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ITHER SIDE WILL YIELD ;er5 and Striking Employes gemain Obstinate. re if epence FRUITLESS Gitioa Counter-Propositions Considered and Turned Dow a r2 ' ^th Promptness. elation: • for peace in the slock | gi practically at a , Chicago were ; s and the j ijndstib Friday night I hi continue until one side or 1 e w: I other abates something ot the« piesent time, ! made up to the th sictes a! e anxious for a peace- ; settlement. but the stumbling a final adjustment is that i k '0 the : side is prepared to allow j per arbitra to dictate the basis ot ; r i L packers Friday afternoon con red jjc. Donnelly's reply to their i sitiou of Thursday night, but it j red ; ' nsatisfaetory and the union | - notified that it would be j ssible t0 reach an agreement; the lines suggested to by Mr. Mr. Donne!-! Eon j v (tt their answer be packers declared themselves j ) ns ro arbitrate, but stipulated i the arbitration should include the re scope of the strike and not be j Sect ‘ to the restrictions or limit a- 15 of any kind. his communication of the packers ; identical with the one sent previ ly by them to Donnelly and to cb Ids counter-proposition of Frl- i is a reply. j ■ [r. Dcnnelly’s latest proposition to packers was as follows: ; 11 grievances to be submitted to ration; all strikers to be re instar- j in a body; men employed by the j since the strike may be main led f use can be found for them; i the temporary wage scale to be j | in effect previously to May 28. Is means that unskilled labor is to [paid pending the decision of the ItraDrs 18 1-2 cents instead of la 17 1-3 cents, the prices paid since p 23. 'he following is the reply of the to the proposition of Mr. Don By: 111 grievances to be submitted to yed as rapidly as places can be j nd for them; preference to be giv- ; ihe strikers in the order of their plications for work; all men now work to be retained and the tern ary |h wages to be in accordance the schedule in effect at the time the strike. fhe allied trade unions at the less ck yards are becoming restless,and j I a settlement is reached in the ir future they may decide to stop ; fit in sympathy with the men al dy out. The members of the allied its at the yards in Chicago num- ! ’ U.OOO or 15,000, and a majority j them belong to a union. ARKER INDORSED BY GENERAL M5LES. nsr Head of Army Hopes Saqe ni Esopus Will Win Victory. ludge Parker received a letter Pri J' from General Nelson A. Miles, ft entire letter is in General Miles’ ™ handwriting and in part is as fol fvs: P is fortunate that the democratic by has given to the country a can date for president in whom - that eat council of representative men ive every confidence, and we have e best of reasons for beliving that at confidence will be confirmed by e intelligent patriotic people of the * believe you will be elected and r «by have an opportunity of ren ln S our country a service ot' im durable value that will redound to !e honor of the democratic party and ^ 0r Y of the republic. ^ have the honor to remain very my, NELSON A. MILES." bfOlDBURST IN THE PHILIPPINES. lw a.Np ar M an jj Swept Away bv flood a and Two Hundred Fives Tost. clourffinnT over the hills north isf of Manila caused flood which is a destroyed San Juan del Monte, ''o hundred lives lost. were ted. low-lying district was i nun The homes of the Americans foreign ers are isolated, Trans station through the strets is car led °“ in boats only. ^ ^° r twenty-seven hours, to :! i-*> inches. This is unprece j " >!i Gornmunication interi 'upted. The with damage outside to is estimated at $2,000,000. AFFECTS ONLY ONE ROAD. The Georgia House of Representatives Passes Bill Requiring Railways to Secure State Charter. In the Georgia house of represenia Wednesday, after a warm debate which was participated ir by several ' the ablest speak rs in the house, a requiring that all railroad com- | panics which enjoy the privilege of j doing business in Georgia, and of oeeu pytng its roads and streets, shall se- j a Georgia charter. was passed by j vote of 9? to 29 and ordered iuime- ! diately transmitted to the senate. It is said that this bill, while gen- i eral in its terms, is aimed primarily j it the Southern railway, as that is i claimed to be the only railroad system in the state which comes within the provision of the bill as it. is drawn. Should the bill become a law the effect of it would be to require the Southern to take out a state charter, unless the i measure should be declared uncousti tutional by the courts. "All that this bill requires,” said Mr. Mall, its author, in addressing the house, “is that those railroad corpora tious which exercise the right of emi nent domain, which enjoy the valuaole franchi S 1 of this stale, shall become citizens of Georgia and abide by its paws." Mr. Hall claimed there was no right or justice in a great railway corpora tion being incorporated in a foreign state and enjoying the valuable privi leges granted by Georgia, without con forming to its laws and statutes, A great principle is involved, he dared. "This great corporation,” said Mr. Hail, referring to the Southern rail way, "controlled by Wall street pow er tan make or unmake any man or community in the state of Georgia.” "One man in Wall street can touch a bell and destroy any citizen or com munity in the state of Georgia. “Have the people of Georgia lost all their rights? Shall we remain a de pendent of Wall street?” Mr. Hall ask }n conclusion. y[ r . Platon, of Fulton, made the only speech in opposition to the bill. Mr. Staton sai( * ^e con ®idered there was an existing evil to be remedied, but he -was sure it could not be done through the bill of the gentleman from Bibb. The United States supreme CO urt, he said, had passed on the ques tion involved and had held that such measures were unconstitutional. ' The bin W3 s retroactive. Mr. Slaton said. ( 0 apply to a railroad that has been here fourteen years, The remedy, Mr. Slaton declared, was in application to the interstate commerce commission or the national congress. Mr. Slaton declared that no burdens were imposed on the people of the state by the Southern that are not im posed by other roads. Within the state the power of the railroad commission to remedy evils complained of i* full and explicit. But when it comes to a shipment from outsjde the state it be comes a national question, and tli8 legislature cannot 'deal with it. The decision of the United States supreme court referred to by Mr. Sla ton was in a case brought against a similar law passed by the legislature of North Carolina. ' EMBEZZLER VOLUNTARILY RETURNS. Absconding Louisiana Postmaster Brought j Back from Canada by an Inspector. United States Postoffice Inspector Anderson reached New Orleans Thurs day with Horace S. Feree, the de faulting postmaster of Jennings, La., whom he arrested some days ago in Montreal. When the postoffice department dis covered that Feree was a fugitive from Jennings, Anderson was put on the case He found Feree had registered in New Orleans under an assumed name with a woman represented as his v, Ife. He got away before he could be arrested. Anderson traced pair t.o Cincinnati, thence to Chicago, thence to Toronto and finally to Mon ! trea j StRVIYOfiS OF ILL-FATED NORGE. Twenty-Seven People Saved from Ship wreck are Landed Safely at Boston. On board the Cunard steamer Saxo : which arrived at her dock in east nia, Liverpool Thursday Boston from noon were twenty-seven persons Scandiuavian-Amerit . were on the line steamer Norge, wrecked off the north coast of Scotland white a voyage irom Copenhagen to York. ! their big guns —Japs are using around Port Arthur and a climax i expected. j daily W* i F4 "H4 l "H i 444 ,, H , 4 , H ,, H , , F , H*H"F * * GEORGIA NEWS * + Epitomized Items of Interest i Gathered at Random. I j Horticulturists to Meet. ! ! Tiie Georgia rUate Horticultural £j- * ciety will ho! i its twenty-eighth an ’ uuai session at Tallulah Falls begin niug August 3. and continuing throug.t j the 5th. A*n exhibit of traits. vegeia- j hies and plants will be held in the auditorium of the Tallulah Lodge. > ♦ Atlanta Wants Mare Ward3- | Eleven wards for Atlanta, instead j of the present seven, will be favored \ by a majority of* the redistricting com mittee of the general council. The | matter, however, is not fully settled. | Another meeting will be held for the j purpose of hearing i'rom both citi- j zens and members of council who are interest d in the changes in the ward lines of the city. * * * Druggists on War Path. The Savannah druggists are up in : arms igainst the bill introduced m | the legislature to make all druggists selling patent medicines containing al cohol take out a special license. They have laid their wives to compass the defeat of the measure. They say al most every patent medicine would be ! taken off their shelves, as they could j not afford to take out licenses. * * * To Connect Athens and Jefferson. There is a story abroad in Baldwin, Macon j to the effect that George J. of Savannah, has arranged to build nineteen miles of railroad to connect Jefferson with Athens, so as to give direct railroad connection between the pyrites mines around Dahlonega and the seayo! ■ts. It is said that the Central has re- j j cently come into control of the Gaines ville, Jefferson and Southern. ! * * Csnvict Guards Discharged. Seven convict guards at the state prison farm at Milledgeville have been discharged by Warden Roberta for al lowing seven prisoners to escape sev eral days ago. The prisoners got away just after the mutiny which occurred, and upon investigation it is said that the warden fastened the responsibility upon the guards- who were in charge at the fine, New guards have been employ#! by Warden Roberts and no further trouble is expected. * « * Sullivan and Barrow to Appeal. At Americus Judge Littlejohn, in ! the superior court, overruled motions for new i rials in the ca-ses of Thomas Sullivan and Dr. George Washington Barrow, convicted recently of assault with intent to murder a young lady employed by Sullivan, and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary eacti. Sullivan is out op $4,000 bond, while Dr. Barrow, the physician in the case, has been in jail six weeks unable to give bond. The cases will be appealed to the supreme court. Watermelon Market Collapses. The watermelon market in Valdosta went to smash the past, week and since that time there has been no de mand in any of the large cities of the country. The market dropped in one day from $65 a car to less than $25, a number of cars having been refused within ihe last day ot two at the latter price, As the season is far advanced, it is not, expected that there i will be any materia! rally in the mar ket. * * Rewards Offered for Murderers. Governor Terrell has recently of fered five rewards of $100 each for as many men who are wanted in va rious counties in the state for mutdet. The parties wanted are as follows: Henry Bishop, of Upson county,who is charged with the murder of Ap Daniel in 1891. An unknown person who murdetefl Buck McCulloch in Harris county, on July 9. 1904. George Owns, of Pike county, who is charged with having murdered Cap Brown, on July 3. 1904. Thomas Waites, of Putnam county, who is charged with having murdered 3 J. J. Wigley, June 28, 1904. ' * * * Broughton-Wcstbrook Affair. Highly sensational are the charges on w hich Chief of Police ft. N. West brook will be tried before the board of police commissioners ar, Albany. The trial will occur at a date to be designated as soon as the assurance , attendance of all the commission can be had. The charges have been placed hi the hands of Mayor Lippi,t. They were opened and read at a spe cial meeting of the board called for the purpose, a majority of the bers being present. After the charges it was decided that were of sufficient seriousne to ile- i mand tin* arraignment of the chief and j the citv attorney was instructed to prepare to prosecute the officer. The .barges si ecify repeated in stances where it is allege } the chief, i wliiie 'n uniform and on duty, ca- S roused in houses of ill repute. He is | accused of drunkenness in saloons and disreputable houses, ft is a d that 1 lie has protected octal outcasts from | Ihe ban of the taw. shielding them j repeat , o'! n.- 1 forbidding the 11 y n lie.? officers to interfere with them, j The ch ef is even charged with tak | ing a bo!t i e of whisky from behind i fllp counter of a saloon and refusing to pay for it then or afterward. About fifty persons, most of them residents of Albany, are cited as witnesses, and the charges are presented in the name of a number of prominent business and professional men. * * Obear a Brigade Officer. Coionel William G. Obear,. inspector general of Georgia state troops, will be adjutant general of the Georgia brigade which will take part in the United States army maneuvers at Ma nassas, Va.. in September. The ap poinuncut of Colonel Obear was made Saturday by an order issued by Colo nel Usher Thompson, of the Third Georgia Regiment, who will command the Georgia Brigade. For the present Colonel Obear's headquarters as such wifi be in the office of Adjutant Gen eral S. W. Harris. All efforts ty secure an increase in the quota of troops allotted to Geor gj a for this occasion have failed. Sen ators Bacon and Clay and Governor Terrell have need all their efforts to get a iarger allowance of troops from Georgia, but this has been denied by General Corbin, who is in charge of tno arrangement. Georgia, therefore, will be allowed only 1,500 men and officers for the occasion, but will be permitted to attend the maneuvers in brigade formation. * * * No Arbitrations This Year. Two million dollars increase is wha: Comptroller General W. -A. Wright estimates will be shown by the corporation returns this year. And this result will be attained without a single arbitration. It was thought several weeks ago that there would have to be a number of arbitrations, because the comptrol ler general insisted on figures which the railroads do not seem willing to agree to. This was principally in the matter of franchise tax returns which were reduced below the figures of 1903. In every case the comptroller gen eral insisted on a return to the fig tires- of 1903, and his demands were compile 1 with. * * # Favorable to Immigration Bureau. The advocates of an immigration bu reau in the senate, after a stubborn fight, passed the bill providing for such a state institution. The original bill, providing for % board of eleven members and a secre tary, was abandoned, and the bill as passed was a substitute by Mr. Tay lor. of the forty-second, providing only for the appointment of an immigration commissioner. .In most other respects the substi tute embodied all the matter of the original bill, but included a section permitting property owners with min eral, agricultural, timber and other lands for sale to register the same with the immigration commissioner on payment of a fee. Thm fee was fixed at $10 originally, but the substitute was amended so as to make the amount $5. An unusually large number of sen ators participated in the debate,which was exceedingly animated. , * * ■* Vets Ready for Reunion. Though the date for the gathering is yet some time in the future, ex tensive preparations are already being made for the annual reunion of the Georgia division of the United Con federate veterans, which meets at Rome, on September 14tli and 15th, i and the occasion, which is always hailed with delight, is being antici pated with pleasure throughout the state. j The old soldiers realize that they will all soon be too feeble to attend these delightful annual meetings, and for that reason especially it is being urged that every Confederate veteran | in Georgia who can possibly do so at ( tend the coming reunion. The citizens of Rome are making elaborate ar rangements for the entertainment of the visitors and they are determined that every one have a pleasant stay in their city. Besides the many pleasures incident to the reunion, there will be much business to come before the conven tion. * * * Roast for Investigators. Tiiere was a lively time before the house committee on appropriations, when the trustees of the state sani tarium appeared to urge the commit tee not Iu cut the appropriation of $325,000 which has he* n given it for last two years. Judge Thomas E. awscn ,of Eaton ton, vice chairman of the hoard of trustees, was first heard and he han died without gloves the report of th (% legislative investigating committee oi which Mr. Hall, of Bibb, was chair man aud which severely criticized the methods and system employed in the conduct of the state s anitarium. During Judge Lawson's address Mr. Hall made reply to some statement of the speaker, and Judge Lawson said he did not want to be interrupted, “It is folly for any man to say that an institution of this magnitude, with itg ten trustees, has been conducted for a period of fifty years, with out an intelligent system of bookkeep ing." Judge Lawson said: "It’s not true, no matter if one member of the committee said it, no matter if forty members said it." Judge Lawson said it was true that the single entry system of bookkeep ing wps used, but it was just as ac curate as the double entry system. It. would he difficult to keep a double en try system where articles were charg ed as specifics and not by cash. NEWSY GLEANINGS New York is suffering an epidemic of measles. It is now sure that Russia will make an exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. Mrs, Joseph Jones, just from Dub lin. was welcomed to New York by six sons, who have made their way in this country. The original indictments of Aaron burr for treason and misdemeanor were found in an old book in Rich mond, Va. New York theatrical managers will levy a tax of ten cents each on compli mentary tickets, expecting to raise $300,000 yearly for the Vetors' Fund. The syndicate which took up the bulk of the $32,000,000 issue of New York City bonds have formed a pool and will clear at leasl $300,000 on the deal. Superintendent Slraubuntller, of New York City, who says many boys go l<> east side schools in order to commit petty thefts, claims that tenement con ditions breed thieves. John Campbell Smith, of New York City, who seven years ago inherited $1,000,000. is a bankrupt. The last of his fortune vanished immediately fol lowing the Sully failure. Robert Tr ’at Caine told a peace meeting in New York City that it cost $100,(HK),OOO more annually to maintain our navy than to support ihe nation's schools. President William De Witt Hyde, of Bowdoin College, in an address at Brunswick. Me., favored the segrega tion of whiles and negroes in school, church and society, where the negroes are numerous. Josepft n.tUell. of Mlddieiiury. Vt.. has bought Ellen Mountain, which rises 4000 ieei above the town of War ren. Vt.. anti purposes p» convert it into a park for the benefit of the citizens of the Green Mountain State. rjUJR ADVERTISING RATES ARE EXTREMELY LOW, AND ARE A GREAT INDUCEMENT FOR BUSINESS MEN TO PAT RONIZE OUR COLUMNS. TRY US. SPOUTING NOTES. Michigan is trying to arrange a foot ball game with Columbia. Cornell will not send a crew to the American Henley at Philadelphia. Tennis players have begun to plan for the many tournaments of the sea son. Major Taylor may not leave Austra lia until July owing to the illness of hi* wife. Lehigh University found but little trouble in defeating Cornell at la crosse by the score of twenty-three to one. lMiibuleiphin "Jack” O'Brien says that in about two years he will be heavy enoug - anil good enough to lick ".Tint” Jeffries. The Roanoke*, of Boston, won tiie lug-of--war championship at Celtic Dark by defeating the Eccentric Firemen team in straight pull*. Cornell defeated Pennsylvania at la crosse by the score of 7 to 4. The game was fiercely fought, several men on each team being injured. Many automobilists have expressed the opinion that it will be bad sports manship to scratch tiie American en try for ihe Internationa! Cup. Ivor Lawson says that In Australia 300 professional riders, ten times the number : lively engaged in this coun try. make race meets very interesting. Captain Ketohum. of ihe Cornell track ..earn, was severely injured in running the high hurdles, bis knee was badly spr.aiuedand his muscles bruised. A beach race cour.se has been discov ered at Orchard Reach. Me., by W. J. Mot* i, who has arranged a fifteen mile match race b; iwjoii A. 1’. Stevens and II. L. Bowdin. The National Sporting Club, of Lon don, offered i $3000 purse for a light between Young Corbett aud Ben - .Ior dan. but Corbett says he won't tight unless the purse is made $10,000