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Subscriber’s Paper-Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA. CLEARING THURSDAYl FRIDAY FAIR. CONTINUED COLDi BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS BACKING TO NORTHWEST. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1904. DAILY—97.00 A YEAR OASS1E CHADWICK GOES BACK TO CLEVELAND THE SHREWD WOMAN “FINANCIER'S" RETURN GREETED BY VAST CROWD, WHOSE JEERS, HOOTS AND HISSES MADE HER SHRINK FROM GAZE—8HE FAINTED ON HER WAY TO A CELL IN THE JAIL—NOT PROBABLE SHE CAN GIVE BAIL. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 14.—Five times indicted by the United States government at the exact minute that her train rolled into the station Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick came home to Cleveland this afternoon. She was greeted with Jeers, hoots and hisses by the crowdn that gathered in the depot when her train arrived, howled at by hundreds gathered in front of the fed eral building. The last sound that reached her from the outside world as she passed into the stuffy, ill-smelling office of Sheriff Barry in the county Jail, was the hoot of derision from the people massed in front of the door way. She made no attempt to give ball and after a brief stop in the of- lice of the clerk of the United States court, was taken to jail. She is held tonight in cell 14 in the woman’s de partment of the jail and her palatial residence on Euclid avenue, of which the furnishings alone are valued at $200,000, is occupied by her maid. Fell in a Dead Faint. Her courage held to the last, but her body failed her and when she had mounted the three flights of stairs leading to the tier of cells where she is to remain, she collapsed utterly and fell in a dead faint. Rut for the aid qf Deputy United States Marshals Kumb and Kelker, who held her up and almost carried her along, as she mounted the stairs, she never would have been able to reach her cell Breathless, pale and staggering, she was barely able to reach a chair ns the steel door of the woman’s corri dor swung open to receive her. She sank feebly into a chair, her feel back ward, and but for the marshal she would have rolled to the floor. Water was quickly brought to her and in a few seconds she revived, and was again a woman of business. Her first request was that her lawyer Sheldon Q.. Kerruish be sent for, and she was soon engaged in a conference with him concerning her defense. There are now seven indictments against her. five additional charges having been laid against her in the federal court this afternoon. It would require surety to the amount of at least $100,000 to give her freedom, and there is nobody in Cleveland who will furnish that amount for her. She has herself no idea of giving bail and will remain in Jull. She has the best cell In the place, but it is not a nice cell, nor is the county Jail of Cuyahoga county a nice Jail even as Jails go, but It is the best there is and there sjie must remain. Curious Crowd of Spectators. Mrs. Chadwick’s tralil was scheduled lo arrive at 11:10 in the morning but It was three hours later before It reached Cleveland. The delay of the train served but 6ne purpose, that of in creasing the crowd of curious at the depot. When it finally rolled into the station there was a rush from the fur ther end of the iron fence that kept the crowd of curious from the tracks. This mob broken through the police, swarmed, over the fence and through the gate'and upon the tracks, so chat when the trnln came to a standstill there were about a thousand persons about the cars. As the train drew out of Ashtabula Mrs. Chadwick said: “The next stop will be home.” Dur ing the run into Cleveland she eon- versed with her son and an Associated Press correspondent. Hhe was re markably calm and In discussing her a flairs said the people of the country would learn that she had been more sinned Against than sinning. Emil Hoover who joined the party at Ashta- hula, was the hearer of a letter to his mother from her step-daughter. Miss Mary Chadwick. The letter which was couched in the most endearing terms, was written on the paper of the Hotel Continental, Paris, and was dated November 30. t commenced. “My Dear Mother” and was signed "Your loving daughter, Mary.” The letter said thnt the first Inti mation Miss Chadwick and her father had of the troubles of Mrs. Chadwick was learned from a New York dispatch in the London Dally Chronicle of No* ven.ber 3*», a clipping of which was en closed and Miss Chadwick continued that she believed the charges against her mother to bo monstrous and that "No one who knows you as I do will believe ruch awful things.” The girl gave her step-mother as surances of the greatest love and res pect and bade her to be of good cheer as she was certain the matter would he settled In a manner satisfactory to all concerned. She begged to be Informed If she o»* her father could be of any assis tance and said that If they could help in the slightest degree they would re turn Immediately. Her Cyet Filled With Tears. Mrs. Chadwick's eyes filled with tears ns the correspondent read the letter nloud. "Mary is the sweetest girl in the world,” she sobbed, “and I could net love her more If she were my own child.’ Mr. Chadwick reiterated her former statements that as her husband nnd step-daughter could be of no as sistance to her here she wished them to remain abroad that they might be spared the huinilation attendant upon their presence in Cleveland. As the train neared its destination Mrs. Chadwick donned her outer gar ments, a long fur trimmed fur coat, n brown hat and heavy veil to match. Hhe expressed her appreciation of the courtesies extended to her by the As sociated Press and a few minutes later said she would like to say good bye to thp newspaper men who had accom panied her patty from New York. The correspondents went n one by one And to each she gave a warm hand grasp and said a hearty “God bless y When the train drew In the station at Cleveland Mrs. Chadwick caught a glimpse of the great crowds which sw armed about the train shed and wo a grouped on vantage on the heights surrounding the station. She instinct, lvely shrank back Into a corner of the drawing room and said: •*I cannot see why all those people should be •here. " After the train had been emptied of Its passengers United State* Marshal Chandler of Ohio stepped aboard her car, the “Aida” and made his way to the drawing room, where he was in traduced to Mrr.. Chadwick. She ask ed that “he be taker? out «* speedily as possible and preceded by Em’! 1 (cover and Freda Swanstorm. the ’nurse, the party made its way to the lplatform and thence through the dense crowds to a carriage in waiting. Although In her own city no friendly f- fe gr**t*4 -he car ^ r ** Chadwick u*io Ae* carriage as if she had been an entire stranger to this community. Jeers and Coarse Epithets. The crowd had become impatient with the delay of Mrs. Chadwick's’ ar rival and began to Jeer and whistle. As soon as Mrs. Chadwdck's son. Emii, and her faithful nurse, Freda Swan- storm, appeared on the car platform and stepped to the station, Mrs. Chad wick was recognized by the crowd and there was a spontaneous outburst of jeers, whistles and shouts of coarse epithets. Shouts of ’’Here’ro the notes” and “where’s the money?" greeted Mrs, Chadwick upon her appearance, and as the viciousness of the mob dawned upon her, she seemed to grow faint, and wavered as though about to fall. It seemed that but for the deputy mar shal's support of her she must utterly collapse. The arrival of the woman was most spectncular in every respect and in marked contrast to her previous ar rivals in her home city. As soon as the police could clear a way and bring about some semblance of order about the depot platform the officers led their prisoner towards the gate and out through the entrance. There the street was almost blocked and well night lmpn8able to the carriages and teams. The camera fiend was there in all his glory, despite the overcast sky and dark day, .and through this battery passed Mrs. Chadwick, Marshal Clflfndler and his two deputies into their carriage. They were Immediate ly driven away to the federal building. Crowd Followed Mrs. Chadwick' Carriage. All the time the crowd kept-hooting and Jering, and ns the carriage rolled away from the station they were fol lowed by some of the crowd. The shouts and cries were taken up, and passed along, all the way to the fed eral building, through the busiest part of the city. As the carriages neared the building the crowds on the side walks broke into the streets and many began to run beside the carriages ex pecting to see Mrs. Chadwick ns she entered the building bv the main en trance. In this the crowd was disap pointed for the carriage with the pris oner was driven into an alley In the rear of the building. As the crowd was being cleared from the alley eager,I peering faces were thrust into the carriage windows, and vulgar expres sions hurled at the ocupants. Mrs. Chadwick was taken to the Fifth floor on the freight elevator. The police continued to beat back the crowd, nnd out of the next carriage the nyr*e, Freda, was assisted and taken up to. join her mistress. Emil did not leawo the carriage throughout the entire proceedings. While Mrs. Chadwick, with her nurse, was in the Federal building, Emil In the carriage outside was sub Jected to the scrutiny of the mob nnd was forced to listen to anathemas and maledictions ns well sunejircastlc and bitter references to “notes," "dia monds," “securities,” and tho like. Even the clerks In the postoffice, working on the ground floor of the building, flocked to a rear door, lo rated next to the one entered by Mrs. Chadwick and laughingly shouted, “Let's see the securities.” referring to baggage of Mrs. Chadwick nnd Freda’s, which they saw through the carriage doors. Pasted Through Mob to Jail. Mrs. Chadwick hnd a long confer ence with her attorney, Sheldon Q. Kerrnlsh. She said she did not care to plend to the Indictments just found against her and was taken to the jail. When she was about to leave the fed eral building the excitement was greater, if possible, than before. The carriage after a few delays forced a passage and once nut of the alley Mrs. Chadwick was hurried away to the Jail. Hhe passed through streets with thronged curbs only to run the gaunt- MASS OF FLESH AND BONES FILL THE RUSSIAN TRENCHES MANY WIVES FOR MORMONS Sensational Testimony in Senator Smoot Case MARRIED TO DEAD MAN Late Apostle Cannon Married Fiance of His Dead Brother David for Life and Declared Her to be Wife of De ceased for Eternity-Severe Obliga tions of Sacrifice, Retribution and Chastity—In Temples of Salt L«k«. HEAVY TIMBERS AND STEEL PLATES OF BOMB-PROOFS ARE TORN TO SPLINTERS BY DYNA MITE AND SHELLS HURLED BY JAPANESE GUNS — APPALLING SCENES ABOUT PORT ARTHUR. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Testi mony relating to the alleged poly gamous marriage of the late Apostle Abram Cannon and Lillian Hamlin and additional testimony concerning the obligations taken by persona who pass through the Mormon Endow ment house was offered today in the Investigation of the protests against 8enator Reed Smoot, before the sen ate committee on privileges and elec tions. Mrs. Fred Ellis of Sa|t Lake testi fied that she was Abram Cannon’s first plural wife nnd that her husband married Lillian Ilamlln In June. 1896. He was at thnt time one of the 12 apostles. Mr. Cannon, according to the witness, then had three wives, nnd he told her he intended to marry Lil lian Hamlin. He told her that Lillian had been engaged to his brother, David, who had died, and she there fore wanted to marry Abram. Mrs. Ellis detailed a conversation she had with her husband, in which she told him she did not think he could marry Lillian Hamlin. Mr. Cannon said he could marry outside the state, that he would marry her for time nnd thnt she would be David’s wife for eternity. “I told him that If he did marry Lil lian.” said the witness, “that I could not live with him when the church or the law would not recognize his mar riage.” August Lundstrom of Salt Lake testified thnt he went through the temples In Salt Lake and Logsn. He had heard the Endowment obligations taken six times, he said, each cere mony consuming from six to eight hours, according to the size of the crowd. He said oaths of sacrifice and of retribution were administered. The whole proceeding was a series of obligations, said the witness, but he could not remember nil of them. The first in order, he said, was tho law of sacrifice, which hound each person to give his entire means and talents to the upbuilding of the Mormon church. The next obligation was that of retri bution, in which each person coven anted nnd promised to "ask Ood lo avenge the blood of Joseph Smlth^up- on this nation,” and to tench "our children nnd our children's children to do the same to the end of the earth.” Tho next obligation wus that of chastity. The hearing was continued until to morrow. SONS OF SOUTH MET IN GOTHAM Nineteenth Annual Dinner of Southern Society FUSAN, Dee. 14. (Headquarters of the Third Japanese army.)—Every part of the city and harbor of Port Arthur Is visible from 203 Metre Hill. The streets of the city are deserted nnd but few soldiers are doing patrol duty. Many buildings have been burn ed and others shattered. The shelt ers of the harbor present a strange ap pearance with turrets, masts and fun nels of warships showing just above the water. There Is not a vessel afloat in the harbor. The docks and' build ings on the water front are torn and burned. The Japanese shells reach every part of the city and harbor. FUSAN. Dec. 14. (Before Tort Ar thur with the Third Japanese army.)— The effect of dynamite used as an of fensive weapon in the form of hand grenades is instanced In an appalling manner by the condition of the dead bodies, which are t6rn and unrecog nizable masses of flesh nnd bonep. Fragments of hundreds of killed, un earthed from the fllled-in Russian trenches, presented a scene of awful horror. The heavy timbers and steel plates of the bomb-proofs were torn to splinters by shells and dynamite. FUSAN. Dec. 14. (Before Port Ar thur with the Third Japanese army.)— The work of removing the dead from the slopes and crests of 203 Meter HUf has been completed on the North side. The South slopes are still covered with bodies buried under the debris of trenches and bomb-proofs. The long lines of Jupnnese dead laid out on the top of the hill and the slopes previ ous to interment presented an awful appearance. Most of the bodies, were partially naked and horribly torn by dynamite bombs. ENTHUSIASM AROUSED Largo Crowd Cheorod Wildly When “Dixie" and “My Maryland” Were Played—Speeches Were ‘Tempered by Conservatism and Loyalty- Mayor McClellan Declared That Both Sides Were Victor*. let of another mob that had been gathering for hours. Into the Jail the prisoner waa hurried to the accom paniment of more shouts and Jeers and the clicking of photographers' cameras. The son Emil following In another carriage son Joined his moth er and not until then did the crowd that for five hours had been increasing begin to decrease. Freda remained with Mrs. Chadwick about half an hour, and when she came out entered a carriage and • was driven to tho Chadwick residence nt 1S24 Euclid avenue. Emil remained with his mother for nearly an hour, when ho took his departure. Five Indictments Returned. The federal grand Jury returned five Indictments against Mrs. Chadwick, three of which charge her with aiding and abetting officers of a national bunk to defraud the Institution, and two charge her with conspiring against the United States. Four in dictments were returned ng.iinst President Beckwith of the Oberlin bank, two charging him with misap plication of the funds of a national bank, one with conspiracy to comlt of an offense against the United States, and one with certifying checks when no funds were on hand. Indict ments were returned also against Cashier Spear. They are the same as those against President Beckwith. The first witness before the grand Jury was United States Marshal Chand ler who presented to the Jury the sworn statement of President Beckwith. This is the document which has been called the "Confession” of Beckwith. It sets forth in effect that there were two notes of $500,000 each, both signed In the name of Andrew Carnegie and Mrs. Chadwick declared positively both to him Cashier Spear, that she personally saw Mr. Carnegie sign his name to both not eg. It was also set forth In the state ment thst a New York attorney who claimed to be a representative of An drew Carnegie, had declared to Beck with In Oberlin. that the notes were genuine. The endorsement of the notes by Beckwith and Spear was ad mitted. but the statement declared neither of them had any idea that they were to be used in the manner in which Mrs. Chadwick handled them. Mr. Beckwith's statement declared thnt they received from Irl Reynold,, in formation to th*» effect that “everyJ thing was all right” nnd that a large amount of good zccuritlea belonging to Mrs. Chadwick were held by th# Wade Park Bunk. This encouraged him to make loans to Mrs. Chadwick. Mr. Beekwlth’fl statement set forth the fact that Mrs. Chadwick hud secured large loans frera other bankers sr.1 had met them promptly. There was no reason to believe that she would j rt net treat loans made by the Oberlin ! r* bank in tV* same manner. Sever.'1 [ needed, other wttn^ses were he-rd. Dfrfrt't Attorney Sail 1 vsn bunded in *he dneii. m«ou wbivh ha had previously pra • . calker. 1 GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION. The Mid-Winter Convention Will Do Held In Jacksonville January 19th. JACKSONVILLE. Flu.. Dec. It—Pre»|. dent W. H. Moore of the National Good Reads Association, tonight accepted tho invitation of the Jacksonville hoard of trade to hold the mid-winter convention of the National Good Road Association in Jacksonville January 19, 20, 21. two days prior to the International automobile race meet at Ormond-Daytona. Jacksonville will Invite President Roose. veil to Include this city In Ills Southern tour and a special Invitation |« extended to him to nttend the Good Roads conven tion. Governor "" ' Senator Chnunc*; Invited to Mend spec! Itend _ _ Governor Folk of Missouri and _ Depew will also he -. ■■■-—IP- the convention. President Moore Is confident of an at tendance of 4,000 to 6,000 delegates to the convention. Governors of all states nro Invited to send delegates. Two govern ment road building trains will bo hero ond will give exhibition* of sample road building during tho convention. Bombardment Wrought Havoc. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.—Tho Jnp- anoao legation has received tho fol lowing cablegram from Toklo: “Commander of naval urtillery re ports that bombardment,' ou the 13th wns principally aimed- at»ur*enal and torpedo depots at Tiger Tall nnd at steamboats In its vicinity. Torpedo depot ablaze one hour. Three ships were destroyed nnd one was sunk be sides buildings greatly damaged. In direct bombardments upon Sevastopol, staying outside harbor, was suspended owing to bad weather which prevented observation. Togo reports torpedo bout flotillas attacked twice Sevualopal on the night of the 12th and thrice on tho night of the 13th. The result Ih un certain. Each time they met the ene my’s fierce lire and one of our torpedo boats was disabled, hut towed hack, while three received one 'shot such* Our total casualties only throe men wounded.” WILL WAGE FIERCE WAR ON DESTRUCTIVE WEEVIL NATIONAL COTTON CONVENTION ADOPTED SERIES OF RESOLU TIONS URGING THE DESTRUCTION OF COTTON STALKS IN IN FECTED REGIONS, AND ASKING AID FROM STATES AND BANKERS IN THE EFFORT TO OVERCOME THE RAVAGES OF THE INSECT—CONVENTION ADJOURNED. Changes in Railway Officials. LITTLE ROCK. Dec. 14.—It wns an nounced here today that D. E. King, division freight agent of the Iron Mountain at this place, bus been ap pointed to succeed T. B. Fogg, resign ed as industrial freight agent of the Missouri Pacific system. P. H. More- ny. traveling freight agent, has been appointed to succeed D. E. King as division freight agent here. pared apd In five minutes thereafter Mrs. Chadwick. Beckwith and Spear had been Indicted. While aboard the train en route here Mrs. Chadwick summoned the Associated Pratt* representative and to him dictated a “statement to the people of Ohio as follows: Castle Issues a Statement. “Bearing on my side of the story, all has been told the people of Ohio. It ought to be sufficient proof to you of my good faith to face my credltrs and accuser*. I have lived In Cleveland for many years and outside of negoti ating some large loans which have all been paid back In Cleveland and some things that I may have done which may not be considered good business, I do not think any one who knows me will attempt to accuse me of any wrong. I Ask the people of Ohio to suspend Judgment until the case has had a full hearing. “CASSIE U CHADWICK.” Carnegie Will Appear Against Her. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Thnt Andrew Carnegie in willing to appear against Chadwick when his health has sufficiently improved was made clear In u (Utement Klven out today at Mr. Carnegie* residence by hi# secretary 'Air. Carnegie’s only rea-on for not going to Cleveland at this time bar »ire;idy been given,” ea.d the aeore- Mia health will ret admit of Ms taking the»trlp save at considerable rUilc a* hi* physician has already said he Ik Buffering from lumbago. “He ha* been willing to make a deposition at hi* home and later, ox his return from Florida. M will lend his assistance and be present :o testify nny subsequent proceeding, euch a trial whenever his testimony is *ded. Hie one and only reason for ot going to Cleveland now lr» that h»* nable to atand the Journey in this Situation in Manchuria. BT. PETERSBURG, Dec. 14.—The general staff apparently Is entirely sat isfied with the military sltuntlnn in Manchuria, being convinced that tho Japanese have reached their high tide. A high officer said to the Associated Press today: “The Japanese army I* unique In military history and probably the strongest in the world, combining the strength of barbarism with civiliza tion, drawing from the former fanati cal bravery nnd scorn of death, and from the latter the latest knowledge of the science of war. We have been fighting them under heavy handlcapa hut have nt last definitely stopped them. They have missed the psycho logical moment. They are not strong enough to attempt to turn Mukden* i now and will not be even If Port Ar thur falla and 50,000 reinforcements are sent up to Join Field Marshal Oyama. In the meantime Russian troops are piling up behind Mukden. In February, before the port of New Chwung Is Ice free, General Kuropat- kin will have dose upon half a million men disposed In three armies, amply sufficient to turn Oyaina’s position at the Bltakhe river and force the Jap anese back into Korea and tho Liao Tung peninsula.” The Sevastopol Escaped Injury. HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY via Pusan, Dec. 14,—The Russian battleship Sevasto pol, the only Russian warnhlp that es caped destruction, being docked when the other vesnels were sunk after the Japanese captured 203-Metre Hill, es caped from the dock and harbor last night, and Is now anchored under a protecting mountain. Borne torpedo craft are also outside of the harbor. The tremendous price In life paid by the Japanese for the capture of 203-Metre Hill has ben redeemed by the utter destruction of tha Russian fleet. The Japanese fleet will now go Into dock. Sevastopol Has Been Torpedoed. TOKIO. Dec. 16. (Noon.)—It is re ported that the Japanese have suc cessfully torpedo*# the Russian bat tleship SevaatopoL Noted Burster In the Toll*. RICHMOND. Va.. ^J>ec. 14.-J, E. Wright, alias W. E. fltalrs. is In jail In Manchester. \a.. under three indictments charging him with house breaking and having burglars tools In hi* possession. In h trunk In hln room Wes found a collec tion « itches, diamonds, earrings, fin ger rln^r, rtl'*k pin* and other jewelry, worth It. th- enRvgstc about #4 000 The men l* wanted in Wheeling. Va.. and Lynchburg on charges of burglary, and. he ii s-tld to be o fugitive from Te.mesx." Tonight he Is connected by the Roe.on police with * diamond In their city. NEW YORK. Dec. 14.—Three hun dred nnd fifty sons of the Bouth gath ered in the main ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria tonight at the nine teenth annual dinner of the Southern Society of New York, and the boxes were filled with ladies, the relatives and guests of the diners. Enthusiasm waa aroused by the pley Ing of Southern airs, the dinora rising to their feet and cheering wildly when "My Maryland” nnd “Dixie" were played. Among those nt the guests table with President Harrison, who presided, were Mayor McCellnn, who responded to the toast. ’’The City of New York;" Colo nel Robert Bingham, of Asheville. N. C., who told of “The Past Status of tho South, tho Decadence of That Status and Its Restoration”; George S. Ora ham, of Philadelphia, whose theme wki “The South—My Country,” and Dr. E. A. Alderman of the University of Vir ginia, who spoke on "Tho Supreme Need of the South," and the president’s of a number of local societies. President Harrison. in his Introduc tory roinnrka. reviewed the history of thd. South during the past year. In comfl.uetnn he said: “The South stands for Democratic virtues. It stands for hospitality. It stands for Democratic liberty. It stands for tariff for revenue only, nnd not robbery or extortion. There nro many things like these on which tho South is solid and* In those things let us remain solid.” Mayor McClellan, who was then In troduced. said in part: Both Sides Were Viotor*. "You people of tho South a century ago fought for your Ideals, and you won. Still later you fought and the world said you lost. Lee, und John ston, and Stonewall Jackson were idealists, every one, nnd so wero Washington and Jefferson, and their unsocialrs. But of these, say you, thoir dreams came true, while tho others dreumed In vain. Ah me, no man has dreamed or lived In VAln who has sought for lofty inspiration. Tho spirit of ’til like the spirit of ’78 was idealism, nnd now that wo can look hack after nearly a half century and see that unhuppy fratricidal strife, through the vista of years, wo can ap preciate tlmt in tho broad and true sense there were no vanquished but that All wer victors, In thnt they fought for what they doomed the right nnd in lighting for It, fought like men and gentlemen.” Col. Robert Bingham, In the course of his address, referred to tho negro. "After all.” he said, "the world has found that he Is still n negro, and It grieves mo In a wny to see somo of our Northern friends forced to put tho negro on a political nnd social equal ity nnd occasionally ns a superior. If the North would let the negro alopo the people of the Bodth, who best un derstand the colored men, would In time make him a useful and Industrial citizen.” George S. Graham, district attorney of Philadelphia, took exception to the statement of the president of the so ciety that he hoped the solid South would remain so. He declared thnt the South had no greater enemy than this expression. He argued the ne groes will reach their proper political place, perhaps in the form of purty. When the Interference Is removed tho South will take its rightful place side by side with Pennsylvania and some time |»y New York. Dr. E. A. Alderman, declared that the South must recover Its natural spirit, that Ra chief difficulty Is tho need of men trained to the minute, such ns she once possessed. He declared that th quality of the leadership of the South Is weak and the crying need Is for trnlned tnen. For their training, he said, great Institutions of learning are requisite nnd for them there should lie great endowments. TWO BLOCKS BURNED IN THE GATE CITY Largest Fire In Men/ Years In Atlanta Wrought Deetruetion of Valuable Property. I robbery Nominations Confirmed by 8enate. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.—The sen »te today confirmed tha following nominations: Willett M. Hays, Minnesota, assist- »nt secretary of agriculture. Postmasters—J, R. Mi Clue, Bishop- Vllle. ». C. Tennessee—Rufus Rutherford. Clin ton; John Redd, Bolivar: Wm. H. JSol- Inger. Waverly; Jasper N\ Fltzwa»'r. Collierville; Thomas J LoveU, Obion. ATLANTA, Dec. 14.—The largest fire In many years destroyed two blocks of buildings on Peters street tonight. Kswteirs stock yards, Stevens’ planing mills at)d • Lewi* Lumber yards, beside# quite a ber v»f smaller buildings, swept away by the flames. All the lumber was burned. Nearly all of the stock was driven out of the sheds and stam peded through the street*. Rain pnd sleet were falling during the progress of the fire, and In consequence the firemen had hard and disagreeable work In fighting the flames. Jt I* 1m possible to give the amount of loo*, but it is estimated at something near one hundred thousand dollars. 8. A. L. to Pay Beck Taxi JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Dec. rattlement has Just been completed at Tallahassee between the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the state officials far berk taxes claimed by the etaie fo, the years 1879. 1880 and 1$B1, t| amount being $$$,181. The cose hi been pending since 1882, and the cai has been disposed of by the psyme: of the entire amount claimed. SHREVEPORT. La., tiec. 14.—After passing resolutions commending tho nid of the government In efforts to ex terminate the boll weevil and urging th© farmers of the infected districts in Texas and Louisiana to burn all cot ton stalks in the early fall, the Nation al Cotton Convention adjourned late this afternoon. Prior to the adoption of the resolu tions, a spirited fight was precipita ted on the floor of the convention by the offering of a majority nnd minor report. The bone of contention wns a plank Inserted by M. L. Johnson of Georgia to the effect thnt the only way to destroy and prevent the spread of the boll weevil Is to prevent the planting of nny cotton within the In fected sections of Texas or any other state or territory, wherein Infected lands exist for the period of one year. The minority report agreed to all recommendations of the majority ex cept this plank, which was finally voted down. The resolutions In part follow: Resolutions Adopted. “Thnt we extend our sincere thnnkn to the department of ngriculture of the United States for the timely assistance it has afforded In an effort to over come the cotton boll weevil, “That we thank the department of entomology headed by Dr. W. R. Hun- tre which has accomplished excellent results In educating the people regard ing the nuture and habits of the boll weevil and other Insect pests nnd for the*well conceived plans nnd work of experimentation along this line. “That we heartily approve the meth ods already employed as being both scientific and practicable, and that wo emphasize the Idea of thorough pro paratlon of the cotton lands, a reduc tlori of acreage, the rotation of crops and Intensive cultivation with most vigorous efforts to secure early matur ing cotton for all tho boll weevil dis tricts. “That the cotton plnntern throughout the infected districts are hereby urg ed to co-operate with the general gov ernment In the plans for overcoming this devastating pest. “Thnt It Is the sense of this con vention that the legislators of the cot ton states bo memorialed to enact stringent laws for the protection of all Insectivorous birds, their eggs and young.” It was further resolved that a vig orous campaign of flubllc education should be InnuguVnted through the farmers nnd pedagogical institutes of the several cotton states, the press und through the public schools. Advise Destruction of Cotton 8talke. “Resolved That It Is the sonre of this national cotton convention thnt tho early'full destruction of all the cotton stalks In the boll weevil Infected areas of Texas nnd Louisiana isiirt absolute necessity. “Resolved. That we commend the leg islative bodies of any Infected area the urgent necessity of taking Imme diate steps under tho supervision of proper authorities to burn the cotton stalks of next year systematically and at once behind the pickers.’’ A plnn for organizing all the cotton growers of the South to cotnhat tho boll weevil wns Introduced by Oswald Wilson, statistical agent of the United States department of ngriculture, sta tioned at Forth Worth, T?xus, ns wns received nnd Incorporated as a part of the resolutions. It Is nn follows: “The result of the experience of nil the scientists nnd prncllcnl farmers In the boll weevil area up to the present time la that cotton can he made even under boll weevil Infestation If the farmers are properly organized. “This means the adoption of whst In known as the cultural method In order that everv farmer In the South may have the benefit of this cultural method, we recommend, "The the president of this convention shall select five members who. with himself nnd the secretary, shall con stitute the general executive com mittee. ’That the vice president of each ntAte shall select six prominent men from each state, who shall constitute it state executive committee, “The state executive committee shall organize each county In their res pective Staten hy Appointing a chair man, who In turn, will select an exec utive committee to assist him. “The county executive committee will enroll the names of all the cotton farmers of their county, sending the same to the state executive committee, who will, In turn, report to the national executive committee. 8tats Aid le Desired. We recommend that each state raise a sufficient fund among the cot ton farmers, merchants and hankers to carry on this work. “We recommend that the various state legislature* and department of agriculture, through tho bureau of plant Industry and the division of en tomology, co-opernte in the campaign of education with the state executive committee and county executive com mittee to reach each individual planter, as they have done In Texas, nnd that a sufficient appropriation he made hy congress to provide the necessary literature and instructions to carry out tl.e culturnl methods. Until some remedy Is found which will destroy the boll weevil and elimi nate him from the cotton field* of the Houth to make a cotton crop will de pend upon the Individual efforts, of each cotton farmer, and without this organization the government cannot aid the fermera as they should. “As 72 per cent of the cotton farmers are tenants. It Is absolutely Imperative that they and their landlords be or ganized. As 60 per cent of the cotton farmers are negroes, it fa more Im portant that they be all organized a* the boll weevil will affect the tenanta and negroea more than the landlords or those who own their own farms.” An address of D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. C., was read to the con vention, Mr. Tompkins being unavoid ably detained at hie home city. It Is as follows: Mr. Tompkins* Addreti. "While the cotton growing business of the Bouth is as prosperous today as It ever was in the whole history of Its development, there I* some question whether this prosperity Is not part of the manifestation of an Imminent dan ger. The continued monopoly of the production of the great bulk of the world’s cotton is at present threaten ed In the South in three different ways: *'1. The moat important of these menace* it th*- boll weevil. * ”2. It U the movement of cotton c fuming countri*.- to footer and de velop the production of cotton in part a of the world whore the savage may bo turned Into a cheap laborer. “3. The constant draft being mode upon the labor of the cotton fluids by the ever increasing manufactures of the South. England and Germany, assisted by France. Italy, Switzerland and some other countries, threaten to becom** a competitor In the production of cotton in their colonies. If we would continue to hold the monopoly we must at once be up and doing, not only to hinder th** f irogrese of the boll weevil, but to drive t out of the American territory which it already occupies. This much f<> save the fields of growing cotton. We must also develop immigration from Europe to the cotton growing states. We must have more people to replace those who have been drawn by the new Southern manufacturing Interests from tho ’ fields. In addition to these xve must also find a way to supply our cotton crops to the markets instead of tn the way of a feast one pear nnd a famine the next. To atop the progress of tho boll weevil and destroy him, means appropriations by the general govern ment nnd also by each of the cotton states, that will he sufficient to em ploy the best talent and to execute the means which they recommend. I have no sympathy with the complaint of those who have heretofore been em ployed on this subject thnt the boll weevil could not be hindered or des troyed. We certainly want to put men to work on the subject who believe thnt the boll weevil can bo hindered nnd can be <le«tro5*ed. The remedy against tho second evil is very simple. The scarcity thnt has come about in labor must be remedied by turning' white European emmlgrntlon to this country. The third difficulty of offering the world a big crop, then a llttlo crop and then a moderate crop and then a blg^ crop, and so on. will have to be remo- v died hy devising n system of ware houses In which the surplus of a big crop may he kept and carried over tp n time when It Is necessary to supple ment a small crop. This can be done nnd It will he done. Cotton should never vary from eight to sixteen cents in any one year. There is ample capi tal In this country to carry stored cot ton at a fair rate of interest nnd not have It vary 100 per rent, on specula tive movements. Nothing Is needed to do this, nnd thus get averages Instead of extremes, except the facilities to put cotton In shape to be a good hank se curity." Tonight in the pArlors of tho Caddo Hotel, the first steps were taken to wards tho system nnd scheme of or ganization recommended by the Na tional Cotton Convention, through tho Wilson resolutions approved today. Chairman E. H. Peters, of Texas, Her- rotary J. II. Connell, also of Texas and several other prominent members of the Texas and Louisiana delegation wero in tho meeting. They tigreed thnt the Vico pfSAJdenttt of the »»*!.- pective states appoint each nn exe«- UtlVo commltto for • ««'h st if«* end report thoir appointment to the general secretary. It wns further ngre* .t that in each state tho state vice president and the executive committee should proceed to organic under tho Wilson plan. Mr. Peters appointed na members of tho general executive committee: Paul M. Potts, Nntrhltches, Ln.; O. r. Pyle, Mlneola, Texas; Stanley H. Watson. Houston, Texas; J. A. B. Lovett. Rlmiiitsvllle, Ala., nnd Oswald Wilson, Fort Worth, Texas. BICY0LI8T8 SUM’f- noed. Walthour and Hie Proteetlng Companion! Punished for Leaving Track. BOSTON, Dee. 14.—The eight bicycl- rld'-re who refused to finleh in the nix day race in New York l.iet week b«*rn pennllezd by the Netlor - * ~ 'Intlon. ling lie bourn WsTthour, Atlanta, Oa.. and J nr F. Moran, Chelsea, Mass., suspended for ~ ie year. Otto May, Erie, Pa., and James B. Hnw- r t'hlengo, auependod for six months. Hugh McLean, Chelsea, Maes., sus pended for six months nr pay a fine of $100. Nat Butler, Cambridge Mnja.; J. D. Newkirk. Chicago; Renas Bedell and John Bedell. Lynn brook, L. I.; IJ«*nnle Munroc, Memphis, Tenn.. suspended for six months »r pay a fine of $60 each. Aid Navigation of Tennessee River. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14.—'The house toflay passed hills to enable the sec retary of war to permit the erection of a lock and dam In nld of navigation In the Tennessee rlvrr near Chattanooga, Tenn.; for the construction of a rev enue cutter for servl:** In the waters of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, N. C. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN AND CROW Their Vessel Groundfd an-i Wn Pounded to Pieces, But All Hands Were 8eved From Death. BOSTON, Dec. 14.—A story of hard ship nnd miraculous escape from death was related by the crew of the New York barkentlne Emlta, which v-.<n brought to this port today by the Clyde line steamer New York. Tho Clyde liner rescued the unfortunate last Sunday, fifteen hours> after they had been carried adrift on a fragment of their vessel. The Emits which left Femandin i December 7, with a cargo of lumber for Fall River, struck on Diamond shoal, off Cape Hatters*, last Haiurday night, during a heavy storm and waa pound ed to piece* by the furious seas *within half an hour after she touched bot tom, yet not a life was lost, t'.irt n i W. E. Reemle.* of Mach las. M* hu wife and < rew of seven men were tn the vessel when It stranded. The bark' tire suddenly isfmi'k he*- tom with a terrifh shock anti brought upon Diamond shoal. In a few min utes the vessel swung around and gre,«t. waves threatened to sweep all hand** from the deck. The entirs f crew and the captain s wife found »shelter tn the t house. In ,a’few minutes the •- * were carried away and the bo » Vessel b«-.; m*to go to piece?. •; ip? In the hull widen©! and finally tiu- rew was swept away from the rc wre< k In the rorward k how- -up- ported by --t* port inn of the main deck. The little party drifted for twenty miles, standing in rr •• thun i foot « f water In this uncertain craft. At lass the steward found some dry matched and kindled a fire which attracted tha attention of the N- -v York* or:.-.-.