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MH. HIHDIK
INSIMMR
FLEMISH.
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS SAYS
HE DID NOT MISQUOTE THE
. * CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD.
SANDERSVILLE. March 29.-Hon. T.
W. Hardwick, of Sandersville, who is
making the race for congress in the tenth
congressional district against the present
incumbent. William H. Fleming, today
answers the interview of Mr. Fleming on
March 22nd, in which he stands by his
speeches which have been delivered on the
Stump. When seen about Mr. Fleming’s
statements Mr. Hardwick said:
"Tn his “interview’ of March End, an
swering my Thomson speech, my oppon
ent. Hon. Wm H. Fleming, has seen fit
to use some of the harshest and bitter
est language I have ever in print
•ven in a heated partisan contest between
opposing candidates of different political
parties, much less in a contest between
gentlemen who are aspirants for the nom
ination of the same party.
"It is quive. yw ent tfcat he did not use
language universally considered insulting
among gentlemen for the purpose or with
the expectation of provoking a personal
difficulty between us. Tor it must be re
membered that we were not face to face
when the words were used, but a thousand
miles apart.
"Besides, although I am a younger, and
leas “experienced" man than he. yet I
think 1 hive a higher regard for the digni
ty of the office to which I am an humble
•spirant than the present incumbent
seems to display, and I shall use every
effort both to keep my temper and to pre
serve my dignity during the pendency of
thc'vontest between us “
Fleming Is Mistaken.
““My opponent takes occasion to say tn
the opening of his “interview’ that I have
committed a “falsification* of the Demo
cratic platform of 1884. and observes that
so complete was the proof that I did not
venture to enter a denial. He is absolutely
mistaken. I did not have before me at
the time my “announcement" was written
a copy of that platform, but undertook to
quote it substantially, and that I did.' I
have been perfectly willing to rest on Mr.
Fleming s statement of the differences in
the exact and literal words between my
quotation and the platform. I used, very
nearly, the words of the platform. So
nearly its exact words that I felt as if I
would have been guilty of plagiarism if I
had not put quotation marks around
them. The deduction I drew from the
platform and the idea I expressed was
the logical. Indeed, the inevitable, conclu
sion from it. In his “rejoinder’ he quoted
the exact words of the platform, but as
he was then “charitable’ enough not to
charge me with an intentional misquota
tion, and as the words I used expressed
the same idea as those used in the party
platform. I dismissed the subject from
my mind, and if my failure to refer to it
tn my Thomson speech can be fairly term
ed a confession of any sort, then I wish
to ask why he does not stand before the
people confessedly guilty of having dodg
ed everj, issue in this campaign, and of
hwving failed to express himself on every
Sblic question, for in my reply to his an
•Bcenfefit I charged him with that, and
in none of his numerous “cards’ and “in
terviews’ has he ever entered a denial.
Fleming Is Childish.
““So far as intentional misquotation of
the platform is concerned, the charge is
absurdly childish, for it certainly does
look as if any sensible man would know
I would not be guilty of that and then de
liberately refer the public and my oppo
nent to the source of the quotation, where
the mistake, if any, could be discovered.
Mr. Fleming has simply lost his temper,
or he ‘would not use such unjustifiable
language.
““In his interview he charges me with
“intended deception.’ with “falsification.’
with “fraud’—in i that I charged that
on a certain occasion, according to the
Congressional Record, he had been greeted
* with “derisive laughter.' from his party
associates, the Democrats, in congress. If
his charge is true I do not deserve and will
not ask the vote or even the respect of a
single honest voter in this district; on the
contrary if it is false he deserves and
should receive the condemnation and cen
sure of every fair-minded man in tht
district regardless of his previous opin
ions or predellctlons. for unfair, unjusti
fiable and indefensible treatment of bls
opponent. In his interview he uses these
words: “There is but one place in the
Congressional Record where those words
“ derisive laughter'* occur in conection
with any speech of mine: they will be
found on page 3M9 under date of
IMb. There on that page in print as plain
as type can make it stares every reader
in the face the fact that the derisive
laughter came from the Republicans and
not. from the Democrats, etc."
There Was No Derisive Laughter.
“The incident to which he refers hap
pened. of course, for derision of him does
not seem to be confined to his party asso
ciates alone.
““But Mr. Fleming misstates The Record.
On January E. »<L on page SK of The I
Congressional Record, the following ap
pears <1 do not give the whole coloquy be
cause there Is only one specific denial on
Mr. Fleming’s part): Hr Fleming—Be
cause the chairman is not charged with
any such knowledge of the purpose at all.
<Derisiv« laughter on the Democratic
fide.”
"Moreover, this is not the only time the
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 flesh again; that is Im
possible But I can cure the disease al
ways. at any stage, and forever.
I ask for no money. Simply write me a '
postal and I will send you an order on
your nearest druggist for six bottle* of
Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure, for every
druggist keep* It. Use it for a month,
and if it does what I claim, pay your
druggist 35 CO for it. If it doesn't I will ,
pay him myself.
I have no samples. Any medicine that
can affect Rhumatlsm with but a few
doses 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 Hood.
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
thousands of cases in this way. and my
records show that 39 out of 40 who get
those six bottles pay. and pay gladly. I
have learned that people In general are
honest with a physician who cures them.
. That is all I ask. If I fail I don't expect
< 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 yon anyway. If It cures, pay 35.50.
I leave that entirely to you. I will mall
you a book that tells how I do it. Ad
dress Dr. Shoop. Box 545, Racine, Wis.
"Mild eases, not chronic, are often cured
b7 one or two buttlee. .At alii druggists."
Democrats have laughed at him even on
that day!
“Every word of my Thomson speech
on this subject was taken from the Con
gressional Record itself, carefully, fairly
and accurately and +f I have wronged him
in any respect, or have misquoted the
record in any particular I want no man’s
vote or respect.
"At Appling, In the course of my speech
there. I answered Mr. Fleming’s bitter in
terview by having the court stenographer
of the Augusta circuit read the record
Itself, just as I have it set out above, to
the audience. The gentleman who is the
court reporter of that circuit is a resident
of Augusta, a man of high character, then
engaged in reporting my speech for my
opponent. Surely Mr. Fleming will not
accuse him either of mental deformity or
cf moral baseness!
Stands By His Speeches.
"I stand by every word of my speeches
at Thomson and Appling and appeal from
Mr. Fleming's misstatements to the Con
gressional Record Itself. He can secure
a practically unlimited number and I in
vite him to send you the record of January
22nd, 1902, and on page 887 every voter in
this district will find printed so plainly
that no eye can miss it the words in con
troversy between us.
“'I regret the unexpected and painful
amount of bitterness that Mr. Fleming
has seen proper to inject into this canvass,
which ought to be conducted on the lines
of a friendly contest between two gentle
men. I am no evangel of discord—no
child of bitterness; it is my purpose and
desire to encourage and promote good will,
harmony and reconciliation, rather than
dissension and bitterness.
“’ln its report of my Thomson speech
the Augusta Chronicle, the leading or
gan of my opponent, a paper published in
his own city, and giving him its hearty
support, a paper in which he is financially
interested, certainly a stockholder, and. I
think, a director, admits that I ’indulged
ir no personalties;’ again it says. ’Mr.
Hardwick went into Mr. Fleming's record
In congress in a dignified but none the less
forceful manner.’
"I solemnly call on every fair-minded
man in the district to bear witness that
I have sought to conduct a clean cam
paign without abuse of my opponent,
without mentioning his name in my an
nouncement. but that Mn Fleming has in
jected Into it a world fit bitterness and
hard feeling uncalled for and inexplica
ble to me. for I am consciously guilty of
ho other offense save that of having dared
to aspire to what I fear Mr. Fleming has
come to regard as ’his office/ ”
NELUWW FATE
BEFELLANDTHEBGIRL
THE BODY OF SARAH BENGE, A
FARMER’S DAUGHTER, IS
FOUND IN A MILL
POND.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. March 27.—News
reaches here from Wilkes county. North
Carolina, of the finding of the body ot
a young woman in a millpond, after the
community had experienced a mystery not
unlike the now noted Cropsey case tn
Elizabeth City, with the exception that
in the WUkes case the dead girl’s condi
tion would indicate a motive for her
death.
The unfortunate tirl was Sarah Benge,
the daughter of a Ifarmer, and she had
been missing from home for three weeks,
when her body was discovered in the
pond by two boys. Evidences of several
blows on the-head were discovered and
there was a large bruise on the breast,
indicating that something heavy had been'
laid acroas the body while the woman
was dying or imntediately thereafter.
There was no water in the lungs. There
was but little evidence before the coron
er's jury at its sitting Monday which
would lead to the perpetrator of the
crime. The fact was developed that the
girl had been in a delicate condlt4on for
some months.
Miss Benge’s Slayer Not Known.
CHARLOTTE. N. C., March 21).-The
latest information obtainable regarding
the finding of the body of Sarah Benge,
w’ho was murdered and thrown into Hoot's
mill pond, in Wilkes county, nearly a
month ago and whose body was discovered
a few days ago, is contained in this week’s
issue of The Elkin Times, which says
that three men living in the neighborhood
of the place where the murder took place,
are under suspicion, but that no arrests
have been made yet. The scene of the
crime is in a district somewhat remote
from the railroad and particulars are
somewhat hard to obtain.
VIRGIN! A~HASA PLAN
TO SILENCE' NEGROES
RICHMOND, Va.. March 29 -A suffrage
plan has been finally agreed upon by the
constitutional convention of Virginia, un
der which it is expected the negro vote
will be practically eliminated. It provides
that voters shall pay a poll tax of $1.50;
shall be, able to read, or understand when
read to them, the constitution of the state
and shall be- able to make application for
the right to register in their own hand
writing in the presence of the registrars.
The "Understanding” clause is only to
be in effect until January 1, 1904. The
ether features are permanent. Confederate
soldiers and their sons are exempt from
the "understanding and application*'
clause. «
EVANS r RESIGNAfiON~
GIVEN TO ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON. March 29.-Commls
sioner of Pensions Evans has placed his
resignation in the hands of the president.
It will not take effect until some impor
tant position in the diplomatic service is
found for him.
The pension committee appointed at the
last annual encampment of the G. A. R.
to investigate the affairs of the pension
bureau has made its report to the presi
dent. It has not yet been decided as to
when the report will be made public, if
at all.
It is stated that the policy of Commis
sioner Evans will be continued by his
successor.
JUDGE ~JAMES GRIGGS
IS ELECTED TO LEAD
WASHINGTON. March 29.—Judge James
Griggs, of Georgia, was last night unani
mously elected chairman of the Demo
cratic congressional campaign committee.
The nomination of Congressman Griggs
was made by Senator Carmack, of Ten
nessee.
The result of the meeting of the com
mittee was forecast in The Journal of
Thursday.
Chairman Griggs will begin at once to
make himself familiar with the duties of
his office.
DUNLAP ESTATE WORTH
MORE THAN £300.000
MACON. March 29—The will of the late
Samuel 8. Dunlap has been filed. Its
most interesting feature is its amount.
It disposes of $300,000 worth of property,
besides the S6O 000 divided among the heirs
before Mr. Dunlap's death. This places
him among the wealthiest of Georgia's
business men, and his estate is said to
have been in good condition. It is easily
convertible into cash, and all debts were
paid before Mr. Dunlap died.
Furnace Reported Sold.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 28 —A special
from Sheffield says that J. J. Gray. Jr., of that
place, la reported to have purchased the Rock
dale furnace at Rockdale, Tenn.
THE REM 1-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY. MARCH 31, 1902.
SOUGHT DEATH
BUT DIB NOT
HWE «E
WHEN WOMAN ATTEMPTED TO
LEAP INTO THE RIVER SHE
FELL IN A
FAINT.
ROCHESTER. N. Y„ March 29.—Miss
Ella May Patch, who on Thursday even
ing was found on the aqueduct in an un
conscious condition and afterwards claim
ed she had been assaulted by a man while
crossing the bridge, made a statement to
day to the effect that she had bound and
gagged herself with the intention of com
mitting suicide by jumping into the river,
but fainted before she could accomplish
her purpose.
completeexoneration
FOR DEAD MINISTER
•
DUBLIN. March 29—Rev. W. S. Ram
sey, late county school, commissioner of
Laurens county, who was charged by the
board of education of Laurens county,
with befog short in his accounts, has been
completely exonerated by the board of
arbitrators, appointed to go over the
books in the office. Col. Ramsey, after
over twenty years’ service as county
schol commissioner of Laurens county
died very suddenly in .March, 1900, after
his death, the board of election claimed
that a shortage approximating $4,700.00
existed and commenced a suit against
the Guarantee Company of North Amer
ica, in the city court of Atlanta, this com
pany being the bondsmen of Ramsey.
Mrs. Ramsey denied the allegations of
the board of education, and requested
that the* suit against the security com
pany be withdrawn and the estate of Col.
Ramsey be sued in Laurens county, or
that a board of arbitrators be appointed
to go over the books and papers in the
office, their report or finding to be final,
and with this request Mr. J. M. Simmons,
Jr., representing Mrs. Ramsey, deposited
with the Dublin Banking company the
amount of the alleged shortage, subject
to.the finding of the board of arbitrators,
or the verdict of a jury of Laurens coun
ty. This offer was refused and then Hon.
L. L. Stubbs representative for Laurens
county, introduced a resolution in the leg
islature relieving the securities on Ram
sey’s bond. When the board of education
found that the bill would probably pass,
they surrendered the bond and agreed to
an arbitration and Mr. Stubbs withdrew
his resolutions. The board of education
chose Hon. J. A. Rogers school commis
sioner of Washington county and Hon.
J. R Baggett, of Laurens, as members of
the board, and Mr. J. S. Simmons, Jr.,
chose Mr. J. B. Caldwell and Mr. C. W
Brantley, two of the leading citizens of
Dublin. The four gentlemen above nam
ed then selected Hon. Dudley M. Hughes,
of Twiggs county, as the fifth member.
Attorneys Daley,of Wrightsville, and
Wade, of Dublin, represented the board
and Messrs. Griner and J. B. Sanders, of
tlublin. represented Mr. Simmons. A
The hearing of testimony and the ar
rangement of counsel consumed several
days, and the boar<T'kdjbJuT!hed the meet
ing over until Monday, March 24th, when
they met for the purpose of making their
decision. The decision of tne board of ar
bitrators awarded to Mr. Simmons the
sum of $106.00 with interest, balance due
on salary of Col. Ramsey from March,
1900, at 7 per cent, and placed all cost
upon the hoard of education, as per agree
ment. The finding of the board is final
and this is an end to the case.
Rev. W. S. Ramsey was one of theimost
prominent and universally beloved citi
zens of this county. For over thirty years
he was a leading minister of the Baptist
church, and had few equals as a pulpit
orator in this country.
At his’ death the crowd that attended
his funeral services filled the town. Two
or three special trains bringing crowds
from Macon. Hawkinsville and i other
points in the state, such a large gather
ing of people was never before seen in
Dublin.
The finding of the board of arbitrators
gives universal satisfaction.
MILLIONAIRES WILL
DEVELOP WATER POWER
CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 29—James
B. Duke, president of the American To
bacco Company, and his brother, B. N.
Duke, treasurer, and George W. Watts,
one the largest stockholders of the tobac
co combine, made a trip to their water
power, recently purchased in Chester
county. South Carolina, this week. In
the party also was W. A. Erwin, president
of the Erwin cotton mill at Durham,
which is one of the largest and most suc
cessful cotton mills in the state.
Beyond the statement that they expect
ed to develop the power the millionaires
did not discuss thefr new purchase. Their
property is on and adjacent to Catawba
river and js about eight miles from Fort
Lawn. 8. C., on the Chester and Lancas
ter railroad, about twenty miles from
Rock Hill. Chester and Lancaster and
about thirty miles from Charlotte. They
control an immense water power and land
on either side of the river for a distance
of half a mile or more. By several pur
chases they acquired their present large
property interest in Chester county, and
it is estimated that the total purchase t
money paid was more than $200,000.
The purchasers claim that the falls are
capable of generating over 40,000 horse
power, or power sufficient to run between
1,000,000 and 1,500,000 cotton spindles. The
total number of cotton spindles in North
Carolina, by the way, does not exceed
2,000,000.
FRUIT IN GWINNETT
WAS NOT INJURED
YELLOW RIVER, Ga., March 29—The
fruit erop at this place is not hurt, but it
was thought that the cojd weather of
last week had damaged it, but such was a
mistake, and unless they are nipped in the
future there will be plenty of peaches and
apples.
The farmers have not got to plow three
good days yet on account of so much rain
and they are worse behind with their work
than they have been in several years and
their countenances are shadowed with
the blues.
The wheat crop is very discouraging
at this time, but is coming out since the
warm weather set in and time only can
tell what the harvest will be. Oats was
nearly all killed out. The rains and big
freshets this winter have damaged the
farmers many hundreds of dollars, es
pecially on the river and creeks in many
places. The creek beds have changed
across bottoms and many acres of once
good bottom land will now have to be
abandoned and let grow up in under
growth and briars.
There is the biggest hog famine in
Gwinnett that has been for many years,
not over one-third of the people can get
hold of pigs. What few pigs there are.
could be wrapped up in the money asked
for them. The same of milch cows.
Stabbed to Death.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 29—At Coalburg
mines Will Johnson, a negro convict, was
stabbed to death and Jim Montgomery, another
I negro convict, is charged with the crime.
ALEX. ATKINSON WINS
SENATORIAL CONTEST
JACKSON, Ga., March 29—The citizens
of this county witnessed yesterday the
most excltlwc yet quietest election ever
held in Butts county for state senator be
tween Alex Atkinson and F. Z. Curry and
the consolidated returns today give At
kinson 59 majority.. Atkinson carried his
district three to one over Curry. In Jack
son precinct Atkinson's vote was 213 and
Curry 88.
A very large vote was polled, Atkinson
receiving 569; Curry 510. The campaign
opened on March 12 and since that date
both candidates have canvassed thorough
ly over every district in the county. The
election of Atkinson meets the approval
of the citizens of Fayette and Spalding
counties, which are embraced in this dis
trict. Atkinson is well-known in Georgia
politics, having represented Butts in the
senate in -'96 and ’97 and represented the
county in the legislature in ’BB and ’99,
'75 and ’76. Last night the friends of At
kinson had a fireworks display here cel
ebrating his victory over Curry. ~
ONE THOUSAND ARE
KILLED IN CHINA
PEKIN, March 29—Chinese officials say
that 1,000 people have been killed in riots
at Ta Ming Fu, the southernmost prefec
ture of the province of China. This is
perhaps an exaggeration, but tne loss of
life was undoubtedly great.
The riots were due to attempts of local
officials to collect indemnities for the
Catholics as arranged betweert the offi
cials and the priests.
Soldiers have been dispatched to quell
the disturbances and a tao tai has been
sent to adjust the differences.
The officials warn the missionaries to
keep out of the disturbed district.
CORDELE BANKER -
IS FOUND GUILTY
VIENNA, Ga., March 29—Lee B. Jones,
president of the Naval Stores and Lum
berman's Bank of Cordele, Ga., was tried
in the superior court for embezzlement
and last night the Jury brought in a ver
dict of guilty with a recommendation of
misdemeanor punishment.
Judge Evans imposed a fine of SI,OOO and
costs or twelve months in the chaingang.
AUGUSTAPOSfOFFICE
ASTORM CENTRE
POSTMASTER SMYTHE HAS NOT
NAMED HIS ASSISTANT AND
SHOWS ITO INCLINATION
TO APPOINT HIM SOON.
\ ■ Q t
AUGUSTA, Ga.. March 28—There are
hot times about the pdstoffice, all owing
to the failure of Postmaster Smythe to
appoint his assistant postmaster.
When he received the appointment of
postmaster it was given out that Mr. Fred
Boyce, a Democrat and son of Former
Postmaster Ker Boyce, was to have the
assistant’s place. After he was installei
it was stated that.the Republican county
machine held a written pledge for Captain
Smythe to appoint a candidate nominated
by the machine to this position. Captain
Smythe so far haa done neither, but re
tained Former Assistant Postmaster
Frank M. Stallings, who has been a most
excellent official, Lately pressure has
been brought to -bear on Captain Smythe
to appoint Mr. goy??, which has led him
to positively 'strfttj that he would not
do so.
The friends of Mr .Boyce are very
wroth, but the Republican machine is
much in the same fix, for the postmaster
has dropped the gentle Intimation that all
the nomineees of the machine are persona
non grata to him. So the stir in the post
office continues, and meantime Assistant
Postmaster Stallings holds the fort.
NEGRoVuRGLAR BEAT
THIS WOMAN WITH AX
SAVANNAH. March 27—Mrs. Lilia
Fountain and her spn Dower were attack
ed by burglars this morning about 2:30
o’clock in their home adjoining their store,
about three miles frogs Savannah on tne
Ogeechee road.
Mrs. Fountain was almost killed by a
blow from an axe In the hands of one of
the burglars, a negro, and her escape from
instant death is almost miraculous.
Joe Stuart, a negro, has been arrested
and identified by Airs. Fountain as one of
the negroes who entered the store.
The excitement In,the vicinity was In
tense when the Savannah police officers
arrived, and the entire neighborhood was
up searching for .the robbers.
Mrs. Fountain gives a graphic account
of the affair. She heard scuffling in her
son’s room, adjoining her’s, and ran to
his assistance. She found him struggling
with a negro.
When she screamed, another negro
came at her with an axe and attempted to
brain her. She dodged and the blow was
only a glancing one. This saved her life.
Victim of Burglar Dies from Injuries.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. March 28—Bower
Fountain, the young man who was as
saulted by burglars in his store a few
miles from Savannah Wednesday night,
died at 4 o’clock this morning.
His mother, who was struck in the head
with an ax by one of the negroes assault
ing her son, is better. <, ’
FILIPINO REBEL CHIEFS
CAPTURED BY BAMFORD
MANILA, March 26—Noriel, the only in
surgent general with the exception of Mal
var, still in the Philippines, has been cap
tured by Lieutenant Frank E. Bamford, of
the Twenty-eighth infantry. A major, a
captain, a lieutenant and. five men, who
were acting as a bodyguard to Noriel,
were captured with him. They have all
been held as prisoners of war. There is
some reason to believe that one member
of this bodyguard is General in
disguise. Lieutenant Bamford is certain
that if this general is not one of the cap
tured party he Is in the immediate neigh
borhood of the place of Nortel’s capture.
Norlel is one of the recognized leaders
of tne insurrection since 1899, He was
captured on his way to the coast, while
endeavoring to escape. He admits that
the insurrection, as such, is over and says
that the few remaining leaders are fleeing,
as they do not command enough men to
warrant surrenders commensurate with
their rank.
Lieutenant Bamford is well known in
Atlanta. He was stationed at Fort Mc-
Pherson for a number of years, during
which time he figured conspicuously in the
Romeyn-O'Brien courtmartial.
BY TROLLEYS TWO ARE
KILLED AND SIX HURT
JOLIET, 111., March 29—Two men were
killed and several people injured in a head
on collision at Sag Bridge yesterday be
tween two cars of the Joliet and Chicago
electric railroad.
The dead are:
JOHN C. MAU, motorman.
GORGE BARRETT, lineman.
Wild Train Crashes Into Cicago “El.”
CHICAGO, March 29.—Fifty passengers
were badly shaken up in a collision be
tween trains of the South Side and Metro
politan West Side elevated railroads on
the union loop yesterday.
MILES'REBUKE
IS EXPLAINED
AT LAST
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
MILES AND ROOT SENT TO
CONGRESS BY THE
PRESIDENT.
WASHINGrTON. March 29—In response
to a resolution adopted by the house of
representatives, the president today for
warded to that body the full text of the
correspondence betw’een Lieutenant Gen
eral Nelson A. Miles, commanding the
army, and Secretary Root, concerning a
plan outlined by the former to bring about
a cessation of hostilities in the Philip
pines. A resume of the correspondence,
together with the endorsement upon it of
President Roosevelt, follows:
Under date of February 17, 1902. General
Miles transmitted to the secretary of war
a memorandum outlining his plan to se
cure a cessation of hostilities in the Phil
ippines with a request that it be forward
ed to the president. After directing at
tention to the situation in the Philippines
and to the enormous expenditure of money
and lives in the islands, he says that dur
ing the past century Indian wars have
been averted by/consultation with chiefs
of the various bribes. Our friendly rela
tions with the people of Cuba and Porto
Rico’ also had been promoted by the same
means.
He requests, therefore, that he be au
thorized to proceed to the Philippine is
lands with a delegation of Cubans and
Porto Ricans and while there direct the
disposition of the United States forces to
the end that they may occupy the most
healthful and strategetic positions and al-!
so to take such measures as will tend to
restore confidence to the Filipinos and
demonstrate to them that our government
is prompted by the highest sense of jus
tic.
On his return to the United States he
desires to bring such representative Fili
pinos as he may think advisable in order
that they may realize the advantages this
government offers them, and at the same
time afford opportunity to consult with
the officials of this government. He is
confident that such measures would be
beneficial to the Filipinos and highly cred
itable to this government.
Secretary Root forwarded to the presi
dent ■ General Miles’ memorandum under
date of March 5, with his disapproval of
the recommendations. He says the con
duct oLaffairs in the Philippines has been
able ana successful. More rapid progress ■
has been made toward the acceptance
of American sovereignty, the restoration
of peace and the establishment of civil
government than was to have been ex
pected.
Concerning the proposal to bring official
delegates from the Philippines to the
United States, the secretary says: “It
would be very difficult to keep such a pro
ceeding free from spectacular and sensa
tional features, which would be injurious.
In a subsequent letter submitted to the
secretary of war on March 24. General
Miles regrets that the secretary should
have considered his proposition, promoted
in the interest of humanity, as tn any way
"spectacular and sensational.” He says
he would not anticipate any such result
from its adoption.
X’ He calWMttention to the fact that when
In Cuba last year he advised members oi
the constitutional convention to make an
appeal directly to President McKinley,
which they did. The president granted
the Cubans’ request for an audience, made
through him, and the result of the delega
tlon.‘s visit to Washington was most grat
ifying.
Referring to his comment that the war
in the Philippines had been conducted
with marked severity, General Miles says
his information was based upon official
reports. He says it was his purpose near
ly a year ago to go to the Philippines and
his projected visit had the approval of
President McKinley.
Secretary Root comments upon General
Miles' second memorandum, dated March
25th. He says the apparent purpose of
the memorandum was to show that the
action taken on the first was wrong.
The secretary adds that on the 18th of
July, 1900, General Miles applied to be
sent to the Philippines and to China In his
official capacity. General MacArthur had
reported tnat not a single regiment could
be spared from the Philippines, yet Gen
eral Miles accompanied his application by
a recommendation that 15,000 troops be
withdrawn from the Philippines and sentl
to China. The withdrawal of so many
troops wou.d insure insurgent coYitrol of
a large part of the Philippines. The secre
tary says that at least two-thirds of the
15,000 were wholly unnecessary In China.
The application and recommendation,
says the secretary, were, in fact, accom
panied by a request from General Miles
that supreme command of the allied
forces should be obtained for him. Under
these circumstances President McKinley
declined to authorize the sending of Gen
eral Miles either to the Philippines or to
China. 'ii - '
A year afterward the secretary of war
authorized the lieutenant general to ex
tend his inspection tour to the Philip
pines for the purpose of inspecting only.
He has never been authorized to go for
any other purpose.
“That of course, means” continues the
secretary, "to command General Chaffee,
and he asks authority ’also to take such
measures as will tend to restore as far as
possible confidence to the people of those
islands, and demonstrate that the pur
pose of our government is prompted by
the highest ideas of Justice.’ That means,
if it means anything, authority to do him
self. or to require the civil officers of the
Philippines to do under his directions, the
very duties which were charged upon the
Philippine commission, and the civil gov
ernor in the islands by President McKin
ley. and which they are now engaged in
doing.”
Referring to- the reflections of General
Mlles upon the conduct of the military
forces in the islands, based upon official
reports, as he says. Secretary Root says
that a report of the civil governor of the
province of Tayabas. containing in gener
all terms and without specification or
names, serious charges against the mili
tary administration in that province and
against the conduct of the army generally
in its relations to the civil government
were forwkrded by Governor Taft to the
secretary of war.
The report was sent to General Chaf
fee with orders that he fully investigate
the charges as soon as possible and should
they be found true, to apply the necessary
administrative and disciplinary measures
to correct the evils. He adds that the
necessary time for the investigation as
yet has not elapsed, and expresses his
regret "that the officer of the highest
rank in. the army should assume the
trfith of charges reflecting upon the credit
of the army in advance of the investiga
tion which has been ordered, and with
out giving General Chaffee, upon whose
particular command these charges reflect
an opportunity to be heard.”
The secretary concludes by saying that
General Mlles “plainly evinces a design
to procure the publication of the charges,
and of the lieutenant general s acceptance
thereof as true, in advance of the investi
gation of their truth, and of the report
thereon by General Chaffee. In the inter
est of good discipline and effective ser
vice such a course is much to be regretted.
Such charges ought not to be published ’
against our countrymen who’m we have
sent to labor and fight under our flag on
the other side of the world before they
can be heard in their own defense.”
Under date <Tf March 27th. President
Rooseveltmade the following endorse
ment-upon the entire correspondence:
"The memorandum of the secretary of
war Is approved as a whole and as to
every part. Had there been any doubt
before as to the wisdom of denying Gen
eral Miles’ request, these papers would
remove such doubt.
"(Signed)
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
WOMAN RACESFOR^ -
SEAT IN CONGRESS
LOUISVILLE, March 29.—The race for
congress in the Tenth district is being en
livened this year by Miss Mary Burkhart,
a good looking and wealthy young wo
man. who is a candidate on the Prohibi
tion ticket.
Miss Burkhart is a resident of Lone Wolf
county, the daughter of a wealthy lumber
man. with SIOO,OOO in her own name. She
is the first candidate in the field, and is
making a house to house canvass. Lone
Wolf is a mountin county, as is much of
her district, but she is undaunted by the
trackless forests and the mountains, going
over most of the district on her horse.
Miss Burkhardt is full of vigor. In dis
cussing the race she said:
“Some of the men up here who are talk
ing about running for congress tell me my
.race is useless, that if elected I cannot be
seated. I want to say right here that if I
get a majority of the votes cast irf"the
Tenth district I'll go to congress all right
end there is no law to prevent me.”
PHILIPPINE COMMERCE •
SHOWS HEAVY GAINS
WASHINGTON. March 29.—Colonel Edwards,
chief of the division of in/ular affairs of the
war department, made public today a compre
hensive statement of the commerce of the
Philippines for the ten months ended October
31. 1901 and 1900. The figures are exclusive of
quartermaster’s supplies. It is shown that the
total value of merchandise imported during the
ten months ended October, 31. 1901, was $24,-
888,141, as against $30,143,152 for the correspond
ing period of 1900; and the exports of mer
chandise during the months ended October 31,
1901, amounted to $20,884,395, as against $19,-
372.830 for the same period of 1900. These figures
show an Increase of 21 per cent, of the Imports
and eight per Cent, foA the exports.
The value of merchandise coming from and
shipped to the United States during these peri
ods shows a decided increase for the ten months
ended October 31. 1901. There was imported
$2,935,000. an Increase of $1,190.686 over the cor
responding period of 1900: while the exports for
the period of 1901 amounted to $3,534,669, an
Increase of $1,191,448.
GETS _ rHUSBftNb
IHROUGH AN "AD"
WIDOW ANSWERS MATRIMONIAL
ADVERTISEMENT AND A WED
DING WILL BE THE
OUTCOME.
CHARLOTTE. ’ N. C./ March 29 -Mrs.
Sallie Brown, a widow, about 45 years of
age, left Winston-Salem, N. C-, Thursday
for Southwick. Mass., to marry a man
whom she has ’ never seen, and w’hose
name she stated that she could not pro
nounce. In an Interview Mrs. Brown stated
that she had lived In Winston-Salem about
four years; that her husband had died In
Mt. Airy seven years ago. She said that
she could not pronounce the name of her
unseen lover, but that she could spell it—
Edward C. Theronx. She said she saw his
advertisement for a wife In a paper and
that they had bee® corresponding since
last November, and that she had his
photograph. Mrs. Brown said she did not
know exactly when the wedding would
take place. Mrs. Brown is said to be a
member of an excellent family and her
friends and relatives are surprised at her
action. „
HON. HARVIETORDAN
TO SPEAK IN MACON
MACON, March 27.—The citizens of Ma
con have been invited to unite tn a public
meeting at the chamber of commerce
building next Tuesday afternoon, for the
purpose of hearing Vice President Harvle
Jordan discuss the coming congress of the
National Farmers’ association. Quite a
number of prominent men have said they
are anxious to put in their shares of the
money needed to entertain and properly
care for the visitors to the congress, and
the railroads are preparing to
excursions to bring in the people from the
neighboring states. The directors of the
chamber of commerce are agreed that
Georgia has never had a gathering of the
kind which means so much to the agricul
tural and industrial interests. A move
ment is now on foot to make agriculture
and manufacturing displays here during
the congress, which will be held in Oc
tober. The farmers who come from tne
north, east and west will be given excurs
ions to various parts of the state after
the business of the sessions has been dis
posed of. A one-cent round trip rate has
been granted by all of the railroads.
Macpn expects to have five or six thou
sand visitors at a time during the con
gress. •
s. c. upsoFwill run
FOR THE LEGISLATURE
ATHENS, Ga.. March 29 —Mr. Stephen
C. Upson has announced as a candidate
for the legislature. He Is one of Athens’
brightest young lawyers and is quite pop
ular with a large circle of friends and ac
quaintances. With him as her represent
ative, Clarke county would be ably rep
resented.
There were strong probabilities some
days ago of the prohibitionists getting out
a candidate, but there is not so much
talk at this time of an effort being made
to get out a candidate. Either the man
to make the race is not available or there
is ■ not the necessary concert of action
among the prohibition leaders, and Mr.
Upson will doubtless have no opposition.
DUPONT GUERRY TO SPEAK
• THREE T,MES TODAY
Hon. Dupont Guerry, candidate for gov
ernor, will speak in DeKalb county three
times’ today. He - will address the
voters of Decatur and that section of the
county at the courthouse in the morning
at 11 o'clock: he will speak to the voters at
Stone Mountain at 3:30 p. m.. and will
close the day with a speech at Lithonia
at 8 o’clock.
These three speeches will be heard by
a large number of the voters of DeKalb,
as the Guerry clubs in that county have
been hard at work preparing for the meet
ings. This is the first time Mr. Guerry has
spoken ip DeKalb, but his workers claim
that county for him. It is probable that a
good many of the voters of Atlanta will
go down to Decatur this morning to
hear Mr. Guerry speak.
farmerlfarbehind -
/ IN WORK THIS YEAR
MACON. March 27.—Reports from the
rural districts indicate that farming work
is worse behind than it has been in years.
Some of the farmers report that they have
not yet broken up their corn land, al
though in years past they remember to
have had corn planted by the 15th of Feb
ruary, Mule sales are also estimated to
be off-About 50 per cent, as compared with
last year.
NAVAL STORE MARKET
TAKES UPWARD TURN
SAVANNAH. March 29 —The Savannah naval
stores quotation went to 53 cents per gallon
this afternoon. This is the highest price of the
season. The demand is merely nominal and the
market is evidently being manipulated by some
STRIKE 15 OFF
IT LOWELL
MILLS ■
SIXTEEN THOUSAND OPERATIVES
DECIDE TO POSTPONE WALK-
OUT PENDING A SET-
TLEMENT.
LOWELL, Mass., March 29.—At the con
clusion of an all-night conference between*
a committee of citizens and representa
tives of the textile’union and the codncil.it
was announced early today that the
threatened strike of 16,000 cotton mill op
eratives of this city had been averted fori
the present.
The strike order will be deferred for •’
week at least to give the citizens a chance.
to use their good offices with the mill ma/i-'
agers to bring about the Increase in wages
demanded by the operatives.
The result of the conference was made
known in a statement issued at the close
of the conference, which said:
"The representatives of the labor unions,
moved by the Appeals of the com-,
mittee, have decided to declare the - strike
off in the Interest of the public.”
The committee, recognizing the spirit in
which the representatives have met them,
have assured them that they will exert
their utmost influence to secure for them
the increase of wages at the earliest op
portunity.
GUERRY PLEASES HIS
HEARERS IN GWINNETT
YELLOW RIVER, Ga., March 29.—Your cor
respondent has been feeling around for the last
few days, and has talked with citizens from,
different parts of the county, and it seems safe
to say that Guerry will get a big vote in Gwin- '
nett county. A great many of the Populists
here say they are Guerry men. and the church
and pulpit in this county will go solidly for
him. Guerry will speak at Lawrenceville during
court recess next week.
Politics are wanning up - in old Gwinnett.
There will be six or eight candidates la th*
race for representatives, among them will
probably be J. A. Perry. N. L. Hutchins. Jr.,
T. A. Pate, Oscar Brown. Geo. W. Simmons,
Sr., and probably W. T. Smith and others.
R. T. Martin and T. A. Haslett will contest,
and probably J. C. McDaniel, for the sheriff*
office. The other county officer* will have op
ponents but it la hard to tell just now who
they will be. Hon. D. T. Cain has been clerk
of the superior court for twenty years, and it
seems useless for any one to run against him.
The other following officers will stand for re
election: Ordinary, John P. Webb; tax collec
tor, H. J. Hinton; tax receiver, J. R. Garner;
coroner, Jas. H. Wilson.
PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA
MAY BE FAR REMOVED
NEW YORK, March 29.—Some little time io
likely to elapse before the result of the con
sultation between Messrs. Schalkburger and
Steyn can be made known, says a London dis
patch to The Tribune. It is generally presumed
that the Boer leaders In the Transvaal are
ready to accept the inevitable, but If Mr.
Steyn and General DeWet are in the sam*
frame of mind as is Dr. Leyds, there is no Im
mediate prospect of peace.
The British government is being warned by
Its supporters in the process against the danger
of granting conditions which, while seemingly
innocent, would yet hang like a millstone
around the neck of the future administration
of the new colonies.
The Saturday Review considers that the at
titude of the Boers themselves and the atti
tude of the continental powers and the United
Blates make it imperative that no terms 'sttodifcA
be granted which could by any possible press
of distortion be twisted Into an admission on
the part of England that she has not been able
to achieve all that she desired by force of arms.
TURPENTINE OPERATORS
CONVICTED OF PEONAGE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 27.—A Jury in
the United States court here last night re
turned a verdict of guilty against 8. M. Cly
att. ■* wealthy turpentine operator, who waa
charged with a violation of the peonage laws
of the United States.
The evidence introduced at the trial was to
the effect that Clyatt secured warrants in
Georgia for several negroes and coming to
Florida brought about the arrests. The negroes
were then taken, it is alleged, to Clyatt’a tur
pentine farm, near Waterloo, Ga., where they
were made to work until a debt they were
charged with owing had been paid.
The case was brought by the United State*
government, and this is believed to be the
first time that a federal court has ever at
tempted to enforce the statute against peonage,
TEACHERS WILL MEET
AT GREENSBORO, N. C.
GREENSBORO, N. C., March ». An_*^ uc **
tlonal conference and massmeeting will TX
held in this city on April 3 and A Teachers,
college professors and presidents, county su
perintendents and others interested in the cause
of public education will attend from nineteen
counties. The meeting will be held under the
auspices of the board of aidermen, th*!
board of education and the commercial
Arganizations of the city and will be presided
over by Prof. J. Y. Joyner, state superinten
dent of public instruction. Governor Aycock
will be one of the principal speakers.
The purpose of the meeting is to stimulate
interest in public education and set on toot
a movement for the improvement of the school
houses In the country districts.
SMALLPOX SITUATION
IMPROVING IN JACKSON
JEFFERSON. Mar/h 29.-There are only two
cases ot smallpox in Jefferson, and both of
them are doing splendidly and will soon be
entirely well. So far as known, there are two
or three new cases in the country, but in all
of these cases, is has been in a very mild
form, and there has been no serious sickness in
a single case developed to date. There was a
considerable smallpox scare at first, but the
alarm has entirely disappeared, and no appre- |
hensions of its spread are now entertained.
The trustees are considering the advisability
of reopening Martin Institute soon, ant) this
will be done as soon as all danger has disap
peared, and not before.
M’RAE TERRELL CLUB .
ELECTS OFFICERS
McRAE. Ga , March 29 —The Terrell club,
with a membership of seventy-five met at the
courthouse yesterday evening and elected the
following officers: President. Tom J. Mcßae;
vice president. J. W. Cameron: secretary and
treasurer. Howard P. Whiddon; executive oom
mi ttee: Eschol Graham, chairman; W. H.
Born. E. L. Boothe. G. T. Holland, W. B.«
Coleman. Guy A. Carswell. J. J. Register.
The club is very enthusiastic and rapidly in
creasing in numbers. The Guerry club, organ
ized two weeks ago, has a membership of
thirty-five. ■ '■ r
J. M. TERRELL SPEAKS”
TO LARGE* AUDIENCE
DOUGLAS. March 28— Hon. J. M. Terrell
spoke at the courthouse here Wednesday to *
large and appreciative audience composed of
♦he lenresentatlve citizens of Coffee county.
Quite a number of ladies were present and al
together the large courtroom was taxed to its
utmost capacity to accommodate the crowd.
Mr. Terrell madee a good, solid speech, and
?reated a very favorable impression on th*
audience. He dealt In no personalities but
treated the questions of public interest in an
unimpassioned and business-like manner. H*
has many warm supporters in this county, and
his chances for carrying it are considered good.
Jackson County Well Represented,
grand jurors drawn for the £rst term of Ath
ens federal court are well known and promi
nent citizens of Jackson county as follows:
Messrs. Thos. H. Niblack and Carl M. Glenn,
of Jefferson. George Bennett and Neal Chand
ler. of Apple Valley. Richard D. Moore, of Dry
Pond, and J. B. Hardman. W. L Williamson.
C. D. Stsrk and G. W. D. Haber, of Harmony
Grove. No better selection could possibly have
been made, and Judge Newman will certainly
be pleased with their good work. ->
Webb Bound Over.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 29.-Jim Webb,
the negro who shot and killed Policenum w -
P. Walton a few days agn. while resisting sr-;
rest, was bound over without ball upon hla pre
liminary trial.
