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VOL.-X. j' , - ,-. J , SALISBURY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1897. : 7XF" 1
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10 ZVVyD ATTITUDFOP EUROPE
OX CUBAN qvj JtI05.
'UNCLE SAM READY J INTERVENE.
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Hht the Krtult Would lie
Before Taking Action.
. , A Washington special says: Officials
vt Ahe state department were very ret!
icent Friday -when asked concerning 11
report in circulation that definite in -etjuctions
have been given all our for
eign ambassadors and ministers in
European countries to sound and as
certaitt the attitude of European gov
ernments in case th United Stateii
intervene in case of Cuba.
While denials were loada by fiome
of -4hem, others intinated- that the
United States ivas ,r&dy7 to assume
tho position takeby President Grant
,in 1874, shown by the inLnictions of
Hecretary ' Fishrto;iir. Gushing
although it He ver '"appearsi that thewo
instructions -w-cre ' carried out and
there is no knowledge of -what Spain
would do in tho premises. It. js ps
siVyle that -Minister Woodford wil have
It can bo stated, on information rc-l
ceived here, that there is no truth in
the rejort thatLord Salisbury h.ifl
sent an unfavorable answer to a sug
gestion that the United States should
interfere, the fact being that he has
not replied at all to the attempt. of our'
ambassador to Bound him on thfi nhJ
ject, and that his attitude gives reason
to believe he will not. oppose such -action
as our interests puny make neces
sary. Minister Woodford's instruc
tions are to intimate to Snain that" Hip
United States will intervene unless the'
situation in Cuba speedily improves
Ihese cro tho instructions which
were given Mr. Cushing hy Mr. Fish,
and it is understood that tho attitude
cf the United States is almost identi
cal with the position taken-during
wenerai urant s administration. Then,
as now, the good offices cf the United!
States had been tendered to Spain, tOj
bring about a settlement of .tho war J
"but," said Secretary Fish, "the well
intended rroffers of the United Statns1
were unwisely rejected by Spain."
The secretary reviewed the situa
tion, whioh presents' many, similar
phases to that11 which exists now.
President ' Grant, Bald the secretary,
regarded independence a$ the only'so
lution to the Cuban question.
ANUIOLLO EXECUTED. .
asniio-s Assassinator flieeta uentii on
'the Gitrrote. . j
AdviceB from Sebastain, Spaing says:;
Michael Angiollo, who shot and killed
Senor Canovas del Castillo, the prime
minister of Spain, at the baths of Sauta
Agueda on Sunday, August 8th, was;
executed at 11 o'clock Friday morning,!
according to the sentence ef the court
martial imposed upon him. m
Angiollo heard calmly the news that
he was to be executed, but he appeared
to be surprised at it, and bitterly com
plained of the frequent visits of , the
priests, declaring that they would ob
tain nothing from him. v
He declined to enter the chapel, say
ing he was comfortable enough in hid
cell. An executioner from BurgeSj
performed the garroting, just prior to
which Angiollo responded: j
"Since you cannot get me out of
prison, leave me in, peace. I myself
will settle with God."
ONE DOLLAR WHEAT.
Short Crops of Foreign Countries Cause
or High Prices Here..
, Friday 90 J 90 Jc was bid for Sep
tember wheat at the openiug on change
at Chicago. Even at this price an ad
vance of 3jc since Thursday offerings
were few and far between, aud the
market continued to run up to 91 Jc.
Higher prices at Liverpool, bullish
crop estimates from Minneapolis aud!
-widespread damao to crop1, in Hun
gary were the main factors when the
regular trading began on 'change. j
Dispatches said wheat at Minneapo
lis had touched $1. New York wired
that wheat acceptances by cable were
simply enormous, sixty-two boatloads
being taken for export at New York;
and twenty-eight loads at othor points,
all lor England.
MORE MILLS RESUME.
New England Factories Start ITp After
Idleness Ontlook Knonraging. j
TUsn&tolies from different New Encr-f
-land manufacturing centers announce
that many cotton mills which havo
been idle resumed, operation Monday.!
During a part of Jnlyaud August
- thousands of spiudles were not operatj
ed'in that section' owing to unsatisfac'
tory conditions which prevailed, either
in the finished goods or new cotton
market, or to the need of repairs.
In addition to this several other
mills closed for two weeks in accord
ance with their annual " midsummer
custom; Many of the Fall River mills
resumed operation last week.
IN ACCORD WITH WEYLER.
New Spanish Premier Makes Statement
As to His Position. . v j
Advices from San Sebastian state
that General Azcarraga, tho Spanish
premier and minister for war, has de
cided to convoke the cortes in Novem
ber. . . '-. ; ... '
The premier announces that he is in
accord with General Weyler, captain
general of Cuba; but he reserves the
right to make a further examination of
the Cu,ban question " j
United SIla Worker Turn Down Opera
tor' Proposition.
The national executive board of the
United Mine Workers adjourned at
Columbus, O., Friday, after having
issued, a call for a conference of or
ganized labor to be held in St. Louis
August 30th.
The board rejected the proposition
of the Pittsburg operators for a con
ference to arbitrate the vrage dispute
in that district,' claiming that such
action would be prejudicial to the in
terest of the miners at large. "
The board is ready to consider
overtures for the arbitration of "tho
issue of the great strike only when
these overtures come from all the
operators in the competitive district,
which includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
a. wvraAU UTIVIUCU MXXJV IIS lit 1 i
ate from the established policy, until j
the result of the St; Louis conference '
is known. The aggressive work in
the field will be continued, and the 1
efforts to spread the strike in the West
Virginia district renewed.
The success or failure of the strikt
hangs upon the St. Louis conference,
the call for which has bcea issued by
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and J.
R. Sovereign, general master work
man of the JKnights of Labor. They
maintain that the fight now boing
waged by the miners is one of com
mon interest to organized labor'
throughout the country.
At the St. Louis conference all labor
organizations will be asked to join is
sues with the miners. If the object of
the St. Louis conference is accom
plished the strike will be extended to
nearly every branch of laber in the
country. The call, among other
things, says: ' ;
"The tyrannical and ttn -American
injunctions of the federal and state
courts -are revolutionary against the
first principles of free government and
derogatory to the inherent rights -of
the masses, endangering the - public
peace, and destroying the personal se
curity and individualities of the com
mon people." 1
"The courts have deserted tho tem
plo of justice and now stands forth the
defiant bulwark of confederates in the"
capitol. Their arbitrary rulings have
set up one standard of rights for the
rich And another for the poor. They
decree thai capiuJcir always right and
labor always wrong. They have mad
it unlawful for starving working peo
ple to appeal against tyrannical treat
ment, present" grievances or propose
jnst ud peaceable terms for the re
dress..,pi insufferable wrings.
y STEIKWAY AND SONS SELL.
.English Syndicate lteported to Ilaro Pur
chased Their Piano Business.
The New York Times says: It is re
ported that , the pi esent members of
the piano manufacturing firm of Stein
w ay & Sons have consummated a deal
whereby the extensive business of the
concern passes into the hands of an
English syndicate. The price paid
was $1,000,000.
In 1896 the real property of the
firm of Stein way & Sons was assessed
for taxation atf.$3, 000,000 and the
capital -stock atfd surplus at $2,250,
000. The buildings -containing, the
general warehouse and salesroom and
Steinway hall were valued at $170,000,
and the piano factory on Park avenue
at $181,000, the factories near Astoria,
Long Island City, at $145,000, and
the employes' houses there at $680,-
000.
The factory in Hamburg was valued
at $220,000, that in London at $260,
000. ' '
EUROPE SHOUT OX GRAIN.
AdTlces Received at Washington Tells of
tho Deficiency.
Advices, to the agricultural depart
ment at Washington from private and
indirectly from official sources confirm
the predictions of a considerable scar
city in the European wheat crop, while
rye, which is the chief bread grain of
eastern Europe, is also short.
. This fact, a special report of Sta
tistician Hyde, of the : department,
pays, as well as the wheat deficiency,
will tend to restrict the export of the
latter from those European countries
which nsnally have a surplus of , that
grain. As to non-European countries,
other t'an the United States, their ag
gregate contribution Ao the European
supply will le materially affected by
the fact that India, denuded by the
famine, will have practically no wheat
to export.
AZCARRAtJA SPANISH PREMIER;
Queen Regent Ntmet th General aa Can
ovas Successor. "
The queen regent of Spain, Friday,
conferred the premiership upon Gen
eral Ascarraga, who is also minister of
war. The cabinet will' not be. modi
fied, but it is expected that there will
not le instant dissensions. '
It is well understood that had Sa
gasta, liberal, been appointed to suc
ceed Canovas, there would have been
wholesale resignations. . It is said that
General Weyler's resignation is now
in hand, bearing an "if" in reference
to Sagasta.
The belief is expressed that Sagasta
would have received appointment but
for Weyler's threatened resignation.
NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED.
The California Southern : Will . Begta
Operations Soon.
The California Southern Railway
Company, a new line in course of
construction from Biggs Station on
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company's lines, south through Sher
man, Wasco and Crook counties ' to
Pineville, a distance of 120 miles, will
be in operation about September 5 as
far as Wasco, that much of the line
having been completed. -
UJPATORARLB CROP REPORTS
CAUSE A FLURRT
SHORTS ARE VERY MUCH EXCITED.
Th Fleecy Staple ComeTi m Rirsl for
- Whet In ItapldljrAd irnclns
Prices.-' V
The opening call of the cotton mar
ket at New York Monday was attended
with great excitement. r i
The shorts were panic-stricken by a
large number of bull orders and a
sharp advance in Liverpool. Crop
news was also .decidedly bullish, too
much rain, in the Atlantic states and
the Mississippi valley, according to
reliable reports, having done exten
sive damage, while worms in other
sections were said to be infesting the
staple, greatly to Its detriment
The market opened irregular) with
trades in different parts of the ring
showing a range of 2$ points. Au
gust opened 13 points higher, Septem
ber 17, October 22, and November 27.
The rest of the list showed an advance
of 24 to 26 points, the opening range
13 to 17 points above Saturday's clos-
ing figure.
The trading was the heaviest in near
months. Over 25,000 bales changed
hands on the call, and at 11 :30 tran
sactions aggregated 65,000 bales.
New Orleans and Liverpool sent sell
ing orders early.bttt became active;
buyers as the market advanced. Com
mission houses were heavy purchasers.
" Selling for; profits by timid bulls
caused a reaction of 69 points' di
rectly following the call, and at 11:30,
after violent fluctuations, the market
was very feverish at a net advance of
20 to 25 points. U r ; .
World's! visible, September 1, 1895,
was 2,500,000 bales, spinners reserves
were estimated as extremely heavy,
having been bought up at low prices.
Cotton was worth hire f c more than it
is now when we don't expect the visi
ble to be over 800,000 and know the
invisible to bo decidedly less thanin
1895. The- long expected' speculative
revival in cotton seems to have set in.
PLAXS SUB3I ITTED."
Bliners and Operators Make Propositions
miners at r x ittsburgf ra:, Monday,
propositions looking to b- settlement
of the-starike were presented by both
sides. Three propositions . were of
fered by the operators as follows :
Miners to resume work at the 54
cent rate pending a decision of aboard
of arbitration. :r :-
Miners to resume work at an inter
mediate rate between the rate demand
ed and the one paid prior to the sus
pension, pending a decision of a board
of arbitration.
Miners to resume operations with'
out price named, pending a decision
of a board of arbitration. ,
The proposition submitted by the
officers of ; the miners to the special
committee was as follows:
Miners to resume work at the 69
cent rate pending the, decision or a
board of arbitration.
The propositions were tailed over
in an. informal manner by both sides
when an adjournment was taken until
10 o'clock Tuesday morning
NORTH CAROLINA MILLS.
State l-abor Commissioner Reports
Spindles and Employees.
State Labor Commissioner Hamrick
of North Carolina has completed his
compilation of mill statistics and says
there are 206 cotton, fifteen woolen
and two' silk mills, .making a total of
223, with 1,030,000 spindles and 23,000
looms.;
Gaston leads in spindles, having
113,000, Mecklenburg has 84,000 and
Rutherford 80,000. There are mills
in forty-seven of the ninety-six conn
ties. In thenumber of factories Gas
ton leads with twenty-three, Alamance
having twenty, Randolph eighteen and
Mecklenburg sixteen. Rutherford has
the largest mill with 74,000 spindles
and 2,400 looms. Surry coiyity has
one-third of all woolen mills.
The mill employing the most .opera
tives isllenrietta,in Itutherford,which
has 530 men, 665 women and 345 chil
dren. - -
ASK FOR LOWER RATES.
New York's Mot To Secure Trade Arouses
Southern Cities.
All the i trade , centers in the south
appear to have been aroused by New
York's blow about increased buying
there by the merchants of this section.
New Orleans, Montgomery, Chatta
nooga and Knoxville have " all made
application to the Southeastern Pass
enger Association -for excursion rates
like those given to New York,' and a
committee from the New Atlanta Mer
chants and Manufacturers Association
has been in conference with leading
passenger ! officials, though the formal
application to the Southeastern Tais
enger Association for low rates has not
been made. .
TO SETTLE CLAIMS.
Commission to Arbitrate Between Spain
and the United States.
A Washington special says: It is
possible that a convention will be ne
gotiated between the United States
and Spain for the settlement of all
claims on-account of Cuban trouble
by a claim commission similar to that
appointed m ix wmcn. settiea the
claims of citizens ol both countries
after the insurrection of that time.
Japan's Kote Btrardtny tb Anacxa-
tloa of Hawaii.
A Washington dispatch says: Secre
tary Sherman has submitted to the
Japanese government an answer to
Japan's. late Vte relating to the an
nexation ol Hawaii.
The answer was delivered to Mr.
Hoshi, the Japanese-minister, last
Saturday. It is his reply to Japan's
note of July 5th, which up to thai
time had not been acknowledged.
Mr. Sherman's anser is marked by
a friendly expressioft toward J apan,
which trives . epeciaq satisfaction in
I tieiir of the somewhat strained rela-
ueris resulting from the previous cor-
.re,
ence. It reiterates the posi-
t0 "eretofore taken X: by the secretary j
rif i fa aa . (Ka rlfht anil nrAnri'al I
of a6.:iftxinflr , Hawaii to' the- United
, States.yf7th this, horwerer, is coupled
an assnrdnqe that the interests of Ja
- pan in Hawaii will be safeguarded. It
also expresses satisfaction at the plan
of ' arbitration between Japan and Ha-
wad ton the question; of Japanese im
migration to Hawaii.
Minister itoshi has Cabled the sub
stance of 'the answer Jko the Tokid go
ernmfent and the full text of the an
swer has been forw arded. It will not
reach Japan until September 7th, and
no action may be taken until the text
is before the Japanese foreign officer.
The Japanese legation is reticent
over Jhe dispatch, although there is no
effort to conceal the satisfaction felt
over the friendly spirit displayed
throughout Mr. Sherman's answer.
The attention of theTokio government
has been particularly directed toward
these expressions of good Wilh
NO SCHOOL BOOK UNIFORMiTYi 8
Committee Authorized hy the Gevreia
legislature Make Recommendations.
The special committee appointed by
Governor Atkinson, of r Georgia, m
in compliance with a resolution of the
legislature, to investigate the matter
of purchasing schoolbooks in the state
and to recommend a plan for securing
cheaper books, held a meeting in the
state capitol Thursday and. mapped
out its renort. Thev hav ter.om-
recom
mended a plan which they- think -orill
rcdude the cost of books, but it is not
the governor 8 plan; The goterndr
has been Writingand talking in favor
of f uniformity "inV school books ever
much wie question wasnrsB agiiaiea
and the committee hasgone against
uniformity.: , " ; v
' 1 "rrpii . . iwxugdd. byjhem is a
mucn simpler one, ana win not in any
war involve the sta"t Vtrmm-mitr
the exclusive us t4&ny particjUar line
of books. It declares in favor of en
larging the power of. the county boards
of education, of incorporating those
bodies, and authorizing them to pur
chase books direct from the manufac
turers and sell them to the children at
lirst cost price. - This is known as the
Ohio plan, because . it was adopted in
that state some years ago, and has
been in successful operation ever
since. , -
The main object of the commission
was to do away with the heavy profits
of . the middle man, witnout in any
way revolutionizing the present course
of j study. To do this the county
boards are instructed to do their own
buying in the future, except in such
nases where the retail dealer will sell
at the list price. In either case the
county . is to become . responsible! for
the book bill, and, therefore, will be
able to secure a larger discount from
the publishers. The present discount
is from 20 to 25 per cent.
This report was agreed upon unan
imously by the commission after a
lengthy .session' and a full discussion
of the matter.
OFFICE-SEEKERS IN WAIT.
President Will Be Greeted Ry Them
Ills Return to Washington.
On
A Washington dispatch says: Presi-.
dent McKmley is storing up a large-
sized disappointment for himself. He
will find it on his return to the white
house. And it will be in the shape of
the old guard of office-seekers whom
he left behind. There may not be qnite
as many of the old ones, but what the
old guard lacks in identity it will
more than make up m numbers.
When tne president leit for nis va
cation he conceived the delusion that
during his absince the old guard which
had clamor ad unsuccessfully for spoils
would be. not exactly frozen out, but
melted out, and report from Piatt s-
burg has it that he has been hugging
that fond delusion to his. breast.
BOMB THROWERS ARRESTED.
Armenians Now In Prison Are. Certain T
Be Esecuted.
- Six arrests have been made as a re
sult of the bomb explosions in Con-
statinoplc Wednesday. All the prison
ers are Armenians. All are certain to
be executed. Y
The author of the explosions which
took place in the offices of the grand
vizier is a native of Kalsarieh. His
hand was seriously injured by the ex
plosion. The police are actively search
ing Jhe Armenian quarters for accom
plices of the bomb throwers, and the
streets are thoroughly patrolled.
NEGRO ARTIST WINS DISTINCTION
The French Government Buys One ef Hen
ry Tanner's Paintings.
"Henry Tanner, an American negro.
who has been studying painting in
Paris for some years, has , won the
greatest distinction. that has come to
a member of his race in that field.
He recently exhibited in the aalon a
work entitled ""The Raising of Laz I
rus, which received signal priM
from the critics, and has been A11
chased by the French governme tor J
the Xjuxemoourg. : " -. r -
The artist is a sonof a misno
of the African Methodist churc
95
SI
LOSrDO PAPERS EXPRESS TI1EIR
0tal05 SARCASTICALLY :
UNMERITED LUCK," SAYS ONE
"WmUtb rumen Will 8e at Ones Tliat
High Prices Are Compatible With a
Gold Standard.
A special cable dispatch front Lon
don says: The fact that the urice of
wheat has reached S;i
& bushel in the
United States has produced consid
erable excitement among grain specu
lators and others in London. The sec
retary of the Baltic said:
Of course we have been caught
largcly ,hort. The
rise in the price
of wheat makes a somewhat bvRt.irin.l
market. The rise of Bit pence in the
price of barley, : for example, Satur
day, was due to no assignable cause.
There is no speculation here; as it is
known on WalUtreet, although there
is Eomo speculation at Liverpool
lne secretary of the com
remarked:
"There is nn osculation here, as
such transact;1 are generally known.
There h been a disposition on the
part of the outside public to bear the
market ;but.the brokers have dissuaded
their clients from so doing j The rise
in prices yestferdajr morning find today
was not due so much to "dollar wheat
to the buying bv France where
threshings are proving disappointing.
Our millers, too, are short. , -
The brokers have not made mucbas
they held no stocks; but it is needless
to t?ay that the rise of half a crown in
the rnee of what yesterday, makes the
-iveliest times on Mark Lane. " The
.Vmericans have, apparently got it their
wn way.' -, -:.-
The Westminster Gazette,- referring
1 . . L .
to the rise in the price of wueat, says:
"Dollar, wheat is ftnatnmentcd
stroke of good luck for President Me
K-inlf Vs irovernnienti t which ought to
have been overtaken by swifrcalamily
for shamelessly pnyng-election debts
to tho trusts by the passage of the
Dingley bill."
At the same time the Westminster
Gazette finds comfort in the' allegation
that "the: Brvanites are made to look
once that high., prices arefcompatible
with a gold standiuwand the destruc
tion of Bryan and Jiis''tanB.cats"boTind
to ioiiow. uuz ii -XTesiaeni . wicj.m-
letrs supporters are wise, r they will
not for a moment imagine thftt when
they dispose of the silver craze they
will dispose of the revolt against the
carit lists who have never used their
power so ruthlessly "as since the late
presidential election." ' ;p
The Westminster Gazette then pro
ceeds io denounce "the extortions' of
the new United States tariff, which, it
adds, is 4 one of the worst and most
fruitful sources of corruption of public
men and public servants.
In conclusion The Westminster Ga
zette says:
"The degree of success which has
attended Bryan shows that Americans
are becoming alive to the rottenness of
something, and the next time the cam
paign will be directed less to the gold
standard than to the standard of pub
lic life."
FIVE CHILDREN DROWSED.
Dumped Into the Water From a Float.
Sixteen Were Rescued.
Five children were drowned in the
harbor at Toronto Sunday afternoon
by the capsizing of a float. .
The float was made of rough timber
and used for conveying workman from
the mainland to the breakwater, a dis
tance of about 100 yards. The float is
worked by chains attached to the bank
on one side and the .breakwaters on
the other.
Sunday afternoon twenty-one chil
dren, boys and girls, ranging from
eight to thirteen years of age, crowded
on the raft for the purpose of going
to bathe at the breakwater. Half way
across the channel, where the water is
very deep, the raft capsized and all
the -children were thrown into the
water. " - ,
There were many boats in the neigh
borhood, and these were quickly at
the scene of the accident; All of . the
children were rescued except five.
ALASKAN BOUNDARY CORRECT.
Official ef the Coast and Geodetic Survey
Says Uses Will Net Be Changed. C
In. speaking ef the boundary line
between Alaska and the British
possessions, General DufSeld, of
the coast and geodetic survey, sair
"I do not believe that when the mat
ter of the boundary lines between the
two countries is-settled - there will be
any appreciable change from the lines
which are down on the map. Dawson
City is 100 miles or more east of the
141st meridian, which is the boundary
line. The difference between the
United State and Canada surreys on
the 141st meridian is matter of feet
only." - r Y;-w.-- :;Y. .
nOSHI HEARD PROS.
Japaaese Mia inter Acknowledge the Be
eclpt er Sherman's Note.
. Secretary 2sinaii has - received
ter tfSi, of Japan, of the secretary's
ieiicr-'-cluB w aoeuuon ox
TT.-Aii to the TTnited Stale
MMr. Hoshi's acknowledgment is f or-
vanu uon nv go uv iae merits ol
ubject, as the answer to Secretary
mans late note will not be made
I word comes from the Japanese
ofSlce. "
ring- the Past Wee
Amonff the most ImnKtant inw in
dnstrtes reported for e pAH we k are I
the followmgf Threcatur Co Jipress
Co., capital $150, ! New Decatur,
Ala.; an e'ectpfo power plant to be
6cted atPetf&acola, Fla , by a fii'M.-
000 cdmpdnjj latg flouring m!i aj
Cnsman and Aew Maruef , V a., a
Sedan, W. Va.; the Gulfport Laird and
Improvement Co., r capital $200,003,
at Gulfport, Miss. ; the G. W, McDon
ald Co., cpitl $1,000,000, at Clarks
burg, W. Va., to mine coal, manufac
ture, coke, etc. , and the Columbia Gold
juming'uo.i capital w,uu, aif liicu-
inond. va. The Colain Cigarette and
Tobafeo Co. capital $10,0)0, ha booa
fehatfef ed At ltlchniofld, TtL, and
woodworking plants will be establishes!
at MusgrOve, Ga.; Hartford, Ky.;
Shreveport, La., and at Nat Moore ft'id
Wilmington, N. C. i 1 ' 1
- Ail reports from southerit manufac-,
turers and business meny?owliuue en
couraging and busine1rospects have
net been so favors16 IOT maox:yri
A nnmber Ia - i
foitots haVnmv .duFInS Jho,
plants narv- i ; i
6
pioducts are' also Advancing and
eavy exports of wheat and corn are
reported. ' - . - -. ' i ; ,
In the south the iron and steel trado
is steadily improving; and Duswess
among the textile and lumber mills is
active. Tradesman
Tenn.)" ' : " - . -
(Chattanooga,
A LOSS TO THE RUSINESS WORLD.
tfce Deftiise of John P. LotcII Elicits
Generai Kipresslons of Regret. f.
Seldom has there j been such , a
general : expression of j sympathy over
the loss of one whose life has been
devoted id business pursuits, as has
been called1 forth by the recent death
at Cottage City,. Mass.,! of that tener
able landmark of the business world;
tho late John P. Lovel!, founder aud
president of the John j. Lovell Arms
Company, of Boston. Numerous me-
Mgea and letters ol eonaoienea. on ine
death of the honored father have been I
received by Col. lienjamin . Ijovch,
treasurer of the Lovell Arms Com
pany". . The wide scope cotered by
these conlniTlilicdtioris in itself evi
dende of the great regard In which he
wds held by the leaders in business
aud public life, 1 - ' -
These expressions ol sympathy were
not confined to New England, but they
West and South- -in fact, from every
portion of the Union; because . the
name of John P, Lojellrand ? the cor
poration "created 'by. ! hi m , ha ve been
for more than-a half century the
synonym of honest dealing aud busi
ness integrity. Even from English,
firms with whom Mr, Lovell had en
joyod the pleasdntest business, rela
tions for more than fifty years, Colonel
Lovell has received ' messages of con
dolence on the death of his father.
DENIAL FROM
WETLER.
Bntehcr Says Evangellna Cisneros Has
Not Been Sentenced or Tried.
Captain Genefal Weyler, in a cable
dispatch from . Havana to the New
York World, denies the report that
Evangelina Cisneros, 'a Cuban, girl of
eighteen, of sensational beauty, gentle
breeding and pure life, had been tried
or sentenced to imprisonment for
twenty years in the Spanish penal col
ony at Ceuta. - j
The girl is the niece of Hhe presi
dent of the Cuban republic. General
Weyler's dispatch to the World reads
as follows:
Tor judicial reasons
the preliminary stages
there is on trial la
peraon named
Evangelina Cosslo Cisneros, who deceitfully
lured to her house the military oommand?r
of the Isle of Pines, had men posted secret
ly,, who tied him and attempted to assassin
ate him. This case Is n its preliminary
stages, and has not as yet been on trial by a
competent tribunal, and consequently no
sentence has as yet been passed nor ap
proved by me. I answer The World with
the frankness and truth that characterize
all my acts. j Wmws"
USE OF TOBACCO FORBIDDEN.
Cearral Railroad Says Employes Moat Ab
jure the Weed.
Among the new rules promulgated
by the Central Railroad of Georgia
for the government of its employes, is
one which forbids thej use of tobacco
around'any passenger station and the
use of it by trainmen on passenger
trains.
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- TICKET SCALPERS LOSE.
A Permanent Injunction Against Their
Selling Special Bate Ticket.
In the famous case of. the Nashville,
Chattanooga A St. iJonis Railway vs.
George E. McConnell j et al, Liomsville
tc "Nashville ts. Duckworth, et alf.
and Western k Atlantic Railway vs.
Duckworth et a!,. Judge Clark handed
down an opinion Thursday morning
favoring the railroads! j
This case arose over the handling of
the special rate Tennessee Centennial
tickets by the scalpers of Nashville,
and the above named railroads asked
for an injunction to restrain the scalp
ers from handling the tickets. The
court grants a permanent injunction.
APPEAL FOR CUBAN GIRL.
Mr. Jefferson Darts and Mrs. J alia Ward
Howe Ask latcrfereaee. -A
special from KewTork says: Mrs.
Julia Warde Howe has appealed to the
msrrA in a lMter askincr him to interfere
to save Evangelina Cisneros, the Cuban
tnr who is said to be about to be trans-
.y4aA fn tb Snanish dunsreon of
gAS ayavav - -w X T O
Ceuta. :"'::c":-
Trm Jofforcmi "Darin has written a
letter to the queen of Spain, .making a
m mm S ...
similar request.
WSUBB
1 THE EXECUTFixt. ' -I
OP THE wi-
oscar iru w -
THE SPALDING GRPW JKwV ICIS,
A ad
' a u
rewrr "BBmi-.r . Jder
The eoWA1 ino. 6r.
SpaldingVmtLAnd jajl ia
th a cjijia. m v wzZ' .
As anonVi a lie Ptesentmen
of the graW::Wand Attorney
General TcrfcVt "feether and urew
up a paper, tfthe secretary ol
state was directed 'issue a proclama
tion offering a re4l of $500 each for
the arrest and d ery to the sheriff,
of Spalding count r to any jailer ta
the state, with pr to convict, ol tne
first two men co rned therein who.
are guilty of a fjny, and
for the arrest andfclirery, w - ,
to convict, of eai
subsequent vlJ
guilty of a felon;
Iso that .tne secrm
fftftlamationtlof i
tary of state issu
50 each for such
fering a reward
parties as felonii
y conspire or au ;
preventing ttieVletection or arre
in
of the parties gui
ssid Oscar Wuhai
ijrewaidto oe,..
paid on the arres1
ddelNeryVCsacii;
with
pioof tdcon-.c
vict. to the shn i
0j Btaj
Th lvnching bf Willi
, -y . ., - ...
Tria lvnching Df Williama wa uuo
of the most remarkable, that bc ver
occurred in Georgia. On July 7tU
he attempted an assault on the
year-old daughter of J. 0.- Campbell,
a farmer near Lovejoy, and escop.
He was pursued for- three .,
largo mob o men and ; J.J? -Barnesville,
where ft company of
heavy military escort and ' lodged in
the Bibb county jail.
. The news that, a mob was forming
in Macon .to lynch- him reached the
ears of the sheriff and he promptly
made arrangements for a secret trans
fer of the prisoner to Atlanta. While
en route .to the Jatter city a mob took
Williams; from the train and put mm
to death. . r:. ' - ;.'
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SEW MODEL FARM.
Georgia Wants Ind That Will Frodnca
All Kinds of Vegetation.
The prudeniiaf -committee of the
Georgia State University, at Athens,
has purchased a lot of land to be used
by the department of agriculture for
a model farm. :
The present model farm, adjoining
Rock college, will now be pat on the
market and the trustees hope to be j
able to dispose of it for a good sunt.
The purchase! of a place for a new
model farm, while quite a surprise, has
been contemplated by the trustees for
a number of years. s Up to this, time
they have al way: been pursuaded from
buying other property t because of the
old farm. The Rock college property
was -rtraRticallv valueless as a model
farm, and the trustees have ben de
siring to get land that will produce
all vegetation abundantly. At their
last meeting it fas decided to sell the
Rock college farm and buy better and
mora fertile land.
YIOLiTEII SUNDAY LAW.
Georgia Railway Officers Indicted For
Moving Freight on the Sabbath
The grand jury of DeKalb county,
Ga., has found six true bills against
the Georgia railroad for running
freight trains on Sunday after the
hours prescribed by law.
The charges against the company are
to" rdatn. and the witnesses exam-
1 ined by the grabd jury gave positive.
testimony thai me company operant
their tnrougn ireiguvs er a u
in the morning on the 7th, 14th and
21st days of February last.
TOBACCO PilR ARRtNGED.
Florida State Organisation Formed at a
Meeting In Lake City.
At a mass ' meeting held by citizens
of Lake City, the Florida Tobacco
Fair association was organized to hold
state tobacco fair in that city Octo
ber 27-28. The following officers were
elected: Professor F. B. Moodie, pres
ident; J. W, Perry, firnt vice president;
1J. II. Palmer, Second vice president;
T,8. Chalker,itreasurer; S. Boteler
Thompson, secretary; J. E; Young, A.
B. TUrt, D. Lv. Geer, J. O. Uarns, ana
other wellknotru citizens, board of
directors. 1
The citizens intend to work hard ta
make the fair a great success.
RANKERS ADJOURN.
c. Ilendrlx. of Terk,
Sa
coeds ILowry. C Atlanta.
The twenty-third annual convention
of the American Rankers' association
came to an end at 1 o'clock Thursday
afternoon. I v.
According to precedent, First Vice
President Joseph C. Hendrix, of ew
York, wan raised to the office of presi
dent. George H. Rwsell, of Detroit,
received a large majority of the votes
cast for first rice president.
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