tropical fruits may be had here, with vegetables nearly all the year round. The most important crops of this section are the rice and sea island cotton crops. Great numbers of the old rice plantations were abandoned during tne war and are now grown up and abound in all kinds of game, and are being converted into game preserves for our millionaires. Here will be found the negro in his original state, as happy as though he were in the Garden of Eien, speaking his own language, and contented to live on what dame nature so generously provides, and many a millionaire would envy him did he but know his bill of fare. On a recent hunt in this section a party of gentlemen devoted one day to their ability to provide food with gun and canine. They were in Berkeley county, near Cape Romain. Arising ?>t 5 o'clock a. m. they took the canoe and went off into the marshes, and returnned at 8 o'clock for breakfast with 32 mallard ducks. After breakfast the hounds were turned in the deer drives and they returned to lunch with three * ^ ?i a i l Handsome aeor ana iour wua mrnuys. After lunch, nt 2 o'clock, a. trip was made to the s iipe bogs, and returning to dinner at 6 o'clock tney counted 12 woodcock, 27 snipe and two marsh hens. A negro had been given half a dollar, and he returned from the 0 wendah river with, three barrels of oysters and a basket; of mullet After dinner a coon hunt was arranged, and before 10 o'clock our party returned with four raccoons ana two opossums. Every negro raises his rice, corn and potatoes by simply planting' them, as nature does the rest. Verilv,thi8isthe land of milk t.nd honey. The pastures are ever gree i, and hogs ana cattle are fed only to keep them tame. These lands ca,n be bought from $L to $2 per acre, an 1 the })ine ridge is as healthy as the Piedmcn1; section. No country possesses greater natural facilities for producing grissea, hay and livestock, and theiir products of meat, butter and milk. This is also the home of the diamondba.ck terrapin, so toothsome to the epicure. The development of Port RoyalJ will soon make this the garden spot of ihe world. This section is tilso rich with phosphate deposits. South Carolina, with these phosphatic deposits, manufactures more fertilizers than any other State, will fhna hp rami that one takinc the train in the early morning al Charleston or Port Royal, arrives at Columbia 11 and at Spartanburg at 2,hav ing breaktasted in the tropics, lunched in the plains and dined on the highest peaks east of the Rockies. The taxes in South Carolina are lower than any in tbe Union. We spend more for education in proportion to our wealth l;han any people in the Union. Our State debt is about $6,500,000, refunded at 41-2 per cent., and is being decreased every year by a sinking fund. Our farme rs, although severely oppressed by low prices, are making no debts aad decreasing their old ones. In 1890 the per capita debt of the State was $11.55; today it is less than $4, a reduction in less than six years of 64 per cent. In 1890 thu taxable property of the State was, in round numbers, $150,000,000; in 1894 it was nearly $174,000,' 000, an increase of $25,000,000 in a pe riod during which the wealth of mosl sections of the country showed a decrease. The increase in property in 1894 over 1693 was $3,300,000. Oui sister State of Georgia for the same period show sd a decrease of over $50,000,000. The annual products of the State for 1890 were valued $42,000,000, two fifths of whish was in manufactured products. In 1896 the value of agricultural products alone amounts tc $46,000,000?more than all products combined in 1890, and cotton is one third less in value. No southern state can compare with South Caro lina in the advance that hat; been made since 1890. The assessment of property for the past year will show a slight de crease over i;he preceding year by rea son of the reduction in the assestment of railroad property. Not a railroad in this State is now in the hands of s receiver, and all show good earnings. In the decending scale our State stands forty second ia the amount ol mortgaged indbtedness. In her edu cational facilities the State is now the equal of any in the Union. The pub lie schools are well attended and the colleges are full. There are 5,000 more children in the school thin year tbac last. We have homes and farms foi many times the number of our inhab itaAts- and we welcome good substantial citizens. There is no room, however, in i South Carolina for unpatriotic pauper immigrants. We are American, preserving our individuality and institutions, and believing in the rule of the ^ majority and equal rights to all. c South Carolina will survive and i nw\(ini)K nn Ko? nofiir-o] Honnrpoig flnri 4 by the indefatigable energy of her t people, while those to whom she now s pays tribute will languish and decay, t We wish the Union a happy and g prosperous New Year. j John Gary Evans, Governor. t FLANNAGAN A FIEND. t t Murders Two Old Peopl* and a Olrl Near ( Atlanta Georgia. s Atlanta, Dec., 31.?Edward C. t Flannagan, an employe of the Stand- s ard Oil company, attempted to exter- t minate the Allen family at Poplar c Springs, Dekalb county, tonight, and t /lis) Trill f Vi no a nnamKanc TTS? irinfi m a J U1U aui IUIV.O U1\J LU VSVJi a JJL10 V 1UU1 UiO (, were Dixon E. Allen and wife, an old c couple, both more than 70 years old, and Miss Rath Slack. Flannagan c seems to have been in love with Leila c Allen, the 11-year-old grand daughter a of Dixon Allen. s The old couple's married son, G-. i W. Allen, and his wife and two chil- a dren lived with them in a neat little t cottage four miles from the city lim- i its. Flannagan had been boarding * with them for six months. His ac- * tions today were not quite natural, c but he did not cause any alarm. It 1 was noticed though that he was anx ious to get the members of the family I to leave the house. Late in the after- I noon he returned, and when supper 1 was announced he ate with the fami 1 ly. When he had finished, he asked c Mrs. G. W. Allen to give him a drink ' of water. She left the room to get it. Her husband was standing by the * table talking to his father. Flanna- c gan went to his own room, and return- . ing in a. moment, thrust a pistol c through a portiere close to the son's I head and fired. Allen dodged and the ' ball struck him in the back of the head. He fell to the floor. Flanna- t can atflnnnd fiver his bndv and knock- C ed the lamp from the table with a 1 wave of his pistol. This left the c room in darkness. Old Mrs. Allen,Miss ? Slack, who was a sister of the young- 1 er Mrs. Allen, and the children ran 1 into a room in terror. Flannagan clubbed the elder Allen with his pis- 1 tol and killed him with a few blows. Then he strode quickly to the room c where the women were screaming and s began firing on them. Grandmother Allen was shot through the body 1 twice and killed. Miss Slack was shot ' through the back and mortally J wounded. At this moment the daughter-in-law who had gone for the water, returned and rushed into the room, where she heard the firing. She found that Flannagan was trying to killj Leila, her daughter. She struck the pistol and then clinched with tne murderer. Jie struggled ana she held to him until he had dragged her out of doors. There she, by almost superhuman strength, threw him to the ground. Flannagan fought like a mad man and tried his best to shoot her. She succeeded in keeping him from doing so for a minute or more. By this time her hushand had recovered consciousness and he ran out to his wife's rescue. Together they were able to hold Flannagan and disarm him. Mrs. Allen then called for help, and when neighbors arrived Allen was holding the murJ ??? i* 4Ua UIammamam ttt n fi uerer uu tuo gruiuiu. a' lauua^au noa ^ bound with ropes and held until Sheriff Austin of Dekalb county ar- j rived. In the meantime a large ^ crowd had assembled and they talked of lynching Flannagan. The sheriff did not wait to give opportunity, but immediately hurried the prisoner off and brought him into the city, where "he was placed in the county jail. Flannagan would not talk, except to say that he was drunk. A bottle of whiskey and $535 were found in his pockets. He had evidently prepared himself for llight. Flannagan came to Atlanta from Louisville, Ky., last spring. He was a carpenter by trade, but of late had some connection with the Standard Oil company. Miss Slack, who died about midnight, was from ^Birmingham. She was to be married nest week. G. W. Allen, who was not dangerously wounded, is a contractor. He thinks that Flannagan was in love liio r^ila and Wftntpd VY IbU UiO unuguw*) MUM < .y . >? . to kill the entire family because he could not marry the child. Flannagan retained Judge Hillyer . to defend him. The attorney had ' an interview with the prisoner at the jail tonight, but refused to talk and asked the jailor not to allow any one to see Flannagan. Tough on the Spanish Consul. < Jacksonville, Fla., Dec- 30.?The ( steamer Dauntless, which the government has granted permission to clear 1 for a Cuban port with a cargo of ammu nitions of war, is not in port at present. The owner says it has gone on a , "wrecking" trip, and may not return for a week. The Dauntless gave the i revenue cutters the slip yesterday, go1 ing out of the river from one of the , ; shallow channels, and this has aroused ' i the suspicion that the vessel is again on a filibustering trip. The owners say the vessel will be formally cleared i for Cuba as soon as it shall return. The Commodore has also been granted permission to clear with arms, and will do so in the morning. Several J ; car loads of arms and ammunition are j in the city awaiting shipment. A i rather anomalous fact is presented in that, if either boat shall clear for Cuba > the Spanish Consul or Vice Consul , will have to sign the clearance papers, this being required when a vessel clear, i for a foreign port. In this instance it would be a case of a Spanish officer 1 affixing his signature to a document permitting a vessel to carry war mate- ( i rial to a people fighting against govj ernment. Consul Solis was asked if he would refuse to sign the clearance , i papers of the Dauntless. He sAid that ( he could not refuse, as it was his duty , > to sign the papers. The caigo of both ' boats will be shipped to Salvado Cisn eros. President of the Cuban Repub lie, the Dauntless cargo consigned to t Nuevitas and that of the Commodore 1 to Santiago. i The l'lague In Bombay, ) Bombay, Dec. 28.?The health staf tistics show that up to today there have been 2,094 cases and 1,594 deaths 5 from the bubonic plague, which is - epidemic in this city. People are 5 still fleeing from the city, but the i 5 plague continues to increase. Mari tial law is threatened upon tne na- < f tives failing to obey the sanitary reg - ulations to the letter. '< DISEASE OF SWINE. log Cholera and Swine Plagne?No Cure for These Diseases. Clemson College, S. C., Dec. 31.? Phe swine industry of this State is inireasing daily in importance. Of the nany diseases which are apt to interere seriously with this profitable enaonniiia tViitaa ana tarn whip}) am Ctf Vl jJM. iOU KU1VU H* V U1IV n utvu mw v* Eecial interest to those engaged in at business, viz: Hog cholera and 1 i wine plague. Hot? cholera and swine < )lague are two diseases which up to ] his moment are practicably incura- ' >le. These diseases are produced each J )ya particular microscopical plant, 1 hat is, a plant so small that it can >nly be seen with a powerful micro- J icope. The animal becomes infect- J ed either by food or by inhaling < he cause of cholera or swine plague ' ind in due time succumbs to the atack of the disease while those not lying will never recover sufficiently < obe of any value. There is little J loubt that these two diseases have re < :eived. more attention from the best 1 reterinary talent, not only of this 1 iountry, but of Europe also, than any J >ther disease) of like character. In * iwine plague, the lungs are primarily 1 ittacked but in hog cholera the large ^ nte3tines are especially diseased as in 1 rimost all cases ulcers are found in < hem. This affection resembles Asiat c cholera, or dysentery of the hu- 1 nan. While we can destroy the lit- < le germs, or plants causing those hog < liseases theoretically, it is impossible o reach them after they have once J intered the body of an animal, and 1 >reveDtion therefore, is of utmost im- 1 >ortance in this trouble. The foliowng points if carefully executed will > nostly prevent an outbreak of hog , iholera even if in immediate neigh- 1 >orhood of a herd. 1. No pig should be bought from a i lerd until one year of the last case of , tholera in that herd. 2. Hogs should not be allowed to Irink from a stream on the upper < >art of which a herd is located wnich iaa had or has cholera. ( 3. Anything coming from infected grounds, that is, farm implements, < logs, people, etc., must not be pernitted to enter premises free from sholera. This is necessary, as the jerms producing the diseases are conveyed by them to the uninfected )lace. 4. Repeated disinfection of the 3remises best done by spreading slak- 1 sd lime about the premises and fre- ! inAnf ooniiwnff nf till fpAHinff lltpn tils mth boiling water. Experiments have been made to < jrevent hog cholera by inoculating : logs with a certain preparation known '< is hoc cholera serum; but at the pressnt momement the results obtained by 1 hat method of inoculation do not warrant its general introduction, and he best way to prevent the introduc* ion or spread of this disease is by the 1 neans mentioned above. 1 W. E. A. WYMAN, V. 8. Remarkable Jewish Opinion. Says the Chicago Tribune of Friday: Dr. Emile G. Hirsch stood before a ' _ m ffl 1^.4. :ongregauon in aiiuii xclu pio im? light and for nearly an hour and a lalf pleaded with them to observe Christmas day as the greatest of .holi- | lays. Among his hearers were men ind women, who had grown gray in ( he belief that it was their religious i luty to scoff at the celebration of Christmas day and to consider it merey as the anniversary of one of the jreatest Jewish persecutions in his;oiy. Dr. Hirsch among other things i laid: "We rabbis have never asked you : )usiness men to close your stores on Christmas day. We aid not need to isk you, for on this day you could not lo business. We live under new conditions. Today is a universal holilay, and is neither Christian nor Jewell. Suppose this is the birthday of Jesus. There never lived a better Jew. than Jesus. The Jews did not jrucify Jesus?at least, the Jews of the people did not. They had no reajon to crucify him. Home had him crucified as a conspirator against her lominion over Jerusalem. There may have been Jews who took part in Bis crucifixion, but there are bad and Iraitorous men among all peoples. So we may celebrate hia birthday. No 3ne has revolutionized humanity so much as Jesus. We of the liberal shurch of Jews have no reason to proi-oof ot tViA narriA nf.Tflsua. The name of Him made it possible for a daughter religion to conquor the world. We Jews are religion poor and race proud. I would have the Jews enter into the spirit of this day of peace on earth and good will toward man. The birthnight of Jesus was a night of persecution to the Jews, and this fact has caused us not to celebrate Christmas day. But woe to a genetation of Jews which turns that night to a night Df frivolity and scoffing. If we cannot ^welcome, let us at least be silent on a day so sacred to others. It is a human day to men. It is the dawn of union among men." Too Good to be True. Habana, Dec. 30.?"Maceo is alive" is the Cubans' joyful cry. The first rumors, accepted with incredulity, are now gaining ground. Information is coming into the city daily giving precise details. It is said that when he fell from his horse his followers thought him dead, but found that he was still living and spread the news that he was dead in order to carry him to a place of safety. Under a strong escort they carried him to the Siguanea hospital, where under the skillful treatment of Drs. Fermin Valdes Dominguez and Pancho Dominguez, the chief is now slowly recuperating. The acute period has now passed. It seems that only one wound is dangerous, that being in the stomach. Fortunatelv the bullet did not touch the intestines. It was feared that peritonitis might set in, but he escaped this. The other wounds are in the jaw and back and are only slight. Zertucha's treashery is being confirmed daily. It is said that Maceo's first words when he was able to speak, was to order Zertucha's capture, but he had already lied to tne Spanish lines. Zertucha wrote the paper found on Gomez's body. Gomez was killed by a bayonet thrust and did not stab himself as the Spanish say. Some More Prosperity. Shenandoah. Pa., Dec: 28.?Notice was posted at all the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company collieries here and in the vicinity, num^i bering 40, and also at a number of h dividual collieries, that work w be suspended for the week afte|^^^| day evening until Monday 1. This throws 20,000 mes^H^BBH out of employment. . < , ' ' rmm A TERRIBLE WRECK. THIRTY PERSONS PERISH NEAR BIRMINGHAM. ALABAMA. A. Ball Was Removed by Wrecker* and the Train Plunged a Hundred Feet Through a Trestle?A Second Accident. Birmingham, Dec. 27.?One of the most disastrotw wrecks in the history Df Southern railroads happened 36 miles south of here this morning at 7:50 o'clock, in which 28 persona were [tilled outright and 10 others injured, two of whom will die. The ill fated train was a Louisville ind Nashville accomodation, which runs from here to blocktou, a distance )f 40 miles. The train left here at 5:30 in charge of Engineer Frank White and Conductor A. P. Connell. Four miles north of Blockton, the mtire train made up an engine, baggage and two passenger coaches, crashed through the bridge 700 feet long and 120 feet high, into the Caha)a river. A tail had been removed rrom the track and when the engine itruck this, 360 feet of the bridge gave nray and went down with the train, [mmediately the wreck took fire, the prater being only about three feet leep, and before sufficient help could 3e secured, the unfortunate passen jers and trainmen who were pinioned under the debris were horned to leath in sight of other unfortunates. Some of the passengers, not so badij hurt, managed to crawl out and do " ill they could in assisting others, but frith little avail. The dead are: Fank White, engineer, of Birmingham. George Carney, flagman, of Birmingham. A. P. Connell, conductor, of Birmingham. Tom Streetor, colored porter, of Birmingham. Jordon Powell, wife and eight chilIren, of Blocton. Mrs. Henry Hanberry and two children, of Birmingham. James Boling, express messenger, 3f Guthrie, Ky. L. W. Martin, Brookwood. Bruce Phillips, Blockton. S. W. Tibbs and wife, Cambletown. Andrew Bryson, Blockton. Geo. Glendall, Helena. Four others unidentified. The injured are: Ed. Eohols, slightly; Henry Hanbury, ribs broken; Powell, child, feet baaly burned; Mrs. Walker of Blockton, internally, will die; Mrs. Walker's three children, slightly; Miss Booth, Blockton, internally, will die; Stan Stewart, arm broken. The bridge was a ponderous wood structure with an iron span of 260 feet En the center and just at the beginning of the iron work train wreeken ad pulled tne spikes ana removed one of the rails. When the engineer discovered this, as was evident from the position of his throttle and reverse lever, he immediately attempted to -1 stop, bat was running at such a rate of speed as to carry down the bridge. Every evidence showed that the train wreckers had been at work. ^ As soon as news was received here < j| both the Louisville and Nashvilie and Southern railroads tent out relief ' trains loaded with physicians and others, and everything possible was done for those who had been fortunate enough to get out of reach of the flames, which auickly consumed all of the coaches ana a part of the bridge. Many of the killed were completely charred beyond recognition. ' ; The exact number who perished wiH never be known, but it is thought that it will reach 35. To cap the climax, one of the relief trains which left here ran into the rear end of the working train which was stopped about 150 feet from the bridge, ana came near knocking it in on top of the burning train. In this accident the following were injured: Sam Eastis, will die; William Bast, will die; Wood Campbell, " leg broken; Charles Elston, leges badly hurt; John Rittenberry, ankle broken. The scene at the wreck presented a most heart rending and sickening spectacle. The cars were smashed to splinters on the rocks fully; 100 feet below the track from which the train had been hurled. The groans of the injured and lamentations of those who crowded around were pitiable in the extreme. Flood, Famine and Cliolera. San Francisco, Dec. 29.?The steamer Peru brings news that in addition to the small pox epidemic at Japanese ports, cholera has revived in Hong Kong, and though there are not yet many deaths, the plague is increasing and serious results are expected. The disease had made headway in many Chinese cities and on the island of Formosa. The Japanese port have decared a quarantine against all cholera lanfected districts. A?severe famA-J J A T4 me is repofibu irom weaiei'u uiiiwt 11 ~ is particularly severe in the citv of Chuantung, in Szechuen province, where there has oeen a prolonged rain, causing floods which has spread over vast areas of country, destroying almost the entire rice and vegetable crops. The inhabitants are dying J by scores from starvation, and to add to the horror of it a large proportion of the city situated on a bluff at a bend of the Kinsha river, was carried under the flood by a landslide and about 3,000 of the starving Chinese were drowned. The flood Had undermined the base of the bluff and a portion of the hill, j?bout five acres in extent, plunged into the water. ~ KlUed by a Bog. Dublin, Dec. 28.?A family of ten persons and a number of cattle have i)een engulfed by the subsiding of a/ bog of one hundred acres near Castk Island, County Kerry. It is stated that other persons were drowned at the same time and place. Gold Bog Prosperity. Easton, Pa., Dec. 28.?The IjM Cotton Mills of this city shi^^^^^BH today and will probably reg^MBHHN indefinitely. The owner^Hn8flH|H| the mills might reopen^^^H^^^HBf of May, 1897. Be pROYlDEXCEj^m^H^K^^HBBB Kierchmaum^^n^B^Bfl|Hfl^^8JB to death today