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Newspaper Page TextA leading pastor in an Ohio town las induced many of the ■women in | his congregation to remove their hats in church, There seems to be no greater reason for wearing big hat. in church than in the theatres. Two New York detectives wanted "Eddy Barnes.” All they knew ibouthim was that he was colored and that he was a bicyclist. They stood .long the Boulevard and yelled “Eddy” at every black bicyclist. When “Eddy” came along he slowed down to see who had called him and was arrested. New York’s shrewd detectives could teach Conan Doyle a good deal. Meissonier Meissomer said said of ot Puvis 1 de e Cha- I vaunes, “He has achieved the grand i style in decorative art; it is so simple, ! so*well balanced, *o logical,” Is not this a lesson ' ‘or voune S American - - students, of whom stnv- . so many are ingto reach the goal of meritorious . distinction, if not fame? Simplicity and fidelity to nature are sure to win finallv finally in in the the contest contest with with degenerate de a eneiate and bizarre effects. England, having decided to abandon compulsory vaccination, is going to try an experiment which will be watched by the rest of the civilized world with more than interest. If it fails, other nations will be forced to quarantine against this, the best of European countries, as they quaran¬ tine now against the filthiest. Apart from the blow that this would be to the pride of Great Britain, it would strike a blow at her foreign commerce that cannot be estimated iu money in ■ advance. If the soldiers in Spain’s Cuban armies know what was good for them they would remain on the island, beat • lords into pruning-hooks aid grow up with the country. There is plenty of room for them there, and the tropical sun might in a generation or two roast the most virulent of theii Peninsular qualities out of them. It ripens the spirit of insular patriotism is it does bananas, with extraordinary rapidity, and they would become good and loyal Cubans almost before they knew it. The 01,0 pubhc ni ,i,i:„ schools in in Santiago Qonfinn'n opened witn 4000 children in attend ance. General Wood hasplttced them £ an American basis, and in his or ganization has given the children their rst oll&nce of ° elementary education, Tn In Older to accomplish this, the high salaries of a few ornamental school commissioners have been reduced so as to make pos¬ sible the increase of the salaries of the school teachers. Better still, he has provided for the teaching of the Eng¬ lish language. America is a conntry of poor roads, and those working for highway reform are laboring in a wise and just cause; but it is worth noting at some stages of the journey, when the end seems far away, what great progress has been made. It was only about ten years ago that it was emphatically asserted in England that the bicycle could never become popular here because the roads were so poor. To-day America is the greatest cycling coun¬ try in the world, and there has been more advance in road improvement during the last decade than in any previous twenty years. The Sultan of Turkey is said to have about completed the largest hotel in the world, at Mecca, which will hold 6000 pilgrims. Of course it is to be understood that this is a “hotel” in the airy and unpretentious Oriental sense, where the khans are, to a con siderable extent, court yards. The Philadelphia Record states that the largest dwelling-house m the world is in Vienna, a compartment house with 1500 rooms, occupied by more than 3000 people. The building has thirty two staircases, thirteen interior courts, and 850 windows on the street. That is probably as striking a case of over¬ crowding as can anywhere be found. Although it is not an open secret, it is nevertheless understood that the manifesto .... issued , , by the Czar peace ina, whose views on the horrors of war are known to be very strong indeed. by “■ the dread of those nations ^ w ic are dear to her for family reasons com ing into conflict with each other. The mere possibility of England and Rns-j eia being politically antagonistic has always always been been a a painful painiui thought in to her since sue became Empress and is, doubtless, as an outcome of many con. vernations on the subject between her and the Czar that the manifesto has been sent forth to the world. •Iudieious advertising pays. j TREATY OF PEACE MED AT PAM ■ Impressive Scenes When Signa tures Were Appended. SPANIARDS CRUSHED; .rntcurix AMERICANS __ Treaty ns Signed Consists of Articles-Graphic Description of What Will Be a Memorable Act—List of Those Who Signed the Paper*. Paeis —The treaty of peace was signed b at 8:45 o'clock Saturday even a long se-sion and a subsequent recess were due only to the fact that eao h article of the "treaty had to be ca efullv read aud compared in Span ish and'English, and to the fact that engrossing £ of the Inst article in 3 - 8 was incomplete. The Americans were first to arrive lt the foreign office, the Spaniards coming half an hour later. Senor Montero Bios, president of the Span ? a8cended the s ep8 leaning on a cane aud bundled up in a fur coat. The Americans shook with the Spaniards when the latter entered the conference hall. The faces of the representatives of Spain were exceedingly solemn. Apparently they regarded b the occasion as a funeral ne. After being photograped the com¬ missioners listened to the reading of lhe treaty until 5:15, at which hour they took a recess until 7 o’clock, while awaiting the arrival of the last sections of the treaty. The treaty as signed consists of seventeen articles, it having been found advisable to subdivide two or three of the articles iu the draft agreed upon at the last meeting. The com¬ missioners of the two nations wrote COL. BRYAN WILL RESIGIf. Within the Kelt Ten Days He Will Be Out of the Army. A special from Savannah, Ga., says: Col. William Jennings Bryan, col onel of the Third Nebraska infantry, has either forwarded his resignation to Washington or is about to do so. Of this there seems to be no doftbt. Taturday he called upon Gen. Lee, commander of the Seventh corps, and leu. Keifer, commander of the First I i vision of the corps of which Col. Aryan’s regiment is a part, and is un lerstood to have announced his inten ion of quiting ^ £ the service. Gen. Lee a to gai for uba ou t he transport ,» anama Sunday and Col. Bryan is be ieved to have hastened his decision in .rder that he might acquaint y> corps 1 ‘"omniatider withMs rai-hily evacuating Spaniards Retiring: from Towns In vana Province. The Spanish Evacuation commission .it Havana informed the American commission Saturday that the evacua ii, n Bejucal, Santiago de Las Vegas, Bincon, Vento, San Felipe and all lhe other small towns in the eastern cart of Havana province will take dace Saturday. These places in¬ clude all the railway stations on tbe route to Matauzas. The Spaniards will retire from Regia and Guauaba •oa on Monday. The mortality in Santa Clara is 24 per cent, less now than it was before ihe Red Cross society began its distri¬ bution of relief supplies. Alabama’s Revenue Receipts. Statistics obtained from the office of the United States internal revenue •ollector iu Birmingham show that the eceipts since the war tax has been el¬ ective has been as follows: July, 898, $70,156; August, $37,943; Sep -mber, $42,358; October, $38,809; November, $44,204. The receipts for :e present month will be $50,000. luring sixteen months ending Novom¬ er 30, internal revenue receipts in lis state have amounted to $434,932, bicli is only $03,000 less than the to¬ il receipts for the four years preced ig August, 1897. This demonstates j ! be remarkable growth of tho govern ,ent’s receipts iu the state, aud may I -® regarded as good evidence of Ala ! >ama’s prosperity. j More Gunboats to be Sent to Dewey. Admiral Dewey’s fleet will be ttreugthened shortly by tbo addition if some serviceable gunboats. The dmiral will have a sufficient force of ;mall vessels under his command to •arry out the president’s policy re¬ specting the Philippines, and to bring uto submission any of the islanders vho may prove refactory and to re ease any Spanish prisoners held in mnfinement by the insurgents. . Appoln 7eU. ha , been , nT)oillt e d to take charge of the postal Cap ital stock $75,ouo.uuo. Articles of incorporation of the Con tinental Tobacco Company were filed with the secretary of state, Trenton, N. J., Saturday. The capital stock is 875,000,000. fzed The company is author to cure leaf tobacco and to mans tobacco in a „ its forms< _____ M ork on EJpctric Line. Work is progressing rapidly on tbe At tails, Alab.ma Oby & Gadsden Electric car line, and there is every dication that the r'w* wU H# in opera tion January 1. their signatures two copies of tl|% , on treaty, The one copy being prepared for the by archive! f document was tary States Moore commission, in behalf and of by the Senor Unitijj V# 0 larutia for Spain on account of ti® ttTs P *"T eA copy contained the English and Spi®* ish texts of the treaty in parallel o'l umn8- The wording had been IP' proved previously by the commissic-A® w.thout a joint meeting, so there V' 48 no controversy on this subject. have The afforded signing subject of the for treaty great wou^ hi w ; a a torical painting. The party gathered about the tab'e in the stately chamber of the foreign office tfas impressive in itself, while the fact tha a sense « the momentousness of the issues whit 1 ' the act decided was deeply felt by * u the participants gave an impress!'® Arourt? and solemn tone to the scene. the arbiters great of mahogany the destinies table of sat the old tIG j™ an a young nation. Behind them w numerous attaches of the commissio ing To the of the Americans war; to the it was Spaniards a happy it ei] vf| plainly a bitter tragedy, none the It j painful sat silently, because though long foreseen. almost crush-4? Thtg as and none could withhold from Senor Montero Bios, who, gre.»t con*' ing from his bed, was bundled in a overcoat, though logs were burning the fireplace nearby. Arthur Ferguson then proceeded that read first the English and after treatV the Spanish version of the we| This finished, the two copies re passed around the table, the commi, 8 ' sioners signing in the order of thej* rank, as follows: Wm. R. Day, Senf- Wik tor Cushman K. Davis, Senator Senator P. Frye, Whitelaw Reid, George Gray, Senor Montero RioP, Senor Abarzuza, Senor Garcina, Sen.p* L Villarutia, Gen. Cerero y’Saons. BROOKE GOES TO CUBA. Report That He Will Be Made MlHta Governor. Despite the report that Gent. Wade has been selected, it is said i® official circles that General John Brooke will be made military govorn ® r of Cuba. General Brooke wroto a h d ter to a friend in Washington in whi *b he said he favored General Fitzhu^ i* ® Lee for governor for the province ^ Havana, General Carpenter as gover * or for the province of Pinar del Bi ®. General Snyder as governor of t x® province of Puerto Principe aud Ge ® eral Wood for the province of Sautiag It is behaved General Brooke’s reooi ® meudations in regard to the governc^ 8 of the different provinces wM he dorsad by the pr esid ent,, : s .jr.ii u«»nr“. . UNDKB IXSTBUCTION8 < iu M«and ih W.red w a Rio. m to itefuw nr to ball H „ tk t> Carohnes - The Madrid correspondent of the London Standard says: Senor Montero Rios acted under in structions from the government whea he declined to accede to the America!. demands concerning the Caro ines and intimated a desire to close thenegotia tions. Both the government and the press approve his action, and protest against the conduct of the United States. Everybody in Spain is pleased that the negotiations are ended, be cause all had been apprehensive that fresh preterm ons on the part of the United States would be sprung upon the Spanish peace conmission at every WOMEN WILL OPPOSE ROBERTS. - Conttrcssman-Elect May Not Be Seated Because Ho Is a Mormon. Efforts to prevent Brigham H. Roberts, representative-elect from Utali, lrom taking lria seat in the fi.ty .adLvoo., 0 , ,bo doc,™, o. «b. S^port of i,"»d„S.of tb„o.fodi of home missions on December 20th. This movement is not to be confined to missionary societies, but is to started through them as a convenient way of arousing interest over the tire country. Will Go via Suez Route. The next regiments to start for Manila will embark at New York about the end of this month, and will go througk the Suez canal. The expedi tion will consist of three regiments of regular infantry, distributed between two of the largest converted trans ports owned by the government, with perhaps a convoy of two warships. Three Killed in an Explosion. jnred^ rm._______ o7 Them atorUt- ,r.. probably fatally, four grinding mills in the Hagley ^ vard of the V_Z Dupont Powder Works, : mi . gt Q 0 . Friday. [ Ei s ht Infantry Taeavcs. The Eighth Infantry departed from Huntsville Saturday over the South ern railway for Tampa, where it will baard a transport and sail to Havana. The regiment has been added to the Seventh corps and will become a part of the Havana Garrison. Wetumpka is jubilant over reports of rapid work which is being done on 1 the proposed electrij railway from Montgomery, and s*/me good is sup I posed to accrue to both cities from the oompletion of t enterprise, CONGRESS REASSEMBLES. (L Larje Attendance in Both IIou*e#. McKinley’* Message Read. Washington. —Congress reassem - 0 i ed Monday under circumstances of j anUrma i public interest. The same congress, six months ago, declared * ar against Spain, and now with the ^ a r fought ; and won, It came together for the first legislative consideration of TL tU ,”I.T„n wa9 nob however, one of immediate expectancy, for the few months left to tbe existence of the fifty-fifth eon gress give promise of little more than a beginning on the momentous poli oies and problems growing out of the As usual all Washington turned its attention to the eapitol for the gala event which marks the opening day of the session. The weather imposed no ; barriers, for the hurricane of Sunday had given way to clearing skies and balmy air. the when the Long before noon hour senate and house began their work, the corridors were filled with surging crowds, centring in the rotunda and statuary hall and pushing toward the private galleries. the hours of the . last In opening see .ion of the memorable fifty-fifth con gress the senate presented an am mated scene. lhe galleries were filled early many of the spectators being visitors to Washington, who ha<l embraced the oppor,unity to wit ness acongressional opening. Irompt ly on the stroke of 12 o clock, \ ice President Hobart entered and ascenu Ing to his desk, rapped for order A call of the Senate deve ope t e presence of sixty-seven members The usual resolutions were o eiec am adopted. tbe ^ P*.* 11 ’ committee ap pointed to wait upon the President re P orted the performance of its duty and announced that the President immediately communicate with the Senate m writing Scarcely had ‘ Pruden, he ™P ort e: e ba u ' ive n mad clerk ? of y b ?. the n £ Presi- Ifl >°. r dent, entered the Chamber and pro • .ted the message. Vicd-Presideu Hobart laid it before the Senate at once, and its reading was begun at In^tlie houso exactly at noon today Speaker Reed’s gavel came down with sharp crack, and the great ebony , norw entwined with silvor and sur mounted b y a silver eagle, was lifted iatQ [ac0 0n itfl „ recm ,a a rblo ped estal the spreading folds of the Amer bum Ha' r was brokeu to the breeze up ou the brilliant stained court ceiling, and the house of representatives eti tered upon .* the closing session of the m0mor b !e war congress. Tho scene ; britiJant ...ubin the ^f irroat ball was animated, ; niotureBque The roll . dl doTe j oped t ho presence of 267 wembers, 179 wal v r^solutima ud <pted inst uot hoVise clerk of the senate that the was ready to proceed to busi ness. The house then took a recess antiI 1;80 to aWttit lhe arri val of tho President’s message. After the reading of the message Representative Stilzer offered a reso j u tion to investigate the war depart ment and the conduct of the Spanish American war. _ Tuesday’* Session of Congress. The first note of the anti-expansion Iflt wa8 Bounded j n the senate to<lay by Senator Vest, of Missouri, who intro duced t jj 0 following joint resolution: .< That under tl)e constitution of the United States no power is given to the fe !eral government f acquire territory (Q be he d and governed permanently _ colonies “ionkl ot Europe., nations cannot be established under , , reflent constitution, but all ter ritnvv ftftmircd sinul^ l.v the irovornment exce p B t such amount as may be , l nece for coa | iug stations, correc j won of boundaries and similar govern j mental purposes, must be acquired ,„d with tbo pv.rpo.0 of ,,„o ,„I .ud.b.o for .dorUaiop i„to , ! of the oovigatioo i U nited States, purchased by citizens | vl this country three-fourths and repaired of their to value, the extent of 3 liall be subject to forfeiture if they engage subsequently in the coastwise trade of the United States. The bill Wjj s made a special order for next Mon jouf’ued. «%• At 1:20 p. m. the •“ e " u,e a House. The house was in session less than ba |f an hour today when the deaths of Representatives Northway, of Ohio, BQ(1 Love, of Mississippi, were an notl k4n 'nced, and an adjournment was ta until tomorrow out of respect to their memory. The deficiency bill ca-rying the appropriations for the extriordinary expenses of 1 the July Urmy 1, a.,d bavv from January to 1899, was reported and will be taken port transmitted V ^ by the president was Wd lam a bili recommendations offered by Mr. Hitt tbe to carry out the of comm —--- city Marshal Aaaaaalnaurf. j aH ,Us R. Holcombe, city shot marshal from of Horse Creek, Ala., was ambush and instantly killed Sunday 8 ‘ 1 * 1 prince** Er deriek Dead. Pr n4:® ,,s Frederic, of Wurtembnrg, mother! uunbur|g< of William d**d. II, King ol Wur I* Dewey Reports That the Attitude of Filippinos Is Pacific. HNTl 111 KITH SPIT MHItEHLE --— “ Rsleate Spanish PrUouers • «p Wants the Philippines, Offe log $‘200,000,000. Washington. __The navy department Admiral received a cablegram lrom ewe « J summarizing the existing con iition ’ flt Manila and such points in 9 visited , he Philippines as have been bis officers Advices also have _ 3aen reee ived from Gen. Otis, corn Hatldftnt Q f the United States forces n the islands, and both go to show a lotaWe improvement in conditions , tbe growth of a better spirit ^ those factions of trouble. the natives This, ^ich promised to give the fact is particularly gratifying, as itj United States government is in lea . b consideration to the best means * redeem the pledge it has ba d to treaty of beQu place d under by the pariS) t0 Becure the release of the 3panish prisoners held by the Philip f ne na tives. clerical Tber( , are abont 500 confident prisou , rS) and the government is tbat their captors will release them u r representations from ^ and Admiral the Dewey. into It may / be necessary to call navy , e vice in tbl3 matter , for the reason that some of the prisoners are held in captivity on other islands than Luzon, w ] d(! h can bo reached best and nios, offectively by Admiral Dewey’s ships, Bofjideg tll6 clerical prisoners, tin Am0rk . ans themselves hold nearly ^ Spanish soldiers as prisoners- Manila tured at the fall of These are actually on parole about tin . £ d the question is, how are they returned to Spain? This mus* be tUed b the peaca commission . a <«K>>. " heel NUKC1DK1I ’ Whether or Not He Will Resien 1- '«‘ 1,1 ' Con*re*t. Maj. Geti. Joseph Wheeler eu thorized the following statement as to reports that he had decided to resign from tho house of representatives: “I was surprised to see what pur ports to l»o an interview about my resignation to congress. I haveners gone further than to say that I would consider the question when I had time, and would tako such action as my I friends would approve. Thus far, j however, I Luve reached no final con ...... IV pav wawtTtub I’HIUPPINE^. -- <^Port That an Olfw of $2<>«V»oo.ooo for lhe Island* lla* ' 111 °’ Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, n authority for the statement, which he declares ho makes on semi-official uu thority, that Japan has offered tlin government $200,000,000 for the Philippine islands. He says there n ' distinct sentiment in official oircli s u favor of eventually turning tin islands over to Japan or to some othoi power or powers, Accident to the Massachusetts. The Massachusetts struck a snag in the harbor of Now York Saturday and water poured , into . , her . oompartment . k Pilot Bell, who was taking the c ally usettsout low and saul that ‘Jl® the u J Massaelmseth wliile m Lor «.y to .Lo 8 V? or H nl ! 1 ' did nor, . he sun , U ' Diamond J “™ reef, which is off Governors island. At her siern ten inches of water is ^ovo her wate r line Fall ' ' of .iL.atcl, Spanish Cabinet Naar. : , from ^JTS'’“L Madrid says „ \u”i Hobson May Go to Home Kon*. i . , ConHtrnctor Richmond Pear goB HobS()11 wil i probably go to Hong K u , superintend the recoustruc | tion of tb(J tbree Spanish cruisers re . cent ]y floated under the direction ol I Nava j Constructor G. \V. Capps al Manila. He is expected to leav< tbout December 20. ------—..........—— < hicaeoia.i* " nut <•«>-t standard. , The board of directors of tho Chicago | „ 0 aid of trade have adopted resolti |j on s urging President McKinley tc fa n a S j, fi ciul session of congress foi he enactment of legislation for the permanent adoption of the gold stand , r( j. - K,or * 7 I , j lhe United J'Ly jay by by Col’ Lot. a ^^m^'comman l ’i.^ (lie ------- ? _ Aud tor white’s Official Report. The report of the state examiner on tbe books of State Auditor White shows that during his tenure of office he has received and disbursed more than 85,000,000. lhe examiner re ports the only errors in the auditor’s booka as one of 4 cents in the receipts and another of 10 cents on disburse I ments, chargeable against the auditor, _ j It is said that the Louisville & Nash ville shops at Deqatur are soon to enlarged more than half their ■ capacity. GEORGIA STATE NEW) cussion The state senate material passed opposition without^ 1 or Calvi" house bill of Representative providing for a test of the eonstitutioi ality of the 10 per cent federal V>ar tax. A Savannah dispatch says: The Third Georgia regiment appears to have been forgotten by the war de¬ partment. The officers of the regi¬ ment are somewhat perplexed as to just what is going to he done with them. The transports on which they were to have gone ten or twelve days ago returned to Savannah Sunday and, it was supposed, would take them to Nuevitas. But orders were received from Washington Sunday for the Chester to take the Fourth Vir¬ ginia and Forty-ninth Iowa regiments, to Havana. The proposition of the Atlanta and West Point Company to construct a belt line from a point near East Point, on the Central railway, through the southern part of Fulton county to the right of way of the Georgia railroad near ReynoUlstown, has brought on a hot legal fight. Upon the representa¬ tion of certain stockholders of the Atlanta and West Point railroad,Judge Lumpkin, at Atlanta, granted an in¬ junction against the road and its man¬ agers and agents to prevent them from building or further progressing with the work of the proposed new line. Since the report that Mr. Adolph Joseph has been making contracts with the state sanitarium and thereby violating the laws which govern the trustees, he has kept quiet. But in au interview Mr. Joseph says. I bib not ready to reply yet, but I want it. publicly understood that I will be heard from at the proper time. The opinion prevails in Milledgeville that everything connected with his case has not been revealed yet, and when Mr. Joseph raises the curtain it may astonish the public generally. Mr. Joseph says lie will make his state ineiit in a few days. Seven officers and men of Toney’* famous “Rough Riders,” from the west, now mustered out, were arrest ed at Savannah Saturday on the charge of larceny of government J^ck- prop erty i e ft in their possession at sonville. The property consisted of three horses and sixteen mules, with some harness and accoutrements, and it is said that instead of turning it in, they made personal use of it. The men under arrest are Captain G. N. Shan ton, Veterinary Surgeon John G. Slee. Lieutenant E. D. Shirley and p M. TStey Biehardsoq^:. Lave * r prT been going from one town to another in Georgia and Florida giving a sort of wild west ghow Rev. W. D. Williams, superintend¬ ent of the Academy for the Blind, at Macon, died Saturday morning. Mr. Williams was stricken with paralysis some days before liis death and grad¬ ually sank. He was one of tho 'i?st known men in the state and has been in charge of the academy for forty yearn. He was appointed to the posi tion in 1858 and has been in charge ever since. The news of his death was received with great sorrow by hi* friends throughout the state. He was the founder of the public schools of Bibb county, and for a long time was superintendent. He has (lone much toward building up the Academy for the Blind. - it now seems as if .. the , Consolidated r ... . , aI)d tbe Atlanta Railway companies! nre abont to become entangled in a legal battle over the right of way on M‘tche s ree ie ween roa \ ] >'® ««*• »>«dg«. The Con ! ^v“ lliS. on "SSS5 £ *“* SmS' nave taken the position that they ill “ ^ e - '* r °T ''""J street bv another corn v ]?'■ ,{ bo ma tte r will probably y re RUU tj K *• Stat** Tu* Rate I* Limited. The house passed the last section of lbe ways un ,i means committee’s sub stitnte for the Freeman taxation bill and bxgd tb@ mnj j, nm n tax rate for e(Mjb of tb e years 1899 and 1900 at i 5 36 .which is a reduction of 85 points ‘ over j ftst yea ,.'„ ra te. The exact fi eR wd j be by the governor an(1 tbfi COIn p< ro Ji er general when the ] e gj H ] a tj on affecting appropriations has been completed, and the chances are that tho reduction will be even greater. T„ firimr the rate the house has been guide,1 by tbe action it has al on the general tax and the "appropriations bill. of Georgia To support for the state government ^ S estimate made by tbe committee on ways an d means from the general appropriation bill. OfthissumSZ, 048,599.64 will be raised hj direct taxation. It includes the 8100,000 for the sinking fund and he $8 , direct appropriation for schools. The schools receive in addition, the whis ky tax, the poll tax and under the show the tax, an estimate of which new rates has not yet been made. To sup plement the money raised by the tax levy will be more than half a million dollars of apeeial revenue. —