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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
J. It. HORNE, 1 PnMislm.
C. It. U1UUY,
CRONJE HAS SURRENDERED
Brave Boer General Forced by Overwhelming;
Numbers to Capitulate Unconditionally.
ROBERTS STRIKES BLOW
Four Thousand Burghers Lay
Down Their Arms at Paarde-
barg—England Rejoices.
General Piet Cronje, tho Boer lead¬
er, early Tuesday morning sur¬
rendered his army of 4,000 men to
Lord Roberts, unconditionally. Tho
details of tho surrender for which Eng¬
land and Europe had waited anxiously,
were received iu London in the follow¬
ing telegram from Lord Roberts:
“Paardehuko, 11 o’clock, Tuesday
Evening.—From ^ information furnish-
ed daily to me by tho intelligence de-
povtment it became apparent that Gen
eral pronje’s force was becoming more
d.'pressed, and that the discontent of
the troops and the discord among the
leaders were rapidly increasing.
“Each night the trenches were push¬
ed toward the enemy’s laager, so as to
gralually contract his position, and at
the same time I bombarded it heavily
with artillery, which was yesterday
materially aided by the arrival of four
6 inch howitzers, which I had ordered
up from DeAar.
“At 3 a. m. today a most dashing
advance was made by tho Canadian
regiment and some engineers, sup¬
ported by the First Gordon Highland¬
ers and Second Shropshire?, resulting
in our gaining a point some six hun¬
dred yards nearer the enemy and with¬
in about eighty yards of his trenches,
where our men intrenched themselveR
and maintained their position till
morning, a gallant deed worthy of our
colonial comrales.
“Ibis apparently clinched matters,
for at daylight today a letter signed by
General Cronje, in which he stated
th t he surrendered unconditionally,
was brought to our outposts under a
flag of truce.
“In my reply I told General Cronje
be must present himself at my camp,
and that his forces must come out of
their laager after laying down their
a"ms. By 7 a. m. I received General
Cronje aud dispatched a telegram to
you announcing the fact.
“Iu the course of conversation he
asked for kind treatment at our hands
and also that his wife, grandson, pri¬
vate secretary, adjutant and servants
might accompany him wherever he
might be sent. I reassured him and
told him that his request would be
complied with. I informed him that
a general officer would be sent with
him to Cape Town, to insure his being
treated with proper respect en route.
He will start this afternoon under
chargff of Major General Pret'yman,
who will hand him over to the geneia!
commanding at Cape Town.”
ENGLAND REJOICES.
“Alajuba avenged,” “Cronje sur¬
renders,” “Great British victory,”
■were some of the expressions shouted
all over London Tuesday, yet there
were few outward signs of the natural
joy that Lord Roberts’ dispatch really
caused. The capitulation of General
Cronje had been looked upon ns almost
a certainly for a week past and enthu¬
siasm found itself discounted by an¬
ticipation. magnificent of “Little
The success
Bobs” is almost overlooked in the fact
that it synchronized with the anniver¬
sary of Alajuba hill and wiped out a
dishonor of nineteen years’ standing.
There was a much more outward
display of rejoicing in the provinces
tliau iii London over the surrender of
Cronje. The Glasgow and Liverpool
stock exchanges were greatly excited.
The members sang “God Save the
Queen” repeatedly and cheered for
“Little Bobs.” Flags were liberally
displayed on the municipal and public
buildings in all the large towns.
While the afternoon papers all com¬
mented upon this happy coincident,
they did not forget the splendid bra¬
very of the enemy.
The St. James Gazette says: ‘The
splendid conrage of the Boers has not
been able to withstand any longer the
IS AVAR PRIZE.
Supreme Court Affirms Decision of G?or-
R ia Court in (lie Abinla C»«e.
Xu the opinion by Ju-tice Brown,
the United States supreme court has
decided naval prize money case involv-
. t |,e seizure of the British steamer
Abdnla- This ship was owned by the
Atlas Steamship Company of Kingston,
Jamaica, and was leased to a Spanish
citizen for carrying refugees from
Guantanamo, Cuba The vesse was
eaptnred June 29. 1898, when entering
Guantanamo bay, and was condemned
a prize vessel. The opinion bolds
as American blockade was effec-
that the the
tive; that the purpose of voyage
was pecanlaiy and not charitable.
Conflagration In Newark.
Tbe greatest fire Newark, N.J., ever
expe riepced swept through the retail
dryP oods district Tuesday night, de¬
strops ft score or more of buildings,
The ' oss is estimated at over
ooo. /§ 5
Carter’s Appeal Denied.
XbeX'nited states supreme court!
.-i.rveAkAhe application at
.-. tl M, Carter top bring his
Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Given Prompt Attention.
bombardment which few modern sol¬
diers could have withstood for so many
hours ai lliey have days. The influence
of the surrender not only upon the
situation at Ladysmith, but on the
whole conduct of the war will be im¬
mense.”
Already the Briton is taking stock
of (he situation and measuring the
future. There is no disposition to
overestimate the success. The gov¬
ernment entertains no illusion. As
announced by the house of commons,
19,000 additional troops will go out
aud the effective will be kept near
200 , 000 .
Lord Roberts lias doue more than
the capture of 4,000 Roers and n few
guns.
He is within striking distance cf
one of the Boer capitals, aud is mas-
ter of a large district of the Free
State. He has gix-eu a shock to Boer
confidence and immeasurably restored
the spirit of his own troops.’ In enp-
tnring Cronje he has taken a lender
whose presence alone was worth thou¬
sands to the Boer cause.
The best opinion in London is that
the Transvnnlers are certain to con¬
tinue the fight with undiraiuished
valor, but it is not so certain about
the Free Staters.
Lord Roberts lias not. allowed the
corps of descriptive writers with him
to supplement bis plain narrative as
yet and there are some points in doubt.
It is not clear whether the 4,000 pris¬
oners include those taken in small
parties before the occupation. What
has become of the rest of the Boers
who hel 1 the Magersfontein lines,
and where are the largo guns? The
smallness of C'rouje’s force causes
some wonderment.
Spenser Wilkinson, reviewing the
military situation in tho light of Gen¬
eral Cronje’s capitulation, says:
“On a moderate estimate one-tenth
of the Boer army lias been taken out
of account by the capture of Cronje.
The battle of Paardeberg is a minia¬
ture Sedan. The whole of Lord Rob¬
erts’s army, say 45,000 men, are ready
for a fresh ad \ ar.ro. The objective
must be the next Boer army of im¬
portance, which is in Natal.
,„“The next move, therefore, with a
view of drawing the Boer army from
Natal, implies an advance on Bloem¬
fontein and AVineberg, which would
sever the connection between the
Boers in Natal and those south of the
Orange river. ”
“If the Boers make a stand west of
Bloemfontein, so much the better.
With 45,000 men Lord Roberts may
be able to destroy a respectable force
there. The effect of the Paardeberg
victory will probably by a movement
northward of the Boer forces south of
Orange river.
ARE WITHOUT MONEY.
Neither of tho .State Governments at
Frankfort Can Draw Funds.
Two state governments, completely
officered aud each claiming to be regu¬
lar aud legal officials, are in Frankfort,
Ky., aud will remain, each claiming
the right to administer the affairs of
state till the question is adjudicated in
the courts.
The only ludicrous thing about the
contests came into the situation Tues¬
day. As anticipated, the banks re¬
fused to recognize cither of the con¬
tending factions, and as a result both
are without money and the state funds
are as securely tied up as they could
well be.
Legislators, county as wol! as state
officials, and all kinds of contractors
of the state will have to wait until
somebody is authorized by a decision
of the courts to pay them and the
state will have to wait on what is due
it till the courts say who is authorized
to receive it.
The Democratic Rtate officers have
opened offices in the Capitol hotel.
The charitable and penal state institu¬
tions are among the sufferers.
Anniston’s Fifth Lotion Mill.
William Noble, John H. Noble and
JameB Keith, Jr., will erect a hundred
thousand dollar cotton mill in Annis¬
ton, Ala., at once end are arranging
for the machinery. This will be An¬
niston’s fifth cotton mill.
CAROLINA MONUMENT.
Palmetto State To Erect a Memoriai
at Chickamaujja.
South Carolina has been tardy in
erecting a monument at Chickamauga,
but the legislature has made an appro-
priation of $10,000 for that purpose.
A handsome shaft of South Carolina
granite will he erected, surmounted
with a bronze palmetto tree. erected
The monument will be on
Snodgrass hill where tbe Carolinians
fought fiercely and there will be
markers or Kershaw s G st,8 and
Alanigaults brigades and Culpepper s
battery. The work will be completed
by September 15th.___
REVOKED HIS COMMISSION.
North Carolina State Board Officer Skip*
With Funds.
Governor Russell of North Carolina
*' -evoked the commission of Lieu-
D. F. Mclver, company K,
regiment. State Guard, of
ALpunt Airy, for conduct unbecoming
‘ officer and gentleman. Mclver
at
W.k* town treasurer and has ■(
% '4» familY and fled tp #3 parts^
-Ai m, with rn
ASHBURN, (IA.. SATURDAY. MARCH 3. 1900.
TILLMAN ATTACKS MORGAN.
Accuses the Alabamian of Alleged
Breach of Senatorial
Courtesy.
Throughout the session Saturday
the senate had under consideration
the Hawaiian government bill. The
discussion took a wide range, but the
basis of it was an amendment offered
by Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, as to the
appointment and tenure of offices of
the judges of the Hawaiian courts. Mr.
Tillman of South Carolina embraced
the opportunity to deliver a character¬
istic speech, in course of which he
made an attack upon Mr. Morgan, of
Alabama, for alleged lack of courtesy,
and vigorously opposed many provi¬
sions of the bill, particularly those
which related to suffrage.
“The oligarchy which exists in
Hawaii," declared Mr. Tillman, “and
which this bill perpetuates is power¬
ful and unscrupulous. It is an auto¬
cracy greater than ever existed outside
Russia. I sympathize with the sena¬
tor from Connecticut in his efforts to
secure a properly appointed judiciary
for the islands—a judiciary not con¬
trolled by the oligarchy which now
has its grip on the islands.”
Referring to an incident which oc¬
curred the other day in which Mr.
Morgan, of Alabama, declined to yield
to Mr. Tillman to reply to a statement
made by Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado,
Concerning the “suppressed vote,"
Mr. Tillman said:
“I have felt indignant at the treat¬
ment I received from Senator Morgan.
Never in my experience in the senate
have I been treated so discourteously
by a member of the senate.”
Mr. Morgan endeavored to inter¬
rupt Air. Tillman, but the latter waved
him aside, saying:
“I decline to yield to the senator.
He has put himself outside the pale of
courtesy and consideration so far as I
am concerned."
Mr. Tillman then explained the cir¬
cumstances of Air. Morgan’s refusal to
permit him to reply to Air. Wolcott.
< i When I arose to explain the situ¬
ation in South Caralina ns it was pre¬
sented by the senator from Colorado,"
said Air. Tillman, “the senator from
Alabama said: ‘No, I cannot permit
you to speak now. I’ll leave you to
tight it out some other time.’ It was
the first time in my experience that I
had ever been refused a hearing in like,
circumstances. No Republican would
have denied me the privilege, because
there is no man on that side of the
chamber so lacking in courtesy and de¬
cency." explained that
Air. Tillman then un¬
der the present constitution of South
Carolina there were about 114,000
registered voters, 14,000 of whom
were colored. Ninety-nine per cent
of the white vote in the state, he said,
was Democratic. In the summer pri¬
maries 90 per cent of the registered
votes were cast. At these primaries
the contests for the state offices were
made.
“There is no lethargy in the politics
of South Carolina,” said Air. Tillman.
“Wehave as much politics to thesrpiure
mile ns utiy state in the union. There
is no RepubUcan party in the state.
The Republican machine is composed
of federal office holders who control
the patronage and send the delegates
to Republican national conventions.
The elections in November are fimply
ratifications of the primaries. Natur¬
ally the results being a foregone con¬
clusion only 4,000 or 5,000 voters turn
out in each district to vote.”
After calling attention to the fact
that at the general election in AlasRa-
chusetts in 1890 only 285,000 votes
were cost out of a voting population
of 665,000; and that at the same elec¬
tion in Connecticut the vote was
125,000 out of 224,000 legal voters, ho
said :
“Why do they accuse us of the
south of suppressing the vote when
they are doing the same thing in Alas-
snehnsetts? Why, we don’t do half
the devilment in South Carolina as
this bill proposes to do in Hawaii.
This bill will give four or fivo years
more of contract labor—of slave labor
—to the sugar barons, who iu remitted
duties on sugar will make $8,000,000.'’
In the course of a criticism of the
measure Mr. Tillman said:
“I do not object to a protection of
the whites of Hawaii, but what I do
object to is the hypocrisy of those in
this chamber who maintain that the
people of Hawaii are to be treated dif¬
ferently from those who reside, in
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Caro¬
lina and other southern states.”
Mills Pay Nine Cents.
Cotton touched 9 cents in Colum¬
bus, Ga., Alonday. John T. Davis &
Co. sold nearly 600 hales to the Mus¬
cogee mills at from 8;- to 9 cents.
BARRETT A DEMOCRAT.
Former Prominent PopuIUt of Georgln
Be , nrl „ to H i»oi,i Lov.
Jftmeg Barrett wbo ha3 for several
J heen prominent in the Populist
in Georgia, a member of the ex-
R01atniUe elector to the
national convention ond candidate for
icn , tnral commifisioner 011 the state
aDnounceB hi „ r „ tn rn to the
Dt . mocratic rarly in fl „ igned article in
The Augusta Chronicle.
Estate Valued at Four Million,.
.
Leander J. AIcCormick’s will, which
was filed in the probate court at Chi¬
cago Friday, disposes of an estate
scheduled as worth $4,135,000. It is
left in truf.t equity ior surviving heirs.
tiohr. Ncynor I a ios eJ"to g committee In \ bf Indianapolis. hold : thif the of next an-
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DEATH AT CROSSING
Fast Train Dashes Into a Closely
Crowded Carriage.
FIVE LIVES QUICKLY CRUSHED OUT
Heavy Storm Win llaRlnir and Victims
Hoard Not tho Approaching
Midnight Kxproas.
Shortly after midnight Saturday
night the midnight express on the
Lehigh Valley railroad struck a car-
lingo, containing seven persons, at
Tuttle’s crossing, about twenty-five
miles east from Rochester, N. Y,, in¬
stantly killing fivo of the occupants,
fatally injuring another aud badly
bruising the other. All were members
of a family who had spent the evening
at a friend’s house, near Tuttle’s cross¬
ing, and were on their way home.
Those killed were: Mrs. Amy Smith,
forty eight years old, Bert Smith,
twenty-three years old; Aliss Miranda
Smith, twenty-four years old; Glee
Smith, fourteen, nndCatherine Smith,
eight years old.
The injured are Porter Smith, hus¬
band of Airs. Smith and father of the
other victims. Gardner Smith, twenty-
one years old.
Before reaching the crossing the
carriage*was stopped and Air. Smith
listened for the train, but did not
hear it in tho howling gale. Tho
horses had just crossed the track in
safety when the engiuo of the express
crashed down upon the carriage and
its occupants.
Gardner Smith, who was the least
injured, crawled to a station nearby
and secured assistance.
The bodies of Airs. Smith and her
daughter Miranda were cairied off for
a mile on tlio cowcatcher of the en¬
gine. The bodies of the little girl and
her two brothers were found near the
scene of the accident.
ENGINES TURNED OVER.
Fireman Killed, Two Engineers
and Flagman Injured in Bad
Wreck on L. & N
Train No. 2. northbound, on the
Louisville and Nashvillo railroad, was
wrecked half a mile north of Flomo-
tou, Ala., at 4:05 o’clock Sunday
morning, killing one negro fireman
and injuring both engineers and an¬
other fireman.
The train, which was a double head¬
er on account of heavy mardi gras
traffic, had been somewhat late, and
was running at a high rate of speed in
order to regain her schedule time.
When half a mile north of Flomnton
she ran into a switch which had been
set for the Pensacola branch to allow
a freight irain to pass to that division,
and which had not been reset for tbe
main line. When the forward engine
of No. 2 struck the switch tho wheels
went between the open points and al¬
most immediately were on the ground.
Engineer Copeland immediately ap¬
plied the brakes, but before the train
could be sufficiently cheeked, both en¬
gines hail plowed the gravel for a dis¬
tance of 100 yards, aud turned over.
It I (a BLAZE IN’ BIRMINGHAM.
Business Blocks Burned Entailing a Boh»
Aggregating SI40,000.
The explosion of a gasoline stove in
the basement of the Metropolitan hotel
in Birmingham, Ala.,Friday afternoon,
was followed Ly a fire which burned
that building and the Hewlett block
adjoining, both three stories high,
causing a loss estimated approximate¬
ly at $ 140 , 000 , the insurance on which
amounted to about three-fourths of
the loss. The fire spread rapidly, and
great difficulty was encountered by
the firemen iu reaching it.
Before the flames were gotten under
control everything on Twentieth street
from First avenue to Morris avenue
was a wreck, but a strong fire wall
back of the Hewlett building and the
Aletropolitan hotel prevented the firo
from extending any further toward
Nineteenth street.
8 EWALL MET BRYAN.
fiodo to Atlanta From Williamson With
Ilia Old Itunnlne Mate.
Arthur Sowall, of Maine, who ran
with Bryan in 1896 on the National
Democratic ticket, has demonstrated
very effectually how high the Nebras¬
kan stands in his estimation and re¬
gard.
He climbed out of bed in Atlanta at
an early hour to get aboard a special
train and go down tbe Southern road
as far as Williamson, Oa., to meet Mr.
Bryan and have a long friendly talk
while on his way to Atlanta.
Shortly before his departure for
Washington Air. Sewall said concern¬
ing his talk with Air. Bryan:
“I enjoyed seeing Mr. Bryan again
very much.
“We discussed tho jiolitical situa¬
tion briefly. Br. Bryan and I are in
perfect accord on all of the issues of
the day. If you know what his views
are you know what mine are.”
ANTI-IMI ERf AL1.STS CRITICISE
Besolntion Adopted Condemning the K*-
, panilon J’ollcy.
The second day’s session of the
eastern conference of anti-irrperialists
at Philadelphia was characterized by
the adoption of a strong resolution
condemning the expansion policy of
U<i4 ^ 1 i ^ 8t 3 1 ' lo,1 \* -Jululey D, U iDg the cli8
was se-
Jbinal personally
aggres-
BRYAN IN ATLANTA
Nnbraskan Entertains Large Au¬
dience In State Capitol,
ENUNCIATES WEIL KNOWN POSITION
Sentiment of “Philanthropy anti Flvo Per
Cent” Handled Ity Nebralkali
In StioiiK Terms.
AV. J. Bryan entertained a big audi¬
ence in the hall of tho house of repre¬
sentatives at Atlanta, Ga., Friday
night with one of his characteristic
speeches. in
Tho crowd which gathered the
hall \tas probably the largest that ever
assembled in as small a place before in
the Gate City. As early as 6 o’clock
the audience began to gather, coming
not only from Atlanta, but from points
in tho viciuity of tho city, and long
before the hour sot for the spoaking
arrived the house was comfortably
lilted. There was an evident purpose
in the mind of all there to hear what
the Nebraskan had to say rft tho cost
of convenience and after tho aisles
were filled the crowd ]fkshed in at the
doors and as far back as the walls to
the rear of the entrances upturned
faces could he seen, men and women
trying to got sight of Colonel Bryan.
With the hall in this packed condition
Bryan arrived with the committee of
'he Young Men’s Democratic League.
With three policemen immediately in
front of the party it took fifteen min¬
utes for them to reach the speaker’s
jhair, and having arrived, he wns pnr-
tially exhausted as a result of the trip
to the platform.
It is difficult to estimate the number
if people who were turned away, hav¬
ing failed even to obtain a place near
die doors from which they could peer
mto tho room, but tbo number was
roughly estimited by many at between
1,090 end 2,000. The seating capacity
,f tho house is comparative small, but
the large majority of those present
were standing iu tho wide aisles, pack-
3d uncomfortably close together, but
•heerful to a degree under snob cir-
jumstanees.
With the exception of one person
who raised his voice from the center
:>f the hall at stated intervals to au-
uounce that 1 ‘ive will have a Nebraskan
For president next year,” there was no
interruption. To tho supporter who
predicted lus election Colonel Bryan
expressed his thanks, but urged upon
him the necessity for closer attention.
In this position the crowd ronminod
for two hours.
Colonel Bryan enunciated with de¬
cision iho position he has occupied
and occupies still on the subject of
imperialism. His distinction between
expansion and imperialism was appre¬
ciated by every one in the vast audi¬
ence.
“An empire," said Colonel Bryan,
“is a different thing from expansion,
We expanded when wo wook in Flor¬
ida, when we enlarged the republic
by tho addition of Louisiana and when
wo took in Texas. Now it is not ex¬
pansion that is being proposed, but
the clinngingof n republic into an em¬
pire. We are going abroad to get a
foreign race for subjugation. The flag
is to stand there in the Philippines
over men who are taxed without repre¬
sentation.”
In scathing terms the speaker hand¬
led the sentiment of “philanthropy
and fivo per cent” as expressed by tho
secretary of the treasury and repeated
by other Republican speakers.
The only reference during the nd-
dress to the war in (Tenth Africa "was
the wish that England might have oc¬
casion to need more men on the conti¬
nent than she has there at present.
At the close of the address it was
fully twenty minutes before Colonel
Bryan could esenpe from the crowd that
pressed around anxious to shako his
hand.
RAILWAY GIVES MORTGAGE.
Tranvfer Made to Secure Bonded Indebt*
ttdmtftft of tho ltoad.
The LaFayette railway, extending
from Cpelika to LaFayette. Ala.,
twenty-one miles, has filed a mortgage
fn the probate court at Opelika to J.
C. Griffin, trustee, for $40,000.
The mortgage is to secure bonds for
that amount issued by tlio company,
and the mortgage includes the entire
track, road-bed and equipment of the
company. The road is very pros¬
perous and pajs good dividends.
BIRMINGHAM GROWS.
Alabama City Kliowi Flallerlng larrAnan
Iii New Ceii«u».
The new directory of the city of
Birmingham, Ain., just published,
contains a total of 26,760 names, which
reckoned on the basis of being multi¬
plied by three, places the present
population of Birmingham at 80,280,
an increase ovc-r last year of 3,786.
This estimate includes the immediate
suburbs.
Columbia Gets New Mill.
The Kershaw cotton mill was or¬
ganized at Columbia, S. C., Friday,
capital stock $150,000. The American
cotton mill increased its capital stock
to $600,000.
Prisoners Harmed Up.
Frank Hogan and Charles Norris,
prisoners at tbe station house in For¬
est City, Ark., were burned to death
Sunday morning. The fire is sup¬
posed to have been started on
floor of the jail, in an attempt to
warm.
Powder Mills Wrftfked. '7
Platteville, ...
' The Wis.,
were wrecked by an ex
day afternoon, killing^ iu
VOL. VIII. NO. 30.
IN BLAZE OF GLORY
The Debate On Porto Rico Tariff
Bill Is Brought to
ft Close.
The general debate oti the Porto
Rico tariff bill in the house closed in
a bla/,o of glory Tuesday. The gal¬
leries tvore banked to the doors and
every seat on the floor was occupied
when the rival champions of the re-
epective sides, Air. Polliver, of Iowa,
and Air. Hailey, of Texas, made clos-
ing arguments. Each spoke for an
hour and a half.
The speech of Mr. Hailey, do voted
ns it was, almost exclusively to the
legal phases of the controversy, while
it was profound and impressive, did
not arouse the unbounded enthusiasm
which swept tho galleries and floor
while Mr. Dolliver was speaking. The
Iowan was at his best and his wit, elo¬
quence and sarcasm in turn drew sal¬
vos of applause from his Republican
associates.
Before tlieso closing speeches were
made Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, chair¬
man of the appropriations committee, Re-
and one of the veterans on the
pubhean side, made an excep tonally
efleet i ve speech m support of the bill.
Messrs. Carmack, Democrat, of Ten.
nessee; Clayton, Democrat, of Ala-
Immn; Kleberg Democrat, of Texas;
Pearce and DeArmoud, Democrats of
Missouri, had made speeches in oppo-
"’Vim" The debate 1,1 opened ' , with ... a twenty- , ,
minute speech by Air. Carmack of
Tenuessee, in opposition to the hi I.
The alternative presented by the bill,
he said was the abandonment of our
pnnc.ples or of our new possessions
The country had been dazzled with
the gorgeous picture of empire, yet at
tho very threshold of the new depart-
ure, he said, gentlemen on he other
side had been appalled lest the trade
which they had looked at with covet-
ous eyes would bring ruin and do-
striiotion to American labor. I here-
fore the now possessions were to be-
come colonies and bo turned over to
carpet-bngger adventurers.
He read from the Republican plat¬
form of 1860 to show that it set up
tho very contention maintained by the
Democrats now—that the constitution
was supremo in tho territories and ex¬
tended over every foot of ground over
which the United States hud jurisdic¬
tion.
Air. Clayton, of Alabama, created
much amusement and enthusiasm by
rending a letter written by Chairman
Payne to W. H. Curtis, Palmyra, N.
Y., January 24, 1900, in which he ad¬
vocated free trade with Porto Rico on
the ground that it would give relief to
the stricken island, The letter also
contained the following reference to
the Philippines: Philippine
“Under the treaty the
islands nro to have free trade with
Spain for ten years, We could not ex-
tend these tariff laws to the Philippine
islands even if we would.”
Air. Kleberg, of Texas, and Mr.
Pearce, of Tennessee, nlso opposod tbo
bill. Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, closed
the debate for the majority. Long
and loud was tho demonstration which
greeted him.
LAN CONSOLIDATE.
Georgia Supremo Court IfaiuU Down Im¬
portant DecUlou,
A decision handed down by tho su¬
premo court of Georgia Tuesday morn¬
ing reverses the judgment of Judge
Candler in the case of the state versus
the Atlanta Railway and Power com¬
pany and the Trus t Company of Geor¬
gia, and allows tho combination of
the lines of the old Atlanta Con¬
solidated Street Railway company
and the Atlnnta Railway company,
which certain citizens living on Rich¬
ardson street, in Atlanta, through the
state, attempted to prevent in a suit
for injunction and receiver filed sev¬
eral mouths ago.
Under tho decision the consolida¬
tion eun he made, which will include
all lines in tho city except those of the
Collins Park aud Holt line.
PAYING FOR FRANCHISE.
Rapid Trmislt Company Hands Over Flrvt
Installment.
The Chattanooga Rapid Transit
Railroad Company paid $400 to tho
city Tuesday, being the first install¬
ment of $4,000 assessed them by tho
city in granting a franchise on a short
stretch of street. This is the first
money ever received by Chattanooga
for a public franchise.
CASTELLANK IN PARIS.
_
Tii« count Hay* H« will Suo Figaro Ff
Libel.
(Count Boni de Castellano, who,
with the Countess de Castellano, left
New York February 15th on the
steamer I»R Gascogne, appeared iu
the chamber of deputies at Paris Sat
urday afternoon. In conversation with
the Associated Press the count said:
“I have no yet had the opportu-
mty to consult all my friends, which
cimon I shall ns do to before what definite I reach steps a final I shah de;
take as to I he Figaro and I)e Uudays
However, it has been "greed to l ™ tl
foMirel’' 88
IIOOSIERS IIAD NO FIRE.
Has f’lpen Fro,*,, am. Many Im.lana Peo-
pie Suffer in Consequence.
A fall from 42 degrees to 5 below
zero throughout eastern Indiana with-
pipes were frozen and little or no fire
could be had in many homes, there
t being no wood or coal at hand.
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MANY OPPOSE
TARIFF BILL
The Porto Rican Measure Proves
a Stumbling Bloch.
REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE.
Differences Hard to Adjust—-Both
Factions Averse to Yielding
Their Contentions.
A Washington special says: The
efforts to unite tho Republicans of the
house on n I’ortoRicau bill failed again
Sunday, nml after prolonged confer¬
ences, it was stated that matters were
substantially where they were after
(j l0 |i r8 t meeting,
A , conference was held Sunday
( resi(lence of Representa-
u Mc0 „ of Alassachnsetts, between
^ oonimittee pointed at a Repnb-
con/orenoe Saturday night, rep-
regeuti th „ Rppn blicans in favor of
(ho > fli £ Porto Rican tariff bill.
an(J ft ( . olnI iUeo Bgwe d upon by those
Republicans ' who are opposed to the
m(1 ai|Ure Tho latte r committee war
made up of Alessrs. Powers, of Ver-
raollt; Crumpacker, of Indiana; Lori-
«f Illinois; McCall, of Massa-
c , )Ufelt „ nil Little field, of Maine,
Preliminary to this meeting the op-
poncut » of th« bill to the number of
t had a8Wmb led at Mr. Me-
0alp8 houae tlurj „g the afternoon and
(let< , rmine(1 npon th e stand thev would
^ ^ tlieir livo representatives,
Mf Wepk ()f Michigan, was among
those ttt tho afternoon session and he re-
maine( , witb Uin comut ;;„ B of ftiwto
pftrHoipato r in Saturday night’s meet-
no agurfmicnv beached.
Propositions pro and con were made
by both sides, but none of those mado
on behalf of the advocacy of the
pending bill amounted to abandon¬
ment of the principle of the issue, viz:
The right, of the United Htutos to levy
u tax on imports from Porto Ilico; and
as its opponents consider this the fun¬
damental objection to the measure, no
agreement could be reached.
It was stated after the conference
Ly members opposed to tlie bill tbnt
Loth sides were practically in the same
position ns they had been before the
meeting, and that tboro was no prob¬
ability of another gathering before
the conference of Republicans called
for Alonday night. From their state¬
ments it wns evident they intended to
maintain the position they have held
all along, that under the constitution
the government has no right to tax the
products of territory under control of
the United States.
It was suggested by opponents of
the pending bill that the whole matter
be 1 ft in the hands of the president
with tho understanding that Porto
Rico should have free trade with tho
United Btalos, but this was objected
to and nothing came of it. The oppo¬
nents of the committee bill also sng-
gesled that the original bill introduced
by Mr. Pnyno providing for free trade
bo substituted on the floor of the
house for the committee bill, but this
likewise failed to receive favorable
consideration by the advocates of the
pending measure. talk indulged
Considerable was
in over tbo proposition made by the
committee bill advocates to fix a time
limit during which the tariff of 25 per
cent against the imports of Porto Rico
shall remain effective, this time vary¬
ing from two years to an indefinite pe¬
riod, but Hie opposition indicated
their unalterable opposition to any
tariff, no matter how short the time of
its imposition may be.
With a view to meeting some of the
objections to the bill, its advocates
suggested a change in its title, which
would indicate that it was intended as
an exigency measure for the purpose of
raising revenue, but thin ulso found no
favor with the opposition who reiter-
uted thier hostility to the bill on prin¬
ciple. One of the advocates of the
measure after tho conference express¬
ed it to ho his opinion that bill finally
would become a law with a provision
limiting the time during which it shall
remain in force.
Will Meet In Philadelphia.
The Students’ Missionary Associa-
tion of the Protestant Episcopal church
has elected for the place of its next
annual convention the theological
seminary at Philadelphia.
FIVE LIVES LOST.
<-»“* Fo „ r children Swept
^ „ Brao an<1 Uroffn „,
* dispatcU I from Providence, R. I.,
> / happe ned off Narra-
g P hort |y after 1 o’clock
unday morninKi w hen the bargeGen-
^ w foundered during a south-
t Cap t a i n Harold and four
]iule children were drowned in spite
of all attempts to save them.
Financial Bill Ready.
The Republican member.^ol the
conference committee on the financial
bill has reached an agreement. I he
Democratic conferees were called m
si- reported. *
was ordered
| j SeTen K’ T u Explosion.
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