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VOLUME XVI
CANDLER REPLIES
TO HIS CRITICS
Forbearance, With Him,
Ceases To Be a Virtue.
HAS BEEN GROSSLY MISQUOTED
Georgia's Chief Executive Ex
plains What He “Did Say”
Regarding Ogden Party.
Governor Candler of Georgia Tues
day furnished the Atlanta newspapers
an interview iu reply to the many
critics in other sections of his recent
utterance* given out in Savannah with
reference to the Robert C. Ogden party.
In the reports as published in the
northern papers the governor was
made to say many things he did not
say, and in consequence the editorial
references to the interview were, in
some instances, of a caustic tenor that
might not have characterized them had
ho been correctly quoted.
Governor Candler at first intended
to have nothing further to say with
reference to the matter,but so repeated
and frequent have been the misstate
ments, that be desires to set himself
right once and for all, and in doing so
he does not hesitate to express him
self clearly and emphatically on the
subject. Speaking of the matter Gov
ernor Candler said in part:
“Life is too short for a pnblic man
to follow np and correct all the slan
derous statements made about himself,
his actions and his utterances. Moun
tains are made out of mole hills, words
are put in nis mouth that he never
thought of uttering, and false color
ings are put on what he does say and
his utterances are paraded under lurid
and misleading headlines by sensa
tional paragraphers. I have learned
to submit to all this, but there is
a point at which forbearance ceases to
be a virtue, and I have about reached
that poiut.
“The report of what I said about
the Ogden-Parkhurst party as printed
in the Savannah Press, though some
what highly colored, was substantially
correct, and was good-humored and
harmless, but as it got farther north it
was exaggerated and embellished by
falsehood till I would not have rec
ognized it if my name had not
been connected with it. In the
conversation which Ihad with the
Press man, which has been dig
nified as an ‘interview,’ I said
nothing that could give offense to the
most sensitive, unless perhaps my joc
ular reference to Dr. Parkhurst as a
crank could do so. I ‘criticised’ no
body; 1 ‘roasted’ nobody; I ‘de
nounced’ nobody; I said not a word
about ‘d—d yankee money; I impugn
ed nobody’s motives. I see Dr. Park
burst is reported to have said in his
Sunday’s sermon, ‘Had the governor
of Georgia, as did the governor of
North Carolina, come into direct con
tact with the personnel of the confer
ence,’ the criticism would not have
been made.
“This seems to be the head and
front of my offending, that I did not
dance attendance on this party at its
meeting in the colored church in this
city. I beg to assure the reverend
doctor that no offense was intended.
Ilad it occurred to me that this was a
courtesy expected of me I would cer
tainly have gone, at whatever sacrifice
of other duties, because I do not de
sire to be discourteous. The doctor
says: ‘The south does not altogether
love us, but no one there hates us.”
The latter part of this statement is
unquestionably true. There is here
and there in the south a crank (for we
have some cranks here, too,) who
thinks he hates the northern people,
but this species is rare, much rarer, I
fear, than the men at the north who
hate the people of the south.
"The amiable doctor may differ with
me in this, but he would not if he
could see the hundreds of denuncia
tory and vilely abusive letters in my
possession, some of them from his
own city, in which the vilest epithets
are applied to the south and southern
men, and even southern women, such
as ‘you cannot raise men in the south,
yon raise brutes,’ ‘your state is a dis
grace to the nation, ‘snuff dipping
sluts, ‘d—d daughters of sin,’ etc.
“These vile denunciations and slan
ders have not emanated alone from ig
norant fanatics, but some of the north
ern newspapers have been just as bit
ter and slanderous.
"The southern white people and the
southern negroes understand each
other and do not hate eo:h other w hen
let alone. These miserable assassins
of character and of the peace commu
nities are chargeable with all the race
friction that exists. We had none of
it before they intermeddled. They
have abased the liberty of the press
and have construed it into license to
slander and abuse those who, knowing
the situation in the south better than
they do, dare to dissent from their
dogmas born of ignorance and preju
dice, or to resent their insults and
slanders.
@lje illoiitgouicnj JWonitar.
QBNERALS AT <)UT>. j
Uuards Hor Gates of Forbidden
City Cause Clash Between Von
XValdersec and Chaffee.
Advices from Pekin stato that many
applications have been made to Mi.
Roekhill and General Chaffee by Chi
nese of all degrees for the retention in
China of the American troops until the
withdrawal of the troops of all the
powers. Many of those who are mak
ing this request think the withdrawal
of the Americans will make the others
remain longer. There are also people
who do not desire to see any of the
soldiers go, fearing anarchy and an
uprising against foreigners. The sol
diers who return do so with all the
honors of war.
Field Marshal Von Waldersce has
made application that the gate of tho
Forbidden City be guarded by German
troops after the departure ol the Amer
icans. General Chaffee has replied
that American soldiers will continue
to guard the gate. At this tho Ger
mans are indignant, saying this im
pugns their honesty and that if the
United States desires to do her share
of policing the city she should leave be
hind enough troops for that purpose;
that merely a few men belonging to
the legation guards should control the
gate which will be within the German
quarters cannot be allowed. If Gen
eral Cliafleo persists in this course,
diplomatic representations will be
made in the matter.
The ministers of the foreign powers
are meeting daily. They do not, at
present, show a disposition to reduce
the claims which many think to be
extremely reasonable.
It is understood in Washington that
the Chinese plenipotentiaries at Pekin
—Prince Chiug and Li Hung Chang—
are prepared to give a guarantee to
the powers for the protection of all
foreigners in China if the foreign
troops now stationed there are with
drawn. Thus far the icteution of the
foreign troops has been urged as nec
essary in order to preserve order and
protect foreigners, but the Chinese
authorities say thnt order has been so
far re-established that the imperial
government is fully able to order the
Chinese troops in such away as to in
sure complete safety to the interests
of all foreigners. This is understood
to he the basis of tho withdrawal of
10,000 French troops, and it is earn
estly hoped among Chinese officials
that this will be followed by a rimilnr
movement on the part of the other
foreign forces in China.
BLOODHOUNDS ON TRAIL.
In Train Hold-Up Near Memphis Rob
bers Secured About $3,000.
It is stated that over §3,000 was se
cured in the hold-up of the Choctaw,
Oklahoma and Gulf train Monday
night, four and a half miles west of
Memphis. The train rerchcd Little
Rock half an hour late.
Sidney Drew, the negro porter, who
wus chot by the bandits was tuken to
St. Vincent’s hospital, where his
wound was dressed. His condition is
serious.
C. T. Header, the express messen
ger, was badly beaten ever the bead
and shoulders with a pistol, but was
able to continue his run. The pas
sengers were not molested. Blood
hounds were immediately put on trail
of the bandits.
COLONEL WYLLY RESIGNS.
Little Expense Item Causes Officer to
Lay Down his Commission.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The res
ignation of Colonel T. S. Willy, Jr.,
which was occasioned by a difference
with Governor Candler regarding
items of expense claimed by Colonel
Wylly to have arisen while he was in
the discharge of his duty, has been
accepted.
An item of expense involved by
Colonel Wylly’s command at Sylvania
last month while dealing with the sit
nation there when the five negroes
were expected to be hanged for the
murder of Herrington aud Hears is
tho cause of the resignation, the gov
ernor having refused to approve part
of the expenditure, and Colonel Wylly
paying it out of his own pocket.
W«- on C garettes
A bill w-as passed by the lower house
of the Illinois legislature prohibiting
the sale, giving away or bringing into
the state of cigarettes, cigarette papers
or any substitute therefor.
INDEHNITY 15 ENORMOUS.
The Powers Agree That China Shall
Pay $275,000,000.
The foreign office at Paris has re
ceived a dispatch from Pekin an
nouncing that M. Picbon, the French
minister, presented Wednesday the
report of the committee on indemnity.
The amount China is to pay has been
fixed at 1,365,000,000 francs (about
8275,000,000). How it is proposed that
the indemnity be distributed among
the powers is not set forlb, hilt as the
dispatch does not mention The Ha
gue, it is thought the ministers are
hopeful of being able to settle the pro
portion to be received by each power
by discussion at Pekin.
Ml. VERNON. MONTGOMERY < OIINTY. GA.. THURSDAY. MAY H. UNO
RAILWAY BARONS
TO WAGE WAR
Gould and Vanderbilt In
terests In Clash.
IS A FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY
Lively Times Are Expected When
Fierce Contest of Dollars Is
Well Linder Way.
A New York special says: From the
tremendous market movements in
Union Pacific and Atchison slock, big
advances occurring in each Thursday,
it became clear that a fight is going
on between great mouey interest*
over the establishment of trans-con
tinental systems.
It now appears that this fight cen
ters around the plans of George J.
Gould and E. H. Harriman to estab
lish a vast network of roads from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, and Wil
liam K. Vanderbilt and tho Pennsyl
v 111 in railroad people, seeing what was
up, have mndc up their minds to frus
trate them.
With the Gould and Harriman fieo
plo on the one hand are said to lie
Kuhn, Loeb A Co., who are identified
with the Union Pacific management,
while Mr. Morgan is believed to have
lent his influence to the Vanderbilt
and Pennsylvania forces.
The Rockefellers, who are identified
with Mr. Gould in the Southwestern
deal, are said to have stood aloof from
the Union Pacific incident and to have
done nothing which could be criti
cised by Mi. Morgan, with whom they
are associated in many affairs.
Following the discovery that Messrs.
Gould and Harriman wanted to control
the Union Pacific, carrying with it the
j Southern Pacific, it became plain that
the Missouri Pacific aud Illinois Cen
tral might be substituted for the Chi-
I cago and Northwestern as the eastern
J connection of the Union Pacific,there
| by greatly injuring the Vanderbilt po
sition in the west.
In order to protect tho North
western and New York Central,
William K. Vanderbilt started to accu
mulate a large amount of Union Pa
cifi and Messrs. Gould aud Harriman
j learning this, also bought enormous
quantities of this stock.
Meanwhile the Pennsylvania, liav
j ing lost the Burlington to the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern, also
had to fix up its western fences. It
bought large quantities of Atchison.
This road gives a through line to Han
Francisco out of Chicago. Good au
thorities assert that the Pennsylvania
began buying Atchison stock many
mouths ngo, but did not think it was
I necessary to get enough ptock to exer
cise control, if need be,until the Gould
and Burlington deals developed.
Now, it is asserted, both the New
York Central aud Pennsylvania,which
j entered into a close alliance two years
ago,never had such need to stand shoul
der to shoulder as they have at present.
If the enormous buying of Union
Pacific bas secured control of that
property in the interest of the North
| western, New York Central, and per
i haps St. Paul, there is no necessity
j for controlling the Atchison, but it
the Union Pacific has been lost to
1 Gould and Harriman the heavy ac
cumulation of Atchison Thursday
! would indicate that that company is
needed as an outlet to the Pacific coast
for both the Pennsylvania und Vander
bilt lines.
There is another serious side to the
fight. The Pennpyl vania has been try
ing to prevent the entrance of the
I Gould lines into Pittsburg. A recent
dispatch from that city stated that the
i Wheeling and Lake Erie rtbuld not
be so extended, but that the Penn
sylvania would allow Mr. Gould fa
vorable trackage rights over the Bal
timore and Ohio.
It is officially stated that this offer
will not be accepted, but tho Wheeling
road will be extended into Pittsburg
as rapidly as possible. This will di
rectly bring iu both the Wabash and
Missouri Pacific, giving them a large
steel aud iron tonnage. Mr. Carnegie,
before selling out to the steel trust,
made a contract to deliver a vast
amount of his tonnage, aggregating
more than 1,000,00 b tons a year, to
1 the Wheeling road. Mr. Carnegie wa»
1 himself to build an independent line
'to tidewater, presumably at Balti
more.
He is understood to have made ao
offer for the Western Maryland rail
road. Now, it is assertt d, Mr. Gould
intends to carry out some such plan in
order to prepare for any fight that k«
may have with the Pennsylvania and
Vanderbilt people.
Mr. Gould has further irritated Wil
liam K. Vanderbilt by planning an ex
tension of tho “ heeling road to th«
vicinity of Cleveland. When the new
link of the Wabash in northern Indi
ana and Chicago is built,"he Gould sys
tem will have a direct line from Cleve
land to Chicago, paralleling the Lake
Shore all the way.
IN HALLOWED SPOT
HEROES WILL SLEEP
Blue and Gray to Be En
tombed Side By Side
IN HISTORIC ARLINGTON SOD
Secretary Root Carries Out Spe
cial Act In Regard to Care of
Confederate Graves.
A Washington special says : Sec
retary Root has giTon orders to the
quartermaster general’s department
for the execution of the act. of con
gress requiring the re-burial in Ar
lington national oemetery of the con
federats dead now there, numbering
126, and with them tho remains of the
126 confederates buried at tho na
tional soldiers’ borne here Protests
have been received by the secretary
from the women of Virginia, who wish
the remains taken south, but the order
remains unchanged.
It is stated at, the war department
that the action by Secretary Root in
respect to tho reburial of the confed
erate dead at Arlington cemetery is in
strict conformity with the requirements
of a special net of congress, which
made an appropriation of 82,500 for
marking the new graves with head
stones.
Soon after the law took effect oppo
sition was mauifiested toward its pro
visions by the representatives of cer
tain confederate organizations. The
result was that the authorities sus
pended action in the matter.
Considerable correspondence then
look place between the officials of the
war department and ladies represent
ing certain confederate organizations
ut Richmond and elsewhere.
A few days ago Secretary Root, in
structed the quartermaster general to
carry out the law, nt the same time in
forming all the parties interested of
his action. It, is understood that Hec
retary Root acted in this matter on
representations made by Senator Cock
rell.
It is further stated that tho notion of
the department is in line with Presi
dent McKinley’s policy of giving the
same care and attention to the graves
of the Confederate dead as is given to
those who fell on the Union side. In
a telegram to (he quartermaster gen
eral, Mrs. N. V. Randolph, of Rich
mond, Va., protested against the pro
posed action in the name of the “wo
men of Virginia,” and added: “We
have no right to place our dead against
the protest of tho G. A. It.”
In reference to this it is said that no
protest has been made by the G. A. R.
BIG SHOW OPENS.
Pan-American Exposition Starts
Off Without Formal
Ceremony.
The gates of the Pan-American Im
position at Buffalo, N. Y., were thrown
open Wednesday morning according to
program, and notwithstanding it Imd
rained all night and the weather con
ditions were threatening, large crowds
were in evidence.
At 8:30 a. in. the turnstiles clicked
and the first of the millions of people
who will visit the bountiful Rainbow
City during the six months of its ex
istence passed into the grounds.
No ceremonies marked the opening
of the gates, it, having been decided
by the management to combine the
opening day ceremonies with those of
May 20.
William Hamlin was permitted by
agreement to purchase the first ticket,
he having offered some some ago to
pay $5,000 for the privilege.
At noon the government building
was thrown open aud General Brig
ham, chairnv.n of the government
board, made a brief address.
The following message conveying
the congratulations of President -Mc-
Kinley was read:
Memphis, Tknn., May I.—The presi
dent directs me to convey his con
gratulations to the citizens of Buffalo
upon the auspicious opening of the
Pan-American exposition, so rich in
blossom and ripe in expectation. May
the hopes and ambitions of its promo
ters be realized to the fnllest measure.
“Gbokok B. Co KTKLYor,
“Secretary to the President.”
Simultaneously with the opening of
the exposition gate*, a number of
pigeons were released. Thirty-five went
to Oil City, twenty five to Cleveland
and five each to Toledo and Pittsburg.
Attached to their legs was this mes
sage:
“ The people of all the Americas:—
This message of greeting, borne to you
by carrier pigeons, announces the
opening of the Pan-American exposi
tion and extends to every one an in
vitation to participate in the pleasure
and benefits of thin six months’ festi
val. WII.r.IAM I. lIcHHAKAX,
“Director General.”
CHINA CANNOT l*\Y.
Resources of Celestial Kingdom t
Not Adequate to Settle
Enormous Claims.
A cable dispatch from Pekin says: j
At ;i mooting of tho ministers Wed
Tiosday the report, of the indemnity
committee was road. Regarding the
resources of China tho report was very
voluminous. It was practically a re
petition of Jameson’s well-known
pamphlet upon tho subject. Sir Rob
ert Hurt offered suggestions similar to
those already credited to him. It is
claimed tlmt the revenues from all
available sources will not allow- China
to pay the indemnity unless assistance
is rendered.
Tho subject of Count von Walder
soo’s letter will be takeu up at the
next meeting and a reply to it will be
drafted. Tho ministers personally
object to the tone of the letter. They
claim that they know what they want
w ithout being told. They particular
ly object to any of tho legation guards
being under any authority except that
of tho ministers themselves.
A Washington dispatch says: Tho
German and French ambassadors and
Mr. llogestvcusky, for tho Russian
ambassador, wore among Thursday’s
callers on Mr. Hill, acting secretary of
state. The discussion was almost en
tirely on Chinese affairs, tho press
dispatches as to an agreement on
8273,000,000 indemnity and on a
change of custom duties having ex
citod considerable interest in official
aud diplomatic circles.
None of tho callers were able to con
firm the report, but tho opinion was
general that an agreement on indem
nity has been reached. The prevailing
I view was that 8273,000,000 represent
I nd a compromise between the mini
mum amount urged by tho United
States and tho maximum urged by the
other powers. The original total of
claims amounted to a half billion dol
lars, so that, the present total repre
sents v. scaling down of about 10 per
cent. At this rate the claim of the
United States, which originally wus
about 825,000,000, would bo cut to
| about 818,000,000.
j It is believed in Washington that
the bitch wliiah is said to have arisen
at I‘ekin over tho proposition to in-
I crease the Chinese custom duties to
; meet the indemnities demanded by the
| foreign powers is caused by the
broaching by Mr. Roekhill of his plan
lor the abolition of the Likin duties
as a condition for bis acquieceuce in
the customs increase. Tho United
| States government lias in the past ad
' milted a readiness to permit the Chi
nese to increase the custom rates pro
viding there was no discrimination
between the powers. Minister Wll
says that the present 5 per cent is to
tally inadequate to provide a sinking
fund for a new loan.
ROASI FOR M’LAURIN.
Bryan scores South Carolina Senator
For “Political Flop.”
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb.,says:
In n statement made Thursday W. J.
I Bryan takes Senator McLaurin, of
' South Caarolimi, to task for what he
1 declares is his “political flop.” At the
Mime time Mr. Bryan admits Senator
McLaurin’a action marks the begin
ning of a movement in thesonth which
will have an influence upon tho poll
, ti<-s of the nation. He say*:
“It is not. likely that Mr. McLaurin
will lie the leader of the movement fie
cause he is handicapped by the fact
that he is using his official position to
misrepresent the views a id interests
of his constituents; lint some leader
will arise to give direction and force to
tho aristocratic aud plutocratic ele
ment for which Mr. McLaurin speaks.
There is such tin element in eviry
community, and now that the race
question no longer unifies the w hite
people of the southern states it will
doubtless manifest itself.
“.Senator Tillman bas already taken
up the gage of battle thrown down by
Senator McLaurin and will doubtless
fie aide to marshal a considerable ma
jority in that state; but the same in
fluences are at, work in other states
where there is greater danger of sue
cess.
“The democratic sentiment is strong
enough to resist and overcome the Me
Laurin movement, hut those who be
lieve that the man ia more important
that the dollar will have to bestir
themselves. ”
SEVEN DIE IN FLAGES.
Fireman Prevented From Saving Vic
tims By Freight Train.
Seven persons were burned to death,
three fatally injured aud several others
slightly burned und otherwise injured
in a fire that destroyed a three-story
apartment building at 51316 Marquette
avenue, South Chicago, early Sunday
morning.
While the occupants of the burning
building were struggling to save them
selves, the firemen, who were respond
ing to the alarm, were vainly waiting
for a freight train which blocked the
way of the fire engines to move away
from the crossing and give an open
road to the fire.
EXPRESS ROBBERS
GET SEVEN YEARS
Justice Was Swift InChes
nut and Jordan Case.
PLHA 01 ttUILTY CXPEDITIYR
After Imposing Sentence, Judg®
Clave Culprits clootl Advice.
Chesnut Penitent.
At Miicoii, Ha., Wednesday, O. W.
Chestnut and G. It. Jordan were e«n
tenced to the penitentiary lor sen-**
ycara each for robbing Express Mes
senger J. N. While on April ‘jtlth.
Sentence waa paaaed on tliejn at
12. to o’clock by Judge Felton in the
superior court room.
The diaponeation of justice in lb'*
ease lias boon the ipiickesl In the an*
uala of the Bonthern 'Express Com
pany.
At 10:80o’clock Chestnut and Jordan
wore arraigned in tho recorder’s conrt
under sections 101 and 152 of the cm*'
I inal code, which read n» follows:
"Section 151. Uobbery i*' (lie wrong
| ful, franilulent and violent taking <<#
I money, goods or chattels from the por
! aoii of another by force or nilimida
! tion, without the conaentof the owner.
"Section 152. RobWery l>y tope*
forces or violence aball be puniahed I j
impriaenment and labor in the peniten
tiary for not leas than four years ioar
longer than twenty yearn,”
In the laws of Georgia there is n*
aiuib offense known ns train robbery,
an the defendants woro charged with
robbery hy force.
Roth Chestnut and Jordan pleadeil
guilty and Recorder l-’reenian con
milted ihem to the superior conrt un
der bond of 81,000 each. The-hear
ing of the case iu the recorder’s count
did not consume over ten minutes,
I Tho matter waa then carried iinms
] dintely before the grand jury, wlm h
was in session, and ilio defendant*
wore indicted in n very few piipntm.
They sail) they were guilty am) Hup
were arraigned before Judge Felton,
who was engaged in hearing the civil
docket, Chestnut and . Jordan were
arraigned, pleaded guilty and cm tl
waa sentenced for seven years in Ihe
penitentiary. Chestnut appear* d
deeply affected throughout ihe entire
proceedings, and frequently wi|<4
tears from lua eyes. Jordan was nt>-
sointoly indifferent and smiled win 0
sentence waa paaaed upon him. be
fore passing sentence Judge Polio#
asked the men if they had anything W>
suy.
Chestnut arose and, with much emo
tion, stated in effect that this was no
lirst time he had ever been arrest* •)
and was the tirst offense he had ev*»
committed, lie safd his life lind tine
honorable until the commission of thf
1 ruin robbery. That ho had served '•<
ycara faithfully aa a policeman and ser
geant on the force at Jacksonville,Fla ,
commencing iu IK9I, and resigned i*
lua own accord to accept a belter pay
ing position in the railroad servo u,
being an engineer by profession, ami
volnntarity left the railroail.
He only commenced di inking al ■ >it
a year nr ao ago, mid then on account
of domestic troubles. He declared
that if he bad not been drunk he
would not have committed the < xptrss
! robbery. Obestnnt expr ssed giend
regret for having done the crime, hm!
said if he came out of the penitentiary
alive lie would never do another crim
inal act. Chestnut said he is thirty
ycara and was been in Vortli Carolina,
He threw himself on tho mercy of the
court and asked leniency. Chestn .t if
manner of ranking Ins statement arous
ed considerable sympathy for lor#
among the large min.tier of spectator#
In the courthouse.
In passing sentence Judge Filh a
-aid that the term of punishment
fixed by law for Hiis offense wa- b i
1 not leaa than four years nor long* I
than twenty years. He said be won <1
' give them seven years each, which A
leas than half of the extreme limit d
the law. He took into considers'x-'S
their plea of guilty lie declared ih -t
seven yeais was really a long pern -1
of time. He advised that when iloy
get out al the penitentiary they^let■■#
( liquor ulone if it made them cornu t
Hindi acts as the one for which liny
are to suffer punishment.
ROBBER JORDAN CONFESSES.
two rien Who Looted Express Cir
Have Hotli Admitted Uuitt.
Detective Amerson reached Macon,
(In., Tuesday morning with R.
Jordan, who was arrest* d in Atlanta
Monday night charged with being the
confederate of O. W, Chestnut in ti o
robbery of Express Messenger White.
Jordan was taken direct to the i ffb e
, of the chief of police, who had » long
talk with Jordan, during which the
prisoner made a full confession of hi#
part in the robbery, but placed all the
blame on Chestnut. His recital of tl.#
' details of tlie robbery coincided ex
! actly witli tl e confoseio J of Chestnut.
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