The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 03, 1898, Image 2
JHJE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., NOVEMBER 3, 1898.
SFAIH EXPECTED TO
REFUSE OUB CLAIM
Philippine Question May Yet
Cause Trouble.
MORE TALK OF RUPTURES
man LASHED; HOME FIRED. GOV. CANDLER f AKES OATH.
New Chief Executive of Geor*l» Form
ally Sworn luto Office.
French Paper Declares That Madrid
Plenipotentiaries Will Break Off
Negotiations and Then Appeal to
Europe For Help.
Paris, Kot. 1.—The French papers
derive their news of the work of the
ptace commissions from Spanish sources,
an . therefore the morning papers here
today are interesting as indicating the
atmosphere in Spanish quarters and the
trend of French views and tendencies.
It must bo recalled that the Spaniards
have utterly accepted the refusal of the
United States government to assume
any of the Spanish debt and the Cuban
question has been set away to wait its
place in the final treaty, providing
■diiterances on the question of the Phil*
i.ipme islands shall not prevent the
making of any treaty. As the whole ie
composed of its parts, so must the Phil-
ippiue question be mutually agreed upon
.is none of those questions previously
agreed on will find a place in the treaty.
This is all the provision or provisional
understanding existent. In view of the
i .. ts then, the Paris press today has in-
c ruled a tendency to confuse the situa-
tu it.
The Matin, in reviewing the «ques-
tio». says:
•Tr is well understood that the ces-
r* < a of Porto llico was tantamount to
tae payment of a war indemnity in cash
i <i entirely freed Spain from any sub-
l■ <;ueut repetition on the subject.”
Turning buck to Cuba, The Matin re*
:.:arxs:
“The Spaniards declined to concur in
HMiuraiing the debt from the pledge, the
mortgage from tho loan, ami as it was
vnvussibie to reach an understanding
t.:••••• asked that at least the order if tho
}: to -ol he inverted and that the ques-
: i of tie Philippines be previously
o.-■ assed. that question possibly offer*
T’:; the Americans an opportunity for
i. : cring some compensation for the
i:’.:im:rous sacrifices they have forced
n the conquered. The Americans
:Ty acceded to tho change and only
id tho Spaniards to accept provi-
:a!ly the clauses relating tolhet'u*
i an debt, with the understanding that
; , ai'ccptance couid be withdrawn if ! stamling
i; iigreeineut could lio reached as to tho ! press an
iMilippmes.”
eiciTiug to yesterday’s meeting Tho
2'a;i!i says:
• • '.'no Spaniards said they would mako
vl - r answer known on Friday. But it
i asy to foresee what it will be—a re-
• •']. precise and formal. The Spanish
P < aipotentiaries have made up their
m’s. in the event of the United States
;.i.Vfi ling to tho Pliilippiue proposition,
Tii deciino signing tho act of peace, to
In ak off the negotiations and to call
tt ai tin*, civilized nations to witness tho
gTiise of force to which they will bo
»a .looted, and the violation of provis*
ions i-»;t forth in tho Washington pro-
li •col.”
he GauloU remarks:
“Tho Spaniards will never agree to
nhamlon the archipelago without com-
• illation, and wo believe the Ameri-
<> in- intend to suggest that they wiilas-
t-i me the Philippine debt. Wo hopo tbe
riiriations will not be broken, hut
S; tin. it is given out as certain, would
tuke such a course rather than to sub
mit t<i humiliating terms.”
Voting Greenville Farmer Holighiy
Treated l»y Ills Nelglibors.
GitEEN*vn.LE. S. C., Nov. 1.—Tench,
Bob and Gus Stylos, young white men,
nr,* Manuel Brown, a negro, beat Jor-
b ,n Holcombe with a buggy trace and
burned down the houso that Holcombo
lived in.
Holcomlie, a' young white man, am
bis wife were living on the place of
Young P. Styles, tho boys’ father, in
the Sandy Flat section. The Styles
bovs sent word by Charles Walker for
Holcombe to go with them, presumably
to cany a load of contraband whisky.
La:«r Bob Styles came himself, but Hol
combe refused to go.
About i> o’clock, when Holcombe and
his wife were in bed, the four men broke
down tho door, took Holcombe out and
gave him !U) licks with a buggy trace.
Tench and the negro held him while
Bull applied the lash.
Mrs. Holcombe, in her night clothes,
stood by begging them to stop, but they
cursod and said: “The next time we
semi tor you, you will go.”
After beating Holcombo the Styles
crowd went in the house and Holcombe,
shivering not far off, saw by the bright
lire ii-bt Bob Styles take a burning
board from the fire and throw it on the
bed.
The house was soon in flames and was
quickly consumed. The two outcasts
went to Mrs. Holcombe's father's, a
mile off, and spent the night. The
woman, a mere girl, is in a delicatecon-
ditiou and the excitement may be
serious.
iio.combe came to town and swore
out warrants charging the Styles boys
and Brown with arson, the penalty for
which is death. They were arrested
and Magistrate Hodges held a prelimi
nary hearing and seat the case up to
court.
Atlanta, Oct. 29.—Governor Candler
took tho oath of office today and Gover
nor Atkinson turned over to him the
great seal of tho state, completing the
simple form under Democratic institu
tions of transferring the government of
» great commonwealth from one execu
tive to another.
Long before noon the floor and gal
leries of the house of representatives
were crowded with enthusiastic Geor
gians eager to witness the inauguration
of their new governor, Allen D. Candler.
' A few minutes past noon the venera
ble J. McIntosh Kell, adjutant general
of the state, was assisted to one of tbe
seats in front of the speaker’s desk re
served for statehouse officers, which
were soon filled.
The doorkeeper announced the senate,
which tiled in. and a resolution conven
ing the joint session was read. At 12:1)S
BUT LITTLE ANXIETY
FOR MARIA TERESA
Warship Hobson Raised May
Arrive Sunday.
INTENDED TO ROB VICTIMS.
Three Men Jailed For Nearly Wreck
ing Passenger Coaches.
Chattanooga, Oct. 31. — Detective
Haskins of the Western and Atlantic
railroad, assisted ty Sheritf Davenport
of Cobb county, Ga., has arrested three
| .-lien, named Luke and Thompson Vann
and Lex Cantrell, near Acworth, Ga.,
CYCLONE NEAR HER PATH |
passenger train on the Western and At-
Notwithstanding This Fact Officials la,U1 ^ P l [ ln K telegraph poles
on tho track, which were accidentally
at Wasliington Confidently Expect discovered just in time to prevent the
the Former Spanish Cruiser to Reach | disastrous wreck of a crowded traiu.
' One of the cuspected men made a con-
Hampton Roads Safely. I fe8s i 0 n, stating that the party knew
Washington, Nov. 1.—The navy de- that the train in question carried con-
pari mem is under no apprehension a. ^robVi^ ^
to the safety of the Maria Teresa, al- 1 wreck, as well as the express safe. He
though some fear has been expressed in said further that they had intended
the Santiago dispatches that the vessel, ' after the telegraph poles failed to wreck
. ... . . .i '• the train to remove a rail at a point
along with her consorts, the \ ulcanaud ; , ha train would croS8 a Vigh
- t_ ii • — . .1 where the tram would cross a
Governor-elect Candler entered the hall. | Leonidas, have fallen into the sphere of ' trestle but they were arrested iu time
and he and Governor Atkinson, amid
loud cheers, were escorted to the front
and (q^en seats in rear of the speaker’s
desk.
After being introduced by the presi
dent of the senate, Governor-elect Cand
ler delivered his inaugural address,
which was heard with the closest atten-
to preveut the execution of their plot.
They were all three held to the next
term of court.
u West Indian cyclone.
The Teresa passed Cape Maysi at the ‘
eastern extremity of Cuba early yester- |
day morning bound for Hampton Roads LEIGH - GORDON MARRIAGE,
and signalled that all was well anu that
her machinery was working smoothly.
ui
GOVERNOR RUSSELL TALKS.
Asserts Blacks Will Not Inaugurate
Trouble on Election Day.
RAi.Kir.it, Nov. 1.—Governor Russell
was asked today for his views on tho
political situation and an estimate as to
the percentage of the negro vote in the
state. Ho replied:
“There arc To white voters for every
CO negro voters. These figures show how
unfounded are the claims that the state
is in dangt rof negro <ior inatiou. There
seems to lie an impression that in North
Carolina the negroes are greater mi-
merieally than the whites, as the
case, tor instance, in some sections oT
Mississippi. This is not true. Notwith-
this there is .a clamor in tho
press an i in some localities a reign of
terror hasTieen inaugurated for political
purposes.
“Miner incidents h ive been magnified
and tureats mum* without justification.
It a campaign were not in progress wo
would near nothing about these occur
rences. ii’e negroes, as a rule, are
peaceable, tractable citizens, and any
tiisnurhauce that may ari»e on election
tiny will not be of tucir inauguration ”
“And yon have no doubt as to the re-
j suit of the election.'”
j “I believe that we will hold our own
| in the congressional districts and secure
i the legislature. We certainly shall do
i so if the vote is allowed to be cast. We
| have a majority in the state, as past
1 elections have proved, and the only way
j in which we can lose is by having that
vote kept from tho polls by intimida
tion.”
lion. That part advocating pnrety of • By this time, according to calculations
the ballot and honest elections was re- 0 f naval officers, she should be well
“* Bahamas, keeping well
Immediately upou the conclusion of to the eastward and away from the
Florida coast. Meanwhile the weather
bureau report to the navy department
shows that a cyclone is forming to tho
his address tho oath whs administered
in usual form by Chief Justice Sim
mons. Ex-Governor Atkinson delivered
the great seal of the state to Governor
Candler, who turned it over to the sec
retary of state, and the ceremony was
concluded.
ABLE SPEECH BY MORGAN.
southwest of Havana, which probably
will come up the southwest coast of
Florida, and if this prediction is true
the warship will be well away from the
pathway of the cyclone—at least 1,000
Senator Discusses New Posst-Fsloiis miles, according to the calculations.
and War Problems. i The latest calculation, made at the de-
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 29.-Seuator partiuent, is that the Teresa will arrive
, , _ „ r , , . in Hampton Roads next Sunday after-
John T. Morgan made a speech to a noo n. Presuming that she has no fever
packed audience iu Seals’ hall. After aboard she probably will come up to tho
dwelling upon the trade advantages Norfolk navyyard for survey. Whether
that the far east holds out to the south- | repairs recommended by that board will
ern states, especially for its cotton, iron 1 be made at the same navyyard or not
and yellow pine, Senator Morgan will depend largely upon the report of
touched upon the Cuban, Porto Rieau the board anduimii the recommendation
and Philippines questions. j of Chief Constructor Hichborn, but tho
He stated that the United States was probabilities are that tho work will bo
not going to drag Cuba into the Union, done in Norfolk.
but would keep a hand on it until Cuba
itself, realizing its own good, would of
its own accord ask to bo annexed as a
state. He admitted that the Philip
pines were far off, but he contended
that distances amounted to little in these
times, and he felt certain that the ,
United States would at least not turn
its back on the Philippines and allow |
them to be persecuted again.
He believed that congress would now
be compelled to complete the Nicara- i
guau canal. Touching on the si.ver
question he said the war with Spain had i
AN OLD FIGHT IS
RESUMED.
amt
TROOPS STAY ALL WINTER.
fr i:ty Thousand Dollars to Spend In
Preparing For Cold Weather.
Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 1.—Prepara
tions are being made for troops to spend
the winter here. A contract involving
t j * expenditure of $013,000 has been let
lor me erection of mess halls and sheds.
Every regiment that is to live in tents
L.; - been supplied with stoves.
- rigadier General Richard Comlia
assumed command of tho Second
; .■ First division.
reop properties of the Fifth cavalry
• ,••* reached here. Tho regiment may
. . , • (.ii Pt rto Rico in a few days. Rail-
•- . have been asked to make rates to
i *
he First infantry, from Anniston,
n the camp in We d Huntsville, Major
:e (cniiiuindiiig.
.'r:vote Mitchell, Troop I, Seventh
r-t* *. :ry, has been tried by general court-
. r:ial for losing accoutrements and
n o ur months imprisonment and C-Hi
loricH per month during confinement.
Spaniards Given Tills Week.
T./intx \, Nov. 1.—A Filipino who has
iv* resulted Aguinaldo, tho insurgent
1 auer, in Loudon, and who has been
“ i k Agoncillo, Aguinaldo’s delegate,
in Paris, has just returned hero. Ho
j-M'-rts that the American peace com-
luissioners have informed the Spanish
ccnunissioners that the latter must com-
jM-to their work this week. Ho further
►ays Agoncillo has received a cable dis-
pn'ch Irom Aguinaldo denying the ro-
t rrteu rupture between himself and the
FuFippme leaders.
Alleged Swindler Wounded.
Warwick, Ga., Nov. 1.—A tragic
sequel to the sensational Worth county
insurance fraud developed at Cook’s
ferry, <i miles from here, in the probable
fatal shouting ot Dr. Hugh Wilson, one
of the principals in the case. For a
week Dr. Wilson had been evading offi
cers of the law, but a posse, consisting
of his bondsmen, was steadily on his
trail. They finally discovered him
hiding in a cotton house and demanded
that ha surrender. Instead of doing so
the doctor jump'd cut of the house and
ran, with his gnu pointing hack at the
posse in a tiireateuing manner, where
upon a bailiff shot the fleeing man. Ail
the chances are against his recovery.
T.unpi ( 'or Makers Strike.
Tam’a, Fla., Nov. 1.—The strike situ-
atiou hero seems to grow worse each
day with the cigar makers. Sanchez
Hava have refused to aecvdo to th • de
mands made, mi l all < • their hands are
out. Ti:e numb v of fact iries that are
holding t
Thvv mis
of factories that
is gradually inciea.- :
mi .m i .1 extant that th
compelled the remonetization of silver,
stating that the expulsion of Spanish
silver from Cuba and Porto Rico by
American silver would compel the
United States to coin untold quantities
of silver to take the place of theexpefled
coin in its Spanish possessions.
Effort to Exempt All Colleges
Churches From Taxation.
Atlanta, Nov. 1.—The fight to ex
empt the property of educational insti
tutions and places of religious worship
or burial from taxation was renewed in
the house today by Mr. Pace of New
ton, who introduced a bill to amend tho
constitution to that effect.
Other bills presented in the house to-
Farmer Kills His Brother.
West Point, Ga., Oct. 29.—News has
reached hero of a killing which occurred
between Gabbettsvillo and Long Cane,
this county. Two brothers—Juo and
John Redden—came here with cotton,
and Joe got drunk. On the way home
i day were, one to require city and supe
rior court judges to decide all motions
within :>0 days after they are submitted
and another to make it unlawful to
shoot firearms on Sunday except to de
fend person or property. Both of theso
bills were introduced bv Mr. Morris of
! Cobb.
President Daniel C. Gilman of Johns
Hopkins university, ami President Wil
liam L. Wilson of Washington and Lee
university liave been invited to address
tho general assembly in the hall of tho
house of representatives Thursday at 8
p. m.
The session of the senate lasted but 15
John argued with Joe about throwing: . ,, ..... ...
away money. Following the argument i ^“utes, the principal discussion being
came hard blows, whereat Joe shot his ’ relative to the venue of suits when rail-
brother through the mouth with a shot- [ oad , s fal1 to S* rect de P uts when ordered
guu. Joe claims that John attacked b ycommission,
him with a knife,
NO SOUTHWARD MOVE YET.
Troops at Knoxville Making the Best
of Their Unexpected Stay.
Knoxville, Nov. 1.—If the Second
division is to move from Knoxville to
but the knife was
found in the bottom of the wagon un
opened. Joe has gone to LaGruuge, the
county seat, and surrendered.
Ruling Iti a War Tax Case.
Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 29.—In the
United States district court at Newbern, j points further south this week there are
N. C., iu the case of the United States no signs of the beginning of such wove-
ugaiust the Southern Express company, uieut. The troops are making them-
brought by several fish shippers on the selves comfortable in their present quar-
ground of violating the revenue act, be
cause the company required them to ter8-
pay tor a 1 cent stamp necessary to be Several of the brigade commanders
affixed to each receipt issued. Judge are at the camp sites selected and on
Purnell dismissed tiie suit, holding that tlieit . retafli t h 0 movement will probably
; Brilliant Weddiug, Social Event of
the Season, In Savannah.
Savannah, Oct. 31.—The social event
of the winter in Savannah was the mar
riage at noon today of Miss Mabel Gor-
j don and Rowland Leigh of London,
i Miss Gordon is the yonngest daughter
of General and Mrs. William W. Gor-
I don, her father being a member of the
| Porto Rican peace commission. Mr.
1 Leigh is the youngest son of Lord Leigh
of Stoueleigh Abbey, Warwickshire,
and resides in London.
The marriage was celebrated in his
toric old Christ Episcopal church, the
ceremony being performed by the Very
Rev. and Hon. James Leigh, dean of
Hereford cathedral, assisted by Rev.
Robb White, the rector of tho church.
Following the ceremony there was a
wedding breakfast and brilliant recep
tion at the Gordon home, corner of Bull
street and Oglethorpe avenue.
Miss Alice Parker of New Jersey was
maid of honor and Marion Thompson of
Marion, Pa., and Elizabeth Parker of
Washington, cousins of the bride, were
bridesmaids.
Tun of Slate Kails on Men.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 31.—While
half a dozen men were engaged in driv
ing the slope at Sloss mines, near Besse
mer, a ton of slate fell. Taylor Little
ton was instantly killed and Jesse Bu
chanan so badly hurt that it is feared
he will die. Both were young white
men. Littleton’s body was fearfully
crushed, his back being broken, tko
back of his head crushed in and ona
arm was torn almost off. Buchanan
| has his jaw and collar bone broken, a
: leg fractured and is otherwise hurt.
The other men happened not to bo in
the way of the falling slate and escaped
unhurt.
Uotton Ginning Innovation.
Atlanta, Oct. 31.—A movement ison
foot for the erection of a large cotton
gin factory iu this city with a capital of
$*>00,000. Messrs. Matthew and Thomas
W. Prior, prominent capitalists of Phil
adelphia, are at the head of tho venture
and are organizing a stock company in
Atlanta. The erection of a largo build
ing is contemplated in some central lo
cation, and tho factor}* will employ sev
eral hundred hands. Tho machinery to
be manufactured is known as tbe Prior
cotton gin, and is said by competent
critics to be something of an innovation
in tho cotton ginning business.
ATLANTIAN’S THROAT CUT.
Madman Boards an Electric CirfyuRd
User, His Knife or , Two. /
Atlanta, Oct. 28.—J. D. Bishop wuo
almost instantly killed this morning on
a trolley car by W. G. Shockley, a well
known and respected farmer of Morgan
county. Shockley got on the car and
without a word cat Bishop’s throat,
severing the jugular vein, aud death
ensued in a few minutes.
Captain Thompson of tho city police
was on the car and received a severe
but not dangerous cut iu the face while
attempting to arrest Shockley, who
jumped from the car followed by three
shots from Thompson’s pistol. Patrol
man Brown and ex-Policeman McCoy
arrested Shockley, who showed fight to
the last, cutting McCoy’s hat aud coat,
but not injuring him.
When locked up at the police station
Shockley gave no reason for his act,
except that he said he wanted to kill
two men.
He had called at police headquarters
early iu the morning aud stated that he
j heard he was wanted and come to give
himself up. He was told there was no
charge against him and went away.
He returned a few niinntes later and
repeated his story, and was again turned
away. He was exceedingly polite, but
appeared to lie nervous.
Bishop was formerly in the street car
service here, but had left the city and
had only recently returned. It is not
believed that he was known to Shock-
ley, and the cutting appears to have
been the work of a madman.
A SERIOUS POLITICAL RIOT.
Several Prominent Men Are Cut and
Beaten Near Edwardsvillc.
Epwardsville, Ala., Oct. 28.—A se
rious difficulty occurred at a political
meeting held at Oak Level, a small'
place 12 miles north of Edwardsville, iu
which several prominent men wore
engaged.
During the row Mr. Robert L Baber,
a son of the late Judge Baber, was se
verely and perhaps fatally cut in the
fight by some one in the crowd. Mr.
Ramp Bell was badlv cut on the hand
and wrist. Mr. Will Cole was severely
beaten and bruised, and others were se
riously hurt in the general fight.
Owing to conflicting reports of the
trouble it is difficult to ascertain its ori
gin. Several arrests will be made.
■HI
p wo ild be . 1 by tin* Kofi Cross
iojy after th y • r hungry. Th**
r iMi i* w.*s call< ii to the attention of
Dr. x’arroHo, :r.v:;t of lint Red Cross,
and he positively ueeh.red that no
strF.er could pet help from iho society,
lor its purpose was of a different ua! urc.
Seventh Corps to (Jo Early.
F.\ vann a it, Nov. 1.—S',mo littio con
sternation Inis been caused hero by a
report that tho troops of the Seventh
army corps would leave for Havana the
latter part of this week. Tho officers
hero say it will be impossible to go at
that time. Orders have been issued for
tho erection of many additional wooden
buildings at the camps and corrals,
which means that tho camps are to b.*
occupied for some time to conic.
i'su.il S ssion of the Cabinet.
7 i.MHNOYON, Nov. 1.—The cabinet !
* .* d•-voted most of its attention to
.>n;tiou of questions connected
tie' . im.nisfration of ajfnirs in
,i :>:*.d hi rto Rico. The adminis-
:* • eve < f the Philippine ques-
- - -or rived some attention. Noth-
i on heard front the commission
• -vi» as to yesterday’s proceedings
;t is r alized that nothing is to bo
f* i iu tho way of developments
.. I riday’s session.
«.l- eg in Kui iw.ty Earnings.
.Ncv. 1.—Tho annual report
. ia railroad t ommii; doner.i
; ,t ther arc . r ., J7o miles of road
This is an increase of JO 1 )
Wayci-oss Fair Now Open.
WayuK' a, Ga., Nov. 1.—The at
nnal
coin
*iit
began hero today, Major
1 of t'n'United States :.->rt-
artment, who comes n ;
’■> r^rcsentative, deliverin'.;
as the tax had been paid the govern
ment was satisfied and that as to who
should pay tho tax was a matter to be
settled between the shipper and express
company.
Prison Coinni'.sstoner Resigns.
Atlanta, Oct. 29.—Hon. Jacob L.
Beach of Brunswick has resigned as a
member of the prison commission. Gov.
ernor Atkinson appointed Hon. Tom
Eason, the solicitor general of the Oco
nee circuit, to tho office for the unex
pired term, ami appointed Hon. John
F. DeLaoy of Dodge county, the pres
ent mayor of Eastman, solicitor gen
eral to succeed Mr. Eason.
begin.
Too war commission expressedffhem-
selves pleased with the camp here and
there is considerable talk of a change of
purpose in tho part of the war de
partment.
Governor Appoints Officers.
Mont< omkuy, Ala.,'Nov. 1.—Gover
nor Johnston has made the following
appointments to fill vacancies in the
Third Alabama regiment in camp at
Anniston: Captain, Edward Douglass
Johnston of Birmingham; second lieu
tenants, Vincent Elmore and James H.
McIntyre, both of Montgomery. Cap
tain Johnston is from the First Ala
bama volunteers and the other gentle-
men from the Second Alabama, both of
which organizations have just been mus-
It is stated the Third will
Two lieginieiits Mustered Out.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 1.—The First
Alabama regiment has been paid' off
and mustered out. Tho members are
1.:
i'C.-U. Hu;>o racing s
c-*r: inues tho balaii'.
“go a ice.
re.
!■ niitii'-rn i’orts On i ran tim'd.
Raltim ri\ Nov. 1.—HealthCommis-
inner 0. Ii •’ipstn Jones has receive:
9 "re that 'be quarantine against son: It-
i' i ports h:;'l been oxtouded until rb,v.
•*, J'* day ; later than usual, 'J b • :• >.
trie:Fa i-iu.D; Atlantic parts •>
■’ Da\a .n..li :*.:: i points on the Culf of
• the previous year.
; j-tfi.hivi.
Earning.*)
i.u
.rout Dcfuniuk Springs.
it.; *, Fla., Nov. 1.—The lit-
, -. *. of Detoiiiak Springs has been
: *, ilight buildings were do*
i tin, .*13,000, two thirls cov«
by iKs-umuce.
armcp l*.ills Another.
. Ga., Nov. 1.—H. lit
1.
was sh it aud killed by Dan W. Skiv
ath
ip/v
ow hero. Both were wcll-to-
. vniotM and good friends up
lo of t! o difficulty between
h was over a tiiviui affair.
Large Blaze In Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 29.—Fire has de
stroyed William Nixon’s hay and feed ! tered out
store, Theodore Jewett’s printing office sail for Cuba Nov. 20.
and the Augusta Mantel aud Supply
company. Nixon’s loss on stock is
about $7,000; Jewett’s loss is $3,000;
Mantel and Supply company $700. The
damage to buildings is about $2-1,000,
with about $10,000 insurance.
Shot Another Man’s Wife.
Anderson, S. C., Oct. 29.—On the
farm of Mrs. Lizzie McGee, 5 miles west
of Starr station, in this county, Yuucy
Smith, a negro, shot and killed a negro
woman, wile of another negro, becauso
she refused to elope with him. Smith
is lodged in jail. Tho husband of tho
woman was in the city when the killing
took place.
Ma ssmcetiug at Goldsboro.
Goldsboro, N. C., Oct. 29.—About
10,000 white citizens met hero and
adopted resolutions deploring political
conditions in this state and urging an
overthrow of fusion ryile at tho coining
election. Several well known Populists
addressed the gathering and declared
their intention of supporting Democratic
nominees.
Injunction Made Perpetual.
Charleston, Oct. 31.—In the United
States circuit court here Judge Simoiitou
handed down a decision iu the crises made
by the telegraph company against the
railroad commissioners of South Caro
lina. The commissioners had ordered
the company to pay the war taxon mes
sages sent in the safte. The company
obtained an injunction from Judge Si-
nionton restraining the commission from
enforcing the order. The cases wore-
argued Thursday before Judge Simon-
ton and he has just handed down a de
cision making his injunction perpetual.
Attempted Insurance Frauds.
Alba .y, Ga.. Oct 31.—J. K. Patter
son and J. H. Ramsanr, both white, are
confined in Worth county jail at Isa
bella tin 1 th** authorities are exceedingly
anxious to appreliend Dr. Hugh Wilson,
! a physician and late po-.tiiui'ter at Syl
vester. There are two bills against
i each of them—one for false swearing
( and one for attempting to defraud in
surance .companies. Ramsaur and Pat-
j terson, who were agents for eastern in
surance firms, are said to have accepted,
| with Dr. Wilson’s approval, a man iu
the last stages of consumption.
Republican Caucus Action.
Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 31.—The
Republican caucus of delegates to’ tho
county convention, held here, decided
to make no nominations for county offi
cers or for the lower house of tho legis
lature aiid to run only on tickets for
i judges, congressmen and state senator.
There is, however, a condition attached,
which is under consideration by the
$79 each. The regiment, through Cap
tain Edward Robinson of Mobile, jire-
seurted Major Brandon with a .>500
watch. Several popular lino officers
wove also remembered with tokens of
witeem.
Explosion Injures Soldiers.
Detroit, Nov. 1.—Four privates of
the Nineteenth infantry, who wore loft
at Fort Wayne when their roginnfnt
went south, were badly injured today
by tho explosion of a quantity of pow
der which th.*y were transferring from
the lia- ement ->t t’-ie • it .rdhouse for
Fright at Death Kilts Two.
Knoxville, Oct. 31.—Henry Johnson,
Third North Carolina, died of fever in
Camp Poland division hospital. SS’lulo
his body was being carried out of tho
ward Christopher Reaves and Thomas
Eaves, patients, wore so badly fright
ened they died within an hour. Ail
Large Btaz • at Tiiikcgec.
Tt -kkuke, Ala., Oct. 31.—The br.si-
ess i.ortioii of tins nl.vco has b. on do-
Bryan Has Typhoid Fever.
Savaxvah, Oct. 29.—There appears to
bo no doubt now that Colonel William
J. Bryan has typhoid lever. Uis com
plaint has Icon so pronounced by tho
attending physician.
trans-shipment tote nont in Porto
Rico. Tho men are: 1 'red Fishor, A;-
chio Miller, Robert J. N a veil and Fred
Craw.
Ilnllowi-ciier Mint Dead.
Newark, O., Nov. 1.—Thomas Ran
dall, a farm -i* near Dickersvillo, shot;
in* i a crowd of villa'"» halloweencrs
last night, in his cotniioid, and kiliad
Harley Siuolio, aged 19.
vast at i
1 by lire
Tho block of stores
eastern side of the
SAD TRAGEDY IN CAROLINA.
Man Administers Chill Cure to Loved
Ones With Fatal Effect.
Rock Hill, S. C., Oct. 28.—News of a
sad tragedy conies from Edgemoro. Mr.
P. M. Blanks, a respectable farmer of
that section, purchased yesterday after
noon a bottle of chill cure from Mr. Sid-
I noy Robinson’s store, taking it home
j with him.
This morning he administered doses
to his wife and four children. The ef
fect was unlooked for. Mrs. Blanks
| died this morning; the oldest boy, aged
6, died a few hours ago, and a little girl
was expected to die when tho messen
ger came here this afternoon seeking
j physicians.
Second Georgia Is Retained.
Washington, Oct. 28.—Senator Ba
con of Georgia today obtained the con
sent of the president to tho Second
Georgia volunteer regiment remaining
iu the United States service. Senator
j Bacon was accompanied by Colonel Os
car Brown and Captain Wilcoxson of
the Second Georgia. Tho First and Sec
ond Georgia regiments were ordered
mustered out some time ago, but a large
number of men in both regiments pre
ferred to remain in the service. The
order of the president will allow the
men of both regiments who want to go
out to do so while those who wish to re-
maiu can go iuto the Second.
Physicians Elect Officers.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 28.—The an
nual meeting of the Tri-State Medical
association has closed. Chattanooga was
chosen as the next place for the con
vention. Officers were chosen as fol
lows: President, Dr. George A. Bax
ter of Chattanooga; first vice president,
M. C. McGammon, Nashville; second
vice president, W. D. Travis, Coving
ton, Ga.; third vice president, George
S. Brown, Birmingham; secretary,
Frank Tivster Smith, Chattanooga;
treasurer, Cooper Iloltzclaw, Chatta
nooga. _
Third Victim of Lynchers.
A roust a, Ga., Oct. 28.—The body of
Wash McKie, tho third of tho negroes
fired on by the Edgefield lynchers, has
been found. Wash McKie was tho
most prominent negro in that district
ami a successful farmer, employing
other negroes to work for him. Ho was
a candidate for postmaster, and it is
said the enmity against Mr. Atkinson,
which resulted iu the assinatiou of his
wife, grew out of tho negro’s disap
pointment at being defeated for this
office.
Alibi Proved by Morris.
Lafayettk, Ala., OctT 28.—The pro-
liminary trial of T. L. Morris, accused
of killing a farmer, for which crime a
negro was lynched a few days ago, has
been concluded here, tho cases against
Z. T. Morn's aud Ace Anderson having
been clismis-cd previously. Morris \\: i
dismissed from custody. Morris proved
an alibi.
Promotions In the Third.
Atlanta, Oct. 28.—Governor Atkin
son has announced the following pro
motions in the Third Georgia regiment:
Captain John S. Cohen, to i*e major;
First Lieutenant L. F. Garrard, to be
captain; Fecund Li' ntenant Max Mc
Rae, to be first i
P. W. Harr iron, to
ateuaut; b rge:
' Ll LB '.ti.i ill;UCLTai*
which form tho
courthouse square were destroyed with
allot their contents. Tho loss is esti
mated at $30,000; insurance about one-
half.
Bryan Miows Improvement.
bAVANNAII, Oct. 31 —<
J. Bryan is nt ’.v much
pects to bo out this week.
om
Willi.’
Cl»!ck. maugu Park Im gected.
C tti: .’.t a in: a, Ga., Oct. 28.—Tho war
commission spee.'al train, which arrived
at Chattanooga dariag tho night, ran
down here tod v-' and tho commission
iy
letter aud cH
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