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TEMPERANCE BILL IS PASSED
l/N LOWER HOUSE OF THE GEORGIA
STATE LEGISLATURE.
II (Dll IIS 92II«
Friends of the Bill Greatly Elated.
Senate Yet to Act.
The Willingham prohibition bill was
passed by the Georgia house of repre¬
sentatives Tuesday afternoon by a vote
of 93 to 65.
been expected that the contest would
be a close one, and tho friends of .the
measure were rejoiced at its success,
Eighty- ight vot.. required lor
the o„„.titu,i„„.l
When the result was announced by
Speaker Little, the galleries went
wild, women clapped their bands in
approval, while the men threw aloft
theirhats and shouted for joy.
On the floor of the house the advo-
cates of the measure were hardly more
restrained than their visiting friends
in the galleries. They gave their
desk tops such a rattle as had not,
been heard for years, and then in
large numbers gathered around Mr.
Willingham, who had led the success-
ful fight for his bill, to congratulate
“m r a«, „, w „g
from the fact that the bill had yet to
go to the senate, where they hoped
and believed it would meet its death,
The bill as it passed was exactly
as Air. Willingham and bis friends
wanted it. Every amendment that
was offered from other sources was de¬
feated.
TEXT OE THE IlILI. AS AMENDED
AND PASSED.
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and it is hereby h enacted by authority
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vafuable consideration,'^ f
tlm
ingatany public place, of intoxicat-
hef-eby U prohibit“d n o e r declared unlaw-
ful, except as hereinafter provided.
Sec 2 Be it further .mactedbv y the
authority aforesaid, That any persou
convieted of violating any of the pro¬
visions of this act shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and be punished as pre¬
scribed iu section 1039 of the code.
Sec 9 Be it further enacted bv the
authority aforesaid That tins act
shall apply both to individuals and cor-
portions and to all clubs or organi-
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club or organization or any commit-
tee or agents thereof in consideration
of membership, initiation or standing
fee in such organization.
Bee. 4. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That any place
at which liquors are kept for sale,
given away, furnished or sold in viola-
tion of the provisions of this act
hereby declared a nuisance; and any
citizen may apply to the judge of the
superior court for an injunction to re-
strain the same.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
iu any proceedings under this act,
whether prosecutions or for injunction,
the payment by the defendant of the
United States revenue tax as a dealer
in intoxicating liquors, whether fer-
mented or distilled, or tbe holding of
a receipt for such tax, shall be prima
facie evidence that such person is
guilty of violation of the provisions of
this act; and the original books or a
certified copy from the entry'in the
books of the United States revenue
collector showing the payment or pa¬
rol evidence as to the contents of said
books or tbe evidence as to the con¬
tents of any receipt given therefor
shall be prima facie evidence in any
prosecution or proceeding.
Section 6. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That all mu¬
nicipal corporations in this state are
hereby vested with jurisdiction and
authority to arrest and prosecute and
punish ell personl violating the pro-
SPENCER TESTIFIES.
President of Southern Road Alakes
Surpr s g ur .
President Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern railroad was the star witness
Wednesday iu the hearing of the
junction suit of certain Macon mer-
chants against the Southern at Macon,
Georgia. and surprising
The most important
statement made by Mr. Spencer was
that his road did not own a dollar’s
worth of stock in the Central Railway
of Georgia; and never had; that his
holding consisted of one share of stock,
which was necessary to qualify him as
a director.
BRUNSWICK GETS ATTRACTION.
Battleship Texas Secured For Fair
Week in Georgia City.
Colonel C. P. Goodyeav, who is now
in Washington city in the interest of
the Southeastern Fair association and
other mutters, has wired that the bat¬
tleship Texas has been ordered by As¬
sistant Secretary of the Navy Charles
Allen to the Brunswick, Ga., fair,
which will be held from November
27th to December 2d,
visions of this act as to keeping liquor
for sale This statute being in the ex-
ereiBe ot tho police power of this state
and intended to secure public order,
teas
any municipal corporation shall ho a
municipal offense; and any prosecution
of conviction under any city ordinance
passsed for the purpose o punishing
violations of this act, shall not consti-
tute a bar to the prosecution in the
courts of record of this state for the
same offense.
Section 7. Be it further enacted by
repeal nor affect existing laws regu-
lating the manufacture and sale of do
mestic wines in the state.
S=e. 8. lie it further eu.ct.-.l hy the
SShStfS ions of this act, as to pronimnng S: the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors,
shall not apply to those counties where
such manufacture is now prohibited
I by law, and the provisions of this act
i as to prohibiting the sale of mtoxu-at-
iu S liquors shall not apply to those
counties where such rale is now pro-
hibited by law, but if for any reason
the law now controlling the manufac-
turo or sale should he repealed or be-
come inoperative m any county, then
the provisions of this act as to the pro-
hibition of such manufacture or sale
i»=r "7 7*“”
f from selling or furnishing pure alco-
i bol for medicinal, art, scientific and
i mechanical purposes
Provided, further, That the provis- .
ions of this act shall not become oper-
! ative until June further 1, 1900. enacted by the
| authority Sec. 9- Be aforesaid, it That all laws and
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. aie uereoy rcpettxta.
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women earnbst -
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They Are oetermined That Wheeler
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and Lee Shall Be Remembered.
\ A meeting of the women who wish
to Major General Joseph
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I Thoue interested in the project have
organized themselves into an assoeia-
tloIlcalledtbe Lee and AVheeier move-
ment and have elected officers as fol-
lows-
President-Miss Anna Maria de
Beck
AtSmMtfng «eeret nr v Miss Louise “WiSer Abbot
the and
Bee Movement” gained a great impe-
tu -s. Letters were sent out during the
appointmentsfor WheeleramiLee as
major generals of the regular army.
During the session also there were
, , ana men m otner oJ states e Hers ana f^m cities women ano
j the letters were invariably accompa-
j U1 « d with contributions of material
amount._________
i SENATOR. HAYWARD VERY ILL.
Paralysis _--_ Extends and His Case _ Seems
to Be Hopeless.
A special __ from Nebraska City, Neb.,
says: Senator Hayward gradually
grows worse. He had a bad night last
night and his condition during the
day has shown no improvement.
The paralysis is again extending
and there are evidences that it has
affected the bladder. What is still
more discouraging, the brain lesion is
becoming more pronounced.
The patient’s mind is cloudy and
the attending physiciuti is very much
discouraged.
DISTILLERY DlSTlLLERY_BLOWS BLOWS UP UP. . .
One Man Had His Head Blown Clean
From His Body.
By the explosion of a boiler iu a
whisky distillery at Traveler’s Rest,
S. C„ one man was killed, another
severely injured, and the building i
"f«*■. Wiiito, ™ «5,CO
Iated, while Mathew Keeler, one of
the proprietors, was perhaps fatally
scalded.
To Secure Gulf Connection.
The finance committee of the Illi-
nois River Valley Association met iu
Q b icago Wednesday to discuss plans
f or raising $10,000 for use in advanc-
ing the project of a deep waterway
connection between Lake Michigan
and the gulf of Mexico before congress
this winter.
Fate of Schooner Revealed.
A letter from Porto Rico gives tid¬
ings of the missing Nova Scotia
schooner Grace Rice, which sailed
from Halifax for Porto Rico last July
and was never heard from. Tbe ves¬
sel was wrecked and drifted ashore
bottom up.
NEW TEXOLE FACTORY
Will Be Erected In Lawrenceville By
Enterprising Citizens.
Interest is being manifested in the
cotton mill movement at Lawrence¬
ville, Ga. The citizens met and or¬
ganized a few nights ago with a sub¬
scription of about $15,000. It is now
above the $20,000 mark. It is the
purpose to start with a $70,000 mill
and increase it to $100,000 as early as
possible. It is proposed to get $35,-
000 of home subscription and raise the
other $35,000 on the outside.
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Long Will Let the Admiral Go
Without Asking For An
Investigation.
A Washington special says: The
secretary of tho navy has decided to
let Admiral Schley start for his cruise
without asking for an investigation
for himself or ordering a court of
i nqu i ry f or Admiral Schley,
8 j g „ 0 d Mon-
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£ blcb bad tt, ’5’ thlu « }° sa f a K Illnst
Ag^usamlMoOlure. 818n "
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dipping ,7 b agency it had
collect0(l ft good b n mb er of attacks
T when , that official • i cam ____
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, ‘, e \®. “f u’fV^ I’Ti^fLatfliTthe at
tacks on the secretary whole' The secretary
6Vel the matter-Monday
either ask for an investigation himself
or order a courtmartial of Schley.
Secretary Lone “J cave out the above
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r~~» lf*l b.e» ..rough, to
bear on him to order a court of inquiry.
There ; 8 much feelin"over °-- the matter,
DEMOCRATS CONVINCED
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That Taylor Has a Majority On the
Face of Returns.
A specia) ftolu Frankfort, Ky., says:
The Democratic state campaign com-
m it tee concedes that Taylor has a
major l,as*es ity on the face of the returns,
but a hope of the election of the
Democratic ticket on throwing out the
vote of Loilisvi n e on account of the
The Kentucky election law plainly
provkles for a secre t ballot, and the
Republicans | admit they are not as well
for ifled in the defense of their inter-
| est8 ; the Johngon and Knox county
j cases as might 8 be, but do not credit to
any J estent the Democratic claim re-
g di ng Louisville. In fact, they
p” ril
out on the pretext r claimed, they J have
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they say is already fully planned.
llle .Goebel managers announce
+ * . he WlU ot ta ke the
? n a U ftppea
L^LLo f T Nels^tounty , T W^Tay- 'LL;
erroneously certainly for
TaybL" In this'state o/ the°case'the
vo t e of Jefferson, Knox and Johnston
nonnt -. mnsf maiorPv witlfid ont to mve
Qoehel a but his manacers ■? ’’
* ■, « ■ , beheved, ,• , are collecting ,, evidence
of alleged fraud in various Republican
counties and on this will ask the state
j electl ,° n b ° ard to throw ° llt tboS0
! countles
| SHERIFF PROTECTED PRISONER,
Mob Came andR^et By a Volley
From Guards.
There was considerable excitement
in Covington, Ga„ Monday night when
= ty-five or a hundred masked
men rode to buerin Anaerson s nous.
and demanded the keys of the jail for
the purpose of ga ting a young man
by the name of Collins, who had been
locked up by the sheriff to prevent ins
being lynched by the enraged people
at Porterdale mills.
Collins had met a y°ung woman
, by the name of Kurgas at Mitchell s
springs, whoJives at Porterdale mills,
and She made resented indecent the insult proposals and, ns to soon her.
as she could, informed her relatives of
the young man s impudence. It xvas
but a few minutes before a crowd of
excited men gathered and they went
m pursuit of Collins, but officers
caught the fellow before the Porter-
dale people got him and lodged him
in jail at Covington.
liumors reached Covington early in
the night that a mob would visit the
Cltv and storm the jail and tue sheriff
summoned a posse of six men, well
a ’“ eJ aad stat > oned tbem lns ’ d0 10
wa Ia ‘ Wheu tbe v approached the
Jal1 tbe P osse ° p T d fire and tb ® mob
f etreated m al ‘ directions, for the re-
turn fire was a great suiprise.
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* . u nePa ' Two of his crowd carried
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THE LOUISVILLE COUNT.
Figures In City and County Qive Tay¬
lor 3,413 Plurality.
A Louisville dispatch says: The
county board of canvassers adjourded
late Monday afternoon until Wednes¬
day, after having completed the offi¬
cial count of the ballots which were
cast November 7th. The city and
county give Taylor a plurality of 3,413.
The work of tho board was the consid¬
eration of ten contested precincts in
various parts of the city which had
been passed as the count progressed.
Five of these were thrown out and five
were counted. This resulted in a gain
of two members of the legislature for
the Democrats.
DETECTIVE BOUNCED.
Atlanta Police Commissioners Dismiss
Captain Slaughter.
After an executive session of the
Atlanta, Ga , board of police commis¬
sioners Monday night that lasted from
10 o’clock until nearly 2 Tuesday
morning, the board found Captain
Slaughter of the detective department
guilty of some of the charges against
him and voted to dismiss him from
the nnlica A-uprtment.
SOLOHS DISCUSS
PROHIBITION BILL
Initial Fight In Georgia Legislature
Highly Interesting.
BQTH gIDES AGGRESSIVE
A Great Audience Listened To
the Many Speeches.
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hilntion bill began in earnest in the
0eorgia 1,on “ ° f T "-
day. The debate waxed warm before
it had progressed very far.
One of the sensational features of
day’s session was the attack by th#
autbor of the 1,511 0,1 the character of
At ' ftnta 8 mayor. Mr. W illingham was
a “P le of intemperance.
lh 'lebute, participated _ by fif-
« in
t f en lpadln S representatives of
'iXSSrtrtKSS? SgSSSfSSS it L ‘So 1° SS “
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bat . 1D . l>o«t . of , ability the , present
house is far above the oidmary, and
that its members are prepared to cope
m a statesmanlike manner with mens-
ures of grave importance such as the
one that was then before them
order ^ong by before Speaker the house Little was the called gallery to
7V ly -'^ve e f to 7 the 1 importance . an ex c lte d crow of the , issue jeen-
Ret au<1 *>7
.conviction and interest to ono side of
be < l n f 8t,on 01 the otbev ’ A f,° ng
worked tirelessly and mdefatigubly ,
f ?r p-?h»bit scb °n. o1 lnt an(1 f!fed the boys ^ of the :
° <=on-
duc^ and outcome o the debate |
Wben S P enker Little rapped for or-
de . F, ,htru "'. as 8 tau dm S r °°® ln ! he !
X*"*™ wb,le tbe , ,obb . y and 1 ad l a,n, .°f
roo “ s to the lla11 . were crowded with
ss"s rrzT,!™*
a States . . senator , , has there been M such t a
“ s szzz
j hat so nearl > touches the peo-
{ h point in life.
Upon the call of the roll all but
twenly-seven members were credited
ns 1 0 th 101 o d .V*' i at W c web^il* 1 L ’. ‘ p ”
the , session witn prayer, invoked , , the
K IIldance of God in conducting the
action of members on the vital issue
stake and that H is strong ; arm
. " fee rai8ed in the doliber tions
f ^TheTonse ; „ ht d wi t th
uot long in getting
to the issue which bad so often
been pushed into the background, and
I ^ ol"^ wL mad"
extension‘of p
for the the day’s session
intoMhe afternoon and adjourning at 5
| o clock.
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CHARGES AGAINST OFFICER.
; Metcalfe Is Accused of Killing An
i Unarmed Filipino Prisoner.
Lieutenant Hall, of Lawrence, for-
mer ] y 0 f tbe Twentieth Kansas regi-
lnen t, in a letter to the Topeka Jour-
na i ( makes the charge that Colonel
Metcalfe, recently breveted brigadier
nel . a j f or gallantry iu the Philip-
pines , shot an unarmed and supplicat-
ing Fi i iplno prisoner and in support
0 f b , furnishes affidavits of Private
x ? isky of the Twentieth Kansas, and
First Lieutenant Ferguson of the
Thirty-sixth infantry. correspondent
The Associated PreRS
j u f orme d Col. Metcalfe of the nature
0 f the accusation. He said he did not
know wha t Lieut. Hall referred to and
that he could not comprehend how he
oame to make any such a statement
u nless it was due to the fact that the
lieute nant was not recommended for
, 0 motion. He declared that the
o barge was absolutely false.
<.j don - t understand what Hall
m eans by his story,” declared the col-
onel . “You may say for me that I
enter a general denial. ”
wwnwwm
^ ast ^ ee ^'
important of the .
The more new in-
dustries reported during the past week
( u ding November 18th include coal
mines in Alabama and Tennessee; two
cotton mills in Alabama, three in
Georgia, one each in Tennessee and
Texas; development companies iu Ten¬
nessee and Texas; electric light plants
in Tennessee, Texas and Virginia; a
foundry supply compauy in Alabama;
a foundry in Kentucky; two hosiery
mills in Georgia; ice and cold storage
ilants in North Carolina and Virginia;
iron mines in Alabama and Georgia;
lumber mills in Texas; an oil compauy
in West Virginia; phosphate mines in
Tennessee; a sewing machine factory
in Alabama; a shnttle block factory
and a tannery in North Carolina; a
telephone company in Kentucky.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Teun).
SECOND SENATORIAL BOUT
Between Johnston and Morgan Held
At Salem Church Grounds.
The second battle in the senatorial
race in Alabama between Governor
Johnston and Senator Morgan took
place Monday at Salem church, the
ground made famous by the Oates-
Kolb debate in 1892, where the two
gubernatorial candidates, met for the
only time in that memorable campaign.
TO TALK OVER
THE CAMPAIGN
The Democratic Commit¬
tee fleets In Chicago.
THEY CONFER IN SECRET
Chairman Jones Talks of the Objects of
the Meeting and Declares the Present
Outlook Is Very Encouraging. r . ] :
1900 j
The Democrntic campaign for ;
was p rac tically inaugurated Monday
when the members of the national
in secret session at the Sherman house
in Chicago. Nearly every member of
tke comm ittee was present when the
■«”■>•» — «.U«<1 » order by Liruruu. So,tutor
J- K. J.tt.e, o. Art,,,,,.,
Those present . were Chairman _. . Jones, T
y ice Qbairman Johnson, of Kansas;
Secretary o. A. Walsh, of Iowa; H. D.
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Clayton Alabama, , Th itiomas ( Uahan, , , it
lmois; J. G. bbauklm, Indiana, I). J.
Campau, Michigan; W. II. Thompson,
Nebraska; J. M. Guffey, Peunsylva-
“ la Edwin A ^ Price, ’ of Nashville,
llTld* JZwlT, f Committee
man Jf 1 ® k, Head p* of that p,^CTieV'wiliamV state, svI^ile Norman man
of
lu ^the ^ HZ 'first meeting of the
committee t^ns, an dal bebl h ^ thong «»ce since i the J I^ ^" recent utllle buS1 elec '
ness, including the iianung of a plac«
t Democratic "LI tic committee cn, trStu e was was stated s Led to to
l^tLcLTfL^nLttLttbe^one zszftszStzzssi and
the coming presidential campaign ,. nmn<l ; ffn
be, °"
“There is one thing certain,” said
Chairman Jones, “the meeting will
affirm the Chicago platform. At this
time everything is favorable for the
^iTTaf‘expected that William J.
k.T 7’ n buT°acc 0 Idin P rto a teKgraLre-
i ceived , he was _ not . able , i e t to 0 attend attend. Vice Vice
Chairman Johnson, of Kansas said
before the meeting was called that
considerable time would be devoted
to a discussion of the general situa-
tion, as indicated stLs, by recent elections
held in various and reports
would be received from the commit-
teemen of states in which e.ections
"‘‘ThL !s only the regular meeting
of the executive committee,” said Mr.
Johnson.
w 1 hold sessioim e• J >
?^ d ateand mfe^ng "place of the full
7 7,“ itt ®n rLard j canuo t say what will
l to the campaign
.,Ti a r 't At this raeeHng we will
„,. r ,, f v fi ndv the situation as indi-
, hv the result of the elections, national
A , to the talk of removing the
, . . Chicavn nothing
be done After tho national con-
^ .- eomuiittee mav decide to
’ But bLdnuartera until that time so far
w ’ will remain
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flnhun wm smnliatie
. , . , , tion tb ~t the national
..mmlon of DIH) would be directed
’ , , jo™ d
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• . , „ t d chanee
. . R t rnnlr i v foucht
A w ar m contest for the honor of en-
. t ; : tbp Democratic uresidential
„ onveDt ; 0 n in 1900 was indicated by
‘J® h dele „ at i 0 ns the^r present to urge the
of reapeetir. oitie.
Milwaukee eLa had a big !bo delegation while
de ^nfas ions were pre ent from
lvausas CitT ° l ty a auel ° ( ‘ __I Cincinnati
Queen’s Christmas Oift.
At tbe marnuis of Lansdowne’s sug- :
form of a tin of chocolate for each
maQ
APPROVES LEE’S HISTORY.
The Book Is Recommended For Use In
Chattanooga Schools.
The ( hattanooga Georgia Society
met in Chattanooga Tuesday night and
heard the report of the special com¬
mittee appointed to investigate and the
report on the charges made by
local school board that the Lee history
of the United States, adopted for use
in the public schools of the state by
the state textbook committee, was un¬
fair, unreliable and historically in¬
correct.
The committee sustains the history
in every substantial detnil. The so¬
ciety adopted a strong resolution in¬
dorsing the history and demanded its
use in the city schools.
Revolutionists Recognized.
The United States government has
officially recognized the defacto gov¬
ernment headed by General Cipriano
Calvo, the victorious revolutionary
leader in Venezula.
Outlined a Protective Treaty
While the czar of Russia was at
Potsdam recently, the general lines of
a prospective treaty between Germany
and Russia were reached.
dewev s jciios
CAUSES PROTEST
Transferring Title of People’s Gift
Was An Unwise Proceeding.
VIGOROUS KICKS COMING
Rumor That Admiral Is Dodging
Breach of Promise Suit.
A Washington special says: With
the actual transfer of tho gift house
of Admiral Dewej to Mrs. Dewey the
indignation has broken into open
fla;ue There ig no Bttempt t0 hide
the deep resentment felt at the capi-
ta j This is evidenced by the fact that
the most conservative papers in the
city have opened their columns for
llaut letters to the house committee
demanding a return of their money,
while others have written to the :vi-
»W UmM
tfc Eveuiug St.r deerie, the m,d-
ter and underneath the news of the
trausfer give6 COUBiderab | e space on the
front page to protests. One of these,
which is signed, says that the contrib-
aton lln(1 reason to think that the
^ ^ ^ to the admira l's B0U ,
Qe Dewey, and not to a brand
new wife tnkan iu hig oId Ege . There
are many odd and sensational rumors
flying about the city,
One report printed Tuesday morn-
ing has it that the transfer was made
^ rye the hoU8e> as Admiral
Dewev fears a suit for breach of prom-
rs
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charge of the Asiatic squadron in 1897. be
It is stated upon what appears to
reliable authority that an engagement
Q f marriage existed between the two
time of the admiral’s departure
from this country i more than two years
^ TheIfi is ep regret mingled
with the indignation, but no one as
course, and even his best friends teei
, r ,. • it. a
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matter, to say tbe least.
PROCLAMATION
j ssued By McKinley Announcing
To the People Vice Presi-
dent Hobart’s Death.
President McKinley issued the fol-
lowing proclamation on the death of
Vice President Hobart:
To the People of the United States:
1 Garrett Augustus Hobart, vice presi-
dent of the United btatds, died at his
home in Paterson N. J. at 8:30 o’clock
this morning. Ini him. the “ at, on has
itH moat faitHfu! f, e r V ants.
His participation in the business life
and the law making body of h,s native
iLaV^LThiSh ‘ ^ ordero7Len g ts and
at fainme ts aud Lis too brief career as
vice president of the United States
and president, of the senate exhibited
the loftiest qualities of upright and
i sagacious statesmanship. of affairs he had few
In the world
equals among his contemporaries. His
private character was gentle and no-
ble. He will long be mourned by his
frends as a man of singular purity and
attractiveness whose sweetness of dis-
position won all hearts while his ele-
vated purposes, his unbending integ-
ritv and whole-hearted devotion to the
public good deserved aud acquired
universal respect and esteem.
In sorrow ing testimony of the loss
which has fallen upon the country, I
direct on tbe day of the funeral the
executive offices of the United Stales
shalled he closed aud all stations of
the army and navy shall display tbe
national flag at half mast and that the
representatives of the United States-
in foreign countries shall pay appro-
priate tribute to the illustrious dead
for a period of 30 days.
Done at the City of Washington,
this the 21st of November, iu the year
of our Lord 1899, and of the Inde-
pendence of the United States, the
William M’Kinley.
John Hat, Secretary of State,
METHODIST MISSION MONEY.
M. E. Church Committee Fixes Upon
Annua! Appropriations.
The missionary committee of the
M. E. church at its session at Wash¬
ington Monday made the following
appropriations: India—North India,
875,156; northwest India, $26,612,
southwest India, $20,094; Bombay,
$23,164; Bengal-Burmah, $16,315; to¬
tal, $143,041; increase over last year,
$31,055. Eastern Asia— Foo Chow,
$21,589; Hing Hua, $6,868; central
China, $35,106; north China, $42,269;
west China, $13,544; total. $119,376;
increase over last year, $1,122.
DEWEY TRANSFERS TITLE.
Turns Over To His Wife the Giftof
American People.
A Washington dispatch says; Ad¬
miral Dewey has formally transferred
to his wife the title of ownership to
the house at 1747 Rhode Island
avenue, and contents, constituting the
gift to him from the American people.
Two papers figured in the transac¬
tion, and they are now on file in the
office of the recorder of deeds. The
transfer was conducted through the
District Title Insurance Company and,,
the total consideration was $11.