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)F TWO OLD FRIENDS
MOVES HIM TO SADNESS.
PUTS TRIBUTE TO THEIR VIRTUES.
Bi tow Man OecliiifK I'ncls Simon P#-Icr
lti hardson ami Henry li. Plant
W>r the Bast of Men.
Simon Peter Richardson and Henry
B Plant, two more of iny friends,
have fallen asleep. They were not
ay near and dear friends, but they
were friends to humanity, and I am
human. T knew them well and was
always pleased with their presence. It
is t Rood sign when you are glad to
meet even an acquaintance —a good
sign for him ami it is a good one for
you when your acquaintances meet
you gladly. Simon Peter Richardson
ministered here several years and I
was always cheered with his presence
•rid learned something I did not
know He was a walking educator, a
man of wit and wisdom and of great
philanthropy. Sometimes lie cut to
the quick, but bis knife was sharp and
left no ragged edges.
I recall an incident that illustrated
his earnest readiness to reply to a man
who refused a little charity to a very
poor blind woman who wished to go
to Atlanta to have Dr. Calhoun re
move a cataract from her eye. Simon
Peter xerv earnestly related her con
dition and her extreme poverty and
said, “Please give me half a dollar,
only half a dollar.” The merchant re
plied, “No, I can’t do it. We mer
chants are hied to death by these coun
try people and we have got to stop. I
tell you, Uncle Simon, we are bled to
death, yqn must excuse me.” Simon
Peter looked nt him as if he were
•nmzed. After a brief silence lie
said, “Bled arc you. Let me show
y.m something. He took off his long
linen duster, then unbuttoned tlie
wristband on bis left arm, rolled up
the sleeve and pointing to two little
Bears near the elbow said, ‘A long
time ago a fool doctor tried to bleed
me and made those scars. He missed
the vein and got no blood, but the
■cars are there. I am afraid that is
the experience of a good many people
who ask u little charity for the poor.
They get no blood, lint leave a scar.’ ”
We who saw the point smiled audi
bly The merchant’s face reddened
nn lei the sarcasm. Ho suddenly
pulled out the money draw and handed
• dollar to tin* old man, and said:
“Give this to her. I don’t want any
of yon r scars about me.”
The last year- of his sojourn here
Un ole Simon took a vacation and
visited bis old home on the I’eedoe
river, in South Carolina. When he
returned he told me exultingly of the
good time ho had and about a wonder
ful revival that occurred in his old
home church- the greatest revival he
said that lie had witnessed for many
years. “How many converts did you
take into the church,” rfaid I. “The
fit it week,” said he, “we never took
in nary one, but we turned seventeen
out and purged the church. After
thatjl ic Lord blissed us and there is
many a church in this part of the
country that need i the same medicine.”
Pi Ic Simon left his impression
npou tlie people of every community
'in which he lived. He was an earnest
man, a strong man. a man of convic
tions and was perfectly (earless in
naintaining them. Woe to the infidel
or skeptic or agnostic who encoun
tered him Woe to tlie uiau who de
clined to go to church because lie
didn’t feel the need of religion. No
doubt w e have as good men now, hut
the preachers are rare in any denomi
nation who are bis equals in convinc
in g ami converting foioe. With Paul he
eoutd sav. “I have fought a good
fight 1 have kept the faith.”
Mr. Plant's photograph is before me.
Wh at a broad, attractive, human-like
face There is nothing of awe or
■obunnity in his feuturos that would '
intimidate the approach of the hum
blest of his raoe. "Knowing that thou
wust an austere man" did not apply to
h' ■ Always dignified, always self
poised and earnest, he seemed as much
concerned for others as for himself.
He wsfs frank lint careful in speech,
genial, uncomplaining and never wor
ried over business cares or disappoint
ments. His last letter to me, written
in February, was an autograph and is
a model of good old-fashioned pen
manship. It is a large, open, honest
baud without a blot or erasure, tht
i’s all dotted, the t’s all crossed imd
quotation marks where they should
be lu speaking of his health, lit
■ays “I have been sutTeriug, but an:
yet on dock and prepared in a moder
ate way to attend to my duties and ir
•OTtie measure be of benefit to the peo
pie."
I hnvo taken note of him for nearly
half h cenin ry and know of no greater
mnn lu the line of public progress anc
pnliii.- benefaction. Many millionaires
have acquired fortunes from specula
tion speculation that robbed others.
Many have built on foundations that
others laid and some have wrecked
ram ia anil private enterprises on
Sn- jr.se for their own profit, but Mr.
'bull made honest plans in early life
ite ant,*’ 1 slow and sure degrees ex
v paper * n nitt * them, lie has
ii(C *" T!i ' ues not only of his own
R ' but to that of communities
He has proved himself
‘“•ieud to the south and
W ant to puf.nd admiration of our
e sweet little l>*aspeare says, “The evil
IT We have thi‘ ves after them. Tlie
srge for inserp interred with theii
uat is not always true,
might as truly have said,
“The good that men do lives after
them.” Good deeds are like the cir
cling waves that gently move to the
shore when a stone is cast into a pool.
They never lose their influence. The
good that Mr. Plant has done for the
people has not been buried with him,
nor will he lie forgotten for genera
tions to come.
Rut the command is to “Close up!
Close up!” The old men die and
others step into their places—and the
world moves on. “Close np” is heard
all along the line.
“Friend after friend departs,
Who has not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That has not here an end.”
—Bran Akp in Atlanta Constitution-
TROOPS SLEEP ABOVE WATER
RAINY SEASON IN PHILIPPINES
CAt!SING DISCOMFORT.
DEEP WATERS FLOW UNDER BONKS
Companies Are Cut Off Hy Swollen and
Unfordnble Streams—Manila Bay
Cannot Now Be Navigated.
Advices from Manila undor date of
July 10 state that it has been raining
and storming to such an extent that
the country along the American south
and hay lines is literally flooded. The
soldiers are suffering great discomfort.
The Thirteenth infantry at Paray is
in the worst position, being practically
surrounded by water. The bridges
that were used for getting supplies
have been w'ashed away, and some of
the companies are now separated by
streams six feet deep. In many cases
the men ure sleeping with three feet of
water beneath their bunks, xvliich are
elevated on cracker boxes. The com
pany cooks, when preparing the meals,
stand km e deep in water.
Home of the roads leading to Paray
are simply impassable, and the rice
fields on all sides are one great lake.
A high wind blow over several tents
of the Second Regiment hospital.
Manila bay is impossible of naviga
tion by either launches or canoes and
no vessels are leaving the harbor.
The United States transport Cen
tennial is ready to sail for San Fran
cises with discharged soldiers, but the
latter have to sit around the water
front all day, drenched to the skin,
waiting for a launch to take them to
the steamer.
The river Pasig aud all the other
streams are swollen, aud the city
streets at low points are covered with
water.
Friendly Filipinos in Manila have
been the medium of communications
between the American authorities aud
the military leaders of the insurrec
tion in Cavite province, which for
some time promised to result in bring
ing over a prominent general and sev
eral hundred of his followers-, with
their arms. If the negotiations had
succeeded the outcome would have
had a great moral effect., for other de
fections doubtless would have fol
lowed.
Were the general’s name given it
weight lead in his case to a fate similar
to that which has befallen other Filipi
nos suspected of freindliuess towards
he Americans. He had foreseen the
fHiluro of the insurrection and advised
Aguinaldo to make terms, but it is
understood that be has sent word to
ike Americans that having sworn to
support the insurrection, he must re
main loyal to the end.
Similar negotiations are said on
authority to have been conduct
ed with a member of the cabinet of
tlie so-called Filipino government,
who himself took the initiative. Some
form of money consideration figured
in the discussion with his friends.
VERDICT (jriCKI.Y REACHED.
Jury Acquit* Gen. Jbiuci Walker, Who
In Turn Thanks Thnu.
A dispatch from Bristol, Tenn.,
says: The jury in the case of the com
monwealth of Virginia against General
James A. Walker on a charge of shoot
ing with intent to commit murder
rendered a verdict of acquittal at 8:30
o’clock Saturday night, after having
been out only twenty-five minutes,
lu response to the verdict General
Walker said:
“Gentlemen of the jury, allow me
to express my sincere thanks to you.
I had no doubt of your verdict from
tlie time I first beard that I had au
honest jury from Montgomery county. ’
JUDGMENT WAS POSTPONED.
\<fmlral (mr Wan Not Acquitted m
Hits Been Reported.
It is now said the courtmartial at
Madrid did not actuliy acquit Admiral
Oervera and the other officers tried in
connection with the destruction of the
Spanish fleet off Santiago de Cuba
duly 3, 1898, by the fleet under the
command of Admiral Sampson, but
postponed judgment and released
them, which is regarded as equivalent
to au acquittal.
Canned Beef for Cuba.
A special from Chicago says: Com"
missary General C. A. Woodruff, of
the United States anij” lias given
orders for 126,trn r
roast beef for ij of the to
Cuba. This fA that a few f v by the
packers as s]jJ <lve specuiere is no
prejudice 'hem. The fav< govjrn
meut natural mouopoeef.
OIL IS SEIIH
BV georl^
Nearly 200,099 Gallons Are Forci
bly Taken In Charge.
IS STORED IN EIGHT CITIES.
Order of Seizure Was Given By
Agricultural Commissioner
O. B. Stevens.
A special from Atlanta says: Nearly
200,000 gallons of illuminating oil
have been confiscated in Georgia as a
result of the order of Commissioner
Stevens directing inspectors through
out the state to seize all supplies that
fail to come up to the standard by
• law.
This statement was made authorita
tively at the office of the commissioner
of agriculture, and is taken to indi
cate that the fight on illegal and dan
gerous oils, which the report of State
Chemist McCandless showed abounds
in the state, is on in dead earnest.
In eight cities in Georgia, the names
of which are withheld by the officials,
large supplies of oil have been tested
recently and found to burn at a point
j below the limit of 120 degrees Fahren
heit, below which oils are declared
dangerous and illegal by the law of
the state.
It is the opinion of officials that
I should the names of the cities at
which large confiscations have been
: made he given out, a panio wonld in
all probability be caused, and this the
department of agriculture has studi
! ously avoided. In order to give pro
tection to the citizens at the places
where oil supplies have been seized,
inspectors at these points have been
notified in every case by telegram to
take charge of the oils and hold them
until directed what disposition to
make.
No Appeal From Order.
Assistant Commissioner Wright was
notified by a state inspector Friday
morning that two tanks of oils amount
ing to about 12,000 gallons, and loctted
in oDe of the largest cities of the state,
had been found to be below the stand
ard, having burned in the Xagliabue
tester below 120 Fahrenheit. Inquiry
was made of the department whether
tho agent of the oil company at the
j place would be permitted to make the
bulk of the oil in the tanks good by
the addition of higher grade oil that
would considerably raise the standard
of the fluid aud thus put it withyi the
limit of the law.
It is interesting to note that the
code privides that any person who
sells oil beloxv the legal standard shall,
upon conviction, be guilty of a misde
meanor, and subject to a fine of not
less than $250, or to a sentence of not
less than one year, or both, in the dis
! cretion of the court.
Heretofore, it is understood, oils
that have failed of the test in some
cases have been added to by permis
sion of the authorities with higher
grade oils, to bring them up to the
standard. Under the ruling made Fri
day aud with the knowledge that a
large portion of the oil in the state is
below tlie standard, it is evident that
; the department has determined to fol
loxv the letter of the law and hold the
oil concerns doing business in Georgia
up to the tacit agreement they made
when they established agencies in the
state.
Many inquiries have been made as
to the punishment provided by law for
those persons who put oils on sale in
the state that are regarded as danger
ous.
The reply xvas made at once that the
3tate would enter into no such agree
ment; that tlie oil condemned as dan
gerous must stand as it is, in the
control of the state’s inspector until
he is notified what disposition to make
of it.
It is also provided that one-half of
the fine shall go to the prosecutor in
the case, and the other half to the
common school fuud of the state. And
auy person sustaining damages as a
result of the sale of illegal oil shall
have recourse upon the person who
sold the oil.
New Tenter Demanded.
Following the report of Chemist
McCandless—which showed the utter
want of reasou in the recent method
prescribed for testing oils—it is cer
tain that the present method will be
abolished, authority being given the
commissioner of agriculture to adopt
auy other well defined test. Should
the tester now in use in New York
state be chosen, which is the recom
mendation of the state chemist, it will
theu be necessary to do away with the
present law prescribing a fire point at
120 degrees Fahrenheit.
It has been proposed to adopt a
flash point at 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
beiow which oils will be illegal. If it
is found upon consultation with the
attorney general, who is at present out
of the city, that such a change can be
made, it is certain that the additional
recommendation will be adopted and
put in force by the commissioner of
agriculture.
New Mill for Newberry.
Interest increases in the proposed
new cotton mill at Newberry, S. C.
Tlie commission has been ordered
from tlie secretary of state. It is to
be styled “The Anchor” Cotton Mill
company. The capital stock will be
$260,000 to start with.
Refuses to Release Prisoners.
Aguinaldo, according to a dispatch
received at Madrid from Manila, re
fuses to liberate the Spanish military
I prisoners iu the hands of the Filipinos.
1
GeorgqH
that si^H
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’.! pro.bi.-i- good tfil.ftci-o re<MNfflSra|
The pamphlets were not the'i oHV
sistance furnished by the raili^^V
It aided in sending out a lot
for experiments. A firm
Carolina went into the thing
Central, and it and the
the expense of sending out y of
seed to all the farmers who
them. The seed were
tivated under the rules laid in
the book of instructions, and it is s,od
there are many living along the linebfm
the Central railroad now have file!
patches of tobacco. Mr. Eagan
well satisfied with the result of the
endeavor of the railroad to induce
the people to undertake the cul
ture of the plant in the country dis
tricts. He expects to see it develop
into an industry of great importapee.
* * *
To Fix tlio Tax.
Hon. L. M. Trammell, chairman of
the Georgia railroad commission, and
Hon. James M. Robinson, of Marietta,
have been appointed by Governor
Candler to settle the dispute which
has arisen as to the valuation of the
property of the Chattanooga Southern
railroad.
Some time ago the comptroller gen
eral declined to accept the sworn re
turns of the road for taxation and
Chairman Trammell was appointed to
represent the state in an arbitration
agreed upon, and Hon. Alex. C. King
was named as the representative of the
Chattanooga Southern.
These gentlemen were authorized to
select a third member who was to act
in the event they themselves could not
agree upon a valuation of the property.
Several meetings have been held, but
not only did they fail to agree among
themselves, but they could not agree
upon the third man who was to act as
an umpire in the event a disagreement
resulted.
It theu became Governor Candler’s
duty to appoint arbitrators and this
xvas done. The gentlemen named by
the governor will begin at once their
new duties and a report from them
will be watched with interest by the
state and the railroad company.
The figures which were furnished
Comptroller General Wright were not
accepted because he believed the
property returned was worth several
times the amount of valuation placed
in the returns and he notified the
road that he could not accept the fig
ures and the arbitration was agreed
upon, resulting as stated in a failure
to agree and the necessity of the state
naming the board of arbiters.
* *
Quitman's Yarn Mill.
The yarn mill to be established at
Quitman is now nn assured fact. It
was desired to raise $50,000 for the
enterprise and $55,000 has been sub
scribed. Mr. Will Spain put in $5,000
after th ereqnisite $50,000 was raised.
At a recent meeting a name was de
cided on for the company, the Atlan
tic and Gulf Cotton Mills. Work will
begin shortly on the mill.
* * ft
To Fipht F*e System.
A determined campaign will be
waged against the fee system which
prevails in the state offices. The At
lanta Business Men’s league has taken
the first decisive step against the sys
tem and in a letter recently written by
President C. A. Collier to the chamber
of commerce some severe blows are
directed at the system.
The Fulton county grand jury
suggested that the league open
the fight on the system and the
league adopted the suggestion. The
fight will be waged with vigor aud de
termination and letters similar to that
sent to‘the chamber of commerce will
tie mailed to the heads of all the busi
ness organizations in the piiucipal
cities in the state.
It is hoped by this means to arouse
a feeling against the system that wills
result in legislative enactment to wipe
out the fee system.
* * *
A Flood of Applications.
The decision of the war department
to muster the army to its full limit
under the Hull bill and to call for at
least 10,000 additional volunteers, has
induced a flood of applicants to Gov
ernor Candler from every part of the
state for offices varying from colonel
to second lieutenant.
The great majority of the applicants
write under the impression that a cer
tain number of appointments, at least,
iu the volunteer service will be placed
at the disposal of the governor of
Georgia, while President McKinley has
announced through the war depart
ment that all appointments under the
new agreement will be made by him.
* * *
New Convict Law a Success.
The quarterly report 6f the state
prison commission which was com
pleted and tiled with Comptroller
General Wright a few days ago shows
that the gross income to the state
from this source for the first quarter
$.'0.01)0. tin 1 tint’* the
’’ pi- 'iO sy-teni i-'-- (tain
uie treasury fully eight
BEgjgflfa,,,..’ V.-I.ne a- the eld -ys
former
■■man Turner, of the prison
K R j„„. ,-r- Retell Si me time ago
■■Kp,],., new has •of convicts
■■Lent inti' effect March Ist $”,-
lie realized annually by the
tlull effectiveness of the
||||j& ll would be correspondingly
■HHti'd and improved. The predio
■El Chairman Turner is shown l>v
of the statement of the prison
to be thoroughly accurate,
|HT ce for one quarter the sum of $50,-
Hj, realized from the hire of the
w® * * *
■ Jail Delivery at Fairburn.
K A wholesale jail breaking occurred
last Saturday afternoon,
■here were fifteen prisoners confined
Rn the jail, twelve colored and three
fwhite. Ten of these secured their lib
[ erty.
f Those who escaped are George Ta
f-tum, Howard Hiudman, Joe Varner,
Isam Brown, John Jamison, John
Oxvens, Henry Callaway, Clem W’atts,
Claud Briant and Milton Sewell.
Four of these, Tatum, Brown, Jam
ison and Watts, are regarded as des
perate characters and were charged
with assisting to burn Palmetto last
January. They were the four out of
the nine who escaped the fury of the
mob the night five were killed in the
warehouse in Palmetto. The others
who escaped from jail were charged
with various misdemeanors. The five
xvho remained in jail could have gone
if they had desired, but made no effort
to get away.
* * *
Reunion of Veterans.
The Seventh Georgia Infantry Vet
erans’ Association will meet in Car
rolton on July 21st. There are many
surviving members of this regiment,
and their annual reunion is always an
| occasion of unusual interest.
Carrollton invited the veterans to
i hold their reunion in that city this
I year aud the invitation was accepted
promptly by the survivors of the reg
iment. They were anxious to go to Car
rollton because of the reputation that
1 city has made for hospitality.
The Atlanta and West Point rail
road has given special rates for the oc
| casion, and the fare will be so cheap
that all membrrs of the association
| will be able to attend.
* * *
State Sues Corporation.
I The state of Georgia has instituted
I suit against the Atlanta Railway and
i Power company, the Atlanta Consoli
! dated Street Railway, the Trust com
! pany of Georgia and the Alanta Rail-
I way company, charging that the re
j cent consolidation of the three trolley
| lines in the city of Atlanta destroys
; competition and amounts to a monop
i oly of the electric transportation of
| passengers in certain sections of the
i city.
* * *
Will Celebrate Historical Event.
The centennial anniversary of the
adoption of a seal by the state of Geor
gia will be appropriately celebrated
this year.
Ex-Governor Northen has for some
time been making preparations to have
the opening day of the state fair espec
ially set aside for the celebration of
this historical event, and it is beyond
j doubt that the occasion will be one
worthy of the memory of a hundred
years.
A special program will be arranged
! suitable to the occasion. Several
prominent speakers will be obtained
for the occasion and will be invited by
the committee ou arrangements in
: time for them to accept the invitations
and prepare addresses aud historical
papers of the hundred years’ develop
ment and progress.
“It is the aim of the officers of the
state fair,” said ex-Gox-ernor Northen,
“to have the opening day of the fair
set aside as a special centennial day,
to celebrate the adoption of the seal ot
the state of Georgia.”
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORBECTED WEEKLY. —28
Groceries.
Roasted coffee, Arbuckle and Levering
* 11.30. Lion SIO.BO, less 50c per 100 tb
cases. Green coffee choice 11c; fair 9o; prime
•73415)8340. Sugar standard granulated, New
York 5.80. New Orleans 5.75.
New Orleans white do yellow 5% a.
Syrup, New Orleans open kettle 25@40c.
mixed 1234@20c; sugar house 28®35e.
Teas, black 50@65c; green 50@65e.
Rice, head 734°; choice 6%@7c; Salt, dai
ry sacks $1.25; do bbls. bulk $2.00; 100 3s
$2.75; ice cream $1.25; common 65@70c.
Cheese, full cream 11c. Matches,
65s 45c; 200s $1.30@1.75: 300s $2.75. Soda,
boxes 6c. Crackers, soda sle. fit.Jc; cream
6c : gingersnaps 6c. Candy, common stick
fanov 12® 13c. Oysters,.F. IV. $ 1.85(g)
$1.75; L. W. sl.lO.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
• Flour, all wheat first patent. $5.00; second
patent. $4.40-. straight, J 4.00; extra fancy
$3.90; fancy, $3.80; extra family, $2.85.
Corn, white. 54c: mixed, 52c. Oats, xvhite
45c; mixed 39c; Texas rustproof 45c. Kye,
Georgia 83c. Hay No. 1 timothy large bales
90c: small bales 85c: No. 2 timothy
small bales 80c. Meal, plain 520: bolted
45c. Wheat bran. large sacks R2c:
small sacks 82c. Shorts 95c- Stock meal:
35c. Cotton seed mal 90c per 100 tbs-, hulls
$6.00 per ton. Peas stock $1.25 per bush
el; white crowders $1.60@51.75: common
white $1.29(8)1.40; Lady $1.25®1.50. Grits
$2.90 per bbl; $1.40 per bag.
Conntry Produce.
Eggs 9’ : f a 10 Butter. Fancy Georgia,
15®T7t^c:choice 10®12U'c; fancy Tennessee
15® 173 ac; choice 12Ve. Live poul
try, chickens, hens spring chick
ens, large 15/i 17’* 3 small 10 l 2l e:
Ducks, puddle, 18® 20 c; Peking 25®
bushel. Honey. strained 6@7 c : in
the comb 9®lo': Onions. sl.oo®
sl.lO per bu.: $3.25® 3.50 per bbl. Cabbage.
lb. Beeswax 20®22’*4. Dried fruit,
apples 7<®Be: peaches 12,W<814.;.
Provision*.
Clear ribs boxed sides sJ£c; clear sides
5*C ; ice-cured bellies 33c- Sugar-cured
hams 1034® 12c: California 6%c; breakfast
bacon 10® 12' jc. T.ard, best qualitx- 6J<jC; sec
ond quality 6 f <£®63-£: compound sc.
Cotton.
Market closed steady; middling 5 9-16.
wiuanot arbitrate.
Government of Austria-Hungary
Turned Down by Wash
ington Officials.
A cable dispatch from Vienna says
that the United States government has
declined the proposal of the govern
ment of Austria-Hungary to arbitrate
the claims for damages arising from
the death of Austrian-Hungarian sub
jects during the rioting of Hazleton,
Pa., in September, 1897.
The officials at Washington confirm
the advices from Vienna that a plan
of arbitration proposed as a means of
settling claims groxving out of the Ha
zleton, Pa., riots had been rejected by
the United States. This probably dis
poses of the matter, according to the
view held here, as it has ruu the en
tire gamut of diplomatic negotiations,
and all of the plans of settlement, in
cluding the last one of arbitration,
have come to naught.
At the outset the state department
called the matter to the attention of
the governor of Pennsylvania, xvho in
/urn awaited the action of the grand
jury at Hazelton, which tried the sher
iff on the charge of murder. The jury
acquitted the sheriff, whereupon the
Pennsylvania authorities held that
they could not recognize a responsi
bility which a jury had held did not
exist.
The state department took a similar
view, whereupon Austria-Hungary pro
posed arbitration of tho claims. It is
this last proposal which is rejected,
which seems to close the matter, as
the claims are hardly considered of
sufficient importance to justify Aus
tria-Hungary to go beyond diplomatic
representations she has already made.
VOLUNTEER "OFFICERS
Are Named By President McKinley Under
His Recent Call.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president has made the folloxving ap
! pointments in the volunteer army, the
former service of each officer following
the name:
To be captains:—James B. Adams,
first lieutenant, Fourth United States
volunteer infantry; Frank F. Cren
shaw, first lieutenant, Third United
States volunteer infantry; Paul G.
Gallaher, captain First Kentucky; Ja
cob H. Culver, captain, Second United
States Volunteer cavalry; Charles D.
Gaither, captain, Ninth United States
volunteer infantry; John Van Ness
Philip, first lieutenant, Fourth United
States volunteer infantry.
To be first lieutenants—Robert
J. Arnold, captain Third Ten
nessee; Kent Browning, Fourth
United States volunteer infantry;
Thomas G. Bradley, First United
States volunteer cavalry; W T alter P.
Corbett, first lieutenant First Georgia
volunteers; James D. Fauntleroy,
captain, Third United States volun
teer engineers; James C. Hixon, cap
tain Fifth United States volunteer in
fantry; William M. Meek, first lieu
tenant Third Tennessee; William P.
Screws, second lieutenant Third Ala
bama volunteers; Thomas H. Under
wood, captain, Fifth United States
volunteer infantry.
To be second lieutentants—William
K. Armstrong, second lieutenant Sec
ond Alabama x r olunteers; Arthur G.
Duncan, prixmte, First United States
volunteer cavalry; George M. Holley,
second lieutenant, Third United States
volunteer engineers; Henry K. Love,
corporal, First United States volunteer
cavalry; Wilford Twyman, second lien
tent First Kentucky volunteers.
TRAttEDY IN CHURCH.
Prominent Citizen of Dalian, Tex., Shot
Down Without Warning’.
One of the most startling tragedies'
Dallas, Texas, has ever known oc
curred Monday night in the First
Christian church of that city. In the
midst of protracted meeting services
John T. Carlisle arose from his seat at
the rear of the house and x\ r alked to
where Professor William Lipscomb,
principal of the Central High school,
the leading educational institution of
the public schools of the city, was
seated, and shot him dead without a
word of warning.
Carlisle had for nearly a year been
chief janitor of the high school, but
tailed to be reappointed by the school
board some days ago.
Carlisle attributed his defeat for re
appointment to the professor’s influ
ence with the school board. It is be
lieved this was the cause of the mur
der.
LADY TEACHERS KILLED.
Special Train Carrying Educators To Los
Angeles Collides With Freight.
A Burlington special train of nine
coaches on the way from St. Louis to
Los Angeles, loaded with teachers go
ing to attend the National Education
convention at Los Angeles, crashed
into a freight train within 300 yards of
the depot at Newman, Cal., Monday,
and two women were killed and thir
te 11 passengers injured.
The killed were Miss Addie Harris,
of St. Louis, and Mrs. Lena Thomas,
of Seneca Falls, N. Y.
-MONEY FOR CUBAN TEACHERS.
Salary of the Educator, in the Isle are
Behind, But XVill Be Paid.
A dispatch from Havana says: Gen
eral Brooke has issued a decree appro
priating $300,000 in settlement of ar
rears of salary in the education de
partment. Many of the schoolmasters
have gone without pay since January.
Fifty thousand dollars will be ap-.
propriated monthly hereafter. The
local press is unanimous in applaud
ing this act, as it is the first time in
years that anything like regularity of
payment has been attempted in this
direction.