The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-16
NO. Sc
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.

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Since the death of Mr.. McCullagh.
the editor of the Globe-Democrat OF
st. Louis, 1t has been discovered that
he was an extensive owner of silver
mine stock, although he was one of the
stiffest gold men in the United States.
William Fitzpatrick, the Oldest man
In Georgia, died at the home of his
son In Cartersville on the 10th inst.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick was lOS years old. His
death was not unexpected, as he had
been sick for some days.
Senator Harris, Of Tennessee, was
anotner Confederate who visited
Maximilian in Mexico at the time Gen,
Joe Shelby was in that country. The
Senator'S excursion was due to the ex-
pressed wish of Parson Brownlow To
see him hanged, but the parson thought
better of 1t afterward.
Prince Bismarck has beon lately
In poor bealth and is now SUFFERING
from chronic neuralgia, which depriyes
MIN OF the power of speech and rem
ders 1T impossible for him to sleep.
The ex-chancellor breads the cele-
bration OF the eighty-second anniver.
sary OF his birth on April 1st.
Senator b. r. Tillman, of South
Carolina, In an interview at Charlotte
the other day, said to a reporter: "T
see you are all in q devil of a muddle
mere about railroad matters. Well,
you may expect Judge Simonton to
give the Southern anything they want,
lor they own him body and soul"
;. -Newberry's commissioners OF pub.
nc works have awarded contracts for
electric lights and waterworks. The
General Electric Light Company. of
1Aotlnanta, a. will put in the former for
So,2O9 and Howard Neeley, of Chat
tanooga, will furnish the waterworks
system for $32, ,321. Newberry has bond
ed herself in $4,000.
The Columbia Register says /:
Oierk Harris is busily engaged in
sending out commissions to the newiv
appointed constables, but as vet heir
names have not been given tc the
public. 1t is learned that Chiet abr,
according to present arrar n,nts,
VIII have eighteen men, CHIEF
FAINT twenty-four, making .yrty-two
altogether. Formerly thIce were
slXty'hve. A number Of the appointees
are new men, but preference generally
was given to those already on the
force"
hon. VIM. Jennings Bryan was in
NASHVILLE, Tenn, on the 10th inst,
ana delivered an address under the
auspices OF the woman's board Of the
centennial Exposition. A dispatch
says: "A series Of elaborate social
functions occupied his time from noon
until night. AT s o'clock he addressed
o,ooo people in the tabernacle. The
proceeds were devoted to the woman's
building. Tomorrow he will be guest
OF the Tennessee Legislature and will
address that body at 10 o'clock in the
morning. He will also be the recipient
OF additional social honors."
Consul Fitzhugh Lee denies that
Mr. John sherman, secretary of state,
has requested him to remain at his
post In Havana as personal favor to
President Mckinley. The Havana cor
respondent OF the Associated Press
has authority for saying that General
f1tzhugh Lee has not received such a
message. The correspondent further
understands that the General did not
request to come here, but was sent
mere. FINALLY, the correspondent un-
derstands that General Lee has not
made an application to remain and
that he will not do So"
When court met in Sumter a few
days ago Judge Klugh charged the
grand jury to exhaust every means to
bring the lynchers of Simon Cooper,
the murderer OF half dozen people,
to Justice. The july makes the report
that 1t Is useless to attempt to get evil
dence against the lynchers. AS stand
OIL to this Isaac Bayle and Jim Nc
Leod, negroes charged with being ac-
G cessorles to the murders committed by
COOPER have been acquitted. but the
latter, who runs farm and restaurant,
has been notified to leave the State
and Is selling out preparatory to'doing
80.
A young man answering to the
description of James Jones, refugee
from Texas, is being detained In
Anderson by Chief of Police Dilling-
ham, who is awaiting instructions from
the authorities in Hamilton County,
Tex, who want him for the murder,
on December s, 1893, of Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Eaton. The name given by
the man under arrest is Will Jones.
lie answers in every way the descrip-
tion given OF the man wanted and bears
an exact resemblance to the accom-
panying Photographic cut. The re-
ward offered is 81 800. The prisoner
volunteers the information that he is
wanted in Walker County, Ca, for as
sault and battery.
A dispatch from jefferson, Ca, 90
oooi ooJo OhdU
Reynolds and Bud Brooks, who
murdered Nj. c. liant IN that .n,.rty
on the 10Th ot February, haze been
sent to the Fulton county Jail in the
custody Of Sheriff Braselton for safe
keeping, by order of Judge N. l..
Hutchins. On account OF the great
feeling aroused by the crime and the
very general Indignation which has
been manifested, it was thought
advisable to remove the prisoners
away from the scene of the murder.
Few threats of lynching have been
heard and it has not been thought there
was any danger Of mob violence, but 1t
was deemed best to guard against
every emergency.
The latest sensational news from
Cuba is given by the war correspondent
of the Chicago Record in q letter from
Havana, dated llth inst, in which he
declares that General Weyler has re-
ceived positive orders from Madrid to
end the Cuban war at once, even by
going to the extent OF selling the island
to- the insurgents, If need be, to ac-
complish that object. General Weyler
has set out for Villa Clara to find Gen
eral Gomez to undertake negotiations
Weyler has said the war will end
within three weeks. General Weylers
Dr1prs ara H. 10 cln;,ool 90