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VOL. XII.
CABINET TROUBLES^
Count Hedervary Has Audience With
Emperor Francis Joseph.
THE HUNGARIAN CRISIS IMINENT
A Total of Four Vacant Cabinet Positions
and O.ie Secretaryshly Now
at the Disposal ef Hr. Balfour.
Vienna, Special.?Count Hedcrvary,
who placed his resignation as Hungarian
Premier in the hands of Emperor
Francis Joseph, some tfme ago, had
audiencies with the Emperor, which,
It is reported, have led to the solution
of the Hungarian cabinet crisis, and
a ministry will be formed either by
Count Julius Audrassy or M. Kolomna
S. Zell. Should this news be confirmed
it will bo iluc to the correct
and patriotic attitude of Francis Kossuth
and his party. Kossuth declared
resolutely against anything in the
shape of a resolution and even forbade
any street demonstration on the
anniversary of his father's birthday.
It is understood that the official communication
explaining away the unfavorable
construction placed in Hungary
on the army order issued by the
Emperor. September 17. will Ik* issued
in the form of an imperial auto
graph rescript addressed to Count
Hedervary and this proof that the Emperor
did not desire to ruffle Hungarian
susceptibilities will be oniphasized
by another imperial visit to
Huda-Pesth as an indication of his
continued confidence and good will.
London. Special.?Lord Balfour, of
Burleigh, Secretary for Scotland, and
Arthur Ralph Douglass Elliott. Financial
Secretary to the Treasury, have
resigned and their resignations have
been accepted by the Kiug. Mr. Elliott
was not in the cabinet. These two
resignations make a total of four vacant
cabinet positions and one secretaryship
at Mr. Balfour s disposition.
With the resignation of Lord Balfour
and Financial Secretary Elliot, both
strong free traders, it is understood
that the ministerial resignations are
completed and apparently the Ihine
of Devonshire has decided to remain
in the cabinet. It is practically certnin
t V* o* A ni i ? - -
v..... nnouii viiAiniKtriuin, ljnra
Milner and Mr. Ilrodrick will take the
Exchequer, Colonies and India portfolios,
respectively, and the only surprise
In the new appointments is likely
to be the nomination of a strong
man to the War Office to determine
how far the recommendations of the
South African war commission can
be carried out. Home Secretary Ackers-Douglass
started for Halmoral and
he probably will be involved in the
reconstruction changes.
Th.1 Sultan Hxplains.
Constantinople, Ry Cable.? In an audience
with M. Zlnovieff. the Russian
ambassador, Friday, the Sultan expressed
his regret at the excesses committed
by the Turkish troops in the
vlllayets of Monastic and Adrianopie.
Ho said that orders had been sent
to the authorities concerned to prevent
their repetition and he gave the Russian
ambassador to understand that
the guilty parties would be punished.
The fie man ambassador, llaron Ma schall
Von Bloherslcin. also had an audience
with tho Sultan, who showed
himr.elf most optimistic. The latter
declared that the insurrection was
drawing to a close. In fact, it had a!- 1
ready been suppressed in some clis- j
triefs and the Potte. therefore, immediately
would issue proclamations an- i
iiouncing the resumption of the application
of the reform srheme. After the
granting of these audience an extraordinary
council of ministers was held
at the Yiosk, and the deliberations
were continue l on Saturday. Ofllrial
dispatches from the villayets of Salonica,
Monastir and Adrianople report
numerous encounters which resulted in
favor of the Tu-ks.
Arrest of State Senator.
Ringhamton. N. Y., Special.?An arrest
which has been expected for some
time occurred when Postofffce Inspeitor
Mayer, of Chicago, and Deputy
United States Marshal Blaek cf this
city, arrested State Senator fieo. R.
Green, at the ofli'e of his attorneys,
Roberts. Tuthill &. Rogers. Green was
arratgnod before United States Commissioner
Hall and entered a plea of
not guilty and his bail was fixed at
$5,000.
Robrrt Enim-tt's flarty rd<>m.
New York, Special.?The Academy
of Music was filled to overflowing Sunday
night by a meeting held under the
auspices of the Clan-Gaol, to commemorate
the centenary of the martyrdom
of Robert Emmet. The auditorium
was draped with American an '
Irish flags and the Irish national 3pir:
found expression in continuous applause
as the speakers dwelt upon I v
land's wrongs and the hopes of ire
land's sons. Resolutions were pn.-si,e
declaring the only proper settlement c
the differences between Ireland am'
England to be the abolition of Engib
rule in Ireland and pledK^d the Clnn
na-Gael to work for the establishment
of an Irish republic.
OR!
fo:
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
f
Young Man Shot to Death for the
Crime of Seduction.
Salisbury, Special.?A homicide with
peculiar tragic circumstances occurred
at 7 o'clock Thursday morning at Mt.
t'lla, a station in Rowan county on
the Mooresville-Winston Railroad,
about seven miles from Mobresville and
16 miles through the country from
Salisbury, Russell Sherrill, a young
man of prominent family, being shot
and killed by Thomas J. and Chalmers
I.. White, of Concord, in an altercation '
growing out of the seduction bv Slier- I
rill of Miss Annie White, the orphan >
niece of the two slayers. All those Involved
In the affair arc of prominent
family and of high personal standing.
Immediately after the shooting the
White brothers set out for Salisbury,
driving at high speed, with the intention
of surrendering themselves to the
| sheriff. County Commissioner Joseph
Hall and several other citizens of the i
| vicinity started out in pursuit, but
i learning the purpose of the brothers on
I coming ivithin signaling distance, they
accompanied them to the end of their
I journey. Senator Ixm? S. Overman. '
i Congressman Theo. F. Kluttz and
lodge W. J. Montgomery were retained
as counsel. Judge Montgomery arriving
from Concord by the 11:25 train in
| response to a telegram. After consultation
with their attorneys, the Messrs.
White expressed their willingness to
go to jail without a commitment.
While showing the concern natural to
quiet citizens finding themselves for
tno ursi ume in collision wiin tne law,
they gave no indications of a sense of
guilt and boldly declared themselves
abundantly justified in what they had
dene. In the Superior Court this afternoon
their counsel gave notice of a
motion to set a date for a hearing on
the question of bail. Judge Brown
stated that he would notify Solicitor
W. C. Hammer, whose home is at Asheboro.
and after his arrival, which is
expected, appointed the date for the
hearing.
The following statement was made
reived a letter from Mrs. Samuel
Archer, whose first husband was their
brother, James White, the father of the
young lady in the case, the letter reading.
Annie is ruined. My God! What
shall I do? Please come at onee." These
gentlemen, being the unrles and nearest
male protectors of Miss White,
their dead brother's daughter, hired a
team in Concord and drove to the
home of Mrs. Archer, where they spent
the night. They found Mrs. Archer
and Miss White in great distress. This
morning, shortly after C o'clock, they
went to the home of Mr. Sherrill, who
had seduced their niece under promise
; ^f marriage, and afterwards refused to
marry her, and conversed with him on
the porch. They asked him to keep his
promise of marriage and he answered
that he would die first. They still insisted
thnt he marry her, and he started
, towards Mr. Chalmers White in a
; inrcuirmug muuinp. nom inc iiroia'
ors retreated to the end of the porch
| and told him to sit down and reason
| p.bout the matter; that all they asked
was that he marry Miss White. Sherrill
continued to advance in striking
; attitude and both the brothers fired."
River Steamer Burned.
Jacksonville. Special.- The now
steamer Eunola was burned in the Appalachicola
river at Chattahoochee,
last Monday. She had just landed with
a cargo of naval stores and spirits of
turpentine, all of which was a total
loss. Several of the crew had to jump
In the river and swim ashore. The engineer
was badly bruised about the
hands and arms. The mate in attempting
to jump had ins leg broken. The
wires are still down to the west and
the first through train arrived last
night.
Fresh From ?he Wires.
A New York dispatches says: *At a
meeting of the hoard of directors of
:ho New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Company here Saturday.
~has. S. Mellen, was elected a din ctor
to fill the vacancy caused by tue
icath of Carlos French. Richard A.
MeCurdy, of New York, president of
.he Mutual IJfe Insurance Company.
nus uiou viei'icu a uiri'ciur in piuce 01
JoseDh Parks, deceased."
A dispatch from Luxora, Ark., says:
'Negroes overpowered the sheriff here,
cok out a negro named Hellom and
>angrd him to a water tank, where his
oody was left dangling until this
Tiorning. Ilellom was charged with
issaulting two negro girls, aged 5 ami
10 years."
Judge John M. Lea, of Nashville,
'.led at midnight at Monteagle. Tenn.,
Saturday night. He was' in his 8.itit
.car and was one of the wealthiest and
jest known citizens of Tennessee.
Debates continued in the Socialist
congress at Dresden.
Cardinal Gibbons arrived at Cherbourg
on his way home.
The Feast of the Cross passed at
Beirut without disturbance.
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RT MILL, S. C., WEDN
PRESIDENT SPEAKS^
His Speech Delivered During a Heavy
Downpour of Rain.
4NTEITAM MONUMENT UNVEILED.
Gov. riurphy Acc pts the Honumcnt
for the State and tlie President
Acc.-pis It on B.liaif ot the I cd-.-ral
Government.
Sharpsburg, Md., Special.?Under
lowering skies, the magniticent muuumeat
erected on the historic battlefield
of Antietam by the grateful State
of New Jersey to its men who fell in
the great engagement, was dedicated
Thursday. Tue occasion was rendered
particularly notable by the participation
in the ceremonies of the
President of the United States ami of
Governor Murphy, the Chief Executive
of the Siate which was honoring
us heroes.
The monument is in the form of an
ornate Corinthian column of granite,
40 lcct high, surmounted by a heioic
sgure lii oionze of an oiticer with up|
raised sword leaning iiis men 111 a
charge. Governor ruuipny, of New '
Jersey, accepted the monument m au
addiess.
President Roosevelt, as he arose to
accept the monument on behalf of the
Federal government, was accorded an
ovation, lie spoke in part as follows: I
Governor Murphy; and you. Veterans j
of New J?.rsey; and you. men of tho '
Grand Army, and all others here. 1
greet you;
I thank you of New Jersey for tho
monument to the troops of New Jer- |
; soy who fought at Antletam, and on 1
i behalf of the nation 1 accept the gift. I
i \\ e meet upon one of the great battle- j
' holds of the civil war. No other bat- i
tie of the civil war lasting but one 1
(lav shows as ureal. a IHiriontn
loss as thai which occurred here upon
the day on which Antietam was
fought. Moreover, in its ultimate of- !
fecis this liattle was of momentous !
and even decisive importance, for
when it had ended and L.ee had ;
retreated south of the Potomac, IJn I
coin forthwith published that immor- |
tal paper, the prelimiuary declara- j
tion of emancipation; the paper
which decided that the civil war, be- !
sides being a war for the preserva- i
tion of the Union, should be a war
for the emancipation of the slave, so
that from that time onward the cause
of Union and of freedom, of national
greatness and individual liberty, were
one and the same.
Men of New Jersey, I congratulate
your State Ixxause she has the right
to claim her full share in the honor
and glory of that memorable day; and
j I congratulate you. Governor MurI
phy, because on that day you had the
high good fortune to serve as a lad
! with credit and honor in one of the
I five regiments which your State sent
to the battle. Four of those rogii
ments, by the way, served in the dlJ
vision commanded by that gallant sol;
dier. Henry W. Sloeum. whom we of
New York can claim as our own. The
j otlnr regiment, that in whieh Gover;
nor Murphy served, although praetli
cally an entirely new regiment, did
work as good as that of any veteran
| organization upon the field, and aufI
fered a proportionate loss. This regii
ment was at one time ordered to the
i support of a division commanded by
j another New York soldier, the gallant
j General Greene, whose son himself
i ?crven us u major-generai in tne war
with Spain and who is now as police
commissioner of New York, rendering
i as signal service in civil life as he
had already rendered in military life.
If the is.-ne of Antietam had been
other than it was. it is probable that
at least two great European powers
would have recognized the independence
of the Confederacy; so that you
who fought here fortv-one years ago
have the profound satisfaction of feeling
that you played well your part in
one of those rri ces big with the fr.te
of all mankind. You men of the Grand
Army bv your victory not only rendered
all Americans yonr debtors forevermore,
hut vou rendered all humanity
your debtors. If the Unior,ha 1
been dissolved, if the great eniflce
built with blood and sweat and tears
by mighty Washington and his rompeers
had gone down in wreck and
ruin, the result would have been an
incalculable calamity, not only for our
people?and most of all for those
who. in such event would have seemingly
triumphed?but for all mankind.
The great American republic would
have become a memory of derision;
and the failure of the experiment of
self-government by a great people on
a great scale would have delighted
tho honrt r.f Avnrv fnn />f r/.nnl.i!. ' ?
institutions. Our country, now so
groat and so wonderful, would have
been snlit into litt 1? janeling rival
nationalities. oaoh with a historvbc.th
bloody and contemptible. It was because
you. the men who wear the button
of the Grand Army, triumphed in
those dark years that every American
now holds his head high, proud in the
knowledge that he belongs to a na
tion whose glorious past and great j
present will be succeeded bv an even
mightier future; whereas had vou
failed we would all of us. North and
South. East and West, be now treated
bv other nations at the beft with contemptuous
tolerance; at the worst
with overbearing Insolence.
The president then argued that the
need of thn world's ltbertv and ore- !
gross demanded that the fr>dp-al ,
armies should win the fleht He moke !
of the great gallantrv of both a,-ral->? ;
His audience listened with good attention
although a drenching rain was
falling.
LL '
ESI) AY, SEPTEMBER
THE STORM'S WORK
Reports of Destruction Wrought By
the Southern Gale
i
Ml'CII OF THE AREA STILL CUT OFF j
Wires Down rod Trains Running Ofi j
Time?Some Loss cf Lit; and flach J
Damage to Property.
Jacksonville. Special.?Further news
of the storm continues to arrive,
though a large part of the storm
ji?i |n urea nas noi neen ncaru irom.
Wires are still down and it is impossible
to get trains through on aecount
of washouts. Three negroes
w< re killed by falling timbers at the
camp of the Cummer Lumber Company,
near flainesville, and another
was seriously hurt and he will probal
lv die. A dwelling and several cotta;
os were w ocked.
At Mulberry the phosphate plants
are reported ns greatly damaged.
They have been compelled to shut |
down until the water subsides. At liar- ;
tow the roof was blown from the liar- '
tow House and from the residence o' j
the president of the South Florida
Military College. A number of mutes
were killed by the falling of an old
shod at Phosphoria. From all parts
of the State great damage to the tur- .
pe.it ine industry is reported.
Wire connection was made Tuesday !
night with Arcadia, in DeSoto county, j
about 40 miles further south than
Tampa. A special from that, place to
The Times-Union says:
"Reports are slowly coming in of i
dam aire done hv th<> hiirripnnn wniov I
night and Saturday. No trains are I
running south of Zolfo. The damage
to the orange grvm s is very groat :
Orange men estimate the loss of the :
crop from 25 to 40 per cent. The loss |
to the county by damage to bridges !
and the roads will amount to |10.000. j
Many orange trees were torn to ;
pieces, the fruit splitting and dropping
to the ground. The roads are impas- :
sable, the farmers having difficulty in !
getting food supplies. Many houses j
were blown down, but the only loss of
life is Hugh Morton, who was drown- j
ed at Wilder's saw mill."
A train got through the storm dis- J
triet of middle Florida. The damage j
is not as heavy as was supposed. The 1
cotton crop was greatly injured by 1
the heavy rains and the turpentine industry
is Injured.
New York, Special.?The Munson
Line steamer Olinda arrived in port j
from Havana in a disabled condition.
Cm September 11 the Olinda encountered
the hurricane off the coast of *
Florida. Tremendous seas swept the |
decks repeatedly, carried away a life ;
boat, and disabled the steering gear, i
After considerable difficulty control of |
the steann r by the hand-gear was oh- 1
tained. Capt. Hanson estimated the
force <if the wind at 00 miles an hour
at. its height. The Olinda after the
storm was steered with the partlydamaged
hand-sti ering gear.
Macon, (la.. Special.?The Telegraph's
dispatch from Molutrie, (la., i
says a cyclone from the southwest
struck the northern part of the town (
at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning and j
caused damage to the amount of about 1
$20,000. Three churches, including the
Primitive Ilaptist. which was valued
at $10,000, were practically destroyed.
A pine products plant and a cotton
seed oil mill was wrecked and a score
or more of small houses were blown
clown. Tin re; was no loss of life. It is
believed that the storm spent Itself
in the vicinity.
Fire !n liahlmorc.
Baltimore, Special.?A fire destroyed
the buildings, rlan and stork
of the Itasin Monumental Fertiliser
Company, at Fairfield. Anne Arundel
county. The loss is estimated at
$.",00,000. The plant was Insured for
$323,000 and the stork for $117,000.
Fifteen buildings scattered over 20
acres woro consumed. Two hundred
and fifty men were thrown out of work
by the fire
Labor Agent Lynched.
Conterville, Miss., Special.?William
Williams, colored, was lynched on
Main street here by a mob of several
hundred people. Williams, who was a
labor agent, has been here several
clays employing negroes for contractors
in other section of the State, and
It is alleged that he enticed several
employes to leave. James II. Germany
remonstrated with him about his con
duct. A quarrel followed and Williams
drew a revolver and shot Germany
dead. The negro attempted to escape
hut a mob was quickly on his heels
and he was captured and shot to death.
riME
23,1903.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. |
Msny Alottcrs of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
Down in Dix e.
Furnifold CI. Simmons, the aged
father of I'tiited States Senator F. M.
Simmons, was murdered near Polled,
svi lie. NT. C.
At least nine lives were lost in the
Florida hurricane, many vessels were I
wrecked and the property loss may
tea h millions of dollars.
lit v. Mr. Kllcnhorg. leader of the
Holiness sect in Anniston, Ala., was
arrested for refusing medical aid to
his little daughter.
The report of army engineer officers | '
a a.nu ui rsumaii' tut* cost of a inlaiul j
water route from Now York to Beaufort
Inlet, N. (\. to bo $15,000,000.
Dr. Don. CI. Broughton. pastor of the
Baptist Tabernacle. of Atlanta, and
formerly of Raleigh. and Roanoke, I
Va.. has been railed to the pastorate
of the Clarendon Street Baptist church, j
the largest church In Boston, and the ,
presidency of Cordon Missionary i
Training School. In thai city.
At Th'* National Capital.
Prrsident Roosevelt explains that |
the Dipton dinner incident arose from
his disinclination to attend a semipublic
dinner, and that he had no objection
to meeting Sir Thomas.
Secretary Hitchcock announced the |
removal of John A. Sterrett, of Ohio, ;
as townsito commissioner for the
Cherokee Indian Nation, in Indian Territory.
and the appointment of Dwight
Tut tie. of Connecticut, as his suet
i saor.
At The North.
Ttohcrt S. Hatcher, who was well
known In Washington, committed sui- j
cide in St. Ixnils.
President Roosevelt and wife were
caught In a storm Wednesday and
their yacht came near foundering.
The National Association of Rural
Lotter-Carricrs elected P. H. Cunningham,
of Nebraska, president.
District Attorney Jerome, of New j
York, is said to have declared Mayor
Low cannot be re-elected.
Although martial law cannot be declared,
militia officers at Cripple
Creek. Col., say they will ignoro the
civil authorities.
Save in New York city, where misgivings
are not strong, however, there
seems to be a general confidence in
the continuance of prosperity.
In a speech at Chicago Representative
Joseph G. Canon said: "Our currency
is better than any currency in
the world and we will keep it good."
A New York dispatch says that an
additional chapter in the history of
the world will be published there and
London, by the Frederick A. Stokc3
Company. It consists of the correspondence
between Bismarck and William
I. and other letters from and to
statesmen.
From Across The Sea.
The insurgents decided to adopt
guerrilla tactics in Eastern Macedonia.;
Order continues at Beirut. Syria, and J
the recall of the American squadron i3 (
expected soon.
A large number of recent crimes in '
Armenia are blamed on a secret organization
resembling the Mafia.
Great Britain and Japan decided to
protest separately to China against accepting
the latest Russian demands in
icgard to Manchuria.
An expedition which went to Cocoa
Island, in the Pacific, In search
of buried treasure rctu.ned empty-'
handed.
Joseph Chamberlain was hissed by i
workingmen before a meeting of the
Cabin't in London. Chancellor of tin*
Exchequer Ritchie is expected to resign.
owing to bis differences from Mr.
Chamberlain. j 1
Ml-c 'Urn mmis flatters.
A fear that the gulf storm would in- '
jure the crop paused a rise of 30 points '
in September eoiton in New York.
The second anniversary of the death j
of President MeKinley was observed <
in different sections of the country, a 1
heroic statue being unveiled at Tole- 1
do. Ohio. ,
Senator Hall, of Delaware, declares j
he protested to Postmaster-dene, al j
Payne against the removal, one of |
whom was Miss lluhla Todd, of ?
Greenwood. t
The United Stales Realty and Con- r
struetion Company underwriting syn- i
dieate was dissolved in New York at' <
a heavy loss. | 1
Alleged Irregularities In the elgar I '
department of the Rastern Penl-! 1
tentiary at Philadelphia are being investigated
by Internal Revenue of-: '
f'.cors.
At a colored conference in Newark,
N. J., a negro preacher defended lynching.
Rural free-delivery carriers have
formed a national organization with
a view to securing certain reforms.
President Castro, of Venezuela, is
massing troops aP-ng the Colombian
frontier and there is talk of war.
Ouiet continues n? hut ?>m
Christian refneees encamped in the [
mountains refuse to return.
Premier Combes, who made n t
speech at the unveiling of a memorial ,
to Kin est Renan at Tiegulcr, IJrit- ^
tnny. was hissed and the troops were j
called to suppress disorder. ?,
Prince Chlng. head of the Peking f
Foreign Office, is inclined to accept \
the new Russian propositions for the p
evacuation of Manchuria. a
NO. 27. CONVICTS
PARDONED
The Peonage Cases Settled tjr
Release Fri tn Trison.
o
ALABAMA PHSONERS SIT FREE.
Reasons for Exfcuilve Cl.m;ncy
Given?The President Ac's In tlia
Interest of Mercy.
Wasth inert on. Snprinl.?Th.? Onwl.
dent has granted full and unconditional
pardon to Goo. Davis and
Harancas F. Cosby. convicted at Montgomery,
Ala., of violation of the peonage
law. These men were Indicted
for holding Pike Swanson in a condition
of peonage, pleaded guilty on
June 30. 1903, and on the same day
were sentenced to imprisonment for
a year and a day in the United States
penitentiary at Atlanta. Ga. They
have been imprisoned ev? r since, and
were released on telegraphic instructions
from the Department of Justice.
During the month of June more thai*
eighty indictmcuts against a number
of individuals, fur violation of the
peonage law, were returned by the
grand jury at Montgomery, and several
convictions were secured, the
sentences imposed ranging from the
minimum, one year, to the maximum,
five years. The President granted the
pardons in the above cases upon the
earnest recommendation of Judge
Jones, who sentenced the prisoners.
In his letter to the President, Judg<*
Jones says:
"The favorable recommendation
uun uiauv |u urtvilN (Ml [III 1UI *. I lliru
the sentences were unjus,.. hut solely
from the conviction that the punish
merit already undergone hy the priwooers
has accomplished all the real end*
of the la v in these eases.
"The prisoners have undergone thehumiliation
of imprisonment in the
penitentiary, the sting of condemnation
by their neighbors and associates
and the wide publicity of their offense.
They have been separated from thoir
families, and hs>vo worn stripes. There
is no ground for believing that they
will ever again, under any circumstances.
whatever, engage in like
practices. They attempted no defense,
but pleaded guilty at the earliest
opportunity. They were contrite
and admitted that they justly deserved
punishment. The reform of
offenders themselves, so far as the
law contemplates that has been completely
effected by the punishment.
"The question of pardon may, therefore.
be properly considered now solely
as regards its effect upon the ad
inxiii?iimurn i.i jiK-ure ?\n11 me puoiic
welfare. The law has been thoroughly
vindicated, and the evil against
which it was directed, in there communities,
has been completely
crushed. Connivance with the abuses
of corrupt magistrates in that locality
in the exercise of power to hire out of
fenders for payment of fine a*"! c~u's
on conviction for small and ofu r?
sham offenses, in order to reap profit
for the hirer, has been thoroughly exposed
and broken up. It lias met the
hearty reprobation of the gr at mass
of the people in all walks of life. Tin
example has been all sufficient to
deter others from like offenses in the
future.
"The press, the pulpit, the bar an I
the people at large, as well as those
in Tallapoosa county, have lie n outspoken
in their gratification that the
evil has been broken up and hav
heartily commended the cour e of the
authorities in dealing with it. This
spirit, as you will .< > by the nreom
panyng petitions, actuates the pc.iplo
of that county, who, in numerous
meetings have askc d the pardon of the
prisoner. Among th si ae-.s of petition
\ for pardon are many negroes.
They Veel safe from anv repetition at*
like offense, and join with thoir whito
neighbors in thos petitions for
rdeinency, believing, in thi- instance,
that it will redound to the public
:;ooil. and Bnvir.tii 1 eo rclnth ns he
Lween the races. The f?r at l?odv of the
l??ople|<jf Tallapoosa comity have, in
'tToct, became sponsors for the good
jehavi.jr of tho prisoners, and the
oval observance of the law In till :
ospect by all others in the future. A
niblic opinion, stroiif-'cr even than the
lower af tho law, has been a rouse I
o stanl tip in the future for ju the
:nd fal* plav to tlif weak. Granting
he pra-'cr of these petitioners would
eccBniro and strengthen these moral
nfluenecs. which, at last, are the only
mdurlnp foundations of a rflgn or
aw. I cannot doubt that Rood would
(,rac from granting the prayer i f the
letltloners.
After much reflection and
onsiderptlon of the rr.e.tUr. I unhealntinpdv
recommend :n imniediai an t
inccndlt' mal pardon."
V
Cyclone at Atlantic Cl'y.
Atlantic City, N. J., Special.?The
;torm which utrurk the Now Jersey
oast early Wednesday morning was
>ne of the stvcrest experienced for a
ong time. The wind blew with htirieane
force and tvHlo it lnsied kept
jp a speed of 70 fn'.ies an hour. The.
itorni wes terrifying to a decree, but
he damage was not as great as was
it first b dleved. A conservative guess
dares th? entire tfnmage at $25,000 or
>50.000. The telefftaph and telephone
inca leading out of the city are down
ind the fact that the city was cut off
rom connection with the outside
vorld started wild rumors that the
treat resort had been entirely swept
iway.
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