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COMMITTEE ON RULES Appointed By Speaker Henderson In the House. RICHARDSON AND BAILEY NAMED As the Minority Members—Thurs¬ day's Routine of the House and Senate. A Washington special says: Before the house met Thursday the Republi cans and Democratic leaders attempted to perfect an agreement for the debate on the financial bills, but the negotia¬ tions failed. The Republican leaders then decided to resort to a special rule to be brought in Friday. Mr. Over street, of Indiana, who is to have charge of the bill, introduced the for¬ mal resolution for a special order, upon which the committee on rules will act. It provides for the consider¬ ation of the beginning on Monday and continuing until a date decided upon by the committee on rules. After the reading of the journal, the speaker announced the appointment of the committee on rules ns follows: The speaker, Mr. Dalzell, of Penn¬ sylvania, and Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, Republicans, and Messrs. Richardson, of Tennessee, and Bailey, of Texas, Democrats. Mr. Meyer, of Pennsylvania, an¬ nounced that ho had been incorrectly recorded as voting “ave” on the Rob¬ erts resolution on Tuesday. He had voted “no.” Mr. Overstreet, of Indiana, in charge of the financial bill, then arose for the purpose of reaching an agree¬ ment, if possible, for the considera¬ tion of the measure. Ho asked that an arrangement be made for commencing the debate Tuesday. Mr. Richardson, the mi¬ nority leader, said the proposal was most unusual. It was that a most important measure, pefeeted in all its details during the recess by members on the other side should be brought into the boufe without being consid¬ ered in committee and taken up on two duys, notice. He insisted for first consideration. He objected to the proposed arrangement. Mr. Overstreet asked unanimous consent to print in the record an an¬ alysis of the bill. “I undeastand the gentleman de¬ sires to inject a stump speech in the record?” observed Mr. Terry, of Ar¬ kansas. I object.” Upon the motion of Mr. Grosve nor, of Ohio, the resolution was adopt¬ opin¬ ed to print 6,000 copies of the ion of the supreme court in the case of the Addystone Pipe and Steel com¬ pany et al, appellants, vs. the United States, for the use of the house. This is the anti-trust decision of the supreme court. v Mr. Mercer, of Nebraska, then an the death l of the late Rlpte- 1 sentative Greene, of Nebraska; and after the adoption of the customary resolution the house, at 12:35 p. m., as a further mark of respect, ad¬ journed IS IDE SENATE. In the senate Thursday, on motion of Mr. Hale, of Maine, it was decided that when the a senate adjourned it be until Monday. An invitation was extended through President Pro Tempore Frye to the senate to attend the George Washing¬ ton centennial memorial service to be held in tTashington on Thursday, De¬ cember 14, under the auspices of the Improved Order of Red Men. Senator Depew is to deliver the or otion upon the occasion. Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire, offered resolutions instructing the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the right of William A. Clark, of Montana, and Nathan B. Scott, of Virginia, to seats in the sen¬ ate and to take testimony. The reso¬ lutions were referred to the commit¬ tee on contingent expenses. Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, offered a joint resolution in favor of the elec¬ tion of United States senators by the people and gave notice that at a later date he would address the senate on the subject. COAL MEN IN COURT. Many Atlanta Dealers Ifauled Up Before the City Recorder. Twenty-eight coal dealers of Atlanta were arraigned before the recorder Thursday afternoon on the charge of violating section 152 of the city code, which calls for the weighing of their wagons on the city scales at least once a week. The twenty-eight all pleaded guilty, but stated they were ignorant of the fact that such an ordinance was in existence. The recorder dismissed the cases, but warned all the coal dealers in the city that if another case of the kind came before him he would impose a heavj fine. GORDON ON PHILIPPINES. Say* He I* With tho Men who Fought Un¬ der the Star* and Stripe*. A dispatch from Minneapolis,Minn., says: General John B. Gordon, of Georgia, now and for tho last ten years commauder-in-chicf of the Con¬ federate Veterans of America, made a n declaration on the Philippine ques¬ tion Wednesday, He said: “My sympathies go out to the men who are fighting under the stars and stripes wherever they ave, and I am not in favor of pulling the flag down. I that shows where I stand.’’ DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS. Department of Affrloulturfl Will Seutl Out Larjf* Quantity Thl* Yonr. The department of agrianltnre will begin its distribution of seeds a little earlier thl* year than last, shipping south the beginning of January and perhaps sending a lew shortly before the 1st, This year the seods for dis¬ tribution to all parts of tho country will consist of 13,000,000 packs of vegetable besides seed*, 1,608,000 of flower aeeds, field end luwu seeds. A MYSTERY SOLVED Mrs, Pottle's Body Was Found Floating In Oomnlgee. THE DISCOVERY CAUSED A SENSATION A Negro Is Jailed In Macon Under Suspicion of Being the Murderer. A special from Macon, Ga., says: The body of Mrs. Eugenia Pottle, the woman who has been missing for the past two weeks, was found in the Ocmulgee river at the mouth of Foster’s branch Thursday afternoon about half past 4 o’clock by John Johnson, one of a searching party. The body was lodged against a wil¬ low tree near the bank of the river, the head and shoulders being above the water. The place is almost di¬ rectly opposite file pumping station, six miles from the city, and the prop¬ erty of Senator Bacon, and as soon as the discovery was made Mr. Johnson gave the alarm. The news created a great sensation in Macon and it was soon spread abroad. The coroner was summoned and with a number of other people went at onco to the scene. All sorts of rumors prevailed as to how she met her death,but nothing was known until several doctors examined the corpse. Soon after the arrival of the coroner the body was dislodged from its posi¬ tion in the river. It waa decided to remove the remains into the city and hold the inquest. Several prominent citizens ideniifi ed the remains as Mrs. Eugenie Pot¬ tle, the features being plainly discern able in spite of the decomposition. Physicians examined the remains so as to determine whether or not Mrs. Pot¬ tle was murdered or whether she com¬ mitted suicide. rive Wounds Found. Failing to find any signs of wounds, the doctors shaved the head, when it was discovered that Mrs. Pottle had been struck. Five gashes were found on her head, and just over the left temple the skull was crushed in, pre¬ sumably with a wooden cudgel. The skull was cut open by the physicians, who agreed that concussion of the brain caused tho death. After this had been determined the coroner’s jury adjourned until Friday morning for the completion of the testimony. Near the place where the body was found, numerous tracks were discov¬ ered and in the soft ground there was a place which looked as if tho body had been laid before being thrown in¬ to the river. The tracks were old,but it looked as if several people had been around. The road to Mrs. Pottle’s plantation in Jones county is about three miles from the place where tho body was found, and it is presumed that the murder was committed on the road and the body taken to the river and thrown in. Allen Fuller Su.pected, The general idea is that Allen Ful fer, the negro now' in jraifj' is the guilty man. He was the last person seen with Mrs. Pottle on the night of November 20, and when approached in regard to the whereabouts of the woman, stated that he had never seen her and that he did fiot know her. This statement leads the officers to be¬ lieve that he committed the crime, as several people Saw him with her and he was known to have worked for her on various occasions. SECOND DAY’S DERATE On Willingham Prohibition BUI In the Georgia State Senate. An Atlanta dispatch says: The sec¬ ond day’s debate in the state senate on the prohibition bill developed no sensational features, but the all-day session was not without interest¬ ing and unique incidents. One of these occurred during the speech of Senator Humphreys. He was speaking on the principles of Jef¬ fersonian Democracy, and stated that, according to the teachings of that great statesman, those who imbibed whisky were not Democrats. He then asked those in the senate who did not drink to hold up their hands; only five complied, and the speaker then assert¬ ed that he could not hold up his own hand on the same proposition. “SCRATCH” YOUR STAMPS. Precaution* Against ltobbery In Use of War Itevenue Stamps. Somebody has evidently been rob¬ bing Uncle Sam since the inauguration of the revenue stamps on June 13, 1898. An order has just been sent out by Commissioner of Intenal Revenue G.. W. Wilson at Washington, and ap¬ proved by Secretary Gage, making it cumpulsory on people who use revenue stamps for 10 cents or more for denot¬ ing any tax imposed by the act of June 13, 1898, to not only write or stamp their initials and date upon the same, but to mutilate it in such a way that it can never be used again. MOST SERIOUS DEFEAT. London Await* Further New* From Storirtberg With Misgivings* A London dispatch says: It is hnrd ly too much to regard General Get acre's repulse near Stormberg as the most serious defeat British arms have yet sustained in the whole campaign. The proportion of wounded and killed is so small when compared witk the missing—who are undoubtedly prisoners in the bands of the Boers— that the supplementary list of ensual ties is awaited with serious misgivings. HARRIS WANTS VENGEANCE. He Will Publish Latter Damaging to Julia MorrUon. Manager Harris, woll known in the¬ atrical circles, produced a startling letter written him by Julia Morrison but a few hours before she shot and killed Frank Leiduu on the stage at Chattanooga, Tenu. Him has counted on Harris's sympathy aud assintanoe, bu) and he has will doubled his to publish the death let¬ ter see manager's avenged. TAYLOR WINS IN KENTUCKY TIis State Election Commissioners Make Their Decision. REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IS 2,383 Goebel Is Still Game But Is Ad viteJ By His Friends to Abide the Result. A special from Frankfort, Ky., says: At 9:45 o’clock Saturday morning the election certificate of William S. Tay¬ lor was signed by the election commis¬ sioners and he was declared to be gov¬ ernor-elect of Kentucky. The official figures of the vote filed with Secretary of State Finley are: Taylor, 193,714; Goebel, 191,331; Tay¬ lor’s plurality, 2,383. The operation, which ended for the time being at least, the bitterly fought gubernatorial contest, was conducted iu the simplest manner. The majority opinion of Commissioners Pryor and Ellis and the minority opinion of Com¬ missioner Pcvutz, which were issued Saturday morning, were not read as was the origual intention. The three commissioners walked first to the office of the clerk of the state supreme court where they filed two opinions. They then passed into the office of the sec¬ retary of state, Clerk Cheuault, of the board of commissioners, read the figures showing that the Repub¬ lican candidates for offices on the state ticket had received the larg¬ est number of votes and then certifi¬ cates of election were signed at once, that of Mr. Taylor being first on the list. All Republican candidates for state offices were then furnished with com missions by Governor Bradley. Goebel seems to take his defeat phil osophically. Ho had been advised by many friends who supported him with vigor to let the Republicans have the offices without further contest ns the keeping alive of the political feeling would do an infinite harm. Mr. Taylor was modest and reticent as usual. “I expected it, of course,” said he, “I knew that if the commissioners went by the law and the evidence they could do nothing else than decide the way they have done.” Commissioner Poyntz declined to sign the Republican certificates of election, saving that he stood by the opinion that he had rendered, and could not consistently do so. He con¬ sented to sign the certificates of the railroad commissioners, however. The official returns ^developed the pecnliar fact that 10,000 Democrats and an equal number of Republicans did not know how to votle the Austra lian balVot> as both an(1 Taylor Jfiective ran ahead of other maaflhiu iJjeir re¬ tickets 10,OoffW votes; and John Young Brown, wbfile receiving oniy 12,000 rail 2,000 'ahead of his ticket. It seems that 22,000 voters thought that by marking the name of the candidate for governor they were voting the entire ticket of their choice. LAWYERS ARE INNOCENT. Committee Says Grand Jury Presentments Were Scandalous. Without foundation, improper, un¬ true and scandalous is the verdict of the special committee of the Atlanta Bar association on the arraignment of the grand jury and Foreman Joseph H. Johnson. The report of the committee was submitted at a meeting of the associa¬ tion Saturday morning in the superior court room, and was eagerly lieteuad to by as many lawyers and citizens as the room would held. The committee admitted that there were some unworthy member* of the bar in the city, but stated that tkair number was so few &s net to warrant the special presentment and the man¬ ner in which it was made. Foreman Johnson, who was seen after the meeting, said: “I utter a loud cry for help from the ethical members oi the Atlanta Bar association. ” REED FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY. Humor Current That McKinley "Want* Mnin* Man For Ruuuitiff Hate. According to a 'Washington special there is a highly interesting atory go¬ ing the rounds of the inner Republi¬ can circles to the effect that President McKinley is anxious to see Tom Raed named as his running mate for 1900. While the death of Vice President Ho¬ bart is very recent, it iB natural that there should have already been a good deal of talk about the Republican nom¬ inee for the vice presidency, and it is said the president, in talking with some of bis closest associates, has sounded them as to the availability of the late speaker. MRS. POTTLE BURIED. Funeral of Murdered Woman at Macon I.argely Attended. The funeral of Mrs. Pottle, the murdered womnn, at Macon, was im¬ pressive and very sad. It wrs attend¬ ed by a large number of old friends of the family and of the woman herself. She was laid to rest by her father, Captain Charles Hamilton, in Rose Hill cemetery, Tho unfortunate woman had retained no feeling stronger than her great love for her father. Frequently and in the last few years she visited the cemetery. MOKE TIME WANTED Uy imilrontl* In IVhU-li to Equip Cor* Wllh Safely Appliance*. Wednesday the interstate commerce commission gsve u hearing to the representatives asking of for the several railway companies of the time allowed a further the railroads exten¬ sion to equip 'heir lines witli safety «|iuli nimes under the act of March 2, 1893. Two years ago the commission granted an txteoaiott until January 1, 1000. FARMER KILLS WIFE Also Hide Desperate Attempt to Slay Hi3 Mother-In-Law. USED A DOUBLE-BARRELED SHOTGUN. Hiram Sharpe Proves to K* a Demon In Hu:nAir Form—In the Law's Clutches. With a double barrel shotgun load¬ ed with buckshot, Hit am Sharpe, a farmer, brutally murdered his wife, five miles from Lithonia, Ga., Wed nesday morning. He had gone to his mother-in-law’s home for his wife, who had separated from him, and while she was in the act of returning home with him and ■■«?& was saying over and over plldiigVith°lhi iitalilw’mM? r " h rr ill fired both barrels of his gnn, the first load of buckshot passing between the two women, nearly tearing their arms from their bodies, and the second load piercing the wife’s heart. The shooting occurred in front of the cabin home, and although shot through the heart, Mrs. Sharpe ran into the house, passed through the front room and fell dead in the rear room. The murderer at once fled into the woods. When the news spread through the settlement a crowd of men and boys organized and started in pursuit. Later Deputy Sheriff J. W. Jenkins joined the posse. Sharpe was found secreted in the loft of his son-in-law’s house, four miles from the scene of the crime. He dared any of the crowd to put his head into the loft. Fearlessly the deputy climbed into the loft and with his revolver ready, ordered Sharpe to surrender, and the murderer decided to do so. Lynching was feared, in fact, the crowd with the deputy attempted to wreak immediate vengeance on the wil ' e slayer, but the deputy was equally courageous in protecting the pnsonei as he had been in * rrestin S bim > and told the mob to staud back unIesa tbe T w ?, bed to be sb ot down, Sharpe was carried to Lithouia and ,rom there lie ms taken to Decatur acd lodged in jail, ANNUAL REPORTS READ. Many Resolutions and Bills Pesentod In The Senate. A Washington dispatch says: At the opening of ’Wednesday’s session of the senate the annual report of the secretary of the treasury, the attorney general, comptroller of the currency, and reports of other officials were pre¬ sented. A concurrent resolution, adopted by the legislature of Michigan, was pre¬ sented by Mr. McMillin, of Michigan. The resolution protested against the policy of the Russian government to¬ ward Finland, and was referred to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin, pre¬ sented resolutions of the legislature of Wisconsin, urging congrys to take ^Peking b» tlifi.^dvFnsement of the American shipping interest. Mr. Kyle, Mr. Keane and Mr. Wol¬ cott presented a number of petitions against polygamy. Mr. Aldrich, chairman of the finance committee, had the distinction of in¬ troducing the first bill at the present session. It is what is known as the senate finance measure, and is to “affirm the existing standard of value of all forms of money, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes. ” It was referred to the committee on finance. Senator Chandler introduced bills applying the customs and inter¬ nal revenue laws of the United States to the island of Cuba and Porto Rico after January 1, 1900. Goods between the islands and the United States are to be exchanged as between the states. Among other bills introduced were the following: Mr. Rawlins of Utah, presented a resolution providing for a fall investi¬ gation of alleged polygamous practices in the United States and whether tho president has appointed polygamists to federal offices. It was referred to the judiciary committee. Mr. Mason, Republican, of Illinois, offered a resolution extending the best hopes of the senate to the Boers in their contest for liberty. ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION. Roberts Does Not Want Committee Pro¬ ceedings Kept From Public. A Washington dispatch says: The committee which is to inquire into the status of Mr. Roberts, of Utah, held a protracted session behind closed doors Friday to further consider the line of procedure. During the early hours of the meeting Mr. Roberts was pres¬ ent and made a statement as to -his general wishes in connection with the inquiry. He said he was specially de¬ sirous of having the committee first go into his prima facie righl to a seat, af¬ terwards taking up the general merits of the subject. He said he favored open sessions as he did not wish any of the testimony kept from the public. SKATERS GO DOWN. Ice Broke and Three Boy* PeiU't In Sight of Companion*. Ralph and Clyde Hendrick, broth¬ ers, aged thirteen and eleven years re¬ spectively, and Albert Schilling, aged fourteen years, while skating on Mc¬ Coy’s pond at Gallitzin, I’a., Saturday afternoon, broke the ice and were drowned in sight of a number of young companions. Pain’s Fireworks Asslgued. Pain’s Fireworks company, whose headquarters are iu New York city, made an assignment Thursday in Brooklyn to Bertram Gardner, a law¬ yer of Manhattan. Cirrus Man Hants Divorce. Peter Bells, the miUioniare cirous man, has filed a petition for divorce at Columbus, O., on the ground* of adul¬ tery, naming William llott and Harry D. Lyons, two promiuent men, as oo respoudeuts. .... _ AWFUL FATE fIF l/l MfIHFlFI?FR Negro Burned at Stake By a Ken¬ tucky Mob. HE WAS TORTURED HORRIBLY Fiend Ravished and Then Killed firs. Lashbrook, the Wife of His Employer. ___ A 8 P ecial frora Ma ^ vi!le > K v ” sa 7 s: - Bichard Co'eman, confessed murderer of Mrs. James Lashbrook, wife of his «■ Ilg “ WeJ ” e " i * 7 ** lbe b ” d * rf ‘ mob consisting of thousands of citi zens by being burned at the stake af ter suffering torture beyond descrip tion. The burning occurred on the peace ful cricket grounds on the outskirts of town. The barbarities inflicted upon the negro by citizens of one of the most highly civilized cities of the state are almost beyond beyond belief and can only be accounted for by the in* tense horror created by long considera gion of the atrocious crime of which full comession had been made by Coleman. , Two months ago Richard Coleman was installed as a house servant and was trusted implicitly by both Mr. Lashbrook and his wite. On the day of the murder Mr. Lashbrook was at work some distance away from the house. Mrs. Lashbrook had driven to Maysville and returned, wheu Cole¬ man asked her to enter the cabin to look at some work at which he had been engaged. Details of the Murder. The negro locked the door on the inside. Mrs. Lashbrook then became frightened and screamed. Coleman struck her on the head, knocking her down but not stopping her cries. He then seized a razor and cut her throat. He picked up the bleeding body and placed on it the bed. He then left the room, but returning, heard her still groaning, and with an axe he struck lier repeatedly on the head until he was sure she was dead. Without any show of alarm or re¬ morse for his crime, the negro camly washed the blood from his hands and clothing and went to where Mr. Lash brook was at work in the field and told him that he had better come to the house, as someone had killed his wife. Mr. Lashbrook die. not take the mat ter seriously until Coleman insisted that his wife was dead. Even then, so great was the confidence of Mr Lashbrook in Coleman, that no thought occurred that he was the mar derer. It was not until after the officers ar had -been killing That night, however, at Maysville, a tial confession was obtained, and knowing the result if that fact should become known, the officers quietly re moved him to Covington, Indicted Ky.,' for safe keeping. He was for the murder confessed the Crime Shortly after his incarceration at Covington he made a complete and horrible confession to the jailer.. The story of his revolting crime, including worse than murder, was told without any appearance of feeling by the pris¬ oner. On Tuesday Sheriff Ferrinc, •* under orders of . Judge -r -r „ Habersou, i_ with i i fonr assistants, went to Coviugton expect¬ ing to return with Coleman on Tues¬ day night, but after reaching Covirg ton the jailer wired him not to attempt to bring the prisoner into Maysville at night. Husband Headed Mob. The negro and his escort arrived at 10.20 o’clock Wednesday morning un¬ der , special . , guard , of . deputies, , .. sworu a < 8 arrived at the courthouso they were met by a mob of fully 1,003 people. The mob carried Coleman to a small hollow near the railroad tracks, where they bound him tightly to a young sapling. Then they heaped a huge pile of brushwood and timber around him and fired the stnes. Before the roasting began Coleman was almost dead - The prisoner strapped against . was the tree, facing the husband of Ine victim. Large quantities of dry brush and larger bits of wood had been piled around him while he was praying for speedy death, James Lashbrook, the husband of the victim, applied tho first match to the brushwoed. A brother of the victim struck the sec ond match. The crowd showed no mercy. The purpose seemed to be to give the wretch the greatest possible amount and duration of torture. PROBABLY MURDERED. !k!r«. Pottle, Ail Aged Woman, Myite rlouftty Disappear., A reward of $100 has been offered for the discovery of Mrs. Eugenia Pot¬ tle, who disappeared suddenly from Macon, Ga., on the night of November 20th, and a number of detectives havo been secured to assist in tho seoreh. Judge Joel Branhxm, of Rome, Ga., representing the relatives of Mrs. Fottle, says that it is his belief that the woman has been murdered within three miles of Maoon, and that her body will be found somewhere in the neighborhood of where she was last seen. FOR MAIMED CHILDREN. Philadelphia M.IUonotro Will Sp.od v‘Looo.ooo for a iiout#*. Peter A. B. Widener, the million aire traction magnate of Philadelphia 1ms announced that he land had purchased Logan, thirty-six acres of at a suburb of Philadelphia, on which he iutend* to erect and endow e home, hospital and school for crippled uhii dreu at a cost of $2,000,000. GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Bri^f Summary of Interesting Happenings Culled at Random. Johnson’* “Apology.” As an outcome of the great kick and denunciatory resolutions of the Atlanta Bar association in regard to the recent grand jury presentments transmitted toj the legislature, Colonel Joseph H. Johnson, of Atlanta, the foreman of the grand jury, pays his respects to members of the bar in a lengthy news ^ “I feel it my duty to congratulate you on the prospects of an early effort on the part of the Atlanta Bar associa lion for the suppression of the barrator and shy f e 5, tLat bav ? 80 nD .* snteriup.ediy preyed upon the oust m eie ®r-’ ° lS commaamy. tor improvement s'zsazz in»IIlia«« an of bu.i ness. ‘’When he is no longer with us to haunt our shops, stores, depots, fac tories, railroads and old houses, in quest for damage suits, and when he ceases to sit up nights and plot against our corporations and merchants, in bis unboiy effort to wreck with re ceivership proceedings, surely the day of jubilee will come, but you must not forget that “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Ton cannot depend on one of his own sort to check him. It has been said by them of old times that it takes a thief to cateh a thief,’ but “verily, verily I say unto yon that it is easier for a camel to go through tue eye of a needle” than to catch a shyster with a shyster. You can, therefore, more fully appreciate rnv tender of congratulations when I tell yon of the rumor that the Atlanta Bar association is hot oil his trail.” Mortgraces Set Aside. All the mortgages given by Moody & Brewster, of Atlanta, iu May. 1898, just before their failure, have been set aside bv Mr. Albert H. Cox, the audi tor in the receivership case. The amount of the mortgages thus turned down is $91,010, made up as follows: O. A. Smith A Co....... $20,515 Capital City bank...... 20,000 Lowry Banking company 10,500 Marietta Guano company ..... 16 ’ 000 Marietta Trust and Banking company................. 10,000 Exchange bank.............. 6,030 Third National bank.......... 3,000 Tlyi auditor’s report shows the de funct firm to have $125,000 assets less than are necessary to discharge obli ®‘\L, 0U ‘'Y. 82* „. MO The assets are amount’of 4 579 the'deficit 31^ The exact * itpofi 706 S3 Tbe o., transfer , of , $o0 —.... 000 haa in * accounts 0 tbe F °'«U» Rational oank was held t0 be Ta!ld ' A V ' , ' 1 '‘ 1 ’’■'' ,nrPr ' „ „ ^ 18lB ? to £ ive hina ment , for having , thrownlau a«d mto a Woman s face vvlnch burned her aua P r ° babi y maJe b f bblld - The vvoman who received this treat “ ent 18 Mrs. b. M. Hillard, the wife of 3 man ' vbo r!ius 3 dra ? !lue ia con. The news from Macon of the affair states that if Smith had not been sent to Atlanta he might have been lynch¬ ed, so intense was the feeliug against him. State Normal Seliool Closed. The State Normal school closed its f^rcises Athens the past week af ter the most prosperous session in its history It ronnded np in great shape the work of a year wherein 712 teach¬ ers from 124 counties in the state of Georgia attended its sessions. The commencement exercises were brief but interesting. The chief feat¬ ure was an address from Governor Allen D. Candler. Governor Candler made an interesting address on the importance of the Normal school work th duty of the state to see that it Park Bill Passed. The house of representatives passed the bill of Mr. Brandon of Fulton, to the United States govern ment tbe ] aut j proposed for the nation j )arb on Peachtree creek battlefields, Bi , [s looking t o the establishment 0 { tbe p ark bave been introduced in tbe lla ti 0 nal congress, and the advo cates of the measure are enthusiastic j u bg beba [f. Many promiuent gov erniaea t officials were in the battles arouU(1 Atlaata> au j are expected to help the movement with their influ¬ ence. Kedit'g Statement. A Macon dispatch says: Judge Feltou has called a special grand jury to investigate the murder of Mrs. Eugenia Pottle, the womau whose bo jy ‘ was found floating in the Ociaul gee river sever „i days ago. -p be horrible erin.j is still tbe talk of Macon, and it is a good thing Fuller is iu the Atlanta jail. All the evidence is directly against him, and it is gen orally believed that the negro Redd had nothing to do with the murder, and that his statement is true. Redd’s s tatement is as follows: “1 never killed Mrs. Fottle, and I don’t wbat thev want to ’ense me of the or i me f or . x’he lost time I seed her she wa ,s gwine down the road with Allen Fuller. She stopped at my house that night uiul asked me if Fuller was safe to go home with. Sh» said she w as afraid to make the trip with him, and wanted me to fib. A few minutes after she come back to my house and called me, but my wife wouldn’t let me go out, so I didu.t auswer. That’s the last I heard of her until Mr. Dodd commenced looking for lur.” Th, cn..lo« U.«UI*«lv. W*.k. * iOgiHiuturc began tbe lust week of * c ** io “ Ml ? ud3 7 witb » Ur * e !' umb « of ««■•»> measure* remain ! n « ““ to do*, l ' H '« has lldar been ' lbo devoted » e “ 0 “ argely c0, ‘‘‘ '*'K a to 1,10 ^usidoration of special meas¬ ures, out)mod tor the general assem¬ bly anil before the two bodies came togeth¬ er, ou these bills the Uw-makera have spoken, save iu the ease of the revisory tax measury framed by the commission at a cost to the state of $3,200 and sidetracked on acconnt of insufficient time in which to consid¬ er it. The prohibition bill by the member from Monroe, introduced at first ses¬ sion of the assembly, was carried through the house by a margin of five votes over constitutional requirement and defeited in the senate by a vote of almost two one. The Hardwick bill for t£e disfranchisement of the ignor¬ ant negro voter got no farther on its passage than the house, where it origi¬ nated, and received three votes in that: body. Mr. Willingham has put the oppo¬ nents of the prohibition bill on notice that the fight for its passage hits only begun, and that it is eertain to have more friends in the next legislature and stand a better chance of becoming a law than it did in the present legisla¬ ture. Sonth Georcia Conference Ends. The South Georgia Methodist con¬ ference, in session at Dublin, closed Sunday night. It was one of the pleasantest sessions that was ever held. The memorial service was very impressive. At the closo, after a short talk, Bishoc Wilson announced the appointments. One of the features of the conference was the exnulsion from membership in the church and the conference of Rev. S. G. Meadows, Holton’, who was stationed this year at Bibb county. The committee trying the ease, through its chairman’ re¬ ported that he had been found guilty of immorality and the conference so voted. After a spirited contest for the place 0 f meeting next year Cuthbert won bv 3 good majority. Macon wa 3 the other p’ ace voted for Elect By the People. Thehonseof representatives adopted a resolution; introduced by Mr. Bond, of Madison.. memorializing Georgia’s representatives in congress to vote for and nso their best efforts to secure tha passage of Senator Clay’s bill calling for a constitutional amendment pro Tiding for the election of United States sectors by the people. There was not a dissenting vote. The resolution.by Mr.Bond,of Mad ison, is as follows: “Resolved by the house of re pre¬ sentetires,the senate concurring, That it is the sense of this assembly that United States senators be elected by a direct vote of the people of the several states - “Resolved further, That we instruct our senators and representatives in congress to do all in their power to have a constitutional amendment or this kind submitted ns eariv as possi¬ ble. “Resolved further, That his excet lency the. governor be requested to forward a certified copy of these reso- 1 ufior^ to ^ our senat* v s nnd congress congress as scon as P Glaser Is Doomed. K , . | ca5e where ca OU 4 “F r f »« bcri Dougheviy^or.nty, conapcte.1 oi * murde-og *. f vnfe :d the dciwh am r sen¬ tonco had been passed upon him. Ar. appeal was made to the pardon board to recommend bis sentence do-be com m “ tca ’° hie imprisonment; the boaru refused to recommend it and Glaser will pay the penalty of hi.s crime upon the gallows. It *so«uiiona. A meeting of the ex-slaves of Bibb county was held in Mnoon the past week. The question of pensions for cx-slaves was discussed, and resolu¬ tions passed for presentation to congress. I'l.tsJm.iscer Arrcutccl. Hersvhe! V. Johnson, postmaster at Claxtoc. was arrested last Saturday and carried be-ore United States Com¬ missioner .T. F. Lewis, at Savannah, on tho chant* of embezzlitigpostal money order funds of his office. He gave bond. Although bearing the same name, the accused postmaster does not be¬ long to the family of the distinguished Georgian who ran for vice president of the United States on the ticket with Stephen A. Donslas in 1860. VICTIMS OF FLAMES. Mother PerUlteJ In Vain Eflf.»rt to Sar«> Hor Little Punchier. At Fort Valley. Ga., Tuesday after¬ noon Mrs. Ben Thomas and her little five-year old daughter were burned tc death. Mr. Ben Thomas, who lives in the snburbs of the city, had been burning brush ail day in his yard, and just after noon he was called away from the house for a few minutes. When he returned he found his wife and child tossing in the flames, where they had apparently fallen. Both died in a short time after the accident. The dying mother told the story of the accident. She says her little daughter went out into the yard to play, and accidentally fell inio the flames. She r au to the rescue of tha child, and caught fire. CONGRESS MAY INVESTIGATE Th® Owe of Captain Oberlin Carter From Beginning: to Kml. A Washington dispatch states that Representative DeGraffenreid, oi' Texas, has prepared a resolution which he will introduce at the earliest pos¬ sible moment, calling for all the facte in the case of Captain Carter. The resolution is directed to the secretary of war and the attorney gen¬ eral, and in usual form, calls upon these officials of the government to furnish not only the facts about Carter, but particularly those bearing upon the 'other people, who, with Carter., formed the Atlantic Construction Oompauy. Oregon Goes To Snblg. A Manila special says: Au expedi¬ tion headed by the battleship Orcgou left Manila for Hubig Saturday night It mander, is reported General that Alejandrino, tbe Filipino com¬ with hie staff, ha* surrendered to General MauArtbur. 1 I