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MISSION SOCIETY
INVESTIGATION.
THE EXAMINATION IIINI I.ONEM S% S-
TKMATIC HOIIIIEHIEN
THE DEFICIT WILL AMOI NT TO
MO>IK NINKTIIICK TIIOISANM
TIm» Secretary of the Hoard, Wlio In
Involved, ItcftlituM
By Southern AahocIaUm] I*rr*H.
New’ York, March 7. The aJh*g«*»l de¬
ficiencies in the a v’ountH of tit'* Auu ri
vauObunoih Mj-wiouary Society, mid
w hk'h have resuOted so far in the secre¬
tary of the Board, Rev. \Y\ A. Nevfiold,
severing his con iht tion with it, proposes
to be full of scandal. The deficit
amounts to and the - hair
man of the Fiiianoc Committee, Gemgi
<). White, made a sbitcwueait thin after*
noon In the mart ter When he concluded
it he declinis! to say whether or Hurt
procoetliugH wouhl Is* injflH'iH'o agali/si
file aiiegt^d off end it. Mr. White said:
“I’m comparatively a new im-ni'ber of the
KxtHMitive Board, and m .Jajituiry last,
at tin* meeting of the board, 1 was put
iu as chairman of the I ina>a a* < ounnii
t In looking into my dnities 1 found
the books called for a large rash Uilance
in the hands of a trust couunittf*
was Irtfortncd by the treasurer of the bo-
< UH.v. II. A. Oakley, Mi ail tliere was an
error in tin* ar mints, as lie hod no hu h
money on hand I wtiiM afterwards in
fonnwsi that the general Horreiaiy knew
there \va« a d-iscreijmiicy in the account*
Mime months prior, but kid not inform
the fsaird lit the da unary meeting. Tin
treasurer wau a-l on ■* tailed mi by me
to pr since his books of account and his
own. and to whow where the defiicit ex
ist^i Also, in looking over the Us»ks ]
disco\a*ri*<l some TiiatterH tiliat seiumMi to
la* irregulai', and 1 iiinuicdUi/ie!y put an
eXfMirt <»u tin* 'Iiookrt. i iii'ini^itt linn it,
the office tfmd intr<Kluced him to Mr. W.
A. New bold, who w as the general re
fa.ry, and directed uiiii b. prtsl-u •■• ad
vouchers and papers he mig’lit ask
for Tl lere a^x^ire l >(l Is- Severn 1
Renu* in regard to Mr. Newhold that re-
-I nirod inspection At tin* end of a few
uittys Mr. NevrllwjJd, timl/lng the tempeni
litre of the office getting list hot for him,
sent his keys to the Finia.n <• Comiinlttoe,
anti aniiouiiocal tilia.t he had severed 1* s
-omioction with the society, The renitli
of tin* expert’* investigaUtut showed that
Mr. Nt-Wbold hit* overdrawn Irotm the so¬
ciety t’he sum of a bout $112,1610 over and
iiiIkivc tile umonpt due him. h’lirlhermore,
that motley* recs-ivnl ftsmt iliiere*ts atm
other sources to the amount of about
.17,(661 he 1ms failed to rnslil on tilt
I.....ks, ami the check* for the same were
not dnpianted lit the s,s-iety’s tsink a ■-
count Mr. Nevvbo.d has confessed to
four different mcmihecH of the society
I lies,* dofnl ntioii*. ami We aloe have u
letter written by him comfeosing bis
rime. and pleading, ou the score of past
service, for leniency, and claiming that
be nits obliged to lake fill* money In
support a large and expensive fttinlly.
Mr. N< wbobi lives in it fine place at
Mont ('hire, V -I wlbieh he ntci'lt's to
.
the prese he t'slim.ate* to be worth
t66t and a list keeps a h,-ir..a cow and
t'arrtages, Mr. Newbold’a sta tmiient
tlmt lie v'as allowed % (1(6) for travel
itfeKT tB lire •r T s-t as all his
travelling expen*»-s were a jiroper ,-harge
agaillef the exjM*nse aeeouiit. The house
in mortgaged for nltonl 1)110,0(61 and he
Iras expressed his willlillglte** to <h*ed
whatever ei|ti!ly is in it to the twenty-six society,
lie has been secretary for
years and lias always las it most implicit¬
ly trusted l»y the officers ami members
,if the board. The expert accountant
has use,a tallied that for certainly the
past ten years, ,u,l how much longer we
do mil know, lie Iras been systematically
robbing the sacred trtvlNUTy of tin* so-
cictv
Mr White would not s:ty who tile
iiiemhiTH of the society were to whom
Mr. Xewb II is alleged to have euiifess
ed. nor would In* produce the letter
which he said bud ls-eii written front
N f-wboh!
Rev. A. Kiiis,dveiit. of Rt'ookCyn, who
has been nppniuti'd secretary pro tent,
was present when Mr White made his
iitolemcnf. lie sail; !‘l use put down
Rev. A II. Kinsolv* nl. who litis been
tipp'lultsl went,try pro t* til. a** believ¬
ing the nlmve statement, absolutely.
Treasurer Oukley was -present at u
private meeting of tin- board this even
ing.
(Jen Wager Swaym*. prce-hietit of the
s.H'iel,. made the following official state¬
ment this aftet'iKNiti coiit-cniing the dis-
pmsinp by that society w ith tlu* services
■ if Henry A (Val ley, as treasurer, and
the Rev Win. Newtsil-I. as -assist.'ini
treasurer and secretery:
1 wits present at tin* meet lug ,,f t lu-
exi-ciftive committee Match o, IS Io, and
voted ill favor of the n solution terminat¬
ing the rein Ron of tin* treasurer, Mr.
Oakley, ati-l oi the general stv rctJiry,
Mr New I*-*.w ith rite society. The ac¬
tion of th*- committ< i* was miadiltimus.
With quite full knowledge of tin* fuel*
I deem it to lt-ave la*ett as to each of tin*
persons referred to, just ami mild and
neeo *mar> l he ground of tin* e ntiroit-
tee's action was as to each of them,
a separate aec uutjtlillity for moneys
with which tin* other w as not involved.
Action was taken only after repented
and solicitous (sutifepenoe w-ith tviclt of
them, extending over a ouetldcrahle
period, ami with every opportunity and
invitation to each of them to relievo him
s**.f a ml th* eommittie from the sorrow¬
ful eottrluslop to which the <s>mmittee
must otherwise be driven In tin* facts.
\ft.-r tin* feiMirt of tlie so* -NMH’UlMoO oti
conference had l*oeti read a written at¬
tempt at exculpation on the part of
Mr. X* w'h 1 wx’is a Is * rtytd to (he win
lo'ttec. Kiel th-* fact w-*s -b'scloscd (hm
Mr \-'"i*,.l t h-,,1 abv-'dv made a iki r
Mai re**tdutiou Fnot writ dt-vefoped as
to eaeli of t-hont to make the action
token, in tin- jmlgmeiit of those prtviettl.
anavoi lalde.
SEN’S ATION Al, DISCOYERA
Ilemnla. of Three llodle. Found
In a AA’nler He.ervotr
Seattle, AY ash , March 7. Seattle has
l*een agog with excitement for the past
f**w day* over a report that the dead
tardies of two Infante and a Chinaman
had been fotint’ In the main water r
eervolr tn the tinvst aristocratic portion
of tho city The story was not credited
at first, hut It Is now positively stated
•hat such was the case, workmen em¬
ployed In cleaning out tho reservoir be¬
ing authority for the statement. The
bodies are fleshless and had evidently
been In the reservoir for some time.
Three Per Cent Quarterly Dividend
Rodon. March 7 l-ho directors <>f the
American Sugar Refining Company to
lav de-xared i quarterly dividend of o I
)*er cent.
THE MISSING MINISTER
Itr Hoyle, Ills Companion, Arts In
a Myslerlnns Manner.
By Southern Associated Press.
New York, March 7.—No news ihas
yet been received concerning the where¬
abouts of Rev. .Tulin Owen Bardie, the
Now York mating r of the Union; Cen¬
tral Blfe Insurance Company, of Cin¬
cinnati, who disajrpeared last Thursday.
Rawer Rrjht. -I. Hare said Ihis morn¬
ing that die had acted as lawyer for
Bin'Ih* "He called on me," he said.
“last Thursday and link'd iru* to Bdfe
the makers tin* notes mentioned in
the papers I ido not remember the
amounts of the throe notes The notes
were given to the company, and Barhe,
in accordance with his custom, had
them transferred | to his account and
iiad givi n his own notes in place They
arc not iu the cajse at all Ha lie was
a mod *1 man lie never gambled nor
drank, and was always square on all
money mutters.
The aeUion of l)r. Boyle, who ac¬
companied Bachc from New York to
Boston on the Kail River boat, Is near¬
ly as ri ysfcriouH asf that of Buche. He
can give no good account of his ac¬
tions and he arrived at borne yets!-relay
in an exceedingly nervous condition.
/)r. linyir insiisfs that Baehe tried to
get to drink out of a bottle of
liquor Idle in his state room on the
Boston Ivi&l and threatened to turn
Inm out when 1 ■ refused. Boyle is
the only man, in the opinion of i Presi¬
dent HuMison. wlii can explain the
mystery. ft is a question with in*
wheth r lie is telling! the truth or ’n*ot,
;id IV undent Kattison. I believe that
u thinks he is. His condition, however,
t.s mjc.Ii that but little weight can, be a**
taehed l<» lbs story. 1 am convinced
l!n:t foul play is tla • cause of Mr.
H i‘ he’s ubsmu'c.
Prc;d<i iit . no. M. i’uttisin came on
. r m (hucinnati and took possession of
the missings man’s diwk and papers.
FOI GIIT FOR I,IFF,
lour II ■■ ml ml Ruanda of Fonder
Were On Hoard.
Ity Si>i,tl,«-rn ANsiKtinted I'm*.
Him ton, Matv-li 7.—Fire Marled ou
I .oar'd of (lie United Statiw tranopuri
Fern dnrinK lit'r trij, front Fhiladelithla
Io the Ronton navy yard, wlltetv bite ar¬
rived last nigltt, and It was only by
tunny hours of hard lighting »*u he juun
of offic'fB land crew that the llatuet* wet t
k«i»i from the magazine, where -1<HJ
l>ounida of powder nighit was Fern slored. off lliglt-
Tuesday the was
la-iul light near Cnjie Ood when, at JO
o’clock, llatni's broke out in the captain's
caltiti. Tito tire spread \vililt such napia-
ily titan in a few tninuteb after the.
alarm was given tihe entire ettbin was a
mass of lliunnw. Almost aJf lltc- anam'beis
of the . rew, were in their btinJis In the
forward part of tlie veaseJ. Ail hands
were oaili-d and a gj wtemaitic tight of the
llttitnes was begun. The stiff head breeze
.hat was blowing, augmented by the mo
thm of the vessel, caused a heavy
draught through the oalbin, ami the
Ultima oontinmod to ept'ead. The powdet
magazine, In which w(as stored 400
pouutls of butokeiesis powder, was below
the caliiin.
1 licutonauit Conunaaider Hi knell and
hi* oilmens realized that it was it fight
for their lives. Officers and crew were
beaten back again and again, tout rallied
emit Lime in the face of the fierce themes.
A heavy si'tt w’as rumndng, and the dlllticnity rock
ing of the vessel added to tihe
of lighting the lire. The tire liurucd
through the upper deck, ami the themes,
futimsl by 'the wind, leaptsl many feel
into the atr. It wais several hours be¬
fore .tills, Ihumes were under control, ana
almost every oust of the officers and crew
were more or less Ucsvrehed by the tire.
THE NEW HACKS
Tlir AIInm lieu (n (lie llrluce of
WuTcu'a llrllanhla.
i ,y Southern Asstoeollctl i’l'ests.
t.'uiiucH, March i. tin* new yacht
Atlsa *vlled her maiden race totUty and
won it, fit'lly justifying the confidence
oi In r own* r, Mr. A. R. Walker, and her
designer* Mr, Will Fite, that sin* would
give a go.wi account of herself. She not
only did this doAghl'ing In r inti tistius.
but she also surprised and di,s<s>iiutted
the admirers of tihe l’rincc of Wales’s
ratter, Ri iUinnm, with It they ludicvisl in
vincible. The weather was elcttr and
the bright stilt shine and Imlmy brefize
promised it defigl;tfnl day for an outing,
hut not one for tost racing, 'i he course
was triangular, from the club house
around tin* bland of St. llonovtit to
punt I >’ Attnille and l*:i ck. ten miles,
tin* !*omvw* to be sailed over three times,
making a total distonce of thirty miles.
The race wxts for Cite puts s and med¬
als us follows: T he tirst a prize of 2.(610
francs and a gold medal; (In* second
-‘661 fnines and a silver medal, and tin*
t llirst 06t inti lies and a ht-(*nze medal.
The start ts were the Rriiautnla, Ails.-t
and t’orsnir The Rrilsimii-a had the
wtiinhvard position ns tin* yachts erossed
the line, which they did in this order:
Corsair, 10:t»2:10\ Rritaimia. 10.0o:0,"i;
Aib\*i, 1 o;(Hi. U* The breeze was light
at the at.iet bill s->ott fr-slu'ited.
The siort* in ronmlin-g the home mark
at the finish <>f the first round was
Hritanuia. 11 :o(i:<X>; Ailsa 11 :o7 1"; 0*>r-
sair. 12:10:111. The liltish of I e sec¬
ond round was Bfitann 1 i. I: 10 :;i 0 ;
■Misti, 1:11*05; and the finish >f the
final round was A : Isa, 2;i»l 40. Briian-
nia. 2:2 LUO r riu* \il>*a cross oil tho Hue
Iw'f' ndniitois and fifty noooiuIs alu\a$1 of
tin* Britannia. Tho harhor wan fi’lod
with boats of ov» ry d*\s<*rij>thm from
Maivlrjw to fit., l-unihlest craft contain-
Oojf Inlrrostod md mthrcckistV witnossos
of ‘liho r i *
Tho V si h.'is p ved honsolf a won-
i-^rTnl Km? Her n rfonu uce * today,
the first day she he t li r in iunr z ails on,
, v ,, s . n - i i ls yj.. $» W; - • r aid
Mr. A\’ill ! v ife wci>' on 1 i Sic* was
not well handled at the Kbart but after
a short Imve the crew s-vimvl tt> get the
Uaoff of -bio-’v *»ml -i ihn'idt'd chgicafe waf*
notice,-: 1\-' Th*' Ailsa seamed t>» work
»n t t a vs and “"ick in trdr"r a.lvout
udole she is ;*s stiff (Sis the Britannia-
Old y»“ht t‘ci'tains arc cnthivdacdie over
her ard deilar'’* that this was the hi'st
rsce over s<>en hero.
Adhere to Cni»l(al Punl.he.- lt
By Southern , ,, Assov'lattxt , . . . _ Tress.
Albany, . „ N. ,, N... .... March ... 7.—In the assent-
bly today Assemblyman Blake's bill.
atvollsMng capital punishment, was lost
In final passage by a vote of ayes (S.
no-'a 68.
Killed By a Train
By Southern Associated Press
Atlanta. Ga... March 7.—M. P. lx>er.
white was killed yesterday near Uw-
reneevllle by a Seaboard Air Line train
He had teen put off a train and was
walkln* oti the track
NEW SOUTHERN
ASSOCIATION.
RAILROII) MEN GATHERED IN AT
LA-NTA TODAY
Ill RATIFY THE NEW PASSES
A SSOCIA TION A G III; EMEN T
'I lie Ulril in the Heul>otird Air
Boycott,
Atlanta Akucii <. (Special.) W« 1J
kiiovvh railroad men from ail over the
ftomii, repnsetitiiig a.l the pnur.pai Imerf
in mi' South, Will meet liel’e VonionoW to
ratily Hie agreement for the new South-
ei u State.5 I’.isHejigcr AiwocurLiju, winch,
on March ll'tli, will succeed the prea-
ent SouHkm*ii i ‘aeseiiger Atwociutioii io-
day quite «i uutimer <vl piouiiiiient o.iicia
have arrived for the purpose of atteuil-
mg tomorrow's meeting. Among them
u. e ]• ir.xt \ ice l*rtt Hul i Wiii, of the
Southern, and General I’aisaenger Agent
'l urk, of tlicit big concern. I he fight
that i.s on between the Southern Bail-
way and Sleain«4bp Ase -ciation ami the
Noalioanl Air Line makers the presence
of M»t*>ra Baldwin and 'lurk in this
section doubly intcre.Ming just now. Mr,
Baldwin was not in W-aidiingtoii when
the SoittisMi’d iugan etULng rate*, but
was en route to Atlanta. Wli *n seen
today by nc*w spap< r men lie declined to
•say what the Suilln-rn won I i do t. > meet
the Seaboard's cut in passenger rates.
XollTier would he exj/n «s himself a$s
to the probable policy of his sygt.e.111 in
case the Seaboaril mokes a cut in frtHilt
rati*. as it U widely reported it will do
shortly.
Mr. Baldwin is confident that the
Southern able t > take rare of itself
am! rather roar-art I m t!»«» S ib tni's rate
milting as a lesson that w.ll do that line
good when if gets tlirou-jh with it.
The Injunction case <»f the Seaboard
against the V. C. & I., loses of the
Y\'. A A., vvhk’h It tion It is, up to
date, made the Southern RaVhvay and
Sf< i uiship AisMiriation boycott incffVc-
*:v is Bof for he?I * lii'f,. „,*vt M(,n-
I V , the whole situst =-= with regard to
thf- Seaboard iargeiv tendinig on th,
issue of this hearing.
JuiuImi Hunter.
J tie iiivuitiguiion of Lite charges
ugaimvl ( i.y \\ kiirden .1. K ■ iiuuit-r Oo-
gait tins attefieion at ,1 o'clock ill the
council chum,her.
Hunter, who for years has been re-
gar,i. 1 no the pink of .propriety, both JllS
to puttin' and private cuaUiivtcr, wats ar
raijgned on six count*.
live first Charge aeettses Hunter of
neglecting the <*.ty'n btwiin t-is by speii(1-
ing ins June with Mrs. Lou *J1U iL-ii and
other woim-tt of alleged improper char¬
acter.
The second charge alleges that Hun¬
ter gave Mre. 8uiith varioun unicies of
clothing which were given to the city
and the , liurita’lde a ns <*i a llotl for the
poor and which were used by .Mrs. Smith
for illegal and criminal pur|Msce.
Charge three nays Hunter beat and
abused h's chililren until they u ere
forcetl to appeal to the police for pro¬
tection and even went before the grand
jury Io exhibit their wounds.
The fourth charge covers the alleged
traffic of limiter in charity railroad tick¬
ets Ity selling them to jxirties tit reduced
rail's.
Harsh and oppressive treatment ill
extorting twenty-five cent* of the amount
allowed by the city for the burial of
paupers front tile unilerta ker\< forms
the fifth ehnpge and the sixth count
changes hmvh and ertit'l treatment to the
poor and needy.
Aw-lst.-int (’it) Attorney Colvill is the
pros,-cutitig officer in the investigation,
while the city waiiilen As represented by
Mr. .1. M. Slaton, a well known young
lawyer.
Tin* comnitti <• finished its labors to¬
night by completely exonerating Jumbo
of every charge.
Electrlenl Supply Co
Mr. d. 11. \ nil, the well known eJee-
tricaJ engineer of New York, represent¬
ing a big syndicate of capitalists, partly
Lusteru and purely local, unfolded a
mammoth tscheme to supply the whole
city ol A t la a l.i with motive power, at a
special meeting of tin- muuufactui’ers
.uni council eh-etrieal committee held at
tin* t’liatuber of Cotumerce today.
According to the plan of the company
n-pr,settled by Mr. t ail, the waters of
the Cbnttaihoociiet* river are to lie har¬
nessed about six miles out from the
city, by moans of a big dam, and using
this . electric
water power to generate
power, Atlanta is to be* put practically
mi a par with Fall River, Massachu¬
setts, so far as cheap motive power is
concerned.
The plans for litis undertaking, which
have already been completed and $800,-
n tt* eatritin 1 sbi-ek subscribed, show that
i’li* company will have from 1.5,(610 to
,M.(661 horse [tower at it,s disposal in tin*
elect rii "Trent This will be brought
into the city by <»{>]>er -oMblrs and dies-
tribiited to street railways, light com
ninth's, ami for all ? o-ts of manufactur¬
ing enterprises at a cost much lei-s than
these ii,dividual concerns ea-n furnish
their own power At present Atlanta
uses only a-lHutt 10.(66) horse [tower for
all t'ltrP'iSiw. on that the new company
'Ivat will pot h'-urn e* oil the (’'hattnhoo-
ehcc river, as has he-ot done with Ni-
•igari Fa IK w*M havi* Htomsn n<1* of
ivnvcr spa ■fter smtp’ying (Ip cn-
tiro oltv.
Il is i»nMKtt*,| f.» i ivo flu* bi ” jil-nt in
onorHinn in or-rlit n> flus mi l tho city
; s askofi to boj 1 ’ui h-.'v oo\itra ; M for light,
lo'fil that ittic when <• nh’jw'f'B can
ht‘ with the now '‘oiuvrn ->t a irr( v af
sa v l a s’.
The \oiv Com in iMsionrr
By Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—Sentiment
amonw the railroad men here Is that D.
lb Martin, general passenger agent of
the Riff Four, will be elected tomorrow’
commissioner of the new Southern otatr
] assenger .Association.
Lumber Denier* Meet
Ry Southern A'bociated Press.
FhiliuMphiia, March 7.- The annuel
moettinc of the National 1.umber Dealers
Assoeiation, wltk-h begun in the Conti-
ueirta-1 Hotel yesterday, ended today.
n ’" ha ’' 1 a 'uemlvrship of
over 200, ituvd 140 delegates were in at-
tendam-e. , , The folowing . . . oth rs were
, 10Clu>a
l ' -
President, John AAA Robinson, of North
Tomtwauda. N. Y.; tirst vice president,
Clms. Betts. Philadelphia: second vice
president. Win. Easton. .M any, X. Y.;
treasurer, A. C. Tmteberry, Tona-wamla.
N Y Trustees—Gltaties H. Oarleton,
Cleveland: (’has. 11. Bond, Oowegxy N.
A Alfred Haines, Buffalo, N. Y • s.
R M;o'Isiren, Toledo, and John C. Hub
boll. New York. President Robinson was
SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES.
Colton Manufacturing Intereats At¬
tract Increased Attention.
By Southern Associated Press.
Baltimore, Md.. March 7—Special re¬
ports to The Manufacturers' Record c. v-
e ri.i« the business Interests of the Hovth
for the week show lhat cotton manufac¬
turing matters continue to attract in¬
creased attention. enterprises
Among the new cotton mill
reported for the week is a *1. a I-
110.i ft It tilde 5,000 spindle* and 20' !oO-..s
to a Grimn, Oa„ Mill. A mill company
at Bangley, S. C., will bu Id an entire
new mill with 12,000 spindles. $160,-
000 company has been organized to build
a mill at Central, S. C., and a .$10,000
conpeny for manufacturing cotton goods
novelties at Rock Hill, S. C. New mills
are reported at Plantersvllle, Ala., Tren¬
ton, S. C., and new projects under way
at live or six different points in Geofgla
and several In Alabama, North and South
Carolina. A $50,000 company has been or¬
ganized to make, roll and manufacture
wheels. A $50,000 canal construction com¬
pany has started In Florida; a $20,000
water works company In Texas; a $100,-
000 jacking company in the same State;
a $50,000 company to develop dock fa¬
cilities at Arkansas 1’ass.
Of miscellaneous enterprises the past
week shows a smaller number than for a
considerable time, in railroad construc¬
tion matters work has been commenced
on a 230 mile line in Arkansas—20 miles
having been let to contractors—and con¬
tracts for the balance are now pending.
New projects Include electric roads in
Bouisiana and Alabama, 40 miles of new
steel railway in Florida and 150 miles in
Alabama and Geargla and a ten mile
branch line In Alabama.
Among the new building enterprises of
importance reported for the week were
a $27,000 building to be erected at New-
berne, N. ('., a new hotel and a $150,060
enlargement of an old one at Atlanta;
hotel in North Carolina, a $35,000 church
and a $20,000 society building in the same
State, an opera house in South Carolina
and a large number of general buildings
In various parts of the South. Quite a
number of Northern people are now In
the South arranging to acquire interests
and contracts are penning for the loca¬
tion of several large cotton mills to be
built by New England people. At least
two of these will probably Include the
purchase of very large water power.
FRED DOUGLASS’S ESTATE
tils Sons Sny There Wilt He No
Sqnnhble Over II.
By .Southern Associated Press.
Washington. March 7.—The sons of
the into Frederick Douglass authorize
tin- publication of the following state
me rnt:
The statement telegraphed from
.Rocbester. N. Y., to the morning pa-
pers of the country that there; is or has
been antagonism between us and oui
fa’thr.r's wife, or Ids widow, at any
time, is utterly false. That there has
been any, consultation with any one at
any place or at any time in regard to
any will of Frederick -Douglass, our
father, we have no knowledge. We are
absolutely unable to account for the
statement made front Rochester. The
man, Lee, who says lit* is bound to
secrecy by all parties, tells an untruth
if he includes the undersigned in "all
parties." We have had no conversa¬
tion with him at any time in regard to
our father’s affairs. His statement is
wholly unwarranted.
(Signed;) Lewis P. Douglass. Charles
W. Douglass.
Mis. Douglass, who continues to re¬
side in the cottage occupied Ity her
late husband, wlitIt Mrs. Sprague, the
married daughter of Douglass by his
first wife pioel.titned the story of un¬
due influence as absolutely groundless.
The estate of the negro liberator, it
is estimated, will realize from $,00,000
to $200,000, mostly in realty in Roches¬
ter, N. Y., and in this city. No will
has yet b> tn offered for probate.
W C T U PETITION.
The Lnilles Want No Uijaur at the
Atlanta Exposition.
By Southern Associated Press.
Atlanta,! Ga., March 7.—The lades of
the Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union presented t>o the Exposition direc¬
tors today a long petition asking them
to keep liquors off the grounds. Mrs.
McLendon, president of the Atlanta
Union, spoke in behalf of the petition.
She was followed by the representa¬
tive of a brewery, who offered $100,000
for the const ssiott of sidling beer on
the grounds front now until the Ex¬
position closes. This offer tvas follow¬
ed by the application of a Cineiuuatl
brewery for spites for an exhibit. A
director stated to Mrs. McLendon that
the Exposition has no committee on
temperance and her petition was re¬
ferred along with the bid for the beet
privilege to tin* committee on conces¬
sions .
NO CONFIRMATION
The Humor of Consul NVUtlnins Re-
(inraleil Withdrawal Erroneous.
By Southern Associated Press.
Washington, March 7. The State Oe-
.oartment has received no intimation,
either from the Spanish minis or or any
other source, as to dissatisfaction with
Consul General Williams. On the con¬
trary. his n i on! at the d. partment
shows that It? had been remarkably
su.iTSSful in adjusting th > numerous
lit 11‘* difficulties in customs matter*
and other complication* that have
arisen bet we* n the United States and
the Spanish ruthoriries in Cuba. The
rat !e dispatch from Madrid as to a
(b r-and for l.is re ’all i.s discredited at
tit * department
Kniploye* Quit AVork.
By Southern Associated Press.
Ti'enton, N. J., March 7.—Over ^three-
fourths of the hundred employes in tie
woolen mills of Samuel K. Wilson, ijult
work last night and this morning, be¬
cause their employer had not restored the
25 per cent, reduction to .which they
were subjected last summer. The striking
employes declare that they promised the
restoration would take place the first of
the year.
\ Cyclone.
By Southern Associated Press
Mobil *. Ala., March 7.—A cyclone
three n iles north of Rrewton, Ala.,
this afternoon cut a swath half a mile
wide through the country, damaging
the homes of A. Pittman and E. B.
Johns tn am! tearing to pieces a school
and church building. No person was
hurt so far as heard from.
Cotton Blight.
Tests made by the Alabama Experiment Station and
elsewhere prove conclusively that
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cotton blight. Planters can prevent the immense loss caused
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PEOPLE VOI READ ABOUT.
YSAYE—Ysaye received a fee of $1,001
for his appearance at one of Mrs. Cal
Brice’s musicales, and Melba and i e
Reszke were similarly paid for appear¬
ing at another.
RUSSELL Ex-Governor Russell is one
of the busiest lawyers in Massachusetts
and is so much in demand that he can
hardly lift a paper weight without find¬
ing a retainer under it.
LKBON—M. Andre liebon, th*- new
French Minister of Commerce, is only
35 years of age. He spent two years in
mgland studying political s ieiu •
VERNE—Jules Verne Is 7s years old. lb
has been at literary work since he was
35, and has put out about two novels a
year ever since*.
BISMARCK A Jierli! paper reports
a eonvcrs*atlon Prince Bismarck had on
Sunday last with a guest from Le.psic.
They were talking of happiness and
Prince Bismarvjk saiiJ that if he count
ed ihe minutes of real happiness in his
life they would, perhaps amount to
twenty-four hours. These times of hap¬
piness were always connected with li.s
domestic life and not w’ith politics,
which, he declared, was an incessant
struggle.
SEYMOUR—Managing Editor Seymo r
of the Chicago Herald, declines to oc¬
cupy a subordinate position on ti.t
new Times-Herald combination. He h s
occupied his chair for ten years.
BAYARD—United States Ambassad i
Bayard is suffering from influenza and
is going to Bournemouth in order to
seek recovery from his illness.
GORMAN—The last few days of thf
Fifty-third Congress, now happily ex
pired, and not of altogether “bless* d
memory,’’ afforded our senior senato.
an opportunity of presenting himself
in the somewhat novel role of retrench¬
ment and reform. These are not thing?
about which our senator heretofore has
been supposed to care much, but inspir
ed with the zeal, possibly, of a new
convert, his recent utterances and per¬
formances in this direction have sur¬
prised even his colleagues.— Baltimore
Sun.
HILL—But as we look the li Id over
again, w r e can still find one statesman
of power and importance to whon.
Democrats, a,s partisans, may look with
self-respect and with aspiration for the
future. One man has stood unflinchin
ly for the central Democratic prineipl ,
in dread of no one, and faithfully serv¬
ing nothing but his party, and denoun¬
cing the infamy of its degradation. \Yt
refer to the Hon David Bennett Hill.
Si nator Hill is a man of many triumph:
every one of which has been for his
party’s good. But he never w r as so con¬
spicuous. so necessary to his party, sc
absolutely commanding of its applause,
respect, and consideration, as now,
when he remains the single geiiuin
champion of the great doctrines oi
Democracy, while the party organiza¬
tion has been flung into the ditch.
SA1S IT’S PER SECT'TION.
Disc of Young Woman Who Refuses
To Marry u Drummer.
Atlanta, Ga„ March 8.—(Special.)—
The case against Miss Turler Thomas,
the handsome young woman arrested
on Monday charged with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes, in that
she had promised to go on to New Or¬
leans to wed one Louis Simpson, a
New York mucillage drummer, hut af¬
ter receiving tickets and cash from
him refusetl to make the trip, has
been set for the 20th of this month.
Simpson, the drummer who thinks
he has been victimized by a confidence
woman has given notics that he will
be here at the trial with plenty of docu¬
mentary evidence in the shape of let¬
ters written to him by Miss Thomas,
to convict her.
The young woman takes the situa-
tion coolly enough She still declares
that Simpson is in love with her until
he is half crazy and is prosecuting her
for spit? because She will not marry
him.
PRIVILEGES SOLD.
Von Can Get AVIiat You Wn n t To
Drink at the Exposition.
Atlanta. Ga.. March 8.—(Special.)—
Yesterday a committee of the Wo¬
men's Christian Temperance Union ap
peared before the Exposition directors
and presented a petition sgtted toy 1,600
women 'taking that the sale of beer and
liquor b? prohibited on the-’Exposition
grounds. Mrs. M. L. 'McLendon and
everal others ladies address d the direc¬
tors urging them not to grant any
liquor privileges, but to have cold
water as rh** only beverage on the
grounds.
Some of the Exposition managers
w ere in hearty sympathy with the AV.
C. T U. petition, hut today Presl-
dent Collier announced officially that
it would be impossible to grant their
petition for the reason that the beer
and liquor privileges had already been
sold. There will net be any barrooms
on tit ■ grounds, however, but the
drinks will be served ouly in th res-
taurant and at tables.
AN OLD WOMAN’S APPEAL.
Governor Atkinson InveNfignting
the Case of « Negro Murderer.
Atlanta, (ra., A larch S.—IS] m *-*.in I. i—
Governor Atkinson was \ r ery much mov¬
ed today by the appeal of a white-headed
old negro woman, for th-e life of hea* sem.
Wash Stronig. who is sentenced to be
hanged tit H-avIkin-sville next Friday for
murder. The devoted old “aummmy''
walked all the way from Macon to At-
lauta to plead for her boy’s life, and
when dhe got admission to the Gover¬
nor’s office, after iter long and difficult
journey, she went down ou her knees
to him. The Governor was much affected
by the old negro's plea and today he
has been going through the evidence
in the ease to see if it is possible to
grant her prayer.
Two children were married in Dah-
lonega Saturday evening, Delia Frank-
lin and Goodman Beck, aged about 15.
Thomas performed the ceremony
AMONti GHOKGIA EDITORS.
Sylvania Telephone: War is being made
m the woman’s high hat in theatres. It
ieserves to succeed. High hats in a thea¬
tre are an abomination and ought to In*
extinguished. When a man goes io the
opera house he does so lor the purpose
of se lug the play, and if he is to la* shut
out entirely from a view of the stage by
i tall hat in front of him, he had just us
well stay at home. We believe in women,
first, last and all the time, but men have
some rigjfts—and this is one instance In
which they should assert them. 1'ven it
it. has to be done by legislation, the tall
hats in tbead res should be abolished.
Oglethorpe Echo: A pity Walsh can’t
stay in the Senate and Bacon take his
scat too. The country needs in the front
such public men as the one is and th
other will make.
Georgia Cracker: There has never in
all the history of this Republic been a
Congress which has done lees to merit
the commendation of the people than the
one which expired at noon on Monday
.ast. It failed utterly to measure up to
one single requirement, and was so imbe¬
cile as to be unable to understand the
situation, or so thoroughly lost, to all
a.nse of patriotism as to he indifferent
o the wishes of the people and the wad-
fart' of the country. Take either horn of
he dilemma and the situation is sad.
With imbecility or indifference in Con¬
gress, and a domineering, bull-headed
’.oldhug in the President’s chair, the coa¬
lition of the common people is a most
i< plorable one. But all things have an
■ml. The knowledge of this fact is very
*weet some times. Congress lias’just died
It is well, in two more years we v dl have
lone with the goldbug.
Waycross Herald: Our dispatches today
inform us that some of the negro emi¬
grants from Georgia to Mexico some Urn*
since,-under the leadership of n eg leg Wil¬
liams, are returning to this State. This b;
embarrassing, and may have a tendency
to hurt the proposed excursion to Siberia.
SHARPS AND FLATS.
The country is getting quite an inter¬
esting coat-of-arms display in Us collec¬
tion of social bric-a-brac.—Washingtor
Star.
Jillson says he do< s not see why there
should be any objection to women enter-
ng the legal profession. N.ne out of every
cn married men know well enough that
her woVd is law.—Buffalo Courier.
“You don’t tell me that, i am the pret¬
tiest woman at the reception, as you used
,o,” pouted Mrs. Snaggs.
“No,” replied her husband; “you must
remember that [ joined the church only
two weeks ago.”—Pittsburg Chronicle
J’ek graph.
Wife—Why do the friends of Sanchez
say that he is such a jolly fellow?
Husband—Because he is always pleas¬
ant and good-tempered; he is very oblig¬
ing; spends his money freely, and ne¬
glects his family to a shameful extent.—
Alons Calpe.
“Please, ma’am,” said the cook, "I’d
. notice.”
like to give you a week’s
“Why, Mary, this is a great surprise.
Do you hope to better yourself?"
“Well, no, not exactly that,” answered
Mary, with a blush.. “I’m going to get
married.’’—Christian Endeavor.
Some S. A. P. Seoops,
Mobile Register: The Southern Asso¬
ciated Press telegraphic service hit the
Western Associated Press, which is used
by the New Orleans pap rs, when i
"scooped” that service yesterday wit
the lubest news from Tampa about th
Cuban revolution, and the full proceed¬
ings regarding tlie reinstatement of
Pfeffer, the baseball man, about whose
case there has teen much discussion for
the past few months. The New Orleans
papers had a special Tampa dispatch
but were wholly lost on the* Pfeffer bus¬
iness. It is worth mentioning, too, that
the Southern Associated Press contained
a full report of the Mobile Mardi Gras
parades, while the Western said not a
word of this interesting event.
Gas Pipe Rorst.
Fort Wayne, Inch, March S.—This morn¬
ing a pipe in the main natural gas tut?
burst about 12 miles north of the city.
The entire- city was without fuel from
3 to 11 o’clock when the pipe was restor¬
ed and several hotels wer enabled to
serve warm meals. Fires in nearly all of
the stores in the city went out. The suf¬
fering is intense as many homes are filled
with grip patients. The thermometer Is
below freezing point and workshops, fac¬
tories, schools, and business houses were
forced to suspend.
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