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f THE MACON TELEGRAPH FAI R SATI RD.W AND SUNDAY. WARJIKH IN NORTHERN PORTIONS. SATI'ft DAY WARMER. SUNDAY FRKSH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1S26 MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1001 DAILY $7.00 A YEAR COURTS WILL PASS ON THE RIGHT TO USE PUBLIC PROPERTY FUND State Treasurer Park Refuses to Honor Drafts On It to Meet the Pay of the School Teachers, and on Monday Attorney-General Terrell will Ask for a Mandamus to Compel Him to Pay Out the Money===CoI. Park Asked the Advice of Well-known Lawyers Before He Concluded to Take This Step. ATLANTA, April 19.—"I have decided tween th?m. all of them being equally , “four of them Atkin; ntitled to their money. He said that even if he borrowed $200,000, which he is authorled to do In an emergency, that with til ' all.vly m tlr treasury would not be enough to meet the demands at this time for the pay ment of the teachers. cot to u?e any of the $432,000 new in treasury arising from the sale of public property for the purpose of paying the salaries due the school teachers of the state.”—Treasurer Park. “The school teachers will be paid; you can rest assured of this."—Gover nor Candler. With these few remarks, short but pointed, the curtain will roll up and a drama will be presented, with Gover nor Candler and State Treasurer Park as the stars, and the people of Georgia as the audience, the school teachers of the state occupying front seats. . . . ,u«- , a are doomed to disappointment. This afternoon the difference* that. fc ., ate Xrea8ur , r K rk lefl his oin « have existed for several days between «| hurriedly at 1:10 p. m. today, ftat- Governor Candler and State Treasurer ing that he had an engagement with Park growing out of the latter's dUln- Mr. Washington Derwu. Before go- clatlon to pay the warrants drawn upon j * hat he had . * , , , . , . wnt out the following circular to a the treasury for funds to be used ir. number of hi? friends, requesting opln- paylng the school teachers of the state, inis as to whether he should use cer- came to a head by the treasurer an- ta ln funds in his hand for the pay- nouncing that he would not use a dollar • school teacher? of the Later he announced that he did not property fund see how the indigent widows of Con- debt federate veterans would get any money J ever, this year, as the act provided for their payment out of any funds in the treas ury not already appropriated, and that there was none there and not likely to be any there this year. This remark was made by the governor to Coromls* j sent slontr Lindsey and tlje latter official concurred In the belief that the widows Toomer. Per- dld not give elaborate legal opinions, but stated that they thought that t!i• ■ attoiiivy-gv-notal was correct In his opinion with reference to- the case In question. All the others were particular In their opinion that I legally pay out the publ! ONE MAN WAS SLAIN AND ANOTHER RA11LY HURT-HOUSES WERE DE MOLISHED AND FOREST TREES WERE TORN IF BY THE ROOTS. MAKES APPEAL FOR PEACE He Issues a Manifesto to His Countrymen to Lay Down Their Arms and Accept American Sovereignty in Good Faith--No Change in Military Ar rangements in the Islands Until MIAMI, Fla. of Biscayne, s- was struck by Several houses April 19.—The hamlet on miles north of here, , tornado this morning. Chaffee Takes Charge. MANILA. April 19, — • » — oir; i ne demand for the payment of the salaries the legislature and in the press of this of the teachers of Georgia's public rtate In reference to a proposed use school system, which announcement the fund in the state treasury d*»- was met by a declaration from Gover- Hved from the rile of public property , A revealed the fact, that there exists di nor Candlei that h_ would exhaust vnremm nnininno ♦ v.» every means in Ills power to compel the treasurer to pay the teuchers. There la In the treasury of the state $432,000 that has accumulated from the sale of public property, and some weeks ago the attorney-general, at the sollcl- tatln of State Treasurer Park, gave an opinion-to the effect that this money could be temporarily u*dd for the pay ment oi the school teachers of Georgia. Treasurer Park had eome doubts upon the question und consulted a score of lawyers in different section? of the state as to their opinion upon using the funds referred to for school pur poses. Some of these lawyers disagreed with the attorney-general. The mat ter of reaching a conclusion was de terred until this faternoon, when the guardian of the state’s money hags de cided that he would not use the tuml.i for an hour for any other purpose than the payment of the public debt. As soon as it was tedded that the warrants would not be paid Comptrcl- ler-OeneraJ Wright appealed and made record of them In his office. Tomor row they* will be turned over to Attor ney-General Terrell, who win upo them as the.basis for a writ of m&ntemun to compel their being paid by the treas- u* * *. Th-- .u!t u .11 I" til- l by the .i - torney-general In behalf of Allen D. Candler,, governor of Georgia, and In It will bo set forth the contentlops the chief executive of the state. 1 < v. :ll In . . .. f- up I- ... •• .1 nig** j t.-r vergent opinions as lo the power of the legislature to authorize any use whatever of any part of that fund other than for the payment of the bonded debt of the Gate creating under or ex’stlng prior to the adoption of the constitution of 1877. That uuscuolon largely inconsiderate, because of the strong bias tha: existed In irfer- to the proportion then pending, the use of said fund to build a railroad station at Atlanta. now proposed to use a large part of said fund, temporarily, to pay *he salaries of the teachers of public schorls. (.'an su ii u.--- hr in i !<• with out violating the constitution? This question ha? been submitted to the at torney-general and a copy of hi? an swer la enclosed. “I hold the attorney-general in high esteem and liuve the highest reaped for h'« ability and learning, and I know no counsellor upon whose advice 1 would iely with greater confidence c individual matters, hut con- 'xcept on the bonded o other purpose what- of their opinions appear to me to he exceedingly strong and un answerable. 1 give you the letter to which they refer In making answer. I will add that I have a great many letters from other lawyers, voluntarily and not In response to this well as from leading editors, •unty school commissioners and sellers kindly expressing their opin ion to lb- off* i t that the teachers of nrgin should be placed upon n higher sis by the legislature than that of being made a grand stand play. The teachers say they have grown tired of being made » cat’s paw to be used in drawing the chestnuts from the Ore. "The truth is that the teachers can row borrow money on their certificates from any bank In Georgia at the rate of two-thii^s of one per cent, per month, if their necessities require the payment of their salaries before t^e taxes come In. Many teachers In Geor gia cash their certificates Individually, while numerous county boards, by res olution. empower the county school commissioner to borrow their money at the rate of 7 per c?nt. per annum, which would be for the tine which It was borrowed, siy until the taxes come in. five or s!\ months, not over three or three and a half per cent, on the amount borrowed. "Farmers, merchants, clerks and other business men can do no better than this In their business transactions. 1 am In full sympathy with the teach ers of Georgia, having been one of them myself, and a member or the Georgia association for twenty-eight years, and all of my personal Inclina tions are with them. I am desirous of •lolng anything In my power to further their Interests In every way. but the teachers of Georgia do not wish me to do anything that I believe Is wrong and what I do I believe they will ap prove." Peters was fatally injured and William Cook merely hurt. Peters was a pros perous vegetable farmer. His hous** was completely demolished. The main part of the building, a new and sub stantial structure, was carried about 100 yards and dabbed to pieces. Of the back or the residence but the floor remain*. Mr. Peters' head is bad ly crushed und his body was pierced by several pieces of wood, Mr. (look was thrown fifty feet and painfully In jured. The tornado is thought to be local. Every forest tree in Its path In this vicinity was torn up by the roots. demolished. John Agulnaldo's addre CHINESE TROOPS ORDERED TO MOVE They Mont Get Outside the Great Wall—Punitive Expedition Ahnn- Otfic (I lit h- fta the < Lumpkin of the superior court of Ful- following qu ton county, und In It the *tate treasurer “1. D. will be asked to show cause w hy the ! use of warrants properly drawn and approved as the law directs arc not paid. The cars' will go to the supreme court, and not until this tribunal has passed upon It will the result be known. It Is be lieved that the end of the litigation will be reached In at least six weeks. In the superior court the state will be represented by Attorney-General Terrill, while State Treasurer Park will have as his counsel Washington Des sau. DuPont Guerry and Orville A. Park <•!' y, I'd .1 'id ■ ' ;■ -.1fill - yer and Hooper A. Alexander of At lanta. When the suit reaches the su preme couit Attorney-General Terrill will appear for the governor and Judge Logan E. Bleckley will be added to the flat of attorneys for the treasurer. Capt. Park said this afternoon that he would waive any time limit allowed by law’ In which to acknowledge ser vice. He said that he desired the care, disposed of as early as possible. This afternoon Attorney-General Ter rill stated that he would prepare the papers In the case tomorrow and that he would present them to Judge Lump kin Monday next and ask for as early a hearing as possible. This afternoon Treasurer Park stated that he had $78,000 in the treasury which he was willing to distribute on account of the school fund as far as it would go but that he would stop when this sum had been exhausted. To this proposition Governor Candler did not take kindly, saying that he would pay all or non*? of the school teachers, as there was no way to discriminate be- tieusurer I feel bound every possible source of information, whenever a doubt exists us to what my official duty Is. Such doubt now exists, In spite ■ f tlw- fore* ful opinion *’f I he alt ■in*' ;.*rv III in i. • i ■ II- -■ to th« questions considered In that opinion. Belying upon the well known* publlc-pplrttedne.va of Georgia lawyers, I venture to request you and a few others, who arc eminent in the profes sion, and 4o whom «i copy of this let- will b** addressed, to answer the mstltution Inhibit every use of said fund except for the pay ment of the bonded debt of the slate? "2. Is It the du’y of the treasurer to draw on raid fund to make quarterly payments to the teachers In the com mon schools of the state an provided by the act approved December 8, 1897, be mad*? “3. To what extent would the finan cial scheme of the framers of the rnn- rtitutlon for the reduction of the pub- debt be affected by the proposed d fund? expedient that the question herein propounded, or elsewhere tug- Clinrter fur a Hank. Secretary of state Cook tills morning granted a rhaitej- for the Citizens’ Bank of Vnndalla, In Montgomery county. The capital stock of the com pany Is $25,000, divided Into shnreH of $100 each. The incorporators arc VV. T. Jenkins, George N. Mathews, J. W, l*oe, M. Leader, A. J. Williamson, L. 1>. Wllllamsbn, S. B. Meadows, J. M. Meadowr, J. E. Schumput and Dennla Durden. T. G. Poe. W. T. Peacock-and Morgan Howell of Montgomery’ county und J. F. Cook of Telfair county. No Charter for I li rlnt Inn Science. Judge Lumpkin of the superior court today denied the application for a char ter of the "Atlanta Institute of Chris tian Science." the effect of his deris ion being that Christian Scientists can not practice In fhelr treatment of dis ease In the state of Georgia without having regularly graduated In PEKIN, Thursday, April 18 —In con- sequece of strong representations to Chinese government, an Imperial ee dated Tuesday, April 16, has be»n Issued, ordering lh° Chinese troops at Ilownl-pu (Huai) to Immediately rc- movo outside the great wall. The Chinese troops who*** Withdraw al outside of the great wall has been ordered by. the Imperial decree are un derstood to be the force which a Ger man and French expedition were pie- paring to attack. Hual-Lu has been located In the cable dispatches as south- .vest of J\to Ting Fu. Th'* Chinese jcrtipled a position within the limits »f th* 1 territory which ihe military r**p- •eMentatlves of the powers hud decreed is being under their protection. -The following Is to the Filipino will be sovereignty, probably will ba (Adorably more liberty than Joyed hitherto. Ills serviios *ed as far as possible In tho pactllcatlon of the islands. Coincident with the i?sue of the manifesto at Manila Secretary Root made public the copy received from Gen. Mac Arthur. This came to hand April 10 und differ? slightly in phrase ology from that made public In Manila. Gen. MacArthur informed the depart ment at that time that the manifesto h id been prepared by Aguinaldo with the OHH'stance only of the two staff o IT Ice rn who were with him at the time he was captured. Secretary Itoot declined tn be Inter viewed on the subject of the manl- further than i structed. LONDON, April 19.—A dispatch from Pekin' says that In consequence of the Imperial decree ordering the Chinese troops t*» leave the territory considered under the protection ot the ulll.-d forced the Kr*n< o-Gsfmnn expedition has been abandoned. France will shortly withdraw lo.uoo troops from Chinn. INDIANS |< ILL 1 IM A. I'nf MERIDA Felipe Vnr Merida ret Inated by orr<! Surrender and W to llti* tlncfiet*. ruefttan. April 19.--Gen. the chief lender of the Indians, hns been an .as ms of his under officers people, imiilc public this evening: I believe I am not In error In pre suming that this unhappy fate to which my adverse fortune has led me Is not a surprise to those who have been familiar with the progress of the war. The lessons taught with a full meaning and w hich have recently come to my knowledge suggest with irresist ible force that a complete termination of hostilities and lusting peace are not only desirable, but absolutely essential to the welfare of the Philippine islands. "The Filipinos have never been dis mayed at their weakness, nor have they faltered In following the path | dignified in tone and admirably pointed out by their fortitude und cour age. The time has come, however, In which they find their advance along this path to be impeded by an Irresist ible force which, while It restrains them, yet enlightens their minds and opens to them another course, present ing to them the cause of peace. "This cause has been Joyfully em braced by the majority of my fellow- countrymen, who have already united around the glorious sovereign banner of the United States. In this banner they’ repose their trust and belief that under Its protection the Filipino people will attain all those promised liberties which they arc beginning to enjoy. "The country hna declared unmlstn- kably In favor of peace. So be It. There bus been enough blood, enough tears ami enough desolation. This wish cannot be Ignored by the men still In firms. If they are animated by a desire tn serve our noble people, which has thus clearly manifested Its will. So do I respect this will, now that It Is known to rne. "After mature deliberation, I reso lutely proclaim to the world that I cannot refuse !o heed the voice of a people bulging for ponce, nor the Inin- entatbinH of thousands of families yearning to h*"- their dear ones enjoy ing llu* liberty and the promised ffm- croslty of the giout American nation. "By acknowledging and accepting the sovereignty of the United Htntcs throughout tfie Philippine urcblpehigo, as I now do, and without any ri-r.A- I vit I loti whatever. I believe that ! mn trig thee, my beloved country. May happIner.H be t|llne." To signalize this important step In the purification of ft)*- country, Gen. MacArthur orders the release, on swearing allegiance to the Unite*! States, of 1,000 Insurgent prisoners. who * ted surrender and end th minor chiefs. It Is sil< with machetes, nearly pieces. Then the Indl befor his advb *• to war. Threw attacked him fitting him to placed the long orgl" elne, hi leal them find Indulged In This action It Is belle.* termination of th** chiefs *xanilnatlon board the same as oth*r physicians. Judge Lumpkin says that according *<■ the ■ I• i * • ♦ l*»ii "t - r • In *h* mi pre-ne court of Nebraska, Christian Science Is th** practice of medicine, nnd lie further holds that the practice of medicine In Georgia, according to the statute, must b'* done by physicians who have hern regularly graduated from a medical school. ulnatlon before keep up the fighting, though det'jrtr eference to the fund, should be submitted to and de cided by the courts? "The ^Questional and financial In terests of the people of thin state are alike involved, and I r°>pectfully solid’ your considerate attention and answer to this communication at a- early a dly as may* be practicable. Very re spectfully, Your obedient servant. "R. E. PARK. "State Treasurer of Georgia." In reply. Treasurer Park received in»*w*Mn from th** f •»1! * < ng <:■ .iZ'in* of prominence in the legal profession of the state: Judge l. K. Bleckley. Judge Sp**ncer R. Atkin-^n. Judge George if uiyer. Hoop.- Alexander. Judge H. G. Turner, Judge Thomas M Norwood. \V. G. (’harlton, Washington Dersau, Dupont Guerry, Joseph B Cummins;, Joseph It. Lamar, H. H. Perry and \V. M. Toomer. "Of this number," said Capt. Park, Deinnnil. Goverr mand a* billed t* In this uy food h, BRITISH TROOPS ARE AMBUSHED WASHINGTON. April 19—AdJt.- Oen. Corbin authorizes the statement that no material changes will be made In the army In the Philippines until after the war department has head from (Jen. Chaffee on the subject. In accordance with orders previously issued Oen. Chaffee will relieve Gen. MacArthur of the command of the mil itary forces In the Philippines on June • :ta, and the present expectation Is that :i general civil government will !»• established 1n the archipelago about tha* time. With h view to relieving all the reg ular troops who have had a long serv ice In the Philippines, the secretary of war decided to replace them ns rapidly ns the drcumstnrices will permit with fhe new regiments now In course of organization in this country. A plan hns been adopted by which the troops will be given one year's nerv- Jn the Dnlted fllutcn and two years In the PmpppIneH. Its operation will u!f In each regiment always hiving ' hsttullon In irserve In the United MANILA. April 19.—Gen. MacArthur nnd Gen. Bate**, the commander of th** department of Southern Luzon, who I* shortly to ssll for the United State*. elite ti Sh«i idnn 1 hiring been mu rk 288 rifles ha n Monday rule-red. Th** extent of the commlrsary Irreg- ularltle* Is not yet definitely known, but Is prreihly much smaller than jU flrit i;iippoH**d. Llrnfennnt and Three Men Here Ktiled—Promotions nn<l Honors Ga zetted. WASHINGTON. April 19. -It Is be lleved by tlm administration that tic manifesto of Aguin.ildo will have a de . Idedly I - n- • both In th** Philip pines and In this country. It will tnko home thru* for lie dbs**minatIon iitnoiig III.- Filipinos, blit It Ih I*X|1«»| t."l to III* of considerable horvloe. Especial grati fication is felt at the unre-.erved tone of the document and the full accept ance It Indicates of American rule. In this country It In expected to reduce the criticism "f *1." administration and to cause b-r. dlp-usslon of the general policy In the Island and more conwdei ntlon of the Important matter of the best administration to be evolved for their government. It ts this work that the Taft com ml -'.-ion Is now bending all Itn energlep. Aguinaldo, now that he h.in accepted Twenty-Ninth nf Home. MAN FRANCISCO, April 19 Tho enly-nlntli and Thirty second regi- here today **nta, volunteers, the Philippine FRANC IU ml HI ary* an Kant hr. .'O. April 19. The k brought from Ma had been de-porte*l wut horlti'*s. Among uban leader, Antonio Macro. In the Philippine; Mnreo be lt first MTgrant of the Muenbebe meeting of the her of Northe k making a tour |o April 2.1 he will D ly at the nnnu il y LONDON, April 19.—Lord Klt'hen* In a dispatch from Pretoria under dal the Ninth-La and Lieut, men killed I that p« | Kltchei nflrmlng the Ions bet wee Boer general Morn no I * Inmnr, Robert P. M . few days .go with his I. wa«* today adjudge Td-re l y nt to the frtaP Milled gcville. RECEIVER NAMED FOR REDEMPTION COMPANY A Bite Concern Alnbnma Goes I n- of Adverse Coart Derision*. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 19.—The RESCUED THE SAILORS. ae. order! pronm their nervlcea li t November 2f *»f giving i to ftie l«iiip no troops lii ud from ihe army, and br ibe Hiipp*is***-| menace of hi* In file Island Gen. MacArthur ih d*-portallon, VERA GELO. K, April 19.- The trial of W ns concluded today. She w »d of the * of attempting ch literature Rituftlan Ilnrk ItaMered by a Gi Had to he Abandoned. PENSACOLA. Fla., April 19.-T eteamer Kotendrerht has arrived h" with the crew of the bark Trogednil apt. Tomanowlch, which J PRESIDENT M’KINLEY’S ! SPLENDID TRAIN; 1 ei gednika The Tr , II Will He the Most Mngnlfleent E Ful on e Knllrend Trnrk-Deiri sail*-< 7arrabel St. Michael »wei'H Ilf* to Ihe lime of strange feature of the obstinate silence ns to WAi.THorn n%dly beaten. The NtlaiDa Man fld-lnu li BOSTON, April |9. InIHm*«*i| In Ilia lloaton. In the opening hlcv - I HKW III r MILE. th** halluelnutlo Kenny, Continental Be SHINGTON. Ap I il l'I ON SEED Fit El' Mil. K \SSON RESIGNS. i party will mi a the Pacific i *?rjulne«r. it \ I'onrage Iti 4 me Men n nnd llrllltli EtperU Fin y f*ir Nemien 1'roph). NEW YORK. ArmI 19 ihe great * b* ’• *-vent of Ih*- v* ir. th** nxth tn - tirn-iHon.il «-abl»- match li'tvupn Amo- Hie ophj Play will he renu l»ll\ EltNOItS \T EL FASO. II- Will N« here Will He n Notnhle l.nlhfrlng NN lien Meli Inley <>»-l« There. EL PAS'>. Tex., April 19. The gov- rnoii of New M*-xi*at>.| Ari/.-mi »n-l Jo\ernor Ahumada *.f th*- .slate „f <’hi- 1 iMhu *, Mexico, hav- d* 'iar**d iheir Mil. DOLL llTDIMit). I llll/.EN %T NOME. I E.N.NKSSEE. *lre«nm \re eb rat In El P; the *h MIL .MOHG \ N GOES TO F4RIS. SI or I en of Ih- Great Flnnneler’n III llenllh \ re *%ilh«»nl Foiin-'ntlnn. LONDON, Apr J 19 J. Pierp*T.f Mor- ltlt II MONO El’TH II It 11 % It 4 . I MOM SSL. %l FHI END. RDifMO.NI*. \ « \p*:t 1^* Theman V now n men iri th*- ^yj’h, d.-d iuadealy