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BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL.
VOL VII.
HANNA DEAD
Peerless Republican
Leader Succumbs
To Typhoid.
TYPICAL AMERICAN CITIZEN
Admired by His Countrymen
Regardless of Political
Affiliations.
Led His Party to Victory Through Sev
eral Warmly-Contested Campaigns
and Was Only Recently Unani
mously Re-Elected as Senator
From Ohio.
In the city of Washington. Monday
morning at 11 o'clock, Senator Marcus
A. Hanna passed peacefully away, af
ter over a week's Illness from typhoid
fever.
Early Monday morning it was re
ported from the bedside of tho well
known statesman that the end was
near and those around the bedside
were prepared for the end.
All of Sunday the senator wsh sink
ing gradually, and had but one rally
ing spell. At times it could not be
told whether he was merely sleeping
or was unconscious.
Sketch ctf His Life.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born in
New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbi
ana county, Ohio, September 24, 1837;
removed with his lather's family ‘.o
Cleveland in 1852. He was educated
In the common schools of that city and
in the Western Reserve College at
Hudson, Ohio, He was engaged as an
employee in the wholesale grocery
house of Hanna, Garretson & Cos., his
father being the senior member of the
firm.
Senator Hanna's father died in 1862
and he represented That interest in
the firm until 1807. When the business
was closed up He then became a
member of the firm of Rhodes & Cos.,
and engaged In the Iron and coal busi
ness. At the expiration of ten years
the title of this firm was changed to
M. A. Hanna & Cos., and it atill exists.
He has been identified with lake car
rying business, being interested in
vessels on the lakes, and In the con
struction of such vessels. He was
president of the Union National Rank
of Cleveland; president of the Cleve
land City Railway Company; a direc
tor of the Union Pacific in 1885 by
appointment of President Cleveland;
was a delegate to the national repub
lican conventions in 1884, 1888 and
1896. He was elected chairman of the
national republican executive commit
tee in 1896 and held iTTat position at
the time of his death. He was ap
pointed to the United States senate
by Governor Bushnell March 5, 1897,
to fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of Hon. John Sherman, who re
signed to accept the position of secre
tary of state in President McKinley’s
cabinet. He took his seat March 3.
1899, and also for the succeeding full
term. His term of service would
have ended March 5, 1905.
RULING AGAINST MINNIE COX.
Colored Ex-Postmistress at Indianola
Denied Increase of Salary.
The comptroller of the treasury has
overruled a decision of the auditor for
the postoflice department that Minnie
Cox, who was the colored postmaster
at Indianola, Miss., is entitled to $1,300
a year whlle-'the office'remained clos
ed. At the time of her trouble at In
dianola she had been drawing $1,200 a
year, based upon the receipts of her
office and the euect of the decision is
not to deny payment for her salary
while her office was closed, but merely
that she is not entitled to the in
crease under the law providing for the
adjustment of salaries of postmasters.
Disastrous Lumber! Fire.
A fire which swept the north end of
Tonawanda Island, N. Y.. Wednesday
night destroyed 15,000.000 feet of lum
ber, valued at a quarter of a million
dollars, had been destroyed. The lO3P
Is fully covered by insurance.
Banquet to H. Clay Evans.
The Chattanooga chamber of com
merce gave a banquet Thursday night
in honor of H Clay Evans, consul gen
eral to Lon !cn. who is at home on a
visit. About 130 guests were present.
HOMER. BANKS COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1904
RUSSIANS ROUT JAPS.
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Mikado’s Forces Landed at Two Points
But Were Repulsed by Cossacks
With Disastrous Results.
The London Daily Mail’s Port Ar
thur correspondent, under date of Feb
ruary 12, says;
‘•Official advices state that the Jap
anese landed 600 soldiers near Talien
Wan with disastrous results, 410 be
ing sabred by Cossacks. The remain
der escaped to their ships.’’
It is further stated that the Japan
ese landed at Dove Bay .where thirty
of them were killed and the remain
der wounded.
It is reported from Tien-Tsln that
the Siberian railroad has been wreck
ed in six places, covering a distance
of 70 miles. The mystery surroundlug
the fate of the Vladivostock squadron
Is still unsolved. This Russian
stfuadron consists of the cruisers Gro
moboi, Rossla, Rurik and Bogatyr.
Another report says that they were
last seen sailing westward toward
Sugaru Strait.
Passengers who arrived at Che Foo
from Port Arthur say the Russian
cruiser Askold, which was damaged in
the recent battle outside of Port Ar
thur. was kept afloat till Saturday,
when it sunk in thirty fatnoms.
The Russians have explained their
reason for firing on the British
steamer Fu Ping, in which three of
the Chinese crew were wounued. They
assert that the vessel was leaving
port without clearing.
The British steamer Wenchow is
being held by tho Russians for refus
ing to deliver Japanese passengers.
The correspondent of the London
Dally Express at Pekin in a cablegram
dated February 12, reports that Vice
roy Alexleff is practically isolated, di
rect communication between I’fcrt
Arthur and Vladivostock being sus
pended. He adds that the railroad
behind Port Arthur has been blown
up and that 6.000 Japanese troops
have landed near Dalny. The same
correspondent, under date of February
12, says that the Japanese warship
Amaki has captured the German
steamer Yokohama, which has a car
go Including dynamite for Port Ar
thur.
British Hold Russians.
The survivors from the Variag and
the Korietz, the Russian cruisers that
were sunk by me Japanese fleet at
L Chemulpo, still remain on board the
British cruiser Talbot, Italian cruiser
Elba and the French cruiser Pascal.
The situation Is becoming acute, as
the Japanese have twice made de
mands o nthe commanders of the
three foreign vessels that the Rus
sians be surrendered as prisoners of
war. Tho captain of the Talbot, being
the senior naval officer, each time re
plied that he was awaiting instructions
from his government.
None of the Russians are on board
the American gunboat Vicksburg,
whose commander considers that the
Japanese are right in their demand, az
tho Russians took advantage of the
clemency o' the Japanese in returning
to the harbor, then taking refuge on
the foreign vessels and refusing to sur
render, whereas the Japanese fleet
refrained from sinking them In the
open sea, as they could have done.
GOOD WORK OF SECRETARY HAY.
He Scores Diplomatic Triumph in
Move to Protect Integrity of China.
Secretary Hay has added another to
his long list of diplomatic triumphs,'
and the United States is once more
enabled by its diplomacy to head the
nations in a concurrent effort to pre
serve the integrity of China.
Mr. Hay’s note to Russia afid Japan
urging them to confine hostilities with
in as small an area as possible, and to
respect the neutrality and administra
tive entity of China will be accepted
by Russia as well as by Japan and al!
the nations will Join the Washington
government in inviting the combat
ants to agree to the proposition.
Brigandage in Korea.
Advices from Seoul, Korea, state
that all mails are suspended. Korean
malcontents are plundering tho coun
try widespread.
PRICE OF SILKS ADVANCED
A* Result of Russo-Japanese War.
Increase of Ten Per Cent.
A New York dispatch says; War in
the Far East has already affected the
silk piece goods market of the United
States. The majority of prominent
importing houses have just announced
advances in prices of 10 per cent on
Habutai and other silk fabrics manu
factured in Japan.
They give as their reason the fact
that many of the operatives and skill
ed hands in the various factories have
been drafted for war purposes, and
their places cannot be filled.
Devoted to divine the News, Encouraging the Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of Banks County.
JAPS MAKE APPEAL
Ask Uncle Sam to Straighten
Out Affair at Port Arthur.
JAPANESE SUBJECTS HELD
Serious Breach of Amenities of War
Charged to Russians —Text of Sec
retary Hay’s Note Socking
Integrity of China.
A Washington special says: Japan
will appeal to the United States to
prevail on the Russian government
to release tho one hundred Japanese
subjects reported detained at Port Ar
thur. Mr. Takahira, tihe Japanese
minister, it is •expected, will present
the appeal to Secretary Ha ' at once.
In a cablegram from Tokio Sunday !
Iho minister was informed that ac
cording to news brought from Che Poo j
by a British steamer from Port Ar- i
thur, one hundred Japaneso refugees '
had been taken from the steamer by ;
tho Russian authorities just befor > j
the vessel sailed, in spite ot the pro- j
tests of tho Japanese.
Having agreed to look out for Jap
anese citizens in Russian territory
during the war, this government will
instruct Jlr. McCormick, the Ameri
can ambassador at St. Petersburg, tc
inquire of the Russian goverhinent on
the subject as to the Japanese in
question.
The best naval opinion in Washing
ton is to the effect that the detention
of these Japanese at Port Arthur Is a
strategical necessity to prevent the
Japanese gaining information as to
the fortifications, troops, etc. An offi
cial said:
"During the siege of Paris, in the
Pranco-Prusslan war, Representative
Hitt, who was then in charge of the j
American legation there, looked af- j
ter the largo number of Germans who I
were detained at Paris by the French
government."
Although Russia's answer to Secre- j
tary Hay’s note, asking her to respect j
the neutrality of China and localize !
hostilities as much as possible, has
not yet been received, tho state do- 1
partment knows indirectly from
London and Paris that Russia will re
ply favorably. It then will remain for
- the powers to fix the scope of their '
note and to draft a more definite
j proposition for acceptance by the two
I countries.
Satisfaction Is expressed In admin
istration circles that Great Hritain, as
well as Russia, has decided to waive
objections to the note.
Text of Secretary Hay's Note.
Tho state department issued tills
statement Saturday:
After some preliminary exchange of
views between this government and
the government of other powers inter- ,
ested in the Chinese matters, the de
partment on the 10th of February sent
the following instructions to the
American representatives in St. Pe
tersburg, Tokio and Pekin:
“You will express to the minister
for foreign affairs the earnest desire
of the government of tne United
States that in the course of military
i operations which have begun between
Russia and Japan, the neutrality of
China and in all practicable ways her
! administrative entity shall he respect
ed by both parties and that the area
of hostilities shall be localized and
1 limited as much as possible so that
undue excitement and disturbance of
the Chinese people may be prevented
and the least possible loss to the com
merce and intercourse of the world
will be occasioned. ' JOHN HAY.’’
SUICIDED IN COURT ROOM.
Prisoner Moved to Self-Destruction by
Caustic Charge of Judge.
At Butte, Mont., Saturday, as the
Judge was delivering his instructions
to a jury in the case of Alfred Beck
man, accused of murder, Bookman de
i liberate!y di a razor, cut his throat
and fell to the floor, fatally wounded.
FOURTEEN DIE IN WRECK.
Two Train* on Canadian Pacific Road
in Frightful Crash.
A special from Ottawa, Ont., says:
Fourteen persons were killed and more
than a score injured in a collision be
tween two passenger trains on the Ca
nadian Pacific near Sand Point Thun**
day.
An official statement glten out by
the railway company places the re
sponsibility for the wreck upon the
crew of the westbound train. Conduc
tor Nidd, of that train, admitted that
hia engineer had orders to stop at
Sand Point, but failed to obey them.
DATE FOR CANAL VOTE.
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Time Set for Final Action in the Sen
ate—Ratification Assured by More
than a Constitutional Vote.
A Washington special says: The
fiijal vote on the Panama treaty will be
taken in the senate on -Feoruary 22.
This has been agreed upon. The treaty |
will be ratified by considerably more
than the necessary iwo-thirds vote.
There are but two changes appa- !
rently from the poll sent out three |
weeks ago. In mat poll Senator Over
man, of North Carolina, was put down
as doubtful; he has since announced
he will vote against, ratification. Sen
ator McLaurin, of Mississippi, was
counted for the treaty. He is now in
the doubtful list. The count as made
by a senator who has kept c ose watch
of the proceedings shows the demo
crats to be lined up as,follows:
For Ratification—Clark, of Arkansas, j
Money, Mallory, Taliaferro, McEnery, |
Foster, Bacon, Clay, Latimer, Sim
mons, McCreary, Gibson, Patterson, j
Stone and Cockrell—l6.
Against Ratification—Bailey Culber
son, Pettus, Morgan, Tillman, Over
man, Daniel, Martin, Carmack, Bates,
Blackburn, Gorman, Teller, Dubois,
Newlands, Clark of Montana—l 6.
Doubtful—McLaurin, of Mississippi.
More democrats would have voted
for the treaty if the republicans had
agreed to the adoption of resolutions
on the general lino of those introduced
by Senator Bacon looking lo a settle
ment of the differences between this
country and Panama, but the republi
cans have taken the position that the
treaty should first be ratified before
anything of that kind can be carried
through.
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MANY OF CREW LOST LIFE.
Details of Destruction of Russian War
ships by Jap* at Chemulpo.
A special from Tokio, Japan, says:
In the navitl engagement at Chemulpo,
where the Japanese fleet destroyed the
Russian vessels, Variag and Korietz,
200 of the Varlag’s crew lost their
lives.
The crow of tho Russian cruiser
numbered 570. Many lost their lives
udder fire, but a Targe number drown
ed in attempting to escape.
The men loyally aided their officers
and It is said not one of the latter
was drowned in getting ashore.
Many swam to the foreign men of
war in the harbor, which promptly low
ered boats and wont to their rescue.
Besides the French cruiser Pascal, the
Italian cruiser Elba and trie British
cruiser Talbot aided the refugees
One hundred und fifty, many of them
wounded, reached the Talbot,
Sir Cyprian Bridge, the British ad
miral In command of the station, has
ordered that the wounded Russians
shall not be handed over to the Japan
ese unless they so desire.
The Japanese did not lose a man.
None of the fleet was damaged. Tho
engagement was watched by four for
eign warships, including the United
States gunboat Vicksburg.
It is probable that the Russian offi
cers and sailors who surrendered io
tho Japanese after the battle fought off
Chemulpo will be sent to Shanghai
under paroles on the first neutral ves
sel available.
All of the sailors of the Variag, Ko
rietz and transport Sungari were ta
ken on board the British, trench and
Italian warships off Chemulpo.
AVALANCHE OF PENSION BILLS
Passed “En Bloc” by the House Under
Guidance of Speaker Cannon.
A Washington special says: Speak
er Cannon Friday took the bit in his
teeth and ran completely away with
sanctified legislative precedent In the
house. Incidentally he broko ail pre
vious records in the dispatch of pri
vate pension bills. Under bis guid
ance, 320 of these measures of relief
received favorable consideration of
the committee of the whole and p#?s
age by the house in the short &pax:a
of 136 minutes. The hduse passed
the bills “en bloc” under miwrflnious
consent, which tho speaker himself
asked for. , ; ,
WAS DELIBERATE MURDER.
Official Report of Killing of Machinist
Johnson by Dominicans.
The state department has received a
report under da to of San Do
port by mail under date c.i San Do
mingo, February 12, from United
States Minister Powell of the killing
by insurgents of J. G. Johnson, the
second-class machinist of the United
States gunboat Yankee. The facts
have been briefly given in press dis
patches, but the details furnished ny
the minister go to establish'the fact
that the khhng was deliberate and
unprovoked.
WE STAND NEUTRAL
President Issues Proclama
tion Defining Otir Status
ANENT RUSSO-JAP WAR
Provision* of Neutrality Law Explain
ed in Lengthy Document—United
States Will Hands-Off in
Trouble.
President Roosevelt Thursday issued
a proclamation declaring tho neutral
ity of this government in the Russo-
Japanese war. The document, after
setting forth tho existence of a stale
of war and that tno laws of the Uuited
States, without interfering with the
free expression of opinion of any sym
pathy, or with the open manufacture
or sale of arms or munitions of war,
nevertheless impose upon all persons
who may be within their territory ami
jurisdiction the duty of an impartial
neutrality during tho existence of the
contest, proclaims tho provisions of
the United States neutrality law,
which law forbids the acceptance of a
commission to serve either belliger
ent or enlisting or hiring or retaining
another person in the service of
either;’ fitting out and admitting or
commissioning vessels of war; increas
ing the fdree or armament of any
armed vessel of either of the bellig
erentss arriving iti United States
ports; setting on foot any military ex
pedition against either belligerent,
"That free shins make free goods,
that Is to say, that, the effects or goods
belonging to subjects or citizens of a
power or state at war are free from
capture and confiscation when found
on board of neutral vessels, with ttio
exception of articles of contraband ‘J
war; that the property of neutrals on
board an enemy’s vessel is not sub
ject to confiscation, unless the same
be contraband of war.”
The proclamation., declares that, no
person within tho United States shall
take part in the war, and warns all
citizens “that while the free and full
expression of sympathies in public
and private is not restricted by tlio
laws of the United States, military
forces in aid of either belligerent can
not lawfully be originated or organ
ized within their jurisdiction; and
that while ail persons may lawfully,
and without a restriction by reason of
the aforesaid state of war, manufac
ture and sell within the United States
arms and munitions of war, and other
articles ordinarily known as 'contra
band of war,’ yet they cannot carry
such articles upon the seas for use or
service of either belligerent, nor can
they transport soldiers and officers ot
eithor, or attempt to break any block
ade which may be lawfully establish
ed and maintained during tho war
without incurring the risk of hostile
capture, and tho penalties announced
by the law of nations in that behalf."
A “GOOD ROADS" BILL.
Introduced in the Senate by Gallinger,
of New Hampshire.
Senator Gallinger, of New Hamp
shire, who has for years been a cham
pion of the “good roads movement,”
has introduced a hill for national aid
in the construction of roads.
“The constitution of the United
States,” said Senator Gallinger, •'put
no such limitation upon the govern
ment as to prevent the co-operation
provided for in this bill, and, so far
as public policy is concerned, that re
mains to be settled by the consensus
of opinion of the people of the United
States*'
WARSHIP TO SAN DOMINGO.
Rebels Tear Up American Railroad
and State Department Acts.
News has reached The state depart
ment that the Jlmlnez rebels were
tearing up the American railroad be
tween Puerto Plata' and Santiago, in
San Domingo. The state department
has caused a warship to be ordered to
the former port.
RUSSIA SERVES NOTICE.
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State Department is Officialy Notified
of Declaration of War.
A Washington special says: Count
Cassini, the, Russian ambassador, call
ed on Secretary Hay about noon Wed
nesday and left, with him tne announce
ment of the czar declaring war on Ja
pan.
This action is said at the state de
partment to constitute a formal de
claration of war. It is now for the
president to determine whether he will
issue a neutrality proclamation. The
count’s communication with tho de
partment wa3 in writing.
NO. 40.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
OSCAR BROWN.
LAWYER
Homer Ga.
Will do a general and special practic*
In all the courts. Will loan money at a reas
onable rate of interest, and commission.
P. COOLEY.
Counselor at Law.
PITTMAN BUILDING.
HARMONY GROVE, GA.
Practice in Stato and Federal courts.
f). N. HARDEN, M. D
ly-OFFicE West of ruuLio Squab*
HOMER, GA.
Telephone at offlcftaml residence
JOHN L. PERKINS
Attorn k y-at-La w,
CORNELIA, GA.
Will practice both in State and
Federal oourts. Office first room up
stairs in Bank Building.
J)H. W G SHARP,
DENTIST,
M AYSVII.LE, GA
A„.J GRIFFIN,
Attornkt-at-Law.
HOMER, GA
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