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YOU. VI. NO. 2.
HE WAS A PROMINENT AND BELL
KNOWN GEORGIAN.
UNTIL RECENTLY INDIAN AGENT.
Several Terms a Legislator and Author
Of the Famous “Olive Bill,*’ Intended
To Prevent Bailroad Combines.
Indian Agent Joel Thomas Olive, of
Crawford, Ga., committed suicide at
St. George, Utah, by t,hooting himself
t ough the head.
Mr. Olive had resigned his position
and last Saturday Secretary Bliss ap¬
pointed Alfred C. Hawley, of Illinois,
to succeed him. The position pays
$2,000 per annum.
The telegram announcing tho ap¬
pointment of Hawley annoyed him
greatly and he felt that his efforts
were not appreciated in a source
where tiny should be. It is hard to
say what, was the real cause of his sui¬
cide, but it is evident that he was suf¬
fering greatly from mental depression
for Several days.
Mr. Olive was one of the best known
public men in Georgia, made so by liis
advocacy of a railroad bill which boro
his nahie, and which had been intro¬
duced by him in the Georgia legisla¬
ture of 1888. The causes loading to
this bill were the growing distrust of
the people with railroad consolidation.
The West Point Terminal, of Virginia,
owned the lines between Atlanta and
New York, now making up the South¬
ern railway main trunk. By some
connection which he bad made in New
York city, lion. Patrick Calhoun be¬
came the controlling spirit of the Cen¬
tral railroad system of Georgia, which
ran a steamship line to Now York and
Boston as well.
Shortly afterwards Mr. Calhoun
joined with Mr. John Inman in the
West Point Terminal management and
secured control of it, thus joining the
two properties and erasing the name
of the Central, making the whole sys¬
tem the Richmond and Danville.
There were enemies of Mr. Calhoun in
Georgia who took advantage of the ex¬
citability of tho people, and used this
consolidation in order to make war
upon the railroads.
The section of the constitution under
which ibis attack was made was wliat
is known as the competitive clause,
which had been drafted by Robert
Toombs in-the Georgia state conven¬
tion in 1877, the purpose of which was
to prevent the consolidation of com¬
peting lines. While the two lines
which tho legislature of Georgia was
asked to take charge of were widely
separate so far as their physical conti¬
guity in Georgia was concerned, yet,
as a whole, from Georgia to New York
they were supposed to be in competi¬
tion, the one by ocean, the other
overland, but that competition was in
territory removed from the limits of
Georgia.
The legislative fight which followed
the introduction of Mr. Olive’s bill
was notable in that it brought before
the legislature the most distinguished
railroad men in the country, as well as
the strongest men in favor of limiting
the powers and opportunities of the
railroad companies. The bill was
amended out of existence, and finally
went to defeat, but so long continued
was the debate and so great the in¬
terest taken in it throughout the union,
that the name of Mr. Olive had become
just as well known as that of any active
leader in the national house of repre-.
sentatives. The controversy went
through two sessions of the legisla¬
ture before it died out.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
The Object of a Kill Introduced In the
Senate Ry Pettigrew.
Senator Pettigrew introduced a bill
in the senate Tuesday to provide for
the submission to a popular vote at
the congressional election of 1898 of
the following question:
“Shall congress at once enact a law pro¬
viding for the immediate free and unlim¬
ited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio
of 16 to 1.
“Shall the constitution of the United
States be so amended as to provide for tho
election of United States senators and of
the president and vice president by direct
vote of tho people,”
It is made the duty of the secretary
of state to forward the result of the
vote to the president, xvho is required
to transmit the statement to congress.
FIVE CHILDREN CREMATED.
Parents Were. Away From Home On a
Visit at the Time.
A special of Tuesday from Welch,
W. Ya., says fix-e children xvere burned
to death iu the residence of J. H.
White, two miles from Keystone,
Monday night. Enemies of the family
are beliex r ed to have fired the house.
Both White and his xvife xvere away
on a visit, and their five children xvere
left alone in their farmhouse. The
children had retired when the fire
was started. The children who met
death were a boy of twelve, one of ten,
one of five, one of four and a girl of
six.
IRON WORKERS (40 OUT.
Two Hundred at Pittsburg Refuse to Ac¬
cept Cot.
A ten per cent ent in wages affecting
all men not under the Amalgamated
scale was ordered at J ones & Laugh
lin’s American Iron Works at Pitts¬
burg, Pa.
As a result the open hearth xvorkers
and some other employees, in all abont
two hundred, refused to go to work
Tuesday night. The firm employs
nearly 3,000 men.
BULLOCH TIMES.
SIMPSON AGAIN AFTER REED.
Assisted This Time by Richardson, of Ten¬
nessee—McLaurin Sworn In.
The house Tuesday sustained a sharp
attack on the speaker by Representa¬
tives Simpson nnd Richardson because
of non-appointment of committees.
On motion of Mr. Dingley, by 89 to
65, the house upheld the speaker’s re¬
fusal to recoguize the resolution of
Mr. Lewis relative to Cuba, as priv¬
ileged business.
At the regular order there was pre¬
sented for immediate consideration a
resolution providing for the transpor¬
tation of supplies for India and per¬
mitting the use of any vessel, instead
of restricting the Bending of famine
relief to American ships.
After further talk by Mr. Simpson
and others concerning the alleged au¬
tocratic power of the speaker, the
order was adopted.
The senate resolution to amend the
resolution of April 7 for the transpor¬
tation of supplies to India was passed
by the bouse.
The senator from South Carolina,
John L. McLaurin, who succeeds the
late Senator Earle, was sworn in at the
opening of the senate Tuesday. This
establishes the personnel of the senate
as it will remain for some time, viz:
Republicans, 43; democrats, 34; pop¬
ulists, 7; silver republicans, 5; vacan¬
cy, 1, (Oregon); total 90.
The tariff bill was taken up imme¬
diately after the disposal of routino
business.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Established in th$ South
During: the Past Week.
The report of business conditions
in the south for the past week show
no material change. Trade, generally
speaking, is active and the markets
for iron and steel are assuming a
healthy appearance, Considerable
new business is reported, and the ru¬
mor of a combine among; the rod mills
has caused the placing of some new
contracts. *Trade in southern iron is
increasing, and pig iron for export is
in large demand, the movement from
the Birmingham district giving prom¬
ise of steady growth.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries reported for the week are the
following: A $100,000 fertilizer fac¬
tory at Birmingham, Ala.; n $25,000
guano factory at East Point, Ga.; a
foundry and Machino shop at Ameri
cus, Ga.; the Port Arthur Light and
Gas Co., capital$50,000, Port Arthur,
Texas; the Pokahontas Marble Co.,
capital $500,000, Academy, W. Ya.;
the Wheeling Stamping Co., capital
$500,000, Wheeling, W. Ya.; the
Texas Petroleum Oil Co., capital
$100,000, Corsicana, Texas; a 30,000
spindle cotton mill at Graniteville, S.
C.; a $20,000 furniture factory at Ma¬
rion, N. C., one to cost $12,000 at
Raleigh, N. C., and a $15,000 planing
mill at Allentown, La.—Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Tenn).
SEARLES GOES FREE.
Sugar Trust Witness Secures Verdict of
Acquittal.
In the case of John E. Searles, the
Sugar Trust witness, at AA’asliington
dered Tuesday the morning, jury to bring Judge in Bradley verdict or¬ of
a
acquittal, holding that the questions
asked the witness by the senate com¬
mittee xvere not pertinent and xvere not
within the jurisdiction of the com¬
mittee.
The judge’s opinion was exhaustive.
It had been reduced to writing. He
pointed out that Mr. Searles had testi¬
fied specifically that no money had
been contributed by the sugar trust to
the national campaign or for the pur¬
pose of influencing legislation o • the
election of United States senators.
As to local contributions Mr. Searles
testified that he did not knoxv hoxv tho
contributions had been used, by xvhom
or for xvhat purpose.
BOAT AND CREW ARRESTED.
Government Agent Hamilton Was Knock¬
ed Down and Disarmed.
The steamer Biscayne and crew of
six men are under arrest at Miami,
Florida, charged with having trans¬
ferred a cargo of arms, ammunition
and men to the tug Dauntless.
According to an eye witness the ex¬
pedition was transferred successfully
and consisted of sex r eral hundred
rounds of ammunition and 160 men.
Tho steamer was boarded by Special
Agent Hambleton of the treasury t e
partment, who placed her under ar¬
rest. He xvas then seized by several
Cubans, bis revolver taken from him
and he was beaten about the face and
body.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL CASE UP.
Attorney General Terrell, of Geor¬
gia, was before the United States cir¬
cuit court of appeals in New Orleans
Wednesday to represent State Treas¬
urer Speer in the Southern Mutual
Building and Loan case.
Roberts as Treasurer.
A Washington special says: It is un¬
derstood that the president has fully
decided upon Ellis H. Roberts, of
Nexv York, for United States wilt treasurer
and that bis nomination be sent
to the senate in a day or two. Mr.
Roberts at one time xvas assistant
treasurer of the United States at Nexv
York,
STRIKING MINERS RETURN.
Coal Minos at Baldwin, Colorado, Ro
same Operations.
The coal mines at Baldwin, Colo.,
have resumed operations giving em
ploy men t to a large number of miners.
The differences between the company
and the miners, who have been on a
strike for some time, have been ad
justed by the state board of arbitra
tion, created by the last general assem- advan
bly. Neither side gained any
tage by its decision.
STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 3,1897.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE CAM¬
PUS THE SCENE OF A RIOT.
BROKEN SKULLS AND BLOODY MUGS
Militia Wanted to Drill and Students
Wanted to Play Ball On Same
Grounds at Kamo Time.
A special from Columbia, S. C., says:
South Carolina college students, police
and militia came together Friday af¬
ternoon.
Columbia companies bad permission
to use the college green for annual in¬
spection on Wednesday evening.
They postponed the inspection until
Friday but did not get a renewal of
permit.
The college men had arranged a
game of ball for the day and held the
grounds. Two companies of the Pal¬
metto regiment, under Colonel Jones,
and accompanied by Adjutant General
Watts and staff, came on for annual
inspection.
The parties did not interfere till the
troops were marching off the field,
when they attempted to cut across the
diamond. A hundred students blocked
the way. General Watts ordered them
to move, but they stood firm. Then
lie suggested to Colonel Jones to
charge with a squad, The color
guard charged and the students
knocked the colors down.
Several students were clubbed and
the soldiers attempted no further in¬
terference. The town is greatly stirred
over the incident.
The students and townspeople blame
Adjutant General Watts for precipitat¬
ing the riot. He first backed his
horse in among the boys, and when
they closed around him, called in a
lond voice:
“I will have these grounds cleared;
Colonel Jones, advance your battal¬
ion.”
Watts is a very young man and what
might have been obeyed in of an older
officer, even when the right posses¬
sion was on their side, was resented
by the students.
When the companies advanced, the
color guard in front, a student, with a
baseball bat waving, ran down their
front. He. was seized by policemen
and these were immediately rushed
upon by a body of students. Bats and
clubs rattled for a moment, then the
policeman used his club.
Professor Davis ran in with out¬
stretched arms, imploring peace, and
it now developwthat a policeman,
blinded with a blow, struck him in the
forehead. This further infuriated the
Students, who beat down the officers.
The militia in the meantime seemed
paralyzed. They took no part, and
for their non-action the police are in¬
censed.
The president, Dr. James Woodrow,
of evolution fame, immediately sum¬
moned the students together, and,
standing on his steps, made a speech,
imploring them to go no further.
Their rights in the premises were not
questioned by the preside'**, and lie
said there was no question of their
courage to maintain them, but if an
attempt was made to arrest them he
begged that they submit quietly.
D. D. McCall, one of the most se¬
riously injured of the students, will
probably die. His skull is crushed.
Policeman McDowell is also iu a
precarious condition.
Professor Davis is receiving medical
attention, but is not dangerously hurt.
The friends of the college fear that
although the students may have been
in the right, the affair will give its op¬
ponents in the legislature an excuse to
cut off state aid, and so close the in¬
stitution.
INVESTIGATION PROBABLE.
Tillman's Charges In Relation to Sugar
Trust May Ho Looked Into.
Senator Jones, of Nex'ada, chairman
of the committee on contingent ex¬
penses of the senate, has not yet call¬
ed a meeting of his committee for the
purpose of considering the Tillman
resolution making sensational charges
in relation to the sugar schedule of tho
tariff bill.
It is believed to be probable that the
resolution xvill be reported back to the
senate and the senate will order an in¬
vestigation.
HARD ON IRISH MEMBERS.
They Are Driven From House of Common*
For Expressing Their Opinions.
John E. Redmond, the Parnellite
leader, was suspended in the commons
at London Saturday, owing to his per¬
sisting in an irregular discussion of
the financial relations between Great
Britain and Ireland.
John J. Clancy, member for the
north division of Dublin county; Will
iam Redmond, member for West Clare
and William Field, member for the
St, Patrick’s division of Dublin, for
similar conduct, were removed from
the house by the sergeant-at-arms.
Mr. Clancy first opposed the harbor
x-ote, declaring Ireland is overtaxed to
maintain English establishments.
SPAIN DECLINES MEDIATION.
It Is RelIterated That She Will Allow
tio interference,
A special from Madrid says: A semi¬
official denial is given of the published
statement that President McKinley
hag made overtures to Spain on the
subject of Cuba.
it is reiterated that it is impossible
f or the Spanish government to accept
mediation in a question “which eon
cerns Spain alone.”
ABOLISHED EDUCATIONAL BOARD.
Atlanta, Ga., City Fathers Create a Sensa¬
tion at a Connell Meeting.
The city council of Atlanta, Ga.,
sprung a sensational coup Friday by
abolishing the old city board of edu¬
cation, consisting of seventeen mem¬
bers—with one exception.
A new board, with only one single
member of the old organization was
then elected to administer the affai s
of the public schools.
This action, the most astounding
sensation that has developed in city
affairs in many years, was taken at a
special meeting of the council Friday
afternoon, for the ostensible purpose of
passing on a plumbing ordinance. action
The real purpose of the
taken, as it appears to disinterested
onlookers, was that the mayor and
general council thought the old board
of education was organized foregoing on a wrong
principle, and took the meth¬
od of bringing about a change.
TILLMAN AFTER SUGAR TRUST.
South Carolina Senator Makes a Sousa
tional Speech In tho Senate,
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina of¬
fered a resolution iu the senate Friday
making sensational charges in relation
to the sugar schedule of the tariff bill
and asking for an investigation of the
mysterious methods employed by the
sugar trust in its control of tariff leg¬
islation.
Senator Tillman made a speech
which was no less dramatic in its de¬
livery than sensational in its allega¬
tions.
He preceded it by presenting a reso¬
lution for the appointment of a special
committee of five senators to investi¬
gate charges of speculation by senators
while the tariff bill was before the
finance committee.. In advocating the
resolution >Ir. Tillman threw aside
the hmial conventionalities of the sen¬
ate and with a plainness of speech sel¬
dom heard about the halls of congress
called on his associates to investigate
the published charges of senatorial
speculation, and if they were found to
be true, to purge the senate of those
who debauched it.
The senator had published articles
read from the desk stating that sena¬
tors had recently made large sums of
money in speculating in sugar stock
and in one instance the name of a sen¬
ator was mentioned. Mr. Tillman
spoke for nearly an hour, every line
of his' speech being punctuated with
intense invective.
The Tillman resolution was referred
to the committee on contingent expen¬
ses of the senate.
SENATOR M’fU'RlN ACCEPTS.
In III* Letter To Governor Ellerbe, He
Fnvors Senatorial Primary.
The new appointee for senator for
South Carolina, Hon. John L. Me
Laurin, has forwarded his letter of
acceptance to Governor Ellerbe.
McLaurin comes out squarely for a
senatorial primary. Iu his letter he
says: desire that I believe that
“I to say
United States senators should he elect¬
ed by a vote of the people; and as the
constitution debars us tffat privilege,
I sincerely trust that the democratic
executive committee will, at its conve¬
nience, order a primary and give
every democrat the chance of having
a voice in the selection of one to fill
this, the highest office in the gift
of the people, If I am not
selected I xvill humbly acquiesce
in the wishes of a majority of my fel¬
low citizens. If I am selected I xvill
have the proud consciousness of know¬
ing that I am in fact truly the repic
sentative of the people—the whole
people of the state of South Carolina.
It is peculiarly gratifying to
me to receive this appointment
at your hands, but had not the
exigencies of tho situation in the
senate demanded the immediate
appointment of one soinexvhat
familiar xvith the situation I would
have requested yon to hold tho matter
of appointment in abeyance until a
primary election is ordered, which, I
hope, the executive committee will SCfl
proper to do and other candidates see
fit to enter. I shall at every meeting
insist upon no one voting for me
merely because I have been appointed
to the position. office but little infe¬
“I resign an If I to
rior in dignity and honor. an.
be continued in the senate I want it to
be given me in an election where ex’ery
citizen, however humble he may be,
can have an opportunity to say so at
the ballot box.”
NO MINOR POSTMASTERS.
Department Shows Its Policy Toward
Appointment of “Children."
The policy of the postoffice depart¬
ment as to the appointment of minors
in postoffice-i has been definitely fixed,
and they will be debarred from chief
clerkships and deputy postmasterships
except a few of the third-class offices
where circumstances urge their pecu¬
liar fitness.
Even then they will not be allowed to
become acting postmasters that on account
of the legal declaration contracts
made by minors are voidable.
This effectually bars them from be¬
ing even temporary postmasters, so
far as the assumption of the real re¬
sponsibility of that office is concerned.
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW YORK.
A Number of Towns In the State Are
Shaken Slightly.
An earthquake, lasting about 45 sec¬
onds, occurred at AYalthall, N. Y., at
10:20 o’clock Thursday night. Reports
from Plattebnrg, Port Henry, Ticon
deroga and other places state that the
shock was felt. No damage is reported.
The shock was felt at Goveneni.
Houses were shaken and loose articles
on shelves were thrown to the floor.
An hour later another shook wae felt.
THE ALABAMA SENATOR ATTACKS
SPEAKER REED’S METHODS.
SAYS THEY ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
A Point of Order Daises Morgan's Ire
And He Proceeds to Create Con¬
sternation.
Senator Morgan raised the question
of the legality of the sessions of the
house in tho senate Saturday afternoon
by declaring it to be his opinion to tho
contrary. Senator Morgan is a very
able lawyer whose opinion on legal
matters carries great weight, and a
very able legislator than whom no man
knows more about parliamentary laws.
He believes that the house of repre¬
sentatives is not legally in session and
that it follows that
is not legally in session.
In the course of a discussion of ad
journment over decoration day he took
occasion to pay his respects in vigor¬
ous language to Speaker Reed.
Hale, of Maine, raised a question of
order, making the point that it was
not in order to criticise a co-ordinate
branch of congress. Senator Gallin
ger was in the chair and sustained the
point. appeal,Mr.
When Morgan lose to
Hale withdrew his point.
This gave the Alabama senator un¬
disputed right to the floor, and he
went ahead with his criticism of
Speaker Reed’s methods, culminating
in the declaration that congress is not
legally in session.
¥he rule which the house majority
adopted and which provides three day
adjournments whether they have a
quorum present or not, is the ground
for Morgan’s attack. believed in the
The rule is to be
very teeth of constitutional provision,
which is that less than a quorum of
either legislative body can adjourn
from day to day.
This resolution Morgan calls an “au¬
tomatic trap door resolution for ad¬
journment.” He goes so far as to
maintain that the house is not in ses¬
sion legally, hence all legislation put
through this congress would be uneon
stitutioral.
The Alabama senator xvill be beard
from at length in support of his posi¬
tion at some future time.
SULTAN FEARS ISLAM.
Fanaticism Act* a* a Harrier to Fence
Arrangement*.
Advices of Saturday from London
state that the negotiations at Constan¬
tinople hax’e entered upon the anxious
stage owing to doubts as to the real
intention of the sultan xvhether he
means to resume the war or not.
A spirit of conciliation is shown at
the Yildiz Kiosk toxvard the ambassa¬
dors, but the Turkish government is
playing a double game and is inciting
public opinion secretly to oppose the
abandonment of Thessaly. greatly
Tho sultan affects to be
afraid of the Islamic party and the
attitude of the grand vizier, as shown
by the report which he presented xvhole to of
the sultan urging that the
Islam was fully determined to retain
Thessaly and tendering his resigna¬
tion in case Abdnl Hamid differed
with these view's, lias strengthened
the suspicion that the sultan is pre¬
pared to plead that Islamic pressnre
is the reason for not yielding to the
powers.
CONDEMED COUNCIL’S ACTION.
Citizens of Atlnnta Hold a Ma.a Meeting
and Express Their View*.
A mass meeting was held at Atlanta
Saturday night for the purpose of tak¬
ing action on tho abolishment of the
old board of education by the city coun¬
cil. Resolutions were adopted declar¬
ing that the action of the council was
illegal, revolutionary, without cause
and without warrant of authority, and
was an usurpation of power, and is
despotic and dangerous in the extreme,
in that it throxvs the public school
system into politics, and makes it a
prey to political heelers at every elec¬
tion, and threatening an upheavel in
the board of education as a result.
SEARLES CASE NOT DECIDED.
Defendant’s Attorney Make Motion For
An Acquittal.
A Washington special says: The trial
of John E. Searles, secretary of the
American Sugar Refining Company,
Friday followed that of President
Havemeyer, who was acquitted Thurs
day by order of Judge Bradley.
The government presented its case
very briefly, whereupon the defense,
following the tactics pursued in the
The motion was argued at length by
the counsel on both sides, after which
the court adjourned until Tuesday,
when Judge Bradley delivers ruling.
EL PASO FLOOD SUFFERERS
Make Appeal to Congre** Through City
Official* For Aid.
At least 400 out of520 families whose
homes are under water at El Paso,
Texas, are without the necessities of
life. Saturday morning the city coun¬
cil held a meeting authorizing the
mayor to wire the Texas senators and
representatives in congress to secure
an appropriation of $10,000 for the re¬
lief of the victims. The war depart¬
ment has also been appealed to for
more tent*
: ai
CHILDREN HURLED TO DEATH.
Locomotive Crashes Into Wagon Loaded
With the Little Innocents.
A special from Denver, Col., says:
At 8 o'clock Sunday evening a spring
wagon driven by Henry Marsatt, a car¬
penter, and containing eight children,
ranging in age from three to nine
years, was struck by a special train on
tho Denver and Rio Grande railroad
and as a result four of the children
are dead and the others are terribly in¬
jured, two so badly that they will die.
Marsatt with his three children had
been spending the day at the home of
a friend in the southern portion of the
city. When ready to start for homo he
took a load of children up in the neigh¬
borhood for a short ride.
It is claimed by tho police that Mar
sau was intoxicated and paid no atten¬
tion to the signals of the engineer, but
drove upon the track while the train
was in plain sight and but a few feet
away. The engine struck the wagon,
demolishing it and crushing and mang¬
ling the children in a horrible manner.
The dead are:
Elsio Marsau, aged three; Otto
Schoneweiss, aged five; George Baker,
aged five; Etta Speaker, aged nine.
The fatally injured: Alfred Marsau,
aged seven, badly mangled; Will Ba¬
ker, crushed and internally injured,
badly but not fatally; Emily Marsau,
ngod five, leg broken; Bertha Sehone
weiss, badly bruised. Henry Marsau,
the driver, sustained a severe scalp
wound.
THE RUIZ REPORT
Said to Have Been Sent the State Depart¬
ment by Secret Messenger.
A special from Havana says: The
commission conducting tho inquiry into
the circumstances surronnding the
death of l>r. Ruiz has closed its labors.
A mysterious messenger from Wash¬
ington come from Tampa on the steamer
Mascotte Saturday morning, but did
not land. Mr. Fishback, secretary of
tho commission, accompanied by Con¬
sul General Lee’s son, went on board
the steamer before she sailed and held
a brief consultation with the stranger,
and it is supposed they delivered to
him the report of the commission and
other highly important dispatches
from Consul General Lee and Mr.
Calhoun, who was selected to investi¬
gate Dr. Ruiz’s death, to be conveyed
to the state department at Washington.
The messenger was registered upon
the Mascotte’s inward passenger list
ns H. AV. Kimball and the same name
appeared on the steamer’s outward
list.
Dr. Joseph Congosto, the Spanish
consul at Philadelphia, who represent¬
ed the Spanish government in the in¬
quiry, is also said to have .forwarded a
long report to Seuor de Lome, Spanish
minister at Washington, by Saturday’s
mail.
Messrs. Calhoun,Fishback and Con¬
gosto will leave in a few days for New
York direct.
SNOW STORM IN NORTHWEST.
Points in Michigan and Wisconsin Expe¬
rience Cold Weather.
Many points in Michigan and AA’is
consiu experienced the nox r elty of Dec¬
oration Day snowstorms Monday.
At Meuotninee, Mich., it snowed at
frequent intervals all day Sunday, at
times quite hard.
At Bayfield, Wis., sufficient snow fell
Saturday night to cover the ground
and the thermometer dropped to 30.
At Oshkosh snoxv fell Sunday morn¬
ing and at noon the thermometer reg¬
istered the lowest that it has for many
years at this season.
WAR MATERIAL BIDS.
Tlio Tred«g»r Company of Richmond*
Get* the Contract.
The ordnance department of the
army has just opened bids for supply¬
ing about 1,904 cast iron projectiles
for sea coast and seige cai n ms, the
lowest bidders in each class being the
Tredegar company of Richmond, A r a ,
at these rates: 500 seven-inch 125
pound eye shells, $5.50 each; 200
eight-inch 300 pound seaeoast shells,
$7.90 each; 300 ten-inch 675 pound
seaeoast shots at $13.50 each; 300
twelve-inch 1000 pound seaeoast shots
at $19 each, and (504 twelve-inch 800
pound mortar shells at $22 each.
Banker Gets Five Years.
In the ciiminal court at Lebanon,
Tenn., Saturday, AV. E. Hale was
found guilty of unlawfully receiving
deposits and his sentence was fixed at
five years in the penitentiary. Hale
xvas cashier of the Bank of AVatertown,
which failed abont a year ago.
NEW TOWN PROJECTED.
Colony of “Putney” to Be a Rival of Fit*
gerald* Ga.
Ex-Governor Northen, of Georgia,
has organized a new colony toxvn
which will rival Fitzgerald. land have
Fifty thousand acres of
been secured at Hardaway, near Ad
bany, and a model farmers,colony will
be established there in accordance with
Governor Northen s long cherished
plans. Pntnev
areas, ranging from ten to one bun
dr ed acres, and so laid out as to allow
families to be located near each other,
0 n the community plan.
angel is not wanted.
Turks Object to Our Minister On Secta¬
rian Grounds.
receiving J. B. Angel as envoy extra
ordinary - and minister plenipotentiary
of the United States in Constantino
pie. Though as a rule a govern¬
ment is not bound to state reasons for
sidering a
are
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BY DAVID B. TURHER.
JUDGE SIMONTON RENDERS AN
IMPORTANT DECISION.
DISPENSARIES MAY BE CLOSED.
Tho Decision Admits Original Packages
In the State and Makes Dangerous
Competition a Possibility.
In the United States circuit court at
Charleston, S. C., Monday morning
Judge Simonton handed down his de¬
cision in what was widely known as
the Yandercook case, a case which in¬
volved the validity of many provisions
of the South Carolina dispensary law.
The decision created a sensation
when it was learned that the court bad
declared certain provisions of the law
in conflict with the interstate com¬
merce regulations of congress, and
that consequently it might result in
the total downfall of Sonth Carolina’s
monopoly of the whiskey business
within her borders.
In a syllabus prefixed to the full text
of the decision, Judge Simonton says:
Any state may, In the exercise of the
police power, declare that the manufacture,
sale barter and exchange or the use as a
beverage of alcoholic liquors are public
evils, and having thus declared, can forbid
such manufacture, sale, barter and exchange
or use within her territory,
“But when a state recognizes and approves
the manufacture, sale, bartor and exchange
and tho use as a beverage of alcoholic
liquors, and the state itself encourage* the
manufacture, engages in tho sale and pro¬
vides for the consumption of all alcoholic
liquors as a beverage, and so precludes the
idea that such manufacture, sate, barter,
exchango or use, are injurious to tho public
welfare, it is not a lawful exercise of the
polloo power to forbid tho importation of
such liquors or their sale in original pack¬
ages for personal use and consumption.
“Such pri hibltlon, under such circum¬
stances, Is in conflict with tho laws* of
interstate and foreign commerce.
“Tho dispensary act of 1896, as amended
by the act of 1897, inasmuch as they approve
tile purchase and manufacture of alcoholic
liquors for the state and provided for tho sale
of such alcoholic liquors ns a beverage, in
aid of the finances of the state, in so far a«
they forbid the importation of alcoholic
liquors In original packages for such use In
this state, are in conflict with the laws of
interstate and foreign commerce, and are,
therefore, to that extent void.”
The court then goes into a lengthy
discussion of the facts and the law of
the case.
The New. Ill Columbia.
A Columbia special says: Another
sun may not set on the Sonth Carolina
dispensary. Ellerbe said several days
Governor
ago that if Judge Simonton decided
against the state in this case he saw no
alternative but to close down tho dis¬
pensary. not made defi¬
The governor has a
nite statement, saying he must consult
with the attorney general. astonished
The governor said he was
at the decision, but was prepared for
its sweeping scope. It is clear that
the dispensary cannot be operated at
31 profit under existing conditions, and
the state authorities do not hope for a
reversal of Judge Simonton should
they appeal. From talking with
the members of the board of
control but two moves seem probable,
either the dispensary xvill be closed
down or an extra session of the legis¬
lature will be called to take xvhat ac¬
tion seems advisable on prohibition or
high license as allowed in the new
constitution. It is claimed that should
| the dispensary be closed by the gov
ernor prohibition would result, because
this decision annuls all of the law ex¬
cept the first section, xvhich prohibits
the sale or manufacture of liquor in
this state. The state has in the sev¬
eral dispensaries about $350,000 worth
of liquor, which it will find difficult to
dispose of.
NEXT MEETING IN MACON.
Southern Grocer* Select That City For
Next Convention.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers’
Association will meet next year in
Macon. This was decided on at the
Nashville meeting. The convention
meets next May.
DECIDED AGAINST DURR A NT.
Governor of California Says Doomed Man
Must Hang.
A special from San Francisco says:
j Theodore sealed. Durrant’s Governor fato Bndd lias has again
been au
• nounced bis decision that, the con
! detuned man must be executed June
11 .
, Mr and Mrg _ Durrant reco¬
^ newg o{ Qoyeruor B udd’s de .
cision they expressed themselves as
S~U7 dw.pporote.l, but took O.
news quietly and xvithont anger or
tears
Durrant attorney sta that there ,
s :j
[^tneconl .
T‘ P
HARYILL IS ACCUSED.
! Coroner’s Jnry Say Evidence Points To
Him a* Wright’s Slayer.
i assassinated a r- at Winder Ga Sunday
* nd at Alex Harx ill, alter a mo.
sensational search, was arrested and
charged with the crime.
Monday the coroner’s jury returned
the following verdict:
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