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A CRUSH OF CASES IN COURT.
FLORIDA’S LAWMAKERS REFUSE
TO GRANT RELIEF.
The Bill Providing Tor a Comminsion
of Three Memlfer* Indefinitely
Postponed— Senator Broome's Val
ned Polley Insnranee Bill Defeated
in the Senate—-A Number of New
Bills Introduced in Both the Sen
ate and House.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 17.—Almost the
entire morning- session in the House was
Occupied In the discussion of a bill for the
relief of the supreme court by the ap
pointment of a commission of three and
the debate was characterized by the same
arguments heard here on a similar oc
casion two years ago. The court is over
400 cases behind on Its docket, and with
out assistance of some sort is likely to re
main so Indefinitely. The measure natu
rally had the support of all the lawyers
on the floor, while the farming element
was firm in Its opposition to a bill which
would add SIB,OOO to the expenses of the
state. Messrs. Clarke and Sullivan made
the strongest speeches in favor of the
measure, the former pointing out the
•vile of the present system, and the im
possibility of removing them by any other
means.
The opposition was led by Mr. Gilchrist
of De Soto, who, in earnest language, op
posed the expense.
Dr. Gaskins also opposed the bill in a
strong speech, and declared that the real
source of the trouble was the disposition
of lawyers to pile up unnecessary testi
mony in the court. He believed the evil
could best be obviated by placing before
the justices only such evidence as bore
directly upon the case.
Mr. Gilchrist moved Indefinite postpone
ment of the bill, which, after some parlia
mentary sparring, was agreed to.
Among the new bills introduced were the
following:
’ One to regulate the duties of county
surveyors.
• One to. provide for the relief of school
teachers and require county treasurers
to make monthly reports to the superin
tendenta of education and authorizing the
borrowing of money to pay such teachers.
One relating to limitation of bank depos
its and one to protect negro teachers and
prohi biting white and negro children be
ing taught in the same schools.
The committee on education made an
adverse report on the bill providing for
free text books.
The bill amending the law relative to
the qualifications of jurors and their se
lection, and that for supplying deficiencies
in juries was passed and the House ad
journed for the day.
The morning session in the Senate was
devoted to discussion of the special ordtr
Os the day, Senator Broome’s bill relat
ing to fire insurance policies, prescribing
§ules of evidence and the measure of
unage in case of loss.
The debate on this measure, better
lsnown as the valued policy bill, drew a
large crowd and insurance agents were
much in evidence. Mr. Broome made a
long argument in support of the bill and
was followed by Messrs. Williamson,
Doughtery and Weeks. Then general
tenor of the speeches was that those who
paid premiums for insurance in a. certain
gum should receive that sum In the event
of loss and that those who did not re
ceive the full face value of their policy
had paid for more than they got.
Mesarz. Hartridge, Adams. Darby and
others apoke against the bill, taking in
substance the ground that such measures
Would put a premium upon dishonesty
and raise the cost of insurance
Mr. Adams moved to amend the bill by
■hMtsUgMSfenut ni! thn enacting clause, I
’ wnlcn provided Fobu mun but
the bill was doomed and the amendment
was finally adopted.
A numbet of senators received tcle
frarns from home urging them to oppore
ha bill.
Among the bills introduced during the
morning session were the following:
A memorial for the improvement of
Ambrose Sound, which was put on third
reading.
One compelling debts for labor to be paid
in bankable currency.
One regarding notice of the sale of prop
erty levied on.
One to regulate party primaries.
One granting lands to the Fernandina
and western railroad.
The Senate reconvened at 4 o’clock and
took up bills on second reading.
A report issued by the comptroller shows
the number of national banks in the state
to be seventeen, with a capital stock of
*1,300,000, and an assessed valuation of
J 540,402; and twenty state banks with a cap
tal stock of $027,860, and an assessed val
uation of $288,715.
‘The Fletcher-Hartridge contest was be
fore the committee to-day, Mr. Fletcher
appearing in parson and citing authorities
in defense of his position. The case comes
up in the Senate to-morrow, as does that
or ex-Bhorlff Broward.
A GREAT DAY AT MICANOPY.
The Corner Stone of the New School
Balldinar Will Be Laid.
Micanopy. Fla., April 17.—The laying of
the corner stone of the new school build
ing at this place on May 8 will be the oc
casion of interesting ceremonies. The cere
tnohies will be in accordance with those
of the Masonic order.
Senator W. R. Thomas will deliver the
address of welcome.
Hon. Robert W. Davis of Palatka will
respond.
United States Senator B. R. Tillman of
Bouth Carolina will deliver the oration
Hon. W. U. Sheats will speak.
Hon. A. J. Russell of Jacksonville will
{peak upon "Our Civilization.” Senator
Tillman will lecture in the evening on
‘•The Present Political Situation.” Two
hundred pounds of meat will be barbecued
Letters from the above named gentlemen
accepting the Invitations to be present ami
•peak have been received. Excursion
trains with greatly reduced rates, will he
run. so as to reach Micanopy at 10 o’clock
*t which hour the exercises will begin.
BRUNSWICK’S NAVAL MILITIA.
The Navy Department to Re Asked
to Send n War Ship.
Atlanta, Ga.. April 17.—Gov. Atkinson
will leave for Washington to-morrow. He
will call upon Secretary Herbert of the
Wavy department and request him to send
the "’Atlanta” of the white squadron to
Brunswick for a visit this summer, if
the Atlanta is not available the governor
will aak for some other war ship. The pur
pose of having a war ship sent to Bruns
wick harbor is to give the naval militia
recently organized there an opportunity
for some practical training. If possible
the militia will be taken out for & week's
Cruise In the man-of-war.
Tallahnaaee Topic*.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 17.—The United
IBtatcs court la occupying for the first
time the new government building.
All the space tn the opera house wus
occupied Monday night to witness the on
watt* “Wedding Cakes.” under the man
agement of Mrs. F. E. Bruen. assisted bv
the young people of the Methodist church.
Murder Over Cnrds.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 17.—At Albion
this evening, in a row over cards, Lodge
Thomas was shot and killed bv Butler i
Akins. The murderer escaped. Both are I
negroes.
A Clergyman in Luck.
Jacksonville, Fla.. April 17.—Rev. E. V. |
Evans ha:» resigned the rectorship of t
Trinity Protestant Episcopal church at I
St. Augustine, to go to England, where !
he has fallen heir to the pro per tv and title i
of his uncle, the late Lord Carberry. I
Jscknos t'oonty Go»* Dry.
Athena, Ga.. April 17—Jackson county,
in the prohibition election yesterday, went
dry by a large majority.
CRUSHED UNDER A COAL CART.
A Clubman’# Spin on His Bicycle
Costa Him His Life.
New York, April 17.—Robert Center,
clubman, man of leisure, and one of the
best known sportsmen in America, was
knocked off his bicycle and crushed to
death under the wheels of a coal wagon
while riding on the western boulevard near
Seventy-second street shortly before 6
o'clock this evening. He survived the
frightful Injuries he received about three
hours. The dead clubman’s devotion to
the wheel extended back to its first in
troduction into this country.
Center was returning from a spin on
his wheel when he crashed into a coal
. cart. He was thrown' under the wagon,
the left front wheel of which ran over his
face, crushing in the skull. The hind
wheel passed over his chest and throat,
completing his fatal injuries.
The name of Robert Center was knowm
everywhere in the best sporting circles in
America. At the time of his death he
was 55 years old, and was connected in
some way or other with every branch of
sport. Mr. Center was the son of a
wealthy cotton brofleer, who died in 1863,
leaving him a large fortune. He was a
member of the Union Club, the Sons of
the Revolution, the Knickerbocker, the
New York Yacht Club and the Seawanka-
Corinthian Yacht Club.
A VERDICT FOR? 2,500.
Mrs. Booth Gets a Verdict Against the
Plant System.
Waycross, Ga., April 17.—1 n the supe
rior court this morning the jury returned
a verdict for $2,500 damages from the
Plant system in favor of Mrs. Boo<th,
widow of Mr. Booth, who was killed by
being crushed to death at Glenmore last
year by the falling of a carload of lum
ber on him.
The case has been interesting for sev
eral reasons. The plaintiff accused the
railroad of negligence, and the railroad
pleaded to the contrary, charging the
car company with all the blame on ac
count of inferior work in the construc
tion of the car. The suit, however, was
for damages gainst the Plant system,
and the inferior workmanship employed
by the car company in building the car
did not avail.
Mr. Booth was a poor man, whose work
was the only means of support for his
family. Mrs. Booth’s verdict will proba
bly be granted by the railroad as satis
factory, as it is a small one.
It was erroneously reported last
night that the criminal docket
would not be taken up in the
court here until next week, ,vhen Judge
Smith would preside. The order of busi
ness will be as follows: The criminal
docket will be taken up by Judge Sweat
Thursday morning, and Judge Harde
man will preside here next week to try
disqualified and other cases.
DUPONT'S TRAGEDY.
Booth Claims to Halve Fired at Moore
in Self Defense.
Waycross, Ga., April 17.—Sheriff Dick
erson, of Clinch county, was here this
morning, and told the particulars of the
murder of J. T. Moore yesterday at Du
, pont. Mr. Moore wanted to buy a stock
of groceries from Wiley Booth, and the
latter would not sefll to him on credit.
Mcore became angry and opened a quar
rel. The two men were in the store of
Mr. Fiveash, and when the quarrel began
Fiveash requested them to leave the store,
as he did not want any fighting there.
The men left the store and were fol
lowed by a crowd. Moore knocked
Booth down and shot him twice,
one of the balls entering Booth’s left
cheek.' Booth says that he tired a shot
at Moore, and that the latter was killed.
Moore JI red also at T. M. Swalln before
he was shot, and when h« wits dylliii
he stated that Swalls was responsible;
for the fatal shooting. It appears that
Swatls was unarmed during the day, and
no pistol was found in his -possession.
Swalls was arrested and put in jail this
afternoon at Homtjrvllls 'at the instiga
tion of the coroner. Booth has been ar
rested. An effort is being made to ob
tain bail for Swails.
CAROLINA’S EXHIBIT.
The Matter to Be Discussed at a Meet
ing at Charleston.
Charleston, S. C., April 17.—Gov. John
Gary Evans will be in the city to-morrow
and will have a conference with the gen
eral finance committee of the South Caro
lina exhibit at the Atlanta exposition. A
telegram was received from the governor
to-day stating that he would arrive hero
at 8:45 o’clock to-merrow night from
Aiken and the members of the committee
have been summoned to meet him at the
Charleston hostel with Commissioner E.
L. Roche at 9 o’clock. At this meeting
the whole question of South Carolina's
exhibit will be fully discussed and de
cided upon. Commissioner E. L. Roche
has already done a great deal of prelim
inary work within the state. He esti
mates that SIO,OOO will be needed to make
a proper exhibit, and as the state has
made no appropriation for the purpose the
amount will have to be collected from pri
vate subscription. This will require an
assessment of S3OO from each county
There will be no trouble in raising the
amount. This ddes not include, however
the special exhibit to be made by the
business men of Charleston.
HOMICIDE AT A CON VICT CAMP.
A Merchant of Rochelle Shot and
Killed by a Physician.
Abbeville, Ga.. April 7.—Dr. J. F. Powell,
physician at the Grees convict camp, in
an encounter with Joseph Reed, a promi
nent merchant of Rochelle, shot and killed I
him at the latter’s store this morning. \
Dr. Powell surrendered to the sheriff i
waived a preliminary examination and i
is now in jail here.
The county grand jury recently criti
cised the penitentiary camp in severe !
terms. Dr. Powell made a remark about '
the grand jury which Reid resented, as 1
one of hi# cousins was a member of the >
jury Reid seised Powell and was chok
ing him, when the doctor drew a pistol
and fired. Reid died in five minutes. -
SEV EN HOUSES BLOWN AWAY.
Washington County, Ala., Swept by
a Cyclone.
Fairford, Ala., April 17.—Last night
about 8 o’clock a disastrous cyclone from
the northwest passed across Washington
county, crossing the Seaboard railway, i
AU the houses and fences In Its path
were swept clean. Fortunately, so far !
no death# or serious injuries have been
reported. The loss will probably exceed
$20,000. The houses blown away were
of Ben D. Williams, George Evans
C. F. Dees, Willis Dougherty, J. p p»t2
rick. P. W. Melllwaln and Frank Harris !
Two log camps owned by the Seaboard
Manufacturing Company were also blown
away.
Wedded at Louisville.
Ga '$ April r l7 r Mr - James I
B. Polhni, son of Hon. J. H. Polhiil of
this place, and Miss Lois Phillip, daugh- ‘
ter of Rev. Dr. Phillip, D. D., w-ere mar
ried this morning. The ceremony took
niece at the residence of Mrs. W. W Ab-
I bott. sister of the bride. Mr. W Paul 1
Lowrey and Miss WHlumetna Wheeler I
acted as groomsman and maid. The hao- !
py pair left for Macon, where thev expe-t
to remain a few days. They will go north
for three or four weeks. On their return
| by
- Victory in Chitral.
Calcutta. April 17. —Dispatches from the i
L ro . nt J >f .. th t Ohltrai expedition say that 1
I Col. Kelly has routed 1.500 tribesmen at
I M!sagal. The British lost six killed and
I fifteen wounded, and the natives about
I fifty killed. 1
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWOTIMES-A-WEEJK): THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895.
Rich Red Blood
In the body of an adult person there are
about 18 pounds of blood.
The blood has as its moat important ele
ments, small round corpuscles, red and
white, in proportion of about 300 red to 1
white one.
If the number of red corpuscles becomes
diminished and the white ones increased
the blood is impure, thin, lacking in the
nutrition necessary to sustain the health
and nerve strength of the body.
Then That Tired Feeling, Nervousness,
Scrofula, Salt Rheum, or others of the long
train of ills, according to the temperament
and disposition, attack the victim.
The only permanent remedy is found in
a reliable blood medicine like Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, which acts upon the red cor
puscles, enriching them and increasing
their number. It thus restores the vital
fluid to healthy condition, expels all im
purity, cures Nervousness, That Tired Feel
ing, Scrofula and all other diseases arising
from or promoted by low state of the blood.
That these statements are true we prove
not by our own statements, but by what
thousands of perfectly reliable people say
about Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Re he testi
monial in the next column from a beloved :
clergyman. Then take
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
The Blood Purifier and True Nerve Tonic.
GREENHUT SAT AND GLARED. 1
THE WHISKY TRUST MEETING
OUSTS HIM FROM OFFICE.
He Denies the Right of the Stock
holder# to Remove Him and Will
Fight the Case in the Courts—All
the Old Directors Resigned Ex
cept Greenhut—He Represented
Only 11,010 Shares—He Denies the
Charges Against Him and Enters
Suits for Damages.
Peoria, 111., April 7.—Joseph B. Greenhut
was removed from the presidency and di
rectory of the Distilling and Cattle Feed
ing Company to-day at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders, after refusing to
resign. S. M. Rice of New’ York City is
slated as his successor.
Contrary to predictions, Mr. Greenhut
was at the meeting. He was the only one,
however, of the old directors to face the
new men in control. The others had de
serted their former chief, who sat aloof
from the other stockholders, ' with his
son as a companion.
Richard B. Hartshorne was elected
chairman, and would have been elected a
director had he been willing to accept the
position. Nearly 350,000 shares of stock
were represented, of which the minority—
Greenhut—controlled only 11,019.
Resignations were read from the re
maining directors, excepting Mr. Green
hut, and were promptly accepted.
Upon motion of Levy Mayer, Mr. Green
hut w,as asked to resign. TJiis he declined
to de,* and upon a nakAlon h"im,
Wad his attcrne.v state to the stockholders
that it was not in their power to do so.
Notwithstanding a vote was taken, and
he was removed under protest. He will
carry the matter into the courts.
The following directors were then elect
ed: S. M. Rice of New York. J. M. Hul
lin of Cincinnati, T. D. Wentworth of
New York, W. J. Moyer of Chicago, W.
M. Seheftel of New York, J. M. Mott of
Chicago and Floyd E. Jennison of Nev
York.
It was entered on record that Mr.
Seheftel was elected to succeed Mr. Green
hut so as to simplify the litigation to
follow.
Mr. Green hut did not want to read his
report to his enemies, but upon their in
sisting, he read his final report.
Every motion wias offered by Levy
Mayer and voted for by everybody ex
cept Mr. Greenhut. At the time Mr.
Mayer was offering the resolution for
the removal of Mr. Greenhut the latter
gentleman told Mr. Mayer that he was
a liar and had run to the end of his
rope, but little attentTOn was paid to this.
Mr. Greenhut was removed on the charge
that he was false to his trust and an
enemy to the company of which he was
president.’
Mr. Mayer had hardly concluded his re
marks when a constable entered and
served him with a summons in a suit for
$50,000 for slander brought by Mr. Green
hut. Notices were also served on the
five members of the reorganization com
mittee, Receiver McNulta and Attorney
Bijour, in suits for a similar amount,
all returnable in Peoria on the first Mon
day in May.
When the gentlemen summoned were
spoken to in regard to the suits they
laughed and joked about them, saying
that the action was too ridiculous ana
childish to deserve further comment.
The last act of the stockholders was to
rescind the action of the last annual meet
ing in ordering the non-negotiating of the
remainder of the $8,000,000 worth of bonds
before provided for, and the new directors
are now authorized to float them. The
bonds to be now put on the market amount
to over $4,000,000. The meeting then ad
journed to May 8, 1886.
Mr. Greenhut still talks with assurance.
I After the meeting he said: "They seemed
to have their own way this afternoon, but
mark by word, the tables will be yet
l turned. I have no doubt of being exoner
| a ted and I know I cannot be legally re
moved.
"The meeting this afternoon was only
! a confab erf Wall street jobbers, and as
i my removal was illegal, no acts of the new
board will amount to anything with
i Seheftel casting an Illegal vote.”
The new directors will meet in Chicago
, at an early day to elect officers.
i In his report Mr. Greenhut said that he
I had served the trust for eight years to
i the best of his ability; that all the accu
! sations made against him were malicious
: false and untrue; that the errors which
may have been made were shade against
i his judgment and under his protest. He
had not controlled the company, as
; claimed, but their directors had done
i all that had been done. He. as presi
dent. had no apologies to make and
would • soon brand the malicious lies
i and slanders promulgate, against him.
Mr. Greenhut said the receiver had
I found the books of the company in a
I straight and honest condition; that this
: dM not suit the reorganization eommit
mlttee and that experts were employed
with instructions to find irregularities
and to furnish sensations for the news-
I papers. Mr. Greenhut said he could re
fute every irregularity alleged by the
expert. He spoke in bitter terms otf the
breaking open of his safe, and said he
would prosecute the offenders to the full
est extent of the law. He then presented
figures to show the poor financial condi
tion of the company, saying that the I
statement that Receiver McNulta is run- I
ninsr things smoothly is untrue and ab
surd: that a greenhorn could not possibly
do what experienced men found impos
sible.
j Four Trainpn Burned to Death.
Columbus, 0.. April 17.—A disagreeable I
odor from the debris of a barn that
burned on the farm of William Letoold '
near Delaware. 0., last fall, led to an
Investigation yesterday resulting in the
discovery of the charred remains of four
human beings. They are supposed to have
j been tramps, who were sleeping in the
. barn.
An Orlando Firm Assign*.
Orlando. Fla.. April 17,-Winkleman &
i ( o. assigned to-day to W. B. Jackson The
liabilities are $»,«» and the nominal at
i sets SI2,(XX).
“ In view of the benefit I have had from
Hood’s Sarsaparilla I wish to give the fol
lowing testimonial. I have several times
been badly
Poisoned With Creeping Ivy.
As the old school of medicine simply tried
to remove the symptoms instead of the
sources of them, much of the poison was
left in my system to appear in an itching
humor on my body with every violent ex
ertion in warm weather. At all times there
were more or less indications of poison in
my blood, up to a year ago last winter, when
Largo Sores Broke Out
on my body. I then purchased a bottle of
Hood’s S rsaparilla, and after using that
and a half of another bottle, the sores and
humor disappeared. I attended the Christ
ian Endeavor Convention in Montreal and
also visited the World’s Fair in the hottest
weather of the summer. Was on the eo all
the time, but
Had No Recurrence
of the burning and itching sensation
which had marred every previous sum
mer’s outing. I have reason, therefore,
to be enthusiastic in my praises of Hood’s
Sarsaparilla.” Samuel S. Schnell, pas
tor of Free Baptist Church, Apalachin, N. Y.
A FINE FLEET IN THE BALTIC.
UNCLE SAM TO TAKE PART IN THE
CANAL CELEBRATION.
Four of Oar Finest War Ships to Be
Sent to the Scene of the Festivi
—The New York, Columbia, San
Francisco and Marblehead the Ves
sels to Be Sent—Considerable Po
litical Significance Attached to the
Affair.
Washington, April 17. The United
States is to be represented at the Kiel
celebration on June 19 by the finest Amer
ican fleet that has visited European wat
ers since the civil war, headed by the ar
mored cruiser New York as flagship and
the triple screw flyer Columbia, which
will be detached for this purpose from Ad
miral Meade’s fleet when it arrives at
Key West next month, with the addition
of the San Francisco and Marblehead,
now in the Levant for the protection of
American Interests. Admiral Kirkland,
now In charge of the European station,
will command the squadron.
The Minneapolis will be fitted us» at Nor
folk as the flagship of Admiral Meade
during the absence of the New York in
Europe, which is expected 'to be but <
temporary.
Considerable political significance is at
tached to the erder sending the New
York arid Columbia to the North sea
and through the new canal into the Bal
tic, where the last American warship ap
peared on a mission of mercy carrying
corn geogroitjrty contrfbpaed I'jpi- 1
ted States for the starving peasants vs 7
Russia. Extremely unnsualare the visits ;
of American warships to German points
and the Scandinavian coast, and hereto
fore the Baltic has been practically a
sealed sea to them. The compliment paid
to the German emperor by sending such 1
a. magnificent representation and the dis
play .of the American flag to other na
tions where it is seldom seen are ex
pected to be productive of increased ami
cable relations, f
The detachment of these two effective
vessels, the New York and Columbia,
from the home squadron at this juncture
is taken as an additional indication of
the confidence of the administration that
the United States is in no danger of being
involved tn any troubles over the affairs
of the American republics, and that the
Cuban and Nicaraguan disturbances will
be settled without our intervention ex
cept by diplomatic representations.
ONTARIO AT THE POLLS.
Elections Held for Four Members of
the Honse of Common*.
Toronto, Ont., April, 17.—Elections for
members of the House of Commons were
held in four constituencies to-day and re
sulted as follows:
Quebec, West—Dobell, independent con
servative, elected by six majority.
Antigonlsh, N. B.—M. Isaacs, liberal,
elected by 112 majority. A liberal gain.
Haldimand, Ont.—Hon. W. H. Montague,
secretary of state, re-elected by 642 ma
jority.
Vercheres, Que.—Geoffrion, liberal, elect
ed by 157 majority.
The elections in Haldimand and Yer
cheres had more than ordinary interest
as the result was expected to show the
feeling toward the government on their
action in the Manitoba school question.
In Haldimand the candidates were Dr.
Montague, recently appointed secretary I
of state in the dominion cabinet, and in i
consequence obliged to seek re-election, i
and J.-A. McCarthy, also a conservative,
but opposed to the government on its I
tariff policy and on the Manitoba school 1
malter. The liberals put forward no
candidate. The constituency is strongiy
Protestant, the Roman Catholic voting ■
poulatlon numbering scarcely 200, while !
there are at least 800 Orangemen voters ■
tn the riding. The issue was clearly de- i
fined and the Catholic vote, which is '
largely liberal under ordinary circum- ■
stances, was given almost solldlv to Dr.
Montague. That he also divided the |
Protestant vote is evident from the re
turns, which increased the majority of 87
given him in the general election to ;
nearly 600 in the contest to-day. The re- !
suit will be to strengthen the hands nt i
the government in dealing with Manitoba I
in the event of the province continuing
to prove recalcitrant.
In Vercherea. the candidates were Geoff- !
rion. liberal, and BisaiUon. conservative; I
Geoffrion being elected by 157 majority.
The archbishop and bishop of the diocese
issued circular letters thanking the gov
ernment for its action on the Manitoba
school question, thus indorsing its can
didate. Bisaiilon. The result showed that I
apparently the voters took little interest
in this issue and voted on old lines, the |
constituency being uniformly liberal by I
about to-day’s majority.
The result of the ejections in the four
constituencies i« that the government
loses one seat and the liberals gain one. I
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A MOUNTAIY CLIMBER KILLED.
■ He Fall* From a Cliff 43 Feet High
and Bleeds to Death.
Northampton. Mass.. April 17.—Arthur, :
son of President L. C. Clark Seelye of
Smith College, a Harvard post-graduate I
i student, was found dead on the rocks on
' the south end of Mount Tom this morn
| Ing. He left Monday afternoon to climb
Mount Tom and make observations of the
freshet. Not returning home yesterday
searching parties were organized. The
I body was found at the foot of a cliff forty
five feet high. Young Seelye had fallen
and in his descent struck a tree, crushing '•
his head and cutting his wrist so that he
must have bled to death very soon. His !
father, two brothers, seventy-five Am
herst college students and 150 others from I
Easthampton and Northampton joined the
searching parties. The deceased was 22
years of age.
NORMAL SCHOOL OF THE STATE
THE SESSIONS OPENED IN THE
ROCK COLLEGE AT ATHENS.
State School Commissioner Glenn
Deliver# the Opening Address—Bet
ter School Houses and Well Train
ed Teachers the Crying; Need of
the Rural Districts—Superintend
ent Baker of Savannah Delivers
One of the Best Addresses of the
Day.
Athens, Ga., April 17.—The state nor
mal school opened its doors this morn
ing. The opening exercises were held at
noon at Rock College.
The lecture hall was filled to its ut
most seating capacity when the exercises
were opened, and the large crowd pres
ent attested the interest, felt in the school
by the people of Athens.
The exercises of the day were opened
with prayer by Chancellor Boggs, after
which the audience sang "My Country,
’Tis of Thee.”
State School Commissioner Glenn then
made an address, in which he stated that
tihe opening of the state normal school
marked a new era in the history of Geor
gia. The crying need of the rural dis
tricts is for better school houses and
well trained teachers. On account of the
lack o‘s these as soon as the farmer ac
cumulates enough to get away he moves
to the city. The furnishing of trained
teachers by this school means the first
and most powerful step towards stopping
the movement towards the cities on the
pars of the farmers. Chancellor Boggs
addressed the audience and returned
thanks to each and every one who had
aided in keeping the school in good
condition. He made a point of the eco
nomical arrangement for teachers at the
college building.
Supt. W. H. Baker of the Savannah
schools made one of the best addresses
of the day in which he spoke of the im
portance of the school to education and
warned the faculty that upon their mak
ing a success of the school in the next two
years depended the permanency of the
institution.
A. L. Hull of Athens, a member of the
board of trustees of the university, who
originated the normal school resolution
to give the Rock College to the state,
made an address.
Commissioner Glenn then turned over
the keys to President Bradwell, who re
plied in a neat adress.
The school begins its regular work to
morrow at 9 o’clock. There were forty
three teachers registered to-day, which
is considered a fine start for the opening
day. The enrollment will reach 200 by the
middle of June.
The Rock College, where the school is
located, is a large and well-equipped build
ing, having been erected in 1859 as a build
ing for the freshman and sophomore
classes of the university. Just after the
war it was used as a school for injured
confederate soldiers. Subsequently it was
used by the department of agriculture
of the t’iniversity.
The story of the success of this normal
school movement is an interesting' one.
In 1891 the trustees of the University of
Georgia offered to the state the Rock col
lege building, eight acres of land contigu
ous to it and the Gilmer fund, a sum of
$15,000, from which is derived SI,OOO per
annum, for the purpose of establishing
a state normal school for the training of
; teachers for the common schools. The
state accepted this offer and passed an
act establishing this school. But
ino money was appropriated and
consequently it had a hard road
to travel. However, the commission,
consisting of Hon. S. D. Bradwell, Chan
cellor Boggs, Dr. A. J. Battle, of Rome,
Prof. W. H. Baker, of Savannah, and
Prof. Lawton B. Evans determined to
carry it to success. In the summer of
1892 the school opened, SSOO being donated
by the city of Athens. The next year the
jitiz.<-<is ot Arhens and Clark*.ooqnty gaste f
' $973 to the support of the school, and last
summer Clarke county gave $750 for the
same purpose. Then a united cjtort on the
part of its friends secured an appropria
tion of SIO,OOO per annum for two years,
i and on this the school now opens. It is
beautifully located at a point where the
view extends to the Blue Ridge Moun
tains.
The purpose of the school mainly is to
prepare teachers for the common schools
of Georgia, and with this end in view the
faculty will accomplish good results.
The requisites for admission are, seven
teen years, the minimum age, good moral
character, good health, a fair knowledge
of the legal branches required in the com
mon schools, viz: Orthography, reading,
writing, geography, arithmetic, English
grammar and history; also a pledge that
4he applicant will teach in the common
schools of Georgia the same period of time
spent as a student in the state normal
school. Teachers holding licenses will
not have to stand examination. The tui
tion is free, except to 'non-residents of
Georgia, who will be charged SSO per schol
astic year.
On account of the arrangements in the
common schools of the state, the scholastic
year will consist of forty weeks, divided
into four terms of ten weeks each. This
will accommodate all the teachers; in the
state who wish to come.
The question of economy has been
solved. The boarding department is un
der the charge of Mrs. Josephine Palmer,
who will conduct it on the co-operative
plan. The rooms are furnished except
as to bed clothing. The estimated ex
penses for board, washing, text books
and stationery is estimated at $9.25 per
month.
The text books hdve not vet. been de
termined upon, but the following sub
jects will be covered: Civics, a study of
the constitution of the United States‘and
of the constitution of Georgia; Latin,
taught so .as to improve the teachers’
knowledge of English; English, geogra
phy, history mathematics, pedagogy,
drawing and model school.
The state, normal school will grant the
degree of L. I.—liceentiate of instruction—
upon all graduates of the school.
The normal school is equipped with as
fine a. faculty as is to be found anywhere.
President Bradwell is well known in Sa
vannah, having for twenty years been
principal of Bradwell Institute. Liberty
county. He is an A. B. of the Oglethorpe
University class of ’59 and an A. M. of the
University of Georgia.
Prof. Euler B. Smith of LaGrange is
professor of English. He is an A. M. of
Emory College, and has had large ex
perience as a teacher, especially at La-
Grange Female College. His assistant
will be Miss Valeria Fraser of Decatur,
daughter of the late Rev. Donald Fraser.
Miss Fraser is a graduate of Harvard
annex, and has taught at Agnes Scott
Institute.
Fros. Bothwell Graham, who hat charge
of the department of mathematics, is not
a college graduate, >it is an admirable
teacher. He was for many years super
intendent of the Griffin schools.
Prof. Daniel E. Phillips of Fairmount,
X a., will have charge of the department
of pedagogy. He is a graduate of Pea
body Normal at Nashville, of Vanderbilt
University and of Clark University, Wor
cester, Mass.
A VERDICT FOR 1*43,000.
Col. McClare and Hl* Lawyer* Let a
Libel Sait Go by Default.
Philadelphia, April 17.—The suit of ex-
Mayor William P. Smith, against the Phil
adelphia Times for Ifbel reached a climax
shortly before noon to-day when Col. A.
K. McClure, the editor of the Times, in
structed his counsel, p. f. Pothermel and
Janies H. Shakespeare to withdraw from
the case. Col. McClure had previously ap
plied to the court for the withdrawal of
a juror in order that the case could be
continued for this term, but the appkea- !
ya* overruled by Judge Gordon. When i
Col. McClure announced his withdrawal to
the court he was told that he could do as i
he pleased regarding the matter, and the
court stopped the proceedings while Col. I
McClure was leaving the court room and
while his counsel were gathering together
their papers. Judge Gordon then ordered
the case to proceed, the defense not being
represented, and ex-Mayor Smith took the
stand for the purpose of rebutting the
testimony given yesterday by Col. McClure
and other witnesses for the defense.
The jury after being out half an hour
returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for $45,«F
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ATLANTA’S POLICE.
Station House Keepers Cut Out of
Dining; at the City’s Expense.
Atlanta, Ga., April 17.—The troubles in
the police department continue to develops
a new variation every day. To-day Chair
man Johnsen of the police board: had an
order posted notifying the station, house
keepers, turnkeys and office call men that
■it has come to his ears that they have for
years been taking regular meals sent in
by a restaurant contractor for which the
city has to foot the bills. This, Chairman
Johnson says, must stop at once, as the
city cannot afford to pay a man a salary
of S6O per month and throw in his dinner
to boot.
The investigation which was instituted
showed that the dinners the officers have
been enjoying are part of the food sup
plied by Folsom’s restaurant for the*pris
oners on a contract with the city at the
rate of 50 cents a meal.
In order to break the deadlock in the
boai'd of ponce commissioners over filling
the position of station house keeper, Com
missioners Johnson and Brotherton of the
King faction have undertaken to compass
the removal of Commissioner Venable
from the board on the ground that he is
inelligible on account of being president of
the state Senate. At their request Mayor
King called the council together and the
city attorney was ordered to Investigate
and pass upon Air. Venable’s eligibility at
the next regular meeting of that body.
This move by the anti-Emglish element,
has created a good deal of severe criticism
from the public, who are thoroughly tired
of the petty fights in the police department
and in which the council is also taking a
hand at the expense of its dignity.
GEORGIA’S CROP PROSPECTS,
Everything Favorable for Fruit and
Field Crops. '
Atlanta, Ga., April 17.—The weekly
weather crop bulletin, which will be pub
lished until the end of the present season,
was sent out to-day for this week, and
shows a most encouraging condition all
over the state.
The bulk of the corn crop is in the
ground.
Cotton is being planted in North
Georgia, but it will be all In this week if
the weather is favorable.
The fruit prospects are excellent, es
pecially for peaches and pears, and a big
crop is certain, the foliage having reached
such a stage as to protect the fruit in case
of an ordinary frost, should it occur.
The weather for planting has been good
the past week in the northern tier of
counties, and It has been taken full advan
tage of by the farmers.
Good reports come from South Georgia,
though the stands of corn are only fair.
Although the season is backward In the
southeastern part of the state, this week’s
reports show great Improvement in every
thing, Rice and sugar cane and some
cotton is up and looking generally well.
LOOKED LIKE A LYNCHING.
A Crowd Crying; for the Death of
Green and His Five Sons/
St. Louis, Mo., April 17.—Alexander M.
Green and his five sons, accused of mur
dering David Hildebrand, in Crawford
county, and who were brought to jail
here to escape lynching, were taken in
charge by the sheriff of Crawford county
yesterday morning and taken by a cir
cuitous route to Steeleville, seventy miles
west of here. At Cuba Junction, on the
Frisco road, a party was met by twenty
five armed deputies and driven in wagons
to Steeleville. Their arrival was unex
pected, bpt court was immediately called
and at 9 o’clock last night the first wit
ness was examined. News of the arrival
of the Greens spread rapidly and the
crowd began to increase to a menacing
extent. The prosecution then asked for a
continuance and that the prisoners be
conveyed to jail at Clayton, St. Louis
county. This motion was being argued
at a late hour, while the crowd of avowed
avengers was growing stronger. The
murder was especially atrocious and the
circumstantial evidence against the Greens
is almost conclusive.
EATEN BY AN ALLIGATOR.
A NegVo Drowned at Palatka Proba
bly in a Saurian’s Stomach.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 17. Andrew
Johnson, colored, was drowned at Green
Cove Springs Tuesday while endeavoring
to get a straw hat which had blown over
board. The accident occurred off Clinch’s
wharf. A gentleman’s hat was blown over
board and Johnson jumped in the river af
ter It. He reached it after it had floated
100 yards from the wharf and was return
ing. He 'had got half way back when he
was seen to jump up out of the water and
sink. It is believed that Johnson was car
ried under by an alligator as a large one
was seen in the river a few minutes before
he dis appeared.
AN AGED PENSIONER DEAD.
Mrs. Mary Brown of Knoxville Passes
Away Aged 01.
Washington, April 17.—The pension of
fice is informed of the death at the age of
91 of one of the last remaining pensioners
of the war of independence. Her name
was Mary Brown and she lived near
Knoxville. Tenn. In 1824 she married Jo
Brown, a soldier of the revolutionary
war, he being then 65 years old and she
but 20. She was in Knoxville on March
12 to draw her pension of sl2 a month,
and though feeble, seemed good to last
may years.
BLOODSHED IMMINENT.
Rival Bands of Chickasaw Indians
Up in Arms.
Chicago, 111., April 17.—A special from
Ardmore, I. T., says: “One hundred
armed men encamped near Tishominge,
the Chickasaw capital. Gov. Mosely has
notified all the sheriffs, constables and
deputies to report to him for active duty.
His intention is to disband the faction,
which is composed of Charles and Willis
Brown, and Noah McMillas, leaders, and
their followers. They claim to have been
duly and legally elected as sheriffs for
Chickasaw county. The legislature, how
ever, ignored their claims and other offi
cers were installed. Bloodshed cannot be
avoided.
A Sad Accident.
Hinesville, Ga., April 17.—News has just
reached here of the drowning of a lit
tle girl, the daughter of a Mr. Snowden,
at Riceboro, by falling into the railroad
well at that place. The mother of the
little one was Nearly crazed with grief
and could with considerable difficulty be
restrained from throwing herself in front
of the fast mail train.
CHINA’S DEFEAT COMPLETE.
LI HUNG CHANG AUTHORIZED TO
SIGN A TREATY OF PEACE.
\ •
A Revolution Against the Reigning
Dynasty Expected to Break Out To
morrow—The Russian Press More
Outspoken In Opposition to the
Terms of the Treaty Than the Pa
pers of England-The Island of
Formosa Ceded to Japan.
London, April 17.—A dispatch to the Star
from Tien-Tsin says an imperial procla
mation has been issued, authorizing Li
Hung Chang to sign a treaty of peace with
Japan, guaranteeing the payment of 200,-
000,000 taels Indemnity.
By the proclamation Li Hung Chang is
empowered to cede to the Japanese the
Island of Formosa and the Peninsula of
Liao Tung, to the fortieth degree of lati
tude; to sanction the opening of five new
commercial ports, including Pekin, and to
give Japan power to open cotton factories
and other industries in China.
By the terms of the proclamation the
import dues at open ports are not to ex
ceed 2 per eent.
Another Imperial proclamation has been
issued, guaranteeing sick leave to the
; Viceroy of Canton and ordering him to
retire to his native province.
The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on
the terms of peace between China and
Japan, as defined by the imperial edict
just issued in Pekin, says the conditions
are better than those mentioned in the
Times dispatches yesterday, but the ces
sion of Formosa will surely displease Eng
l land, while the cession of Port Arthur will
be objected to by Russia. “Our govern
ment,” the Gazette says, “may safely be
depended upon to do nothing, however, un
less other powers take action.”
The Russian journals, according to dis
patches from St. Petersburg, are more
vigorous in their utterances than the Eng
lish papers, and sound a warning that the
signing of such a treaty of peace as indi
cated by the dispatches of the last twenty
’ four hours will be only a prelude to
wider, though unnecessary, armed con
flicts.
A dispatch to the Globe from Shimono
selti says Li Hung Chang will start for
home to-daj,, having conceded all of
Japan’s demands.
The st. James Gazette says? “If Japan
declines to be frightened, Russia may
come to the conclusion that she would
better not try force. Meanwhile, Eng
land is benevolent, and has no feeling
of anger toward Japan. The opening of
factories in China by Japan does not
mean that she will have a monopoly
of such industries, as England could also
open factories if she chose.”
A dispatch frdm Tokio sayfMthe
ratifications be exchanged within
three weeks and that the armistice has
been extended to midnight. May 8.
A dispatch from Tokio says the Chinese
peace envoys started for Tien Tsln this
afternoon and the Japanese plenipoten
tiaries will return to Hiroshima to-mor
row.
A dispatch from Hong Kong says it
is expected there that a revolution against
the reigning dynasty will be begun Friday.
I Leading Chinese of Canton are coming
to Hong Kong in large numbers.
The Centrial News correspondent in
' Tokio learns that the Chinese indemnity
. to Japan is to be paid in silver In five
yearly installments, also that by the terms
of the treaty of peace Japan is to re
> ceive possession of Formosa, *the Pesca
. dore Islands, the peninsula of Liao Tung,
. from Yin Kow to Au Ping, on the Yalu
river, and an indemnity of 200,000,000 taels
• in silver. Several important commercial
I concessions are also made by China, but
■ these Japan is to share with other na
-1 tions. No territory Is to be occupied by
* Japan as a temporary guarantee, except,
; perhaps, Liu Kung Toa.
i- The Earl of Kimberly, secretary of state
s for foreign affairs, who has been spending
’ the Easter recess in the country, sud
-1 denly made his appearance in London this
I afternoon, and the Globe, on the authority
s of the Exchange Telegraph Company, says
s it is understood that his return is con
i nected with the conclusion of peace nego
tiations between China and Japan, and
the situation of the Nicaraguan dispute.
The Standard publishes Interviews with
a number of merchants in the eastern
trade, all of whom express themselves
. as pleased with the terms of the settlement
between China and Japan. They have no
doubt that the conclusion of peace will re
lieve the stagnation of the eastern trade
and express the conviction that the open- *
ing of cotton factories in China will not
seriously affect the cotton industries of
Lancashire.
The Times correspondent in Kobe says:
"The rumor that the Japanese plenipo
tentiaries abated their demands created
much excitement. Seven Tokio newspa
pers have been suspended. An Imperial
ordinance will be issued shortly enacting
stringent measures against the disaffec
tion.”
From Hong Kong the Times learns that
the cession of Formosa to Japan displeases
the British there. The- Chinese soldiers
threaten to take the lives of the command
ers if the island be ceded.
The Central News says that Japan will
place in England at once orders for sev
eral warships, to be built on the lines
suggested by her experience in the war.
Berlin, April 17. —The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Frankfurter Zei
tung telegraphs that the French and Rus
sian governments are about to convoke
a meeting of the powers for the purpose
of revising the terms of peace agreed
upon by the Chinese and Japanese repre
sentatives.
BUCHANAN’S CHANCES SLIM.
The British Ambassador and Gov.
Morton the Only Hope Now.
Washington, April 17.—The supreme
court of the United States to-day denied
the application of Robert W. Buchanan of
New York for a writ of error and super
sedeas. The decision was read by Chief
Justice Fuller. Buchanan is under sen
tence of death for murder, and unless Gov.
Morton interferes he will be electrocuted
on Monday next.
After the court had announced its de
cision, George W. Gibbon and J. J. Naoah,
attorneys for Buchanan, immediately be
gan the preparation of a statement for
presentation this afternoon to Sir Julian
Pauncefort, the British ambassador. This
statement sets forth the fact that Buch
anan is a British subject, that he has been
tried, convicted and sentenced to death,
that his trial was not conducted accord
ing to the constitution of New York, and
of the United State®, that the courts have
failed to give relief, and Sir Julian is urged
to immediately lay the matter before the
President, in order that further delay may
be had until the claim of unconstitution
ality can be Investigated. This is regard
ed as a forlorn hope. Great Britain, it is
said, never tolerates interference by other
countries with due course of law (as wit
ness the case of Mrs. May
brick) and never interposes on
behalf of her own subjects convicted
of crimes, except to ask a fair trial before
the courts.
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