Georgia Historic Newspapers

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NEW FLAG OF LIBERTY
OVER CUBAN REPUBLIC
The United States Hauled
Down the Stars and
Stripes and Cubans
Take Charge.
HAVANA. May 30.—Senor Pahna at
tached his signature to a document as
president of the Cuban republic, after an
exchange of congratulations, and the vet
eran general. Gomes, ascended to the
roof of the palace, where ho was accorded
a great reception.
General Wood personally lowered the
American colors, which were saluted, and
with his own hands hoisted the Cuban
. flag, as an act of the United States, Go
mes assisting.
At the time the transfer took place in
Havana General Whiteside, at Santiago,
turned over his authority to his Cuban
■uccessor and sailed away with the
American cavalry which had been in gar
rison there.
General Wood and his staff and the
American troop embarked immediately
after the hoisting of the Cuban flag, and
the American ships steamed out of the
harbor.
ALL NATURE IN SMILES
ON CUBA’S NEW BIRTH
HAVANA. May 38—The natal day of
Cuba found Havana arrayed like a queen
to await the coming of her lord. She
seemed reinvested for the occasion with
the dignity of the prosperous days of her
power and wealth.
The decorations were universal. There
was not a residence, pretentious or bum
ble. that did not bear upon its quaint
facade some emblem in honor of the event.
The many arches erected at the entrance
of plaxas by political societies, fraternal
clubs, residences and business organisa
tions had an air of real grandeur. Bunting,
spread on Venetian masts, canopied the
deep,narrow streets from the rays of the
sun. Beneath these canopies the Cuban
colors and palms graced the open door
way. Nature seemed in harmony with the
spirit of the festivities. The parks were
literally aflame with tropical flowers and
the vaulted sky above might have been
Chiselled out of turquoise. Above every
red tiled roof rose a Cuban flag. The whole
city seemed suddenly buried beneath a
forest of waving banners.
The decorations along the water front
were exceedingly lavish and all the ship
ping in the harbor was dressed in gala
attire. The majority of the ships flew the
American ensign at the main and the
Cuban colors at the fore or mizzen. The
United States armored cruiser Brooklyn,
which was to take General Wood away,
and the steamer Moro Castle, of the
Ward Une. on which the troops were to
embark, as well as the foreign war
ships which had been sent by their gov
ernments to be present at the birth of
the new republic, were dressed with
Streams of signal flags fore and aft, man
of war fashion. The American colors,
which were to be hauled down tn a few
hours, still floated above the grim walls of
the fortresses which guard the entrance
of the harbor. Not another Mt of color
showed upon them.
Much curiosity was aroused by a statue
of freedom which had been raised during
the night in Central park, upon the
pedestal where, for centuries, a statue of
Queen Isabella hkd stood. During the
morning a bountiful breakfast was given
to several thousand poor children by Mrs.
Paine, of Bostotx who has passed the
winter in Havana! for many years.
The actual transfer of the control of the
•s’ard was scheduled to occur exactly at
noon. Havana time, which is 13:30 p. m..
Washington time, but those invited to wit
ness -.he ceremony were requested to be
at the Palace at 11-30 a. m. They Inclu
de! besides the American c.T.rers and the
members of President-Elect Palma's cabl
et the merr-berw of congress, the supreme
ecnrt iudges. the governors of the prov
ides. th- officers of the visiting warships,
th*- foreign consuls, William Jennings
Bryan, the other vts.ting American states
men. aev-rol of Beccr Palma's Central ,
Valley (N. V.) neighbors; Horatio Ru
bens. counsel for the former Cuban
junta; Colonel William Astor Chan'.er and
a few ether specially invited guests.
SHIP UNDER CUBAN FLAG
PUTS INTO U. 8. HARBOR
MOBILE, Ala.. May M-Captain W. L.
tinder, whose home is In Mobile, was in
the city today on a visit to his family. He
is In cctnmand of the Bark Mabel that is
Bow«at Pascagoula, Miss., loading lumber
for Havana, Cuba. TJie Mabel is the first
vessel in the United States to fly the flag
of the Cuban republic that began life this
morning. In honor of the occasion, Capt.
Finder hgs the vessel decorated from stem
to stern with flags and bunting, and held
a reception for his friends this morning.
The Mabel was purchased at Havana,
Cuba, two months ago. and the registry
was taken out in that port. At the time
she was under the Danish flag, and pre
vious to that flew the flag of the Britlsb
empire. , , ~
LEONARD WOOD REVIEWS
GREAT PROGRESS OF CUBA
NEW YORK. May ».-In a dispatch
from Havana The World publishes over
the signature of Genera! Leonard. Wood
a review of the work accomplished dur
ing the American regime in the island,
the government of which was handed
over today to the Cubans.
Public order, says the article, is perfect
throughout the island. Cuba is free from
all contagious diseases, and its death rate
compares favorably with that of the
United States.
An efficient and well equipped school
system has been established.
I The hospitals, charities and jails have
been reorganized, rebuilt and re-equipped.
During the last year 25 per cent of the
total revenues of me island went into
public education. Schools have been con
structed at the rate of more than one a
day for the past year.
The lighthouses have been rebuilt and
re-equipped and two first-class lights have
just been completed on the Colorado
reefs.
The ports and harbors have been fully
supplied with buoys and launches for har
bor patrol work and a fleet of revenue
eutters built and the service fully organ
ised and equipped. The same is true of the
custom house service and launcnes.
Complete quarantine and immigration
service has been established.
The courts have been reorganized and
re-equipped.
Free schools for typewriting and sten
ography have been opened.
A new law of puMie works has been
written on the lines followed by the United
States government’
Cities like Santiago and Havana have
undergone a sanitary reconstruction.
The payment of public officials is prac
tically on the same system as is employed
by the United States government.
In short. Cuba is turned over in a well
ordered, healthy condition, and the new
government will And all departments well
. equipped and in good running order.
In a dispatch to the American and Jour
nal President-elect Palma says:
*T have nothing but gratitude for the
American people for giving us our inde
pendence. Cub* is grateful and will never
forget what the mother of republics has
done for her.”
Proclamation B was issued by General
Wood as military governor.
It recites in due form that the Cuban
congress convened in Havana May sth.
examined the credentials and certified te
the election of the senators and represen
tatl**s now in the congress and also
found Tomas Estrada Palma and Cuba
Luts Esteves Romero to have been elected
respectively president and vice president
of the republic; that on May 20. at noon,
the Cuban constitution will go Into effect.
Therefore the document reads:
•‘Thereupon, at that time the’ occupa
tion of Cuba by the United States and the
military government of the Island will
cease and determine and the government
and control of the island will be trans
ferred to the president and congress so
elected, to be held and exercised by them
under the constitution so promulgated.
"Such transfer will be upon the under
standing and condition that the new gov
ernment does thereby and by the accept
ance thereof, pursuant to the provisions
of the said appendix to the constitution
assume and undertake all and several the
obligations assumed by the United States
with respect to Cuba by the treaty be
tween the United States of America and
her majesty the queen regent of Spain,
signed at Paris on the tenth day of De
cember, 1898.” _ , . _
Proclamation "C” simply deciares the
new constitution to be in full force after
the date thereof and recites its provisions.
Then comes the following:
"D— Headquarters Department of Cuba,
"HAVANA. May 30. 1902.
•To the President and Congress of the Re
public of Cuba:
"Sirs—Under the direction of the presi
dent of the United States I now transfer
to you as the duly elected representatives
of the people of Cuba the government and
control of the island, to be held and ex
ercised by you, under the' provisions of
the constitution of the republic of Cuba,
heretofore adopted by the constitutional
convention and this day promulgated, and
I hereby declare the occupation of Cuba
by the United States and the military gov
ernment of the island to be ended.
"This transfer of government and con
trol is upon the express condition, and
the government of the United States tyill
understand that by the acceptance thereof
you do now. pursuant to the provisions
of the said constitution, assume and un
dertake. all and several, the obligations
aeeumed by the United States with respect
to Cuba, by the treaty between the United
States of America and her majesty, the
queen regent of Spain, signed at Paris on
the 10th day of December. 1898.
Ail money obligations of the military
government down to this date have been
paid as far as practicable. The public ci
vil funds derived from the revenues of
Cuba transferred to you this day are
transferred subject to such claims and
obligations properly payable out of the
revenues of the island may remain. The
sum of one hundred thousand dollars has
been reserved from the transfer of funds
to defray anticipated expenses of account
ing, reporttlng and winding up the affairs
of the military government, after which
any unexpended balance of said sum will
be paid into the treasury of the island.
The plans already derived for the sanita
tion of the cities of the island and to pre
vent a recurrence of epidemic and infec
tious diseases to which the government of
the United States understands that the
provision of the constitution contained in
the fifth article of the appendix applies
are as follows:
1. A plan for the paving and sewering
of thecity of Havana, for which a con
tract has been negotiated.
2. A plan for waterworks to supply the
city of Santiago de Cuba approved by the
military governor, providing for taking
water from the wells of San Juan canyon,
and pumping the sarna to reservoirs lo
cated on the heights 'to the east of the
city.
3. A plan for the sewering of the city
of Santiago Je Cuba, a contract for which
was awarded by the military governor of
Cuba and now under construction.
4. The rules and regulations establish-
efl by the president of the United States
on the 17th of January, 1899. for the main
tenance of quarantine against epidemic
diseases at the ports of Havana, Matan
xas, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba,
and thereafter at the other ports of the
island, as extended and amended and
made aplicable to future conditions, by the
order of the military governor dated
day of April, 1903.
5. The sanitary rules and regulations
in force in the city of Havana (and in anv
other city having official rules, etc.)
It is understood by the United States
that the present government of the Isle
of Pines will continue as a de facto gov
ernment pending the settlement of the ti
tle to said island by treaty pursuant to
the Cuban constitution and the act of
congress of the United States aproved
March 2. 1901.
I am further charged by the president
of the United States to deliver to you the
letter which I now hand you.
(Signed) LEONARD WOOD.
Military Governor.
WHITE HOUSE, "WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 20, 1902.
To the President and Congress of the Re
public of Cuba:
Sirs—On the 20th of this month the mil
itary governor of Cuba will, by my direc
tion. transfer to you the control and gov
ernment of the island of Cuba, to be
thenceforth exercise under the pro
visions of the constitution adopted by
your consttutional convention, as on that
day promulgated, and he will thereupon
declare the occupation of Cuba by the
United States to be at an end. The same
time I desire to express to you the sincere
friendship and good wishes of the United
States and our most earnest hopes for the
stability and success of your government,
for the blessings of peace. Justice and
prosperity and good ordered freedom
among your people and for good friend
ship between the republic of the United
States and the republic of Cuba. •
(Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
President of the United States.
COLONIAL DAMES MET
IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY
WASHINGTON. May 11.— The biennial con
vention of the National Society of Colonial
Damea began here today. Reporta of officers
were received. Ona hundred and fifty mem
bers of the society are here. In the afternoon
the members attended the dedication of a tab
let at Arlington in which the sailors who fell
tn the American-Spanish war were honored.
Spring Medicine
There is no other season when good
medicine is so much needed as in the
Spring.
The blood is impure, weak and
impoverished—a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptions on the
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss of appetite, lack of strength, and
want of animation.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Make the blood pure, vigorous and
rich, create appetite, give vitiflity,
strength and animation, and cure
all eruptions. Have the whole family
begin to take them today.
"Hood’s Sarsaparilla has been used in
our family for some time, and always with
good results. Last spring I was all run
down and got a bottle erf it, and as usual
received great benefit.” Miss Bkulah
Bores, Stowe, Vt.
Hood's Sarsaparilla promlaos to
euroland keeps tho promlao.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22,
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BEBELS
ARMY OF FORTY THOUSAND
MEN ARE MARCHING TODAY
ON THE CITY OF PORT AU
PRINCE.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, May 21.
The Army of the North, numbering about
4.000 men. commanded by General Firman,
the candidate for the presffiency of Hayti,
arrived today at Arcahaie, two
march from here..
The provisional government has sum
moned all citizens to defend the capital,
and as a result the entire population of
Port au Prince now under arms.
BATTIFoF FLOWERS
IS FOUGHT IN MADRID
MADRID, May 31.—The battle of flowers
in the Buen Retlero Gardens yesterday
evening was a brilliant success, notwith
standing the change from the sunny
weather of the past few days to a cloudy
sky and cool breezes. The firing of can
non at a quarter past 6 o’clock announced
the opening of the battle and the cannon
was fired again at its conclusion at a
quarter past seven.
The broad central avenue of the gardens
was reserved for the function and along
the center and on either side of this ave
nue, stands for the accommodation of the
spectators were erected. All the seats on
the platforms were filled with an elegant
ly attired crowd, among whom were rep
resentatives of nearly all the noble and
aristocrat families of Spain. Down the
broad avenue passed a long line of several
hundred profusely flowered carriages and
floats. Among the latter were seen quite a
number of original and artstlc designs.
They Included a huge alligator, a butter
fly. a gondola, an ancient vase, a tea
cup, a Japanese fan and the royal arms
of Spain, all constructed of the brightest
flowers and filled with girls dressed in
colors harmonizing with the floral deco
rations.
The royal stand had been erected at one
end of the central platform around which
the floral procession defiled. King Alfonso,
the queen mother and all the royal family,
who were accompanied by the foreign
princes, witnessed and participated in the
fete. King Alfonso wore the undress uni
form of a captain general. Dr. J. L. M.
Curry, the American representative and
his party, occupied seats in the front row
of the tribune reserved for the foreign
envoys.
IMPERIALISM WILL BE
ISSUE IN NEXT CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON. May 21.—Democratic
House Leader Richardson, congressman
from Tennessee, announced today that the
one Democratic issue in the campaign will
be imperialism. He has dropped his own
issue of charging corruption of Republi
can officials regarding the West Indies
purchase. »*»»»•, -
-Mr. Richardson said there would be no
money issue, and pointed out that Judson
Harmon, a member of the last Cleveland
cabinet, and a gold standard Democrat, is
a member of the Democratic congression
al campaign committee.
Other members of that committee crit
icise Mr. Richardson rather severely for
making such a statement regarding the
issue of the coming campaign, which they,
and not Richardson, are to conduct.
They say that the principal issue will be
"the tariff-made trust,” and that imperi
alism will be touched on only incidentally.
FOR “INDIGNANT”WOMEN
HE WOULD BUILD HOME
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 21.—E. L.
McDonnell, of Muskegon, who died in this
city on the date he was to have been
married to Miss Virginia Platt, of Cin
cinnati, in his will left 360,000 to establish
a home for Indigent old women at Fair
mont, Ind. An examination of the will
shows that Instead of "Indigent” old wo
men he wrote "indignant” old women
and this error in spelling may invalidate
the Instrument. According to the will, as
originally drafted, he left $6,000 to Flora
Newton, of Syracuse, to whom he was
formerly engaged. He scratched her name
out and substituted that of Miss Platt,
when the change came over his affections
and only one of the witnesses to the will
was apprised of the change, which was
equivalent to making a new will. It is
said the Instrument will be attacked by
Miss Newton and Mr. McDonnell's rela
tives.
EXPLOSION IN MINE;
226 MINERS KILLED
Continued from Page One.
cause of the explosion. It is generally be
lieved that on last Saturday a wall be
tween an abandoned mine of the Knoxville
Iron company and the Fraterville mine
was punctured by a miner, and this per
mitted the foul gas from the old mine to
enter Fraterville.
The fans not operating Sunday enabled
the mine to become permeated with the
gas, and the explosion Monday was the
result when the men went in with their
lamps and tne fresh air began to flow.
Up to noon today 141 bodies had been re
moved from the mine. Not one has been
recovered alive.
MINE HORROR GROWS
IN FRIGHTFUL LOSS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 20.—A spe
cial to The Sentinel from Coal Creek
says:
At 6 o’clock this morning 34 naked bodies
lay washed in the old Armour supply store
ready to be dressed for burial today.
All of the bodies will be burled In the
Leach cemetery. Just east of town on a
little mound where the United Mine Work
ers of America will be asked to contrib
ute to a fund to build a monument to
the dead, and where a section has been
bought by them.
There were 500 women and children
waiting at daybreak to see the bodies.
The buryings began at noon. Some of
the 'bodies were torn and charred and a
hasty Interment was absolutely necessary.
It develops that the explosion was one
of great concussion and the faces and
heads of some of the bodies are torn, as
if they had been pummelled.
Two bodies have the heads completely
severed.
Superintendent George Camp and others,
who worked all night, have gone almost
through the entire dourse of Fraterville
and Thistle mines and. are now assured
that the other missing bodies are in the
rooms and wings leading from the main
channels. Air Is being pumped into the
mines, but a sickening stench has arisen
from the corpses jnslde and men find it
almost impossible to work without stimu
lants. Doctors on the scene who render
assistance are: <.
Beasley, Morton,, Overton, Nelson. Hill
and Ford. State Mine Inspector Shiflett
wires he will be here tomorrow*
ROADS WIUWAKE WAR
ON HARD COAL STRIKE
NEW YORK. May 21.—Presidents of the
coal carrying railroads in secret session
have discussed plans, says The Herald,’ to
break up the strike of the miners In Penn
sylvania. Every railroad operating in the
anthracite fields was represented.
•‘No surrender” was the slogan of the
mine operators, and when the meeting ad
journed it was said the railroads were
prepared for a protracted struggle. In
which every resource will be brought to
bear upon the strikers. Arbitration has
been abandoned and the mine owners in
tend now to force the fighting.
One of the railroad presidents who at
tended, said:
"Such a thing as a settlement of the
coal strike was never mentioned or even
suggested. The railroad companies have
gone as far as they can in granting con
cessions to the miners and they are now
prepared and expect to fight to a fin
ish The situation was discussed at the
conference on that bails. What our plans
are I am not at liberty to say. They will
develop as time passes.”
Instructions embodying the plans of the
coal operators will be forwarded to the
mine superintendents today. It is believed
that the companies intend to send non
union men to the mines sufficient in num
bers to operate the properties one at a
time.
According to The World the meeting
was informal, but one of those present
admitted it had been agreed that under no
circumstances will the National Civic
Federation be permitted to act between
them and the miners. If any settlement
is reached, he said, it will be with a com
mittee of miners. He declared further
that J. P. Morgan will not interfere in the
matter.
SOOIHIiLLS
NOT TO SELL
PLANTS
/
EASTERN MEN WANT TO GAIN
CONTROL OF YARN MANUFAC
TORIES, WILL
PROBABLY fc’AlL.
MACON, May 21.—An Important confer
ence among mill owners and three visit
ors occurred here yesterday and last night.
The visitors were Messrs. T. A. Blythe,
A. W. Haygood and*F. B. Ashley, of Phil
adelphia. . . *>
The mill owners will not say what
transpired in the conference, but some
owners who were invited refused to go,
saying that their mills were not for sale.
This led to the conclusion that the con
ference was for the purpose of determin
ing how many cotton mills in this commu
nity can be brought into the scheme re
cently proposed for consolidating 60 per
cent of the south’s cotton mills under con
trol of eastern capital.
The visitors left this morning, but it is
thought they will be heard from again.
Atlanta mill owners say they have not
been approached by any eastern capital
ists relative to a combine of their mills.
The men mentlopedjb the Macon dispatch
are dealers in yartfh, and many of them
are representatives’ th the east of south
ern manufacturers There are no yarp
mills in the city oflktlanta, and the own
ers here say that Sna yarn men are not
attempting to get Hnfrol over their prop
erty. ** ’I
VILLA RICA HIGH SCHOOL
TO HAVE COMMENCEMENT
VILLA RICA. Ga.. May 21—The com
mencement exercises of the Villa Rica
high school promise to be very interest
ing indeed. Rev. Robert Lee Bell, D.D.,
of McDonough, Ga., yrill preach the com
mencement sermon o® May 25. Hon. M.
L. Brittain and Dr. R- G. Glenn, of At
lanta, will make addresses on May 27th.
Rev. Alonzo Monk. D.D., of Atlanta, will
deliver the annual literary address on
May 28.
On May 29 at 8 p. m. General Gorden will
deliver his lecture; "The Last Days of the
Confederacy.” Governor Candler will in
troduce him. Judge S. W. Harris, Hon.
J. M. Terrell, Col. Mark Johnston, Judge
A. L. Bartlett and Prof. V. D. Whatley
will make addresses. Col. Clark Howell,
Col. Estill and several other leading
statesmen are expected to be present.
The Gordon lecture promises to be one
of the most brilliant affairs that ever oc
curred In this part of the state.
DEAD OFFICER’S PISTOL
CAN NOT BE FOUND
The pistol of County Policeman H. G.
Ozburn, who was killed in the riot at
Pittsburg last Saturday, can not be
found. It was picked up after he was
shot and placed in his pocket, and it
either fell out while the body was being
moved or else was stolen.
Mrs. Ozburn, the poficeman’s widow, is
very anxious to get the weapon and keep
it If the gun fell into honest hands, it
can easily be identified for it was
a very peculiar weapon, for this
part of the country. It was an old "fron
tier” .pistol, 42 calibre and had a ring at
the butt. It was brought from Texas by
T. O. Ozburn, a brother of the dead of
ficer.
THREE YOUNG PEOPLE
DROWN WHILE BATHING
MOBILE, Ala.. May 21.—News reached
here this morning of the drowning at
Creola, Ala.. 20 miles from here, of three
people. Miss Sadie Betterly, aged 20. of
New Orleans; Virginia Pringle, of Sims
Chapel, aged 20, and Charlotte Burgess,
aged 9 years.
They were in bathing and walked into
deep water and went down only one time,
flever coming to the top.
The sad accident happened yesterday af
ternoon about 4 o’clock. The bodies have
bene recovered and will be Interred to
morrow.
AUGUSTA WILL STRIKE
WILL END TODAY
AUGUSTA, Ga., May 21.—The striking
King mill operatives in mass meeting to
day received the report of the committee
of South Carolina operatives, who have
examined the King mill wage scale and
found that it was practically the same as
that paid by the other mills. On the ad-<
vice of the leaders no vote was taken.
Later President Landon at the request of
ten strikers consented to start the King
mill tomorrow.
Only the King mill bell will ring tomor
row morning, and it is believed enough
hands will respond to operate the mill.
MRS. GEORGEM’CURLEY '
HANGS HERSELF TO DEATH
HARTWELL. Ga.. May 21.—Mrs. George
McCurley, the wife of one of Hart county’s
good farmers, committed suicide Wednes
day morning by hanging herself in a barn,
near their home. Mr. McCurley resides
about six miles from Hartwell.
Governor Offers a Reward.
Governor Candler offered a reward yesterday
morning for the arrest of Prince Gibbs, a ne
gro. who killed J. Z. Dotson, in Camden coun
ty, on April 26th. The amount of the reward is
1150. Giggs is said to be a desperate negro
and has been in several rows in Camden
county. 7>
BUSI MEETI NG
OFFWNITIIBE
IMS
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURERS’
ASSOCIATION BEGAN ITS
SEMIANNUAL CONVENTION
YESTERDAY MORNING.
The semi-annual convention of the
Southern Manufacturers’ Association was
begun yesterday at the Kimball house,
some 50 of the largest furniture factories
in the south being represented.
The morning was largely given over to
Informal discussion of matters pertaining
to the furniture trade. No action was ta
ken in the matter of price schedule, which
was discussed freely, but it is the general
sense of the association that in view of
the constant increase in the cost of raw
material entering into the production of
furniture, it is only a question of time
before there will be a marxed advance in
the cost of manufacture.
Officers and an executive committee for
the ensuing year were then elected, as
follows:
President. Sigmund Pappenheimer, of
Atlanta; vice president, Robert Morrison,
of Chattanooga; treasurer, Dr. W. G.
Bradshaw, off High Point, N. C. Wilber
Jones, of High Point, is the secretary of
the association.
Executive committee: H. F. Temple,
of Chattanooga; A. J. Gahagan, of Chat
tanooga; R. G. Morrow, of Memphis; A.
E. Tate, of High Point; W. E. White, of
Mebane, N. C.; Oscar Pappenheimer, of
Atlanta; S. R. Weems, of Atlanta; T. F.
Bonner, of Nashville.
Two sessions will be held each day,
morning and afternoon. It is expected
that the business to come before the con
vention will require an attendance
through two and possibly days.
Several local entertainments have been
provided for the delegates by the recep
tion committee, consisting of S. R-
Weems, chairman; Sigmund Pappen
heimer and Louis Newalt, composing the
reception committee have arranged sev
eral entertainments for the visitors. A
trolley ride through the city will be given
tomorrow afternoon, after which the en
tire attending membership of the associa
tion will go t othe Grand.
Among those present at this morning’s
session were Otto Schwarb, Oscar Pap
penheimer, Slgmqnd Pappenheimer, E. F.
Morgan and S. "R. Weems, of Atlanta;
Forest Addition, of Flowery Branch; J.
E. McElroy, of Norcross; B. G. Brumby,
of Marietta; T. F. Bonner, of Nashville;
Captain A. J. Gahagan, of Chattanooga;
Robert Morrison, of Chattanooga, and
Major L. S. Tucker, of High Point.
H E AVY "WINDANDRAIN ~ z
SWEEPS THROUGH GUTHRIE
GUTHRIE, Ok., May 21.—A heavy wind
and rain storm passed over Oklahoma af
ter midnight last night wiping out bridges,
wrecking several houses and damaging
crops badly. No fatalities are reported.
Three miles south of Guthrie a water
spout struck«> demolishing- several houses.
At Davenport,. 80 miles east of Gutljrte,
six houses were wrecked and much stock
was killed. At El Reno, Bridgeport, King
fisher and the intermediate country near
ly four inches of water fell. At Kingfish
er the water was the highest ever known
and two town bridges were washed out,
while another was completely submerged.
A bridge on the North Canadian river at
Bridgeport is also gone. There was much
damage to crops by overflow and washing.
imWitSENT
BYGOVERNORTO
ANDERSONVILLE
THE ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED IN
STRUCTING SOLDIERS TO BE
ON DUTY NATIONAL DEC
ORATION DAY.
Three companies of state militia will be
sent to Andersonville on Friday, May 30,
to preserve order and to prevent riots
which generally oopur there on the Fed
eral Memorial Day. Andersonville was
the scene of the famous Confederate pris
on and many union soldiers died there.
The government has a large cemetery at
the place, and it has been the custom for
several years past for large crowds of
negroes to congregate there and riot. Un
til last year ten or twelve negroes had
been killed each year.
The presence of the troops there last
year prevented any trouble, though it was
necessary to arrest about 200 negroes.
From these negroes two barrels full of pis
tols and razors were taken.
An order was issued Tuesday by Gov
ernor Candler for the adjutant general to
dispatch three companies of state militia
to the scene for the purpose of protecting
property and preventing riot.
The people in the neighborhood of An
dersonville were for years compelled to
undergo many hardships on account of the
thousands of burly negroes who gathered
at the cemetery and raised disturbances.
WOOD MAY REMOVE
LIFE TENURE CLAUSE
NEW YORK, May 20.—There is high
authority, says a dispatch to the Trib
une from Havana, for the statement that
General Wood will rescind his recently is
sued order in regard to the irremovabjlty
of the supreme court judge? appointed by
him.
This order has been criticised by the
Cubans, as it took from President Palma
not only the appointment of his Judiciary,
but also tied his hands in the matter of
removal. Governor General Wood ap
pointed five judges for life terms, or
during good behavior, to begin with the
establishment of the Cuban republic,
leaving to President Palma or !y the right
to confirm them.
REPRESENTATIVE MULLINS,
OF CHEROKEE, RESIGNS
Lee Mullins, representative in the legislature
from Cherokee county, has resigned, and will
move to Rockport, Missouri. He notified Gov
ernor Candler yesterday that he could no
longer hold his commission as he proposed to
leave the state at once.
Governor Candler will not order another
election for representative, as there is no prob
ability of an extra session of the general as
sembly, and no representative will be needed
from that county.
WATKINSVILLE DEPOT
DESTROYED BY FLAMES
WATKINSVILLE, Ga., May 21.-The
depot here was totally burned at nightfall
yesterday. ;It is supposed to have caught
from a cigarette. A »mFU amount of
freight was lost.
MILLEDGEVULEHEWS;
WATSON TO LECTURE
Sfrt.LEDGEVILLE. Ga.. May 21. A tele
gram has been received from Hon. Thomas
E. Watson accepting the invitation to deliver
his great lecture on "The South,” Tuesday
evening, May 27. Mr. Watson is now at
Dixondale. Virginia, where he is spending a
few days as the guest of Rev. Thomas Dixon,
Jr. The Georgia Military College feels espe
cially proud of the fact that Mr. Watson will
grace thA commencement with his presence
and his incomparable lecture. •’'With two such
stars as Wu Ting Fang and Hon. Thomas E.
Watson the commencement of 1902 will be •
notably brilliant one. Mr. Watson has made
himself famous in the last few years by the
publication of the "Story of France." and
"Napoleon,” and his lecture will no doubt
be well attended and listened to with in
terest.
are being made by the faculty
of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College
for their commencement exercises. The full
board of directors, the board of lady visit
ors and a number of county school commis
sioners will be present. Governor and Mrs.
Allen D. Candler will be present and will be
the guests of president and Mrs. Chappell, at
the Mansion. The commencement sermon will
be preached by Dr. F. H. Gaines, president of
Agnes Scott Institute, Decatur.
Capt. Devore, 23rd Infantry, U. S. Army,
was in the city yesterday for the purpose of
inspecting the government property in posses
sion of the Georgia Military College. Col.
Wm. G. Obear, Inspector general Georgia
State Troops, was also here for inspecting the
battalion of cadets. After the inspection the
battalion was exercised in both close and ex
tended order movements.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
ARE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
NORFOLK, Va., Maj’ 21.—President James
O’Connell, of the International Machinists' un
ion, has submitted to the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers in convention here a propo
sition looking to the entrance of the brotherhood
into the American Federation of Labor. Presi
dent O’Connell acts as the accredited represent
ative of the federation.
The matter has been taken under advisement
by the convention.
sehiousenWg to
A SIMPLE
M
TRAVELING MAN PACKS HOTEL
LINEN IN A GRIP BUT PROPRIE-
TOR NOT UNDERSTANDING,
HAD HIM ARRESTED.
Because some of his companions in a
spirit of fun packed his valise with hotel
sheets, pillow cases and towels in Forsyth
Tuesday C. W. Curry, a well known
traveling man for one of the largest
bridge concerns in the United States, was
arrested Immediately after arriving in At
lanta, the sheriff at Forsyth having tele
graphed his description ahead and re
quested that he be held. Mr. Curry was
taken to police headquarters by Detectives
Simpson and White. The men who had
started out to simply have a little fun at
hIS expense came to his rescue and he
was released, but not before he was thor
oughly disgusted with practical jokes.
A large bridge is to be built at Forsyth
and any number of representatives or
bridge building edneerna were there Tues
day bidding for the contract. The crowd
was a jolly one and somo of them filled
Mr. Curry’s valise with the fresh linen
the chambermaid had brought into his
room. At the Forsyth depot, one of the
party who had been told of the linen, re
quested Mr. Curry to put a package ■ in
his grip for him, the speaker claiming his
valise was full.
’ In a most ateoommbdating manner Mr.
Curry opened bis vaitte and the crowd;
that had gatnered around saw the hotel
linen. He was teased unmercifully by his
friends for attempting to run off with the
hotel sheets. He took the joke In good
spirit and gave the articles to the hotel
porter to return to the proprietor. The
train for Atlanta arrived soon afterwards
and the party left. When the train enter
ed the union depot, however, the laugh
was over, for the solemn visaged detec
tives refused to appreciate the Joke at
first.
The porter had carried the goods back
to the hotel and had told of bow they
were found in Mr. Curry’s grip. The negro
had missed the Joke and the proprietor,
likewise, failed to see the fun. The sheriff
was appealed to and Mr. Curry was ac
cordingly arrested. His friends went to
the prison and explained matters, offered
to make any bond that was wanted and
became very penitent. After the officers
investigateed the matter and satisfied
themselves of Mr. Curry’s standing, they
began to see the fun in the situation and
the whole party had a good laugh over It.
Still, the matter could not be so easily
settled, the charge of larceny was in an
other county and would have to be settled
there. Mr. Curry was allowed to give
bond and he will settle the affair at his
leisure.
It' is needless, to say he was very much
annoyed. He is a man of splendid char
acter and stands well In the esteem of all
his business associates. He has been with
the King Bridge company, of St. Louis,
for years. Recently he has made Atlanta
his headquarters, traveling from here all
over the south. ,
EFFORT FOR UNIFORMITY
IN BALING OF COTTON
JACKSON. Mise., May 21.—The thirty-aevea
comprees companies of Mississippi, representing
an investment of about $3,000,000, are meeting
in convention here today, and the convention
will take decisive steps toward procuring a bet
ter method of baling and handling the cotton
crop of Mississippi.'
An effort will be made to have all cotton
packed in uniform gin boxes. There is no reg
ularity now in the size or shape of cotton
bales; they run from 300 to 800 pounds and are
from 24 to 54 inches to 28 by 58. The uniform
bale, the cotton men say, can be handled by
the shippers much easier and better, and they
are not In a mutilated condition when they
reach a foreign port, as are the irregular bales
that are now turned out. This campaign for
a uniform standard bale will be waged by the
compress men until their end is accomplished.
The report of the presiding officer showed
that the compress companies this year handled
over 1,150,000 bales.
DUDLEY HUGHES TALKS
OF PROSPECTS FOR FAIR
MACON, May 21.—President Dudley M.
Hughes of the State Agricultural Society, went
down to his Twiggs county plantation this
morning. He spent the night here, after re
turning from Atlanta, where he argued yes
terday for the one-cent a mile rate for the
state fair to be held at Valdosta. He says the
mission on which he and .Messrs. Pope Brown
and T. G. Langford went to Atlanta is of vital
importance to the state fhir enterprises of the
future, because without rates of the kind
asked for. the fairs will become things of the
past. He says all cities which have tried them
have lost money on them, and the losing busi
ness is growing monotonous.
TO MEXICAN WAR VETERANS
ROOSEVELT SENDS GREETING
FORT WORTH, Tex., May 21.—President
Finlay, of the Mexican War Veterans’ associa
tion, which is'holding a reunion here, last night
received the following greetings from President
Roosevelt:
"To the veterans who today meet in annual
reunion, I send hearty greetings. They merit
and have the thanks of the country for the
deeds of stirring patriotism they so well per
formed. I am glad to give expression to this
gratitude and to send to the members of the
association my best wishes for the success of
the reunion.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
ALABAMA PRESBYTERIANS
WILL BUILD COLLEGE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. May 21.—The Presbyte
rians of Alabama have Inaugurated a vigorous
campaign for the raising of $150,060 for the
founding of a synodical college in this state,
as agreed upon at the last meeting of the
ayhod. At a rally held in the First church, this
city, last night it was resolved to put an
agent in the field to .secure subscriptions. Rev.
W. E- Mellwaine. of South .Carolina, will be
offered this position. TXe college is to be for
boys and young men. ’ , i
BROWiI RULES
on KNonr
POINT
CHAIRMAN OF STATE DEMO
CRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE DECIDES THAT REGIS
TRATION CLOSES MAY 26.
.
Registration for the gubernatorial pri
mary, which is to be held on June sth,
will be allowed until May 26th under a
decision yesterday by Chairman Ed
ward T. Brown, of the state Democratic
executive committee.
Many voters have been under the er
roneous impression that Saturday, May
24th was the last day on which they eould
inscribe their names on the regis
tration books, and many county officials
and candidates were of the same opinion,
"The question having arisen as to the
day for closing the registration books, un
der the rules of the state committee, the
following ruling is announced:
“The last day upon which voters can
register for the primary, to be held on
June sth, is Monday, May 26th. f
"E. T. Brown, chairman state Demo
cratic executive committee.”
CONGRESSIONAL PARTY
AT TUSKEGEE YESTERDAY
TUSKEGEE. Ala., May 21.—Congress
man C. W. Thompson and his party of
guests are spending the day inspecting
the work of Tuskegee institute, Booker
T. Washington’s school. A large number
of prominent people from various parts of
the state have joined the party here.
The visitors seem to be particularly
interested in the work going on in ths
brick yard, the shops and on the school’s
farm of some eight hundred acres under
cultivation.
Secretary Shaw Coming.
The following telegram was received
today from Secretary Shaw: .
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3L
Chas. W. Thompson, Tuskegee, Ala.
Will reach Montgomery 9:30 Thursday
evening and join your party there. Pleass
advise me.
L. M. SHAW.
Congressman Thompson replied as fol
lows:
TUSKEGEE. Ala., May 3L
Hon. L. M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treas
ury, Washington, D. C.
We are delighted to know that you will
honor us with wour presence. Commit
tee will meet you at depot In Montgomery
Thursday evening. Are having glorious
trip . All Alabama receiving us cordially
in their homes and hearts. Every member
of the party sends greetings. Come with
out fail.
CHARLES W. THOMPSON.
After a day spent on a typical southern
plantation the thirty northern congress
men tn the Thompson party were last
night entertained at a reception in Rep
resentative Thompson’s Tuskegee home,
where the entire town turned out tp meet
the visitops. ‘ *
On the plantation the northerners view-,
ed characteristic Alabama scenes. Twelve
Wbndred darkies, who had been given a
holiday by the overseers, gathered in a
grove of ancient water oaks before the old
Colonial mansion and gave the congress
men an opportunity to look upon genuine
darky pastimes. They sang plantation
songs while an Alabama barbecue was
served in the grove for the visitors. In
a pavilion clog dancers and fiddlers were
busy during the entire day and they fur
nished a feature highly entertaining t®
the eastern and western representatives.
Mr. Littlefield essayed a turn at the
horse fiddle, but was not so eminently
successful as he appeared In the beet
sugar fight in congress, so he retired and
joined a party watching a crap game in
a quiet corner of the grove.
At the conclusion of the barbecue the
white citizens of Macon county called for
speeches. A wagon was hauled into the
grove and it was formed as an impromptu
platform from which sentiments of mu
tual esteem were expressed by both south
erners and northerners. Mr. Fuller, Mr
Barney, Mr. Darle, Mr. Littlefield, Mr,
Brown, Mr. Smith, Mr. GiUet and th® !
others were loudly cheered for their
speeches. A*ll the congressmen were a»-
tonlshed at the cordial reception of their
northern views by the southerners. Last
night they were as much at home as if
they were in their respective districts.
The fraternal feeling was heightened
from the moment Judge Fuller, of lowa,
in his speech, referred to Mr. Littlefield,
with his broad shoulders and great
height as excellent material for a planta
tion overseer. He said if they kept the
Maine statesman down here thirty day*
they would hoe up their cotton ana plant
codfish.
KI NT WFO
BY KERLIN AT
TOWER
MAN WHO WAS BEATEN BY HE.
GROES IN PITTSBURG, RESULT
, OF WHICH WAS THE RIOT,
LOOKS AT PRISONER.
Ex-Policeman Kerlin. who was attacked
and beaten by Will Richardson and hl*
gang on the night before the Pittsburg
riot, yesterday identified Henry King,
held in the Tower on the charge of mur
der, as one of his assailants. Kerlin was
unable to identify any of the others. He
even states positively that they were not
in the crowd that assaulted him.
The officers say it is immaterial- to them
whether Kerlin can identify the negroes.
They are being held for the murder or
for being accessories to the murder of the
officers killed and are not wanted for
attacking Kerlin.
Coroner Stamps yesterday signed an
order committing Anna Wilburn, the ne
gro woman, who was in the house where
the firing started, to the Tower in default
of a $1,060 bond. The woman is held as *
witness for the state in the cases against
the negroes.
MONEY OF SAN DOMINGO
IS SAFE ON BRIG ALICE
NEW YORK, May 21.—Captain Innes, ot the
brig Alice, who has just reached port, and in
whose care the authorities of San. Domingo
placed their funds, amounting to
when the revolution recently overwhelmea
them, says: « A. t
"I did not know there was fighting going
on when I arrived at San Domingo, March
29. Our vessel was moored about 109 yards
off shore with ropes running to the' trees.
Suddenly the firing began and it sounded as
though two great armies were fighting. They
afterwards discovered that the rebels suc
ceeded in gaining an entrance to San Domingo.
"Tne governor, in ord#r to save the con
tents of the treasure, gathered ail the money
away, however.”