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LEGISLATORS
ARE AT
Georgia House and Senate Organ*
,ze an<1 Elect Officers.
AhflORABLE SESSION PROMISED
Hon ’ ri- '-’ark i Howell, .
^enate; President o\
Hon. John D I L,tt ‘ttl C
Speaker * ’
of 1 it. the Ho « «se-
lbe Georgia legislature , .
tQ . Atlanta assembled
»• ” edaesd ay at 10:45 o’clock
m., aEa , beg au what promises be
an interesti promises to to be
U S session.
Hon, Jobn' 1 'ta' e ^. a ^ 9 of o’clock Muscogee, a. m.,
'va« hoihiDitel To*: ted ^7 (
*°«H hamed ; a A. 5erbyaunani- Morris was
T. Boifeuillet 1 tcm; Hon hAin
Durhai - ’
A ’of° f i b f ° r cIerb; F
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a
s»^°*^^ tbo was eeper,he bouse a re-
was L Jn.°. 0rder in
It w s ' session,
was 1 ’ l V ° ° c oc ^ before the house
ct. £ ^ I “I* 1 " l Hon.
Boiteu erb ’J John I.
p. ’ c ° 4 the last bouse.
Sha rk I member Waf \ offe! irom -ed by the Rev. J. A.
Wilkaa county of
God e ,nvobed the blessing of
n, P ° n tl,e *i members nnd their fam-
n , aud
i-i L*me asked His guidance
^ tl deliberations of the body at all
Ihe members were'called to the bar
s vl n ln • ‘T° by Associate iu batches Justice of twelve and
i Kin, • ot , the Lump-
ininu.ee supremo court. Twenty
were consumed in swearing
111 members.
The officers named in tho caucus
were then elected in order.
Speaker Little delivered a short, nd-
tress.m uhmhhe feelingly thanked tho
memoers for the honors conferred.
He was deeply sensible, he said, of the
honor and accepted it with a keen
sense of ihe obligations it carried with
it, and pledged himself to measure up
fully to every duty as far as be was
able to do so.
A message was received from the
senate through Secretary Northen an-
nouncing body. the organization of that
Dr. Robert II.* Hnnis, of Thomas
county, was selected as chaplain by
ihe committee appointed for that pur¬
pose.
The house adjourned at 1:15 till 10
a. Some m. Thursday. *
surprise did was created that, the
governor not send in his annual
message during the session.
THE SENATE.
The senate was organized and ready
for business in less than an hour’s
time. With the entire forty-font mem¬
bers present at 10 o’clock, the hour of
convening, Hon. Charles S. Northern,
seclretary of the last senate, cailed
the body to order and announced that
the session would be opened with
prayer by Rev. Dr. Watkins, of Man¬
chester.
The roll was then called aud Judge
John S. Candler ad ministered the oath
of office to tbe senators.
Having announced a full attendance
Secretary Northen then declared the
election of president of the senate iu
order aud Hon. Clark Howell, of Ful¬
ton, received the unanimous vote of
tho senate. Ho expressed his thanks
for the liouor which had been con¬
ferred upon him, stating that he would
bo “more than human,” if he “de¬
served the extreme laudation of the
senators who bad spoken of him in
presenting his name to the senate; and
“less than human” if he failed to “ap¬
preciate to the fullest degree the meas-
ure of the compliment” of which he
was the recipient in being called upon
to preside over the seuate.
The president then declared the
senate organized aud ready for busi-
UC of the other officers
The election proceeded with, and
was then rapidly Hon Charles S.
resulted as follows:
Northen, secretary; Hon Roland Ellis,
president pro tempore; F.yn Hargett,
messenger; Major R. E. Wilson, door-
keeper. Rev. G. W. G. Watkins, the
The who has tilled that of-
blind chaplain, senate for so many years,
fice in the
was re-elected. then introduced
• A resolution was president ., . , to appoint . ,
authorizing the
the pages and gallery keepers.
AU of Ihe officers then being elec ed
resolution was passed to notify the
a the senate xvas organized
hmise that
au ‘ l rC “ f aud Hardaway
SC Ld t oM Alien were
as senate members of a joint
CmS '• rP m ee <‘o »rrango tho tanngural
IKS of tho governor. senate adjourned
o’clock the
Thursday morning at 10
,
REZZLKlt UNbfctt ARREST.
[.Ms Colton Firm Boses Heavily
Thvow5.lt a Confidential Agent.
n Siiapp, confidental agent for
& Smith, cotton brokers of
Alompbis, Thursday, Tenn., charged was arrested with the in
Chicago of $32,000. Later in
embezzlement tS, turned over to Deputy
day be was of Memphis, who,
J. F. Alexander, member of the
r firm St b»d'gl, nstoChiMS «rf tor MempU., 0 “> cfrac ‘ tb
r .nd .u r
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» MUMS m mas.
Improvements Recommended In
the South By Chief Engineer
Wilson In His Report.
A Washington special says: The im-
*
port of General J. M. Wilson, chief of
engineers. Generally speaking he re-
ports most gratifying progress in' the
execution of the various projects during
the last fiscal year. Because the re-
port included the fiscal year only, the
subject of the destrustion of the Gal-
v ? Bton defenses by the September hur-
ricaue is left for treatment in a subse-
<l uaat report.
The estimates above $25,000 for the
ZVZl ‘.“.tno™ 1 “ eI ‘ ye “ " * he
Inland waterway from Chincoteague
bay, Virginia, to Delaware bay, SCO,-
000; Pata P«™ river and channel to
Baltimorej $522 ,362.
Harbor,southeast Baltimore,$80,000.
Potomac river, Washington,$200,000.
Potomac, below Washington 8 $80,-
400.
Rappahannock river, Virginia,
$25,000.
James river, Virginia, $390,000.
Norfolk harbor,Virginia, $56,700.
Waterway from Norfolk, Va., to the
sounds of North Carolina, $29,870.
Pamlico aud Tar rivers, North Car¬
olina, $32,500.
Cape Fear river, above Wilmington,
N. C., $25,000.
Cape Fear river, at and below Wil¬
mington, N. C., $200,000.
Winyab bay, South Carolina, $525,-
000,
Hautee river, South Carolina, $38,-
000 .
Congaree river, South Carolina, Co¬
lumbia to Granby, $50,000.
Charleston harbor, $50,030.
Savannah harbor, Georgia, $50,000.
Savannah river, Georgia, $100,000.
Doboy bar, Georgia, $30,000.
Alt amah a river, Georgia, $26,003.
Ocmulgee river, Georgia, $40,000.
Cumberland sound, Georgia and
Florida, $400,000.
ht. Johns, river, FJoridn, $400,000.
St. Johns river, at Orange mills
flats Florida, $40,000.
Key West harbor, Florida, $100,000.
Sarasota river, Florida, $37,500.
Tampa bay. Florida, $137,000.
Hillsboro buy, Florida, $175,000.
Apalachicola bay, Florida, $41,000.
Flint river, Georgia, $300,'000.
Chattahoochee river, Georgia and
Al.ibama, below Columbus, $80,000.
Pensacola harbor, Florida, $180,000.
Coosa river, between Rome, Ga.,
and the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad, $450,000.
Coosa river, between the East Ten¬
nessee, Virginia aud Georgia railroad
bridge and Wetumpka, $35,000.
Mobile harbor, Alabama, $350,000.
Black Warrior river, Alabama, $53,-
676.
Warrior and Tombigbee rivers,
$255,000.
Tombigbee river, from its mouth to
Demopolia, $200,000.
ON CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.
Albert Howcll. Sr., Ts Flaced on Trial In
Atlanta, Ga., Court.
The ense of Albert Howell, Sr., in¬
dicted for alleged embezzlement of
$30,816 from the Atlanta and West
Point railway, was taken up in Atlanta
Monday morning. The defendant filed
through the his attorneys a demurrer to
indictment.
The first paragraph alleges that the
Howell charge of conspiracy between Mr.
and Thomas J. Hunter is
barred by the statute of limitations
and should be stricken.
The second paragraph says that the
oonrt in the indictment does not with
sufficient particularity set out the sum
charged to be embezzled within the
statute of limitations, tho indictment
alleging the embezzlement of a certain
sum, part of which was without the
statute of limitations.
Judge Candler overruled the objec¬
tion and ordered the trial to proceed.
Some difficulty was experienced in
getting a jury, each side being ex¬
ceedingly careful in regard to qualifi¬
cations.
Mr. Howell did not. appear to be in
as good health as usual. He pleaded
not guilty.
It will be remembered that Thomas
J. Hunter, co-jointly indicted with
Mr. Howell, was sentenced to five
years’ imprisonment on«April 27th,
1900.
AS A TRIBUTE TO SHERMAN
fSepublican CampalKnWoik In Ohio Was
Stopped Thursday.
The Republican campaign in Ohio
was at a standstill Thursday as a trib¬
ute of respect to the memory cf Hon.
John Sherman, whose funeral occurred
at Mansfield in the afternoon.
The order of Secretary Dick, of the
Republican state executive committee
is regarded as unique in the political
annals df Ohm, but all meetings were
either declared off or postponed, and
the political opponents of the parly
had the field to themselves for the day.
The state offices in the capitol build¬
ing were closed during the afternoon.
VIGOROUS KICK COMING.
People of XXinisTi Antilles Obj Ct to
Island* liolng Sold to United States.
According to dispatches intense ad¬
verse feeling has been raised at St.
Thomas, Danish West Indies, by the
renewal of the report that Denmark
intends to sell tho Danish Antilles
the United States. A meeting o?
colonial council has been convoked
St. C-roix for the purpose of ma]ciug
formal protest.
ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1900.
HILL ARP’S LETTER
--
Bartow Man Decides to Take Some
of His Own Advice,
™ W0RKS OUT like a charm
f*e Reconciled to What You Can’t Help.”
Bill Eipr, tMs Himself With¬
out Reserve.
“Nil desperandum.” “Carpediem.”
Don’t despair. Enjoy the day. Be
recon «led , 4o what , J on cannot , heI , , P
that’s good advice and I wish that we
could all take it. I try to, but sorne-
times it is hard work. When it rained
f moetli June „d w bad a
)Urn > D S fiua a11 the moa * h of Se P*f m '
ber I couldent “carpo diem „ Mhen
’ PhiL
1 P OQder the cruel, «seless
‘DP 1 **® war and the Porto Rico steal
\ ud 1be Chinese muddle and all the
f. ther dev J I,fl? “A that this ad “»» st ™-
tlou , bft8 brought about, I can t be rec-
oncilcd. When I hear these McKinley
men shouting prosperity it makes me
hot under the collar. They remind me
of a gang of highway robbers who
murder helpless travelers and rob
them and then go off and cry prosper¬
ity. Manufacturers of army and navy
supplies are getting rich on contracts,
aud army officers in Manila and Pekin
are taking in the loot and cry prosper¬
ity. War always brings a show of
prosperity, but it is at the cost of
blood and tears.
But still we live in hope that there
will come a change. If Bryan is
elected I know there will, and if he is
not, we will be no worse off than ive
are now. We can’t be worsted, and so
we will try to be reconciled. When I
was a young man I was a Democrat
because my father was, but I cast my
first vote for W. W. Clayton, who was
a Whig. I was a college boy at
Athens, and Mr. Clayton was kind to
us and we all voted for him for state
senator. I kuew Mr. Clayton for many
years and always respected him, for he
bad a kind heart and was a gentleman.
After liis election he gave the college
boys a } arty one night and was espe¬
cially kind to me,aud I have never for¬
gotten it.
“How far that little caudle throws its beams
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
Before the war, when I was in my
prime of manhood and had more vital¬
ity than sense, I was a strong partisan
aud really believed that if my party
did not succeed the country would be
ruined. My father used to laugh at
my zeal and say, “Oh, no, my son,
the country is safe; don’t let the poli¬
ticians and the newspapers alarm you.”
What a pity it is that when a man has
treasured up a lot of wisdom and ex¬
perience he is old enough to die!
What a pity it is that we pass the best
portion of our lives in looking afar off
for aud happiness within when really it is nearby
our grasp. Of course, I.
get excited uow and then about poli¬
tics, but I fight it off, for I realize
that “Domestic happiness is the only
bliss that has survived the fall.”
The best things on earth are the
cheapest and most abundant. The
joys side, and comforts of home and the five-*
the flowers and fruits, the air and
water and sunshine, the garden, tho
birds and the welcome visits of kind
friends and nabors. Neither wealth
nor fame nor office will compare with
these. Iu most cases office means
spoils; rewards from the public crib.
Judge Underwood said that one time
when he was a candidate and waa
making a stump speech and had closed
an eloquent paragraph, a long, lank
countryman, who wa3 agin him, ex-
claimed: “Boys, ~ he’s jest eidewipin’
around huntin’ the orthography of a
little office.” The judge studied
politics as a scienco aud understood
it. One day when we were discuss¬
ing the great steal of Boss Tweed &
Co., in New York, a preacher, who
was present, remarked: “Why all
these charges against Tweed must be
political lies and slanders, for they
are Democrats.” “My innocent
friend,” said the judge, ‘ yes, Tweed
& Co., are all Democrats, but my ob¬
servation has been that it i% within
the range of possibility for a Democrat
to steal.”
Politics is a most demoralizing busi¬
ness, and has been so in all go vern-
ments. Sheridan said, “There is no
conscience in gallantry or politics,”
and Hamlet said, “A politician is one
who would circumvent God.” Still
there are some honest politicians, but
they don’t go about in droves, The
mam reason wny x aamire m-yan so
much is because of his honesty his
sincerity. His political enemies ad-
mitt-hat, aud everybody admits that
ho is a very wonderful man, both
mantally and physically. If a ll
tbe people could see him face to face
and hear him he would be elected bv a
million or two majority. When a
politician speaks he has to be verv
careful what he says, but when a
statesman likeBryau speaks, the truth
comes gushing forth spontaneous. Hur-
rah for Bryan!
I’m getting excited now. Let me
walk about and cool off. My wife is
caliing me; wants me to build a little
house for the Muscovy ducks. That
will cool jpe off. Yesterday she kept
me busy an the evening sifting earth
and ashes and fertile for the plants
that are to go m the pit. She has the
earth changed every fall, and my back
is nearly broken today. Shehassome
avTd I -ot my old hauls ii t . P
gettiug them out of the pots and tnhs
Oh, my country, is there no rest r
the wicked’
Now here is a letter from another
Mississippi girl giving a poetic answer
to that scriptural enigma. She
as follows:
ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.
“Hazeehubst, Miss.—I am a school
girl. Can't work out your Bible
puzzles, but my d id can. My mamma
is a Presbyterian and my dad is a
Baptist. They are taking both chances
and the one that gets to heaven will
pnll the other in, for yon knowUhe
Bible aeys, ‘They twain shall be one
flesh,’ sorter like the Siamese twins.
“My name is Tellie, and here is the
answer to your puzzle:
Yes, God made Adam out oUdust
The truth of this admit we must.
Some time before by His own wishes
He made some small and some great fishes
They had no souls or Immortality.
“Now Jonah for his great rascality
Was swallowed by a whale one day,
And in its belly had to stay
’Till he repented. Then he found
The Lord’s will he must not question,
Then was he thrown npon the ground
By the fish’s Indigestion.
The whale doth live in all the zones,
In pleasure or in toll.
And, dying, gives to woman bones
And yields to man his oil.”
The Mississippi girl is now ahead.
Nextl I am getting poetry now, world
without end.—Bin Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
MOB LYNCHES lYVO.
James Greer ami James Callahan Meet
X intent Death In Bike County, Ga.
A Macon, Ga y special says: Near
the village of Liberty Hill in Pike
James county, Cal Monday James Greer and
law ay, two negro men, while
out on a hunting expedition passed a
farm house, and fired their guns into
it, to the gr’eat fright of a youna wo¬
was man, there the daughter alone, her of the house,“ ho
been called from parents having
awmy the pi ace.
The young woman was prostrated
with terror but was not injured by ihe
shirts. The men of the neighborhood
undertook a search and found both
Greeu and Callahan. One of them,
uuder pressure, it is said, stated that
thiy had a grudge against the farmer
and had fired into the house hoping to
kill him. The negroes were, during
the early hours of the nigh*, carried
into the woods. They were then plac¬
ed on horseback, ropes tied about their
necks and fastened to the limb of a
tree. The horses were started and the
negroes left dangling.
DIED IN PULPIT.
Rev. Dr. John Newton Craig Sncctimbs at
I'ost of l>uty.
“When 1 die I want to be at my
pott of duty iu tho Master’s work; I
want to die iu harness.”
These words wore spoken Wednes¬
day by Rev. Dr. John Newton Craig,
of Atlanta, in conversation with a
friend between the sessions of the
Presbyterian synod of Virginia,
West Virginia aud Maryland, which is
now in convention at the First church
in Newport News, Va. His wish was
gratified. He died in harness.
The morning session, attended by an
audience which filled the church, was
brought to an unexpected aud tragic
close by the sudden death of Dr. Craig,
just as he was concluding one of the
most remarkable speeches ever heard
from this prominent and popular
divine.
WRONG-DOERS IS ARMY.
Annual K« port of Courtniartials By Gen¬
eral Uelber, Judsc Advocate General.
General Leiber, judge advocate gen¬
eral of the army, in hiB annual report
to the secretary of war, says there
were 6,680 trials by general courtmar-
tials during the past fiscal year, of
wliPwh number thirty-five were com¬
missioned officers officers, four cadets,
6,618 enlisted men aud twenty-three
civilians serving with the army. Of
the commissioned officers, twenty-five,
and of the enlisted men, 6,020, were
convicted. A total of 2,588 men were
sentenced to dishonorable discharge.
Six death sentences were imposed, all
of which were commuted by the presi¬
dent.
COLOR LINE IN CUBA.
Wry Bitter Fpcling Sattl to Exist Between
Whites atnl Blacks.
A Santiago dispatch says: The de¬
parture of the provincial delegates to
participate in the proceedings of the
forthcoming constitutional convention
at Havana caused an immense demon •
stration Wednesday afternoon. It is
estimated that they were escorted to
the wharf by upwards of 12,000 per¬
sons, of whom nine-tenths were colored
people. The political parties are
drawing the color line very closely,and
this is causing bitter feeling between
the races.
TESTING SOLIDITY OF SOIL.
Govern,nen ~ * T ” Aspect Sites
T U t nder j direction « r ^avat of stations, the navy depart-
L,eut enaut Chambers, Unrted
Sta tea T7 de , P art ^ t ’ haS be f U ° a
- f b° at Charleston, , S. C.,
° ri “f 3
a* c e * ermlD ® character of the un-
der y> u g soil ’"'here the government
®M iec !j 8 estab!l sh a naval station.
la ®. ldea has b ® en more tba navaI
afatl ° n at . , io Charles-
J? n lf xt “ fo,l “ d ^ at a11 the condl ~
tluns are * aYorable -
_
Carter Hearing Postponed.
The bearing of tbe habeas corpus
case of Oberlin M. Carter, ex-captain
of engineers, against Warden Me-
Claughrey, of the federal prison,
through which tbe ex-captain expects
to gain his freedom, has been post-
poned at Leavenworth until November
9th.
Defaulter Alrord EiHdes Poricc.
A New Y ° rt ‘W- C 0 ™ 0 '
lins Alvord > ib e defardting teller of
the First National bank in the sum of
j $700,000, had not been arrested up to
Wednesday noon, and it was said no
news had been received of him.
Kansas has 140,000,000 fruit trees In
Ota ring.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
Snminer Term at University.
A measure of the greatest iropor-
tance to the common school teachers
of the state will come before the pres-
ent legislature in the shape of a bill
appropriating $4,500 for a summer
course at the State University for
loose teachers who may wish to avail
themselves of the opportunity.
Attn-if a Fair a Success.
Last Saturday night saw the end of
Ihe great Sou the n Interstate fair at
Atlanta, and for a year solitude will
brood over the broad acres of Pied¬
mont park, and in the stuccoed palaces
emptiness and silence will reign. It
was a splendid fair—the best Atlanta
has ever had—and its management, so
strongly backed 1 y the experience aud
catrgy of Secre‘a-y T. H. Martin, has
reason to be entirely satisfied with the
result of i's labors.
This year’s fair was a success in
every particular. Some of its features
live w ere exceptionally strong—notably the
stock show—and the experimental
attraction, the horse show, was a bril-
liant event that tho whole country is
talking about. From the very material
standard of finance, the fair surpassed
the most sanguine expectations. There
’.s a substantial balance ou the right
side of the ledger.
Floyd County Bond Issue.
The couniy commissioners of Floyd
voted to issue $69,000 Floyd couutv
bonds bearing 4 per cent interest.
Bonds wiil probably run from ten to
fifteen years, and be so arranged as to
make $5,000 fall due each year, and
payable in cut rency. The bond issue
is neces ary to meet pressing obliga-
tion.s.
Arraiifftii)- For Wav cross Fair.
Tho arrangements for the third an-
nual far of the Wayeross fair associa-
tion are about completed. The pro¬
moters of the fair are very much grati¬
fied at the outlook. The fair will open
on Monday, November 5th and will
continue through the week, ending
Saturday night, November 10th.
To Visit State Fair.
A joint resolution was adopted for
the general assembly to adjourn for a
day in order that the members could
attend in a body the Valdosta state
fair. On motion, tha house agreed
that Thursday, November 1st, should
not count as a legislative day, as on
that day the members propose to be in
Valdosta.
Georuist at Charleston.
Georgia and Atlanta will do their
part towards making a success of the
Charleston exposition, which will be
opened during Decomber, 1901. Ar-
rangements are already under way to
liave both tho state and the city repre-
sented and there is little doubt that a
splendid display will be made. Col-
onel W. A. Hemphill, of Atlanta, has
been appointed by Governor Candler
as special commissioner to represent
Georgia at the exposition. He will at
once begin making arrangements to
have the resources of Georgia well dis-
played at Charleston and there is no
doubt that a splendid showing will be
made by both Georgia and Atlanta.
Slot Machines Illegal.
It is held by the supreme court of
Georgia that a merchant who gives to
a designated class of customers an op-
portumty to secure by lot or chance
eny article of value additional to that
for which such customers have paid
violates that provision of the penal
code which declares that no person
shall keep, maintain, employ or carry
on any lottery in tins state, or other
scheme or device for tee hazarding of
money or valuable thing, notwith¬
standing that the hazard lie all on one
side.
J. H. Meyer was tried and convict-
ed in the city court in Richmond
county for a violation of section 407
of the Penal Code. The accused was
a wholesale and retail dealer in cigars
and chewing gum, and was operating
a “nickel slot trading machine.’’ In
this machine a nickel is placed in the
slot, a handle is pulled clowu, a wheel
within the machine revolves and when
it comes to a stop the number ox cards
constituting a “baud’ iu a game of
poker are exhibited.
The person depositing the nickel is
entitled to a cigar or package o cncw-
mg gum, each valued at o cents, and
to the hand <t,sp ayed, e' g 1
prize being 100 cigars or packages of
chewing gum for a royal fbisb, and
the lowest two of either eommotht, for
two jacks or a better pair.
w ar On Trading Stamps,
Another war is on between the retail
mercbauts of Atlanta and the trading
stamp people. The war, which is to be
a g gbt Vke to the finish, resolution was precipitated
by passage of a at the
recent convention of the Retail Gro-
cars’ Association of Georgia deuounc-
tb o trading stamp business
is now being carried on throughout
}bo « ta *e- Ik was a biow direct with a
labc on tha {ace o{ ^ ar * d no attempt
whatever at concealment. Ihe mer-
chaut3 athat tbe business is inju-
rlo, b ? ;; 3 to la ,he ; 1 ;f ^’ enltme^r enactment - They rhey wlut Want
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There is every prospect of important
and radical pension legislation at this
session of the general assemoly, look-
iug to a general assembly weeding out
the frauds and impositions which
have crept into the state pension syr,
tem. Pension Commissioner Lmasay
MS
urges the leg slatnre to take steps to
tlio rolls and to provide the
safe S U£Uvls against imposi-
. * *
Must Sleep Asliore.
ITealth Officer Brunner at Savannah
and Surgeon General Wyman, of the
marine hospital department, have
shown the treasury department of the
United States government the danger
that parts in the south incur during
'he ’. cited term by allowing crews of
le-seD, whether Chinamen or not, to
icep on board ship, and the d<ptrt-
ment has just irsaed an order touch¬
ing on (bat point. The order provides
tb °\ ns health matters are paramount
!o anything else, when a ship with a
crew Clvnameu enters a port where
the r gulations call for the crews of
vessels 10 sleep ashore, the Chinamen
Hbab EOt be exempt from this rule,
because the It^says they cannot land
lu the Uuitea^Rates. The Chinamen
must be brought ou shore to sleep and
be gawded there,
BOXERS STILL ACTIVE
Hj-. DriVQ . n (Jilt , tu.3 ,, £ 0r61gH . JJsvilSj _ . ,
Is Burden of Tk-?ir Cry,
THEY DECREE ncrDCC WAR win m TO the THE anru DEATH
___
Minister Conji r Hus Been Authorized By
This Government to Begin Negotia¬
tions For Fence «t Once,
According to a Washington special
° f , m rhnrs<la . y Minister Conger , has , been
authorized by this government to be-
gin negotiations at once with the Chi-
nese envoys on the basis of the points
in the German and French notes upon
w 'bich all the powers are agreed. Up-
on these points where divergence of
views has been found to exist, the
government of the powers themselves
wiU negotiate with' a view to reaching
a further understanding.
It is understood that the ministerial
representatives at Pekin of other pow¬
ers have similar instructions, but
whether they have or not, Mr. Conger
is not to be restrained. The Berlin
statement that Germany has agreed to
Japan’s proposal that peace negotia-
tious with China shall for the present
be entrusted to the foreign represent-
atives at Pekin is regarded as an indi
cation that Germany has taken similar
action on the case of Minister Mumm
Von Schwartzenstein.
The state department received no-
tice Thursday from the British of the
terms of the arrangement reached be-
tween Gnat Britain and Germany ns
to China. Now that both govern-
ments have been heard from formally,
the state department will turn its at
teution to the preparation of the an
swer.
BOXERS ROST NOTICES.
A cable dispatch from II«ng Kong
aavs: Advices from Lien Chan, on
N ; rth ri aro to the effect that Amcr .
. . . Property there ... threat-
lcan mi3S10n is
eued wit h destruction by boxers, who
have posted the following proclama-
niation:
.. We Lavo organize d to prote ct our
country aU(1 bome8 and we rely npon
one anothcr to support the order to
drive out the foreign devils. Tbev
ave ma d. Their follv passes descrip-
tion> Tb are usurper8 of our Iand .
They disturb our borders,
“ Ia a n the provinces and prefcc-
tnre8 ebapels baye been opened; and
our people are deceived, ripped open
and disembowled while the foreigners
grow fat on the revenues of China, in-
sulting our officials and merchants,
aud seizing our temples and palaces.
‘‘The emperor is indulgent and per
mits this. Who can foretell the intern
tions of theBe fore ig n devils. Dav bv
day they act more outrageously.
When we behold the present condi-
tions of affairs our hearts are bruised
with grief. Therefore xve have organ-
j ze d our strength to destroy the de-
vouring wolf throughout the empire.”
The boxers took the American Pres-
byter j an m i SH ion buildings, but have
no t destroyed them.
Rebellion is spreading along East
riyer and ^ ortb r i ve r, in the prov-
j nces 0 f Kwangsi. It is supposed to
be aimecl at tbe ove rthrow of the
Manehu dynasty, bat tbe report, .r.
so contradictory that it is next to lm-
possib i e to form a lucid impression.
In Canton the Chinese officials are
„ Mag tUc i M „„ec«o„ so lightly th.t
foreigners believe it will be very diffi-
cult to suppress.
The governor of Hong Kong has
been informed that 4,000 villagers in
the Samtochuok-Kwaishin district
were attacked by rebels at Pengkok.
The villagers were defeated and 2,000
of them killed. The rebels, who lost
400 killed, burned two villages con-
taining 3,000 houses. A force of 2,000
troops went to tho assistance of the
villagers aud engaged the rebels on
October 22d. No details of the result
, b reCf q ye d
Chinese officials have ptacarded
district, offering several
hundred dollars reward for the head*
of the four foreigners who are *up-
poaed to be leading the rebel.
The ric6 cr j >1 ’ f,,led “
P 10 / 1 ?.? 6 and ™ bb ? rs pil la g ia g*
^ belll0Q aud famiUe ther6 816 CM '
tain.
_____ _
j TQe (j outll African war being prac-
ticlll3 -o Ver op ^e 0 f the'miiitary crit-
| without loss tQ the public,
out
NO. 36.
CANDLER'SWORN
Georgia’s Governor Takes Oath of
Offioe For Second Term,
CEREMONIES BRIEF BET IMPRESSIVE
InnuKtu.il Address Short and to the Point.
Oath Was Administered By Chief
Justice Simmons.
In the presence of the general as¬
sembly of the state of Georgia, the
justices of the supreme court and slate
officials, Governor Allen D. Candler
took the oath of office as ohief execu¬
tive for the second time Saturday
looming. The ceremony of the in¬
auguration was brief and interesting,
the senate and house convening in the
ball of representatives in joint session
at noon for the purpose of hearing the
inaugural address and witnessing the
oeremony.
Governor Candler spoke but fifioen
minutes. He reviewed the pi ogress of
Georgia along industrial aud govern¬
mental lines and referred to its great¬
ness not only in territory, but iu the
integrity and uprightness of its people.
He advised the general assembly to
deal lightly with that class of citizen*’
which had been impoverished by re¬
cent shrinkage in values. He would
not levy upon them a single dollar of
taxes not absolutely essential to the
running expenses of the state.
During the address nnd the inaugu¬
ration the gallery and floor of the
house were crowded with visitors -and
Governor Caudler received an enthusi¬
astic reception as he came in the hall
and later when introduced by Presi¬
dent Howell of the senate.
The president of the senate an-*
uomiced that the resolution under
which the joint session had convened
would be read.
“It gives the chair great pleasure,”
eaid President Howell in presenting
the governor, “to introduce Governor
Allen D. Candler. He needs no pre¬
sentation to this assembly, for ho was
known to the peoplo of Georgia before
ho was elevated to the chief magis¬
tracy of the state. His popularity
with the people is attested by the
nearly 70,000 majority received by him
less than a mouth ago in his second
election to the governorship. It gives
me great pleasure to present the gov¬
ernor-elect, Hon. Allen D. Caudler, of
Hall.”
The scene was an enthusiastic one
as Governor Candler rose to deliver
his inaugural address. At its conclu¬
sion the presiding officer announced
that the governor-elect would besworu
in by the chief justice of the state.
Chief Justice Simmons, of the supreme
court, stepped forward and in a clear
voice recited the oath under which the
governor agrees to defend the consti¬
tution of the United States.
Governor Candler then delivered to
Secretary of Slate Cook the great seal
of the state with the injunction: “I
commit the great seal of the state of
Georgia into your hands, feeling as¬
sured that its use will not be abused.”
This ended the ceremony and the joint
session of the assembly was dissolved.
Ft) I SON ED BY GAS.
Well Known Gi orgia I,c”!»latorFonnd In
Dyln" Condition at Boarding; House.
M. B. Walker, a representative in
the Georgia legislature from Crawford
county, was found in a dying condition
in bis boarding house in Atlanta as
the result of gas poisoning. The well
known representative was found in his
room in an almost lifeless condition
aud the apartment filled with stifling
gas from a jet which had apparently
been turned on for hours. The ex¬
planation of how the gas was turned
on cannot be made clear, for no one
"[ a3 w4 tk the legislator when he re¬
Lred.
most natural presumption is
tba t Mr. Walker was unused to gas
bgbt in his room and that be must
have blown the light out instead of
Unning . it off when he retired for the
n '8bt.
Republicans Parade In Chicago,
For six hours and a half Saturday
working men from every branch of in-
dustryin Chicago, lawyers, merchants,
railroad men, financiers, marched
through the down town streets of the
city in the parade of Republican voters
which was planned as the culmination
of the national cpmpaign in Chicago.
P«.OIUI»IfH»I»rS i imtihvists DATTfim CAUCUS.
...... ..... f T„„ r. B„.
W111 Go ,{ t . fore Gc0 r B i» De*uiatarc.
* An Atlanta brief'caucus Ga. special says: Asa
res nlt of tbe "room of prohibi- .isle-
i 14 at the
house Thursday afternoon it is proba-
b]e tbat no atate prohibition measure
will be j ntro dnced at the present ses-
gion of the i eg j s i a ture.
In tbe conrse 0 f the discussion it
^ eve j ope q that a majority of the iead-
gra presen t did not believe that a
measure as drastic as the YVillingg^^f
bi]I wonl( j bave the slightest
Q ^ p^ggjQg bo th branches ie
j a * ure> NOn^i li was ou* Tiled or s
„ 6 es " t e< j W-
.....-
CANTLl^PLAW not OPPOSED.
Presbyterian Synod of Missouri Refuses
To Condemn President.
A resolution offered before tha
Presbyterian synod of Missouri, bit¬
terly comdemniug President McKin¬
ley and administration generally for
its attitude on the liquor question as
expressed in the canteen law and eu*
joining the voters of Missouri to vo™
for the candidate of the prohibition
party, was defeated by a vote of 2$
to 13