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ESTABLISHED 1887.
MR. BACON'
EXPLAINS
Why He Voted to Tax
Manufactured Goods
NOW HE REGRETS IT
Voted Without Giving the Amendm-tn
Due Deliberation.,
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MILL’S AMENDMENT TO THE TABIFF
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Senator Bate Speaks Against
ths Tariff* Bills.
B£ET SUGAR BOUJgtY SET ASIDE
-Republican Not it
For Let It CdAQ*
Regular
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, Washington, any
preliminary busiiySythe senate pro
ceeded with the ot the
’ tariff bilL Mr. Bacon made a personal
explanation ot his vote for Mr. Mills'
amendment to impose a tax of 5 pet
cent on all manufactured products. He
had, he said, given the amendment his
vote without dne deliberation.
If the imposition of such a tax could
iMuftifiued to the sugar trust and other
HFitio concerns existing in open vio
lation of the law, it would, upon medi
tation, commend itself to his judgment,
but as it wou'.-l touch every village and
- hamlet in the land and lay its hand
ugon the most humble, he frankly
avowed his regret for the vote cast on
Monday.
Mr. Bate of Tennessee then took the
floor and delivered a set speech against
the bill
The Republican senatorial caucus de
cided to not again present a beet sugar
bounty amendment to the tariff and
Senator Allison was authorized to move
to have the amendment offered by Sen
ator Allen tabled. There was also a
general agreement to take up the
1 Thurston beet sugar bounty bill as an
amendment measure the first thing after
congress meets next December.
Two balloonists Fearfully Cru-hed.
Eureka, Cat, July 6. Professor
I -George Weston, the aeronaut, and his
I assistant, H. Colton of Aberdeen, Wash.,
’ were fearfully crushed while.the former
was attempting an ascension aud para
chute jump. When the balloon was in
flated and the restraining rope cast off
it shot up 60 feet with Colton tangled
in the ropes. He was dropped to the
earth and sustained fractures and
bruises from which he will die. Wes
ton clung to the parachute and a strong
wind carried him through the tops ot
some trees and he, too, dropped to the
earth aud was crushed and mangled in
a terrible manner.
Permanent Receiver Appointed.
Atlanta, July 6.—At a hearing be
fore Judge Candler iu the superior court
here, Joel Hurt, president of the Consol
idated Street railway and of the At
lanta Home Insurance company, was
appointed permanent receiver for ths
Sewanee Canal company. This is ths
corporation which undertook to drain
the Okefenokee swamp and which was
last week placed in the hands of’ a tern
( porary receiver.
BL A N. G. Receiver.
Knoxville. July 6.—A final order in
the cases of the Central Trust company
i of New York versus the Marietta aud
North Georgia Railway company and
N. E. Mcßee was placed on record here
in the Uuited States court, whereby the
receivers are dismissed, the final pay
ment having been made on the road by
the recent purchasers, the Atlanta,
Knoxville and Northern railway.
Pick. Fra vailed Over I'l.tota.
Van Bibber, Md., July 6.—Four burg
lars. armed with bowie knives aud re
volvers, were captured by a section
gang of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road company. Tnc burglars showed
their pistols, but the railroad men made
a rush with upraised picks and a prompt
surrender followed. A lot, of stolen
property was recovered.
A Sign Os Better Times.
Sedalia, Mo., July 6.—One of the
signs of improving business along the
line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroad is shown here iu the resump
tion of full time in the extension of the
shops of the road in this From
this time on the employes will work
nine hours a day and six. days a week.
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8 PAGES, 48 COLUMNS.
SUES THE BONDSMEN
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For Rents Due From North
eastern Railway.
The State Institutes Suit For $4,000
In the Clark County
SWperiortCourt. _
Atlanta, July 6.—The state enter
ed suit in Clark county superior court
today against the bondsmen of lessees of
the Northeastern railway for the first
quarter’s rem of $4,000. ,
The bondsmen are E, H. Levermore,
W. R. Ware and M. H, Doodley, %nd
they say that they mean to fight the ccte
over every inch of the ground.
The second quarter will be due August
Ist, and suit for the $4,000 will be en
tered for this amount. It promises to be
a lively ease, as both sides will fight the
suits to the bitter end.
DEBS IS COMING.
He Will Try to Orgarfizi Georgia's Labor
Forcjif.,
Macon, July V. Debs
will be in Georgiarfjr a few weeks and
will vjsit Macon .afnong other places,
The recent convention a? Chicago
was attended'by Will Dondson of this
city who has just returned; Dondson
has alway been in the confidence of
Debs, and speaking of,the visit of the
labor leader he said that a most deter
mined effort would be'made to organ-,
ize here along the lines of Debs new
movement.
Organization will be effected
throughout the state and Debs’ vijit
means a stirring up of things politi-.
cal.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Gap Between Boston and Baltimore is
Widening.
Washington, July 6.—Today saw the
pennant slip further away from Baltimore
and the Bostons cinch her hold bit tight'
er. Boston took three straight from
Philadelphia, while Baltimore lost same
number to Cincirnati, The scores.
Brtioklyp 5, New York 7.
Philadelphia 2, Boston 6.
Cincinnati 10, Baltimore 3.
GOVERNOR IS UNWELL.
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Tried to Do Some WorK Yesterday, But Wls
Forced to Go Home.
Atlanta, July 6.—Governor Atkin
son was in his office for a short while
this morning, but he is still very weak
and was unable to do any work at all.
He went to his office with the in
tention of answering his most impor
tant mail but his strength failed him
and he was forced to return to the
executive mansion and remain quiet.
- Wont Br a Candidate.
Atlanta, July 6.—Hon. Tom
Felder who x has been frequently
mentioned either as a candidate for
congress or the speakership of the
house,Jsays he will not run for the
former nor the latter either should
Hut Jenkins be a candidate.
Fund. All Subscribed.
Atlanta, July 6.—A1l the necessary
amount for holding the state fair has
been subscribed here, and it now
looks a certainty. There will be a
meeting tomorrow, when the final
decision will be decreed.
A New Pastor.
Atlanta, July 6.—Dr.M.B. O’Kelly,
of Griffin, has accepted the pastorate
of the Capitol Avenue Baptist church
here, recently made vacant, and will
preach his first sermon Sunday.
Secretary W. M. Lewie Resign*.
Atlanta, July 6.—Mr. W. M. Lewis,
state secretary of the Young Men’s
Christian Association of Georgia and
South Carolina, has tendered his resig
nation to the state committee, to take
effect Aug 1. Mr. Lewis does not give
»uy object for his move, but it is said
he contemplates entering the ministry.
Well Known 0,1,1 Fellow Dead,
Ispianapolis, July 6. John Rey
nolds, for 30 years the publisher of The
Odd Fellows Talisman, and one of the
best known Odd Fellows iu the United
States, died at ins home in this city.
Mr Reynolds was 70 years old and had
been for several years suffering from
fatty degeneration of the heart.
I'hleliiHkiin to Be tie cm I led.
New York, July 6. - A dispatch to
The Journal aud Advertises from Ber
lin says: The official papers announce
that Baron Thielmauu, the German
ambassador at Washington, will be re
called. it is said he will be given the
post ot seoretary of the treasury.
“ALL THE NEWS.”
ROME, GA., WEDNESDAY. JULY 7, 1897.
SITUATION
STRAINED
Turks Refused to Give
Up Certain Territory
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PEACE NOT SETTLED
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Situation Between 'Greece and Turkey is
Very Strained.
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SULTAN WANTS TO RETAIN THESSALY
Powers May Have to Adopt
Harsh Measures
TO ENFORCE THE PEACE PROGRAM
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Rumors of Impendi'og Cabinet Changes In
Constantinople—Bourse "at Galati As
s cted—Turks Are Setting.
Constantinople, July 6.—Contrary
to expectations,- the decision of the coun
cil of ministers was not favorable to the
demands of the ambassadors relative to
the Graeco-Turkish frontier negotia
tions. The situation, therefore, is re
garded as being very strained, the Turk
ish reply virtually implying a rupture
of the negotiations, and that the pow
ers must make a concession or adopt
measures to enforce their decision.
It is reported that the grahd vizier
has declared to the sultan that he will
never sign an agreement based on the
strategetic lines proposed by the am
bassadors. At the same time it is
thought in some quarters that the atti
tude of the Turkish government is de
signed to enable the sultan to yield later
by sacrificing some of his ministers and
rumors of impending cabinet changes
are already circulating.
The bourse at Galata is largely af
fected by the situation. There has been
considerable fall iu Turkish consoli
dated securities. The Turks are selling
freely, some traders expressing the
opinion that Turkey will only yield to
European pressure.
The Novoe Vremya of St. Petersburg
strongly exhorts the Turkish govern
ment to abandon any further subter
fuges in the negotiations for peace be
tween Greece' and Turkey, unless the
latter country wishes the powers to
adopt harsh measures in order to en
force their peace program.
STRIKE ON AT PITTSBURG.
Coal Workers Lay Down Their ITcks—Bat
Few Mines In Operation.
Pittsburg, July 6. The strike of
coal miners is on in the Pittsburg dis
trict. but reports as to its extent are sc
conflicting and meagre that it is diffi
cult to tell how many responded to the
strike order.
The reports received say that all'the
mines on the Wheeling division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad are idle.
Among the mines shut down are those
of the Pittsburg and Chicago Gas Goal
company, whose men, it was said, would
not quit work, as thev had no individ
ual contracts. The Osceola mines are
also idle, as are also those at Shaner’s,
In the Panhandle district the Cham
pion mine is idle. The only reports re
ceived to tlie effect that men are work
ing in that district are from the Pan
handle mine of M. A. Hanna & Co. and
the Beadling Bros. All Bankstpile
miners are idle and about 60 men are at
work iu the Jnmbo mines.
The most encouraging reports forth«
strikers comes from the River mines,
and it can be stated that fully 6,009
River diggers are idle. But few mines
are in operation, and indications are
that by Thursday the mines will be shut
down, as miners are determined in theiz
demands.
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To El.et Powers’ Successor.
Birmingham, Ala., July 6. The
board of trustees of the State Normal
college at Florence, Ala., will meet in
that city on Wednesday to elect a pres
ident to succeed Dr. Powers, recently
elected president of the University of
Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
Fatal Explosion of Fir. works.
New Bedford, Mass., July6.—Henry
B. Stone, former president of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
and president of the Chicago Telephone
company, was instantly killed at Non
quitt by an explosion of fireworks
A Newsbutcher Drowned.
Montgomery. Ala., July &—Charles
Griffin, a newsbutcher on the Weetern
railroad, was drowned while swimming
in the river here. ■ He was about 18
years old and lived in Augusta, Ga.
NEW ORGANIZATION
Peoples Parly laid Down on
New Lines.
Butler Element Was Frozen Out
and Two Parties Now
Exist.
Nashville, July 6.—The plans for
the entire reorganization of the
national populist party was adopted
today, .and the entire machinery of
the party is set ip a new direction.
’The Butler faction is completely
frozen out now, and unless he should
come over to the new element led by
Tom Watson he will stand alone with
his element. It means practically
that thete are now two wings of the
party—one dominated by Watson,
Howard and that combination, and
the other, by Butler and his political
adherents.
Under the reorganization there is a
national committee composed of three
members from each state with plenary
power to advise and act for the ad
vancement and furtherance of the
party.
Donnelly, who tvas Watson’s gener
al here, and others of the new ele
ment, say z that the fusionist party
will not be in existence one year
hence.
ATTACKED BY ALLIGATORS.
Narrow Kseapa of a Baptising Party on
tli© St. John's River.
Oviedo, Fla, July 6.—The negroes at
White Mound, on the St. John's river,
are excited over an attack made on a
baptizing party by alligators, and the
narrow escape the converts had. The
minister, the Rev. James Stewartson,
has several wounds on his person to
show for it.
The party, numbering 15, seven of
whom were converts, went down to the
cove near nightfall The converts were
clothed in white and ready for the im
mersion. The old minister waded out
with them and had dipped three when
some dogs came along and got to fight
ing. Suddenly two big alligators crawled
out of the mangrove bush and plunged
into the crowd.
The minister bravely stood his ground,
keeping up a great splashing, while the
converts made for the shore,’ but their
watersoaked garments made their pro
gress slow. One of the reptiles caught
a woman by the dress and pulled her
down. She screamed and the minister
plunged to her rescue. The alligator
let go and came at him open mouthed.
The minister dodged, but the alligator
caught him by the arm, making an
ugly wound. The preacher stuck his
fingers into the creature’s eyes, compell
ing it to loosen its hold.
But again it came at him, this time
seizing his vestment and dragging him
under. His flock came to his aid, and
two of them with big pine knots began
belaboring the reptiles.
The fight was furious for a few min
utes. Finally Stewartson got loose and
started shoreward.
Both alligators then plunged through
the crowd, snapping right and left and
nipping several of the men.
At this juncture a party of hunters
fame along and they began a fusilade,
driving off the alligators, so that the
party got safely to shore. •
Stewartson had to be carried home.
Several of the others were hurt in the
fight and all were more or less bruised.
It is thought that the barking of the
dogs brought the alligators out.
A BOY’S~i HORrTbIZdEATH.
The Six-Year-Old Sou of a ’Frluco Archi
tect Fallt* From a I'al loon.
San Francisco, July 6. Bertram
Hill, the 6-year-old son of Ohauucey
Hill, an architect, was the victim of a
sensational balloon accident. In oom
pauy with Miss Olney, daughter of his
guardian, he went to Bair’s park, Oak
land. to witness a balloon ascensioh by
Charles Conian of the Acme Athletic
club.
When the balloon shot into the air
the child clung to one of the gay ropes
and was carried aloft. The aeronaut
heard the shouts of the people not to
ent loose his parachute and obeyed,
knowing the reason. Wnen 1,000 oz
more feet in the air, he heard the boy’s
cries and saw a cap come fluttering
down.
He called ont to his unseen companion
to hold on and made every effort to
save him, but in vain, for soon the
child’s bodj shot by him aud was
crushed out of shape when it streak the
earth. i
BROWN WAS NOT HANGED.
The Story of Lynching Given Oat to Allay i
Public Kxcitvineut.
St. Lours, July 6.—Has Brown, the
negro, who it was announced was
lynched near Villa Ridge Saturday'
night, is alive. After capturing him,
men took him into the woods supposedly
to lynch him. Instead they turned him
over to deputy sheriffs, and returning
to town, gave out the lynching story.
This allayed excitement and prevented
the formation of a mob.
In the meantime the negro was kept,
hidden. At midnight he was taken,
quietly to Union, the county seat, and
placed iu jail to uwait trial. 1
SIX DOLLARS A‘YEAR,
GATHERING
IS GREAT
Christian Endeavors at
San Francisco.
ALL IS IN REDAINESS
Baggage Rooms and Ferry Depots Are
Crowded to Overflowing. i"~i
ABOUT 18.000 DELEGATEE PRESENT
Sixteenth Annual Meeting)Wil
Eclipse All. S 3
LIEUT. GOV- JETER WILL: WELCOME
The Endeavorers When They Gather In the
Big Concert Hall—Young Ladle* From
Japan and China.
San Francisco, July 6.—A1l is now
in readiness for the great Christian En-,
deavor convention. About 18,000 dele
gates are on hand. The baggage room
of the ferry depot is crowded with
trunks and valises.
At night the great chorus, the con
cert chorus and the boquei chorus gave
their concert in the Mechanics’ pavil
lion. These are the singers who are to
furnish music at all the Endeavor meet
ings arid they will be divided for future
meetings, Alternating the places of their
appearance and singing simultaneously
at different meetings.
• The transformation wrought in the
pavilion will be a surprise to the thou
sands who are ’ familiar with its ordi
nary appearance. The seating arrange
ments have been entirely changed and
tbe root' has been given a tentlike ap
pearance by white canvas covering,
which hides completely from view the
unsightly pillars, which prevent the
dissipation of sound among the sharp
ribs of the building. Surrounding the
pavilion are booths of the different En
deavor unions. The 1897 committee is
now agitating the question of including
the shipping in the harbor to display
flags and bunting during the conven
tion. There is a probability that Lieu
tenant Governor Jeter will be on hand
to welcome the Endeavorers when they
gather in the big concert hall
Secretary Baer says the visitors will
be more than pleased with these pre
parations for their comfort. The six
teenth annual convention, he does not
hesitate to declare, would eclipse all
past conventions of the Christian En
deavor and would be a lasting monu
ment to the generosity of the people on
this far western shore.
Among the endeavorers who have
come across the sea to attend the con
vention is Miss E. J. Newton of Foo
Chow, the representative of the En
deavor societies iu China. With her is
Miss Carme Hostetter, who has come
all the way frrnii Tokio to be in attend
ance at tbe convention. Miss Newton
has brought with her a silken banner to
be presented to the Christian Endeavor
society that donated the largest sum of
money to the foreign missions.
It is the gift of the Foo Chow Chris
tian Endeavor union, whose greetings
to the society were' forwarded to Gen
eral Secretary Baer by the secretary,
Ling'Muk, before they decided to send
a delegation.
A German Colony Athens.
Athens, Ala., July ‘6.—A party of
200 German immigrants from Illinois
and lowa have just arrived in Lime
stone county and have established the
new town of Bismarck, which was es
pecially designed and laid off for them.
Captain R. B. Mason of Athens and M.
Meisner, who was one of the founders
of the prosperous German city of Cull
man, Ala, concocted the plan, laid off
the town and organized the new colony.
The immigrants will engage in fruit
farming.
Oates Pa-»H©4 Through Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. 0., July 6.—Ex-Gov
ernor Oates of Alabama, accompanied
by his family, passed through Charlotte
enroute to Saratoga, where he will
spend the summer. To a reporter Gov
ernor Oates said the Bryan -Democracy
of Alabama is stronger today than ever
before. The silver sentiment, he claims,
ie growing daily, and that his people
will never be satisfied until silver is
again given all the rights of its com
petitor, gold.
». Ihe Him’ Reqiett,
S'P- Paul, July s.—Cole and Jim
Y-unger have formally announced that
they would ask tlie state for pardon.
Co.e Y unger has written a story of his
life, and atiuouuoesi his wish to go to
Missouri, thence to Texas.
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BRYAN ATJANQUET
Free Silver Republicans at Los
Angeles Eutertain Him.
He Taffies the Republicans—Wants
to See Them In the Front of
the Silver Fighters.
Los Angeles. July 6.—A banquet
was given here in honor of W. J.
Bryan by the silver Republican club.
In his address Mr. Bryan said he used
to think all good was contained in the
Democratic party and all the bad in the
Republican party, but lately he had
seen so many good Republicans he had
changed his opinion. He wanted to
give. the silver Republicans the front
rank in the battle now being Waged.
‘•I am to be permitted tonight,” he
said, "to be able to speak to the middle
classes, not the poor and not the op
pulent.
"Grover Cleveland is more interested
in bimetallism than any other individ
ual in the United States today. The
single' standard means that the few
alone who hold gold can make serfs out
of the people of the country. Influence,
alien, reached out from Lombard street,
London, to the New York banker, from
the New York bankers to the bankers of
all the United States and from tae
banker to the business man and thence
to all others. So we find that every
body is influenced. You are surprised,
my hearers, that we failed to reach all
the people? Disappointments that have
come from the holding out of false
hopes will make it impoAlble to repeat
the judgment of the last election. In a
test of endurance the west and south
will outlast the east.”
A dispatch from San Francisco an
nounces that elaborate preparations
have been made for Bryan’s reception
there. He will make at least two
speeches.
MORE WAR TALK IN SPAIN.
Ex-Minister Armijo Tells What He Would
Do If Called to Ppwer.
New York, July 6.—A dispatch to
The Journal and Advertiser from Ma
drid says: The’ Marquis Vega Armijo,
ex-president of congress and ex-minister
of foreign affairs, speaking at a public
meeting in Saratoga, said:
"If called to power our program
would consist of the. necessity of stop
ping the humiliating policy which al-,
lows yankees to trample upon Soanisli
rights and even revise rhe pr*eei'ungs
of Spanish judges. We should ipsirnct
our navy to search within Spanish wa
ters filibustering vessels whic i sail un
der the American flag and bring help to
the insurgents.
"Our attitude towards the United
States would be one of energy. lam
sure that energy would not bring a rup
ture, but if war comes the yankees
would find more places to.fight than in
the fields of Cuba.”
POPULISTS AT NASHVILLE,
The National Conference In Session—Part J
May Be Reorganized.
Nashville, July 6.—The national
conference of the People's party as
sembled in the hall of the house of rep
resentatives at 9:30 a. m. It was ex
pected that the committee on resolu
tions would present their report soon
after the conference had been called to
order, but the chairman announced that
the report would not likely be ready
before noon. Several resolutions were
introduced aud referred to the commit
tee, and the conference took a recess tor
a short time.
At the expiration of the recess the
conference was again called to ordet
and the announcement made that the
committee on resolutions woqld report
early in the afternoon. The conserva
tive element controls the committee and
has agreed upon a report that palliates
the past and expresses hope for the
future.
This is not satisfactory to the Texas
and Georgia people, nor to a large ma
jority of the delegates from the othei
states, and a substitute will be offered.
This substitute will provide for a com
mittee to call a national Convention to
name a national committee and the
party may be reorganized.
Three'Men Ktil.aln e’Wrecx.
Woodsville, ’N. H., July 6. —A
freight train on the White mountain
division of the Boston and Maine rail
road was wrecked by a washout at a
point 4 miles south of this station.
Three men were killed and the engine
and three cars were badly wrecked.
The killed are: Patrick Lennon, engi
neer, Whitefield, N. H.; Bert Pebbles,
fireman, Woodsville, N. H.; O. K
Lange, brakejnau, Berlin. N. H. •
Volcano In State of Eruption. \
Seattle, Wash., July 6.—The Alaska 1
papers of June 26 state that the volcano
on Douglass island, opposite Juneau, is !
in a state of eruption. The entire town
of Juneau is watching with interest the ’
immense clouds emitted from the cra
ter. The volcano has no name but it is »
one of the highest peaks on Douglass
and situated a little north of tho Tread- .
well mines. .
Wife Murderer Electrocuted. |
Sing Sing, July 6—John Henry Bar
ker, a negro, was electrocuted here for '
wife' murder. The crime was com- .
rmtted on Aug. 80, 1895, just outside of I
White Plains. Barker was jealous of i
his wife, and after being separated from *
her for some time, returned on the date
mentioned and shot her to death, after
wards hacking her body with a spadeu