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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
MACON. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1895.
Ill
Ringing Words on the Burn
ing Question ol the
Hour From
msmwsm
On tlie Occasion of tho Hooting of
Editors in New York He
Tells Why
THE PARTY OP THE PEOPLE
fhould Stand Firmly Together on the
Platform of Sound Bloney—David
B. Ilill Talk* on the Same
Line a> Pre«ld«ni
Cleveland.
New l'OTk, May 24.-Two hundred
owl twenty-seven editors and ttotflr
friends were present at the banquet of
Site Democratic Editorial Assoolalfou
of the state of 'New York held at Dd-
monfeo’s tonight.
American flags were draped atound
the state coat of arms behind Presi
dent Stephen H. Parker.
Senator David B. Bill occupied the
salt of honor on the right of tho presi
dent. The dinner began Bit 030 p. m..
nod It was 10 o’clock before the speak
ing commenced.
(Previous to the speaking letters ex
pressing regret at uufolity to be pres
ent from Prrsldenlt Cleveland, Post
master-General Wilsons Secretary of
War tnimont and many others wore
read.
I -csldent Oevelaind's letter was as
folRiws:
“ExecutiJve Mans ion, Washington,
May 20.—John A. Mason, Esq., Chair
man, etc.—My Dear Sir: 1 regret that
my offloiial duties oblige me to decline
the courteous inwJtniEon I have received
to attend the emmna'l b( .vjjuet of the
Democratic Editorial Association on
the 24th Inst.
‘Tila reunion of Democratlo editors
Will, l am sure, be an entloyaible ocoa-
slan to all .who partJelpaite, but X shall
be much disappointed if the fellowship
and tntencbaiDge Of sentiment It will af
ford do not stimulate the zcul and ef
fort of the fraternity there assembled
'to bahaJf of Democratic cause and
Democratic pr notplos.
“Our party la so much n party of
power and its proper action and use
fulness are so dependent upon a con-
V stant adherence to its doctrines and
-tVradltsans that no tendanoy to our ranks
, vN follow the misleading l.gfrt of a. ttra-
piracy papular misappreheneton should
go umchallerged. Our victories have
nil been won when are have ctosrty fol
lowed the boon* of Democratic prin
ciple. We have always been punished
by defeat, Whom, losing Sghit of our
banners, -we have yielded to the bland
ishments of uwdt'mocnntlc expediency,
"There Is a temptation now vexing
the people in the different sections of
the country wlflch assumes the disguise
of Democratic party principles, inas
much as It presents a scheme which Is
claimed to he a remedy for agricul
tural depression and other hardships
as affect our fellow citizens. Thus
because we are friends of the people
and profess devotion to their Interests,
the help of the members of our party
Is Invoked In support of a plan to revo-'
lutlonlze the monetary condition of tho
country and embark upon an experi
ment which Is discredited by all rea
son and experience, which invites trou
ble and disaster. In every avenue of
labor and enterprise and which must
prove destructive to our national pres
tige and character. When a campaign
Is actively on foot to force the free, un
limited and Independent coinage of sti
ver by the government ait a ratio Which
Will add to our circulation counties*
millions of eooalled dollars, Intrinsi
cally worth but half tho amount they
purport to represent, with no provision
or resource to make good this deficien
cy In value and when It l« claimed
that such a proposition has any rela
tion to the principles of Democracy It
Is time for all who may In the least
degree Influence Democratic thought to
reafioe their responsibility. Our party
Is the party of the people, not because
It Is wafted hltber aind thither by every
sudden wave of popular excitement and
misconception, but because while It
tests every proposition by the doc
trines Which underlie lt» .organization.
Insists that all Interests should be de
fended In tho amlmtstralon of the gov
ernment nvtthou: especial favor or dis
crimination.
"Our parry Is the party of the people
because In Its careful welfare of oil our
countrymen It resists dangerous
schemes born of Iscontent, advocated
by appeals to senesitlonal or class prej
udices and reinforced by the Insiduoue
aid of private soffishnees and cupidity.
“Above all. our party Is the party
of the people when It recognises that
sound and absolutely saf > money Is
the life blood of opr country’s strength
and prosperity, sod when It teaches
that Done of our fellow citizens, rich
or poor, great or bumble, can escape
the conseauencee of a demoaetlzatton
our currency.
"Democratic care and conservatism
dictate that if there exists incon
venience and hardships, resulting from
the congestion or Imperfect distribu
tion of our circulating medium, a rem
edy should be applied wMch wtU avoid
thi disaster that must follow in the
train of sliver monometallism.
“What I have written has not been
prompted by any fear that the De
mocracy of the state of New York wilt
ever b- an accomplice In such an in
jury to their couniry as would be en
tailed by the free and unlimted coin
age of silver, nor do I believe they
will be so heedless of party Interests
as to support such a .movement. I
have referred to such a subject tn the
belief that nothing more Important can
engage the attention of. the ’American
people and mdonal convention and
the Democrats, antd the conviction of
the Democracy of X -w York, thro-.mll
Its press. Should constantly Ibe hoard
lu every 3tate. Yours very truly,
"Grover Cleveland.”
Tho Hon 'WilHam Ti. Brown acted
as toastmaster. The following were
the toasts:
"Democracy”—(Hon. David,B. Hill.
“Sound Money"—Hon. James H.
Eckels.
“Party Principles”—(Hon. ChSrls S.
Fairchild.
"The Democracy of the Stajte of New
York’’—‘Hon. Roswell IP. Flower.
“The City of New York”—Hon.
Ashbel P. Fitch.
“The Executive Minority of 1895”—
Hon. Jacob A. Canter.
"The Press”—Albert R. Kissinger.
When Mr. 'Brown introduced Senator
Hill great afpirtauso foltcwed. Mr. Hill
spoke in part as follows:
“Democracy in Its broadest sense
means the people—the body politic—the
source of popular government. In a
stricter sense, It means a constitution
al representative) government—a form
of government In which the supreme
power Is retadned by the people, but Is
indirectly exercised through a systerii
of representation and delegates au
thority periodically renewed. In a par
tisan sense It means the principles and
policy of tho political organization de
voted to the maintenance of popular
government In Its purity and simplicity
and which for nearly a century has
borne the name of the Democrats®
garty. I realize (that there exists In
some quarters a disposition to modify
the old-fosUtoocd principles of Dem
ocracy—q. growing tendency to look to
tho general government for a remedy
for all Ills to which the body polttto
is unfortunately subject, and am osten
tatious proneness to foolishly embroil
this country In a quarrel with foreign
countries'without justifiable jfause or
even a plausible or decent excuse.
"These damgerous tendencies, recent
ly exhibited, were not inherited from
our Demoa-altc forefathers, and can
And no warrant In true Democratic
teachings.
"The Undemocratic and concerted de-
mandp for material army and navy en
largement at this time lead to the sus
picion that It 1b desired not so much
for legitimate purposes of national de
fense as by corporate Interests for il
legitimate interference in laibor con
troversies In tho states, with or with
out the consent of the authorities
therefor: but whatever may be the mo
tives the fact remains that the peo
ple on whom the burden must ulti
mately fail view these demands With
anxiety and grave douibts of their pro
priety.'and Insist that the utmost .can-
tion shall be exercised in their"consid
eration.
"The question that Is now creating
the most burning Issue In our ratio mil
politics is the silver question, and of
that I will say “a few words. If the
resolutions adopted by the delegates
to the national convention- held by
each of tile two great parties In ISM
and the resolutions adapted by these
game parties In the several state con
ventions of 1891 are ah indication It
is plain that the voters of the couniry
generally prefer the bimetallic svtiern
of coinage that prevailed in thd United
States before 1873.
"In 1892 there was not much differ
ence In that regard between the resolu
tions of Hip two greater parties.- The
Republican; UBed the wora bl-metal-
Hsm and. hence the Republican state
platforms of 1894 use that word more
freely than do the Democratic (but both
refer fo free bl-mctaIWc coinage. Near
ly all that refer to n ratio, mention
16. Few. if any. of the Democratic
state platforms refer expressly to In
ternational co-operation, but a half
dozen Republican platforms do.
"One or tftvo Democratic conventions In
sist upon Immediately opentug our mints
to both without n/waOtlng European con
sent. Nearly everyone—Democratic and
Republican—dtomBMrte parity In puretms-
h*r and dObt-paying power of the coined
dollars. If any divergent© between tne
resototlone is to be dtocerned It » In tne
more positive tone and temper of some
of the Western conventions tn respect to
absolute parity and equivalence of tne
dollar!. I do not see hew any fair-mind
ed European reading these resolutions,
no matter by whfch State or party coo-
ventlon adopted, can Infer that our voters
intend to coin 60 cents in silver dollar*,
cr to make a half dollar tn bo a dollar m
palng debts. I do not think that a ma
jority of either party b\ any state advo
cate codnas© toms which the advocates be
lieve will produce a silver dollar of less
value In fax* than the gold dotlar. Those
who urge an Immediate opening of our
mints to sliver on a raMo of 16 to 1 really
fancy, so far as the majority nr© con
cerned. that the UnJtsl states can. atoms
and unaided, do as much for silver now
ns M-metalllc France did from 1WH to
1873. I think that imposslble-ot least
under preoont conditions. I do believe
that the concerted law* of tho prtnelpat
governments of tho wor'Jl oomMnod can,
on a ratio of 15H. determine «M main
tain that relative value anywhere of
coined or unoodnod stiver arid gold. Upon
that belief I shall act until It *s over
thrown by farts.”
Senator HIM was Obliged to stop fre
quently owing to .outbursts of appiause
on the pert of Ms hearers.
BRYAN AfT MEMPHIS.
Hs Replies to Secretary Carlisle's
Speech of the Day Before.
Memphis, Tenn., May 24.—Before at>
audience that filled every nook and
corner of the Grand Opera House and
overflowing Into the street, ex-Con-
gressmao W. J. Bryan of Nebraska
replt-d tonight to the speech on the
monetary Issue delivered across the
street yesterday by Secretary Carlisle.
The apostle of free silver from the
West arrived tn the city this morning
and as heartily greeted by the com
mittee of the Bimetallic League, which
subsequently conferred with coDeem
ing the free silver national convention
to be held hi the oily next month.
Congressman John Alien of Missis
sippi also arrived later In the day and
spoke sifter Mr. Bryan at the maw
meeting. ,
gold in Tennessee.
A Mining Company Organized and
Land Held High.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 24,-The
Santa Creek Mining Company was
organized today at Scottsboro, Ala,,
with a capital stock of Hoo.ooo to mine
for gold la Sand Mountain, fourteen
miles from Scottsboro. AH are of Chat
tanooga. During the meeting reporta
reached Scottsboro that gold had been
also discovered on the north side of the
Tennessee river, opposite the mouth oi
Santa. Cn-ek, and the town became
greatly excited. Land owners now re-
fuae to entertain propositions of sale.
A $100,000 MASONIC TRMPLE.
Atlanta, May 24.—The Free and Ac
cepted Martens of Atlanta will erect a
temple to cost $100,000.
' CRUISERS LEAVE SAVANNAH.
Sa-vnnrmb. Meg 94.—Tbe (.Voted States
stcamrtqps Atlanta aril ItahOgh, wnten
have been here far two week* wtu tan
tomorrow for Hojpjxon Roads.
I IS BULLISH.
Reports Arc tho Host Encouraging
Sineo the Upward Tendency
Begun.
WHEAT LIABLE TO 00 HIGHER
Not So Much Damage to Corn at Wa
it»I>ortcd at Ffrst<*>The Improve
ment in Demand Strong In
Georglae
New York, May 24.—Braldstreett’g to
morrow will say: <
The moderate reoottbn of the 6tock
market hist week and this week, caused
primarily by reported frosts and re
ports of sura© damage to cereal crops
and other fainm products, mis followed
only in part by a cnrrespondliig Chech
to Iho movement ini gcmrtal trade.
Our special telegraphic advices fur-
Utah tho pitot striking evidence of a
hreudentog of demand for staples yet
produced, and the following drUr tel
egraphed thJb Journal are the most bull
ish made up since the upward tuna be-
gnw on, or about 'March, 1.'
Not on© of the larger grain status con-
firms the reports of severe damage to
wheat and corn with -which the ex
changes have abounded, and there is
less reason to believe to the extent, of
it as currently reported.
Tho roost bullish feature of the wheat
sMuaitiioui Ides In tho lunin^unoenicnt of
restriction of Argentine and Russian
exports, reduced export ability of
nearly all leading producers and shorter
supplies of Importing ooun'trics. Fqw
believe wheat has 'touched its highest
point on this wave, although 25 cents
per bushel above Jbe lowest since the
panic.
Woolen maimifacturers are working
on old orders and some refuso to stock
up with raw maiterdal, as prices at tho
Interior are abovel a. parity with -these
at the seaboard. Western views are
that ntamiufscturers nraiy be short of
supplies to meet all contracts.
Hcfoitlvely the grdjtest improvement
to demand and prices centers about
Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paid, HitaneBp-
olls, Detroit bukI Milwaukee to the
West and North-west, and about Su*
vanratah, Augu-skb Memphis and Gal
veston at the South.
DUN NOT VSO HOPEFUL.
Thinks the Speculative Spirit
Against Solid Improvement.
New York, Ifir lAhlkfl G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade- tomor
row will cay: If wheat has been so
greatly Injured by the snow and frosts
tn May that the sudden rise of 12 cents
In.two weeks Is Justified ah© calamity
will affect all business prospects. The
markets do not bciiove it because
stocks do not collapse.
Iron, leather and hides still rise end
no holders of wheat would sell at 80
cents, a lower price than had been
known ait this season for thirty years
prior to 1893, If current reports were
credited. Some Injury has undoubtedly
been sustained, but our own dispatches
do not show that It Is really sorioua.
The fact Is that relief from long
anxiety and the abundance and the
cheapness of money, for which In
dustry and legitimate trade give os
yet no adequate demand, have excited
the speculative spirit beyond all re
straint.
The hot fever will have nothing to
do with like cold foots. The temper is
to buy regardless of visible require
ments, In the belief. that prices are
sure to rise.
Wild excitement In wheat, with sales
in one d-ay at Chicago alone of 300,-
000,000 bushels, about three times tile
wheat there Is tn the oountry, and a
renewed frensy In cotton, with sales in
three days exceeding the whole visible
stock In America, followed the furious
rise In stocks, to oil and in hides and
leather, Is at once recognition of rent
Improvement tn business and a menace
to Its progress.
Exchangee Included enormous specu
lative transactions, and for the month
ore 28.6 per cent, larger than last year,
but 6.9 per cent, less than to 1893,
when with many banks foiling a sud
den fall began. It Is not entirely en
couraging that Idle money still comes
hither In largo amounts from the West,
while the demand fdr commercial loans
la rather .short.
Pudhasos of dry goods In the belief
that prices mutt rise have kept textile
mills fairly busy, but the demand for
cottons seems slacker on tbs whole
and print cloths are a sixteen til
weaker. There Is no Improvement tn
demand for woolens and strikes do not
abate.-
Failures this week were 267 In the
United Stales, against 183 last year,
and 23 In Canada, against 28 last year.
A IKEN GONE TO ATLANTA.
Wasbfnlgton, -May 24.—Supervising
Architect Aiken of the treasury de
partment bos gone to Atlanta, Go., to
look after tlw progntw being mn.le
with the construction of the govern
ment building ait the Atlanta exposi
tion.
REFUSED TO INDICT GORDON.
LoulsvtDe, May 24.—-After exasnlnlng
several iwttnMto this morning the grand
Jury reported at noon retueton to Indict
Fulton (Nation for killing bis wife and
Brown. He was d-cMutged from cus
tody.
WHAT CAN THIS ilr-AN?
London, May 24.—A dispatch to tbs
Palhnai: Go sects from Sheer.,-he l says:
Groat axcltomoot was caused by a report
llra/t too Russians have occuplol Klrim,
Manchuria, thus cutting off the retreat
of a large force of Japanese troops.
TWO WERE SCRATCHED.
(London, May 24.—Neinher Banquet
nor Montauk ran today In the Cheater-
field handloaip plate at Donntier and
the Salisbury plate at Salisbury. In
which race they wc-re respectively en
tered.
BRICKMAKERS "WILL MEET.
Atlanta, May 21.—The National As
sociation of Brlcknmakera will meet In
Atlanta .the week beginning Decem
ber 1. Presidents of 456 brick manu
facturing companies will come here.
II.
Sidney Laselles, tho Bogus Lord Bores-
ford, Working Hard for a
Pardon,
HER FAMILY WILL FIGHT
The Application on tho Ground Tpat Ho
Is a scoundrel who It Unworthy
of Sympathy—II* Is Doing
Wslt at tbs Camp,
'Atlanta, May 24.—(Special.)—'The
noted ease of Sydney Lnscelles, alias
Lord Beresford, who Is making stren
uous effortH to secure a pardon from
Governor- Atkinson, took a decidedly
Interesting turn—Interesting to the pris
oner at least—today.
Several weeks ago when Beresford’s
lawyens presented his case to tho gov
ernor It seemed that they had made
out such a sarong showing that he
would bo released. The governor, how
ever. preferred to take hla time about
the matter, especially us ho desired to
see what Judge Henry, who tried tho
fancy lard, hud to say about his par
don.
Whlje the ease has been hanging thus,
the family of Beresford’s wife, ore
very wealthy New Yorkers, hns not
been Idle. They hove been working to
Ind-ucq. the convict's wife to sue for di
vorce land thus cut ldm loose entirely
from the fortune he coveted.
It was given out that the divorce pro
ceedings had been commenced, though
In a rather gushing letter to Governor
Atkinson Beresford declared that lie
was serenely confident that his wife
wouhlpower desert lurn.
Todiy |he governor received a letter
front r.meiattorneys representing Bercs-
ford’d; -wife's family In Now York
whlchlapbearv to bear him out in regurd
>to hhi, w)fe's consume/.
In toe- communication tlie lawyers
declare that they will fight the applies-
(ton for the bogus lord’s pardon to the
bitter end. They pronounced him a
scoundrel unworthy of sympathy or
forbearance.
The New York, lawyers also say that
all efforts so far have failed to get Mrs.
Locclies to kuo . for divorce and her
family-ft-cle that If the prisoner Is par
doned it will be a hopeless tmk to at-
tBmftt'.to separate them. , •
This communication from tho New
Yorkfowyons wus prei ’nted to the gov
ernor by dohn W. KchoUs an Atlanta
lawyer, who will represent tho UUIcn-
that family In the light against Ueres-
fwrl’s pardon. ,
Governor Atkfrieon give no Intimation
at nvhnt he trip do in the case except:
to say mat he .will dispose of it entirely
upon Its merits, without regard, tsutb-e
personal fight;of the relatives of the
bogus/tord'a wife’s family to keep him
In choma.
It i« said ithat BtrosCortl has proven
himself ouch a valuable man at the
Gross camp that he has been given a
position where ho makes $18 per monthf
or a trick up. He Is also allowed to
teach a little school at nigh* from
whloh ho draw an additional eurcb of
Income, to (be saved up for "blowing"
purposes when he gets out.
In his capacity as a teacher tho fancy
herd l« allowed to exchange his convict
Jacket for a neat black coat find vest
with Vblled"' shirr, etc., though obligo/l
to wear the regulation convict striped
pants.
HOLDS THE SHERIFF RESPONSIBLE
Governor Atklnaon Will Not Change -rial
Former Order* as to A-ndsnsonvIIle.
Atlanta, May 21—(Special.)—Govorpor
Atkinson to atilt In correspond^*© w*tn
the Sumpter county awthorttics tn refer
ence to the apprdhentted riot at Ainaor-
sonvlllo on tiro 80tih when the negroes
gather there to celebrate Decoration day.
Lost week tho governor tnatruoted on©
sheriff to take a aufffcdont po.ua to tne
scene to preserve ortlor, and later on me
petition of several Amdecnonvflle lertles he
ordered Col. Wlloy to hold a company or
matury In re*ullne<M alt Amortoua to pro
ceed at onoe try special train to Auuwr-
sonvtao It trouble aftrxMd occur.
Today the governor nroetvcrt a latter
from the Sheriff of the cwunity In which bo
•sM ho cxhiM not summon « posse at
the county's expense, as tt was the state’s
business to look after the matter. Gov
ernor Atklnaon will pay no amtontion to
the position taken by -tho Sheriff, but well
allow trts former order to Col. Wlloy to
stand. a
The military wl)4 be ready at Americua
amt » there Is a riot they will go at
onice to tbs scone to suppress tt. but un
less they are needed the duty of Keep
ing order will devefere upon the shccirr.
whether the county wants to pay for a
posse to assist Mm or mat.
WANTED HER CHILD,
Atlanta, May 24.-(Spectal.)-*lra. Kata
Logan, a rather godri looking woman y«
on tho sunny side of 20,'Was the central
figure tn a path otic case in police court
today.
The -woman is the srifs at J. H. Logan,
proprietor of a white barber rtiop In tn©
Waite Otty Bonk buiMtnsr. Recently too
couple separated. GSJun took tbrir only
child, a rntle boy. efokrtng that hts wire
woe uvfsAhful. He and the child se
cured room* at a Wbttoh-vl street board
ing house, -whoro the little fellow was
closriy watched to keep him out of ma
mother's reach.
If there was ever any tore between Lo
gan aril frls rite both ortm* that IT nai
long since vuntshok But the deserterl
woman still ohettohed her Chill, and last
night botween 12 and 1 o’clock she want
to the house where be was steeping on
Whitehall street awl made a DnnUo at
tempt to got ki to see torn. A seen*
ensued, wdDdb ended by the mother bring
turned over to a policeman, who took her
to tho pottos station. Tomorrow she will
be tried on a ohsrg* of dlemlerly con
duct.
BAXTER RETAIN HU.
To Represent tho Southern R**way and
steamship Association.
A-ttamta, May 24.—<8pecla|.)-Th* execu
tive board of the OuuWseni -orSway am
Steamship Association his smpMywl Mr.
Dhrard Baxter of Nashville' a* special
counsel to defend the aetton brought
sgatost the association by the Seaboard
Air Una before Judge Bpeer at Macon.
Mr. Baxter Is thoroughly familiar wtm
the cose, having, ah attorney for tne
NarimEs, Chattanooga and f*. Louts
railroad, already Ought axa round wltn
the Seaboard on the boycott issue, when
tho Seaboard appealed to Judge Lumpkm
to restrain tho Western and Afliuvtio
from gohur into the boycott.
In speaking of (h© case today Commis
sioner StoWman of the Southern Railway
and Steamrihtp Association said the reg
ular attonneya for the ranroaula tntorestoa
would have oharRo of tlho case, w-tucn
comas up for hearing in Macon, on the
30th, but Mr. Baxter was ret toned be
cause tho regular attorney© might bo too
busy to go on with ft.
ATLANTA WANTS ROOM
To Acoonnndute Iho Crowds ait tho
Erpailtiiocni.
AitJamto, JE*y 21.—(Spocitil.)—The
question of nooanruRxluLliig cxpoaltlom
visitors to becoming a very serious
problem to A-tkuatu.
Thu pivMotk-o of same 2,500 visitors
to the city this week—the railway con
ductors’ convention anil the Knights of
PytM in—wna a severe tax on the hotels
iimrl board!mg-lionse-i. In foot, sumo of
the vtoitam -found private liousca pre
ferable to the socomnwxlaitons than
could bo ofitiatoetl at the regular places
of eintertulnimofft for iho public, gad
tho result of thto showing has boon to
demons-tra'te that oamotWixg must he
dome wt owe to provide for tho Mg
crowds expected.
It has been the Idon phot inmry prl-
rail© houses would be thrown open for
tlie enterbnlnanenit of cxposM-lon- vl's-
Itora, butli us a mottor of acxxiuiunodaH
Ooin omid to turn a •ttonlftiy penny as
well, but tbs id-cta lids been given a
set-back by itilie repoint of tho. commit
tee tha t has made «i house to houso
cauvatu oin Phis line.
Thego rautvUMrtS, It fa u-nderatood,
found limit very few olt Izcntt wore coni-
tcmplaiflng t-ikllng expowitton ixximora.
In fact, Pliere 's « stTong opposMlon
to tlMs pltim, mml m lot o( temporary
big hotels Is about tho only solution of
the problem.
Today aipplJoi'Koui for charter for a
comipa-ny to -build exposition hofels mis
filed, Phe company headed by J. H. Al
ien, and ft fa I kely thole other enter
prise* of Phe sime char.icter will follow
lin rapid oixlcr now sinee tho dbjoct Iws-
sou of 'iho present iwcctlc.
A JIAUNT TO CANADA. ‘
Tho Weekly Editors Will Tako to a mg
Territory.
A-ttnivhr, May 24.—(8pertial.)-The cdttor©
at itho Georgia Press AtseocCeitton Wtt
toko a Jaunt to Oamatta, ««• year for
their regular annual outing.
PreriUem II. if. (MDsmlss lira tasuto
the call for Che meeting of the associa
tion. to bo hell tn Atlanta ©n P'riday,
Juno 28. nit tho Kiignbull house rat H p, m.
On the folkuwleiK day, J-une 2>,i the alt-
torn will leave on -their excuraton 4© Dau-
iula over the Southern railway to Wash
ington and New 'York, whoro om© aay
will 4>o spent.
The editors will g» up tho ttiwebn by
the Now York Central to MaUtrtN ana
than* l>y tJho Can'vMun Pacific to (Judies.
One dry will bo eptot to .Montreal ana
tiwo In QuCboa, the who., vrlp covering
about ten days. •
\
TERRELL CANNOT GO
To Telfotr County to ReprescrttJthe State
Ur the Waituns eras.
A'theunita, May 24.—(Spociil.)—Governor j
Atkinson has boon requestor! to imnd At.
tomey Geicral Toredl to TeMolr county
to tako eh-argo of the state's Interests
In the trial of tho munlocers of old main
Williams before Pbo superior court anil
to prevent the coso from lining tried tn
the federal court, whdeh claims j unsure-
tlci>. Attorney Genera) Terrell oanhot go
to Trtfafr at once on aceount or other
duties now prreerimg upon him, nut will
probably bo rcoily to reaponu to 'too can
early next week.
TO EVACUATE COREA.
Russia MakoB Overtures to Japan With
That Purpose. ,
Now York. May 24.—A special cable
(Ptopatcb to the Herald from 8t. I’otors-
burg says:
"in addition to tho approaching not-
tlement of the quwtlon respecting tho
leaving of Liao 'l’ong peninsula, tho
Russian government is now engaged
in completing negotiations directed to
ward the further 1 guaranteeing of Rus
sian Interests in the far oast.
. "Tho negotiations take the form of
overtures to Japan, made with the view
of bringing about an early evacuation
of Corea by tho Japanese.
LABOR PAPER SUSPENDED.
It May Now Become a Free nnver
. Organ.
Oshkorii, Wla., Mtry’k-The Labor Aq-
vooato susponded yestentoy rater a pro-
carious existence of two years.
It was start©,! by L. w. Rogers, tn*
prominent American Railway Union man,
on money furnished by Eugene V. Dobs,
who now holds chattel mortgages of pur
on tliu olaivt.
It Is probahl© that the paper will DO
run os a tree silver croon under Uie utio
of The Stiver Dollar.
POISON M THE JUG.
Two Young Men Drank Dragged Wntsxy
and Died.
- Knoxville, Ten©.. 3lay B.—Three young
men In Lc© courtly. Vk.. Joe Burton, on
ward Gallaghrr and Bam Jones, went be
hind a CO ureter to a store wnen* some
moonshine whisky was kept secreted for
their special use, this morning and drank
HberaCly of the etuff. Borne tn© min
placet poison In foe whtricy arvl only one
of the thro©—OoJlalghor—survive*.
ARRIVAL AT JACKSONVILLE.
Jacksonville, Fla.. May 24.-Tire
United Blades torprelo boat Cushing
arrived here at 8 o’clock tonight In
command of Lieut. F. F. Ftotcher,
Having made the entire trip from Nor
folk by vtn Inland route without any
trouble at any point. From Foman-
dlna the veaao.1 came through Nnevrau
Bound and the Bisters creek to the
Bt. Johns rivor. Bhe will oome h.-ro
and await orders.
TWO TRAMPS KILLED.
Dsprllle, Ky. Stay 24—In a freight
wreck on rite cv*lnn®tl Mou thorn ra*-
road near here early tMs mornkig two
ms© were kilted and five others wounded.
Tbs injured men wen all tramps, -two or
them bring negroes. The dead men ore:
Bt-inley Dunds, while, of Chattanooga:
D. H. Stocks, entered.
RITCHIE SUCCEEDS HI.’JtnBHT.
Lorvton. -May 24 —The Rt. Hoo. Charles
T. RlWile, OonsernMivw, was elected yes
terday to the parMKDcntary teat tor
Cronltn msrlc vacant by the succession
at tie former occupant, Hon. BUney Her
bert, Conservative, to the rank and line
of Earl of Pembroke. Hr. HXcrtte was
not opposed.
Re-Elected Commander of tto
Armyof United Confed
erate Veterans
at roustotTreukion.
Tlio Wcnfhor Was Bad, but thoConfcds
Had an All-Round. Good
Time.
THE MEETING IS OYER.
Kleotton of Gon* Wade Hampton as Como
mamler of the Army of Northern
Virginia—Reception* to Alice
• Winnie Davis-*Grand
parade Prevented.
Houston!, Tex., ainiy 24.—md Oortfod-
cra'to veterans’ reunion fo over and tho
dclcistttos, who hnivo baetn hone four
days, «ro boginnifon to toonro.
Tlyfa ants umother fnclememt rltty, but
tho tlnwi lias bora well occuirlrel In tiro
roctjjiHfcms ito ‘M-Vh Wl'mifo Davfa by)
thd vlsMltb? generals Bind by tho busi
ness of iho convention.
Tho Texas division hud the audito
rium for tho first hour this mowituis.
They oloctocl Gen, H. H. Boon© to suo-
cocd Gen. Ho.»s us rmj or-genmul or t ho
state dlvh'.ou -Jiiid mfiooted Dallas as
tho place for tho next sloito reiuniton.
Tho stoto moetluB tiieni ndjournod uir.ij
fho Uu'Stwli OomTedcraito Votoronw ns u
body wore called to ardor by Gen.
John B. Gordon, Dr. Jonas tmvdkcd
divine blessing on tlio meeting,
Gou. Slinplton D. Loo raid ai tclngmini
of fiKH'tlng from Gere N. II. Humris of
Sun It’cunKtaeo, Ho them offoned m res
olution of thanks to Adjt.-Gcre Moor- -
nmn for hfs efforts In behalf of tho or-
HnitlKuitlKjn, which won adopted adopted
nun Id much enllms’insm.
Col. Loo of tho Federal army, scrro
tary of Iho Shlloli SaMMSeldl Avlsomi-
tlen, wkib imtrodueod. ilo -wus groobed
with,loud applause. Tlio yell, ho said,,
ivlth a sni.lo, sounded fam-Ular. Ho
made oj short odd-no.*), cocprcsalng bfo
plonwuro ait Ixy.n-g pormlttcd to greet
the old Comifcdorato votaiwus, nvhoni ho
respected so hdghly. -He Invited them
te nittcnd the next avimilere of Ms as*>
cl.iitlon, tho mifsBlon: of avtitoli, lio sukl,
was pcuco on ettirlh mid good will to
men. He paid n. high tribute to ’Albert
Sklitoy Jolmirtore He caino fresh from
tho a. A. dt., nmd assured olio vclonitlt
of the kindly ftellng enitotitailned to
wards them lnOhnit qunirtcr. A vote at
thanks wjm tendered Ool. Loo for Ills
address. . .
Tito eluiPrmj a thon laid before Mio
h-xly a k'ttcr from Gen. Srh-dfitfid ta
Ocmiiuiimlor John B. Gordon, express-
tog hi* nipprocirtloni of tho cardlnl re-
copMona given btm In Houston. Ho
sold thut when tho conumsinrlers of
the great contcmllng ornlfa agreed on
n onforhneo In 1800, Iho world w ih
nslonfahrel ait the toi-ins of tho confer
ence. There <wiu« to be no punfohmcint
moted out to tho ConfreScraUw, but they
were to be defended so lontg an they
tm-ln-latocd loytilly to tbo flag of tho
Galore
Tbcio exprewlonn wore meant not
only to hermlnale that comfWet, but to
prevent any conflict among tho sec
tions ntorea'ftor. i.
Tlie Union gonenils tru that confer
ence did not question the fldxtMty of tho
gem-mis whom tliqy had lately mel ‘jo
conflict, bug oome of tho pouplo of tbo
North had rofoglrtnigs. Those rntsg'tv-
Iui«» had now pract'Kytty pawreit niwny
n rel ho nM to nssuro the voteonnn
of tlio uvm-roth of Hie esteem In which
they ware now held. Ho sti/prsd hero
on the Irevtfcatioti of acre Gotdon nrul
bod lieen dolghtrel at his reception.
A vote of thanks was lowlercd Gan.
tk-leoilk’kl, und tho oommauuler-ltbcMot
SV»» aiHWorlv.nl to express to -him tho
erattmenlts erf tbo organization.
A letter nvus reootved from Charles
B.’ Rouss of New York, a private In
the Confederal© army, offering to 8lvo
3100,066 to tho retahllsh-ment of <i largo
memorial association under the aus
pices of which an lllusl rated history:
of the -wsr shall bo published and tho
relies refloated and presa-ved at ouo
Central point.
A comrrtttt.ee of ori» member from
each Mate mbs appointed to confer
with Mr. Hours on iho subject.
Greetings were rend from Lucy Lea
Hill, daughter of aon. A’. P. Hill.
The Veterans were invited to Attend
Hie dedication of tho Confedcrato
monument at Chicago.
Invitations to the Veterans to meet
next year were received from Chatta
nooga and Mobile, hut they -were, of
court©,'too late.
A resolution to ewtsMIsh a homo .
for the poor children of the Confed
erate soldiers wus referred to a ra
cial committee.
Ball (more also sent are Invitation
that tb<* reunion In 1898 be held in that
city.
Th? nomination of a commander was
-then taken pp. MaJ. O. N. StifMu
named Gen. Gordon for re-eleci!on.
Gen. B. D. Lee said live typical liv
ing soldier of today was J. B. Gor
don, refill he moved his re-election by
acclamation, which was done anfid
great cheering.
Gen. Gordon eeidreaseil the conven
tion anil sahl: "Only the searcher of
all hurts knowB the depth of grati
tude which this act awakens In this
heart. Of all the honotw posdhle to
men. I would rather have a place In
the hearts which you have open'd to
me today than to wear all the honors
the earth could 4>estow. and, the Goff
of Ltberty -being my helper, I will go
tlie beerts which you hove opened to
to tbs grave feeling that the last, the