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ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. G. THURSDAY. MAY I. 1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. j
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TO GEORGIA WOMEN
OeneroBS Donaiijns are Made by
Educational Conference.
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NEARLY TWENTY THOUSAND
J Scholarships Provided in State Nor^
mal School and Contribution to
^ Winnie Davis Memorial.
A Stirring Scene.
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Southern Educational Conference
came to a close at Athens, Ga..,
Saturday.
Four thousand five hundred dollars,
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one-half of the balance necessary to
x complete the Winnie Davis memorial
hall; $7,500 to provide fifty three-year
scholarships of $50 each year at the
Georgia State Normal school, to duplicate
the forty-six scholaiships provid*
- ed by the women of Georgia; an offer
to duplicate for a period of three years
v all new scholarships of $50 each that
the women of Georgia may provide be^
fore January 1, 1903, to a number not
exceeding fifty, were the contributions
of the day of the general education
board to the women of Georgia.
Men cheered and wept and women
laughed and cried in the fullness of joy
-when they comprehended all that the
announcement meant. Ex-Governor
W. J. Northen, who was on the platform
when the announcement was
made in the conference, sprang to his
feet and asked the women of Georgia
in the great audience to stand up, and
then, when they had done so, asked
fthe whole audience to stand up, not as
nonnlo rvf atia ofafn or manv ctatps hilt
w as people of one country.
The official offer is as follows:
V.. "The general education board will
subscribe to the Georgia State Normal
\ school at Athens for a period of three
years fifty scholarships of $50 each to
meet the forty-six scholarships now
provided by the women of Georgia?
$2,500 a year for three years. $7,500 in
all. In addition to the above general
education board will duplicate for a
period of three years new scholarships
of $50 each that may be provided by
the'women of Georgia before January
y
1903, up to a number not exceeding
"Understanding that the women of
Georgia have raised $6,000 toward a
' fund of $15,000 for the erection of the
.? . Winnie Davis memorial hall, the general
education board will subscribe
one-half the balance, or $4,500; provided
the remaining balance is subscribed
before January 1. 1903.
Signed, William H. Baldwin, Jr.,
chairman; George Foster Peabody,
treasurer; Wallace Butterick, secre'
tary and executive officer; J. L. M.
Curry, Frederick T. Cal^s, Daniel C.
Gilman, Morris K. Jesup. Robert C.
Ogden, Walter H. Page, Albert Shaw. \
If the conditions specified in this announcement
are complied with to the
full extent of the offer, as no doubt
they will be, the total amount of this
contribution of the general education
board will be $19,500.
It was several minutes before the
conference was sufficiently composed
> to resume business.
CUBAN ARMY PENSIONS. *
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Sum Needed Amounts to Millions and
Stann^rc tho Pr^sirlent-EIeet.
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A special from Havana says: Gener"
als Rabbi, Lor, Salcedo and Capote
have tried to obtain from Presidentelect
Palma an assurance that the Cu
vjr ban army would be paid. Replying,
Senor Palma said he was disposed to
favor the army, but more soldiers
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would be needed than Cuba now
has. He never suspected, he said,
^^that the list of those to be paid cont^ffl?d
70,000 names, and the estimate
of the"Tfitf0tlBt-4ue the soldiers, $80,000,000,
frightened him.
"The payment of this enormous sum
would annihilate us," said the president.
"I would have to lease Cuba to
raise this amount."
MINISTERS SCORE BOOKS.
Recent Publications Anent the Race
Problem Subject of Criticism.
At a meeting of the Ohio Valley ,
. Methodist Clergymen's Association at
i ~ Cincinnati, Monday, some recent books 1
were given pronounced "roasts" by
preacher critics. A prominent officer
of the association found much fault
with "Socialism and the American
Spirit." The next book to come under
criticism was "The Leopard's
Spots." The latter production was denounced
as misrepresenting the race '
problem in the south. ]
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THREE KILLED IN TORNADO.
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Further Particulars of Gale that Swept ]
Joplin, Missouri. ]
I It is now known that three persons ]
[ .were killed and about thirty injured i
? in the tornado that swept through 1
' Joplin, Mo., Friday. Of the injured
perhaps eight were fatally hurt. A 1
> conservative estimate places the total
loss at $100,000. The ca^alties were
caused by the flying deons, or falling ,
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CABINET DISCUSSES CANAL.
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President Anxious that Some Decision !
Be Reached at this Session. *
The cabinet held a short session
Friday, during which the relative posi- <
tions of the Colombian and Nicaraguan <
governments in connection with the
proposed canal were discussed. Both i
""propositions will be at once submitted ?'
to congress. The president is anxious 1
that whatever determination congress
may come to as to the relative merits i
of the two routes in any event some de- i
^ cisipn may be reached at this session, j
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!Cream of News.]
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
?A trust company, with $500,000
capital, including northern and Savannah
capitalists, was formed in Savannah,
Ga., Monday.
?The attack mad? on President
Roosevelt by Bishop Keiley in Savannah,
Ga., has provoked all sorts of criticism.
-^-Admiral and Mrs. Schley were the
honored guests of Memphis. Tenn.,
Monday. A handsome silver service
was presented to the hero of Santiago.
?The Ogden party spent part of
Monday in Montgomery, leaving in the
afternoon for Auburn. They spent
Tuesday in Tuskegee.
?An experiment is to be made in
Mississippi of picking cotton by machinery.
The device was invented by
a Pittsburg man.
?A tornado passed over Glenrose,
Texas, Monday night, killing five persons,
injuring forty more and demolishing
much property.
?General Jacob Smith, on trial at
Mani'a, was attacked in senate and
house Monday for his "kill and burn"
order. Senator Simmons aRd Representative
Sibley likened the order to
Herod's command for the slaughter of
the innocents.
?President Roosevelt will soon take
up Georgia appointments. Although
he has said he Would reappoint Deveaux
at Savannah, he may reconsider
in view of the fight being made against
him. \
?Minister Wu will not attend the
commencement of the military college
at Milledgevilie, Ga. Writing to Senator
Clay, the Chinese minister cays
he is afraid of Senator Teller's criticism.
?Double pneumonia has developed
in the case of Congressman Cummings,
of New York. His condition is critical.
?Captain Wynne, of the Marine
guard, and Lieutenant Doddridge, of
the Chicago, have been sentenced to
jail at Venice for disorderly conduct
?The Virginia-Carolira Company
is trying to buy potash plant in Germany.
It has secured options on several
concerns.
?It is persistently rumore-d in Germany
that the czar intends to grant
a constitution. The disorders throughout
the empire continue.
?Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.,
of New York, in an interview, expresses
great faith in Georgia's manufacturing
future.
?The grand encampment of Georgia
Odd Fellows in Atlanta during
May will be attended by over 6,000
members of the order.
?Rev. A. R .Holderby, of Moore
Memorial church, Atlanta, in a sermon
Sunday morning denounced the
beef trust and started a movement to
furnish free ice to the poor.
?In elections held in South Caro
lina Saturday to name delegates who
will choose those for the state convention.
wherever the pro and anti-McLaurin
factions came together those opposing
the senator won out.
?Secretary Root, back from Cuba,
was in Miami, Fla., Sunday. He said
all troops will be removed, except a detail
to care for guns and ammunition
for United States naval station, after
Cuban government is established.
?There is a rumor that ex-Pension
Commission H. Clay Evans will return
to Chattanooga and make the race
for congress from the third district
In such event Congressman Moon will
oppose him.
?Gates says the object of the syndicate
is to form a great system of
railroads in the south equal to that of
the Pennsylvania.
?The price of beef, says the trust,
will take a tumble in a month from
now, owing to grass-fed cattle coming
into market.
?General Greeley, who, with telegraphers
of his department, m the
wireless system, reports that discovprfps
wptp mftrtp that are suDerior to
anything Marconi has done.
?J. Sterling Morton, secretary of
agriculture in. Cleveland's cabinet, died
in Chicago Sunday.
?The Confederate Veterans' reunion
at Dallas, Texas, closed Friday and all
trains leaving Friday night were
crowded with old soldiers on the way
to their homes.
?Joplin and other Missouri towns
were swept by a destructive storm Friday.
At Joplin three persons were
killed and six fatally injured. ;
?At Manila General "Jakie" Smith
is on trial for ordering all the natives
Df Samar killed. Smith's counsel ad- 1
mitted that the general gave such or- <
ders. 1
?Noel W. Grant, representing the
North Georgia Agricultural college, of (
Dahlonega, wins Intercollegiate oratorical
contest held in Atlanta Friday
aight. Sidney Hatcher, of Mercer, was (
second, and Sam Johnson, of Georgia, ,
third. j
?Judge Lumpkin, of Fulton coun- ]
ty, Ga., superior court, refuses writ of (
rrVi + Kir \T T?C Afnlllo J
uaucub avugm uj A>HO. J
E. Duncan, and she will have to go to <
trial again. Her attorneys will appeal <
to the supreme court.
?The indications are that the Brit- 1
ish government will fight the great '
shipping combine formed by Mr. Mor- <
gan. <
?Judge Lumpkin, of the supreme
:ourt in Atlanta, Ga.. holds Judge Ganger's
orders declaring a mistrial in
Mrs. Duncan's case cannot be questioned,
and refused to hear evidence !
as to the facts on which they were (
based.
?Boycott on packing house products
is proving effective in Atlanta,
Ga., and consumption of meat has ,
greatly fallen off.
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? STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
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Mistrial in Mitchell Case.
The suit for $25,000 damages against
the sovereign camp Woodmen of the
World, by Samuel W. Mitchell, of York
county, tor alleged injuries received
during initiation, resulted in a mistrial.
It is said the jury stood six to six,
those for claimant favoring a small
amount in damages. Congressman Finley
and State Senator Brice argued
for the defense.
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Odd Fellows Celebrate.
The anniversary of the order of Odd
Fellows was celebrated in an appropriate
manner at Greenville last Monday
by the lodges of the Piedmont section.
Delegates were present from
Newberry, Spartanburg, Walhalla, Pelzer.
Piedmont, Pelham, Reedy River
and Columbia.
A parade composed of 200 members
of the order took place on Main street
to Springwood cemetery, where graves
of deceased members were decorated.
At night exercises were held in the
county court house.
Pencil Pushers at Charleston.
About eighty of the editors of the
National Editorial Association, some
accompanied by their wives, arrived in
Charleston the *#?St week from Hot
Springs, Ark. The editors attended
the Missouri-Kentucky celebrations
and afterwards embarked on the Wistaria
from the exposition wharf and
as guests of the Charleston Press Club
had a trip down the Ashley river and
around the harbor. Half cf the visitors
were from the trans-Mississippi
and had never seen the Atlantic ocean,
and the trip past Forts Moultrie and
Sumter out to the jetties was or unusual
interest.
In the evening they repaired to the
exposition, where a reception was held
at the auditorium.
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Six Dead Whales.
Six dead Whales are lying in a basin
that is mad-locked at low tide near the
mouth of Broad river, ten miles below
Beaufort. They are small fellows that
came into the wide entrance to Port
Royal harbor to feed and were cut
off from escape by the falling tide.
These are the first whales seen
about Port Royal in a good many years
and they attracted attention. As the
tide fell the water soon got too shallow
for them to keep beneath the surface.
They dashed back and forth churning
up the water and finally every one succeeded
in getting hard and fast
aground. What would be a valuable
catch if taken where the oil could be
secured, has been left to thousands of
vultures to prey on at low tide.
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German Week at Charleston.
The directors of the exposition at
Charleston have set apart the week beginning
May 21 and closing May 28,
as "German week" at the exposition.
All German societies in the United
States are most cordially invited to
participate in the festivities of thte
week, which will consist of turning
contests, for each of which valuable
prizes will be offered.
The president of the exposition company,
Captain F. W. Wagcner, is a native
of Germany and one of the most
public-spirited citizens of the south.
The chief promoters of the exposition
enterprise at Charleston are Germans.
They take a very just pride in the success
of the enterprise and hope for the
co-operation of the German people of
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liie uuncu oiaics. vayiaiu w. u.
Ducker will act as chairman of the
committee charged with the arrangement
for "German week" at the exposition.
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No Negro on Jury.
There is confined In the Georgetown
jail, under death sentence, a negro
barber named John Brownfield. He
may remain in prison several years
yet before he will know whether or
not the sentence is to be executed or
before the state courts can order its
execution. The case is a peculiar one
and a striking illustration of how the
law may tie up a case.
Brownfield killed J. C. Scurry, a dep- I
uty sheriff, at Georgetown, in 1900,
which resulted In the riot trouble
there, and which caused the governor
to send several companies of the state
militia to that place to protect the
prisoner and preserve order. Finally
the negro was brought to trial and convicted
of murder and sentenced to be
hanged .
His attorney, a negro named Whipper,
appealed to the state - supreme
court. Pending the appeal the negro
escaped from jail, but was so weak
from confinement he could not run
and was quickly recaptured.
Not long ago the state supreme
court sustained the circuit court and
the negro was ordered resentenced.
Before a new day could be set for execution.
Whipper appealed to the United
States Supreme court, on the
ground that there was not a colored
man on the jury, this acting as a stay
if proceedings in the state court. It
is problematical when the case will
?ver be reached in the United States
supreme court.
In the meantime the negro must re- j
main in jail, and no further step can
ie taken until a decision of the high- i
jst tribunal in the United States is
landed down.
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Tillman Opens His Campaign.
At Manning, Senator B. R. Tillman j
iddressed a crowd of some fifteen hunired
people in opening his campaign. I
Louis A. Appelt, formerly an enthusias- 1
:ic follower of Til'man. but more re- !
centlv an ardent advocate of "com- j
mercial democracy" and supporter of I
Senator McLaurin, had for several '
months made numerous charges
agaiast Senator Tillman, claiming that
he had deceived rebates from great
whisky Arms dealing with the South
Carolina dispensary. The charges were
replied to by Tillman and the accuser
was met with a torrent of withering
sarcasm, which reminded some present
of Tillman's fierce campaign of
1890.
Senator Tillman took the opportunity
to announce his views of the status
of the South Carolina democracy and
of his relations thereto. He paid a
warm tribute to the late General
Hampton, declared absolute necessity
for party solidity in this state, denounced
Senator McLaurin's alleged
defection from the democracy and sug
gested that the party exact sucn
pledges of party fealty from candidates
as would rule out from nomination any
so-called democrats of the McLaurln
type.
As to his speculations, he said that
he held $1,200 in a Texas oil well under
the laws of Texas; that it became a
New Jersey company after he went
into it. It was a pure speculation.
While he liked to speculate, he never
played cards or bet on horse races. He
admitted that he had lost considerable
money in cotton futures, and thai to- |
day he owed more money than when he
went to the United States senate, and
that if he we:1? a dishonest man he
need never owe a cent, but could make
plenty of money.
YETS AT MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Loving Tribute to Memory of Fallen
Comrades Form Solemn Feature
of Wednesday's Proceedings.
A solemn memorial service by those
who still live for their comrades who
fell in the cause of the Confederacy
was held at Wednesday's meeting of
the United Confederate Veterans at
Dallas, Texas.
The service was not only in honor of
the soldiers who gave their lives for
the Confederacy, but of the late Miss
Wmnie Davis, the "Daughter of the
Confederacy.'
At noon all business was stopped
shcrt, and the great auditorium hushed.
Chaplain General William Jones
arose and prayed while the old veterans
sat with bared heads. The venerable
chaplain thanked the Almighty
for the leader that had been given the
Confederacy; he gave thanks for "the
noble wome^ of our southland who
were ministering angel6 in the dark
days of war" and for the comrades
who had died gloriously.
"Varina Anne Davis," more favorably
known as Winnie, the "Daughter
ol the Confederacy," the crowned
queen of our affection?was my personal
friend whom I so admired, honored
and loved," the chaplain said,
"that it is really difficult for me to
speaK 01 ner except in terms mai
might to others seem extravagant."
In glowing words the speaker referred
to Jefferson Davis, "who adorned
every subject that he touched;" to Albert
Sydney Johnston, who "fell in
the hour of victory at Shiioh;.' to Robert
E. Lee, "the peerless soldier and
stanch gentleman;" to Beauregard,
Kirby Smith, "the heroically daring"
Hood, "Stonewall" Jackson "the
tuuDderbolt of war."
The chaplain ascribed virtues which
had well earned the affection and respect
of all men. He paid a glowing
tribute to J. E. B. Stuart, Nathan Bedford
Forrest, the "wizard of the saddle
" Sterling Price, "whom his men
affectionately called 'Old Pap,'" to
Dick Taylor and Wade Hampton,
"whose recent death has carried grief
to many homes and many hearts."
HALF A CENT MORE.
Btef Trust Adds Another Fraction
to Their General Raise.
An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says: Meat
advanced half a cent a pound Wednes
day and butchers were notified that
another raise of one-half a cent might
be expected Thursday. Atlanta, as
well as other places in the country,
seems to be in the hands of the beef
trust.
Butchers are becoming alarmed at
the increase, for as the price advances
their trade falls off. They have
been losing money steadily for the
past three weeks.
In many of the shops where four
butchers were formerly employed only
one is now used, showing how marked
is the falling off in trade as the result
of the effort on the part of the trust
to gouge the people.
That there will be a boycott of meat
now seems certain. The cry that
there is a scarcity of cattle is given
but little credence in Atlanta as elsewhere,
and the general opinion is that
the trust is simply trying to get all
i the money possible for its product.
It is a well known fact that the
trust controls a majority of the cattle
i ranches and has matters so arranged
[ that the individual dealers have but
; little opportunity to compete. Until
j recently the railroads paid the trust
big rebates for the live stock and
dressed meats shipped, but those rebates;
are no longer paid, and it is
I thought the trust intends to make the
j people pay for the loss of money that
was once secured from the railroad
companies.
SANFORD DECLARED NOl GUILTY
One Case Against Former Tax Collector
Disposed of By Jury.
At Rome, Ga., Wednesday morning
the Sanford case was given the jury.
At 2:15 in th? afternoon the jury
returned a verdict of not guilty. This
is in the case that charges Sanford
with embezzling $15,000 of the state's
money.
"Whether a man shall retire from
business at sixty or eighty all dc- |
pend3 upon the man," says Andrew j
Cirnegie. Doesn't it f.cpcnd to some i
extent upor) ?h?? man's money? |
TO BE TRIED AGAIN
Fate of Mrs. Duncan, Charged;
With Morde;r, Still in Donbt.
FORMER JEOPARDY PLEA FAILS |
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Judge Lumpkin of Fulton County Superior
Court, Refuses Writ of
Habeas Corpus?Judge
Candler Sustained.
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An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says: j
Tnrftro T.nrv.nkin nf thp. sunerior court. !
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Friday refused the writ of habeas corpus
which was sought to securj the release
from jail of Mrs. Mollle Eady
Duncan, and remanded the prisoner to
the custody of the sheriff.
The effect of this decision is- that
Mrs. Duncan must again face a jury
on the charge of the murder of her
husband. Policeman James M. Duncan.
Her attorneys, however, announce that
they will appeal to the supreme court.
Judge Lumpkin held that Mrs. Duncan
was not placed in jeopardy by her |
former trial and +hat even if she had
been, it would have been a matter for
the trial Judge to decide and not the
judge of another court. He further
held that the order of Judge Candler j
was conclusive of the truth of the facts j
it recited and that, accordingly, Judge j
Candler did not commit error in granting
a mistrial, and that he did not
abuse his discretion.
Under the law the defense can ap
for the same ortense."
Judge Anderson held the fainting of
the defendant would not Influence the
ju7y any more than It would the trial
judge. Judge Candler, he said, was
not Influenced thereby, but, on the
other hand, he retained his coolness
and poise and did nothing favoring the
prisoner.
Judge Anderson then declared that
the supplemental order of Judge Candler
was void and declared the writ of
habeas corpus the available remedy.
Solicitor Hill made the concluding
argument for the state. H& read from
several sections of law to develop the
point that persons charged with crime
cannot obtain their discharge by writ
of habeas corpus except where the
court trying them is without jurisdiction
or abuses its discretion.
He argued that the plea of jeopardy
cannot be entertained under habeas
corpus, but that the remedy of the defendant
was to file a plea of former
jeopardy with Judge Candler.
He ehen explained the action of
Judge Candler, declaring that the
judge had not exceeded his discretion.
He stated that the fainting and hysterical
conduct of the prisoner undoubtedly
affected the jury and argued
that Judge Candler did perfectly right
In ordering a mistrial.
The solicitor argued that, even had
fco enrmiompntjii order not been
bUW
passed, the original order contained
sufficient grounds for crantlng a mistrial.
He concluded by stating that in
his opinion the defense was pursuing
the wrong course; that they should
have applied to the trial judge for the
writ, or entered a plea of former jeopardy
at the next trial.
AMERICAN MARINES IN TROUBLE.
Officers of Cruiser Chicago Given Sentences
in Italian Prison.
All the members of the crew of the
United States cruiser Chicago, arrested
for disorderly conduct at Venice,
Italy, have been sentenced to terms
of imprisonment ranging from three to
four months each. Those sentenced
are Robert F. Wynne, commanding the
marine guard of the Chicago; Robert
E. Ledbetter, assistant surgeon of the
Chicago; Liejtenant John S. Doddridge,
of the' Chicago, and a marine
named Wilfred Langley.
TWO DIE IN EXPLOSION.
Locomotive Boiler Turns Loose and
Plays Frightful Havoc.
A locomotive attached to a passenger
train on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad exploded near
Dover Mondi.y, killing the engineer
and fireman. None of the passengers
were hurt.
The engine turned a complete somersault
from the force of the explosion.
TO THROTTLE FUNSTON.
Report that F reddy Will Be Given Reprimand
By Teddy.
! According to The Atlanta Journal's
Washington correspondent, Presi!
dent Roosevelt has set the triggers of
the military stocks again and this
time Generad Fred Funston is the officer
who will be figuratively flogged.
He overstepped the limit allowed by
j the administration when re said in a
i recent Denver speech ilim Gr:ir.ror
| Hoar was sulfering from an "over-heated
consciencs."
CASH FOR GEORGIA EUILDINGS.
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; Such Provision is Made in New Public
Building Measure of house
I Committee.
According to a Washington special
the city of Atlanta gets $250,000 and
the State of Georgia gets about half
, a million dollars for public buildings
by the terms of the report of the
house committee on public buildings
and grounds, which report has been
agreed upon and will be submitted to
the house at once.
The sum fcr Atlanta is recommended
for the purpose of additional grounds
adjoining the postoffice. This land is
the half block bounded by Walton,
, Forsyth and Parley streets and the
postoffice alley. The committee did
not recommend a sum for the erection
of an addition to the postoffice on this
land, but assured Colonel Livingston
peal both from the decision of Judge j
Lumpkin and the order of Judge Can- |
dler to the supreme court, and they an- \
nounce that they intend to allow that
court to review both.
Mrs. Duncan was prepared for an
adverse decision and appeared unmoved
at the words which meant her
return to prison.
A large crowd, including many ladies,
attended the hearing Friday afternoon,
although not so large as on
the previous day. Numbers of people
were in the court room long before the
time set for the hearing, 3:30 o'clock.
The proceedings were opened by
Judge James A. Anderson, of the defense,
who submitted a brief, contain- I
inc citations oi law. He followed this ;
with a short argument, after which j
he left the court room, stating that he
would be unable to remain throughout
the session.
"The theory of the defense," he said,
"is that she his already been placed
In ieoDardy and cannot again be tried
VV licit LUC OUUUllUt, m>> ...
delegates made a hasty exit from the
hall and several received small
scratches in their rush to get out of
the way of the flying bullets.
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES SO FAR.
Dead Are Being Slowly Taken From
' Wreck of Burned Steamer.
A dispatch from Cairo, Ills., says:
Fourteen more bodies were taken from
the river near the scene of the steamer
accident late Thursday, making the
total number of twenty-five bodies so
far recovered. Five of the bodies found
were those of white persons and were
identified as Thomas Smith, cub pilot,
of Memphis; Leslie Carter, of Deansville;
Glenn Bowman, of Portsmouth,
Ohio; Fred Jones, assistant engineer,
of Newport, Ky., and J. R. Evans, of
Jeffersonville, Ind.
The searching party will prosecute
their work vigorously and a great number
of bodies will probably be recovered
in the next few days.
WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE.
Confederate Veterans Employed In
Pension Office May Retain Jobs.
Representatives Meyer and Ransdell,
of Louisiana, saw President Roosevelt
Thursday in behalf of some confederate
veterans employed in the census
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office. These men nave passea me
age limit beyond which employees will
not be retained, in the permanent census
bureau, although an exception has
been made in the case of union veterans.
The president indicated to them
that he had no discrimination to make
between the two.
COTTON SEED CRUSHERS MEET.
Sixth Annual Interstate Convention is
Held in Dallas, Texas.
The Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers'
Association convened in their sixth annual
session at Dallas, Texas. Monday.
About 150 delegates were present,
mnsf nf whom were from the Missis
sippi valley and eastern portion of the
south. The delegates represent interests
aggregating over $150,000,000.
CHINESE CONFEREES AGREE.
Exclusion Bill Now Goes to President
Roosevelt for Signature.
The conferees on the Chinese exclusion
bill reached a complete agreement
Monday on the bill. It strikes
out that portion of the senate bill limiting
the extension of all existing laws
to the life of the present treaty, ana
re-enaeing them so far as not inconsistent
with treaty obligations until otherwise
provided by law and extends the
laws to our island territories so far as
applicable.
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that next year this sum would be forthcoming.
Colonel Livingston says he
will not rest until he has an appropriation
of one million for the Atlanta
pub'.lc building.
Athens gets $50,000 through the
splendid worwk of Representative
Howard, who has been untiring in his
labors for the Athens public building
bill.
Macon gets for an addition to her
present poseoffice $65,000.
Rome gets the appropriation recommended
by the supervising architect
for an addition to her present postoffice.
Brunswick gets $30,000 for an addition
to her present building.
A great deal of the credit for the
goodly share which Georgia draws in
the report of the committee belongs
to Representative BranUey, the Georgia
member of the committee. He
stood up for the Georgia bills through
thick and thin, and succeeded in carrying
absolutely every item recommended
by the supervising architect.
Mr* nthpr stata fared as well. The
total appropriation carried in the report
is about $16,000,000.
LABOR DELEGATES USE GUNS.
Shooting Scrape In Convention of Alabama
State Federation at Selma.
Thursday afternoon's session of the
Alabama State Federation of Labor,
holding forth at Selma, was interrupted
just as the meeting was about to
close by a shooting scrape between two
of the degates.
Edward Flynn, of the United Mine
Workers, had the floor and was discussing
the amending of one section of
the constitution of the state federation
when Hon. J. H. Leath interrupted,
claiming that Flynn was abusing him
and his career when he was a member
of the lower house at the last session
of the Alabama legislature.
The chairman ruled Leath out of order
and Flynn continued his speech.
When he finished he addressed a dirty
oath, to Leath and pulled his pistol and
began shooting. Flynn had fired two
shots before Leath pulled his gun and
began shooting. Both men continued
to shoot until Flynn's pistol was empty,
when he dropped it and ran, with
Leath shooting at him. Both men were
poor marksmen and neither one was
as much as scratched.
TTTX. " V* I n or ViOOQn fill tVlA
DISCUSS EDUCATION
i
Tbe Soalhern Association Holds
Conference in Athens, Ga.
i
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT OQDEN .
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Hundreds in Attendance on the Meet* 1
Ing?Objects of the Conference
Briefly Outlined by
W. H. Baldwin, Jr.
The Southern Educational conrerence
began its sessions at Athens,
Ga., Thursday afternoon.
In the chapel of the Unuiversity of
Georgia a hearty welcome was given
to Robert C. Ogden and his party of ,
philanthropists by a notable assemblage.
The purposes of the congress, as
outlined by W. H. Baldwin, Jr., are ;
as follows:
First. To promote education in the ;
whole country, irrespective of race, i
sex or creed. 1
Second. To develop public schools, ,
especially rural schools.
Third. To encourage self-help, the .
urging of local taxation for schools. (
Fourth. The training of school
teachers, especially in the industrial
departments. ,
Fifth To co-operate with schools ,
already established and to aid in their 3
maintenance and improvement.
Sixth. To co-operate with other in
stitutions of learning.
Seventh. To collect educational sta- (
tistics. ]
Eighth.?To furnish information re- ,
garding education and to be the clear- ing
house of educational statistics. j
Ninth. To furnish the press with
information looking to the advance-^ .
ment of education interests. ,
Tenth Tn nromote everv form of
deserving educational work.
President Ogden's Address.
In his address Thursday night before
the conference, President Robert
C. Ogden, of New York, said in part:
"This conference exists for a holy
cause?holy in the highest sense. Its
creed reflects the divine love, broad
and beneficent as the universal sunshine,
and expressed in the single simple
dogma, that every child in this
broad land possesses the natural right
to a good English education. The personnel
is cosmopolitan in a marked
degree. Here are governors of states,.
officers of great corporations, educators
of every degree, clergymen of
many communions, editors, authors,
bankers, merchants, lawyers, who, for
the time being, have set aside their
several cares for the larger interests ,
of our common country, and the
crowning grace, influence and power ,
of this assembly appears in the presence
of so many good women.
"In morals and national things the
new century is an event to the world
at large. There is a sudden manifestation
of accumulated power. Masses
of capital rush together with magnetic
impulse and in startling magnitude.
Community of Interest pools in concrate
form values that had not been ,
comprehended in detail. This material
life is national.
"Simultaneously with this realization
of things, an intellectual awakening
appears. Generous facilities for research
are placed at the command of
science. The increase of endowment
to great institutions of learning is the
recognition of the debt that wealth
owes to scholarship."
The president then outlined the organization
and work of the southern '
education board, and the board of
general education fund, formed since
the last conference.
As to the problem of education in
the south, he said, in concluding:
"Out of the case comee the silent
appeal of millions of children of
school age. With this appeal comes
hck nf nnr cnnntrv with a stern de
mand that from this child material
good citizens for the future shall be
furnished. It is our duty to so echo
and re-echo these appeals that the ignorant
shall rise up and by the mere
force of human right demand adequate
education, that the people should tax
themselves for education, that school
authorities should promote the best
ideas of education and that philanthropy
should supply the lacking margin
beyond the capacity of the public 1
purse and private local liberality. Let
no doubtful expression or uncertain
sound go forth. Education for all the
people; good, well equipped school
houses with competent teachers and
an eight months' term in every school
district. Let this and nothing less
be the aim of this conference."
Colonel N. T. Thompson, at Shef- ,
field, Ala., has confirmed the reported j
purchase of car, light and gas proper- j
ties in Jackson, Tenn., for Pennsylva- j
oia capitalists.
VIRGINIA BRIGADE SPONSOR.
Daughter of General A. P. Hill Given
Honor by General Gordon.
Miss Lucy Lee Hill, daughter of
General A. P. Hill, received a telegram
it Chicago Thursday, from Sterling
Price Camp of Confederate veterans, ]
telling her that General John B. Gordon
had appointed her sponsor for j
the Virginia bridade of the Confeder- ]
ate reunion to be held at Dallas, April
22. t
TOWN TOTALLY ANNIHILATED.
Small Village of Herkiner, Kansas, De. (
stroyed by Disastrous Fire.
The town of Herkimer, Kan., has
been totally wiped out by a firo which ]
started at midnight Saturday night
Herkimer is a town of about 500 inhab- 1
itants, 120 miles from St. Joseph. Mo.
According to reports every business (
and residence structure in the town 1
have been entirely destroyed. All j
telegraphic and telephonic communica- *
tion was completely cut off. s
1JU5 LUUfci LIKE A Utrui.
President Spencer Said to Favor
Plans For Muchly Discussed Union
Station at Avlanta.
?
The Atlanta Journal of Monday even,,
[ng contained the following:
It is understood from authoritative
sources that the Southern Railway;
Company will accept the depot proposition
from the state of Georgia, and
that it will agree to the erection of ft
union station according to the plans
prepared by Bradford L. Gilbert for J
the building of a new station on the ;
present site. ."J||
While the Southern railway people <
have made no official announcement of
their decision, and while they will ^ ^
probably not do so until a mieetlng of
the railroad men and the depot commission,
it is understood that President
Samuel Spencer approves of the ^
plans drawn by Architect Gilbert .
Mr. Gilbert showed the plans to' v^|
President Spencer one day last week,
and according to a letter received from
Mr. Gilbert by Gov. Candler Monday ;\?g3
morning, President Spencer expressed
great surprise that the situation had rJm
been solved, and intimated rather
strongly that he favored the plans. He
would not express an opinion, however, .'^8
and will not do so until a meeting is
called by Governor Candler.
The plans which Mr. Gilbert had \; <J|
with him here two weeks ago were .. '^s|
unfinished, and he will "not complete
them until he has received suggestions y/Jg
fro mall the railroad men concerned.
President J. W. Thomas, of the Nash* |3|
viile, Chattanooga and St. Louis rall-^
road and General Manager T. K. Scott,
of the Georgia Railroad Company, ^
have both seen the plans and approved M
them. This fact has been made known
to Mr. Spencer, and it is an assured : j
fact that when the Southern accepts
the Central of Georgia will dc the
same thing, these two roads being the
only ones to object to the proposition
as it originally stood. The Atlanta and {?
West Point will agree if the others do,
and the Seaboard Air Line officials an- . . ^
nounced months ago that they would
abide by any decision reached by the /sjg
Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis f' Jj3
This means that a new depot will be v>' J?
built in Atlanta on the present site. A
meeting of the depot commission will
be called in a few days and at that -1
time th<* plans will be exhibited. a,
however, tho railroad men. find H impossible
to attend such a meeting, Architect
Gilbert will visit each official
personally and show the'plans and receive
their suggestions.
It is believed now that the whole
matter will be cleared up within a ~:'M
month's time, and that work will begin
on the new station by July or An- ,3]
gust. Although the appropriation for J||
the new station is not available until .. .
July 1, 1903, it is the general opinion
that contractors would accept the con- v|a|
tract to erect the station with the appropriation
payable when available.
The depot question has been hang- , j||l
ing in the balance for several years, %
and it will be a source of delight to .
people all over the state to know that ||
it will be brought to an end by the
erection of a magnificent new station.,--?
on the prof$Ety of the staUr-whTch"station
will be the property of the stato
and from which the state will collect *
big rental annually.
SOL SMITH RUSSELL DEAD. :
Noted Actor Called From Life's Stag# ^
by the Grim Reaper.
Sol Smith Russell, the actor, died in
Washington City Monday noon at 2:30
Mr. Russell had been in ill health
for several years and was critically ill
for several days prior to his death.
There was no better known actor la ..JH
the south than Sol Smith Russell, and
he reached the point where the simple .
announcement that he was to appear
at a theatre was sufficient to fill it, by
hard work and natural ability.
For years he was one of the greatest
favorites that ever visited south and
has been seen in "Poor Relation,"* ,. >
"Peaceful Valley," "Bachelor's Romance,"
"The Heir at Law," and other
comedies.
A WEEK FOR GERMAN8.
Charleston Exposition Officials Alt
range Date For May 21 to 28.
The directors of the South Carolln*
Interstate and West Indian exposition j J
at Charleston, S. C., have set apart
the week beginning May 21 and closing
May 28 as '.'German week" at the exposition.
All German societies in the
United States are most cordially invited
to participate in the festivities of 3
this week, which will consist of turning
contests, shooting contests and
singing contests, for each of which
valuable prizes will be offered.
FIFTY HURT IN WRECK.
In England Train Plunges From a
Bridge and Plays Havoc.
Advices from London state that fifty
persons were injured Friday morning
in an accident in the Great Eastern
railway, near the Downs station. A 'ik
train from Waltham was crossing a
bridge. An axle of the car nearest the
locomotive broke, causing a frightful ??
wreck and dealing awful havoc among
die passengers. |
MAY SETTLE AUGU8TA STRIKE. . |||
Conference Between Mill Men and Op*
eratives Arranged.
It is believed the strike of cotton / "'r'-B
nill operatives, which was inaugurated - 'ft
n Augusta, Ga., some two weeks ago,
vill be settled In a day or two.
A conference between a committee
>f the King mill strikers and the man- |
lfacturers has been arranged. An ar- j*
jitration board will be appointed and ./
ts decision will be binding on both. * -