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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL: Yt X Is Urgent Appeal of Presi dent Roosevelt, Sea Level Waterway is Favored, But President Wants It Open at the . . Earliest Practicable ' g Moment. 4. - : Lad S~ President Roosevelt is urglng in the strongest terms the necessity for a plan for the construction of the Panama canal which may be accom plished in the shortest possible time. In his recent remarks to the con sulting boarq of engineers of the Panama canal commission he sald things regarded of the utmost import ance in that connection. His remarks have just been transcribed and trans mitted to the bhoard in Wwashington and General Davis, its chairman, has been authorized to make them public. The president said, among other thir.gs: “What I am about to say must be considered in the light of suggestion, not as direction. I have named you because, in my judgment, you are es pecially fitted to serve as advisors in planning the greatest engineering “work the world has yet seen, and I expect you to advise me, not what you think I want to heart, but what you think I ought to hear. “There are two or three considera tions which I trust you will steadily keep befors your minds in coming to a conclusion as to the proper type of canal. I hope that ultimately it will prove possible to build a sea level camal—-such a 2 canal would wun doubtedly be best in the end if feasi ble, and I feel that one of the chief advantages of the Panama route is that ultimately g sea level canal will be a possibility. But while paying due heed to the ideal perfectibility o the scheme from an engineering stand point, remember the need of having a plan which shall provide for the im mediate building of a canal on the saf est terms and fn the shortest possi ble time. If to build a sea level canal will but slightly increase the risk, then, of course, it s prefer able. “But if to adopt the plan of a sea level means to incur hazard and brings on delay, then it is not pref erable, If the advantages and disad vantages are closely balanced I ex pect you to say so. I desire also to know whether If you recommend a high level multi-lock canal it will be possible after it is completed to turn it into or substitute for it in time a seg level canal without interrupting the traffic upon it. Two of the prime considerations to be kept steadily in mind are: 1, The utmost practicable speed of construction. * “2. Practica] certainty that the plan proposed will be feasible and that it can be carried out with the minimum risk, “The quantity of work and the amount of work should be minimized so far as possible. “The delay in tramsit of the ves sels owing to additlonal locks wile be of small consequence when com pared with shortening the time for the construction of the canal or di minishing the risks In its construc tion. In short I desine your best judgment on all the various ques tions to be considered in choosing among the various plans for a com paratively high multilock canal for a lower level with fewer locks and | for a sea level canal . “Finally I urge upon you the neces sity of as great expedition in com ing to a decision as is compatible with thoroughness in cousidering the constructlon.” : GRADY TALKED IN HIS SLEEP. Consequently Wife No, 1 Discovered That He Was a Bigamist. John Grady, a longshoreman, who earns $l2 a week, was arrested in New York Monday, charged with big amy. It was found, according to the complaint of his first wife, that he was maintaining a second establishment near his old home, A few nights ago the longshoreman talked in his sleep. Early next morning Mrs. Grady went o) a sleuthiog tour, which resulted in her finding the second household, \ | TO TALK QUARANTINE, 'Formal Call Issued for a Meeting In l Chattancoga of Governors and " Commercial Representatives, The formal call for a conference of southern representatives to bi held in Chattanooga in November was ssued Saturday, signed by twelve gov ernors and the officials of the cham ber of commerce of ten cities. The call, after reciting the prosperity and business growth of this section, its wonderful business and magnificent progperity, says: “In the attempt that has been made by various -cities, towns and com munities in the south to protect them selves from the dread ravages of the yellow fever, the most strenuous and at times the most unreasonable, un necessary and burdensome measures have been adopted, measures that not only tended to cripple and destroy business and commerce, but which re flected on the very instincts of our common humanity and became a re proach to civilization itself. “It ig evident, therefore, that some uniform system of quarantine should be adopted that will allay the ap prehensions of the people and mini mize the dangers resulting from an outbreak of this disease. This is nec essary if we should save our land from the demoralizing and brutaliz ing tendencies of a panic inspired quarantine, “Again there are coming into the United States at the present time a larger number of foreign immigrants than ever before in our country's history. Among these are great mass es who are wholly undesirable and whom it will be impossible to as gimilate with our institutiens. There is apparently a desire or tendency to bring many of these undesirable im migrants into the south. “The south will welcome desirable immigrants from any and all lands, ‘but it has already racial problems of such gravity that no others should be invited until proper safeguards are provided in advance of their coming. “For the foregoing reasons, there fore, the undersigned, having only the interests and welfare of the south at heart, hereby iseue this, our call for a southern conference on immi gratien and quarantine to be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., November 9 and 10, 1905, and we designate the per sons as those expected to compose and participate in this conference: “Governors of the southern states; members of congress; commissioners of agriculture; mayors of cities, one representative from national, state or city boards of health; one represen. tative from each railroad system, pre. ferably the general immigration agent; the editor, publisher or proprietor of newspapers and not more than five representatives from each commercial organization in the south. “All parties thus designated may consider themselves fully authorized under this call to aid in furthering its object and are requested to co operate with us in making the same what it should be in the south, “John I. Cox, Governor of Tennes see; N. C. Blanchard, Governor ol Louisiana; Bdwin Warfield, Governor of Maryland; Willlam D. Dawson, Governor of West Virginia; A. "J. Montague, Governor of Virginia; N. B. Broward, Governor of Florida; Jas. K. Vardaman, Governor of Missis sippl; William W. Folk, Governor of Missouri; J. C. W. Beckham, Gover: nor of Kentueky; D. C. Heyward, Gov ernor of South Carolina; S. W. T, Lanham, Governor of Texas; Joseph M. Terrell, Governor of Georgia.” | “LOST” NEGRO IS FOUND. Chicken Thief Chased and Killed by a Posse of Boys. A negro was found where he had been killed near Daleville, Ala., a few days ago, The dead man was identified as one who had entered a chicken roost, and was pursued by a posse of hoys. When they returned home they re ported having lost him near the place where the body was found. It is alleged that two of thesge boys have fled the country. REVELRY IN: NEW ORLEANS, City Has Great Festival to Help Out Yellow Fever Fund. The yellow fever situation at New Orleans Saturday showed little change. The people of the city took a holiday and joined hands in mak ing a brilliant success of the Diamond festival, arranged to help swell the fund for fighting yellow fever. A multitude gathered at Athletic park, where the festival was held. The program was formally opened with a telegram to Mayor Behrman from President Roosevelt, which was receiveq with universa] enthusiasm, LEESBURG, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1905. Atlanta Health Officlals Make Counter Move in Court, Orders Quaranting State of Georgia Brings on Complication and the Strong Arm of the Law | is Invoked. o Denying that it has in any manner interfered with the state quarantine ~or the offtcers in charge of it, the city - board of health of Atlanta, Monday, made answer ‘before Judge Pendle ton in the superior court to the pe titlon for injunction filed by the state board of health, and asked for a coun ter injunction restraining the state board of health from interfering with the city in its efforts to preserve' health, and the officers of the state board from violating any of the city’s rules and regulations on this subject. It was conceded after the reading of the state board’s petition for in junction and the answer and demur rer filed by the city that the ques tion before Judge Pendleton in the quarantine injunction hearing was purely one of law. Judge Pendleton stated that he con sidered the question involved sub stantlally 5 legal one, as to whether, for instance, the state board of health having instituted a state qurantine, had the right to guard the passage through the city of Atlanta, of through passengers from territory in fected by yellow fever and against which the quarantine had been in stituted. The argument of the case then took practically this course, involv ing the construction of the law cre ating the state board of health and as to whether the powers of the state board is supreme in matters of quar antine, or whether it is subordinate when it comes into confiict with the power of local boards of health. During the preliminaries many in teresting points conmected with the quarantine situation wére brought out by counsel on both slides. Before the argument was conclud ed Judge Pendleton, shortly before 6 o'clock, adjourned the further hear ing of the case until Tuesday after noon. | The petition of the state board was first read to the court by Attorney‘ Genera] Hart the answer of the cityl board of health to each paragraph be ing read by City Attorney Mayson, In its answer the city board of health denied the right of the mem bers of the state board to institute the suit for injunction, it being held that the su't should be brought in the name of the state, as the state board of health has mo corporate existence, The city board of health admitted the supreme authority of the state board in matters of quarantine, but held that the act creating the state board of health provides that it shall hve no power to supersede local boards of health where the same are properly organized, but shall act in harmony with such local boards. It was asserted that there is a locdl board of health in Atlanta properly organized and maintined, and that the state board had no right to su pergede it within the corporte limits of Atlanta, The Atlanta board denied the prob ability or the possibility of yellow fever spreading in the northern part of the state. CUSTER’'S SLAYER GOES HENCE. Chlef Rain-in-the-Face Takes Journey to ‘“Happy Hunting Grounds.” Rain-in-the-Face, one of the leading Indian chiefs in the Custer massacre, and who is said personally to have killed General Custer, died at the Standing Rock reservation, South Da kota, September 12. He was sixty two years old. i ; RACE TRAGEDY AT RACE TRACK. | Whites and Negroes in Clash anc Gore o Flowed Freely. ! A clash between white men and ' negroes occurred near Germantown, !Tenn., Saturday afternoon, in which Eugene Scott, a constable, was shot ! and stabbed; a negro, named Smith, from Cordova, was killed; . Robert Howard of Georgetown, was out about the head and three or more negroes - wounded. The fight occurred at -the Wolf river race track, midway be-l tween Germantown and Cordova. Fif ty or more shots. were e changed. l NICHOLAS HAS ENOUGH. Russlan Ruler is Now Willing to Make Any Old Concession for a Lasting Peace. A St. Petershurg special says: Emperor Nicholas again appears be fore the world as a promoter of uni versal peace. No sooner is the Rus sian-Japanese war over and even be fore the peace treaty has been rati. fied, than his majesty issues invita tions to a second peace conference ‘at The Hague. It is officially announced that the “Russian government proposes to aa dress the foreign powers with a view ‘ to the holding of a second peace con ference at The Hague,” but it Is known that negotiations preceding this announcement that the govera ment ‘“proposed io address the pow ers” were entered into esplecially with the United States and were con ducted with the greatest secreey, there belng not the slightest inkling that Russla contemplated anything of the kind. The fact that President Roosevelt is reported as being entirely in sym pathy with tke proposed conference and that he is saig to believe that to the initiater of the first Hague conference should belong the honor of convoking the second, and readily and even gladly acceded to the Rus slan proposal, is clear proof that the conference has already been -called and that Roosevelt relinquished his part in it to the emperor. RAPS STATE HEALTH BOARD. Atlant; Council Approves Action of Mayor and City Board. Indorsement of all {k2t has been done by the city board of healthand Mayor Woodward, and condemnation of :the state board of health’s atti tude toward Atlanta were the theme of resolutions offered by Councilman Bagley and adopted by the Atlania city council Monday afternoon. The resolutions term the action of the state board of health as unwar ranted and uncalled for, and as the source of irremediable injury to the city of Atlanta. They assert that the city, by its altitude and climate {s immune from yellow fever anq has been so recog nized by the highest authority in the world, the United States fever ex perts. It is further asserted that these advantages are of immense ma terial value to the city amd that she nas a right to the enjoyment of them, without interference from the state board of health. The resolutions were unanimously adopted without debate. WILL SIN NO MORE. Morton to Cut Out Gifts by Equitable to Campaign Funds, At New York Monday, Paul Mor ton, president of the Ejuitable Life Assurance Society, saiq that hereaf ters the Equitable Society will refuse \to contribute to political campaign - funds. Mr. Morton was ssked if the con ‘ tributions of the New York Life In. - surance cempany to the MicKinley and ‘ Roosevelt campaign funds had been equaled by that of ihe Equitable. “As to that,” he amswered, ‘I can. .not say. I am only concerned with the future of the Equitable, not with 1 its past.” ~ “Will it be the policy of the Equit able in the future,” he was asked, - “to defray part of the campaign ex: penses of presidential candidates or other geekers for public office?” “Not any more,” replied Mr. Mor ton. Snow Falls in Colorado. Several inches of snow fell at Crip ple Creek, C 01.,, Monday. The fall was preceded by a high wind that blew down several buildings. Land Withdrawn from Entry, The secretary of the interior has ordereq the withdrawal from en try of 300,000 acres of land in the Roswell, N. M., land district on ac count of the Carlshaq irrigation proj aet, FEVER REPORT ENCOURAGING, Fears Are Dlissipated In New Orleans. Cases Few Outside, A New Orleans spectal of Friday was as follows: The number of new cases continues larger than was to hoped for, but this had not had any dispiriting effect on the people. The same air of happiness and confidence tnat the disease will eventually be stamped out exists, Country leports were a little more encouraging, there being fewer cases and fewer deaths reported than for gome time, i e e trerespe o Epitomized Items of Interest Gathered at Random, Premiums for School Exhibits, State Superintendent of Schools Merritt has sent out a letter to County Schoo! Commissioner naming the premium lists which are offered by the state fair at Atlanta and the Macon fair for the best exhlbits of school work. / 4 s % »® | Simmons Will Fited. The will of the late Chief Justice T. J. Simmons has been filed for pro bate in Atlanta. It is understood that the estate left by the distinguished jurist amounts to about $lB,OOO, which under the terms of the will, is td be equally divided among his widow and three children, L - ; Orders llssued tio Rallroads. Railroad and steamboat companies operating in Georgia have been no tified by the state board of health that tickets cannot be sold to points in the state trom territory infected by yellow fever except to passengers holding properly issued health certifi cates, * % » Johnson Appeals to Growers. M. L. Johnson, president of the Georgia division of the Southern Cot ton Association has issued a strong statement, urging the cotton grow erg of (leorgia to hold their cotton for the minimum price fixed by the association. He also appeals to un organized counties to join the move ment and not let it be said of them that they have reaped the benefits without doing their part of the work. * * * Colone! SBSmlith Enters Race, About 1,200 people crowded into the court house at Elberton to hear Colonel James M. Smith of Ogle thorpe, open his campaign for gov ernor. Mr. Smith spoke for abcut one and a half hours, roundly scoi‘ng the pro fessional politician, demagogue and chronic office secker, whom, he said, never did any good. In his life he had tried to follow the golden rule, and now that he was a candidate he expected his neighbor to do the game. * * * Rawlings Trial Raises Rate. The county commissioners of Loowndes have fixed the tax raté of the county at $5.10 on the $l,OOO, . against $9.70 last yvear. It was expect: ' ed that the rate would be reduced to $4.10, which is the lowest in 25 years, but the cost of the Rawlings trial made it necessary to raise an extra $5,000, The cost of that case up to the present is just about those figures. The stenographer's fees alone amoun ted to $990. the record being one of the longest ever taken in a criminal ‘case in the state. It consisted of over one thousand pages or about 400,000 words, * * *® Rucker Remains Until January., Lieutenant L. 8. D. Rucker, six teenth Infantry, U. 8. A., who has been detailed to the office of the ad. jutant general, Georgia state troops, will be connected with that office until January 1, 1906, his period of assignment having been extended for three months from October 1. The assignment of Lieutenant Ruck: er was to have expired in October, but, owing to the many important mat. ters in which he is interested, and the splendid work he has done on be half of the state troops, the state ad jutant general has requested that Lieu. tenant Rucker remain until January. ¥ L * Contract Let to Bulld Line. he Central of Georgia rafiway ha¢ announced the letting of the com tract for building the extension from Greenville to Newnan, Ga., to Oliver & Co., of Knoxville, Tenm, Work on the extension wiM begin as goon as 4 Is possible o get the equipment on the ground. This wiil not require more than a week and the limit for the completion of the contract is nine months. The exten gion will be about twenty miles long, A narrow gauge rcad from Green ville to Columbus will he widened, but the work will not be done by contract. A * * Preached Funeral Anyhow. The executlon of J. G. Rawlings and his sons Milton and Jesse and the negro Alf Moore, all of whom were implicated in the murder of the Carter children, was set for last Tri day at Valdosta but a stay of sen tence was ordered so that the case could be carried to the supreme court. ]‘ A preachgr came over from Col- | quitt county and announced at t‘.he; NO. 14. jail that he came to preach the fun eral of the executed men, but found after reaching the city that the exe cution would not occur. After a sec ond thought he decided to preacf: it anyhow, and took a position one on@ of the corners and spoe for about an hour about sin and its results. R i w Planning to Entertain President. i Plans for the enterfa,inment’ of President Roosevelt, who will ‘be a guest of the city of Atlanta October 20, while the state fair is om, are belng made by the state board of dl rectors of the state fair assoctation. While the complete detalls of the IS ception of the president have not been perfected committees have been ap pointed to arrange for Mr. Roosevelt's visit and an elaborate program will be arranged for the entertainmernt of the chief executive of the land. ‘; President Roosevelt will reach At lanta at 11 o'clock Friday mo;'ping. October 20, and will be the guest of the city for elght hours: He will speak at the falr from a stand plgt{form erected near the gramd stand and benches will be placed across the race track to which the guests will be admitted by card. The presenf pro gram calls for a grand review of troops by the president and a recé¢p tion at the Piedmont Driving Club. * = * Death Claims Captain Wilcoxan, Captain Cleveland Wilcoxon died Saturday afternoon at his home in Atlanta. He had been ill for many months, suffering from injuries sus talned while serving in the Philip pines, complicated by malarial fever. Captain Wilcoxon w#ls hurt 'as tne result of his horse falling into a pit. He never recovered his strength, but slowly grew weaker, and a few months ago was retired as g first lieutenant in the regular army,. Few men in the military service from this state were more warmly liked or nrore highly respected than he. He was made major of the fifths Georgia regiment, which office he held until 1898, at the outhreak of the Spanish-Amerjcan war. Captaln Wilcoxon enlisted and was a capiain of company A, Second eGorgia Regi ment. At the close of the war he en tered the twenty-uinth United States infantry as a first lieutenant and was adjutant general of the regiment. He went to the Philippines and served un til disabled by injuries sustained in the service. Hy " * * ¢ ‘lv‘ N City and State Clash, 5 Attempts on the part of Atlanta city officails to cut in twain the pa latial through train from New Or leans to New York just before it steamed out of the terminal station at noon Saturday were the exciting outgrowth of the controversy betweem the city and state boards of health. The incident was further enlivenefl by the smiling defiance of state health officials, who stood cooly behind the 'locked doors of a Pullman sleepel’, the humorous sallies of the impris oned passengers; the hurrying to and fro of railroad officialg; the arrest of two Pullman conductors and the evident frame of mind of the city officials who were headed by Mayor Woodward. The culmination of the affair was a letter from the executive thead of the city to President Wickersham of the Atlanta and West Point rail road, in which it was emphatically stated that hereafter no locked pas senger cars, whether Pullman or day coaches, would be permitted within the corporate iimits of the city of’ Atlanta, : By an order issued later signed by John T. Pendleton, Mayor Woodward and each member® of the Atlanta board of -health are enjoined from further interference with the state quarantine officers, In any manner whatever, until the further order of | the court. ; ) FAVOR SEA LEVEL CANAL. ,Mo.t of Foreign Members of Con j sulting Board Against Locks. A majority of the foreign members | of the consulting board of engffieers | of the isthmian canal appear to fa | vor a sea level canal, says a Wash | ington dispateh. This fact may be | came of the greatest importance, if | their votes shall become nebessary ‘ to decide that which Is affer a.l) the . 'prlnclpal question requiring a decis | lon at the hands of the boazrd. ! } RUSSIA’'S NAVAL LOSSES. ' According to Official Statistics Sum ‘s ‘ Placed at $113,000,000. A Bt. Petersburg special says: The ' Russian losses in ships at Port Ar ! thur, Vladivostok and the Sea of Ta ' pan, according to official stafi;s:;:fa ~ published Sunday v-x&ornlng, amount to one hundred and thirteen million | dolinem, . iSRG