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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME II.
CANDIDATES OF
Bryan and Towne Selected
At the Sioux Falls
Convention.
The National Populist Convention
concluded its session at Sioux Falls,
S. D., at 1 o’clock Thursday morning
aud adjourned sine die after nominat¬
ing the Hon. W. J. Bryan for presi¬
dent and Hon. Charles A. Towne for
vice president. The nomination of
Mr. Towne was ouly accomplished af¬
ter a struggle of several hours dura¬
tion, in which an effort was made to
have tho question of the nomination
of a vice presidential candidate refer-
ed to a committee to confer with the
Democratic and silver Republican
parties in their national conventions.
A motion to this effect was defeated by
a vote of 208 to 492.
Both candidates were nominated by
acclamation, bnt before the result was
reached various candidates were placed
iu nomination and their names suc¬
cessively withdrawn. Both nomina¬
tions were accomplished amid scenes
of enthusiasm.
Mr. Bryan’s nomination was made
by acclamation aud was accomplished
with expedition and tact. There were
not to exceed half a dozen speeches in
his behalf. All these were brief and
pointed and were full of praise for
the candidate.
The proceedings of the second day
of the convention began at9:45 o’clock
Thursday morning with Chairman
Riugdale presiding.
The committees on credentials pre¬
sented its report, which xvas adopted,
declaring that there were no contest¬
ing delegations and recommending
that the vote of Missouri be increased
by two votes, Ohio by two and South
Dakota by three.
After the report of the committe on
rules and order of business had been
presented a recess was taken to await
the report of committee on platform.
At 3:10 o’clock in the afternoon the
platform i' .committee report arrived and
i f ' r -v Committeeman Gillette,
of Io -
Tfiy al plank closed as fol-
lows:
“We reaffirm the demand for the re¬
opening of the mints of the United
States to the free and unlimited coin¬
age of silver and gold nt the present
ratio of 16 to 1, the immediate increase
in the volume of silver coins and cer¬
tificates thus created to be substituted,
dollar for dollar, for the bank notes
issued by private corporations under
special privilege granted by the law of
Match 14, 1900, and prior national
banking laws, the remaining portion of
the bank notes to be replaced with full
legal tender government paper money
and its volume so controlled as to
maintain at all times a stable money
market and a stable price level.
The financial plank of the platform
was received with wild cheering. Cries
of “Good,” “Good,” greeted the de¬
nunciation’s Philippine policy and the
Porto Bican tax. When that portion
of the plank extending sympathy to
the South African republics, denounc¬
ing any alliance with foreign powers
was reached the convention broke into
wild applause. The platform was
adopted without a dessentiug vote.
It w r as moved that the nerv national
committee bo made the committee on
conference with the national Demo¬
cratic and silver Republican parties,
the committee to have plenary pow-
ers. The motion was carried unani¬
mously.
A motion that Permanent Chairman
Patterson, with a committee of his own
appointment, and Temporary Chairman
Riugsdale and a similar committee, be
appointed to notify W. J. Bryan aud
Charles A.Towne of their nominations,
was also unanimously agreed to.
Tho convention then adjourned sine
die.
Charles Towne was born in Ingham
county, Michigan, near the city of
Lansiuz, forty-one years ago. He is a
graduate of Ann Arbor. Mr. Towne
moved to Duluth in the springof 1890.
He has always taken an active interest
in politics and until the free silver agi-
itation in 1896 was a staunch Repub-
can.
GOVERNOR IS ON’ HAND.
Chief Executive of Missouri Is Watching;
Bi ft Strike In St. Tonis.
Governor Stephens arrived in St.
Louis Thursday and registered at the
Southern hotel. With him came At¬
torney General Crew and Insurance
Commissioner O’Read. The governor
stated he had come to St. Louis to
personally look over the strike situa¬
tion and confer with the police board
as to the be3t means of suppressing
outbreaks. He had no definite plans
for controlling these outbreaks, how¬
ever.
Governor Stephens feared that if
the Transit company attempted to op¬
erate its lines serious trouble might
DEMOCRAT LOSES SEAT.
Crawford of North Carolina Goes Out On
Margin of Two Votes.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house, Thursday, by tho very narrow
margin of two North votes, Carolina, unseated Mr.
Crawford of a Demo¬
crat, and seated in his place Mr. Pear¬
son of North Carolina, who was a
member of the fifty-fourth and fifty-
fifth congresses.
Mr. Pearson is the third Republican
to be seated the present house.
Midd!e=of=Roaders Nominate
Messrs. Barker and
Donnelly.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: Wharton
Barker, of Pennsylvania, for president
and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota,
for vice president, is tho ticket placed
in the field by what is commonly
known as the middle-of-the-road Pop¬
ulist party, hut which, according to
the lenders of the movement, is the
one and only People’s party.
The election of Barker was made
unanimous.
Without a dissenting voice Ignatius
Donnelly was declared vice president¬
ial nominee.
The convention was called to ordor
at 8:30 a. m., Thursday, with Colonel
W. L. Peek, of Georgia, in the chair.
Chairman Felter then read the plat¬
form formulated by his committee. Jo
A. Parker, of Kentucky, offered an
additional plank opposing trusts aud
favoring public ownership of public
utilities, which was adopted after an
extended debate. The platform was
then adopted by practically uuauimous
vote. It reads as follows:
“I he People’s party of the United
.
States, assembled in national conven¬
tion this 10th day of May, 1900,
affirming our unshaken belief in the
cardinal tenets of the People’s party as
set forth in the Omaha platform, aud
pledging ourselves to continued advo¬
cacy of those grand principles of hu¬
man liberly until right shall triumph
over might and love over greed, do
adopt and proclaim this declaration of
faith:
“1. We demand the initiative and
referendum and tho imperative man¬
date for such changes of existing fun¬
damental and statute laws as will en¬
able the people iu their sovereign ca¬
pacity to propose and compel the, en¬
actment of such laws as they desire;
to reject such as they deem injurious
to their interests and to recall un¬
faithful public servants.
2. We demand the public owner¬
ship and operation of those means of
communication, transportation and
production which the people may
elect, such as railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines, coal mines, etc.
“3. The land, including all natural
sources of wealth, is a heritage of the
people, and should not be monopolized
lor speculative purposes, and alien
ownership of laud should be prohib¬
ited. All land now held by railroads
and other corporations in excess of
their natural needs and all lands now
owned by aliens should be reclaimed
by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
“4. A scientific and absolute paper
money, based upou the entire wealth
aud population of the nation, not re¬
deemable in any specific commodity,
bnt made a full legal tender for all
debts and receivable for all taxes and
public dues and issued by the govern¬
ment only without the intervention of
banks, and in sufficient quantity to
meet the demands of commerce, is tho
best currency that can bo devised; but
until such a financial system is se¬
cured, which we shall press for adop¬
tion, we favor the free and unlimited
coinage of both silver and gold at the
legal ratio of 16 to 1.
“5. We demaud the levy and col¬
lection of a graduated tax on incomes
and inheritances aud a constitutional
amendment to secure the same if nec¬
essary.”
‘‘6. We demand the election of
president, vico president, federal
judges and United States senators by
direct vote of the people.
“7. We are opposed to trusts and
declare the contention between the
old parties on the monopoly question
is a sham battle and tnat no solution
of this mighty problem is possible
without adoption of the principles of
public ownership of public utilities.”
After electing Jo A. Parker chair¬
man of the national committee, the
convention, after having been in ses¬
sion continually, withthe exception of
twenty minutes’ recess from 8:30 a. m.
to 4:40 p. m., adjourned sine die.
DEWEYS VISIT NASHVILLE.
Gorgeous Parade Through the Streets and
Brilliant Reception*.
Nashville was all smiles Thursday.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey, together
with many thousands of people of
lesser note, were guests within her
gates and right royally did she greet
them. The double attraction of the
May festival and the presonce of the
nation’s admiral brought visitors from
all directions and the city was over¬
flowing with enthusiastic humanity.
An elaborate programme for the en¬
tertainment of distinguished guests
was carried out under most auspicious
conditions.
SURVIVORS TO MEET.
Veteran* of tlie llattlo of Peachtree Creek
Will Assemble In Atlanta.
On July 19th and 20th Atlanta, Ga.,
will be the scene of ono of the most re¬
markable reunions ever held in the
south, and thousands of distinguished
visitors will be attracted to the city.
The occasion will be the reunion of
surviving officers and privates, both
federal and confederate, who engaged
in the battle of Peachtree creek which
took place July 20th, 1864.
CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1900.
BOERS SUPPED HUTTON.
His Mounted Infantry Hrlgade Fall Hack
Until Reinforced.
A London dispatch says: General
Hutton’s mounted infantry brigade',
including tho Canadians, with a part
of General French's cavalry, crossed
the Zand river Tuesday and began to
work its way cautiously along the rail¬
road northward iu the track of the re¬
tiring Boers,
About 8,000 horsemen were proba¬
bly engaged in this advance. General
Hutton, before he was joined by a part
of Geueral French’s force, had
a sharp fight. This was on Mon¬
day when he reached the river and saw
the Boor convoys on the other side and
pressed forward, intending to cross
and capture thorn, The Boers, how¬
ever, opened fire with from eight to
ten gnus, forded tho river above and
below, seemingly in thousands, and
sought to envelop the British. Geueral
Hutton fell back several miles, the
Boers following until other British
cavalry re-enforced Hutton. During the
night the Boers retreated, not further
contesting the crossing.
INDORSED M’KINLEY.
Republican!* of Maryland Hold State Con¬
vention In Baltimore.
The Republican state convention of
Maryland met in Baltimore Wednes¬
day.
The delegates at large elected to th*
national convention are Senator Mo-
Comas, Congressman Sidney E. Mudd,
William T. Malster, Baltimore, and
ex-ComptroIler Phillips Goldsbor-
ougli, Dorchester county. Delegates
wore instructed to vote for president
McKinley’s renomination. Electors
at large are James Hooper, Henry
McCullough, Cecil county.
Tho platform warmly indorses the
administi ation of President McKinley
both at home aud abroad, condemns
trusts aud arraigns the local Democ¬
racy upon charges of corruption and
misgovern raent.
ED W AR 1)S IS CON FIRMED.
Senate Passe!* Upon the Macon, Georgia,
Postoffice Nomination.
A Washington dispath says: The
senate has at last confirmed tho nomi¬
nation of Harry Edwards to be post¬
master at Macon, Ga. This action was
taken at the executive session Wednes¬
day afternoon, the case being called
up and put through by Senator Bacon.
This brings an end to a contest
which has bad some peculiar phases.
British Ship Wrecked.
The British ship Sierra Nevada,
Captain Scott, from Liverpool, Jan.
16 th, for Melbourne, was totally
wrecked outside the Heads, Five of
her crew were saved, but it is believed
that twenty-two others, including the
captain, perished.
CRASH AT SIDING,
Trains Run Into Each Other, Killing a
Fireman and Injuring Several.
Trains Nos. 23 of the Plant system
and 36 of the Southern collided at a
siding nt Hnrdeeville, S. C., early
Wednesday morning. No. 23 was
hacking into the siding to permit
No. 36, northbound, to pass, when
the Southern train dashed up at forty-
five miles an hour aud crashed into
the ether.
The negro fireman on the Southern
train was killed. Others of the train
crews were more or less seriously
hurt.
Strikers and Workmen Fight.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
says: During a riot between strikers
aud workmen at the Buttonwood mine
of the Parrish Coal company Wednes¬
day about twenty men were badly in¬
jured, including Superintendent W.
T. Smyth e.
The strikers dispersed the workmen.
The sheriff has been called on.
STRIKERS ARE CONFIDENT.
Tie-Up of Street Car Tines In St. Fouls
Is Very Effective.
The second day of the great street
railway strike in St. Louis was as
quiet and uneventful as the first was
turbulent and riotous. The Transit
Company made no effort to run cars
ard the St. Louis and Suburban made
none until late in the afternoon when,
with police massed along the line and
a deiachment on each car, it succeeded
in getting a number through. Far
from relieving the situation, however,
this demonstration had no further ef¬
fect than to show that by massing
tbeir forces on a single line, the police
could keep that line open.
BRYAN UNCONCERNED.
He Declined lo Dl.cn.B tlie Sioux Full.
Populist Nomination.
The least concerned man in Lin¬
coln. Neb., in the outcome of the
Sioux Falls convention apparently was
the nominee of that convention, W. J.
Bryan. and
Mr. Bryan spent the day even¬
ing with his family at his city home,
and the first notification of his selec¬
tion by acclamation was the Associated
Press bulletin. He asked to be ex¬
cused from commenting on the action
at Sioux Falls or Cincinnati, nor would
he express himself on the respective
platforms or the apparent division at
Sioux Falls on the question of nomi¬
nating a candidate for vice president.
Maniac Murders Nine People.
A peasant in a village near Arezzo,
Italy, during a sudden attack of mad¬
ness, mttrdered nine members of his
family and wounded several others.
Before he could bo overcome he had
also burned to the ground a stable
filled with cattle.
A Dinner to Roosevelt.
President and Mrs. McKinley gave
a dinner at the white bouse and Friday
night in honor of Governor Mrs.
Roosevelt.
“WHITE MAN RULES”
Says Bourko Cockran In Spoech
Before Southern Sooiety,
“FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT IS DEAD.”
New Yorlcei Receives a Great Ovation at
Tlio Convention Held In Mont¬
gomery, Ala.
Bourke Cockrau received an ovation
when he was introduced to make an
address on the negro problem before
the southern society convention in
Montgomery, Ala., tho applause last¬
ing for llvo minutes. He boldly ad¬
vocated the repeal of tho fifteenth
amendment to the Federal constitu¬
tion. He argned that it was a bad
limb on the tree; that it had been nul¬
lified by the slates; that it had been
lynched, so to speak, by the people of
the south. He declared that the re¬
conciliation of the theoretical status of
the negro, under the constitution,
should be reconciliation with his act¬
ual status in the publio opinion of the
country.
He maintained that this repeal was
best for the negro as well as for tho
white man, since both races had to
live together, to prosper together or
go down together. Every source of
irritation between the two should be
removed and the fifteenth amendment
was the greatest. He asserted that
the path of the negro to political and
social rights lay through their deport¬
ment.
He asserted that the path of the ne¬
gro to political and social rights lay
through the development of the unit,
the individual, and that the only
means was by industrial education.
He lauded tho generosity of the south
for spending thirty-five years after its
devastation, and out of its poverty,
over one hundred millions of dollars
for negro education, and pointed out
that it was the duty of the federal gov¬
ernment to assist in preparing its
wards for the duties of
He said that it would be far more
defensible for the country to spend
ten or twenty millions a year in help¬
ing uplift the black men of tho south
instead of one hundred millions in
putting down the brown man of the
east. He believed that the establish¬
ment of a Tuskegee F-rJiool in every
county in the south aud the multipli¬
cation of Booker Washingtons was the
duty of national government; that the
while and black man are here and
must live here aud work out their own
salvation; that the intelligence of the
white man will always triumph and
the black mau must be content to take
second place; that the interests of
both races are identical and when
one prospers both prosper; that it is
possible for the two races to live to¬
gether and prosper and that the negro
furnishes the best labor for the south;
that the question of suffrage should be
left solely to the states, but they
should see that tho negro should have
absolute protection to life and proper¬
ty. Bape cannot be stopped by lynch¬
ing and the records show that where
the lynchings are resorted to the crime
of rape becomes more frequent. We
must help the black man to become a
good citizen.
Mr. Cockrau closed the meeting and
the audience rose to their feet and for
ten minutes applause continued. No
such ovatiou waB given a speaker at
the conference.
John Temple Graves of Georgia, in
a ten minutes’ speech, captured the
crowd by saying after all that had
been said, ono fact was patent, “that
when rape was committed there would
be a lynching.”
NICARAGUA ROUTE FAVORED.
Interoceanic Canal Commission Appears
Before the Senate.
Friday the entire membership of
the iuteroceanic canal commission ap¬
peared before the senate committee in
charge of the Hepburn bill.
All of the members of the commis¬
sion were given an opportunity to ex¬
press their views and were questioned
at considerable length by the senators
As to the Nicaragua route all reit¬
erated what the Walker commission
has reported—that the waterway is
entirely practicable from au engineer¬
ing standpoint at about tho same
range of estimates heretofore made,
from $118,000,000 to $140,000,000.
BIG RAILROAD DEAL1
Rumor Has It That Seaboard Consoli¬
dates With the F. C. & P.
Rumors that the Seaboard Air-Lino
rnilroad consolidated with the Florida
Central and Peninsular and other con¬
nections of the system at a meeting of
the syndicate held in Baltimore last
Monday have been so persistent tha‘
Seaboard officials arc confident the
deal has been made. All that is neces¬
sary, they say, before the public is
officially notified of the gigantic com¬
bine in railway circles, is the arrange¬
ment of preliminary details that natur¬
ally follow a consolidation of the
magnitude of that manipulated by the
Seaboard.
THIS CORPORATION EXEMPT.
Virginia Judge Says It Cannot Bo Forced
Into Bankruptcy.
Judge Edmund Waddell, Jr., of tho
United States district court at Rich¬
mond, Va., has decided, in the case of
the Commercial Building and Loan
Association, that the association is not
a corporation such as could be forced
into bankruptcy under the act of
1898. The proceedings will be dis¬
missed. The case is tho first of its
kind aud establishes a precedent.
SEPARATE THE RACES
Was Tenor of Montgomery Spoech
of John Temple Graves,
NO FUTURE PEACE WITHOUT IT.
Georgian Maltos Argument For Ills Con¬
tention In Discussion of
tlio Negro Problem.
During the meeting of the society
for the promotion of study of the race
conditions held in Montgomery, Ala.,
the past week, llou. .Tohu Temple
Graves argued for separation of the
races in distant localities ns the cure
for existing evils. Mr. Graves said in
part:
For twenty years I have boon in
constant protest ngainst the compla¬
cent assertion that there was no race
question in the south. Men of power
and influence iu my own and other
states—politicians of prominence,
skimming the surface of events—have
soothed us with the assurance that
there was no problem and that time
and patience aud folded hands would
settle these great questions in tho per¬
fect way.
The issue of races is not peculiar to
America. It is tho problem of the
Anglo-Saxon peoples. It burns iu Ih-
dia, in Africa and in America.
“Will tho white man permit tho ne¬
gro to have an equal part in the indus¬
trial, political, social aud civil advan¬
tages of tho United States? This, as
I understand it, is the problem.”
This question, asked by Council, as
the deliberate representative of his
people, is the core of the race ques¬
tion. I adopt it as my own anil ask
that question here today.
The answer to it is iu every white
man’s heart, even if it does not lie
openly on every white man’s lips. It
may be expressed in diplomacy; it may
be veiled in indirection: it may be
softened in philanthiophy; it may bo
guarded iu politic utterance, and of-
tenest of all it is restrained by ultra
conservatism and personal timidity.
But, wherever the answer to this vital
question comes, stripped of verbiage
and indirection, it rings like a martial
bugle in the single syllable—“no!”
If the fifteenth amendment be re¬
pealed you may be sure that it will
never be re enacted in nation or state.
The enfranchisement of the negro was
the American mistake of the century.
It is best recognized by those who did
it.
Industrial education will not solve,
but complicate the problem. Will in¬
dustrial education raise tho moral
status of the negro when the academy
and tho classic school have failed?
Will the education of the hand pro¬
duce a higher type of citizens than the
education of the mind?
Ou this great question I stand now
where I have always stood—where
Webster stood and Henry Clay; where
Thomas Jefferson stood and Abraham
Lincoln, aud Henry Grady and Council
and Turner and the rest—where in
time all men will stand who bee tho
light-and dare^to face it.
Separation is the logical, tho inevit¬
able, the only way. No other pro¬
posed solution will stand the test of
logic and experiment.
Education complicates tho problem.
Every year of enlightenment increases
the negro’s apprehension of his posi¬
tion of his merit and attainment, and
of tho inconsistency between bis real
and his constitutional status in the
republic.
We have come in God’s providence
to the parting of the ways.
In the name of history and of hu¬
manity; in the -interest of both races,
and in the fear of God, I call for a
division.
We make it peaceably now. We
may be forced to accomplish it in blood
hereafter.
The time is propitious and the coun¬
try is ripe for separation.
I have moro than casual reason to
believe that the solid judgment which
rests behind the bonefieient experi¬
ment of Booker Washington teaches
him that neither worth, nor merit, nor
achievement will ever bridge tho im¬
possible barrier of race prejudice, and
that when tho last arrow of his noble
effort has been shot, it must come to
this at last.
There is not a hope in fact or reason
for the negro outside of separation,
Ilig Blaze at Camden, N. J.
Firo Sunday, which broke out in
the Farmers’ Market House in Cam¬
den, N. J., completely destroyed that
building, ton stores aud fifty small
dwellings, causing a loss estimated at
$200,000 and rendering homeless
about 250 people. *
Lord Roberts Enters Kroonstad.
The war office has received the fol¬
lowing dispatch from General Roberts:
“Kroonstad, May 12th, 2 p. m.—I en¬
tered Kroonstad at 1:30 without oppo¬
sition, when the union jack was hoisted
amidst cheers from the few British
residents.”
ASHANTIS MAY REBEL.
Natives of African. Gold Coast Are Tired of
the British Yoke.
Advices from Accra, Gold Coast,
state that serious reports are curreut
that the Ashantis are determined to
throw off the British yoke, that they
have secured the co-operation of eight
other tribes and that they are now able
to raise 50,000 warriors.
No Revision of Creed.
The Presbytery of Philadelphia at
Friday’s session declared overwhelm¬
ing against creed revision.
RESORT TO BULLETS.
Street Car Strike Situation at St.
Louis, rto., Reaches a
Critical Stage.
Affairs in the street railway strike
at St. Louis Friday showed a complete
reversal of tho conditions prevailing on
Thursday. The day opened quietly,
but later reports began to circulate of
renewed rioting in various parts of the
city. In one iustance tho police fired
into a crowd, aud in others used their
clubs on those who attempted to inter¬
fere with the running of cars. While
rumors of casualties were rampant
during the day, up to a lato hour of the
night none of a serious nature had
been corroborated.
The suburban system ran all its
cars under an escort of police. So
close was watch maintained by the
force that practically no disturbances
occurred on its lines. The Transit
Company started cars on a number of
its branches, aud notwithstanding tho
ample police protection afforded, trou¬
ble cropped out in various directions.
Two cars were taken out of the stn-
tiou at Geyor and Jefferson avenues nt
2 o’clock and the 300 strikers around
the carsheds were forced hack by the
police.
President David Kreyling, of the
Central Trades and Labor UnionB,
says the situation is far more critical
than at any time since the strike be¬
gun.
IIo says it is a fight of unionism for
its very existence and must be won if
it takes every union mau in St. Louis
to do it, who, he says, only awaits the
word of their officers to go on a sympa¬
thetic strike.
This would mean 100,000 men and
women would lay aside their work.
CORBETT GOES DOWN
James Jeffries Reaffirms His Right
to the World’s Pugilistic
Championship Belt.
In the arena of the Seaside Sporting
club at Coney Island, Friday night,
James J. Jeffries reaffirmed his right
to the world’s pugilistic championship
by knocking out James J. Corbett in
the fastest, prettiest aud closest heavy¬
weight ring battle ever fought in New
York.
Tho contest lasted twenty-three
rounds of the twenty-five limit.
Corbett emerged from a year’s re¬
tirement from the ring rejuvenated
and fresh. He was as fast aud clever
as back in tho days when people mar¬
veled at his skill. His foot work was
wonderful and his defense perfect.
He outboxed his man nt both long and
short range, and if he had had the
strength necessary, ho would have
gained an early victory. A hundred
times he ducked the punch that
knocked him out. At times he made
the massive Jim look like a beginner
in the art of defense with his hands,
and when Jeffiies stood over his quiv¬
ering form, his face showed marks oi
the punishment that Corbett had in¬
Corbett went down to defeat that
was regretted by a vast majority of
tho men who filled tho hall. Tho
money was ngainst him, but he had a
wealth of sympathy. It was probably
his natural heritage as the short under,
but before the battle had ended he
won more support by his displny of
speed and skill. Jeffries won with
his strength, both that strength that
lies in the powor of massive muscle
and that strength which is the essence
of vitality.
Jeffries bad many points of advant¬
age over Corbett. To begin with, he
is uiuo years younger than the ex¬
champion and is an inch taller. He
went into the ring weighing 210
pounds and Corbett’s weight was 183.
Tho normal girth of Jeffries’ chest is
44 inchos and of Corbett’s 42 inches;
expanded, Jeffries’ chest measures 49
inches and Corbett’s 44J inches. With
arms extended Jeffries reaches 7GJ
inches and Corbett 74J inches. Jef¬
fries’ biceps measure is 16 aud Cor¬
bett’s 14 inches.
Thero was never a more orderly
affair under tho Horton law. There
was order in the assembling aud
handling of the great crowd and or¬
der in the contest. The small army
of police present was taskless and
the contestants themselves neither
wrangled nor quarreled throughout
the evening.
CARE OF THE BODIES
Of Confederate Head the Object of An
Amendment to Sundry Civil Bill.
An amendment to tho sundry civil !
bill was introduced in the senate
Thursday to enable the secretary of
war to have the bodies 264 Confeder¬
ate soldiers buried in the Arlington
nationnl cemetery.
A number of these bodies are now
buried iu Arlington and others at
the soldiers’ homo. The amendment
seeks to bury them in one spot and
properly mark the names.
Headed By Governor Shaw.
Iowa Republicans elected McKinley
delegates to attend the Philadelphia
convention headed by Governor Shaw,
Wants An Accounting. .
Senator Bacon introduced in th*
senate Friday a lengthy resolution
calling for all possible facts concern¬
ing tho expenditure of moneys by
the representatives of this government
iq Cuba and he expects to strongly
urge its adoption.
Telegraph Company Files Claims.
Tho Cuba Submarine Telegraph
company has filed claims against tho
government for damages to its prop-
erty during the Spanish-American war.
NUMBER 27.
LODGEASKSFOR
STRONGER NAVY
Massachusetts Senator Makes an
Invincible Argument.
DECLARES WE ARE MECLARED
Says Germany Has Covetous Eyes
on the Western Hemisphere
and We Should Be Alert.
A Washington special says: The
possibility of a clash with Germany
over tho Monroe doctrine was foroe-
fully laid before the senate and the
country Friday by Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, iu the course of a vig¬
orous speech ngainst tho construction
of an armor plate plant by the govern¬
ment.
The particular significance of this
declaration that wo must look to such
a contingency over either the Danish
West Iudies or Germany’s desire to
get more power in South America lies
the fact that Seuator Lodge is uaually
very reticent on all matters pertaining
to foreign relations and further that
he is generally recognized as repre¬
senting the views of the president and
Btate department on the matter.
When, therefore, he declared, that
there were such possibilities to bo
considered his declarations were given
greater weight than such talk coming
from almost any other senator.
When consideration of the naval
bill was resumed the pending amend¬
ment was that offered by Senator Till¬
man for a straight price of $300 per
ton for armor and a government armor
factory not costing over 84,000,000.
Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, speak¬
ing in opposition to the amend¬
ment, said that for the past three
years the senators from South Caro¬
lina and Now Hampshire—Mr. Till¬
man and Mr. Chandler—had been en¬
deavoring to get armor at a low price.
The net result of their work had been
to put a stop to the construction of a
navy. Ho had no prejudice against a
government armor plant, but to stop
the building of all ships until the ar;
mor plnnt could bo erected, would, b
thought, be a flat mistake.
“My reason for desiring m
ships,” said he, “and desiring th
quickly, is my belief that the safety
tho United States depends upon *
strength of our navy. We do :
need the navy for th e protectio
our insular possessions. The da
lies in our own great coast line
in the defense of the Monroe doc. Fo£
in tho western continent.
defense of this great coast lino
the cities studding it we have no
fleet. We about ’
quato are to
upon tho construction of nu is
canal, to defend, control and
which we must be the naval mas
the Caribbean sea. We must ht
far more powerful fleet than we
today. The safety ef the cana.
our fleet.
“A great fleet iB the greatest in
rauco of peace. We should not oi
our eyes to the possibilities of the siv^
Elation. We could never allow the
Danish islands to pass into any other
hand than ours. The European nation
which should undertake to take pos¬
session of those islands right on the
road to the canal and to make of them
great Daval stations would by that
very act become an enemy of ours.
We could submit to no such thing as
that. The Monroe doctrino is a great
protection to the United States. Men
of all parties—Democrats, Republicans
and Populists—without distinction,
adhere to that.
“I am by no means sure that some
European nations, perhaps one whose
navy is now receiving such a rapid in¬
crease, may not test tho Monroe doc¬
trine. We may be called upon to pro¬
tect that doctrine in Brazil or some
other country. Already too much time
has been lost. If the Monroe doctrine
should be endangered or if our coast
should bo menaced, we would be pre¬
pared and it would be a weak excuse
that we had been engaged in throttl¬
ing an egregious monopoly.”
In a colloquy with Mr. Lodge, Mr.
Tillman said it was well known that
the navy of the United States was su¬
perior to that of Germany.
Mr. Lodge pointed to the great in¬
crease that now was boing made iu
the German navy.
“If the seuator thinks,” said Mr.
Lodge, “there is no danger to be ap-
prehended, I fear he , underrated , , , the ,
importance of the subject— a subject
to which I have given much thought
and consideration.”
Mr. Ellis, of West Virginia, argued
against plants, as did Mr. Allison, who
spoke ou the scoro of economy. The
latter said it would be four years be¬
fore a government armor plate could
be put ou a ship.
Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, advocated
the construction of a government fac¬
tory because he believed it would be a
protection of our interests.
Plenty ol (aadidates.
Judging from appearances, there
will be a candidate in each county iu
the Eighth Alabama district for con¬
gress at the special election to be held
on August 6th next, to name a man to
fill General Joe Wheeler’s unexpired
term.
Ottawa Relief Fund Enormous.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont., says:
ipjj e g re ro jj e f f un d is now well over
$600,000.