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GOLDEN GATE
I! GALES
SWEPT
WRECKS STREW PACIFIC COAST
AND FEARS ARE FELT FOR
MANY CRAFTS LONG
OVERDUE.
VICTORIA. B. C.. March s.—The steam
er Queen City, which returned last even
ing from a trip along the west coast of
Vancouver island brings reports which go
to prove that more than one vessel met
with disaster during tne recent gales. In
the finding of the boom of the ill-fated
sloop of war Condor on Long Beach fur
ther evidence Is produced to show that the
vessel went to the bottom in the Decem
ber storm-
Further north the officers learned of
other wreckages coming ashore, presum
ably from a sealing schooner, there being
pieces of canoes and sealing boats. This
probably means that some schooner has
had her decks swept as did the sealer
•C. D. Rand, off the Columbia river. The
Rand bad reached port on the west coast
and was spoken to by the Queen City.
‘Her captain reported that he had been
it* a blAr off the Oregon coast and that
hi* deck had been swept clear. This was
too far south for the canoes and boats
to be washed ashore on the Vancouver
inland coast, so that those, found on the
beach must have come from another
schooner. The officers of the Rand report
having seen a lot of wreckage off the
Columbia river, but this may have been
from the little schooner R..1. Morse, which
was blown up after her crew -bad been
rescued. Other sealers arriving on the
coast report having encountered very se
vere weather. Tn fact, ft was so bad that
the season is an utter failure and the
sealing combine will Suffer heavy losses,
as, besides getting no skins, almost every
schooner will require repairs.
BODY OFDEAD MAN WAS
THE GUEST OF ATHENS, GA.
ATHENS. Ga.. March s.—Quite a sen
sation was sprung on the citizens of Ath
ens this morning when the rumor became
genera! that the body of a dead man was
at the warehouse of the Georgia railroad
depot and had been there since last Sep
tember.
Early In the morning crowds were at tne
depot to verify the story. The box was
received by the authorities in September
and was from Newborn. S. C-, and con
signed to W. T. Hoffman.
After being in the depot all this while
it was opened by depot officers yesterday
I and they were astonished to find the body
of a petrified man. The box was a plain,
oblong one, somewhat casket shaped.
The man i» five feet nine inches and
weighs 240 pounds. (
It is claimed the body was found In
Saluda river. South Carolina. In the
breast are two bullet holes and the man
had been scalped, presumably by the In
dian*.
The teeth are plugged with gold and
Anger and toe nails are perfect. The hands
are crossed across the breast—Just, as the
body was buried- It is claimed that the
mm had been on exhibition tn Charles
ton and Chicago. The railroads say they
will ship it today.
The crowds who want to see it are giv
ing them trouble.'
MINSTREL NEIL BRYANT
f IS NEARING HIS END
NEW YORK, March 4,-Neil Bryant, the
last of the old-time minstrels, is dying.
Bryant spends his last days propped In
a reclining chair at St. Mary's hospital, in
Brooklyn. Within the last few days he
has been rapidly weakening, and the end
is expected at almost any time.
The news of the death of his colleagues,
Billy West. John Queen and Billy Emer
son. has had a great effect upon Bryant,
and Is thought to have materially hasten
ed his death. All these men were inti
mately known to him and associated with
him in the early days.
Neil Bryant is now 71 years of age, and
is about the last of the ranks of old-time
minstrel men. His is a familiar name to
those who recall the minstrel companies
of past years.
Hz was associated Intimately with Cool
Burgess and BiUy Backus, his own com
pany. known for a time as Bryant's min
strels, having once had the name of Bry
ant A Backus company.
FATHEHnT SON
BOTH HORSE
THIEVES'
WHEN THEY APPEAR FOR SEN-
TENCE THE PARENT PLEADS
“ FOR HIS WAYWARD SON.
BOTH GO TO PEN.
•
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 3.-A re
markable scene was witnessed in the
crimr.al court Saturday afternoon when
a middle aged man and a slight boy. fa
ther and son. stood up to be sentenced for
horse stealing. The father, J. W. Yar
brough. was given three years tn the pen
itentiary. and the boy, Ed Yarbrough, was
given one year and one month. The fa
ther did not ask mercy for himself but
entered a strong plea for his wayward
boy. asking the court to be as light as
possible on him. An odd feature about
the case was that the crimes had no con
nection with one another whatever. It
was only by accident that father and son
were tried and convicted in the same
week and sentenced at the same time. The
boy was 15 years of age. Mr. Yarbrougb is
• farmer and his * s only a few
* miles in the country from Birmingham.
to add to her woe
PATERSON HAS STRIKE
NEW YORK. March 5.—A1l the union
plumbers, tinsmiths and sheet metal
workers are on strike at Paterson. N. J.,
because their employers refused to grant
their demand for an increase of 50 cents
per day of eight hours.
The carpenters also have asked for an
increase.
The painters hsve served notice on their
employers that they want an advance of
M cents a day of eight hours on April Ist.
TERRELL IN BAXLEY;
* HAS LARGE AUDIENCE
BAXLEY. Ga.. March 5--Hon. J. M.
Terrell spoke here today at the noon re
cess of the superior court to a large and
attentive crowd of voters, as well as a
number of ladies.
His speech struck a popular cord and
received many compliments.
WOMAN HAD A PISTOL
AND DEFIED FOUR MEN
A feud over a boundary line between
the property at 390 and 392 Decatur street
reached fever heat Monday when
Mrs. Mary Yancey appeared on the scene
with a pistol and ordered work to cease
on a fence which was being built between
the property, Mrs. Yancey claiming the
fence to be over on her property.
H. Karwish owns the property at 392.
Recently he had the city surveyor to
point, out his lines, and h« claims the
fence is being built according to the city
surveyor's lines. Mrs. Yancey and her
sister. Miss Annie Sullivan, who lives at
293 Decatur, last week stopped the work on
the fence.
Work was renewed on' Monday and
Mrs. Yancey appeared with the pistol.
Work ceased all right. Mounted Officer
Norman took the gun away from the wo
man and told her to appeal to law if she
had any rights that were being trespassed
on; This she did. swearing out warrants
before Judge Bateman for Karwish and
his three negro workmen, charging them
with trespass and malicious mischief.
The four men were arrested and while
being taken to court the two sisters at
tacked the fence with axes athd soon had
it down.
CMFTttIS OF
HIS CAMPAIGN
PLANS
MACON CANDIDATE FOR GOVERN
OR IN ATLANTA TUESDAY AND
SAYS HE IS NOT ANGRY
WITH TERRELL.
Hon. Dupont Guerry. candidate for gov
ernor.passed through Atlanta Tuesday on
his way to Lawrenceville. He spoke to a
large audience at Baxley Monday.and this
week will be In the eastern part of Geor
gia. Mr. Guerry is looking well and seems
to be enjoying the campaign.
He said:
“I am getting on all right in my cam
paign among the people.
"Had a large and enthusiastic audience
at Baxley yesterday.
“My other dates for this week are.
Winder tod«£, Elberton tomorrow, and
Athens Saturday.
“You see I am not pursuing Mr. Tefrell
as some of the papers have stated. I am
only where it suits me and my friends,
following him with a speech occasionally.
I may or may not do that oftener here
after during the campaign.
“I am not trying to force Mr. Terrell
Into a Joint discussion. As he has declined
my invitation such course on my part
would be discourteous.
“Os course, however, I have a perfect
right to speak anywhere he does and on
the same day just so I do not mix my oc
casion with his.
"All suggestions that I am sore or an
gry over Mr. Terrell's little personality
about my alleged discharge as an attorney
for the Georgia Southern and Florida
must be amusing to those who hear what
I say in reply and the good humored
way in which I say it.
“People who are trying to make the
world better should not become angry.”
SOUTHERN ROAD LOSES ~ ,
THOOSANDS BY FLOOD
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. March s.—Super
intendent C. L. Ewing, of the Knoxville
division of the , Southern railway, has
announced tljat the Southern's Toss by the
flood between Morristown and Asheville
will aggregate from $200,000 to $250,000 to
roadbed and bridges alone.
About 900 men are now at work rebulld-
repairing the road and bridges on
the Asheville branch. Trains from Knox
ville are now running as far as Del Rio,
75 miles east of Knoxville, and trains are
coming through Asheville to Marshall, N.
C., 22 miles this side of Asheville. '
A gap of 32 miles between Marshall and
Del Rio is still without railroad service.
The telegraph companies' wires are be
ing rapidly reconstructed. The telegraphio
communication to Asheville will, it is
thought, be restored some time tomorrow.
ENGLISHMAN MURDERED
BY NEGRO NEAR'MOBILE
MOBILE. Ala.. March s.—News was re
ceived yesterday from Hamilton's bluff,
in Clarke county, of the murder of John
Tucker, an Englishman, who recently
went to that place to engage in farming
on a large scale. ,
He was shot down, in the house by a
mulatto, who is supposed to be in hiding
in this city.
Tucker was brutally assaulted, and the
crime created considerable excitement at
the place when It was discovered.
Tucker came to Mobile from Canada six
years tfgo. and leaves relatives in Detroit,
Mich., and Montreal.
Humors
and
The Digestive Organs
• *
Some humors are inherited; others are
acquired, commonly through derangements of
the digestive organs.
Whether inherited or acquired, they are
radically and permanently removed by one
and the same medicine, and that is
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, — it cleanses the
blood, perfects digestion, cures dyspepsia, stops
all eruptions, clears the complexion, builds up
the whole system.
For various reasons humors are most
quickly removed in the Spring.
Take Hood’s this Spring.
“I was suffering from eczema and could not rest day or
night. I had seen Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised in the pa
pers and began taking it. Soon I could rest better, the dys
peptic trouble from which I had sufferru was relieved and
row I am cured and feel as young as I did 20 years ago.”
M. D. L. MARTIN, Screen Door Factory, Knoxville, Tenn.
"V.’e hay® been using Hood's Sarsaparilla for several
year* pefit end it has always given the best of satisfaction,
• especially as a Spring medicine. It builds up the general sys
tem and gives new life. I heartily recommend it to the pub«
lie.” DWIGHT C. PARK. Whiteland, Ind.
Accept No Substitute for Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 6, 1902.
SERVIASAVED
FROM REBEL
Bl BULLET
LEADER OF THE REVOLUTION
WAS QUICKLY SHOT TO
DEATH BY DARING
CAPTAIN.
BELGRADE, Servla, March s.—An ex
traordinary attempt to start a revolution
was made this morning at the frontier
town of Shabats by a raid under the lead
ership of Alavanties, a relative of Prince
Karageorgevich, the pretender to the Ser
vian throne. The only result was that Al
avantics was killed and his adherents
were arrested.
Alavantics. with a handful of followers,
arrived at Shabats from Mitrowics, wear
ing the uniform of a general In the Ser
vian army, called to the frontier
guard to folrow him.
The latter, not suspecting that anything
was wrong, accompanied the supposed
general to the |own hall, where Alavan
tics ordered the men of the fire depart
ment to join him.
This motley procession proceeded to the
gendarmerie barracks, Alavantics
paraded the gendarmes.
Two of the latter, however, whose sus
picions were aroused, escaped and ap
prised their commander, Captain Nikolics.
The latter, when he arrived on the scene,
.called on Alavantics to produce some doc-,
ument as authority for his actions, where
upon the would-be revolutionist leader
fired a revolver at Captain Nikolics and
slightly wounded him.
Nikolics promptly shot and killed Ala
vantics, whose followers were then ar
rested.
OESTREICHER LEAVES
HOSPITAL AFTER OPERATION
Max Oestreicher, who has suffered so
long from some unknown disease, has suf
ficiently recovered from his last operation
to leave the Grady hospital. He was dis
missed Saturday night.
Oestreicher has been sick for 12 years.
He struck his head on a mantel and necro
sis of the bone soon afterwards set in. He
has traveled over the country and spent
a fortune trying to l?e cured. At last he
came to Atlanta and announced he was
going to be cured or kill himself.
An operation was performed at the
Grady hospital. What bones had not al
ready been taken out of his face and fore
head were nearly all removed at this ope
ration. From the effects of the operation
he recovered with great rapidity. He is
better now than he has been in years.
Whether his trouble Is to return can
only be told in time. If all the bones that
are affected were removed it. Is not
thought it will come back. But If even a
small portion of a diseased bone has teen
left, It is thought the trouble will return.
CONDUCTOR FIRED SHOTS
INTO CROWD OF NEGROES
I —«l ■
yvill Dabney, one •. of several negroes
who had made'disorder on the Decatur
car line Saturday night, was shot by Con
ductor Henry Dupree, of the Decatur
Blue line, after having, been ejected from
the car. The negro, with his companions,
was preparing to rock the car when the
shot was fired.
The wounded negro was taken to Grady
hospital, while his three companions, John
Henry Seals, Will Seals and Jim Seals,
were taken to police station. It is thought
the negro who was shot will recover.
The bullet entered the abdomen.
The four negroes had made much dis
order, and were finally ordered to leave
the car at Waoeland crossing. They re
fused to get off, and had to be forcibly
ejected. They began gathering rocks, and
the conductor shot into the crirwd, hitting
Will Dabney. There has been a good deal
of trouble in time past with negroes on
the Decatur car lines.
MADE 66 BALES AND ~
WORKED ONLY 3 PLOWS
MADISON, Ga.. March 3.—With three plows
and no more, Mr. W. W. Baldwin, son of
Capt. C. W. Baldwin, clerk of the superior
court, made, in 1901, on a farm near the city
of only average fertility, sixty-six bales of cot
ton, weighing over 500 pounds each. Mr. Bald
win la one of the most intelligent and influ
ential young men in the city, and was elected
a year ago cashier of the Jefferson Street Bank,
an honor he greatly appreciated but declined
because of a sentimental attachment to his
position as clerk in the store of Mr. W. H.
Burnett, which place he has filled for the past
nine years. He is, however, a director in this
bank and In the past nine years, has by judi
cious management accumulated 1,200 acres of
splendid land in Morgan county, thus setting
an example to other young men of the possi
bilities of economy, upright dealing and well
directed energy.
RUNAWAY MARRIAGE
OF A NEW VARIETY
CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 3.—The last
issue of the Laurinburg, N. C., Exchange
contains the following:
When a couple elopes to get married it
is usually on account of refractory pa
rents, but a widower and a widow who
were married here yesterday eloped on
account of their children. The parties
were Mr. D. A. Mcßae, a prominent farm
er of Richmond county, and Mrs. Mary E.
Clark, of Moore county.
They had beert lovers when they were
children in school together, but through
some pitiless fortune they had been sep
arated. When the groom's wife died and
the bride’s husband, the undying love
was again kindled, which drew the sur
vivors together. The courtship went on
for some time “unbeknowins” to the chil
dren, of whom Mr. Mcßae possesses seven
and Mrs. Clark three, but when they came
to terms and decided to marry at home
the children on both sides of the house
raised such a rucus that it was wisely
decided to postpone the ceremony.
Mrs. Clark went to Raeford on a visit
and her lover wrote her to meet him In
Laurinburg. They came together at the
Glenn hotel yesterday, and, In the pres
ence of Messrs. J. C. Morgan, J. H. Mor
gan and John Chisholm, they were mar
ried bv Dr. J. M. Rose.
Maybe they will some time find them
selves In as awkward a situation as the
persons in that Old story, where a wid
ower with six Children married a widow
with the same number, and their marriage
was blessed with' six more. One day the
lady came rushing in from the back yard
crying, “Husband, run here! Your chil
dren and my children are about to kill our
children!”
FLOFWOOiRD
ASKS HARRIS 10
RESIGN
CLAIM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY
SHOULD NOT HAVE REPRESENT-
ED THE LIQUOR MEN IN
DISPENSARY FIGHT.
ROME, Ga., March s.—Another sensa
tion has developed here today in connec
tion with the dispensary question. At
least this Is the claim Qf the parties con
cerned.
For the past two years Mr. Nat Harris
has been the county attorney and secre
tary of the board of county commission
ers. He has represented Floyd county In
all suits against it and given legal advice
to the county board.
In the recent petition to enjoin Floyd
county and the city of Rome from main
taining the dispensary Mr. Harris has
been one of the .leading attorneys. He
drew the petitions and argued the case be
fore Judge Henry. Mr. Harris has fought
the dispensary vigorously from the begin
ning.
The county commissioners met this
morning and asked County Attorney Har
ris to fesign. The. board claims that Har
ris could not take a case against Floyd
county while holding the official position
of legal representative of the county, that
his course is inconsistent and he should
defend all suits against the county. «
Mr. Harris claims that the request for
his resignation was a great surprise, as he
had no intlmatidtfi from the board nor had
he been cbnsulted relative to the litiga
tion involving the right of the city and
county to conduct a dispensary. Mr. Har
ris asserts it is a political trick to oust
him from office‘And is not founded upon
reason or justice.
AGAIN SEEK TO ENJOIN
THE ROME DISPENSARY
ROME. Ga., March s.—There has been
another injunction filed against the estab
lishment of a dispensary for Floyd coun
ty. It is filed in the name of M. G. Mc-
Donald, George W. Trammel and H. G.
Stoffregcn, who allege that they are worth
more than $100,600. The petition is brought
against W. J.Neel, W. J. Griffin and Frank
Freeman, dispensary commissioners, the
city of Rome and the county of Floyd. The
grounds are practically the same as ap
pear in the Kay Bros. bill. The main
points are that the matter is unconstitu
tional for about fifteen reasons, chief
among which being that a debt is incurred
by the city and county without two-thirds
of the voters consenting and that it will
put the city and coiinty in debt for the
establishment of the dispensary. The
prayer for relief is, “That said commis
sioners and Floyd county and the city of
Rome be enjoined from employing persons
and contracting debts in establishing and
carrying on said dispensary as hereinbe
fore set out.”
D o lITTiTh n 0
15 ADJUDGED
INSANE
THE WELL KNOWN TOBACCONIST
WILL BE TAKEN TO THE
STATE SANITARIUM IN
A FEW DAYS.
A. G. Ballard, one of the best known to
bacconists in the state, better known as
“Doll” Ballard, was adjudged insane yes
terday at the ordinary’s court and will
be taken to the state sanitarium at Mil
ledgeville.
This is not ths first time Mr. Ballard
has been so afflicted, as he had a similar
attack two years ago, which lasted, how
ever, not longer than two weeks. The
present seizure came upon him four
months ago, since which time he has been
confined to his bed through rheumatism
and internal troubles. Os late, fearing
for his safety, he has been kept in close
custody.
GALLOWAY COAL COMPANY
LEASES UNIVERSITY LAND
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 4.—The
executive committee of the board of trus
tees of the University of Alabama has
ratified the lease of 1.200 acres of coal
lands to the Galloway Coal company. The
lands are located in Bibb county, and will
bring in $4,000 per annum, exclusive of
royalties, which may reach as high as
SIO,OOO per annum.
Woman Fatally Burned at Kingston.
KINGSTON, March 3.—A man and wife
named White, from Cherokee county,
stopped at the old Railroad house, south
of town to camp last night. They built
a fire and lay down to sleep. During the
night the woman’s clothes became ignited
and before anything could be done for her
she w’as covered by flames and burned al
most to death. Dr. Gaines, the physician,
says her body is a crisp from shoulders to
knees and there is no hope for her. They
are very poor people and were tramping
to Alabama.
NORFOLK CARS
BY TROOPS
' ESCORTED
CITY OVERFLOWING WITH SOL
DIEDS WHO ARE ENDEAVOR
ING TO BREAK STRIKE OF
TROLLEY EMPLOYES.
NORFOLK, Va„ March s.—Street cars,
guarded by troops, are running at long
intervals here today, but no passengers
are being carried.
All is quiet this morning and Mayor
Beamon stated that there was no necessity
yet for declaring liartial law’. Four addi
tional companies of the Seventy-first in
fantry have been ordered out, and this
will put the entire command in the field,
the two battalions already being in ser
vice.
The strikers were busy last night barri
cading the tracks, but this morning the
obstructions were removed by the troops.
At midnight the soldiers were called up
on to disperse a mob at Church and Char
lotte streets. Bayonets were used, but it
Is not thought there were any casualties.
W. B. Rudolph, Tom Murray and Sam
uel Ayers, white, and Tom Jenkins, col
ored, were arrested before daylight this
morning by a detachment of the Hunting
ton Rifles,* of Newport News, for tearing
up street car tracks at the corner of
Church and Holt streets.
An officer of the company stated that
an attempt at dynamiting the tracks had
been made., but the police denied this.
The Suffolk military company arrived
this forenoon anl on the same train were
fifteen strike breakers from Knoxville.
These men were taken to the barn by
the troops.
The arrival of the imported men intensi
fied the feeling and the situation grows
graver as the day advances.
The electrical workers have gone out
on a sympathetic strike. AU other em
ployes of the Norfolk Railway and Light
company, gas, electric light and other
plants have been ordered out by the Cen
tral Labor union and the city may be In
darkness tonight.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure.
E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c.
RAILROAD TELEPHONE -
IS DECLARED SUCCESS
CHICAGO, March 3.—A train crew 400
miles from Chicago, in a test, talked over
the telegraph wires to Chief Operator
Parsons, of the Illinois Central railroad,
at the Twelfth street depot. As a result,
the railroad telephone was declared to be
a success.
The train was stopped near Fulton, Ky.,
and the telephone wa.s connected with the
regular telegraph wire running to Chica
go. In spite of the fact that the message
had to travel over iron wires which ran
parallel to more than a score of other
wires, every word was distinctly heard by
Mr. Parsons.
The inventor asserts It makes no differ
ence whether or not telegraph messages
are being flashed over the wires simul
taneously with the telephone messages.
This was tested by the successful trans
mission of a telegraphic communication
from Fulton at the same time Parsons was
conversing with the crew.
PASENGERS RESCUED
FROM PERIL BY BOATS
NEW YORK. March 3.—For the first
time, probably, in the history of the New
York Central, passengers on the
famous Empire State Express have
been taken from the palatial cars
in row boats at dead of night to savp
them from drowning in their berths. They
were all, rescued, but the train stands
half submerged on the rails where the
torrents forced the crew to leave it, says
an Albany, N. Y., special to The Herald.
One of the last trains to leave Albany
the Hudson river division for New
York was the regular 5 o'clock train which
left Albany Saturday at 6p. m. That
train got through. The Empire a<.ate Ex
press from the west, followed soon af
terward, but was stalled by the ice and
flood at Castleton.
At that point half a dozen trains are
now stalled. The passengers were taken
off in row boats and were cared for at
nearby hotels or transferred in boats to
relief trains waiting on the southern side
of the break. Passengers on stalled north
bound trains were cared for in a similar
way until arrangements had been made
for using the tracks of the West Shore
beyond the Hudson.
GEN. MARQUEX KILLED;
REBELS ARE VICTORS
NEW YORK, March 3.—Senor Manuel
A. Matos, leader of the Venezuelan rev
olutionists, landed on this island from a
small vessel Saturday night, says a Port
of Spain, Trinidad, dispatch to The Her
ald. He left the insurgent steamship Llb
ratador on the Venezuelan coast, near
Guira.
The Llbratador is endeavoring to cap
ture or destroy the Venezuelan gunboat
Tolumo, which is reported to be near
Guiria.
Senor Matose’s arrival In Trinidad has
caused much excitement among Venezu
elan revolutionists residing in this colony.
His presence is expected to give great
Impetus to the revolution, which is
spreading rapidly.
A desperate engagement has taken
place near Carupano. General Landeta,
commanding the government forces, was
defeated. General Marquez was killed and
General Bravo was wounded.
The insurgent generals, Vidal and Fer
nandez, from Guajana, have joined Gen
erals Perez and Rivas, wW have a large
force of revolutionists in Maturin.
There is a revolt on the Guiria coast
line beyond Hudson.
REVOLUTION BREAKS
AFRESH IN COLOMBIA
WASHINGTON, March 4.—Reports re
ceived here indicate that there has been
a revolutionary outbreak in Colombia,
near the capital, and severe fighting in
the immediate neighborhood of Bogota.
It is asserted that the government forces
were victorious and that the revolutionists
have been driven into the mountains with
heavy losses.
GIRL, TEfTyIaRS OLD,
WEDS MAN OF FIFTY
CHICAGO. March 4.—According to a
special to The Tribune from Nashville,
Tenn., the youngest bride in the country
is Mrs. James Irwin, aged 10 years, of
Centerville, Hickman county. She has
just been married. Her husband is be
tween: 45 and 50 years of age.
ROGERS TABLEWARE HALF PRICE.
Genuine Rogers' Tripleplated. 12 pennyweight
Table Knives, set of 6, regular price 12.50. at $1.45
All other Rogers' goods at proportionate prices.
Mail orders from out-of-town customers filled
promptly.
E. J. KELLEY, The Jeweler.
28 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia*
FUGUTIVE ESTERHAZY
HAS FLED 0T NEW YORK
NEW YORK. March s.—Major Ferdi
nand Walsin Esterhazy, who confessed
that he forged the Dreyfus bordereau,
has, according to The Herald, been seen
in this city. He is said to have spent two
hours in a Broadway restaurant in ani
mated conversation with a young man and
woman. Esterhazy was shabbily dressed
and his features were extremely thin.
Count Pangaert, of Belgium, who knew
Esterhazy in Paris, and two waiters are
the persons claiming to have recognized
the man who became notorious in the
Dreyfus case. Pangaert was talking
French with some friends, when Ester
hazy overheard him, and, with his friends,
immediately sought a secluded corner.
Their movements attracted Pangaert’s no
tice, and he says he immediately recog
nized Esterhazy, as did the two waiters.
Major Esterhazy declined to be a wit
ness in the Dreyfus trial in 1899, and later
fled to England, where he confessed to be
ing the author of the bordereau. He de
clared that he committed the forgery un
der order of Colonel Sandherr and his su
perior officers. <
After making the confession Major Es
terhazy announced his intention of coin
ing to the United States for the purpose
of lecturing. Since his flight from France
he has lived in obscurity In England.
Btcrom his
CAMPAIGN AT
NEWNAN
CANDIDATE FOR SCHOOL COMMIS-
SIONER MAKES A LENGTHY
ARGUMENT FOR UNIFORM
TEXT BOOKS.
NEWNAN, Ga., March 4.—Rev. A. J.
Beck, of Clarkston, candidate for state
school commissioner of Georgia, opened
his campaign here today with a speech to
the voters of Coweta county. Some 200 or
300 people were present. Rev. Mr. Beck
devoted himself mainly to the discussion
of the/Uniform text book issue and an at
tack on the administration of State School
Commissioner Glenn. Mr. Beck cited fig
ures and facts and then went into a
lengthy discussion of the uniform text
book question.
In the beginning of his address Mr.
Beck said the report of the department of
education for 1900 showed a loss of several
thousand in the school (enrollment. “There
is an apparent gain of 6.808,” said Mr.
Beck, “but there is, however, a mistake
of 1,000 in subtraction and the figures
ought to be 5,808, but while there was a
gain in actual attendance of 5,808, there
was a gain in school population of nearly
12,000, and so there was a real loss in at
tendance of something like 6,000. Going
back as far as 1893, we find that with a
school population of 604.971 there was an
enrollment of 436,682, which is 72 per cent.
In 1900, with a school population of 682,870,
there was an enrollment of 484,885, which
is 70 per cent, a loss of 2 per cent. An
analysis of the reports will show about
the same loss In average attendance.
Again by comparing these same reports
issued by the present state school commis
sioner we find that the average salary of
public school teachers in 1894 was $129.94.
In 1900 the average salary was $122.98.
That Is. we have actually lost In percent
age of enrollment and average attendance
and in the average pay of the teachers,
notwithstanding the public school fund
for 1900 was half a million dollars greater
than it was in 1894. Nor have we made
any gain in the length of the school term.
It was 100 days in 1894 and 100 days in 1900.
Where Is the proof of the boasted ad
vancement of Georgia’s common, schools
during the last few years. Witl| an in
during the last few years, with an in
crease of only 10 per cent In school Depu
tation, we have made an extra outlay of
half million dollars, with no lengthening
of titfe school term, no increase in per
centage of attendance or enrollment, no
addition to the average pay of the com
mon school teacher. What has become of
the half million dollars?”
Mr. Beck then took up the subject of
uniform textbooks. He said he was
the only candidate who had declared In
favor of that measure. He said he was
favor of that issue. He said he was
ready to meet and abide the issue.
He said there were two sides to
the question—the side of the the book
publishers who have had things their
own way in Georgia for many years, and
the sida of the people who are paying
every year, and paying needlessly many
thousands of dollars for high priced books.
He cited that Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana and
Texas has the uniform textbook system.
He said it was cheaper to buy goods at
wholesale prices than at retail. He said
publishers would furnish books to the
state cheaper than it would to any single
county. He said that when sample copies
of books were sent to the 137 county school
commissioners and the 685 members of
county boards of education these samples
were all paid for by the people of Georgia,
as the publishers put on extra prices as a
result.
Mr. Beck then made this sensational
charge: “For years a few wealthy book
companies have had almost absolute con
trol of the book trade of Georgia. They
are supposed to have things pretty well
fixed with county boards and county
school commissioners and naturally they
are opposed to uniformity.”
Next Mr. Beck took up a circular letter
which he said Mr. Glenn had been sending
out through the state. He said It was mis
leading and false. Mr. Beck said he had
not attempted to ridicule any official but
thought that he had shown conclusively
that Glenn had added nothing to the
schools of Georgia.
Mr. Beck was warmly applauded by the
people who heard his speech.
“AS INNOCENT AS BLACK”
EXCLAIMED A PRISONER
"I am just as innocent as I am black,”
pleaded Milton Baker, a negro cab drivter,
who was up before Recorder Broyles this
morning for crap shooting.
“Oh, I have seen blacker coons,” said
the recorder. But the negro got his case
dismissed any way. His argument was
too strong. If as innocent as black he was
certainly too innocent to be fined for crap
shooting.
TRAINS ARE ANNULLED;
TRACKS ARE IMPASSABLE
SAVANNAH, Ga., March s.—Because of
excessive rains and the bad condition of
the track oil Seaboard x*ir Line trains west
of Helena have been annulled until the
damage can be repaired. Savannah is
preparing to weather a spring cold wave
tomorrow. The weather bureau reports a
temperature of 34 by tomorrow morning.
SHIP BATTLES WITH SEA;
CORPSE IN THE RIGGING
VICTORIA. B. C., March 4.—The marine ob
server at Point Carmanah reporta sighting a
derelict sailing schooner awash, with her main
mast gone and sails dragging in the sea.
What was thought to be a corpse was seen
in the rigging.
Sox Gets Patent For Ironing Table.
WASHINGTON. March 5.-A patent for
an ironing table has been issued David
A. Sox, of Haralson, Ga.
C. B. Haygood has been appointed post
master at Fields’ Cross Roads, Milton
county, vice J. M. Upshaw resigned.
BOERS APPEAI
TO AMERICA
IN VAIN
ROOSEVELT TELLS KRUGER’!
DELEGATES UNITED STATES
WILL NOT INTERFERE IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
WASHINGTON, March s.—Messrs. Wol
marens and Wessels, the Boer represee
tatlves who came to the United State
from Europe for the purpose of'conferrlm
with the secretary of state, have achieve,
their purpose.
They were received by Secretary Hay a
11 o'clock this morning. It was dlstinctl;
understood s that the Boers were receive,
as private citizens and not in an officia
capacity. Secretary Hay talked to ther
freely with this understanding. The prin
cipal object of the delegates was to indue
the United States government to do some
thing to terminate the present blood;
struggle in South Africa.
They were not very specific as to wha
they wanted and apparently would be sat
is fled with almost anything from inter
vention direct to a simple tender of th
good offices on the part of the Unite*
States. The secretary of state heap
them attentively and promised to conslde
thefr representations and to do whateve
he could to ameliorate the conditions i
South Africa. But he pointed out tba
the president was the prime authority ii
such matters and he recommended tha
the Boers see Mr. Roosevelt and ascertaii
his views.
Later in the day Messrs. Wolmarens an,
Wessels, accompanied by Dr. Frederic!
Mueller, of the Orange Free State, calle*
at the white house. They were receive
by President Roosevelt in the library an
remained with him about 15 minutes.
They called as private citizens. Mi
Roosevelt listened to what had t
say and then informed them that this gov
ernment cannot and will not Interfere ii
the struggle.
TOBACCO TAX RATES
TO BE PAID DEALER!
The collector of internal revenue so
Georgia has received notice that warrant
are now being drawji up in the departmen
at Washington for paying the rebat
claims on tobacco products which aros
when the new revenue schedule went lot
effect last July. It is estimated that abou
SIOO,OOO will be distributed among thq to
bacco dealers of the state.
All dealers, manufacturers and other
whose claims were properly prepared an*
filed with the internal revenue officer
within the 60 days following July 1, 1901
will evidently soon receive their settle
■ment warrant, although the internal reve
nue department of this state noi
prepared to say just when payment wll
commence. It is stated, however, tha
when the warrants are forwarded to th
revenue officers in Atlanta as much of th
force as is necessary to expedite the prop
er entry or record and mailing of ther
will be employed to that end.
Claimants will be advised on applies
tion to the collector’s office relative t
the endorsement and payment of war
rants where ther® has been a change o
interest.
The tax on tobacco under the war reve
nue act was sl2 per 100 pounds, or 12 cent
a pound. Twenty per cent of this ta
was removed by the last act, making th
tax now $9.60 per 100 pounds or 9 6-10th
cents per pound.
GILBERT WILL DRAW
PLANS OF NEW DEPOI
Bradford L>. Gilbert, the well know
architect and engineer, will draw groun
plans of a union station to be built on th
property of the state in Atlanta, and th
plans will be submitted to the varioq
railroad officials as soon as possible.
At a meeting of the depot commissioi
held late Saturday afternoon it was agree
to give Mr. Gilbert the contract, and h
will get the plans ready as soon as possl
ble. It is believed that at least 10 or 1
tracks can be arranged on the presen
site and other satisfactory plans can b
submitted for the waiting rooms.
None of the members of the commissi®
would discuss the outcome of the meeting
but It is understood that Mr. Gilbert ha
been ordered to go ahead with the wor>
It is also raid that another meeting o
the commission will be held here nex
Monday to examine the plans which wi!
have been outlined by that time.
The state is determined to push th
depot matter to the end, and when th
railroads are called together for the nex
meeting the plans will be In readmes
and a direct acceptance or refusal of th
state’s proposition will have to be made.
, The contents of President Spencer’s l{u
letter to Governor Candler has not bee
made public, and the members of th
commitsion decline to talk about it.
GENERAL TTUGHESSAYS
CAN’T TRUST FILIPINO!
WASHINGTON, March s.—ln his test!
mony before the senate committee on th
Philippines yesterday Gen. Hughes relats
the facts about the massacre at Ballar
glgi, Samar, last September. He took upo
himself the responsibility for the sendin
of troops to that post and fqr the seiectlo
of the officer who was placed in common*
“I had known him for a year,” he sail
“He was a fine officer and I had ever
confidents in him.”
General Hughes said, however, that h
was convinced the disaster was due t
over confidence, and he had since hear
that the officer in command had repose
too great trust in the natives while sen
Ing in Luzon, but he was not aware of thl
trait of tl\e man’s character before givln
him the post at Ballangigl.
Speaking of the native soldiers. Genen
Hughes said they generally did well, bi;
should not be trusted except under con
mand of American officers.
Commissioner Stevens Much Better.
Officials at the department of agricul
ture have received notice that Commk
stoner O. B. Stevens, who was injured ii
the Zetella wreck Thursday night is veil
much improved today, and that he hope
to be in Atlanta Thursday morning. Mi
Stevens is suffering more from a nervou
shock than anything else, and hopes t
recover from it soon.
VIOLET LEAVES FOR CANCER.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 22.—Di
Benjamin F. Bye, of this city, who is au
thority on cancer and tumor, says viole
leaves may have some soothing effec
when applied as a poultice as many othe
leaves do, but as a cure, he would muc
prefer his Oil Treatment, which he dis
covered a few years ago, as it is sure i
almost every case, causes no pain and ca
be used by the patient in their own hom*
The treatment is expressed by the Doctc
to every country in the world. .
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