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ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1898.
$1.00 A YEAR
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
nOYAl BAWWtt POWOKH CO.. HE* YORK.
JESSE TILLER Dim
TELL THE TRUTH,
Although He Made it Strong
Vowing it Was Gospel.
by
THE MAYOR’S MATINEE.
A Score of Sinners Set Sadly on the Hourners
.Bench—The Performance Was Lively and
the Play Was Aptly Called “The Full-
Situation of a Full Performer.”
:e much :
I GREAT SUCCESS,
Both Regiments of Soldiers March
to ^A/hitehall and Back.
FOURTEEN MILE TRIP.
Presented a Fine Appearance as They Marched
Along-They Camped Near Whitehall
for Several Hours and Returned
at Four O'clock.
The weet between Christinas day and
New Year’s day is usually a busy one
in police circles, and this year proved no
exception to the rale.
When Mayor Smith entered his up
stairs courtroom yesterday morning a
large drove of dusky mourners adorned
the benches where sinners are wont to
sit.
Jesse Tiller, a coon from the country,
was the first sinner tried. He was
charged with being drank and disor
derly and plead not guilty. ■
“Do you want me to tell yon ’de gospel
trufe,” was the way Jesse started out.
• I don’t want you to teL me a lie,”
said the mayor.
•Well, den, it was like dis: Kase I
got de best of dat nigger in a tussle he
had me pinched. We was jist playiDg
rough and was not fighting for a fae.”
“You may sit down,” said Mayor Ed,
••I'll let you down light,” and turning
to the chief he said “collect five from
Jesse.”
Steve Eads got’ drunk on Hill street
and became disorderly on Prince ave
nue. . The two combined cost him five
and cost. Ned Lester was a witness
against Eads and failed to show up. He
was fined $1.50 for contempt of court.
George Cooper strange to say didn’t
get drunk. He became disorderly with
out doing so. It cost him $5 and the
cost was omitted.
Missie Mulligan paid $5.00 for being
drunk and disorderly and Tiner Talbot
a white woman, paid the same amount
for a like offense. Eugene Broughton
was tcober and disorderly and paid the
usual $3.50.
The soldiers at Camp Haskell took a
mrNOTISWI THAT WENT
ONLY HALF WAY,
Amateur Hypnotist Gets Into
Bushel of Trouble.
PUT A COON TO SLEEP
And Had Lots of Fun, But When It Come
Time to Wake Him up the Job Was
Unsuccessful—Prof. Lee Went
to the Rescue.
WELLS-FU COMPANY
DE
|UUUI
Local Office at San Antonio Loses
Packages Containing
THIS LARGE AMOUNT.
The Driver of the Delivery Wagon, Who Was
Charged With Delivering the Honey to
Local Firms, is Missing, and it is
Thought He Is the Thief.
practice march yesterday pursuant to
the order of Brigadier-General William
C. Oates.
The two regiments started on the
march yesterday morning at half past
nine o’clock. Preceded by" General
Oates and staff, they moved up Hill
street to Milledge avenue^ the New
Jersey regiment leading, followed by
the Pennsylvanians.
Wheeling into Milledge avenue the
brigade continued straight on to White
hall, a distance of five miles. Quite a
large number or citizens on Milledge
avenue viewed them, as they passed, and
several photographers took interesting
snap shots of them.
At Whitehall the brigade was halted
and there the soldiers camped for several
hours. The musicians went down and
serenaded the members of Capt. John
R. White’s family.
In the afternoon the soldiers formed
into line and came back by another road,
the Pennsylvania regiment leading, fol
lowed by the New Jersey hoys. They
came up Broad street to College avenue,
thence to Hancock avenue and Prince
avenue, to Hill street and thence to
Camp Haskell. The marching of all
the soldiers was excellent
The hoys were not tired very much
and seemed to have enjoyed the practice
march to White rail and back.
The engagement of the Lees, hypno
tists, at tne opera house next week re
calls an interesting incident that oc
curred during their engagement in At
lanta, Ga. It seems that Mr. Henry
Beerman, a prominent tobacco dealer in
that city, after having witnessed a num
ber of the Lees performances, he one
morning decided to demonstrate to a
number of his friends that he was as
great a hypnotist as any of the Lees’
company. He accordingly called forth
one of his darkey porters and said:
“Now, look at me straight in the eyes
and think about sleep." Mr. Beerman
placed himself in front of the porter.
His eyes were dilated with a Svengali
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 29.—It is
reported here today that the local office
of the Wells-Fargo Company suffered a
big loss by robbery yesterday afternoon.
It is said that- sixty thousand dollars
in currency and six . hundred in gold is
missing. The driver of the delivery
wagon who was charged with deliver
ing the money to local firms, is missing.
His horse and wagon were found late
yesterday evening in the outskirts of
the city in the brash.
A “ROUGH RIDER.’
PHILIPPINE REBELS ITHE THIRD GEORGIA
FORM II HEW CABINET.
It is Anti-American and Permits no
American Co-Operation.
A CRITICAL SITUATION.
Admiral Dewey Says the United States nust
Accept Their Responsibilities in the Philip*
pines Which Have Been Acquired or go
Back Two Hundred Years.
WILL RE KEPT IH,
Adjutant General Corbin Says Regi
ment Will Not Be Mustered Out.
WILL SOON GO TO CUBA.
There Has Been a Delay But General Corbin
Says as Soon as Transports Can Be Had
the Regiment Will nove
' To Cuba.
Manila, Deo. 29 —The expedition un-1 Washington, Dec. 29.—The delay in
der General Miller arrived at Ilolio the movement of the Third Georgia reg-
Tuesday and found that the Spaniards iment is due to the necessity Of trans-
had evacuated the place on Saturday. porting the engineers and artillery to
In accordance with an agreement the I Cuba. General Corbin said this morn-
rebels entered the city and trenches on in g that the Third Georgia would not
Monday at noon. They immediately be ordered mustered out, hut would go
established a municipal government. | to Cuba just as soon as a transport could
Guards were placed over foreign prop
erty.
The present temporary cabinet, which
will exercise power pending the elec
tions, is very anti-American. It allows
of no American co-operation whatever
he had.
HOWELL HAS EIGHT WIVES-
gleam, and fixed with a stabbing stare | aeorKe Cooper Has « weakness tor imitating
upon the affrighted optics of the darkey.
He extended his arms to full length.
His fingers twitched convulsively, and
his hands described the mysterious cir
cles conducive to hypnotic sleep.
“S-sleep! S-sleep! S-sleep! S-sleep!’
Teddy Roosevelt.
George Cooper Will work on the
streets of Athens for the next ten days.
This sentence was .imposed on him by
Mayor Smith yesterday, who refused to
Man Released From Kansas City Workhouse
Who Is a Noted Bigamist.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 29.—Harry O.
and wants to declare a free republic and I Ho well, who the po lice Mserfc haB eight
to consider American allies. wives in as many states, has been given
It is willing to grant liberal commer- twenty-four hours to leave the city,
cial treaties with a monopoly of the | Mayor Jones has granted him a pardon
from the work house, where he was
murmured the tobacco man, in gutteral him to pay a fine
Cooper has appeared before his honor
quite frequently, and each time the
charge against him was rough riding.
“I ain’t guilty dis time, your honor,”
was the answer Cooper gave the mayor
response to the usual question of
The Xmas Alkahest.
The Christmas Alkahest is out, in a
beautiful three-colored cover, represent
ing Comedy and Tragedy ringing the
merry bells of Christmas. John Trot-
wood Moore has a grand poem, “The
Bells of Atlanta—an Incident of the
Civil War.” One Sunday morning as
Sherman was preparing to fire on the de
fenseless city, the church bells rang out
so tenderly for "Peace on earth, good
will to men,” that the soldiers refased
to fire. This was happily appropriate,
just following the Atlanta Peace Jubi
lee, whan McKinley healed every wound
of war by his memorable declaration
that the Union should care for the Con
federates’ graves. Good stories, poems
and miscellany make up an ideal num
ber. The Alkahest enters the new year
with three years behind it, and with a
record for 1898 unequalled by any South
ern magazine.
Alkahest Publishing Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Subscription, $1 a year.
The sooiioi a cough or cold is cured
with or,, barm to the sufferer the better.
Lingering colds are dangerous. Hack-
ng cough i“ distressing. One Minute
Cough Cure qonjklv cures it. Whjr saf
er when sunV ~ ?i\ cure is within
roach? It is pleasant to the taste.
A “LAME” EXCUSE.
Been Serlou&ly
tones of the professional. The face of
the negro began to take on a vacant ex
pression. His eyelids quivered, then
closed tightly. The spell was on. Nu
merous experiments followed, such as
setting on a tack, imagining he was at.
the North Pole, and afterwards that he | .*5';, ,-
was burning up with heat. At this the
crowd yelled, for the darkey pulled off
his coat and the prespiration rolled from
his face. Mr. Beerman at last decided
that the exhibition had lasted loug
enough. “When T count three,” he
said, “you will wake up. Now, one,
two, three!” The negro remained mo-
iionless, with the same strange look
his eyes. Mr. Beerman slapped his
hands together and roared in the dar
key’s ear. There wa3 no response
“Wake up, you infernal idiot.” But no
wake up. At last it was decided to send
for Mr. .Lee. It was some time before
Mr. Lee arrived. The negro had been
under the hypnotic influence for over an
hour. Lee came and snapped his fin
gers in the face of the somnolent dar
key. He jumped, looked about with
alarm and then awoke, and Mr. Beer
man gave a deop sigh of relief. He de
cided to investigate the science more
mines and railways and to repay the
expenses of the American occupation of 1 8entenced for carrying concealed weap
Manila.
Troubles due to malcontents continue
in the Provinces of Tarlac and Panga
sinian. Republican troops have been
sent there to quell the disturbances.
Notwithstanding this denial the evi
dence showed that Cooper came near
running over two gentlemen, Mr. Jones
and Mr. Clements The former in giv
ing his testimony told the mayor that
he would “have dropped that coon from
that horse if he had bad his gnu.”
Cooper was riding bareback without a
bridle.
STRIKERS IN LINE-
One Minute Cough Cure, rvres.
That li what it was made toi
SAM SMALL DISAPPOINTED.
Corbett’s Ankle Hay Have
Injured.
Chicago, Dec. 29.—Was a lame ankle
responsible for Corbett’s poor showing
in his fight with Sharkey
The possibility of such a thing is sug
gested at this late day by Dan A. Stuart,
the noted-promoter to the Corbett-Fitz-
simmons, Fitzsimmons-Maher, and
other fights.
Mr. Stuart, who is on his way to Hot
Springs, stopped off in Chicago for a
few hoars.
Speaking of the Corhett-Sharkey fight
he said:
“There was one thing about it that
could not understand and want to know.
“That is why Corbett mixed it up
with Sharkey.
“Those who knew the style of the two
men expected Corbett to keep away
from him.
“But instead of bringing his activity
into play Corbett changed his method
and went at his man.
He never backstopped once during
the fight.
And go I asked Jim about it after
the contest.
He said that in the second round he
was attempting a little funny business,
got too dose to Sharkey, and came near
being knocked out,
“He failed to get his face out of
Sharkey’s way by about half an inch
and the blow, which was partly glanc
ing, knocked Corbett down and stunned
him a great deal.
“When Corbett got up he found that
his ankle was badly sprained,
i “It put him to a great disadvantage
thizers. The march ended at Hicks Hall,
thoroughly before he attempts another I where the best and attended
experiment. meeting yet held assembled, and a num
her of addresses were made, after which
CURED OF ASTHMA I a vote was taken upon the question of
continuing the strike until wages were
restored.
The vote was unanimous to keep up
fight, and they seem to be more deter-
He Says He Will Move to Do Away With
Chaplains.
Savannah,’Ga., Dec. 29.—Rev. Sam
Small, the noted evangelist, now chap
lain of the Third engineers, U. S. A,
arrived here today, and one of the first
thiqgs he did was to give out an inter
view. Among other things he said:
“The chaplains are a sort of sop to the
church sentiment without much sub
stance to them. They just take a min
ister and put a uniform cn him with a
silver cross on the shoulder, pay him
$200 a month and turn him loose on
1,200 men without any of the implements 1 , in the rest of the ng
of spiritual warfare to fight with,
been disappointed. I
“When 1 get out I am going to sug
gest that they do away with the chap
lains. I suppose there may be a howl,
but it is better to raise the issue and
have the whole system revised. When
we get down to Cuba I’ll wager most of
the men would rather go to a cock fight
or a .hull ring than attend services. To
ten the truth, I am beginning to think
there is a heap of balderdash about what
the chaplains do accomplish outside of
meeting the sentiment that calls for
their presence with -every body
troops.”
One Thousand of Them Parade the Streets of
Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29.—Last night at
6 :30 o’clock more than a thousand
strikers paraded the streets and as they
marched their ranks were increased by
hundreds who had not assembled at the
hall. The parade was one of the most
orderly ever held in Augusta and the
line of march was t hronged with sympa-
Admiral Dewey considers it absolutely attempting to defraud a widow named
necessary that a first-class statesman be E llis 0 n and was sent to the Missouri
sent to Manila to thoroughly investigate penitentiary. Howell was next heard
the situation here and ascertain the f rom j n Indianapolis, where he married
aspirations of the Filipino republicans. a ricb widow and deserted her after
He further states that the United States he had gotten her m0 ney. He later
mast accept their responsibilities in the serve d a year in the Kansas penitentiary
Philippines which have been acquired f dr marrying a Kansas City, Kan:, wo
by conquest. If they should shirk this man before he had gotten a divorce,
duty, they would put tliemselues back I he married a rich Chicago widow
200 years in the world s history. named Hill, representing that he was
The first republican has resigned over W ealthy stockman from Des Moines and
the question of American intervention I that he owned considerable property in
in the government of the Philippine California. The police say there
islands. Owners of property desire others.
American co-operation.
After 35 Years of Suffering.
It will be gratifying to Asthmatic
readers to learn that an absolute cure has I ndnwi than ever,
at last been discovered by Dr. Rudolph
Schiffmann. That the remedy is an ef
fectual one cannot be doubted after
perusal of such testimony as that of C
W. Van Antwerp, Fulton, N. Y., who
says:—Your Asthma Cure is the best I
ever used. I tried it according to direc
tions, and one box entirely cured me of
asthma, and I have not had it since. I
can now go to bed and sleep all night
with perfect comfort, whioh I have not
done before for 35 years and I thank
for the health that I now enjoy. I h.pe
that you will publish • this letter, that
others may learn of its wonderful vir
tues.”
Schiffmann’s Asthma Cure is sold by
all druggists at 50c, and $1.00 per pack
age, or can be obtained by writing direct
to Dr. R. Schiffmann, Box 804, St. Paul,
Minn.
A GOATLESS NEGRO.
Wrapped in a Quilt He 5aunters Out Into the
Night.
Last night something like a ghost
walked along Barber street.
Several negro women were frightened
at the appearance of the ‘spook, but it
kept right on to town.
It turned out to be a negro man, who
said he had no coat and was forced
wrap up in a quilt when he went ont in
the night air.
SHOT FOR DEBT-
ons, on condition that he leave Kansas
City. Howell has started for Fresno,
Cal., where, he says, he has a daugh
ter. Under the name of Harry Poiston,
Howell was arrested here in 1891 while
TO BE COURTMARTIALED
DEBAUCHING MANHOOD.
| The Three Tough Soldiers Who Robbed a Lad
of a Vehicle io Serious Trouble.
Senator Butler, of North Carolina, Roundly I
Condemned By Confederate Veterans. A conrtmartial will mete oat justice
^ ew York, Dec. *>.-The Lee is anxious to have as large a force as
BAKING POWDER
■5 THE BEST
man^ytV Southern Mfs.(£- r|C
W.W. I PARK Statf Aqt
ATLANTA, GA.
VOLUNTEER ARMY WILL
BE KEPT INTACT,
The President Has Concluded Not
to Muster Out 50,000 Volunteers.
SITUATION IN CUBA
Warrants the' Retaining of .the Full Quota of
Soldiers—General Lee Requests the War De
partment to Hurry as Hany Regiments
as Possible to His Command.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Although the
secretary of war has prepared a list of
the volunteer regiments to be ordered
mustered out under the decision reached
by the cabinet to muster out fifty thous
and soldiers now in camp, it is stated
this morning at the war department
that the list may be held fora time until
the situation in Cuba and the Philip
pines clears up aud becomes settled.
While the administration does not
look for any serious outbreak or distur
bance, both the president and secretary
of war deem it advisable at this time
not to reduce the army until after the
first of the year and the occupation of
Cuba by the United States is completed.
General Lee, since his arrival at Ha
vana has requested the war department
to hurry as many regiments to his com
mand as possible. It is expected that
the celebration of the end of Spanish
sovereignty in the island will result in
disturbances, if not conflicts between
the Cabans and Spaniards, and General
resolution, offered by Comrade Beasley,
horse and buggy Wednesday. The
formerly of North Carolina, was unam-1 m en are still confined in a cell at police
mously passed last night at a meeting of headquarters, and say that they are ex-
the Confederate Veteran Camp of New ceedingly sorry for their conduct.
Y or b. “We were drunk and didn’t realize
’ , , t * . , , , | what we were doing,” said one of them
Resolved, That the ConfederateVet- t0 ft Banner reporfcer yest erday.”
eran Camp of New York condemns in it j s probable that the civil authorities
unmeasured terms the efforts of Senator will also take a hand in dealing out jus-
possible to preserve order. The ad
ministration, therefore, thinks that it is
best not to issue orders for mustering
out any more volunteers until after the
first of the year anyhow.
Butler, of North Caroliua, who is not
Confederate veteran, to debauch the
manhood of the south by seeking to ob
tain pensions for ex-Confederate sol
diers from the Uuited States, and that
tice to the men.
AN ATHENS HORSE
Walked Away
With the Star Favorites at
Savannah.
Mr. Lucius Pittman, of Madison coun-
any similar effort by any southern mem-1 j yt the owner of Bloodhound, a very
her of congress will he abhorred by the tine nicer, and in Savannah a few days
camp and meet with unqualified con- since he walked away with his compet
itors. A Savannah paper says of the
race
Soothing, healing,‘oleansing, EeWitt’s I “The talent got a great set hack when
Witch Hazel Salve is the implacable en Bloodhound, the Athens entry, walked
emy of sores, burns and wounds. It | away with the three-quarter dash. Lady
demnation.
Island of auam Will be Different From Other
Possessions.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The island of
Guam will probably be different from
the other colonial possessions or depen
dencies of the United States in having
naval instead of a military govern
ment.
The reason is that the sole reason for
the selection and acquirement of the
island was to obtain a convenientiy
located naval station for our warships,
and that being the case, the navy should
have exclusive control.
never fails to cure Piles
upon it,
BRYAN ON IMPERIALISM.
Hendersou and Tressider Quarrel and Latter
Shoots Former.
Nashville, Tenu., Dec. 29.—At Mur
freesboro today Pruitt Henderson,
manager of the local plant of the Fort
Wayne Electric company, was shot and
You may rely | Teacher, the Charleston entry, was the
favorite with the “knowing ones,” but
. she did not have the speed to capture
DOBBS-WOOD. I the event from the crack runner of the
Pittman stable, Bloodhound. Caliope
The Marriage Yesterday of Two Popular Young I .Lady Teacher and Bradford were the
People in Harmony Grove. starters and Bloodhound won in a gal
Harmony Grove, Ga., Dec. 29.—Mr. I lop.”
Self-Government to the Philippines Will Not I dangerously wounded by James Tres-
Frank Dobbs and Miss Nezzie Wood,
both of this place, were united in the
I've | “Corbett never said anything about
| this because he knew it would raise a
great howl.
‘.Instead he took his medicine.
“Corbett pulled up his trouser leg
when he told me about it and showed
me that his ankle was badly sprained ”
of
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
Biles Scalds. Burns.
CAUCUS MONDAY NIGHT.
Omaha, Dec. 29.—William J. Bryan
arrived in Omaha today from Chicago,
He called, on friends in the city during
the morning and this afternoon left for
Lincoln.
When asked if he thought the ques
tion of imperialism would overshadow
the money issue in the . campaign of
1900, Mr..Bryan said it was difficult at
this time to say what relation these sub
jects would bear to each other then. He
thought if congress would adopt a reso
lution pledging.this government to keep
the Philippines only as a trust for their
people, as we do Cuba, until a stable
government is established, the expan
sion issue would be at an end: If, how
ever, the question is not settled in some
way as this, he said, it would continue
to be a matter of discussion until it was
sider, Jr.
The two men had some words over a
debt that Tressider owed to the Fort
Wayne company for a boiler and Tressi
der fired at Henderson, the bullet enter
ing his stomach.
Tressider was arrested and committed
to jail.
PAY OFF CUBAN TROOPS
Many a household is saddened by
death because of the failure to keep on
hand a safe and absolutely certain cure
for croup such as One Minute Cough
Cure. See that your little ones are pro
tected against emergency.
At That Time the City Fathers Will Hold a
Meeting.
The members of the city Council for
1899 will hold a caucus Monday night
for the purpose of discussing and passing
upon the different offices and salaries
connected with the city government.
There are quite a number of applicants
for positions on the police and. fire
departments, but it is not believed that
many changes will be made.
Money Will Probably Be Advanced Bv United
States.
Washington, Dec. 30.—Negotiations
are progressing in the matter of paying
the Caban troops, so that in laying
down their arms they may be enabled
to enter npon civil pursuits and earn
their living
BUGLER TAKES HIS LIFE.
holy bonds of wedlock at the residence I YVas tn Love With a Young Lady Near Hls
of the bride’s parents at 9:30 a. m„ by
Rev. S. Shaw. Mr. Dobbs is the assist
ant agent of the N. E. R. R. at this
place and stands high in the business
and commercial world. Mrs. Dobbs
was one of Harmony Grove’s most pop-
aim: and attractive young ladies. Mr.
and Mrs. Dobbs left on the north bound
train on then- bridal trip, carrying the
good wishes and congratulations of
many friends.
DIVIDEND DECLARED.
University Bank Passes Up Its Earnings to Its
Stockholders.
,, . . . Probably no further appropriation by
disposed of and would therefore remain w iu he necessary to enable the
one of the issues before the people.
president to carry ont the plan if it
With'Porto Rico, Mr. Biran said, the ghouldbe deoidedj ag £ prob ably will
situation conld be simplified easily. He
, , . ^ , . . ._, be, to pay the Cabans part of the money
believed the people of the island should dae them fop their 8ervice the 0abail
first be permitted to vote whether they
desired annexation to this country
the formation of an independent re
public.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
■The famous U»tl- mfi«
army,
This debt is not an obligation resting
upon the United States, hut is one for
which the Cuban government will be
obligated on its establishment on an
independent basis.
The Bank of the University on 5
terday declared a semi-annual dividend
of $2.50 per share of stock.
This is a good showing, aqd the offi
cere and directors of the Bank of the
University are to be congratulated.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of 1
Camp.
Anniston, Ala., Dec. 29.—Bugler
Louis Teichfuss, of company B, Third
Tennessee, committed suicide about
o’clock last night at the home of William
Andrews, in the western portion of the
city, near Camp Shipp. Teichfuss, who
has been hoarding with Andrews, fell
deeply in love with his host’s pretty
daughter, Miss Kitty Andrews, and on
occasions has pleaded with her to marry
him. Each time she refused and Teich
fuss became desperate. Yesterday
borrowed a pistol from Andrews and
came to town and filled the chambers
with cartridges. Last night ha wrote
letter to his father, who lives at Chatta
nooga, and is principal of the Chat
tanooga School of Music, telling him
that he could not live without. Miss
Andrews and would probably soon he
dead. He also wrote a note to Miss
Andrews telling her that he died for
love of her. -These preparations com
pleted, he walked into the parlor where
his sweetheart was alone, and without
word shot himself through the heart
Death came instantly. Miss Andrews
takes the matter very coolly.‘The
mains will he sent to Chattanooga
morrow.
NAVAL GOVERNMENT.
When you ask for DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve don’t accept a counterfeit,
or imitation. There are more cases of
Piles being cured by this, than all oth
ers combined.
SCHOOL TROUBLES ARISE.
re
to-
The Resignation of General Wood Creates Con
sternation in Santiago. _
Santiago de Cnba, Dec.* 29.—The
troubles between the school hoard of
Santiago province, and the board re
cently appointed for the city of Santiago
by Mayor Bacardi, have culminated in
the former’s tehder of resignation. to
General Leonard Wood.
The chairman of the provincial board,
in the letter of resignation, said that the
board was actuated in its couree by a
sense of public duty, owing to the differ
ences it had, had with Mayor Bacardi
and. to the feeling that this friction was
a cause of embarrassment to General
Wood.
General Wood, in the coarse of his re
ply, said he fully appreciated the mo
tives of the provincial hoard bat must
decline to accept the resignation. He
declared that the hoard had shown itself
capable of excellent work and promised
to use his best endeavors to adjust the
differences with Mayor Bacardi.
Among the Americans here there is
only one opinion regarding the action of
the provincial school board: “It is a
mere fit of temper over small details,”
they say. It is generally regarded as
an unwise exhibition of weakness.