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THE WAYCROSS
WEEKLY HERALD
The COLLINGWOOP SCHOOL BUILDING IN WHICH NEARLY 200 CHILDREN WERE BURNED TO
earning dead children from the ruins of the Colllnwood school, Clerotand.
door, where the corpses were plied ten high.
The photo shows the front
&AYS TOO MUCH HAS BEEN* $17,434,059 HAS BEEN PAID ON
PUBLISHED
If First Plans Had Been Carried Out
All Concerned Would Have Bene
fited, He Says.
Upon being asked for a statement
concerning the present status of the
Bank of Waycross case, upon his re
turn from Cordele and before leaving
for St. Marys to attend Camden Su
perior Court this week, Judge J. L.
Sweat said that while too much had
already been published and he dislik
ed further agitating the matter, yet
under existing circumstances the pub
lic wai doubtless entitled to full in
formation. %
“The First National Bank,” said he.j
“only consented reluctantly in the j
first instance to accept the assign
ment with a view of conserving the
- best interests of all parties concerned
in the Bank of Waycross.and of Way-
cross generally, and so when the re
ceivership was substituted for the as*
■tegument, it was argued that‘Hon. A.
Knight, President of the First Na
tional Bank, should act as receiver,
- with the assistance of myself as bis
^counsel, and of the service* of Mess.
Wilson, Bennett and Lambdln, in or
der to accomplish the same beneficial
purposes. I
“Our policy was to give every cred
itor of the Bank of Waycross an op
portunity to pay oft his indebtedness
without forcing any one Into bank
ruptcy and ruin, and at -the same time
thereby destroying the assets of the
bank. Had we been permitted un
der the assignment or receivership
to proceed unmolested in the adminis
tration of the affairs of‘the Bank of
Wlaycross, we would In my Judgment,
have succeeded in the end in not on
ly paying off all the bank's holding
collateral, and every depoaltor In full,
but in saving something for the atock-
holders. But at every turn we have
been opposed and retarded by a few
dissatisfied parties and their counsel,
10 that months have elapsed with but
little accomplished, and when the par
ties themselves have seemingly be
come satisfied, our progress is still
impeded by certain attorney* and in
terests inimical to Waycross. When
ACCOUNT OF DISABLEMENTS
Philadelphia, March 10.—SInco the
organization of the relief department
of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Feb
ruary, 18S6, $17,434,059 hag been paid
out on account of disablements, and
remainder In death benefits.
These figures ar e taken from the Jan
uary' report of the relief fund, which
has.Just been Complied.
NIGHT RIDERS SHOT
MANY KENTUCKY NEGROE3
By Telegraph to The Herald.
Birmingham, Ky., March 10.—Night
riders last night shot and wounded
five nerroes and severely whipped
five others. Tobacco troubles did
not figure In the case as the raid fol
lowed repeated warnings to the ne
groes to leave town. There were
about one hundred In the party ot
raiders.
KING ALFON80 IN
ANARCHI8T HOT BED.
Barcelona, March 10.—The train
King Alfonso arrived at nine this
morning and royal party was met by
the dty officials. A short address of
welcome was made by the Mayor. An
immense throng surrounded the depot,
but kept at respectful distance by the
police and militia, every precaution
had been taken by the authorities to
circumvent any plots. His Majesty
this afternoon will review the Carab-
ian spuadron which now is In the
harbor.
Unloading
LOUISIANA AUTHORITIES FIRED TEN 8HOT8 INTO ROYAL
REFUSED TO DELIVER FELKEF. PALACE.
District Attorney Parker toJay re
fused to deliver Folitor, alias Ham
mond, to the Norfolk authorities,
bolievo him to bo the murden
young Berry, of Rome, On., despite
ihe positive identification of th 0 rig
driven by Feigner na the property
The District Attorney said said
evidonco was not sufficient to ’
rant him surrendering thowprlsone
Chief Roush, of Norfolk, will consult
tho State's Attorney.
es at an Improvised morgue noar the Colllnwood school,
BILL TO OVERCOME DELAY
IN ISSUE OF PATENTS.
Washington, March 10.—A bill in
tended to overcome a serious delay In
the issue of patents and greatly to
reduce the work ot the patent office
has been Introduced. It provide*
that “every patent shall issue within
a period ot three months from the Cate
ot the payment ot the final fee, within
HOBSON THINK8 WARSHlI^-
BILL WILL BE PASSED.
By Telegraph To Th. Herald
Washington, Marco 10.—After cal
Hag on the President today, Repres
entative Hobson, ot Alabanuf-pl-edict-
ed that Congreaa would Increase the
dumber ot battleahtps provided for to
bis bill. Hobson'said that at Isaac
six Democrats would vote tor the In
crease.
THERE WILL BE A
DAY OF RECKONING.
SUMMER SESSION OF
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
By Telegraph To Tha Herald.
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 10.—Tbs'
summer session ot the University ot
Mlchtgmn has been lengthened from
six to eight weeks, with a correspond
ing change In the maximum number
ot bourn ot credit This change re
sulted from a desire on the part ot
students to obtain mora credit and
on the part ot Instructors who wished
fee shall be paid not later than six to make their courses more thorough,
months from tho time at which the
application was passed, and allowed
Mr. Davant and Judge Cann, of no ttce there ot waa sent to tho
vannah, resigned and the case was "Applicant or his agent and If the final
terred by Judge. Parker to Judge fee not p,,(j within that period the
Whipple, we hoped and expected the —
administration would bo permlttad to TO AB0L , 8H iron-CLAD* /
proceed without further Interference, SIGNATURE TICKETS.
tut protest having been filed with
him, the matter waa again Belfi up, #y T ,|^„ ph i 0 n, a Herald,
and It at the hetaring before Judge New York Uarch 10 .—There la a
Whipple on Saturday we could *'» vl! p 01 ,ibimy of Central Passenger Aaeo-
presented a united front from iWey- cltUoB „ net abolishing the use ot
^kross ss we endeavored to do, l* le f po C j a j forma of Iron-clad elgnature
Butsldc opposition from Brunswlck tlcketa now that Ucket BC alplns has
Khd Savannah would have been una- bcen dedared t0 be illegal by the
7 vailing. United States 3npreme Court,
f As It waa, however, there *»• noth- w<mU mean a saving not only in
revenue, but also In time and annoy
ance for both railroads and travelers
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
WILL NOT LEAVE AMERICAN
Editor Cnarlea Jackson Shipp of
the Cordele Rambler waa one ot Gov.
Hoke 3mlth'a most ardent supporters
two years ago, but tor some reason be
has changed front to n great extent,
and In nearly every Issue of bla pa
per baa something to say ot the hard
times and tab causes which are re
sponsible tor them. In a recent Issue
he had the following edttorlsl In re-
gsrd to the financial stringency and
kindred subjects: ,L
“Tha papers all tell yon that here
la not only sufficient but a plethora
of money In the New York banks and
other money centers; but notwlthstan
lug all this, if yon will look around
you you will find an army ot unem
ployed workers ot Industrial plants,
men who have beeo laid off os ac
count-ot the tightness of the times.
There Is plenty of money In New
York, hut those fellows who hare got
It have already cut tbolr eye teeth and
will not put It In the Booth while our
politics Is dominated by a lot ot un
practical theorists and demagogue*
who arc teaching the people that the
mony Influence are the enemies of the
tag left for Judge Whipple to do hut
to revoke all he had done and re
mand the case back to Judge Parker,
who upon notice to all parties, which
the law does not require, will,* .op
pose hove an early hearing before
him In Waycross as to whether he
shall again refer the cast to Judge
Whipple or ng to *1** disposition
ihgjt ho made ot 111 anJ In tho ovont
It goes back to Judge Whipple, he
will, as f understand. Issue a rule nisi
for cann to bo shown why he shall
-ant take and exercise jurisdiction
and direct how t&« affairs of the
Bans of Wsycrota shall he adminis
tered nstll wound ap.
By Telegraph to Herald,
Atlanta, Oa., March 10.—John Tem- » ubIlc - Ye »- t ‘ ,ere “ Ptooft' of money
pie Graves, In a private telegram to- and 11 would come to the South In big
day, emphatically denied the publish- drove » tl “ * ot the PW antonrage-
ed report to the effect that he would
•eon' sever his connections wit hthe
New York American. He stated
tha: he was working under the most
Ideal conditions, and that there waa
positively no‘foundation for the sto
ry.
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WILL
PURCHASE 8E£D IN U. 8.
'Ottawa, March lOr—Pour-fifths ot
the wheat and outs for seeding pur
pose., for which 4.000MO was apprtF
prlated by the Canadian gffrernment,
will be purchased In the United- Sta-^, (j> . t . ln ..
tea. Large orders hare Been placed ; ■
to OVo. Cl'acla, Minnesota, Iowa and ..........
i«— / OTu'KXX."®
ment, but those fellows will hot In
vest In new plants and railroads at
long as they can buy the* stocks of
those that havo already been built
cheaper than they can bund new
plants; what's, the use?
“The destructive work of reform
(such Is still dignified by tbe term re
form) must be stopped and ouj peo
ple must resume our old time conser
vatism before tjie business world will
seek our. Investments.
One captain of Industry It worth a‘
whole army of politicians and we must
encourage F-.e former and abandon
the lead of tho latter If we want good
COUNTY ALMS H0U8E
REPORTED TO BE ON FIRE
By Telegraph To The Harald.
San Francisco, March 10.—Tho fire
alarm has Just been turned In from
tho county alma house, four miles
out from tho city. There are 200
firm patients In tho Institution.
TORPEDO FACTORY
TURNEO OVER TO GOVERNMENT
Washington March 10.—Tu 0 torpedo
factory at New Port has been turned
over to the government. The fac-
Cry Is the first of tho sort to be
owned by the United States. Machln-
cry bus voen Installed with capacity
lor turning out fifty elgnteen-lnch tor
pedoes a year, but ample apace has
been left for additional machines,' by
which tho capacity may be Incronaed
to 250 or 200 torpedoes annually. Tha
factory will be ready for operation
on April 1st. The building la a two-
story brick affair, over 200 feet' long
and 45 feet wide, connected with the
administration building at the torpedo
station on Ooat Island. It was bull!
at a coat of less than 5100,000.
GENERAL GILCHRIST
IN THE LEAD,
"Wo ire agreeably surprised when
after talking to people from all parts
tbe state at the fair In Tampa last
week we found Oenerol Gilchrist con
sidered tbe leading candidate for gor-
ornor everywhere. Tbe general la a
■ura winner, and wa would not bo sur
prised to see him nominated In the
Drat primary. Stockton will hardly
prove as strong na he was In tha
senatorial race four years ago, anJ
Browne la scarcely considered.”
It la safe to say that three obt of
five of the dtlsens ot Florida who have
visited tbe state fair are warm anp
porters of Albert Gilchrist. It la
easy enough for any doubter to verify
this. And. what la more, the Punta
Gordo candidate growa tn political
strength every day. Men loro a frank
sincere and honest ogpresslon of faith
without tho least trace of buncombe
to mar II Tho mora General Gil
christ's platform la studied and the
greater tho acquaintance with his
character and personality, the more
certain will become bla chances ol
election. Mr. Sparkmaii'a faith la abso
lutely shared by ihodaanda.
Norway's King Was Absent And Pro-
bably Escaped Death, Assassins
Were Captured.
Oy Telegraph To The Herald.
Christiana, Norway, March 10.—An
attempt wae made this morning to
assassinate King lloaknn. A party
of laborers In tho palace gardens fir
ed ten shots Into the building.
Furtunntoly tho royal family wore
absent
Tho would-bo assassins were cap
tured and have admitted that they
Intended to SHI the king.
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
WAS FOUND DEAD.
By Telegraph Ta Tha Harald
Clarksville, Tonn., March lu.—
Brown Bennett, eon ‘of Henry Bon
not, the association tobacco president,
was found this morning, fifteen miles
from here, with a bullet wound in hla
head. In u dying condition. Two
dead horses and three empty shot
guns lying near gave evidence of a
lorrlble battle. It la believed that
tcbacco troubles caused the tragedy.
FINED 5500 FOR SELLING
LIQUOR ON SUNDAY.
Savannah, Oa., (March 11.—Judge
Freeman ta the city court ban fined
the De Soto Hotel Company |600 for
•elllng liquor on Sunday. The offense
waa committed last December.
HAS WRIGHT TO CLOSE ALL
TELEGRAPH STATIONS.
Madison, WIs., March 11.—Tna rail
road commission of Wisconsin hlTdo-
dared that the railroads ot the state
have a'right to close all the telegraph
•tatlona the see fit on account of
tha elght-hour-law tar telegraph oper
ators. It Is also bald that tha stations
doted thus tar do not Intorefera with
the safe operation of trains, and that
would be legal to keefflned oa
duty 10 or 12 houra If thay receive
and transmit only commercial meat-
REACHED MAGDALEN BAY AT 1
THIS AFTERNOON.
Eyas of AH Nations Watching With
Great Interest Cruise of 8lg
American Fleet.
With tha price of groceries raised
to an extraordinary height tha aver
age Birmingham man will sadly mitt
the old time free' 1 lurch routes.
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Sundlego, Cal., March 12.—Wirelesa
dispatches from Admiral Evans’ fleet
received at 7:30 this morning, Pa
cific time, stated that they were with
in uventy miles of this port, and that
Big Sixteen" wonld , probably
weigh anehor In MtgdMea Bay at I
this afternoon.
Admiral Evans reported that the
ships and crewa^wero In excellent
condition.
Since tbe exdualve announcement
ta then dispatches last April that tho
monster But wonld round the Horn,
all the nations ot tbe world have bean
watching with deepest Interest tho -
progress of the maneuvers, and naval
experts eagerly await tho report ss
to tho condition ol the ships after
■abb a luag Toyage.