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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY «.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
Wants Limit to
Sum to Be Used
_ Root of all Corruption in Pub
lic Life is Use of Money
in Elections.
PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE
AID ITS NOVEL WORK
i-1,
inr»l a
• supj
r? tms.in to
of training
that would
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in gen- |
it:
NEW YORK. K
arris.
the
tton
jf.—Social evolu-
dramatic enter-
rices. or, in other
and elevation of
me
ne.i
WASHINGTON, F»1
•;vr. -.vtllui.n Ran.in’,
■ slied a - ignert stale:
sasona for urging the
II intr
s<“ of nion<
Mr. Hears
“It seems
irruption in publi
national
t.— Reprepr n-
Henrst ha*
giving ills
ct men! of his
the corrupt
In pat
lat the rool
life 1‘. the
money in elections. The evil
merely the use of corporation
in ehin-. * i.,. ■ ■.(. ,,f
of Individuals, but the use <•'
nt all to influence the vote of ti
r.ens on election day. To Ilh
what I mean let me cite the las
York election. The use of soir
over a million dollars In the Stan
paien Is admitted by the varleui
m It tees of the Republican pen
Of all
use of
in
s and bv
i-hicli did
■ s the purpose of a movement now well
established in this city and soon, it i-
planned, to be introduced in a general
wav throughout the c 'untry through
local committees working in union
with the central committee here.
Thus far. In this city, the idea has
been extraordinarily successful, and the
theater managers, on the whole, have
welcomed It no lets enthusiastically
than the people who
want of capital to invet
show, have been obliged to stay
home or else to indulge in the dubious
delights of “tjueen of Chinatown."
“King of the Moonshiners" and other
East Side apologies for a play.
Actually the movement has revealed
a popular passion for Shakespeare.
The proof of this lies in the fact that
the most successful period so far was
the week, not long ago. during which
Robert Mantel! appeared in Shakes-
a roles at one of of the lopal
RIFLE PRACTICE IS
IBM10 EE DESIRED
“The
thorized
several
number
rifles, e;
ary of War is hereby au-
■?u"e to Governors of the
s and Territories such
prins’fieid breech-loading
forty-five one hundredths
of an Inch, as are required for arm
ing all the regularly organized and
equipped militia fgenerally known as
the National Guard), of each State,
and Territory that are not already
supplied with this arjn.”
During the short war with Spain
some of the regfments of volunteers
. , raised by the several States having
the. or„anization | ta < Ken | n to-the service the arms is-
WASH1NGTON. Feb. 10.—The awak-
nlng of interest
equipment of the National Guard i sued to-the militia, and the Govern-
leretofore, for Guard, from t
in a first cl
is almost universal in all the State-, ment having retained, the arms whe
and is calling for the very favorable I the regiments were mustered out. the
attention of Congress. Ir. this conncc- j War Department’ was authorized to
tlon the story of the American National ' replace such arms so retained, by new
beginning will be of j rifles of the same model, the provis-
interest to all readers. It is the theory ion of the law being -that:
of our form of Government that i:i ease “On application of the Governor of
the
from
ery hills!
to Stands
his views
In the
whole country, and that ev-
le hamlet has paid tribute
rd Oil. but at the same time
are interesting,
course of his reply to the
News in Paragraphs
,n axe. and C. E. Tucker see-
tnger of' the death of Bayne,
rge Walton, who had charge
‘k, and lit 1 found it necessary
10.—Work-
Georgian Mr. Ednic
“With nil due respect t :• Mr. Roeke-
felier's intentions, believing that he has
made his gift with the best motives. I
regard such a vast power in the hands
of any body of men. giving them abil
ity to influence educational work In
the South and in the country at large,
as fraught with very great dangers.
With such a vast sum at its com
mand it is possible for such an or
ganization to become a dominating in
fluence in every school willing to ac
cept its gifts, tied, as they are, by
such contracts as it has been making j NORFOLK. Vn.. Feb. 9.—So that they !
in the i»ast. may be here when President Roosevelt |
“I have a copy of a contract offered ! makes Ids address on the industrial prog- |
to a denominational college, in which ! ress of the South on June TO. Georgia
it is provided that in consideration of j Day. at the Jamestown Exposition. June
the money given contingent upon the ^
cohege raising three times as much. | PoilU Mi litarv Academv at the exposition.
the trustees of the college hind the ! -
institution that this money shall never j YONKERS. X. Y. Feb. 10.—Percy B.
PATERSON. X. J., Feb.
men who broke the seal of a freight
car in Benson’s lumber yard today
found lying on the floor of the car a
man who had died from starvation.
There was nothing found on the body
to reveal the man’s Identity. He was
about 40 years old. The car was sent
here from Xorth Carolina and had been
a week on ti e way. It was filled with
lumber and it is supposed the man
crawled into the car and was sleeping
when freight hands placed the seal on
the door.
'hoot the n
shot took
wound is
■gro tc
efr«
it in
ive Bayne, and
the shoulder.
qtu
RALEIGH.
lUgt
X.
X’. C\. Feb. 8.—At
today Henry Dickerson
James Harris, the top of
off by a load of
net in front of a
Dickerson swore
'If you curse me
was killf
his head being blov
buckshot. The mer
store’and quarreled
at Harris, who said
again I will kill you.”
Dickerson repeated the offensive
words '.ml Harris, who had a shot gun
in his band, find poiniblank at Dick
erson, tile charge taking effect in the
upper part of his face.
Ru-
PEXZEA.
Alexandrovsky. Gc
was shot and kill
as he was leavin
A.
a. Feb. 8
vernor of Penzea.
<1 by a young man
i the theatre last
| night. M. Alexandre
well-known as chief
! the Red Cross in th<
1 war between Russia
just stepped front th<
! atre when a youth
i sky. who was
commissioner of
field during the
and Japan, had
door of the the-
pushed
uid-
of money -pent by individual
■ emi-political organizations v
not come tinder the restrictions o
eje-tion laws. This amount of it
cannot be spent properly in mere!
forming voters of the campaign,
in guarding the ballot on election day.
and therefore, the greater part of It
must be spent improperly, indirectly or
directly influencing the vote of the cit
izens. My bill Is framed to limit
strictly the amount of money that can
he spent and the uses to which It can
be put and my bill defines any other
expenditure of money as bribery. It
furthermore contains .i, clause which
I think will be absolutely effective In
the detection of this, bribery and im
proper use of money. The per-ori guil
ty of this improper use of money is.
under my bill, punishable by a fine of
lot more than $10,000 nor less than
$2,000; half of which amount snail go
to the informer, together with immu
nity. thus there will be a constant re-
n a ^' r< l'.!„ °'r i I? r ‘ working girls eager to hear him dis-
' r ',_ /UmnJ 1 inT mn?enver C the ' ruas the Question whether Homer was
money in elections. And moreover, the
man who gives the bribe automntieally
offers the reward for his detection.
Every time a man offers a bribe or
commits one of these acts defined as |
should constantly receive the approba- cent war with Spain, and have beep j pfr«ct"*n irredeemable 0 mo Vg'i>-e" on
tion and encouragement of the govern- retained by the United States” the soul of every Institution that ae- 1 SYRACUSE X Y Feb io-At 1-45
After awhile a new model was | oepts It.” 1 thismorningone of 'the most des^uc-
"ir the denominational schools of the i tive fires known here in years broke
out in the heart of the business sec
tion of the city. The conflagration
through tile crowd and shot him
the neck. He fell dead on tl
pot.
ing authorities. Until within a com
paratively few years Congress has been
very remiss in its treatment of the mi-
j litia. Exiept in most of the wars with
doors but for the pleasure-loving He- ! ernmen
brews. Such a condition no longer bee
exists. As a matter of fact, the man- ! want of a well organized and trained
aging director of the People’s Insti- I militia.
adopted by the Givcrnment Tor the
arming of the regulars, and the toliJS- • South stand hat in hand begging aims j
tia were again put at a di=advant- j 0 f a general organization of this kind, i
onM a more on 0 \n°eauali S t\^so 9a for hC « whIch h:ts no airect connection with j sUr ted in the Mowr.v Hotel, a six-
Oa.ce more on an equality so raj as | the spirit and work of the denomina- j ^r 0r v brick buildimr
, , ,. , armament went by replacing the arms tion tying themselves up in such a ’ ? building,
lat the regulars did not^issued at the close of the war with contract tVs they will become
Urn l "mL - n b , U -rMn ! ’nr 0 ,,^7 ^’Prise.T'Spain. with rifles of the new model, i puppc . tts ’ to b e moved ‘as the control-
but a small portion of the forces of the Tne act providing as follows: , . | , J elements in the general education
,-ernment. In all the wars the Gov- “The Secretary of War is hereby j bnLdsh a nin the future nuH
ment has been engaged in it has j authorized to issue, on the requisition I vti- ; n"-= ” ^
n handfeapped very greatly by the of the Governors of the several Suites I’ . “’ ’
theaters. Xn less than 3.500 ticket
were sold through the dramatic de- i the Indians and our recent war with
pnrtmcnt of the People's Institute. ' Spain, it; has been the volunteers and
which is the organization behind the , not the regulars that did most of the
movement, and 1.000 of these tickets j fighting, not
were for the last night alone.
It used to be said of Xew York i «“<• “ »«<■«»■ >.<«> ■-? nm.« HW i Hre na JWuv:J!BS SS i . elements in the general education
heaters that they would close their I Government. In all the wars the Gov-j “The Secretary of War is ftetffhy | board shall in the future pull the
tute. Charles Sprague Smith, is of the
opinion that a theater offering a clean
entertainment at popular prices cannot
have too many seats. More surpris
ing things than a popular passion for
the classic drama have developed.
I Congress very early recognized the
need of an organized militia, and took
some steps toward encouraging such
an organization. But. in the early his
tory of our Government lack of means
made these steps very small and inad-
Only the other night, at the rooms of j equate for effective work. The first
the People’s Institute Club A. in the
heart of the East ^Slde. Mr. Smith,
who was formerly professor of modern
languages at Columbia University,
found an audience made upe chiefly of
bribery, he thereby offers to any
on
a man or a myth and whether the
Mlnoan Thalassocracy really did much
for Crete. It was. furthermore,
through co-operation with the People’s
Institute that symphony concerts at 25
I "V ■■ ■■•’ ■■■” *• 1” 1 I cents a season ticket—at the rate of , iam a proper quanury oi poivoor aim
f aware of his felonious i. I r ^ vr ,f, r ‘! four and one-sixth cents a concert— ! hall: or with a. good rifle, knapsack.
taw on the subject will prove a curios
ity in tbes days of great achievements.
One section reads as follow?:
“Every citizen so enrolled and noti
fied. shall, within six months there
after. provide himself with a good mus
ket. or firelock, a sufficient bavonet and
belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack,
a pouch, with a box therein to con
tain not !es« than twenty-four cart
ridges, suited to the bore of his mus
ket or firelock, each cartridge to con
tain a proper quantity of powder and
of from $1,000 to $5,000 to convict him j
of this felony.
“There i.; a further clause in my bill
which offers a somewhat similar pun
ishment for false registration and ille
gal voting. According to this provis
ion, upon conviction of the accused,
the informer secures one-half of the
fine of $1,000 to $5,000 and immunity.
Thus, :h continual reward of from $500
to $2,500 Is offered by the election
criminal for his own detection. There
are also jail penalties for these crimes,
snd I am absolutely positive that if
this hill wero passed it would prevent
the corrupt use of money in elections,
which, as I have said and believe, is
the most serious menace to our repub
lican form of government.
"I say that the use of money hy cor
porations Is not the only evil that
threatens us: the use of money hy any
individual, or any, collections of Indi
viduals. may he as great, as improper
and as harmful to our institutions and
to our political Independence."
WHAT ABOUT GLANDERS
IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA
The Journal and other publications
jn Atlanta have stated that glanders
prevail in Georgia, without saying in
-what town or county It exists.
The following, from the Journal of
Saturday is published In order that
further light may be thrown on the
subject:
’ Glanders Is abroad in Georgia.
Glanders Is the worst possible thing a
mu‘:e can have, and it is catching. Let
a mule have the genuine glanders for
a week, and it’s all up with him. poor
creature. Ills eyes turn watery and
pensive and he goes about with a dull,
hacking cough that touches even the
hogs with pity. Then his tail drops
off and that’s the last seen of him on
the farm.
"From every quarter of the State,
particularly the southern counties,
comes the cry to the commissioner of
agriculture that glanders is paying
hagoc with the mules of Georgia.
■Within the past few months more
mules. It is said, have passed away
with this dread disease than during
the two whole years preceding. Sev
eral times in the history of the State
’there have been epidemics of the blind
staggers, the scours, liog cholera, pfp,
spavins and the like, but never before
has glanders broken out with such
fury. Many farms are one mass of
sore? as a result,
“XVh.it adds to the a!i*m the pesti-
>nre is causing is the fact that men
as well as animals, are liable to its
contagion. One whiff of a mule’s
breath, if that mule has the glanders.
1? said to he capable of producing
glanders in his drivpr. Then the man
will grow watery about the eyen and
go around with a dry. hacking cout^i
and probabiy follow his faithful beast
in th*' exodus from the farm.
“The department of agriculture has
already dispatched veterinary sur
geons to as mnn.v farms as possible,
and is preparing to make a hard fight
against the epidemic. The disease,
however, is under way and will doubt
have been offered to people who. ex
cept when at church, had perhaps
never heard anything but a barrel or
gan or a German band. If the insti
tute had a house or auditorium of Its
own. with 3.000 seats, the place would
be filled every Sunday night, in Mr.
Smith’s opinion.
Last year this popular theatre move
ment drew 10.000 people, most of whom
had never teen inside a Broadway
playhouse hi fore, to see Maud Adams
in “Peter Pan.” and at present it S s
drawing hundreds of East Siders
nightly to one of the new American
dramas. In two weeks, recently, it
caused the sale sale of 3,500 seats at
the theatre where for two weeks
George Bernard Shaw's satirical “Cae
sar Cleopatra” was beng performed:
It sent 5.000 people in seven weeks to
see the drama made out of Lew tYf.l-
lai e’s “Prince of India,” 3.000 more in
two weeks to see a revival of Shakes-
peare’s rarely performed “Cymbeline.”
and 2,000 in the course of eight days
to see a presentation of "Midsummer
X'ght's Dream.’ The same movement
lately afforded some COO high school
pupils an opportunity to attend mati
nee performances of Browning’s “Pip-
pa Pas«es.” This new movement, in
some instances, has actually been re
sponsible for the success of a play.
In all but the theatres that cater
especially to the social ivhirlers, the
People's Institute element is hemming
larger week by week, much to the re
lief of managers who have been taking
chances with dramas of the simple
life. A few years ago. when Beerbohm
Tree, the English tragedian, was mak
ing his first and only visit to America,
he proposed giving some performances
of “Hamlet," but the theatre manager,
fearing rows of vacant seats, flatly re
jected the proposal. But now. since’i
the People’s Institute has brought the
purveyors of the drama and the once
neglected "common people” together,
Shake?peare is no longer a scarecrow,
and any theatre manager in the city
would be prepared to consider the pro
duction of one of the old classics to
morrow if the modern show at present
on the hoards of his theatre should
prove a failure.
The movement so far has been lim
ited in its extent, hut now that it Is
successful hevond doubt or peradvent-
ure. it will be extende to include not
only the public schools, hut also labor
-organizations, church ^societies, and
department stores. A general commit
tee. of influential membership, has
been organized, and. through local
committees, it is planned to extend the
movement to other cities. Tl is all a
part of Director Sprague Smith’s sys^
tern, outlined when he founded the
People’s Institute ten years ago. of
helping his fellow men by bringing
them together in assemblies of all
kinds, political, rligious, and' intellec
tual. and giving them an opportunity
to better their relations with one an
other.
The Institute started with nothing;
received $S00 in contributions the
first year, and at that time this new
brotherhood of man idea seemed
j doomed to pass away; but last year
shot pouch and powder horn, twenty
and Territories, or of tile commanding ! TX7Tk 1 W’C’w r A TAT tnp’PV
general of the militia of the District ! WUMiiN uilix
of Columbia, such number of United T TTTT V "RV VOTTUfl
States standard service magazine iiXJ-AiaiJ Di VUlimx
arms as are required for the army of
the United States, for arming all of | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Lady Cook,
the organized militia in saiii States . ° r England (formerly Miss Tennessee
and Territories and District of Colum- j Claflin) had an audience Saturday
bin.” | with President Roosevelt making a plea
“Similar authority was given the I to the President for the support of the
department bv the aft of 1904 con- movement to give suffrage to women,
tained in the army appropriation bill. | shp declined to,-sav what reply Mr.
It provided that: j Roosevelt had made to her representa-
“For the purpose of furnishing the ; tions - Olive Logan accompanied Lady
necessary articles requisite to fully i Cook to the While House and will ac-
arm, equip and supply each regimenh I company her when the latter returns
battalion, squadron, company, 'troop, j to England. The two ladies will make
battery, signal, engineer, and hospital : an effort to get a hearing before a
corps and medical department of the ! Congressional commitee in behaif of
organized militia of the several States i women’s suffrage before they sail,
and Territories, and District of Colum- ! "My. interview with the President
bia. with the same armament and ] was a most charming one, and I am
equipment as are now prescribed for j perfectly satisfied as to the results. I
. - corresponding branches of the line or | can understand now his wonderful pop-
balls, suited to the bore of his rifle, and J staff in the regular army, ... the liularity with the people. I feel that I
?, quarter of a* pound of powder.” Secretary of War is hereby authorized j have been amply repaid for my trip
This act was passed in 1789 and it . . .to issue the said armament and to America.” declared Lady Cook in
will he seen that the militiaman was | equipment to the organized militia.” describing her conference at the White
expected to furnish his own arms and Now that another change has been ! House today with the President con-
ammunition. and equip himself thor- • made In the arms of the regular?, once j cerning the suffrage question.
oughly at his own expen?e. In those ] more the old inequality exists as the ) The interview between the President
days nearly every man had a riffle or | militia have the Krag and the regu- i and Lady Cook covered a broad range
rfcgu .
musket, as it was necessary for the | lars - the New Springfield, model 1903. | of subjects in which the President
It is held by the WalyDenartmefit that j interested, such as marriage and di-
it has no power to issue the new'arms j vorce. the perpetuation of the race
to the militia without Congressional I and kindred questions. Incidental y
action. The department recognizes | the President took occasion to speak
the importance of exchanging the old j in the highest terms of women.
Krags of the X’ational Guard for the! “The President .told me he had a
id win aount- .although the expenses of the Institute
less materially affect the cost of mules were -14.500. only a debt of about $500
next spring. j Was incurred. The late Abram S. Hew
itt was one of ihose who helped Pro-
The attention of Mr. Morris Water
man was directed to the article and he
was asked If the disease, prevailed
among horses and mules In Macon
and Bibb County.
‘No. siree! Not a case has rlevo -
o^ed in this county, nor in this section
of the State, and
lence in Georgia.”
“You will notice." continued Mr.
Waterman, “that the Atlanta papers
have not. so far as I have seen, io-
. ated the disease, but assert In a gen
eral way that It ’is abroad in Georgia.’
This is too vague an assertion hut
■ ■Me tha: «■’’ do Inesleu'.able harm to
the mule and horse marts In tills? State.
In Atlanta where these publications are
made there arc thousands of animals
In stables and stock yards and if glan
ders breaks out among them the loss
will he enormous.
’’Here in Macon the same condi
tio!- prevail. This is a mule Center.*
and if the disease gets .1 htddi here the
' •!•••!•? in ltd", ami adjacent counties
would he ruined in their farming op-
ir Smith in the beginning. He it
was who invited the founder and his
' friends to use his house as a meeting
place, and he also gave the free use of
the large hall of Cooper Union for the
experimental course of lectures and
defense of his family and the com
munit.v against Indian raids. But the
section in gard to the arms and equip
ments of the officers is more of a cu
riosity than the others an d refers to
somp equipments the National Guards
man of today would he at a loss to
know the use. Another curiosity in
the section is the provision that the
militiaman should hold his arms and
equipments exempt from taxes or pay
ment of debts. It read?:
“With a sword or hanger, and escon-
toon: and that from and after five
years from the passage of this act. all
muskets for the arming of the militia,
as herein required, shall be of bores
sufficient for bails of the eighteenth
part of a pound. And every citizen so
enrolled, and providing himself with
the arms, ammunition and accoutre
ments. required a? aforesaid, shall hold
the same exempted from all suits, dis
tresses. executions, or sales, for debt,
or for the payment of taxes.”
A few years later there came a
breath of war with France, and on the
seas several encounters took place be
tween American and French war ves
sels. The prospect was so strong that
it was felt best to strengthen the mi
litia and the sum of $400,000 was ap
propriated to procure 30.000 sands of
arms to he sold to the several States
for the armament of the militia. These
arms were to be held for sale, but if
not sold, they were to be delivered to
the militia when called into the service
of the United States. It was also pro
vided that for artillery and cavalry the
Government would “loan” guns and
equipments to the States. This was the
first direct appropriation for arms for
the militia, and it will be seen the Gov
ernment did not propose to supply the
arms, but to sell them to the States.
As early as ISOS the relations be
tween this country and Great Britain
were so strained that it was thought
best by Congress to take some active
measures toward arming the militia,
and a law was enacted making an an
nual appropriation of $200,000 for “the
purpose of providing arms and military
equipments for the whole body of the
militia of the United States.” The arms
and equipments were to be purchased
or manufactured at the Government
arsenals. In 1816 Congress made this
a continuing appropriation, providing
that the unexpended balance of any
year should not be covered back into
the treasury, but carried forward to
the credit of the fund, to be expended
in the future. This condition of af
fairs continued for about forty years
without material change. But the mi
litia spirit was not very strong among
the people, and but few States had any
real organized body. Under the exist
ing law the arms were distributed just
as they might he called for. or as the
Secretary of TYar thought best.
In 1855 an act was pa?sed regulating
the method of distribution, providing,
among other things, that the arms
should be apportioned to the Various-
States In proportion to the number of
their Senators and Representatives in
Congress. For the Territories and for
the District of Columbia the President
was to u?“ his judgment as to the num-
new Springfields and is very anxious
to do so.
A law of Congress provides for an
annual national rifle match, where
teams of the regular army, na vy, ma
rine corps and the National Guard
compete with each other, and it does
appear that action should promptly be
taken to put all branches of the serv
ice on an equality as regards arms.
With the National Guard using the
old Krags it can be readily seen it can
not compete on an equality with the
regulars who use the new Spring-
fields. The second war with Great
Britain, that with Mexico and that
with Spain caught the .Government
without a well organized militia, and
the consequences were the Govern
ment wa? put at a great disadvant
age in each instance. The young tnen
of the country are now displaying a
most commendable spirit in entering
heartily and earnestly into the ' work
of the .National Guard, and nearly all
of the State Governments are making
liberal appropriations for the better
organization of the guard, and it de
serves to be placed in all respects as
to arms and equipments on an equal
ity with the regular force.
Bailey Borrowed;
Francis Paid It
great admiration for women.” said
Lady Cook, “and declared they were
the power behind the throne.” Presi
dent Roosevelt led me to believe that i£.
after. a careful consideration, of ijie
bill and the question of suffrage for
women he thought it would advance
them, he would lend his influence in
behalf of the measure." she said.
“The President -told me that he did
not see that much good had come as
a result of giving women the voting
power privilege where it had been ex
tended to them, notably in Colorado
and other Stc • ?. He could not see
that the mere tact that they have this
right is going to be their redemp
tion.”
PARIS, Feb. 10.—The rumor that !
Count Boni DeCasteliane had ap- j
pealed from the decision of . the court I
of last November granting a divorce j
to hip wife, who was Miss Anna Gould,
of New York, is confirmed. The period 1
under the French proeeedure In which '
such an appeal can be made expires
-February 14, and the notice of appeal j
entered in behalf of the count prevents j
the decree from becoming definite on !
that date, thereby keeping alive Count |
Bnoi's hope of reaching an agreement
until his appeal is finally decided. * i
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Feb. 9— Four
men ire known to be dead as tlio n —
suit of a collision at a crossing on the
East Lake eleertie line tonight.
A wild string of freight cars struck
the trailer of the electric car at tlm
Twenty-seventh street crossing with
terrific force. The cars Were piled in 1
heap and it is believed that more
bodies are still under the wreckage.
MAHONE BAY, N. S.. Feb. 10.—Two
railway employes were killed and sev
eral persons injured in a head on col
lision between a. passenger train and a
freight on the Halifax and Southwest
ern railway at Mahone Junction to
day
ATLANTA. Feb. S.—State Treasurer
R. E. Park ■ has prepared a statement
showing that the:receipts of the State
of Georgia from all sources for the
year 19D6 were $1,503,409.71. and the
expenditures $4,714,500.64. showing an
excess of expenditures over receipts of
more'than $SO0.000. This is accounted
for by the fact that a large portion .if
the school fund due for last year has
to be paid out this year, and It makes
quite a difference in the treasury show
ing. it is • expected that tile Slate
Legislature will ;.ike the matter un
n't the coming session, and see If some
remedy of this situation cannot he de
vised.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 — Chief Mas
ter at Arm's W. H. Belknap. Seaman
John Kelley. Boatswains Mate W. ( passenger? slightly
Procknow and Water Tender C. Kel- when the expi
ner. .on behalf of crew of the U. S. S.
Louisiana, Saturday presented to Mrs.
Rooseveit a large silver loving ctip.
ATLANTA, Feb. In.—At a meeting of
the Georgia Marble Retail Dealers As
sociation held today officers were
named for the year, J. N. Johnson, of
Quitman, being made president.
SEVERE STORM ON THE
CALABRIAN COAST
era
’I d.’
veterinaria
y,
•F:
evt
qtu
...... 1 — her supplied. Under the act. some of
I non tit its preva- j discussion*. Samuel Gompers, of the the States, not having anv organized
American Federation of Labor, has also militia, did not draw'theii- quota, ai-
lent a helping hand since the first ) though thev were entitled to do so re
days. doing much personally besides gardless of the fact that they had taken
securing the support of organized labor ; no steps to organize the niilitia force,
in general.
The institute Is dependent, to a great j
extent, upon the annual subscriptions I
of its friends, and will grow, of course. :
in proportion to tlieir growth. It j
caters to every wholesome desire. Its i
non-sectarian religious meetings at the j
Cooper Union Sunday nights are re
markable for the fact that they/attract j
crowds of people who have practically !
abandoned the established churches: ,
and 95 per cent of these large congre
gations are men. The Institute has
successfully undertaken many projects
for civic improvement, and it has
wielded a powerful influence not only
locally hut at Albany in regard to legis
lation affecting the people’s rights.
Likewise it has promoted civic and so
cial righteousness bv means of clubs
for the young as well as for adults.
The institute represents not revolution,
but evolution. It? platform reads ns fol
lows: The People’s Institute, recogniz
ing fraternity as the fundamental sacial
truth, democracy as the highest known
form of human government- and national
worth as dependent upon individual wort
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 9.—A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Austin. Tex., says:
' Former Governor D. R. Francis, of
Missouri, was the star witness today
before the Bailey investigating com
mittee, and repeated his denials on be
half of Senator Bailey, Senator Han
ger, attorney for Bailey, read to Gov
ernor Francis the second clause of the
Cocke charges referring to the pur
chase of the Gibbs ranch.
“Is that charge true?” asked Senator
Hanger.
“Absolutely false.” replied Francis,
“except that I did assist Bailey to buy
the ranch." He later told of paying
Senator Bailey's obligations to H. C.
Pierce.
Senator Cocke asked Francis if he
was the medium through which Pierce
was to procure Bailey’s political or
legal influence to allow the Waters-
Pieree Oil Comapny to re-enter Texas.
Francis emphatically said that he
had nothing to do with tjie Waters-
Pierce Oil Company. He insisted that
the charge was a reflection on him and
he wanted the charges proved or with
drawn. Francis then went on to re
cite that in April, 1900. he wired Bailey
at Gainesville to come to St. Louis apd
that he gave H. Clay Pierce a letter of
introduction to Bailey. His purpose in
wiring Bailey was to bring about a
meeting.
Mr. Pierce had asked, the confer
ence hy telephone. Fierce had told the
witness of his Texas troubles and asked
about a Texas lawyer to help him.
Francis recommended Bailey.
“What, that Texas politician?” said
Pierce, according to Francis’ testi
NAPLES, Feb. 10.—A severe storm
has caused serious damage on the Cala
brian coast. At Marina di Catanzaro. a
fishing village, a tidal wave swept ia and
practically carried the village away. The
loss of life was slight. The wave was
preceded by a torrential downpour of
rain, a fierce wind and constant flashes
of lightning. This served to warn the
people of the village, who began to move
back from the shore. The wave flooded
th”'village, while the fleeing people looked
back in terror. t-
Seven hundred feet of the shore line
was inundated. Several houses collapsed
entirely and the rush of r*ter carried oft
everything portable. Many of the build
ings were undermined. The people an
still in a condition of terror and panic.
One woman is reported dead and four
persons were Unaccounted for. The school
house has been transformed into a hos
pital and shelters a score of wounded
persons. The people of the village have
sought refuge in the surrounding hills,
some clustered tonight about the village
church which stands on high ground.
At Messina, also the storm was severe
ant cSIfsed considerable damage. Bridges
have been swept away and railroad com-’
implication is interrupted. A landslide
at Guldemanri hurled a house and three
persons lost tlieir lives. The’crops have
been destroyed by the floods. Reports
from Teranto sav there is great appre
hension concerning the rate of eight
fishing boats that have not been seen
since the storm.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—Through the
Russian embassy ill this city. Secretary
of State Galkine-Vrasskoi. the plenipo
tentiary of tile Russian famine relief com
mittee, has transmitted an appeal to the
American people for financial assistance
to the starving peasants, who number into
the millions. It is requested that contri
butions be forwarded to Galkine-Vrasskoi,
the secretary of state. Shukowski street
27. St. Petersburg or to the chancery of
the famine relief organization in that
city. Nadeshdinskaia street 41. Receipts
will lie acknowledged in the "Official Mes
senger." and all other newspapers which
have opened subscriptions for the relief
fund.
OSSINING. N. Y., Feb. 8.—The en
gineer and fireman of the Adirondack
and Montreal express of the New York
Central road were killed mid several
injured tonight
ted into the rear
of a freight train two miles south of
this place. A relief train was sent to
the scene.
NEWARK. N. J.. Feb. 8.—Eugene R
Pinchbaek. son of former Governor Pinch
hack, of Louisiana, was arraigned hefor
United- Slates Commissioner Bigelow, o
a charge o' forgery. He. was remand*'
until next Wednesday. He i? a gradual
of Harvard College class or ipnt'. In tlm
year lie was admitted to the bar of Mis
slsslnni arid in 190.7 he was admitted 1
tile liar of Illinois. Ho lieft -Chicago 4at
in 1903 under charges of Irregularities i
liis prnetloe. : i .
LAWRENCE. Mass.. Feb. S - Pat
rick F. Burke, of Grovelaml. Va.. bui'ri-
ing contractor, was found guilty in lho
superior court today of offering a bribe
of $500 to Alderman Frank B. Good
win, of Haverhill, while the alderman
was a member . of a committee on
plans for a high school building’. Til-'
court allowed'counsel for the respon
dent tim.e In which to file exceptions,
deferring sentence until February 14.
Seven
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—Represen- j
tative John Franklin Rixey. • of the j urir i,-pgR iprp Pa Feb 9
Eighth Virginia District, died shortly pre enUmdicd In No. 19 conierv
before 9 o’clock this morning at the 1 tI , P I.etifgh and Wllkesharre Coal Obi
residence of his brother, Surgeon Gen- pnny at Wanomie, and miners acquaint
eral Rixey. of the navy, in this city, with the workings of the colliery s
his death being due to tuberculosis of ! |h p £e ’Jrescuing
the throat and lungs.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 9.—Dr. Everett
H. Merwin, 3S years of age, who had
spent several years on British steam
ships as a surgeon, and Miss Maud
Slater, aged 23 years, a patient of the
doctor’s, were found dead in Merwin's
office in the Hall building today, and
all available evidence points to the
theory that the girl shot and killed
the physician and then committed suit
cide as a result of insane jealousy.
them. Fire burned flic fourth lift of t
shaft arid • inert caught in I he low
lifts cannot lie reached until the flam
are extinguished.
1THICA. N. Y. Pel). 9—Spreading ra il?
today threw four ears of a Lehigh yalley
passenger train from the track at a curve
near Hutchins Crossing into a ditch,
where they turned upside down. The lo
comotive and the Pullman remained on
the rails. Of the comparatively few pas
sengers aboard, one- was dangerously and
others seriously injured.
BIRMINGHAM Ala., Feb. 9—Lim
ited passenger train No. 203 on the
St. Louis and San Francisco railroad,
due here at 5:20 o'clock this morn
ing from Kansas City and Memphis,
ATLANTA. Ga.. Feb. 9.—J. M. Cox. a
private detective, was fined $50 and cost
in the Recorder's Court this afternoon as
Hie result of happenings of last night. Cox-
arrested a negro on some trifle charge,
but when he toolc him to the police sta
tion. tie was in turn arrested on
struck a broken rail eight miles west charge of being intoxicated The negr
PROHIBITION AND
GOV.-ELECT SMITH
of Birmingham, and with the excep
tion of the rear sleeper the entire
train was wrecked.
as released and the tine followed.
NEWCASTLE. Pa., Feb. 9.—Tlie
Newcastle Savings and Trust Com
pany, capitalized at $300,000. was
emsed today by Bank Examiner .T. C.
McClain, under direction of th« State
Banking Commissioner Burkev. The T ,
depositors, it is said, will be paid in j . RIO JAixt!KU. i-eo
full. There are about 300 stockholders.
VARIS. Feb. 9.—It is currently re
ported that Count Boni DeCasteliane,
from whom his wife, who was Miss
Anna Gould, of New York, secured a
divorce in the French courts last No
vember. is about to appeal against the
decision of the court.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 9.—Effective
at midnight tonight the following
changes are announced on the Atlantic
Coast Line:
Morton Riddle, general superintend
ent of the second division at Savannah,
succeeds H. A. Ford, general superin
tendent of the third division at Jaek-
The Brazil
ian Government lias decided, in order
i to avoid possible disagreeable Incidents,
to exclude negro sailors from the Bra
zilian squadron which is to visit the
United States. The opposition news
papers attack the Government for this
: step.
LOUISVILLE. Ga.. Feb. 9.—In a
shooing affray on Main street here to
other States, however, did draw their j niony. Francis said that Pierce later
full quota under exactly the same cir- him that he had !er, t money to
cumstances. while still others, with one ' Bailey. Francis found in his ietter
or two companies, would draw guns for ' hook that on November 22, 1900. he had
a thousand or more. Thus t'ne arms I P a >fi Pierce S3.300. Bailey directed him
were very naturally distributed. When 1 to do so. Francis told of his confer-
tlie war between the States came some i enee with Pierce, in which he said:
of the States had hardly a musket in j “Clay, you are not going to let Bailey
their armories. What they did have do that "'Ork for you for nothing?"
were usually of the old flint-lock style, I Pierce replied that Bailey would not
changed to percussion. They were, i ^ a ke pay, but he (Pierce) -had lent him
c there
and wi
n decia
x any gun-
not until a
s jt? preva-
!n this
ate is free
rri No gland
:ion, and I believe the
the disease."
will be noted that the above ex-
■: from the Journal contains the
I however, practically the same class as
I used in t'ne regular army at that time.
1 The Civil War was slow in producing
results favorable 10 the reorganization
of the militia, and it was not until 1SS7
that a change was made in the law of
1855. The change consisted in making
the quota of arms distributed to a
State dependent upon the fact that the
State had an enlisted and organized
militia equal In numbers to 100 for
each Senator and Representative in
Congress. It was not until after the
Spanish-American war that the people
money. Mr. Francis recalled a letter
to Pierce in which he sent S4.S0P to
pay Bailey’s obligations and that Pierce
returned the bills of Mr. Bailey's obli
gations.
South's Manhood
Will Suffer From It
ATLANTA. Fob. lO.—Hecontlv a
number of persons interested in the Anti-
Saloon Leag-ne movement have inter
viewed Governor-elect Hoke Smith on his
attitude toward prohibition, it at that
time, beinjr tho intention of the league
fo introduce into the Legislature an act
prohibiting the sale of liquor in Georgia.
He stated.' however, that he would not
advocate in his message of. acceptance
as Governor or In.a message, to the Leg
islature the passihe: o" such an act. and
for this reason, at the last meetinsr of
the Anti-Saloon League of the State, held
in Atlanta, it was decided instead to
introduce a bill calling for the. mattor of
prohibition to be submitted to the people
at an. election held for this purpose.
sonville. Ford is assigned io other dix- i night F. .T George. contractor, shot
ties at Wilmington, N. C. J. N. Brand, j an d killed S.- A. D. Brown, a farroe,.
now superintendent of transportation : Just what led to
at Savannah, succeeds Riddle. E. R. ^ ne seems to knovi
AVootten. now superintendent of the hy an eye witness that Broun "as n -
Richmond division, succeeeds Brand.
rhe difficulty r
but it is statf
WARSAW. Russian Poland. Feb. .0.—
At Slavkoff. in the province of Kielce,
a band of terrorists today forced two
workmen to enter a church and then
orered them to kneel before the altar, him of
While the men were in this position j
they were bound by the terrorists and j
then shot dead. The terrorists escaped, i
It is believed that the victims were 1
suspected of betraying party secrets.
vancing on Georgia with a drawn re
volver when George shot him down.
George was not injured, but was taken
in charge by Sheriff Smith. Brown did
not die instantly from the shot, but-
lingered an hour before death relieved
uffering.
ROLLICKING.
Mortimer Lewis
In Houston
Whv
dear.
1*11 tote
Miile
TO MY FRIEND.
Xew* York Times.
If I were wretched and you knew
My agony the while.
I wonder w'ould I get from you
The pleasure of a smile!
If I were tempted and you knew
The world mv sin had scanned
I wonder would I get from you
A friendly, firm right hand!
Were I to struggle and you knew
I fought the fight alone,
I wonder would I get from you
One word to back my own!
If I were starving and you know
That all my strength was spent,
I wonder would I p-et from you
The offer of a cent!
PELHAM. Ga.. Feb. .9.—A negro, liv- j
ing here, gave an exhibition of strength j
in • this place this week. He weighs
one hundred pounds, and lifted a piece j
of iron weighing 990 pounds, or the J
equal of two ba os of cotton. The peo
ple were so well pleased that they |
made a large donation. Including one
month’s supplies given by Mr. C. R. |
Akrldge.
A-oick-a-pack; dearie.
Come up now and I’ll
Go Ralloumg here and
Go galloping there.
And you can hold fast
If you wish to my. hair;
Or I* will get down
On my hands and my knees,
When you give the word
WASHTNGTOX. Feb. 9.—Attorney-
General Bonaparte today transmitted to
the Senate a letter stating that the rec
ords of the Department of Justice do not
show th*»t any persons by the name of
Charles S. Hanks has ever be^n employed
in any capacity by the department. The !
Attorney-General says no payment has j
been made to him from the public funds i
under his control. The communication
was in response to a resolution intro
duced hy Senator Tillman.
ATLANTA. Feb. 9.—In a te egrapnic
pt* of the Sts
counties,
doner of
playing
brunt
ised *:
•d pile
the southern
• to the comn
^iat g nnders
mules of Georgia.”
ia: South Georgia beat
the disease. .:rd hope
ther* 3 Is a “rigger in th
“a cat in the meal tub
hor.'e and mule mark®
and
'aceful
work hn.-
Tnqu jrv fails ro supnort anv
statement, and Mr Waterman
c’lred. in a parting sentence:
‘•Rav for rre please there b
glanders In Middle Georgia—n"ne.
Jfive’v none.”
ks to promote.
the co-operation of good men
ditions and occupations, the p«
lution of a society based upo-i
rition of the inter* 1 .••pender
with man.” It welcomes the
a type o' evolutionist, though
ir.g the sea! of approval on r-
hut i' bars th*' .anarchist. It
slrealy «*>r^ < 5d heyor.d the <
shape of people’s forums. On® offshoot
has been, estabilsher a« far West at Port
land. Oregon.
What the director hopes to have some
dav is a fin® big home for the Institute,
with club rooms and class rooms, and
an auditorium with a seating capacity
large enough to accommodate the v■ ,
.tha* attend the Cooper Union meetings, j
and Congres* took the interest in per- reply to the Georgian, an afternoon
footing the - organization of a National I paper. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of
Guard commensurate with its Import-
for
ISAS there has been two funds
purchase of arms—one con
sisting of the $200,000 before men
tioned, and its accumulations, and the
other of a changing appropriation for
arms for the regular establishment.
Thepa two funds have always been kept
separate by the Secretary of War, and
‘here wa? a time when about the only
'uroished the militia were those
the Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record
I today discusses John D. Rockefeller’s
i gift of 542.000,000 to education through
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Reflections of a Bachelor.
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It’s foolish to be a poet uni
you
the Southern education hoard. Mr. Ed- I are rich enough to he able to afford it.
monds doe? not believe that the South
j should accept any part in the distri-
i bution of this fund or of any. other
j siven by Northern persons for the
cause of education, because he thinks
j the Fou:h i? amply able to take care
j of this feature of its tvork, and that
I the acceptance of such donations will
discarded by the reyular army. By 1 stifle its manhood and pr igressiveness.
1897 the Government had accumulated It is true that Mr. Edmonds loses si(fht
a iersre reserve supply of arms and the of the fac: that the money which Mr.
militia began, clamoring- for a better; Rockefeller is giving was codected
When a, man will admit his coffee is
cold it's a sign the honeymoon is over.
A woman doesn’t have to get the
Legislature to change her name; a
minister can do it. _
No matter how many time? a ^j r i
dream?, it’s either about a pearl neck
lace or orange blossoms.
A sleeping car company could make
lots more money if it hung the pas
sengers up on pegs, and they would
sleep just as well.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 8.—Lynd-
hurst. tiie handsome country home of
former Postmaster General John Wan-
amaker, at Chelton hills, near Jenkin-
towrj. was destroyed by fire tonight,
entailing a loss estimated at $750,000.
RALEIGH. N. C.. Feb. S.—J. H. [
Hodge?, white, convicted of wife mur- j
d»r. and Freeman Jones-, negro, found ,
guilty of burglary, were hanged at |
Durham today. Frank Bohannon, a j
negro, convicted of murder, was
hanged at Greensboro. j
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8—A new high
record in the way of the passage of
private pension bills was made by the
It's a go-as-you-please.
It's a go-as-you-please,
TJiis life is. for you.
A palli all be-b!ossome(l
With roses and dew,
M'ilii a (lad you can love
And can coax and tease
Till lie grabs you and lift
Right up o:i hi? knees.
Or up on bis shoulder.
And ea flops ■with you.
And who feels repaid
By a giggle or two.
A dad witli a pocket
That's never ton tight
For a babe's dimpled hand
To creep into at night,
And never so eniptv
But what in its deeps
A nickel is waiting
The wee hand that creeps
So 1 wishingly for it;
And the life is all glad,
A nickel for you and
A kiss for your dad!
Come, hop up! Come on. n**
I’ll to?? you up high
And gallop you. dear.
Till your yellow curls fly
This way and that way. and
Are trousseled and down;
Oil. this is tl:e way tnat
The horses down town
Go gallop-gaiumping
That way and now this:
Now nay your fare, lassie,
A hug and a kiss.
ou
House today when t-■>
ed in an hour and a ha
Tdai
DOVER. Ga.. Feb. Yr
about 11 o'clock, while a bunch nf rr- a
were cutting a right-of-way in the
Ogeechee swamp for the Southern Beil
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
near this place, a negro named Charlie
Bryant attempted to kiil M. G. Bayne,
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