The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 04, 1897, Image 2
THE LEHOEU: GAFFNEY, S. C., NOVEMBER 4, 1807
New Orleans People i hink tho
Worst Is Over Now.
C2LD WEATIIE?. IN CRESCENT CITY
|'iij*'cl.4n» llellf*ve tli« Tallow Ja^U Will
ilapidiy l>er!ino him! Loho its infecting
l*oW0r—l r ev**r I 1m L*oam-
l»na Heport Heavy Frost*—Surgeou tar
ter on the ^Utiation.
New Orleans, Nov. 2—Now OrlcnriR
missed frost by 50 miles. It was r<> i
enough here for frost, tut tlie gtl
which blew out of the northwest nl
day did uof subside until morning, toe
result being that heavy clouds hovered
over the city all during the night. Tne
weather is still cold and clear and there j
are hopes that if it keeps up there will
soon be frost.
In an int rview with Dr. Carter oi !
the United States marine hospital ser
vice, that gentleman says the worst is
over. He believes that the fever will
now rapidly decline and that it will
lose its infecting power.
Things are cousiuerably brighter in ,
this city today, everybody feeling as if |
the present cold spoil is going to kill the i
fever entirely. There were heavy frosts j
all through the stare last night, and the
effect ef it is shown by the receipt of a
number of o dors for goods by local
merchants from places which have been |
Quarantined against New Orleans,
i^ At i p. m. th« board of health ro- j
ported but 11 new cases and four deaths.
THE CUBANS STAND FIRM.
Will Not Ar^«-|,t i*i« lucoiMtiny OSfjr«J »t
Till* l.nte l>ay by
Havana, via Key West, Nov. 2.—
“Cuba cannot accept autonomy," de- I
dares the insurgent government in a j
proclamation, “even in the ample form
enjoyed by Canada and the Australian
colonies. After our best chiefs and
150,000 per>ons have been wantonly
assassinated by Weyler, we will not
offend their memoiy by surrendering
to autonomy.
“Therefore, while rejecting the au
tonomy offered so late by tSuain, wo do
not believe it necessary to remind her
that our laws punish as guilty of high
treason ail persons who come to the ter
ritory of Cuba Lane with overtures for
the establishment of peace through uu
ton o my.”
The proclamation quoted from is the
most important of turee which have
just been circulated here secretly. It is
dated Sept. ^0. is issued by the "Presi
dent of the Republic of Cuba,” Senor
Domingo Mendez Capote, is counter
signed by Generals Gomez and Caiixto
Garcia, and bears the imprint, "El Cu-
bauo Libre; given at the free city of
Cubitaa” P predicts that the war for
independence will end soon.
Another of the proclamations calls
upon patriotic Cuban women to aid tne
wounded ami recoucentrados and not to
spent their money in frivolities.
The third proclamation, signed by
severnl reconcentruuos, attacks General
Weyler’s policy.
BLANCO IS NOW IN CHARGE.
The Citptala of Cuba Aaiilgn* !Ii« Ga,,.
• rain (o Tlielr IJutiea.
Havana, Nov. 2. — Marshal Blancc
has announced the respective assign
ments of the generals who accompanied
him on the Alfonso XIII.
General Gonzales Parrado will bo sec
ond in command and Vice Captain Gen*
era' Bernal will command at Piuar del
Rio; General Saiicedo at Sancti Spiritus;
General Aguierra at Santa Clara, and
General Luque at Holguin.
General Valderama will take com-
maim of the brigade in tho northern
part of Havana province, and General
Ceballos of i.ie southern brigade.
Seven hundred reinforcements have
arrived from Spain. On Wednesday of
next week Generals Bazuu, Obreguu
and Ores, with Senor Gamundi, former
secretary of the general government,
Will sail for Spain.
IlireM Friend* Goe* to Hitvanflu
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 2.—The
tug "Three Friends" left amid boom
ing cannon and other salutes towing a
schooner loaded partly with cattle bound
for Havana. An interesting rumor is
that the tug is selected by the Cuban
junta on account of her past record us
a filibuster, in the hope that when she
appears in Havana harbor the resent
ment of the Spaniards will take the
form of a seizure. As the United States
deputy raarsnal is aboard, this will con
stitute sufficient grounds, so the Cubans
hope, for mutant Interference by Wasu-
iugtou officials.
Th« >U|»r«iua < ourt May Meat.
Bikmixoham, Ala., Nov. 2.—Drs. Gas
ton and Sanders of the state board of
health are said to have answered the
letter addressed to Governor Johnston
by the supreme court in reference to
their going into Montgomery fur the
purpose of holding court and then re
turning to the northern part of the
state again. The reply is in the affirma
tive. The doctors in North Alabama
are opposed to tho scheme.
The Situation at Memphis.
Memphis, Nov. 2.—The fever situa
tion is brighter. At 1 p. m. the board
of health leported there had been no
Dew cases since 2 o’clock Monday after
noon. Mrs. B. F. Mason died at 209
Virginia avc me. She had been ill one
week. Weather clear, and government
thermometer registered 50 at noon.
Ha* Ohm Death*
Nashville, Nov. 2 —W. F. Burton,
Who was taken ill in Memphis last Sun
day mid came to Nashville Tuesday,
died here wi'h every symtitom of yel
low fever and his remains were iuterred
•t Mt. Olivet
l>*nv*r'e Poatmastar I>«a<t.
Denver, Not. 2—James H. Jordan,
postmastsr of Denver, died at midnight
from an overdose of morphine pills
which he had taken, supposing them to
bocatuaittc pills.
MANY FARMERS TO MEET. KENTUCKY IS DEMOCRATIC.
t'otton Aereitffa Will He Fon-
*i«trr«H nt < oitunbia.
Coi.T7.vma. S. C . Oct. 29. —President
Wiibelli of tho State Farmers’ Alliance
has issued this call to tho farmers and
cotton growers:
“As president of the Farmers’ State
Alliance organization of this state, I
have been requested bv numbers of the
loprosentutive members of the organi
sation to take the initiative in calling a
meeting of the farmers of the southern
states, with tiie view to suggesting
some action in the future looking to
the regulation of the acreage of cotton;
a 1 - to discuss the plans and methods
o' marketing the cotton crop, so that
t < producers of this great staple shall
r< <- vi- tne real value of the crop, and
m t he forced to sacrifice the crop by
un .or combinations, together with tiie
munip'jiutioiis of the gambling cotton
exciianges of tnp country, aided by the
unjust accumulation of all the money
of the country at one center at the prin
cipal time of the year when our cotton
is g' ing into market.
“With these objects in view, I desire
to request the cotton growers of the va
rious counties in this state to meet on
salesduy in November and seieec one or
more delegates to represent them at a
meeting to be held in this city of Co
lumbia, on Wednesday, Nov. 10. for the
purpose of discussing the matters men
tioned above.”
Hlv<-r Men Will HmVm m M»J»rlty In the
>eat Opiierel .An.eiuUIy.
Louisville, Nov. 2.—The latest re
turns from the state indicate the elec
tion of Shackelford, the sdver Demo
cratic nominee for clerk of the court of
appeals. Conservative estimates place
iue vote of Hindman, national Dem
ocratic nominee foi tne same office, at
Iroiii tfO.OOO to 25,0J'J.
Reports from tne various legislative
districts throughout the state are to the
effect that the Democrats will have a
majority in the next general assembly.
A large vote was polled all over the
state, notwithstanding the inclement
weather. But few’ disordois of a seri
ous nature occurred.
Returns from the state indicate a
Democratic victory. In alt the towns a
large vote was polled, but out in the
country tne vote was light, due to the
heavy rain that fell over the state.
With the exception of the trouble at
Frankfort, no serious disorders are re
ported At Frankfort, however, it is
reported that the negroes and white Re
publicans were bo badly intimidated
that they staid' away trom the polls.
The Republican vote shows a decrease
of neany 25 per cent in that county.
Reports tiom State Senator Henry L
Martin’s abmot indicate that he mane
a winning lignt for his old seat. Mr.
Martin ran as a national Democrat and
waa indorsed by tne Republicans.
COTTON MEN IN CAROLINA. ; ROUTES TO GOLD FIELDS.
AatnriMtlun of X«sfv Kiiglantl -HstnufMC*
ttirrr* P|t«»ii«lft m Day m( A»||«» vlt !•*.
Asheville, N.O., Nov. 2.—President
R. W. Eaton of the New England Cot
ton Manufacturers’ association, accom
panied by 06 members of the organisa
tion, spent the day in this city looking
over its advantages from a manufactur
ing standpoint.
The party is traveling through south
ern territory by invitation of tn« South
ern railway. Tney will visit Spartan
burg, G eenville, Columbus and other
points in South Carolina, and Char
lotte, Concord and other towns in Norm
Carolina.
These manufacturers are looking over
the territory witn a view of removing
their plants from New England to tiie
south, or of engaging in the cotton
mill business here independent of their
northern holdings.
SUICIDES WITH SCISSORS.
Convict Mr|»h*n HryMnt M:nb« Hjtn*elf li»
* * 1* FrNoit Coll,
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 1.—The con
victing of Stephen Bryant, a farmer of
Marion, for tne murder of his son-in-
law, was reported several days ago. As
there was a plea of insanity he waa
recommended to mercy and sentenced to
life imprisonment. On Wednesday
Bryant was brought to the penitentiary
and Thursday put to work In the
hosiery factory.
As subsequent events proved, he se
creted in his clothes a pair of scissors
used in the factory. Early Friday
morning a guard, hearing groans, went
to Bryant'a cell and found him welter-
iug in his blood.
He had stabbed himself in the throat,
severing his jugular vem. He was dy
ing when found.
^Zlnifttcr of thn
I 111! hoot
Interior 8jfton Sityj the
l # a*« 1* the Ke*t.
Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 2.—Minister
of the Interior Sifton, who has been in
vestigating the different routes into the
Yukon, arrived here from Dyea on tiie
Dominion steamer Quadra. Mr. Sifton
is of the opinion that the Ohilknot pass
is a better one tha.ii the While pass
Regarding reports of starvation at
Dawson Guy, Mr. Sifton stated that his
latest advices were to the effect that
there would be enough provisions to
last until soring
Major Waish, the administrator of
the Yukon, who Is now on his way. will,
on his arrival there, make a report to
the dominion government on the situa
tion, and the necessitv of the govern
ment sending in provisions. The Quadra
brought down meagre details ot some
more rich strikes on
Dawson City.
FIVE KILlfl IN 1FKIII
Eluc Grans State the Scene cl
c. Bloody Battle.
POLITICIANS USE TCEIE PISTOLS
JVliVMTMt lr Mini ICl* |MI l> I ioittt
Wnrkrr* f'liivlt ami ** * KtsnUit
Whitts* anil I \v»i X«groe4 Ar« Dea l.
&«*V«ral Olh*r* on Holli Mile* Wounded
Slightly.
Frankfort, Ky.. Nov. 2. — Thice
white men dead, one or more negroes
dead, one while man fatally wounded,
and several of both colors slightly
wounded, aro the results so far an
nounced of a double battle between Re
publican and Democratic election work
ers near hero.
Several Democrats, having been out
side the town for the purpose, it is
charged by the Republicans, of corral
ling negroes in a bulipen to prevent
their voting, were stopped on tneir
route back to town by a party headed
by Frank Eubert and others. In tho
battle that followed, one of Edbert’s
men. Howard Glore, was killed, ana
William ^mith, driver for the Demo
cratic party, had his leg shot off by E i
b*rt. A negro was killed by a stray
bullet at the same time and was found
near Glore on tl»e roadside.
The battle was renewed down town,
when Deputy sheriff Teakins attempted
to nrrest Eabert. Teakius was kihed
and Edoert also fell, dying instantly
from a buiiet from Teakius’ pistol, as he
fell, or from that of one of the bystand
ers. one of whom was Edbert’s brother-
in-law.
Mayor Julian has organized a large
body of special police, in view of the
excitement, as he fears further trouble,
owing to the bitter feeling between tho
workers of the two parties ami the
friends of the men killed and injured.
The merest trifle of a quarrel would bo
likely to result m a resort to firearms.
I 1 ALL COTTON MILLS ACTIVE. THE OLD SYSTEM ON TOP.
SMALL RIOT AT SCOTTDALE.
ASSAULTED IN HIS OFFICE.
Tb* Former Sp.nk.r of ill. Tennr»m-«
Sonat. 1. H.dljr Treat, j.
Nashville, Nov. 2.—At Gallatin,
Hon. W. C. Dismukos. ex-speaker of
the state senate, was assaulted by Jim
and Charles Rodes, iu his office. Jim
Rodes hud filed suit against E. B Tur
pin’s estate to recover $2,100, alleged to
be due. Mr. Dismukes filed an answer
that Turpin had supported the Rodes
family, and nwed him nothing.
The Rooes brothers went into Dis-
muke’s office and assaulted him with
heavv sticks, but were interfered with.
Three Laboring: Men Are Harily li*Jared.
1 lie < »n*e of lli* Trouble.
Scottdalk, Pa., Nov. 2. —A riot oc-
the creek near curred here in which Henry Gillespie,
John Jordan and Manager skimp of
the Scotfdale Iron and Steel company
were badly injured. A union man,
Frank Keltz, was beaten into iusensi-
btiuy by nonunion Iron workers and
Keltz’s fellow workmen showed ven
geance.
Manager Skimp, fearing trouble when
his men quit w’ork, formed 80 or 40 of
them into line and marched up Pitts
burg street. At Broadway a largo
crowd had gathered and tour of tho
muiohers, with drawn revolvers, stepped
to the front and ordered the crowd
back. This was responded to by u shot,
followed by a regular fusillade, fully 50
snots being firod, nearly all coming
from the nonunion men. >
Manager Skimp was shot in the left
Martin Dismukea, a brother of the . - . . .
man who whs assaulted, secured a gun ,oot ’ and was struck by a stone or brick
ami fired at the Rodes brothers, but shot
Tw<* Mon l^MO Th.ir l ive..
Beaufort, N. C., Oct. 80. — Cape
Lookout schooner John Twohy, Captain
Stevenson, from Port Tampa, bound tor
New York with a cargo of phosphate
rock, leaking 3,000 strokes an hour,
pumps broke down, vesiel iu safe har
bor will have to tow to destination.
Captain Stevenson on the twemy-fifth
sighted a yawl boat with seven men in
it. The sea was running high and
blowing a gale. With great difficulty
they hove the Twohy to. The boat,
in attempting to get alongside, was
capsized and two men were lost. The
other five were rescued iu au exhausted
condition, having been in the yawl 20
hours. The drowned men were Cap
tain Stevenson and Mate Sanders.
An Iiitere*tiug <'m*« Argued.
Ralkioh, Nov. 1.—A case at once
interesting and important was argued
before Associate Justice Montgomery of
the supreme court, under habeas corpus
proceedings. It was that of Miss Sal be
Ferguson of Henderson, who was
arrested for sellimr pianos, as tne repre
sentative of a Norfolk firm, without
license. Justice Montgomery discharged
Miss Ferguson, saying that this provis
ion of the revenue act was void and un
constitutional. so far us it applies to
persons outside of the state who sell by
sample, catalogues, etc., in that it is
violative of tne interstate commerce act.
Soiuttur Hutlar So.uta • Soliaiu*.
Ralkiuh, Oct. 29.—Senator Butler
says in his paper that it has informa
tion which leads it to believe that th«
Western Union Telegraph company is
attempting to work a deal with tha
railroad commission, and that the plan
seems to be to remand the injunction
case to the commission from the federal
courts and then have the message rate
fixed at 25 cents, on condition that the
company pays more taxes.
ex-Mayor (X N. Guthrie in the leg.
Dead stranger I* Idenlifl.d.
Charleston, Nov. 2.—The body of
the stranger found on Sullivan's island
beach Monday has been identified by a
puiser of the steamer Iroqaois as H.
Johnson, who took passage from New
York on Weunesuay last and left the
ship at Charleston on Friday. He
stayed at the hotel here two uighta and
went to the is.and Sunday, It is
thought here that he committed suicide
and that his name was possibly as
sum'd The Masons have charge of
the body and will search for his family.
CUnarn. Is In tli* Windy City.
Ciiicaoo, Nov. 2 —Senorita Bvange-
liua Cossio y Cisneros, the young Cuban
girl made famous by her sensational
escape from a Havana prison, has
arrived iu Chicago. Accompanying her
from Washington were Mrs. S. J.
Miacias, who acted au iutepreter. and
Miss Katherine Thomas of New York.
On Thursday evening a publia reception
will be held, at which United States
Senator William E Mason will speak.
Miss Cisneros will return to Wasiiiug-
ton the latter part of the week.
Falling Anal of the t)ona*r.
London, Nov. 8.—Charles Frohmau’s
manager was thrown into a panic by
the censor on Thursday, who returned
the curtain raiser for “The First Born,”
entitled “A Night’s Session,” with his
disapproval, commenting that it was
too French. Lestocq, the author,
rushed to the censor and requested him
to point out the obnoxious passages,
which proved to be numerous. Lestocq
then rewrote the play overnight, set a
company at work rehearsing it, and the
censor withdrew his veto.
on the left side of the head, and is s-n-
ously, though not dangerously, wonnded.
Henry Gillespie was shot through
the right arm, the ball passing through
the artery, and lie almost bled to death
before the wound could be dressed.
John Joruau had three fingers shot
off. Meveral others were slightly in-
I ured by being struck with stones.
r rom the number of shots fired it is al
most miraculous that no one was killed
oattight.
Gillespie claims that when the shoot
ing commenced lie started for a place of
safety. He claims tnat he was fired at
by Manager Skimp.
Thomas Gillespie, a brother of Heury,
■tales tnat he saw Manager Skimp fire
three shots iu the direction of Heury.
Gillespie will swear out a warrant for
the arrest of Manager Skimp for feloni
ous «''ootiiig. Four uouuuiou men were
arrested.
TROUBLE
Nsgru
IN FORT PIERCE.
Aflar (Its Klsphsnt Tartarsrs.
RaLBIGH, Oct. 80 —John P. Harris of
New York city, president of the Amer
ican Society for the Prevention of Cru
elty to Animals, has notified Dr. Bal
lard, president of the North Carolina
society, that he offers $100 reward for
the arrest ami conviction of the persons
who tortured by fire at Greensboro the
big elephant Syd, owned by Robinson
& Franklin’s circua The reward holds
good anywhere.
K|»t»n Appnlal«<l by Kllarba
Columbia, S. O., Nov. 1.—Governor
Eilerbe has appointed L P. Eptou, the
present auditor of Spartanburg, to suc
ceed Mr. Norton as comptroller general,
the latter having resigned that office on
receiving bin uomiuiseiou as congress
man. Euer lireutou was appointed to
succeed Eptou as auditor of Spartan
burg.
Mas L«bord* a ■>•• Mas.
Columbia, S. O.. Oct. 29.—Max La-
ftorde has been acquitted of the charge
of murder, the jury agreeing after 18
hours There was applause when the
verdict was announced.
Me Put a Mullet Iu FIs Heart.
Columbia. S. C., Nov. 2.—Joseph W.
Atkinson, 21 years old, and a telegraph
operator in the office of the train dis
patcher at this place for the Southern
railway, committed suicide here by
■ hooting himself through the heart. He
left a note to hia mother, which waa
taken possession of by his roommate.
Atkinson’s mother lives in Atlanta, and
he has a brother at Seneca. His posi
tion afforded him a comfortable living,
and he was in line of promotion.
Kdwani lluyii** Is Convlotail.
Watertown. N. Y , Nov. 2.—The
Haynes trial, the longeBt murder trial
ever held iu Jefferson county, has ended,
and Edward G. Haynes, alias George
Allen, who, while a soldier in the Ninth
infantry at Madison barracks, on April
10, last, killed Mary Crouch aud Mary
Daly, haa been declared guilty of mur
der in the second degree. The trial
lasted eight weeka
Rabbars M*ha Thalr K-e«pa.
Deadwood, S. D., Nov. 2 —The foar
Belle Fourohe robbers overpowered the
Lawrence county jailer and hia wife,
assaulted the woman and escaped into
the hills, taking with them William
Moore, a negro murderer. The robbers
are members of the desperate Carry
gang of outlaws and wore captured ouly
a week or two ago iu Montana after a
aevere battle.
&sttlem«et at the Flnrlda Town
Hroken Up by While*.
Fort Pierce, Fla, Nov. 2.—Serious
trouble has occurred here between ne
groes aud whites, the result being that
the negro settlement has been broken
up. and all the members of the race
compelled to leave.
Tne cause of the trouble was an in
sulting and obscene note handed by a
negro to a respectable young white lady
while at the postofiice. She did not
open the note until she reached her
home and then promptly showed it to
her brother, who. arming himself and
notifying the neighbors, went after the
offender to deal summary punishment.
The negro, however, had been spirited
away by bis friends and was not canght.
The whites, disappointed at not finding
him, tnrned their attention to others of
the race, who have a small settlement
on the edge of tho town.
lte<I*klu* Av« uu tb* Man.
Lat, Colo., Nov. 2.—Sheriff Nieman
has gone to the Indian camp, where
Deputy Game Warden Wilcox bad his
fight, and which has been deserted by
the Indians. The sheriff says he will
drive the Indians out of the state. Set
tlers from the lower Bear and Snake
river valleys are still waiting here. No
white men have yet been killed by the
Indians, but they said they would am
bush the wmtes if they followed them
to B>ue mountain. Lilly Park people
are all right.
l|i* ln>ll*it Tionbl** Ovar.
Denver, Nov. 8.—No addi’loual news
has been received at the state capital
conoeriiiug the Indian troubles in Routt
County. The troubles are )«ii< ven to
be over, aud tbe cavalry troop under
Captain Wright is probably now on the
ground.
A Varnasr Is A*»a*«l UB t*d.
Arlington, Ga, Nov. 8. — Julian
King, a highly respected farmer near
here, was aisassiuated while feeding bis
horse. A white man and two negroes
are suspected, two of whom are under
ftrrest.
Ax*d Pr**eh*r rba**s Away.
Chattanooga, Nov. 1—Rev. John J.
Beeson, one of the oldest Baptist minis
ters of North Alabama, died near Scotia-
boro very saddeuly of apoplexy.
Textile F*elo»i«« 1« the S«*th Are Itau*
Mini* on Double Tlm«.
Chattanooga, Nov. 8.— An encour
aging feature of the industrial situation
iu the south the large number ojjfen-
lurgemhnte" of manufacturing plants,
principally cotton mills, reported by
The Tradesman during the past week.
The Number of new industries also
shows a healthy Increase, aud The
Tradesman’s southern correspondents
reyort an active movement iu nearly all
lines of trade.
The temporary lull in the demand for
iron is having no unfavorable effect on
the market, and prices continue firm,
especially in southern iron, with an up
ward tendency.
Tiie textile industiy is characterized
by increased activity, all the mills be
ing bu-y aud many running on double
time.
Lumber operators, for the most part,
report a satisfactory trade, except at
th*)se points where the quarantine regu
lations have interfered with business.
Among the most important new in
dustries for the week are the following:
The Arkansas Brick and Manufactur
iug company, capital $50,000. L’ttl
Rock, Ark.; the Hvgeia Ice and Fue
company, diipital $25,000, Spartanburg,
S. C.; a $20,000 foundry and machine
shop at Birmingham, Ala.; the C* mi-
neutai Land company, canitai $50.00),
Atlanta, Ga.; the Energizer Momen
tum Engine Heat. Light and Rower
company, Charleston, W. Va., and the
Charlestown, W. Va.. Electric Light,
Heat and Rower company, oapital, $15,-
000.
The Alabama King Mining company,
capital $100,000, has been organized at
Atlanta, Gn.. to develop Alabama gold
mines; tue Southern Oil company, capi
tal $400,000, chartered at Corsicana,
Tex.; the F nk Creek Oil and Gas com
pany, at Weston, W. Va.. aud a to
bacco manufacturing company, with a
capital of $100,000, at Tampa, Fia.
The Bessemer City Cotton Mills, cap
ital $25,000, have been incorporated at
Bessemer City, N. G.; tho Ceutralia
Boom and Lumber comoauy, capital
?4S,000. at Cenfrulia, W. Va., and the
Fitzgerald Lumber cmnyauy, capital
$40,000, at Ceutralia, W. Va.
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ASSAILANT UNDER ARREST.
ISIack I!rnt« Who Assaultm! Mi** Colo I*
Now lt«hln<i the Mar*.
Rockinohah, N. C., Nov. 2.—A ne
gro was arrested at Liiesville wno has
been identified by a sister of Miss Liilie
Cole as the brute who assaulted her on
Oct. 23. He is about 21 years of ape. of
dark color and about fi'ij feet high, tie
anmits being in Rockingham tnat night.
On the morning of the assault this ne
gro came into Captain Everett’s store
with dirt on his hat and clothes and
asked Mr. Taylor, the clerk, for a brush,
with which to brusn away the dirt.
Aft-r the arrest Mr. Taylor was sent
over to identity him as the same man
who called for tho brush on the twenty-
third. This he found no difficulty in
doing. The prisoner was brought to
Rockingham, and Mayor Everett had
the sister—the ouly one who could
identify the < ulpm—in the waitingroom
at the depot on the arrival of the train,
which only stopped a few moments.
The prisoner was qmokly carried into
the presence of the youug lady, who at
once recognized him as the fiend who
asKHUited her sister. The prisoner wuh
immediately taken buck to the train aud
sent to Raleigh for safe keeping.
CHAT FROM CHARLESTON.
Cha , ria»ii iiu.1l to Heport • Hill U«uc
tlm ’.«*•<• of Convict*
Atlanta, Nov. 2.—The penitentia
committee of tho house spent most
the afternoon iu trying to decide what
to do with the tattered remtent of tho
Hall bill, which the joint committee re
ported to the legislature. Chairman
Hull called the committee together and
laid ihe measuie as reported before the
members. Tney wrestled with it for
several hours, and accomplished noth
ing except the elimination of that sec
tion which provided for the establish
ment of a penal colony on the property
which the state now owns at Miiledge-
ville.
The bill is thir< left wh no provision
for either a central p'-uitentiary or a
reformatory, and it will -<> to tho legis
lature as practically proposing a re
newal of the old lease.
The Miiledgevilie suggestion wus
knocked out by the subcommittee ap
pointed last week to inspect the prop
erty. This committee spent three days
In Miiledgevilie aud in ttieir report tney
say that it would bo “impracticable aud
highly improper” to mix the state’s
convicts wuh the state’s lunatics.
Chairman Hall was instructed to pre
sent what ia left of his bill at the first
opportunity.
The present condition of tho convict
question is a good deal worse than it
Was a couple of months ago, when the
chairman of the house and senate peni
tentiary committees called a special
meeting of those two bodies to settle it
in order that no contest would be
dumped upon the legislature. As it
stands today the settlement of the ques
tion is no nearer solution than it was
when the voice of the first advocate of
reform was lifted in Georgia.
CONFEDS IN THE CAPITAL.
All Corumamler* of lioorgli* to Hold
«* M*‘etiii;f nt Atlanta.
Atlanta, Nov. 2.—AU commanders
of confederate camps iu the state will
meet in Atlanta Friday for the purpose
of better organizing tho forces, prepara
tory to the annual reunion here next
year. General CX A. Evans, who is
commander-in chief of the veterans iu
Georgia, and in response to whose cad
the old soldiers will come, has heard
from a number of those who are at the
head of camps, mid all have agreed to
come.
The object of tho meeting will be tho
formation of new camps in the state,
the consideration of a plan wherebyail
oi l soldiers in tins state can attend tiie
reunion aud the dh>cu*siou of tho battle
abbey question. Under present pros
pects General Evans hopes to have
every camp iu th* state iu line at the
great parade during the reunion.
There will be much rivalry as to which
will turu out the greatest uumber o'
men. Recently a number of new camps
have been formed iu the southern part
of the state, aud it is to eucouruge the
formation of new chapters that Gei
era! Evans called the present session.
JUDGE PARDEE IN ATLANTA.
Hcerelurg Alg*r t« Vl.it th* City bjr the
S.a—He ward I nr Firebug*.
Charleston, Nov. 2 —The commit
tee on ways and means of the city
council met aud considered the petition
submitted to council last Tuesday from
the commercial organizations aud mer
chants urging an appropriation of $-5 000
for the arrest and conviction of (he
party or parties who recently set lire to
the steamships Idar and Rotherfiehl.
The committee decided favorably upon
the petition and Mayor Smyth has is
sued a proclamation to that effect.
Application was made to Judge Si
mon ton by James Boyd and others for
a receiver for the Southern Blue Fiber
company of Aiken county. The com
pany was incorporated under the laws
of the state of New Jersey, but last
spring the charter was declared null
aud void by the legislature of New Jer
sey, aud the complainants now wish a
receiver appointed to settle up the
affairs of the defunct oorporatiou.
Secretary Alger is coming south this
winter, aud will visit Charleston aud
Bullivau’s island.
All*e«<l Murderer* Acquitted.
Asheville, N. G., Nov. 2.—The cir
cuit court jury, in the case of George
Hall and Abe Davidson, negroes,
charged with the murder of Harry
Slagle, returned a verdict of acquittal,
after being out 8 minutes. Slagie was
fouud dead beside the railroad track
near Swannauoa Station July last, and
the state’s theory was that Hall and
Davidson murdered aud robbed him aud
placed the body on the track to divert
suspicion.
Urraoliar Zhnot* Wlf* and **lf.
Columiiia, 8. 0., Got. 30.—Rev. J. L
Burdine, a Baptist preacher living iu
the upper part of Pickens county, who
bad been on a protracted spree, shot his
wife through the heart wuh a revolver,
killing her instantly. He then flied a
88 caliber ballet into his brain. He is
■till living, but unconscious. The cook
was the only wituesa Mrs. Burdine
was a sister of Major Stewart, clerk of
the court of Bickeua
Juatlcs Duav.r I* Convicted.
Asheville, N. C., Nov. 2 —W. H.
Deaver, a fusion magisirate and the
justice who issued a rule fur contempt
against Judge Ewart, has been con
victed ky a jury of embezzlement of
public funds The maximum penalty
is five years. He will l>e sentenced
later. There are throe other bills of in-
dictmout against bin*.
U« W||| Try Several iin|»ort»Mt <'a*e« Ite-
fwrt» Cioing to Now Orleau*.
Atlinta. Nov. 2.—Judge D. A. Par
dee of the circuit court of appeals has
arrived in the city for the purpose of
trying several important cases wlucn
have been carried to his court, and it .s
probable that he will be here for seveiul
weeks.
Cases have been put down on his
docket for Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, but they are ail lengthy aud it
is extremely likely that each one will
take a day or two for settlement.
Judge Pardee came to this city from
his summei home iu Ohio, which nas
been his place of residence for the past
several mouths. It is his invariable
rule to take a lengthy vacation during
tiie heated term of each year, and he ia
now on his way back to his winter resi
dence and the place of the sitting of his
court, New Orleans.
What his actions will be after trying
the cases in this city it is, of course, im
possible to tell, but it is thought that
he will remain in this city until after
the yellow fever epidemic has been
stamped out of Now Orleaua
Georgia Dalryme't tit Meet.
Macon, Nov. 2.—More than 250 dairy
men from all sections of the state will
meet in Macon on Nov. 17 iu attend
ance upon the fourth animal convention
of the Georgia Dairymen’s association.
The meeting this year promises to be
the most interesting that nos ever been
held, and the dairymen from all parts of
the cattle raising districts of Georgia
are enthusiastic iu their rivalry with
each other for the various prizes that
are offered. The association was or
ganized four years ago for the purpose
of encouraging the dairy interests of
the stata U. J. Redding of Griffin is
president, aud M. L. Duggan of Sparta
Is secretary.
Stata Library Apnoliitm.nt.
Atlanta, Nov. 2.— The appointment
of Judge Harris of the Coweta circuit to
a place on the railway commission,
which seems to be a foregone conclu
sion, may affect the library appoint-
{ mout, as the governor will hardly go
down into the Fourth district for both
officers. With Brown out of the race
the issue will be between Glessner of
Griffin aud Milledge. Both men are
confident of success. Mrs. Longstreet
is said to strongly favor the appoint
ment of Mnledge. and it is even ru
mored that she withdrew in his interest.
Antlb*ll Law la Atlanta.
Atlanta. Nov. 2.—The general conn-
eil has passed » bill prohibiting the
playing of football iu the city limits.
Any person violating the ordinance will
be subject to a tine of $100 or imprison
ment for 80 days, either or both, iu the
discretion of the recorder.
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N.w Naval Km.rva DlvUlon.
Raleigh, Nov. 1.—Governor Russell
is asked for leave to organize a naval
reserve division at Southport. The in
teresting feature is that it is composed
entirely of nfiots, several of whom
were noted pilots on confederate block
ade runners.
Th* Wayero.* Fair Op.a*.
Waycrowi, Ga., Nov. A—The Way-
erosa fair opened here. Senator Steve
Clay delivered the opening address. He
was introduced by Representative W.
G Brantley. An immense attendance
marked the first day. Several thousand
Visitors are oa baud.
North Ceveltalaa Named.
Washington, Nov. 8 — B. P. Stepp
has been appointed postmaster at Flat
Rock. N. a a