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VOL 15>, Population IS 76,295,228 Censas Figures Have DonMed ia Last Thirty Years. official REPORT MADE PUBLIC c rowth For Last Ten Years Was Nearly 2i Per Cent— Figures * hv *' .y ct ates * For r- 1900. A Washington special The official says: unouucenlent of the total pop- imtffih tif the United States fur l90fi is 78;$96,^0, of which fi 6‘»7* 90? are lion to o be approximately the popolula- used for apportionment pur¬ poses. There is a total of 134,158 In. clians not taxed, The total population in 1890, with "hick the po pulation aggr. gate of the present census should be compared, was 03,059,750. laking the 1890 ] opnlatton ns a l>a«if there has been ft gain in' the popula¬ tion of 13,225,464, during tbu past ton years, representing an increase of nearly 21 per cent. Following is the official annouuco- ment of the population of the United fotntes in lfiOO by states: Alabumti, * 1,82=1,697 Aikans^S' 1,311 564 California..... . Colorado...... . 1,483,053 Connecticut... 630*700 Delaware..... 908,355 Florida..... . 181,735 Georgia....... . 628,542 Idaho........ . 2,216,329 Illinois....... . 161,771 Indiana....... . 4,821,550 Iowa......... . 2,516.463 Kansas....... . 2,251,829 Kentucky.... . 1,469,496 Louisiana.... . 2,147,174 Maine.... 1,381,627 Maryland.... , . 694,366 Massachusetts . 1,189,916 Michigan............. . 2,805,346 Minnesota 2,119,732 Mississippi........... 1.751,395 Missouri 1,551,372 Montana. 3,107,119 Nebraska, 243,280 Nevada. 1,068,901 New . 42,334 Hampshire 411,688 New Jersey..., ,, 1,881,669 New York..... 7,268,009 North Carolina 1,891,992 North Dakota. 319,040 Ohio.......... 4,157,545 Oregon 413,532 Pennsylvania....'..... 6,301,365 Rhode Island 428,556 South Carolina 1,340,312 South Dakota. 401,559 Tennessee..... 2,022,723 Texas.......... 3,048,828 Utah.......... 276,565 Vermont...... 343,641 Virginia ....... 1,854,184 ■Washington ... 517,672 West Virginia.. 958,900 Wisconsin..... 2,068,963 Wyoming..... 92,531 Total 74,627,907 TERKITOEIES, ETO. Alaska (estimated) 44,000 Arizona......... 122,212 - * District of Columbia... 278,718 v Hawaii............... 154,001 Indian Territory...... 391,960 New Mexico.......... 193,777 Oklahoma 398,245 Persons in the service of the United States stationed abroad (estimated), 1900, 84,400. Indians, etc., ou Indian reserva- tions, except Indian Territory, 1900, 145,282. Total for seven territories, etc, 1900, 1,667,313; 1890, 552,965; Indians not taxed, 89,541. The Alaskan figures are^ derived from partial data only, and a.l returns for Alaska and for certain military or¬ ganizations stationed abroad, princi¬ pally in the Philippines, have not yet been received. Bulletins will be issued for the vari- oua minor civil divisions m the differ- ent states and territories as fast as possible. The entire number, it is ex¬ pected, will be ready for the public use before the first of January. AFTER PROFESSIONAL MEN, Many RAWyers, Doctors and Dentists of Atlanta Failed to Fay Sperl *1 Tax. An Atlanta special says: Unless all indications point in the wrong direc- tiou, there will shortly be a large number of lawyers, doctors aud den- tists urrested on mdictments for prac¬ ticing their various professions with¬ out having paid their professional tax. The law provides a professional tax B^^^mLotKer from all doctors, dentists, law- ■Ibtor, professional Stewart, men. has Tho list iff A. P. a v 100 who bave not paid this for several years. rru ~ fjury me Mr. Stew- has called upon Rr this list. IVE CHILDREN CREMATED. - Awav From Hom« and the F rents . “ Happened- X "i„g a “z; burned down |i in the children iojmg -XrLras vc3 rSer away and b.d f ».‘» Sir ^■h^ighbor, S THE ADEL NEWS . .■a* Slew Bis son-in-law. Farmer Wilcoxon Empties Ccn- tent& bf DWuWle-Barreled Shot¬ gun Into Flowers’ Body. Thursday morning about 10 o’clock Wiley F. Wilcoxon; a farmer living sevefi miles westdf EktofithniGri.shot c. 0. Elowers, his son-in-law, killing him instantly. Wilcoxon used a shot gun, firing both loads, but only one took effect, in the left side of Flowers. Flowers has been living on Wilcox- on’s place for several years, managing (he affairs of the farm and heating the hrttnt of the biirdeii; Tiie killing wKs t§ ? HsHlt hf a llotis misunuerstatiding the twb Jneil had a year ago or more ago, which; ai iaUd lue time', giving sp Wiico&pn snyPi ahtl neebssi-; faihilj’ nis np home and seeking peace elsewhere. After being absent some time he returned several months ago; where he resided, ^P»Fehtly, cdntfelited; tintii the terri- ***•*« Tb ””- It appears that Wilcoxon borrowed Flower’s gun to go hunting. After questioning particularly as to the manipulation of the gun, it being a breech-loader, and about the character of the cartridges with which it was loaded, he turned and walked ftway, ostensibly twenty-five to go hlititilig; When of thifty feet distant, he Suddenly) and emptied without ghh’a provocation, tUriletl atld the cbiltentf! lhto tho Side of {’lowers; whd was still fctttuding The in the kltchbn ieaVes dooh his deceased Hwife tb mburn (thtihiely etui. AVilcoioii was a thb.entire confederate soldier, serving through war After in the Third Georgia regiment. thS tragedy he was arrested. KAISERM APYICE TAKEN. Gcrmam Olve No Quarter and Chinese Are Slmi^hlored Indiscriminately. Considerable ifniende at the Mea- gefness of the nfews from Chinft is finding eStpfession lb Berlin. Thb in- fetenfie is that German cfehsorship Over stich information is vei-y strict. Letters from privates in China began tb find their .way inlb the Social Dem- bbrfttlij pajpord phbiViiig that tho Ger¬ man troops give no quarter. The Bremen Buerger Zeitung publishes a letter from a soldier iu Pekin, who said he witnessed the following scenes: “Sixty-eight captives, some of them not yot adults, were tied together by their pig tails, compelled to dig then- own Thb graves Halberst&dter-Voiko- and shot en masse;*/ Zeitung prints A communibation the from Pekin, in which writet 6ays: ,s No prisoners are taken. AH are shot, or preferably, sabered to save ammunition. On Sunday afternoon we bad to bayonet seventy-four pris¬ oners. They had killed one of our An entire battalion pur¬ sued them and captured seventy-four alive. It was cruel. It was inde¬ KILLED BROTHElLUGLAWi Hammond Fires Load of 8liot Intd Thomas Wall) Near Klberton. Thursday afternoon Jim Hammond shot and killed Thomas J. Wall) a miles below Elbeftonj Ga. The occurred near Wall’s home. details have not been learned, from the best information it seems was beating a negro tenant. Wall, his wife, tried to stop him, failed. She sent for her brother, m Hammond, who eame) and re- with Wall. This seems to have angered Wall, be made a rush at him. Ham- ran and was followed part of be way by Wall. Haramjnd went to neighbor’s, where he secured a shot- He then returned and met Wall, shot at him, but missed him. then shot Wall, the entire entering the left eye, killing him Both men belohg to good families, were brothers-in-law. Wall leaves w jf e and several children. Ham- has not been arrested. Wall constable of his district. Public Debt Statement. The statement of the public debt at the close of business October 1900, the debt less cash ill the amounted to $1,104,402,320, decrease as compared with last of $1,573,351. CHASING WHITE BRUTE. Attempted Criminal Assanlt on Young Lady and Rope Await. Him. Chief of Police Hill, of Chattanoo- received a telegram Sunday even- from W* P. Groover, town marshal Summerville, Ga., stating that a white man having a sandy pounds, light com- plexion, weighing 160 thirty vears of age, five feet eight inches tall, with middle right finger ofl between first and second joint, had attempted to criminally assault a young lady at Raccoon, Ga., and requested him to send bloodhounds to the scene at once. The chief sent tbe dogs, and later learned that they had struck a trail. GEORGIA LAWMAKERS FIGHT. Disgraceful Cutting Scrape Takes plane o.i Special legislative Train. *•*>•** "■<**'“ r?* «• , , stopped for at Forsyth, and while welting a freight train to pass Senator ^U'ShirE^Xiatr 5 m 8* * ADEL BERRIEN COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1900. GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Brie! Summary of Interesting Happenirlgg Culled at Random. .. , . u “tctiU court u ad g e Don A. Farctfeb hkfided down an opmionxm the report of Special Mds- Robert C. Alston, in the receiver- f U P case ° f th " Suu ! h e rn Home Build¬ ing and T Loan Association, i . at Atlanta, with regard to the interventions of Mrs. M. 0. Alexander and other stock¬ holders Of the bankrupt corporation. Judge Hardee sustained to6 master's holder finding to (He ilid effect that the stock¬ of *etf>rrfl elands stand **non the same footing of priority; drid that hotderfi in settling with borrowing stock- a credit slioUld be allowed in the nature of au anucipalot* dlviA®U d amounting to 32 per cent, of the amounts paid by said stockholders in¬ to the Judge l»»n fund of the association. The pa^al ‘\tt would be rank injustice to allow one class of invest¬ ors to be paid in full at the expense of other investors equally innocent of all fault In the matter.” After quoting at some iehgtli from the report of Special Master Alston, the judge concludes: “I is to be noticed that as a result the Special for bad master, ibUns after dud liberal ihduilicifiiltiy deductions su¬ tured liberit,! loans; and lifter making i Hry estimate duds tildt for expense of admin¬ istration; therk ^ill be tejll- l?.ed &.>9.93. for distribution thb sum of $301,- It may be tliat this conclusion IS aR .bVer-eatimate; but. it is, to be hoped in t,he interest ox ilie .Uetlefi- ciaries that it is the reverse. For the matter he in hand, however,. I assume it to substantially correct,” TroliD Are Anxlou«. Very deep interest is felt in the outcome hibition of the Spalding county pro¬ case just ttitliefto argued the before Prbhi- the stipfnme teoiirt. bitionists hake won every cbntest be¬ fore the courts ittld atO confident of doiijg so in ibis instance. ♦ * * Aged Woman Burned to Death. Mrs. M. M. Cutter was burned be- till semblance of a human being Palmer, at the home of, ner b’rot|iej;, of Home; M. I L. ten miles west at 4 o’clock- last Saturday morning. The residence was a two story structure aud Mrs. Cutter roomed in the second story. The family barely had time to escape when awakened. Mrs. Cutter had tinlb t8 hs.64pp; biit went back for something kiid fell aprdss uie bed oVercomb by the siffoke. When the body was fottnd in the ashes only the trunk remained, Mr§; Cutter was seventy-six years of age. It was fear¬ ed that the fire was of incendiary ori¬ gin, but officers investigated aud could find no evidence. Wants Appropriation For Asylum, Mr. Howard, of Baldwin, has in¬ troduced in the house a bill to appro¬ priate $15Oj00O fdr lieW brtildings asylrtm. and tfc furnishihgs At spend the state the is proposed tb $75,000 first year and $75,000 the following year. * Proposed Monument to Oilentnrpe. At last the movement to build a mbnuident to General Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony of Georgia, at promises to take some Oglethorpe has been honored by having numerous places and insti¬ named for him, but there is no monument to perpetuate him in bronze or stone. Mr. Spencer P; Shotter, a wealthy naval stores merchant of the city, be lieving that something should be done at once toward the erection of a monu¬ ment announces that he will head a subscription list with $1,000, and urged that the movement be taken up and pushed to success. Mr. Shotter’s subscription is unconditional, and it will doubtless be followed closely by othftrs. The Colonial Dames of Geor¬ gia have had such a mbvement fcfil foot for some time, and bave collected a small fund toward a monument to Oglethorpe, but up to the present their progress has been rather slow. To Abolish State Camp. It is probable that Mr. Flynt of will introduce a bill in the house Within the neit few days giving back to the people of Griffin the prop¬ erly donated by that city for the state encampment purposes, It seems to be agreed that tbe state encampment is dead, especially so in view of Gov- ernor Candler’s strong recommenda¬ tion on this point. It is believed, however, that the military committee, to which the mat¬ ter will be referred, will recommend that regimental encampments beheld, instead of the general encampments, as heretofore. The property which it is proposed to return to the citizens of Griffin is very valuable and consists of about 200 acres of land together with a num- ber of buildings, Cremated In Jail. The oity jail at Hazehurst was de- ^ stroyed by fire a few days ago. There was only one prisoner in jail at the time, and iu attempting to make bis escape by burning a hole in the wall he was burned to death. His name wa s Luther Washington and he was arrested for larceny. The building - de r j e \ . Postmaster Smy benefit ’ fi 0 ™, send- nonnoe. for the ofthose , , Ei*; 4^wjU A,ashan be thrptigh tl)e TJnitgcj States mgus hhtil ORE DOLLAR PER ARHUIH. spring, the service being tlneqnal to the task of carrying required bulky matter, as dog sledges are to be used over much of the routes, and their carrying capacity is limited, Atlau- tians wishing to send friends in Alaska papers or mail parcels will have to de¬ fer such action until the winter is past Mereev Wilt* Attain. An Atlanta disnateh says: Another battle of intellects and oratory, the Grand opera feotase the arena, and still the flag of triumph proudly floats over Mercer University. Walter F. George, Merger's representative, was awarded the John Temple Graves medal in the contest, thus adding another to that Institution’s list of victories. The second prize was awarded to Mr. E. G. Sajnett, of Emory, who jjp- iivated fions {j¥o one t heard of the in most Atlanta. eloquenkpPa- * Augusta Heady For Veterans. ffenerul Clemeut A. Evans spent a day the pasi^! 4 ?* * a Angnsta with the Confederate reumion com- iee*)inal$- iug final preparations for the approach mg r eHnion of the Georgia division of the l nitec^ Confederate Veterans in 'l6>h CU »S e, b v‘. r 3 G e E o S prepdrlftioiie then those ttie being made for the reception ol JerFe wmber ti*rrtn/r , flitrfntr (.loodc wkn Tt'ifi jr 1 * AiiD-nsia 5 rpnnion week *' , n ,J.t ^ ff* * 8 .’ fh#»| thn | attention which the hoAp^alffy^df . .... uffL the eitf •,= eftn a sliure sJPnro ? "/ jas ri$!nn if i T’h hYfUa nnst * no table n reunion yet told I lN Georgia. * * * . 5 biMlajithroplst De»s, Carrie Wteeie, tht: w^H-known negro womau who has for many years cthD ducted a home for negro orphans near Atlailt** stroke of died paralysis. a day or Sh* two ^as ago a,great from a benefactress to her race and by a t mo3t superhuman efforts, with but little means of her own, she established an orphftn s home Some seven or eight *ea,rs ago; find iflgo^ bmrielfeBS fiegro children ha^e been shfeltereS and lahen “»edf. , For miiny _ years Carrie . Steele was „ a stewardess at the uniofi depot m At- lanta, and while holding that position she made many friends among the white people by her kindly attentions to the ptibiie: M T hen she resigned that pbsltiofi sbe undertook tho establishment of the orphan’s home. She raised the pub- scriptions and built the home on East Fair street, just outside the city limits, Through heed her efforts the home has efer kiiicfe bhiidteii, ulaintaltied, beefi and ban- dreds of hafe saved from siiffering and privatibii. wfeli the Heroin race, aS as whitei people in Atlanta, recognised tlife great work she was doing and she nev#r had to make a plea for assistance twiefe when anything was needed for tho home: Reunion of Big Family. One of the most remarkable family reunions iu Georgia, numerically speakiilgj at least) was that of Mr. Thomfts Burdett) which occurred at Oak GroVe the past week.- The reunion was Composed entirely of children, grandokildren and great grandchildren, and 107 of them were present. If they had all been present there would have been 168. Besides this a number have died, and had all the living and those that have died been on hand the total ntlmber of par¬ ticipants in the merry-making would have been 203. The day was spent in singing and speech-making and was brought to a Close with the very appropriate song, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Telephone Tax Fixed. The plan of taxation of the Atlanta Standard Telephone Company has at last been arranged and the city coun¬ cil will be asked to adopt an ordinance upon the matter. The company is to pay about $800 in taxes this year for the nine months that it will have been in operation when the adminis¬ tration closes and next yeal‘ It will pay about $1,000 to the city. This in addition to the occupation tax of $50, which is paid by both companies. CHIEF 1)EVERY INDICTED. dead of New York Police Department tinder Serious Charges. The most interesting development in New York on the eve of the election was the indictment found by the local grand jury against Chief of Police Wil¬ liam S. Devery, on the charge of in¬ terfering with the work of State Su¬ perintendent of Elections John Mc- Cullagh. Chief Devery’s bail was fixed and arrangements were made for hearing the case the day after election. The indictment attracted a great deal of attention in political circles. The points involved appear to hinge upon the rights of men to swear in their votes when challenged by any of the deputies of the state superintendent of elections. ALYORD , S FREEDOM BRIEF. - Defaulting Note•T«n«r i» Now Safely in B r Oily Magistrate J ™ la at . New ^ ““« r ew York discharged Cornelus L. A1 ^°5 d > the defaultering note teller of the First National bank, irom custody Friday. The magistrate said he was ed by a United States marshal and befote United State. Ooe.rn.s- *“^ t *dw» ta^iToVt BILL ARP’S LETTER Takes a Trip OvQr the Georgia Road From Atlanta to Augusta. HE RUMINATES ABOUT OLDEN TIMES A "Slick” Scheme By Which He Came Into Possession of Somo Kallrond Stock In Ills Young Days. On the Wing. — Some sad and some sweet memories came over me as I journeyed on the old Georgia Riilroad from Atlauta to Augusta. It was the first railroad I ever saw and traveled on. Mv my goou good old om father miner was one of original stockholdeis. He sa - scribed go,000 end paid it as it was Cft |} ed f or Iu those days roads were hnilt OU bonds or questionable, . . T ^ ’—•mas. There Cd» was no m” tgageTbut * eve.? b.r. greet reverent* f«r rMjd. I 1V ? J |o L«wrenc e r,lle wmfd H wm being built. Stone Mountain was out neafSfr* depot, toft#4 find it was there I first ventured to strain as I jour- neyed to Athens to enter College. How solemn, how inspiring wiis ftf«»4 j ^member that it stemed to thkt the trees and fences and farms and babitktlohS Wete all moving swift- ^ back ^ afdsi> wll j, e |h e train seemed to bfe' Still afid quivering on its track. I had the sairfe feeling the first tl time I ever went up in an elevaitof. was ^ Gilsey House, in New Vork; an d I was riot *onWiouS of going upV but thought the hotel 3 rapidly do- 8cen ding into some subterranean CC*'» lt 4 Young expermd^: people They nowadays do bave no Bucb not re- membe r the time when Cb*r« were no ra ii roa d8 or telegraph, nor sewih? maUi- mae bine§ or cooking stoves, or e8 bt ^sl pens, fltld therefore they can hoi Abf>rSci4tfe or be grateful for the As blessings they enjof. Morirttain Tide! . i |gft we neared Stone l 00 PPoh lie bald. - majestic sum- mit j waB carried o&cb in Mjtiorj td the delightful days of my youth, wliefl n e ar ly sixty years ago that mountain was otir trtsting place, and boys and girls joitrnbyed there and Sitteeti happy miles from Lawrenceville sperit ji day and while thefe and ou the wfi$ we reveled in love’s yoting dr6am apd eye8 looked love to eyes that spoNe a gaiD. I remember when there was a tower on that mountain’s top—a tow- er 1(30 feet high, whose slender top did Sometimes tortch the clouds, and R w ^ a built bt Aaron Cloud, whose very name made him a fitting arehl- ,g 0 ' b j It was the first skysbrafje# eter bui i t n Georgia. I remember the delightful day when a brunette lassie with hazel eyes and Indian hair ascended those winding stairs with me and as we sat together on its dizzy pinnacle I thought I was little nearer heaven than I had ever been before. Under pretense of shield- ing her from harm, I half enclosed her with my arm and the palpitating lace upon her bosom told me how fast her heart was beating, and there al- most in the clouds we plighted our troth. I remember when one winter night the storm came and the rain de- scended and the winds blew, ond that towel fell and great was the fall of it. I remember when there was a fine hotel at the base of that mountain and oue night there was a ball on the spaci- ous dining room,and “bright the lights shone o’er fair women and brave men” and for the first time I saw that queen¬ ly girl whom the boys called Becky Lattimer, and whose dashing beauty drew them to her as molasses draws flies. Her father lived not far away, a substantial farmer, and a few years later “our Becky” became Mrs. Rebec- ah Felton, the wife of the learned and eloquent doctor of Cartersville. I re¬ member when that great solid mount¬ ain of granite seemed larger—yes, much larger—'than it looks to be now, for I was young then and nature had not begun to shrink with me. Every¬ thing is smaller now and every year gets smaller still. As Pope says of the dying Christian, “The world recedes —it disappears,” and so it will to those who die of old age. Tom Hood expressed it beautifully and patheti¬ cally when he said: “I remember. I remember the fir trees dark and high I used to think their slender tops were close against the sky, But now I’m growing older and find it little joy To know I’m farther off from heaven than when I was a boy.’ I remember that historical town called Madison, where many of my college matgs lived. They are all gone now, not one is left to comfort me in my declining years, It was here I saw this railroad when I was a boy of .fourteen, and it was completed to Madison. What a sensation of won- der and alarm as I looked at the huge leviathan that eame puffing down the track with a train behind it. My father hftd to hol'd my band, for i trembled lest it should jump the traca a nd kill us all. M father was proud of that road — nd because he helped to build it. e kept that stock for 12 yearswith- out reoe i v ing a dividend. The stock * D i£; u ;r»t ’ About that time , h h P e a com- reT0 l„tion_s eri,i._a panic se “ 11 ‘to**** 4 ™ “ a - grieved ray mother, bat he 6i.il there was no help for it. The stock must go. I remembtr the night ho cam* home and told my mother that the stock was gone—he had sold it to Judge Hutchins for 27 ceuts on the dollar—the stock that he had paid 100 cents for twelve years be¬ fore. Father was sad and the tears fell on mother's ‘cheek and none of ns cared for stlppet. • When father went back to the store that night I sat dowu by mother’s side and took her hand in mine. “Moth¬ er," said I, “you must not feel so bad about that stock. Let me tell you a secret. Last night I proposed to Oc- tavia Hutchins j I asked her to marry me, aud she said she would and we have fixed the ttme-tlie 7th of March —and in less than three months I’ll get that stock back and it will be in the family again. Now, don’t you tell, but yon mustn^t cry any more,” and I klssed her otPher cheek and said, “Mother Mr. Shakes! eare savs ‘All’s well that ends well.’ ” But my dear mo t be r was a woman , and wo- manlike, she told an intimate friend " hat I : aid about getting the stock back, aud that friend told another wo- man in confidence aud the confidence *"’} T.?iol S Tte Jodgo f V" Hot J.n. b 1 monraeu auu amrmuu, , , 1U Y »tnck close to me, or she was dreadful, y Lve, though she denits it to this day. la due tune we T*!*, dido niame d and were so b«ppy we t want A any stock or anything else hardly. ,trw days after our manlage, ns I was passing his office, the stern old judge called me in. Me unlocked his iron safe, and. tnking out & paper ‘“hi to me, ‘I heard that you told y° !, r goo<l mother that you were goiqg '° starry Octavia and get that railroad stock back. Did you tell her that? ’ I was intensely ftliirffted, but, like George WskhiBgton, I wPtlW not tell m lie. * e ,’, A dlcl » “l d J i \ didn t mean it, I replied.^ I saw the twinkle in hie eye. \t c l., saidhe, I thought that if you were determined Jo ha w it J had just as well Rive it to # iJi® certihcate wttu the transfer already written. I don t know what ^ #ai 1, but be enjoyed my embarrassment. \> bat a Considerate man he was. 1 femerriber that a few months after he 8 * nft jf‘5?? ** TO1 ,y U our P- no^5« We heard one morurng thdcM . talkitfg before We on got the * ^Jo nt steps and Jd 6 my fk«f w'fe “nM^mnater ao..«d me to «i« ' < < , • t 7?, ‘ D ^ ‘Ji ^««,i in mmo nr> • .wY nts who a< ong b viN .w ^ ltiiatf * - got married they „e Ifwi _e ° witn tier, lbat was tne usual mi - mony of slave owners to leu c 1 ( rb - ba d no use for them, and sent hbm back u ith a kind he i‘ f^coln f°. D ^ Cr ‘ set S f“£ lhkr« £ e free, ? r ® 0 «a ^ to' tellI the * ^ ntb > 1 am S lad of 1., l t y al ways a care and an expense. Now, while l write owe trai reached Union Point aud J remember _ ^ben we college boys used to take the tandem mule train from here to It was an all day journey, f or ^ e ‘gbt hours to make the f \orty miles but we rode on top and bad lota of aad &•*'* of things to eat that our mothers had provided. “bout those Yes, good I love old to timesi ruminate "hen everything had a roseate hue and we wrote love letters to our sweethearts and r 7 eled ™ 8 7*™* ^am.- Akp 1u Atlaata Constitution, Yellow Fcyer Case at Natchez. The Mississippi state board of health officially reports one case of yellow fever at Natchez. The patient is the wife of a Baptist minister. The usual precautions are taken. Board is now endeavoring to trace source of infection. Will Not Honor Kruger. Amid considerable excitement the lord mayor of Dublin at*a meeting of the corporation ruled out of order a resolution to confer the freedom of the city to former President Kruger, of the South Africau republic. ANOTHER WASHINGTON’ SLATE. Negro Dies in a L.ong Island Poorlion9e at Reputed Age of 123 Years. George Washington Freeman Hor¬ ner Green, a former negro slave, died in the almshouse at Hempstead, L. I., Thursday at the reputed age of 123 years. Green is said to have been born on a farm near Elizabethport, N. J., on January 1, 1777. He was sold to a Virginia planter named Horner, by whom, it is said, he was sold to General Washington. GERMANY HAS PLAGUE CASE! Sailor Arriving From South Africa Tg Now Under Suspicion at Bremen. A plague case has apparently devel¬ oped in Germany. A sailor named Kunz, who arrived at Bremen October 27th on board the German steamer Marionburg, from South Africa, has shown suspicious symtoms and the authorities have notified the bacterio¬ logical experts to determine whether it is a case of plague. _ jg.> BOERS STILL FIGHTING. Eight Recent Engagements Reported to Lontlon War Office By Eord Ropert*. Lord Roberts in a dispatch from Johannesburg, dated November 2, re¬ ports no less than eight fights at Gif- different points, all unimportant, bnt significant of the activity of the Boers. Prisoners in the hands of the British say the Boer losses in the fight with Gen. Barton, October 25th, were 140 killed, wounded or missing. NO. 37. CABLE FROM CONGER Minister Announces That Satis¬ factory Progress Is Made REGARDING BASIS OF NEGOTIATIONS The Question of Punishments and Several Other Points Have Been Passed Up¬ on Uy Ministerial Corps. Minister Conger’s last advices tc the ,, state . , de , P artmeut . . indlcale . -• IH tko tbat , 8ftt * ^factory progress is being made by the ministerial corps at Pekin toward the arrangement of a basis upon which, negotiations ° 8baU bo had with <he Chinese government . for , a final „ . settle- ... ment. The ministers have passed up- on the question of punishments, and a j ao upon sev eral other important . . . . . V? - th ^ « ot l atloD8 ;. The results , have not , been , Th.'Ro’.Vi'.n minister). nnderstood oa 8 «io»», and the proceeding. era h.r- mornrn... 80 f„ tbo.0 have boen oon- fined to the effort to secure a perfect fl g rcCf o eI |t by all tbo ministers upon tbfl baf ,j s c f negotiation, and up to tb j 3 time no effort has been made to j ea j t j; r ectly with the Chinese gov : ei , imeoi< It is the understanding the ministers themselves bave ^ upon their programme, tber0 lUf littie difficulty in secure j n g jt s acceptailfre by the Chinese gov- e rnmeut, which i.<, indeed, powerless offer serious resistance to the unit- e j demands of the kcssia jukes dekial. A special from St. Petersburg says: Prince lvhilkoff, Raesiau minister of railw authorizes the Associated Presa ; o deny categorically the asser- ^ o{ ft leading German newspaper tbafc Russia ig p i aan ing to construct a railwav * from Samarkand to Hankown, yift tu Kashagar valley> LakoKuku- noy auJ the Wei Ho and Hoaug Ha valleys, pr. any other route. He as- gertg , bft t the intervening mountains are a! i bat imosgsable and that such line will cost billionsof dollars,though it ib ^ may be built a hundred yeara f rom now . “Huesin,” said Prince Khflkoff, f°*‘«9eTly Samarkand Contemplated a line from to Tomsk, but she gave up the project when the Chinese trouble began. The direct branch line from St. Petersburg to the Siberian railway has also been abandoned for the pres- e nt. The only line now in process of constrtfct i on or planned is a line from Orenburg on the Ural to Tashkent, in g j, yjt. it. Holloway, United States consul in St. Petersburg, has recently received many ^ inquiries regarding an railro d for whicU America is to supply the capital. Prince Khilkoff gay3 tbot no suc h road is contem- pi £ ate d. He thinks it probable that nftutborized ageut s are operating in th(j United States . SOUTHERN ROAD SUED. Person* Injured In Wreck at Belt Junc¬ tion Want Aggregate of 8W9.000. Five persons who were injured by the collision between two passenger trains on the Southern railway on June 14, of this year, have filed suits against the company for injuries which they allege they received when the collision occurred. The suits aggre¬ gate $109,000 and were filed in the city court at Atlauta, Monday morning by Messrs. Hoke Smith and H. C. Peeples, who represent all of the plain? tiffs. The collision on which all the par¬ ties were injured occurred one mile north of Belt Junction, Fulton county, at about 8.30 in the morning. One of the trains was the Southern accommo¬ dation train, which was called the Belle, and the other was train No. 12, which was the fast passenger train running from Atlanta to Richmond. Both trains were running at a high rate of speed, and the engines and ports of the cars were demolished. It was claimed at the time that a train order which would have caused the Belle and the fast passenger to meet at Belt Junction was sent to the Belle, but was not given to the fast passen¬ ger and it was allowed to pass Belt Junction. Olenn Jumped Bond. L. Judson Glenn, of Atlanta, under indictment for forgery, and who jump¬ ed a $300 bond signed by his sister in another case, was arrested in Macon and carried back to Ailauta and lodged in jail. He registered at a Macon ho¬ tel as W. V. Price and wa3 arrested later upon request of the Atlanta au¬ thorities. _ Testimonial of Employes. The employes of the AtlaiH Railway West Point of Alabama railroad and thej( hjo.fa ire_-£ettidHH purse with- w to purchase niffeent silve reLirfng Mr. Georg* Smith, the president of t roads. ^ FLORIDA’S POPULATION. Official Figures as Given Out By Census Bureau Are 528,543. A Washington special says: population of Florida as announced Monday by the bureau is 528,542 as against in 187,170, 1890. 35 This is cent. an increase^ or per . The population of Indiana as ly aunounced is 2,516.462 as 2,192,404 ia 1890. This is an of 324,058, or 14.7 per cent. ■