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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, * *® * 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, * * * 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. * * * 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. * % * 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. * * * 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. * % % 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.” * * * 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. } N G 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, et ‘ 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. . . 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. e 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. Bt e 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, | . . 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. i i Al 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, ‘ —— et s ettt 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,