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Ci relation r.nd Rap* Sy HKj^KA?»Si4e. jlL .-i.1 -iA— > >. r ; \ J1.W. Patronize Ledger Advertisers. A ‘ ie- /spaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves. VOL. I L NO. <>. GAFFNEY (Ti’Y C., FIM !) A Y, AI AKCIF t!2, 1S‘)5. £1,00 A YEAH. riYE LAB, AMD rrrSSJZT DAV OF )!AXV STOMS pc rr.-i TER DioSiiLL TALKS. Two Hundrod Negfroea S.vil From O ivanuah to Liberia. GREAT DAY WITH GEORGIA DARKEYS. I *'Witt T«li:ia'i.'. N’iuc-h :’0. U.-v. Thomas Augusta Not Alouo in tho Cycloao Visitation. Curlonn T , r.H'(<s.!.tii Tliat I’nncd li: ;in<l Out tll».»n the Tmsrlit runs 1 cjire- ■entattvo* From Cra.ito to the Very O. Sananxah. Ga., March 20. — The stoajn^hip Ilor.s:: with two lunuircd f.i- berian emigrants suiL . f;\ to Savannah yesterday afternoon, live thousand negroes gathered on the wharves and cheered the vessel as tl ]iu.-‘.ad down the river. Knots of negroes began gathering in the vicinity of the dock where the steamer was lying In the morning. The number kept increasing and at noon several thousand were packed in the streets ami lanes and covered the roofs of buildings for sev eral blocks. The effort by Kev. S. Smith, secretary of the Sunday School union of the African Methodist church, who has been endeavoring to prevent the clearance of the vessel on the ground that she; was not properly equippe '..failed to accompiishanything. The accommodation* of the llorsa complied fully with tho law and the vessel passed a thorough in spection by tho customs o'.lioinls. Alxtartl > or the Iturlt < oiitinrnt. Shortly after noon the /fates to tho wharf where the '.'migrants wore wait ing wore opened and the negroes went aboard. It was a. curious proeesrion, ranging in age from ia!>y in arms to the old man tottering on tho verg.* of the grave. The women' •uno fiistrnd made strange contrasts One with a cheeked apron nr. I sun bonnet was Kry. N kw Yobk Pixon dr., lias secured the Academy of .'•itisie for ins ‘T’co; ie's Church.’ bervit < s will bi' licld there every Sun- roi ie day morning, lieginning April 7. and ViOLLXT SI.dOuA l ASSES OfER TEXAS Mr. Dixon will have associated with _________ him a Congn national minister. The church will l o patterned a fter Henry Ward Heeehcr's old church, half of the deacon* i'cin ,p ’.voiihii. /n tunc Rev. Mr. Dixon hopes to build up a popular church ami have clergymen of several oth. r doji.iininuti'-ns us tants. In Augusta Seventy-l ive l’eoi>lc are 5t«<lo Homrlfn* liventy lloimrn Were Completely Wrecked. No 1)filth* Kesulted. ArousTA. Ga., March *21.—At 9 o'clock Kev. T. 1 )e\\ it l 'Liilmagi . ;11 coutinue yesterdav morning Augusta was visited afte-rnoon • t . at the r.caticmy, py the most destructive wind storm, or cyclone, since 1S78. 'I lie cyclone came hi however, and will haw no connection with Mr. Dixon*., church; neither will there be any conflict between tho two ministers. Only juvw.-t l!r Ha:, at 1 cuvlnx tt.c S*o«t (llttro Oepartmrnt. W.vsni:-<; ro\, March 21.—The impres sion prevniis in I’o: tim.s'n :* General liissull still re main clear linis’.cd. This is not tho ease. When risk' 1 about this, Mr. liissell said: l In ;hai>c. I ci*uW roeve out at any Hint t ii d olth ir by n yself Of Mr. Wil ton house least on until tli- Mlo durii yr t r< r.'i; iront. 'i iie < nlv regret that Mr. llis- 11 has some quarters that tnu.sU. • General llissdl stilt . in ollice. because ho de. ires to up r-- mo business that as yet un- " ' c fact is I have my Wr hlup- ; until the 1st uf Mr . mw the • ii h\.:o house docs not expire :ne ard 1 d.» not care to be th time, t.bile Mr. W l '. i Is not tjft--'uinc tho duties of tl.- ''mart- MAIL:. IIIE CHARCE Editor Howoll Says lie Does Not Eeloug to Manning’s League. tVILL WAKE AN EXTENSIVE TOUR InU rstate Commcreo Commission to lli-ar Coses In the West. Washington, March 51.—The inter state commerce commission is prepar ing for an extensive tour of the west, in order to hear cases that have arisen DANCER SIP I Cabinet Co; hicrin,; tho Protqsoot of Europe, .n Eacrc ivb.nic nt. ALABAMIANS’ MANIFESTO DEMNCED. h .bli »i,w, VENEZCELA AND NIC MATA MATTER. cation. Chairman Morrison says that Alic Atlanta CouxtUntion (.Ives Jldltor.al Kpuco in Denunciation of the Men Who Would Discredit the (iooil Name ol a 1’arcnt .State. m ving tne COAL SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT. A a'i c*fti«l<*:jt*r» < ullot! fm T!iur8<lay to !I«> is:i Co:ii Ko:iH '-lock*. Nkw Youk, March 20. President ll'uris, of the Reading railroad compa ny. Iris culled :t meeting of presidents of anthracite coal carrying roads in this city tomorrow. The meeting will be of groat Importance, and :i»* reports of its action ye.-ter ia^ re ulivtl in ad vance*. ui the co .i road stocics. with •ler- -y Centra; isi Ike lead on a rise of jiuitibs. Tin; j-rospecth of some settlement of the tonnage and rate questions were held by the trade to bo more favorable than for some time past. F< r n week much quiet work has been done to bring about harmony anti profitable seh-.-duh s. Coal security hob*, r.-, iiuve br at pr sure to bear upon tlie nun agers. HE IT A Li SO RACE. from tlie southwest with i.-ut little warning, and in less than a minute had jcussed over the city into South Caro lina. In its track there lay destruction and houses were utterly wiped from their foundations and sent in all directions over house tops that were not touched by the bounding circular wind. Mrunge to say there were no fatalities, though in many instances roofs were carried away while the occupants were left unhurt. The majority of the houses ruined w-re small one-story ones, as the sec tion of the city over w hich tho cyclone pa* c 1 is that for She most pa>*t inhab ited by I lie poorer class of whites and UCg'.'i •c*. The patli of tlie cyclone is about r. mile in length from tin; first place it struck to where it finally rose and passed over. The path was in the shape of an S, and the cyclone struck a l out every quarter of a mile, making four ties omients and rebounding, but the m* •ond one .va- perhaj the worst. in nil about fortv houses were badly office is that he has not been able, owing to the failure of con gress to legislate, to carry out all tlie reforms he had inaugurated, the great est l i-inT that relating to second-class mail matter. )b. outlined his wishes on this abject in his annual report. Me |>ointcu»out at that time the large amount of nacoml-cluss mail matter the governnieul \v.;-; carrying that consist ed neither of legitimate newspapers nor magazines, the publications for which tin: second-class rate was de signed. Hi..sell was very much in earnest in this, lie went to nrtny of tho 1. ruler* in congress with his sug gested : • form, when the last session convened, i'o said: 1 ‘ : i’.: ,M: »us pushed ;:t ll.nl -t’er-j with tlie liurnirtal .ui tli ’. .Hi. llrU <• inert -, inn otter Ui in api- •pr!--- -. ... ne.a-.v Ico-ld with raauvrs of bu.h ■ k- r :i bit .ion, in wiiich there Atx.anta, March 20.—Replying to the pros* statement sent out from Ibew York Monday containing an inter view with Congressman Howard, of Alabama, and Mr. J. C. Manning of that state, in which tho credit of their state is assailed and in which Mr. Man ning, as ‘‘president of the Southern Rallot Rights Dengue,” expresses liim- ac'f upon the Cooper Union meeting which he has worked up. the Constitu tion of today says: i ngagcil in ilism iitnii,' poc • nesc i :rn ;ir< nul.l followed by a more tender v aiuntiit <':es- :’i : 1* with n uma<t hut and bright ril- ns. Snne carried valises, others buckets, others tin , full of small articles. After the women ciime the men, Borne with shotguns, rilles and other assorted luggage. All were sent into the stern of the vessel and grouped together in order that i, a picture of the vessel might be taken The count show, ', d'2 of which thirty- eight were children and ■ > ven infants. The elcurimce pr.per., put the number at 197. Over four hundred trunks and boxes were taken in baggage. In the hexes are agricultural implements, lire arms, ammunition, household utensils, and supplies, clothing, < ic. The party will probably lx; the best equipped that lu:.* ever left America for the dar ; conti nent. Fincc their arrival hi Savannah they have spent produbl v -l..*»<i<)or ~2,<n0 lauA'ic [n stores. The majority of the nej^Tes appee.r to he ’.'.ill quite well Bupplied witli iqonet. There is proliu- bly not a mail in tlie party but who has sufficient to provide subsistence for sonic time after lauding in Liberia Tli** Nfjjroort in Goo«l Trim. Supplied as they arc, there is no dan ger of this party starving to death or otherwise su,'rering if there is any ;k>s- sibility of making a living at ail In tl;c ( tialriniui «if I lie . Iio;iu t i.iittei* i-li .o.r.l--i : :.iiifi-.,t<>. liilttli .i: HAM. \ la., our 111 ter* lew in ; A. ' losely, Jr., ei. i u > , rep.;-1- .,mii e.\ ■ .; v • <• un: it ueteiuzo t,.a i . i . a ; h ulists. t oiigr«‘ss::Ui!! <i >w;ii*«l lator Manuisg. relative to th conditio". <<f Alabama, us a graceful act on the part Occupying proiiiim P sa vs lit 'ha. man. the ert d;l <>f ills inelit is uu e;-r.-f•’ions the least of it, an . drive men and. moi:e> bama. BAKER GHORT ! ■m. in an I ; id. Lit’. R. tlie state iltteo. eliar- i; • ; Wo pop 1 and Lvgis- lineneial a most <iis- f two men ion*. "No to attack 'i’iic ute- -r to - ay o eek to v f; -ui Al.,- . CA'iH. IJiy 1 lie* ). John H r . hroleino Oil •t in Id* ae- A Dalc’lgli, Nortli Vt rou f i;i Hai.ti.mouh, Md., 1 taker, ciish ar f<;r conijiany, i aid t » ■ e s:i count - to t!;. amouat of about it thoiia- uud dollars ai .; iiie manag'.nit iit is looking for hi.u ■: r came here from Male’yh, t Wh .) it was as certainrd some «<•, as ago .but his ac count., were not <• met, IL.ker vva* fie wa furnished with .laru-o’i 'i and twenty utterly destroyed Th; !<-* i.. variously < stiniat<;d. but it is conservatively placed at live thou sand iliilars. .‘.ugus;:. seems to be the only piece struck ay the wind. Persons who saw it ay that it looked like a whirlwind, ami tiiat it rose and f.-ll like a rubber hali. The noise was like thr.t of many , freight trains running over a long bridge. The width of the path was not over fifty yards. On Fenwick street near the Southern railway yard, a house in which live peo- uid pie were, was blown away leaving Inn nothing but the flooring, and yot no a < one was hurt. ai*• The great cyclone of 1-TS passed over ' part, of the territory covered by this, er* but diil fur greater damage. Perhaps seventy-five people were rendered home less by yes’i i’day morning's wind. MEET TO D1L-CUSS SILVER. lo I*r< :.i '.A ;i! ’ i.ikI Dfii. giltes lo :»n a .tlpii .titm GdiF* r<*ii< . Was!.! 21.— From a ffiriu’ a ithoritv conn.’-; the .tati-Ment the trn ! name of Alabama in New A i*rk un m de- mornliziti; sei;urU;< .*. This ;uiiy uo very eoinuu ii -a’d*.- Work to lueii .vho ;.i< mit their j. -litic;:! an- t.ipo:iisxi to li'ud them into it mis eh' a, a iisl their own itati . but to tli' preut niajority of Alabin;:;:. :nid i verywliett- ■ I •• where they lire kno.i'ii. tin mission of t’lesv nun will not lx.’ fuvoniidy reeeiv. -l. We oe urte tii * Mr. J. ('. Manning, who Bbris hiinv. If as tires li nt of the ••Snuttiem Hullo: Hi rills is out In u leii'-'thy iati rvi- v in the A . York Tribuiic eon.eruing ;• m* • tin,; which is t i be ’ ■ M in ‘ 'ooi'i-r Union fer t * * • purpos' if ii;-. n-.-Jn;' "l-iMit otur:*.; es in the south. * flc aaiinuiie*--. that h«; tins sc- tauvJ the coop.:ration of :i u enaei' cf Ns w \i rk• r-. anione w'n<.::i ui-e Di. P.irkhurst. John 11. Inman, H>sorder (Joff, John S. Wise. Gen eral H. S. I’orter and Mayor Strong, and. in prcscutfi;," a ii-t of tho e t;imouiif<:d as h ailing tm ml era • • . . . names a non# • hers, ••.Mr. ( lark Hi .veli, of ti. Atlanta Constitu tion, ’ k-s oi:c of its . ioe-pre; blent -. Asfar r.i. Mr. li.-vi! is concerned, he knows r.om.'ly : • ■ i'hi.. f the Tea life ,; r its pttr- about a month from now the commis sion will leave for St. Louis, where it will hear the complaint charging that tlie Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail road demands excessive rates on cotton shipped from the Indian territory and Oklahoma. There will also be heard at St. Louis the esse against the Eure ka Springs railroad, on complaint of p,,,. the Missouri state board of railway commission, in regard to passenger rates. From St. Louis the commission will goto Pueblo and Denver, Col : Kear ney and Omaha, Neb., and probably to St. Josph and Kansas City, Mo., and thi n to Chicago. The rates from Pue blo nn-l Denver to California arc to tie inquired into. The Colorado people Hubjcet* Cousin .1 it by’ t!:e ri ■ 1 . i Niori* t.ua > TFutn r-.uy *’ **c ttioAlliami* 1- ctilc:it >ot -.. ith- Htaiidina The M.'.tier Up. of claim that they cannot manufacture i 1 • pref iatiiithe valu" of its and ship successfully while C hicago, St. Louis and other places on the Mis souri river can ship the same articles to California at very much lower rates. The termini of most of the lines in terested in these various controversies are at Chieago, and the final hearing in some and perhaps till of them may be tran.-Torred to that city after the eom- misvhm has afforded everybody in the several localities convenient opportuni ty for putting in testimony and pre senting their .sides of the cases. Chairman Morrison expects that a large portion of the time of the com mission during the spring will be occu pied in hearing the evidence in all these cases. Washington, M. eh • i.—The pros- t of serior. :■ i;'.i:J;ca:i‘iii winch tens the 1 :>i;> : * :■..■> thr ugh probabh: European encr :;«•.>aieiit in Venosueia and MI, c-.q :a. In; % assumed a phase of such <!iin!p , i’ to t l;e pr.n( iple laid down in Jlu ' uir.-a d’.e ; , *:ne. that a sp -i: 1 i oi'fe;\ ni*e w... held at tho Whiti Itous • y , b'i'ilat . ft *rnoon to c< udder the .snhje 1. ” b. i • .lodoubt win lever that : e • tb: < fs are con sidered by tht re it an ; icretary Gresiraiu as of 1 it;, h uu ;•• rtanca to tlf.s e ututry th' n ihe Miiat- -.a incident ortho recall of a.'nl'-lcr ilm ton and imr.t be handled with ttuu-ual delicacy aril with tlie kr.ovk-Iga that a misstep may plunge the government into em barrassing compile;.turn.* with notone, but ■ everal of the print:;pal ••.uropeau nat ions. Ti; ■ eon^crence w president. - ■cj : ■;■. ry t‘arlisle. \ r ui‘ n , Secretary l/.tmont hours, httt L: riont brief attend-. •<*. w th him .:’ '• • • copies of KiiU'Ii • i pon.ionco (>!i l ^ ru;i 21* 1 1 Mr. ’’i will not rc- iuvit ttion fr :n it '■> .-eni! delegates nion: * rv e • eiyued in ...me rable length ■imid be liisbl; • red to any I t m • by the wording niidtj- civil bill gv.le-> to an inter- Ft •nt in tl g • s titi'J Ik;'. :i j' t< the pu.-.i'-j .a . . un l kail lie been • .ui; of bin ciei’tion M '. M inv. .■*l>eetfully c’: acd, nut ti.iit I: c ir, n ui In’.cn.cly iU?<?o->,e>l in tlie I'lir:'. > u: f 1 . * 1:111 tut but ;• -l ausu he i)rc- U‘ rs Oi |>r • 1 :?' •:.c- aavo, y <>f >\ch reforms ns lire a - : rv. . .i liii , j ■! •:..< ;il •ti.-fttes, amt it <Jo< not a; pr Yv uf M:. T* m 11}*;^*.* course. l-’aMi: -.'n. ■ 11« ?: f tii Is in favor of o';.:i-j.ent Is g.owing m u v. ill be injurnil .list1.: 1 at;» Of it* 1 v:• ti; who have V. hie! • I it; attend. s he! 1 to 1 nee urion land to which they an- going. When ilui ves ad’s lines \v<’? '. * C- v t c fT there was a dicer from U101 •n >v. nil he wharvi * and tho < inigra? it, * ■ r their parting song: *'i ui goi? ionic t<» Aflie's shores.’’ The ref 1 ;»i!i w; s taken up by those on the sin :r(\ Tiie singing was kept up until ; he v dismissed. ii trim ; /rtatimi wile iefl for :. that other ii foi' nd ti 1 : the pro.ectlti' )l;ul. ROAD HARD Tin; > i' > :g h and with his it pi.ice. it !.■•; claimed r r::i< ii it ate been •mi; .uv ii-et decided to TO L !0?O3E Gf- ale* I’.e.-ltU I Inn! r'»:i; < u; :ii,!jr. .l-.ri-i nuns passed tiio city. The crowds following’ along the wharves shontiii: ’ ■ 1 •*. From tlie negroes gathered on the crowded deck of the steamship er a e back nuswi ring shouts from man and Women, while the color nearer of party, a sturdy ncgi’n of Mii-t'.l tliint-.i- Bions. violently wave i a large American flag that will be displayed. u s t'.i- lb rsa enters the harbor of Monrovia. The Ilorsa expects to reach Monrovia on or about April I. Gc orj.*! * : ai: t«> liiMlii;;. . i ;■ Macon, Ga. March 20.—The (i Soutlnu’ii and Fioridti railrond hard to ilispose of. > verai weeks ago. it v ; , net 11 tl • b;.iel{ and no rxlr ui:;;. end vest rdi\ . • pa’ t:p again. The upstft pjict; v.vi 7.*.0,0h.'<. but there •• liardeu-a.’ : the t • i nio i > would !i;;ai; on the tir: t time, tho Sb’dlb no bid.'.. U:im.missioner •xt ai.i .unced that under tlie 1 ciec. tlie proparty '••' * .i'' . ■ i ut puhik; sale 1 tie '; ■>; .ipt'ii, fit which upset price is tix^d :»l >lAo TO i HiZ CIVIL Gr.RVICE ALL THE MEN WERE KILLED. L'llc’.iuft A T.-Ijipie Miinli r Seen-* mi tl:r (ire.at South; :n Ka’.'roinl. ToMut iiA. Mi:-:;..March 2b. A terribie killing occuriv I ut Kewanno n Mi.ai! station on the Alabaiiin. Gi'eat ; iiiin- oru railroad yesterday aftert 00a. and Allen I’rlngle, i I’others. .ig’’d r- spectively twenty-seven u:i'! thirty-live years, and James Hritton, ::.-ed flirty years, renewed an old quarrel at a meeting and one of th : l > i’i:i;'le i.roth- ers shot Hritton hi the bo v.d: monaiiy wounding him. Hrllt’.!' tli-n *!:•.»* both of the I’riiigle boys billing t’e u instantly, shots each. men had been uiiucqiaiMi lot- Mine time. iiiilGuiorc t o .1 ,.j.i for IK ir - Wa nuington. and stubborn i’, scrvlei; ciiiiirnissi Wurtiel.l, of Hal tii. 1 1 movala and nj);.' inta postnuister in his ii: commia-ioti to have yi '.tenb ;, settle l by Oin v who wa - caileii up in for an opinion in the case, lit, de -ided tint tli* remova’.' a ad a|.; oint ir wrmadie bv I'ii tn !■ : w i i* tn Htn rignt ttj.s : ;* k f- vi »rD. ’ r ;’(di 20. The long . betv.’io.n tin; civil >:• and. I'osi m tor re, over the ,-r- made F>y thr • *. claiuied by the b ii legal, was Attorney ;I* nera! The men cNe.'uu. ve i A tragedy 1 etc. ■ 1 been antic'pat*-'! for appoin; 1.’em • '. »v'Oi O i 1*^111. Ylolnit SaaootJ in TVy^i. Dkxis'ox, Tex , March 2L- A terrific simoon, tilling tho air with sand, swept 1 over this section on Tuesday night. lloiiM’S were uni\,ofvd, trees blown down and a great deal of damage done, tt was the most violent wind storm ever experienced in this section. So far it is not known that any lives were lost. The storm at Mncou. Macon, Ga.. March 21.—A wind storm 0? considerable violence passed over this city yesterday. No damage is reported from this section. THE SNOWSTORM li-i THE V/EST. Tr.'.flJc! iitipocii'ti, MiiTfrlsi# :»n<1 I!ua!n«*^«4 rrat'ticali. MiipuitdiHl. Sl. Louis, Mo.. March 21.—Tht; snow storm in this vicinity has been gem.ml during the past thirty -'.x iio ’.rs. I’e- ports froiii'■outhi-i ii Mis-.nii’i ami I; nois show Li.fit tlie storm has been se vere in these sections. At t olmidins. Ind.. since th;< moriiing. a h avy suo.t storm bus prevai r i. Si;vi - car tra vei lift been stopped and railway traffic greatly impeded. The storm is stili raging and is tlie must sew re in year*. The snow is six inches deep and is drifting. At Percy, Ills., a steady gale, with biiniling .now ;; particles of icu. is 1.lowing of forty.two miles an hour. • Snow has drifted three ai"i four fc. t deep in places, and Im- ine .i is practi cally suspe.mled. FROM NAVY TO THE IHTiZRlOF:. c.11 c to discuss free silver . •• be tlie opinion of olh- rispect find hovvev.cr well ‘ their argument.-, may be. tliis ion of the law is not .'hared . fit < Icvi hind, .and < r all it . must decide the matter. It. to be quite probn 1 'c that a be e die i by on .*•* til*' ‘MV.•ruiiicnts t,» dl' -:;ss the groan ;< Co; : by IV. ;• is be \\ < is thou i Co; r'ei’i foreign gcia.ra; re la: 1 ... of goU ami silver to tin !i:.to;tv.» of the v. rhi, and in that event i; is 1 to b • the pre Mont's in- teiitii-n to o patch the delegation of th • United .kale.*. uuii: n i'l • - ui i;:c -.a is :n mvur m fdtr ••I’-cdoiis an-t t! CVi-ry a;.;, , Iiu; tke 1 ruthi.’” tbiiu uV.v';, i success arc to be ! taken I his worthy calc,e as the cloak of thoir 1 crus.t ' • a„ai:;*t t.i' goml n:n; • of their own s; ui e. It is probable that one of the objects of the Kcw York itic-: h’t; (•••'.tiraplaU'., a call fora ; ’’fair ole. t.on fund" niat hthis'tcpl; next in ouier. it 1-to be kopi'.! ;hot no contributions ; will tx; l.a-’ i! <: the iri-ler-auitulnif that Mr. j , Howell Is in oth, er of Mr. .Msnnlug’s league. SUGAR TRUST WITNESSES. % lio TrinIs \\ i t bi; Uchl in Wnsblngton Farly Next Monlb. Washington, March 21.—It is an nounced at the district attorney's office that t:i<; trials of the witnesses before the senate sugar trust investigating committees will be calic 1 in the erimi- th - Xicar;' Huiine l wit' after his c )!i bo teamed win. : fiiniiation in th i:<-p-rt.i. a, a'n.ei’.d.i i by the < Ire -ham. Si ereta- •;•.*:-;l t'lncyand it i.astcd several \vit'.)drew after a '• r. G; •:d’.::;.’i took ■ !;■ >u he official ■ he r at corres- tin V; . z u'la and •.a’.tofis. and ho rc- ..■.i-lae'd so: e time \v \ left. ' ce.nnot my addit! mal in- matter re:: h i tho erdaY. ' at It is ,1 n:i- la. GLORGE PULLMAN IN ATLANTA. •YI5I Mnvo a NpwK*.I lixltlLil tlie Cotton )*«8hion. Ati-ANTA. Mf.rel: 2n.--Mr. George M. I bet we, n the 7th and the 20th of next month. At present District Attorney Hirney is busy on the trials of live mur der cases, hoping to clear out the jail preparatory to the reception of his more distinguished prisoners. All seven of the sugar trust witnesses— Messrs Edwards, Shriver. Chapman, Mci Vcinoy, Feymour. llavemeycr find Scarles—will be called to trial at the same time, although cadi will be given a separate jury trial. GREAT DYiT sixteen iiuii ':' . iiici i d to ur- ( / . t r> ublir - with the a.-.)L in a r'i'i ncr .-.atis- Tilt ;d Sti (s. !if. iTu EXi LOSION. tlie Uurth i ;; a - a STI3ULE. rullinun \vn; in lii.i special car. a I’ri siilrnt Collier, other ;'iail leiuen and was driven • tion grounds, wle-i’e lie ral view of operations •'i:;.; ta yesterday in d v •... the guest of Mr. S. M. lunmn and it lunch yesterday, them to the cxposl- g.’iincl a genc- x pressed Mory t»i t!» j r^iulK. r >t*;ir wac’k cd- - • • ■ or;'i.:vrr;3 ,. .a. .March 21. -The south- .; . ■ ; trie a on the Sjontl.ern a the track yesterday . )'ido. :. rear .li.eksou, G:s.. r.m at • .mpleldy wreektd. ■ a- it:.led :nid nil tin; ba.-.son- dwi' iont injury. Tho en- who.se name is not yel r, eer- v, -- bndlv I .ui: • 1. and '.! ilr.-- surprise at tin; magnitude of tin; work, and evinced much interest in the expo sition. say lug tint he would send the tinc.st t I’ain of earn ev. r huilt to the exposition, uud tiifi; on his return Yice- IVesident '.Vicltea. o' tlte I’ullniun com- puuy, would come to Atlanta and look over tlie gioiiiiil with a view to making bn exhibit. CALLAHAN’S SECOND TRIAL. One :»f Ni*V. CANNOT Llf/ilT_ CONTRACTORS. t'ttli'S Hitvn No It k,** to l lx or Insist on Ai:i*.i2e:iii ( Ui^cnsUip. ; I’nil.ADM.i’iiiA. i’a.. March 21.—The j supreme court yesterday decided that 1 municipal corporations have no right j to hamper contractors by fixing tlie • rate of wages to be paid employes or I declaring that they shall be citizens of j the United States. The plaintiff in the | case was a cniitruetor for it new inlet j ami pumping station to be built by the | Water 1>’pariment i*' Reading, and the | defendants were members of the water hoard of that city. The ;-p eilieation.s i n;'; U. Amst;:!*.!). m, March lived e •■•. b »ats ou t Maaslius. I.obiih. 'J’i: c:!’{ piode-i s.e ;, * : :• .* ;* I church in the vil’a ti red by ;h • )!'-- c ;il:t], ■ 1 i • 1 .. .s. The inli..: : alwoth T,ai,.. ;r, doa n n ':.I’ 1 111: Cl i. :. , ^ . I> i!.;i 'ah. • PeopU’. »!.- Sixteen hun- n: : . ?e in ' •: I'sit on an ' that ti r. an fi.rtliqu-’.ke. 1 j:r, navis !)een n coven- k A ; v . tn-l 1 ing In ii pile of ruin . • ii" ui -e m ihe e-.plo-io’i had not 1 •. • evr’ .u • .st evening. An inquiry has begun in Glove. The umber of cav.ielU' i-. not known, but i* suppo «-l to lac large. BANK FAILED IN "1EN DAYS. its require' the contractors to emsdoy no one not a eit’zeu of the United States, pay no man les > than ?1.Y) per J v. nr.l Pobi.rts v ''•.Mi!. Neither Tlie .• nyhieer put i ’iv'-.i the fo: i •';■;.s;e •'. by eh-.- left tlie sleeper ami all . iu. surgeon of •broad at Ghieuv ; ! gave the woun le Mr. Rankin's hur northwest i.d minut ■ .1 the ruto e very si.rl- had time to ok, : !:c I 'rakes wi rd ■■ dies the •■hvoci'*. , , ... „ J , # 1 li a I, •• .cent tuaiiad over. 1 (ii>; Liinoin o. wa* on tiiS : ed prompt fit- j bruis- | ... i Nkw plianc; In al i.o other p.i*-•(.na-ei * \i j: a i tnoKo severely than hr. The ac cident is soio. to have been enn'. il by the *.:•.'; . ’it of u rail from the track. (*. n’r. r.iit'-Cniitii'l'm.’ii** A;;;oii In t'i»-;rf. Ohm an;'-. March CO. In cotn- • v. ith t !;e deci -ion of thi' -uj'reiiic the cv'e of .Ji lin T. Gnllulmn. one of the iti- 2 nicnt couru ilmen was yesterday I ■;v;i up before judg- Moise, sect‘on s . criminal <11st riot con vl. on its second trial. The charge is that Gfilln- h:»n accepted the su::i of t fulO as a bribe. • present, or reward from L. S, Widsly, | agent of th - F.-nnsylv:; in Goal com- • pni.e for his vo: find tidl'ac:;:*.' in s<;- j curing the pu sing of an ordinance i granting tin cunp nv certain rights , to a < ail varl on the levee u-hich were IS THROAT CUT BY ROBBERS. »«» ? opu*. .«; ;• >it !*K;< **• f .. Y. «>.*.';i<*tl by ti? 1 h cvc*s • , S. ( i ch 21. Transfer of f ertaui l..tn :* tu tti.* (iiilf He- f.lon, I sril lur N:ii:il i',;t-’’i)-i'*. Washington, March 21. The scerc- tfirv of the interior yesterdav inforuied tne oniii.ns om r of tl th'; g: :u re. 1 land AT H L N S 01L C C 1P A NYC LO SIN G of Kiuli-avnrli’.i; lo Kiel Hu- .’ • i;-|t<«. Nkw Vokk, Marc’.. 20. The >. .v York Council of Gone; li a lion and Medi ation yesterday after;; on 1-' id n con ference with a eoniiaitice from board of walking delegate , nt the i on, of Bishop Rotter. It object was to de vise means to end the bid.din..'- ; i nics strike. The coufere. •(*•>■, in s> svion jVVI.AN ,* A, was appointe 1 till' A* b I (i yust'i’day. Tb *n- ! t ‘i,‘ iiubibl ii.',- he ] chare of i;.' d; simply a*k-. f<•: reeriver to win fairs. urei: : u. fiir tiio I’tirpo** i - * J i* i i|.»t». # John X. Rootli ry rei—i • ;• of •: •.i.k'er e n.pirty ) ami <0. 'ilii'i’e it no ami the petition ;'polnlin'‘!it. of a hi; ci.;;.;. !•••’:» :if- oiiice of transfers of e; r-ain lands in the Gulf region, med for aval jmrpi.s- es. from tht navy tit pe.rtment to the interior department, ari l stated that settlers now upon l]ii’‘e lands are granted a jireferred riant ufulcr tie' homestead law. to ’.e e land'-, for sb: Months from tin; i.a e of '.he pas- :;ing about 2 o'cloui:, while •••.tor W. A. Stewart, of the So’illiei*:: ailroad telegraph oii'e’e wns lying .1 ’vn on his th-*,. a*! ‘ep, his throat wes eni by robbers. They se cure 1 only ten ilollai’A from the ticket cm I; dra’.vui’, however. The op 'intor wa • uneoii'.cious for half fin hour, wlicn am held by the !ivm of I*. 1 >. THE I of ’ b . t '). • i iV •\ Co. he <irapped hin.sulf to the hotel Ml licit i>v coiij-n -v, ;irrh 'Hie •ii his uu t h uiler 5 < )**• .uf Iv «;in to meet r.rfiiin ttrhty. I ti. ;,Kj* );;r r.ft '>il i<\. Rijcm Ivct of thr. l*<» ?-• i;i’;; 1 Tr'c Nkw Yokk, .Mnrcli :a. f. M, r;e, of the linn of A. M. id ier.. Go.. \ :-.s yesterday appointed i y the United States circuit o uirt of \ irghiia, re ceiver of tin*. Long Island Traction eom- pauy. Rahim. March 20. Tlie Dalian em bassy here is oliiciaily advised that a |( mil IT.age ha • b**' 1 ;! a , i • •_. j ! I ’ w;- |j the Duke of Astor and Rriiice ■. Helene, Becoml daughter of the lute Count of Paris. No Mkii of it I5r- li. In llcUnitr.. DJiVKH. Dei, March 20. tin; ena.to- rialt dead lock eut*.r d upon It.; tenth "nf lu Me;*!?;--,. Washington. March 20. Tho v-iU’e- Ifiry of state e .el , 1,1 by thedip oun- tic reprcsentativ.: of 1 k : Uuiti i State.-, in * m* Gity ' • i .■■, >...•. that iietwcuui ! m-v hiimlrei! and e - lit humin i ne gro families have recenili arrived from i the United Stall- -it llnhunliln. Imran- I go, -V x.. Hi, c ilouists. tl'lircatcetuu tV< iMut ( outlnui-fi. Washington, Ms:run 20. Forecast: For Georgia, thrcati uin ; weather an t rain, iuerca ing s.out ncrly wind;;, ,,e- vci'e local .storin'.. t "i* Alabama, ruin, severu local )’;u->, south to west winds, cooler Vi’c .ues lay ewnlag. <a*ti<a) jump* rp. Nkw Yof.k, March 20. -Cotton ad van- in; mu i iiu has reviiieii ms order iupen .Ing' en tries for land ci imsoii Anas'’isi i ir,- land. Floiida, beeaii .e eougri'.-,, failed to pass legislation legGirtllng’ the en tries. CRITICISMS THICK AND FAST. 1'.'irs** Not Ai>4i’’oVf f! by A«Ivorritc** r»r t !u U<*ro! ii* Nr;u Oui.KANt. March 21. When ’ho organiz 'd the ballot refor; ; l aague here Manning stated in his speech that lie had no obj’T*. in view except the puri- fieaiiou of the ballot in till .sections of the country, i 1 is recent manifesto in New York has evoke 1 much feeling ami adverse criticism f; u all classes. The ballot reform clement eritioes Manning's utterance:, as freely and re pudiate his .sentiments to as great a de gree as the mo t ultra demoeiv.ts. * (u!i' Willi ( oiitliiui’d ('old. Washington. Mured 21. Forecast: j the authorities, ills wounds •ral bio',vs on the head besides 11 ! . five not in-ce: urily fatal. go cine to the guilty parties <; rntor oau’ifit de: cribc tliein. tii.t?re \vi.*re two. • Y A FREIGHT TRAIN. K. X, \\ n. r ;, r*.!! A’.iilmsnfi C‘nr;»c!ilc r, . H . iK 'rtJ. 0*1 th * C.'ro-R Birmingham. Al.t., March 21. R. M. W inters. ; <s:rp- liter, (15 years of age, was struck iid killed yesterday by an Alai’ania Gr at •oiithcm sonih bound frei -iit ti’.iin. ole'mile .south of Argo. Winters was deaf and d! t i,ot hear the ap; rom ding traki. Ho lived at Gads- <ie.; 1 r Ii tas u.aking m ray to R.ir- mui'. uiiu. f’.lTrciH’.'T. {.-''T MuNTgom! I!V. Ala.. March 50. There i*. really noMiiug in tii" story of ‘.he tr T'* lv r.csr 'elnm. Not <•.• In l been j,;••-■ .• ; in the : e'e:li';i.rli<m t thr ubmiii.r :i ’ si ill. uitir'.er a ir l rap's S-.-ei ;i i 1': 1 11, ?: went to tlie '•imreii for the pur- p se of arresting three negroes, fie l iR,; so. The negroes wer • rarrie i lie ol’il BARRING OUT TEXAS CATTL1 i*r<M;I:iiii*i I (on l»y the C.nrrnor 1 T .Voulli Daliotu to Ti:»t U:r <•:. Siocx I’Ai.f.B, S. D., -March 2b- An importiiut proclaimitloii was iv.e.e i yes- Ptday by Governor Sheldoi). Owing to tlie existence •>:' pleiiru-pae.i nonifi and other contagion, dis : scs am mg the Texais cattle, the governiir lias for bidden the 1 m{tort:ition of all Texas cattle into South Dakota for u year. The ranchmen of this state purchase eight to ten million dollars’ worth an nually of .yearling Texans, and tlie proclamation will seriously affect stock- men of both states. The proclamation forbids the importation of cattle from south of the line running from Sr.u Francisco to North Garolimi. ■. lie (ienua t?i.-I> 1 ' :-ito I’link C Doors—A tV'UUiii. *.!i- • .1 : Gknoa, Neb., M-viii 21. -Th. Genoa state bank closed it- lioors y, nkiy morning and is no; in 1 a iiaii- • • «•! the state banking board. 1 two weeks ago the bank v.nis norganiz’-d and a new set of ollic-.-rs vr * ch sen with a woman as pri sVicat. It was an nounced at the time 1 lie' *i r.oi anl- zation miide one of tl:. ; mg.-’, bsan- cial institutions of tin; kind n tlie state, ii had a c ipital :k o : The condition of tin- bank as ..a t*- i by the receiver is as f Rows: A d Ibbilitie . Oti.OOO; iepoxits, : •. I. The rcci’iv. r express s the o: i . it the bar!; wilt pay out wi.bout I to the depositors, but it will r- ^ r ■ ib.ic. When the bank wa re >r;:'; niz- i ku—h 9, Mrs. 11. E. IRibniiis wa -en presi dent. Arthur K. A niters m casIR r, amt G. Wilson vice-pr. i lent. THE FATAL LOVE! e. 1 :ci!l 1 1L0 ijuGIceof the p-ace and orib.’• lieiil for actio?! of the greud j’.i'vy. The *;. ti’- ueo’.ii pa tiled the pri:- ?! ?s an! sntv tlu-m 'f' y Inn ie 1 in tlie Se m-i jail. Other n.-gr. ailed to learn what had become of 1!;.'prison”;’* ami reported the r.tory of the lynehing. TO BE CHAPLAINS IN THE NAVY. t oisiiil'.KXtoji* '.t l' 1 l>c i** ;«••! :it IIiiim* [•» rI'iiiitivlcli uni Othi-r*. WasiiiN’ rr' x, .' iareh m. 'Hu; presi dent has approvad the vecor.ls of the exr.minatioj.s passed by bev. John. ]’. Chidwiek, u Roman Gatl.oiio priest, nt- tuehed to S . Str*plten* Rectory, New York city, and Rev. John I!. Frazier, of Knoxville. Tetnt.. recently nominated and conlifiued for the juisitions of chap lains in tlie navy. They will he com missioned immediately. The denomi- At .im.aH. CruM.-.l i, y ! nation to which Mr. Frazier belongs is not on record in tho navy department. MINT ROSBED OF $00,000 Government Olilctuls '■ rylnt, to I ra<’e a Iur shoi tuae ut Camon, Nevinlu. Gahson, Nov., March 21.—Andrew Mas )?i, government mint insjifctor, and superintendent of the New York assay department, has been in (.’arson for ihe past week inspecting the United Stat; s mint in this city. It is rumored that something is wrong at the mint. It has been learned from ilir.idi Harris, the melter ami re liner. that a .shortage was discovered about a month ago. Over SSf).(MH) has mysteriously disappeared, and five clean-ups in quick succession failed to reveal the amount of the shortage. Xi'iv York Trca iury ItnliiiireH. Nkw Yokk, March 21.—Treasury bal ances: Coin .S'.5,025,01)0; currency vfO,- dMl.OJO. In un Town tic Yoieig K.i'i, 'i ll'. ;; t: i »i; : i Ckuina, Obi ), .M:.r:?!i •»!. ■ . ‘ i.? be longing to Robert .M;: : 1:\ 1 ■ ry- stable keeper at Motiticelio. Ii . •• miles from here, came inti) the staoie yard late last night wii!i the body of a girl named Annie Frisch sittin . the ve hicle. atone dead. Tki ;■ • . i : I!et DEATH CAME TO HIS RELIEF. riii.-.i .s or o-r.i- tin Ulectrlc < nr, Dli *l Miortly After. ().\i* ::.'), A.la., Miu’ch 21. Yesterday moruinp, an < lactri • enron the Oxford Luke line fa.over Robert M. Rones, of Rnudolph, and so crushed uis right arm as to neccssilulc Ilia amputation at tin- houl er. 'i he shock was so great For Georgia, generally fair, northerly ► t 11 " 1 the victim never rallied and death ced li to 19 points, closing firm with winds, much colder in s aithenst por- came to h.-, relief in a few lioiuv,. ti rdny u»> si.onis t)f ;i br'-'UU i 0tiAtJ * iblc. di’spite the many rumora to ; h trong for yarns and quiet for cloths. Bontrarv. i Liverpool advunped Bp; to 4 points, i with spot sales 12,009 bales. tijatcs' Hera t IIc iiKi il ia I’rli'C. | b.v-M.v.. M.-.i—h J. & 1*. Coates | floarter nf a MlllH.u in A*h«ii. o., •! c el; ■*?;<I \m 'rieun thread B(’i;i.lNtiTON, Vt.. .March 20. Twelve '.tif.i in .. *•« ii’ducod the buildings were Imrn lo 10 yesterday, pie.'* of their product.; by twenty per 1 causing a lo .* 0/'.( i i and throwing buL fnur hundred men out of employment. 1 (!,.•> 1 f.-1.11«r w• 11*1111— i* in norilifi’ti nor- tion Thursday evening. J or’Alabuma, fair, northerly winds, slightly warmer, prec.ded by frosts 'i'hursduy morning, Ni iv Oiilti'otnr of C unlonvt, ut NnulivHla. WABlll.NiiliiX, March, ;ih- The jiresi- dent has appoint! t .lami* ||. Collin*, eolh idor ot customs for the port of Nush.iUe, Team 1I1111 ium i-.nln Wk*IiIiikIo<i .ftiiit-u, Wasiiixgton, March 2! -Ex-Menator Mait W. RaiiBom, minister to Mexico, paid a f ircv.ell visit to Ids friends at the capital yesterday. Hu left hero for hi* home i i North Guroliuu lust night from w! ■i" In. will start for Ids new po..:. Hi* intention ia to start for Mex ico ou Friday next. A Win low CHus ’fruit. Nkw Yokk, Maroh •.*(). A meeting of S the window ,gi:i:-* manufacturers of the | Tinted States i<* s ing held in Pitts- ; hurg toiViy to further consider the pro posed combination or trust. The com mittee has agreed upon a plan of or ganization ai d will recommend its accept a nee by the manufacturers. fiidW’tmeiit AKiiiust David DIniiiDipiI. Indian vi’oi.is, Ind., .March 20.—The Indictment for embezzlement against. Murk G. Davis. o?»-C!islder of thu Iron Hall, was dl uirRse I for failure to pros ecute. He was jointly indicted with F. O. Somerby, but the hitter has kept uutsidu of the state over since. NEWS NOTES 3Y WiRcI. wound in the in the left aia?i. the dead Roly Speyd, who v. driving with h roadside. M;'yd and cun :?utte t ? result of a. b.ver twenty two, years of age. girl as the was a’.ai urn nir.<t. A combination of coke manufacturers will be formed at Rittsburg. Scott Mills, muster mechanic of the Lehigh and Hudson, has resigned. A report is current that General Agent Rhodes, of tho Seaboard Airline, is to be promoted. The Car Accountants’ association will hold its next meeting in San Francisco, April 1<’> to April 19. F. B. Daniele has received the ap pointment of assistant general solicitor of the Rnllinan palace car company. A French syndicate will probably buy n controlling interest lu the Victor gold mine til Cripple Greek, Col. The debate between the law depart- ments of Georgetown and Columbian Universities at Washington Tuesday night was won by tho former. Thirty-four saloon keepers arrested ut Cincinnati for violating the Sunday law have been discharged because ail demanded jury trial. llnulc In lo-.cow ?'n ;■ : ’ . Si’OKANK, M’a*l'., March 2!.—The Commercial bank of Mo?- \v. M- !:o, suspended yesterday, <wi 1 iv to ii, .c- mand made by the .-.tafe.an i : •• < f ex county treasurer Ib.iL : b:!ugk, . ; > is cashier of tie: bank !*• ;• :7. ■ ' wliicii he failed ti) turn ot to tho state. Assetts S157,0»»y; l;:G-i;iik*:» '•'. " n . Comlltliiii of l loil 1-. .\:!li):,i!. .’•wil: 1. Washington, ’ku’eh Tin uino- I teen National hunk* of th<’ tale of Florida had on March 5th last, in lo ;?;s and discounts-l,C':’..5 ) ; lawful money reserve SB 17,90!5; gold "l-r.OLH), ; at in dividual deposits *.5,185,COO. Average reserve held £25.75 per cent. The Steamer AlUam 1 full* 5'<;r t :<•:). Nkw Youk, March 21.—The Colum bian lino steamer Alikin,’:?, fit which a Spanish man-of-war iirt 1 ; ;• . r l solid shots off tho Cub"*.! coast on March s, sailed at 1 o'clock \ sterday for ( olou. I.exow 1'oliee l!li! I’lisnus In ;*>«’v. tarlt. Ai.hanv, N. Y., Maroh 2b- Tho re publican senators in eaueu la t m; lit decided to pass the L ’.' i : , )'v j Ir •• bibs without amendment by at ok o: 11 to b Km|M>r.>r WUliain t » Goto rrhUri ‘> :!iho in.1:1,in, Mur. H 21.—It 1 i-' hilly utinouueed that Lm. ; or '•• - i-iaiii ill go to Friodricltei'uifttt on the -aLi.