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v , TIIK YVejfiKLYiLEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., MAY 21, 1891 A Week’s Happenings Gathered Happenings of the. Week Ju$tL From All Parts of the State. Past Briefly Told. MANY ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE MANY NEWS ITEMSOF IMPORTANCE file Discovery Made That County Treasurer McFftdtlcn lias licen Systematieilly De- fraudiug Taxpayers Tor Years—I'oro- man of a Collegu Farm Shot and Killed, j South Carolina Hoys Win at Nivannali. Chester, S. 0.. May 18.—Tliora \vas a sensation here when the fact that County Treasurer John 15. McFad- den, who has held the ollico for 10 years, .and who has been noted for being the Jirst treasurer in tiro ^tate to settio with , the oomptrollor general, had boon, for five years, engaged in systematically defrauding the t:txpayors of the county. A few days ago one or two taxpayers ascertained, by carrying their receipts to the county auditor, that they bad paid more than the returns called for. They went immediately to the treasu rer. who paid back the overcharge wli m the supposed mistake was pointed nut to him. The parties went away satis fied. but the rumor got abroad that something was wrong, and taxpayers from all parts of the comity Hocked to town and presented their receipts to the auditor; and in nearly every case it was ascertained that an overcharge had been ‘ made. This, of course, caused great ex citement, and it was ascertained that these irregularities had been syst emati cally carried on for live years. Mr. McFadden was. up to the day of the discovery, the sflongest man politi cally in the county. Ho had served pearly four terms of four years e;lch as treasurer ami was considered invinci ble. He has confessed his embezzle ment, and is prostrated at his homo with anxiety and remorse. The feeling tVr him is one of universal sympathy. The trouble is altogether between him and the taxpayers. Bond in the amount of Cl,000 was given by his friends and he is now out on bail to appear at the Juno term of court. His condition, physical and • mental, is such that there are doubts of his recovery. A question has b< “n raised as to the liability of his bonds men for the amount that the taxpay n*s have been defrauded of and the opinions ’ of legal men differ on the point. SHOT BY A CONVICT GUARD \V. D, James, on His Deathbed, Makes Ills Son 1’romise to Avenge Mis Death. Pendleton, S. C., May 15.—At Clem- son college (the state agricultural insti tute) P. N. Lindsay, a cott^fr , guard, shot W. D. James,, foreman of The col lege farm, who will die. Botli Lindsay and James are prbminent men. After James had been shot his 1‘2- year-old son came in the room. James called the boy to the bedside and amid a volley of oaths made him promise that when ho was 21 ho would shoot Lindsay to death. The son promised that he , would do so. Arrangements are being made to use tho x rays on James, in order to locate the bullets. The shooting has caused considerable excitement at the college, but every thing is now quiet. The South Carolina ISoys Won. Savannah, May 15.—Light thousand people witnessed the cadet battalion prize drill for $1,000 at the military in terstate parade ground, between the cadets of tho South Carolina Olditary academy, at Charleston and TAe Cor don institute cadets of Baruesville, (hi. Tho drill was one of the most e.vit : u; in a military senso that has ever 1 e mi given to a cadet corps. Botli cadet bat talions made a splendid sight as thejy appeared on tho drill ground. The nst of commands given to the commanders by the judges included practically every movement in the manual of arms and field maneuvers, with the e xception of . iho battle exercises. The prize was . awarded to the South Carolina battal ion. White 5Iau llt-Iirads a Negro. Edgefield, S. C., May 16.—A white man named Gary Dorn and a negro got into an altercation year Donisville, in this county. They fought with gnd Dorn broke the negro’s arm with the first blow, cut him on the arm, then knocked him in tho head; and after he was down chopped off his head. Trial Justice Abe Gilchrist acted as coroner and defcided that it was justifiable homi cide and turned the prisoner loo^e. ST I Reports of Industrial and Busi- They Object to General Wcy- ness Affairs. i er ’ s Latest Proclamation. OUTLOOK FOR THE COTTON CROP FORBIDS EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO i tc ICt'iiiihliciu Stiilr ConiMiitintt Nomf- i,:i‘t'H Slii-HrlI I'»r (■iivorinir iiml !it<trucln I li.- l<> Vote Fur MietWiili'y-i-Tiii | 1 i ujilu «f .MitcliH), Cnlilivutl mill Wu- tau^u May Lose Their lloins'S, lllc. Winston, X. C., May 1G.—The pooplp of Mitchell, Caldwell and Watauga counties are stirred up over tho appear ance of two men, named CochrainJ ."Will Tate, with a party of surveVors. ’ . These two men have surveyed 106,500 r t acres of land in those counties and say that it belongs tothem. They tup armed with deeds and land grants, dating 101 years ago, wherein tho land that they claim was deeded to tlrdr grhndparehts by the government f r service** ren luillcu'toni That It Will lit* u Very I nri;e One ai <1 Kurljr on the Market—Iron and Coal Kriuatu >Fitclinugotl—<A Favorable Spring l or Small Fruits—Many New En terprises Ituportcil. Chattanooga, May 10.—The Trades man’s reports of industrial and business conditions in all parts of the southern states for the week ending May 10 are condensed from reports received from nioro than 2.0(10 reliable correspondents. General business is active and in creasing. Tho spring has been favor able for small fruits and early vegeta bles, and a large amount of ready money has boon disbursed. Fertilizers and ng- rictllttVfnl implements are in great de mand .and sales are• twice those of last Scl TEE'! \ il Prominent Men Indicted at Denver. INSPIRED TO DEFRAUD dered. The Cranberry Iron.works Mint V™”** the wlnue town of Liuv.lie mo included luents ai-o the rule. . in the cbiim ^j^'-^he outlo<)k for cotton indicates that At lir.'t the people thought that (t wrts V^,W [*'** some wildcat scheme, but the eonfnlenro, j 'P 11 jf.. ™ r }l ou . U '° O. chrano and Tate exhibit ami th(*lo- f 0 "*? In r” tt,m ' ,,!U ! uf,tt * tUr - uments thev have latelv brought tolUf ^8^ i* a disposition to nvlure pro- have put a serious aspect on the matter | dnetiou to .meet the lessoned demand. Several laTgc mills have shut down and of tire people nowthiukj it 1 .^.w .. ^ • » : * ; , quite probable that they will Jmv*, to h 4 rilf . ,ime ^"vtiug-is being tried. As give up their homes or rebuy tJunp * "toi’ke ac.-ynuUati.ig ami uew orders Mr. Coehr.uic was born if, Watauga; | J}" .l^nugr n nmet sum mot ami but in early life moved to Alabama, add riuH lojAed-forward to by later went to California. Mr. Tate h J miuinfmourm-s. -Wnolle . mills are do- always lived in the w,ter„ jn.rt f,f the- »» wel..ajHl k.ijttp.g nullsreport afn.r state. They say that l.nur Vl.ii.hVarq ,l,?, ° nnt ° f ,,r,, ' ir ' i ’ Th(> CO,toU undoubtedly genuine. z 'v,* JIci'tlnK of N’orih Cnrollmt TUt-lHencI ^lesi.l Winston, X. C., Mnv 15.—ThffState fntlls- for fHe'woek are the Landrum .CoUrui iudl qf ,Dauilnun. rt. C.. capital $160 r 0'-)0(. thf, Atlanta Textile Maunfae- tnritig company of Atlanta, Gn.. with ? 20,000 eat mat and others at Oxford, Medical society elected officers fbr'thoTMiRS.. and Lebanon, Tenh." enstiiii- ^ l > T » Iron and iOtiT.WitiiclTfliiigCd both as • ‘ ; 1 ^ • to n. umei of : business ••And prieess. Morgantonwas idiosen president. The. -is ^steady, with occasional next annual convention will be Inna at shadi ig of quntsLiwis in some grades of Moreliead City, opening on iho third i i ron Tuesday in May, ]S'.)7. The pliysickuis r * j f ' ' were tendered a drive over Wmstsiii Ami. 1 i ’/ Salem. At night they plimentary recital at the, ; college, at tho close of wliieh tlie visit ors were given a •‘trolley party,’; the streetcars being illuminated with-in-, candescent lights. xiieinnsamns TSew iuduslrios^figtabliRhed or jpror- ver \\ mstion And' ^ 0 j. p ._ ( j j n ffj' e ponthern states during attended a com- * last week inclndri Th'* Chieftain Hi.* ale in .ojiialo (jyj -mss co’njinny of Ocala. Fla., capital ; $15< (XH); flmfi’American Brewing and Ice otnpany'Of Central City. V/. Yn.. Avith ■$75,00') capital; and the Richmond Woodworking company of Richmond, Vn. r capitalized at $50,000. The K. A. Prunklin Churn and Implement com pany, cnpitaT$50,000, has been chartered at Anstin, Tex; the R. W. Coffee Man ufacturing company, at Richmond, Yn., ' With $35,000 capital, and a $25,000 shoo file tort’is ttr be built in Charleston, S. C. Tuo Grix^lieolt Gotton Gil, Gin and Compress company Jias been chartered at Groesbcok, Tex . with $20,000 capi tal; ..the, Jacksonville Ferfilir/ir com- pnny, capital $10,000, at South Jackson ville, ,Fla.; the Athens 0’>al and Mann- 1 facthriiiff eoihilany, capital $10,000. of Athens, Tex., ands the Southern Lum ber company., also (wlih $10,0(X).capital, • nt'Clnirleston,;S.'. C. , Tiio < oruerntone Liild. * . .1.. I’ljgre mu plsu• reported canning fac- Goldseoro, X. C., May 15.—Thocor-' i torips .Avyw^ark and Linton. Fla.; a I n ,• u marble qnrhiv to lie opened at Knox- nei stone of tho mam building of thO'l^j!^ ^'111.; nail works at Mi.ldlesboro, Odd r el lows orphanage <vas laid horo Ky.; a pottery and tile plant at Oxford, Many I'rointiicnt Mrn ArrrHtcd* i Cu an berry, X. C., May 15.—Later developments in the investigation of the lynchers of the negro, Chnipbors, the incendiary, have become indeed, sen- • satioual. General Yanee. E. Oilis Groer and Dave Johnson, all justices of the, pe*»% arc in jail, charged with murder. Sevcfal other county cflicials me ioekocl up, among them three deputy Sheriffs.' One of the'men who left theoeuiifya week dgo wired, back from Indiana that he helped kill the negro and dfd not cure who knew it. . . .. by Grand Master Charles LuiiiSdon. The address was delivered by Past Grand Siro Charles M. Bus bee of Ital- AiA, atid a tobacco fadtory at Ocala, Fla. The new woodworking plants in clude a Initrel factoiy at Cedar Springs, v ^ * ‘ * v *’ ; ill' IAVV WA XVtil* ^ '*** - — . - - r» eigli. Grand Secretary Theiidor.o Yn.; a planing mill at Fairford, Ala., j of the sovereign grand lodge gud G^-ajui ! anil agawjuill.at Gulfport, Miss. The Master Hill Moiirngp of Virginia worn . Ylotejjoc mills at Forest City, X. C., present. There was a large parade, jq- * pro |to a(hl $50.0ff0 to their capital; mu- eluding militia, members of ih« gramj j miing *hopsgt P(>rt,sinoufh. Yn.. ar^ to • and local loilgeu and city otHcrials and I i>e enlarged.'ah<! ill,so a sugar relinery ajt citizens. * ’ ’ ‘’j ^bbteyillg.,’Ba. ■'Thii) }iov> buildings nt the Week in- < aptniu Mnthiit Is Sn/i,, •] pipflL* k»sjlness IKVIW'S tit Savannah, Ga., Winston, X. C., May 15.—A letter j a»il-PfPvaril. 1^. p;; a $50,000 board of received here from Tampa. Fla sar.'1 M P*}. Fla.; a that there is no truth inThW^W ^-‘TT^j aMM eently circulated that Captain George 1 M. Mathis, a newspaper man. formeriv operii,house at Homerset, Ky.. a $20,000 rchoollmilding at Laredo, Tex. j a $10,- { cf this city, was a member of the partV j (JOO residence ht Now Orleans, La., and : captured by the Spaniards on tire ’ u $15,0 schooner Competitor, and sentenced to' death. Captain Mathis wasat his home near Tampa when the Cjumetitur exv pedition was captured. .(>00 warptiouso ut Mobile, Ala. . ■» 1 • Tragetlioa la South Carolina. Pickens, S. C., May 15.—There were < two homicides in Pickens county. Nero • Hollems shot and killed Richard An thony, his son-in-law, and Sam R’ploy ; r (stabbed and killed Joe Hunt. Both 11 claimed self defense. All negroes. . t . . , Kx-Mlnlster of Finance Deail. • .r'BERUN, May 19.—Herr Otto Camp- • ’ hausen, formerly Prussian minister of ’ finance, is dead. He was born in 1812 and as minister of finance in 1870 had to moot the necessities of the situation caused by the war between Prussia ami Franco. His services upon that occasion were highly appreciated, and upon tho retirement of General von Roon, in 1878, Herr Cumphausen was appointed vice president of the ministry of state. Klllliif; at a Christening. Catskill, N. Y., May 19.—Joseph Daserta, a leading member of the Ital ian colony, was murdered by a fellow countryman named Pascal. Tho deed was Committed at a christening at which there had been considerable indulgence in liquor. A quarrel arising among the men about a woman, Pascal seized a irru^and shot Caserta through the buck. hRo, /* ,r *as*urreHted. ^ Vrgi-tl.lo^’oAtjione the F.X|ltMltion. 1 Nashvijulej May 19.—The. cxccutlro committee,of the Tennessee Centennial Mionsrlul l)ay InXortH^roilnk. 1 , V !. ,Ca, '' ,,t,Ul ! * ******* urging the post- p.a., ,• ri r" 1' 1 p^MDinent'of-The - C<>l ton States cxposi- , - - ^ i uy JJ Confcdpji^t^ ikurat Chicago .until after the elnse of I lii 'nal day in North ^iifolitin wast,!./the. ccittetiHial, Nov. 1..1897, An, invi- ,‘'oecially observed at Ruling!* • \YiM ; 'Wns uxtqudpd to the Georgia mingtofiaml Charlotte. At Wiiming- j ^oclatiim to (( i«t9p over |i».Nash- o, the contciliiiid groumU. It Was also do- oiico 'organizoTi Genremiinl eMterfaimmMjt of, bodies thnlugh XusUville this :i 11 » — ^ — —■ • —i . » r ' * if1« 1: " HS “ ,, F ’ >r 0 —'— GR P :xs Wf .7; veterans, naval I ’^e^tTs and ipfanti-y. 'Mf>etifciit Shoots a Thief. , May I!;,—A white RallHiII, May ](,. The Uepnliljcaa mun numpd 1 ,Iirow,q, U store state convention hero nominated p. L.;. ;i w Ejt^iGryunshoro. beard some*'' no tr * V ; . USst 1,1 f ,V< ‘ l,,lor i,f t°r Laving! boou 4 ing to ftireo bia door lato at night, aim in session two days. Oscar J. Spoiiw f il ^oi’ u' fftw moments the, door burst ami itezekiali A. Gudgor were elected:’'-;.91>°h ml(t"Mr- jDco^vn shot and hit tho eie.-rjp,-at-large. AreSulnt,,,,, instruct,-J, intrtider.lbyt ini.UlP thief had friends, ConslcrnnlIon In tlie Itanks of Tamita Alniiiifacluri'i'.i - A I.t cent Arrival Tells of Wcyler’s Cruel .MoMioils—Klot In tho City of Mexico Over the Ctihiin Oitislion. Taylor’s Fainlly Coining II OUIO* Tampa, Fla , May 19.—General Wey- ler’s proclamation forbidding tlie expor tation of tobacco from Cuba after ten days has caused great consternation among the largo manufacturers in Tampa. Many of them have large quantities of tobacco purchased in Cuba and they fear they cannot get it out in the time prescribed. Some linns h.*.e enough of tho new crop in Cuba to last a year and it is in no condition to be moved and will not be for some months. A scarcity <$ bonded warehouse room here has caused a large amount to be stored in Havana and a fleet of schoon ers will bo necessary to take it away, tho regular steamers being entirely in adequate. Almost the entire Spanish population of Tampa has forwarded a vigorous pro test to Madrid against tho enforcement of the proclamation. Tho move is re garded here us one intended to throw tho eigarmakers out of work, thereby cutting off revenue from the Cuban cause, as tlie eigarmakers have been contributing largely to the fund. Wjiylrr’* Modi’of Warfare. Among the arrivals from Cuba on the Inst steamer was a countryman from the interior of the island. In speaking of the atrocities committed, he cites the following eases, interspersed with gen eral news: “At tho San Mignel railway station, between Havana and Mantanzas, a Spanish column, upon their arrival, be gan slaughtering five laborers who had started to work in the sugar fields of Central Casanova. The soldiers had re ceived orders to kill every Cuban they might meet. “Arriving at tho station of Colnmna do las Minns they threatened to shoot the nephew of the owner of that largo estate, but desisted from the attempt when he asserted his citizenship to tlie United States. “The same body of soldiers went on to tho town of Tutnba Cuntra, where they killed three more laborers, one of these leaving fen children and another seven. The bravo soldiers afterward giving in their report that they had killed eight insurgents in a skirmish. (ii'iicrnl Gomes Xear Jiirnco. “On May 8 General Gomez encamped near Jarueo with his column of some 2().()0i) men. Laeret. with the advance guard, came from the north, following np Jarueo river, directly after burning the city of Jibaeoa. This guard num bered in the neighborhood of 7,000 men, and they encamped on tho sugar plan tation of Central licdvoso. “Serafin .Sanchez, who commands the southern division, encamped near Guines, with 6.000 men. It is asserted in Havana that Punta Brava was burned by Antonio Maceo. Y/herover there are Spanish soldiers their leaders have or ders from Woyler to kill every Cuban, men and women, suspected of sympa thizing with the Cuban’s cause. Tuo Spam sli soldiers admit that they do not Tecoive a cent of pay. that they eompre- iieiid now that Spain will lose Cuba, jind that the continuance of the war yUt result m the utter ruin of that proud old nation. A Woin’inN Woeful T.ilc. .“The other day a woman told a woe ful fale, bewailing the loss of her bus- pamj, wlp> was on his way to the house With c cents worth of salt. He was sef upon by u body of soldiers jqst entering town and killed by them. She said fhqt they hud left her a widow, with eight little children, and penniless, The man’s jmnio was Mat las Aguiar, find he was an inoffensive, peaceful pitiyen, “From eight to tea are put to deatlj every morning at 6 o'clock in Morq castle. At Castillo, near Jarueo, Span ish troops killed everybody they could find. In one house, from which tho family had fled, a decrepit old man re mained. It was not imagined that any- tiling ill would happen to him on ac count of his extreme ago, but tho Spam jsh vandals ruMilossly took his life, t hen put him inside the house to which they set lire, Among thosn killed at Castillo was one by the minis of Edurado Guill- nina. who left a widow tmd five small children. The soldiers carried off tho family, no on# knows where." I’reslilenl luann. Cashier tug Fulfill the Comptl lUuiiii.Vlri' I'ri'siilent Ki'ilh- Clinton mill Assistant ; HLt All Arruseil of Ilnv- Ori-s In Theii- Ill-port to ^ of tho Currency. —The federal grand m has found several st bank officials and j jiaving conspired to i i banks in this city, 1 heir doors Anring John J. Reith- John J. Reith- ynt, Charles M. harles Kunzc- f the German 1 with having n port to thd 4 Sim ill Itl.it in the City of Mexico City of Mi xu o, May 19.—Tho eter- “•lion i f Cuba, coupled with tho '~er classes here for tho rial qu hatred of tho lo ing delegates to the national ei at M Louis to vote for McKinley was'T and next jirorning nmVks were soon * • ’ Avltero tire sfonndWiMiPs friends had Found Another Nug.-.-t Tf rJui* 1 hl,n l ! < V ,< * ° ld 6n ^7 factory. CoNco'tn v n m f ''A^lwngcbul'd ho fonnd o/ tho thieves, concord, X. C., May 13.-A4 pouiwl* hoWfvor. - -I •». chunk of gold was found at the Rood' mine in Cabarns county. This is thfe* Mr. 'BroWin wSs, afraid to vont me out \ \ ' Appr'oVfcil tlul Hoard's Report. niiiiQ ylffiro Ih. Mfi** »—« *’«•*« recently found. Mr ^ npprovtd ns was in Concord with a quinine r W , i t b ' mnl *Pl»ointed to i f ull of nuggets. He has diseotbled xB Pirpwre a eiaki uniform punishment mn Tein on He farm. • 1 - , J for. nava) .pffitjpaos, apd hereafter the a North Cam .ii , IT,— '' ,W Ww. wi«i%io army the nd- a*.Mi„iar, to Go to Greece. . vantages of u iff Worthily in the sentences WASHINGTON, May 14—Tho president, 1 tliat hilly' be imposed by courtmartial estate ut* sent to the senate tlie followiim ^‘Offenses of‘a slrailftPHmrjutdr. Tho intions* Sf'iti> T, 1 lll,^ , , . ^ liew t^sle will be pal>li.4)cd in general nations. btdto-J y hn Ipwlerof Massa# L ordcrfe inihe eouri, of n few days ehusetts, to be consul of the United •*. . i *r-— States at Chee Foo. Ohilia; Uobent Lie Arrested 1 or Throwlnj a K| M . v ; Jenkins of North CaroHnn, to bo consul Wichita. Kan., May 19.—Mrs. M rani.is, Gteoce. Ashcraft, a widow, has bee#mrrqstcd Liunher Aim Deatroyed by Fire. 0,1 » Warrant sworn out by T. A. Faw- Winston, N. C., May 18 - Tlio Green 1 Cf ’ U ’ a tailor - who. charges that she villo Lumber company’s entire nlunf a . 1 hi, . n > v,li ^ h(J with .. ... V T P ,aut 11,1 • hu wife and that jt was done with inn- U ( inillo, with 1,000.000 foot of lorn- licidus Intmft. Mrs. Ashcraft says tho her, was destroyed by fire. The firo .tbss was meant for Mr/.,Fawcott.' I originated from a defective flue in tho. 1 ' ■ - ^jjkdii. Loss, $.50,000; insurauco, $li) . ‘ rrellvUnui^ »riai Ila CUll . M<)NTG<i»K.uY, Ab.'May 19. - The prelimiintry trial bfMik bolobrated Ken- nedy-Wisid sfj’rtytlB affair has eom- ^ jnstieo B. H. wh nesses are to fll probably last ,, . . 4 •* Uvyly riot opaui'dr, was Iho cause or .. in one of the outer wards. A t.. . 44 man passing a match fiictory made offensive demonstrations against the owner of tho factory—a Spaniard— shouting: ‘ Death to Spain!" Then tho Spaniard, thinking the man was about to draw a knife, hit him. A mob gathered, shouting: “Death to Span iards!” and “Cuba Libre!” and then began stoning the factory and smashing windows. Tiro police were telephoned for and soon General Curbellada and his adjutant* arrived,, when tho mob stoned them, slightly wounding several officers, who arrested 11 persons. Taylor Will llruialii In Muilrhl. Madrid. ?I:iy 19.—Tho fact that tho United' States minister, Mr. Hannis Taylor, had arranged with a transport agency to convey his persona) furniture | on board the steamer Oondfi Wifredo, hound for Now Orleans, 1 Wednesday, | led to the report that the minist-n was | to leave Madrid. This, it is stated, is not the case. -Mr. Taylor’s family is ; returning to tho United States, but their departure has nothing to do with poll- j tics and the minister is going to reside at tho legation. To Dcvolop Yaltiahlo 'rimbur I.aiuN. Tuse a r/i os a ^ ALi.. May 19^—Messrs. Nicola, HastinA and Gilpa of Pittsburg ; have just commoted tho purchase in this comity of 8U;000 acres of valuable tiinboi^mid, which it is said they will /develop. to n of that in- ) is said that ure against pd by tho i R Miller da the om the. d that out of pving the Denver, 31 jury now in indictments a others, accused defraud deposit which have clow the past three y matin, president, maim, Jr., vice pr Clinton, cashier, ait miller, assistant casin' National bank arc clia falsified figures in th' comptroller of the oond' stitutiou on May 4, 1898.' charges of a morosr-»ions these men are being consi' grand jury. It is also announced that of Chicago has been indir charge of.embezzling $125,00 Commercial National bank, Charles H. Dow, who was pre the Commercial, is charged wit conspired with Miller to defrJ Commercial d(>nnsitors and hnv? luted the federal banking law b] ing to Miller $145,000, whereas the law the hank could not loan ti 5 individual or company more thqipl cent of its capital stock,.-which, $200,003. O. E. Miller figured prominently Denver pimr tothe panic of 1898. He wl and still is the head of the Miller-Hernil company which handles trusses and other patents for tlie cure of rupture,' and has offices in Denver, Chicago and other cities. Investigation of Miller’s financial affairs since tho crash of 1893 has developed the fact that his entire indebtedness to tho National bank of Denver aggregated $345,000. Of this amount $192,000 was secured from tho Commercial and German National banks and the remaining $153,000 was borrowed of banks that survived the panic. The American National, which sus- f iomied recently, is said to have been a user. Receiver Frank Adams of the Commercial National and Zcnh T. Hill of tho German National have been pressing Miller for a settlement, but tho truss dealer, who moved his residence to Chicago soon after his financial backers went to the wall, has been standing them off with promises to bond Mr. com pany and square up his indebtedness. Miller floated bonds in Chicago for $825,000. but not one cent of this money ever reverted to the hanking institu tions in Denver, to which he was largely indebted. If was upon the receipt of the news that he had received the money from his bonding operations that the receiv ers withdrew ail objections to criminal prosecution, as they were now assured he did not intend to pay. While in Denver. Miller was very ac tive in church and Sundnysohool work. A GEORGIAN KILLED. Franic llarin* cf Wiialilngton l.c:n»s ll|a Life In a Wri-c'i at Tolo.lo. Toledo, May 19.—One man tyas killed and six injured by a singular accident on a Lake Shore fast freight. The train was going westward, at tho edge of the city, when the air hose broke near the middle of the train, setting thq brakes cm tin front half of tho train.' Tho rear portion came forward with such terrific force that oho empty stock ear was doubled together as if it had been a paper box. In tho car \yere seven traipps stealing a ride. One, a littfi) iingr i, escaped un hurt, Frank Havnis fff Washington, Ga-, eyas kiliod, hiiving his head crushed. 11” was an employe 0* Sells and Fore: paijgh’s circuses pud left the show Mon day. All t: e others were more or less severely injured. Will HoJ l lli-r A.'rlfl:|ti Poixoistails, Berlin. Mny 19,.-During tho debate in the icichstiig oil Bin credits asked for Daiyeraland, German sou!Invest Africa, Dr. Kayser. chief of tho colonial oflico, declared tlr;t in tho opinion of iho goy» enimeiit, Germany should wn’or aban don her po-sessions in southwest Africa, lind expressed the hope that reinforce. nien*,s wnpid bo pent there by the end uf the mouth. Dr Kayser denied, duf. ing tho course of this oebato, that Gep. many’s actum was intended to aid tho British, saying that if was tiitjndod to maintain Germnu rule there, and was of great political importance. Jliiiilannrefglils Ffgiit la tniuoia, i t| U. May 111.—Joo Bar fra ml, Lemonr,. L. ... .. „ ... , . , 4 "ht of. the Facifio champion bantannv. . ( # c< asf, and Barney McCall, eha.T 011 y Canada, met in a 20 round contest here. It was one of tlie host fights ever wit nessed in this state. McCall was tho aggressor until the seventeenth rouud i when Bertrand swung both, right and left in rapid succession and knocked- McCall out. Bertrand was terriby pun ished. T>llip:ui «i*»*ti* 1-9 /llauta. Atlvnta, May lb.—Seuafoy B. If. Tillman of South Carolina spoke to aif audienco of about 4.000 in the Moody tabernacle here. In the interest of tho free coinage of silver. Th» senator de clared he would bolt if the platform adopted by the national Demoeratio convention at Chicago did not contain a silver plank. A Negro Lynchrit In Louisiana. New Orleans, May 19.—James Daz zle; a negro, was taken from the jail in St. Bernard parish and lynched. Ho was arrested Monday for attempting to outrage a white lady near tho Poydras plantation on Sunday morning. Cholera*! Deadly Work. Cairo, Egypt, May 19.—There were 24 deaths from cholera here Monday, 28 at Alexandria and one ut Turuh. ATKINI The Onv««rn-ar Sa All Do Atlanta, Ma; son has returned he has Is on in r< forthcoming stale' “My trip was a ’] said the governor^ that wo will lie a at a very low rate | with a good many York, and, of conn about the financial ing the bonds. “Georgia lias fori able to got the host i| her bonds of any s"| this time wo think than ever. “The truth of thel this," continued the gj gin's bonds should all Uur home people 1. u c.vl they any and it ha* alq sire to see Georgia's Georgians. They are ment—much better in 1| States bonds—and it is tions to see tlie state la at home. I think we wl a 8hj per cent rate on width will be an oxcellel Georgia’s credit and reiii The next bond issue, are now advertised, is $' off that portion of the pul duo on July 1. The boiull on July 1, 1920, and tho iij payable semiannually. SHOOTING TOUR-1 Cracks of tho Country In <'ll tiflclal Tiirgrts to He] Cincinnati, May 19.—A iyg tournament, known ::s Smokeless Powder tournaral gin here Wednesday. It wq slvely at be two sets or traps Rapid firing will be the m| and American association govern. Targets will be aown angles for amateurs gown angles for profess!- trance fees will be $2, 2.50' ding to the number of targe| ich will be 15, 20 or 2.1 half hundred crack shots it ly, among whom are t of I iwa, Critzer atm alt^gif San Antonio, Full Gil^L\>f New York, Dickey ol miciWLo and Loomis of Umi Glov^^ltimorc, Itallowcll of Wednesday, ii wr artificial targets! | ts of traps of fivd Parin' lins of' and ot Prized believed be fired <: s. rnrauteod are $3,009, 1 ^ t le«s than 59,000 sliq ‘ng the four days. 5 - • — »| Sapiilylnx IniLuu ;, May 19.—Tho. raets for supifiyiij |N begnu at ChicagJ will be completa Riming Tuesday. iOs from the India! r ece detaile-l tol fc Uirect from then v’.ises. Commissi| Browning, well nsptvror McLaii Taylor of,I Indian schl s iii selecting] Hint involved! :V' is estimated! Contractu Wasikjk letting of c Indian servi two weeks •New York, 1 force of live c reau here, wh cago. have gon' New York wart of Indian Affaii 1 to Xi'w York wit lin and Superinto Chilieco, Oklahoi 1 who will act as o':p dinii clothes. The anByatly will the Xew York contraH $N00,O00 and the 1 ids nJI furnishing goods, coffJ ant Commissioner SnA Commissioner Bruwi.inl week. One lloy Sliootx Anl Chattanooga, .May 19.^ boys were out gunning wh| nody, son of a well known nt city, bantered Roy McDma? that ho couldn’t “hit a barn.” suit Kennedy agreed to let Mel shoot at him if he would let him the top of a hill 200 yards away, p as agreed to and Mel) maid took a sj at his playmate, the bullet entering tl back, going through tlie 1%'lvic cavitj and lodging near tho groin. Kennedy] is lying in a dangerous condition ;m| little hope is entertained for Ms reooif efy. Young McDonald, frightened aiJ dazed at what ho had done, flod, an! has not yet been apprehended. Spcrolsiry Ninllh Hi-poi ti 1'avoralilr, Washington, May 19.—Thosocritai of the interior has forwarded to Ropr sciitntivo Sherman of tho house coi mittoon Indian affairs, a favorable rc* port on the Teller bill providing fop the abolition of the offices of commissioner of Indian affairs and the assistant Com missioner, and tho substitution therefor of a board of throe Indian commission ers. Tho board is to consist of: two members of ( pposito political faith and the other is to bo an army officer. - Tho pnly change in the bill suggested by Secretary Smith is tho striking out of the provision that the army officer must be above the rank of major. !>■. Frakcr on Trial. Richmond, Mo., May 19.—The trial of Dr. George W. Frakor of Excelsior Springs, for defrauding insurance com- v> aui(’B out of $54,000 has commenced in the cyurt of Ray county. There are five imuCtments, all alleging the same offense. witnesses from the various sections of the country are in attendance. As soon as the case was called, the lawyers for tho defendant offered a motion to quash tho indict ments and a legal wrangle ensue^ which lasted several hours. The sj pat by ci t] ,e l>° 0 P lc sconis to be witj frakcr. "Vi Declined lo i*t,01W*i> HaiulDon.’it Case. Denver, May 19.—W. \y- HanjiRql has received a letter from Chain Gideon of tho L. A. W. racing bo announcing that the board has decline to reopen his case in regard to tho m paced mile record. Tho record wa given him last year and afterwards re voked on the ground that he was pace to tho tape when lie made it. HamiRol will appeal tho case to tho next leaguo convention. Lutliai* Has Itceu K, Sr. Louis, May Itkj ton Latham, lato ca luto third l ;u-cmai| Browns, bus beei leased.