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OLNEY fLNS
THE COAL
BARONS
MEMBER OF THE CLEVELAND
CABINET USES LASH ON THE
COAL OPERATORS IN HIS
SPEECH.
BOSTON. Oct. U.—One of the features
of the present state campaign was the
dinner which the Democratic club of
• Massachusetts tendered tonight to Colonel
William A .Gaston, the party candidate
for goerfnor. Over 250 followers listened
to speeches by Richard Olney, former sec
retary of state: Charles S. Hamlin. Jo
siah Quincy. John R. Thayer, congress
man from the third district; Henry H.
• Hollis. Democratic candidate for gov
ernor in New Hampshire and Colonel
Gaston.
Mr. Olney was cheered for some min
utes when he arose to speak. Many
greeted him as the next president.
He said in part:
•‘Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I wel
come the opportunity to declare my belief
not only that the Democratic party Is
now beading in the right direction and is
tolerably sure of ultimately recovering
its old time ascendancy, but that that
result is essential to the welfare of the
Znertcan people. There is one aspect of
the present situation to which I desire to
briefly call your attention.
“The vital principle as well as the dis
tinguishing merit of our political Insti
tutions consist in liberty regulated by
law. With the exception of the two
Cleveland administrations the Republican
party has been in control of the national
government for a period of more than
forty years. Where it has landed us as
respects liberty. I will not now consider.
But where has it landed us as respects
law which has no right to the name un
less It is (he same for the millionaire and
for the beggar?
“The signa of the times are that under
the regime of the Republican party and
through the national government, forty
years of partnership with the protected
industries we have come to a pass where
public officials as well as private citizens
deem themselves above the law..
The Zeal of the Party.
“Witness the zealous haste with which
the treasury rushes to the relief of Wall
street speculators by a novel and forc
ed construction of the national banking
law. Witness the astonishing proceeding
of the same department In its instruction
to subordinate offices respecting the du
ties to be collected on coal. But the gen
erally lawless atmosphere In which pro
tected Republican reign has enveloped
us is even more strikingly illustrated by
the recent presidential demonstration up
on the coal strike. There are those who
say that as the president disclaimed any
official duty or relation to the matter, he
should not have interfered. There is
something to be said for that view.
Though bis office Is charged with great
functions and invested with great powers,
the president is a constitutional officer'
whose sphere of action is strictly limited
by taw.
“Within that sphere he is well nigh ab
solute—without he is legally Impotent.
When, therefore, he goes without it the
danger is that be may fall and be defled
and that his great office may lose prestige
and power and thus be less capable of
performing its legitimate duties.
“The president, for example, is our rep
resentative with foreign powers. Will it
strengthen his hands that some half a
dosen private citizens are found snapping
their fingers in his face? The president's
overture to the coal operators was
prompted by the best motives and should
ha-«i been treated with respectful consid
eration. Tt must have been declined cour
teously, even if firmly.
"But the opportunity to administer a
snub to the president was too tempting.
Accordingly be was not only treated as a
rash intermeddler; he was also lectured
upon the law and facts of tne case. and.
to crown all. was notified that the cause
of the troubles was lawlessness, which
he was sarcastically Invited to suppress.
Coal Barons Lashed.
“For sheer audacity this attitude of the
coal operators eould hardly be matched
and nothing could mote strongly empha
sise the disrepute into which the law of
the land has been brought by long con
tinued Republican domination.
“Yet who are they who were so insist
ent upon the suppression of lawlessness
in the mining regions? Why. the most un
blushing and persistent of lawbreakers.
For years they have defied the law of
Pennsylvania which forbids common car
riers er.Aging in the business of mining.
' For years they have discriminated be
tween customers in the freight charges on
their railroads in violation of the inter
state commerce taw. For years they have
unlawfully monopolised interstate com
merce in violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
“Indeed, the very best excuse and ex
planation of their astonishing attitude at
the Washington conference is that, hav
ing violated so many laws for so long
and so many times, they might rightfully
think they were wholly immune from
either punishment or reproach.
“It is sometimes urged in extenuation of
the coal operators' foolishly offensive tone
at the conference that they were enraged
at the recognition of tabor unions and the
presence by invitation of their representa
tives. If that be so, they must be as blind
to the salient facts of the era they are
living in as they are oblivious of legal ob
ligations.
"In these days of combination by capi
tal on a scale and to an extent as startling
as it is unprecedented, can they possibly
imagine that tabor is to be denied an
equivalent right of combination? If they
• do, it is only another instance of their
complete indifference to the law of the
lend.
"In ISM receivers of a railroad were
brought into court on a claim that labor
ers ought not to be discharged because of
membership of labor unions. Though the
court was a federal court. It sat in Penn
sylvania. and the petitioners got nothing
from that court.
Law la Not Respected.
“But what followed? In a year or two
Pennsylvania made it a criminal offense
to deprive a man of work because hie be
longed to a labor union. In 1898 congress
no: only did the same thing, but in a
statute providing for the arbitration of
labor disputes, .expressly made labor or
ganisations parties to such arbitration.
This was in addition to the previous legis
lation by congress encouraging and pro
viding for the incorporation of labor
unions. In ignoring them, therefore, the
coal operators simply ignore and con
demn the law of toe land.
"'ln the course of the political campaign
now going on. Republican orators are
sure to wax eloquent in deprecating
change. To all such oiatory. while there
are many good answers, there is one that
is conclusive.
“Law. supreme and equal for all men
is to the American people what the ark
of the covenant was to the Jews of
old. While we have it. we need not fear
for our safety—when we lose it. we are
far advanced on the high road to ruin.
Hence, if we would not enter upon that
road, change and the displacement of Re
publicanism cannot coma too soon or too
decisively.” _ _ _
DAUGHTERS OF WAR HAVE
BEGUN WORK ON BUILDING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—With elaborate
patriotic services, ground was today brok
en for the memorial continental hall of
the national society of teh Daughters of
the American Revolution, at Seventeenth
and D streets, northwest.
The ceremony marked the twelfth anni
versary of the founding of the society of
the Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. Mrs. Charles N. Fairbanks, presi
dent of the order, and wife of the senior
United States senator from Indiana, offi
ciated. assisted by the surviving founders
of the national society.
The spade with which the earth was
turned was presented by the Montana so
ciety, through Mrs. Walter Harvey Weed,
vice-regent of that state, who read a poem
written for the occasion by Ella Wheeler
Wilcox. The spade is made of gold and
stiver from Montana mines and is set with
blue and white sapphires from that state.
Mrs. Fairbanks made an address in which
she pointed out great lines on which the
society was founded a dozen years ago and
the fact that the membership has now
grown to 40.000 women. The society, she
said, did not exist for pride of family or
blood, but to aid in preserving the eternal
principles of liberty.
LARGE VOTE IS~WANTED IN
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION
A big vote in the congressional election
to be held on November 4th Is wanted by
the congressional executive committee of
the Fifth district and to that end the
committee held a meeting at the Kimluill
house Thursday afternoon.
The Democratic committeemen In the
different counties will be communicated
with and will be requested to see that a
large vote is polled on the fourth. The
Democratic newspapers will also be asked
to call attention to the election and to
keep the fact that a large vote was want
ed prominent in the minds of the public.
00LES1D1CI0E
TO HOLD REUNION
IN COLUMBUS
VETERANS OF THIS ORGANIZA-
TION WILL MEET AT AN
NUAL STATE REUNION
ON OCTOBER 28.
The fifth annual reunion of the surviv
ors of the Doles-Cook brigade of the Con
federate army will be held in Columbus
on October 28th. the first day of the an
nual reunion of the Confederate veterans
of the state.
Circulars have been Issued by W. B.
Haygood. Jr., commander of the asso
ciation giving all the necessary informa
tion about the meeting to the members.
The headquarters of the Doles-Cook brig
ade have been located in the Muscogee
county court house in Columbus, and the
citizens of Columbus have tnade arrange
ments to entertain lavishly the veterans
who attend.
In addition to the survivors of the Doles
Cook brigade there will be hundreds of
veterans from every command, and ac
cording to General Evans the coming re
union trill be one of the most successful
in the history of the association.
In writing to the survivors of the Doles-*
Cook brigade Commander Haygood says:
“Every member of the brigade is urged
to be present. Come and let us make
this the largest and best reunion the as
sociation has e*-er had.
“Each year our numbers are rapidly
growing smaller and each member should
feel it his duty to attend these annual
meetings and revive pleasant memories
of a glorious and brilliant past. Such
meetings will cement us together and
brighten our declining years.
“The railroads will furnish round trip
tickets at one cent the mile from all
points in Georgia and the hotels and
boarding houses have agreed to furnish
board and lodging from one to two dollars
and a half a day.
•Au who bo desire, will be furnished
meals free of cost by the city of Colum
bus and they will also be prepared to
lodge a number of visitors free.
“It is requested that all who can remain
tn Columbus during the two days’ ses
sion of the state veterans.”
The officers o? the Doles-Cook brigade
survivors are W. B. Haygood, Jr., com
mander. Farmington. Ga.; Charles T. Fur
low, adjutant, Atlanta, Ga.; Henry W.
Thomas, secretary and treasurer, Atlanta;
W. H. Philpot, surgeon, Talbotton; Rev.
A. M. Marshal, chaplain, Eatonton. The
vice commanders are W. 8. Evans, 4th
Georgia, LaGrange; A. 3. Reid, 12th
Georgia. Eatonton; K. 8. Foster. 21st
Georgia, Milledgeville; J. B. Reese, 44th
Georgia, Eatonton.
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DRANK POISON
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KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Oct, 11.—J. Weick
er Park, son of Rev. James Park, aged 80,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church,
this city, and one of the most prominent
divines in Tennessee, committed suicide by
taking morphine at an early hour this
morning.
Weicker Park staggered into Magistrate
William Seller's office last night at 7:30
o'clock and requested officers present to
get him a glass of beer.
“It will be the last I will ever
I will be a dead man before morning.”
These were his last words. He fell asleep
and officers tried to arouse him a few
minutes later, to no purpose. Physicians
were summoned from all sections of the
city, but were slow In arriving.
Two negro doctors arrived and began
work to resuscitate the fast dying scion
of one of the oldest, most noble southern
families in Tennessee.
A newspaper reporter finally Identified
Park, and his relatives, his aged father
and mother, who recently celebrated their
54th wedding anniversary, were notified.
The dying man was sent to the hospital
and died there shortly after 3 o'clock this
morning, all efforts of the physicians be
ing futile. «
The deceased is a brother of Will Park,
railroad contractor, with whom he had
been working.
BIG PRINTING PRESSES
OF NEW YORK ARE IDLE
NEW YORK. Oct. IL—A strike of 1,200
press feeders employed in the book ahd
job printing trade of this city has in
volved 550 pressmen, and has, it is sta
ted. nearly tied up the business in a
large number of plants. The strike may
prevent many magazines and periodicals
from coming out on time.
Some time ago many of the feeders de
manded an advance in wages from sl2 to
sl4 a week, and struck to enforce the de
mand. Then it was decided after several
conferences with the employers to make
a demand for the advance in wages in
all of the union shops.
The employers refused the demand and
tha strike followed.
THESEMI-WEEK-LY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. MONDAI, OCTOBER 13, 1902.
THE CONGRESS
CONIES TO
CLOSE
PACIFIC COAST EXPRESS ON
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND
QUINCY IS HELD UP NEAR
LINCOLN.
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MACON, Ga.. Oct. 11.—The National
Farmers’ Congress closed yesterday af
ternoon after a four-days’ session.
There was no abatement of interest
throughout the program. The delegates
were profuse in their praise of the hos
pitality which they have been accorded.
The unanimity of sentiment on all ques
tions relating to the advancement of ag
riculture, Irrespective of local interest,
was the conspicuous feature of the con
gress.
The feeling of the entire congress was
well expressed by a gentleman from Mich
igan, who said that he had longed to see
the “Sunny Southland” and had expected
to find here that hospitality famous in
song and story, but that his expectations
had been surpassed so that on arriving
he felt like the Queen of Sheba after she
visited Solomon, that indeed, the “half
had not been told.”
The following is a resolution passed by*
the congress:
"That the National Farmers' Congress
now assembled in Macon, Georgia, ex
tend to the people of the state of Geor
gia, particularly the citizens of Macon,
their sincere thanks and assurance of
their fullest appreciation of the most gen
erous and hospitable reception and kind
attention shown the members of this
congress, their wives, daughters and
friends during their stay in this most
beautiful city of the Empire State of
the South. Also that tbe congress ap
preciate the great courtesies extended
it by the press of the city of Macon, the
state of Georgia, the associated and ag
ricultural press of the United States; and
we particularly recognize the service and
the management of the Macon Telegraph
in placing a member of its staff at the
service of this congress at each session
furnishing a full report of its proceedings.
“Also that we extend to Mr. George A.
Smith, president of the chamber of com
merce at Macon, our sincere thanks for
the many courtesies extended to our
members and friends in providing enter
tainment of a'most pleasant and inter
esting nature. The congress also espe
cially tenders its thanks to the Georgia
Southern and Florida Railway company
for an excursion to the fruit orchards
of Florida; also to the Macon, Dublin
and Savannah for the trip to Savannah;
also for the half-rate tendered by the
Central of Georgia to Andersonville and
return. We extend thanks to the rail
way management of the United States for
the courtesies extended to the members
of the congress in regard to reduced
rates.
“We also extend our thanks to Hon.
George L. Flanders, president of the con
gress, for uniform fairness while presid
ing over the deliberations. We also ex
tend our thanks to the other officers for
their kindness and courtesies.
"We also extend our sincere apprecia
tion for the services of the Assistant Sec
retary of the congress, Mr. E. A. Calla-'
han, who at all times was ready and will
ing to give a pleasant hour to the con
gress by song and story, aside from the
service rendered in the faithful perform
ance of his duties as assistant secretary.
Respectfully submitted,
“E. B. NORRIS,
“J. R. CONTLIN,
“C. F. KING.”
The program for the last afternoon ses
sion consisted of two addresses beside
the reports of committees.
Hon. John M. Stahl discusses the ‘‘La
bor Problem from the Farmers Stand
point."
Mr. Stahl said that “when we think of
the labor problem we are accustomed to
think of it as crowds of idle men looking
for work and being unable to find it.”
He said that there was another side name
ly, the farmers’ side who as an employer
was having a great difficulty In securing
good labor although he was willing to pay
good wages. The case of the western
farmers losing their wheat because they
cou.d not get labor to harvest the crop
was cited as an instance.
In speaking of strikes, he said that he
was not in favor of compulsory arbi
tration but thought the appointment of
advisory conciliatory committees the best
plan.
He concluded by paying a fine tribute
to law and urging obedience to its au
thority. ,
The other addresses, “The Relation of
the Dairying Industry to the Agricultural
Prosperity of the South,” by Hon. W. D.
Hoard, Wisconsin, was read by Mr. E. B.
Norris, of New York, in the absence of
Mr. Hoard.
The paper dealt with the growing im
portance of dairying. It told of a single
county in W’lsconsin which had 40,000
cows and six creameries.
Mr. Hoard said that in the south too
much time and money were being wasted
in trying to cultivate wornout soil, which
should be converted into pasture lands.
He said that he had examined conditions
in Georgia, and that we have every quali
fication for successful dairying. He said
that he thought that the negro, who was
averse to strenuous toil of any kind, would
make a good laborer in the dairying in
, dustry, where much patience was needed.
Georgia was thought to possess the lead
ing qualifications tor successful dairying,
and the assurance was expressed that all
difficulties would be overcome in the way
of its becoming foremost in the dairying
industry.
The committee on resolutions made a
report as follows:
•1. The committee begs leave to report
that it approves the resolution offered by
Mr. J. B. Campbell, o- Michigan, to the
following extent:
"Resolved. That we favor the policy of
reciprocity when it can be used to ad-
vance the market for agricultural pro
ducts.
“2. That we do approve the resolutions
introduced by Mr. Stahl, of Illinois, in re
gard to labor strikes.
"3. We do approve the resolutions intro
duced by Mr. Harvle Jordan, of Georgia,
in regard to asking congress for an en
larged appropriation for forwarding the
work already begun by the United States
government along the lines of improving
public roads.
“4. We also approve the resolution offer
ed by Mr. Jordan, of Georgia, urging the
rapid prosecution of the work of construc
ting the Isthmian canal.
“5. That we approve of the resolution of
fered by Mr. Jordan, of Georgia, when
amended, to read as follows:
"Whereas, we note with regret that the
annual appropriations of the department
of agriculture are below the needs for
meeting the demands made by the farms,
be it
“Resolved, by the National * Farmers’
congress October 9, 1902, That we recognize
with pleasure that the growing usefulness
of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington and the earnest efforts being
made by Hon. James Wilson, the head of
that department, to encourage scientific
and diversified farming and the getting of
correct statistical information regarding
the annual yield and distribution of crops
and to further foster and protect the agri
cultural interests of the whole country,
"Resolved, That we respectfully urge
our representatives tn congress of the
United States to make more appropria
tions to the department of agriculture
which embraces the largest and most
useful Industries of the union.
"Sixth. That we approve the resolution
offered by Mr. Stockbridge of Florida rec
ommending the same supervision of the
funds given to the agricultural colleges as
Is now exercised by the agricultural de
partment over experiment station funds.
"Seventh. That we approve the resolu
tion offered by Mr. Whittaker expressing
the regret of this congress on the death
of Congressman Grond.
"Eighth. The resolution Introduced by R.
J. Strange is referred to the program com
mittee for 1903. A few other papers re
quire further consideration before being
reported.
"Ninth. That we commend the efforts of
the present secretary of agriculture to ex
tend and increase the value and efficiency
of farm institutes by co-operation between
the states and the national department of
agriculture, through the organization of
farmers’ institute work as one of the ex
tensions of the agricultural department
and we further urge upon congress the Im
portance of this work and this need of
more funds by the department for this
purpose.
"Tenth. Whereas the agricultural exper
iment stations have developed beyond the
funds devoted to their support, that we
favor and urge upon congress an Increase
of $15,000 to each and every experiment
station in addition to the funds appropri
ated.
“Eleventh. We urge upon congress an
early passage of the bill now before con
gress for the development and improve
ment of the Appalachian Park and Forest
Reserve.
There was a heated debate on a reso
lution reported unfavorably by the com
mittee and which pledged the congress to
the support of ship subsidies.
Mr. A. R. Smith, of New York, made
a strong, eloquent speech setting forth
the arguments for ship subsidy. He ap
pealed especially to the patriotism of the
audience, saying that our navy should
have a reserve force. It was evident that
the audience was much affected by his
plea.
At this point Professor J. B. Hunnicutt,
of Atlanta, Ga., made a speech that set
the tide the other way. He said that he
thought that he voiced the consensus
of the opinion of the audience in saying
that he fully appreciated the patriotic sen
timent which would cause a citizen to
take pride in the strength of his country’s
navy, but that he believed that at the
same time it was to be remembered that
it was a gathering of farmers to whom
the lecturer was speaking and that it be
hooved them, while being patriotic, to be
also wise in withholding their support
from a measure that, to say the
was not directly beneficial to the Ameri
can farmer.
Other speakers followed, speaking in a
similar strain, until it was moved and car
ried to put the resolution on the table.
The judges on awards for agricultural
exhibits made their report. Best county
exhibit was awarded to Jones, prize S4OO.
Second best county exhibit was awarded
to Bibb, S2OO.
The third prize for county exhibit was
given to Laurens, being SIOO, which it is
understod will be awarded later.
The individual prizes were awarded as
follows:
Best display of grasses, 40 rods of wire
fence by Page Woven Wire Fence com
pany, B. D. Lumpsden.
Best display of pumpkins, a Bostrom
land level, voted to Mr. Oneal.
Best display of potatoes, 40 rods of
poultry fence, by American Wire Fence
company, to B. D. Lumbsden.
Best exhibit of vegetables, B. D. Lumbs
den.
For best girl rider was awarded a silver
cup by J. H. & W. W. Williams com
pany, to Miss Nora Holland.
For best boy rider was awarded a Stat
son hat given by John C. Eads & Co.,
to Walter Williams.
For best young lady rider, a silver cup
given by L. O. Stevens & Co., was
awarded to Miss Lula Bragg.
For best young man rider, a pair of
gloves by Clem Phillips, was awarded to
Mr. W. B. Barron.
It is not yet decided where the next
meeting of the Farmers’ congress will
be held. Invitations were received from
Cleveland, Detroit, Denver, Richmond and
Rock Island, lowa. The executive com
mittee composed of President George L.
Flanders, Secretary John M. Stahl, Treas
urer R. J. Reynolds, Colonel B. F. Clay
ton, Indianola, Ind., and W. L. Ames,
Wisconsin, will meet in Chicago in Feb
ruary, at which time the place of the
next meeting will be decided upon.
judeTWr to
BE SWORN IN
OCTOBER 'll
WILL TAKE THE OATH AS, ASSO
CIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT TWO WEEKS
FROM MONDAY.
Judge John S. Candler will be sworn in
as associate justice of the supreme court
of Georgia October 27th, and Justice Sam
uel B. Adams, who was appointed for the
short term, will return to Savannah to
resume the practice of his profession.
Judge Candler called on the members
of the supreme court Friday and ac
quainted them with his intentions. He
will resign to take effect on Monday, the
27th, as judge of the superior court of the
Stone Mountain circuit. ,
When he takes the oath of office as
associate justice he will be assigned to
the first division of the court.
J. N. SMITH NEARLY DIED
FROM TAKING MORPHINE
Almost dead from the effects of morphine,
J. N. Smith, of Florence, Ga., was taken from
the Kimball house yesterday afternoon about
4 o’clock and carried to the Grady hospital.
He responded rather rapidly to treatment and
is now entirely out of danger. His condition
at the time he was taken to the hospital,
though, was most serious, and artificial respira
tion had to be given for some time.
MAYORS WILL
COME NEXT
TUESDAY
CONVENTION OF THE HEADS
OF GEORGIA MUNICIPALI
TIES WILL BE ONE OF THE
EVENTS OF THIS WEEK.
«
Georgia’s mayors, in response to a call
of Mayor Mims, will assemble in At
lanta tomorrow for the purpose of
organizing an association, the object of
which is the improvement of municipal
affairs in the staje.
The head of the organization will prob
ably be Mayor Bridges Smith, of Macon,
who has interested himself in the organ
ization since it was first proposed and
to a great extent he has relieved Mayor
Mims of the detail work In its connec
tion.
Important questions will be discussed
by the body in the convention, among
them being municipal ownership, taxing
of franchises, disposition of garbage, sew
erage and many others. It is probable also
that the body will appoint a leglsitatlve
committee which will go before the gen
eral asesmbly with suggestions as to
laws which will inure to the benefit of
the municipalities.
The organization of the convention and
the discussion of important questions will
probably occupy all of one day’s session.
After the session, • however, the mayors
will be well entertained.
The program of entertainment is not
yet complete, but will include several In
teresting features. Mayor Mims Will
probably entertain the members at a
dinner at the Capital City club, of which
he is president, and at the Piedmont
Driving club and In the evening the par
ty will go to the fair and the horse
show.
The coming convention promises to be
of unusual Interest and wnl bring togeth
er some of the best known men in the
state, who, as the head of the several
city governments, wield a strong influ
ence.
The mayors during their stay in the
city will be the guests of the city coun
cil, fair association and chamber of c6m
merce. Appropriate committees from these
organizations will be appointed tomor
row which will have the reception and
entertainment of the convention in
charge.
Mayor Mims is very enthusiastic over
the coming convention an- thinks its or
ganization will tend to the upbuilding of
the cities and towns which the mayors
represent. He will welccme his fellow
mayors, he says, with great cordiality. He
is the originator of the idea of holding
the convention.
VALDOSTA IS NOW READY
FOR THE STATE FAIR
VALDSTA, Ga., Oct. 11.—All of the ar
rangements for the State Fair, which
opens in this city on the 29th inst. and
runs ten days, have been completed, and
the program of attractions surpasses the
program of two years ago.
There will be double the number of
county displays that were here two years
ago. while the number of individual ex
hibits will be largely increased. An addi
tiontai building, four hundred feet in
length and sixty feet wide, hase been
erected to accommodate the demand for
space for the agricultural exhibits. The
premiums for the county exhibits aggre
gate about five thousand dollars and the
rivalry between the fourteen counties that
have entered the contest for these pre
miums is as lively as it can be-
The live stock exhibits include herds of
cattle from Benninfer’s ranch in Pennsyl
vania, besides several herds from Tennes
see and Kentucky. Several flocks of sheep
are coming from Ohio, while the poultry
exhibit will be unusually fine.
The managers, however, are better
pleased with the outlook in the machinery
department than in any other. Several of
the largest concerns in the country are go
ing to give exhibitions daily with late
Improved devices for use upon the farms.
This exhibit will be of unusual interest,
ae such a display has not been witnessed
before in this section.
A very strong card for the fair will be
the night attraction. The managers have
already bought five thousand fairy lamps
tt> be used for decorative illustrations and.
besides these, a contract has been let with
one of the leading fireworks manufactur
ers of New York for a pyrotechnic display
every night. This display will be conclud
ed each evening with a performance from
the electric fountain, with a rich musical
program In the Temple of Music.
The ladies who have charge of the Wo
men’s Department say that they have ev
erything In perfect shape for the fair and
their department will be complete. This
department Is under the control of the
Federation of Woman’s clubs of Georgia,
and the committee consists of some of the
most prominent club workers In the state.
A number of the leading officials of the
roads centering here were in the city this
week to talk over the matter of sched
ules for the fair. They declared the out
look to be unusually bright and expressed
their willingness to put on the most con
venient schedules ever operated to or
from this city.
All over South Georgia much interest is
being felt in the fair and it is conceded on
all sides that it will be the greatest show
that the wiregrass section has ever known.
Months of hard work have been devoted
to make it thoroughly representative of
the great state of Georgia, and especially
worthy of the matchless section along the
lower border.
SEVERE FALL RESULTS
IN LAWYER’S DEATH
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Oct. 11.—Lawyer Ira
E. Smith, one of the oldest practitioners
at the Brunswick bar, and a very learned
counsellor, died in this city this morning
from the result of injuries sustained
through a fall from a second story bal
cony several evenings ago. Mr. Smith
was for a number of years one of the
leading attorneys in south Georgia, but
through deafness has been considerably
incapacitated of late years. He came of a
splendid connection, his father, late Dr.
Luther M. Smith, having been president of
Emory college for a number of years.
Gentlemanly and courteous to all, he will
long be remembered by all who knew him
His funeral will occur tomorrow after
noon.
E. P. BARNES DIED IN
NEW MEXICO THURSDAY
E. P. Barnes, formerly of Atlanta, died
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on last
Thursday. His many friends in Atlanta
will regret to learn of his death. Mr.
Barnes was connected for many years
with M. Rich and Bro., and was well
known in Atlanta.
He was the youngest son of the late
Thomas A. Barnes, of Senoia. Ga. He
was 22 years old at the time of his death.
He leaves two sisters, Mrs. A. S. Saw
yer, and Miss Sarah Barnes, of Atlanta,
and two brothers, T. A. Barnes, of Jack
sonville, and C. H. Barnes, of Asheville.
SEABOARD TRAINS ARE
HELD UP BY NEED OF COAL
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11.—Dispatches
reaching Washington today from Virginia
state that the Seaboard Air Line rail
way was unable to move through freight
trains from Portsmouth today on ac
count of lack of coal.
At other points it is said that there
is only sufficient supply to last a few
days, and a general suspension of traf
fic along this line seems threatened. A
dispatch from Norfolk says:
Three heavy freight trains which should
have gone south are sidetracked here
with no fires lighted. Coal was taken by
the shifting engine to send a’ passenger
train out. The company attempted to
confiscate a pile of coal at the old power
house of the Old Dominion railway com
pany, but as soon as the men began filling
the tender a guard with a gun appeared
and threatened to shoot if the coal was
not replaced at once, and this was done.
All trains are now running on slow time
in order to save as much coal as possible.
CAPITaTiSTS ARE COMING
ON A SPECIAL TRAIN
A large party of Chicago capitalists,
whose aggregate wealth is more than SIOO,-
000,000, will probably pass through Atlan
ta soon. They will travel on a special
train.
The principal object of the trip of the
Chicago party is to visit the state of
Texas, and they will take, in Louisiana.
Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee on the
return trip.
The special train with the Chicago par
ty on board is expected to leave the
Windy City on November 4. There will
be between forty and fifty persons on
board, and they will be all men of con
siderable means.
It is probable that James J. Hill, the
great railroad builder, will be in the
party. •
mrsTTTTvans
IS BEAD FROM
HEART FAILURE
WAS TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL EAR
EARLY SATURDAY AND DIED
~ BEFORE A PHYSICIAN
COULD ARRIVE.
Mrs. Sarah Evans, wife of General
Clement A. Evans, died very suddenly at
4 o’clock Saturday morning at her home,
442 Peachtree street. Heart failure and
acute indigestion were the causes of her
death.
Friday and the day before Mrs.
’Evans entertained a dumber of visitors,
chatted with them pleasantly and appear
ed in every way to be in good health
Friday night she retired feeling unusually
well, but about 3:30 o’clock next morning
she was suddenly taken ill and her broth
er. Dr. Arch Avary, was - summoned.
Though he came with all possible dis
patch, she was dead when he arrived.
Mrs. Evans was a resident of Atlanta
for thirteen years. During this time she
made countless friends who will receive
the news of her death with profound re
gret.
Mrs. Evans was born in Columbia coun
ty, June 2, 1846. Her father, Dr. James
Avary, soon afterward moved to De-
Kalb county, where she was principally
reared. Mrs. Evans was first married to
William Howard, of Augusta. By this
marriage there were tnree children, two
of whom are now living. These are Mrs.
Samuel MaGill and Mrs. Frank Meador,
both of Atlanta.
On October 14. 1886, Mrs. Howard be
came the wife of Gen. Clement A. Evans,
a man who had distinguished himself on
many a Confederate battlefield, and en
deared himself to the hearts of all south
erners. He is now state prison commis
sioner. By this marriage there is a 13-
year-old, daughter, Sarah Lee Evans. She
was the sister of Dr. Arch Avary. Dr.
James Avary and Dr. Moody Avar*, all
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Dade Sams, of De
catur.
Mrs. Evans was a member of the Meth
odist church, having joined during girl
hood. Sne was an earnest worker in all
*church matters, and took mech interest
in matters of charity.
She was a member of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, Colonial Dames and the
Ladles' Memorial association. In each
of these she took an active part and was
a zealous worker.
MOTHER ISBURNED
WHILE SAVING
DAUGHTER
BOWDRE, Ga., Oct. 11.—While saving
the life of her little daughter, Winnie,
whose clothes were burning, Mrs. Alice
Bales-England, wife of "Nick” England,
was herself severely burned.
The little girl had. ventured too near
the fire and.her clothes became ignited.
The screams of the child brought her
mother to the room. When Mrs. Bales-
England saw the little girl she was com
pletely In flames, and It was evident that
only by acting quickly could her life be
saved.
With rugs and blankets the flames were
extinguished, although the mother was
severely burned on her neck and arms.
The little girl is uninjured, but Mrs.
Bales-England Is suffering ipuch pain, al
though physicians are doing everything
possible for her.
The accident occurred shortly after 9
o’clock yesterday morning.
NEBRASKA MAN DIES OF
APOPLEXY IN VALDOSTA
VALDOSTA. Ga.. October, 11.—J. R.
Cantlind, of Blair, Neb., who was
here with a party of delegates to the
farmers’ congress, was seized with ap
poplexy just before his train* left here
today and died in less than an hour at a
room in the Valdes hotel. He was seized
as he came down out of the lodge room
falling upon the steps. Your corres
pondent happened to be in the stairway
at the time and assisted him to the pave
ment. Dr. Talbot was hastily summoned
and pronounced it a stroke of appoplexy.
The sick man was carried to the Valdes
where he walked up the steps to his room
and was perfectly conscious. He gave
his address and money to his assistants
and later passed into unconsciousness,
dying in a short while. Barring this sad
event the visit of the national congress
was a delightful occasion to the people
of Valdosta especially those who helped
entertain them. Friends of Mr. Cant
lind will return to the city tonight and
take cnarge of his remains though they
have already been prepared for burial.
Returns to Porto Rico.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Accompanied by
his wife and daughters, William H. Hunt,
governor of Porto Rico, will sail for San
Juan today by the steamship after
a protracted visit in the United States.
500CKISGIVEN
LIBERTY HE
SOUGHT
WAS LIBERATED FROM THE
TOWER ON SATURDAY AND
WILL GO TO ALABAMA SOON
WHERE HE HAS RELATIVES.
John 11. Soock, the man who surrender
ed after he was safe frem all pursuit, be
cause he did not want his relatives who
had put up a eash collateral for his ap
pearance to lose the money on his ac
count, was Friday pardoned by Governor
Candler.and Saturday afternoon released
from the Tower, where he had been sent
to serve a jail sentence of three months.
Soock. it will be remembered, was con
victed on the charge of stealing a large
sum of money from the Kimball house.
Hj> was caught and a cash Lend was
made for him. He ran away, and was
gone for a long time. All hope of his cap
ture had been abandoned, whep he re
turned to Atlanta and surrendered. He
came back here a physical wreck. He has
tuberculosis, and is in a fearful conu.tion.
That a man In such a condition should vol
untarily give himself up was regarded as
remarkable and caused much sympathy
for him. He was tried on the charge of
larceny in the Fulton superior court, and
was sentenced to serve six months in
Jail-
Three months of that time have already
passed. Friends appealed to the pardon
board, and that body recommended to
Governor Candler that executive clemency
be granted.
In issuing the pardon Governor Candler
quoted the following recommendation of
the prison commission:
“He commuted the offense by taking;
money, which has betn restored to the'
owner. He is shown to be an erratic man,
with some appearance of occasional men
tal aberration. Executive clemency is rec
ommended upon the ground mainly of hi*
pitiful physical condition as shown by
certificates of reputable regular physi-;
clans. He is suffering from tuberculosis,
and has recently had surgical operations j
for spinal disease. He has been ir. jail’
three months, and his release will be an
act of mercy."
Soock was delighted to get the pardon.
NEBRASKrEDUCATORS”
ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY.
L ~ -
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 11.—Three members
of the board of education of South Oma
ha, A. V. Miller, president and members
J. L. Kubat and Theodore Schroeder,
were arrested today, charged with receiv
ing bribes.
The specific charges are those of re-,
ceiving money from school teachers in;
consideration of the latter receiving in
crease of salaries and also of bribery in
conection with the furnishing of type
writers for the board.
The charges are supported by twelve,
affidavits placed in the hands of couhty
attorney and on which the warrants were,
issued. The investigation on which the,
complaints were issued has been in pro
gress for some time, and it-is said other
arrests will follow.
TEN PERSONS WERE KILLED
IN RIOTS WITH STRIKERS
MADRID, Oct. 11.—Several band* of
strikers at the mill town in the Spanish
lines facing the neutral ground about'
Gibraltar, who went to the cemetery to-.
day with the object of carrying off the
bodies of the victims of the conflict ofi
Thursday, had to be dispersed by cavalry.
It is reported that ten persons were killed,
including a woman and a child.
TWO MEN KILLED
BY AN EXPLOSION.
LAVONIA. Oct. 11.—A deplorable accident
occurred Thursday at Portman Shoale in South
Carolina, where they are rebuilding the dam
that was washed away last fall. By the pre
mature explosion of a large blast, two men
were killed and two others seriously and per
haps fatally hurt, one of the killed wai
Captain James Tobin, who happened ts
be standing directly over the blast at the
time of the discharge, his head was Utterly
tom to pieces and his brains torn out. Tne
other one killed was a negro named Sam Ogles
by. He was badly mangled.
Train is Wrecked by Big Boulder.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. U.-Last
night's heavy rainfall loosened a huge
boulder on the mountain near Brompton,
29 miles east of here, and It rolled down
on the Southern railway track In a deep >
cut.
An east bound frieght collided with the
boulder just before daylight and the loco- •
motive and six cars were wrecked.
Fireman J. L. Richardson, of Avondale,
was instantly killed.
The obstruction is so great that the .
rock will have to be blasted to remove it. ■
Meanwhile trains are running byway <
of Anniston, Talladega and Childersburg, '
and thence Into Birmingham over the Cen
tral of Georgia road.
Immediately after the death of Dr. Phillip*
Brooks in Boston in January, 1893, a memorial
was preposed in his honor. In a few months
880,000 was subscribed and a contract for the
proposed statue was given to Augustus St.
Gaudens. The work has not been completed yet
and the subscribers are beginning to wonder
why. It was stipulated that the statue should
be completed by-May 1. 1901.
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