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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C. JANUARY J, UsvO. rjin m uuaA WORKS SMOOTHLY A Reorganizatio:: of t;io Civil Departmenta Begun. NATIVES APPEAR PLEASED DISTRIBUTION OF PSR'SrORS. OPPOSED BY SOUTHERNERS. Work The IJills of Hilller Itix.y to I*ortlo!i of tin' Spanish l*opnl*tlon Is Stillcu, hut tho t^oiiiiiicrcial Classes Are Satislied Willi the American Regime, uiul All Stoves Well. Havana, Jau. 3.—American control in Cuba works smoothly. Generals Brooke and Lndlow are beginning the reorganization of the civil administra tion satisfactorily. The Cubans are well pleased. Part of the Spaniards are sullen, but the commercial classes are satislied with the new regime. The un derstanding is that no members of the former autonomist cabinet are to be in cluded in General Brooke's proposed council of advisers. They are all un popular and iack the confidence of botn elements. Civil Governor De Castro, ly order of the military authorities, has abolished the use of stamped paper in the govern ment offices. These were annoyances. Prompt steps have also been taken for improving-the system of hygiene. The chief intecijston Monday eeatered at the custom. Colonel Bfiss was as sisted by the treasury expert,.Mr. Don aldson, who was in charge at Santiago. The merchants bad prepared tor the change. Since noon on Sunday 15 ves sels had entered the harbor with car goes for discharge under the American tariff rates. The fir*t vessel was the Norwegian schooner Kitty from Mobile with gen eral merchandise. A Spanish ship,, the Mexico, of Barcelona arrived in ballast. Among Monday’s arrivals was the ISo- guranca from New York with mer chandise. American shippers seem to have improved their opportnirfties. Some contusion resulted, as no tariff rates had been translated into Spanish. That deficiency will soon be corrected. The importers had secured American money with which to pay duties. The postoffice for the city and foreign mails shows improvement. The con fusion sull is duo to inefficient em ployes. The demoralization in tin* island service cannot be remedied immediately. Chief Director Itathbnrne's first order after taking charge was to abolish the franking privilege, which has been grossly abused. A mistake made in Washington in printing cent stamps for American correspondence has been remedied by selling the stamps for 2 cents. The police service is being slowly or ganized No general disorder exists. Two or three homicides during the last two days have been of the ordinary kind and have had no significance. Cubans and Spaniards are getting along pretty well. Some fears of social demoraliza tion of which Americans complain will be corrected when the police organiza tion is more advanced. The military authorities do mif want to use troops for duty of this kind. LEFT ON THE THIRTEENTH. fommi'SloiiiT .JoIwisihi Hinnl at IVo-parlng tin* Vunrlicvs. Atlanta. Jau. 3.—Pension Commis sioner i’.icbard Johnson is hard at work preparing the vouoiiers for the pay* incut of pensions to indigent confeder ate veterans. The legislature appropri ated for this year $'.’38,000 for indigent veterans and the disbursement of this money will begin on Jau. 15. The appropriation is 0C0 larger than it was fur IXIl and ISO'S lll * s constitutes most of the additional 1 amounts given to pensioners by this legislature. The iudipent pensioners receive |(id a year each The widows i of confederate soldiers will be tho sec- i ond class to receive pensions. Commissioner Johnson expects to be- i gin tiie payment of their claims between Feb. 1 and 15. The amount paid to tins class is per annum and the appro- - printiou for this year is $230,000. Tne payment of widows’ pensions will ; require about three weeks and as soon that work is completed, say about * March 1, the payment of invalid pen sions will begin. j The appropriation for this class is C102,500, which is an increase of $2,500 Hills of Huller and II,. pigeonholed. Washington, Dots 30.—On account of the opposition developed in the south to the bill introduced by Senator l.at- ler of Nprth Carolina to grant pensions to those who fought during the con led- crate war, on the side of the Con.ed- e: acy, and to the bill of Representative Rixey of Virginia to admit ex confed erates to the national soldiers homes of the country, it is doubt tin whether either bill will be reported from the committees to which thoy have been referred. Tnere is absolutely no sentiment in favor of the passage of th<- measure of Senator Butler among southern con gressmen. which would only be to in crease the proportions of overburdened pension list. Senator Pt-t- ♦us of Alabama, who is a member of the senate committee on military affairs, says that so far as he knows there is no demand among the confederate soldiers for the passage of the bill of Senator Butler. The measure of Representative Rixey meets with more favor among southern people, though there is a decided oppo MONEY DEPOSITED IN FAVORITE K*ystc:ie State Funds Used For Political Purposes. SO DECLARES GOVERNOR COLONY NEAR TUSCUM3IA. LCCATi over the amount approjiriated for the ; sitiou to its enactment into law. If the bill is brought into the house, however, it is not improbable that i f would re- ‘ years 161*7 and SHOT AFTER CUTTING TWO. Young Man Who I!a<l His Knife on Officers Killed. West Point, Ga., Jan. 3.—After ent- j ting up two men, the body of Ernest Koborts lies a corpse at tiie home of his ia/tber in this city. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon Offi cers Gallagher and Jones of Lauette, Ala , arrested Robetifs^ir a tamer ef- feuse and were taking him to jaiL When in front of that building Roberts whipped out a large hunter’s kir.le and attacked Gallagher, cutting him so- j verely over the head and arm. lietln-n , attacked Jones, who threw him to the , ground and was trying to handcuff him. He cut Jones across the vest and had it not been for a pistol belt on the latter - his life would nave been lost. Seeing that Eabwfs was going K> kill some one, Gallagher drew his pistol, I tiring.two shots, both talcing effect in Roberts’ abdemmi and causiag his t death. I A preliminary hearing exonerated the ! officer. MOVE TO VACATE ORDER. Petition of Thomas and Ityan Will Probably He E>ls«»i**ud. Savannah, Jan. 3.—A motion to va cate the order and dismiss the petition i of Thomas and Ryan against the Louis- j viile and Nashville Railroad company has been Sled with the clerk of the United States court hero. This is the , litigation which involved the lease of ! the Georgia railroad, which was at one | time owned jointly by the Louisville and Nashville and the Central railroad and afterwards claimed by the Louis- i viile and Nashville. There was for some time a stubborn fight over the lease in the Un'ted States | court, but a settlement was finally effected between the purchasers of the old Central and the Louisvi'lo and Nash- cetve several votes from southern repre sentatives. WARM LEGAL BATTLE ON. Argument Hegins In the Street Rail way Franchise t'ont-vst. Atlanta, Dec. 30.—Argument began today m the United States court over the street railway franchise contest. The case came up yesterday and the day was spent principally in reading of the pleadings and affidavits. The litigation was precipitated by the attempt of the Atlanta Railway com pany t» condemn the Mitchell street tracks of the Consolidated for the pur- pose of entering the new Mitchell street viaduct, and completing its proposed crosstown system. Council gave the Atlanta company this right, but the Old Colony Trust company, as trustee for the bondholders of the Consolidated, stopped condemna tion proceedings by injunction. It is this bill that is being heard by Judge Newman. Some of tbs best legal talent in the state is engaged on the opposing sides, making the hearing the most notable one ot recent date. Hasting Sends tJis Message to the Keg- islature and Among Other Things Severely Criticizes the New Capitol JUuUding. Haukisburo, Jan. 3.—Governor Has tings, who will retire from the gnber- au already i naturial chair on Jan. 17, sent his an nual message to the legislature today. The message shows the state revenues for the year ended Nov. 30, 1S98, to have been $18,325,120, and the ex penditures $13,973,803. The debt of the state is $1,025,982, no part of which can be paid until 1912. The governor says: “The operation of the act of the last legislature providing for the payment of interest by banks in which the state funds are deposited shows that while this interest law is an improvement and indicates the enormous sums which the state might have received during past years, yet, in my judgment, it does not L uid Secured aiiel > e»-n to < ol.n- From die Not i hwent. TfsotMBiA, Ala., Jan. 2.—William j Otto Meisuer, thy founder of Ca iman. | Ala., one of tiie most prosperous Ger man colonies in the south, has been in Tu-cumbu several weeks quietly or gam zing a company to purchase 5,0*10 acres of land at Mountain Mills, 12 miles southwest of this city. The Cherry cotton mills began its successful career at Mountain Mills 20 years aj/o, removing from that place to Florence a lew via:-, since for a large bonus. The m-w town has been christened Mount Dewey, and Mr. Mei-ner is ar ranging to have a largu number of cv. eur-ionists irom Iowa, Wi.-comm, 11.i- uois and other western states visit i hero during the early spring. His object is to sell in small tracts me large body of lands, ut on wnich all kinds of fruits, vegetables, tobacco, etc., will be grown. A.ready the matter of erecting a spa cious modern hoiel building, to accom modate visitors, is being considered and wi 1 be pushed to early completion. Cue thousand acres of the 5.00J tract are to be reserved for the town site, where there is at present the large brick building occupied as a factory by the Cherry cotton mills, together with a ; well equipped church edifice and sev- j eral commodious cottages buiit by the . (Juerry company. The remaining 4,000 I at res are to lie divided into id a-r*- ; tracts, one of which is to go to each j shareholder. The new town i-- located 4 miles from the T'enm-sseo river, 2 miles trots the ma n lino of the Memphis division *>4 j tiie Southern railway, and t.s connected hv a tree turunike with the vaRoss I I’rrsbFfet r. - Atlanta, ley, it appears, jTHLRN CRAVf-S. »y t<» P.tt*,- TJjcts Ura" c <. * —lYcsi l nt Mi'lCin* JEs Ivgun j ; aratmns for a practical nVplioattou oi thn .soJiti- me»ts expressed f* his now famuiis ad dress belore the Georgia legislature dur ing his recent visit to Atlanta. A request is said to have been sent to tin- governor* of the various states ask ing them to inform the war records office of the location of the various cem eteries m '.v inch con federate soldiers are buried. This is the firststep in the de- veiopmeut of the idea fpf placing the confederate graves under the care of the i^uoual government. A communication seeking to ascertain tk" »■ cation of the confederate cemeter ies ia Georgia has been received by As sistant Adjutant General Obear. The request cones from General Marcus W. Wright, agent of the war records office. The request has not yet l*)on placed in the hands of Governor Candler, l*ut when presented to him it will be acted upon at an early date and the depart ment will he given information concern ing the grave of every coivtcderate sol dier who is buried in Georgia. From the communication which was received bv Colonel Obear it appears that a similar request has been sent to the governorof each southern state. AN ESTATE IN MANY HANDS. iiig of I’ruprrty Ibnb-r l.nw Mak ing Husband and Wife ll-'irs. Cokdllk, Ga., Jau. 2. — The death here receirly of C ilou-.-i Josepu E. Bivius, president of tne First National bank, puts an end to the remakab e shifting of a valuable estate which ha» occurred as a result of the Georgia law constituting husbands amt wives mu tual heirs. Ten years ago there came to Atlanta a doctor named Marvin from Neiirasha NEW DEPOT FOR MOBILE. Gulf City Will Probably Got a llaud- soiiie Union Station. Moble, Dec. 30.—Thero was a con ference in the city hall here between a special committee of the general coun cil, composed of Aldermen Delchamps and Kirkbride and Councilman Walsh, and President M. H. Smith of the Louis ville and Nashville railroad ami Presi dent E. L. Russell of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, looking to the erection of a union depot in this city. The conference lasted two hours and was behind closed doors, but the com mittee stated after the conference that viile. and tins ooiuprooiise having been 1 the matter had been discussed m all its put hi to effect there wiw m« hiage* any bearings, and that while some physical Schooner Arrives at Haftimore After na Unlucky Voyage. Baltimork, Jan. 3.—The schooner Adele Charleston, Captain Rodick, has arrived from Buenos Ayres after an unlucky voyage, having sailed Feb. 13. When in the Platte river she collided with the British steamer Ruptou and was badly damaged. A board of arbi tration was appointed and the schooner, being unable to give bond, was seized and held for five months pending a de cision, which was m her favor and gave her $8,000 damages. While awaiting trial the Adele Charleston lay near the Temerario, the i Spanish torpedo boat, which it was sup- i posed would make an attack on the bat tleship Oregon. While ;« Platte Ga plain Rodick was stoned by tpauish residwrts. Tbo Ar gentine government kept six guards on tho schooner for two weeks to prevent her being molested. DINGLEY A SHADE BETTER. Maine Congressman's Condition Now Sbow* an Improvement. Wawilnutok, Jan. 3.—The hope for ] the recovery of Representative Dmgley, | resulting from the slight improvement ' in ins condition and the tenacious hold | on life he exhibited, gained a little 1 added strength this morning, though ' his condition remains decidedly critical. ! He passed a fair night and was possibly a shade better this morning at lOo’elock. Dr. Deale, the aUendiug physician, i said that he was certainly no worsn 1 than yesterday, and that this was a good sign, considering his years. The lungs were in as good shape as yester day and breathing perhaps was slightly easier, b it it is expected that it will be need for the suit. AUTHORITIES IN A It will be dismissed, difficulties urged were recognized to exist, the committee is very favorably TANGLE. impressed with tire manner in which it | was met by the presidents of the great Civil systems mentioned, and they believe the outcome of the conference will be the building of a union depot at Mobile commensurate with the needs of the city and the demands of tho public. •JHrlsdictioii Claimed hr FSoth and Military OfHcore. Greenville. S. C., Jan. 8.—The kill ing Sunday of Private Harvey F. Steele, | company I, Socond West Virginia, by Emmettt Kane, a civilian employe, has j brought about a tangle between the military and civil authorities, the latter claiming jurisdiction, inasmuch as Kane | is not an enlisted man, but hired. The j •hooting seems to have been accidental. This is the third violent death in the 1 Second West Virginia since the regi- i meat came here—a sergeant btfltog a I private, who was drunk, and another j private being killed by a provost guard, j On Christmas day a West Virginia officer wail awideutally shot and the j day »be regimout came an eutb^ted mam was shot. Steele’s remains were shipped homo to Clarksburg, W. Va. Soti-thei-n tw He Divided? Cincinnati, Jan. 8.—A report has ! been published here that the Southern i Railway company wfil bo divided into two systems if the Cincinnati Southern can be leased. Acswrdiug t« rtirs state ment Cincinnati will be made lieadquar- ters for the lines west of Atlanta and Bristol with Samuel Felton in charge of them. The fines east of Atlanta and Bristol would constitute the eastern sys tem with heaquurters probably remain ing in Washington. South Carolina Hoys Leave. Savannah, Jan. 8. — The United States troopship Rournonia, with the Second South Carolina regiment, and tiie Mobile, with the Forty-eighth and Ninth Illinois regiments, muled from Savannah this ■lornmg. There only at least several days before there is any remains the Third Georgia regiment, breaking down or consolidation of the the Maine volunteer artillery and six lung tissues. Kagan rushing Ills Inquiry. Wakiiioton, Jan. 8. — Commissary General Eagan has been steadily prose cuting the inquiry into methods follow ed by the big meat packing houses of putting up the meats supplied to the army during the war. Last week he made public a formal statement from the’Armour Co., and today he gave out for publication letters addressed to Lieut. Col. C. M. Smith, purchasing commissary at Chicago, which came from all save one of the firms whit supplied the army meat, either refriger ated or canned. Threatened Slrllee Averted. Cleveland, Jan. 8. — Eight of 15 foundries iu Cleveland have conceded the demands of the core makers for a wage rate of $3.50 per day. The general strike of core makers iu this city, which was scheduled to begin today, there fore, did not take place. The officials of tbocoro makers’organization state that i tie r iiiaiiiiug seven foundries arc willing to compromise the wage ques tion, but anything below a minimum rate of $2 50 per day will not be ac cepted by the men. buHencs of United Suites artillery. Three Killed In a Fight. Memitiis, Jan. 3.—J. E. Kennedy and J. T. Grady attempted at Lulu, Miss., to arrest R. A. Hannan of that village for keeping a “blind tiger.” The men met on the depot platform and after a few words began firing. Harman and K-mn-dy were killed and Grady was mortally wounded. lie was brought ] here and died iu a hospital. Soldiers Kniburk at Miami. Miami, Fla., Jau. 8.—Capt. F. L Hus- tin, of company O, Second regiment, U. I 8. V. Engineers, with companies H, of Omaha, and F and G, of Chicago, have embarked for Havana. The men ex changed their Winchester rifles for Krag-Jorgensens hsre, ami were lur- ntshed m-w canvass saitv. They were all in the best of health. Dividends For Creditors. Wakhinotov, Jan. 3.—Tho comptrol ler of the currency has declared divi dends in favor of tho creditors of tho insolvent national banks as follows, viz: Five per cent , the Uuiou National bank of Denver, Cola SOLDIERS BLOW OUT CAS. One Hus Already Succumbed and the Other Lies at Death’* Door. Savannah, Dec. 80.—One soldier of the Ninth Illinois regiment, Corporal Murshall Williams, was found dead iu a house on South Broad street, at noon today, asphyxiated by gas. His com panion, Corporal James Neurman, also of Company F, Ninth Illinois, was found unconscious and is now m a dying condition at the hospital. The men went to tho room at mid night last night and prevailed upon the female proprietor of the place to lot them spend the night. Thu woman says they wore intoxicated when they went to the room together It is supposed they blew out the gas. A few days ago they had been on pro vost guard duty in this section of the city and were relieved only yesterday. Kobbcd His Former Friend. Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 30.—Henry Lowery was held up, robbed and shot by William Nicholson, his former friend, about 30 miles from here. Nicholson met Lowery iu the road, and finding ho bail some money, offered to swap his old pistol for Lowery’s new one. When he got both pistols iu hand, he held Lowery up iu highwayman fashion and robbed him. Then, to make his escape sure, he shot Lowery twiqo, inflicting serious wounds. . Nicholson has been captured and carried to Monroe jail. Bjldlers Leave Charleston. Charleston, Dec. 30.—The transport Manitoba sailed at 7:30 this morning for Matauzas with General hanger, brigade hcafimiarters, hospital corps and tho Twelfth New York regiment. The Mm- newaska sailed at the same hour for Uienfuegos with General bates an i staff and the Sixth Ohio. The Saratoga sailed at 12:80 for Havana with a bat talion of the First regular infantry. A number of stragglers were left iu the city. Alleged Absconder Caught. Conyers, Ga., Dec. 80.—A man sup posed to be 8. Lafayette Almand, for merly a merchant at this place, accused of absconding with $50,000, has been arrested at Tulare, Cal., and a detective sent after him. He left Georgia about three weeks ago and large rewards were offered for his capture. correct the evil which it was intended to comet. While it may be true that the state lias hist no money deposited in the various banks throughout the com monwealth it cannot be questioned that towus m UoU)ert couaty m the pm-'t tge public fniuis have been J used for political purposes by deposit- ! I ing them in favorite banks, where such j deposits were expected to yield returns j iu the shape of political influence. “Tins system cannot be defended. It should not be in the power of any man : to say what banks shall handle the mil- I lions of dollars that are annually paid into the state treasury. The evil will never be corrected until the state keeps 1 ! its own nnsnoy in its own vaults, as do j many of the states, and as is dune by i the United States. Legislation of this j j character would he to the interest of all the people and a step toward better government.” In touching upon the present Austra lian ballot law, the governor says it is incompreheusive and complicating to voters and opens the door to confusion and fraud, and he recommends a re casting of the ballot laws so as to avoid the inequalities and imperfections iu the present statute. The governor urges the legislature to adopt a memorial to congress to author- [ ize the selection of senators by popular Vote. The governor criticizes the new state capitol building, erected to take the , place of the building destroyed by fire in February, 1897. “The new building,” he says, “in its present condition is hardly fit for hu man habitation, much less tbo official abode of the representatives of the great j ja(! :lie ii(>iiv> arrave(1 ):1 st()re ^.thes, comiiKanvealth. It is made of common | brick, embedded in cheap mortar, looks like a hastily erected factory building and is repulsive to the eye. Although j the act of the assembly requires that the | b«ihfiny shall be ‘made as nearly fire- proof as possible,’ the rbof and most of | the interior fittings are as combustible ' as possible. “Farthermore, I am advised by a competent and trustworthy builder* who has personally examined this build- 1 ing, that a fair estimate of the oost of the present structure would not exceed $226,000, as it now is and that it will cost to complete the building, according to the plans adopted, not less than $2,500,000.” ACCUSED OF INCENDIARISM. A I’roniinont Gadsden Man In Jail Charged With Arson. Gadsdhn, Ala., Dec 31. —J. I£. P. Board, a well kamva «Vizi<n tin's city, has been arrested and cenliutKi fo the ivninrv j.t»l be*e on a charge if arson. Um Rice, b a ruridiriu e axil burn beloegieg to Beard, on Tasoatoosa street, known as the Hawkins place, were burned. There was $1,200 insur ance on tho dwelling aid $300 on the barn. Incendiarism was suspected*. The insurance company went to work in vestigating the case and Beard’s arrest followed. Ir is charged that Beard < ffered a white family living tn his heuse $25 to burn lli« piaw, w*’mch was refused, and Beard, it iS atte^c-d, paid thtrtii*a<i of tfio family,$45 not to talk. 1I-j tlein, it is charged, got a negro to bunt ike h-oasy, Who was to notiYy Bi» oceapanM so tV/ar they could escape. The negro notified them, set Hie house on iite and skipped. *1.. 41 A 1 13. ..a This is not the first Upute Beard has He touuil there u we.ow with a d',)> j been charged with bvtnjintf. estate, which had passed to h*-r upon the death of uer husband. Marvin mar rit.d tne woman, she died and ue got tho property. Marr) ing again. Marvin moved to this place r.ad cjtr.fiiiy.e.-l 'lie !•'•"•- Na- i}, t . ,‘ne.i, r.u : the c -> married noiia hank. t.iie l to hi.s widow. Mi Uc’cuel Bivins and died. Thy colonel did uot Wed again, and now that he is cc;’d the chain is broken end tiv prop erty will go to his collateral relatives The remarkable conduct ot Mr* Mar vin when her liusbami died is recaileu in connection with tue store. -ue sent to New < irb-ans for a<i tnciau Om an i so adjusted in the par or that it arose and bowed on her entrance. TENNESSEE SCIONS MEET. LELAND STANFORD ESTATE. Alter Payment of Hequeiits There Is Sllll $10,000,000 Left. Ban Francisco, Jau. 3.—Now that the courts have ordered the division of the Lelaud Stanford estate, it is interesting to know just how great a fortune is concerned. At the death of Senator Stanford the estaFi was estimated t«* be worth $17,- 000,000. Counting out the payment of bequests the estate still exceeds $10,- 000,000. The income from Mrs. Stan- fovd’s interest and the portion left to the university is about $1,000,000 a year. It was to tide over a season of finan cial disaster that Mrs. Stanford twice had tho court cut down her own inctmio until it is now but about $1,000 per month, and on one occasion she pledged her jewels m order to raise funds. Ex cept this $1,000 per month the entire income of the estate is now devoted to the university. L gisliitlire. Over xv he I mi i llgl y I > i m w- ci-at.c, Convene* at Xu»llviile. Nashville, Jan. 2.—The state iegis luture met at noon today. There it «m hand an immense throng of candidates for the positions to be filled in the dif ferent departments of the state govern ment. The legislature is overwhelmingly Democratic in both branches. There is no otmosition to the re-election of Sena tor B. Bate. Governor-elect McMilliu will be in augurated on Jan. 15. after the legisla ture has canvassed the votes and an nounced the result oi the November election The state’s finances will occupy much of the time of the session, as rile float ing debt amounts to $^5t),0i)J ami there is a growing demand for its speedy re I tiremeut. Atquiltal For L niis I£ M< Jan. 2. — The negro Louis Reese, who ici.led fcergeant Collins m ' the volunteer camp of the First Ala- , buma on May 8, last, near this city, was | tried iu the city court and the jury re- | turned a verdict of nor gtitiry. Collins was a member o' the Birmingham rifles, Company K, and had gone over to the scene of the killing for tfio o.-XeiiHi'ljle purpose of quieting some of the soldiers. There was a crowd of soldier* in pur-nit of Reese, when he turned and fired into the crowd, tho bullet wounding Collins in the head, from the effects of wnich The principal individual legatees of ^ jied shortly aft-r ... i .o, o.r i n addition to Mrs. Uc uitu Portly alter. j the late senator, Stanford, were Thomas Stanford, brother of deceased, who received $1,000,00©, and Charles Stanford, Jen nie Stanford Byingtou, Nora Stanford Wells, Leland Stanford Lathrop, Maude Stanford Kinmouth and Winfield Scott | dea(1 at his home in this citv. | Stanfonl. nte^. and nephews who re-- Hf! ,|ry Smith was bom m ceived $lti(),000 each. fhe $1,000,000 | C()Ull ty (j a jn He came to Aw bequeathed to Thomas Stanford will re- bama in )83U and settled in Randolph Ex-Governor >iuitli 1* Dead. Birminoham, Ala , Jan. 2.—Ex Gov ernor William H. Smith, one of Aiu- abama’a reconstruction governor*, u William F.iv«mo vert to the university upon his death, according to the terms of the legatee’s will. Leedy Signs Reform Hills. Topeka, Jan. 2. — The railroad bill 1 and the bill taxing insurance companies ! on their gross premiums as passed by | the extra session of the legislature were signed by Governor Leedy today. The insurance bill places a tux of 2 per cent ! on the gross premiums on the Kansas business of all outside insurance compa nies, whether fire, lile or accident, aad 4 per cent on European and other for eign companies. News From Iloilo Reassuring. Washington, Jan. 8.—A cablegram comity. He was on the D uglas elec toral ticket in 18©0. In February, 1808, ho was voted for for governor and wa* inaugurated July 18, same year In 18T0 he was defeated for tue same office. College I'restd-nt Dt-nd. Greenph «ko, Ala , Jan. 2.—Dr. John O Keener, president of Ibe Southern university, and sou of Bishop Keener of the Methodist Episcopal church, soulh died here from tue effects of a stroke of paralysis. I’romlneiit Lawyer Dead. Wakke.nton, Ga., Jan. 2.—Colonel James Whitehead, a prominent lawyer of the local bar, and perhaps one of the from General Otis at Manila was read l»est known attorneys of the state, died at today’s cabinet meeting. It is said to have stated that tho news from Iloilo was reassuring, lint tho details were not made public. No matters of nnportante were brought forward and the meeting adjourned at an unusually early hour. Tennessee Solons Gathering, Nashville, Dec. 30. — Nearly one- third ot the members of the general as sembly have reached tho city and the scores of candidates for places in the two branches are making life interest- [ tn route, ing for them. _ .... ..... .M-r. Vandi'i llji's lleallli Restored. Sr. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 3. —Assist ant Secretary of tho Treasury Frank A. Vanderlip’s health has been restored •uflideutly to permit bis leaving for Chicago, lie will stop ui Washington . • W A. • d ut Ins home here. 'He was 4ii years old. X'\V City OlliftnU Go In. Atlanta, Jan. 2.—James G. Wood ward today took the (*at4i of office as mayor of this city, succeeding Charles A. Gollii r. Seven new counciliuen and two aldermen ul-o took their seats. Chief Kngineer Resigns. Knoxville, Jan. 2.—Chief Engineer Oharles II. Hudson of the .Southern railway has resigned to enter private pursuit* in this city. WILL COLSON IS ARRESTED. K«^rs Win Killed fffiinf IA»pnt^- Ntier* ill Waruoek In .luil. Birminoham, Ala., Dec. 31.—After a sensational chase of more than throe blocks, Will Golsou, the negro who shot and killed Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Warnock, Sunday afternoon, Nov. 27, has Isien captured and rs now closely guarded in the county jail. The capture was made by Poiieo Offi cers Jack McDonald aad Robert Patton, assisted by two citizens. Golson had out his pistol, but for some reason could aot use it. He ha* made a fuH oonfes- sion, seating that he shot the officer as he ent«red nis house that eventful after noon. A big crowd gatlvered around ths jail whe* tiie negro was Imukerl up, but no atJ*j*#pt at lyaelmig bus itiad-j. Rewards to the aimxnit of $1,050 were offered for the capture of Golsou, and evury police and shei-ifl’ department m the Uuiled States were aotlfied of the murder. IS SAID TO OWE FARMERS. Merelntnt Alnmitd’s Shortage Will Probably Rrncli $40,000. Conyrrs, Ga., Dee 31.—It develops th*f the shortage of S. L. Almand, who left here a few days ago and w now un der arrest at Tulare, Cal., wfll reach a sum variously estimaoed nt between $15,000 and $40,003. It is said that his heaviest credfteHH are the Marietta Guaao company, Atlanta; Baldwin Fes- tiliwer company, Port Royal; the Soutn- eru Pacific Guano company, Atlanta, and the Gate City (Oil campaj^r, Atlanta. fd« mimagoT hen-of HieGatbCuy (hi company. MV is soaH hi owe form ers ali over this and adjoining counties for cottonseed. His wian was to give fo esn-fi man a dno bill on the Gate City OH company’s blanks, telling them that tho company would deporit the money in the bank here in a short whi>« and laideem the dmu )m1-1s. V«tvi.‘iiriH Want K® I*Mad®M. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 31.—Camp Hardee, United Confederate veterans, held a social session here and among other features were a number of speeches by prominent confederates. A seuti- meat against asking the federal govern ment for (tensions was expressed and McKinley’s suggestion that tho govern ment assist in taking care of the graves of the confederate dead v.'a» heartily In dus sod. Fx-fTinnist I'uyns Defioied. Atlanta, Dec. 31.—Jndge Lmtpkin has refused to grant an iujunothn or to uppomt a receiver in the ooeo of Teorge F. Payne agafnst John M- M^Catdle.sfi. The decision determines olie owL-rship of the apparatus in the laborat«ry a t the state capitol, and says that it behug* to the state. It gives the entire usi of it to State Chemist XlcCandleis. Judge Dies on u Train. Oharugtte, N. C., Dec. 81.—fudge F. Oirroll Brewster, a noted lliludel- phia lawyer, died suddenly on the Southern train near this city of piw a ly. sis of the heart. He was on hi* wiy to Florida to spend the winter. He WM 72 years old, and was ut one mn® a<or- uuy generai of Philadwlphia, and uel.j ro i that judge of the slate conrls. X*w Military AgpaUitMltlita. Ati.akta, Dec. 31—Governor Cand-! ler h.vs aiinounucd the following mili tary appointments: Piiil O Dynl, ta bel assistant adjutant general with tho rank of colonel; W (i. Olwar, to be iuitpeotor general with the rank of colonel; W. J. Kendrick, to ln> assistant inspector gen- eral with the rank of liouU'iiuut colonel. A St. Louis Pioneer Duud. St. Louih, D»c. 31. — George lugsum Barnett, one of the pioneur architects of j bt. Louis, M dtjad, aged 84.