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2 PARK CASE E ' HELD DP Bf COURT SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS BE- FORE MAKING A DECISION. PARK WILL PAY IN- TEREST. The supreme court heard argument Friday in the case of R. E. Park, as State treasurer. v*. Alton D. Candler, as governor. The case involves the appro. prtaUoß of WS SW of the public property fund to the payment of the interest on the public debt, brought' about by the Howell resolution passed by the legisla ture applying the money to the payment of interest provided the resolution was de clared eonstiuiional by tho supreme court. The suit was instigated under the direc tion of tho legislature; otherwise Treas urer Park would have used the money without any suit. The case was heard before Judge John S. Candler several days ago, and he decided with the state, which decision was that the Howell reso lution was • constitutional and that the money could bo used for the payment of the interest on the public debt. Under the resolution Treasurer Park was compelled to appeal the case to tho higher tribunal, and by special request of Governor Candler and the power of the State to advance Its own cases on the ar of the courts the supreme court set the case for a hearing today. Orville A. Park, a prominent young at torney from Macon and a nephew of State Treasurer Park, made the opening argument. Ho contended that the using of the money was entirely unconstitu tional. as the constitution expressly pro vided that the public property fund should bo used for the payment of the public debt and for no other purpose. He he.d that the Interest on the public debt was not a part of the public debt in this gjjd further that the constitution distinctly said money for the payment of tho interest on the debt should be raised by t* vat ion and that tho money for the payment of the interest for next year bad already been raised. Attorney General Terrell followed Mr. Park for the state. His main contention was: The admitted value of the Western and Atlantic railroad is $10,000,000 and of the equity in the Northeastern railroad ss«,- WO. making over ©0.100.000. The principal of the public debt is ap proximately f7.7>0.000. The state depository law authorises and directs the governor to contract with the banks appointed thereunder for the pay ment of interest upon the state's money deposited with them and by virtue of this authority the governor has contracted for the payment of interest to the state at the rate of 1 per cent per annum on such money. The constitution, section SWL is manda tory upon the general assembly to raise by taxation each year SIOO,OOO for the sinking fund. Therefore, should the general assembly sell the Western and Atlantic railroad and collect the balance due on the North eastern sale now or at any time In the future, every dollar of the principal and of the interest as It matures of the public debt could be paid from such sales and a balance be left. Such being the case, the general assembly should be allowed to direct the application of this fund now In the treasury Former Chief Justice Logan E. Bleck ley spoke after Attorney General Terrell. He held that debt was literally a creation as to the principal, and a growth as to tho interest. He said a debt had no ex istence at the beginning except the prin cipal. as that It was a growth springing from the contract as to interest. He com pared the money owed by the state to so many bears which were devouring the people and raising havoc, and said if the public property fund was used, the peo ple would have nothing with which to kill the parent bear, but would be forced to kill cubs all the time. He advanced the idea that the constitution meant that whenever any public property was sold the proceeds should be applied at once to the payment of the bonded debt, and that it did not intend that the money should be held as it is being held. He said by paying the interest the debt was not being paid as the constitution con templated. for that instrument had pro vided for the payment of the interest. • No decision in the Park mandamus suit will be forthcoming until 1902. The su preme court after hearing the argument in the case yesterday adjourned until January 2. and no more cases will be ta ken up or considered until that time. The Justices will leave this afternoon for tho Christmas vacations, and will not re turn within the next ten days. As a re sult the case will wait over until the jus tices get back to Atlanta. It is probable that a decision would have been made Jo day but the court, so it is said, differed as to tho law, and for that reason no agreement could be reached. The action of the court in declining to allow Hon. Joe Hill Hall, ex-representa tlvn in the legislature from the county of Bibb, was but natural. Mr. Hall had no connection with the suit, and bis name did not appear either on the briefs sub mitted or on the court docket, and for that reason it was not within the jurisdic tion of the court to allow htm to speak. Mr. Hall seemed very much disappoint ed. and told his points In the case to sev eral friends after the adjournment. Treasurer Park Will Pay. Treasurer Park will forward to New York next Tuesday $225,000. Thia money is to pay the interest on the bonded debt, and to retire SIOO,OOO worth of bonds. Treasurer Park has the necessary amount tn the treasury, and the financial condi tion of the state will not be very greatly affected. Health for let. Send me no money, but simply write a postal for the book you want., I will send with It an order on your druggist to let you have 6 bottles of Dr. Shoop's Restorative. He will let you take It a month. If it cures, the coot will be to 60. If it falls, he sends the bill to me. This remedy strengthens the inside nerve power that operates all vital or gans. It brings back the only power that can make the organs do their duty. I have spent a lifetime on it. 1 sometimes fail, but only when the trouble is organic—some trouble like cancer that causes a damage beyond re pair. Such conditions arc rare. My rec ords show that 39 out of 40 who get those six bottles pay for them. Yet no druggist accepts a penny where the pa tient states that the treatment failed. This offer is too fair tn need argument. Tour own druggist is the one who ful fills It. Won't you write me a postal to learn what I can do? Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured by one or two bottles. At all druggists. Pimply state Rook No. 1 on Dyspepsia. wMch book yea Book No. J on the Heart, want. anJ ad- Book No. 3on the Kidneys. Srera Dr. Shoop. Book No. 4 for Women. MS. Racine. Book ?’«. 5 tort Men. (sealed,) Wu. Tkwk No. < on Rheumatism. TWD EXECUTED IS BIRMINGHAM WILL REDDING AND JIM WINTON PAY DEATH PENALTY YESTER- DAY IN ALABAMA CITY. I BIRMINGHAM. A la.. Dec. H.-Will Red ding and Jim Winton, alias Will Winton,, negroes, were hanged here yesterday in the jail yard at U:10 o'clock. Both men professed religion and their last hours were spent in the company of ministers. Redding made a speech from the. scaffold, warning his hearers against the evils of bad company. Both men met death bravely, Winton smiling upon the gallows. Redding was first executed, the drop falling at 11:10. at 11:25:04, after the ex piration of 15 minutes, he was pronounc ed deed. The drop was pulled for Winton immed iately afterwards and he was pronounced dead 14 minutes later, time being 11:49:10. Both men's necks were broken. The crimes for which the two negroes suffered the death penalty possessed no particularly sensational features. Both murdered women. Jim Winton cut the throat of his wife because she threatened to leave him and take up a life of shame. Finding expostu lation in vain he seised his razor. and as she started away, cut her throat from .ear to ear. After the crime he made no attempt to elude arrest and took no in terest in his trial. Will Redding shot and killed Annie Green, his sweetheart, some months ago. The motive was jealousy, as she had seemed to weary of his attention. He made a desperate attempt to escape ar rest and .unlike Winton, made a strong fight in the trial of the case, mwim FOR TWO ASSAULTS TOM PATTERSON, NEGRO, CON VICTED YESTERDAY AT SPE CIAL TERM. • LOUISVILLE. Ga., Dec. 21.—Tom Pat terson. the negro who attempted an as sault on two ladles tn Bartow on the morning of the 13th instant, was tried in a special term of the superior court here. Thursday. He was found guilty In both cases and sentenced to 40 years in the penitentiary, 20 years In each case. STATE ’SANITARIUM - ” IS BADLY CROWDED Dr. R. T. Powell, superintendent of the state sanitarium at Milledgeville, was at the capitol a few hours last Thursday. He came up for the purpose of conferring with Governor Candler about a few af fairs of the asylum. Dr. Powell reports that the institution is in splendid shape, but says at present it is badly crowded. Work on the new annex is being pushed as rapidly as pos sible. and when this is completed the main building will be afforded some relief. Twenty-four and 25 patients, according to Dr. Powell, are in each of the wards, and this, of course, is a very uncomfortable situation. The adverse report of the legislative committee regarding the institution was withdrawn just before the adjournment of the session, and therefore Dr. Powell declined, when seen, to discuss it. SITUAfidoTfRELAND” VERY CRITICAL INDEED NEW YORK. Dec. 2u.—There is every in dication that the government Is deiei min ed to conduct a vigorous campaign against the United Irish league, and Mr. Red mond's speech at Cork is taken to mean that the league is prepared to defend it self. says the London correspondent of the Tribune. The situation in Ireland at pres ent is very critical, and seemingly the struggle between the law, representing the landlord and the league, representing the tenant, which rendered the early eighties historic, is about to be re-enacted. Large numbers of mounted and unmounted po lice have been drafted into county Clare. Mayo and Rosscommon. * manTrushed TO DEATH BF ELEVATOR John Reece, a white farmer of Cartecay, Ga.. was killed last Friday on the ele vator at the Kiser building, on South Pryor street. The head and arms of.the mgn were fearfully crushed. Undertakers Hilburn & Poole now have charge of the body and are preparing it for burial. It will be tak en back to Cartecay. The Kiser building elevator is so con structed that the opening for the entrance at the first floor is used only at the first floor. Upon all other floors an opening on the opposite side of the elevator is used. After leaving the first floor there is an open apace covered with iron cage work for about 15 feet and then comes the solid wall. Between the elevator car of the elevator and this wall there is nothing, so that those who lean back while the car is tn motion come In contact with either the Iron caging or the solid wall. It was by leaning back that Mr. Reece was killed. RiG FIREIN FAIRBURN” IS NARROWLY AVERTED FAIRBURN. Ga.. Dec. What might have been a very serious fire was narrow ly averted by the prompt and efflcelnt work of citizens here this morning. At an early hour the large tannery of McCurry & Inman was discovered on fire. The alarm was quickly given and the fire was extinguished, the only damage being the destruction of the water tank on top of the building. SUFFERED HEAVY LOSS; THEN KILLED HIMSELF LONDON. Dec. 20.—Lewis Kerwlch, of the firm of Morrison, Kcrwich & C 0... a leading member of the metal exchange, died suddenly yesterday. It Is said he committed suicide. The opinion prevail that Kerwlch recently suffered heavy losses in copper. englislTsyndicatF TO BUY TEN OIL GUSHERS BEAUMONT. Texas, Dec. 21— The repre sentative of an English syndicate who refuses to give out the name of his principals, has secured options on ten completed gushers tn this field and the trade Is to be closed by January 1. It Is believed here that he is rep resenting the Roche-Stuart people of London, who are also negotiating with the Hogg- Swayne syndicate for a portion of its holdings. Ttye price fixed on the gushers Is not publish ed but a gusher was sold this week tor 3S.W. 2 . . ’ THE SEMI-WEEKLY. JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1901. BRIHTLI TALKS ABOUT WORK OFCONGRESS TALKS OF PROPOSED LEGISLA- TION OF GREAT INTEREST TO SOUTH GEORGIA AND OTH- ER SECTIONS. BRUNSWICK, Ga., Dec. 21.—Congress man William G. Brantley, of the eleventh district, has just returned from Wash ington, where he was present and par ticipated in the first few days' session of the fifty-seventh congress. In an Inter esting interview he states: •‘There was practically nothing done by congress up to the time of the adjourn ment for the holidays. The house has passed tne Philippine tariff bill and the ' senate has ratified the Hay-Fauncefote treaty with England, but these things are substantially all that has been done. The committees have just been appointed, and have not yet settled down to work. “Everybody, of course, expects a river and harbor bill to be passed at this ses sion. and I am hopeful of having all the Interests of our district taken care of in the bill. “The report of the engineers on the special survey made of our outer bar and inner harbor and the recommenda tions made by them still await action by congress. They were both acted upon, and appropriations made in accordance therewith, in the river and harbor bill that was talked to death last March. “I naturally to have the same, appropriations tuat were included in that bill for these purposes Incorporated into the coming bill. , “The recently proposed project of cut ting a canal between Club and Plantation creeks, so as to connect the Altamaha river with Brunswick by an inside route, is one that not only interests the people of Brunswick but as well the people on the Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmulgee riv ers. . , "Captain Gillette says the canal Is en tirely feasible, and can be cut with an appropriation of only SB,OOO. He has been over the ground, so that, for all practical purposes, no preliminary survey is really necessary before an appropriation would be authorized. “It is an almost Invariable rule, how ever, to have a. preliminary survey and estimate made before congress will grant an appropriation. The delay involved in such a procedure, is the only objection to it. I prepared a concurrent resolution, to be offered in the house and senate, calling for the preliminary survey and estimate, in the hope of procuring same in advance of the framing of the regular river and harbor bill, so as to avoid the delay "Senator Clay had no difficulty, under the rules of the senate. In putting the resolution through that body, but. under the rules of the house, the resolution had to go to the river and harbor committee, and was not reported back by them so as to be acted upon by the house. . •’Speaking of this canal reminds me that the community of inter ests existing between the people of Brunswick and the people trib utary to the Altamaha. Oconee and OC mulgee rivers ought to lead to a commu nity of effort to Jiave all these rivers, as well as the port of Brunswick, recognis ed to the extent they deserve, by con gress. United effort is always more ef fective than individual effort, and the more Interest our people show in these matters the more hope there Is for them to obtain what they need. •As to the matter of our public building in Brunswick the supervising architect joins with us in the desire to have some increased appropriation made for it so that it may be completed in accord ance with his original design. “The subject upon which our P^P l ® a £ most Interested now 1s the cultivation of sugar cane, and its manufacture into sy rup. This Industry has received a new impetus in South Georgia, dating from the first sugar cane and cassava convention held In Brunswick. The agriculture has become interested in the subject, and the recent tour of our section of the country by Dr. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, in the department of agriculture, will prove, in my opinion, very profitable to us. x CAPTAIN SYMONS MAY RUN FOR SENATOR BRUNSWICK, Dec. 21.—Already there is considerable talk in this, the fourth,, senatorial district, as to who will make the senatorial race next year, and a number of names have been mentioned by enthusiastic friends. Among those named and a logical candidate for tnese honors is Capt. W. F. Symons, Glynn’s present representative in the legislature. Captain Symons today expressed his wil lingness to enter the race and it is believed he will make formal announcement with in a few days. TWO BURN TO DEATH WHILE PARENTSWERE AWAY RICHMOND. Ky.,Dec. 20 —Two children of Ephriam Estill were burned to death last night, when their home at Ford was destroyed by fire. The parents were ab sent. GAS AND TROUBLE Comes From White Bread. While it Is true that we build up the body from food. It Is also true that dif ferent kinds of food have different effects on the body and produce different re sults. For instance, it Is absolutely Impossi ble to live on white bread alone, for it contains almost nothing but starch, and an excess of white bread produces gas and trouble in the. intestines, while, at the same time* the other elements re quired by the body for- building up brain and nerve centers, as well as muscular tissue, have been left out of the white bread, and we see from experience the ohe trying to live on white bread alone gradually falls in and nervous power as well as loss in muscle. Such a diet could not be kept up long without fatal results. A lady In Jack sonville, Fla., was crippled by an acci dent two years ago. Being without the power of exercise, an old stomach trouble that was hers for years became worse,, and It was a serious question regarding food that she could digest. A physician put her on Grape Nuts Breakfafct Food with some remarkable results. She says now that, not only is she able to do a big day's work, because of the strength of her brain and nerves, but that she has finally thrown away her crutches because the muscles of her limbs have gradually grown stronger since she began the use of Grape Nuts, and now she is practically well and can go about without trouble, notwithstand ing the fact that it was said she would never be able to walk again. So much for eating the right kind of food Instead of remaining an invalid and a cripple be cause of the lack of knowledge of the kind of food to use to bring one back ta health. Name given on application to Fostum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek. Mich. . WILL HtAL THEBREACH /. • A h I / ■ > TO KEEP FEDERAL PATRONAGE, ALABAMA REPUBLICANS STOP FACTIONAL FIGHT—OTH ER NEWS IN BRIEF. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 19.—The fact that the president has reappointed Dis trict Attorney William Vaughan and Mar shal D. N. Cooper, of the northern district of Alabama, and Marshal Bryan, of the middle district of Alabama, leads Alabama Republicans to believe that he will make few changes In presidential offices In this state. That this Seems to be his policy now is received with pleasure by most Re publicans, as they feared for a time that a number of the fat offices would go to Democrats. After the appointment of Thomas G. Jones, a Democrat, to the district judge ship over many Republican applicants, numerous Dem'dbratte candidates tot of fices sprang up and the Republicans be came apprehensive lest it was going to be the policy of the president to appoint Democrats where the Republicans could not agree Many Republicans also take the reap pointment of these officials to mean that .the factional fight which has waged in this state for the last year or two is to come to a prompt conclusion. They be lieve that one of the conditions involved Is that the fight is to end and, in this connection, it is believed that when the state Republican executive committee meets in Birmingham in January William Vaughan will resign the chairmanship. His successor, it is understood, will be a non-office holder who' will be qualified for the task of healing the breaches which ex ist in the ranks of the party in this state. CASTOH-I-A.. Bears the Kind You * ,WBYS Bcu £ ht drunkeOegro SHOOTS TWO MEN .■ ■ » t” ■ DESPERATE WITH DRINK HE FA- TALLY WOUNDS TWO COAL MINE OFFICIALS. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 21.—A special from Bristol says: A drunken negro shot and fatally wounded Secretary and Treas urer D. H. Miller, of the Big Coal compa ny at Tom’s Creek, In Wise county, Vir ginia, and thep turned his revolver on Charloc Williams, a commissary clerk, and fatally shot him. The negro was cap tured this morning and threats of lynch ing have been made. RAILROAD AGREES - ~T 0 PAY ITS TAXES JACKSON. Miss., Dec. 21.—Hon. Eaton Bowers, the general attorney for the Gulf and Ship Island railroad, called upon Gov ernor Longlno this morning and State Revenue Agent ,Wlrt Adams, and inform ed them that in view of the recent decision of the Supreme court in the Illinois Cen tral suit, in regard to back taxes on rail road property in Mississippi that his com pany had determined to have no more liti gation about tho back taxes of the Gulf and Ship Island road and that he was ready to settle the matter with the state. The Gulf and Ship Island road owes the state $50,000 for taxes and this amount will be paid in a few days, and the litigation that has been pending in the courts for the past two years will be dismissed. FRIENDS OF MISS STONE ARE STILL VERY HOPEFUL NEW YORK, ‘Dee. 20.—A dispatch sent by Rev. Robert Thompson, director of the American institute to The Journal and Advertiser dated at Samakov, Bulgaria, says: “Every missionary, male and female, in Bulgaria and Turkey, Is working strenu ously for the release of Miss Stone. “We want Miss Stone saved and our missions unsacrificed. “I refuse to accept the death theory. There Is not a shred of evidence favoring it. It is quite likely that Miss Stone and her captors have gone into comfortable winter quarters. Miss Stone is energetic, versatile and resourceful and she has doubtless succeeded In making friends of the brigands.” VICE ADMIRALTY - MAY BE CREATED WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Representa tive Pearre, of Maryland, yesterday intro duced a bill reviving a grade of vice ad miral of the navy and authorizing the ap pointment of William T. Sampson. Win field Scott Schley and Charles E. Clark to the grade of vice admiral. As Mr. Pearre represents the district from which Mr. Schley comes and has been ah active adherent of the admiral, the proposition to unite Admiral Sampson and Schley and Captain Clark, of the Oregon, In the advancement to the rank of vice admiral is regarded as a concil iatory step. MAIL CARRIER SMITH KILLED BY TRAIN DUBLIN, Ga., Dec. 20.—While crossing the tracks of the Oconee and Western railroad at Hutchinson's station yester day, Mall Carrier J. J. L. Smith wai struck by a train and his skull crushed, causing Instant death. Carrier Smith was an efficient and popu lar man. MASSACHUSETTS PARTY ARE IN CHATTANOOGA CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 20.—The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts and party of 20 from that state arrived liere In two private «ffs Wednesday and spent the day visiting historic points of interest. They left Wednesday for Andersonville, Ga.. where yesterday occurred the dedi cation cf the Massachusetts monument at the site of the old Andersonville prison. HOT WATER TANKEXPIoDES INJURING COLUMBUS WOMAN COLUMBUS. Ga„ Dec. 21.—Mrs. O. T. Howard was badly burned and her arm broken by th,® explosion of a hot water reservoir In • her kitchen this morning. The explosion tore the range to pieces and knocked great holes into the walls. Her escape from instant death was mirac ulous. Her condition is critical. MANY KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF BOILER Men, Bleeding and Mangled, Fill Mercy Hospital—Vast Building Torn to Shreds by Simultaneous Explo sion of Four Boilers. _______ • -- ci-; 5 PITTSBURG, Dec. 20.-The Black. Dla-, mond Steel works of Park Brothers,, on Thirtieth street, was the scene this morn ing of an awful accident, in which ,at least five workmen lost their lives and 12 were injured. Reports are freely circulated that from 10 to 30 were killed and it will not <be known just hew many are dead, until the wreckage is cleared away.- t v. i It was about 4:15 o’clock, as the night crew was about to turn over the mill.to the day force, that four bolters in the 10- Inch bar mill.' No. 3, exploded with tter rific force, scattering death and destruc tion in all directions. Building Torn to Atoms. The mill was completely wrecked and the debris Is piled from 50 to 75 feet'Jrigh., The boiler works of James McNeil, ad-1 joining the Blhck Diamond mill, )Were < also destroyed. A force of men went to work as quickly as possible after the explosion, searching In the debris for bodies. Five dead and twelve Injured have al ready been removed. Tne dead have hot been Identified and the bodies are now at the morgue. The Injured were removed to the Wefet Penn hospital. Their names are: Many Are Mangled. Thomas Elliott, aged 23, laborer; three severe scalp wounds. Albert Gelslesch, furnace hand"; two fingers blown off and several scalp wounds. Robert Street, colored; arnrt bruised. Alexander Wasseelo, charger of the furnace; left leg- broken and scalp •wounds. \ ' Valentine Perniski, right teg broken and scalp wounds. Jacob Chesnolanes, aged 32, two fingers blown off and burned about fate, head, hands and body. Isaac Washington, aged 40; heater, scalp wounds and left arm broken. ' ; , William Stelnbaugh, mill hand; chest bruised and-breast bone fractured. Peter Mlkosky. helper; scalp wounds and bank burned. John McChipky, helper; face and handt burned. ... r . .. , \ 1 Munroe Larkins, colored, 25, arms bruis ed and burned. Joseph Cunic, badly cut and injured about the head. Four Boilers Exploded. From what can be learned the four boll-' ers exploded at one time, reducing the mill to a heap of burned and charred tim bers and twisted iron. There is not a straight piece of iron or steel in the entire building. The mill has sixty men on each turn and It Is thought that both crews were in the plant at the thne of the explosion. All the night men were clad In their scanty working attire. When the boilers exploited a panic en sued and all the men that were able-rush ed to the street. The Injured and known dead were found under wreckage and in the mill yard. The No. 3 10-inch mill was a big iron clad structure, built on a steel frame. Residence is Wrecked. One of the boilers went clean through the Park Brothers mill and crushed into the McNeill plant, almost demolishing It. The only man at work in the McNeill plant was Rudolph Korff, the night watchman. He was knocked down by the force of the explosion. Another of the boilers went through the roof of the bar mill, soared through the air across Thirtieth street ahd crashed Into the residence of Robert Prince. 'lt went through the front wall and fell into the cellar, completely wrecking the house. Prince and his family were asleep at the time and had to rush to the street in their night clothes. " The other two boilers were blown to pieces and It was these that caused the complete destruction of the nflll. ,> The biting cold winds made the rescue work slow and painful. Just what the extent of the loss will be to the Park Brothers company and the McNeils is not known, but it is variously estimated from s2s,sss to SIOO,OOO. HABEAS CORPUS CASE ’ ’ BEFORE SUPREME COURT JACKSON,’Miss., Dec. 2L-rThe secorid proceedings in what promises to be one of the most celebrated criminal cases ih Mississippi for the past number of years, was submitted at the session of the su preme cou/t today. It is the case of H. H. Rogers, a young white man Os about 27 years of age, who Is charged with the killing of Tom Byrd, brother of Chancel lor Byrd, which occurred about three months ago in Newton county. The lower court denied Rogers bond and be was ro» manded to jail by Judge Hall without bail. The case ,was appealed to the -supreme court on a writ of habeas corpus. The case was argued by a number .of- the lead ing lawyers of the state, and on account of.the prominence of the families Involv ed and thG bitter fight that bpth sides are putting up, it is attracting unusual atten tion, and gives promise of being a cele brated case. VIRGINiANSSIGNIFY .•• . ABILITY IN GA. LAWS A request was received by Secretary of State Cook this morning from the consti tutional convention of the state of Vir ginia, asking for a report* of the Georgia railroad commission, and the, laws, qndgr which the commission operated. ... , € This makes the fifth request that the. state officers have received from the Vir ginians for Georgia laws, and several of the letters received stated that the con vention desired to model some of the Vifi gin la laws after the ones In, operation in. Georgia. The capitol officials state that this is quite a compliment to this state. TWO REPORTED BURNED TO DEATH IN ALABAMA ROME, Ga„ Dec. 21.—News was re ceived here yesterday from Atalla, Ala., that, the house of Carl .Evans, a well to do negro, living In the suburbs, was burned to the ground and his two sons. John and Sam. aged 17 and 19 years spectlvely perished in the flames. The fire was discovered about daylight. Several persons who were In the house managed to get out in safety but the two sons were overlooked and did not awaken until the flames had suffocated them. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT URGES FOREST RESERVES ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—President” Roosevelt yesterday sent congress a letter strongly commending the plan, for a’na tional forest reservation In the southern. Apalachlan region, *■ * ‘ AFTER MANY YEARS Os suffering from kidney disease. Miss Minnie Ry*n, of St. Louis, Mo., found a complete cure result from the use of Dr,.Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It is such cures' as this which es tablish the sound- Kjrtwy ness of Dr. Pierce’a Z y theory:' ” Diseases which originate in the stomach must . be cured through f the stomach.” .'./ I y Every other organ £'(;// 'l.'ff.'.'.','/ * depends on the 1 stomach for its / j vitality and vigor, c T For by the stom- r- $4 / ~ A -A. ach and its asso- Cj / / dated organs of I wS digestion and nu- a e® tntion the food v w-5 which is eaten W| converted into nu-**// J S 3 triment, which, inXz * the form of blood, S' is the sustaining / power of thte body % ■ and each organ of 'V.'*-?- it When the . li'V', stomach is dis- pJ \ eased the food sup ply of the body is Jgjz cut down, , the or- gans are starved, and the weakness of starvation shows itself in lungs, heart, liver, kidneys or some other organ. Dr. Piercers Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition, and so cures disease of other organs which have originated through deficient nutri tion or impure blood. "I had been suffering with kidney trouble twenty years,” writes Miss Minnie Ryan, of 1537 Louisiana Avenue, St. Louis. Mo., "and I haa doctored with a number of the best physi cians. Two vears ago I commenced taking your ‘ Golden Medical Discovery ’ and ‘ Favorite Pre scription ’ and took also several vials of Doctor Pieree’s Pellets. I took eight bottles (four of each), and I feel now perfectly cured.” Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure biliousness. jm OP cis JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Dec. 21.—The case of Newest C. Rathburn, who is on trial In the circuit court In this city on the charge of causing the death of Charles Goodman, of Evansville, Ind., will go to the jury at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon. The taking of evidence was completed yesterday and this morning Attorneys Dunbar and Pipps began their arguments for the defense. They will be followed by Prosecutor. Frank C. Mayfield and the arguments will occupy five hours. Judge Marsh will then give his instructions and the jury will be given the case. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Dec. 21.—Tn the trial yesterday of N. C. Rathbun, charged with causing the death of Chas. Goodman at the Falls City hotel, in this city, on November 6th, Dr. L. B. Kasle bjne, of Louisville, who made the chemi cal analysis of Goodman’s stomach, tes tified that he found no poison. He stated, however, that he believed Goodman’s death had been caused by qither prussjc acid or chloroform. MSHi PUT BANKS IN ORIENT BIG FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS ESTABLISH BANKING INSTI TUTIONS IN CHINA. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Three distinct movements are at the moment under way, having In view the establishment of Am erican banking facilities In the orient, says The Journal of Commerce. These Include, first, the establishment of branches at Shanghai and Manila by the Guaranty Trust company; second, the es tablishment of a bank particularly organ ized for the oriental business by a syndi cate, of which Edward M. Cragin is the head; and- third, the establishment by a New York national bank of a branch at Manila, as soon as suitable legislation can be secured. The first two of these movements have taken a definite, and tangible form, but responsible details are thus far lacking regarding either the identity of the na tional bank, which proposes to establish a branch at Manila, or the legal form un der which it Is proposed such branch could be established. Two banks which have, been more on less freely mentioned in connection with this rumor are the National City and in" Chase National. These rumors have, however, been denied , by representatives of both of these banks. Vice President Turnbull, of the Guar anty Trust cbmpany. and Mr. Wise, one of-the Lendos managers of the company, sailed from San Francisco recently for the-purpose of establishing branches of the trust company at Shanghai and Ma nila. They have Instructions to undertake at once the opening up of the branches. It has been said that the trust com pany has borught a defunct. English bank at. Manila as a basis for the hew Ma nila branch. This is. however, denied by Walter Oakman, president of the trust company. Consent to establish branches of the company has been given by the sec retary of war and the secretary of state. It is now- the Intention to capitalize the branches, but to conduct them as branch es pure and simple. 'Business- will be begun as soon as pos sible after the turn of the year, and the and the company has given the authorities at Washington such assurances of Its re-, sponslbility that It will, it is understood, receive on behalf of this government the first Instalment of the Chinese indemnity and will in time become custodian In whole or in part of the civil and military funds at Manila. Definite details of Mr. Cragin’s plans are not as yet available, but it is learned that Mr. Cragin hhs already secured senior partner of■ one of the best known Amer ican-China houses as agent at Shanghai of his new bank. Mr. Cragln. It will be recalled, was a member of the Frye-Cra gin syndicate, which secured a concession from Nicaragua for building the canal. MOBILE~TS SUFFERING FROM TERRIFIC COLD MOBILE.' Ala., Dec. 20.—The minimum temperature • recorded here this mornihg was 19 degrees, the same as on Wednes day. ' The indications are for continued cold tonight. For Christmas Week Only Atiy farmer who will order one Mallory Plow complete, cash accompanying order, we will give him 12.50 off of $15.00, the retail price, aa a Christmas gift. Send order and $12.50 and get a plow. STEVE A. TURNELL, Madl aon, G -1 ., or A. R. MALLORY, 353 Luckie street, Atlanta, Ga. ATLmfi LEADS EIIISE STATE MANUFACTURING CENSUS, JUST ISSUED, SHOWS WELL FOR ATLANTA AND STATE OF GEORGIA. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—A bulletin is. sed by the census bureau on manufac- 4 tures In Georgia shows that Atlanta is not only the leading manufacturing city in the state, but has made the most rapid growth, the value of products having In creased from $13,074,037. In 1890 to $16,721- 899 in 1900, or 27.9 per cent. '• The average number of wage earners Increased from 7,957, to 9,368, or 17.7 per cent, but the number -of establishments decreased from 410 to 396, or 3.7 per cent The number of establishments, num ber of wage-earners, and value of pro ducts for this city constituted 5.3, 1 and 15.7 per cent, respectively, of the totals for the entire state. The nlr.G leading industries of the state In 1900 embraced 3.301 establishments, or 44 per cent of the total number In the state; used a capital of $61,341,596, or 68.3 per cent of the total; gave employment to 61,170 wage earners, or 73 per cent of the total number; and paid $14,059 303, or 69.3 per cent of the total wages. The value of their products was $72,- 315,693. or 68.2 per cent of the total. Although Georgia. - is I state, there has been a steady growth in Its manufacturing and mechanical indus tries during the half century.* * The popu lation during these years Increased from 906,185 to 2,216.331, or 144.6 per cent, but the average number of wage earners employ ed in manufacturing establishments in creased from 8,368 to 838,342, or 901.9 per cent, embracing in 1900 3.8 per cent of the entire population, compared with nine tenths of 1 per cent in 1850. , Probably the best Indication of the im portance of the wage earning class Is af forded by the greatest number employed at any one time during the year. In 1900 this was 111.239. or 5 per cent of the total population of the state. , FIRE CRIPPLES SIBLEY MILLS IN AUGUSTA AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 20— The most de structive mill fire since the Globe mills were burned occurred at the Sibley mill this morning. It originated In the picker room and was ex tnguished by the fire fighting ma chines of the mill without calling out tho city fire department, but not until after heavy damage had been done. The picker machines In the room were destroyed beyond the possibility of re pair. together with 20 bales of cotton. Orders for new picker machines wees sent by telegraph at once, as the mill will be compelled to close down until the new machines can be Installed. e HUNTER’S HOPE FOR PARDON GROWS DIM - ■ Governor Candler has approved the rec ommendation of the prison commission In the application for pardon of Thomas Hunter, formerly auditor of the Atlanta and West Point raHroad. which recom* mendation was that Hunter be not pAr- f doned. Application for pardon was made several months ago, and the recommendation to the governor in the case was made a few days ago. After Investigation Governor Candler declined to Interfere with the ver dict of the prison commission. • It Is understood that another effort to secure Hunter's release will be made. FOURTEEN SMALL HOUSES BURN IN CHARLESTON CHARLESTON. S. S., Dec. 20.-Flre vesterday morning destroyed .fourteen buildings in the upper part of the city. . / They were mostly small shanties, and the total loss is less than $30,000. Among the places burned were several street shows for the exposition. A Chinese laundryman had a narrow es cape with his life? About two-thlrds covered by Insurance. MRS. BRYAN BROOKS IS BURNED TO DEATH MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 20.—A special to The Scimitar from Birmingham. Ala., says: Mrs. F. Brooks, wife of Bryan Brooks, assistant manager of the Fair store here, was burned to death this morning by her clothing Igniting while standing In front of an open grate. . ~ POSTOFFICeTt GORDON - ROBBED BY BURGLARS MACON, Dec. 19.—The postoffice at Gordon has been robbed. It was smashed into with hammers and augurs taken from a blacksmith shop nearby. Fifteen • hundred tobacco tags and $25 in money are missing. The suspected parties are said to be In Savannah. , ’ APPLICATION IS MADE FOR $50,000 DRUG CO. ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 20.—Application for charter for a $50,000 drug company to be conducted in Athens has been made. The company will consist of Mr. Billups Phin- Izy. Mr. R. I. Dußose. Mr. B. F. Harde man, Dr. R. C. Orr and Mr. R. W. Lam kin. It will oe strong financially and every ’ other way. * . Miscellaneous. ' wanted— Two "traveling salesmen’ fn’ each state. Permanent position. S6O and expenses. Centra] Tobacco’Works Co., Penicke, Va. WANTED—In every city In the state, an agent to take orders for all kinds of Seeds at low prices. Good goods. Liberal pay. Ne fake scheme. Address Paul Toland & C - Battle Hill. Ga. I Wanted at Once—Two salesmen In each state, SSO 00 and expenses, permanent poeitlon. • Ad dress Penicks Tobacco Works Co., Penicks. Va. OH. HO! WEAK MEN—Our Improved vacuum developer, guaranteed cheapest, best on earth for sexual weakness, stricture, losses, varico cele. Enlarges shrunken organs. Particulars sealed. The Worlds Cure Co.. Denver. Colorado. I Cure Men and Women of any form of chronic nervous diseases, no matter how obstinate or deep seated the ease. Twenty years of my life have b4en devoted « their study and treatment. I hive cured hundreds of patients at their homes. Writ* me fully. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D., « Inmar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. ‘ .