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PLAN TO SEND A COLONY TO THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
PURPOSES OF THE ORDER STATED.
Will Be Known Under the Name of “Social
Democracy of America”—Officers
of the Order Elected*
At a meeting of the directors of the
Social Democracy of America at Chi¬
cago Monday night the following offi¬
cers were elected:
Eugene V. Debs,chairman;Sylvester
Keliher, secretary; James Hogan, vice
president; William E. Burns, general
organizer. The directors who chose
these officers and were themselves
elected at the meeting in the afternoon
are: E. V. Debs, Sylvester Keliher,
James Hogan, William E. Burns and
Leroy Goodwin. placed
The salary of the officers was
at $100 per month.
At the afternoon meetingthe consti¬
tution of the social democracy which
has been published was formally rati¬
fied and adopted. Mr. Debs explained
the aims and purposes of the co-oper¬
ative commonwealth. A colony should
be sent to Washington, from which
place, he said, an official invitation
has been received.
After' establishing the colony he
would secure control of the politics of
the state and to start the co-operative
commonwealth. “The first thing we
would do after getting control,” he
said, “would be to call a special ses¬
sion of the legislature. Then we
would call a convention to revise the
legislation and get all tho rot out of it.
‘‘We will have control of the taxing
power and can tax syndicates aud
landshavks out of tho state. Persons
shall be taxed according to their
means, and shall have according to
their needs. AVe will have trusts,
nothing hut trusts, in our state, but
we will all be in the trust.
“The operatives will not work 12 or
Li hours a day, but for four or five.
Wo will be in the field in 1900 with a
party. These men who represent the
new life are going to unite as if by
magic for the overthrow of commer¬
cialism aud the establishment of the
co-operative commonwealth by which
iue brotherhood of man will become a
fact. I do not know whether the
question will be solved peaceably or
otherwise, I hope peaceably. But I
am one of those who believe in getting
ready for any solution that, may be
necessary.” the
Mr. Debs raid that in setting up
co-operative commonwealth in Wash¬
ington, the colonists might be run¬
ning against the supremo court. He
would consult good lawyers and learn
just what the lights of the colonists
wore.
“We want to know our rights, and
make them the rebels. If they send
the military to invade our rights, then
there will be an army of 30,000 pat¬
riots on the state line to meet them on
that issue.”
USED PROMINENT NAMES.
A Fraud Scheme Gives Trouble io Cleve¬
land and Others.
Circulars of an organization-styling
itself the National Cooperative Society
of American Art, naming Commis¬
sioner of Education Harris as presi¬
dent, and Apostolic Delegate Marti
nelli, Chief Justice Fuller, General
Miles, ex-Presidents Cleveland and
Harrison, the present cabinet and
well-known financiers as advisory di¬
rectors, has given some annoyance to
Commissioner Harris, Mr. Cleveland
and others.
Commissioner Harris says the use
of his name is entirely unwarranted;
that he specifically refused the invita¬
tion to he identified with the enter¬
prise, and that, to his knowledge, tlie
use of the names of a number of others
were unauthorized.
Ex-President Cleveland, through
Editor Gilder, of the Century, has
written Mr. Harris repudiating the
use of his name.
June Frost in New York.
There was a heavy frost in Sullivan
county, New York, Monday night.
Considerable damage was done to
crops.
CYCLONE IN FRANCE
Cause* the Death of Twenty People and
Doss of Much Property.
A cyclone struck Asnieres, France,
Friday while a fair was in progress.
Two hundred trees were uprooted, the
roof of Coignet fire works factory was
blown down and the boiler exploded,
killing several persons and injuring
fifteen.
It is reported that five persons were
killed in a cafe. In every direction
houses and other buildings were more
or less seriously damaged.
It is estimated that throughout the
district over which the cyclone moved
at least twenty persons were killed and
ninety injured.
COMPROMISE ON WRAPPERS.
The controversy over the rate of
duty on wrapper tobacco, wliich has
been in progress ever since the tariff
bill was taken up in the senate, was
settled Friday, so far as the repnbli
c-an members of the finance commit¬
tee could settle it, they agreeing upon
the rate of $1.75 per pound.
This is a compromise rate. The
growers of wrapper leaf wauted a rate
of $2, while the manufacturers asked
that the rate should not exceed $1.50.
BULLOCH TIMES.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Established In tho South
During tlie Past Week.
Trade in all lines, ns reported by
correspondents at southern industrial
centers the past week, shows marked
activity. situation and steel is
The in iron
decidedly better, and some large Philadel¬ sales
are reported. At Chicago,
phia and other points material foundry iron,
bars and structural are in ac¬
tive demand. Southern iron is mov¬
ing freely. The Tennessee Coai, Iron
and Railroad company has secured a
contract from a New York broker for
100,000 tons of pig iron for immediate
delivery, and the Stoss Iron and Steel
company of Birmingham, has booked
several big orders from Europe during
the week, among them one for 8,000
tons at Liverpool and another for a
like amount at Glasgow.
In Tennessee iron districts trade is
improving. Cilico furnace at Chatta¬
nooga sold 6,000 tens of pig iron to
Cincinnati last week and the Dayton
Coal ami Iron company demand. of Dayton, This
reports an increased
company has one furnace in blast
and will start Up their other furnace
soon.
Business in lumber shows a corres¬
ponding improvement.
Among the most important new in¬
dustries reported Kanawha for the week are the
following! The Construc¬
tion Co., capital $3,000,000, Parkers¬
burg, W. Va., tho Johnson Coinpress
and Fertilizer Co., capital $50,000.
Meridian, Miss.; a $100,000 fertilizer
factory at Nashville, Tenn,; a large
roller flouring mill at, Georgetown,
Ky.; extensive gas plants at Carters
ville, Ga., and Lynchburg, Ya , the
Inman Ice Co., capital $25,000 Louis¬
ville, Ky.; the Dallas Foundary and
Machine Co., capital $20,000, Dallas.;
the Black Rock Mining Co., capita!
$25,000, Black Rock, Ark.; the Ken¬
tucky Mining Co., capital $100,
000, Burlington, Ky.; the El Paso
Copper Co., capital $30,000, El Paso,
Tex., and the Acme Torpedo Co., cap¬
ital $30,000, at Parkersburg, NY. Va.
The Kaufman Oil Co., capital $10,000,
has been chartered at Kaufman, Tex.;
a large tannery will be erected at Little
Rock, Ark.; the Jackson Lumber Co.,
capital $10,000, has been incorporated
at Jackson, Tenn., and a $2 o,Q 0Q plan¬
ing mill will be built at Victoria, Tex.
Other woodworking plants will be es¬
tablished at Huntsville, Ala., and
Grenada and Hattiesburg, Miss.
Waterworks will be constructed at
Magnolia, Ark.,Opelousas, La..States¬
ville, N. C., and Ladonia, Tex.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
WORK OF LONE HIGHWAYMAN.
Held Up Kxpress Messenger on I.. & N.
and Secures Considerable Booty.
Meagre information has been receiv¬
ed of a hold-up on the Louisville and
Nashville road between Clarksville and
Nashville about, 9 o’clock Tuesday night
near St. Bethlehem.
One man, armed with two pistols,
sacked the express and obtained, ac¬
cording to reports in Clarksville, from
$2,000 to $4,000.
The express ear was in charge of
Messenger L. C. Brennan. The train
left Memphis at 2 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. The robbery occurred four
miles east of Clarksville, at 9:35 p. in.
It is supposed that the robber
boarded the train at Clarkesville.
When a few minutes out he entered
the express car and ordered the mes¬
senger to open the safe, which was
done.
After securing some money the rob¬
ber pulled the bell cord. When the
train slackened its speed, he jumped
off and made his escape.
Bloodhounds were immediately
placed on the bandit’s trail.
The passengers were not disturbed
and knew nothing of the robbery until
it was reported by the messenger.
LUCKY BEN BRUSH.
Dyer’s Horse Wins tho 1897 Suburban
Handicap.
Despite a beautiful day and a per¬
fect track, the outlook for the subur
bun handicap at Sheepshead Bay
Tuesday was not brilliant. Tbo eight
favorite starters were not up to the
standard of previous years, the top
weight being carried by Ben Brush,
who does not by any means rank with
Henry of Navarre, the last year’s
winner.
Ben Brush won by one length; The
Winner was second by ono length;
Havoc third. Time—2:07 1-5.
Ben Brush was the favorite of the
high weights aud Havoc among the
lightly burdened starters.
BIRMINGHAM TO MAKE STEEL.
Mill Will Soon Be Pnt In Full Blast In
That City at a Cost of SGOO.OOO.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Birmingham (Ala.) Rolling Mill Com¬
pany has been called for July 22d for
the purpose of considering the propo¬
sition of increasing the capital stock
from $500,000 to $6f 0,0 )0.
It is stated that the company will
use the additional capital in doubling
the capacity of the steel mill now in
course of construction and which will
be in full blast before the meeting.
Publication is made that indications
point to success in steel making in
Birmingham, and much interest is
being centered on the mill.
APPLICATION FOR RECEIVER
For 8onth.ro Railroad I* Filed With
Jndg6 Speer at Maroii, Ga.
The long expected application for a
receiver for the Southern railway has
been filed with Judge Speer, at Ma
con. The Judge has as yet taken no
action in the matter, but it is under¬
stood that his disposition is to assign
the application for a hearing at some
time in the near fntnre, but to make
no ex parte order to disturb existing
conditions.
STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1897.
NASIIVILEE (ROWED WITH MEN
WHO WORE THE GRAY.
ROYAL WELCOME ACCORDED THEM
Tlie Hettnion ISxercisea Begin at Taberna¬
cle ij$- Speeches From Gov. Taylor*
Geil. Gordon and Gen. Iteag-an.
Many special trains arrived at Nash¬
ville Tuesday with ex-Confederate sol¬
diers and friends who were present
for the purpose of attending the an¬
nual reunion of the United Confeder¬
ate Veterans. The rush was immense
and the reception committees on duty
at the Union station and headquarters
were kept very busy assigning visitors
to homes.
The regular trains were run in sec¬
tions in order to accommodate the
very heavy demaud for transporta¬
tion; From daylight to midnight
Monday there arrived from all direc¬
tions on tho Louisville and Nashville,
the Nashville, Chattanooga and Ht.
Louis rail n ay, 18 trains, unloading
into Nashville not less than 20,000
people, Of the number of trains ar
rived the Louisville aud Nashville
had io and the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St; Louis had 29. The forme:
ran thirteen regular trains and six
specials, and 22 specials. the latter seven regular
trains and
The First Meeting.
Bain fell during the morning, but
the weather cleared off somewhat to¬
ward noon and the afternoon was
pleasant. soldiers spent
The ex-Ooufederate
the morning in attending the reunion
at the tabernacle and meeting old com¬
rades, The tabernacle, a large build¬
ing situated on Summer street, was
filled.
Seats on tile platform were occupied
by the sponsors, maids of honor, the
officers of the association, speakers of
the day and distinguished generals
and their staff officers. Governor Tay¬
lor was accompanied by his staff in
full uniform. Prominent among those
who were seated on the platform were
General Stephen D. Lee, of Missis¬
sippi, Judge J. 11. Reagan, of Texas,
thn only surviving member of Jeffer
son Davis’ cabinet; Col. A. S. Colyar
and Dr. Thomas Menees, of Nashville,
and Hon. J. D. C. Atkins, the surviv¬
ing members of the confederate con
gress; General Simon B. Buckner, of
Kentucky; Col. Henry C. Myers, Col.
Lake, Col. Helm, of Memphis;
Gen. E. P. Sykes, of Mississippi; Col¬
onel Howard, of Georgia; General
Moorman, of New Orleans; Colonel
Baxter Smith, of Nashville; General
W. B. Bate, Col. John H. Savage, of
Tennessee; Dr. William Jones, chap¬
lain of the United Confederate Veter¬
ans; General Clement Evans, ot
Georgia, and General Jos. Wheeler,
of Alabama. Robert E. Lee, Jr.,
grandson of General Robert E. Lee,
also occupied a prominent place on the
platform. A son of General Hood
was also pressnt. Both of these
young men were shown marked atten
tion by the veterans. Gordon given
General John B. was
an enthusiastic reception.
Judge Reagan Speaks.
The assemblage was called to ordei
by General Gordon and prayer was
offered by Dr. Jones, the chaplain.
Governor Taylor delivered an address
of welcome in behalf of the state;
Judge Ferris spoke for the county,
and Bishop Fitzgerald, who represent¬
ed Mayor McCarthy, spoke for the
city. Captain ,T. B. O’Brien, chair
man of the executive committee, made
some announcements and in behalf of
the committtee welcomed the visitors.
General Gordon then spoke briefly.
Judge Reagan then delivered the
address of the occasion.
VICTORIA THANKS PEOPLE.
Invokes tlie Blessings of Ood Upon He»
Subjects In Colonies and India.
A London dispatch says: Thursday
afternoon the queen sent the follow¬
ing message to British colonies and
to India:
“From my heart, I thank my be¬
loved people. May God bless them.
“(Signed) Victoria, R. I.”
MACARTNEY IS TUR NER LOOSE.
lie Was the hast of the Sugar Trust Wit
nosse* to Be Tried.
At Washington, Tuesday, Judge
Bradley sustained the motion of the
defense in the case of John W. Mc¬
Cartney, the stock broker, on trial foi
alleged' contempt of the committee, senate sugar and
trust investigating
ordered the jury to return a verdict of
acquital. judge’s decision
The ground for the asked in¬
was that the questions were
dividual questions of Senator Allen,
and not committee questions.
Mr. MacCartney was the last of the
recusant witnesses to be tried; so that
the record stands acquittals six, con¬
victed one.
OHIO REPUBLICANS
Meet To Name Mate Ticket and Endorse
Senatorial Candidate.
The Ohio republican state conven•
tion began at Toledo Tuesday to nomi¬
nate a full state ticket and endorse a
candidate for United States senator.
There is no opposition to Senator
Hanna for both the short and long
terms and none to the nomination of
Governor Buslinell and other state
officers, all of whom aro' running for
their second terms.
THE PETITION WITHDRAWN.
Macon’. Case Against the Railroad. Mill
Now Go To the Oonrta.
The Macon petition against railroad
consolidation in Georgia has been
withdrawn by the attorneys who filed
it with Governor Atkinson.
The question involved was such a
large one that the governor was look¬
ing into it thoroughly, and he had an¬
nounced that he would give a decision
at an early day. In making his investi¬
gation Governor would Atkinson proceeded
just as he had he been consider¬
ing a petition of any other character.
He looked at both sides. He heard
from the attorneys who represented
the Macon petitioners, and also heard
what the railroads had to say on their
side of the case. There was no formal
hearing or argument, however, but in¬
formal talks.
It is thought around the eapitol
that the governor was not disposed to
direct the sweeping attorney genefal to institute
such a suit against the roads
as was contemplated by the petition¬
ers, but was more inclined to let the
investigation proceed, This would if at all, have against in¬
only one road,
volved less indirect material results,
but tbe , pvinciple would have been the
saige in the end. That is, if it -were
shown, that the Southern held one
railroad in violation of the constitu¬
tion, it would probably have followed
that it held others, but if it did not
control the Central or the Georgia
Southern and Florida or some other
one road the illegally, it probably held
none in it state understood, unconstitutionally.
This, is did not meet
the wish of the attorneys for the peti¬
tioners, and they withdrew their peti¬
tion,announcing that they had decided
to inst itute proceedings in -the courts.
This is the right which any party at
interest has. There aro two methods
of procedure against railroad monopo¬
lies in Georgia. One method is for
the governor to direct the attorney
general to bring suit against the of¬
fending eomi>any, while the other is
is for any party at interest to proceed.
This latter recourse was provided
for by an act which Senator A. O.
Bacon had passed when he was in the
house five years ago. The senator is
one of the counsel for the petitioners
from Macon, and his law firm, Baeou,
Miller & Brunson, and the other firm,
Dessau, Bartlett & Tillis, decided to
let their clients proceed under the
Bacon act.
TO TRY DR. RYDER.
A Special Term of Talbot Superior Court
XV1I1 He Called.
It is. learned that a special term
the Tniboi superior court will be
called to try Dr. W. L. Ryder, now
confined in Mnscogee jail, at Colum¬
bus, Ga., for the murder of MissSallie
Emma Owens.
The regular term of the Talbot court
will not be held before September.
Judge Butt has just forwarded to Tal
bottou an order calling a special term
of the Talbot court for Monday, July
19th, for the purpose of trying crim¬
inal business. At this special term
the case of W. L. Ryder will come up
and once more he will be put on trial
for his life for the crime for which he
was convicted last fall.
SCHRIVER WAS NOT GUILTY.
C-aae Against Correspondent of Mall and
Express, Newspaper, J* Dismissed.
At Washington, Friday, John S.
Schriver, the correspondent of The
New York Mail and Express, was
declared not guilty of contempt in
refusing to answer questions of the
senate committee in return to the
sugar trust investigation.' the
Mr. Schriver was the fourth of
alleged recalcitrant witnesses, Messrs.
Havemeyer and Searles, president and
secretary of the American Sugar Re¬
fining Company, both having been
discharged, while Broker Elverton R.
Chapman was convicted and .served
one month in jail.
SUIT TO COLLECT POLICIES.
Seven Prominent Insurance Companies
Asked to Pay Up.
In the superior court at Savannah,
Ga., Friday, the Mutual Grocery Corn
pany filed' suits against seven well
known insurance companies for vari¬
ous amounts. The store of the plaint¬
iffs was burned November 10th, 1896,
and tho company has not been able to
collect the policiee. is sued for the full
Each defendant
amount of the policy. Agents state
that the companies refuse to pay
claims, and will make a showing in
court.
CAPT. BOYCOTT DEAD.
Originator of the Well Known Term
Bearing His Name.
A London dispatch announces the
death of Captain Boycott, who be¬
came famous through being the first
man subjected to the “boycott" in
Ireland.
He was a land agent in 1881 in
Connemara, where ho collected rents
for a number of landlords. He made
speeches in the course of which he
urged the people to abstain from
agrarian crimes and sending harsh
landlords, agents and bailiffs to Cov¬
entry, the old term for boycotting.
Capt. Boye >tt was the first man the
Irish experimented upon.
Ten Thousand Blackberry Piekers.
A dispatch from Liberty, Mo., says:
Fully 10,060 blackberry pickers have
already arrived and hundreds of others
are coining in on every train,by wagon
aud on foot, for the season which will
last for a month. The crop is estima
ted^at, 60,000 crates and will be the
largest erver known here.
Woodford’s Nomination Confirmed.
The senate Saturday confirmed t,ha
nomination of Stewart L. Woodford,
of Now York, as minister to Spain.
HUNG AT ZEBULON FOR MURDER
OF SHERIFF GWYNN.
FACED DEATH WITH COOL NERVE.
Thonaand* Wltnesn the execution and
View tlie Corpse Afterward—Tom
Trays For His Old Father.
Tom Delk was banged at Zebulon,
Ga., Friday for the murder of Sheriff
Gwynn.
Governor Atkinson bad refused a
further respite and the law was allowed
to take its course.
The execution was orderly and no
disturbance of any sort occurred. The
drop fell at 2:06 o’clock.
Delk faced death »r brave as a lion,
and his wonderful nerve excited the
admiration of even his enemies,
Delk died of strangulation and was
pronounced dead at 2:22 p.m.
The execution was not private, as it
was easy for the several thousand of
those who surrounded the enclosure
to look through the clumsily strung
rolls of bagging which shut in the gal¬
lows.
Shortly before he died, Tom said:
anything “Pa will never hang. Nobody cares
for me, but when I’m dead
they wili look out for the old man.”
He said he wanted to see all the
witnesses against his father and make
them promise to tell the truth in ease
his father was given another trial.
On the Scaffold.
When ail preparations had been
made tho little party on the scaffold
knelt, as well as those on the outside,
while prayer was offered for the con¬
demned young man and for comfort
for the bereaved family.
When the prayer was concluded
Tom began to pray in a low voice at
first, but gradually speaking louder
and louder, until those outside the en¬
closure could hear distinctly all that
he said. Ho prayed for himself and
his family and for his enemies and for
all those about him. Then, knowing
full well that they were the last words
he would ever utter on this earth, he
said with a passion of entreaty in his
voice:
“And, oh God, do Thou take care
of my poor, old, innocent father. He
has never done no wrong. Help him.
Soften the hearts of those against
him. He is innocent,as Thou knowest.
Make his enemies know it, too. Help
him, O God, for Jesus sake. Amen.”
Everybody arose, and Tom stepped
firmly into the exact center of the
square trap-door beneath his feet.
Several of the deputy sheriffs produced
ropes and began to bind his hands,
arms, legs and ankles. They spent
fully five minutes in tying him tip,
very much the way a grocer would
wrap a codfish. They tied ropes
around him in all conceivable ways
and places, and seemed to enjoy wind¬
ing it around his muscular limbs.
When all was in readiness Tom
called out:
“Goodby, people.”
“Goodby, Tom,” answered hun¬
dreds of voices.
The drop fell at exactly 2:06, and at
2:22 o’clock Tom was pronounced en¬
tirely dead.
A shout had gone up from the crowd
when the trap was sprung, and after
that there was a great deal of con¬
fusion on the outside of the tall jute
fence, but there was no serious dis¬
turbance. The sheriff sent out word
that everybody would be given an
opportunity later to inspect the corpse,
aod this seemed to satisfy the excited
mob.
The cutting down of the body occu¬
pied considerable time, owing to the
quantity of cutting that was neces¬
sary, but it was finally placed in a cof¬
fin, the coffin was placed in a big
wooden box, tho big wooden box was
placed in a wagon and the wagon was
driven rapidly back to the village.
Over exactly tho same road that he
had passed a few minutes before in the
zenith of heatth and strength, Tom
wns carried limp, lifeless and dis¬
torted.
The body was taken into the court¬
house and there placed on exhibition
for the afternoon. Everybody saw it,
the crowd coming in at one door in a
steady stream and passing out at
another.
TEXAS DAY WAS POSTPONED.
Special Trains Did Not Arrive at Nash¬
ville In Time.
The celebration of Texas day at the
Tennessee Centennial exposition Mon
day was postponed until Wednesday
owing to the fact that several trains
containing hundreds of Texans were
delayed and did not arrive on time to
enable them to attend the exercises.
Boise Will Decline Nomination.
A special from Des Moines, la.,
says: Ex-Governor Horace Boise will
not attend the fusion convention hero
this week, and will decline the nomi¬
nation for governor if it is tendered
him.
OIL MEN IN SE( RET MEETING.
-
Probable That They Dl.en.sed Formation
A Chattanooga** telegram says: A
secret meeting of cotton oil men has
just been held at Lookout Inn, the
proceedings of which the attending
members have declined to give out.
Enough has been learned, however, to
state that the question of prices and
production was under consideration,
and that a quasi trust was discussed.
Whether it was formed or not is not
definitely known.
s-AtoMA jr.
BAGGING ON FREE LIST.
Democrats Get AnsUtance From tl»® Silver
Republicans.
The silver republicans of the west
went to the aid of the democrats in
the senate Saturday, and the combina¬
tion was sufficient to make an import¬
ant change in the tariff bill on some
features of general interest to the
south.
The schedules covering jute bagging
were strinken from the bill. The effect
of this, unless it is reversed later, will
he to give the farmers of the south
cotton bagging free of duty.
The fight, for this wns based on the
democratic claim that, the bill should
give to the farmers of the south equal
consideration with those of the west.
If the western farmer was given free
biuding twine for his wheat, the south¬
erner should be allowed to buy his
cotton bagging in a market not handi¬
capped by a tariff tax.
Tlie democrats nil voted for free
bagging and the silver republicans
voted with them.
When the free list is reached these
items will, therefore, be placed upon
it by the senate. Of course the repub¬
licans may he able to reverse this ac¬
tion when it, comes to the conference
between the two house, hut the indi¬
cations now are favorable for bagging
on the free list.
Another victory over the republicans
was secured in the item of mattings of
straw or similar material. The repub¬
licans, in response to the demands of
the cat-pot makers of Pennsylvania and
the linoleum trust, put a tariff on
these mattings. The object wns to
keep the Japanese mattings out of the
American market, or at least to keep
them from underselling American car¬
pets and linoleum. There are no
American mattings to protect. By
practically the same vote as on the
bagging paragraph the tariff on mat¬
tings was stricken from the bill.
KICK AGAINST TARIFF BILL.
Jnpan Remonstrates Now and May event¬
ually Retaliate.
The protest made by the Japanese
government against the peuding tariff
hill is formally embodied in a note re¬
ceived from Minister Torn Hoshi.
The note is couched in the most
courteous language, hut there is a
firmness of tone observable that indi¬
cates the remonstrance may be fol¬
lowed by acts of retaliation if disre¬
garded. apology
Tho note begins with an for
expressing an opinion that, under ordi¬
nary circumstances might be vegardajl
ns trenching upon domestic affairs,
but »s justification that important
Japanese interests are involved and in
the opinion of tho Japanese minister
the proposed increased duties will
injure the United States no less than
Japan 1>y retarding the growth of
commercial relations.
POI’ULIXTS OPPOSE FUSION.
Maine Committee Declare the Alliance
With Silver Democracy a Failure.
At a meeting of the Maine state pop¬
ulist committee at Augusta Saturday
all present were opposed to fusion and
in favor of the middle-of-the-road
coarse. With one exception, the mem¬
bers of the committee heard from were
of the same mind. Delegates were ap¬
pointed to the conference at Nashville
July 4th.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the late alliance with the silver
democracy has proven a failure and
should no longer be continued, and
condemning in unqualified terms the
“brutal treatment” accorded by the
democratic especially party to the populists, and
to “that great national
leader, Hon. Thomas E. Watson.”
FIVE CHILDREN BURNED.
Mcl<in«ki*ft Home Destroyed by Fire and
liOHH of Life IleiultJ.
Fire Saturday night partly destroyed
the home of Joseph Melanski in east
Buffalo, N. Y., and his five children
were frightfully burned.
Sophie, aged ten, died in a hospital
Sunday morning; Mary, aged twelve,
Brownislewa, five years old, Veronica,
three .years, and Cecelia, aged eight,
are lying on cots at the hospital, and
the attending physicians say there is
little chance fqr their recovery. Me¬
lanski is also in the hospital. His arms
and face were burned in the attempt
to save his children.
House Programme.
The programme in the house for
this week is the same as during past
weeks. Two sessions only will be
held.
SPAIN’S NAVY GROWING.
Ordora Given for Seventy Armed Crwlner*
for Immediate Use.
A dispatch from Havana says that
orders have been given to transform
twenty of the best vessels of the trans
Atlantic line into armed cruisers for
immediate service in West Indian
waters in view of the strained rela¬
tions existing with the United States.
At the arsenal at Madrid a donblo
force of employes are working both
day and night and new torpedoes are
being laid at the entrance to all Cuban
ports of importance.
SUED MURDERER DUNHAM.
And *|, e Conrt Oave a Judgment For
Eight Thousand Dollar*.
M Jo8e> C ai., Judgment for
S8,000 was rendered against James C.
Dunham, the murderer of the MeGhn
cy family, in a damage suit brought by
Jacob 8 Hessler and wife against the
fugitive for the loss of their daughter.
Th « daughter for Minnie ®25^00 Hessler, was
one of Dunhams six victims. Dun
ham has a $1,400 mortgage against a
company and this will be levied
“P on P 8rUsli ^ 6atlsf 7 the judgment.
BY DAVID B. TURNER
HER JUBILEE CELEBRATION UN
HER WAY AT LONDON.
LOYAL SUBJECTS DO HER HONOR
The Route From Windsor Castle to Ron
don a Continuous Ovation.
Millions Rejoice.
Queen’s Day was signalized by the
assembling in London of not less than
8,000,000 of liumon beings. People
poured into the metropolis in thou¬
sands, and for thousands there was no
other shelter than the streets. But
the utmost good humor prevailed.
The queen reached London from
Windsor Castle Monday. An immense
crowd gathered near Paddington sta¬
tion in the early hours of the morning
and waited with stolid patience. by
The early hours were enlivened
the pealing of hells and in the morn¬
ing breeze everywhere floated the
Royal Standard. The first point of
interest in the day’s proceedings was the
Windsor, where by 5 o’clock
short route leading from tho castle to
the Great Western railway gathered station was
lined by a mass of people to
see the queen start. Fla&s and flow¬
ers were everywhere and the order of
the day “God Save the Queen” ap-'
peared on houses and banners without
end.
The start for London was made at
12:10 p.m. and for almost the entire
distance t he train passed between Every scat¬
tered groups of loyal people.
station of the Great Western between
Windsor and Paddington had been
decorated. The railway employes
everywhere stood at the salute, while
the platforms were crowded with
cheering people. tenanted
Throughout, the assemblage. route was Every
by an immense
window had its occupants, every roof
its sightseers, every available space in
the street and square, sidewalk and
gardens, the paths and chairs and even
the trees and railings of the parks
were black with loyal humanity. The
queen drove slowly to gratify her of peo¬ the
ple.. Her face loosened the voice
multitude. In unrestrained strength
tho rich and tunyiltuons expression of
loyalty and affection broke forth. Vol¬
leys of cheers rose clenrly above the
constant roar of acclamation. Hats
were thrown in tho air, handkerchiefs
waved in welcome, every one vied with
his neighbor in active demonstration
of loyalty and delight.
Through, Burton’s gate the Queen
passed on to the entrance of Bucking¬
ham palace, always between the living
lanes of her subjects, always the ob¬
ject of endless homage and salvoes of
cheers, which continued until tho gate
had shut the Queen from view.
Next to Paddington, tho crowds
selected Buckingham palace as the
most interesting point to view the
proceedings. kept busy attending
The police were crowds
fainting women, but the were
good humored. A number of Ameri¬
cans, armed with kodaks, stationed
themselves opposite the palace gate,
and somebody in the crowd shouted,
“Now, Yanks, three cheers for your
mother," raising a roar of good-hu¬
mored laughter.
queen Receive* Envoy*.
At 4 o’clock in tho afternoon in the
Throne room of Buckingham palace,
her majesty received the imperial and
royal envoys. night she entertain¬
At 9 o’clock at
ed at dinner ninety of her most dis¬
tinguished guests.
The spacious supper room be was a
fairy sight. There were to seen
exquisite costumes, diamonds and
countless gems, the most brilliant of
uniforms, stars, orders and crosses,
without end, the royal liveries, the
table and buffet, loaded with the
famous gold plate, tho value of which
runs into millions,and Dresden china,
flowers and glittering lights. proceed¬
After the dinner the queen
ed to the grand saloon to receive the
diplomatic corps, and some of the
more distinguished of the special
guests. Here again the scone was
brilliant in the extreme. To the royal
and princely guests of tho banquet
were added ambassadors and minis¬
ters, envoys and suit\ in the variega¬
ted uniforms and dress of all the
courts of Europe.
JOHNSON FOR MARSHAL.
Georgia Republican Reader Assured of a
plum By tlie President.
The controversy over the date on
which there will be a change in the of¬
fice of United States marshal for the
northern district of Georgia was given
a very practical settlement at 'Wash¬
ington Friday. to the senate the
The president, sent
name of Walter Johnson. The nomi¬
nation will in all probability be take con¬
firmed, so that Mr. Johnson can
charge July 1st.
The appointment is regarded as a
distinct recognition of Colonel John¬
son’s future, leadership of the party in
Georgia. _.
CANNON FOR THE SOUTH.
Five Big "Guns Bound For Pensacola and
HsMs . 1
Five cannon, with a combined
weight of 265,000 pounds, have been
loaded on the deck of the Benner line
schooner Charles I>. Hall at pier 12
East river, New York, Monday, bound
for Pensacola and Mobile, for which
ports the schooner will start early dur¬
ing the week, expectingto reach there
in about twenty days.
The loading of these great guns
drew a crowd to the »ier.