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0CILLA DISPATCH.
OClLLA. GEORGIA.
HEN PERSON & HAN LON, Publishers.
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It is estimated that there are 30,000
pupils in the agricultural schools of
the United States.
The “Yankee drummers" are cap¬
turing large slices of the iron and
shoe trade in England, France, Ger¬
many and Russia. This is a sort of
reciprocity that Europe does not like.
The California state board of prison
directors has adopted a rule that here¬
after, when a convict is found with a
deadly weapon in his possession lie
shall b.e kept in solitary confinement
for the rest of the term, even if it be
for his natural life.
A little Swiss canton with socialis¬
tic tendencies has lately adopted a law
of free burial, by which the state is
the chief patron and employer of the
undertakers. Two purveyors of cof¬
fins are elected in each district; all
orders are sent to one during the first
six months of the year, and to the
other during the remaining six months.
The coffins are delivered gratuitously.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
go’-ernment to be fair, the greatest
couijilaint and dissatisfaction have
arisen.
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It would be sad beyond measure if
the graduates of each June were with¬
out a buoyant spirit of hopeful optim¬
ism. Not for many years would the
colleagues last in sucb an atmosphere.
Tbe fact that the colleges aud schools
are steadily growing in numbers, in
influence and in power demonstrates,
if it demonstrates anything, that the
fathers and mothers are convinced of
the benefits to be derived from the dis¬
cipline aud the associations of college
life. Because the world has many
successful men who have never been
to colfege is no reason why the col¬
leges should fail also to make suc¬
cessful man. The fact is the college
is a helper, not an originator. It does
not create material, but it helps to
fashion it into effective forms. It does
not make figs of thistles, but it may
help to cultivate the one aud check
the development of the other.
Electricity has been the promotor
of many new words aud phrases. An
electrical dictionary of the humblest
proportions must contain thousands,
and the number grows yearly. Some
of these words grow, others are se¬
lected arbitrarily, but one can never
tell which the public will seal with its
approval. Marconi and other workers
in telegraphy without wires are trying
for the adoption of “etheric teleg¬
raphy,” because the impulses are
conveyed by the ether, but the preva¬
lent expression in conversation and
the newspapers is “wireless telegra¬
phy,” and it is ready to stick, An
dleotrieal journal opened its columns
lately to a competition for a good word "
to describe electric carriages, and
“electvomobile” hae been selected, but i
*t . (loubtful , , ,. , lf .. 14 ., wl11 ,, 8tlck An . i I
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other suggestions electrical for journal electrical contains units, some of j
new ;
which “septerg” and “decifiu” may
be quoted as graceful examples. The
public, which has not yet mastered its
volts, amperes, watts, and heurys,
may be excused if it looks askance at
these latest efforts of the word-maker.
The effects of civilization among the
Pottawattomie Indians appeared at a
recent council meeting of representa¬
tives of the tribe in Michigan and In¬
diana, held to choose a successor to
Chief Simon Pokagou. The meeting
was held under the couDcil-tree near
Hartford, Mich., and the young men
present proposed an innovation in
imitation of the white man, that the
chief be chosen by ballot, But the
old men objected to this, and argued
so stoutly for the maintenance of the
ancient traditions of the people that
the young men gave way. Two veter-
ans were selected to be candidates for
chief, and the chairman of the council
conducted one to the oastern side of
the tree aud the other to the western.
Then he directed the members of the
council to form a line around the man
they wished to elect with the result
that one John Mix, a man seventy-five
years old. aud a brother-in-law of
8imon Pokagon, was chosen chief.
All the speeches delivered during the
council, which lasted for two days,
were given in both English and Indian,
as many of the young men could not
understand the latter tongue, and
inauy of tho old men could not under¬
stand the former.
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HAZABP OF THE COIN.
To Walker It was a rather amusing
morning. But then Walker was a dis¬
creet fellow and showed only the most
solemn of faces. To Val Old Mischief
appeared to be in everything. In shav¬
ing him Walker had drawn blood
twice. Val knew this was not Walk¬
er’s fault, but his own fidgetiness, and
of course he was In the greater rage
with him for that reason. He dropped
things, such as a sleeve-link or a stud,
and the confounded articles flew under
the dressing table, among his boots or
somewhere the other side of the room,
and refused to be found until he had
well begun to swear. He dismissed
Walker in a rage, and then he could
not put his hand on anything until the
swear words revealed their where¬
abouts. In fact, it seemed that noth¬
ing could be done this morning with¬
out assistance of this sort.
Val was at last ready to put on his
vest and coat. By that time he had
calmed down considerably, but not
quite. He shoved his hands into his
trousers pockets and went wandering
aimlessly about his room, kicking odd
articles, such as a boot, out of his way.
Presently he brought up before the
looking glass and surveyed himself
fiercely. He was not at all a bad-look-
ing fellow, but at this moment there
was certainly a most ngly expression
on his face. He noticed the pretty
floral design that ran up his artistic
braces, but he was thinking of other
things.
‘‘Coward, Val Kingsley,” he said to
the Image In the glass. “Coward! Do
you hear? Why don’t you speak? »vhy
don’t you do as others do, speak out
and chance your luck? Because you
fear a rebuff! Millionaire girls have
cared for penniless soldiers before now.
And Malsie—you have fluttered about
her like a moth for two years and now
have burned yourself, just as a moth
will that flutters about a flame. But a
moth may be credited with some ex¬
cuse; it probably does not know what
a flame is. But you—after all there
might be some chance—more than
once—bah, coward!”
A somewhat incoherent speech, cer¬
tainly. But Val’s mind was in an in¬
coherent state just now.
It would scarcely have been judi¬
cious for any other man to talk to Val
Kingsley like this, particularly at the
present moment. However, a man may
talk to himself as he pleases and no
harm done, unless he turns to and
punches his own head, which is exaci-
ly what Val felt tempted to do.
The self-accusation made him wince,
because it was so true. That is, it was
true so far as Malsie was concern^
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^al Kingsley, the soldier, was not Val
Kingsley, the lover. His comrades
would tell you that no man was more
ukaly to illustrate the legend that a
British officer and cowardice cannot
mix. But where a thousand blood¬
thirsty foes, circling about him in bat¬
tle, had not changed the color of his
cheeks by a shade, the mere thought of
Malsie, just now turned them blood¬
less.
Val suddenly took his hand from
pocket and spun a coin savagely In the
air. The coin struck the celling and
then fell, where he did not trouble to
notice It for the moment. He let It
go whither it listed, while he started
off again on a walk around the room.
"It Is one thing or the other,” he
muttered through his set teeth. "It Is
life—happiness—everything — or the
other way about. Anyhow, here goes.
Heads I speak; tails—well, we’ll see
about that.”
Then he started to And the coin.
For a long time he hunted for It in
vain; you might guess that There is
always a diablerie .about dropped
coins, even on the most trivial occa¬
sions, which Is enough m exasperate
the coolest saint. At a time like this,
when a person’s happiness, and per¬
haps more than his happiness, depends
upon its being found, the fiendish
thing hides itself away as if it pos¬
sessed the cunning of a fox. It was
only when Val was beginning to fear
that his great resource would probably
fall him this time that he came across
It It was edge up against the
wainscoting, in the last place he ex¬
pected to find It, and seemed to jeer
at him as he snatched It.
Val was a little superstitious.
“As I might have expected,” he mut¬
tered, “my fate hangs In the balance
and a feather will turn it.”
But he seized on the fact that the
“tail" of the coin was inside and the
"head” toward him and this he took
as his "tip."
In a few minutes he was inside a
hansom oU his way to know his fate.
When the eab drove up to the great
millionaire's mansion a fearful qualm
came up in his mroat. But he did not
mean to turn b ick now.
Malsie was at home.
She was very pleased to see Lieut.
Kingsley. She came forward with her
ring hand extended. She was only a
little creature, but she had the knack
of being very dignified when it pleased
her to be so. This always sent Val
Into a fright and now he wished he
had gone and drowned himself rather
than have come.
He sat on the edge of the chair to
which Malsie politely pointed, oppo¬
site her, and she thought, whimsical¬
ly, of Oliver Twjst.
Mamma was out shopping. She her¬
self had a headache and thought she
would remain at home and rest. Was
it true that he was ordered abroad at
once? It must be so inconvenient to
go so suddenly.
Val broke out, Just as he might
have been expected to do.
’’Malsie,” he said, leaning forward,
and half looking as if he intended to
hypnotize her.
Malsie gazed at him quietly, with a
quick change to haughtiness in her
face. Val’s heart sank. He knew lit¬
tle of women's nature, least of all,
very likely, of Malsie’s. He guessed
nothing of what had been passing in
her soul these two years, nor why
nor how it is that a woman resents
not being taken by storm when she Is
willing, money or no money. He did
not know that that quick look of pride
was just poor little Malsie’s revenge
for his past cowardice. But he went
on with his task.
And a nice mess he had made out
of it by the time he had done. When
he went away he remembered hardly
anything of what he had said, beyond
dwelling at some length on his own
position and her money. But tbe
strange way she looked at him when
they wished good-by, and how she
gave him the tips of her fingers, was
burnt Into his soul.
He was as pale as death when he
got home. He took his coat and vest
off and then went to a drawer. It was
a beautiful little thing, he thought, as
he examined It carefully, and capable
of doing Its work surely and swiftly.
He placed the weapon on the table,
handy. Then he scratched away at
letter after letter for about an hour.
When he had done he rose, took up
the revolver and toyed with it. Then
there came a sharp rap at the door.
It was Walker, with a note for him.
A glance at the superscription sent
his white cheeks red as flame.
The note inside the envelope ran:
“Dearest Val: Are we not quite
misunderstanding each other? Come
and see me at once. Forgive me. I
did not mean to treat you so. (Your
own if you will) MAISIE.”
The dainty missive dropped from
Val’s fingers, his hands went Into his
pockets once more, and he found him¬ j
self looking at his image tn the glass,
Perhaps he meant to call himself more |
names. Perhaps he was trying to
think of something new in swear
words. If so It was a failure. He
could only mutter, after a long si-
leace: (
"Heavens! That was a near thing.”
DUNKHORST A MAMMOTH. )
Record of the Boxer Who Will Fight
at Athens.
Since the days wfien Joe cAuliffe
came out of the west to win fame in
the prize ring there never was a boxer
of note who possessed the same gen¬
erous proportions claimed by Ed
Dunkhorst, who meets Joe Butler at
Athens tomorrow evening. Dunk¬
horst is six feet high, and weighs, in
condition, 225 pounds. He has been
nicknamed the “Mastodon,” and it Is
well earned. But Dunkhorst Is differ¬
ent from most of the big fellows in
that he ts fast as a feather-weight.
Those who witnessed his terrific fight
with Peter Maher at the Arena need
no further verification of that state-
ment. Fast as Maher was, Dunkhorst
was equally so, and, although Maher I
won, he did not get off scot free by
any means. While a comparatively
newcomer in the ring, Dunkhorst’s
dozen battles have already demon¬
strated the possibilities of his huge
frame, when thoroughly seasoned. One
peculiarity of Dunkhorst’s is that he
seems to be immune from the blows
soporific, which so many boxers suc¬
cumb to. Up to the present time he
has never been knocked out, and it
looks as though he never will be. Al¬
though he was in no condition for a
contest when he met Maher at the
Arena, and the Irish champion landed
again and again on his jaw the pum-
meling he received did not seem to af¬
fect "Dunk.” He took it all good na-
turedly, and Maher, who always be¬
lieved his good right hand was invin¬
cible, was dumfounded. Dunkhorst
has declared that had he been In
shape he would have beaten Maher
that night, and many good judges
agree with him. When Gus Ruhlln
was at his beet and Dunkhorst only a
novice it took the former twenty-two
rounds to win from the Syracuse man
at the Greater New York Athletic club.
The experience he gained there did
Dunkhorst good, for he went right up
to Toronto and beat Charley Strong
so badly that the referee stopped the
bout tn the fourth round. Frank
Childs, the colored giant, met “Dunk”
at Detroit for eight rounds, and the
Cadillac Athletic chrb witnessed the
fastest fighting ever seen in that sec¬
tion.
Bears in Death Gulch.
In the Yellowstone National park li
a ravine called Death Gulch, becauss
it is evident that animals occasionally
perish in it on account of the exces¬
sive quantity of carbonic acid in the
air. In this respect it resembles me
celebrated Dog Grotto near Naples.
Both are in a volcanic region where
active eruptions do not now occur, but
where mephitic ga^s issue from the
rocks and settle in low places. A re¬
cent visitor to the Yellowstone park
reports having seen the carcasses o)
eight bears in Death Gulch.
FIGHT ON MAYOR.
Atlanta Council Committee Will
Again Investigate Conduct of
James G. Woodward.
A dispatch from Atlanta says: In
the midst of a highly excited and sen¬
sational session of the city council
Thursday afternoon the original reso¬
lution offered by Councilman Thomp¬
son calling for a committee of five to
investigate the charges against Mayor
James G. Woodward was taken from
the table and adopted with practical
unanimity. of council
The sudden action came
in the nature of a blow to the friends
of tbe mayor, many of whom expressed
the opinion that a conditional resigna¬
tion, which they believed could be ex¬
acted from him and to take effect when¬
ever Mayor Woodward should again
take a drink, would prove agreeable
to a majority of the members of couu-
oil.
In an uproar Councilman Burns de¬
clared that while a committee was in¬
vestigating the grave charges against
the mayor of Atlanta they should be
instructed also to take cognizance of
the serious accusation made against of¬
ficials of the city by Colonel W. T.
Moyers, c .unsel for Mayor Woodward.
He asserted that the charge made by
Colonel Moyers that “the mayor, if he
went down, would have eminently re¬
spectable official company,” was not a
charge to be tolerated by council.
The following supplementary amend¬
ment* to the main resolution was
promptly written and offered by Coun¬
cilman Burns:
“And that this committee, under
this resolution appointed, be empow¬
ered and authorized to investigate the
charges in the public press to the ef¬
fect that ‘the mayor if he went
would have eminently respectable of¬
ficial company.’ ”
The amendment of Councilman
Burns passed the council chamber
unanimously, thus imposing the duty
of investigating the indefinite charges
of Colonel W. T. Moyers upon the
committee.
FIGHTING CAR COMPANY.
Locked-Out rten at Chattanooga Make
Things Warm For Corporation.
The labor unionists of Chattanooga,
Tenn., and suburbs have gone into the
fight with the electric Rtreet railway
company on account of its lockout of
the union motormen and are making it
warm for that corporation.
Four additional motormen left the
company Thursday and joined the
union, making, according to the union
leaders, thirty-two men who are locked
out.
The trades unionists have employed
large transfer wagons and are dipatch-
jng them to such of the suburbs as
a re not reached by a rival railroad to
convey people to and from the city.
This method of transportation will be
kept up until the trouble is ended.
Petitions were presented to the rap¬
id transit company Thursdny for the
extension of its lines to St. Elmo and
such other points as are not now reach¬
ed by that company, and it is claimed
that the petitions were signed by over
six-hundred people, who agreed to
patronize the line when built in pref¬
erence to the electric railroad.
There seems to be no kind of doubt
that the boycott is affecting the daily
receipts of the electric company rather
more seriously than the company ex¬
pected.
NEW QUARTERS LEASED.
Firm of Fielder & Mower Will Qo Into
a Larger Building.
The firm of Fielder & Mower,which
has conducted a general typewriter
and supply business in Atlanta, Ga.,
for a number of years, has leased for
a term of years the handsome three-
story brick building at 61 Peachtree
street, occupied by the Estey Organ
company. They will take possession
the first of next month and the entire
building will be occupied for their
business. The building is an excel¬
lent one and well adapted to the needs
of the business of the firm. It is lo¬
cated in one of the most desirable por¬
tions of tho city and possesses pecu¬
liar advantages for just such an enter¬
prise as that of Messrs. Fielder &
Mower.
It is understood that the firm will
extend their lines of business in
office supplies and with the large floor
space will be in position to fit up an
office with everything from a pin to
the handsomest office furniture on the
market.
OTIS’ PROSPECTIVE ART 1 Y.
Arrangements Are Made For Sending
46,000 Soldiers to Philippines.
A statement prepared at the war de¬
partment shows that by October 22d
there will be at Manila or on the
way to the Philippines 46,000 men.
They will all reach the island before
the beginning of the dry season.
The troops to be sent from this
country are ten regiments of volun¬
teers, amounting to 13,090 men; re¬
cruits for skeleton regiments organized
in the Philippines, 1,900; recruits for
regulars, 3,500; eight troops cavalry,
695; marines, 400.
FILIPINO FORCE DEFEATED.
Americans Encounter With Rebels
Near San Fernando.
A Manila special says: General Mac-
Arthur’s, force, consisting of 4,000
men, advanced five miles beyond San
Fernando Tuesday and encountered
and defeated a Filipino force of six
thousand men.
The enemy retreated, leaving many
dead and wounded. The American
loss in killed and wounded was twenty.
RACE QUESTION
IS BROUGHT CP
At Annual Meeting of the
Georgia Horticulturists.
PRESIDENT BROWN TALKS
“Time Has Arrived When the Negro
Should Be Dispensed With”*==Im-
portant Subjects Discussed.
The Georgia State Agricultural So¬
ciety convened at Qjuitman last Wed¬
nesday at 9 o’clock and it never had a
warmer welcome. The cordiality of
the reception and the interost of the
proceedings left nothing to be desired.
It was really a great convention of the
stalwart and brainy men of the state
gathered to discuss big questions
worthy of the best thought of states¬
men.
The race question came to the front
at opce, and President Brown made an
utterance which will wake up the
country. His assertion that the white
man and the negro are at the parting
of the ways and we should aid the ne¬
gro in Ais efforts to leave us, were
loudly applauded.
“Practical education” was discussed
by Mr. Hoke Smith; “Marketing of
Cotton,” by Major Hanson, by letter;
and the “Relation of Agriculture to
Manufactures,” by Mr. T. IT. Martin.
Mr. Smith’s address received mark¬
ed attention. It is on a line which
the state university is about to put in
practice upon suggestions made by
him.
The annual address of President
Pope Brown of the Georgia Agricult¬
ural Society was an introduction to
the program and referred in turn to
the different topics of discussion, call-
ing attention to the eminence of the
speakers aud their fitness to handle
the subjects assigned proceedings to them. He
said the Society’s had
ceased to become a dumping ground
for worthless junk.
He spoke particularly of the sub-
jects to be discussed by Major J. F.
Hanson, Mr. Hoke Smith, Mr. D. A.
Tompkins aud John Temple Graves,
alluding also to the discussion of the
round cotton bale. In speaking of
the race question Mr. Brown was bold
aud unequivocal in declaring that the
time had come for the parting of the
ways between races and declared that
the south should stop toadying to the
north. On this subject Mr. Brown
said;
The Negro Problem,
“The question of labor is one of
particular interest to the farmer. In
some sections of our state the hired
help is almost exclusively the negro.
The negro problem therefore is one in
which the farmer is more directly in¬
terested than any other class of our
citizens. The relations between the
farmer and the negro, as a rule, are
friendly. The terrible crimes which
force us to a consideration of this
problem, whether we would or not, do
not indicate the disposition of the ne¬
gro as a race. As a rule, they are the
most patient, best natured race of peo¬
ple on earth. No man has more right
to feel kindly toward the negro than
I, and I can say in truth that no man
enjoys their freedom to a greater ex¬
tent than myself and my section, but
the question is *ot between me and
the negro.
“It is between the white people of
the south and the negroes of the
south. Let alone there would be no
trouble. The south haters of the
north are at the bottom of all the
trouble.
“The leaders of the negro race say,
‘Let’s go home, this is not our home.’
They are preaching discontent, and
whether the scheme of colonization
is practical or not I am not prepared
to say, but.I do believe that it is to
the interest of the people of the south
to aid and abet the negro in his efforts
to leave. A few days ago when cer¬
tain prominent citizens were called on
by the press to say how we should
protect our families against certain
crimes there was a response that seem¬
ed to meet the approval of the press.
It was this: ‘Make a miniature arsenal
of every southern home, teach wife
and daughter how to shoot, allow wo¬
men to carry concealed weapons,’ etc.
“I say if it has come to that it is
time for the parting of the ways. Shall
we part in peace or strife? I would
say peace, and let us stand not upon
the cost. The idea is hooted at by
some, but advocated by some of t’he
best thinkers of both races.”
Mr. Brown then referred to the fact
that the race problem would be dis¬
cussed by alluded John Temple Graves, to
whom he as a gentleman of
eloquence and one unmoved by politi¬
cal considerations and noted for the
purity and sincerity of his motives.
COTTON JVHLL COMES SOUTH.
Big Biddeford, Maine, Factory Will
Move To Valdosta, Oa.
A dispatch from Biddeford, Me.,
says: Arrangements are being made
for the removal of the Springvale cot¬
ton mills, of Springvale, to the south.
The plant is to be located at Fort Val¬
ley, Ga., and will be operated under a
capital of $100,000. The removal will
be the second of the kind that has
taken place in York county.
AN INSURGENT APPEAL
Aguinaldo Asks the Powers To
Recognize “Independence”
of His Government.
Advices from Manila under date of
August 8th state that Aguiualdo has
appealed to the powers for recogni¬
tion of “Filipino independence,” in a
document dated from Tarlac, July 27,
and signed by Buencamino. It has
been received by all the foreign con-
suls in Manila with the request that
they forward it to their respective
governments.
The Filipinos declare that they had
conquered ihe sovereignty of these
islands from Spain before the signing
of the treaty of Paris, and therefore
Spain was in no position to cede them
to tho United States.
They argue that the possession of
7,000 Spanish prisoners captured with
their arms, fighting aguinst the
Filipinos, “is eloquent proof of the
nullity of the Spanish sovereignty, as
when they surrendered Spain’s hold
was then irrevocably lost.” The document
says:
“Replying to the Spanish commis¬
sioners’ request to release tho prison-
beeanse Spain no longer has polit¬
ical interests in the island, we asked
for a treaty of peace and friendship
between Spain and the Filipino^
whereby the prisoners would be re¬
leased. But the commissioners re¬
fused, because it would mean recogni¬
tion of our independence. This is
equivalent to saying that the prison¬
ers must stay in our hands indefinitely,
because their possession is our most
efficacious method to adjust our ae-
count with Spain and obtain from her
recognition of our independence.”
The Filipinos claim that they con¬
quered all the country except Manila,
and that they co-operated in securing
the latter’s capitulation by surround¬
ing it at the cost of thousands of lives.
They also claimed they conquered the
country unassisted except for sixty
guns Admiral Dewey gave Aguinaldo,
and that Admiral Dewey and the
British and Belgian consuls recognized
the Filipinos’ sovereignty by asking
for passes to visit the country.
They repeat the claim that they have
letters from American consuls and
S ei ' erals , recognizing ..... their sovereignty
and promising that the Americans
™uld recognize, their independence,
which was at the disposition of the
Powers. ’ The Filipinos attempt to
mak ® aa P ltal ° f tbe statement that Ad-
“ lral 1( ;' ye y had s,,ch c °nfidence that
Aguinaldo would , serve and fulfil the
r ule s « tbat he g aye h \ m f b " n '
dred , 1 Spanish , prisoners winch the
American navy had captured,
Fmall J th e Filipinos appeal to the
P° wers to influence . Washington to
bl ' ,u « to a termination the unjust war
whlcb 18 devasting the country,
No Apprehension Felt.
A Washington dispatch says: The
state department is entirely without
information as to any address by Ag-
uninaldo to foreign powers for the
recognition of tbe Filipinos, either as
beligerents or as constituting an inde-
pendent government.
The appeal is looked upon,however,
as creating no particular change, as it
has been the desire of Aguinaldo and
his associates from the first to secure
such recognition. The appeal puts
this desire into rather formal shape,
and it may bring to an issue the atti¬
tude of outside governments. There
is no apprehension, however, that any
foreign government will heed the ad¬
dress.
FRENCH VESSEL FIRED UPON
While Encroaching In English Waters.
Helmsman Killed.
A London speoial says: The British
torpedo gunboat Leda found a French
boat fishing within the three mile
limit Wednesday morning. The fisher¬
man attempted to escape and did not
stop when a blank shot was fired. The
Leda then fired a shot, disabling the
fishing boat, the Etoile de Mor, and
killing the helmsman. afterwards
The fishing boat was
towed to London with the body of the
helmsman on board her. The incident
caused the greatest excitement.
The admiralty express supreme sur¬
prise at the fact that the fishing boat
disregarded the Leda’s signal to heave
to, and in the absence of the official
report, they assume that the command¬
er of the Leda only resorted to drastic
measures when other means were inef¬
fectual.
nORHON EXPLAINS.
Elder Rich Calls Upon Georgia’s Gov¬
ernor and Talks of Recent Mobbing
Ben E. Rich, president of the south-
era states mission of the Mormon
church, with headquarters in Chatta¬
nooga, called on Governor Candler at
Atlanta, Ga., Monday in regard to the
mobbing of elders in Jasper county.
The visit of President Rich to the
executive office was upon official busi¬
ness. He was closeted with the gov-
ernor for some time, but did not ask
for protection or for an official investi¬
gation on the part of the state, con¬
tenting himself with explaining the
mission of the Mormons in Georgia
and giving the doctrine of the church.
M’LEAN SECURES DELEGATION.
Result of Ohio Democratic Primaries
Favorable to Cincinnati Editor.
A special from Toledo, O., says:
Tbe result of Monday’s democratic
primaries indicate that John R. Mc¬
Lean has secured th« Lucas county
delegation to the state convention. In
contested precincts McLean secured
all delegates.