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2 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 - ■ ■ • ■ —■— - 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 PK Wlm 0 ifli B lOk ■ Universally used and recon> W i *1 * mended for Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Sa O 8 £3 ill m>w& Colds, Catarrh, Sore Throat, all |g| Vva SEaaS P&in> Piles and Inflammations. In bottles ■(“ KR& mH fllM only, buff wrappers. See our & "SiSf g| Bi JO K ® name, Pond’s Extract Co., Issi '5 -Sf-"' ff® B , K New York aud London. £*s jHk S® KFW mSB-Ibtl m hA i nfw 1 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. *