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THE "WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MARCH 18, 1895. THE MM TELEGRAPH Published every day the year AND WEEKLY. Office 569 Mulberry Street. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH—Delivered by carrier* In the city, or mailed, postage free. 60 cents a month; $1.75 for three months; $7 for one year; every day except Sunday. ITHE TELEGRAPH—Triweekly, Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thursday* and Saturdays, three months $1; six months, $2; one year, $4. THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH—By mail, one year. $L THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH—By mall, one year, $1. BUBSCRIPTIONS-Payalble In advance. Remit by (Natal order, check or reg istered letter. Currency by mall at risk at sender. COMMUNICATIONS should be ad dressed and all orders, checks, drafts, etc., made payable to THE TELEGRAPH, Macon, Ga 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 otaM |;e m t i ;. I The | T. Lrrt< WATSON NOMlN, ATBD to : 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*