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THE TIME 1 LJl
YOL vi. NO. 40.
SENATE PASSES A BILL FOR AN
INCREASE OF ARTILLERV.
CALLS FOR TWO MORE REGIMENTS
The Meatnre Went Through Almost
Unanimously, the Vote Being Fifty
Four Yeas To Four Nays.
A Washington special says: As
soon as the reading of the historic
farewell address ef Washington was
concluded by Mr. Lodge, of Massa¬
chusetts, in the senate Tuesday, Mr.
Hawley, of Connecticut, chairman of
the military affairs committee, called
up the bill providing for the enlist¬
ment of two additional regiments of
artillery for service in manning the
heavy coast defense batteries which
congress has provided during the past
two years.
Mr. Bate, of Tennessee, objected to
the bill, because it tended to an in¬
crease of the army, to which he said
he was unalterably opposed. He
thought there were enough troops
already under enlistment to man all
the guns now being provided for by
the government. He argued that it
would be better to assign infantry reg¬
iments to tbe manning of these guns
thau to put them iu charge of raw re¬
cruits.
In reply Mr. Hawley pointed out
that the strength of the army was
really decreasing in proportion to the
inhabitants of the country. Iu addi¬
tion, he said, congress had made, large
appropriations in recent years for
. great, guns for forts and coast defense
stations. Of these guns 139 were
guns of large caliber and delicate
mechanism. To these must be added
232 rifled steel mortars already placed
or soon to be placed in the coast de¬
fense stations. In order that these
guns may be properly handled a body
of trained artillerists is necessary.
Each of these great war engines re¬
quires to handle it as much skill as it
requires to run a locomotive or an or¬
dinary river steamer. The war de¬
partment estimates that the 1,600 men
which this bill calls for will be necos
sary to properly man the guus.
Vote Almost Unanimous.
Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, said be
was opposed to an increase in the in¬
fantry or cavalry arms of the service
but in this case the country was con¬
fronted by a serious condition. He
regarded it as necessary that the guns
provided by the government should be
that properly cared for and manned. For
reason he had consented as a
member of the committee to have the
bill favorably reported.
The bill was theu passed—52 to 4.
The negative votes were cast by
Messrs. Bate of Tennessee, Clay of
Georgia, Chilton of Texas, and Vest of
Missouri.
Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, secured
the adoption of the following resolu¬
tion:
“That the committee on naval affairs
is instructed to inquire and report
whether a man-of-war equal at least to
any warship in the world,to be named
the George Washington, can he built,
armed and commissioned within a pe¬
riod of twelve months by the use of
the facilities of the shipyards,machine
shops, mines and forests of the United
States wherever the same are found,
and that the committee has leave to
report at any time, by bill or other¬
wise.”
The resolution was adopted without
debate.
At 1:30 o’clock the senate went into
executive session and at 4 p. m. ad¬
journed.
HANSEN-DON NELLY.
Fopnlist leader, Author and Lecturer,
Welle His Stenographer.
The marriage of Miss Marion Olive
Hansen and Ignatius Donnelly was
solemnized at Minneapolis with much
pomp and ceremony. The nuptials
were celebrated in the church of the
bride, the Norwegian Methodist, which
was completely filled with an audience
of about 600, which evinced a deep
interest'in tho affair.
Outside a vast concourse assembled
to catch glimpses of the pretty bride
and the distinguished groom as they
entered the church.
' CONFESSION OF ROBBER.
explain# My«t«ry of Ticket Stealing On
Texas -
A Chicago dispatch s&ys: The mys¬
tery surrounding tbe robbery of the
Texas and Southern railway ticket
office at Phoenix, Ariz., about a month
ago, at which time $8,000 worth of
tickets and $700 in money was taken,
was solved Tuesday by the arrest and
confession of Charles Collins.
The ticket office, which is in tbe
heart of the city, was entered before
midnight and the safe and strong-box
of the railroad company wrecked by
dvnamite.
\ide *So great was the explosion that one
of the building was wrecked.
(JEN. ^GORDON STRICKEN.
Georgian Taken Suddenly Ill at Port Hu
ron, Mich.
A special from Toledo, O., of Tues¬
day says: “General J. B. Gordon, the
brilliant ex-eonfederate officer, was to
have lectured iu this city tonight.
Shortly after n °o° a telegram came
from Port Huron announcing that the
general had been taken suddenly ill at
that point and could get no further.
Private advices since are to the effect
that he is very ill.”
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
Have Been Drawn A*»ln.t the Brand
Chancellor or Oeorgia K. Of p.
A . Sas a ,1 P states that
• r “ C,eS ,1,atortCharies have been
& reP tl!tX^dchanfellor B Warren of
Hawkinsvilte, grand chancellor ofthe 01 so*
Knights °„ ’ a " a q t h neglect
w
J l^ , investigate investigated in in
Thecbarges ri
selecteif by a cQuuuitie't of P the grand
lodge officers.
NEGRO POSTMASTER MURDERED.
ttt* Body and That -- f- -— Sii
of Babe Cremated.
Thf Work of a Mob,
The most revolting crime ever per¬
petrated by white men in South Caro¬
lina was committed at Lake City, Wil¬
liamsburg county, at 1 o’clock Monday
morning, when Postmaster Baker, a
negro, and his family were burned out
of their home, the postmaster and ■
baby daughters in arms killed, his wife and three
shot and maimed for life.
Baker was appointed postmaster
three montW' ago. Lake City is a
town of 500 inhabitants, and the negro
population in the vicinity is large.
There was a protest at the appoint¬
ment, but not very vigorous.
Three months ago, as the postmaster
was leaving the office st uight in com¬
pany with several colored men, he was
fired on from ambush, but it was not
known that the wonld-be assassin was
prompted by other than persona)
malice.
Since then Baker moved his family
into a house on the outskirts of the
town, where he also established the
postoffice.
One night last week a body of men
who kept concealed behind build¬
ings and fences in the neighborhood
riddled the building with shot and
rifle bullets. They shot high and no
one was hurt, but it was supposed to
convey a warning. It was a short time
before that Senators Tillman and Mc
Laurio and Congressman Horton had
asked the postmaster general to re¬
move Baker because of liis color, and
the request had been refused. Baker
did not move his family and gave no
evidence of being frightened. He felt
confident of protection from Washing¬
At 1 o’clock Tuesday morning a
torch was applied to the postoffice and
Baker's house.
Back, just within the line of light,
were over a hundred white men, armed
with pistols and shotguns. By tho
time the tire aroused tbe sleeping fam¬
ily, consisting of the postmaster, his
wife, three daughters, a son and an
infant at the breast, the crowd began
firing into tbe building. A hundred
bullet holes were made through the
through the thin boarding and many
found marks in the people within.
Baker was the first to reach the
door, and he fell dead just within the
threshold, being shot in several places.
The mother had the baby in her
arms and had reached the door over
her husband’s body, when a bullet
crashed through its skull and it fell to
the floor. She was shot jn several
places.
Two of the girls had their arms
broken in the shoulder and will prob¬
ably lose them. Another of the girls
is believed to be fatally wounded. The
boy is shot.
Two of the seven occupants of the
house escaped with slight injuries.
The bodies of Baker and tho infant
were cremated in the building, All
mail matter was destroyed.
A coroner’s jury was impaneled
Tuesday evening and visited the
charred remains and adjourned 'till
Saturday.
There is general, bitter* indignation
expressed everywhere.
PRESIDENT AT PHILADELPHIA.
Fay* Tribute to George Washington In a
P atriotic Speech.
A Philadelphia special says: Presi¬
dent McKinley ate an early breakfast
with the family of Charles 0. Harrison
Tuesday morning. He did not leave
the house until a few minutes before
11 o’clock, when, in company with
Mr. Harrison, he was driven to the
Academy of Music, where the Wash¬
ington day commemorative exercises
of the University of Pennsylvania
were held.
Over 2,000 students assembled on
tho university campus at 9:30 o’clock
and marched four abreast to the Acad¬
emy of Music. The route was arrang¬
ed so that the pioceBBion should pass
Mr. Harrison’s home,and the students
gave a cheering welcome to the presi¬
dent.
The president's address at the Acad¬
emy of Music, which was delivered in I
his customary, easy, graceful manner
and with clear, distinct voice, could be
plainly heard by every person in the
audience. His remarks ere inter¬
rupted at frequent intervals with ap¬
plause.
The phrase that Washington and his
compatriots had founded the financial
operations of the government upon
principles that the national credit was
the national honor met especially en¬
thusiastic approbation.
INDIANA POPULISTS
Hold Convention, Select State Ticket ami
WB»-“ optVla, ! om '.-, __ v 5- D I
tion, which closed at Indianaj '
Tuesday night, selected a state ticket,
three national Tommitteemen and
adopted a platform against fusion and
caria-WT! .rl.£
male suffrage, prohibition and the
abolition of the issue of money to na
tional banks.
The anti-fusion plank was carried .
by a close vote, ond after a fight last
ing all day, the result causing intense
feetinn anil threats and the action will
disrupt the party^____ UNITIONS.
COLLECT ING M
Projectile* For Bl* < 5 an« of fTi.I.er.
Reach Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The first of the expected projectiles
from the Carpenter Steel Works ar
rived at the Brooklyn navy yardTues- thousand
dav- There were about two
of them for the six, eight and ten
inch guns of tbe cruisers and battle
ships. of ammunition,"
“The collection
said an ordnance officer, “does not
expect immediate war. ’
mean that we
■--ij™
May R* Seal to Havana to Take Place of
the Maine.
A Washington dispatch says: The
gunboat Nashville will be chosen ill
all probability Ha/ana, to represent Ling the United
SUtea in the place of
i the ne ill-fated yfsaLMaiae. The Nash
w ak GaJVeston participating
in the mordi gras festivities. ’
In the event she is ordered to Ha
^ vaua the United States gegermuent X^ed
thgt ghe in not to
guard torpedoes will or be submarine placed ar/md Jffines, her, and a
STATESBORO, Gi Y. FEBRUARY 25,1898.
PRESIDENT REFUSES REQUEST TO
ALLOW CO-OPERATION.
WILL INVESTIGATE INDEPENDENTLY
Americans Must Do the Work First; Af¬
terward Spain May Make an £x
amination of Maine's Hull.
President McKinley had a confer¬
ence with Secretary Long of the navy
department, and Assistant Secretary
of State Day Saturday morning in re¬
gard to the formal request of the Span¬
ish government at Havana to be allow¬
ed. to co-operate with the United States
government in the investigation of the
wreck of the Maine and its surround¬
ings. The decision reached by the
president and his advisers was that no
objection will be made to the Spanish
authorities making an investigation,
but that the United States would
make its own investigation and its
own report.
The president’s reply sent through
Assistant Secretary Day means that
this government will insist upon its
rights to Bay for itself, on the testi¬
mony of its own citizens, what caused
the great disaster which has brought
two nations to the very brink of war—
to say whether it shall mean war or
peace.
The president also decided that the
United States would act independent¬
ly in regard to the court of inquiry
and would conduct the report inde¬
pendent of other authorities.
Favorable Comment Produced.
The president’s position has called
forth favorable comment on all sides.
Of course it is nothing more than he
should have done, nothing more thau
lie is bound in honor to do.
At first it was feared that because
the harbor where the ship lies is Span¬
ish grounds the president would be in¬
clined to accede to the request of the
Spanish officials.
But it was so clearly shown to him
that the control of the ship and every¬
thing belonging to it is under the ex¬
tra territorial rights of the United
States that the president was strength
ed in his position against allowing the
Spanish government to participate iu
tho investigation.
ATTRIBUTED TO SUBM ARINE MINE
Well Known Newnpaper Correspondent
Presents Proof of Fowl Play.
A cable from Sylvester Scovel to
The New York Evening World under
Saturday’s date from Havana, via Key
WeHt, says:
“The concensus of opinion of those
who have studied the wreck closest is
now that the explosion was caused by
a submarine mine. The forward mag¬
azine, it is now generally supposed, is
intact, also the forward six-inch mag¬
azines.
“This leaves only a few saluting
charges and a few small caliber shells
in the > ilot house which corid jiossi
bly have exploded aboard the ship.”
“At the same time the feaiful dam¬
age is too big for any but au extremely
large torpedo.
“If jt was a torpedo the divers will
find the torpedo fragments, but if it
were a submarine mine no traces
would be found.
“All the American officers are inter¬
nally boiling. There is not one of
them, from Captain Sigsbeo down, who
is not firmly convinced a government
submarine mine did it.
“The Spanish dailies are loudly
clamoring ‘Accident, accident,’ when
even now the fact is known that the
whole middle deck, which was blown
straight up, never had an ounce of
ship's powder under it, and that was
where the first blaze was seen.”
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
A Number of Important Measure. To Ba
Considered In the Senate.
A Washington dispatch says: The
diplomatic and consular and the mili¬
tary academy appropriation bills will
be considered and passed by the sen¬
ate during the coming week, There
will be more or less debate in execu¬
tive Bession of the Hawaiian annexa¬
tion treaty and speeches will be made
on the claim of Mr. Corbett to a seat
iu the senate on the appointment ol'
the governor of Oregon.
CARTER'S PRIVATE LETTERS
Are Brought Out In Evidence at the
Courtmartlal.
A Savannah diBpatoh says: The fea
ig^t4p ll (’atto.xtimtmartial^Friday letters
number 0 f personal Captain Green,
Cat)ta i u Carter to a
* f the Atlantic Contracting
ber 0
ssr». *» -«•«-»»*
<)ne referred to a certain marble
rrv another was about a patent
pneumatic il jack lor stowing cotton
b ; cb Carter seemed to want Green
gud j F Gaynor to go into.
Ali account showing that in 1886
captain Carter borrowed $1,600 from
Green was also read.
HURRYING WORK ON BOATS.
Time Pat In On Battlc.hlp. Under
contraction at Norfolk Navy Yard..
Orders have been received at the
N()rfolk naTy yar d to keep the force
working on the monitors Puritan and
Terror ftnd torpedo boats Foote and
Wa inslow at work Dight and day.
, It is un derstood that the Terror was
ordered to get ready and go to Hamp
ton Roa a B .
()ver fifty extra men were taken on
gt j be yar d Saturday morning.
-
Murder of Po.tma.ter Polk Char**d to
Negro Yo.ui.,
A strong chain of circumstantial ev
idence is being wound ar ound Ed Har
charged with the murder of Post
ma8 'ter JK. Polk, in DeKalb 1 county,
. -The money and pistol stolen from
tbe m0 ney drawer on tbe night the
cr ; me was committed were found s
aav or two ago in an old hay stack
’ the hon ( Dan Hardin, the
f(e gr , e 0
1 f lt Uec of tbe accused.
SOUTHERN PROGR if.
Th. N«w Indo.tri*. B.tabll. >.l D
the Pa.t Weak.
Heavy buying of iron ii .. j . .LONG OUR COAST
the cards but supply keepL T PORTS ,, (V „ TS ai.oxm
on as s
well up with demand if a ythin ARE BEINU FORTIFIED.
little ahead, prices will hardly i
than stiffen. No. 2 furnace aid at otfcsT L, nfiTlVlTY AT FORT mmT SUMTER rn
ton, Teun,, wiii blow in, £ rt 1
changes there will double the pres
#10,000 pay roll.
Reports are uniformly good. 5 Sent to All Southern Port! to Hnve
notable to the gulf railway is opening building from much KansJ Gon , Mo „„t e d and Be Ready for
up u Any Emergency.
timber and Arkansas reports seve
new mills. The projected Natohez i i from . Charleston, . _ a S. n U.,
Gulf will develop valuable tracts ft special out that orders
Mississippi. .Arkansas mills look It has just leaked
good business; North Georgia has doll rece i T ed at Fort Sumter immedi
well and is inclined to attribute geif ., , be destruction of the bat
crop; Louisiana says fairly good, oulw the »>■»• forts on - Sullivan •'»'»* a islam °'rz
North Carolina better than last fallLghed vigorously,
but prices yet too low—which will bl tb(J be9t o{ authority it is fur
remedied by the spring demand. Sornl Bcertgine(1 t h a t similar
_
mills are shipping large quantities oj b@fm s<mt t0 a |i goutliern
orders.
From no Bource is there any re
oomplaint. The event of the
was the Memphis meeting of the
Southern Lumber Manufacturers'
sociatlon. Special attention was given
to uniform grading, which will 1)8
committed to a bureau of three.
Alabama’s gain for 1897 over 1896
xeeeds 122,000 tonB; yet Birmingham
is behind with orders and several roads
arc running extra trains to handle
shipiuents.
The “Jellico pool” is a thing of tin
past. It dissolved on the 15th instant
the companies may now go to cuttinj
and doubtless wall.
Among details received since las#
report, there is announced for Arknn
sas four saw mills, one cotton oil mill,
and a flouring mill; Alabama two flour
ing mills and a planing mill; a fibre
factory iu Florida; one cotton, one
woolen and one knitting mill and ,f
stove foundry in Georgia; Iientuck; I
box fectory, flouring mill and broo |
factory; North Carolina, gas work plan I
cotton mill and electric light
Tennessee, a marble quarry, wood mill
working machine plant, flouring elei
handle factory, ootton mill and mil'
trie power plant; Texas, a cotton
trunk factory and cotton mill.
These factB strong ,
are or
ties sifted from a much larger list
projects.
The present strong tendency is
work up other raw material,
wool and wheat, now that successful
cotton manufacturing has led and
shown the way—Tradesman (Cnatta-
1KYESTIUATIOV BlfiHIS.
..... —.
The United States lighthouse tender
Mangrove arrived at Havana Monday
morning, having on board the officers
composing the court of inquiry ap
pointed by Rear Admiral Sicard to in
quire into the loss of the Maine.
The board met on the Mangrove at
10 o’clock with Captains Sompson and
Chadwick and Lieutenant Command-
ers Potter and Marix. Captain Hamp
son presided and Lieutenant Com
mander Marix, recently executive offi
cer of the Maine, acted as recorder.
Captain Sigsbee, the commander of
the Maine, was the first witness. He
was under examination until 1 o’clock
j£2Krai.i«x- -
. ........
Looks Upon Oar Military Preparation*
With Great Suspicion.
An official agency at Madrid says:
The Imparcial publishes a dispatch for
which it must assume full responsibil
ity, as it does not accord with the re
lations actually known to exist between
the Spanish and American govern
and reads:
“Great military preparations are be¬
ing made. The forts are being re-en¬
forced. Three hundred artillerymen
have been sent to Handy Hook and
the naval reserves have been ordered
to hold themselves in readiness. The
gun cotton and smokeless powder fac¬
tories are working night and day, and
it is generally believed that a great
crisis in the relations between the
United States and Spain is imminent.”
MONUMENT TO SAILORS.
A Re«olutlon Introdnced In Con*roa<
calling For •100,000.
A Washington^ dispatch says: Rep^
of New YoftV,
following reeomtionS.
“Resolved, That the sum olgws.ow
S", a “r™n.v 1 sthVK.T r .
otherwise appropriated direction of the to ,b« secretary expended 01
under tbe
the navy for the erection of a montt
ment at the Fort Lab ayette, N e
York harbor, in honor of the officers.
sailors and marines of the Um te “
Btates war vessel, the Maine, who lost
their lives in the harbor of Havana.
NORTHWESTERN BLIZZARD.
-
Mllweukee Has m Snovitom Which
Block, the Railroad..
A special from Milwaukee, Wis..
says: The blizzard which started in
Saturday morning and of which Mi
wankee is the center, still continues,
Snow to the depth the of different *•**» lines 7*®* 01 f
piled up along
street railway. all roads entering
Railway trains on
Milwaukee are all the way from two
to fifteen h ours late__
...... Redaction.
Other Mill. \n »
Notices ba ve been posted in the
mills of the Boston Msnnfacturiiig
Company at Waltham, Mass., an
nounciug a cht of 10 per cent m wages
in all departments, to take effect Feb
r „ary 28th. refused ,
Superintendent Bailey to
make any statement »« to the causeiof
the redaction, but the action of the
company is evidently due to the fa< 4
that similar reductions have been
made in other cotton null* thronged
New England.
SPANISH CRUISER AT NEW YORK.
Extraordinary precautions Taken By Offl
elals For Her Protection: t
The Spanish armoredcruissr Viscaya
i, in New York waters on a “friendly
„ gbo dropp I’f ed her big anchors
flve mii6g gouth gaudy Hook light¬
house at 5:30 p. m„ Friday, after a
thirteen day voyage from the Canary
islands. and learned
When her officers mon
the startling news of the d ‘ s » eter
the American battleship Mettm
Havana harbor ami of the downfall of
former Minister DeLome, they broke
into s wild uproar of‘talk, great
For a time all discipline on the
SSSSmET-> 2i the winds.
a* —■
rades in the lower decks. fil l
Rear Admiral Bunce has given
instructions ■ to Lieutenant John A.
Dougherty, who will have charge ol
the patrol tugs,Six in number,to R uar ‘
the Spanish cruiser during her stay
tb
tbg gontb fortifications at
iucludiug the
SB Monroe, tv’est Va.; Charleston,
h Key and Pensacola,
g u jiJ va n' 8 island there has is a scene been
^ n jght force
lfi ) j Qr rushed’ duty,and the fortifications
K every hour iu the
,
Bi „ gR 0 f W orkmou are era
, am , tbe contractors are using
1 edbr t to get things finished at
mo tar battery w'lll is practically goodscr
irkin „ or( l e r and do
but tb „ great drawback seems to
tbe foree j s sbor t on ammuui
it is claimed that there is no
unit i on on the island, and that
ar0 therefore practically of
,
. p it is understood,however,
_ supply of ammunition will be
; lrome mm ,,,ii,,telv 3 bv the war depart
*
R anis h cruiser Viscaya ex
, arr j ve i„ charleston for a
! a[ t er leaving New York. A cou
M amount of mail for the ship
, ''fthe . . lt t o t), e city under the
‘ Spanish consul and inlor
baa rece j V ed by that oft
o will visit the port
, * , bo cru iser and
?, on Hhe draws twenty-one she
f . aiu i t be pilot says ha,
toto the Charleston
owing to the fact that the
...m i, e u ie first to suffer in case
.
a r andthe land troops are anxious
willing to bo pressed into service
necessary.
„^" w »rkKu.M ’ at Norfolk.
A f Monday Tf from Norfolk,
The rush work at the
J’’ / { t Fortress Monroe con-
oSt.i.QU.to. £%s T...,. S!K-e onl.rU
5 S 3
‘ dispatches
J| # nn( r «to<id from
1)|anB of fortifying Key West
CdU/IS nv j n progress will he pursued vigor more It
with increased been
fotated that instructions have
reived from the war department for
{orce * to he greatly increased so as
, ick ] T put the fort in readiness
’7^®, the complete S«e. protection of that
r
Gunsmith. Bn.y in Alabama.
i a Montiromery Ala., special department says:
* t has f leaked out that the
at chasarranged with a local firm
R prime condition
j r a|ld ,,„t j u
,, l oflO rifles belonging to the Ala
r=a
^“^"‘anv ) UB ; a sWeLn'wn' thT that matter, the
but ' t ls . “ ,,. f .mniized fact
troubU h Bpa.u s .s ; tbe lb eause that
w.
prompted
CRESCENT CITY CARNIVAL
Mnr.ll Ora. »t —— New —
Brilliantly.
The New Orleans carnival was open¬
ed Monday with the arrival of Rex
and his retinue. The river w cov
with a brilliantly decerated flotilla
at 2 o’clock, when the royal Mirth yacht ap¬
peared, and the King of was
welcomed with the unusual noise.
The three warships in port, Ans at¬
Irian, French and American, were
tractively dressed for the occasion.
tyvo-milliox-dollar fire.
Heavy Property low. To tit* Mexican
► Central Railroad.
L The new wharf at Tampico, Mexico,
Constructed JJSj totally by destroyed the Mexican l>y fire Sun
day. ss'SS**
j en gth was 2,575 feet, and all is barn
e< , Tbe castom house, under con
rtrttc4ioB and nearly completed, was
dft maged to tbe extent of $800,000.
Tbe tota , losg on wliarf< custom hemse
an ,l merchandise is nearly $2,000,000,
f u llj insured,
LUBY WAS NERVY.
Wife Murderer Swan* Into Kternlty at
Blakely, Ga.
“I am not ready to die. I am in a
bad row for stamps!” Christopher
These were the words of
C. Laby, who was executed st Blakely,
Go., Friday in the presence of a crowd
of people for the murder of his wife.
He was speaking to the preacher at¬
tending him. Luby was a man of
superb physique and made a striking
appearance when on the death trap.
CENSUS BILL DISCUSSED.
senator. Talk For Three Hour. Without
Reaehln* Agreement.
h Washington «p*cial says. For
three hours Monday the senate had
*ai»chJir discussion the bill providing «nb
for the tkiang* the twelfth and
sequent censuses, pf was so imenaeu
ns to place the census bnxesu under
the secretary of tbe interior, but tbe
extended discussion which followed
disclosed so wide a divergence of
views on the part of the senators as to
the various features of the measure
thgt no further action was taken.
* ■■ y
SENATOR MASON DEMANDS AN IM*
MEDIATE INVESTIGATION.
ft SENSATIONAL DEBATE ENSUES.
Much Warm Talk Indulged In Republi¬
can! Reply to Their Colleague
From Illlnoi*!
A Washington special says: In the
senate Friday Mr. Mason offered a
resolution for an investigation of the
Maine disaster providing for a private
committee to make an investigation.
Mr. Hale asked that the matter be not
Each boat is to on and
on commissioned watch, four officer marines, of marines, one non^
roundsman and four policemen of the
m While'on'dnty the iu boats tho will vicinity patrol o
the waters carefully
sets without the sanction o *.
commanding Viscaya officer
At night it is intended to keep the
Viscaya brilliantly illuminate'
electric lights, and the wo there
will be also well lighted «o that _
can be no possible mean, of approach
ing the vessel without detec ion.
ALL FAVOR GOOD ROADS.
people or «»>» Been
r/p by Anni.ton Convention,
The good roads convention at AU
niston, Ala., has, at least, served one
a purpose. It has directed the at
g00 of the people of Alabama i
teution far behind the mart u
f 4ct that they are matter of good roads,
o{ pr0 gress in the about
the U( j , t bas Be t them to talking
best means to remedy the existing
d j ffic ulty. fact that the
it was a noticeable commissioners of at
W0J . Jg of cou „ty of the counties in
. ^^te three-fourths reSrescnted the meet
were at
™ went to
commissioners informa
f ,„J; R , 0 n for instruction swapped and
iou; while there they expe
■ They took ilotB as to the best
mathods of drainage, etc.
havC found that of roads
.ics ^ if good systems much the lands
ero wort twice as os
. b muddy counties. Many of them
s ssrt i ar «* g ,cEr2
bl , iiaLllg o( good at alato.t
-bi™—
ittee to consider the formula
tio of code of good roads laws. It
„ a improvement of 3
j evident that the popular
pub l io highways will be a
j figue j u the next state campaign.
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HANCOCK SAID “NIT.
i. rR> iurni of Atlantis »ml Nnr. > » ro °
A Raleigh, *•»«» , r N. fu “ (,, < ’ V dispa T o T „ avu y . •
President Robert Hancock, >
Atlantic and North Carohna Friday y>
we nt to see Governor Bu»»ell
and urged the latter not o P
matter of his removal from ■■
.
h.
The governor then said that the dt
l y until February 22d in taking action
tt ? Hancock opportunity to
an
res ign. said, “I swear I will never
Hancock
Unsaid the governor. “X will dls
-MS neverrMign^”^md repeated added his that words,“I the courts will
will have to oust him.
ofTnternaHmprovements ^
together and
rector, The directors will oust him
and end the matter.
SIGSBEE WAS WARNED.
Mr#. * n Anonymous Lotto*
Which Create# Great E#clteme*it.
A Washington special s*X R .h.
slice./ "taprsfii Sigsbee over two
weeks ago on which was ritten the
words:
“Look out for your ship. We will
blow your whole rotten navy to pieces
if you seud it here.”
Then follows a vast amount of abuse
against the yankees. Mrs. Sigsbee
give out the content -
says she cannot
of the letter in which this circular was
enclosed, but she lias felt vague
fears ever since Captain Sigsbee sent
it to b*.r.
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
Secretary G**e Well SatUflecl With Fig¬
ure. For the Year.
A Washington dispatch says: Secre¬
tary Gage points with a good deal ol
interest to the fact that the customs
receipts for the fiscal year at least
have overtaken the receipts for the
same period of tbe prior fiscal year.
The total receipts so far this fiscal
year up to Monday reached $88,089.-
594, while for the same period of the
last fiscal year the receipts were $88,
080,605
RESPITE DISREGARDED.
Texas Sheriff Hanged Murderer Woiwith¬
stand In* Governor Culberson'! Order.
A special from Houstot' J'®*
Henry* a negro,was nanged at Decatur,
T r s -to*^z^ io ' ooope ° pu
* Go^nor CulSwirad the sheriff
to the effect that tha execution must be
in private, and to afford time to erect
a new gallows, granted a respite of %
week. The prisoner was h*nged,bow
®ver, and in public. Tbwe i* mack
rwtill
SAM JONES IN THE FIGHT.
Goorgla Evangelist Annoanees ¥•*
ernot In Order To Be Heard.
The following special was received
by The Atlanta Journal and published
Saturday: Caetiusviixi, February I®
I arrived home early this morning from
an extended tour and after going hurriedly
through my mail and seeing the great press¬
ure on all sides, and consulting no one but
myself and wife, I have, upon mature delib¬
eration, decided to announce myself a can¬
didate for governor of Georgia.
With tho assurance that I wfli not be th«
“hind dog" in the race, 1 ask the publio to
await further announcements of my platform
and plans, reasons and regrets.
pushed. in reply, said that it ..
Mr. Meson, to
was evident that facts in regard
Cuba were being concealed from the
people of the country and from con
Mr Mason said that the policy of
^ OTerm nent was delay, and noth
_
< K - ’»«•'« - ■—
The DeLome letter had not stopped lmd
nrders The Maine disaster
. for the
, them. It was time
te to not. Mr. Mason said he did
R o„ a regarding the Maine
not not want wnn the facts depart
lockedui executive
^ Mason said we They
tho diplomats have table deceived and misrepresent¬ us.
had sat at our said that
ed the situation. Mr. Mason
while the diplomats delayed 250 of
our brave seamen were lying »n tne
harbor at Havana. .
Mr. Mason said the American pco
pie were tired of investigating behind
closed doors, that with 250 Bearnen y
itJg at the bottom of Havana hai bar
(Uu peol ,i e of the United Btates want
(t know whether she was bio n p
by ber enemie * or from spontaneous
combustion. Mr Mason said b
it was found that the disastei Id
result of an accident the peopl
be better satisfied if a coinm s
con gress should find it so and no
, eUer BB id he thought every one would
. for the
oom mend the handled president .f^htaself
in which lie *
was in part so personal t wl '
Mr. Mason said that those
anxious to go slow in the mat er o
matter of the Maine were .Wenders of
DeLome and had praised
statesmanship. ., .
badheiltat.1 to
divers for the Maine so. thajitbe truth
an C ould mvestigat 1>0 V' ^Vion n ooniTnittee, » he said,
Wauw.he would not.sit rt. tame
with a hpama » k
letto m lu« pec * •, in the senate.
^ Senator hlR ran ^j“ Wolcott H ci created _ eaten a a sensation a ^
in replying to ■ * SSinS ^Illinois had
B ? il1 the ? enai °'
said the people we . ar * me nts of
in one of tho gre „.,
the governmen . a tenient
unchallenge^ , Mr Mr. Ms- «•
collla notgo
son sought to ntorily declined
I i but the latter p ‘ P.. b b
SECRETARY LONG CENSURED.
Much Resentment, Felt Toward Him B©-^
cause of IliH Attitud©.
A Washington special says: Regent*
that’he fell toward Secretary
Long should, without substan
proof, insist upon giving out the
P b t tbe airu-ter to the Maine
theo, J 1 accident,
u ,t of an
In tbe whole course of reasoning
,, assumption is that the Maine was
“ ^sists £?* offending the contrary Span
h in giving out the
,
th ^7 ration asks for a sus
administ
by pos ti u g his opinion.
rescuing the dead.
Diver. Brin* Up Many Mo re Bodlij
th©
Advices from Havana state that the
divers, who are only employed in
recovering the bodies of the dead re¬
maining in the ironclad battleship
Maine had, np to Friday rooming,
secured ninety-seven corpses. employed
Eight funeral wagons are Mocina
in carrying the bodies from La
to the Cuban cemetery.
BIG FOREST FIRES
Doing Untold D*ma*e to Property I*
North Cnrollnn.
A special from Raleigh, N. C., says:
Forest fixes have clone immense damage
to pine timber all the way from Rock*
inghaw to Sanford, a distance of
eighty miles. Entire forests are s wept
away and a number of farm buildings.
Men on horseback gave warning The
and no doubt saved many lives.
wind blew a gale for twelve hours.
The greatest destruction was along the
line of the Seaboard Air Line. Its
crossties were on fire, at many places
and a section house was burned at
Hamlet. It is estimated that the tim
be loss is at least $100,000.
STATl’fl OF THE STRIKE.
No indlratiow. Th»l New Bedford Cotton
MIIH Will
t onerinl from New Bedford, Mas*.,
KT!: The sixth week of the cloth miils
yiss?**- without anf indication*
tbei-t
there “TaST'bowever.that a »e *t, LJUHMliE the
BY THOS. A* MCGREGOR.
Mr. v
To a number of his friends
Jones said that so many announce¬
ments had been made for governor,
that he had written a letter precipita¬ order
ting himself into the fight in
that he could be heard from during 4#
the campaign on the same high plane
ns those whom he proposed to antago
nize. seek votes for gov¬
“I am going to to be
ernor,” he said, “and I propose
heard from in more ways than om be¬
fore the votes are counted, but I do
not want to bo governor. I would
rather he a bailiff, because such -m
office would leave me sufficient time to
attend to other and more important,
man As evan¬
known than 8am Jones. an
gelist and a lecturer he is popular
from Maine to Texas. with
He is not only a strong man eultnro l
tho masses, but with the
classes also. His wit, wisdom and
eloquence have made him 8 ““
it without raying that on the
goes in political campaign he
stump a of tbe most unique, pic¬
aresque would be one powerful figures ever
and
seen in the arena of politics.
POLICY TO FREE CUBA
Be Entered Upon *t On«* Bftjrft
» Freftident MeKinley*
A Washington special The
statement is made hat the
president has decided definitely to
end the Cuban war. From
liable source it is given out that Pres
ident McKinley has fixed upon a pohey
whereby he hopes to see the
island free from Spanish rule within
tb# gr eatb,ilk of he A ; n«ri«n
Everything wdl c 'epe P
o“ is proven tconie °f to be an ^“'“cident ac the admin
istration will recogu belliger
o{ the Oubans, g . g ,.«cient
g excitement of the present t
time for the
mcidentto pass.
Whether the cident
aC
^t
the island.
APOLOGY FOR DELOME LETTER.
State Department Receive. Deere. 8 l*oed
Ity G«een liexent ot Spain.
The state department at Washington
received Saturday the royal decree
gazetted by the Spanish government Du
accepting the resignation ofSenor
DeLome as minister of Spain at
pny Washington, The following i» the
text:
“Acceding to uameof
Dnpuy DeLome, m the my
august sou, King Alfonso XIII., ana
as queen regent, I accept the resigna¬
tion he lias presented of the post of
extraordinary end minister P>«»>!>”' him
tentiary at Washington, leaving
without employment, with the emolu
mentsduehim. )MabiaChuibtii|a „
The DeLome incident is now con¬
sidered closed. Spain has officially
disclaimed in positive manner the
reflections contained in the DeLome
letter. __
GUARDING HARBOR GUNS.
3^ to Commando
de^m- it i»
hat
&**£™*Z at
harbor.
desired preparatio*.
NEW TRIAL DENIED
I -’“ he ^cUd.fWir.Murd«. Snuoagemokcr Luet**rt
A motion for a new trial was made
at Chicago Saturday on behalf of
Luetgert, the sausage manufacturer,
sentenced to life imprisonment for
wife murder, The courtroom was
orowded. apparently for from
Luetgert was
hopeful. His attorneys attacked ^ the
court, claiming that the jurors had
been prejudiced by Judge Gary s re¬
marks. Counsel gave twenty-three
other reasons of a technical nature
why a new trial should be granted.
Judge Gary, however, denied the
motion and formally sentenced Luet¬
gert to life imprisonment.
DIPLOMATS PREDICT TROUBLE.
K,p T «.« n tative. of Foral*n Ration. Advi.
in* Their Government..
It developed Monday'that several nations ot
the representatives of Eropean
jj ave advised their governments the certainty of th*
extreme probability if not
D f war . In their usual diplomatic way
they hastened to deny this toot »»*o«“
ag it became known, but it is a loot
nevertheless, and one which may «>•
regarded as a very strong indication of
what is likely to happen.
COMMITTEE ON TRUSTS
! Appointed By the Ohio Senate Bet* To.
1 * ether and Batina Work.
J i Tbe Ohio senate committees in that appoint- sSftto
-*1 inTeBtisratf trusts
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