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MACON. GA., THURSDAY. MAY
immigration
TO THE SOUTH
The Soutliern Interstate Immigration
Congress Organized for Work
Sesterday in Augusta.
A WELCOME TO CITY AND STATE.
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AuRsWtn. May 30.-The Southern In
trtxoiiB IumrfKration Congress opened
(m.-]rU1oualy in AuguaUi today. It
nan called to order rat noon in title
Grand open) bou« by Piwklent Bry-
ail of NaahvWc. who lltfroduurel Mayor
j H. Alexander of Augusta, who wel-
roared the oongrea* on toe l«rt of tire
oity Mayor Afexanchr'a speech waa
,..u c f tiviwrwMtintf hlaJorioU facta
about Augusta. It la the oldest Inland
city In toe South Atlantic statin and
nil* too second eraa**—*! by Ogle-
■liorpe. This cUy, before the day of
railroad*, being toe furthest inland
city with river navigation to the son
ssito of Vlrginht, mi* the point of
communication with toe outer world
of all that territory embraced in tvorth-
cru Alabama, caet Tennessee, western
North Carolina, north Georgia, and
South Carolina. Here all thU ng
iw-tlon cause lu wugotia to trade.
••I have been told by old citterns
who saw wito their own eyw," wild
Mayor Alexander, “that In (be fall and
wiattT it was not uncommon t» ttev
our capacious, broad afreets no closely
packed with wagons that one might
step from one to another for a mile
or tn.ro. Tbl# dty la mentioned in
oto.sniKinuMam hkttory in 1740, live
j-.-nrs after the aettOement waa planted,
as already *ln a state of great prewper-
hy. well equipped for trade and can-
duettn* an erteradve traffic throughout
the vast and fruitful tributary coun
try.' It waa hm toot EH whttonr
caalueUd his expx-imonrtil work* and
in 1700 rtoretoped the c.iton gin, one
of The moat famous imliamriol Inren-
tino* nf the world, which Imtnislintely
nwolmStarlard the ngricttltture of this
section from tohacro to lud’.go and
entt10 m It* staple imp. In 1701 the
whole cotton crop of the anutti wn»
shirty-rfatrt bale*. In tsnn. nine years
. "Wtoey'* gin spi*-sired, Georgia
alooe exported over T.non bole*.
"We tmve here the oldest: public
journal in tne rwwttn, she August*
fTtrnefrte, eatTtW'shed Its 17M n:rl
pUMtsbed «mrtntms»ly atnee that date.
v have the oldest Incorporated fd-
n.’ittlonal foil Hutton In the South In
ehe Itehmond Academy, esmhtlshod
by act of the logMitture of Georgia
tn 1783. We hare the second oldest
mmptoed railroad in toe country, the
s.stth Carolina rend, naming from
Charlostnn to Ansttntn. and preceded
only by the Camden and Amboy reti
red In New Jersey.”
Following Mayor Alexander, Hon.
j.’tph H. Lamar, president of Hi*
Young Men's Bualneaa League of Au
gusta. welcomed the congress and fol
lowed with mors valuable facta con
cerning the Augueta of today. Taking
•Imply the official census figures of
l‘M he showed that Augusta had In
creased In the number of manufactur
ing r.tahllshmeiVta In the past decade
(It per cent; In capital employed 55S
per cent., tn labor employed 2(0 per
cent, and In wages paid MO per cant.
That It had spent more money for puh-
m Improvements than aay other city
In the South and bad the lowest death
rata of any city In the South.
Governor North, n welcomed the con-
xreaa for Georgia and gave a glowing
Picture of ber progress and thrift. He
declared the readiness of Georgia to
eelcomt Industrial Immigrants who
e*me to cast their lot here.
Governor Northen wae greeted with
5*°* e cnth'ialaaUo applause. The
southern people, he said, were grossly
misunderstood and ahiised. and from
acme cause (ha treated It waa from
ignorance) misrepresented In their so
cial and political conditions. Thl*
convention should sonar to the defense
of our civilisation and let the world
anow that no people among the na-
u.ni hat a prouder record for law
and order or a higher or better rlvlll-
•»tlon than the people we hare the
.'’"Of to represent. He recommended
•till more liberal appropriation* for
*f»ooU and battar hlgtrwaya. Finally.
:?*'• la a spirit abroad In soma lec-
whh whloh personally I hava no
sympathy, he said. Undue anug.nlsm
’corporation, I* not only unwla*,
"®t It is destructive of the common
food. Individuals, aa such, cannot
maintain a state nor build a sactlon.
corporations In their capacity are Just
••essential to the thrift of a eommu-
“i.y as the Individual farmers, physl-
■jns or any other claee of Its people.
"• cannot afford ruthlessly to destroy
ta«m. w* cannot afford to do lass
~A® *Iva them all needed protection
encouragement. In my honeat
this convention cannot do
lh ?* t, * r thing than to aay, ao far aa
l l have the power to control, the
..TJ 01 ,l1 * Seathern states should be
M r.re.‘? l««1llm*tety Invest-
•s.n v 1 wherever at the South tt
H. 1 J” Placed. (Prolonged applause.)
*ho would put hi* wicked ha
his 1,“J* 0 * 1 Investment Is an enemy
„ “i*!* »ad a traitor to the beat
u! * hl» people. (Applause.)
walah walmrniad toe congress
... ••'coded them the privileges of
^Commercial Club, of which hs is
ft*. nl i **• ** M toe asuembd.tg of
. .. .r* 11 Southern atatto remind...! him
welcome, hut for every dollar of out-' r| Auirnn Dl a nrn
"-le •■-G-ttal .he Southern r p must V LUWL.nO L A(,h }
expend ten of their own if thay were 1 u 1 ‘ u 1 L.MVJLU
In earnest about desiring to build up
the South. The future of thle section
depends, he said, on the efforts of our
own people, and <wbtt SoutbP/,* farm
ers need moat la an iiamlc ‘ of
,de.ia and Intelligent agn>. ‘Og^i
methods. Southern farmers »«.
nevtr prosper a* long as they speh.
six months In the year trying to kill
the grass In their fields and toe next
In buying hay from Maine and North
ern states.
At the conclusion of tihe addreaea of
welcome and die response*. President
Bry.ra addressed toe congress. He ex
piated the need for Immigration in the
Southern states by contrasting toe
popul.UioQ per square mile at some of
the agates, aa follows: Massachusetts,
M7; Kentucky (whtch is the most
densely populated of the Southern
states), 49; Rhode Island. 264: Texas,
« He showed the material advance
whi-h has taken place In the South,
and callwi attention to toe faot that
sauc-iGoual aa van-ages were keeping
pace, toe tncraaae having been 100 per
c«at. In the past decade in npprorli-
tlona by Soutovrn slates for tots pur-
poae. lost year being over (14.000.000;
number ofteaehers. 14.000; wlilte pu-
negro pupils; 1.1M.000;
pupUs In prl vanes ciiootst 40,000. He
thought the time was ripe tor the Im-
mlgraUon movemnit In the South.
. .sieved that by .wtrlntio and
united efforts on toe part of the Intel-
llgePt men componinir the congresa
wise and practical plan would
ON THEIR GRAVES
'•oration Day Observed Throughout
,s «
P.'yQunUy By the Citizens
and Soldiers.
THE BLUE AND GRAY FRATERN ZE
Di a nil D«nnnn«trations in Mm
mid Ilrooklyn—G»n. Urmit'aT
ftWwH With Flsrrcrs-SSsi
«C« tsrrelry Thought of.
be adopted.
At «?hc aftornoon (PCMton permanent
organisation w±* effected by the re-
S^!! on 01 Pvivldent M. T. «nryan of
ra*"™T7.*' Secretary H. K. ETMott
"L,L n ^ n ' 11 ™ tleelded that each
state repreen ted ahould vote according
to Its vote In the electoral college. -M.,
wen tjmtory hav^ one vote. The cre^
i , raii to i^ 0 2 ,ntt ‘ ee topoetoj a* repre
sented In toe congress the following
“M-K territories: Alahomj.Arksn-
2JL, A r **£ , °*. District of Columbia,
wTTIrLh-ir^ 1 ! 1 - Kentucky. Maryland.
MlsstssVppl. North Carolina.
«Fnin> Caroline, Tcnnoeeoe. Vlrvln'a
Went Virginia and Texas and the le«d-
,n * rjllmad ayateme of the South.
To the committee on resolutions will
be referred without debate all reeolu-
i^* 18 o. 11 h compo»ed of four
from the South at large and one from
cckCi *tnte and territory.
All details of organisation and toe
order of buslneea having been gotten
i** eongret* will begin
on IJ* Practical work tomorrow. Just
what tine of action will be taken no-
*° kw ’ w - There appears
to carry
AP^nn looking to tmmlgratl— <o
the Sooth will he advanced, but Just
how does not wmear.
Governor Tillman of South Carotins
pretoabty exprerard the senthneida of
tbemajority of the detontea present
wjvcn he declared he ixid no plan of
n.s own, but had conv to the conven
tion to present hU shoulder to any
wheel that started in the right direc
tion. and to do all In his power to
dheoh uny thit he saw starting wrong.
He had no pet scheme of his own. but
wW* rmdy to co-operate earnestly In
any that promises to accomplish the
nMr< the Immigration InoveoMBL
Mr. W. K. Arnold of the Savannah
line aubmltted e detailed nlan to tho
invention, which waa. referred
provides f «r th^ •‘tUMlobn^nt <_
reaua In Hew York und elsewhere.
OVF.llFr.nw OP FRA2RH RIV2S-
Great DewtructVm of Property anil
Lows of Life.
New York. XIiv (0.—DacoraUon clay
was observed with all the enthusiasm
that has marked the celebration in for
mer years. Hie principal feature—the
great parade-started at 9 o'clock at
Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue.
Jlefore a o'clock the throng began to
assemble, and the side streets between
Flfty-flrat and Klfty-s?7fnth streets
were altva With men end wvtmert v.hn
came to loin the line of march and
watch the old soldiers and the young
• • thpy wajjraj (Jowm* «k. SVCSUC# C re’
ing to the amount of work done by
them recently, Gen. Fitzgerald did not
order but any of the regiments of the
state national guard. During the morn
ing the houses along the line of march
were decorated in national bunting and
the bands marched through the street*
inspiring the spectators and firing their
ardor. The Grand Army of the Kepub-1 ‘
11c made up the major part of the pa
rade. The United States regular*, sev
en companies, and a battalion from the
engineer corps, three companies of ma
rines and seamen from the United
States cruiser Marblehead, state troops
and cadets marched with the soldiers,
veterans anti boys from the parochial
schools. The weather was all that could
be desired; the skies were almost cloud
less and a gentle breeze proved refresh
ing alike to spectators and paraders. It
waa estimated that 4.000 people were in
tins. It took more than an hour fur
them to pass the reviewing stand at
Madison Square, anu they paised with
out stops of any kind. The lln** of
march was thronged nil th.* w-iy by
apactators from Fbcty-ntoth strati down
Fifth avenue to Washington Square,
where the last of the paraders w m>
disbanded at 11:30 o’clock.
The tomb *.f Gen. Gi.mt it Ul.-er*ld*
... 1 Tv ; *h !'. «. by V
8. Grant
the pr
VtJ
-I nn
the '!•*
r.f thi»
^U'tt flrzt convention of th«
states to declare «
i * Present mov
1 l^ for »oulate plans by which
Vancouver, B. C., May 30.—Tho over
flow of the Fraser river 2* v.uw.ug
great destruction and loss of hfe. Tho
valleys have been tulmKTgcd, hmw>u
of mochers have been swept awrny
nod flelds laid In want*. Many herds
of cattle and flocks of tfbeep have becu
drownM. Whole villages on the banks
of tbe ■treani are flontfng. Ho far
seven Urea ire known to have been
knit At Langley a little boy fell from
fee Langley bond ami wuaawept away
by the flood. The hotel was Anally
washed away. The torwn Is floixliHl.
The whole of the Langley prairie la
now npder water awl tlie lsktnd on
which die I ml km mamation is aitti-
atwl la entirely under wafer, rho
dead bodkw of throe men and a Uttte
girl wer* flmod on liatstic -prairies
Wangled 4nwng trees. Many bodies
have nein flirting down* tho
*t*vsm. but so sw<ft was the rtirtvnt
they mold w»t N* minie«l. At M'StU
iin*vh are moling where
ago www rarm*. The towns of Ot» 1-
hwidL Harrison nnd reotervllle
have been alm*»d entirely Inundated,
ami 11 was wlrti dltfleulty th.it the In-
hal/vtonts have (woaited with thvir
Uves.
Th" <Utim?o d«»n»' to the Canad’ao
Mfite (MriDi fti ivy mtioraf all along
Vie Hrx*. At llatstic rhe diking baa
eoflrely glvm way nnd flOO yard* of
l have l*vn (VsKrogred. At Neco-
mao the whole town Is umler water.
Traffic over ttie roflrrmd U enurely
sr.tppid. no train havhig arrival from
the east store May 23. No malls have
bid reeelve-1 or At Griffin 1100
men are endeamring to nepofr the
track. At phon tt l* proposed to
throw ha warn acroe* the rfiawn* nnd
9n thin way transfer the malls to the
foppnNi-' Every. farmer an*!
rancher ad llatxric p-olrie Is rulm-d.
Tlie Latest report says that the Matqitl
(I ke b*v* caved In nnd the country la
all flo.>d«d. ttwwrla from Mfssfon
City rtnnig tie obtained, for the wjrra
sro down. The M'Jdon rallrond bridge,
on© of the longest on the road, U ex
pected to go.
WAITK AND TUB STRIKERS.
Colorzdo'a Oovtrnor la In Prtvala Confer-
•nc« WUh the Miners.
Deavar, May Ik—Governor Waite last
night left Denver secretly on tno Rio
Grsrcle railroad and arrived st Victor
this mening. »*• u • eca-
ftrsoce with the striker* the nstura of
which has not yet derrlopod. The gov
ernor says he goes to Cripple Creek as
a Kntffat of Labor to talk with his Mlow
kiUsht*- Ho more war, therefore, has
h*en mad#* today. The strikers have
i warned tho people they dislike to leave
• the town of Cripple Creek. Deputy
• ..tre still «no.ii..; *1 at : si t
are being reinforced. It Is not thougtt
that Governor Walter* prtwae wIU
the battle, srhlcb
the general belief
many of them belf>' ,, ( lnipo€lnic.
ly aqu.trc, the Ihff; made trl
Thirty-sccona strev and tsraiowmy.UM
printers unveiled .’heir statue of Hor
ace Greely.
With solemn ceremony the Church’of
St. Gabriels on East Thlrty-*eventh
street was consecrated. Mgr. Satolll
led In the ceremony, assisted by Arch
bishop Corrigan *nd Itlshnp MrDonnel
and Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia
delivered the cermon. The attraction
waa a strong one fbr Catholics, who
packed the church nnd the street! In
the neighborhood.
IN BROOKLYN.
Tho Ceremonies tho Most Elaborate
Ever Held iu the City.
Brooklyn, May 30.—'Tlie celebration
of Decoration Day begun ml sunrise
This moraine and continued all day.
Wfcti the Unit PtrsAk* cf dajlhrht Run-
kin Post No. 10. G. A. R.. hoisted the
stum aud stripes al>uv»' Fort Greene
nit WawbUngi-'ii Park and tired a as-
luw. Folio wing th>. die two legdtng
faauroB of I’h*- edebrntteo were the
ndKtnry mu\ civK* parade nnd Bbe ex-
erribes at Cypr**-* HUN. ih.* imm muI
cemetery. The i *;**•.»•!
irk'il
up of The v
cemetery In
visited by d
clothed vote
nnd
the city w.
of the Mu
Tho
with fl- w
the city
entirely
the mor
while oi
honor U
Key.
ladlea.
of graves were covered
rh. Flags nrere at half-mast
/er and business waa almost
i*l—; 1" 1 Ur*' r «■ r• • w• l- : • •k
Ing trains for Gettysburg,
era went to Frederick to
memory of Francis Scott
and there. I raking badly.
At n reunion of Confederate veterans j A v tr-m-nd >im crash was
b**r»* ■« T'i.'iim Jl -t w.h ..n- «*f | h| , ,., llv ., l?l t j.„
ei»-akcrs He u.J: lav-Mti- M.u- .cr.-s the Ar-
ST. LOUIS DECORATES.
Ft Louis, May 3A.-Th# Decora lion
day exercisin were held hers today un
der cloudy skies and with cool weather.
This afternoon the different Grand
Army pontu formed In general parade
and marched to lfontalne cemetery,
where the etatu* of Gen. McNeil wis
unveiled. Col. W. II. Blodgett deliv
ered the oration. The statues of Oens.
Grant an.I Shsnnan. Cob. Miller, Has-
sendubu! and other lllu*tiious soldiers
were profusely decorated with flowers.
A large delegation trom the dlfflrent
Grand Army pods vlaUtd the national
cemetery at Jefferson tairrack* this af
ternoon and decorated the graves of the
of ri\ (livin', ns M ij M. J.
nr «*d aM cr.ind marshal.
T!»- |*iridc rained .*'t II «*lf*»r«l nvc
m.c. n«*:ir Broadway, nt 930 o’clock
and marched to th** Prospect Park
Plaxa. The c«>'in*«Ylro ni tho na
tional oocjotory consVaed of docorrtfliiff
attuck HWO StoUli.
buried
ste
tachment
eluded th
leya ov*
iducted
Appropi-
id a
Ohio
OBSERVED AT CHICAGO.
Ma
•>. SIHS-Ch.- Mild tlnnz . ... ,r (lnni.,Uuii t *1j> a-
Silut,-* M i \•»r s- 'i lit.1*1.' in ad ill', d»*erv«-d l-\ th- l >
draan in KmrlMh nml thon .n German | this clt> The for i «>n was
Henry A P v U tri -n ddlv.n-d tin* withj ej-m n.'- aml j-rt vn *
dcj, when you marched
In ’61 you were buoyed up by a hope
ful future. Now you have only the
memory. The great principles which
we fought for have been defeated, but
they are not dead. We arc here to
day to honor the tiu*n who fall, for we
love their memory aa we love our God.
The army tn.u devoured us was an
army of substitutes. We killed all the
substitutes, and the men whom they
represented stopped at home and ma le
money and now draw pensions. 1 de
spise the man who gives United States
money to a pensioner. This country
cannot stand It when It makes
one citizen support another. I shall
never vote for a congressman who la
In favor of g>vernm*nt pension*. I
will say to Massachusetts, you piy
your pensioners as Virginia pays
hers.'*
Gen. Roarer went on to say that
the G. A. R. was banded t • l--• -i-r
to g*f pension*, and If h** had been
at Birmingham he would have vot**d
against the proposition to Invite them
to Allan'j 11** didn't want them to
come t » Richmond
Later -Tnree more bridge
Arkansan hive Just been trm
1:10 A. M. Ti" rain i.« n
only lightly. The emith -* 1
la rapidly washli
irner of th «• J • irn
ater la still rising.
.—No abatement;
ne tii
he conclude 1.
j • ■ ' t
general i
▼ell a m
to th
ever lived; today
nent to the gr.-a
who ever Hved.
I unveil a monu
of the Cmfed-r
ed at by the N"
.* the Yank
the
nth and pull ,
Will (’•
original pr
wnordfl 1
( \! rl* *» s a
d!-r< pi-
At Oram
V. •• If l 1 :
B4*-otter hi
mtannt.
her ef
were pn***
Rev. BU-
fllUNb. dr*
Renter* 1
hnfl waa i
rn*««( fr»m
dnyedmol
Floral T. ki n
'h- T1U I D!<
f«>r whl
id ora
uthe
% ill be blood*
ITALIANS GET MU'IIIM
WBI mat by w
of MD0 Cc
Fn- Oakwo< t
•1-, < t|on of Chi
_ , ern ‘ ‘
the
e * MI-tm resting in |
, were dUtributed by
e Soldiers’ A-^ocla-
the gnvea of Sooth* |
soIdlers^H
trade
the Re
sccietle
IT.-try Ward
THU ALABAMA G. A R.
vlth th# o*her
.I.-* .»f Abh-ig-
i i ter P»jst. N 3
I Tbonui. Pn
, I United >*.n-
| '*v,ir*bl.
I »»<1 »
I ln deptondencs. H«
I ‘“Ptctoua i
I far lb* ,u:
__ *teeponsta to t
5??, *«• Bll.l
. ‘tola of Wasi
S*,7 °* S«r» C
| ;‘llmaa of Houil
I l^iarej lhai
J* tn»l» paoplo
and all
thlrte- n |h ^ tattle, which seems InevtuMe,
iha. iMrnil belief Is that trouble will
Che gwemr
is most ^ people of C&orsdo springs and Den-
Id enlargs Its v# r ara highly Incensed at the governor
ut Its mcerltl fcr . j m ;,^r:!*Hty to the striker*, and the
ewaJemning bis actions, even
tbs
J,,, j- ,i *t papers pointi-nc • *»t the
sf As governor. Tho Rocky Ms
fW areas 4M Knm. CosfsJ- pri, retreaaallwr WWdgtoly to* I Pwtof* ■ww.w.fg.'gp
I .-u« v.itran,. caramaadM the aot-J army and to* «*TT. *"4 'bre. waa a ran*
-T *t. n miv v n-orv' n <tr«v h I mn, wnffip v\ tx ev«-:ily divid 'd t>- )..■ by art! lery and Inf entry. I t- tct«-- .ug (*pm , '*c‘.
'• ■'- ■* • .rrpan'M k |n , : , ,1 ln x mi« ttat lb# of The ,l.vN..n at Jiwlv* I'-.rtii'a- wa<
. .-•.-ti , n .^ r.t. * r.- • | 1*1 M 4 J < '.t t r • - !'». i’ • - * ^ 1 - ' t Ja n., 4 a* of y >re. m'. .i.m- <1 ' I. • ■ : h< »M :tz f ■ ! 'f iv.u-
IIN'ATOR GORMAN IMPROVIN’
\\ v:AVER FOR (’<
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A party of
tdre- W ellng
with West Vlr-
1 h . H**
T.) s ...d • In
i .-to to . re broken
si trainmen were
<i:n rr.Ni
Will.i n.
•ed fob thiurv ^ ears
il Scott. Tbs t