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The Banner Will Give Yon All The News of Conyers and Rock dale County. VOL. XXV. m I 1 0 I ■jl? Jl fa n I fli k . i r Aj n i r 8 v 1 a a « We tan tmtt keavylor Sjrii sUpMts and in order to male room we !m pie toil oar line aii Cut Ihe Prices on our Full Line making it prici so exceedingly low Hat it pleases all wfto come to os lor Bargains- dor pais are New ^ we wool everyone Mere spending their Cash to see vtat we ore doing. 1 mile to lire prices or loroisli samples as wo waot yoo to knowwiiereto pi Good Goods at Lowes! Prices. GAILEY DRY GOODS CO. One Price Casli House- m r» THEIR GROUND toller Advances While Burghers Slowly Retreat. IATTLES ARE 0CCUR1NQ DAILY. lo Definite Results Can Be Learn¬ ed at War Office In London. A Loudon cablegram of Sunday says: ; is evident from General Buller’s ispatch to the war office and the ad ices to the Associated Press from Ipeam&u’s |biv camp that a big battle is being fought. As far as can be' ■tiered from these dispatches the re nlt remains undecided. The war office shortly after mid tight Saturday night posted the fol¬ ding dispatch from General Bnller, lated Spearman’s camp, January 20, pning: I "Gen. Clery, with a part of Gen. barren’s foroe, has been in action tom 6 a. m. till 7 a. m. today. By a pdicious pught his use of his capturing artillery he ridge ha’ way up, Iter ridge, for about three miles. | “The troops are now bivouacking ■ the ground he has gained, but the pin |“The position casualties is still in front not of heavy. them. were Ibont 103 wounded has been brought I hy 6:30 p. m. The nninler of piled has not yet been ascertained.” both sides stubborn. Nothing was received in London onday to indicate that any conclusive suit had been reached by the British Ms in the region of the Upper K ela . snd the lack of information Ming what men and munitions le Boers have in reserve prevents ®wate determination of the measure wal successes attending the two ? 8 hard fighting. A1 that could be said was that the wish seem to be doggedly advancing he face of an equally stubborn re !a Me. At the close of Suuday the Ders merely evacuated their first is of defense to take up another 1 ^■■circular e roar, recalling position the a short old distance burgher e by which the Boers have previ fatal managed to entice the British “ traps. j. ! ‘fishes 1 "louday from morning elsewhere give in-South trivial L;. Lin °‘ m * nor happenings and do ft Plyou Um >uate Sunday the situation. 'trreu J morning General commenced a flanking move °a the extreme left of the Boers’ l0 ». The infantry advanced at 5 “e morning along the side of Ta S| a mountain, which ends at ioakop. g tne hills until v PCS- ick 8 comt uunding on h 2°8rs concentrated, h.., , were * Behind immense boulders “thickly . over the hill. « Lu lller N opened the attack and r.ri;-f ^ ons rieS forked shrapnel continuously, the , ? °led among tebt < ev their attention to V, T e the British infau ft on tL, e ^ oer3 stuck to their rocky fi 5 . .v ? STlt e ooncluai°n B the greatest tenacity i*k of the day, the a( l only advanced across a The Boers apparently 8uus and they did little Captain Honley.of tlieDnb K«l", ers ’ leli mortally wonnded L nmgk is men to seize fresh g of Outage. a et reported nothing of Pp! l0 ^ s on Monday and official f«r,;' f<s lute , showed "’gence the Brit Sunday night on the K«w5 won after two davs’ Q l war °® ce turned every K; fcjaiht °* 16 i?n Military b t ieS at men midn assn ’ ght me ■»iT tt g mast A* have taken place on Wfts probably more se f e prece ding days. Gen. - , "*■ s *n' lSHre not to be add likely to the to elabor- give >•* a men ts, ' , to arrange their to eencentrate their The Rockdale Banner « UPRISING IN NEGROS. The Newly Installed Officials Re¬ belled Against American Authority. Mail advices from Manila bring par¬ ticulars of the uprising last month in the southern part of Negros island, in which Lieuteuaut A. G. Yedyard, Sixth infantry, was killed. Instead of being an unimportant re¬ volt of native police, as was at first reported, it appears to have been an attempt to overthrow American author¬ ity. This movemeut was started by the chief officials of the autonomous government, the men who were elected and inaugurated with so much cere¬ mony last November. Eleven of these officials, including the president and several councilors, were lodged in jail on a charge of plotting treason, Several secured their release under heavy bonds, but others remain in prison. General Smith found evidence that ihe revolting prolice were following the orders of the autonomous government, which designed to use the forces un¬ der its control to overpower the Amer¬ icans. The plot failed through being started prematurely. Two companies of the Twenty-sixth infantry were hur¬ ried from Iloilo to reinforce the garri¬ son at Baeolor. The officials arrested include some of the most prominent men in Negros. It is believed that they will be ex¬ pelled from the island. ROBERTS COMMITTEE REPORTS. Volnminou* Document, Cavering: tli© In voatiffAtion, Re.id In the House. The reports of the special committee of investigation in the case of Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah, were presented to the house Saturday. The majority report, signed by Chairman Tayler and six of his assistants, is a volumi¬ nous doemneut, and is accompanied by a summary of the law and facts. It gives the detai's of the hearing, the ample opportunities afforded to Mr. Roberts to present his case, his refusal to testify and the unanimous finding of facts heretofore published. It pro¬ ceeds: “The committee is unanimous in its belief that Mr. Roberts ought not to remain a member of the house of representatives. A majority are of the opinion that he ought not to be per¬ mitted to become a member; that the house lias the right to exclude him. A minority are of the opinion that the proper course of procedure is to permit him to be sworn in and then expel him by a two-thirds vote under the consti¬ tutional provision providing for expul¬ sion.” MOB HANGS MURDERERS. flnlf Brothers Swung: Dp In Jail Yard at Ft. Scott. Kansas* Saturday night, George Silbee and Ed Meeks, half brothers, convicted of murder, were lynched by a mob in the county 3 ml yard at Ft. Seott, Kan sas. Their bodies were left dangling from two trees in the yard. Ihe au thonties were completely surprised. The two men, who hailed from Ran sas City, bad been convicted of mm der in the first degree, their victim being a young German farmer named Leopold Edhnger. The murderers disposed of Edhnger s pair of mules,a horse and a wagon in Bates county. Amos Phillips, an accomplice of the two brotners in the crime, was con victed Friday of murder in the first degree. The evidence showed tha,, the three men belonged to a gang oi thieves who had been regularly du posing of their plunder in Bates co “ nt / Before , being . 0 Silbee .., shout- . . swung up ed to the mob in defiant tones that he himself shot Edhnger and that Amos Phillips struck him on the head with an ax. He insisted that his brother Ed did not participate in the crin L e - ‘•Be sure and , get t Phillips, the doomed men urge d. HONORS ACCORDED DAVIS. _ Pre.ident Kmcer, of Transvaal, Send, Private Cer For American. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, arrived at Lourenzo Marques Sunday on his way to Preto ria and called upon the governor gen oral, Captain Alvaro Dacosta Ferreira, who. gave him a most courteous recep tion and requested friendship him to convey to Presi- a message of special Transvaal dent McKinley. The gov ernment has informed Mr. Davis that President Kruger’s saloon carnage will eonrejr him to Pretori*. CONYERS. GA.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900. > • IRE FUNDS WANTED For Improvement of Coosa River From G-adsclen to Wetumpka, TWO STATES ARE WORKING FOR IT Will Be Menns of Opening Traffic On the River—Atlanta's Military Park Bill. Congressman -Burnett, of the Sev¬ enth Alabama district, will ask for an appropriation from this congress of $50,000 for the improvement of Coosa river from Gadsden to Wetumpka, Ala. The Coosa river is formed by the Eto¬ wah and Oostanaula at Rome, Ga., and is now naivgable from Rome to the locks, thirty miles below Gadsden. The river continues to Wetumpka twenty miles from Gadsden, and forms part of the Alabama. There is great interest in North Georgia and Alabama in this proposi¬ tion. Congressman Maddox is inter¬ ested in it and attended a conven¬ tion during the summer at Gadsden wlien an “appropiation” was urged. Mr. Burnett has been offered a hear¬ ing by the river and harbor committee in February, and has asked that dele ga1i >ns from Rome, Gadsden, Wetump ka and Montgomery be present to urge the matter. On this committee are Bankhead, of Alabama; Lester, of Georgia, and Sparkman, of Florida, and Catcbings, of Mississippi, and with this southern strength it is be¬ lieved the matter will be favorably re¬ ported. chairman of the Senator Hawley, committee on military affairs, inform¬ ed Senator Clay, of Georgia, Wednes¬ day that the senate committee would not wait for a joint bearing on the Atlanta military park bill and that the committee would consider the bill Jan nary 31st. Representative Elliott has intro¬ duced a bill to establish a branch home of the National Homo for Dis¬ abled Volunteer Soldiers at Castle Pinckney, in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, or some other eligible dis¬ site in or near that city for the use of abled officers and enlisted men of the volunteer army and navy of the United States. MAHAN’S LETTER. Famous and Widely Discussed Document of Our Naval Ex¬ pert Is Made Public. A New York dispatch says: Follow¬ ing is the now famous letter of Cap¬ tain A. T. Mahan, the naval expert, which lias caused wide discussion in Q rea t Britain. Captain Mahan au nounceg that his sympathies are with Eu ? „ land but bega the public to re fra a frQm blic mee tings at which resolution8 of sympat hy for one side or ^ otber are offered; „„ j t to onr c i t i ze ns gen era „ and to the B oer sympathizers oial] the inadvisability of pnb ‘ question. There h(j meeti on this are very ' many among us, myself cer faiu] who feel a3 strongly in fa ' Britain others do of ^ f Qreat aa bgr “ neflU< „ L ug al[ be careful not to pro . voke on@ another by immoderate ex¬ ^ regsiona of opinion, to which public eeti tend . Those of oue side oke retaha tion on the other side l_ tbey make it necessary—for in the problems J of the near future good un lelstandjng with Great Britain is too i rtant for na to permit the impres g - on tbat we are all aga i nst her here, and we find onrBe i vea i n the nn seem u. state c f par tv divisions for and against foreign states, as in the be ginning of this century between the | rencb and Br itish parties, avad myself of this opportunity to say that, in my judgment, not only is the cause of Groat Britain just, but to have failed to uphold it would have been to fail in national honor.” CENSUS OF PORTO RICO. lJlhabltallt , ot i s i a „,i Number 957.000. p„ n ce Credited with 56 ,000. ^ be 0 gj cl - a j ce nsus of Jnan Puerto has Rico^ 32,-' haa been finished. San 500 inhabitants. pon*e- ha# nearly twice as many reg j dents _ the number being 56,000. Tbere ar g 95 Vi y00 inhabitants on the t g } and( BRYAN VISITS BELMONT. Nebraskan Is a Guest of New Yorker at a “Private”* Dinner. William Jcnniugs Bryan was the guest of honor at a dinner given by O. H. P. Belmont Monday night at his residence in New York. The dinner was private, no reporters being ad¬ mitted, and to a penciled note Mr, Bel mont made response: “There will be nothing at, during or after the dinner for publication. aud The dinner is a purely social affair of no public interest.” Mr. Bryan was the only guest of national importance, but big men in Tammany hall were present. Bryan took breakfast Tuesday morn¬ ing at the Hoffman house with a num¬ ber of free silver and single tax leaders. Subsequently he received the newspa¬ per reporters. When asked if he made a harmony speech at the Belmont din¬ ner tho night before Mr. Bryan an¬ swered: “I don’t know if I used the word harmony or not, but I always speak in such a harmonious strain that no oue can object unless he disagrees on the issue. As a matter of fact I talked very little on politics.” Colonel Bryan declined to discuss the letter of Robert B. Roosevelt and others protesting against his entertain¬ ment as the guest of the Democratic club. - About noon Dr, Leveson, of Brooklyn, an Imperialist, call with two Filipinos,but Mr. Bryan refused to see them. Mr. Bryan’s callers were nearly a 1 silverites. The gold Dem¬ ocrats held aloof. Tuesday night Mr. Bryan dined ot the Democratic club as the gueit of President Kellar will twelve others. LEYBS IS CONFIDENT. Transvaal Envoy Declares Boers Will Ultimately Trumph. The Brussels correspondent of The New York World obtained the follow¬ ing statement from Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal envoy extraordinary in Europe, before he left for Paris on his diplomatic mission: and critical “In view of the new phase into which the war is now en¬ tering, I send to the people of America a few words on the subject of any eventual proposal in regard to the suspension of hostilities, a desire for which appears to be gaining strength on both sides of the Atlantic. “I am as confident as ever of the ultimate triumph of our cause. A temporary success of the British arms would merely have the effect of infus¬ ing fresh vigor into our men aud strengthening their determination to hold oiit at whatever cost.” DEBATE ON ROBERTS CASE. Chairman Tayler Begins Fight on Utah Man in tlio House. A Washington dispatch says: Enor¬ mous crowds were present in the house Tuesday to witness the opening of the debate in the Roberts case. Fully three-fourths of the spectators were women. They occupied the re¬ served gallery tier, and their bright gowns illumined the gloom of the cavernous recess about the spacious hall. The diplomatic gallery alone was a yawning chasm. With brief preliminaries the resolu¬ tions to exclude Roberts and the mi¬ nority resolutions to permit him to be sworn in and then expelled, were laid before the house,and without any agree¬ ment as to a vote, Mr. Tayler, of Ohio, began his speech, in support of the majority resolutions. CAROLINA’S WHISKEY PROFITS. Palmetto State Accumulates a Snug; Sum From the Dispensaries. The statement of the South Caralina state dispensary for the year 1899 shpws that during the year the amount of prafits going to the counties, towns and cities was $220,492.35. The net profit to the state, which go to credit of the school fund, are $193,- 589.49, making the total net profits $414181.84. The total gross profits for the year were $485,520.79; the total receipts for the year were $1,638,939.26, including the $46,073.24 surplus brought over from last year. The fatal disburse ments were $1,495,818.26, leaving a balance December of $142,121 31st. in the The state aggregate treas- j ury on ; purchases made during the year were $1,158,081.32. PRITCHARD SPEAKS Against Proposed North Carolina Disfranchising Amendment, VIGOROUSLY OPPOSES THE CHANGE liepliefl To Senator Morgan, Who Had JPrevionsly Spoken On the Sub¬ ject—A Day of Oratory. Monday waa another day of oratory in tho Senate. Mr. Pritchard, of North Carolina, delivered a long and carefully prepared address upon the race ques¬ tion in the south, his remarks being addressed particularly against the pro¬ posed amendment to the constitution of North Carolina, which if enacted, he said, would disfranchise a large class of voters, both white and black. He was followed by Mr. Turner, of Washington, in a speech on the Phil¬ ippine question in which ho arraigned tho administration policy. Mr. Hoar chairman of the judiciary committee, reported back the resolu¬ tion of Mr. Rawlins, of Utah, for an inquiry upon polygamy with a recom mendation that the first and last para¬ graphs of the resolutions bo adopted. The report was accepted and the reso¬ lution as amended adopted. As pass¬ ed the resolution read: “To what extent polygamy is prac¬ ticed or polygamous marriages enter¬ ed into in the United States or in places over which they have jurisdic¬ tion. “What, if any, steps should be taken or measures enacted for the preven¬ tion of polygamy in the United States and places over which they have juris¬ diction.” Mr. Pritchard, of North Carolina, then called up his resolution. His ad¬ dress was in tho nature of a reply to that delivered several days ago by Senator Morgan. When he remarked that tho cry of “negro domination” was the answer given to every propo¬ sition made by the Republicans, Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, interrupt¬ ed to say that little else was to be ex¬ pected when the admistration contin¬ ually thrust negro postmasters on the people of the south. “There you have it,” retorted Mr. Pritchard, “If I should read the ten commandments to the senator he would cry, ‘negro’ back at me.” “We say nigger in the south, not negro,” replied Mr. Tillman. “Let 11 s stick to the facts.” “The sanator may use whatever ex pression he likes. I’m satisfied to use mine,” said Mr. Pritchard. Mr. Pritchard argued that the ques tion involved tho peace and welfare of the nation and the stability of our institutions. The constitution in plain, mandatory and unequivocal lan¬ guage guaranteed to each state a re¬ publican form of government. But according to Mr. Morgan’s contention, said Mr. Pritchard, the constitution could be violated if it became neces¬ sary to violate it in order to maintain Democratic rule in the south. That was nullification, pure and simple. Mr. Pritchard said that Louisiana was one of the states which, by con¬ stitutional enactment, had deprived certain of its citizens of privileges guaranteed them by the federal con¬ stitution, and he said that the Demo¬ cratic party of North Carolina was at tempting to secure the adoption of a proposition to amend the constitution of that state in a similar way. FILJHT AGAINST ROADS. Florida Commission Want Railroad Fares Cut to Three Cents. A big legal fight began Monday in the circuit court at Jacksonville Fla., between the state railroad commission vs _ various Florida railroads to com Be i them to reduce the fare to three cents. The fight will be warm on both sides, the railroads refusing to adopt rules promulgated by the commissioners. To Unseat Robbins, »p be bouge committee on elections >j 0 j divided on party lines and by a vo te of 6 to 2 decided to recommend the mating of William F. Aldrich, Be publican, who contests the seat now be | d by Gaston A. Robbins, Demo crab f or the Fourth congressional dis trict of Alabama- Official Organ of Rockdale C’oun ty. Has Largest Circulation in Ihe County. BKVS0N “NOT GUILTY.” Sensational Trial of the Alleged Smith Lynchers Comes to An End. At 10 o’clock Wednesday night tlio jury in the ease of Thomas L. Bryson, at Gainesville, Ga., charged with the shooting of Ki Smith in the Hall coun¬ ty jail, returned the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant, Thomas L. Bryson, not guilty. ” Tho eases against Mark Bell, Henry Lowry, Charley Tanner and Ollie Bell, tho other alleged members of the mob, were 110 I pressed. The charge of Judge Reagan to the jury was thoroughly comprehen¬ sive and no point was left unnoticed that should have been mentioned. The most sensational feature of the day as regards the trial was the volun¬ tary surrender of Mark Beil and Henry Towery, jointly indicted for the murder of Smith with Bryson. They had been hiding out since they were indicted. Boll and Towery say they would have never kept awny from the officers if they had had any assurance that they would have been given n speedy trial, but they did not care to remain in jail, hence kept out of roach of the officers of the law-. They were pres¬ ent in the court, room during the after¬ noon and heard the arguments that were made by the state aud the de¬ fense. BRYAN WAS CAUSTIC. Says Trusts Constitute tlio Hen That R.nys the Golden Kuir. William Jennings Bryan made a journey into Connecticut Wednesday, addressing meetings nt Stamford and New Haven, and then hurried back to New York, that he might keep his en¬ gagement to address the public meet¬ ing in Jersey City Wednesday night.. I 11 his New Havon speech he said: “The Republican party is afraid to kill trusts becauso they constitute the hen that lays the golden egg in cam¬ paign times, but trusts are bad, intol¬ erable and indefensible. Bad things need not be tolerated in America.” DULLER SENDS REPORT. Names of Dead and Wounded ns a Hesnlt of Sunday’s FlBlillns;. Just before midnight Monday night the London war office issued the follow¬ ing dispatch from General Buller: “Speahman’s Camp, Jan. 22, 6 p. m.—The following casualties ate re¬ ported in General Hare’s brigade as the result of yesterday’s fighting: Killed, Captain Ryall, Yorkshire reg¬ iment, aud five men. Wounded: See 0 nd Lieutenant Andrews, Border reg iment; Captain McLaughlin, Inni skillings; Lieutenant Barlow, York shire regiment, and seventy-five men. Missing: Eight men. Other casual ties will bo forwarded when received.” WHEELER SAILS FOR HOME. Alabamian Sailed From Manila On the Transport Warren. The war department received a ca¬ blegram from General Olis Monday stating that General Wheeler would sail from Manila Wednesday on the transport Warren for the United States by way Guam and Honolulu. Cosl of Collecting Customs. Secretary Gage has sent to congress nn estimate of $7,872,000 ns the cost of collecting the customs during the next fiscal year, HOWARD ENTERS RACE. Alabama l’opnlUts Announce Him For United States Senate. Hon. William M. Howard, of Fort Payne, Ala., has announced his can¬ didacy for the United States senate on the Populist ticket. The announce¬ ment had been expected for some time. A conference of Populist leaders was held in Birmingham some days ago and it was decided to put a state ticket in the field and run a man for the senate. I Steamer Marie Released. A dispatch received from Durban says the German bark Marie, loaded with sulphur, which was cautured early in January by the British ■ cruiser Fearless and taken to Port Elizabeth, bus been unconditionally released. Southern Baptists In Conference. In Covington, Ky., Monday, a large number of Baptists representing all southern states met to bold a five days’ missionary conference. NO 2. “CONSPIRACY” SAYS LANDIS Worked In the Admission of Utah To Statehood. SEVERE ROAST FOR ROBERTS. florroonism Denounced In Sever¬ est Terms o,n the Floor of the House. A Washington special says: The houBe resumed the debate on tho Rob¬ erts caso at 11 o’clock Wednesday. The galleries were again well filled, most of the occupants, as on Tuesday, being ladios. Home minor business preceded the resumption of the debate. Mr. Landis, of Indiana, then deliv¬ ered a sensational speech. Ho contended that Mr. Roberts was not entitled to admission be¬ cause lie lmd violated Utah’s com pact with the United States. Mr. Landis resented as unworthy of belief the charge made, he said, by Senator Rawlins that the president had ap¬ pointed notorious polygamiRts. The senator might as well accuse tho house of endorsing polygamy since it had passed a bill appropriating $40, 000 for the agricultural college at Lo¬ gan, Utah. “The president of that college,” Baid he, “is a polygamist, living in open and notorious polygamy with three wives. One of his leading professors is a polygamist, living with two wives. The trustee is a polyga¬ mist, living in open and notorious polygamy with seven wives (laughter) and they have been blessed with thirty nine children. (Laughter.) of He further asserted that three tho members of tho first presidency and ten of the twelve apostles who signed tho petition for amnesty were polygamists. leaders who “Of these fifteen solemnly pledged their nonor and faith to tho future obedience to the law of the church of Christ and Latter Day Baits, three have probably kept their pledges, namely, Wilford Wood¬ ruff, Franklin D. Rodgers and An¬ thony II. Lunn. After detailing the polygamous r. la tious of other Mormon leaders, he continued: “Pages might be written of the vio ] a tion of the compact by which Utah wa8 given a star. Mr. Speaker, that star is a fallen star; it does not shine w ith the brilliancy and luster of her B i s ter stars. It shines by canning and by deceit, by treachery, by fraud. It speaks of crime and of violation of the most solmn covenant ever made between territory aud the Union.” (Appluuse.) from “We have as a representative last Utah a man with three wives, the one tak<JD) tbe rt gayg( ag near as we can ascer t a ; ni before 1890, I be ]ieve And bu did not denv that that woman became his plural wife after Utah was taken into the American Union. And I here charge that Utah came in as the result of a deliberate con „pj racy to free that people from the federal authority, and thus enable them to live their religion unhindered. “In 1896 Mr. Roberts was a cindi date for congress, and the church dis ciplined and defeated him because the time was not then ripe for a polyga¬ mist to come to the American congress. He became a candidate in 1898, and the man who placed him before the convention stated that he ran by per¬ mission of the church, In 1898 we were engaged in a war with a foreign foe. American manhood was away from home and all absorbed in coun tr ‘Valor was at war virtue was prayer. The north and the south un der one flag! They hoped in this gen¬ eral condition of magnanimity perjured to come back, and it was then this cheat attempted to crawlin Sirit came by itself, but it will be hurled back boldly and in the open day by the outraged indignation of the Amer¬ ican people. (Applause.) And across yon threshold will be writteii in let¬ ters large enough to be read from the national capitol to the Mormon tem¬ ple: ‘No polygamist shall ever sit as a member of the American congress.’” (Applause.)