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|ps?p^6 WITH RESERVATIONS lite’s Fatal i Utah. Russia Finally Acquiesces In SeerotarF Hay's Propoeltloo Looking to (ho Integrity of China. A St. Petersburg- dlepatcn says; Russia's reply to Secretary Hay’s note A COLLISION d “ fblna probably will be made In a ° lew days. It wUI acquiesce In the principle, but with certain reserva tions, regarding Chinese admlnistra- and a Tolegraph e Totally Obliterated, I and Injured Were d In All Directions. nr , GEORGIA. t iwaaavaaa aaaawaae Brief Summary of Doings Throughout the State. Masons to Hold Festival, Preparations are bslng rapidly com pleted tor the Masonic-festival wblcb ■ »•-*...» - . ii io rase place in live control over the region In Man- evening, March i, Is to take place In Atlanta on Tuesday have been kill- s injured, several, it Is and a great amount -ty destroyed ,by an car load of dynamite ah, a telegraph station cad of the Great Og- off on the Southern Pa was caused by a col- i two freight trains, du.j, the failure of Uje air tus to operate. Eight of rive of the Injured are others are 'Greek la- is wife i i to tho l > T. W. Burke, section i and three children; >. a former general loro- iTollof, messougeT, for w, Ind.; Owen Der r, formerly of Beaver sntcen Greek laborers, was terrific. Rvery- a radlim of halt a mile The town ot Terrace, I north, was shaken as earthquake. Window i at Colon. 15 miles ed, a no the sound was heard In Qgden . from tae scene of the a ground upon which tho ujlng was torn up for i feet, leaving a great ) f«ol‘ln depth, fragments relght cars and two sn- e thrown tor Incrediole die- • the surrounding country, building was biowntto l and the dead and Injured or hundreas of feet in most of them having torn off. Telegraph s were torn down for a •nd tha first knowledge came from Terrace, jg . the operator at that place > headquarters that he saw ; cloud of smoke spread out at a churls leased te Russia, or covered by the Chinese reservation In order to safeguard eslatlng Russian Interests. When the note was first dispatched to the powen the authorities In 8t. Petersburg were undeniably disposed to view It with suspicion, and there fore Its reception liy the other cast- nets was awaited with keen Interest. The Russian autboritlea have obtained the views of the European chancellors and havs seen the friendly reception given to the note even 'by Russia's ally, the fear that It might contain a hidden pitfall for Russia began to dis- appear. The Russian authorities have new been acquainted with the replies of the remaining powers, including that of Japan, and it hat practically been decided to give adherence In I principle. . dozen freight Russia explained that aha was as anxious as the other powers to prevent disorder! In China and to preserve Its Integrity, but that owing to Ruue- sln'a Interests In Manchuria dlfllcultles are presented . Chinn must be protect ed and Russia will make s reservation on this point She does not desire her position In this rsspect to he mlium derstood hereafter and for thii reason her words will be explicit end not cqulvoosi. Russia has not yet given permlaelon for any military attaches to join the Russian army in the field. Request! have been received from nil the pow ers. Including the United States, and It Is understood that Viceroy Alexleff, to whom the question w*e inferred, would prefer that foreign - attache! should not-join In tbs Riusian fluid operations until March, expiring that owing to the unexpected suddenness of theputbreak of hostilities, It la difficult to make arrangements tor their .com fortable accommodation, especially during ths severe weather, until that time. Chairman William M. Slaton, of the general committee having charge , ot the affair, la doing everything possible to make the occasion n marked event In the local history of Free Masonry. Grand Jury Indicts:Hunt The grand jury at Columbus, indicted Charles D. Hunt on the charge of mur der after an investigation of the cir cumstances attending tho killing of George H. Fontaine In the Muscogee Club. The grand jury also returned three other Indictments against three per- sons In'connection with the esse, and It la understood that they were tor gambling. PORT ARTHUR MENACED. with doctors, nursrs i wav hurriedly dispatch- The train returned who were placed In : ten era! hospital, oas of life among ths la accounted for by the fact occupied outfitting cars wore standing near the spot > the explosion occurred. Of the forty-alx persona at Jackion » time of the explosion, only bine or Injury. The great trestle over tho laxe was not tho explosion occurring n j beyond the western end of that structure. 4ENTS AGAINST FIVE MIN. investigating Iroquois Theatre Fir. FI inlshes Its Work. lal grand Jury at Chicago to Investigate the Iroquois thenire tire and the chargee made against persons directly connected with the tragedy of December 80. com pleted Its labors Saturday by voting Indictments against dve men and no bills against four others, rlaon was not Indicted. Naval Officer* Believe Japan la Prapar- Inp te Make Determined Attempt to Take Russian Stronghold. Dispatches from the Far Bast Wed nesday Indicated .that Japan la prepar ing to make a determined attempt to capture Fort Arthur, the stronghold of the Russians. Toklo advices state that numerous transports, heavily laden with troops and munitions, are on the aea, and If la believed that theie transports will laud at placet where the Japanese ar my can corporate with the navy In an nttampt to redact Port Arthur. Toklo adrlcea report that Japanaie troops art at Wlju, oa the Yalu river. Wlju la not a great distance tram Port Arthur. British military sxperta believe that the Japanese plan ot campaign contemplates the Immediate Invest ment tand capture of Port Arthur. On thin theory they explain the continued attack! whldh the Japaneie fleet Is making on thw port The capture ot port Arthur would eaoranrasly increase the prestige ot the Japaneie and give them a fortified baea from which they conld' operate eSeotlvely agalnat the Russian line of communication In Manchuria. Mayor Her- FOR MISSISSIPPI SCHOOLS. MONEY FOR FAST MAIL. ‘Appropriation Bill Carries Same Amount as Last Yssr. postoffice appropriation bill com- 1 by the house committee on fbbMBeu; contains en appropriation of $148,738|?5 for the continuance ol tho Southern fast mall service through South Carolina to Atlanta and Now ’ This la the aame amount for the past year. .Hu bs! Bill Appropriating Million and a Guar, ter Gees to the Governor. After a debate lasting all day the Mtailiilppl senate, Wednesday, passed the house bill appropriating 11,850,000 per annum to the common schools and the measure now goes to tr.e governor tor signature. v Members of the two levee Hoards are at the (capital In force to oppoae the amendments to the bills authoris ing bond Issues aggregating $1,500,000. EIGHTY-FIVE MILLIONS LOSS. Lowest Estimate of Property ’ Do- PERRY HEATH RESIGNS. strayed In Baltlmofe Conflagration. It is learned from an authoritative source In Baltimore that the tax' as- ant poatmaater general and secretary oaf the realty in the burned of the Republican national committee, let are approximately between wired his resignation of the latter po- and twenty-two million dollar* 1 altion from Cleveland. Ohio, to AeUng >• assessment on the average ’ chairman Payne at Washington, as f goods consumed in the fire' follows; fifty and fifty-two mil* “Due to the death ot the chairman, estate was assess-; Mr. Hanna. I tender to you my reslg- of 1U value, these nation as secretary of the republican Indicate n,total Iota by national committee, effective immo- fire of about $86,000,000 ‘ dlately. Owing to Death ef Hanna He Relln- qulehes Hie Job as Secretary. Perry H. Heath, former first aaelst- Wldow of Ben Hill Dead, Mrs. Benjamin H. Hill, Sr., (he wld- ow of the late Senator Benjamin H, Hill, and well known all over the Uni ted States, died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Bra. Hen- rletta Hill Thompson, In vYashlngton, D. C. Death came as the result of an at tack of pneumonia. Mr*. Hill left At lanta laat December for Washington, to pay.a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Thompson. Both Counties Claim Taxes. The- most Important case Tried m Walton superior court the past week was that of the county of Morgan against the county of Walton, Involv ing the county taxes of the High Shoals cotton mllle, situated on the lino of the two counties. This case will"be far-reaching in Its results. The legislature of 1S08 passed an act requiring nil manufacturing compa nies to pay taxes In the county In which la located the main bulldlngi containing machinery. The constitu tionality ot thla act was attacked, and it was .held valid by Judge Russell, i e e Mrs. Wood Asks for Clemency. Mrs. Capitols Wood, who la under sentence to serve two years In the Georgia penitentiary for aaaanlt rrlth Intent to murder upon her hnsband, W. J. Wood, at Atlanta, haa filed through her attorneys, a petition for a commu tation ot her sentenco Imprisonment In the county Jail or the payment of a fine. If the prison commission Is finable to act upon tha matter at ones, an el- fort will he made to get Governor Ter rell to grant a respite of sentence un til the prison commission can hear the case. Mrs. Wood atatea that the la willing to go to jail or pay a fine. But that she is not physically able to do the work which will be required of her In the penitentiary. Mrs. Wood's petition recites the foot that the was cruelly treated by her husband and that she shot Mm while goaded to desperation. Contest Over School Office. At a recent election for county school commissioner In Babka county, 0. O. Strange was elected, but a eon- teat has been filed by Colonel Oscar Brown and Proleisor H. P. Hewitt, al leging fraud and Irregularities during the examination, which tmpllcalo W. II. Crunch, member ot the board of education, In assisting Q. G. Btrange, one ot tho applicants In the absence ot tho president and other members of the hoard and other aiilataace ran- derod Btrange. On' the trial the board decided against the eonteatanta and the ease goes on appeal to the state school commissioner. The people ot the county are great- ly wrought up ovar the contest and are anxious to have a fair, impartial and thorough Investigation cl the ques tionable conduct alleged. .v Mr. Heeth stated that the telegram told the entire etory 8 VISIT MR. PAYNE. GERMANY TO POLICE SHAN TUNG General Looted and Jewelry. of Jewelry and been stolen from of the postman- nylon, and the de- the case are formerly In haa gnat taken All Cities ef ths District Will Be Watched After by Kilter's Officer*. An Associated Press dispatch from Shanghai any*: It I* reported at Wsl- Helen,- the moat Important city in thy province of Shan Tung, that Germany Troope Protected Prlaener. Convicted ot attempted criminal as sault and centenced to twenty, yeara In the penitentiary, Will' Hudson, an 18-year-old negro, camo near losing Ms tile while being escorted from tho court house In Columbus to the Jail. Martin R. Burton, the father ot the young girl upon whom the negro made hie brutal attack, tried to break through the line of officers, and with one band grasping n pistol, was mak Inn a desperate effort to get at the negro, with the presumable Intention ot taking hi* life, when overpowered by the officers. The negro was «f.en hurried on to jail, the riot alarm was sounded, the two local military companies aasem- aied at their armortei and marched quieMy to tho Jail, wMch they protect ed until the negro was seat from the city to tho Atlanta jail. Troutman's Peculations. According to a report made to Gov ernor Terrell by T. M. Swift, of Ether ton, a member of tho board ot trustees of tho state sanitarium, c. H. Trout- tor M«wd the rifht to kuuturate a of Mtf nsiiRPm BhoiiM ...ton. i. .it tin mtMi.» MwcMat* tad fubwi bank of MU* and completed Ms downtall within less than one week. Troutman's first draft on the funds In Ms possession for purposes of specu lation was drown on February 18. He committed suicide February IP. February 10 Troutman's balance on the books of the sanitarium account was $24,144.12. On this the following drafts were drown; February $769.42; February 12. $9,018.20; Feb ruary 10, $0,015.39 and $888.01; Febru ary 19, $7,017.75. HIS balance on Feb ruary 19 waa $491.45. Part of the money drown ont Febru ary 11 Was to pay bill* for the sanita rium; all the rest. Including that ot Uls 19th, was used tor speculation. Trout man’s total shortage was found to be (23,040.07. . Fruit Growers Elect Officers. At the closing meeting of the Geor gia Fruit GroweiV Association In Fort Valley, a committee was appoint ed To meet the legislative committee on appropriations to ask for an appro priation of 81.600 for the State Board of Entomology. The executive committee was next appointed, the association deciding to have the chairman appoint one mem ber from each congressional district on this committee. Another committee waa appointed is look Into the railroads’ MUa of lading and If poaslbla change toe lorm now In uae; also to try for a reduction In express rates. After this the following officers were elected ior the coming year: Dudley M. Hughes, president; H. A. Mathews, Drat vice president; F. O. Somarhouse, second vice president; V. W. Hailehurst, secretary and treas urer. Unanimous votes of thanka were ten dered the Georgia Fruit Package Co. for their courtesy In giving the mem bers of tho association a delightful drive over the local orchards, and to tie people ot Fort Valley (or their hind attentions and open hospitality. It waa decided to hold toe next meet ing at Marietta In April. The meeting has been of great bene fit to all who attended and much was (aid during the meetings that waa of value to thoap Interested In the fruit Industry. Only the State Is Short. Two startling developments have been made by the special legislative Investigating committee. The findings of the committee have been kept at quiet te possible In this Instance, but the Information haa leaked out and no end of n sensation haa been created In state circles by the dlecovery. The committee haa worked faithful ly ad assiduously on tha books ©Leav ers! Institutions. There have been ru mors and reports about some of the In stitutions and the committee gave the matter a very close investigation, go ing over every detail and sifting (acts and figures wherever It was poealble. A Civic Duty. An Englishman said to a prominent American a few weeks ago: “I see you educate |he people over hero well." Not at all," replied the Ameri can. "We do not educate tne people. We are the people and we educate our selves." This thought expreaaes the dominant Idea In education in Ameri ca today. There waa a time when education waa aristocratic, by the few for the few. The Inequality of wealth, rank and position was made greater by the Inequality ot education. It waa not eonaldered among the civic duties to deal with educational facilities. In 1880, the aouth sent only one student out of every 7,831 persons to college, and these generally won prominence In their cboeen work; not over 10 per cent of the population remained Illiter ate. In 1870, In Georgia, only 8,600 pupils were enrolled In the more than 1,500 private schools—the only schools then In the state. Last year 349,000 pupils were enrolled In the people's schools, and 8,400 students In.the peo ple's higher Institutions. Nearly a hundred towns and cities In the stale then levied a local tax to support their own achoola. Education by the people, for the peo ple and of the people la fast becoming the fundamental elvlc principle In thla state as It la In all parts of our coun try.' In 1900, 03.87 per cent, of all el ementary pupils In America was en rolled in schools supported by the peo ple; 78.75 per cent. o( all those en rolled In achoola supported by taxes, and 38 per cent, ot college students were In state Institutions. In other words nine-tenths of all pupils In all grades from primary to the nnlvorslty were In governmental echools and one- tenth In non-governmental schools. So prevalent, so popular, ao efficient have the graded public achoola become that people moving to town as^, first of all. If there Is a system of public echools and they generally select the town huvlng a local system. The business men of a town cannot afford to allow their town schools to fall bedind those ot their neighbors. The beet money •pent by the town Is on Its,schools. Good schools fill vacant houaea, In crease trade and advertise a town. Bueh a school la not a charity. It la the Mgheet expression ot civic duty. It la the education ot nil the children by all the people, (or tHe good of all the eemmunlty. . It la democratic edu cation and offers equality of oppor tunity regardless of condition. And because it la democratic and efficient ao town or people that haa ever adopt ed local anpport ot aeShoU haa aver gone hack, or over agitated the ques tion of going back, to the old system of two or three private , or sectarian schools with their rivalry and strife. There are not many towns In Geor gia with a' population of 1,500 without a local system. No town with a popu lation of a thousand or more need tear to undertake this civic duty. It haa nearly the civilised world tor a sue- eeaafnl precedent and not a record ot a failure.—J. S. STEWART, ot Geor- gta University. HIM II8 *1 ♦« IH Cream of News. I-H-M+I Brief Summery of Moet Important Events of Beet: Bay. —The trustees of the State Sanita rium for the insane in tension at^MU- iedgeville, Oa„ elected L. H. Andrews to fill the unuxptred term of the late Treasurer Troutman, who suicided. —John Martin Jones and Miss Juan ita Joseph Gatewood, of Columbus, Ga., both deaf mutes, were married Thursday, the vows being taken by signs. —A resolution was Introduced In the Mississippi house Friday declaring the Southern and -Mobile and Ohio already merged and directing the state attor ney general to set aside me consoli dation. —A Birmingham constable Is being sued for $1,000 damages by a prisoner whom be chained to a wall tor eighteen hours Instead ot putting him In jail as ordered by the court. —Ellery M. Brayton, leader of the Illy white wing of the republican party la South Carolina, haa come out in a card denouncing National Committee man John O. Capers. —Speaking on the naval appropria tion bill in the house, Mr. Fltsgerald, of New York, stated the people believe that President Roosevelt le apt to In volve the United States In war. . —Secretary Hay baa been Informed that Edwin Morgan will not be granted an exequator by Ruaata authorising him to act aa United States consul. —The Northern and Cumberland Presbyterian churches have agreed on a bails of union. —The belief that Vlceeroy Alexleff has abandoned Port Arthur has caused a panic among Russians in Manchuria. They are fleeing by thousands. —The city and province of Teguci galpa, Spanish Honduras, la under mar tial law because of an attempt to as sassinate President Bonilla. —Great Britain la mounting heavy gona at Halifax and putting the forte on a war footing. —It la rumored nt Canton that the dowager empress of China Is dead. —During the naval encounter, about five thousand Russian soldier* ware caught napping at Port Arthur and may never get out except by surren dering to the Japaneie. —Count Cassini, .Tusalan ambassa dor to Washington, announces that his country accepts the suggestion of Sec retary Hay that belligerents In Far Eut localise hostilities. —Russia and Japan agree on regu lations governing newapaper corre spondents at the front during the present war In the Far But —The Russian gunboat Madjur bar been ordered to leave Shanghai. A Japanese cruiser Is waiting for her Just out of port / —The Mexican sngar trust alleges that Its failure was due to the Amert- can-Cuban reciprocity treaty. —It la alleged that G. O. Strange, re cently elected county school commis sioner ot Banka couunty, Ga., received help on his examination, and Ms elec tion is being contested. —Crew* of two freight trains on the Southern road were badly Injured In a collision near McCarty, Tenn., Sun day. One negro fireman was Mlled and almut all ot the members of the crews of each train were more or lees injured. —Yen candidates are In the race for the seven places on the Alabama su preme bench. The four old members of the court are practically certain ot retaining their places. A number of cltlsens of South Carolina met tragic deaths In various ways Sunday. One man committed ■ulclde and one woman waa burned to death. .Viceroy Alexleff has posted a proc lamation In Chinese In every town and village In Manchuria -calling on the natives to aid Russia In the strag gle to protect tho railroads. -Twenty-five persona have been Mlled, fifteen others Injured and a great amount of railroad property de stroyed by an explosion of a carload of dynamite at Jackson, Utat^ a tele graph station on the Southern Pacific railroad. The explosion was caused by a collision between two freight trains. —Two men were asphyxiated, one burned to death and several severely Injured In an explosion of gas at a Buffalo, N. Y-, furnace Sunday. —Biota were started In Prague Sun day by the pro-Russian demonstrations ot CaScha, who wished to attack the United States consulate because ol sympathy for Japaa, AUT1WW- - Tho Artlat—-PerhSP* ** ^ Is wedded to his art It 19 * think of matrimony. gon't She—I dare say. At any n.1*^ commit bigamy until you ran “* WHICH? Duhaway—I was with Mia. Twto' kletou all last evening and we never ■poke to each other .. _ Cleverton—Quarrelling ori staking up 7—Detroit Free Praia. A CASE WORTH TRYING. First Attonwy—We can't go on with the case* Our client ha* n grounds for action. His Partner—No ground* fo action? > Why, ho'i worth a million!—- Chicago Newa. ORANOES ENOUGH. Hodd—How la your orange grove In Florida getting out Todd—Flixt rate, old man. a couple of years from to have enough oranges to lupplJ J table.—Town Topics. FITS permanently onred. No mm alter first day* uie ot Dr. EUne • KervaBeatorer. IS triilbott I. Dr. B. H. Kurt, Ltd., >11 Arch 81., FhUa.. n It has been Aaid that,ah the werhl lores a lover, but the proof u mlmafr The Salter ef the Borel Hew TariMe. Thin whom there ii no hettar'Potato.Ex pert in the Country, mp. "Brisg's.ggW tit Potato ii the esrRest of 30 «*rliMt «* 4 erne. Salsir’sEarly l. the Rural New Yorker 786 ha. **£3* Now Seller hei teener priding viriettM thin shove. See 8a!xeria catalog. just sim> 10c. ix STAiira and this notioi to the John A-Btlter Seed Co., La troMc. Wia., and recoira lota ox S&iSSa Sft&W itaSSdi fodfc SStaSrSSi.mSt,Sprit,.Barter, ete. Some man might compliment their with fivtn an occasional Piao’a Cure for Consumption Isas InfalliWa medicine for coughs Mid ooldi.—N. W. Samuzl, Ocean drove, S. J«, Feb. 17,1900. The coming man is usually one who haa already arrived. A man is in luck if ha doesn't get turned down white waiting for something to turn lOpMO Plants For lOo. This ia a remarkable offer the John A* Baker Seed Co., La Greece, Wia.. make*. Iter will send you their Vig plant and seed Catalog, together with ca—* — J to pew 1.000 ftne solid Cabbages. 2.000 delicious Carrot.*, 2,000 Blanching, nutty Celery, 2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce, ' 1.000 splendid Onion*, This great oner ie i made in order to in* once plant them you will you c___ grow no others, and ALL FOB BUT 10C.' POSTAGE, moua Berliner CauHliowcr. [A.CX.] transaction*!! one in which bt gets the bast of ths bargain. Mrs. Winslow's BootUngeyrnnfor children teething, soften the gums, rednMsInfiammn- Ikm,allays psln.curcs wind polls, tic, a bottle A man nsver be he Tee ha la nelly pre judiced «vsn when bt admits it. If Pills Wars Poison. If Detroit's crop of pills tor a single year was made ot any deadly poison one-half of them would be sufficient to depopulate the entire globs. If the annual pill harvest of Detroit was strung on thread, like Christmas popcorn, the rape of pills would roach twice around ths earth, with enough over to tie In a bowknot. If thla string of pills was eut In pieces each of the 20,000,000 women and girls In America could have a different necklace of pills for every day In the year, with an extra long one for each Sunday. Detroit produces 4,000,000,000 pills each year.—Leslie’! Monthly. Largs Families of Porto Rleane. Porto Rleane, rich and poor alike, •asm to strive to rails ths largest families posalble. The people wor- sMp their cMldren, and the children look np to their parents with lovs and reverence. Families of 10, 15, It or 20 cMldren are so common as to excite no comment Oas woman In San Juan haa twenty-four children, and they are all living. Ksvlcc's Chief Harbor. Tampico expects to be the ehlef Hex- lean harbor before long It ia twelve hours. distant from the capital by train, and Its waters an desp enough for the lgrgest vessels and fully pro tected against storms. 's Catarrh Cun. ¥. J. Casxn A Co., Toledo, O. W4, tho undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the lest U years, aid believe hint perfectly honorable In nil bneineee traneeo- tione and OnnnoUUy able to carry ont soy obligations mad# by their firm. Win A Tausx, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, O. I Wunae, Ksxxex A Hutu, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hell's Catarrh Oare Is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mneouesur- faeesof theeyetam. Testimonials eent tree. Price, 70c. per bottle. Sold by ell Druggists. Take Hen's Family Fills ter oonotlpotion. Malice, D. X. "Mexico, D. F.,“ ns ths postmark on nU Mastican postal matter reads, i "Dlatrtat Fedora)," or Federal J and corresponds to our Wn d. a -—