People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-03-12

of snow. All over Minnesota trains
i46nd it impossible to move. =
| Mr.. McRay, a planter living neal
Romer, Ala, committed suicide by
jumping into we'll. No cause as
signed.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher' is dead
Her death occurred on the tenth ami
versary of that of her distinguished
husband
1 Senator Lexow in his report to the
New York legislature says that the
present laws of the state are sufficient
to control the trusts if they were
enforced.
Recently while repairing a bank
floor in New York, the carpenter
found rats nest built out of Green
backs. The nest was worth about
$1,000.
A snow slide buried eight men at
Park City, Utah. -Four of the men
were dug out alive, but the other four
were crushed by the weight of snow or
4sufficated,
: Will c. HI If, Chattanooga druggist
is missing. 1t is thought he has aban-
doned his wife and childre for another
woman with whom he has been long
infatuated.
The Tuscaloosa, Ala, cotton mills,
valued at 500 600 and giving employ
nent to 800 hands has been burned
down. Origin of the fire is unknown.
Carville, the defaulting paymaster
who absconded from Newport, r. l.,
has been arrested at Chicago. He was
passing under the name of j. Reeves
and had So, $50 on his person when ar
rested.
Paymaster, Lieutenant William P.
Bromley, of the U. S. Ship Yantic, has
absconded from Monte Video because
of entanglements with brother Off
GERS wife.
The Supreme court of California has
to give Theodore Durant, the
murderer of Blanche Lamont and
Minnie Williams, new trial. He is
now likely to hang instead of dying in
jail of old age.
Richard Condor, of New Orleans, shot
his mistress who had left him and then
killed himself One of the shots fired
struck Mrs. Carmichael of Rachel, Ca,
who happened to be on the street, in
the ankle.
Harry Reeves, Chattanooga saloon
list, has disappeared to the grief of his
creditors. A young female Salvation
army officer is said to have disappeared
at the same time.
D. Fl. Duncan, a travelling salesman
for a tobacco house, committed suicide
in Birmingham by shooting himself
through the head with pistol. Des-
pondency on account of continued i'll
health was the cause of the act.
Colin Draughdrill was hanged at
Gadsden, Ala, on last Friday for the
murder of J. l. Bates. Draughdrill
came of the best blood in Alabama, but
he was wild and reckless from his boy
hood.
Governor Bloxham of Florida has ap-
pointed Col John A. Henderson to
represent the state in the United Senate
until the legislature shall elect sue
cessor to Senator Call.
1t is reported that the Pullmans have
employed Carlisle as general counsel
at salary of S25. goo. Monopolies are
more grateful than republics. They
take good care of their servants.
A quantity of nitro glycerine stored
on the farm of Albert Pike near Buff
falo, N. Y, exploded from some cause
killing Pike and his bired man. The
latter was blown to atoms by the force
/ of he explosion.
Van Walker, of Nashville, who was
once sentenced to hang for an assault
upon Julia Jones, has been released
from prison. The Supreme cour
granted him new trial on the GROUND
of insufficient evidence to justify con
viction and the prosecution let him go
A construction train of the Baltimor,
and Ohio road left the rails at a poin
near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and rolled down
a "a foot embankment. Three person
were killed instantly and six or sever
others injured.
Dispatches from St. Paul, MINI.
state that the snow is four feet de ep OF
the northwest prairies. Why will
farmers buy homes in such a countr.
when they can buy lands in Ge,rgi
for S. 90 an acre and get climat
worth $40 90 an acre thrown in free O
cost.
There has been trouble In the Mort
Carolina legislature between the SUP
porters and opponents of the SO yea
railroad lease. To aid in the defeat G
the bill the speaker has absented him
self for some days. Prominent Repu1
lican Representatives called upon spes
ker Hileman on Sunday and notife
him that if he absented himself longe
that impeachment proceedings woul
no ioS hin,
A terrific explosion from escapin
gas occurred on fremont Street Boston
The explosion occurred just under
street car which was lifted into the al
and shattered to prices. The stree
was crowded at the time of the explo
sion. Six persons were killed ontrigt