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0H1BITION j
CANDIDATE |
r.ci $ National Convention is
" Swallow, cl Pennsylvania. . „ i
PLACE :
PPOLl FOR THE
iti'orffl is Broad and Touches Upon
Various Subjects Outside the
Liquor Question.
W Swallow, of Harrisburg,
!ib s by acclamation for !
I * as b ominated
ident by . t ] ie prohibition conven
«
B ', t Indianapolis Thursday. General Miles
it the last moment j
Lraphed John G. Woolley asking I
his name be not presented.
t Carroll, of Texas, was i
Mre w.
inated for vice president. I
platform was adopted without
Tie long deadlock in the
nment after a
:olUt!Qn s committee. It was <le
Lj 1 by I. H. committee, Amos, of Oregon, the broad- see
of the as
lary placed before the
platform ever
Ie by the party. In addition to
pie tho liquor question, it de
^ [re? plank on to be in favor of inter
the party law
tional arbitration, a suffrage
on mental and moral qualiflca
ins, uniform laws of the count i> and
pendencies, popular election of sen
irs, civil service extension, and the
Native and referendum. 1
The trust questipn was recognized j
■ demand for a rigid application of
e principles and justice to all or- -
nizations of capital and labor,
A reform of divorce laws is demand
ant! polygamy denounced.
Over sixteen thousand dollars was
i s ed by subscription, pledged from with j
e floor of the convention, which
the treasury, will be the tut
ms of the campaign fund. National
[airman Stewart and National Sec- j
Lary Tate were re-elected.
I
Swallow May Decline.
Thursday evening, in response to a
ngratulatory telegram, Dr. Swallow |
nt the following to Chairman Stew-
“Harrisburg, Pa., June 30.—Hon. ;
liver W. Stewart, prohibitionist Na
Convention, Indianapolis.—If
referred to in your dispatch ini- i
duties requiring my absence from j
while I highly appreciate any
or duty the grandest party of j
age can give me, yet unless Mrs. j
health greatly improves, I
be compelled to decline.
“S. C. SWALLOW.”
CHAMPION BICYCLIST BADLY HURT.
tbiie Racing in Atlanta “3obby 11 WaS
thour Ncf/owly Escapes Being Killed.
During a bicycle race in Atlanta
Tmrsday night “Bobby” Walthour,
be champion pace follower of the
orld, was the victim of a most se- i
sous accident.
Whithorn- had darted to the front in ^
It was a bat- i
Huffman pacing Munroe, saw that the j
Mlantan would gain the lap, and to ’
tave him off rushed to the very top
■ the track. There was a hare foot
the flying Tennessee rider
8n d his motorman and the top track.
8ee ing that there was no earthly :
fiance to squeez ehimself through
rs opening, Lawson, Walthour’s pace j
® a ^ er . slackened his speed a little j
aat * Walthour, unable to stop and not
e -pecting the move, plunged into his
|dotor Ji'own and into the next moment. was
the stand.
and fingers of right hand bauly
bruised and torn, both hips and legs
hrui-s^d and cut, in several places,
^b.’le abdomen. one large wound was made over
EIGHT MORE GEORGIA COUNTIES.
f) "■Dsent Number if Legis
to Be Increased
lative Enactment Goes Through
Eight ^ new counties may be estab
^hed 5 wendment in Georgia, if the constitutional
bill passed by the house
Of representatives gets safely through.
ffue bill provides for a paragraph in
!J state constitution to read as fob
lows
‘ here shall not be more than one
I f Hundred and forty-five counties in this
3t ate.”
The amendment, of course, strikes
; )j ‘ the present paragraph the sub
on
to limiting the number of counties
137,
imoRTAmpEdsioN
Rendered by Judge Speer Which Affects
Recorder's Courts--Appeal to
Be Made.
At Macon, Ga., Tuesday morning,
Judge Emery Speer, of the federal
court, delivered his decision regarding
the habeas corpus proceedings instil
ed by Henry Jamison, colored, who
was sentenced to serve seven mouths
upon the county chaingang at hard
labor. In his decision Judge Speer or
dered the negro to be liberated on ac
count of the evidence which was sub
mitted showing that the negro had
been sentenced, in the opinion of the
court, without due process of law, and
that he had been deprived of his lib
erty unlawfully.
The decision is wide sweeping in ns
version, and declares that Jamison
had no opportunity whatever to se
cure a fair trial, according to the
methods used at his hearing before
the recorder of the police court in
Macon.
The decision of Judge Speer is held l
by lawyers to involve tho authority of
municipal courts all ever the country
to sentence violators cf municipal or
dinances to local chain-gangs. This
power is denied in the opinion render
ed by Judge Speer.
The question immediately at issue
was whether cr not the recorder at
Macon could, without criminal plead
ing or trial by jury, convict a man
twice for a minor violation of a muni
cipal ordinance and sentence him to
seven months of hard labor in the
Bibb county chaingang. The punish
ment would thus be inflicted in a
branch of the state penitentiary, The
opinion denies the right of any police
magistrate of any municipality to sen
fence men, women and children to
.the chaingang for the commission of
such trivial offenses as come within
his jurisdiction,
It is understood that the city will
from the decision and fight the
matter to the supreme court of the
United Slates.
Henry Jamison is an aged and re
spectable negro of Macon, who was ar
rested on a charge of disorderly con
duct, and while in the police barracks
under arrest had a s-scond charge of
disorderly conduct entered against
him The aggregate fine imposed for
both cases was $60 or, as an alterna
tive, seven months in the chaingang.
In reviewing the case, and before
discharging the petitioner, Judge
Speer remarked;
“The material averments of the pe
tition are that the petitioner was ar
raigned in the recorder’s court, with
out any indictment, accusation or
written charge of any kind having
been preferred against him and with
out. any form or semblance of a ju'di
cial trial, he was sentenced to pay a
fine which he was wholly unable to
pay, and then to serve a .term of two
hundred and ten days on the county
chaingang of Bibb county. The peti
tion further avers that the trial, sen
tence and commitment were illegal
and void, and that he was thereby de
prived of his liberty and subjected to
infamous punishment without due
process of law. Copies of what pur
guilt or innocence by the recorder, no
finding of fact, ft is a sentence and
GRFAT RUSH FOR FREE LANDS.
*
^a S t opening of Public Domain by the Gov
ernment is Made in Nebraska.
^ special from Omaha says: Nine
millions of acres of government land
j n Nebraska were opened for home
stead entry Tuesday under the pro
visions of the Kinkaid law, which per
m it.s homesteaders to file on 640 acres
0 f i am l. The land is known as semi
arM an( ] j S mostly adapted to grazing.
It is the last great opening of gov
The greatest excitement was at
Broken Bow, in Custer county, where
ov er 2,000,000 acres of the best land
included in the provisions of the law
are to be thrown open.
HELEN G-TS HER DIPLOMA.
wonderful Deaf, Dumb and Blind Young
Woman Given College Degree.
^ dispatch from Cambridge , Mass.,
j S; Helen Kellar, the wonderful
aa y blind student at Rad- ^
j dea f > ( ] um l> and from lus
cliffG college, who comes
| cum bia, Ala., received her diploma
j Wednesday with the honoi un *
1 L»ude. nsational hush that
I There was a se
£ the great audience when
came ove r irl led
remarkable southern J3 i r was
this diploma, and tho ,
f orW ard to take her
i that broke out a moment
a p P a use
1 later was 5 tremendous.
JAPS MENACING
PORT ARTHUR
Forts on Three Hills Are Cleared
of Russians.
A STUBBORN RESISTANCE
Conflict Listed a Whole Day--Rus
sian Submarine Boat Sinks and
Twenty-One are Drowned.
A special of Thursday from Tokio
states that in fierce fighting which
took place at the rear of Port Ar
thur, Sunday, June 2G, the attack was
eimultaneous by the Japanese troops
on three hills which were strongly
fortified.
After an overwhelming bombard
ment the mikado’s men advanced and
drove out the Russians.
Fort So-Cho-Shan, it is added, was
first captured and the other torts fell
soon afterward. The Russians re
treated west, leaving forty dead or
wounded.
The Tokio correspondent of The
London Daily Telegraph says that se
vere fighting took place at Kin Sbau
on June 25, which resulted in the cap
ture of that place on ihe morning of
tho 2 cth.
The Tokio correspondent of The
London Morning Post says that the
Japanese second army has effected a
junction with the first army and that
the whole force now has a flghtin
front of 120 miles.
Twenty-One Russians Drowned.
The submarine boat Delfin sank at.
her moorings in the Neva, off the Bal- j
tic shipbuilding yard, Wednesday
morning, with the loss of an officer
and twenty men. I
The accident was mie partly to the
excessive number of the crew, mostly I j
inexperienced men, and chiefly to the
unfortunate attempt of a man to es
cape while his comrades were screw
ing down the manhole.
The Delfin’s nominal capacity is ten
men, instead of which thirty-two en
tered the boat, bringing her man
hole in dangerous proximity to the
river level.
Just then a tug passed, sending a
heavy wash against the boat. the As subma- soon j
as the water splashed into
rine boat’s interior -. created a panic
among the novices and one of them
tried to get out of the manhole, which |
me older hands were screwing down ’
preparatory to the descent, the sub
merging compartment having already
opened. The water rushed in and with
e manhole open, the subfnerged ves
sel sank like a stone.
The officers and some of the men
were saved by being blown up through
the manhole by the rush of escaping
air. Tbe Delfin shortly afterwards
was vaised.
MINISTER GETS HEAVY COURT FINE.
Mulcted in Sum of $250 for Aggravated
Assault on a Brother Preacher.
^At Jacksonville, Fla., Rev. J. B. Hol
ly, a prominent Baptist divine of the
state and one of the editors of the
Southern Baptist, and Baptist W it
ness, was fined $250 in the criminal
court- He was charged with assaulting
Rev. w. A. Hobson, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Jacksonville,
and also an editor of the same pa
per. charged, struck the
Rev. Holly, it is
Jacksonville divine in the face about
ten times and bruised him severely.
The trouble is said to have arose
from a dispute as to the management
of the Southern Baptist Witness, The
paper in question is the creature of
John B. Stetson and Rev. Holly is his
personal representative in the busi
ness.
Fell Down on Physical Fxominaiion.
Out of twenty-five youths who had
passed their mental examination for
admission into the naval academy and
were examined physically at Annapo
lis Wednesday, only eleven were suc
cessful.
BOGUS “ELIJAH” BACK IN ZION.
I Bowie, the Sprinter, Again With lbs flock,
After Encircling the Globa.
After a trip that encircled the earth,
John Alexander "Bowie arrived in Chi
eago Thursday.
When the train pulled m a e
LaSalle street station, howeier, m^e
were no cheering followers to mee
him. He had sent word ahead that he
wo aid not soil his feet with the dust
of Chicago. H- e remained in his pri
vate car while it was being attac le
to a train scheduled to leave for the
“Dciwieite Settlement, ’ Zion Cit>, Ids.
COMBAT WAS TERRIFIC.
Great Battle Was That Fought at Fen
Sbui Pass--Front and Flank
Attacked by Japs.
a special sent'out from Tokio says;
reports of the capture of Feu
ghui Pass on June 27 show that the
were driven from an exceed
ingiy strong position dominating the
Shi-Mucheng road. In this engage
meat the Russian losses were again
heavier than those of the Japanese,
The Japanee outmaneuven/i the Rus
siaus by working around the enemy’s
right flank and attacking him in the
rear.
The Japanese advanced in three col
umns. One was assigned to deliver a
frontal attack and the others to strike
the enemy on the flanks. The column
whiph advanced upon the Russian
right flank fought a separate action.
It encountered three battalions of in
fantry, six guns and two machine guns
on Sunday morning. This engagement
lasted until sunset of Sunday, At this
hour the Japanese bivouacked and re
newed the assault at midnight, when
they succeeded in defeating the Rus
sians.
On Monday morning, the 27th, the
Russians were reinforced^ with three
battalions and sixteen guns, They as
saulted the Japanese viciously and en
deavored to retake the position they
had lost.
They were repulsed arid the Japan
ese flankers worked’their way to the
rear of the main Russian position at
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PROHIS IN CONVENTION.
Party's Delegates Meet in Indianapolis j
to N:me National Ticket tor
Coming Campaign.
Tho tenth national prohibition con- i
vention opened at Indianapolis Wed
nesdav morning with four thousand
delegates, alternates and visitors
present. Tomlinson hall was profus
ly decorated with the national colors.
On ihe platform hung pictures of
Abraham Lincoln, Clinton B. Fiske
and Francis Willard. j
The convention was called to order
by National Chairman Stewart, ;
Chicago, who said the convention just j
assembled was the only one that had j
a real i^sue to present to the Ameri
can people. j
Mr. Stewart introduced Homer L.
Castle, of Pittsburg, temporary chair- i
man of the convention,
Following Mr. Castle’s address, W.
G. Calderwood, of Minneapolis, took
charge of the records as temporary
secretary, and the committees select
ed at the state meetings and the
names of the new national commit
tee w r ere read and adopted.
Free admission was offered, and a j i
recess taken until 2 o'clock.
The committee on permanent organ- I
ization held a brief meeting, and se- j j
lected A. G. Wolfenberger, of Lincoln, j
Neb., for permanent chairman, and
W. G. Calderwood, of Minneapolis, for
permanent secretary.
i The report of the committee on ere
j dentials was followed by the report of
! the committee on permanent organiza- j
tion, both of which were adopted.
INVESTIGAIORS SEVERELY CRITICISED.
Committee of Georgia Solons Charged
With Irregularities in I heir Work.
Georgia capitol officials, who were
criticized by the report of the legis
lative committee and some members
of the legislature are doing a little
criticizing in retaliation.
The committee in its report point
ed out every irregularity that could
be found in every department of the
state, but it did not say anything about
the extra expert accountant employed
by the committee nor the stenogra
pher it employed.
There are many legislators an< * i
state house officers who contend that |
the committee violated the law when
the extra men were employed and one
member of the house went so far as to
state that he would fight any measure
to pay for the extra help.
The resolution creating the commit
tee and outlining the work did not ap
propriate money for the work of the
committee further than four dol- j
lars per day for each member. The
stated that the committee !
should employ only one expert ac
countant or bookkeeper, The commit- .
tee employed an assistant bookkeeper,
contrary to the law, and a stenogra
pher besides. The committee states in
its report that two accountants and
one stenographer was employed. The
report does not mention that only one
accountant and no stenographer was j
allowed the committee.
Another question that the legist a
tors are inquiring about and which
some of the capitol officials who were
criticised by the committee think
should be looked into was the pay
ment on the part of the governor of
about $600 to one of the expert ac
countants of the committee. The com
mittee does not mention in its report
that this was done. Governor Terrell
when seen about the matter Wednes
day, said;
“Yes, I paid about $600 to one of the
expert accountants on approval of the
committee. There was no specific law
for the payment, but T took the money
out of my contingent fund upon the
a fc* nrr eement that when the legislature
met the committee would secure an
appropriation and pay back the money.
I had the authority, I am sure, to draw
the money out, but there was no spe
cial law authorizing me to do so.”
The committee made no mention of
that transaction, but laid particular
stress on the fact that the state house
officers were too lax in raising saia
ries without authority.
The official stenographer of the com
mittee was employed at a fixed salary
of $5 per day for taking testimony
and $5 per day for writing it out. Tlv.
stenographer, Mr. W. F. Blue, is m
Mr. Hall's office in Macon. The as
| sistant expert account, J. T. Duncan,
Jr., was the nephew of Senator J. T.
Duncan ,a member of the commit
tee. Mr. Hall was chairman of the
committee.
The expert accountants were paid
ten and five dollars a dr-’ each, so it
c ] a j mG( j Dy some. No mention of
pay is made in the report to the
hougg. it is charged by some of the
i capitol officials that the accountants
were ar0 und the capitol several days
, do j n g no v ,n 0r L ) waiting on instructions
f rom the committee. At the same time
they claim the accountants were
i ,j raw j n their pay.
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pass, This attack occurred
3 o’clock in the morning.
In the meantime, the Japanese col
which had been assigned to make
frontal attack, met and routed tea
infantry and cavalry posted
Wenchnpantsu. This happened
Sunday, the 26th.
At dawn on Monday*.' the Japanese
renewed the attack. The fighting this
day was opene d with artillery. The
Russians poured a deadly artillery fire,
upon the attackers, and the Japanese
artillery secured a new position and
delivered a heavy cross-fire upon the
Russian lines of defence. While this
was proceeding, the Japanese infantry
and engineers cleared the obstructions
from tho R USS j an re ar and closed in
on the enemy. The Russians broke
and fled at 11:30 Monday morning.
The Japanese gamed and retained
possession of the heights. The Rus
sians left ninety dead uehind them on
the heights. This number of dead does
not include those found in the valleys.
The Japanese lost 270 men killed or
wounded in the flanking and front a!
attlcl ^.
The RussIan troops, who defended
Fen-Shui pass, consisted of eleven bat
talions of infantry, seventeen squad
rons of cavalry and three battalions of
artillery. The enemy had spent three
months in fortifying Fen-Shui pass.
The barracks and other buildings cap
tured by the Japanese had not been
destroyed. But before retreating the
Russians burned their warehouses at.
Shan-Tasu. The Russians retreated in
disorder toward Shi-Mucheng.
The Japanese captured eighty-eight
prisoners.
AGED MAN KILLS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
Quarrel Over Cabbage in Garden Leads to
Fatal Domestic Traaedv.
At Fayetteville, Ga., Thursday Steve
Renfroe, a man 79 years of age, shot
his daughter-in-law through the head
with a pistol, killing her instantly.
The bullet did its work in a remarka
bly quick space of time, as it entered
the brain and passed almost entirely
through the woman’s head. She fell
where she stood and death resulted
before aid could be summoned. The
trouble is said to have originated over
a cabbage patch which the parties to
the tragedy are said to have been
usin 8 in common. The exact details
of this part of the affair are not given
! out but it is thought that there was
j a misunderstanding as to which should
| have the use of certain of the vegeta
bles contained in the little garden, and
from this the dispute verged into an
: acrimonious -wrangle that led to the
: killing.
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| RUSSIANS KNOCKED OUT AGAIN.
j
Takushao Division of Mikado Defeats Five
Battalions of Muscovites.
A special from Tokio, Japan,, says:
After a hot fight, -tfhich lasted for six
hours June .27 the Takushan division
of the Japanese army completely de
feated five battalions of Russian in
fantry, which supported by two regi
ments of cavalry and sixteen guns,
occupied Fenshtiling, 27 miles north
west of Sluyen.
The Russians finally fell back in
the direction of Shi-Mu-Cheng. The
Japanese casualties aggregated about
i one hundred killed and wounded.