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DEATH CLAIMS GEN. JOUBERT
COnnANDER-lN-CHlEF OF THE BOER FORCES
LAID LOW BY ATTACK OF PERITONITIS.
ME BL
The Transvaal's Greatest Leader and
Strategist and Most Implacable
Foe of the British.
Advices from Pretoria announce the
death of General Joubert Tuesday
night at 11:30 o’clock. He had been
suffering from an attack of perito¬
nitis.
The town is plunged into mourning
for the true patriot, gallant general
and upright and honorable gentleman.
It is known that General Joubert
had been ill several weeks. He never
recovered from the wound sustained
in battle in front of Ladysmith last
November, when it was reported that
he had been killed. He left the front
some weeks ago, leaving the Boer
forces then surrounding Ladysmith in
command of other Boer generals.
The death of Joubert is a sad event
for the Transvaal. Next to President
Kruger he was recognized as the fore¬
most Boer leader. He had been in
command of the Boer army for years,
and to his great generalship and force
of character the efficiency of the South
African Republic’s army is due. and
General Joubert’s death the
capture of General Cronje weakens
the forces of the Boers to a large ex¬
tent and will result in great changes
in the army. They are the two most
famous of the Boer generals, and the
ending of the public careers of both
during the present war will be one of
the greatest-shocks to the republic’s
people. Cronje is supposed to be on
his way to St. Helena, where he will
doubtless be confined during the re¬
mainder of his life.
Joubert’s successor in the chief
command will probably be General
Louis Botha, now commanding in
Natal.
General Pietruskobius Joubert,com¬
mandant general of the Transvaal
forces, better known as Piet Joubert,
or “Slim Piet” (Slim Peter) was born
about sixty-nine years ago. He was
descended from an old French Hugue¬
not family which settled in South Af¬
rica many years ago. He was born in
Capo Colony, but was taken by his
parents, when several years old, to
the Orange Free State, where he was
taught from early childhood to shoot
straight and hate the British.
He is described as having been
utterly fearless. Of schooling he had
but little, and he never saw a newspa¬
per until he was nineteen years old.
In spite of this, his ambition prompt¬
ed him to read the few books he could
obtain and he succeeded in obtaining
a fair knowledge of history and lan¬
guage. of the acquisition of
In consequence
Natal by the British his family moved
from Natal and settled in the Trans¬
vaal. Soon afterwards he became a
burgher of the South African republic
and daring fighter. It was claimed in
his behalf that he could againsfhostile lead a body of
men more successfully
natives than any other man in the
Transvaal. He came to be so feared
by the natives that th- knowledge ♦hat
he was at the head of a punitive expe¬
dition usually resulted in their sur¬
render.
It was during these wars with the
natives that Joubert became acquaint¬
ed with Paul Kruger and the two men
became bosom friends. He was elect¬
ed vice president of the Transvaal in
1896, defeated Sir George Coffer at
Majuba hill in 1881 :»nd acted as presi¬
dent of the republic in 1884 during
President Kruger’s absence in Europe.
General Joubert was always in favor
of the use of force instead of diploma¬
cy and Presidi nt Kruger on several
occasions had great difficulty in re¬
pressing his hot-beaded colleague, no¬
tably in 1879, when Joubert with Kru¬
ger and Pretorius was planning tbe
rebellion to overthrow British rule in
the Transvaal.
The result was Majuba hill and the
practical independence of the Trans¬
vaal. It was Joubert who organized
HAY AT KROON5TADT.
We Will Soon Have a Representative
in Orange Free State.
A Pretoria dispatch announces that
United States Consul Hay and his
secretary have gone to Kroonstad to
make necessary arrangements for
United States representation in the
Free State.
A dispatch received from the Boer
headqukrters in Natal announoes that
the destruction continues of coal mines
likely to be useful to the British.
The Dundee colliery has been blown
up, the machinery has been destroyed
and the mine has been rendered use¬
less for three months to come.
BIO GINNERY FOR HUNTSVILLE.
Will Be Operated In Connection With
Alabama Cotton Oil mils.
Announcements were made in Hunts¬
ville, Ala., Wednesday that a large
ginnery will be constructed and ope¬
rated in connection with the Alabama
Cotton Oil mills of that city.
The new ginnery will include ten
seventy-saw gins, a round bale press
and a new doable rotary square bale
press of standard dimensions.
the army of the South African repub¬
lic, later oil dividing the country into
seventeen military departments and
each of these departments into smaller
divisions with commandants, field cor¬
nets and lieutenants of various ranks
in charge.
Acoording to the general’s plans
every native became a trained soldier
without leaving his farm, and has his
equipment always at hand.
It was also due to General Joubert
that the South African republic suc¬
ceeded in amassing the munitions
of war and provisions which have
stood them in such good stead during
the conflict now in progress.
“DALY DID IT.”
He Is Accused of Instigating
the Fight Against Senator
Clark of Montana.
The brief of the defense in the Clark
investigation has been submitted to
the senate committee and is signed by
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner and Mr.
Roger B’oster, and it covers 232 pages.
The document is throughout an ar¬
raignment of the prosecution. It be¬
gins with the assertion that “an exam¬
ination of this testimony will confirm
the most skeptical in the belief that
those who seek to brand a majority of
the representatives of a sovereign state
as ‘dishonest’ and as ‘bribe takers’ are
influenced by no lofty purpose of rem¬
edying an evil, nor is it entered upon
from a desire to maintain the integrity
of the membership of the United States
senate. The facts shown in this record
fully justify the assertion that those
who originated the prosecution were
controlled only by sentiment of the
bitterest personal aud political hostil¬
ity.”
It is then declared that the senti¬
ment in the state of Montana is so
universal for Mr. Clark that the “lead¬
ing spirit of the protestants, whose
prejudice has animated this prosecu¬
tion, has found it necessary to invest
large sums of money in the purchase
of the press of the state, and in other
cases by the establishment of newspa¬
pers with the hope of checking aud
dividing the sentiment of the people
of Montana.”
After some other preliminary re¬
marks the brief definitely and specifi¬
cally names Marcus Daly as the chief
instigator of the contest and the state¬
ment on this point is as follows;
“Marcus Daly having defeated Sen¬
ator Clark in 1888 for congress and
for the senate in 1893 through treach¬
ery to his parjy organization, was iin-
willing to restrain his personal hos¬
tility and to permit the voice of the
people, through their legally constitu¬
ted representatives, to determine the
election of their senator, aud as early
as the 10th of February, 1899, he or¬
ganized a committee of his personal
friends aud agents to work up and pre¬
pare a case against the seating of Sen¬
ator Clark by this body. The testi¬
mony will bear out the assertion that
every member of this prosecuting
committee was either one of the con¬
spirators in the attempt to defeat Mr.
Clark’s election or an employe of Mr.
Daly, or an adherent of his faction in
this state.”
NOT A HARD JOB.
Indiana flan Will Run His Newspaper
as the Devil Would Do.
The Rev. Mr. Sheldon’s effort to
run a newspaper for one week has in-.
spired H. J. Feltus, editor of the
Bloomington, Ind,, Star, to experi¬
ment in au opposite direction. He
will turn over the editorial and busi¬
ness departments of the newspaper
to the printer’s devil to conduct the
sheet as Satan would. In an editorial
he says:
“The Star for Saturday, March 31,
will be a devil of a paper. Suitable
contributions for such a paper, briefly
written, will be considered. No
church notices nor reading matter nor
advertisements of a religious nature
will be received. We propose to let
the devil have full sway."
NEWSPAPER STATUTE INVALID.
California Writers Not Compelled to
Sign Their Articles.
At San Francisco Wednesday, Judge
Hunt decided that the Morehouse law,
passed by the legislature, requiring all
newspaper articles to bear the signa-
nature of the writers, has no place in
law, as one of its provisions is that in
ease of an award to an injured parly a
portion of the award must bo placed
in the hands of the state treasurer.
Judge Hunt holds that this is a
penal provision and that any prosecu¬
tion must be instituted by the people
of the state and not by individuals.
NO “GREATER MACON.”
Judge’s Decision Knocks Out Annexa¬
tionists In Central City.
At Macon, Ga , Wednesday night
Judge Felton decided against the an¬
nexationists, holding that the election
called was illegal, and granting the
injunction asked for, which will pre¬
vent the election on April 16th. He
held that the act of 18^7 was constitu¬
tional, and the city hpd no right to
call the election, there being no law
authorizing it.
“OPEN DOOR”
As Regards Commerce of China Is
Amicably Agreed To By
All the Powers.
Secretary of State Hoy submitted to
congress Tuesday the correspondence
bud with the governments of Great
Britain, Franco, Germany, Russia,
Italy and Japan respecting the main¬
tenance of an “open door’’ in China.
The correspondence extended from
September Gth last to tbe 20th instant,
the last date making the successful
completion of tbe undertaking.
On September Gth the state depart¬
ment addressed to our umbassadors at
London, Berlin and St. Petersburg
copies of a "formal declaration, setting
out the desires of our government in
the matter of the ‘open door.’ ’’ Italy
and Japan were similarly addressed
about a month later.
While the “formal declarations”
sent to the ambassadors were similar,
yet each of the officers adopted a dif¬
ferent phraseology in addressing
themselves to tbs governments to
which they are accredited, the domi¬
nant note being best set forth perhaps
in Ambassador Choate’s note to the
British government.
After reciting the importance to both
governments of the matter and the
president’s understanding that the
British settled policy is freedom of
trade in China for all the world alike,
though conceding ceitain spheres of
influence by formal trtaties with Ger-
many and Russia, Ambassador Choate
points out to Lord Salisbury that main¬
tenance of this policy is alike urgently
demanded by‘the commercial commu¬
nities of our two nations in order to
improve existing conditions and en¬
able extension of their future opera¬
tions.
VICTORY FOR TKACH ERS.
Georgia Attorney General Decides On
Ntw Rian For Paying .Salaries.
The teachers in the common schools
of Georgia, under a decision rendered
by Attorney General Terrell, will get
their salaries this year ou time. Pay¬
ments will be made from Ore state
treasury for the two spring months of
the school term, though it looked for
a time as if only tbe salaries for one
month could be paid on time.
The decision of the attorney general
has pointed a new and, so far as prece¬
dent is concerned, a unique way for
the atate to meet its obligation to the
teachers. He has held that the bond¬
ed debt fund of the state may be ap¬
plied to the payment of interest as
well as principal on the debt, The
public debt fund now iu the treasury
consists of the proceeds from the sale
of state property, such as the old cap-
itol building aud the Okefenokee
swamp, and this fund lma been banked
up in the treasury aud kept out of
circulation.
Tbe sum of $175,000 will bo due a3
interest on the public debt on July
let and tbe sum to pay this interest is
now being held in the treasury. Gov¬
ernor Candler has suggested and At¬
torney General Terrell has sustained
bim ou the point that the $175,000 due
as interest can be paid out of the $325,-
000 in accordance with law and the
$175,000 which was intended to be
used as payment of the interest due in
Julv can he used in the pavmeut of
teachers in the common schools.
The principle is an entirely new one
as advanced by the governor aiul at¬
torney general and it means that the
teachers will get their money at the
same time they did last year.
BOER ELCUES ROBERTS.
Olivier Was Thought To Bs Entrapped
But Gets Away.
Advices of Tuesday from London
state that the Boers are having a little
good luck and are showing some bold¬
ness again as a raidiug party estimated
at 400 is believed by the British
forces at Warrenton to have crossed the
Kimberley-Bloemfontein wagon road
Monday and have headed for Ja-
oobsdal, with the intention of cut¬
ting the railway ten miles west.
Commandant Olivier appears to have
got his 5,009 men aud twenty miles of
wagons into rugged country, where he
can make an easy rear guard defense.
Charles Williams, the military expert,
says: sub¬
“If this column gets through
stantially Commandant Oliver will
have carried out the great feat of the
war, seeing that he ran every chauce
of millstone being ground between the upper
of Lord Roberts’^ army and
the nether millstone of the broken
Basuto froutier. ”
TO VOTE FOR REFORMATORY.
institution For Youthful Criminals
Wanted In Atlanta.
At a meeting held in Atlanta, Ga.,
Tuesday afternoon the board of county,
commissioners, in accord with the pre¬
sentments of the grand jury, decided
to bold an election-on May 15 th to de¬
termine the wish of the people of the
county in regard to establishing a re¬
formatory in tbe Gate City for youth¬
ful criminals.
The matter has been referred to the
public works committee of the county
commissioners and the county attor¬
ney, with instructions from the board
to look after the details of the elec¬
tion.
NEWSPAPER SALE RUMORED.
Story Is Out That The Atlanta Journal
Has Changed Hands.
Atlanta has been full of rumors for
the past few days of the sale of a con¬
trolling interest in the Atlanta Jour¬
nal. It is known that Hoke Smith
owned the majority of the stock in
the paper, and the rumor had it that
he had sold it to Mr. H. M. Atkinson
and others. The associates of Mr.
Atkinson are said to be Morris Bran¬
don and J. R. Gray.
GEORGIA BAPTISTS
IN CONVENTION
Their Seventy-Eighth Annual Meet¬
ing Held In (iriffin.
NORTHEN IS RE-ELECTED
Members and Delegates From
All Sections of State Present.
The seventy-eighth annual session
of the Georgia State Baptist conven¬
tion at Griffin was called to order
Thursday morning by President W. J.
Northern
Long before the hour for assembling
arrived the First Baptist chnrck was
crowded to its utmost capacity by the
members of the association and dele¬
gates.
Governor Northen made a Bliort ad-
dress to the members and delegates,
picturing to them the work of the as¬
sociation iu the past, that which it is
now accomplishing und the bright
future in Store for them. He con-
gratulated the members upon their
efforte and success as workers in the
liame of God. He was glad to see such
a large aud distinguished looking
body of ’ men present and hoped every
m a n Lad the intention of making this
[ the most successful of all previous
sessions.
Dr. A. T. Spalding, of Atlanta, pre¬
sided over the devotional exercises,
which lasted about thirty minutes, af¬
ter which the chair announced that tbe
secretary would proceed to enroll the
members of the convention. This re-
quired some time, but was accomplish¬
ed in proper shape.
The president then announced that,
the first business in order was the
election of officers.
Dr. B, M. Callaway, of Wilkes coun-
ty, arose and moved that the present
chairman be re-elected to that posi-
tion, stating that he had made an ex-
cellent officer aud no better man could
be found for the place. This was
unanimously agreed to and Governor
W. J. Northen was re-elected president
of the Georgia Baptist convention to
serve during the year ending March,
1901.
President Northen said that this was
a marked distinction of honor, be-
cause of the men and citizens em-
bodied in the membership roll. He
said the men were here for a great
work; they were here to carry on tbe
work of their fathers and forefathers;
that some were here before that are not
present now; they had finished their
life’s work aud were now anxiously
watching them. Ho named several
familiar faces who have gone and laid
special stress on Dr. Gibson, who he
said gave them the keynote in his fa¬
vorite Bentenoe, “Do it for God’s
sake,”
The election of a secretary was the
next thing in order and resulted iu the
re-election of Mr. Ragsdale, with Rev.
Stephens as assistant.
The election of vice presidents re-
snlted in the naming of the Walker, following
gentlemen: Eev. B. S. of
Monroe; Hon. O. C. Black, of Augusta;
Rev. Tom Pai ker, of Blacksdale, and
Rev. C. B. Willingham, of Macom
The chair announced the gentlemen
duly elected aud requested them to
take their seats upon the platform.
Rev. J. L. Gross, of Griffin, was
then introduced to the audience and
the address of welcome delivered.
Dr. G. A. Nunnally, of LnGrange,
was introduced as speaker in response
to the address of welcome and said in
brief that he had heard and appreciat¬
ed the words of the pastor. He was
in Griffin seventeen years ago and that
meeting was one of memorable event.
He reviewed the important events that
had transpired since that meeting that
were the outcome of that and previous
meetings. He said they were meeting
here now to repair tbe crippled ma¬
chinery and every man should tap his
wheel and tighten his screws and go
to work with new energy.
For Bridge Legislation.
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia,
has introduced a bill in the house to
authorize the Atlantic and Gulf Short
Line Railroad Company to build and
maintain railway bridges across the
Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers within
the boundary lines of Irwin, Wilcox,
Telfair and Montgomery comities,
Georgia.
China Issues Blue Book.
A blue book of China has been is¬
sued covering the period between Jan¬
uary 6, 1899, and January 15, 1900,
and including the correspondence be¬
tween the United States ambassador,
Joseph H. Choate, and Lord Salisbury
on freedom of trade as recently pre¬
sented to the United States senate.
Commission Outlines Plans.
The Philippine commissioners met
in Washington Thursday and agreed
upon the personnel of the staff that is
to accompany the commission to Ma¬
nila. They also agreed ou certain
outlines which they will follow in their
work in the Philippines.
TRANSPORT FROM PORTO RICO
Brings Troops of Cavalry Which Go
to Jefferson Barracks.
The United States transport Kil¬
patrick, having on board four troops
of the Fifth cavalry, arrived at New¬
port News, Va., Thursday. Major
Cooper is in command of the 352 men
and 11 officers ou the ship. The Kilpat¬
rick came direct from San Juan. The
troops go to Jefferson barracks, Mis¬
souri. .
FOR FREE TRADE.
Senator Beveridge Pleads For Fair
Dealing With the People
of Porto Rico.
A Washiuston special says: The
conference on the diplomatic and con¬
sular appropriation bill was agreed to
by the senate soon alter in convened
Thursday.
A concurrent resolution offered by
Mr. Culberson, of Texas, directing the
secretary of the navy to keep “sea¬
sonably advised” the families of
wounded soldiers and sailors of the
condition of the men was agreed to.
Consideration of the Porto Rican
tariff and government bill was then
resumud.
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, ad¬
dressed the senate iu favor of the pro¬
position for free trade between the
United States and the island of Porto
Rico. He said, in part:
“The issue joined in this debate in-
volves the power of congress over the
islands and the peoples which Provi¬
dence has placed in our keeping, and
therefore the expediency of retaining
them. It involves the power and pro-
| press its of the For republic if throughout has not all
| free future, band to deal with congress these islands a
as
their different conditions and chang-
■ ing needs demand, it is not only iu-
expedient, but it may be impossible
to hold them.
“To treat Porto Rico as we treat
Hawaii, and to deal with tbe latter as
we deal with the Philippines, and to
apply to all without delay the same
fixed" formula of laws which custom
and the intention of statehood has
prescribed for our territories from
which our stater, are formed, is a
proposition as mad as it is novel.
“We have tbe greatest opportunity,
the greatest duty, with which fortune
I ever Events blessed have placed its most favored in positions nation. of
; us
S command over the Pacific. The key to
! the commerce of the east is in our
| hands. We are the wardens of the
j gates of the Gulf. With the canal a
| completed and the natural work, we highways control of the the chosen
com-
,
j merce of mankind more than any other
j power than England. More than any
people of history. Events are placing
j us the where we of may the world. command and compel
! peace
| waii, “Porto the Philippines, Rico, Cuba, make the canal, literally Ha-
; us
the soverepip power among the na-
j tions. I say make us the master peo-
pie of the world, for I never will be-
1 lieve that we will surrender our pos-
j | sessions invent to others, and appropriate because we methods cannot
sane
; for their government and control. 1
will never believe that our constitution
manacles our hands and narrows our
vision aud numbs our brain.
“I will never admit tMt our consti-
tutlon is such a charter of death. I
will never admit, that our fathers,
those master minds of history’s most.
expanding and administering race, so
anchored us within a narrow and stag-
nant harbor when the high seas call
us, their islands are ours, and the in-
habitants thereof need our guiding, re-
straining and uplifting hand to regen-
erate, to civilize and to redeem them.
| No! which My is faith chart is by in which a constitution we sail all
; a
i seas and make all ports—a constitution
j which ercise of is a free strength commission it for develops, the ex-
our as
W. C. SANDERS DEAD.
" , !S Senior Member of „ ,,, Well ,, „ Known
*
Cotton F irm.
William C. Sanders, senior partner
of the firm of Sanders, Swann .t Co.,
of Atlanta, Ga., and Bremen, Ger-
many, died Thursday morning at Su-
waunee Springs, Fla.
Mr. Sanders has not been seriously
ill long. When he left, Aflanta it was
for the purpose of spending a week or
two in rest and recreation at the Flor¬
ida resorts. He was suffering with
eczema when he left for Florida. In
addition to this he had impaired his
health by overwork, and the trip to
Florida was arranged to restore his
natural robust constitution,
The firm of Sanders, Swann & Co.
is well known throughout the entire
country as a power in financial circles.
Telegrams of condolence to the fam¬
ily were received from the northern
aud eastern connections, in which the
loss to the financial world was called
attention to. The death of Mr. San-
ders will be felt as well in New York
as in this section of the country.
WAYNE COUNTY WINS.
Celebrated Land Suit Is Decided By
Georgia Secretary of State.
The 25,000 acres of land over which
Charlton and Wayne counties in Geor-
gia have been fighting during the
greater part of the present century,
have been declared by Secretary of
State Philip Cook to belong to the
county of Wayne. Under the act of
the last legislature the decision of the
secretary of state is final, but at the
same time there is a tendency to be¬
lieve that the act of the legislature in
conferring ou au executive official uu-
deuiable judicial powers, is unconsti¬
tutional.
ALLEGED SAFE ROBBER
Apprehended In Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Subsequently Identified.
George W. Clark, a white man, 35
years of age, was arrested at Jack¬
sonville, Fla., Thursday, charged with
blowing open the safe in the bank of
the Perry Loan and Savings company,
of Perry, Ga., from which he is alleged
to have stolon $4,000.
W. G. Riley, representing the bank,
went at once to Jacksonville and iden¬
tified Clark.
BOERS GATHER
FOR CONFLICT
Report Says Roberts Is Ad¬
vancing to Meet Them
NORTH OF BLOEMFONTEIN
During Recent Lull In Hoslililes Burgle
ers Rave Been Aggressively Active
In a Small Way.
-Advices reaching London Thursday
were to the effect, that the Boers are
concentrating iu force about fifteen
m ji e8 nor th of Bloemfontein in tbe
, ear c f Glen, and Lord Roberts is
sending forward troops to engage
them. The Seventh infantry division
and part of General French’s cavalry
have been sent up lo join the Four¬
teenth brigade, aud the two cavalry
regiments that are holding Glen and
its environs.
It does not seem probable that the
Boers will give serious battle in the
fairly open country north of Glen.
Still their evident strength indicates
more than a corps of observation.
In small affairs Ibe Boers are dar¬
ingly aggressive in all parts of the
j field" of war. The Johannesburg
mounted police, esteemed by the.
jj oerg to be their best monnted corn-
maU( p ure ra idiug the country near
Bloemfontein, harassing the farmers
who fi ave gj V eu up their arms to the
British and are carrying off cattle,
There is a Boer report from Natal
tbat a R nfs j an soldier of fortune, Col.
Gauotzki, with 100 horsemen, is oper-
;lt i ng c i 0Be to the British outposts on
t jj 0 western border,
| The Boers have re-occupied Camp-
p,®!! and are iu strength near Tanugs
an( j Barkley West. They shelled the
British camp at Warrenton Wednos-
d ay> but moved out of rauge that night,
Yesterday (Thursday) two British guns
en filaded the Boer trenches, quieting
f hP i r 1JiaU sers.
Lord Methuen and the forces that
fi ave p een operating in the Barkley
district have been recalled to Kimber-
ley bv Lord Roberts. No explanation
fi a8 yeeu given for this, but the
mounted troops are dissatisfied at bav-
ing been ordired back,
The Boers and disloyalists at. Ken-
fi a rdt have been dispersed and caused
to retreat. General Parsons is about
to entel . the town unopposed,
Lord Roberts is making extensive
arrangements to police aud safeguard
a ji the Tree State towns in the terri-
tory occupied. Dispatches from Mas-
eru assert that tbe Boers who returned
to Lady-brand from Clocolan have
tttl . erj up strong positions and sent
pickets far in every direction to watch
Basutoland, iu the expectation that
part Q { General Boiler's army will in-
Ta fi e the F ree State on that side.
According to Pretoria advices. Ma-
f e king was bombarded for seven hours
on Tuesday. well
jt -; s reported in London in a
informed quarter that. Lord Kitchener
, v j|i offered the post of commander-
in-chief in India, succeeding the late
Sir William Lockhart, so soon as de¬
cisive successes have been obtained in
the Transvaal aud that General Sir
Archibald Hunter will succeed him as
Lord Roberts’ chief of staff. The lu-
dian newspapers have been urging
Kitchener’s appointment. .
BANK C ASE DECIDED.
One Stockholder Cannot Be Made
Liable For Another’s Failure.
Columbus, Ga., Thursday, United '
At
States District Judge Newman handed
down a highly interesting opinion in a
branch of the defunct Chattahoochee
National bank case. The receiver of
the bank levied a second assessment
of . a ? „ P er , "P ou tho ba " k .f !sl V,V, U '
holders, and they resisted it. The
receiver then demurred to the cross
bill. Judge Newman has just over¬
ruled tbe demurrer, and the case will
be tried ou its merits.
In his decision Judge Newman bank says
that one stockholder in a national
cannot , be made liable for the in mo
° f another stockholder to pay his as-
Bessments, and that the stockholders
should “ ot 1)e responsible for any dis-
astrous investments by the.receiver.
KRUQER HAKES BOAST.
Declares That Bosrs Will Eventually
Retake Bloemfontein.
The Bloemfontein correspondent of
The London Morning lost, telegiaph-
mg ‘ President Wednesday,_says: Kruger boasts his. . .
m-
tention to retake Bloemfontein xyithm
a week, »n<l it appears probable that
the Boers are advancingmiorce sonth-
ward,
Discuss Eight-Hour Law.
Thursday the house committee on
labor proceeded with eight hearings on Iho
bill to extend the hour law to all
government work, including that done
in private establishments.
OVERFLOW OF PASSENGERS.
Paris Liner Has Great l.oad of Expo¬
sition Visitors.
Travel to the Paris exposition has
begun, The French liner lift Tou-
raine, when she sailed from New York
for Havre 'Thursday, had the largest
numbe*’ of passengers on board that
she has carried on any eastward trip
in two years, there being 300 in tho
cabin and 200 in tbe steerage. Tho
applications for passage of thirty-five
persons had to be refused.