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TIES ARE SEVERED CUBA IS NOW ALONE
Diplomatic Relations of Jap American Occupation of Is-
and Russ Broken Off.
land Comes to an End.
IS FIRST STEP TO WAR OUR FLAG HAULED DOWN
Russia Alleges Surprise at Disruption,
and-Tries to Lay All Blame on
Japan—Crucial Moment
Comes.
A special from St. Petersburg, undo' !
Sunday's date,, says: It is officially 1
announced that Count Lnmsdorff, ihe
Russian foreign minister, has Informed
Russian representatives abroad that
Japan lias decided to break off negotia
tions with Russia and to withdraw her
minister nnd the entire legation staff
from St. Petersburg, nnd that upon the
receipt of a note to this effect from
the Japanese minister Russia had or-
Uncle Sam’s Soldiers arc Bidden Fare
well in Patriotic Ceremonial.
President Palma Expresses
Sincere Thanks,
A special from Havana says: The
last vestige of the American occupa
tion of Cuba disappeared Thursday af
ternoon when the American flag was
lowered from the Cuban barracks and
the last battalion of American soldiers
marched to the Triscornltt pier and
boarded the United States army trans
port Sumner.
Standing on the plain near Cabanas
dored her minister, Baron de Rosen, fortress, between u Hue of American
and the legntion staff to leave Tokio. j and a lino of Cuban troops, and sur-
In notifying Russia’s representatives ; rounded by n crowd of Americans and
abroad of Japan’s action in breaking I Cubans, President Palma feelingly
voiced his approclatir/n of all tbat the
Americans havo done for Cuba.
The Sumner had broughl the Seven
teenth and Nineteenth companies of
United States artillery from Santiago
and these troops participated with the
Twenty-first and Twenty-seoond
President Palma and the members
of his cabinet, General ltodrijruez,
commander of the rural guards; Uni
ted States Minister Squires, nnd the
members of the legation staff, took
their places facing the center of the
parado ground.
After the soldiers had iiresented
arms, the American Hag was slowly
lowered from the staff over tho bar
racks, a salute of twenty-one guns
meanwhile being fired from the for-
Second—She insisted upon mutual I tress Tho Cuban Hag was raised In
off negotiations, Count Lamsdorff says
in concluding his telegram:
“Such attitude on the part of tho
Tokio government, which has not
even awaited the arrival of tho answer
of tho imperial government, which was
sent off during tho last few days,
throws the whole responsibility fot
the consequences which may arise
from a rupture of diplomatic negotia
tions between the two empires on
Japan.”
In a general way ihe Russian posi- j
tlon Is understood to he that Russia, <
while making concessions, declined to j
yield on the four following points: i
First—Japan’s right to ask for n >
treaty covering the sovereignty ot .
Manchuria.
recognition of
Korea.
the independence of
its place and also saluted with twenty-
one guns. President. alaP othmSH
Third—That there should be no for- j] one guns. President Palma then ad-
tlflcation of southern Korea which
might threaten Russian Communica
tions with Port Arthur and Vladivos-
tock; and
Fourth—She declined to meet Ja
pan's wishes with regard to neutrnl
zone on both sides of tho Ynlu river.
dressed Mr. Squires and Major Brown,
commander of the Ajiierlcan troops,
saying:
"On this momentous occasion the
sincerity and depth of my feelings
TWO BURNED AT STAKE.
Most Drastic and Inhuman Measure
Taken by a Mississippi Mob to
Avenge Murder.
At Doddsville, Miss., Sunday after
noon, Luther Holbert and his wife,
colored, were burned at the stako by
a mob of over 1,000 persons for the
killing of James Eastland, a prominent
white planter, and John Carr, a ne
gro, on Wednesday morning at the
Eastland plantat’on, two miles from
Doddsville.
Tho burning of Holbert and his wife
closed a tragedy which cost eight
lives, engaged two hundred men and
two packs of bloodhounds in a four
days’ chase across four counties, and
stirred that section of Mississippi to
such a stato of excitement as it has
never before experienced n Us his
tory .
Tho following are the dead: Luther
Holbert and wife, negroes, burned at
the stake by mob; James Eastland,
white planter, kilted by Holbert; John
Carr, negro, killed by Holbert; John
Winters, negro, killed by Eastland;
three unknown negroes, killed by
posse.
The killing of Eastland, Carr and
Winters occurred Wednesday morning
at Eastland's plantation Holbert and
Wlntors were in Carr's cabin when
Eastland entered and ordered Holbert
to leave tho plantation.
A difficulty lnsued, in which it Is al
leged that Holbert opened flro on
Eastland, fatally wounding him and
killing Carr. Eastland returned the
fire and killed Winters.
When the news of the tragedy
reached Doddsville, a posse was form
ed and left immediately for Eastland's
jilantatlnn. Arriving there further
shooting occurred and an unknown ne
gro was killed. Holbert and wife, who
had donned men’s clothing, both heav
ily armed, had fled.
Posses were formed at Greenville,
Ottabena, Cleveland and other points,
and the pursuit of Holbert and his
wife was begun with horses and
bloodhounds. The chase, which was
begun Wednesday morning, was con
tinued until 3 o'clock Sunday morning
when Holbert nnd Ills wife, worn out
from traveling over 100 miles on foot
through canebrnkes and swamps, were
! GEORGIA INEWSf
X j4
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Hay Leaves Thomasvillo.
Secretary Hay left Thomasville last
Saturday morning at G o’cock via the
Atlantic Coast Line to resume hie du
ties in Washington. The secretary
prnounoes the climate of Thomasvme
second to none in the south. His
her 1th is greatly improved by his stay
among the pines.
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Sanitarium for Hawkinsvillo.
A movement is on foot to establish
In Hawkinsvillo a modern, first-class j
sanitarium by a certain well known
physicians of Pulaski county. The j
sanitarium will be fitted up with elec-
trieal and modern appliances and will
prove a boon to the people of tills j
section and to Hawkinsvillo.
overcome mo and my heart must sup- i f *.nd asleep in a heavy belt of limber
lily my deficiency of words. Wo aro
The news of the breaking off of dip- I confronted by one of the most extra-
lomatlc relations between Russia nnd
Japan was spread far and wid»
throughout tho capital by extra bulle
tins of the papers. Much excitement
was created, and tills resulted In pa
triotic demonstrations.
A Step Toward War.
A special from Tokio, Japan, says:
Tho severance of diplomatic relations
between Russia nnd Japan appears to.
• ’ i.'. a step toward war, although
when the ministers of Russia and Ja
pan withdraw from their respectlvo-
posta quick and decisive action is ex
pected.
When Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Konntrn, on Saturday notified Baron.
De Rosen, (he Russian minister, of
Japan’s determination to sever diplo
matic relations, be is reported lo have,
declared to him that "Japa-i)' is tired
of Russia’s dolays, evasions and insin
cerity, and has decided to take inde
pendent action for the conservation of.
Japan’s Oriental interests.”
’’PEACE BE TO THIS HOUSE.’
Members of Dowie Mission at Chatta
nooga Visit Homes of Citizens.
The Dowlo hosts are very nctivo In
Chattanooga nnd the various repre
sentatives have visited hundreds of
homes and greeted the residents with
the salvo: ‘’Pence he to this house.’'
They have secured the nld of several
local people, thero being a small Dow-
icite colony in the city.
ordinary facts recorded in the annals
of universal history, the departure
from our shores of the last troops the
United States had kept in Cuba, after
helping us to secure our independence
and the blessings of freedom.. Tho
government of tho United States, iden
tified as it is with the liberal spirit
and noble character of the American
people willingly proves its disinterest
edness and the sincerity of the aid it
rendered us by taking these men away
and showing us at the same time that
we have, as an independent people, tho
confidence of the most powerful nation
on earth.
"This act of tho United States in
withdrawing its troops from Cuban ter
ritory roflects upon it everlasting glory
and mako us proud of ourselves, for
it means that nobody doubts our abil
ity to govern ourselves or to maintain
peace and order and guarantee tho
rights of all the inhabitants of tills
island.
"I beg you, Mr. Squires, to he tho
interpreter of these feelings to the
government and tho people of tho Uni
ted States. I beg all present to hid
three miles east of Shepherdstown,
nnd captured by a posse without a
shot being fired. They were carried
at once to Doddsville and burned at
the stake by a large mob almost in
the shadow of a negro church.
During tho chnso Sunday morning
two negroes wero killed by a posse
near Eelzonl, Yazoo county. One of
tho negroes bore a striking resem
blance to Holbert and was mistaken
for him by members of the posse. Ho
was called upon to surrender, but in
stead of doing so, showed fight, and
both negroes were shot down by mem
bers of the posse.
MILLIONAIRE BUTLER FREED.
Was Tried on Charge of Bribing Mem
bers of Missouri Legislature.
Tho jury in the case of Colonel Ed
ward Butler, tho millionaire St. Louis
politician on trial at Fulton, Mo., on
tho charge of bribing nineteen mem
bers of the house of delegates at St.
Louis, returned a verdict which read:
“Wo ,$he jury, find the detendant
not guilty.”
When the verdict was read a dozen
of Colonel Butler’s friends gave forth
SCHOOLS SEEK STATE AID.
in
Longer Terms Asked for Children
North Carolina.
A special from Raleigh, K C., says:
jFifty-elght. counties have asked the by his staff
state for aid In order to keep their
public schools open four months in
the year. The amounts allowed these
range all the way from three hundred ■ artillery at Fort Barranoas, Fla., and
to four thousand dollars.
Godspeed to the departing officers and j a wild shout and dashel into the
street to spread tho news.
Circuit Attorney Folk, who was in
the court room, appeared dumbfound
ed. “I thought tho state presented a
good case,” he said. “Beyond that I
have nothing to say now.”
PRESIDENT ANXIOUS TO AID.
Wires Mayor of Baltimore that Gov
ernment is Ready to Render Help.
Mayor McLane, of Baltimore, receiv
ed the following telegram from Presi
dent Rooso elt Monday:
“White House. Washington, Febru
ary 8.—I share tho horror of your peo
ple at the appalling catastrophe which
has befallen Baltimore. If there is
anything tho fec.eral government can
do pray call on mo.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
soldiers and to express out wishes for
the increasing prosperity and welfare
of the Amorican nation."
Major Brown roplied to the president
and thanekd him for his kindness to
the American officers nnd soldiers.
After this reply all tho troops
marched past In platoon formation and
boarded the Sumner.
There were many more American
spectators present than Cuban, and |
tho only diplomat, besides tho minis- I
ter of the United States, was the Chi
nese minister, who was accompanied
Tho British minister sent
his regrets.
The Sumner will leave the twenty-
first and twenty-second companies of
HANNA IN BAD HEALTH,
Has Sinking Spells, But Shows Excel
lent Rallying Power.
A Washington dispatch says: Sen
ator M. A. Hanna had a setback Wed
nesday afternoon which, for a time,
considerably alarmed his family, aud
while not so well as early In the day,
showed excellent rallying power aii«E
an improvement over hi3 condition 1
n ' at sundown. The setback came in Ihe
form of an attack that resembled sick
spells that have seized the senator on
two or three occasions In the past few
years.
take the others to Fort Washington,
Maryland.
MORE BAD LUCK FOR IOWA.
Another Explosion Occurs on Ill-Fated
Battleship, But no Casualties.
A Washington spociar says: Tho
following telegram was received at the
naval department Friday from Captain
Train, president of tho board of inspec
tion and survey, dated at Fort Monroe:
“While 1 the board of inspection was
testing the battery this morning on
tho battleship Iowa boTa guns in star
board forward 8-inch turret blew off
their muzzles. No damage except ’.o
guns and one whale boat. No casual
ties.”
FLLORIDA TOWN HEAVY LOSER.
ISIDOR RAYNER FOR SENATE.
Big Blaze In Lakeland Destroys Prop
erty Valued at $75,000.
An entire block of business houses,
including a hotel, wero burned at
Lakeland, Fla., Monday morning.
The loss is estimated at $75,000,
with insurance of about one-third
The cause of the firo is unknown.
The entire burned district will at once
be rebuilt in brick.
Maryland Democrats Finally Name
Candidate After Long Wrangle.
Eighty-nine of the ninety democrat
ic members of the Maryland general
assembly met in caucus at AnnapoliE
COLOMBIANS CHOSE REYES
Special Envoy is Elected President of
Disgruntled Republic.
A private dispatch received in
Washington from Bouna Ventura an
nounces that General Reyes was elect
ed president of Colombia on February
2. Gonzales-Valencia was elected vice
president.
General Reyes, who is still in New
York, said he had received unofficial
information that he had been elected
president of Colombia on tho date
named.
IN WILDEST CONFUSION
Week’s Climax of Pandemonium Is
Reached in New Orleans Exchange.
Friday saw the wildest scenes of the
wild week in the cotUm market at
New Orleans The longs were forced
to tako medicine, even more bitter
Inspection Orders Issued.
General orders No. 2, relating to the
coming annual inspection of state
troops, have been issued from the of
fice of Adjutant Genoral S. W. Harris.
These orders call attention to the de
tail of Major F. H. French, of tho Six
teenth infantry, to inspect the Georgia
troops, and his inspection will he made
at the same time as that by Colonel
W. G. Oboar, inspector general.
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Fruit Growers to Meet.
The Fruit Growers' Association of
the stato will meet In Valdosta Febru
ary 18-19.
It is expected that tho session will
be one of tho largest attended In the
history of the organization. Rates of
ono and ono-thlrd fare have been
granted on nil the railroads. The com
mittee is already busy preparing for
them and the growers arc getting their
orchards Into first-class order for in-
•peetlon.
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Little “Georgia Magnet" Arrested.
Annie Abbott, Ihe "Georgia Mug-
Bet," and heroine in a number of sen
sational episodes, has been under ar
rest in New York city, where she Is
appearing at a theatre In a vaudeville
turn. • The “Georgia Magnet" Is
charged with purloining jewels to the
vuluo of $12,000 from Mrs. F. C. Bay-
ler, of Waterbury, Conn., the home of
the watches. Her manager, ’J heodorn
N Abbott, also well known in Georgia,
wns arrested at tho same time. Beth
have been released on bond.
• • •
More Money is Needed.
It Georgia Is to have a building at
the coming St. Louis exposition, such
as has boon proposed, considerably
more money than has already been
subscribed will have to he salsed.
This fact Is developed in a report
made a day or two ago to Governor .
Terrell by the actlvo members of the
Qeorgia commission for the Louisiana 1
Purchase exposition. This report shows i
that less than $9,009 has boon sub- I
scribed so far, while nearly $30,000 is j
needed to carry out the plans in view, j
Tho subscriptions up to the present
tlmo have coble practically altogether
from the v southern part of the stato,
with tho excoptlon of ono or two from
middle Georgia.
* * •
Call to Democratic Committee.
Tho stato democratic executive com
mittee has been called by Chairman E.
T. Brown to meet In Atlanta on Mon
day, February 29, at 11 o’clock a. m.
Tho date of the meeting Is compara
tively an early one. Two years ago
the committee met on March 29, a
month later, and in 1900 Ihe meeting
was held March 17.
When asked about the date Chair
man Brown said:
“Everybody seems anxious to know
when tho committee is going to fix the
1 'lain for the primary, and thero ap-
I pears to he no reason why the matter
should not be settled without any great
i delay.
j “But ray particular reason for select- '
ing February 29 for the mooting of
j the committee Is that it Is the fifth
Monday In the month, a date on which
| It will be more convenient for most of
I tho out-of-town members to be present,
becauso there are usually no courts
fixed for that day.”
* * *
Pulaski Farmers Plant Tobacco.
The culture of tobacco on a large
scale has begun In Pulaski county. J.
T. Jones, who lives a few miles south
ef Hawkinsvillo, Is now preparing to
plant G or 8 acres of tho weed. He
has already sown his bed of the long
leaf variety.
Mr. Jones has Interested with him
In this project an experienced tobacco
raJser from North Carolina, who expe
rimented very successfully on Pulaski
county lands last year. Mr. J01103 says
he can clear more money on eigth
acres of tobacco at less expense than
ho can on fifteen acres'of cotton at
10 cents average.
Other farmers around him also an
nounce their Intention of taking up
the tobacco culture at once.
* * *
Wants Change in Law.
Governor Terrell will, In his next
message to the general assembly rec
ommend that some provision be mado
June, under present conditions thero
would be no successor, as the presi
dent of the senate would no longer he
president for reason that his term as
senator expired when his successor as
senator was chosen at the general elec
tion.
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"Cunjer" Doctor Gave Arsenic.
After making a thorough analysis of
the stomach of Sarah Mann, a negress
of Ellington, Clayton county, suspected
of having been poisoned, Dr. Edgar
Everhart, of tho Southern College of
Pharmacy, of Atlanta, has reported to
the authorities there that unmistaka
ble traces of arsenic had been discov
ered.
Charles Mann, tho husband of tho
deceased, Bob Middlcbrook and George
Shaw, all negroes, have been held in
| the Clayton county jail awaiting the
.esult of the investigation. The Mann
woman died a few days ago under sus
picious circumstances, and tho coroner
1 insisted upon an investigation and sent
tho body to Dr .Everhart for analysis.
According to report, Mann and Mid-
! dlebrook were suspected of having in
duced Shaw, who poses as a sort of
negro "conjure” doctor, to poison the
! Mann woman. It also seems that
I Shaw had been suspected of similar
practico on former occasions.
The story told by the negroes Is
j that the woman was suffering from
some kind of pain, nnd the conjure
doctor gr vo her a drink of whisky. Her
death followed In a few hours. In tho
j qualitative analysis that followed tin-
j mistakablo signs of arsenic poisoning
! were found, and tho charge of murder
I against the three negroes is expected
I to follow. Otherwise the stomach was
found to be in a normal condition.
a Alabama
— ""Florida
Drawing-Room Vestibule Sleeping Cars
BETWEEN BIRMINGHAM. COLUMBUS. ATLANTA. MACON, AUOUSTA
AND SAVANNAH. GA.. AND BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ALBANY. OA.
Pullman Sleeping Cars
BETWEEN ST LOUIS. NASHVILLE. CHATTANOOGA. ATLANTA.
MACON. OA.. AND JACKSONVILLE. FLA.
Parlor Cars on Day Trains
BETWEEN ATLANTA MACON AND SAVANNAH, OA.
Wednesday night, and after parleying I than they have been giving the bears
Does Not Affect Georgia.
Tho decision of the supreme eouri. of
the United States in the case of South
Dakota vs. North Carolina, where It is
hold that the bonds of Norlh Carolina
must lio paid by that stale will have no
effect on the bonds which the state of
Georgia repudiated about twenty years
ngo.
When the announcement of the de
cision was made it was understood
that Georgia could he made liable and
forced to pay the bonds which had
been repudiated by the Georgia legis
lature.
In tho North Carolina case the state
was owner of a majority of the stock
in the North Carolina railroad, which
stock had been pledged as security for
bonds issued. Tho people buying the
bonds presented ten of them to the
state of South Dakota to be used for
educational purposes, and South Da
kota {Tied suit in the Unitod Slates
court to collect the money for the
bonds, tho North Carolina officials
claiming that they had never boon
askod to pay for them.
The supremo court hold in its de
cision that the railroad could bo sold
to pay for tho bonds. Governor Ter
rell states that tho decision would not
apply to Georgia, because the sover
eignty of the state was involved when
it repudiated its bonds yoars ago,
while the state of North Carolina own
ed a controlling interest in tho rail
road which had Issued tho bonds. The
bonds repudiated by Georgia wore not
secured by any personal property of
the state.
* * *
A Graded Course of Study,
Stato School Commissioner W. B.
Merritt has just sont out a graded
course of study for tho common
schools of Georgia, based upon the
books recently adopted for use In
the schools. Tho commissioner has
done his work well. Tho course Is
well graded, tho requirements for each
year being well balanced aud the
subjects properly correlated. The
work for a first reader pupil is clearly
outlined so that every teacher in the
state will know what the pupils of
this grade must be studying in read
ing, spelling, language, writing num
bers and nature study. Each reader
with tho corresponding work in other
subjects is indicated. The course ex
tends through seven yoars of nine
months. In schools of shorter terms
the tlmo will be longer, though tho
course will bo tho samo. It is thus ad
justed to ally and all schools. One of
these programs or courses of study
will be sent to every teacher In the
state to bo posted on the school wall
as a guide to teachers and patrons and
children. If faithfully carried out it
will systematize the work of tho school
room aud the instruction of tho chil
dren, so that each child will have a
well rounded education as far as he
goes. The language, history, arithme
tic, spelling, writing and geography
work will he carried along together
There will be no neglecting of any of
these essential studies for any ono of
them or for any fad or frill. The child
can thus pass easily from school to
school or from teacher to teacher
without loss of time or repetition ol
studies. It becomes a guide to each
teacher in the use of the new text
hooks and in tho organization of tho
classes. It will enable county school
commissioners to inspect the schools
to better advantage and examine the
work of any grade in Ills several
schools. It will enable the state
school commissioner to prepare testi
for the grades all over tho state and
compare the work of the several coun
ties. It will bring order into the
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miums of $693.40, and In September, 1902, ho died. Tho com
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HANNA HAS TYPHOID.
GEORGIA GAINS A POINT.
Senator's Illness is of a Semi-Serious
Nature According to Diagnosis.
President Calls on Sick Man.
for more than three hours, selected Isi-
dor Hayner for tho United States sona
torship to succeed Senator Louis E
McOomas, the Incumbent.
TO OBSERVE NEUTRALITY.
Our Asiatic Fleet Has Strict Orders
■Not to "Butt In.”
A Washintgon dispatch Eays: Re
garding the movements of the Ameri- 1
can Asiatic fleet, which is now in the'
Philippine waters, It is stateu that no \
decision has been reached, except the j
irrevocable one that the fleet shall ;
make no move which can possibly ho
construed as a departure from
REQUISITION HELD UP.
Governors of Alabama and Florida En
gage in Breezy Correspondence.
The state of Alabama has a fight
on its hands to get Leroy C. Harding,
the DeKalb county bank defaulter,
back to the state. He is wanted on
an indictment for embezzlement.
Harding has been arrested in Flori
da, but the governor of Florida has
the | ileclin-d to honor the requisition of
4
Washington government’s policy ot : tho gc’wPv, of Alabama for the prls-
fvgp"* to the Far East." i-oner, r l. « furtfw Investigation,
all the season.
At the lowest levels of the day
prices were 152 to 180 points lower
than the highest levels, and about 3
cents lower than what cotton was sell
ing for at the first of the week.
CALL TO PROHIBITIONISTS.
for legislators to serve during the in- school work. It is hoped that every
terim which exists between October commissioner and teacher will put. th<
and June, because if thero should be j new course of study into immediate
an extra session of the legislature, or j operation. Following this outline
if the governor should die between Oc- 1 course of study will come during the
tober, when tho elections are held, nnd
next June, when the general assembly
meets, there would be no one to take
the governor's place.
The constitution of the state, in par
agraph 1, section 4, article 2, says:
“Members of the general assembly
shall bo elected for a term of two
Issued at Chicago by Chairman of the
National Committee.
The official call for ihe prohibition ' years and shall serve until their suc-
yoar a full syllami3 describing in do
tail the work, each subject for each
grade, with touching suggestions, sup
plemental work—in short, a school
room guide, q'his is now being pro
pared by Mr. Merritt, and lie hopes -.c
havo it ready for use in the Bummei
institutes—J. S. Stewart, of State
University.
national convention, which is to con
vene in Tomlinson hall, Indianapolis,
on Wendnesday, Juno 29, was issued
Thursday ight by Oliver W. Stewart,
chairman of tho national committee
St Chicago,
cessors are elected.”
If the legislature adjourns In June
and their successors elected next Oc
tober, then the members of fho pres- ! j" 0 “!
ent legislature, according to the con
stitution. are out of office. If the gov-
Scotland Yard furnishes statistics
which show that 34,000 persav a „
Supreme Court Grants Permit to Fill
Suit Against State of Tennessee.
Permission to file the bill of th«
state of Georgia against tho state ol
Tennessee in regard to the alleged de
structlon of vegetation near Luck
town, Tenn., by the fumes of the cop
following 1 P p r furnaces located there, Ins been
granted by the supreme court of tin
United States.
Tho bill wns filed at once, and with
in the next few mouths tho final heir
Ing ar.d the evidence will bo had nnd
submitted. Since tho bill was allowod
to be filed and since tho court enter
tained jurisdiction, man / people la
Georgia consider that more than hall
tho victory has been won. Til’s wai
the first case of tho kind that has ever
boon considered by the supremo court
and the grounds upon which it wn>
founded aro novel In many particulars
Should Georgia win It will mean
Georgia win the care, It will mean
that two of the largest corporations ic
Tennessee and Groat Britain will los«
nil investment of something like $2,
000,000, unless some method dllL’i'cnl
from tho present one of abstract Int
the copper from the crude ore Is dis
covered. Should tho stato lose, II
will mean the loss of about 20 or 3C
square miles of territory lu ihe coun
ties surrounding the location of th<
furnaces. J
A Washington specinl says: Sena
tor Hanna is officially pronounced to
havo typhoid lever. The
bulletin was Issued by his physician,
immediately after the consultation
at 9 o'clock Friday morning:
"Senator Hanna has typhoid fever.
The diagnosis is confirmed by tho com
plete blood examination reported by
Dr. Edward Behrun. The senator rest
ed fairly well Thursday night, and Fri
day morning his temperature was 100,
pulse 82."
President Roosevelt walked over
from the white house at an early hour
personally to Inquire after Ihe sena
tor's condition. He spent ten minutes
at the hotel.
Dr. Behron is a microscopic expert
and he made two tests. The first one
showed the presence of typhoid bacil
lus. The second test was made to
confirm tho first one.
Tlie senator is being closely guard
ed from visitors and no one except nis
regular household is permitted to see
him. Ills sole diet is milk and no
stimulants are being used at present.
Mrs. Hanna Insists on personally at
tending the patient much of tho time,
but the trained nurse has begun duty.
The physicians say that the outlook
Is hopeful for recovery, and that, the
crucial point In the illness should oc
passed in about a week. They say
Ihe case Is what Is known as irregular
typhoid and is less serious than most
cases of that illness. It is somewhat
like walking typhoid, which accounts
for the recent fluctuations in the fever
and general condition of tho patient.
The family, It Is said, instead of be
ing alarmed at the diagnosis of ty
phoid are relieved at tho announce
ment, being fearful of the uncertainty.
They realize the seriousness of the sit
uation, hut feel that there might havo
been other developments that would
have proven of much more gravity.
It is realized Hint tho senator’s ad
vanced age and his rheumatic condi
tion macks the car^ a more serious
ono than in a younger man, but belief
is expressed by his family that he will
recover, though he will be confined
lo ills hod for a considerable period.
The present plan is to take him to
Thomasville, Ga., as soon as lie is able
to be moved.
It is stated that there are no organic
complications to add to the serious- I
ness of the case, but tho senator at , . , . . .
he rise to major or higher, he will bn
eligible for a second lieutenancy In ihe
, . 30 that “ l3 . United States army. Lieutenant Yung
extreme physical weakness and ner-
CLAIMANTS FINALLY WIN OUT.
Government Must Pay for Seizuro of
Fishing Smacks Near Key West.
At Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Judfti
Locke handed down final decrees in
tho cases of the Spanish fishing
smacks seized near Key West about
the boginning of tho Spanish war.
The vessels wero seized by the Uni
ted States navy and sold as prizes. Tin
owners appealed and the supreme
court decided the seizures were Illegal
and on a second trial the district court
awarded damages.
From this action of the district court
the government appealed end tho su
premo court sustained tho action ol
tho lower court There are twelve
claimants and their claims aggregate
$55,855,112.
CHINAMAN WEARS U. S- UNIFORM.
Student in California May Some Day
Lead American Troops.
Samuel Sung Yung, a Chinese stu
dent of the University of California,
has just been appointed a lieutenant In
the university cadet regiment. Should
the time of the attack was in a liter- !
ally worn out condition
wearing the uni-
of an officer of the United
attacks, make tho case of much more ' Slut0B arn) ^
gravity than an ordinary attack of ty- j
vous depression, coupled with his ago, 1 °“ ly Chlnc3
CG years, and frequent rheumatic
Phoid of comparatively mild chare-
ter. The crisis of the fever is not ex
pected for several days.
the same number
yjf boxes sold in past 12 months.
GENERAL BLACK A SICK MAN
Overtaxed His Strength and is Suffer,
ing from a Partial Collapse.
General John C. Black, chairman
of the United States civil service com
mission ap<’ .commander in chief of the
r the IteputT.e, is ee-
ernor should die between October ami j L '°j
SCHWAB PLACATES ENEMIES.
Lrng Fight Against Defunct Ship
Building Trust Has Been Settled
After frequent conferences the long
fight between the Sheldon reorganiza
tion committee in the United States
Ship Building affairs and the bond
holders protective committee, repre
sented by Samuel Untemeyor, was set
tled at New York Thursday night by
tho formulation of a new plan which
has been agreed to by both sides, on 1 '
the litigation in which Charles M.
Schwab has been the central figofi
’ll end, ’ .
