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[ havoc whought by i overflow in texas Great Loss of Life and Heavy ' Damage to Property. PINE LANDS UNDER WATER1 District Flooded Is Five Hundred 311lr? Li (tig by Fifty Wide and I ho Planters Are 3loving About in Hastily Hullt ISouts. t Houston, Jniy 5. ? A correspondent has just returned from a voyage through the flooded districts. The half has not been told of the havoc wrought. The disaster is so appalling that description is not possible. After this flood will Aninn oiolriiAL<a nii.l/Mihtmlli* > ud ?& !% ? f- >i Iwcek ago was tho fairest part of Texas Is uow almost a God forsukeu wilderness. Tho waters of tho Brazos havo for tix days coverod its valley to a depth of from 0 to 30 feet; where a week ago there were on ovcry hand fields of cotton and corn and thousands of acros of watermelons and cantaloupes, today there is slimy mud over all tho vegetation, the land, tho carcasses of cows, mules, pigs, dogs and eats; mayhap humans, for many are missing. Our party left Bryan at sunriso yosterday. morning, going to tho Navosota bottoms and to a point abonc 3 miles from MiHicom. Here were encountered everywhere an overflow from the Nava ota which spread out. fully 3 miles on jetther side of the Houston and Texas Central track. Everything is under water from 2 to 17 feet. It looked on all sides like a ftrront lulfA nviti tni> u-ntur wtic cn hitrh 1Kb at for a vast area it completely submerged the telegraph and telephone boles along tho line. In truth, portions H the Navasota bottoms are even now Htperfect sea, extending 1 or o miles ide at certain points. I saw hand rods W houses there totally snbmorged and as many more were swept Irani their foundations and destroyed. The plantera of the bottoms are still moving their help and whatever is left of their stock to places where they can bo cared for. They are all nobly helping each other and taking refuge wherever they can, sojno of them socking safety on housetops. AH the planters stated that the outside'^orld has no conception of tho floods or losses incurred by the destruction of crops, stock and buildings. INearly every planter has built boats and ?ent them through the flooded districts to render assistance to tiie people and if possible save some of their drowning stock. The flood district has a length of over 600 miles, a breadth of probably i>0 mile j oud in all this vast space damage incalculable has been done. The lo-s to life will never be fully known, perhaps; tho bottoms were thickly settled, mostly v??m ??=b'u ? baa been the greatest, loss ojt Jtfo-^ , ,?C1A who are in a position to know: Lives lost, trout 100 to 800; loss to farmers, including crops as well as live stock, from <5,000,000 to $15,000,000; Damage to railroads and county bridges, $2,000,000 to $4,000,000. These estimates take in the whole area. It is known that more than 00 people have met their death; that many bodies have been recovered; it is not believed that all of them will ever bo recovered. FOUND DYING ON A ROOF. Atlautn 51 an Drinks Too Much Luticlaniini by Design or Accident. Atlanta, July 5.?David P. Morris, an old and respected resident of this city, was found unconscious on the top of the Forestry building at Exposition park yesterday and died nt his home last night without uttering a word that might have tended to clear up the tragedy. A small vial that had contained laudanum was found by his side and has led to the advancement of two theories? suicide or accidental ovofdoso, taken to induce sleep. The victim came to Atlanta just after the war and was in tho grocery btisi ness with his brother for several years Recently he has been in tho real estate business with his sous. Ho was a native Georgian! and fought all through the civil war in tho confederate army. _ He was oneof the landmarks of the city and had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. P He was possessed of considerable | property and there was nothing about f his buisiness nifuirs to induce him to commit suicide. Ho leaves a wifo and three children. A K...V !(.. ? < v. Wl-UISlOII# Oolumuia, S. C., ,Tnly 5.?Tho supreme court has just, rendered a decision which will be of general iutcrost. The effect of the decision is that a party iotay will or devise his homestead after it has beeu set aside. It is a radical opinion a id seems to open up an entirely now phase of this much discussed quoitiuii. The titlu (it the cum@ is Augusta A. I"). Bostick versus Eloise Chovi, And went ap to the supreme court from Barnwell county. Swindling the Old Slaves. Ohart^-ston, July 5.?Negro missionaries in the lower section of tho state are still taking the dollars from the old slaves whose heads are set on getting government pensions. According to tho estimate of officers, there are nearly 2,000 members of the order in Soutli ! Carolina The fact that each member ' pays $1.85 for the privilego shows how much is being collected, though just where this money goes is not explained, i Census .lobs to Give Out. Washington, July 5.?This week (ho president will announce the appoint- j mint of 200 or 300 census supervisors who have been agreed npon with one or two exceptions. Some friction exists over the appointments in tho south. All j supervisors must be acceptable to seua i tors as well as representatives, as the I Mate is required to 0<gfl^ MONTGOMERY FOLSOM DEAD j Well Known Newspaper M.tn Expires Ht III* Heme In Atlanta. Atlanta, July :i.?Moutjoinery M. ! Foliom, ono of tho best known and ; most versatile newspaper men in the | south, died suddenly at his residence, 1 i55 East Fair street,*at 7 o'clock yoster- j day morning, after an illness of only a j low hours. Tho immediate cause of j death was apoplexy, superinduced by an affection of the heart, from which j he had been a sufferer lor the past two j years. ' Montgomery Folsom was born near j Hahira, Lowndes county, Ga., Jan. hi, i 18.'ib, aud up to the time lie was 18 or J'.) years of ago his days wcro spent in toil on a farm and his nights in study. Arlived at tho age of 20 ho became a pedagogue and taught small country sclioos in various parts ot South Georgia. His first published writings appeared in the Savannah Morning News, when he was a mere boy. Tnoy consisted of rooms and articles of a literary aud humorous vein. Later lie began to contribute to tlio northern capers and con?inn?irl ?a ,.?i-ruclui...l?.it ,?f enwut-itl ahuatu V.W. . .4. V,. . V .... ... in that section up to ^he day of his death, being also, at various times, connected with different publications throughout Georgia. ANOTHER INJUNCTION NOW. Seaboard Kiigitu-or Cr? w llcgtrniiu'd From Working at Columbia. Coi-UMDIA, S. C., July 3 ?There was l another injunction in the matter of tho Seaboard work in the city of Columbia Saturday. It came in tho shape of an order from the officials of that system restraining the engineering corps from doing anything further either in ColumI bia or in the vicinity for one weak. It is understood that tho Seaboard j proposes to await the decision of Judge lfuchauau at tho hearing upon July 7. | If that decision is adverse it is understood that the engineering corps will bo j forthwith ordered to Swansea to begin ' the survey of tho liuo from that po.nt to Camden. ! Such action, it is said, will bo an absolute nece>: ity in order for tho Sea[ hoard to connect its main lino and its i Florida Central and Peninsular lin so i<r to run trains by Jan. 1, a date taat for legal reasons cannot be postponed. STATE PRINTING QUESTION. I ?? ' Governor Says I: Is Uuforl utinte that Florida Out bids Alabama. ! Birmingham, Ala., July 3.?Tho Alai bania press has been printing many ! stories about tho stato printing which is done by concerns in Florida. Tho gov? crnor has been criticised considerably I for this condition and it has boon asI sorted that he was iaimicable to labor in this state. Governor Johnston, wis; is here, has rriven out an interview on i the subject ' He says that according tc 1 law that bids are advertised for for the i printing. i The bids are opened in the presence ! of several of the state officials and the ! contract is awarded to the lowest bid' ders. That a Florida concern should i outbid an Alabama lirni for Alabama j printing is very unfortunate, says tin Kills Vn titer, Mother, Sister. j Athens, Ala., July;;.?A 13-year-old ; boy named Thomas, living on a farn; j several iniku in the interior, stabbed and killed his sister, who had quarreled with him for not helping support the family. The hoy then turned 011 hi.aged mother, who had conic to hei daughter's assistance, and slashed liei so terribly she died in a short time. A few months ago the boy and his lather were out hunting when tiie latter was shot in tiie back and killed. The boy was suspected of killing his father, but 110 conclusive evidence could be secured. Young Thomas fled and so far has i tjiuuuu capturo. A Irajccdy \car Greenville. Greenville, S. C., July What ' appears to be a fatal shooting occurred about 7 miles Irom here noar the Reedy river factory. An intimacy between the handsome daughter of J. 1<\ Sloan and a man by the nanio of Lum Watson caused the difficulty. A rendezvous i was appointed, which was overheard 1 by the father. That night when, at \ tho appointed time, Watson appeared ; and signalled his presence, he was met ! with a load of shot at tho hands of tho irate father, He is reported to bo dangerously wounded and is not expected to recover. No arrests have as yet been i made. No Crime to Receive Whisky. Cakteusvillz, Ga , July 3.?Judgo I J. W. Harris of the city court of Car! tersville has delivered a decision in the habeas corpus case of J. 15. Heyward ; against the city council of (Jartersville, involving the validity of tho ordinance known as the jug ordinance. In his decision he declares the ordinance null ^tud void. This ordinance, so far as known, is the most extreme measure ever enacted on the line of prohibition, no attempt heretofore ever having been | made to make tho receiving of whisky j by a person a crime. Offense to Attempt Suicide. Morilk, July 3.?Recorder Stautz, in disposing of tho case of John R Kislow, who was hold on tho charge of attempting to commit suicide, held that tho act of Kislow, who attempted to drown himself in the river, was an offenso at common law, and ue hound the prisoner over to answer before the city court in the Hum of #100. There have been several unsuccessful attempts at snicide in this city, but this is tho first time that the would-be suicide has been dragged into court and prosecuted for tho failure. Suit Kntercd by Worth. RM.Riaif, July 15.?State Treasurer Worth has brought suit to compel the penitentiary executive board to separate warrants for debts duo up to tho end of last year from those for debts incurred between that date and March 7, last. . _ Georgia Imwyers to Moot. Wakm Spkinoa, Ga., July 3.?The annual meeting of tho Georgia Bar association convenes hero next Thursday, July 6, and all indications point to a m int mnMrfrl --T"1fr['-r . MEMS VISITED BY . A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Loss May Reach Five^&Hndrecl Thousand Dollars. GAYOSO HOTEL IN RUINS Former Chief Clary Probubly Fatuity Injured While Fighting tlio Flumes, j a Negro Cremated nod Severn! Poopie More or L >s Seriously II net. Memphis, July 5.?July 4, 1soo, will remain memorablo as furnishing a full sharo of excitement and disaster for Memphis. A day of activity in the cmi plovmeut of fireworks in celebration of Independence day closed with a conflagration entailing a loss of between $400,- 1 000 and ?-150,000, including tho Historic | Gayoso hotel. .-\dued to tho monetary loss was the i probable fatal injury of ex Fire Chief ; J. E. Clary, tho rorions burling of | | si? taut Firo Chief J. V. Ryan, tho death of a negro in tho American Biscuit com- j : puny's plant and nioro or icss in juries to j ! a number of others. The origin of tho lire, which started | in the basement of the Memphis Paper I | company's storehouse on the west side I of Front street, between Union and Me- : call streets, is a mystery. The place i I was closed for tho day and tho lire be- ' I gun its Work in tho rear part of tho j l basement abutting 011 the levee and ! ! difficult of access. | The heaviest losses hv the confVjgration are tho American lJiscu:1" company, l tho Memphis Paper company, Biutheuthai A: llell Bronuer, wholesale liquor ! dealers, and the Gayoso hotel. A do| tailed statement of the insurance can! not he obtained at iHescnt, but it is l?e1 hoved it will cover more than half tho j lo^c. ' INCENDIARISM AT WILSON. j Comni'sstoiiiT of Insurance Young to 31iilcc a:i 1 it vest i**a t io:?. | Raixioh, July 5 ?Commissioner of Insurance Young has left for Wilson to continuo tho investigation intotliecauso l nf ilie innendiarv fires. These fires bo | gau last autumn and they were then ! political in character; tlmt is, they wore due to the high feeling glowing cut oi the election and the ropres-icn ol' the ' disorderly element auioug the negroes. They have continued since and the good people tliere are stirred up. ( 1 The insurance commissioner has as t I much power in the ea>o of tiros us a t coroner lias in an investigation of a death under suspicious circumstances. | and the local authorities are required to , i co-operate with hini. This is purticu| i lariy the case so far as the mayor and chief of tlio tiro department are conj ; c lined. The latter aro required to look* i into the causes of tires and if there are , 1 susnicious circumstances to promptly i jMw.it tl*o same to icsuTftllce Coinj t^uite "naturally tne liwtraiico com; panics will co operate with marked j j heartiness. The insurance conimisj siouer is a shrewd man and taken ali 1 j around there is every reason for belief 1 j that the law will bring about some very [ good resuits. There are some places in , | this stato where the companies havo j | knowu that incendiarism is by uo means . rare. FARMERS MAY ORGANIZE. Largely Attended and Jilutliuslastio Meeting at Seneca. Seneca, S. C., July 5. ? A meeting tc demonstrate that the South Carolina al1 lianco is not dead was held at Seneca yesterday, there being 3,000 persons pvavuii rtiuuii^ IUU OWUUUL'lfl WUtU Senator Tillman, Congressmen Latimer and Talberc und President Wilberu of the state ailiaucc. It was evident from the burden of speeches that there is a purpose now 011 foot to form an alliance of fanners, merchants and others. It was admitted that the farmers could not alone throt* i tlo the trusts. President Wilberu au| nouuced that a state convention of tho alliance would be held tho latter part of ! this mouth, and urged "backsliders" to | come in, pay np dues and take a hand. When Senator Tillman told the audi* enco they were slaves, a man ques* ' tioued: "Who made us that way?" "The fools that vote to put scoundrels in ollice," yelled the senator. "Tho ! masses are misled by capital which own j the 'newspapers,' and the country is | drifting to tho devil. Bryan will be the next president, and ho will be elected on tho Ooala platform." Uarr Meets a Tragic Death. Brunswick, Ga.,-July 5.?James II. i Barr of Chattanooga, general counsel for (he Chattanoogu, Home and Southern, was drowned or died of apoplexy while in tho surf at Cumberland island. His body was discoveied lying on- tho J edge of tho surf, face downward, and Within live minutes ufter ho had been seen alive, apparently well and romping in tho water. The remains wero car rieii to Chattanooga. accompanied by a 1>arty of bis friends, who accompanied llm here. Mchaurlti Calls on Mclflnley. washington'. July 6.--Senator MoIvaurin of South Carolina was at tho White House today in the interest of some applicants for commissions in the new military organization. Ho was given to understand that tho preident would apportion the officers for the new regiuunts among the suvoral states in tho ] roporUon of a captain and a first litutenaut for each state, irrespective O politics. Forty linlhlliigs Destroyed. Birmingham, Ala., July 6.?Fire at Pratt City, yesterday, burned -10 buildings, causing a loss of $58,000, with only about #8,000 insurance. Tho fire originated in C. It. Atkinson's giocery store and us the fire department was inadequate to cope witu it, it could not bo checked until buildings in its path wore torn down. Of the houses burned 21 Were business houses and the remainder cottages. SIX AMERICANS MURDETRED. | Well Ivuown North Carolinian In the Unfortunate I'llrty. Asiiuviixe, N. C., July -1.?Itxis feared Woldon E. Williamson, JrIt of Ashevillo, has lost his life at the hands of Indians in tho rubber forests of Brazil. Lettors received seem to confirm tho fears his relatives have entertained i'or some mouths. Tho letters came to W. B. Williamson, with a communication from Assistant Secrotary of State Hill. One letter is from tho Belgian minister at New York, who writes, under date June 2G: "I find in my mail today this letter from a Belgian gentleman living in Brazil, giving information of tho murder of American citizens by Indians. " Tho letter referred to isolated Cujaba, Brazil, March 23, 1830, and bears tho signature of Edurudo Pottietiw, who states that a North American expedition, while ascending Xingu river, were murdered by Sluas Indians. Tho whites of tho party all porhhod to tho number of six, to wit: Three North American.-. ?Mr. Williamson, Mr. Brownly, who was born and married in California, and the third namo unknown?and throe Englishmen. Tlie writer says: "I bavo been living in tins country l'or five years, and am acquainted with all inhabited parts, and even some wild districts. 1 liavo placed myself at the disposal of the president of the United States to organize, if necessary, an ex pedition to avenge the poor martyrs and if possible to bring back their remains and to continue their work." Mr. Williamson was the second son of Colonel W. li. Williamson of Asheville and was !15 years of age. ACCUSED OF KILLING JUDGE. A Mini Wanted In (kor^i.i Arrested j at Marietta, S. t'. * j Gkkesyu l.k, S. C, July 1.?Messrs. i J. W. New by, J. W. Hat son and others j arrested a man named Smith at Mari| ctta yesterday, who is supposed to bo j the murderer of Judgo W. 13. Bell of : Habersham county, Ga., who was killed j on April U. The Marietta man had roi ceived circulars in regard to the mur! tier, and tlioy wore on tho lookout for j strangers I When tiie alleged Smith reached Ma: riotta ho was recognized as liliiug tho ! description of tho murderer, and was at 1 * -1 - ? U onco piacuu uuuer arrusi. suuu unui- i wards a detective cunia along, claimed j the prisoner and started away with him, and it did not occur to the men who made the arrest that the detective was getting ahead of' them in the matter of reward, as $1,100 had been offered for the delivery of Smith to the sheriff of llabersham county. Thoy went after the detective and the prisoner, and succeeded in gaiuing the promise that one-halt the reward would be paid to theui. Tho-prisoner dcuiod that he was Smith, and asserted that he was going on a visit to relatives in North Carolina. TRUSTEES NAME PETERSON. New President For the Industrial School at Moutcvallo. Mo.ntevai.lo, Ala., July 4. ? Tho board of trustees of the Girls' State Insor Frances M. Peterson' otc^rc?^VoorSo to the presidency of the institution. Professor Peterson has been for 17 years professor of ancient languages in the Southern university of Greensboro, Ala. Ho is about -10 years of age and is a man of Una executive ability as well as a ripo scholar. The selection gives general satisfaction. All of tho trustees were proseut except Messrs. Boulden and Abercrombio. Former President Reynolds proposed to the. board to arbitrate the differences between them, but the beard declined to do so until he surrendered to its committee the account books of his administration. REPORT OF GUILTY MADE. But Mayor Woodward Is to Bo Given Another Chance. Atlanta, July 4. ? The committee appointed by the council to invostigato the charges against Mayor Woodward of urunkenncs, etc., rendered a report of guilty to the council yostorday afternoon, without recommendation. This report was acceptod and filed. After Councilman Maddox, ii a redhot speech, had called on the mayor to resign, Councilman Thomson introduced a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate the charges against tho mayor and render a report with recommendations. The council promptly tabled this resolution by a good majority, thoreby showing beyond doubt that Mayor Woodward is to be given another chance. To Complete the Stutehouse. CoiA'jJliIa, S. C., July 4.?On all sides the people seem to be taking kindly to the proposition of the secretary of state and others looking to the completion of the storehouse. Although some time has elapsed since an outline of tho plan was made public and there has been much discussion, not a single adverso expression has yet been heard. The county papers that have spoken are unanimous in their approval. It is generally believed that *he people o? the stato arc jtiBt as unanimous. A .Woman Hangs Herself. CLARKSViLI.B, Ga., July 4. ?Mrs. Butts of Fork district, in this couuty, committed suicide hy hanging herself with a rope. She was a young woman about 25 years old, living with her husband, and had two small children. No cause is assigned more than temporary insanity. _ Another Factory Chartered. Raleigh, July 4.?The stato has chartered the Scotland cotton mills of Laurinburg, Scotland county, capital, $100,000. It is the sixteenth mill chartered this year and work is in progress on all save three of this number. I.Tglitnlng Kills a Woman. Edgefield, S. O., July 4.?During a storm iu tho Harris creek section, on Mr. Samuel Miller's place, Luoy I toper was killed by lightning. She lived alone and was in the act of cooking her evening meal when struck. i BIG COAll AND IRON DEAL, j liislrrn Syndicate InvcsU Five MIU licit Dollars at Jllrmiiigliain. > BmMiNoiiAM, Ala, July 1. ? Messrs. John E. beurles and Abrnrn S. Ilowitt of Now York and some other of their loadiug Now York mid Boston asiooiates hnvo just succeeded in urrauging j 0110 of i!ao most important ccsl and'iron ? consolidations ever effected in the south. A syndicates with a capital stock of t ' 1- nl) nf I >i;,uv/v,yvv UUS I'UCU UlgUUlliUu, ?* y which has been underwritten, aud has j purchased the Ciit'ton Iron company, ^ one of the most noted iron properties of Alabama, owning #0,000 acres of land aud two furnaces, ^ The Standard Coal company,0 a regu- *; lar dividend paying coal property, owning 552,000 ai res of coal laud. The Mary Pratt furnace in Biriniugbam. ? The Gato City properties adjacent to ' Birmingham?which wero purchased c some months ago by Baltimore and 8 Richmond interests? and the Gadsden, ' Ala., fnruaco and largo ore properties in connection therewith. t The consolidated properties will cover I about 70,000 acres of land, four furnaces t and several colro evens Repairs 011 ] some of the furnaces, the building of * 500 rolto ovens and the trebling of tho t coal output are now under way, ami will be completed within four mouths, when tho company will have an aggregate capacity of 180,000 tons of pig iron , per yeur and a daily output of ever 2,000 tons of coal. RAILWAY TAX ASSESSMENT. , North State Commission Klnlshss Its ] Worlc and Reports. ] Raleigh, July 1.?Tho corporation commission has completed its assess- ' ment of the property of railways and | other transportation concerns and its j report shows immensely increased values. The Atlantic Coast lino is in- ( creased from $9,780,000 last year to $14, 000,000; the Seaboard Air Lino from $0,034,000 to $8,745,000; tiio Southern irom $10,563,000 to $13,458,000. The misceliatieous roads, which were last year assessed at $5,700,000, are now assessed at $4,3011,000, this decrease being entirely duo to the fact that tbo Cape Fear and Yadkin .Valley railway was absorbed by tho Southern and Atlantic Coast iine. The total valuation of railway, steamboat, Pullman car, telegraph and .telephono companies are $44,114,000, tho iucreaso over last year being $10,494,000, and stateaud county and other taxes will this year aggregate $450,000, an increase over las: year of $120,000. AFTER JOBS IN THE ARMY. Hundreds Make Useless Application to Governor Candler. Atlanta, Juiy i.?Tho decision of tho war department reached during the past week, to muster the army to its full limit uuder tho Hull bill and to call for u least 10,000 additional volunteers, has induced a flood of applicants to Governor Candler from every part of tho state for oflioes varying from colonel to second lieutenant. The applicants write under the impression that a certain number of ap nnintmeiits, at least, in the volunteer service win eu puceu uc iuv. a..r?....i of the governor of Georgia, while President McKinley has announced through the war department that all appointments undor the new agreement will bo made by hint. Governor Candler has notified all the applicants to him for positions in the army that the places are not at his disposal, and that taeir applications should go at once to the president or the war department. RECRUITS AT CHARLESTON. Only Regulars living Unlisted For Service Iu the Philippines. Charleston, July l. ? Lieutenant Williams of the Eleventh infantry, who is in charge of tlis United States recruiting station at Charleston, has not as yet reoeived any instructions regarding the enlistment of volunteers for the new volunteer army to be raised. The station continues to enroll men for the regular artny, however, and is sending somo new men forward every week. Lieutenant Williams is examining both white and negro men who desire to enter tho army, nud has quite a number of applications ovory day. The number successfully passing the physical and mental examinations, however, is comparatively small. DR. BRUNNER JN SAVANNAH. Now Health Officer Arrives Front Havana and Takes Charge, Savannah, July 1.?Dr. W. F. Brunner, until recently sanitary inspector at Huvana, hat who has resigned to accept the position of honlth ofticor at the city of Savannah, arrived yesterday. Dr. Bruuner says the idea that the city of Savannah has been thoroughly cleaned | una nuiue ueunny Dy tho United States | officials is erroneous. He says when the rainy season starts the sickness will increase just as rapidly as ever before. He says the reports that have boen sent broadcast over the country of the fine condition of affairs do not give the correct statements. Steamer Mayflower Wrecked. Plymouth, N. O., Jnly 1. ? The steamer Mayflower, plying between Plymouth and Windsor, Oaptain Hay* wood Davenport, capsized uud sunk in the thorouglifaro between Roanoke and Oashi rivers. The crew and all the passengers wero saved except an infant who went d?owit with the steamer. Tho steamer Petit brought the crew and passengers. It is supposed the boat was overloaded. _ Adopted Girl a Suiolde. Calhoun, Ga., July 1.?Lanra, the 15 year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and 1 Mrs. R. D. Goswyck, died from an overdose of strychnine, administered by herself, at bcr home, 1 mile east of this ' place. No cause is known for theaot. < Abels Hanged at Huxley. < Baxi.ey, Ga., Jnly 1.?Will Abola, who 21 days ago was oonvicted here for 1 the crime of assaulting Mrs. Edgorton, j has oxpiated his offense on the gallows. , LU ooufssaed his guilt and died calmly, i v *> TEMS CAUGHT? ON TllE PET ? ) IEWS STOKIE3 TOLD WITHOUT EUUBLLISIIME^T. - , r Wrdursday, June- 28. Tlio president's projected trip to the 'acitiu coast has boon abandoned besu?e of Mrs. TVTcKinley's illness. Admiral Sir Windham Hornby. K. O. J., rotired, died suddenly of apoplexy t'liile presiding at a meeting of the lotchkiss Oranauco company, in Lonlon. Tlio Venezuelan arbitration com mi siou resumed its sessions in Pfcris and hr Richard Webster, the British attorney general, coutinned his presentation >f the case of Great Britain. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, mrtnmnflnr.in-chief of the North At antic squadron, after a year autt a half ^ >f almost continuous duty of tho most* irduous kind, has obtained a mouth's eave ot absenco. Governor Johnston bus announced ;ho uppomuueiit of Hon John P. Hubjard of Troy. Ala , to bo jang* of the 'ircuit roil raining tho eoun t ics of Heury, fik?. Geneva, Covington and Crenhaw. to succood Hon. Webb-' Fostef, vlio died last week. Thursday, Juno 2!). Milo. Rhea, the actress, is dead at her /ilia near Paris. Tho government deficit for tllo fiscal rear is $88,875,989. Tho big plant oT tho El^ofleld and Nashville Manufacturing company, makers of hardwood fixtures and supplies, mis been damaged $50,000 by fire. Tho roads entering Atlanta are said to have agreed ou a plan, which will bo presented to tho state railway commission on Aug. 1, for a new union station iu that city. Desperate because her husband had deserted her, Mrs. Lizzie Ellis of Farniville, Viu, aged 17 yoars, killed her 10months-old ciiild by giving it laadnnuin and theu attempted suicide. Chairman A. M Lea of tho llepnbtican statu executive committee lifts is sued a cull lor a meeting to be Iraki iu Jackson 011 Juiv 5 for the purposi of considering tho Mississippi ceusus patronago. l'rldnj', .Jun?- !W. Robert D. Garret of bus been appointed bank tbo staio ot Kentucky. Tbo Uniici States consul at Salvador informs the state department that yellow fever has made it s appearance there. Tbo president has granted a pardon to William McDowell, convicted in Nofth Carolina in 1807 of breaking into a postofiico. Governor Roosevelt declares be ie not a caudidato for the presidency in 190o and advocates the renomiuation ot*f Mr,liiuley. General Otis notifies the war department that tbo truusnort Morgan City has left Manila for San Francisco wiih 40-1 sick. Arthur F. Carey reachod Lynn, Mas# , after a tour around the world on a wheel. He made the trip for instruction and pleasure. The American E liblo Nut company, to control tbo peanut trade, is about to be incorporated in Now Jersey with a capital stock of $5,000,000. Saturday, July 1. Cyclist Charlio Murphy, paced $?ya lqcomotivo, rode a mile iu 57 4 o seconds on Long IslandMrs. Emma D E N. Southworth, the authoress, is dead at her residonce in Washington city. ; ""s A dispatch from Apia saj*s that Maltetoa Tan us will shortly be transported to the Fiji islands. A now wage contract has boen signed uy tua jalit imurn operators and miners. The latter get a slight increase. The anniversary of the battle of San Jaau was celebrated at Fort Thomas, near Cincinnati, with imposing cere? monies. Advices from Dawson Oity, Alaska, state that a German has been lynched near there for stealiug $3,000 in gold dust from a miner's cabin. Reciprocity treaty with Jamaica was concluded at the state department at a conference between Commissioner Ka$> son in behalf of the United States and Mr. Tower, the British charge d'affaires. Monday, July 3. A call has been issned for a meeting of tho Democratic national committee at Chicago Jnly 20 to consider matters relating to party organization. Whilo bathing In tho river at New Orleans George Lannes, aged 17 years, was drowned. He was taken with a cramp aud sank before help could reach him. Tho aggregate value of exports fron} Pensacola, Fin., to foreigu ports last month was $1,283,317, the aggregate toi n.n name (UUUIU lUSt 3'0?r L)6lU? Opljf $350,819. The trial at Columbia, 3. C.# of iyilliuiu H. Moetze for killing Alec Cart* lidge endod in his acquittal. Both wore members of the First Boqth Oarqllqa regiment. Oriental avlviceu 9tato that, 20 ring* leaders of the rioters who destroyed and burned th?? oieetric tramvray car* Seoul Inst inon<b were e^ocuteti in public, ?t Corea's cqpitql, lqyr weeks ngn> 'i'ut'KilHjr, .July 4. A plot to set up a king in Cuba is said to have beou discovered. Governor Bradley of Kentucky ordered out trcops ou falso information receivod by telephone. The contributions to the Dewey home fund so fni* amount to $12,522- The contributors to date number 10,474. juou. r. uogera, Sr., has boon elected, without opposition, senator from iho Sixteenth Alabama senatorial digccUtt to All the unexpired term of Judge A. E. Caflee. Kingston and Port Antonio, Jamaica, enthusiastically Observed the Fonrth as a compliment to Florida's generous exhibition of Anglo-American sentiment oh the queen's birthday. ' A The gunboat Nashville strnck a snag daring her recent trip up the Mtssf* sippi. She is uow in dock at Norfolk, inu the examination of her bottom has ?bown slight Injuries, which will oost ^,000 to repair. jf -'V