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ESTABLISHED IN 1829.
MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1904.
DAILY—17.00 A YEAN
GEORGIA’S COTTON
IS TO'BE PROTECTED
HOUSE PASSES BOLL WEEVIL BILL, GIVING ENTOMOLOGIST FUNDS
TO GUARD AGAINST INSECT—GUBERNATORIAL SUCCESSION-
CHAIRMAN DAVIS SAYS THE APPROPRIATIONS ARE AWAY BE
YOND THE REVENUES—SENATE PASSES THE TAX ASSESSOR
BILL, AND ALSO BILL RAISING GOVERNOR’S SALARY TO $5,000.
PARKER GREETS
SOUTHERNERS
Several Leading Men Pay
Their Respects
ALL ARK PROUD OF IIIM
ATLANTA, Aug. 4.—After having a
few days ago Increased the direct tax
.for schools by $200,000 It looked today
like the house would deny to the state
entomologist $10,000 with which to
protect the state against the Mexican
boll weevil which last year cost the
farmers of Texas $15,000,000.
The bill, however, was llnally passed
by a vote of 90 to 47. It carries the
* usual $5,000 appropriation and $10,-
000 additional. The bill makes it a
misdemeanor to bring any infected
products into the state, provides for
Inspection, for the destruction of in
fected goods and infected fields, and
\ for payment for property destroyed.
It also provides for a warfare on "wilt"
’ and “black root."
Passage of Boll Weevil Bill.
As soon as the house met the boll
< weevil bill was taken up on motion of
'JJr. Miller, of Muscogee.
Mr. Leigh, of Coweta, spoke in sup-
'port of the bill. He said no matter
what might be said of the mineral
•wealth of the state and the manufac-
\ luring and commercial Interests, the
real foundation of Georgia’s prosper
ity is her cotton crop.
Mr. Womble, of Upson, spoke in
Support of the bill.
Mr. Stovall, of Chatham, said the
danger was not distant, and if the
■weevil once found lodgment In th«
state hundreds of thousands of dollar;
might be necessary to eradicate the
pest. He was willing to vote for the
amendment of Mr: McHenry, of Floyd,
making the appropriation $25,000.
Mr. Lane, of Sumter, said he was
| ready to vote for anything that was
v necessary for the proper support of
the department of entomology, but
there was no boll weevil In the state
.and th*> bill was a boll weevil scare
• intended to get a lnrger appropriation
for the entomological department. lie
said the promoters of the bill should
i come out in the open and say how
i much is needed. He fired a shot or
i two at the “city farmers" who were
| advocating the measure.
Mr. Conner, of Bartow, in reply to
• Mr. Lane, said the bill hud been
framed by a Committee from the State
• Agricultural Society, the Horticultural
Society and the Fruit Growers’ Asso
ciation. who. with the commissioner of
agriculture and the state entomolOgLt.
spent two (lays in conference at the
Kimball house. If Mr. Lane did not
■understand the necessity for tho bill
let him ask his distinguished father-
in-law. Col. It. F. Crittenden, who par
ticipated In fram'ng the bill. In re
ply to a question from Mr. Hall, Mr.
Conner said that on such matters ns
the boll weevil he would trust the
judgment of Colonel Crittenden
thousand times to where he would
that of Mr. Lane once.
Mr. Steed of Taylor spoke In support
of tho bill, and was followed by Mr.
McHenry of Floyd on the same line.
Mr. Evans spoke of the great de
struction that has been wrought In
Texas and he thought Georgia should
prepare for war In time of pence, and
take the necessary steps to check the
great scoufge.
Mr. Brown of Houston said tho fruit
growers of his county wanted the de
partment of entomology abolished, ns
they had received no benefit from that
department. He said the entomologist
had caused the destruction of $6t),000
worth of fruit trees by recommending
, a treatment which killed the trees. As
for tho boll weevil, he did not believe
($100,000 would do nny good
The house adopted Mr. Hay’s amend
ment cutting the appropriation from
$15,000 to $7,500, the vote being ayes
50. nays 41.
Various amendments were disposed
of and Mr. I«elgh moved to reconsider
the action In adopting Mr. Hay’s
amendment. The motion was lost by
nays 74, ayes 31 .
The bill was reported from the com
mittee of the whole in that shape, but
the house on an aye and nay vote de
feated the Hays amendment by 78 to
55. The bill was then passed, carrying
the $15,000 appropriation, the vote be
ing 90 to 47.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes—Adams. Akin. Alexander, Al
mond, Arnold, Beall of Paulding. Beau
champ, Bell of Milton, Blackburn, Boy
kin. Butts, Calvin, Candler. Carr, Cars
well, Conner, Crumbly, Daniel, Daves.
Davison, Deal Dozier, Duckett, Dug
gan Dunbar, Ennis, Evans, Felder,
Fields, Flannigan, Fussell, George,
Grenade, Grice, Griffin. Hall, Harden.
‘Harrell, Hawes, Hendry, Hixon of
Buinter, Holder, Houston, Howard of
Baldwin, Johnson of Crawford, Knight
Leigh. Little. Martin. Miller of Bul
lock, Miller of Muscogee. Mills Mitchell,
Mi/--!!. Murt-.n. M* Iilu.urr.-v, M H- ; ■ .
McRae—90.
Nays—Baldwin, Bower, Bowen, Brin
son. Brock, Brown, Buchan, Buehan-
r.on. Bush. Carrington, Cliatt, Cook,
English. Flynt, Foster of Oconee,
Franklin. Gaulden, Glenn. Gross, Hayes,
Henry Hixon of Carroll, Howell,
Hutcheson, Johnson of Baker, Kelly,
Kent. Lane. Lanier, Mann, Maples,
Mitcham, McLain—47.
Gubernatorial Success
The conferer.- e committee appointed
to recor.f’ile the dlfferem e# between the
senate and house made a report. The
report provided that In the event of the
death, resignation of disability of the
governor before the new legislature
semblsd, the president of the old sen
ate. or the speaker of the old house
would performe the duties of governor
The others In line of succession were
the secretary of state, attorney general
and state treasurer. The new legisla
ture will be elected In October. It will
not assemble nntll next June unless
embed In extra session. Consequently
It will not elect a speaker or preside!
Jbcn.Lers exp.res •slier.
lature la elected—that la In October.
The effect of the conference commit
tee’s report would be to make President
Clarke Howell or after him Speaker
Morris, governor until the new legisla
ture assembled in the event of Gover
nor T- Troll's- do-ith. Mr. Ilnil said that
the effect would be to make a private
citizen governor, as after October
neither Mr. Howell or Mr. Morris will
be In office. The report was signed by
Messrs.-Mathe\vs, Van Buren and Ilop-
on the purt of the senate and
Messrs. Wooten, Reed and Ilawes on
the part of the house.
Mr. Hall spoke against the report
and moved that It be rejected and n
new conference committee bo appoint
ed. This was done anil the speaker
appointed Messrs. Hall, Bteed, of Tay
lor, and Franklin.
THE SENATE.
ATLANTA, Aug. 4.—President How
ell called the senate to order at 10
o’clock today. Immediately following
the reading of the journal, the substi
tute of the committee on the general
Judiciary, to the Hall bill providing for
the creation of a st^te board of a
sors came up at the special ord-
the day. The substitute of the com
mittee is practically the same as the
substitute for the Hall bill, drawn and
submitted to the committee by Mr.
Hopkins of the 7th. The provisions of
the substitute In brief call for the
creation of a state board of n
the members -of which are to be ap
pointed by th| governor, and they
required to pals upon the taxable value
of corporate property, also the appoint
ment of county bounds of.msMtors, the
members of these boards to be
pointed by the county commissioners of
a county or the ordinary of the county
where there are no county commission
ers, whose duty it shall be to pass upon
the taxable value of property owned
by Individual
A minority report signed by Messrs.
Perry imd Snead was also presented
unfavorlble to the substitute and favor
able to the Ilall bill
Mr. Perry of the 33rd said thnt tho
present system of assessing the pro
perty of Individuals was good enough
that under the existing laws there had
been n large increase In the returns of
Individual property. He said that leg
lslation was needed on corporate pro
perty, because of an Inequality of tho
▼•lues of railroad property ns shown
by the awards of the board:
tratlon last year.
Mr. Perry, in answer to n question
by Mr. Taylor If the substitute did
not Include the provisions of tho Ilall
bill, and go further and Include th
property of Individuals, said that thl.
was true, and that his objection to the
substitute was based upon the belief
that legislation on this line would hi
Imperiled, the- Hall bill having
house, and the substitute having
r. Bailey of Texas Expresses His
Admiration of tho Man—Regards
New York, New Jersey and Indiana
the Critical Point—Gov. Montague of
Virginia Regards the Choice of Dem
ocratic Nominee for Governor of New
York as of Vital Importance.
TIGHTENING THE NOOSE
AROUND PORT ARTHUR
JAPANESE ARE MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY UPON THE GREAT
FORTRE88—HEAVIEST ARTILLERY CLEARING THE WAY, BE
FORE THE INFANTRY IS ORDERED FORWARD EN MA88E— MIK
ADO WANTS AS LITTLE LOSS OF LIFE AS POSSIBLE—JAPANESE
OCCUPY HA1 CHENG.
to go to the house to be concurred
In. If the measure known as the sub
stitute had come from the house he
would have voted for It, but ns It had
not. he favored taking what seemed
to be a sure thing Instead of dealing
in futures.
Mr. Hopkins, in answer to Mr. Perry,
said that the substitute carried out
the recommendations of the state-
house officials, whose duty It was to
deal with matters of this character.
He said that he had no fears of the
action of the house when the substi
tute came up for consideration by that
body. If the house fnlled to do Us duty
tho members of It would he held re
sponsible for the!** action by the peo
ple. He said that he wanted tho sen
ate to do Its duty In the matter, and
If the bill was lost and legislation of
this character killed the house would
be to blame. The Increase In the re
turns of individual property, ho said,
was due to the general prosperity of
the country, to 15-cent cotton and
things of that kJnd. It was u natural
increase, he said, and was to be ex
pected. Without discussing the const!-
tutlonallty of the house bill, he would
say that It was an unjust measure,
that It provided for passing upon the
taxable value of corporate property,
xnd left all other property alone.
read extracts from the gover-
message, and the report of the
comptroller-general showing the ne-
■sslty of county boards of equalizers
to pass upon the value of property of
Individuals, and argued that now was
time to act In this matter. The
substitute, he said, covered all prop
erty nllke, and made no exceptions.
He said there was one feature of the
Hall bill that would make him vote
Inst It, if all others were unobjec
tionable, and this feature was the one
hich provided that the comptrotler-
eneral, and not the governor, was to
appoint the members of the board of
state assessors. He said It looked like
a reflection upon the chief executive
of the state.
Mr. Snead spoke In favor of the
adoption of the minority report which
was unfavorable to the passage
substitute. He said that one objec
tion that he had to the substitute was
that ft provided for the Appointment of
about four hundred officers, entailing
this much expense upon the people of
the state. Mr. Mathews favored the
passage of the substitute. He said
that he felt satisfied that the
would regard It favorably, as the sub
stitute contained all of the features
of the Hal! bill with one exception,
and went further so that the property
of Individuals as well as corporations
could be reached. He believed th
property owners should be treated
alike in the matter of taxation, this
was the law* and it was equal Justice
to all. ami special privileges to none.
He said thnt all that the house could
do would be to refuse to concur, nbil
then steps could he taken to get to
gether.
The minority report was voted down,
and the majority rcpori which Wia
favorable to the adoption of the sub
stitute for the Hall bill was then
present | adopted by a vote ct yeas 34, nays 6.
the new leg:*- 1 The bill to increase the salary of $he
ESOPUS. N. Y., Aug. 4.—Almost all
of Judge Parker’s visitors today were
from south of Mason and Dixon’s lino.
United States Senator Joseph W. Bal-
was one of the first to nr-
na accompanied by Mrs.
Bailey and their son. and left Rose-
mount with expressions pf their ’cor
dial admlratWn for Judge Parker and
of hopefulness ns to the outcome of
tampaign. Governor A. J. Mon
tague of Virginia came down from
Lake George, where for several days
he has been visiting George Foster
Peabody, the newly appointed treasurer
of the national committee. National
Committeeman H. D. Clayton, Col. E.
Ith his daughter, and H.
Hatcher of Alabama constituted the
remainder of the Southern delegation.
Other visitors to Judge Pnrker today
Charles R. Crank of Chicago, Al
fred Henry Lewis, the well known
writer, and Ira M. Black of Kingston.
N. Y.
Tonight nt 6:30 the steam yacht Sap
phire, which has become a familiar
sight in the river off Esopus landing,
brought Judge Morgan J. O’Brien and
John P. McDonald from New York
city.
Senator Bailey had little to say for
publication beyond the following
tribute to Judge Parker:
i delighted with Judge Parker,
both with his views ns a statesman
und a Democrat, and with his charac
ter as a man. I wish to say that if he
Is elected. Democrats who go to Wash
ington will And that In their president
they have both a representative and a
friend."
Senator Bailey gave tho Interviewer
the Impression that he regards the
coming campaign as critical in three
states—New York, Indiana and New
Jersey. "I differ from some of my col
leagues.” said ho. "ah to the align
ment of the states In their respective
columns. There are states which they
call doubtful that I believe are surely
Democratic, and states that they call
doubtful which I believe to be surely
Republican.” The senator would not
particularize ns to what states he hod
In mind. It is believed that Senator
Bailey npproves of Judge Parker’s po
sition on the nubject of campaign
and thut he believes the
judge Will do well in remaining at
Rosemount throughout the campaign.
1th the possible exception of three or
four important addresses at vital
points, such as Indianapolis and New
York.
Governor Montague said after ho had
seen Judge Parker, whom he met today
for the flrst time, that he was sure tin-
judge would gain In strength as tho
rank and file of the party came to bo
better acquainted with his forceful
character and high purposes. He de
clared that he had no particular mat
ter to take up with Judge Parker but
■rrlrhed merely to make his acquaint
ance end to bring him tho cordial
greetings of the Virginia Democracy.
"We- of the South," said Governor
Montague, " are Immensely interested
in the gubernatorial ennvass In New
York state this fall. It would be more
becoming In me to say nothing which
would seem like meddling In the po-
... - _ York state, but
TOKTO, Aug. 4—10 a. m.—The Jap
anese are hourly awaiting tidings of a
victory at Port Arthur with more in
terest and eagerness than heretofore
displayed during the war. From a po
litical, strategical and sentimental
standpoint the position of the Russian
force and naval hose is considered of
paramount Importance by tho Japan
ese. It Is known that the Japanese
noose about the besieged city Is grad
ually tightening. The Japanese guns
are pouring Are Into the diminishing
circle and It 1h felt here that tho crit
ical hour Is fast appronchlng.
But the public here Is Ignorant of
the hour the Anal assault will bo made
and also of the details of the work al
ready done around Port Arthur. It Is
believed that the Are from the Japan
ese batteries will compel the Russlnn
fleet to leave the harbor and accept
battle from Admiral Togo. It la be
coming proverbial that the Japanese
infantry will go anywhere, and will re
fuse to retire no matter how great
their losses may be. It Is believed thnt
Port Arthur could have been taken be
fore this time with a heavy sacrlAce of
of lire, but It is evident thnt the mili
tary leaders are working to efTect the
reduction and capture of the fortress
with the minimum loss of life. There
will be no charges of great masso of
Infantry until the artillery has An
Ished the tusk of silencing tho Rus
sian guns.
A story Is current to the effect that
tho emperor has explained his \v
that the capture shall be effected
the smallest possible sacrlAce ol
hence the care and precision taken by
the Japanese In approaching thu ltua
slan' defenses and the extensive use o
larger engines of tho war with which
to clear the wsy.
AMERICANS STONED
BY ANGRY 1IAYTIANS
SCENES OF GREAT DISCORD IN PORT AU PRINCE—SOLDIERS MOB
CARRIAGES FLYING UNITED STATES FLAG—MINISTER POWELL
MAKES VIGOROUS PROTEST AND IS PROMISED BY PRESIDENT
NORD THAT THE AMERICANS SHALL BE PROTECTED — EX
TREMELY UGLY SITUATION. * ' ' '
Japs Occupy Haicheng.
TOKIO. AUg. i T:ir Japanese, vic
tor*'at the battle of Bimoucheng, havo
advanced und occupied Haicheng. The
Russians began abandoning Haicheng
August 2. The Japanese entered Hel-
cheng without resistance.'at noon yes
terday and tho Japanese occupied New
Chwung the same day,/
ST
Japs Moved Forward Steadily.
. PETERSBURG, Aug. 4.—A ru
ts current that u battle Is in pro-
i north of Haicheng.
Russian Ships Bottled Up.
TOKIO. Aug. 4.—Twelve torpedo
boat destroyers, four torpedo bouts
and some gunboats emerged from the
harbor at Port Arthur on the night of
August 1. but were driven back again
by the Japanese warships on guard
outside.
rh to a
litical affairs of Ne
Japanese Er.
LONDON. Aug. 4.—A
news agency from Anshshnn (half way
between Haicheng and Liao Yung)
says: “The Japanese advance Is be
ing continued with great energy
ngainst the southern army. The Rus-
forces continue their retirement
northward, but the cavalry
checked the Japanese threatening
movement."
fflce of governor was then taken up.
The bill was llrst passed In the house
Increasing the salary from $3,000 to
$5,000. It was then reconsidered and
lary cut down to $4,000. The
re then came to the senate In
this shape. The senate committee on
pproprlatlons amended the bill, rais
ing the figures to $3,000. The bill as
ported was agreed to. Mr. Perry of-
red an amendment to the bill so as
• Increase the salaries of the Judge*
of the supreme court to $3,500, and
Igvs of the superior court to
$2,500.
Mr. Skelton said that to put the
Perry amendment upon the bill would
require the house to give a two-third
vote for the measure before It could
be passed, and he was afraid that a
great risk would be taken If this wns
dope. He said at the last session of
the legislature, the senate unanimous
ly pushed a bill raising the salaries of
the judges of the supreme court to
$5,000 and the judges of the superior
courts to $4,000, and that the house
had never acted upon this bill. He
also stated that the amendment ap
plied to the body of the bill and not to
the caption.
Mr. Perry then asked that the cap
tion Qf the bill be also amended.
The amendment offered by Mr. Perry
was adopted, and the bill as amended
by the committee was then passed by
a vote of yeas 32, nays 6.
The report of the conference com
mittee on the succession of the gov
ernor was adopted. The report pro
vided that the president of the senate
and speaker of the house hold over
until the election of their successors.
A number of house and senate bills
were then reed the second time, after
which the senate adjourned.
Rusiian Gallantry.
ST. PETERSBURG.' Aug. 4.—Gen.
BakharofT reports that twenty-nine
officers and over a thousand tnen were
killed or wounded In the erigufetnent
of July 30 and 31, und that six guns
were abandoned.
Gen. BakharofTs report gives details
of the lighting about Dspoulsoa, ns
transmitted by Gen. Zoaaalltch. who
says the operations were not decisive.
The battle, the report saVK began under
the favorable auspices of the Russians,
their artillery being superior, hut later
the Jopanene compelled the evacuation
of these crests of mountain range. rp*n.
Zassalitch’s report rontlnm s "At 4:30
p. m. I received a report that a regi
ment posted at the extreme right flank
had retired from its position in the
mountains, having had Uh flank turned.
Six disabled guns were abandoned.
Two offlcera were killed and two
wounded, and the commander of a bat
tery was injured." Before this had
happened the Japanese had placed two
more batteries on tho loft of these who
had previously taken up their position?
here and with their batteries on the
xtreme left they began to bombard
our battery as well as to enfilade the
right flank of our formation. This
the cause of the destruction
battery and the destructive loss
ps on our right flank. The battl
completely shattered, but at the
beginning of the action we succeeded In
lug four guns, while four others
were left on tho field completely dis
abled. Of these four, however, two
had to bo spiked and abandoned owing
to lark of horse*.
"With the view of distracting the at
tention of tho Japanese from our right
flank I directed Col. Lepovntz at 5
o’clock, when the heat had diminished,
to order th«* noldlers to take off their
equlpmnt and assume the offensive.
To support this offensive movement I
lered our batteries to open ft hot
fire on tho ridges held by the Japanese.
The fire of our guns which had pre
viously bombnrdod this point, was
murderous, and the Japanese again
sustained many killed or wounded.
"Our attack In open order astonished
nil beholders. Our men In this forma
tion advanced swiftly nerosH the prin
cipal mountnln range, rushing on both
sides with fixed bayonets on the Jap
anese. who wero unable to sustain tho
shock, and quickly evacuated throe
crests they lmd occupied. I am In
formed by MaJ. . Lordklpanltse that
those who remained wero bayonetted.
"After this brilliant affair I ordered
Col. Lepovatz to stop and push no fur
ther. At 7 o’clock I received an order
to retire In tho direction of Haicheng.
"Our losses on July 30 and .'ll have
been up to the present estimated at
twenty-nlm* officers and slightly over
1,000 men killed or wounded."
Took Part of Arabia's Cargo.
VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 4.—The prize
court bus decide.| to confiscate such
portion of the co
and Asiatic line
was consigned
namely, 59,000 poi _____
railroad equipment, this portion con
futing less than half th#- bulk and
velght of her cargo, the remainder
onslstlng of 142.500 pounds of flour
onslgned to Hong Kong. The conlN-
nted portion of the cargo la now being
mlonded. As anon ns this Is com
pleted the steamer will be released.
Washington Not Satisfied.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The Ara
bia cargo Is likely to develop strongly
one Important question, on the part of
this government, thnt foodstuffs are
bject to seizure, provided they
are not Intended for the use of the
army or navy of a belligerent. It has
b*en supposed thnt the RusHan gov
ernment Itself subscribed fully to this
rule, and thnt Is why Washington is
waiting to learn what unknown and
qualifying conditions were developed
before the Vladivostok prize court to
Justify the confiscation of American
flour consigned to Japanese Individuals
and not to the government nor Intend
ed for Its use. Counsel for the Port
land Milling Company were before the
department yesterday nnd insisted
that the entire cargo of the vessel wn»
Individually consigned, nnd cons**,
quently thnt there was not one pound
of contraband goods Ilnblo to seizure
aboard the ship. »
STATIONARY ENGINEERS.
Service
PORT AU PRINCE. Ilnytl, Aug. 4.—
Tho city of Port au Prince is In a state
of great disorder. Bands of soldlera
throwing stones prevent the Syrians
from reopening their stores.
American citizens have hoisted the
stars und stripes over their residences
and a number of them have sought
refuge In the Anierlcnn legntlon, driv
ing there In carriages flying the Amer
ican flag and pursued by the populace
throwing stones.
After the disorders of the morning
Mr. Powell, the American minister,
went to tho palace nnd demanded of
President Nord thnt the government
should take Immediate action to atop
tla* disorders, and t-» protect all for
eigners und their property, demanding
specially that American Interests bo
protected.
ont for the minister
id the military gov-
to stop the disordt!!
poso to send troop
disturbed districts.
President Nord
Powell that the II'
foreigners would b<
pain
insured Minister
and property of
hotected, and said
Aft©
Min
infej»-
Powell,
initiate, the American dep-
nnd General Carrie, the
•ernor, visited the dlsturh-
nnd personally saw that
,UH given to the houses of
and prompt action
has no doubt imv.
•perty but tho lives
of tho Portland
nner Arabia ns
Japanese ports,
WHITE MAN’S
PLANK NOT IN
eliminated From Platform
of West Virginia Democrats
REASONS ARE STATED
PACKERvS CLAIM
THEY HAYE WON
Those in Chicago Say They
Have 29000 Men at Work
Many Voted Against it on tho Ground
of Expediency, While They Really
Favored It—Convention of 8trong
Men—Enthusiastic Endorsement of
Parker and Davis—Cornwall Named
as Candidate for Governor.
PARKERSBURG. W. Vo., Aug. 4.—
ho Democratic state convention to
ny nominated stnto Senator John
torn well for governor, and Indorsed
ohn T. McGrow for United Btates
©tintor to succeed Nathan R. Scott
'ho proceedings throughout appeared
o bo In accordance with the wishes
f Henry O. Davis, tho Democratic
undid
vlce-pr
about
Ther
vent to
NOW REFUSE TO TREAT
trlkers Succed in Cutting Off Ic
ply of 100 Meat Markots—Police Se
verely Criticized for Harsh Asser
tions—Train Load of Foreigners Said
to Have Beon Smuggled Into the
Yards—Large Shipments of Meat
Yesterday.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—In
;lven but tonight by* the
©port that negotiations
packing being
at his hotel in
the head of the
John T. McOr
of tho na-
Vlrglnln.
ernor Me-
Officials of
Appropriations Exceed Revenues.
ATLANTA, August 4.—Senator Da
vis has figured ft out that the appro
priation bill appropriates $238,405 mo
than can be raised by the general t:
act. This does not include several
special appropriations not included In
the appropriation bill. It is said the
*•• nate will cut the schools appropria
te:. to $>00,040,
I am free to say that the character of
the Democratic candidate for governor
will hare a most Important Influence,
In my^ Judgment, upon th© national
ampafgn. He should be a hum fitted
to complement Judge Parker's '.indl-
icy In representing th.; highest pos
sible Ideals and principle*, of the de-
mocrary.” Governor, Montague ex-
tressed great satisfaction also In the
election of Mr. Peabody, whose Inti
mate friend he Is, as treasurer of the
national committee.
The exact purpose of the visit of Mr.
Crane of Chicago cannot »*• learned
here. Mr. Crane la president of the
municipal voters league of Chicago,
and Is regarded here .an an Independ
ent Democrat. He would not say any
thing regarding the Object of his visit.
Col. Bussell, who acted as spc*
for the Alabama delegation at
I»ui* convention, In yielding
the roll call to New York at at
nominated Judge !*.*rk**r, hr
words of enthusiasm after hla
the candidate. who h** - id wo
All the expectatlo«i of every V
and » defender of human rights and I
liberty.
National Committeeman .Clayton
nald his only purpose In coming to
Rosernount was to make the acquaint
ance of Judge Parker before returning
to his borne in Alabama. T have but
good wishes.” said he, "to take to my
people in th* Boulh concerning the
candidate for th** presidency.
Judge Parker dined .tonight on the
Sapphire with Judge O’Brim and Mr.
McDonald.
in Memory of Dead Members.
Ladies' Auxiliary.
RICHMOND, Vn.. Aug. 4.—Th© feat
ure of today's session of the conven
tion of rtntlonnry engineers was n
special service In memory of members
who died during tho past yenr. After
speeches by several members the con
vention adjourned until tomorrow. The
ladles’ auxiliary elected the following
officers: President, Mrs. Ardell Ingle,
son, Cleveland, f>.; vice-president. Miss
Orac# Delaney, Richmond; secretary,
Mlsa Mlnnb- Cleveland;
treasurer, Mrs. Jennie Dickinson. Mil
waukee. Win.
The proposed rail of a number of ih*
members of the convention In a body
on President Roosevelt on Hunday next
Is off. The Washington a asocial lor
wrote the nn’fonal body today thnt It
had understood frr
private secretary thnt the chief exec
utive could not. without political lm
propriety, receive any organized body
of men like thnt of the engineers now.
The engineers will elect officers to
morrow. The only contest Is over tin
vice-presidency, for which office ther*
are four candidates. E. O. Heger. o
Evansville. Ind.; Royal D. Tomlinson
of Near York; Boinuel fj. Force, o
Pittsburg. Pa., and C. F. Wilson, of
Milwaukee, the present treasurer. Tl
choice for the next convention city II*
between Louisville and Philadelphia.
The question will be decided tome
»" u * I row. when the work of the eonventi
I generally will practically be compleh
°n I8AIAH COOPER TO HANG.
*rdy Convicted of th# Murd«r of City Ma
t to I thal Bowman,
ful- I ARCADIA. Fla., Aug. 4.-After d«
t I perate efforts to ft
Judge Holt refused
citing bnllo
this conte
.h entirely i
plank that had
West Virginia
Having that by
port of his
ctlo
states bor<
would cat
Into this «
tlons nnd
conditions
Chalrmn
the condl
Dally replied, admfttln
E. Coo|»er will be hanged here nt
tomorrow for the murder of City
shnl Bowman, of Punta Gordo.
have
to
ythln
r’s n<
id In which the colo
n ft* Dallj
king to sp«
rh lengths that h(
•ed and forced to leave
ing pressure Is still bell
>enr on the
ft of Cooper*
•lev© at the *
The ptatfoi
idopted. Tl
•eads In part
ng lx
rls ho
1 thr
11 sirs
S3T
nil that n
ument,
1>I ■•“’**-
)t and
support to the
tertty
popular govermner
Continued on Pag* Four,
