The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 02, 1897, Image 2
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SEPTEMBER 2,
Labor Leaders Are Opposed to
Court-Made Laws.
SAT JUDIOIART 13 NOW SUPREME
De*cl*tr« 1‘hat Fedora) Judges, l>y
tl«n* Uutior the Koriu «»f laijtii«ctloiiff f
1'roliiblc the ICXercifto uf tho t'oiiimon-
•nt ICi^htrt «»( Fr«‘ruio:i—Claim Capital Is*
tic Class Has Kvorythiiijj on Its Milo.
St. Any. ,11.—The delegates ta
tho coiiventiou of labor lemiers were
slow in assembling ami it was nearly an
hour after tho time set for the meeting
before tho body was called to order.
Tho delay was due to the committee on
resolutions, which eent word that it
was not ready to report It was 10
o’clock when tho c unmitteo on resolu
tions Hied into the hall and the dele
gates wore called to order to hear its
report.
Mr. Berger, in presenting the resolu
tions, spoke of the great task tho com
mittee had before it. He said tho re
port which was to be submitted was the
best the committee could do under the
circumstances. The platform as pre
sented reads as follows:
“Tho fear of the watchful fathers of
the republic has been justified. The
judiciary has become supreme. We
witness a political phenomenon abso
lutely new in the history of the world:
a republic prostrate at the feet of judges
appointed to administer its laws. They
acknowledge no superiority on earth,
but their despotic deeds recall Milton’s
warning to las countrymen:
•“Who bids a man rule over him.
above lav/, may bid as well a savage
beast.”
“Under the cunning form of injunc
tions. courts have assumed to enact
criminal laws, and after thus drawing
to theuiseives the power of legislation,
have repealed the bill of rights and for
violations of those court- made laws have
denied to the ac;u>ed the right of trial
by jury.
“The exercise of the commonest
rights of freemen—the right of assem
bly, the right of free speech, the right
of traveling the public highways, have,
by legislation under tiic form of in
junctions, been made a crime, and
armed forces disperse as mobs people
daring, in company, to exercise these
rights.
“•'HpitsISstic Cla-s Control*.” #
“Whereas, appeals to congress and
courts for reliof are fruitless, since the
legislative, as well as the the executive
judicial powers, are under the control
of the capitalistic class, so that it has
come t i pass in this “freecountry” that
while cuttle anu swine haven right to
public highways, Americans, soculled
freemen, have not;
“Whereas. Our capitalistic class, as
is again shown in the present strike, is
armed, ami has not only policemen,
marshals, sheriffs and deputies, but also
a regular army and militia, in order to
enfor e governm-nt by injunction, sup
pressing lawful assemblies, free speech
ana right tc the public highway, while
on tho other hand the laboring moa of
tv* e n fint|y ■; yrmri and defense-
i*.-.-, o the words a*j4 of
the fonstitnVum of Uiutod Stakes.
Therefore, bo it resolved,
“1 That we hereby set apart Friday,
Sept. 3. 2*197. as ‘Good Friday’ for the
cause of sutl'criug labor in America and
contribute the earnings of that day to
the support of our struggiitig brothers,
the miners, and appeal to every union
man and every friend of labor through
out the country to do likewise.
“2. That if the strike of the minors
is not settled by Sept. 20. 1807, a
general convention be held at (Jin -a. o
on Monday,* Sept. 27, 18J7, by the rep
resentatives of all unions, sections,
branches, lodges and kindred organiza
tions of laboring men and friends of
their cause, for the purpose of consider
ing further measures in the interest of
the striking minors and labor in gen
eral.
licit I* the lln'lot.
“3. That wo consider the use of tho
ballot as the best aij i safest means for
the ameii .ration of the hardships under
which the laboring cia«! suffers.
“4 That the public ownership of rail-
road • and te’oyaplis is one of tho most
Iiecc-. s try refurms for our body politic.
“a. That we most emphatically pro
test against government by injunction,
which plays havoc with even such po
litical liberty as working men ha e
saved from tne steady encroachment of
capitalism, and be it finally resolved,
“G. That no nation in wliich the peo
ple are totally disarmed can long re
main a free nation, ami therefore we
urge upon ail liberty-loving citizens o
remember and obev article 2 of tho con
stitution of the United states, which
reads us follows:
“ ‘The right of the people to keep and
bear arms sh ill not be infringed.’ ”
As soon as the platform was before
the convention a dozen delegates were
on their feet clamoring for recognition.
One delegate wanted a change of the
date of the Chicago conference to Oct.
1. as the day proposed was too earlv.
Tho amendment was laid on the tab.e
to be taken up later.
Delegate O-born of Atlanta, Ga.,
offered a re< ilution to the effect that it
was the sense of the meeting that all
unemployed men in the United States
should apply for ndmisdou to the poi,.--
house of their respective counties. No
action was taken on tills resolution a> d
the couveuti »n went off in a desultory
manner regarding tho debate.
Sctaittitf**i Sttratnga.
SaratoO/' Aug. 21—At the meeting
of the American Social Science associa
tion Chairman Joseph Anderson, D. D.,
of Waterbary opened the department of
education with Bonn* pertinent remarks.
Fapeift woiti read by D. M. 1 oitm »f
Watorbury, Oomi., on “The Perversion
of Educational Benefactions,” and by
Rov. F. Stanley Root of New Have*i,
Conn., on “The Educational Value of
the Drama/’
I r«iic!iit4*ii l«* Hold *
New York. Aug. 31 —A special to
Tin* Herald from Valparaiso says: The
French resident* hero and in Santiago
and oth r large cities in Chili will hold
a fete to celebrate the oflieiul deolai *•
tiou of the Franco-Russian alliance,
which was noduiiued on Saturday.
PROGRESS OF DIXIE LAND.
Now In«lo*trle* Ke|n>r»etl In tlio •‘“outli
llilrltii; 1 lift !*»»t WottU.
Chattanooga, Aug. ill.—la its re
view of southern industrial conditions
for the week, The Tradesman reports a
most gratifying increase of business and
prices of all products are growing
stronger as the demand increases. 'I Ins
is especially true of tho iron and steel
trade, advances having been made in
Bessemer pig, foundry iron, gray iorge,
billets, bars, rods and wire nails.
Among the now industries for the
week are canning factories at Green
Cove Springs. Fla., and Santuck. S. U.;
chemical works at Lynchburg, Va.; an
electric liirlit plant at Whitesboro, Tex.,
and a $.70,000 light and power plant at
Paducah, Ky.; flouring mills at St.
Fioriau, Ala.; Conway. Ark.; Ringgold.
Ga.. and Mount Calm, Tex ; grist mills
at Moncure; N. C., and Suffolk, \ a.,
and foundry and machine shops at Mid-
dlesborough, Ky.
The Maguire Coal company, capital
$35,000, has been chartered at Beatty-
viile, Ky.; the Blue Springs Lead and
Zinc company, capital $15,000, at Chat
tanooga; the Southern Gold Mining
company
vide. Ga., and the Georgia Gold Min
ing company, at Lexington, Kv.
A soap factory will bs erected at
Westlake, La , and cotton gins at De
catur, Ala.; Oliver, Ga, and Ganado,
Tex.
The E B. James Lumber company,
capital $50,000, lias been organized at
Apalach.cola, Fix, and the Morgan
Lumber company, capital $10,000, at
Clarendon, Tex. Other woodworking
plants will be erected at Florence. Ala.,
Haralson, Ga., Louisville, Ky., Crow
ley, Lx, and Concord, N. C.
PARDON FOR A PATRICIDE.
Koarteen-YeHr-OM Hoy Who Killed Hi*
latiier Set at Liberty.
Raliugh, Aug. 30.—Governor Rus
sell lias ended one of the most interest
ing criminal cases on record in North
Carolina. Early in 1890 Avery Butler,
aged 14, a kinsman of Senatbr Marion
Butler, shot his father dead as the lat
ter walked along the road in sight of
homo. The hoy had been watching for
him f?r hours and sp *ut the time in
whittling
In April o? that year young Butler
was sentenced to be hanged, but his
sentence was commuted to life impris
onment in the penitentiary. Twice ho
made daring escapes, once getting to
Tenues-iee and remaining over a yea*-.
Again he escaped by b V.dlv going up to
a new guard and tolling him he was
wanted ut tho prison office. While lie
was absent Butler tied.
Three governors have been urged tc
pardon Butler. It was urged that tne
boy was most brutally tortured by a
cruel father and that the latter’s con
duct to the boy’s mother aroused him
to do the deed.
Governor Russell has granted a par
don, after months of entreaty and hun
dreds of letters, lie says that in view
of the father’s brutality and ins threats
on the very day of the homicide to ki
the boy and his mother, the killing was
moral self defense, and that the law
should have imprisoned tho father be
fore his cruelties made his family des
perate.
Rai<l to lie About Igl.OOO Short.
Washington, Aug. 30—Thomas M.
Arrington of North Carolina, for 12
years past an employe of the postoffico
department, recently in charge of the
Washington division of postoffice in
spectors, has been arrested ctiarged with
embezzling government moneys. An
investigation of Arrington’s accounts
has been in progress for some time, aim.
it is said, resulted in a stiortage of ab ut
$3,000. He was released on $1,000 bond.
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II SHERIFF IS FATALLY SHOT.
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Pennsylvania State Convention
Opens at Reading.
TWO CANDIDATES TO BE TUT U?
Wild of K nt hut in* in Follow* fch«
Tempornry <*h tirm-eh'* Mention of tli«
Niittirt of tYilli.ifii J. Jlryun, Ita’Qsat**
and Spectator* >tiiii<liuv» In Chair* and
Shouting 1'or Their l*oa«ler.
Hr. a ding, Px, Aug. 31.—The Demo
cratic state convention to nominate can
didates for auditor general and state
treasurer met in the Academy of Music.
A conspicuous feature of the decora
tions was a handsome banner adorned
with a portrait of William J. Bryan
and bearing the inscription: “Liberty.
Justice, Humanity, Equal Rights to
All, Special Privileges to None. ” There
were 435 delegates
State Chairman Garman called the
convention to order at 12:30 p. m and
capital $100,000, at Gaines- 1 announced temporary organization as
" • ■ agreed upon by the executive commit
tee. Congressman Ei iuantraut, tempo
rary chairman, received a round of ap
plause when ha muved the gavel from
Mr. Gunudu. He delivered a short
speech.
A wild scene of enthusiasm followed
Mr. Ermcntraut's mention of the name
of William J. Bryan. Delegates and
spectators stood in their chairs and
waved hats and handkerchiefs as they
cheered the name of their leader.
FROST IN THE NORTHWEST.
I.at« Tetulnr Cro|t* uml Gnntaii Truck
Ktllitii <»r Uitaiy
St. Paui., Ang. 31.—Reports of frost
come from a few points in southern
Minnesota and North Dakota. Lite
tender crops and garden truck were
killed or badly damaged, but none of
the reports speak of very serious injury
to corn, except one from southern Min
nesota, which represents tho damage as
being heavy to corn and late flax.
Wheat is unaffected, being mostly har
vested.
Brother Senator Prltchfir<l Mortally
Woumletl by $. Noted 1 tan per a do.
Chattanooga, Aug. 30.—A special
from Cloudland, N. C., says that George
K. Pritchard, brother of Senator Pritch
ard of North Carolina, who is the sher
iff of Mitchell county, was fatally
wounded while attempting to arrest !
Monroe Garland, a noted desperado,
near Cloudland.
Sheriff Pritchard had a warrant for !
Garland and with a deputy went after !
him The desperado tired on the sheriff, j
one bullet penetrating the lungs and an- !
other passing through his neck.
Garland, after he had shot Pritchard,
turned on Deputy Blalock and began
firing, but Blalock was too quick for
him, and stiot him twice. Gananddied
in a few minutes and Pritchard wa*
taken to a nearby house and surgical
aid sought. His wounds are regarded
us neeo.-sarily fatal.
Pritchard is 41 years of age and has a
large family. Officer Blalock was slightly
wounded. The affair has created great
excitement in the neighborhood of Ba-
kersviile, N. C.. where Pritchard lived.
Fight Between Spanish Forces
and Insurgents.
LOSS OF THE DONS VERY LIGHT
Twfitvn Ilnmlratl of Wnjrlftr'* Men Attack
•nd Captura a Strongly Portiflni Hon I.
Uon at Hab*oa dn IW >rro—Geurral K«-
trada Wuaotled In llulli l.vgi—I'lie Hor
ror* of l-rl*oo I.!f* at Ceuta.
KILLED HER WITH PILLOW.
North Carolln* Fanner Smothered Hie
Wife to Ueath—Child Lookod On.
Wilmington. N. C., Ang. 30 —At Ton
Mile Hill, a flag station on the Wil
mington, Columbia and Augusta rail
road, Clayton Jones, a farmer, returned
to his home under the influence of
whisky and began to abuse and curse
his wife for being in bed.
The woman explained that she was
unable to work, but Jones became all
the more enraged and told his wife that
he intended to rid himself of her pres
ence. Ho sprang to the bedside and
with a pillow smothered his helpless
wife to death.
Their child, who was present, says
that when her father threw the pillow
over the face of her mother he lay
across the pillow and turned his face
toward the child ami watched her until
the woiOP.il waj dead.
The husband is now hidden in the
woods and every effort is being made to
effect his arrest
Havana, Aug. 31.—General Linares,
in tho province of Santiago do Cuba,
has been engaged with an insurgent
force. The enemy lost two men killed
and the troops lost 13 men killed, in
cluding twocaptains. The horse ridden
by General Linares was struck by two
bailors and killed.
A Spanish column, consisting of 1,200
men of all arms, under the command of
General Luqu and Colonel Sotomayer,
recently left Holguin, province of San
tiago de Cuba, with the intention of at
tacking an insurgent force which occu-
piea a strongly fortified position at Sa
ba na de Beeorro. The troops camped 0
miles from the enemy’s position with
out being observed and during the night
the Spanish commander ordered two
guerrilla companies and three compa
nies of SpanLh infantry to surprise the
enemy.
The Spanish forces approached close
to the insurgent camp and then rushed
upon i:, under a heavy lire from two
sides, and captured it. The insurgents
were completely taken by surprise and
fled in disorder, with the loss of CO men
killed, according to the official report,
and carried away their wounded.
The insurgent general, Estrada, is said
to have been wounded ill both legs.
The troops lost 14 men killed and had
30 wounded.
CUBANS TREATED CRUELLY.
MAY OUST COMMISSIONERS.
Heavy Krott In Hlchlsan.
Detroit, Aug. 31.—A heavy frost is
, reported to have visited the northern
part of t!ie state. At East Tawes a
great deal of damage was done to vege
tation and the balance of the crop stand-
| iug was ruined. Tne frost throughout
that section of the country was general.
Iowa (/fop* Not 3i*jnr««l.
DrBUQUK, la., Aug. 31. — A light frost,
the first of the season, has visited this
section, but did no damage.
DIES WITH BABY IN ARMS.
Monroe M r otn $u In Killed !>v Id^Iitniii",
but Her Child lb*c>4|»e*.
Mon non, Ga , Aug. 31.—Mrs. Guth
rie, wife of Luther Guthrie, a promi
nent citizen of Walnut Grove, was
| killed by lightning at her home near
. he’9.
i Mrs. Guthrie had one of her children
in her arms and iiad ju<t gone out upon
the veranda to get some water for the
infant, when the bolt fell.
It came crashing through the roof
ami struck her upon the head. Mrs.
Guthrie win killed instantly ami tho
child badly burned, but, marvellous to
I
relate, was neither killed or seriously
injured.
Ilig «*t 'V!ie it Iii !Uanlt<>l>>*.
Toronto, Aug. 31.—Advices received
here report that by night all of the 25,-
000,000 bushels of wheat in Manitoba
: will be cut. There has been no frost
sufficient to affect the wheat in .Mani
toba this season, and next week will
iViooiie aim i_mio riiiiroau. .-V A-snapen ; bablv st . H tho bulk of the wheut
threshed. Tho crop has been the larg
est in the history of the Canadian north-
i west. The yield will run as high as 35
j bushels to the cere, while in Ontario it
is as high as -10. Tho total wheat crop
I of Canada this year will bo fully (50,-
! 000,000 bushels of prim * wheat.
Governor Ku«*<dl Think* They Have Vio
lated the Law.
Raleigh. Aug. 27.—Governor Rus
sell has sent to James Wilson, the vet
eran chairman of the railway commis
1 sion, and S. Otho Wilson, its Populist
member, letters charging them with
operating the hotel at Round Knob, on
the Western Nortii Carolina railway,
which is n railway eatinghouse, and
| that this hotel is owned by Vice Presi-
i dent Andrews of the Southern railway
! and Major Wilson, and that Otho Wil
son is ns lessee.
| The governor demands to know
whether such interest is in violation of
the law and disqualifies as a fair judge
or commissioner ami cites both commis
sioners to show cause in writing before
him Sept. 1 why they should not be re
moved from office, pending action by
the next legislature.
This action of Governor Russell is
taken under the first section of tho rail-
, way commission act.
Improvement* nt Tia*u4l'>o*a.
Montgomery, Alx, Aug. 31.—Some
substantial improvements will soon be
made in Tuscaloosa by the Montgomery,
Tuscaloosa and Mobile division of the
Mobile and Ohio railroad. A T shaned
will include depot offices, waiting rooms
for whites and negroes; a 15x18 foot oil
house and a sann house 29x49 feet have
been planned and will be built without
delay.
W’Lki-* June* Kill* His Wife.
Raleigh, Aug. 28.—A special from
Wilson says a horrible murder was
committed there. Wilkes Jones cut his
wife’s throat, causing almost instant
death, and immediately shot Annie
Williams in the head. Jones has for
years been a local Republican leader.
His wife was a sister of ex-Postmaster
Vick of Wilson. Jones has not been
arrested.
Fruit Kooe|itl»ii ut Fair.
Nashville, Aug. 2(5.—The citizens of
Lumberton, N. C., gave a fruit recep
tion at the Centennial exposition. A
splendid display of fruits was made.
Similar receptions will be given by
other towns along the Seaboard Air
Line during September and Uctober.
KilleJ uu W»jr to Klondiki-.
Charleston, Aug. 28. —Arthur Ding- j
fclder, a young white boy living here, !
ran away from home to go ta the Klon
dike. He was stealing a ride on a
freight train, and ut Denmark. S. C.,
fell under the trucks and was killed.
Diugfelder was 14 years of age.
SheriO - I'rltcliard M«y Live.
Cranberry, N. C.. Ang. 31.—George
Pritchard, sheriff of Mitchell county
and brot.ier of Senator J. O. Pritchard,
who was shot through the lung by a
desperado last Friday morning, will
probably live. Senator Pritchard is
with him.
Kllurbn 1* Ki jnlned.
Greenville, S. C., Aug. 39. — J. E.
Payne and F. M. Simmons, original
package dealers, have secured an in
junction against State Constables
Cooley and Dair.s ami Governor Eller be.
The rule is rotuijiablo ut Flat Rock,
Sept. 7.
<J«‘<iri;l*ii I* Sent to !*rl*»n.
Akdkuson, S. O., Aug. 30.—George
E Brown of Dalton, Gx, uu adept pen
man and artist, has been lodged m jail
in tills city Vy warrant in mesne process
in sun by J. U. YouHassaier.
An Ovation to rrrsi.L<nt Kanrn.
Dunkirk, Aug. 31.—President Fauro
and M. Hanotaux, the French minister
of foreign affairs, landed hero at !):45
x m. from the French cruiser Pothuau,
on their return from Russia. They
were met by the premier, M. Meline,
tho minister for war. General Billot and
the minister of marine, Admiral Bes-
nard. M. Meline, in tendering tho pres
ident the congratulations of the cabinet,
was warmly applauded ami the immense
crowd present enthusiastically cheered
the chief magistrate of Frause.
The Insurrection In Indii.
Bombay, India, Aug. 31.—Groat re-
RUSSELL OFFERS REWARD.
North Carolina'* Governor X* ^ft«r Burg
lar* uml X>o*porat!i>e*.
Raleigh, Aug. 2*.—Governor Ru8<*-e’.l
offers $100 reward for Alex Gilmore, a
negro burglar ami desperado, who is
causing great fear in Cumberland
county. He has completely terrorized
the people there, particularly women,
and all are afraid to inform on or arrest
him.
He is a fugitive from South Carolina
and that state also offers a reward for
him. He is formally outlawed in Cum
berland, wich offers $25 reward.
The governor also offers $200 reward
for Gilbert Ward, a white desperado of
Wayne county, who pursued Maggie
Dinkins half a mile to a house where
she had taken refuge, dragged her out.
beat her and nearly cut ner head off
while she pleaded for mercy.
QUARRY EMPLOYES QUIT.
Fifty Men Go on a strike Near Columbia.
C'au*tt of the Trouble.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 27.—Fifty
quarrymeu in tho steward Contracting
Ifc-coutly llolen*ttri l*ao flc m Tell of Their
>*ri*ou Life at Ceuta.
New York, Aug. 31. — The Times
says: General Weylcr, in issuing a re
cent pronunciamento declaring that
three of the Cuban provinces were paci
fied, ordered that all pacificos who had
been held in durance as suspects should
be released. This order gave freedom
to 34 young Cubans, among others, who
had been prisoners for two and a half
years at the bpamsh penal colony of
Ceuta, on the coast of Morocco. They
were taken across the strait to Gibraltar
and left there penniless.
Jose Priuuelies of this city, provided
with a subscription fund, lias just re
turned here with 15 of tho released pa
cificos, this being as many as tho fund
enabled him to pay passage for. The
remaining 19 are still in Gibraltar, some
with friends, and ad getting food and
shelter as best they can.
None of them, Mr. Grinolle said, had
ever been allowed a trial or hearing,
and. being only suspects, they were not
subjected to the full rigor of discip
line at Ceuta. They were, in fact, al-
loweii the liberty of the town, but tlu-v
found it desirable to avoid encounters
with Spanish soldiers or officials, as to
mqpt one in the street generally re
sulted in their being insulted or knocked
down. They had to return to the
prison or castle, as it is called, at a cer
tain hoiu in the evening and bi eked
up for the night. They were i on
b-ans, oiiione ami very bad meat, gen
erally tainted. There were over 400
men in the prison and many of them
were sick.
The prison they described as being
filthy. No attention was paid to sani
tary conditions. The cells were damp,
gloomy holes, pungent with musty tilth
that incrusted the floors. Of the mor
tality in the prison, tho pacilijos knew
nothing.
Many of the returned men do not
know what the fate of tho other mem
bers of their families had been, tsome
had been killed in battle, others impris
oned ami tortured, Valdes learned that
a brother had been killed in battle.
MOB AFTER A MURDERER. /
Lloyd'* S|j»y«r, Who I* In Jill at Oroeu* ^
ville. May ll« Lynclieii.
Greenville, Alx, Aug. 31 —It was
reported here that a mob had organ
ized in the southwestern portion of the
county and was marching to Greenville
for the purpose of lynching John A.
Gafford, who killed Francis B. Lloyd,
the newspaper writer, near here last
Wednesday.
TT e sheriff wired Governor Johnston,
who was in Birmingham at the time,
and the executive promptly instructed
him to call out the Greenville rifles and
all the available olli ers of tho law to
protect the prisoner in jail. The sheriff
actsd promptly.
The troops ^-ere drawn no about the
jail, ami when the mob’s scout came
upon the scene they found tno authori
ties prepared to givo them a warm re
ception. The facts were reported to
the lynchers, who determined, after a
conference, to postpone their attempt.
After the officers had surrounded the
jail they discovered that a hole, amply
sufficient to permit the passage through
of a person of large size, had boon dug
in the jail wall, and it is presumed that
agents of the lynchers had dug the open
ing in order to guarantee themselves a
passage in, provided they were unsuc
cessful in getting the keys from the
sheriff.
Gafford killed Lloyd because of what
he considered too great an intimacy be
tween Lioyd. who was a man of a fam
ily. and Gafford’s sister, who was an
attractive widow.
Lloyd was u prominent Democrat and
a member of tne legislature. Gafford
is a Populist, and politics is saiii to have
figured in the killing.
A TAX COLLECTOR SHORT.
Itn;iei«cliiiieiit l*rori-«iHu i -* to llo llrought
-tgitln.t Lovt ut Mobile.
Montgomery, Alx. Aug. 31.—Ac-
i
cording to tne report of State Examin
ers Purifoy and Cowan, Tax Collector
E. B. Lott of Mobile county is $-19,000
short in his accounts for the tax year of
^ 1896. Giving him the benefit of tiie
j doubt, he is over $26,000 short. L>tt
! is one of the most prominent men in
the state. He is anvanced in years and
i is in failing health and his condition is
! pitiab e.
E.uiy in August Governor Johnston
, sent the examiners down to check up
; Mr. Lott’s office. They made com
plaints, after commencing upon the job,
that Lott's sons were Hindering the in-
I vestigation by withholding certain
i books. Proceedings were threatened
and the records wore ail finally turned
over.
The reports show that for years past
Loft inis been collecting largo amouuta
! of tax money before it wa< due, giving
discounts to the taxpayer, and in this
way raising money to settle up the
shortage of the current year,
i Lott’s bond is for $100,u.x), bur while
there are a dozen or more signers, it is
; doubtful whether the state can realize
I anything in the neighborhood of the
shortage. The surety bond does not
protect the shortage that occurred pre
vious to the past three months.
Liott has been tax collector c f Mobile
almost ever since the war On the re-
ceipt of tho report Governor dins ton
. suspended him aim notified Solicitor
Webb to bring impeachment procesd-
i ings at once.
FIRED ON A SLEEPING
MAN.
Kill
CUBAN CONGRESS COMING.
Succo**«»r to l*r«**UI«9fit <‘l*»tero* Will Be
NflrCte.l Soon.
New York Aug. 31.—Tomas Estrada
Palma, representative of the Cuban pro
visional government, has received the
cflicial list of deputies to the next Ca-
company’s quarry, near this city, have bun constituent assembly, which is to
quit work. These men get good wages,
hut there is a certain amount of work
which a fair hand is expected to do in a
working day. Several have Leon fall
ing behind this average and they were
notified by Manager Stewart that here
after they would be paid in accordance
with the amount of work done.
Tho inferior workmen prevailed on
the others to quit, so they marched out
in a body.
Mr. Stewart says ho will have no
trouble in quickly filling the places.
This company does a great deal of work
meet in Camaguey on Sept. 2. to elect a
new president, the office of the present i
incumbent expiring on Thursday. The
assembly will also revise l he present |
provincial constitution, which was
adopted for a term of two years ou Sept.
18, 1895. Each of the six army corps
sends four delegates to the assembly.
According to private advices, which
have just been received here, largo |
bodies of Spanish troops are being
massed in Camaguey for the purpose of i
preventing, if possible, the meeting of I
tho assembly. The insurgents, how
ever, have a large force in the district
lief is felt in official circles here at the 1 throughout the south. Tho majority o! t 'meet tiic convention
- -- - 1 stock is held in Savannah. ^ J
news that tho tribesmen who Monday
blocked the Kohat pass have been dis
persed. Colonel Gordon's column of
troops proceeded to K mat from Pesha
war. Dispatches recc ved from Pesha
war say that all i* qaiet there, though
occasional shots are exchanged between
the advance posts and the insurgents.
T«nnl* IonniHiutMit !*o*t|ioiitt<!.
Toronto, Aug. 31. — Tho Toronto
Lawn Tennis club's annual tourna
ment, which was to have begun 'Tues
day. nas been postponed until Thursday
on account of the Niagara tournament
not being completed, and in which
many of the players who have signified
their intention of competing here are
engaged.
dianze at Cleuiaon ('ollAgn.
Washington. Aug. 81.—Chief bln-
giueer W. F. Worthington has been de
tached from the Montgomery ami or
dered to Olemson college, Fort Hill, a.
O.. in place of Assistant Engineer G.
W. McElroy. whoso orders are revoked.
Ilcellno* i* Collngn rr«*l<l«iicr.
Colorado Springs, Aug. 31.—Presi
dent William F. Slocum of Colorado
college, in uu open letter to the friends
of the institution, lias aunouncsd bis
decision to decline the call to the presi
dency of Oberliu college.
Heftne* to Honor ICxtrailitlon.
Raleigh, Aug. 27.—The governor re- j
fuses to honor extradition papers of tho
governor of Georgia for Charles Hodges, j
now in Harnett county, wanted in Geor- ,
gia for disposing of mortgaged prop- j
erty. Governor Russell says Georgia’s
prosecution is merely to collect debt.
N» Mvre »1 it*»»» 1'olloe.
Columbia, S. O., Aug. 28.—Charle*-
Ion’s metropolitan police, the tiling that
has been more galling to tho people of
that city than martial law in 1865, wi.l
probably be discontinued in a low days
by Governor Ellerbx
McLaurlu l**u«* uu Aitilro**.
Coi.VMB!.*., 8. 0.. A tv' 27.—Senator
McLaurin, being unable to leave his
home before the close of the campaign,
has issued rn address to tho people. Jr
is mainly in defense of his votes on
the tariff bill.
Flftrciit Ypj»r* In tho l**n.
Greensboro, N. O., Aug. 27.—Luke
Richardson, a negro, who attempted iri
assault on a young lady nutned Sirffcrt
in this place about a mouth ago. wu*
■euteuced to 15 years in the pouitdu
tiary.
FrupoReil Ezpeilltlon A bum) on oil.
Chicago, Aug. 31.—Spanish Consul
Gimouez thinks the proposed army of
volunteers, numbering 200 men and
three carloads of guns and ammunition,
which were to leave this city for Cuba,
has been abandoned. It is reported that
the exposure of the movement in The
Times-Herald has thrown in Chicago a
score of Spanish detectives and secret
service men.
Spain to llani*li .Auurclilat*.
Madrid, Aug. 31.—The Spanish gov
ernment is formulating a plan to bring
about ti.e banishment of all anarchLts
from Spain. It is announced here that
anarchists will no longer bo allowed to
land in England and that therefore, the
government of Spain must deport them
to some American republic or a distant
Spanish possession.
Sutltlmm <Im«o I* l*n*tp»n«il.
Macon, Aug. 31.—Tho case against
the Southern railway, brought by raor-
clmnts of Macon to test tho validity of
the combination, will be postponed from
October to some date in November.
Senator Edmunds is employed in the
supreme court at the time the case was
set and Judge Speer has notified coun
sel to that effect.
\
Miuiit Sheriff Irirtl to
the of K f» iiottirt.
Minneapolis, Aug 31.—There was a
sensational shooting affray at tiie county
jail shortly after midnight. James i\
Murphy, a deputy sheriff, succeeded by
virtue of his official position in getting
access to the jud. He bn uuht with
him a woman or the town, who he said
was under arrest, and sent for Matron
W dodburu. Having thus cleared tiie
way he en*ered the iatter’s apartments
and opened lire on her husband. Claris
H. Woodburn, who was asleep in bed.
He fired 11 shots, five of which entered
Woodburu’s body, exclaiming:
“I’ll teach him to ruin my daughter.”
The watchman rushed m and pre
vented Woodburn. who had by this
time secured his own weapon, from fir
ing at his now retreating enemy. Mur
phy gave himself up and refused to dis
cuss the case except to say that he was
a Kentuckian and had shot to kill.
Woodburn is dangerously, but not
fatally shot. He will not talk.
Count r Fair* to He llrvlved.
Montgomery, Alx, Aug. 31.—Sev
eral of the counties of the state are
making preparations to hold county
fairs this fall. The custom used to pre
vail in ten or a dozen counties, but the
state fair was more important and dab-
orate than tho others, and m order not
to stand in the way of its success, the
several counties abandoned their county
fairs and devoted their attentions to
making creditable county exhibits at
the state exhibitions. The state fairs
have proved unprofitable and unwisely,
however, and the dispositions seems
now to bo to return to tho old county
fairs.
1 lie ami f'hentx
Atlanta, Aug. 31.—Mr. Luther E.
Rosser, special master in the case of
the Eagle and Pheuix Manufacturing
company receivers against Judge Bigby,
president of that company, has tuod his
report in the United States court. He
decides that Judge Bigby is indebted to
.the company to tho sum of $22,820.61,
and says that tho court should decree
that that amount be* turned over to the
company.
llrnker Tali©* Too Mueli Morphine.
Atlanta. Aug. 31.—J. W. Clarke, n
prominent stock broker of Bartow, Fia ,
died hero trom tho effects of an over
dose of morphine. There is no direct
cause assignable for the act, and those
at tho Southern hotel, where the m.iu
was stopping, are of the opinion that
tho dose was taken unwittingly, ami
pot with suicidal intent.
A Wommi s t*b« Her Klvat.
CHICAGO, Aug. 81. Mrs. Francis E.
Middleton, wife of George Middleton,
the theatrical manager, stabbed Bello-
Cannon, a pretty variety actress, in
flicting six wounds The’ injuries muv
prove fatal. Jealousy was tne (-uuf«
Mrs. Middleton chinned that Mis* t'l-
men had alienated her husband’* allic-
1 timi*