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The Danielsville Monitor.
VOL- XXIII.
GEORGIA NEWS:
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Grand Jury. Indorses Dispensary.
The Floyd county grand jury in thgi
general presentments recently made,
indorse the rum shop in operation at
Rome.
* * *
New Railroad Completed.
The Flint River and Northeastern
railroad has been completed from Pel
ham to Ticluior, a station on the Geor
gia Northern, near Doerun. Only a
freight schedule will be operated over
the new road at present.
* * *
Park and Mobley Reappointed.
J. B. Park, Jr., of Greene county, and
J. H. Mobley, of Harris county, have
been reappointed as directors of the
state experimental farm, located at
Griffin, Ga. The appointment was
made Saturday by Governor Terrell.
The terms are for five years.
* * *
Cotton Bale Sold for $121.(0.
All local records since the days fol
lowing the civil war were broken at
Columbus one day the past week, when
O. S. Barnes, of Hamilton, sold a bale
of cotion weighing 787 pounds for
$121.10 net. The cotton was stained
and classed low, hut nevertheless
brought 15 1-3 cents per pound.
* *
May Borrow for Legislature.
Governor Terrell stated a few days
ago that it was too early to state defin
itely, yet he thought that it would he
necessary to borrow money with which
to pay the legislators during the com
ing session. Last year ?t was neces
sary to borrow $50,000 to help defray
the expenses of the first 'summer ses
sion.
Pacolet Mills Close Down.
The Pacolet Manufacturing Company,
whose plant at New Holland consumes
annually 30,000 bales of cotton and em
ploys about 1,000 hands, closed down
Saturday for an indefinite period. The
company manufactures goods and the
high price of cotton is the reason for
closing down. The idle forces will
suffer, and tho community will be hurt 1
S .
Black’s Tribute to Gordon.
Commander in Chief John C. Black,
of the Grand Army of tho Republic,
has written a letter to Colonel James
P. Averili, of O. M. Mitchell post, G.
A. R., of Atlanta, in winch he express
es warm approbation of the resolu
tions relating to the death of Genera!
John B. Gordon, recently adopted by
the post, and his admiration of General
Gordon as a soldier and a statesman.
a * *
Tcomcr is Greatly Interested.
A Washington dispatch says: When
the Sibley bill to prohibit the purchase
by the government of convict made
goods was the subject of a hearing be
fore the house committee on labor, W.
M. Toonier, of Georgia, who said that!
he held a contract for the labor of 509
convicts for five years in that state,
opposed tho hill. Mr. Toomer said that
the state received from $220 to $250
a year for its convict labor, and that
this money went into the public school
fuund.
• * *
Have Money to Loan.
Farmers of Carroll and Heard coun
ties, Georgia, and Cleburne and Ran
dolph counties, Alabama, who market
heavy crops from their wagons in
tho streets of Carrollton, are realiz
ing handsomely from their crops of
cotton which have been held. Sinco
cotton reached the approximate price
o 15 cents per pound, unheard of re
serves of cotton have been hauled in
for the past week, and an immense
fund of cash for the section is being
deposited.
No Former Jeopardy.
The plea of former jeopardy entered
in the case of J. B. Oliveros, former
cashier of the Atlantic Coast Line in
Savannah, and charged with larceny
after trust of about $3,000, was over
ruled by Judge George T. Cann.
He said that the late Judge Pope
Barrow had been moved by a legal
necessity to declare a mistrial. Judge
Barrow had declared a mistrial be
cause he had expressed an opinion as
to certain evidence The next day he
found he was wrong in having done so.
Unless the supreme court reverses
Judge Cann, the cast must go to trial.
* 3
State to Sue Railroads.
Attorney General John C. Hart, at
the request of the railroad commission
of Georgia will file suits in a few days
against the Southern railway and the
Seaboard Air Line railway for failure
on part of hose companies to comply
with the orders of the railroad com
mission.
Some time ago the roads were order
ed by the commission to construct de
pots at certain stations on their lines,
but so far the railroads have ignored
the orders of the commission and have
taken no steps toward the erection of
the buildings which they were ordered
to construct.
* * *
Fire Bugs Caused Elbcrtcn Glaze.
The debris of Elbcrlon's big Ore is
being rapidly removed, prepare' :ry u>
rebuilding the burned dicri C<
T. M. Swift has alrf - lan ■ :
der for material to .
fronts of bis : O ' ■ s
who owned the bh L
pcrlng to haul maieiial to rebuild- The
firms who were burned out have made
arrangements to open up again in
new buildings.
It is generally thought at present
that the fire was of incendiary orign,
as when it was discovered it appeared
to be in the rear of three stores de
stroyed at the same time. Some be
lieve it was caused by burglars to cov
er their tracks.
* *
State's Cotton Is Sold.
Chairman J. S. Turner, of the stare
prison commission, is very much grati
fied over the high price at which the
state's cotton sold a few days ago.
There were 305 bales raised on the
state prison farm this year, and they
were sold to George Smith, a Milledge
ville buyer, at an average price of la
1-2 cents per poi nd. This is a total of
more than $23,600.
The foregoing figures are in striking
contrast to those received by the state
last year for the cotton raised on the
farm. There were 450 bales raised
last year, and it was sold at an aver
age price of a little more than 9 cents,
he total amount received for the 450
tales being about $19,000. The money
received from the sale of this cotton
is turned into the state treasury. By
the raising of this cotion annually the
prison farm more than pays the ex
pense of operating it.
* * 4
Agents Named fer Cordon Fend.
More than SI,OOO has already been
subscribed toward the memorial monu
ment to be built in Atlanta to the
memory of General John B. Gordon,
and that, too, before the committee in
named to solicit subscriptions have
gone actively into the field.
President W. L. Calhoun has com
pleted the list of agents named to
represent the John B. Gordon Monu
ment Association in the various south
ern states, as well as the committees
which will be requested and authorized
to canvass for subscriptions in the va
rious cities of Georgia. The agents
named to represent the association ! n
other southern states are authorized
to associate with them such commit
teemen as they may see fit to canvass
their respective fields, and they will
be asked to report to the central com
mittee in Atlanta at such times as may
be most convenient and suitable to
them.
Held Cotton for Twenty-Two Years.
Homer Williams, a cotton buyer at
Vienna for E. L. Harper, of Cordele,
purchased there a few days ago three
bales of cotton from D. B. Leonard
which were ginned in the fall of 1881.
The three bales were just twenty-two
years old, and wore probably the old
est in America. This venerable lot of
fleecy staple graded as good middling
and sold at 15 cents.
Cotton in ISBI was selling at a low
figure, and Mr. Leonard stored three
bales away in a little house in Vienna,
declaring ho would hold it until it
brought 15 cents. Though it seemed a
hopeless task,, he held out in his de
termination-
* * *
College Arranges Agricultural Course.
The Agricultural School of (he Uni
versity has arranged a two weeks’
course in Agriculture, February 8-20,
for the special benefit of farmers. Tne
lectures and experiments will be held
in the Agricultural Hail, free from any
interruption from the regular classes
of the University, and at hours con
venient for many farmers who come
from home each day. The lectures are
absolutely free. It will be a two weeks’
institute in Agriculture, open to al!
the citizenrs of the state interested in
that subject. The most expert. lec
turers on agricultural subjects will
be in atendanee. Ample opportunity
will he given for questions for practi
cal study of the cotton plant, the corn
plant, for examination and comparison
of the best types of cattle and hogs.
Every afternoon from 2 to 4 the
dairy will be running where fanners
and their wives may see and study the
best processes of testing the milk,
separating the cream, making the but
ter and preparing the same for market.
Those who can stay the two weeks
can get board and lodging for the en
tire time for $lO. Below will be found
the different subjects to be studied,
the lecturers and the date of each lec
ture.
Monday, February Sth —10:30. Mak
ing a cotton crop. Prof. J. M. John
son. 11:30. Fertilizers for cotton and
their application. Dr. H. C. Whiti^
Tuesday, February 8th—10:30. Grow
ing a corn crop from preparation of
soil to harvest time. Prof. J. M. John
son. 11:30. Insects injuring the grow
ing crops and mature ear, and their
control. Dr. J. P. Campbell.
Wednesday, February, 10th —10:30.
Cotton improvement by seed selection
and plant breed ng. Prof. J. M. John
son. 11:30. Types and varieties of
cotton, which have given the best re
sults. Director R. J. Redding.
Thursday, February 11th —10:30.
Types of corn best suited for Georgia.
Director R. J. Redding. 11:30 Seed
selection and plant breeding as a
means of corn improvement. Prof. J.
M. Johnson.
Friday. February 12!h—10:30. Mar
keting the cotton crop. Institute Di
rector Harvio Jordan. 11:30. Corn
judging—laboratory work. Prof. J. M.
Johnson.
Saturday. February 13th —10:30 to
12. Farmers' question box, conducted
by Senator Havvie Jordan.
Monday. February 15th —10:30.
Types of beef cattle. Prof. J. M. John
son. 11:30. Common ailments of farm
animals and their treatment. Dr. T.
E. Jago
Tuesday. February —JO; 30.
For Our Town- Our County and Oxur state
DANIELSVILLE. GA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1904
Method of improving cattle. Prof. C.
L. Willoughby. 11:30. Food crops for
hogs and cattle and their production.
Prof. J. M. Johnson.
Wednesday, February 17th—10:30.
Economy in meat production. Prof.
C. L. Willoughby, of the Experiment
Station. 11:30. Principles and prac
tices of stock breeding. Prof J. M.
Johnson.
Thursday, February- 18th —10:30 to
11:30. Stock judging—practical dem
onstrations from the an'mals. Prof.
J. M. Johnson.
Friday, February 19th—10:30 and
11:30. Slaughter tests and carcass
demonstration. Prof. J. M. Johnson.
Any citizen interested in these sub
jects is cordiailyl invited to attend.
Farmers from a distance will be given
every aid in securing hoarding places.
MRS. LORENZSHED TEARS
A “Briny” Incident During Trial ol
Alleged Postoffice Grafters in
Washington Court.
The defense in the postal trial at
Washington opened Thursday. Mr.
Maddox, on behalf of the Groffs, sail
he would prove that George E. Lorenz
in 1895 had purchased for SSOO a one
half interest in the Groff fastener.
He was followed by Mr. Kumler for
the Lorenzs, who asserted that as far
back as 1888 Machen, George E. Lo
renz and his brother engaged in the
oil business in Ohio, and that as a re
sult of their various transactions Geo.
E. Lorenz owed Machen $25,000, and
that whatever money Lorenz paid to
Machen was in settlement of an honest
debt.
Conrad Syme, on behalf of Machen,
agreed with what Mr. Maddox and Mr.
Kumler said, and added that he would
prove there was no conspiracy when
Mr. Kumler, in the course of his- open
ing remarks, said that Mrs. Lorenz
had been scandalized by the govern;
ment, which had treated her with
cruelty, Mrs. Lorenz broke down and
wept bitterly-. She was led from the
room by Mrs. Machen anil Mrs. Phil
lips, Mr. Maehen’s sister. She recov
ered her composure during the recess
and occupied her accustomed place in
court.
The first witness for the defense
was Miss Ina S. Liebhart, chief clerk
of the special free delivery division,
and Machen’s former stenographer.
She described Machen’s various duties,
which she said made it physically im
possible for hint to personally attend
to everything. She said that from
July, 1901, she personally initialed all
the mail with Machen’s initials and
prior to that date she placed his ini
tials probably on one-half of the mail.
She said she herself determined the
question of what papers she should or
should not initial. She declared that
the Groff fastener was never the sub
ject of any conversation between her
self and Machen. In writing Machen's
initials she said there was no secrecy
about it, that First Assistant Postmas
ter General Wynne knew as well as his
chief clerk, Mr. Hawley. A recess was
taken at this point.
Continuing her testimony when the
trial was resumed, Miss IJebhardt said
that a great deal of Machen's time was
taken up in interviewing congressmen
and postmasters regarding the exten
sion of the rural free delivery. Asked
specifically about Groff fasteners, Miss
Licbhardt said that special orders
were not brought to Machen’s atten
tion .because the fastener was "a fixed
supply.” In cases involving anew ar
ticle, however, she said she would
speak to the superintendent about it.
It was brought out that, the order giv
en the Groffs for fasteners at the re
duced price of $1.25 each, was dated
July 15, 1899, and was signed by Ma
chen himself.
The witness had not concluded when
court adjourned until Friday.
NOVEL RECEIVERSHIP CASE.
Woman Puts Affairs of Husband In
Hands of Court.
Thomas M. Henson, a prominent
merchant of Union county, Ga., has
been placed in the hands ot a receiver
at the instance of his wife. Hanson's
property includes a large mercantile
establishment, valuable merchant mills
and other property, and aggregating
about $6,000.
Henson’s wife some time ago enter
ed suit against him for alimony. In
her petition she made some very sen
sational charges, one of which was
that her husband would not allow her
or her children to attend any religious
services, and when they disobeyed
him they were whipped severely.
At the last term of Union superior
court Judge Kimsey ordered Henson
to pay Mrs. Henson SSO per month
temporary alimony. This Henson lias
paid promptly, but Mrs. Henson, in
her application for a receiver, states
that her husband is rapidly winding
up his business, and that where par
ties can’t pay him instanter he marks
their indebtedness settled.
REQUESTS TO RATIFY TREATY.
Petitions from Philadelphia and Bruns
wick, Ga., Reach the Senate.
A Washington dispatch says: Among
the petitions presented in the senate
Thursday was one from the members
of the board of trade of Philadelphia
and Brunswick, Ga., for the prompt
raiiflentloiv of the canal treaty.
SEABOARD
Air Line Railway.
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE
Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta*
Now Orleans and Points South
and West.
IN EFFECT APRIL 12, 190S.
SOUTHWARD.
Daily Daily
No. 31 No. 27
Lt New York via P. R. 1t.... 12 55 p 12 10 a
“ Philadelphia, P. R. II 829 p 720 a
“ Baltimore, I*. It. R 5 45 p 984 a
'* Washington, W. 8. 8y.... 700 p 10 46 a
“ Richmond, S. A. L. lty. ..10 35 p 215 p
“ Petersburg, “ 11 17 p 257 p
“ Norlina, “ 135 a 5 15j>
“ Henderson, “ 2 22 a Go3p
“Raleigh, “ 400 a 733 p
“ Southern Pines,“ 6( 0 a 930 u
“Hamlet. “ 725 a 10 *lO b
“ Columbia,J “ 10 00 a 12 55 a
Ar Savannah, “ 220 p 5G5 a
“ Jacksonville. “ 650 p 915 a
“ St. Augustine, “ .... 155 p
“
No. 33 No. li
Lv New York. N. Y. P. A I r . +7 55a 855 p
“ Philadelphia, “ 10 16a 11 21 p
New York, O.D. 8.8.Q0. f3 00 p
“ Baltimore. B. 8. i’. Oo 30 p
as IT ton, N. AW.s. B. ... C3O p
" Portsmouth, 8. A. L. lty. 905 p 9 2.5a
“ Weldon, li 45 p 1155 a
“ Norlina, " 150 a 140 p
“ Henderson, “ 222 a 210 p
“ llaleigh, " 400 a 400 p
“ Southern Pines, “ GOO a GIG p
Lv liamlot, “ 7 80 a 10 40 j.
Wilmington, “ 8 30 J>
r ~ 10 08 a 1045~p
Lv Chester, “ 10 25 a 135 .
“Greenwood, “ 12 33 p 843 a
“ Athens, “ 250 p 605 a
Ar Atlanta. $ 450 p 850 a
“ Augusta, C. A W. 0 y) 20 p
‘* r Mncon, C. of Ga 720 p ! i a
“ Montgomery, A. AW. P.. 20 p 025 p
“ Mobile, I> A N 2 55 a
“ Now Orleans, L. AN. ... 7 15 a ....
*' Nashville. N. C. A St. L. G4O a 655 p
“ Memphis, 3 45 p 8 15 a
NORTHWARD.
Daily Daily
No. 32. No. 38.
Lv Memphis, N.C. A St. L... 12 45 m 809 p
“ Nashville 930 p 980 a
~“ New Orleans, L. A N 8 15 p
“ Mobile, L. A N 12 40 a
“ Montgomery A. .V W. V .. G 45 a 100 p
“ Macon, C. of Ga 866 a 422 p
“ Augusta, C- A W. 0 10 10a
Lv Atlanta J sTaT L. lty .7“ 12 00 m 810 p
Ar Athens,§ “ 257 p 11 25 p
“ Greenwood, “ 515 p 205 a
“ Chester. “ 717 p 415 n
Lv Charlotte, “ 725 p 5 01a
Wilmington, 7 330 p
"Hamlet, 10 30 p 7_sf_p
“ Southern Pines “ 1118 p 84 5 a
“ Raleigh “ 125 a 1115 a
“ Henderson, 41 253 a 12 50 p
“ Norlina, “ 345 a 145 p
“ Weldon, . “ 505 a 300 p
Ar Portsmouth, “ 300 a 5 35j>
“ Washington. N. AW. S.li. 6 55 a
“ Baltimore. B. S. P. Cos tG 30 a
“ New York, O. /). 8. 8. Cos t 5 00 p
“ Philadelphia,N,Y.P.AN. |5 40 p 510 u
“ Now York, “ 815 n 8 0.) a
u NoT6*T.
Lv Tampa, S. A. L. Ry 9 00 p 8 50 u
“ St. Augustino “ 540 a G2O p
“ Jacksonville, “ 845 a 750 p
“ Bavannn.ii, “ 1 15 p 12 10 a
“ Columbia,§ 11 685 p 580 a
“ Hamlet, “ 10 30 p 855 a
“ Southern Pines'* 11 18 p 945 a
“ Raleigh, “ 1 25 a 11 50 a
“ Henderson, “ 258 a 110 p
“ Norlinn, “ 340 a 155 j
“ Petersburg “ 549 a 409 p
Ar Riehmond “ G 35 a 455 p
“ Washington, W. S. Ry. 10 10 a 833 p
" Baltimore, I'. R. R. 11 25 a 11 25 p
Philadelphia “ 13 ; p 256 a
'* New York “ 415 p G3O a
Note—|Daily Except Sunday.
♦Central Time. § Eastern Time.
—Nearly every member of the house
wore a carnation Friday in commem
oration of tho birthday of the late
President McKinley.
—Captain Pan, of Louisville, Ky.,
has left his estate, valued at about a
million, to found a home for aged and
infirm women.
—Dispatches from Southwest Afri
ca indicate that the German garri
sons are hard pressed by tho rebel
lious natives.
—United States Consul General Ma
son, at Berlin, has written Ihe fdato
department, stating that Ihere is a
genera! revolt in Europo against Amer
ican cotton.
NO REMEDY FOR PNEUMONIA.
Chicago Doctor Confesses to Public a
Secret of the Profession
"Drug treatment, is useless In eases
of pneumonia. The medical profes
sion, so far as medicines are concern
ed, can he of no assistance in the
fight against this disease. The sooner
the profession will acknowledge this
to the public and set to work to dis
cover some specific to save pneumonia,
patients, the better for all concerned.”
This startling statement by Dr. Se
van, who stands high in the profes
sion, has stirred up the members of
the Chicago Medical Society. All have
to admit, however, that there Is no
definite remedy known.
KENTUCKY CAPITAL SAFE.
Legislature Votes that Seat of Gov
ernment Remain at Frankfort.
The passage through the Kentucky
senate Thursday by unanimous voto
of the house bill appropriating a mil
lion dollars for anew capitol at Frank
fort, marked the end of a fight which
had been waged for the removal of the
seat of government since the days
when Henry Clay, as a representative
from Lexington, started a fight which
has been the cherished ambition of
that city since, till the present ses
sion, when Lt-xlngton, Louisville end
other towns jdlned in end aided Frank
fort for the present bill,
$7,500 Cash Contest
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION’S
Great New Offer Upon Receipts of Cotton at All
United States Ports From September Ist, 1903,
to IVlay Ist, 1904, Both Inclusive.
Contest Opened Jan. 18th, 1904, Closes April 20th, 1904.
DIVISION OF PRIZES.
For the exact, or tho nearest to the exact, estimate of the total number of Bales
of Cotton received at all Unltod States ports from September let, 1903, to Nlay
Ist, l 904, both inclusive $ 2,500.00
For the next nearest estimate 1,000.00
For the next nearest estimate 500.00
For the 3 next nearest estimate, $25.00 each 125.00
F°r tho IO next nearest estimates, 12.80 each 125.00
For the 20 next nearest estimates, 10.00 each 200.00
For the 30 noxt nearest estimates, 3.00 each 260.00
Forthe 100 next nearest estimates, 3.00 each 300.00
Additional Offers for Best Estimates
Made During Different Periods
of the Contest.
For convenience the time of the con
(cst is divided into estimates received
by The Constitution during four pe
riods—the first period covering from
(he beginning of contest to February
10, 1904; second period, from Febru
ary 10 to March 1, 1904; third period,
March 1 to 20; fourth period, Marcli
20 to April 3.0, 1904. We will givo
the best estimate received during
each period (in addition to whatever
other prize it may take, or if it take
no prize at all), the sum of $125.00.
Tho four prizes thus ofFored at
$125.00 each amount to--.. S 600.00
Conditions of Sending Estimates in This Port Receipts Contest,
Subject to the usual conditions, ns stated regularly in The Constitution each week, tho contest
is now on. Attention is called to tho following summary of conditions:
1. Send sl.oo‘ for The Weekly Constitution one year and with it ONE .ESTIMATE In the contest.
2. Send 50 cents for. Tho Sunny South one year and with It ONE ESTIMATE in tho contost.
3. Send $1.25 for Tho Weekly Constitution and Sunny South both ono year, and send TWO ES
TIMATES In the contest —that Is, one estimate for The Constitution and anothor for The Sunny South.
4. Send 50 cents for ONE ESTIMATE alono in the contest IF YOU DO NOT WANT A SUB
SCRIPTION. Such a remittance merely pays for the privilege of sending tho estimate. If you wish to
make a number of estimates on this basis, you may send THREE ESTIMATES FOR EVERY SI.OO for
warded at tho samo time estimates aro sent. If as many as ten estimates aro received at tho samo time
without subscriptions, tho sender may forward them with only $3.00 —this splendid discount being of
fered for only ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt will ho sent for ALL ESTIMATES RE
OBIVED WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS. Where subscriptions aro ordered. THE ARRIVAL OF THE PA
PER ITSELF IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOUIt ESTIMATE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS
CAREFULLY RECORDED.
5. The money and the subscription and tho estimate must come In the same envelope every timo.
The estimate, the money and the subscription go together. THIS RULE IS POSITIVE.
Secretary Hester’s Figures Coverinefthe Period of the Contest.
TOTAL PORT RECEIPTS. BALES IN COTTON CROP.
from Ist Mept,umber to Ist Mnv (inciunlye) Thin | merely for your information find in
rftTTAN QPAQCN of following your. Thu period coverod by tllli not thn subject of this present contest. It la
1 1 vri contest. iflvon only as an additional aid to an intelli
gent OKtiinatoa.
1897- 8,333,802 11,109,994
1898- 7,993,401 II ,2 74,840
1899- 0,843,134 10,383,422
1900- 0,340,312 9,436,416
1901- .... V, 213,179 10,080,630
1902- 7,378 627 10,727,539
T’lie figures above are certified by Secretary Henry O. Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, who will
furnish the official figures lo decide this contest.
Address All Orders to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ca.
CUBAN ELECTION FRACAS.
Bloody Fight Occurs Eetwcen Repub
licans and Liberal Nationalists.
A riot in which four men were so
rionsly Injured and a dozen others
slightly hurt, took place at Cienfuegos
Thursday night as a result of had
feeling engendered by the election
campaign.- A party of republicans
were attacked by several liberal na
tionalists.
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
Prominent Citizen of Florida Convicted
Without a Recommendation.
At a special term of the circuit court
at Braidentown, Edward lamb, a
prominent white man, was indictdrl,
tried and convicted of the murder of
Christopher Kennedy, on tho 4th of
January.
The jury brought In a verdict, of
murder in tho first degree, without
recommendation to mercy.
FOR CARE OF OLD WOMEN.
Wealthy Louisville Citizen Wills the
Sum of $350,CC0.
Captain Daniel G. Parr, who died In
Louisville recently, leaves Immediate
ly $400,000 in personalty, and after the
death of his last grandchild $450,000
in realty, or Ills entire estate, toward
the establishment and maintafnanee ot
the “Barr’s Rost,” a refuge for old
and infirm women.
Captain Parr was 78 years of age.
His legal heirs probably will contest
the will.
FOR A SERVICE PENSION.
New York Congressman Introduces In
teresting Measure in the House.
Representative Loudenslager, of New
York, has introduced a hill in congress
providing for a service pension of s■<
per month to all veterans of the civil
war who served ninety days; $lO to
those who served two years, and sl2
to those who are over sixty-two years
oid and served three years or more:
$lO to widows of soldiers, and sl2 to
widows of soldiers who would receive
thfit amount untjar ttye bill
$ 5,000.00
TWO CRAND3CONSOLATION OFFERS,
First—For distribution among
those estimates (not taking any of
tho above 188 prizes) coming within
500 bales either way of the exact
figures $ 1,000.00
Second —For distribution among
those estimates (not taking any of
the above 188 prizes and not shar
ing the first consolation offer) com
ing within 1,000 bales either way
of the exact figures 1,000 OO
Crand Total $7,600.00
Incaso of a tio on any prize estimate the
monoy will be equally divided.
- -Tin' senate proceeding. Weiiii";;
day included a speech by Mr. Sim
mons, of North Carolina, In support
of the Panama canal treaty. Mr. Sim
mons was the first democratic senator
to favor the measure on tho floor of
the senalc.
—Bishop Galloway, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, lias accepted
tho invitation of Booker T. Washing
ton to preach the commencement ser
mon at the Tuskogee institute on May
22.
—The Berlin municipal authorities
have decided to make an attempt to
exterminate the microbes in libraries.
—Sanford Jacobi, serving a twenty
years sentence in tho Alabama peni
tentiary for assaulting a young white
woman, has been pardoned by the gov
ernor. Jacobi has served throe years
of his sentence.
—John B. Lipscomb, who was re
cently ordered to leave Hall county,
Ga., by the Law and Order League,
for running a "blind tiger,” was arrest
ed at Greenville, S. C., on request of
his bondsmen, carried hack to Gaines
ville, tried and fined SI,OOO.
COURT FORESTALLS BAXTER- j
Company is Restrained from Changing
Status of Business in Georgia.
A. B. Baxter & Cos. has been re
strained from changing the status of
its business in Georgia, the Lowry Na
tional hank and tho Fourth National
hank at Atlanta, have been restrained
from paying out any money belonging
to Baxter & Cos., in application for a
receiver that has been made.
NINETY-FIVE BODIES RECOVERED.
Gruesome Work of Clearing Harwlck
Mine Goes Bravely On.
Thursday at noon the number, ol
bodies reported from the Allegheny
coal mines at Harwick, Pa., totaled
ninety-five. About thirty more are at
the bottom of the shaft ready to be
brought up and probably fifty are still
In the mine. All ijight long the work
of cleaning up the mine Itself waj
carried oo
NO. 2.
REYES NOT CULPABLE-
Cdombla Representative Knows Noth
ing of Reported Hostile Movement.
General Kaefol Reyes, special envoy
from Colombia, who is still In New
York, said Sunday regarding the report,
that his country was about to send an
army against Panama:
“If Colombia is thinking of going to
war I know nothing about it and have
nothing to do with it.”
GRAFT SEEMINGLY EPIDEMIC.
Representative from Oklahoma is
Charged With Violation of Law.
Charges have been filed at the Inte
rior department against Bird S. Me
Gu're, the delegate In tho house front
Oklahoma, charging that in violation
of tho law ho has been prosecuting
claims in behalf of Indians and accept
ing fees therefor while serving as sen
ate delegate In congress.
FIRST SHOT BY JAPAN.
Foreigner Report* that a Russian
Steamer Was Fired on By Japs.
The Cho Koo correspondent of Tho
London Daily Mail says a foreigner
who has arrived there reports that the
Russian steamer Argun, upon which
ho war a passenger from Nagasaki,
i to Port Dalney, was fired at by a Jap
;tnflse war ship outside of Chemulpo
1 harbor. Three shots wero fired across
| the Argun’* bows, but no further at
i tempts to stop her was made.
PET DOG FOILS BURGLARS.
Canine's Bark Arouses Master and
Midnight Marauder is Killed.
At St. Louis, Thursday night, awak
ened from slumber by the barking of
his pet dog, W. R. Drechman ran from
his sleeping room into his drug store,
and, with a pistol killed one burglar
and put to flight another.
Drechman’s store Is a branch of the
postofflee, and does a heavy business
in money orders, registered letters ant<
j stamps