The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 1

GER. Three Beautiful Books Absolutely Free. In Gold for A Christmas Present. VySee Page 2. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People it Subserves.

GAITNEY CITY, S. FRIDAY, DHCHMlIKIt 7, vol. no. in. 1.00 A YEAH.

Led ft 'IM1 I THE SOUTH'S INDUSTRIES. DESPERATE NEGROES. "POP GUN" BILLS DEAD. WTO A TILLMAN REWARD Old Judges Step Down and Out for New Ones. i Oontfroiji InvostltfatiiiB' the Torture of JapanoBO Citizona.

TIM' SOUGHT OUR PROTECTION. The Ht Delivered Them I'p lo the IJiieiny-Tlielr Deiitli tViin a Aloil ilorrlldii One Other Niwh 1'roui Washington, December (I. Tho most important mutter that wasconsld-ered by the. I' lilted Stales senate yesterday was surrendering of two Japanese citizens to Chinese ollieials at Shanghai. A resolution requesting the president to furnish the senate with iu-formation on the subject, was oll'ercd Monday by Senator Lodge, of This was taken up and referred to the cuminil tee on foreign affairs.

Mr. Lodge stated some of the prominent fuels of the case: "The two Japanese citizens in question had been given up," he said, "by the United States con-cul at Shanghai, and had been put to death with the most hiedous tortures. He regarded their surrender, under the eireumstauc.es. as an act of the greatest possible discredit to the Immunity of the United States and to the humanity of all civilized men." Senator Morrill, of Vermont, who was yesterday instructed by the finance committee to make an adverse report on some of Senator PctVcr's financial measures, gave notice that he would, next Wednesday, "seek an opportunity of submitting sonic brief remarks on some marvellous senatorial bills anil quack for real and imaginary public evils and grievances." Tile resolution oll'ercd by Mr. Poller on Monday last, calling on the president for a statement of the facts and circumstances which made the presence and use of United States troops in Chicago, in July.

I MM, was laid before the senate, and alter some discussion was referred to the judiciary committee, yeas nays A FATHER'S RIGHT. To Kidnap ills I'roiu the I mu-llue Convent. Dallas, December having been kept under surveillance and nominal arrest since Saturday night, Charles Knox and his two little daughters were yesterday afternoon released by Chief of Police Arnold and they and Mrs. Clark and Miss Powell continued their journey to California. Knox kidnapped lii.s two daughters from the Ursiiliue Convent without tho knowledge of the wife Monday, und was arrested here-' from Superintendent New Orleans dep: urrest was made tl telegraphed Chief 1 heir lather deser children.

The girl come for them for the opinit craft, as KnoJ habeas corpu. craft decided legally be de the right to convent wi the childi as they had, under theiy noid Hiciy at liberty A Man Lino: thews, clerk. couditiol poisoiv vivo plain look WOllll repor ures, that back of writing, was this "I liuvt; tsiken miirphh'f jf 'us. nut horn to lie ii thief. Cannot stu'i liy liciiijf a tliief.

Get lot in Hurstm unil hury me there, as I do not wish to disiuec my parents by huricil hostile them." He then relapsed into unconsciousness. TO HASTEN THE MAILS. Cincinnati HusincHii Men Wauled Jtetler Service to Florida Voliits. Washington, December (i. Nine gentlemen, representing commercial bodies in Cincinnati, called on the postmaster general yesterday for purpose of securing a better exchange of the mails in the territory south of the Ohio.

They believe that ten hours time can be saved in the transmission of correspondence between Ohio und Texas, and also that a good saving of time can be made between that state and Florida. The postmaster general informed the gentlemen that he would do all he could consistently for them in the matter, but would take it under advisement. Sock lias Katun Much Wheat. Washington, December ti. The returns from the correspondents of the statistical division of tho depart incut of agriculture relative to the amounts of wheat fed to stock estimate the quantity already fed, that is to say up to October 30th.

at Imshcls; and the estimated amount to be fed at bushels, making a total of bushels. These figures on wheat feeding are merely the meagre estimates from those states wherein correspondents have complied with the request of the department, and must not be taken as anything more tfinn an attempt at approximation of the total feeding of wheat from present supply. The severity and length of the winter will necessarily influence the' final findings. The Troniiiry' Hold Ifeerve, Washington, December (I. Foreign exchange has udvuuccd within the past fow (lays to 'i point that leads the -hh- i j.

gold-may be exported this week- n. tw 7 i 1 I I I icihe VI Three Meu Attack a (iciitleiniiii In HI Omii IU'HltlelK'0. Vai.oiista, December 5. Last night three negroes went to the house of Mr. C.

W. Williamson, at Dasher station, live miles below here, and commanded him to throw up his hands. Williamson stood dazed for a moment, before the muzzle of a Winchester rifle, but grabbed a revolver which was lying on his ma utel and opened tire on the intruders. They, in turn, began firing back, and a lively fusillade lasted for several minutes. Finally tho negroes left the house and met three other negroes a mile or two away.

They were ordered to throw up their hands, but one of them drew his pistol and shot one of the highwaymen down. The wounded negro was brought hero on the midnight train and is confined in jail, where he will die. Another of tho gang gave himself up, and both confess a concocted plan of waylaying the railroad workmen anil robbing them. The most duspcrate of tho three negroes is still at large, though he will probably be caught, lie calls himself by several names: "Georgia Snake," "Wild Hill," and other names of like character. It is said that nearly 1,000 in rewards arc offered for his arrest in this state anil Florida.

liailifr Maiden, of Itrooks county, was shot down at a church in that county on Sunday night by a desperate negro, without any cause, and it is likely that "Wild Hill" is implicated in that killing. They had robbed a dozen negroes before the shooting last night. GERMANY'S UGLY SPIRIT. That Country Ik AiiRry Over the THrill On Meet Sugar. Washington, December (I.

Indications seem to multiply of a determined purpose on the part of Germany, openly or by indirection, to interpose obstacles in the way of the importation of American products in Germany, so long us the discriminating duty against German beet sugar imposed by the existing new tariff law is maintained. First, on a pretext of the transmission of Texas fever (proved to be impossible) the importation of live cattle from the I'nitcd States into Germany was prohibited. Next, restrictions were placed upon American canned goojs. Then a commission was appointed to investigate whether American cotton could not be supplanted by other kinds of German manufacture. Now the department of state has been notified through its consular representatives ut Itreiueii of a proposed change in the German customs tariff by which the cottonseed oil will be increased per cent on the present rates.

ARSENIC IN COFFEE. A Coliilnliiis 1'ntiiily I'oliuiiifd hi a Most 31.VHtcriou Milliner. Coi.r.vtiii December (I. There was a wholesale poisoning case from drinking coffee in this city yesterday. Shortly after breakfast the family of Mr.

.1. F. K'eene, consisting of himself, wife, daughter, Miss Nellie, Mr. James A. Keene, were taken violently ill, and physicians were summoned, who after investigation oll'ercd the opinion that they had 'been poisoned by drinking coffee.

The coll'ce was analyzed and the physicians discovered traces of some foreign substance, believed to be arsenic. Mrs, Keene prepared the coffee herself, and the family are unable to account for the presence of arsenic ami considerable mystery surrounds the case. All the parties suffered greatly but arc pronounced out of dau- SOUTHERN FREIGHT WAR. The Inter-State Commerce CoininiHsion Siiyn it Hum Keen liijnriotiH. Wash ini, ton, December annual report of the interstate commerce commission has been presented to congress.

The report presents the fact constituting what is known as the sourthern freight war. that is, the freight war has been going in the territory south of the Potomac river during the past summer, showing the causes of the war, the great injury resulting to numerous places and dealers therein, and says that the rate adopted in the territory was ill-considered and a costly effort to punish one or two competing carriers. It taught no new lessons and brought about no guarantee of future observance of the rates by the parties whom the cut was designed to injure. THE COTTON MARKET. 1'ricen Went Down two Foiiim nnd at the Hose Wan Steady.

Nkw Yoisk. December (I. The SunV, cotton report in reviewing yesterday's market says: Cotton declined points but recovered this and advanced 8 to il points, closing very steady, with sales of bales. Liverpool declined on the spot and II points for future delivery, closing with futures 1U' to 2 points lower than last night and steady at the decline. New Orleans receipts for today arc estimated at 11,000 to against 1 on the same day last week, and last year.

New Orleans yesterday reported semi-weekly interior receipts at Si.VS.dlHI against for the same time last week. last year and 101.000 in IMU; shipments 130 000 against Si). 000 last year and 000 in 1-'H. After a Murderer. Atlanta, December Joe Dean, the negro who killed A.

11. Leigh, in Campbell county Saturday night, called at a negro woman's hintio near Temple, yesterday and asked for food, lie said that he had killed a man and wanted to learn the shortest way lo Alabama. He was weak and evidently had been hiding out in the swamps. Pursuing parties are pushing him hotly. Walsh Takos the Oath.

Atlanta, December 0. lion Patrick Walsh elected to (lie United Stiles senate for the term made vacant ly the death of Senator Alfred II. Cohjuit, was sworn in yesterday afternoon by tho vice March lth. Prohahly tho Hesult of tho Senate. Iinnuiie Commit toe's llrlilinnillnin.

Washington, December (S, Tho senate finance committee practically decided yesterday morning Unit the "pop gun" bills were dead. While the discussion was not in us plain words as this statement, the committee decided that nothing could be done with them at present. Thero was a very full attendance of members. All except Jones, of Nevada, and White, of California, were present. They discussed that part of the president's message relating to sugar, and when they finally adjourned it was with the understanding thift "it was better to await Carlisle's full report before anything definite was done." Some of tho senators connect Senator Vest's cloture resolution with the inaction of the finance committee.

They claim that the way Senator Vest's resolution is received will decide much. Without such a rule nothing; can be done in the senate, anil if there is a chance of its udoption there might be a slight chance for some financial legislation. ANOTHER BANK LOST MONEY. Hut After Unrovorliuj Hornet hinir Like Beelcy Methods It Win Kef milled. Nkw Yohk, December ti.

The bookkeeper of the Last Side kink. No. 135 Grand street, a state bank with a capital of half a million, is accused of embezzling of the bunks by methods akin to those ployed by Seeley. The amount stolen was refunded and tho bookkeeper, Samuel Pollen, by mi me, discharged. I'ollcnz had a confederate, it is alleged, who drew the cosh just as linker did.

and the bookkeeper handled the cheeks. The alleged embezzlement was discovered two months ago, but the guilty party was not discovered until yesterday. The matter came to light through the rotation system, and the ollieials in speuking of the alVair yesterday referred to the outsiders' crookedness as merely an "overdrawing of bis account." The money, they added, had been refunded. SUGAR DROPS AGAIN. The Current I'rleo is Mild to he Lower Than Kvcr ilefurc.

Nkw Yohk, December H. The current rate on sugar in said lo be the lowest ever known. Another cut of of a cent per pound was made iii the prices of refined sugar yesterday, making the card rate for granulated cents per pound. The Franklin refinery has resumed operations on reduced scale, and the Mc''ahan relincry is also saiil to be at work, but tin' Sprcekles plant is still idle. Reports from the nlliee of the trust are to the cll'ect that the refinery is working wiih half force and the Madison and Wcrchcrs' plant in New York are doing likewise: that the llavcniever and Khler relincry have nearly a full force and the Brooklyn refinery is idle.

The great increase in production is said to be the chief cause. A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION. The Colt Court of Impih'y Still onlliiiieH Its l.ithms. Col.l Mnrs, December U. The proceedings of the Coit court of iuiuiry yesterday were uninteresting.

The witnesses examined were all from Washington Court House si ml their evidence was all of one tenor that the crowd was not a disorderly one. while there were a few persons in it who wore trying lo excite a mob spirit: that a much smaller force than Colonel Coit hud ut hand could have dispersed the crowd without the. loss of life if they bad been properly used, and that the soldiers and ollicers were drinking in the saloons about the town in the afternoon before the shooting, if they were not drunk. LIGHT WEIGHT DOLLARS. (iold I'aid to the tioveriinietit l-'oiind to he Too l.icht, Pltll.AliKIM'HIA.

December II. Among the gold deposited with the Assistant t'nit 1 States treasurer in this city by the Philadelphia members of the Stewart syndicate for their share of trie new bond issue have boon discovered several thousand light weight half eagles. Some of the coins have been worn away by constant use, but others have gone through the sweating process. All of the coin has not yet been tested, and Assistant Treasurer liingleegnvc only conditional receipts for the money and the depositors will have to make up, the deficiency in weight. WM.

T. WATERS' WILL. Ill Art Col lection to lie Kept I a I net. ItAl.Tl.uoiiK, 1 ic comber -The will of the late illiam T. Walters was filed at Towson, the seat of llaltimore county, yesterday.

its terms his entire art collection is bequeathed to the testator's two children, a son and a daughter, with a request that it be kept intact. There are no provisions whatever as where it shall be located. Mrs. Delano, bis daughter, lives in Orange, N. and the son, Harry Walters, has bis principal headquarters us president of the Atlantic Coast Line, in Wilmington, N.

although iii.s time is largely spent in New York. Philadelphia and lialtimore. THREE LARGE FIRES. trir.o.OOIl l.osit hi tieii, New York. U'l'ICA, N.

December li.Tbe six-htory brick block on the corner of Genesee and Catherine streets, owned by Henry Martin and occupied by Com-stock Crousc, wholesale druggists: the National express company and large number of oflice tenants. The loss will reach insurance unknown. SIKUHM) T.oss at Onmhii, Nebraska. Omaha, December The exposition building, the Fifleoiitli street theatre and the First llaptist church. Loss about I.obs nt TiiiKley, town, TlNui.fc.it, Duvututiur o.

Fourteen business houses, including a now two- (story brick store and ollice My j'eaeh partly insured. Uiiumml Activity Shown DurliiK the Week landing; Dercinlier Third. Atlanta, December 8. -For tlm week ending; December 3rd, tho following new Industries and enlargements are shown: Tho Peace lliver Phosphate of Savannah, capital $1,250,000 and the Associated Phosphate of Ocala, Fla capital the Golden Valley Colonization of Little Kock, with SI, 000,000 capital; the La Port Land of La Port, capital and the Southern Light Water of Wheeling, W. with $500,000 capital.

A 8100,000 augur refinery is to bo built at St. Martinsville, and onu is reported as to be built at Tallahassee, tho Cigar Wrapper with 850,000 capital has been chartered at Wheeling, V. tho O. P. It.

K. Williughuin Woodworking capital SJfl.OOO, at Macon, the Louisville, with the shiiio capital, ut Louisville, unci the Chatham Electric Light and Power capital 825,000, at Savannah, Ca. Agricultural implement works at Troy, and Wheeling, W. canning factories at Paducah, Holly Springs, Abbevillo, ti. and Galveston, and cotton mills ut Salem and Winston, N.

and Columbia, S. C. Ice factories are to bo built at Georgetown, and Winchester, starch factory at Charleston, S. a tannery at Piedmont, and woodworking plants at Carpenter, und Asheville, N. C.

Water works costing S100.000 are to be built at Solum, Ala. Tho enlargements for the week Include an electrical plant at Gadsden, ieo factories: at Valdos-ta, and llillmorc N. cotton mills at Graham, N. Kock Hill, S. and Lynchburg, tin plate works at Wheeling, W.

and saw and plaining mills at Norfolk, Vu. Among the new buildings are a asylum at Houston, business houses at Tampa, and Wheeling, W. a $20,000 court house at Alexandria, and largo tobacco factories at Salem, N. C. NICARAGUA CANALREPORT.

Home Interesting figure Suhnilttud to the Secretary of tho Interior. Washington, December 5. The au-nual report of the Maritime canal company of Nicaragua, made to the Secretary of the interior, was published yesterday. It states that since the organization of the company in lsso, 10,145 shares of the capital stock have been subscribed for ut par, amounting to 81,014,500. of which been paid in the treasury in cash.

From other sources there has been paid into the treasury making a total of Sl.Oll'J.O.'ir. The expenditures since the organization for administration purposes were iJM4.SX-i.ij::. It issued shares of its capital stock at the liar IS.000,000 in payment for con-rights, privileges, franchises property. The liabilities of liy aro and cash not exceeding Tho he condition of the money hat no material advancement iction work has been accom- ince the report of 1302. EY MUST TESTIFY.

'omen Ohjcct to IteliiK Summoned to Court. lnto.n, W. December 5. is in a state of excitement "iction of Judge Harvey, who led orders for a dozen leading ivomon to make them come into id testify as to the character of ml favorite. Captain William i.

anil Ins handsome voting wife. liber of the most exclusive set. a few weeks ago. she taking iby. Smith brought suit igcs against Samuel Swann.

a Indiana gas operator, and an his wife, askiiiL' sio.ooo dnni- enticing his wife away, lie a writ of Habeas corpus to gain of his child, alleging that is not morally tit to have her, and summoned the city social leaders to prove it. Twelve of these women left town to escape going1 to court, but eontables have been sent after them, and Judge Harvey will imprison the recalcitrants. The evidence is expected to be extremely sensational. I LIFE WRECKE D. A Kentucky Sent to tho Alum I House.

i Lorisvir.l.K, December 5. Ex-Judge James F. Harlan, a brother of Justice Harlan of the supreme court, went to the city almshouse on Saturday. He undertook this as a last hope of curing himself of the liquor habit. He has been a prominent lawyer, and fifteen 3rears ago served a term upon tho bench of the law and equity court.

He had a large practice and was regarded as one of the ablest men at the bar, but his habit of drinking grew upon him until he is now a wreck. China's New Lone. London, December 5. A dispatch from Herlin states that China has accepted the English offer of four-und-a half per cent loan of 1,200.000. A dispatch to the Times from Vienna states that Japan advices to the end of September show that the war had been less injurious to trade than was expected.

The rice crop promises to be from ten to twenty per cent, above the average. Nearly a Hundred Years. lloriuxsvii.i.K, December 5. W. Clark, one of tho most widely known pioneer citizens of southern Kentucky, died at his residence, north of this city, Monday evening, after a brief illness, of pneumonia, aged 00 years.

He leaves a large estate. Ho remembered well when all this section of the stato was covered with forests and peopled with tho red man. Kefinerlea Kcsume. Hhooklyn, N. December 5.

Work at the suar which rccuiitly shut down in tho eastern district, was resumed last This morning it was promised that 1,000 meu additional wSi ho teen hundred men were set at work, Takes the Oath and Then Takes the Ofllco. HIS ADDRESS WAS NOT SENSATIONAL. There Was Much romp When South C'ar-ollnn'it New Governor Was Inaugurated TIUiiiuu Is Now a l'rl-vate Citizen. Col.t'.MltIA, S. December 5.

John Gary Kvans was Inaugurated as governor of the state of South Carolina yesterday afternoon in the presence of tho members of the general assembly and at the same time B. Tillman, tho man who has been the absolute ruler of his state for the past four yeurs, ceuscd to have any ollicial capacity, whatever became an ordinary citizen. And an ordinary citizen the ex-governor, whose mime has become known all over the country in the last few years, will remain till March -Ith next, when it is more than likely he will succeed Senator M. C. Hutlcr in the I'nlted States senate.

lie was in a happy frame of mind yesterday. His last of- I ticialucts were to sign four pardons. The inauguration took place with a great pomp shortly after one o'clock, i The weather was murky and a contin-I nous rain began to fall early, but the i hall was brilliantly illuminated by pen-; dant strains of incandescent electric lights. The galleries and every other available space were packed with spectators, a largo proportion of whom I were ladies. The students of the many i colleges here were in the crowd.

The inaugural procession came in headed by the scrgeant-at-arms of the two houses, one bearing the historic eolo-! nial mace and the other the equally historic sword of the state, and consist- ing of the justices of the supreme court l.and circuit judges, attired in their judi-i cial robes. 1'nitcd States Senator Irby, the retiring governor, and lieutenant governor-elect and other ollieials. Governor Kvans did not make any ef-i fort to create sensation in delivering his inaugural address. It was simply a plain speech, well worded and clear-i ly delivered. He thanked the people for the honor conferred upon him by his election and said he was proud to be the governor of the state peopled by the proudest people on earth.

A DESPERATE LOVER. I Shot the Woiiihii That He Admired nod I Then Tier I'roteetor. Nmv Oiii.kans, December 5. Ivatio ltnekhart was shot in the right side of the face and seriously, if not fatally wounded ami Herman lleiss was shot in the neck and under the right eye and mortally wounded by Arthur Schneider last night about ten o'clock in the kitchen of Zoiglcrs' saloon and restaurant on Itoyal street a few doors from Canal, one of the most freijuented portions of the city. Katie ltnekhart and Herman lleiss have been in the employ of the establishment for some i time.

A few months ago Schneider was liircd. He fell desperately in love with the girl. Tho fact that his pas-: sion was not returned appeared to only add to its intensity and finally his at-j tentions became so annoying that they led to remonstr from his fellow workman lleiss who attempted to pro-! oct the girl. Finally Schneider was discharged. He returned and without warning fired at the girl who fell to the Jloor with a bullet in her left cheek.

He turned on lleiss who was sitting in 1 corner of tho room and shot him i twice and then ran. He was captured by the police and is now in custody. There is little or no chance for lleiss' recovery and the surgeons have not yet been able to locate the bull in Katie head. DEMOCRATS DISPUTE. A Kennte CnuctiH Cuusei I'lenty of Speaking Itut io ItcxiiltH.

Wasminotox, December 5. For two hours anil a half the democratic members of the senate caucus discussed the order of business late yesterday afternoon behind closed doors and at the expiration of that time were unable to agree and adjourned to meet again tomorrow at the adjournment of the senate. There was not at any time a full representation of the majority present and when the hour of 4 o'clock came the number had dwindled to iii, hardly sutlicient to take positive action on any proposition. The caucus was ostensibly to consider an order of business and to decide what measures should be given the preference in the work of the session. There was a great difference of opinion and almost before the caucus know it, it was plunged into a discussion.

BISHOP HAYGOOD ILL He Attended the Annual Conference and May Not Recover. Atlanta, December 5. llishop Hay-good, of the Methodist Episcopal church south is dangerously ill at his home at Oxford, Ga. lie attended the annual conference of the church at ltomo last week but was to ill much of the time to preside. The symptoms of his case Indicate pneumonia.

Money Circulation l)ecre'ed. Washington, December 5. The circulation, according to the ollicial treasury statement issued yesterday, decreased during the mouth of November making tl circulation of all kinds of money in the United States on December stand ut $1,047,220,451 or per capita based on 00,010,000 of population. As compared with December I the uinount of money in circulation is less thau then. ilrlhes.

December 5. was held by Uni-mer Hell yesterday urther bearing on charge of smug- bribe three red bribes to XT -iiiitTg- Ho Wlli A I Xr to A Bill in Congress to Change Its Weight. A Cjueer Illll to l'rnloii woman Whone lliiHhand ile Deud uml Muy Still lie I.lvliiK-lle Illmip-ucurcil Ycurit Ago. VfAf ill.NOToN, December 5. The senate spent only thirty-live minutes in session yesterday.

It passed one rather queer pension bill, pensioning a woman whoso husband left home twenty years ago, and who may still be living but contains the unique provision that the pension is to cease "if the soldier Senator Peffer, populist of Kansas, contributed some half dozen projects of legislation, including the proper disposition of the bodies of senators und members who die at the capitol the repeal of that part of the resumption act which relates to the sale of bonds, and the government control of freight and railroads. A resolution was oll'ercd by Senator Klanehard, democrat of Louisiana, and went over until this afternoon, looking to the payment of the bounty on the sugar crop of 1H04 under the terms of the McKinley act. The Day In the The house was in session four hours. The first coinage bill of the session was introduced by Mr. Ilarttnan, republican of The bill provides for a silver dollar of 412' grains of standard silver, and authorizes the holders of silver bullion to the ainouiitof SUM) or more to have the same coined at any United States mint.

The dollars coined are to be a legal tender for all debts, public and private. The friends of the Nicaragua canal bill are milking an effort to get it before the house. Mr. Mallory, of Florida, who was the chairman of tho special committee which framed the bill now on the calendar, had a conference yesterday with Speaker Crisp regarding the measure. The speaker has been regarded in the past us being hostile to the proposition, but the impression is based upon his objection to give it consideration at the last session.

In his talk with Mr. Mallory, Speaker Crisp manifested uo opposition to tho measure, but on the contrary promised to bring it to the attention of the com-inittee on rules at their next meeting, which may be held tomorrow. Hills were passed appropriating for the dedication of the Chicka-mauga and Chattanooga national military park on the 10th and 20th of November. and appropriating with which to purchase 3.000 acres of land on which the battle of Shiloh was fought, and to begin the construction of a national park thereon. The greater part of the day was spent in a consideration of the conference report on the bill passed at the last session, providing new regulations for the printing and distribution of public documents.

Without action on the. report, the house at 3:55 o'clock adjourned. ATTORNEY GENERAL OLNEY. Ills Annual Iteport Kefers to Three Muchly Talked of Topies. Washington.

December 5. Three topics the Pullman strike, the com-monwcalcrs and the Indian Territory troubles claim particular attention in the annual report of Attorney General Olney, submitted to congress yestcr- terday. lle says the strike was prae-at an end when government tically troops were sent to Chicago in last July. The strikers, ho says, would have had to lie stronger than the government to have kept up the fight. He says the Indian Territory is not properly governed.

Ile then intimates that the coiiiiiionwcalers were guilty, in some sections, of robbery. Thero Slay lie No liu'ht. December 5. The city council yesterday the ordinance licensing prize lights, which was passed last winter just before the Corbctt-Mitchcll mill. "Circular'' Joe Vendig.

who is here, was asked what effect this action of the council would have on the proposed Corbett-I'itzsiin-nions tight, which it is proposed to pull off in this city. Vendig said tho council's uction wouid amount to nothing and Corbett and would surely fight in Jacksonville. Will Advance the l'riee of Itonds. Nkw Yohk. December 5.

Harvey Fisk Sons say: The sales of government bonds by the syndicate have been about SI 5,000.000 and another advance in price is imminent. The balance is likely to be absorbed in the early future, as aside from the investment inquiry, there is an active demand for tho bonds to escape the income tax as well as local and other taxes. (jiermaiis Will right Washington, December 5. A London special says that Colonel I anno-ken, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese forces, is raising soldiers to be ollicerod entirely by Kuro-pcans. mostly Germans.

Some of these ollicers have already arrived and others are on the way to China. l.hpior Healers Fall. Macon, Decembers. The affairs of S. Seisel liquor dealers, have been placed in the hands of receiver W.M.Gordon.

Assets about liabilities nearly 8100,000. The firm claims its members have property to cover all "indebtedness. Johnson I ity Haul Wa sin NGTON. Del-ember trolier F.ckels yesterday a I. Cox receiver of the bank of Johnson City, Torn, Winter gnicsj tt For Georgia aru' TT ivariil'i 1 1 JOSEPH H.

EARLE SOW OS THE BENCH. He Wat Fighting Tlllmnn Once Hut II Changed Two Years Ago He Wat Klected Over Judge Norton Tht Australian Itullot System. Comjmdu, S. C. December 0.

The Jfeneral assembly of Carolina, in olnt session yesterday, completed the reorganization of the judiciary of tho tat begun with the advent of the reform administration four years ago. One by one the judges on the bench In 1800 have been retired. Only the chief justice of the mpremo court mid one circuit judge of the old set have been retained. The remarkable feature of the elections yesterday was the selec tion of General Joseph II. Lurlo, a bril liant attorney, who was attorney gene ral In the administration which 1 ill-man originally begun his uprising against, and tho man who, as candidate for governor, made the first fight against Tillman and reform in the campaign of 1SU0.

Two years ago he begun to confess that he saw something In the movement inaugurated by Tillman. The result is he was made judge of the eighth circuit over the present incumbent, Judge Norton. The reorganization of the judiciary whs made complete by making the young attorney general, 0. W. Kuchanan, judge of the third circuit, the incumbent, Judge Frazer, being overwhelmingly defeated.

An Australian ballot system bill was introduced in both houses yesterday. In view of tho doubtful registration laws and the recent charges of election frauds it will likely pass. CAN'T CLAIM AN OFFICE NOW. A 1J111 Tlmt Muy Soon Ilccomo a Luff in Alnhauin. Montgomkhy, December (1.

A bill was yesterday passed by the house of the state assembly making it unlawful for any man to take the oath of office for any position to which he has not been declared elected by the body legally empowered to make the declaration, or call upon anybody to assist him in such a step, or for any person to give assistance, or for any person to issue any address assuming such position. The penalty provided is a fine of not jjMian SftOO nor more than $10,000 and iiuprisonmont in the penitentiary for not more than twenty-five years. The vote on the bill was 51) to 30. The populists voting solidly against it. Tv bill now goes lo the upper house, amlViert! 's little doubt of its passage there.

It will probably be a law by Saturday. As a matter of course the bill will not affect Kolb's actions up to the time of its becoming a law, but may change his future action. INVESTIGATING FELLOWS. A Now York District Attorney lulled to Try OllciMlcrs. Nkw Yohk, December it.

The trial of District Attorney John Fellows, on charges of neglect of duty, was continued yesterday. The most important evidence during the day was that of Henry Sebloss, who formerly had a large clothing house at No. 052 liroad-way. His firm was ruined through defalcations and forgeries of Joseph II. Louis, the confidential bookkeeper of the firm.

Louis' defalcations amounted to over Sehloss testified that he had been unable to have Louis brought to trial, although the dishonest bookkeeper hail been promptly arrested, and a number of requests had been made at the district attorney's oflice to have the case called. Killed With mi Axe, Jackiionvillk. December 0. Mike Caboo, an Italian, years old, was found murdered near this city yesterday morning. 11 is head hud been crushed in with an axe which was lying near, besmeared witli clotted blood.

The murdered man was found lying on an old pine bedstead outsided a shanty used by tenders of a wood rack located there. There negroes have been arrested and await the action of the coroner's jury. It is said that one named Jackson owed Caboo money and that the two men had recently had a dispute over the matter. Mew tho Kdltor I'p. Pkkhy, December J.

Irwin, editor of the Pond Creek Leader, narrowly escuped death last night by a bomb being thrown into his bed room by an unknown person. Several men heard the shell burst or he would have been burned to death. As it was Irwin was knocked senseless and the room was enveloped in flames. The editor was carried from the room. Delias been advocating the removal of the county seat from l'ond to Bedford, both places in ''L'' county, Oklahoma, and has been warned to desist.

He will recover. Confessed Ills Crime. Chattanooga, December (J. "Puddy" Wootcn, one of the negroes confined here and under sentence to be hanged for the murder of a white man named Marion Uoss. confessed.

believed he was to hang Moudnv, and just prior to that hour he sent for a deputy sheriff and made a full statement regarding the murder. Throe Hullo Drowned. NouTiii'oiiT, L. December sound steamer Dorian ran into nnd aunk the schooner Clara Simpson off baton's Neck life saving station early yesterday morning. The captain and two sailors were saved bv the steamer JJ mate.

Stewart tin, drowned. Donation of a Lilierul King, toMU, December (i. In addition to JfvVUiel gift of 1,300 pounds for tho im 1L IV A 1 oi irie suiicicrs iy me earttl- Italy, King Humbert yester- made a donation -je-tte I 'VWM LU LliO biliiiu DIIL'IIOSU. I I 1 south..