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DEATH OF EX-GOV. ATKINSON
PASSES AW Ay PEACEFULLY AT HIS
HOME IN NEWNAN, GA.
DISIIUIID GEORGIAN 15 TAKEN III PRIIE OF LIFE
Mews of His Demise Received With Sorrow By All
Classes—Short Sketch of His Life.
Ex-Governor William Y. Atkinson
died at his home in Newnan, Ga., at
9 o’clock Tuesday morning. The end
came peacefully. The dying man was
surrounded by all the members of his
immediate family and many of his
friends. He had been slowly sinking
for several days, and Monday after¬
noon his physicians announced ' that
he could not recover. His sickness
lasted about fifteen days,during which
time every attention and care that
medical skill could offer and loving
hands could bestow, were given him.
The circumstances surrounding his
death were peculiarly sad and have
cast a gloom over the city of Newnan
and community, and causes sorrow
throughout the state. Early Tuesday
morning it was conceded that in a few
hours the great man would pass away,
and his anxious and inquiring friends
formed an almost unbroken chain as
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EX-GOVERNOR ATKINSON,
Who Died at His Home in Newnan,
Ga., Last Tuesday.
they went to where the statesman lay,
hoping for some ground for hope.
Sorrow was depicted on the counte¬
nance of those advised of his condi¬
tion, and the expression on their faces
was evidence that the end was near.
The announcement that death had
brough to an end a career that had
found success and fame in Georgia
politics and stilled the heart that was
generous and liberal in the distribu-
tion of affection, was no surprise to the
friends of the govornor at the capitol,
for nearly all the heads of departments
had but recently returned from New¬
nan, where they went to inquire into
Mr. Atkinson’s condition and to offer
their services and sympathy to Mfs.
Atkinson.
The last great effort of Mr. Atkinson
was made in the supreme oourt about
three weeks ago. He appeared before
that body to argue for Hie people of
Newnan in the Atlanta and Weet Point
railroad rate case. It will be remem¬
bered that he spoke for several hours
before the court and delivered a pow¬
erful speech in favor of his side of the
question. well prior to mak¬
He had not been
ing this speech and he appeared be¬
fore the court under the disadvantage
of ill health, but he stood for hours
on his feet discussing the controversy
with great force.
His last illness began shortly aftor
his return home from Atlanta and at
first it was thought that ho had only a
temporary sickness to contend with,
but after a few days the disease devel¬
oped into dysentery and his physicians the
began to take steps to check die-
ease and it was thought thot he would
CHARGED WHTH MURDER.
One of the Alleged Lynchera of SI
Smith Arrested end Jailed.
Taylor Hamilton, a white man aged
about fifty years, from Jackson coun¬
ty, Ga., who is oharaed killed with being
one of the mob that Si Smith in
the Hall county jail recently, is now
in jail in Atlanta, having been arrest¬
ed by a detective who has been work¬
ing on the case the past twe weeks.
The deteotive is Dave Looney, of
Atlanta and, after traveling all over
northeast Georgia, it is said he has
secured enough information to lead
him to spot the moat of the men en¬
gaged in the killing of Bi Smith.
THE USUAL RESULT.
Negro Woman Locks Children In
House Tj> Be Burned To Death.
Mary Washington, a negress, livin
two miles above Begue Ohitto an
about eight miles south of Brock
Haven, Miss., went out visiting, leav¬
ing her three children in the house
’locked up. During her absence the
house was fired in some unaccounta¬
ble manner and on the mother s return
the three children were found burned
to a crisp.
be brought around all right. A week
ago his condition became more serious
and the friends of the ex-governor
were told that he was a very sick man.
Other physicians were called in and
everything possible was done to save
the patient, but to no avail. His rela-
tires and intimate friends watched at
his bedside day and night, and he want-
ed for nothing daring his sickness. He
brought his great vital power into the
fight for life and resisted to the last
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was too much much for for him him, the the v victor ctor o of a a
great battle of the same kind a few
years ago.
Telegrams expressive of condolence
poured in from every quarter of the
state, from men of high and low sta¬
tion in life and from those who, for¬
getting petty differences, join in prais¬
ing the high qualities of the man.
Sketch of His Life.
William Yates Atkinson was bom in
Meriwether county, Ga., on the 11th
of November, 1854, at the little j ^ost-
office of Oakland, whither his parents
had removed from Brunswick county,
Ya. His father, John P. Atkinson, was
a native Virginian, a man of sterling
traits and irreproachable character.
On his father’s side he is a descendant
of the Sudys, the Yates and the At-
kinsons, who settled in Virginia in the
colonial days. He is named for Wil¬
liam Yates, one of his ancestors, who
was a professor in the William and
Mary college in Virginia in the early
history of that institution. He is the
sixth of eight children. The death of
his father left him on his own re¬
sources at an early age. Nothing
daunted by the difficulties that await¬
ed him, without means and without
influence, he set to work to educate
himself.
Mr. Atkinson was first elected to
the legislature in 1886, and from that
time on his career may be summed up
as follows:
He was for years a leader in the
legislative halls and party councils.
He was a member of the general
assembly for eight years.
Twice president of the democratic
state convention.
Four years ohairman of the state
democratic executive committee.
Two years speaker of the house of
representatives.
Five years president of the board of
trustees of the Georgia Normal and
Industrial college and a trustee of the
University of Georgia.
And before attaining the age of 40
years In was governor of Georgia. Susie
1880 he married Miss Oobb
Milton, of Florida. She has indeed
been a helpmeet to him.
IN CONTROL OF ENGLISH.
British Capitalists Secure and Control
Tobacco Plantations la Cuba.
James Grantham, cd London, a rep¬
resentative of English capitalists, who
was in Chicago on Tuesday on his way
to the Pacific, is authority for the
statement that more than $7,000,000
of English capital has been invested
in Cuban tobacoo plantations. Eng¬
lish firms c’ontrol the Cuban tobacco
market.
He has been in Cuba and has just
returned from there. Comparatively
recent investments of English capital
in Cuba and Porto Bico are estimated
by him at about $30,000,000.
CARRABELLE STORHSUFFERERS
Make An Appeal Jo the Public For
Assistance In Their Distress.
A Jacksonville, Fla., dispatch says:
The citizens of Carrabelle are without
houses, food and clothing, owing to
the recent cyclone that laid flat the
town.
At a mass meeting of the citizens,an
appeal was issued for aid, and asks
that contributions be sent to T. S. An¬
derson, M. D., chairman of the relief
committee at Carrabelle.
THE DREYFUS
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Begins the Work of Revis-
ion at Rennes, France.
PRISONER DENIES GUILT.
Vehemently Protests That He Is 111*
nocent of the Charges Brought
• Against Him.
The proceedings of the courtmartial
before which Captain Dreyfus is on
trial opened at Rennes, France, Mon-
day morning at 7 o’clock. Captain
Dreyfus entered the courtroom with a
firm step, though his features were
pallid. He is partly bald, and what
hair he has is partly gray and close
cropped. He
answered the formal 4 questions of
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to c.„ arm R vnr.ls i„
front v , of f the i, T Lycee and i also i by streets
leading to the avenue. The gendarmes
were immediately drawn up along the
avenue and the space in front of the
Lycee was cleared of all spectators.
The crowd, which by that time had
increased to a few hundred, was kept
by the gendarmes at a distance of 160
yards on either side of this passage.
Captain Dreyfus emerged from the
military prison under escort of a lieu¬
tenant and four gendarmes. He cross¬
ed the railroad quickly and disap¬
peared within the Lycee, the hedge of
soldiers hiding him from view.
The official list of the members of
the court is as follows:
President, Colonel Jouaust, director
in the engineer corps;Lieutenant Col¬
onel Brongniart, diroctor of the school
of artillery; Major de Broon, of the
Seventh regiment of artillery; Major
Profillet, of the Tenth regiment of ar¬
tillery; Major Merle, of the Seventh
regiment of artillery; Captain Parfant,
of the Seventh regiment of artillery;
Captain Beauvais, of the Seventh reg¬
iment of artillery.
Notable Witnesses Absent.
On „ the , court , proceeding to the roll
call of witnesses the most notable ab-
sentees bemg Esterhazy Du Patyde
Clam and Mme. Pays, Dreyfus half
turned his head toward the seats of
the , witnesses, ., especially ... when , thf ,,
clerk of the court oalled Esterhazy.
But when no response was received,
rey ua re uinet o is previous a 1
tude, looking straight in front of him
at Lolonel Jouaust.
Altogether “oout one Hundred wit-
nesses will be called on both sides.
Major Camere, the government s
commissary, then said that in view of
the official mission of General Cha-
nonine and M. Paleologue to furnish
the court with all the necessary expla-
nations respecting the secret dossier,
their depositions, as witnesses, would
be dispensed with, adding that the
consideration of the dossier would
probably occupy four days.
Dre fu» Breaks Down
When the trial begun Col. Jouaust
handed the prisoner a long list of card
board, upon which the bordereau was
pasted.
“Do you’reoognize this document?”
Dreyfus replied with a passionate
outburst: “No, my colonel, I am in¬
nocent. I deolare it here as I declar¬
ed it in 1894,1 am a victim.” His voice
here was choked with sobs, whioh must
have stirred every spectator in court.
It resembled the cry of a wounded ani¬
mal.
As he ended his reply with the
words: “Five years in the galley!
My wife! My children! My God! I
am innocent, innocent.” Colonel
Jouaust said:
“Then you deny it?”
Dreyfus replied: “Yes, my colonel.”
ROOT AND MILES CONFER.
Discussed Military Affairs But Noth¬
ing Is Given to the Public.
A Washington dispatch says: Major
General Miles had a conference of
more than half an hour with the secre¬
tary of war Thursday. Secretary Root
said that tho conference was devoted
to military matters, but would not
speak definitely as to their character.
When it was suggested that there
were rumors that he was consulting
General Miles with reference to a
change of commanders in the Philip¬
pines, he said he had nothing to say
on that subjeot.
SAHOAN COJTMISSIONERS
Arrive at San Francisco and From
Thence They Go to Washington. .
A San Francisco special says: Bart¬
lett Tripp and Baron Sternberg, the
American and German members of the
Samoan commission, who arrived Sun¬
day on the United States steamer Bad¬
ger, left for Washington Monday
sight. 3,500 rifles
On board the Badger are
which the commissioners took from
the followers of Matuufa and Malietoa
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IS LAID TO REST
Funeral Services At Newnan, Ga.,
Were Largely Attended.
EULOGIUMS PRONOUNCED
Prominent Georgians Do Plonor
To the Distinguished Dead.
The mortal remains of ex-Governor
William Y. Atkinson were laid to rest
in the cemetery at Newnan, Ga.,
Wednesday afternoon, and the lust
offices of the living for the dead were
performed by those who had flowers
for the bier, eulogies for his lifework
and tributes for the statesman who had
passed away in the meridian of life.
NewDan saw its greatest day of
mourning. All the stores in the town
were closed, and people came from
many miles around to attend the
funeral.
| Many distinguished Georgians wore
i present. Among them Governor Can-
' dler and all the state house officials;
ex-
, Governor Northeo> 8ellators C lay aod
Racon j u dg e W. M. Henry, President
! George C. Smith, of the Atlanta and
West Poiift railroad, Colonel P. H.
Brew8tel "> Judge John P. Ross, Mr.
Harvey Johnsou, Major J. W. Warren,
j’Congressman James Willis, W. Mr. C. J. Adamson, E. Dunston, Judge Mr.
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Judge Candler came from Fairburn,
where he adjourned court, with the
en t , ' re bar and the jurors serving in
; court. In adjourning court the'
judge paid a tribute to the dead ex- !
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£ uo \ J { ^ he had knowu him ;
Umr e J and had never |
; known a man more loyal to duty and 1
to friends. Many members of the ex-
governor’s staff were present.
All the colored porters at the capi-
tol attended the funeral in a body. i
The Newnan oonrtliouse was heavily
draped in mourning. All business I
was suspended, and never before in its
history had the little city seen a sad-
der day.
The body was borne to the Metho-
dist church, where the funeral services
were held. A number of the ex gov-
ernor’s friends, those who had been
closest to him in life, made short ad-
dresses, in which many high tributes
were paid to the memory of the man
whose work on earth had forever
ended. !
It having been the request of Gov-
ernor Atkinson that the Masons should
have charge of his funeral, the Masons
of Newnan turned out in a body, and
the last rites were performed by them
at the grave.
The services at the church were con-
ducted by the Rev. Dr. Stacy, of the
Preshyteiian church, who has been
the governor’s pastor for several years.
He was assisted b Rev . K . C . Adams,
o( the B .. ptist church, and Rev. W.
, J- Cotter, pastor of the Methodist
church.
When the church services were end-
ed the body was borne to the village
cemetery, where it was confided to
the grave. I
There were many beautiful floral
0 ff er i ng8i one being a sword from the
members of his staff, and another
fro m the governor and the statehouse i
0 fli 0 ers, which was a large design of
the S6al of the state . i
There in the quiet city of the dead
hLh he will rest from b^ a life that had its
j f, rewards which had its strug-
fend’eX „ an d car^for the srave will always be the
Loved sroulcher of people a man
Tf de«ly 7 by the P P
ui Newnan isewnan._ ,
HINERS GO BACK TO WORK. j
i
Dlggers of the Coal Creek Company
Return To Their Labors. j
The miners in the coal mines of the
Coal Creek company returned to work,
after being out three days. The union
miners declined to work for the com¬
pany because a Beale which really in¬
creased the prices for work done by ;
them had not been officially passed I
upon by their union. The scale gave ]
them 45 cents on the run of the mine,
where they had received 44 cents,
The difference was settled by the com-
pany allowing the men a check weight- ■
man The to be paid by them. j !
company, however, continues |
to fail to recognize the union in the
mines. Both union and non-anion
men are employed.
STRIKE IS ENDORSED.
Unions Will Uphold Street Car Hen of
Chattanooga.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: Up to
this time ten organizations of the city
have adopted resolutions standing by
the locked-out union men in the street
railway strike, and a systematic boy¬
cott of the road has reached extensive
proportions. All the places made va¬
cant by the discharge of union em¬
ployes have been filed by non-union
men and the officials of the company
firmly maintain their position that the
road shall not be unionized.
WHEN M’VEIGH RETURNS
A Decision In the Celebrated Carter
Case May Be Reached.
A Washington special says:
speaking of the Captain Carter conn
martial case, the testimony in whim
was referred by the president to th
department of justice for review sonn
time ago, Attorney General Grigg-.
who returned Wednesday from a shoi i
vacation, said that in all “probability
he would not reach a formal conclu¬
sion in the matter until Wayne Mc-
Veagh, counsel for Captain Carter,
was given opportunity to be heard.
PORTO RICO IS STORM SWEPT
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PEA'RFCI LL_y DISASTROUS EFFECTS
O F W EST I/ND! AN H U R RIC AN E.
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Great "Damage Was "Done On Many Other Islands.
Gen. Davis Sends "Report.
A dispatch by cable from Ponce,
Porto Rico, received Thursday morn-
lu f>> says t ' 10 i° wn was almost. destrov-
ed by a hurricane which broke over
the south coast, at 1 o’clock last Tues-
day morning and swept northwest.
There was no abatement for nine
hours, the greatest damage being done
between 8 and 10 a. m. The wires
were down and communication with
the interior for a time was carried on
bv Almost couriers.
all of the frame buildings slept of
PolK . e aro down> the bridge i B
away and there is no communication
between the port and city proper,
Damage to the port is estimated at
$250,000. Two natives are known to
have been drowned. The records and
propertv of the custom hoase are
ruined, and all the vessels are ashore,
At Aibonito very little remains
standing except the cathedral and
barracks. Four natives perished and
three United States soldiers were
badly injured. As the town is with-
out food, ;f government relief has been
di8pateh P
El Cayey was leveled to the ground,
200 houses being demolished. Two
United States soldiers were injured
there, and many cavalry horses killed.
At Catano the entire plant of the
Standard Oil Company was ruined.
The loss on the property is S-00,000.
At Bayamon a majority of the houses
were destroyed and the rest were
flooded. Two hundred cattle were
killed and the railway was seriously
damaged,
The village of Carolina was literally
razed. At Cagua four persons were
killed,
A courier from Humacao, capital of
province of that name, on the eastern
coast of the island, reports awful dis-
truction there. The loss to property
is estimated at $500,000, but this is
the least item in the disaster. The
courier brought an official report from
Captain Swift, of the Fifth United
States cavalry, who said:
“Humacao was totally destroyed by
the hurricane. Forty-six bodies have
been recovered and there are many
more in the debris. Eight privates of
company C were injured, two fatally,
North, a discharged private, is miss-
ing . A t the port of Humacao eigh-
teen bodies have been recovered,
Eight hundred people are starving
here _„
Three persons were killed at Las
I’iedras and five at Junco.
Couriers from the other districts are
anxiously expected at the palace. The
steamer Slocum, Captain Thomas, en
ro ute from Mayaguez to San Juan,
^- a s caught in the storm, but her pas-
sengers and crew were saved through
the heroism of Mr. Single, the first of-
fleer.
q,, ine ®° co ff nee ee 0ro O ron P is ruined mine l and and the
i ! oss re f ch millions l evy great
U1JUry haS beeD do “ e als ° t0 the ° r "
“T No C /T, definite returns . have yet been
r f celv ed rom thc southern sections of
the island, , apart from Ponce. It is
certain, however, that thc food sup-
plies in the stricken districts have
been destroyed, and in these quarters
the quantity of government stores on
hand is small. Relief wagons wili be
sent out in various directions.
TRANSPORTS IN READINESS
For the Immediate Dispatch of En¬
glish Troops to South Africa.
J shippingfeompanies am0 ® Gazette (London)
®ays all the under
charter to the British admiralty for
transport purposes have been notified
to hold all their transports in reserve
for the immediate dispatch of troops.
The steamer Dunera has been or-
der0 d to be in readiness Saturday to
ship a detachment of horse artillery to
South Africa.
POLICY OF EXTRADITION.
Cuba and Hawaii No Havens of Safety
For American Criminals.
The state department has determined
upon a general policy of extradition
between this country and Cuba, Ha¬
waii and other territory wholly or in
part under the direction of the United
States.
A number of cases have lately arisen
in which fugitives from justice have
claimed immunity by going to Cuba
or our insular possessions, on the the¬
ory that our relations with these places
were in such transitory condition that
the usual processes of extradition
would not apply.
NO REWARD OFFERED.
Mormon Elder Rich Corrects Pub¬
lished Statement Attributed to Him.
President Rich of the Southern Mor¬
mon Mission requests the press to de¬
ny the story that he had offered $500
reward for the capture of the Jasper
county, Ga., mob. He says he author¬
ized no such statement and that it was
a falsehood. Since that article ap¬
peared he has received numerous let¬
ters and telegrams from county officers
and detectives in Georgia offering to
make the capture.
Gen. Dnvis Sends Report.
h* e secretary of war received the
following report from General Davis,
commanding . Porto Hioo, regarding
in
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San Juan, Porto Rico, August 10.—
Hurricane of extreme violence passed
over Porto Rico yesterday. The prin-
cipal military loss at San Juan, of the
temporary company barracks wholly
destroyed, some quartermaster’s prop-
erty damaged No personal injuries
reported yet. but all wires are down.
No injury to shipping here save two
small schooners sunk, two sailors
drowned. San .Tuan lights tempura-
rily disabled.
“Cable reports from Ponce say all
shipping is ashore. Custom house
sheds badly damaged and goods stored
therein. Messengers from two interior
posts tell of barracks unroofed and
personal and public property damaged,
The losses by the inhabitants is very
great and extreme suffering must re-
suit. The last hurricane as severe as
this was in 1876, when, owing to the
l° ss °f houses, fruit and provisions,
there was famine,
f would suggest public notice in the
United States to the effect that cen¬
tributions of food, clothing and mon-
! e 7 f° r the destitute would hp received
with the greatest gratitude and will
be applied strictly to relief of desfci-
tute. Have appointed a board to
supervise destitution. There are many
thousands of families who are entirely
i homeless and great distress must fol¬
l° w - (Signed) “Davis,
“Commanding.”
Montserrat Visited By Hnrr earn*.
Advices from St. Thomas, the island
! of Montserrat (D. W. I.) was eom-
pletely devastated by a hurricane
Monday. All the churches, estates
and villages were destroyed and near-
ly 100 persons were killed. In addi-
tion many were injured end rendered
homeless and terrible distress exists
among the sufferers,
As later advices come in from Mont-
serrat it is seen that the first reports
conveyed only a faint idea of the suffer-
ing of the people and their deplorable
condition. The administration ap
peals for help,
At LaPosnte-a-Pitre, island of Guad-
aloupe, immense damage was wrought
and according to a report not. yet con-
firmed 102 persons were killed.
In the island of St. Croix, the
largest of the Virgin islands, the de-
struction was appalling. It was chiefly
wrought at the west end, where the
smaller houses are a taugled mass of
wreckage. Thirty pessons were killed
ftn d the inhabitants are in great dis-
tress,
Storm Visits Guadaloupe.
Advices received at Paris from L»
Pointe-a-Pitre, island of Guadaloupe,
S ! ate that ‘ 6 Cycl °“ e d ‘ d eI1 ° rm °’ 18
damage in the interior of the . island a
number o coffee and cocoa estates be-
mg devastated. Le Monne, a suburb,
was half destroyed. There were a
number of fatalities. St. Jean advices
say the cyclone caused great destruc-
tion in Porto Rico, whence it passed
northward to Dominica and thence to
Cape Haytien and the eastern end of
Cuba,
REBELIOUS INDIANS ROUTED.
Mexican State Troops Have An En¬
counter With the Yaquis.
A special to The Chicago Tribune
from City of Mexico, Mexico, says:
The state troops have had another
encounter with the Yaquis near
Medano, defeating them with a loss of
several killed. The state troops did
not lose a single man, but Lieutenant
Francisco Calles died from sunstroke
during the forced march made to over¬
take the Indians.
AGRICULTURISTS ADJOURN.
Neither of the Cotton Baling Systems
Received Endorsement.
Thursday, the last day of the con¬
vention, was one brimming over with
developments for the Georgia Agricul¬
tural Society.
It refused, by a majority of two, to
take part in the quarrel between the
two rival cotton baling systems.
It indorsed the work leading to the
holding of the coming state fair in
Atlanta; it re-elected its old officers,
thus paying a splendid tribute to
President Brown and his associates,
and selected Dublin as the next place
of meeting.
PENSION FIGURES.
Report of Commissioner Evans Shows
That Rolls Are Decreasing.
The report of Pension Commissioner
Evans for the fiscal year ended June
30th, last, shows a total disbursement
of $138,253,923, leaving a balance of
$1,857,188 in the treasury out of the
$140,000,000 appropriated. The total
number of pensioners on the roll June
30th was 991,519, a decrease of 2,195.
There were 40,991 names added to the
roll and 43,186 dropped.