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Athens, Ga., Bank Closed. Athens, Ga., Nov. 14.-The Bank of Athens went into the hands of a receiver today. The experts who for sometime have been examining the books of Cashier John A. Benedict, who mysteriously disappeared several months ago, will not be ready to report within sixty days.
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In the Receivers Hands. Athens, Ga., Nov, 13.-The Bank of Athens was placed in the hands of a receiver today. The stockholders claim that institution is solvent. The experts who for some time have been examlining the books of Cashier John A. Benedict, who mysteriously disappeared several months ago, will not be ready to report within sixty days.
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NEWS OF THE DAY. Yo Chou Fu, at the entrs nce of Touting Lake, China, has been opened to foreign trade. A German punitive expedition in the Cameroons, West Africa, is said to have recently killed 200 cannibals. Great Britain has acquiesced in the American desire for assurances regarding the "open door" in China. The Bank of Athens, Ga., was placed in the hands of a receiver yesterday. The stockholders say the in stitution is solvent. The national republican committee will meet in Washington on December 15 in order to fix a time and place for holding the next national convention. General William McE. Dye, minister of war to the King of Korea and ex-chief of police in Washington, D. C., died in Muskegon, Mich., last night. He returned from Korea May 5 of this year. The Salt Lake Tribune states that some arrangement has been made between Roberts and the republican members of Congress to allow him to be sworn in and then to resign without any further action in the matter. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the late Confederate leader, arrived at Princeton, N. J., from New York yesterday and is now being entertained at Princeton Inn. Mrs. Davis is visiting her grandson, Charles Hayes, who is a student at the Lawrenceville school. The case of Prof. Arthur C. McGiffert, of Union Theological Seminary, who is charged with holding views that are at variance with the doctrines of the Presbyterian Churcb, came before the New York Presbytery yesterday, and was referred to the General Assembly. Richard Croker will shortly sail for Eugland. He will be away several months but will return in time to personally take charge of the New York campaign. He is well satisfied with the recent election, says that Bryan will be renominated and that the democrats will win in New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Nebraska and Maryland. The recent meeting of Bishops held in Philadelphia, decided to create a new Roman Catholic diocese in Central Pennsylvania, composed of portions of the Harrisburg and Pittsburg dioceses. Schuylkill and Carbon counties of the Philadelphia diocese are to be added to the Harrisburg diocese. No bishop has yet been appointed for the new diocese. When Congress reassembles Secretary Long and Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, will make a determined effort to secure the removal of the limit of cost-$300imposed by Congress upon armor purchased for men-of-war, and the appropriation of sufficient money to buy Krupp armor for at least the three battleships and three armored cruisers projected. Steamship people believe the rush for the Paris Exposition has alreaey begun by way of the Mediterranean and that many people will look over Italy and the south of Europe before going to Paris. All the steamship lines will be prepared to accommodate the thousands of travelers who promise to visit the show. If necessary, increased tourist cabins will be built within the cargo space and on the decks of freight ,car. riers. It is said on high authority that under the existing conditions President Mc Kinley cannot appoint a civil governor for Cuba or Porto Rico even if he 80 desired. There is no law, so an official said yesterday, by which the President could make such an appointment. The same official contended that all the islands are held by military power, as a result of the war, and that until Congress meets and enacts laws for the government of the islands they must re main in the hands of the army. On Friday night the Belgian steamer Belgique, from Antwerp for Alexandria, foundered off the Casquet Rocks, near the Island of Alderney, the scene of the tragic disaster which last March
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In the Hands of a Receiver. ATHENS, GA, Nov. 13.-The Bank of Athens was placed in the hands of a receiver to-day. The stockholders claim the institution is solvent. The experts who for some time have been examining the books of Cashier John A. Benedict, who mysteriously disappeared several months ago, will not be ready to report within sixty days.
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Georgia Bank in Hands of Receiver. Athens, Ga., Nov. 13.-The Bank of Athens was placed in the hands of a receiver to-day. The stockholders claim the institution is solvent. The experts who for some time have been examining the books of Cashier John A. Benedict, who mysteriously disappeared several months ago, are not ready to report.
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SHORT TELEGRAMS. "Tommy" Dixon, of Rochester, and Billy Ryan, of Syracuse, N. Y., last night fought a twenty-round draw at Syracuse. Dixon finished in the poorest shape. The bank of Athens, Ga., has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Its cashier disappeared mysteriously several months ago, but it is claimed the bank is solvent. The president has appointed Lieut. Thomas H. Slavens, Fourth cavalry, a captain and assistant quartermaster, vice Capt. Howard, recently killed in the Philippines. The second annual convention of the National Association of Postmasters, which includes those of the first class, began a two days' session at Washington today. At Louisville last evening Tom Williams, of England, knocked out Kid Wango, of Pittsburg, in the third round of a scheduled twenty-round bout. The fight was vicious. George Mimms, a prominent planter, near Fairview, Ky., yesterday shot and killed Sam Shankling, colored, a farm hand, who refused to perform certain duties and threatened Mimms' life. Fort Sidney, Neb., military reservation will be sold at auction Nov. 15. It is a very valuable piece of property, 640 acres in extent. containing many handsome residences and other improvements. While John Yunsk and Conrad, Hungarians, were engaged in a fist fight on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad track, near Enterprise, Pa., Monday night, an express train ran them down and instantly killed them both. A certificate of election was yesterday issued to Amos L. Allen, as congressman-elect from the First Maine district. He succeeds Thomas B. Reed. He had officially 12,337 votes, while exCongressman McKinney had 7,705, with 6 scattering.
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LATER NEWS. New York's annual horse show has opened. Carnegie will compete with Rockefeller in lake shipping. Colonel Webb C. Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's private secretary. The American Municipal League will meet at Columbus, O., this week. The Bank of Athens, Athens, Ga., has gone into the hands of a receiver. Speaker Reed's rules in congress will not be disturbed to any great extent. The Boers are raising more men, and all neutrals must now fight or get out of the country. James J. Corbett has challenged James J. Jeffries, and has posted a $5,000 forfeit. The McGiffert case will probably again be referred to the Presbyterian general assembly. Europe is in need of more money, and England, it is said, may see a 6 per cent rate before long. Young Republicans from all parts of the United States will banquet at St. Louis in January or February. The English government declares it is not holding back the news, but is giving out all that comes from South Africa. The university of Chicago will send an expedition to Southern cities to watch the total eclipse of the sun next May. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has offered to arbitrate the piano-workers' strike now on in Chicago. The supreme court of Oregon has affirmed the decision of the lower court and Magers will have to hang for the murder of Sink, unless the governor intervenes. The Boers suffered a severe defeat at Ladysmith Thursday morning. The Boer guns were silenced after four hours' fighting, during which their losses were heavy. On behalf of Admiral Dewey and his officers and men, Washington attorneys have asked the court of claims to find that the amount of bounty money due them is $382,800, of which the admiral is to get $19,994. Governor Roosevelt favors Wood for the governorship of Cuba. He has induced President McKinley to agree with him on all points, but the question of immediate appointment. This the president desires to leave to congress. Corporate franchises will be taxed in Texas. Vice-President Hobart is recovering, and is almost past the danger point. Montreal was visited by a fire, destroying $5,000,000 worth of property. Russia wants a loan. The effort to get it in Germany resulted in failure. The London fog is said to be SO thick that it obscures the actors in theaters. Money is going back East to relieve the stringency there due to a natural movement. Admiral Schley says the completion of the Nicaragua canal would make the American navy invincible. Within the last week there has been much fighting at Ladysmith, but no decisive results are attained. Banban and Tarlac have been taken by the Americans, but Aguinaldo's whereabouts is as much a mystery as before. Official returns are very slow in Kentucky. Both the Democrats and Republicans claim a victory, and a contest is sure. The Mexicans had two fights with the Yaquis in which the Indians were repulsed, but not without considerable loss to the Mexicans. Orders were issued in London for an additional five thousand troops to sail for South Africa between November 10 and November 18. The Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, is said to have been absorbed by the Seligman syndicate, the gigantic shipbuilding trust recently formed. The Cherokee Indians will sell out and leave this country. They disapprove of the allotment plan. Mexico has given them a grant of 8,000,000 acres.
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LATER NEWS. New York's annual horse show has opened. Carnegie will compete with Rockefeller in lake shipping. Colonel Webb C. Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's private secretary. The American Municipal League will meet at Columbus, 0., this week. The Bank of Athens, Athens, Ga., has gone into the hands of & receiver. Speaker Reed's rules in congress will not be disturbed to any great extent. The Boers are raising more men, and all neutrals must now fight or get out of the country. James J. Corbett has challenged James J. Jeffries, and has posted a $5,000 forfeit. The McGiffert case will probably again be referred to the Presbyterian general assembly. Europe is in need of more money, and England, it is said, may see a 6 per cent rate before long. Young Republicans from all parts of the United States will banquet at St. Louis in January or February. The English government declares it is not holding back the news, but is giving out all that comes from South Africa. The university of Chicago will send an expedition to Southern cities to watch the total eclipse of the sun next May. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has offered to arbitrate the piano-workers' strike now on in Chicago. The supreme court of Oregon has affirmed the decision of the lower court and Magers will have to hang for the murder of Sink, unless the governor intervenes. The Boers suffered a severe defeat at Ladysmith Thursday morning. The Boer guns were silenced after four hours' fighting, during which their losses were heavy. On behalf of Admiral Dewey and his officers and men, Washington attorneys have asked the court of claims to find that the amount of bounty money due them is $382,800, of which the admiral is to get $19,994. Governor Roosevelt favors Wood for the governorship of Cuba. He has induced President McKinley to agree with him on all points, but the question of immediate appointment. This the president desires to leave to congress. Corporate franchises will be taxed in Texas. Vice-President Hobart is recovering, and is almost past the danger point. Montreal was visited by a fire, destroying $5,000,000 worth of property. Russia wants a loan. The effort to get it in Germany resulted in failure. The London fog is said to be so thick that it obscures the actors in theaters. Money is going back East to relieve the stringency there due to a natural movement. Admiral Schley says the completion of the Nicaragua canal would make the American navy invincible. Within the last week there has been much fighting at Ladysmith, but no decisive results are attained. Banban and Tarlac have been taken by the Americans, but Aguinaldo's whereabouts is as much a mystery as before. Official returns are very slow in Kentucky. Both the Democrats and Republicans claim a victory, and a contest is sure. The Mexicans had two fights with the Yaquis in which the Indians were repulsed, but not without considerable loss to the Mexicans. Orders were issued in London for an additional five thousand troops to sail for South Africa between November 10 and November 18. The Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, is said to have been absorbed by the Seligman syndicate, the gigantic shipbuilding trust recently formed. The Cherokee Indians will sell out and leave this country. They disapprove of the allotment plan. Mexico has given them a grant of 8,000,000 acres. An unknown man had one of his legs torn from his body while attempting to board a moving train near Kansas City. He lived but 15 minutes, dying in horrible agony. During a shopping tour in New York, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey were compelled to seek refuge in a store to avoid the crowd of eurious people who were pressing them. Assistant Secretary Allen, in his an'nual report, favors the naval reserve. He believes that it should be reorganized in connection with the regular navy establishment. Relations between Japan and Russia are strained. The trouble is over Corea, and the Mikado's government is thought to be anxious to try conclusions with the czar. A long-lost will has turned up, and with it the prospect that the estate of the late Andrew J. Davis, the Montana millionaire, will again burden the records of the Montana supreme court. Gen. John Bidwell, of Chico, Cal., who led the first party of whites over the Sierras into the golden state, is still hale and hearty at the age of 80. Official estimates of the wheat crop in France place the yield at 346,600,554 bushels this year. This is a falling off of 25,098,963 bushels from last year. Gen. Lawton, who has been described in a newspaper biography as able ''to drink any man under the table, tells a correspondent in Manila that he never drank a drop of liquor. Baron von Windheim, chief of the Berlin police, is coming to this country soon for study of our police methods. The Lake Drummond Canal and Water company, a corporation which
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EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented in a Condensed Form. A court of inquiry will flx the re. sponsibility for the accident to the Charleston. Major John A. Logan, Fon of the gallant "Black Jack," was killed by rebels in Luzon. The wreck of the Charleston was the principal topic of discussion at the last cabinet meeting. The German emperor's forthcoming visit to England is being looked forward to as of great moment. The Boers threaten to execute six British officers, whom they hold as prisoners, if Nathan Marks is not re. leased. Health conditions in the navy are said to be excellent. There are only 34 of the Asiatic squadron in the hospital. The annual report of Major-General has been made It Nelson is A. Miles, public. extremely brief and formal in character. The navy is being supplied with Krag-Jorgensens. Ammunition will be interchangeable between the army and navy. Seven Americans were killed while storming the town of Salinda. Seventy-seven dead Filipinos were counted in the trenches. Two members of a suicide club, at Frankfort, Ind., carried out their compact within 10 days. They were both members of the 158th Indiana volunteers. According to an agreement just reached the bicycle trust will withdraw from the rubber tire field and permit the tire trust to control all patents. The efforts of chaplains of the army who have been ordered to the Philippines to have their orders revoked, is occasioning considerable comment in Washington. According to a statement just issued the Southern Pacific shows a gross increase in earnings of $2,026,168 and net increase of $1,198,575. The Central Pacific is prosperous, too Secretary Hay has received the protocol under which the claims against Russia are to be arbitrated. Mr. Asser, a member of the council of state for the Nehterlands, is to be the arbitrator. The project for further naval inB creases which congress will be aaked to authorize at the next session for im. mediate construction involves 18 warships-6 cruisers and 12 gunboats Three armored cruisers twice the size of the Brooklyn are asked for. New York's annual horse show has opened. Carnegie will compete with Rockefeller in lake shipping. Colonel Webb C. Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's private secretary. 4, c The American Municipal League will meet at Columbus, O., this week. The Bank of Athens, Athens, Ga., has gone into the hands of a receiver. 9 Speaker Reed's rules in congress will not be disturbed to any great extent. James J. Corbett has challenged James J. Jeffries, and has posted a $5,000 forfeit. The McGiffert case will probably again be referred to the Presbyterian general assembly. Europe is in need of more money, and England, it is said, may see a 6 per cent rate before long. Young Republicans from all parts of the United States will banquet St. Louis in January or February. it The English government declares is is not holding back the news, but giving out all that comes from South Africa. The university of Chicago will send an expedition to Southern cities to watch the total eclipse o the sun next May. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has offered to arbitrate the piano-workers strike now on in Chicago. The supreme court of Oregon has affirmed the decision of the lower court and Magers will have to hang for the y murder of Sink, unless the governm intervenes. The Boers suffered a severe defeat a Ladysmith Thursday morning. The Boer guns were silenced after four by hours' fighting, during which their losses were heavy. Governor Roosevelt favors Wood for the governorship of Cuba. He has in a duced President McKinley to agree with him on all points, but the ques tion of immediate appointment. This the president desires to leave to con gress. u The Boer war will cost Great Britain it is estimated, $100,000,000. Benjamin H. Lee, who will hav on a Connecticut exposition, held a similar by the post charge Paris at of the the exhibits world's fair in Chicago. Oscar Darling, 8 well-known civi engineer and inventor, has become th father of his twenty third child. Th last arrival is a son. Mr. Darling i 56 years old, A
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Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented in . Condensed Form. A court of inquiry will fix the responsibility for the accident to the Charleston. Major John A. Logan, son of the gallant "Black Jack." was killed by rebels in Luzon. The wreck of the Charleston was the principal topic of discussion at the last cabinet meeting. The German emperor's forthcoming visit to England is being looked forward to as of great moment. The Boers threaten to execute six British officers, whom they hold as prisoners, if Nathan Marks is not released. Health conditions in the navy are said to be excellent. There are only 34 of the Asiatic squadron in the hos. pital. The annual report of Major-General Nelson A. Miles, has been made public. It is extremely brief and formal in character. The navy is being supplied with Krag-Jorgensens. Ammunition will be interchangeable between the army and navy. Seven Americans were killed while storming the town of Salinda. Sev. enty-seven dead Filipinos were counted in the trenches. Two members of a suicide club, at Frankfort, Ind., carried out their com. pact within 10 days. They were both members of the 158th Indiana volun. teers. According to an agreement just reached the bicycle trust will withdraw from the rubber tire field and permit the tire trust to control all patents. The efforts of chaplains of the army who have been ordered to the Philip: pines to have their orders revoked, is occasioning considerable comment in Washington. According to a statement just issued the Southern Pacific shows a gross increase in earnings of $2,026,168 and a net increase of $1,198,575. The Central Pacific is prosperous, too. Secretary Hay has received the pro. tocol under which the claims against Russia are to be arbitrated. Mr. Asser, a member of the council of state for the Nehterlands, is to be the arbitrator. The project for further naval increases which congress will be aaked to authorize at the next session for immediate construction involves 18 warships-6 cruisers and 12 gunboats. Three armored cruisers twice the size of the Brooklyn are asked for. New York's annual horse show has opened. Carnegie will compete with Rockefeller in lake shipping. Colonel Webb C. Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's private secretary. The American Municipal League will meet at Columbus, O., this week. The Bank of Athens, Athens, Ga., has gone into the hands of 8 receiver. Speaker Reed's rules in congress will not be disturbed to any great extent. James J. Corbett has challenged James J. Jeffries, and has posted a $5,000 forfeit. The McGiffert case will probably again be referred to the Presbyterian general assembly. Europe is in need of more money, and England, it is said, may see a 6 per cent rate before long. Young Republicans from all parts of the United States will banquet at St. Louis in January or February. The English government declares it is not holding back the news, but is giving out all that comes from South Africa. The university of Chicago will send an expedition to Southern cities to watch the total eclipse of the sun next May. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has offered to arbitrate the piano-workers' strike now on in Chicago. The supreme court of Oregon has affirmed the decision of the lower court and Magers will have to hang for the murder of Sink, unless the governor intervenes. The Boers suffered a severe defeat at Ladysmith Thursday morning. The Boer guns were silenced after four hours' fighting, during which their losses were heavy. Governor Roosevelt favors Wood for the governorship of Cuba. He has induced President McKinley to agree with him on all points, but the question of immediate appointment. This the president desires to leave to congress. The Boer war will cost Great Britain, it is estimated, $100,000,000. Benjamin H. Lee, who will have charge of the Connecticut exhibits at the