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2 DUNCAN DIES FROM HIS WOUND HIS WIFE HELD ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER. AND AN INVES TIGATION WILL FOL- LOW. Police Officer Duncan, who was shot by his wife Saturday night a week ago. died at the Grady hospital this morning at 12:06 o’clock. He began to sink rapidly yesterday af ternoon. and early In the evening the phyMciana announced that he was dying. The death was reported to the coroner, and he will probably hold an inquest to* day. when all the facts In the tragedy may be brought out. The case has great ly pussled the police, as much of the evi dence is conflicting. -» Mrs. Duncan was ill in her room at police barracks last night, and will not know until this morning of the death of her husband. The police refused to wake her slumber this morning, fearing that the shock would be too great for her to James Munroe Duncan was shot by his wife on Saturday evening. February 8, tn a boarding house at No. 51 North Forsyth street.. On that evening he and his wife and -win, a negro nurse. Mrs. Duncan's little 4-year-old boy and Miss Bessie Shelnutt. a visitor, were in Dun can's room. AH the witnesses have stated that Duncan was drinking: that was denied by Duncan aftyr he was shot. An altercation arose between Duncan and his son. Claud’’, and the father slapped the young man. The two clinched and the son was being pushed backward over a child's bed when Mrs Duncan inter posed. She drew a pistol from the young man's pocket and shot her husband in the face, the ball striking the bridge of the nose and entering the head. Mrs. ' Duncan has stated that her husband was attempting to draw his pistol, and was making threats to kill both her and the young man. Claude Duncan has corrob orated this statement. The woman claims she fired In a moment of extreme excite ment and did not intend to kill her husband. There is a discrepancy In the statements of Mrs. Duncan and the negro nurse. The latter claims that she. Miss Shellnut and the little boy ran from the room be fore the shot was fl red. Mrs. Duncan saya they were all present. Miss Shell nutt. has told the police she was present, and she corroborates what Mrs. Duncan says. The police at first believed the young man fired the shot, and he was arrested. After Duncan made a statement exoner ating his son. the latter was released. Duncan was unconscious from Saturday until Tuesday, when he became rational for a few hours and made a statement to his kinsman. Policeman A. J. Ivey. In his statement Duncan said he was not drinking, and that his wife fired the shot after saying she would kill him if he did not let the young man alone. He admit ted striking his son. and said he did so because the young man acted badly while in the room. “ * Duncan was a supernumerary on the police force. He was elected last fall., during the interstate fair. He was 45 years of age. and was born in Gwinnett* county. Mrs. Duncan was his second wife. His first wife, who died in 1895. was a Miss Josephine Roberts. He had five children by his first wife and none by his second. Mrs. Duncan was a grass widow when she married Duncan. The wedding oc curred on the very day she secured her divorce, in October. 199 ft. She has two children by b«r first husband. Her maid en name was MolUe Eady, and she is a daughter of the late A. M. Eady, of West Point, this state. , SIXTY VETERANS TO ATTEND DALLAS REUNION About members of Camp W. H. T. Walker. No. 925. United Confederate Vet erans. will attend the coming Confederate reunion in Dallas. Tex. The trip was dis cussed at the meeting held last week, when there was much enthusiasm shown. It was decided not to elect delegates and .alternates, but to allow those who wished to go to act as delegates. Among the members who expressed the intention of going were R. S. Osborn, J. S. Holland. J. B. Oxoonj, A. B. Andrews. Dr. M. ‘C. Martin. G. L. Walker. J. R- Stamps. F. R. Hillburn. G. W. Guthrie. W. H. Bettie. A. J. Camp. R. J. Delay. W. J. Langston. D. W. JJgon andxD. 11. Goudy, all of whom were appointed either delegates or alternates. It is likely a number of oth ers will also go with this party. Atlanta Man Shot in Macon Bar. MACON. Feb. 15.-Mr. Dan O’Connell tired four shots from his pistol In Putsei's bar Thursday and wounded Perry Davis, of Atlanta. One bullet took effect in Da- B via’ jaw and ranged upward around the eye and passed out at the forehead. The wound is thought to be only a flesh ' injury, and was perhaps a glancing shot after the bullet had ricocheted from a wall. O'Connell says he tried to kill Davis, because Davis was imposing on him. Da vis refuses to say anything. O’Connell is held on the charge of assault with intent to murder. 1 Witnesses say that the shooting was the result of a quarrel about whether or not O'Connell should drink with Davts. I Will Cure You of • Rheumatism. No pay until you know it. After 2.000 experiments. I have learned how to cure Rheumatism. Not to turn bony joints into fieen again; that !• im possible But I can cure the disease al ways. at any stage, and forever. I ask for no inoney. Simply Write me a postal and I will send you an order on your nearest druggist for six bottles of Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cfire. for every druggist keeps it. Use ft for a mdnth. and if It dees what I claim, pay your druggist IS 50 for it. If it doesn't I wiU pay him myself . I have no samples Any medicine that can affect Rhumatism with but a few dpees must be drugged to the verge of danger. I use no such drugs. It is folly to take them. You must get the disease , out of the blood. My remedy does that, even In the most difficult, obstinate cases. No matter how impossible this seems to you. I know it and I take the risk. I have cured tens of .thousand* of cases in this way. and my records show that 39 out of 4ft who get those six bottles pay. and pay gladly. I nave learned that people In general are honest with a physician who cures them. That is all I ask. It I fail I don't expect -a penny from you. Simply write me a postal card or letter. Let me send you an order for the medi cine. Take it'for a month, for it won’t harm you anyway. If ft cure*, pay SS.W. I leave that entirely to you. I will mail you a book that tells how I do It. Ad dress Dr. Shoop. Box 544, Racine. Wte. ’ Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured by oae or two battles. At all! druggists.” GRANADE HEARING SATURDAY BEFORE JUDGE ORR T. J. Granade. held in the Tower on a coroner’s warrant, charging him with the I murder of Jesse Pope. Friday demand ed a commitment trial before Judge Orr. ' The case was set for 9 o’clock Saturday, and at ■ the appointed hour Granade and his attorney. Albert H.'Cox. appeared for the hearing. The state was jhort on witnesses and Granade came very near gaining his liberty. Upon the request of Solicitor Charley Hill for the state the ease was postponed until this morning at 9 o'clock. • Today the .evidence before ffite cor oner will be gone over again and addi tional. witnesses are to appear as well. The lady about whom the fuss started will be present, it js understood. i;he case is one of great interest. Both young men were students at the Atlanta Dental col lege. • • ? Several of Granade'® relatlveb have ar rived In the city 'and are preparing to make as strong a fight as possible for him. GREENE GAYNOR CASE CONSIDERED BY SPEER SAVANNAH. Ga-.'Feb. 15.—This morn ing in the United States court. .United States District A'tfdrriey Marion. Erwin concluded• hfs argument on the pleas in abatement in the case of B. F. Green et a!., charged with conspiracy against the government. Judge Speer took the case under consideration. The defendants were allowed to leave the court room, but they are not permitted to go beyond the con fines of Chatham county. THE fIEApSHftBP” NOT LOCATED OT FMR MRS. “SHARP" DOES NOT KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF HER HUSBAND—FATHER SEEKS WRONG MAN. The police have not yet caught the man using the name ‘'Alexander Sharp," be lieved to be assumed, who married Miss Olah Charles last Monday and deserted light Friday by the real Mr. Sharp, light yesterday by the real Mr. Sharp, the man who is entitled to the name, ap plying to th® police for protection from the young lady’s father, who had gone gunning for the deserter of his daughter. When the girl saw the man she at once said he was not her husband, and it is how a matter of cbnjecture just who she married. Mrs. '‘Sharp’’ is a daughter of Robert E. Charles, of 18 Capitol place. She Is a beau tiful girl, and was a telephone girl at the Standard company. She had known "Sharp” only about two weeks, when he persuaded her to run away and marry him. This took place last Monday, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Chas. W- Byrd, pastor of the First Methodist church. The marriage Jook place in the church ind was witnessed by several persons.. Monday night was spent at the Alham bra hotel and Tuesday the girl was car ried by her husband to the home of her married sister. It was arranged that the couple should take dinner* wltlt- Mrs, "Sharp's" parents that day and get for giveness. tart whH the dinner hour ar-> rived the husband failed to show up and has not since been heard from. The father went to work to locate the man and decided qn a Mr. Sharp at the Western and Atlantic railroad Friday. He proved to be innocent and the police are now looking for the right man. From the description with which they have been furnished., it is believed the man is one who knew* Sharp and took his name. It is also thought he is married. Mrs. “Sharp" has been prostrated with grief since the affair, but has rallied con siderably now and wants her place back with the telephone exchange, which she gave up when she went to get married. FEW NEGROES PAID THEIR POLL TH FOR THIS REASON MANY ARE DIS FRANCHISED—NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST. OPELIKA, Ala., Feb. 15.—Arrangements are being made to put the two new rural delivery routes here into operation. This will give Opelika four, which will thor oughly cover the surrounding country. Tax Collector R. B. Booker has received sufficient returns from the payment of poll taxes in I-ee county to tell approxi mately what the vote will be.’ There are about 5.600 voters in Lee .county, 2,500 whites and 3.000 colored. There were 1,269 whites assessed for poll tax. Os this num ber 1.110 paid. There are about 150 exempt as members of Are and military compa nies and township trustees. In addition to this 150 whites paid who have become of age since the last assessment. This makes 1.410 whites paid or who are exempt. Then there are about 40 per cent over the age of 45. so that the white vote of the county will be about 2.000, the number usually polled. Only 413 negroes paid their poll tax, and many of them cannot register for not having the ojher qualifications. The vote of Lee county in the future will be between 2.250 and 2,500, not quite 50 per cent, and will be composed of mostly whites. The directors of the Chewacla Lime works will meet here Monday. Their prop erty is one of the most valuable in the state, but it was abandoned some time ago. as the quarry had gone so deep in the ground that they could not afford to mine it. They are now mining the lime stone above ground at CaJcis. The terms of Hon. W. B. Tucker and Hon. Homer McGraw as county commis sioners. and Professor D. M. Banks as county superintendent of education ex pire this year. In addition to the above two representatives are to be elected from Lee. Politics is very quiet, and while no candidates have announced, it is highly probable that, there will be several can didates for eaph of these offices*-and that the contest will be lively'. ' HOSE BROKE SUDDENLY" AND FLOODED POLICEMAN An impromptu geyser broke forth in front of police headquarter* Saturday and held the whole force at bgy for fully fifteen minutes. The sidewalk and steps were being cleansed of snow with a large , hose when the hose suddenly burst.. ’A spray thirty feet high and covering a cir cumference of half the street and the en tire front of the building played tn de fiance of police authority. Several police men were drenched. After the hose broke the 'plug refused to be turned off and passage in and out of the building had to be made through icy water. At last the plug was turned off after several appeals to the waterworks department and things again became nor mal at headquarters. All about were drenched officers, shivering with cold. Ther whole affair was witnessed by a large crowd of the Decatur street deni zens and was greatly enjoyed. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MUM DAY, FEBRUARY f7- 1902. FOR BRAVERY DEMES GET MEDALS REPORT OF ARMY BOARD GIVES REWARDS TO SOLDIERS WHO LED IN DAR- ING. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-Adjutant Gen eral Corbin has made public the report of the army board of which General Mc- Arthur was president, appointed to con sider and report the names of officers and enlisted men of the army who distinguish ed themselves in the recent campaigns in Cuba. China and the Philippines to en title* them to a reward, either of medals of honor or certificates of merit. The officers recommended for brevet rank for specific services during the recent campaigns were sent to the senate by the president In the regular way. President Roosevelt has approved all the recommendations of the board for reward of brevet, medals and honor and certifi cates of m£rit, with the exception of the Recommendation that Col. Theodore Roosevelt be given the brevet rank of brigadier general for the services at bat tle of San Juan hill. The list of brevets will be made public when it is sent to the senate. The medals of honor will be awarded in 33 cases, of which ten go to commissioned officers and 23 to non-commissioned officers and pri vates. j Only one medal is awarded oh account of service in the Cuban service, two in the case of the Chinese campaign and thirty in the Philippine war. The medal list shows few names of persons familiar to the public, perhaps the most notable be ing those of Musician Calvin P. Titus, who was the first to scale the wall at Pekin, and who afterward was sent to West Point, and Lieutenant Matthew A. Batson, who commanded the Macabebe scouts. The certificates of merit are all award ed to non-commissioned officers and pri vates and of the total number of 56, four are on account of the Cuban campaign, 45 on account of the Philippine campaign and one of account of Ciyinese trouble. The medal of honor liftt is: Cuba—Edward Lee Baker, Jr.,‘sergeant major 10th cavalry; for distinguished gal lantry in action at Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898, in leaving cover and rescuing, un der fire, a wounded comrade from drown ing in a stream In front of Santiago. Philippine islands—Captain George W, Matthews, assistant surgeon 36th volun teer infantry:for distinguished gallantry m action near Laboa, P. 1., October 29, 1899, in attending wounded under a severe fire of the enemy, and seizing a carbine and beating off an attack upon wounded offi cers and men under his charge. Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Grove, 36th volunteer infantry; for most distinguished gallantry in action near Porac, Luzon, P. 1., September 9, 1899. w’here, in advance of his regiment, he rushed to the assistance of his colonel, charging, pistol in hand, seven insurgents and compelling surrender of all not killed or wounded. . Captain- Harry Bell. 36th volunteer in fantry :-fermoat qtmsCWuous gallantry In action aeat Borad, Luzon', T: 1., October 17, 1899, in leading a successful charge against a superior force, capturing and disposing of the enemy and relieving other me.mbers of his regiment from a perilous position. First Lieutenant Arthur M. Ferguson, 36th volunteer Infantry; for most con spicuous gallantry in action near Porac, Luzon, P. 1.. September 28, 1899, where he charged along a body of the enemy and captured a captain. Captain George W. Biegler. 28th volun teer infantry—For most distinguished gal lantry in action with 19 men, resisting and at close quarters defeating 300 of the ene my, neat Locc, Luzon, P. 1., October 21, 1900. Captain Hugh J. McGrath, 48th cavalry, since deceased—For most distinguished gallantry In swimming the San Juan river in the face of the enemy’s fire and driving him from his intrenchments, at Calamba, Luzon, P. 1., July 26, 1899. First Lieutenant Matthew A. Batson, 4th cavalry, now retired. Lieutenant Colonel James Parker, 45th volunteer infantry (now major of cavairy and assistant adjutant general)—For moat distinguished gallantry in the defense of Vigan, Luzon, P. 1., December 4, 1899, while in command of the garrison, where, with email numbers, he repulsed a savage night attack by overwhelming force of the enemy, fighting at close quarters in the dark for several hours. Second Lieutenant Allen J. Greer, 48th infantry, for conspicuous gallantry In ac tion, July 2, 1901, near Majada, Laguna province, P. 1., in charging alone an in surgent outpost with his pistol, killing one, wounding two and capturing three Insurgents with rifles and equipment. Private John C. Wetherby, company L, Fourth infantry (died November 29, 1899, of wounds received November 20, 1899), for most distinguished gallantry in action while carrying important orders on the battlefield he was desperately wounded, and being unable to walk erect crawled fanenough to deliver his orders; this near Imus, Luzon, r. !•» November 20, 1899. Sergeant Henry Schroder, Company L. 16th infantry., for most distinguished gallantry In action In defeating with 22 men. 400 insurgents, killing 36 and wound ing 90: this at Carlg, P. 1., April 14. Pri vate Louis. Company L. 19th infantry, for most distinguished gallantry in act ion; single handed and alone he defended his mortally wounded companion from an overwhelming force of the enemy near Mt. Amia. Cebu. P. 1., February 14, 1900. C. I. Pearce. 19th infantry, distinguished gal lantry In action, holding a bridge from a superior force and fighting though most severely wounded until the main body A STEADY WORKER. Coffee Works Slow But Sure. Many people use coffee day after day without an idea of the serious work it does with nerves, stomach, bowels and sometimes with the eyes, heart and kid neys. Its work is done gradually; that is. the poison affects the nerve centers a little today and a little tomorrow and so on. and finally the nerve cells > are slowly broken down and then Nature begins the call for help. It is a safe proposition that if a man or woman has headaches, stomach trouble, or any such aliments come on at intervals, something is wrong with the Mod or drink, and this question should be investigated carefully, for health is th* beat capital any one can possess and willfully‘breaking it down is a piece of childish folly. It is easy to leave off coffee if one will take Postum Food Coffee, properly made, for Postum has a delicious coffee flavor and a deep seal brown color which changes to a golden brown when cream Is added, and it satisfies the coffee drinker without any of the had effects of coffee; on the contrary the result of using Postum is the rebuilding of th,e broken down nerve 1 centers by the food elements contained in It. Postum ts a pure food beverage made by scientific food makers and can be depended upon absolutely for its purity and the good results that follow its use. To bring out the flavor and food value Postum must be boiled at least 15 min ‘ utes after the boiling begins. came up to cross; this near San Isifiro, Luzon, April 19, 1900. Sergeant Charles W. Ray, company 1, Twenty-second infantry, most distinguish ed gallantry In actlo.n, capturing a bridge with the detachment he commanded, hold ing It against a superior force of the ene my. thereby enabling an army to come up and cross; this near San Isidro, Luzon. P. 1., October 19, 1899. Private George M. Shelton, company I. Twenty-third Infantry, for most conspic uous gallantry in action, in advancing along under heavy fire of enemy and res cuing a wounded comrade, this at Lades, Leyte. P. 1.. April 26, 1900. Sergeant Clarence M. Condon, battery C, Third artillery, now second lieutenant of artillery, for most distinguished gal lantry in action near Calulut, Luzon, P. 1., • November 5, 1898, while in command of a detachment of four men he charges and routed 40 intrenched insurgents inflicting on them heavy loss. MAN ANDWOMAN ARE~ PURSUED BY ENDLESS CHAIN CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—An endless chain is the latest scheme to be adopted by James C. Rogers to get track of Miss Florence Ely and her nephew, frank Ely Rogers, who disappeared from Evanston last July. Two thousand circulars will be sent out to every part of the United States con taining the photographs and descriptions of the missing pair and each person re ceiving the letter is requested to send copies of the letter to three friends ask ing them to send <joples to three of theirs and so on. making a chain. IN COM TOWER SfiRPY AWAITS HISJUL ALLEGED SWINDLER TRANSFER- RED THERE AND MAY SUCCEED IN GIVING BOND FOR HIS appearance. E. J. Sarpy, the alleged swindler, who has been held at police station for some time, was Saturday transferred to the Tower to await trial in the state epurt on the charge of forgery. His bond is fixed at 11,000 and his attorney, Thomas L. Bishop, says he will be able to give it. Sarpy, it will be remembered, was ar rested in connection with an alleged com mercial guide swindle. He is said to have tried to collect for advertisements which had appeared in the guide, which was in reality, it ts said, an old book with new pages for adds pasted in. Some of those who had subscribed for ads paid up, but others noticed the price agreed upon for the advertisement had been changed. Sar py was forthwith arrested by Detectives Kilpatrick and Langford. The recorder fined him 3100 for doing business without a license and bound him over to the state court for forgeryv it being held that to change an agreement over a signature was forgery just as much as is affixing another's name. Sarpy went to the stock ade, but remained only a few days before a habeas corpus w® B taker) before Judge Newman. This same up for a hearing Saturday and was dismissed upon the request ot Bishop, an agreement having been reached whereby Sarpy's fine in the recorder’s court was reduced to - This ,aniou»K'Wa paid and Sarpy went to the Tdwer. ■; According ite Mr. Bishop he will be re leased oh bond shortly. STRIOMSn MEMO AGAIN TEXTILE UNION IS TALKING OF DEMANDING INCREASED PAY FOR OPERATIVES. AUGUSTA, Ga., Feb. 15.—Much interest is felt as to what the Textile union will do in regard to instructions from head quarters to make a demand for a 10 per cent increase in wages. » About a month ago a representative of the executive board of the National Tex tile Workers’ union visited Augusta and mills in this section on an inspecting tour. In a speech made at Red Men s hall, in this city, he said that in his report he should advise that a demand for an in crease In wages be made, and enforced with a strike if not conceded. It appears from the news received here that he has made such a report, and that it has been adopted. The time limit to be set by this ulti matum is March 17th. So far no action has been taken by the local unions. It is given out by the mill men that a raise in wages at this time is simply an impossi bility, and that such a demand could not be granted if made. There are many con servative men among the operatives who seem ready to concede this, and who de precate anything that would lead to an Interruption of steady employment. The Intimation is freely made that if the mills will make a slight concession all trouble will be averted. There has been considerable reinstate ment into unions of members who had fall en in arrears, as it is given out that only union members in good standing will be entitled to strike benefits, and they wish to be prepared for any emergency. MISS GOULD AND PARTY STOPPING IN ATLANTA Miss Helen M. Gould arrived in Atlanta Saturday with party of friends from New Orleans, aboard her private car "At alanta.” The party will remain here sev eral days, and Miss Gould will probably use a part of the time in visiting some of ser personal friends in Atlanta. In Miss Gould's, party are Miss Ida J. Coots. Miss Margaret Stevenson, Miss Estelle Hartshorne and Mary Clark, a maid, from New York city; Mrs. Dr. Gil bert E. Palen. the sister of Jay Gould; Miss Anna Palen, of Germantown, Pa., and Mr. Frank K. Tutt, of Kansas City. This party has been having an enjoyable trip through the southwest, finally reach ing New Orleans in time for the carnival, which was much enjoyed, especially by Miss Gould, who has not visited New Or leans for several years. The trip is solely for pleasure. The “Atalanta" is a magnificent private car. elaborately fitted and decorated. It arrived here Saturday about 1 o’clock, attached to the Southern train from Bir mingham. Immediately after the arrival of the train the private car was taken in tow by a switch engine and carried to the Western and Atlantic spur track beneath the Forsyth street bridge, where the aris tocratic and benevolent Miss Gould par took of dinner, having as a view from her ear window the picturesque din giness of the shadows beneath the big bridge. Miss Gould steadfastly refused to see any reporters, but sent word that she would probably remain here sevetal days. The Griffin Call is Sold. GRIFFIN. Ga.. Feb. 14.-L. F. Scott, of ConyerS. yesterday purchased uie plant of The Evening Call and will move It to Con yers and run a weekly newspaper. | KENTUCKIAN FLAYS THE ENGLISH WHEELER, OF KENTUCKY, SAYS PAUNCEFOTE IS A TRAITOR TO NATION—HE STRONGLY DE- NOUNCES ENGLAND. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—During the de bate upon a pension bill, Wheeler, of Kentucky, created a sensation by a speech denouncing the attitude of the ad ministration and the state department in connection with what he termed the re cent exposure of the attitude of Great Britain toward the United States. Mr. Wheeler excoriated what he termed the modern disposition toward "European flunkeyism." Until 1896, he said, all Americans had glorified in the splendid isolation of the re public and its determination to hold aloof from foreign entangling alliances. Less than five years ago. he declared, a presi dent "egged on by the pitiable flunkey in the state department” had stretched his atms across the seas in adulation to the people of Great Britain and today the government was' hugging to its bosom a nation that since the battle of Yorktown had systematically and persistently plot ted our downfall. He sneered at the "shoulder strapped gold lace flunkeys" who were to be dis patched across the Atlantic to bend the knee to and kiss the hand of the English king, whose government, he declared, had atempted to form a coalition of European governments to thwart us while we were seeking to strike the shackles from Cuba. Honest, straight-forward American dip lomacy, he declared, had given way to European diplomacy. He said he respect ed the present occupant of the w’hite house. He was, he said, too straight forward for many of his party qplieagues, slightly quixotic perhaps, and hasty tem pered, but honest and brave enough, he thought, to “boot out that man in the state department who had brought us to the humiliating position." Turning to England's war in South Af rica he denounced her tyranny and the part we had in it in allowing war mate rial to be shipped from our shores. If half that was said of "this man Paunce fote" was true, he declared, he ought to be shipped across the water and "the sooner the better.” Referring to the report that a member of the president's family was to attend the coronation Mr. Wheeler said it was per haps unbecoming to allude to it. Never theless. he said, he considered it “most unfortunate and unprecedented and to be lamented by ev*y liberty-loving Ameri can." It was but one more link in the chain. Mr. Wheel*r then turned to the pros pective" visit of Prince Henry. With a gesture of contempt he declared that "Eu ropean maniacs were falling over each other” to see the "little Dutchman.” There were thousands of Americans fol lowing the plow, he said, who are as hon est and as noble as he. Why,- he asked, should the American people give heed to this flunkeyism of the present adminis tration. We should treat our visitors po-, lltely but whyX'fall down and worship them.” The whole house was aroused by Mr., Wheeler’s philippic. Several times the Democratic side burst into applause. As he was'concludlng Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, asked it Mr. Wheeler had been liv ing at the time of the visit of Lafayette, as the representative of the king of France, whether he would have opposed the reception accorded the Frenchman by. Washington. "I should have been proud to receive the Marqulj. de Lafayette,” replied Mr. Wheeler. "He helped to fight for our lib erties." • • > • j Mr. Gillet, of Massachusetts, called at tention to the fact that President Buchan an, a Democrat, had received the Prince of Wales. "That was a different thing.” retorted Mr. Wheeler, amid Republican jeers. “He came in an official capacity as the heir to the British throne." This statement, Mr. Grosvenor denied, declaring that the prince came incognito and was received and entertained at the white house by a Democratic president. If the gentleman is correct. answered Mr. Wheeler, "then I condemn the ac tion of President Buchanan.” Mr. Boutelle, of Illinois, vigorously de fended the head of the state department. No man in recent years had reflected such credit upon our department affairs as he. He referred especially to the Chinese cri sis and said his acts throughout that time had won the commendation of the world. Mr. Boutelle said he could not sit silent while such an attack was made upon a man who had shed lustre upon our diplo macy. The excitement then subsided and con sideration of the pension bill was resumed. Later in the day Mr. Grosvenor replied at some length to the speech made by Mr. Wheeler earlier in the day, severely crit icising the Kentucky member for what he termed the latter’s **inopportune speech." He said that the speech would be read at Kiel tomorrow morning on the eve of Prince Henry's departure as the message of the American people. Mr. Wheeler, at . the conclusion of Mr. Grosvenor's remarks, made an impassion ed response, protesting against the official reception of Prince Henry. Pauncefote, Acted Without Authority. LONDON, Feb. 14.—The Associated Press understands that the under secreta ry of foreign affairs. Lord Cranborne, will inform the house of commons this after noon that Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador at Washington, acted merely as dean of the diplomatic corps in sum moning the meeting of April 14, 1898 that he did so at the Instigation of other dip lomatists; that he acted in those proceed ings entirely on his ow*n Initiative, formed the note as ft matter of routine and was Instructed in return to take absolutely no notice of the matter. Dr. Maurice Baumfield. of Vienna, is in Chi cago endeavoring to interest capitalists in a project to establish a daily newspaper in Vi enna and run It on the American plan. KING’S Latest Improved COTTON To let the people see the latest strain of this great variety. WE WILL GIVE a 3-lb. lot of the seed (and send It by mail) to any cotton grower who will do us a reasonable service—service to consist In handing out some cards for us. Address. T. J. KING GO.; Richmond, Va. LEGISLATIVE ACTS WERE DELIVERED ON FRIDAY The acts of the legislature of Georgia for 1901 have been issued from the press es of the Franklin Printing company and | are now in the hands of Librarian Well born for distribution. The announcement that the acts ar® now ready for sale will be hailed with de light by all the lawyers and judges in the state of Georgia. The acts contain all the laws passed by the last legislature and are important to the lawyers, county officers and judges. The volume is quite a large one. and is neatly bound in cloth. All the state houso officers and members of the legislature and county officers will be furnished with gopies free of charge. The books will be sold at a moderate cost to lawyers and others who desire them. MAN’S LIFE HIS OWN: _ CAN TAKE IT AT WILL PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Feb. 15.-Herbert Wright, of this city, has been arraigned before Judge Arnold on the charge of tak ing laudanum with suicidal intent. Wright pleaded "guilty to attempting suicide, but not with intent to kill myseif." In dismissing the case. Judge Arnold said he doubted if there is such an offense in this country as attempted suicide. The law emanated, he said, from courts where there were kings and emperors, who adopted the theory that it was wrong for a man to kill himself and thus reduce the number of king's subjects. The judge added that a man’s life belong to himself and his creator and he did not know but that the man had the right to kill himself if he so desired. TO MEHIiSITORS IN ATLftNTfi THIS MORNING COMMITTEE FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL MAKE PLEAS- ANT STAY OF CINCINNATI BUSINESS MEN. In the absence President J. K. Orr, E. C. Peters, vice president of the Cham ber of Commerce, has appointed the fol lowing committee to meet the Young Men’s Business Club of Cincinnati, which will arrive In. Atlanta this morning at 7 o'clock by the Georgia railroad, and leave by the Western and Atlantic road at 9 o’clock: J. K. Orr, E. C. Peters. W. A. Hemphill, H. H. Cabaniss, Clark Howell, T. H. Mar tin. Oscar Pappenheimer, John S. Cohen, David Woodward. J. Wylie Pope, R. T. Conley, A. L. Metcalf, Frank 8. Ellis, J. E. Maddox, J. A. Sams, L. L. McClesky. As the Cincinnati party will be here on ly two hours, and part of this time will be occupied at breakfast, there will not be an opportunity to show the visitors any marked attention, such as has been customary on similar occasions, when the visitors had a day or half a day at their disposal, but the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce will call on the business men to pay their respects and bld them welcome to Atlanta. Charleston Host of Cincinnati Party. CHARLESTON. 8. C.. Feb. 15.—A large party of Clncinnfttlans is here today to open the Cincinnati building at the expo sition. The delegation, headed by Mayor Fleischmann and President Puchta, of the chamber of commerce, consists of 14ft, including many ladies. The party came on a special train, reaching here early this morning. The visitors were welcomed at the ex position by Mayor Smythe and the expo sition officials. The Cincinnati building was formally accepted and turned jover to the exposition by the mayor of Cin cinnati and speeches were made by other members of the party. A collation was served In the building afterward. The party will stay over tomorrow, be ing given an excursion around the harbor. They leave here tomorrow afternoon and return by Atlanta, Chattanooga and Louisville. in fiendTshglee little BROTHER BAKES SISTER HAMMOND. Ind., Feb. 15.—Willie Noj wak, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nowak, of this city, is said to have deliberately set fire to the cloth ing of Wis baby sister and watched her burn to death. At the inquest over the body of the child it developed that after the father of the children, a fireman, had gone to his work, the mother reprimanded the bov for some trifling fault and locked both chil dren in the kitchen while she went to a grocery store. In one corner of the kitchen was a cub board In which was stored matches. The mother was absent about 15 minutes. When she returned and opened the kitch en door the sickening smell of burning flesh almost overpowered her. On the floor lay the 15-months-old girl, writhing In pain and burned almost be yond recognition. Standing near by was her little brother watching the flames which had begun to eat Into the pine floor of the room. The boy. who Is precocious and talk ative, said at the inquest that he had lighted the ba'by’s clothes. He exhibited no grief upon being shown the charred body. RAILROADS READY FOR NEW UNION DEPOT The Atlanta and West Point Railroad company has accepted the state’s depot proposition, and will join with the other roads in occupying a new union station in Atlanta when the state builds one. The letter from President Wlckesham was the last to be received by Governor Candler from the railroads. Now all of the lines have been heard from. The let ters from President Spencer, of the South ern, and Major Hanson, of the Central, were rather indefinite, but the communi cations from General Manager T. K. Scott, of the Georgia, President J. W. Thomas, of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, and President Charles A. Wickersham, of the Atlanta and West Point, were positive answers. A Thrifty Georgia Farmer. An instance of the productiveness of Georgia sol], of the thrift that awaits Georgia's industrious farmers. Is furnish ed from CObb county,- the county which wins nearly all the premiums at agricul tural fairs. Mr. J. R. McCallum, of Cobb county, on his farm a mile and a half of Marietta, planted about four acres in Irish potatoes in July last and has gathered 1.000 bush els. His good luck was that about the time the potatoes were ready for market there was a partial potato famine in the county, caused by the drouths of last sum mer. He found ready sale for his crop at $1.50 per bushel. Mr. McCallom came from New Jersey about eight years ago and bought 60 acres of land that was said to be worn out. He was laughed at for buying such poor land, but he commenced raising and selling veg etables, and winter and summer brings vegetables, eggs and other produce to town and finds ready sale. His experience with his potato crop was something lovely. He also raised bushels of fine sweet potatoes. His is a good example to fol low. i TO KILL DEPOT THE PLIIN OF SOUTHERN? PRESIDENT SPENCER NOT AT ALL SATISFIED WITH PRESENT LO- CATION AND TERMS OF STATE. Although Governor Candler declines t| make public the letter of President Sam* uel Spencer relating to a new depot on th< property of the state in Atlanta, it is now known that President Spencer has written the governor that the place on which it is contemplated thait the depot shall stand is entirely inadequate for a depot, and fur. thermore that the Southern Railway is at present paying $60,000 a year rpntal forth» use of the depot, and if the new proposi tion is accepted sls 000 more would be add. ed and that the Southern would be com. pletely at the mercy of the new lessee of the state road eighteen years from now, as the bill passed by the legislature makes absolutely no provision for the rental to be charged after the lease expires. This information is secured from an ab solutely reliable source and is known to be true. President Spencer in his letter states at length that the Southern is anx ious to co-operate with the state in the de pot matter, but it is unwilling to pay an extra rental for a new depot, and to ba placed at the mercy of the lessee of th® state road when the present lease expires. He argues further that the space is not large enough for thp kind of depot Atlanta ought to have. Mr. Spencer writes that unless the governor can assure him that the rental eighteen years from now caa be satisfactorily arranged it will be impos sible for the Southern to accept the prop osition. . It Is understood that Governor Candlisr has consulted with Attorney General Wright with reference to the matter, and has been advised that no promises can be made as the legislature has adjourned and only that body can make the ar rangement wanted by Mr. Spencer. It looks now as If the Southern proposes to knock the depot proposition Into a cocked hat. and that the conference which is to be held next "Wednesday will result disastrously for the new depot here. The Southern and the Central have always been anxious to erect a union station of their own on the Mitchell street property, and it Is very probable that this will be done. If the governor, and the depot com mission eftnot make the arrangements necessary for the Southern to accept. It Is believed that the Central railroad has taken the same position as the Southern so far as space is concerned, although at present the Central has paid absolutely no rent. It Is regarded as peculiar, however, that the Southern should have proposed the exact terms two years ago, that it is now declining to accept. President Samuel Spencer will appear at the meeting of the depot commission in the office of Governor Cahdler next Wed nesday morning in person. This was an nounced . by Governor Candler Satur day, who had just received a telegram from Mr. Spencer. President Charles A. Wickersham, of the Atlanta and West Point; President John M. Egan and Major J* F- Hansop, of the Central of Georgia; President J. W. Thomas, of the Nashville, Chattanoo ga and St, Louis railway, and a repre sentative of the Georgia railroad will also be present at the meeting. General Man ager T. K. Scott, of the Georgia, will b® unable to be present at the gathering, as he will be absent In New Orleans at that time, but he has notified Governor Can dler that he would have a representative on hand. With the railway officiate will probably be the railroad attorneys. It will be a big gathering of railway magnates as every prominent southern railroad company will be represented. No representative of the Seaboard railroad will be on hand, as the officials of that company have announced that they would agree to any arrangement made by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad. / The members of the depot commission, Messrs. Ferris Cann, of Savannah; John Holder, Roland Ellis, JThomas Egleston, W. A. Knowles. Byron Bower and G, V. Gress, have notified Governor Candler that they would attend. FIGHT IN FLOYD * GROWS VERY BITTER ROME, Ga., Feb. 15.—The speakers on both sides of the dispensary issue are in the country this morning and no less than eight orators will be heard from the stump. . . The city walks are crowded with work ers for and against the dispensary and every citizen is approached on the ques tion. The registrars will complete their work of purging the voters' lists today and all will be in readiness for the elec tion on Tuesday. The Record and Tribune continue to publish letters from various parties for and against the dispensary. The Tribune contained a letter from Mrs. Lovejoy con demning the dispensary. The Record will publish a letter this afternoon from a prominent Methodist divine endorsing the dispensary as against 13 saloons in Borne. The communication claim* that the situ ation is misunderstood by prohibi tionists and their argument only applies to dry counties. The’ dispensary people are confident they will win and the saloon men are making great claims. The ex citement is intense. Fire at Adrian. ADRIAN. Feb. 15.—The splendid dry kiln of the James Lumber company was totally destroyed by fire yesterday after noon. By fierce conflict with the flames their large lumber mill was saved. Bright’s Disease and Diebetes Cured. University Chemist Acting as Judge. Irvine K. Mott. M. D., of Cincinnati. 0.. dem onstrated before the editorial board of the Evening Post, one of the leading dally papers of Cincinnati, tne power of his remedy to cure the worst forms of kidney diseases. Later a public test was instituted un der the auspices of the Post, and five cases of Bright’s Disease and Di- i abetes were selected by them and placed under Dr. Mott's cure. In three months' time all were pronounced cured. Har- vard University having been chosen by ths board to make examination of the cases be fore and after the treatment. Any one desiring to read the details of this public test can obtain copies of the papers by writing to Dr. Mott for them. This public demonstration gave Dr. Mott an international reputation that has brought him into correspondence with people all over the world, and several noted Europeans are num bered among those who hgve taken his treat ment and been cured. The Doctor will correspond with those who are suffering with Bright's Disease, Diabetes or any kidney trouble, elther fn the first, interme diate or last stages, and will be pleased to give his expert opinion free to those who wiU send him a description of their symptoms An essay which the Doctor has prepared about kidney troubles and describing his new method of treatment will also be mailed by him. Corre spondence for this purpose should be addressed to IRVINE K. MOTT, M. D., 104 MitcheU Building, Cincinnati. O.
