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Georgia Brief
Items of State Interest Culled
From Random Sources.
Wage-Earners’ League Organized.
A Wage Farners’ Democratic
League of the state of Georgia has
been organized in Savannah, beginning
its life by passing resolutions assailing
the administration of Governor Hoke
Smith and endorsing. the candidacy for
governor of Hon. Joe Brown. It con
sists of Savannah workingmen,
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A County Line Election.
The approaching county line election
is creating no little stir in Banks and
Jackson counties, Maysville being lo
cated in both of these counties, there
is a movement on foot to place the
city altogether in one of the two. The
taxable wealth of the place is about
equally divided between them, and both
sides are pulling for their respective
counties. The election will take place
in May,
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Receivers’ Certificates Authorized.
Judge Newman of the United States
district court at Atlanta has granted
an order authorizing A. B. Andrews, re
ceiver of the Tallulah Falls railroad,
to issue receivers’ certificates to the
amount of SIOO,OOO, to be used in pay
ment of obligations of that road. The
certificates are to be issued in denomi
nations of $25, SSO, SIOO, SSOO, and sl,-
000, and are to be used in liquidating
obligations of the Tallulah Falls road.
Six per cent interest and semi-annual
payments thereof are stipulated in tae
order of the court.
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Methodist Educational Convention.
Preparations are being made for the
third educatioral convention of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
which is to be held in Atlanta May 19-
21 next. Between 800 and 1,000 dele
gates are expected and the meeting will
be mational in importance.
Dr. Joe! Daves, presiding elder of the
Atlanta district of the North Georgia
conference, is now arranging the local
end of the convention. The sessions
of the convention will be held in the
auditorium of the First Methodist
church on Peachtree street.
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Plans for ‘Georgia Buildings.
A Washington dispatch says: The su
pervising architectsof the treasury has
sert a representative of his office to
Augusta to report on the needs of the
public building there.
Representative Hardwick has intro
duced a bill appropriating $300,000 for
a new building taere, or the enlarge
ment of the present one.
The plans for the public building at
Dalton have bsen completed and the
contract for its erection will be award
ed in about two weeks,
The plans for the Marietta building
will be completed in two weeks.
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Fair Agreement Sanctioned.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Atlanta Fair association, held a
few days ago, the agreement made by
the committee from this association
with the Farmers’ Union for the fair
to be held in Atlanta this fall under
the auspiceg of the Farmers’ Union was
sanctioned,
The date set for the fair this fall
is October 8 to 24. |
This was the only matter taken up
by the directors, but the unanimous
sentiment was that this fair would be
the greatest success of the long geries
of these yearly affairs.
A premium list will be decided upon
on April 20, when the directors of the
Atlanta Fair association will <confer
with the eleven superintendents for tne
fair selected by the Farmers’ Union.
At this time a draft of a premium
list will be submitted to the superin
tendents and President C. S. Barrett
of the national union and State Pres
ident R. F. Duckworth are expected to
be present.
General Manager Frank Weldon is
now at work on this draft of the pre
mium list and will have it ready in time
for the meeting. As soon as it is com
pleted and approved it will be given to
the printer with rush instructions.
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Georgia Sunday School Association.
Mr. George Hains of Augusta, pres
{dent of the Georgia Sunday school as
sociation, in a neatly-prepared folder,
announces the thirty-fourth annual
convention of the organization to be
held at Athens April 22 to 24.
President Hains issueg a special and
cordial invitation to every Sunday
school in Georgia to attend to this
“annual feast of good things.”
The formal program has not yet
been made up, but there are a num
ber of important announcements.
The Sunday schools in all parts of
the state are maming their delegates
to the convention.
“The Sunday school is doing a great
work in Georgia,” said President Hains,
“but there is much yet to be done, and
there. is. no work that should appeal
more foreibly to the good people of the
state. Theté are nearly 300,000 chil
dren who are not in the Sunday schools
_véry’ .;yery many of whom have no
Sunday school availablg’ for their at
tendance. Thg sta® Sunflay school as
gociation®is notohly seeking the co-op-
eration and organization of existing
schools in the state, but is undertaking
the missionary work of planting schools
in those sections where none exist.”
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Militia to Pay More Rent.
Hereafter each company or trcop or
battery of artillery will be allowed sls
per month for armory rent from the
state military fund instead of $12.50 as
heretofore. An allowance of S6O a year
is made for brigade headquarters.
The rental allowance to regimental
headqu?rters has been increased from
SIOO to $l5O per annum, and unassign
ed battalions are allowed $75, an in
crease of $25.
The general order issued by Adju
tant General Scott also announces the
reorganization of the coast artillery, the
principal feature of which is the addi
tion of a chaplain with the rank of cap
tain.
SENATOR DAVIS IN FIGHT.
Attacked by Deputy Prosecuting Attor
ney Helm on Streets of Little Rock.
Both Men Placed Under Arrest.
A statement alleged to have been
made in the recent campaign preceding
the democratic primary election for
state officers by United States Senator
Jeff Davis had as a sequel Tuesday a
personal encounter between Senator
Davis and Deputy Prosecuting Attor
ney Thomas Helm, on the street in
Little Rock. Senator Davis received a
blow over his right temple, and the af
fair ended with both men being ar
rested—Helm on a charge of assault
and battery and Senator Davis on a
charge of carrying concealed weapons
and disturbing the peace, it being
charged that the senator, after going to
his office, returned to the scene of the
encounter armed.
Senator Davis, it is asserted, charged
in one of his speeches that SI,OOO was
paid to Mr. Helm when a New Afbany,
Ind., man was robbed in Little Rock
last year of $6,000.
Later in the day Senator Davis made
the fellowing statement:
“Helm attacked me from the rear as
I was going to my office, using a load
ed bat, which wags attached to his wrist
by thongs of leather. This is an attack
such as I have warned the people of
Arkansas would be made by the politi
cal ring of Little Rock to further their
desires. Helm simply acted under in
structiong of his superiors.”
WANT ORDER RECINDED.
Kentucky Railroads Make Appeal to
State Commission.
At the meeting of the Kentucky rail
road commission in Louisville Friday
afternoon, attorneys for all railroads
operating in the state made a motion
that the commission rescind its ordar
of two years ago for a general re
duction in freight rates. They assert
ed that business has decreased so that
the reduction would not be just to the
roads, and that somga of them would
be operated at a lcss,
PARSON FULKERSON ARRESTED.
Is Alleged to Have Eloped from Ten
nessee With Miss Templeton,
Bryant H. Fulkerson, the Methodist
preacher of Franklin county, Tenn, al
leged to have eloped recently with
Miss Ada Templieton, of that county,
has been arrested at Riverside, Cal.
K is said that Fulkerson sent hig
wife to her old home at McKenziz and
then meeting Miss Templeton in Nash
ville they were married and departed
for Oklahoma.
HANCOCK GOES TO THE FOOT.
Major is Reduced in Rank Instead of
Being Discharged.
President Roosevelt has shown clem
ency to Major W. F. Hancock, convict
ed by courtmartial in Atlanta on Jan
ary 20, of conduct unbecoming an offi
cer and a gentleman in having brok
en a pledge to abstain from intoxicat
ing liquors, and has mitigated tae gen
tence of dismissal by reducing him to
the foot of the list of majcrs of the
coast artillery corps. }
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CONNECTICUT NOW FLAGSHIP,
Successor of Bob Evans Transfers His
Ensign from Minnesota.
Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas, acting
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic bat
tleship fleet, Saturday transferred his
flag from the Minnesota to the Connect
fcut, which carried Rear Admiral Ev
ans’ ensign on the long cruise from
Hampton Roads,
With the elevation of Admiral Thom
as, Rear Admiral Sperry becemes sec
ond in command of the fleet,
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Korean Rebels Active.
Advices received in Tokio from Seoul
say that the insurgents are showing in
creased activity, several minor fights
having occurred lately. The insurgent
element has been encouraged by the
attitude of members of the Koréan
‘court, *..
.“' $250,000 Blaze in New Orleans,
o Four business buildings were burned
at thé corner of Tehoupitoulas and
Natchez streets, New Orleans, Sunday,
with “a loss estimated by the fire mar
shal at a quarter of a million dollars.
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By the Populists for Presi
dent of United States.
WILLIAMS SECOND PLACE
Nebraska and Minnesota Delegates
Bolted Convention When Their
Plea For Delay of Action
Was Turned Down.
For president of the United States,
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia,
For vice president of the United
States, Samuel Williams, of Indiana,
The foregoing ticket was nominated
by the Peoples’ party convention, in
session at St. Louis, Mo, after two
stormy sessions, during which the Ne
braska and the Minnesota delegations
bolted because they could not pro
cure a postponement of the convention
until after nominations had been made
by the democratic convention, so that
the peoples’ party might nominate W.
J. '‘Bryan for president, if he were
defeated at the national democratic
convention,
Mr, Watson was not present, but Mr.
Williams, of Indiana, returned thanks
to the conventicn in a brief speech, in
which he promised to do all things
possible for the success of the ticket.
At a meeting Friday night of the
new national committee, James B. Fer
ris, of Joliet, 111, was reelected chair
man and Jay W. Forrest, of Albany,
N. Y., was chosen vice chairman.
The platform, after setting forth
that the government has been con
trolled so as to place the rights of
property above the rights of human
ity, and that financial combinations
have exerted too much power over
congress, gives the position of the
party on finance as follows:
“The issuing of money is a function
of government and should not be dele
gated to corporation or individual,
The constitution gives to congress
alone the power to issue money and
regulate the value thercof. We there
fore demand that all money shall be
issued by the government direct to
the people, without the intervention of
banks, and be a full legal tender for
all debts, public and private, and
in quantities to supply the necessity
of the country. We demand that pos
tal savings banks be instituted for
the savings of the people.”
Alien ownership of public lands is
opposed, and lands now held by aliens
or by corporations which have vio
lated the conditions of their grants
should be restored to the public do
main.
Government ownership of railrcads
is urged on the ground that that poli
cy would prevent unjust discrimina
tions. And that in order to perfect the
postal service the government should
own and operate the general telegraph
and telephone systems and provide a
parcels post.
TWO COUNTIES FOR LIVINGSTON.
Congressman from Fifth Georgia Dis
trict Wins First Round.
Congressman Livingston Friday car
ried Campbell and Newton counties,
taus securing four of the twenty-four
- votes to be cast in the fifth Georgia
district convention.
In Campbell the contest was very
close, Colonel Livingston winning by
only ten votes, He carried Newton,
his home county, however, by 377
votes.
Newton and Campbell were the first
two counties in the fifth district to
act on the contest between Colonel
Livingsten and City Attorney James
L. Mayson, of Atlanta, who is oppos
ing him.
Egyptian Cotton a Success,
After years of unsuccessful effort to
introduce Egyptian cotton into the
United States, the bureau of plant in
dustry of the department of agriculture
reports that promising results have
been secured in New Mexico and Ar
izona.
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BOYS “TESTED” GIANT POWDER.
Result Was One Killed, Bix People
Hurt and Car Demolished.
Boys playipg near a half car‘load of
glant,‘po/wder and dynamite caps at
Shawnep; Okla., became involved in a
dispute as to whether the powder was
good or bad. They determined to test
it and applied a match. A terrific ex
plosion followed, the car being blown
into fragments, and people passing
were blown from their feet and across
the road. One boy was killed and six
people seriously injured.
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HILL IS NOMINATED.
President Sends to Senate Name of
New Ambassador to Germany.
President Roosevelt sent to the sen
ate Tuesday the nomination of David
Jayne Hill to be American ambassador
at Berlln, Germany. The resignation
of Charlemagne Tower, now at tae
post, has been accepted to take effect
June 1. At that time Dr. Hill will as
sume his new dutfes, , , ~,., .
TTRAGEBY IN COURT ROOM,
!Convlcted Man Draws Gun, Kills De
~ tective, Wounds Three Court Offi
‘ : cials and a Bystander. .
Found guilty of a charge of arson,
Henry F. McDonald, in the ecircuit court
room, at Terre Haute, Ind., Thursday,
shot and killed Chief of Detectives
William E. Dwyer, seriously wounded
three other officers and a bystander,
and was himself seriously wounded,
MecDonald had been tried for dynamit
ing stores and a church at Sanford last
year.
As soon as the jury reported its ver
dict, McDonald jumped up, drew a re
volver and fired at Prosecuting Attor
ney James A. Cooper, Jr., but missed.
MeDonald continued firing at the of
ficers seated around the counsel table.
Detective Dwyer fell dead at the third
shot,
. Policemen and deputy sheriffs in the
court room drew revolvers and opened
fire on McDonald, who returned the
fire. Before the convicted man fel}
with half a dozen bullets in his body
he had shot Harvey V. Jones, superin
tendent of police, in the side; Deputy
Sheriff Ira Wellman in the chin; Syl
vester Doyle, court bailiff, in the leg,
and a bystander in the side.
The jurors jumped to their feet at
the first shot. Judge Crane, who pre
sided at the trial, ran to the railing of
the jury box, ands spectators rushed
out in confusion,
Some of the spectators to the shoot
ing said McDonald’s brother alse fired
at the officers. The officers are look
ing for the brother.
McDonald was finally overwhelmed
by officers and taken to a hospital. It
is said that all the wounded men will
recover.
GEORGIA GETS BACK-TAX MONEY
Long Litigation With Railroad Ended
Through Compromise,
After a fight of six years, a compro
mise was reacned Thursday in the
back tax case of the State of Georgia
against the Georgia Railroad company
for tax on 15,000 shares of Western
of Alabama railway stock, the state
being given a verdiect which will
bring into the treasury $335,000.
- There were three claimants for the
taxes, first the state, next the county
of Richmond and third tae city of Au
gusta. The state gets $80,225.43, the
county of Richmond $109,120.90, of
which $38,010.37 goes to the board of
education of that county and the city
of Augusta $145,653.67. This totals
exactly $335,000.
The city of Augusta and the county
of Richmond obtain more than the
state, due to the fact that their tax
rates are higher.
NOT GUILTY, HEFLIN’S PLEA.
Alabama Congressman Given Prelimi
nary Trial at Washington,
Representative Heflin of Alabama,
in police court at Washington, Thurs
day, after a plea of not guilty, gave
bond for $3,000 for his appearance for
trial on two charges of assaunlt with
a dangerous weapon, Bond was im
mediately furnished hy O. G. Staples,
proprietor of the hotel where the Ala
bama congressman is stopping. Repre
sentative Clayton of Alabama, coun
sel for Mr, Heflin, told the court that
Mr. Heflin waived the reading of the
information charging him with assault
ing Thomas McCreary, a New York
horseman, and Louis Lundy, a negro,
while on a street car.
CANNON AFTER PAPER TRUST.
Speaker of House Seeks Inforn";ation
of Special Officers,
Speaker Cannon, as a member of the
house, Thursday, introduced resolu
tiong directing the attorney general and
the secretary of commerce and lahor
to inform the house what steps have
ben taken by those departments to in
vestigate the action of the International
Paper company of New York, and other
corporations, supposed to be engaged
‘in an effort to create a monopoly in
print paper,
EMARRASSING TO BRYAN.
Denied Privilege of Speaking He Balks
at Attending Banquet,
William J. Bryan Thursday announe
ed that he had withdrawn his accept
ance of the invitation of the New York
National Democratic Club to attend a
banquet to be given on April 13, In
view of the digcussion which had aris.
en as to whether the invitation was to
make a speech, or merely to be pres.
ent, Mr. Bryan said he felt it would
be embarrassing both to the club and
to himself to be present in either cas
pacity.
WILL FIGHT ALL SUMMER,
John Bharp Williams Serves Notice on
Republican Majority.
John Sharp Willlams, the house dem
ocratic leader, has served notice on
the republicans that unless they drop
the “do nothing policy” and proceed to
enact some of the legislation favored
by the president, in his message of
January 31, the democrats propose to
keep up the fight until dog days, |
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Discussed by President Fin
ley of the Southern,
HOPEFUL AS TO FUTURE
Duty of All is to Look to the Future
Rather Than the Past— Must
iy Create a Constructive
{ Sentiment,
President W, W, Firley of the South
ern railway company, who has been
looking carefully into commerecial and
industrial conditions in the southern
states, was asked by a correspondent
in Washington Sunday for a summary
of the result of his inquiries,
“While business conditions in the
southern states are not as favorable
as we would like to have them,” said
Mr. Finley, “I think the situation in
that section is fully as favorable to an
early revival of prosperity as that in
any other part of the country. Through
out the south the banking institutions
are in sound condition, and, although
their managers are generally pursuing
carefyl and conservative policies, sound
business enterprises are generally able
to obtain all the credit needed. I'rom
most localities come reports that south
ern farmers are in a prospercus condi
tion, and have substantial bank ac
counts,
“Largely as a result of the purchas
ing power of the farmers, retail trade
in most southern communities is fairly
active. In those localities where cotton
mill employees and other industrial
workers are most numerous, there has,
of course, been more or less falling off
in retail business as a result of the
industrial depression. As in all other
sections, taere is a tendency on the
part of retail dealers in all lines' to buy
very conservatively and reduce thelr
stocks of goods. This necessarily’ has
the effect of curtailing the business of
jobbers, who in turn are conservative
in their purchaseg from manufacturers,
and this in turn tends to accentuate
the industrialedepregsion.
“The question of how soon a revi
val may be expected to begin is one
which no man can answer with cer
tainty, for the reason that some of the
reasong for the continuance of the
busines depressions are psychological.
Thig being true, one of the most im
portant results to be brought about is
the creating of a constructive senti
ment, based on faith in ourselves and
in the future. A few weak spots in
our banking system nave been elim
inated; the natural resources of our
country have not been diminished, and
the industry and enterprise of the
American people are as great as be
fore. Under these circumstances, there
fore, ag a result of the prolongation of,
existing conditions, economic comp‘if—
cations arise, it is the duty of each one
of us to look to the future, rather than
to the past, and to conth),ut*, to the
best of his ability, to _fhe bringing
about of such a srm;nd constructive
sentiment as will substantially aid in
a return to prosperity.”
MINORITY SHOWS SOLID FRONT.
Bills for Reinstatement of Negro Troops
to Be Reported Adversely.
The five democratic memhbers of the
senate committee on military affalrs,
succeeded in defeating both the War
ner and the Foraker bills for the res
~toration to duty' of negro soldiers of the
’twenty-flfth infantry, who were dis
- charged without honor because of the
affray at Brownsville, Texas, The suc
cegs of the minority was accomplished
by voting as a unit against the dirided
i majority. The effect will be to cause
both bilis to be reported adversely.
~ The essential point of dference be
tween the two bills is, that the Warner
measure provides that the president
may reinstate any soldier upon bhecom
ing satisfied that he b innocent of the
charges against him; while the Fora
ker bill ecompels the reinstatement of
such soldiers if they take oath of
their innocence.
BLACK BILLY AGAIN CONVICTED,
Crook Had Only Recently Been Releas.
ed From Atlanta Prison,
Jameg Lang, alias Black Billy, noto
rioug crook and safe blower, wag con
victed at Mocksville, N. C., Friday of
looting the bank of Davie in 1903 and
sentenced to five years.
His three confederates, who assit
ed in this job, were tried and convicted
a year ago, lLang and his gang operat
ed extensively in North Carolina aud
be hag only recently been released
from Atlanta federal prison.
SCREWS PUT ON DEMOCRATS.
Republicans of House Adopt Sweeping ’
Cloture Rule, |
By adopting a sweeping cloture rule |
In the house of representatives Satur- |
day the republicans left to the demo- |
crats only very limited powers. NO'
longer can a filibuster be cenducted |
against sending to conference bills |
with senate amendments; no longer |
can a motion to close debate be amend- |
ed or discussed. ‘
WOMAN KILLS BURGLAR.
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Mrs. Jones Saved Life of Father im
Desperate Struggle With Negro.
Used Pistol Effectively. .
Mrs. Ed Jones, a prominent woman
of Montgomery, Ala., shot and killed
a negro burglar at her home in'that
city at 3 o’clock Sunday morning.
At the time ‘the shot was, fired the
burglar was engaged in a hand-to‘hand.
struggle with her aged father, Barney
Rhody, and was attempting to pull him
out through a window, where a negro
confederate stood to aid the burglar.
The inmates of the house were arous
ed by a noise just under Mr., Rhody’s
window, Mrs., Jones went into her
father's room to investigate and in so
doing aroused her father, who was still
asleep. Upon awakening Mr. Rhody
threw open the window and was seized
by the burglar and a desperate struggle
then ensued. Miss Maud Rhody, a
younger sister of Mrs, Jones, rushed
into the room, armed with an iron rod,
which she wielded with telling effect
upon the head of the negro, who never
for an instant, however, relaxed his
hold upon Mr. Rhody.
Seeing her father was about to be
overcome and dragged through the win
dow, Mrs. Jones pointed her pistol at
the megro’s head and pulled the trig
ger, but to her dismay the rusty re
volver only snapped.
Coolly readjusting her aim the de
termined woman again pulled the trig
ger and, when there was no explosion
from the weapon, she prayed in despalr,
but tried it a third time. With the
fourth pull of the trigger there was a
resounding discharge of the revolver
that drowned the crack of blows which
rained on the negro’s head from the
iron rod which wasg still being wielded
by the younger sister. The negro fell
back into the yard with a bullet in his
brain and died soon after.
PRICE OF FLEECY STAPLE
Fully Discussed at Special Conference
of State Presidents of Farmers’' .
Union in Little Rock.
The conference of state presidents of
the Farmers’ Union, which opened in
Little Rock Thursday, clesed Friday
evening. The principal feature of the
l sesslon was the discussion of the price
of cotton and if the union should con
tinue to hold the staple until it raached
15 cents per pound, the minimum fig
ure fixed by the last mational conven
tion, which was held in Little Rock
last summer. It was predicted by the
presidents attending this conference
that a reactionary wave will set ih and
that the market price will soar again by
or before the fl& of June. In order to
meet the situation plans ara b?n’gfiy
fected to assiet in holding all Cotton
from the market foptat least 60 or 90
days. The,yéé‘ttyji‘ ‘now st.red and any
R §
ootten’that may hive reached the stage
| known In the union jas “distressed,”
that is, cotton where the owner real
ly needs to sell in order to meet pres
en emergencies, will be held by ar
rangements now being planned. The
conference adopted other resolutions
expressiong gratification at the tenden
cy towards the establishment and
malintenance of cotton grading schools,
declaring these institutions to be in
valable to the proper carrying out of
the plans of scientific cotton planting.
The legislatureg will be asked to make
appropriations for the establishment
and maintenance of such schools,
CHANCELLOR DAY EXONERATED.
Charges Brought by Rev. Cooke Ig
nored by Methodists.
The charges preferred against Chan
cellor Day, of Syracuse university, by
the Rev. George A. Cooke, of Brandon,
Vt., were ruled out of court by Bishop
David H. Moore, at the opening of the
one hundred and ninth session of the
New York Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence in New York city Wednesday.
Bishop Moore, {i dismissing the charg
es, said ne regarded the complaint
against Chancellor Day as a direct at
tack upon free speech and free press.
The decision was greeted with cheers
and long continued applause,
The charges against Chancellor Day
contained fiwe counts, and were to the
effect that he had defamed President
Roosevelt in some of his public utter
ances, Dr., Day made no effort to an
gwer the charges,
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LEECH IS PUBLIC PRINTER,
Man Now in Philippines Named to Suc
ceed Stillings.
John 8, Leech of Illinois, now publie
printer in the Philippines, has been ap
pointed pub... printer in Washington.
Mr, Leech will succeed Public Printer
Stillings, whose resignation was ac
eepted some days ago. The appointment
as made by President Roosevelt was
in the nature of a surprise.
Mr, Leech was notified by eable of
his appointment and requested to re
port for duty at the earlizst practicable
time.
To Organize Cuban Army,
Governor Magoon has decreed the or
ganization of an army for Cuba along
the general lines set down by the ad
visory commission, and that General
Alexandro Rddriguez shall be in com
mand,
