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WILLING TO ACCEPT PENALTY.
Drastic Disfranchising Resolution In
troduced in Alabama’s Convention.
The unexpected happened Thursday
In the Alabama constitutional conven
tion. Many of the delegates would
willingly disfranchise the negro as a
negro and let congress do what it
might like. But it has been supposed
that the oath to support the constitu
tion of the United States shuts out
that scheme. Mr. Earle Pettus, of
Limestone, however, introduced an or
dnance providing in so many w’ords
that no person of African descent
shall hereafter vote on any election
in Alabama —city, county, state or fed
eral. Mr. Pettus said he did not con
strue it a violation of his oath to sup
port the ordinance in a spirit of rea
diness to accept the penalty.
LOOMIS NOT TO RETURN.
For Good Reasons Minister Will Re
sign Venezuelan Post.
It is officially admitted in Washing
ton that Minister Loomis will not re
turn to Venezuela. There are two rea
sons for this decision. In the first
place, Mr. Loomis has suffered in
health at his uncongenial post, and in
the second place, the president is not
disposed to expose him again to the
attacks he has suffered in Venezuela
as a result of the executive orders of
the state department
McLAURIN ACCEDES
In Defereccj to Wishes of Gov
ernor He “ Reconsiders.”
WILL RETAIN SENATORIAL TOGA
Writes Letter Giving His Reasons For
Retaining His Seat and Dis
cussing the Unfortunate
Senatorial Muddle.
Senator Mcl.aurin has written Gov
ernor McSweeney a letter acceding to
the governor’s request that he with
draw his resignation. In part he says:
“My Dear Sir: Your letter of the
31st of May, in which you decline to
accept my resignation as United
States senator, is received.
“The grounds upon which your de
clination is predicated are that the
people arc entitled to one yyar of
peace and freedom from political bat
tles and bitterness, and that a cam
paign this year would be a calamity
to the state, to be torn asunder by a
heated canvass in the off year of poli
tics without any possible good to come
of it.
“As an additional reason you sug
gest that any disturbance of the har
mony of the people in their work for
the achievement of the material pros
perity of the state might result in re
tarding this progress. I appreciate
fully the force of the reasons given by
you and the effects upon the people of
the state of a heated and strife produc
ing contest for United States senator
this year. For the sake of the ‘peace,
prosperity and happiness of the peo
ple of this state’ I am willing to hold
my commission of United States sena
tor and to serve the state as I have
done in the past to the of my
ability.’
“But, in retaining my seat Yn the
senate, I will not consent to be handi
capped or bossed by any one claiming
a right to judge my motives and ac
tions. I propose to exercise my judg
ment on all national questions under
the influence of a high sense of respon
sibility to the people and to work for
the upbuilding of the political and ma
terial interests of my state.
“The people are entitled to hear
both sides of these questions and to
form judgment. Personalities and bit
terness in a joint debate would inter
fere with a fair and full suggestion of
them, and, instead of educating, would
mislead and deceive them.
“In consenting to hold by commis
sion, I wish it understood that it is
in response to your patriotic appeal
that it is for the good of the state, and
not because I feared to go before the
people and discuss with the senior sen
ator, or others, the national issues of
the day. I am a public servant of the
people, and it is my duty and pleasure
always to promote their interests in
every way I can.”
TALK OF AN EXTRA SESSION.
Leading Politicians Suggest Meeting
of Lawmakers to Untagle the
Philippine Muddle.
A *Vashington special says: While
the president ii bowed down by grief
and anxiety occasioned by the perhaps
fatal illness of his wife, there is a
fierce agitation going on in the politi
cal world as to whether an extra ses
sion of congress should be called to un
tangle the Philippine snarl.
It seems that Representative Living
ston, of Georgia, sizes up the situa
tion from an administration standpoint
in his recent interview when he stated
that many of the president’s advisors
deemed an extra session inevitable in
view of the recent decision of the su
preme court in the insular cases.
It is said now that Senator Spooner,
the author of the Philippine amend
ment to the army bill, admits that in
the light of the decision of the su
preme court, the president has no au
thority to levy customs duties upon
goods coming from the Philippines
into the United States It is the wish
of the president to avert an extra
session and may point the way by
which the present duty on products
from the Philippines may be retained
without a special session of congress.
A WEE DAGO PRINCESS.
A Daughter Is Born to King and Queen
of Italy.
A special from Rome, Italy, says:
Queen Helena was accouched of a
daughter at 9 o’clock Saturday morn
ing. Both mother and infant are doing
well. The princess will be named Yo
landa Margherita.
Amidst general congratulations
there is considerable disappointment
at the infant’s sex, though the king is
understood to have expressed content
ment.
Much money was changed hands as
the result of wagers placed on the sex
of the little one.
VAULT BLOWU TO ATOMS.
Bank Robbers Secure $4,000 With the
Help of High Explosives.
The Bradner branch of the Mechan
ics’ bank of Fastoria, 0., was wrecked
by robbers about 1:30 Thursday morn
ing and $4,000 stolen. Two charges of
high explosives were used by the rob
bers, the first blowing the outer door
off the vault and the second opening
the strong box They then escaped on
a Hocking Valley hand car.
THE WEEKLY NEWS. CARTERSVILLE, GA.
BLOOD ILOWED IN TORRENTS
Boers and Britons Have Fierce En
counter and Both Sides
Lose Heavily.
A London special says: On the an
j nlversary of Lord Roberts’ entrance
j into Johannesburg the country has
been startled by the receipt of news
of desperate fighting and heavy Brit
ish losses within forty miles of the
gold reef city.
The battle at Vladivontein on the
Durban-Johannesburg road and report
ed by Lord Kitchener, is the most se
rious engagement since General Clem
ent’s reverse at Magaliesburg.
It shows that General Delarey is in
no way daunted by the capture of elev
en of his guns by General Babington
six weeks ago. The garrison at Vlad
vontein, apparently largely composed
of yeomanry, had one hundred and
seventy-four men put out of action.
That their assailants came to close
quarters and suffered heavily is shown
by the number of dead left on the field.
The dispatch from Lord lvitchener,
dated Pretoria, May 30th, is as fol
lows:
“General Dickson’s .orce at Vladfon
tein was attacked yesterday by Dela
rey’s forces and there was severe fight
ing. The enemy was eventually driv
en off with heavy loss, leaving thirty
five dead. I regret that our casualties
also were severe. The killed and
wounded number 174. Four officers
were killed.”
INCREASED COTTON ACREAGE.
Statistician cf Agricultural Depart
ment Issues Interesting Report.
The statistician of the department
of agriculture at Washington esti
mates the total area planted in cotton
at 27,532,000 acres, an increase of 2,-
111,000 acres, or 8.3 per cent over the
acreage planted last year, and of 2,-
498,000 acres, or 10 per cent, over the
acreage actually picked.
The increase in states where the
area planted and that picked last year
were practically the same, is 10 per
cent in North Carolina, Florida and
Arkansas; 9 in Georgia and Louisiana;
7 in South Carolina; 14 in Tennessee;
25 in Oklahoma, 20 in Indian Terri
tory, 18 in Virginia and 12 in Missouri.
In Alabama tue increase is estimated
at 9 per cent over the acreage planted
last year and 12 per cent over that
picked; in Mississippi at 2 per cent
over that planted and 7.9 per cent over
that picked, and in Texas at 8 per cent
over that planted and 10 per cent over
that picked.
The average condition of the grow
ing crop is 81.5 as compared with 82.5
on June Ist of last year, 85.7 at the
corresponding date in 1899 and 86.4
the mean of the June averages of the
last ten years. A condition of 81.5 is,
with one exception, the lowest June
condition in twenty years.
The condition by states is as fol
lows:
North Carolina. 87; South Carolina,
80; Georgia, 80; Florida, 88; Alabama,
76; Mississippi, 82; Louisiana, 80;
Texas, 84; Arkansas, 81; Tennessee,
78; Oklahoma, 88; Indian Territory,
85.
DOCTORS ISSUE BULLETIN.
After Consultation They Make Public
Mrs. McKinley’s Condition.
The physicians who are in attend
ince upon Mrs. McKinley, after a con
sultation Friday morning, issued the
following statement of her condition:
“Mrs. McKinley is recovering from
the fatigue of the trip. Her illness
from which she was suffering in San
Francisco still continues, though in
less intense form. She is stilKfeeble
and cannot be considered out of dan
ger. Her progress will no doubt be
slow, but improvement is looked for.
“P. M. RIXEY, M. D..
“GEORGE M. STERNBERG..
“W. W. JOHNSON, M. D.”
MUST ACCEPT FREIGHT.
Contention of Two Railroads Settled
By Georgia Commission.
The Georgia railroad commission in
session at Atlanta Friday, settled the
case of the Tifton, Thomasville and
Gulf railroad against the Georgia
Northern, growing out of the latter's
refusal to accept freight at Pidcock
from the former, by deciding it an
unjust discrimination and directing
that it cease.
STORM STRIKES DAWSON.
Great Damage to Growing Crops and
Property In Terrell County, Ga.
A terrific wind and rain storm pass
ed over Terrell county, Georgia, Fri
day morning about 7:30 o’clock and
great damage w as done by the destruc
tion of buildings, fences and injury
to growing crops. In Dawson the re
finery and engine house of the Daw
son Oil Company were blown dowm.
Many persons were injured, but no
loss of life is reported.
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CUBANS REPUDIATED
Action of Convention Not Accept
able to United States.
PLATT AMENDMENT CHANGED
Notice of Rejection Is Served Upon
Convention and Great Chagrin
Is Expressed By
Delegates.
A Washington special says: The
administration has decided that the
action of the Cuban constitutional
convention in accepting the terms of
the Platt amendment, with modifica
tions and of its own,
was not “substantial” compliance with
Our terms within the meaning of the
amendment, and Secretary Root will
convey this intelligence to the con
vention.
The decision was reached at the cab
inet meeting Friday. The meeting last
ed over an hour and a half and had
been preceded by an hour’s confer
ence between the president and Sena
tor Platt, of Connecticut, and Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts. As the au
thor of the amendment, the president
desired to learn the views of Senator
Platt, and also those of Senator Lodge,
who is one of the influential members
of the committee on foreign relations.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Root took the position that the inter
pretation of the Platt amendment con
tained in the constitution adopted by
the convention, and the “Whereases”
appended to it went outside of a fair
interpretation of its meaning and were
unacceptable. In this view the cabi
net concurred.
When asked as to what would be
the next step of the government, after
the Cuban convention had been noti
fied of its action, one of the members
of the cabinet said that the govern
ment could do nothing further until
the convention again acted; that as
long as the conditions of the Platt
amendment were on the statute books
compliance with them must precede
our relinquishment of control over the
island.
The cabinet held that the amend
ments and interpretations and the
wealth of whereases placed by the Cu
ban convention upon the Cuban
amendment amounted to a practical
modification of the Platt amendment,
such as was beyond the power of this
government to accept, 'ihe message
of rejection sent to General Wood ad
vises the Cubans, in unqualified lan
guage, mat there is no power resting
in the United States government to
change the terms of the Platt amend
ment, and that this government insists
on the acceptance of the Platt amend
ment without amendment or qualifica
tion. The Cuban convention is still
in session, and the message of rejec
tion will be delivered to it immediate
ly. The administration is confident
that the Cubans will understand the
exact attitude of this government and
make a satisfactory acceptance with
in a reasonable period.
Cubans Are Surprised.
A special from Havana says: The
decision of the United States govern
ment not to accept the Cuban consti
tution as adopted by the Havana con
vention caused great surprise and
keen disappointment to those mem
bers of the convention who voted in
favor of the constitution as adopted.
Two of the leading conservatives,
interviewed Friday night on the sub
ject, said in substance that they had
reason to suppose that the constitu
tion w r ould be acceptable to Washing
ton and that otherwise they would not
have voted for the majority report as
submitted.
“It is true,” said one of the con
servatives in question, “that the com
mittee’s interpretations cf the explan
ation of the Teller resolution, which
were offered by Governor General
Wood and Secretary Root, together
with the Washington commission’s re
port, were included with the Platt
amendment as an appendix to the con
stitution; but when w’e voted on the
report, it was with but one purpose in
view, namely, to accept the Platt
amendment.”
Both delegates expressed regret
that a misunderstanding hau arisen,
and said they doubted that the conven
tion w r ould now reconsider this action,
as the fight had been hot, the victory
had been won by only one vote, and
those who had tried to do their duty
tow'ard their country had been bitterly
assailed as traitors and perjurers.
ENVOYS ARE SATISFIED.
Negotiations With China Are Now
Practically Consummated.
China’s unconditional acceptance of
450,000,000 taels as the indemnity to
be paid the powmrs has caused great
satisfaction among the foreign minis
ters, as it leaves practically a few
minor details to complete the negotia
tions.
SITUATION WORSE THAN EVER.
Filipinos Elected to Spanish Parlia
ment Will Roast Americans.
Advices from Madrid state that
among those who were recently elect
ed to parliament are three Filipinos,
residents of Spain. They propose dur
ing the course of the debate on the
speech from the throne to bring up
the question of the condition of the
Philippines, alleging that the situation
is worse than before.
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NEWSY GLEANINCS.
The Salvation Army will establish
a colony in Florida.
The first stock exchange in Siberia
has just been opened at Tomsk.
It is proposed to hold a Soufh Ameri
can exhibition in London next year.
A bill to suppress juvenile smoking
is to be introduced in the Isle cf Man.
Most of Chicago’s big*office buildings
have passed into the hands of a trust.
Controller Color reports that the net
bonded debt of Greater New York is
$303,081,548.
A woman in Ottawa, Kan., lies of
fered to pay SIOOO fer pioof cf the ex
istence of God.
Postage stamps issued for the Trans
vaal will be the first to bear the bead
of Edward VII.
The People's Gas Company, cf Chi
cago, is to pay tho city three and a
half per cent, of its gross receipts.
Spendings per year for three Fire
Departments: New York City, 82,500,-
000; Chicago, $1,500,000; Boston, sl,-
200,000.
“The Plagues cf Agriculture” is the
title of a work of which 100,000 copies
are to be distributed free among Mexi
can farmers.
Iu next November’s elections New
York City cvill vote for sixty Assem
blymen and an cqu..l number of ci-iier
elective officers.
A large number of quail from the
United States arrived the other day in
Sweden in good condition, and were
sent to various game preserves.
The battleship Wisconsin lias bean
presented at San Francisco, Cal., with
a silver banquet service, the gift cf
the State whose name she bears.
Emperor William has decorated Red
Cross members who served in South
Africa with a medal and a gold pin.
Chicago’s city directory cvill estimate
her population for 1901 at approxi
mately 2,070,000, about 04,000 greater
than in 1900, cvhen the figures were
2,010,000.
OIL GUSHERS iN TENNESSEE.
Great Excitement Prevails Over Suc
cess of Many Wells Bored.
A special from Jamestown, Tenn.,
says oil was struck at Pigett’s oil well
on the line of Fentress and Pickett
counties at a depth of 300 feet. A fine
well owned by L. T. Smith and others
of that place was also struck.
A dozen wells will be sunk in the
next thirty days within a radius of
twenty miles. The gusher No. 2 of
Sunnybrook, discovered a few days
ago, keeps up its capacity of 50 to SO
barrels daily.
Oil excitement is high on the moun
tain and leases are hard to get.
TEXAS CROP DAMAGED.
Hail Storm Visits Wide Area and En
tails Heavy Losses.
A heavy rain and hail storm covered
a wide area of Texas Friday morn
ing and great damage has been done to
all crops, especially to fruit, eastern
Texas having been affected to a great
er extent than any other section.
A special from Longview says hail
was twenty inches deep in places and
much damage w as done.
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“ NAY, NAY/’QUOTiiS TILLMAN.
In An Open Letter to Governor South
Carolina Senator Refuses to
Withdraw His Resignation.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
has declined to withdraw his resigna
tion, and charges that Governor Mc-
Sweeney transcended his authority in
sending the resignations back to the
senators.
Senator Tillman has written an open
letter to the governor, in which he
says, in part:
“Your excellency, of course, has the
right, and it is entirely proper, to re
turn my resignation and advise more
serious consideration. In declining to
accept, I am sure you have transcend
ed your authority. It will take very
little investigation and reflection to
convince you of this. You cannot
compel a member of the United States
senate to hold his commission and ex
ercise the functions of that office if he
chooses to surrender it. My action in
tendering my resignation, while hasty,
was not ill-advised, and I am firmly
convinced of the wisdom of my course
upon reflection.
“Personally, I had nothing to gain
and everything to lose, and I do not
feel the need of further instructions or
vindication, because I had just been
re-elected by the people with practical
unanimity. I offered to resign in or
der to bring about the resignation of
my colleague and thus put us on a
level, with equal rights to go before
the people and ask an indorsement of
our respective courses. It is some
w’hat remarkable that you should ask
the senators who have resigned to
take time to consider, when you your
self are reported to be ready to ap
point two senators in ‘two minutes and
a half’ after receiving an immediate
resignation.
“You declare that the ‘people are
entitled to one year of peace and free
dom ’ from political battles and bit
terness. I am ready to acknowledge
that this is very desirable, but our
race has ever thought war preferable
to dishonor, and unless I am very
much deceived, a large majority of the
people of South Carolina would be glad
of an opportunity to have those prin
ciples and policies which they support
loyally represented in the congress of
the United States.
“I am aware that there is strong
opposition in certain quarters to a
campaign in this ‘off year’ to fill two
vacancies in the senate. Many un
thinking citizens do not know its im
portance. Many would-be aspirants
are not just yet ready for various rea
sons to enter the contest brought on
so unexpectedly; it is not convenient
or suitable, and, therefore, tuey have,
no doubt, importuned your excellency
to await their convenience, claiming
that it is for the public welfare.
“On the other hand, it might be re
marked that the session of congress,
beginning next December, marks an
era in the history of our republic, and
the patriots who will then and there
inaugurate a struggle for the restora
tion of the old land-marks and the pre
servation of our free institutions will
need every voice and vote that can be
had.
“I claim to represent the people
and to voice their wishes. The result
of the Gaffney meeting had brought
Senator McLaurin within reach of his
constituents, and it was to obtain this
answer at once that prompted my con
duct at Gaffney.
“Your excellency’s action gives him
a loop hole, and the censure or blame
must rest where it belongs.”
FOUR YEARS FOR FORGERY.
Homer C. Ligon Enters Plea of Guilty
and Gets a Term.
At Columbus, Ga., in the superior
court Homer C. Ligon, a young man,
pleaded guilty to forgery and was sen
tenced to four years in the peniten
tiary. Three forgery cases against
him were nol prossed. The crime was
filling out and forging signatures to
Southern Express Company money or
der blanks.
Ligon was arrested in Dawson, Ga.,.
and it was only after a determined
struggle that he was carried to Colum
bus, he resisting being moved by all
the legal processes he could summon
to his assistance. He was once in the
employ of the Southern Express Com
pany in Alabama, and this explains
the success of his forgery, as he was
familiar with the filling out of the
blanks. He married just a few months
before his trouble.
GRAND PARADE OF VETERANS.
Memphis Shouts Herself Hoarse While
Grizzled Heroes March.
Witnessed by fully two hundred
thousand cheering, laughing and weep
ing people, the last remnant of the
great Confederate army to the num
ber of 4,000, passed through the
streets of Memphis Thursday morn
ing. The statement may appear a
wide one, but it is safe to say that
such a parade has never uee witness
ed in this country.
Memphis shouted herself hearse.
Old women and young girls wept and
the old rebel yell sounded throughout
the city.
Cashier and Money Disappear.
Cashier Martinez, of the Mexican
Central railroad at Torreon, Mexico,
has disappeared, leaving a shortage
claimed to be in the neighborhood of
SIO,OOO.
Tar Heelers Vote an Exhibit.
The North Carolina board of agri
culture has appropriated $9,000 for an
exhibit at Charleston. It has a vast
store of material ready.