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DcWITT & CO., Chicago* HALL & GREENE.— 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. SmSTj I where it is hot all the year round £& iScotFs Emuisiosil f sells better than any where else Jk I in the world. So don’t stop taking 0 1 it in summer, or you will lese f what you have gained. B L Send for a tree sample. 1 SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist?, M, ¥ 409-415 Pearl Street, New York. BD 50c. and si.cxuaU druggists. j; 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. illiif ?[ physical attraction is |3 I* | secondary to it. We *1 \ have a book we will j gladly send you that £ tells just how to care f ] I for the hair. ||j j If yaur hair is too fj vwor Growth becomes vigorous and all dan druff is removed. 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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. OUR ADVERTISING RATES ARE EXTREMELY LOW, AND ARE A GRIII T INDUCEMENT FOR BUSINESS MEN TO PAT RONIZE OUR COLUMNS. TRY US “ 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.