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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,
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Natural Advantages--Writes an Account ot
Wliat Has Brtf-n and is Now Being Done
for South Carolina.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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