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The News of Conyers aud Rock¬
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VOL. XXV.
WONJE HAS SURRENDERE
Brave Boer Genera! Forced by Overwhelming
Numbers to Capitulate Unconditionally.
oberts strikes blow
: our Thousand Burghers Lay
Down Their Arms at Paarde.
barg-England Rejoices.
General Piet Cronje, the Boer lead
early Tuesday morning sur¬
rendered *
his army of 4,000 men to
brd Roberts, unconditionally. The
Laiis of the surrender for which Eag
Lj and Europe had waited anxiously,
M re received in London in the follow
lug telegram from Lord Roberts:
I “Paaedeberg, —From information 11 o’clock, Tuesday furmsli
Evening. El by the intelligence de
daily io me
lartmeut it became apparent that Gen
L It Cronje’s force was becoming more
pressed, and that tho discontent of
Ihe troops and the discord among the
leaders [ were rapidly trenches increasing. push
“Each night the were
id toward the enemy’s laager, so as to
Iralaally contract his position, and at
Ihe same time I bombarded it heavily
lith artillery, which was yesterday
Materially aided by the arrival of four
B-inch howitzers, w : hich I had ordered
Id [‘•‘At from DeAar. dashing
3 ?. m. today a most
Idvauce legiment was made by the Canadian
lorted and some engineers, sup
by the First Gordon Highland
irs and Second Shropsbires, resulting
la our gaining a point some six hun
ired yards nearer the enemy and with¬
in about eighty yards of his trenches,
■there our men intrenched themselves
Inti maintained their position till
poruiug, a gallant deed worthy of our
loloaial I eomra ?os.
«‘Tbis apparently clinched matters,
lor at daylight today a letter signed by
■PrneTiil Cronje, in which he stated
■lathe surrendered unconditionally,
■ins brought to our outposts under a
mug of trace.
I “In my reply I told General Cronje
no must present himself at my camp,
Bad that bis forces must come out of
Ihe’r laager after laying down their
krms. Ey 7 a. m. I received General
[Cronje [you announcing and dispa'ched the fact. a telegram to
I “In the course of conversation lie
larked for kind treatment at our hands
land also that his wife, grandson, pri
pto prght secretary, adjutant him and servants
accompany wherever he
[might [told him he that sent. his I reassured would him and
[complied with. request be
I informed him that,
a general officer would be sent with
lnm to Cape Town, to insure his being
[treated [Be will with start proper this respect afternoon eu route. under
[barge pho will of Major General I’ret yman,
baud him over to the geneial
[commanding at Capo Town,”
ENGLAND REJOICES.
I 'Alajnba avenged,” “Cronje sur
hsders,” “Great British victory,”
pre some of the expressions shouted
|1 over London Tuesday, yet there
prefew outward signs of the natural
W that Lord Roberts’ dispatch really
puseil. Ihe capitulation of General
pouje Pcertainly had for been looked week past upon and as almost euthn
a
psrn found itself discounted by an
pcipatiou.
hie magnificent success of “Little
r 6 almost overlooked in the fact
pat it of synchronized with the anniver
PT Majuba hill and wiped out a
Wionor of nineteen years’ standing,
i there was a much more outward
s P*ay of rejoiciug iu the provinces
,
I w m London over the surrender of
The Glasgow and Liverpool
odj exchanges were greatly excited.
m members saug “God Save the
Jfieen’ ‘Me Bobs.” repeatedly and cheered for
4'P'ayed Flags were liberally
on the municipal and public
* WK- ngS ^ a ” thS large townS
e afternoon papers all com
, upon this happy coincident,
\ T oid not forget the splendid bra
M of the enemy.
L, [plendid e James Gazette says: “The
courage of the Boers has not
h a We to withstand any longer the
IS WAR PRIZE,
P'erne Court Affirm? Decision ofGeor
g‘a Coart in the Ab.lnla Case.
“ the opinion by Justice Brown,
£j»ited ^ nava States * prize supreme ; court involv- has
L e money case
Fj. se ’ zur e of the British steamer
, ibis ship
was owned by the
‘'ri e arn3liip Company of Kingston,
jjj ica > aQ d was leased to a Spanish
a! 2o 'j 1 ' or carrying refugees from
I,..' 1 aa am °i Cuba. The. vessel
, was
Ojj .f ^ une 29, 1898, when entering
*ar. aaani0 al) d was condemned
vessel. The opinion holds
tre,. - -Itnerican blockade was effec
, lllat the
’ purpose of the
>■ -ciuiary voyage
a -- d not charitable.
^ Conflagration In Newark.
k- I- f -;5 faced rea * es ^ ^ re Newark, N.J., ever
k'oTi swept through the retail
8 Tuesday night, de
U ■ a g a score or more of buildings.
J ‘oss is estimated at over $1,000,
Wfi Tin r aite( C * *'PP ea ^ Denied.
states supreme conrt has
Carter application of Captain
W,.i . court. - to bring his case
There was no written
*
The Rockdale Banner.
bombardment which few modern sol¬
diers could have withstood for so many
hours as they have day3. The influence
of the surrender not only upon the
situation at Ladysmith, but on the
whole conduct of the war will be im¬
mense.”
Already the Briton is taking stock
of the situation and measuring tho
future. There is no disposition io
overestimate the success. The gov¬
ernment entertains no illusion. As
announced by the house of commons,
10,000 additional troops will go out
and the effective will be kept near
200 , 000 .
Lord Koberts has done more than
the capture of 4,000 Boers and a few
guns.
He is within striking distance of
one of the Boer rapiials, and is mas¬
ter of a large district of the Free
State. He has given a shock to Boer
confidence and immeasurably restored
the spirit of his own troops. In cap¬
turing Cronje he has taken a leader
whose presence alone was worth thou¬
sands to the Boer cause.
The best opinion in London is that
the Trausvaalers are certain to con¬
tinue the fight with undiminished
valor, but it is not so certain about
the Free Staters,
Lord Roberts has not allowed the
corps of descriptive writers with him
to supplement his plain narrative as
yet and there are some points in doubt.
It is not clear whether the 4,000 pris¬
oners include those taken in small
parties before the occupation. What
has become of the rest of the Boers
who held the Alagersfontein lines,
and where are the large guns? The
smallness of Cronje’s force causes
some wonderment.
Spenser Wilkinson, reviewing the
military situation in tho light of Gen¬
eral Cronje’s capitulation, say.-:
“On a moderate estimate one-tenth
of the Boer army has been taken out
of account by the capture of Cronje..
The battle of Paardeberg is a minia¬
ture Sedan. The whole of Lord Rob¬
erts’s army, say 45,000 men, are ready
for a fresh advance. The objective
must be the next Boer army of im¬
portance, which is in Natal.
“Tho next move, therefore, with a
view of drawing the Boer army from
Natal, implies au advance on Bloem¬
fontein and Wiueberg, which would
sever the connection between the
Boers iu Natal and these south of the
Orange river.”
“If the Boers make a stand west of
Bloemfonteip, so much the better.
With 45,000 men Lord Roberts may
be able to destroy a respectable force
there. The effect of the Paardeberg
victory will probably by a movement
uorthwnrd of the Boer forces south of
Orange river.
ARE WITHOUT MONEY.
Neither of the State Governments at
Frankfort Can Draw Funds.
Two stats governments, completely
officered aud each claiming to be regu¬
lar and legal officials, are in Frankfort,
Ky.. aud will remain, each claiming
the right to administer the affairs of
state till the question is adjudicated in
the courts.
The only ludicrous thing about the
contests came into the situation Tues¬
day. As anticipated, the banks re¬
fused to recognize either of the con¬
tending factions, and as a result both
are without money and the state funds
are as securely tied up as they could
well be.
Legislators, county as well as state
officials, and all kinds of contractors
of the state will have to wait until
somebody is authorized by a decision
of the courts to pay them and the
state will have to wait on what is due
it till the courts say who is authorized
to receive it.
The Democratic state officers have
opened offices in the Capitol hotel.
The charitable and penal state institu¬
tions are among the sufferers.
thousand dollar cotton mill in Annis
ton, Ala., at once and are arranging
fer the machinery. This will be An
niston’s fifth cotton mill.
CAROLINA .MONUMENT.
Palmetto State To Erect a Memorial
at ciiickamanga.
South Carolina has been tardy in I
r Chickam , . , :
erecting a monument at . u 0 ,
but the legislature has made an appro
priation of $10,000 for that purpose.
A handsome shaft of South Carolina
granite will be erected, surmounted i
with a bronze palmetto tree. erected
The monument will be on
Snodgrass hill, where the Carolinians ;
fought fiercely, and there will be
markers for Kershaw s. Gist s anu
Manigault’s brigades and Culpepper completed a j
battery. The work will be ,
by September 15th.
REVOKED HIS COMMISSION.
North Carolina State Board Officer Skips
With FundP.
Governor Russell of North Carolina
Mount Airy, tor conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman. Mclver
was the town treasurer and has de-;
serted his family and fled tojaarts un- j
known, taking with him $500 cf the
town funds. " j
CONYEKS. GA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 2 1900.
DISCRIMINATION CHARGED.
Atlanta Baptist flinisters Accuse
State School Commissioner of
Denominational Partiality.
At the regular meeting Alonday
morning, several members of the At¬
lanta, Ga., Baptist Alinisters’ eonfer
ence jumped on State School Commis¬
sioner Glenn for alleged discrimina¬
tion.
The matter was brought up by Rev.
B. Y. Jameson, corresponding secre¬
tary of the state mission board, who
stated that he had learned that the au
nual report of Commissioner Glenn in
ennmerating the different schools and
colleges of Georgia iguored Alercer
University, Cox college and several
other Raptist schools in the state.
Air. Jameson thought such au error
should be corrected and brought the
matter to the attention of the Atlanta
ministers. Tho statement was as if a
bomb had been thrown into the peace¬
ful and quiet meeting and much feel¬
ing was manifest by the speakers who
followed Air. Jameson.
There were two or three members
of the board of trustees of Alercer uni¬
versity present, and upon their prom¬
ising to make au immediate investiga¬
tion the conference decided to take no
action in the matter for the present.
State S-hool Commissioner Glenn
was attending a meeting of educators
iu Chicago, and could not be seen re¬
garding the charges made at the min¬
isters’ meeting.
Assistant Commissioner Woodall,
of the department, who is familiar
with all the executive business con¬
nected with the publication of the re¬
port, when asked, paid:
“I am surprised at the charges of
the Baptist ministers. There is not,
nor has there been, any discrimination
for or against any denomination iu
the management of tho affairs of this
department. AJoreover, Commissioner
Glenn las always sought to prevent
any such occurrence in the adminis¬
tration of county school affairs.”
MILLING TRUST COLLAPSES.
Gigantic Concern Is 1*1 need In the Hands
of Receiver*.
A Milwaukee dispatch says: The
United States Milling Company, gen¬
erally known as the flour trust, col¬
lapsed Saturday afternoon, but the
fact did not, become known until Mon¬
day, when Judge Jenkins, in proceed¬
ings ancillary to the United States
court of New Jersey, appointed threo
rec ivers for the company, two of
whom are now iu charge of the prop¬
erty.
The collapse is credited to the com¬
pany’s inability to float its securities
on tbeepen market.
The receivers are Daniel Thomas,
of New York; Charles E. Kimball, of
Summit, N. J., and Albert C. Loring,
of Minneapolis. The same receivers
were appointed in Alinneapolis and
New Jersey. It wns formed last April
and capitalized at $25,000,000. Pro¬
ceedings similar to Alonday’s will have
to be instituted in every circuit where
the company owns property. The
floating indebtedness amounts to $1,
095,508.05, of which $144,365 is due
and $394 350 is ou demand loans.
SEW ALL SEES M’KLNLEY.
Former Candidate For Vice Presidency
Denies Quotation.
Arthur Sjwnll, who was the Demo
Vatic candidate for vice president in
1896, paid his respects to President
AlcKinley Alonday. To a newspaper
correspondent he denied a recent in¬
terview in which he was quoted as
forecasting the defeat of the Demo¬
cratic party this year.
“I did not say anything of the kind
without qualification,” Air. Bewail
said. “I believe in expansion in a
certain way. I believe in keeping
Porto Rico and Hawaii and extending
to them every law of the United
States. Alake them a territory of this
country without discrimination as to
tariff or other laws. I also want to
keep the Philippines, but I think we
should ultimately establish a republic
there, with our protection extending |
over it.”
Mine Carriage Broke. !
Four men were killed Alonday morn
mine carnage. The carnage struck an
adjustable shelf, winch was left pre¬
jecting, dropping the men to the pit,
seventy-five feet below.
SPANISH FORCE INFERIOR.
Dewey Fails To Get Amount of Prize
Money Asked For.
The United States court of claims
has rendered a decision on the claim
of Admiral Dewey for prize money on
accouut of tbe destruction of the ;
fleet Manila baT . The
decided against the ndmira l’ 8
Gon t en (i OD that the enemy’s force was
riol . to hig; an(1 awarded $9,570.
decision excludes the support
. sbore ba tteries, mines and torpe
does ]u j be determination of the ene
, fl f orce- Admiral Dewey’s claim
j or g 2 00 for each man belonging
tQ the euemy > 8 flee t, including those
- n ch of tbe fortifications, j
BIG MORTGAGE FILED.
Chattanc ga Rapid Transit Company To
£xtend Tines.
_ „ ,
Estate Company of Philadelphia.
This transaction includes the re- i
{anding G f g200,000 bonds and the
f I]r tber loan of $300,000 with which to ;
co mplete the b ne to Cbiekamauga :
Park and to equip the same.
DEATH AT CROSSING
Fast Train Dashes Into a Closely
Crowded Carriage.
FIVE LIVES QUICKLY CRUSHED OUT
Heavy Storm Was Raging and Victims
Heard Not the Approaching
Midnight Kxpre&s.
Shortly after midnight Saturday
night the midnight express on tho
Lehigh Valley railroad struck a car¬
riage, containing seven persons, at
Tuttle’s crossing, about twenty-five
miles east from Rochester, N. Y., in
stautly killing five of the occupants,
fatally injuring another and badly
bruising the other. All were members
of a family who had spent the evening
at a friend’s house, near Tuttle’s cross¬
ing, and were on their way home.
Those killed were: Airs. Amy Smith,
forty-eight years old, Bert Smith,
twenty-three years old; Alisa Aliranda
Smith, twenty-four years old; - Glee
Smith, fourteen, andCatherine Smith,
eight years old.
The injured are Porter Smith, hus¬
band of Airs. Smith and father of the
other victims. Gardnor Smith, twenty
one years old.
Before reaching the crossing the
carnage was stopped and Mr. Smith
listened for the train, but did not
hear it in the howling gale. The
horses had just, crossed the track in
safety when the engine of the express
crashed down upon the carriago and
its occupants.
Gardner Smith, who was the least
injured, crawled to a station nearby
and secured assistance.
The bodies of Airs. Smith and her
daughter Aliranda were carried off for
a mile on the cowcatcher of the en¬
gine. The bodies of the little girl -and
her two brothers were found near the
scene of the acci lent.
ENGINES TURNED OYER.
Fireman Killed, Two Engineers
and Flagman Injured in Bad
Wreck on L. & N
Train No. 2. northbound, on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, was
wrecked half a mile north of Floma
ton, Ala., at 4:05 o’clock Sunday
morning, killing one negro fireman
and injuring both engineers and an¬
other fireman.
The train, which was a double head¬
er on account of heavy mardi gras
traffic, hail been somewhat late, and
was running at a high rate of speed in
order to regain her schedule time.
When half a mile north of Flomaton
she ran into a switch which had been
set for the Pensacola branch to allow
a freight train to pass to that division,
and which had not been reset for the
main line. When the forward engine
of No. 2 struck the switch the wheels
went between the open points and al¬
most immediately were on the ground.
Engineer Copeland immediately ap¬
plied the brakes, but before the train
could be sufficiently checked, both en¬
gines had plowed the gravel for a dis¬
tance of 100 yards, and turned over.
BIG BLAZE IN BIRMINGHAM.
Business Mocks Burned Eotailinc n Boss
.Aggregating il40,000.
The explosion of a gasoline stove in
the basement of the Aletropolitan hotel
in Birmingham, Ala.,Friday afternoon,
was followed by a fire which burned
that building and the Hewlett block
adjoining, both three stories high,
causing a loss estimated approximate¬
ly at $140,000, the insurance on which
amounted to about three-fourths of
the loss. The fire spread rapidly, and
great difficulty was encountered by
the firemen in reaching it.
Before the flames were gotten under
control everything on Twentieth street
from First avenue to Alorris avenue
was a wreck, but a Btrong fire wall
back of the Hewlett bnilding and the
Aletropolitan hotel prevented the fire
from extending any further toward
Nineteenth street.
SEW ALL -MET BRYAN.
Bode to Atlanta ‘From Williamson With
His Old Running Mate.
Arthur So wall, of Alaine, who ran
with Bryan in 1896 on the National
Democratic ticket, has demonstrated
very effectually how high the Nebras¬
kan stands in his estimation and re
gard. of bed in Atlanta
He climbed out at
an ear ly hour to get aboard a special
train and go down the Southern road
as far as Williamson, Ga., to meet Air.
Brvan J and have a long friendly talk
, v 11 Ie 011 Lis way y to Atlanta,
Shortly before bis departure for
Washington Air. Sewall said concern¬
ing his talk with Air. Bryan:
“I enjoyed seeing Air. Bryan again
very much.
“We discussed the political situa¬
tion briefly. Br. Bryan and I are in
perfect accord on all of the issues of
the day. If yon know what his views
are yon know what mine are.”
DAMAGE CLAIMS SENT IN.
Amounts Asrgregrate 9132,000 -Several
Southern States Included.
Secretary Root has sent to the house ]
f
ing. $132,006, and j
The claims aggregate
states inc | ade , Florida $3,139;
Q eor „ ia gi],l40;South Carolina, $24,- t
0g2- Yirrinia, $14,555. I
TILLMAN ATTACKS MORGAN.
Accuses the Alabamian of Alleged
Breach of Senatorial
Courtesy.
Throughout the session Saturday
the senate had under consideration
the Hawaiian government bill, Tho
discussion took a wide range, but the
basis of it was an amendment offered
by Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, as to the
appointment and tenure of offices of
the judges of the Hawaiian courts. Mr.
Tillman of South Carolina embraced
the opportunity to deliver a character¬
istic speech, in course of which he
made an attack upon Mr. Morgan, of
Alabama, for alleged lack of courtesy,
and vigorously opposed many provi¬
sions of the bill, particularly those
which related to suffrage.
“The oligarchy which exists in
Hawaii,” declared Mr. Tillman, “and
which this bill perpetuates is power¬
ful and unscrupulous. It is an auto¬
cracy greater than ever existed outside
Russia. I sympathize with the sena¬
tor from Connecticut in his efforts to
secure a properly appointed judiciary
for the islauds—a judiciary not con¬
trolled by the oligarchy which now
has its grip on the islands.”
Referring to an incident which oc¬
curred the other day in which Mr.
Morgan, of Alabama, declined to yield
to Mr. Tillman to reply to a statement
made by Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado,
concerning the “suppressed vote,”
Mr. Tillman said:
“I have felt indignant at the treat¬
ment I received from Senator Morgan.
Never in my experience in the senate
have I been treated so discourteously
by a member of the senate.”
Mr. Morgan endeavored to inter¬
rupt Mr. Tillman, but the latter waved
him aside, saying: the
“I decline to yield to senator.
He has put himself outside the pale of
courtesy and consideration so far as I
am concerned.”
Mr. Tillman then explained the cir¬
cumstances of Air. Alorgan’s refusal to
permit him to reply to Air. Wolcott.
“When I arose to explain the situ¬
ation in South Caralitia us it was pre¬
sented by the senator from Colarado,”
said Mr. Tillman, “the senator from
Alabama said: ‘No, I cannot permit
yon to speak now. I’ll leave you to
tight it out other time. ’ It was
some
the first time in my experience that I
had ever been refused a hearing in like
circumstances. No Republican would
have denied me the privilege, because
there is no man on that side of the
chamber so lacking in courtesy and de¬
cency. ”
Air. Tillman then explained that un¬
der the present constitution of South
Carolina there were about 114,000
registered voters, 14,000 of whom
were colored. Ninety-nine per cent
of the white vote in the state, lie said,
was Democratic, lu the summer pri¬
maries were'cast. 90 per cent of the registered
votes At these primaries
the contests for the state offices were
made.
“There is no lethargy iu the politics
of South Carolina,” said Air. Tillman.
“Wehave as much politics to thesquare
mile as any state in the union. There
is no RepubPcan party in the state.
The Republican machine is composed
of federal office holders who control
the patronage and send the delegates
to Republican national conventions.
The elections in November are simply
ratifications of the primaries. Natur¬
ally the results being a foregone con¬
clusion only 4,000 or 5,000 voters turn
out in each district to vote.”
After calling attention to the fact
that at the general election in AlasRa
ehusetts in 1890 only 285,000 votes
were cast out of a voting population
of 665,000; and that at the same elec¬
tion in Connecticut the vote was
125,000 out of 224,000 legal voters, he
said:
“Why do they accuse us of the
south of suppressing the vote when
they are doing the same thing in Alas
sachusetts? Why, we don t do half
te devilment in South Carolina as
this bill proposes to do in Hawaii,
This bill will give four or five years
more of contract labor—of slave labor
—to the sugar barons, who in remitted
duties on sugar will make $8,000,000.”
In the course of a criticism of the
measure Mr. Tillman said:
“I do not object to a protection of
the whites of Hawaii, bnt what I do
object J to is the hypocrisy of those in
this chamber who maintain that the
people of Hawaii are to be treated dif¬
ferently from those who reside in
Louisiana. Alississippi, South Caro¬
lina and other southern states. ”
Will Meet In Philadelphia.
The Students’ Alissirnary Associa
tionof the Protestant Episcopal church
has elected for the place of its next
anuual convention the theological
seminary at Philadelphia.
FIYE LIVES LOST.
Captain anil Four tittle Children Swept
From Barge and Drowned.
A dispatch from Providence, R. I.,
says: A tragedy happened off Narra
gansett Pier shortly after 1 o’clock
Sunday morning, when the barge Gen
eral Wiley foundered during a sonth
cast gale. Captain Harold and four
little children were drowned in spite
of all attempts to save them.
Finaneial Bill Ready,
The Republican members of the
conference committee on the finaucial
bill has reached an agreement. The
Seven Killed In Explosion.
By the explosion of a sawmill boiler
at Pullman, Ark., seven men were
killed.
©
ty. Han La s
1 he County.
IN BLAZE OF GLORY
The Debate On Porto Rico Tariff
Bill Is Brought to
a Close.
The general debate on the Porto
Rico tariff bill in the house closed in
a blaze of glory Tuesday. The gal¬
leries were banked to the doors and
every seat on the floor was occupied
when the rival champions of the re¬
spective sides, Air. Dolliver, of Iowa,
and Air. Bailey, of Texas, made clos¬
ing arguments. Each spoke for an
hour and a half.
The speech of Air. Bailey, dovoted
as it was, almost exclusively to the
legal phases of tho controversy, while
it was profound and impressive, did
not arouse the unbounded enthusiasm
which swept the galleries and floor
while Air. Dolliver was speaking. The
Iowan was at his best and his wit, elo¬
quence and sarcasm iu turn drew sal¬
vos of applause from his Republican
associates.
Before these closing speeches were
made Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, chair¬
man of the appropriations committee,
and one of the veterans on tho Re¬
publican side, made au exceptionally
effective speech in support of the bill.
Messrs. Carmack, Democrat, of Ten¬
nessee; Clayton, Democrat, of Ala¬
bama; Kleberg, Democrat, of Texas;
Pearce and DeArmond, Democrats of
Alissouri, had made speeches in oppo¬
sition to the bill.
The debate opened with a twenty
minute speech by Air. Carmack, of
Tennessee, in opposition to the bill.
The alternative presented by the bill,
he said, was the abandonment of our
principles or of our new possessions.
Tho country had been dazzled with
tho gorgoous picture of empire, yet at
the .very threshold of the new depart¬
ure, lie said, gentlemen on the other
side had been appalled lest the trade
which they had looked at with covet¬
ous eyes would bring ruin and de¬
struction to American labor. There¬
fore the new possessions were to be¬
come colonies and be turned over to
carpet-bagger adventurers.
Ho read from the Republican plat¬
form of 1860 to show that it set up
the very contention maintained by the
Democrats now—that the constitution
was supremo in the territories and ex¬
tended over every foot of ground over
which the United States had jurisdic¬
tion.
Air. Clayton, of Alabama, created
much amusement and enthusiasm by
reading a letter written by Chairman
Payne to W. II. Curtis, Palmyra, N.
Y., January 24, 1900, in which he ad¬
vocated free trade with Porto Rico on
the ground that it would give relief to
tho stricken island. The letter also
contained the following reference to
the Philippines: Philippine
“Under the treaty the
islands are to have free trade with
Spain for ten years. We could not ex¬
tend these tariff laws to the Philippine
islands even if we would.”
Air. Kleberg, of Texas, and Air.
Pearce, of Tennessee, also opposed the
bill. Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, closed
the debate for the majority. Long
and loud was the demonstration which
greetod him.
CAY CONSOLIDATE.
Georgia Supremo Court Hands Down Im¬
portant Decision.
A decision handed down by the su¬
preme court of Georgia Tuesday morn¬
ing reverses the judgment of Judge
Candler iu the case of the state versus
the Atlanta Railway anil Power com¬
pany and the Trust Company of Geor¬
gia, aud allows the combination of
the lines of the old Atlanta Con
solidated Street Railway company
and the Atlanta Railway company,
which certain citizens living on Rich¬
ardson street, in Atlanta, through the
s t a t e , attempted to prevent in a suit
for in j mlctiou aud receiver filed sev
era , montbg ag0 .
i [ Under the decision the consolida¬
tion can be ma(le , which will include
all lines in the city except those of the
Collins Park and Belt line.
PAY I NO FOR FRANCHISE.
! Rapid Transit Company Hand* Over Fir»t
Installment.
j Railroad The Chattanooga Company paid R 400 Transit to the
city Tuesday, being the first install
ment of $4,000 assessed them by the
city in granting a franchise on a short
stretch of street. This is the first
money ever received by Chattanooga
for a public franchise.
Mills I’ay Nine Cents.
Cotton touched 9 cents in Colum
; bus, Ga., Alonday. John T. Davis &
Co. sold nearly 600 bales to the AIus
| cogee mills at from 8f to 9 cents,
BARRETT A DEMOCRAT.
Former Prominent Populist of Georgia
Return* to Hi* Old Rove.
j James Barrett, prominent who in has the for Populist several
; years been
party in Georgia, a member of the ex
eeutive committee, an elector to the
national convention and candidate for
agricultural commissioner on the state
ticket announces bis return to the
Democratic party in a signed article in
The Augusta Chronicle.
Prisoners Warmed Up.
Frank Hogan and Charles Norris,
prisoners at the station bouse in For¬
est City, Ark., were burned to death
Sunday morning. The fire is sup¬
posed to have been started on the
floor of the jail, in an attempt to keep
warm.
Powder Mills MY recked.
The Platteville, Wis., powder mills
were wrecked by an explosion Satur¬
day afternoon, killing three men and
badly injuiing another.
NO. 7.
MANY OPPOSE
TARIFF BILL
The Porto Rican Measure Proves
a Stumbling Block.
REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE,
Differences Hard to Adjust—-Both
Factions Averse to Yielding
Their Contentions.
A Washington special says: The
efforts to unite the Republicans of the
houso on a rortoRicau bill failed again
Sunday, and after prolonged confer¬
ences, it was stated that matters wero
substantially where they were after
tho first meeting.
A long conference wns hold Sunday
night at tho residence of Representa¬
tive AfcOall of Alassachusetts, between
the committee appointed at a Repub¬
lican conference Saturday night, rep¬
resenting the Republicans in favor bill, of
the pending Porto Rican tariff
and a committee agreed upon by those
Republicans who are opposed to the
measure. The latter committee was
made up of Messrs. Powers, of Ver¬
mont; Crumpacker, of Indiana; Lori
mer, of Illinois; McCall, of Alassa¬
chusetts, and Littlefield, of Alaine.
Preliminary to tins meeting the op¬
ponents of the bill to the number of
about ten, bad assembled at Air. Alc
Oall’s house during the afternoon and
determined upon the stand they would
tako and upon their live representatives.
Air. Weeks, of Michignn, was among
those at the afternoon cession and he re¬
mained with tho committee of five to
participate in Saturday night’s meet¬
ing.
NO AOUF.FMENT REACHED.
Propositions pro and con were made
by both sides, but none of those made
on behalf of the advocacy of tho
pending bill amounted to abandon¬
ment of the principle of the issue, viz:
The right of tho United States to levy
a tax ou imports from Porto Rico; and
as its opponents consider this tho fun¬
damental objection to the measure, no
agreement could be reached.
It was stated after the conference
by members opposed to the bill that
both sides were practically in the same
position ns they had been bofore tho
meeting, and that there was no prob¬
ability of another gathering before
the conference of Republicans called
for Monday night. From their state¬
ments it was evident they intended to
maintain the position they have held
all along, that under the constitution
the government has no right to tax the
products of territory under control of
Ihe United States.
It was suggested by opponents of
the pending bill that the whole matter
he lift in the hands of the president
with tho understanding that Porto
Rico should have free trade with the
United States, but this was objected
to and nothing came of it. The oppo¬
nents of the committee bill also sug¬
gested that the original hill introduced
by Air. Payne providing for free trade
he substituted ou the floor of the
bouse for the committee bill, but this
likewise failed to receive favorable
consideration by the advocates of the
pending measure. indulged
Considerable talk was
iu over the proposition made by the
committee bill advocates to fix a time
limit during which tho tariff of 25 per
cent against the imports of Porto Rico
shall remain effective, this time vary¬
ing from two years to an indefinite pe¬
riod, but tho opposition indicated
their unalterable opposition to any
tariff, no matter how short the time of
its imposition may be.
With a view to meeting some of the
objections to the bill, its advocates
suggested a change in its title, which
would indicate that it was intended as
> an exigency measure for the purpose of
| raising revenue, but tliis also found no
favor with tlje opposition who reiter¬
ated thier hostility to the bill on prin
P* , ,
1 cl e - 0 je a ‘ voca es 0
measure after the conference express
ed it to be bis opinion that bill finally
,™uld become a law with a provision
limiting the time during which it shall
remain ln forcG
REWARD IS OFFERED.
Insurance Company Will Pay #250 for
Apprehension of Kelly IJrlnsfield.
The Fidelity and Deposit Compauy
of Afaryland has offered a reward of
$250 for the capture of Kelly Brins
field, the defaulting bookkeeper of the
southeastern agent of the Alanhattan
Life Insurance Compauy. the
The reward was offered through
Atlauta agents of the surety company,
Aaron Haas & Son, and will bo paid
cn the delivery of Brinsfield in any
jail in the United States.
COMMITTEE COMING SOUTH.
Industrial Conditions in till* Section to !>•
Investigated*
News comes from Washington that
the industrial commission has decided
to make certain recommendations for
legislation in regard to the trusts and
these will be forwarded to congress at
once. A sub-committee will leave
13th to .
Washington about March in¬
vestigate industrial conditions at the
south. The sub committee will hold
sessions at Raleigh, N. C.; Birming¬
ham, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Alemphis,
Team, and perhaps at other places.