The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 30, 1896, Image 6

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M III 10. BE SPEAKS IN MCKINLEY'S STATE AT MANY POINTS. Hryan Exposes Hanna's Foul Plot and Asks Patriots to Display ths American F*ag?Our Symbol of Liberty. Monday the speelal car Idler, bearing ths Mryan party, was pulled out ot Detroit, Mloh., and at 6:30 the eity ot Toledo, O., whlohsoms weeks ago gave the nominee such a hearty welcome, was reached. Here a goodly orowd had gathered about the depot and outside the gates and cheered the nominee, and in turn he stepped out on tho platform and addressed them in a few appropriate words. At 7 o'clock he made a three minute platform pooch at Ferrysburg. and another at Deshler a halt hour later. Short spoeches of less than live minutes wore made at Ottawa and LelDsia Junction. The largest crowd of the day was encountered at Piqua. There were a great many yellow badges out, but, as a rule, the word "nit" was printed over the names of the Republican nominees. The speech hero of '20 minutes was devoid of new features as \ras thu one at Troy a half hour later. About thu band stand in the city park of Lima, several thousand people gathered to hear the noinluee, and when they heard him they gave demonstrative evidences of apf>roval. In his speech Mr. Bryan quoted tho elter of Mark ilauna calling on the people who lutended to vote the Republican ticket to hang the American ting from their windows October 31st. He said, in part: "I llnd that the chairman of the Republican National committee haslHsucd a letter to the American people, saying the American ilag has been in (he present campaign the emblem or insignia ?f National honor. Its influence has been or great good in the cause of good people, ts display in many places has been potent ?K.> OAiii.irtf'j bailla IU III' llUIIIU^VUIVUk VI IUU VVUUkl J a VJCaWUVJ for maintenance of its honor at homo and abroad: I therefore suggest that on Saturday, October 31, all who intend to vote on November 3d for the preservation of our National honor, for sound money and the advancement of our people's interests and (general prosperity, display tho National colors, at their homes, their places of business, or wherever they may bo seen, in order that voters, whose henrts are fotj their country, tnay be strongthoued in their purpose, and those who are undetermined may be tho more patriotically and intelligently concluded how best to perform their duty as citizens." As enthusiastic an audience as Mr. Bryan haa addressed for some time was at Wapakoiieta, when tho special pulled Into that placo. Tho houses in tho vicinity of the hotel in front of which the stand that Mr. Btyan spoko from was erected, wero decorated with flags and bunting and pictures of tho candidate. As soon as Mr. Bryan was seen emorgingfrom vhe car the crowd cheered him wildly. His speeoh was punctuated throughout with applause and cheers and his admirers continually expressed their approval ot his ideas. A crowd of several thousand people cheered the train at Dayton, where a stop of ten minutes was made to attach an extra coach containing the Hamilton and Cost committee of fifty. At Hamilton, an immense crowd met tho train, ex-Gov. Jhs. E. Campbell, whose home 'is here, !>eing at tho head of tho reception committee. Mr. ltrvan was escorted throucrh the town which was profusely decorated, by a parade in which several hundred people took part, most o. tlx*in being uniformed. The candidate spoke from a stund erected in the court houne park to a eiowd of more than ten thousand people. Ho was introduced by exGov. Campbell, who iu this way made his formal entry into the campaign for the nominee of the Chicago convention. Both ihe candidate and hissponsor were received with tremendous applause. There were short stop? at Xenla nnd Jamestown anil good-sized crowds listened to ilveminutes speeches from the nominee. While the crowd was enthusiastic, there was quite a number of McKlnley shouters ami badges I" the crowd. Washington Court House was ?iv mi a ten-minute talk and the large nudie.ico was apparently iu sympathy with the speaker At Dayton the largest audience of the day yelled itself hoarse when, shortly after 5 o'clock. Mr. Bryan spoke at the Fair grounds. The crowd was estimated way up iu the thousands and the streets were crowded hy thousands of others. For many blocks the streets were tilled wl h exultant humanity and the trip clear out tothe grounds a continual ovation. The crowd wi\s wildly enthusiastic nnd interrupted the speaker time and again with demoustrntions of its hearty approval of the ideas advanced. From a stand in front of the court house, Mr. Bryau addressed a large audience for 20 minutes at Chillicotho. Circleville came In for a five mlnuto talk from the platform of the car to a fair-sized audience. There were short addresses at Lancaster aid Now Lexington. t Zanesville the triple nominee made a speech of a half hour's duratloo. At Martin's Ferry ho was met by n large crowd and delivered a brief speech. At d Jgeport he spoke to 1,000. Twenty thousand met bim nt Youngstown. This point it in MeJLinloy's congressional dlstriot. WOltSK THAN IN CUBA. Spanish Brutality Wholly I'nrcstralnthc Philippines. A Kan Francisco (Cal.) special to a local paper, says: The Cuban atrocities are mild compared with those taking place in the PhiUpiue Jslauds, where the Spanish are trying to suppress a revolt of the nutives. Home indication of nlTairs have been learned from Oriontul papers. The most shocking incident of fhe bloody reprisals whs the treatment of n Spanish lieutenant and his fnmily. The Spanish had captured a nuuit?*r of prisoners and as au object lesson to the natives disemboweled two and hung their bodies on one of the gates of the town. The infuriated rebels, eager for vengeance, gathered a foree and hurried to the homo of uHpanfsli lieutenant on the outskirts of .Manilla. They captured the officer and his wife ami l'J-y ear-old daughter, and then began a bloody scene of torture. The most savage instincts of the natives were aroused, before the eyes of Ids wife ami daughter, the lieutenants skin wasslit all over l.nbody. Then the torturers eru 'iiied him. pinning him outrtreelied to a tree with their lo. g knives. They tortured the woman ami girl, giving the fullest play to their animal iustiucts ami wrmkiog disgusting vengeance l?foro the dying eyes of the husband and father. The Spanish are doing their best to keep the news of these atrocities from leaving the Islands, opening and inspecting all the mail. They particuiary desired to keep unknown the death of thirty-eight prisoners in one light in "the hlaek hole." Watson'* Acceptance. A special from Thomson, Ga., says Thomas K. Watson has mailed his letter of aeeospt nnoe of th? Populist noinination for Vice President to Henator Marion lhitlor it Chicago. Mr. Watson has not given out the contents of h'ji letter, hut says that he hnput it in the tnaP. Mr. Watson's throat i-i improving. l>r. (liehnrdsou, his phys<eian, Bays that there it absolutely nothing the mat tor with Mr. W.tt-.on except a trouhle local to his throat, and that it will he well ill a few days. The doe tor says Mr. Watson uiu.d not make any icorti speeches for some tiiuo to Co (lie. THKODUU WITH M1CM|UAN. j Bryan Closes His Campalgp In ?hla | State at Detroit. Saturday morning Bonn addressed 4.000 ( people st Owasso. When be arose be bad a copy of a paper in bis band?the Owasso Press?a gold paper asking him questions. He Immediately asked it the editor was pres ent, not bearing any answer, be fcsked that some one point bim out, but he could not be found, and then he told the orowd that the gold standard never fought an onen flght? which brought fourth ringing applause. ' In his Saginaw speech Mr. Bryanjnnswered . the charges that the Chicago platfdrm is an- 4 archlatlo and quoted from it. y Bay City and vicinity furnished between IS.000 and 90 000 with the execution of De troit, the largert, but not by any moans the , moat demonstrative assemblage that has heard . the nominee. The crowd of from 8,000 to 10,- J 500 at 8afinaw made Mr. Bryan understand by the heertineaa of its cheers that he was j among friends. It was the same at Flint, j with a gathering of about 5,000, and at Port | Huron, where Mr. Bryan tried to make him- , self heard to about 8,000 people. The other , stops were at Bt. John's, Oviu, Dunard, Vas- ( sar, LaPere, Imiu City and Mount Clemens. ( During his four day's cf campaigning in this State ho traveled 1,400 miles and made about seventy speeches. ALTUELD IN^iKW YORK. The Governor of Illluols Speaks to a Monster Audience. Saturday in Now York, at Cooper Union, John P. Altgeld, Governor of Illinois, addressed at least 10,000 persons. The meeting was held under the auspices of the German-American Democratic Association of tho above named city. The hall was decorated with American Hags, and when the speaker made his appearance the vast audience arose as ono man, waved Hags aud cheered for several minutes. Congressman Sulzor made a brief speech, which was followed by Governor Altgeld. who was received with a storm of cheers and aery of"\Ne love you for the enemies you hnve muJo." The greater part of Governor Altgeld's speech, which was a very long one, was devoted to a justification of his attitude during the Chicago railroad strike two years ago. He quoted the telegruphio correspondence had with various sheriffs, railroad oillclals and the Federal authorities at the time, aud askud his audience to judgo whether he ha<l nof 11 oilor f Iwt nirniimutun/*itu <lmw\ hia full duty as Governor. Ho denounced tlio gold Btandard, Federal Interference and government by Injunction, under which, ho said, tbo Constitution nud the laws cau bo trampled upon and every principle of free government brushed away with a more wave of the hand A telegram was read from Mr. Bryan, dated Big ltaplds, Mich., saying. In part: A cordial greeting to the Germnn-Americans; free coinage at 16 to 1, wJlhout waiting for anv other nation." IIKYAN IN INDIANA. He Speaks at Many Places In Hoosierdoni. Wednesday Bryan, the never-tiring candidate for Presidential honors, began a tour of Indiana. At Munico ho delivered a speech at the baseball park to several thousand enthusiastic sllverites, as well as curiosity seekers. There wore counter demonstrations, as the town was billed heavily for more than one political gathering. YV. D. Bynum was to speak to the gold Democruts and the Hepublicans were to listened to W. J. Campbell. At Anderson a jam of humanity welcomed the candidate. The stand was erected out iu the open prairie, where he delivered a wonderful speech about arraying class against class. At Fort Wayne ho addressed three monster meetings, and in his speech his attack upon the gold Democrats was met with a ready ready reopouao iu the sympathies of the audiences. lie inndo other addresses at TlfYln, Greenville, Bradford Junction, llicbmoud, Cambridge. At each of tbo above poiuts ho was m*'t by good crowds of sllverites, but it was v?-ry evident that the McKiulcyites weio thick. Thursday Mr. Bryan spoke at Terre Haute nud other places, thus .wiuding up his Indiana stumping tour. The crowd at Terre lluute was estimated at 20,000, The crowds at other places was largo uml enthusiastic THE KNGIN'KKK TO BLAME. 1 D1<1 Not Read the Train Order Correctly?He is Placed Under Arrest on a Charge of Murder. At Columbia, 8. C., the State r.allroad V/uauuis^iuu unn u na IU vr^ii^uiiuii into the cause of the recent accident on the Florida Central St Peninsular system, and announced Its doclsion as follows: "After a full and thorough investigation as to the cause of the collision near 3wansea, on the Florida Central St Peninsular, on the morning of the 14th Instant, this board is of the opinion that the collision was occasioned by tho misreading of the order by Engineer H. J. Pltit, of train No. 35, reading Sweden for Swansea, causing the death of several persons." Chairman Evans, after reading this made this further announcement: ' Gentlemen, this board feels that it is its duty ts go further and make an affidavit before a trial justice and have Mr. Pitit arrested, aud all the witnesses bound over for their attendance at the next term of court in Lexington county to testify." The warrant was issued bofore tho board announced its decision, tho charge being murder. Mr. Pltit was in the office of the commission, and remained there, a\vait:ng the arrival of the constable to arrest hltn. SIX SI'KKCHKS A DAY. McKinley Kxciirsions Are St 111 Heing Hun to Canton, Ohio. At Canton, Ohio, Thursd ay, Mnj. McKinley made six speeches. Five of tho delegations were from Ohio and one from the ndjoiniiig State of Indiana. Tho Ohio people were so numerous ai d so enthusiastic that Major McKinley tol.l them that this ! might very properly hnvo been called Ohio ! nit}, i iii! weimier was ut'iiK'iii'ii. -Major . McKinley, reeoRnuluK tho fact that thi< nr- [ KUments urn ail in, made his speeches short, ' crisp ami inspiring. Tiicy elicited ^onerous, ami at times tumultuous, applause. The largest delegation of the day was from Marietta, the oldest town in the State, If tho various delegations were conspicuous for anything it was for the lar^o number of men who accompauieil tln-m who huvo never voted any oilier than the Democratic ticket, hut who say tliey intend to support MeKiniey this year. It was estimated that nearly one-tenth of tho visitors were Sound uiouuv Democrats. Seaboard Air I.iue Surely Sold. At Baltimore, Md., Tuesday the transfer of the control of tho Seaboard Air Line system to the New York syndicate, has, it Is sf .'ltd I - iifiil tln? ir inufoi of tlw property wiSI bo made in a few (lay* | The syndicate .still has thirty days in which I ,o accept or reject the terms of tnc present I owners, but it is understood that the syinli- | eute will not take ml v antage of the time ; limit, beine satislled as it is. A rumor was current that President Hoffman hail resigned, but lie emphatically do uiod that lie even contemplated such a step, flmiwra CREAM OF THE NEWS, CULLED FROM THE DAILY PAPERS. Which Will be of More or Lees Intereat to the General Reader. It la stated by officials that the reporte coming from New Orleans as to an exciting controversy at Havana between Gen. Fltalugh Lee. United States Consul Genera), and Glen. Weyler, over the attempted apprehenilon of a Mexican named Fernandez on board )f the American sblp Vlgllanolaglvea signlflcanoe and Importance to the event not warranted by tbe facts. It there was any apprehension tbat war would result, that feeling must bave beeu confined entirely to Hav Anna, for tbo law on tbe subject Is so olear and Its application has been bo firmly established by precedent tbat tbe officials here were in no doubt as to the outcome. Consul General Lee has not informed tbe State Department of the nfTair and the fact that he iid not deem It worthy of the expense of cabling, but will treat it only in the routine way through mail, Is evidence of tbe impor UNITED STATES COMOb LIB. * tanco ho accorded to the incldoDt. Tho Spanish authorities received Havana advices fully explaining the case, but these advices were of an entirely pacific character and treated the matter as An incident which has beeu satisfactorily adjusted botweou Generul Weyler and Consul General Lee, without any breach of their friendly relations. The facts as reported are substantially these: Gen. Weyler ordered the arrest of Fernandez as a suspect, not knowing at the time of the issuance of the order that he was on board an American ship. Later Genoral Lee notified the Spanish authorities that { the Vlgilincla was an Araurican ship, which under our treaty rights bad an immunity from search and seizure for suspects in transit to other ports. General Weyler promptly acceded to the position taken by Gen. Lee and tho affair ended. No protests or claims ,wero submitted to Washington by either side. It is said positively that the reports that Gen. Weyler ever coutemplnted firing on the Vtgilancia or trained the guns of Morro Castle on the ship aro incorrect. Ft ia intimnhwl In nfllciAl pIt^Ipq hprn thnt although no regular formal leave has yet been Issued to Gen. Fitzhugh Leo to absent himself from Ills post as Consul General at Havana, that ho has urranged tho business of the Consul Generalship so that It may bo left, for a time at least, to tho earo of Mr. Sprlngor, our energetic Vieo Consul General. It is. uxpoctcd, therefore, that he will soon pay a* visit to his home in ltiehmond. It Is understood from tho same source that General Lee is in no respoet dissatisfied with his otllce or with the relatione that now exist between himself and the authorities at Havana, but he h.is undergotfe a tryiug anil particularly unhealthful season at Havana while engaged In the discharge of onerous duties and feels the need of recuperation. A visit of course wiil afford an opportunity for Secretary Olney to confer with General Leo as to the present aspect of affairs on the island, but further than above stated it cannot be gathered that the Consul General's movements have any signilicancu as affecting the rclatious between Spain and the United States. William A. Richardson, Chief Justice ol tho Court of Claims, died, at his home here, aged 74 years. He had been ill for some months past with' a complication of diseases and owing to" his advanced age his death had becu generally expected. Ho declined a Superior Court Judgeship in I860 and in the same yeni became Assistant Secretniyof the United States Treasury. He went to Europe as the financial agent of tho government in 1871 to negotiate for the sale of tho funded loan and made the lirat contract abroad for tho sale of bonds. In 1873 he became Secretary of the Treasury, resigning in 1874 to accept a seat on the bench of tho Court of Claims, of which he became Chief Justice in 1885. This position he held at the time of his death. Judge Richardson was the author of a number of publications of a financial and legal character. For the three months of thLs fiscal year the receipts frota internal revenue have been $37,794,887 against *37.774,479 lor the corresponding three months of 1895. The principal items of revenue are: Spirits, *19,944,645, an increase of $1,092,617; tobacco, $7,370,407. a decrease of $705,137; fermented liquors. $10,133,571, a decrease of $'255,629; oleomargarine, *269.091. a decrease of *69,242; mis-' cellaneous $77,170, a decrease of $12,299. FiUed cheese nt a tax of 1 cent a pound appears for the first time among items of revenue, tho tax collected from Sept. 4, when tho law wont into effect, being *1,215. For September. 1896. the collections trom internal revenue were *12.009.120. as against $12-, 001.956 in September, 1895. The corner-stono of tho Hall of History, tho nrst of the buildings to comprise the American University, wns laid here Tuesday. Tho ceromonies were conducted by the venerable senior bishop, of tho Methodist Church, Thomas M. Bowman, assisted by the officers of the district grand lodge of Masons. Bishop llurst, Chancellor, took a prominent part. ! ' Tho President has removed Postmaster John H. I.ovis at Black River Falls, Wis., and appointed David Thompson as his successor. The summary action in dismissing I.ovis is due to disclosures of alleged corruptions entered into to obtain office. Secretary of War I.amont has transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury his estimates of tho appropriations required by tho War Department for tho next llscal yoar. Tho aggregate is $52,875,03'}.27. Hon ml For Arson. J. 8. Brady, who Is in jail in Dublin, Go., was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies by committing Arson, llr was given a commitment trial anc bound over to n higher court. The crime was committed a yenr ago, but the only witness against the accused was afratd to sweat to it in court, as lirndy had threatened him il ho divulged tit" secret. But, as the prisoner is under arrest, the witness tola the story, with the above result. Brady is a no torlous chnriieter, n man o! amnio means and has defied the law in running ''blind A'gfiV by his adroit methods for a longtime THE OOTTOlf CROP. A Little Improvement In South Cnro11a a IiTttirrf Prom the Southwest Indlente n Short Crop. The eotton crop in the middle and eastern pert of SoQth Carolina U better than it was thought a month ago it would be. Beptem- J I bet ralna and tavorable weather in Ootober ' have brought everything the plants have I about twenty dollars an acre, which been ( | able to do. In some places the orop will be a good one with considerable cotton yet to be gathered. In other places where rains ha to not been so good the orop is now about all gathered. Private letters from Louisiana and Texas indicate that the entire Western crop is very poor. From a letter written at Mount Lebanon, La., the following Is taken: Crops out here are a perfect failure and die people are In a sad state of destitution ...a In mr\mu nliu>M thnv will hnvH In nail nn .he Governor for aid." The following la from Waco, Tex.: "I do not believe there Is any doubt but that the general cotton crop Is going to be very short. Tbe extremely early cotton Stberlng is Itself a very unnatural condl>n and it will leave nothing on the home jt retch or last of tbe season." A letter from Hillsboro, Texas, of October ftb, speaks as follows of oottou: "We are having the best rain here that wo have had since Slay. Crops are short and times are hard." The crop in the Carollnns seems to be potted but in some places is very good Throughout the Southwest thero is much evidence that tbe crop Is very poor. What Mluister Tcrrcl Says. Hon.A.W.Terrell,theUnited States Minister to Turkey, has given to the Associated Press the llrst explicit nnd authorized statement from an official Source regarding the mission of tho United States steamship Bancroft in tho Levant. He slid: "The report that tho Bancroft will, under instructions, force tho Dardenelles is too ridiculous for set-ions notice. The fnct of tho matter is that I have not applied for tho entry of a dispatch boat to Constantiuopln?sinco iFobruary. J8o tho statement thnt I have abandoned or withdrawn an application is entirely without foundation, I have not ovou mentioned tho sublect of a dispatch boat to the Porto since February. Tho relations between Turko*and the United Btutes are cordial." Steals nnd Absconds to Rnrope. A special from Augusta, Go., says: J. Borry Walker, treasurer of the Port Royal Railroad, at Port Royal, 8. C., absconded, ' and when the books of the company were turned over to President John B. Cleveland, , it was found that Walker was short $29,000 | or f30,000. It is believed the stealing has ; been going on for some time. At tbe time the shortage was dlscovereu he was then on his way to Europe with f 10,000 in cosh of the ! company's money. He had been in tho em ploy of tbo company ror years, and was considered a most exemplary man of high social standing. Ho is about 35 years of age. and it ; has only been a few weeks since he was marj ried to a daughter of Dr, White, who is now heart-broken. A Great Loss to Farmers. special from Pierre, S. D., says: It is estimated by stock handlers in the counties in the southeastern portion of the State that cholera has, up to the present time, killed at least 30 per tent, of the hogs. Iu Yankton and Bonhomme counties, where tho disease ?9vworst, the loss is estimated at 50,000 for eatfh county while there nro smaller losses in the counties of Clay, Uuion, Lincoln and Minnehaha. In the worst affected districts some farmers report losses of whole herds. Priees.havo advanced 25 cents per hundred, and if the disease does not abate wil1 further advance, as many farmers will bo compelled to completely restock their farms. Theusses are already into the thousands. | Army of Uniformed Kvangelists. Tho New York Herald says: The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United Stntoj is 1 about to organize an army of uniformed evangelists, who will bo under military discipline and compete with the Salvation Army and the American Volunteers in the Held of Christian work among the poor. This important project has been decided upon at a meeting of prominent clergymen from different parts of the country. The plans will include the best features of tlie Salvation Army and of the Church Army o? England, from ( which the former organization sprung. Surprise in Georgia. A bomb shell has been exploded in political circles in Georvia bv the tmtkim? nubile of a letter from I>r. \Y. H. Keltnu, Populist elector, withdrawing his name from the ticket and pledging his support to McKinley. Dr. Felton was at one time member of Congress from tbo Seventh District and has long been conspicuous in Georgia politics. His course is construed by many as indicating that there will be a general defection to MoKinley from the Populist rauks in Georgia on account of the treatment of the Populist Stat* committee. Mix* 1 Kducatloaul Law. The case of the State of Florida vs. B. D. I Rowley came up before Ju Ige Call in the Clr! cult Court at Green Cove Springs last week. . The case has attracted much attention as the ' result would test the constitutionality of the ' iiimous Hheat* nnti-mized school law. The charge against tho defendant was "teaching white persons and negroes In the same class." ltowley is a teacher in the Orange Park school, which is open ted under ihe direction of tho American Missionary society of , New York. Ater exhaustive arguments the . indictment was quashed, thus declaring the 'aw uucoustitutiouul and void. Profitable Convict Farm. Tho State of Mississippi appears to be hav1 Ing much success with its plan of utilizing convicts on farms owned by tho State. At present 987 convict are cared tot by it, of 1 whom 877 work on the farms, which comprise 18,000 acres in all. Y7hllo but 11,850 ' acres of this land aro cultivated, it is now esI timated that at tho end of the year the State will obtain a clear profit from these farms of at lpast t&O.OOO. It shows what can bo done lit M? ia u*nv nml ia r Iahqaii t/% nHmr which aro keeping their convicts employed | 'a other ways at an annual loss. | Tlio Flower Congress. At Asbeville, N\ C.. Wednesday, tho National Flower Congress convened at tho Battery Park Hotel. Tho attendance was small. Frede-icl: I,eroy Snrgoant, instructor of botany in Harvard University,was elected eresident; Mls9 Florence Cheney, of Mouth Slauchestor, Conn., first vice-president; Hon. Frank P. Ireland, Nebraska City, Nob., vooond vice-president; Edwin II. Taylor, Aaheville, N. C.. secretary. The Cashier Kills Himself. At Fredericksburg. Va., W. T. Hnmbu?<? h the absconding hanker frotn Juneau, Wis., i killed himself. Ilatnbusch went to Froder-" 1 ickshurg Inst week and registered nt the hoi tol as 0. T. Anderson. He siiot himself in Ihe national cemetery. Tho body was found l in a sitting posture, tlie hand still grasping j the pistol with which ho shot himself in tho j right temple. He left a note saying he wished to die among ids comrades. MHB CRISP DM).I A DISTINGUISHED GEOUOIAN DIES OF HEART FAILURE. Was Speaker of the Fifty-flrst and Fifty-second Congresses and Would Have Been Elected to the United States Senate by the Next Legislature. s Hon. Charles Frederick Crisp, Speaker of the Flfty-flrst and Fifty-second Congresses, died at Holmes' Sanitarium in Atlanta, Oa.,at 1:46o'clock Friday afternoon of last week. A parozyism of pain in the heart preoeded death, the parozyism probably resulting from a rupture of the heart, as the result of fatty degeneration. Judge Crisp went to Atlanta siz weeks ago suffering from a typical caso of malarial fever, whioh had developed at his home in Americus. He spent Juno, July and a part of August in the mountains of North Carol! OA and Tennessee. Ills return to middle Georgia during the very hottest period of the summer developed the fever. After a weeks treatraont by his physician tho fever disappeared. Sunday ho was attacked with symptnns of his old trouble, pneumonia. On Wednesday and Thursday Judge ".:\-sreakf.u ritari.f.s r.^ cuisr. Crisp's oondltlou improved, but he received no callers. Ills family was hopeful until lOo'cloek Thursday night, wheu he had a paroxysm of pain near the henrt At mid IJIgUk IUUIU ?r?W OMUUUH [F.HUA VIIMI1 IIUII lll?y continued Ht intervals nil through tlio night anil foruroju. He suffered intense pain but was conscious up to tho very lust. At 1:30, bis son, Charles F. Crisp, Jr., ami his younger brother ami sisters, went across tho street to thehotol for lunch, Mrs. Crisp remaining with her husbnml. At 1:40 the pain reappeared. A messenger was sent for tho children. They came rapldlv and just in time to get some lust glances of recognition. Judge Crisp did not speak, dying within flvo minutes of the last attack. All of bis children were with him, uud although they had been warned by the physiciaus that death might come at any moment, when it did come it was tragic in its suddenness. Governor Atkinson was his last visitor, having called on Sunday, when ho and tho judge chatted for an hour on current topics. Judge Crisp was keenly interested in politics until the last. He opposed fusion with tho Populists and charged Governor Atkinson to duleut it if ho possibly could in Georgia. Judge Crisp was one of tho leaders of tho silver movement in Georgia, and on that issue tho State overwhelmingly indorsed him for the Uuited Stales Senate to \vhi? h ho would ! have bcou elected unanimously by the Legislature. There would have beet practically no opposition to him for tho Senate. Ills death at this time complicates mutters and will lend to a hitter light ior tho t'enatorship. Perhaps other ofllees will be involved, too. Judge Crisp declined to contest lor rc-uominatiou to the House. The announcement of Judga Crisp's death was tc e;rnphcd to S| eakor Thomas IJ. lleid, ol Portland, Me.,and tothuscrgcaut-at-arms of the House of ltepresontatves, it being ( uj? tomary to notify these officers of the death of any member of tho House during recess in order Hint tho proper congressional escort may be appointed. Many telegrams of sympu'hy were real?ed hv Mrs. Crisp from piomineat persons. Secretary Lament was ono of the ilrst to send a message. GovernorAtkinson and some others met in conference and made arrangements for tho funeral. At ' their request me ratnuy eonsemeu to tiie remains lying iu state at ttie capitol. It was the wish of the citizens of Atlanta that the body be kept nt the capitol under military guard over Sunday, hut the family preferred to return to their home. The Governor. Htnte, city and county officers. members-elect of the General Assembly, members of the Atlanta bar and prominent citizens and military officers escorted the body from tho sanitarium to the enpitol in tho rotunda, where the remains were placed on n catafalque. Early Sunday morning the body, with a large escort, left for Amerlcus, going by wav of Macon. Upon arriving there the remain) wors placed in the Mrthoditt Chnreh in state for two hours. Gen. Clement A. Evnns conducted the lost exercises. A Banana Company Fails. The Blueflelds Banana company,J|whoso headquarters are at Galveston, Tex., with a branch in New Orleans, La., has made art assignment. Liabilities are about $(10,000, with assets valued at $25,000. The company was organized In October, 1890, and had threo steamers, which plied between Galvos; ton and Central American port*. Of late years the steamers have come direct to New Orleans, and the company transacted most of its business from there. F. Conger of Galveston whs president and John WIIhou of New Orleans was vice president. General depression of business Is given as tho causo of the failure. Pled tho Print. Shop. At Salisbury, N. C., the office of tho Evening World was broken Into by some one and a ; lot of type already sot up thrown on tho iloor und others pled. Besides, tho cases were j thrown on the lloor nnd things scattered ! about generally. The oflloe was broken Into from the rear. It Ih not known who committed tho dastardly act, but It is believed to bo tho work of a political o.iemv. Editor Julian has offered $&) reward for the capture smJ conviction of the party who did it. Killed Their Grandmother, A special from Clnrksvllle, Ga., to tho Constitution rays that 8t. Clair Glovor and his I brother, a de?f mute, hnvu boon arrested aud jniled charged with the murder of their grand1 mother, Mrs. F. Y. Olover. St. Clair Glover 1 has confessed and assumed all the responsibility. He states that ho killed his grandmother because she put him of! iu her wilL Tho old lady wab wealthy. Southeastern Hue -ball League. At A f In i.t it fin fi tiiliu/rtim pmpaI viul from President Young announces the decision of tho National lionrd in tho mnttor'of recognition of the difToreut leagues in the South, Atlanta being the point in dispute. Tho decision places Atlanta In the Southeastern League, whick starts with Atlanta, Charles ton, Savannah, Macau and Augusta. It will I bo either a six or an eight club league. NEWS PROM WASHINGTON. I Although the State Department official* 8 decline to make pabUo any Information re- > epectlng advices received relative to the I prooedure In the trial of the Competitor Q prisoner* at Havana It oan be atated that so 8 , far as the two American prisoners, Laborde 8 and Melton, are concerned, they will enjoy 9 all the privileges accorded by the Cusbing 9 protocol. This means that they will be al- J lowed to name attorneys and advocates who J shall have scoess to them at suitable times; 1'^ ,k.t tk.. .k.ll k. fnntlakul I- .ilia o..?? 1 IINIk IUWJ ounil WV iuiuwuvw *M uuu OTJUnvU ? ooptee of the accusations and a list of wit- \neeses for the prosecution, which litter shall jj be examined before the supposed criminal, >. his attorneys and advocates, that they shall have the right to compel the at- < tendance of witnesses in their behalf or to use depositions, that they may present such i evidence as they deem essential to their case; and that they shall be permitted to be present and to make their defense In public trial, or orally in writing, by themselves or by means of their counsel. Whether or not they will be tried before the civil courts or a court martial depends upon whether or not they were ruptured with arms in hand; in the latter rase the protocol permits n court martial trial, but even in this case the proceedings will he vastly different from tnoso under which the prisoners were co summarily convicted nml sentenced to death by the first navel court martial, without opportunity to choose their own counsel or fevt-n to altogether understand the evldeucegivm ogulnst them iu 8;anish. ' j i The third and final session of th? board of directors of the Catholic University of America was very briof and the cnly business transacted was that of changing the annual mectiug from the Wednesday after Easter, which iu practice has beeu found generally lucon- i | vonlent to the secoud Wednesday of October in order to colucide with the annual meeting of archbishops. The board nlso issued tbo t following statement before adjourning: "The board wishes it to be understood by the public that there nro absolutely no factions or sectional differences among the members. T|p> election of the candidates for tho rectorship was practically unanimous. To spcuk of the triumph of this or that pnrty, j of Conservatism or Liberalism, Nationalism or Americanism, is to misrepresent the wholo situation. All the members of the board are 1 -equally American In spirit. They have but oue thought ami that Is tho weffaro of the university and its steady progress to tho highest CnUtolic education." Minister Laao Arrlngn of Ountcmnla has vHiturni?fi from fl visit to thllt Po??rirv* nnii \ says the Central American exposition to bo bold at Qunleranln City, beginning March 15, promlsos to bo an important event for the J ^ countries of thut locality. Tbo buildings will bo completed bv December. They nro handsome md extensive structures, modeled after those of the Marseilles exposition. The United 8tatos has been invited to participate and it is hoped that at the coming session i congress will take steps to have an adequate representation, as tbo commercial interests J between this couulry and the Centrnl American group are extensive. American merchants are expected to embrace the opportunity to display their goods before tbo Central Americans and thus enlarge the market for American goods in that section. fl -? I ? J Tho roof and upper walls of Ebenczsr (colored) Methodist Church on Capitol Hill fell in, burying in the ruins Hnmuel 15:oun. Wm, Johnson, A. VV. Dnngerfleld and Abraham Lee, all negroes. The men were taken out alive, but some of them were seriously injured internally. The church was damaged by the recent storm and men were engaged in making repairs. - I Lieutenant C. H. Lyman, of the cruiser Montgomery has been convicted by a naval ? L court of drunkenness while tho ship lay at v Jl Key West, Fla., several months ago and has * been sentenced to lose six numbers in his grade. The senteuco 1ms boon approved bj Admiral Bunce, who ordered the trial. BAND OP DESPERADOES, Heavily Armed, ltaid tlic Little Town j - ' of Carney, Oklahoma. Two posses of United States marshals are In hoi pursuit of tho bold desperadoes who held up the little town of Carney Saturday night. The story of tho hold-up nt Carney reads like tbo robberies of tho early days in ] Oklahoma. It was 10 o'clock when the town was attacked by the six bandits, all heavily armed, masked and well mounted. Tbo robot's entered with a flourish of arms und oaths and at once attneked tho store of J. E. Fonts, the largest merchant in the city. Be fore entering the town, the bandits cut tho telephone wires between Carney and Cliand lor in order to prevent interference with their svldently prearranged plans. Carney 1b u town of 300 people and contain* a general merchandise store, hotel, postofllce, black?niith shop, etableannd dwelling house.--. Only Pouts and his son were in the store when the rohbers rushed In and threw their guns on them. The chief oi the outlaws demand that Pouts open his safe. He quickly complied and handed 07er *H00 In cash to the onndits. Two of the robbers then bound and gagged Fouts and his son and carried them two miles out of town. Meanwhile the other robbers attacked the hotel and postofftce, but got nothing in the latter place. Iu the hotel, three drummers and two citizens were relieved in all of *500 in money, watoftes and Jewelry. At the United States Marshal's office tho opinion prevails that the gang Is headed by Pynamlte Dick, a pal of the late Dalton and Doolln, He was said to be iu Missouri near Ssdalia *aat week. Blaine's Daughter Divorced. At Augusta, Me., Ilarrlet Blaine Beale, with her attorney, LeslieC. Cornish Augusta, appeared quietly before Judge Whitohouso of the Supreme Court last week. Mrs. Beale asked for n divorce from her husband, Truxton Beale. Mr. Cornish made a brief talk and the divorce was decreed. Tho libellnn* prayed for the custody of a minor child. Walker Blaine Benle, aged six mouths, und waives all claim for dower or alimony. The Ubel is endorsed showing that the process wo^ served on Beale in Washington, October 9, and no opposition Is made by the llbellee. Still VlsltlnTsicKInley. Monday the week's visits to McKinley's homo began witli the arrival about noon of several car-loads of peoplo from Bewick ley, Pa. In the party woro a numbor of ladles and the McKinley and Hobnrt "Bound Money" club of that city. They were e.-corted to ihe McKinley home headed by a dium corps coming with them, nnd gave McKinley three rousing cheers when he appeared upon tly? porch. Mrs. McKinley received tho ladles after the uddress. Steamships to Mexico. A uispntch from Ht. Louis states that tt Is rumored that tho Illinois Central is about to churtor a number of ocean steamships to carry cargoes from New Orleans to Moxlcan ports. It is reported thnt tho business of the company is increasing to such an extent that a line of vessels In connection with its service to New Orleans has become necessary. Settled Out of Court. At Richmond, Vn.. Judge Hughes set last Thursday for hearing a motion to perpetuate his injunction against the Seaboard Air Lino cut rates in tho recent Southern Railway rate war, hut neither the Judge nor any of counsel up pen red and it Is believed that tho matter lias been settled out of court.