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VOL IL NO. 41. JULIA MORRISON ACQUITTED jury Declared Her “Not Guilty” of the Hur der of Frank Leiden. CLOSING SCENES DRAMATIC After the Verdict Was Rendered Hiss Morrison Made a Speech of Thanks. The Julia Morrison case, which has been on trial in the circuit court at Chattanooga, was given to the jury at ioon Wednesday in an exhaustive charge from the court. Great inter wt was taken in the closing scenes of (he celebrated trial. The courtroom ns packed with curious humanity long before the judge called the law rers to attention and ordered the trial to proceed. The morning honr wai taken up with the concluding argument of coun jel. two for the defense and one for the itate, The first speaker was William Camming, for the defense, who fol |o«-e<l the same lines pursued by his usociate counsel of the day before. The great speech for the defense was made by Colonel Joe Clift, the patri irch of the Chattanooga bar, and in bis time one of the most powerful criminal pleaders in the state. The entire interest of the morning (entered in this speech, and when Colonel Clift arose to begin his argu npiit, he was greeted by loud and pro longed applause, which brought an order from the judge to the sheriff to lirrest the men applauding. “I will have to nrreat the whole court room,’* answered the sheriff, and there was another burst of applause. After a brief exordial, Colonel Clift proceeded to a review of the evidence which he Ir ought out into powerful light, and the jury was at nil times at tentive and thoroughly impressed. He began with the company at Peeks kill, N. Y., where they started on their tour and followed them to Chat tanooga; recited the daily insults and foul epithets Leiden had applied to Hie woman; his threats to do het bod ily barm, and finally at Chattanooga his knocking her down and threaten ing to kill her. And then when she was going to the itage to appear in her part, though late on account of sickness, to which several witnesses had testified, he ad vanced upon her with a drawn stick as if to strike her. She had no pistol in her hand as was testified by several witnesses, and no one saw the pistol nntil after Leiden had cursed her and threatened her with his cane. Then it was, goaded to desperation, in fear of her life or great bodily inju ry, that her mind became surcharged with the weight of her injuries, she lost control of herself, and drawing her revolver, which she always carried lor protection, she instinctively as even the dumb brute would do, used it to are herself. No proof had been ad duced to show that she was a violent roman; all the testimony was to the wotrary, and this was to be taken in ter favor. At the conclusion of Colonel Clift’s peech Samuel B. Smith closed for the Kate, summing up the evidence, and asking application of the law in such ases provided. He made no new points, but argued the case purely on the provisions of the law. Ho made a strong arraignment of Ihe accused, and made an effort to •how by the testimony that Miss Mor rison knew’ what she was doing; that •he had gone to the opera house on the fatal night to kill Leiden; that she had hided in the lower part of the ttage for an opportunity to kill him •here it would not be witnessed, but •oopportunity coming to her she bad Re to the stage with murder in her hart and the instrument for carrying •t her purpose in her hand; that •ithout warning or a word she bad fed upon a defenseless man and had died him. At the conclusion of Mr. Smith’s Judge Estill, although the •ton hour had arrived, proceeded to targe the jury, which occupied about • hour. The charge was long and given to the jury in writing after Hind been read at 12:50. Cornu then adjourned until 3 o’clock. Hour not contraband. •'and Kcleanes American Food Stuffi Seized Off Delagoa Bay. London special says: The Amer flour seized off Delagoa bay has released. Bruited States Ambassador Choate an interview with the Marquis of Wednesday afternoon and ■feived a verbal reply to the repre- of the Washington govern ■* n; - 1 he British note on this sub "as sent later to the United embassy. The gist of it was to Washington. In brief, food- K ar e not considered contraband ■ ’ Hr unle.is intended for the enemy. ■ Hestock Cuban Farms. *ptain McKay, formerly United marshal, located at Jackson *'a •> and later on General Shaf states that he has shipped * Jva, l of cattle to Cuba in the ■d? e ' Ve niol| ths to be used for beef g IJ restock Cuban farms. Bu° ekef< ller Establishes Chair. Hkj “? Rockefeller has given $lOO,- Columbia University -with ■k 0 sstabbsh a ehair of psyehol- At the conclusion of Mr. Smith’s wch Judge Estill, although the Ri hour had arrived, proceeded to iar ge the jury, which occupied about • hour. The charge was long and given to the jury in writing after had been read at 12:50. L’ourt then adjourned until 3 o’clock. Hour not contraband. ‘•'•nd Releases American Food Stuff. Seized Off Delagoa Bay. A London special says: The Amer- Hour seized off Delagoa bay has R released. ATLANTA Before 1 o’clock the courtroom was again crowded to its utmost limits with men and women, and among them there was but one general expectation, the verdict would be an acquittal. In which events proved the belief was well founded, At 3 o’clock the prisoner arrived at the courtroom and exhibited an air of supreme confidence that "she would leave it free to go where she pleased, instead of retracingthe unhappy route to the Hamilton county jail, * While the jury was deliberating the court was busy with other cases on the regular docket. At 1 o’clock the Mortisott juty Was ushered in. A deathlike stillness en sued and their faces were searched and researched by hundreds of pairs of eyes that the verdict might be read, if possible, in the countenance. For seven days that same group of twelve men had been scrutinized by thous ands of spectators in Judge Estill’s ! court to note the effect, if any, upon ' them by each telling piece of evidence and each convincing point of logic enunciated by the lawyers who spoke iu justification or condemnation of her alleged crime. Never perhaps in any courtroom did a more mobile, stoic and expression less set of human faces appear in a jury box. The best reader of char acter was set at defiance, for not in a single instance did one of the twelve faces in the jury circle betray the feel ■ ingof the heart and head. So they came through the aisle before the judge and when, after responding to their names, Judge Estill said: “Gentlemen, have you agreed upon I a verdict?” "We have,” replied Foreman Mcb Nabb. ‘‘What is your verdict?” asked the court “Not guilty,” was the answer. Miss Morrison, who had leaned far over in her chair, caught the low re sponse of the foreman, and the effect of his Words upon her were dramatic in the extreme. Hhe leaned back ill her chair and closed her eyes, while her face turned from the whiteness of death to almost a crimson hue. The crowd in the court room cheer ed and a rush was made toward th® woman to congratulate her. Advancing to a position just in front of Judge Estill, Miss Morrison delivered in a most touching and elo quent manner a brief speech, which she bad evidently prepared, for she spoke "rather rapidly and without hes itation. She said: “May it please your honor, I wish to thank you and the gentlemen of the jury and all who were instrumental in my acquittal today for your just and generous decision. May God in His mercy be ever as just to you and yours as you have been to me today. In the same measure I wish to thank my attorneys for their noble efforts in my behalf/ As for the prosecution I wish to say that I fully forgive them and bear them no malice for their strenuous efforts for my conviction. “As to my persecutors (turning to ward Mrs. George J. Antz, the beauti ful sister of the dead actor, who was overcome with emotion and suffused in tears), I leave them to their con sciences and their God. To the poor bereaved sister I say that God knows that were it in my power to restore her brother to her I would certainly do it.” Mr. and Mrs. James at once repaired to the Tschopik house, where they had stopped on the first night of their ap pearance in Chattanooga, and where they will remain for a time. ROBERTS REACHES DESTINATION. Illa Advent nt Scat of War Expected to A London special Bays! During the interlude of apparent military inactiv ity and official secrecy, Lord Roberts aud Lord Kitchener have arrived at the seat of war. It is assumed that their clear vision, supported by 30,000 fresh men who are due to arrive in South Africa within thirty days, will alter the situation aud that the fourth month of the campaign will witness the beginning of victories fur the British arms. SPANIARDS TURNED DOWN. Three Thousand Castilian Soldiers Be fnsed by the British Government. The Gibraltar correspondent of The London Daily Telegraph says: “Three thousand time-expired Spanish soldiers from the Cuban war have offered their services to Great Britain in South Africa. The government has informed their agent that he is not authorized to enlist foreigners.” Sparkman .May Succeed Mallory. It is reported in Tampa, Fla., that on account of ill health Senator Mal lory will resign his seat in the senate, and that Congressman S.M. Sparkman will be nominated to fill the place. BRIEF HOUSE SESSION. Representatives Deliver Kulo ß le*ln Com memoration of Deceased Colleagues. A Washington dispatch says: Mis cellaneous business of minor impor tance occupied the attention of the house Wednesday until 1 o’clock,after which an hour was devoted to eulogies upon the life and public services of the late Representatives Greene, of Nebraska. Mr. Kitchen, of North Carolina, was among the speakers. The house adjourned until* Friday, Alter the Situation. AILNTA, GA., SATURDAY. JANUARY 13, 1900. REBELS READY TO AS! Copy of Dewey’s Repot Sent From Manila Last Presented In Senat Responding to the senate’s of inquiry, the secretary of a navy sent to the senate Thursday sopy of Admiral Dewey’s report fr Hong Kong, dated March 31, 189 elative to the capture of Manila, tl under consideration. He stated ittt his own squadroti Was in a hi( state of efficiency. Speaking of tl Spanish forces he said it numbered out 15,- 000 soldiers of all arms iijl the is lands, cf which half were ii|° vicin ity of Manila. “The islands,” says the i >rt, “are now in n state of iusurr on, and my informant States ths Ven the Spanish soldiers. Who com Lte only a small part of the whole, t lisaffect ed. Both ships and forts in need of ammunition. I believe I nut over confident in stating thi with the squadron under my comm the ves sels could be taken and th efense of Manila reduced in one da “There is every reaso o believe that with Manila taken, even block aded, the rest of the islar would fall either to the insurgents ourselves, as they are only held rough the support of the navy, an< e depend ent upon Manila for sup is. Infor mation has just reached that there are 5,fi00 armed rebels camp near Manila, who are willingilsftist me.” METHUEN IRRESIfcIBLE.” British General’s Mind s4<» B* Unbal anced and He Will lletirad. A special cable to ie Chicago Tribune from London : Lieutenant General Lord Methuei ommanding the column advancing he relief of Kimberley, is to be eved of his Command within twooeks. Later he will be sent to (J Town and eventually ordered hi- When he teaches England he wje retired. These facts have be|on firmed by an official of the war fe. Lord Methuen’s car a sad one. Always a man of rathfail physique —although a clever bojand all-round show Signs of breakdown almost immediately aftet h|ok conimand of his division. Three days after tiattle of Bel mont, General Wolsd suggested to the war office that Muen be reliev ed. His advice was!needed. The wisdom of the age Pit keen com mauder-iu-cheif of , British army is now realized by tp’ftr office who scoffed at his sUgger* Friends of Lord huen insist he is only in broken ilth; that the strain of many cam| ns has shatter ed his naturally nejs system. Those who know! circumstances and the situation | Moddflr river equally well and >vfire willing to state facts plainly,|that Methuen’s mind is uubalence’ CHOATE CA IS REPLY. Otir Ambassador Exl>* England’s View of FlouAnres. The answer of British govern ment to Mr. Chof representations respecting the st es of American flour and other g< on the three ves sels, Beatrice-, Ms a rind Madeira; has been received just as the offi of the state de partment anticip it amounted to a partial answer Jis very satisfac tory so far as it d disposing of the character of someshe goods seized, but not finaliwciding broadly whether or not fluffs ate to be re garded As contrei of war. In brief Mr. Choate rep'M 8 f°H° WB - “That the an I s highly satisfac tory; that it is ltd and liberal in terms. The pc4 assumed by the British govern®* B that foodstuffs in transit to a hie destination can be regarded as taband of war only when they afe Jihsfor the enemy’s forces. It is ijufficient they are capable of beinfd for the benefit of the enemy; y s t be shown that they are so in through their desti nation at the tpf the seizure. “The Britisliernment diet not claim that any? 6 American goods on the Germrifcrk Maria and the British bark iona were contra band of war. 'British government is investigating fact in connection with the goodled oil the third Ves sel, the Beatr? NAVAL fICER SUICIDES. Admiral Schlel l ® B NaT J’ Department |e Fact. The follow cablegram was re ceived at the department Thurs day from Ad Schley: “Montevh anuary 11, 1900.-- To the Secre >f the Navy: Lieu tenant Comnw E. E. Green com mitted suicifednesday evening. Arrangement 6 been made for burial ashorA board is ordered to examine thefc ls^anccs the case and report, j No by Green’s friends for tF- The deceased has an excellent fd- c LOST HFAVirV ggested by Green’s The deceased has No cause 1 friends for t an excellent f<L LOST HEAVILY. BOTH S Forces Suffer Severely British and Im EnJ pnt at I-ad jßmlth. The Lonfaily Mail says: “We learn that f attack on Ladysmith Saturday, f ir > T 6th ’ the British losses weif lrte ® n officers killed, thirty-founded, and over 800 non-coxnmf e d officers and men killed orf le d* The Boer losses, we bear, fe’timated nt between 8, 000 andj l ” •a Sent Mr 1 at ion navy opy of Hong elativo tthder tit his state of Spanish out 15,- l the is e vicin- >rt, “are rrjon, and ven the te only lisaffect iii need not over with the . the veg' efense of o believe r en block would fall MISS GEORGIA B. DOUGLAS, A Teacher of Public Schools and Belle of Atlanta. PULITZER HOME BURNED. Two Women Servants Lose Their Lives—Total Loss Is Esti mated at A-bout $300,000. The handsome residence of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, at 1012 East Fifty-Fifth street, New York, was destroyed by fire Tuesday, and iWO women Servants were suffocated or burned to death. The total loss is estimated at about $300,000. The insurance is $250,000. The victims of the fire were Mrs. Morgan Jellet, • the housekeeper, and Miss Elizabeth Montgomery, a gov erness. The origin of the fire Is variously as cribed to electric wires, the steam heaters and an open fire. It started about 7:30 a. m., while Mrs. Pulitzer, her daughters, Constance and Lulu, twelve and fourteen years of age re spectively, and Herbert, a boy of three years, and the housekeeper and governess were asleep. Mr. Pulitzer and his son, Joseph, Jr., were at Lakewood. There were sixteen ser vants in the house. The servants and passers-by discov ered the fire about the same time. There was not much smoke, but the flames spread rapidly and were soon beyond control. Mrs. Pulitzer got her children together and with the aid of their nurses got them safely to the street. Several of the servants had narrow escapes. The firemen found the partly burned body of the housekeeper, Mrs. Tellett, on the top floor. The body of the governess, Miss Montgomery, was discovered several hours afterwards in the ruins on the third floor. Mrs. Pulitzer, who is a niece of Jefferson Davis, had a number of jewels in a safe in the house which was buried in the ruins. BLACKBURN ELECTED SENATOR. Proceedings Will Be Duplicated Next Week, Owing to Doubts. The Kentucky house of representa tives, Tuesday, balloted for United States senator with the following re sult: Bradley, Republican, 42; Black burn, Democrat, 57. In the senate the ballot for senator stood: Blackburn, 22; Bradley, 12. On account of doubt as to whether the ballot should have occurred Tues day or a week hence. The proceed ings will be duplicated on the corres ponding days of neat week, Hon. J. W. Lyons. Independence of lioihrtn Chtlrclt I* De manded Iri FliilipptnSs. Advices from Manila strife that it is asserted on high adthority that Arch bishop Nozaleda contends in his inter view with Monsignor Chapelle, the papel delegate, on behalf of the Ro man church and the brotherhoods, that the titles to all property held by the church and the brotherhood in the Philippines should be recognized; that tile Roman catechism should be taught in the primary schools) that the existing religious orders should continue to administer the parishes; that other parishes should be establish ed under the same control and that the parochial control of cemeteries should continue. He also lays stress in his conten tions, upon the importance of allowing the church to administer its own af fairs without state interference, upon the necessity of a regime that will guar antee the liberty of the church, upon the desirability of European clergy, the establishment of a new college for the instruction of native priests and the continuation of indirect contribu tions for the maintenance of churches and clergy, and upon the expediency of maintaining the system of parochial fees, including revenues from births, marriages, funerals, dispensations and apostolic indulgences. In addition Archbishop Nozaleda advises the continuation of the church’s control of pawnshops and certain de signated hospitals and schools, to gether with the establishment of a special form of parochial administra tion exacted by the actual conditions in the Philippines. Finally he makes a plea for the continuation of the pres ent missionary work of the church. London Correspondent Tells of Disgrace- A dispatch io the New York World from London says: The most appalling battle picture, from a British point of view, yet painted by a correspondent in the tiold, comes by mail from J. B. Whig ham, w ith Lord Methuen’s column. It shows the collapse of the Highland brigade at Magersfontein. Mr. Whig ham writes: “Some of them shouted ‘retire’ and the day was lost. The Highlanders broke and ran—there is no other word for it. “In a few minutes the brigade had been deciminated and the day was lost,” CHIMED BY CATHOLICS. SAFETY IN FLIGHT. ful Conduct of Highlander*. AGE. SUBSCIUrTION 51.50 PKR ANNUM. LIQUOR FIGHT BEGUN South Carolina Legislature As- sembles In Columbia. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE IS READ. Initial Session Involved In a Hot Fight The South Carolina legislature met in annual session at Columbia Tues day and within eighteen minutes after the body was called to order it was in volved in a hot fight over the follow ing resolutions, simultaneously intro duced in both houses: First—That a joint committee, con sisting of two senators and three rep resentatives, be appointed by the pre siding officers of the respective houses to investigate the affairs of the state dispensary. Second. That said committee be and is hereby empowered to send for papers and persons, to sw’ear witnesses, to re quire th u attendance of all parties whose presence shall be deemed neces sary, to appoint an expert accountant and stenographer, to investigate freely all transactions concerning said dis pensary and its management and to take testimony within and without the state and shall have access at all times during its service to all books and vouchers and other papers of said in stitution. Sections 3 and 4 give the committee authority to sit during the sessions of the house, to apply for any additional authority needed and request a report if possible during the present session. The resolution was bitterly opposed. Its advocates declared that former in vestigating committees lacked power and were but whitewashing concerns. The resolution was amended in the house, giving the committee power to punish for contempt as in circuit courts and providing that statements made by witnesses should not be used against them. The committee is to also have a marshal and its sessions are to be open to the public. governor’s message read. Governor Miles B. McSweeney sent in his first message to the general assembly. It was a paper of about 10,000 words, moderate in tone, and being for the most part a record of public conditions. The governor first refers to the death of his predecessor and then to the “very marked material progress in almost every line of industry.” Of cotton mills he says: During the past year eleven new mills have been organized and are in progress of construction, representing a total capital of $3,275,000. Sixteen old mills have been enlarged, repre senting an increase of their capital stock of $2,4’29,000. In railroad building, 237 miles have been completed and in actual process of construction. This represents an outlay of at least $25,000 a mile, or nearly $8,000,000, and when completed and returned for taxation even at a valuation of $lO,OOO a mile, will add $2,370,000 to the taxable property if the state. In cotton seed oil mills, the lumber business and other branches of indus try there has been very marked activi ty. A short time ago I received a com munication from the secretary of the treasury at Washington, calling my attention to a claim of the United States government against the state of South Carolina, and an act of congress passed March 3, 1899, requiring him to institute such proceedings as he might deem proper to collect any bonds or stocks, principal and interest, which the general government holds against this state, before any claims on the part of the state against the gov ernment should be paid. This com munication was brought forth on ac count of the claims put in by this state for reimbursement of expenses incur red in organizing volunteer troops for service in the war with Spain. A statement from the state treasur* er is submitted showing the state does owe, principal and interest, about $250,000 to the national government, bat stating that the government is due the state $550,000 for money ad vanced during the revolutionary war and the war 1812. NEW DEPARTMENT CREATED. Col. Randall In Command of New De- partment of Alaska. The president has created a military department consisting of territory of Alaska and assignel Colonel George M. Randall to the command. Colonel Randall is on duty with his. regiment in Cuba, but will report inj Washington enroute to Alaska. , Gatacre Killed His Guide. A private of the Irish Rifles, who fought f.t Stormberg, in a letter to his folks in London, says that when Gen eral Gatacre saw the position the guide had led the troops into he shot the guide dead with his own revolver. GENERAL GREELEY IN NO DANGER It ig Not Thought That Hl* Skull Wai Injured By Hl* Fall. Brigadier General A. W. Greeley, chief signal officer United States army, who was attacked by a drunken man at his home in Washington Sunday eve ing, is resting well, and aside from the shock and the weakness attendant on the loss of blood, experiences no serious hurt as a result of the encoun ter. The physioipns believe his skull has net been injured, {ln Afro-American Newspapers 1898-1901, > Over Dispensary Matters. KEEP ISLANDS. SAYS INDIANAN Tonng Beveridge Makes Strong Expansionist Speech. ADMINISTRATION IS SUSTAINED “The Islands Are Ours, and Should Be Held As Such”—Senator Hoar Replies. In the senate Thursday, Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, offeied a resolution call ing upon the secretary of war for information as to the name of the transports, the persons from whom they were acquired, the prices paid and all other information relating to the transport service. It was adopted. At the conclusion of the routine business Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana, was recognized for his speech on the Philippine question. The text of his address was a resolution which be offered a few days ago, which declares "That the Philippine islands are ter ritory belonging to the United States; that it is the intention of the United States to retain them as such, and to establish and maintain such govern mental control throughout the arcbi peligo as the situation may demand.” It was a brilliant audience which greeted Mr. Beveridge when he began to speak. Every gallery was crowded. Forming a fringe about the table were many members of the house of repre sentatives, who had been attracted to hear the maiden effort in the senate of the young Indianian. Throughout the effort, which was very long, Mr. Beveridge commanded the attention of his colleagues ef the senate and of his auditors both on the floor of the chamber and in the galleries. Ho spoke rapidly, with notably clear enunciation and at times with pas sionate force and dramatic fervor. The attention of Washington haff been attracted to the boy senator first by his election, which the Republican politicians of Indiana bad said was impossible; next by his action in go ing out to the Philippines to study the conditions there himself; then again by newspaper notices of a hardly complimentary nature which ht»d » tendency to misrepresent the young man, and lastly, by his announcement of a set speech upon a live topic in the first session of his service as a senator. A new senator is not supposed to make a speech for a year or two after his advent. But Senator Beveridge cared little for ethics. There was nothing of the sophomore in his man ner of delivery and nothing of the novice in his treatment of his subject. Almost all of the oratory which has been heard on this subject heretofore has come from the men opposed to the administration policy. Those who favor the expansion side have had lit tle to say and none of those who have talked have taken the frank open, ground of the senator from Indiana, who argued that this government should not only refuse to hold out any promises of independence of howso ever equivocal nature, but that we should declare it our purpose to hold the Philippine archipelago as a per manent possession and should give it* inhabitants a colonial government. The fact that Senator Beveridge had made the investigations for him self; that he brought testimony from the foremost men of the islands to bear ont his contention that it would be a good business proposition for tie to hold these islands; that the people are incapable of self-government, and that such a ”o ver n meat would be an injury to them rather than a bless ing, gave peculiar value to his speech in the opinion of his hearers. At times he was quite dramatic in his utterances, particularly when he charged that the blood of American soldiers must be upon those here at home who had been instrumental in keeping alive the insurrection by their opposition to the policy of the admin istration. Mr. Beveridge concluded his speech at 2:25. He received great applause from both the floor and galleries. Mr. Hoar followed Beveridge and addressed himself to the Indiana sen ator with great earnestness. It would be a base thing he said, for this coun try to strike down the young republic in the Philippines. Mr. Hoar said he could prove by Otis and Dewey that there was a Fili pino government. Otis in all communications said the president of the Philippines desired to establish their independence. Mr. Hoar said Aguinaldo was brought over and placed at the head of 30,000 peo ple who desired independence and who were furnished arms by the United States government. PARENTS sell children. Starving Million* In India Compelled to Break Family Tie*. Latest mail advices from India aver that the situation there grows darker every week. Three million people are working on government relief 7 work. The sale of children by starving par ents is becoming common. Families are breaking up, each member shift ing fdt himself in Starck of food.