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You will find a lot of interesting
matter on first page of The Econ
omist this week, and our nows
page will give you all the happen
ings of the past few days up to go
ing to preßS. All eight pages are
tilled with good reading.
The gross earnings of the South
ern Railway Cos. for the month of
January, 1809, were $2,251,115.
An increase over the same month
of last year of $232,708. The
hard times seem not to afTect the
big corporations.
Congress passed the bill yester
day appropriating $20,000,000 to
pay for the relinquishment of
Spanish sovereignty over the Phi’-
ippiues By the time we get
through conquering the Filipeuos
we will have spent about that
m tch more.
Hon. Douglass Glessner, of Grif
fin, has been discharged as secreta
ry of the Georgia prison commiss
ion and captain Goodlow Yancey,
of Athens, has been appointed to
succeed him. Col. Glessner claims
he was discharged for political
reasons and that the governor had
a hand in it.
Mr. Tillman has offered an
amendment to tho po3totiico ap
propriation bill, which was agreed
to, providing that Star route con
tractors be required to colloct from
and deposit in boxes erected along
th ir routes mail matter, the boxes
to be maintained by the people
along the route.
The Alabama law exempting
from taxation for ten years all
manufacturing enterprises that
may be established in the State
was vetoed by the Governor. He
suggested that the farmer who
cleared eighty acres of new land
for cultivation was as much enti
tled to exemption from taxation
as the corporation which built a
new furnace or factory, and he
the discrimination proposed by
the bill io be unjust. The Alaba
ma governor’s head is level on
this line and he is to be commend
ed for his veto.
If you believe reform principles
are right and will benefit humanity
you ought to support reform pa
per*. To do this it is your duty tc
take them and get every one else
your can to do so. Reform can nev
er be accomplished if these who
claim to be reformers ignore re
form papers and do nothing to
help extend their circulation. A
movement for the good of the peo
ple at large must be continually
agitated and kept before the public,
and this will never be done only
through the class of papers that are
on the side of the people.
The New England
Newspaper League.
The above League composed of
eleven of the most powerful and
influential daily papers of New
England has for its object a tour
of inspection through the South.
An able and competent joint corps
of writers, sketch artists, phofog
raphers, and other staff represent
atives will leave Boston aboard a
special private car Saturday,
March 4th, and visit nv-st of the
principal cities of the south.
Members of this party will send
back for ] üblicatiou in all the
papers of t iie League daily letters
giving a del ailed account of their
trip and other information rela
tive to the S mth that will be
worth much to this favored sec
tion. An effort ought, to be made
at once to get the party to stop
over at Winder for a half day if
possible and see our beautiful lit
tle city with its many advantages.
If they could be induced to make
a brief stop here it would be worth
a great deal to the future develop
ment of Winder and advertise us
extensively through tho New Eng
land States.
Benj. F. Haywood, Ex-State
Treasurer, of Pennsylvania, died
at his home last week. He was
one of the defondonts in the now
celebrated Quay suit.
BIG ROBBERY.
Safe of Dr. W. P. DeLa-
Perriere of Hoschton
Blown Open ands 800
Taken From It.
Ou Tuesday night the safe iu the
large brick store of Dr. W. P. DeLiPer.
riere, of Hoschton was blown open and
the robbers got SBOO. Dr. DcLaPerriere
does a large mercantile imsiness at
Hoschton and has been very successful
us a merchant. He had just sold a lot
of cotton and had placed this amount in
his safe not dreaming of safe robbers
coming to the quiet- little town of
Hoschton. The robbers cut the tele
phone wires a3 a precaution and did
their work so quietly that to one knew
any thing of it until the ston was
opened Wednesday morning. The par
their escape and will, in all
probability, never be heard of again.
Marshal’s Slayers Caught.
Eastman, Ga., Feb. 28.—Sheriff J.
C. Rogers has returned from Florida,
bringing with him as far as Macon Cain
Stevens and Will Willson, who mur
dered Marshal Osborne at Canncey, in
this county, on Jan. 31, last. Kotli ne
groes confess their guilt, but each ac
cuses the other of doing the shooting.
As two shots took effect, there is no
doubt but what both are directly re
sponsible for the killing.
Athens Votes l’aving Ronds.
Athens, Ga., leb. IS.—The election
ill Athens was a perfect sweep for the
street improvement bonds, the vote
being 509 for bonds to 23 against bonds.
The issue of bonds will be SIOO,OOO and
will bear 4 per cent interest. The bonds
will be engraved and put on the market
as soon as possible, and the paving of
the streets will be under good headway
inside the next 60 days.
Johnston at Diritiinghaiu.
Birmingham, Aia., Feb. . 28.—Gover
nor Joseph Johnston was in Birming
ham during the day and attended a
meeting of the directors of the Alabama
National bank. No disposition was
shown by any oue to be discourteous to
the chief executive.
Disagreed to Am ndinents.
Washington, March 1. The river
fcnd harbor committee has disagreed to
all senate amendments to the river and
harbor bill, including the Nicaragua
amendment. The committee also de
cided to report the bill to the house to
day and under suspension of the rules
move nonconcurrence with the senate
and reference to a conference commit
tee.
Resolutions of Democrats.
Washington, March I.—The resolu
tions adopted at the Democratic house
caucus relative to the Philippines were
introduced in the house by Representa
tive Dinsmore of Arkansas and referred
to the foreign affaire committee. Chair
man Hitt of that committee says it hae
not yet been determined whether a meet
ing will be called to consider the subjeot.
SENATE’S ARMY BILL
ACCEPTED BY HOUSE
All Danger of an Extra Session
Now Removed.
MEETING VERY SPIRITED
Final Vote on the Mutter In Commit
tee Stood Ten to Three, Several Dem
ocrats Acting With the Republican
Members.
Washington, March 1. —The house
military committee has agreed to accept
the senate army bill without amend
ment.
Great interest was manifested in the
meeting of the house military commit
tee, as it was felt that a complete accep
tance of the senate bill largely, if not
entirely, removed the chance of an ex
tra session!
The session of the committee was very
spirited, and at one point Representa
tive Marsh of Illinois withdrew on the
ground that the course of the commit
tee in adopting an amendment would
open up the whole controversy and pre
cipitate an extra session. After his
withdrawal the amendment was recon
sidered and withdrawn, and Mr. Marsh
reinrm-d to the committee.
The final vote on agreeing to the sen
ate bill was 10 to 3. Three Democrats,
Sulzer, Cox and Jett, voted with seven
Republicans in the affirmative Two
Democrats, Lentz and Hay, and one Re
publican, Brownlow, voted iu the nega
tive.
One of the first acts of the senate
when that body convened at 11 o’clock
was the consideration of the bill carry
ing $20,000,000 with which to pay Spain
for relinquishment of the Philippines in
accordance with the treaty of Paris.
Mr. Allison of lowa reported the
measure from the committee on appro
priations and asked for its immediate
consideration. The bill was laid before
the senate and iu half a minute was
passed without a word of debate.
In the house today Mr. Burton, chair
man of the river and harbor committee,
moved nouconcurrence iu the senate
amendments to the river and harbor
bill under suspension of the rules.
There was no debate upon Mr. Bur
ton’s motion, which prevailed without
division.
F. C. & P. ROAD ABSORBED?
The Report Lately Put In Circulation
Relieved at Savannah.
Savannah, March I.—The report that
has been in circulation during the past
day or two that the Florida Central and
Peninsular railway has been absorbed
by the Georgia and Alabama railway is
believed to have a good deal of truth
in it.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Florida Central and Peninsu
lar railw r ay will be held iu Jacksonville
Thursday and then it will be positively
known whether or not the system has
been sold. Georgia and Alabama officials
in Savannah have, it is understood,
come into information within the past
24 hours that makes them believe tho
reported sale is a fact.
They look upon it as a certainty that
the Florida Central and Peninsular will
soon be a part of a big southern system
composed of the Georgia and Alabama,
the Seaboard Air Line, and the Florida
Central and Peninsular road,
NEW YORK CLUB FOR SALE.
Aiiilrt-w Freedinmi Is Disgusted and
Tired of the Baseball Game.
New York, March I.—The announce
ment was made at the Fifth Avenue
hotel today, before the meeting of man
agers convened, that the New York Base
ball club had been put on the market
for sale. The figure named is $65,000
for the controlling stock held by An
drew' Freedman as president of the club.
The authority for the statement is a
prominent league magnate, whose
knowledge of the inner affairs of base
ball circles is undoubted. He said that
Mr. Freedman had become disgusted
and tired of the game and was willing
to dispose of his holding of the New
York club’s stock.
The announcement created the great
est sensation among the magnates and
ball players.
Royalist Houses Searched.
Paris, March I.—The police today
searched the residences of the officials
and members of the League of the
French Fatherland, the League of Rights
of Men and Baron Legoux, president of
the Bonapartists committee. Numbers
of documents, books and accounts were
seized and the offices of the league were
closed. Important papers were found
at the residence of Baron Legoux, who
is the representative of Prince Victor
Napoleon.
Tornado Near Yazoo City.
Memphis, March I.—Specials from
Yazoo City, Miss., bring details of a
tornado which passed over that district.
Nearly 100 people were made homeless
and penniless by the storm, and the
losses to the property will reach thou
sands of dollars. Two persons were
killed and at least half a dozen fatally
injured, but no names can be obtained
at present. Committees have been or
ganized to care for the injured.
Columbus to Have a Fair.
Columbus, Ga., March I.—The Co
lumbus Street Fair association has been
formally organised at a meeting of the
executive committee.
IMPORTANT CASES HEARD.
State Railway Commission Listens to
Argum-nts In Atlanta.
Atlanta, March 1. —The state rail
way commission heard two important
cases in this city. One was the motion
to reduce the rates on the Atlanta and
West Point and the other the petition of
citizens of Dublin for anew union pas*
tenger station.
Ex-Governor W. Y. Atkinson ap
peared for the citizens of Newnan, vvho
were asking that the Atlanta and West
Point railroad be put in the firstclass,
which w r ould amount to a reduction in
the company’s local rates. No evidence
w-as introduced. The ex governor spoke
for two hours, insisting that the At
lanta and West Point earnings were so
far above its expenses and fixed charges
that in justice to the patrons along the
line, the local rates ought to be reduced.
The case was taken under considera
tion by the board.
In the Dublin depot case, the Wrights
ville and Tenuille railroad admitted its
willingness to co operate with the Ma
con, Dublin and Savannah and build a
union passenger station. The latter
company, however, through its attor
ney, Colonel Stubbs, stated that it had
jno money with which to build anew
station, and declared that its present
station affords ample accommodations.
Tnis statement was disputed by citizens
of Dublin.
The commission did not render a de
cision iu the case.
CONFEDERACY DAUGHTERS.
Annual Convention of the Alabama
Division In Selma.
Selma, Ala., March I.—The third an
nual convention of the Alabama division
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
convened in the hall of the Dallas Dra
goons. First Vice President and Acting
President William Gayle called the con
vention to order.
Prayer was offered by Rev. R. W.
Barnwell, after which Captain H. C.
Graham, lieutenant commander of Camp
Catesby, introduced Miss Mary Howard
of the Selma chapter, who delivered the
address of welcome.
Mrs. Alberta Taylor of Huntsville
chapter responded in a very pleasing
manner, after which the call of the roll
of chapters was made, nearly every
chapter having a representative present.
The reports of the officers were made
and the division is reported in good con
dition financially and otherwise.
At night an elegant reception was
held at the Hotel Albert.
PRISON COMMISSION WINS.
Injunction Asked by Millcdgeville
Water People Refused.
Macon, March I.—The case of the
Milledgeville Water company versus the
state prison commission has been con
cluded in the United States court here
and Judge Speer decides that the prison
commissioners can erect the prison
farm.
This is against the water company,
which brought a suit for injunction to
restrain the commission from erecting
the farm, alleging that the water sup
ply would be damaged.
The case occupied three days in the
United States court and many interest
ing points were brought out.
The prison commission was repre
sented by Attorney General Joe Terrell,
while the water company was repre
sented by Hull & Wimberly, Marion Er
win and others.
MINERS GET AN INCREASE.
Wages of Coal Diggers Advanced In
the Birmingham District.
Birmingham, Ala., March I.—The an
nouncement is made that effective today
there will be an advance in the wages
of coal miners in the employ of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
and Sloss Iron and Steel company.
The miners have a contract based on
the selling price of pig iron with an
average of $7.50 per ton. When the
iron goes above $7.60 an advance of 2%
cents per ton on coal mining is given.
Iron has been going up steadily and
has gone above the necessary figure, so
the miners will receive hereafter 42
cents per ton for mining. Five thou
sand miners will feel the advance.
Young Turuipsecd Paroled.
Montgomery, Ala., March I.—The
governor has paroled young Turuipseed,
recently convicted ou the charge of
manslaughter of a negro and sentenced
to hard labor for oue year in Bullock
county. Turuipseed was one of the best
men in his county, and on a petition
signed by a very large number of the
foremost members of his county, most
of the jurymen who tried him being
among them, the governor caused a pa
role to be issued.
McKinley and Hanna Coming.
Thomasvillk, Ga , March I.—A let
ter has been received here from Senator
Mark Hanna stating that he and Mrs.
Hanna, President McKinley and wife
and Vice President Hobart and wife
will leave Washington on March 9 for
Thomasville, where they wdll spend
some weeks. The Hanna mansion on
Dawson street is being put in readiness
to receive them. A part of Senator
Hanna’s family is already here.
A Widow Secures Damages.
Birmingham, Ala, March 1. The
jury iu the case of Mary White, admin
istratrix of Frank White, engineer on
the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff for
$12,500. White was killed in the acci
dent ou the Cahaba river bridge in 1896,
in which 27 people lost their lives. All
bqt three cases were compromised. Mrs.
White sued for $55,000.
CONSTABLES KILL A WOMAN.
Attempt to Search Her Residency
Brings ok i Kncouuter.
Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 27. Four stats
constables charged with enforcement of
the dispensary law went to the resi
dence of John Stuart, a respectable citi
zen and a clerk in one of the largest
mercantile establishments iu the city,
for the purpose of searching it to see if
there was any whisky iu the house.
They went with a search warrant,
but were met at the door by Mrs. Stu
art. She sent for her husband who, on
arriving, indignantly refused to permit
the search. The constables stated that
they had been informed that he had
been selling whisky contrary to the law
and were determined to make the search.
Words followed and finally upon
Stuart cursing Constable Crawford, the
latter slapped him. Stuart ran into his
house. His wife had come out on the
piazza. From the doorway Stuart opened
fire on the constables.
Crawford returned it and shot Mrs.
Stuart just below the heart. The woman
died several hours later. Stuart was
also badly shot in the mouth, his tongue
being nearly severed.
In the fusillade that followed Con
stable Crawford was shot through the
left wrist.
The sheriff and several policemen ar
rested the constables and carried them
to a magistrate’s office. The news of
the shooting spread all over the city and
soon 400 or 500 infuriated men were in
front of the office making a big demon
stration. The constables have been
taken to the state penitentiary for safe
keeping. •
CONFEDERATE STATISTICS.
Ainsworth Submits Figures to the
Secretary of War.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Colonel Ains
worth of the quartermaster department
has transmitted to the secretary of war
for transmission to the senate a partial
report upon the number of confederate
and their interments, and is
prosecuting the work of completing the
statistics that were asked by senate res
olution with a view to carrying out tha
president’s recommendation that gov
ernment care be given tho confederate
dead.
The figures, so far prepared, have not
been given out yet. The work of secur
ing complete records is attended neces
sarily with delay; compilations relative
to the larger cemeteries is easy, but
throughout the south—notable near the
battlefields—are small cemeteries, little
known, wherein many confederates lie
buried.
General Wright, who had charge of
confederate statistics in the preparation
of the records of the civil war, is in
charge of the present work under Colo
nel Ainsworth.
FAIR COMMITTEES CONFER.
Work to Be Undertaken Outlined by
Chairman Northern
Atlanta, Feb. 27.—The state fair
committees met in the office of Mayor
Woodward at noon today. The work
to be undertaken by each was outlined
in a few words by Chairman Northen,
and a general view taken of the pros
pects for the enterprise.
The excellent work of the committees
in bringing into the treasury at this
early date over SIO,OOO and the bright
prospects for a much larger sum has had
the effect all over the state of guarantee
ing a high scope for the fair, and inter
esting in the project many in different
parts of Georgia who were only waiting
to Darn what the nature of the fair was
to be.
The work of the subscription commit
tees will continue in earnest during the
present week, and in fact for a number
of days to come, and the SIO,OOO now
assured to the treasury will be consid
erably augmented before the week is out.
Sent to Cliickamauga Park.
Chattanooga, Feb. 27. All the
horses, mules and wagons left at Camp
Forse, Huntsville, Ala., by the regi
ments mustered out there recently are
being brought to Chickamauga, where
their stay will be indefinite. The an
imals, numbering about 1,200 in all,
are being brought here over the coun
try roads. Four animals are attached
to a heavy army wagon and the wagons
move iu trains, about 30 wagons to each
train. Over 300 men accompany the
teams. Between four and five days are
required to Ht*ke the 100- mile journey.
Sale of Mining Properties.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 27. The
properties of the Iron and
Steel company, consisting of iron fur
naces, coal lands, nail mill, rolling mills,
railroad line and equipment, located
near Briarfield, Ala., will be sold by a
decree of the court on March 24. Mr.
N. Trimble of this city is the special
master to sell the property. The prop
erty has not been in operation in sev
eral years. The coal lands are now be
ing worked on a royalty.
Constitutional Convention.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 27.—The ad
journment of the legislature and the
dismissal of subjects pertaining to its
session have caused politicians and oth
ers throughout the state to begin to turn
their attention to the constitutional
convention, the election for the determi
nation of whether or not it is to be held
being set for the first Monday in July,
at which time delegates to said conven
tion are also to be voted for.
Dlviulty Student Goes Up.
Des Moines, March I.—Rev. W. N.
Coffey was today sentenced to three and
a half years in the penitentiary by Judge
Bishop. The prisoner stole S6OO from
Mrs. Margaret, a widow. oo3fey was a
divinity student.