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EDUCATIONAL
AND
INDUSTRIAL
EDITION.
ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE REYOLT IN PERU
All Persons Able to Carry Arms
Called Into the Feild.
A PROCLAMATION BY SEMINARIOS
A New York Herald Brazilian
Correspondent
SENDa news of the outbreak
The Hebei Leader Declares the < tide pen
deuce of the New State of Loreto—Ger
man and French Trailer* I* Sup
plies to the Revolutionist* —Minister ot
Foreign Affairs (iomex Dying.
New York, May 25. —A dispatch to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
The Herald’s correspondent in Manaos,
Brazil, sends word that a boat arriving
there from Iquitos. Peru, brings news
that Colonel Seminarios, leader of the
movement to make the department of
Xioreto, Peru, an independent state, has
called into the field all persons able to
carry arms
Colonel Seminarios has raised about
8,000 men to resist the troops of Presi
dent Pierola. They have only oldstyle
arms. A small steamer has been armed
for service on the Amazon river.
Seminarios has issued a proclamation
■declaring the independence of the new
State. *
It is alleged that German and French
traders along the Amazon have con
nived at furnishing supplies of muni
tions and arms to the revolutionists.
River pilots have refused to guide the
■vessels the Peruvian government may
send up the river to Iquitos, ami there
is an agreement among merchants not
to furnish provisions for these vessels.
The sympathy of the people of the Up
per Amazon is with the revolutinists.
Word comes from The Herald’s cor
respondent in Managua, Nicaragua,
that the doctors attending Minister of
Foreign Affairs Gomez say he cannot
live more than three months.
Brazil’* Defenseless Condition.
A telegram from The Herald’s cor
respondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
says the minister of naval affairs has
prepared a memorial calling the atten
tion of the'country to the big warships
ordered by Chili and Argentina and
pointing out that Brazil is defenseless
against them.
In view of the day’s celebration of the
independence of Argentina, the presi
dent has pardoned several prisoners.
Fifteen thousand members of Italian
societies have inarched in review before
the president and cabinet to express
their loyalty to the republic which had
shown so notch sympathy for Italy
when she was meeting disasters.
In order to prevent any feeling of ill
will on the part of the Spanish resi
dents the men of the Unit" I States war
vessel Castine will not march in the pro
cession. Only the officers of the Lan
caster C: .tie will take part in the
parade.
Settled the Claim.
After being in tlje hands of various
United States ministers for the last 20
years, the claim of the family of W. J.
Hale for illegal imprisonm mt. in Rosa
rio has been settled through Minister
Buchanan. This govrnment agrees to
pay a lump su;.» if m ... y.
The wheat exports to Europe up to
date are 380.000 tons against 80.000 last
season. J. J r.ces now are 10 cents a kilo
gold higher than the same time last
year. The balance of the crop is es
timated at 150,000 tons, of which
three-fourths wilt go to Brazil.
WILL HOLD A FAIR.
Tile Southern Exposition and Athletic As
sociation Chartered Other News.
Raleigh, May 25. —The Southern Ex
position and Athletic association of Wil
mington, N. C., has been chartered by
the secretary of state and will hold a
fair next autumn.
The state superintendent of public in
struction writes Dr. Curry that the clos
ing of the Peabody trust fund would be
an unspeakable calamity to the southern
States.
The summer term of the federal court
began here Monday. There are only
70 cases against moonshiners, while a
year ago there were four times as many.
The funeral-of Rev. Dr. Thomas 11.
H Pritchard, pastor of Tryon street
Baptist church, Charlotte, was held
there and was attended by the clergy of
Charlotte in a body. Among those from
other points was Rev. Dr. Charles E.
Taylor, who succeeded Dr. Pritchard as
president of Wake Forest college.
DISCUSSION CONTINUED.
Vrenbvt.rlaiin Coii"i<l«-rlug the lletatlon.o*
Young Peopl*"* Socifrlie. to the C'litirch.
Saratoga, May 25. —The docket of
the Presbyterian general assembly for
the forenoon session contained only two
items on regular order, the report on
the work of the board of missions to
freemen and the continuati in of the
discussion with regard to the relations
of young people’s societies to the
church.
The committee on bills and overtures
tenm l: d upor the request that steps be
taken to secure uniformity of worship
iti all the churches. It was recoin
mended ‘'that no action lie taken, as the
prcsi it frei-doin is more edifying than
any strictness of uniformity-could be.’’
E* fore taking up tint regular order
them d'laioi made a plea for harmony
in the sub.-i quent pri-ceediugs of the as-
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
'liie report of the standing committee
on work among the ircodmeu was pre
sented by Dr Villeroy 1). Reed of Phil
adelphia.
Tne report of the board showed re
ceipts for the year of sl-16.992, and ex
penditures of $149,763. The present
debt of the beard is $16,371. The board
has under its charge 181 ministers, 314
churches and Suinuiy.schwis, 75 day
schools with 280 teachers and 0.511 pu
pils. During the year 2.685? have been
added to the board's churches.
The freedmen httve* themselves con
tributed $68,000 to the support of the
churches and schools'. At the close of
the report the assembly was addressed
by Dr Reed and by Dr. JE. P. Cowan,
secieia.-y of the board.
A HARD DAY’S WORK.
Southern J'resby trriaiis Dispose of Many
.Matters of Importance.
Memphis, May 25.—The regular busi
ness session of the Southern Presbyte
rian general assembly was called to or
der by the moderator at 9 o’clock.
Prayer was offered by the venerable
Dr. I. N. Woifo of Virginia, the oldest
member of the assembly.
Clerk Cassell announced an overture
from the presbytery of Atlanta in re
gard to establishing depositories for as
sembly publications. Referred.
Tiie reports <-f the committee ap
pointed to examine the records of syn
ods oi Florida and Virginia were read
and adopted.
The Rev. Dr. Vance, chairman of the
committee on theological seminaries,
reported that nt f’oiutubia seminary
there were 27 students in attendance;
i hat the receipts were not equal to the
expenses, though a plan is on foot to
meet this emergency. At Louisville
there were 60 students, of whom 15 re
ceived the degree of D. D. At Union
seminary, Virginia, there were 65 stu
dents, of whom 16 w ire graduated; there
were 15,000 volumes in the library of
i be institution, and that the new build
ings were about to be begun. At the
divinity school of the Southwestern
university of Clarksville there were 33
students.
In all the seminaries the report
.showed that there were 185 students.
The committee recommended that the
assembly record its approval of the work
lone in the seminaries. Adopted.
WITH THE METHODISTS.
Flection of a Missionary Bishop to Africa.
The Day’s Proceedings.
Cleveland, May 25.—The Methodist
Episcopal conference opened with Bishop
l-’oss in the chair. Bishop Elect Mc-
Cabe lead in the morning hymn.
The first business of the conference
was to limit the speeches of delegates
:o five minutes, and the time for chair
men of commit tees to speak was litn
.ited to ten minutes. Bishop Foss had
.lifficulty in receiving parliamentary
• ourteiy, but he wielded the gavel witii
determination and maintained order.
A suspension of rules to allow the
committee on boundaries to make a
special report was grant id.
After tnnch discussion it was decided
to hold two sessions a day hereafter.
The order of business of the day, the
election of a missionary bishop to Africa,
was called for. An effort was made to
open the old fight by moving that the
vote by which it was decided to elect a
missionary bishop be reconsidered. It
was promptly tabled.
Another motion was made to post
pone the election of missionary bishop
until the committee on judiciary had
reported on some of the legal points. It
was promptly tabled. It was decided to
to elect by ballot without nomination,
and that a two-thirds majority was nec
essary to elect. The first ballot was
then taken.
The E««i Stoits For Havre.
Southampton, May 35. —The United
States training ship Essex started for
Havre, France, at 11 o’clock Monday
morning.
The Suprcin • Court Adjourn.,
Washington, May 25.—The supreme
court of the United States has ad
journed until next Oi'tqber.
——... ror ini< Bicycle.
Washington, May 25.—A new Swiss
bicycle, which is made the subject, of a
report to the state department by United
States Consul Ridgeiy, at Geneva, is
claimed to possess advantages over the
usual form, among them being greater
safety, perfect comfort, healthy posi
tion, a greater power of the machine,
greater speed, hill climbing power and
less fatigue. The rider occupies a sit
ting position, the present saddle is re
placed by a comfortable seat, and as the
rider is in a position much lower than
usual, the machine is easy to mount.
Captain W. E. Ntoney Dead.
Charleston, May 25. —Captain W.
E. Stoney, ex-comptroller general of
South Carolina, died from the effects of
a stroke of paralysis at his home in this
city. Captain Stoney was a gallant con
federate soldier, serving in the field
throughout the late war. He was elected
comptroller general in 1882 and served
in that office for six years. He subse
quenty became the auditor of the South
Carolina Railroad company. He was
still in the service of that road at the
time of his death.
iliL ” AU. —
in the summer residence of United
States Senator Joseph B. Hawley, at
Woodmont, and spread before a high
wind until it was beyond control of the
volunteer fire brigade that contended
with it Help was summoned from
Milford. Two buildings in the path of
the conflagration were torn down to
stop its further progress, but that only
served to check the flames. When the
latest word was sent from Woodmont
the entire destruction of the place
seemed
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896.
STORM DEALS DEATH
Mary Persons Lose Their Lives In
Northern lowa.
WIND WHS FOLLOWED BY RAIN
Fcur of the Baillie Family Were
Killed
AND FIVE BADLY WOUNDED
a l.Mi'gc Numbei Who Escaped the Fury
oi the ••I'wisler” Were Prowned—No
Telegiaphic Communicalloii Can lit* Had
Willi the Sturm Swept towns and Accu
rate Report* Are Hard to Obtain*
Des Moines, May 25. —Twenty-three
people are reported dead as the result, of
the cyclone which swept the northern
part of Polk county. The towns affii<:- ; ‘
ted are Bondurant, Valeria, Santiago
and Ira.
No telephonic or telegraphic commu
municatiuii can be established, except
with Bondurant, which reports four
deaths there in Ihe Bailie family, with
five in the same family seriously in
jured. Three in the Phelan family are
killed at Valeria. At Santiago the list
is three killed in the Bolenbaugh fam
ily. Between Valeria and Ira the death
list is nine. Mrs. Schall was killed at
the former place. Special trains have
been started from Des Moines with phy
sicians on board. The storm is said to
have swept along the line of the Great
Western from Bondurant to Marshall
town
It is reported here that 12 persons
were drowned at North McGregor.
Strenuous efforts are being made to ob
tain the particulars.
Electric Storm at Dubuque.
Dubuque, la.. May 25.—A terrific
electric storm, accompanied by a deluge
of rain, swept over this section at mid
night, doing immense damage to rail
road property. The rainfall was 2.8
inches, and it came as suddenly and in
such volume as if a waterspout had
burst upon the place. The Mississippi
river rose 1 3-10 feet in the past eight
hours ami is still rising rapidly.
At Durango, eight miles west, the
flood swept down the valley, struck the
station in which were Mrs. Clark, the
agent, and her four children, besides
Tom Griffin, a brakeman. Joe Griffin,
car repairer, and several others. They
were all on the .dep it platform when
the water struck it and swept it away,
it is reported that the four children
were drowned and Brakeman Griffin
missing. Joe Griffin saved himself by
grappling telegraph wires and going
with the flood until he lodged in a free
How the others were saved is not stated.
In Dubuque, th" damage Io streets
and sewers is considerable. A relief
train has been sent to Durango.
Work of t.lie Storm al E'ma.
Elma, la., May 25. A terrific
storm, cyclonic in form, occurred here.
iVlany buildings were unroofed, trees
uprooted and outhouses smashed. Tel
egraph and telephone poles and wires
wore demolished and numerous build
ing fronts were blown in. The town is
almost a lake. Hundreds of dollars’
worth of damage was done, but no one
was hurt. The people took refuge in
cellars. The storm struck here at Bp.
m and lasted an hour. At Alta Vista
a man was killed and two children
badly hurt
Cloudburst at North McGregor,
Milwaukee. Muy 25. —A cloudburst
at North McGregor, la., resulted in
great destruction to property and the
probable loss of several lives. One body
has been recovered from the debris. A
mile of track on the St. Paid road is
under water and trains between Mil
waukee and McGregor only are running,
the connection west being broken. A
small telegraph office at McGregor was
completely washed away
Twenty-Five Killed In Jasper County.
Marshalltown, [a.. May 25. —The
cyclone along the Chicago and Great
Western railroad, in Jasper county,
killed probably 25 persons. It injured
more than that, number. The property
loss is over $100,009. Several miles of
railroad tracks were practically i
stroyed
WIBORG IS HELD,
But His A'isoc'ales Are Not Guilty of Vio
lating file Neutrality
Washington, May 25. - Chief Justice
Fuller delivered the opinion of the su
preme court in the case of the United
States versus J H S Wiborg, captain
of the steamer Ilorsa, and others The
case is the one which was recently ad
vanced by the court at the instance of
the attorney general for the purpose of
securing a decision of thecourt as to w
construction of our neutrality laws am.
their effect in preventing filibustering
expeditions against, friendly powers-
Wiborg was the captain of the Horsa,
and. with his associates, is accused of
attempting to land arms surreptitiously
hi Cuba They were found guilty under
the neutrality laws in the United States
court at Philadelphia.
Monday’s opinion held that the decis
ion of the Pennsylvania court was cor
rect on the point that the expedition
was a violation of the neutrality laws.
I’he judgment of thiscom t was affirmed
as t" Wiberg, but reversed as to M.to..
dOnanscn ana t'oterson - on the ground
that they were ignorant of the purpose
of the expedition.
Justice Harlan concurred in the re
versal of the judgment as to Peterson
and Johansen, but dissented from the
judgment affirming the sentence against
Wiborg.
POLITICS IN ALASKA.
Republicans Hol,l a Coi .euflnn M du.iean
and a Tragedy Results.
Chicago, May 25. A special tit The
Record from Juneau, Alaska, May 16.
via Port Townsend, Wash., Muy 25,
says: Politics, heretofore an unknown
quantity in Alaska, lias broken out with
suddenness and vigor and with tragic
results, incident to the selection of del
egates to tne Republican national con
vention.
At the territorial convention, which
met here Thursday, there were two
tickets in the field. The tight had been
very bitter, and when tiie faction leu by
C S. Blackett realized they were in th
minority, they bolted the organization
by attempting to forcibly eject tile regu
lar chairman and to place ex- Judge Join.
S. Bugbee in his stead. The motion a.-
put was to throw the regular chuu-man,
John G. Heids, out without warning
An attempt was made to carry it into
effect. Chairman Heids’ friends sur
rounded him, 20 or 30 hands reached for
weapons and a general fight appeared,
imminent.
The bolters, failing to dislodge the
regular chairman, placed Judge Bugbee
at another desk and were proceeding to
hold a convention of their own and
more in conformity with their views.
During the turmoil Judge Bugbee, who
was a man iu feeble health, and who, in
the excitement, had been subjected to
very rough usage, was prostrated by a
stroke of apoplexy. The regular organ
ization proceeded with the business in
hand and elected delegates to St. Louis.
Thomas S. Newell, a well known
mining man of Juneau; C S. Johnson,
also of Juneau and United States attor
ney for Alaska under the Harrison ad
ministration, T. R. Needham and W.
A. Kelley of Wrangel, superintendent
of public schools for Alaska, were
elected delegates to St. Louis.
The bolters, who had substituted an
other chairman in place of the stricken
Judge Bugbee, also elected a full quota
of delegates who assert they will go to
St. Louis and demand seats in the con
vention.
Judge Bugbee was dead when he was
removed from the federal courthouse,
we.ere the convention was held. He
was the most widely known man who
has ever resided in Alaska. He was
at one time editor of The Overland
Monthly, was city and county attorney
at San Francisco and for three years
was district judge for Alaska.
A BITTER FIGHT AHEAD.
l*r<di tbi tionists, Like l>rn»->cra«s and Re
publicans, Divided on lite Money Question
Pittsburg, May 25. —There is a pros
pect for a bitter fight over tiie money
plank of the platform to be adopted by
the national Prohibition convention,
which meets here Wednesday. Samuel
Dickie, chairman of the national central
committee, who has attended every na
tional convention since the Prohibition
party started, said that he had nevei
before seen the lines so sharply
drawn upon any question in the
party. To adopt a free silver
plank, he believes, will cost the parly
100,000 votes at the election. On the
other hand ex-Governor John P. St.
John of Kansas believes that the adop
tion of a free silver plank together with
planks for government ownership of
railways and telegraph lines, and anti
monopoly, will add 100,000 votes to the
party's strength, if not secure the elec
tion of a third party president.
"If McKinley is nominated at St.
L. u‘.s, ami if the Democrats adopt a
gold standard plank at Chicago, then
the Prohibition candidate for president
will stand a good chance for election, if
we adopt a free silver plank,” he said.
As yet the number of delegates who
have arrived is so limited that it cannot
be told with any degree of accuracy w ho
will win, but those who are here have
radical opinions for one side or the
other. They are out for a fight.
OLNEY WAS SNUBBED.
A Ltimloii l*a|>i-l- Thinks Our -lu-rct.', ry us
stale Ila* Been t'angii: a 1., s.ou.
Loxdon, Muy 25. - Commenting on
the published correspomleiiee lotween
Baron Marschall von Bieber- tein, the
German ambassador to tiie Umieu
States regarding the case of Mr. Louis
Stern of New ¥• rk. i ne Courier says:
“Secretary Olney lias made himself
so notorious throughout the world by
the vigor, not to say the rudenriss of his
style in diplomatic siori-es node nee, that
Baron Miai' -hall von Biohe-.steiii seems
to have thought it time to give him a
severe snubbing.”
The Globo says on the same subject:
"The stern incident is a most useful
and instructive lesson, which will do the
Americans a great deal of good, if only
Indians Kill Women and Children.
San Bernardino, Mex , May 25
Word has been brought here of an at
tack made by a band of renegade Indi
ans upon the Lojos ranch, near he'-e.
The Indians killed 18 persons, several
of them being women and children. As
soon as the news of the outrage reached
here a volunteer company of 60 men
was formed and stat ted in pursuit, of
the Indians.
a uooa i.aw.
In three states, New York, Ohio and
Rhode Island, the bicycle is now legally
a part of railway baggage. The law
means more cycling and more railroad
ing. and ought to be good for both in
tercets —St Louis Globe-Democrat.
AVERYSALTYSERMON
Dr. Acton Predicts a Revolution in
This Country.
SAYS THE PEOPLE ABE DESPERATE
His Discourse Created a 1 ro
found Sensation
PAINTED .IN THE DARKEST COLORS
rne ra*cor or a <1 ;»it Church at Se
attle, While Preaching the Buccal aureate
Sermon In the University of Washington.
Startles His Hearers--The Sermou Con
demned by the Citizens of Seattle.
Seattle, Wash., May 25.—Dr. J. H.
Acton, pastor of the Unitarian church,
in preaching the baccalaureate sermon
in the University of Washington Sun
day, developed a sensation by picturing
the present condition of the world in
the darkest possible colors and prophecy
ing a speedy revolution m the United
States, which, he said, would be accom
plished "at the cannon’s mouth if need
be,” and which, he predicted, would
overturn the existing order of things
and radically modify national govern
ment. He said:
“The last appeal of an outraged nation
is revolution. For America now there
is no other redress. It must come. We
do not want new hands at the helm but
a new ship. Revolution is at hand, but
it need not be national ruin. Founda
tions long considered divine will be
torn up. Constitutions long considered
sacred will be changed.
"There is great loss, ruin and a great
upheaval nety at hand. Do you ask me
how these great radical reforms are to
be inaugurated? 1 will tell you. By the
power of intelligent decision. By the
explosion of expanding indignation, by
the final climax of a fruitless patience
which has at last culminated in the re
sistless fury of the tempest.”
The sermon has provoked severe criti
cism, as it is known that no such senti
ments are cherished in the university.
SPECIAL TRADE SCHOOLS.
Ru»slau Merck 011 *tn Be Eiluo-iteil Sea"
to Compete With Foreigner*.
Washington, May 35. —In looking
over the field of commerce, the Russians
have noted the fact that there is not one
Russian exporting house in any of the
ports of the Black and Azov seas —the
whole business of exporting in the south
ern part of the czai’s dominions being
in foreign hands.
The reason assigned for this state of
affairs is that the Russians are not prop
erly fitted with commercial education;
therefore, according to United States
Consul General Karel, at St. Peters
burg. a general movement has liegun
looking to t le establishment of special
trade schools which will educate the
Russian merchant to a point where he
may hold his own against the specially
trained agents of foreign firms.
In these schools, which are variously
supported by municipalities, merchants,
societies and private companies, young
men of business iiisrincis are given a
special education in languages, political
economy, commercial aiit'imetic and
other branches of learning nor particu
larly treated in colleges, but highly
essential to the success of those who
venture to engage in the world’s com
merce.
In this, the Russians are following
the German system, which has as yet
no counterpart in the United States,
and which has developed a class of en
terprising and thoroughly equipped
young business men, wito u'-e rapidly
extending German trade into every
quarter of the globe.
INTERVIEWED CLEVELAND.
Kov. Diaz Advised t'le President to Send a
Warship to Hiivm'hi.
Tampi, Fla., -May 25 Rev. A. J.
Diaz, lately imprisoned in Havana, ar
rived here finmt Washington, where, on
Wednesday, he appeared before the
committee on foreign affairs, and in re
sponse to a serie* of questions, gave
tiiem an accurate outline of affairs iu
Cuba.
He had also a private interview with
the president and Hoke Smith. He ad
vised that a warship proceed to Havana
harbor to protect Genera! Fitzhugh Lee
after his arrival. Ho fears mob vio
lence, and thinks the.. presence of our
warships would curb it.
Rev. Mr. Diaz spent the Sabbath with
his . brother, lately his companion in
prison, and proceeded to Atlanta m
Monday. B >th intend ipstitiiting heavy
claims again-t the Spanish government.
A lloubie mi Ung > h Lillian*.
Albion, Ind., May 25.—Edward War
ner instantly killed his brother-in-law.
Carles Badger, and mortally wounded
Frank Badger, Sunday. The Badgers
were working in the field when Warner
slipped up behind them and fired.
Charles Badger fell dead instantly.
Warner then ran for the woods but was
soon captured. He is insane, it is
thought, ami when asked the motive of
the crime he refused to talk. Warner
has claimed that the Badgers tried to
alienate Ins wife’s affections. The sheriff
had ham word to place Warner in jail,
as a mob quickly gathered with threats
to Ivnch the prisoner.
•Judge Lultoii Dies of Paralysis.
M acon. May 22 —Ju Igo W. A
Lofton, at one time a’torifw g moral o’
Georgia, died here of paralysis.
PAGES 33>» 36
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ANOTHER EXPEDITION.
The Steamer Three Friends Leaves JaclK
sonville For thu Island ol Cuba.
J ■CKS'JNVII.LEj Fla., May 25. —The
steamer Three Friends. Captain Napo
leon Broward, left port ami is now be
lieved to be on For w;“- (p Cuba with ty
, eargo of muuiiijiis pf war She Wai
| followed to the bar by the rcVcrne cut
ter George S. Boutwell. Tiie cuttet did
not go outside the mouth of the river,
but dropped anchor, in the stream iti
such a position that the Three Friends
eould be easily seen for several minutes.
The tug Kate Spencer was lying it
the dix'k at Mayport, and it was re
ported that, she had on board a large
number of men who were to be trans
ferred to the Three Friends. The tug
Lillian, belonging to the Merrill Stev
ens Engineering company, was lying
alongside the Spencer, and it was said
that she also was in the employ of the
Cubans.
The Kate Spencer’s connection with
the Three Friends expedition was not
suspected and nothing was done iu tha
way of watching her. It is said that
she ran down to the mouth of the Pan
ama river and there took on board 200
men who had come from Tampa ou
special train. The train did not cornu
into Jacksonville, but ran around by
way of Baldwin, Callahan and Yulee to
Panama park or Broward’s park. The
men left the train and were carried
down to th- mouth of the Panama river
on small steamers and put on board the
Spencer. The Spencer arrived at the
bar before daylight, but what she did
with the men is a mystery, unless she
put them on the Laurada, which was
outside the bar at sundown Friday.
It is said that the arms on board the
Three Friends are to be transferred to
the Laurada, and that that vessel is to
at once return to Cuba, while the Three
Friends goes to Key West.
Collector Bisbe said that he had
placed Deputy United States Marshal
Peter Kroger on board the Boutwell to
take such action as the laxv warranted
in case the Three Friends was seized.
He says she will not be seized unless sha
carries men and arms—that is to say, a
military expedition.
WAS THE FINING ILLEGAL?
Jnliu" Brown Asks That Governor Atkin
son*s Action Be Set Aside,
Atlanta, May 25.—Julius L. Brown,
receiver of the Georgia Mining, Manu
facturing and Investment company, ha«
filed a petition in the superior court ask
ing that the action of the governor in
imposing fines upon penitentiary campi
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 be set aside.
The petition, which is lengthy and
elaborate, states that the fining of the
lessees was not in accordance with the
law and .in so doing the governor ex
ceeded his authority and jurisdiction.
Receiver Brown alleges that the law
has been complied with, and that the
uouvicts were well fed anil cared for,
attaching an itemized statement of the
supplies and clothing allotted to each
camp.
It is charged that the acts of the
whipping bosses were the acts of the
state and the companies are not respotv
sible, as the whipping bosses were ap
pointed by the governor and not by the
lessees. He insists that the penitentiary
companies are in no way liable for any
acts of the whipping bosses and believes
the responsibility rests alone with the
state, whose agents they were.
Receiver Brown takes the position
that as the lease of convicts was entered
into between the state and these com
panies, the governor had to im
pose a fine aiid could do nothing more
than cancel the lease and take back the
convicts. He believes the governor
should declare the lease forfeited, and
should take into the possession and con
trol of the state all convicts now held
by the penitentiary companies.
It is also stated in, the petition that
the companies controlling the convicts
have lost money under the lease, as the
men were well fed, guarded and cared
for at an e"ormous expense. Receiver
Brown say if the courts should decide
that he must pay tiie'amount of the
fines, whic’ for the three companies is
$1,750, he has not the funds with which
to pay tiie mount, as there is nothing
in the treasury of the company for this
payment.
STORM STRIKES CHICAGO.
Basements Floo<l«‘<l and Much Damaga
Done —An Inch of Water Fell.
Chicago, May 25. —A storm of unus
ual severity struck Chicago at 2:15 a. m.
Basements in the downtown district
were flooded and considerable damage
was done. , T >
During the short space of ton minutes,
from 2:20 to 2:30 o’clock, nearly an inch
of water fell.. The storm was accom
panied bv terrific thunder and light
ning.
The sewers were unable to carry away
the water as fast as it fell and the streets
became flooded for a time. ,
The storm came at about the hour
when the newspapers were preparing
to go to press and the pressrooms of
nearly all the morning papers were
flixxled, necessitating the calling out of
assistance from the Are department.
Considerable damage has been done
throughout the city by the heavy down
pour.
Irvine. Ky., May 25.—Captain John
Wilson, the hero of Lockout mountain,
who had long been suffering from a
cancer on his face, died at his home at
Station Camp. He was the man who
first planted tin* federal flag on the sum
mit of L lokout monntai i. and tiiat act
will godown tn history is being one of
chivalry and honor. He was 74 years
old. 1