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Atlanta Stini-Weddn journal.
VOL. IV.
CRISIS IMMINENT;
POVERTY INCREASES
Further Suspensions In
Cuban Industry and
Plantations Are
Announced.
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HAVANA, Cub*. June 21.—Develop
ments of last week fully confirm the state
ment to The Herald a week ago. Those
■♦stement* were underdrawn rather than
overdrawn, and the situation has become
even more tense this week.
Cubans generally, including officials,
have become convinced that nothing will
be done by the American congress and
no relief is now looked for tn that quar
ter.
Fhe week has shown further suspensions
in the sugar industry, an increase in the
number of unemployed and greater ap
prehension for the safety of life and
property tn the country districts.
A considerable nnmber of estates have
been obliged to entirely suspend the usual
preparations for another season, because
they have neither money nor credit.
Large estates Ifke the Providencla. Hor
migueros Seledad. Santa Lucia and Santa
Gertruda are reducing their field forces
to the utmost possible limit.
All reports received from the sugar
producing sections declare that there is
* constant increase of poverty and dis
trees and serious prospects for the com
ing days. The government Is considering
an increase of the numbers of the rural
guard, which, public opinion insists, is
necessary for protection.
In interviews yesterday, several leading
merchants and bankers of Havana assert
ed that there was complete stagnation
of business throughout the country, and
all are seeking to close outstanding ac
counts preparatory to weathering the
coming days of commercial paralysis.
Merchants report large stocks of mer
chandise on hand and few orders being
placed for imports
A prominent banker Is authority for
the statement that July importations will
show a large falling off. with a conse
quent marked reduction in revenues of
the government. This is based on the
knowledge of orders placed.
The local office of an American mercan
tile company states that failures of coun
try merchants are occurring constantly
and increasing from week to week.
Insolvency Is at Hand.
This reacts on wholesale houses in Ha
vana. several of which are reported on
the verge of insolvency.
No widespread commercial crisis Is an
ticipated. however, because the firms rely,
as heretofore, upon European creditors to
carry them through.
Ail reports declare that business con
fidence Is shattered and say that country
merchants do not dare buy and wholesale
houses are afraid to sell.'twcirUSe of the
fear of seizure of goods without payment
by the lawless element of the hungry
unemployed.
These statements are made by the best
Informed and most competent authori
ties tn the island, including leading mer
chants. bankers and planters. These con
ditions are also well known to the gov
ernment officials who are seeking by all
possible means to avert widespread ca
lamity and disorder resulting from the
jpoverty of many planters and distress
the laboring classes.
In )»w£rnment matters as in industrial,
the country is faced by financial condi
tion in which the government was left
by the Americans are wholly unsupported
by facts. Otherwise officials would not
be obliged to spend so many hours of
anxious discussion in an effort to discover
some method of securing the necessary
revenue and put money into circulation
through the country whiqh would enable
thousands of now Impoverished persons
to live by honest labor.
Bounty to Cane Growers.
Among the methods now under consider
ation Is a bounty to cane growers. There
is a proposition by which It is hoped the
cattle industry will be greatly stimulated
and the island be enabled to supply its
own demand for fresh and salt
which are now imported.
President Palma states it is his inten
tion tb use every effort to effect an im
mediate general revision of the tariff,
with a special view to the Interests of
the Cuban people and the government. As
it now stands, the tariff shows considera
tion for such American products as flour,
bacon and other supplies rather than for
the benefit of the Cubans.
The whole atmosphere in official circles
is one of great anxiety, because there ex
ists do reason to expect that current rev
enues for the coming months will be ad
equate to meet even the most economi
cal expenditures, while the nominal bal
ance left by the previous administration
is quite insufficient to cover outstanding
contracts and obligations incurred by that
administration. The amount of these
contracts has not yet been aacertaiifed.
but it is known they will approximate
a million dollars.
Reductions are being made wherever
possiole in departmental work, and the
government is convinced that great re
trenchment is now imperative. It will
probably be forced to curtail expenses
even tn the departments of education and
sanitation which it is very loath to do.
Much talk is being beard tn certain circles
which are becoming wider, regarding the
possibility of effecting favorable trade
treaties with England or some other coun
try. The Idea is growing that as the Uni
ted States does not see fit to give consid
eration to Cuba's economic welfare. Cuba
|s obliged for self-protection to seek
Other channels to benefit her industries,
on which her life as a nation and as a
people are entirely dependent. No definite
proprosals have yet been made, but the
matter is being given general careful con
sideration
Situation Precarious.
It is folly to attempt to deny or refute
the extreme precariousness of the Cuban
situation, either in department, industrial
or national life. An artificial situation has
been mantalned by the repeated hopeful
assertions from Washington that favora
ble action would be taken on the Cuban
reciprocity Mil. The reaction has now set
in. The gravity of the situation is real
ised and uncertainty regarding the out
come now prevails
Unless early solution of the Industrial
and financial distress be found all indi
cations are that the situation will become
more and more critical with the passing
days.
There is to be submitted to the Cuban
congress on Monday a proposition looking
to the establishment of a Cuban Natlona'
bank, authorised to issue paper currency
to the extent of 79 per cent of such funds
to purchasers of breeding rattle to the
amount of 30 head each.
The proposition provides that all gov
ernment funds must be kept in the bank,
which must always have on hand suffi
cient silver to redeem the paper currency
issued. Several local newspapers criti
cise the scheme as dangerous.
OFFICIALS AH
AT FIGHT AAADE
ON WOOD
IT IS SAID THE ADMINSTRATION IS
READY TO LAY BARE EVERY
ITEM OF PUBLIC EX-
PENDITURE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 21.—Administra
tion circles are indignant at the attacks made
upon General Leonard Wood for his expenditures
while Governor General of Culp. There is not
an item -a the account from the day he took
command of die Island until it was turned over
to the Cuban Republic that General Wood and
his superiors in Washington are not prepared
to spread before the public.
For some time a large force at flerks has
been busy tabulating and getting in shape the
accounts to show to a penny just how the
money of the islands was used to assist the Cu
bans.
Much capital has been made out of the mon
ey paid to General Gomez. At the close of the
Spanish war the American Congress made an
appropriation of $5,000,000 out of which the of
ficers and men of the Cuban Army of Liberation
were to be paid. General Gomes was the rep
resentative of that army, which had been fight
ing for years sgainst terrible odds, in rags and
without much encouragement and without pay.
In Cuba, Gomer is held in the same venera
tion that Washington was held in the United
States at the close of the Revolution. While he
had the love of the people, still he was poor
and unable to provide the hospitality which
his position demanded of him. This was recog
nised by the American administration and a sum
of money was given him to meet pressing de
mands and an allowance was made him regu
larly. He has received about $5,000 X year or
$30,000 in all. Thia was not chanty, but money
due the General for his services for free Ctiba
and much lees than many another man would
have taken if be had been in the same position
as General Gomez. Besides this, one of the
first acts of the new Cuban government was to
grant a pension of $5,000 a year for life to
General Gomes. Therefore General Wood in his
treatment of General Gomes has done just what
the Cuban people themselves have done since.
Hence they must be satigled and see the wis
dom of the General’* course.
JUSTICE WANTED A
LEAVE FROM THE
GOVERNOR
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THOUGHT HE HAD TO GET PER
MISSION OF CANDLER IN OR-
DER TO LEAVE THE STATE.
LEAVE WAS DECLINED.
A justice of the peace, somewhere in
the neighborhood of Savannah, it is said,
wrote a letter to Governor Candler
asking for a leave of absence from the
state. The justice wanted to remain out
of Georgia from July Ist to November
16th.
The leave was declined by the governor
because he had no authority to grant It,
and now there Is grave doubt as to wheth
er the justice will take his vacation. The
governor wrote the magistrate that the
judiciary and the executive departments
were separate and distinct and that neith
er had any power over the other.
Governor Candler would not give out
the name of the justice, but intimated
that he might be from Savannah.
MILL AGEnFoETS TANGLED
IN MESHES OF THE LAW
COLUMBUS. Ga.. June 21.—C. W. Haral
son. of Selma, Ala., representing the Caw
thorn Manufacturing company, which op
erates a cotton mill in that city, was ar
rested today by the Columbus police,
charged with carrying on the business of
immigration agent without having paid
the city license of SIOO.
The state license is SSOO. Haralson has
not yet made bond.
He has been working among the mill
hands of this city.
New Rural Route*.
WASHINGTON. June 21.-New post
offices have been established at Charlotte,
Union county, and Prune. Murray county.
The office at Guin, Henry county, has been
discontinued, and mail ordered sent to
Hampton. A rural free delivery service
out of Stone Mountain, DeKalb county,
will be established on July Ist. There will
be one carrier. The length of the route
will be 20 1-4 miles, and SM) persons will
be served.
WMJHITNEfPAYS
521.0D0 FOR
YEARLING
COLT SIRED BY WATER CROSS
BRINGS RECORD PRICE AT
THE RANCO DEL PASO
SALE ON MONDAY.
NEW YORK. June 21.—Mr. William C.
Whitney paid the record price of the sea
son on Monday for a yearling when he
bought two at the Ranco del Paso sale
for $21,000 and $17,000 respectively.
Both are colts by Watercross, whose sire
was Nasturtium, for which Mr. Whitney
paid last season $50,000; one out of Pan
sy and the other out of Mamie C.
Green Morris, wbo Is a racing partner
of Mr- Haggin, was the opposing bidder.
WOMAN BETRAYS DIRE PLOT
TO BLOW UP PATERSON MILLS
MIO FOB
FILIPINOS
JOLY 4
PRESIDENT WILL ISSUE PROC
LAMATION SETTING FREE
ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
AND THOSE UNDER GUARD.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 21.—The Filipinos
are rejoicing over a coming proclamation of
amnesty by the President.
Thia proclamation, it is believed, will be giv
en as a Fourth of July present to our waids
in the Philippine Islands. There is just now
much cable correspondence between Acting Gov
ernor Wright and the Administration on the
subject.
It had been planned to issue the proclamation
aa soon as Governor Taft reached the ialands,
but from present indications he will not arrive
there until September and the President does
not care to delay the proclamation until that
date.
Governor Taft, who is in Rome in connection
with Church matters in the islands, will be
delayed longer with these negotiations than was
first thought, and as the cables from Acting
Governor Wright show that the Filipinos are
really desirous of peace and that such an am
nesty proclamation would have a good effect, it
will be issued without waiting until Governor
Taft returns to the archipelago. ,
The exact terms of the proclamation have
not been decided upon, or at least they are
n<4 obtainable, but all political prisoners in the
islands will be released and those who have
been to a certain extent under restraint, while
not actually under arrest, will be given their
freedom in every particular.
As to whether those who have been banished
from the islands for political reasons will be
allowed to return it has not been decided, but
the impression is that they will be allowed to
return as the government has now such a foot
hold and matters in such shipshape that they
can do little harm.
SEVEN MILES OF FIRE IS
SWEEPING WESTERN VALLEY
TACOMA. Wash., Jun* 21.—A special to
Th* Ledger from Hot Springs, Wash..
•*y» : /w
For a distance of seven miles the Green
river valley is a sea of flames. Since
noon yesterday Dr. Kloeber and the em
ployes and guests of the Kloeber Green
River Hot Springs have been persistently
and successfully lighting the fire to save
the hotel.
Steadily the fire was held back and as
sistance was asked for from Tacoma
which was promptly sent by Mayor Camp
bell.
Near Maywood, three miles below here,
a lumber camp has been burned out. On
each side is a seething furnace so hot
that the crew on the relief train was com
pelled to seek protection Inside the ca
boose while passing It.
Morgan Camp, one mile down. Is partial
ly destroyed, though it is thought most
valuable effects can be saved.
At Canton, nine n.iles below Hot
Springs, are congregated the few settlers
and woodsmen of the vicinity. They de
clare the forest for miles around to be
ablase.
At Eagle Gorge the same conditions ex
ist and several smaller fires are reported
within a radius of 25 miles.
hoteHillipsfs
Al MIDNIGHT
HOUR
ST. JAMES HOTEL, AT DALLAS,
GIVES WAY, AND GUESTS
HAVE NARROW
ESCAPE.
DALLAS. Texas, June 23.—At 2:05
o’clock this (Monday) morhing the center
section of the St. James hotel, located at
Main and Murphy streets, collapsed with
out warning and thirteen men were ear
ned down with the debris without a sin
gle fatality. For a few minutes after the
crash it was thought several lives had
been lost, but by quick work firemen and
policemen rescued all those who had not
escaped through their own efforts.
The escape of those who were taken
from the debris was marvelous, as there
were tons of brick, mortar and woodwork
piled in above where they were found.
Three men who were on the third floor
are thought to be the most seriously in
jured. They are:
J. Fife fell from the third floor to the
ground, badly lacerated and suffering
from shocks; J. F. Hoffman, serious cut
in leg and suffering from shock; J. Rose,
thought to be injured internally. Others
injured, but not serious, are: James Nolan,
official scorer of Texas league in Dallas,
and known in Galveston and New Or’eana;
Burt Winfry, hurt about shoulders and
head; F. M. Sasche, bruised slightly about
legs; H. F. Jenkins, hurt about head; N.
H. Dillon, one leg slightly injured; W.
H. Fletcher, manager of the St. Jameo
hotel, his wife and two daughters escaped
unharmed.
The Sherman lodging house, which is
next door to the St. James, also fell, but
all the guests escaped. The proprietor, a
man named McDonald, escaped with a se
vere scalp wound.
UNDER~WHEfLS OF TRAIN
HE PLUNGED TO DEATH
PARIS, Ky„ June 19.—Will Talbott, a
young man employed at the railroad
pump works, committed suicide by throw
ing himself on the track in front of a
passenger train on the and
Nashville road. He lived long sflffiugh to
say that he alone was to blamfis
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1902.
Her Own Husband, an
Anarchist, is Said to
Have Been Ringleader
Diabolical Scheme.
PATERSON, N. J„ June 21.—The reve
lation of a sensational plot on the part
of the anarchists to 4s»troy several of
the silk mills with dynamite and to as
sassinate mrfhy of thcffil who . have been
most outspoken and active against them,
has been made to Mayor Hlnchcllffe
by an informant today, upon whom he
places the greatest reliance.
According to the information furnished
the mayor, the anarcMfits have planned
their attack upon property and persons
for July 4, when the pefipie generally shall
be engaged In celebration of Independence
day. ’■ -it ‘
Mayor Hfnchellffe’s lin formant is be
lieved to be the wife |f a German anti
anarchist who was onefcf the ring leaders
In last Wednesday’s o unbreak. This wom
an overheard the pl®'being discussed
by her husband and father leaders and
told what she heard to" the mayor late
this afternoon. She was-closeted with him
for upwards of an hoqr and Is now said
to be under the constant guard of de
tectives since the major fears that her
husband's eompatrlotAmay attempt to
kill her when they leapt, of her act.
One of the results « the mayor's in
formation was a conf»ence this evening
between him and Brigadier Campbell,
commander of the militia now In and
about Paterson.
The weavers now on strike this after
noon decided to remainrout because of the
calling out of troops. The weavers are in
favor of the declaration of a general
strike and it is now generally believed
that one will be ordered. Such a strike
would tie up every mill tn the state and
is almost certain to be followed by general
disorders.
The militia have now begun to make
preparations for a lo*g stay in and
around Paterson. The Situation tonight in
Paterson remains quiet.
Two hundred Winehwrter magazine
rifles of the latest pattern arrived at po
lice headquarters hare’ today. The weap
ons were purchased by order of Mayor
Hlnchcllffe. With the rifles came a large
consignment of ball cartridges.
There are now' rifles enough stored at
headquarters for the mayos at a moment’s
notice to put into the bonds of his 104
policemen, his 40 of the Are de
partment and nearMr, if not all, of the
special deputies recently sworn in for riot
duty by the sheriff of Passaic county.
STREETS DF PATERSON
GUARDED BY TROOPS
PATERSON, N. J.,. June 21.—The Essex
tropp of cavalry of Newark arrived here
yesterday and proceeded to the arm
ory. 'The street* wrArt’lmed with people
while the cavalry proceeded toward the
armory, but there was no demonstration
or excitement of any kind.
Contrary to expectations an order was
Issued yesterday ordering local companies
of the national guard to report for duty.
It had been expected that only troops
from other cities would be called upon to
do strike duty here.
A number of silk mills opened at the
usual hour yesterday, owners relying up
on the promise of the mayor that troops
would be called out to protect property.
At all the mills started up policemen, fire
men or deputy sheriffs were on guard and
every crowd that gathered at any of the
plants were promptly dispersed.
The orders of the mayor are that no
gathering of people shall be permitted in
the street and these orders are being fully
carried out by the force at his command.
In addition to the silk mills two dye
houses were opened up this morning. At
these places the bosses went to work as
sisted by non-union dyers and helpers.
At mills that have opened the employes
were supplied with arms and ammunition
to protect themselves and their employ
ers’ property in case of attack.
A mass meeting of the striking dyers’
helpers was held yesterday, and President
McGrath, of the Dyers’ Helpers union,
was the only speaker. He expressed deep
regret at the riotous demontrations on
Wednesday and said that such actions
could only harm the cause of the work
men.
The first and second battalions of the
regiment from Newark have arrived and
are held at the armory. Italian strikers
and their sympathizers to the number of
about 700 are gathered in the vicinity of
the armory, keeping a close watch on the
movements of the soldiers. So far they
have made no demontration.
PATERSON POLICE
ARMED TO TEETH
PATERSON, June 19.—Mayor Hinch
cliffe took personal command of the po
lice of this city today. He was much
displeased that the meeting of strikers
Tuesday night was not broken up. It
was at this meeting that the speeches
were made which it is believed led to the
disorders of yesterday.
The mayor went to police headquarters
today and had all the men lined up in
front of him. Then he said:
“Men, if your clubs prove useless you
know what to do. Be aggressive from
the start.”
The reserves, who looked as if they
fully approved the command as to the
aggressiveness, were then dismissed to
await the call to action.
In addition to the regular police
force of 104 meh there Were sworn in to
day 23 constables, 25 deputies and 15 fire
men who are to do duty as policemen.
All these men were immediately armed
with revolvers and heavy night sticks.
Ten silk manufacturing firms opened
for work, this morning. These firms have
their plants in the Hope, Harmony and
Todd mills. Each employs about 25 men.
In each of these plants every employe
was armed today with a revolver. The
weapons were supplied by the men's em
ployers with the approval of Mayor
Hlnchcllffe. Before taking this step the
mayor had been consulted by the manu
facturers and he expressed the opinion
that the employers were fully justified in
arming their men, and that it was a nec
essary precaution in view of yesterday’s
riots. When the employes of the Pelgram
and Meyer mill on Matlock street reported
for work this morning every fourth man
was provided by the management with
a gun.
During the night shot guns, Winchesters
and revolvers, comprising a small but
formidable arsenal, were carried into the
mill. Accompanying the weapons were
30 rounds of ammunition for each piece.
With the arrival of the men workers,
the firearms were distributed and the
employes went armed to their looms. Not
one dye shop started up this morning, al
though several were opened.
Mayor Hinchcliffe announced today that
only the executive committee of the dy
ers’ helpers union would be permitted to
hold meetings from the present, and that
if at any of these sessions one word was
BRITISH SHIPS
HILI FIGHT
MORGAN
NEW SHIPPING COMBINATION
IS OUT READY FOR BUSINESS
ON THE ATLANTIC IN OPPOSI
TION TO TRUST.
NEW YORK. June 21.—The British ship
ping combination, which intends to com
pete with the Morgan syndicate for the
North Atlantic and freight and
passenger business, $s now practically
consummated, according to the London
correspondent of The Herald. Many re
ports of the formation of the new syndi
cate, more or less accurate, have appear
ed in the last week. On good'authority
the following details are given:
Sir Christopher Furness is to be the head
of the new combination. It is. to be cap
italised at $100,000,000. The Cunard com
pany is included in the deal.
The British government has agreed
largely to Increase the present subsidies,
while Canada promises at least $1,000,000
yearly. , j
Six large passenger boats, capable of 25
knots an hour, are to be built, also a doz
en 16 knot freighters, at an aggregate
cost of $42,000,000.
The entire capital is said to have been
underwritten. One well known capitalist
who offered to take up a big block of
stock was told that the whole amount had
been subscribed.
In the minds of those who support the
scheme the Atlantic aspect is not greater
than the Pacific. The main idea is the
utilization of the Canadian Pacific rail
way as the chief link in a chain, bringing
Australia, India, China and Japan into
nearer and more intimate touch with Eng
land, and providing an all-British route
shorter than any at present available.
texasThlTsuffers -
FROM DROUGHT EFFECT
DALLAS, Tex., June 21.—Although portions
of Texae have reported heavy rains within the
past three days, there has been no reneral re
lief from the long drought. The weather turned
suddenly cotrt last night and has remainsd so
crop
night a heavy rain fell at Houston. Galveston
and other south Texas places.
Ben Pearson Improving.
The many friends of Ben P earson,
the well known and popular state transfer
guard, who was injured in the South
ern railway wreck some time ago. will be
pleased to learn that he is improving rapidly at
the Grady hospital and that be will be able to
be out this week. It was feared that Mr. Pear
son was dangerously hourt at first but upon ex
amination it developed that he was only slight
ly hurt.
uttered that tended to incite violence, the
speaker would instantly be arrested. The
mayor insisted that representatives of the
city government be present at a meeting
of the strikers’ executive comtafttee this
afternoon. He says that if the proceedings
are in any way obnoxious all the members
of the committee will be liable to arrest.
IN LEHIGH VALLEY
SMALL RIOT OCCURRED
SHENANDOAH, Pa., June 31.—There
was an exciting demonstration in the vi
cinity of the Lehigh Valley Coal compa
ny’s four collieries at Lost Creek, two
miles from this place, this afternoon. A
mob of about 800 men and boys gathered
at the place, threw stones, roughly han
dled several non-union men and clubbed
a coal and Iron policeman. The sheriff of
Schuylkill county finally dispersed the
crowd without further violence. The
crowd was attracted by the importation of
new men to take the places of old work
men.
LED BY THEIR WIVES
MINERS GIVE BATTLE
WILKESBARRE, Pa., June 21.—Led by
their wives, 1,000 strikers attacked the
four collieries operated by the Lehigh
Valley at Shenandoah late this evening.
For four hours they created a reign of
terror.
Pick handles and clubs were used In
assaulting the men inside the stockade.
Several of the coal and iron police were
seriously injured and several miners are
expected to die.
When the deputies at the colliery of the
four that is surrounded by a stockade
saw the mob advancing they blew three
blasts to give warning to the specials in
the unprotected collieries to rush to the
one mine property that was protected.
The warning came too late. Before the
coal and Iron police could get behind the
stockade the savage mob was on them.
Rushing to the houses near the colliery,
where the specials were hiding, the stri
kers seized the terrified men and started
to club them over the heads with pick
handles. Stones were also used. The
men in the protected colliery hurried to
the assistance of the other men. No
property was destroyed and no shots
were fired.
ONE HAZLETON FIRM
HAS GRANTED DEMANDS
HAZELTON, Pa. f June 19.—The regular
engineers, firemen and pump runners at
the Sandy Run colliery, operated by M.
S. Kemmerer & Co., returned to work to
day, having, it is said, been granted the
8-hour day concession with the under
standing that it is to continue indefinitely
if other companies accede to the demand
at the close of the strike. The manager of
the company, when interviewed, said:
"This is purely a local affair, and I have
absolutely nothing to say about it.”
BIG CARGO OF COAL
EN ROUTE FROM WALES
NEW YORK, June 21.—A cargo of
bituminous coal is on its way from Wales
to this city. It is being brought here
as an experiment. The cargo, which
consists of 4,000 tons, will be put on the
market, it is said, at $5 or $5.50 a ton.
SOLDIERS ARE CALLED
TO STOP THE RIOT
PAWTUCKET, R. 1., June 19.—Disturb
ances in the street car strike were resum
ed here this forenoon after two days of
quiet, but the prompt arrival of a detach
ment of Infantry quickly put an end to
the trouble.
DEVILRUNSTHEWAR
SAYSMADDOX.OFGA.
TERRELL MW LEAD
IN POPULAR VOTE
er IHOO
ALL THE RETURNS ARE NOT IN
YET BUT HE IS FAR AHEAD OF
GUERRY AND ESTILL
SO FAR.
Wheri the consolidated returns from the
recent primary of all the counties in Geor
gia are received by Hon. Edward T.
Brown, chairman of the state Democratic
executive committee, they will show that
Hon. J. M. Terrell, who won out in the
race for governor by carrying the larg
est number of counties, will be far in the
lead of Dupont Guerry and J. H. Estill
in the popular vote.
Chairman Brown has not received re
turns from all the counties, but those
have been heard from show that
Mr. Terrell is far ahead of the other
candidates. Mr. Brown has received the
returns from all but eighteen countftes,
and these 'he hopes to get in this week.
It was claimed by some of the friends of
the other candidates that Terrell would
not be more than 5,000 votes in the lead
when the popular vote was consolidated,
but the returns already received show
that he has passed that number by many
thousand, and it is now estimated that
Terrell has received 15.000 more votes than
his other two opponents combined.
Mr. Brown is very anxious to get in all
of the returns by next Saturday and says
he hopes the chairmen of the committees
in the various counties wjll make their
report as soon as possible.
“WATEFcURFTfILLST
BOYS WERE TORMENTORS
GUTHRIE. O. T., June 20.—The author
ities of Pottawattomie county are investi
gating the death of Arthur E. Pelore, aged
14, near Shawnee, alleged to have resulted
from attempts of several companions to
treat him with the “water cure.” He was
submerged in the Canadian river until his
lungs and stomach were filled with water,
resulting a few days later in his death.
seatHre selling
W RBULOIIS
PRICES
CORONATION POINTS OF ADVAN
TAGE ARE BRINGING ALL THE
MONEY THE OWNERS OF
SEATS EXPECTED.
NEW YORK, June 21.—Coronation seats
are at last booming, cables the London
correspondent of the Tribune quotation
range from one pound to £3O and a slump
is not now feared in view of the demands
of American and continental visitors.
Fancy prices are wanted for hired car
riages on the two procession days, and
’bus fares will be doubled every dgy of
the next week. Street decorations are
being pressed with redoubled activity
and from day to day the principal West
End thoroughfares on the line of the royal
procession are changing their aspect with
chameleon-like versatility. The Canadian
arch in Whitehall, which is rapidly ap
proaching completion, promises to be one
of the most successful features of the
whole scheme of coronation decorations.
TWELVE YEAR-OLD^GIRL
IS HELD FOR MURDER
t?LARE. Mich., June 21.—Annie Curtis,
of this city, a twelve year <?ld girl, was
taken to the county jail this morning by
Sheriff Welch, charged with murdering
the 13-months-old son of George Pardee,
by administering carbolic acid while the
child was sleeping at home. The babe
was day before yesterday discovered by
the people in the house frightfully burned
about the mouth. There was nobody in
sight and search was begun for the per
son who must have administered the dose.
Suspicion fell upon the Curtis girl.
Batson Gets New Trial.
NEW ORLEANS. June 21.—The supreme court
of the state late this afternoon granted a new
trial to A. E. Batson, the young Missouri hired
hand recently convicted at Lake Charles of
murdering the Earl family. The new hearing
was given on intricate technical grounds.
thckTlect
STATE OFFICERS
HENRY WALKER, OF GRIFFIN, IS
CHOSEN PRESIDENT —NEXT SES
SION AT CUMBERLAND.
SAVANNAH, Ga. June 21.—The 36th an
nual session of the Georgia Teachers’ as
sociation, which has been in session at
Tybee for the past three days, adjourned
today to meet next summer at Cumber
land.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ldent%Henry Walktr, superintendent of
school! at Griffin; first vice president, N.
E. Ware, superintendent of school at
Hawkinsville; second vice president. Miss
Schneider, Girls’ Normal and Industrial
school, Milledgeville; secretary. Professes
G. F. Olliphant, superintendent of schools
at Barnesville: treasurer. Professor D. C.
Barrow, professor of physics at Athens.
The following committee was continued
to memorialize the legislature in reference
to opening the State university in Athens
in the summer for teachers to pursue nor
mal work: J. C. Woodward, Atlanta; L.
B. Evans, Augusta; W. C. Wright. Ma
con; J. M. Slaton, Atlanta; G. F. OUI
- Barnesville.
NO. 81.
Georgia Congressman De
clares God Was With
Us in War With
Spain.
WASHINGTON, June 21,-Debate upon
Philippine civil government bill lagged in
the house today. There were seven speak
ers, Messrs. Reeves, of Illinois, and Bro«n
--well, of Ohio, for the bill and Messrs.
Maddox, of Georgia; Dinsmore, of Ar
kansas, and Thayer, of Massachusetts,
against it. Mr. McClellan, of New York,
a son of the late General George B. Mc-
Clellan, delivered a short but eloquent
defense of the army.’ Earlier in the day
the conference reports the military
academy and sundry civfF appropriations
bill was adopted.
Mr. Hay, of Virginia; Mr. Clayton, of
Alabama, and Mr. Mann, of Illinois,
criticised the action of the house con
ferees in agreeing to increase the number
of cadets at West Point proposed by the
senate. Mr. Mann said that recently the
number of cadets had been increased MO.
The increased membership of the house
wculd further increase the cadets 30, and
now it was proposed to increase 'that
number still more. He did not believe
we should legislate in the discretion of
great increase in the standing army.
In the discussion of the Philippine bill,
Mr. Reeves contrasted the condition of
the Philippines under the Spanish regime
with their condition now, and with what
it might be expected to be in the fu
ture. He used a wealth of statistics to
show that our.great market in the fu
ture must be in the orient and that our
position at the gateway of the east •
would be of {numerable advantage to us.
Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, who followed
Mr. Reeves, opposed the bill. The ques
tion of whether we were to permanently
retain the Philippines he said, would be
ultimately decided not by congress, but
by the American people.
Devil In the Orient
“God was with us during the war with
Spain,” he continued, “but when we en
tered into the public negotiations the devil
stepped in and he has been running things
ever since.”
Mr. Maddox questioned Secretary Root’s
figures as to the cost of the war tn the
Philippines. He said he could not under
stand how the secretary got figures.
“The actual amount appropriated on
account of the war with Spain and the
subsequent operations in the Philip
pines,” he said, “exceed one billion dollars
or about half the cost of the civil war.
He asserted that the coet of the Philip
pines war, Including transportation, had
been in excess of $100,000,000 annually and
with a reduced force would not fall much
below $85,000,000. If the army in the Phil
ippines for the last flseal year cost, only
M 0,000,000, m Secretary Root alleged, he
wanted to know what had become of the
remainder of ths $115,000,000 appropriated
in the army appropriation bill for that
year.
Dinsmore Roast* Wood.
Mr. Dinsmore, of Arkansas, made an
earnest speech appealing to both sides to
weigh well the tremendous issue which
was to be decided in the pending legis
lation, decided one way, it meant, he said,
free government and independence for the
Filipinos, the other way it meant colonial
subjects and especial colonial policy. He ,
severely criticised General Wood’s course
in using Cuban funds to influence legis
lation ’in the United States and said if
the colonial system was to be permanent
the time would come when by whatever
name it might be called occurrences such
as had been practiced in Cuba would be- ’
come the regular order of things.
Mr. Cleman. of New York, in a short
speech, defended the army. There may
have been instances of cruelty in the
Philippines, he said, but there should be
no difference among Americans about up
holding our soldiers while they are un
der Are. “The army is not, nor has been
and never will be the asset of one po
litical party,” said he amid a round of
applaulse. His tribute to the enlisted men
of the regular service was received with
enthusiasm.
The last speaker of the day’s session
was Mr. Thayer, of Massachusetts, who
made a strong anti-imperialistic speech,
he said that the military had encroached
upon the civil authority but insisted that
the opposition to the present Philippine
policy was making no attack upon the
army in hte field. He said there would
be no necessity for a large standing army
in the Philippines it organized resistance
had ceased as alleged. At 5 o’clock the
house took a recess until 8 o’clock.
The house again met in night session
tonight. There were but 20 members on
the floor. Mr. Palmer, Republican, and
Mr. Currier, Republican of New Hamp
shire, spoke in favor of the Philippine
bill which was before hte body in the af
ternoon session. Mr. Coney, Democrat, of
Massachusetts; Snodgrass, Democrat, of
Tennessee, and Mr. Green, Democrat of
Pennsylvania, advocated the minority
substitute.
Mr. Palmer in speaking of General
Smith’s order at Samar, was asked by
Mr. Sims, if it had any parallel in history.
Mr. Palmer answered that he was satis
fied to rest on the verdict of the court
martial.
“I am not," answered Mr. Sims, “not
If they convict him.”
The house tnen adjourned.
MACON RAILROAD MEN MAY
BE INDICTED FOR POOLING
MACON, Ga., June 21.—The Macon rail
road men are expecting trouble with th*
Interstate commerce commission. They
have been given a gentle hint that they
will be prosecuted in the courts just as
other railroad tnen above Macon hav*
been Indicted for pooling on freights.
CHINESE“CRIiISER
IS BLOWN up
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF-
FICERS AND MEN GO DOWN
WITH THE KAI-CHI—ONLY
TWO ESCAPE.
LONDON. June 22.—A dispatch from
Shanghai says that the Chinese cruiser
Kai-Chl was wrecked today by a terrific
explosion while lying in the Yang-tse riv
er. The Kai-Chi sank in thirty seconds
and 150 officers and men on board were
killed or drowned. Only two men oa board
the cruiser escaped death.