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In
IS’G A GLORIOUS REUNION
Eloquent invocation to the Throne of
(..race by l>r. J. William Jones, the
Cimplain General-Heroes Welcomed
to State and City.
Memphis May 28. — Although the
hour l'or calling the convention of the
and good citizens o; our <■■ .union coun
try. Bat, fur bid, O God, that they
should ever forget the past or fail to
teach their children the great principles
of constitutional freedom which their
fathers established auu for which we
fought in the brave old days of ’tiJ —'Go.
“May our loving Father graciously
provide for our needy comrades, their
widows and orphans, and so smile upon
and prosper our southland that we may
have the sweet privilege of caring for
them in a proper way.
“And, notv, O Lord, we beseech Thee
to bless thy servant, the president of
the United States, and all in authority
under him, that we may have wise laws
and good government.
I eral Fitahugh Lee was seen as the gen-
| eral plowed his way through the crowd
: on ills way to the platform. He was
j greeted with warm cheers as he stepped
j upon the platform. General Gordon
j stepped forward, grasped his hand
1 warmly, and turning round to the dele-
I gates, said:
“Comrades, I have only to mention
j the name of Lee. ’’
! The cheers redoubled in force and
| volume and General Lee was compelled
j repeatedly to bow his acknowledgement
| of the hearty greeting of the old com-
! rades.
j Commander John B. Gordon then
' gave way to General George W. Gor
don, who introduced the Right Rev.
raised up from her bed of illness the
wife of our president, and we pray that
the Great Physician may restore her to
even more than her accustomed health
and strength.
Failed Confederate Veterans to order | “We pray Thy blessing upon every
j section of our common country—that
’’ :b ^ a ' m '’ accoruiug t0 L ie program, . ^g^gg anf i danger and death may be
V was 20 minutes later than that time , war ded off from the people; that there
when General.George W. Gordon of • may be fruitful seasons, plenteous har-
Memphis rapped his desk with a gavel j vests and business prosperity; but,
made of wood taken from a tree which
“We thank Thee that ;Thcu hast j Bishop Thomas F. Gailor of Memphis,
who delivered an address of welcome to
the veterans and of greeting from the
local branch of Sous of Veterans.
Bishop Gailor, who is a forceful and
pleasing speaker, took exceptions to the
term “rebellion’’ as applied to the war
■shaded the favorite seat of Jefferson
Davis at Beauvoir, Miss. •
“You will please rise, comrades,” be
said, “while our chapiaiu-in-chief de
livers the invocation. ”
The Rev. J. William Jones of Rich
mond, Ya., then advanced to the trout
of the rostrum, and, while the veterans
stood bareheaded, prayed as follows:
K oquent Invocation.
“Oh, God! our help in ages past, our
hope for years to come—God of Israel,
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—
God of the centuries—God of our fa
thers—God of Jefferson Davis, Sidney
Johnston, Robert Lee and Stonewall
Jackson—Lord of hosts and God of bat
tles—God of our common country—God
of our southland—our God! We bring
Thee adoration and praise of grateful
hearts as we gather in reunion today.
“We thank Thee that Thou didst pre
serve our lives amidst the leaden and
iron hail of battle, iu the loathsome
hospitals and iu the hated prisou, and
that while so many of our comrades fell
in those dark days or have stepped out
of the ranks iu the years since, we have
been spared and are here today to greet
each other once more in the flesh before
we, too, snail ‘cross over the river. ’
“And now, O God, we beseech Thee
that richest blessings may come down
upon and abide with this meeting.
"Biess onr beloved commander and
all of our officers and all of these dele
gates. Graciously preside over this vast
assembly and let nothing be said or
done which Thou wile not approve. And
wo beseech Thee, O Lord, that Thou
wilt biess all of our confederate veterans
wherever they may be today. Make
them in the future as they have been in
the uast—true to th.e duty of the hour
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above all, that ours may be iu reality,
and not merely in name, a Christian
laud, and that the great problems now
before us or that may arise during this
twentieth century upon which we have
entered may be properly served by the
great solvent of the ages—the passing
of time.
“Hear, O, we beseech Thee, this, our
opening prayer, and grant these peti
tion. Pardon, for Jesus’ sake, our many
sins; make us all true soldiers of the
cross; sanctify and save us, since we
ask and offer all in the name and for
the sake of Christ, dear Redeemer, the
great captain of our salvation. Amen!”
Welcomed to Tennessee.
At the conclusion of the prayer Gen
eral Gordon introduced Governor Me
Mi linn of Tennessee, who welcomed the
delegates in behalf of the state.
Governor McMillan gave a most
j hearty welcome to the visitors of the
city, and his address was received with
every manifestation of approval. He
complimented the men of the south on
their glorious record in the war and de
plored the fact that so many of tbo glo
rious band had passed away. Cheer
after cheer greeted the governor as he
. resumed his seat.
Mayor Williams of the city of Mem
phis was next introduced by General
Gordon and extended to the visitors the
welcome of the city of Memphis.
The greetings of the Memphis vet-
eraus and executive committee of the
citizens of Memphis were extended by
i former United States Senator T. B.
Turley.
Senator Turley opened his address by
declaring his pleasure at the duty that
I had devolved on him of extending the
greetings of the citizens of Memphis.
Among the citizens, lie said, were many
who during the war had placed their
sympathy and resources against the
cause of the confederacy. To these cit
izens of Memphis who had opposed the
. south daring the war much of the suc-
H cess of the reunion was due
His announcement of the part taken
Q i in the work by the federal spinpathizers
^ wa s greeted wflh repeated cheers.
The senator expressed again, in clos
in' 7, his address, the great gratification-
of "the veterans of Memphis and mem
bers of the executive committee iu meet
ing the old soldiers of the south.
Chairman Gordon then, in a happy
little speech, admirably delivered, con
ducted forward Hon. Timothy E. Cooper
of Mississippi, who extended a welcome
to the Daughters of the Confederacy,
the Confederated Southern Memorial
associations and to the representatives
of the Jefferson Davis Monument asso
ciations.
Kitzliugh Dee.
While Colonel Y"oung was in the
midst of his address, the form of Gen-
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between the states, and spoke earnestly
in favor of educating the children of
the south so that they would clearly
comprehend the sacrifices ami patriot
ism of their fathers. He made a strong
plea for that justice to the motives actu
ating the south during the war which,
he asserted, had been denied to them by
certain historians. Tne children of the
south, he declared, must never be made
to believe that their fathers had done
anything but what they believed in
their inmost hearts to be right.
He closed with an eloquent tribute to
the patience and heroism shown by the
women of the south, which fully
equalled, he said, the gallantry revealed
by the men upon the battlefield.
Bisnop Gailor made a most pleasant
and emphatic expression upon his hear
ers, and time and time again he called
forth the old “rebel yell” in pleasure at
his utterances.
Wlieeler and Lee.
During the address of Bishop Gailor,
General Joseph Wheeler had quietly
entered the hall. As soon as General
Gordon espied him he rapped vigorous
ly for order and said, with a simile:
“Although I was a member of the in
fantry of the confederate army, I am
not ashamed of the cavalry, v and then,
grasping the hand of General Wheeler,
he said, simply:
“Comrades, Joseph Wheeler.”
While the two famous leaders stood
hand in hand the cheers that had greet
ed General Wheeler on his first appear
ance were intensified ten fold. There
were loud calls for a speech from Gen
eral Wheeler, but he bowed his thanks
and shook his head with a smile. The
delegates were insistent, however, and
the general was compelled to express
his thanks for the welcome accorded
him. He paid an eloquent tribute to
the valor of the men of the south.
There were loud calls for Fitzhugh
Lee, and that general, who was intro
duced by General Gordon as a modest
youth who had grown into a modest
man, delivered a short speech, filled
with pithy drives at the modesty of the
infantry, in which General Gordon
served. He concluded his speech by
telling a story of a negro man attached
to Longstreet’s corps who always sought
a place of safety during battles by hunt
ing up “the place where the generals
were.”
After the membership of the com
mittees had been announced, the con
vention adjourned at 1:2:40 until 10
o’clock Wednesday morning.
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Robbed of Much Money.
Macon, May 35. —The report comes to
Macon that George Beaver of this city
was robbed of several thousand dollars
while he was in Paducah, Ky. It is
said that Beaver was on his way to
Montana and stopped over in Paducah
on a visit.
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The Convention Settles Down to Ileai
Work — Standing; Committees Are
Announced by the President—Xurn-
! her of Ordinances Introduced.
Montgomery, Ala., May 28. —The ne-
j groes of Alabama, through a committee
of their leading taxpayers, today pre-
i sentea an address to the constitutional
convention. A committee of three, with
Booker T. Washington as its chairman,
prepared it.
The address is a plea for conservative
action and such suffrage restrictions as
will apply to both races alike. It re-
I minds the convention that timy came
| here against their will, but have been
benefited, trained and Christianized.
; They did their duty in the civii war
j and la the Spanish war. They have
| ceased for 20 years to be an offensive
j element in politics. Leading members
: cf the race have persistently urged the
I negro to trust the white man. For these
| men this is a crucial time. The negro
pays some direct taxes. He pays much
! more indirectly through his labor. He
! is iu the main a producer of wealth and
generally contented and law-abiding.
The Negro’s Fears Aroused.
Already the emigration agent and ex
associations are at work on the ne
gro’s fears that his citizenship and
schools will both be taken away. The
relations are now reasonably satisfac
tory between the races. Anything that
will unsettle the negro now, when he i3
settling down to thrift and common
sense, will injure both races.
The address pleads that all incentive
for right and useful living be not with-
> drawn from the young negro. The ne
gro is not seeking to rule, but since he
is taxed, works the road, is punished
for crime and responds to calls for pub
lic service, he asks some humble share
in choosing his ruler. The address con
cludes:
“Any law which will merely change
the name and form of fraud or can be
interpreted as meaning one thing when
applied to one race and something else
when applied to another will not in our
opinion improve our present conditions,
but may unsettle the peace and thrift of
our people and decrease the wealth and
prosperity of Alabama.”
C< minittees Announced.
The important feature of yesterday’s
session of the convention was the an
nouncement by the president of the
standing committees, the more im
portant chairmanships being as follows:
Judiciary, Smith of Mobile; order and
harmony, White; suffrage and elections,
Coleman of Greene; legislative depart
ment, Oates; education, Graham; execu
tive department, Jones of Mentgomery;
declaration of rights, Lomax; corpora
tions, Harrison; representation, Pitts;
militia, Wilson of Clarke; banking,
Fletcher; municipal corporations, Weak
ley; amending constitution, Poster.
Proposed Ordinances.
There was a flood of ordinances and
resolutions, among them the following:
That no vagrant be alloweu to vote; rais
ing power of the governor to make tem
porary loans from $100,000 to $800,000;
providing that no public officer shall re
ceive for himself a pass or frank from
any corporation, violation shall forfeit
his office and he shall bo guilty of a mis
demeanor; requiring separate schools
for whites and blacks; that the limit on
state and county and municipal taxa
tion shall not be raised; that no bonded
debt be created by any county, city or
district without au affirmative vote of a
majority of the people interested; that
the capital be kept at Montgomery; that
representation iu the legislature be
based on the whole population; to pledge
the convention to take no backward
step in education.
Suffrage Clause.
The leading feature of the suffrage
elau-e offered by ex-Governor Jones to
day is that which denies the right to
voce to “any person who shall hereafter
be guilty aud convicted of selling his
own vote or buying or bartering the
vote of another iu any legal election or
in any primary, caucus or convention
held to nominate persons for public
office or to elect delegates to any pri
mary or convention, or who shall make
or aid iu making any false count, cer
tificates or returns as to the result of
such election, primary, caucus or con
vention, or who shall thereafter carry
concealed weapons and be duly con
victed thereof. ”
The Evangelist Declares He lias Ac
complished Rood.
Savannah, May 27.—Rev. Sam Jones
was seen yesterday at his hotel, where
he talked interestingly of Savannah, the
success of his meetings in this city,
abuses that exist in the administration
of the affairs of the body politic, of one
or two of the officials and of the finan
cial end of his engagement to preach to
the people of- Savannah. Asked about
the success of the meetings aud if he
thought the results have been of a na
ture to repay him aud Mr. Stuart for
their labors. Mr. Jones said:
“One example of the good that has
been accomplished by the services was
shown last night, when there was less
beer aud wnisky sold in Savannah than
there had been on any Saturday night
in 20 years. When such concrete in
stances are offered there can be no
doubt of the good that is resulting.
“Of course it cannot be told with cer
tainty, but I estimate that there have
been 1,000 converts to Christianity
made through the agency of the meet
ings, while 5,000 have come forward af
terwards to the platform in the taber-
necle to shake my hand. Net only peo
ple of Savannah, but drummers stop
ping over in the city have been saved.”
WOMAN CHOKED TO DEATH.
Negroes Near Dublin, Ga., Chasing
an Outlaw.
Macon, May 27.—Bertha Simmons, a
negro woman living 7 or 8 milos west of
Dublin, was on Friday afternoon crimi
nally assaulted and then murdered near
a small stream, iu which she had been
fishing. A negro by the name of John
Robinson, who was engaged as a farm
hand on the same plantation, mysteri
ously disappeared the same day.
Coroner Donaldson impaneled a jury
and went out to investigate the murder.
The rag with which the woman wak
choked to death and the pocketkuife
found lying near were identified as the
property of Robinson, and this, with
other evidence audcircumstauces point
ing to him as the guilty parry, caused
the jury to fasten the guilt upon him
and to cause a warrant to be issued for
his arrest, charging murder. The offi
cers are on a hot trail after him.
The negroes are highly incensed over
the affair and should they overtake him
when the officers are not present it is
quite probable that he will be sum
marily dealt with.
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goods than it costs us to produce them. We
are not “cheap” manufacturers, however.
Things have got to be done just as well as
brains and brawn can do them before they
are good enough for our customers.
The great item iu the cost of anything
is the labor in making it. Skilled w* rkmen
command good pay, and they do more aud
better work than the unskilled. That is why
it is cheaper to pay good wages to good men
than poor wages to poor men.
Our business is big. That makes our
prices little. The more orders we fill the
lower down our prices go. A. small profit
on each of many sales is a source of a larger
income than a big profit on each ot a !ew r
sales. As the boy said, “A lot ot little makes
one big,”
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REFUSED TO HOLD WOMAN.
Convention of Young People’s Union
to Meet In June.
Atlanta, May 27.—The Baptists of
the state, particularly the Baptist young
people, are now turning their eyes to
ward Rome, where the state Baptise
Young People’s union convention is to
meet June 18 and 20. Already great
interest is being taken in the occasion
and the indications are that the attend
ance will be large. For a number of
years the convention has been continu
ally growing.
The Baptist Young People’s Union
work in Georgia is in a better condi-
now than ever before, there are a larger
number of unions than there were a
year ago and the reports will show that
a larger number of persons have been
pursuing the study courses, which are
considered a most important feature of
the work.
He Kept His Leg.
Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of
Hartford, Conn., scratched his leg with
rusty wire. Inflammation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he suf
fered intensely. Then the best doctors
urged amputation, “but, ” he writes, “I
used one bottle of E;ectric Bitters and
UJ boxes of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and
my leg was sound and well as ever.”
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Augusta’s Police Chief Releases Pris
oner iu Quick Time.
Augusta, Ga., May 29. —There was a
sensational arrest of an attractive mar
ried woman on Broad street yesterday
afternoon, at the instance of her uncle,
who informed the officers that she was
running awav from her husband in
South Carolina.
sue was arrested under a warrant
taken out before Magistrate Wall, and
was in the office of the chief of police
for some time. She convinced Chief
Norris that there was not the slightest
reason for her arrest outside of the im
agination of her uncle. She said she
had left her husband night before last
in Columbia with his knowledge aud
consent and on Friday they were to
meet and go together to Fortress Mon
roe.
Ghief Norris promptly liberated her,
and was so convinced of her innocence
that he absolutely refused to j^ive her
mime to anybody. Her uncle is a mem
ber of an old Charleston family and
the lady is highly connected.
RESULT OF FAMILY FEUD.
FATHER SLAYS HIS SON.
3Ianse Buchanan Shoots Iiis Brother,
Bill Buchanan.
Carrollton, Ga., May 28.—Manse
Buchanan, constable of New Mexico
district, 16 miles from here, shot his
brother, Bill Buchanan, inflicting a
painful but not serious wound.
There are five brothers in what is
known as “Buchanan Town,” almost- a
village in that neighborhood. They
owned property in common. Recently
friction arose among them. Biil Buch
anan wan ad to build a house on his
tract of land, which is entirely sur
rounded by that of his brothers. The
brothers would allow Bill Buchanan no
right of way to reach his laud, nor
would they allow him to haul over their
land. No sooner had the house been
finished than it was burned down and
charges of arson were made, which cul
minated iu the shooting.
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DEFECT IN THE LAW.
Condemned Murderers May Stave Off
Hanging Indefinitely.
Seattle, Wash., May 29.—The prose
cuting attorney of this county has dis
covered a defect in the new law passed
by the last legislature regarding the ex
ecution of criminals, which it is be
lieved invalidates it as to all persons
now under sentence of death, or who
may be sentenced before June 14, when
the law goes into effect.
The law gives a new lease of life to
Charles Nordstrom, whose last appeal
was yesterday dismissed in the United
States supreme court and who was to be
hanged immediately.
Other condemned murderers in the
state will also be able to stave off execu
tion indefinitely.
it Is News In Vienna.
Vienna, May 29.—Nothing is known
here regarding the report published in
the United States that a motion has
been introduced in the lower house of
the reichsrath urging the foreign min
ister, Count Goluchowski, to take offi
cial action with a view to the formation
of a European commercial league against
the United States.
White 3Ien Employed.
Little Rock, May 28.—The Arkansas
and Choctaw railroad has dismissed all
its negro brakemen aud replaced them
with white men, paying the latter
standard wages.
Orders promptly attended to.
Job Peintins.
Electric Line From Gainesville
Dalilonega.
Daiilonega, Ga., May 25.—After sev
eral preliminary surveys, the North
Georga Construction company, organ
ized here last week iu conjunction with
the Gainesville and Dahlonega Electric
Railway company, has decided to begin
work on the construction for the pro
posed electric railway from Gainesville
to Dahlonega. The route has been per
manently selected, a corps of surveyors
has beeu placed in the field to grade the
route aud a man has been put on the
road to secure necessary rights of way.
The electric power for operating the
road is to be derived from the Chatta
hoochee river near Gainesville and will
also supply a locai system of car lines.
Shipping Georgia Peaches.
Cuthbert, Ga., May 27.—Cuthbert
fruit growers have commenced shipping
peaches, and this very important and
extensive industry is now on in earnest.
Cuthberc’s crop may not be as large as
last year, but the peaches promise to be
better. Cuthbert being among the larg
est fruit shippihg points in Georgia, the
business is an important one. The
melon crop is doing nicely. The Dlmn
crop is short, as compared with las;
year, bat the fruit will be better.
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Gets a Verdict For $ii,000.
Augusta, Ga., May 29.—Mrs. Lena
Little, who brought suit against the city
for injuries to her husband, lias been
given a verdict in the city court for
$2,000. Mr. Little fell on the sidewalk
• broke his hip, and subsequently
died.
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Black l-jeiiil In Law’s Clinches.
Savannah, May 27. — Daniel Wil
liams, alias Brown, a negro, is iu jail,
charged with an attempted rape upon
Annie Andrews (white), the little 3-
vear-oid daughter of Mr. Harrv Au-
A Tarheel Farmer Defends Himself
With a Pistol.
Rutherfordton, N. C. t May 29.—
Mack McDowell, a farmer 45 years old,
iu a row yesterday with several mem
bers of his family, shot and instantly
killed bis 18-year-old son, Jake, with a
38-caiiber pistol at his home near Hen
rietta, iu this county.
Young McDowell had driven his 14-
year-old brother from the field and
thrashed him until he was almost uncon
scious. Later they met at the house and
the seooud attack was made upon the
young boy by Jake, when a third brother
pulled him off. Wheu this was done
Jake demanded his pistol from his fa
ther to kill the third brother, taking up
an ax aud following his father, swear
ing he would split open his head if he
did not give up the pistol.
McDowell, knowing the hoy would
fulfill his threat, took the pistol from
his pocket and fired one shot, the ball
taking effect in the right lung. Whiie
the father was gone for the doctor he
was arrested and brought here to jail.
He says that his life is as sweet to him
as his son’s was to him aud that he
env'-d his own life by committing the
deed.
HIGH WATER IN ALABAMA.
and
Tennessee River Out of Banks
Crops Ruined.
Decatur, Ala., May 29.—The Tennes
see river at this point shows the biggest
rise recorded in two or three years. The
gauge indicates 19 feet, with the water
still coming up slowly, while a greater
rise is expected from rains up stream.
Thousands of acres of lowlands in corn
and cotton will have to be replanted or
laid out this season. Scores of farmers
are heavy losers in cattle, hogs, horse3
and mules, more thau 200 head having
passed this place.
The flow of drift has been immense,
several houses coming down, with whole
rafts of logs. A pack 300 feet long aud
many yards wide collected above the
Southern railroad l ridge, keeping a
gang of men and steam barges busy day
and night to clear the bridge.
There was a slight frost Monday night
followed by another last night. Both
cotton and corn are severely injured,
much of the crop having been but re
cently replanted. Fruits are not hurt
to any great extent.
Insurance 3Ian 3Iisdng.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 29.—Alex
ander E. Crawford is one man badly
wanted by parties in Pensacola, but his
present whereabouts is a deep mystery.
Crawford, for several months, has been
the local manager of the Jacksonville
Insurance and Banking company, and
had built up a very extensive patronage
in Pensacola and vicinity. Thursday
of last week, however, he left his home
at the navyyard, telling his wife busi
ness called him to Mobile and that ho
would return the day following. The
drews, a Plant system employe. Wil- i entire week has passed and his contin-
liaius was watching a vacant building,
and it. is claimed ha enticed the little
child into a room and attempted to com
mit a crime. He was discovered, but
escaped until this morning.
Early Deci-ion Expected.
Atlanta, May 27.—An early decision
is expected in the mandamus suit against
State Treasurer R. E. Park, argument
in which was completed before the su
preme court last week. It is believed a
decision will be reached by the supreme
court during the latter part of this week
or the first of nexr.
Negro -liooi> * Chief.
Flovilla, Ga., May 27.—This after
noon Cnief of Police Matt Woodward,
whiie attempting to arrest Josh Walton,
a desperate negro, was shot down and
seriously wounded. Sheriff Crawford
with a possee and bloodhounds is on
Walton’s track.
There is more catarrn in this section of the
country ilian all other diseases put together,
and until tlielast few years was "supposed to
he incurable. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced it a iocal disease, and pre
scribed local remedies, and by constanti
failing to cure with local treatment, pro
nounced it incurable. Science ha3 proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con
stitutional cure on the market. It is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. It aets directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY 4 CO.,
Bg^SoId by Druggists, 7oc. Toledo, O
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ued absence caused some suspicion; and
investigation proved that Crawford had
forged the name of prominent citizens
to notes, obtaining thereon, it is said,
over $700. He was also in debt for sala
ries of agents.
Can’t Use Convicts Anjf 3Iore.
Tallahassee, May 29.—The question
of taking convicts out of the phosphate
mines was settled when the bill intro
duced and passed in the house of repre
sentatives, prohibiting the board of
state institutions from leasing convicts
to phosphate operators, came up in the
senate Monday. An effort to cripple
the measure by amendment failed and
the bill passed its second reading.
Balked by the British.
St. Petersburg, May 29.—News has
been received from Persia that the pro
posed new Russian loan of 15,000,000
roubles has fallen through because the
snah was unwilling to give the required
security and grant the privileges re
quired iu South Persia. British influ
ence is blamed for the failure of the
loan.
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