The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 26, 1897, Image 2
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THE LETKiEK: GAFFNEY, S. AI GATST 2«, 181)7
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Coal Diggers and Mine Owners
Unable to Agree.
Whites and Blacks In Alabama
May Come Together.
UiJ
Woodford Will Take No Radi
cal Action Against Spain.
G. A. E. AVKKK IS ON! A FALL IN S1LYHR • fluctuations cotton.
Big Gathering of Federal Vets
at Buffalo.
SETTLELIENT NOT YET IN SIGHT CLASH EXPECTED AT ANT TIXE EEOZNT EHHOES ARE SET AT REST
Pose9 Coiifar^no^ at rstttlMiri; Ur«ak4 T7p
l>eci«iin^ on a Plan to ICnn
the Struggle—Pratfitiont Katclilonl
geittH amt Hryan mh Arbitral*
ori—Ali Oui«t in I’oniMyivania.
PiTTSncna, Aus. 5*4 —Tim joint con
ference of coal operators ami miners
broke up at noon without reaching an
agreement. The miners’ officials re
fused to recede from their positions and
demandedYi'J cent* per ton, a settlement
by arbitration, but the operators would
not concede more than f*l! 2 cents. A
general meeting of operators has been
called for 2 p. in. to hear tiie report ot
their committee The members of the
N*-tfro Ki'iiu,l« l-rntrliwr, W lo, *-l»tliitg to
l!«i tile Menoali, In Cowuideil 1'J’ H Prom
inent I'ltiSMii of <li*<l,>len, him! Him Woim-
ao'i, tollower, •*re ItlnioK C|»—1‘iols to
liuiltu lutek .'liiii v People.
GaI 'Dkv, A!a., Aug. 24.—A ru'-e war
is immiueut in Etowah. A negro fe
male preacher has been prouchtng to
blacks and ignorant wiiites in Sand
Alountaiu that she was tiie Messiah;
could heal ail diseases, kill with light
ning, etc. She has laid several plots to
bushwhack good citizens who p irsuaded
her to desist in her preaching. Near
Littleton, Sister Sapp, as she is known,
had a big footwashiug of wiiites and
blacks, each washing tiie otiier’s feet.
Ilur Nrwr Mliii*t<>r'» 1 iii»trllctioii» I>o Not
<'oiti|irMlini«l Anyt!iiii|; t<»
tnr«5 Him KrlMiully KolafttimiM Thai Now
ICxint HmIwmmm Him 1 wo <*utiiitrir*4 ^ox-
ioiiM to ISriiij; A?j(»ut lV:t«:«9 lo < ubi.
Washingtox, Aug. Ci. — Notwith
standing iiitimatioiis in recent European
dispatches to tiie contrary, it is known
here that General Wood fora’s instruc
tions as minister t • Spain do not compre-
Comm •n<l«r-In-CIiief Xie tcHici tho Somite
of t ti* 1 * KncampiiiMiit, \\ hirh l*romi«M4to
11m the <vie.ilM4t In tliM liifttory of Him
OiCHiH/.at ion — l>M|ia>'tni«9iit« of
ami <j»Moigia Keprrueiit«*l.
Biffai/), Aug. -4 —Grand Army
week opened with fair weather. All
indications point to a coh ssal eucamp-
meut beyond tip- exji ctatiuns of ihc
the most suugninc titi;/- Tiainloads
of veterans and their iricm.s are con-
constantly arriving ami a peison might
think there was a great parade in put-
heiui any tiling which would he likely to gress as the posts maren uj> Maiu stieet
cause a material change in the relations ; to their <iuarfers.
committee refuse to make any predic
tion as to the probable action that would ami winding up with negroes kissing
be taken. the whites, called the “Holy Kiss.”
The operators presented a proposition
to submit the question to arbitration
and pending tiie decision of toe arbitra
tion they would conce^; T 1 2 cents pei
ton, making the rate Gl ’j cents. Presi
dent Ratcluoni refused inis lirmly and
maintained his stand for the payment
of the GU cent rate until the question
was settled by arbitration. He sug- ;
gested that President -McKinley an l
Widiam J. Bryan act as the arbitrators.
The operators stated that if an agree
ment was not rea died they would start
their mines at once with new men.
Quiet prevails at the strikers’ camps
about the DeArmitt mines B >th sides j
are waiting for the decision of the court j
in the cases of live men arrested Satur
day morning. The sheriff doe-- not want
to go on making arrests until he is sure |
the court wnl sustain him, and the |
strikers do not want to arrested it
the court will sustain the sheriff in
making arrest!;. So a sort of truce ha-
come about.
ONLY A FEW MEN ABE OUT
More f’ori! Jtetiana to Work in
Him UiKiricf*
WlintxlXG, Aur. ~1. —The Strikers
Buffered tufc'her losses in the Kanawha
valley, the upper Liup Greek region
and almg New river. New river mines
loaded G'JJ cars of coal during the day,
which is a big day’s work for
conditions. In Kanawha -Ud more men
have gone to work, which leaves very
few men out.
Eairmouiit has increas m! its output
and the Norfolk and Western region
shows no sign of a ‘trig ■.
Leader 11 a, in tin Fairmonnt region,
hai ostablislied five camps of miners.
Tiie men wdil inarch from camp to
camp, making visits, holding tins to be
their right under the interpretation of
the injunction givn by .Judge G iff it
is not nicely that those marches will he
allowed, however.
Tin* danger of a coal famine in the
Wheeling uistri ’f h is been greatly re
duced bv the ped. liing mineis ov t in
eastern Ohio going to work, this bung
their usual market.
The woman met Hr. Dozier, one of
Gadsueu’s best citizens, and commenced
abusing and cursing turn and iie liuaily
c>>w hided her within an men of her
life. The whites and blacks of Sister
Sapp’s gang are i wng up and swear
they will exterminate tne better ele
ment of tin* white people and a clash is
expected at any time.
Sister Sapp wields a mighty power
among the ignorant wiiites ami blacks
ami tiiey fully believe Jesus lias sent
her here on earth. While receiving the
eowhioe she exciaimed with every iick:
•■An for Jesus.”
WEDS MAN OF HER CHOICE.
HU** ne<*i« liickMr -Harriti* an Knglith-
iiimii an«i I*o«mh \%Mallli.
R<l.i'icn, Aug. ^d.—Tin* most sensa
tional affair in the history of North
Carolina society occurred hero when
Miss Bessie Boylan Tucker, tiie W' aithi-
_ i est y<>ung woman in Raleigh, le ft her
of the two nations.
The state department offl dais say, in
fact, that Minister Woodford giies to
Madrid under especially friendly au--
pices and in no position to make de
mands at this juncture. His first efforts
W'tli ue by pacaic means to bung auout
peace to Cuba. Tiiere will be uo threats
umess these m oliods fail.
ilmister Woodford is expected to ar
rive at ins post within a week.
A LONG CONTEST* ENDED.
I Over Him m of An lr#»\V .J. Ddivirt
i'racl ctHy ‘rtilMt*.
Butte, Mon., Aug. 24.—A long light
over tiie estate of Andrew J. Davis is
practically settled. A petition was filed
j in the district court, stopping the con
test to the forged v/iil and agreeing to
the dlstllhu'lou.
Tiie woman’s headquarters at 2.>G
Delaware avenue have been formally
opened. Here the visitors will be care
fully looked after. Everything possible
has been provided for their comfort
Thaddeus S. Clarkson, commander-
in-chief of tin* Grand Army, arrived at
his quarters at tiie Iroquois hotel and
his reception ennstituteo the first event
of the week's encampment. He was
met at tiie station by local G. A. R
men and merabeisof tne reception com
mittee and escorted to the hotel, where
he was officially received bv Colonel
Winans, chief of the headquarters staff.
Among tiie G A. R posts winch have
arrive i arc tiie following:
Naval po>t department, j-’ennsvlvania;
Farr.igur association. C S. Grant post
and Btirli y posts, ali of Fhiiadeipliia;
Welch fiost, Coiuniii.a. i’a.; Dcpart-
meiits ot Tennessee and Georgia; John
A. Andrews post of Boston; lixnkin
past of Brooklyn,' Lafayette post of
When Davis died in lb;)!) ins estate New York; Harding post of St. Louis
home ami forfeited all eiaims upon her
share of iier late father’s estate, by
maiaying Mr. Edward F-*ilowes, a young
Enghslinian. who Isas 1 v.*d here for flic
past three yars. He is a son of Colonel
Fellowes of tin* English royal engineers.
For morejuan a year tne attentions
Mi-s Tui‘kt‘r iias receiv-d from Mr.
Fellowes 1. r.a b ou t n subj ■ t of mark d
comment, ami i nu siignts offered tne
young Engl'shmca by otiur memliers
of the Tucker family have caused much
criticism m social circles. Nearly a year
ago Mr. Fellowes was denied tiie privi
lege of calling at the Tucker mansion.
It is said that Mrs Tucker gave her
consent to the marriage, with the un
derstanding that Miss Tucker is never
again to find
doors of the Tucker
home open to her.
Jiuiiu-diateiy after the ceremony the
bruit* and groom ieft via the .Seaboard
Air L'm*. Mr. Feilowes has been eon-
m eted with tne cotton buyers, Cnarles
]0. Johnson and F. 11. L"(*. here for
three year.-. He will g > to Albany, Go,
to represent a big Liverpool company.
Mi: - Tucker is a u lughter of tne late
II S. Tucker and i a sister-in-law of
John H. Winder, former general maua- Cornu, nieces and iieplit*ws. jointly got
was valued at $S,00J,0)0. Of this An
drew Davis, Jr., a nephew of the tiead
miiiionaire, was given stock of the First
National bamc of Butte, v.tiu-i at .f.’,-
OOd.UtD, by an alleged deathbed be
quest. Tne stock of the Butte ami Bos
ton Mining company, va.u - i at
00J, has since been sold by the reorgan
isation of that company for 4>ldO,000.
An invemory ft ed with tiie potition
gives the amount of cash in tin* aduiiti-
istrator’s hamis as £!l?2,0e0; real estate,
$200 000; note-, $110,000; property in the
hands of tne r.uxilr.ry atliniuistrator in
Boston. $1.>0.000- total, $1,7112,00').
Tne debts of the estate are $lbo,00);
extieuscs of the atimimstration, $110,-
000; bequest in will, $1,000 total, ifkK),-
000, leaving $1,40:5,000, of wliieh $070,-
o')o is reatiy tor uistrihution now. The
court is assed to aUow this to be dis
tributed right away.
la the agreement dropping the con
test, all the blood relatives of the dead
millionaire are taken care of but Diana
Davis and Erwin Dav.s, sister and
brother. The former is barred by the
statute of limitation, never having been
a party to the contest. Erwin Davis is
a*su barred for the same reason, besides
being indebted to the estate.
Tin* agr ‘enpuit divides tiie estate into
eleven-hundredths The heirs of John
A. Davis, brother of the dead million- JoftiOi in
aire, get 2U : ) eleven-hundredths. Henry
F. Root, Sarah Matia Cummings, Mary
L Dunbar, Ed S Eodd, Charles H.
Eadd, Alien S. Oiirnu and John C.
Tod post of Youngstown. O.. and the
New Hampshire delegation.
The la'ter has a b<>om in its yiosses-
fion, as it is pufuiiug the cnutiidacy of
tiene*';:l John C. Linnehati of Con'cord,
N. H.. for coinmauder-in-chief.
During tin* week a further effort will
be made to umie the Worn m’s Relief
Corps and tiie Lames of tne G A. It.
Tiiere lias been a good ileai of discus-i >n
over a possihie union, but it is the de
sire of the Gr ind Army that tiie tenets
of the Woman’s R-hef Corps prevail as
to the eligibility e.auso. and tiie Laoies
of tin* (i. A. R do not \sant to give up
cm time point, so that the matter of a
union scents as far away as when the
two organizations took to different
paths.
“To chorEh and emirate the deeds of
our noble army nurses and of all w omen
who rendered loving service to our
country m her hours of peril.” is the
aim of tiie Woman’s Relief Corps.
The Laoie., of the G. A R accept only
the “wives, mothers, sisters ami daugh
ters of honorably discharged solmers,”
and reject the “loyal” woman who had
no relatives in the war to whom she
can trace relationship.
WILD MAN SHOOTS WOMAN.
Premium on Gold In Mexico
Has Reached
Aro 4 hmcmIlliijf Or<l»*r* For ! n-
port*— MaMUfacturrH \ r* Hooni-
ing— % qtirMSMi Him Government — Mexi
can Hanker* It I* Him \Y«#rk «»f Lon
don Kin*-*.
New Yokk, Ang. 20.—A dispatch to
Tiie Herald from Mexico, Mex , says;
Kxeiiange on New York has reached 1.4.1
premium. In other words, it takes $2 4.)
Mexican money to buy an American
dollar containing less silver than tne
Mexican dollar.
This enormous depreciation of the
Mexican dollar is ruining merchants.
They are cancelling ail orders for im
ports, and many will close their ston
as they cannot seli their stocks on hauu
at a rate high enough torepieuish them.
They believe that the price is unnatu
rally depressed and is due to a conspi
racy abroad.
Meanwhile home manufactures are
booming, as the depreciation m silver
ihakes a tariff walk Coffee, sugar, to
bacco and sisal hemp planters arc pr >*-
jieruus, as tiiey sell abroad for gold and
pay their laborers in silver. .Strange to
say, the Mexican dollar hays as mir h
goods us it ever did, except of tin* im
ported variety. The government i--
hard hit, as it has to pay the interes'
on ihe foreign debt in gold. The:- is
Borne talk of repudiation, bat there is
no knowing what President D.az wnl
da He may refund tii - G per cent debt,
paying only "6 per cent interest here
after.
Capitalists are flocking into the coun
try to taK-e advantage ot the high pre
mium and invest their gold. The be.i f
here is that labor paid in silver will
eventually win against h*b >r pa: 1 in gold.
In support of tiiis theory it is pointed
out that tm mines of Cornwall will
have to shut down be- ins ■ they cannot
compete with those in the straits s-ttle-
incuts and Borneo, where Mexican dol
lars are current. Bankers here say a
handful of mon m London are ma
nipulating the money of the wond.
which means that they are controlling
die prices of tiie world ami that it is H-e
old light of inonarmy against society.
Rich Mexicans, accustomed to living
much o: toe tunf* abroad, are staying
at home investing their silver in buihi-
ing improvements. Ail Kinds of real
estate are rapidly increasing in price, |
and the demand for contractors is large. ,
Attention is also being directed to trop
ical agriculture.
Tiie New Market Cmitlu net# Very Ao*
til’** Goo i outlier K«*|M>rt*.
Nr.w \ onx, Aug. 24.—The cotton
market opened very active at a i ad
vance of ] 1 points, follov. ing strong
Englisn cables an i the general belief
t mt tiie w *ekly we tiner report would
b" very favorab»e to cetton. While the
sensational lea arcs of the previous
day’s marker were much less marked,
the niancet was very active tiiroiighout
tiie no ruing and uau-uaiiy sousitiw to
orders as tiiey arrived.
Fiactuations were frequent and at
tirur-s almost violent. Tne conflicting
later English cables sturtea long, liqui-
oatini to.lowuig tiie cah, ami at 11
o’-iocK tiie market was feverish and un-
setried. wnii prices uucbaugeu to 4
points net lower.
New Or.cans sold. Liverpool bought,
but turned .vner on tne break.
Sams on the call were 22.:>00, to 11
o’ci<'mil sn.OOb bales. Tiie lir-t saie of
August brought b cents a pound.
“CATALPA JIM” NO MORE.
Jhe Who Out Kx|itf»<!2lloia For
I■ ♦ ■ I#?hof Irinli Friaoiirr* lirail.
Ni IIav; Aupf. 24.—James R~y-
Holds, once ti.nn us under the pseudonym
of “Cat.-..pa Jim,” die:! here from ca-
t irrh of the stomach, after a long
illness.
Reynolds was born in County Cavan,
Ireland, in IMg, and came to tills coun
try a> a iad. He was one of the stanch
est advo •ate of Li-.u liberty that Amer
ica evt r saw.
The aeliieveman* which made him fa
mous and gave him ins hick name was
tne fitting out of tite oui whaling sht**
Gatalpa ;or tho rescue of the six Irisu
prisoners who had be«n transported for
life for their complicity in tne Fenian
movement.
To lure the C it tlp t, Rivnolds gave a
mortgage on ms New Htven home.
The exnadm in was a success, tite mx
tafoiy brought to the:.
men Lem;
shores.
Reynolds received his rew:i r n in the
loyal -upnorc of ins countrymen and
died wealthy.
NO MORE SCALPS FOR HIM.
STRIKE
Miners
IS MOW SETTLED.
jit I’llcn IL'tiirn to Work#
<o;il Ml f
Bir:iin<i;ia.m, A!a.. Aug. 24 — Tite
strike at the Belle E.l n miiies, in Bibb
county, where 'j') ) miners an omployi d,
has been settled and the shipping of
coal from that pla< lots been re.-cmed.
The miners went out on a strike three
weeks ago on account of ti.o p ty of the
camp pltysiciau. The dill-renees w**re
nettled by tite company allowing the
miners to pay the tioefor for every visit.
L aiders in tite strike were dropped from
the payroll.
The settlement of this trouble is the
oml of nil differences in the stat: be
tween coal miners and operators. The
Southern and other railroads are asking
lor aii surplus coni and are supplying
the east and west, wnicii are needing
coal on account of the big strike north.
W<»st*ri* Fannera Marketing Whaat.
Kansas City, Aug. 2! -T ie farmers
throughout central ami western Kansas
are using every means possib.e to get
their wheat on tin* market at the pros-
ent high prices. Teams block tne streets
of many towns and mills and elevators
are crowded to the utmost capacity.
The railroad yards in many of the larger
towns are blocked with loaded cars,
which cannot bo moved. The ship
ments were never before so large. As
a result of the boom in wheat several
large sales of farm property have been
made and holders have increased values
2o per cent.
May :t Oonnioti M.in.
FAYErTKVU.UE, W. Va., Aug. 24.—
Governor Atkinson has ordered a com
pany of militia to prevent an alleged at
tempt to rescue Jerry Brown from hang
ing. It is said 4'.)0 negroes are encamped
in the woods near where the scaffold is
erected for the purpose of preventing
the execution. They claim that Brown
should be given his life until Yoires,
who was to have been hung at the same
time, but who escaped, is captured.
Coal Output. «>( Uoxico.
Washington. Aug. 24.- The reports
of the United States mine inspectors
yer t f the Seaboard Air Line
M»ci i»tary WHuimi fomin'; South.
Washington, Aug. 2’ —Many invita
tions addressed to Secretary Wilson to
visit the state and county fairs during
the approaching autumn are being re
ceived at the agricultural department.
a iTig': numuer in
them being from the
southern states. Invitations from tiiat
section express a desire to have the see-
letary inspect the agricultural condi
tions and to have the benefit of his ad
vice as a praciieal farmer after such in
spection. As the secretary is absent
from the city, m) definite reply can be
made, hut ii is known tiiat iie expects
to go to Nashviiie during the fan, and
it is considered probable that he may so
tune his visit so as to take in some of
tiie fairs of the neighboring states.
IHa: < 4 lop In l*r«t/il.
London, Aug. 21. —A dispatch to The
Times from Rio do Janeiro
says:
A
most hopeful feeling prevails here owing
to the fact that a judicial decision will
be signed this w*‘<:k ordering the hum-
nation of the Leopolduia railway, tnus
facilitating a reconstruction scheme, it
is also popularly believed that some ar
rangement will be made m Europe en
abling the government to meet the
present obligations and pav the Jan
uary coupons. The. coffee crop promises
to reach 10.000,000 bags, as against
0,000,000 last season.
C'lllli Now 11 lit u New 4 Hhiftf’t.
New York, Aug. 24.—A special to
The Herald from Valparaiso, Chili, says:
According to a rumor current in politi
cal circles in Santiago, the personnel of
the new ministry is as follows: interior,
Antonio Valdes Cuevas; foreign affairs,
Carlos Moria Vicuna; justice and pub
lic instruction, J, Domingo Rivera;
finance. Emilio Orrego Luca; war and
navy, Emilio Btdo Codecido; industry
and public works, Beiesario Brats Bella.
It is said this combination was formed
with the full approval of the Conserva
tives.
Tongue Got linn In Trouble.
Aisbeviu.B, Ala.. Aug. 24 —White-
caps in tiiis county shot and killed
Frank Plinth, a negro. Recently the
wlmecups whipped a young iie*ro for
for the Imaan ierritury and New Mex- ; „„ alleged offense. Smith said repeal
ico show that the total coal product of edly that he knew who did the whip
New Mexico during the last fiscal year
was 72!{,fj3D tons, valu estimated at
$I,1QG,!)15; in Indian Territory the coal
outnut was l,ffl)2,oiy tons; coke output,
26,440 tons.
Heiit«ii<9n of CoiiniiuG’i!.
Const a nti noi’i.k, Aug. 21 An impe
rial irado lias been issued commuting
the sentence of death imposed upon the
nine men w ho were engaged in the mas
sacre of Armenians at Tokat. in March
last, to penal porvitudo for life in Tri
poli ami Barbary.
Dr. Ditcker Is ISuinot Ov«r.
Chicago. Aug. 24.—Dr. James 0.
Ducker, charged with conspiracy to
rom the features of Ills wife with vit-
triol, has been held to await the action
of the grand jury in $4,000 bail
ping and intended to report it. He w as
notified to keep his mouth shut, and as
he continued to talk he was put out of
the way.
ortiil 4 HJitiutiK 1 * About Over.
Coixmbia. S. C., Aug. 24—In loss
than a week’s time the senatorial con-
i te«t ill South Carolina will ho over.
The expectation is that the matter will
j t-h ven-humimithn; Harriet R. Slief- |
lirui, the sister, and II A Davis, the
nephew, jointly get fi) elevon-hundref h*;
E iza Bowiioitie and Harriet Wood, sis
ters of Caiviu 1* Divts, .V) elovon-hnn- j
(Iredrhs each, and Eliza Smith, niece,
2o eie v-*ii- h ini bn* iths. The balance, 44!
cl-ytMi-lminiredflis, goes to the trustees.
A. K. Davis, Jr., and Charios H
Baimer.
Furo4tHm r \iii9ri« a 4 .'lent.
Dk.nvek. Aug. 21. — Fully 200 dele
gate*.-, representing Foresters’ courts in
all portions of the c untry, were in at-
tt*miance wiien the supreme court of the
uruer was caile t ti» order hv th'* su
preme chief ranger, Liwretire J. tsniith
of Lowell, Mas-. Atti*rweleomingail-
uresses ami reqions 1 '.-, the reports of the
supreme chief ranger, supreme secre- i
taiy and otiier executive otlioers were
pi'esente.i. Tnese stiow that dunng the
past two years tiie Order of Foresters of
America lias made an increase of 1H,-
71G members anti bO courts or local
lodges. Tiiere are now 1,257 courts in
the United S ates ana a total of Bid,-
fc!22 members.
1 Ji» lit*v%(«»ue ^1 u11) l(«)|»ub!lc in«.
IIa!:::!-i:l'K(i. Aug. 24.—The Republi
can state convention which will meet
here on next Thursday will nominate
Major M< Cauley for auditor general
aim James ri React mi for state treas
urer. The anti-Quay delegates wih not
vote for Beacom, out will give Senator
Crawford of Allegheny a complimentary
vote. Crawford is a Fliiiu-Magee ad
herent. While it is not the desire of
Quay to have his candidacy for re-
election indorsed, there is uo doubt. Ins
friends say, that he aspires to another
term in the senate.
Method of illicit!*.
Detroit, Aug. 24. — Tiie body of
Aaron 0. Conn, the board of trade
operator who disappeared last Thurs
day. has been found on Belle isle.
Around his neck a handkerchief had
been knotted and then twisted with a
lead pencil until the victim strangled to
death. C inn is said to have lost con-
siderable money in speculation and was
partially deranged.
I'rloo 4,1 ltr«ii<l Gon. l)|t.
New York, Aug. 24. —With the rise
of wheat the price of bread has been
raised by putting less Hour in the loaves
and making th«*m smaller. The bakers
decided to take this step in many dis
tricts. It means an increase of $20,1)00
a day in the amount paid for bread.
I!f£ VYi$r*UoU4# 1* lliirn«»<L
Boim.AND, Or., Aug. 21. —Fire has
destroyed the large warehouse of W.
iiuly I robabiy Fatally M ounds
a ('liurlmtoii I 4 ruit
Chari.iision, Aug. 24 Without the
l<*U!-t proviKtanon J< seph Bruuty, a mail-
m ui, made a murderous as.-ault on Mrs.
Joint Malio, a Greek fruit dealer, and
sitot her one m th • nc.-k with a pistol.
She is not expected to live.
Bruuty is said by hi- parents to be
crazy. He left home with his pistol
and wandered aimlessly through the
streets. Unce or twice lie stopped and
st-emed reatiy to lire, hut did nor. Later
he walked through a sid" street ami
I rood in front of the fruit store. Tne
M alio xvopiau came out and was ar
ranging tne stocic in the window when
Bruuty, with a v rd veil, rustled on her
and let hi- shining weapon touch her
neck. Then he fin'd, ami qti etly walked
away, while the woman was rul ing in
a pool of blood.
Bruuty is looked m a cell, a raving
maniac. It is said tiiat Bruuty noticed
some fruit on the stand for which he 1
ha- n strong dislike. The man will 1
probably b ■ sent to an asyiurn.
WliippiMi by m Ibimi of \YliitecufM.
Coi.t'Miiu. S. C., Aug. 24. — A band j
of 121) masked whitoenps went to a
bouse about 1 mile- below Camden, in
Beulah section, and took out three Mor-
man e.tiers, stripped them and admin
istered a whipping. It i- supposed tiiat
the whiteraps i nine m ist y from Fair-
field county ami that tin* .Mormon ent
ers who were whippet.^.vere the ones
tiiat escaped the whit caps on a previ
ous occasion at the hou-e of a man
named Sharp.
.%tt«*mpteol ttiiiciilt* at Aii'l«*r*on.
Anderson. S. C, Aug. 24.—Robert
L. Arnold, aged about 47 years, swal
lowed laudanum, intending to commit
suicide. He had been drinking, pro
cured two or more ounces of laudanum,
toid lus frieuns on the street goodby,
stating that he intended to kill himself,
went immediately home and swallowed
the poison. Bliysiciaus were summoned,
and he is now considered out of danger.
Sh« Tiny '■e** Ass.ilit'it Swing.
Rai.eioh. Aug. 24.—George Brodie,
under sentence of death at Henderson,
has confessed having assaulted Miss
Nannie Catlett at Kittrells. Brodie's
mother went to see her condemned sou.
He does not appear to be scared in the
least. Miss Catlett has appealed to the
sheriff to see the hanging and says she
will be present. The hanging will be
private and will occur Wednesday.
No !io»|»it*l For Aahovltla.
Ashkviu.k, N. O., Aug. 24.—The Cit
izen has received a letter from Charles
McNamee, with George Vanderbilt, at
Lubeck, Germany, denying the recent
widely published story to the effect that
Mr. Vanderbilt intended to build a
$100,0)0 hospital in Asheville. Mr. Me-
CHEAPER SCHOOL BOOKS. I
CommitKrc*omin.*11(1 t hat Comity 4 4>m*
nii'-itioiior* f'ur«*lui&t t tm Kook*.
Atlanta, Aug. 20. — The special com
mittee appointed by Governor At-kiuson,
in compliance with a resolution of the
legislature to investigate the matter of
purchasing school books in tiie state |
and to recommend a plan for securing ,
cheaper books. Held its final meeting in |
the state capitol and mapped out its re
port. They have recommended a plan
which they think will roouee the cost
of hooks, but it is not tne governor's
p:.i’i.
The plan recommended by them is a
simpler one, ami will not in any way |
involve tm* state in the hook punn-hing
business or commit the state to the ex
clusive ti-e of any particular line ot
hooks, it declares in favor of oniurg- 1
ing the power of the county hoards of !
edu< ution, of incorporating those bodies, j
and authorizing them to purchas * books
duvet from the manufacturers and sell
them to tin* children at first cost price.
Tins is known as the Ohio plan, he -ause
it was adopted in that state some years
ago, and has been in successful opera
tion ever since.
Wiien asked about the report Gov
ernor Atkinson said:
“The impression that I ever have or
d<> now luvor uniformity is a wrong
one. 1 simp y want the state to get our
of the hands of the book tru-t. We are
paying too much for our books n >w, and
in getting them ctieupor 1 am not at all
Curtey e!.i.«f, x i.»i«m1 gawnee fioliaa Wnt-
nor f l>:e* :t IVnf em*
P.ir.UT, <J. T., Aug. 21.—Curley Chief,
one of tiie most noted of the Haw nee
) miles east of here, died
aft'-r having reached the century mark.
Our.ey Chief to >k a prominent part
in all the Indian wars, and m tiie bioouy
war between the Usages and tiie Baw-
nee.s he led tin* Bawnees in many a
bioody battle. Tiiis war occurred 5(1
years ago, and the enmity created by
the struggle Still exists.
They are neighbors, their lands be
ing separated by rue Kansas river. It
was oniy IN months ago that the tribes
began e:. 'hanging visits, and then only
the young b.oods participated.
Jt was during the ghost nance given
by the Bawnees that a few of the Osage
leaves by invitation, vositcd the camp
of tiie Bawnees for the first time in GO
years, and when Curley Oinef saw the
young Usage bu -k- he sulked in his tent
and refused meat for three days.
Hi* Lift) For Hi* Hat.
Youkvilli:. F. C., Aug 20. —Jcphtha
Hemphill, a negro, was kthed in a: in i"
by a falling tree while trying to exhibit
his daring to a number of companions
A large pim: had just been cut. and
whue it was falling iiemnhiii .saw his
liat in the way, and with a bantering
remark sprang to get it The tree fed
on him. bore him to the ground aim
mashed his skull to atoms.
ClMi ksviiln WIiih l or Cimrl lion...
Clarksville, Ga , Aug. 20. — The
election in Habersham county for or
against the removal of the county site
from Clarksville to Toccoa resulted in a
majority of 400 in favor of Clarksville.
Excitement runs high here. The p« p>
have gone over in a body to Deuioiest
to have a general jubilee. Every hadot
cast at Demurest was for Clarksville.
l "I
MiMMrly Witlow I* Murrittrotl.
Eerlin, Aug. 24.—A sensatim lias
been caused here by the discovery of
the murdered bodies of a miserly widow,
Schultze and her daughter, m the cellar
1 of their residence on Koemgraotz
strasse. Sciiuitz *, the deceas 'd husband
1 of the murdered woman, was a mine
owner, and several times a millionaire,
and Frau si iuit/.e wh bote red to he in
| po»s* ss:o!i of c nis.durable weath. A
j shoemaker, having a store on the ground
i floor at 8eh uitzo’s residence, is s*ts-
pected of having committed the murder.
A Nmw Lino t<# Klondiko.
Charleston, Aug. 24—A syndicate
j of local capitalists, iieaded by A. S.
Emerson, has chartered a steamship and
will run her from Charleston to Klon-
partieuiar as to methods. Tiiat was qite. She will sail from here Feb. 15,
just the matter a.-signed to the commis- p , ni ., t o bt. Michaels byway of Cape
siou to consider and report upon.”
Fr<l«M'*l Liftnd C«>iuii)i*al«in«r4.
Washington, Aug. 20.—The follow
ing appointments have been announced
at the White House: James J«*ffri**s of
Camden, Teuu.. and Ross Griffin of
Kansas City, commissi mers to allot
lands in severalty to the Indians of the
Uncompahgre reservation in Utah.
be settled on the first primary. There ^ ^ uuer ^ 0 " ’ 1 lnrtH<,,lth a,,li J 01111 ’ Namee says the story has no foundation
are, however, a great many who think
that there will have to bo a second pri
mary. If this is the case there will bo
a spirited fight.
Itncfllver ror A*liuvill« Itnulc.
Washington, Aug. 24.—The comp
troller of the currency has appointed
Vngil S. Lusk receiver of the First Na
tional bank of Asheville, N. 0.
son streets. Loss between $40,000 and
$75,000, partially in-ured. The contents
of the warehoti * consisted principally
of tri-color and plateglass.
Uolil In Nurlli Darollna.
R.'.leigii, Aug. -'4.—In six weeks two
men have taken out $15,000 worth of
pure gold from a vein which they struck
tear here.
In fact.
l‘ir«t II*!** In N<ntli 4'itrulIn*.
Charlottk. N. C., Aug. 24—The first
b ilu of North Carolina new cotton was
sold at Morveu, Anson county, to the
Hardison company. It was raised by
Steven West, weighed 4G1 pounds,
classed good middling, and sold for
cents.
111. Only Vultlllt.Hf-.
Anniston, Ala , Aug. 20.—Toussaint
L. btevens volunteered to assist in re
moving Anniston’s first case of small
pox to the pesthou.se. He was the only
one to step forward when help was
requested, riteveus will have to re
main at the pesthouse 15 days.
N.Kro Hill. » XV Itil. Alan.
Millen, Ga., Aug. 20.—John Woous,
a carpenter, had an altercation with
Dan Slaughter, a negro, at John Gary’s
farmhouse, in Emanuel county. The
negro slipped up behind Woods and
struck him upon the head with an iron
pm, causing instant oenth.
liilolii-iick Allnl.t.r tii Kh-.Iii.
Washington, Aug. 20—The rom mis
sion of Ethan A Hitchcock of Missouri
Horn. There tiie passengers will be
trail'-.erred to smaller boats and towed
up the rivar to Dawson City. Each pas*
si oger will be all >wed to carry).Oh)
pounds of freight and tickets will oust
.../)!) Ir is expected that the tup will
require 70 days.
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I'rr'.tiytMi’Uii* Naaliville.
Nashvili.e, Aug. 14. — This was
United Brcsbyteriau day at the Ceaten-
nial exposition. Although no special
exercises had been arranged in celebra
tion of the day the attendance was
large. The weather was delightful and
the visitors spent tiie morning and af
ternoon in \ .a tmg the buildings and
viewing the very attractive exhibits.
Concerts were given by Herbert’s band
m the Auditorium and by Fischer’s or
chestra at tne Woman's building.
Tlirew HiTSiO f Inin tli« LkUo.
Detroit, Aug. 21.—Shortly after the
City of Cleveland left C.eveland for
Detroit, a woman beleived to be Mrs.
Flora Anderson of this city, threw her
self into the lake from the promenade
deck. The boats were lowered and the
searchlight used, hut without avail.
She is said to have quarreled xvith a
man ou deck at Cleveland.
FMrin.ro Dim'.gitrd l onlrarta.
Baltimore, Aug. 24.—The grain deal
ers here complain bitterly that farmers
in this and the contiguous states are
disregarding contracts and refusing to
deliver wheat. Most of the contracts
are verbal. Scarcely one-third of the
crop on hand has oceii delivered, tuough
nearly ail hud been contracted for ver
bally.
IruiiiMM’M Dfiiiml 1 ob*«’Cf>.
Macon, Aug. 24 —Among the new
rules promulgated by the Central rail
road for the government of its employes
is one which forbids the use of tobacco
around any passenger station ami the
U'H of it by trainmen ou passenger
trains.
lluiniir uf u N.w HnUroitil.
Jacksonville. Fla., Aug. 24.—-Capi
as minister to Russia has been made <>tit 1 talists are contemplating the extenstou
01
ut tin* White House
dales fiuui Aug. 10.
'J oe appointment
of tin* Columbus Southern railroad from
Albany, Ga., to Tampa, Fla.