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THE "WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MARCH 18, 1895.
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THE TERMS OF PEACE.
botongs. We shall therefore content
ourselves with' answering Hi a docent
wsy 1ho Questions which the Itoma-
ellte eidot
No mjin to possesaton of any form of
money Issued by our ©zvemment has
fesred the results of (the floi'ey advo
cated by the Telegraph if ft Should be
carried out Hie has been perfectly
sure 4 hi t mat policy could not result
In taking from his money part of Its
value or in discrediting If an any way.
If rhet money .was to the form of sil
ver money or grwenWacto, he know that
the carrying out of Ittut pcdlqy would
make his silver dollars or grccnlhacks
Just as good as gold dORato. On the
abhor hand, every moo in possession
of silver dollars or greenbacks feared
tho carrying oat of the policy advo
cated by tho Isbm-adUte. life was cer
tain titit that policy would result to
the loss to 1dm of punt of toe value of
his money. What further evidence Is
needed to prove that It has been the
IstHnortte ond not (the Telegraph
that has been making a relentless
light against greenbacks and the treas
ury notes At too governmortt?
The Ishmacllte apparently assumes
that every one who differs with It on
this question is dishonest—Iras been
corrupted—has been bought by Walt
street Tt It Is honest in tola belief,
then of course It may in good con
science Bscrdhe (improper motives to
those who differ with It to opinion.
But possibly too Ishroaekte knows
that ithero are honest difference of
opinion ou this question, and adopts
the policy of slandering those who dif
fer with It merely to excite prejudice.
We do not know, of course, that It is
capable of adopt og a policy so lnfkun-
TCie latest dispatches from the oadt
piy that the Chinese oommlstoier ha*
received inritrnottons to accept on be
half of his government any terms of
peace It hut. the Japanese government
may Insist upon. The dispatches dif
fer In some respects as to what these
terms of peace are, but they agree hi
certain particulars, which may, there
fore, be accepted as those upon which
peace will be based. They Include,
llrst, a war indemnity of $2o0,000,000
In gold; second, toe surrender of all j uus- \y t , very much prefer fbo believe
claim of suzerainty over Corea; third, lt j, not> an ^ that its abuse of
the 'penuanent cession of toe great mell tlln j newspapers who believe In
Island of Formosa; fourth, the surren- (ihe historic Democnartc doctrine of
der of 'the remuining vessels of the moncy Is the result merely of
Chinese war fleet; fifth, the possession, j ts narrow Intolerance. It Is possible
until the terms of the treaty are fully ^ respect a fanezte, even though we
compiled with, of toe fortresses and j.ffer with him In opinion. It Is not
ports of Fodt Arthur and Wed-Hal- pws |hle to Chink well of ono who
Wei. Tho Indemnity Is to be paid it slander deliberately as a pollt-
flre Inritatmonts, due one each fif th ^csl weapon, and iwe prefer to think
yesr, and Is to be guaranteed by the M W CH as pomfblo of the Ishmaellte.
nuatoms duties If tbta progranuno Is R ut w <hettuv*»naitlc or doWberato slan-
carried out, thorefloce, Chinn wlU tie I derer, the Ishmaellte, In our opinion
helplem at toe feet of Japan for twCm- Us not apt to make many converts by
ty-five years. Dur ng all kbit time |H» course.
posst«Son of the grot; forts at toe
mouth of the Gulf of PeChell wikll make
It possible for Japan to attack the cm-
TWO KINDS OF DEMOCRATS.
money which Is worth Intrinsically
what it protends to foe worth. From
tho first lt has oppovd the principle
that the government may, by Its flat
money, compel tot p to take
money for more than its face value.
Tho Telegraph stands by the old Datn-
ocratlc principle. It sens no difference
In principle between Oat money made
of paper and flat money tDSde of sil
ver. It objects to cheating by the gov
ernment Just as lt objects to oh-alting
by private Individuals, and sees noth
ing but damage and demoralization In
the long continued effort (to convince
people who have money to len<l that,
If they lead Hi to a citizen of tho
United States, they run toe risk of
getting only half of tt back again.
We sympathize -with the Chronicle's
demand that the next convention make
a clear-cut declaration on toe currency
question. But we have not the toast
doubt, if toe convention doolies In
favor of ■ cheap money Instead of
sound moncy, that hundred* of thous
ands of rasa who have voted toe Dem
ocratic ticket will refuse to do six
They may not vote with the opposi
tion, bat they will be unable to gain
their own consent to a departure from
the principles which toe party has held
sacred for a hundred years. Th y will
not be deceived by the claim of the
silver monometaUlsts that free coin
age at 10 to 1 means a bimetallic sys
tem of currency. They will know that
tt means repudiation in the first place,
and a necessary resort to ai flit paper
currency in the second, together with
all toe evils that follow from a shift
ing, fluctuating standard of value.
the British method, but recognlza the
fact that its adoption In our congress
Is impossible under existing circum
stances. The difference In toe position
of the speakers of toe 1m> houses is
no doubt due to the presence In one of
them of the responsible ministers,
while from the other they are absent
SHOULD BNFORiOE THE LAW.
Just haul down tho rain Ha* anf?
ground dry oft ho the far*”,., "*
This is what they call a patriotic
course. They think our government
ought to bully every other government
against which an America a citizen
has cause tor wmiwaCni, bui. ihey utu H on. J. C. C. Black, it tarso VST'
see no propriety In our government oon. that he should have — r 1 " *
VENEZUELA’S DIFJtTOULTIES.
The Augusta Chronicle b mistaken
pire a>t a vital point, almost with safe- I when lt says that "the Telegraph Is
ty to herself. The complete absence very much distressed that t-t cannot
of s war fleet will ufoo give Japan on- read too Chronicle out of the Demo-
tire command of *11 toe Chinese coast, oratlc party." The Telegraph docs not
But even In the absence of * mar fleet, | claim any authority In the Democratic
the possession by Japan of the Island party, but it has Its opinions of these
of Formosa would elvo her sdrantagts | men and newspapers which, while vo-
which China would find It difficult to
overcome. Across too straws, sepamit-
h>g toait Manil from imp coast, lie no
less than throe of the groalak Chinese I
trading titties.
The exaction of these teinui* ‘uy Japan
makes lt nave certain that tola war
marks one of the turning polrias In
Chinese history. The empire may be
reduced to helplessness in tho presence
of a foreign enemy possessed of all
the greet poltin of dtiuteglc Import
ance In Its territory, but It will a,t toe
same time be waked up to a reotiilng
si'Bie of the nuptreorlly of foreign
methods, to width It has heretofore
oMtlnately closed Ms eyre. The four
hundred million people of China have
counted tor IWtle In influencing toe
affair* of toe world, bemuse they
knew absolutely nothing of those af
fairs, but were shut In by the pollay
of their government to toe considera
tion of the affairs of thevr own country
only. They hire been itthe most con
servative of people. Thotr methods
and their Ideas are those of hundreds
of year* ago. If they are compelled to
abandon those nu-tA -1* and kleas and
adopt the ways of western petegde, as
Japan ha* done, they will not long re
main helpless and undomldered. They
will develop their material resources,
and In doing so acquire a wealth some
what . in proportion to their number.
When they have done that, toe world
may see them dominating Arts anil In
fluencing toe affairs of Europe to an
extent that tt imw entirely unexpected.
CONCERNING PROSPERITY.
Tho Sparta lahmaellto having asked
the Telegraph “whit had been done
with that ttdil wave of prosperity
which It predicted would result from
the repeal of toe purehialng aiause of
the Sherman law," we mpHcd, in ef
fect, that toe pood results expected
as the natural result of toe repeal of
that vetous law had, in our opinion,
been offset by toe vtolont war tmdo
ever since that tune on toe currency
system of the country, la an effort to
reduce U from the gold to toe silver
bail- The Ithm* elite declare* that
this Is siMy, and adds toot “when toe
olterouSly vaunting their Democracy,
declare that Democratic measures and
principles, if cufofved lu government,
must prove disastrous to the country.
According to the Chronicle’s statement,
It supported tho Democratic party m
the last national campaign In sp te of
the fact that It dd not approve any cf
the purposes of toe party. That is to
say, It approved the I’opullst position
on the silver question and the ll.-pub-
lloan position on the tariff question,
which were the two questions mainly
considered by voters when they went
to toe polls.
Now the Telegraph is perfectly wil
ling to admit that there are two kinds
of Democrats. One kind belong to toe
Democrats! party because they -ap
prove of Us principles and measures as
those which will. If enacted into law
and enforced In administration, bring
the greatest degree of prosperity
the country. The other kind belong to
the party merely becatu.- It k* to toelr
Interest to do so. The Telegraph
the first kind of Democrat. It ac
cepted the lost platform In good faith.
The Chronicle, apparently, is of toe
■eoood kind. It did not approve too
platform, and lt Itu own statements
may be bdleved, was of the opinion
that that platform. If carried out lu
legislation, would result in nothing but
harm to toe country.
There la uot much use in the Tele
graph arguing with the Cbronlole on
toe silver question. The two papers
take an entirely different view of poll-
Presumabky, if the Democratic
convention were to adopt the Repub
lican or toe Popllst programme In full,
the Chronicle would swallow tt and
oontlnue to be a. satisfied Democrat,
urging Its readers to put Republican
or Populist measures in force under
the pretense that they were Demo
cratic. We have no heaLtatKlon in say
ing that too Telegraph can't do any
thing of this sort. It supports the
Democratic party because it believes
that Democratic principles are toe
rght principles on which t> found gov
ernment In this country. When the
party ceases to represent those princi
ples, when ft become! the agent of
ceatrailssflen in adopting Republcnn
A telegram yesterday, giving an in
terview with a member of toe English
government, stated tbit Great Brito .n
was willing to nrbltroito the lout stand
ing dispute of that country with Vene
zuela, on condition that a certain large
’district which has been seized by the
British shall not be considered as not
In dispute. As this district includes
the more valuable part of the territory
claimed by Venezuela, lt (a not at all
wonderful that the British government
la willing to have the d spute arbitrat
ed under the conditions named. The
dispatches during the last few days
ha ve also brought the Information that
French and German guuboatu are on
their way to toe Venezuelan coast, to
compel toe payment of the Interest on
bonds held by French and German cit
izens. It Is not Ukely that they' can
do much In the way of enforcing pay
ment, but the action taken by their
governments In sending thorn, clearly
Indicates the difficulties of the position
In which Venezuela, Buds her.vdf. She
has three of the most powerful nation)
of Europe as her cnem.es, each
them endeavoring by a display of
force to gain sn advantage at her ox-
p.-use. Tim iulerent oil till- bonds uUe
ot French and German citizens ought,
uo doubt, to be paid, but tt l* only be
cause Venezuela Is a weak, almost
helpless, country, that toe French and
German governments v.nture'to make
this show of force, and the saauo thing
may be sold of Great (Britain’s terri
otrial claim.
The latter quarrel is one of long
standing, and the United States gov-
ernnvent ha* frequently been asked to
Interfere la be half of Venezuela and In
vindication of the Monro* doctrine. It
ha* heretofore refused to do no—we
think very wisely, for though tt Is im
pori-ant that powerful European na
tion* Should not gain a preponderating
Influence on this contln.ut, the power
of our own government has become so
great that the fear of such Influence
Is not great enough to Justify the
United States In going to war, as
might have done when the Monroe doc
trine was first announced.
The Now York Sun sugfestt that Vcn
duels has only one way out of her
dlfflcuttlea, and tout Is to apply for ad
mission into our Union. The San's
proposition la absurd. It Venezuela
made such an application It should be
rejected without « moment's consider
ation. We have territory enough and
difficult questions enough without go
ing to South Americi to get more. The
blood and treasure of toe pe tplc of the
United States are too previous to be
expended In fighting out the quarrels
of toe semi-barbarous, half Indian p
ulutlons of so-called South American
republics. European governments
this late date lu civilization are
more republican, almost without ex
ception, than any one of the govern
ments existing In South Atner c.1.
Ono cf the chief causes af the trouble
at-New Orleans seams ito be thalt the
city had a. demagogue for a mayor—»
man -who la much more anxious to
prove himself in sympathy with the
lawless because of the votes they can
cast, than to enforce toe laws and pre
serve toe peace of toe city. Of toe
merits of toe controversy brttween toe
sorawinea and the cotton shippers, toe
general public knows very tittle nnd
perhaps will never be sufficiently w,tl
Informed to render ta sure Judgment
But there ran be no doubt about the
fact that when partlas to a controversy
of Nits kind resort to rifles and pistols
to win their baitUe, they ought In their
turn to be subjected to argument of
the ittme kind, advanced by the officers
of the law. If the tendency, seen so
frequently of late, to resort to murder
as the bedt method of intimidating in
dividuals who are willing to work for
•* living on tenms satisfactory to them,
but wot satisfactory to other people,
continues to Increase, and is not firmly
met by those whose duty It is to en
force the la,ws, the time la not far off
when there will be nothing left of In
dividual -liberty in the United States.
Men will then work, not in accordance
with tthel-r own will and under toe d
reotlon of their own Inteltgence, but
outy with me uuueeui oi labor organ:-
zatlons and under their direction. Of
course labor organizations have the
right to regulate their own affairs a-nd
govern trie course of members who
voluntarily submit to their rules, but
when they undertake to control by vio
lence and -murder the action of men
who are under no obligation to observe
their rules, toon It I* time for the law
interfere In the sternest manner. It
•true, no doubt, tbit the soriwmtn's
organization is not dlreo.ly responsible,
as an organization, for the riot and
munler on toe levee at New Orleans,
but Ms metiers are responsible, appar
ently. and If the union can control the
action of Its members In other re
spects, the public Is apt to assume, nnd
we think properly, that It could also
control their action m this matter If
would but fry bard enough. Unfor
tunately in this instance, the trouble
Is complicated by the rivalry be.ween
white and negro laborers, but the prin
ciple Involved remains the sime. There
Is no negro so 'black that It is right to
kill him because he is willing to work
for » miia vu ierurs oxilsSautory to
him. Governor Fosier. If he hits au
thority under ihe law to do so, ought
to take charge of the levee and a.-o too;;
the right of every man to work is prop
erly defended, and the crime of every
man who interferes with that right
property punished.
THE PROPER COURSE,
Itself making toe repara tfou which Is
demanded of us when its awn citizens
are at fiiult.
Air. Gresham has done very well so
far in guiding the policy of his depart
ment. Ho bis neither bullied foreign
nations nor cringed to them, but has
proceeded on the theory, apparently,
that a nation's policy, like the conduct
of sn Individual, should be guided by
a sense of Justice, of regard for toe
rights of others, and respect for Itself.
The crimes committed in Colorado and
New Orleans against the citizens of
Italy and Great Britain were atroctous.
The men guilty of them ought to be
punished to the full extent of toe law,
and the victims, or their families, are
entitled, under tuternatlonai usage, to
eomptos-itlon for the hurt done them.
On the other hand, toe commander of
the Spanish war vessel who flre.1 on
the Affiants*, apparently violated inter
national law and committed a serious
offense against a peaceful American
vessel. If he did so, then his govern
ment ought to be held to strict account
and we do not doubt tbat fit will be,
If investigation shows that the Aill-
anoa. was without fault.
water, ond If tho weather «,■>
Just haul down tho rain
another crop there will be df. :. w
land yet. ° 10
People here regret tne.
son. that he should have cnown c!i .
Watson was only fanning i. u
the election of MaJ. Black was .,
as be well known that It they a.
rice over ho will be left gain (,*
Tenth dl»trict 1* ntlll ■(■rnocrwt
Pope may toe assured that the <Vd
tall* wlU tie In the ring then •*.
open*.
I lif
A YOUTHFUL HERO.
6aveJ a Drowning Boy at th- R;,-,l
His Own Lite.
ROAD STRIKERS SET FREE.
They Decided Wbrk Was Better Than
Prison—The B’lood* In the Oconee.
Montezuma, March It.—(Special j
Yesterday whfle a crowd ot toys,
viewing the washout on the
Creek Turnpike FVank Hague, 8 y «
of age, tell Into the water ant
carried by the mad current thr,
a sewer pipe out Into the raging L
beyon-d. Robert Lewis, the 15-vm,J
son of Hon, E. B. Lewis, plunged ii
the water and, at the imminent,
of hls own life, saved young ini
who was sinking toe third time '
was a narrow escape from death „
Robert Lewis d-aervee much pratoJ
hls coolness and heroism, 1
Tho heavy ralng of the past ,
have done much damage to the be™
In -this section, so that tb» ton!
cut oft from a -portion of 1
Whose 'budness 1* done at Mom«J
Last n,-ght toe Are alarm
and a blaze was tosooverod on tt-..
POWb of Mr. Frank Holt's
Which wa» soon extinguished i,
°au*ed by the negro cook leavta. J
c ° al » In a wooden
afterward* became Ignited
Loud,
ted tl
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WATSON NOMlN, ATBD
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Mllledgevllle, March 16—(Special.)—
The negroes who were put In Jail here
a fdw days ago have been set free. They
decided ■ they would rather work than
oiajf ill jail Uotiu wioaiupCR prOiR.SC-
that they would go right to work and
cause uo further trouble. They were
set free todav. They did not realize
toe truth of there being a law to punlto
peojto for refusing to work on public
roads until they went on the strike and
had a test case made of theirs. There
Is not likely to be any more trouble
In this county about getting the hand)
to worik hereafter.
C. P. Hightower, soliciting freight
agent (or the Macon and Northern
railroad, arrived In the city yesteday
and spent yesteday afternoon and part
the day today looking after hls com
pany's Interest here.
The Oconee river at till* point begins
.o took a little dangerous although the
rain has ceased and prospects are that
wfll not rise a great deal more. It
now very high and a51 toe forenoon
.. was rising at the rate of about four
Inohea an hhior. Carr & Conn's mill Is
the only building here In danger. It
ts about half hidden by water now
but unless the river rises a great deal
higher lt will stand the flood.
The Fonmalityof tt OongrtwgioBfl „
vent 1 on at Thomson.
' Augusta, March 18.—The p TnI
conwesilon.il convention of the t3
dlstr,.cornet nt Thomson today ”
mated him unanimously for \
to make (toe race In (the spwliUu
made neceosary by to* tw:*,,^ ;
Oongrrasman Black.
Not more than half the
the district were represented Th,«
yantslon ndopted toe Omaha p'jv*
In toto and declared for an lnn>,
election.
Mr. Rutnph Think* There Will Be a
Fine Crop.
far
A NON-PARTISAN SPEAKER.
Tho prompt action of the stake de
partment In demanding an apology
and reparation from too Span
ish government far the action of one
of ids men-of-war In Arng upon
peaceful Ainerlmn tradTng vessel wlU
meet with the hearty apppovul of the
paople of this oountry. There was
nothing in the situation to excuse the
action of toe Spanish commander, and
M Is time that the Spanish aovermneat,
one of the weakest, but at the at,me
time the roost arrogant on earth
should be taught that the rights of
American citizens on the hleh sms
out ad; with Impunity be interfered
with. The rule of Spain In Culrt Is not
directly the bus'netu of Amortoans, but
they know sotnetblns of the savage
barbarity with which U Is maintained,
and w ll not be putlent tt they are
themselves mads v loti ms of th-St bar
hirity. The htarmlesH shots at the A1
llanca are ndt u, aufflcKut dime for
war, but they can very easily lead to
events that will be suffiateng. If the
Span sh government shows lt#«*f un
willing «o d'rtvvow rrepoDsSbllkj for
th,*m. It btus not here many years
since a large part ot the American peo
ple were firmly of the opinon that
Cuba belonged of right to the United
Stages, and were quite willing
tight for fas possesalon. U, may not be
d fficult for Spa n to revive this feel
mg among our people, and If She
d.>re so, she will And her tenure of her
West Indian possession* far Ires se
cure than now.
Telegraph talks of the concerted efforts
of the Populists and toelr wnpatUs- | p^ndples, or of zocuW ta s^tmi
oat Amt isrtuttasi 1$ (Miiisis fko Itosiato I _ .
Populist prlndptes, the Telegraph will
- T _ e2 v~ 1 -.nj i 10 ®««rrtle prims-
■ " *“ e cra= “ j pire as siisolutely asoetsuy to toe
of the overran** aod «»oubt on pMlemt | (w of individual Uberty uml
• V.. s.t If. •> hlh I ‘ UOITTy .11(1
era-lay (Whom ft mdans the fanneat
Demoawto twho have not sold out to
the money
the aonadnere of its currency, ft talks
the falsest sort ot rot. Who weakened
the credit of the government if not
Cleveland In hls recent oirrupt, dark
lantern btnd sale? Who has been
making a biker fight for months
against the soundness cf the OHrer dot-
lir If not the Telegraph and Cleveland
ond their noble sympathizers—Ledge,
Hoar, Reed and Bhermanl Who has
been male rig * rekink** fight against
the greergnek* ahd the tnsurory note*
of toe governmrtg, M not toe Tele
graph and ks Wall (Street lord and
moaner?
We do not suppose Moat the Itbma-
el'Ae Intend* to tnsult toe Tetogttiph in
the above, but Out It Is merely airing
the "putter" ot the gang to which tt
the advancement of dvllisat on. If the
Chronicle and those who ere working
with tt should be aoocreaful in captur
ing the next convention, and impose
upon the party either a Rcpnbttcan or
a socialist pUform, the Telegraph will
not for rime reason become Repubfran
or Populist It will continue to be a
Democratic newspaper, and w*t for
the time when it wJI again bare be
hind tt a party programme Democratic
in principle sod prank* as wril ss to
name.
But there la very little prdbabllky
that the Chronicle will be soccensfiil
In Its crusade. The Detnocrat'r party
from the very beginning has stood for
sound money. Sound mooay mesas
It Is reported that Speaker Peel, of
the British house of commons, ta
about to resign hls office, and this fact
serves to bring to notice again the
wide difference which exists bc*we-:o
the practice of the chief legislative
body of Great Britain and that of toe
U-nlted State*. Speaker Peel has been
In office since last, end some of hls
predecessor* held the chair for an even
longer period, -without regard to
changes to tho political complexion oL
the boose. This mean* that the speaker
of the house of common* is merely the
presiding officer, whose duties ere
limited to toe enforcement of the rules
of that body. The duties of toe office
have generally be n so we’l fulfilled
that toe party affiliations of the pre
siding officer have almost b>en forgot
ten. In our oongress toe practice Is
entirely different The speaker It toe
leader of hls party, and Is expected to
protect its Interests even to tb» extent
of straining the rules In It* favor. Con
sequently, the oooupant of to* , hair Is
a partisan a* well a* a pr- - 11..- < tfi
cer. We confess, to a prefer,met for
INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS,
FRUIT PRO3PE0TS GOOD.
tMardhallville, Match 10.—(Special.)—
Several of the paper* have been quot
ing Mr. 9. >H. Rutuph of this place
as saying that toe cold had killed the
buds nnd there would be no peach
crap. Mr. Humph — z* It has s~ foun
dation, but toe fact 1* quite the reverae.
The present proep-ct* for an abundant
fruit crap of all klnos was never more
pransisiRflT than at j>r»**nt Tho con-
tlnued cold weather has delayed buil
ding and blooming three week* later
than usual. Peach trees are Just com
mencing to bloom and toe leaves are
also budding cut, which will make the
crap doubly sure, as the fruit will bo
gr-atly protected against front by the
foliage. If there Is no disaster In three
weeks the fruit crop will be assured
and rhen you will beared something In
teresting ns to the quantities ot peaches
that will be Shipped from this, the
pioneer point of toe great fruit Industry
of Georgia.
The unprecedented weatftvr this year
has greatly Interfered with planting
out orchards of fruit trees. But every
fair working day thousands of tret*
are being planted. A little later I will
give you name of owner* of orchards
and number of trees growing, showing
the magnitude of toe Industry engage*
In, not only by epeckrt fruit growers,
but on all the farming land In toe
community, and the beauty of it all
Is tost tore# hundreds of acres of
fruit tree* are owned by home people
and not by Northern companies or cor
poration*.
CRUSHED BY A TTUIX.
A Little Boy Has Both of Hb I
Amputated.
Griffin, Ga„ -Marir-h K.-
This afternoon about ] o'clock (_
Smoot, the eleven-yt-scold son 0 ( I
Smoot had both of -hls legs c
while attempting to board on lix.
freight near the Central railroad
The train had slackened Its sptfta
lt entered the yard and young 3|'
attempted to Jump on for a rldei
he was thnown, bff the wi_
crushing him. It was a miracle ttit J
waa not Instantly killed. The uti
Ing physician* -who smputst-41_
logs have no hope of hls recow, i
he was also Injured about the kail
WENT THROUGH A TIUX- M |
Atlanta. March 16.—Deputy ■
arrested Benjamin R. Slow. «k»l
been distributing agent here (x I
York dealers In counterfeit
81m* Is a well-educated negro of t
live. He was locked in a room ■
custom hbuse while the deputy i
shals went to hls home to *c*re
They'found evidence of hls galll I
but when they returned did Eri-J
him. - He had escaped by a in
and has not been arrests I since 1
Ing out. Several letter* refer!
green gnods were signed "J. R. I
170 West street. New York."
DEATH OF DR. M. M. HAU
Douglas.March 16—(Special.)—Dr.l
Hall, one of Coffee county's mow I
nent physician*, died at hie reelts
tbie village Thrueday at 1*0 after*
nee* of only two and a half day* 1
sides a most devoted wife and thnel
in? children he leaves a host ot I
tlves arid admiring friends thre— 1
this section of Georgia, whose b
sympathies go out to the srief-i
family. In rrepona* to a telefna.1
/ (MSI
son. Dr. John M. Hall, arrived froel
lanla at $ o'clock this afternoon
Excessive rains ara somewhat i
Ing work on the D. and ttefen
but th# completion of tbl* I
assured fact at a very early del*
GRIFFIN'S K. OF P.
The Organisation of a Lodge In Likely.
A Carnival of Commerce.
Griffin, Oa.. March 16.—(Special.)—
Grand Chancellor Hamilton Douglass
of the Kntfhta of Pythian for the utile
?? OT¥ !, a » 5? Atlanta, came down last
nl*ht and addre«icd a hire and enthu-
slastlc audience at the Odd Fellows
hall on toe subject of establishing a
Pythian lodge In this city. Hls remarks
Fyd vffort on hi* hearers
and lt Is pnUblt that at a very early
day Griffin will have a chartered lodge.
On Monday evening the yourtg ladies
i* Griffin will represent the mer
chants at the Olympic theatre In cos
tume for toe benefit of stonewall fire
oominny No. Z Their appearance
will be heralded under the title of a
‘Kamival ot Kommerce." and a large
attendance win greet their efforts to as-
sist the firemen who are doing every
thing In their power to make toe ser
vice of toe department one of the best
In the state. The entertainment Is
under toe supervirion ot Prof. Basel,
who Is sparing no pains to make tt a
HEAVY RAINS AT DEXTERj
Dexter, March A-tBpecl.U-TH r'
rains have entirely flooded '*’
courses In this section. £h* hrrips
Rocky end Turkey creeks htt*« ‘J
oUreand Dublin ire about to
££! arc entirely under watw.
smaller creeks are swistodag-
era aiy they are thrown tu"r
to,, behind with their fs«*
have begun to buy email <1
guano.
ARLINGTON NEWS.
The dispatches ytriwrday tost e Span
ieh war vrewl Lad fired upon an Amer
ican merdhaotmon; that a mob (n Col
orado had murdered several Italian*,
and tost rioter* in New Orleans tad
shtit several persona. Including an offi
cer of n British vessel In toe port.
Three iwermr.ooul quurifons ars
thus -pcseated, and though It Is not
Ukely ithat any serious trouble wtfl
come oat of either of them, the Repub
lican newspapers will no <kmbt make
the situation la this country Interwticg
and smuring to those who will take
the trouble t» read their comments on
the act ton of toe stole department
Th<cr w.M demand, to all prcbiMIty,
that Mr. Gresham immediately assume
a bctogercot snritude towards'Spa.n
and beyutlsfial with nothin,? less thin
the burnt)! -* apology nr.,1 too largest
c-.:oim -.:-:i fro wl, ch ri ■ shadow of
New llulldlng*.—McAllister
Prooecutluu Fund.
.-xcuae ,‘iU lie
••}• Will (I •toil'll
Arlington. March M.—tSpecial.)—Ar
lington Is still growing. She has now
In course of oonvruotlon a tuo-sto-y
eohool house which will be n perfect
beauty when comp.eted and would l.e
a.i honor to a town twice the «ize o
Arlington. The plans and specliUa
lions were drawn by Architect Foote
ot Atlanta, who also ha* the contract.
Mr. O. L. Ool Ins I* also building n
magnificent twoonry sal* and livery
■table, which will be open to u.,- public
In the next thirty day*.
The friewbi of Judson L. Hyatt have
mule up $60 towird* prosecuting Mc
Allister. Hyatt nad many friends hete,
wfco will always left and cherish bit
memory.
THE NEW8 AT WADLEY.
Wsdley, March IS.—(SpecULl-On ae-
com.; of continued rain* few farmer*
have begun to* neceaaary preparation for
another crop,’ business is very dull and
money la Just simply out of sight, Pence
no more wedding* for mine tone to ,
an expected.
The Walley Arteekvn Well Csmpany U
boring another artesian wall. They hare
Juat nnlehad two tin# flowing walla. With
one nr two more Wadley wtU ceasa to be
a dry town. She alr-ady hi* t*elv* good
v,.-ne with a nt screral more.
WILL MEET IN ATUtoJ*.
Atlanta. Mareh I*--^**.
of the world, a fraternal «" .
ordori numbering
having Hodges in e*
Urge towns of t»ie United
tneetiog. now in UMlon » l
aided to hold it* next
in Atlanta during the Cottoa
and International Expo*lti fl n- ^ J
bring an Imrncnie
bare of toe order to Atlanta
time.
FELLOWS WILL AFTFlAl-_
New York, March if.—DrttdctAO
rq-y FrtUws thl* efternoon! ««■
about the derision In the Wlm*»»
? 1,1 ho ha I ,1* 1 d to take t®^
to toe court of appeals. Mr.
Is now at liberty, he having I®
ball In toe sum <if ISO,000.
A REPUBLICAN PAPER
New Orteana, March l*- - :*,
company composed of we«ltW'
planters and others tnterreted
has been formed for toe purpest«
tabllShtnc a Republican morning*
paper in this city. The capital;
*150,000. The pUbllcatioo will
about April 15.
EVERETT AT OBIFFIN- 1
Griffin, Ga., March 16.-
The celebrated hypnotist 9. A. (
gave a performance here w«
for* a large audience at the ,
theatre. Thl* ts hls third or >
(appearance In Griffin and be r
attracts a crowd. Ills suecesmj
made converts of many and swp
*h' Rmaller boys are trying to 1
him.
RAINS AT MARSHALL)]
Marshnljvllle. March 16.-
Tlu> rain fall In thU c-)nimuM(
Thursday Uf lart week has but
and one-half Inche*. as ftawjj
government mess.ire kept W.* 1 ]
W. Frederick. The dsmnge t»J
In the way of over-rtnwssnd]
lands have been corwl
FOR THE PROSECUTION
MsashsiilWl March 16—
i l * Mm has hem **" J
by toe laerreiants here and
\fr. HvatL t > pr*