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» THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 180'S, SPOONER HANDS TILLMAN MOST STINGING REBUKE MARTIN F. ANSEL WASHINGTON, Jap. 15.-Oo»W in frequent lnterruptiena from Mr. Tin man, the speech of Mr. Bpooner In th« Sonata today on the resolution for ♦he investigation of the riot at Browns ville was changed from a constitu tional argument in defense or Presi dent Roosevelt's course In discharging a negro battalion of the army to a severe arraignment of the South Caro lina Senator. He quoted from Mr. Tillman's utterances defending lynch ing as a means of controlling negroes and said thnt to encourage such mob violence was a disgrace to ctvHlzatlon. Mr. Tillman was not permitted to reply to this crltlc'sm at the time, but at ♦ he conclusion of Mr. Spooner's attack declared that at an early date he would take occasion to defend himself against the "Insulting allusions" made by Mr. Spooner. The bitter feeling provoked bjr the colloquy between the Senators makes it Impossible to any when a vote can be had on the resolution. It Is ex pected the debate will be continued. Mr. Spooner took the position that 'Article ♦ of the articles of war gtvws to the commander-in-chief of the army the power to dismiss the troops in the manner employed. He referred to tho affray at Walla-Walla, Washington, (during President Cleveland's adminis tration artd said that the Investigation of that disturbance resulted In a reso lution that the four companies involved fee dismissed. He said that the. only reason these men were not dismissed was because there was then no authori ty for such action. The order provid ing for dismissal "without honor,” said Mr. Spooner, was made to meet Just ameh oases. Bsoon’e Point s New One. "1 newer heard until yesterday,” said Oir. Spooner. That the President had feot the power of sending forces where fie chose. I never heard that that was amt a port of the power of command gjntU this au proclaimed yesterday fey the Senator from Georgia.” (Mr. Ba- oon.) The point was made by Mr. Spooner Chat the Constitution does not say that Congress has the power to govern the military forces, but to make rules for the government of the army. He claim ed that (he words “to make rules” meant that the enforcement of the reg ulations for the government of the army rests absolutely wtth the Preel- 4ant so commander-in-chief. In cases Where Congress bee agreed to reap- feolnt men to the army and navy, Mr. Bpooner said that K merely gave to the (president authority In his discretion to reappoint men or permit (heir re-enlist ment. On this subject he engaged in a brief colloquv with Mr. Bacon, in which the General Fits John Porter rase was referred to. and It was re called that President Arthur had Vetoed the first act of Congress concern ing General Porter, on the ground that Congress had no right to pass an sot to compel him to reappoint any man by name. “Mr. Spooner declared that Mr. Ba con’s position was in utter disregard «f the constitution Itself; that abso lute pswer has to be lodged In the Government somewhere, and In the case under discussion this absolute mower had been divided between the President and Congress. He said the question of whether the 1*7 negro soldiers had been discharged from the army by en order not in accord with the President's constitutional author ity could fee tested any day. Those men may go into the Court of claims and sue for their pay and there test the constitutionality of their dis charges. Messrs. Bpooner and Baoon agreed that there ere etMutory provisions au thorising the President to take the coarse he did, and Mr. Bpooner said it was not necessary, therefore, for him «o say whether the constitution em powered him to discharge soldiers for the causes provoking the dismissals at Brownsville. Discussing tho great discretionary powers placed In the hands of the President as comroander- in-ohlef of the army and navy, Mr. Bpooner said that he agreed that in fend hands that power might protect the vlleat of murderers, the most dan gerous assassins: but it was necessary to locate this great authority some where, and it was thought best to trust the respenalblllty to the execu tive of the people. "If the President abuses his privi leges." said Mr. Spooner. “If he violates his oath of office, this 1s not the place to question his course. Method for his punishment Is provided for through the other end of the eapltol.” Mr. Spooner said he wished the pro cedure In discharging the negroes had keen different. It would have been much better 1f there had been a court of Inquiry, where all of the suspected soldiers could have been examined and the witnesses against them or for them press-examined. Mr. Tillman sought recognition, but Mr. Bpooner first undertook to learn the length of the question he pur posed to ask. Mr. Spooner had criti cised the course of the officers of the feattalton and spoken of the President's confidence In Major Penrose. ‘•I’ll make my question like a bul let." aaid Mr. Tillman. The question was an to why the President had not adopted Major Penrose's recommenda tion for the ferreting out of the guil ty. 'The President of the United States will never require any defense from the attacks of the Senator from South Carolina,” was Mr. Spooner’s reply. "He had developed a mania for attacking the President. I did not Intend to branch off on such a discussion, but 1 have never been »o surprised by any man’s attitude as I have by that of the Senator from South Carolina." The South Carolina Senator was then subjected to one of the most di rect and stinging Indictments ever de livered by a Senator against a col league. Mr. Spooner quoted from Mr. Tillman's utterances defending the burning of negroes at the stake, and said: "No man ought to encourage such a horrible thing as that. It is a crime against civilization to encourage It.” Continuing, he said he had looked with admiration upon the efforts of Governor Vardaman and other exec utives of Southern States to suppress mobs seeking the lives of negroes with out giving them trials, on ncrount of the crimes they were suspected of having committed. "I have been shocked.” he said, "bv the attitude of the Senator from South Carolina on more than one occasion when he has spoken hero in justifica tion and support of the continuance of lynching. If there is one man who ought not to encourage It, It w the man who sits here as the maker of law*.” Disclaiming any intention to abuse Mr. Tillman, the 'Wisconsin Senator aaid it was his purpose only to make a plea for good Government. He said he had not intended to be led into such a discussion, but had been goaded to It by Mr. Tillman himself. "And I wan* to say here." he con tinued. ’’that any man who encourages lynching murder and lawlessness will have much to answer for. and the higher his position and the mightier his influence, the more will he have to answer for. No man can come here " lih good grace to Impaach the Pres ident for his dismissal of men because they were not identified as criminals, ■vho comes to that accusation from a lynching hee or who justifies one." Mr. ft noon rr concluded his speech "■'**> -i brief discussion of the race euestlon. declaring hla belief that the majority of the people of the South did not entertain the radlcAl views which had been expressed by Senator I TUlman. He admitted the difficulties and hardships of me race problem in i the South, and said the people of the j North felt the best way to aid in the solution of these difficulties was for j t.nem to refrain from discussing them. In this connection he did not believe | the agitation of Senator Tillman could ; have the effect to quiet the situation, t Mr Spooner quoted a newspaper re port of one of Senator Tillman’s lec tures in which he referred to negroes as baboons and said, when asked "how about the law,” replied "to hell with such laws." , When Mr. Spooner took his seat Mr. I Tiiiman remarked that he had expect- ! ed o have a few words to say to the , Senator from < Wisconsin "In view of the direct personal attack he has made on me this afternoon. But the latter part of his speech has widened the ; scope of the reply I wish to make and. I therefore. I will take occasion In the 1 near future to have something to say : on this question and in answer to some : of the insulting allusions he has made." j Wise Counsel From the South. ! "I want to give some valuable advice ! to those who suffer with lame back and kidney trouble” says j. R. Blanken ship, of Repk. Tenn. "I have proved to ! an absolute certainty that Electric ! Bitters will positively cure this dls- I tresslng condition. The first bottle j gave me great re'iier and after taking i a few more bottles. I was completely cured: so completely that it becomes a pleasure to recommend this great rem edy.” Sold under guarantee at all drug stores. Price 50c. E SEEKING IBf MS MID JEW SEEDS WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—One of the important branches of the work of the Department of Agriculture is that of exploring foreign lands for new crops. At present this part of the ser vice is not as large as the department would like, but It is hoiped Congress will make provisions for an extension at this session. During the past year a trained man has been in cultivated fields and wild mountains of North China and Man churia searching for new plants and seeds worthy to be transplanted to this country, and for wild forms of our cul tivated fruits and vegetables whieh may have characters of hardiness or unusual vigor which will make them useful for plant breeders qf the United Btates. Shipments of scions and of seeds representing hundreds of inter esting things have been sent by him and are now undergoing trials at the gardens of the department in Wash ington. Among those secured are new hardy Pekin persimmons, Interesting varieties of English walnuts, tho Chinese pis- taehe. wild and cultivated apricots, the wild peach from its supposed original home, hardy apples and edible fruited hawthorns, millets and field beans, a lawn sedge, and a. very remarkable lot of Chinese varieties of grapes, as well as a collection of ornamental frees and shrubs, suited to the climate of the Eastern and Middle States. What Is believed to be a discovery that will be an epoch in the agriculture of the Northwestern prairie regions of this country ^as been made by the de partment’s ekplorer, Professor N. E. Hansen, of the South Dakota Agricul tural Experiment Station, of a Sibe rian alfalfk, an excellent forage plant, with yellow Instead of the usual blue flowers. This plant Is native of the dry steppes of Siberia, where the mer cury sometimes freezes without .snow. It Is said the plant cgn withstand a temperature of about 40 degrees below j zero with no protection. Dr. Hansen I is making a study of the plant with a view to Its cultivation in this country, and has sent the department quanti ties of the seed which will be given a thorough trial at an-early date. It will supplement durum wheat In a rotative system and avoid the necessity of sum mer fallowing. Arabian alfalfa Is being grown in California and the Southwestern States, but on account of its lack of hardiness is unsuited to the colder parts of the country. A species of vetch, called the Tangier pea, has proved superior to all others In Cali fornia In Its luxuriance of growth, having yielded as high as nine tons of green food per sere. On account of Its great amount of herbage. It effectually chokes out weeds. A large quantltv of this seed is being selected and tested, with a view to its Introduction next season. A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good. A. H. Thurnes. a well known coal operator of Buffalo, O.. writes: “I have been afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble for years, passing gravel and stones with excruciating pain. I got no relief from medicine until I began taking Foley’s Kidney Cure, then the result was surprising. I A few doses started the brick dust like ' fine stones and now I have no pain across my kidneys and I feel like a new man. It has done me $1000 worth of good.” H. J. Lamar, near Exchange Bank. STATE PRESS VIEWS I* It lonesome up there on the water wagon?—'Meigs Review. Poetry Is the “catchlngest” thing -we know of.—Dalton Citizen. Soon the legislator will begin the preparation of his little bill.—Fort Gaines Sentinel. Everybody "worked" father during the holiday season and the old man begins the new year a financial wreck. —Newnan News. Notwithstanding Teddy’s slmplylng proclivities. England seems to have no fear In (sending her man of letters to ■Washington.—Walton Tribune. Kansas has a woman that is presi dent of a State bank, at Girard. Hur rah for Kansas. She'll have a woman Governor next.—Willacoochee Sun. The great and good Congressional Record has failed to put In an appear ance at this office this season. Hope it hasn't kicked the buckdt.—Darien Ga zette. When Bishop Potter wants to Bella- my-Storrr a man. he says "the state ment Is a gratuitous and Impertinent reference without foundation In fact.” It sounds better for a bishop to say It Shat way.—Mijledgeville News. The negro problem Is becoming na tional in Its scope, with a returning sanity in the North giving promise of a just settlement of the question. The odore Roosevelt is teaching fool Yan kees a few things.—Alpharetta Free Press. Governor Glenn of North Carolina reads his own messages to the Legisla ture. Maybe he writes the “Greely hand” and no one else can read them. Anyhow. Teddy would do well to look to his laurels.—Thomasville Times- Enterprise. “Was th' wurruld lver anny more simple thin it is today? I doubt it. I her ye there was a good dale iv ta'k about Adam, an' Eve dhres.-in' osten tatiously an' having' th' King of Bil- jum's ancesther Jo super with thiro"— Dooley. COLUMBIA. S. C., Jan. 15.—Martin F. Ansel was inaugurated Governor- of South Carolina today in the presence of a large audience, gathered from every section of the Stale. The inaug uration of Governor Ansel marked a new era of South Carolina politics, in that he is the first chief executive in fifteen years who has essayed to op pose the State dispensary system, which was enacted fifteen years ago under the leadership of Governor B. R. Tiiiman. which has since been tho leading issue in State politics. Governor Ansel was elected on an anti-dispensary platform, which car ries with it the abolition of ;he State dispensary system, leaving the ques tion to the munties to decide for them selves as between county dispensaries and prohibition. In his inaugural address today Gov ernor Ansel, in no uncertain terms, recommended the abolishment of the present liquor system, which under Slate control, has grown to be a four million dollar business. "Whether or not the dispensary will he abolished depends upon tho action of the general assembly now in ses sion. In the House there Is an ad mitted majority in favor of its extinc tion. while in the Senate both sides arc claiming n majority. Among other recommendations of the Incoming Governor are the abolishment of bucket shops, a system of rural po lice, liberal appropriation for the pub lic schools, more drastic punishment for criminal nssaillt upon women, and liberal support of the department of immigration. A pathetic feature of the Inauguration was when the newly- elected Adjutant General, Col. J. C. Boyd, came Into the hall on crutches, aided by friends, to take the oath of office. Col. Boyd Is a Confederate sol dier and was stricken with paralysis only a few days ago, :l being feared that he would be unabtn to assume office. Chief of Police Halloway Wounded AUGUSTA, Ga_, Jan. 15.—A special from Springfield, S. C.. says; "William Fleming, a photographer, was shot through the hip and stomach today and fatally wounded: Chief of Police Halloway is shot through the thigh, and Calvin Cooper is seriously wounded In the thigh. During the afternoon Fleming and a friend, while drinking, began tormenting horses of farmers left in a wagon lot. When the Chief of Police attempted to arrest the two men, they resisted, drawing guns. Cooper was pressed Into service by the officer and imme diately a battle ensued. Fleming took Halloway unaware and fired a bail through his thigh. Then turning his pistol on Cooper, he wounded him in a serious manner. While on the ground Halloway shot Fleming in the thigh and stomach.” Re-enslaved Under Threats of Hanging MONTGOMERY. Ala. Jan. 15.—Hon, B. B. Comer, formerly Railroad Com missioner. was inaugurated Gov ernor of Alabama. The Governor was escorted to the eapltol by 2.000 State militia, and the inaugural ceremonies were witnessed by a crowd estimated at 20.000. A feature of the Inaugural address of Governor Comer was his recommen dation for greater liberality for educa tion. He said he would endorse any reasonable recommendation on the treasury for help to the schools of Ala bama. He said the nine district agri cultural schools and the Polytechnic Institute at Auburn should have all the State is able to give and the tag tax should go to the ten, equally divided. He urged that the rural schools he made so good that people would leave the towns for the country to educate their children, instead of coming to town from the country. He urged that the university be given every dollar necessary to put It on a high plane, and asked that the Girls’ Industrial School be made such as to give poor girls every equipment for the strug gles of life. Governor Comer is not enthusiastic over Immigration. He gave a caution against cheap foreign labor. He call ed attention to the troubles exper ienced already with 40 per «ent of cheap negro labor. The Governor would have timber lands, and land held by corporations for Investment, taxed to market values and would have railroads assessed on a basis of stock reports rather than on the returns made for taxes. He asked for $300,000 a year mope for Confederate soldiers' pensions and asked better care of the veterans. He urged bills to bring about reduc tion and abolition of passes, save to railroad employes. He favored a law making the waterways available to the people, thus giving emancipation from “the railroad bondage and boyoott.” | WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—The De partment of Justice today gave out the following statement in regard to a peonage ease in Mississippi: 1 "Tlie Department of Justice has re- . ceived details of a peculiarly atrocious j case of peonage alleged to have occur red in Rankin County, Mississippi. It appears from testimony taken before a ! United Btates commissioner that a negro named Dan January was in debt ! to one Levi T>. Carter, a whit? farmer. Carter, with some companions, seized : January, bound him hand and foot, : and beat him most brutally, the assail ants taking turns In doing so until they were exhausted and their victim uncon scious. January’s children having re moved him to liis brother's home. Car- ter followed him there the next day, produced a rope and threatened to hitftg him unless lie consented to -be sold, with his entire family. Another white farmer, named Patrick, bought them, paying Carter about one thous and dollars. Patrick. Carter, and two of the latter's accomplices, named re spectively Williams and King, were ar rested, but Patrick was discharged at the hearing as January testified that he had not been forcibly detained by any of them in captivity: inasmuch, however, as he will probably lose 01,000 he may not escape sufficient punlsh- 1 ment. Carter, whom the evidence dc- I plots in a most revolting light, waived : examination and gave bail in 33,000, and his companions were also held for the grand Jury in less amounts. Victims Are All Negroes. [ “In Mississippi the victims of these outrages appear to be all negroes, hut Assistant Attorney General Russell is now In Florida engaged In prosecuting a number of offenders under the peon age lews, who have held white labor ers in captivity, and it is said treated them with gross barbarity.” . The Attorney General expresses him self with great indignation as to those ! cases, declaring that communities which would tolerate them were about throe thousand years behind our civi lization and unworthy to share in tho government of a free country. He added that everything the Department of Justice could do to break up these infamous practices and to bring the of fenders to adequate punishment would be done, and that any lukewarmness on the part of Federal officials in aiding the prosecutions would be promptly re- I ported to their superiors. FOR EXTENSION OE WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The na tional convention for the extension of the foreign commerce of the United States began here today with a large and representative attendance. A num ber of addresses were delivered and permanent officers were elected as fol lows: President, Wm. McCarro’.l, of New York; vice-president. James W. Vancleave, of S.t Louis: Cornelius N. Bliss. New York; Francis B. Loomis, Springfield. Ohio; Dr. W. P. Wilson. Philadelphia; Henry G. Davis, Elkins. W. Yu.; S B. Packard. Marshalltown. Ia.. and C. W. Pridy. Norfolk. Ya.: sec retary. Francis S. Goode. New York: sergeant at arms. Jos. E. Block. Mis souri. Mr. De-Lima, in an address, said the convention had been called together by the New York Board Trade and Trans portation to "consider and devise meas ures for the enlargement of our foreign trade and to promote the demand abroad for the products of our farms, and workshops.” The temporary chairman. J. W. Van- Cleave. of St. Louis, appealed to the convention not to permit itself to be stampeded on any question that might come before it, but consider each prob lem impartially and judicially. News in Paragraphs CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Jan. 14.— Stephen B. Elkins today received the Republican caucus nomination for his third consecutive term as United States Senator. Elkins’ nomination is equiva lent to election, as the Republicans have S4 to 3 votes on joint ballot. The election will be held January 22. NORFOLK. Va., Jan. 15.—Confer ences were held today in an effort to bring about an end to the strike of the plasterers at work on the Jamestown exposition grounds who demand an In crease of from $5.50 to $6.50 per day, plus 20 cents car fare, and the bring ing of their weekly wages to the scaf folds about the grounds. The work principally affected by the strike is on the 'War path” buildings. So far the conferences have resulted in a wider separation rather than an agreement. A VILLAGE HOME Where Pe-ru-na Is Used As An All-Round Reliable Family Medicine. : WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The na- ehinist McIntyre was drowned while : bathing in the stone basin at the Pen sacola navy yard this afternoon. The body has not yet been recovered and it is believed it drifted out into the bay. McIntyre was transferred here about i ten days ago from the Norfolk navy yard. He was in the third class rank. CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 14.—In a tele gram to the Leader, Booker T. Washing ton, president of the Tuskegee. Ala.. In stitute. gives his opinion of the actions of such colored people of the North as have engaged in intemperate criticism and abuse of President Roosevelt on account of his dismissal of tho colored troops in ______ We?canno^expeat' to win our battles/or the^rrest and delivery to tbe sher in the South or North by a policy of iff of Pulaski Count> of the unknown antagonism." says Washington. “Civil- party who, on the night of May 9, as- Fountainville, Pa., Feb. 16, 1902. S. B. Hartman, M. D. Dear Sir: I have been thinking of writing to you for some time to let you know what Peruna did for me. I am 57 years old. I lost tny health about six or seven years ago. I first had dyspepsia and employed different doctors. Last year I injured one of my kid neys. I had one of the best doctors for that. He put me to bed, not to move for two weeks. I slowly recovered, but was so weak and prostrated that I could walk but a short distance. 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Ask Your Drinqist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1907. ta; J. TV. Hardy, of Attica: W. T. Dickson and V. M. Dickson, of Savan nah; Augustus B. Cook, of Singer, Va.. and J. H. Young, of New York. ATLANTA, Jan. 15.—Governor Ter- l fofinv Vinnsr nti a reward of $100 Music Gives Appetite. London Cable to Chicago Examiner. The healing power of music is the subject of a lecture delivered today in London by Dr. G. Norman Meachen, who described how different melodies could be used in the treatment of cer tain disorders. "There is a distinct connection be tween music and medicine,” said Dr. Meachen, “dating from the first re corded instance of musical treatment— when David played before Saul to soothe his madness.” The lecture was illustrated with mu sic. and Dr. Meachen explained the ef fect on patients of the different pieces. Thus Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March” quickened heart beating and respira tory movements: the seventeenth cen tury "Tarantula Dance" is good for the bite of the tarantula spider; Cho pin’s “Nocturne in E flat,” and one of Stavenhagen's “Pastorales” are able to soothe excited brains and induce som nolence, while Godard’s “En Courant” dissipates nervous weariness. “Music,” explained the doctor, "en larges the blood vessels, and tnerefore causes the blood to flow more freely, whereby the digestion is stimulated. Thus the effect is seen of an orchestra at meals. Dr. Meachen quoted cases where mu sic had cured a child of screaming fits, reduced febrile temperature, and soothed the Insane, and he declares the banjo had cured in three days an apparently hopeless case of neuras thenia. He also believes that music is a cure for alcoholism. Guns to Be Mounted More Men Needed WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The House of Representatives spent almost the entire day in considering the fortifica tions appropriations bill, and completed only six pages of it. Amendments look ing to defense of the mouth of Chesa peake Bay and for the purchase of ad ditional ground at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., were voted down. The House also refused to incorporate an amendment increasing to the extent of $1,000,000 the appropriation for the construction of seacoast batteries in the Hawaiian and Philippines. Speaking upon the merits of the bill, Mr. Smith, of Iowa, remarked that to man the guns pro posed to be mounted by the Taft board, would take more than 55,000 men and to do so would cost $66,000,- 000 a year. 'It is because of the rapid growth of an institution which Is expensive.” remarked Mr. Smith, “not in what it costs to establish It, but what it costs to maintain it, that I have 'always re sisted too rapid progress in fortifica tions. I am a hearty believer in the “Big Stick,” but I do not believe in carrying a stick so large that we will be worn out with its mere weight and cannot wield it when the hour of emer gency comes. It is important that we shall not squander military resources in time of peace, but reserve some strength for use when the hour of struggle comes." Mr. Maynard, of Virginia, offered an amendment to the bill appropriat ing $3,000 to make a survey of the shoals between Cape Charles and Cape Henry at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The amendment went out on point of order. LEVENWORTH. Kan.. Jan. 15.— Rock Island express train tonight met a freight train head-on near TValdron. A fireman and an expressman are re ported dead and one engineer missing. It is reported that a number of pas sengers were injured, but no one was killed. sassinated Evans Holton, a highly re spected negTO of that county. Holton was called to the door of his house j Important function is that h» has to he and shot to death. bridge. Interviewed by a representative of “The Tribune” yesterday, tile Mayor of Camberwell, Mr. John George, con sented to answer the question. “What are the duties of a London Mayor?” and his experience may be taken as typical of that of his twenty-seven confreres. “His official duty” Mr. George explain ed, “is to preside over the meetings of the Council and to keep himslf au fait with all points of order. But his most RALEIGH. N. C., Jan. Democratic caucaus of the General Assembly of North Carolina tonight renominated the present United States NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Illuminating gas which escaped during the night I P enaenc ' from a small stove used for heating, caused the death of Meyer Rubin, aged fifty years, his wife Rosa, fifty-eight, their son, Philip, seventeen, and daugh ter Rosa, aged thirteen. The plight, of the Rubin family was discovered ear ly today by neighbors. All four mem bers of the family were in bed in the gas-filled room. An ambulance surgeon who was summoned, found that Rubin, his wife and the boy had been dead for some time. at the beck ahd call of everybody in | the borough. He lias to take part in IS.—The ! every phase of the life of the borough. from a Salvation Army gathering to a dance, from a smoking concert to a prayer meeting.- In fact, he must con- Senator F. M. Simmons for United sider himself part and parcel of the States Senator for a second term. Ho i borough during his year of office, will be elected, as the General Assem- I “I have put in as many as four pub- bly has 141 Democratic members, , 11c engagements a night," Mr. George against 28 Republicans and one inde- continued, “each widely differing from ! the others in scope and character. Yes. [ the Mayor of Camberwell receives tlary of SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 15.—William J. Bryan and President E. A. Bryan, of penses. This sum can 1 the Washington State College, were requirements of thrown into a snowbank at Pullman though one of m today. The team drawing them from the college to the station ran away and the sleigh was upset. Neither was hurt. ATLANTA, Ga.. Jan. 14.—Pat. Hag gerty. a young white man. was Indicted by the grand jury of the United States Court today upon the charge of using the United . my bill of expens DUBLIN. Ga., Jan. 15.—Ed. Wilson. States mails in an effort to obtain a re negro, is in Jail on the charge of ' ward for the return of a $1,009 bracelet jail on the charge robbing a store and postoffice at Springhaven. a store and postoffice at Catlin. the Macon. Dublin and Savan nah depot at Rockledge and three stores at Condor. He has confessed to several of the charges against him and probably will be given a term of years , f®''the "police*Court “hi stolen from Mrs. John E. Murphy some months ago. W. F. I,ooper was also indicted for rais ing a one-doliar bill to a ten-dollar note. he penitentiary. He has confessed I to the robbery of which two Mormon : elders last week were arrested on sus- j piclon. When arrested Wilson had in his possession a rifle stolen from the store of W. B. Snow at Catlin. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. SAVANNAH STEAMSHIP LINE DE MANDS CONCESSIONS IN RATES. Special Announcement Regarding the National Pure Food and Drug Law. We are pleased to announce that Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles Is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law, as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. H. J. Lamar, near Exchange Bank. NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO HUN DRED MINERS UNDER GROUND. CLINTON. Ind., Jan. 15.—Seven dead and three injured miners, victims of an explosion, were taken from mine No 7 here today. Search for the dead is continuing, but It is believed that all have been taken out. Two hundred miners had succeeded in descending to the mine this morning and shortly aft erward there was an explosion, which shook the interior of the mine. There was a rush for the bottom of the shaft and as rapidly as possible the miners were hoisted to the surface. It is be lieved a miner set fire to a keg of pow der by a spark from his lighted lamp and the explosion ignited gas in the mine. Four of the dead men had fam ilies. NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—The Ocean Steamship Line, whieh plies between New York and Savannah, has become a thorn in the side of the Western Im migration Bureau, maintained here by roads west of Chicago, and may cause almost endless trouble and disturbance. It seeks concurrence in rates and commissions on Immigrant traffic by way of Savannah from Europe to points in the South. West and South west. handled through an independent outside agency in New York, with which the Western roads refuse as ;> body to do business, although some of them are suspected of surreptitiously doing so. Chairman McLeod, of the Western passenger committee, is making an in vestigation. How serious the situation is. as well as the danger to the perpe tuity of the immigration bureau, is shown in an appeal to Western roads that may have had secret deals with the agency to stop doing so and save the bureau from dissolution that will become inevitable if irregularities con tinue. SPARTA. Ga., Jan. 15.—The Georgia Railroad depot at this place was bur glarized last night. Some boxes of freight belonging to the railroad and the ticket agent’s overcoat was stolen. The robber robbers effected an en trance through the agent's window by tearing away the bars. No clue as to the identity of the burglars. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—It Is an nounced from the headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company that, effective January 1, a general In crease lias been made in the salaries of clerks, agents, trainmasters, dis patchers, section masters, etc. The percentage of the increase has not yet been computed, the object having been to make the advance general In all de partments. without regard to recent Increases for efficiency and length of time in some branches of the service. The advance affects several thousand employes on the three divisions of the systems and will increase the operating expenses of the road more than a ciuarter of a million of dollars per year. The reason given for the general ad vance is the increased cost of living. COLUMBUS. Ga.. J in. IB.—Mrs. Ar.n J. Howard, aged eighty years, one of the most prominent women in Colum bus. died .his afternoon at he“ home in Bealhvood. Sue leaves nine chil dren, RIehavl Howard, and eight sis ters. Sh? was a fi'e long member of the Presbyterian church. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 15.—The State Board of HeaRh tonight an nounced the first of its precautionary measures against the importation of yellow fever during 1907. An inspec tor will leave here next week for Cen tral American countries to watch for possible outbreaks in those places. ..ttraa no.< raae sra 8uoi sv *11150 noX ajdoad aqj jja oj, *uza no.< satnn aqt qa j>- •utx> no.( saavid eqj [pe uj 'uro not sa'sm aqj jjtt up ‘una no.< suraui aqj pr .(jj •uva no.( pooS aqj ipe nq.. •#[aiuojqo oa-BOjuo sin tuojj "•P'H NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on ycur pa per. It tells how you stand on the hooks. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. “ ‘Well, he’s a good man. an' I'm with him.' said Mr. Hennessy. Don': ye think he's right whin he wants to put a limit on how much money a man can have?’ WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—The Presi dent sent to the Senate today the fol lowing nomination of postmasters: North Carolina—W. P. Edwards, Franklinton. FJorida—F. M. Taylor. Titusville; Mary B. Bishop, Eustis: D. N. Bradley, ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 14.—Two negro clubs doing business on Decatur street netted nearly $?00 to the city in fines paid In the Police Court this morning. Ttie proprietors of them paid $100 each, and 66 patrons yielded up a total of $592.50. DOVER. Del., Jan. 15.—Henry Rich- ! ardson. of this county, was tonight ‘ nominated for the United States Sen- i ate on the ninth ballot of the caucus ; of the thirty-sixth Republican assem- ' s , , . blymen of the lower branch of the Del- j v5.„„ aware Legislature. The ballot result ed: Richardson, 20: Allee. 10; Burton 1; Mhrshall, 1; Addicks, 1; Layton, 2; Pennewlll, 1. LONDON MAYOR’S DUTIES. 00 to cover his civic tex- made to meet of tile situation predecessors spent an additional 200 pounds out of his own pocket. The Council decided six years ago to grant the Mayor an al lowance to prevent the office from be ing confined exclusively to well-to-do people. Subscriptions to local socie ties. which seem to be expected froir: a Mayor, form the principal item in Then it has to cover meals for committees at work, which, if incorporated in ihe Council's accounts, would be surcharged to us. No fewer than forty dinners of this kind have come out of the Mayor's purse this year. The system has work ed very well in this borough, and is scarcely likely to be abused." Hampstead and Woolwich are the only other boroughs with salaried Mayors, and in cacti case the experi ment has justified expectations. Wool wich, with its Labor majority of 1903, was practically obliged to make some such provision for its work-a-day Mayors, and the fact that the Inde pendent Council of middle class Hamp- recognized the principle of j bringing the highest office in the bor ough within tlife reach of all is an argument in favor of the general adop- I tion of the principle, j During their brief existence it has I been the practice of the borough coun- j elis to select, as far as possible, their j Mayors from among the Aidermep and I Councilors. This rule insures that only men who have had a good grounding in : tlie work of municipal administration tall be elevated to the presidency of ly, and the co-option tho- "What are the duties of a London Mayor? The question is an interest ing one .in view of the election of twenty-eight London Mayors soon. As explained in The Tribune yesterday, i the a peculiar circumstance this year is I ory has broken down so badly !n cer- •that. owing to the intervention of the ! tain provincial boroughs that the new- municipal elections the names are at ! er creations of the metropolis, which present known of but one or two of 1 "" *- • . ’ - the coming occupants of the mayoral chair. The new councils will have to make a hasty selection. Aspirants to the metropolitan may oralties are as yet underterred by the inevitable contrast between the drab commonplaces of their office and the picturesque magnificence of the Lord are still to some extent only feeling their way, arc chary of running the risk that would thereby be involved. There have, of course, beep exceptions, but the rule has only been broken to meet an emergency or to honor dis—- tinguished men. The Duke of West minster and Lord Cheylesmore as May or Westminster, the Duke of Bed- Mayor, who rules in the ball cf Gog ford as Mayor of Holborn, Lord Cado- and Magog. The Lord Mayors can can as Mayor of Chelsea, and Fir trace a continuous succession from j George Barham as Mayor of Hamp- 1189. when Henry FitzAilwvn was in- j stead, arc among the select few who stalled in his high office. The Mayors j have been apointed from outside the to be elected will only be the seventh ’ Council. Such appointments convey the of their line. The Lord Mayor re- ! greater compliment, because they are ceives a grant of 10.000 pounds for the j tho exception to the customary prac- expenses incurred during hLs year of tice.—London Tribune, office, and It is roughly calculated that In an average year he spends about twice that amount. Three of the Mayors receive a salary of 200 or 300 pounds—a sum which fairly repre- cents their immediate out-of-pocket expenses in the discharge of their . public duties. The remaining twenty- . hospital five are unsalaried. ! feature- But it is the entire absence of the picturesque element from the civic life of the metropolitan Mayor which makes so vivid a contrast with the triumphal progress of the Lord Mayor. There Is no November procession for Blood-Letting F or Lockj aw. A patient who entered St. John's Hospital, long Island City, on October 5. to he treated for lockjaw, was dis charged yesterday as cured, after a treatment which it was said at. the contained one experimental that, of blood-letting. Richard Miller, of 433 Flushing ave nue. Long Island City, the patient, stepped on a rusty nail in a. building in which he was employed as a carpen ter. At breakfast or October 5, he found he was unable to firee his jaws the Mayor, no round of sumptuous 1 further i-art th a an inch. He was | banquets and princely entertainments. ! taken to St. John's Hospital and soon I no reception of kings, statesmen and [after his admission his musclos as warriors, no trips to Wales or Paris [ His are purely local ceremonies, as may be gathered from the following Green Cove Springs: G. E. Koons, Pai- | jottings, taken at random from a motto: G. F. Foernald. Tarpon Springs. Virginia—W. B. Alfred. Clarksville; R. A. Anderson, Marion; J. H. Lindsey, Bridgewater. ATLANTA. Jan. 15.—Secretary of State Cook today granted an applica tion for a charter for the Southern Ag ricultural Fire Insurance Company of Atlanta. The enterprise is to be op erated upon the mutual and co-opera tive plan, and in consequence is not reouired to have any capital stock. The charter was granted upon the ap plication of Henry S. Reed, of Atlan- mayoral Journal May 9—Concert and musical evening. May 17—Opening of public library. Whit Monday—Cart horse parade. June 27—Unveiling tablet to lacol volunteers. July3—Complimentary dinner to ex overseer. October 18—Private view of new baths. October 29—Official visit to P. S. A. November 12—Official attendance at Divine service. January 4—Mayoral dance. uliar to the dis- i ease. The antitoxin treatment was j tried without apparent result. ■ On October 5. Dr. J. R. Galvin, chief i bouse surgeon, bled the patient In the I right arm. After that the man's im- I provement was steady. I It was said at the hospital that the | blood-letting had been resorted to to reduce the increased blood pressure due ! to the squeezing of blood from con- | traded muscles. No sovereign virtues i were ascrilu d to the expedient, but it j was hoped :hat the results of this ease ! might be borne out by subsequent ; cases. The disease in this instance j having developed within in a week after infect! n. would ordinarily be re- January 23—Opening of canal foot- gurded as incurable.