The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 23, 1900, Image 1

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i / F. O. Staoy. President. J. O. Watidlaw. Vico Prosiden THE HATIONAl BANK OF CAFFNE7. Capital $50,000.00. Will buy county cliitms, receive deposit and make libeiiil lonns on appioved paper 1). C. lions. Cashier. ^ I I JLJ_L/ •VS' ^ SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. >• t r* r. r - stzm t*- xxs* A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., TUBS DAI, I AW UA BY 23, 1900. $1.00 A YEAR. \ 1 PHILIPPINE WAS IS OPPOSEO BY TUHNER Washington Senator Declares Against Expansion. SYMPATHY WITH BOERS England, II • Siy<, Is Trying to “Im prove and Civil Z ‘ the Hiirghcrs In t!»e Way We Are improving uud Civ ilizing tile Kiiipincs." Washington, Jan. 22. — In accord- nnco with notice previously Riven Mr. Tnrnor (Uem., Waeh.) today addressed the reuate 0:1 the Philippine question. His discusssiou took a wide range. “Neither the stately periods of the president’s message nor the fervid ora tory of lii9 senator’s address,” said he, 1 “can change the facts of history or met amorphose a proposed course already partly accomplished, which involves a shocking and peril.ious broach of na tional faith, into an act of policy de fensible on grounds of justice, morality and national duty.” Perfidy and bad faith were involved in the pretensions put foath by the ad ministration of either a legal or a moral right to abion and govern the Philip pine islands without the consent of their people. The people of those islands were, ho said, a brave, resolute, liberty loving people, and their straggles ought to vrm them the admiration and respect of every member of the American sen ate. Mr. Turner then related the ofttold story of the a’li.uce which was formed between the United States forces and the Filipinos for the subjugation of Ma nila and the expulsion of Spain from the islands and expressed the opinion that had our army been delayed for a .few weeks the Filipinos would have captured ths city. lie declared that the Filipinos were fighting for their own independence, yet the president’s mes sage set up the claim rhatiudependonce was au alter thought founded upon the sinister ambition of certain Filipino leaders. Action Without Puraliel. “Our action has no parallel in the his tory of all the world from the begin ning of time down to the present mo ment,” said Mr. Turner. “I venture to say that there is not one American voter in 100 who would not have repu diated the pretensions of the adminis tration as perfidious and dishonorable, if called upon with the full knowledge of the facts to sanction them in the be ginning and before tho present desolat ing war began. ” Mr. Turner controverted the presi dent’s statements that the islands were ours by everv title of law and equity, because tho Filipinos had assumed their sovereignty by tho God-given right of revolution. Referring to the speech of Mr. Bever idge as a rhapsody, Mr. Turner said that it “lacked tiie majestic harmony which can bo evoked when the nobler chords are struck. ” Ho maintained that the Filipinos knew that tho function of a government was to preserve life, liberty and prop erty, and believed that they were abun dantly able to maintain such a govern ment. “Already our Philippines experiences are beginning to have tho boomerang effect predicted by tho senator from In diana,’’said Mr. Turner. “There is a primitive people in South Africa, a mere handful, pious and simple, brave and heroic, but careless of the great wealth lying under their hands, indif ferent to its civilizing influence and dis posed to live their own simple lives in their own simple way. They are the last link that connect us with one of the groat heroic epochs iu the world’s history. Filipinos and Burghers. “A groat nation having racial tenden cies similar to our own, has seen the present deplorable condition of affairs among this South African people and lias determined to improve and civilize them in the way we are improving and civilizing tho simple but bravo Fili- piuos. They are not succeeding so well, unfortunately, in their self imposed task, as we are. The Afrikanders are proving themselves to be worthy sous nf heroic sires. They are making au heroic fight, and one which has become the wonder and admiration of mankind thronghont tho world. “Because of what wo, in common with mankind, owe to their blood, be cause they are bravely fighting a ruth less invader of their homes and fire sides, because they are lighting for their liberty, to govern th mselves and their affairs their own way, because when they go down another republic will have perished, they undoubtedly carry with them in their struggle pro found sympathy of tho American peo ple. Our sympathy has been expressed through governmoiitnl channels. “But now the ghost of liberty mur dered in the Philippines stands in the way. We cannot even preserve a de cent neutrality bet ween tins heroic peo ple and their assailants. It is yet per mitted to us, however, as individuals to nvert our eyes, and as those noble men go down to death and oblivion, to say to them as I now do, ‘Thou last survi vors of a heroic age, bail and farewell.’ ” Opposed to Aiiiu-xatloit. Mr. Turner, after a brief legal and constitutional argument bearing upon the stains of the United States in the Philippines, made the point that the annexation of the Philippines would debauch tho citizenship of the country. “The Filipinos,” ho said, “will have nil the privileges of citizens of the United States as to themscl* es and their { trodocts This will be to pauperize tho abor of the country; to pit the 10,000,- 000 undet'iMiid and underfed Filipinos against the mechanic, the artisan and the laboring man of this laud.” Mr. T urner, iu conclusion, said that everybody know a declaration by con gress of its purpose to confer self gov ernment upon the Filipinos would stop the war instantly and eloquently urged tile adoption of such a declaration. “If wo now give them justice we will have done mora for their nimtul, moral and political reg( neration and for all (heir kindred races than wo could do in 100 years of political communion and Association.” BRYAN IN NEW YORK CITY. - • lie Will Re Euti-rtuiin'd «t Dinner at O. ll. t\ UiGitiont’s lli'ine. Jan. 22.—William J. Jersey City from in New York. Bryan arrived Washington sa the U:-12 a. m. train on tho Pennsylvania railroad this morn ing. He was mot by James K. Oliver of tho Democratic committee. Mr. Bryan remained in his private car until nearly 8 o’clock, when he went to the Hoffman House. At the hotel when Mr. Bryan arrived were State Senator P. H. McOaren, John B. StauehQeid and Chairman Campbell of tho state Democratic com mittee. These and others, making 85 in all, will help Mr. O H. P. Belmont entertain Mr. Bryan at dinner at Mr. Belmont’s home tonight. Tomorrow evening Mr. Bryan will.be the guest at dinner of President John W. Keller of tho Democratic club. This diuuer will bo informal and will bo eaten in the diningroom of ihe club. On Wednesday Mr. Bryan will re ceive friends and political associates. In the evening he will go to Jersey City and attend a reception. It has been his intention to go to Now England on Thursday, but it is said on what seems to be good authority, that Mr. Bryan has determined to abandon his New England trip and will return ’immediately to Washington. BRITISH FILED A PROTEST. JOHN BUSKIN DEAD; IS EVENTFUL LIFE Noted Artist, Writer and Lec turer Passes Away. EIGHTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE Ho Attached Pm I liters of the Old School and Kulogiz.-d Taruir’d Methods—He Finally Became Ds- nicutcd—Wife (lot Divorce. London, Jan. 20.—John Ruskin died this afternoon of influenza, aged 81 years. John Ruskin in his early prime did for art a great work—a work iu some fit*- Jem Filibuster Proved to U-t an Old Tug With Miiall Capacity. Washington, Jan. 22. — Only ono complaint has been registered at tho state department that a filibustering ex pedition was organizing in this country for tho purpose of proceeding to South Africa. The complaint was filed ten days ago by tho British ambassador, who gave the state department notification of tho impending departure of a vessel from Philadelphia, laden with an armed ex pedition, iu the Boers’interest. An in vestigation by tho treasury department disclosed that the vessel was a seagoing j tug without suflicieiit coal capacity to carry it from Philadelphia to the Dela ware breakwater and hack again. Though the British ambassador un derstands that many men have been re cruited in this country for service iu tho Boer army, he had found it impossible to stop the practice, as tho American neutrality laws cannot be applied to un armed men leaving the United States, no matter if their destination may ho the Transvaal. It would not bo surprising to tho offi cials if tho British governmont were also obtaining recruits here, hut this, as iu tho case of the Boor agents, eannol be established. YAQUI INDIANS DEFEATED, Mexican Troops Kill Two Iliindrod Kills la u Fight. Nogales, A. T., Jan. 28. —A message from Ortiz, a station on the Sonora rail road, reports that carriers from Macoy- ate confirm the account of the lust stand of the Yaqui Indians against the Mexi can general Lorenzo Torres. Au cflioial telegram received in No gales places the Mexican losses iu killed and wounded at 80, and a message sen; over tho government wires last night confirms the report of the killing of the Yaaui chief, To labiate, along with 20U of ms best fighters. The 500 Indians taken prisoners will ho brought into Ortiz tomorrow and also Father Beltran uud the Josephine sisters, who were rescued. Governor Terra), at Hermosiilo, has wired all points in Sonora to be oa guard and to look out for small bauds of Indians. Stall) Federation of Labor. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 22. —Judge W. H. Stanley, a prominent labor leader of this city, will go to Phenix City and Girard, Ala., on Tuesday for the pur pose of delivering^ an address to the working people of those places looking to the lormatton of a state federation of labor. Montgomery, Birmingham and other places have signified their inten tions of joining the proposed state fed eration and it is proposed to get the cot' toa mill workers of Phenix C.ty, Girard and other places to become identified in tho movement. A Tragedy In Orangeburg. Columbia, S. C , Jan. 82.—The report of a tragedy reached here from North, Orangeburg county, in which the par ticipants were well-to do farmers. Wil liam D. Jeffcoat shot down J;is brother James and while the young man was lying on tho ground, the father, R. A. Jeffcoat, fired into his son’s body, the woumis proving fatal. There is said to have been bad feeling for some timo between James Jeffcoat and the rest of his family. Itishop Fiizg*rnld liuprov-s. Littlk Rock, Jan. 22.—Bishop Dunne nf Dallas, Tex., passed through Little Rock on his way to Jonesboro to see Bishop Fitzgerald. A telegram from Jonesboro states that tho bishop is still improving and with pr_'nt prospe ti will be brought homo inj^veek or ten days. Father Lucy of Pino B u'f has been with him since lie was ztrickau with paralysis Thursday. (» orgiaue Iiiv.-hI hi Ocala. Ocala, Fia , Jan. 22—A deal has just been closed hero by wiiich Georgia par ties have invested $1100,000 iu the Cop ley Lumber company’s pine timber of tho Oekluwaba river, below Grahams vtlio. They will erect one of tho largest mills in the south, employing 200 hands and cutting lz.000,000 feet of lumber annually. The main oflico will ho lo cated iu this city. Killing N -ur IlHniisttsvIlle. Bennkttsville, 8 C., Jan. 22. — Young Murdoll Polston met Duncan McDuffie on tho road near this place and was accused o? assisting iu the runaway marriage of his (McDufilo’s) daughter. Pulsion denied the charge, a quarrel en- •ued, resulting in the killing of Mu Duffle. Polston is now iu jail. Cyclist* s«-l«-or Milwaukee. Pittsburg, Jan. 23. — Tho annual meeting of tho League of American Wheelmen for 1000 will be held in Mil waukee. This has just been decided by the executive committee. Tho date ui the meeting will bo fixed later. LARGE SUM FOR HiS VOTE. N innolli- Says Il<* Was Ofl'i-iv! • < ;i2!tJ,« OOO to Support Clark. Washingtons Jan. 20—Tho iuvosti- gafinti by tho committee on privileges ; and elections into tho allegations of j bribery against Senator Ot.iri; was ro- i turned today. T. F. Ncrmotlj. tookkeeprrof Hutto, | was first called, lie was a ’.ininbor of ' the last legislature. He testified that • within a week alter his election *n> was | approached with u:i indirect offer to j him or a largo sum for his vote for Mr. (Jiai'ic. It was said to him ihat he could g-t $16,000 to $ii0,C00 for his v >:e and perhaps enough to make iinn > meg fortune it l:o would nu-rcly abscii him self .ro:;i tba legislature .g the time id voting for United States somitcr. Wi.en the legislature c m Vi tied a man had a, preached him and a-ked him if he proporod to make a “sucker” of him soil ami no - get anything out of the election. Finally he said ju:;t before the election he was off.rad $:2- r 00 ler his vote for Clark, the sum to be placed in tho hands of some disnitotostcd per son. At this point Ohr.ii man Chan tier said that John p. Murphy of But e, ono of tho i:i-.*ii who, it i, claim l. It-.t up j preached Mr. Normoile, had noma to ' Wasiiingtcn by irqu- t to testify iu thu case. Ho loft immed'atoiy after a sub \ poena ii ui Loon is.-mod for him “il'areh has boon m.ido for him in vain,” send s- nator ('handler “and the assisianc.) of the iu-ws; amrs is solicited to ascertain his wiioraaLeats. ” ' A JOHN RUSKIN. respects like that Bacon did for philoso phy. Ho recalled artists from an ex cessive reverence for authority and from a cold and speculative refinement to a livelier study of nature and faith in na ture’s methods. The production in Ib-KI of his groat work entitled "Modern Painters—Their Superiority In the Art of Landscape Painting to All the An- cieut Mafjtors” made that a sort of era in art. Tho critics almost unanimously condemned it, and connoisseurs de nounced it, but it may be said that the victory, on tho whole, was with Ruskin. Ho attacked all the landscape painters of the old school and eulogized the methods of Turner. All this was then a sort of blasphemy, but he made it be come authority. Krror After Victory. Having won a substantial victory, ho went on to commit an error very like that ho had combated—au error from which, it seems, no amount of intellect cau save most men and women of ar dent temperament—the error of hold ing that success in any ono department gives cue perfect warrant to speak with supremo authority iu any other. Thus John Ruskin, after overthrowing the coidiy couvon i tonal school of artists, de voted some years to a ludicrous war on the orthodox political economists. This is probabiy tho reason why, iu tho minds of those who have not made a special study of his writings, there is such a confusion of ideas about Ruskin. In their general reading thoy find him quoted one day as an authority from which there is no appeal and on tho next as a reckless assailant of accepted truths, while hero and there thoy find his dicta quoted ouiy as the basis of irreverent jokes. John Ruskin was horn in London in 1819, tho son of a Scotchman from Perth, who had mado a large fortune in the wine trade,. He was graduated from Christ church. Oxford, in 1842, with high honors, having iu 1839 gained tho Ncwdigato prize for English poetry. He entered at once upon the study of art, took ground against the prevailing tendency to conventionalism or imita tion of the old musters and in 1813 pro duced his “Modern Painters.” In this work he gavo extravagant praise to tho stylo of Turner, hut in 1857 ho astonished tho artistic public by se vere strictures on that painter’s stylo as exhibited iu tho Turner gallery at Marl borough House. In 1840 Ruskin repnblished his “Mod ern Painters” with many additions and continued to add to it till it finally ap peared iu live splendid volumes, having grown to au elaborate philosophical treatise on landscape painting. Mean while he was traveling extensively and studying tho art of Europe, especially in Venice, tho results of which appear in “The Stones of Venice” and the "Seven Lamps of Architecture.” II is Later Y> nrs. For several of his later years Ruskin lived chiefly upon tho sale of his works. In 1807 he was appointed redo lecturer at Cambridge and received from tho university tho degree of LL. B. In 1809 he was elected professor of fine arts in the University of Oxford. In 1871 he gave t’5,000 to endow a master of draw ing in tho Taylor galleries. Oxford. This is hut one of many gifts he has made. During all these years he continued to purchase the finest works of art, but this eventually proved an advantage rather than otherwise, for tho public had such cotihdonco in his taste that many of thasa were sold, when his cir cumstances compelled it, for more than their original cost. He continued to write and lecture till u few year since, when lovers of art learned with deep regret that his health was irreparably ruined. This was followed in tune by the painful announcement that his reason was impaired, and then by the final message that his life work was done. Buskin's married life was strongly tinctured with au unusual form of ro- niauce. Having learned that his wife at 1 John Millais, the painter, were very much in love with each other (al though in a strnlly proper WAJT), Rus- kin is said to have informed his spouse that ho was unwilling to stand In the way of her hanpincss. Suit for dtvorca was accordingly entered by the lady, who afterward married Millais. Rus- kin’s friendship fer the couple con- thiunl unabated up to the time of his mental obscuration. Engineer on u Tug Drowns. Me bilk, Jan. 20 —The tug Captain 8am ran into the tug Hero this morning at the wharf at the foot of Beauregard street and sunk tho tug Hero ami drowned the engineer. E8IT0NS MAY FAIL INTO ANGTHEB TRAP Doers Evacuate Their First Line of Defense. HARD FIGHTING GOING ON BUTLER tViAK.o A SPEECH, Hu Attacks ilia N• \v U eclion Liw D sfrn iM'lilsin;; \ « <jro"s. F.ALi'KiH, Jan. 20 — G-'iiator Butler made an extreme st e:eh to tho Populist state committco in torsion hero lust night. Ho gavo the keynote of thu Poi-ulist tnaehiuo campaign, at'aekmj: | tlio now election law and iho limitation of negro fiam.lii.-e. Ho .-aid: “Tue mgro question, J know, con trouts us, and i: mu-; be set-tied, bin \vu can’t siust tho man who has iivod on tho negro lor i>0 years to sittio it We’ve got to settle it. Wo are the folk - wiio at heart want it i-ettli’d; not thoy. Wo want it settled so they can nolonger us ) it as a scarecrow. “The Rm ubh-aus also are anxious for its settlement and they'il help to Kettle it in tho pro-cr way. The R-v pabiieuns are in this fight to tho death J/u us jo n hands with mom and la-l|i th-tn whip this gang cut of tho s-ate, Lot u< u um unco to toe woi .d that North Carolina will no longer 1c ruled by au- im hisfs, red shirts and a httlo gang or toad ii s— men who 1 tvo letrayed every body and cveryihing. “Tho IHt'ub.ioatis arc willing for in to take the lead Go ahead and hotd a convention and nann a ticket C)i e-u:k--, ihero will to some Republicans on K, and it may lo woean find a D m. ocrat who v. i;l join in this untiatnBtid- moiit light. Th-re are some such prom inent Democrats* and l think it possible that one or more of ih in may offer tu take a place on the ticket. PRES. HADLEY ON TRUSTS. 8001.11 Os'ri.cistii i !i c Oily ll m-ify j ftp u I’nbl e Kvl'. Nkw Havkn, Jan 20. — Pioddeut Ar- [ thur T. Hadley of Yale university, who returned from Ids western trip last night, gave to tho Associate i Press to day the following statement, explaining his position on tiie subject of “trmts:” “My p ) i:ion with regard to ‘trusts' has been that most of the evils at tributed to them arc due to other causes Tue leal evils can ha cured hotter by publicity and enforcing re spons bility of directors than by re pressive legislation. A full account of these statements is given in a magazine iu November hist. “ i ho alleged quotations with regard to social ostracism grow out of a chance remark iu tin course of a talk before business men of Denver. Social ostra cism will servo ns a remedy for any pub lic evil. It is, in fact, the only remedy. It applies to evils connected with trusts iu the same way that it does to any other form of commercial wrong. I did not suggest tho ostracism of trusts, but of tho individuals who grossly abuse powers which tho existence of trust.* place in their hands. ” N- gru “Losi” In Ihn Woods. Pit ATTVILLK, Ala., Jan. 20. — Last Wednesday a negro, who a few day# before shot Deputy Sheriff John L. Car ter of Outauga county, was arrested near Kingston. A special from there stated that a party had started with him for Prattville, the county seat. The negro has never reached here and the members of the party composing his es cort separated and went to their homes. It is stated the negro was “lo-t. ” Some people, in faot. a good many, believe he was lynched on the road between King ston and Prattville, hut by whom the.rt appears to he no record. Wii-llotli*• D l.tyiMl Trains. WtLMlNoroN, N. O., Jan. 20.--An nl most unprecedented downpour of rain last night in this rection considerably delayed traffic on tho different mi’roads running into the city. Oj the Yadkin divi-ioti of tho Atlantic Coast Lino ab traiim hud to ho unr.u’led on account ol waslu tus m tho track, an 1 trains on the Wilming'on and New B rno division ol the sumo s-afem were delayed bovornl hours for the soma reason. The Sea board Air Line was forced 10 transfei pas-ei gars about z0 miles from Wil mington in order to reach tho city. I nip-i-aiif-L c: iii-<m I)-ml. Philadelphia, J.m. 20. —Excessive u e of morphine, to which it appears h< had been addicted during the past foui years, was the cause of tho death in a hotpital last night of William J. - Mo- Connell of Cleveland, O , well known in the west as a temperance lecturer. IIn was found on tho st rents last night in an uncons itous condition and removed toa hooiial, v.-liuo ho died shortly ho fore midnight. Agn-w Will He S-.-t Free, Ocala, Fla., Jan. £0 — E. W. Aguow, former president of the National Bank of Ocala, who was convicted iu the spring of 1897 and soutetieod to five years in iho United States prison at Co- luntbus. O, has had ins sentence com muted by ilie president, and will be set ul liberty ou March 8 next. General Hiiliet ’s Forcas Doggedly Ad vancing la the Fncii of an Kqually Stubborn KesUtuncc—Wuucbope Did Not Criticise Methuen. London, Jan. 22.—Nothing has been received thus far today to indicate that any conclusive result has been reached by tho British forces in the region of the Upper Tngela, and the lack of in formation regarding what men and mu nitions tho Boers have in rogervo pre vents accurate determination of the measure of real successes attending tho two cays’hard fighting. All that cau bo s.atd is that the British sooui to bo doggedly advancing in the face of au equally stubborn resistance. At tiie close of yesterday tho republi- jans had merely evacuated their first iino of defense to take up another semi circular position a short distance in the rear, recalling tho old burgher rnso by which the Beers have previously man aged to outice the British into fatal traps. Dispatches from elsewhere in South Ainca this morning give trivial details of minor happenings mid do not illu minate the situation. The widow of Goaeral Wauchope, in an open letter, hotly denies the stories that tho general In any way criticised General Methuen. She says General Wauchope’s Inst mention of General Methuen to her was contained in a let ter from the Orange river, dated Nov 2!), as follow*-: “Expect Methuen will halt at tiie Modder river for some days before push ing forward. Ha has had a hard tune of it. and must ho a real gahaut soul to shove along as ho does.” Lord Wolseley has also issued a do- nial of the report that the war office ia in possession of a letter from General Wauchope written the night before the Laftle of Mug-rsfontcin, saying it would be tho lust letter ho would write, as ho Bid been asked to perform an ini possi ble task and ho had cither to obey or ders or surrender his sword. TO STUDY RACE PROBLEM. Society Orga[i z-<t by K-prvsentatlvu Airn at. Montgomery. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 23.—In thia city there has been organized by a com mittee of 25 representative men of dif ferent ecclesiastical and political affilia tions a “Southern Society For the Study r.nd Discussion of Race Problems In Relation to the Yv’clfaro of tho South.” The first annual conference will meet iu Montgomery in May of this year. Representative speakers from all parts of tho south will ho asked to spoak ou different phases of tho problem from the standpoint of tho south. The pro gram will be so framed as to be fair to ali sides. Tho speakers will deal with the sub ject of the franchise, with the relation of tho negro to education and religion, mid with the relation of the negro to the social order—including a discussion of the lynching question. Governor Johnston, W. W. Screws, editor of the Montgomery Advertiser; Judge J. B. Gaston, Captain J. M. Fulkucr, Dr. B J. Baldwin, Judge Jo nathan Haralson and leading clergymen of all denominations have been asso ciated with tho movement. NEGRO POSTMASTER QUITS. Clientw Agog Over tho Appointment of Ilia Successor. Cheraw, S. 0., Jan. 22.—Cheraw is all agog over tho appointment of a post- mas er. M. D. McFarhm, a negro law yer, who hold the place under Harrison, uud who was ousted by Cleveland and zoappointed by McKinley when he went in, has for seme cause resigned, and for several days tho race for his place has been kept lively both hero and in Wash ington. It was thought an appoint ment would 1)6 made last week, hut sonio hitch exists at the capital. Delegations, letters, telegrams and petitions have been tho order of tho day. Tho applicau j as far as known hero are R. E Highland, a negro barber, who has boeu acting as assistant postmaster for a short while, and E M. Wells, W. A. Benton and W. C. MoOreight. Ali kinds of rumors are afloat, and all inter est is now centered on tho contest being waged at Washington by tho state nolo- gallon uud others. Allpg*><i CToufiti-rf.-lti-r In .lull. Florence, S. C , Jan. 22.—John M ',Vi£c. Jr, a young white man of the Hymansville Motion, in tins county, 1ms been arrested and is now in jail un der a charge of counterfeiting. A pre liminary bearing was to have bee.i held Saturday before United States Conimis- fciouor Walter H. Wells, but important witnesses could not ho obtained ani iho hearing was adjourned to next Thurs-. day. Spurious coins have been circu lated hero qnlto freoly lately and tho deputy marshal thinks ho has ono of a party of several who are implicated. Di \v y to Comi- In Murrh. Macon, Juu. 22—Admiral Dewey, accompanied by his wife, will come to Macon on March 22 to spend several days. He will come here from Savan nah, and from Macon ho will go to Florida. A special meeting of tho cham ber of commerce will be called for Tue*- day afternoon and plans for entertain ment of the admiral and his wife will bo agreed upon. Admiral Dewey will travel in the private car of Samuel Spencer of the Southern railroad. Knitting Mills For Gr'fllu. Griffin, Gu., Jan. 22.—Mr. E. H Spivey of Talbottou has completed all arrangements for the erection of a $20,- 000 knitting mill at this place. Mr. A. S. Brown of Little Fails, N Y., has been hero for several days ami has about closed a deni to bring his $10,000 knit ting mill plant hero from Little Falla. PRITCHARDJONJTHE NEGRO. An Answer to Morgan’* Sposoli Favor ing Disfranchisement. Washington, Jan. 23.—At the con- clnsiou of routine business in the sen ate today Mr. Pritchard of North Caro lina called up j\ : .i resolution relating to the proposed airnadment to the consti tution of Norm Carolina, which, if adopted, it is alleged, disfranchises a largo class of voters of the state. After reading the official resolution Mr. Pritchard addtossed the senate in support of it, his address being in tho nature of a ropiy to that delivered sev eral days ago by Senator Morgan. Mr. Pritchard said the question In volved the peace and welfare of the na tion and the stability of onr institu tion?. THe constitution guaranteed to each state a representative government If Mr. Morgan's contention prevailed there would be pure nullification. Ha said tho Democrats of North Carolina were attempting to deprive certain cit izens of guaranteed rights, just as tho Democrats of Louisiana had done. Mi\ Pritchard said that if Senator Morgan was right, then the Democratio party ought to have the courage to pro pose the abrogation of the fifteenth amendment, which gives tho negvo the right of franchise. He said the adop tion of the proposed amendment to the North Carolina constitution would sound tho doathknell to the aspirations of everv Zeb Vance Democrat in tho state. While it was claimed that the object of tho proposed amendment was to dis franchise thousands of white and black citizens and thus create au olllccholding class, there could be no fear of negro domination in North Carolina, declared Mr. Pritchard, because the whites out numbered the blacks two to one. Ho regarded the attempt to amend the con stitution as an effort to legalize tho fraudulent methods of the Democratic party. CANAL MEASURE WILL PASS. 51 'Jarity of Senators mid K<‘prcsentu« tlvi-s Favor tho Hill. New York, Jan. 22.—According to The Herald’s Washington correspond ent, the Hepburn-Morgan Nicaragua canal bill will be passed during tho pres ent session of congress. Speaker Hen derson is in favor of the bill and prompt action. Senator Frye, president pro tom of the senate, wants action by the senate and expresses tho belief that the biil will be passed at an early date. Tue mensure will receive the approval of the president. There is an overwhelming majority in both houses of congress in favor of the ponding bill and in favor of passing it without waiting tho report of tho Walker commission. Tho Ilorald poll shows: In favor of action this session—Sen ators 62; representatives, 254; total, 316. Iu iavor of delay—Senators, 1; repre sentatives, 2(1; total, 3J. Noncommittal or not canvassed—Sen ators, 23; representatives, 67: total, 92. VOTE OCCURS THURSDAY. GASTRUNE DENIES SPECUIATIDN STORY Count and His Wife Arrive In New York, Huberts Will H - Glv>*n a Chance tu Addrrss tin* House. Washington, Jan. 22.—The special committee to investigate tho case of Ripresentative elect Roberta of Utah today arranged tho program for the con sideration of the case iu tho house. It wiil ho called up tomorrow immediately after the reading of thu journal. Mr. Tayler of Ohio, chairman of tho committee, will open tho debate iu fa vor of the majority resolution to exclude aud will bo followed by Mr. Littlefield of Maine, who will present tho argu ment in favor of seating and then ex pelling Mr. Roberts, Mr. Roberts will then ho given an op- poituuity to address the house. Ho will be allowed as much time as ho de sires within reasonable limits. The vote will ho taken at 4:30 on Thursday. H->ar<l of OUlcers IClt cted. Indianapolis, Jan. 22.—At the oev- enlh day’s session of tho United Mine Workers the following board of officers was roolrctou: Fred Dilcher. Nelson- villo, O.; Benjamin James, Janesville, Pa.; James Burton, Sparta. Ills ; Henry Stephenson, Erst Bank, W. Va ; W. R Fairley, Pratt City, Ala ; G. W. Pur cell, Tcrro Haute, lud.; Edward Mc Kay, Bucua Vista, Pa. Davit,’ Mission to Africa, Washington, Jan. 22.—Both tho state aud iutericr departments authorize tho most sweeping denial of tho story that Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, is clothed with any diplo matic mission. It is declared that he represents no department of the United States government in his visit to South Africa, but is there iu a personal ca pacity. N w Hour Shows (J xxl Spscil. Portland, Or., Jan. 22 —The final builders’ trial trip of tho torpedo boat destroyer Goidsborough was made yes terday aud was so satisfactory th;>t it is unnecessary to make another banders’ tri tl. The boat made for a time 45 rev olutions. more than is required to make 30 knots. The average speed ranged from 24 to 30’.> knots. No Fight on Sugar Trust. New York, Jan. 22 —Officials of the independent sugar refining companies repeat that there is nothing to say in respect to tho report that they have been iu contoreuco with a view to perfecting an organization to fight the American Sugar Refining company. The story is characterized as “for stock jobbing pur poses.” Hig Fire at Muncii’, lull. Muncie, Ind., Jan. 22.— Fire today destroyed the powerhouse, shops, barns and office of tho electric street railway system, entailing u loss of $75,000. Six teen cars were consumed and the en gines and dynamos were ruined. ’ The loss is covered by insurance. ^h(> , M f - and Ilium Ii. Nktioi asville, Ky., Jan. 23. —At ? o'clock this morning Alex Wyatt, a ne gro, in a lit of jealousy killed his wife and then turned tho weapon upon him self uud blew his brains out. HE SCORES PARIS EDITOR Says There Is Absolutely No Truth In Humors of Heavy Losses on ths Bou rso aud Denounces the Author In the Usual French Fashion. New York, Jan. 22.—Count Boni da Castellano and the Coantess de Castel lano, nee Gould, arrived in this country today on the French liner LaBret&nga from Havre, France. They went to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel The count was willing to talk about the stories of his losses by stock speculation and gam bling. He speaks very good English, with a slight accent. Oa the DeRodays matter he said: “DeRodays, ho is a—well what la De Rodays? KeKodays is a liar, he is a scoundrel. Say anything you like about him. He is a , what is such per son? Ho is nothing. A nonenity. What should I care for him? Oh, he is a liar. ” The count evidently did not like tho stories that had boon printed about him and his alleged losses. He was asked if he would challenge DeRodays. “Challenge?” he said, with hauteur, “certainly not. I shall not challenge snob a man. Ho is not tho kind of man to accept a challenge. No, I shall not challenge him, but when I go back I shall slap his face with a stick, if he does not retract. Sea, monsieur, I have prepared a statement to send to him.” The statement which Count de Cas tellano gave out in relation to DeRodays, editor ot The Figaro, whence came tho stories that Count de Castellano lost several million francs on the Stock Ex change and in gambling, translated is as follows: “DeRodays, editor Le Figaro. Sir: There has been communicated to me oa board the ship the calumny in the Pa- ritian papers which emanated from Tho Figaro. You will at once print a formal „ denial. I reserve tho right on my re turn to toll you what I think of your disloyal act.” “Lo Figaro,” contiunod the count, after lie had translated his statement into English, “is a paper bought by tho highest hi-ldor. Why this man should have circulated such stories I don’t know. I know of no reason why snob things should be issued, except that we are m opposing political parties. The editor thought ho would have a chance, while I was oa tho ocean, to sot soma lies in circulation about me. “I never gambled in my Count de Castellano warm! played curds for money or gambled any other form. 1 did not lose money in speculation aud these stories are all falsifications and as false au they can be. There is no truth in them at all.” When tho question of tho relationship between himself and his wife was touched upon, Count Castellano said: “Our relations are perfectly harmoni ous.” Then he smiled at her as she stood by his side, and she smiled at him. Thero was seaming good feeling in the smiles. With regard to their visit here, the count aud his wife said that thoy in tended to remain iu New York 15 days, though their plans might possibly be changed. They are here to see tho rel atives and friends of the countess. NEW REFRIGERATING CAR. EteotrioRy to Bo Generated From the Axlo and Money Saved. Louisville, Jan. 23.—A party of elec trical exports and newspaper represen tatives passed through here yesterday over the Louisville and Nashville ia tho private car “Olivst e” enroute from New Ycrk to Now Orlecn*. Its purpos) in making the trip is to witness tests to be made at Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans ou au electric refrigerator oar. The refrigerator car, which refriger ates by meuus of electricity generated from the car axle, will be attached to au engine at Birmingham, with the pri vate car ‘ Olivette,” and run from Bir mingham to New Orleans. It is claimod that the item of expense in refrigerating with the new car is about 25 cents per 1,000 miles per car, as against $15 to $J0 per car per 1,000 miles by t'uo icing system. BOLD ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. te. , iy life,” said \ ily. “I never 1 r cam bled *- * — Triple Murdt-rcr Flanagan Leads In a Hn-uk For Liberty. Decatur, Ga., Jan. 22. —Edward C. Flanagan, tbo triple murderer, led" eight desperate prisoners in au attempt to escape from jail at this place. Flan agan foiled the jailor to tho floor with a blow from a heavy piece of iron, but the injured man was game, and draw ing his pistol fired into tho gang of prisoners. Flanagan was shot through the thigh and fell. Tho other prisoners, cowed by the fate of their leader, hesitated. The shots attracted the attention of the jail er’s family aud, summoning assistance, they managed to overcome the prison ers and all were locked up. Fiauagau's wouud is not dangerous. Fxr n C.inf<-dt-rate .Muspuiii. Washington, Ga., Jun. 22 — The Daughters of the Confederacy of this place have begun a movement to pur chase the old Heard building In which the lait session of the confederate cabi net was held and in which the cutup chest of President Jefferson Davis was loft when he began his fi got south, which ended in his capture near Irwins- ville. The plan is to make a confed erate mu-ioniu of the building. The movement has many ansuraucos of sap- port. Wheeler Sails Wednesday. Washington, Jan. 22—The war de partment received a cablegram from General Otis today stating that General Wheeler will sail from Manila Wednes day on tho transport Warren for the United Htutos by way of Guam and Uouolnlu.