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Newspaper Page Text.. .. aaae THE MACON TELEGRAPH FOR GEORGIA—FAIR OX THE COAST, SHOWERS IX THE IXTEIIIOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY* LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS. ESTABLISHED IX 1*20 macon, ga m Saturday morning, may ao, 1903 DAILY—f7 A YEAR ) OUBLE TRACKS OF THE SOUTHERN THOSE TV HO DIE IN INFANCY Will Be Built From Washington to Atlanta—$2,000,- 000 to Be Spent in Betterments—President Spen cer Tells of the Purpose of the Road—No Intention to Remove the General Offices From Washington to Atlanta or to Change the Personnel of the Road. Washington, ii.y ».-.rasUiht Samuel Spencer of the Southern Rnil- |w:,y Company, who Is In Washington, said’that the road would be double [tracked between Atlanta and Wash- gton and $2,000,000 spent In better- Irnents, Including double-tracking. It l-was Imposlbie to complete this work Kn one or two years, but It will be [prosecuted until finished. Portions of the line mil be double- [tracked to relieve the present crowd ed condition and then the double links will be connected. The Washington division mil be the first section of the toad to get two tracks. The shops and yards In Alexandria, Va., mill be enlarged and the greater portion of the present equipment mill be rebuilt. Mr. Spencer declared there Is no In tention to remove the general office' of the Southern from Washington to Atlanta or to change the official per sonnel of the road. ITULLOCH’S CIIAKGES ARE AOT JUSTIFIED E WASHINGTON POSTMASTER CLAIM* THAT TIIK FOHMF.K CASHIER WAS A WORRISOME PARTY THAT HE XVAS IXYOLYHD IX THE PRESENTATION OF A FALSE VOCt'l TAY ROLLS NOW GOING OX. till—INVESTIGATION OF THE WASHINGTON. May 25.—Poatmas- Kter-Oeneral Payne today made pubi c 1 the reply of Postmaster Merritt of tills Jetty to* the Tulloch charges. The Mer- Erltt response makes serious accusation* [against former Cashier 8. W. Tulloch [of the Washington postoffice, saying ■ that a transaction In which Mr. Tul- |loch was concerned In 189$ "appears to comprehend the presentation of a false [[voucher, which In made a crime by the |itntute»." Mr. Merritt's reply further req that receipts were signed In [ blank on the pay rolls under Tulloch’s eglme ss cashier and that the records Ido not Indicate any complaint of Irreg- lularltlea against the Washington post- [office filed by Mr. Tulloch while be was |in office. Mr. Merritt says the genernt •act lee of giving' employes duties emlngly Incompatible with their po- leltiona Is no abuse and that the prac- |t!ce of paying certain expense* of the v)stofflce department out of lh«* Wash- ngton City poatoffc- fufiti* always has **j»Hd~Ai.d- Is proper. Mr. Nf^rrltt rays the removal of "ashler Tulloch was no mistake; that ■the accounts were In a tangled condi- and that Tulloch refused to [straighten them out unless paid I SOU. Mr. Merritt asserts that a number of ■the irregularities In wb ch Tyllo h ■palled attention were due to Tui:->- h own neglect or Ignorance. Mr. Merritt says he had dlecretlonary authority to remove Tulloch, whom he charge* with being arbitrary In manner. occupW ■ much of the time with important prl |\ste business and a "venturesome mat n the wielding of. speculation." Concerning alleged Porto Rlcai ibuses, Mr. Merritt ears the final eh rount therefor was settled with the auditor without material loss. Mr. Mer- KTrltt says that while Mr. Tulloch says Action Taken By the South ern Presbyterians. DR. MARQUESS’ IDEAS Isaac Railed by An Overture From an Alabama Presbytery—The North ern Fresbyterlnna Protest Against the AUnilnsloit of Sinoot, the Mnr- suou. into the Senate of the United States and (live Hensons—The Cum. berland Hrnnchcs. LUMBER DEALERS OF MISSISSIPPI The Railroads Permitted by Federal Conrt to Advance the Rate—Same Proposition that Was Before Judge .were disallowed accounts by the comp troller of the treasury for the quarter nded September SO, 1S9S, omount ng to some thirty or forty thousand dollars, ere not such In reality. They lerely demands made by him for ex planation as to certain Itema In the ounta which hla expert examtnfer had some doubt about, amounting to t very considerable sum, and the ob jections were finally withdrawn. ;fhc postmaster-general today an nounced the completion of the Investi gation of the salary rolla of all the first and second class postofflcss in th country. The only Irregularities re ported, all of which hove been order* to be corrected Immediate!/, were the payment to fourteen assistant post masters of a larger salary than they should receive under the department's policy; payments to a few clerks of more than th** law allows and the ex istence of designations unknown to the law for positions In seventeen post- nfflrcp. Mr. Payne said that none of these Items Indicated any wrongdoing, and he regards this net result of tho overhauling nf th# rolls of upwards of UW0 president Lai p-udoff Ices as grati fying. The poHtmuster-genefni j, : ,« dl- rented that silch of lhe-e change* at Involve correeflnns of violat'ons of the law shall t«k<* effect next Monday, and rhnnges made to conform to the rules nnd practices of the department will be operative July 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year. Most of these exces sive allowances were mnde during tho ndnlnlstmttnn of George W. Beavers, who suddenly resigned hts position as superintendent of salaries nnd allow ances Immediately after the Investiga tion of Che poetofflce department be gan. Samuel A. Groff, who was ar rested Wednesday for complicity In the Machen bribery case, appeared toAay before United States Commissioner Taylor and renewed hi* bond of $5,000 for hl» appearance June 5, when he nnd hla brother will be given ft hearing. LEXINGTON, Va., Mny 29.—‘Tho Southern Presbyterian assembly today discussed at length the report of tlu» standing committee on home missions, but reached no conclusion. Standing committees' reports on systematic be neficence, Sabbath and church and Christian education were submitted and placed on docket. The reports of the Bible cause and aud ting commit tees were reported. The committees appointed to examine records of syn ods of Louisiana, Virginia, North Car olina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mis- clsilppl, Georgia and Florida, reported the records to be correct. Tho over ture of the Fayetteville presbytery asking changes In the requirements re garding Latin theses was denied by the assembly In response to the overtures from the presbyteries of Atlanta, Beth el. Cherohta, Concord. Bast Hanover, Enoree, King's Mountain, Montgomery and Pee Dec a permanent committee, consisting of Rev. Drs. Thomas II. Law, Jno. S. Watkins and J. T. Plun kett, and T. J. Moore, and George B. Ilarmon, was appointed on the liible cause. The following auditing committees were appointed by tbo assembly for the year 1902-0$. For executive commutes on foreign missions—Geo. G * O'Brian, Eugene Hollins, T. D. Webb; for home mis sions—J. B. Daniel. W. R. Hoyt, Chas. K. Martin; publication—H. 8. Wlnfertl, B. C. Sherry. Edwin Pleasants; educa tion—Geo. C. Maxton, H. M. Neely, A. D. 1II1I; colored evangellxatlon—W. E. Hrlgham. E. n. Nuzan. \V. C. Harris; Home and schools—G. Howton, Dr. J. B. Barney, Geo. C/ Morrison: Ministe rial relief—James Whiltet, George I. Christian. C. B. Morgan; for treneurcr of general assembly—B. U. Owen, II. C. Morrltt, J. M. MoCrae. Trustees of the general assembly for JACKSON. Miss.. May 29.—Federal Judge Henry Niles has dissolved the temporary Injunction granted the lum ber dealers of Mississippi some days ago restraining railroads doing busi ness In this Btate from Increasing rates on lumber 3 certs per hundred. Judge Niles states tliqt the real question pre sented was whether the federal court, working through Its powers of equity nnd by Its right of Injunction, can In effect fix and perpetuate a schedule of freight rates. He did not think the court has Jurisdiction to grant the re lief sought, and for that reason sus tained the demurrer, dissolved the In junction and dismissed the tylll. The ele:ted CHAMBERLAIN . STIRS BRITISH His Protectionist Proposal Excites Country. BALFOUR IS WITH HIM effect of the decision,is hat railroads hauling lumber from points In Missis sippi to points out of the state, espe cially to Ohio river po nts and beyond, and west of Buffalo and Pittsburg, mny Increaao rate* 2 cents per hundred pounds. A similar case is pending In the Georgia federal court. ST. PETERSBURG HAS CELEBRATION Rl-Ontfnnry of the Foundation of the Hiisslnn Capital—Csar unit Ctarlnn Participate. ST* PETERS BU HO. Mny 29.—The celebrations of the bl-centennnry of the foundation of St. Petersburg wero Inaugurated adsplrlously today with salutes and a procession of the lmngo of the Savior nnd Peter the Great's boat, styled "the grandfather of tho Russian navy," from Peter’s house In the fortress of Saints Peter and Paul to the cathedral of St Plus, During the processing to the cathe^ dral the Trlotskl bridge Was opened In tho presence of the czar and czarina. After a parade of troops the exar and czarina proceeded to th<- winter palace They were acclnlmid by Inuncnsa crowds of people. The decorations were marked by <51h- quieting rumors, which created consid erable Impression In high society, but for which there wns nppntently not tho Relieved Tlint the Government Con templates Appealing to the Coun try on Preferential Trnde and Old \ge Pensions—Clianilierlnln Said to Have No Designs Upon the Pre miership—Some Important Politi cal Speeches .Will Soon Re Heard, WESTERN STATES DELUGED BY RAIN Two Thousand Persons Rendered Homeless in To peka—Loss of $1,000,000 in Morris County, Kan sas—Thirty-Six Hours of Unprecedented Rainfall In Nebraska—Destructive Storms in Oklahoma Territory—Slaking Lime Sets Fire to a Lumber Yard—fir. Bryan’s Newspaper Office is Flooded. 9:30 the term of three ye*i» «•«.»— .... ........ a* follows: D. E. Nye Hutchinson. P. lightest Justlflfleatlon. A* a matter of M. Brown. George F. Baron. I foot the workingmen and radicals were The afternoon session of the general I uncommonly quiet HAYGOOD.SKINNKIl Ml IlDF.It. lAlilrit 'r |)r» p|i.|,ri| I pnn the Af ration for llill. RALEIGH. May 2t.-Tbl« afteri Jn the second day's hearing In the of Ernest Haywood. Indicted for murder of Ludlow Skinner, at eking [under habeas corpus, the del rested. Ned Barnes, ft negro driver, of j character, testified that sn alters took placf In front of the postot that Skinner struck Haywood In THEY WANT RELEASE. Ren < harged With Hie Murder of an Arkannaa Insurance Man. RALEIGH. N. C.. May 29.—Argument In the apjdlcatton of the six men re maining In the Wilson county Jail, of the eleven originally arrested and In dicted for the murder of T. Percy Jones, the Arkansas Insurance man,for release on ball under habeas corpus proceedings, was closed today. Addl- faee. knocking him dow*. A* Hay- th,nal testimony was offered by the wood rose Skinner with hi* right hand state to show guilt. The defence intro- na Haywood j duced no witnesses. The main evidence behind him was backing fired. Charles Hocutt. a clerk here, corrob orated what Lawyer Schmitz says, that Haywood struck SkJnner In the foot. Testimony was introduced show ing that a pistol not discharged was taken from the dead man's left hip pocket. The state's first witness was a drug- girt, W. E. Gwaltney. He testified th a Harwood shot first when Skinner was against tho men is the admission of John Alien, who was in Jones* room when the mob assassinated Jones, and the men arrested were with him. This Is borne out by the fact that they were cn the street Just after the killing, j Judge Brown, who presided, has taken the case under advisement, and will r-nder his decision tomorrow. s’mbly was devoted entirely to tho discussion of an overture from Tueca- lo/ presbytery touching on n change in Die wording of tho Confession of Faith, relative to Infant salvation in which the word 'elect" was asked to be omitted before Infant. The committee recommended a negative answer to tho overture, and Dr. H. \V. Marquess of Louisville. Ky„ offered the following substitute: "Ws recommend that the request of tho presbytery of Tuscaloosa be answered In the megm ve, for the rea- thot the section a. thus amended would not fully stnt.* an ’ properly cor relate the doctrines of , race bb held ■ ’.'H ii in i.•!.»r:mi t-» th<- * ilv.i- tlon of Infants." This was ndopted by the nsaembly with a few dissenting voices. This, with some footnotes which Dr. Mar- proposed to bt Inserted in the Confession of Faith, which were to be sent to each presbytery, in the assem bly for their future consideration nnd vote, brought forth many eloquent ap peals for and against the same from some of the leading commlnelonors of the attemly. Th* footnotes were as follows: "First—This language fa not properly construed as teaching that any Infanta dying In infancy are not .saved. "Second—The Holy 8crtptures, when fairly interpreted, warrant* us In be lieving that oil Infant* who die In In fancy ore Included In the election of firace. and are regenerated nnd saved by Christ through the Holy Spirit." The motion to submit the two foot note# to eacl\ presbytery for a vote was lost. Some of the romml* Ior,e/> went home today, and if the assembly doe* not ad journ tonight there 1s likely to be a lively exo dus tomorrow. This assem bly has been sitting longer than any other for many years pant. after off the sidewalk. Representative son of Perquimans testified tho' the first shot he saw Skinner on l! street who flinched at the second shot B!g crowds attended the trial. Tt questions asked show that the detent-. _ irm or*. Klf-d.f«M and that th, I l * le count y J a ** here today state win orgne that there was < > j al u . wife murderer, under DESPERADOES lilt E A K JAIL. JACKSON, Tenn., May 29. — Fo*j noted prisoners, all of whom are col ored, from Shelby county, escaped fror cautioi circulated. flets munIr. hi* Strict | authorities tr> prevent any p mnlble dis order. Popular .•muremuit* were ar ranged in the suburbs with a view to keeping the working attra i th?i LONDON, May 29.—Colonial Secre tary Chamberlain’s protectionist policy is the all-prevailing topic of discussion here. Ills masterful assertion that he would make reciprocal trade between the mother country and her colonies the question of the hour has been eensa- tlonally fulfilled. Everyone la asking: "Does It mean dissolution?" Some peo- plo maintain that tho government con templates appealing to the country on preferential trade-and old age pensions Immediately after the close of the pres ent session of parliament, at the be ginning of August, while others main tain that the government has not the slightest lnteltluu of giving up its un- expired term of office. A definite decision will probably be arrived at shortly nnd will dopend Al most entirely on the result of the prop aganda now undertaken by the pre&s nnd the members of the house of com mons. If the Indications show that Mr. ; Chamberlain is likely to have the coun try at hla back, a general election at the end of this yenr is extremely prob able. Tho colonial secretary himself, tho Associated Press learns, Is doubtful if he could win out Just at the present, but he Is enthusiastically positive that with political agitation the constituen cies can be brought to see the wisdom of his policy. Those who huvo discussed the preferential scheme with the au thor say he never exhibited such keen interest In any topic. In this crusade the colonial secretary la absolutely In harmony with Premier Balfour, and harbors no designs oil the premiership. If a general election occurred tomorrow nnd Mr. Chamber lain's programme was carried, At. Bal four would ugnln take the reins of gov- rnrncnt. The only practical development like ly to occur In the near future Is a ae ries of polltlea 1 speeches from the b ailers on both sides. The opposition 1m almost solidly opposed to a modi fication of free trade and will endeavor to arouB- that public ferment which whh u.NHocliited with the corn tax day*. In all the argument* the example and probable attitude of the United States will figure largely. TOPEKA. Kan., Mny 29.—At o’clock tonight the water had sur rounded the whole of North Topeka and more than two thousand people nro homeless. Tho river Is rising fast nnd it Is estimated that by tomorrow fully 10,000 will be homeless. The Union Pa cific railroad station is flooded.' forced hundreds of families to leave their home* In Argentine and various parts of Kansas City, Knns. Tin- basement# of the packing houses are Hooded. UNION MIN Fit * EXJOIXED. Mlnm Are Not Molested—Work to l!<\ ItoMiinied Monday, KNOXVILLE!,. Tenn., Mny 29.—All th - Injun* i '-ii' I I., i. «rraIn un Ion miners from blockading the mines of tho Tennessee Coal Company at Coal Creek were served this morning nnd the miners were not molested to day, though they are at ill closed on ac count of the d<*ath of a brother of tho manager. It la the announced Inten tion of the Tennessee .company to re sume operation* next Monday. Tho Royal Coal nnd Coke Company fiom which mine men went to Join In thu of the Tennesice company's The blow struck, that Skinner was * <** it as he left the sidewalk and that ths second shot, made while he was stlU going from Haywood, killed him. ALICE IS STRBXti I*r«*M|(lest*« Daughter fins I’lfttlnu WASHINGTON. May 29.-Miss All *• Roosevelt, who left for Albany. N. Y., today to become a bride-maid st the wedding of Miss Ruth Pruyn. a college frb-nd! had a somewhat exciting ride to the railroad station. She occupied the seat of the chauffeur In a new au tomobile of the "red devil" typ*. whi- she had Just purchased, and while pro ceeding down Pennsylvania avenue, she vat overtaken by a number of fire en gines and hook and ladder truck* on th*lr way to a fire. None of th<*m struck the new vehicle, but tlten? w*-r- several close nibs. She Caved flefsetf by bringing the vehicle to a halt, while the fire wagons rushed on past her. rf death; hold-up m« Kahn s*. May 29—i Frer. •“* h - b~- . ■ 1 ’: ■ : t < j r ■ indicted. George Day, fifteen years' Imprisonment^ and George Carrol],bank robber, sentenced to twelve years In the penitentiary. The men sawed tbelf way througn a window In the second Mory of the Jail and let themselves to the ground with blankets. A vigorous led by track bounds, is now YIIU.IMA ROAD'S f!OM>x. RICHMOND, Va.. May A $1,000.- mortgage has been filed In the ie< ord office at chancery court this cby It is given by tbe Richmond, Fredt' n k‘burg and Prtoraac.Railroad Com pany to the Central Trust Company o New York to secure a bond Issue to th' .•mount of $4/00,000. NORTHERN PftKSQYTERVANf, LOS ANGELES. Cal., Afay 29.—The Presbjrterlan gimeral assembly todiy unanimously adopted resolutions call ing upon the people of the United Btate* and tho senators themselves to u*e their utmo*i endeavors to serun the expulsion of Apostle Reed Smoot from the national senate. Tbe pream- ple declared that the Mormon church "per*.st* in the active encouragement nnd practice" of polygamy and that Senator Smoot "Is a direct represen tative of polygamy, born of Its system nr.,] m e, rdlal sympathy with it as A dlvln<- tnstutttlon, revealed a* a. law of primary obligation, nnd made man datory by tho most solemn sanctions I ail( j t jj e and ha* encouraged Its perpetuation and prnrtl *■ by hi- persnr.u) Influence as an apostle, nnd that In doing this mines i still dosed. TOPEKA, Kan., May 29.—Late this afternoon the Kansas liver bridges' a*. Maple Hill, RossviUe, Silver Lake, Bellevue and St. George were washed out. Tho now steel bridge at Wlllfrld dalnged beyond repair, and at To peka tho Btreet railway bridge in uaa- Several hundred cattle have been drowned. Fifteen inches of water fell In Abi lene Inst night nnd moYe todny. Busi ness houses aro collapsing nnd tho en tire town is panic-stricken. Tho police nnd fire departments in Topeka aro endeavoring to rescue peo ple from tho Hood on tho north Bid# of the river. Th© condition In "Little Russia," the Russian settlement In North Topeka, Is serious. The entire settlement la under water and a current has started through the district. Several houses already nre twisted on their founda tions and they probably will collapse. Every family lias had Its household goods damaged and some have lost everything. KANSAS CITY', Mo, May 30.—At midnight one-third of the Armourdalo district of Kanaus City, Kan., was sub ted and the police were busy res cuing women and children from their flooded homes. A large number of ex- nen are assisting the police In the relief work. No los>s of life 1ms tfeeii reported. BERLIN, May 29.— The n*\vspnprni hero trent th* assent of Premier Pal- four to Colonial Secretary Chamber- Iain’s plan for a preferential tariff within the British empire, ond Mr. fhamberlnln'M second speech on this subject as serious matters, suylng that anything which might Irritate British feeling should be cnrefully avoided. The official attitude Is to wait nnd see how Mr. Chamberlain's policy develop*. COUNCIL GROVE. Kan., May 29.— The loss by flood In Morris county estimated at $1,000,000. Four persons were drowned here last night. Edward Clements perished while endeavoring i save his daughter. Ralph I’hllllp: while trying to resell© a little girl named Woods, was drowned. A baby wns found dead In the Missouri Pacific yard*. Slaking lime set fire to the M. Smith lumber yard, which was burned, togsther with the Farmers nnd Drover Hank and Robblhs' drug store, the loi being $60,000. The big Main street bridge over the Neoshoe river went down. All the business houses a.-: Hooded. Miles of Missouri Pacific f\ru\ MlreoiuJ. Kansas end Texas track) were waAb«*| out. More than a hum dred nre under water and twen ty have floated nwuy. OMAHA. Neb., May 29.—Conditions i eastern and southern Nebraska ar* rapidly reaching a critical point, and inlcss trfe downpour'of rain that ha# ontlnued almost without lntermlsston or Hourly a week shall stop at once. It will he hard to estimate the dam* age. Reports coming from Lincoln, Beat- re, Fremont, Falls City and scores of other points, Indicate that the streams overflowing their banks and that the water Is running through the streets of he towns, undermining the founda tions of buildings and doing much damage. In the rural districts the dam age has been almost beyond calcula tion. On the rolling land, the constant rain has washed out the grain and car ried It away. On the level lands the grnln Is cov ered by water und Is rapidly dying. Corn Ih even In worse condition than small grain. It has been almost com pletely killed. HOODLlXn IN MISSOURI. “Amaslngi (*rnitil Jury Find* Stnte of Affair*." ST. LOUIS, May 29.—In making Its final report the April grand J'-ry re view* the evidence concerning legisla tive boodllng, und among other sug gestions strongly recommends that more stringent laws be enacted for punishment of lobbying at the state caplto! nnd that the statute of limita tions be extended to seven year*. It recommends that franchises obtained through boodllng methods be forfeited. The report siys. In part: "The testimony we have heard has shown u state of nffnlrs most amazing. We have listened to the confessions of 'senators, an^wera- wa.at liberty. SHED OF 0IIUTT. TEXARKANA, mny 29.—J, E. Shutt was hanged late this afternoon nt Ito*. ton, Texan, near here, for the inurd-r of J. C. Whliner. Both men were prominent In business In this section for more than twenty-five yonrs. KENTUCKY COUNTY UNDE It MARTIAL LAW NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS Pit OTECTED IIY SOLDIERS—ALL ROADS INDEIt HlitVEILLtMK—MOUNTAINEERS STILL THREATENING TO* RELEASE JETT AND WHITE—THE TRIAL TO 11EG1N MONDAY—GAT.* LING AND HOTCHKISS GINS COMMAND APPROACHES TO THE JAIL. JACKSON, Ky., May 29.—The town , Is very quiet tonight. A heavy storm has been raging since sunset. Ths guard has not been Increased In num bers tho past twenty-four hours, but all road* ore under surveillance. There Is no press censorship. Tho correspon dents are kept within the confines of camp Jackson after sundown, but their dispatches are given to mceeng' r boys who are escorted to the telegraph of fice, one mile away by a detail of militia. Rumor Is persistent that the moun taineers are gathering and will ir.ako an attempt to release Jett and^White, and the vigilance of the authority * has been doubti kits guns a be the d. Th gatllng und Hotch now In place* believed t Ivantageous to the troop otion of th*- jail, leved to be the flint n^u all nr mili May 1 Tommy Mowntt foi ■fore the Boqjhem pie. |e unfaithful to t! •dilution of th** Uni bis fir*-: allegiance t« dcncy an 1 apottolate Iwhhh he belong*. ;»n*: J tbe honor and dignity ut u* j Tlie reeo'utlonH also call people and congr*-** o? i State* In both houe* « and her of each h'»u*e to employ haust all legal rnc>in» to • an amendment to th** fe tlon aa shall define legal r monogamlc and name polyp every guise and prnetl*** against the Uni' What at* Information regarding an :o release Jett end White rnrr American peo- I day. It 1* sail that s*veial laws and con- mountain d* s;<-r.id «•,< have b !, S ';;'T' rs »'**» •"<• '*y th... the first pr**S- tal . , . U>« church » onm ! !•» h*r,. « .* reproach to j l°K the news of the capture f the American ln * til vened Judge Redwine, over the objec tion of Mr. McNonl of the dof.-nH**, set the case for Monday, June 1, when tho commonwealth will make It* announce ment. The trial will not he entpnd Into then unless conditions are consld- l favorable by both shies. GUTHRIE, O. T.. Mny 29.—Reports of destructive storm* throughout tho territory continue to arrive. At Harri son tho flood killed five people, Mrs. Bryles and child, ft child of John Ab*x« an ler, nnd two person* whose bodice have not yet been recovered. The drowning of several Indian* I* rep< rt- ed from Anndnrko. In Gny county, a 'tornado killed Mr*. Isaac Jones, wreck ed four postofflcss and near Little Ridge, demolished a farm bouse. At Wellaton the storm Is reported to have Injured fatally one w^mum nnd destroyed several building*. Near Ho bart, nil but three of n herd of 52 fiend of cattle were drowned In the flood. LINCOLN, Neb., May 29.—Thirty-six hours of heavy nnd almost continuous rainfall have aggravated the flood sit uation nt Lincoln. The low-lying dis tricts In the western part of the city la tonight a great lake, many house* b-*- ing surrounded nnd partly submerged. Whole families among the poor -r classes are tonight sheltered In tho c iurt house and ward h lr o! rooms. Tho basement of tire building occu pied by W. J. Bryan's Commoner of- l* flooded to tbe depth of nearly feet, damaging paper stork and part of Mr. Bryan’s library to tbe ex tent of several hundred dollars. ke known aluthey have told, tb* rc ltal would appal the cltlsens of thii' state. The venality exiatlng among th# milkers of our state laws In alarming to those who believe In free govern- LEXINGTON, Ky., May 30.—Orders were stued at midnight to send more troops to Jackson. Col. Roger Williams, Who was called to Lexington tonight, teceived a cipher mezsago from Muj. Embry Allen, who Is ln command In hi* ab* nee at Jackson, Mating the ne cessity for more men. Col. Williams Immediately conferred with Governor Beckham, who approved the call. Col. William* ordered the Danville -ompany to Jackson. Col. Williams later sent an order lo Louisville for the company there to be held ln readme** for orders to move In case further reinforcements The Danville company will inrrea-* the battalion to about 175 men. If this force Is found to be Insuffic.ent tin* Louisville troops can be sent. NEGRO IN “ROND AGE.* Tell# Ifotv res< their i Relit for i for n Drill of *0. MONTGOMERY, Ala.. May 2 -One upon the authorities ; United gence from ich mem- though ma ml to ex- to secure :ur# such I hjis been fi copstitu- It hqs be rrtage aft I pnst ' furt ! of the negr bondage to * ter, Ala., to’ I Involuntary i has i idy r> \\a* recently In * Itlzi n of Ooodwft • * what he knew of e of negro* a, whhh the arre*»t cf two CHATTANOOGA, Mny 29.—Tennes- *e« was visited by heavy rains and high winds today. A^speclal from Gal latin say»: • One of the wor*t storms In the hls- ry of Gallatin wns experienced this afternoon. It came In the shape of n loudburft accompanied by n high wind and lasted throughout the nfter- A1I iks Olle out of their hank* and lowland* were covoi with water. On account of high wa the Gallatin ice plant has Had to s pend business. It Is estimated tl thousands of dollais’ worth of darm wns done by tbe flood. From all part* of the ctnte come ports of great damage to crops. KANSAS CITY. Mo n* and Missouri rive n alarming rate a leatlcn* are that all May 29 —Th.* id tonight th> "Our Inventlgatlons have gone bael* for twelve years, and during that time the evidence shows that corruption ha* been th? usual und accepted thing In state legislation, and that, too, without interference or hlndrn nee. The tenden cy has been to hide or to Ignore, rather than to expose and punish thla Infa mous outrage. 'Laws have b«en sold to the high est bidder In numerous Instances that we have evidence of. nV* believe th*t laws should he passed, making It un lawful for lobbyists to ply their pro fession In the manner that some of them now operate, and providing for the for feiture of Yanchlses procured by cor rupt method*. "We have found some Indictments for bribery nnd there would be many more were It not for the statute of lim itations, which should be extended to seven ^ years from the date of the IT IS DECORATION DAY AND A HOLIDAY flcf I Act of Conareis—Federal Of- Wlli Re cloard. pron der not o*»ly at i the flay. I ,The bad This pro by franc! Hu ent ■ hold o?rt e in Unite! £ talcs, than Breath fit. Whea <.0UU woman having bo n brutally whlp- I to 'hath. The name# are wltn- 'I until the United State* grand jury Today Is a rational holiday in ac- «ordanre with an net of congress. It la designated as "Decoration Day." Throughout the nation, w’herever are sleeping the men who wore the blue, th** same tend *r service will be observed that charac terizes the South s "Memo rial Day." Indeed, till* beautiful and consecrated observance and remembrance of the living for the dead was first suggested by Southern women. It was Southern women who Inspired Francis M. Finch, now nsnoclate Judge of the New York court of appeals, to write that famous poem, the "Blue and the Gray." He read one morning in his dally paper that Southern women had decorated with flowers the graves of the Confed erate und Federal dead kllke—know ing no difference tn their tribute to brave men. Inexpressibly touched, before he retired the following night he penned the lines that made him known wherever the English language is spoken. In observance of the day, all d«- p.irtrn* nt* of the Macor. poatofflce will he closed after 12 o’clock. The offices *>f the United States court will also bo HurllriKion rat (rom *ti*- r*--* th* emoaakrrc Mrs, DEATH OF AN INFANT. The 3-m**iith*-old Infant of Mr. and n Trrvera died yesterday nf- t th<‘ home of the parents, 411 ••t. The HtfTV girl had been .v**eks nnd her death was pur- The funeral will take place from tho residence at 11 o'clock this morning. R**v. Father McDonald will officiate. The Interment will take place la St, Joseph's ctnietefjr,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, May 30, 1903, Image 1