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THURSDAY, MARCH 9 1809.
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The old party heelers are calling
conferences from Cincinnati to
Buffalo for the purpose of further
disrupting the reform forces of the
nation and to prevent, if possible,
the re-organization of the People's
party in a strong and aggressive
shape for the battle of 1900. There
can be no sincerity in such confer
ences under the manipulation of
the old party heelers and all true
reformers should stir clear of these
pitfalls. The platform ot the
People’s party is broad enough to
hold every true patriot in the land
who advocates simon pure democ
racy and it is the banner around
which must gather the real conser
vators of the nation ; it must be
the rallying cry of the patriots
who are striving to wrest our coun
try from the homes of the money
ed oligarchy which now rules, and
all attempts to divide or distract
the forces should be frowned upon
by the old guards in the trenches.
“Athens and riunicipal
Ownership of Lights.”
Under tho above heading, the Ath
ene Banner takes the position that
Athens with municipal ownership
of her electric plant saves eacli
year over six thousand dollars. It
18 quite amusing to see how the
opposition press has changed
front on tho question of public
vs private ownerships of railroads,
lights etc. When the peoples party
began to agitate this measure it
was charged with being visionary,
sociadistio and every thing else
that could be thought of. Now the
ablest minds are realizing the
necessity of public ownership and
openly advocating the very thing
for which they condemned u<_
This should be encouraging to all
Populists as it proves the wisdom of
our platform and that wo saw the
inevitable years before our oppo
nents and are therefore entitled to
the credit for the wonderful growth
of sentiment in this direction- If,
as the Banner says, municipul own
ership has gone bayond the stage
of exyeriment slid is a demonstrat
ed success, why would not govern
ment ownership of railroads do the
same thing in the United States?
In other countries it has gone be
yond the stage of experiment with
them and is a demonstrated success.
The following is what the Bannr
says:
Athens it a splendidly lllumnat
ed city.. One huudred and thirteen
arc lamps of two thousand caudle
power are scattered throughout the
various sections of the city. Un
der the present plan, the city own
ing its own arc light plant, the cost
of the lights each year per lamp is
only forty-three dollars and a half,
while under the old plan of renting
the light from a brivate corporation
the cost was one hundred dollars
per annum. Municipal ownership
of the arc light plant saves Athens
each year over six thousand dol
lars. It has gene beyond theßtage
of experiment. It is a demonstrat
ed success.
If the Populist party will stand
by their gems and keep fighting
their principles will yet prevail
More men admit to-day we are
right than ever before.
We are opposed to the old par
ties and the kind of weather we
l ave been having of late, and are
more thoroughly convinced than
ever that the Lord is having little
to do with the concern at the
present time.
BIG STORM
STRIKES TOIIEII.
Iwo horses Killed by
Lightening—A Bed Torn
to Pieces and a Heavy
Down Pour of Rain and
Hail.
The storm which swept the country
in every direction last Saturday night
was very severe at this place but not as
destructive as at many other places.
No houses were unroofed or blown down
but tne wind was very heavy and the
hail and rain came down iu torrents.
Mr. George Arnold had two good horses
killed by lightening about dark, one of
which he had just sold to Judge Thomas
of Athens at a good price and was to
have delivered to him Monday. A bolt
struck a tree near the house of Mr.
Sims aud entered the room in which
the family were sitting aud tore a bd
stod all to pieces. The damage was
very great at Toccoa, Giinesville, Har
rnony Grove and several other points in
this section of the state.
LEGAL FIGHT COMMENCES.
CoilStillltlonulily of Revenue Hoard
Ac t Will He Tested.
Birmingham, Ala., March B—The8 —The le
gal fight between the new revenue
board lppointed under an act of the re
cent legislature to succeed the court of
county commissioners, whose offices the
legislatitre abolished, began here and
will not end until the supreme court de
cides whether or not the law is consti
tutional.
The members of the revenue board,
who had filed their oaths of office last
Friday appeared at the courthouse "hud
asked Sheriff O’Brien to provide them
with quarters. The county commis
sioners still occupied their offices and
were determined to hold the fort, so the
sheriff prepared the room heretofore oc
cupied by the coroner and janitor jointly
and the revenue board filed into it.
Soon after Roberts and son filed a pe
tition in the city court directed to
Judge Wilkerson, night
issue a writ requiring County Treas
urer Kenneth Hawkins to show cause
why he should not pay a warrant issued
by the board of revenue. This started
the legal proceedings, which are friendly
in nature.
In compliance with the petition, Judge
Wilkerson caused to have issued a rule
nisi commading the county treasurer to
appear on March 11 and show cause why
a writ of mandamus should not be issued
as prayed for. The big legal tight there
fore occurs on March 11, and whichever
side loses it is safe to say will appeal to
the supreme court.
RAILWAY BOARD ENJOINED.
Judge Speer ’Headers uu Important
Decision on the War .Tax.
Macon, March 8. Judge Emory
Speer of the United States court ren
dered a decision in the equity case of
William B. Dinsmore et. al. versus the
Southern Express company et. al.
The bill upon which the decision was
rendered was brought by stockholders
iu the Southern Express company
against the company, and the Georgia
railroad commission with a view of de
termining the right of the Georgia com
mission to require the payment of the
revenue stamp attached to bills of lad
ing, receipts, etc., by the Southern Ex
press company.
The ruling of Judge Speer has the
effect of enjoining the state railway
commission, it being held that no state
has a right to direct or control a corpo
ration relative to the war revenue tax.
A SUNDAYSCHOOL MEETING.
Ninth International Convention Will
Soon Meet Iu Atlanta.
Atlanta, March B.—The ninth Inter
national Suudayschool convention will
assemble in this city ou April 26 and
continue iu session five days.
This convention will be made up of
delegates from all state organizations
of the Union and of similar organizations
in foreign countries. It will be com
posed of representative, practical, Chris
tian people from all evaugelic denomi
nations, and it is predicted that much
good will be accomplished.
Just 21 years ago the convention met
in Atlanta and here instituted the in
ternational Suudayschool lesson pro
gram. Mach interest is now being
aroused, due in a measure to the fact
that the association will assemble in
Atlanta In this, the great jubilee year.
CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED.
Session Closed With the National
Hymn and Cheers For Dewey.
Washington*, March 4 —The Fifty
fifth congress adjourned iiually at noon
today after being in session practically
continuously since 11 o’clock yesterday.
Both the senate aud the house have
agreed to all the appropriation bills. At
10:30 a. m. each resumed sessions after
a recess. The necessary business in the
way of messages between the houses,
the signing of enrolled bills, was quickly
comple f ed. The Pacific cable amend
ment failed.
In the naval appropriation bill the
house won all its amendments for in
crease of the navy and the senate amend
ment reducing the price of armor plate
to S3OO per ton prevailed. The senate
amendment for an armor ulate factory
was eliminated from *he bill.
Tho senate voted maiiks to Vice
President Hobart aud President Pro
Tem Frye. Mr. Hobart made a speech
congratulating the senate and country
on the history milking congress just
closed.
General Wheeler of Alabama made a
strong effort to gain recognition for a
3-miuute speech just before congress
closed, but the speaker deliberately ig
nored him. General Wheeler’s status
is a matter of some question.
The house unanimously voted thanks
to the speaker and the latter made a suit
able reply amid one of the most dra
matic scenes in congress. The house
closed by singing “My County ’Tis of
Thee,” cheers for Dewey and the sing
ing of the doxology.
DISPENSARY PEOPLE MEET.
Lt*a<liug Advocates of ( he System Issue
a Lengthy Address.
Birmingham, Ala., March 4.—A con
ference of the leading advocates of the
dispensary system, which was appointed
during the recent session of the legisla
ture as a committee to guard the dis
pensary interests in connection with
the framing of the constitution, was
held here aud a lengthy address to the
people of the state issued.
The address says that the committee
hears that opponents of the dispensary
will seek to elect delegates to the con
stitutional convention who will favor
incorporating a clause in said constitu
tion prohibiting dispen aries. It then
recommends that voters vote for no del
egates who do not publicly declare oppo
sition to such a clause. Friends of the
dispensary all over the state are urged
to organize work to this end for the
success of the dispensary.
The movement injects the dispensary
into the constitutional convention fight
as a live issue and interesting develop
ments are expected. Senator F. 3.
Moody of Tuscaloosa is leading the
ninvemenf end is chairman of the steer
iug committee.
TFRMINAL FOR SAVANNAH.
Change In the Ownership of Roads
Will Not Aft Vet This Project.
Savannah, March 4. — Some concern
has been felt here since the Georgia and
Alabama road purchased the Seaboard
and the Florida Central and Peninsular,
lest the projected great terminals of the
Georgia and Alabama at this place be
abandoned and the Seaboard’s termi
nals at Portsmouth be used for the new
system.
Anxiety on this score, however, has
been allayed by the letting to W. W.
Hegeman of Pittsburg of a $300,000 con
tract for dredging and piling for the
terminals across the river from this
city. The contract provides that the
work shall be in progress by April 1.
The Georgia and Alabama has also
taken options on a considerable quantity
of real estate in the city adjacent to the
present Central depot.
Roads Are to He Improved.
Montgomery, Ala., March 4.—The
legislature which has just adjourned
authorized the issuance of about $6,-
000,000 in municipality and county
bonds. More than half of this amount
is to be expended for road improvements
and the prospects are that the next two
years will witness a tremendous develop
ment in the way of the building of ma
cadamized roads in Alabama. A dozen
or more good towns have secured the
rights to sell bonds for sanitary and
other improvements. There appears to
be a spirited contest among the bond
buyers for the various issues of bonds
and some exceedingly cheap money is
offered.
Coal Inter- sts May Combine.
Knoxville, March 4.—lt is announced
here that negotiations have been re
newed seeking to perfect the consolida
tion of East Tennessee coal interests.
The deal is that in which an English
syßdicate is said to be interested. It was
first proposed more than a year ago. If
the deal is consummated it will place
under one ownership and management
all the coal mines in the Jelico Coal
Creek and Oliver Springs, Tenn., and
Middlesborough, Ky., districts.
Cleveland at Georgetown.
Georgetown, S. C., March 4.—For
mer President Cleveland, Captain Rob
ley D. Evans and Commodore E. C.
Benedict arrived in Georgetown on the
Pullman car Hazelmore. The party
was transferred to the yacht Nattoma
and left in a few minutes for the shoot
ing reserves of the Santee Gun club,
where they will be the guests of the
club and spend ten days or two weeks
in hnnting and fishing.
OVER TWO HUNDRED
REBELS SHOT DOWN
General Hale Drives the Foe
Away With Shells.
AMERICAN LOSSES SLIGHT
Insurgents Now Concentrated East of
Manila and They Will Probably
Make an Attack From That Side
Unless Dispersed Without Delay.
Manila, March B—General8 —General Hale de
termined this morning to clear away the
enemy from the front of the right of his
wing. The gunboat Laguna de Bay,
under Major Grant, began shelling the
enemy’s position. Two companies of
the Twentieth infantry and three com
panies of the First Nebraska, under
Colonel Stalenburg, swung in from the
road to the waterworks, driving the in
surgents toward the Pasig river.
The First Wyoming advanced di
rectly on the insurgent position in front.
Meanwhile the Laguna de Bay pounded
the foe from ;he river.
Thus taken on three sides, the insur
gents, after some resistance, were driven
back.
Captain J. D. O’Brien of the First
Wyoming was shot in the wrist and
Major Bell of the bureau of informa
tion w*as slightly w-ounded. Com: ete
reports of the wounded are not yet in.
General Hale estimates the enemy’s
loss at 250
At the time this dispatch w*as sent tho
Wyoming troops occupied and advanced
position.
The insurgents opened fire across the
river from Guadalupe, killing Private
of Company C, First Washing
ton, and wouudiug two others.
The insurgents have been concen
trated to the east of the city and will
probably try an attack from that side.
Their principal object is to cut off the
water supply of Manila. The Ameri
can positions are strong and the at
tempts will be futile.
The insurgent losses have been severe
the last few days.
The authorities of Madrid have of
fered Aguiualdo a ransom of SI,OOO for
each officer, SIOO each for the privates
and SSOO for each civil servant. They
have not offered to ransom the priests.
The temperature today at 3 o’clock
was 87 degrees, but the cloudy air was
like steam and the troops were greatly
inconvenienced on the shore in spite of
the temporary shade afforded by the
matting and bamboos wherever feasi
ble. There were tew prostrations, how
ever, from the heat.
Our troops today are not compelled to
remain iu the open country to the
same extent as yesterday, when they
were engaged in clearing the jungle.
The rebels seldom appear in the open
except in the cool of the morning and in
evening Our soldiers will probably
feel the heat less when they are on the
move.
The following lights on the coasts of
Panav and Guinaras islands have been
re-established: Mauigonizo, Zigantes,
Calabazas, Sietopecados, Iloilo and Lu
zaraua
The French secondclass cruiser Jean
Bart has arrived here.
NEW GUNS FOR REGULARS.
Troops Now Reinforcing General Otis
In Manila Well Armed.
Washington, March B.—A fact in
connection with the regulars who aro
uow reinforcing General Otis in the
Philippines that Is giving considerable
satisfaction to the war department, is
that they are all armed with the “cali
bre 80” rifle, commonly known as the
Krag-Jorgenson.
There has been more or less uneasi
ness over the fact that the volunteers on
the firing line around Manila were at a
decided disadvantage against the na
tives owing to the fact that the Filipino
sharpshooters, armed with Mausers,
could lay out of range of the Spring
fields, with which our volunteers were
armed, and hurt them to an extent that
was limited only by the bad marksman
ship of the natives.
This was not only the source of a
good many casualties auioug our troops
but had a bad moral effect upon them,
since it was very trying to be continu
ously under fire Irom an enemy wiio
kept discreetly out of range. With tee
arrival of the regulars this situation
will be completely changed. The rein
forcements all have the caliber 30 rifle,
which is practically just as good a
gun as the Mauser, while in addition
our regular troops are sharpshooters al
most to a man.
This is largely owing to the fact that
for years the target ammunition allow
ance in our small army has been about
$6 per man per annum, an amount na
Euron- an nation has ever thought of
spending.
im aoes not say that there are not
many excellent shots among the volun
teers, and though the war department
has no definite information on the sub
ject, there is little doubt that the best
shots among the volunteers are armed
with the new rifles already, 2.000 stands
of these arms having already been sent
to General Otis, while there are 6,000
more awaiting his orders at the Benecia
arsenal.
Kipling Rests Comfortably.
New York, March B.— Last night in
Rudvard Kipling’s apartment at the
Hotel Grenoble was the quietest since
the author was taken ill. Only the
nurse was astir. The patieut rested com
fortably all night, his sleep being natu
ral as it has been for several days. El
sie Kipling, the 3-year-old invalid, also
i had a comfortable night and is improv
ing steadily.
POSTOFFICE NOMINATIONS.
Nuinb -r of Southern Appointees
Yet Confirm'd by Congress.
Washington, March 7.—A statement
prepared by Fourth Assistant Postmas.
ter General Bristow shows that the to.
tal number of postoftice nominations
sent to the senate by the president dur
ing the last session was 838, of which
297 had been recess appointees. So far
as the department records up to date
show the nominations to the following
offices were not confirmed during the
recess:
Opelika, Ala., a last recess appoint
ment; Cedartown, Ga., also recess; Ma
son City, la., Bel Air, Md., Concord, X
H . recess; Littleton, N. C., The Dalles,
Or., Oil City and New Kensington, Pa.'
recess; Mauch Chunk, Pottsville and
Schuylkill Haven, Pa., McMinnville,
Tenn., aud Ogden, Utah.
The only one of these nonconfirma
tions in doubt is the Oregon office.
The following is the total of the nom
inations made for each state and terri
tory during the session including the
following recess appointments:
Alabama, 9; Arizona, 5; Arkansas, l;
California, 25; Colorado, 5; Connecti
cut, 4; Delaware, 8; Florida, 6; Georgia,
7; Idalio, 5; Illinois, 30; Indiana, 15;
Indian Territory, 7; lowa, 55; Kansas,
20; Kentucky, 20; Louisiana, 7; Maine,
II; Maryland, 13; Miohigan, 23; Minne
sota, 31; Mississippi, 5; Missouri, 19;
Montana, 4; Nebraska, 14; Nevada, 4;
New Hampshire, 9; New Mexico, 1;
New* York, ilo; North Carolina, 11;
North Dakota, 3; Ohio, 54; Oklahoma,
2; Oregon, 9; Pennsylvania, 85; Rhode
Island, 3; South Carolina, 5; South Da
kota, 8; Tennessee, 8; Texas, 14; Utah,
2; Vermont, 10; Virginia, 6; Washing
ton, 10; West Virginia, 9; Wisconsin, 36;
Wyoming, 1.
CHANCE FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Members of Regiments In Savannah
Can Go to the Philippines.
Savannah, March 7. —There is much
interest here among two regiments of
volunteers, the Third Connecticut and
the aixtn immunes, with reference to
the information conveyed them to thy
effect that those who desired to remain
in the army aud see service in the Pnil
ippines would be given an opportunity
to uo'so. This will be done under the
recent army bill, under which volun
teers will be given the first chance to
enlist in the increase to the regular
army.
The officers of the two regiments here
say there are many of their men who
will take advantage of the opportunity,
some of them being satisfied with army
life and others being desirous of the ad
venture in such a trip. These two regi*
ments will soon be mustered out, and
many re-enlistments from them will un
doubtedly be made at once.
NATCHEZ BROKER’S JUMP.
Abraham Moses Leaps From the River
Hridge at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, March 7. —Abraham Mo
ses, a wealthy cotton broker at Natchez,
Miss., who has been in the Jewish hos
pital under treatment for nervous pros
tration, escaped from that institution
last uight and made his way to the sus
pension bridge between Cincinnati and
Covington, where he jumped into the
Ohio river. He was seen by men on
the bank, one of whom swam out after
him and the others pulled out in a boat
and rescued him.
No marks of injury were apparent,
but he was unconscious when he reached
the hospital. On his person was found
a memorandum book in which he had
kept a record of his movements. The
last entry was “jumped into the Ohio
river March 7.” His friends believe he
was demented.
TUMBLED INTO A FURNACE.
Horrible Death of Two 31en While at
Work Near Hirmiiigharn.
Birmingham, Ala.. March 7.—Joseph
Schmidt, a German carpenter, and
Brooks Hall, a negro furnace laborer,
met a horrible death by falling into a
furnace at Thomas, near here. The
men were in a little car used in hand
ling raw material for the furnaces and
rode up the long incline to the top.
There was a green hand at the top and
the car rolled off into the furnace, pre
cipitating the men to the bottom of the
furnace, a distance of about 100 feet.
The furnace was not in blast, but death
was instantaneous, the bodies of the
men being horribly bruised.
Both were married, Schmidt leaving
a wife and four daughters.
Senator Jones In No Danger.
Washington, March 7. Senator
Jones of Arkansas is considerably im
proved today and no immediate danger
s apprehended. His last attack of heart
trouble, which came on yesterday while
carriage driving, is ascribed to overex
ertion and overconfidence in his condi
tion. The senator rested easily last
night, but it is stated that he will be
to perodic attacks unless he pre
serves the utmost quiet for at least a
month. Except upon an unforeseen
contingency, however, it is thought
there need be no alarm as to the out
come of his illness
Italians Angered by China.
Peking, March B.—The Italian it'
ister here regards as an insult the man
ner in which the Chinese foreign office
has treated Italy’s demand for a coaling
station at San Mun bay, and a rupture
of diplomatic relations between Italy
and China is probable.
Nashvill*, March 6.—Rev. J. B-
Hawthorne, pastor of the First Baptist
church, has resigned because of tU
health.