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Witness Magnificent Instalation Cere
monies at the National Capital—Seeth
ing and Patriotic Crowds.
Vice President Takes Oath
the Senate, Where Cere
monies Were Brief,
But Impressive.
A Washington special says:
auspices in every detail perfect,
with ceremony most impressive as
fits the occasion, the American
ple installed Theodore Roosevelt
the highest office the nation holds.
He took the solemn and binding
of office before a vast gathering
the people he had been elected
serve. The attendant scenes were
unusual, , inaugurations , from the
*he east front of the capitol first
came the setting for the
have been much the same. Many
the central figures have officiated
like capacity on other occasions
presidents have acceded to the
office in the gift of the American
ple. Chief Justice Fuller, in
tering the oath, repeated a solemn
function he has performed four
this occasion his last.
The decorations throughout ihe
were more elaborate and beautiful
Than on the occasion of any
‘
presidential inauguration. Twice
many flags used this year by the in
augural commission as was ever used
‘
before, and the splendor H
scheme adopted for the city’s
ment never has been surpassed.
The formal ceremonies of
tion began in the senate chamber with
the taking of the oath by the
vice president. For two hours
fore that ceremony the galleries
filled with a brilliant assemblage
invited guests who watched vith
interest the arrival of the various
tables, last among them the president,
who, upon this occasion, occupied the
position of president and
elect, and upon the short sessions of
the senate necessary to wind up the
ends of business.
One of the interesting features was
the adoption of a resolution com
mendatory of the retiring president of
the senate, Mr. Frye. Senaior Bacon,
a democrat, was called to preside, and
Senator Gorman, another democrat
presented the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted.
A few minutes later, after the mem
bers of the house, the members
the supreme court, the ambassadors
and ministers had been announced and
seated, Senator Fairbanks appeared
upon the arm of Senator Bacon and
escorted by two republican senators,
and as soon as the president and cab
inet arrived the oath was administer
ed the to the new vice president.
his address the scene of ceremonies
was transferred to the great stand on
the east side of the capitol.
President Roosevelt was administered
( the oath of office by Chief Justice Fill
ler.
After the president’s address
the great parade, which was reviewed
ty the president from the stand in
front of the white house. In
respects this was the greatest of in
auguration parades. What it may
have lacked in distinctive
It; made up in size. There was not
the notable array of governors of
states that marked the Cleveland in
auguration parades or the first Me
Kinley inauguration.
Of the military features the Annap
olis middies, the West Point cadet«,
the Jackies from several warships and
the marine corps deserve special
tion. General Chaffee, the head
the army, was one of the most
ular personages with the crowds. Gen
eral Fred Grant, who is the image
his great father, and General
General Joe Wheeler were both
Wheeler were both heartily cheered,
The Oath Administered.
At length all was ready for
crowning ceremony. The sea of
inanity was stilled. The president
■vanced to take the oath of office.
his hand upon the Bible, held by
chief justice, he reverently
CANAL STATUS IN DOUBT.
House Failed to Adopt Senate's
olution at Last Moment.
A Washington dispatch says:
where the failure of the house
adopt th- senate’s resolution for
continuance in force of last
canal act leaves the Panama
.
t'" 1 211 < a, ! a ... ' ati . is
,eB s ‘ on
man matte, i of considerable , doubt,
I the oath, kissed the book, and Theo
dore Roosevelt, a soldier of the re
public, oecame president by the votes
of the people, following the unbroken
line of soldier presidents which his
party has installed since the close of
the civil war. He then delivered his
inaugural, which surprised his hearers
by its brevity. As the ceremony cloa
ed he was again greeted by the roaring
cheers of the immense throng, Ac
compan'ied by his escort and followed
by the troops and civilian paraders,
he started for the white house.
Never has there been so perfect a
regular army column in any previous
national pageant. Cavalry, infantry,
artillery, engineers, marines, seamen
and, properly classed with all these,
the Annapolis and West Point cadets,
thrilled all beholders with this expon
ent of the perfection of our military
arm.
The national guards of states, and
j , those of the district showed the
marked improvement which the prac
j „ Ml encampments and maneuvers,
j supervised by regular officers, have
| accomplished by the abolition of the
former military picnics
“ft was a great success. Great! And
did you note that hunch of cowboys?
Oh, they are the boys who can ride.
It was all superb. It really touched
; nie to the heart.”
This was the comment made by
I President Roosevelt, as he was leav
j ing the reviewing stand for the white
, concluslon of ^ the
i ’ Se at e ma 8‘
! nifieent P3rade ’
° Ue cl,ns P ic,lous feature <)f the In
' rade which possibly attracted more
’
I attention and provoked more general
discussion, at least in official and army
and navy circles, than anything else,
was the participation in the demon
stration as aids to General Chaffee, of
a group of cadets from West Point and
i midshipmen from Annapolis, nearly all
of whom are descendants of army and
navy officers who have won distin
i guished honors fighting for their
country.
In the presence of so many of his
fellow citizens as could be crowded
into the senate chamber, Charles War
ren Fairbanks was at high noon in
ducted into the office of vice president
of the United States. The ceremony
was quickly followed by the final ad
journment of the senate of the fifty
eighth congress, the beginning of a
special session, an address by the vice
president and the swearting into of
fice of almost a third of the member
ship o{ thc senate. The installation
of the new vice president, was severe
ly simple, and as brief as simple, It
consisted of a promise, solemnly made,
with uplifted hands and bowed head,
to perform the duties of the office anil
( 0 support and defend the constitution
of the United States, This was the
oath of office, amd it was administered
by Senator Frye as .president pro tem
pore of the senate.
The address of Vice President Fair
banks received carteful attention, and
at i:s conclusion he instructed the sec
retary of the senme to read the pres
ident’s call for an extraordinary ses
sion of the senate. The reading ac
complished and the senate of the
twenty-ninth congress thus installed.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, the vei»er
aide c-haplain of the senate, came for
ward to deliver the opening prayer of
the first session.
The organization of the senate was
then completed by the swearing ‘in of
senators elected to senie for the next
six years. They appeared in platoons
of four in alphabetical order a? the
desk of the vice president, each being
accompanied by his colleague. The
oath was admiiriste>red by Mr. Fair
| banks, and in each case was immedi
ately followed by signing the senate
roll of membership. This ceremony
concluded the day’s session and the
senate adjourned to the outside piat
form to witness witlr others the in
auguration of President Roosevelt,
The inaugural festivities closed at
midnight with a ball that in splendor.
attendance and artistic effect, fittingly
ushered out a brilliant spectacular
day. Thousands of handsomely gown
j ed women, with escorts from every
i state in the union, and nearly every
civilized country, in the graaid illum
inated court of the pension building,
paid, their social devoirs to the na
; tion’s chief executive.
SEVENTY-FIVE WIDOWS IN LINE.
Payday at Virginia Mines Develops a
Most Pathetic Scene.
1 Last Saturday was payday at the
i Virginia mines, where over a hundred
men lost their lives by an awful ex
plosion a week ago.
! There were in line to receive pay
| I for the past month seventy-five wid
ows in weeds, twenty-four children and
twenty men .
1 TERRIFIC CONFLICT
Greatest Battle of War Rag
ingin Manchuria.
SLAVS in DIRE STRAITS
Kuropatkin’s Forces are Being Literal
|y Cut to Pieces by Furious On
slaught of 260,000 Victorious
| Japanese.
j |
j A dispatch to The Tageblatt (Ber
lin) from St. Petersburg says:
“Genera! Kuropatkin, in a telegram,
which arrived here at 7 o’clock Satur
day evening, said 260,060 Japanese had
i broken through the Russian left wing,
and that it was cut off from the re
mainder of the army.”
At 10 o'clock came another dispatch
from General Kuropatkin, which read:
"The Japanese are marching on
Mukden, My position is extremely
dangerous.”
In government circles at Berlin theie
is a conviction that Kuropatkin. has
been fully beaten, that part of his
arnij r has been dispersed and that the
railroad north of Mukden will prob
ably be cat.
Reports from Japanese sources
claim that the Russian right flank,
southwest to south of Mukden, and
continuing to the railway, has been
completely turned by the Japanese
forces under the immediate command
of General Oku. To the eastward
General Kuroki is directing a vigor
ous attack with heavy artillery against
strongly fortified Russian positions.
General Kuropatkin is said to be con
centrating a strong force in front of
Generals Kuroki and Nogi. It still
seems probable that General Kuropat
kin will find it difficult to retire to
Tie Pass, which appears to be a nec
essary move, St. Petersburg has
word that affairs latterly have taken
a turn for the Russian arms and the
tactics of Field Marshal Oyama in
sacrificing many of his soldiers in
an attack on impregnable positions
on the center as a mere diversion,
while the greatest blows were being
struck on the flanks, is criticised by
Russian military officers. The critics
also point to the attenuation of the
Japanese line as an element of peril
for Oyama and of hopes for Kuropat
kin. The losses on both sides have
been heavy, but estimates are lack
ing.
The Japanese, on Friday, advanced
cn the Russian position at Shakhe vil
lage, but were beaten off. Twice they
attacked Poutilof Hill, but both at
tacks were repulsed. At Oubenepusa,
a Japanese guard of over twenty ba;
talions made thirteen attacks the
night of March 3 and the morning ol
March 4. storming the redoubts most
furiously. All these attacks were re
pulsed with heavy loss, The ground
in front of the redoubts was strewn
with Japanese corpses. The Japanese
and Russian artillery are engaged in
the heaviest, duel of the war. Russian
mortars are fired at the Shakhe.
bridge, and the Japanese 11-inch guns
are in full play, but the Russian for
tifleations, on which the Russians had
been working all winter, offer a fairly
secure protection of their defenders.
There is little news of General Kuro
patkin’s operations on the extreme
east °f the line, The Rusians are
holding their ground and even advanc
ing, but it is reported that the Japan
ese cavalry division, with twelve quick
firing guns, is sweeping far to the east
ward on a rapid turning movement.
The carnage at the center and on
both flanks has been enormous. The
Japanese at. many places simply threw
away their lives beating against the
Russians’ powerful fortifications in at
tacks. which in the center apparently
were Intended chiefly as a demonstra
tion to cover the driving home of Gen
eral Nogi’s blow.
I
I LOVING CUP PRESENTED.
j
j Speaker Cannon and Representative
Williams Honored in the House.
In the final session of the house
Saturday morning one legislative act
was performed by the passing of a
bill, but the session for the most part
was devoted to the congratulatory
ceremonies ususal to the close of a
congress. Speaker Caqnon was nor
only thanked by a unanimous vote of
the house, but was presented with
a loving cup by the members. Repre
sentative Williams of Mississippi, the
leader of the minority, was given a
like compliment by his associates.
I
WOMAN SUICIDES WITH GUN.
Dead Body of Miss Mary Dodson of
| Pooler Found in Woods.
The body of Miss Mary Dodson, of
Pooler, Cia,, was found dead in the
woods near her home Wednesday
rL “ nIliu &- Hti death was caused by
I a cl0ub ^ e barreled gun, which war
| found beside the body.
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CAN ONLY SUCCEST
—
Czar is Willing to Concede
That Much to His Subjects.
CALL F0R ELECTIVE BODY
Dramatjc Scene jf| pa|aCe When th<
Emperor Attached Signature to
Document — No Surrender Of
Autocratic Power.
A St. Petersburg special says: In
the Alexandra palace at JTsarskoe
Selo, surrounded by the ministers and
a few members of the court, and with
the empress at his side. Emperor
Nicholas Friday afternoon affixed his
signature to a rescript containing his
majesty's decree to give elected rep
resentatives of the people an oppor
tunity to express their views in the
preparation of the laws of the em
pire.
This is the autocracy’s final response
to the agitation in favor of participa
tion by the people in government,
which has brought Russia in the last
few months almost to the brink of
revolution, Its purport must not be
misunderstood.
No Change of Regime.
For the present at least it involves
no change in the regime of autocracy,
and it means neither a constitution
nor a national assembly, At the same
time, it recognizes the principle of
the people’s right to be heard regard
ing laws under which they must live.
The signing of the document came
at the end of a dramatic scene, the
climax of which was an impassioned
speech by Emperor Nicholas to *his
ministers, in which he declared that
lie sought only the welfare of his sub
jects.
“I am willing,” the emperor said,
"to shed my blood for the good of my
people.”
Substance of Rescript.
The rescript is directed to the min
ister of the interior, and says:
“My desire is to attain the fulfill
ment of my intentions for the welfare
of my people by means of the co-op
eration of the government with expe
rienced forces of the community, and.
continuing the work of mv crowned
ancestors, to retain the prestige of the
Russian nation therein. I am resolv
ed, henceforth, with the help of God,
to convene the worthiest men, pos
sessing the confidence of the people
and elected by them to participate in
the elaboration and consideration of
legislative measures.
“In undertaking these reforms, I
am convinced that local needs and
experience of life well weighed and
sincere speech of those elected will
insure fruitfulness to legislation for
the real benefit of the people. At the
same time, I foresee all the complex
ity and difficulty presented in the
elaboration of these reforms while pre
serving absolutely the immutability of
the fundamental laws of the empire.”
HIGH PRICE FOR CONVICTS.
Georgia Syndicate Secures Four Year
Lease of Florida Prisoners.
Officials of the Georgia prison de
partment are much interested in the
fact that Dr. W. B. Hamby of Way
cross, who, with W. M. Toomer. also
of that city, now controls the labor
of 585 Georgia convicts, is the lead
ing mcmber v of a syndicate composed
largely of Georgians, which has just
secured a four-year lease upon the en
tire number of Florida’s convicts
amounting to between 1,100 and 1,200.
For Florida’s convicts the syndicate
pays $207.70 a year each, including
men. women and boys, and will also
guard and care for them. This is said
to be the highest price now paid fer
any state convicts.
Georgia, under the contracts made
last April, receives an average of
$225.12 .for each able-bodied convict,
while the women, hoys and invalids
are kept on the state farm at the
state’s, expense. Besides Georgia has
to guard and furnish physicians for
her convicts at an expense of about
$60 a year each. It is evident, there
fore, that Florida will get about $40 a
year each more for her convicts lhan
Georgia does. Florida followed Geor
gia in making a new contract, as Ala
bama did, and both have profited well
by Georgia’s experience.
JORDAN TO TOUR SOUTH.
President of Southern Cotton Associa
tion to Make Many Speeches.
President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association, will
gin at once a tour of the south,
ularly of the southwestern states, in
fhe interests of the association and
the work it has undertaken, He
plans to make many addresses.
HERMANN TO FACE COURT.
Member of Congress from Oregon In
dicted by Washington Jury.
Binger Hermann, member of con
gress from Oregon and former com
missioner of the general land office,
was indicted by the federal grand jury
to Washington Friday ou the charge
of destroying public records. The in
iictinent was found on the
of certain general land office employes
duel of the secretary of ihe interior,
GEORGIA NEWS
Epitomized Items of Interest
fathered at Random*
New Cotton Mill for Villa Rica.
Application for a charter has just
been made for the Golden City Mill
Company at Villa Rica. The men mak
ing petition are W. J. Nally, H. W.
Nally and J- N. Weems, The cap
ital stock is to be $60,000. The princi
pal business will be manufacturing
cotton yarns and goods, Villa Rica
already has a cotton seed oil mill.
* * *
Burglars Rob Flovilla Bank.
The vault of the Flovilla bank was
blown open with nitroglycerine one
night the past week and robbed it
of about $4,000. The Flovilla bank
is owned by W. B. Dozier and Walter
Ward is cashier. Insurance for pro
tection was carried by the bank in
a burglary insurance company.
Pension Fund Falls Short.
Pension Commissioner J. W. Lind
sey has discovered that he has been
mistaken in his calculations as to the
deficit in the pension fund.
He has concluded his part of the
work of paying pensions, and instead
of coming out almost clear with the
$860,000 appropriation, he finds that
he has on hand, a deficit of $18,139.
In other words it will take just that,
amount to pay all the pensioners
whose applications have been approv
ed, in addition to the appropriation
made by the legislature.
Rosser Indicted for Shortage.
The grand jury at Lafayette return
ed a true bill against J. E. Rosser for
embezzlement of between $1,100 and
$1,200 school funds.
RoBser has employed counsel and
will fight the case. He claims that lie
can account for the shortage.
The special committee appointed at
last term of the court gave Rosser a
week to explain matters, but on his
failure to do so he was reported short.
* *
By Direct Taxation.
Some weeks ago Morgan county
held an election for bonds to build
a new court house in Madison, but
through apathy on the part, of thi
qualified voters of the county and the
strong stand taken by some prominent
citizens the bond issue was defeated.
The commissioners of the county
have now decided to build one by di
rect taxation. The cost of the new
building will be $40,000. The plan ha»,
been accepted and bids for the work
will be advertised at once.
Packing Houses Must Pay.
By decision of the United States
supreme court, rendered a few days
ago, packing houses must continue to
pay to the state of Georgia the spe
cific tax of $200 for each county in
which they do business.
Under this decision the state will re
lain possession of some $30,000 al
ready paid in as taxes by agents of
packing houses, which would have ha-1
to be paid back to the packing houses
if the decision had been adverse to the
state.
Fewer Fertilizer Tags Sold.
While Commissioner of Agricultuic
O. B. Stevens is not prepared just yet
to give out a statement as to the
sales of fertilizer tags for the months
o’ January and February, 1905, it is
learned on good authority that the
sales of commercial fertilizers ;n
Georgia during these two months have
been 40 to 50 per cent less than they
were during the same months of 1905.
The figures given out by the railroads
as to the amount of fertilizers trans
ported bear out this statement as to
the reduction. r
Court Fight Won by Albany.
The president signed the Albany
court bill, which measure provides
for a new division of the southern dis
trict of Georgia, with headquarters at
Albany.
It was introduced by Judge Griggs,
who passed through both houses witn
the active aid of Mr. Brantley and
Senator Bacon, who are members of
the respective judiciary committees
through which legislation of this kind
comes. After the bill was passed,
Judge Emory Speer entered his pro
test against the proposed division of
his district, writing the president and
the department of justice.
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New County Contests.
Interest in the eight new counties
to be created by the legislature this
year, in accordance with the act adopt
ed by ihe genera] assembly at. its last
session, is still engaging the very act
ive attention) of a number of coramun
ities throughout the state, who have
put lomard their claims for new coun
ly organizations.
Among the cities of the state which
ate most aggressively at work in the
effort to secure the designation <31
their towns as county sites are Millen.
Meter, Adrian, Tifton, Hazlehurst, Cai
ro, Wliigham, Ashburn, Winder, Villa
Rica, Buford, Barnesvile, Toccoa, and
Cordele. Quite a number of other
places are advancing their claims and
pointing to geographical, economic and
legal reasons why they should he
designated as county sites
many applicants in the *
promises be field, the
to a most interes ■fc
u »g one
Court Stops Tax Execu
Judge J. H. ( *n,
Lumpkin of
rior court at Atlanta signs; supe
porary restraining order, J* ’em
Comptroller General William «, o’ Uine
and Sheriff from John W T . Nelms ,f” { ,lton
county proceeding at .
in an effort to collect $ 12 ; .' iu
from the Georgia Railway ar y axe -
.
Company.
The petition follows the
recently by Sheriff Nelm Poi, ‘cad.
freight depot of the Georg the
three acres of land in roaq and
t b6a rt of
Atlanta to satisfy twenty
cutions rendered by Get *JU
for back taxes on 15,00< bright
' :,4 res of
stock of the Western Ra
bama, said to be owned b Ala
gia road. a Geor
The comptroller genera t „ sheriff
are prevented from cart ng >ut the
execution of the tax fi. f ,s T,
for * , hearing '«« case
is set a March p.>,
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Merry Fight is Coming.
There will be a merry fight betw
the state, Richmond een
county and ti A
gusta on the one hand, against
Georgia Railroad and Banking Cotq.
pany on the other for a fortune i>‘.
taxes, amouting to a total sun ; mot
than $500,000.
Comptroller General W. A Wright
, has just completed statemt
a show
ing the amount of taxes due I hmond
county and the city of Augusta on tb
$1,500,000 capital stock of the Wester.
Railway of Alabama, owned y the
Georgia Railroad Company.
The total amount of taxes alleged
to be due Richmond county on this
stock since 1890 is $139,952, of which
$90,895 : s for general and $49,057 fo>
school purposes. The total amount Of
taxes claimed for the city of August
since 1891 is $221,250, making the
total of taxes demanded for the count v
of Richmond and the city of Augusta
$361,202. Add to this the taxes de
manded by the state since 1883, which
are $125,974, and the grand total whirl,
the Georgia railroad is called on ,
pay on this Western and Alabama
stock is $487,175. There must sti
be added to this interest at 7 pet
cent on all amounts due the stab
since 1890, which will bring the sun
total up to considerable over half <
million dollars, or an amount equal
to more than one-third of the tot;;
par value of the stock in question.
OIL PIPE LINES FOR TEXAS
State Senate Passes Bill Placing Ju
risdiction in Local Hands.
The Texas senate Friday finall
passed an oil bill that will place all
pipe lines in Texas under the jurisdic
tion of the railroad commission, fix
maximum rate of the same, and pi
vide for monthly statements of
persons using the lines as to what oil
they have in storage and what is au
ticipated for the stfbsequer, . thirty
lays.
BIG TUNNEL IS OPEN. I
Louisville and Nashville Now Hs»
Clear Way to Knoxville, Term,
Friday morning the first train went
through the Dossett tunnel, on the Lou
isville and Nashville, between Knot
ville and Jellico, Tenn. /
This tunnel has been in course ft
construction for three years. It is
3,530 feet in length, and has been /a
most difficult feat of engineering, mutjli
of it being through solid rock.
The Louisville and Nashville tna?
now get trains through to Knoxville
from the north by April 1. i
AS TO DISTRESSED” COTTO j ,
President Jordan Suggests That d t
ton Companies Buy It Up.
Hon. Harvie Jordan president ©1
the Southern Cotton Association, tV8 f
written an interesting article res* 1 ’ 1 ''
ing “distressed cotton,
that the cotton which is ein.g sold >3
the smail towns and cities where ther
are not the proper warehous- or har
ing facilities he bought b) sc >me cot
ton company and kept off ’he mat”
at the present prices.
HAY DECORATION BARRED.
i the
Secretary of State Cannot Re eiye
Order of Legion of Honor
In the senate Thursday At. Ctr
lorn reported a b1R from th* coronu*
tee on foreign relations
Secretary Hay of the staf/e d partnie^
to accept the decoration of toe
cross of the national/order of tb e ^
gion of Honor tendered him througl
the state departqiient by the govern
ment of the french republic.
Spooner objected, and no response was
made JAie question. This ende<l 0
to
matter./ '
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NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED.
Line of Brief Length to be Built in
Screven County, Georgia.
Application will be made in a few
of state for R
days to the secretary ,irtob
charter for the Sylvania and B
llerry railroad, in Screven coun.«
Georgia miles in
The proposed line is 18 dr
ieugth, and will run in a norther Hr** .v^
rectfon from Sylvania, crossing
creek at Mflll Haven.