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, THE LET7GER: GAFFNEY, S. C.. MARCH 24, 1898. DEPARTMENTS IN DARK Report of the Inquiry Board Not Yet Received. "WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEK Finding;* Kxpected to Roarli Washing ton by Friday—Survivor of '>lalj«« ! i Said to Have Substantiated K.ttrrnai ; Explosion Story—No More Foreign Warships Bought For Our Xav>. i Washington, March 22.—It can be stated positively and authoritatively that the report of the court of inquiry on ! the Maine disaster had not been received ! up to noon today. From the same an- | thorithtive source it can bo stated that present official information is that the ! report Is not likely to be here beforo next Thursday or Friday. It is a mate- ! rial change from the expectation prior to this time. The cause of the delay is not known, but it is assumed that the conclusions of the court are not yet in such a form as to warrant their earlier presentation here. If the report is coming by Captain Barker, as some press dispatches inti mate. the fact is not disclosed in any of ficial quarter here. Nor indued is ihe routine by which the report will be transmitted made public, as it wogld merely serve to jeopardize its safe trans mission, and arouse groundless conject ure. Secretary Long issued an order today that the Amazonas, the cruiser recently purchased from the Brazilian govern ment, hereafter shall bear the name of “New Orleans,” in honor of the prin cipal city of Louisiana. The government has made no further purchases of warships, but its negotia tions in that line have been productive of at least one important result, namely, in establishing that Auless the battleship General O’Higgins becomes the property of the United States it will not be sold at all. Spain, it is confidently asserted, will not be able to secure this war ves sel, nor are her chances any letter or as good as those of the United States. Practically the same condition prevails as to the Argentine armored cruiser San Martino, which will become the prop erty of this government if it passes out cf the hands of Argentina. Aside from these facts, there was the usual flood of speculative report current today, including a renewal of the report that Lieutenant Blow, one of the Maine’s survivors, who reached here Saturday, brought a letter from Admiral Sicard containing the information that the ex plosion was external, but could not be directly attributed to the Spanish gov ernment. Officials high in authority are loath to make specific denials of these reports, as so many of them are afloat, but inferentially the statement was dismissed as unwarranted. Secretary Long’s office at the navy de partment was again the center of con ferences today. Senator Halo, chair man of the senate committee on naval affairs, was one of the early callers and spent half an hour with Mr. Long. Sen ator Pritchard of North Carolina also had a talk with Mr. Long. Mr. Hale went from the secretary’s office to the ■White House and had a talk with the { (resident. Within a short time he was ollowed by Secretary Long, who spent some time with the president. SOUTH TO HAVE BIG DOCK. Newport News Will Be Able to Re ceive Largest Battleships. Baltimore, March 19.—In view of the agitation in favor of the enlargement of our navy and the necessity in connec tion therewith of increased docking fa cilities, it is a matter of interest to know that the south is to have through private capital by far the largest dry- dock in the United States, and doubtless the largest in the world. The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry dock company, of which Mr. C. P. Huntington is the chief owner, has in vested *5,000,000 or $6,000,000 in the great shipbuilding plant at Newport News, and there is now to be added to this a drydock, which will make this plant one of the most conspicuous ship building enterprises in the world. The company telegraphs to the Manu- fa< •tnrers’ Record, confirming the rumor that they will at once build a large dry- dock at that point and giving details as to its size. It will be constructed in two sections, each capable of docking the largest la'tleship. The total length of the dock will be 1,150 feet, with a width at the bottom of 80 feet and a width at the top of 165 feet, and in every respect will lie of the latest and most improved design. In its telegram the company adds: “We ask no subsidy from the govem- tnent.” This dock will lie in length almost double the largest drydock now in the country, and its cost will probably con siderably exceed $1,000,000. CAGE DON’T EXPECT WAR. Secretary of Treasury Says Complica tions Will Be Adjusted. Cleveland, March 21. — Secretary Gage frankly declares that he docs not believe present complications with Spain Will lead to a war. He says: “The people of the country are getting used to this talk of war and they under- Maud that it means little or nothing. There is, of course, a possibility of war, and if it comes the financial resources of the government are equal to any emer gency which may confront us. “President McKinley would doubtless fcsk for and get any appropriation he wanted. Our credit abroad is of the best, as evidenced by the standing of our bonds. The price quotations on government securities is the best sign of the excellent condition of the govern- tnent. The business interest* have not yet lieen seriously affected by the possibilities of war.” BIG RIFLES COMING SOUTH. Strategical Value of Inside Water Route Will Be Tested. New York, March 22.—A boatload of powder and supplies which was asserted to have come from Fort Schuyler up Che sound, has been landed on the pier Governor's island. Barrels and boxes and cans, evidently containing various kinds of explosives, were placed on the wharf and carefully covered with tar- jMUilins. No information was given as to what is to he done with them. Four 10-inch rifles and two 8-inch rifles, which have been tested at the Sandy Hook proving grounds, will be carried by the schooner Daisy Darling, wHf’h will tail for Key West some time this week. While it is stated that these guns are to be landed at Key West for the fortifi cations, it is believed here taat some of them will find their way to Dry Tortu- gas, which is being fortified for an ad vanced naval station. Other guns are soon to be sent south from the Watervleit arsenal and for the first time the strategical value of the well known inside water route will be tested. Risk of rusting guns and ammunition on the open sea, where they would be liable to capture should hostilities occur, has been recognized by the authorities. The barge M. Moran has already been sent to Troy and will be loaded with supplies. It could cany a cargo of 200 tons through the canals and narrow straits which constitute the inside chan nel from New York to Beaufort, S. C. Lieutenant L. C. Hall, aid-de-camp on the start' of General Merritt, has started south for the purpose of completing a series of maps of the Atlantic coast near fortifications and the surrounding coun try. He will be gone several weeks. SPANISH HATRED OF MAINE. MATERIA!. Incident at a Bullfight In Huvana Before the Explosion. Savannah, March 22.—Captain F. G. Tcasdale of the British bark Diva ar rived here today. He saw the explosion of the Maine, and was a witness before the court of inquiry. His testimony, he says, related to what he heard from others and to the intensity of Spanish feeling in Havana against the Maine prior to her destruction. “A slight indication of this feeling,” said Captain Tcasdale, “was shown at a bullfight which I attended a few days before the explosion. “A Mexican bull was driven into the ring. He was not sufficiently aggres sive and was prodded and lanced and finally barbs were planted in his body. When these exploded there arose cries of ‘Give it to him!’ ‘That’s the Maine!’ These cries were loudly cheered. “There is a deepseated and scarcely repressed hatred for Americans in Ha vana, and the Maine explosion has not improved it.” PORT ROYAL’S PREDICAMENT No Duty on Guns and Supplies Purchased Abroad. HOUSE ADOPTS THE BILL Democrat* Try to Poke Fun at Ding- ley, Who Introduced the Measure, Citing th" Republican Claim That “the Foreigner Pays the Tax”—A Slisslssippian Defends the South. Washington, March 21.—At the open ing of the hous'i today Mr. Dingley, the floor leader of the majority, offered the bill reported from the ways and means committee providing for the free entry into this country of gnus, ammunition and other naval supplies and war mate rial purchased abroad, until Jan. 1, 180'.). He explained that the committee had unanimously reported the bill. It was asked for by the secretaries of war and navy. Some of the Democrats undertook to poke fun at Mr. Dingley by asking him why these supplies should be admitted free of duty if the “foreigner paid the tax.” Mr. Dingley replied rather sharply that it was perfectly understood that where articles were purchased abroad imported the purchaser paid of Harbor Too Dorp to Allow Vso Mlnrs—Monitors on Guard. Colvmbia, S. C., March 22.—While torpedoes and mines arc being planted at the entrance to Port Royal harbor, it is almost certain that several of the monitors will be stationed there perma nently if hostilities begin. Because of the depth of the harbor, adequate pro tection cannot bo supplied by mines. There are no fortifications to protect the government drydock and station, so the towns of Port Royal and Beaufort could be destroyed in a few minutes by one ship. It is the only port in the south where any battleship of Spain can steam up to the wharfs. An enemy landing there could cut the Plant railway at Yemassee, a few miles away, the main line between the north and Florida. Beaufort, the most ex posed town on the coast, is also one of the oldest. It has nearly 5,000 inhabi tants. To Blow I'p Texas Town. Laredo, Tex., March 18.—On several occasions since the- blowing up of the Maine in Havana harbor anonymous let ters have been addressed to Mayor Christen of this city warning him of a plot outlined by Spaniard residents here and Neuvo Laredo, Mex., to blow up this city with dynamite should hostilf tics arise between the United States and Spain. Little heed was ])aid to the warnings, hut another letter, containing violent threats, has just been received and has caused considerable comment, and the mayor has ordered the arrest of all suspicious characters. Speculators Should I>e Shot. Washington, March 18. — Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois tonight dic tated the following regarding the propo sition to purchase Cuba: “Any man, whether a member of congress, or other wise, who would attempt to make a dol lar out of such a crisis is too mean to live. Men who attempt to sj oculate on the calamities of the poor Cubans or on the blowing up of the Maine ought to be shot.” Rando Still on the Go. Havana, March 22.—Generals Pundo and Saliedo, it is announced at the pal ace today, continue advancing withoon- siderable forces of arms towards Puerto Principe. The insurgents on Saturday night dynamited the railroad bridge near Mod ruga, province of Mutanzas partly destroying the structure, and last night they destroyed with dynamite a culvert between Robles and Madruga. Spain Purchases a Cruiser. London, March 22.—The Daily News’ Rome correspondent says that Spain lias bought the cruiser Garibaldi from Italy. The Argentine Republic has bought the cruiser Varez. The United States wanted to purchase both of these vessels, but was too late. the and duty. “This is a bill to indemnify the tax- paver,” observed Mr. Dackerv (Dem., Mo.) Mr. McMillan said he believed that the government should always have the right to import and he thought there should be a general statute for that pur pose. The bill was passed without di vision. Mr. Henry (Dora., Miss.) claimed the floor as a question of personal privilege and sent to the clerk’s desk, for the pur pose of having it read to the house, a quotation from an interview with the Spanish ambassador at Vienna, con tained in an Associated Press dispatch, in which the ambassador said that if the Uhited States, in the event of war, should incite the Philippines to revolt, Spain could revenge herself by raising revolts in the American southern states. Before the reading of the interview was concluded Mr. Dingley made the point that it did not constitute a ques tion of privilege. “It contains a reflection against a portion of the people of the United States which I desire to repel,” said Mr. Henry. But the speaker held that it had not E resented a question of privilege and c was taken off the floor. The house then went into committee of the whole and resumed the consul sration of tlm postoffico appropriation bill. AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY. GENERAL BUSINESS GOC^. Southern Industrial and Trade Condi tion* Reported Satisfac tory. Chattanooga, March 22.—A marked diversity of new southern industries re ported to The Tnadesman during the past week gives its record even more than usual interest. Maufnctures of wood and iron proved equally attractive, each bringing an in vestment of $375,000. In timber only two new plants, a churn factory and a novelty works, go beyond the raw ma terial Iron, however, shows a welcome progress past the pig, the list compris ing two foundries and a rolling mill, while Texas reports a boilerworks and a cotton machinery plant, and New Or leans people will invest $100,000 in mak ing cultivators, etc. In other lines Virginia is credited with a trunk and bag factory; Georgia with a brick wmk»; South Carolina, an ice factory and a large electric light plant; North Carolina, two icc factories and a flouring mill; Tennessee, a $100,000 fer tilizer works; Mississippi, an electric light plant; Texas, an electric light plant, a $50,000 flouring mill and a $40,- 000 candy factory. The Pee Dee mills at Rockingham, N. C., will build another 6,000-spindle mill, doubling the present capacity. The Kincaid mills, Griffin, Ga., will double their capacity, and Griffin money will build a new $100,000 mill for cotton yarn and twine. The reorganized Tuscaloosa mills, with capital from Mobile, Ala., and Cleveland, O., will add a line of finer goods. At Birmingham, Ala., the Avondale mills will be ready by June 1, capacity, 15,000 bales a year. Their capital is $500,000—half northern and half at home. In woolens, Kentucky reports a C'2-V 000 plant, and Georgians will invest $50,000 in making underwear. General business and trade conditions arc reported satisfactory throughout the south. PANOO GETS NO PEACE Final ElVorts to Fool Cuban Insurgents Fail. LYNCHING Excitement is VERY LIKELY. STRUGGLE WIL] NOT STOP RUSSELL TO LEASE ROAD. Negotiations Between the Spaniard* a m<1 Put riots OH' Now— liavnua 11 ear* of the Resumption of Hostilities. Rebels Attack and Capture u Fort In Province of Plnar Del Rio. Havana, March 22.—It is now known positively that the negotiations between General Pa ido’s delegates, Ramirez and Charvez, and General Calixto Garcia and other prominent insurgents, in which the radical autonomists made what arc said to be final offers of prac tical independence, have proved an ab solute failure No particulars have yet been received at the palace here as to the place or the particulars of the meet ing, but that the negotiations have failed is shown by the resumption of hostili ties. General Pando’s command is again moving eastward, purposely carrying out the plans in the province Puerto Principe and Santiago dc Cuba made prior to the general’s arrival at the city of Santiago de Cuba. The fact that General Maximo Gomez remains inside the Jucara-Moron trocha and in General Paudo’s rear makes the latter the subject of criticism upon the part of the military men of Havana. However, in view of the fact that the details of the movements of the Span iards and insurgents are meager, all judgment passed is liable to revision on receipt of fuller information. The insurgents recently raptured and destroyed Fort Oleso, in the district of San Juan Martinez, province of Pinar del Rio. Five of the Spanish garrison were killed and five wounded. General Review of Southern Industrial Interests For a Week. Baltimore, March 19.—A general sur vey of the industrial interests of the south, as given by The Manufacturers’ Record, shows a decided increase in activity, more new enterprises being projected, with every assurance of early success, than have been reported for many months. At Columbia, S. C., a water power company, which already has from 10,- 000 to 12,000 horsepower developed for electrical transmission, has just com pleted the purchase of an additional site giving about ii.000 extra horsepower available for development. At Colum bus, Ga., W inston - Sale m, N. C., and other points large water ;lowers are be ing develop'd for electrical transmis sion, and this promises to become a pre dominant feature in southern develop ment. Municipal improvements are receiving increased attention. Tampa, Fla., will issue $;!0,000 of bonds for waterworks; Fitzgerald, Ga.. will establish $80,000 waterworks and electric light plant; at Columbia. S. C., a $100,000 electric light company ha* been organized. Among other industrial enterprises reported for the week is a $50,000 plan- ingmill at Decatur, Ala. Considered Certain Southern Will Get Atlantic and North Carolina. Raleigh, March 21.—Vice President Andrews of the Southern railway and William H. Day, one of Governor Rus sell’s attorneys, returned here today from Greensboro, where they conferred regarding the lease of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway by the state to the Southern railway. It was the opinion of most persons here that the action of the railway com mission yesterday in deciding not to re voke its order reducing passenger rates had forever crushed Governor Russell’s plans to secure this lease. But now there is renewed hope of a lease. There are three things involved; first, the es tablishment of the old late of fare; sec ond, absolute stoppage of Governor Rus sell’s costly legal efforts to annul the 99 year lease of the North Carolina rail way; third, these things being done, the Southern will lease the Atlantic and North Carolina railway for 80 years and pay 2 1-2 per cent on the capital stock and debts, operate the road and put it in fine shape. Governor Russell will now, it is de cided. write a letter to the railway com mission saying he prefers that the legis lature deal with those matters and de sires the commission to revoke its new passenger rites and take no further steps until the legislature meets in order that the lease of the Atlantic and North Car olina railway may be consummated. THAT LAKE CITY TRAGEDY. SILVER North FORCES TO UNITE. Troop* to Man a Battery. Southport, N. C., Mareiv 1.—Bat tery I, Captain Caziarc, Second artillery, which was sent from Fortre** Monroe to man the throe 8-inch-gun disappear ing luittery at Fort Caswell, arrived here tonight and will go into camp at Fort Caswell. North Carolina’* Strength. Raleigh, March 19.—Governor Rus- •*11 today received a message from Pres ident McKinley, asking how many troops the state could furnish in caw* of hostilities. The reply of the governor gave 245,000 as the number. Ordered to St. Augustine Atlanta, March 18. — Orders have been issued from Washington for tho removal of a company of the Fifth regi ment, now stationed at Fort McPherson to the fort at St. Augustine, Fla. State Populists Adopt Resolu* lions Favoring Fusion. Raleigh, March 19.—The conference of the two wings of the Populist party here last night did not end until 4 o’clock this morning, after six hours of ! spoeehmaking and wrangling over reso- 1 lotions favoring unity of the silver forces in North Carolina. There was bitter opposition, but the resolutions were adopted ly a vote of 48 to 26. While some speakers favored join ing with* Democrats, others swore they would never take that step and never again act with Democrats in any way. The Populist state committee met to day and asked State Chairman Fountain to call the committee together at the earliest possible moment so as to call a convention. This the Populists desire held prior to the Democratic convention May 26. Sixty Cadets Lost at Sea. London, March 21. — The steamer which was sunk with all on board Wednesday morning in collision with the British bark, Princess from Leith for Liverpool, off Gabliard lightship, is be lieved to have been the Ville d’Anvers, a Belgian government trading ship, having on lioard 60 cadets and 20 officers, in addition to her regular crew. A Lynching In Mississippi Grenada, Miss., March 18.—Alex An derson, a young negro, attempted to criminally assault a school girl last night at I) o'clock. Three hours later he was captured by a mob, confessed and was hanged. Anderson was mode to climb a cottonwood tree with a rope about hi* neck. Ho was then pushed off a limb and strangled to deal i>. Sickness* Causes a Suicide. Paducah, Ky., March 21.—T. H. Pur- year, one of the city’s leading men,a large tobacco dealer and banker and who was identified with many industries, shot himself fixlay and died an hour after ward. He became despondent over pro- tracted illness and recent business re verses. McKinley Doing All In His Power to Punish the Mob. Washington, March 22.—Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett today presented to Presi dent McKinley a set of resolutions adopted at a massmeeting in Chicago denouncing the recent murder of a ne gro postmaster in South Carolina and requesting the president to use his best efforts to bring the perjictrators to jus tice. President McKinley assured Mrs. Bar nett, in answer to her remarks, that both the people and the department of justice were doing all in their power to ferret out and punish the members of the mob and that the attorney general is now considering what further steps he could take within the limits of fed eral jurisdiction. LADY KILLED Thrown IN RUNAWAY. and Her From a Carriage Skull Fractured. Newberry, S. C., March 21.—This af ternoon about 6 o’clock, while Mr. John B.Mayes and Miss Carrie Godfrey of Che- raw, teacher in the graded school here, j were out driving near Helena, a mile distant from town, the horse became frightened at a box car and bolted across the railroad tracks nearby, throwing Mr. Mayes and Miss Godfrey violently to the ground. Miss Godfrey, in falling, struck her head against an iron clinker, fracturing her skull in two places, causing concus sion of the brain. After lingering until 8 p. m. she expired. Mr. Mayes was slightly injured and is frantic with grief. Everything was done by physi cians to save her but to no avail. A Decision Against Hllerbe. Abbeville, S, C., March 22.—The case of the governor's suspension of the clerk of court, W. R. Bullock, was ar gued here by Assistant Attorney Gen eral Townsend and Mr. William N. Gray don on behalf of Mr. McMillan, the governor’s appointee, and by Messrs. Ellis G. Graydon and Frank B. (bury on behalf of Mr. Bullock. Judge Klugh. who heard the case, decided that the governor had no authority to remove the clerk at this time. The grand jury may act on the case again in June. Childs to He Nominated. Columbia, 8. C., March 21.—Captain L. D. Childs, if his health will permit, will lie the Prohibitionist nominee for governor. This information was gotten from a well known Prohibitionist leader yesterday. He further said that the convention which meets here on April 14 would put a full ticket in the field. Representative J. A. McCullough of Greenville has been spoken of a* the Prohibitionist nominee for lieutenant fovernor. SPAIN URGED TO PREPARE. Madrid Newspapers Declare There Is No Time to Lose. Madrid, March 22.—The papers here publish full reports of the movements of the United States warships and of the defensive preparations being made by the government of tho United States. It is reported that the Spanish war ship selected to convoy the torpedo flotilla has sailed from Carthagena for the Canary islands. It appears that the delay in the voyage cf the torpedo Iniats is due to the fact that the Ariete, one of the Spanish torpedo beats, sustained some slight damage while on her way from Cadiz to the Canaries. The Spanish newspapers advocate fur ther strengthening of the naval squad ron in Cuba, so as not to be caught at disadvantage in case of war. The Heraldo thinks that in view of the “ostentatious preparations” of the United States, Spain has full liberty to make similar preparations. The Globo insists that injury has been done to Spain by the United States squadron remaining close to the seat of war. It gladly notes, however, that the verbal: uggestious of Senor Polo y Ber- nabe, (the Spanish minister at Wash ington) to Secretary Sherman have led to the withdrawal of a portion of tho squadron, thus demonstrating the cor- dulity existing between the two coun tries. STATE COURT SUSTAINED. Celebrated Railway Coni mission Con tempt Case I* Closed. Raleigh, March 22.—Governor Rus sell called his council of state this after noon. There was complete secrecy about the meeting. The matter discussed was the promised lease of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway to the Southern, which the governor is so bent on effect ing in some way. A telegram received by Chairman Caldwell of the railroad commission from Senator Butler this afternoon said: “The United States supreme court sustains the state supreme court in the railway commission case on the main question, and also in the contempt case.” Other telegrams said the case was dis missed for want of jurisdiction. This ac tion keeps in office Caldwell and Pearson, Governor Russell’s appointees, at least until the legislature meets and leaves J. W. Wilson and 8. Otho Wilson out. Major Wilson, ex-chairman, said: “I knowthat if the law wasever brought up before the United States supreme court the brief of my counsel was un answerable, but I was always fearful that the court would be adverse to tak ing action in the interpretation of a state law on which our own court had acted.” Gladstone Off to Havvarden. Bournemouth, March 22.—Mr. Glad stone started for Hawarden today in a royal salon carriage. He walked firmly from his carriage to the train, hut was pale The old statesman was greeted with frequent cries of “God bless yot, sir,” “God’s richest blessings rest upon you.” Upon entering the train Mr. Gladstone turned and said in a clear voice: “God bless you all and this place and the land you love.” The dis tinguished traveler was loudly cheered as his train departed. ind uns, is Sum Ellis, is perhaps in more aware of now. On escaped one eve. at Soapstone Over the Arrest of 8min Kill*. Hei.ma, Ala., March 22.—JW Soap stone, this comity, closely guarded a heavily hung with chi a negro, whose life danger than he is II 10 n !fe f ()rt W Hendrix A. Hardy, J county’s Le.-t citizens, Was fourty shot down and left for dead in his store by an assassin who stood out in the dark and shot through the open door. Mr. Hardy miracuolnsly death, but lost the sight Af l wo negroes were arrested and sent to jail here, where they are now confined. Tnere was considerable ta'k of lynching at the time, but there was some doubt of the prisoners’guilt. Not long after the shooting Sam Ellis, a mean negro of the neighborhood, disappeared. Ever since then the authorities have been searching for Ellis. A lew days ago he was located in Brew ton and ar rested. Saturday evening late he ar rived at Soijistone, where hu is await ing the preliminary trial. A prominent citizen from the neighborhood states that a negro has been found to whom Lllis admitted his guilt on the morning after the shooting; that he had shot a w.rtto man in Dallas county. 1 here is much excitement and if the negro confesses or is found guilty he will be lynched. BAPTISTS SOON TO Annual State fonventlon Held at Augusta. Augusta, (a.. March 22.—The Bap tists of Augusta are much interested in the approaching state convention to be beta in this city, beginning March 31. From 850 to 400 persons are expected to attend the convention. Among them will be the leading ministers of the state, all of whom are expected to be present. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon of March 31 the convention will meet for the pur pose of organization in the First Baptist church. Ex-Governor Nortbcn, who has frequently filled the post to the entire satisfaction of art concerned, will prob ably lie re-elected president of the con vention, while Dr. Ragsdale will be re tained as secretary. In the evening there will he a conven tion sermon delivered by Rev. M. O. Kelley. A number of distinguished men from other sections of the country, representing the more general Baptist interests, will attend the convention. MEET. Will Be “SILENCE GIVES CONSENT.” Populists Think Watson Will Make the Race For Governor. Atlanta, March 22.—It is generally believed that Hon. Thomas E. Watson will make the race for governor. Promi nent. men in the party argue that "silence gives consent,” and say the South Georgian is sure to yield to th« wishes of ins followers and oppoM the candidate the Democrats put up. The reason Watson has not yet an nounced his intention is attributed to the fact that he has not yet been offi cially notified of the nomination. There is only one man who knows when the^ the notification will be given, and is Major McGregor, the associate edit of The People’s Party Paper. Major McGregor was appointed to ac quaint Mr. Watsun with the action of tho Populist convention, and the time of notification is left entirely with him. It may lie several Meeks liefore he in forms Mr. Watson what has happened, and in the meantime Mr. Watson is not expected to say what he will do. A Missing Teller Located. Fitchburg, Mass., March 22.—The family of Joel G. Tyler, the former teller of the Safety Fund bank of this place, who has been missing since March 11, has announced that it is noM* known where Mr. Tyler is, and that he has suffered no harm. Further information is refused and the members of the fam ily refuse to discuss the matter in any M-ay. The examination of the bank's books is still going on, but no informa tion has been made public other than that the president of the bunk last Sat urday said that up to that time nothing has been found to show that the bank had lost anything. Charged With Awful Crime. Texarkana, Ark., March 22.—Several weeks ago Mrs. John Cox and one of her children were burned to death 2 miles east of here. It was reported as an accident, in which Mrs. Cox had fainted and fallen into the fireplace, M’here tho embers set fire to her clothing and burned her up. Th© (lames were supposed to have also ignited a cradle and burned the baby. Now, as the re sult of a story told by an older child of John Cox. the husband and father has been arrested and is confined in jail, charged with the murder of the woman and her child. Oldest Banker Is Dying. Cleveland, March 22 —The venera ble Truman P. Handy, widely known as probably the oldest banker in the United States, is critically ill at his home, 521 Euclid avenue. Mr. Handy is over 91 years of age. Death of Mr*. Dinwiddle. Raleigh, March 22.—Mrs. Elizalieth Dtnwiddie, nee Carrington, of Virginia, died at Baltimore today, after an oja-ra- tior. for nnjiendioiti*. She was the wife of James Dinwiddle, president of Peace in stitute, Raleigh. Prince Barc.ildlne Win*. London, March 22 —The Lincolnshire handicap of 2,000 sovereigns, at the Lin coln spring meeting today, was m-oii by William M. Clark’s 5-year-old Prince Banaldine, by Barualdine out of 8t. Ola vo. Japs Are Sent Back Home. San Francisco, March 22.—Immigra tion Commissioner North and the special board of inquiry have refused a lauding to 33 out of the 98 Japanese who arrived recently by tho China and the I >ric. The remaining 65 were allowed to land. The unlucky 33 claimed to be farmers visiting California for the purpose of studying agriculture. The commis sioner M-as convinced that they were coolies. Many Insurance Men Meet. Macon, March 22.—The fire insurance agents of Georgia met today at noon at the Macon chamber of commerce, to or ganize an association. Fully 100 agents are iu attendance. Interesting papers will he read. The Mucon agents are royally entertaining the visiting agents. Ly nchlng Near Leesburg. Leesburg, Ala., March 22. — John Collar, a negro, was lynched at Round Mountain, a small manufacturing town 8 miles from here, for assaulting the daughter of a wealthy citizen named 8 tout. Hitchcock Sees the Czar. 8t. Petersburg, March 22.—Ethan Allen Hitchcock, the new United States ambassador to Russia, had an audience with the czar yesterday and preatmted his credentials.