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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME II.
ROBERTS IS TURNED DOWN
Utah i*lan Denied Seat In the House By a
Yote of 268 to 50.
ADOPT MAJORITY REPORT
Fifty Members Were Willing to
Admit and Then Expel--Seat
Is Now Vacant.
The caso of Brigham H. Roberts,
the Mormon representative-elect from
Utah, which had occupied so much of
the attention of the house since the
assembling of congress, was decided
Thursday by the adoptionof a resolution
to exclude him by a vote of 268 to 50.
The exact language of the resolution
was as follows:
"That under the facts and cir¬
cumstances of the caso Brigham
H. Roberts, representative-elect
from the stato of Utah, ought not
to have or hold a seat in the house
of representatives, aud that the
seat to which he was elected is
hereby declared vacant.”
The amendment to expel Mr. Rob¬
erts without seating him offered by
Mr. Lacey was ruled out on a point of
order, aud the house only voted upon
the resolution of the majority and
minority of the committee. The latter,
to seat and then expel Mr. Roberts,
was defeated 81 to 244.
■ An analysis of this vote shows that
170 Republicans, 72 Democrats and 2
.Populists voted against it and 71 Dem¬
ocrats, 6 Republicans, 2 Populists and
2 silver Republicans voted for it.
The majority resolution—to exclude
Mr. Roberts and declare the seat va¬
cant—were adopted, 268 to 50. The
affirmative vote was divided as fol¬
lows: Republicans, 168; Democrats,
96; Populists, 4, while the negativo
vete was:
publicans, 2; Populists, 1.
were a score of speakers during
day. Mr. Roberts was present
out the session, and only left
the result of the last vote had
announced. As he did so he gave
a statement justifying his retention
bis plural wives on the ground
his moral obligation was more
upon his conscience than the technical
obedience to statutory law, and saying
that there was little excuse for the
extraordinary efforts to crush a system
already abandoned and practically
dead.
He says he was a martyr to a spasm
of prejudice. He wouid not, he said,
attempt to run for congress again, al¬
though he would go back home with
a light heart confident of the future.
Mr. Talbert, of South Caroliua, said
that in a case of such abnormal and de¬
fiant immorality technicalities should
not weigh. Representing the consti¬
tuency he did, he said, he should vote
against Roberts, first, last and all the
time.
Mr. Adams, of Georgia, said viola¬
tion of the stst’ifi against unlawful
cohabitation entitled the offender to
membership in the penitentiary rather
than the house of representative.
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, supported
the views of the majority in favor of
exclusion.
Mr. Morris, of Minnesota, a member
of the special committve which inves¬
tigated the Roberts case, and who
signed the majority report, advocated
its adoption in au hour’s speech, II
the constitutional qualifications could
not be added to, said he, the house
would ho compelled to admit a drivel¬
ing idiot, a base traitor or a red-
handed murderer. The supreme court
had held that polygamy was not a re¬
ligious tenet. closed
Mr. DeArmond, of Missouri,
the debate on behalf of the minority
committee with a forty-minute speech.
The argument of the majority that the
method of turning Mr. Roberts out
mattered not was the argument of
Judge Lynch, he said. When he de¬
cided that a man should be hung, ho
also said it was immaterial how he
hung. Mr. DeArmond scored those
who had unnecessarily abused Mr.
Roberts. He would scorn as beneath
him and beneath contempt an effort to
evoke applause by denunciation.
“But let it be not understood by
some carping critic that I favor
polygamy. I oppose it; I scorn it,”
BOER I’OSinON TAKEN.
General Warren’s Loss Is Thought to I!o
Heavy at Spionkop.
The war office at London has issued
the following dispatch from Spear-
mau’s camp, dated January 25th:
“General Warren’s troops lastuight
occupied Spionkop, surprising the
small garrison, who fled. It has been
held by us all day, though we were
heavily attacked, especially by a very
annoying shell fire. I fear our casu-
, alties'are considerable aud I have to
inform you with regret that General
Woodgato was dangerously wounded.
General Warren is of the opinion that
he has rendered the enemy’s position
untenable. The men are splendid.”
Resolution Condemning Congress.
In the house of the Texas legislature
NfcVJay a resolution was introduced
- fining congress for its eourse in
it CIh .ibam H. Robert’s case. It was
UniterTv a committee to be reported
asked to b*f' nossible.
the affairs of —
crisis, and w’hSy In ' Honolulu.
Transvaal republic^ a, which arrived
1 q iired by the stat» s from Austra-
l ived at New York ’eaths have
American lino steamsliti, du from
V
said ho, "but I do not feel it neces¬
sary in order to show how good I am,
how I love motherhood and chastity to
lend myself to cheap abuse which re¬
quires neither ability nor courage.”
Thia utterance drew forth a round
of applause.
Mr. Lanham, of Texas, closed tho
debate in behalf of tho majority reso¬
lutions. He said we are not here to
impose moral or religious tests. We
are cheerful to accord to the poople of
Utah all the privileges and immunities
of citizens of sovereign states. They
may elect whomsoever they will. Mor¬
mon or Gentile, but he must not be a
polygamist.
The final vote was then taken and
the announcement of the result was
greeted with cheers.
QUAKER DEMOCRATS
Agree On Bryan In Advance For
Presidential Candidate In
Coming Campaign.
The Pennsylvania state Democratic
committee, at n meeting at Harrisburg
Thursday,agreed to makeW. J. Bryan
its choiee for the presidency in 1900.
This action was taken by the committee
while Colonel Bryan was on his way to
Harrisburg from New York to attend
the meeting and confer with the party
leaders.
This is probably tho first time in the
party’s history that the Democrats of
Pennsylvania have indicated their
choice for president in advance of the
state convention. There was a large
attendance of Democrats from all over
the state to meet Bryan and hear him
discuss the issues on which the com¬
ing campaign will be waged.
The state convention will be held in
Harrisburg on April 5th, and will
adopt a platform along the lines laid
down by the Nebraskan in his speech
Thursday night before 5,000 people
at Kelker street hall. The platform
will indorse the Chicago declaration
of principles, denounce the trusts and
imperialism, advocate ballot reform
and pure elections and condemn ma¬
chine politicians. The convention will
also nominate candidates for auditor
general, congressman at large, the
presidential electors and elect eight
delegates to the national convention,
-——--
REITZ AS A POET.
lie Gets Off a Parody on Kipling's "Re¬
cessional."
F. W. Reitz, the Transvaal state
secretary, has written a parody upon
Mr. Kipling’s “Recessional." It is
entitled “Progressional,” and is dedi¬
cated to < ( Mudyard Pipling.” The
first stanza follows:
“Gods of the jingo, Brass and Gold,
Lords of the world, by right divine,
Under whose baneful sway they hold
Dominion over mine and thine—
Lords as these have made them rotten.
have forgotten. They have forgot*
ten.”
TO MEET IN' LINCOLN.
Populist Committee Will Hold Confer¬
ence In Bryan's State.
Senator Butler, chairman of the
national executive committee of the
People’s party, has issued a caff for a
meeting of that committee to be held
in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, the 17th of
February. The meeting will be held
for the purpose of naming a time and
place for holding the national conven¬
tion of that party. The executive
committee consists of three members
from each state.
SCHWAN ROUTS FILIPINOS.
Five Hundred Are Driven From Entrench-
merits at San Diego.
Advices from Manila state that a
part of General Schawn’s columu,con¬
sisting of six companies with some
artillery, drove a force of 500 insur-
gents from their entrenchments at San
Diego, near San Pablo, on Sunday.
The enemy officially reported that they
lost 67 killed and many wounded. Our
casualties were one killed and four-
teen wounded, the injuries in most
instances being slight. 0
NEW COTTON MILL
To Be Erected Near Atlanta, Ga-, By
Scott Investment Company. #
Atlanta men and Atlanta capital are
behind a new cotton miff shortly to bi
erected near the Georgia capital.
Final arrangements have been made
whereby tho erection of the factory is
assured, and the work of construction
will begin almost at once. It is ex¬
pected that it will be iu operation by
October 1st.
The factory will be erected by the
George W. Scott Investment Com¬
pany at Ingleside near Decatur, Ga.
The place will be known as the Scott-
dale mills and will be owned entirely
by the Scott company.
CHINA HAS NEW EMPEROR.
New Ruler I a Only Foui teen—Dowager
Will Continue In Power.
An imperial edict issued at Peking,
China, announces that Pu Chun, four¬
teen years old, son of Prince Tuan, is
heir to the present emperor,
Su, whose ill health makes bin
necessary. The new em¬
it is said, will ascend the throne
31st. The dowager will con-
.. her . strong , and , change
power no
Chinese policy is in view.
CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2. 1900.
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British Consul at New Orleans
Oritioised American Officers.
THE FACT IS AIRED IN THE SENATE
Foreign Relations Committee lloaateil.
Tillman Makes Speech On Phil¬
ippine Policy.
After some routine business in tho
sonate, Monday, Mr. Mason, of Illi¬
nois, rising to a question of personal
privilege, had read an interview pur¬
porting to have been held with the
British consul at New Orleans, in
which the Illinois senator was criti¬
cised for his speech in sympathy with
the Boers. Mr. Mason severely criti¬
cised the British government, not the
people, saying that not one-tenth of
the English people favored the pres¬
ent war in South Africa and that 95
per cent of the people of this country
sympathized with the Boers,
He said that it was not the first
time British diplomats had interfered
in American politics, and he desired to
have attention called to thia matter
now before it could injure the present
administration as it had injured Mr.
Cleveland.
Mr. Lodge said he did not think the
diplomatic or consular officer of any
government had the right to criticise
a ficer senator or a representative or any of¬
of the government. Mr. Lodge
said the gallant fight the Boers were
making stirred the heart of every man.
Mr. Mason criticised the foreign re¬
lations committee for taking no action
upon the resolution of sympathy.
Mr. Mason then resumed his criti¬
cism pf England. He said England
had made the war for the purpose of
getting the rich mines of South Africa.
Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, said at
the close of Mr. Mason’s speech that
he wished to enter his protest against
"the abuse of free speech on the floor
of the senate.”
Mr. Pettigrew, Speaking on a reso
lution relating to contraband of war,
said that the doctrine that a beligetent
might seize foodstuffs even if it paid
for them, would mean that in case of
war between our two best customers,
our trade with both would be des¬
At 1:45 p. m. Mr. Tillman, of South
Caroliua, took the floor and made a
speech on the Philippine question. It
was a vigorous denunciation of the
administration’s Philippine policy.
He denied that the blood of the sol¬
diers in the Philippines was upon
those who favored imperialism. The
president of the United States, by ne¬
gotiating the treaty of peace aud
"buying the Filipinos ” aud those
senators who assisted in ratification of
the treaty were responsible for the
present war. Mr. Tillman said that
the United States cannot govern any
territory that does not belong to the
United States, and where our flag
floats the constitution and the princi¬
ples of the declaration of independence
must be in force.
"blue Laws” revived.
Policemen In Baltimore Make Cases
Againnt Violators of Ancient Edict,
Niue hundred Baltimore policemen
were busy from midnight Saturday un¬
til 12 o’clock Sunday night securing
the names of violators of the ancient
“blue laws,” together with their aiders
and abettors. The edict sent out by
the police department last week, in co¬
operation with the grand jury, pro¬
scribed traffic in every article except
milk aud ice, druggists being permitt¬
ed to compound and sell prescriptions
only. The evidence thus collected
will be referred to the grand jurors,
who will investigate each case aud pre¬
sent violators of the law for indictment
and prosecution.
No arrests weremade, but the
names of all w known to be
to such, the were grand taken jurc^f ^^Fviil These be included referred
editors, reporters, compositors, press¬
men and carriers of the Sunday papers,
messenger boys, barbers, bootblacks,
Iau , “f^ , rael1 f nd . owners of , sweat , shops ,
ft ? d tMeir employer. Quite a number
°,l ‘^““^d storekeepers «i> d were will have also to answer caught
*° are ,,^ es e c 8 ^ a a !"? lonery, e 8e newspapers, ln ® cigars, con- cig-
>
fectioneries, . proprietary articles or
groceries.
BRIDGES WILL RETURN.
Convicted Kx-Coppty School Commis¬
sioner Will Serve a Term.
W. M. Bridges, who was convicted
of appropriating $5,475.15 of the
school funds of Floyd county, Ga.,
when he was school commissioner, and
sentenced to five years’ imprisonment
in the penitentiary by the superior
court of that county, which decision
was affirmed by the supreme court,
will surrender himself to the officers
and serve the sentence imposed by the
courts.
Bridges is under a $4,000 bond,
signed by the brothers of his wife,
and has been in business in a small
town in Texas for the past year.
GIFT FROM MISS GOULD.
Kentucky College Keceives a Donation
From the Heiress.
At the twenty-seventh private meet¬
ing of tho Alumni Club of Union The¬
ological seminary at New York, Mon¬
day, the Rev. William Goodell Frost,
president of Berea college, Kentucky,
announced that Miss Heleu M. Gould
has contributed $5,000 toward the
fund of $500,000 which he is raising
for the eol , e an j that lm , f tho fllnd
Las alrea(Jy beeQ subsorib ed.
ABOUT CHURCH PROPERTY.
Administration at Sea Regarding
Claims of Catholic Church.
In New Possessions.
A Waihiugton dispatch says: Pres¬
ident McKinley has determined to
leave to tho new Philippines commis¬
sion the question of the disposition of
the church property in the archipelago.
The commission will consult with tho
municipal officials relative to the ac¬
tion to be taken and the status of the
friars who remain in the islands will
also be determined.
At the same time the administration
will have to decide what shall he done
with church property in the island of
Porto Rieo and the claims of the
Catholic clergy, both there and in tho
Philippines, for the continuation of
the support they received from the
government of Spain, aud which, the
clergy assert, is guaranteed them by
the treaty of Paris.
These questions are embarrassing to
the administration, especially as they
are raised on the eve of the presiden¬
tial campaign, and there is no desiro
on the part of the officials to take any
action which might be offensive to the
Catholic voters of the country,
While no formal claims have as yet
been preferred by representatives of
tho Catholic church for restoration to
the church of certain public buildings
and lauds in Porto Rico, General Da¬
vis understands that it is the intention
to claim ownership to several valuable I
structures in San Juan and to ask for
the surrender of the property. These
edifices, it is asserted, belonged orig¬
inally to certain religious orders, but
were taken possession of by Spain,
held as public property, and finally
transferred as such to the United
SMITH GETS LIFE SENTENCE.
He Threw Vitriol In Mrs. Hil¬
liard’s Face, /Taking Her
Blind For Life,
Iu the Bibb county superior court
at Macon, Ga., Monday afternoon, W.
D. Smith was found guilty of throwing
vitriol in the face of Mrs. Hilliard and
sentenced to a life term in the peni¬
tentiary.
The court was called to order Mon¬
day morning by Judge Felton, who,
after going through with the prelim¬
inaries of tho opening, gave way to
Judge John S. Candler, who was
ed to Macon to try a number of cases in
which Judge Felton was disqualified.
Before the hour of opening the
court room began to fill with specta¬
tors, aud by the time the judge rap¬
ped for order nearly every seat on the
first floor was occupied.
After the selection of a jury Mrs.
Hilliard was the first to take the stand.
She began by telling tho whole story
of the occurrence from the time Smith
entered the house until he made his
dastardly assault. He saw her in the
hall as he came up the steps of the
Gray house, aud calling her to the door
engaged her in conversation concern¬
ing his wife, He asked where Mrs.
Smith was staying; that he wanted td
speak to her. Mrs. Hilliard told him
that his wife did not wish to see him
and had threatened to lock herself up
in a room if he insisted. The conver¬
sation was continued to some length
when Mrs. Hilliard stooped down to
speak to the servant, who was stand¬
ing half concealed behind the balus¬
ters on the front porch. Just as she
raised up Smith drew a bottle from
his pocket, aud drawing the stopper
out (lashed the contents in her eyes.
Dr. 0. H. Peete could not say posi¬
tively whether the wound had been
inflicted with an acid or an alkali, the
effects would have been very much the
same, both resulting in fatal injury,
as Mrs. Hilliard was totally blind and
would be so for life.
Arguments of attorneys were brief
and Judge Caudler’s charge Buccintly
covered every point of the case. The
jury quickly rendered a verdict of
guilty.
CASHIER WAS SHORT.
Robert A. Jenkinp, of Shreveport, La.,
Arrested In Texas.
Robert A. Jenkins, who was cashier
of the Texas and Pacific Railroad com¬
pany at Shreveport, was arrested in
San Francisco Monday and taken back
to Louisiana on the charge of appro¬
priating $2,200 belonging the his em¬
ployers.
STOCK MARKETS TUMBLE.
A General Decline On the London Ex¬
change Account of the Defeat.
There was all-round despondency
on the stock exchange at London Mon¬
day, opening with a general decline
of 2 points in rands and from 1-4 to
1-2 in others. Later there was a
slight recovery, but business was in¬
active. Consols were off one point.
Prices were alBo weak on the Paris
bourse, especially in the case of
kaffirs.
Anti-Trust Law Knocked Out.
In the federal court at Chicago,
Monday, Judge Kohlsaat rendered a
decision declaring the Illinois anti¬
trust law unconstitutional.
BRYAN IN RHODE ISLAND.
Making Tour of the State In the Interest
of Democracy.
Monday morning W. J. Bryan be¬
gan a week’s tour of New England for
the purpose of discussing the ques¬
tions of the day, speaking three times,
Pawtucket and Woonsocket, R. I., in
the afternoon and Providence in the
evening. The state is just now
on the eve of a gubernatorial cam¬
paign, which will close with au elec¬
tion in April.
gp|T|Sfl ADMIT
BAD DEFEAT
They Now Stand Before World
Disgraced and Beaten.
THE GOVERNMENT IS CRITICIZED
It Is Reported That Lord Roberts
Advises tSie Surrender
of Ladysmith.
A special cablegram from London
to The New York Evening World,
says:
“It is learned from a reliable
source that Fiold Marshal Lord
Roberts has advised the abandon¬
ment of Ladysmith. At the war
office, the dispatch adds, no con¬
firmation could be obtained of tho
advices said to have been given by
Lord Roberts.”
Thore is much comment in London
on the discrepancy between the Boer
account of tho recapture of Spion Kop
and that sent by General Buller. The
latter says not a word about the Boers
scaling the hill and attacking the Brit¬
ish trenches and capturing 150 men
who had hoisted the white flag, as at
Majuba hill. Iustead, he spoke of the
maintenance of “the best traditions of
the British army.” There is not much
doubt that the Boer account is correct.
It is by no means boastful.
It is believed tint tho war office
has further dispatches which it is
withholding. Great anxiety has been
removed by the announcement that
Lord Dundonald’s cavalry forces,
which it was feared were isolated
among the hills in the neighborhood
of Acton Homes, are safe 011 the south
bank of the Tugela river. For days
nothing bad been heard from Lord
Dunolald and his mounted brigade.
The Loudon military critics have
given up hope of saving Ladysmith,
which is undoubtedly short of food
aud ammunition. The garrison went
on short rations December 2d.
“Will Ladysmith fall inconsequence
of Buffer's retirement or in conse-
of another night attack by the
victorious Boers?
“The city has already hold out its
fuff time. Its last communication
across the Tugela otherwise than by
electric or sun flashing was on Novem¬
ber 2d, last. It, was then believed to
have enough provisions and ammuni¬
tion for three months. The three
months are up.
“There has been no chance during
these months to throw into the city a
pound of food or a pound of cordite.”
It is frankly acknowledged that the
most serious effort of the present war
has dismally failed.
There is no sign of a wish on the
part of the leaders of public opinion
to disguise the ugly facts, but, on the
contrary, there is every disposition to
face the fuff difficulties aud discover
the best way out. In short, the policy
voiced everywhere is the gathering up
of forces for more effective blows.
All hopes of the speedy relief of
Ladysmith have been abandoned and
the concensus of expert opinion urges
the immediate shifting of the theater
of war from the rocky kopjes of Natal
to the open veldt of the Free State.
One thing certain—another long
pause is inevitable unless the Boers as¬
sume the offensive, because, in the
event of General Buffer further at¬
tempting to reach Ladysmith, tho
planning of a new move will neces¬
sarily occupy time.
The afternoon newspapers are draw¬
ing attention to the closeness of the
parallel between the federal attack on
General Lee at Fredericksburg and
the operations on the upper Tugela.
Curiously enough there is visible,
especially in military circles, an un¬
dercurrent of relief at the news that
the British are safely south of the
Tugela, for the rumors of Saturday
had conjured up visions of an immense
SUMMING UP CASUALTI1EB.
General Buffer’s operation has cost
912 men so far officially reported
within ten days.
Applying to the 205 Spion Kop cas¬
ualties just reported the rule of pro¬
portion, the losses of officers indicate
500 casualties yet to come. The total
casualties of tho war, compiled from
official reports are 9,523, nearly a
division. Of these 2,486 are killed,
4,811 , „ wounded , , and ,,, the rest , are prison-
ers.
^ I he aggregate . __ British ... . , home
troops
in South Africa number 116,000 the
Natal inns 7,158 and Cape Colonfals
During the trial in London Monday
of a news vender for crying false news
—he had shouted, “Horrible British
Slaughter”—au impertinent bystand-
er, on hearing the prisoner sentenced
to seven days in jail said: “Why not
bring tho war office into court.”
Establish Free Night Schools.
The Cigar Makers’ union at Key
West, Fla., has established free night
schools, where both English aud
Spanish are taught. Apprentices must
attend, and in future no boy will be
permitted to learn cigar making unless
he can read and write.
Depew’s Opera House Hurned,
The Depew opera house in Peeks-
kill, N. Y., owned by United States
Senator Chauncey M. Depew, was de-
stroyed by fire Monday.
HUNTER IN COURT.
Alleged Embezzler Makes Applica-
cation For Bond, and Same
Is Fixed at $30,000.
Ex-Auditor Thomas J. Hunter,
charged with embezzlement by the At¬
lanta and We*t Point railroad, arrived
in Atlanta early Friday morning.
With him were William P. Hill, spec¬
ial legal representaeive of the road,
and John W. ltodgers, Pinkerton de¬
tective. The three men were direct
from Tangier, Morocco. Shortly nfter
their arrival in the city, they went to
the offiee of Mr. Hill.
At 9 o’clock Hunter appeared in the
superior court room before Judge
Lumpkin and made application
through his attorney for a bond to
avert the only other alternative of go¬
ing to prison on the three indictments
found by the Fulton county grand
jury charging him with conspiracy and
embezzlement in the sum of $40,000
from the Atlanta and West Point rail¬
road during his torm of office as audi¬
tor.
Judge Lumpkin fixed his bond at an
aggregate of $30,000.
Ten thousand dollars of this bond
was to insure his presence at the trial
on the first indictment charging him
with conspiracy jointly with former
Ticket Agent Albert Howell, Sr., to
defraud the road of $21,000.
Fifteen thousand dollars of the
bond was to insure his presence at the
trial on the second indictment charging
him with embezzlement of $20,000.
Five thousand dollars was to insure
his presence at tho trial on the third
indictment charging him with embez¬
zlement of $250 from the agent of the
road at West Point.
Hunter did not make the bond iu
court. He was carried to the office of
Sheriff Nelms in the building and al¬
lowed to consult with his attorney
in reference to the bond.
Hunter remained iu the office of
Sheriff Nelms until 1:45 o’clock, at
which time ho was taken to the Tower.
“I am feeling very well,” said the
prisoner to a newspaper man as he sat
in the court room waiting the hour for
the hearing as to his bond. “I am
glad to get away from Morocco. I was
in that country about a month.
“You can appreciate the fact, no
doubt, that I ain ft little rattled just
now, and can't talk much. I would
be glad to tell you all about Morocco
another time.
“We bad a pleasant voyage over,
and I have been well treated by every¬
body Bince we left Tangiers. ”
. seve ral fri e nd s
Hunter lapsed into silence, except for
an occasional word with his attorney.
Hunter had but five cents on his
person when he was taken into custody
by the order of the American consul
in Morocco, and this was in coppers of
the American coinage. Ho had been
traveling under the name of Stevens,
the detective says, aud had assumed
the name after leaving New York.
The prisoner sat quietly through the
hearing for a bond. He did not appear
at ail nervous, but shook handB cordi
ally with several friends who came up
to speak to him after he entered the
courtroom.
LIBERTY FOR RELKGALES.
Di-Giiidn of Georgia Supreme Court Makes
Their Itelrase I'osnible.
The decision of the Georgia supreme
court in the case cf Deiegale vs. the
state, goes a long way toward clearing
up the murder cases of McIntosh
county, growing out of the riots there
last August.
John and Edward Deiegale, negroes,
were charged with killing Mr. Joseph
Townsend, who was trying to arrest
them without a warrant, for riot.
They were sentenced to tho peniten¬
tiary for life, but appealed the case to
the supreme court. Edward Deiegale
was granted a new trial by Judge Sea-
brook, but John was not so fortunate.
The supreme court now gives him one.
Edward Deiegale is to he released
from custody in a few days, and John
is sure of au acquittal under the sweep¬
ing decision of the supieme court.
The exciting times in McIntosh
comity last August when the soldiers
were called out to preserve order have
resulted in no one’s absolute acquittal
yet, except a few negroes for riotous
conduct. -
Henry Deiegale, arrested for rape,
and about whom all the trouble started,
is free; Edward Deiegale is to be freed
and John Deiegale cannot be convict¬
ed under the supreme court s decision.
Many of the riot cases are now
pending in the supreme court.
RADY FIGHT BEGINS.
Effort to Prevent Railroad Consolidation
Before Court.
Complainant’s counsel in the case of
Dady \ vs. the Georgia and Alabama
and he Flori d a Central and Peninsu-
lar Railroad to prevent consolidation
k e f ore the United States court at Ala-
CODi Ga>> Thursday morning offered
testimony in response to defendant’s
auswers previously made.
Dowager Duchess Dead.
The Dowager Duchess of Schleswig-
Holstein, mother of Empress Augusta
Victoria, who bad been suffering from
pleurisy, Friday’morning. died in Dresden, Germany,
EXPERT TESTIMONY
Taken In the Snell Murder Trial at Wash¬
ington.
A Washington dispatch says: The
taking of expert testimony consumed
the larger part of Friday in the Snell
murder trial. • The defense showed,
by the Snell family physician, that
the defendant had symptoms of epi-
| e p S y and introduced experts to show
j be existance of insane intervals iu
subjects.
NUM BEK 12.
BRITONS QUIT
SPION KOPF
Forced to Abandon a Capti
Stragctical Point
-
IT WAS “TOO HOT TO
Duller Sends a Dispatch T
tho
Throws London In* on.
Consternation. 7 nd ' finst
- S 01 -
The London war officepublishe* " id
following dispatch from General Tl^ 00
ler, dated at Spearman’s camp, JP 8
day, January 25, noon:
“General Warren’s garrison, I
sorry to say, I find this morning hi.
in the night, abandoned Hpion Kojifi
General Buller reports that, t'n
British casualties January 24 wer¥"
Killed—Officers 6; non-commission.
ed officers aud men, 18.
Wounded—Officers, 2; non-commis¬
sioned officers and men, 142.
Missing—31 men.
Total in killed and wounded and
missing on Jauuary 24th, 209.
The killed includes Col. Buchanan
Riddell of the King s Royal Rifles. He
served in the Niger war of 1881. It is
not clear whether the casualties in¬
elude those at Spion Kopf or only
those resulting from fighting prior to
tho Spion Kopf engagement.
General Woodgate,who was wounded
Tuesday, is dead.
CAUSES CONSTERNATION.
Whatever may be the explanation of
abandonment of Spion Kopf by the
British, it will doubtless have the
same temporary moral effect as a re¬
verse. It appears to have been so
entirely unexpected at the war office
that General Butler’s dispatch caused
something in the nature of consterna¬
tion. Tho lobbies were soon crowded
aud there was evidence on all sides
that the news was keenly felt.
The only official comment was, ap¬
parently, General Warren found the
position too hot to hold. Business on
the stock exchange became very flat
Friday. Consuls dropped live-eighths,
leading a general t decli’Hxj..
Nowhere, however, in sprrecru _t:he
depression, is there the least sign b#
abatement in the determination to
carry the war to a successful issue.
The cabinet mot Friday afternoon un¬
der the presidency of Lord Salisbury,
aud doubtless the ministers fully can¬
vassed the new situation, though pri¬
marily summoned to discuss the terms
of tho
Under other circumstances tho news
from Ladysmith allowing greatly im¬
proved sanitary conditions, the plenti-
fuluessof provisions, and the strength¬
ening of the fortifications until the
place is regarded ‘ as impregnable,
would Lave inspired tlie nation, but
these good tidings to tho British are
overshadowed by the anxiety as to the
situation on the Upper Tugela and
the thought that the heavy losses suf¬
fered during the struggle Tuesday
night have counted for naught.
Military circles made an effort to
conceal their chagrin, expressing tho
gravest fears as to the ultimate fate of
Ladysmith. Such authorities us Ma¬
jor General Sir Frederick Carrington,
who is under orders for South Africa,
and Lord Clifford, who won the Vic¬
toria cross while scouting for Lord
Wolseley during the Zulu war, would
not be surprised to hear of the cap¬
ture of General White’s forces within
a week. Lord Gifford, who knows tho
country like a book, could not under¬
stand how in the world General War¬
ren ever got to the top of Spion Kopf
without ascertaining what positions
command it.
The poorness of the maps, it was
pointed out, could hardly be an excuse
for this, as there must be with General
Warren several scouts, to say nothing
of officers who at one tim ■•y—' \
have served at exprfvote Lady«eommitte# of 10 to f ^
mere hunting kuowlr-favorably t)» /
given them propose*^ /
While General Wt
for retreating ,ed
to have bee’ - (i se-
verely crit iosi-
tion his artiff|g£ to wh¬ 'u,- up
o'fehoa* kind*
) /
Negro po, Legal jt* e at W«ish-
ington y p*' ® e P or **
I. H. Loftin, poffi’master at Hogans-
ville, Ga., who has been a thorn iu
the flesh to the citizens of that town,
left Thursdry night for Washington,
where he goes to accept a position in
one of the departments.
It is stated upon authority, although
repeatedly denied by tho friends of
Loftin, that the postmaster will resign
in a few days aud will become a per¬
manent resident of the national capi¬
tal. The boycott declared against
the office is still effective and only ne¬
groes patronize it.
“ TWENTY-NINE deaths.
Bubonic Plaeu® Finds Many Victims In
Hawaiian Islands.
News from Honolulu, per steamer
Miowera, says: The total number of
deaths up to the time the Miowsra
sailed for this port, was 29 out of 39
cases, Two were whites and another
was a half-caste. The other deaths
were about equally divided between
Hawa^an natives and the Orientals.
whites who caught the dis-
eSHrere believed to be convalescent.