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) 1 I | ! HOUSE IS DECIDEDLY AGAINST A , C0N8TITUTI0NAL CONVENTION. HOUSE HONORS MEMORY OF CRISP ; i A Brief Summary of £ach Day’s Pro¬ ceedings In the House and the Senate. Mr. Kevin’s bill for a constitutional convention came up as the special or- der at 10 o’clock in the house Friday and after much debate was defeated by a large majority. The committee’s substitute providing for ten delegates to each congressional district aroused more opposition h, than q „ ir, Mr. 'Morin’s Kevin s hill bill and helped to defeat it. Mr. Hill’s bill to protect dry coun- ties from liquor drummers passed with amendments protecting dry towns and dry districts in wet counties. Speaker Jenkins left the chair to support the bill. Mr. Moore, of Carroll, won a pre- liminnry fight on his bill to tax surren- der values of life insurance policies, and the recommitment of the bill was reconsidered by more than seventy votes, indicating that the bill has con- sidetablfe strength. It Was opposed by Mr. Knowles,, of Fulton, and Mr. Pearce, pf Houston. Friday was adull day in the senate. Several important bills were intro- duced, but the session was almost en- tirelv consumed in the transaction of reutine matters. inter- Senator Carter’s denial of an view reflecting on Hon. I om Watson which .was recently printed in Macon Telegraph, was the only liitei- esting incident of the session. Tuesday's Proceedings. The house Tuesday byou emphatic vote killed the bill to prohibit child labor. It was a spirited debate, in which a number of prominent gentle- took part, but when the test vote men excepting cot¬ eame on au amendment 39 in¬ ton factories, the vote of 98 to dicated the death of the bill. The bill prohibited tb« employment of children under. 1 c “ years of age m establishment, lauiulry or wU k «bop, excepting or- i,„f ulm Lndjo.lnA'e Sim- to su mills, PP old grist themselves mills, shops a “d like mills and work¬ m the rural districts. fo^^ th< tr Ia '. ant of a11 senate questions bill providing of fact by ■ including T , ]ny, eases now submitted to auditors, was under discussion when it was displaced by a special ° r mt r ‘ Tbe bf !1 is adversely reported. , fused 0USe b> pay Colonel U’R Sss.1 ’Pi “ ssafe L»a re, state in the tax case against Mrs G. W. Collier. The house took the,}'posi¬ tion .that every county should collect its taxes, including the state’s part. There was barely a quorum present in the senate Tuesday, and the session was devoted principally to the trans¬ action of routine business. Only oue important bill was introduced, and that u-as offered by Mr. McFarland, of the Forty-fourth district. His bill has for its puipose the abatement of the cigarette evil, and not only would prevent the sale of cigarettes in Geor¬ gia, but also provides against bring¬ ing them into the state. The session was adjourned at 11:30 o clock until 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. Wednesday’s Routine. The house had a day of discussion Wednesday. The child labor bill died hard on a motion to reconsider Tues¬ day’s action, but it expired under a vote of 29 to 100. The bill to submit auditor’s reports in equity cases to the jury triumphed over an adverse report by a vote of 70 to 39. Mr. Watkins’ omnibus pension bill was killed by a decisive vote of 51 to 66. The great debate of the day was on the payment of the convention bonds which have been repudiated a number of times by previous legislatures. The weight of authority and argument was on the side of the bonds, but the house voted down a proposition to pay th om. In the senate Wednesday a number of minor appointments were confirmed and two important bills were passed. B6tli were by Senator Turner. One prohibits the wearing of buttons or badges of secret societies for fraudu¬ lent purposes, and the other seeks to amend the constitution of the state so as to enlarge the power of exemption from taxation of all places of religions worship and property of educational institutions. The governor's message, submitting the majority minority reports of the school book commission, was received and read. The senate adjourned at 12:15 o’clock. a _ T 4 liqr.4 Il yl& I}roceedliiks. The 1 honie honored the memory of Charles Frederic Crisp Thursday by voting $500 to pay for a life-size oil portrait to be placed in the eapitol. The resolution spoke significantly of .“his services in defeating the infa¬ mous force bill. ” A message was received from the governor informing the general assem¬ bly of the destruction of the negro ward of the lunatic asylum, and ask¬ ing that the asylum committee of the legislature meet the trustees at a called meeting to be held at Milledgeville. An effort to revive the omnibus pen¬ sion bill, which was voted down by the house on Wednesday,, failed signally, atirl a bill to make penal the hiring of misdemeanor convicts to private par¬ ties shared a like fate. Mr. Galvin’s bill making women eli¬ as assistant physicians good at the asylum passed by a ma- The bill for the election of judges solicitors by the people was fav- reported, arid one for the re- of the registration act was re¬ adversely. hills introduced Among the new were measures to'repeal tlio registra- ticu law, to give the railroad cominis- sion authority to make schedules, to $40,000 to the indigent pension appropriation, to require juries to fix penalties where discretion is given l,y jaw, to fix the common school term at months, to establish the “wire- judicial circuit, to reduce jury from 48 to 36, and to withdraw ant * ' orri ** funds hom Tbe genat ^‘ be]d a veiy important neS8 j on Thursday. Senator Turner’s anti-badge wearing bill, wliioh was passed Thursday was reconsidered and a hard fight > was precipitated by Mr. Kjlpatr k to secure tbe reC onsiderd- tion G f the bill for the benefit of church an d educational property which also passed the senate Wednesday. The dental bill, establishing a board 0 f dental examiners, wa3 passed and other business of less important nat- ure was transacted. Senator Hopkins’ bill providing for the elen*.ion of judges and solicitors by the people was made the special order for next Friday. Saturday in the House. -When the house convened Saturday morniu „ there wero scarcely half the members present. The first business was!that timfi of reading bills for the sec- obd as there was no quorum presen t a large number of bills came f or a se eond reading. The next worb was receiving reports of commit- tees. Only one -report was deserving of no |j ce . That was the minority report from the committe , of county and ccmn (y matters. This repccrt was sign- ed by four of the committee, and was in favor of the court house and county seat of DeKalb being retained in De- catur. ThWty thon.,ad unmarked graves of confederate soldiers may be markecT and provided with tombstones as a re- suit of a resolution adopted by the house. The resolution was by Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, and provided for the appointment of a commission of seven members to confer with legisla- tures of other southern states in re- gard to a plan to mark the graves of soldiers who lie buried in unmarked graves iu the far north. Two bills were introduced which if passed will place very stringent re¬ strictions around the street railways. Behind the introuction of at least one of the bills may be a scheme to secure transfers in Atlanta. Mayor Collier, the advocate of the transfers, was on ,11m floor of the house for quite a while during the morning, and it was whig- perisd around the house that the mayor V'-- •■'rn- W -. cr f r,« If J- ,0, nr i Iff cd idea rvf street car transfers. Mr. Fogarty, of Eiehmond, intro¬ duced very, important bill which exactly fits the present commercial conditions in this country. 1'he mcas- uro is intended to break the too com- mon practice of firms breaking full handed. 8o many firms and business houses have recently gone to the wall after making mortgages to members of the families of the members of the firms, that Mr. Fogarty thought some law was necessary to stop this. Talked on School Ouestlon. Bv D^W^en invitation of 1 ),e L!!S i em ; bly G^Nun- of Emory college, and Dr naliy, president of the Southern Fe- male college, addressed that bodv in the house of representatives Tuesdav night. The contention of both gentlemen was that the state should concentrate its educational appropriations on com- mon schools and leave it to private be- nevolence to supjiort the institutions of higher education. Dr. Candler attacked the University funding act, by which the state pays that institution 7 per cent on money which may be had for 3J per cent. He reviewed the history of legislation un- friendly to denominational colleges, and criticised severely the taxation of their property when church property is exempt. The speech commanded close attention for an hour and a quar- ter and made a deep impression. Dr. Nummlly called attention to the fact that sectarian education was at least 1,000 years old and state educa- tion an experiment of only about 100 years standing. He said the state should do nothing whitii individuals can do, and suggested a law requiring students at the University to .teach school as many many months as they enjoy free tuition at that institution. Dr. Nunnally was frequently applaud- ed and received marked attention. Tlie 'School Book Reports. Governor Atkinson sent the major¬ ity and minority reports of the school book commission to the general as¬ with sembly Tuesday, accompanying them it short but very pointed message. brte^tatement Thejgbveruor limits of facts his and -message presents to a a table of comparison between the cost of books now and the prices of¬ fered him by a prominent publisher if given a contract to furnish the state’s school books. This publisher has of¬ fered to give bond to comply with such a contract. The difference in price is interesting and not far short of start¬ ling. The governor expresses the confi¬ dent belief that the law -makers.possess the wisdom to discern and the courage to apply the rfemedy. In the message the governor also bad way 8< of PJ§EU£ tne estern saw aucl of Atlantic the right rail¬ of way at IVIarieita. ’ Ilefejaopes tlip matrt^iA can be disposed of at tbo present ses- sion of the genera! assembly, ns the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Kail- road company is now occupying this right of way and should bo required to pay for its use or be removed from its possession. University Faculty Make Reply. The university faculty, has been heard from on the Blalock rfeport. The statement in the report thatthe general disposition of the university faculty is unfriendly to the ugricultur- al department is challenged by the fac- the ulty in a letter which was sent to legislature and read in the house. The letter says that statement has no foundation in fact and sets forth the position of the university through the report of a laculty committee. * " iiiuimis 7 7 -1 iviinrviTV " L . . she insists That Hayti Shall Pay For Mistreatment of Bueder*. Advices from Berlin state that the German warship Gefion is under or- der3 to sail for Port an Prince, Hayti, tb i s mon th in order to insist upon re- dresa for the arrest of Herr Lueders ,a German subject, and his unlawful im- p r i SO nmeut, for which Count Schwo- r j n> tbe German minister at Port au Prince, has demanded indemnity, Lueders is now believed to be in Germany, having been released from prison iu order to avoid further com- plications, the natives of Port au Prince having threatened to mob the German legation and lynch Lueders. The fitting out of the warship is being hastened as much as possible. Qerman foreign The officials of the office do not believe the matter will be adjusted for some time to come because the Haytian government has assumed a stubborn attitude. The German newspapers are blaming the govern- ment for the delay in bringing Hayti to terms. The German version of this affair is that Lueders was sentenced to pay a fine of $48 and to undergo a month’s imprisonment for resisting a police- man, which Lueders denies. There- upon ho demanded a second trial, ob- tained it and witnesses testified that they had not seen him strike the po- but Ih spite of this Lueders was resentenced, this time to pay a fine of $500 and to undergo a year’s imprisonment. The original trouble between Lueders and the policeman, it is claimed in his behalf, was due to the latter forcing his way into liis resi- denee, contrary to law, in order to ar- rest one of his servants. After Lueders’second trial the Ger- man minister took the matter in hand, and on October 17th he went to the president of Hayti Augustin °the Simon Sam, and demanded in name of the German emperor that Lueders be set at liberty, and also demanding for every day the latter had spent in ®ris- on, twenty-three days in all, an in- demnity of $1,000 in gold. The inin- ister added that for every other day Lueders was kept a prisoner after Oc- lobe* I 78 ii, i>®, tie Germany, would demand an indemnity of President at first refused to grant the minister’s demand and Lue- ders remained in prison six days lon<r- er. Thereupon the German minister notified the Haytian government that he had hauled down his flag and had sent the archives of the German lega- tion to the United States, thus sever- ing all diplomatic relations with the government of Hayti. The action of the German £ ansed a « reat deaI of excitement at ^ ort au Prince. There were threats to lynch the prisoner; the life of the German minister was threatened; it wa f proposed to attack the legation, au d acting upon the advice of counsel- '° rS ’ Wh ° Were not desir0 « s of Precipi- tating further trouble, Lueders was ■' -e * eas ed by the Haytian government. reac bing . Fork on October 30th, aud saile<1 for Europe the same day. ENGINE k wigdv ' *' A Wedding Party of Thirty Persons All Killed. A cable dispatch from St. Petersburg states that near Bielostok, Russian Po- laud, a wedding party was returning from the church to the home of the bride. All were in one wagon, a huge b vehicle drawn alocg\vhich by eight horses The road they drove crosses the rai road track on the level, and the driver, either through careless- ness or ignorance of the train sched- uie, pushed his swiftly moving horses upon the crossing just as the express P was coming up. The locomotive struck the vehicle squarely, killing man? members of the party outright and maiming others so that they soon expired, Not a member of the party of thirty escaped. -----——- WILL ARBITRATE STRIKE, Suq h Was DeclsT^Tl^che.i nn,J by Miner, » nU Opera,«™ i„ 8 . yiie Miners’ union convention ad¬ journed.at Stre.ator, Ill., Thursday. The conference committee mot with President Ratehford Wednesday night and determined to support the conven¬ tion in favor of submitting the entire strike question to an arbitration board composed of three men wholly outside the regular state board-of arbitration, The miners will name one member, %e third. operators The ope,,and these two the convention also declared that the law must be upheld. ‘ : COAL TRUST WINS, Court Decides that its President >’ecd Vo, Go Before a Referee. - Pi si. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., saysl”“The appellate division of the third ..department ,has agreed with Judge Chester in vacating the order compelling the coal trust presidents to appear before a referee. The questiop.of, the constitutional¬ of tholaw was not discussed ex- cep/- in . Judge Landon’s dissecting opinion. WORK OF POST OFFICE DEPART- MENT FOR PAST YEAR. onyr dUlllL. lWTCDCQTIWp, Hi I LitLOl lliu nPnnPTinWs. LteUUullUrtu Which the Postmaster General Presents In Detail and Suggests Some Important Changes. The al)nU(lI rel)ort of Postmaster General Gary, covering the operations of tbe department for the fical year ending June 30, 1897, contains much that is of interest to the public at large. The special feature of the report is the ,, P ostmastev . . ^eral s discussion ,. of , 1,10 subject of postal savings deposito- rie8 - General Gary is an earnest ad T locate of such depositories, and he elaborates liis ideas at length, There are several other matters of public interest in the postmaster gen- eral’s report. He begins by giving statistics showing the work done by the department. This shows receipts from all sources $82,665,462.73 and expenditures of $94,077,242.38. p bis shows a deficit of $11,411,- J' ^ G. t>;> In explaining the deficit, General Gary says: I he increase of the^ postal defici, tor 18J7 is largely a reflex of the de- pressed business conditions which pre- val ®‘ a “ °yei - “ie United States dur- ing the first three quarters of that pe- r i° d ’ lucre has been no extravagance °* expenditures, except that rendered obligatory by law. The abuses that , have grown up un- der the second-class matter provisions of the law aie heated at some length, 1 lie injustice inflicted both upon the P osta avenues and the people by existing laws reguahng the carrying of H^d-class 'uail matter has been repreRen ei to oongiess in repor s * ronl department ^ for ten years P as f cumulative force, but with- out cnect in remedial legislation.’ statistics of the department ow that there has been an increase m . tie °/ character of master of from 143,000,000 rounds in 365,000,000 pounds in 1897. Ihis means a loss on transportation a^one of J “ e postmaster general adds: « impossible to continue the P resent system of second-class mail transportation without eventually swamping the revenues of the postal service. ° a thls _ subject, the postmaster gen- m . fhe ,° f United 4be 9i4postoffices M States 240 were and stations in gov- f n “ eut 'mildmgs at the end of the -year,_ and about twenty addi- t i° nal public buildings _ were nearing completion, which, when occupied by P ostoffi ce R > wiil result in an annual saving of $48,000. Eight hundred and thl rt T‘ two P°stofflces and stations sub-stations , are in leased build- 4 n g s » th e rental amounting to nearly ^830,000 a year. There were 28,000 letters mailed last y? ar 7 i * out an 7 address whatsoever, J reoor d dehd letters fcas averaged 20,000 for every btuittess day 111 y ear - More than $30,000 “!? J 7 ted l et * er "’ } mt of this finally reached its des- tmation through the efforts of the 'i m^fed^afts 1“ h ?' heae ck fl notes 8 ures deeds do “ ot and ln ' c e s, 80 forth n ’ . atotal ¥aIne , eXCeedln 8 « 896 - 000 - Rural Mail Delivery, On the snbjectof free rural delivery, General Gary says: “Iu the experimental extension of f _ duHver to thermal districts ree y some interesting resulty have been obtained, ? ervi ® e commfcncecl in October, 1896, has been carried on for a year °7® r Belec 1 ted rou ts3 in twenty-nine | states under such conditions as to j f P ?'! 7 ,® eSt * e8i experiment Congress the placed fairest and | $40,000 ?5 tne dls P osal the department for th \ s P ur Pose mthe fiscal year 1896-97, j f. nd pr ° vlded $ 5 °.0°0 fora continua- ; tU>n °/,. the experiment during the f reRent dscal , vear - Xt would difficult - to P olnt to auy like expenditure of P ubho m °ney which nas been more which apprec.atedhy the people, or has conferred greater bene- fitB F rc P 01 '‘ 10u to tbe amount ex- p6nded ' THE NOBLES CASE HEARD. *'ate of the Old I-ady Now Rests With Uncle Sam’s High, Court. The case of Elizabeth Nobles was heard before the supreme court at Washington Wednesday ffiarninn. It was opened by Mr. Marion Harris. Attorney General Terrell spoke for about the same length of time as it took Mr. Harris to review his brief. The whole point binges on the right of a person to demand a trial by jury, after judgment has been passed for insanity. The full court, with the exception of Justice Field, who is now too feeble to resume liis seat on the bench, beard the * case. *, ■ . , REWARD FOR NEWBOLD. The Sum of 8S50 Will Be Paid For Arreat of the Constafclti. A Columbia special says: Governor Kllerbe of South Carolina has offered a reward of $250 fbr the capture of Chief Constable W. H. Newbold, who shot down Rev. J. H. Turner in Spartan¬ burg a few days ago; supposing him to be a blockade whisky dealer. The horse and buggy by which the consta¬ ble made his escape from Spartanburg on the advice of his lawyer were re¬ turned to the livery stables by a boy. CLARA LEFT PENNILESS. Father-ln-Raw of “I.ord” l»ero*ford Drops Dead From Worry. Alexander Pelkey, fathor-in-law to Lord Beresford, dropped dead on the streets at Fitzgerald late Thursday afternoon from heart disease. Two years ago Mrs. Pelkey died of con¬ sumption and willed her fortune to her husband, expecting him to arrange for the protection of their only child, Clara, but. after the sensational mar¬ riage of their daughter to Lord Beres¬ ford at Fitzgerald last May, Mr. Pel- key made his will, giving his own for¬ tune and that received from his wife to hisoiily brother at Westerly, Rhode Island, with the request that he pro¬ vide for Clara in case she ever gets rid of her “hypnotic husband,” crime, whom she still follows in his career of utterly unable to break the magnetic spell which he has over her. Clara will of age next year and would have inherited both fortunes if she had not met and fell before the power of Sidney Lascelles. Mr. Pelkqy has spent, the past five months defending the law suits which Lord Boeesford has caused by claim¬ ing to be a partner of Mr. Pelkey. The preceding last suit was compromised the day his death. The other suits were all dismissed at the late term of court, just adjourned. Mr. Polkey’s family and connections were all Quakers and very good peo¬ ple. He got more trouble on bis hands through Lord Beresford in one day than he had previously during his life of sixty years. During the last five months he mourned for his daugh¬ ter, whom he had not heard from di¬ rectly since Lord Beresford flight. Mr. Pelky had been failing rapidly in health since Clara got into the clutches of Beresford. He worried very much about Clara and this marriage caused hi.s death. Beresford’s actions killed him, but he will not get a cent of the money. Fitzgerald The Pelkey fortunes at and in Rhode Island, since Mr. Pel- key’s recent losses, will not exceed $100,000. Mr. Pelkey’s will, in which all of his property was left to his brother, was executed on the 23d of last June, immediately after he was acquainted with the true character of his son-in-law. Pelkey was fearful, so ho stated at the time, that Lascelles would have him murdered in order to get possession of the money. WHISKY MEN INDICTID. Fulton County Grand jury Charges Them with Murder of Fonder, Friday morning, at Atlanta, Ga., the Fulton county grand jury found bills of indictment for murder against Wai- ter O Quinn, Louis Steinau and Julius Simon, charged with killing Patrol- Fonder, Ihc grand jury began the mvestiga- Ron at 10 o’clock and was in session for three hours. All of the testimony m hand by the detective department I was not introduced and several wit- ! nesses summoned were allowed to go without being heard; The indictment returned was as fol¬ low's: “In the name and behalf of the citi- zens of Georgia, we charge and accuse Walter O’Qninn, L. Steinau and Julius Simon, of the county and state afore- said, with tlie of murder, for that the said Walter O’Quinn, L. Steinau and Julius Simon in the county aforesaid on the eighth day of ™ the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred ond ninety-seven, with force and arms, did unlawfully 'mdwith malice aforethought kill and murder one T J. Ponder by shooting ^ ? fi‘ ha being Pistol. then and The there said the Walter ac- Perpetrator of said crime, and the said I.. Steinau and Julius -jimon h«ing present, aiding and abetting in t_ 6 P® r Pftration of said offense eon- trar J to tbe law of said state, tbe good order, peace and dignity thereof. ” INDIANS ARE FOREIGNERS, Accordlng to a Ruling In United States Court at Chattanooga. J" * d ?““° a banded , , d . °7 n bj the ^ United btates court of appeals at Chat- tanooga, Friday, in a case from the dl strict of North Carolina, it J“* '7® s ml l® r8 i of wt:naliiy tbe eastern declared band of that Char¬ the ” k ® e Indla,IS . ars not citizens of the J bode c ‘ 81lon .°'. th ° co ^ 18 tbat fhe Jand b «s , “o right to make any con- qT Wlthout the sanction of the United States , government, SOYEREIGN IS AMBITIOUS. A Report That Retired Master Workman Wants To Be President. The Louisville Courier-Journal in its issue of Sunday moruing, under the caption “Sovereign’s Vaulting Am¬ bition,” says: “The great sectet is opt at last. J. R. Soveregn, the retiring general mas- ter. workman of the Knights of Labor, resigned his position in order that he might push his candidacy for president of United States in 1900. “While it is said that Mr. Sovereign aild the Hon. W. J. Bryan are oii the friendliest terms, the supporters of Mr. Sovereign say he will make every effort to land the prize which Mr. Bryan seeks to secure. ” PASSENGER ? TRAIN BURNS. Disastrous Wreck In Which No Rives Wer© Lcist aiicl One Hurt. The passonger train on the Louis¬ ville, Henderson arid St. Louis road, which left St. Louis AYednesday even- ipg and which was, due in Louisville at 7:30 o’clock Thursday morning, was derailed and entirety consumed- by fire near Lewisport,-' Ky., 98 miles from Louisville. No liV8s were lost, and, si) far ns is known, no one was seriously injured. HE WAS TO HATE BEEN EXECUTED LAST FRIDAY. SHVED HT THE ELEVENTH HOUR. Attorney* Contended That Snperior Court Acted Too Hastily In Sentencing The Condemned Man. A special from San Francisco says: William Henry Theodore Durrant was not hanged at San Quentin Friday af¬ ter all, the supreme court of California having granted him another respite at the eleventh hour. Up to 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon, when the news flashed over the wires from Sacramento that the court, now in session there, had granted a writ of probable cause and instructed Warden Hale not to carry out the execution of Durrant until further orders, there was apparautly no further hope for the condemned murderer of Blanche La- montand Minnie Williams, as his at¬ torneys had made a futile effort to se¬ cure another writ of habeas corpus in the United States court, and had not even been granted permission to ap¬ peal from that decision to the supreme court of the United States, Meanwhile, however, Attorney Du- prey hastened to Sacramento and ap¬ plied to the state supreme court for a writ of probable cause, for the pur¬ pose of staying the proceedings against his client upon the grounds that no official knowledge of the action of the supreme court of the United States in the matter of Durrant’s appealing from the decision of the federal court had yet been received; that the superior court had acted too hastily iu sen¬ tencing Durrant to be hanged Friday, as the iaw required that he be given at least sixty days’ grace; and thirdly, that the pendency of an appeal in the supreme court affecting the condemn¬ ed man was of itself sufficient cause for a stay of execution. The matter was partially argued in chambers and later argued before the full court and taken under advise¬ ment. Shortly afterwards the court announced its decision, granting the writ applied for, in which all the jus¬ tices concurred. When information of the reprieve was given to the condemned man, Durrant received it without any great display of emotion but fell on his knees and prayed silently for several minutes. When Mrs. Durrant, the mother of the prisoner, reached the prison the news was told to her. She said that she had pnt her faith in God and felt that He would not desert her. The death veil was removed and Durrant was carried down to the office, and it will not again be placed over the prisoner unless required by future de¬ velopments in the case. CRED1TORS FILE BILL Against Southern Home Building and Doan Association at Atlanta. A bill was filed at Atlanta by attor¬ neys representing complainant credi¬ tors against the Southern Home Build¬ ing and Loan association. Almost immediately there was a re¬ sponse from officers of the association who claim that the association is in good standing and that there will be no trouble in their making a good showing. based They say that the allegations ard upon certain propositions that are entirely untenable, and that no court will support the pleas made by the petitioners, when the proper show¬ ing of the standing of the company is made through their attorneys. SAYANNAH FREIGHT BUREAU Will Continute to Fight Alleged Ballway Discrimination. At the annual meeting of subscribers of the Savannah, Ga., freight bureau held Thursday, it was decided to con¬ tinue the bureau another year. Commissioner D. G. Purse read the annual report. He poured such hot shot into the railroads for their alleged discrimination against Savannah that a resolution was passed preventing the report from being given to the news- papers. Colonel W W. Gordon was re-eleot- ed president. FLOODS IN SPAIN. Towns Inundated and Many People are Drowned. A special from Madrid says: Further details regarding the floods in various parts of Spain, notably in the pro¬ vinces of Saragossa, Valencia and Malaga, whore railroad traffic and tel¬ egraphic communication have been se- riously interfered with, show that fifteen corpses have already been re¬ covered. In the neighborhood of Valenoda enormous numbers of cattle have per¬ ished and the villages of Grao and Nazareth have been completely inun¬ dated. have Many of the houses of those places collapsed. SCOTTS BOYCOTT US. Joiner, of Glascow Are Forbidden to Han¬ dle Door* or American Make. The officials of the Joiners’ union at Glasgow, Scotland, have posted no- tices in all the shops of the city for¬ bidding members of the union to hang dniii’K which have been made in the United States or to use joiners of any kind imported from the United States. The reason for this notice, it is said, is that speculative builders have im¬ ported large quantities of ali classes of manufactured wood.