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VOL. IIYIIT- KO 13
DETERMINED TO
CARRY OUT REFORMS
* r ~«* b r the Manifest, oi
October 30:b. ~ *
OFFICIAL MANDATE *IS 'iSSUED
’lmpossible to Accustom at One Stroke
Population to New Order of Thing*
Thus Created —Measures Being Talc
en to Cope With Disturbances.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 5, Tuesday, Vis
Eydtkuhnen, East Russia, Dec. 6.—Ar
official note was Issued today explain
Ing that while the government Is in
flexibly out the re
.JSKerlal maul
oC ireixjSilble at
the new ordej
created by the manifesto.
Vntil the new legislation required bj
reforms is affected, the old law*
be enforced, except where the}
are already replaced by the tempera
ry provisions.
The note adds that the drafts of the
provisional regulations governing free
dom of the press and the right of as
sedation have been completed that in
deliberations regarding the reform o
the council of the empire and the ex
tension of the franchise are nearin?
a conclusion and that the elections tc
the national assembly are being ex
pedlted. Ait the same time measure?
are being taken to cope with the dis
turbances which are endangering pub
11c security.
MASTER PLUMBERS LOBE SUIT
Injuctlon Against Association Is Made
L Permanent by Judge.
■ Atlanta, Dec. 6 —The Master Plumb
•s • ©rs’ association was on Tuesday per
manently enjoined by J'udge Pendle
ton from Interfering with the business
of ‘M C. Vandiver, who about a year
1 ©go brought suit, alleging that, he was
t • about, to be driven out of business by
■ the association.
B Mr. Vandiver
B BSb© ’wVi-
U alleges lbs*' i
wag a member of the org» ,zatlon 1E
could not purchase Supplies anywhere
In the United 1
He charged that these by
laws had been put Ini'i>**flflon against
him. and that he was being forced o
of business ♦hereby. lie asked an In
junction to restrain the association
from further Interfering with him.
Judge J. H. Lumpkin was at the
time on the bench, and he issued a re
straining order and set the ease for f
•Lis, hearing. Since that time he has beet
by Judge Pendleton, ans
B?. the latter took the case up for a hear
■ Ing nearly a month ago. He ha.
heard argument on It for days pas*
■I Tuesday he handed down his decl
Fhwwjflflon. Tvhich made the Injunction per
inanent, on the ground that the orgr.n
I Izatlon of master plumbers Is held to
gether by a contract In restraint of
■
has attracted widespread
the result will be learn
k* . It Is probable, how
Bkat the supreme court will han
Fl* pass on thp matter before it Is final
ly disposed of.
TRAGEDIES FOLLOW RAPIDLY.
Mica Collins Is WMled. Mis# Gibsot
Is Burned tp Death.
Blackwater, Va Dee. G.-The lltth
eo’T’munltv around Kyle’s Fort, Tenn
saps been rhe sc*ne of two shocking ac
cldsmts In th® i-'st *M hours.
The first occurring Monday after
»e->n wiu the act'dkntal killing ol
a ,r fiown youn
hy the dis
»;?eaaur tn the bands o
jjfche was examln
Ing the gun In tiresome of Miss Col
Jins’ father.
The second was the burning to doat*.
of Miss Anna Gibson and her mother
The daughter’s clothing caught fire an<
the mother, running to her rescue, wa
alfO enveloped fn the flames.
Feud Results In Kiling.
Shawnee. Okla., Dec. 6.-—Ed Tom
llnson. a distiller at Keokuk Falls, wa:
aaot and kileJ there Tuesday by F. M
Grundy aa the result of a feud of Ion?
•landing. Grundy Is surrounded in t
.barn and resists arrest. The short!
and a number of deputies left Shaw
aft omoon for the scene.
’ Have Wire ’ess Telegraphy.
' York, Dec. G.—The Hamburg
American line has completed arrange
menu to equip their steamers Deutch
land. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Molt
he. Blucher and Hamburg, in additlor
to their new steamer Amcrika. wit.:
the longdistance wireless telegrapt
system.
Unv?*»t! Suffrage Causes Boycott.
* Pudapes: Hungary. Dec. fl.—Th*
boycott of the compositors against th<
newspapers which are apposing uul
versal •nffn»g» Is extending. Slxteer
dallies bjfay either could not be pub’ 1
Air H'M or appealed in the restricted
term.
®he 31 en >I|BP
IRISH CONVENTION CONVENES.
Resolution Proposed In Regard to a
N*w System of Government.
buh-ift, L ;c. 6.—The Irish national
convention was opened at the Mansion
house this morning under the presi
dency of John Redmond. There was a
good gathering of members of parlia
meat ahd delegates from all parts oi
the..« otyitry. Special Interest was
taken by ■ those present at the conven
tion hi ’’ e advent of the New Liberal
admipfetrs.: : cn at Westminster.
lb this £&miegtlon the following res.
wt*., be proposed. We solemn-
fha, s;-o new system.of govern
mrnt i 1 -Will be accepted as
satis-’* tory except a A&-
eljecte® anU repwsWnte.
five c-pfo with powei .to make
irelAnd and an exc-.mtive gov-!
to that assembly
and hljat th-
Trkh©MVcnU party ‘cannot enter inb
an aldfem’e with or giv« permanent sup
port to aftjE LLnglieh p®h'y Os govern
meat wh|gh dor-s .ake the queg=
tion of sifeh aiv assembly to
Ireland a Cardinal ’point of it
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WILL TRY TO PREVENT SUICIDE.
Os Recent Korean Minister to France
A Custom that Prevails.
New ejork. Dec. 6.—lnterest in the
arrival of the Kaiser Wilhelm 11, due
here today is increased because of the
fact that th? steamer has on board
Min Ying Tclfan, until recently min
ister from Korea to France, and who
will not know until he reaches New
York of the death of Prince Min Yong
Whan, who committed suicide as g re
suit of the establishment by the Japa
nese government of a protectorate over
Korea.
A Korean custom is that if a per
son’s brother committed suicide, he
must algo do so. Friends here hope tha
Mr. Mln will not follow the national
custom.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II docks at Ho
boken. Sergeant Slattery in charge
of Hoboken police quarters last nigh!
said that Chief of Police Hayes would
undoubtedly take every precaution to
prevent a suicide.
WOULD ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY!
Application Made to Change Sentence «
To Life Imprisonment. • I
Atlanta, Dec. 6. —Application wap
made to the prison commission Tues
day for commutation of sentence fo>
Cbnningtyam, of Jefferson county
from hanging to life Imprisonment.
Cunningham Is a young negro, If
years of age, who killed a negro wo
man who furnished him whisky. Th
crime Is said to have been the resul
of lils intoxication from this whisky.
He is sentenced to be hanged or
Friday, Dec. 15. Some of the mos
prominent white people of Jefferso
county have interested themselves 1
his behalf and have urged the commis
sion to grant the commutation. Th
matter will bo taken up for immediat'
action when the commission meets
next Tuesday.
Society Woman Commits Suicide.
Schoncctady. N. Y., Dec. 6.—‘Mrs
Louise Westwood, a young society wo
man, was dining at a restaurant with a
friend last night when the conversatK'
turned upon death. She spoke of
those who feared death as foolish peo
pie. Then she left her friend for 8
few moments, and had no sooner re
seated herself at the table than she
fell to the floor dead. A doctor was
called who, after an examination, de
Glared she had taken poison.
Atlanta Bill Will Be Pushed.
Washington, Dec. 6.—lt Is reported
that Colonel Livingston has Introduced
a hill providing for an appropriation
of 11,250,000 for a new public building
at Atlanta. Senator Clay will Introduce
a similar bill in the senate within a
few days. There will be no difficulty
tn passing the bill through the senate
but it will require all sorts of hard
to make it go through tqe house
Pickpocket Found Guilty.
Atlanta. Dec. 6. —One of the men ar
rested on the charge of pocket picking
during the recent visit of the president
was yesterday convicted and sentenced
to pay a fine of SSOO or serve a yeai
la the chaingang. The defendant was
H. C. White, and the prosecutor was O
A. Allen, who testified that he caught
White In the act of going through hie
pockets.
To Appoint New Chinese Minister.
Victoria, B C, Dec. G.—Chow Cha
Lal vice president of the Chinese
board of foreign affairs, is to be ap
pointed minister to the United States
to succeed Sir Cheng Tung Liang
Cheng, according to advices from Pe
kin by the steamer Empress of India
Electric Cars Collide.
C&attanooga. Tenn.. Dec. 6.—Twc
cars on the Chattanooga electric rail
road came together Tuesday morning
at a point on a curve where two tracks
converse. Motorman Ugh< received in
ternal htjrts wnich may prove fatal.
Daughtk ~s of Confederacy Meet.
Waco, Te*.. Dec. 6. —The Daughter*
J of the Confe-'«racy of Texas met ir
-onxentiun here Tuesday. Th<
I ' !Hl be Ln session for sou»
Ixi Illt.cs I of Countv.
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA, 7, 1905.
CONSUL DEAD IN
< MEXICAN TRAGEDY
Well Known Writer and an Au
ig. thorofNota.
IS INSTANTLY KILLED BY A CAR
> Coachman Tried to Cross Street in
Frc>,4 of Rapidly Moving Car Which
S-tr.-fk Carriage, Knocking Him Out
Against Post, Tearing His Head Off.
.f Chicago, Dec. G. —A Tribune special
: frpm Mexico City gives fuither details
of the accident in which James Rus
sell Parsons, United Slates consul gen
eral, lost his life there. He was in
an open carriage in which he was driv.
ing with 'Mrs. Pasons and their son,
which was struck by an electric car.
Mrs. Parsons was slightly injured.
The boy escaped without ?. scratch.
The accident happened while Mr. Par
sons and his family were going to the
Central station to bid farewell to some
friends. The coachman tried to cross
i street car track tn front of a rapidly
moving car, which struck the carriage
with terrific force, crushing It against
a trolley post. Mr. Parson’s head
struck the post, the whole top of the
head being taken off.
When assistance arrived the body
was lying with the head and shoulders
on the pavement and the feet in u
wreck of the carriage.
Mrs. Parsons was staggering blindly
ground, stunned by the shock, and mut.
tering Incoherent sentences, inquiring
where she was and where she was i
ing.
“Mamma, I think papa is killed,”
said James Russel Parsons, Jy., but
Mrs, Parsons was top dazed tp realize
the trutk.
Mrs. Parsons was Immediately tak
en by friends to her residence, where
meddeal assistance was given. Mr.
Parsons’ body was taken to the police!
station, according to the police regula. 1
tions, where the remains will be held (
an order from a judge.
superficial examination failed!
to ’reveal a single Injury or even a j
any P art body except i
head. Not a bone Is
gnd except for -blood stains,
RBCW8 appears Perfectly natural.
police investigation is con
reSpoMTOiffty, as no actual eye-witness
was. dasa,enough.
and driver of the
disappeared Immediately
beyy||Bßed. News of the affair
among members of .
American colony,
New* of Death of American Consul
Albany, N. Y.. Dec. 6.—'American
consul General James Russell Parsons-
Jr., who was killed by an electric cat
at his post in the dty of Mexico last
night, resided until his last appoint
ment by President Roosevelt, In El
ken street, this city. He was born in
Hooslc Falls, Feb. 20, 18G1. He was
graduated at Trinity college. He was
American consul to Aix Les Chappelle,
Germany, from 188 S to 1890. In 1891
he was made inspector of secondary
schools for the university of the state
of New York. In 1897 he was made
director of colleges and high school de
partments and secretary of the uni
versity of New York. Mr. Parson was
well known as a writer. He was author
of “Prussian Schools through Amerl
can Eyes," “French Schools through
American Eye*.” and other works of an
educational nature.
INSANE WOMAN STILL HOLDSCAR
Took First Drink for Four Days—Re
fuses to Tske Food.
Girard, Kans., Dec. 6.—Mrs. Irene
Berry Tuesday still held undisputed
possession of the railway coach on the
railroad tracks here, In which she had
been barricaded since Friday last.
Etarly Tuesday she went |»to the car
aisle to get a drink of water, the flrot
she has taken in four days. She still
refuses to partake of proffered food,
©he conversed with officers on guard
at the car, saying she would kill her
enemies, “but did not want to kill
everybody." Plans for the woman’s
capture are still being proposed, but
no effort has been made to carry them
into effect.
Jamison Still In Jail.
Macon, Ga., Dec G.—Although his
bond is fixed at only SIOO, Henry Jami
son, the negro twice released from the
Bibb county chaingang by Judge Speer,
is still behind the bars of the Bibb
county jail. Just why he has not giv.
en bond is not known, although this
is only the same amount fixed at the
time he was first released, which he
promptly gave. He spends his time
pacing his barred cage, patiently wait
ing for the time to arrive when he will
be arraigned before Judge Speer in
Valdosta on Dec. 11.
Depew Resigns from Equitable.
Washington. Deci 6.—Senator Chaun.
cey M. Depew, of New York, has ten
dered his resignation as a director of
th*? Equitable Life Assurance society.
It will be presented to the board of
directory at its next meeting.
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IS REMiAINDED BACK TO JAIL.
After Hearing Before Mayor Alleged
Wife Murderer Returned to Coll.
Greensboro, N. C., Doc. 6. —Dr. Mat
thews, charged with wife murder, was
remanded to jail after hearing before
Mayor Murphy Testimonyrof three phy.
sicians and~ other showed
he had during the AKqaß repeated
attempts to be withjatfi, wßalone, as
ter which it seeme sngOftifip the way
of recovery. The ef
fort, while he was to pray,
they said, was the cause of
her death.
The coroner gave a £uqdc descrip
tion of the scene Matched the
hypodermic out <?f and and
saw it dying
wife’s arm.
Analysis of strych
nine. All the original
cause of her from mor-
phine, not
had declared.
The defendant the wit
ness stand. He wHK«Mftand collect
ed, making no to attor
ney, but sat besidßßsJwSer. Great
beads of perspiration formed and roll
ed from his head.
TWAIN FINISHES 70th YEAR.
Great American Humorist Guest at
DelmonicoJJinner.
New York, Dec. 6. —‘Mark Twain on
Tuesay night was the guest of honor
at a dinner at Delmonico’s given by
Colonel Geo-ge Harvey, in honor oi
the humorist’s seventieth birthday. The
guests were confined closely to writers
of Imaginative literature, and about 150
authors were present, nearly half ol
them women, <-
During the dinner a congratulatory
eable message was received from Eng
land signed by forty of the most dis
tinguished writers there, including
Thomae Hardy, George Meredith, Al
fred Austen, Arthur Balfour, RudyarJ
Kipling, Anthony Hope, Sir Gilbert
Parker, Sir Cona© Doyle, lan Macla
ren, Mr& Humphrey Ward and Israel
i Zangwill.
I T-e principal souvenir wh'ch each
guest received was a bust of Mark
■ Twain, half life size.
Tate Nominated District Attorney.
Washington, Dec. 6.—ln the list of
appointments sent to the senate Tues-,
day were two In which the peopled of
Georgia haveTa deep interest. These
were Lie appointments of Hon. Carter]
Tate to be. <jjglrict attorney of the ■
Ihorthern district, the reappoint
ment of United - States ‘Marshal Walter
Johnson. Both appointments have been ,
fully expected. The Georgia senators |
will see that the nominations are
promptly confirmed.
In thellst of army promotions there
gppears the name of Colonel Butler D.
Price, of the Sixteenth infantry, long
stationed at Ft. McPherson, who is
made a brigadier general, and placed.
on the retired list for length of service,'
and Lieutenant Grayson Reldt, of At
anta, who Is promoted to his captaincy.
Murder of Paymaster Not Confirmed,
Philadelphia. Dec. 6.— A niece of S.
Taylor Simonton, whose murder in
Mexico, of his wife and son, is report
ed in a dispatch 5 from Altoona, Pa.,
•aid last night that she had heard
nothing of the alleged muifer. She
said her uncle went to Mexico about
two years ago as a prospector and later
as superintendent and paymaster of
the EUca Jon mines, operated by a
New York syndicate. The niece add.
ed that when Mr. Simonton and his
family were last heard from here about
six months ago they were at LaYacful
SonorA, Mexico, and they stated they
resided in the wilds over GO miles from
white habitation. There were none
but Indians among their workmen. No
confirmation of the murder was re
ceived at Altoona yesterday.
Workmen Injured on Quarry Train.
Lithonia, Ga., Dec. 6.—-As the Rock
Chapel train was bringing the work
men to town from the Rock Chapel
quarry the rear car broke loose from
the engine and ran back down a con
alderable grade. At the bottom o!
the grade the ?ar turned over and in
jured several of the workmen. Most
serious injury was sustained by Joe
Gregory, who had his leg broken. Sev ;
eral others were badly shaken up and
bruised. Just how the accident happen
ed Is not known.
Contemplated Changes in Football.
Cambridge, Mass., Dsc. 6. —Catch
William T. Reid, Jr., of the Harvard
football team, returned yesterday from
Washington, where he had a confer
ence with President Roosevelt on Mon.
day. “The president sought to get
my views,” said Mr. Reid, “on a
change of the game which will permit
ot its being continued without the
disagreeable results which have accom
t panied it in the past few yeays. There
was nothing accomplished that can
be given eut.”
1 Controversy Between Powers Closed.
Paris, Dec. 6. —The foreign office
here considers that the controversy
between the power© and Turkey is
practically closed, and that. only
•I tails remain to -be settled
' securing a satisfactory
. The international fleet is
I inactice pending the closingwßa
details. Vi
UNTIL NEXT WEEK I
CONGfi ESS ADJOURNS
I
As Soon As Panama Bill is Dis
posed of.
TWO SENATORS TOOK THE OATH
Less Interest Manifested in Today’s
Session —Unanimous Consent Was
Given for Consideration of Panama
Canal Bill—Other News.
.Washington, Dec. 6.—Less interest
as indicated by the attendance of
membefs-.and spectators was manifest
ed in the proceedings of the house on
its convening today; An adjournment
until next week as soon
as the Panama bill, to be. taken up
today-,, nosed of. \
A session
just before noon resulted in the prep
aration of a rule which will force con
sideration of the canal bill should
unanimous consent be refused. The
rule provides for unlimited debate.
Representatives Ransdale and Rob.
ertson, of Louisiana, presented them
selves and took the oath of office.
Unanimous Consent Given.
Unanimous consent was given for,
consideration of the bill appropriating
$15,500,000 for the Panama canal. Mr.
Williams claimed there should have
been an itemized account of the ex
penditures. Mr. Hepburn made a gen.
eral speech on the canal and pflSgress
of the work so far.
Rough Rider Gets Nomination.
Among the nominations sent to the
•enate yesterday was |hat of Seth Bul
loch, of Deadwood, S. D., to be United
States marshal in South Dakota. Cap
tain Bulloch, who Is at present super
intendent of the Black HUI Forest Re
•erve, is a personal friend of the presi
dent, He commanded a company ol
Rough Riders In the last inaugural pa
rade.
Senator Frye Introduced First Bill.
A' number of annual reports of pub
lic officials were laid before the sen
ate at the beginning of today’s session
and this order was followed by the pre.
sentatlon of petitions and bills, c
which a large number were introduced.
The first bill for the session was pre
sented by Mr. Frye and was a private
pension mea are.
| Merchant Marine Bill Introduced,
The merchant marine commission
bill was today introduced by Senator
Gallinger. He also presented the finan.
cial report of that commission.
©QVERNMENT LOSES BY STRIKE
Small Factories Going Into Bankrupt
cy on Account of Expenses.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec. 6.
Many of the smaller factories are go
ing into bankruptcy because of their*
! inability to meet the additional expen
ditures occasioned by the increase ol
wages ithlch the strikers forced the
owners to grant. —--
Eight hundred men employed at the
government’s central alcohol store
have struck for additloinal pay.
The postal and telegraph authorities
estimate that the government Is losing ’
$80,900 daily by the present strike,
while the government’s loss from tick
ets alone during the recent railroad
strike is estimated at $18,500,000.
A woman revolutionist, Olga Henkin,
who accompanied by a friend went to
Ivanovo on the Moscow-Yaroslav rail
road to deliver revolutionary speeches
was waylaid by workmen on her ar
rival at the station and both she and
her companion were-killed.
1
TWO MEET DEATH IN WRECK.
Conductor of Train Seriously Injured
and May Not Recover.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 6.—Fourteen
slag cars went through a trestle 40
feet high on the ’Frisco railroad, 2
miles north of Pratt City early thi
morning, resulting in the death of two
men, Walter Howard and Arthur How
ard, who were stealing a ride.
R. E. Howard, the conductor of the
train, had both arms broken and may
not recover.
Thomas Steele, a flagman, was sei
ously injured.
Admiral Toga to Visit United States.
San Francisco, Dec. 6.—Minister
Griscom. America's diplomatic repro
sentatlve at Tokio, who arrived here
Tuesday on the Manchuria, confirmed
the report that Admiral Togo proposes
to visit foreign waters. He says that
the admiral informed him of his Inten
tion to take a Japanese fleet to Eng
land and the United States next year.
Possible Encounter Between GenF7a*a
Madrid, Dec. 6.—General Weyler, the
former war minister, has taken person
al offense at a speech delivered by
General Luque, the new minister of
war, in which the latter said he pro
posed to restore discipline in the army.
Military men foresee the possibility
of an encounter between the two gen
’ erals.
State Senator Under Heavy Bond.
s Chicago, Dec. 6. —State Senator F. C.
Bars am, charged with being an ae-
I cessory to the murder of County Com.
m’ssioner John V. Kepf was arraigned
j today before Justice Ebertr rdt, and as
I ter a hearing was held to the grand
jury in bond of $20,000.
‘ REPORTS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED
Manufacturers Object to Publication of
Reports on Estimates.
Fall River, Mass., Dec. 6.—'The local
cotton manufacturers express them
selves as greatly dissatisfied with the
government’s system of issuing cotton
reports, and some ®f them are asking
that action be taken by the manufac
turers of New England looking toward
its abolishment.
It was pointed out here today that
one of the largest firms of cotton brok
ers in the country, with headquarters
at Philadelphia, has been asking its
customers to sign petitions to the gov
ernment, looking toward the same end.
One of the mill officials said today:
“The immediae effect of the report
in this manufacturing center has been
to reduce the wage margin 6 per cent,
to stifle the demand for cloth, and to
upset the calculations of mill men who
have been trying to buy cotton from
southern planters at some fixed price.
received from the south
show TYffit planters are relying on the
accuracy t&g government report to
such an will not offer
their
figures ex-'
say that they do or*
ders at the top present’
at least.”
It is understood that the manufac
turerd object to the publication of in
complete reports based upon estimates.
BERVANT ROBBED EMPLOYER.
$20,000 Worth of Valuables Have Been
Recovered.
New York, Dec. 6.—lsaac F. Lloyd,
second vice president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company at the cus
tom house yesterday identified dia
monds, Jewelry and silverware to the
value of $20,000 as his property and all
were delivered to* him.
Early in the year Mir. Lloyd’s hofile
was robbed, and Eva Werner, who had
been a servant there was arrested in
Chicago with her brother in law. She
is under indictment, a. prisoner in this
city.
The customs authorities in Chicago
learned that a man and woman were !
trying to dispose of diamonds in this I
city, representing them as smuggled.
Government agents seized the gems
and arrested the couple. The facts
about the robbery here then came out.
ROME PRINTTRS ON STRIKE.
Eight-Hour Question of Their
Action.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 6.—The printers in
the offices of the Rome' Tribune, the
Rome Publishing company, the Even
ing Herald and T. E. Clement’s job
office all walked out Tuesday because
of the failure of these concerns to sign
the eight-hour agreement.
The existing contract with the print
ers’ union here expires on Dec. 31, but
when the men learned that the uncon
ditional contract woqld not be signed
they walked
—Tt»ls leaves only one union shop,
the Whitmire Printing company, and
it is not known whether they will re
main in the union or not.
’JUDGE OPPOSED GIVING DIVORCE
No Defente Was Offered and the Court
Filed Demurrer.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 6.- —Judge Wil
liam A. Little of the superior court,
announced Tuesday that hereafter no
divorces will be granted in Muscogee
superior court except on strictly legal
grounds. A divorce case came up for
trial in which no defense was offered,
by the defendant.
Judge Little himself filed a demurrer
in the case, calling attention to ths
fact that the divorce was not asked for
on legal grounds. The attorney for
the plaintiff withdrew the petition. It
may be filed anew in amended shape.
Little Girl Burns to Death.
West Point, Ga., Dec. 6.—A little
daughter of one of the mill operatives
at Lanett was burned so badly that she
has since died. The child had gone to
school and went in with the teacher,,
who turned aside to hang up her hat,
when the little girl, who was warming
herself before an open fire, became en
veloped in flames. She was thinly
clad and her garments burned in
stantly.
Prepared for Reception; Hanged Self.
New York, Dec. 6.—After aiding her
young sister Lillian to prepare for a
reception and wishing her a pleasant
evening. Miss Evelyn A. Walker, a
daughter of a rich manufacturer, and
a former school teacher in Brooklyn,
went to her room in her father’s house
at No. 6077 Douglass street last night
and hanged herself. She recently
gave np her school work because of
ill health.
Murder Charge Faces Officer.
Columbus, Ga„ Dec. 5. —The grand
jury Tuesday indicted A. J. Buchanan,
a police officer, on the charge of mur
der. Buchanan killed Morgan Kirksey,
a young man, a few days ago, claiming
that he was trying to ruin his home.
He is In jail. * ~
Negro Murderer Hanged.
Leesburg, Ga., Dec. 6.—Wiley Brad
ley, a negro, was hanged here Tuesday
for the murder of another negro, Os
car Harris.
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One DolLr a Year
’ IRELAND FOR THE IRISH
11
i Gaelic League’s President Telle
of National Movement.
i
i
- WOULD REVITALIZE HIS PEOPLE.
1 Dr. Donglas Hyde Wanti Mateo
Them Feel That They De Mot Have
to Seek Other Countries—Prediets
Kmisration Will Almost Entirely
i
Cease In a Few Years.
New York got an Introduction rscsnt*
ly to the chief promoter of ths Irish
millennium—the time when all th©
Irishmen will live in Ireland, says th©
i New York Times. •
He is Dr. Douglas Hyde, president
1 of the Gaelic league, 100,000 strong.
1 He has come to the United. States to
i teach what he has been teaching in
Ireland for fifteen- years—that Irish
i men shall know themselves. Hte slo
gan is Irish independence of intellect.
In Celtic this is “Sinn Fein Ambafa.**
In Kngfkh ", "Ourselves Alone.**
: fyde liij,ml i ilI
iiK'iit In belin’? /if t ’■ A
pendence of Ireland,
night, “is tp interest Irishmen
thing—anything at all, tending to WH
prove the mind; to get Irishmoa ab
sorbed in their own country, to mate©
them stay there and to recover those
who have left. We want, tn a word,
to revitalize the island and the peopto.
We want Ireland''to be what tt w«a
years ago, a country of character, <<
magnificent people, of promise and of
grandeur of intellect and industry..
“Up to a few years ago Ireland h«d
forgotten that it had a history or fitwa
ture or music. Irishmen had been
I taught for three generations the h!s
--| tory of England. Instruction In tha
Irish language was not permitted tn
the primary schools. The average
Irishman when he wanted to sfng
something would chant the English
‘Tar-ra-ra-boom-de-ay’ or soms other
English music hall ditty. Today he is
singing ‘Believe Me, if All TTioee En-
I dearing Young Charms,’ and other of
i the old Irish ballads. When he wanted to
read something he would select a class
of literatw-e on a par with your 'Nick
Carter’ or ‘Old Today he i»
reading Charles Lever and Bamu*l
> j
“This is what we have been
aging for the last ten years, and we ato*’
auwyedliig. The <JaelJc lupgtie now has
100,000 members or more. They are
men \yho are telling Ireland to know
itself. that 100,000 they are «&
most to a mNn
toxleating will aw
precinte, n|eanß a world to the futurS
of the W
“I came over to lay before the Irish
in America just what we have been do
ing at home. We have worked a tre
mendq|B» in Ireland. It has
no political oigntficuqca yet. It is sim
ply an intelle. tmil fight at this stage.
AA'l’at it may lead to can be eonjee-
Ull«L ._Onr jvork Is to effect the self
centering and/self roE Ireland.
“V\e ;u-<
upheaval. The people Are beginning to
interest themselves in the eottotry as
they never did before. For three gener
ations they have had no country. They
were treated by England as the mon
grels of civilization. They were taught
that they had no race and that they
were a little bit of everything, mostly
English. But we are teaching them
better. Today 3,000 of the 10,000 Irish
l schools are teaching the Irish language.
The young are being taught to convermr
in their native tongue. When at home I
speak it altogether. Thousands es
Irishmen are doing the same thing.
“The English government is doing
everything possible to suppress the
movement It wants a benighted Ire
land. Formerly the government al
lowed the payment of *result fees,’
based upon the results accomplished tn
opr schools. A few years ago these
fees, based on the teaching of the Irish
language, amounted to less than £I,OOO
a year. Today they amount to £12,000
a year. That amount represented a on©
hundred and fiftieth part of the money
spent upon Irish education. Now they
have taken it away from us. Is that
right? The Irish people ought to have
that money, no matter hoM* they want
to use it, even - if they wanted to spend
it In blowing soap bubbles. England
doesn't want Ireland to retain its lan
guage,' the oldest vernacular except th©
Greek in Europe, or any other heredi
tary characteristic. But we will bar©
them all. They shall be rejuvenated.
“The movement will help Ireland in
dustrially. Already mills and facto
ries, especially those engaged in the
cloth trades, are swelling in prosperity.
Irishmen are now able to get work at
home, and in a few years more I pre
dict that emigration will almost entire
ly cease. Today 40,000 of our best
young Irish men and women of the
marriageable type leave Ireland for
America every year. This drain will
eventually cease. And I look tc see
many Irish in this country return to
their native soil. Our movement must
and will succeed.-*’
Telephone Soelala la Kansas.
A new social function has been in
vented by the farmers of Dickinson
county, says a dispatch from Abilene,
Kan., to the Kansas City Star. When
the telephone owners south of the rtvsr
wished to build a line to connect with
the line north of the river they gave a
box social instead of making an asenwh
ment. They cleared S4O and built th©
line.; The farmers have more than a
thousand telephones In operation
Dickinspn county.