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TEACHERS TO WAIT
Georgia State Treasurer Refuses
to Honor School Warrants.
MATTER GOES TO THE COURTS
Friendly Test Case to Be Made
By State Officials of a Long-
Standing Contention.
Georgia’s state treasurer, Mr. Park,
refuses to use the public property
fund for the purpose of paying the
school teachers of the state and tiding
over the deficiency in the deficiency
in the treasury, and Governor Candler
asserts that the teachers shall be paid,
and that he will endeavor to make the
state treasurer pay them as soon as it
is possible to do so.
Treasurer Park made the announce
ment Friday afternoon that he would
refuse to honor the school warrants by
borrowing from the public property
fund, and immediately preparations
were made looking to bringing man
damus proceedings against him, and
suit will be filed before Judge Lump
kin in the superior court of Fulton
county.
The matter will, of course, go to the
supreme court which ever way it is
decided. In any event it will be six
or 6even weeks before the public
school teachers of Georgia get their
money.
The supreme court cannot assign
the case for hearing before May 20th,
and it will be at least a week or ten
days before a decision can be secured
from that body.
This means that the merchants and
the boarding house keepers and others
to whom the nearly 9,000 teachers in
Georgia are indebted, will have to
wait that much longer for their money.
Treasurer Park says he did not
finally decide what he would do until
4 o’clock Friday afternoon. In tin
meantime the warrants for the school
teachers, amounting to $247,000, were
waiting in the office of the comptroller
general. Comptroller General Wright
had declined to countersign them, as
he is required by law to do, until be
had been advised of what the treasurer
would do.
Knowing that the situation was
waiting on his decision, Treasurer
Park took steps to determine what he
would do. At the diuner hour Friday
he went to meet Washington Dessau,
of Macon, who had already given an
opinion contrary to that of the attor
ney general, and with him he had a
final consultation.
Upon his return to the capitol Treas
urer Park called on the comptroller
and asked him what he intended to do
about the warrants.
“If you are going to refuse to pay
them," said the comptroller general,
“it will only be necessary for me to
countersign one. That is enough for
a test case.”
“But I would not refuse to pay one
of them," the treasurer replied. “I
have about $77,000 in the treasury
which I cau U3e for that purpose, and
I would not refuse to pay them until
that is paid out.’’
The comptroller general said he
could not decide that point. He did
not kuow whether the governor would
care to pay a few of them and leave
others unpaid. Treasurer Park said
he would see the governor, and he
did.
“I have determined to pay i’uem all
or none,” was the decision the treas
urer got from the governor.
“Then I shall pay none of them,”
was the conclusion the treasurer
reached. *
Governor Candler stated that he did
not intcud to select auy of them for
payment at this time; when oue was
paid all must be paid. This decisiou
was reputed to the comptroller gen
eral and he declined to countersign a
portion of the warrants. Thus the
matter will go directly into the courts.
Heavy Snow at Knoxville.
The 'heaviest snow of the year be
gan falling in the vicinity of Knox
ville, Tenn., Friday night about 6
o’clock. It is the first time in years
that snow has fallen this late in April.
The change in the weather from a
spring to a winter day was very sud
den.
AGUIXALDO IN NEW QUARTERS.
CnptiTe Filipino Leader in Transferred to
a Private Residence.
A Manila dispatch says : Agniualdo
has been removed from the Malacan
ang Palace to a private residence, No.
£>6 Solauo street. The guard placed
over him has been modified.
General MacArthur informed the
representative of the Associated Press
that the effect of Aguiualdo’s address
to the Filipinos would undoubtedly
be beneficial.
Agniualdo composed his address
without assistance. The origiual was
in Tagalog. It v/as afterwards trans
lated into Spanish.
CATTLE FROZEN TO DEATH.
Severe Cold In £ait Tennessee riyg
Dreadful Havoc With Stock.
A Knoxville special says: Asa re
sult of the present cold weather prom
inent cattlemen estimate that 1,000
head of cattle have been frozen to
death iu the East Tennessee mountains
in the past week. Tweuty-two inches
of snow is said to have fallen. This
freeze may affect the local beef supply
in the fall.
BANK OFFICIALS SLICIUt.
Defaulting and Cashier
End Their Hiserable Exist
ence Together.
Charles Brown and E. L. Canby,
president and cashier respectively of
the First National bank of Vancouver,
Washington, which was closed Satur
day by the comptroller of the curren
cy, committed suicide Saturday night
i two miles from the city, by shooting
j themselves with a revolver.
Their bodies were found Sunday
j morning lying together in a small
clump of bushes about one-balf mile
north of the Columbia school, which
is situated on tba outskirts of the
town.
They both used the same weapon,
and (. auby evidently died first, as the
| revolver was in Brown’s hand. It is
! evident that Canby put the muzzle of
the revolver in his mouth and blew
the top of bis head off. Brown thou
took it and shot himself in exactly the
same way, falling over Canby’s body.
The fact that Brown’s bicycle and an
umbrella belonging to Canby were j
found a short distance out of town j
led to the belief that the two bank of
ficials bad taken their lives. Early
Sunday morning a searching party I
started out aud after several hours’
bunt the bodies were found.
Friday evening, Canby, upon being
told by Bank Examiuer Maxwell that
the bauk would not bo permitted to
open Saturday, went out in the yard
behind the bank aud attempted to
shoot himself. His revolver failed to
explode, although all five chambers
were loaded. After failing to shoot
himself Canby went back into the
bank and he and Presi lent Brown
left together, the latter taking his re
volver.
When Examiner Maxwell confronted'
the bank officials with the shortage of
SBI,OOO, which he had discovered,
both men admitted their guilt. It is
admitted that Brown anil Canby had
been speculating in stocks. Beside
Brown’s body there was found a pack
age containing $25 and a note saying
that the money belonged to his daugh
ter. Upon Cnnby’s body the following
brief nolo was found:
“My Dear Wife —I feel what I am
about to do is for the best. Forgive
me if you can aud try to live for our
dear children. God bloss you all.
Good-bye. Ned.”
While Bank Examiner Maxwell, who
is now iu charge as receiver, has made
no official statement, it is known that
the bank has loaned a large sum of
money on insufficient security. Ac
cording to his report to the comptroll
er of the currency there is a shortage
of SBI,OOO in the bank’s accounts and
it is understood that a considerable
portion of this was loaned to Brown
and Canby on their personal notes.
Abont a year ago the bank reduced its
capital stock from SIOO,OOO to $50,-
000. At that time about one-half of
the so-called bad assets was “charged
off.”
RICH ARDS MAKES REPLY.
Declare* That Carter Hna Slade Manx
False Statement* In Plea.
A Washington special says: Solici
tor General Richards filed in the Unit
ed States supreme court Saturday a
reply to the motion made by the coun
sel of Captain Carter, to strike from
the files of the court as “irrelevant aud
scandalous” the solicitor general’s
brief iu opposition to Carter’s motiou
to be admitted to bail pending the de
cision of his appeal in his habeas cor
pus proceedings.
Mr. Richards denies that be went
outside the record in the case, and as
serts tbat be always tries to observe
strictly the rules of the court requir
ing counsel to confine himself to the I
facts of record in the discussion of a
case. He sets forth that Carter’s ap
plication for bail is supported by af
fidavits of physicians to the effect that
the prisoner’s health is impaired, aud
this, Mr. Richards says, is not only
entirely outride the record, but is
false.
Mr. Richards also says that Carter’s
counsel went outside the recoid iu the
appeal case iu averring tbat Carter is
an innocent man and wants to be re
leased in order to be tried in the crim
inal case in Georgia. He adds that to
demonstrate the falsity of this last
statement it was necessary for the so
licitor geueral to state what the gov
‘ernment has done in prosecuting the
indlctnei. t against Carter and others
in the federal courts of Georgia.
GASPED IX COFFIN.
Supposed Corpse Showed Sijjrns o f Life
During; Funeral Services.
Mrs. Frank Marlow’s funeral ser
vice was being conducted at her late
home at Merrimack, Ala., Thursday
afternoon, when to the great astonish
ment of all persons present, the sup
posed corpse gave a gasp and showed
every sign of returning life. Relatives
seut for a doctor, who examined Mrs.
Marlow', found her body warm and
discovered a feeble pulse. For an
hour and a half the physician worked
with her in an attempt to bring the
woman back to consciousness, but she
eventually died.
Charged With Embezzlement.
A. J. Schrotz, a boookkeeper in the
First National Bank of Birmingham,
was arrested iu Pittsburg, Pa., Thurs
day night by United Slates Marshal
Leocard, charged with the embezzle
ment of $35,000 of the bank’s funds.
Big I aiming Plant Burned.
The tanning plant of the A. Platz
Leather company at ltaciue, Wis.. was
destroyed by fire Friday. Lo3B, SIOO,-
000. Insurance, $75,000.
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SUBJECT NOT APPROPHIATE
1
Judge Speer Disapproves of Col
lege Law Class Debating Dis
franchisement Question.
Judge Emory Speer, of the United
States court for the southern district
of Georgia, chairman of the law faculty
of Mercer University, doubts the pro
priety of members of the law class and
of the Phi Delta Society discussing
the subject selected for the joint de
bate on May 2d namely:
“Resolved, That the negro disfran
chisement would be beneficial to the
south.”
It is understood that Judge Speer is
trying to interest certain rich men
north in Mercer University, with a
view of obtaining endowments from
them, aud his idea is that the debating
of the negro question might operate
against obtaining these northern dona
tions.
Judge Speer has conferred with
President Pollock, of Mercer univer
sity, ou the subject, with the result
that the debaters will hold a confer
ence with Judge Speer, and it will
then be decided if the debating of the
question will be abandoned. The de
baters bad prepared speeches ou the
subject and were anticipating the con
test with interest.
A. li. Small, Jr., R. D. Feagin and
J. A. Scruggo have been chosen to
represent the law class on the affirma
tive side of the question, and George
C. Jones, J. W. Simmons, Jr., and
Schwed Hertburg, of the Phi Della
Society, were selected to represent the
negative.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The Various New Inriasfries Reported
For the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are a $500,000 brewery at Mem
phis, Tenn.; a $20,000 brick plant at.
Baton Rouge, La.; brick works at
Williamson, W. Va ; a $150,000 canal
and rice company at Lake Charles,
La.; a chair factory at Little Rock,
Ark.; coal mining companies at Cat
lettsburg, Ky., Nashville. Tenn., and
Malden, W. Va.; a $36,000 cotton com
press at Houston, Tex.; a cotton gin at
Ayden, N. C.; a $125,000 cotton mill
at Starksville, Miss.; a cotton seed
delinting plant at Cheneyville, La.; an
electric light plant at Cloverport, Ky.;
an electric power plant at Nortonville,
Ky.; a SIOO,OOO fertilizer factory at
Nashville, Tenn.; flouring mills at
Cloverport and Martinsville, Ky., and
Hillsboro, Tex.; a $20,000 flouring
mill at Dyersburg, Tenn.; $20,000
foundry and machine shops at Ellis
ville, Miss,; furniture factories at
Cedartown, Ga., and Georgetown and
Union,S. C.. and ice factory at Elkins,
W. Va.; iron works at Seneca, S. C.; a
lumber company at Memphis, Tenn.;
machine shops at Sistersville, W. Va.;
marble works at Ballground, Ga.; a
$25,000 mattress factory at Wheeling,
W. Va.; a $50,000 raining company at
Richmond, Va.; aSIOO,QCO oil compa
ny at Fort Smith, Ark.; a $325,000 oil
company at Lake Charles, La.; a $250,-
000 oil and coal company at Houston,
Tex.; a $25,000 oil and gas company
at Somerset, Ky.; an 80-ton oil mill at
Macon, Ga.; a $50,000 oil mill at Lan
caster, Tex.; a $60,000 oil mill at Lu
ling, Tex., and others at Saluda, S. C.,
aud Morgan, Tex.; a $150,000 oil re
fining company at Clarksburg, W.
Va.; a pencil factory at Ryland, Ala.;
pipe works at Charleston, W. Va.; a
planing mill at Grafton, W. Va.; roof
ing aud cornice works at Norfolk, Va.;
saw mills at Smithdale, Ark., Albion,
Fla., and Lincecuin, La.; a screen
door factory at Memphis, Tenn.; stove
works at Chattanooga, Tenn; a sugar
refinery at Ocala, Fla.; telephone com
panies at Sebree, Ky., Kingston,Tenn.,
and Tyler, Tex., and a $50,000 textile
plant at Nashville, Tenn,—Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Tenn.)
ROBBERS SECURE BOOTY.
Exprem* Train Held Up Near Memphis 15y
Masked Men.
The fast express train of the Choc
taw, Oklahoma aud Gulf railroad,
which left Memphis, Tenn., at 11:40
o’clock Monday night, was held up by
three masked bandits at Bridge Junc
tion, Ark., about midnight. It is not
known what booty the robbers secured,
but a dispatch stated that the express
messenger and porter of the train were
injured after resisting the bandits.
The Wells-Fargo Express Company
usually make their heaviest shipments
to the west on this train.
WILHELMINA IS ANGRY.
Holland** Queen Kefnses to Pay Prince
Henry’ii bachelor Debts.
Special dispatches received from
Paris report trouble at the castle of
Hetloo over the bachelor debts of
Prince Henry, the husband of Queen
Wilhelmina. It is said tbat shortly
prior to bis marriage bo promised his
creditors in Berlin and Frankfort to
pay one-third of his debts within a
month of the wedding, but the money
has not yet been forthcoming aud the
money lenders formally applied to
Queen Wilhelmina. The latter de
clares angrily tbat her husband must
pay his own debts out of the allowance
made him by the state.
Southern Orders Many New Ears.
The Southern railway has just placed
an order for 4,910 cars, 35 passenger
coaches and 35 locomo ives. The plac
ing of the large order at this time is
said to be due to the increased busi
ness of the road.
Vaughan Gets Appointment.
The president Thursday appointed
William Vaughan to be attorney of the
United States for the northern district
of Alabama.
PROSPERITY IN CUBA
General Wood Gives Glowing Ac
count of Cnban Affairs.
PLATT AMENDMENT IS SAFE
Gen. and His Wife Arrive at New
York En Route to Washington
to Introduce Commision.
General Leonard A. Wood, gov
ernor general of Cuba, with Mrs.
Wood and his private secietary,arrived
at New York Tuesday night from Ha
vana on the Ward liner Morro Castle.
General Wood, who expects to re
turn 1o Havana by way of Jackson
ville, Fla., has made the hurried trip
to this country for lhe purpose of iu
trodueiug to President McKinley, be
fore the latter leaves Washington for
the Pacific coast, the five members of
the special commission on foreign re
lations appointed by the Cuban consti
tutional convention, which is still in
session and expected to take up for
consideration soon the electoral law
which will regulate the system by
which the first president of the Cuban
republic will soon be chosen. As soon
as the steamship was made fast to the
pier, General Wood, his wife and sec
retary were transferred to the tug boat
President and carried to Jersey City
in time to catch the 9:25 p. in. train
for VS ashington.
General Wood did not hesitate to
talk about affairs in Cuba.
“The object of my hurried visit
here,” he said, “is to introduce the
five members of the special commis
sion on foreign relations appointed by
the Cuban constitutional convention
to President McKinley. The mem burs
of the commission represent all the
different groups of Cubaus composing
the constitutional convention. They
have come to the United States for the
purpose of conferring with President
McKinley on matters which the con
vention does not thoroughly under
stand, and when they return and
make their reports I am convinced
that there will be thorough under
standing ou ail sides of the contro
versy.
“The constitutional convention ha*
never voted on or rejected the Platt
amendment. This I can state posi
tively, notwithstanding the reports to
the contrary which have been sent to
the United States from Havana.
Things have been cabled here which
had not the slightest foundation, in
fact, which described strained rela
tions between the representatives of
the United States and those the
Cuban people.
“Everything has been harmonious
since I went to Cuba and the conven
tion now in session is a thoronehly
representative one. Before the Platt
amendment was passed by congress
the Cubans knew the desires of this
government on the issues which the
amendment contains, because they
were submitted to them through the
executive. Intervention and the es
tablishment of naval stations are the
two things which they do not properly
comprehend, and I think that when
they are fully i xplained iu Washing
ton the only indication of a difference
of opinion will have been removed.
“There are ready but two great,
questions to be settled. One is the
reduction of the duty on sugar and the
oiher is the passage of the constitu
tion. One is economic and the other
political, yet in a measure they are
akin. After the constitution has been
properly framed and adopted the econ
omic question will disappear as there
must be a great reduction in the duty
on sugar. Then Cuba will be prosper
ous and its relations with the United
States settled on a solid basis.
“Today all the departments on the
island are practically in the hands of
the Cubans, who have been instructed
as to how things can be managed, and
when the time arrives all we will have
to do will be to take a receipt for the
money on hand.
“At the request of congress we have
accounted for every dollar expended
in the improvement of Cuba since the
military forces have been iu charge of
the island, and we hold the receipts
for these expenditures. There never
was such an accurate accounting de
manded before, and it has been com
plied with. There was some trouble
in the postoffice at first, but the Rath
bone-Neely cases have been thoroughly
worked up and the men will be
brought to trial in May. The bonds
of these men have been forfeited and
will have to be paid.
“While I have said tbat everything
has been harmonious since I have been
iu charge of Cuban affairs, I must,
however, explain that it was impossi
ble for me to please everyone down
there and especially the ambitious and
disappointed speculators. ■ Also, I
found it necessary to close the mails
to La Dimension ou account of a cari
cature which was likely to create trou
ble.”
“SOFT SOAP” FROM WOODRUFF.
Commiskfiry Contends That Affairs &t
Manila Are Satisfactory.
Commissary General Weston, at
Washington, has received a cablegram
from Colonel Woodruff, chief commis
sary at Manila, in which he says:
“Do not permit scandalous reports
to worry you. Affairs in the subsist
ence department of the army are ad
ministered honestly and to the satia
factioa of officers and troops.”