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2 IK BlffiLM BATONETS. BRISTLE SOLDIERS ARE CHARGING THE RIOTERS ON EVERY HAND AND CASUALTY LIST IS FAST GROWING. BARCELONA. Feb. 13-Two additional regiments of tntantry arrived here this morning and the city now bristles with bayonets. Tne troops are incessantly patro.llng the ■treats, occasional:y charging and dispers ing mobs. ’• _ . Shots were exchanged on the Grans fa The rioters raised barracks in one of the suburbs and the troop* carried them at • ths point of the bayonet. The casualty list is lengthened by every and Ammercial life in Barce lona is paralysed No goods arrived here ’ yesterday and there is great scarcity of meat, bread and other food stuffs. • Tho university hall and theschools are dosed. ’■ ' Th.' leaders of the workmen s commit tees have been arrested and the meeting places have been closed. Teresa Clara munt is among thy anarchists imprisoned. The police continue to make many arrests. REFORMATQRYOPENS WITH FIVE BOY PUPILS Five small white boys were taken from the Tower yesterday and placed under toe care of Superlhtendent Means of the Fulton county industrial farm for reform ation. The boys when they were released from the Tower expressed joy that they were to be taken to the home where they will be directed in the best way for the improvement of their morals and general disposition. . reformatory is now equipped to re ceive all the boys that may be sent there. Every feature of the building and the fur nishings have been carefully arranged. It is a splendid home for the wayward lads who may be called upon before the courts for their petty crimes and convicted. In stead of being sent to the chafngang or penitentiary they may be sentenced to the home and kept there utnij they are 21 years of age. or until they show signs of great Improvement in their general dispo **rSe*boys taken to the farm this morn ing were Francis Lee South. John Groves, lx>n Kennon, .'ames Ragsaale and Oscar Thomas. None of these bays are over fifteen years of age. They hade been in the community for some time and have been before the courts where their rjcords did not show to advantage. Some of them have been convicted of serious crimes which if pun ishment was inflicted to the extent of the offense they would have served long terms in toe penitentiary. MRS. BONE NOT CONVICTED OF ROBBERY OF NORRIS Mrs. 'I. C. Bone, better known as “Old lady Bone. ' was found not guilty iu.tbe, eity Criminal court yesterday open the charge of larceny from the person. Tho prosecutor in the case. R C- Norris, claimed that he had ben robbed of about DO He was a stranger in the city and came from the rural districts. He said the money had been taken from Mm but be was not aware when it was taken. Mrs.' Bone’s strongest point of de fense was that if she had cared to rob the prosecutor she would qot have chosen the time alleged to do it. since her sons at that time were trying to secure a pardon from the state penitentiary, and if s-he had rbbbed Norris she might have been arrested and thus prevented her sons from securing the pardon. After the case was turned over to the jury, there was but a short time before a verdict of not guilty was returned. AUGUSTA SHOE FIRM GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY AUGUSTA. Feb. H.-The shoe Arm of Gouley A Vaughn has been brought into the bankruptcy court under a petition pre sented by C. H. Cohen, for the creditors, asking that the firm be declared a bank ' rapt. ♦ The creditors represented by Mr. Cohen are: Macy Bros.. Hartford. $1.543.84; Sta cy. Adams & Company. Brocton, Mass., $432.92. and J. U. Wadlelgh. Haverhill. Mass.. The firm has recently had some trouble, knd only a few days ago Mr. A. J. Gou ley. the senior partner, was appointed re cover by Judge Brinson. BIG BODY O~F REBELS” GIVE UP THEIR ARMS MANILA. Feb. 19.—What is believed to have been the largest existing band of in surgents in Batangas province, surren dered yesterday to Lieutenant Charles D. . Rhodes, of the Sixth cavalry at Banan. Major Amoranto, two captains and six lieutenants and 98 Filipino soldiers gave themselves up and also surrendered five revolvers. 66 rifles and 2.ODS rounds of am munition. The American forces have been continually destroying the Insur gent’s supplies for weeks. The skeletons of five soldiers of the S9th infantry killed in November, 1900, have just been recovered. MAJOR J. C. RANSOM PASSES AWAY IN GRIFFIN GRIFFIN. Ga.. Feb Major J. C. Ramson died very suddenly Monday nlghf from congestion. He was Go years of age and leaves two daughters—Mrs. T. J. Jones, of Griffin, and Miss Kate Ransom, of Atlanta. * He was a distinguished Confederate sol dier—leaving here with the Griffin Light . Guard as a private, but he was rapidly promoted and when Lee surrendered was quartermaster on General Slaughter's staff. His funeral took place this morn ing. . • AGED COUPLE LOSES BOTH ARMS AND LEGS FRBMONT, 0., Feb. 19.-Mr. and Mrs.' John Glosser, an old couple, were found in their home yesterday in a most pitiable condition. They hac been overcome by gas several days ago. After being prostrated their fires went out and they have been lying cc’d and helpless since last Saturday. They were so badly froxen that the arms and legs of both must be amputated. Neither is expected to recover. SENATOR-PLATTS SON GETS U. S. JUDGESHIP WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-It was an nounced at the while house that the pres ident had decided to appoint James Platt, ■on of Senator Flatt, of Connecticut, to be United States district jud&t for the dis trict of Connecticut in place of William X. Townsend, promoted to be ciycuit judge. Mr. Platt tHd 9rot Indorse fb son’s petition. INTERNAL REVENUE TO BE __ CUT DOWN BY $200,000 The effect of the repeal of the war reve nue act in toto. Which is now before con gress. and which passed the house unan imously Monday, would amount to a re duction in the internal revenue receipts of the district cf Georgia of about $200,000. It is stated |hat the increased receipts over what was normal prior to the enact- Sent of the act of 1898 amounted to $450,- $. One-half of the amount was taken off by the modifying' aht Os Mkrch 2, 1902. The measure now before congress means a relief to the tax payers of the •tat« of the balance of the Increase. This means that banker* and brokers and all others jwhp ere now taxed under the wmr revenue act will be relieved, knd <hat the taxes Will remain simply on such articles, principally whisky, tobacco and other commodities, as were taxed prior to the passage of the act of ISM. Following is a list of the principal arti cle* and businesses from which the <tax would be removed by the passage of the present measure: Legacies, bank tax. brokerage, pawn brokers, custom house brokers, proprie tors of theatres, circuses, proprietors and agents of public exhibitions, bowling- al leys and billiard rooms, bonds and deben tures. mixed flour, certificates and con tracts. conveyances. passage tickets, sleeping car tickets and sparkling , and ether wines. Greene and Gaynor Lose Decision. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 17.—1 n the Uni ted states chart this morning. Judge Em ory Speer over-ruled every plea in abate ment filed by Captain B. D. Sreene and the Gaynors to the indictment charging them with conspiracy against the govern ment. PENSION PAYMENTS TO BE COMPLETED THISWEEK TREASURER PARK THINKS ALL THE BIG PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE BY SATURDAY NIGHT. State Treasurer R. E. Park, announces today that all pension payments will be completed by the end of this week, and that all small payments due the school teachers for the year 1901 will be complet ed also. These payments will clear the treasury practically of ail payments that are to be made within the next few months, and will leave it in splendid con dition to make another payment of $300,000, to the-teachers next month. ■ Commissioner Lindsay has almost com pleted the pension warrants, and as soon as he finishes them the checks are drawn on the treasury. Only a few more coun ties remain to be paid, and Mr. Park is of the opinion that these can be finished Up before Saturday night. LITTLE~BOY LEAVEiHOME . WHERE RECORDER SENT HIM •Jim Hardin, a manly looking Tittle fel low nine years old. who was Tuesday afternoon sent to the Home of the Friend less by order of Recorder Broyles, was subjected to bath by the good women of the inptlution upon his arrival; and he forc-Wlth made his eadkpe and ha'. mOt yet bqen located by the police. > Policemen Tu.L. Bayne took the hoy In custody Tuesday. He carried him before 'the recorder and had him sent to the home in the hope of having him cared for and given proper attention. But the bath proved too much tor Jim and he decamped. NEW POSTMASTERS” AND_RURAL ROUTES WASHINGTON. D. C-. Feb. 19— Post masters appointed: Clarkesville, Haber-- sham county. O. M. Mauldin, vice W. 8.. Morris, resigned: Linton, Hancock coun ty. J. T. Trawick, vice C. W. Moran, re moved; Plaine, Sumter county. K. S. F. Jones, vidb W. H. Forrester, resigned. These rural free delivery routes will be established March-J: At Columbus. Mus cogee county, two routes with F. M. Tay lor and T. L. Mendenhall, carirers; At Hamilton. Harris county, one route with Robert G. Robinson, carrier. Post offices at Farley and Copeland will be discontinued. GUERrYmAKEsTiGHt' °F ESTILUS CHANCES BTATESBORO. Feb. 17—Colonel' Du- Pont Guerry spoke to a very small audi ence this afternoon. His subjects were equalization of taxation, lobbyism, prohi bition. Colonel Guerry got off a few jokes at the expense of Colonel Terrell. The most unkind thing that he said of Colo nel Estill was “that he was fully aware of Colonel Estill’s strength in this coun ty. but that Bullock is the only county in the state that Colonel Estill will carry unless it may be Chatham.” NEW SHIP LINE BEGINS ITS REGULAR SCHEDULE SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IS.—The departure of the steamer Meteor for Honolulu and other Hawaiian ports. via Seattle and Puget Bound (thts marks the beginnUig of a new ocean freight service between San Francisco and the island) n announced. The Meteor Is owned by the Globe Naviga tion Company and is one of the trio of fast freighters which will hereafter leave this port every twenty days and compete with the fipeck ela line and the American-Hawaiian Company tor the sugar carrying and general merchandise trade. The other vessels are the Tampico and tho Eureka each of 3.000 tons. None of them will carry psserrigerz. » GOOD GOVERNMENT, NOT INDEPENDENCE WASHINGTON Feb. 19.-Mr. Bur rows, in the senate, reviewed the begin ning of the war in the Philippines and said the United States’ 1 occupation of the Islands was with due regard to the gov ernment's international obligations. Mr. Burrows saiu that the Filipinos deserved a good government, but did not deserve Independence, because an Independent government was not practicable. Gfin. Thomas F. Toon "Dead. CHARLOTTE. N. C.. Feb. 19.—General Thos. F. Toon, state superintendent of public instruction, died suddenly in Ral eigh this morning. ■ He had apparently just recovered from a prolonged attack of illness. Difficult Digestion That Is dyspepsia. Xt makes life miserable. Its suflerers eat not because they want to, -but simply because they mutt. They know they are irritable and fretful; but they cannot be otherwise. They complain of a bad taste tn the mouth, a tenderness at the pit of the stom ach, an uneasy feeling of puffy fulness, beadache, heartburn and what not. Tho effectual remedy, proved by perma. nent cures of thousands of severe cases, is Hood’s Sarsaparilla ~ fl OP* PilLs sre the best cstbzrtlc. “ THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1902. MT MURDER, BUTDEATHBY AUGMENT MYSTERY OF THE DEATH OF MRS. AMANDA LESTER, WHO WAS FOUND IN SWAMP, HAS BEEN CLEARED. There have been few accidental deaths in Georgia so fraught with tragedy as that of Mrs. Amanda Lester, who was found dead in a swamp last Monday near Weston. It was thought for some time that Mrs. Lester had been foully dealt with, but after a careful investigation it has been found that she died from cold and exposure and exhaustion. The latter was brought on by her efforts to get out of the mire where she had fallen. It’ seems that last Friday Mrs. Lester received through the mall a money order for a small amount. She decided on Sat urday that she would go to Weston from her sister’s. Mrs. Dlsmuke's, a mile from Weston, and get it cashed at the At eston postoffice. She reached the postoflice, se cured the money in bills, and began the return journey afoot. At one point be tween Weston and Mrs. Disrrfukes is a fork in the roads. Mrs. Lester, who was 75 years old, not observing where she was going, took the wrong road. After pro ceeding for some distance she lost her way. She asked a little negro boy, which was the nearest way to the Dismuke home. The little boy pointed her to a by-path through the woods and across the swamps, which abound in this vi cinity. and told her if she would follow such a route she would reach her des tination. » Mrs. Lester plunged into the woods. By tracing her steps through the soft sand around the little swamps it was found that she wandered considerably, retraced her steps several times and invariably moved in a circle. When found ft was seen that she at tempted to walk over a marshy place up on a fallen tree. While upon this log she slipped and fell into the miry swamp a foot beneath the log. While Mrs. Lester was strong’ and enjoyed good health for one of her age. she seemed unable to ex tricate herself from her position. Evi dences were everywhere of her struggling. Her skirts were torn and the flesh of her legs from the knee down were, terribly V>rn where she had attempted to raise herself. hands had grasped franti cally at all surrounding objects In an ef fort to get a' hold upon some solid sub stance. / • ' ' ‘ The weather on Saturday J night and Sunda’y was bitter cold, and It Is thought that Mrs. Lester must have felt the ex posure keenly. * The fflct that she did not return to the home of the Dismukes on Saturday af ternoon was not regarded as unusual, since she hafl-been accustomed to go to Weston and stay at Mrs. \Vosts, another sister. On Sunday gftemoon the Dismukes de cided they would call upon' Mrs. West. When they arrived some one asked where “Aunt Amanda” was. It was not known until that time that Mrs. Lester had been ipst, each family presuming that-she was, visiting the other. Searching parties were immediately sent/ almost 24 hours after Mrs. Lester had fallen In thb swamp. The search was kept up until midnight Sun day night. It was then resumed early Monday morning, when her footsteps were traced and she was found dead. Mrs. Lester fell into the swamp only a few hundred feet from the Dismuke home. Groans Wefe heard at the house on Sat urday night and Sunday, but no signifi cance was attached to them because those who heard them thought they were some of the negroes on the place. It is thought that Mrs. Lester lived 36 hours in the swamp 7 after her fall. The theory of foul play which was first attached to her disappearance has been thoroughly dissipated. When found Mrs. Lester had upon her all the money she had obtained from the postoflice, her ■watch and other little things that she carried on 'her person, a ; She was visiting In Weston with her relatives and spending only a short time. She was a woman of considerable prop erty- The body of Mrs. Amanda Lester passed through Atlanta Tuesday night to Athens. The funeral and interment took place there. BODOND MT WERE hidden INHOTEL WOMAN'S LOVE FOR HER SISTER TRIUMPHS AND BODY IS TO BE BROUGHT HOME AND BURIED. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The discovery, that a coffin containing the body of a New York girl had laid in a Glasgow, Scotland, hotel for two months has just been made, says a Glasgow dispatch to the Journal and American. The sister pf the dead girl had the body embalmed to take to New York for burial, but was unable to sail in January, as she had planned. Then she bought a leaden coffin and had the body placed tn it. She contrived to keep Secret the fact that she had placed the coffin in a private room of the hotel. In the meantine she tried to sell her business, meaning to sail every week, but did not succeed until Tuesday. Suspicious hotel employes then notified the health board and, the authorities caused the coffin to be transferred to the morgue. ■■, The sister who guarded the body so zeal ously absolutely refused to reveal her name. She will sail Thursday for New York with the coffin. The authorities and the hotel proprietor •refuse to give the name of the young woman who thus heroically labored to secure for her sister a burial in the land she loved—America. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT IS RE ELECTED PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Interest tn yesterday’s session of the National American Woman’s Suffrage association attracted principally to the election of officers for the ensuing year, which re sulted as follows: President—Carrie Chapman Catt, New York. Honorary Presidents—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, New York city; Susan B. An thony, Rochester, N. Y. Vice President at Large—Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Philadelphia. •Corresponding Secretary—Kats M. Gor don, New York city. Treasurer—Harriett Taylor Upton-War ren.o f Ohio. Auditors—Laura Clay, Lexington, Ky.; Mrs. Mary J. Coggesjiall, Des Moines, la. MINERS IN KLONDIKE . TO SOON BE PAUPERS CHICAGO. Feb. Advices from Daw son, via Skagway, according to a Seattle special to the Chronicle, state that an or der which arrived from Ottawa recency gives to the Treadgold Water and Mining syndicate possession of all vacant ground and all ground to become vacant in the richest portion of the Klondike, Cana dians have joined Americans in expres sions of indignation and will leave for other gold fields. Business men of Dawson see ruin star ing them in the face. It is said that un less action is taken at Ottawa immedi ately, six weeks will see Dawson a de serted camp. A monster mass meeting was In progress when the message was sent. The order gives A. N. C. Treadgold, Sir Thomas Tangred and other members of the syndicate title in fee to all lapsed or vacant placer claims 6n Hunker, Bear and Bonanza creeks and all their tribu taries. This includes El Dorado creek, the richest in the l world. This leaves of the paying creeks only Dominion, Gold Run and Sulphur and Indian river that will re main open. Death of Mrs. John Underwood. SPARTA. Ga., Feb. 19.-Mrs. John W. Underwood died last Sunday at the fam ily residence, two miles from Sparta, after a long illness. J . She was beloved by all who knew her and her death is deplored deeply by this community. She was the daughter of Mr. William Wiley, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of Hancock county, who survives her. She leaves aljo a devoted husband and a tyible son of a forffier mar riage, Mr. Henry Rogers, to mourn >her death. OIUGHTEBS OT M '' IN SESSION IN WASHINGTON NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PERPET UATION OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR HISTORY MEETS IN NATIONAL CAPITAL. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The eleventh continental pongress of the Daughters of the National Society of the American Revolution convened here today. About 800 delegates and others representing chap ters In states throughout the country were present. The congress was called to order at 10 o’clock this morning by the president-gen eral, Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the United States senator from Indiana. Mrs. William A. Snpot. of Virginia, the chaplain-general offered the opening prayer in which the entire congress, standing, ipined. Led by Percy S. Foster, of this ciW. the congress sang the "Star Spangled Banner?’ Mrs. Fairbanks thfen delivered her ad dress of welcom’e. She referred to the pending proposition to reduce the repre sentation of the orders as the congress was'becomlng too unwieldy and said that whatever measure Was adopted along this line it would have in view the full and 1 complete representation of all the chap ters in the country. She showed that there were now approximately 600, thirty fqur chapters havuig been added during the past year, inCrtas|(ig the membership by 4,806. This makes the total member ship‘Over 40,000. * ( < • The morning session closed with a re sponse by Mrs. John F. Swift, of Califor nia, to Mrs. Fairbanks’ address. 7 ■ ■■ ■■ Accept Invitation to Charleston. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—When Mrs. Fairbanks, president general of Daugh ters of the .American Revolution, called the convention to order today but few of tho delegates hgd arrived. Prayer was offered by the chaplain-general, Mrs. Smoot, of Virginia, after which the audi ence sang “Hail i Mrs. Karow. of Georgia, presented a resolution, which was adopted, the appointment of a committee to attend the re-interring of the remains of General Nathaniel Greene, at Savannah, Ga., in May next. ( An invitation to the congress from the South Carolina delegates that they attend the Charleston exposition on South Caro lina day was accepted with thanks. On motion of Mrs. McLean, pt New York, the congres by a vote of 273 to 145 reconsidered Its vote of yesterday, laying on the table the amendment to article VII. with respect to appropriating a certain portion of dues to be used toward the erection of a continental hall. Mrs. Mc- Lean stated that the object of her mo tion was to secure a full and free discus sion of tflls and all other subjects. She had attended every congress she said, and never had such a privilege been ac corded. Mrs. Freeman, of New York, opposed the amendment. A number of Daughters were on their feet seeking recognition from the president-general and it was with difficulty that the audience could be made to cease talking sufficiently long for the speakers to be heard. It was evident that those opposed to the amendment would not permit its adoption without a vigorous protest and many of them came to the platform or made short addresses. FEOERALPRISONERS ARRIVE, COMING FROM TEXAS The new federal prison has received four prisoners from Texas. These arrived Sat urday afternoon atod were Immediately transferred to their cells In the new build ing alonk with the 48 others who are now tn the prison. The prisoners are Thomas Reagan, Tom Green, Tracy Berry and Hugh Taylor. Reagan was sentenced to five years and Taylor to one'year and one day for altering government securities and obligations. Green received four years for breaking Into a postoflice arid Berry one year and one day for robbing the mails. The prisoners were sentenced from the northern district of Texas and came from Dallas. OFFICERSELECTED BY THOMASTON BANK THOMASTON, Ga., Feb. 19.—Tho regular annual meeting 'of the stockholders of the Upson Banking and Trust Company was held In the directors room of the bank Monday at ten o’clock, and the following directors were elected: S. Y. Pruitt. J. W. Cabanlss, James R. Atwater, W. W. Childs. R. E. Hightower, R. E. Chatfield, G. A. Weaver, W. O. Britt and J. B. Girardeau. After the stockholders meeting adjourned the board of directora met and elected the follow ing old officers for the ensuing year: S. Y. Pruitt, president; J. W. Cabanlss, vice-presi dent; James R. Atwater, cashier, and Luther P. Davis, assistant cashier. The directora declared the usual semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent and Increased the sur-t plus account $3,000. The bank is just elghteenT months old but now has a surplus account of SIO,OOO. COLD WEATHER HELPS OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT GRIFFIN, Ga.. Feb. 17.—1 f the unusual cold weather continues for a few weeks more it will assure the lajrgest fruit crop thts sec tion has ever produced. Grain has not been damaged to any great degree an<9» a large acreage has been planted. * Brigadier General Copper Dedd. CAMDEN. N. J.. Feb. 17.—Brigadier General William H. Copper, commander of the second brigade, national guard of New Jersey, died of apoplexy In his office today. He was born in Bristol, Pa., in 1844, and was a veteran of the civil war. BROKEN Rill SENDS TRAIN TO ITS RUIN ONE MAN KILLED, FIVE INJURED, AND TRAIN DEMOLISHED ON OHIO RAIL- ROAD. COLUMBUS, 0., Feb. 19.—As the result of a broken rail at 3:21 this morning one man was killed and five injured on the Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking rail road near the Nelson avenue crossing at Shepards, a suburb of Columbus. William Smith, ths man killed, was the ingineer on one of the locomotives of a ouble-header that left the city about 3 a. m._, and his watch stopped at 3:21, showing the time when the fatal crash came. Two engines and 32 gondola cars were wrecked and one of the engines blew up. The train was making the grade at Shep pard’s at the time. The dead: WILLIAM SMITH, of Grogan; engin eer; head crushed and badly scalded. The Injured: Frank Wlnterlnger, aged 21, of Grogan; fireman. Both legs broken and body scalded; taken to Protesttant hospital. F. fS. Sweet, engineer; both ankles scalded and back injured; age 33; resides 1333 Wesley avenue; taken to Protestant hospital. J. F. Dickson, right leg and side badly bruised, and head cut; residence, Lew is Center; taken to Protestant hospital. Brakeman Henry Tipton, shoulder dis located. Conductor John Kincaid, side crushed. DENVER CITY TRAMWAY MAY GO TO SYNDICATE DENVER, Col., Feb. 19.—The News to day says: * Negotiations which have been pending for some time Involving the sale of the Denver City Tramway company to the Whitney-Ryan-Widener-Elkins syndicate of eastern investors for $8,500,000 are aaid to have been practically completed. Grant Schley, a member of the firm of Moore & Schley brokers, who represent the eastern syndicate, has been In Denver for a number of days looking over the books of the company and examining the plant. It Is believed the entire deal will be consummated within the next month. William G. Evans, secretary of the tramway, who with H. D. Moffat, con trols the company. Is now In New York city looking after that eiTd of the transac tion. The Denver City Tramway company owns 150 miles of track, covering 88 miles of the streets of Denver, and includes the former holdings of the old tramwey com pany, the Metropolitan Street Railway company, the Denver Consolidated Tram way company, the Denver City Railway company, the West End Railroad com pany, the Denver City Traction company and the Colfax Electric company. The company Is stocked for $5,000,000 and has $5,837,000 in bonds outstanding. DENTISTS MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION GOOD ATTENDANCE MARKS THE OPENING OF FOUR DAYS’ CON VENTION-MAYOR WEL COMES THEM. The fifth annual meeting of the south ern branch of the National Dental asso ciation convened In the Kimball house ballroom Tuesday morning, with an atten dance of 150 members from all parts of the south and southwest. The formal program began at'lo o’clock, when Rev. Richard Orme Flinn, of the North Avenue Presbyterian church, open ed the proceedings with a fervent prayer. Mayor Livingston Mims then welcomed the association in behalf of the city, speaking with even more than his usual eloquence and wit. In addition, an address of welcome was delivered by Dr. J. A. Chapple, of Atlanta, to both of which addresses Dr. J. Y. Crawford, of Nashville, made a happy re ply in behalf of the association. For four days the dentists will hold their convention, with three sessions each day. There are a number of valuable papers to be read, abd discussions to be entered into of the greatest significance to the profession, so that the members of the association are eagerly looking for ward to the sessions when routine shall have been disposed of and they can turn their attention to the more practical side of thd, convention. i Dentists Worked Hard All Day. The Entire session of the Dental asso ciation was givdn up yesterday to clinics. The clinics took place on the first floor of the Kimball house, tw’o chairs having been provided near the windows, where there is plenty of light. Much interest was manifested in the work and all of the delegates were pres ent. Dr. V. Walter Gilbert gave a practical demonstration of porcelain In lay and straining artificial teeth. Demon strations were also made by Dr. L. G. Noel, of Nashville, Tenn;, Dr. R. B. Adair, of Atlanta; Dr. C. L. Alexande< of Charlotte; Dr. J. Y. Crawford, of Nash ville; Dr. W. T. Martin, Yazoo City, and Dr. H. H. Johnson, of Macon. „ . ' Tuesday night’s session was taken up with the lecture by Dr. Thurman W. Brophy, of Chicago, on his for closure of cleft palate. The lecture was Illustrated by stereopticon views. A large crowd was in attendance and all pro nounced the lectures exceedingly enter taining and instructive. The delegates are all enthusiastic and say that the convention is the most sue-' cessful ever held by the association. There are about two hundred delegates preserrf' and others are poming every day. Tomorrow night a banquet will be the program and the following day the con vention will adjourn. COCHRAN WILL RUN FOR THE JUDGESHIP WAYCROSS, Ga., Feb. 18.—It Was an nounced on positive authority yesterday Judge Joseph H. will not be a candidate for re-election* in the Bruns wick circuit. Col. Cochran, of Waycross, who has been spoken of for that position was seen yesterday. He announced that he will be a candidate. * Colonel Cochran formerly represented Pierce county in the legislature, was pres idential elector two years ago. He Is a son of Judge A. E. Cochran, £rst and 'twice judge of the Brunswick circuit and first president of Macon and Brunswick railroad. He is well known and popular orator. ATTACK MADE ON DEAD MINISTER’S CHARACTER BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Feb. 17.—The ha beas Corpus heating of R. D. Coffman, the Brookside justice of the peace who shot and killed Rev. J. W. Bradford at Brook side some months ago, has gone over un til next Thursday, when the hearing will probably be concluded. The attorneys representing Coffman made a strong effort to prove that the character of the deceas ed minister was bad and a number of the most prominent men in the county were placed on th4 stand to this end. These witnesses Included men who had been of ficers of churches with which Rev. Mr. Bradford was connected. They testified that he was of a domineering, overbear ing and turbulent disposition. The effort on the part of Coffman to have this side of the minister’s character brought otft is to substantuate in part his story that the Rev. Mr. Bradford sent for him to come to the parsonage and then attacked him when he arrived. MAN WITH Mhn£y IS SOUGHT BY WIFE HAJLMOND, Ind.. Feb. 18.—August Matje, who owns a shoe store in this place, has disappeared as wholly as if the earth had swallowed him up. He left for Chicago last week, having in hts possession a large sum of money to purchase stock. He expected to be back on the evening of the same day. but In spite of the vigilant search that has been made for him, no trace of his where abouts has been obtained and his wife fears he has met foul play. Matje has alwayfi borne an excellent reputation and the police of Hajnmond and Chicago are investigating. smimoTlisks WHO WERE FRIENDS DEFEATED COUNTRY IS INTER- ESTED IN IDENTIFYING BOTH HER FRIENDS AND FOES. MADRID, Feb. 19.—1 n the senate Senor has questioned the government concerning the statements made in the British parliament and in the newspapers in regard to the support the powers are supposed to have given Spain at the out break of the war with the United States. The senator said he asked for information on the subject so that Spain might better know her friends gnd enemies. The for eign minister, the Duke of Almodovar, de clared that on the reports relating to the matter, which ought-*to be known, the government would make a point of in forming the senate. - TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. All druggjsta refund the money. If It fails to cure. E. W. Grove'• slcnature is on each box. 15c. HON. JOHN M. BLECKLEY PASSES AWAY IN CLAYTON CLAYTON. Ga.. Feb. 19.—Hon. John M. Bleckley died of heart failure at his horns eleven miles east of here Monday morning st 4 o'clock. Mr. Bleckley was one of the most successful farmers in this section of the state, and prob ably the most popular man In Rabun county. He represented his county in the lower house of the general assembly In 1878-1879. This being the first, and In many respects the most Important legislature since the adoption of the present state constitution. His sound judg ment and good common sense were of great value to his state and county. Esquire Bleckley’s was one of Georgia's most remarkable families. His father, James Bleck ley, was one of the patriarchs of the county, and one of the few men in his early manhood who took hold of the political destinies of Rabun when it was first organised as a county. He was one of the few men of whom It is said, “He has holden all of the public offices in the gift of his people." A man in whom there was no guile and in whom the people had absolute faith. Os his sons the deceased Is one of two who followed in the footsteps of his father, became a tiller of the soil. Judge F. A. Bleckley, who served his county from 1892 to 1898 as ordinary is the other. Thomas, another brother, .settled near Mem phis. Tenn., and made a success in business. Sylvester, another brother, who died a few years since, settled in Anderson, S. C. t and amassed a fortune of some $200,000. And the other. Judge Logan E., ex-chief justice, Wh*t Georgian falls to know him? His life is an open book and is inseparable from the history of his state. WEARY OF Hfs LIFE PRINTER LEAPS TO DEATH SAVANNAH. Ga., Feb. 18.—T. J. Read, a printer, supposed to be from New Or . leans, suicide yesterday after noon by jumping in front of a moving Seaboard Air Lins train near White Oak, Camden county. Engineer Cook first saw the man beside the track and was horrified to see him step upon the track in front of the train. He stopped only after Read had been cut' in two. A coroner’s jury exonerated Cook from blame. Read had a card showing he was a member of the Typographical union at New Orleans. actorTnow robber, SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY KANSAS CITY, Feb. 19.—C. E. Mor tedge, an actor, found guilty on his second trial for grand larceny, has been sen tenced to the penitentiary for five years. Mortedge at the point of a revolver held up the cashier of a restaurant and the bar tender in a saloon in the down-town district. He pleaded guilty and said he wanted the money to start a company of players on the road. He was given a sentence of 25 years on the charge of highway robbery, but the supreme court reversed the verdict on the ground that he committed grand larceny and not rob bery. s SHAW ANdTaRFIELD . > TO SPEAK IN CHICAGO ’ CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—The National Busi ness League has received an acceptance from the Secretary of the Treasury Shaw 1n response to an invitation to be present at the annual banquet of the league Feb ruary 27. The secretary will speak on the “Commerce and Industries of the West.” Harry A. Garfield has also agreed to speak on the United States consular ser vice. Other prominent men will be pres ent and speajr BOYS, ASTUGHWAYMEN, SLEW HERO WHO RESISTED CHICAGO. Feb. 19.—According to their own confessions Frank Kolar and John H. Ajny, 18 years old. killed Horace Shroedes. the gro cery clerk who was shot while defending the store of his employer from robbery on the morning of January 19. Kolar and Alny made a statement describing how they entered the store masked and fired at the boy after, as they allege, he had first opened fire upon them. The store Is at 187 Sacramento avenue and is owned by C. G. Burns. HUEBER WILL OPPOSE BARRON FOR JUDGESHIP j MACON, Feb. 19.—Mr. Alex J. Hueber, of Jones county, is in the 'city thia morning. He Is in the race for the house, to succeed Judge J. C. Barron, who will be a candidate for judge of the Ocmulgee circuit. Judge Barron is being opposed by Solicitor General Gray Lewis, and Mr. Joe Pottle, of Milledgeville, is aspiring to Mr. Lewis' place. MAHERTDfIIDE FOB IIIC EDMD THE AMERICAN JOCKEY SAYS HE LIKES THE ENGLISH TURF PEOPLE—ONE OF THE I BEST RIDERS. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Danny Maher, the American jockey who will ride for King Edward VII this season will sail to day on the St. Paul to keep his engage-, ment. On his arrival at Southampton he will go immediately to Newmarket Heath to report to Richard Marsh, King Ed ward's trainer. “I anticipate a successful season,” said Maher. “I am not familiar with the hprses in Marsh’s charge, but I have been In formed that they are all above the aver age. j » “I enjoy riding in England very much and will continue to ride abroad as long as I am successful. I always have been treated fairly by the officials, trainers, jockeys and the public, and I feel at home there. “King Edward has second call on my services, but I expect to do the greatest amount of riding for his majesty, because J. Cooper, who has first contract, owns' only a few horses. Mr. Marsh trains for several men, and I probably shall ride all the horses in his charge.” THEODOOPBiCE WINNER IN COTTON HE AND HIS FRIENDS SAID TO HAVE CLEARED NEARLY $3,000,- 000 ON BMLGE. . i NEW YORK, Fefc. 19.—8 y fortunate speculations in cotton Theodore H. Price, of the firm of Price, McCormick & Co., which failed In May, 1900, with liabilities of $13,000,000, has recouped, In a measure, the millions sunk by his firm In a similar venture two years ago. In less than 30 days the winnings of Mr. Price and hts friends have been swelled to nearly ss,- 000,000. Mr. Price’s share of this vast sum Is small, but it is sufficient to give him a.- ; new start In life. Best of all, Mr. Price himself said yes-' terday his profits in cotton have been set aside as a nucleus of a “redemption fund,” with which he hopes to discharge the debts of honor contracted as a mem ber of the nrm of Price, McCormick & Co. The failure of this house was due to a decline In the cptton market and Inability to margin transactions which, as subse quent events proved, would have paid enormous profitr. Mr. Price engineered this deal In cotton without the knowledge, it has been said, of George Crocker, a spe cial partner, and other members of the firm. Millions were sunk before the re sources of Price, McCormick & Co. were, exhausted. Mr. Crocker Is n<*v suing as a creditor to recover the special capital which he invested. The failure was both sensational and; romantic. Mr. Price’s partners blamed him for prolonging the deal In cotton, de claring he had acted without authority, and, creditors clamored for a settlement. At this time Mr. Price was engaged to Miss Harriet Dyer, a sister of Mrs. James L. Taylor. It was reported the engage ment might be broken, but Mr. Price’s fiancee stilled all gossip by requesting an, immediate marriage, and the ceremony Sok place two days after the failure In e Church of the Epiphany. •£« Mr. Price Is one of the best posted men.< regarding cotton production and last sum- 3 m®r, when It became apparent that drought In Texas and bad weather In the ' Atlantic States would be likely to reduce | the crop he Induced capitalists who had confidence In his judgment to Invest in the staple. For months the syndicate has been a* heavy purchaser of cotton on - an advanc-' Ing market. Thousands of bales were pur- • chased at the low level of prices prevail ing a few months ago and Mr. Price has seen his judgment confirmed Ih subse quent advances of nearly 2 cents a pound, equivalent to $lO for each bale purchased. ' At the present time authorities on cot-' ton are unable to agree as to the probable - crop, the estimate ranging 9.445,704 to 11,- 260.000 bales. The last estimate is that of Neill, of New Orleans. Mr. Price’s latest figures are approximately 9,500,000 bajtfs.j ■ Because of the prospective shordve prices have advanced to 81?2 cents a pound, and sentiment in the coton centers is still bullish. FORTY BOYS IN CHOIR STRIKE IN NEW YORK i NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Led by the 12- year-old son of the rector, forty boys com prising the choir of St. Clement’s Protest- 1 ant Episcopal church have gone on a strike and at the morning service hooted and jeered the four men soloists who fur nished the vocal music. They had pre ceded this by stoning the chapel Saturday evening, and were routed by the police. At the evening service the boys main-, a tained a dignified silence. There were two policemen stationed at the main entrance to the church. At the conclusion of the service the boys met on the corner and discussed the grievances. SAVANNAH CITIZENS ‘ FIGHT WITH THEIR FISTS SAVANNAH,. Ga., Feb. 19.-Considera ble exdtemept was caused yesterday ?n the corner of Bryan and Bull streets, one of the most prominent cornern In ths city, by-a lively fisticuff between Captain Ed Wilson and W. T. Belford. Wilson is a photographer and Belford a wholesale grocer. They quarreled about an account due Wilson. The fight atracted-a large crowd and it looked for a time as if It would end with one of the contestants be ing badly hurt. They were finally sepa rated. Rev. Newman Hall Dead. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Rev. Newman Hall. D. D., former chairman of the Con gregational Union, who had been ill for some time past, died at half past 9 o’clock this morning. ■ ■ , Miscellaneous. FOU SALE—BERRY EARLY BIG COT- TON SEED. $3.09 per bu«hel or 2 biAbcla for $5.00; also some pure Ruaseil Green seed at SI.OO per bushel. Remit by P. O. order or check. A. B. Hyde. Newnan. Ga. Wanted, Land Warrants. lyued to soldiers of the War of the Revolu tloti. to soldiers of the War of 1812. • Issued to soldiers of the War with Mexico. . Issued to soldiers of any war. Will also pur chase Surveyor General’s Certificates, AgricuP tural College Scrip, Soldier's Additional Home stead rights. Forest Reserve Land, or any valid Land Warrants or Land Scrip. Will pay spot cash on delivery of papers. W.K.MOSES,JacobsoD,Bldg.,Denv«r,Col.
