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CUV OFFERED
A PERCENTAGE
Atlanta Street Car Company Makes
Sensational Proposition.
INCUDES OPTION TO PURCHASE
ofler Was Totally Unexpected.
Hay Result In municipal
Ownership.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The fol
lowing proposition from Joel Hurt,
which plans to give Atlanta a percent
al of the earnings of the Atlanta
Railway and Power company and
places the city where it may become at
will the purchaser of the street rail
way system, was made to the electric
railway committee at a meeting Wed
nesday afternoon. The offer was the
crystallizing point of the day’s sensa
tions and threw into the background
every other feature of the long debat
ing and wrangling over the franchise
fight:
Atlanta, Ga., July 26, 1899.—T0
the Committee on Electric and Other
Railways cf the City of Atlanta. Gen
tlemen: I herewith suggest the fol
lowing propositions to the city gov
ernment which, if acceptable, I will
recommend and endeavor to have
promptly accepted by the Atlanta
Railway and Power Company and the
Atlanta Railway Company.
The recent financing of these com
panies provides for a bonded stock is
sue of §2,000,000 and a bonded in
bebtedness of §5,000,000, of which
there is reserved for future extensions
and improvements §750,000. The
bonds in reserve will build anew
power and lighting station of suffi
cient capacity to light the city’s
streets and to supply poxver and lights
for domestic and manufacturing pur
poses. It is estimated that after
building a lighting station there will
be left in reserve a larga amount of
bonds, which will be used for future
extensions of the lines. A proper
sinking fund is to be provided for the
bond issue. The bonds will all bear
5 per cent, except §225,000 of the
bonds of the old Atlanta Street Rail
road company, which will bear 6 per
cent.
I propose that out of the annual
earnings, commencing January, 1900,
the dividends on the capital stock will
be the first year 4 per cent; for the
year 1901, 5 per cent and thereafter 6
per cent. All dividends above 6 per
cent will be divided one-fourth to the
stockholders and three-fourths to the
city for improving the streets and for
public schools.
I lie companies, acting with the city,
to lay out and build all extensions of
lines which may be needed, and in tbo
event of any disagreement, the same
to be determined by a commission to
be established by the state legislature.
bam moved to suggest this propo
sition by a consideration of the fact
tuat the franchises which have been
granted and have for years proven on
profitable to the owners of the street
railway companies, have now grown
in a value on account of the increased
population of the city, which merits a
consideration of the advisability of the
:‘ [ - T 8 securing, if possible, a fair in
-rest in the future growth of the
property, and the further considera
• ion tuat the owners of a major-
Ifof the stock of the companies are
j ®°ta citizens, who will be satisfied
" i a reasonable return for their in
'estment, and who, it is believed,
w ji..d be willing to so adjust these
P a uc utilities as to secure to the city
benefits in the future, which
•'ght otherwise be enjoyed by foreign
'estors in the stocks of the com-
P a, ues and which could not be re
‘&ime<,. Ul *til the expiration of the
resent franchises, running from forty
10 ufty years.
If is believed further that by this
s-. e .., Un °By °I Atlanta cau noxy
< hold in reserve the right to
n’ n , e properties which may in the
*ture be deemed advisab : e. Re
epectfully, . ToEIi H ubt.
BUCKBURX takes a hand.
n * 'pnator Accept* the Job of Organ
izing Kentucky Democrat*.
special f om Louisville,Ky., says:
h ° r ® er Senator J. S. C. Blaekbnrn
oeen selected by the democratic
o -lunees and Chairman A. Y. Young,
eh Ue sta * e oe ntral committee, to be
'UMnan of the state campaign com
t: ' f - Blackburn has accepted
u . c h 130 6) and is preparing to enter
c.‘, JQ tbe duty of managing the pres
ecf campaign.
Ip f ! f"’ o weeks the campaign will
irr> °! ma ! ! 7 °Poued with a big meet-
V]) a ' w hich the principal speeches
1 T) e ma< l e by Senator Geobel and
Jlr ' Blackburn.
PRESIDENT HEUREAUX KILLED
The Ruler of santo Domingo the
V ictim of an Assassin
at Moca.
Advices from Fort do France, Is
land of Martinique, state that General
Ulysses Heureaux, president of the
Dominion republic, was assassinated
at Moca, Santo Domingo, Wednesday
afternoon.
The name of the murderer is Ramon
Caceros. He succeeded in making
his escape, but an energetic pursuit
vvas at once begun. Vice President
General Wenceslao Figuereon, imme
diately upon the announcement of the
president’s death, assumed the direc
tion of affairs.
At present calmness prevails every
where in the republic.
A Washington dispatch says: Pend
ing official advices of the assassination
of President Heureaux, of Santo Do
mingo, no formal action will be taken
by this government. Hon. William F.
Powell, the minister to Hayti, is also
charge d’affaires to Santo Domingo,
while this government is directly rep
resented in the republic in the person
of Campbell L. Maxwell,who is consul
general, and John A. Read, who is
vice consul.
Washington officials recall attempts
which have been made heretofore on
the life of President Heureaux. Secre
tary Hay paid a brief tribute to the
work of the deceased president, saying
he understood that he had given the
country a good administration.
Should the developments of the next
few clays show a feeling of unrest and
uncertainty regarding the future af
fairs of the island, a United States
man of war will be dispatched to that
vicinity to look out for the protection
of American interests.
MILLER TAKEN TO SAVANNAH.
Presence of Troop* Prevented Lynching
at HaiiibrUlj^e.
Two companies of state militia or
dered to Baiubridge by Governor Cand
ler to prevent any further lynchings,
arrived at 3 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing and were at once placed on duty
around the Decatur county jail.
John Miller, alias Williams, the ne
gro whose life was threatened, was not
lynched, and when the state troops ar
rived they found the mob had dis
persed.
Wednesday night the prisoner was
taken to Savannah, in charge of the
Thomasville guards, for safe keeping.
FELL FROM PORCH.
Fatal Accident Befall# Hon. A. S. Erwin,
Jr., of Athens, Ga.
Hon. Alex. S. Erwin, Jr., a member
of the Georgia legislature and a prom
inent young attorney of Athens, was
found unconscious in the yard in the
rear of his office at 6:30 o’clock Wed
nesday morning.
He fell off the porch in the rear of
his office, sustaing fatal injnries and
dying at 12:30 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon.
Alexander S. Erwin was one of the
most promising young men Athens
has ever produced and his death is a
great loss to the state he has served.
REGRETS OF M’KINLEY
Transmitted to Italian Government For
tlio Tallulah Lynching.
An official communication received
at Rome says that the United. States
secretary of state, has instructed the
American embassy to assure the gov
ernment of Itally that the United
States will adopt every legal measure
warranted by the facts to insure jus
tice in the Tallulah affair.
The communication adds that Sec
retary Hay has expressed to the Italian
charge d’affaires at Washington the
regret of President McKinley for the
deplorable occurrences.
SAFE IN ATLANTA JAIL.
ShorllT of Pike County, Alabama, Save*
Prisoner From Mob’s Vengeance.
Sheriff Reeves, of Pike county,
Ala., reached Atlanta, Ga., Wednes
day afternoon with Albert Wright, one
of the negroes who was identified by
Mr. Ogletree as one of bis assailants.
The sheriff had to slip his prisoner
away. He states that when the train
reached Newnan, Ga., there was a
crowd at the depot looking for the ne
gro, They searched for him, but did
not find him and permitted the train
to pull out. The negro had been hid
den on the train and reached Atlanta,
badly frightened but unhurt.
FIGHT OVER EVAN'S.
Humor That Pension Commissioner Will
Be Given Post In Cuba.
A Washington dispatch say3: Fol
lowing a report that the president will
make a change in the administration
of the pension bureau, it is now re
ported that Mr. McKinley will ap
point Pension Commissioner H. Clay
Evans governor general of Cuba.
Mr. Evans has aroused the antago
nism of the old soldiers by the strict
construction he has placed on the pen
sion laws, and it is understood if he
is not removed the G. A. R., at its en
campment in Philadelphia, will adopt
a resolution censuring the administra
tion for its pension policy.
THREE VICTIMS
OF A MOB
Assailants of the Octrees Are
Quickly Put to Death.
ONE MADE A FULL CONFESSION.
Fxight Other Negroes, According to
the Confession, Were
Implicated.
Three negroes were lynched in Early
county, Ga., Sunday morning by a
mob. The first one put to death was
Louis Samrnin. Ha was captured
near Brinson and carried to Saffold
Sunday morning about 4 o’clock.
Has was taken before Mr. and
Mrs. Ogletree, who identified him
as one of the party who robbed the
man and assaulted the woman.
The negro was carried a short dis
tance from the house of tho Ogletree*
and strung up to a limb.
Before dying he confessed to the
deed and gave the names of the ne
groes assisting in the devilish work.
He said that there were eight negroes
in the gang and that they came from
Augusta, Ga. He also said that two
of the party were only a short distance
from where he stood.
The mob divided, one portion swing
ing up Samrnin and the other two ne
groes, who were overtaken and shot.
How .Sammln Was taught.
On Saturday night Samrnin ap
peared at the cabin of an old negro
near Brinson and asked for lodging.
The old man suspected that the way
farer was one of the assailants of the
Ogletrees and gave his consent for the
stranger to remain awhile. The old
darkey +hen went to Brinson and in
formed the officers of the strange ne
gro’s presence in his house. A posse
was soon organized and in a short
time Samrnin was a captive.
Wero Probably K.rapes.
A dispatch from Augusta states that
while no positive information has been
secured, it is thought that the six ne
groes mentioned in Bainbridge dis
patches are those who escaped from
the Richmond county jail on June 7th.
They had all been convicted at the su
perior term, and were awaiting trans
portation to the various places of pun
ishment when by the aid of a nail,
spoon handle and a piece of wood
they dislodged enough brick to admit
their bodies through the wall.
They were next heard from at Lula
ville, some seven miles west of Au
gusta. Some female residents of that
place wired to Augusta that they were
terrorized by the escaped convicts.
The sheriff failed to find any proofs of
identity, but offered a reward of §l5O
for the arrest of the esoapes as well as
expenses incurred.
The negroes were John Dogan, sen
tenced to seven years in the penitenti
ary, convicted of assault with intent to
murder. He is a man who shot and
attempted to kill Bridgeruan McEl
murray at Port Royal bridge over the
Savannah river. Bogan has his full
name tattoed on his left arm.
Ben Lark, sentenced for five years,
convicied of burglary at the Walter
place.
Will Easterling and Dred Hender
son, each under sentence of six years,
convicted of burglary. They bur
glarized Sim Walton’s store on South
Boundary.
Columbus Ray, under sentence of
five years, was convicted on an indict
ment for burglary at the home of
Mail Carrier Bruner.
Will Campbell alias “Boar Hog,”
sentenced to six years in the peni
tentiary, convicted of larceny from
the car.
SOUTHERN SHIPPERS LOSE.
Klfht Car Lnadi* of Watermelon* Given
Away In Jersey City.
A New York dispatch says: Eight
car loads of watermelons were given
away Saturday at the freight yards of
the Pennsylvania road in Jersey City.
This was done because the company
wanted the cars, and the New York
consignees did not send for the fruit.
The loss falls on the consignors in
the south.
DISCUSSED THE LYNCHING.
Italian Coant Tlnchl Again Call* at th
State Department.
The Italian charge d’aft'airs, Count
Yinchi, called at the state department
Monday and had a talk with Mr. Hill,
assistant secretary of state, concerning
the Louisiana lynchings.
Count Yinchi submitted nothing
further from the Italian authorities
and evinced satisfaction with what bad
been already done by the officials in
Washington. Thus far there had been
no suggestion that indemnity or other
form of reparation would be expected,
the representation having been con
fined to securing full information on
the subject.
EP WORTH LEAGUERS
II Convention at Indianapolis Finish
Work—Resolutions Adopted.
The work of the Epworth League
convention at Indianapolis practically
ended Saturday.
The closing day was the most im
portant of the convention, 14,000 vis
itors thronging tho city. The follow
ing resolutions were adopted by the
convention:
"Resolved, That we congratulate
the country on the passage of the anti
canteen act, which so accurately repre
sents the will of the American people.
Its nullification by Attorney General
Griggs is viewed with painful solici
tude nud ever-increasing indignation,
and we hereby pledge congress our
hearty support in maintaining it
against the untenable opinion of a
subordinate executive officer. We
heartily indorse the union of the tem
perance forces sought by the American
Anti-Saloon League.
“We regard the election of a polyg
amist to congress by the state of Utah
as an indignity offered to every Amer
ican citizen and an insult to the sanc
tity and purity of the Christian home.
“We protest against the election of
Mr. Roberts to the house of repre
sentatives and demand that one whose
life is so repugnant to Christian prin
ciples shall be expelled from that great
law-making body.
“We favor a federation with other
young people’s societies both locally
and nationally through suitable execu
tive committees for the promotion of
Christian citizenship.”
CROWDED CAR WRECKED.
Strike™ Do Dastardly Work In Cleveland.
Six I’eraoni Badly Hurt.
At Cleveland, 0., Sunday night, a
trolly car, loaded with passengers, was
wrecked by au explosion of nitro
glycerin or gun cotton. Six persons
were badly hurt, half of them being
women.
The explosion tore out the front end
of the car, smashed all the windows
and destroyed the brake. After con
siderable difficulty the car was stop
ped and a call for an ambulance was
sent out. The motorman was dazed
by the shock, but the conductor escap
ed injury.
The force of the explosion was so
great that it shook all the houses iu
the neighborhood and was heard for a
distance of two or three miles.
There is no clew to the identity of
the person who placed the explosive
on the track. Persons living in the
neighborhood say they saw a man in
the buggy stop at the coruer of Ken
sington street where the explosion oc
curred, and get out by the railroad
track. He remained there a short time
and then drove rapidly away.
Within a few minutes after the ex
plosion a crowd of a thousand people
assembled and the injured, who were
suffering from shock, wore cared for
until the ambulance arrived. None of
them were dangerously injured, their
hurts being confined to bruises about
the feet and legs.
PRIEST CAUSING TROUBLE.
Call* Upon Filipino Insurgent* to Force
Independence of Church.
A Manilla dispatch says: A Filipino
priest named Gregorio Agripay, with
the insurgents, is trying to lead a
movement for the independence of the
church in the Philippines from the
Spasish priesthood.
He has issued a proclamation de
claring himself the vicar general of all
the Filipino priests in the districts
outside of American control on the
island of Luzon, and is inciting the
priests to disobey the regulations of
the church and brotherhoods'. The
archbishop of the district has issued a
bull excommunicating Agripay, and
tliis action has increased the feeling
between the Filipinos and the church.
OTIS AMENDS DISPATCHES.
Itecent Fight Wm Digger American Vic
tory Than First llej>ortetl.
Sunday the war department received
from General Otis another dispatch
giving additional particulars of the
fight between Captain B. A. Byrne,
with seventy men of the Sixth infan
try, and robber bands in the islands of
Negros.
It shows that the victory of the sol
diers was greater than that reported
in General Otis’ dispatch of July 21st
and that the loss suffered by the rob
bers was considerably larger than be
fore stated.
Italian Papers Wrought Up.
According to the Rome correspond
ent of The London Daily Mail, the
United States government has inform
ed the Italian authorities that it is im
possible to discover the Tallulah
lynchers. The newspapers, the cor
respondent adds, are indignant, and
vigorously denounce what they call
“sham American civilization.”
Fatal Cyclone In Indiana.
A cyclone struck the eastern portion
of Laporte, Ind., Monday night and
wrecked several buildings. It is
feared that the families of Jacob
Morton and William Steele, who live
on the Kankakee marsh, have been
killed.
SAMMIN GANG
IS DOOMED
The Pursuing Posses Continue
Work of Extermination.
LIST OF VICTIMS REACHES FIVE.
Additional Particulars of Lynch
ing of Samrnin—Qreat Ex
citement Prevails.
A state of terror reigns in Decatur
and Early counties, Georgia, as the
result of the outrage upon the Ogle
trees at Safford; the lynching of some
of the perpetrators and the exciting
chase of others of the gang.
The officers of the law are power
less to check the fury of the people,
even if they were ho disposed, as the
feeling that the criminals have com
mitted a diabolical crime and are de
serving of no sympathy, is general.
Five members of the gang so far
have been made way with, whilo an
exciting chase is yet going on for the
associates of those who have been dis
posed of.
It is said that no mistakes have
been made by those who have taken
the law in their own hands, for in
each instance it was known beyond
all doubt that the victim of the mob
was guilty of the crime for which he
was executed.
One of the captives was Charles
Mack, the companion of Samrnin. It
was Samrnin and Mack who outraged
Mrs. Ogletree in the presenco of her
husband at Saffold, one holding a pis
tol at the head of the husband to pre
vent his interference.
Mack was captured at Iron City by
a white man named Cardell. Cardell
tried to get his prisoner through to
jail, hence secreted him. A mob of
several hundred country people met
Cardell and asked the whereabouts of
his prisoner. He declined to say. A
rope was quickly put about his neck
and he was given ten minutes in
which to give up the rapist or his life.
He then told where the negro was. In
a short while the crowd had Mack,
who confessed, corroborating Sam
min’s statement. The men, he said,
were banded together for murder, rob
bery and rape.
Hainmln’a Execution Dramatic.
The scene presented at the execu
tion of Snmniin was a dramatic one.
Sanunin had been completely identi
fied by both Ogletree and Mrs. Ogle
tree and bad not opened his mouth in
denial of the charges. He was being
led to a place of execution and those
about him were disenssing how they
would put him to death. Suddenly
Samrnin turned to one of his captors
and asked to be allowed to have a
word. He was given permission to
talk, aud then in au off-hand way he
told how he and his comrades bad en
tered the store, robbed Ogletree,made
him lead the way to Mrs. Oglotree
and how one bad held the gun against
Qgletree’s breast while bis wife was at
the mercy of his associate.
Samrnin begged for his life, promis
ing to take the authorities to where he
could find six other members of the
gang.
The mob, numbering some two hun
dred men, were too highly incensed,
and nothing but justice on the spot
would quench their thirst for revenge.
They at once chained him to a tree
and after mutilating parts of his body
he was riddled with bullets.
Tvro Dead Near Bain bridge.
Early Sunday morning the bodies of
two unknown negroes wore found on
the Plant System railroad embank
ment near Bainbridge. A big crowd
congregated at the place aud examined
the bodies. It was believed by some
that the men had been accidentally
killed by a train, but others asserted
that the negroes had been hanged by
a mob and their bodies placed on the
track to be run over by a train to make
it appear that that was the means of
their death.
So divided was the opinion that the
coroner was summoned, and he em
panneled a jury which, after several
hours of deliberation, returned a ver
dict that the negroes came to their
death accidentaly.
M’LAURIN HAS “CINCH.”
Manager* of “Private” Allen Give Up
Fight In Mlmlillppl.
A special from Jackson, Miss.,
says: The campaign managers of
"Private” John Allen now concede the
election of Governor McLaurin to the
United State senate, althought they
make no estimate of t-ho majority.
M&Laurin now lacks only five votes of
the number necessary to elect on joint
legislative ballot, and the coming pri
maries positively assure him fifteen,
with a good fighting chance for twelve
more.
It is conceded that McLaurin will
have to his credit the ninety votes
necessary to elect.