Georgia Historic Newspapers

    Utlania
VOL. IV.
CARMACK IS HISSED
IN THE U. S. SENATE
Senator From Tennessee
Gives * Utterance to
Sarcastic Remark
About Army.
. WASHINGTON. May 3t.-H!ssing In the
Senate is so unusual that when It occurred
, tn.the course of the Philippine debate to-
-day it created a sensation. Mr. Spooner,
of Wisconsin, was speaking and referred
incidentally, to the atory that a thousand
people had been put to death by Ameri
can troops in trenches watch they were
compelled to dig.
Mr. Lodge. of Massachusetts, said the
atory had been denied by the father of
the soldier who had started it. and that
the war department had cabled to Gen
oral Chaffee to ascertain the facts.
Mr. Carmack, of Tennessee. Interrup
ted to My that no doubt the soldier would
deny the atory as all soldiers In the
Philippines had been required to do.
His remark was greeted with hissing
from the galleries, the demonstration ot
disapprobation calling cut a sharp rapping
of the gayel from the chair.
Mr. Spooner c erupted nearly four hours
of today's session in concluding his
speech begun on Thursday. His eloquence
attracted the attention of all senators
and hundreds of occupants of the crowded
galleries. He did not believe In the ad
tntssion of the Philippine a to the union as
states, but in the conduct of the islands
nothing savoring of imperialism had been
suggested except for party purposes.
“I have not been In favor _pf permanent
dominion over the Philippines." said Mr.
Spooner, "but 1 don't mean by that that
I have been in favor of the United States
running away like a coward or abandon
ing a-people who have come under our
protection or surrendering them to tyr
anny, anarchy or chaos. \
I Mr. Spooner declared that there was
Ik little or no similarity between the ccndi
tions in Cuba gind those In the Phlllp-
& pines.
K •’Those senators.” he Insisted, "who
K cannot see the difference between the
V Philippines a.nd Cuba have some sort of
r mental strabismus.
F “If congress had recognised the inde
pendence of the Filipinos.” said he. "In
stead cf being there as .we are now with a
title that the supreme court’of the Uni
ted States aays is complete, which the
senate has accepted as complete, which
gives us the power to dn what is generous
and noble and right and uplifting to that
people, we would be there on the shift
ing sands of contract with a former
tyrant. 1 think that God has saved us
from that unutterable folly.”
Later Mr. Hoar inquired If the Inhabi
tants of the Philippines were not a people
where there were millions of men. acting
together, who raised an army, selected a
general, turned Spain out of all terri
tory except only the city of Manila and
who had agreed upon a constitution.
•They would boa people.” replied Mr.
"I deny ft,” insisted Mr. Spooner, "f
deny that there is any more than super
i ficial truth tn It.”
Bandit* and Cutthroats.
He referred to the Filipino army as a
collection of miscellaneous persons who
now constituted bands of bandits and cut
throats.
Mr. Spooner said Agulnaldo had "a gov
ernment of proclamations, of confisca
tions. and assassinations; and the evi
dence all shows It.”
Mr. Spooner quoted from a diary to show
that Agulnaldo had said that once the in
dependence of the Philippines was declar
ed he (Agulnaldo! and his friends would
take a trip to Europe with an allowance
of SLOOO.CdO for expenses. Mr. Spooner re
ferred to the last presidential campaign
and the candidacy of Mr. Bryaa and to
the assertions of the Filipino leaders that
the success of the Democracy meant the
independence of the Philippines, and then
after saying that the Americans had pass
ed upon the Philippine question at the
polls added:
"You cannot charge upon the ratifica
tion of the treaty, nor upon the sending of
our army to the Philippines all the blood
shed or all the cruelties that came to that
army.”
Referring to General Smith's order for
the killing of all Inhabitants of Samar
above 10 years of age. Mr. Spooner quoted
the witticism that the pilgrims, on landing
first fell upon their knees and then upon
the Indians. He read from a statute of
Massachusetts, of 1722. offering a reward
of £IOO for every male Indian scalp, 12
years old and upward and of £SO for the
scalp of those killed In battle.
Mr. Hoar interrupted to say that the
Puritans had bought and paid for every
foot of land acquired from the Indians and
that the statute of 1722 was "cruel and
barbarous.”
"Do you approve of It.” he demanded,
"when at the beginning of the Twentieth
century you make it a precedent?”
Bought Lanjla and Scalps.
"I think.” said Mr. Spooner, “that our
fathers bought the lands of the Indians
In Massachusetts and then proceeded to
buy their scalps.”
"I will agree." retorted Mr. Hoar, "that
this po*cy which the senator defends in
the Philippines is well supported by all
the wicked precedents which can be found
tn the lives of good men." (Laughter).
“Senators," declared Mr. Spooner, “who
denounce our policy in the Philippines In
general language on ex-parte testlmoy
ought not to forget that our forebears
(brave men in war) also found It neces
sary to resort In war to what, in time of
peace no man on earth would approve."
“Does the senator approve of that or
der. demanded Mr. Hoar, "in war or in
peace?"
Ts it were necessary," suggested Mr.
Spooner, "to make the order in Massa
chusetts so that the pilgrim might protect
his home from destruction, his wife from
detpuchery and his children from cruelty.
I would have done wbat he had done.
What does the senator say?”
“It never was necessary to do It,” Mr.
Hoar declared. “It was a base end wicked
Cer. and when the senator talks of for
rs I am happy to say that the man of
that generation who bore my name incur
red obliquy and indignities through re
sisting things then as I do now.” (Ap
plause.)
Mr. Spooner said to Mr. Hoar that if he
did not believe his party was right and
could not act with them, he would vote
for the other party’.
This elicited quite a long reply from Mr.
Hoar, who said he did not believe the
Democratic party was right In their view
of the question. He believed that the Re
publican party would work out the prob
lem right in the end. but that they should
be shown that their present policy was
wrong. He could not be expected to aban
don a party whose policies in the main he
supported. In conclusion. Mr. Spooner de
clared that if the Democratic party ever
gained control of the government, no such
"fatuus and cowardly policy as now sug
gested by the minority would be followed.
The Democratic party would follow the
plan now suggested by the Republicans,
WIDOWOFM'KINLEY
GETS FLATTERY
APPOINTED
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NAMES
APPLICANT WHO WAS ENDORS
ED BY MRS. WILLIAM
M’KINLEY. •
WASHINGTON, May 31.—President
Roosevelt has appointed to office a man
I who was endorsed by Mrs. McKinley,
I widow of the late president. This man is
1 Thomas B. Flattery and the office to
I which the president nominated him is to
be postmaster of Wooster, Ohio.
President McKinley appointed Flattery
four years ago out of deferences to the
wishes of his wife. Mr. Flattery was a
relative of Mrs. McKinley's physician,
but he did not have the backing of the
politicians of his territory. When the
term was about to expire former Repre
sentative Smyser and other influential Re
publicans of Wayne county, endorsed the
chairman of the apunty committee and
urged Senators Hanna and Foraker to ask
for his appointment.
Flattery appealed to Mrs. McKinley
and she made the request ofthe president
for the appointment.
The senators from Ohio declined to be
drawn Into the controversy and, therefore.
President Roosevelt was enabled to make
the appointment without any embarrass
ment. The Wooster postoffice is the best
paying political office In Wayne county,
it being worth 32.300 a year.
LONDON TRUCK DRIVER
RUNS AMUCK FROM HEAT
LONDON. May 31. —When the warm eun
shine brought straw hats In great numbers
It was made evident that the panama would
be the favorite headgear this year.
While the change of weather was the
cause of much Jub. at lon, It re ms (ped for the
driver of one of the big great southern
railfray trucks to ceiturate the arrival of
summer In the most startling manner. HeaV
ed by the rays of the sun and flushed by
much strong drink, be startled hundreds of
people along Marylebone road the other
afternoon by lashing bls horses Into a gal
lop and driving full tilt against one of the
large cast iron pillars supporting the street
lamps on the edge of the sidewalks. It
went down with a smash, and a crash of
gtasa.
With wild yells, the driver backed hts
horses away from the shattered lamo and.
■«* .imrWjfcT
struct, snd fell to the ground a wreck.
A third and fourth charge were equally
successful.
It wss not until the ninth post bad been
levelled and the entire neighborhood smelled
like s gas works, owing to ruptured pipes
that two policemen arrived and stopped the
fun.
It took alx bobbles to handle the man
with the heated blood and draw him to the
police s.ation.
Deaths in Macon.
MACON. , May 30.—Georgia Acqulna
Causey, a four-year-old child, died Wed
nesday at the residence of her parents in
East Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Schofield lost their
two months old daughter, Anna Eliza
beth, Wednesday night.
and would declare that it was impossible
to withdraw from it.
Mr. Pettus, of Alabama, discussed some
of the legal phases of the Philippine ques
tion dealing with the powers of the United
States to govern any territory not operat
ed in accordance with the constitution of
the United States.
Mr. Bates, of Tennessee, said he sympa
thised with the effort of the minority to
get at the truth. In the Philippine ques
tion. although he did not want to be put
in the attitude of criticising the army.
Mr. McLaurin, of Mississippi, declared
that General Otis and General Funston
had slandered the private soldiers in the
Philippines, but he said that Democratic
senators had not in any way slandered the
army, and that that charge Itself was a
slander.
At .5:15 p. m. the senate took a recess
until 8 o'clock.
Carmack Takes the Floor.
At the opening of the evening session
Mr. Carmack, of Tennessee, took the
floor. He said the debate had been car
ried on by the minority in the hope that
the bill would be purged of its most ob
jectionable features. All hope of substan
tial amendment of the bill was now aban
doned.
He scoffed at Senator Morgan’s theory
that the Filipino insurgents were the
“tools of wicked conspirators at Hong
Kong.” saying that that was the dishon
ored plea of despots, the plea of conquest
and murder and robbery in all ages. He
proceeded in an exceedingly sarcastic vein
to reply to some of Mr. Morgan's argu
ments. He said he did not know of a more
dangerous doctrine than that advocated by
Mr. Morgan that the army was more rep
resentative of the people than congress.
He did not believe that the United States
had reached the stage of degeneration and
decay when the custody of its liberties
rested in the army.
Mr. Carmack referred to President
Roosevelt's Memorial day address at Ar
lington yesterday, saying that he judged
from what the president had said about
lynchings in the south that that cry was
to be the administration's favorite defense
of Its policy in the Philippines. He had
thought that the waving of the bloody
shirt was an effort to revive sectional
hatred.
“But I admit I was mistaken," said he.
“The Republicans used to keep th<xpouth
em outrages mill grinding, holding up our
terrible and bloody deeds to the execration
of mankind. That was for political pur
poses. Now they are seeking precedents
to excuse their policy in the Philippines.
The president gives the cue. He says it
is the same old rebel yell from the same
old people who villifled Grant and Lincoln
as they now are villifying the great and
magnanimous Smith.
“You cannot throw dust In the eyes of
the people in that way. This attempt at
diversion will not do. The question is:
•Are these accusations against Smith and
those like him true or false?' ”
At 10:20 p. m. Mr. Carmack concluded
and the senate adjourned.
Logan E. Bleckley, Jr., 111.
The many friends of Logan E. Bleckley. Jr.,
deputy clerk of the supreme court, will regret
to learn that be is ill with the grip. Mr.
Bleckley is one of the moot popular officials
at the capltct and hia presence is very much
missed. It is hoped that he will soon recover.
CLAY ADVISES
NATIVE RULE
IN ISLANDS
GEORGIA SENATOR MAKES AN
ABLE ARGUMENT AGAINST
PHILIPPINE MEASURE NOW
PENDING.
WASHINGTON, May 30,-Senator Clay
spoke 40 minutes yesterday afternoon
against the Philippine civil government
bill. He was given the closest attention
by the senate. He did not indulge in the
harsh language which has characterized
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the debate on the bill in the past five
weeks, but confined his remarks to a clear
analysis of the bill. i
He declared the people of the United
States knew the conditions and the peo
ple of Cuba when the American forces
were sent there, but this government
knew nothing of the Philippines when
they became ours. Our knowledge of
Cuba ’has enabled us to lead her to in
dependence, he said, but to the Philippines
we have only carried death and destruc
tion.
“Had we pursued the same policy toward
the Philippines as we pursued toward
Cuba.” said Senator Clay, “we would hai<>
secured far different results, and the Phil
ippines would today be as peaceful and
contented as is Cuba.”
Senator Clay advocated native govern
ment for the Philippines instead of the
proposed continuance of the military rule
as provided in the pending bill.
There is considerable doubt as to the
passage of the bill. Many Republicans,
led by Senator Hoar, will vote wita the
Democrats.
’Seriator Monrsm. of Alabama, spoke on
the bill at great length. -
SECONDCOLOREFMAiurO
BE GIVEN HOLY ORDERS
BALTIMORE, May 31.—The June ordi
nations at the cathedral which will take
place June 21 will have an added Interest
from the fact that the second colored man
ever ordained the Catholic priesthood in
this country will receive holy'orders on
that day at the hands of Cardinal Gib- (
bons.
The colored candidate is Rev. J. Harry
Dorsey, a student at St. Joseph's semi
inary. He was raised to the diaconate
last fall by Bishop' Alfred A. Curtis.
He will labor among his own people.
CASTRO HASTENS TO BUY *
RIFLES AND AMMUNITION
WILLEMSTAD, buracao, May 31.-
President Castro, of Venezuela, has or
dered of a German firm, 10,000 Mauser ri
fles and 5,600,000 of ammunition.' This is
regarded as proof that the Venezuelan
government is short of arms and ammuni
tion. •
DUEFwiTITKNIVES
WAS FOUGHT BY
TWO NEGROES
CROWD • CHEERED COMBATANTS
AS BLADES WERE SUNK TO THE
HILT IN BLEEDING
BODIES.
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CHICAGO, May 31.—Two colored men
fought a duel to the death with knives
last night at Twenty-second and Dearborn
streets.
As they slashed and plunged the weap
ons into each others’ bodies a crowd of
more than fifty people formed a circle
around them and cheered the combatants
when one or the other drove the knife to
the hilt.
After ten minutes of fierce fighting Al
exander Shirley staggered and fell with
his adversary's weapon sticking in his
body. The long, keen-edged blade had
pierced his heart. He was dead when
the police arrived. His slayer, Charles
Thomas, was, bleeding from several
wounds. The police hurried him to a hos
pital. and after his wounds were dressed
locked him up. He will be charged with
murder.
Shirley came to Chicago recently from
Mississippi. He r..et Thomas last Mon
day and, having known him in the south,
tried to borrow money from him. Thomas
refused to give him assistance and they
quarreled. Before parting Shirley, it is
said, made the threat that when they
again met one or the other would die.
IN EACH ROOM A
VICTIM LAY BLEEDING
NEW YORK, May 29.—Policemen, at
tracted by the shouts of alarmed residents
in an apartment building at 50 Second
avenue, early today, broke the door of one
of the flats and found J. S. Keldaln, a
dealer in cigarettes, lying on the floor
with his skull crushed.
In an adjoining room was N. Caraman,
a tobacco merchant, shot through the
head.
The police believe he attempted to kill
Keldaln and then shot himself. Both will
die, the doctor* aay.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1902.
FIRST MUN TO
VISIT THE
CRATER
DARING NEWSPAPER MAN WAS
AHEAD OF ALL THE SCIENT
ISTS IN SCALING HEIGHTS OF
MONT PELEE.
(From The Herald’s Special Correspon
dent. Copyright, 1902, by The New York
Herald Co.)
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, F. W.
1., May 31.—George J. Kavanaugh, who
says he has ventured doser to the incan
descent mouth of PeWte*s erater than any
one else, has related\his Experiences for
the benefit of The Herald.
His’ story makes a chapter to be added
to the recent history of MartipiquQ that is
hardly Jess interesting than any of the
others that have been written since the
first disaster of St. Pierre. Mr. Kavanaugh
also witnessed the last eruption <Jf last
Monday night. He says;
“It was my intention to get as close to
the new crater of the volcano as the heat
would permit. I knew that I was taking a
great risk, bttt I believed that the results
would warrant it.
“Leaving Fort De France early last
Monday morning, I went around torihe
north end of the Island. After landing I
attempted to hire a guide who would at
least start me in the Ight direction. The
fact that I was una tie to find a native
who would risk his ! fe as I Intended to
risk mine undoubted |y saved me from
destruction.
“I slept that night at Fond St. Denis
'and when the terrlfi- explosion occurred
about 8 o'clock, I vis thankful enough
that I was not on t e mountain side. 1
saw the eruption, ant without attempting
to describe It, I will ay that it was the
most wonderful disp y that was ever
placed before human < res.
“Mont Pelee stormed and thundered and
sent great sheets of fire high into the
heavens. Sulphur fumes filled the air and
made respiration difficult Below us the
sea was lashed Into a terrible fury. Great
waves rolled in upon the island, although
there had been almost a dead calm of the
atmosphere during the day.
“This display did not long continue.
Mont Pelee became less active before
morning. Deep withtn its bowels there
was a struggle, but the only evidence, we
found at Fond St. Denis had were the
low rumbles that seldom ceased.
“After breakfast I went on to Morne
Rouge. It had been a night of terror in
that village. Expecting to share the fate
that had befallen St. Pierre, the inhabi
tants had remained in the church praying
for protection. ■ 1
“From Morne Rouge I continued my ef
fort to reach the crater of Mont Pelee. I
explored the base of the volcano and went
at least half-way to summit,
“In the vaßfrys wWhany 1 efi- '
tered houses and found entire families
destroyed. Most of them had died from
suffocation. Men, women and children had
fallen while fleeing from the danger which
threatened them.
“Southeast of Pelee the valleys are al
most entirely filled with ashes. The east
ern slope of the volcano is absolutely
barren. It was not difficult to ascend,
and I went up until my way was barred
by a deep fissure.
“I followed this fissure, which soon
branched and deepened. It led around to
the southern side of the mountain and
opened so I could see into the crater,
from which, at that time, nothing was
coming except two columns of smoke,
one jet black, the other yellow. Later in
the day the sides of the crater caved in,
and immediately great clouds of ashes
were ejected. ,
“As the volcano did not show signs of
activity other than those I have described,
I was in little danger during the day,
but as I remained too late, it was with
difficulty that I made my way back to
Morne Rouge, where I slept Tuesday
night.
“On Wednesday I explored the valley
south of Pelee. There also, I £ound that
the loss of life had been great. In and
around Morne Rouge there is grat dis
tress.
“It is impossible to speak with any en
thusiasm of the attitude of the French
authorities. They are apathetic. No
steps have been taken to explore the
country which I covered, and little effort
has been made to feed the starving.”
Professor Heilprin, of the University of
Pennsylvania, has gone to join George
Kennan, who is now in the north of the
island and who will make a study of the
volcapo. Professo Hill has started for
home on the Cincinnati.
FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
ARE DEPENDENT ON CHARITY
FORT DE FRANCE, May 31.—Fifty
thousand persons are dependent on charity
for food* and clothing. The population of
Martinique before the eruption was 200,000.
Fully 30,000 were killed, many thousands
more left the Island and It is an estimate
that fully half the residents of the Island
are objects qt charity. The Dixie has sail
ed. Reports today are that Soufrlere Is
subsiding greatly. The panic at St. Vin
cent seems nearly over, and Mt. Pelee,
though smoking, is no longer throwing
lava, and many believe that the worst is
over. •
Five hundred natives went to Guade
loupe today and many' are anxious to
leave. Refugees are constantly arriving
from the north, leaving homes and be
longings and enduring great hardships to
reach a safe place.
MONT PELEE VOMITS
FLAMESAND MISSILES
FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Martin
ique, May 31, 7 p. m.—The United States
steamer Dixie arrived here from St. Vin
cent last night and left early this morn
ing for New York.
At 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
submarine cable broke again and at 2
o'clock Mont Pelee was in violent erup
tion. Reports received here say the
north craters are pouring great torrents
of mud in the direction of St. Pierre.
Yesterday evening there was an enor
mous eruption of steam and ashes. This
morning a correspondent of a New York
newspaper went to St: Pierre with the
government party, engaged in burning the
victims of the first eruption, but they
are afraid to leave on account of the vol
cano throwing out smoke and ashes. The
river Blanc is again the course of a tor
rent of Intensely hot mud, giving out
heat and falling into the sea.
A portion of the party which went to
St. Pierre this morning was in considera
ble danger and the captain of the boat
which took the newspaper correspondent
and his companions to the ruined town
says he will not return there again.
The re-establishment of business in
Fort de France is restoring confidence
and the work of relieving the distress in
distant districts Is being effectively car
rlai out by a local organization.
CIVIC FRAUD
UNEARTHED
BYJURY
MANY INDICTMENTS FOUND BY
GRAND JURY IN ST. LOUIS
AGAINST MUNICIPAL OFFI
CIALS.
ST. LOUIS, May 31.—The grand jury,
which has been investigating municipal
corruption with the assistance of Circuit
Attorney Joseph W. Folk, made its final
report today to Judge Douglass. Th? re
port says that “while there may have been
corruption In other cities a« great as we
have Had here, yet in no place In the
world and In no time known to history has
so much official corruption been uncover
ed. These revelations have been so ap
palling as to be almost beyond belief and
it will be years before the extent of the
discoveries are fully realized.
“If the affairs of St. Louis had been
properly administered for the past fifteen
years and if all officials had been honest,
there would today be enough money in the
treasury to put public building? in repair,
pave streets that are now unpaved, make
sewers that are now unmade and build
new buildings so much needed. The high
’tax rate, the deplorable conditions of pub
lic institutions, the depleted state of the
city treasury are an heritage left bv offi
cials who have proven traitors to the in
terests of the people and have trafficked
in their votes, influence and official ac
tion to the city’s detriment.
“These disclosures make plain that the
taxpayers of St. Louis have been merci
lessly and pitilessly outraged for years;
that the money they have paid in taxes
have been sqandered instead of being used
for the public welfare; it has been felon
iously dissipated and benefited chiefly
corrupt officials who have grown opulent
on small salaries.
“It is in evidence before us that a
former collector of the city of St. Louis,
who was afterwards mayor, received in
terest on public funds for his own private
account. The sum so received was some
thing over 313,000, which with Interest to
date, would amount to about 320.000. Any
possible criminal charge arising out of this
condition has been barred by the statute
of limitation, which, unfprtunately. Is
three years. A civil action to recover the
money, however, can still be brought and
we understand will be Instituted.
“The secretary of the late mayor made
a practice of selling permits and of ex
torting tnoney for remittances of fines In
criminal cases.
“The charter of the city provide* that
no member of the assembly or city of
ficial shall be Interested directly or Indi
rectly in city contracts or in furnishing
supplies to ths pity. This beneficent law la,
we find, most grossly violated lay members
of the municipal asseroWy," ' ? ■«
Late this afternoon Indictments were re
turned against the following, who had al
ready been arrested on bench warrant*
and released on bond:
Frederick W. Zelgenheln, secretary to
former Mayor Zelgenheln, ex-Bpeaker
House of Delegates < harles F. Kelley,
Councilman Louis Schnell and Delegate
Charles L. Geraghty.
CHICAGOWRY IS REBUKED
FOR ACQUITTING PRISONER
CHICAGO, May 29—A verdict of not
guilty In the case of McFetrldge, ac
cused of murdering his brother, brought a
reprimand to the jury from Judge Kana
vaugh today.
“I cannot understand how you ever ar
rived at such a conclusion,” said the
court. "If ever a man was guilty, Mc-
Fetridge was that man. The evidence
was direct and conclusive. I woould not
hav® been surprised if you had Imposed
the death penalty."
William McFetrldge and his brother
Robert had quarrelled for years. Follow
ing a suit in a justice court , last fall,
which had gone against William, the latter
met his brother carrying a little girl. Af
ter a few words William McFetrldge open
ed fire and continued to fire as hl*
brother ran away. The latter died after
reaching home.
McFetrldge attracted attention at the
trial by taking up his own defense and
continuing it for three days. At the end
of that time he accepted the aid of an
attorney.
He pleaded that bls shots were fired in
self-defense. He said that Robert had
often threatened to kill him. and that he
was justified in taking no chances.
Several witnesses at the trial, however,
testified that Robert was unarmed and
made absolutely no move of a threaten
ing nature against William.
KINGIEBTra IS
ASSAILANT OF
LAWRENCE
PITTSBURG RIOTER WAS ONE OF
GANG WHICH ASSAULTED AND
ROBBED DAIRYMAN NEAR
LAKEWOOD.
Thomas Lawrence, a dairyman, who was
attacked in his home near Lakewood
about three weeks ago and beaten into in
sensibility Saturday morning went to the
Tower and identified Henry King, a negro
who Is being held there as the murderer
of BaHlff Ed Battle in the rioting in Pitts
burg, as one of the negroes who attacked
him.
Lawrence picked King out as one of the
negroes, and his identification was posi
tive. He also w’ent to police headquarters
and looked at the shot-guns which were
found in the house of Richardson after it
had been burned. The negroes who at
tacked him stole his shotgun at the same
time, and he picked out one of the guns
as the one which was stolen from him.
He could not positively identify the gun,
as it had been burned, but he thought it
was the gun which was stolen from him.
King, who is being held for the mur
der of Bailiff Battle, is a desperate negro.,
well known in police circles, and it is
thought that he has been in a number of
burglaries. It is charged that he fired the
shot which killed Bailiff Battle while he
was in the house with Richardson and be
fore he came out and surrendered. If he
Is acquitted of the charge of murdering
Battle he will be held on the charge of
assaulting Lawrence.
FLAG OF PEACE FLOATS
OVER DEFEATED BOERS
JOHNSTON ffl
TO RETIRE FROM
THE RftGE?
i
REPORTED THAT HE WAS AP-
PROACHED BY FRIENDS OF W.
B. MERRITT, BUT HE RE-
FUSED TO COME OUT. »
It was currently reported Saturday that
an effort was made that day to Induce
Mark Johnston, of Baldwin, who is a can
didate for state school commissioner, to
retire in fqvor of W. B. Merritt, who is
also a candidate for the same position. It
is said that Mr. Johnston flatly declined
to do so, and grew indignant at the re
quest.
A. J. Beck retired a few days ago In
favor of Mr. Merritt, and it was talked
that night that the effort was made to
induce Mr. Johnston to pursue the same
course. Mr. Johnston left Atlanta Satur
day afternoon, but failed to-give his place
of address and could not be located that
night by The Sunday Journal. Several of
his friends were discussing the matter in
the lobby of the Kimball last night, how
ever, and stated that tney had heard that
Mr. Johnston had, been approached re
garding his retirement. From what can
be learned, Mr. Johnston is in the race to
stay, and his friends say he , will be
elected.
R. J. Guinn, who Is one of Mr. Merritt's
most active supporters, was seen last
night at his home in College Park, and
denied that any such proposition was
made to Mr. Johnston, so far as he knew,
and stated if such a proposition had been
made he certainly would have known
about it.
“I think." said Mr. Guinn, “that U is
only a campaign trick to prejudice the
people against Mr. Merritt, who is making
such a strong race. I had not heard of the
matter before, and I am sure if such a
move were on foot I would know about it,
as I am as close as anybody to Mr. Mer
ritt.”
The race between Commissioner Glenn,
Mr. Merritt ajid Mr. Johnston is growing
very warm, and the outcome will be
-watched with great interest.
CHARLESTON~EXPOsiTioN
HAS CURTAIN RUNG DOWN
CHARLESTON, S. C., May SL-Presi
dent Wagener turned off electric lights
at the fair grounds tonight at midnight
and the exposition passed into history.
There were i*a»t JUMt) people present
at the grand finale. Thertf was no disor
der throughout, though the midway was
jammed by rollicking thousands, throw
ing confetti and blowing horns.
Among the permanent advantages to the
city already assured by the exposition is
the of a public park, the
city ‘having purchased part of the exposi
tion ground* containing the court of pal
aces and sunken gardens.
Orego, New Mexico, Missouri, and other
states have presented a large proportion
of their exhibit to the city of Charleston
as the nucleus of a permanent Industrial
and commercial exposition and the plans
for its establishment are well under -way.
JUSTICE IS NAMED FOR
JUDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA
CHARpOTTE, N. C., May 31.—Judge M.
H. Justice was nominated for the supe
rior court bench at Marion today without
opposition, and James H. Pou, former,
state chairman, publishes a card urging
that Justice be supported for the Demo
cratic nomination of chief justice In oppo
sition to Judge Clark, against whom
many charges have recently been made.
Pou says:
“I will vote for Clark if he is the nopi-
Inee, but under no circumstances will I
vote for his nomination.”
BUTTER FROM EVERYWHERE
EXAMINED BY EXPERT
CHICAGO, May 29.—The first exhaustive
test ever made of creamery butter taken
from all parts of the United States was
finished in Chicago last night by exam
iners appointed by the department of ag
riculture and the National Creamery But
ter Makers’ Association. Samples of but
ter from 500 butter makers, representing
nineteen states, were examined and sim
ilar tests will be made from now until Oc
tober, when a report will be submitted.
AUTO TAKES PLUNGE
INTO CROWD OF PEOPLE
NEW YORK, May 31.—One man was in
stantly killed and four other persons were
hurt at Grasmere, Staten Island, today,
when automobile speed tests were being
made, under the auspices of the Automo
bile Club of America to break the world's
record for a mile.
The man killed was Andrew Feather
stone. assessor of the borough of Rich
mond, run over and crushed to death.
“DON’T MARRY ANY MAN
JUST TO REFORM HIM”
LEXINGTON, Ky., May 29.—" Before I
would marry a man to reform him I would
sooner wed an ape and wait for him to
develop.” said Rev. Peter Ainslee, of Bal
timore. a minister in the Christian church,
in addressing the graduating class of
Hamilton female college at the Lexington
opera house last night.
AMOS jTcUMMINGS LEFT
VERY SMALL ESTATE BEHIND
NEW YORK. May 29.—Congressman
Amos J. Cummings' will, which has just
been filed for probate, makes Mrs. Cum
mings sole beneficiary. The petition val
ues the late congressman’s.personal prop
erty at only 31,500, and states that he own
ed no real estate.-
PROMINENT MILLEDGEVILLE
WOMAN PASSES AWAY
MII/LEDGEVILLE. Ga„ May 21.—Mias Re
becca Harris, an aged lady of this place, died
this morning at H:3O o'clock after a lingering
and painful Illness. Miss Harris was a daugh
ter of the late Judge !. L. Harris, who was
for many years an able associate justice of
the supreme court ot Georgia. She was a
strong, lovable character and an honored mem
ber of the Presbyterian church. Miss Harris
had * very large circle of relatives and friend*
who will M grieved to hear at her death.
Long War Comes to an
End—Treaty Official
ly Signed—Kruger
Heart-Broken
LONDON, June 2.—1 a. m.—Peace ha*
been declared after nearly two years and
eight months and a war which tried ths
British empire to its uttermost and wiped
the Boers from the list of nations has
come to an end with Lord Kitchener’s
announcement from Pretoria that he. Lord
Milner and the Boer delegates had signed
“terms of surrender.”
This announcement has been anticipated
for several days and it was definitely fore
casted in these dispatches, but its receipt
Sunday afternoon took the nation by sur
prise, as everybody had confidently be
lieved that the house of commons would
hear the first news today. The edge at an
ticipation with which Great Britain await
ed the promised statement In the house of
commons from Mr. Balfour, the govern
ment leader, was still further dulled by
the following message from King Edward
to his people, which was issued after mid
night:
King Edward Announces News.
“The king has received the welcome
news of the cessation of hostilities In
South Africa with Infinite satisfaction, and
and his majesty trusts that peace may
speedily be followed by the restoration of
property in his new dominions and that
the feelings necessarily engendered by war
will give place to earnest cooperation on
the part of his majesty’s South African
subjects in promoting the welfare of their
common country.”
How greatly King Edward’s Insistence
that peace in South Africa be secured
prior to his coronation influenced tha
present agreement will probably not be
known until the private memoirs of the
present regime are given to the public.
Kruger Heartbroken.
According to a dispatch to the Daily
Express from Utrecht, Holland, Mr. Kr.i
ged was Informed shortly after 9 o’clock
last night that peace had been declared.
He had been asleep. .
"My God,” he said, “it Is Impossible."
Mr. Kruger and his entourage, the dis
patch continues, hope to be permitted to
return to the Transvaal. This, however,
is quite unlikely.
The news which Great Britain was so
anxiously awaiting came characteristical
ly on an entirely pacific and uninterest
ing Sunday afternoon, when London pre
sents a deserted appearance. Very late
Saturday night a dispatch was received
from Lord Kitchener in which he said the
Boer delegates were coming to Petoria.
The Boer war began October 11, 1899.
Total available fighting force of Boers
(estimated), 50,000. Total number of Brit
ish troops engaged from first to last, 500,-
000. Largest number of British troops In
field at one time, 280,000.
Cost In life and treasure: British officers,
1.044; mt* toyl. 22. m Sent hsnss
1 nvslldeT-<M¥jlV‘lw ’;ri*n. 70.952,’
73.932. Boers (notiexactly known.) Losses
reported of all Kinds up to 1902, 78,320.
Losses of all kinds In 1902, 6,500. Probable
actual number of Boers engaged, 70,000,
Beors reduced at end of war to 8,000. Pris
oners at Ceylon, St. Helena, Bermuda
and Cape'4o,ooo. Cost in mon?y to Great
Britain (estimated), 31,250,000,000.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS
WILL BE HELD JUNE 14
The general examination of teachers in
Georgia will be held on June 14th In the
various counties. The examination ques
tions will be sent out by State School
Commissioner Glenn within the next few
days, and under the law the county
school commissioners to whom they will
be directed will have no authority to open
them until the day of the examination,
and then In the presence of the applicants.
To obtain a third grade license the gen
eral average for the applicant must be 75;
for a second grade license the general av
erage must be 82.5, and for the first grade
license the average is fixed at 90. To ob
tain a state license the average must not
be less than 95. Papers for the state li
cense must be sent to the department of
education not less than 30 days from the
date of the examination.
The law requires that separate rooms
must be provided for white and colored
teachers. The questions on theory and
practice will be taken from Shaw’s School
Hygiene. Teachers whose licenses have
not yet expired and teachers holding per
manent licenses are not required to stand
the examination on account of the addition
of physiology.
KEPT MARRIAGE A SECRET
FOR A WHOLE YEAR
AVGUSTA. Ga.‘ Mar A romanUO
marriage was made known to the public
yesterday when Miss Agnes Roesel left to
join her husband at Lorimore, N. D.
A year ago Mr. Harry Rosengulst, a
young western railroad man who had been
some time In Augusta, left for his home
in St. Paul, Minn. He had been very at
tentive to Miss Agnes Roesel, the pretty
daughter of Mr. Julius Roesel. and tha
day he left they were quietly married,
agreeing to keep their secret until the
time when the husband could send for
his wife to join him In his far western
home. Mrs. Rosengulst returned to her
father’s home without telling her secret
to any one.
Yesterday the summons for which she
had been waiting came, and her an
nouncement to her friends that she was
going to join her husband to whom she
had been married over a year took them
by surprise. She had not seen him since
the day when they were joined together
as husband and wife.
GUESTS OF THOMPSON
TO PRESENT GOLD WATCH
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—The
finale of the tour of the Thompson party
through the south will come tonight when
the northerners who took the trip will
present to Colonel Thompson a watch set
with diamonds. The presentation will
take place at Hamilton. The occasion
will be informal, but there will be fur
ther expressions of good feeling on the
part of the northerners towards the
south.
Littlefield, of Maine, will make the-pre
sentation speech.
CHATTANOOGA JARRED
BY EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 30.—At
2:30 o'clock Wednesday morning a
considerable portion of the sleeping pop
ulation here was aroused by the shaking
of houses and rattling of windows, which
continued for only a few seconds. Inqui
ries today fail to develop any damage to
property, but it Is now certain from the
corroborative evidence of many reputable
citizens that the disturbance was ot seis
mic character.
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